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The Wreckery

THE WRECKERY are a Melbourne based formed by Hugo Race and Ed Clayton-Jones on their return home from tenure with Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds in Europe and the U.S.A. Robin Casinader joined on drums having played with Hugo and Ed in the art punk outfit Plays with Marionettes. Nick Barker and Charles Todd finished the line up on bass and sax respectively. THE WRECKERY were a big hit on the live circuit and had a large and loyal following.

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Chris Altmann

Australian songwriter and multi instrumentalist Chris Altmann is touring internationally to celebrate the release of his debut solo album Que Paso. Adelaide born and Melbourne based, Altmann is taking his sound to North America in 2011. Spanish for ‘What Happened’, Que Paso is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the change from the hard rocking style that fans have come to expect from Altmann’s better known group, The Vandas. The sound is influencd by the border town grooves of Doug Sahm and Jerry Jeff Walker, combined with the up tempo country rock beats of Chuck Berry and Levon Helm.

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Mondo Rock

Mondo Rock were an 80s institution in popular Australian rock, a big draw on the live circuit who charted numerous hits. The band was formed in late 1976 by frontman Ross Wilson and went through various line-up changes to start with. They reform from time to time to play (including in April 2007). The most famous line-up consisted of prolific songwriters Ross Wilson (ex Daddy Cool) and guitarist Eric McCusker (who luckily pestered Wilson to let him join, doing three auditions, after the initial outing of Mondo Rock had lost momentum) as well as Paul Christie on bass (ex-Kevin Borich Express...

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Paris Wells

Paris Wells is an Australian soul/funk singer/songwriter based in Melbourne, Victoria and has been active since 2004. She released an EP, Mum Hasn't Slept Yet (EP) in 2007 and two albums, Keep It in 2008, and Various Small Fires in 2010. Wells also features on Field of Dreams (feat. Paris Wells) by Bliss N Eso and Million Dollar Sex Party (feat. Paris Wells) by X & Hell.

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Jen Cloher

Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea released their critically acclaimed ARIA nominated album Dead Wood Falls in 2006. They have toured with the likes of Josh Pyke, Ben Lee, Missy Higgins, Jose Gonzalez and MIa Dyson and played Homebake, Queenscliff, Falls, Feel Good and Harvest. For all the latest on this hot new songwriter and band go to www.jencloher.com

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Otouto

Otouto is a Melbourne-based band that is centered on the music of singer and songwriter Hazel Brown. With the help of Kishore Ryan (Kid Sam, Seagull) on drums/pots and Hazel's sister Martha Brown on vocals and keys, the trio's influence lies in salt of the earth folk tradition, the soul music of Motown and Philadelphia and those working at the edges of today's melting pot of pop, folk, electronica and hip-hop.

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Hybrid Nightmares

Born from the ashes of Eastern suburban Hell, this Melbourne quintet has developed a new wave of unfaltering brutality that has been taking hold of the Melbourne metal scene since 2007. Assaulting your senses with searing guitars, vocals that would invoke envy in Satan himself and drums that reverberate within the very depths of your soul; Melbourne's own metal powerhouse is Hybrid Nightmares. With their long awaited second EP, Hybrid Nightmares casts both brutality and scorn upon the masses. Five tracks of unrelenting madness, reaching out to the innermost fears within your mind

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