Welcome to Bird's Robe.
Bird’s Robe is dedicated to the promotion and continuation of progressive and experimental music in Australia and around the world. It’s a management company, a record label, a booking agency, a tour promoter, a publicist, a publisher, a blog & probably a few other things.
Formed in 2008 by Mike Solo & Alex Tulett, Bird’s Robe has grown to accommodate artist management, bookings, releases, publicity and tour promotion both nationally & internationally.
Art rock, prog, post-rock, pop-prog, jazz-metal, avante-garde, psych-rock, post-metal, electronica, chiptune, noise-rock, fusion, tech-rock, crescendo-core, new dirt, experimental rock are just some of the many descriptions used to define the music we enjoy & promote. The one thing it all has in common: it’s music we like. Give it a listen & we hope you’ll like it too.
FAQ.
What the hell are you?
In support of the music we love, Bird's Robe acts as a label, promoter, publicist, agent and manager.
Since 2008, we've orchestrated over 1,000 shows and releases, pushing amazing and innovative artists from Australia and around the world.
Bird's Robe works with a diverse array of talented Australian artists, including:
sleepmakeswaves
We Lost The Sea
Toehider
Troldhaugen
Closure in Moscow
Meniscus
Solkyri
Tangled Thoughts of Leaving
& many more…
Our international family includes:
65daysofstatic
And So I Watch You From Afar
Botch
Caspian
Chelsea Wolfe
Deafheaven
Delta Sleep
Elephant Gym
Emma Ruth Rundle
Haken
Maybeshewill
Mew
MONO
Russian Circles
This Will Destroy You
& more…
See our artists page for more info.
Since 2010, we have also sponsored collaborative recording projects between musicians, under the series moniker The Bird's Robe Collaboration Band.
You can learn more about what we do by watching the documentary series we're producing.
Why the hell are you?
The Bird’s Robe Collective came about through an almost complete lack of promotion for progressively minded or influenced bands in Sydney, leaving these groups very few options for support. This collective was started to bring those bands together to help each other, whilst maybe even making a name for themselves and their music.
Since then we’ve evolved to help the artists we love take their music to a wider audience and help like-minded fans of this music continue to enjoy listening to and seeing these musicians.
Who the hell are you?
For BR artists and releases, browse our site or listen directly via Bandcamp.
Bird's Robe continues to be managed by Mike Solo.
Since 2023, we've added four new members to the team:
Bridget Donnellan - Digital Content & Audience Management
Tom Gilmore - Catalogue, Metadata & Database Management
Sheree Blake - Merchandise Management, Artist Liason & Project Management
Sean Maylone - Digital Content & Bookings
To contact us, email mike (at) birdsrobe (dot) com, then text Mike on 0404 937 095 to let him know your email is there.
Instagram & Facebook DMs will be checked regularly, but email is preferred.
How the hell are you?
Pretty good all things considered. For most of the past 15 years, Bird's Robe has been one guy sitting at home booking shows, travel, production, publicity, answering your emails, packaging your orders and chatting with artists about their art, aspirations and experiences.
It's been very challenging at times, a lot of hard work, but very fulfilling.
Lately it's been a real joy to see the team expand and for us to take on some more ambitious projects. But keeping our overheads down means that artists get paid more and this can continue to be a sustainable passion project that just so happened to find a wonderful community of artists and fans around the world.
OK so what does Bird’s Robe mean?
Not much at all! It’s a title intended to create imagery. It also makes it easier for us to design posters.