Laura Imbruglia
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Laura Imbruglia is an Australia
n indie rock
singer-songwriter
. Her father is an Italian of Sicilian heritage and her mother Anglo-Australian, and one of her sisters is the pop
-alternative
diva Natalie Imbruglia
. She grew up on the Central Coast and is currently based in Melbourne
. Imbruglia has released a single, EP and album on Chatterbox Records
/MGM
. She has been featured on jtv
where "Looking for a Rabbit" was voted #2 music video of the year in 2007, and MTV Australia
and performed at the 2002 Homebake
festival. She has appeared on the television drama series Crash Palace
.
Recent performances include a tour of Europe in March 2008. To promote her self titled album. This included dates in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and a one off performance in the UK.
Laura Imbruglia is the youngest sister of Natalie Imbruglia
, and is known for her insistence in maintaining her musical career independent of her famous sibling.
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...
n 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...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
. Her father is an Italian of Sicilian heritage and her mother Anglo-Australian, and one of her sisters is the pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
-alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
diva Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
. She grew up on the Central Coast and is currently based in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
. Imbruglia has released a single, EP and album on Chatterbox Records
Chatterbox Records
Chatterbox Records was an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia, founded in 1997 by musician Nik Tropiano and Sebastian Chase of Phantom Records. The label boasts an eclectic mixture of artists across various genres. Its first release was a vinyl EP from Sydney electro-goth band Cult 45...
/MGM
MGM Distribution
MGM Distribution is the largest independent distributor of Australian music and music related merchandise and was established in April 1998 by Sebastian Chase....
. She has been featured on jtv
Jtv
triple j tv is the name given to a series of Australian television programmes which started broadcast in July 2006 as a television spin-off of national radio broadcaster Triple J. They are broadcast on ABC1 and ABC2 as well as available online...
where "Looking for a Rabbit" was voted #2 music video of the year in 2007, and MTV Australia
MTV Australia
MTV Australia is 24 hour general entertainment channel specialising in music and youth culture programming which serves Australia and New Zealand. It is operated by Viacom International Media Networks Australia owned by Viacom and primarily features imported shows as well as locally produced...
and performed at the 2002 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...
festival. She has appeared on the television drama series Crash Palace
Crash Palace
Crash Palace. is an Australian television soap opera. The series ran for 65 half-hour episodes screening on subscription TV channel Fox8....
.
Recent performances include a tour of Europe in March 2008. To promote her self titled album. This included dates in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and a one off performance in the UK.
Laura Imbruglia is the youngest sister of Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Imbruglia
Natalie Jane Imbruglia is an Australian singer-songwriter, model and actress. In the early 1990s, Imbruglia was known to audiences as Beth Brennan in the popular Australian soap Neighbours. Three years after leaving the programme, Imbruglia launched a singing career with the international hit,...
, and is known for her insistence in maintaining her musical career independent of her famous sibling.
Discography
- It Makes a Crunchy Noise (2003) - EP
- "My Dream of a Magical Washing Machine" (2005) - single
- Laura Imbruglia (2006) - album
- The Lighter Side of... (2010) - album