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On the cusp of the anticipated set at the sold-out Groovin The Moo Festival in Maitland, Scott Hutchinson, frontman for Scottish indie rock darlings, Frightened Rabbit, spoke to Stephen Bisset about their new album and making the major label leap.

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s someone who is mere weeks away from tying the knot, I had my doubts about whether I should see this movie. A no-holds barred look at a disastrous first year of marriage through the eyes of two young newlyweds? It couldn’t possibly relate to me. Thankfully, it doesn’t.

Nat (Rose Byrne) and Josh (Rafe Spall) have to be one of the most awkward and ill-suited couples in the history of rom coms. Enter spunky potential client of Nat’s, Guy, (Simon Baker) and re-enter Josh’s tree-hugging ex-girlfriend Chloe (Anna Faris) and it doesn’t take long for the cracks to start to appear.

Despite a cast including Aussies Baker and Byrne and a turn by Minnie Driver, it’s gross-out queen comedienne Faris (Scary Movie) who steals the show in a very restrained and likeable performance.

There’s a few laugh out loud moments to keep the film ticking but, on the whole, this movie disappoints, and I expected more from the producers of rom com classics ‘Notting Hill’ and ‘Love Actually’.

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his overwrought, painstakingly intricate and po-faced-serious album from supergroup of the moment, Atoms For Peace, is pretty much exactly what you’d expect when Radiohead frontman, Thom Yorke, and uber-producer and longtime Radiohead collaborator, Nigel Godrich, get together.

However, when you add the rhythm section Red Hot Chili Peppers bass slapper extraordinaire, Flea, and drummer, Joey Waronker (REM, Beck, Elliot Smith) something quite interesting happens. The rhythmic fluidity provided by Flea and Waronker provides a solid anchor for Yorke and Godrich to throw their art-rock histrionics all over the place.

Standouts include the synthheavy ‘Dropped’ and the epic ‘Stuck Together Pieces’.

On paper, Atoms For Peace is a collaboration that shouldn’t work but, such is the wonder, mystery and majesty of rock (sorry Spinal Tap) that it does.

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hile he may’ve acted in a few turkeys throughout his career (‘Bounce’, ‘Gigli’, ‘Daredevil’ et al) when it comes to directing, Ben Affleck has proven that he definitely has a solid vision – first of all with the tense mystery thriller, ‘Gone Baby Gone’, then the taut heist flick, ‘The Town’, and now with the Academy Award winning, ‘Argo’.

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The Grammy Award-winning and multi-million selling Jones will be joined on stage by the incredible

talents of Jeff Pevar on guitar, bass and keys and Ed Willett on cello, for what is sure to be concerts of inspired musical genius that showcase her unique and creative performance style.

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six managed to escape to the official residence of the Canadian ambassador and the CIA was eventually ordered to get them out of the country. With few options, exfiltration expert Tony Mendez devised a daring plan: to create a phony Canadian film project looking to shoot in Iran and smuggle the Americans out as its production crew. With the help of some trusted Hollywood contacts, Mendez created the ruse and proceed to Iran as its associate producer. However, time was running out with the Iranian security forces closing in on the truth while both his charges and the White House had grave doubts about the operation themselves.

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hile the Netherlands may not be known to be a seething hot-bed of rock and roll, one trio is definitely redressing that balance, taking their fuzzed-out, Hammondsoaked psych blues to the world.

And they have Australia next in their sights.

The trio in question, DeWolff, took their name from Harvey Keitel’s Mr Wolf character in ‘Pulp Fiction’ and, like their namesake, this is a band that likes to solve problems – although for DeWolff, it’s much less about disposing of dead bodies, but rather how to most effectively blow people away with a live show that prompted music bible ‘Rolling Stone’ to declare that DeWolff are Europe’s “must see live band” – a nice piece of hyperbole that Newcastle audiences will get to experience when the band plays at Newcastle Leagues Club later this month.

Frontman Pablo van de Poel told TE that he couldn’t believe the band (that includes his brother Luka on drums and Robin Piso on Hammond) would be winging their way to Australia.

“Hell yeah, we’re looking forward to it,” van de Poel said.

