Dave Graney & The mistLY page 7
ISSUE #118 26 JULY - 8 AUG 2018 WWW.BSIDEMAGAZINE.COM.AU
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DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY > 07 ADELAIDE GUITAR FESTIVAL > 14 MONSTER FEST > 18 THE DUNES > 26 THE BAMBOOS > 28 TUMBLEWEED > 32 HEADING TO TOWN > 34 BAY CITY ROLLERS > 36 BABY8 ALBUM REVIEW > 37 AROUND THE TRAPS > 42 UMBRELLA > 50 CINEPHILE > 52 BAY CITY ROLLERS > 55
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“And it’s a film that’s already had a screening at a festival over in Perth,” he reveals, “and I know that Donna is trying to get an Adelaide screening sorted.
“Clare and I love doing soundtracks for films,” Dave continues. “We did Bad Eggs in 2004 I think it was and we did another of Donna’s films, Johnny Ghost, in maybe 2015. And we’ve done a few television things for the ABC when they had money to commission things like that. We’ve done a few short films too.” Dave, who indicates he’s been doing a few things with Will from Go Go Sapiens as a rap duo, says he’s also involved with the upcoming Melbourne Writers Festival which begins in late August. “I’m doing a few things at that around my book, Workshy: My Life As A Bludge,” he says. “That’s the memoir I put out late last year that I’m still doing things with when I get the chance.” There will be copies of Workshy: My Life As A Bludge available at the merchandise desk at Dave’s upcoming Adelaide shows along with other goodies.
DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY By Robert Dunstan When Dave Graney & The mistLY booked three shows in Adelaide – two evening gigs and a late afternoon matinee – some months ago they fully expected to not have much in the way of competition. Since then, however, an array of other events have suddenly popped up. And when three-day Sexpo was announced, even Dave himself made light of it by suggesting that interstate people could venture over to Adelaide for wild, wild winter weekend of sex and music. Nonetheless, Dave and the band (Clare Moore on drums, percussion on vocals, Stuart Perera on electric guitar and Stu Thomas on bass and vocals) are greatly looking forward to making a return to the Wheatsheaf Hotel as previous shows at that hotspot have been well-received and often sold out.
Dave, who puts together some great Spotify playlists, also stresses that each show will be different and there is also the possibility of some new material receiving an airing. “We’ve been doing some recording but not sure whether we’ll put out a new album this
year,” he says. “We have enough material to put out an album but we want to take our time with it and may do some more songs.
“Yeah, we’ve also got some sealed vinyl copies of My Life On The Plains, an album we did as Dave Graney With The White Buffaloes for London’s Fire Records,” Dave says of the now almost 30-year-old release that featured a slew of original songs alongside material penned by Fred Neil, Gene Clark and Gram Parsons and closed with the traditional cowboy song Streets Of Laredo.
“So we’ll have a lot of songs to play – we still have songs from Let’s Get Tight that we change around – and we recently did a nine- “Artistically, yes,” he responds when I ask if that which I have as a rare compact week Sunday residency in “There are songs album, disc version, was a success. “And we Melbourne and did a different people want to are actually thinking of doing a gig set each time. hear and they around it using some of the same players. Conway [Savage of Nick Cave “I’m known for presenting will get played as & The Bad Seeds] played on it and new stuff, for better or worse, I don’t dislike any he’s still living in Melbourne. and I’ve never done a Dave Graney Top 40 kinda show,” of my songs. It’s “My Life On The Plains was alt Dave, who boldly suggested just interesting country before alt country really even he had become ‘King Of Pop’ when he collected an ARIA to present some existed,” Dave concludes with a laugh. “We did it at Sing Sing in Melbourne award in 1996, laughs. “I’m new stuff.” with an English producer, Phil Vinall, always chucking in something who later came back to work with weird. There are songs people want to hear and they will get played Magic Dirt.” as I don’t dislike any of my songs. It’s just Melbourne’s Dave Graney & The mistLY have interesting to present some three shows at the Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 new stuff.” George St, Thebarton, from 8pm on Friday Dave and Clare, who also both 10 August and Saturday 11 August with an afternoon matinee from 4pm on Sunday 12 play with Harry Howard & The NDE, recently composed August and tickets selling fast via Oztix. https://www.oztix.com.au/ the soundtrack for the film eventguide/?q=wheatsheaf+dave+graney Lost Gully Road which had its Melbourne premiere very recently. “It’s a film by our friend Donna McRae, who is also an ex-Adelaidian, and an independent film producer with her partner, Michael Vale,” Dave says. “And Lost Gully Road was filmed in the area where Clare and I live so it’s a horror film that feels very real to us. It’s set in the world outside our front door.
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played with in the past.”
Prior to the residency, The Dunes have been engaged as one of the opening acts for Tumbleweed at the Gov on Friday 27 July.
“We’re really looking forward to that because it will be our first gig back after a bit of a break,” Stacie announces. “We’ve played with Tumbleweed before – I think it was on 2016 at Fowler’s Live – so we are totally looking forward to it. They are really nice guys and we enjoy their music.” The Dunes’ new album has already been recorded, mixed and mastered and is set for release on vinyl.
“We’ve received the first test pressings and approved them,” Stacie says. “So it’s now just a matter of the album being manufactured.”
The self-titled affair is to be released jointly by vinyl only label Oak Island Records and Off The Hip, a Melbourne label and brick and mortar record store that seems to have a liking for Adelaide bands.
THE DUNES By Robert Dunstan Adelaide psych rock sextet The Dunes will be taking over the Grace Emily Hotel every Friday evening in August – and there’s five of ’em in total – and will have a special guest act each night including some yet to be announced surprises as well as a visual component while the band takes to the stage. BSide Magazine speaks to vocalist Stacie Reeves and begins by asking if the residency had come about so that the band (Stacie alongside guitarist Matt Reiner, bass player Adam Vanderwerf, keyboard exponent Jess Honeychurch, synthesiser player Brett Walter and drummer Clair O’Boyle) could feature the material from a forthcoming self-titled album?
“And there’s talk of an Off The Hip showcase in Adelaide later in the year,” Stacie says. “I’m not sure what other bands will be on the bill, but The Dunes are definitely playing. It’s going to be a showcase of who Off The Hip have on their label at the moment.”
easy, as well as the already announced guests, it will also allow us to bring in some Will that showcase serve as The Dunes’ album other bands too,” Stacie says of some other launch? acts. “There are a lot of young, up and coming bands and we’re keen to give them a platform where they can play In front of a “We’re not sure yet,” Stacie laughs. “But I do few people.” think we’ll have the psychical copies of the . album by then. But we don’t want “So, yeah, while we have locked “Doing a to say anything until it’s all in place. in the main supports, there will When we actually get the records in residency be other bands as well,” she our hands we’ll have more of an idea says. “And doing a residency at the Grace about an official launch date.” at the Grace allows you that allows you that freedom. It’s never totally freedom. It’s structured and we can pretty The Dunes will be taking much do whatever we want.” never totally
over the Grace Emily Hotel,
structured 232 Waymouth St, Adelaide, There will, of course, be the confirmed special guest and we can commencing on Friday 3 band each night with Avant pretty much do August with Avant Gardeners Gardeners presenting a relatively rare gig on the first whatever we before continuing on Friday 10 August with The Howling evening with The Howling Fog, want.” Fog, Friday 17 August with Melbourne’s The Black Heart “No, not really,” she responds. “We generally do Death Cult, Slicker Drips and Sons Of Zoku Melbourne’s The Black an annual residency at the Grace around this to follow. Heart Death Cult, Friday 24 August time of year. And, obviously, we love playing with Slicker Drips and concluding on there so our residency has become a bit of a “We played with Avant Gardeners at the Friday 31 August with Sons Of Zoku. tradition. Queen St Music Festival in Croydon earlier this year,” Stacie says. “And we’ve played “But, yeah, it will give us a chance to get with The Howling Fog in the past. And The warmed up before we release the new album Black Heart Death Cult we played with at and go on tour,” she continues. “And being at Wintersteady in 2017 and also at a psych the Grace it’s always a lot of fun. We can throw fest in Melbourne. They are a lot of fun. in some cover songs because there’s no real pressure but we will be pretty much playing “Slicker Drips is a new band from Azz, all of the songs from our new album. We’ll also Davo and Josh from Glass Skies and Lady likely resurrect some old songs that we haven’t Strangelove,” she adds. “I haven’t heard played for a while. any of their stuff but, knowing those guys, it should be good. And for the final night “And because it’s going to be pretty free and we’ll have Sons Of Zoku, another band we’ve
influences for this album?
