Boy & Bear is an indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

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The band describes its style as "a combination of drivey indie folk and choral harmonies."

Description

Formed in 2009, Boy & Bear originally began as a solo project for Dave Hosking. Jake Tarasenko joined and then they expanded with Killian Gavin and Tim Hart, all members being singer / songwriters. All the members originally fronted their own groups, and became friends after sharing the stage on many occasions. They later expanded to a quintet with Jon Hart.

The band has received national airplay on NovaFM

Nova (radio network)

Nova is a name given to a group of Australian radio stations. The group comprises five stations all owned by DMG Radio Australia, apart from the Perth station, which is a joint venture between DMG and the Australian Radio Network....

 and Triple J

Triple J

triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...

 and in October 2009, the band was the 'feature artist' on radio Triple J's Unearthed program. The band signed with Universal and they have won Unearthed competition, giving them a spot at Homebake

Homebake

Homebake is an annual Australian rock festival, featuring an all-Australian lineup . The festival was first held on 4 January 1996 at Belongil Fields in Byron Bay, on the far north coast of New South Wales...

 2009, toured Australia with Angus and Julia Stone and Hungry Kids of Hungary

Hungry Kids of Hungary

Hungry Kids of Hungary are an Australian five-piece indie pop band from Brisbane, Queensland. The band consists of Dean McGrath , Kane Mazlin , Ben Dalton , Remy Boccalatte and Ryan Strathie .- Origins and self-titled EP :Forming in mid 2007, the band appears to be the...

. In 2010, they toured Britain with Laura Marling

Laura Marling

Laura Beatrice Marling is an English folk musician from Eversley, Hampshire.Initially prominent within the London folk scene, she has also toured with a number of well-known indie artists in the UK. Her debut album Alas, I Cannot Swim and her second album I Speak Because I Can were nominated for...

 and Alessi's Ark

Alessi's Ark

Alessi's Ark is the musical project of Alessi Laurent-Marke , a singer-songwriter from Hammersmith in West London.-Career:...

, supported Mumford & Sons

Mumford & Sons

Mumford & Sons are a British folk rock band. The band consists of Marcus Mumford , Ben Lovett , Country Winston Marshall , and Ted Dwane...

 in their Australian tour, and released their debut EP, With Emperor Antarctica. The EP peaked at #63 on the Australian ARIA Charts. In 2010 they were a part of He Will Have His Way

He Will Have His Way

He Will Have His Way is a compilation album featuring male Australian and New Zealand musicians performing songs written by Neil Finn and Tim Finn , who are best known as members of Split Enz and Crowded House...

, a tribute album to the Finn brothers, where they recorded the song "Fall at Your Feet

Fall at Your Feet

"Fall at Your Feet" is a 1991 song by rock group Crowded House from their 1991 album Woodface. It is the only song written solely by the group's leader Neil Finn from Woodface that was released as a single as all other singles from the album were cowritten by Finn with his brother Tim Finn...

". This later placed as number 5 in Triple J's Hottest 100, 2010. Another one of their successful tracks, "Rabbit Song" also placed as number 45 in that year's count.

As well as their cover of "Fall at Your Feet" charting at #34 on the ARIA Charts

ARIA Charts

The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...

 in November 2010, their new single "Feeding Line" recently debuted at #49 on the chart.
One of the group's hits, "Mexican Mavis", was featured on 90210

90210

90210 may refer to* Beverly Hills, California, ZIP code 90210* Beverly Hills Post Office* Peltola, Oulu, Finland, postal code 90210* Beverly Hills, 90210, an American teen drama television series that ran between 1990 and 2000...

episode "Nerdy Little Secrets".

On 5th August 2011, Boy & Bear released their debut album Moonfire. The album was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Joe Chicarelli

Joe Chicarelli

Joe Chiccarelli is an American music producer, mixer and engineer who has been active since early '80's. He has produced albums by Stan Ridgway, Oingo Boingo, Sandra Bernhard, My Morning Jacket, Counting Crows, The Shins, Augie March, Manchester Orchestra, Minus the Bear, Kurt Elling, Big Talk...

. The album reached #2 on the ARIA Top 50 Albums Chart.

Albums/EPs

• With Emperor Antarctica (EP, May 2010) #63 ARIA Top 100, #1 (4 wks) ARIA Physical Chart
• Moonfire (LP, August 2011) #2

Singles

• "Fall at Your Feet
  Fall at Your Feet
  "Fall at Your Feet" is a 1991 song by rock group Crowded House from their 1991 album Woodface. It is the only song written solely by the group's leader Neil Finn from Woodface that was released as a single as all other singles from the album were cowritten by Finn with his brother Tim Finn...
  
  " (November 2010) #34 (debuted/peaked first week)
• "Feeding Line" (May 2011) #48 (peaked fourth week in Top 100)
• "Milk & Sticks" (August 2011) #100

Awards

Boy & Bear received 7 nominations in the 2011 ARIA Awards. They won five ARIAs - Group of the Year, Breakthrough Artist - Single (for their leading single 'Feeding Line') and Breakthrough Artist - Album, Best Adult Alternative Album and the coveted Album of the Year award for their debut album 'Moonfire'). However, they narrowly missed out to Gotye

Gotye

Wouter "Wally" De Backer , also known professionally by his stage name Gotye , is a Belgian-Australian multi-instrumental musician and singer-songwriter. He has released three studio albums independently and one remix album featuring remixes of tracks from his first two albums...

for Single of the Year and Producer of the Year. Boy & Bear also performed their leading single 'Feeding Line' at the ARIA Awards night.