“There seems to be a bit of interest in the band in Australia which is just amazing – I never thought in a million years that I’d be bringing my music to such a faraway place. We can’t wait.”

The band are currently riding pretty high on the crest of a super impressive wave with their latest and fourth album, ‘DeWolff IV’, kicking several goals

around Europe with the record hitting the number one spot in the Netherlands and the top 10 in Italy.

While the band laid down some pretty heavy Zeppelin-inspired blues rock on their last three albums – ‘Strange Fruits and Undiscovered Plants’, ‘Orchards/Lupine’ and ‘Letter God – A Few Words on Psychedelics’, van de Poel said the band had really stepped up the psychedelic space-rock miasma on ‘DeWolff IV’ with the 20minute swirling opus, ‘A Mind Slip’.

“That song really was a natural progression for us,” he said.

“We’ve always dealt in psych songs but for this we’ve taken it up to the next three levels. It’s actually seven songs in one song cycle and it took us a very long time to complete – we did all of the string arrangements ourselves and I’d say it took around a year-and-a-half to complete – we’re all really proud of it.

“That said, on side one there are a few spacey things on there and, of course, some jolly good rock and roll songs.”

So, when Rolling Stone is telling the world that DeWolff more than has the chops to cut it live, you could be rest assured that this is one band that couldn’t be accused of loitering onstage.

“Man, that quote was great,” he said.

“But we’re not intimidated by it at all, we give everything we can when we’re onstage – anything we can to give people one hell of a killer rock and roll show.”

Catch DeWolff when they play at the Newcastle Leagues Club on Wednesday, March 27 alongside Newcastle’s own sonic gymnast, Fox Control.

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hey’re the darlings of the Scottish indie rock scene and one of Dwight Schrute from the Office’s (Rainn Wilson) favourite bands.

Now, Frightened Rabbit are returning to Australia for the first time in three years on a tour that will place them on the Groovin The Moo stage in Maitland – which is great news for those of you lucky enough to get a ticket.

Frontman Scott Hutchinson told TE that the band was excited at the prospect of returning to the Antipodes.

“It’s absolutely brilliant that we’re getting back to Australia – we’re all really excited,” he said in a thick Scottish brogue.

“It’s been about three years since we were down there and there were Australian fans who were wondering if we were ever going to come down again, but I’m happy to say that yes, we really are and we can’t wait.”

Listening to Frightened Rabbit’s latest album, ‘Pedestrian Verse’, it’s no wonder that punters everywhere are bleating for the band to grace their local stages.

The album represents a shift in direction for the five-piece with more of a reliance on full-band collaboration and more introspective lyrical content – two things that make for a much more polished and realised sound and shows that this is one indie rock band that

while on the surface seem unassuming, have buckets of ambition.

Hutchinson said that bringing all of the band in on the music this time around took much of the weight off his shoulders at a time when he was struggling with the task of coming up with an albums’ worth of material.

“It was a very conscious decision, right from the outset, to bring everyone in to write for ‘Pedestrian Verse’,” he said.

“I guess that it was kind of a natural progression for us and I had also got to a point where I had basically hit a brick wall – I wouldn’t say I had writer’s

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block or anything like that, I’d say it was more like being bored and I thought getting the band in on the writing would be a great way of keeping it fresh and everyone was super keen to be involved and the end result is something we’re all really proud of.”

The band enlisted the help of UK muso/producer Leo Abrahams (Brian Eno, Paul Simon, Paulo Nutini) and Hutchinson said he helped take the band’s sound to the next level.

“Everything that Leo did on the album was really quite subtle – he’s a really gifted guitar player and the like but he said he really didn’t want to imprint his own personality on the record in any way and I guess that’s the mark of a good producer – someone that can come in and do what they do, well, without anyone knowing they were there,” he said.

“I guess what he did was take the intrinsic Frightened Rabbit personality and put it through the Leo Abrahams filter – he really made us feel as though it was our album to make.”

Given that Frightened Rabbit had

come to the attention of the world via indie label Fat Cat, quite a lot of time and energy had been devoted on the interwebs and in the media to the band’s move from the small label to the major big leagues of Atlantic Records, but while Hutchinson said he can understand why people would want to discuss the shift, he couldn’t really understand what all the fuss was about.

