STAG
(Brisbane) are Julia Norris, Sarah Byrne, Drea Lam and Katie
Martin combining funk, punk and experimental noise to produce viciously
sweet and impossibly catchy tunes full of chanting vocals, grooving bass-lines,
spaced out keys and polyrhythmic percussion. Stag are one of the most
exciting live acts in Brisbane and recently headlined the prestigious
Woodland club.
Stag at DM 10 (Jul 10)
Stag at DM 10 (Jul 10)
SKY NEEDLE (Brisbane) are a conceptual ‘rock band’ who perform primitive but hypnotic pop-noir played on sculptural home-made ‘unstruments’ invented and mastered by artist / musicians Alex Cuffe, Joel Stern, Sarah Byrne and Ross Manning. Sky Needle’s debut record was commissioned by Brisbane’s Institute of Modern Art and the group has performed at major art and culture festivals. In Jan 2011 they are a headline act at Sydney’s Now Now Festival.
Wither Sly by Sky Needle
GERALD
KEANEY AND THE GERALD KEANEY’S (Brisbane) are philosopher
poet provocateur Gerald who with the help of his band uses the pop form
to comment wryly and critically on contemporary public life in Brisbane.
The group recently performed important showcase events at Brisbane BARI
festival (King George Square) and Eternal Soundcheck; The First Year (Tribal
Theatre)
Gerald Keaney at DM 13 (BARI Oct 10)
Gerald Keaney at DM 13 (BARI Oct 10)
TRA LA LA BLIP (Lismore) is a socially inclusive electronic music
collective for people with disabilities led by Randolf Reimann. They use
a variety of midi controllers, microphones and unique hardware instruments
to reshape their sounds into something alive and beautifully ephemeral.
The group has generated significant international interest and plan to
tour Europe for the first time in 2011.
Tra
La La Blip at DM 15 (Nov 28 2010)
CURED PINK (Brisbane) is artist/musician Andrew McLellan whose “music may sound like a man raging at (and in) a void” but “is also a defiant act of celebration. These spontaneous howls and improvised song fragments are teetering on the edge of chaos. […] But it’s also fun!” (Mess and Noise magazine). In 2010 Cured Pink appeared at Psycho Subtropics curated by OtherFilm (Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces), Make It Up Club and Stutter and at Cairns' On Edge Festival. Coming up ia Newcastle's Summer Vibes festival in 2011.
Cured Pink at DM 2 (Aug 09)
