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Lust For Life Tattoo in the Valley have a wonderful group exhibition running throughout May titled Change Of Season, featuring work from Duncan Mattocks (whose Folly Of Youth piece is shown here), PhilB and Love Love Studio. Have a squizz!
This Friday night the Beetle Bar celebrates five wonderful years of supporting live music in Brisbane with a killer party line-up featuring Spencer Jones, Mick Medew, Shifting Sands and many more. It’s party time!!
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national news news@themusic.com.au INXS
MORE INXS-UCCESS
XAVIER RUDD & THE UNITED NATIONS
WAVING THE FLAG
Flying in from Italy the week before hitting Splendour, Xavier Rudd & The United Nations will follow that appearance up with three months’ touring around this wide brown land Rudd calls home showcasing his dream project, a full-blown dub album, Nanna, recorded with his eight-piece multicultural band. Dubbed the Flag Tour, Rudd and the band play 20 Aug at The Tivoli in Brisbane, 23 Aug at Miami Marketta on the Gold Coast, 28 Aug at Newcastle’s Civic Theatre, 4 Sep at Enmore Theatre, Sydney, 5 Sep at Waves in Wollongong, 6 Sep at UC Refectory, Canberra, 11 Sep at Palais Theatre in Melbourne, 26 Sep at Belvoir Amphitheatre, Perth, 27 Sep at 3 Oceans Winery in Margaret River and back up to Queensland’s Sunshine Coast 2 Oct to join the Caloundra Music Festival. More dates from theMusic.com.au.
AND NOW WE’RE HERE
Cali punks The Story So Far are joining forces with New Jersey’s Man Overboard to make their return to Australian shores this September. The Story So Far will be showcasing tracks from their self-titled third album, which is out this month, while Man Overboard are currently working on their fourth record following on from 2013’s Heart Attack. With Apart From This coming along for all dates except Sydney, the bands make their way to Amplifier Bar, Perth, 2 Sep; Max Watt’s, Brisbane, 5 Sep; Metro Theatre, Sydney, 6 Sep; Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, 7 Sep; Belconnen Magpies, Canberra, 8 Sep; and Max Watt’s, Melbourne, 11 Sep. More dates from theMusic.com.au.
TOUR OF THE SENTRY
Right off the back of dropping his new single Hell Boy and announcing his new album Strange New Past, Seth Sentry has decided he’s coming to a town near you for what will be a mammoth tour spreading from June through to September, including a bunch of regional dates in each state. His new album will be released a day before the tour kicks off, so prepare for an onslaught of new tracks when he makes his way to The Met, Brisbane, 20 Jun; Coolangatta Hotel, 21; Newcastle Panthers, 27 Jun; Academy, Canberra, 3 Jul; Barwon Club, Geelong, 17 Jul; Prince Of Wales, Bunbury, 20 Aug; Astor Theatre, Perth, 22 Aug; and Forum Theatre, Melbourne, 4 Sep. More dates from theMusic.com.au.
I CAN MAKE VEGEMITE CHOCOLATE AT HOME, SIMPLY BY PLACING A BLOCK OF REGULAR CHOCOLATE IN A DRAIN FOR TWO WEEKS. C’MON NOW, @ACEMCWICKED, WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FAIR GO? 6 • THE MUSIC • 13TH MAY 2015
The screening of biopic, INXS: Never Tear Us Apart, put the band back at the top of the charts again, 20 years after they lost charismatic frontman Michael Hutchence. A little more of that reaffirmed public love affair has rubbed on the young actor, Luke Arnold, who won the 2015 Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor for his portrayal of Hutchence in the biopic. The biopic itself was pipped for the Most Outstanding Miniseries of Telemovie gong by Devil’s Playground. Arnold was also nominated in the Most Popular Actor category but lost out to Home And Away actor Stephen Peacocke.
HAVE RECORDS, WILL PLAY
They love the “Melbourne Sound” the world over, particularly as it’s expressed by Will Sparks, who at 22 can already claim two platinum-selling records. Our #1 DJ, as voted by inthemix, presents his only Australian tour for the foreseeable time kicking off 18 Jun at 170 Russell in Melbourne, 19 Jun in The Met in Brisbane, 20 Jun at Marquee in Sydney, 25 Jun at Waves in Wollongong, and 27 Jun in Metro City, Perth.
PETER GARRETT
BIG MAN FOR BIGSOUND
Perhaps the most popular music industry gathering in the nation, BIGSOUND, is returning to Brisbane in September and the organisers have just announced two of the keynote speakers signed up for the event. First up, the inimitable Peter Garrett, former Oils frontman and onetime Federal Arts Minister, will make his first music industry appearance since leaving government outlining his thoughts on the direction of the industry, public policy and his part in it all. Also speaking is rapper and activist Brother Ali, talking about his experience as a white Muslim hip hop artist. BIGSOUND 2015 will naturally be hosting a plethora of A&R industry reps, among them RCA Records’ Senior Director Tunji Balogun and Harvest/Universal’s General Manager Jacqueline Sutton, flying in from the US.
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FRONTLASH BIG BIGSOUND
The first BIGSOUND speaker announce is awesome across the board, but incredible news that Peter Garrett will be doing one of the keynotes.
THANKS CIRQUE Cool that the Cirque Du Soleil crew have repaid Brisbane for our hospitality by commissioning some Totem-inspired murals along Coronation Drive at Milton.
ABOUT A BOY Just when you thought every facet of the Nirvana/Kurt C story had been done to pieces along comes Montage Of Heck, an incredible look at the inner turmoil experienced by one of our greatest ever talents. Essential.
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BACKLASH BACK OFF DICK
Virgin head honcho Richard Branson should check his facts before slagging off our Great Barrier Reef protection initiatives and calling it an “industrial dumping ground”. Lucky he only told millions of people following him on socials, fool...
WHY, WHY, WHY? The fact that Kyle and Jackie O decided to inform Prince Harry of a time that Jackie shit her pants just raises so many questions, all of them starting with ‘Why?’ and most ending with furrowed brows and crying.
NOT GOOD ENOUGH Reports this week suggest that Gen Y are on average spending “five-and-a-half hours per week taking selfies”. Do you seriously expect to max your likes quotient with that feeble effort? Get serious, kids. 8 • THE MUSIC • 13TH MAY 2015
IF YOU MUSTER
Australia’s largest charitable music and camping festival, the Gympie Music Muster 27 – 30 Aug, is broadening out from its country roots, embracing a lot of other contemporary musical delights, and just to emphasise the fact, the organisers have just announced a special appearance by Sheppard. They, along with The Bushwackers, Felicity Urquhart, Chad Morgan, Travis List, Darren Jack and more, join the likes of Adam Brand, Ian Moss, Catherine Britt, Troy Cassar-Daley.
TO THE ROOTS
The inaugural Newstead Roots festival – an extravaganza of roots music from the east coast – is coming to The Triffid 7 Jun. Kicking off from 1pm will be a range of bands performing in the live room, and a bunch of acoustic performances in the beer garden. OKA headline the event, with Kingfisha, Chocolate Strings, Sahara Beck, Karl S Williams, Starboard Canyons, Danni Carr and Andrew Morris joining the party.
A LEGEND RETURNS
He first performed in Australia in 1971, and Elton John still considers Australia one of his favourite countries to tour – so much so that the living legend is making his way Down Under in December for his All The Hits tour, Brisbane Entertainment Centre, 8 Dec.
THE GRATES
THEY’RE BACK
November last year, The Grates dropped their fourth album, Dream Team, and followed it up with singer Patience Hodgson dropping her first baby. Now they’re ready to take the former for a quick run round the place after their Splendour shot. Supported by guests Straight Arrows, whose Owen Penglis, son of the other guitarist in The Atlantics, produced Dream Team and now plays in the band, and Brisbane duo Pleasure Symbols, The Grates play 8 Aug at The Triffid.
HIP HOP TWOFER
Fresh off touring with 360, Gold Coast hip hop duo Lane Harry X Ike Campbell are out and about again showcasing their new album, Renaissance, which they launched back in March at the Bleach Festival, and the latest single off it, No More. Catch them in action 16 May at Beetle Bar and, one for the diaries, 25 Jun at The End.
METAL FOR ALL
Metal United Down Under is bigger than ever this year with a planned 100 bands putting in shows in 18 cities across all eight Australian states and territories, one huge united celebration of all things metal 10 Oct, and in Queensland, it’ll be huge. Pulverising the walls of the New Globe Theatre are Kyzer Soze, Holistic, Silent Knight, Shifting The Paradigm, Inhaled, Expulsed, Decryptus, Last 9 Days, BORC, Antichrists Anonymous and Terror Parade, while over the border, it’ll be Byron Bay YAC that’ll cop a beating from its yet to be announced line-up. BRITISH INDIA
TWIN ATTACK
Two of America’s heavyweight doom/sludge metal bands, San Francisco, California’s Black Cobra and Athens, Georgia’s Jucifer, have teamed up to deliver what their dubbing the Twins Of Evil Australian Tour. 12 Jul at Crowbar.
NEXT BIG THING
The youngest member if the Dirtybird Records family, LA enfant terrible Justin Jay creates electronic music equal parts nostalgia and futuristic. Justin Jay is heading our way 29 May at Club Upstairs, Sunshine Coast; and 5 Jun at The TBC Club.
EXTRA, EXTRA
Things are hotting up for British India, who of course are currently on the road showcasing their new album, Nothing Touches Me. Shows have been selling out left right and centre, prompting the addition of extra shows including new shows 12 Jun at The Zoo and 13 Jun at The Spotted Cow in Toowoomba.
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GET INSPIRED
On 13 Jun, Brisbane Writers Festival will hold its inaugural INSPIRE:FESTIVAL at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre. There’ll be a morning and afternoon session, featuring dynamic speakers from all over the globe including happiness habits expert Gretchen Rubin, Cross Of Valour recipient Allan Sparkes, international journalist Hannah Pool and design guru Vince Frost. Head to inspire.bwf.org.au.
FEELIN’ GOOD
Karise Eden has teamed up with OzHarvest, lending her voice and new single Loneliness to the organisation’s forthcoming community awareness campaign, dedicated to educating members of the community about eating well and maintaining good health. Eden will be touring the country with her new album Things I’ve Done in June, taking to The Tivoli, 10 Jul.
BACK IN BUSINESS
After an extended period of time living and working in California, Mark Sholtez has produced a new body of work and is ready to take it along the east coast. The Edge Of The Known World is a balance between hopeful and hopeless, and you can enjoy those polarising vibes, Old Museum, 10 Jul.
ARCANE SAINTS
In The Shade Of The Juniper is the new album from hard rock band Arcane Saints, fronted by Michael John, the nephew of Steve Harris from Iron Maiden. The album is the heaviest yet with a few pop tracks thrown in. 24 Jul, Prince of Wales Hotel; 25 Jul, Currumbin Creek Tavern, Gold Coast.
I WISH I WAS AS INTERESTED IN ANYTHING AS BABIES ARE IN THEIR FEET.
GOON AHEAD
The new single might be titled We Are The Future but Sunshine four-piece Drawcard have dubbed their tour Goons Gone Wild. The clip they’ve created for the single puts the band in an otherworldly patch of southeast Queensland state forest. Anyways, catch them 12 Jun at The Haunt, 13 Jun at Solbar in Maroochydore and 20 Jun at Coolangatta Hotel on the Gold Coast.
IT’S ABOUT LOVE
Brisbane’s Morning Harvey, built around the songs of one Spencer White, have a new EP, love&loveand, they’re releasing 3 Jul, featuring lead single, Smith Street Swap Meet, and that means it’s time to hit the road and deliver it all in person. The band plays 4 Jul at Solbar in Maroochydore, 10 Jul at The Northern in Byron Bay and 11 Jul at Elephant & Wheelbarrow.
PLEASURE POP
Hot on the heels of their latest and third album, Kindred, released in April, Passion Pit are heading our way. Accompanied by special guests, Sydneysiders The Griswolds, Passion Pit will be delivering that new album and favourites from their previous two in person 25 Aug at The Tivoli.
AH, TO BE (EXTREMELY) YOUNG AGAIN, EH @CHESHNINETY?