“I can understand why it’s a talking point, I guess, but I don’t really know,” he said.

“We have a hell of a lot of ambition as a band and it just got to the point where our old label just didn’t share our ambition. At the end of the day we want as many people to hear Frightened Rabbit as possible so we thought going to a major was the best way of doing that.”

Catch Frightened Rabbit when they play at the Groovin The Moo Festival at Maitland Showground on Saturday, April 27. If you were unlucky enough to miss out on a ticket, you can catch them at the Oxford Art Factory, Sydney on Thursday, May 9.

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hey may’ve only been a band for the past 12 months, but that hasn’t stopped Vancouver, Canada-based “Jungle Folk” quartet The River and The Road from taking on the world.

For the last two months, the band has been on tour in Australia, which also represents a bit of a homecoming for singer/guitarist Andrew Phelan, who grew up in the Blue Mountains, and drummer Cole George told TE that their extended Australian tour had been going swimmingly.

“It’s been great – we’ve been having a lot of fun,” he said.

“It got to the point where Andrew had to leave Canada as his two-year visa had expired so we thought it would be a great idea to organise an Australian tour on the back of that.

“We’ve had the chance to see a fair bit of the country – we’ve been from around the Central Coast down to Melbourne a couple of times and things really seem to be picking up – more and more people seem to be coming to the shows, which is great – it seems to be a lot quicker for things to pick up out here than back home, which is nice.”

As evidenced on their debut, selftitled long player, since their inception,

The River and the Road have developed a sound that pushes the boundaries of what you know to be folk music, yet their obvious love and passion for the genre can be heard throughout, especially in the songwriting that is firmly planted in the storyteller tradition that the likes of Midlake and Gillian Welch have helped popularise in recent years, as well as some powerful harmonies.

Banjo player, Keenan Lawlor, draws influence from North Vancouver Island, where he was born and raised.

Guitarist Andrew Phelan writes from his experiences traveling, as well as from growing up in the Blue Mountains.

The band is known for energetic live performances, enhanced by the addition of the rhythm section of bassist, John Hayes, and drummer, George, in early 2012.

After spending some more time kicking around Australia, George said the band plans to return to their homeland and head back into the studio with a new release planned for later in the year.

“After Australia we plan to head back to Vancouver for a bit of a homecoming show and to remind people that we’re still around and then we’ll do some of the Canadian festivals and such before heading back to the studio for a new album.

“We’ve been writing quite a bit on tour and we’ve got enough songs locked in – and we’ll be playing a few of those new ones at the Lass – so it will be exciting to start work on something new.”

Catch The River and The Road when they play at the Lass O’Gowrie Hotel on Saturday, March 9 alongside the Dennis Boys and the Phoebe Daicos Band.

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rom inspiring and delighting audiences around the world, to getting the party started in local pubs and clubs, Kotadama are definitely one to please a crowd.

Since forming in 2007, the boys have released their first studio album and have achieved great success with their powerful and energetic original tracks. They have travelled to the UK, Japan and India as well as being aired on US TV stations such as CBS, NBC and FOX. Not bad for four guys from Newcastle.

As well as their original work, Kotadama have also been delighting local patrons with their covers performances.

One thing is for sure, this band is definitely one act that will have the dance floor packed and grooving all night long.

Performing classics from artists such as the Angels, Violent Femmes, Stereophonics, U2, AC/DC, Men At Work, Kings of Leon, Oasis and Coldplay, these guys have everyone covered - even the fussiest of gig fanciers would have trouble not nodding their heads.

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BEACHCOMBER, Toukley: Friday, DJs; Saturday, Open Mic. BEAUFORD HOTEL: Saturday, Mick Boogaard.

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BELMONT HOTEL: Friday, ME; Saturday, The Urge.

BELMORE HOTEL: Friday, The Levymen; Saturday, Ninemile Duo. BELMORE HOTEL, Scone: Saturday, Damien Roounce.

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BREAKERS COUNTRY CLUB: Friday, Chris Byrne; Saturday, James Nebauer & Scott Wallis; Sunday, Keith hall & Pat Dow Blues Band.

