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When it comes to country music royalty, they don’t come much more regal than Charley Pride and Stephen Bisset caught up with the megastar ahead of his show at the Civic Theatre.

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hile the zombie (with a few exceptions) has often been relegated to the B-movie zone, director Marc Forster (‘Quantum of Solace’, ‘Stranger than Fiction’) has brought the undead well and truly to the A-list thanks to a tense, whip-smart script and a great performance from Brad Pitt.

Pitt stars as former UN investigator Gerry Lane, who is retired and living the quiet life with his family, until, of course, a zombie pandemic grips the globe. Lane is quickly persuaded to go on a mission to investigate the source of the outbreak and he plunges, head first into a tense and perilous trek across the globe to save humanity.

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he old saying “empty vessels make the most noise” could not be more apt when describing this latest pile of dreck from former Disney princess Miley Cyrus.

It seems that all of the twerking with a postmodern Beetlejuice and getting her ya ya’s out for Terry Richardson was a thinly veiled distraction to hide the fact that there are, ironically, few if any actual “bangers” contained within.

While the album isn’t a total disaster, with tracks like ‘Wrecking Ball’ and ‘We Can’t Stop’ offering at least mild interest, the rest of the album comes across as both soulless and annoying.

Her duet with Brittany Spears – ‘SMS’ – is almost unlistenable and if she, or her songwriting team didn’t have Salt and Peppa’s ‘Push It’on high rotation while writing this song, then I’m not here.

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here are few people working in cinema today who possess such a clear artistic vision and creative adventurism as writer/ director/producer Guillermo del Toro and this visually arresting dark fantasy could very well be his magnum opus – thus far.

Set amid the backdrop of 1944 Franco-era Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent, along with her

pregnant mother, to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she’s a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again.

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Founded in New York City in 1973, Television played their second ever show in early 1974 at then fledgling country-bluegrass club CBGB’s inadvertently creating a hub for their own activity as well as the prealternative culture of the lower . In 1977, Television finally signed to Elektra (home to The Doors, The Stooges and Love) and released their debut album, the absolute classic, ‘Marquee Moon’ to massive critical acclaim. With its snakey, angular guitar lines and pounding rhythm section, the influence of ‘Marquee Moon’ can still be heard in many of today’s “now” bands.

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ith a total of 39 number one hits on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts and more than 70 million albums sold, there’s no denying that Charley Pride is a bona fide country music legend. At the age of 75, he is showing no signs of slowing down, either, as fans will discover when the country superstar brings his ‘40 Years of Pride’ tour to Newcastle next month.

Pride told TE, while lying in bed watching his beloved Texas Rangers baseball team (Pride became a part owner of the team in 2010), that he had planned an Australian visit much earlier, but, as is the way with these things, Hollywood got in the way.

“I had been hoping to get down there to see you folks a lot sooner, but then there was this bio-pic of my life that was planned by Paramount Pictures and Terrence Howard was going to play me,” he said.

“I’m not sure what’s happening with it now, but I do know that it would make one heck of a movie – I’ve got it all here in my head.”

He ain’t lying either.

Born in 1938 as one of eleven children to poor sharecroppers, Pride first picked up a guitar in his early teens, but his musical career was diverted by an equal passion for baseball. Pride was a pitcher for the Memphis Red Sox in the Negro American Leagues and a string of minor league teams before spending two years in the army.

Then, in 1958, Pride walked into the iconic Sun Studios, layed down some tracks and the rest, as they say, is history.

Thanks to such country music standards as ‘Is Anybody Goin to San Antone’, ‘A Shoulder to Cry On’ and ‘Kiss an Angel Good Morning’, Pride has become of the few African American country artists to have had considerable success and only the second African American to be induced as a member of the Grand Ole Oprey.

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“In the early days, I guess they did try to hide my race some on the albums but I figured that they were gonna see me anyway so, before I used to walk onstage, there was an announcement that said “ladies and gentlemen introducing the only country star with a permanent tan, Charley Pride” and that seemed to work quite well.” Catch Charley Pride when he plays at the Civic Theatre on Friday, November 8.

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espite their name being a delicious pun on the name of one of the architects of 60s British pop, Ray Davies, there is very little in the Day Ravies oeuvre that could be considered revisionist.