“Not so much consciously, but a few reviewers and a few people have noted that there’s a late ’80s and early ’90s English pop theme going on, which I didn’t consciously think about when writing the songs – that kind of Style Council, Prefab Sprout and that kind of English soul pop thing. People say there are songs really tipping a hat to that vibe – I didn’t think of that, but I was there at the time when those records came out, so it all comes out in some way.”
“Early on my great goal in music was to play original music and hopefully travel the world doing it, I was going to be fulfilled in a career if I could do that. We’ve definitely had moments doing that which was great, but we’re 18 years as a band now, what you wake up and finally people can I’ve identified as an affirmation of listen to it – it’s almost an anticlimax something that I hold dear now is the in ways. fact we’re still excited about making music and that enthusiasm has not “You know it’s out there and people diminished at all.” are listening to it, but it’s not as if people are shouting about it on the “I feel like with this record we just put streets or anything – it’s a weird everything into it, so much energy and feeling. At the end of the day I just so much effort. I and the band really hope people enjoy it as much as we feel like it’s the best album we’ve done did making it.” “I am still a firm and this is our eighth album. Just maintaining Is it difficult to please believer in the that – it’s not in a forced your entire fan base? art form of the way, these records just album as a thing. really engulf our lives. “Sometimes pretty These days people hardcore Bamboos fans top load albums “I’ve sort of stepped back do that classic thing with ‘bangers’ at and realised the very fact of saying ‘we like your the front but I’m we feel that passion and earlier stuff’, which is a that urgency is something famous line, but I think very much about I hold dear and I never with this new album it crafting an album.” want that to end. If we is incorporating more ever feel a bit nonchalant of those more raw funk about doing it, I think that’s the time to influences we came from right at look at things. “ the beginning, but I think they are encapsulated in song forms that have How do you feel The Bamboos have hopefully developed and improved evolved over eight albums? over all these years. I like to think that this album may tick the box for “It’s certainly evolved in terms of the our various fans.” line-up, we started out as a four piece and we were just an instrumental Were there any new inspirations or band – I’m the only member left of
the bamboos THE BAMBOOS By Hugh Schuitemaker Renowned funk outfit The Bamboos will perform another highly-anticipated tour of Australia after releasing their eighth album, Night Time People. Ahead of their show in Adelaide, BSide Magazine chats with lead guitarist Lance Ferguson about the band’s journey, the new record and creating music in a technological age. How has the reception been for Night Time People? “It seems to be positive from everything I’ve read. Contrary to what many musicians say, we actually do read our reviews and I’ve been sneaking a peak at those – there’s been some nice ones. You wait so long for these things to come out from when you actually deliver the finished mixes, so all this time I’ve been through these different peaks and troughs from not even thinking about the record to really thinking about it. So, finally, when it’s out there one day
Are there any changes you have gone through personally or have seen in the world which have influenced you as an artist?
that still in the band. We’re a nine -piece now, we’re continuing to expand, not diminish in numbers. The basic core has been around for about a decade now, so we’re definitely like a family – on and off stage I think that energy shines through.
“We added a horn section, then added vocals and then the music really changed. The line-up does affect the music, but another important aspect of this album is that with Kylie Auldist [lead singer], we’re really shining the spotlight on her as the main vocalist across all the songs.
“The thing with Kylie, and it’s my fault, is that I put her in the position where we’ve put out our singles with other singers and she’s the one who has to perform them. But to her credit, she’s really come to know those songs and do them in her own way. As basic as an idea it sounds, making an album that people can listen to, can come to the show and hear it as it actually is – as basic as that seems for every band except us – that seems like an exciting prospect. “ What is the typical process of creating a track for The Bamboos? “Usually it starts with me in my home studio for a couple of months just trying to get ideas out. Maybe I’ve finished some complete songs, others are just grooves, or even loops
or chord progressions. I’ll basically work up a bunch of ideas that stick together, the ones that feel like they match up will start to form a nucleus of the album – it might only be three or four songs.
“I am still a firm believer in the art form of the album as a thing. These days people top load albums with ‘bangers’ at the front but I’m very much about crafting an album. What was a really good thing about this album was that the band came in during those early, embryonic times – there’s a few songs co-written by the whole band. It takes the pressure off me, all the second-guessing and psychosis that goes on. Songwriting in many ways is about decision making and when there’s more than one head involved those decisions can be made faster.”
not trying to do some kind of Blues Brothers revue. “We try and put a twist on things and I’ve really fought against this concept that funk and soul music is a throwback. Popular music is relatively such a young art form, anything from the last six decades can influence any music and still create music that’s vibrant. “It’s unfortunate that people put funk and soul in a retro category, I think it’s important to keep this music in a rounded space of being progressive.”
Melbourne-based funk and soul band The Bamboos have announced a run of shows across the country How do you keep funk music simple including one at the Governor in an age so dominated by digital Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, production effects? Hindmarsh, on Saturday 18 August with tickets via the venue or Oztix and “There’s obviously a groundswell of music based Wanderers as very special around those 808 drum guests. sounds. Hip hop has always Tickets available from www. been there and it’s influenced thegov.com.au | www.oztix. us from the beginning – we’ve com.au always had rappers on tracks. It’s an important thing for me that The Bamboos have never been a time capsule type of band - we’re not trying to recreate something from the past. Even though our music is rooted in a lot of those sounds, I like to think that the production layers we put on top are progressive. We’re
“Steve [O’Brien] and Paul [Hausmeister] were in a band doing 60’s garage called The Unheard and they were doing it very authentically. When we both joined together at the same time Lenny, Jay and I were going through a big sort of psychedelic phase. . . getting into stuff like Blue Cheer and Hendrix and Sabbath, and just heavy late 60’s stuff,” explains Ritchie.
“So I think that, and the same time meeting up with Steve and Paul and bringing their garage feel.
tumbleweed Tumbleweed by Ian Messenger Tumbleweed are currently on a nostalgia tour of their first selftitled LP album released 25 years ago, and will be playing at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel with supports Even and The Dunes. BSide Magazine continues the article from last issue where singer Richard Lewis, or Ritchie as his friends call him, talked to BSide Magazine about the making of the Tumbleweed album with it’s connections to Smart Studios of thenrecent Nirvana fame. What is interesting to note is that Tumbleweed were ready to play with Nirvana in ’92 when Nirvana was just another smallish band doing the circuit, but then things changed dramatically. “Yeah what happened was with Nirvana – they were a little band,” explains Ritchie. “We came from a band called The Proton Energy Pills. I used to play drums in the Proton Energy Pills and we were signed to Waterfront Records and Waterfront Records had the Australian licence for Nirvana for Bleach. I mean at the time it sold 600 copies.
like that, he was just sort like their mate,” remembers Ritchie.
“I remember when we were trying to formulate the band, we wanted to have the same Mitch Mitchell feel, the Hendrix rolling around the kit feel. Steve was just perfect, he had that in spades. At the same time you’re limited by the equipment that you’ve got. “Paul and Lenny both had Marshall JCM 800s or JMP 800s, I don’t know now I get confused, but they’ve still got the same amps that they started with, Big Muff pedals, Cry Baby Wahs, Mosrite guitar and a Fender Precision Bass or a Mosrite Bass – and together that makes it.
“Our manager at the time Steve Pav [Pavlovic], “I mean there was a time when we decided to slow that’s the guy who brought out Nirvana, and everything down. Lenny, Jay and I were very sort he kept good on that promise that he made of Detroit inspired. We were into The Stooges and back then in the Proton Energy MC5 and stuff like that,” remembers “When we Pills days. So when Steve started Ritchie. “And then all of a sudden we “organising the Nirvana tour as started smoking decided to slow things down. I think prior to Nevermind coming out marijuana we Sabbath brought that, and starting to they were still a band that would just slowed stuff smoke marijuana,” laughs Ritchie. pull the same amount of people as Dinosaur Jnr or Mudhoney or down. Before “When we started smoking marijuana any of those bands – Sonic Youth. that we were we just slowed stuff down. Before that None of that scene had flipped were drinking beer. We were young drinking beer. we over yet. kids with heaps of energy and we We were young wanted to be fast, fast, fast. When we “So he arranged the tour and kids with heaps slowed things down things got heavier it was all pretty small and and it had more of a lag and it allowed of energy and we the feel just to happen. indie,” explains Ritchie. “In the meantime that record came wanted to be fast, out and it became history and “But it was nothing that we really fast, fast.” it. . . yeah. At the time it was constructed consciously. Besides being being organised there was no into certain sounds, and we were big idea that it was going to be that huge. We fans of valve equipment and analogue gear, and were happy to do it because we loved the just the warmth and the go of it, just the looseness band, and then when and the swing of music, and the real swing and we heard Nevermind authenticity of music – you know that’s what we’re for the first time it was fans of, so that’s what we wanted to stay true to.” like – whoooh, that’s awesome!”