BLUES TRAIN
The annual Steam Train Blues is on again, in an actual train, with blues on board. It will leave from Roma Street and make its way to the Glass House Mountains. The adventure involves food, drinks and blues serenades from Mojo Webb Band, Dave Martyn, Irresolute, Jimi Beavis, Jimi Watts, Moondog Blues, and Ben Eaton. Departing 20 Jun, Roma Street, 2.15pm.
READY FOR LAUNCH
Ipswich five-piece surf/punk rockers Soviet X-Ray Record Club have a fresh music video to go with their single Shake, which comes from their new album Wake, which is being launched at The Underdog, 30 May.
AUSTRALIAN FIRST
Andrew McMahon (Something Corporate, Jack’s Mannequin) makes his Australian debut with Andrew McMahon In The Wilderness, touring the self-titled album nationally. 21 Aug, The Hi-Fi.
SMOOTH REGGAE RETURNS
UB40 took their name from the UK dole form; they’ve come a long way since their first release in 1980, selling 100 millionplus albums. UB40 bring their latest album, Getting Over The Storm, and all your favourites back to Australian stages in November, playing 14 Nov at The Tivoli, and 15 Nov at Coolangatta Hotel on the Gold Coast. THE MUSIC • 13TH MAY 2015 • 9
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FAITH RESTORED If Faith No More were a Hollywood actor they’d be Martin Sheen: versatile, respected, diverse and able to go from zero to ape shit no matter their age or the setting. Their new album is their first since 1997. Frontman Mike Patton talks about finally making new music together with Liz Giuffre.
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here was never really an agreement to come back and do it again. And if there was, I think that it probably wouldn’t have happened,” admits singer Mike Patton, as he explains what led to Faith No More reuniting and recording a new album, Sol Invictus. “I remember having a meeting when we broke up, and I remember being pretty adamant that, you know, it was time to move on. And
forward to being a bit more selective in their approach to making an album. “It’s experience. And you know, some would call that senility or old age, but I think it’s good. You don’t have to do everything; it’s nice to be in a position where you can say no. It is really empowering. And we just really don’t have the energy to do it anymore. And you know, I know we’ve been away for 20 years or whatever, and what makes it exciting is being able to say, ‘Hey, we’re going to do this, and then maybe not this.’” Famously a guy not short of other musical options (Mr Bungle, Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, Fantomas and the rest), Patton would be the least likely to be pushing
in the way… It’s another instrument, it just so happens that it comes out of my mouth. It’s not more or less important than a guy hitting a piece of cow skin or a guy playing a string.” Sol Invictus delivers ten new tracks ranging in style and pace, kicking off with Patton roaring for the title track and follow-up, Superhero, while its single (of sorts), Motherfucker, has a typical melodramatic (and mischievous) growl. Fans of FNH’s awesome creepy will also be well happy with Matador and ending track, From The Dead, the latter including a weird singalong chorus that’s mellow as well as haunting. “Yeah, it resolves nicely, that was what we were hoping for,” says Patton of the track listing. However, getting him to give much more detail about the ideas for the tunes is a bit harder. “When you finish a record, it’s like you’re giving it, you know? You gave birth to something and then it’s someone else’s. In some ways, that’s why interviews, at least for me, are hard to do because I’ve got nothing to say about it, I did it,” he says with another smile. On the page this might come across as arrogance or disinterest (and certainly in the past he’s been called ‘difficult’ by some of the best), but the reluctance does make sense. “I mean, talking is nice because it gives you perspective. But also, it’s more like we’re curious to hear [what the reaction is beyond us]. Especially with a newborn like what we have in this album, I mean, I’ve played
“WHEN YOU FINISH A RECORD, IT’S LIKE YOU’RE GIVING IT, YOU KNOW? YOU GAVE BIRTH TO SOMETHING AND THEN IT’S SOMEONE ELSE’S.”
I was really nervous about it, ready for ‘ok, I’m going to be the bad guy’ or whatever. But we all just looked at each other and were like ‘yeah, yeah’ and was, like, so comforting to know that there’s this collective consciousness that actually is really the Godfather of the situation. It’s not about you, it’s a band thing, and it governs pretty much every situation.” Patton’s description of the band as a mob (albeit with a mafia mastermind) is romantic but unsurprising. It must have been tempting to listen to the chorus of press, fans and the rest calling for a return all this time. “No, that had zero influence,” he says with a smile. “We didn’t really have a master plan, meaning, ‘Hey, we’ve gotta make another record and it’s gotta sound like this.’ No. Basically Bill [Gould, bass] wrote a set of music and it wasn’t like, there weren’t guns pointed at anyone’s head, I heard what he was doing and it was just kinda great, you know? Look at it as, I don’t know, a collection of music. To me, any project I do, I look at it in a vacuum and then see what does it need? What do I have in my toolbox? What can I do to add to it?” This time around Patton and the band are looking 10 • THE MUSIC • 13TH MAY 2015
for a FNM reunion if the time or vibe wasn’t right. The idea that ‘the band’ is bigger than any one person is one he maintains throughout. “I don’t know, maybe some bands need that [a frontman to stand out], but I don’t feel that that’s my place, at least not in the kind of music I’ve been making. Very rarely do I need to be that guy,” he laughs. “I don’t feel I need to provide that, whatever, fill that role. With these guys, yeah, to be honest the music, I really liked it so much that I just wanted to not get
this record for like my wife and a couple of close friends, and that’s it. People I trust have heard it, so it’s interesting to kind of hear other people’s opinion too.” The old ‘no, what do you guys think?’ defence is one that artists have used since Iggy was a boy, but when Patton gives his blessing for interpretations, you can have faith (pardon the pun). This time Faith No More’s offering has happened beyond the music industry machine, so they’ve already had plenty of control. “Oh, I’m not doing that ever again and in fact, I’m not even sure if that machine exists anymore for people like us,” Patton smiles while the record label reps look on. “So the way of doing things is, I guess, the only one way now. The fact that we’re able to do it this way [on our own] is encouraging. If anything, it was one of the more natural records we’ve made. From front to back we did it ourselves – recorded it, produced it, even released it – and that’s kind of, at least, comparing what we’ve done in the past, a total anomaly; it’s exciting. I’ve been doing stuff like that for a while, but it was really nice to do it that way with these guys.
“When I joined this band they already had a deal signed, so I hopped onto the ship, so to speak, the train, the caboose. But it’s cool, it’s very encouraging to kind of watch it happen in that way that I’m maybe more used to.” Discussion moves to the fact that this ‘new way’ (or only way) of moving in the music industry includes the new wave of ‘making it big’ avenues – insert “pop star talent quest soul-selling television competition” here. “That’s all bullshit. It pretty much always was, but now there’s no infrastructure to support it,” Patton says definitely, but not quite with the bile you might expect. “Now you’ve gotta find ways of staying busy, creative
and stimulated, and you know, moving forward. And making a living for God’s sakes too, that’s not a bad thing.” Confirming he’s a supporter of crowdfunding ventures as ideas and in practice (“which is great, totally great… I do it all the time”), this writer suggests that from a fan’s point of view there’s a logic to it that just makes sense. Audiences wouldn’t expect a professional in any other line of work to do a freebie for their expertise – we don’t expect plumbers to drain sinks for nothing – so why would we expect those that provide the soundtracks to our lives to do the same? “You know, we’ve figured out a way of doing musical plumbing,” Patton sniggers with a sweet smile. “There’s your headline, ‘Faith No More – musical plumbing!” The pattern (sorry, pun time again) sees him deflecting a bit, but it’s not a bad thing. This is a man, and a band, who helped rewrite genre rules to allow awesome new waterways to be added to the mainstream. But it’s not something he sees as a big deal. “I don’t think that’s special, I think that’s normal,” Patton says of the suggestion FNM are innovators. “C’mon man, if you’re a writer, do you write the same few paragraphs every article? Of course not. Same with us, same with the plumbers. They – and we – try and switch it up every few time.”
MUSICAL ASIDES While FNM would be more than enough for many, it’s actually been something of a day job for Mike Patton. It draws our attention to other great side projects that have yielded amazing things – as well as noting that many musos who side-project once go on to be “serial offenders”. Gorillaz Blur’s Damon Albarn doesn’t like to stay still – ever. This animated awesome foursome let Albarn and co-conspirator Jamie Hewlett break free and feel good (inc), and has since developed alter egos, four studio albums and cameos by De La Soul (among others). Grinderman Nothing captured the plight of the aging male rock star like debut single, No Pussy Blues. Hilarious and (ironically) hard, it was glorious. Long may Nick Cave and whatever he wants to do, with whoever he wants to play with next, reign. Them Crooked Vultures
WHAT: Sol Invictus (Reclamation/Ipecac/[PIAS] Australia)
Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones and Josh Homme were apparently bored in the mid2000s. Sitting around telling war stories about Led Zep, Nirvana/Foos and Queens Of The Stone Age clearly wasn’t enough – so new material was born. So far there’s only been one album (self-titled, 2009), and another threatened, but with all those hall of fame attendances to do, who has the time? Traveling Wilburys Maybe technically more a supergroup, but still in clear side-project land, it was just something to do for Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Tom Petty, Roy Orbison and Jeff Lynne. The band’s two albums literally saw Orbison off the mortal coil (he died before the last was released), but his ghost can still be heard on their iconic single, Handle With Care.
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READY FOR THE FLOOR Hot Chip’s various cross-pollinating musicians must make aligning schedules tricky. “Some members of the band have missed gigs before, through oversleeping,” Alexis Taylor tells Bryget Chrisfield.
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ver been on the dancefloor when Hot Chip’s Over And Over is dropped? This scribe has, and always struggles to decipher the words that are spelled out in the middle of the track. “It’s not really worth deciphering,” Alexis Taylor claims. “It’s really infantile. It says – I can’t remember what it is: it says ‘kissing’, ah…” Is it ‘sexing’? “Yeah. ‘Casio’. Ah, ‘poke’… But having just said those words out loud, and [hearing] a grown woman say them out loud, I think it’s pretty embarrassing lyrics to put in a song, so, sorry about that.” When told no apology
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is necessary because the song challenges temporarily mungled brains, Taylor jests, “Yeah, well, we gave you something to ponder for years and then discover how awful it is.” Hot Chip’s playfully titled sixth album Why Make Sense? contains a track called White Wine And Fried Chicken. Is this Taylor’s favourite meal or his idea of a cheap date? He laughs, “I’ve actually never had that meal and I’m also a vegetarian. When I was writing that I think I was just enjoying the idea of a slightly ridiculous combination of food and drink together – an unlikely pairing.”
Taylor admits he “did try some alternative words that were less to do with food and drink”. When asked who provided the glorious diva vocals that open Need You Now, Taylor confeses, “I don’t know the name of that singer. It’s a band called Sinnamon that we’ve sampled and I think it’s a male singer – even though in our video we have somebody called Joy [Leah Joseph], who plays in New Build with Al [Doyle] and Felix [Martin] from Hot Chip, she’s miming it in our video – but on the record, yeah! It’s a sample we took from another band.” Asked to identify lyricists he admires, Taylor singles out, “Bill Withers, Bill Callahan, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, um, they all have to have the name Bill in them [laughs]. William Shakespeare, Willie Nelson, um, er – no, I’ll stop.” Bill Oddie? “No, no, definitely not an inspiration.” Joe Goddard was in the country earlier this year with The 2 Bears. How do the various members get their schedules to align? “Um, just the Google calendar,” Taylor illuminates, “and managers and common sense. It’s not always easy and some members of the band have missed gigs before, through oversleeping.” However, Taylor stresses, “[Making music is] what we enjoy doing, and that’s what we should be doing, so we keep ourselves busy. And we do try and keep enough time free for Hot Chip to be able to actually tour and not just become secondary to all the other things we do as well.” So when will Hot Chip next tour our shores? “I think maybe it will be at the end of this year, or at the start of next year,” Taylor confesses. WHAT: Why Make Sense? (Domino/EMI) To read the full interview head to theMusic.com.au
RUNNING RINGS The ever-iconic Paul Weller has embarked on yet another stylistic shift with latest album, Saturns Pattern, and he tells Steve Bell that even when facing mortality a good tune’s still a good tune.
