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’ve always been more than a little dubious about live albums. Sure, Neil Young’s ‘Rust Never Sleeps’ is a triumph of live recording, ‘Frampton Comes Alive’ sounds as good as anything he did in the studio and Simon and Garfunkel’s ‘Concert In Central Park’ is one of the best gigs ever committed to tape, but more often than not, the live album tends to sell the band short. While this set from indie-metal pioneers Jane’s Addiction, recorded during their intimate ‘Theatre of the Escapists’ run across the US last year, will never be in the same ball park as the aforementioned sets, it is still a pretty decent document of what Farrell and co can achieve onstage. With tracks like ‘Whores’, ‘Ain’t No Right’, ‘Been Caught Stealing’, ‘Mountain Song’, ‘Stop’, and ‘Three Days’ dominating the set, this is essentially a Janes ‘best of’ and Perry Farrell and friends deliver with a sizeable amount of theatricality and vitality.
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cinematic equivalent. CIA Balkans expert Osbourne Cox (John Malkovich) finds himself without a job, so he decides to begin his memoir. His wife (Tilda Swinton) wants a divorce and expects her lover, Harry (George Clooney in one of his best roles), a philandering State Department marshal, to leave his wife. A diskette falls out of a gym bag at a Georgetown fitness center. Two employees there try to turn it into cash: Linda (Frances McDormand), who wants money for elective surgery, and Chad (Brad Pitt), an amiable goof. This hilarious farce is as good as anything the Cohens have done.
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exham Bowling Club is definitely the place to be for anyone seeking a dose of hardcore country when Doug Bruce (pictured) and Roo Arcus bring their ‘Cowboys and Honkytonks’ tour to town this weekend. Both Arcus and Bruce have country pedigrees a mile long. Bruce was born in Texas and knows first-hand what country music fans want to hear, while Arcus is from the NSW Southern Tablelands and he lives and breathes music “the cowboy way”. Teaming up for the tour, the pair will bring fans a great mix of some country classics and their own tunes. Arcus is riding high after his first single ‘This Here Cowboy’ from the album of the same name, topped the country charts for three weeks in a row and was voted the number one country song for 2012 on radio network CMR. Bruce’s last four radio releases – ‘Made That Way’, ‘Sweet’, ‘Coffey Road’ and ‘Honky Tonk Shoes’ – have yielded him a number one and three number two spots on the national top 30 country tracks chart. His latest effort, ‘Thank God I’m a Cowboy’ is moving quickly up the charts and on the Country Music Channel. Doug and his band, The Tailgaters, have been in high demand, playing all the major country music festivals over the last few years, including the highly-acclaimed international CMC Rocks the Hunter, this year performing alongside US superstars Rascall Flats, Big and Rich and The Band Perry, amongst others. He has also just been announced to play CMC Rocks North QLD in September, with international headliners Alan Jackson and Sarah Evans, as well as home-grown stars Adam Brand and McAlister Kemp. Arcus has just returned from a US trip where he was able to tick off a major item on his bucket list – seeing his idol George Strait live in concert. While in the States, he also performed to audiences in Nashville and in Texas, vowing to return again to promote his music to a US audience. Back at home, Arcus is fast becoming a must-see at venues and festivals nationally. He has been booked to play the main stage at one of Australia’s largest festivals, The Gympie Muster. Catch the ‘Cowboys and Honkytonks’ tour at Hexham Bowling Club on Friday, July 12.
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hen Western Sydneysprouted pub rock outfit The Radiators recorded their now seminal pub rock classic ‘Comin’ Home’, all they were expecting was that the single get them a gig on a Saturday night. Now, some 30-plus years since the singles’ release (as well as subsequent gems of the halcyon days of Aussie rock, ‘Gimme Head’ and ‘No Tragedy’) the band are still going strong and showing no signs of slowing down. “Back then, nobody ever dreamt that we’d still be playing that song all these years later,” bass player Geoff Turner told TE. “I guess all we hoped for at that stage was to have a gig the next Saturday and, fortunately for us, that next Saturday, turned into another Saturday, that tuned into tour that turned into a 30-odd year career. “Honestly, though, we thought we’d get about 12 months because if you were around for two or three years, in those days, you were considered old hat – we’ve been very fortunate.”