It seems hard for bands these days to get a unique sound, perhaps because so much has gone on before, so I asked Ritchie how Tumbleweed achieved its uniqueness – whether from the blending of sounds such as the “And we were touring with Ramones with the new Mudhoney and we were sitting around the pool sounds of Sonic Youth, or if the Tumbleweed at the Diplomat Hotel in Melbourne and Matt sound just kinda happened. Luke and the bass player were saying, ‘ah my housemate wants to come out to Australia and “It was pretty natural and organic,” says you should support ‘em.’ And I’m like, ‘who’s Ritchie. “The way it happened was, if you your housemate?’ and he goes, ‘oh his name’s really want to pull it apart, I think Lenny Kurt Cobain, he’s from Nirvana,’ and we said, ‘ah [Curley], Jay [Curley] and I came from a band we love Nirvana,’ and he said, ‘yeah OK, I’ll hook [The Proton Energy Pills] that was really that up.’ inspired by a lot of Australian punk rock or independent music like The Celibate Rifles and “And at that time Kurt Cobain was nobody, Radio Birdman and Died Pretty and things like he used to like carry peoples amps and stuff that, The Saints.
Tumbleweed tour the vinyl re-release of their self-titled debut, available now on Farmer & The Owl/Intertia. They play Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Friday 27 July, with guests Even and The Dunes. Tickets through Oztix.
MAMMAL
Sunday 25 November with $20 tickets at the door and another show in SA to be announced soon. Stay tuned. BOB DYLAN
Mammal are coming to Fowler’s Live, 68 North Tce, Adelaide, as part of a national tour on Friday 27 July with special guest Osaka Punch and Fresh Violet with tickets via Moshtix. STRYPER
Presented by Space Events Chugg Entertainment and the man himself, Bob Dylan and his band will be playing inside a huge heated, seated marquee in Bonython Pk on Saturday 11 August with tickets on sale now via Ticketmaster and with Vance Joy as special guest opening act. A food and wine village will be open from 3.30pm and there is the free tram service from the city and return. THE BAMBOOS
Glanville, with Melbourne’s Grindhouse alongside Adelaide bands Meatbeaters and Blue Flame Special. ED KUEPPER
Mr Ed Keupper, of The Saints, The Aints and more, is retripping his Solo & By Request tour and will be returning to the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Friday 10 August with tickets via the venue or Oztix. LANKS Lanks will kick off a huge national tour by playing Jive, 181 Hindley st, Adelaide, on Friday 3 August with tickets via Moshtix.
Much-revered Californian Christian metal band Stryper have a new album, God Damn Evil, and are taking it out on tour which will bring them to the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Sunday 19 August with tickets sure to sell fast via the venue or Oztix.
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Presented by Gerrard Allman Events, muchacclaimed American blues guitarist Josh Smith, who enjoys a close relationship with fellow guitarist Joe Bonamassa, will soon be on his first tour of this country and will have Chris Finnen as special guest when he plays Semaphore Workers Club, 93 Esplanade, Semaphore, from 4pm on
Melbourne-based funk and soul band The Bamboos are night time people so have announced a run of shows across the country in the evening including one at the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Saturday 18 August with tickets via the venue or Oztix and Wanderers as very special guests. WARPED Legendary punk band Warped are set to play a free entry show from 7.30pm on Saturday 11 August at the Cumberland Hotel, 74 Causeway,
Presented by Space Events, Chugg Entertainment, Artist Network and Cruise1323, US/UK rock band Foreigner will be backed by an orchestra when they play Adelaide’s Botanic Pk on Sunday 14 October with Cheap Trick and Sheppard as very special guests and tickets via Ticketmaster.
TUMBLEWEED Presented by Farmer & The Owl, Cheersquad and Young Henrys, Tumbleweed will be rollin’ and tumblin’ into the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, with their stoner rock to play their 1992 self-titled debut album
in its entirety to celebrate its release on vinyl on Friday 27 July with tickets via the venue or Oztix and Even and The Dunes as special guests. SHREDFEST 2018
Shredfest 2018 is heading to Edinburgh Castle Hotel, 233 Currie St, Adelaide, from 5.30pm on Saturday 11 August and will feature WA’s Earth Rot, Melbourne’s Mason, Hidden Intent, Se Bon Ki Ra, Christ Dismembered, Melbourne’s Trigger, Lucifer’s Fall and Roadhaul presenting blistering heavy metal with $15 tickets on sale now via Oztix.
Maxim Micic and will hit Jive, 181 Hindley St, Adelaide, on Friday 14 September with tickets via Moshtix. Before each show, you can also attend a one-hour long Masterclass and will be bringing it to the Governor Hindmarsh, Q&A session with Plini, Javier and David, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Saturday 20 October tailored to the interests of the group and covering anything from composition and guitar with tickets via the venue or Oztix. techniques to touring and building a career as an independent musician. ROLLING BLACKOUTS COASTAL FEVER Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever have just TECH N9NE issued their debut album, Hope Downs, and are Presented by Metropolis Touring and Slingshot taking it out on the road with the MelbourneTouring, hip hopper and rapper TECH N9NE will based pop punk band hitting Jive, 181 Hindley St, Adelaide, on Saturday 6 October with tickets have Krizz Kaliko as special guest at Fowler’s Live, 68 North Tce, Adelaide, on Saturday 15 via Moshtix and special guest Body Type. September with tickets via Moshtix. FOZZY Presented by Silverback Touring, American band Fozzy are on their Judas Rising tour and will be bringing their melodic hard rock to the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Tuesday 13 November with tickets via the venue or Oztix. AYDAN
LEZ ZEPPELIN
Founded in 2004 by New York guitarist, Steph Paynes, all-girl quartet Lez Zeppelin has since gained unanimous critical acclaim as one of the most exciting live acts and will be proving so at Fowler’s Live, 68 North Tce, Adelaide, on Friday 10 August with tickets via Moshtix. SKUNKHOUR Sydney’s Skunkhour are celebrating the 25th anniversary of their self-titled debut by taking it out on the road with a horn section and special guests to play it in full alongside other hits and
KASEY CHAMBERS Kasey Chambers is taking her Campfire tour to Thebarton Theatre from 8pm on Friday 3 August. PSYCROPTIC Presented by Direct Touring and Soundworks Touring, Tasmanian metal band Psycroptic will be joined by Archspire and Hadal Maw when they play Fowler’s Live, 68 North Tce, Adelaide, on Saturday 25 August with tickets via Moshtix.
DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY
Melbourne’s Dave Graney & The mistLY have announced no less than three shows at Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton, from 8pm on Friday 10 August and Saturday 11 August and an afternoon matinee from 4pm on Sunday 12 August and tickets selling fast via Oztix.
IMOGEN CLARK Late night country girl Imogen Clark has announced huge national tour for her current album, Collide, and is heading to the Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George St, Adelaide, on Saturday 22 September.
Aydan, who did well on this season of The Voice, will be performing a special matinee all-ages show at the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Saturday 8 September with tickets sure to sell quickly via the venue or Oztix. MOONSHIFTER Melbourne’s hard rockin’ Moonshifter are on tour for their new album, Love Lust Fire Dust, and will be playing Enigma Bar, 173 Hindley St, Adelaide, from 8pm on Saturday 8 September with Skyhammer, Born Of Dust and Ouroboric completing the line-up and $10 tickets at the door. THE ANIMALS Presented by Metropolis Touring, legendary UK band The Animals (founding member and drummer John Steel joined by keyboard player Mick Gallagher, Danny Handley on guitar and vocals and Roberto Ruiz on bass and vocals) will be performing all their classic hits including We Gotta Get Out Of This Place and many more, when they make a return to the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Friday 9 November with tickets via the venue or Oztix.