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egendary UK singer-songwriter Paul Weller has never been afraid of a shift in sound or style, whether amidst the punk and new wave stylings of his ‘70s behemoth The Jam, the blue-eyed soul he favoured fronting The Style Council in the ‘80s or the more chameleon-like nature of his subsequent quarter-century-old solo career. His new album, Saturns Pattern, is the 12th record to bear his name alone, and once again it ushers in a marked shift in direction: it’s eclectic, it’s ambitious and it’s definitely and defiantly Weller. “I’m really pleased, yeah,” he admits. “I think it’s kinda different enough in terms of the arrangements and sonically, but there’s still really good tunes. And I think it’s different again – for me it’s another move on, so I am very proud of it.” Age certainly hasn’t blunted Weller’s creative ambition – is it important for him to keep evolving sonically? “Yeah definitely, especially the older I get. I can’t help thinking that time is running out – without being too dramatic – so that seems to make me want to try to go further and further with the music, hopefully without losing sight of what makes a good song. Because that’s the bottom line really – a good tune’s a good tune. But I think in terms of styles and sonics that I 12 • THE MUSIC • 13TH MAY 2015
think I can still try and go anywhere with it, and hopefully I will do in my twilight years. “I had a very clear idea of what I didn’t want it to be. I had sort of seven or eight acoustic songs and some were nice tunes, but I didn’t want to make a record like that so I put them aside and then really started from scratch. And [co-producer] Stan Kybert was quite glad about that, because the other songs had arrangements and were fairly set in their way, so I think it was good for him to say, ‘Here’s a completely clear canvas and let’s just fucking see what happens and just kind of build it up
as you go along.’ It’s exciting, because you don’t know what’s going to happen really, then all of a sudden you get one tune that you feel ‘that’s where we should be going to,’ and that sort of becomes the cornerstone of the record really, and you kind of build on that.” Some of the album’s arrangements are fascinating, with tunes like Pick It Up and In The Car… almost like a series of suites. “We did a lot of that with a lot of editing and a lot of edited pieces,” Weller explains, “and we really kind of arranged it as we went along. We’d play from the top, then we’d get an intro and then a nice verse and then a chorus – we sort of built it almost piece-by-piece, really. It was just a bit of a different way of working; not that it came with any sort of formula – it was just a nice experiment that kind of worked as well.” WHAT: Saturns Pattern (Parlophone/Warner) To read the full interview head to theMusic.com.au
DANCE WITH THE DEVIL Flume’s HyperParadise remix “opened a lot of people’s ears up to Hermitude,” one half of the duo, Angus Stuart (aka El Gusto), admits to Bryget Chrisfield.
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f you headed along to Groovin The Moo recently you hopefully caught Hermitude’s massive set. On looking out and seeing a field packed with pumped-up kids bouncing, El Gusto (aka Angus Stuart) extols, “That’s the perks of the job really, isn’t it? Seeing people having extreme amounts of fun to your music... It’s a blessing and a great feeling, you know? You feel like you’re actually giving to people, which is really cool.” Experiencing Speak Of The Devil live within a festival crowd is something that should be on every music lover’s bucket list. “DANCE! DANCE! DANCE! DANCE!” the song demands and all obey.
When this is pointed out to Stuart, he shares, “It was so fun making that song that I feel like it couldn’t have not come through to the listener.” Hermitude “got a bunch of syncs on that song; a few car ads”. Were there any crazy sync requests? “I think maybe one came through for a cigarette company; they wanted to do a bunch of advertising in Asia – we’re just not really down with promoting cigarettes so we said ‘no’.” They’ve been making music under the Hermitude moniker for 12 years now and Stuart admits, “Yeah, it is crazy”. “Me and Luke [Dubber, aka Luke Dubs] have known each other for longer
than we’ve been doing Hermitude, and we played in bands together when we were growing up and stuff, so we’re kinda just like brothers.”
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Flume remixed the title track from HyperParadise – the same album Speak Of The Devil lives on – about which Stuart praises: “That’s, like, a really big tune obviously and it opened a lot of people’s ears up to Hermitude. So there was definitely a lot of people that have come to see us initially because of the Flume remix and then they’ve gone on to listen to some of our other stuff and gone, ‘Oh! I actually really like these guys,’ and they come down to shows. So, it’s pretty amazing to see the follow-on effect from that remix.” The outfit’s HyperParadise record received an AIR Award (Best Electronic Album) and also took home 2012’s Australian Music Prize. “The AMP money was fantastic,” Stuart acknowledges. “It was there to basically put back into Hermitude and create this next record. $30,000 is a sizeable amount of money, but it goes pretty quickly when you’re putting a record together. “[Dark Night Sweet Light] is album number five, we’ve done two EPs as well so [this is our] seventh release.” When asked if it’s hard to know when to stop tweaking an album, Stuart muses, “Yeah, it’s like that classic kind of, ‘When is the painting finished?’ When is the last brush stroke?’” Hermitude are clearly on a winning streak and Stuart is frothing. “Obviously HyperParadise has done really big things for us and now Hermitude is as healthy as it’s ever been.” WHAT: Dark Night Sweet Light (Elefant Traks) WHEN & WHERE: 27 Jun, The Met To read the full interview head to theMusic.com.au
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In between “handyman work” for his grandma, Oscar Key Sung shot the stunning Skip video clip that introduced his solo guise, Bryget Chrisfield discovers.
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scar Key Sung (Oscar Slorach-Thorn on his birth certificate) settles at a corner table in Warner Music’s Melbourne offices. At present, he has cropped platinum locks that peep out from beneath a black beanie. Slorach-Thorn sports a ripped white t-shirt with black cursive writing scrawled all over it, but it’s difficult to drag your focus away from those captivating, feline green eyes. Always fashion forward, Slorach-Thorn wears an awesome bomber jacket, with Union Jack emblazoned across the back, in the photograph that features on his latest Altruism EP’s cover. We need to know where he sourced it from. “That jacket was my uncle’s favourite jacket and he was a really, really big part of my life until late last year when he passed away,” Slorach-Thorn shares. “And, you know, a lot of the energy in some of the songs is kind of directed at him and stuff like that. So the jacket was me doing a little ode to him.” Slorach-Thorn confirms the clip for EP track Skip was filmed “just around here, like, on Johnston Street and just around Collingwood”. The shoot took place “around three or 4am” and Slorach-Thorn recalls, “I was doing a lot of kind of handyman work around that time, for my grandma, and so I was so wrecked when we were filming [laughs]. I just wanted it to be really stark and almost like, you
know, a realism film or something like that where I’m genuinely tired just riding around in my neighbourhood.” There are shots where the camera moves alongside SlorachThorn as he cycles. “[Ryan Alexander Lloyd]’s sitting in the back of my friend’s Pajero – Andy Wilson who does Andras Fox,” he enlightens. Since his days studying sound art at RMIT, Slorach-Thorn believes he’s learned to consider a composition’s context. “Now I imagine, ‘Will this song be good on a dancefloor? Will it be good to cry to? Will it be good to contemplate to?’ and I try to have a more
tangible reason for a song to exist rather than for it to just be an exploration.” He raps his fingers on the table sporadically throughout our chat and when asked how many musical guises he’s currently exploring, SlorachThorn clarifies, “Well I guess my solo project is the main thing and then, within that, I do work with, you know, someone like Andy where I sing on house music stuff [Andras & Oscar]. There’s also a number of other producers that I’ll sing with, stuff that’s coming out over this year, and some remixes I’ll be doing with people, and producing for people… I want to do a number of aspects of the industry, so by having a solo moniker I can then put on a lot of different hats. But it’ll all come under that OKS banner.” WHAT: Altruism (Warner) WHEN & WHERE: 26 Jun, The Brightside THE MUSIC • 13TH MAY 2015 • 13
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FURTHER TRAVELS Following the success of his 2007 supernatural action thriller Gabriel, Hollywood beckoned Australian filmmaker Shane Abbess. He didn’t warm to it, though, he tells Guy Davis.
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hile Abbess, whose successful action thriller, Gabriel, inevitably prompted the call from Hollywood, was attached to a variety of high-profile projects while there, including the Jake Gyllenhaal sci-fi adventure Source Code and a sequel to the Jim Henson fantasy, The Dark Crystal, “I left every project,” he admits. “When I say left, it’s because I was not happy with the parameters that were being established. Gabriel was successful and I had lots of offers, but in meetings with studios and producers I was hearing, ‘We want your vision for the
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film, Shane, as long as you do exactly what we want you to do the way we want you to do it and with the people we want you to do it with.’ I couldn’t deal with that; I had a very specific opinion about the way films should be made.” It sounds frustrating but it was also educational, providing Abbess a crash course in the ‘business’ side of show business. “I used my time over there to learn how you set yourself up, how you get a film off the ground and how to understand the marketplace right now.” And it paid off. Abbess is about to release his second film, the intense sciencefiction thriller, Inf ini.
Using a somewhat familiar set-up as its launch pad – a tough-as-nails search and rescue team dispatched to a deep-space mining facility to retrieve the lone survivor of a biological outbreak – Infini soon travels into some dark and unexpected territory. “Gabriel was a love letter to the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, and with this one I wanted to go back to ‘79 to ‘82 – a very specific period, a seminal period for genre material exploding into the mainstream.” Abbess cites the likes of Alien, Apocalypse Now, The Empire Strikes Back and John Carpenter’s The Thing as influential. “We wanted to draw from those inspirations, and then with the script it was about taking all the notes we received in Hollywood – you know, audiences need to have this certain thing at this particular point – and then not do that. The idea was to create expectations and by the time you get to the end of the film have you go, ‘Wow, what was that?’” Infini is now available via digital platforms such as iTunes and Google Play. Abbess says there were initially plans for a cinematic release prior to Infini being available through other platforms but on crunching the numbers he and his colleagues realised a video-on-demand release would be more cost-effective. And while he says he doesn’t want to get “too deep into the piracy debate,” he does have some strong words regards illegal downloading. “It’s fucking stealing. I know so many filmmakers who have made films people have loved but never paid for, and these guys literally work at car washes. They hear all the time, ‘Hey, when’s your next film coming out?’ Well, they can’t make another film because you didn’t pay for the first one.” WHAT: Infini Available digitally
BAD TO THE BONE “We’re like the world’s cockroaches: we just won’t go away,” drummer Tommy Lee acknowledges of the fact that all of Mötley Crüe’s original members are still with us. Bryget Chrisfield rejoices.
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f you’ve not yet clapped eyes on the wonder of Tommy Lee’s Crüecifly, from The Final Tour Mötley Crüe are in the midst of – they actually signed a Cessation Of Touring agreement, the first of its kind, on 28 January, 2014 – you can clock some footage of it at the tail end of the notorious band’s recently released All Bad Things anthem’s accompanying music video. “We are bringing the whole, entire, insane production,” Crüecifly pilot/drummer Tommy Lee confirms. “And you know what? [The Crüecifly]’s actually scary as hell. It is WAY up there and I’ll never forget the first time I got on the thing, I was like, ‘What in the hell?’” Did Lee actually poop his pants? “Yeah, for sure!” Much laughter all ‘round. If you’ve read The Dirt: Confessions Of The World’s Most Notorious Rock Band – Mötley Crüe’s collaborative autobiography, co-written with Neil Strauss, which is being turned into a film (although it’s taking ages!) – you’ll be well aware of their intoxicated, jacked up/smacked out, skirt chasing antics. The fact that the band dedicated this book, “To our wives and children in the hope that they may forgive us for what we’ve done,” speaks volumes. Were there not DUI laws back then? “Yeah, of course there was, but we didn’t even have cars,” Lee points out. “Our friends, or chicks, would drive us around.”
