The Tren Brothers are an Australian instrumental rock

Instrumental rock

Instrumental rock is a type of rock music which emphasizes musical instruments, and which features very little or no singing.Examples of instrumental rock can be found in practically every subgenre of rock, often from musicians who specialize in the style, most notably Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Link...

 duo, consisting of guitarist Mick Turner

Mick Turner

Mick Turner is an Australian musician and painter best known as the guitarist for Dirty Three.Prior to his work with Dirty Three, Turner was a member of several Melbourne-based rock bands: Sick Things , The Moodists , Fungus Brains , and Venom P...

 and drummer Jim White

Jim White (drummer)

Jim White is an Australian drummer . He is the drummer for the Dirty Three, a band formed in Melbourne, but he has also played with a number of other groups, including:*Tren Brothers, consisting of Jim White and Mick Turner, guitarist of the Dirty Three....

. Turner and White are two-thirds of the critically acclaimed instrumental rock

Instrumental rock

Instrumental rock is a type of rock music which emphasizes musical instruments, and which features very little or no singing.Examples of instrumental rock can be found in practically every subgenre of rock, often from musicians who specialize in the style, most notably Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Link...

 trio Dirty Three

Dirty Three

Dirty Three are an instrumental trio consisting of Warren Ellis , Mick Turner and Jim White , originating from Melbourne, Australia. Since the Dirty Three formed in 1992, they have spent a lot of time overseas...

; additionally, Turner also is a solo recording artist working under his own name.

In addition to their own recordings, the duo served as Cat Power

Cat Power

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's band on her breakthrough album Moon Pix

Moon Pix

Moon Pix is the fourth album by American singer-songwriter Cat Power . It was released in September 1998 on Matador Records....

, as well as Will Oldham

Will Oldham

Will Oldham , better known by the stage name Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, is an American singer-songwriter and actor. From 1993 to 1997, he performed and recorded under variations of the Palace name, including the Palace Brothers, Palace Songs, and Palace Music...

's band on the Western Music EP

Western Music (EP)

Western Music is the name of a Will Oldham EP released on Spanish record label Acuarela Ovni. The EP also features Mick Turner and Jim White of Australian band The Dirty Three.-Track listing:#"Always Bathing In The Evening" – 3:28...

.

Discography

Singles and EPs:

• Tren Brothers EP (Drag City
  Drag City (record label)
  Drag City is a Chicago-based independent record label. It was established with a Royal Trux release in 1990 in Chicago, Illinois by Dan Koretzky and Dan Osborn.Drag City specializes in experimental indie rock acts...
  
  , 1998)
• Kit's Choice/Gone Away 7" (Secretly Canadian
  Secretly Canadian
  Secretly Canadian is an American independent record label based in Bloomington, Indiana. It was started in 1996 by Chris and Ben Swanson, Eric Weddle, and Jonathan Cargill. Their first release was a re-issue of an album by June Panic...
  
  , 1998)
• The Swimmer (Western Vinyl
  Western Vinyl
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  , 2005)
• Tren Brothers/Bridezilla (band)
  Bridezilla (band)
  Bridezilla are a five-piece indie band from Sydney, Australia that began playing together in 2005.The band - Holiday Sidewinder, , who also plays rhythm guitar on most tracks, Pia May, the band's guitarist, Millie Hall, plays both the Saxophone and the keyboard, Daisy Tulley, plays the violin, and...
  
   Split 7' 'Sometimes/Forth & Fine' (Inertia (independent record company), 2009)

Compilations:

• Blue Trees, an album compiling out of print, and rare tracks of both Tren Brothers and Mick Turner
  Mick Turner
  Mick Turner is an Australian musician and painter best known as the guitarist for Dirty Three.Prior to his work with Dirty Three, Turner was a member of several Melbourne-based rock bands: Sick Things , The Moodists , Fungus Brains , and Venom P...
  
  . (Drag City, 2007)