Indie

A local indie rock band from Brisbane, Australia. Fronted by bassist and vocalist Tom Eggert, the lineup consists of Alex Schafferius (guitar), Christopher Wiggins (guitar) and Jared Daly (drums). They perform at venues around Brisbane and never cease to impress with their live shows. Cold and Need will be entering the studio to record their debut EP in the coming months.

vi·gnette /v?n--y?t/ [vin-yet] Since their inception in 2006, The Vignettes have been rising through the ranks of the Sydney live scene with their twisted take on garage rock and visually entertaining show impressing all in their wake. But with a sound that would give any larger band a run for their rock n roll dollars, two is all it takes for The Vignettes. Born out of a chance meeting between Joel and Katie at a New Years Eve party, The Vignettes experimented with a number of different line-ups before stripping it back to only two.

San Francisco, USA producer Chris Dexter is the artist behind oOoOO. Drawing from acts as diverse as Ludacris, Britney Spears, and Broadcast, oOoOO marries hip-hop-influenced beats with pop melodies and experimental sounds. www.soundcloud.com/ooooosounds
www.facebook.com/ooooosounds A self-titled CD-R was released by Disaro Records in early 2010. Shortly after, a split 7" with the track Seaww was released with the band White Ring, and a self-titled 12" followed the same year. oOoOO's second EP, Our Loving Is Hurting Us, will be released through Tri Angle Records on April 30, 2012.

In an age where a wah pedal and a couple of beards are enough to get a band labelled 'psychedelic', it's great to see a band doing it properly. Sydney's Richard In Your Mind are just such an outfit. Full of inventiveness and spark, Richard In Your Mind make beguiling, genuinely odd, mind-bending music, the kind as likely to veer off into a hip hop verse as it is an extended sitar workout. Now, four years after starting out, the newly expanded five piece are about to gift us with My Volcano, their keenly awaited second lp.