Indie

Songs are a Sydney based band (featuring members of New Zealand's post-punk wailers This Night Creeps and Ela Stiles of sisterly-duo The Said Sos) that do only simple things. From their single-syllable handle to their hand-drawn artwork to their music itself; it all has to be simple. Born in mid-2007, Songs have only been playing to the public as of this year (2008). They have signed a deal with Sydney label Popfrenzy (home to other acts such as The Gossip, Black Mountain, Jeremy Jay, The Ruby Suns and a whole bunch more) and have since played shows with Deerhunter...

The Dawn Chorus are a five piece band from the southern Hampshire town of Fareham. Their debut album, entitled 'The Big Adventure' released by Jelly Maid Music in 2008. So far, they supported acts like Frank Turner, Mono and Frank Hamilton. For more info, you can visit;
http://www.thedawnchorus.com
http://www.myspace.com/thedawnchorusuk

Jack’s Mannequin started off as a side-project of Andrew McMahon, who is the vocalist, pianist and main songwriter of the band <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Something+Corporate" class="bbcode_artist">Something Corporate</a> but has now become his main project. The band is based in Orange County, California. The name Jack’s Mannequin originated from one of McMahon’s songs called <a title="Jack's Mannequin &ndash; Dear Jack" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jack%27s+Mannequin/_/Dear+Jack" class="bbcode_track">Dear Jack</a>, which was written about a friend of his whose brother was diagnosed with childhood leukemia. Andrew himself was diagnosed with leukemia on June 1, 2005 and cancelled a show for the first time ever when he received the call from his doctor.

Richard (Josh) McDonald is a guitarist from Adelaide, South Australia. Originally hailing from Port Lincoln, McDonalds influences stem from avenues as varied as Jeff Buckley to Tool and Justin Timberlake. McDonald is currently in the midst of writing songs for his forthcoming album, 'If Only Your Tears Were Real, Peter', due for release at the end of 2007