With definite nods to the jangly brilliance of 60s–esque pop and smatterings of shoegaze and a tad of psych (think a less distorted My Bloody Valentine) on their debut self-titled EP, this Sydney four piece have gone at least one better with their atmospheric, eclectic and densely layered long-player ‘Tussle’.

The band’s debut EP showcased a band with an inherent knack for pop experimentation and quickly had pundits scrambling for such labels as ‘shoegaze’, ‘dream pop’, ‘twee’ and everything in between.

Late last year, they dropped the woozy ‘Double Act’- the first single from ‘Tussle’.

Drifting from the dream-pop innocence of the EP, the single introduced a much thicker and more complex layering into the Day Ravies sound.

Catch the Day Ravies when they play at the Wickham Croatian Club on Thursday, October 24.

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aving first put pen to paper while sitting at his parent’s piano at the tender age of six, 29-year-old Tasmanian singer-songwriter Pete Cornelius has packed quite a bit into his 20plus year musical journey.

From releasing his first album, ‘Steppin’Out in Blue’at age eleven, to forming his first band, Pete Cornelius and the DeVilles at age 15, not to mention oodles of touring around the country, there isn’t all that much that this folk-tinged bluesman hasn’t accomplished.

Now, Cornelius is hitting the road, once again, in support of his latest album - ‘Groundswell’.

The album is a beguiling mix of Cornelius’ own compositions – switching effortlessly between soul, rock, r n b and funk, with some carefully selected interpretations of songs by the likes of Tom Waits (‘Cold Water’), the Reverend Al Green (‘Love and Happiness’) and Ray LaMontagne (‘Repo Man’).

Catch Pete Cornelius when he plays at the the Wickham Park Hotel on Saturday, October 25.

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here’s no denying that, throughout her forty-plus year career, Renee Geyer has traversed her fair share of musical territory. From pop chanteuse during the ‘Countdown’ days to duskyvoiced soul songstress and pretty much everything in between, Geyer rarely fails to surprise.

It should come as no surprise to us, then, that her latest album ‘Swing’ is so much more than the collection of “done before” standards that the track list might suggest. While the album boasts such classics as ‘I Got Rhythm’, ‘’Fly Me To The Moon’, ‘My Funny Valentine’ and ‘Alfie’, you can rest assured that this homage to the big band era is anything but clichéd.

Geyer, who will be visiting Newcastle later this month, told TE that while she was quite happy with the reception her 25th album had received from pundits and die-hard fans, she said she was a little dismayed that people may dismiss the album as yet another standards collection in the vein of Michael Buble or Rod Stewart.

“I’ve always wanted to have a go at the big band thing, and there’s no doubt that the genre as been done before but I approached it in the truest way I could – by taking the songs back to their beginnings and really crank things up with completely new horn lines that really freshen up the songs.

“I think that a lot of the reason it has

been overlooked by people who aren’t aware of my work is that they’ll pick it up, see the song list and say “oh, this has all been done before”, but I really wanted to make the point with this record that the more a song had been done, the more I wanted to do them – to set that challenge, you know?”

Aside from the standards, Geyer has

also included goosebump inducing versions of two of her biggest songs – ‘Say I Love You’ and ‘It’s a Man’s Man’s World’ also with completely new feels and she said that during the course of recording the album, she had discovered a passion and burgeoning talent for arrangements.

“We’ve got a brilliant band on the

album, and I think that’s something I pride myself on more than my vocal talent, is the ability to select great musicians to work with,”she said.

“Also, I had such a great time working on the arrangements for these songs – it was very intense but also very rewarding.”

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WESTS NEW LAMBTON PIANO LOUNGE: Wednesday, Frank Wakewood; Thursday, Angamus; Friday, Warren Hunter; Saturday, Stuart Hamilton; Monday, Chris Hanley; Tuesdeay, Warren Hunter.

WESTS NEW LAMBTON MARBLE BAR: Friday, The Rattle, Sean Andrews; Saturday, Twinsanity, Ned Kelly.

WESTS NEW LAMBTON STARLIGHT ROOM: Friday, The Boys in the Band; Sunday, Hot Chocolate.

WEST WALLSEND WORKERS CLUB: Friday, Darrel G Duo; Sunday, Brooke Harvey.

