RTRFM (call sign: 6RTR) is a not-for-profit, community radio station based in Perth, Western Australia. It is self-funded, largely through listener subscription and fund-raising events, however it does carry some "advertising material" (called sponsorship with all community broadcasters in Australia) at a maximum of 5 mins per hour. It broadcasts 24 hours a day, on 92.1 in the FM band. The name RTRFM is a contraction of "aRTy Radio".

An estimated 103,000 listeners over the age of 15 regularly listen to RTRFM (approximately 8% of the 15+ population). The programming on RTRFM is diverse and broad, providing air time for local music, dance music, jazz, electronica, blues, classic rock, metal, indie, GLBTIQ news, current affairs and heaps more.

History[link]

The station that became RTRFM started off at the University of Western Australia. It was started on 1 April 1977, broadcasting with the callsign 6UWA. Shortly afterwards, Murdoch University got involved and the station's callsign was changed to 6UVS.

In November 1990, the UWA Senate decided to close down the radio station and transmission was terminated that night. 6UVS was off air for six months while negotiations between the University, volunteers at the station and the Australian Broadcasting Authority were carried out. A public hearing was held and it was determined that Universities Radio Ltd. (a joint company of UWA and Murdoch University) could become Arts Radio Ltd. with the callsign of 6RTR. The station remained based at UWA. Murdoch remained involved through the program Murdoch Magazine (later to become Morning Magazine).

In 2005, RTRFM moved from its old home in the Sanders Building at the University of Western Australia to its own premises on Beaufort Street in Mount Lawley, which is where it is located today.

Programming[link]

RTRFM has a diverse range of programs. Programming consists of 50 different programs which cover a host of issues and music genres including indie rock, indigenous music and current affairs, music of the 1960s and 70s, experimental music, punk and hardcore, dance and electronic music, chill wave and many more.

Daily programs include Breakfast with Barr, Out to Lunch, Full Frequency and Drivetime. The Sunday Morning Coming Down program has a weekly feature album which is given away on the shows to subscribers. A local independent feature album and RTRFM feature album are also chosen to feature across all relevant RTRFM programming.

Events[link]

RTRFM has many flagship annual events including In the Pines, the Fremantle Winter Music Festival, Radiothon and Seriously Sound System.^[1]

In the Pines[link]

RTRFM’s In the Pines event is hosted annually at the University of Western Australia's Somerville Auitorium, and celebrates local music talent from a variety of different genres.

2011 line-up[link]

Abbe May, Atolah, The Brow Horn Orchestra, The Devil Rides Out, Fall Electric, The Growl, Hootenanny, Mental Powers, Red Jezebel, The Scotch of Saint James, Seams, The Silent World, Simone & Girlfunkle, 6s & 7s, Sons of Rico, Tangled Thoughts of Leaving, Timothy Nelson & the Infidels, Umpire, Usurper of Modern Medicine and Wolves At the Door.

Fremantle Winter Music Festival[link]

RTRFM established the Fremantle Winter Music Festival in 2004, which has since been held annually in multiple venues throughout Fremantle. The event showcases both well-known and up-and-coming bands from Fremantle and Perth.

2007 line-up[link]

Fly By Night (Main Stage): The Autumn Isles, Capital City, The Kill Devil Hills, Mink Mussel Creek, The Preytells, Red Jezebel. Fly By Night (Transit Lounge): Andrew Ewing, Josh Fontaine, Felicity Groom, Andrew Ryan, Jeff Strong. The Norfolk Basement: Black and Blue, Bourgoise Bogan DJs, Deep City, Paul Gamblin, DJ Greg Packer, Pocket Disco, Bens Taaffe.^[2]

2008 line-up[link]

Fly By Night (Main Stage): The Bloods, Day of the Dead, Eleventh He Reaches London, Schvendes, Sugar Army. Fly By Night (Transit Lounge): Eduardo Cossio, Craig Hallsworth, Brendon Humphries, Seven Weapons. The Norfolk Basement: DTM, Graceberg, Micah, Rok Riley, Sardi, Ben Taaffe.^[3]