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CAMBRIDGE HOTEL: Wednesday, Safe Hands, Tired Minds, Vanity; Friday, Tim Rogers and the Bamboos; Sunday, Smash Mouth.

CANTON BEACH SPORTS CLUB: Friday, Girls With Guitars; Sunday, What’s The Next Line.

CARDIFF PANTHERS: Friday, A Salute To The Boyz From Oz; Saturday, Solid Gold Party Night.

CARDIFF RSL CLUB: Friday, KissStory - Australian Kiss Tribute; Saturday, DJ; Sunday, Kadence.

CATHO PUB: Sunday, Rat Salad.

CAVES BEACHSIDE HOTEL: Friday, Montezuma; Saturday, Tim and Leeroy.

CDB HOTEL: Saturday, Michael Mills.

CENTRAL HOTEL, Stroud: Saturday, Boulderdash.

CESSNOCK SUPPORTERS: Friday, The Gaurdreys; Saturday, Dr Love.

CHARLESTOWN BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Dr Zoom Duo. CLARENDON HOTEL: Friday, Howard Shearman; Saturday, Jack Daniels.

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f you want to dance all night to some good old rock ’n’ roll classics, then you should check out Moonlight Drive.

The Newcastle-based covers band pride themselves on creating a lasting impression on the audience and making every show different from the last.

The four-piece deliver a spectacular performance every time while ensuring the audience have a new and amazing experience.

With driving tunes from acts such as AC/DC, Blink-182, Deep Purple, Bryan Adams, Elvis Presley, Greenday, Grinspoon, Jimi Hendix, Nirvana and Pearl Jam, you know you are in for a treat when you see this exceptional act.

Catch Moonlight Drive when they play at The Exchange Hotel on Saturday, March 9.

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MATTARA HOTEL: Friday, Tim Usher; Saturday, Disco and Karaoke.

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NAG’S HEAD HOTEL: Friday, Damien; Saturday, Kartrina Burgoyne.

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NELSON BAY BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Norm Bakker’s Elvis Tribute; Saturday, All About Johnny.

NELSON BAY DIGGERS THE LOUNGE: Friday, The Big Bang; Saturday, Two Good Reasons; Sunday, Luke Austen.

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RETURN OF THE SWAMP FOX T

ony Joe White has accomplished much in the years since he emerged from his home in Louisiana’s swamp

country.

That dark baritone, scarred and sweet, brings these songs to life like none other. Even so, others have memorably interpreted his songs, from Brook Benton’s unforgettable take on ‘Rainy Night in Georgia’ in 1970 to Tina Turner’s intensely soulful rendition of ‘Steamy Windows.’

Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, Roy Orbison, Dusty Springfield, Etta James – iconic artists in their own right – have honored “the Swamp Fox” by cutting his tunes. Others have joined White, with Eric Clapton, Mark Knopfler, Michael McDonald, Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams and Shelby Lynne among those who

have paid tribute as guests on recent, theme-oriented projects such as ‘The Heroines’ and ‘Uncovered’.

But with ‘The Shine’, White’s latest long player, this long road circles and comes back toward where it began.

Before exploding onto the Top 10 with ‘Polk Salad Annie’ in 1969, before beginning his ongoing commitment to perform regularly for fans around the globe, White built his vision on a bedrock of blues, backwoods country, and sounds too much his own to categorise. This foundation is simple yet seductive and strong; within its fabric of raw guitar, hypnotic rhythm and spellbinding lyrical imagery, White’s soul pulls from its roots and reasserts itself with deep conviction.

Catch Tony Joe White when he plays at Lizotte’s Lambton on Saturday, March 16, with support from Mojo Juju.

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Since the release of their first single, the drivier-than-Peter Brock ‘Your Friends’, these guys have been going from strength to strength, snapping up their fair share of airplay on FBi Radio and Brisbane’s 4ZZZ as well as picking up more and more fans.

Since forming in early 2012, the band have shared the stage with the likes of Newtown rockers Sticky Fingers, Kingswood and Rogerthat.

The Familiars have just released their second single, the much cruisier ‘Start It Up’, and they’re heading down the East Coast to get the word out.