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Given Mötley Crüe’s well-documented, hell-raising antics, the band members must feel thankful on an almost-daily basis that Twitter and Instagram weren’t around when they were tearing up the Sunset Strip. “Oh my god, I am so glad that wasn’t around! We wouldn’t’ve been able to have that much fun,” Lee contemplates. “I mean, people were married or had girlfriends – there’s no way. I can’t even – we talk about that often, we’re like, ‘Could you imagine? If it was like it is now, then?” The Final Tour is an epic stint of live shows that kicked off on 2 July, 2014 (Grand
Rapids, Michigan) and wraps on 31 December, 2015 (Los Angeles). The fact that all bad things are coming to an end can’t have even sunk in yet. “It’s been wonderful saying goodbye to everybody and I think this tour, [out] of all of them, is probably the most gratifying, you know? I think everyone’s actually taking it in and really realising that, ‘Wow, man. Look what we came and did?’” The remarkable fact that they’re all still with us isn’t lost on Lee, either. “I pinch myself often wondering how in the hell we’re still alive. It’s just the craziest thing,” Lee laughs disbelievingly. “It’s pretty incredible if you think about it. We’ve outlasted most people’s marriages. We’re like the world’s cockroaches: we just won’t go away.” WHEN & WHERE: 19 May, Brisbane Entertainment Centre To read the full interview head to theMusic.com.au
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TALL TALES & TRUE The Peep Tempel have been kicking a lot of goals of late, and frontman Blake Scott tells Steve Bell his paranoia about their second long-player has thankfully proven unfounded.
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hings have been going swimmingly of late for Melbourne rockers The Peep Tempel. Since releasing their second album, Tales, late last year, the band’s stocks have risen exponentially, the trio pulling big crowds for their ferocious shows and receiving press accolades and industry recognition galore (Tales was shortlisted for the 2014 Australian Music Prize, and its kick-arse lead single, Carol, was shortlisted for Song Of The Year at the APRA Awards). But frontman Blake Scott is taking it all in his stride, looking at proceedings like an impartial observer rather than someone whose life has been thrown into any sort of flux.
“[The reception’s] been great; it’s been a lot of fun,” he admits. “The most interesting part has been how people have perceived the record and what we’re doing on it, and there’s been a bit of a vibe. People have been coming to the shows and everyone’s been having a lot of fun with it. At release I had a pretty strong sense of… I wouldn’t say trepidation, I’d say paranoia – I didn’t know how the album was going to come across. There’s some pretty out there stuff that was pretty far removed from the first record, so it was nerve-wracking, but it’s gone really well.” The band’s eponymous 2012 debut was an
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equally strong collection but didn’t gain the traction already afforded Tales, a fact Scott credits to the resonance of the latter’s ubiquitous radio single. “I think it just comes down to reaching a wider audience, and I think Carol certainly helped – it got in there and I think a few more people have heard us. But personally, I don’t really know – the first record for me was much more enjoyable to record, and of course it was our first record. The second record certainly has its charms, but it wasn’t as easy. I’ve probably been drawn back to that record because, as I said, the way that people have perceived it has made me go back and listen to it a bit more than I probably did the first one. But yeah, I think a lot of it comes down to Carol being broadcast to a wider audience. Which doesn’t mean it’s a better song than any of the other songs we’ve done, but it’s certainly been able to get in there and get our name out.” This profile boost has resulted in more people turning out to witness The Peep Tempel’s emphatic performances. “It’s been a challenge – I think the first album comes across live better than the second,” Scott admits. “The second is probably more of an album, whereas the first – and I think this is the same with most first albums that any band makes – is usually the first set that you come up with that you’re happy with and that you play for a while, and you get in there and record and put it out. From then on you’re making actual albums – Tales feels more like an album.” WHEN & WHERE: 15 May, Miami Tavern, Gold Coast; 16 May, The Brightside
HITTIN’ THE HAY Though he’s now being invited to do the odd comedy festival, singer-songwriter Colin Hay is still doing what he’s always done – once the band wasn’t there anyway – as he tells Michael Smith.
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hat do you do when, after selling millions of albums, playing packed stadiums all over the US and UK, and being lionised by punters and press alike, your band falls apart? Initially, when Men At Work did just that, frontman Colin Hay did a bit of falling apart himself. Thankfully, there were a few people around him who got him back in the saddle doing what he was meant to be doing: writing songs and performing them. Only it was never going to be that easy.
hardly anybody. So it was almost like, well, you’re telling someone about it, and it just happened to be people I chose to tell were,” he chuckles, “small audiences 25 years ago. That’s really what it developed from.”
“It started off with me trying to make sense of why I was on stage,” Hay admits, “and I was looking out into the audience and they seemed to be thinking the same thing – you know, ‘Why are we in the audience?’ Because, when I first started to go out on my own, there was hardly anybody there at the shows, and so it was, by definition, conversational, because it was a very small room usually, and usually the audiences were quite small.
What started happening – as Hay quietly clawed his way back into a music career as a solo artist who has now, since 1991, released 11 albums – was that the stories and the way he told them started to get laughs. And why not? For a while there, before the untimely suicide in 2012 of his longest-serving fellow Men At Work comrade
“There was something conspiratorial about it or something like that, so I would just talk to them and tell them about what happened to me as a way of, in a sense, getting it out of my own head, because that was relatively interesting, going from playing to many, many, many people to playing to 16 • THE MUSIC • 13TH MAY 2015
Greg Ham, Hay found himself performing solo shows to 250-capacity room while at the same time playing as Men At Work to more than 5000 screaming Brazilians, Peruvians and Mexicans. The irony was certainly not lost on Hay. “I’ve been doing pretty much the same thing for the past 25 years or something, but I hadn’t really done the comedy festivals so much. I’ve done Edinburgh Festival a bunch of times, and I played the Melbourne Comedy Festival last year, but mainly I’ve just done gigs and part of a gig is really just talking to people which sometimes ends up being amusing. I’m happy to be doing it but I haven’t really actually thought about it in those terms.” WHEN & WHERE: 15 May, The Tivoli; 16 May, Empire Theatre, Toowoomba; 17 May, Byron Theatre, Byron Bay
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It’s been five years since Miles Away released an album, and the band is now a completely different beast. Vocalist Nick Horsnell tells Daniel Cribb why they needed to change.
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erth hardcore legends Miles Away are as tight as ever with their new record, Tides, but in the time since they dropped 2010’s Endless Roads and now, they’ve undergone a massive transformation in terms of dynamics and relationships. “It’s been a good five years since the last album, so we’ve all kind of been all over the place just doing our own thing,” frontman Horsnell begins, ducking out of work for a quick chat. It’s been a while between records, but spending precious lunch minutes focusing
on band promo is a promising sign the passion’s still there. The past five years has seen Horsnell get married and buy a house, guitarist Adam Crowe move to Berlin and guitarist Cam Jose get a PhD and take up lecturing at university. “I guess our outlook on life in general has changed a little bit. We never started out to do [Miles Away] as a career or make money from it. It was always just a passion and just something we loved doing – and we still have that passion, it’s just we can’t give as much time as we used to – but when we do do it, it feels really good. “There’s times when you’re in a band when
you get a bit, not down, but you get a bit over it. Like you’re far away from home and like, ‘What am I doing here?’ To have that break and then come back, we’re really excited to play and write new music together; it’s really a refreshing feeling.”
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Recorded in the hardcore capital of the world, Boston, with renowned producer Jay Maas, Tide also sees Defeater drummer Andy Reitz behind the kit, with guest spots from Zach Jordan (Bane), Jamie Hay (A Death In The Family) and more. “When we were thinking about people we wanted to contribute to the album, it wasn’t like, ‘We want this guy ‘cause he’s the coolest thing right now; he’s the most influential guy right now,’ it’s just like, we really get along with that person and we love what they do and they’re kind of on the same wavelength as us so they can bring more to this album. It’s a reflection of people we’ve met doing this band and how lucky we are to have met those people as well.” Sonically, Tide follows strongly from Endless Roads – with hints of the band’s earlier material. When it comes to lyrics, at 35, Horsnell has taken a step back and assessed exactly what the band means to him at this stage. “I guess we grew up in the band and we’ve learnt a lot of life lessons through Miles Away. We were growing up through our twenties and then early thirties overseas and met a lot of our friends and now partners and really changed the direction of our lives, and the course of our lives. And music was a huge part of that, and I’m very, very grateful for that.” WHAT: Tide (Resist Records) WHEN & WHERE: 17 May, Upstairs 199; 17 May, The Brightside
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Usually what happens on the road stays on the road, but The Milk Carton Kids have flipped that mantra, bringing you the whole thing in stereo. Joey Ryan explains the power of not being so precious to Steve Bell.
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iven the immense success enjoyed by The Milk Carton Kids’ third album, 2013’s The Ash & Clay, it’s somewhat surprising they would want to meddle with the successful formula for its follow-up. That record’s mix of strong songwriting, authentic old-time instrumentation and soaring harmonies proved a massive winner in the Americana scene, eventually scoring the duo – Joey Ryan and Kenneth Pattengale – a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album, as well as bringing home the prestigious Duo/Group Of The Year gong at the Americana Music Association Awards. When it came time to record the inevitable followup, they decided to take the pressure off and demystify the recording process by making it just another part of the daily itinerary while on the road. The result is new long-player Monterey, a wonderful collection that expands their palette without diluting their core appeal or authenticity. “The consideration of the fact that there was a modest audience that we could count on to at least listen to our new album seems not to have entered into the process of making the album at all,” Ryan reflects. “Once Kenneth and I get into the room together and start fighting about songs pretty much all other considerations go out the window except for just getting to the point
where we’re both happy with the thing. We did not give ourselves a mandate for what the songs should be about, but we did give ourselves a mandate for the way that we wanted to approach making the record, which was to get away from the preciousness and overly singular focus in making the record. We decided that we would do it on tour, where each day recording the album was just another thing we were doing that day, in addition to travelling, in addition to playing a show and in addition to soundchecking. We knew that we wanted to be not so precious about it as we’d been in the past.”
The pair’s economic set-up is part of their charm, but this also happened to abet the Monterey sessions perfectly. “Our entire set-up is just four microphones... That puts us in the unique position of being able to record ourselves everywhere, and as long as we’ve invested in the proper equipment there’s not an inherent difference between us recording on a stage and recording in a studio. There’s a really small amount of equipment we need to lug around in order to set up a really high-quality studio anywhere we go. We were playing for the first time in some really beautiful theatres and churches, and it seemed a waste not to capture the sounds of ourselves in those rooms.” WHAT: Monterey (Anti-/Warner) WHEN & WHERE: 3 Jul, Old Museum; 4 Jul, Bello Winter Music Festival, Bellingen To read the full interview head to theMusic.com.au THE MUSIC • 13TH MAY 2015 • 17
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HERMITUDE Dark Night Sweet Light
Sol Invictus
Elefant Traks/Inertia “No surprises here.” Normally that’s a searing indictment, the tale of a musician driven by inspiration, perspiration, occasional hesitation and perhaps a little medication who has failed to surprise us. The opposite is true for Hermitude. The fact that they’ve emerged with another multi-headed, dancefloor-destroying monster is utterly, gloriously, unsurprising.
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FAITH NO MORE
Album opener, Hijinx is a triumph of pacing and drama – euphoric squeals, buzzy bass and Dirty South circa-2000 chanting. It begins as a tour de force, then morphs into a reflective tick tock mini-song, before returning bigger and badder than ever. The Wiktionary defines hijinx as “tricky... behaviour”. This is the equivalent of Batman emptying his entire utility belt. Ukiyo is less piercing but equally groovy. Bermuda Bay and the aptly named Hazy Love provide a little respite for our dancing shoes, a little like
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finding a nice quiet spot to chat at the house party. Metropolis is the theme song to a Sega Megadrive game we wish we could play. Accessible, engaging Searchlight is brought back to close the album. End to end this is a compelling experience, one not to be missed lightly. When we discuss Sydney talent and locals we can be proud of, Hermitude are near enough the top of the list. Their fifth full-length is a complete work, no obvious flaws and a few moments of genuine magic. It’s at once free-flowing and intricately planned. That’s a near impossible balance to strike, but Hermitude have done it. Yes, no surprises here. James d’Apice
The last time Faith No More (FNM) had an album out, early adapters were buying “personal computers” so they could try this “internet” thing out. Eighteen years on, rock has evolved, naturally, and while praise was near universal during their reign, FNM’s legacy is now somewhat contentious, with modern hipsters digging more extreme flavours of metal and baulking at the rapping on Epic. Expectations have generally been high though, with two muscular comeback singles; the accountability tantrum Motherfucker; a timely reminder that no one snarls – or whispers for that matter – like Mike Patton, and Superhero, which confirms FNM’s guillotinesharp pop instincts remain intact. Current trends in metal are mostly ignored, but the band’s collective thirst for new territory, such as the spaghetti-
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One hundred percent grinding thrash. That’s the skinny on the new record from Melbourne five-piece King Parrot, who’ve shot to fame over the last year or two through a few funny music videos and a chaotic live show. Their efforts won the favour of none other than Phil Anselmo, who lent his hands, ears and studio to Dead Set. Grindcore is defined by its relative simplicity and no-nonsense approach, making it more difficult for bands within the genre to stand out from the crowd. Perhaps what allows King Parrot to do so is that, rather than join the myriad other bands constantly fusing and mismatching other genres in an attempt to create something unique and original, the Parrot have instead pushed the grindcore genre forward within itself: the record is chockfull of more aggression, more humour and more... more-ness.
