Ruby and The Groovy Doobies • More
Lively in Central Coast
Event Description
Hot 'N' Heavy Ft. Ruby & The Groovy Doobies + Monstress + Tiali + Cobb +Bad Witch
Ruby Archer is a 19-year-old artist from the NSW Central Coast making waves with her unique blend of jazzy rock and raw, powerful vocals. After winning YouthRock 2022 and the 2023 triple J Unearthed High competition, Ruby blew audiences away at Vivid with her electrifying performances. Her debut album Oh So Tender (2023) earned rave reviews, and her single New Dream won the Youth Category at the ASA Songwriting Awards.
In 2024, Ruby was mentored by Mark Lizotte (Diesel) through APRA AMCOS and won the Emerging Artist award at the Australian Women in Music Awards. She also took home Best Music Video for Love Again at the Coastal Surge Film Festival. With Oh So Tender Deluxe out in 2024 and new music coming in 2025, Ruby is definitely one to watch.
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Monstress are based in Sydney. The band members include; Sarah Homeh on lead vocals and bass, Jade Slater on keys, Hayley Chan on drums, and Jenna Lewis on saxophone. Monstress are aiming to create their own sound and style. They want their audience to be suspended in sound, to be helpless to their music voodoo.
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Tiali is the musical embodiment of a David Lynch heroine. Her music is surreal, dreamlike and addictive, with a dangerous undercurrent that pulls you in. Her soulful, husky vocal delivers a sultry alternative rock feel; with songwriting that draws from personal experiences, expressing her views on society, culture and the issues she sees within it. Grungy guitar mixes with blues, jazz, punk, slivers of shadowy psychedelia and a pinch of influences like Mazzy Star and PJ Harvey, creating a sound that refuses to be pinned down. Alluring and powerful, Tiali is the pixie dream girl turned witchy woman who's come to steal your heart.
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Bad Witch is an indie rock outfit at heart, however their multi-member approach to songwriting leaves them open to a variety of genres including crunchy 60’s guitar tones of The Beatles, the dizzying psych-rock of Frankie and the Witch Fingers, Hiatus Kaiyote, FIDLAR and more. Their performances are rituals that invite audiences to surrender and indulge in sonic pleasure. Bad Witch beckons you to embrace your own darkness, to dance with your demons, and to find solace in the cacophony of their minds.
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Cobb.