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The Boogie’, ‘ABC’, ‘Never Can Say Goodbye’, ‘I’ll Be There’ as well as a special tribute to their late brother, the King of Pop, Michael Jackson.

“I am so happy and excited to perform again onstage with my brothers,” Jermaine said.

“I can’t wait to sing all the songs that were so much a part of all of our lives. We are ready and committed to keep the family’s legacy alive and perform once again with the highest level of excellence, creativity, and most of all, integrity”.

Catch The Jacksons when they play at the Civic Theatre on Thursday, March 21.

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fter stunning audiences worldwide on last year’s Unity tour, The Jacksons – the most legendary family in the history of popular music – will be winging their way to Australia next month and, in a massive coup for Newcastle fans, will be stopping off at the Civic Theatre to play for the local crowd.

Beloved by millions of fans across the globe for their soulful, sunny sound, contagious stage presence and unforgettable roster of hits, the Jacksons first achieved international superstardom with their brother, Michael, becoming the first group ever to have their first four singles hit number one on the Billboard Charts.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see Tito, Jermaine, Jackie and Marlon live in concert performing all their hits including ‘Blame It On

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Still walking on the sun SHANNON COCHRANE

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ith their catchy, retroinspired tunes, Smash Mouth dominated the airwaves in the 90s yet unlike many of their contemporaries, the Californian band was never just another one-hit-wonder. Almost two decades after their first record, they’re still thrilling audiences with their unique brand of partied-up pop.

Last September, after a six-year break from the recording studio, the band released their sixth album, ‘Magic’, which combined funky rhythms with irreverent lyrics and was praised by critics as being a return to form.

The San Jose popsters are also coming back to the stage for a tour that will bring their fun, party-ready music to audiences across the United States and Australia.

Despite Smash Mouth’s commercial success and solid fan base Down Under, the tour will mark the first time the band has performed here.

Speaking from California, lead singer Steve Harwell said that he was excited to be visiting our shores.

“Well, because Australia was a place I always wanted to go to for the past 15 years and we’ve had a couple of tours get cancelled and finally, finally we could go there and come down there for you guys – I’m really excited and it’s going to be a great, great, great time,” he said.

It seems that the years of waiting will be worth it for Aussie fans, who will be treated to a show which promises to capture the infectious, carefree spirit that Smash Mouth are famous for.

The band aims to create a party vibe, playing a mixture of their classic hits and new songs from ‘Magic’.

“It’s gonna be a big party, that’s what it’s gonna be and we’re gonna have a blast,” Harwell said.

“I mean, when Smash Mouth come to play, we’ve always been considered like the sun and fun West Coast party band so hopefully I can bring it down there to you guys and just have a good time.”

This happy-go-lucky, laid back attitude has been the band’s defining characteristic since they exploded onto the music scene in the mid-90s.

Formed in 1994 by Harwell, the band played gigs around San Jose until their debut album, the ska-pop ‘Fush Yu Mang’, began receiving attention.

The album’s lead single ‘Walking On the Sun’ was a major hit for the band, with its wryly clever lyrics and up-tempo melody helping it skyrocket to number one.

A sleeker, poppier sound followed with the release of sophomore album ‘Astro Lounge’, which included the band’s second hit, ‘All Star’.

A string of spirited, covers (including The Monkees ‘I’m A Believer’, ‘Why Can’t We Be Friends?’ by War, the Sherman Brothers’ ‘I Wanna Be Like You’ and ‘Can’t Get Enough of You, Baby’) has also solidified the band’s

popularity.

These fun, radio-friendly tunes sold millions of records and are still being used in soundtracks and ads today.

While many 90s pop bands were one-dimensional, Smash Mouth has always created a fresh, unique sound which draws on a diverse range of influences including ska, psychedelic pop, new wave and punk.

Harwell counts ‘the King’, Elvis Presley, as his biggest musical idol but is also inspired by Van Halen, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran and the Cure.

“I was all over the map when I was younger,” he said.

“I’ve drawn from every one of those genres and it’s been really helpful and special,” he said.

Although the band struggled with a changing line-up over the past few years, Harwell has never lost faith in Smash Mouth.

He said that getting back into the recording studio with his current bandmates, Paul De Lisle, Michael Klooster, Randy Cooke and Mike Krompass, was easy.