2009 line-up[link]

The Railway Hotel: Adam Said Galore, Apricot Rail, Gosia Basinska, Hayley Beth, Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke, Harlequin League, Benedict Moleta, Steve Parkin, Scotch of St James, Stereoflower, Andrew Weir. Mojos: Diger Rokwell, Massiv Trav, Shock One, Sibilance, Ylem. Beer Garden: Claude Mono, Lorraine Clifford, Paul Gamblin, Graceberg, Mama Cass, Jade Nobbs.^[4]

2010 line-up[link]

The Railway Hotel: Blackmilk, Boom! Bap! Pow!, Davey Craddock, The Joe Kings, Umpire. Mojos: Camry, Claude Mono, Nick Elliott, Paul Gamblin, Graceburg, Microgroove, Minaxi May, Jade Nobbs, Pex, Rok Riley, Simba, Taku, Underground Solution, Wrighteous. The Swan Basement: Brash & Sassy, Carl Fox, Massiv Trav, Micah, The Transients.^[5]

2011 line-up[link]

The Railway Hotel: The Chemist, Injured Ninja, Little Ships, The Morning Night, San Cisco. Mojos: Bastian's Happy Flight, Craig Hollywood, Philly Blunt, Rekab, Sam Perry, Sun City. Beer Garden: Calvinist Paul, Claude Mono, Adam Fox, Mama Cass, Wrighteous. The Swan Basement: Charlie Bucket, General Justice, Nic K, Odette Mercy and Her Soul Atomics, Sneaky Weasel Gang, Special Brew. Swan Lounge: Justin Walshe Folk Machine, Lucy Peach, Selk and the Bone Singers, Stoney Joe, Grace Woodroofe.^[6]

Radiothon[link]

RTRFM's major fundraiser is known as Radiothon. The event is hosted over a ten day period in August and encourages listeners to subscribe to the station and attend two local music events, the Radiothon Opening and Closing Parties.

Seriously Sound System[link]

Seriously Sound System features dance music and is hosted at Hyde Park.

References[link]

External links[link]

• RTRFM Homepage
• Listen Online

The Brow Horn Orchestra are a multi-award winning high energy five-piece outfit from Fremantle, Western Australia. The band features an evolving lineup and sound with a core member fixture featuring Nicholas Owen (vocals, keyboards, arrangements), Karri Harper Meredith (trombone, synths), Benjamin Lanzon (drums, triggers), Sky Eaton (trumpet, vocals, synths) and Benjamin Fear (guitars, vocals). Their sound is a fusion of afro-electro/dub/ska/ Indietronica/hip hop/pop mixed with a variety of global sounds to upbeat dance rhythms.

Biography[link]

Nicholas Owen and Karri Harper Meredith started playing together in 2007 as a busking duo performing on the streets of Fremantle in the business district, dubbed at this stage simply The Brow. Their initial primary aim was to raise money for expensive musical equipment to add to their live show and over the year slowly built up an impressive array of instruments, lights and PA gear which completely overshadowed other small two piece setups performing on the local circuit. The duo played largely jam based material and some early renditions of songs which evolved onto The Brow Horn Orchestra's touring repertoire. In 2008, the pair introduced two new members with Alex Vaughan aka Quills (or later to be known as Emcee Rezide) and guitarist / bassist Rhian Todhunter joining the band for the initial goal to enter a university band competition (National Campus Band Competition). The four piece were moderately successful making their way through to the state finals but shortly after planned to make a bigger comeback the following year. The band expanded their lineup with members Sky Eaton (trumpet, vocals, synths) Angelique Ross (clarinet, tenor saxophone) and Lyndon Blue (violin, bass, guitar, vocals) also joining the band and in late 2009 (the year after) went on to win the state final of the competition and were flown to the Gold Coast, Queensland to perform in the national finals at Sea World.^[1] Shortly after their return in late November 2009, live drummer Benjamin Lanzon joined the band and they changed their name to The Brow Horn Orchestra. This became the spiritual birth of the band with Ben breathing new life into the act.

