PROJECT321EXPLOSION
WALSH (Vocals/ acoustic guitar / keys / harmonica / percussion), A.D. (Guitar / Vocals / Keys / Synth / mandoline), DYL (Guitar / Keys /Percussion), Mike (Bass / Vocals / Percussion / ukulele) and KC (Drums / Percussion) make up the Melbourne – Australia – based indie Rock band PROJECT321EXPLOSION. Amazingly despite their insistence on capitalisation PROJECT321EXPLOSION is able to deliver some pretty tender […]
Alex Watts & the Foreign Tongue
Alex Watts & the Foreign Tongue is a three piece indie rock band from Melbourne in Australia with the line-up of Alex Watts (guitar / Vocals), Brian Juffs (bass) and Michael McHugh (drums). I was somewhat surprised by the journey I travelled on listening to Alex Watts & the Foreign Tongue. One moment the vocal is reminiscent of the […]
Circle
Circle from Enmore in Australia is the alternative indie trio of Radi (Vocals / Keyboard), Bec (vocal / Keyboard) and Dan (Bass) who have been together since 2005. Surprisingly with so many keyboards, the material manages to strike a strident chord of paroxysms. There is a drubbing bass that can’t help but catch my ears and I find […]
The Blue Grizzly Band
I’d like to welcome a new guest writer to the website- Jess Allen – Introducing the world to another taste of Kiwi music, we may be from “down under” compared to the rest of the world but we are not shy and ooze with supreme talent. The Blue Grizzly Band are a bunch of fresh […]
The Emergency
The Emergency is a Melbourne, Australia based electro-pop team of Mila, Morgan and Cinta (Drums). Having started as a four-piece, distillated down to two and just added a live drummer the band has had an intriguing development, but they have now honed in on a space which is… Engaging bass challenges my sub-woofer, not to mention the […]
Obscura Hail
Obscura Hail is the vehicle used by the singer / songwriter Sean Conran from Wollongong in Australia to reflect his evocative indie folk take on life. There is a delightful sound which emerges from the speakers as the creative spark that is Sean Conran flexes his musical talents. The music has a softness which enhances […]
The Eversons
The Eversons from Wellington in New Zealand has just released its debut LP – Summer Feeling, which came out on ‘Lil Chief Records on the 23rd April. The indie-pop quartet of Mark Turner (Bass), Chris Young (Lead Guitar), Blair Everson (Guitar) and Tim Shann (Drum) – you will have noticed no mention of vocal, well that is because the band share […]
Cool Rainbows
Cool Rainbows marks my first step to New Zealand. Essentially a vehicle for Auckland based Djeisan Suskov ( vocals /guitar /multi-instrumentalist / songwriter), but the live band includes Cass Mitchell (bass) and Alex Freer (drums). If it were more laid back, the music would be playing backwards, what a great way to start the long Easter Break (as I […]
Molly Contogeorge
Heading over to Sydney in Australia and the indie bands blog finds Molly Contogeorge. A singer / songwriter / pianist in a genre combination, neither of which individually is generally enticing to my bass driven ears, never mind the intertwining – jazz-pop – but Molly Contogeorge proves ability strikes high above preconception. The clarity of […]
The Dark Lights
Currently based in London, but originally from Adelaide in Australia – Matt Ho (Guitars / Synth / Vocals), Alan Grillo (Guitar / Synth) and Rachel Ho (Bass) The Dark Lights – met up with Paul Andrews (Vocals / Mini organ) and Paul Hayward (Drums) on relocation as so here sits the synthetic rock band. I am often presented with a plethora […]
