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News 8-12 Summer festival guide 14-15 Husky 16 Straight To You: Nick Cave 17 Tijuana Cartel 18 Wooden Shjips 18 The Snowdroppers 20 Howling Bells 21 Abbe May 22 Tim Finn 23 Thundamentals 23 The Grates 24-25 Mutemath 26 Machine Head 27 Alice Blu 28 The Dynamites 29 The Getaway Plan 29 Bitter & Twisted beer tasting 30 Cartoon 31 Horoscopes 31 Talking shop 31 Album reviews 32-33 Fashion 34-35 General motoring – Merecedes-Benz C63 AMG 36 Live reviews 37-38 Fat As Butter review 39 Film reviews 40 DVD reviews 41 Gig guide 42-44
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This month, I lost faith in the legal system. When you are faced with a poorly written will from a dearly departed parent, and by poor I mean that the family heirlooms that stretch back multiple generations were about to be lost, you would hope that these precious items would be respected. As I found out, family heirlooms mean no more to the courts than the cracked coffee cups and broken-down cars in the front yard. So, after putting up the good fight, my great grand father’s war medals are now the legal possession of a man who carries not a drop of the family blood. The lesson learned is if you wish the family heritage to stay with the family, write it specifically in your will. Much love guys, Kevin.
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This November, Triple J’s Ausmusic Month will once again pay tribute to one of this country’s musical greats, the one and only Nick Cave. With a career spanning 35 years, Cave is one of the true greats of music. Starting with Boys Next Door and then The Birthday Party, Cave has gone on to make 14 albums with The Bad Seeds and two more with Grinderman. He has been both incredibly prolific and consistently brilliant. He and his bands have been the most continually played artists on Triple J across those three decades. Constant appearances in Hottest 100s speak volumes of Nick Cave’s relevance to new generations of music fans. With no shortage of artists keen to volunteer their time, the line-up of vocalists who will help us celebrate the work of Nick Cave is a diverse and passionate array of talent. In alphabetical order they are: Abbe May, Adalita, Alex Burnett (Sparkadia), Bertie Blackman, Dan Sultan, Jake Stone (Bluejuice), Johnny Mackay (Children Collide), Kram (Spiderbait), Lanie Lane, Lisa Mitchell and Muscles. Straight To You: Triple J’s Tribute to Nick Cave performs at Newcastle Panthers on Saturday November 19.
FRASCA RETURNS WITH SECOND RELEASE
Dallas Frasca and her band have just returned from New York — where they worked with producer Andy Baldwin (Bjork, Chrissie Amphlett, Living End, Kram, Cat Empire) at Rola Pola Studio’s in Brooklyn — with their second full-length album in hand, One of the tracks from the upcoming album has been mixed by legendary
producer Tchad Blake (Black Keys, Elvis Costello, Pearl Jam, Tom Waits, Sheryl Crow, The Dandy Warhols, Gomez) in the south of France. The entire album was recorded live in New York after four months of songwriting in Footscray, Melbourne. Expect slabs of guitar riffage, skin slamming drums and nodule breaking vocals. Dallas Frasca with Anarchist Duck in support perform at the Lennox Point Hotel on Friday November 4.
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1929INDIAN DEBUT LAUNCH
BRINGING THE DAY OF THE DEAD TO LIFE
Having spent June at the Def Wolf Studios in Sydney, Newcastle band 1929indian are ready to release their debut EP. Two tracks from the EP, ‘Women In Cages’ and ‘Six O’Clock Swill’, have already been released via free download, but as a five-track collection, it is quite ambitious. Multi-layered and dreamy, the band’s sound is modern with a heavy respect to 80s new wave. 1929indian launch their debut EP at the Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, on Friday November 25.
On Wednesday, November 2, the Underground at The Grand Hotel, Newcastle, will come alive to celebrate Dia de los Muertos. A sea of faces emblazoned with sugar skulls, tales of life, death and love, and tunes from fine musicians will bring the Mexican Day of the Dead to life in Newcastle. Passionate and rowdy blues, jazz & soul from locals Bones Jones & The Skeletones, and special guests including local favourite Zoe K, will get bodies moving and eyes will be shining with delight as the underground room is transformed with the art of tattooist Demi Iacopetta.
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THE RETURN OF MI-SEX
Mi-Sex emerged from New Zealand in 1977 as a collection of creative souls that forged a collaborative talent that broke the 80s new sound. Powerful live performances and hit songs like ‘But You Don’t Care’, ‘Graffiti Crimes’ and the hit single ‘Computer Games’ very quickly established them on the touring circuit as a power to be reckoned with. But lead singer Steve Gilpin’s unfortunate death in January 1992 forced Mi-Sex underground. Twenty years on, having accepted an invitation by Steve Balbi to front Mi-Sex at a private party, they had their confirmation, this was the right chemistry, this would again ignite their passion for ‘live performances’ as Mi-Sex. Mi-Sex performs at the Caves Beach Resort on Saturday December 3.
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Fresh off the back of a national tour supporting The Living End, King Cannons are proud to announce dates for their forthcoming ‘Shot To Kill’ Single tour. ‘Shot To Kill’ is the first official single taken from their forthcoming debut album and will be the lead track on the limited edition ‘Shot To Kill’/’Stand Right Up’ double side 7” single, available on the tour. King Cannons are busy putting the finishing touches on their debut album recorded with producer Tom Larkin (Shihad/Calling All Cars) and engineer/mixer Steve Schram (The Cat Empire/ The Vasco Era). The debut will see the light of day in February 2012. King Cannons, with Jackson Firebird and The Strums in support will perform at the Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle, on Thursday November 3, and the Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, on Friday November 11.
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CROOKED TALES
Following the recording of their stunning debut long player, Overgrown Tales, in Chicago, with legendary engineer Steve Albini (Nirvana, The Pixies, Joanna Newsom, Gogol Bordello, PJ Harvey), Australia’s ‘chainsaw folk’ vigilantes, The Crooked Fiddle Band blew away audiences in the UK and Europe, where they appeared for the first time. The band were picked up by both German and UK agents on the strength of those shows and reviews, and are now set to hit the road playing to home audiences. Gordon Wallace from the band describes the new album as, “like finding a folk tale deep in the forest, rooted in tradition but with the newest of shoots, and a few thorns”. The Crooked Fiddle Band perform at the Bitter and Twisted Festival, Maitland Gaol, on Saturday November 5, and later that same day at the Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle.
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DELICIOUS ROB MILTON
Frou Frou Productions bring you the night that is delicious. Saturday November 19th is the next soiree at the mighty Lismore City Bowling Club with very special guest, all the way from the UK, DJ Rob Milton. From club promoter to club DJ, radio DJ to record producer and record label manager, there’s not much Milton hasn’t achieved in his illustrious career. His DJ career spans more than two decades, starting way back in the 80s at London’s first illegal warehouse parties. Milton has played at most major Sydney and Australian clubs, and is known as the co-promoter and resident DJ at Sydney’s infamous King’s Cross club, The Underground Café. The delicious DJ Rob Milton performs at the Lismore City Bowling Club on Saturday November 19.
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X crawled out of the drummer’s basement, where they had been rehearsing for three weeks, and X-ploded unXpectedly onto the Sydney subculture back in 1977. Riots, blood, broken glass, death and shattered venues followed in their wake. Thirty-four years later, the long lost X-tapes have emerged — X is about to be reborn. With his former brothers in arms now deceased, Steve Lucas has been forced to cast his gaze far afield to find the ‘right’ kind of people to help launch this belatedly new album. He has also found a way to make X a part of other cities’ subcultures. So for northern NSW he has selected Greg (The Butcher) Baxter to take over on bass and Stuart (hold ‘em down) Hodgson to pick up the sticks and hammer out the beat. X, with The Re-mains, Booze Hag and Slug in support, perform at the Lennox Point Hotel on Friday November 11.
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EVOLVRS AT RHYTHM HUT
The Central Coast’s own Evolvrs are set to transform the way you think about music at the Five Lands Experience, this Sunday, November 27, at The Rhythm Hut, Gosford. The Evolvrs have been performing together since 2009, when Brent Murphy, lead guitarist and vocalist, invited some friends to come and jam at a party on Mangrove Mountain. The chemistry was undeniable, and the crew quickly evolved to form a tight ensemble. Since then they have been hitting a multitude of hot venues on the east coast and in July 2010 they recorded their first eight-track album together. Their sound is a blend of earthy roots tones mixed with the classic rock sounds of T-Rex and The Stones.
FBI RADIO’S MUSIC OPEN DAY
Sydney’s FBI Radio is extending its support of Australian and local music to a music open day at the Loft Youth Centre, on Saturday, November 12. The day starts at 1pm with the ‘Industry 101’ panel which gives everyone a chance to throw questions at, and get advice from, industry experts. This will be followed by performances from Paper Scissors, Jacob Pearson, Sons of Alamo and Sky Squadron. Our advice, bring along your demos and hand them around. It is not often you get direct contact with the industry.
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TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM
Armed with an air-tight, high energy live show and a load of irresistibly catchy singalongs, Heroes For Hire will be hitting the road this November for their most extensive headline run to date, with support coming from New Jersey’s own pop punk contenders I Call Fives, as well as Brisbane quintet I Am Villain. With the May 2011 release of their second album, Take One For The Team, Sydney pop punkers Heroes For Hire have made good on their promise to take over the airwaves. Heroes For Hire, with I Call Fives and I Am Villain in support, perform at the Loft Youth Centre, Newcastle, on Friday November 4, and Oasis Youth Centre, Wyong, on Saturday November 5.
ROOTS RECORDS FIRST BIRTHDAY BASH
When was the last time you set foot in a record store stocking new vinyl and a large selection of independent non-charting new release CDs? For many readers under the age of 25 it’s unlikely that you’ve ever had this opportunity. So where can you source a good range of vinyl and CDs in our region? Enter… Roots Records. Based in Bellingen, Roots Records is bucking the trend offering a music retail experience similar to record stores of days gone by. Opened in December 2010, the outlet is truly unique specialising in nothing but quality music across a range of genres. Roots Records celebrates its first birthday in December and to mark the occasion they’re hosting a special evening of music and art at the Bellingen Memorial Hall on Friday December 16. Brisbane-based act Tibet2Timbuk2 (Tenzin Choegyal) headlines the event, supported by Master Bansuri Flutist Taro Terrahara, plus a photography exhibition by renowned film maker Albert Falzon (Morning of the Earth).
LACHLAN BRYAN FLIES IN TO MAITLAND
Songwriter and story-teller Lachlan Bryan will visit six of our eight states and territories this November and December for a series of intimate live shows. The tour will follow a short visit to Nashville for the 2011 American Music Association (AMA) Festival. Bryan, best known as frontman of Melbourne alt-country darlings The Wildes, has recently finished recording his debut solo album, to be released early next year. The album features guest appearances from Bill and Kasey Chambers, as well as Catherine Britt, who lends backing vocals to current single ‘Fly By Night’. Bryan’s live performances have won The Wildes a cult following of devotees over the past two years. The songs are often interweaved between rambling, comical stories and observations, and this particular tour will feature selections from both the new album and The Wildes’ catalogue. Lachlan Bryan performs at the Grand Junction Hotel, Maitland, on Sunday November 13.
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FINNIAN’S CAR PARK FESTIVAL WITH TIJUANA CARTEL
The first Finnian’s Irish Tavern car park show with Ash Grunwald sold out the morning of the show. This time round, Tijuana Cartel will be coming to Port Macquarie as part of their national tour. On Sunday November 13, the car park will once again transform into the perfect mini outdoor festival, featuring Tijuana Cartel, The Whores 4 Pinot, Mar Haze and Beatlejuice. Tijuana Cartel will also be performing at Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, on Saturday November 12, and the Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, on Friday November 18.
PERCUSSIONALE 2012
The rhythm of Percussionale 2012 is set to take over the Newcastle Town Hall next January 13 and 14. Beginning with the Carnivale Parade on the Friday, the evening will descend into a head-to-head battle between bands in what is being called the Sambadrome. Saturday will be full of workshops from all over the world — African drumming and dancing, Brazilian music, capoeira, belly dancing, junk percussion — climaxing with the Jungle Drums show featuring Afro Moses, Fode Maane, Earth Rhythms, Dance of Life and Drumoz. Festival director Kai Tipping is thrilled to have had another chance to organise the event, “Newcastle has such amazing talent and it’s so exciting to put on an event of this scale, locally.” Drum workshops will also be held prior to the event, during the summer holidays, at The Loft Youth Centre to get everyone ready.
PINUP PARTY 2011
The Pinup Party 2011 will be housed in the historic art deco Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle unleashing a sea of classic beauties and entertainment featuring Lita Lynx, Seker Pare, SuspenceKat, Ms Kayos and the debut performance of the Kaberat Kittens’ new show. As part of the Pinup Kitten Of The Year Competition, the evening will kick off with a 50s-themed fashion show featuring all the models entered in the competition. Retro inspired designer, Miss Lulu Clothing, and popular local retailer, Catfight Collections, will be displaying some of their finest wears. The Pinup Beauty Zone gives patrons the opportunity to transform into the ultimate vintage version of themselves with pin-up make-up, hair styling and pin-up photo shoots. All of this juicy entertainment will be backed by the sounds of swingin’ jazz, rock ‘n’ roll & rockabilly. The Pinup Kittens’ second annual Pinup Party occurs at the Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle, on Saturday November 5.
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NEWCASTLE RECORD FAIR
The institution that is the Newcastle Record Fair is back bigger than ever, with traders and sellers coming from far and wide. Thousands of rare and collectable vinyl and CDs will be available, plus a special Reverb stall from where we are passing on hundreds of CDs. There is nothing better than getting your hands on some of those black grooves. The Newcastle Record Fair happens at the Uniting Church Hall, Hamilton, on Sunday November 6.
SUNDAE FUNDAZE SUMMER SEASON BEGINS
Born in the summer of 2004, Sundae Fundaze at the Clarendon Hotel, Newcastle, has for many young locals become the event that signifies the welcome start to party season. Playing host to some of the finest international and Australian DJs, there is nowhere else in Newcastle that you can enjoy a boogie in the sunshine with your drink in hand. With an early afternoon kick off, Fundaze keeps cranking into the evening — the obvious party of choice for those that just don’t want the weekend to end. Headlining the first Fundaze for this season on Sunday November 13 is festival favourite Cassian as well as Modular Records duo, the Canyons. Sydney based Cassian is a familiar name on the local dance circuit, one of those artists with prolific remixes and releases as well as slots on festival line-ups all around the country. Signed to Bang Gang’s infamous 12” label, the launch of Cassian’s I Like What You’re Doing EP at the start of the year has seen the man touring the country and setting dance floors on fire with his unique combination of house, disco & samples all bundled together. When he’s not winning the crowds over with his originals he is putting his own spin into remixes of Flight Facilities, Sammy Bananas and Two Door Cinema Club to name just a few. “Close your eyes, feel the sun on your face, dance inside and out”. Good advice from the Canyons on how to listen to their long awaited debut album release, Keep Your Dreams.
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The armageddon is upon us and The End Of Times is the party to end all parties. If this is your last chance to party then let’s go out together with a bang. Dance, drink, drink more, pair up with one of the last people on earth or walk the wasteland alone. Who cares about your hangover tomorrow, when tomorrow never arrives. Providing the sound for the apocalypse are The Strides, The Nickson Wing, The Preachers, Jun Wan, Glenza, Gashpower and The Modern Day Muse. The End Of Times happens at the Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle, on Friday November 25.
OKA TOUR MILK & HONEY
With a signature sound & unforgettable live reputation, Oka is a celebration of Australian cultures with a very present, powerful & uniting indigenous cultural overtone running throughout the music. Electrified didgeridoo, heavy slide guitar, soaring flutes & juju rhythms are some of the many ingredients in this Australian sound that’s matured over a decade. Incorporating flavours of dub, electronica, hip-hop, jazz & many forms of world music, Oka’s sound can sometimes be hard to describe. Their much anticipated 2011 album, Milk & Honey, brings a fresh and exciting addition to the Oka catalogue. Featuring radio focus track ‘Gorilla Villa’, the 14 track journey was created from on-stage jamming and relaxed sessions at their home on the Sunshine Coast. While keeping true to their indigenous roots, Milk & Honey also draws from influences of new territories with vocal tracks and a soup of synth tones and beats melding into a classic Oka feel. Oka perform at the Rhythm Hut, Gosford, on Saturday November 5; Mullum Festival, Mullumbimby, on Sunday November 27; Woodford Folk Festival, December 29-31.
GOOD EVANS, IT’S XMAS
Two of Australia’s premier artists are proud to team up for an intimate evening of ring a ding dong and tinsel tinged tunes. One dark and wintery night, ARIA award-winning Bob Evans (a.k.a. Kevin Mitchell, a.k.a. Jebediah) decided that this Xmas, things were going to be different! A new unique Xmassy music experience. The concept brewed. The vision: Is to eat, drink and be merry in intimate surrounds while listening to brand spanking new (and some old) Bob Evans tunes. Adalita will add her mix of mesmerising dark rock and to top it all off some Xmas and non-Xmas themed duets together. The result? Good Evans, It’s Xmas! (A not so silent night) with Bob Evans & Adalita. Tickets? Something for everyone! From the full dinner experience to those purely wanting to see both incredible performers on a shared stage. Choose your own evening. Bob Evans and Adalita perform at Lizotte’s Kincumber on Thursday December 15, and Lizotte’s Lambton on Saturday December 17.
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GOLD FIELD PLAY NEWCASTLE LEAGUES
They claim the title of the most played Unearthed track of the year for their debut song ‘Treehouse’; they’ve smashed audiences at some of the nations’ biggest music events, including Falls Festival, Field Day, and most recently Parklife; they embarked on extensive tours with The Holidays, Miami Horror and Pnau as well as headlining their first national tour in February; and have signed with Astralwerks in the USA (the last Australian band to do this was Empire of the Sun). All of this, and Gold Fields only starting to play live for the first time in September last year. Impressed? You should be. With a debut, self-titled self-produced EP mixed by Scott Horscroft under their belts, Gold Fields are taking to the road in November to spread their frantic dance-pop ‘n’ anthemic jams in venues across Australia. Gold Field perform at the Newcastle Leagues Club on Saturday November 12.
WOE AND FLUTTER TOUR DEBUT EP
Having recently been ‘unearthed’ to the nation, Woe and Flutter performed at this year’s Bigsound conference and won the hearts and minds of the lucky few who witnessed their shows. Proudly describing their sound as a stylistic cacophony, Woe and Flutter write tunes with a lo-fi indie rock, punk and garage ethic and have just released their self-titled debut EP. The release will comprise of five “all-killer-nofiller” gems that include current radio fave ‘Cities of the Red Night’. This single has just been immortalised in video form by the one and only SPOD. Woe and Flutter will be supporting Deep Sea Arcade at the Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, on Saturday November 12, and the Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay, on Saturday November 26.
LIVE & LOCAL AT LIZOTTE’S
There’s plenty of local music to be had at Lizotte’s this month. Lambton Lizotte’s: Tuesday November 1, Mark Wells and Morgan Evans; Sunday November 6, Mojo Juju; Wednesday November 30, Marissa Saroca, Zoe K, Stick Figure Opera. Kincumber Lizotte’s: Thursday November 3, Bob Corbett & the Roo Grass band CD launch; Friday November 4, Paper Wolves, SASS, Gerard Masters, taylor and the Makers, Jacob Pearson; Saturday November 5, Dexter Morph; Wednesday November 9, Jackson Besley, Ashleigh Toole, Hipsister, Gilbert Whyte; Saturday November 12, Sarah Humphreys EP launch; Wednesday November 23, Jacob Emerson, Baby Snakes, Hayley Kade, Karen Anne; Sunday November 27, Jaywalker.
