Best of the West: Battle of the Bands

Ashton is a young, up and coming rapper & poet from South West Sydney, hoping to make a name for himself in the Australian rap scene.

Hive Mind is a three-member dynamic teenage band formed through a shared passion for musical theatre and performing arts with a cohesive sound shaped by storytelling, energy and emotion.

Jean Elliot is grungy western, fuzz and folk singing about small-town Australia, telling stories of butchers, bush and bogans to a wall of dramatic alt-country sound.

We are Kalamity an upcoming hard rock and heavy metal band from Sydney, we deliver high-voltage riffs, thunderous drums, and raw energy. 

Born and raised in Western-Sydney, LEO ABISAAB spent his youth absorbing the melodies of Neo-Soul, RnB, Jazz, Arabic Folk and pop and quickly becoming an emerging force in the Australian music scene.

Born and raised from the post-rock spirits, they created melodies, of indie, of rock, of alt and whatnot, they played music so awesome everyone's socks were rocked off. And it was good.

An up-and-coming band from Western Sydney offering a dynamic and diverse blend of rock, indie, pop, and RnB with a strong desire to grow as performers and songwriters.

Sound Escape have been jamming songs together, and more recently have started composing and rehearsing their own songs.

Yasi.T is a 17 year old emerging RnB and hip hop artist who is hard working and proud of her Western Sydney roots, growing up in Bankstown, Sydney.