Vocals and Guitar: Maxine Kauter Double Bass: Shannon Haritos Drums: Steve Beverly
EP Band
Electric Guitar: David Hylton
Drums: Tim Warner
Bass: Lucas Hendriks
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Influences
I like these people - neko case, tom waits, jenny wilson, patti smith, the pretenders, the motels, leonard cohen, nirvana, radiohead, joni mitchell, cat power, party of one, sonic youth, martha wainwright, bob dylan, ray lamontagne, death cab for cutie, ani d, the givegoods, coda, iota, melanie horsnell, emily remler, pat metheny, billie holiday, carmen mcrae, led zepplin, aimee mann, acdc, pj harvey, placebo, bright eyes, gillian welch, mia dyson, block party, party of one, mouse on mars
Sounds Like
walking out of a dark room into the midday sun or vice versa with the smell of a barbeque and sandalwood oil mixed with the faint smell of salt water on skin.
The angelically voiced Maxine Kauter opened day three. Sounding like a cross between Sarah Blasko and Mazzy Star, Kauter was mellow and enchanting. With more texture to her backing band she is definitely an artist to keep watch on. Her cover of NWA's Straight Outta Compton showed her humour and how broad her influences were. Peats Ridge Performance Review, Drum Media 13 January 09
Every now and again Australia offers up a female musician that is able to combine a polished pop sound with a tougher rock edge from the Divinyls through to Little Birdy and the Howling Bells. Maxine Kauter is now part of this tradition. Though it's not particularly muscular rock, Kauter balances her ethereal vocals with her rhythm section's driving beats. You hear echoes of her training as a jazz guitarist, but the instrumentation is never overwhelming. Kauter's great talent is keeping things sparse and simple Drum Media EP Review, 26th August 2008
Maxine Kauter and her deliciously gravely voice opened proceedings this evening. Armed only with and acoustic guitar, she showed off an enjoyable array of material, stripped back in the absence of her band. The performance was in a similar vein to Missy Higgins in the nicest way possible - simple, clean guitar and a memorable vocal delivery. And what a flawless voice Kauter has. Her songs showed off sublime personality and confident character and her delivery was charming. Kauter is obviously at ease on stage and covered Ani Difranco's Anticipate in a style to rival the original. A performer certainly deserving of a later, longer time slot. Drum Media, Performance Review 15th July 2008
“Heck I’m giving you 5. What a voice you've got! Way to effortlessly outshine all the other singer/songwriter tracks I’ve heard today, by like ten gazillion!” Nicole Cheek, triple j 14th November 2008 -Triple J Unearthed Review of "Lies" Rating: 5/5
“Great rolling bluesy rock track. It's a little rough around the edges but shows Maxine Kauter to be a very promising up-and-comer.” Dan Buhagiar, triple j 26th November 2008 - Triple J Unearthed Review of "Lies" Rating: 4/5
“A solid indie rock track in the vein of Juliana Hatfield. The music is very tight and energetic. Maxine Kauter has a lovely voice and she is really pushing it here to make it fit in well with the music. The song is short sweet and to the point thus it retains the rock energy and doesn't go stale. Top work!” Tomatrax, SuperUser 29th November 2008 Review of "Cold with you" Rating: 4/5
REQUEST MAXINE KAUTER ON TRIPLE J then REQUEST HER ON FBI where she may actually be played. THEN turn off your radio and talk to your friends.
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Greetings, We are opening for sydney rockers The NEXT at their EP launch, Friday 21st of August at the Annandale Hotel. Doors open at 8pm. Look foward to seeing you there.
Hey Rock'et, fantastic reviews! Glad to see your getting the recognition you deserve...We should be hitting your shores again soon on the Snowdroppers tour, come on down...theBrothers
