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Melbourne band The Vasco Era features vocalist and guitarist Sid O’Neil, his brother and bassist Ted O’Neil, and drummer Michael Fitzgerald. Hailing from the coastal town of Apollo Bay, the boys recall playing to packed out living rooms before hitting actual stages around Australia. Two albums, several national tours and gigs at major festivals followed, with highlight performances including support slots for The Black Keys, The Hold Steady and The Violent Femmes. Only one of the three members lives in a house – the others stay with their friends, girlfriends, parents, friends’ parents and girlfriends’ parents. One day they’d all like to live in Spain.

The Vasco Era’s third album, independently released in October this year, captures the band in their prime. ‘Child Bearing Hips’ is the first single from The Vasco Era’s self-titled album. 

Their debut studio album Oh We Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside was released in 2007, paving the way to write and record their critically acclaimed second album, Lucille. Released through Universal, Lucille came to life after 18 months of writing when the band teamed up with producer Scott Horscroft (Silverchair, The Temper Trap, The Presets and Little Red). 

“Utter Brilliance, they are, in one word, perfection.” (Beat Magazine).



Cold Pie is a band from Brisbane. We are a 4 piece band playing rock, alternative  punk  with Max on guitar and vocals, Brad on drums, Zaccy boi and Cody playin and slappin the bass and lead guitar. York Diddy, Hoss, Pelican and Doggie

Concrete Palms formed in 2018 and started playing gigs around the local Brisbane area.
A following started to gain momentum which saw them playing various venues in South east Queensland.
In 2019 the band was asked to play four dates with Aussie rock legends The Screaming Jets and Choir Boys.
These shows although a hectic schedule playing 4 consecutive nights to large audiences set the band up for bigger things.
After a change of line up Concrete Palms came together as a solid unit and have been in the studio continuing to record new music for the past 9 months.
Concrete Palms play a unique blend of 70's inspired Blues rock.
They bring to the stage a high energy rock show that is always well received by their fans.
On Drums you will find Dom, the quiet achiever whose music background was cemented in various Rock bands. Precise drum skill and extremely energetic performance behind the kit sets Dom aside as a solid component of the band and brilliant to watch live. "Animal comes to mind "
Huw Munday on Bass was a Concrete Palms fan and after a successful audition filled the role of bass. This bought skilful bass lines and solos to the band.
Tall in stature Huw gives off that 70s vibe and brings the bass lines to the for front. Alex Kosenko on guitar and up front on vocals is a skilled musician and solo artist with a successful solo career since taking to the stage almost 10 years ago aged 12. Concrete Palms has been an ongoing project with Alex since its inception.
The combination is explosive on stage with a huge sound for a three piece.
Their music is the embodiment of many things. Co-constituted by feelings that originate in the studio and motivate the band to write their discursive and a narrative flow of lyrics with music that through its clever construction gives out those feel good rhythms that they have become known for.
They are a perfect combination of blues and rock and a band well beyond their years. Their Rise Above tour was cancelled due to Covid but the band plan to take their music on the road to the North and areas such as Gympie and Bundaberg where they have gained a following since their first tour.
There is no slowing down for Concrete Palms they are on a mission to spread their music far and wide.
It’s a show you will walk away from telling yourself that you have to catch this band again.

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