PLINI Presented by New World Artists and Evolution Touring, renowned guitarist Plini will soon be embarking on his first full Australian headlining tour in more than two years, bringing with him fellow progressive music luminaries Mestis (guitarist Javier Reyes from Animals As Leaders) from the US and Serbia’s David
NESSI GOMES Presented by Sonic Heart, Guernsey’s Nessi Gomes will be performing at Trinity Sessions at Church Of The Trinity, 196 Goodwood Rd, Clarence Pk, with specifrom 6pm on Friday 24 August with guest Loren Kate and tickets via Sonic Heart’s website. She will also be presenting a three-day workshop from Friday 17 August until Sunday 19 August at Magill Rd’s Tara Hall. GRETTA RAY Melbourne’s Gretta Ray is back with her new single, Time, and has announced a national tour for her EP, Here & Now. Catch her at Jive, 181 Hindley St, Adelaide, SA, on Friday 17 August with tickets on sale now vis Moshtix.
STEPHEN CUMMINGS Melbourne’s Stephen Cummings will be accompanied by guitarist Sam Lemman and a choir when he steps into the Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton, from 4pm on Sunday 14 October. PARKWAY DRIVE Parkway Drive have engaged Killswitch Engage and Thy Art Is Murder to join them for a huge show at Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Saturday 3 November as part of the metal band’s Reverence tour which will boast full production for the first time in Australia and tickets via the band’s website.
first album Rollin’. That was mainly because that’s the way things were done back then. What are your opinions on modern music production?
“You’ve got to get the talent in the band, when I was looking for a keyboard player, I wanted a keyboard player to also play guitar, I also wanted him to have a great voice – I’ve done that with all the guys in my band so then we can reproduce the harmonies that Bay City Rollers had, because they were big, great voices. Then you’ve got the sound of the guitar, we need a guitarist whose willing to lift it and very carefully reproduce the sound of the record – that’s difficult, it really is, to try and capture some producer over in the UK’s best hits.
“We’ve been able to do that over the years and hone the sound, replicate very closely the sound of the record. People respond to that, because everything you do that’s more family at 6am on Monday morning he had like the band, that’s taking everybody back BAY CTY ROLLERS passed away. to the time when everybody fell in love with By Hugh Schuitemaker the band – you wear the tartan shirt, which “It was definitely special for me because the Bay City Rollers are famous for, you have I would have always thought about Alan a chat with the audience – you’re onto a It has been over three decades passing, so I’m very satisfied with the time winner.” since Rollermania originally we spent together. took the world by storm, and Keys to longevity of the Rollers? What effects did he have on you as a BSide Magazine was able to “They say Bay “The girls will never forget the conduct an upfront chat with musician? first one, the first time they fell City Rollers were in love and it happens to be that Bay City Rollers’ lead singer “I think I knew Alan longer than anyone else apart from a manufactured they fell in love with the Bay Les McKeown about the his brother, 47 years. I can band, but the City Rollers – lucky, lucky me. recent passing of bassist Alan look back to when I was Obviously everyone’s grown up band was going with families – we’re all a bit Longmuir, the band’s original 15 I joined my first band, success and his long career as [my friend] John Light was for years before I older now, but there’s still that drinking buddies with Alan joined and were spark in there somewhere.” a musician. Longmuir of Bay City Rollers. playing up and Keys to the global success of the So I got introduced like that, How has the tour been going so far? sneaking into pubs at 15-and- down the country Rollers? a-half – I would be wearing in nightclubs.” “It’s been great, we started in Canberra, then hats, big garbs and sitting in “It’s a great question – I have no we went to Bendigo, Doncaster, Chelsea the back. idea. They say Bay City Rollers Heights, Newcastle and I think we’re in were a manufactured band, but the band Sydney on Wednesday night. “I got to know Alan back then and they was going for years before I joined and had had a hit in 1971, but then they had were playing up and down the country in “There was a little bit of a hiccup in that quite a lot of flops after that – kind of like a nightclubs. The singer left, I joined and they one of the chaps – my old friend Alan one hit wonder band – in November 1973 say, ‘Yeah that’s manufactured’, but it’s not in [Longmuir] passed away and I joined them and by January the the way that One Direction or other boy bands we were thinking should following year, we were in the that are thrown together in some talent show we cancel the tour, but the charts. and created by some music business lawyer.” band wanted to remember him properly and the tour “Once they got a good-looking Bay City Rollers will once again be rollin’ began.” singer it was fine.” into the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarh, on Thursday 2 August How important was it for What was the writing process with tickets via the venue or Oztix. you personally to dedicate like behind some of the band’s these shows to Alan? big tracks? “I had spent his last days together with him, my wife and I drove up to Sterling to spend time with Derek [Alan’s brother] and we were able to converse with Alan a little bit when he was with us in the room, because they had him on some type of painkiller drugs. We were able to spend a good three days together, we had to leave Sunday night about 12 - when we called his
“Most of the hit songs that the Bay City Rollers were known for, like all of them really except for one, were either covers or were written specifically for us. For instance, the song Remember (Sha-la-lala) was written by Bill Martin and Phil Coulter, who composed all the hit songs of Bay City Rollers and also produced our
have time to fuck around. A punchy song, delivered with boundless energy in a similar vein to the Ramones.
Night Wants to Kill is followed up with the pop-sensible single Painkiller Colada. This is the track most likely to make you dance around your bedroom with a hairbrush as a microphone. You may want to jump up and down on your bed and smash some stuff too. Another stand-out track is Hit the Brakes. It begins with a bass line that gets stuck in your head, a staccato vocal delivery and dissonant guitar in the verses and a chorus that certainly rivals Veruca Salt at their best. It’s one of the many highlights of the album and is also evocative of ‘90s Britpop darlings, Elastica.
The title track and the last on the album, We Hate Each Other, But We Hate You More is a power pop gem. The line ‘Please don’t make me go outside tomorrow’ is something most people, particularly introverts, can relate to. It’s a song that epitomises the ennui of life in today’s world.
Baby 8 We Hate Each Other, But We Hate You More Album Review by Romana Ashton Baby 8’s We Hate Each Other, But We Hate You More packs an almighty power-poppunk punch. Consisting of Katie Dixon (guitar), Matty Whittle (drums), Maureen Gearon (bass) and Rachel Lendvay (vocals), the Melbourne band has released a debut album full of catchy songs that are
If you want to disappear for a while, or at least for a weekend, this is the album you reminiscent of ‘90s power-pop, riot grrrl want in your bedroom. and indie sonic-scapes.
Baby 8’s We Hate Each Other But We Hate A hint of Veruca Salt and The Breeders You More is out now through Kasumuen pervades the album, but Baby 8 bring Records. their own salt to the proverbial table. With members hailing from the bands Powerline Sneakers, GOD and NQR, it’s no wonder that it’s all killer and no filler. The 11-track album opens with the 2-minute foot stompin’ track Night Wants to Kill. Lendvay’s melodic snarl works in tandem with some intricate guitar work by Dixon. Baby 8 don’t
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THE STREAMLINERS
Award winning blues band The Streamliners will be taking their soulful blues sound to the Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton, from 8.30pm on Friday 27 July to present new songs from a forthcoming release, Kickin’ Back The Blues, and with the $15 entry fee to include a CD and with Soza’s Sri Lankan food truck parked out the front. CHOIR AT THE PUB Helmed by Jennifer DeGrassi, Choir At The Pub has hit the salubrious front bar of the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, from 7pm on Monday evenings with a new song featured each week. ROCK ORCHESTRA
Rock Orchestra, a 14-piece orchestral rock ensemble who perform classic rock songs that has enjoyed sold out Adelaide Fringe shows, will be celebrating the Equinox (that special day when night and day are of equal length) with Equinoxium at Bowden’s Plant 4, which is surrounded by greenery the newly developed Bowden Pk, from 4pm on Sunday 23 September as a family-friendly event with food stalls, cafes and a bar and a kid’s club offering activities during the day and evening. Rock Orchestra will then take to the stage from 6pm and play through until close. Early bird tickets at $20 are on sale now via Eventbrite with various packages (group and family) also available.
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GRREN CIRCLES Green Circles have organised a free entry show with The Sunday Reeds at the Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton, from 9pm on Friday 17 August.
THE J WALKERS The J Walkers will have fellow rock bands Panic Prone and SWIMSUIT Sword In Stone with them Swimsuit have announced a when they play a free entry rare live outing and it’s to be show from 9pm on Saturday from 4pm on Sunday 5 August 8 September in the front bar at the Grace Emily Hotel, 232 of the Governor Hindmarsh Waymouth St, Adelaide, with Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh. Winter Witches as special guests. SCOUTED 2018 BIG TOM’S BLUES BAND Big Tom’s Blues Band will be paying tribute to guitar legends such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton, Billy Gibbons, Ritchie Blackmore, Jimi Hendrix, Robby Kreiger, Jimmy Page and so many more along with presenting their own originals at the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, from 8pm on Saturday 28 July.