“I know who I am, I know what I’m creating and I know what this band’s about and I’m not worried about it – you’ve gotta be confident in yourself, once you’re confident in yourself nothing’s gonna hold you back,” he said.

“It’s been so gratifying and so special

to know that we’ve created something that’s going to be here forever, that’s all I can wish for, it really is”.

Catch Smash Mouth at the Cambridge Hotel on Sunday, March 10.

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he Addams Family, through its various creative guises and spin-offs, has been firmly ingrained into popular culture for well over 50 years.

The brainchild of American cartoonist Charles Addams, the strange characters that comprise The Addams Family were originally published as single panel cartoons in The New Yorker back in 1938 and have since gone on to spawn the iconic 60’s television show and a host of films, video games and books.

Now, the Broadway musical comedy is set to premiere in Sydney, bringing an original story featuring the quirky cast of weird and wonderful characters, including Morticia (Chloe Dallimore), Gomez (John Waters), Uncle Fester (Russell Dykstra), Lurch (Ben Hudson), Mal Beineke (Tony Harvey), Alice Beineke (Katrina Retallick), Lucas Beineke (Tim Maddren) and Wednesday Addams (Teagan Wouters).

The Broadway musical reinvention of the famous family has been a smash hit overseas, described as “a glitzy, gloomy musical entirely worthy of the macabre drawings by Charles Addams� (- Bloomberg News).

The story finds Morticia and Gomez horrified to discover their daughter Wednesday has fallen in love with a “normal� boyfriend from a respectable family. Worse still, the young man and his parents are coming to the Addams house for dinner.

The shocking revelations are set to turn the Addams house into upheaval, in a production full of charm and a few surprises.

The Addams Family musical will be produced in Australia by Rodney Rigby and is directed by multiple Tony Award-winning Broadway veteran, Jerry Zaks, with choreography by Sergio Trujillo and music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa.

“We are beyond thrilled to have found this wonderful company of actors for this ridiculously funny Broadway musical,� said producer, Stuart Oken.

The Addams Family premieres on Saturday, March 23 at Sydney’s Capitol Theatre. Bookings are through Ticketmaster.com.au.

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ewcastle production company, Stooged Theatre (‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, ‘The Footage’, ‘Rabbit’), is set to kick off a new season at the Civic Playhouse in March with the Newcastle premiere of the contemporary classic, ‘Love Song’, by American playwright John Kolvenbach.

Formed in 2003, Stooged Theatre has gone from strength to strength, culminating in an astonishing 22 City of Newcastle Drama Award (CONDA) nominations last year, including backto-back Best Professional Production awards for ‘Rabbit’ (2011) and ‘The Pillowman’ (2012).

Directed by CONDA-nominated director John Wood, ‘Love Song’ revolves around central character Beane (played by Theo Rule), a misunderstood oddball who falls in love with the burglar

of his apartment, much to the dismay of his sister Joan (played by Novocastrian singer-songwriter, Amy Vee). “‘Love Song’ is a romantic comedy about two different relationships,” Wood explained.

“One is a rather mundane marriage that has lost its spark, and the other is about the character Beane falling in love with a burglar. Joan [Beane’s sister] has a new lease of life due to Beane’s happiness and the two different relationships form the basis of the story.”

Although a quirky romantic comedy at heart, Wood said ‘Love Song’ explored much deeper themes.

‘Love Song’ has a limited run of five performances at the Civic Theatre playhouse, from March 6-9.

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Tisdell, the newest member on the Ride Ons block, said he was pleased with the reaction the band had been getting at shows both in Newcastle and Sydney.

“For a long time the band was just two guitars and drums doing the greasy rock thing and I saw them one night and said, ‘It sounds like the bass player’s amp had blown up’,” he said.

“So they recruited Mick King on bass for a while and he just had too much on his plate, so I was the next cab off the rank.

“It’s been really good though, we have a really good following but we’re finding more and more that there are people coming along who haven’t seen us before and their reactions are really positive, which is great.”

In case you’re not already a fan, think toe-tappin’ rhythms that can’t help but get everyone jumping out of their seats, effortlessly stylish guitar chops and hard hitting vocals.

