Triple J Unearthed High winners (2009) Howl have decided to change their name, because no one can find them on the internetz. “Howl may well be the most unGoogle-able artist name since [inaugural triple j Unearthed High winners] Is,” said a press release from management.

They are also frequently mistaken for a doom metal act from America and an alternative band from Norway.

The young Ballarat group will now be known as Hunting Grounds.

I googled it and couldn’t find them.

Oh well, at least their band doesn’t suck.

This is an excerpt from my weekly Australian music column, Music From the Motherland, published in The Australian Times.