Presented by Music SA as part of Umbrella Winter City Sounds, Scouted is a showcase event of Adelaide’s live music exponents across all genres and will be taking place from 5.30pm on Friday 27 July across four stages – SYMPATHY ORCHESTRA Jive (Runaway Weekend, As part of Music SA’s Umbrella Blush Response, Siamese and Winter City Sounds and Dhungala Baarka), Nexus Adelaide Guitar Festival’s Live (Hannah & Jessie-Lee, Guitars In Bars, legendary Naomi Keyte, The Winter Adelaide combo Sympathy Gypsy and Ollie English), Orchestra (guitarists Julian West Oak (Neon Tetra, Fair Barnett and Lyndon Gordon Maiden, Donnarumma and with the rhythm section of Wing Defence) and Rocket drummer John Appleby and Bar (Strict Face, Bree Tranter, Istvan Nemeth on six-string Hartway and Argus & The bass) will be presenting a free Liar) – in Adelaide’s bustling entry show from 8.30pm on West End. Tickets, via Moshtix Friday 27 July at the wellfor $20, allow entry to all four appointed Railway Hotel, 247 venues during the evening. St Vincent St, Pt Adelaide, with https://www.moshtix. bookings advised for meals on com.au/v2/event/ 08 8447 1527. The band will scouted-2018/104664 also be taking part in the Grand Final of Adelaide Casino’s Battle Of The Bands on Friday BEATLES VS STONES 3 August as part of Guitars In The recent success of the locally-produced tribute LAURA HILL show featuring Kaleidoscope Laura Hill has announced Eyes and Satisfaction – The that her new album, Secrets, Stones Show has led to Jim will be released on Friday 3 Sharman International August and that she will also presenting another evening be launching it from 2pm on of Beatles Vs Stones at the Sunday 29 July at Kuitpo Hall, Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port 772 Brookman Rd, Kuitpo, with Rd, Hindmarsh, on Friday 21 $27 tickets via Moshtix or $30 September with tickets via the at the door with a BYO wine venue or Oztix and PlanB to and food platter offer. once again be special guests. http://www.moshtix.coma.au/
VALHALLA Presented by Sprout Bookings, metal band Valhalla (just added to The New Dead IX at Fowler’s Live on Saturday 22 September) will be launching their new EP, Motives, at Fowler’s Live, 68 North Tce, Adelaide, from 7pm on Friday 18 August for a licensed, all-ages show with special guests The Daily Chase, I, Icarus, Vicious Judgement and Thrown To The Wolves with $15 pre-sale tickets via Moshtix or $20 at the door. https://www.moshtix.com. au/v2/event/valhalla-eplaunch/105630 LUCKY SEVEN
Seven-piece swing band Lucky Seven will be joined by The Silverados and DJ Orange Blossom when they swing back into the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarh, on Saturday 22 September with tickets via the venue or Oztix with doors opening at 6pm for dinner and show with concert only tickets also available. Tickets available from www. thegov.com.au | www.oztix.com. au
ALANA JAGT & THE MONOTREMES Alana Jagt & The Monotremes will be wrapping up a run of shows at the Grace Emily Hotel, 232 Waymouth St, Adelaide, as part of Music SA’s Umbrella Winter City Sounds on Friday 27 July as a free entry affair with special guests McDiamond Swamp. SOUTH COAST FOLK CLUB South Coast Folk Club is having 30-year celebrations from 11.45am on Sunday 26 August at Port Noarlunga Bowling Club. Come and listen to bands and performers who have shared their talents with the club for 30 years. Bar facilities and food available. Entry $15 or $10 concession at the door. Sorry, no EFTPOS.
THE ORIGINAL MASTERS The original Masters Apprentices (Mick Bower, Gavin Webb, Brian Vaughton and Rick Harrison) from 1965 will be joined by Rob Pippan, Craig Holden, Ian ‘Polly’ Politis, Nanette Van Ruiten and Matt MacNamee when they present hit songs such as Buried & Dead, Turn Up Your Radio, Undecided, Because I Love You and more at the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, with tickets via the venue or Oztix. Tickets available from www. thegov.com.au | www.oztix.com. au
PAROXYSM PRESS In 1998, publisher Daniel Watson launched the first Paroxysm Press book. Join them on Saturday 11 August at Broadcast Bar, 66A Grote St, Adelaide, SA, when they celebrate their 20th anniversary.
SCALA’S FOOM SCALA’s annual FOOM (Festival Of Original Music) heats and final set to take place at the Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George, St, Thebarton, with heats from 8pm on Thursday 19 July and Global Music Revolution, 16/47 then each Thursday evening OG Rd, Klemzig, is Adelaide’s with the final to take place on newest music retail store and Thursday 23 August as part of offers a wide range of equipment Music SA’s Umbrella Winter including Fender and Blackstar City Sounds. products along with Cole Clark and Guild guitars as well as JAY POWER products from Hughes & Kettner and electro-harmonix as well as a huge range of ukuleles (Kala, Alvarez and Mahalo) and much more as well as a wide range of accessories. Give ’em a buzz on 08 8367 6107. GLOBAL MUSIC REVOLUTION
SHAKE YOUR BOOTY Shake Your Booty will make a return to the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Saturday 4 August to present another explosive evening of ’70s disco hits with tickets via the venue or Oztix. Tickets available from www. thegov.com.au | www.oztix.com. au
THE SAUCER MEN Fresh from playing Kustom Kulture SA’s Kustom Kulture Weekender, Adelaide’s The Saucermen are on a high as they have now announced their 20th anniversary party at the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, SA, from 7.30pm on Wednesday 1 August with special guests The Satellites and very special international guest Darrel Higham from the UK. Tickets available from www. thegov.com.au | www.oztix.com. au
Hosted by Onya Soapbox, the soulful Jay Power is set to present a show at the Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton, from 4pm on Sunday 20 October with tickets via her website. HOOT MCKLOOT
Legendary Adelaide punk band Hoot McKloot have reformed for a show at Enigma Bar, 173 Hindley St, Adelaide, from 8.30pm on Friday 17 August with Perdition and Electric Sex Pants and $15 tickets via Moshtix or $20 at the door.
KATHIE RENNER & THE SEARCH PARTY Singer Kathie Renner and her band, The Search Party (which features Shaun Duncan and
Steve Todd) have announced a free entry show at the Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton, from 4pm on Sunday 19 August. PLANB Before taking off on yet another overseas tour, PlanB will be treating punters to a free entry show in the front bar of the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarh, on Saturday 28 July from 8pm at which they will be playing some new songs from a forthcoming release as well as songs from the albums Too Late The Hero and Time Is A Diamond.
the wheels of steel and tickets via the venue or Oztix for an ultimate evening of rock and metal.
LUKE CARLINO Luke Carlino has a new single, Minute, and will take it out on tour before coming home and launching it at Edinburgh Castle Hotel, 233 Currie St, Adelaide, on Friday 17 August with help from Daydream Fever, who are launching their God Market EP on the night with Prospeks, and special guests Rapaport and Planet Self and $12 tickets with all presale tickets from https:// daydreamfever.bigcartel.com/ product/god-market-ep-launchadelaide-17-08-18-ed-castle coming with a download copy of Daydream Fever’s EP.
