Current Spotlights
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Posted 14 July 2008
Matthew from The Morning Hours
Band: The Morning Hours
*Your Name: Matthew Fraser
*Role in the band: Vocals, keyboards, guitars, electronics
*Your music in 20 words or less: Wide-screen rock
*Proudest Band Achievement: Finishing our debut album
*Secret Talent: Building a "ghetto talkbox"
*Fondest Gig Memory: Primary school musical...fun times
*Dream Support: Elbow, DCFC, Sparkadia
*Best thing about being an SA musician: Being based in SA generally
*Worst thing about being an SA musician: The usual gripes
*Lovin' which local Venue(s): The Gov, Grace Emily, Jive
*Fave Local Acts: Sirca, Paul Vallen, John Woods Band , Jess Atkinson
*Industry Hero: Richard Branson
*Current album: On A Whim
Posted 16 June 2008
Jay from Octanic
Band Name: OCTANIC
Your Name: Jay
Role in the band: Lead Vocalist
Your music in 20 words or less: Epic, and tight Industrial Cyber Metal with a movie-score feel and great vibe that you can dance to!
Proudest Band Achievement: Our 'INDUSTRY' EP Release
Secret Talent: Our ability to truly capture our audiences!
Fondest Gig Memory: Our massive 'INDUSTRY' EP launch show to over 350 people @ Live On Light Square!
Dream Support: to be on one big bill with all 3 of these bands (in no order): Metallica, In Flames & Nightwish
Best thing about being an SA musician: We all live here in SA!!!
Worst thing about being an SA musician: Limited opportunities for international exposure
Lovin' which local Venue(s): Live On Light Square; and Northern Sound System
Fave Local Acts: Skintilla , Deafening Silence , Black Orchid, Universum and Satoria
Industry Hero: (in no order) "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott (Pantera) R.I.P, James Hetfield (Metallica) and Tuomas Holopainen (Nightwish)
Current album: INDUSTRY
Posted 9 June 2008
Feee from Sonic Monkey
Band Name: Sonic Monkey
*Your Name: Fiona Curtis (Feee)
*Role in the band: Vocals
*Your music in 20 words or less: Three-piece original electro band ~ Madonnaesque vocals & infectious moods of electro club, dance, pop, R&B and break~beat
*Proudest Band Achievement: MGM distribution contract for "Resist"
*Secret Talent:! Farty hands
*Fondest Gig Memory: Opening Schoolies Week Festival in Victor Harbor to over 1000 VERY festive schoolies :)
*Dream Support: "The Presets"
*Best thing about being an SA musician: Awesome support and environment to create :)
*Worst thing about being an SA musician: Um... not wanting to leave... for long.... Lol...
*Lovin' which local Venue(s): HQ, Earth NightClub, Fresh FM Studio 92.
*Fave Local Acts: HillTop Hoods (Damn nice guyz)
*Industry Hero: Madonna
*Current album: new track 'Resist' out through MGM
Posted 2 June 2008
Tristan Newsome
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Band Name: Tristan Newsome & The Flying Squad
*Your Name: Tristan Newsome
*Role in the band: Songwriter/Vocalist/Guitarist/Multi Instrumentalist
*Your music in 20 words or less: My style of music is best described as a medley. It has pop, blues, folk and country elements. I’ve been given various comparisons being told I’m ‘Dylanish’ and have been compared to Townes Van Zandt. The best description of been given is “Troubadour so I’ll” stick with that!
*Proudest Band Achievement: To date radio play worldwide on various 'Undergroud' stations.
*Secret Talent: I'm one hell of a cook (at times a little to 'ramsayish' though if anyone trys to help!)
*Fondest Gig Memory: Talk like a Pirate day at the Gov. Played with Anthony D'Antonio and The Letters and it was a fantastic night dancing and drinking till the wee hours!
*Dream Support: Bob Dylan or The Swell Season
*Best thing about being an SA musician: The local scene is great and for my style seems to have grown massively since i've been away.
*Worst thing about being an SA musician: It can be a little difficult music wise for example one of my favourite artists (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) are only playing in Sydney and Brisbane at this point.
*Lovin' which local Venue(s): The Grace Emily, The Gov , The Crown & Anchor .
*Fave Local Acts: Anthony D'Antonio, The Letters
*Industry Hero: Paul Kelly
*Current album: I'll be recording my first album upon my return, the working titles 'sneaky sneakers' but that'll definently change!!
