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Romy Hoffman

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Hoffman has always maintained her punk roots. In 2011 she made a "schitzo synthy paranoid punk" lo-fi solo record as AGENDER. She played all the instruments on the record. In 2013 AGENDER morphed into an all girl 3 piece, known for their intense, fast, tight knit punk shows. The band's record
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In 2010, after two years of extensive touring, Romy began work on a dark electro pop record. The single "Sleep" was released in 2010 with remixes by
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She later returned to the US, to spend time writing, in San Francisco. As a result, she released her debut solo seven-track extended play,
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Romy Hoffman was raised in a Jewish household. In 1995 as a 15-year-old she started playing guitar with her high school classmate
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2006 also saw Hoffman become the first hip-hop act (and only the second Australian act) to be signed to the US record label,
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was released on French label Desire Records. The band toured the U.S in June/July 2014.
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are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the
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The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as
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2007 saw Macromantics undertaking a national tour and supporting
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Index

Macromantics
Sydney
New South Wales
Melbourne
Victoria
Hip hop
punk rock
house
Vocals
guitar
synthesiser
Kill Rock Stars
Noise Addict
Ben Lee
Noise Addict
The Sydney Morning Herald
AllMusic
Kill Rock Stars
The Gossip
Deerhoof
Sleater Kinney
Bikini Kill
Moments in Movement
J Award
Lily Allen
DFA
The Juan Maclean
Brain Children
JD Samson
MEN

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