SALVI’S MUSICAL SWAPMEET Steve Salvi of Salvi’s Fine Guitars will be hosting another free entry musical swap meet at the Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George St, Thebarton, from 1pm THE NEW DEAD IX on Saturday 11 August. Take along any music-related items you no longer require and swap them for something that takes you fancy. The New Dead IX is an annual OVERTHROW PRODUCTIONS metal festival with The New Greatly buoyed by the Dead IX heading to Fowler’s resounding success of the first Live, 68 North Tce, Adelaide, event, Overthrow Productions from noon on Saturday 22 are pleased to announce a September as a licensed, allsecond all-ages, free entry rock ages affair featuring The Black show at Mt Gambier’s South Dahlia Murder, Aborted, Aussie Hotel, 78 Commercial St Whoretopsy, Truth Corroded, East, from 8pm on Saturday 28 Harlott, Hadal Maw, Hollow July with Submerge, The Vile World, Lynchmada, Lo!, Violets and Swooped Paradox Blackhelm, Depravity, on the bill for what are set to be Zeolite, Christ Dismembered, regular monthly shows. Freedom Of Fear and Valhalla with tickets via Moshtix. MATTERHORN DEEP THROAT It will be Friday Night Fever when Deep Throat play West Lakes Sports Club, Bradley Tce, West Lakes Shore, on Friday 10 August with special guests Uncle Gilbert and $25 tickets now available via OzTix or Mr V Music, 115 Semaphore Rd, Semaphore, or at the door if any remain with some cool prizes for ‘best dressed’. https://tickets.oztix.com. Matterhorn will be presenting au/?Event=87165&utm_ songs from their new album source=Oztix&utm_ of original material, Crimes Of medium=Website&utm_ Man, alongside some classic content=EventGuide covers when they hit the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Saturday 25 August with special guests being hair metal tribute band Propane Candy and with DJ Motormouth on
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Siamese (7pm) Dhungala Baarka (6pm)
Rocket Bar 142 Hindley St, Adelaide, SA Presented by Music SA as Strict Face (9.30pm) part of Umbrella Winter City Nexus Live Bree Tranter (8.30pm) Sounds, Scouted is a showcase 68 North Tce, Adelaide, SA Hartway (7.30pm) event of Adelaide’s live music Hannah & Jessie-Lee (9.30pm) Argus & The Liar (6.30pm) exponents across all genres Naomi Keyte (8.30pm) and will be taking place from The Winter Gypsy (7.30pm) 5.30pm on Friday 27 July Ollie English (6.30pm) across four stages in Adelaide’s Tickets to Scouted 2018, via bustling West End. West Oak Hotel Moshtix for $20, allow entry 208 Hindley St, Adelaide, SA to all four venues during the Jive Neon Tetra (9pm) evening. 181 Hindley St, Adelaide, SA Fair Maiden (8pm) https://www.moshtix. Runaway Weekend (9pm) Donnarumma (7pm) com.au/v2/event/ Blush Response (8pm) Wing Defence (6pm) scouted-2018/104664
Melbourne-based hardcore act Outright HC will be launching a seven-inch single, Holler (via Reason & Rage Records), when they play with Stolen Youth, Homesick and Stabbitha & The Knifey Wifeys at Crown & Anchor, 196 Grenfell St, Adelaide, on Friday 3 August with $15 tickets at the door.
THE BRAVES
Melbourne’s The Braves will be braving the highways and byways and heading to Hotel Metro, 46 Grote St, Adelaide, from 9pm on Saturday 18 August for a show with The Sunday Reeds, The Howling Fog and ICT Messenger with $10 tickets at the door.
Melbourne’s Fraser A Gorman, pictured here with his banana, has a new album, Easy Dazy, and will be bringing it to the Grace Emily Hotel, 232 Waymouth St, Adelaide, on Saturday 18 August with tickets via Moshtix.
JEN CLOHER Fresh from a US tour, Jen Cloher will be in solo mode when she steps into the Grace Emily Hotel, 232 Waymouth St, Adelaide, on Thursday 27 September with Fair Maiden as special guests and tickets via Moshtix. AMY SHARK
UNDER THE SOUTHERN STARS Presented by One World Entertainment, Under The Southern Stars will be taking place at Pt Adelaide’s Harts Mill from high noon on Friday 25 January and will feature Hoodoo Gurus, You Am I, The Superjesus, British India, Eskimo Joe, The Getaway Plan and Scott Darlow with tickets from Ticketmaster. FREEWYO
BETH HART
Amy Shark will be kicking off her nationwide Love Monster tour at HQ Complex, 149 Hindley St, Adelaide, on Friday 24 August with special guests E^ST and Alexander Biggs and tickets via Moshtix. PASSENGER
The much-acclaimed rootsy blues and soul singer Beth Hart has announced a tour that will include a show at the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Sunday 17 February with tickets via the venue or Oztix. FRASER A GORMAN
Freewyo will be performing at Fowlers Live, 68 North Tce, Adelaide, from 7pm on Friday 7 September alongside his rapper brothers Def Tone and Afroking and wth Passenger is set to play an all-ages show at tickets via Moshtix. the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Tuesday 20 November with tickets via the venue or Oztix. OUTRIGHT HC KING PARROT
King Parrot will be squawking away at Edinburgh Castle Hotel, 233 Currie St, Adelaide, from 9pm on Friday 10 August with special guests Shatter Brain and Blunt Shovel with tickets via the headlining band’s website.
NABERUS
PIST IDIOTS
up their pointy boots after a whirlwind world farewell tour that have the band, which still boasts three original members, heading to Fowler’s Live, 68 North Tce, Adelaide, on Saturday 13 October with special guests Somnium and tickets soon via Moshtix. LOS CHICOS
Melbourne-based metal band Naberus have just released their Hollow album and will bringing it to Jive, 181 Hindley St, Adelaide, on Saturday 11 August with tickets via Moshtix and special guests Alda Sky, Colour & Shade and To Hell With Paradise. PARADISE KITTY
Fresh from touring with West Thebarton, Melbourne’s Pist Idiots have announced their own tour which will bring them to Rocket Bar, 142 Hindley St, Adelaide, on Friday 17 August with special guests The Weathered Heads and Bitchspawn with tickets via the headline band’s website. PAUL DEMPSEY
Madrid’s Los Chicos, currently working away on their seventh album, will be touring the country later this year as special guest of Radio Birdman (at the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Sunday 30 September with The Sunday Reeds also on the bill) but have elected to present a sideshow on Tuesday 2 October at the Grace Emily Hotel, 232 Waymouth St, Adelaide, with tickets via Moshtix. BELINDA CARLISLE
Presented by Silverback Touring, Los Angeles-based all-female band Paradise Kitty are a Guns N’ Roses tribute band and they will be heading to Fowler’s Live, 68 North Tce, Adelaide, on Friday 28 September with special guests The Australian Mötley Crüe Show, Propane Candy and non-stop hard rock DJs all night and with tickets via Moshtix. NO MONO
Paul Dempsey of Something For Kate is currently on his Solo Acoustic tour and with sell out shows in other states, has announced one at the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, SA, on Saturday 15 September with tickets via the venue or Oztix. JUSTIN KEENAN Presented by Flat Cap Productions and Brighton & Seacliff Yacht Club, Justin Keenan, of Melbourne folk rockers The Go Set, will be in solo mode when he plays Brighton & Seacliff Yacht Club, 246 Esplanade, Seacliff, from 7pm on Friday 31 August with Kyle Landman (of Young Offenders) as special guest and tickets $5 at the door. THE PRETTY THINGS
Melbourne-based electronica act No Mono (Big Scary’s Tom Iansek and Tom Snowdon) have announced a huge tour for their Islands (Part 1) album which will include a show at Jive, 181 Hindley St, Adelaide, from 8pm on Friday 31 August with tickets via Moshtix.
Presented by DRW Entertainment, The Pretty Things are a garage psych rock and R&B band and more who formed in London in 1963 but are now set to hang
America’s Belinda Carlisle, who first found fame with The Go-Go’s, will make a return to Australia to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her hit solo album, Runaway Horses, and will play the Governor Hindmarsh, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Wednesday 20 February with tickets via the venue or Oztix. JAMES UK band James are making only their second ever trip down under and will play their first ever gig in Adelaide at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, on Monday 19 November with tickets via the venue or OzTix.