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Posted 26 May 2008
Anthony from Forkheads
Band Name: Forkheads
*Your Name: Anthony Hurrell
*Role in the band: I am one out of the two people that create the music for the band
*Your music in 20 words or less: My music is created electronically. I try my best not to limit myself concerning the kind of music I make.
*Proudest Band Achievement: I've made about 200 songs.
*Secret Talent: I sing the songs I like best listening to by myself, I use Macromedia flash to make all the artwork for albums, I use Photoshop to make images of myself like the three of me sitting at the table, I beat my friends except 1 of them all at starcraft as ZERG, I've walked to the city with friends from Hallett cove, I've done the same thing but on a bike, & I like to think I'm good at photography.
*Fondest Gig Memory: Sorry no gigs yet!
*Dream Support: Well.. I'd like to get support so I can properly release my material.
*Best thing about being an SA musician: You get to create a limitless amount of music in an infinite amount of ways.
*Worst thing about being an SA musician: There's nothing bad about being able to create an limitless amount of music in an infinite amount of ways.
*Lovin' which local Venue(s): SkyCity Adelaide ! Oh my gad! They're heaps good.
*Fave Local Acts: tantivyfair!!
*Industry Hero: Robert Hurrell
*Current album: The album I'm currently making is pseudoscience. I keep posting my stuff up on my MusicSA Artist Listing . I want to be able to release an album with my industry hero Robert Hurrell a mega LP with a massive cockatiel on the front with a red eye so it looks like it's something that came out of the terminator movies.
Posted 20 May 2008
Sean from Unitopia
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Band Name: Unitopia
Your Name: Sean Timms
Role in the band: Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Mandolin, Lap Steel guitars, song writer, producer, engineer.
Your music in 20 words or less: A musical adventure…a rollercoaster of musical emotion wrapped in a progressive framework.
Proudest Band Achievement: Releasing ‘More Than a Dream’ after 8 years in production.
Secret Talent: Black Belt in Karate.
Fondest Gig Memory: (Any gig) Playing to 19,000 people at the Sydney Entertainment Centre as part of the Oz Music 90 National concert event. (Unitopia gig) Beaconsfield, Tasmania May 2007 to 3000+ people for the 1 yr anniversary of Brant Webb & Todd Russell’s rescue from the collapsed mine.
Dream Support: Yes, Genesis, Spock’s Beard, Peter Gabriel or any other internationally recognised progressive rock act.
Best thing about being an SA musician: South Australia of course!
Worst thing about being an SA musician: We don’t always get the opportunities that people in the Eastern States might get. eg: seeing some bands that don’t tour SA.
Lovin' which local Venue(s): The Gov, The Cavern
Fave Local Acts: The Audreys , Sirca, Little Universe
Industry Hero: Too many to mention. Anyone who’s innovative and passionate about their music.
Current album: The Garden (due for release in July)
Posted 28 April 2008
Florian
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Band Name: Una Noche De Flamenco
*Your Name: Florian
*Role in the band: Featured Guitarist
*Your music in 20 words or less: Contemporary Flamenco.. I play the way flamenco is beeing played in Spain today .. it is sophisticated, jazzy, funky and young.
*Proudest Band Achievement: Shared Stage and Audiences with Juan Martin and Eliot Fisk at the Adelaide International Guitar Festival (the first of its kind in the Southern hemisphere)
*Secret Talent: pretty good soccer player (or at least i'd like to think so lol)
*Fondest Gig Memory: Ballet Natinal De Espana at the Festival Centre
*Dream Support: Jose Manuel
*Best thing about being an SA musician: We live in the Festival State :-)
*Worst thing about being an SA musician: Dont know yet :-) no complaints so far.
*Lovin' which local Venue(s): Scott Theatre, Her Majesty, Festival Centre
*Fave Local Acts: Studio Flamenco and Velada Flamenco Dance Companies
*Industry Hero: Jose Manuel
*Current album: Recording Film and Theatre production Music for Adrenalin Sounds Productions (Sydney)
Posted 21 April 2008
Chris from The Yearlings
*Band Name: The Yearlings
*Your Name: Chris Parkinson
*Role in the band: guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, roadie, guitar tech . . .
*Your music in 20 words or less: roots, alt country, americana
*Proudest Band Achievement: Recording our new record "Highway Dancing" in New York with world class musicians.