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Forever Dreaming It was a brave move to self-produce their debut album, Forever So, as Husky frontman and guitarist Husky Gawenda admits, but it’s been a priceless experience that’s left the band’s confidence soaring. Not only that, but for future reference, when it comes to making a record, Gawenda claims you don’t necessarily have to go to engineering school either – all you need is eyes, ears and a whole lot of heart and soul. By Birdie. “If something sounds good, then that’s the most important thing,” states the singer. “You can have amazing technique and you can be a brilliant producer but the sound itself and the songs can be bad sometimes! We’ve learned that you don’t have to be an experienced engineer to make a good record, you just have to use your eyes and your ears and listen to a song to determine if it’s good or bad. Gideon [Preiss, keys/vocals] and I produced the whole thing together, which was a first for us, and we were literally learning the basics, like even where to place a mic! Everything was trial and error and letting our ears decide when it’s right. I think if you’re a music lover in general, after years of listening to lots of records, you get some idea of what you want your record to sound like and who to take some notes from. Sometimes we found ourselves a little bit in the dark, but it’s been such a valuable experience.” And while Husky recorded their debut completely on their own, when it came to mixing, the band packed up their bags and jetted off to Los Angeles where they had a bit of a culture shock, according to the singer. “We worked with Noah Georgeson [Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart, The Strokes] but we got to have a few hours off each day so we checked out a few things like Venice Beach and saw some live music in Echo Park. We felt very safe in Noah’s hands, he’s a great musician and he helped us achieve the sound we were going for. But it’s true about Los Angeles, there really is no other place like it in the world! A lot of people are there to make it in the entertainment industry, so that alone creates a very unique atmosphere anyway – it’s just so different to Australia. It’s a strange place. There’s a lot of things that people do in LA that they consider common every-day stuff, but which they wouldn’t get away with in Australia. Like, everywhere you go people tell you what they do for a living! Everybody talks
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themselves up so much! Everyone is working on a big movie, or writing a script, or making a big record or living next door to some famous star or they’re the brother or sister-in-law of someone famous! I just don’t think people would get away with having that kind of attitude in Australia, we don’t seem to like those things!” Maybe so, but for Husky big things are definitely on the cards in any case. After winning Triple J’s Unearthed Push Over Festival competition earlier this year largely thanks to infectious single ‘History’s Door’, the band went on to join some large-scale tours with the likes of John Butler Trio, Kimbra and more recently, Gotye. With Husky’s upcoming series of album launches, Gawenda says the band is excited about undertaking their first ever headlining tour. “Maybe it won’t be venues of the size that we’ve been doing with other bands, but these shows are huge for us,” enthuses the singer. “I’m just really keen to get the album out there because it’s been such a long time coming. We finished it at the end of last year so it’s been with us for two years if you add to that the time that it took to write it as well. It’s quite a diverse album with lots of moments that are lush and very grand but also very intimate and introspective and stripped back. I noticed that the common link that runs through the songs is that a lot of them are about dreaming. They’re about memory and people and things and past loves and places in your life. Things that were once there in your life and maybe not any longer. At the time I had a lot to think about and I think it shows!” Husky performs at the Northern Star Hotel, Newcastle, on Friday November 11; Mullum Festival, Mullumbimby, on November 26 and 27; Woodford Festival,Woodfordia on December 27 and 28; Peats Ridge Festival, Glenworth Valley, on Saturday December 31. Follow us on Twitter
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Straight To You If you were to own only one Nick Cave album, which would it be and why?
This year, Triple J’s annual Australian music celebration pays tribute to the one and only Nick Cave. With a career spanning 35 years, starting with Boys Next Door and then The Birthday Party, Cave has made 14 solo albums with The Bad Seeds and two more with his recent Grinderman project. A few of the artists queuing up to lend their vocals to the Nick Cave love-fest gave us the lowdown on one of the world’s greatest musical talents. name your Top 5 Nick Cave songs Adalita ‘Loverman’ — scary and sexy. ‘The Ship Song’ — beautiful, impeccably assembled song. ‘Do You Love Me?’ — I love the confidence in his tone here. ‘Right Out Of Your Hand’ — tender and simple. ‘Your Funeral, My Trial’ — first Nick Cave song I ever heard and I loved it. Kram ‘Red Right Hand’ — I can listen to this song 100 times over and not tire of it. Reminds me of a Sergio Leone western mixed with creeping death. Wicked instrumentation — nothing is overused or wasted, and his lyrics and vocals are perfect. Pure drama with a tubular bell as the star, and great keyboard solo. Everything in this song is awesome. ‘Tupelo’ — just blood and guts and dirty grooves; lyrics as dark as the storm... is Elvis Satan or just Elvis? This song had a big effect on me when I first heard it years ago. Black Sabbath’s ‘Black Sabbath’ was the same for me too... scary and wild and arse kickin’, with a brilliant bass line. ‘Straight To You’ — the lyrics in this song are great — the image of the world crumbling but love still rising. Or, in a sense, the love in this song could exist because of the destruction around it, which is another interpretation. Or is it a song about possession? He’s a brilliant poet. This never used to be one of my favourites but over time it’s grown all over me... Adalita will do a great version of this, I think. ‘Henry Lee’ — gotta be one of the all time great duets with PJ Harvey. The song is simple but so effective. Sounds like a very old folk song, which, I think, it partially is. You could be listening to a tale from 200 years ago... the image of the little bird looking down on his body is classic Cave. ‘Nobody’s Baby’ — a classic song. Could be a drunk Burt Bacharach, or a crooner in purgatory, or a simple love song. Muscles ‘I Let Love In’ — the album cover of Let Love In is so great. Love the piano and guitar woven into each other and the sexy sea shanty kind of vibe and how his voice trails into a really dark side of love. ‘Do You Love Me?’ — I love how there is a part 2 of this song, and reprises in general like there is too much to fit it into one song that you have to record two versions. It Find us on Facebook
Adalita It would have to be Let Love In because it’s got my favourite Nick Cave song of all time on it which is ‘Loverman’.
really adds depth, and you can just see a crowd of 10,000 people shouting, “Jingle, jangle... do you LOVE ME?” ‘Nick The Stripper’ — love the raw energy of The Birthday Party, and enjoy listening to a song written before I was born. Makes me wonder what I’d be like if I was born 10 years earlier, what type of person I’d be and [what] music I’d be into. ‘Into My Arms’ — the piano playing in this song is one of my favourite popular Nick Cave songs, it works so beautifully. This track is timeless. Also I think the music video clip really enhanced this track, late 90s style. ‘Tupelo’ — any song that begins with a thunderstorm is pretty sweet in my book. Love the two note bassline… makes me think of western movies; cowboys riding horses in the desert; drinking water from cactus. Really love the percussion and vocal harmonies during the chorus. Abbe May ‘Electric Alice’ — there’s a dirtiness about this song... delivered in a really melancholy way, with an industrial sounding drum and guitar track... I think it is my favourite song because, for some reason, it reminds me of my home town. ‘From Her To Eternity’ — the best title of any song, ever. ‘No Pussy Blues’ — we all know what this feels like, whether you are into pussy or not. ‘No More Shall We Part’ — he just seems to be able to tread that fine line, when writing about love, without falling into cliché or without being grossly earnest, and this song is one of the best examples of that. ‘I Let Love In’ — it is a great dissection of the horrors of love, and yet it still makes you want to have love. Alex Burnett (Sparkadia) ‘Into My Arms’ — as it never ceases to hit the emotional bone within a second of hearing the piano. ‘Where The Wild Roses Grow’ — my first childhood experience of Nick and compelled me to start searching for more. ‘Red Right Hand’ — so aggressive, brutal, beautiful poetry. I began to see the beauty in the dark side.
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‘Junk Yard’ — I heard this at a goth club in Berlin and it was the best five minutes of moshing and dancing like a mad man with Germans. ‘Shivers’ — although this is a Roland S Howard song, I do love his vocals and his performance is the best of his early years. Lanie Lane ‘Jack the Ripper’ — it’s such a powerful piece of music. The male backing vocals and stabbing guitars are such a great part of the arrangement along with some very violent and tormented lyrics. This track really grabs my attention every time I hear it. ‘The Mercy Seat’ — it has a driving and repetitive rhythm which hauntingly seeps into your head. There’s extremely ominous yet complex message. Summing up what it must feel like for someone on death row who is at peace with the fact they are going to die. It isn’t entirely clear to me wether he is actually innocent or not, but his head is burning and that must really hurt. ‘Papa Won’t Leave You Henry’ — it’s a lyrical genius. A short story in itself. It has quite a Gothic feel to it. I especially love the the powerful imagery in the line: “Her hair was like a curtain, falling open with the laughter and closing with the lies.” ‘Where The Wild Roses Grow’ — the incongruity of Cave and Kylie together is so unexpected (it was at the time anyway!). I really love Kylie and for her to accept his invitation to perform this song with him is a real testament to her adaptability and a willingness to embrace his reflections on the world.. even if he kills her in the end. ‘Red Right Hand’ — the man with the red right hand is a very scary figure. And as usual, Cave is questioning the boundaries of human nature and the influence of good and evil. It has quite a seductive latin beat and is complete with theramin and organ solo, sounds like it could be music for an early black and white film. Bertie Blackman ‘The Ship Song’ — nostalgia ‘Red Right Hand’ — violence ‘The Mercy Seat’ — guilt ‘Henry Lee’ — it’s a ballad for super stars ‘Jack the Ripper’ —I was murdered by Jack the Ripper
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Kram I’m gonna be controversial and say The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds because I really dig listening to the range of songs over time [like a gig ]... or maybe The Boatman’s Call. It’s a tough question. Muscles Let Love In, because it was one of the first Nick Cave albums I ever listened to. There’s something about really discovering this musical work that sticks to you. Abbe May Grinderman 1. It’s the most violently sexy record I have ever heard. Alex Burnet Let Love In would be my album of choice. I suppose the timing of the record becoming part of my life. It seemed to soundtrack a pretty eventful summer a few years ago. I also learnt a lot about subtlety and lyrics from him and this record. Lanie Lane Henry’s Dream is an amazing record with so much descriptive imagery. It’s very interesting as it has all the regular Cave themes of blood and murder with ‘John Finn’s Wife’ and ‘Jack The Ripper’, but also beautiful love songs such as ‘Straight To You’ and ‘Loom Of The Land’. Bertie Blackman The Good Son… they’re all amazing!
Which Nick Cave songs will you be singing on the night? Adalita Still trying out a few so not sure yet. Kram ‘Tupelo’, ‘Red Right Hand’, ‘Deanna’, ‘There is a Kingdom’. Muscles ‘I Let Love In’, and ‘Do You Love Me?’ duet with Bertie Blackman. Alex Burnett ‘Where the Wild Roses Grow’ with Lanie Lane, and ‘Shivers’. Lanie Lane ‘Jack the Ripper’ and ‘Where The Wild Roses Grow’ as a duet with Alex Burnett from Sparkadia. Bertie Blackman ‘Do You Love Me’ and ‘The Mercy Seat’ Straight To You: Triple J’s Tribute to Nick Cave performs at the Newcastle Panthers on Saturday November 19. Vocalists will be Abbe May, Adalita, Alex Burnett, Ben Corbett, Bertie Blackman, Dan Sultan, Jake Stone, Johnny Mackay, Kram, Lanie Lane, Lisa Mitchell, Muscles. reverb magazine issue #064 — November 2011 17
t i j u a n a c a r t e l — w o o d en s h j i p s
After eight years of non-stop touring both at home and abroad, including six months in India and time playing the UK club scene, Gold Coast five-piece Tijuana Cartel have embarked on a national tour as far reaching as their musical influences. Dubbing themselves somewhat simply as an indie-electronic act, lead guitarist, vocalist and co-producer Paul George, puts the bands unique sound down to a passion for experimenting with the musically exotic. “We’ve got a real passion for electronic music at our core and we enjoy trying to mix it up with different sounds on top of that,” George explains. “We have a real thing for exotic scales and particularly Middle-eastern sounds, so that comes through a fair bit in a lot of our songs.” Initially drawing influence from Mexican rhythms, with a heavy focus on flamenco guitar, trumpet and Afro-Cuban percussion, Tijuana Cartel’s sound has evolved to reflect the likes of the Chemical Brothers, LCD Sound System and TV on the Radio, as well as what George calls a really long list of world music artists. Keeping with the bands eclecticism, Tijuana Cartel are currently on tour promoting their latest album M1 and are visiting more of Australia than ever before. “We’ve toured almost non-stop for the last few years but we do the weekends and then come home and have a normal life,” says George. “This tour is different in that we’re playing one venue and driving to the next place and setting up to do the same thing over and over for 64 days.” The M1 album release tour will see the band play large venues in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne as well as a slew of regional
Years of travelling to shows in a beaten-up panel van and touring through third world countries is finally paying off for Gold Coast locals, Tijuana Cartel. Before the band kicked off their biggest national tour to date, vocalist PAUL GEORGE spoke to AMELIA PARROTT about the tour, the new album and the band’s exotic influences.
Touring has become such an integral part of the band’s identity, it served as inspiration for the title of their latest album. “M1 is the highway that runs from Queensland to New South Wales,” explains George. “We’ve got this old dodgy white van [and] we’re close to 160,000 kilometres of touring in it. We’ve seen the M1 sign at least a few thousand times so we thought it would be a perfect name for the album.” M1 has been quietly successful for the five-piece. After almost giving up on getting radio airplay, the band was surprised by the popularity of psychedelic first single ‘White Dove’. And their latest release ‘Keep Off the Chemicals” is gaining momentum on the airwaves. For now, the release of M1 and the coinciding national tour are the primary focus for Tijuana Cartel, but the Goldie locals have plenty of projects on the cards for the new year. “Up until the end of the year we’ll do the tour and then get straight into the summer festivals. We’re doing Peats Ridge for New Year’s then we’re heading down to Pyramid Rock Festival outside of Melbourne. We’re also organising a documentary we’re hoping to film at the end of the year, somewhere in south-east Asia in a refugee camp. And a five-track concept EP, but that’s another story.”
thought [the tour] would be a good chance to see a bit of Australia and see how we’re going. I mean, there’s some places like Port Hedland — we know it’s a mining town but we’re not sure how hard electronic beats will go down in that kind of place. I’m hoping it’ll be great.”
Tijuana Cartel are performing at the Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, on Saturday November 12; Finnian’s Tavern, Port Macquarie, on Sunday November 13; Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, on Friday November 18; Peats Ridge Festival, Glenworth Valley, December 29 – January 1.
the album we thought that he had a good sense of who we were and where we were coming from. It is that personal relationship that made us feel really comfortable and able to get the best sound possible out of the tunes.” Thematically, West pays homage to the somewhat exotic culture of the American West. “We all grew up in other parts of the country and then migrated to the west,” says Brewer. “I grew up in Vermont. I couldn’t have imagined Christmas without snow,” he laughs. “That there were places in the world where you didn’t have snow on Christmas was one of those things that always fascinated us as individuals. When it came time to make the record we thought we would pay
tribute to that idea.” As for translating the theme into music, Whalen says the process was very natural. “We kind of jumped into it without trying to force anything. But there are elements to the song that make me think of sitting by the campfire under the big sky with a mountain silhouette in the background.” With Wooden Shjips set to head out on the road in support of West, Whalen says that the band are looking forward to paying another visit to Australia. “We are working on finalising our tour plans at the moment,” he says. “Our trip down there last year was just amazing. We definitely want to go back, it was such a pleasure!”
Exotic Natives shows from Port Hedland to Port Macquarie. Playing at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne will be a milestone for the band, who are confident they can sell-out the largest Melbourne venue they have played. George is also looking forward to testing the waters with their regional tour dates. “We
Having just released their new record, West, Wooden Shjips have returned with their most coherent and refined effort to date. Nash Whalen, organist of the San Franciscan psychedelic-drone four-piece, spoke to Liam Demamiel about Christmas, working with your idols and keeping it simple. To truly appreciate Wooden Shjips and their output, one must understand the philosophy of minimalism that its members work by. “The basic idea when Wooden Shjips started was to create repetitive and minimal music and to keep it really simple,” an impassioned Whalen tells me. “Whenever we start playing a song, we know that yes, there could be drum fills in there, but we don’t want them.”
about whether the microphones were working and when to push record and stop. Those things were distracting. Being in a studio and having an engineer to set everything up and to control everything made things so much easier for us,” he says with obvious relief. “It was so much easier for us to concentrate on the music and to give our best performance. It freed us up to not have to think about a lot of things and
The Wild, Wild West With this in mind, it is plain to see that West is the definitive manifesto of a band intent on pushing themselves to the limits of these self-imposed restrictions. Following their formation in San Francisco in 2006, Wooden Shjips’ first recordings of their heady psychedelicdrone fusion were taped and mixed by the band in their practice space. This do-ityourself attitude continued for two albums, before the band decided to enter a ‘proper’ studio for the first time. West is the end result of this new approach. Whalen is reflective when it comes to the recording process. “The thing about recording ourselves was that we didn’t have a lot of equipment and we always had to worry
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that really made a difference for us.” In a continuation of the changed approach to recording, the band sent West for mastering with psychedelic journeyman and Spacemen 3 member, Sonic Boom. “It was really good to have Sonic Boom work on it,” says Whalen. “He has a great ear and has made lots of amazing records over the years. I don’t know what he did, but he put a nice little twist on everything and really made it come out well.” Whalen says that working with Sonic Boom, a clear influence on the band, was more a result of happenstance than opportune fandom. “He was playing solo at a festival and he asked us to back him up on some songs, so by the time it came around to ask him to master
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With just a hint of sex and drugs (the band’s name refers to clothesline-raiding underwear thieves and 1920s cocaine addicts), The Snowdroppers hit the scene in 2007, before releasing their debut album Too Late to Pray in 2009. Receiving promising reviews, the boys began infecting Australian pubs with their foot stompin’, thigh slappin’, toe tappin’ hoedown showdowns - but in an ‘OMG, these guys are so awesome’ kind of way. Preferring to perform in some of the country’s seediest locations, they pack the house and leave the punters soaked in (communal) sweat. “Shit fucking yeah’’ is a phrase that has become trademark amongst the
Summer Snow Flakes Sexual innuendo, epic drug use and swing rock ‘n’ roll – THE SNOWDROPPERS have come to spice up the blues, rock and punk, embracing (and bastardising) the sounds of America’s south. They will leave you shaking your head in disgust while desperately trying not to wet your pants, with their witty and hilarious lyrics and stage antics. MEL ROACH caught up with vocalist and banjo-player JOHNNY WISHBONE to talk about swearing, the music industry and the band’s crush on Maitland’s Grand Junction Hotel. Snowdropper fans. “It was just a bit of a catch-cry during the recording and it kind of stuck,” says Wishbone. “A bunch of guys came up from Toowoomba and wore [t-shirts with the ‘shit fucking yeah’ logo] to the show. We were pretty blown away. People like swear words, obviously. Australians like to swear — they bloody love it! [laughs]” Wishbone describes the band’s music as
a love triangle between three elements — “the raw blues sound mixed with 60s garage rock and 80s-looking pub rock.’’ So how did four redneck-looking hillbillies spruiking a genre-mashing sweat-fest get a break in the music industry and what advice could they offer young upstarts ? “I always think it’s an impossible question to really answer. Anybody that’s in a band
that has some kind of success, it’s impossible to say how much was luck and how much was meeting the right people at the right time… There’s just so many variables you know. Believe in your dream — give it a shot and if it doesn’t work out, there’s always the dole! To be perfectly honest I think some things are always good to stick by. Support other bands — don’t see it as a competition,
you’re on the same team. You get lots of bands that try and talk shit about other bands as some kind of strategy. Be nice and be good to your mother; write good songs and put on a good live show.’’ When it comes to live shows The Snowdroppers have a big crush on Maitland, which inspired their new single ‘I Haven’t Been So Lonely Now Since You’ve Been Gone’. “The Grand Junction would be one of our favourite places to play,” says Wishbone. “We could tell you some stories! That is basically what that song is about — being lonely since you’ve been gone. It’s kind of ambiguous, you can relate it to whoever you want - your ex-girlfriend, ex-boyfriend, John Howard, Steve Jobs, Amy Winehouse, (too soon?), the guy at the shop, Jesus, that boat that was stuck on the beach [in Newcastle]… channelling that into the voice of rock ‘n’ roll.” The Snowdroppers will be popping in on Festival of the Sun, December 9-10, in Port Macquarie. Enamoured of its BYO policy (“you can go nuts!”), Wishbone said the band was looking forward to getting down with festival punters. “We love it! You get to hang out with a lot of your friends. It’s a bit more of a party vibe.” The Snowdroppers are to appear at the Great Northern Hotel, Newcastle, on Friday November 18; Beachcomber Hotel, Toukley, on Saturday November 19; Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay, on Saturday December 3; Festival of the Sun at Sundowner Breakwall Tourist Park, Port Macquarie, December 9-10.
