Sounds Like Brisbane
Brisbane is one of my favorite cities when it comes to the music scene they have there. If you take a quick look through this blog, you’ll see why.
Brisbane is where you’ll find Hungry Kids of Hungary, Blame Ringo, Ball Park Music, Drawn From Bees, Montpelier, Pensive Penguin, Charlie Mayfair, The John Steel Singers, and many more!
In mid March a new collective of Brisbane record labels released a new compilation called “Sounds Like Brisbane”. The collective brings together (almost) all the city’s labels to help each other out with getting word out about the diversity and quality of the music scene and is a bit of a unique story in itself.
Here’s what they say about it :
“BRISBANE’S RECORD LABELS UNITE
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA: Yes, it’s hot. Yes, it’s wet. But Brisbane is also a city with one of the strongest independent music scenes you will find anywhere.
Believed to be a world first, soundslikebrisbane (SLB) is bringing together the citys indie labels under the one banner – already 17 independent labels are represented, with more to join the fold soon. They are giving you a taste of the collective with a free Brisbane music sampler available online now.
Covering every genre from garage rock and indie, to jazz, hip-hop, country and pop, the labels define the creative melting pot that Brisbane has become. Together these labels work with dozens of artists, promoting close to 100 releases each year.
Among them are some of the countrys most exciting new artists including DZ DEATHRAYS, Mr Maps, The Optimen, The Medics, Regurgitator and Jackie Marshall.
It is a label scene that few, if any, other cities the size of Brisbane could boast with the collective including prominent local labels: Plus One Records, Mere Noise, Dew Process, Turkeyneck, Room 40, Someone Good, Pinnacles Music, SUGARRUSH, Lofly, El Nino El Nino, Red Tape Entertainment, Starving Kids, Valve Records, Obisidian Records, 777 Operations, and Useless Arts Records.
Theres no doubting that right now Brisbanes indie labels are the engine room of the local music scene, and the contribution they make should be celebrated and supported, SLB’s Craig Spann explains. These labels are often one or two-person operations at the cutting edge of the city’s creative scene, fueling Brisbane’s reputation as one of the worlds most exciting music cities.
The soundslikebrisbane.com website features fresh label and artist profiles and a range of exclusive content updated every week
Whether you’re a fan or a music industry type, discover new labels, new bands, make new connections in Australia and get your head around one of the world’s most exciting music cities at www.soundslikebrisbane.com.”