WICKHAM PARK HOTEL: Wednesday, Flash Jam Night; Thursday, Roadshow Mojo; Friday, Grant Walmsley’s Freebird, Bad and Ugly; Saturday, Backfire, Mick n Josh; Sunday, Jungle Kings, Dreamcatchers.

WINDSOR CASTLE HOTEL: Friday, Black Bird Blue; Saturday, Matt Gaudrey.

WYONG BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Greg Gould.

WYONG LEAGUES CLUB: Friday, Shane Edwards; Saturday, Southpaw.

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ewcastle all-round entertainer Phil McKnight’s solo show is an engaging affair that spans is a singer/ guitarist and songwriter whose energetic solo show spans the genres of country, pop and folk.

His powerful vocals and dynamic guitar provide fantastic interpretations of songs by artists such as The Beatles, Paul Kelly, The Violent Femmes, Steve Earle, Pearl Jam, Dragon, Elton John and The Pogues .

McKnight is a highly experienced entertainer who has performed for more than thirty years in venues across Australia and overseas.

You’ll be surprised by the huge sound that McKnight manages to get out of a guitar, harmonica, stompbox and one powerful voice box.

Catch Phil McKnight when he plays at Stockton Bowling Club on Saturday, October 20.

SEABREEZE HOTEL: Saturday, Pay The Fiddler.

SEVEN SEAS: Wednesday, Sound Search Heat 3; Thursday, Jam Night; Friday, The Mighty Kingsnakes; Saturday, The Hurricanes.

SHAFT TAVERN: Friday, Moose preservation; Saturday, The Smarts.

SHENANIGANS, Maitland: Friday, Karaoke; Saturday, Solid Gold Party.

SHOAL BAY RESORT: Friday, Anthony Lee, James Naldo, DJ; Saturday, Ange Murphy, Kazzi Waters, Damnation Bon Scott Tribute; Sunday, Cash and Co, Matt Semmens.

SHORTLAND HOTEL: Friday, Troy.

SINGLETON DIGGERS, Alroy Park: Friday, Karaoke.

SINGLETON DIGGERS, York Street: Saturday, Lianne Pritchard SOLDIERS POINT BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Dan Beazley; Saturday, Solid Gold Party Night.

STOCKTON BOWLING CLUB: Sunday, Phil McKnight.

STOCKTON RSL: Saturday, Be Bop A Lula.

SWANSEA RSL CLUB: Saturday, Feelin Alright.

SWANSEA WORKERS CLUB: Saturday, MT Pockets.

TELARAH BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Karaoke; Saturday, Free Juke Box. TILLIGERRY RSL CLUB: Friday, Hummdinger; Saturday, Steve Werren.

TORONTO DIGGERS: Friday, Norm Bakker Elvis Tribute; Saturday, Red Alert.

TORONTO WORKERS CLUB: Saturday, Cupcakes and Cocktails TORONTO YACHT CLUB: Friday, Kelly Hope; Sunday, Saxanova.

TOWN HALL HOTEL, Waratah: Thursday, Karaoke.

TUDOR HOTEL: Saturday, Kylie Jane.

VUES ON THE BAY: Friday, Tony White; Saturday, Redline.

WALLARAH BAY REC CLUB: Friday, Open Fire; Saturday, Just Jamming.

WALLSEND DIGGERS CLUB: Friday, 4 Letter Word; Saturday, Overload WANGI HOTEL: Sunday, Dave Feint.

WANGI RSL: Friday, MT Pockets; Sunday, Rock n Mash.

WANGI WORKERS CLUB: Friday, Gary Davidson; Saturday, Vincent.

WARNERS AT THE BAY: Thursday, Karaoke; Friday, The Rumour; Saturday, VIP. WARNERS BAY HOTEL: Friday, DJs; Saturday, Rip It Up; Sunday, Bob Allan.

WESTS CARDIFF: Friday, Talk of the Town.

WESTS MAYFIELD: Sunday, Amber Jade, Adam Scicluna.

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Kings Men; Saturday/Sunday, Steve Clisby LONG JETTY HOTEL: Saturday, Mark Lee; Sunday, Open Mic. MARK HOTEL: Friday, Aussie Made Radio; Saturday, Dave Carter; Sunday, Hornet.

