Little Hurricane (Melbourne, Australia)
Here is the deal with Melbourne. The best bands to come in the next few years are going to have gotten their start in Melbourne. The amount of pure, musical talent pouring out of that area is astonishing. BalconyTV Melbourne’s archive has a ton of amazing, original, and purely soulful artists. If I could write about them all I would, but I went with the artist that knocked me off my feet. Little Hurricane is a force to be reckoned with, no pun intended. Funnily enough, they are American. The duo of Anthony “Tone” Catalone and Celeste “CC” Spina started with a bang after finding each other on Craiglist. Six months later the pair brought home the Best New Artist award at the 2010 San Diego Music Awards. Their recent popularity has started to go international, making them widespread in not just the states but all over the world, hence their highlight on the Melbourne channel. Guitarist and lead singer Tone has been working with and around music for years; in 2010 he was working as a sound engineer that tuned and recorded huge acts including Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gwen Stefani and Metallica. Already flooded with influence, Tone was destined to make good music. Little Hurricane is destined to be the next Lumineers, with a similar passion for lyrics and an effortless sense for melody and cadence. The moment I watched them, I was instantly reminded of the White Stripes. The type of dirty blues that they played was evocative of Jack White, and I think it’s pretty ironic that female drummer Spina and Meg White are identical in their driving rhythmic edge. Little Hurricane seeps soul, and the song “Haunted Heart” puts a beautiful stamp on their sound. The band self describes itself as “small but powerful,” which couldn’t be more accurate. Little Hurricane is, quite literally, going to take the world by storm. They have already announced they will start touring around the new year, so be on the lookout.