*Secret Talent: flicking vast numbers of piled up drink coasters off the table and catching them between thumb and forefinger without dropping one. It can come in very handy.
*Fondest Gig Memory: Elton John @ Randwick race course when i was 12 years old, he wore a suit with coloured bubble balls. Wierd man wierd. But absolutely amazing
*Dream Support: Levon Helm
*Best thing about being an SA musician: living down south and growing a beard
*Worst thing about being an SA musician: getting caught in the city with a southern beard
*Lovin' which local Venue(s): Wheatsheaf Hotel .
*Fave Local Acts: John Baker Duo , The Sea Thieves , Huckleberry Swedes
*Industry Hero: Robyn Chalklen
Posted 12 February 2008
Fliss from Illicit Eve
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Band Name: Illicit Eve
*Your Name: Fliss Freeman
*Role in the band: Bass Guitar/backing vocals/troublemaker
*Your music in 20 words or less: Music you can mow the lawn to!
*Proudest Band Achievement: Recording our latest Album 'Into the Woods'
*Secret Talent: I have really good balance...does that count?
*Fondest Gig Memory: Being given a vegan chocolate cake by Em and her mum Christine...shaped and iced just like my bass!! Almost everyone at the gig had a slice. You could say there's a piece of my bass in all of them...playing at the Big Day Out was pretty fantasmic also!
*Dream Support: Hmmm...Bjork, Kate Bush or Jaga Jazzist. I could go on...
*Best thing about being an SA musician: Late nights at FAD
*Worst thing about being an SA musician: The punters who don't like paying to see a fantastic live band and helping support the local scene. I don't get it.
*Lovin' which local Venue(s): The Wheatsheaf, The Grace Emily, FAD bar, The Promethean, Jive.
*Fave Local Acts: 1.1. Immermann, The Raucoustra, Satans Cheerleaders, Adam Page Solo, Double Handed, The John Woods Band..etc!
*Industry Hero: Adam Page..is there anything that man can't do?
*Current album: Into The Woods (2008)
Posted 27 August 2007
Hektic (aka Wayde)
Name: Hektic
*Your Name: Wayde Richardson
*Role in the band: Producer/ MC.
*Your music in 20 words or less: Australian Hip Hop
*Proudest Band Achievement: Seeing my impending album from conception to reality.
*Secret Talent: I’m a pretty good cook.
*Fondest Gig Memory: Performing my first ever Brisbane show, and having people in the crowd rapping along to my tracks. It was dope.
*Dream Support: Hilltop Hoods, Eminem.
*Best thing about being an SA musician: I just love being from Adelaide!
*Worst thing about being an SA musician: The tall poppy syndrome which is rife in the local Hip Hop scene.
*Lovin' which local Venue(s): Thebarton Theatre, The Gov , and Jive .
*Fave Local Acts: D.R.U.Z.E ., SINTAX, A.B.Z., CARLA WAYE and I really dig Risemann .
*Industry Hero: Debris from the Hilltop Hoods. The help he has given me with using Logic Audio has been paramount in my progress as a producer.
*Current album: The Outsider (2007)
Posted 12 June 2007
Ben from Goldstein
Band Name: Goldstein
*Your Name: Ben Hooper
*Role in the band: fiddle player in Goldstein.
*Your music in 20 words or less: Goldstein is an Adelaide folk band with a bunch of original songs about growing up and living in Australia.
*Proudest Band Achievement: Knocking out our first CD "Spurs on My Boots" and hearing the single from it, Great Fishing, played on Triple J.
*Secret Talent: Can shave my head in less than 15 minutes.
*Fondest Gig Memory: Our first ever gig in front of a few loyal friends and family at the Joiners Arms. It was a huge buzz to know that we had finally gotten our grand idea of forming an originals band up and running. Someone in the crowd that night also stole one of our CDs for sale, which I think was a good thing - shows it was sought after!
*Dream Support: Paul Kelly, Ben Folds.
*Best thing about being an SA musician: Other local musicians are genuinely interested in what each other is doing and very supportive.
*Worst thing about being an SA musician: Everyone says lack of venues and I tend to agree, particularly when you're not a cover band.
*Lovin' which local Venue(s): Any which gives a local originals band a go, but the Daniel O'Connell is a sentimental favourite as it's where I took my first nervous steps away from classical music at the Celtic jam sessions there on Tuesday nights. We had our CD launch there this year too because of the great atmosphere you get in the front bar.