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t the age of 12 when a guitar was placed in his hands, it wasn’t hard to tell that Ben Travis was destined to be a performer. After years of playing in bands, duos and trios fine-tuning his performance skills, it was time to take the leap and play the way he has always loved: stripped back and acoustic. “I live for the moments my guitar is in my hand, for the moments that I am singing into a microphone. I forget all my troubles, all my problems and everything, for at least those few minutes, feels perfect,” he said. By the age of twenty, Ben had already performed with high profile artists such as The Screaming Jets, Anastasia, Chris Isaak, James Rayne, Kid Courageous and Grinspoon. He has also performed at venues such as the Newcastle and Sydney Entertainment Centres, recorded an EP and toured Malaysia with his band. Now at the age of 23, all of those experiences as well as 7 years fronting local cover band Sundays Record shine through, as does his ability to play just about any request you can shout out in a catchy, fun, unique style that will leave you wanting more. He is also known for his quirky abilities in between songs or sets, “seal like” balancing tricks, card tricks and a joke here or there. Catch Ben Travis when he plays at the Prince of Wales on Sunday, July 14.
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he Freetones Duo focus on delivering timeless music for a naturally live sound. Respected musicians throughout Newcastle and the Hunter Valley, Alisha Mitchell (vocals), and Jason Bone (guitar/vocals) possess an immense repertoire, covering many styles and eras from the 60s right through to today’s chart-toppers. Think the likes of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Amy Winehouse, AC/ DC, Tom Petty, Al Green, Florence and the Machine and The Beatles and you’re in the right ball park. This is one duo that prides itself on their ability to mix it up with the addition of sax, percussion, trumpet and keys to really flesh out the sound. Catch The Freetones at the Mary Ellen on Friday, July 12.
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fter plugging away in a series of Newcastle originals and covers outfits since the 90s, songwriter Tony White is taking the leap into solo territory with the release of his stripped back and starkly honest debut EP, ‘Doorways’. White will be launching the EP this weekend and he told TE that while this project is a solo affair, he will be bringing a band with him that is made up of some formidable Novocastrian players. “It’s been very hectic here at the moment getting the band together and everything,” he said. “We’ve been rehearsing pretty constantly and it’s starting to sound pretty good. I’m hoping that we can keep the line-up going for a while – I guess the one constant is my father-in-
law who plays drums, he used to play drums with people like Frank Ifield and Judith Durham. We’ve also got Pete Kreft on bass who’s doing some stuff with McAlister Kemp and Jochen Walter who’s in The Viper Creek Band.” It was a family tragedy that prompted White to re-evaluate his life and to take the leap into solo territory. “I think that when you experience tragedy it really kicks you into gear – I realised that I wasn’t getting any younger so I decided that I’d have a crack. “I pretty much did the whole EP myself at home and it was mixed by my good mate Adam Hills. I think doing it at home, without the stress of being in a studio, definitely helped with the process because, really, there’s nothing worse than trying to record in a studio if you’re not feeling it.” Catch Tony White when he launches his ‘Doorways’ EP at the Great Northern Hotel on Friday, July 12.
