26th Annual Sydney Uni Band Comp Grand FinalTicketing Absolutely Free!

Thursday 2 September 2010
 
7pm - 11pm // 18+
Manning Bar

After weeks and weeks of heats, quarter finals and semi-finals, the best of the best of our band comp bands battle it out tonight for $3,750 in cash and the chance to be named the 2010 Sydney Uni Band Comp winning band!
 
With all this at stake the competition is set to be fierce and extremely entertaining.
 
The final 6 bands out of a massive 60 to start the year are:

The Dead Heads
Jackson Gunn
Mind Priorities
Set Sail
The Future Prehistoric
The Tourist

Sydney Uni Band Comp has launched the careers of many of Australia’s top musicians, with past winners and finalists including The Vines, Josh Pyke, Tim Freedman, Cloud Control, Kyu, Frenzal Rhomb, Youth Group, Dappled Cities Fly, The Redsunband, Front End Loader, The Jezabels, Seekae, Megastick Fanfare and We Say Bamboulée.

 

2010 Final Line-up:

Set Sail
Set Sail started with a classical violinist and a California hippie busking on the street. This unlikely combination of a Matt Costa influenced skater kid with a melodramatic, Arcade Fire-esque violinist created a fresh, organic sound; completed when Josh May's jazz precision and danceable groove was thrown into the mix.




The Dead Heads 
Conceived 2years apart Oscar and Ali grew up with the same ear for music and quickly developed a connection spirited by grunge, jamming out in the cold winters of the southern highlands to recoup heat only furthered their musical bond
 

Jackson Gunn
Jackson Gunn, son of a preacher and a teacher. Picked up some chops playin out near deno's diner on the ugliest street in Sydney the princes highway. Irish bars, ill fitting bras. Smashed a bottle in his throat one day to forget himself and sound like someone else...tryin hard to get reborn every day. Elementary blues about religion and women.  




Mind Priorities 
Mind Priorities have been together for nearly 4 years, over which they have played at Coaster Festival, the Easter Show, and have supported bands such as After The Fall. They are a dynamic live act, who are driven to keep performing & write new material.





The Future Prehistoric
Existent in different forms for a number of years, The Future Prehistoric can be described as the final step of a long odyssey in search of a unique musical identity. An exciting combination of five very different hair cuts and shoe-sizes, the band has overcome near fatal desperation in the search for a singer as James Klotz was delivered (via stalk, may I add) on the doorstep of a very noisy inner-city home. The rest, as in every fairytale or Hugh Grant film, is history. With freshly recorded songs and a live show that has been compared to the intensity of Ogalo's chilli, The Future Prehistoric are enigma (even to themselves) that do not sound quite like anyone that they've ever heard of. Even so, they hope that their music effects you as much as others has them.

The Tourist 
The Tourist formed at the end of 2009 between cousins Dan and Dave. What started off as an acoustic folk duo has gradually become an indie-rock quartet, following the recruitment of Adam on Drums, and Lizzy on keys and harmonies. The Tourist are inspired by artists like Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver and Leonard Cohen. We have finished recording our debut EP - 'Wooden Legs, Real Feet' - which will be released later this year.


 

2009 Final Line-Up:

The Conditionals







Foveaux









Kyu










Moravia








Stephanie Says










Super Florence Jam











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