Destined to completely dominate dancefloors, Shamir’s debut is an energetic explosion of irresistible party-starting beats. Just 20 years old, Shamir’s tunes capture a reckless, youthful energy that offers listeners a joyously affirming good time. Serving up an update on Fresh Prince of Bel Air cuteness, Shamir exists somewhere between the house of Chicago and the disco of New York. His androgynous vocals situate him within a triangle defined by Sylvester, Prince and Michael Jackson. Shamir kind of picks up where Azari & III left off but it would be disappointing if he didn’t generate the same kind of excitement MIA did when Piracy Funds Terrorism hit the streets.
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★★★★ western atmospherics of Rise Of The Fall, is consistently present. While some have derided Patton’s eclectic array of projects and pined for something more radio-friendly, FNM’s neurotic melodrama – embellished once again by Patton’s operatics, which on Matador build from a hushed moan to a Godzilla roar – have always been more adventurous than, say, Tomahawk. FNM’s jaded cynicism has only deepened over time and fits into today’s economically stagnant, rights trampling, Big Brother Is Watching You climate more so than in the ‘90s. So, ironically, FNM may be more relevant today than ever. Christopher H James
Ratchet
★★★½ Parrot swear allegiance to neither flag. One or two mid-paced numbers and some subdued intros keep the endless carnage from becoming all too much, but if you’re looking for an easy ride, you’re spinning the wrong disc. Demented vocals that leap from faster-than-a-bullet screeches to guttural moans lay over the noisy and distorted instrumental cacophony, with bass, drums and guitar lines all bleeding into each other, wrapped up with a decidedly Australian sense of humour. Dead Set proves that, aside from an infamous live show and hilarious film clips, King Parrot can also pen killer tunes. Cameron Cooper
Comparisons to Hercules & Love Affair seem inevitable, but Shamir is less of a shrieking disco diva and a whole lot more funky. Demonstrating his versatility, Shamir seamlessly works minimal techno soul,
★★★★½ gospel and R&B into a vibrant life-affirming mix with a sweet rubbery bounce. He raps On The Regular with plenty of streetwise attitude in a way that recalls Azealia Banks, but he’s definitely not a Le1f wannabe. Shamir goes further, dealing out more soulful vocals on cuts like Youth, which blossoms into euphoric gospel. Even when Shamir gets reflective, on Darker, his cracked falsetto hits hopeful, optimistic notes that shine a light on difficult times. Shamir’s instantly likeable debut proudly aims to show us a blinding good time. After all, life is for living and not drifting away to all the mellow fluff that’s currently passing for popular music. Guido Farnell
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BRANDON FLOWERS
DARTS
HOT CHIP
PAUL WELLER
The Desired Effect
Below Empty & Westward Bound
Why Make Sense?
Saturns Pattern
Domino/EMI
Parlophone/Warner
Hot Chip have something for your mind, your body and your soul. The title and plain album cover seemed to suggest a more serious, sombre affair after their last album, but the British electronic septet has given us yet another innovative, nuanced release. “You make my heart feel like it’s my brain,” Alexis Taylor sings on Started Right, summarising the band’s earnest approach to musicmaking. There are highlights, from the tender White Wine And Fried Chicken and the sublime Need You Now, to the joyful Easy To Get. Hot Chip still grapple with the big issues.
Right here, right now, let’s stop calling Paul Weller ‘The Modfather’. No disrespect to his monumental success with The Jam in the ‘70s, but comparing Saturns Pattern to his classic output is akin to saying the new Harley Davidson Livewire Electric is just like a Vespa. With psychedelic busybodies Amorphous Androgynous noodling the furious White Sky and bluegrass reeds weaving through In The Car (surely earning a respectful nod from Jack White), this is very much a modern record drawing on a galaxy of musical influences. Weller hasn’t sounded this gutsy in years.
Island/Universal Flowers comes out all guns blazing on his second foray in solo guise. Dreams Come True really does echo the opening track’s moniker in lyric and in content – it’s all brassy motifs and rejoicing vocals – but it’s hard to predict how Flowers will break the moulds created by The Killers and his 2010 solo outing further along. There are tracks like Can’t Deny My Love, for instance, that risk being far too ironic with glossy vocals and ‘80s synths, while Still Want You and others mix gospel with Caribbean percussion for a bit of deviation. Carley Hall
Rice Is Nice The Pixies-high slacker rock punch that permeated Darts’ early sounds still casts a shadow over their debut album. The Frank Black incursions come from frontman Angus Ayres’ maniacal vocal manoeuvrings on tracks like Push You Thru and quasi-title-track Westward Bound. The angular maelstrom takes a sojourn into latter-day Modest Mouse territory from Pony Up, especially on the mariachi drumroll-led Dead. These reference points aren’t derogatory, and are countered by the languid Aeroplane and laconic yet propulsive closer, My Darling Bendingo, which lend gravitas to the off-the-wall histrionics.
Roshan Clerke
Mac McNaughton
Brendan Telford
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★★★½
SAUN & STARR
★★★★
★★★½
TOTAL BABES
Look Closer
THE MILK CARTON KIDS
Daptone/Shock
Monterey
Wichita/[PIAS] Australia
In Hearts Wake – Skydancer
Sharon Jones’ backing vocalists, Saundra Williams and Starr Duncan Lowe, step into the spotlight in fine style with the release of their much anticipated debut album. Recording with The Dap-Kings, these Dap Queens naturally revel in the vintage sounds of the soulful ‘60s. There’s a deep, smoky smoothness to Saun’s vocals while Starr’s astonishing range soars across the mix on tunes like Hot Shot. Duetting across much of this album, their voices come together seamlessly, the luscious sweetness of their gospel-inspired harmonies hitting the sweet spot. A fine collection confidently dealt with plenty of passion.
Anti-/Warner
Ohio’s Total Babes have partly broken from the looming shadow of Cloud Nothings on this second LP. Some of that comes from the addition of Emeralds synthsmith John Elliott, who has infused tracks like Repeat Gold and Can I Turn You On with gravitas while opening up new, unexpected terrain. The album sits on that tightrope between earnestness, aggression and flippancy, perfectly encapsulated by the track Circling, which also features a skronked-out sax solo from Cloud Nothings’ frontman Dylan Baldi – an irreverent racket imbued with an innate sense of melody and a sunny disposition.
Surfer Blood – 1000 Palms
Guido Farnell
On stage Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan offset their earnest folk music with self-effacing humour, yet their albums are wholly musical affairs that have in the past found them lacking personality and spirit. Monterey corrects that somewhat with their strongest songwriting to date but that depth of character is still missing, preventing the album from becoming truly compelling. Their calling card remains their dynamic acoustic guitar playing, their sublime near-telepathic vocal harmonies and their ability to conjure a yearning ache in their voices akin to Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. Chris Familton
Heydays Urban Cone – Polaroid Memories Ceremony – The L-Shaped Man Oisima – Nicaragua Nights Barbarossa – Imager Guantanamo Baywatch – Darling… It’s Too Late The Helio Sequence – The Helio Sequence Holly Herndon – Platform
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live reviews
COURTNEY BARNETT, TEETH & TONGUE, THIGH MASTER Max Watt’s House Of Music 9 May Thigh Master open the night to the hundred or so devotees that have rocked up early and greets them with a mid-tempo set packed full of songs based consistently on four chords, these guys have obviously taken lessons from the Sonic Youth school of songwriting and in no way is that a bad thing. The singer mumbles over the jangly guitars and through his fringe
the crowd starts roaring … only to find itself waiting another ten minutes – false alarm. The left-handed guitar-playing silhouette of Courtney Barnett is eventually completely lit up by a blue glow as Barnett unleashes her accent onto the audience. Avant Gardener, Depreston and the crowd favourite Pedestrian At Best are all trotted out with ample chanting opportunities for the audience, broken up with Barnett’s rambling Bob-Dylan-esque verses and Nirvana-scented choruses. Barnett’s show produces a ‘90s grungy vibe that simply isn’t captured nearly closely enough in her studio releases, which is fine by all and sundry. As the band leaves the stage the crowd immediately begins to chant for encores at a volume that would compete with even some of the bigger metal crowds Max Watt’s
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that the last song is about to happen and that we probably don’t care. How alternative. The crowd is well and truly growing in both size and noise levels as Melbourne five-piece Teeth & Tongue take the stage with an energy that takes the crowd by surprise. Think Yeah Yeah Yeah’s meets Kate Bush with some Ting Tings undertones, these energetic, groove-laden pieces have the crowd moving their collective heads. One’s inner production nerd has to give props to the seamless blend of drum machine and acoustic drums; not many (if any) bands can use both without one of the two sounding completely out of place but somehow these guys pull it off in a live context. The venue by now is well and truly packed as, behind the black curtain, the bass rumbles and 20 • THE MUSIC • 13TH MAY 2015
Sydney trio Mansionair open proceedings to the delight of the ever-swelling masses. Icelandic prodigy Asgeir spellbinds and intrigues with his falsetto wail glowing like the Northern Lights above his deep beats. Sound issues tarnish the first half of his set but by the time he delivers King & Cross the balance is good and he’s at the height of his mystical powers. The clear night is punctuated by intermittent puffs of bluegrey smoke, caught in the floodlights as they rise from the landscape of countless heads. Alt-J appear without a word, silhouetted against a blue jellyfish of light that smothers the stage. The familiar introduction to Hunger Of The Pine is drawn out as
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has seen. The set ends with the Hottest 100-featured Pickles From The Jar, which gives an opportunity for one last parting gift of Barnett’s one-liners and slight self-deprecation. It’s a fine few hours of Aussie songwriting on display. The crowd will have a Barnett’s lyrical hooks running through their heads for days and it’s unlikely there’ll be much complaining about it. Tom Peasley
ALT-J, ASGEIR, MANSIONAIR Riverstage 8 May The great grass cereal bowl of Brisbane’s Riverstage fills with an audience ranging from the alternative to the curious, as the mellow electronic
innovators rolling out their arsenal of tunes in an impressive display of force. Band leader Joe Newman remains mostly static, occasionally raising a twoarmed salute, obediently mirrored by his followers. The sonic power generated by four musicians and a tapestry of samples is staggering. After a moment’s respite the band return to the stage with their flowing electronic interpretation of Bill Withers’ Lovely Day. The night is drawn to a close with Breezeblocks, sending the chemically-altered audience into a mania. Alt-J draw you in, whisper in your ear then wash you away on an awesome wave of light and sound. Nick Atkins
COURTNEY BARNETT @ MAX WATT’S HOUSE OF MUSIC. PIC: FREYA LAMONT
the band pause, statue-like before diving headlong into their enthralling repertoire. Exquisite lighting design accentuates the scorching Left Hand Free with smouldering, pulsating glows and flashes. As Bloodflood Pt II morphs through changing moods the backdrop evolves from sizzling orange lava to a cool blue glacier. Two beams of white light illuminate the sources of the Gregorian-style harmony that introduces Tessellate, which generates a roar of approval with its opening chords. Psychedelic patterns rotate across the backdrop throughout Taro and white bars of light appear in sync with synth chords as if triggered by the fingers of keyboard-alchemist Gus Unger-Hamilton. No time is wasted on chitchat, the mighty art rock
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CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA
CLOUDS OF SILS MARIA Film
In cinemas
★★★ ★ French writer-director Olivier Assayas’ Clouds Of Sils Maria elegantly and intelligently pulls off the tricky balancing act of being both psychologically acute and emotionally open. Juliette Binoche’s Maria is a movie star in the midst of personal and professional flux, but a new project may change