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Bells and Whistles
Australia’s finest London-based indie-rock quartet, Howling Bells, have just finished work on their third LP, The Loudest Engine. Max Quinn caught up with the Bells’ notoriously concise (and gorgeous) singer/songwriter, Juanita Stein, during their promotional tour last month. What’s it like being a London-based Australian band? One hears about so many Aussie bands who make the trip over and fall flat on their faces. We fell flat a few times. It takes time for you to find your place. I’ve been living there for about seven years and it feels quite natural to be in London right now. There are a lot of bands that struggle with the environment and the cultural exchange, but I think that if you stick it out long enough you can ride it. Do you think it was a calculated risk going over when you did? Yeah, sure. It was a big risk. Everything in life is a risk but if you want to do something extraordinary you have to make some extraordinary changes in your life. At that point moving overseas felt like the right thing to do for the whole band. I just got a chance to wrap my ears around the album. It’s great! Tell me about it. It began on the road — we wrote a lot of songs in the US when we were touring with Coldplay. That tour took us to some very interesting and strange places, and a lot of the time was spent sitting at the back of the bus, writing. Are you collaborative writers?
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This album was a lot more collaborative than we’d written previously. Joel [Stein, lead guitar] and I wrote together, and Brendan [Picchio, bass] contributed a really beautiful song as well. But for the most part Joel and I split the writing credits. It feels like quite a moody record to me. Do you agree? Yeah, for sure. I like moody music the best. It’s interesting that you’re billed in the press as a band with a dark intensity. Is that something you’ve ever aimed for? No, it feels very, very natural to me. I kind of gravitate toward introspective and moody music and films and art, and things that tend to challenge convention. How do you feel about being this so-called brooding songstress? It feels good! It’s certainly not a bad thing. Moody is good, songstress is good, and everything in between is also good. So I’m comfortable with it as long as the focus is still on the songs. I understand that you worked with [The Killers’ bassist] Mark Stoermer on this record as well. Tell me about his involvement. Working with Mark as the producer was
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one of the best recording experiences we’ve had as a band. Being a musician, he completely understood where we wanted to go with the songs we’d written and he allowed us to do that. It was also his first time as producer. What made him the right choice? We wanted a musician — somebody sensitive to the process and who understood what it was like to work from the other side. We met him when we were on tour with The Killers and we had some great conversations about music and being a musician. When we found out that he was interested in being a producer it felt like we’d found our match. It must have been surreal going on tour with huge bands like Coldplay and The Killers. Yeah, it totally was. You tend not to take it for granted like people expect you might. It’s amazing — every single night you see these amazing productions and become so inspired by world-class acts. Surreal is definitely the right word. Howling Bells perform at Newcastle Leagues Club on Friday December 9, and the Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay on Wednesday December 14. The Loudest Engine is out now through Shock.
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The Desire within Abbe There’s been a lot of impressive things said about WA singer/songwriter ABBE MAY She’s been hailed by Drum Media as “hands down... the best female voice in Australia”. Others have praised her “sinewy darkness”, impressive slide guitar and accomplished piano balladry. But May is modest about this glorious past year in what may prove to be a brilliant career. By ROD WHITFIELD. “It has been a great year in terms of the response to the new album (Design Desire). And it’s also a year where what we’ve done is the best record we’ve done so far. But it’s quite flawed too, so I have already started on the next one,” laughs May. “You just can’t sit back and go ‘well, that was great,’ because then you stop, you lose your momentum. And without being too selfeffacing or too modest, I like what we have done but I know we can keep developing it. I have a great band and a great producer. When we made the last record we had quite a fractious relationship within the band - some relationships disintegrated completely.” While May believes the disharmony during the recording added to the creativity, she says she’s looking forward to a calmer creative process this time around. “Some types of tension can create good art. But this time we are such a well-oiled machine in the way we are collaborating, it will be less testing to make this new album. The last one was very difficult to make. It took a year - there were lots of tantrums (and not from me, I should add!). When it comes to being in a band there are lots of egos to deal with. But our current line-up, I have to say we are pretty respectful - there’s not a lot of ego pushing around; it’s more fun. And for me, the best thing that has happened this year isn’t the reviews or the airplay in the States, it is the relationship I have developed with the musicians I have. It makes [for] pretty exciting times, because our collective process is so good.” May, who has just become an aunt for the first time, laments the need for mothers to choose between art and children, saying she couldn’t be a mother and dedicate herself to music without guilt. “It’s the only thing I guess I’ve been consistently passionate about ever since I can remember,” she says. “It is a vocation. You have to be born with an affinity with what you do. It’s not a job. You don’t go home and turn it off.” For May, the most important part of her 22 reverb
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creative process is the expression of catharsis. “Cathasis is really important, and people do it in different ways. For me it’s singing and writing and performing and playing and all the things involved in that. I have had an interesting relationship with what I do. Pretty much what inspires my work is pain and heart ache. I first started writing stuff when my grandmother died. I had to find a way to get rid of the heaviness of what happened. Every song is about that kind of thing. Sometimes I wonder if I would swap the ability to have peace in my romantic life for my songwriting talent. Some days I think that I would.” There is something incredibly attractive about May. It’s not just her talent - it’s her easy, effortless intelligence. She is a refreshing dichotomy of heartache and heartbreak, both victim and perpetrator. Fierce, fragile and fractious, May is not prone to sensible liaisons. “I don’t engage in anything sensible. I love the intensity and passion. Of course it is very shortlived, and it can be dangerous, in an emotional way. It’s an incredible high... but sometimes it would be nice to switch it off. I have been accused of seeking love for songs,” she laughs in a way that is selfdeprecating and flippant at the same time. Abbe May loves love. “I think what I like is that love is such a multi-faceted subject, you could write about it forever – 99 per cent of every song is about love; it’s such a muse, particularly for songwriters, novelists, filmmakers. I often wonder what it is about music that is so closely associated with the facets of love - heartbreak and sex... I suppose music more than anything stirs up certain moods and feelings and atmospheres; that way of describing something intangible; that kind of mood where we can all connect - it’s certainly one way of looking at it.” Abbe May Performs at Newcastle Panthers as part of ‘Straight To You: Triple J’s Tribute to Nick Cave’ on Saturday November 19, and the Mullumbimby Music Festival on November 26-27. Follow us on Twitter
t i m f i nn — t h u n d a men t a l s
TIM FINN’s history speaks for itself. Almost 40 years of penning some of the most iconic music that this (and perhaps any) country has heard, in all manner of different guises, from his legendary tenure in Split Enz, to his brief but meaningful phase in Crowded House with his brother Neil, to his consistently well-received solo work. Close to 60, Finn is ageing and mellowing gracefully as a fine wine, as can be clearly heard in his new solo album The View is Worth the Climb. By ROD WHITFIELD. “I think that’s a great compliment, if it’s perceived that way,” he concurs. “That’s one of the hardest things to do, especially in rock ‘n’ roll. If I’m managing to do a half decent job of ageing gracefully then I’m really happy!” The album’s title is a twist on a common saying, and grew from a seed of an idea to a song title to one of the album’s major themes. “I woke up one morning and I had an idea in my head,” Finn recalls. “It was the chorus of a song buzzing around in my head. So I did some work on that and just thought of it as a great song title and a
a few different themes,” continues Finn. “Friendship, disappointment, encouragement and love — I think those are some of the themes that I was circling around. We all disappoint our friends and they can sometimes disappoint us, and we can also seek and give a lot of encouragement and love. And then in family life — one way of looking at it is that it’s very banal and dull and day-to-day, even a bit boring. And then there’s another way of looking at it where you can find the most intense inspiration in a moment. So I’m trying to walk that fine line… it’s all coming from my life and my
A Reflective View great idea. But then it became bigger than that, when I was making the album and I realised it applied to this entire period of my life. I’ve reached a point where I can just pause and contemplate and be grateful and glad and from where I am my life is good. It wasn’t always going that way, but I’m very glad to be here — it’s that kind of feeling.” “It’s a collection of tunes, but there’s also
“We have done an international tour before but it wasn’t what we thought it was going to be,” laughs MC Tuka. “We did some shows in New Caledonia which was a pretty interesting experience because they don’t speak English over there and we definitely don’t speak French! I can’t complain though, you know, we scored a couple of fans. On the first night that we played, it was really bad weather and it was on a Wednesday night and pretty much no-one there knew who we were. At least we had the bar staff all come out and check us out, they were sort of getting into the music, but there weren’t many other punters. For some reason there was some liquor spilled on the floor and a fire got set accidentally – so we literally set the dance floor on fire at least! And I remember there was this one dog just running around the place like mad, it was very random, and he made friends with Jesse (MC Jeswon)!” Next year, Tuka adds, a little more planning will go into their tours, but their first priority is taking their official Foreverlution album launch across their native Australia, and to ‘paint the town red’ is, quite literally, their mission. Lock up your daughters and your dogs then… “We’ve had a lot of love for that track from radio,” says Tuka of the album’s lead single, which debuted nationally at No. 3 on the Air Charts, No. 17 on the ARIA Urban Charts, and No. 19 on the ARIA Top 20 Australian Album Charts. “’Paint The Town Red’ has its own little place on the album, but it’s definitely not what the whole story is about. It’s just a bit of a party song and we thought that would be a good way to kick things off with. It’s also actually a bit of commentary on the alcoholism
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relationships with my family and my loved ones and sometimes old friends.” The album was actually an unexpected surprise, in many ways, as Finn explains. “I wasn’t actually expecting to make a solo album,” he says. “I’d just put out an anthology a year and a half or two years ago, covering the whole 36 years of writing, and from the earliest days of Split Enz. So I thought that was a good time to pause. I’ve made eight
solo albums and I did eight albums with Split Enz — I kind of liked the symmetry of that. So I thought I’d look around for some collaborative work — some projects that I could do, maybe a soundtrack, or another album with my brother or whatever — sort of not in a rush to do anything.” “Then some songs started coming through. I made contact with the producer Jaquire King, who had the Kings of Leon album,
Painting the Town Red It’s been a big year of touring for Thundamentals — since the release of their second album, Foreverlution, they’ve been on the road with the likes of Drapht and Big Boi. As 2012 draws near, things might get a little quieter as they focus their energy on the international market, and, preferably, English-speaking countries at that! By Birdie. going on in Australia, so you can take it both ways. We went into the album wanting to cover as many bases as possible in terms of themes. For me personally, I love ‘How You Been’, which is a track about
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some old friends of mine which I don’t see anymore. Both Jesse and I could relate to that one, so it was one of the easier songs to put down. That one came out in literally half an hour and was the easiest to write, so
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which had that huge hit ‘Use Somebody’ — I kept hearing that song and I really loved it. So I thought I’d send this guy an email, and see if he wants to come out to New Zealand and make a record. I really didn’t expect him to even respond. But I got an email back saying ‘yeah, sure, send me some songs’. Suddenly I had all this momentum.” Finn heads off on a tour across both countries to support the album in the next few weeks, including appearances at the Falls Festivals in Victoria and Tassie, the Southbound Festival in WA and plenty of his own dates. And with such a long, varied and prolific career, it must be difficult to put a set-list together. “Yeah… sometimes I’m limited by the musicians I’m working with — if we’ve got to fit somebody new in — if somebody isn’t available that I usually use, which is happening this time. We’ve got a keyboard player who’s slotting in for us, because my usual guy is overseas. So then you can’t cast the net too wide. But generally the guys I normally play with, I think we know about 40 songs now. There’s many more than that, but there’s ones that I’m just drawn to — even album tracks like ‘Charlie’, from the Split Enz album Dizrhythmia, which I’ve re-visited in recent years [and] ‘Dirty Creature’ [which] has become this real epic on-stage. So I just love it!” Tim Finn performs at the Belmont 16 Foot Sailing Club on Saturday November 19, and Twin Towns Resort, Tweed Heads, on Friday November 25.
I love it for the fact that it was so organic.” The whole process was so “organic”, in fact, that Tuka claims Thundamentals found themselves with more leftover songs than they ever thought they’d have — enough to make them already consider commencing work on a new album… “We’re not sure what to do with these tracks, so we’re talking about maybe using them for another album,” he reveals. “We’re really fond of them so we don’t want to just discard them. Still, I think we’re going to give each other a bit of a break before we get down to another album because we want to do some solo work as well with other people for a brief period. If you want to be a fulltime musician in this industry, it’s the way to go, just get involved in many different projects. It’s tough writing songs strictly for records because the climate we’re in, people just aren’t buying a lot of records. It’s come to the point where a lot of musicians just have to hold out nine-to-five jobs just to get by, unless you can get yourself a grant, but that can be tricky.” “For us, it’s all up in the air right now, to be honest. The big thing for us is to launch this Foreverlution properly and finish off that touring cycle. You never know, though – as soon as we finished off our last album [Sleeping On Your Style], we wrote ‘Paint The Town Red’ almost immediately, so when the juices start flowing there’s really no stopping them. You just can’t plan these things.” Thundamentals play the Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, on Saturday November 19; Subsonic Music Festival, Barrington Tops, on Friday December 2; Peats Ridge Festival at Glenworth Valley over the New Year.
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After spending so much time overseas recording the new album, how does it feel to finally be home? I’m very happy to be back home. It took me a little while to get used to it in the beginning. Like when I’d go out to get dinner at 8pm only to realise that my local fish and chip shop actually closes at 7.30! It took me a little while to get my head around the fact that I wasn’t in New York City anymore but suburban Brisbane. But now I’m home, I love it. Was it hard to adjust when you first moved to New York? There was heaps of stuff that was hard to adjust to, like living in an apartment — living in a high density area where it’s just buildings filled with people, and certain things that come with apartment living that you don’t really think about. We weren’t familiar with how to do the rubbish — we’d get told off by people about that, and where you can park your bike. There are so many unspoken rules about things. But I guess just being really out of our comfort zone is what sparked the album. At the end of the day we would go and write in a room with no window, which was no bigger than a small bedroom, with grey carpet. And that was where I’d spend my time, five days a week. Your new album, Secret Rituals, has a
much more raw sound than your previous albums, what was it about New York that got that sound out of you? We went over there because we weren’t really happy with the music we were making in Brisbane. We thought — this is our last chance, let’s see what happens when we’re over there and hopefully something will click and we’ll be able to write a fantastic album. It was definitely our intention to write an album that sounds very different to the previous two. I think just having that intention meant that we experimented more. And the fact that the band eventually become John and I alone had a huge impact on the writing because we were so used to writing with drums and having the security blanket of a big loud drum kit. It was a big change when it became just the two of us in the band room because suddenly there were all these subtleties and nuances to my vocals and to his guitar that we’d never heard before. You recruited a Brooklyn-based drummer while you were recording, do you think you’ll have a permanent drummer in the band again soon? I’m not sure what will happen in the future. Working and collaborating with people is just like going into a relationship or a marriage — when the time is right things will just happen. In saying that though, we do have a fantastic relationship with Ben (Marshall) who drummed on the album
Patience and Secrets After slimming down to a duo and releasing their third album earlier this year, THE GRATES are ready to hit the road with their Summer Breeze tour. Leading lady PATIENCE HODGSON spoke to AMELIA PARROTT about losing a drummer and gaining a new sound.
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and he is coming out for the tour in October/ November. You will definitely be seeing him in Newcastle! Speaking of the tour, you must be excited to be on the road again. It’s going to be really exciting because we’re going back to places that we haven’t been to in years. It’ll be fun to have Ben, who’s a New Yorker, to give us fresh eyes when we’re in town because he’ll be seeing things for the first time. He is so thrilled to be coming out on tour and playing these shows and getting to see a big scope of what Australia is like. His dad has spent quite a bit of time in Australia so he’s looking forward to the fact that after we finish the tour he’s going to have spent more time in Australia and been to more places than his dad. There’s a little bit of competition going on there so he’s thrilled about that. Are you going to take him to see a koala? We already have, actually! He played the capital cities on our last tour and we took him out to Australia Zoo — it blew his mind! It’s really sweet because in his room he’s bluetackedthe Australia Zoo map like what a 12-year-old would do. That was by far the best day of his time here. How do the regional shows compare to the metropolitan shows for you guys? We love them both. They both have totally different vibes. Regional shows tend to go off. They do tend to be really full-on shows. Maybe in regional towns and perhaps Newcastle, because they’re smaller, not many people are as concerned about how they look when they’re rocking out to a band. Regional shows always have an amazing energy. Metropolitan shows are cool because they’re in a city and it’s always fun to explore the city and eat at amazing places. I’ve heard you’ve been going pretty mental at your shows lately — having a good time on stage. You’re obviously enjoying being back performing. Always! It’s fun. I love touring. You get to drink beer and go out in front of people who are there because they paid money to hear your music — they want to hear it. They’ve actually made an effort to get there. Those people are the best. They are really excited to be there and I get really excited about playing for them. The Grates perform at the Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, on Friday November 11; Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay, on Wednesday November 16; Coolangatta Hotel on Thursday November 17.
