Taylor King is a one piece band without any boundaries. Influenced by everything that can be seen, everything that can be heard; set out to evoke the deepest of emotion and thought. Based in Sydney, he has already caught the attention of many people, having been played on both Triple J and Channel V. At the age of 17, things are only going to get better and he needs you to be a part of the journey. We interviewed Taylor, check out what he has to say.
Artists
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Alice Blu
Alice Blu consists of;
Jo Lowenthal ( Lead vocals, guitar)
Angie Polidano (Lead guitar)
Shaun Johnston (Bass)
Toby Tunis-Plant (Drums)
How is the all age’s music scene in Byron shire?
”It really comes down to which events, most of the touring bands play at the local venues The Great Northern or the Beach Hotel which are both over 18 venues, however more acts are beginning to play at the Youth Activity Centre (YAC) and the civic hall which are both all ages venues. As far as underage bands go there is significantly less.
Occasionally there is under aged gig organised where a couple of bands get together and decide to put on an event.
Recently, last October we organised an event which Indent and Music NSW helped fund our band ‘Alice Blu’ we put on an all ages gig and hired two other local youth bands ‘Half Nelson’ and ‘Truancy’. The event went really well, around 300 people turned up, and every one seemed to have a great time.
Events like these encourage people to get out there with their music, it gives other kids and local bands a chance to showcase there music.”
How old are you guys?, and what type of music do you play?
“In Alice Blu we are all 16. We like to merge the genres of; indie, rock, pop, funk and blues.”
Are you guys an original band or do you play covers?
“We have recently been going through a writing stage; some of our new songs are on our new EP. We have recently recorded the EP and are currently mixing and mastering it.
However when we play live we like to mix it up a bit and play a couple of covers just to start of a set.
Have you guys got any gigs coming up?
“Yeah we are soon touring as a support band for Jackson Dunn, they are a Brisbane band.
The tour dates are from 26th of November to the 10th of December 09, for more information on Alice blu
Visit; http://www.myspace.com/aliceblu.
Alice Blu is Jo Lowenthal (Lead vocals, guitar), Angie Polidano (Lead guitar), Shaun Johnston (Bass) and Toby Tunis-Plant (Drums). Hailing from Byron Indent chats with Alic Blu about opportunities in the Byron Shire and what’s happening in the north coast.
The Slippers are an incredible bluesy rock outfit from Sydney. They’re EP – The Festival EP came across our desk via the wonderful Megaphon Studios in St Peters. After that it was love at first sound and we had to track them down to bring to you. They started out playing White Stripes covers and we are now very happy that they have started writing these glorious soft folk/blues tracks. We caught up with them almost immediately after hearing the EP and were able to chat with Christian Byers geetar, organ and vocalist of the band.
