Henry Wagons & The Only Children
Henry Wagons is a true renaissance man, with a unique swagger reminiscent of a day when front men gave back bucket loads of charm and were shrouded in enigmatic mystery. Unanimously lauded as one of one of Australia’s great entertainers, a Henry Wagons show is a true sight to behold.Drawing on a broad-ranging swag of […]
The Weeping Willows
2021 CMAA ‘Golden Guitar’, Australian Folk Music and Music Victoria Award winners, The Weeping Willows (Laura Coates and Andrew Wrigglesworth) are a couple of old souls, steeped in Bluegrass tradition and draped in Gothic Americana imagery. They regale their audiences with stories of sunshine and romance, God and The Devil, murder and decay. That kind […]
Sean Simmons
Sean Simmons, former front man of The Spoils performs at Meatstock for the first time armed with a guitar made out of tin and loop pedal, accompanied by guitar maestro Jon Shannon. In the mid 2000’s The Spoils abandoned their home country for Europe signing with French label Beast Records regularly touring there. They released […]
Katie Bates
Katie Bates has a heart steeped in great and spirited American music – from The Flying Burrito Brothers and The Band to Nirvana and Audioslave. This is no doubt the product of a family with a healthy vinyl collection and active subscriptions to Triple R and PBS. She is very much inspired by the music, culture and fashion of the 1960s and 1970s. And proudly so. […]
Freya Josephine Hollick
After releasing her second full length album in August of 2018, Australian singer songwriter, Freya Josephine Hollick was labelled one of 5 artists leading the new country renaissance by Double J (alongside Kacey Musgraves, Orville Peck, Yola and Colter Wall). She soon travelled to USA to record an album with Lucinda Williams’ renowned band Buick […]
Gretta Ziller
First impressions aren’t always right. If you’ve been foolish enough to nail down the sound of acclaimed songwriter Gretta Ziller, then prepare to have the rug pulled out from under you. Queen of Boomtown, her stunning debut record, defies categorisation and demands repeated listens. Ziller’s sound may bear the hallmarks of classic Americana music but its […]
Dan Brodie
“If Dan Brodie were an actor, he wouldn’t be the star of the show. He would be the guy the other actors on set wanted to hang out with, the guy the director would turn to when he needed a moment of inspiration to get the show on the road. This album.. shows why Brodie […]
Pierce Brothers
For years now twin brothers Jack and Patrick Pierce’s high energy duo Pierce Brothers has been a staple of the Australian indie-folk/ blues & roots scene, captivating festival goers and headlining sold out venues the world over. Exploding onto the world stage in 2014, the brothers started their journey as buskers on Bourke street (alongside […]
Ben Mastwyk and His Millions
Melbourne cosmic-country-rocker BEN MASTWYK writes his songs on the move. Planes, trains, rivers and highways set the mood. “There’s something about the rhythm of the world rolling by that stimulate the process” he explains. With his seven-piece rhinestoned band THE MILLIONS, songs erupt into swaggering, psychedelic bar-room gems. As a teenage noise-rocker, Mastwyk’s love of […]
Cookin’ On 3 Burners
Cookin’ On 3 Burners are Australia’s hardest hitting Hammond Organ Trio – joining the dots between Deep Funk, Raw Soul, Organ Jazz & Boogaloo. Listening to Cookin’ On 3 Burners is like poking your head through a time portal that stretches between the year you were born and the middle of next week. On one […]