Have You Heard: Yolanda Be Cool

Answered by: Matt Handley

How did you get together? I used to DJ at this bar on Oxford Street in Sydney called the Paddington Green and Andy was a bartender then got a gig there as well, then we started playing together.

Sum up your musical sound in four words? Fruity fun tropical house.

If you could support any band in the world – past or present – who would it be? The Doors.

You’re being sent into space, no iPod, you can bring one album – what would it be? Ready To Die – Notorious BIG.

Greatest rock’n’roll moment of your career to date? Accidentally stage-diving at Webster Hall when actually just trying to wave to my sister but getting too excited and ending up in the crowd handing out vodka to everyone.

Why should people come and see your band? Because we spend all week looking for new and awesome music and making new music to play for them.

When and where for your next gig? The Woolly Mammoth in Brisbane on 8 Nov.
NSW: 14 Nov, Return To Rio, Wisemans Ferry; 22 Nov, The Sydney Social, Soho; 31 Dec, NYE On The Harbour, Cargo Bar.
VIC: 3 Nov, The Bottom End.

Website link for more info? facebook.com/yolandbecool2