On The Pulse Festival Brisbane line up announced!

ON THE PULSE FESTIVAL
Saturday, October 23, 2010
FORTITUDE VALLEY PCYC & THE HIVE | All Ages and Drug & Alcohol Free | Doors 4.30pm

October brings new life to Brisbane's music scene with the birth of On The Pulse Festival featuring 15 punk, rock and pop artists performing across two stages on Saturday October 23 (2010) at the Fortitude Valley PCYC and The Hive!

Built entirely around the most promising unsigned or independently signed artists this country has to offer, On The Pulse promises an all age – drug and alcohol free event.

The Fortitude Valley PCYC and the Hive - both located in the hub of Brisbane’s music precinct will play host to the On The Pulse Festival.  The venue is already well aligned with the youth of Brisbane through its many musical, sporting and activities already staged at the facility.

Forming the 2010 line-up is: Finabah, Flicks, The Monstor Goes Rawrr, Burning Brooklyn, Words Versing Verses, Drawcard, Autumn Heartache, The City Shake Up, Cold and Need, Trashqueen, Bixby Canyon, Calais, Starting Sunday and more to be announced!

“On The Pulse has been created not only to create a quality festival platform for our younger and growing artists, but also to present an exciting opportunity for young music fans to be introduced to new music and exciting new bands,” says Festival promoter Marc Mancini.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2010: FORTITUDE VALLEY PCYC & THE HIVE
 All Ages and Drug & Alcohol Free

Tickets $25 and on sale now through www.Oztix.com.au or phone 1300 762 545 or from Rockinghorse Records, Kill The Music & Sunflower Music

 

Visit www.onthepulsefestival.com.au for more information!

 

 

Finabah started out like many bands do – four kids bored with small-town summers, bashing out power chords in a backyard shed. Six years and over 500 shows later, Finabah have become one of the most recognised pop rock acts in Queensland rapidly building national profile.  Their latest EP release, ‘Sugarcoat’, has been a hit with old fans, new fans and industry alike. The most recent single “Everyone Jump (When They Tell You How High)” became a massive success with a #9 debut on the AIR Charts and #3 in the AIR Airplay Chart. The track was the #2 most added track to radio in Australia the first week of release and received high rotation airplay on NOVA, Triple M and B105 including a debut on the B105 HOT30 countdown at #21. No mean feat for a truly independent artist!

Having played alongside acts from The Used and Rise Against, to Wolfmother and Spiderbait and more recently playing to over 30,000 people for the 2010 'Rock the Schools’ tour, these four musicians have come a long way since their humble beginnings.

www.myspace.com/finabahaus

 

Formerly known as 52 Flicks, Brisbane four-piece Flicks have come a long way since forming in 2007 having played to thousands touring with Short Stack through North Queensland earlier in the year, signing a record label with Spitfire Music (home to COG) and now the release of their new single ‘Hayley’ – an ode to Paramore lead singer, Hayley Williams. Hayley was produced by Todd Morse (H20, The Offspring, Juliette Lewis) and Grant Wallis (Aneiki – Please to Meet You) chimed in with some string arrangements and the song began to take form. It was recorded at the Grove Studios in Sydney and was handed personally by the band to Hayley’s boyfriend Chad Gilbert of New Found Glory (who took it with no jealousy or animosity).

www.myspace.com/flicksband

 

The Monster Goes Rawrr has achieved a sound that takes electro-based rock to a new level. The quintet combines a diverse range of genres including powerpop, rock, dance, trance and electronica, while undeniably maintaining a pop-rock sensibility. With an energetic and professional stage show, The Monster Goes Rawrr is a band that catches both the eyes and ears of audiences.  Since the release of their first single in July 2009, the band has accumulated over 500,000 plays and over 200,000 downloads on MySpace and Purevolume whilst also sharing the stage with international touring acts such as 3OH!3 (USA) and The Secret Handshake (USA), as well as numerous domestic acts including Closure In Moscow (Melb), Amy Meredith (Syd), Tonight Alive (Syd) and Heroes For Hire (Syd).
www.myspace.com/themonstergoesrawrr

 

Since emerging onto the local Brisbane scene in late 2008, Burning Brooklyn have come a long way having released their debut EP ‘Where The Heart Stops’ in 2009 and more recently their current single ‘All About You’ earlier this year.  The four-piece have also supported the likes of Haste The Day, Blessed By A Broken Heart and Fear Before.
www.myspace.com/burningbrooklyn

 

When former Avalon Drive front man Damion Page paired up with guitarist Kevin Leggett in 2009, the Brisbane duo had no idea that this was the journey they would in fact take.  Coming from varied music backgrounds, the pair experimented with different sounds and acoustics to create the original and organic sound of Words Versing Verses. Releasing their debut EP in May 2010, the band didn’t foresee their first ever live show to be a sell out – but that’s exactly what they did.  Their live performance brings to life the soul of personal lyrics, and the intimacy of the bands acoustic core sound.

