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Pharoahe Monche (USA) Wed April 17
RÜFÜS Friday April 19
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April Shaun Kirk $10pre / $15door Thursday 4th The Roobs + The Sin & Tonics $10 Friday 5th Lowrider $20pre / $25door Saturday 6th A Night for Thomas Reid with Joe and the Blackberries Sunday 7th Quiz Night Monday 8th Peter Hicks and the Blue Licks Tuesday 9th Slyde Wednesday 10th Son Del Sur (Cuban Salsa) $5 Thursday 11th Sticky Fingers + Younger dryas $15 Friday 12th Spit Syndicate $18pre / $23door Saturday 13th Wahbash Avenue Sunday 14th Billy Whitton Monday 15th Stephan Brandon Tuesday 16th Pharoahe Monch (USA) $25pre/$30door Wednesday 17th Jordie Lane + Christopher Coleman $15pre/$20door Thurs 21st Sugartrain Friday 19th
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The end is not quite so nigh! Rejoice! For the first time since 1999, the music industry is growing again! Who can we thank for it? The vinyl “resurgence”? The cataclysmic hippie fuelled mind-shift of December 2012? Nah, iTunes, mostly. 2012 saw iTunes push into new territories such as India, which saw a 9 percent spike (which equates to about $5.6 billion), now accounting for around 34 per cent of all global music revenue. Subscription music services such as Spotify also expanded (you may have noticed their increased Facebook integration clogging up your feed for a while there), with the number of active subscribers increasing 44 per cent to 20,000,000. For more information, you can read IFPI’s Digital Music Report at www.ifpi. org
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The unmistakable sounds of one of Australia’s iconic voices will be resonating across the waters when Xavier Rudd returns to Tasmania for the first time since 2011 to play an exclusive gig on the beautiful Bruny island as part of Nayri Niara good spirit Festival, April 5 – 7. The singer, songwriter, multiinstrumentalist, surfer, environmental and cultural activist, has carved a unique vision that has refreshed Australians to the sounds and stories of the land’s original owners and has gained him a global fan-base of likeminded souls. Joining Xavier is the smooth and soulful Emma Donovan, the Pacific inspired beats of Bobby Alu, OKA’s electrified Didgeridoo and balladeer, Deline Briscoe as well as Tasmanian’s own Dewayne Everettsmith and other local talent. Tickets available from www.nayriniara.eventbrite.com.
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THE REAL THING Australian rock legend Russell Morris has just launched a national campaign aimed at stemming the tide of liver disease caused by the country’s leading viral cause of death, hepatitis C. While currently enjoying success in the ARIA top 20 with his album Sharkmouth, Russell is drawing on the lyrics of his 1969 international hit, ‘The Real Thing’, and joining medical experts in encouraging Australians to “get real about hepatitis C and take action”. See The Real Thing is a short video competition that aims to help de-stigmatise hepatitis C and encourage people who are concerned about the infection to see their doctor. Video submissions must feature Morris’ rock classic, “The Real Thing”. Hepatitis C can be cured, but fewer than two per cent of people with the infection
The APRA 2013 Professional Development Awards has a whopper of a prize pool, $240,000 worth, in fact. The winners will take home a package to the value of $30,000 including $12,000 cash courtesy of APRA. The popular contemporary category has a list of people who may or may not already be professionally developed, which begs the hipster question “why, even?” Matt Corby, Andy Bull, Jordie Lane etc, etc. But the real interest for Tasmania is in the Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander category which has local legend Dewayne Everettsmith in the running. From all of us here at Warp magazine, best of luck, Dewayne, you artful crooner.
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currently receive treatment each year. More than 226,000 Australians now live with hepatitis C. Transmitted through blood-toblood contact, an estimated 80 per cent of cases have been contracted through unsafe injecting drug use. Hepatitis C can also be contracted through unsafe tattooing and body piercing practices.
Chance Waters sure did have a large 2012. His sophomore release Infinity debuted at #54 on the ARIA Charts, he was nominated for Unearthed Artist of the Year at the 2012 J Awards, his video for Maybe Tomorrow was voted at #7 in the 2012 Rage Top 50, he then locked down two spots in the triple j hottest 100. Not too shabby for an independent artist. He’s hoping to follow up the success of 2012 with an equally successful 2013, and he’s starting by setting off on a 19 stop national tour. Three of those stops are in Tasmania, so you’ll have plenty of opportunity to catch him, no matter where you are. Thursday May 30 will see Chance at Spurs Saloon in Devonport, Friday May 31 he’ll be at Hotel New York in Launceston, and Saturday June 1 he’ll be at the Republic Bar & Café in Hobart, supported by Mind Over Matter at all three gigs. (Oh, and in late breaking news, Chance Waters just signed an international publishing deal with Universal - this is massive news, and makes this article heaps longer than any of the other news articles this month. Way to go, Chance!)
RECORD STORE DAY April 20 is Record Store Day - the annual day of celebration where families and friends come together to eat, drink, and share gifts. The parents all dress like Jack White, as is tradition, in quirky hats and terrible moustaches, and threaten to not take the kids to the local indy record store unless they have been good all year. Jack knows if you‘ve been good - he has small, pale, elfish agents, watching your every move at concerts and music festivals. So be good, kids! Be good for goodness sake! Anyway, Record Store Day is the day that all of the independently-owned record stores come together with artists to celebrate the art of music, so be a good egg, go buy some vinyl from your local shop on Record Store Day. Remember, Jack is watching. Creepy Jack.
As I’m sure you’ve all heard, Lamb of God front man Randy Blythe was imprisoned following the death of a 19 year old concert goer in the Czech Republic. The good news for Lamb of God fans (if there is such a thing as “good news” following such a tragic death) is that Randy Blythe was recently acquitted. A panel of Czech judges ruled that concert promoters - not Randy Blythe were largely to blame. The presiding judge, Tomas Kubovec, put the lion’s share of the blame for the tragedy on the lax security and safety precautions at the Prague club, which thereby allowed fans to take to the stage. The state attorney, who had sought a conviction of manslaughter and asked for the minimum sentence of five years, immediately appealed the decision.
VALE A FINE AUSTRALIAN DJ
One of Australia’s finest, most accomplished and most respected DJ’s, DJ Ajax (born Adrian Thomas) passed away recently after being hit by a truck in Melbourne’s inner northern suburbs. It was Ajax’s birthday, he had just turned 42, he had been celebrating with friends, and was on his way to celebrate with yet more friends. The popular dance icon had an incredibly accomplished career in a short period of time, he will be remembered not only for his DJ and production work, but also for his work behind the scenes, as founder of music label and management company, Sweat it Out. Tributes flooded social networking sites following the news of his tragic passing. Vale Ajax.
DRUMMING UP THE COMMUNITY WIN WITH APRA
The Tasmania University Union Taiko Society was formed in July 2002 to give Tasmanians the opportunity to train in the art of traditional Japanese drumming, with the intention of using Taiko as a vehicle for promoting friendship and understanding between cultures. On Saturday April 27, the Taiko Society will be holding two concerts at the Hutchins School Performing Arts Centre. They’ll be flying professional taiko artist Makato Sekine to Hobart to feature
along with special guests Etsuko Sakai (a professional Japanese Koto player), Les Elliot’s Karate Academy, and the Show Taiks (a talented young Taiko group from Launceston). For more information, check out www.taikodrum.com
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They Might Be Giants actually are giants of the music industry, there’s no “might be” about it, really. The Grammy award-winning legends have spent the last 30 years making smart and infectious pop-based songs that have been seen and heard everywhere from video games to Malcolm in the Middle and Jon Stewart‘s Daily Show. For the first time since 2001, TMBG will be back on Australian shores, playing at the Groovin’ The Moo festival, fortunately they’ve slipped a few sneaky sideshows into their schedule, and even more fortunately for Taswegians, one of those sideshows is in Hobart. Tuesday May 14 at The Wrest Point Showroom, tickets on sale now.
THE GOSPEL OF BIAFRA If you’ve never heard of an Australian rapper by the name of Big Dave, you’re not alone not by a long shot there, buddy. But Big Dave makes moves; his debut album Self Made features iconic artists such as Kurupt, Joell Ortiz, Necro, WC, and Snoop Dogg. That’s quite impressive, that. According to the bio, Big Dave got his start as an announcer on Jailbreak (radio show aired to prisoners), after his release, he set up “Kokyprik Records” in his garage in Canberra, and quickly signed up a roster of recording artists, half of them former prisoners like himself. KP Records have since gone on to host events with international stars such as Ice Cube, Bone Thugs, D12 and more. Keep an ear out for Dave vs. Goliath (feat. Snoop Dogg) on the radio.
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One of the most iconic names in punk, Jello Biafra will be making a special visit to Hobart for a spoken word show and an ever so special DJ set on Saturday May 25. The spoken word show will be in the Founders Room at the Salamanca Arts Centre, with an afterparty at The Brisbane Hotel featuring guest DJ set by Jello. Tickets on sale now at Ruffcut and Moshtix. $30 plus b/f for the spoken word show only. $35 plus b/f gets you into the afterparty as well. If avaible tickets to the after by themselves will be $10.
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It’s been seven long, long, long (long? long.) years since thrash metal legends Municipal Waste were on Australian shores. Finally, following the release of their most recent album The Fatal Feast (their first album on Nuclear Blast Records), the Virginian crossover kings will be back down under. Since 2001, the four-piece have had a relentless touring schedule, shoe-horned into the breaks from their hectic recording schedule, it’s no wonder they’ve developed a reputation for being one of the hardest working bands in the biz. See them at The Brisbane Hotel June 22.
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Melbourne lads, Diafrix, just keep going from strength to strength. Fresh from supporting Macklemore and Ryan Lewis on their recent sold-out tour, Diafrix announce “The Dreamer Tour” which will see them performing all over Australia featuring special guest, Sydney MC, Miracle. To wind up their 16 stop tour, Diafrix and Miracle will be touching down in Hobart on Saturday May 4, performing at the Waratah Hotel. Tickets available at the venue, or online via OzTix. After having their recent release Pocket Full of Dreams named iTunes Best Australian Hip-Hop Release of 2012, and their track Running It selected as official campaign theme song for the Western Bulldogs 2013 season, Diafrix seem to be making their dreams a reality.
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Michigan-based post-hardcore (huh?) band La Dispute hit Tasmanian shores on Thursday July 11 with Baltimore based Pianos Become The Teeth to play a splendiferous gig at The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart. The five-piece formed in 2004 and have released a bunch of music since then, two full length albums and a heap of extended players, in fact. Busy lads, especially considering how much time they spend on the road. Tickets are already on sale, and are available from The Brisbane Hotel, Ruffcut, or online via Moshtix.
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IS IT BOB OR IS IT KEVIN? I WAS MEANT TO SPEAK WITH BOB EVANS (OR WAS IT KEVIN MITCHELL?) FROM JEBEDIAH. EITHER WAY, THE PLANE WAS LATE AND THE INTERVIEW WAS POSTPONED. WHEN I GOT THE CALL LATER, I WASN’T SO PREPARED.
“Every time I catch a flight lately it turns to shit. I’ve had enough of it to drive anybody mad, but I do enjoy being in motion though,” he says. Time enough for me to regroup. So do I call you Bob or do I call you Kevin? “The lines are getting blurry; I’ve been doing Bob Evans for so long now. Bob is my day to day thing and I find I have to slip into Kevin Mitchell mode when I’m back with Jebediah. At home I’m definitely Kevin.
for a name to use for a show listing in one of the Perth street presses and it literally was the first thing I saw.” In a career spanning close to two decades, Kevin Mitchell has released five studio albums, one compilation album, four EPs and numerous singles as part of prominent Australian group Jebediah. Bob Evans is now up to his fourth studio album with the newly released Familiar Stranger. Is there rivalry between the two entities?
“It really is becoming a name on a poster or CD now. It’s not a character I need to inhabit. Maybe I used to but not so anymore. On the street I do turn to see if somebody shouts Bob. I answer to Bob.”
“I’m catching up. I wouldn’t say there is rivalry; I do make comparisons between the two and success keeps changing between the two. If the others [remaining band members from Jebediah] make comparisons, then they don’t tell me.”
So of all the names to call yourself for your stage alter ego, why the hell Bob Evans?