FRIDAY 27 JULY Tumbleweed (Wollongong), Even (Melbourne) at The Dunes at Governor Hindmarsh Mammal (Brisbane), Osaka Punch and Fresh Violet at Fowler’s Live MONDAY 30 JULY Mortiis (Norway) at Enigma Bar
FRIDAY 3 AUGUST Kasey Chambers at Thebarton Theatre Lanks and Mane at Jive Outright HC (Melbourne), Stolen Youth, Homesick and Stabbitha & The Knifey Wifeys at Crown & Anchor SATURDAY 4 AUGUST The Hybernators (Melbourne), Molting Vultures and Green Circles at Grace Emily The Babe Rainbow (Byron Bay) at Jive Suzanne Vega (US) at Thebarton Theatre FRIDAY 10 AUGUST Ed Kuepper (Brisbane) at Governor Hindmarsh Dave Graney & The mistLY (Melbourne) at Wheatsheaf Hotel King Parrot (Sydney) at Edinburgh Castle Pete Murray (Qld) at Norwood Live
SATURDAY 11 AUGUST SAURDAY 18 AUGUST Dave Graney & The The Bamboos mistLY (Melbourne) at (Melbourne) and Wheatsheaf Hotel Wanderers at Governor Pete Murray (Qld) at Hindmarsh Norwood Live Fraser A Gorman Naberus (Melbourne), Melbourne) at Grace Emily Alda Sky, Colour & Shade The Braves (Melbourne), and To Hell With Paradise The Sunday Reeds, The at Jive Howling Fog and ICT Shredfest 2018: Earth Messenger at Hotel Metro Rot, Mason, Hidden Intent, Se Bon Ki Ra, SUNDAY 19 AUGUST Christ Dismembered, Stryper (US) at Governor Trigger, Lucifer’s Fall and Hindmarsh Roadhaul at Edinburgh Castle Hotel Bob Dylan (US) at THURSDAY 23 AUGUST Bonython Pk Luca Brasi (Tasmania), Warped (Melbourne), Tiny Moving Parts and Grindhouse (Melbourne), Eliza & The Delusionals Meatbeaters and at Governor Hindmarsh Blue Flame Special at Cumberland Hotel (Glanville) FRIDAY 24 AUGUST Movements (US). Eat Your SUNDAY 12 AUGUST Heart Out at Jive Dave Graney & The Amy Shark, E^ST and mistLY (Melbourne) at Alexander Biggs at HQ Wheatsheaf Hotel Complex
WEDNESDAY 29 AUGUST Britrock Must Be Destroyed: Reef, Terrorvision and The Wildhearts at Governor Hindmarsh FRIDAY 31 AUGUST The Screaming Jets (Newcastle) and Boom Crash Opera (Melbourne) at Governor Hindmarsh Roots & Branches: Kristy Cox and The Weeping Willows at Trinity Sessions No Mono (Melbourne), s at Jive Phil Stack (Sydney) at Stamford Grand (Glenelg) SATURDAY 1 SEPTEMBER The Screaming Jets (Newcastle) and Boom Crash Opera (Melbourne) at Governor Hindmarsh Moose Blood (UK) at Fowler’s Live
FRIDAY 17 AUGUST The Black Heart Death SATURDAY 25 AUGUST Cult (Melbourne) and The Psycroptic (Tasmania), SUNDAY 2 SEPTEMBER Dunes at Grace Emily Archspire and Hadal Maw Michael Waugh Regurgitator (Brisbane) at at Fowler’s Live (Melbourne) and Rich Governor Hindmarsh Davies (Melbourne) at Gretta Ray (Melbourne) at Grace Emily Jive TUESDAY 28 AUGUST Courtney Barnett The Charlatans (UK) at FRIDAY 7 SEPTEMBER (Melbourne) at Thebarton Governor Hindmarsh Chocolate Starfish Theatre Gene Simmons (US) (Melbourne) at Governor Pist Idiots (Melbourne), and Ace Frehley (US) at Hindmarsh Weathered Heads and Adelaide Entertainment Freewyo (US) at Fowler’s Bitchspawn at Rocket Bar Centre Theatre Live
SATURDAY 8 SEPTEMBER THURSDAY 27 SEPTEMER Aydan at Governor Jen Cloher (Melbourne) Hindmarsh (afternoon and Fair Maiden at Grace show) Emily Moonshifter (Melbourne), Skyhammer, Born Of FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER Dust and Ouroboric at Paradise Kitty (US) at Enigma Bar Fowler’s Live THURSDAY 13 SEPTEMBER TesseracT (UK) at Governor Hindmarsh
SUNDAY 30 SEPTEMBER Radio Birdman (Sydney), Los Chicas (Madrid) and The Sunday Reeds at Governor Hindmarsh FRIDAY 14 SEPTEMBER Bobby Kimball (US) and Plini (Sydney), Mestis (US) Mark Gable (Sydney) at and David Maxim Micic Thebarton Theatre (Siberia) at Jive Unknown Mortal Orchestra (NZ/US) at Fat TUESDAY 2 OCTOBER Controller Los Chicas (Madrid) at DZ Deathrays, Pup Grace Emily (Canada), Ali Barter and Horror My Friend at HQ Complex (SOLD OUT)
SUNDAY 14 OCTOBER Stephen Cummings (Melbourne) at Wheatsheaf Hotel Foreigner (US) and Cheap Trick (US) at Botanic Pk
FRIDAY 19 OCTOBER Ball Park Music and San Cisco at Thebarton Theatre SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER Skunkhour (Sydney) at Governor Hindmarsh SUNDAY 21 OCTOBER Rob Snarski (Melbourne) at Wheatsheaf Hotel
SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER Tech N9ne and Krizz Kaliko at Fowler’s Live Paul Dempsey (Melbourne) at Governor Hindmarsh
SUNDAY 16 SEPTEMBER Samsara Blues Experiment (Germany) at Crown & Anchor THURSDAY 20 SEPTEMBER Booze & Glory (London) at Crown & Anchor FRIDAY 21 SEPTEMBER Hockey Dad at HQ Complex
SATURDAY 22 SEPTEMBER Scott Bradlee’s Post Modern Jukebox (US) at Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre TUESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER Destroyer (Canada) at Governor Hindmarsh
FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER The Animals (UK) at Governor Hindmarsh XSLF (Northern Ireland) and The Go Set (Melbourne) at Crown & Anchor
TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER Fozzy (US) at Governor Hindmarsh MONDAY 19 NOVEMBER James (UK) at Governor Hindmarsh
TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER Passenger (UK) at Governor Hindmarsh SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER
A Day On The Green: John Farnham, Richard Marx, Daryl Braithwaite, Russell Morris and Bachelor Girl at Leconfield Wines (McLaren Vale)
SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER
Osaka Monaurail (Japan) at Governor Hindmarsh Josh Smith (US) and Chris Finnen at Semaphore Workers Club David Byrne (US) at Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre
SATURDAY 6 OCTOBER Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever (Sydney) and Body Type at Jive MONDAY 8 OCTOBER Ke$ha (US) at Thebarton Theatre FRIDAY 12 OCTOBER The Ballroom Blitz (Germany) at Governor Hindmarsh SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER The Pretty Things (UK) and Somnium at Fowler’s Live
TUESDAY 23 OCTOBER Skid Row (US) at Governor Hindmarsh
SATURDAY 27 OCTOBER The Sword (US) at Fowler’s Live
SATURDAY 8 DECEMBER James Reyne (Melbourne) at Thebarton Theatre SUNDAY 9 DECEMBER Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls (UK) at Governor Hindmarsh
FRIDAY 25 JANUARY Under The Southern Stars: Hoodoo Gurus, You Am I, The Superjesus, British India, The Getaway Plan, Eskimo Joe SATURDAY 3 NOVEMBER ad Scott Darlow at Harts Parkway Drive (Byron Mill (Pt Adelaide) Bay), Killswitch Engage and Thy Art Is Murder at Adelaide Entertainment Centre Diesel (Sydney) at Coopers Alehouse (Wallaroo) FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER Diesel (Sydney) at Governor Hindmarsh
UMBRELLA WINTER CITY SOUNDS Music SA’s Umbrella Winter City Sounds, which includes Adelaide Guitar Festival’s Guitars In Bars, kicked off on Friday 13 July as a celebration of SA live music and continues until Sunday 29 July with plenty still on offer.
DARK FOLK Willunga’s Stone Pony will bring three singer songwriters and poets to unique retro lounge Vintage Vulture, 129 Currie
SYMPATHY ORCHESTRA
ALANA JAGT & THE MONOTREMES
Alana Jagt & The Monotremes will be wrapping up a run of shows at the Grace Emily Hotel, 232 Waymouth St, Adelaide, as part of Music SA’s Umbrella Winter City Sounds on Friday 27 July as a free entry affair with special guests McDiamond Swamp and Paddy McHugh SCALA’S FOOM
Entries are still being taken for SCALA’s annual FOOM (Festival Of Original Music) with the heats and final set to take place at the Wheatsheaf Hotel, 39 George, St, Thebarton, with heats from 8pm each Thursday evening with the final to take place on Thursday 23 August as part of Music SA’s Umbrella Winter City Sounds.
St, Adelaide, for one night of dark folk from 7pm on Saturday 28 July. Be swept up in tales of cities and belonging, death and sex, politics and wild weather with Tasmania’s Daniel J Townsend, Jen Lush and Go Fish (Emma Luker and Dylan Woolcock) and live readings by poets Steve Brock, Thom Sullivan and Kathryn Hummel and with $20 tickets via Moshtix as part of Music SA’s Umbrella Winter City Sounds.