MARY ELLEN: Thursday, Jack Daniels; Friday, Love That Hat; Saturday, The Remedy; Sunday, Mick Jones.

MATTARA HOTEL: Friday, Dave Feint; Saturday, Lee Rolfe.

MAVERICKS ON THE BAY: Friday, James Paul; Saturday, Greg Bryce; Sunday, Matt McLaren.

MAYFIELD HOTEL: Thursday, Karaoke; Friday, Beer OÇlock; Saturday, DJ; Sunday, Beer Garden Entertainemnt.

MJ FINNEGANS: Friday, DJ; Saturday, DJ NAG’S HEAD HOTEL: Saturday, Incognito.

NELSON BAY BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Revin Rockers; Saturday, Karaoke.

NELSON BAY DIGGERS THE LOUNGE: Friday, Andy and the Cruisers, Cover 2 Cover; Saturday, The Rockin Eddie Band, Dr Zoom Duo; Sunday, Jake Rattle and Roll, Zane Penn.

NEWCASTLE PANTHERS: Saturday, DJ. NORTHERN STAR HOTEL: Saturday, John Larder.

NORTHUMBERLAND HOTEL: Friday, Brendan Murphy.

OCEAN BEACH HOTEL: Friday, Matt Gaudrey; Sunday, Ryan Daley.

ORANA HOTEL: Saturday, Let There Be Bon AC/DC Tribute.

OURIMBAH RSL: Saturday, Loose Change.

PEDENS, Cessnock: Friday, Just Jace.

PELICAN RSL: Thursday, Norm Bakker - A Country Side of Elvis.

PIPPI’S AT THE POINT: Friday, Brooke Harvey, Mardmax; Saturday, Good Grief; Sunday, Jerome.

PLOUGH INN: Friday, Paul Nickerson.

POTTERS BREWERY: Friday, Kylie Jane.

PRINCE OF WALES: Friday, Tiali; Saturday, Tony White; Sunday, Katrina Burgoyne.

QUEENS WHARF BREWERY: Saturday, KDL; Sunday, Incognito.

RACECOURSE HOTEL: Saturday, Dave Owen.

RAILWAY HOTEL, Cessnock: Saturday, Mick Jones.

REGAL HUNTER HOTEL: Saturday, Karen O’Shea.

ROYAL CROWN, Dudley: Saturday, Karaoke.

ROYAL FEDERAL HOTEL: Friday, Black Bird Blue.

ROYAL HOTEL, Denamn: Saturday, Token Palace.

ROYAL INN, Waratah: Wednesday, Karaoke; Saturday, Pistol Pete.

RUTHERFORD HOTEL: Saturday, Janey’s Alibi Duo. SALAMANDER SHORES: Friday, Defaced.

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fter some time away from the Beaumont Street restaurant scene, Benvenuti is back and to say that it was with a bang would be an understatement.

This little gem of a restaurant may look unassuming but, make no mistake, it is big on service (living up to it’s name given that Benvenuti translates to “welcome”), taste and price – factors which are sure to make Benvenuti a family favourite.

The menu, full of traditional, nonpretentious Italian fare, is sure to please even the fussiest diner and the specials board is worth a peruse as well – featured during our visit were arancini balls that looked superb as they were brought to the tables.

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prawns I’d had in some time. The prawns, as they should be, were the star of the show and were served with just the right amount of garlic and a delectable hint of chilli in the background. While the garlic didn’t overpower the dish, this is definitely one for the garlic lovers.

For mains, veal was the order of the day with my dining partner and I choosing veal avocado and veal bosciola respectively.

The veal avocado was a creamy indulgence, with a healthy portion of ripe avocado combining perfectly with the perfectly cooked veal and some more of those fantastically cooked king prawns.

Veal bosciola is an Italian classic and the Benvenuti interpretation was an absolute knockout. Again, the succulent and perfectly cooked veal provided the perfect base for a healthy portion of a hearty, rustic and creamy bacon and mushroom sauce that made this dish truly sing.

With our hearts and stomachs fit to burst, my dining partner and I left the restaurant planning our next visit.

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iven that their debut single, the haunting yet driving ‘Glacier’ was released back in July, it’s testament to the song’s longevity that Newcastle-based outfit Twin Lakes would still be touring the song in October.