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Even Odd Numbers New Orleans rockers MUTEMATH have breached the threshold that separates critical acclaim from public notoriety. On their third LP, 2011’s Odd Soul, the instrument-swapping ingénues have finally found the radio airplay to match their cult/darling status. MAX QUINN spoke with a very sleepy DARREN KING [drums] on the eve of the record’s release. My introduction to Mutemath was through John Mayer in 2007. He wrote a blog about your debut record. Tell me about that. We had a really strange interaction with him. He saw us play on TV and he bought the record, and then he wrote a really nice blog about it. I started getting emails and text messages from people and it was a big deal for a couple of days. But then he did the weirdest thing. He somehow got Paul’s [Meany, vocals/keys] email address, and then all of a sudden Paul starts getting emails from John Mayer. So Paul gets this really lengthy email that John had typed on his Blackberry, and it says that that he thought we had made a great record, but that we were shooting ourselves in the foot by putting “weird sounds” in it. He thought that if we went in and re-mixed our record — and made it more normal — it would be huge. And I thought that was the strangest thing for somebody like that to go out of his way to make contact with a total stranger and tell them what they were doing was wrong. Isn’t that weird? Have you met him? I know he spends some time in New Orleans trying to be Buddy Guy. No, we haven’t! He probably spends as much time in New Orleans trying to be Buddy Guy as I spend trying to be [acclaimed Meters drummer] Zigaboo. I’ve always been interested by you guys as a New Orleans rock band, because that seems to me like a bit of a contradiction in terms. Paul is the only one of us who grew up in New Orleans — the rest of us migrated there after high school. But I think that sometimes he resents that idea of New Orleans tourist jazz. Obviously we all respect the greats — personally I’m very interested by The Meters. I think that they really paved the way for all of the music that has come out of New Orleans since, including ours. A lot of the best beats we have nowadays stem from the older, guitar funk stuff that Ziggy and the Neville Brothers pioneered.
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It’s interesting you say that, because I feel like this new record is very guitar-driven. True? Oh yeah, definitely. You’d do that after losing your guitar player [Greg Hill], wouldn’t you? I wasn’t sure if Greg was off-limits. What was it like losing him? It was liberating, in a way. He’s a great guitar player, and I think he had a lot of creativity and a lot of great licks pent up in him. But having a whole band working at Paul’s house on our own time and our own dollar brings with it certain inconveniences — time, money, etc — and that led to his departure. It turned out to be a good thing for the rest of us, because we all loved our time working together at Paul’s house. It was a great, healthy working environment, which is something we haven’t always had in the past. Was isolating yourselves in Paul’s house conducive to fostering that environment? Entirely. We’re notoriously obsessive, and — particularly on the second record — we took that to the wrong kind of extremes. We created our own perfect storm: two producers, one of whom was going through a difficult time in his own life, and another who was just very difficult to work with. We involved the record label very intimately. We really wanted them to like it. We wanted to be cool and sincere and all of these different things, and it became this weird jumble of frustration. I don’t think we would have survived doing that again. This time we created an environment where we could sound stupid and try different things. There was a real freedom in it. When you’ve looked like an idiot in front of two or three other people for as long a time as we have in front of each other, then you’ve found real freedom, and that’s what was conducive to making a record that we are duly and completely proud of. Odd Soul is out now through Warner Music.
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Heavy Metal giants Machine Head are one of the hardest working live acts walking the face of this planet and they have just released the eagerly awaited follow-up to Unto the Locust. Featuring seven tracks, the band’s latest album is much heavier, darker and more aggressive musically then anything they have done in the past. CAMERON EDNEY caught up with guitarist PHIL DEMMEL to discuss the new album and the recently cancelled Australian shows.
Fuck you, Van Halen Robb [Flynn, vocals, guitar] has made it very clear that fans shouldn’t expect The Blackening part two. What do you hope they will take away from it? I hope they just take it in and understand what the record’s about. There are a lot of emotional songs on this record: trying to convey a lot of the feelings that we, as people, feel. It’s obviously a Machine Head record with all the Machine Head elements in it. But there’s also new elements that we’re introducing, too. After the last show of ‘The Blackening’ tour we spoke about how you were missing your son. Now he’s singing on the new album. Could you tell me how that all came about? Robb had brought his and our engineer Juan Urteaga’s kids in to sing, and I brought my son down to the studio to record it as well. But he clammed up and got a little shy. Robb was really pushing to have him on the record so I shut him in a room by himself with the chorus looping. He had the headphones [and] he ended up singing it through one time, and that was enough. I am so proud, after my long music career, to have my son sing on the record with me. It’s really special!
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When you hit the studio, you put posters up for inspiration, from Judas Priest to Kiss and Iron Maiden. How much did this affected the overall outcome of the album? It has a resonating effect. I had Phil Lynott up there, Metallica with Cliff [Burton], Angus [Young] from the Bon Scott era of AC/DC. We wanted to create a classic and epic record and they were the masters — those were the ones that did it. You can really hear the Priest influence. I mean, shit, we do ‘The Sentinel’ on this as a cover for a B-side. You can hear classic Maiden — you listen to a song like ‘Be Still and Know’ and that sounds like Maiden, totally! You were supposed to visit us last month as part of the cancelled Soundwave Revolution. What was your reaction? Stupid Van Halen not getting the right coloured M&M’s or whatever the fuck happened! We were really looking forward to that run. We were on the Rockstar Mayhem Tour with a lot of bands that were going to be on that tour like Unearth and Hatebreed [who] were stoked about it. Someone from the Van Halen camp had told me that it was being cancelled but to keep it under my hat. So I had known about it for about a week or so before it came out.
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Slowly the rumours came to truth and everybody was just bummed man! Getting to play with classic Van Halen is a once in a lifetime event and since it’s not going to happen again, fuck you Van Halen! You’re no stranger to playing here in Australia. What are some fond memories of past tours? Ah man, we’ve had so many good runs there: the ‘Ashes’ run was my first time and being on the shores of Perth and swimming in the ocean was awesome; Melbourne during Halloween on the Black
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Crusade tour, where I dressed up like Britney Spears from the ‘Hit Me One More Time’ video; the two nights we did at Luna Park in Sydney on that tour were amazing; the after-party after the Sydney show was just crazy, Led Zeppelin type stuff. All the shows have been awesome — doing the huge arena tour with Slipknot was great. We love it down there. Good times, man! Machine Head perform as part of the Soundwave Festival 2012. Unto The Locust is out now through Roadrunner.
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What We Are Taught With years of experience already behind them, the teenage members of Byron Bay’s Alice Blu have waded through their backlog of material to select five songs for their debut release. KEVIN BULL caught up with vocalist and guitarist JO LOEWENTHAL to discuss the new EP, their upcoming move to Melbourne, and how the band has changed as its members have grown up. Your new EP is about to be released, and is currently untitled. What options are you considering? We have come up with a name for the EP Still Tortoise Nothing, which uses the word tortoise as a pun… when spoken it sounds like ‘Still Taught Us Nothing’. The universe has taught us everything we know, but we still know nothing. For the album cover we put on a competition for our fans — everyone sent in their interpretations of the name Still Tortoise Nothing, we chose the best artwork and the winning artist’s work was used. Being your debut release, did you have a backlog of songs that were considered for inclusion? For this debut release we had about 30 songs to choose from, so there was a lot of tossing up [over] what sound we were going for. Eventually we decided to do two EPs with different production teams and we figured we would release them a few months apart. We actually recorded eight songs in this project, with producers James Lyle and James Boundy. After we heard all the tracks finished, we chose the five that sounded the most pleasing and fit together best in a story. The tracks that didn’t make the EP are online as a free download. Where was the album recorded, and why? The EP was recorded in three different studios in Byron Bay. We hopped and skipped between the spaces to get the best vibes to suite each song. Did the songs change much once you entered the studio? We had a pretty clear image in our minds on how we wanted the tracks to sound and we had solid song structures. But as the layers were piled on, the songs morphed. The song that came to life most in the studio was the last track on the album ‘Coma’s Fly Like Lucid Dreams’. It started out as just a curiosity, but once we laid down the bed tracks we became eager to add more and more. Eventually Marley’s (Berry Pearce, drums) mother came in and played strings, and in the dying hours of the sessions Toby (Tunis-Plant, guitar/vocals) jumped
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on a piano and played out the finishing touches to the album. Even though you guys are all around 18, as a band you have been together for years now. What is the biggest change that you’ve noticed within the band, and your music over this time? So Toby, Shaun (Johnston, bass) and I basically picked up instruments at the start of high school and decided to learn them together. We figured the best way to do this would be to start a band. We started out playing Maroon 5 and Michael Jackson covers and progressed to an indie rock sound after a year or two (we had decided we wanted to be The Arctic Monkeys). We had various second guitarists play for us, but we always reverted back a trio because we were never happy with the sounds we were making. We dropped out of school after year ten to study music at NRCAC (Northern Rivers Conservatorium) — mainly to show each other that we were committed to the band. But studying music has changed Alice Blu’s sound at a steady pace over the last two years. Eventually, we decided that Toby should share the load of singing, so we approached Marley and asked him to play drums for us. We had a few jams with him and now seven months later here we are with Still Tortoise Nothing. So, in answer to your question, over time our music has become much more complex than it used to be, and our sound is much fuller than it was before we became a four-piece. You are planning on moving to Melbourne in the new year. What will Melbourne give you that Byron Bay does not? Well recently we heard that there are 3,000 gigs a week and over four million people in Melbourne. Byron Bay is a wonderful place to be, but Melbourne seems to be where it’s at for music in Australia at the moment. Alice Blu perform at the Mullum Music Festival, November 26-27; Treehouse on Belongil, Byron Bay, Friday December 9; Mullumbimby Civic Centre, Saturday December 10; Tattersalls Hotel, Lismore, Friday December 16; Brewery, Byron Bay, Saturday December 17.
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With his impressive track record as lead vocalist for Little Charles & the Sidewinders, Charles Walker found his current (younger and more contemporary) outfit by sheer chance. The band was looking for a singer, when the girlfriend of band leader Bill Elder saw an appearance by Walker on Country Music Hall of Fame’s Night Train to Nashville. The two met up, and the rest is history (in the making). While mainstream audiences might be experiencing a soul revival, for Walker, the music never went anywhere. “It’s all about the feel,” he says. “I know a lot of people think soul is about chord progressions and that. But it’s what you feel when you are doing it. I can’t really put an explanation
“Canada was an amazing experience, just the whole vibe of the place and being able to spend time together in such an intimate environment,” said Wright. “It was really special. We had a few songs we’d been thinking about before we got back together, but most of the tracks we wrote and recorded in the last seven months. Working with David Bottrill was incredible, he’s such a genuinely lovely person. [He] brought so much to the table for us, the record wouldn’t be half of what it is without him.” With less than a year between re-grouping and releasing Requiem, Wright says he feels like the band has pulled it off and I couldn’t agree more. Watching The Getaway Plan play at Brisbane’s Big Sound Live, they had the entire room in the palms of their hands, with a mix of old and new songs; displaying the professionalism of a group that has been making music for over six years, combined with the raw energy that comes from a year spent apart and the excitement of the past year producing the new album. According to Wright, the band’s sound has changed enormously since their last release. “Six years of life kind of forces you to change your style,” he said. And it seems the new sound is ticking all the right boxes, rocking the Aussie charts off the walls, with single ‘Where The City Meets The Sea’ receiving a lot of airplay across the country. But after so many years, they still
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A renaissance of funk and soul is snatching up listeners around the globe, according to a recent New York Times article entitled ‘What’s going on? Everything soul is new again’. Leading the charge are THE DYNAMITES, headed up by CHARLES WALKER, one of the elder statesmen of the genre. On the eve of the band’s return to Australia, MANDY NOLAN speaks with Walker about bringing his life-long passion to the stage (again). on it — it’s about having soul.” At 70-plus, Walker claims soul has always been a huge part of his life. Nick-named ‘Wig’ by his mum because of his full head of hair, Walker began singing in church and
school as a young child. “From six years of age, I was singing and tap dancing and that sort of stuff, it was something I always wanted to do, it was a part of me.” Walker has not only covered the great
Rise of the Lost Souls After a year’s break, Australian rock group The Getaway Plan are back with a vengeance and a brand new album, Requiem, recorded in Toronto, with musical mastermind David Bottrill (Silverchair, Tool, Muse). Front man MATTHEW WRIGHT spoke to JESS SAXTON about the band’s time apart and making the new album.
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songs by James Brown, Wilson Pickett, Etta James and Little Willie John, he’s opened for the artists themselves, playing the famed Apollo Theatre. With so many gigs under his belt you’d think that Walker would take it easy, but he’s the consummate professional who still gets nervous before a show. “Every audience is so different. When you walk on stage you don’t know what you are going to get. You gear up back stage. You can hear an audience. You get hyped up — it’s always a little bit of jitters. Then I get out there [and] it’s all gone.” Walker believes that the jitters are all part of good preparation. “I think if you don’t have them then there is something wrong with you,” he laughs. “You should always want to do your best.” Now fronting the Dynamites, Walker sings original compositions, some covers and some of his classic signature soul. “I love some of the songs off our album like ‘Can’t Happen to Us’ [and] ‘If I Had Known’ — that’s actually one of my favourite songs on the album. And on the old album, I love ‘Can You Feel It’. Also in the set we do several tunes from Little Charles & The Sidewinders days,” Walker laughs. “They were songs I sang back in the day... I think I bring a little more to them these days. When I recorded them they were just songs — I was recording anything. As I got older and I revisited them, I had more to give them.” The Dynamites, featuring Charles Walker, play the Mullumbimby Music Festival on Friday, November 25, at 10pm.
get a buzz hearing their music on the radio, says Wright. “The first time we heard this single on the radio, it was pretty exciting. You think you would get over it, but you don’t. It’s still really exciting every time we hear a song being played the first time… I think I called my mum when I heard it.” After an eventful seven years together — supporting the likes of Taking Back Sunday, My Chemical Romance and The Used; topping Australia’s independent charts in 2008 and now, being recognised as a leading Australian rock group, Wright said the biggest moment for him was playing at the Sydney Big Day Out in 2009. “It’s probably the most exciting thing I’ve ever done. Our own shows don’t really count, I guess, because they are all equally amazing. But Big Day Out was a really amazing show. The crowd were… incredible to say the least. Unfortunately that was one of the last shows we did before we broke up.” In the year they spent apart, Wright launched side project Young Heretics; guitarist Clint Splattering played with The Amity Affliction and (with drummer Aaron Barnett) formed Avalanche for Aeris. But despite their respective success, all efforts are now focused firmly on The Getaway Plan’s future. And bright it looks. The Getaway Plan perform at the Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, on Saturday November 26. Requiem is released November 4 through Warner Music/We Are Unified.
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Brockwells Gold Pale Ale Alcohol content: 5%
Hunter United Brewers definitely know how to home brew, with Bockwells Gold being the preferred beer of the night by all tasters. Light amber and quite heady, it had everyone excited from the first mouthful. Refreshingly crisp with a pleasant fruity bite that did not overpower, it was very easy to drink. With comments like “the Barry White of beer”, and “when I drink this beer, I touch myself”, it had all the ladies worried (or excited as the case may be). It was a real shame that only a single long neck was available for the tasting. Mr Brockwell, we are all in your debt.
the brewish faith Held at the Maitland Gaol, November 5-6, the annual Bitter and Twisted beer festival combines the three essentials in life — beer, food and music. For Reverb’s second beer tasting, we invited a number of the brewers to send in examples of the ales they will be displaying at the festival. Taking up the challenge are Little Creatures, Potter’s Brewery, Brew By U microbrewery, and home brewery specialist Hunter United Brewers. Our verdict — home brew has never tasted so good.
Brewer: Craig Brockwell of Hunter United Brewers. www. hunterbrewers.com
Little Creatures Pale Ale
Hunter Witbier
Little Animals
Squatter’s Ale
Simple Pleasures Pale Ale
With a devilish nymph holding a beer on its label, Little Creatures Pale Ale would be a welcome guest at any gathering. Cloudy and golden in colour with a luscious, creamy head that just keeps on giving, this ale had everyone raving. There are citrus notes to the nose, an aroma that one taster described as “pleasant, fruity and passionate”. This is balanced with a complex malt flavour that is just busy enough to excite the taste buds, and keeps you tonguing for more. An impressive beer considering you can buy this at you local bottleshop.
With Potters Brewery’s Hunter Kolsch being everyone’s favourite at our July beer tasting, we were all keen to crack open the Witbier. With a fresh, spiced, tangy aroma and a white head that holds well, this Belgian wheat beer is a crisp, clean summer drop that would be nonoffensive to anyone. If you are a drinker who likes their beer to be light and fresh in flavour, the Witbier is perfect. For those who are looking for an ale that bounces around the mouth, you could find the Witbier slightly underwhelming. With comments like “an all day summer Sunday beer”, Hunter Witbier is the beer for that large social gathering.
Brew By U’s version of Little Creatures was a welcome addition, especially with the real deal sitting next to it. Clear, dark, maple colouring and a head that is nonexistent, Little Animals did not live up to its promise. The fruity tingles to the nose are there, and the taste is clean and refreshing, but the complexity of the Little Creatures taste was just not happening. With comments like “a watered down version”, and “a beer for every taste, but unremarkable”, this Animal is the pound dog compared to the pedigree Creature.
If you like James Squire, then Squatter’s Ale is Brew By U’s take on this much admired ale. Clear and golden in colour, a head that struggled to develop, light carbonation, and an aroma that one taster described as “ordinary beer”, Squatter’s Ale lifted once it hit the taste buds. Clean, crisp and refreshing, with a hint of James Squire, this beer has a welcoming personality and is quite approachable. Out of the two offerings from Brew By U, Squatter’s Ale was the definite pick.
Nothing simple about this home brew — guilty pleasures would have been more appropriate. Max has produced a dark, cloudy beer with a creamy head that is a pleasure to look at. Fruity to the nose with a hint of apple, the taste is quite complex with a distinct middle and after taste. It’s a taste that widens your eyes and taste buds yet after the second or third mouthful it has become quite familiar. Being described as a “sexual beer”, Simple Pleasures was an absolute joy to become acquainted with.
Brew By U, Unit 1 / 57 Munibung Road, Cardiff NSW 2285. www. brewbyuhunter.com.au
Brewer: Maximilian Plank of Hunter United Brewers. www. hunterbrewers.com
Alcohol content: 5.2% 330ml $59.99 per case (24)
Little Creatures Brewery, 40 Mews Road, Fremantle WA 6160. www. littlecreatures.com.au
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Alcohol content: 4.8% $165 for 50 litres
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TALKING SHOP Profiling music industry professionals
Name? Paula ‘Jonesy’ Jones Who do you work for? I run my own freelance publicity business and look after clients, such as John Butler, Paul Kelly, Karnivool and Midnight Oil. I’ve also been the media manager for the Homebake Festival for the past 10 years. How long have you been in this role? I’ve been in the music industry for 24 years and running my own business for the past 13 years. What are the main responsibilities of your position? Primarily I am the conduit between the artist and the media. I work with artists, management and the media, looking after the overall public perception of the artist.
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Steve Burrito’s crunchy fortunes
Libra — They say you can’t buy happiness, but you sure can hire it. Much to your amazement this month you’ll develop the ability to talk to dolphins. Unfortunately the dolphins won’t understand a word you’re saying.
Aquarius — In your world silence may be golden, but duct tape will always be silver in mine. While on an allweekend bender you will come to the stunning realisation that you’re just four drinks from turning your brain into potato salad. It’s your shout, Potato Head.
Gemini — Some people are left-handed, some people are right-handed, you’re amphibious. On or near the 27th of the month you will visit a haunted house. Make a nice morning tea with sandwiches and tapas. Ghost love that shit.
Scorpio — In four US states it is still illegal to be consumed by a moose. Half the population of Nebraska punch cattle while riding rabbits that have grown so large that they can be seen by other rabbits. This month buy a parrot and teach it to say “help I’ve been turned into a parrot”.
Pisces — Your poor decisionmaking skills are dangerously rusty, and I put LSD into one of these horoscopes. To make things interesting, I’ve forgotten which one. This month, your lucky thing will be travelling at the speed of smell and taste disturbingly like a bath plug.
