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NoKTuRNL
How fantastically well are these guys rockin’? NoKTuRNL have so much to say and all the energy in the country to get their message across and get it across LouD! The boys have toured with Spiderbait, supported Powderfinger and Regurgitator, and one of their songs featured in the AFI award-winning film Radiance. NoKTuRNL first came […]
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The Guilty Party
Pleading Guilty En route from Moree to Sydney to perform at this year’s Survival concert are Steven Swan, Donna Faulkner, Damien Smith, Shane Roberts and Dean Jenkins, aka The Guilty Party. This five-piece band, formed back in 1998 when they were all attending Courallie High School in Moree together. Their music has been influenced by […]
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Coloured Stone
After 20 long years and seven albums, Coloured Stone stand proud as the longest surviving Aboriginal band in Australia. Bunna Lawrie and the boys have probably seen more of this country than any other band, too, performing in major cities and remote communities alike, often camping out in the scrub after shows. Coloured Stone formed […]
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Glenn Skuthorpe
Deadly Vibe Issue 95 January 2005 Restless soul After dropping his debut album Out of the Darkness back in 2001, Glenn Skuthorpe has spent most of the past two years on the road. Out of the Darkness introduced Glenn’s distinct musical style and received a strong response, with extensive airplay of his single Cradle to […]
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Foot Fulla Bindies
Deadly Vibe Issue 49 March 2001 Foot Hopping Rock You would have thought the whole crowd at Survival 2001 had a Foot Fulla Bindies the way they were all jumping up and down to the band’s music! Their beats were infectious. As well as dancing, Wagga’s Foot Fulla Bindies had the audience rocking and laughing […]
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Yothu Yindi
Yothu Yindi is the contemporary cultural voice of the Yolngu community in north-eastern Arnhem Land. The band members are drawn from two of the 20 clan groups in the region, the Gumatj and Rirratjingu. The band formed in 1986, determined to promote the strength of the Yolngu people, presenting non-Indigenous people throughout the world with […]
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Archie Roach
Deadly Vibe Issue 45 October 2000 “If there is a black God, it’s him.” That’s how Leah Purcell describes Archie Roach. How else do you describe him? Artist? Poet? Storyteller? Singer? Songwriter? Archie Roach is all of the above and he’s also one of the deadliest brothers around. As you can tell from his music, […]
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Narbalek Band
The Rockin’ Wallabies Northern Territory based band Narbarlek are rockin’. The band has recorded their first CD in 1998 and are on their way to releasing another. As with a lot of bands, Narbarlek say that the beginning periods were the hardest for the band, but all of the hard work has paid off, now […]
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Spin FX
>Deadly Vibe Issue 72 February 2003 A number of quality bands have cut their musical teeth in the desert area of central Australia: just think Lajamanu Teenage Band, Warren H Williams and Frank Yamma, to name a few. Many of their recordings have found their way to music enthusiasts’ hi-fi systems around the country. Another […]
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Archie Roach & Ruby Hunter
Deadly Vibe Issue 93 November 2004 Let’s stick together Two of our most beloved performers, Archie Roach and Ruby Hunter, have been Deadly favourites since the event began. So it was no surprise that the pair once again walked away with a Deadly in 2004, this time for Excellence in Film and Theatrical Score. Archie […]
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Lou Bennet
As a member of the Tiddas trio, Lou Bennett toured the world, gaining fans like Billy Bragg along the way. Releasing a total of four records, the group’s unique sound garnered them three Deadlys and an ARIA before they called it quits in 2000. Lou Bennett has since released a solo album, Time Out, a […]
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Wild Water
Deadly Vibe Issue 97 March 2005 Wild Waters Run Deep Wild Water formed over 10 years ago. Today they’re still going strong. Back in 1996, readers of Deadly Vibe and listeners of Deadly Sounds voted Northern Territory saltwater band Wild Water as the Best New Talent of the Year. Since those promising beginnings, the band […]
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Ruby Hunter
Ruby Hunter dominated the nominations for the 2000 Deadly Sounds National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Music Awards, with a total of four to her name – Female Artist of the Year, Album Release of the Year, Single Release of the Year, and Outstanding Contribution to Aboriginal Music. Our swinging sister from the Ngarrindjeri people […]
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Bloody Marys
Deadly Vibe Issue 67 September 2002 Make Mine A Mary They were the darlings of folk and world music festivals from Woodford to Womad, a sublime trio with vocals to swoon for. So whatever happened to Tiddas? Well, as original member Amy Saunders tells Deadly Vibe, a new-look sisterhood is set to enchant us all […]
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Sammy Butcher
>Deadly Vibe Issue 77 September 2003 Famous Warumpi band member Sammy Butcher didn’t have to look far for inspiration for the title of his latest album. “Out here in the desert, when you look out at the sand hills, you can imagine them as being huge red waves on the ocean,” says Sammy, who lives […]
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Lazy Late Boys
Lazy Days The Lazy Late Boys are a bunch of young fellas from the Gurindji speaking area of Daguragu who acquired their fitting name through reputation. The band consists of John Leeman (lead vocals), William Smiler (back up vocals), Geoffrey Peters (drums), Robin Roock (bass guitar) and Howard King (rhythm guitar). They have been together […]
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