everything: the play that made Maria famous two decades earlier is being restaged. This time however the director wants her to play the older character, a woman driven to suicide when she is abandoned by her young female assistant and lover. Maria is reluctant, especially because she cannot see herself in the older character and because she is sceptical about the prowess of her co-star, teen idol Jo-Ann (Chloe Grace Moretz, nailing her character’s youthful impulsiveness). But Maria’s long-time personal assistant Valentine (Kristen Stewart) believes the actress immersing herself in a role with which she claims to feel no connection is the way back to reconnecting with her talent and passion. The meta-textual levels are many but Clouds Of Sils Maria doesn’t play its hand as broadly as, say, Birdman. Instead, Assayas and his cast dig a little deeper, using the milieu of show business and the people drawn to it to say something more meaningful about the nature of substance and illusion. Guy Davis
EX MACHINA Film
In cinemas
★★★ ★ Alex Garland’s directorial debut, Ex Machina, is a seductive and unsettling story of weird science. Timid computer coder Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) gets the high-tech equivalent of Willy Wonka’s Golden Ticket when he’s invited to spend a week at the isolated compound of his boss Nathan (Oscar Isaac), a self-styled alpha-male Internet billionaire with a top-secret project up his sleeve. It turns out Caleb is there to perform a ‘Turing Test’ on humanoid robot Ava (Alicia Vikander) to help determine if her artificial intelligence and consciousness can pass for that of a human being’s. Garland wisely provides himself a set-up that befits a first-time filmmaker – one location, handful of characters – but it’s also one that allows him plenty of room to explore his ideas about traditional femininity and
toxic masculinity. Ex Machina isn’t driven by twists and turns either, and its relatively straightforward narrative enables the filmmaker to display confidence and capability in his choices. Gleeson’s well-conveyed empathy makes his Caleb a fine audience surrogate, while Isaac consolidates his position as one of the most captivating actors currently working. And Vikander’s terrific performance makes Ava a reflection of Ex Machina – a sleek and precise appearance and manner that’s a veneer for the ideas coursing beneath the surface. Guy Davis
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LANE-HARRY X IKE CAMPBELL Member answering: Lane How long have you been together? This is our second year. How did you all meet? We went to the same high school but the first time we ever hung out was to go see 360 play an all ages show in Brisbane in 2011. You’re on tour in the van – which band or artist is going to keep the most people happy if we throw them on the stereo? Kanye West, hands down. Would you rather be a busted broke-but-revered Hank Williams figure or some kind of Metallica monster? Probably Metallica Monster. Which Brisbane bands before you have been an inspiration (musically or otherwise)? Baskervillian are wild, they’d be my favourite Brisbane band so I’ll say them. What part do you think Brisbane plays in the music you make? Our two biggest shows have both been at Eatons Hill in Brisbane so we absolutely love Brisbane for coming through and supporting us. Is your band responsible for more make-outs or break-ups? Why? Make-outs for sure. I’m always trying to shine a light on my indie singer-songwriter friends to give them as much exposure as I can. What reality TV show would you enter as a band and why? Keeping Up With The Kardashians. Would dramatically increase our chances of bumping into Kanye. What’s in the pipeline for the band in the short term? We have a new single called Netflix coming out really soon. Nils Nilsson is directing the music video; Nils worked on movies like Man Of Steel, San Andreas and the new Pirates Of The Caribbean. He’s just finishing up the storyboard now and we’re hoping to shoot it this month. Lane-Harry x Ike Campbell play Beetle Bar on Saturday 16 May and The End on Thursday 25 June. PIC: Terry Soo THE MUSIC • 13TH MAY 2015 • 23
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PIZZA PLZ
PIZZA 101 New York-style: thin crust, hand-tossed.
Cold hands? Get some hot pizza on ‘em. Best slices around town. Pic: Ryan Brabazon
Chicago-style: thick crust/deep dish. California-style: thin crust with toppings from the California cuisine (fusion and local ingredients) cooking style.
A PIZZA MY HEART
Sugo Mi – 3/190 Oxford St, Bulimba If you’re partial to pizzas san sugo (tomato base), there’s a lot of variety here (but sugo lovers needn’t fret). For something different try the Ravello: mozzarella, smokes ham, wilted spinach, crushed hazelnuts in truffled honey; or Arrostita: slow-roasted pork, caramelised onion, mozzarella, aged balsamic and rocket. And before you head home, you might wanna pop into the groceria attached to the restaurant. Tinderbox kitchen – 31 James St, Fortitude Valley Tinderbox is all about showcasing local produce. Their wood-fired oven helps accentuate the fresh flavours, served on a 24 • THE MUSIC • 13TH MAY 2015
light pizza base. They only offer nine pizzas but you’ll still have serious trouble deciding what to order. And the non-pizza menu is just as enticing. DePascale – 65/23 Playfield St, Chermside A slice of Italy in Chermside. With roots in Italy, DePascale will give you an authentic experience, offering Neapolitan-style softer base pizza – but feel free to ask them make it more crusty if that’s what you like. They also have a square pizza, which is a little thicker. Alfredo’s Pizzeria – 39 Alfred St, Fortitude Valley With rock’n’roll names for their woodfired pizzas. (P)iggy & The Stooges, anyone? Roast pork, apple sauce, potato and crackling… on a pizza.
Pizza. How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. It’s a comfort food. It can be junky, or relatively healthy. It’s one of the best foods to share. It’s easy to eat. You can put anything on top of a pizza base and it’s still a pizza. There are so many kinds of bases. It’s easy to make a pizza that’s vego, vegan or glutenfree; pizza does not discriminate. You will have at least one fond pizza-related story. Here’s mine: I went to an ‘Italian’ restaurant in Shanghai one time and when our pizza came, they’d accidentally plonked it on top of the order form, so that it was stuck to the bottom of the pizza. The pizza actually tasted fine so we weren’t even mad. We named it the Fapiao Pizza (receipt pizza). The end.
Greek pizza: baked in a pan instead of an oven, typically a shallow pan for a thin crust. Makes for a chewy, puffy base. Neapolitan pizza: dough made of wheat flour, natural Neapolitan yeast or brewer’s yeast, salt and water, baked in a stone oven with an oak-wood fire, resulting in a soft, elastic and tender texture. True Neapolitan pizzas come only in three variations: marinara, margherita and margherita extra. Sicilian pizza: thick crust, essentially a focaccia with toppings. Pic: avlxyz/Alpha
AROUND THE WORLD Pizzas have long gone global. Italian and American style pizzas are everywhere. On a local level, though? Here are some ways pizzas have mutated. Japan: Mochi pizza, with a crust made from mochi (rice) cakes. Tabasco sauce is a common condiment for pizzas. South Korea: Non-traditional toppings on Korean-style pizzas include corn, potato wedges, sweet potato and crab. Pakistan: Chicken Tikka and Achari Chicken Pizzas are popular. India: Local pizzas are generally spicier and have more vegetable toppings. Malta: Kebabpizza. Yeah, what it sounds like: tomato sauce, mozzarella, onion, green peppers, doner kebab and kebab sauce. Scotland: Deep-fried pizza. Also known as pizza supper of pizza crunch.
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CHART WRAP
MIAMI HORROR
Resurgent Melburnian electrowhizzes Miami Horror have stormed back into the popular consciousness with second album, All Possible Futures, walking away with the #3 spot and highest entry point of any new act on this week’s Album rankings on the Carlton Dry Independent Music Charts. The album marks the Sometimes scribes’ first new work since their 2010 debut, Illumination, and manages to knock fellow second effort, Gracetown, by San Cisco, down a peg to #4. Rick Price’s Tennessee Sky – the only other new face on the full-length ladder this week – comes in just below but still strongly, at #5. Respective top-two album placeholders Sia (1000 Forms Of Fear) and Courtney Barnett (Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit) remain for another week unassailable in their positions, with additional consistency across weeks coming courtesy Sticky Fingers’ backto-back effort (still Land Of Pleasure at #7, Caress Your Soul at #8), and Colin Hay’s Next Year People, which stays solid at #14. Sia’s hat-trick atop the Singles chart comes undone this week, with Hermitude’s The Buzz, featuring Mataya and Young Tapz, jumping three spots to wedge itself in at #2, sending Sia’s Elastic Heart and Chandelier down a spot each to #3 and #4 respectively, though Big Girls Cry remains untouched at #1. It’s not like Sia’s had a bad week, however; latest single Fire Meet Gasoline makes its entry at #10 this week, a few places behind fellow debutante Gemini (#7), by What So Not. Meanwhile, Ta-Ku rounds out the week’s fresh faces with Love Again newly charting at #20. 26 • THE MUSIC • 13TH MAY 2015
INDIE NEWS
A HAIRY SITUATION
DOUBLE TROUBLE
NAME THE PLACE
The Beards hit up Queensland as part of their Strokin’ My Beard Tour – they play Harvey Road Tavern, Gladstone, Wednesday; The Lionleigh, Rockhampton, Thursday; Dalrymple Hotel, Townsville, Friday; and Union Jack Hotel, Cairns, Saturday.
Kim Salmon and Leanne Cowie of The Scientists and Beasts Of Bourbon decided to re-enter the studio to record a new album of primitive garage rock. True West comes under their moniker Kim & Leanne, and they’re launching at Beetle Bar, Thursday.
Named for the town in southwestern Australia, Gracetown is the new single from San Cisco, who showcase it in person Thursday at Solbar, with ample support from Crooked Colours and Methyl Ethyl.
IRON MEN
CHECK THE FLOW
FROM THE GROUND UP
Brisbane’s The Iron Eye are taking their infectious rock bass lines around the country in May, showcasing their belter of new single Different. Catch them when they storm into The Triffid, Friday.
Warming up for recording and a looming US tour, Nova & The Experience are currently on their Yo! Check My Flow!? tour. Find out why it’s called that Saturday at Ric’s Bar and Sunday at Broadbeach Tavern.
Built From Sticks, the solo project of Brisbane-based musician Jamie Curran, released an album on 1 May, and it’s being launched this Thursday at The Milk Factory with Bremen Town Musician and Dempefka.
SWEET SPOTS
SECOND CHORUS
COME IN SPINA
Sugar Fed Leopards and their debut album Sweet Spots are playing a couple of shows in Brisbane Catch their mix of doo-wop, soul, disco and rock’n’roll on Friday, Press Club, Fortitude Valley; Saturday, Motor Room, Boundary Street Markets.
Sunshine Coast blues/roots fivepiece The Dawn Chorus have a second single, Big World, they want to share in person Saturday at Solbar.
Before they pack their bags and set off for California and a tour supporting LA reggae rockers PapaFish, local ska punks Alla Spina are playing Friday at Ric’s Bar with Sydneysiders Undercast.
CHANGE OF PLANS
FEMININE FALLS
BIT MUGGY IN HERE
Due to the crazy weather taking place in Queensland recently, LittleLam have had to postpone their album launch. It’ll now be taking place this Friday at The Zoo.
Joining Sam Perren, Ally Cole and the band they call Allie Falls Sunday in The Milk Factory is fellow rising songwriter, Meredith, for an evening of feminine melody and insight.
The Muggy River Ramblers play Black Bear Lodge on Wednesday, to celebrate new release Can’t Be Folked. They’ll be performing as a five-piece for the first time, including bass, drums, lap-steel, and mandolin. Michael Blundell and Donnelle Brooks support.
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EP FOCUS
would it be and why? Jordan: Wolfmother’s self-titled album. Why? Because they are a combination of Zeppelin and Sabbath. What more could you want? It gets you going.
CLINT BOGE
CORDEAUX
Pyke, Pete Murray and other solo acoustic artists.
EP title? Songs Of A Delicate Nature How many releases do you have now? As a solo artist just the one but overall I have released more than ten separate works. Was anything in particular inspiring you during the making? The simple fact of working on my solo material after years in bands was not only inspiring but it was a very liberating and cathartic experience also.