Cancer — Have you noticed that whales look like massive tadpoles? You will soon meet a mysterious old stranger who will tell you an important story. You’ll forget it. Beware anyone wearing tartan and smelling of two-stroke and cherry lip gloss.
Sagittarius — You are only two people away from a threesome. Very soon you will embark on a career as a pro wrestler named The Flying Gimp. And while you look great in the white boots, purple cape and green lycra body suit.
Aries — If Mars had earthquakes would they be marsquakes? This month you will consider legally changing your name to the same name, but in a larger font. You idiot. Also, avoid becoming a workaholic, workohol tastes like shit. Run in circles until you feel lucky, then run off.
Leo — Some people dream in black and white and some in colour, this month you’ll dream in Braille. The escape button on your keyboard will also finally carry out its threat. Your lucky smell is mysterious and near the end of the month you’ll meet your doppelganger.
Taurus — Don’t wrestle with your demons this month, snuggle with them. They’re warm. Why is there an animal called a numbat when it isn’t numb or a bat? For accurate career and relationship advice I advise you to get yourself a magic 8 ball. Your lucky object will be wet. That’s lucky.
Virgo — Someone you know will be the first person in Australia to get botox injections in their scrotum. Now their nut sack looks like a weird cross between a melon ball and a piece of hairy plywood. Feel around and find out who it is. Your lucky reptile will be the frillneck lizard.
Capricorn — This month resist shampoo. Insist on real poo. Feel good about that. Your free hugs also now cost a dollar. If you bump into the inventor of the push-up bra, fall to your knees and thank them for those new cleavages.
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How did you get involved in the music industry? I started in record retail in 1987 and was poached to join a record company in a promotions role. I was offered to work with Midnight Oil as their publicist, and in 1998 I started my own business on the release of their Redneck Wonderland album. Proudest moment? Working with Midnight Oil for over ten years. They taught me so much. Is there anyone you would really like to meet (living or dead)? Vincent Lingiari …from ‘Little Things Big Things Grow’. Best live show you’ve been to? Any of the many Midnight Oil shows I have been to - they are the real deal! To whom should we be listening? There’s a myriad of great Australian artists out there at the moment, I’ve always been passionate for our own. What would be on your ultimate rider? Bolly and Stoli of course! Best way to spend a Sunday morning? In the ocean. Advice for people trying to break into the industry? Be willing to start from the bottom. Don’t act like a rock star egos are so unnecessary and respect is of high importance.
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album Reviews Feature albums
Alice Cooper
Welcome 2 My Nightmare Sony
4.5/5
I don’t think Alice Cooper could have re-opened the Nightmare any other way than with the eerie piano music of ‘Steven’. The album kicks off with ‘I am Made of You’, which eases the listener into Cooper’s psychotic world. Working once again with legendary rock producer Bob Ezrin, the pair have certainly come up with the goods, showcasing the many sides of Cooper from heavy to pop punk, classic rock ‘n’ roll and just plain twisted. For more than four decades Alice Cooper has always been happy to incorporate the new thing, which is what makes Welcome 2 My Nightmare so great. The best track on the album is ‘Ghouls Gone Wild’ with its raw 70s sound. This is the album Cooper’s fans have been waiting years for him to make. ~Cameron Edney
Machine Head Unto The Locust Roadrunner Records
4.5/5
A little over three years ago, Machine Head made what many have classed as their definitive album - until now! It’s been a long time since any album has been longed for as much as the follow-up to The Blackening. Was it worth it the wait? Fuck yes! But if you’re expecting The Blackening Part Two, you’ll be sorely disappointed. Unto The Locust is nothing like its predecessor… it is much better. Heavier, darker, faster this is the band’s most brutal offering to date - from start to finish, this is kickyou-in-the-teeth pure metal! Opening with ‘I am Hell’ - a fictional story about a female pyromaniac that sets the tone for this phenomenal album. There isn’t anything negative I can say about this album except that another song or two wouldn’t have gone astray. ~Cameron Edney
Tori Amos
Night of Hunters Deutsche Grammophon Universal
4/5
Described by Amos as ‘a 21st century song cycle inspired by classical music themes spanning over 400 years’, Night of Hunters is grand in both premise and execution. Rich string and woodwind arrangements accompany Amos’ usual piano, providing a dense context in which her haunting voice is allowed to rove. The dreamlike ‘Cactus Practice’ draws on the work of Chopin and features a stunning duet between Amos and daughter Natashya Hawley. From the ominous piano of opener ‘Shattering Sea’ to the near-fragile strains of closer ‘Carry’, Night of Hunters is a beguiling experience. ~Liam Demamiel
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chickenfoot
Laura Marling
III
eOne Music
A Creature I Don’t Know
4/5
Virgin
Aside from the strange title of their second album, putting four of the world’s finest musicians into one room has resulted in the best work these guys have created in years. Michael Anthony and Sammy Hager, best known for their many years with Van Halen, certainly bring their influence to Chickenfoot. Adding one of the world’s greatest guitar players in Joe Satriani and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith certifies Chickenfoot as a force to be reckoned with. The album starts off strong with ‘Last Temptation’ and ‘Alright Alright’, and just rocks harder and harder from there. Sammy Hager has never sounded so good - the older he gets, the more his voice shines. The backing vocals provided by Satriani, Smith and predominately Anthony are reminiscent of Van Halen albums, which works well with Chickenfoot’s hard rock and soulful bluesy sound. Stand-out tracks include ‘Up Next’, ‘Big Foot’ and ‘Different Devil’. III is a great album for any occasion, with its variety of rock styles, but best served loud, with whiskey. ~Cameron Edney
Dum Dum Girls Only In Dreams
4/5
Laura Marling is an old soul. From 2008’s quaintly composed Alas I Cannot Swim, which was described by The Guardian as “unnervingly grown-up”, to 2009’s equally impressive I Speak Because I Can, the UK songstress’s past work reflects a maturity well beyond her 21 years. Marling’s third release, A Creature I Don’t Know, is no exception, but with plenty of cross-genre experimentation, it does deviate from her former folksy formula. From the swaggering, jazz-inspired ‘The Muse’, to the string- and horn-infused ‘I Was Just A Card’ and upbeat hoedown single ‘Sophia’, it is a diverse collection, to say the least. But as remarkable as each song is, Marling’s heavily symbolic songwriting technique, in which she fails to reveal anything personal about herself, makes intimate connection with her music difficult. Overall though, this is revivalist folk at its best. A Creature I Don’t Know is a wisely-constructed and completely commanding album that leaves the listener craving more insight into the enigma of Laura Marling. For fans of Joni Mitchell, Joan Baez, PJ Harvey. ~Lee Tobin
Ed Sheeran
Sub Pop/Inertia
Plus
2/5
Asylum/Atlantic/Warner
Sophomore albums ain’t no easy thing to nail and the Dum Dum Girls can be forgiven for not living up to the altitudes of their debut LP. Released last year, I Will Be was interesting, gritty and cute, and received deserved praise. Follow-up LP, Only In Dreams, is mundane, droll and tiresome. While heavy reverberation often conceals the voice of leading lady, Kirsten Gundred (stage name Dee Dee Penny), on stand-out track ‘Coming Down’, a crushing ode to the heartaches of love lost, it soars above a spangling guitar and puncturing snare drum. This is a change of pace from the rest of the album – slow, melancholic, emotive, reminiscent of Mazzy Star’s ‘Fade Into You’. ‘If you ever had a real heart/ I don’t think you’d know where to start’, Gundred wails with real feeling. And she makes the listener feel too, deeply. But the rest of the album is superficial 60s dream-pop meets DIY garage grunge angst, fed through a formulae of fuzzy guitar, driving bass and could-be-drummachine beats. Quintessential lead single ‘Bedroom Eyes’ is at once catchy and exhausting. Like almost every song on the album, it follows a rigid structure and doesn’t stray from its fuzz-pop mould, with a punchy, infectious beat, jovial guitar riff and indulgent lyrics sung in Gundred’s admittedly lovely voice. Closing track ‘Hold Your Hand’ is a pretty and somewhat zany song about death, grief and support, no doubt imbued with the loss of Gundred’s mother during the recording of this album (think Bat For Lashes), and ends the album on a more contented note. ~Simon Nicholas
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If there’s a sure-fire way for a songwriter to demand attention from the British press it’s an endorsement from Elton John. Twenty-year-old Londoner Ed Sheeran is the latest artist to be on the receiving end of John’s praise after the pop icon heard an EP he released last year. Today, Sheeran is managed by John’s company Rocket and has just released his debut album, Plus. The only material many Aussies will have heard from Sheeran is the first single from Plus, ‘You Need Me, I Don’t Need You’. With his rapid-fire, heavily accented, semi-spoken delivery and reference-laden lyrics, you’d be forgiven for thinking of him as a fusion of Craig David-esque R‘n’B and Grime. In fact, Plus is an interesting combination of catchy British R‘n’B and softer acoustic tracks, where Sheeran’s talent as a lyricist and songwriter really reveals itself. It’s no coincidence that his latest single references Irish singersongwriter Damien Rice. In ‘The A Team’, the album opener about a prostitute addicted to class A drugs, he sings, “Her face seems slowly sinking, wasting, crumbling like a pastry”. Nowhere on the album is Sheeran’s whimsical lyrical style more apparent than ‘Wake Me Up’, an endearing love song with a simple piano accompaniment, in which he sings about watching Shrek 12 times and making heart pendants from pebbles at the beach with the girl he loves. He makes no effort to hide his youth, which only makes the song more endearing. Despite his Youtube following, Sheeran has said he’s determined not to become the next flash-in-the-pan internet sensation. After listening to Plus, I’m hearing him. ~Amelia Parrott
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blink 182
Neighborhoods Universal
1/5
For almost 10 years punk rock fans around the world have been waiting with baited breath for Blink 182 to make a new album. Finally the wait is over. But unfortunately this album is NOT worth the wait! Safe, generic and bearing little resemblance to the punk thing they were known for, the songs on Neighborhoods are boringly similar in feel, with only two or three that stand out – not enough to make me rush out and buy this album. For those dying to see this band perform live in Australia again: all we can hope is that they stick to playing the classic tracks that made Blink 182 a household name and stay the hell away from this new album! I wouldn’t even call Neighborhoods a commercial sell-out, it’s just plain horrible. ~Cameron Edney
brous Brous
One Louder
4/5
Sophia Brous has proven herself to be a bit of a wonderwoman. An accomplished jazz singer and festival organiser, she is now focusing on a pop career, and is off to an interesting start. This debut EP showcases Brous’ biggest strength: a rich, flexible voice, capable of switching from low and sultry to sweet in the same phrase. The songwriting influence is 60s psychedelia with jazz and world music-influenced melodies, twisting and turning in the most unexpected ways. It’s a winning combination and the production adds to the nostalgia, adding a warm, vintage feel. There’s not much to dislike about this EP. It’s colourful, pretty and full of surprises. Highlights include the debut single ‘Streamers’, with its Kate Bush-esque vocals and progressive-pop elements and the eerie melody of ‘The Lodger’. If this is only a taste of what’s to come, the future looks bright for Brous. For fans of: Cream, Kate Bush, Belle & Sebastian. ~Chelsea Reed
The Getaway Plan Requiem Warner Music
3.5/5
After their short-lived breakup, the Getaway Plan have returned with a sophomore album that delivers their trademark hooks while exploring some more bombastic territory. The catchy ‘Reckoning’ and ‘Phantoms’ are standout tracks. Frontman Matt Wright is undeniably the band’s drawcard, giving the songs structure and the lyrics substance. But about halfway through the album the rest of the band seems to take a back seat, with the songs relying too much on string sections and choir vocals. While Wright’s voice fits well with the slower material, the result is somewhat lacking. It’s a shame that the band does not revisit their heavier side, because Wright really knows how to growl. But all in all, a welcome return from The Getaway Plan. ~Matt Glen
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Dead Leaves
Opeth
Mastodon
Superheavy
Liberation
Roadrunner Records
Roadrunner Records
A&M/Universal
4/5
3.5/5
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3.5/5
Cities on the Sea
Cities on the Sea is a gorgeous collection that instantly demands attention, with tracks that focus on love lost, gained and dreamt of. Powerful vocals by Matt Joe Gow, deep and possessing, are the backbone of the album, supporting delicate and emotive instrumentals from his former backing band and now partners, The Dead Leaves. Gow’s bluesy, baritone voice would not be out of place on a country record, though the full backing of the band brings another dimension to the sincerity of his words and music. Guest vocalist Emma Louise lends a few notes in ‘Changing’ - a graduated track repeating one line with loops and harmonies. The melancholy repetition and minimalistic approach bring the focus back to Gow’s vocals and the emotion he packs into and between each note. For fans of Lee Kernaghan, Buckley Ward, Jez Mead. ~Jess Saxton
Fruit Bats Tripper Sub Pop
3.5/5
Eric D. Johnson leader of Fruit Bats and sometimes Shin – has an innate gift for fashioning dreamy folk melodies and wandering song structures. Tripper, the band’s fifth release, is cheerful and summer-esque on the whole, melding the contemplative with the more direct. ‘So Long’ and ‘Wild Honey’ are hazy in aesthetic and almost brooding in tone and feel, while the pleasant ‘Tangie and Ray’ reveals a more spaced out Fruit Bats, than previously heard. ‘Dolly’ is paint by numbers post-millennium folk revival – quaint organ included. But while Tripper showcases Johnson near the top of his game, it sometimes errs on the twee side. ~Liam Demamiel
Kasey Chambers Storybook Liberation
4/5
While it’s easy to label cover albums of ‘inspirational favourites’ as exercises in self-indulgence, done well they give entertaining insight into a musician’s creative essence. Storybook – released as a companion album to her autobiography– is Kasey Chambers’ case in point. And it seems her artistic soul dwells amongst history’s classier exponents of the country/rock genre. Hardly out of her league, Chambers – with collaborative assistance from Paul Kelly, Ashleigh Dallas and even Jimmy Barnes – does justice to the likes of Gillian Welch, Townes Van Zandt and Gram Parsons, winning over at least one former fence sitter in the process. While Chambers’ heartfelt female sentiment on Paul Kelly’s harrowing ‘Everything’s Turning to White’ impresses, her moving account – with brother Nash – of Fred Eaglesmith’s ‘Water in the Fuel’, alone justifies the album price. ~Craig Faulkner
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Heritage
Opeth’s tenth studio album marks a significant change in direction for the Swedish metal veterans. Heritage is the result of mastermind Mikael Akerfeldt’s desire to steer the band away from their progressive death metal roots. Harsh vocals and the trademark dynamics between heaviness and haunting melody have been pushed aside in favour of 70s-inspired prog rock and the bleak, folky undertones of previous albums. The production is warm and punchy; the musicianship uniformly excellent. However, in the songwriting department, Heritage staggers. Several of the songs are awkwardly structured, punctuated by aimless self-indulgence and spacey atmospherics, dulling the capacity to digest and recall specific moments in each song. After a ghostly, piano-based intro, ‘The Devil’s Orchard’ kicks into gear - a commanding song of tight progressive rhythms, ethereal melodies and excellent vocals from Akerfeldt. ‘Slither’ is a straightforward rocker with a powerful groove and silky guitar solo. These two songs are the highlights on an uneven album. ‘Famine’ is another potential gem, marred by meandering detours. Heritage is by no means a failure: it is a brave experiment with flashes of brilliance. Unfortunately it lacks the inspired songwriting and fluidity that has defined Opeth’s long and remarkable career. ~Luke Saunders
Dream Theater
A Dramatic Turn of Events Roadrunner Records
3.5/5
Progressive metal juggernaut Dream Theater return with their eleventh studio album in a career spanning two decades. Despite the departure of drumming extraordinaire and founding member Mike Portnoy, the remaining members have steadied the ship with a focused album of typically bombastic prog-metal. Several of the songs crack the 10 minute barrier, effortlessly gliding between intricate progressive metal and soaring melody. The virtuoso talents of the individuals, and their collective experience and chemistry as a band, combine to create an inspired sound. The instrumental sections are jawdropping in their complexity and liquidflow. The epic ‘Outcry’ features incredible interplay between guitarist John Petrucci and keyboardist Jordan Rudess. ‘Lost Not Forgotten’ is another lengthy song, building slowly before morphing into a labyrinthine arrangement of technical mastery and song-craft. James LaBrie’s voice will continue to divide Dream Theater fans and potential converts. His vocals border on syrupy and the lyrics can be cheesy, which at times detracts from the phenomenal musical backdrop. But LaBrie’s passion and energy are undeniable. A Dramatic Turn of Events is a return to form for Dream Theater, rebounding from line-up turbulence and a period of uncertainty to deliver their strongest album in recent years. ~Luke Saunders
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With their fifth album, Mastodon have created their most streamlined, rockoriented offering yet, veering away from the conceptual masterwork and dazzling prog-metal of their critically acclaimed Crack The Skye album. ‘Black Tongue’ is a typically robust opener, capped off with an elegantly melodic guitar solo. Lead single ‘Curl of the Burl’ is the most accessible song the band has written and is likely to raise eyebrows and polarise fans. The standard rock structure, loaded with hooks, strips away the sludgy weight and delivers a catchy stoner rock anthem. Guitarist Brent Hinds’ melodic vocal delivery continues to improve, contrasting with the hoarse vocals of Troy Sanders. The powerful ‘Dry Bone Valley’ and ‘Áll the Heavy Lifting’ are particularly memorable from a vocal and musical standpoint. The only misstep is the bizarre ‘Creature Lives’ - a forgettable, drawn-out experiment that sits awkwardly with the rest of the album. But this is quickly rectified by the stunning trio of songs that round out The Hunter; highlighted by the sonic power of ‘Spectrelight’, tricky rhythms of ‘Bedazzled Fingernails’ and the melodic sensibilities of ‘The Sparrow’. The Hunter’s straightforward approach is offset by a taut collection of addictive rock songs and the unique metal sound of a band in continuous creative upswing. ~Luke Saunders
anthrax
Worship Music Nuclear Blast/Riot Entertainment
4.5/5
With many line-up changes over the past few years, including three different singers, it’s a wonder this album ever saw the light of day. Thank God for the Big 4 tour. No doubt the rejuvenation of thrash helped kick Anthrax in the ass and get this album on the shelves. The album starts off strong with ‘Earth on Hell’, a classic addictive thrash anthem, followed by ‘The Devil You know’ and ‘Fight’em ‘Til You Can’t’, two songs that have been making their way around the internet for some time. From start to finish the album delivers, with slapping bass lines, killer drumming and some of the band’s finest guitar work, not to mention Joey Belladonna’s vocals. His unique voice and amazing range has helped make this one of the band’s definitive albums. Stand-out tracks are ‘I’m Alive’, and seven-minute masterpiece, ‘In the End’, one of the bands greatest songs ever! If you love the work Anthrax did in the early 80s, you’re going to love Worship Music! ~Cameron Edney
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Superheavy
Industry heavyweights Mick Jagger, Joss Stone, Damian Marley, Dave Stewart and Bollywood composer A.R Rahman come together to create a chemistry of utter chaos, and with its colossal production qualities, this album is about as fine-tuned as you can get. Jagger and Stone bring the sass with their overlapping acrobatic vocal deliveries, bringing bluesy, soulful melodies to an uplifting blend of world music meets stadium rock. An eclectic convergence between ethnic genres, Superheavy explores African choirs, Indian orchestras, island reggae and even dabbles in electronica. Single ‘Miracle Worker’ is subtle, reggae pop at its sweetest, while the aptly titled ‘Energy’ is the obvious showstopper of the album. Although Jagger adds a certain impertinent texture, his age shows, with his voice sounding whiny in parts, and the erratic wash of multiple genres proves too busy at times. ~Charli Hutchison
Justice
Audio, Video, Disco Ed Banger/Because Music
4/5
After conquering the world of dance music with their seminal Cross album, French duo Justice deliver a tribute to 70s stadium rock from an electro house perspective, blurring the line between DJ and rock star, in their highly anticipated return. While Cross was a reaction to synthpop, Audio, Video, Disco is more about dubstep - lighter in tone and offering fewer 120bpm banging tracks than anything these guys have done before. AVD still retains the signature Justice sound of fuzzed-out glitchy synth bass lines and pounding, constant, kick-snare beats, but with more melody - be it through vocal lines, guitars or synths, with emphasis on catchy hooks that would not sound out of place on an early 80s AOR radio station. Maybe they’ve been listening to more Queen than Daft Punk lately. These tracks would work in a club, a festival or a house party and if you’re a fan you’ll love this album. Definitely a highlight release of 2011. For fans of: 70s rock, Boys Noize, Daft Punk, MGMT ~Byron Struck
Wolf Gang Suego Faults Atlantic/Warner
3/5
This debut album by UK one-man band Max McElligot is pure experimental pop – the love child of MGMT and David Bowie. The album kicks off with the catchy ‘Lions in Cages’ which sets the scene for the album’s electro-pop fusion. From there, it morphs into tripped-out haze, complete with space-soundings synths and building choruses. ‘The King and All of His Men’, with its falsetto lyrics and memorable chorus line, is the standout in a sea of nondescript songs. Perhaps McElligot needs to go further than simply replicating past successes in the genre. ~Shelby Houghton
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“… Nearly fractured the concrete stanchions with the decibel power thundering out of the quad exhaust tips.”