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fter parting ways with the brilliantly eclectic dark cabaret act, Newcastle’s Mojo Juju and the Snake Oil Merchants, singer Mojo Juju has spread her wings with a new, selftitled debut album. The album bristles with tales of want, loss and wanderlust with an overarching feeling that Juju and Co recorded it in a dingy, gin-soaked bar-room and it seems as though people are catching on to Juju’s almost un-pigeonholable sound with high profile support slots with the likes of Tony Joe White, Kitty, Daisy and Lewis and the Reverend Horton Heat as well as a sold-out headlining national tour. The one-time Novocastrian, who now calls Melbourne home, will be back in her old stomping ground this weekend playing back-to-back shows. Firstly, Juju will be playing alongside a reformed Snake Oil Merchants for a one-off performance at the Lass O’Gowrie for a benefit gig for the Morrow Park Bowling Club which recently burned down, before backing up the following night with a show at Lizotte’s. Juju told TE that the Morrow Park arts community played a massive part in her early development as an artist and that she wanted to give something back. “Morrow Park was crucial to my development as an artist,” she told TE. “Prior to that, I was in Melbourne just aimlessly doing gigs – I knew that I wanted to play music, just not really what I wanted to do. Then I met the Mousemoon guys and toured around with them for a bit and they were getting Morrow Park up and running so I took some space and the rest is history. “It was just a great place because there were just so many really creative people involved in the space and there was a sense of isolation, so you could
go about the business of creating without much distraction.” After a period of heavy touring with the Snake Oil Merchants, Juju, who cites the likes of Elvis Presley and Tom Waits as major influences on both her style and sound, decided the time was right to spread her musical wings in a more solo fashion – although she did have some misgivings about going out on her own in the first place. “It was kind of scary in the beginning,” she said. “While I wrote the bare bones of the songs for the Snake Oil Merchants, it was still a very collaborative effort. We ended up with some pretty hardcore fans so, when I decided to put something out that was basically a document of the bridge between what the Snake Oil Merchants were doing and where I’m at now, it was kind of nerve wracking. “This time around, I’d say there is a much larger focus on the lyric and telling a story.” Juju said the main benefit, for her, of not having the safety net of a band behind her was that she had become much more adventurous in her approach to production. “With the Snake Oil Merchants, I always found the studio process quite tedious and tended to back away form it a little bit,” she explained. “This time, I really embraced the opportunity to work in a studio and I think that the main thing I learnt was to just have trust in yourself and be willing to take risks.” After her current Australian tour wraps up, Juju will be heading over to Europe for seven weeks of solid touring. “Yeah, it’s going to be a pretty hefty schedule – I think we’ll be playing about five nights a week – I just hope the Europeans are ready.” Catch Mojo Juju at Lizotte’s Lambton on Sunday, July 14. She will also be performing a special, one-off reunion gig with a reformed Snake Oil Merchants at the ‘Dozza’s For The Mozza’ benefit gig at the Lass O’Gowrie on Saturday, July 13.
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to the site so the band, as frontwoman Holly Clayton said, “could test the waters”. The band will be emerging from their recording hole this week for a show at one of their favorite local haunts, the Lass O’Gowrie, and will be sure to be road testing some of the fruits of their studio labour. The show will also be the last time you’ll be able to catch the band for a while as they head over to the Big Apple in August to give New Yorkers a healthy dose of Holly Who. So, you’d do well to get along to this one while the getting is good. Catch Holly Who when they play at the Lass O’Gowrie on Friday, July 12.
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weekend for the ‘Blackest Sabbath’ show. Ngariki and Rob Bell from High Horse, Mac from Kamikaze Kowboys and Jarrod Daunt from Backfire will be joining forces to deliver the ‘Paranoid’ album in its entirety as well as a smattering of subsequent Sabbath hits. Making the night one to remember, a special documentary screening will take place prior to the 90-minute live performance, showing rare footage of Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Bulter, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward in action. Catch the ‘Blackest Sabbath’ show at the Cambridge Hotel on Saturday, July 13.
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for me to tour,” Strong said. “The people are just so friendly and also the fact that the film was so successful down there always helps.” While the rest of the original Commitments band will not be joining Strong this time around, he said the eightpiece band he will be bringing with him is quite a formidable soul outfit and that all of the Commitments territory will be covered in the show. “Basically, it’s Andrew Strong celebrating 22 years of The Commitments,” he said. “We’ll be doing all of the songs from the movie and there may be some plans to throw in a few surprises here and there as well.” While Strong says the film’s success still takes him by surprise, he put it down to the fact that it was full of relatable songs and characters. “The movie was a real working class movie and I think that’s what people related to the most,” he said. “The music was also really honest music and they were already classics by the time we got around to doing them. Also, I really think people, particularly in Ireland, related to the struggle of the band. Ireland was a pretty bleak place to be at the time, the economy was quite screwed up and the working class were trying really hard to make ends meet – I guess the movie just made people feel good, which is what soul is all about.” Catch Andrew Strong: The Commitments at Newcastle Panthers on Thursday, August 29.
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