Get your dose with the Ride Ons at the Wickham Park Hotel on Saturday, March 9.

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The boys have been plugging their 2012 EP, ‘Transmission: On’, around the traps for a while now, but as bass player Leif Tisdell told TE, it won’t be too long before fans will be able to wrap their ears around a new slab of “greasy rock and roll” – Ride Ons style.

“We’re currently in pre-production for a new release that we’re planning to get out there sometime before the end of the year,” Tisdell said.

“We’ve pretty much got five tracks locked down so I’d say it will take the form of an EP as we think it’s better to release stuff in, like, short sharp bursts.”

Tisdell said the band definitely won’t be breaking any new ground with the release, preferring instead to stick to their obviously successful formula of unpretentious swaggering rock and roll.

“Yeah, it’s more than likely going to be pretty much the same feel as the last one – if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

Hailing from Sydney, the Ride Ons came together in 2004 with three core members Ben Nightingale (Sleepy Jackson, Don Walker, The Clouds), Murray Shepherd (The Monarchs, The

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here’s no denying that there’s a lot of love in Australia for Scottish/Indian comedian Danny Bhoy’s laconic and subtle brand of comedy.

However, this time around,, the finite affable funnyman had a defi w ‘Dear agenda with his latest show Epson’ which the near-full Civic rday Theatre found out on Saturday night. atest The premise of Bhoy’s latest yone show is one to which everyone can relate – an unabashed nd frustration with products and services that rarely deliver what they promise. The focal point of the show wass d a series of letters Bhoy had es written to various companies – the centrepiece of which was a sarcastic, biting and hilarious letter to printer manufacturer Epson and the discrepancy between the price of their printers and printer ink.

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proclaiming that Bhoy had finally made it to the dizzying heights of Newcastle (after cutting his teeth in the less-thandesirable areas of Kurri and Windale), as well as a slight dig at the excitement factor at the Newcastle show, it was down to some spleen venting, and no-one was ssafe.

Bhoy was merciless in his assessment of various companies – taking the likes of Clinique (obv (obviously an American inv invention as how many P Parisian women would w want to ask for hospital cream) and Oil Of Olay to task for their anti ageing and anti gravity claims.

To uproarious applause, he ripped into Telstra and Indian ca centres although call h did stop short of he reading aloud his ‘Dear Islamic World’ letter saying, ‘I’m not that much of an idiot’.

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f it’s loose, self-effacing ska that you’re after, then you’d do well to get along to the Lass O’Gowrie this weekend to check out Newie’s kings of the genre, the irrepressible Pornskas.

With tracks like ‘Victim of My Own Penis’, ‘Get Into The Brown’ and ‘My Girlfriend Is A Beer’, you should definitely be getting the idea that this is one band that likes a beer, loves a good time and in no way takes themselves seriously.

While they like to keep things raucous and loose onstage, that’s not to say these guys, who have been busting out their off kilter rhythms for the past ten years, are musical slouches.

The band features such Newcastle music luminaries as Pucko on guitar and vocals, Anthony Dean on drums, Kim Pink on sax, Stu St Hill on trumpet, Andrew Wallace on trombone and Tony Collins on bass.

Catch The Pornskas at the Lass O’Gowrie on Friday, March 8 alongside Bye Bye Birdy and Tom Kellaway.

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The cleverest moment of the show was when Bhoy went into serious mode about whirlwind love affair in New York.

The relationship and the circumstances behind its demise provided fodder for another letter – not to the love interest but to an airline who were inflexible about changing flights. A brilliant set up and knock down.

Bhoy neatly wrapped up the show with an insightful letter to his 13-yearold self that also interwove references from the other rants to end things rather nicely. An engaging and hilarious set.

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Other targets included UK candle manufacturer Molton and Brown for creating candles with names like Imp’s Whisper that claim to have “ a mysterious and enchanting blend of a wooded forest on the edge of midnight� but end up just smelling like wet grass.

It wasn’t all complaining at blue chip companies, with Bhoy slipping seamlessly between the letters and razor sharp observations on the trials of dealing with Ticketmaster, spending your foreign currency on the last day of a holiday and the brilliance of canapes.

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