Big Bang Theory Love this car — even more with the performance pack upgrade which takes the nasty, bellowing C63AMG up to 358kW, or near as damn to the magic 500 horsepower mark. It’s better again following Benz’s recent C-Class upgrade that brought a new look especially to the front end, additional luxury features and a much better interior in looks and functionality. The C63 is available in three variants, four-door sedan, two-door coupé and wagon. The striking red four-door sedan we drove last week goes for $152,800 plus $14 grand for the performance pack that brings the extra go, big Brembo brakes, internal engine bits from the imposing Benz SLS — like forged pistons, special conrods and crankshaft and other goodies that will make the handmade engine live longer and hit harder. This year sees another major improvement to C63 — the adoption of a seven-speed MCT auto, lifted from Benz SL, and other go-fasties. The SLS Gullwing gets a full double clutch ‘manumatic’ but this MCT box is just as good, perhaps smoother, and it even blips the throttle on the down change — giddy up. Our drive car was fully cocked with carbon fibre add-ons, interior fascia and other cool stuff. It was the duck’s guts in terms of C63 AMGs and what a drive. As happened with some of the other Benzs we have been in recently, we hit the tunnels for a bit of blatt action, frightening young children and animals in the process. Heck, we even had a bit of a crack in the
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car park at Charlestown and nearly fractured the concrete stanchions with the decibel power thundering out of the quad exhaust tips — childish but addictive. The interior now features the Benz Designo treatment elevating it to a higher level of luxury funkiness. Check out the flat bottom (and top) wheel –something that trumps just about everybody. The dash features a metal look fascia with more warning lights as well as a large TFT colour screen that also houses the Satnav system, trip computer and other display readouts. There’s a 40-gig hard drive in there and a 10-gig music register to rip your tunes to. Bluetooth extends to phone operation and audio streaming and you can even do some internet browsing if you care to stop for a minute or two. We appreciated the fully adjustable front seats that even have electrically adjustable side bolsters to ensure you stay planted when carving up the corners. Added to this is the fact that all the controls are easy to find and use — no mucking around or rifling through endless files to find what you want. Under the bonnet is the familiar, 6.2-litre, naturally aspirated petrol V8 engine we have grown to respect and love. Sadly in the process of being phased out for a 5.5litre twin turbo unit in other AMG models, the 6.2 is a joy to feel and hear. It’s a cracker of an engine like something out of a 70s muscle car — but more refined and economical. Good for 600Nm of torque, the big V8
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can consume as little as 12.1-litres of fuel/100km if you have an egg under your foot. Push the loud pedal and that quickly escalates to 20 or more of your best brew. The performance pack brings 19-inch wheels, which in the test car’s case were fairly ordinary multi-spoke alloys that looked like they had been resurrected from the 80s. But the black paint toned them down to a point where it didn’t really matter. It will put away a 0-100kph sprint in 4.4 seconds but feels faster and is absolutely brutal in the mid-range right up to 7200rpm red line. We love the way the engine builder has signed his name in the cam cover. Some people even go so far as to request an engine for their AMG from a particular engine builder — now that’s attention to detail. There are four modes ranging from comfort to manual and race start, and three mode stability control offers — on, sport and off. Benz has tweaked the C63’s steering for improved response, a more direct feel and better self-centring. We couldn’t really tell because we were having so much fun juggling the potent sedan on the throttle through corners — blaaatt, blaaatt, blaaatt! And for all the self-appointed defenders of public safety out there, the C63 is a safer car this time around, easily acquiring a five-star crash rating and featuring numerous clever systems, such as Pre-safe, that prepares the car for an imminent collision by tightening the seat belts, adjusting the seats and head rests, cutting the engine and other tricky stuff.
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Peter Douglas Did I mention high beam assist that automatically dips the main beam for approaching traffic, or the attention assist system that nabs you if you are on the blink, or the lane-keeping system that jolts you through the steering wheel if you stray to either side of your chosen lane. There’s even blind spot warning for duffers who don’t look over their shoulder when lane changing or turning. Radar cruise control will maintain a preset distance/speed, taking into account traffic in front. Driving the C63AMG is almost a sensory overload but you learn to live with it — by the bucket load. That sound, the throttle response, the lunge from corner to corner, the sharp steering feel. It’s a brutal beast and yet, at the same time, can be as meek as a kitten meandering through suburban streets. But stoke it up and you really appreciate the bang on the up-change and the burble on a trailing throttle — totally in keeping with a car like this. It makes mugs look good and about the only complaint is the wheel-mounted change paddles — they should be on the column so you can find them easily when turning. Don’t even think of this car if you are intimidated by lurid oversteer because that’s what it does when you want it to. All this from a classy four-door sedan that you can take your mates out to dinner in, or the family away on holidays — impressive. Forget the Porsche 911 Carrera S, given the jack nash we’d now have a C63 AMG sedan (or coupé) — with performance pack.
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What better way to spend a Thursday night than with a friend, a bottle (or was it two?) of pinot and the irrepressible Mama Kin. Songstress, raconteur, prophet, Danielle Caruana is the real deal — where others construct a stage persona behind which to hide, she tears back the veil and asks us to do the same, forging an intimacy lapped up by a crowd already thoroughly warmed by the sassy and soulful Ilona Harker. Joined by ‘Brother Michael’ (Caruana) on keyboards and George Servanis on drums, Mama Kin takes the stage to rapturous applause, thanking the traditional custodians of the land (words that can seem token, but feel heartfelt tonight) and keeping it real — “My mum always said the best way to tuck your top in is to put your hand up your skirt and pull it down, so I’m just going to get it over with now”. Then there is the music. From soulful ballads to rockin’ piano and swampy beats, Mama Kin’s songs of life and love say there is pain and hardship and joy and it will be OK. ‘Sleep in My Bed’ and ‘That Race’ (from 2008 EP, Papoose) are crowd favourites, along with the heartbreaking (and warming) ‘My Friend’, ‘To My Table’ and the title track from 2010 album Beat and Holler, which at Caruana’s urging (“Singers make good lovers! I want everyone in Mullumbimby to feel the FOMO!”) has the crowd on their feet, stomping it up with the crusty who’s been having it large out front since the sound-check. For her ‘last’ song (“I always feel strange playing that game. You know the one”), Caruana welcomes her “best friend” and husband, roots icon John Butler, onto the stage. Fresh from their recent tours of the US, the pair perform ‘Jenny’ — a song they wrote together — giving a rare glimpse of what goes in their loungeroom (and their new collaboration Brave and the Bird). “It’s very new and I wouldn’t dare share it with anyone but family,” says Caruana.. Ending on the upbeat ‘I’m Gonna Do It’, we pour out onto the empty streets of Mullum, warm in the face of a biting southerly, light, stripped-back and filled with a sense that despite all of life’s shit — it will be okay. ~Kate hamilton
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Visiting the 16-footers for the first time in 25 years was a step back in time. The tables were still on each of the levels, as was the awkward bar up the back. Even the crowd was the same (ever-so slightly paunchier, perhaps). So it was a surreal moment when the throb of ‘Icehouse’ began — the beginning of a 15-song set that highlighted the strength and depth of the Icehouse catalog. All the band’s studio albums were touched on, bar Big Wheel, with Icehouse, Measure For Measure and Man Of Colours being hit hardest. The timelessness of the music was what stood out — despite its 80s quality, Icehouse’s pioneering guitar/synth sound has influenced many modern artists. The biggest disappointment of the night was that they missed the opportunity to introduce these songs to a new generation. Iva Davies and Icehouse are Australian music icons and should be given the respect that Paul Kelly receives for their contribution to Australian culture. Think Newcastle Panthers, or, even better, the Cambridge Hotel. ~Kevin Bull
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With Cold Chisel opening their Light The Nitro Tour with their smallest club gigs right here in Newcastle, it was so good to be a Novocastrian. And this was no half-arsed warm-up. We heard 27 songs — 27 songs, baby! For well over two hours, Cold Chisel dispelled any suggestion that they may not be relevant, or able to deliver. Before a packed Panthers crowd, Chisel delivered a wonderful greatest hits set, opening with ‘Standing on the Outside’ and including a couple of new songs, ‘All For You’ and ‘HQ454 Monroe’. There is no denying this is one band that knows how to put on a show — Barnes’ voice is as grating as ever, Moss’ guitar is superb and Walker and Small played their supportive rolls to a tee. New drummer, Charley Drayton stepped outside the familiar licks of the late Steve Prestwich, inserting fills where they were not needed, which was disconcerting at times. The sound was also far too loud. There was no space left for definition between the instruments, leaving Walker’s piano buried in the mix. These small negatives aside, Cold Chisel’s opening gig was a success, and with some fine tuning, their upcoming Coffs Harbour, Hunter Valley and Newcastle Entertainment Centre gigs will be a must. ~Kevin Bull
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The Drones and their frontman Gareth Liddiard are no stranger to hype and intrigue. Praised for their passionate live performances, this band may be holding the flag for a rock ‘n’ roll revival in the Australian music scene. The mostly male (and relatively well-behaved) crowd at the Cambridge were clearly huge fans of the songs, not just the raw energy of the show. Liddiard may not have the greatest voice of all time, but his intensity of expression is so moving, it makes up for any lack of technique. The dissonant epic ‘Jezabel’ was a highlight. Lyrically dark, Liddiard’s snarly delivery was pure grunge. The choice of encore, a cover of Kev Carmody’s ‘River of Tears’ was well chosen. And although us newer Drones fans would have liked to hear ‘Shark Fin Blues’ (yes, I know, they’re tired of it), no-one seemed to leave the gig dissatisfied. Liddiard is a smart songwriter. Musically, The Drones may not be everyone’s thing, which is understandable — this is confronting stuff (a la Nina Simone or maybe Nick Cave). But, hey, couldn’t we all do with a slap in the face every now and then? ~Chelsea Reed
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Newcastle Panthers, usually a haven for the oldies was turned into a sweaty stink pit of hell when The Amity Affliction rolled through town on their Fuck The Reaper tour. Newcastle’s lewd, crude and tattooed came out in hordes to the sold-out show. Emerging from a wall of sky-high stacks and flickering lights, The Amity Affliction burst into their first song ‘RIP Foghorn’, and the fans lapped it up with circle pits, crowd surfing and general crazed, shirtless behaviour. The band shook the floor with their heart-racing drops and usual hardcore make-up of thunderous double kick drumming and distorted guitars, while demonic growls and melodic vocal work by Joel Birch and Ahren Stringer shone over the top. The Affliction were so tight it was hard to believe they were live. After a mere 50 minutes, the band ended with an explosive encore of ‘Dr Thunder’ and latest single ‘I Hate Hartley’, during which the vast majority of moshers sang along. Having paid their dues on the touring circuit, the Amity Affliction’s decadelong career has won over Australian audiences. ~Charlie Hutchison
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A Day On The Green at Bimbadgen Estate can be the musical experience of a lifetime. At other times, perseverance (and a good raincoat) is needed. Meat Loaf fell into the latter category. Thirsty Merc delivered a wellreceived support performance with memorable songs sung-along by the elderly crowd. Meat Loaf began his two-hour set at the beginning with ‘Time Warp’, and spent the rest of the evening diving into Bat Out Of Hell I, II and III, plus a nod to his more recent releases Hang Cool Teddy Bear and Hell In A Handbasket. On stage, Meat Loaf and his crack band put everything they had into delivering these operatic rock pieces. If live music was simply a visual experience, it would have been one of the year’s best shows. Sadly, though, Meat Loaf has lost his voice — not one tuneful note all night, and that top-shelf ticket in my pocket earned me little more than an evening sitting in the rain listening to an old hack who can’t cut it anymore. It’s time for Meat Loaf to hand in that microphone before he destroys his own legacy completely. ~Kevin Bull
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Touring on the back of their July album release for Rain on the Humming Wire, ARIA award–winning indie rock band The Panics delivered a solid set to an intimate crowd of long-time followers, many of whom have been fans since 2007 album Cruel Guards was released. The Panics played a relaxed show, mixing some of their newer songs with old favourites. Mellow front-man Jae Laffer’s laidback style complemented his harmonising vocals and the band’s moody and melodic motifs. Laffer strengthened the bond with the audience, talking casually between songs before taking centre stage for a solo performance of ‘In Your Head’, prompting a sing-along by the fans in the crowd. After a short interlude the band filtered back on-stage to close on a high note with well-known songs ‘Get Us Home’ and ‘All You’ve Gotta Do’. However, with more than a decade under their guitar-straps, The Panics still feel like a naive band finding their way to a mature sound. And they’ve got plenty of time to find it. ~Madeline Smith
Chris Cornell Sydney Opera House Saturday, October 22
My last experience of Chris Cornell live was almost 15 years ago, in the sweaty barn that is the Hordern Pavilion. His band, Soundgarden, was on the verge of breaking up, and the musical scene he was part of was fighting for relevance. Now, we
You can tell a lot about a band by its followers. As main support act, Lucero, warmed the crowd with their bittersweet mix of modern Americana, the sight of a group of lads next to me stretching and limbering up was an ominous sign of things to come. There was nothing half-baked about this crowd, or the band they came to see. Dropkick Murphys exude punk energy in its purest form… with bagpipes. From the opening song, the mosh pit seethed with tangled limbs as the enthusiastic crowd was pushed on by the aggressive pump of the band. Lead singer Al Barr regularly moved from the stage to the front of the pit, coming down hard on the in-house officialdom — “no one gets thrown out of here for dancing” was his mid-song riposte to overzealous security. Crowd favourites like ‘I’m Shipping Up To Boston’ and ‘Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya’ threw the assembled masses into delirium, while a mid-set acoustic detour only heightened the anticipation. As the band teasingly coaxed the female members of the audience on-stage to counter the testosterone of the evening, they closed the night with the romantic revelry of ‘Kiss Me, I’m Shitfaced’ and a faithfully aggressive cover of ‘TNT’. There is no doubt the Celtic energy and good times vibe of the Dropkick Murphys have helped create a substantial following in Australia — and energetic shows like this will ensure it stays that way… haroo haroo! Paul Frost
For those who grew up in the 70s, Steely Dan played the soundtrack of our youth and they were welcomed back to the Hunter with open arms for A Day On The Green. This one was a stunner — beautiful weather, wonderful company, and a serving of Steely Dan and Steve Winwood. To be honest, I did not know what to expect from Winwood, but I was relieved that he touched on his entire career — Spencer Davis Group, Traffic, Blind Faith, as well as his solo work, all delivered beautifully. I would happily spend the money to see a couple of hours of Winwood on stage rather than this truncated set. As the sun set in the valley, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker began a two-hour greatest hits set that any fan would have been pleased with. Sound quality was crystalline, encouraging you to lie back on the grass and let it sweep over you. All the expected hits were played — ‘Aja’, ‘Hey Nineteen’, ‘Bodhisattva’, ‘Rikki Don’t Lose That Number’, and ‘Reelin’ In The Years’, to name a few, plus a wonderful take on early minor hit ‘Dirty Work’. It was a stunning performance, by both Steely Dan and Steve Winwood, restoring my faith in the relevance of our elder statesmen. With guys like this holding the fort, our musical heritage is in good hands. ~Kevin Bull
have just a man and his guitar, and a soldout venue brimming with anticipation and adulation. What followed was a two-and-ahalf hour tour-de-force from an artist whose songwriting and vocal talents provided the soundtrack to a generation of music lovers. Cornell regaled the crowd from the start, shaking hands with the front row punters and sharing tales and the occasional one-liner. Requests ruled
the night; the crowd competing to be hear — and they were rewarded with a range of songs spanning Cornell’s entire career, including a trio from the Temple of the Dog project that grew as a tribute to departed friend Andrew Wood. Another tribute, this time to former pianist Natasha Shneider, silenced the awestruck crowd — Cornell singing ‘When I’m Down’, accompanied only by Schneider’s original
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It was a roiling sea of black shirts and chequered ‘flannos’ in the cramped and dark band room at Newcastle Panthers. The noticeably young and under-age crowd were holding themselves as close to the barricades as possible to ensure prime position. After two support slots, smoke filled the stage and Confession emerged to a chorus of screams, cries and “hell yeah-s”. The skull-crunching beat of the doublekick drums and pounding bass sent heavy vibrations through the floor while a circle pit was formed by flailing arms and fists. Michael Crafter’s terrorising vocal delivery introduced the chaotic ‘Asthma Attack’, though at times, when the melody lines were sung, it was to a very limited effect. New single ‘Horror’, from The Long Way Home, was well received as Crafter encouraged the crowd to mosh in unison. Encore ‘I Am the Night Rider’ ended the night with a bang, as erratic lights flashed over a battered, bruised crowd that wasn’t ready to go home. ~Charli Hutchison
backing track played from a turntable on stage. From a range of imaginative covers (‘A Day In The Life’, ‘Billie Jean’, ‘Thank You’) to the sheer power of his work with Soundgarden (‘Outshined, ‘Mind Riot’, ‘Black Hole Sun’), Cornell amazed an enraptured crowd and reminded those lucky enough to be there of his truly iconic status in rock history. ~Paul Frost
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Fat As Butter Camp Shortland, Newcastle Saturday, October 22
I love the smell of fat in the morning, Fat as Butter that is. I haven’t partied on at Camp Foreshore since the ill-advised, debt-inducing yet fucking awesome festivities of 2006’s Strikeback 3. In the spirit of my youth, I caught local triple J Unearthed High ruffians The Guppies. They were a solid bunch of little rockers, making the most of their smallish crowd with their catchy fuzz-faced set. After Splendour, I didn’t think to catch The Jezabels again... but it’s hard to imagine that they would be anything short of amazing. Redcoats are growing into one of the most forceful acts around, pummelling the Newcastle crowds into sonic submission yet again. Hip hop reigned supreme as Katalyst, Illy and The Herd all delivered big sets. Evil Eddie (of Butterfingers) was engaging with his brand of schlock-rap-rock. Naughty By Nature didn’t let anyone down — they ramped up
the crowd interaction and dropped smash hits like ‘OPP’, ‘Holiday’ and ‘Hip Hop Hooray’ and they dropped a snippet of Men at Work. Legends. The dazzling Melbournian Owl Eyes was held up at the airport — damn it, we missed you, but fair enough. Flo Rida must have just been high in general — his no-show sadly improved the quality of the festival. I don’t even think Axl Rose would switch hotels four times in one day on the day of a gig three hours away. Pure lunacy. Sparkadia’s hit-heavy set of indie-AOR rock proved a smash hit with the crowd. Cloud Control have gone from strength to strength as a live band since relocating to England, plating up revered songs such as ‘Gold Canary’. The Living End are hands down one of Australia’s greatest rock bands, killing it as they always do live. Empire of the Sun played an amazingly
honed, yet fairly rote-set compared to last year’s Groovin’ the Moo in Maitland. They may have played the world’s biggest festivals in the world, including Lollapalooza, but it must be getting really hard to draw a set from only eleven recorded songs in the band’s history. Side note — is it just me or does someone hit play on the Empire of the Sun CD any time a falsetto chorus comes up? Two examples spring to mind — their two biggest songs ‘We Are The People’ and ‘Walking on a Dream’. Fat as Butter goes from strength-to-strength each year. Newcastle deserves a highquality festival and it’s always great to see amazing acts play in your own backyard. Now, make up for your Flo Rida boo-boo and get The Smashing Pumpkins to headline with a two-hour set next year. It would make my life complete. ~MATT PETHERBRIDGE
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4.5/5 Drive is an ultra-cool and superbly directed heist thriller that manages to find the right balance between arthouse and action. It oozes cool right from the opening frame, what with its 80s typeface credits, pumping retro-inspired indie soundtrack, and an amazing performance from Ryan Gosling. Gosling plays an unnamed Hollywood stunt driver who uses his skills to moonlight as a getaway driver. His skills behind the wheel and ability to dodge the law are very impressive and he is highly sought-after. Mostly he is a loner and a man of very few words, but an attractive new neighbour Irene (Carey Mulligan) captures his attention and he forms a friendship with her and her young son Benicio. As an unspoken romance begins to blossom, Irene receives a call advising her that her partner Standard (Oscar Isaac) is to be released from prison. It is soon learned that Standard still owes a substantial amount of money to some ruthless gangsters and they send out their heavies to beat some fear into him. When the driver finds out, he offers to help by being the wheelman for a heist that will
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raise the funds to repay the debt and cut all ties between Standard and his dangerous debtors. But it all goes pear shaped and the driver finds himself on the hit list of gangland head honchos Bernie (Albert Brooks) and Nino (Ron Perlman). Little do they know that he is also setting his sights on them and a violent showdown lingers. Director Nic Winding Refn took out the Best Director award for Drive at Cannes and it is no surprise. He delivers one of the most stylised-looking films in years whilst balancing character development, tension and all-out action, with dashes of retro and noir thrown in for good measure. Gosling’s performance here is as cool as it gets. With minimal dialogue and barely any facial expression he manages to burn up the screen in every scene he appears. Whilst his other current release Crazy Stupid Love will get all the box office attention, it is this role that should propel him to the top of the A-list. Drive will not appeal to everyone (2 Fast 2 Furious fans should steer well clear) as it moves at a slow pace concerning itself with its characters as much as the thrills and spills. It is also super violent in the second half but if you can stomach that, you will be rewarded with one most captivating and original movies to hit the big screen in a long time.