Their first notable gig with the new lineup (and debut for drummer Ben Lanzon) was performing at prominent community radio station RTRFM's 'Seriously Sound System' summer dance festival in December 2009^[2] where the band also debuted a track Goliath which went on to be their first leading single and remains a crowd favourite today. The band started to build popularity making other small local festival appearances including in January, The 2010 Western Australian Circus Festival ^[3] and a month long residency at Leederville Hotel's infamous Funk Club in March 2010.^[4] During this period, members Lauren Todhunter (alto saxophone, percussion) and Jake Chaloner (electric guitar) also joined the band.

In May 2010 the band were nominated for an award at The West Australian Music Awards and were asked to play at the awards night. In line with this they received their first national recognition with a demo recording of their track Dreams Do Come & Go receiving airtime on Triple J ^[5] ahead of their performance at the 2010 WAMi Awards Night.^[6] On the awards night, the band won the industry nominated category Best Funk Act at the 2010 West Australian Music Industry Awards. In July 2010, Rhian Todhunter left the band with Jake and Lyndon taking on more bass and guitar duties. Later in the year in August 2010, the band won the prestigious Next Big Thing Competition which has seen acts such as John Butler, Tame Impala and Snowman rise to stardom through the competition.^[7] and to the critical acclaim from the local street press publications voicing that the band were Perth's next big thing whether they took out the title or not.^[8] During this period the band were taken on by JumpClimb an emerging events and management company who fell in love with the band after they played a show the team organised called Coopers Sunday Green marrying the brilliant concept of lawn balls and live music. In October 2010 guitarist Jake Chaloner, not liking the electronic direction the band was heading, started making his other project playing in James Teague's band a priority before shortly leaving a few weeks later. In November 2010, the band won Best Live Act and Best Hip-Hop Act at the 2010 Perth Dance Music Awards^[9] whilst receiving Best Live Act again at the 2011 awards.^[10]

Over the summer of 2010 - 2011 the band grew further in popularity with a sold out debut single launch at Subiaco, Western Australia's Llama Bar^[11] and slots on big local festivals including Southbound ^[12], Nannup Music Festival,^[13] Future Music Festival, Hyperfest (2010 & 2011) and supporting a variety of nationally and internationally touring acts including playing to a sell out crowd on New Year's Eve supporting Atlanta hip hop outfit Arrested Development.^[14] During this time the band received further national airplay off their first proper release Goliath / Don't You Want To Sing Forever with both tracks receiving Triple J airtime with Goliath a favourite of the two. In January 2011, The Brow Horn Orchestra were chosen as Triple J Unearthed Feature Artists for the week with their music showcased across the website and played on the station throughout the week.^[15] They also won a WAMi Award in 2011 for best music video which included being interviewed on Video Hits who sponsored the award category^[16] (Australia'a longest running music video show) before the show ended shortly after.^[17]

The band released their debut EP in September 2011 ^[18] to a sold out 800 capacity crowd with numerous tracks off the record receiving airplay from national radio station Triple J, with single 'Every Single Day' played on medium rotation and later nominated for the Hottest 100 voting list.^[19] In November 2011 members Alex Vaughan and Lauren Todhunter called it a day to pursue solo careers and an events management company the pair had formed. Regular guest collaborator, Benjamin Fear then joined the band full time ahead of their December 2011 debut east coast tour taking up duties on guitar and vocals as an emcee. As the band's popularity and busy schedule continued over the 2011 / 2012 summer period, bass player and violinist Lyndon Blue left the band from a full time capacity to focus on his group and main project Seams as Brow Horn Orchestra was becoming too demanding (but will still remain a semi regular guest). Sax / Clarinet player Angelique also left the band to pursue study in Melbourne at a circus school but will continue playing with the band in Melbourne. The Brow Horn Orchestra have spent the first few months of 2012 writing a new record with the new core lineup and their evolving sound and plan to release the record mid 2012.