*Fave Local Acts: I can't single out one but any band that keeps plugging away at their own music when you keep getting drunken requests for Khe Sanh gets my vote.
*Industry Hero: I've always been a fan of local jazz violinist Brian Porter. He once gave me a free lesson on improvisation at home back when I was in high school and I taped it for safekeeping.
*Current album: Spurs on My Boots.
Posted 14 May 2007
Peri from The Ides
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Band Name: The Ides
* Name/nickname: Peri Strathearn, or sometimes just Pez
* Role in the band: Bassist/vocalist/elected manager/the One in the Hat
* Your music in 20 words or less: Semi-acoustic pop/rock. Sometimes funky or rockin', sometimes moody, usually catchy and always lyrical. 'Sitcom-theme pop' (I'm told).
* Proudest band achievement: Playing at Carclew's acoustic Off the Couch showcase in February of 2007 was a highlight and probably the biggest gig we've played. It's always nice to be singled out by people who know their music, whether it's in the context of Carclew, the National Campus Band Comp, or anywhere else. (We made it to the Flinders final of the NCBC each of the last two years, and each of those announcements was a great moment. This year unfortunately we've run out of students.)
* Secret talent: Beard craftsmanship. Though that's hardly a secret, is it?
* Fondest gig memory: The second time we played at the front bar of the Gov. One of our more popular songs is called 'The Governor Hindmarsh', and it's about our aspirations to play to a huge crowd on the stage out the back; it's been part of the story of our band from the outset. That night, for whatever reason, we were in the zone - we got a good crowd, cranked out a tight set in our favourite venue, everyone was into it... good times.
* Dream support: The Whitlams, out the back of said Gov.
* Dream rider: As long as I've got my bass-playing (and old car-driving) hat, I'm all good, thanks.
* Best thing about being an SA musician: Everyone knows or knows of everyone else, and everyone's friendly and glad to help each other, pretty much. Why go to Melbourne and be a small fish? Adelaide's plenty of fun. The street press are accessible, word of mouth gets around. I was quoted once as saying the Ides are 'South Australian to the core' ...the phrasing is a personal embarrassment to me, but the point's fair enough.
* Worst thing about being an SA musician: I suppose there's only so much you can do, especially if you don't fit neatly into the genres Adelaide likes - heavy rock, hip hop and *shudders* cover bands.
* Lovin' which local venues: The Wheaty , the Gov , the Jade Monkey, the Ice Arena (hahaha), the Grace Emily, Jive
* Fave local acts: Josh Spier , Tom West, Nadjeska , the Sundance Kids pre-drums and bass, the Finishing Schoo l, Goose, Marmalade Circus, Jayne-Anne Power , MPC , the Matt Winter Band , and Ben Folds because he still counts. * Industry hero: Hero bassist: Damien Steele-Scott, who has a hat too. Maybe Rai Thistlethwayte from Thirsty Merc, or Neil Finn, or Tim Freedman. The man behind the Enthusiasm Police is my favourite ukelale hero.
* Current EP: Still coming as soon as we have enough cash and a new drummer, I promise! I know you're all getting itchy out there - so are Bren, Romen and I.
Ash from The Sundance Kids
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Band Name: The Sundance Kids
*Your Name: Ash Gale (pictured 2nd from left)
*Your music in 20 words or less: Acoustic/pop rock, uplifting, emotive, spacious, sing along anthem, romantic/spiritual, energy powerhouse, inclusive. Endorsing love and fist in the air rock
*Proudest Band Achievement: Our new EP "including the atmosphere"
*Secret Talent: backing back a trailer*
*Fondest Gig Memory: Blackstump festival in Sydney 2007
*Dream Support: Switchfoot, Dashboard Confessional
*Best thing about being an SA musician: the support that is available
*Worst thing about being an SA musician: there are no major record labels here
*Lovin' which local Venue(s): Jive , Fowlers , The Gov
*Fave Local Acts: In-fiction, Joshua Spier , Move to Strike, City Riots, The State Versus, Tiger Stripes, Wone
*Industry Hero: Patrick Robertson
*Current album: "including the atmosphere" launched at The Gov on Friday 25th May, with special guests, Move to Strike, City Riots, Xavia. Doors at 8pm, $12 entry or $20 with CD. See you there! Peace and love
