The band members included Gary Stringer on vocals, Kenwyn House on guitar, Jack Bessant on bass and Dominic Greensmith on drums. Their second album, Glow, is ranked at number 26 in Kerrang!'s "100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" list.
Although most members of Reef have West Country connections, it wasn't until the four members met in London that the band was formed.
Zarautz, Spain, located in the Basque Country, has always been a place of soft, quiet and melancolic pop music, but there's also place for the danceable and dark pop made by punks that Delorean offer here in their second album and first one in bcore disc. Delorean started making open minded pop that sounded on equal parts to the softness of Seam with New Order's use of synths. Like a mix of the darkness from The Cure with Elliott Smith's paleness.
Violent Soho are a four piece band from Mansfield, Brisbane. Band members Luke Boerdam, James Tidswell, Luke Henry and Michael Richards attended school together. Their debut EP, Pigs and T.V., was released in early 2006 and recieved wide acclaim; 'Blunt Magazine' hailing Violent Soho's Vines-esque sound as "boisterous pop rock reviving the spirit of the grunge era". Recently joining The Grates on a national tour and playing local 4zzz festival Market Day, Violent Soho have burst onto the Brisbane music scene, offering a raw yet fresh element to the already rich musical tapestry of the city.
Formed by the founding members of Modern Fighting Vehicles, Native Roses has swelled its ranks with such darlings as Jessica and Jasmine (aka Birdy), who has subsequently landed a great solo recording contract with Atlantic. They’ve released a four track EP this year and are cutting a record with critically acclaimed engineer, producer and former member of Roxy Music, Guy Fletcher along with Co- Producer and multi platinum songwriter and former member of Dire Straits, John Illsley. Native Roses are Jacob Stevens, James Knaggs, Jessica Illsley and Moses Bogarde.
the answering machine are an art rock band based in Manchester, United Kingdom. The band consists of: Martin Colclough: Vocals, Guitar
Pat Fogarty: Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gemma Evans: Bass, Backing Vocals
Ben Perry: Drums, Glockenspiel The band formed in October 2005 at the University of Manchester. Martin and Pat wrote songs together in their final year at university, and Gemma joined on bass shortly afterwards. Their first gig was at Retro Bar in Manchester on the 1st March 2006.
Jack Beauregard is a two-piece indietronic band from Germany
Harting are a young band based near Brighton, UK. After forming in early 2011, consisting of Fletcher, 16, Sam, 15 and Luke 16, the band have played in venues all over the South east, including Tubman - Hastings, De la Warr - Bexhill, The Greenhouse - Eastbourne, as well as many venues in Brighton. They released their first 2 track demo in mid 2012, consisting of 'Innocence', and 'Wired': The songs are filled with intricate melodies, up tempo beats with a dark-beach style twist. Harting will continue to write and start playing a vast line up of shows in the UK later on this year.
Formed in 2008, Cult of Dom Keller are four psychedelic generals from England Uk who's kaleidoscopic sonic tapestries weave a mind expanding blend of experimentation, lysergic freak outs and space blues bastardisations that pull the listener into their dark psychedelic world.
The band began playing alongside the likes of The Warlocks, Spectrum, Asteroid no.4 and earlier this year EP1 became the debut release from the band, self recorded, self produced.
Since bursting onto the ultra-competitive Australian live music scene in 2008, Built On Secrets have fast made a name for themselves, with their instantly catchy take on ambient-rock winning over fans in both the band’s hometown of Melbourne, as well as the rest of the country. After landing early supports with acts as diverse as All Time Low, Set Your Goals, 3OH!3, The Amity Affliction, Haste The Day and Kris Roe of The Ataris...
Having played every den in Manchester over the past couple of years, 22 year old Mancunian Liam Frost released his debut EP, She Painted Pictures, in February 2006 on Lavolta Records. Liam made his live debut at 15 years of (under) age, reeling off fake dates of birth to perform at the infamous Akoustic Anarchy nights at the Star & Garter. After a few years singing in ‘shouty punk bands around Manchester’, Liam went solo in 2003 at the ripe old age of 20.
