The first round of artists for BIGSOUND 2012 has been announced with Henry Wagons, Kate Miller-Heidke and Noise11 favs Ball Park Music all scheduled to showcase.
The BIGSOUND music conference in Brisbane will feature keynotes from singer songwriter Ben Lee and EMI chairman Mark Poston as well as Spotify’s Rene Chambers, Third Man Records Ben Swank and Merlin’s Charles Caldas.
The Round One list of showcase artists are:
Kate Miller-Heidke
The Aston Shuffle
Closure In Moscow
Ball Park Music
Hungry Kids Of Hungary
The Beards
Violent Soho
David Bridie
The Jungle Giants
Owl Eyes
Eagle & The Worm
Henry Wagons
All The Young (UK)
Emperors
The Paper Kites
James Walsh (Starsailor/UK)
King Cannons
The Cairos
New Navy
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard
Northeast Party House
The Snowdroppers
Art Of Sleeping
Boy In A Box
Catherine Britt
Step-Panther
Oliver Tank
Kira Puru & The Bruise
The Darcys (Canada)
The Trouble With Templeton
Millions
The Preachers
Velociraptor
Cairo Knife Fight (NZ)
Bankrupt Billionaires
Straight Arrows
Voltaire Twins
The Delta Riggs
Grey Ghost
Super Wild Horses
Mosman Alder
Transistors (NZ)
Kingswood
Hey Geronimo
Jenn Grant (Canada)
Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes
Strange Talk
Bearhug
The Brow Horn Orchestra
Saskwatch
Winter People
YesYou
Caitlin Park
Gung Ho
Underlights
Current Swell (Canada)
Elizabeth Rose
Argentina
BIGSOUND is September 12 to 14 in Brisbane.