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Smoke Stack Rhino have been hailed by Beat Magazine as 'Australia's most exciting up-and-coming blues and roots rockers'.
With a band name that’s just one heavy animal away from the blues (think Howlin' Wolf), Smoke Stack Rhino have been captivating audiences with their electrifying live performances and authentic brand of blues and roots rock.
The trio from the swamps of the Yarra Valley have taken their high-energy show to festivals across Australia like Blues at Bridgetown, Echuca Winter Blues, Grampians Grape Escape, St Kilda Blues, Wingham Music Festival and more.
In 2023 they released The Mojo Funk, a heavy psychedelic blues album that reached #2 on the ARIA Blues & Jazz Albums chart. New album The Mojo Dojo expands the band’s sound with upbeat boogie rock sitting alongside acoustic and psychedelic influences. Released in July 2024, the LP hit #17 on the Australian Albums ARIA Chart.
Lead single Til' The Day has been described as 'a blues-rock banger with more dirt in it than a 1940's Ford Pickup sitting at the bottom of a Louisiana swamp'.
Smoke Stack Rhino are best experienced live. Singer-guitarist Ash King is a whirlwind with resonator guitar in hand, his earthy vocals reaching from deep baritone to high screams, drummer Matt Berg pushes the band forward from behind the kit and bassist Shane Andison stays rock solid, holding the whole thing together with an infectious, catchy groove.
Get ya mojo back with 'Australia's most exciting up-and-coming blues and roots rockers' - Beat
'Three-piece band, we like it' - Hamish & Andy
'Love the stompin' blues sound...' - Triple J
'Catchy, rootsy rock' - Triple M