Little Red | |
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2011 at Big Day Out, Sydney
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Background information | |
Origin | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Genres | Pop, rock |
Years active | 2005 – 2012 |
Labels | Liberation Music |
Associated acts | The Greasers The Hondas Major Tom and The Atoms Moonlover |
Website | Little Red Music |
Past members | Adrian Beltrame Dominic Byrne Taka Honda Tom Hartney Quang Dinh |
Little Red were a rock band from Melbourne, Australia consisting of Adrian Beltrame (guitar, keyboard, vocals), Dominic Byrne (guitar, vocals), Tom Hartney (harmonica, keyboard, vocals), Quang Dinh (bass, vocals), and Taka Honda (drums).
The band was formed in 2005 and were featured on Triple J Unearthed. The band won the 2008 Australia-wide 'Garage to V' competition held by Virgin Mobile to win a slot at all shows of the Australian V Festival in 2008, while the band has also performed at the Falls Festival, Meredith Music Festival, the Big Day Out, the Pyramid Rock Festival and the Laneway Festival.
Little Red's songs "Waiting", "Coca-Cola" and "Witch Doctor" have all received regular play on Australian nationwide radio station Triple J, while "Coca-Cola" was also included on the official soundtrack of Australian TV series Underbelly, and was voted #47 on the 2008 Triple J Hottest 100.
The band independently released in Australia an album entitled Listen to Little Red on 28 June 2008, which debuted at number 29 on the ARIA Charts. The album was licensed for release outside of Australia by the UK independent Lucky Number Music and was released on 16 November 2009 in the UK and early 2010 internationally.
In September, 2010, the band released a second album, Midnight Remember, featuring the single, "Rock It" which gained a gold accreditation and #2 in Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2010, with the album's second single "Slow Motion" securing 79th position. The single "Rock It" also received the Australian Independent Record (AIR) Award for 'Best Independent Single/EP'.