Ruby Archer is a 19-year-old artist from the NSW Central Coast making waves with her unique blend of jazzy rock and raw, powerful vocals. After winning YouthRock 2022 and the 2023 triple J Unearthed High competition, Ruby blew audiences away at Vivid with her electrifying performances. Her debut album Oh So Tender (2023) earned rave reviews, and her single New Dream won the Youth Category at the ASA Songwriting Awards.In 2024, Ruby was mentored by Mark Lizotte (Diesel) through APRA AMCOS and won the Emerging Artist award at the Australian Women in Music Awards. She also took home Best Music Video for Love Again at the Coastal Surge Film Festival. With Oh So Tender Deluxe out in 2024 and new music coming in 2025, Ruby is definitely one to watch.
Monstress are based in Sydney. The band members include; Sarah Homeh on lead vocals and bass, Jade Slater on keys, Hayley
Chan on
drums, and Jenna Lewis on saxophone. Monstress are aiming to create their own sound and style. They want their audience to be suspended in sound, to be helpless to their music voodoo.