So is the new stuff better than the old stuff?
“It was a t-shirt I was wearing back in ’97 or ‘98. I used to wear it all the time and it had Bob Evans written on the front. I was looking
“The new album is currently my favourite album I’ve made. I would be reticent to say this is the best record I’ve ever made. If I read somebody saying that in a magazine [about their own work] I would question their sincerity; that’s just spin.
“I can’t help myself reading a critic of my work even though I know I shouldn’t. It’s like driving past a road accident and slowing down wondering if you should look, even though knowing you might see something you wish you hadn’t.”
“I can measure it in different ways. I can feel that I’m going to be incredibly protective and close and sensitive about this album. Whether it’s the best thing I’ve done, well that’s not really important for me.” So considering the above, I’m curious to know Kevin’s thoughts on the world of music critics and whether they are friends or foe. “There a lot of music journalists I’ve become friends with over the years that I’ve known since the start. As I have gotten older and a little crabbier there has been a cynicism that has grown about music critics. “The best thing as a musician is to avoid reading about your self. I can’t help myself reading a review of my work even though I know I shouldn’t. It’s like driving past a road accident and slowing down wondering if you should look, even though knowing you might see something you wish you hadn’t... I find I tend to look.” I quickly do the maths with Kevin over the phone, add the Jebediah albums to his solo work and throw in his side project Basement Birds, multiply by thirteen tracks per album and you end up with close to 150 songs that have been written partly or in full by him. Is Kevin running out of inspiration? “The greatest fear of anybody creative is you never know if it’s going to end one day. I don’t think you are born with a finite amount of creativity. A better analogy is that your creativity is like a muscle. If you don’t keep exercising it becomes weak. As long as I enjoy it, as long as I keep practising making it and writing it, then the ideas will keep on flowing. “I don’t think it’s a case of people running out of ideas, but more of a case of them not being open to it. You never know where the next good idea is coming from. Sometimes I’ve gone months without writing a song. zThe worst thing would be to go off and leave it. “Sometimes life circumstances can have an effect on writing as much. Sometimes this is unavoidable and you just have to ride them out.” NIC ORME Bob Evans plays Hotel New York in Launceston on Wednesday April 24 and then relocates to Hobart to perform at The Republic Bar & Cafe on Friday April 26. Familiar Stranger is out now through EMI.
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THE COMEDY OF MUSIC THEY SAY TALENT RUNS IN THE FAMILY AND FOR JORDIE LANE THIS IS PROBABLY TRUE.
A musical father and actor/comedian Denise Scott for a mother, it was perhaps only a matter of time until he followed suit. Sometimes a bit of a push is all that it takes. “I was living with my parents just hanging out on the couch until my mother had enough and made me perform in a comedy show with her at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. It was a case of art imitating life, with us playing a mother and son,” Jordie says.
Five years later, later Jordie can declare “musician” as his fulltime occupation. Currently on tour around the country with American folk singer Ruthie Foster, he has also slipped in his own headlining tour dates before taking off to Canada and the United States in May. So what does music and song writing mean to a folk musician such as Jordie Lane? “The Sound and how it feels is what immediately connects to people. The bass and rhythm is important. Mum would always be on stage or the kitchen telling stories and for me the lyrics became really important after listening to Bob Dylan.
“I ended up falling in love playing to a responsive audience and started to go to open mic nights, then all of a sudden I was playing five nights a week around Melbourne.” So was it a hard choice for Jordie to pick music over comedy? “I still have a secret desire to be a comedian. Friends have told me that I actually need to be funny though.”
“They were stories about people on the road, longing for love and stuff like that. I compose from my internal thoughts and experiences, but write from a detached perspective.” What’s the most crazy stuff Jordie has done? “I recently played the Folk Alliance in Canada [Toronto]. It was like minus 13 degrees and snowing and there were 2000 musicians crammed in the hotel [Delta Chelsea Hotel]. All the musicians would do private performances in their hotel rooms, carrying the furniture out onto the balconies to make room. Everybody would go out onto the stairwells and sing together. Maybe not so safe but a lot of fun.” NIC ORME
Catch Jordie Lane plays in Hobart with Christopher Coleman and Jed Appleton at the Republic Bar & Cafe on Thursday April 18. Followed by a Launceston show at The Royal Oak with Heloise on Friday April 19.
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pretty hammered and I vaguely remember a crowd being circled around. Nugkinda thrives on attention and was pretty pumped up and necked his first shoey on the spot. Everyone in the place was blown away and for the rest of the night we both got as many free beers as we could drink, as long as we drank them from our shoes.
HOBART’S NEWEST FESTIVAL IS SET TO ROCK WITH BANDS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY HEADLINED BY THE SMITH STREET BAND AND LOCALS LUCA BRASI AND FEATURING A BIZARRE THEME OF DRINKING BEER FROM A SHOE.
At the time we were so excited and it was so fucking amazing that we were getting free beers. The night after we tried again with mixed results in terms of people’s reactions. Not everyone seemed to think it was that great.
For the uninitiated, shoey’s are the fine art of drinking beer from one’s shoe. Beers can be drunk from somebody else’s shoe but technically this is classified as cheating by shoey purists. According to shoey-lore, the practise first began here in Hobart, although many places claim to be the origins of the shoey. Frontman for The Smith Street Band, Wil Wagner is the brain child of the festival and is curating the event with Hobart’s Linc le Fevre, who have each chosen a bunch of acts from around the country guaranteed to bring good times. MY FIRST SHOEY With Tyler Richardson of Luca Brasi The first shoey I remember being exposed to was in Launceston in March 2008, at the now defunct bar called the Hub, which is also where Luca Brasicut our teeth playing shows (possible coincidence, that we pretty much had a residence at a bar that allowed basically all behaviour?). We’d somehow got free tickets to the crusty demons motorbike show and after bailing on that pretty quick, walked down the road to the Hub.
The shoey has over the last five years enabled me and a lot of my friends to have some pretty awesome times, as well as occasions with threats of violence and also actual violence by varied security staff. All in all I’m pretty stoked on them still, and the fact that there’s a fest involving the biggest legends and best bands I know named after them is pretty damn cool. Viva shoeycabrones!
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I (vaguely) remember the first time I witnessed a shoey. I was a bar in Hobart and I’m gonna say Tyler and Busby from Luca Brasi whipped off their muddy Vans and poured cascade straight from the tap into said shoe, drank it and then DIDN’T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE BEER! Needless to say, I fell in love and have since attempted to turn everyone over to the wonders of drinking beer out of a shoe! When we played at big day out, I asked if anyone had a shoe for me to drink out of (I was then pelted with shoes) and the crowd was pretty into it until they realized what I was about to do and then let out the most tremendous groan of disgust! I did one at Fest in Florida last year as well, and distinctly remember someone yelling out “OH DUDE DON’T DO THAT!”
My first shoey marked the beginning of one of the greatest nights of my life. It was a Sunday night at the Reverence Hotel in Footscray on the final night of the Poison City Weekender. I don’t even think it was that late in the evening at this stage, and being the responsible drinker that I am, was still pretty sober.
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About half an hour before the Insiders were due to play, someone (probably Luca Brasi’s twelfth man Yug) convinced me to break my shoey virginity. I feel this weird sense of misplaced pride that the shoey has made its way all over the world. When Propaghandi played in Melbourne, they talked about Tasmanians drinking out of their shoes, and there were plenty of reports of Australian fans doing shoeys at the Fest in Florida last year. In a way, coming from Luca Brasi it kind of represents a stamp of pride that says ‘we’re from Tasmania, and we don’t give a shit.’ Or maybe I’m overthinking it,
One of our best mates (and complete lunatic) Nugget wanted to show me a trick he saw on an old surf movie. He then proceeded to pull off his shoe and pour his beer into it. At this point we must have been
but either way I felt compelled to uphold the mythology.
ALL TOMORROW’S SHOEYS: The Brisbane Hotel, April 26-28 with The Smith Street Band, Luca Brasi, Fear Like Us, Headaches, Grim Fandango, The Bennies, Lincoln Le Fevre & the Insiders, Foxtrot, Ride the Tiger, Declaration, Speech Patterns, Jen Buxton, Lucy Wilson and DJ Punk’s Dead. Tickets are $40 for the weekend or $20 per night and $15 for the Sunday avo show. Tix from the Brisbane Hotel or online at alltomorrowsshoeys.bigcartel.com
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MUSIC FOR THE MINORS THIS YEAR’S THEME FOR NATIONAL YOUTH WEEK IS “BE ACTIVE, BE HAPPY, BE YOU”.
SPOKEN WORD SHOW
25 SATURDAy 25TH MAY The Founders Room Salamanca Arts Centre (The Old Venue space) • 8PM START Spoken word show only - $30 + b/f
available) Afterparty only - $10 on the door (if Combined ticket - $35 + b/f Presale tickets from Ruffcut & Moshtix.com.au
With a host of free, family-friendly events around the state, one of the key events will be the Bellerive Boardwalk Youth Week Festival. Headlined by Lowrider, Alta and That Gold Street Sound, the event happens Saturday April 6, with other activities including loads of free give-aways, including a mechanical surfboard, a helicopter simulator, food, and non-alcoholic beverages. This year’s headliner is Lowrider, currently in the state to promote their new album Black Stone. Lowrider is a hip hop soul band who formed in 2004 when brothers John (keyboard and Rhodes) and Paul Bartlett (drums) joined with bassist Scott Duncan and singer Joseph Braithwaite to develop a distinctive sound organically drawing from very diverse influences including Donny Hathaway, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, The Roots, Mos Def and Erykah Badu. Lowrider will be supported by Alta – an indie, hip-hop duo with Hannah Lesser and Julius Dowson who combine their varied musical backgrounds to create Alta’s unique mix of organic vocals and electronic/sample-based beats.
Also performing is That Gold Street Sound - a Motown Funk, Rock and Soul band from Melbourne who will make you shake your tail feather. It is ‘Devil’s Music’ with heavenly vocals that will make you wanna dance, and put you in the mood for romance. This is Funk, but not the type of Funk where songs and chorus’ take a back seat. It is Motown with a modern twist. It is old fashioned Soul with the influence of Rock and Roll. PARLIAMENT SOUNDS is another National Youth Week event held on Parliament Lawns Hobart on Saturday April 13 from 2pm to 5.30pm. Line up includes Sam Cole & The mornings, Native Youth, Chase City, Leo Creighton Zipf, Jacquie & Millie & Harrison Manton.
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TOURING TOM TIPS WITH VINCENT TRANSVAAL ON JAZZ DIAMOND IS KNOWN FOR SYNDICATE TASMANIA EXPORTING PLENTY OF TRANSVAAL DIAMOND SYNDICATE APPEAR TO BE ONE OF THOSE BANDS THAT NEVER STOP TOURING. HELL, I HAVEN’T SEEN A BAND EVER PLAY SO MANY DATES IN TASMANIA IN A ROW AND THEN COME BACK DO IT ALL AGAIN SIX MONTHS LATER. OBVIOUSLY EXPERTS ON THE MATTER BY NOW, I ASKED THEM TO SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITH US.
CHRISTIAN (GUITAR/VOX) What essential items they pack on tour? Laptop, football, picks. What they have learnt the hard way from touring? You can’t drink every day. Touring tips for the novice? As above. Try stay healthy, eat fruit and veg, drink water, rock the shit out of every show. THE MOOSE (DRUMS) What essential items they pack on tour? Jocs, sticks, mousse. What they have learnt the hard way from touring? Having clean clothes. Touring tips for the novice? Only pack the essentials. JUZZY (BASS) What essential items they pack on tour? Vics, toothbrush, phone charger. What they have learnt the hard way from touring? Misplacing personal belongings. Touring tips for the novice? It’s not all cigars and breasts. NIC ORME
Catch the tail end of Transvaal Diamond Syndicate’s Tasmanian tour at the following spots:
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Wednesday April 3 at Irish Murphys in Launceston.
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Thursday April 4 at Tapas Lounge Bar in Devonport.
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Friday April 5 at The Otis Room in Burnie.
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Saturday April 6 at The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart.
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Sunday April 7 at The Longley International Hotel in Longley.
