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Pikelet

Pikelet is a band from Melbourne, initially just the name for solo artist Evelyn Morris (Baseball, True Radical Miracle), who begun playing music in indie and hardcore bands as a drummer and vocalist. After leaving these bands, she started overlapping acoustic guitar, piano accordion, voice and alternative percussion techniques with a looping pedal, and created a handmade demo CD, 'Chair + Lamp', unofficially released in mid-2006, followed by another self-released EP, entitled...

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Buried Horses

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http://www.spookyrecords.com/index.html Buried Horses deliver a dark and foreboding sonic vision that captures the rugged beauty of our violent landscape. Described as ‘a combination of Dirty Three (subtract screeching violin, add ravenous vocals) and early Drones,’ Buried Horses proudly draw on the strong tradition of great Australian music. Buried Horses have recently signed to Melbourne’s heart of darkness, Spooky Records.

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The Spoils

A band from Melbourne, Australia, playing a rock/gypsy/circus/caberet style (with lashings of folk/country) that might be likened to Mikelangelo and the Black Sea Gentlemen crossed with Nick Cave, sprinkled with a bit of Paul Kelly and Marlene Dietrich.

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Belligerent Intent

Belligerent Intent is a 3 piece black/death metal band from the northern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. With blasphemous lyrics combined with non-stop brutality and speed, Belligerent Intent is all out war against the laws of the cross and create this music for the like minded. The 3 members met through playing in Flesh Embraced in 06. Flesh Embraced unfortunately would break up 12mths after forming.

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Graveyard Train

Graveyard Train's official bio, located at http://spookyrecords.com/Graveyard%20TrainPressInfo.html: In retrospect it's obvious that horror and country music go together like peas and carrots - it just took Graveyard Train to show us. Utilising old timey instruments (banjos, dobros, washboard) with the unorthodox percussion of hammer & chain, all underneath a six part baritone 'wall of men' vocal delivery, Graveyard Train have created a unique sound and an equally unique way to deliver it.

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Wagons

Wagons is an alt country band formed in Melbourne, Australia in 2000. Wagons was initially introduced as the banner under which charismatic singer, guitarist and songwriter Henry Wagons performed his skewed take on country music. Initially accompanied just by drummer and percussionist Mark 'Tuckerbag' Dawson, over time Wagons swelled to include guitarist Richard Blazé, bassist and backing vocalist Steve 'Harmony' Hassett (also an occasional co-songwriter), drummer and washboardist Si 'the Philanthropist' Francis, and most recently keyboardist Matty 'Soft Moods' Hassett.

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