The Tren Brothers

The Tren Brothers are an Australian instrumental rock duo, consisting of guitarist Mick Turner and drummer Jim White. Turner and White are two-thirds of the critically acclaimed instrumental rock trio Dirty Three; additionally, Turner also is a solo recording artist working under his own name.

Tren Brothers
OriginMelbourne, Australia
GenresInstrumental rock
Years active1998 - present
LabelsDrag City (US)
Associated actsDirty Three
Mick Turner
Boxhead Ensemble
Websitehttp://www.anchorandhope.com/trenbrothers.htm
MembersMick Turner
Jim White

In addition to their own recordings, the duo served as Cat Power's band on her breakthrough album Moon Pix,[1] as well as Will Oldham's band on the Western Music EP.[2]

Discography
Singles and EPs
  • Tren Brothers EP (Drag City, 1998)
  • Kit's Choice/Gone Away 7" (Secretly Canadian, 1998)
  • Swing Pts. 1&2 7" (as Tren Brothers & Sister, with Jessica Billey on violin) (Chapter Records, CH34, 2000)
  • The Swimmer (Western Vinyl, 2005)
  • Tren Brothers/Bridezilla (band) 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. (Drag City, 2007)

References
  1. Phares, Heather (22 September 1998). "( Moon Pix > Overview )". allmusic. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
  2. Bush, Nathan (24 March 1998). "( Western Music > Overview )". allmusic. Retrieved 5 October 2010.


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