Band members[link]

Current lineup[link]

• Nicholas Owen — vocals, keyboards, arrangements, production
• Karri Harper Meredith — trombone, synths, percussion
• Ben Lanzon — drums, electronic percussion, triggers
• Sky Eaton — trumpet, synths, vocals
• Ben Fear — guitar, vocals

Guest Musicians / Fill Ins[link]

Other guest musicians live / featured on various tracks:

• Lyndon Blue (violin, bass, synths, vocals)
• Alexandra Chetter (flute)
• Kaprou Lea (alto sax)
• Donovan De Souza (vocals)
• Jimmy 'lips' Murphy (trumpet)
• Minky Gardener (vocals)
• John Brown (drums, percussion)
• Shannon Booyens (trumpet)
• Wafi Zainal (tuba)

Discography[link]

• "Two Fires EP" - EP - July 2012
• "Can't Afford This Way of Life" - EP - September 2011^[20]
• "Goliath / Do You Want To Sing Forever?" - December 2010

Compilations[link]

• Kiss My WAMi (2011 / 2012) ("Goliath / Don't You Wanna Sing Forever?")
• Next Big Thing 2010 Compilation CD (2011) ("Don't You Wanna Sing Forever?")
• Perth Sound & Found Compilation CD (2011) ("Every Single Day")
• Hyperfest 2010 / 2011 Festival CD (2010) ("Goliath / Every Single Day / Can't Afford This Way Of Life")
• Discover a New World of Music - WAM / Murdoch University (2010) ("Dreams Do Come & Go [Demo]")

References[link]

Tegan and Sara
Tegan and Sara performing at the 2010 Polaris Music Prize Ceremony
Background information
Origin	Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Genres	Indie rock, new wave[1], indie pop, indie folk
Years active	1995 (1995)–present
Labels	Vapor, Sanctuary, Sire
Website	teganandsara.com
Members
Tegan Quin Sara Quin

Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie band^[1] formed in 1995^[2][3] in Calgary. Composed of identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin^[4] (born September 19, 1980). Both Tegan and Sara play guitar and keyboard and write their songs.^[5]

History[link]

The duo has toured internationally—they're seen here in San Diego in the United States

Tegan and Sara Quin were born September 19, 1980 in Calgary, Alberta. They began playing guitar and writing songs at age 15.^[3] They initially played as Plunk without a drummer or bass player. In 1997, they used their school’s recording studio to record two demo albums: Who's in Your Band? and Play Day. In 1998, they won Calgary's Garage Warz competition, using the studio time they won to record their first professional demo, Yellow tape, which was followed by Orange tape and Red tape.

Two songs from Red tape appeared on their first album, Under Feet Like Ours, which they released independently in 1999 under the name "Sara and Tegan". They later changed their name to "Tegan and Sara" because it was easier to pronounce^[6] and reprinted the album using that name. They also wanted their name to stand out amongst the other 'Sara' musicians at the time such as Sarah McLachlan and Sarah Slean. Tegan was easier to remember.^{[citation needed]} Neil Young's manager signed them to Young's Vapor Records label, and they released This Business of Art through Vapor in 2000. They have toured extensively since then.

