LION is a queer black electropop/alt artist, singer, songwriter, producer and dancer from Naarm (Melbourne) Australia. Their music is a patchwork of pulsing rhythms, sharpshooting rap stylings and a tinge of heavy rock; a vessel for their piercing lyrics which discuss socio-political issues like microaggressions and racial identity. They move with power, choreographing revolutions with passion. Steeped in their Ethiopian heritage, LION won’t just tell you their story, they’ll roar.

Having spent the last three years refining their artistry with the Tomboi Records team, LION echoes somewhere between Todrick Hall and Lil Nas X. Their heavy beats and distorted synths evoke a lion’s roar. With the release of their Debut EP 'Reclamation', as well as performing multiple shows and festivals already, including the main stage at World Pride, Sydney Mardi Gras and headline act of Melbourne’s main LGBTQIAplus festival Midsumma, LION has firmly established their showstopping live presence. They bring together all the unique elements of their identity and their talents, creating theatrical, rhythmic, and prolific material.

PLUMHALL are Michelle Plum and Nick B Hall, an electrifying Yorkshire based duo whose award winning self-penned songs are winning them plaudits from the likes of R2 Magazine (4 stars), Miles Hunt (The Wonder Stuff), Steve Knightley (Show of Hands) and many more. The pair deliver guitar and harmony driven textures of original alt folk and pop, and have have been wowing audiences on the live acoustic circuit in the UK. PLUMHALL have been joined on stage by Bob Dylan's legendary guitarist Larry Campbell for a performance of Senor (Tales of Yankee Power) at the BBC Radio 2 award winning folk club The Black Swan in York. They were also invited to the London Palladium in 2017 to perform with Al Stewart. 

PLUMHALL's debut album "Thundercloud" was voted one of The Guardian and Observer's Hidden Gems. Their new 2020 album "The Ghost Of Noise", released during lockdown, has attracted critical acclaim. Nick and Michelle have also written a song for and appeared in the 2020 international film release "The Runaways", starring Molly Windsor, Mark Addy and Tara Fitzgerald.

blaenavon is where the heart is, baby

http://blaenavon.com

I love to tell stories and transport people to places they never expected to go with my music and production.

A genre bending songwriter that, much like her creative influences Alabama Shakes and Angel Olsen, seamlessly weaves the blunt force of rock n roll with the candid storytelling and heartache of country and soul.

Belfast-born Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Andy White has guitar wants to travel. New album Good Luck I Hope You Make It January 2024.

Throughout his 20-album career, starting with the release of Religious Persuasion in 1985, Andy has combined poetic lyricism with a pop sensibility, political outspokenness with folk authenticity and wit. 

Take a listen to the Young Person's Guide playlist. Andy tends to put rare or hard-to-find tracks here on Soundcloud as well as a selection from his regular releases.

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Andy's career started with the Stiff Records EP Religious Persuasion. Championed by Janice Long and Whistle Test, Andy was signed to London in the UK and MCA in America, and his debut album Rave On Andy White was released in 1986. Melody Maker review headline was 'Yer Man's Brilliant' - Andy had arrived. Combining an acoustic guitar with an attitude from the Belfast punk scene of the 70s, along with a sharp wit and poetic sensibility, he was quite happy to be the new Bob Dylan, if only to see how far it would take him.

Looked after by Billy Bragg's manager Peter Jenner for much of the time since then, he's toured the world many times over, was one of the first artists on premier UK roots label Cooking Vinyl, and is best known for songs such as James Joyce's Grave, Street Scenes From My Heart, Italian Girls On Mopeds and If You Want It - literate pop songs as close to Lloyd Cole and Mike Scott as Bragg and Dylan. He has co-written with the likes of Peter Gabriel and Neil and Tim Finn, won Ireland's top songwriting awards and been inducted into the Irish Music Hall of Fame.

An invitation to Australia by Tim Finn led to Andy writing 'Coz I'm Free' for the Olympic Games in 2000, signing for Mushroom Music, and eventually moving there a few years later. This hasn't stopped him touring, however, and he's built up a loyal following in the UK, Europe and North America over the last ten years of hemisphere-hopping.

Andy's poetry and lyrics collection The Music Of What Happens was published by Lagan Press in 1999. His first book of prose, 20th Century Troubadour, came out in 2009, followed by second poetry collection Stolen Moments in 2011. 

Having looked over the shoulder of some of the world's finest producers, he's engineered and produced his two latest albums at his studio, The Growlery, in the hills outside Melbourne, using a collection of microphones and equipment he gradually built up from a shopping list given to him by old friend and producer, John Leckie.

Playing practically everything on Imaginary Lovers and How Things Are, in this respect they are a return to Andy's very earliest work. Guest musicians on the album are Andy's son, Sebastian, on drums, making his album debut, and one-woman string section Domini Forster on violin.

With the help of his UK record company Floating World, Andy has enjoyed an artistic freedom which has allowed him to concentrate on building up a body of work second to none. Each album has a specific theme, and scanning the track list of How Things Are will let you know this one's subject matter quickly enough.

In October 2016, the 30th anniversary of his debut Rave On, Andy's UK record label Floating World released a 12 CD box set containing all 11 studio albums plus brand new album Imaginary Lovers, which is also available as a single CD.

This was followed by an overt return to political engagement with The Guilty and the Innocent in 2017 and Time is a Buffalo in the Art of War in 2019. In 2020 Andy released a second compilation of rarities, Rarer, followed by career highlight This garden is only temporary in 2022. Listen to Another Sunny Day and I Miss You on this page.

Following the release of 'AT' a duo album with ALT bandmate Tim Finn, Andy has written and recorded his first spoken word album, Good Luck I Hope You Make It, on release from January 2024. Things are getting interesting.

Templar is a 28-year-old artist who was born in Canada and raised in Melbourne, Australia. Templar is a songwriter who introduces and embraces all styles of writing. He makes progressive, catchy, and energetic music. He is known as a trap producer and for his passion for producing Arabic ethnic music. Templar gets his best ideas as a songwriter after his first coffee hit. His melodious representations are emotionally orientated, reflective, atmospheric, avant-garde, and driven to excitement.

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