The band will be heading back to home turf, on the last leg of their extensive ‘Glacier’ tour, in what will be the band’s last local show for the year before hunkering down in the studio to record their debut EP. “Yeah, we couldn’t really have asked for a better start,” front man Eddie Garvan said of the song that had generated considerable Triple J airplay and hit number one on the Reverbnation

NSW indie charts.

Adding fuel to the fire, the band has also released a supporting film clip for the song – a decidedly eerie affair directed by actor Richard Wilson.

It’s been a bit of a whirlwind for Twin Lakes since forming in mid-2012 as another creative outlet for Garvan outside his other band, The Seabellies.

The band have been regular fixtures on East Coast roads for the past 12 months honing their layered sound – the fruits of which will be showcased on their upcoming EP – however Garvan said people should expect much more than what they were given on ‘Glacier’’.

“There’s going to be a lot of different stuff on there – the main rule in Twin Lakes is to not repeat ourselves,” he said.

Catch Twin Lakes at the Lass O’Gowrie on Friday, October 25.

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pithets like cinematic, expansive and epic are often bandied about by PR boffins and musical hyperbolists when describing the sounds of the latest indie darlings.

However, these words could not be more apt when describing ‘Moving Pieces of the Sea’ – the sophomore album from Sydney-based musical adventurists The Crooked Fiddle Band.

With an inherent knack for dynamics, the band effortlessly traverse much musical territory on the album.

Drummer Joe Gould told TE that there was a palpable sense of relief now that the album was out and doing its thing.

“There was quite a long build up to this one as we recorded it back in February so it was great to finally see the light at the end of the tunnel,” he said.

After writing the majority of the album

in the Blue Mountains, Norway and Finland, the band headed to Chicago’ to record with legendary producer Steve Albini who helmed the band’s debut effort ‘Overgrown Tales’. Gould said Albini was the perfect choice for the band.

“His whole philosophy is about making the band happy – which isn’t always the case with high profile producers, and he really knows how to make the songs breathe,” he said. The album is also filled with fantastical imagery that is closely connected to nature and water and Gould said the choice of writing locales helped immensely.

“Yeah, we have always been influenced by nature when writing and when we were in Norway, we were in this little Hobbity cottage with grass growing on the roof and while in Finland we were right near the fjords so we were always coming back to the water imagery and the big landscapes.”

Catch the Crooked Fiddle Band at the Small Ballroom on Friday, October 25.

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aIt’s hard to believe that it has been 20 years since the rag-tag group of “circus prostitutes” known as Nancy Vandal started cutting their sometimes satirical but always silly swathe through the hyper-serious Sydney punk rock scene of the early 90’s, but here we are and Australia’s premier zombie skate poets are back, with a killer new album ‘Flogging a Dead Phoenix’ and a tour that hits Newcastle this weekend.

“Newcastle and the Central Coast were always really great places to play back in the day so we’re really looking forward to coming back.,”front man Fox Trotsky told TE. Despite a reunion gig in 2003 and an EP, ‘Quite Patrial to Rock’ and accompanying tour in 2009, things have been pretty quiet on the Vandal front since the turn of the century due to an inherent fear that the millennium bug would damage band equipment.

With Y2K well and truly behind them, the band are certainly striking while the iron is hot with an album of whip smart, buzzsaw sharp punk rock that is as good as anything they have done. So much so, that the band will be gracing the stage at next year’s Soundwave festival.

“Yeah, that one was more than a bolt from the blue – the Gods of rock and roll have definitely been smiling on us,” Trotsky said.

“Back in the old says we were always trying to get on these festival bills – often to no avail.”

Trotsky said that the band decided to reform to commemorate the 20th anniversary but Trotsky said he wasn’t at

all keen for a cynical “greatest hits” tour.

“I think it was our drummer Dr Flavio who mentioned that or 20-year anniversary was coming up, but I was very wary of just going through the motions so we decided to put out a new album.”

So, with the album out and doing its thing, what does the future hold for Nancy Vandal?

“We don’t really have anything planned – we’ll just see what happens,” Trotsky said.

“What I will say is that people at the Newcastle show can expect something that is, hopefully not too s**t – I find that if you set the bar low, you are often surprised.”

Catch Nancy Vandal at the Cambridge Hotel on Friday, October 18.

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