As part of Music SA’s Umbrella Winter City Sounds and Adelaide Guitar Festival’s Guitars In Bars, legendary Adelaide combo Sympathy Orchestra (guitarists Julian Barnett and Lyndon SCOUTED 2018 Gordon with the rhythm section of Presented by Music SA as part of Umbrella drummer John Appleby and Istvan Winter City Sounds, Scouted is a showcase Nemeth on six-string bass) will be event of Adelaide’s live music exponents presenting a free entry show from 8.30pm across all genres and will be taking place on Friday 27 July at the well-appointed from 5.30pm on Friday 27 July across Railway Hotel, 247 St Vincent St, Pt four stages – Jive (Runaway Weekend, Adelaide, with bookings advised for meals Blush Response, Siamese and Dhungala on 08 8447 1527. The band will also be Baarka), Nexus Live (Hannah & Jessietaking part in the Grand Final of Adelaide Lee, Naomi Keyte, The Winter Gypsy and Casino’s Battle Of The Bands on Friday 3 Ollie English), West Oak (Neon Tetra, August as part of Guitars In Bars. Fair Maiden, Donnarumma and Wing Defence) and Rocket Bar (Strict Face, THE RISING SUN HOTEL Bree Tranter, Hartway and Argus & The The Rising Sun Hotel, 19 Main North Rd, Liar) – in Adelaide’s bustling West End. Auburn, is open for meals, accommodation Tickets via Moshtix allow access to all four and functions, has open fires and lots venues. of live entertainment on offer as part of Music SA’s Umbrella Winter City Sounds MAMMAL and Adelaide Guitar Festival’s Guitars Mammal are coming to Fowler’s Live, 68 In Bars with country rock band The Cut North Tce, Adelaide, as part of a national Snakes from 2.30pm on Sunday 29 July. tour on Friday 27 July with special guests Phone bookings for dinner, lunch and such Osaka Punch and Fresh Violet with tickets are recommended by calling 08 8849 via Moshtix as part of Music SA’s Umbrella 2015. Winter City Sounds.
THE EQUALIZER 2 (MA) ***
named Miles Whittaker (funny MAMMA MIA! HERE WE GO Ashton Sanders) away from the AGAIN (M) gangs and on the straight and **1/2 The first sequel ever from narrow. Released and set 10 years after star and producer Denzel the first Mamma Mia! (which Washington and director A slightly lumpy plot has was, of course, drawn from the aand producer Antoine Fuqua Mac discover something we appallingly popular musical (just off directing DW in that can probably guess after the Magnificent Seven remake) is vicious killing of one of his old theatre show), this pretty desperate feeling follow-up actually slightly better than the friends (Melissa Leo as Susan from co-writer/director Ol 2014 original, although it still Plummer), and this leads him Parker is just as ludicrous, has little to do with the original to realise a twist that we can tawdry and gruesome and yet ‘80s TV series (with Edward see coming a mile off, due to Woodward), still proves a crucial bit of casting and the there’s one thing here that really works - believe it or not. painfully violent and really suspicion that there’s really Yes, Lily James plays the young should be spelt The Equaliser nowhere else for the story to Donna a.k.a. Meryl Streep, and outside America (although go. Lots of bloody violence despite being absolutely unapparently and amusingly the results, and everything is Meryl-ish (she’s taller, totally crew on the set called it The eventually resolved in the physically unalike and English) Sequelizer). middle of that old cinematic she’s fairly fabulous, A BETTER standby: a huge FX storm. SINGER, and really the only Bostonian Robert McCall reason to catch this hopelessly (Denz) is still around, despite A little less stodgy than the being supposedly dead, and first film, this is able to loosen bloated nonsense. now he drives an Uber in up now we know who McCall A year after Donna’s death an effort to deal with his is and what he’s on about, insomnia and many empty and Denzel offers a somewhat from causes unexplained, her hours, and the unanswered stronger characterisation and daughter Sophie (Amanda questions come thick and fast: manages to bring a little more Seyfried) is dealing with the grief by reopening the hotel on how can you have such a job, heart to the proceedings too, rent an apartment and even which is rather a surprise given that Greek island, and while her travel internationally if you’re how he also bashes and kills an true love Sky (Dominic Cooper) can’t be there and Harry legally deceased? Anyway, awful lot of people with guns, (Colin Firth) and Bill (Stellan he’s still standing up for the knives and even a harpoon. Skarsgård) are otherwise oppressed, which leads to the engaged, she does get to hang epic brutalising of some nasty And get ready for The out with Sam (Pierce Brosnan), coke-fiend suits in a fancy Equalizer/Equaliser/ who blathers on about how hotel room and his many and Sequelizer/Denzelator 3!!! proud Donna would be. We dangerous attempts to keep MDB then start flashing backwards a talented young neighbour and forwards to an improbable
1979 where the young Donna leaves school, starts travelling, meets the youthful versions of Harry (Hugh Skinner), Bill (Josh Dylan) and Sam (Jeremy Irvine) and has it off with all three in order to make the original’s plot work. Tanya (Christine Baranski) and Rosie (Julie Walters) are also in there alongside their young selves (Jessica Keenan Wynn and Alexa Davies), Andy Garcia turns up as a character you can probably guess the name of, and Cher finally arrives as Sophie’s Grandma a.k.a. Meryl’s Mom, even though she’s only three years older than Streep. Her involvement was sort of intended as a secret, and it looks like all her scenes were shot in one afternoon before she was put back on ice. Oh yes, and there are endless ABBA songs, many of which were in the first film, and some really work when Lily performs them and saves her scenes from yet another suffocating tsunami of sentiment. As Agnetha and Frida might have said: Look at them now, will they ever damn learn???
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been far different had you been successful in the noughties as opposed to the ’70s? “Yeah probably. I think anything to do with the Bay City Rollers was very positive, it was a great first band to fall in love with.”
I came to see the band at the Governor Hindmarsh Hotel last year and it was great and you’re still fully charged. It was so wonderful to be taken on a musical journey back to when you were at your peak without comprising on the sound as opposed to a lot of tribute bands that come back but are musically depleted. “I don’t think I would come out and present myself to the public if I couldn’t sing anymore. I think that would be a bit of a rip off.”
Are you still travelling the world these days I’m sure you had no shortage back Les? in the day. What were some of the stranger things that fans did in order to “Yeah, I’m pretty much travelling all the time get closer to you? since I was 15. Absolutely love it - we spend Let’s go back to where it all six months of the year travelling in the UK, started. Bay City Rollers were “A couple of the strangest things were the festivals in the summer and international quite often there would tours and we spend two months a global phenomenon back in be maids in the hotel “I don’t think in Japan in February with the the ’70s, sold over 300 million hanging out in the corridor I would come rest of the time being spent at pretending to be working albums and toured the world out and present home in Hackney, London – very who would have got the to a legion of adoring fans. myself to the close to Olympic Stadium!” job a month or so before in public if I that hotel just so that they We speak to singer Les McKeown and couldn’t sing Japan was a great territory for begin by asking if he ever wondered what might be able to meet their favourite Roller.” made the band so successful? anymore. I think the Bay City Rollers. You went to have a successful solo that would be a on Back in those heady days career there, didn’t you? “No I didn’t actually, I really didn’t think bit of a rip off.” about it too much, I was too busy enjoying we know of the highlights but what aspects of it didn’t myself. It was a big adventure for us. I was “Yeah, I had a brilliant time there for three almost as young as the fans. I was 19 when you enjoy? years. It was great. I was living in a Buddhist I came to Australia the first time so it was temple. My wife, Peko, her father was a monk a huge adventure for a little Scottish laddie “There’s not a lot I didn’t enjoy really, we were pretty young and feisty, lots and he had his own temple in Himeji. I used from the wrong side of Edinburgh.” of spunk and we wanted to speak fluent Japanese but I’ve become a to, you know, be awake bit rusty since then.” If you could go back is there all the time and just be anything that you would on more of an adventure. change about those times? These days I take things Bay City Rollers will once again a little bit easier but not “Not about those times, no. I much has changed really. be rollin’ into the Governor definitely wouldn’t change a
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thing.”
It must have been so strange, as you said coming from Edinburgh to world wide adulation. How did you cope?
“Oh, I was adulated in Edinburgh before I travelled the world!” Is there any advice that you would give your younger self?
“Yeah, make more it! Enjoy yourself even more Lesley and get out there and meet lots and lots and lots of girls.”
“Fans still want to get a hold of me and sing along with me and meet me and stuff so there’s still a buzz there even though so many years have passed by. It’s still great and it still gives me a lot of enthusiasm to go out and try and be my best on the stage – try and meet as many people as possible, tell them thanks very much for their support and it’s great to be out there, So many great stories about what happened back in the day. Fantastic stories!” Do you think life for you would have
Hindmarsh Hotel, 59 Port Rd, Hindmarh, on Thursday 2 August with tickets via the venue or Oztix.