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THINGS, APPLES, WOOL, CHERRIES AND EVEN JAZZ MUSICIANS. GUESS WHICH ONE TOM VINCENT IS.
He has composed, recorded and performed live for radio and TV, released five albums and toured internationally on a regular basis. His latest creation, The Morphic Resonance Project morphs classic jazz standards and a few originals. He’s a good apple. Considered to be one of the leading jazz pianists in Australia today, I was curious to know what Tom thought was “good jazz”. I might have as well have opened Pandora’s box. “When I was a teenager they had music to midnight, Ralph Rickman; he was awesome,” Tom begins. “I used to tape his shows. It was like, five nights a week on ABC radio. He played heaps of really good stuff. It had a huge effect on me. Now it’s more than 90 per cent Crap! Tom Vincent’s Top 10 Jazz albums “Albums that fall into my top ten include Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown (1954), Far Cry by Eric Dolphy (recorded 1960), A Love Supreme by John Coltrane (1964), Know What I Mean? by Cannonball Adderley and Bill Evans (1961) and Ah Um by Charles Mingus (1959). “Two other hugely famous albums that might be worth a mention here, that were also recorded in 1959, are Kind of Blue by Miles Davis and John Coltrane’s Giant Steps. But I do not recommend buying them. They represent a big change in direction in jazz; from dense post pop into a freer modal jazz. “Kind of Blue is so overplayed that it is almost a cliché. Giant Steps shows the development of Coltrane’s ideas but compared to most of his other albums it is not as engaging. You can hear Trane developing his style over the years while he is in Miles’ band in the 50s and then he leaves Miles and goes it alone in 1959. Interestingly, Trane used the chord progression of So What by Miles, for what became Trane’s anthem - Impressions. The form is 32 bars but using only 2 chords as a basic for the band to play and improvise. This was about the birth of modal jazz (hear Milestones from the album of the same title). “Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. Yes it is probably the number one selling jazz album of all time. Some say it is THE best jazz album of all time. Did you know the musicians didn’t even rehearse for the recording session? Miles just showed up to the Columbia Records session with some melodies and chords and proceeded to record each song in one take... that’s how Miles liked to do it... he wanted everything to be spontaneous which is a cornerstone of jazz.
He had the best musicians in the game so everyone played brilliantly. There was so much talent and feeling that there was just no need for more takes. The songs consist of simple melodies and there is so much space yet also deep emotion...” From www. thejazzresource.com Some albums you don’t tire from so much. Others, you grow out of. “When I was about 19 I listened to a lot of Keith Jarret and now I’m not into him. When as a 14 year old I heard the first two albums mentioned here (Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown, Eric Dolphy) they were what made decide to become a jazz musician with my life. Ultimately the best music is live, and so it is sort of captured on live recordings. But there is still something missing. And then, the quality of the recording are not also so good. “Over several years my drummer in Amsterdam sent me tapes of bootleg recordings from live concerts, 1960 - 1965 Classic Coltrane Quartet period. It took me a long time to really get into, but when I did, it became my favourite chunk of jazz music history. I ended up writing my honours thesis on the Coltrane Quartet in this period. Actually I don’t know which albums to put in top ten; it’s too hard. “A lot of the time there are one or two great tracks here and there but; not the whole album. Some amazing solos here and there. So what I’d really like to do is bring attention some of the masters. “Check out Miles Davis Quintets (not the period in the 50s when he was a junkie). After that: Thelonious Monk on piano in Straight No Chaser; Charlie Parker in alto sax and Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet in Bird with Strings; Sonny Rollins on tenor sax in Still Alive, Still Giggin; Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington in Echos of an Era. Also the best jazz singers for me were Billie Holiday and Joe Williams.” NIC ORME
See the Tom Vincent Quartet perform the Australian launch of the Morphic Resonance Project at The Bahai Centre, Hobart, Friday April 26 at 8pm. This is followed by a show at the Devonport Baptist Church on Sunday April 28, a improvisation workshop at Newstead College on Monday April 29 and a performance at the Launceston Jazz Club in the Royal Oak Hotel on Tuesday April 30.
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THINGS YOU LOVE AND HATE BY SCOTDRAKULA Fashion
Love caps. DIslike Fedoras
Love The Woods by Brighter Later. Dislike The Harlem Shake videos.
Current song on the aria charts
I had to google this because I wasn’t sure what it was. Now I’m on the Aria website it appears their website is poorly built/uses a weird media player that won’t let me listen to JT. So I don’t know. Oh MAN. It finally started working and there were ADS. And the quality of the mp3 is teeeerrible!
Love The Woods by Brighter Later. Dislike The Harlem Shake videos.
Instrument
Film clips
European band
Love Theremin (THE BLUES IS NUMBER ONE!!!!). Dislike Guitars.
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THE GAY PARIS GUYS ARE A PRETTY HIP FOURSOME AND GOING OF WHAT I’VE BEEN TOLD BY SOME PEOPLE, SEX ON LEGS. THE BANDS SINGER LUKE MONKS STOPPED BY TO GIVE US A FEW FASHION TIPS FOR THOSE THAT NEED THEM. How to wear your beard? It is important to understand that a beard is for growing, not grooming. The other dudes don’t seem to understand, but then again, I’m a long way ahead of them in the physically reprehensible stakes. Braces or belts - What’s practical and what’s not?
LEE KERNAGHAN IS A NAME SYNONYMOUS WITH AUSTRALIAN COUNTRY MUSIC. THE MAN HAS BEEN AROUND THE PROVERBIAL PADDOCK MORE TIMES THAN YOU CAN POKE A STICK AT, SOLD OVER TWO MILLION ALBUMS AND WAS THE AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR IN 2008 AND HAS JUST RELEASED HIS THIRTEENTH ALBUM, BEAUTIFUL NOISE. WHAT DO YOU ASK A COUNTRY STAR? WELL, WHAT SORT OF UTE HE DRIVES AND THE TYPE OF HAT HE WEARS. OF COURSE.
Googling Lee Kernaghan images, with some very rare exceptions, everyone has Lee sporting a black cowboy hat. Talking to the Wolfe Brothers, when they were about to meet Lee for the first time, they were all wondering if Lee would turn up wearing that iconic hat.
America considering his immense success in Australia?
“I wear an Akubra Outback Club, Lee Kernaghan model. You can buy them. They do wear out eventually and I always carry a couple.”
Do you feel there is a distinctive Australian country sound?
Back to Google. You can buy them on eBay for $136.95. Lee has become particularly endeared to a Tasmanian audience since adopting the Wolfe Brothers as his own backing band on the new Beautiful Noise tour. “It’s a double bill. They open up and play as themselves and then come back out on stage with me. It just clicked the first time we played. It just felt like magic. They are the hottest thing in country right now. They are very humble and down to earth but they are stars.” So what happened to the old band? “Some of the guys have been around with me for fifteen years. They are all busy musicians. I took a year off to write Beautiful Noise and when I was ready to tour again I couldn’t get the full band back together. This was at the same time I met the Wolfies.” So much of Beautiful Noise was recorded in Nashville but surprisingly, much of it was done via the Internet and without leaving his home studio. “I’ve been doing it since Planet Country. It saves on jetlag, airfares and accommodation. Mastering, overdubbing, mixing are all done via file sharing. I hook up with the studio on Skype and sit in on the recording sessions via Skype. I can shape the recording from my home studio.” So does he actually spend much time in
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“I’ve done a few showcases over the years in the US. I love Australia and this country and our way of life. I would have to make a lot of compromises to go crack the scene in US.”
“Not so much the sound. It’s a globally village in terms of making the music. Apart from the Australian accent, it’s more about the lyrics and telling an Australian story. Americans get confused by the lyrics, but they love the music. I had one American tell me how much he loved my song Baptise the Youth, it is actually called Baptise the Ute.” So utes seem to be a regular feature of Lee Kernaghan songs. How many does the man own and why such an emphasis on this type of car? “Just one. A 79 series Toyata Landcruiser ute, single cab, 4wd. Slim Dusty had a Landcruiser. He would say the only that would stop him going west was the Indian Ocean. The ute is an Australian Icon. When I first started writing songs they were a work vehicle but have since become more than that.” So, is Lee Kernaghan the new Slim Dusty? “No. I always said there was only ever one king. That’s Slim. He is inspirational. He loved Australia and his audience and always kept giving. That’s why he is the legend he is today. NIC ORME
I like a good strong belt. Something that slips off easy and goes ‘crack’ when you snap it with great puissance and arcane intent. Slim will tell you that suspenders keep your trousers and up and help you look handsome, but that’s just not my thing. The correct shoes for rockstars? Slim is going to have a fit when he reads this. I recommend black Chuck Taylors. Easy to get your tight trousers off over. Trust me. That said, anything in a pointy toe is great, if you want to be sophisticated. Anything that helps you glide, too, for those moments when the stage is soaked in booze and sweat and planing becomes a very real option for motion. Cowboy shirts – tasteful fashion? Well, again, that’s really something that the other guys go in for, but I have a strict ‘no sleeves if it ain’t a jacket’ policy. I think I go through about a thousand dollars in wife beaters per year, if I was to up that to cowboy shirts, I’d have to give up being a musician and get a real job just to be able to afford the wardrobe. If I was going to wear a cowboy shirt, it’d be a black one, so you know that I’m the bad guy. Anything essential that you must add to your outfit? You need a brandy pocket, slip that hip flask in and relax; when the bar closes, you’re still good to go until it opens again. The thing to take away from this is that you probably don’t want to do the things that I do. It takes a lot of not giving a fuck to be WH Monks. NIC ORME
Lee Kernaghan plays three Tasmanian shows on his national Beautiful Noise tour. Beginning with Burnie Town Hall on Thursday April 18, followed by a Launceston show at Theatre North on Friday April 19 and concluding on Saturday April 20 at The Wrest Point Entertainment Centre in Hobart.
Gay Paris will offer fashion tips to the uninitiated at The Brisbane Hotel on Sunday May 11. They will be playing some music too.
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LIKE NOTHING YOU’VE EVER HEARD LIGHT UP YOUR WINTER WITH THE FESTIVAL OF VOICES, AUSTRALIA’S PREMIER CELEBRATION OF THE HUMAN VOICE IN ITS MANY FORMS. Running from July 5-14 in venues across Hobart, the Festival stages a diverse program of free and ticketed concerts, workshops and events for all ages and abilities, presented by world-renowned guest artists and vocal teachers.
will create an unmatched performance opportunity for lovers of classical choral works. In this thrilling four-day workshop, choristers will learn and perform Haydn’s Nelson Mass, accompanied by the Hobart Chamber Orchestra.
On any one day, you can attend performances in grand concert halls, churches, historic buildings as well as small pubs, market halls and street corners; and be listening to choirs, ensembles, and solo artists singing gospel, a cappella, symphonic choral, music theatre, cabaret and spoken word.
Described by the Boston Globe as “a one man a cappella revolution”, Deke Sharon will lead a contemporary a cappella workshop. Credited with creating the “original rock band with instruments”, and producer of NBC’s landmark ensemble singer TV show The Sing Off, Deke’s extraordinary ability to replicate instruments such as the trumpet, guitar, flute and violin with his voice has wowed audiences worldwide.
Whether you’re a Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, or just enjoy singing in the shower, if you want to participate there will be something for you in the 2013 major workshop series. In a coup for the Festival, the lineup includes a cappella giants Take 6. Heralded by mega producer and longtime collaborator Quincy Jones as “the baddest vocal cats on the planet”, Take 6 have a staggering ten Grammys on their trophy shelf, and are the most nominated Gospel, Jazz, Pop or R&B artists in Grammy history. In their stellar career they have performed with music legends Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis, David Foster, Al Jarreau, Stevie Wonder, Denyce Graves, Yellowjackets and Wynton Marsalis. The Take 6 style has also reached today’s pop culture, with their tight harmonies having influenced pop groups from Boyz II Men and Backstreet Boys to NSYNC. In an Australian first, Take 6 will lead a fourday Gospel workshop, culminating in the workshop participants performing at their concert. If that’s not your thing, there are plenty of other workshops to consider. How about Classic Choral with David Lawrence? David has conducted the Netherlands Radio Choir, the London Philharmonic Choir, and the English Symphony Orchestra, and now he
This workshop will make your jaw drop, Deke will draw upon over 20 years of performing, recording, arranging and teaching to help you redefine your expectations of what you can achieve with your own voice. Expect to be surprised, challenged and astounded at your own capabilities. Also joining the 2013 workshop line up is Charlie Beale, Artistic Director of the celebrated New York Gay Men’s Chorus. Charlie’s credentials testify to a masterly career in choral music defined by exceptional performances across the continents. Charile will run the Out and Loud workshop, a dynamic musical celebration of divas and diversity. The repertoire will be fun and accessible, and most of all, it will include a wide variety of styles and be both challenging for participants and entertaining for audiences.