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Steven Soderbergh’s latest effort comes in the form of Contagion, an infectiousdisease thriller that paints a fairly grim picture of how we might react to a worldwide epidemic of a fast-spreading and fatal virus. The movie opens with Beth Emhoff (Gwyneth Paltrow) hanging out at a Hong Kong casino the night before heading home to the US to her husband, Mitch (Matt Damon), and family. Somewhere in transit she develops a cough that rapidly
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descends into fever and headache, then seizures and, within hours of being admitted to hospital, death. As similar fatalities are reported around the world, health authorities and governments go into crisis mode to try and curb the problem and reduce the panic, a mammoth task not helped by the likes of Alan Krumwiede (Jude Law) – a popular blogger and conspiracy theorist determined to unveil the ‘truth’ from which the public is denied. The general public, meanwhile, panics and riots ensue as rumoured preventative medicines go into short supply. There are real life familiarities throughout with incidents comparable to the recent UK riots and the spread of swine flu a few years back adding to the sense of realism. Also the way the camera lingers on handrails just touched or elevator buttons pressed puts an emphasis on the amount
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of germ spreading we share with each other on a daily basis. It is the first hour that really grips you by inducing the fear and paranoia that everything you touch could leave you with such a terrible infection. Soderbergh’s own digital camerawork is nicely done, especially when tracking an infected person to their demise, where it is frantic and very effective in putting you inside the head of a victim. Ultimately though the screenplay gets a bit too bogged down in the politics and cover-ups in the last third of the movie with an ending that fizzes out making you forget just how good the first portion of the movie was. Contagion works well as a more sophisticated version of Outbreak, but, with so many subplots going on at once, it might have worked better as a mini-series, allowing the audience to get to know and care about the characters a little more.
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Cautionary Tale Don, the protagonist of How Not to Live Your Life, is selfish and incredibly lazy. In series 3, he is still living in the house bequeathed to him by his grandmother, with Samantha, who is now dating her psychology lecturer at university. Every attempt made by Don to improve his employment situation, relationships or love life ends in disaster. New viewers will find the series easy to follow, thanks to Don’s tidy summary of his past, allowing this season to stand on its own. The problem here is not necessarily Don’s unlikeable qualities, which are the whole point of the series, as suggested in the title and reinforced by Don
himself — this is a cautionary tale. The problem is that How Not To Live Your Life is a little light on genuine laughs. While some of the jokes are set up successfully, using a structure British actor, director, comedian and writer, Simon Pegg, calls “the Last of the Summer Wine joke (a character says something in one scene and is immediately proven wrong in the next)”, the scrapes Don gets himself into are a little unoriginal. We’ve seen the girlfriend whose insanity is only visible to the hero; the stumble into an unbelievable office situation; and the posh girl who’s secretly dirty, all before. And funnier.
The problem with a show that’s light on comedy and heavy on unlikeable characters is that it becomes tiring. No surprises, then, in the BBC’s decision to cancel How Not to Live Your Life. Successful series like The Office, Extras and Black Books balance their unlikeable anti-heroes with genuinely nice characters or humorous guest appearances, whereas How Not to Live Your Life doesn’t offer that kind of relief, or not enough of it to keep audiences entertained. Too bad. “Do you want me to come down there and roundhouse you in the prick?” could have been a great catchphrase.
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The sketch comedy is a strange thing. It’s one of the most successful genres in British comedy, with series such as Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Not the Nine O’Clock News, The Fast Show, Little Britain, and The Catherine Tate Show all enjoying worldwide success. But the nature of the sketch makes it hard to get right. It’s often the same joke over and over and if that one joke isn’t kept original, or interspersed with others, the laughs run dry. Based on a London Revue and Edinburgh Fringe show, School of Comedy is a sketch series written by adults but performed by teenagers. It’s fair to assume that the series’ writers will rely on that premise for much of the humour, and yes, on occasion sketches do rely on the incongruity between the characters and the teens Find us on Facebook
filling the roles. While it doesn’t always work (an obnoxious East London cabbie who alternates between telling tall tales and guessing where people are going before they get in the cab, is a little irritating), in one sketch (about office morale, in which the C-bomb is dropped
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repeatedly) it works particularly well. However it’s the writing and the performances of the young cast that provide the biggest laughs. Not all the sketches are laugh-out-loud funny, but most will at least provoke a smile. Some of the funniest include a real estate agent with some particularly difficult properties to sell, two South African security guards who don’t do much guarding, and a married couple, both of whom are gay, set in the 1940s. There are no weak links in the performances, but there are definite standouts - Beth Rylance, Ella Ainsworth and Will Poulter are excellent and Poulter in particular seems destined for bigger things. Proof that teenagers are funny (at least when their lines are written by adults).
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One of the biggest recent cultural trends in Britain has been ‘kitchen sink’ realism, a genre characterised by the gritty realism of everyday life. British comedy, by extension, is often concerned with characters that have banal jobs, dire home lives, or are simply unable to transcend the confines of their current existence. The narrative architecture of the sitcom lends itself well to these thematic concerns. This exploration of real life informs Australian comedy, and the structure and focus on family has inspired American comedy. But it’s the trademark weary resignation of the Brits and their ability to make the absence of hope absurdly comic that makes British comedy some of the most loved and critically-acclaimed in the world. Father Ted (1995-1998) This series about three Catholic priests sent to a small island off the west coast of Ireland for their indiscretions, is proof of Graham Linehan’s status as the reigning king of comedies about lovable (if not always likeable) oddballs and their hopeless lives. While concerned with the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church, the series’ focus is on Ted and his futile attempts at success. Finest moments — Ted and Dougal enter the Eurovision Song Contest with a song called ‘My Lovely Horse’. Spaced (1999-2000) A cliché sitcom premise (two strangers pretend to be a couple in order to rent a flat) inspires a reflexive genre masterpiece that is as much about pop culture as it is about the existential crisis that befalls most 20-somethings. Spaced is a series about how life just isn’t the way it is on TV. Finest moment — Threatened by young thugs after accidentally giving them oregano instead of marijuana, Daisy and Tim escape by instigating a pretend gun fight. The Office (2001-2002) A fictional documentary crew follows the daily running of a paper company in Slough and its enthusiastic if incompetent manager, David Brent. Creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant use the documentary style to reveal characters and situations simultaneously hilarious and gutwrenchingly awkward. Finest moment — Knowing she is about to go to America with her fiancé, Tim takes Dawn into the meeting room, pulling off his mic to talk to her and leaving the viewer to eavesdrop through the blinds. Afterwards, Tim returns to his desk and says to the camera, “she said ‘no’, by the way”. Nathan Barley (2005) A cynical journalist writes a scathing piece about what he calls ‘the Idiots’ (a 2005 version of hipsters) and catches the attention of Nathan Barley, who describes himself as a “self-facilitating media node” and the epitome of the journalist’s Idiot. Finest Moment — Dan Ashcroft is appointed The Preacher by the Idiots, and is forced to dress as one at a rave. Screaming at the crowd to shut up, they lap up his words as gospel.
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Thur, November 10
Sun, November 13
Lizotte’s, Lambton
Blush Nightclub, Gosford
Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Bateau Bay Hotel
Mark Wells, Morgan Evans
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington Hellbent, Nick, Kathy & Todd
Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Great Northern Hotel, Newc
Coma Lies, The Storm Picturesque,
Cartel, Paper Wolves, The Cavalcade
Grand Hotel, Newcastle
16 Nov
John Hammond Jnr – USA
17 Nov
Dave Tice and Mark Evans
18 Nov
Phil Jamieson (Grinspoon)
19 Nov
Ross ‘The Boss’ Wilson
23 Nov
Rai Thistlethwayte
The Radiators
2 Dec
Dragon
3 Dec
Catherine Britt
4 Dec
Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson
8 Dec
The Alchemical Cabaret feat/ Dangerboy
9-11 Dec
Diesel
Timmy Trumpet, Tenzin Bones Jones & the Skeletones, Zoe K
Lass O’Gowrie Hotel, Wickham Free Willy and the Grace Borthers, The Deposits, Holly Clayton
Lizotte’s, Kincumber Salt
Newcastle Panthers Boy and Bear
Tonight Alive Bacardi Band Search heat 5 w/ The Theaves, Los Cardenales, How To Survive A Bullfight
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl Zoe & Alice
Great Northern Hotel, Newc King Cannons, Jackson Firebird, The Strums
Bob Corbett and the Roo Grass Band
Lizotte’s, Lambton Dexter Morph, Daniel March
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington Easy Tiger
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl
feat/ Tommy Dean
Great Northern Hotel, Newc
Fri, November 4 Howlin’ Steam Train Grand Master Monk
Hamilton Station Hotel, Isling
21-22
The Black Sorrows
28 Dec
Ash Grunwald
29 Dec
Beccy Cole
King Street Hotel, Newcastle
30 Dec
Brian Cadd &
Lass O’Gowrie Hotel, Wickham
The Agents of Peace
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Fri, November 11 Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
The Last Waltz
The Grates, Last Dinosaurs
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl
Maitland Gaol Bitter & Twisted Festival w/
Cheap Fakes album launch
Great Northern Hotel, Newc
Hungry Kids of Hungary,
11.11.11 Festival w/ Guineafowl,
Crooked Fiddle Band, Kym Campbell,
Glass Towers, Run Squirrel, Hopes,
Mikelangelo & the Tin Star
Vulture Culture, The St Claros,
Oasis Youth Centre, Wyong
Oka, The Rhythm Hunters
Army of Champions, Excitebike, Local Resident Failure
The Blues Bombers Puta Madre Brothers
Kincumber Hotel Lizotte’s, Lambton
The Hatty Fatners, Zen and the Art, Matt Graham Paper Wolves, SASS, Gerard Masters, Taylor & the Makers, Jacob Pearson
Loft Youth Centre, Newcastle Heroes For Hire, We Built Atlantis, I Call Fives, I Am Villian
Newcastle Tennis Club, Broad Nonsensica w/ Matty B, Rob Bukey, Brendon Knott, Matt Wood
Newcastle Panthers Pete Murray, Busby Marou, M.Jack Bee
Orana Hotel, Blacksmiths Steve Edmonds Band
Oriental Hotel, Cooks Hill Nick Raschke
Mirriah
Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield Redline
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington Milestones
Sat, November 12 Bimbadgen Estate, Hunter Cold Chisel, Dan Sultan, Stonefield
Maitland City Bowling Club
Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Julia Morris, Jackie Loeb
Maitland Gaol
Deep Sea Arcade, Woe and Flutter
Emma’s Soup, Newcastle
Bitter & Twisted Festival w/
Aleks & the Ramps, Boatfriends,
Afro Moses, Watussi,
Polyfox
Bowen & the Lucky Dutchmen,
Fannys Nightclub, Newcastle
Zoe K & the Shadow Katz
Metro Theatre, Sydney
Israel Cruz
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl
These Kids Wear Crowns
King of the North
Great Northern Hotel, Newc
Pete Murray, Busby Marou, M.Jack Bee
Dave Graney & the Lurid Yellow Mist,
Opera House, Sydney Janet Jackson
Lizotte’s, Kincumber
Husky
Seven Seas Hotel, Carrington
Mojo Juju
Mingara Recr Club, Tumbi Umbi
Luciana
State of Emergency
Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton
Great Northern Hotel, Newc
The Sins
King Street Hotel, Newcastle
Queens Wharf Brewery, Newc Steve Edmonds Band
Tom Piper
Lizotte’s, Kincumber
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington
Sarah Humphreys, Chris Byrne
Lizotte’s, Lambton
Montezuma
My Friend the Chocolate Cake
Wed, November 9
Newcastle Leagues Club
Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Royal Exchange Hotel, Newc
Gold Fields
Broadway Mile
Hamilton Station Hotel, Isling
Mic Conway, Robbie Long
Seven Seas Hotel, Carrington
TAFE Leukemia Fundraising
Lass O’Gowrie Hotel, Wickham
Muma Janes Blues Band
Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield
Tristen Bird
Infunktious
Lizotte’s, Kincumber
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington
Jackson Besley, Ashleigh Toole,
Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield
Hipsister, Gilbert Whyte
Pat Capocci Combo, Rusty Pinto
Youth Arts Warehouse, Gosf
Lizotte’s, Lambton
Arley Black
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington
Julia Morris, Jackie Loeb
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Tuck and Patti, Emma Hamilton
Oasis Youth Centre, Wyong The Contortionist
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington Ngariki, Voodoo Express, Big Red Rockets
Mon, November 14 Lizotte’s, Lambton
& Mitch Capone, Fabulous Denis Gold,
FBi Radio’s Music Open Day w/ Paper Scissors, Jacod Pearson,
Tues, November 15 Lizotte’s, Lambton Adele Weekes, Grace Turner, Jordann Christie, Scott Gelzinnis
Wed, November 16 Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle Maids
Lizotte’s, Kincumber Ross Wilson, Gerard Masters
Lizotte’s, Lambton John Hammond Jr, Hipsister
Thur, November 17 Blush Nightclub, Gosford Sienna Skies, Built On Secrets, Sound of Seasons, I, The Hunter, We Built Atlantis
Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle Bacardi Band Search heat 6 w/ Alice vs Everything, Riley and Donna, Asteroids
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl Anarchist Duck
Hamilton Station Hotel, Isling Easy Tiger, The Smith Street Band, Run Squirrel
Lizotte’s, Kincumber Diesel, Lissa
Lizotte’s, Lambton Tice and Evans
Mary Ellen Hotel, Merewether Kym Campbell
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington Funk Party, Dead Beats, Psycho Pucko
Fri, November 18 Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle Tijuana Cartel
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl The Bon Scotts
Great Northern Hotel, Newc Snowdroppers, Kira Puru & the Bruise
Hamilton Station Hotel, Isling Chin Chen, Mischling
Sons of Alamo, Sky Squadron
DV8
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Tice and Evans
Lizotte’s, Lambton
Leeroy & the Rats, The Original Rabbit
Fallin Angel, Days Diminished,
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl
Jimmy Bear
Lizotte’s, Kincumber
Bob Corbett, The Total Fire Band,
Subject 16, Enemy of the State,
Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Nicko and the Kings
Kincumber Hotel
Nobody Knew They Were Robots
Loft Youth Centre, Newcastle
Acoca Beach Picture Theatre
Lachlan Bryan of The Wildes
Hamilton Station Hotel, Isling
From Love To Violence, Dropbear,
Brian McFadden
Sun, November 6
Bad Fruit, J-Well, E=JM2, Dover
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl
Daryl Aberhart Trio with Julie Wilson
Lizotte’s, Kincumber
One World
The Canyons, Dan Cares!, Menna,
Little Dotti, Berias Messeque, Ngariki,
King Street Hotel, Newcastle
OMG!
