Sydney’s pop punk sensation Tonight Alive began as a couple of highschool students (Guitarist Whakaio Taahi and his compadre bass player, Cameron Adler) looking for a front woman for their rock project. Sixteen year old Jenna McDougall blew them away after one jam, and once rhythm axeman Jake Hardy and new recruit, drummer Matt Best joined, Tonight Alive found it’s feet. Few years down the track and after being courted by labels and management, with two stellar EPs (‘All Shapes & Disguises’ and ‘Consider This’) under their belts, a demo of Tonight Alive’s new material landed on producer-extraordinaire Mark Trombino’s (Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World, The Starting Line) desk. Trombino just finished producing their new record What Are You So Scared Of, and now they are about to embark on the Indent tour, which kicks off this Friday. We managed to catch up with Jenna before she jumps on the road…
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Ghosts On Broadway are a pop-punk 6 piece from Sydney’s West. They recently released their E.P entitled ‘When Hearts Collide’ and have plans to tour and record again in the coming months after supporting Tonight Alive in Albion Park on the Indent tour. We had the chance to catch up with them before they jumped on the road.
Emerging from the outback heavy metal mining town of Broken Hill, a melodic heavy metal group Soulforge paved their way to success after winning the local Battle of the Bands and performing alongside Magic Dirt at the Entertainment Centre, Soulforge have performed at the Mega Madness Motocross Show. and their debut album ‘”Fields of Decay”‘ in which was self-released-in the late month of July 2011, was recently “officially” launched at INDENT’s iFest 2.0.
Natasha Duarte is a Sydney-based singer/songwriter. In 2007 she won the Kick Start Career prize which saw her performing in front of hundreds at the Acer Arena. Natasha has performed with her band at youth festivals such as Bring It On, Youth Week and local City Council Festivals. Natasha is the lead singer/rhythm guitarist of A Bad Days Good Night who won the nationwide Kool Schools JB HI-FI Scholarship Competition in 2008, which enabled them to record and EP and perform at The Metro Theatre. Natasha is now signed to Empire Records in Melbourne and working on her debut album.
After having performed successfully at numerous talent quests and band competitions, including taking out the 2011 gong at Youth Rock, PENNYBLACK have now stepped up and are taking their show to performance venues and festivals.
Their sound is fresh and vibrant, and since forming they have crafted their own style of ‘Aussie Rock’ into a sound which has broad appeal and leaves their audience wanting more. From day one the band have been in development with Producer / Songwriter Scott Bird (formerly Pale Riders).These guys are passionate about their music and more importantly; they deliver the goods.
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