When and where is your launch/next gig? 23 May, Taps Australia; 29 May, Andergrove Tavern; 29 May, 12 & 26 Jun, Breakfast Creek Hotel, Albion. Website link for more info? clintboge.com
Answered by: Jamie Lin When did you start making music and why? Jordan and I started working together in high school after stealing chords from Train’s songs and entered the talent comp and won. We figured we could make a living on plagiarism. Sum up your musical sound in four words? QotSA meets No Doubt.
Greatest rock’n’roll moment of your career to date? Jamie: I was doing Joker & The Thief for a uni performance and I had all my class pals being legends and moshing/singing the song along with me, treating me like a rock star and grabbing my hand while screaming. Why should people come and see your band? We’re jacked with Asian-persuasion, front and back with Greek gods manning the bass and an Italian stallion handing the riffs.
What’s your favourite song on it? Bone Yard.
If you could support any band in the world – past or present – who would it be? Queeeen!
When and where for your next gig? Trainspotters, 16 May, playing on sexy line-up with Muddy Chanter, Nila Bonda and The Spanish Mittens.
We’ll like this EP if we like... Angus & Julia Stone, Josh
If you could only listen to one album forevermore, what
Website link for more info? facebook.com/CordeauxOfficial
ARTS FOCUS
SINGLE FOCUS
midnight cabaret for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2004 and could never have imagined that this show would still be touring ten years later with in excess of five million people having seen it.
LA SOIRÉE Answered by: Brett Haylock, Creative Producer Briefly tell us about your show: La Soirée is a fast-paced contemporary variety show that is funny, sexy and dangerous. It doesn’t take itself very seriously and has a cult following around the world. The show has won many awards over the years including the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment in London only three weeks ago. Why did you decide to pursue a career in circus/cabaret/ burlesque? It certainly wasn’t a conscious decision. I put together a late night alternative
What’s the most challenging thing about putting on a show like this? We are constantly on the road with the show and tour internationally for approximately ten months of the year. We still remain a highly dysfunctional but very close family but being away from home for so long does present its challenges. What’s the best crowd reaction you’ve gotten? Over the years we have had many overenthusiastic responses to the show. On more than one occasion we have had a randy female guest jump into the bath (during the Bath Boy act) mid-performance after a blood rush to the head. When and where is this show running? Playhouse, QPAC to 24 May. S U P P O R T I N G
What was inspiring you during the song’s writing and recording? Sonically it was about trying to capture the intensity the three of us feel when playing it live. Lyrically it was inspired by the frustration of complacent friends who don’t notice the friendship drifting apart.
THE IRON EYE
We’ll like this song if we like... Nine Inch Nails, Muse, Prodigy.
Answered by: Nick Lythall
Do you play it differently live? We play it exactly the same way live, just louder and meaner!
Single title? Different What’s the song about? It’s about complacency and people who don’t want to take any risks in their life or stretch their imagination. How long did it take to write/ record? Nailing the initial idea and basic structure only took about 20 minutes. All up it took about six months.
When and where is your launch/next gig? 15 May at The Triffid with a bevy of Brisbane’s best bands. Website link for more info? theironeye.net
Is this track from a forthcoming release/existing release? There’ll be follow up singles towards the end of 2015 which may be part of a bigger release, like an EP.
I N D E P E N D E N T
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THE MUSIC PRESENTS San Cisco: Solbar 14 May, Coolangatta Hotel 15 May, The Triffid 16 & 17 (U18) May Ben Howard: The Tivoli 28 May Ruby Boots: Black Bear Lodge 29 May Jebediah: The Tivoli 12 Jun
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The Church: The Triffid 4 Jul Youth Group: Black Bear Lodge 4 Jul Ben Salter: The Spotted Cow 16 Jul, Black Bear Lodge 17 Jul Rubber Soul Revolver: 30 Jul QPAC Concert Hall
Open Mic Night + Various Artists: Bay Central Tavern, Urraween
Karaoke: Alexandra Headlands Hotel, Alexandra Headland
Kim & Leanne: Beetle Bar, Brisbane
Trivia: Anglers Arms Hotel, Southport
Trivia: Bellbowrie Tavern, Bellbowrie
The Muggy River Ramblers + Michael Blundell + Donnelle Brooks: Black Bear Lodge, Fortitude Valley
Calrissian: Black Bear Lodge, Fortitude Valley
Trivia: Blue Pacific Hotel, Woorim Spandau Ballet: Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall
Brisbane Big Band Festival feat. Various Artists: Brisbane Jazz Club, Kangaroo Point Jam Night + Various Artists: Capalaba Tavern, Capalaba
GIG OF THE WEEK SAN CISCO: 14 MAY, SOLBAR MAROROCHYDORE; 15 MAY COOLANGATTA HOTEL; 16 & 17 MAY THE TRIFFID
Here Comes The Sun - A Journey Through The Songs Of George Harrison with Wes Carr: The Bison Bar, Nambour
Various Artists: Burleigh Heads Hotel, Burleigh Heads
Karaoke: Mount Gravatt Hotel, Mt Gravatt
Various Artists: Capalaba Tavern (Arvo), Capalaba
Karaoke: Norfolk Tavern, Ormeau
Danny Widdicombe: Cardigan Bar, Sandgate
Karaoke: North Lakes Tavern, Mango Hill
Karaoke: Centenary Tavern, Middle Park
Karaoke: Petrie Hotel, Petrie
Karaoke: Captain Cook Tavern, Kippa-Ring
Battle of the Bands + Various Artists: Centenary Tavern, Middle Park
Red Fang + King of the North + Hobo Magic: Crowbar, Fortitude Valley
Prepared Like A Bride + Earth Project + First Sight + Avarice’s Fall: The Brightside, Fortitude Valley
Blues & Roots Open Mic Night with Various Artists: Chardons Corner Hotel, Annerley
Karaoke: The Four Mile Creek Hotel (Sports Bar), Strathpine
Brian Cadd + Joe Camilleri + Glenn Shorrock + Kate Ceberano: Empire Theatre, Toowoomba
Karaoke: Club Tavern, Caboolture
Trivia: Forest Lake Tavern, Forest Lake
Trivia: Deception Bay Tavern (Bistro), Deception Bay
Trivia: Glenmore Tavern, Norman Gardens
Josh Wade: Eatons Hill Hotel, Eatons Hill
Kevin Bloody Wilson: Great Western Hotel, Rockhampton
Damien Leith: Gladstone Entertainment Centre, Gladstone
The Beards + The Stiffys: Harvey Road Tavern, Clinton
Karaoke: Glenmore Tavern, Norman Gardens
Locky: Irish Murphy’s, Brisbane
The Wet Fish: Greaser Bar, Brisbane
Trivia: Lawnton Tavern, Lawnton Open Mic Night + Various Artists: Mick O’Malley’s, Brisbane
Trivia: Club Tavern, Caboolture
Karaoke: Imperial Hotel, Beenleigh Karaoke: Irish Finnegans, Condon
Trivia: Oxford 152, Bulimba
Jabba: Irish Murphy’s, Brisbane
Trivia: Redland Bay Hotel, Redland Bay
Kevin Bloody Wilson: Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre, Mackay
Josh Wade: Solbar, Maroochydore Be Rad: The Bearded Lady (Front Bar), West End Kodiak Empire + Howling Seas + Found In Trees + Cat,Great!: The Brightside, Fortitude Valley Impro Mafia + Various Artists: The Underdog Pub Co, Fortitude Valley Red Fang: Tym Guitars (all ages), Fortitude Valley Trivia: Vale Hotel (Barra Bar), Aitkenvale
THU 14
Trivia: Albion Hotel, Albion Karaoke: Alderley Arms Hotel, Alderley Lambda feat. Martyr Privates + Excess + Clever + 2IC: Alhambra Lounge, Fortitude Valley Open Mic Night + Various Artists: Balaclava Hotel, Earlville
The Haunted + Insomnium: Max Watt’s House Of Music, West End Karaoke: Pacific Pines Tavern, Pacific Pines Karaoke: Prince of Wales Hotel, Nundah Brian Cadd + Joe Camilleri + Glenn Shorrock + Kate Ceberano: QPAC, South Brisbane Karaoke: Redland Bay Hotel, Redland Bay Fourth Mantra + The Drafts: Ric’s Bar, Fortitude Valley San Cisco + Crooked Colours + Methyl Ethel: Solbar, Maroochydore Bart Thrupp: Solbar (Lounge Bar), Maroochydore Trivia: Springfield Tavern, Springfield Karaoke: Springwood Hotel, Springwood Tomtom + Card Houses: The Bearded Lady, West End
Open Mic Night + Various Artists: The Four Mile Creek Hotel, Strathpine
We Are Servants + Mergatroyd + Worse For Wear + Worldlines + Not Sinking, Just Crashing: Chardons Corner Hotel, Annerley
The Beards + The Stiffys: The Lionleigh, Wandal
Various Artists: Commercial Hotel, Nerang
Built From Sticks + Bremen Town Musician + Dempefka: The Milk Factory Kitchen & Bar, South Brisbane
San Cisco + Crooked Colours + Methyl Ethel: Coolangatta Hotel, Coolangatta
Alla Spina: The Nook & Cranny, Nambour Trivia: Villa Noosa Hotel, Noosaville
FRI 15
Various Artists: Alexandra Headlands Hotel, Alexandra Headland Hip-Hop Party Jams with Various DJs: Alhambra Lounge, Fortitude Valley Karaoke: Anglers Arms Hotel, Southport 5th Birthday Bash feat. Spencer P Jones & The Escape Committee + Mick Medew & The Mesmerisers + Some Jerks + Shifting Sands + Lewd + Bruce! + DJ Wolvie Trash: Beetle Bar, Brisbane Montgomery + Tabrill: Black Bear Lodge, Fortitude Valley Various Artists: Blue Pacific Hotel, Woorim Biggy P: Breakfast Creek Hotel, Albion Brisbane Big Band Festival feat. Various Artists: Brisbane Jazz Club, Kangaroo Point Damien Leith: Brolga Theatre, Maryborough Andrew Strong - The Commitments Tour: Brothers Leagues Club, Manunda Andrew Strong - The Commitments Tour: Brothers Leagues Club, Manunda
S U P P O R T I N G
Meridian: Coolum Beach Hotel, Coolum Various Artists: Coomera Tavern, Upper Coomera The Beards + The Stiffys: Dalrymple Hotel, Garbutt BNS + Styli$$h: Deception Bay Tavern, Deception Bay Sundown Jury + Adam Kharita: Eat Street Markets, Hamilton Brooklyn + DJ Courtney Mills: Eatons Hill Hotel, Eatons Hill The Jensens + Tsun: Elsewhere, Surfers Paradise Various Artists: Ferny Grove Tavern, Ferny Grove Zac Gunthorpe: Habitat Restaurant & Bar, South Brisbane Tom Foolery: Hamilton Hotel, Hamilton Various Artists: Highfields Tavern, Highfields Locky + Jabba: Irish Murphy’s, Brisbane