“ the authentic guitar virtuoso !” -SMH
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Festival of Voices happens July 5-14, 2013. The major workshops, short course series, and concert and events programme will be announced in May at www.festivalofvoices. com
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STICKY SITUATIONS STICKY FINGERS’ RECENT SUCCESS IN TRIPLE J’S HOTTEST 100 IS AN EXAMPLE OF “A LOT OF HARD WORK IN COMBINATION WITH A MINISCULE AMOUNT OF TALENT,” ACCORDING TO THE BAND’S BASS PLAYER, PADDY.
The Sydney five piece has been around the traps for five years now and where as many of the other bands they started out are still playing the same old venues for drink tickets, Sticky Fingers have toured much of the country, charted on the most recent triple j Hottest 100 and have just released their debut album Caress Your Soul. The title song from the album Caress Your Soul has garnered the band widespread appeal. “It’s pretty much the story of the band,” Paddy says. “That song comes from a string of events that goes back to when we started out. “Being from Newtown all we wanted to do was to play at The Newtown Festival. Three years in a row we applied and three years in a row we were knocked back. On the fourth year we actually realised we had a mate whose house had a backyard that faced onto the park where the festival was held. “We ended up building a makeshift stage out of milk crates and hired in a Pa and lights and hid it under some tarps. When the last band finished off that night we pulled off the tarps, switched everything on and unofficially headlined the festival to much of the audience. The organisers were so impressed that they asked us to the play the sunset set the following year on the main stage. “That year there happened to be a Melbourne-based producer in the crowd that saw us play and after the gig and wanted a CD. We joked and said we had “sold out, bro”, even though we hadn’t recorded anything. He ended up contacting us again while we were working on our four track EP, so we decided to send him the fifth song we weren’t going to use. He sent it back a little later and had totally transformed it and we were like “wow”. “That song was Caress Your Soul. We sent another, Clouds and Cream, which came back equally impressive, so we decided to work on a full album with him being a debut.” A lot of Sticky Finger’s songs relate to the various band members’ relationship breakups. “All the songs are to do in essence with break-ups. How stupid young men deal with it. When we all started touring, we all had long-term girlfriends, but the more we started touring the more our relationships wouldn’t work. We were all really faithful to start with, but when we came off tour our girlfriends started to accuse us of being unfaithful. Touring and long term relationships don’t work and it happened to all of us at about the same time.”
own tour manager. The Stages keep getting bigger, the crowds are getting bigger. “Also touring is really good for Dillon, our singer. He has an amazing presence on stage but as soon as he walks off stage, he is the shyest guy. Going on the road you never see him happier, back at home he doesn’t work and ends up drinking, not that he is meant to do anything except play guitar and sing his tunes. On tour he has he has a schedule, get up, drive to the venue, soundcheck, eat, play, drink, go to bed, get up, repeat. Bit of a routine, which is good for him.” So will this be the biggest tour so far? “Definitely. Like most musicians we aren’t the richest people in the world. On the past tours we have had to do them on the weekends, so we could go back to work during the weeks. This time we are hitting the road for a couple of months. “Later in the year we are heading to Canada and Europe. We went to play in New Caledonia a little while back. Our song Headlock got a cult following over there and ended up spending a week and a half playing in a bunch of small venues all around Noumea.” I ask for a secret about Sticky Fingers that the world is yet to know. “Put a bit of edge back into the Australian music scene. There is a lot of waffle going around, plenty of soft cock folk bands. A big wank circle. We will stand out and away from this.” Youtube or Facebook? “Youtube. Kill Facebook. Destroy Facebook. I hate it. It’s soul destroying for individuals, communities and any mysteries left about people. “There is a documentary called Searching for Sugerman, which is about this Mexican American performer called Rodriguez. A label put out his music and ended up like selling only six copies. A copy ended up finding its way to South Africa and was repressed locally and sold like half a million copies but everybody thought Rodriguez was dead. “Years later, they worked out he was alive and managed to locate him in America and brought him to South Africa where he played like six stadium shows in a row. So he finally got the recognition he deserved years later. This would never happen with Facebook. No mysteries anymore.” NIC ORME
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Sticky Fingers play The Republic Bar & Cafe on Friday April 12 and The Royal Oak on Saturday April 13. Their debut album Caress Your Soul is out now via MGM distribution.
“We want to put a bit of edge back into the Australian music scene. There is a lot of waffle going around, plenty of soft cock folk bands.”
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THROUGH THE GATES OF HELL EARLY TUESDAY MORNING, I DIAL THE NUMBER I’VE BEEN PROVIDED.
There’s nothing worse than hearing the dial of the phone when you’re nervous and not exactly sure who is on the other end (and how they’re feeling). Or you’re having to ring to thank a strange aunt because your mum said you had to thank her for that deer jumper. THE BASSIST OF MELBOURNE METAL BAND BARBARION PICKS UP. He’s hung over but in good spirits and because I’m not thanking an aunt or talking to a telemarketer, so am I. Yuri apologizes for being hungover and when promted to describe his band in five words concludes that Barbarion is “Large. Hungry. Obnoxious. Loud. Handsome”. When I ask Yuri to describe himself again in five words his response seems to define the man I’m talking to on the other line. “Hung Over, Eternally Positive, and very, very hung over”.
Personal influences for Yuri stem from Van Halen, claiming he has always been a “ridiculous” Van Halen fan who goes on to praise David Lee Roth. “It’s just completely bizarre theatre and fantastic theatre”. Roth’s influence on Barbarion and in particular Yuri, is evident in the bands’ costuming and elaborate performances and hey, even the band’s website. Jack Johnson doesn’t make the list of band influences because he can’t play. Along with the fantastically theatrical costumes and performances, the band has some equally as intriguing song titles including Touch The Devil, My Favourite Wife and Running from the Law, which lead me to ask Yuri whether he and fellow band members have touched the devil, have favourite wives and if they are running from the law. He notes that the band has
touched the devil on several occasions (“and inappropriately”). And several of the band members have favourite wives. Yuri praises Melbourne for providing himself and other musicians with a plethora of opportunity and creative freedom. “[There’s] amazing music to see every night and that rubs off on you” he continues. When asked which artists are doing well at the moment, Gotye is the first artist he mentions, applauding the renaissance of Australian “stuff”. Following the recent U.S #1 Grammy winner is homegrown band Airborne, a hardworking group who “work their asses off every year on the festival circuit” and who Yuri admires and is incredibly proud of. When I ask Yuri what Warp readers should do while listening to Barbarian he suggests, “Eating meat and grunting”. I ask Yuri what someone should expect going into a Barbarion show and he laughs (lots). He tells me to write “the gates of hell opening and food coming out of them”, then corrects me and says “actually just write huge, loud and furry”. BRIGITTE TROBBIANI
Barbarion will take you to hell and back at The Republic Bar & Café on Saturday May 4.
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THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT AFRIKA BAMBAATAA
1 HE’S A PIONEER: As a pioneer of musical genres, he is recognised worldwide as one of the founding fathers of hip hop culture, but he is also regarded as the father of electro-funk and his tracks have even been referred to as a precursor to electro-house. Heck, his incredible knowledge of breaks and eclectic track selection in DJ sets could be said to be the beginning of the mash-up style (mind you, this was before Girl Talk was even born). 2 HE’S AN ACTIVIST: Throughout his career, Bambaataa has always been an active antiapartheid activist, from appearing on 1985’s “Artists United Against Apartheid” Sun City album alongside Joey Ramone, Run DMC, Lou Reed, U2 (and heaps more), to his work organizing the Wembley Stadium concert in honour of the release of Nelson Mandela. The concert introduced the story of Nelson and Winnie Mandela to an international hiphop audience for the first time (also raised a bundle of cash for the African National Congress too!). 3 HE HAS A NAME: The name “Bambaataa” comes from “Bambatha kaMancinza” (aka. Mbata Bhambatha). The OG Bambatha was famous for leading an armed rebellion in 1906, when the poll tax was raised from a tax-per-hut, to a tax-per-head deal. The folks there (the Colony of Natal in South Eastern Africa) were already doing it tough during a depression, this would have been seen as a knock-out blow. The Natal Police anticipated resistance, the fighting lead to approximately 3,500 deaths. Bambatha is credited as an inspiration to native South African resistance and a precursor to the anti-apartheid movement. 4 HE IS HONOURED: Bambaataa’s list of awards and honours is extensive. In 1990 Life magazine listed him as one of the “Most Import Americans of the 20th
Century”, in 2008 he was nominated for the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame, and he has been a judge for the Independent Music Awards. In 2012, Bambaataa was given a three year appointment as a visiting scholar at prestigious Cornell University in New York. Cornell University is home to the largest collection of historical hip hop music in North America. 5 HE’S A PEACEMAKER: Bambaataa was a founding member of original Bronx River projects street gang, The Savage Seven. The Savage Seven became the Black Spades (one of the largest gangs in New York). Bambaataa was given the position of Warlord, building relationships with gangs and gang members to expand the Black Spades territory. Bambaataa later formed the Universal Zulu Nation, which started out in a similar vein, but eventually went on to promote the more positive values of peace, love, unity and having fun. A lot of your favourite rappers and DJ’s (well, mine anyway, I dunno who the hell you kids like these days) are down with the Universal Zulu Nation, from all the Native Tongues (De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Jungle Brothers, etc.) through to KRS-One and his Temple of Hiphop. SHANE CRIXUS
Afrika Bambaataa plays at the Republic Bar and Café on May 12. Tickets are $35 +BF.
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CRYING WOLFE YOU MIGHT CONSIDER THE METEORIC RISE OF THE WOLFE BROTHERS A MODERN-DAY FAIRYTALE. Four friends, two of whom are brothers, playing the pub circuit in Hobart for several years take a chance and audition for the TV show Australia’s Got Talent. Six months later they narrowly miss taking the prized first place, coming runner up. However they managed to capture the heart of a nation, particularly in their home state, sufficiently impressed Australia’s country superstar Lee Kernaghan enough to ask them to be his backing band, signed a record deal with country heavyweight ABC Music and released the highest ARIA charting album for a Tasmanian artist. The band are now about to embark on a thirty-four date Australian tour as part of Lee Kernaghan’s Beautiful Noise tour. I managed a quick chat with Nick Wolfe on the band’s recent fame.
studio and wasn’t sure what to expect. We ended up playing one of his songs called Dirt, he said he loved it and said we were in. “On the current tour we are opening up as the Wolfe Brothers and then return on stage as Lee’s band. We are currently doing our musical apprenticeship with Lee.” That’s a pretty long time to be on stage isn’t it? “We are used to playing three to four hour pub gigs. We have always played music with each other; Casey [the band’s drummer] and I had a thrash metal thing going, Brodie and I had a hair metal thing. When we grew up a bit, Tom and I started writing songs and it all came together. We have done everything from jazz to metal and we are glad we have done so.”
rocked up. We still identify with Slim Dusty and the likes and have no disrespect to those traditional artists, but we are playing music we like. We are going to see Motley Crue and Guns and Roses next week.”
So how did you end up becoming Lee’s backing band?
So is “country” a dirty word?
So what is 2013 about for the Wolfe Brothers?
“Lee saw us on Australia’s Got Talent and asked us to audition as his new band. We were nervously setting up our gear in the
“Some people have a real impression that it is dated. Personally I love where country is headed. We can be playing Lee Kernaghan songs back to back with AC/DC. Country is
“This year is about building a national fanbase. We keep going to places where we have never been before. Keen to explore the big isle more. Otherwise it’s just about being
OUT OF SPACE SREY CHANNTHY AND THE CAMBODIAN SPACE PROJECT BRING THEIR UNIQUE FUSION OF SPACE, SURF, REGGAE, DUB, KHMER, SURIN, CAMBODIAN FOLK AND PSYCHEDELIC ROCK BACK TO TOWN!
