Blacklevel Embassy
Melbourne, Australia supergroup of sorts. Adam Cooper of Hardware, Dan McKay of The Nation Blue and Brett O'Riley of Warped plus occasional guest Spod. No nonsense hard rock. Familiar to fans of Drive Like Jehu.
Mother And Father
Mother and Father is a heavy demented three piece pop/punk band that spawned from the black depths of central Victoria. Dirtier, inferior and more abrasive is the only way to describe the tragedy that is Mother and Father. Were nothing. New album out soon.
Barrel Of Monkeys
There are two groups with this name: A local Canberra band in Australia, played many gigs over a couple of years. Barrel of Monkeys also refers to a Chicago theater and education company, which teaches creative writing workshops in Chicago Public Schools and adapts the kids' stories into live theater. In 2005 they self-released a CD of songs adapted from stories in the program, entitled "Monkeys Come Alive."
Tina Harrod
Tina Harrod was born in Christchurch in New Zealand with an ancestry that certainly indicated she might one day become a professional singer. He father was part Fijian and her great grand parents were from Wales and from her very early days she was surrounded by a rich musical legacy. It was no surprise then when at the tender age of five Tina began singing in a local church choir as well as taking dancing classes with a ballet group.
Andee Frost
Australian DJ. Gave out freebies at the Curvy book launch.
McKisko
McKisko is the name used by Australian singer-songwriter Helen Franzmann. Her first album, 'Glorio' was released in 2009 to national acclaim. She received the Grant McLennan Memorial Fellowship for song writing in 2009. She has played with jose gonzales, bon iver, tom cooney and juana molina.
The Ox and the Fury
The Ox and the Fury (previously known as Ezekiel Ox and the Fury) is a band from Melbourne, Victoria
that formed in 2008. Ezekiel Ox (from bands Full Scale, Mammal, Over-Reactor, Smash Nova and The Nerve), Lucius Borich (from bands Cog, Juice,
The Hanging Tree, Borich x Borich and Floating Me), Ben Brennan and Dom Italiano make up the Fury line up. Their debut album, Guitars Die in Hot Cars was released in April 2010.
The E.L.F
Darren Cross, formerly of Aus. Indie band Gerling goes solo and creates some mighty remixes. Most tracks are available from http://www.myspace.com/theelff
Darren also has some remixes available at http://soundcloud.com/elfelfelf
Jackson McLaren
Jackson Bard McLaren was born well after many of the classic albums that first inspired him were released. His parents raised him in the small Victorian country town of Warrnambool on a steady diet consisting of the likes of Bob Dylan, Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Leonard Cohen. This musical baptism fuelled his early passion for music, and set him apart from most of the other kids in town who were more focused on footy than on music, poetry or literature.