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington
Sundae Fundaze w/ Cassian,
The Havelocks, The Young Pretties
Tom Ballard, Brad, Urby & Boogie
Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield
No Pressure
Clarendon Hotel, Newcastle
1929indian, Port Paint, Sooner,
Hamilton Station Hotel, Isling
I Am Villian
Jus Gordon
Comedy Showcase
Grant Walmsley &
Dexter Morph, Daniel March
45 RPM
Lizotte’s, Lambton
Mad Sin, Casino Rumblers
19 Dec
New Year’s Eve w/
Hats Bennetthi
Lizotte’s, Kincumber
Jim Conway’s Big Wheel
Afro Moses
31 Dec
Nick Raschke
Time Travel
Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
18 Dec
Russell Morris
Ngariki Electric Band, Karma Cops,
Seven Seas Hotel, Carrington
Bob Evans & Adalita
Richard Clapton
360
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington
Don Diablo
Blush Nightclub, Gosford
17 Dec
20 Dec
Brian McFadden
Newcastle Leagues Club Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton
Pinup Party
Rhythm Hut, Gosford
Creative Creatures
15-16 Dec The Church
James Thomson
Thur, November 3
Lizotte’s, Kincumber
The Idle
Lizotte’s, Lambton
Alex & Grub
Heroes For Hire, I Call Fives,
Lass O’Gowrie Hotel, Wickham
13-14 Dec Tim Freedman and
Anything For Now EP launch
Lass O’Gowrie Hotel, Wickham
Kikuyu
Entrance Leagues Club
Save Our Figs fundraiser
1 Dec
Bo Jenkins
Hamilton Station Hotel, Isling
King Street Hotel, Newcastle
Carsick Cars
Emma’s Soup, Newcastle
14 Nov
Mental As Anything
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl
Great Northern Hotel, Newc
Safe Hands
Croation Club, Islington
Tuck & Patti
27 Nov
Faker
Crooked Fiddle Band, Barons of Tang, Kira Puru & the Bruise
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl
13 Nov
24-26 Nov Diesel
Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Wed, November 2
Fannys Nightclub, Newcastle
(Thirsty Merc)
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gig Guide Newcastle (cont.) gig Guide North Kincumber Hotel Open Fire
Lizotte’s, Kincumber Diesel, Lissa
Lizotte’s, Lambton Phil Jamieson, St Cecelia
Seven Seas Hotel, Carrington Flash Sheedy and the Instromatics
Shelly Beach Golf Club Kym Campbell
Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield James Johnston
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington Milestones
Sat, November 19 Beachcomber Hotel, Toukley The Snowdroppers
Belmont 16ft Sailing Club Tim Finn
Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle Thundamentals
Great Northern Hotel, Newc Afro Moses
Hamilton Station Hotel, Isling Afraid of Heights, Anything For Now, How To Survive A Bullfight, Los Cardenales
Hope Estate, Hunter Valley Dolly Parton
Lizotte’s, Kincumber Diesel, Lissa
Lizotte’s, Lambton Ross Wilson, Ben Webb
Loft Youth Centre, Newcastle
Thur, November 24
Tues, November 1
Sat, November 5
Fannys Nightclub, Newcastle
Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Australian Hotel, Ballina
Xzibit
Gee Whiz, Blush Nightclub, Gosf Northlane
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl Victoriana Gaye
Lizotte’s, Lambton Diesel, Will & Casey
Newcastle Entertainment Cent Spicks and Speck-tacular
Vulture Culture, Twenty97 DJs
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl The Firemen
Great Northern Hotel, Newc The Strides, The Preachers, The Nickson Wing, Jun Wan, Glenza, Gashpower, The Modern Day Muse
Lizotte’s, Kincumber Rai Thistlethwayte, Rosie Burgess
Lizotte’s, Lambton Diesel, Will & Casey
Newcastle Entertainment Cent Spicks and Speck-tacular
Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield OMG!
Sat, November 26 Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle Gatherer
Seven Seas Hotel, Carrington Nick Raschke
Speers Point Park, Lake Macq Living Smart Festival w/ Nick Saxon
Entrance Leagues Club Potbelleez
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl Mischling
Great Northern Hotel, Newc Colin Moore, Numbers Radio
Hamilton Station Hotel, Isling
& the Elusive Few, Chunky Salsa,
Totally Unicorn, Gay Paris,
Tin Sparrow, Grace Turner,
God God Dammit Dammit
Kym Campbell, Fiddlers Feast
Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield The Levymen
Sydney Opera House Jason Mraz
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington Dai Pritchard
Woodport Inn, Erina Kobra Kai
Sun, November 20 Erina Leagues Daxton and the Sweet Lips
Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl Darren Jack & the Hammond Trio
Hope Estate, Hunter Valley Dolly Parton
Kincumber Hotel The Harbour Masters
Lizotte’s, Kincumber John Hammond Jr, Hipsister
Sydney Opera House Jason Mraz
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington Ghost Road
Wed, November 23 Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle Northlane
Christ Church Cathedral, Newc Seeker Lover Keeper, Henry Wagons
Lizotte’s, Kincumber
Lizotte’s, Kincumber Mental as Anything, Rosie Burgess
Lizotte’s, Lambton Diesel, Will & Casey
Northern Star Hotel, Hamilton Nick Raschke
Seven Seas Hotel, Carrington Annie O’Dee and the Hotshots
Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield Thread
Wickham Park Hotel, Islington The Ride Ons
Sun, November 27 Grand Junction Hotel, Maitl Pugsley Buzzard
Hamilton Station Hotel, Isling Soul Station
Lizotte’s, Kincumber Jaywalker
Lizotte’s, Lambton Mental as Anything, Tim Burns
Rhythm Hut, Gosford The Evolvrs
Wed, November 30 Lass O’Gowrie Hotel, Wickham Turner
Lizotte’s, Kincumber Sarah Humphreys, Katrina Burgoyne, Lianna Rose
Lizotte’s, Lambton
Jacob Emerson, Karen Anne,
Marissa Saroca, Stick Figure Opera,
Hayley Kade, Baby Snakes
Zoe K
Lizotte’s, Lambton Rai Thistlethwayte, Ollie Brown
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Rhys Bynon, Daniel Webber
Pandamonium DJs
Lennox Point Hotel
Brewery, Byron Bay
Dan Hannaford
Laneous and the Family Yaah
Rails, Byron Bay
Cherry ST Sports Club, Ballina
Kikuyu
Pink Zinc
Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
1929Indian, Young Romantics,
Newcastle Entertainment Cent
Goonellabah Tavern Blake Saban Three
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour Ben Francis
Lalaland, Byron Bay
Leigh James
Civic Hall, Mullumbimby
Rhys Bynon
Lalaland, Byron Bay
5 Nov
Dexter Morph
11 Nov
Brian McFadden
12 Nov
Sarah Humphreys
13 Nov
Dave Tice and Mark Evans
16 Nov
Ross ‘The Boss’ Wilson
Perth Creek Family Jugband Van She Tech
Pacific Hotel, Yamba
Sammy O.G, Rhys Bynon
John Meyer and the Good Ship
Thur, November 3
Slipway Hotel, Ballina
Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Tommy’s Tavern, Lismore
Glass Towers, Without Wolves
Broken Head Hall, Byron Bay Eli Wolfe
2 Some Push
Ben Francis
Gollan Hotel, Lismore
Sun, November 6 Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Dead, Cyberne
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Tres Hombres
Brewery, Byron Bay
Louis Van Senden
Pacific Hotel, Yamba
Black Saban
Cherry ST Sports Club, Ballina
Surf Report
Port Macquarie Hotel
Ballina Country Music Club
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Nat Col and the Kings
Slipway Hotel, Ballina
17-19 Nov Diesel 20 Nov
John Hammond Jnr – USA
25 Nov
Rai Thistlethwayte (Thirsty Merc)
Yamba YHA Backpackers Paul Appelkamp
Clocktower Hotel, Grafton
Willie Hona
26 Nov
Mental As Anything
27 Nov
Jaywalker
30 Nov
Wine, Women and Song
1 Dec
Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson
2 Dec
Catherine Britts
3 Dec
Dragon
8 Dec
The Church
10 Dec
Night at the Crossroads – a tribute to
Lalaland, Byron Bay
Bo Jenkins
Tattersalls Hotel, Lismore
Discrow, Daniel Webber
Pacific Hotel, Yamba
Acid Bleed
4 Way Street
Fri, November 4
Treehouse on Belongil, Byron Loren
Australian Hotel, Ballina Marshall & the Fro
Ballina RSL
Tues, November 8 Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Jabiru
Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Robert Johnson 11 Dec
Rocwater
14 Dec
Israel Cannon
15 Dec
Bob Evans & Adalita
16-18 Dec Diesel 19-20 Dec The Black Sorrows
Keogh
Rudekat Sound System
Wed, November 9
Bonny Hils Hotel Cockatoo
Brewery, Byron Bay
Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Colourfide
Guy Kachel
Federal Hotel, Bellingen
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Coastal Soul
Lou Richards
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour Quick Fix
Lalaland, Byron Bay Sammy O.G, Rhys Bynon
Lalaland, Byron Bay
21 Dec
Richard Clapton
22 Dec
Tribute to Van Morrison
23 Dec
Bondi Cigars
29 Dec
Brian Cadd & Russell Morris
Thur, November 10
Hook N Sling, Nubi, And Oh!
Lennox Point Hotel
Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Dallas Frasca, Anachist Duck
Pacific Hotel, Yamba
Jack Jones
Coolangatta Hotel
Barwick
Port Macquarie Hotel
Boy and Bear
The Havelocks, Bayonets For Legs
Sawtell Hotel
Gollan Hotel, Lismore
31 Dec
New Year’s Eve w/ Beccy Cole
Tristen Bird, Mikey Antoniou, Kit Gray
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
The Edge
Seaview Tavern, Woolgoolga
Roger Faynes
Pacific Hotel, Yamba
Mick Bateman
Slipway Hotel, Ballina
Luke Vessella
Port Macquarie Hotel
Stu & Dave
Stadium Drive Hockey Fields, Coffs Harbour Cold Chisel, You Am I
Piston Broke
Slipway Hotel, Ballina
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Yolan
Tattersalls Hotel, Lismore
Cletus
Bob Corbett
Never Land Bar, Coolangatta
David Strauss
Rich Latimer
3 Nov
Lennox Point Hotel
Folk Uke, 49 Goodbyes
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Valla Beach Tavern
Don’t forget — Live & Local every Wednesday night
Ballina RSL Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Allay The Sea, Hunt the Hunted,
Straight To You: Nick Cave Tribute
Mick Bateman
Lalaland, Byron Bay
Wed, November 2
The Getaway Plan, Break Even,
Tear Down The Skies, Hold Your Own
Twotrax
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Fri, November 25
Northlane, In Hearts Wake,
Newcastle Panthers
Lisa Hunt
CENTRAL COAST
Tattersalls Hotel, Lismore Cod Squad
Treehouse on Belongil, Byron Dan Acfield
Yamba YHA Backpackers Nathan Kaye
Stevie Nicks, Dave Stewart
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Fri, November 11
Wed, November 16
Sun, November 20
Sat, November 26
Australian Hotel, Ballina
Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Australian Hotel, Ballina
The Henchmen
Guineafowl, Glass Towers
Ballina RSL
Great Northern Hotel, Byron
Lisa Hunt
SAT 5 TWOTRAX 7:30PM FRI 11 THE HENCHMEN 8PM SAT 12 CLARK BLACK DUO 7:30PM FRI 18 TIGHTROPE ALLEY 8PM SAT 19 EL PIRATA 7:30PM FRI 25 BROADFOOT 8PM
King Cannons, The Grains
Brewery, Byron Bay Blues Plantation
Clocktower Hotel, Grafton
X, The Re-mains, Booze Hag, Slug
Northern Rivers Hotel, Lismore Ocean Shores Tavern
Bart Thrupp
Pacific Hotel, Yamba
Hayden Hack Infusion The Grates, Last Dinosaurs
Phil Edgley
Thur, November 24 Ballina RSL
Louis Van Senden
Lalaland, Byron Bay Jaguar Skills Hat Fitz, Cara Robinson
Pacific Hotel, Yamba
Leek and the War Wick Tragedy
Port Macquarie Hotel Kathryn Harnett, Andrew Higgs
Slipway Hotel, Ballina Richie Williams
Tattersalls Hotel, Lismore Brian Watt
The Pier, Port Macquarie Eli Wolfe
Treehouse on Belongil, Byron Tristen Bird
Valla Beach Tavern Kira Puru and the Bruise
Sat, November 12 Australian Hotel, Ballina
Bonny Hils Hotel
Tijuana Cartel, Tin Can Radio
Brewery, Byron Bay Huxton Creepers, Ups and Downs, Re-Mains Push The Ninth Chapter
Ballina RSL Phil & Gaz
Beach Hotel, Byron Bay Polar Nation
Bonny Hils Hotel Ghost Road
Brewery, Byron Bay La Mauvaise
Clocktower Hotel, Grafton
Benjalu, Northlane
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Surf Report
Federal Hotel, Bellingen
Too Easy
The Floating Bridges
Lennox Point Hotel
Flynn’s Beach Surf Club, Port Crank
Sawtell Hotel
Great Northern Hotel, Byron
Seaview Tavern, Woolgoolga
Jinja Safari, YesYou, Tommy Franklin
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
The Ford Brothers
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour Secret Squirrel
Tattersalls Hotel, Lismore
Little Fish
Lennox Point Hotel
Mick McHugh
Lalaland, Byron Bay Rhys Bynon
Valla Beach Tavern
Pacha Mamma
Mullumbimby
Afro Moses, Musala
Lennox Point Hotel Pacific Hotel, Yamba CC The Cat
Tattersalls Hotel, Lismore
Mullum Music Festival w/ Lanie Lane,
Australian Hotel, Ballina
Three Worlds Music, Byron Bay Tristen Bird
Tommy’s Tavern, Lismore
Blake Noble and the Ninja Stars
Park Beach Surf Club, Coffs
Sweet Jean, Lou Bradly
Tattersalls Hotel, Lismore Thrillbilly Stomp
Tommy’s Tavern, Lismore Jabiru
Twin Towns Services, Tweed Looking Through a Glass Onion
Sun, November 27 Brewery, Byron Bay Sunday Safari w/ Flight Facilities, New Navy, Bangs, Adam & Eve, Stretch, Rushton, And Oh!, Easy P
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour Coastal Soul
Lennox Point Hotel The East
Mullumbimby Mullum Music Festival w/ Mojo Juju, Oka, The Barons of Tang, Hussy Hicks, Jimmy Willing, The Tiger and Me,
Jacqueline Amidy, Little Bushman,
Tracy McNeil, Jimmy Dowling,
Sweet Jean, Victoriana Gaye,
The Bamboos, Daniel Champagne,
Space Cowboys & Zoe L’amore,
El Pirata
The Good Ship, The Yearlings, Perch
Sal Kimber & the Rollin’ Wheel,
Ballina RSL
Creek Family Jug Band, Garrett Kato,
Stranger Cole & King Tide, Jordie
Roscoe James Irwin, Liz Martin,
Lane, Ray Bonneville, Scarlett School,
The Lucky Wonders, Greg Sheehan,
Tracy McNeil, Cornerstone Blues,
Epizo Bangoura, The Soulshakers,
The Yearling & Sara Tindley,
Hussy Hicks
Abbe May, The Graveyard Train,
James Leigh Electric Dreams
Pacific Hotel, Yamba
The Lyrical Quick Fix
Spikey & Friends, James Cruick-
Sawtell Hotel
shank, Paul Hasslegrove & Rusty
Shybaby
Seaview Tavern, Woolgoolga
Brian Watt
Lismore City Bowling Club DELICIOUS w/ Rob Milton
DJ Wez Boy
Slipway Hotel, Ballina Leigh James
Tattersalls Hotel, Lismore
Celadore
Rails, Byron Bay Blake Noble and the Ninja Stars
Malcolm Gladstone
Twin Towns Services, Tweed
Tattersalls Hotel, Lismore
Tim Finn
Valla Beach Tavern
Bassix
Tommy’s Tavern, Lismore Rochelle Lees
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Perch Creek Family Jug band,
Mescalito Blues
Pacific Hotel, Yamba
Discrow, Daniel Webber
Spaghetti Circus, Lollipop Ladies, Uke Mullum, The Cupcakes,
Declan Kelly & the Rising Son, Acre,
Lennox Point Hotel
Lennox Point Hotel
Life Line, Alice Blu, Black Billy Goat,
Sal Kimber & the Rollin’ Wheel,
Finnian’s Irish Tavern, Port
Lalaland, Byron Bay
Jacqueline Amidy, Lenny Bastiaans,
Ray Bonneville, Lucie Thorne,
Sat, November 19
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Geoff Turnbull
Lucie Thorne, Tracy McNeil, Acappella,
Tim Freedman & the Idle, Husky,
Sun, November 13
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Victoriana Gaye, Darky Roots,
Anna Coddington, Ilona Harker,
Brewery, Byron Bay
Mar Haze, Beatlejuice
Sara Tindley, Yeshe, Fyah Walk,
The Tiger and Me, Jordie Lane,
El Pirata
Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Pink Zinc
Greg Sheehan, Hussy Hicks, Husky, Anthony Garcia, Harry James Angus,
The Dynamites, The Graveyard Train,
Australian Hotel, Ballina
Black Train
The Yearlings, Epizo Bangoura,
Australian Hotel, Ballina
Geoff Turnbull
Federal Hotel, Bellingen
The Congos & Mista Savona Band,
Jordie Lane, Liz Martin, Greg Sheehan
Fri, November 25
The Lyrical
Cherry ST Sports Club, Ballina
Ray Bonneville, Wild Marmalade,
Epizo Bangoura, The Tiger and Me,
Acid Bleed
Groove Robbers
Flynn’s Beach Surf Club, Port
Glenn Massey
Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Rebecca Ireland, The Tiger and Me,
Girls, Declan Kelly & the Rising Sun,
Tattersalls Hotel, Lismore
Ghettafunkt, Dakini, Marz
Federal Hotel, Bellingen
Phil & Gaz
Dubmarine, Windy Hills, Jordie Lane,
Harry James Angus, Ray Bonneville,
Mumford Disben
Lockie & Denny
Ballina RSL Bowling Club
Anna Coddington, Little Bushman,
Mullum Music Festival w/ Lanie Lane,
Port Macquarie Hotel
Earth Frequencies Festival w/
Cherry ST Sports Club, Ballina
Clark Black
Ballina RSL
Sal Kimber & the Rollin’ Wheel,
Broadfoot
Bluetech, Kilowatts, Molusk, Lubdub,
Mullum Music Festival w/ Liz Martin,
Abbe May, The Round Mountain
Zebyah
Brewery, Byron Bay
Due Wave
Mullumbimby
M Jack Bee, Cornerstone Blues,
Australian Hotel, Ballina
The Cobblestones
Ben Francis
Lennox Point Hotel
Mullumbimby
Cole Cox Lovejoy
Ballina RSL
Deep Sea Arcade, Woe and Flutter
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Roger Faynes
Tattersalls Hotel, Lismore
Tightrope Alley
British India
Great Northern Hotel, Byron
Stranger Cole, The Barons of Tang,
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Emmy Bryce
Fri, November 18
Regrooved
Coolangatta Hotel
Matty Mar Bang Gang DJs
Rails, Byron Bay
Blind Lemon
Scott Day-V
Brewery, Byron Bay
The Big Gig w/ Simon Palomares,
Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Port Macquarie Hotel
Dave Cavanagh
Tijuana Cartel, The Whores 4 Pinot,
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Lennox Point Hotel
Jimmy Willing
Mattie Barker
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Lee Simpson, T Roy
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
Mick Bateman
Lennox Point Hotel
Tim Stokes
Slim Pickings
Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
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Coolangatta Hotel
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Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour
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Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
Family Tree
Federal Hotel, Bellingen
Kathryn Harnett, Luke Wilton
SAT 26 SCOTT DAY-V DUO 7:30PM
Brewery, Byron Bay
The Grates, Last Dinosaurs
Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
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Steel, Kathryn Jones, Curly Cousins, The Rogue Gene, Space Cowboy, Lollipop Ladies, Vince and the Vipers, Flycycle, Alice Blu, Epizo Bangoura
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