After playing shows in West Australia, the band is excited to take a break from their Artist in Residency at Monsalvat in Victoria to treat Hobart to a live show – the third time CSP has toured Tasmania, having journeyed here twice for MONA FOMA.
Brainchild of Ex-local and Aussie expat living Cambodia Julien Poulsen, CSP has been fairly constantly touring the world since forming four years ago. After a chance meeting between Poulsen and Srey Channthy in a Karaoke bar in Phnom Penh.
When their artist in residency in Monsalvat is up, CSP will head to Copenhagen, followed by a month in Europe, a quick dash back to Phnom Penh mid June and then off to Detroit USA where CSP will record it’s third album with Dennis Coffey. Coffey is an unlikely but most exciting match for the Space Project - a legend of Motown, Funk Bros, house band. He’s the man who put the psychedelia into Motown hits by the Temptations, Marvin Gaye. Coffey - who single-handedly invented the Blacksploitation movie soundtrack with Black Belt Jones and the theme to Bruce Lee’s Enter The Dragon and who also just happened to discover and produce Rodriguez, whose story features in the
ourselves. We run around stage a lot more than others.” NIC ORME
Catch the Wolfe Brothers supporting Lee Kernaghan on his Beautiful Noise tour, with three Tasmanian dates: Burnie Town Hall on Thursday April 18, Launceston’s Princess Theatre on Friday April 19 and concludes on Saturday April 20 at The Wrest Point Entertainment Centre.
Oscar-winning film Searching For Sugarman. CSP are amped to be recording with their third album with Coffey later in the year for the first time but Detroit meets the sounds of Cambodian rock and the resulting culture clash is sure to produce some exciting results - watch this space! Also keep an eye out for Marc Eberle’s long-awaited CSP film Not Easy Rock & Roll, which has been picked up by BBC4 and is set for international television release towards the end of this year. This Australian tour comes after some time spent in Battambang which saw CSP working alongside Animators and a Circus on a Rock’n’Roll Circus Extravaganza. Although their home was burglarised and someone was injured in a stabbing attack, the band proved its resilience and the show went on. Rock and roll. Keep an eye out for the upcoming video clips from this period; they’re bound to be crazy. Srey Channthy and the Cambodian Space Project’s fusion of Khmer and western influences on a psychedelic rock middle ground is undoubtedly intriguing. Their renditions of songs from the lost eras of the Khmer Rouge Reign over Cambodia are hauntingly beautiful. However this band is primarily a party band and pack out dance floors around the globe.
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FIGHTING WORDS CELEBRATING THE RELEASE OF GO YOUR WAY, I’LL GO MINE, AINSLIE WILLS IS EMBARKING ON HER BIGGEST TOUR TO DATE THROUGHOUT APRIL AND MAY.
Your music crosses a few genres - where do you draw most of your influence? “Well, my parents really appreciate music, so I think that early on, there was lots of jazz, and musicals, because my mother loves jazz, and her father was a jazz composer. So I think early on I developed an interest in that. Then leaving high school, I wanted to study music, and that happened to be popular, more contemporary music. From there I specialised in improvisation, and that has then informed my songwriting; harmonically I think, at least.” Do you feel at a point where genre definitions are fading away? “I feel that that is slowly happening yeah. People will always try and put you in a box, but I like the fact that there are more collaborations between different types of music. It’s bringing something new to the table while also taking away that old ‘what genre do you belong to?’ I think that no one listens to solely one genre, so no matter who you are, your music taste is a little eclectic now, and there is kind of a…”
Ainslie Wills plays The Grand Poobah, Hobart, Friday April 26.
So you feel empowered by these changes and not terrified about the burden of being a one-person powerhouse to be successful?
they were dead, cut open and we could see all these pieces of plastic!
“No, that definitely is not the most fun thing. But if you can do it all successfully, then the rewards are so much bigger, because you’ve seen the steps along the way. Even with this release, compared to the EP in 2010. I’m still doing it myself and not with a label, but I’m there literally at the post office and writing the addresses and shipping them out, so there is something, special about doing that and being able to see the rewards and figures come in directly.”
Right, I just saw that for instance, and it ruined me. I thought, what… the fuck are we doing?
Let’s do some quick questions here: Do you think it’s more important to be kind or to understand? To understand. I think with that, you’re automatically going to be kind. Would you prefer music to make you smile, or make you feel something deep and powerful, even if it’s dark?
An evolution?
To feel something powerful.
“Yeah, there definitely is an evolution happening within the music scene. For obvious reasons, physical sales are going down, and artists and labels have seen this shift where, the artist does fuel this industry, so there is more innovation going on; more interest music because artists are allowed to create the kind of music they want to create.”
Are you hopeful for humanity, and what do you think we need to change? I think we need to change. I’d like to be hopeful, but I think my nature is as a worrier. Especially environmentally. You’ve probably seen it too, but I saw that piece a photographer published with photos of birds on an island in the middle of the ocean, and
Yeah, the great pacific garbage patch.
What do you think the role of the artist is in society? I was talking to a friend about this recently. I think as you get older, especially as an artist, I was very selfish when I was younger; a lot more insular. So I think that with all of the opportunities that I have had to perform in front of different people, I have been informed about life more. Now I really feel that there is no wall any more between me and the people I am performing for. I feel like, that way, people watching you are more able to directly use you as a vessel for their own interpretation of the song. So, I think ultimately, the role of the artist is as a vessel. And how do you think musicians compare to other artists? Umm, well I know a couple of other ‘artists’, and I do think artists of any kind, are very giving and that, especially in Melbourne there’s a sense of community to them. So, if there is any comparison, it would be down to the difficulty of that particular industry, which makes people more concerned with certain things, and more competitive. JARRED KEANE
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TAMBOURINE SACRIFICES TO THE PARTY GODS ACCORDING TO THEIR BIO, MESA COSA HAVE EARNED “A CULT FOLLOWING SECOND ONLY TO ALLAH AND THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW”. SPREADING THE GOSPEL THEY ARE VOYAGING TO HOBART TO BRING THEIR AGGRESSIVE BLEND OF NOISY PUNK, GARAGE ROCK AND MEXICAN FOLK TUNES. Led by a diminutive chilango from Mexico City, singing in both Spanish and English, Mesa Cosa mix their un-dying love of occult celebrations and dark symbols with their un-ashamed love for garage music and experimental noise. I asked Pablo (the diminutive chilango) a few questions. Camp a Low Hum. what’s the deal? Kiwi music festival in an old camp ground surrounded by prehistoric fern covered mountains and forests with hand picked bands and 24 hour party people popping pilsner. Crowd surfing light shows, Kiwi pot plants, forest hammocks, swimming holes and cool, cool people. A festival that you would fly to, gate crash and set up your own renegade stage on? Homerpalooza... What band in the entire world would you pick to be your support on your (must be very soon) worldwide stadium tour? Spacemen 3, because it’s never gonna happen. Pick a producer, any producer, for your next record. Who would that be and why? Phil Spector! He’s a total whack job and albums made in prison always kick ass. if you were going to add another band member to the lineup what would be their instrument and what initiation would you put them through? We’re moving more toward the Psychedelic end of the Spectrum for our 5th studio album, so it would have to be a Sitarist. The initiation for new brothers is always a gallon of “Special punch” and a night alone in the mirror hall with a bag of worms and a copy of “Goodbye yellow brick road” on repeat. NIC ORME
PARTNERS IN LOVE, LIFE AND MUSIC DARREN CROSS HAS BEEN BUSY MAKING MUSIC FOR SOME TIME NOW. RISING TO PROMINENCE AS FRONTMAN IN SUCCESSFUL ‘90S OUTFIT GERLING, HE’S BRANCHED OUT WITH SOLO PROJECTS LIKE THE E.L.F. Now it is the time for Jep and Dep to make it out into the light. It all started about a year ago. Jess was wanting to learn guitar, so her partner Darren kindly offered to teach her a couple of chords. Then she wanted to learn how to write songs. So, they wrote a parody about Valentine’s Day and love gone wrong together, and then it all sort of snowballed from there. Now there’s no stopping her. “I kind of forced him into it,” Jess confessed. “It was all just a natural progression. Plus Darren is a very good teacher.” “I was in a band before this called Gerling, and I kind of got a bit disheartened with the whole music scene. So, I took it back to the basics, writing songs with just a guitar. Then Jess asked me to teach her some guitar. Then she wanted to learn how to write,” Darren explained. Now it’s a year down the track, and there’s been gigs in underground folk venues in Berlin, busking the streets of Paris and Italy, shows all around Sydney, songs written, songs recorded, an EP due out, and now some serious touring to be done. Watch out Hobart, Jep and Dep are coming to town. “It was funny the way it worked out. We played Berlin before we’d really played here. But it was awesome,” Darren shared. Jep and Dep are a folk/country duo hailing from Camperdown in the inner west of Sydney. Jep and Dep are Jessica Cassar and Darren Cross. And on April 12 Jep and Dep will be serenading the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart. Darren is a seasoned traveler to the Isle, but it will be Jess’ first time to Tassie.
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“We are doing everything ourselves, from the writing, to production, recording, artwork and management. 100 per cent is all us.” Darren said. The EP was also recorded and produced at Bernstein Studio’s in Sydney, a production company run by Darren. Now that’s total control. It is their first EP together, and has been evolving the whole time they have been together. “We’ve taken our time with it. Sometimes the songs have changed a lot, or just evolved. We’ve played them live and roadtested them. It was more friends who kept asking us to record some songs relentlessly that made us finally put it together,” Darren revealed.
While the EP will mainly be available online, via Bandcamp (www.jepanddep.bandcamp. com) in a choice of formats, but they are taking some merch with them on tour. “There will be some CD’s available at the gigs, but mostly we will be working with the EP online. The CD will be a very limited edition,” Darren said. Never one to sit idle, between his studio work, and Jep and Dep, Darren also has a solo EP coming out. He will be playing the support slot on the tour, in anticipation of the release of his debut solo EP Freak Out Inn III in mid-April. KYLIE COX
Jep and Dep play at the Brisbane Hotel on Friday April 12. As Darren says with such absolute sincerity, “Jess has SUCH a beautiful voice.”
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“I love Tassie,” Darren revealed. “Maybe I shouldn’t say this, but an old girlfriend of mine was from Tasmania, so I spent a fair bit of time there. Plus my favourite band, The Seascouts were from there. But Jess has never been and I can’t wait to show her. So when The Brisbane Hotel, in Hobart, approached us, there was no question about touring here.” Touring and travelling is a breeze with just the two of them. “We are just a guitar duo. It’s very minimal with just one guitar, and sometimes you don’t even need to take that. You can just borrow one,” they explained. “This has been going on for just over a year and started off simply as a fun project. We’ve mainly been playing in bars and pubs around Sydney. We just love to play, and we are ready to play as much as we can. “We are trying different styles of venues too. We haven’t done anything too big yet, mainly just the smaller, more intimate shows. We want to learn how to work them first before moving on to anything big, like a festival,”
Mesa Cosa perform at The Brisbane Hotel Wednesday April 24 .
celebrate. The EP contains an amazing and beautiful little collection of 5 songs, including Ain’t Coming Back. Plus this amazing couple have not just managed to make a beautiful EP, but have done everything related to it themselves.
This little tour is to celebrate the release of Jep and Dep’s first EP, Through The Night, due out mid March. And they deserve to
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THE ALMIGHTY BRUCE AUSTRALIAN GUITARIST BRUCE MATHISKE HAS FACED MANY BATTLES THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE, BUT THAT HASN’T STOPPED HIM FROM PURSUING HIS DREAM – TO MAKE MUSIC.