In 2002, the band released their third album If It Was You. Their fourth album, So Jealous, was released in 2004 and led to wider success. This album was released through both Vapor and Sanctuary. One track on the album, "Walking with a Ghost", was covered by The White Stripes, who released it on their Walking with a Ghost EP.^[7]

Their 2007 album, The Con, was released by Vapor and Sire because Sanctuary chose to no longer release new music in the United States. The album was co-produced by Chris Walla. Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie, Matt Sharp of The Rentals and previously Weezer, Hunter Burgan of AFI, and Kaki King all appear on the album.^[8]

On October 27, 2009, Tegan and Sara released their sixth album Sainthood, produced by Chris Walla and Howard Redekopp, as well as a three-volume book set titled ON, IN, AT, which is a collection of stories, essays, journals, and photos of the band on tour in America in the fall of 2008, writing together in New Orleans, and touring Australia. The photographs in the book are by Lindsey Byrnes and Ryan Russell.^[9] While recording Sainthood, Tegan and Sara spent a week writing songs together in New Orleans. The song "Paperback Head" appeared on the album, making it the first song on any Tegan and Sara album that they wrote together.^[10] Spin magazine gave Sainthood four out of five stars and wrote, "Tegan and Sara's music may no longer be the stuff of teens, but its strength remains in how much it feels like two people talking."^[11]

In 2011, they launched 2011: A Merch Odyssey, which sees the launch of at least one new item in the official online stores every month, all year long. A live CD/DVD combination package titled Get Along was released on November 15 and contains three films titled 'States', 'India' and 'For The Most Part'.

Tegan and Sara stated on their website that they would start recording their seventh studio album on February 20, 2012.

Tegan and Sara's seventh record is being produced by three different producers. So far the band has announced via twitter and their weekly youtube show that they have been recording six songs with Producer Greg Kurstin, Joey Waronker has contributed drums to these six songs and Sia stopped by the studio to contribute vocals to a song. Four more songs are being produced by Mike Elizondo, with Victor Indrizzo contributing drums, Josh Lopez contributing guitar and Dave Palmer contributing piano/keyboards.

Personal lives[link]

Both twins are openly gay.^[12] Tegan lives in Vancouver, BC and Los Angeles, CA. Sara lives in Montreal, QC and New York, NY.^[5]

Touring[link]

Tegan and Sara being interviewed at the 2005 Coachella.

Tegan and Sara began touring after graduating from high school in 1998, traveling by car or Greyhound bus.^[13] In 2000, they toured with Neil Young and The Pretenders. Other notable touring mates include Ryan Adams, Ben Folds, Gogol Bordello, Cake, City and Colour, Communiqué, Death Cab for Cutie, Hot Hot Heat, Kadawatha, The Killers, New Found Glory, Paramore, Rufus Wainwright, and Weezer.

Their onstage banter, including stories and commentary about their childhood, politics, and life on the road, has become an indispensable part of their live shows.

They have performed at festivals including Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair 1999, Coachella, Lollapalooza, SXSW 2005, Austin City Limits, Bonnaroo, Falls Festival, Sasquatch!, Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour 2008; Southbound 2009, Glastonbury, Lilith Fair, Sasquatch! 2010,Winnipeg Folk Festival 2011,^[14] Newport Folk Festival 2011,Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Fest 2011, and Cisco Ottawa Bluesfest 2011.

In December 2010, Tegan and Sara supported Jack Johnson in New Zealand and Australia.

Other work[link]

In 2009, both Tegan and Sara worked as producers for the first time. Tegan worked with char2d2 on the 2009 Small Vampires EP, while Sara worked on 2010 debut albums for Fences and Hesta Prynn.^[15]

Collaborations[link]

Sara singing and playing guitar

Tegan sang backing vocals on Rachael Cantu's "Saturday" from her Run All Night album, and in 2007 sang in Against Me!'s song "Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart." Sara sang in The Reason's song "We're So Beyond This", as well as appearing in the music video.

In April 2008, Tegan wrote and recorded a song titled "His Love" at the request of Augusten Burroughs as a contribution to the audio version of his book A Wolf at the Table. The two headlined Spin's September 2008 Liner Notes benefit for Housing Works, a New York non-profit.^[16]

In addition to their own set, Tegan and Sara performed with DJ Tiësto during the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 13, 2008. Tegan and Sara appeared as guests, providing live vocals for Tiësto's remix of "Back in Your Head".^[17] Tegan and Sara also collaborated with Tiësto on the song "Feel It in My Bones" from his 2009 album Kaleidoscope and appeared in the music video for this song.

