Critics are a four-piece pop-punk band based in Kiama, New South Wales, Australia. Originally known as The Polaroid People, the band changed their name in 2011 in order to distance themselves for their previous, much poppier sound. Now taking inspiration from some heavier influences, the band are set to release their debut EP within the year.
If you want your electro rock dirty, with an industrial edge and a lick of pop then you want Felinedown.
Compared to Kidney Thieves (US), NIN, Curve, Garbage, Goldfrapp, The Prodigy, Jackalope and the Sneakerpimps –they offer something a little different and a little darker than your average Indie band.
Hard dance drums, raw guitars, throbbing bass, filthy synth lines and a female vocalist with a sound like honey poured over broken glass..Felinedown is set to seduce you!
Formed in 2003 in Newcastle, Australia, Grannyfist started as a 2 piece blast/grind/noise band, featuring Granny (Luke Hoskins) on guitar/vocals/samples and Saint Fistopher (Paul McIntyre) on drums and backing vocals, with the occasional noise and vocal contributions from Cut Off Bloody Hand (Matthew Close).
Other people did guest appearences on recordings, but the core line up was with Granny and Saint Fistopher.
There are 4 artists by the name <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Mindless" class="bbcode_artist">Mindless</a> 1) A Dutch nu-metal act. Mindless was formed in the beginning of 1998 inNijmegen, The Netherlands. Mindless started of under the name Mindless + Support Act, but this was soon after changed to just Mindless to prevent misunderstandings. Their music is a blend of <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/metal" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">metal</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/nu-metal" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">nu-metal</a>, <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/rock" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">rock</a> topped of with Dutch lyrics.
After some early line-up changes, the current line-up is Tim Engelaar (vocals, guitar), Martijn Ophoff (bass), Sjoerd Zaalberg van Zelst (keys, raps), Tjeerd Alwicher (guitar) and Armand Knibbeler (drums).
There are two artists that go by the name Hound: 1) Hound is a folk/bluegrass collective from Bemidji, Minnesota. 2) Hound is a 4-piece garage rock band out of Toledo, Ohio and is featured on the “Nowhere At All” compilation. The band is on the Danger Limited Sound Recording label and will release their debut record in late 2011.
Skirmish, the bulldozer of heavy metal, was founded 2005 in Kajaani, Finland. Their upcoming debut album, "Through the Abacinated Eyes" will be released by legendary Violent Journey Records. The album has been recorded, mixed and mastered in D-Studio, Finland by Jarno Hänninen. Based on past releases, people have tried to chain Skirmish inside genre limits, such as death or thrash metal, but the bands driving force has been to stay outside of categories and to rather make good music in a tight leaning position.
Hawks of Alba are a vibrant rock trio focused on sweet harmony, fuzzy guitars and a few sounds you may not have heard before. After spending the last 2 years living and playing music in Glasgow, Scotland under the name “Running with Horses”, Sarah and Aidan returned to Australia ready to build on their successes overseas. In 2008 the band enjoyed radio play on BBC Radio One and BBC Radio Scotland, appeared at T in the Park 08 (Kinross, Scotland), and were included on various podcasts all over the world.
Wardaemonic is a black metal band from Perth, Australia formed in 2005. The band line up consists of Old (vocals), Regnator (guitar, keyboards, vocals), Anharat (guitar), Blitz (bass) and Maelstrom (drums). To date they have released two albums, Through the Dank Pale Gravelands in 2005 and Echoes of Ageless Flames in 2010. They have also contributed one track (Nattens Madrigal) to the Ulver tribute CD: My Own Wolf: A New Approach.
kyü is an experimental-pop outfit from Sydney. The duo is comprised of Freya Berkhout and Alyx Dennison.
Forming in Melbourne in 2002 from the demise of the much-respected and criminally unheard Perth group Sleepy Township, band members Mia Schoen and Chris Gorman (AKA Chrissy G) continued their love affair with melodic noisy pop inthe guise of New Estate. Along with New Zealanders guitarist Marc Regueiro-McKelvie and ex-Fur member Mindy Mapp they set about gigging and recording. After releasing the very favourably reviewed album "Considering..." (released on Kittridge Records in the US and W.