Growing up on a farm in northern Victoria, Mathiske was hospitalised for acute dermatitis as a child. At the age of seven he picked up the guitar, but not long after broke his arm when he fell off the fence in the stockyard. After moving to Bendigo when he was 17, Mathiske received a bullet to the head whilst spotlighting rabbits, and as a result, his left arm was left paralysed, potentially jeopardising his chances of becoming a musician. “The strange thing about all these things was they always affected my hands or my arms, and all I wanted to do was play guitar. That was a little odd – all I ever wanted to do was play guitar and these things seemed to hold that progress for a while. I’m not sure why that is, but they’re challenges you overcome... People have to have experiences for [music] to sort of come out.” Although having to cope with – quite literally – a series of unfortunate events, Mathiske has come out on top and is about to tour his seventeenth album, the autobiographical My Life. “I’ve never felt better about an album I’ve done, because I’ve arrived at a point where I’ve found my voice on guitar and I’m really happy with the way my composition has worked musically. I travel overseas and these other cultures get into my music and it’s like I’ve found my place in it all”. Mathiske has never favoured a particular style of music, having studied classical music to jazz. And as well as guitarist, Mathiske is also a composer, documentary maker, producer, writer, teacher and public speaker. He is also the only Australian musician to have been invited as a guest at Yale University in America. “It was a real buzz. I was playing at a guitar festival in England and a professor saw me there and said, “We need to get you across to Yale,” and I said, “Yeah, I’ll be in that,” because I was going across the States touring and it worked out. So basically I spend the week there at Yale as an invited guest, and I stayed on campus. “I did one master-class workshop and one concert. I was basically there to be available for the students – for them to chat [with me]. And it’s a bit of a cultural thing too, to talk to an Australian about different things and music, and I had the didgeridoo there as well. It was just wonderful”. For Mathiske, playing the didgeridoo creates a spiritual connection with his home country. “For me, I hear the didgeridoo and I’m taken to the plains of Australia. I love that long, continuous drone, and that’s how most of our desert areas look.” But all in all, Mathiske is one hell of a talent who has “just played guitar, and never really thought beyond that.” ENRICA RIGOLI
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Arts EXHIBITION:
ANDREW ON ART THE GOOD NEWS: The word is out – the City of Hobart Art Prize is still with us. But it’s changed a bit: there is no category for 2013.
You can enter anything that can be acquired, as it’s an acquisitive prize. There’s just one prize of $30 000. It’s on in mid-July this year. This all sounds great for the 25th year of the Prize (It was established in 1988) and the open media nature of the call means it’s going to be huge, maybe the biggest field ever. This is quite the development, so I’m urging every artist in Hobart to enter.
There’s not been a new cultural policy since last century, this one was holding well under scrutiny, now the whole thing is in doubt. It was not going to satisfy everyone but the important aspect for me is how much it points to the value of Arts and Culture. That’s what I want set in stone, because so many artists and creators and musicians are so sick of having their work undervalued with the ‘what do you do for money?’ comment. A policy like this is what will go a long way to making that change, and I know it will not happen overnight, but it’s time for people to realise that the Arts isn’t just a hobby.
Now we just need that new council-run gallery space.
THE OH SURE WHY NOT NEWS: I like the New Tourism Campaign, as far as it goes.
THE TIME WILL TELL NEWS: The National Cultural Policy, Creative Australia, 5 years in development, is out.
Capitalising on the outright weirdness of some aspects of Tasmania seems like a good idea, although what I really what to see is something that focuses on totally atypical attractions, like a tour of all the various tip and refuse shops we seem to have at every tip in the state. Those things are cool, they employ people and they’re cheap.
Overall – from what I can make out – there’s some good stuff. I like $230 million worth of new funding, I like the focus on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders (the focus is on these cultures as unique and important, in a global sense), and I really like that it points
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I was really damn excited, despite the problems already pointed out with langauge used around disability and the lack of focus on Disability Arts, but then Simon Crean commited politcal suicide and lost the Arts portfolio – WHY? Honestly, what a dick.
Now is the time; it looks like the Hobart City Council have got this one right. On top of that, the HCC threw the bloodied-butunbowed Tasmanian Theatre Company a lifeline by granting them $60 thousand over the next three years – which amounts to 20 grand a year. It seems that the council are committing to the visual and performing arts. Given that I hear too much from proponents of either form bitching about them as if they were the opposition in terms of cultural spending, this is a welcome move. Yep, I’m happy with the HCC this month.
This is important, because the arts and culture sector in Australia is worth about $35 Billion. Really. There’s been no significant policy for about twenty years, and it’s sorely need.
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out the Arts and Culture employs about 5% of the workforce (that’s double the mining sector, just for comparison).
Still, they did a good job with ‘Go Behind The Scenery’ and while I could pick holes in it, I just don’t want to. ANDREW HARPER
THE BURNIE PRINT PRIZE 2013 Just so you know that all the arts in Tasmania does not happen within a 26 km radius of the Hobart GPO, check out the Burnie Print Prize winner for 2013. The BPP has grown into one of the most significant print awards in Australia, attracting 93 entries this year. This is pretty amazing effort for an event that only began in 2007, but these days the prize is worth $12,000 – second only to the Fremantle Print Prize – and it attracts the very best artists who use print as medium. This year the rather coveted prize went to Fremantle artist Susana Castleden, for her hand colored and cleverly manipulated screen print Building The World in the correct position and the correct shape, which now belongs to Burnie, as the prize is acquisitive. The exhibitionkicked off as part of 10 Dyas On the Island on the 15th of March, goes until the 21st April and is well worth catching if you’re up on the North West Coast. It might even be a good excuse to nick up that way for a weekend. Given there’s 92 other high caliber works in the show, it’s a pretty safe bet. Hire a car or something.
Image: Building The World in the correct position and the correct shape by Susanna Castleden
THEATRE Preview:
TASMANIAN THEATRE COMPANY SEASON 2013 ON OFFER IN 2013 FROM TTC IS A SELECTION OF LIVE DELIGHTS FOR THE DISCERNING THEATRE PUNTER. You want quality performance, a different take on musical theatre and some excellent writing? The charming people at TTC have carefully created a very varied program that features new theatre, the best in quality plays and musicals that rely on performance skill and energy. Here’s quick run down of what they have on offer for the rest of 2013. Go see something live this year; the program is pretty damn fantastic.
ORDINARY DAYS: 18 – 28 April Music & Lyrics by Adam Gowan Deb loses her thesis. Warren wants to an artist. Claire and Jason are having issues with their relationship and want to work it all out. These disparate threads all come together in a tight and focused musical about the world of four young New Yorkers, in a show that revels in the real stuff of life. Witty and honest combine with beautiful original score in a musical about real people in a real place, the mechanics of fate and a yes, plenty of madcap comedy. Ordinary Days will exhilarate and entertain.
AND NO MORE SHALL WE PART: 25 July – 4 August By Tom Holloway Written by local lad done exceptionally well, Tom Holloway, this intimate play has won awards and garnered exceptional reviews since 2010. It’s a voyage into love and partnership, and what it means to be together for a lifetime, and then not be. Strong material that offers a bit of wisdom and tackles a very real issue through powerful writing and excellent stage craft, this is a must see that will remind you what art is for.
THE PYRAMID: 26 - 29 September By Siobhan Colman A gay Scottish terrier who can hardly contain his lust for the butch neighbourhood dogs, a woman on the verge of a big revealing moment and a blissfully ignorant Vietnam Vet are the protagonists in this fantastic new play about what lies beneath a seemingly ordinary relationship. The Pyramid offers intrigue and powerful surprises as secrets are revealed and ruptures occur. Siobhan Colman is an exciting new voice in Australian theatre, and this potent play is sure to engage you with its clever transformations and deft language.
NETWORKED ARTFORMS AND TACTICAL MAGIK FAERIE CIRCUITS LADIES AND GENTLEFOLK, YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE TRANSPARENCY GRENADE. This object is real, it functions and it is made by Julian Oliver. It is a tool for the freeing of information, a reaction to an era where, increasingly, public officials or corporate entities behind locked doors and out of sight make decisions. This beautiful thing, designed to look exactly like a Soviet F1 hand grenade contains a small computer, a very powerful wireless antenna and a microphone. It is capable of capturing streaming data at a site, and sending that data discretely back to a dedicated server. It’s physical glitch, made and built with the potential to open electronic doors so a conversation may be made public. It’s Wikileaks as art object, if you like, except it’s not based around a personality. It’s an object and its plans are freely available on the web. This is just one of the works that will be part of Networked Art Forms and Tactical Magik Faerie Circuits, a project developed by Hobart artist organisation and media lab, Miss Despoinias and presented by CAST Gallery this June. You could call this a festival, but it’s not one, as you know it. It’s not standing around having a beer and a burrito while you watch something cool. NAF:TMFC is a collection of artists; local, national and international that are inspired by computer culture. That doesn’t just mean ‘digital media’; it does mean people stretching themselves and their mediums to make frighteningly good and new art. You’re invited to come along and soak it all up but you are also invited to participate: exhibitions, performances, broadcasts, workshops and talks. In short, here is the fabled bleeding edge of art, art making, sound manipulation, image construction and subversive critical culture.
SHE’S NOT PERFORMING: 21 – 29 November By Alison Mann 25 years ago, Margarite gave up her baby girl for adoption, and her life has been a messy, angry whirlwind of regret ever since. Now, she thinks she’s found her lost daughter in the form of Annie, a beautiful young stripper. Exploring powerful, dark issues around adoption, loss and sexuality, She’s Not Performing is the work of Tasmanian playwright Alison Mann,, mounted for the first time in Tasmanian after a successful run at La Mama in Melbourne.
What can you expect? New information, an exchange of bright and challenging ideas, media in many forms and the opportunity to meet and converse with a range of artists and makers who are re-defining creative mediums and having a great time doing it. ANDREW HARPER
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YES, THAT LADY THERE IS EJ FROM LAID, THE DARK COMEDY SERIES ON ABC LAST YEAR.
IF YOU WANT TO SEE NEW AND POWERFUL WORK FROM ONE OF THE VERY BEST YOUNG TALENTS IN AUSTRALIA, THIS IS THE SHOW TO SEE. ANNIKA KOOPS’ TAKE ON THE PAINTED PORTRAIT IS INTENSE, INVOLVING AND POTENT. She looks at the way technology is remaking humanity and does things with paint that seem totally unnatural. Her latest work is on right now at Bett Gallery, so read this and get there right now. You have got to see this stuff, really. I had a fast exchange with Annika about her new work. How’s it all going generally in your painterly world? Are you an art star yet? Things are pretty good, shaping up to a really busy year. Any self-labeling as an art star is pretty cringe-worthy though so I am gonna stay right away from that one. You called your MFA show at the VCA, The Portrait as Parasite. That’s heavy. What was that about? Similarly to my exhibition Split Stream at Bett Gallery, it is about examining flows of information and communication. The idea of the parasite is from a French philosopher who I love called Michel Serres who imagines the parasite as an interruption to the flow, of information or matter. In my MFA project, as well as current work I draw parallels between the idea of a parasite, as something that interrupts a system of exchange, to modes of image construction. In particular thinking about the portrait in an online context, wherein meaning and appearances are in constant flux. Is art parasitic by its very nature? I think so yes, but I don’t see it as a negative thing. Rather than being an entirely deleterious entity, a parasite forces a
It’s also Celia Pacquola, who gets 4 star reviews everywhere she leaps onto stage and explores ugly dance moves and long distance relationships in her much awarded stand up. She gets four star reviews in Scotland, even, where they eat bad comedians. Celia’s shows sell out all over the shop but she has found a moment (well, a few days) to get on a plane and show Hobart and Launceston how she does it. You can catch her awesome frantic and witty style at The Clubhouse or if you’re a Launceston comedy fan get along to Fresh. There’s a bunch of local supports at both shows, so it’s great value, get along. She’s been on TV and everything but more importantly, YouTube research indicates Celia is actually piss funny. So get an adult diaper if you’re scared and do not miss her. ANDREW HARPER
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system to progress from a simple to a more complex stage. While it could be argued that meaning is lost in this process of constant borrowing, to ignore change or rupture and insist upon fixed meanings is dangerously reductive. You’re exploring one of the oldest forms there is - the painted portrait - with very new technology. Any reason why? There are many reasons. I find the contrast really interesting: the similarities and utter differences. Though my work is, at first glance, directly tied to highly representational portraiture, it is in fact a deconstruction of the genre. By using 3D completer modeling programs to create a face or body from a bunch of polygons and reconfiguring them, through the medium of paint, or digital prints, to construct some semblance of a human I am able to ask: what is a representation without a referent? And what is it to invest in images of humans who have never existed? Even further than that though I am interested in how we relate on an emotional level to non-human entities. The creepy element is strong in your work. Are you trying to scare us or do you just make stuff like that? I am not entirely sure if it is a side effect of my process of whether is something that is consciously cultivated. I am definitely interested in the uncanny valley – wherein the more human-like you make something, the more appealingly familiar it becomes, until you cross a certain line and the thing
looks and acts too much like a human — then it suddenly becomes terribly creepy. I suppose also there is a lot about our complete devotion to technology that is very creepy. As well as being unsettling though it is also beautiful, affecting and funny, I hope some of that finds its way into the work. You paint a world of women who are haunted and seem also as ghosts. The investigation of digital technology has not made anything seem bloodless in your work rather it seems to comment on how technology has invaded our lives, and how we are changing as a result. Am I completely insane there? No, you are pretty much bang-on there, good work. ANDREW HARPER
Annika Koops’ work is at Bett Gallery, 369 Elizabeth St, North Hobart until April 14. Gallery hours: 10am to 6pm Monday to Saturday, 12noon to 6pm Sunday. Don’t miss it. Annika’s work totally rocks. www. annikakoops.com
Arts PERFROMANCE:
FREEFALL SOME VERY DIFFERENT CIRCUS-STYLE THEATRE CRASHES INTO THE THEATRE ROYAL IN APRIL; FREEFALL IS A SHOW ABOUT FEAR THAT FEATURES SOME RIDICULOUS SKILL AND DARING. TILDA COBHAM-HERVY, ONE OF THE SHOW’S PERFORMERS, FILLS US IN.
