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Straight Arrows

Sydney band Straight Arrows have just returned from Big Sound and are about to hit the road again to play at Sound Summit Festival (27-30 September). We grabbed frontman Owen Penglis before they head off to see what Straight Arrows have been up to this year.

Molly Contogeorge

After making her professional music debut at only 17 years old in 2008, Molly Contogeorge has performed in front of audiences in both Australia and abroad. In March she released her newest single “Off I Go,” a live recording produced while working on her sophomore EP Glasshouse Living, which has sold out of hard copies

Enerate

The four-piece indie/pop group Enerate were founded on a fateful day in 2011 in Sydney. Their new single “Unstoppable” was recently featured in an MTV New South Wales Tourism commercial that airs internationally in the near future. Enerate is also in the midst of a short tour promoting their new single in Sydney and the

Family

FAMILY are a 5-piece rock group from Sydney, Australia. They play post-punk/krautrock inspired songs that focus on repetitive rhythms and melodic vocals. The group consists of members of Sydney underground stalwarts Dead Farmers, as well as Peewee and Drum Drum. Although only having been in existence for only a few short months, they already exhibit

Shady Lane

Shady Lane are a pop/electronic 4-piece from Sydney consisting of lead man Jordy Lane on guitars and vocals, Pete Avard on drums, Sarah Jullienne on synth/keys and Conrad Richters (Richard In Your Mind) on bass. Following their debut album in 2009, Here We Go, Down The Black Hole, Shady Lane have just announced their new

Sui Zhen

Sui Zhen is the folk exotic-pop solo project of Becky Freeman, a musician originally hailing from Sydney and now based in Melbourne. She just released her debut album Two Seas in May 2012, and is about to head on an East Coast album tour in June. We managed to grab Sui Zhen for a quick

Chicks Who Love Guns

Sydney’s Chicks Who Love Guns are a garage/punk band consisting of Cass Navarro (Vocals), Mitchell Farkas (Bass, Vocals), Jack Hambling (Guitar, Vocals), Mody Grant (Guitar), and Xavier Francis (Drums). After building up a reputation for their intense and ferocious live shows, the five-piece have supported many high profile acts such as Grinspoon and The Scare, received great aiplay on triple J and most

Richard Hull-Sydney Fringe Festival 2012

Artist registrations have now opened up for the 2012 Sydney Fringe Festival, which will kick off from 7th-30th September 2012. This year Sydney Fringe Festival will be directed by Richard Hull. We grabbed him for a quick chat about his new plans for the festival this year and his 14 years of experience in the

Daniel Blinkhorn

Daniel Blinkhorn is a highly acclaimed Australian experimental composer who works within electroacoustic music, acousmatic and environmental sounds. Blinkhorn recently was nominated as a finalist in the 2012 Art Music Awards happening at The Playhouse, Sydney Opera House on Aprl 3rd.

DCM

DCM is new experimental collaboration between Sydney artists Daniel Stricker (Midnight Juggernauts) and Chris Ross (ex-Wolfmother). The dual synth adventurers will be making their first live appearance at MUSECOLOGY 2: Mnemonic Museum this Friday March 9 before supporting Wooden Shjips later this month.