Two buzzing UK bands with a common Aussie thread will both be playing live in
Sydney in the coming weeks;

Farrah -
Farrah's sound isn't easy to pigeonhole. Marrying the vocal sensibilities of the
Beach Boys to the all-out rock of Weezer via the self-effacing lyrics of The
Streets and the pop sensibilities of Jellyfish was always going to set the band
apart. And with comparisons as diverse as ELO to FOW, Supergrass to
Supertramp, the band isn't a stranger to critical acclaim. Farrah's albums have
garnered 4 stars in Q magazine, and approving nods from BBC radio
cognoscenti as diverse as Steve Lamacq and Bob Harris. They've gigged with
everyone from Ash to The Feeling, Hanson to Phantom Planet, played
Glastonbury festival, appeared live on Japanese TV and toured pretty much
everywhere in the world except America. and Australia.
Detouring downunder via Tokyo for their first promotional tour following shows
in Spain and their fourth Japanese tour (their third seeing them play to 24,000
fans at Yokohama Arena at the Nano-Mugen Festival), Farrah will be bringing
their eclectic brand of pop-mayhem to Sydney in February . It's a
surprise the band haven't played in Australia before now, considering Farrah
bass player and Sydney-native-turned-Aussie-abroad Michelle Margherita has
been showing the Brit boys how it's done for the past few years.
Catch Farrah live at the Cat and Fiddle Balmain Friday February 16th ahead of
the Australian release of Cut Out And Keep later in 2007.

www.farrah.co.uk

www.myspace.com/farrah




The Bad Machines

The inter-continental duo of Michelle Margherita and Paul Scott, who are
based respectively in London and Sydney, have pieced together an album of
not-so-ordinary love songs that stitch together noise and nuance with
grinding guitars and drum-machine beats. Not the usual girl-vocal/boytechnology
pop duo, Telling Lies is a shimmering electro-indie-pop gem that
includes bubblegum-punk tracks like Two Heads and Kidz before simmering
down with hypnotic, minimally textured beauties like the title track,
Telling Lies, and it's sister tune, Folkways.
Composed and compiled by Michelle and Paul emailing files across the world,
Telling Lies is a beautiful collection of songs that only exist because of
the kind of trans-global collaboration that the internet allows.
When they are in the same country, on stage, The Bad Machines are a chaotic
mix of instrument swapping, judo moves, new-wave dancing and stillness.
Their recent tour of the UK, Germany, France and Spain proved to crowds
that the band can rock while quietly connecting with their audience.
The Bad Machines debut album Telling Lies will be released in Australia March
2007 via MGM.

Catch them Live at The Spanish Club (opening week) Liverpool St Sydney City
Saturday March 3

www.thebadmachines.com

www.myspace/thebadmachines



(photo courtesy of David Secombe - the Queens photographer himself!)

For further information, guest list details, album copies and hi rez media
please contact

Marshall Cullen
Foghorn Media
612 93310666
230 Crown St
Darlinghurst NSW 2010
PO Box 3262
Umina Beach NSW 2257
Australia

sounds like cafe www.soundslikecafe.com
damien gerard studios www.damiengerard.net
foghorn group www.foghornrecords.net

The Bad Machines
www.thebadmachines.com
Kolliope
www.kolliope.com
Tecoma
www.tecomamusic.com
The Honey Palace
www.thehoneypalace.com
Patrick Carr
www.myspace.com/patrickcarrproject
Jude Elliot
www.judeelliot.com
Home Grown Roots
www.myspace.com/homegrownroots
Emily Davis
www.emilydavis.com.au





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