WARP: What is this show beyond being some very clever and very impressive physical feats? Tilda Cobham-Hervy: Although Freefall is a highly physical performance the interwoven text and narrative pushes the boundaries of traditional circus. We aim to create a performance that is accessible to everyone. We tried to put our physical skills in the context of everyday situations so that the “tricks” became just another medium in which to convey our story. Is it dangerous? It LOOKS dangerous! I guess what we do is dangerous, although I wouldn’t usually associate that word with this company. The seven of us have been working together as a company for four years now and many years before that in a youth circus called Cirkidz. I guess the amount of trust we have in each other makes what we do feel pretty safe. What do you get up to in this show? As a performer? Did you devise the show? After growing up together in Cirkidz, an Adelaide youth circus, a group of us got together one day and set ourselves a challenge of making a performance for the 2O1O Adelaide Fringe. We self-devised the piece over about eight months and although we had moments of mayhem the physical and creative language we had developed in previous years made the creative process fairly straightforward. I think it was also the collective passion and energy we had for the project which made it
successful. Not only were we a great group of friends but we were also building our very own performance constructed from our own experiences. I personally am very interested in the devising process and the theatrical side of creating performances. Due to this I have quite a large speaking role in the show… that and I’m not as physically skilled as the others! I think that’s the great thing about this show is that as we devised it ourselves the stories and characters are all very true to who we are as people. We hope that our honesty and openness comes across in our show and makes people see circus as more than just sequined leotards and cheesy grins. What is the attraction in being thrown very, very high into the air? That’s a good question. I’m not quite sure I know the answer. It is certainly addictive. I have never been very good at being rebellious but I guess this gave me the chance to challenge the laws of gravity…? Even though before each jump I am frightened and desperately seek a way to escape it the thrill of defying our natural state of being makes coming back down to everyday reality feel depressingly ordinary! Freefall has a narrative and explores ideas about fear. What sort of fears? Do you hope that your audience will experience something beyond the sheer entertainment of watching some pretty astonishing feats of physical prowess? Throughout the performance we discuss a broad range of fears ranging from fear of being alone to no knowing the words to a pop song. We definitely want to show the audience more than just a collection of skills.
I think that we often try to disguise the tricks in the theatrics of the performance. It is interesting that as we started to explore the theme of fear we moved further away form physical fears, which we initially thought would be most integral to the piece, and more into social and emotional fears. We discovered that although we are all fairly comfortable challenging ourselves physically we often find challenging ourselves socially far more daunting. So although it is a nonlinear narrative we hope that the audience can personally relate to our story. How about yourself? What attracts a person to physical performance like this? It is a very energizing experience. It is very challenging work and I think that is something I’m very drawn to. It is also to do with the amazing friendships we have developed whilst creating this company. It is the kind of friendship that is very unique to this industry as you have to place so much trust in one another. The publicity for Freefall mentions Speedos. I agree these are terrifying things, but are they a main feature of the show? Is there a little gentle political satire in there at all? Yes the frightful budgie smugglers are discussed in this show. They are not a main feature of the performance although I have been told that some ladies would like them to be a more integrated component! Yes we do also make a cheeky reference to dear Mr Abbott and his extremely petrifying trunks! ANDREW HARPER Freefall is performed at the Theatre Royal from Tuesday April 30 – Thursday May 2 at 7.30pm nightly. Duration: 1 hour, no interval. Recommended for ages 8 and up – contains mature themes, Speedos and strobe lighting effects. Bookings: www.theatreroyal.com.au
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IF YOU HADN’T GOTTEN IT YET, R & J ARE ROMEO AND JULIET, THE MOST WELL-KNOWN DOOMED ROMANTIC DUO JUST ABOUT EVER. This tight show offers three versions of the classic in just an hour, showcasing physical skills and storytelling that will have you riveted. I had a quick conversation with Samantha Mitchell, one of the dancers, about this new version of the classic doom love yarn. Romeo and Juliet is very well-known material. What’s it like to take on such a well known story? Is there pressure to get it right? Romeo and Juliet is such a well known, famous story that has been retold over many centuries. I feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to take part in Natalie Weirs’ version. The dramatic content certainly has its challenges, which have been interesting to develop and rewarding to perform. I think there is always a bit of pressure in anything we do to get things right, to portray something honestly or to commit to something fully... R&J has a demanding storyline, but through Natalie’s choreography the drama or acting evolves naturally into something that all the dancers are comfortable in and feel ownership over when performing.
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There’s a bit of the old sex and violence in Romeo and Juliet. Is this a confronting show at all? How full-on does it all get? How do you deal with duels, suicide and sexuality? There is an exhilarating fight scene in Act One that is extremely physical and athletic. In Act three there’s a solo of despair that is full of loss and sorrow but is brimming with beauty. There are some huge topics covered but Natalie has crafted this work with her dancers to portray them honestly. This production of R & J, along with being dance gives three versions – is that harder? I wouldn’t say it’s harder, just a reinvented way of portraying the original story. Natalie’s R&J is told in three acts. One is a story told in our current era, one is a more traditional story set in the 1800s and the third is set in 1950s suburbia. Two different dancers play the role of Romeo and Juliet in each act with one dancer playing the role of “Fate” who is integrated into each scene. Three versions seems like a lot of work packed in a very short time. It seems as if great precision and commitment is required – how does that feel to deal with? I play Juliet in Act Two. I love being able to perform the story from beginning to end. It’s a very satisfying feeling. I guess one of the challenges is keeping true to the Juliet you’re playing. For example, Juliet in Act two is sixteen, sweet, innocent and is overwhelmed by her feelings towards Romeo. This is a very different Juliet to Act One, who is passionate, feisty and experienced. These differences are what keeps R&J so interesting. Romeo and Juliet is pretty specific in that it’s about love in spite of something (feuding families, gangs, rivalry and forbidden desire) over the years there have been interpretations in many mediums, what do you feel your version adds? Particularly in Act Three, Natalie’s version brings the story to a more everyday occurrence and relevance. The love story of growing old together and one day losing your 26
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partner... I think a lot of people can relate to that. Of course we also have the feuding families, rivalry, and desire alongside that too! It’s all in there! For those who are shy about Dance as a form, is this show a good gateway?
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I really believe it is as it has a great diversity. Also, everyone knows the story already... So it’s easy to enjoy the beautiful movements without having to think too much into it. R&J takes the audience on an emotional roller coaster but I still think there’s something in there that everyone can relate to. Following that, what does dance have to offer for a 21st century audience? What’s the attraction to doing it as a performer? How do you see it evolving? No matter how advanced we become technologically, I firmly believe there will always be a need for live performance. There’s something exciting and impressive about going to see a live performance knowing that anything could happen. As a performer that is extremely exciting. Performing live is like bungee jumping (well I suppose it would be, I have never bungee jumped!) in terms of adrenalin! It’s challenging, you definitely have the ups and the downs but all in all it’s a very rewarding experience.
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25 July – 4 August
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26–29 September
21 – 29 November
ANDREW HARPER
R&J presented by Expressions Dance Company and Queensland Performing Arts Centre at the Theatre Royal on Friday April 26 and Saturday April 27, from 8pm. Bookings via www.theatreroyal.com.au or 62332299. R&J also ventures to The Burnie Arts & Function Centre on Tuesday April 30. Bookings via http://www.burniearts.net/Box-Office or 64305850.
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Guide
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South 146 Artspace • DIES BOOT WAR HELL ROT by Nadine Kessler, till April 11. • 10 Objects - 10 Stories - celebrating community collections, Apr 18 – May 16. ART MOB • Pansy Personified, Paintings by Pansy Napangardi & watercolours by Mary Derusha, till Apr 7. • Nyirripi Now, paintings by Warlpiri artists at workshops conducted by Warlukurlangu Artists at Nyirripi, NT, till 12 – 28. BENCHMARKING BIRCHS BAY • Benchmarking Birchs Bay Sculpture Prize, outdoor sculptures trail, till Jun 30. • Photographic Phantasmagoria, Outdoor photographic competition & exhibition, till Apr 12. BETT GALLERY
• Splits Streams, Annika Koops, till Apr 14. • Family, Heather B Swan, till April 14. • Collected Pieces, Apr 17 – May 5. CAST • Obession, Fiona Foley, till Apr 14. • The Lost World (Part 1), Julie Gough, Apr 26 – May 26. COLVILLE GALLERY Corinne Costello, Orphic dreams, Apr 12 – 30. DESPARD GALLERY Landscape In refrain - Caroline Rannersberger, Apr 3 – 29. HANDMARK GALLERY, HOBART Tasmanian Landscape Exhibition by various Tasmanian artists, Mar 15 onward.
WELLINGTON GALLERY Thomas Anderson last available works original paintings.
NORTH ACADEMY GALLERY - UTAS INVERESK Tasmania Today: An Island State, curated by Malcom Bywaters. till Apr 19. NEW GALLERY - UTAS Newnham Little (big) world: exploring cultural diversity in Tasmania, curated by Melanie Kershaw, till May 10.
NORTH-west tas BURNIE REGIONAL ART GALLERY • Burnie Print Prize 2013, 63 printed works by Australian artists, till Apr 21. • Watermarks – The Paper Sculpture of Joanna Gair, till Apr 21. • House and Home, Malcom Bywaters, Apr 27 - May 19. DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY
• Felt Presence, Tara Badcock (Tas), Samantha Clark (Scotland), Anita Dineen (Tas), Anne Morrison (Tas), Irene Murphy (Ireland), Claire Needham (Tas), Rosemary O'Rourke (Tas), Sharyn Woods (Tas), till Apr 28. • Ten Canoes Rex Greeno, till Apr 28.
THE SOUTH
THE NORTH
COMEDY
COMEDY
THE BRISBANE HOTEL The Comedy Forge, Apr 25th - 7pm.
DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT AND CONVENTION CENTRE Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow 2013, May 2, 8pm.
THEATRE ROYAL Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow 2013, May 3 – 4, 8pm.
DANCE
OPERA
DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT AND CONVENTION CENTRE The Nut Cracker – Moscow Ballet, Apr 20, 7.30pm.
THEATRE ROYAL • L’isola Disabitata - Royal Opera House, Apr 12,18 & 20, 7.30pm; matinee Apr 14, 3pm. • David Hansen in concert, Apr 13, 7.30pm. • Latitude 37, Apr 15, 7pm. • Jane Edwards in concert, Apr 19, 7.30pm
PRINCESS THEATRE The Nut Cracker – Moscow Ballet, Apr 21, 2.30pm.
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PEACOCK THEATRE • ECHO Part l – A Neurological Soundscape, Apr 17 – 21. • Growing Backwards ,Apr 25 – 27, 8pm; matinee Apr 27, 2pm.
