ROADTRIPPERS The soundtrack to northern Australia. Described by the ABC’s Conversation Hour's Richard Fidler as "The Doors meets Jack Kerouac and Slim Dusty" and songwriter/frontman Gav Dear as "one of the most remarkable men I've ever met", the Roadtrippers perform their strange far northern tales with a garage country aesthetic, occupying a unique place in Australia's northern music scene. In 2006 the band received national airplay with the release of "100 Smokes to Kununurra", described by Time Out magazine as "a no frills road themed sleeper and quite possibly THE Northern Australian classic." Their follow up double album “Open Country Demon Country” summed up as “a pop pastiche of country ballads, garage rock and post punk raves all anchored in the myths and mires of the savannah tropics” garnered widespread praise and airplay resulting in pockets of fans sprinkled all over the world. Their new release “OUTBACKISTAN” has been described as “A remote far out Australian outback
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