From humble beginnings as an acoustic duo, to the rolling thunder rock revue they now command, Winter Moon have marked their progress to date as anything but ordinary.

Summoning the gods of rock n’ roll with comparisons to Led Zeppelin and Blues Pills, the band’s psychedelic blues rock squall is a force majeure. The current five piece’s wall of sound is topped off by the almighty soul howl of pint sized singer Milly Moon. Drawing comparisons to everyone from Aretha Franklin to Janis Joplin, Milly’s vocal prowess is the rallying cry of a band with their star on the rise.

The band’s debut EP Lucid Dreaming serves up five songs of raucous blues pop rock, with fat bass grooves sliced up by searing guitar work and those striking vocals. ‘Me & The Devil’ sees the protagonist lamenting their symbiotic relationship with the bottle, while the ‘The Sun is Gonna Come’ knocks out some of the most coruscating guitar lines ever laid down at Birdland Studios; and EP closer ‘Black Heart’ sees the band letting loose on a musical trip almost ten minutes in length, divining Jethro Tull and King Crimson with its chilling flute driven melody.

-"...shredding riffs and good classic rock power vocals on top, a la Joan Jett. Would not be standing still at a gig from these guys." - Ollie Wards, Triple J
-“ The talent here is undeniable, the charisma magnetic and future success is all but inevitable.” - Inpress
-“To call Winter Moon eclectic would be like calling Elton John a bit colourful.” - Tone Deaf



Bertie dropped onto the bench and took a swig of, what?  Could have been whiskey, could have been juice. She’d peeled all the labels off a long time ago. Dusk. It was her favourite time: the orange eye of the sun, bored and falling fast, the empty streets, the smell of the dark winding round her legs. She curled her spine and pressed deeper into the wooden slats of the bench, like an attic ladder against her back. She settled in to watch. This was the time for shadow chasers, when hurt was in the air and the bins overflowed with silent hopes and crumpled dreams. 

She flicked through the menu on her iPod. Headway, The Only One, from the soundtrack of Hey Hey It’s Esther Blueburger, Black, Secrets and Lies and a cover of Peek-a-boo by Siouxsie and the Banshees. And this new one, Pope Innocent X.

Her thumb hovered over the button, one cracking eye to unleash the loneliness of everything. She hesitated. Took another swig and winced as she swallowed. Probably not juice. She pressed play and reached inside her coat for the book she’d stolen last time she went home, A Travel Guide for Foundlings with Nowhere To Go. On the title page, in red pencil, someone had scrawled ‘2009 ARIA Breakthrough Independent Artist of the Year’ and ‘2009 ARIA Best Independent Release.’ Bertie laughed as she tore out the page, flicked her lighter open and set the paper alight. She pulled out her bookmark - a dog-eared card embossed with ‘Francois Tetaz – Producer at Large’ – and started drawing the mourning light of the looming stars onto the pages. 

It was dark when she’d finished. And cold. And she was thirsty. Out of the corner of her eye, she could feel the world come alive with the fiends of the night. She fixed them with her unblinking eye and whispered I know where you’re hiding and I’m coming to get you.

This is the legacy page for SuKhush (Altar Records) where we keep some of our favourite releases and sets from over the years. Everything from studio recordings to Fusion Festival (Germany), Ozora Festival (Hungary), MoDem Festival (Croatia), Eclipse Festival (Canada) … Goa gigs… NYC parties …… here are some of our favourites :-) 

SuKhush featured Rachel's live improvisation on the C Flute interwoven with Vishal's DJ/RMX sets. SuKhush spanned downtempo (psychill / bass / dub / psystep) to dancefloor (darkprog / chillgressive ) beats. We took a lot of pride in always keeping it fresh! No 2 sets were the same, even on tour. 

We stopped globetrotting with this project in 2019 but we're still around & we love to hear from you! Send us a message here if you want to get in touch. 

For Vish’s darker side, check out Vishwaatmaaa at http://soundcloud.com/vishwaatmaaa 

xx BoM Bholenath xx

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Lieutenant Jam are a kaleidoscope of genres ranging from the punk origins of NOFX and the Clash, the grunge of Nirvana and with lyrics in the style of The Libertines and the Arctic Monkeys.

The band consist of 4 songwriters and a shredding artist; A Robert Plant vocal ranging singer, a jazz turned rock guitarist, metal drummer and a bass player keeping them in line combine to smash up the stage, launch the odd obscenity while launching out refreshing distorted soundwaves.

The band prides itself on creating the wild House Party on Wheels Festival it runs with over 40 bands smashing it out in people’s living rooms and venues.

Lieutenant Jam consists of Anthony Ross on lead vocals, Joel Melbourne on lead guitar, James Collingridge on Bass and Fernando Castaneda on drums.

The band’s reputation is building after playing over 70 shows since 2012. They have performed at Glastonbury 2013, St.Kilda Festival 2014, Sydney Rd St Festival 2014, Melbourne Fringe Festival 2014 and Darebin Music Feast in 2012. They have created 6 renegade music festivals entitled 'House Party on Wheels' over 2 years with 25-45 bands playing at each. Lieutenant Jam have played at establishments such as The Espy, Cherry Bar, The Evelyn, Ding Dong Lounge, The Vineyard, Revolver, The Workers Club, 303, Pony, The Toff, The Tote, The Brunswick Hotel, The Reverence. They have also toured Hobart, Adelaide and the UK.

The band's diverse writing styles come from Anthony's (screenwriter) narrative writing within his lyrics, Joel's English influenced rhymes within rock (Diverse taste in genres from being a triple R band booker) and Fernando's metal inspired technical wizardary (The Mexican music instrumental genius).

The band has featured on indie100.com, Triple R 3RRR FM, Inpress, Beat Magazine and high figures on tripleJ Unearthed and Reverb Nation.

Emerge Magazine-Emerging Bands with a Good Sprinkling of the Established Ones for Inspiration and the stories about them.



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