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Artist:Hootenanny

Genres:
  • Rock
  • Roots
Perth, WA

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Track: Robot Rabbit by Hootenanny
Track: Robot RabbitGenres:
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Artist: Hootenanny

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Track: I Love You by Hootenanny
Track: I Love YouGenres:
  • Rock
  • Roots
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Artist: Hootenanny

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About

Consult a dusty old dictionary and you'll be told that a Hootenanny is a "social gathering featuring folk singing and, sometimes, dancing." Consult anyone who's been to a Hootenanny show and you'll be told that it's a little more raucous than that. Not so much a social gathering as a demolition party; not so much folk singing as frenzied howls, growls, and hollers. The 'dancing' bit is right, but there's no 'sometimes' about it - it's a relentless flailing of fur-covered limbs, a stomping of boots and a thrashing of feather-adorned heads. Like any great adventure, the tale of Hootenanny began with two pals. One hot day in early 2010, Jennifer Aslett and Nanwyn Hunt were hanging out and happened to pick up a guitar and a pair of drum sticks. The result was a ferocious chemistry that no-one could have predicted: thundering garage rock beats, unforgiving fuzz riffs and explosive tag-team vocals delivering lyrics about owls, cats, chavs and robot rabbits. At the encouragement of ...

Members

Nan Hunt- Guitar/drums/vox
Jenny Aslett - Guitar
drums
vo
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