www.myspace.com/WordsVersingVerses

 

Extracting influences from artists such as Foo Fighters, Anberlin, Story of the Year, Saosin, Drawcard inject their own experiences and talent into a unique style which has been described as “new rock with all the sensibilities of catchy pop, but edgy enough to hold your interest”. The band secured a spot on the Taste of Chaos Tour, were involved in the FuelTV (AUS) “Mountain Dew Battle for Supremacy II” skate program and were a featured band on Australia’s nationwide TripleM Radio with interviews and track rotation for the title track “Modern Rivalry”.  Having much success in Australia, they’ve also had a taste of it the States as well; with songs featured on MTV’s Real World-Road Rules Challenge, FuelTV (Fox Sports) and on Skratch Magazine’s Warped Tour compilation. On the road, DrawCard has paired up with Parkway Drive, Taking Back Sunday, Underoath, Thursday and Senses Fail.
www.myspace.com/drawcard

 

There’s no punk rock breeding ground quite like high school. And from Clontarf High just north of Brisbane comes Autumn Heartache.  This is not a punk band in that clichéd leather-jacket and mow hawk sense.  Rather this is a rock band inspired by the attitude of bands that want to follow their own path, and have a great time in the process.  Close mates, the band was born out a love for bands like The Living End, Green Day, The Used, The Getaway Plan, and Blink 182.
www.myspace.com/autumnheartache

Formed in 2007, and combining former members of prolific bands Dr Octopus and The Vagrants, The City Shake Up has already become a Gold Coast icon.  With over 25 years of stage experience between them, these 5 lads have set about making a name for themselves on a local and international scale. Having recorded their EP “Ticket to Pripyat’ in 2008, the boys have started work on a full length album, which is set to take the world by storm.  Citing such rock, alternative and punk influences as Muse, Rise Against and the Foo Fighters, TheCityShakeUp have created their own unique heart pumping sound, combining mighty guitar riffs, heart-pounding rhythm and roaring, riotous vocals.
www.myspace.com/thecityshakeup

 

Brisbane four-piece Cold and Need formed in 2009 and have just finished recording tracks for their debut EP release which is expected to be released later this year.

www.myspace.com/coldandneed

When you live in a boring, run down, Brisbane suburb there’s a only really couple of ways you can kill time.  You can (A) steal cars, (B) sell dope or (c) play music... and considering that none of the band members know how to hotwire a car they chose option (C).  TRASHQUEEN began bashing out loud distorted hard rock in late 2009 when Guitarist Sean Jackson and Drummer Wayne Jackson decided to recruit Nik Shulz to fill the position of bassist.  Since then the band has been playing charasmatic live shows around Brisbane and recorded a couple of tunes that just maybe worth checkin’ out.
www.myspace.com/trashqueen10

Responding to a classified in Rave Magazine young singer/songwriter, Jake Wood completed the line-up that has become Bixby Canyon. After auditioning several vocalists Mitch Johnson (drums), John Jurkov (bass) and Brodie Pearce (guitar) had finally found the last piece of their puzzle, a vocalist with raw emotion and songwriting abilities. After thumping away in a backyard shed, in the wilds of Spring Mountain, for the past six months this youthful four piece have melded their individual and shared influences into a unique blend of Indie Rock that tips its hat to Brand New, Jimmy Eat World, Manchester Orchestra, Green Day, and Nirvana.
www.myspace.com/bixbycanyon

 

Calais has that special ‘something’ - intangible, yet blatantly obvious at the same time.  If you’ve seen them play live, you’ll know what we’re talking about. If you need convincing, then consider this. When Calais won Brisbane’s Rock School Challenge this year, they had only been playing together for just over a month. Six weeks to be exact.  People who have heard their songs describe the band as a cross between the Kings of Leon and U2, but the band’s inspiration comes from spectrum of styles and ages, including Muse, Led Zeppelin and Karnivool to name a few. The band are planning to release new tracks later this year.
www.myspace.com/calais

 

The twelve months from August 2008 were huge for Melbourne band Starting Sunday, having supported Bon Jovi on his Melbourne concert, became the first unsigned band to perform on an episode of Network Ten's 'Neighbours' in August [2008] which was broadcast throughout Australia and the UK, had sync placements throughout Channel 7's Beijing Olympic Games coverage [2008] and on Network Ten's Rove whilst ending the year with a special appearance at the 2008 ARIA Music Awards. Having supported bands including Behind Crimson Eyes (AUS), The Butterfly Effect (AUS), Dopamine (UK); a support slot on the Taste Of Chaos tour playing alongside bands including The Used, Rise Against, Aiden and the Gallows, and more recently joining Faker on the JD Set Tour in 2009, Starting Sunday are soon to unleash an EP twelve months in the making.
www.myspace.com/startingsunday