Karaoke: Pub Lane Tavern, Greenbank Green Jam Sessions with Joshua Hatcher: QPAC (Melbourne Street Green), South Brisbane Various Artists: Raintrees Tavern, Manunda Alla Spina + Undercast: Ric’s Bar, Fortitude Valley Anarchist Duck: Royal Mail Hotel, Goodna Various DJs: Russell Tavern, Dalby Various Artists: Smithfield Tavern, Smithfield Bart Thrupp: Solbar (Lounge Bar), Maroochydore We All Want To + Hope Springs + Ends Eve: Solbar, Maroochydore Papa Pilko & The Bin Rats: Sonny’s House of Blues, Brisbane Josh Wade: Soundlounge, Currumbin Karaoke: Springfield Tavern, Springfield Various Artists: Stones Corner Hotel (T-Bar), Greenslopes Darren Lawrence: Story Bridge Hotel (The Corner Bar), Kangaroo Point Beach City Shakedown: Taps Australia, Mooloolaba J.Phlip: TBC Club (The Bowler Club), Fortitude Valley
Karaoke: Kedron Park Hotel, Lutwyche Various Artists: Kirwan Tavern, Kirwan Various Artists: Lawnton Tavern, Lawnton Ham: Lock ‘n’ Load Bistro, West End Gaven Bell Band: Logan Diggers Club, Logan Central Riblja Corba: Max Watt’s House Of Music, West End The Peep Tempel + Tape/ Off: Miami Tavern, Miami
I N D E P E N D E N T
Various Artists: Prince of Wales Hotel, Nundah
Here Comes The Sun - A Journey Through The Songs Of George Harrison with Wes Carr: The Arts Centre Gold Coast (Paradise Showroom), Surfers Paradise AC/DC and Cold Chisel Tribute+Tribute Band: The Atherton Hotel, Atherton Rivermouth + Vaguely Human + Little Sleeper: The Bearded Lady, West End Various Artists: The Beer Garden, Surfers Paradise
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the guide qld.gigguide@themusic.com.au Jack Ladder & The Dreamlanders + Alex Cameron: The Brightside, Fortitude Valley
Sunday Sets + Various Artists: Noosa Reef Hotel (Irish Garden), Noosa Heads
Various DJs: The Four Mile Creek Hotel, Strathpine
Karaoke: O’Malley’s Irish Bar, Mooloolaba
DJ Nick One: The Milk Factory Kitchen & Bar, South Brisbane
Sunday Session + Various Artists + Various DJs: Oxford 152, Bulimba
The Mudshadows + Baltimore Gun Club + Walking Bird: The Milk Factory Kitchen & Bar, South Brisbane
Various Artists: Petrie Hotel (Arvo), Petrie Open Mic Busking + Various Artists: Raintrees Tavern (Beer Garden), Manunda
Sugar Fed Leopards: The Press Club, Fortitude Valley Colin Hay: The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley
Decked Out Sundays + Various Artists + Various DJs: Royal Exchange Hotel, Toowong
The Iron Eye + Luna Sands + Jacket + In Void + We Become Ghosts + Stone Chimp: The Triffid, Newstead
Andrea Kirwin: Solbar (Lounge Bar), Maroochydore
Littlelam + Until Home + Ocean Leaves: The Zoo, Fortitude Valley
Comedy Night + Various Artists: Stones Corner Hotel, Greenslopes
MOTLEY CRUE: 19 MAY, BRISBANE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
Zac Gunthorpe: Sunhouse, Coolangatta
Various Artists: Victory Hotel, Brisbane Karaoke: Victory Hotel, Brisbane Karaoke: Warner Tavern (Sports Bar), Warner Karaoke: Waterfront Hotel, Diddillibah Various Artists: Wharf Tavern, Mooloolaba
SAT 16
Karaoke: Deception Bay Tavern, Deception Bay
The Dawn Chorus + Benny Walker: Solbar, Maroochydore
J.Phlip: Wharf Tavern (The Helm), Mooloolaba
Suicide Country Hour + River Mountain Riot: The Bearded Lady, West End
The Wet Fish + Fox & Fowl: Eat Street Markets, Hamilton
Khan: Solbar, Maroochydore
Various Artists: Wilsonton Hotel (Wright Bar), Wilsonton
Miles Away + Blacklisted: The Brightside, Fortitude Valley
Gang Of Youths: Woolly Mammoth, Fortitude Valley
Allie Falls + Meredith: The Milk Factory Kitchen & Bar, South Brisbane
Colin Hay: Empire Theatre, Toowoomba Across The Ditch with The Narcs: Hamilton Hotel, Hamilton Brooksy & Co: Hamilton Hotel, Hamilton
DJ Indy Andy: Albany Creek Tavern, Albany Creek
Locky + Berst: Irish Murphy’s, Brisbane
Various Artists: Alexandra Headlands Hotel, Alexandra Headland
America + Sharon Corr: Jupiters, Broadbeach
The Jensens: Alhambra Lounge, Fortitude Valley Lane Harry x Ike Campbell + Jesswar + Tides + Nana Vigilante + September + Ape Man: Beetle Bar, Brisbane Doom Mountain: Black Bear Lodge, Fortitude Valley Various Artists: Blue Pacific Hotel, Woorim Here Comes The Sun - A Journey Through The Songs Of George Harrison with Wes Carr: Bon Amici Wine Bar, Toowoomba Pink Tie Ball + Devine Music + Tuffy: Breakfast Creek Hotel, Albion Death Valley DJs + DJ Mikey + DJ Wolvie Trash + DJ Ben Ely: Brew, Brisbane Brisbane Big Band Festival feat. Various Artists: Brisbane Jazz Club, Kangaroo Point Karaoke: Brook Hotel, Mitchelton
Karaoke: Lawnton Tavern, Lawnton Papa Pilko & The Bin Rats: Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall, Brisbane
Australia’s Favourite Sons Tribute Show with Tribute Band: Souths Sports Club, Acacia Ridge Various Artists: Springwood Hotel, Springwood The Very: Story Bridge Hotel (The Corner Bar), Kangaroo Point Karaoke: Sunnybank Hotel, Sunnybank Roland Tings: TBC Club (The Bowler Club), Fortitude Valley DJ Black Amex: The Bearded Lady, West End
SUN 17
Sunday Session + Various Artists: Blue Pacific Hotel (Beer Garden), Woorim The Green Sinatras: Breakfast Creek Hotel, Albion Brisbane Big Band Festival feat. Various Artists: Brisbane Jazz Club, Kangaroo Point
Various Artists: The Beer Garden, Surfers Paradise
Brisbane Big Band Festival feat. Various Artists: Brisbane Jazz Club, Kangaroo Point
Som De Calcada: Lock ‘n’ Load Bistro, West End
The Peep Tempel + Tape/Off: The Brightside, Fortitude Valley
Nova & The Experience: Broadbeach Tavern, Broadbeach
Black Magic: Logan Diggers Club, Logan Central
Karaoke: The Four Mile Creek Hotel, Strathpine
The Biscuit Factory feat. ShockOne + Getter + UFO!: Max Watt’s House Of Music, West End
Paul Bonetti + Tesla Coil + Fronz Arp: The Milk Factory Kitchen & Bar, South Brisbane
Sunday Unplugged + Various Artists: Burleigh Heads Hotel, Burleigh Heads
Various Artists: Miami Tavern, Miami Ger Fennelly: Mick O’Malley’s, Brisbane Karaoke: Mt Pleasant Tavern, North Mackay Inexcess Tribute Show + Tribute Band: Nudgee Beach Hotel, Nudgee Various Artists: Petrie Hotel, Petrie Various Artists: Pub Lane Tavern, Greenbank
Kevin Bloody Wilson: Brothers Leagues Club, Manunda
Damien Leith: QPAC, South Brisbane
Karaoke: Camp Hill Hotel, Camp Hill
Josh Wade: Racehorse Hotel, Booval
Karaoke: Capalaba Tavern, Capalaba
Karaoke: Raintrees Tavern, Manunda
Various Artists: Centenary Tavern, Middle Park
Karaoke: Redland Bay Hotel, Redland Bay
Karaoke: Club Tavern, Caboolture
Nova & The Experience: Ric’s Bar, Fortitude Valley
Portal + Impetuous Ritual + Consummation: Crowbar, Fortitude Valley
Hat Fitz & Cara Robinson + Josh Rennie-Hynes: Royal Mail Hotel, Goodna
Karaoke: Crowbar, Fortitude Valley
Various DJs: Russell Tavern, Dalby
Sugar Fed Leopards: The Motor Room, West End The Hurricane with Joel Creasey: The Tivoli, Fortitude Valley San Cisco + Crooked Colours + Methyl Ethel: The Triffid, Newstead DJ Loverboy 666: The Triffid (Beer Garden), Newstead Weezal + Toxic Garden Gnomes + The Pretty Fingers + Pharoahs Playground: The Underdog Pub Co, Fortitude Valley Andrew Strong - The Commitments Tour: The Venue, Townsville City The Ravagers + Pro Vita + Von Villains + Yellowcatredcat: The Zoo, Fortitude Valley Vulture Circus + Wolver + Seahorse Divorce + Fionn Richards: Trinity Hall, Fortitude Valley The Beards + The Stiffys: Union Jack Hotel & The Jack Backpackers, Cairns Karaoke: Victoria Point Tavern, Victoria Point Various Artists: Victory Hotel, Brisbane
S U P P O R T I N G
San Cisco + Crooked Colours + Methyl Ethel: The Triffid, Newstead
Sunday Session + Various Artists: Capalaba Tavern, Capalaba Catherine Britt: City Golf Club, Toowoomba Shaggy + Andrew De Silva: Eatons Hill Hotel, Eatons Hill Various Artists: Ferny Grove Tavern, Ferny Grove Pete Cullen: Habitat Restaurant & Bar, South Brisbane Sunday Session + Spike: Hamilton Hotel (Arvo), Hamilton Craic’n Cider Sundays + Mark Butler + Ramjet: Irish Murphy’s, Brisbane The Sky Church Experience: Lock ‘n’ Load Bistro, West End Andrew Strong - The Commitments Tour: Mackay Entertainment & Convention Centre, Mackay Ger Fennelly: Mick O’Malley’s, Brisbane Blues Jam + Various Artists: Morrison Hotel, Woolloongabba Here Comes The Sun - A Journey Through The Songs Of George Harrison with Wes Carr: New Globe Theatre, Fortitude Valley
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the guide qld.gigguide@themusic.com.au Triffid Roots feat. Emma Bosworth + Mitch King: The Triffid (Beer Garden), Newstead
Nick Thayer + Tommy Lee + DJ Aero: Crowbar, Fortitude Valley Trivia: Hamilton Hotel, Hamilton
The Flame Fields + Just Monday + Neptune Estate: The Underdog Pub Co, Fortitude Valley
Trivia: Irish Finnegans, Condon Woody Lives Here: Irish Murphy’s, Brisbane
Open Mic Hosted By + Shortymain: The Underdog Pub Co, Fortitude Valley
Trivia: Kawana Waters Hotel (Sports Bar), Kawana Waters
Miles Away + Blacklisted: Upstairs 199, West End
Trivia: Kedron Park Hotel, Lutwyche
Various Artists: Victory Hotel, Brisbane
Trivia: Newmarket Hotel, Newmarket
Sunday Arvo Social Jam Session + Various Artists: Waterfront Hotel, Diddillibah
Trivia: Nudgee Beach Hotel, Nudgee Trivia: Pacific Pines Tavern (Sports Bar), Pacific Pines
MON 18
Trivia: Prince of Wales Hotel, Nundah Australian Brandenburg Orchestra: QPAC (Concert Hall), South Brisbane
Trivia: Alexandra Headlands Hotel, Alexandra Headland Karaoke: Australian National Hotel, Woolloongabba
THE PEEP TEMPEL: 16 MAY, THE BRIGHTSIDE
Trivia: Royal Exchange Hotel, Toowong
Trivia: Belmont Tavern, Belmont Rob Hackwood: Irish Murphy’s, Brisbane
Trivia: Pub Lane Tavern, Greenbank
Trivia: Kallangur Tavern, Kallangur
Trivia: Pub Mooloolaba, Mooloolaba
Trivia: Kirwan Tavern, Kirwan
Trivia: The Four Mile Creek Hotel, Strathpine
Trivia: Mick O’Malley’s, Brisbane Trivia: Mt Pleasant Tavern, North Mackay
The Ravagers + Pro Bita + Von Villains + Yellowcatredcat: The Zoo, Fortitude Valley
TUE 19
Trivia: Acacia Ridge Hotel, Acacia Ridge
Trivia: Alderley Arms Hotel, Alderley Trivia: Allenstown Hotel, Allenstown
S U P P O R T I N G
Trivia: Australian National Hotel, Woolloongabba Motley Crue + Alice Cooper: Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall Trivia: Buderim Tavern, Buderim Trivia: Captain Cook Tavern, Kippa-Ring
I N D E P E N D E N T
Trivia: Springwood Hotel, Springwood Trivia: Stones Corner Hotel, Greenslopes Brazilian-Backpacker-Uni Night + Various Artists: The Beer Garden, Surfers Paradise Trivia: The Gap Tavern, The Gap
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