Cartwheel Links
CARTWHEEL LINKS
Some bands we've played with / like:
- Tugboat - Three well known Melbourne musicians who play extremely catchy melodic pop.
- Ninetynine - We love these guys, not only for their manic music but because they tour the world without the help of any record company wanker.
- The Restless - We played with these acoustic/folk rockers at the Tote in Melbourne.
- Architecture In Helsinki - Played with these guys at The Empress, very popular these days.
- The Lucksmiths - Played with LS in a backyard in Sydney, our best gig, so much fun!!!
- Mother Goose - Ace Finland Indie-Poppers who have been around for a long time.
- Yacht - Noisy American Laptop pop mashed and messed up.
- Loser Superhero - Totally amazing french duo, laptop/visuals.
- Now - Ace London post math kinda rock band.
- Art Terry and the Faeries - Piano/Strings and vocals.
- Grovesnor - Interesting electro, on the night we saw him, he was more like James Brown though...funky!
- Lynskey - New CD is amazing, lots of work put into it. Nice guitar riffs, subtle electronics...nice.
- Hi-Fi Renaissance - Messy electronica coming together in a smooth way - Huge in Serbia.
We like or have been helped by the following:
- Scooter - Was set up to help girls get on stage and perform, based in Sydney.
- Utrophia - We feature on 'Compilation 2' . This is a group of people who promote new audio and visual works from emerging artists. Based in Hackney, London, UK.
- Transformed Dreams - Excellent Netherland based label and frequent night at Paradiso.
- If Society - Self described "indie label with heart and soul" and i couldn't agree more, based in Finland.
Radio and other Media:
- Local and/or General - RRR show that plays mostly Melbourne music.
- RRR / PBS - 2 Melbourne Radio Stations who support local music to a maximum.
- ThreeD Radio - Equivalent to the two above radio stations except this one is in Adelaide.
- Osmosis - All Australian music program based in Sydney.
- OzmusicProject - On line database for Austrailan bands.
- Aus Music Scrapbook - Another On line database and information website for Aussie bands.
England / Europe Links
Europe Venues we played at / helped us
- Finland - Kipsari - Excellent venue in Helsinki, well organised.
- England - The Spencer - Venue in Coventry that puts on frequent indie nights.
- England - 291 Gallery - An old 1920 church converted into an art gallery, totally amazing.
Travel Links
- HostelWorld - Book your hostel online anywhere in the world.
- Currency Converter - Any currency, best one i have found.
- How Far.. - Table showing road distances in Europe and other places round the world.
- Lonely Planet - We refer to all 15 books we have as our bibles.
- Car Insurance - Have to be Australian living in UK or elsewhere overseas i think, ours was half the price of local dealers.
- AA - Route planner that allows you to put in the origin and destination and it tells you how to get there. (UK and Europe only).
- A Ferry to - Get quotes for ferries throughout Europe and to and from UK.
- Translator - Does an average job of translating web pages which is vital when organising a tour.
- Foreign Word Dictionary - Translates words rather than pages.