Tegan and Sara are featured on Margaret Cho's 2009 album Cho Dependent on the track "Intervention". They are also featured in Margaret's video for the song.

Tegan and Sara released an "Alligator" remix album on iTunes in 2010. Contributors included Doveman, Four Tet, Passion Pit, Ra Ra Riot, and VHS or Beta.

Sara is featured on rapper/songwriter/producer Theophilus London's track "Why Even Try" from his 2011 Lover's Holiday EP.

Both Tegan and Sara appear in Sara Bareilles' star-studded music video for her song "Uncharted". The video premiered in March 2011 and also features, amongst others, Josh Groban, Laura Jansen, Ingrid Michaelson, Pharell Williams, Adam Levine, Ben Folds, Keenan Cahill, Jennifer Nettles, and Vanessa Carlton.

Tegan sings with Jim Ward on his "Broken Songs."

Sara appeared on Jonathan Coulton's 2011 album Artificial Heart, providing vocals for the album's remake of the song Coulton wrote for Valve's game Portal, "Still Alive".

NOFX's song "Creeping Out Sara" is about the two sisters. During a live Q&A when asked what they thought of the song Sara answered, 'The song is called "Creeping Out Sara"; I am Sara, and I was creeped out.'

Sara appears in Kaki King's music video for "Pull Me out Alive."

Tegan sang on "Contrails" by rapper Astronautalis on his 2011 album This Is Our Science. She also appears in the music video.

Both Tegan and Sara perform in "Body Work" and "Video" on Morgan Page's 2012 album In the Air. They also appear in the music video for "Body Work".

Television and film[link]

Tegan and Sara have appeared on American, Canadian, and European television shows, including Jimmy Kimmel Live (2005), Jonovision, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2004), Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2005, 2007, 2009), The Late Show with David Letterman (2000, 2008), The NewMusic, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2008), and ZeD.^[14]

Tegan and Sara songs have been featured in the films Monster-in-Law, Sweet November, and These Girls, and in the television shows 90210, Being Erica, Ghost Whisperer, Grey's Anatomy, The Hills, Hollyoaks, jPod, The L Word, Life Unexpected, Melrose Place (2009 series), One Tree Hill, Parenthood, Rookie Blue, Vampire Diaries, Veronica Mars, Waterloo Road (2011) and What's New, Scooby-Doo?.

In 2006, Tegan and Sara performed in The L Word episode "Last Dance" (season 3, episode 11). In 2008, they appeared on the kids music television show Pancake Mountain where they acted in a skit and performed their songs "Back in Your Head", "Hop a Plane", and an acoustic version of "Walking with a Ghost".^[20] In 2010, they appeared on CBC's Mamma Yamma, revising their single "Alligator" into a children's song.

In 2011, Sara Quin was a panelist on Canada Reads defending Jeff Lemire's graphic novel Essex County. The book, the first graphic novel to be featured as part of Canada Reads, was voted off after the first round.

Band members[link]

Tegan Quin at a concert in Detroit, Michigan

• Tegan Quin – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Sara Quin – vocals, guitar, keyboards

Backing musicians

• Ted Gowans – guitar, keyboards

Former backing musicians

• Johnny "Five" Andrews – drums
• Shaun Huberts – bass guitar
• Dan Kelly – bass guitar
• Chris Carlson – bass guitar
• Rob Chursinoff – drums

Discography[link]

	Book: Tegan and Sara
Wikipedia books are collections of articles that can be downloaded or ordered in print.

• Under Feet Like Ours (1999)
• This Business of Art (2000)
• If It Was You (2002)
• So Jealous (2004)
• The Con (2007)
• Sainthood (2009)
• Get Along - (Live Album/DVD) (2011)

Awards and nominations[link]

References[link]

Citations

External links[link]

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• Tegan and Sara Official website
• Tegan and Sara's channel on YouTube