Love Is My Velocity is a Perth, Australia-based independent record label. Originally started as an indie club night in 2003, it became a record label representing mainly Perth bands in 2006. Love Is My Velocity is Helen McLean, Keong Woo, Katie Lenanton and Matt Giles.
Until August 2007 the label exclusively released split 7inch vinyl singles containing one song each from two upcoming bands. The first was "Bird" / "City Walls and Empires" by The Bank Holidays and Institut Polaire, the second was "Wow" / "It's All the Same to Me" by the Tucker B's and Airport City Shuffle, the third was "Holidayz" / "Hard on a Man" by Josh Fontaine and Joe Bludge, and the fourth and most recent single was "Hot Property" / "I've Got Your Soul" by 7 Day Weekend and Sugar Army. "City Walls and Empires" went on to win WAM song of the year 2006. In August Love is My Velocity released its first CD album by Perth band Bamodi. They plan to release their second CD-LP by the Burton Cool Suit in October and their third in early 2008 by Josh Fontaine.
In May 2007 the label expanded into publishing, releasing the Love is My Velocity Cookbook, a guide to Perth music and art made within the cookbook format. The cookbook features recipes provided by 48 local Perth bands and artwork by 60 emerging artists. Two years later the second Love Is My Velocity Cook Book was released.
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones is an American ska punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1983. Since the band's inception, lead vocalist Dicky Barrett, bassist Joe Gittleman, tenor saxophonist Tim "Johnny Vegas" Burton and dancer ("Bosstone") Ben Carr have remained constant members. The line-up also includes drummer Joe Sirois, saxophonist Leon Silva, guitarist Lawrence Katz and trombonist Chris Rhodes.
A Jackknife to a Swan is the seventh studio album by The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. It was released on July 9, 2002, by SideOneDummy Records. This album marked the band's return to an indie label, and was the last album released by the group before their four-year hiatus between 2003 and 2007. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones would not release their next studio album until Pin Points and Gin Joints in 2009.
Fuck is an American indie rock band, formed in Oakland, California in 1993. The band consists of Timothy Prudhomme, Geoff Soule, Kyle Statham, and Theodore Ellison. They have recorded for a number of labels including Matador Records and Homesleep Records of Italy.
GRP Records is a jazz record label founded by Dave Grusin and Larry Rosen in 1978. GRP was known for its all-digital recordings and jazz-pop sound.
Half A Cow is an independent record label from Australia, established in 1990 by Sydney musician and music identity Nic Dalton.
Odds are a Canadian alternative rock band based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They perform music with a power pop style. They were nominated for six Juno Awards in the 1990s, winning zero. As of 2014, they are on their fifth record label.
Perth, the major city in Western Australia, has given rise to a number of notable performers in popular music. Some of the more famous performers include Kevin Parker, Rolf Harris, David Helfgott, Luke Steele and Tim Minchin. Notable artists in genres including rock, classical, and electronic music have lived in Perth.
Jed Davis is an American musician based in New York City. He sings and plays keyboards as a solo artist and with Sevendys, The Hanslick Rebellion, Skyscape, Space Toilets, and Jeebus, and occasionally with Avi Buffalo.
Patty Waters is a jazz vocalist best known for her free jazz recordings in the 1960s for the ESP-Disk label.
Institut Polaire were an indie band originating from Perth, Western Australia.
The Western Australian Music Industry Awards are annual awards presented to the local contemporary music industry, put on by the Western Australian Music Industry Association Inc (WAM). The WAMi Awards are Western Australia Music's night of nights, bringing together local music fans and members of local, national and international industry to acknowledge and celebrate another year of achievements for Western Australia.
Southbound was an arts, camping and music festival. A variety of Australian and international artists perform at this event. The festival occurred annually around New Years, at the Sir Stewart Bovell Park in Busselton, Western Australia.
The Bank Holidays were an Australian indie pop band from Perth, which formed in 2003 as Tunnelball by Nat Carson, James Crombie, Wibekke (Bekk) Reczek and Ian (Stafford) Chater (drums). Late in 2007 Chater was replaced by Stuart Leach. They have issued two studio albums, As a Film and Sail Becomes a Kite. By late 2012 they had effectively disbanded.
The Chevelles are a power pop band from Perth, Western Australia. They formed in 1989 and have toured Australia, Europe, the United States and South America.
WAM was originally formed as the Western Australian Rock Music Industry Association Inc. (WARMIA) in 1985, with its main aim to develop and run annual awards recognising achievements within the music industry in Western Australia. WAM first received project funding from the state government in 1989, and in the early 90s the word "rock" was dropped from the title to give the organisation scope to take on a broader constituency.
Superengine are an Indie/Pop band originating from Perth, Western Australia.
Adem K is an Australian independent rock musician and songwriter. As a founding member of the group Turnstyle, Kerimofski is credited with helping to revive Casio and toy keyboard integration in rock music in the late 1990s and early 2000s in Australia.
Antonino Joseph Sciuto, Jr. is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer who has been active since 1965. He was a member of both Little River Band and Player. Sciuto has written songs for the Bay City Rollers, Nick Kamen, B. J. Thomas and Tina Turner amongst others. He has written soundtrack songs for several movies and scored a Top 10 hit in Japan.
Love Bomb is the fourth album released in 1975 by the British singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul, and her second album released on Jet Records in the UK and Polydor in Germany, Australia and Japan. In the US and Canada, it was released in January 1976 on Mercury Records. The album was recorded at the Marquee Studios, London, England, produced by de Paul and arranged by Tony Hymas, with Terry Cox playing drums, John Dean percussion, Chris Rea guitar and Frank McDonald bass. The striking sleeve cover photo of de Paul in U.S military style clothing was taken by Brian Aris.
Gold Glitter Shoes is the second studio EP from the American rock band Rock N Roll Hi Fives.
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