BURNIE ARTS & FUNCTION CENTRE Show Stoppers of London’s Westend, Apri 27, 2pm
PLAYHOUSE THEATRE Hobart Repertory Theatre Society presents Peter Pan - Apr 19 - May 4.
BURNIE ARTS & FUNCTION CENTRE Henry Purcell’s King Arthur, Apr 21, 2pm.
OPERA
THEATRE
THEATRE ROYAL • R&J, Apr 28 – 27, 8pm. • Freefall, Apr 30 – May 2, 7.30pm.
BURNIE ARTS & FUNCTION CENTRE R&J, Apr 30, 8pm.
THEATRE ROYAL BACKSPACE Ordinary Days, Apr 18 – 28.
THE ANNEXE THEATRE Something Childish but Very Natural, Apr 10 – 13, 7pm. EARL ARTS CENTRE • A Mad Affair by Robert Dessaix, Apr 24 – 27, 8pm. • The Midlands, May 2 – 4, 8pm; matinee May 4, 2pm.Arts
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• Fractured Landscape, Susan Parsons, till Apr 17.
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• KELLY’S GARDEN: Tonglen (I think I know what I need but I always end up with what I want), Domenico de Clario, till Apr 20. • LONG GALLERY: Testing Ground, Julie Gough, till Apr – 28. • TOP GALLERY: Blossoms from Blood, Apr 1 – 30. SCHOOLHOUSE GALLERY
• The Tasmanian Art Group: A New Journey, Apr 5 – 24.
TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY
• Unique States: Seriality & the Panoramic
- A Survey of Three Decades of Prints by Raymond Arnold, till May 26. • A Passion for Nature: The work of William Charles Piguenit, till Jun 2. • Colonial Women, till Jun 9. • Critical Operations, till Dec 31. THE BARN A Divided City: The Tasman Bridge Disaster (Evocative images, objects and memories telling the story of the bridge disaster), Apr 12 – May 5.
tasmanian premiere director kris stewart musical director ben van tienen cast jacob cook, nicole Farrow scott Farrow, lizzie moore
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Event Guide
Hobart Date
Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Thursday
April
Acts / Start Time
Republic Bar & Café
Slyde 9pm
The Telegraph
Dr Fink
11 Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett
Thursday
4
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Grand Poobah
Jazz Night
Brisbane Hotel
Brisbane Songwriters #1 w/ Kirsten Crombie + Dan Hennessy + Seb K 8pm
Jack Greene
Alex Hutchins
Republic Bar & Café
Son Del Sur (Cuban Salsa) 9pm
The Telegraph
Alex Hutchins
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett Federation Concert Hall
Friday
5
Trains and Boats and Planes - School Concert 11.30am + 6pm
Grand Poobah
Swamp Jam
Jack Greene
Tim Davies
Republic Bar & Café
Shaun Kirk 9pm
The Telegraph
Bianca Clennett
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Ride the Tiger + Kill the Matador (vic) + Phat Meegz + DJ Kenji + DJ Vinyl Ritchie
C Bar
Friday
Saturday
6
DJ Gezza 8pm
Grand Poobah
CocoLoco Karaoke Number 2
Ivory Bar
DJ Jim King
Jack Greene
DJ Mez
MONA Organ Room
Virtuosi - Violin Piano 11am
Moonah Arts Centre
Ohzone Duo - In and Out of Love
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Grotesque
7
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Johnny G
Republic Bar & Café
The Roobs + The Sin & Tonics 10pm
Salamanca Courtyard
Rektango 5:30pm
The Telegraph
Alex Hutchins followed by Entropy
Tuesday Wednesday
9
C Bar
DJ Gezza 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Saturday
Federation Concert Hall
Maestro Plays Mozart 7:30pm
Founders Room
Aluka Album Launch “Space” 8pm
Grand Poobah
Bondi Hipsters
Ivory Bar
DJ Grotesque
Jack Greene
Bianca Clennett
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Jim King
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Johnny G
Republic Bar & Café
Sticky Fingers + Younger Dryas 10pm
Salamanca Courtyard
Rektango 5:30pm
The Telegraph
Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink
13 Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
ScotDrakula (vic) + Pines + Naked + Small Black Lambs 9pm
Glen Challice 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Late Night Krackieoke w/ MC Red Lip
ALL AGES - CC Rocks (Multi Band Youth Event) 3pm
C Bar
Tony Voglino 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Transvaal Diamond Syndicate + The 88’s + Four String Phil + Babylon Howl 9pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Johnny G Grand Poobah
Lobsterman and Das Fellow
Brookfield Vineyard
Citizen Shrapnel & The Lords of Little Egypt 5pm
Ivory Bar
DJ’s mAd, Mez and Jim King
C Bar
Girl Friday 8pm
Jack Greene
DJ Alex Curtain
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Johnny G
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Beerex
Grand Poobah
That Gold Street Sound, Alta & Bring Sophie To Me
PlanB
PlanB Presents THE ASTON SHUFFLE
Ivory Bar
DJ Grotesque, Lids and Mez
Republic Bar & Café
Spit Syndicate + Jackie Onassis 10pm
Jack Greene
Tony Makro
Sails
Fee Whitla 6pm
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Beerex
The Telegraph
Ado and Devo followed by The Smashers
Republic Bar & Café
Lowrider 10pm
Sails
Billy Whitton 6pm
Brisbane Hotel
Rock n Roll Bingo w/ Timmy Jack Ray 6pm
The Telegraph
Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink
C Bar
Pete Thomas 2pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 8pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett followed by DJ Johnny G
Brisbane Hotel
The Lazys Fundraiser + Rock n Roll Bingo with Timmy Jack Ray
Republic Bar & Café
Wahbash Avenue 9pm
Sfuso Restaurant
Alan Gogoll - Friendly Elephants Album Launch 7pm
Sunday
Double Down 2pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Tim Davies followed by DJ Johnny G
8
Jep Dep (Vic) + Black Mourning Band + Darren Cross 9pm
ALL AGES - Fools Fest w/ Lives Lost + Artifacts + Harwood + My Ancestry + Embraced Affliction + Binkery + Forsight + Krysis + Catacombs 3pm
C Bar
Monday
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Brisbane Hotel
Brisbane Hotel
Sunday
12 Birdcage Bar
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Tim Davies followed by Rum Jungle
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett followed by Phrayta
Longley International Hotel
Transvaal Diamond Syndicate
Republic Bar & Café
A Night for Thomas Reid with Joe and The Blackberries 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Suffrajettes 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Quiz Night 8:15pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Peter Hicks and the Blue Licks 9pm
10 Birdcage Bar
Pete Thomas 9pm
Jack Greene
Tim Davies
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Beerex
APRIL Fri 5th, Open Mic Sat 6th, Citizen Schrapnel & the Lords of Little Egypt / 7.30 Sun 7th, Manjia Luo / 3pm Fri 12th, Global Lounge / 7pm Sat 13th, Candice McLeod / 7pm Fri 19th, Peter Denahy Returns / 5pm
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14 Birdcage Bar
Monday
15 Birdcage Bar
Tuesday
16 Birdcage Bar
Republic Bar & Café Republic Bar & Café Wednesday
17 Birdcage Bar Brisbane Hotel
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Tim Hibbered
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Jason Patmore 8pm
A Touch of Class 8pm Billy Whitton 8:30pm Billy & Randal 8pm Stephan Brandon 8:30pm Pete Thomas 9pm Bad Vibrations w/ Uncle Geezer + Catch Penny + Lifecoach 8pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett Grand Poobah
SJ Nicholson, Spiral Kites, The Shits 8pm
Jack Greene
Alex Hutchins
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Beerex
Peacock Theatre
Bruce Mathiske - Guitar Maestro 7:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Pharoahe Monch (USA) 9pm
Sat 20th, Bradfield Dumpleton & Ross Sermons / 5.30
MAY & BEYOND Sat 11th May / Valana & Andrea Khozq / 7pm Fri 17th May / Folk Night / 7pm Sat 18th May / The Ray Martians / 7pm Fri 24th May / Bob Fest (Bob Dylans Birthday) / 7pm Thur 25th & Fri 26th July / Chet Baker Show by David Goldthorpe
Event Guide
Date Thursday
Venue
Acts / Start Time
The Telegraph
Smashers
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett
Glen Challice 9pm
Grand Poobah
Paella Guru, Stalking Ella Scott, 88s 8pm
Unfolding Vostocks + B-Film & The Cannabalistic Po Howard Band Strike Back + Catsuit 8pm
Jack Greene
Alex Hutchins
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Beerex
Republic Bar & Café
New Saxons EP Launch + Timothy Nelson and the Infidels (wa) + Amanda Merzdan (wa) 9pm
The Telegraph
Ado and Devo
Waratah Hotel
Hungry Kids of Hungary w/ Special Guests The Preatures and Them Swoops
18 Birdcage Bar Brisbane Hotel
Date
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett followed by DJ Johnny G Jack Greene
Bianca Clennett
Republic Bar & Café
Jordie Lane + Christopher Coleman + Jed Appleton 9pm
The Telegraph Friday
19 Birdcage Bar
Ado and Devo followed by Dr Fink Jason Patmore 9pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett
Brisbane Hotel
The Zooper Dooper Doober Experience (DJs) 12am
Grand Poobah
Cambodian Space Project 9pm
Brookfield Vineyard
Peter Denahy 5pm
Jack Greene
Cameron Stuart
C Bar
DJ Gezza 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Rory Ellis 9pm
The Telegraph
Bianca Clennett
Grand Poobah
The Phosphenes
Ivory Bar
DJ Graz
Jack Greene
DJ Grotesque
Moonah Arts Centre
Tasmanian Song Company … Happily Ever After
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Grotesque
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Johnny G
Republic Bar & Café
Sugartrain 10pm
Salamanca Courtyard
Rektango 5:30pm
The Telegraph
Pirates of the Cover Scene
20 Birdcage Bar
Brisbane Hotel
C Bar
Friday
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
ALL TOMORROW’S SHOEYS w/ Luca Brasi + Headaches (qld) + Ride the Tiger + Declaration (vic) + Foxtrot (vic) + Rhino + DJ Vinyl Ritchie 8pm
Brookfield Vineyard
Piano Marathon 12pm
C Bar
DJ Gezza 8pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett followed by Phrayta
Ivory Bar
Behind Closed Doors
Jack Greene
Cameron Stuart
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Jim King
We <3 Bass (Dub in da pub) w/ DJ Dameza + Lids + Anti Sound + DJ Secrets + Max Powers + VJ Smucklepod
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Johnny G
Republic Bar & Café
Bob Evans + Tigertown + Davey Lane 10pm
Girl Friday 8pm
Salamanca Courtyard
Rektango 5:30pm
The Telegraph
Alex Hutchins followed by Entropy
Jason Patmore 9pm Still Wild Still Threatened Fundraiser - Lordy Lordy, Paella Guru, Meredith Cole
Far West Battle Front
Ivory Bar
Nina Las Vegas - DJ Millhouse & Mez
Jack Greene
Bianca Clennett
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Beerex
Republic Bar & Café
RUFUS “Take Me Tour” + Special Guests 10pm
Sails
Billy Whitton 6pm
The Telegraph
Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink
Waratah Hotel
Stu Larsen & Natsuki Kurai w/ Special Guest Tim Moore
Saturday
27 Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
ALL TOMORROW’S SHOEYS w/ The Smith Street Band (vic) + The Bennies (vic) + Fear Like Us (vic) + Grim Fandango (wa) + El Alamein (qld) + Speech Patterns + Knife Hands + DJ Punx Dead 8pm
C Bar
Tony Makro 8pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Johnny G Grand Poobah
The Roobs, Black Mourning Band & The Lucky Dips
Ivory Bar
DJ’s Grotesque, Mez and Jim King
Jack Greene
DJ Millhouse DJ Beerex
Wrest Point Entertainment Centre
Lee Kernaghan Beautiful Noise Tour 8pm
Observatory (Main Room) Republic Bar & Café
Boil Up 10pm
Wrest Point Showroom
Jason Patmore
Sails
Fee Whitla 6pm
Jason Patmore 8pm
The Telegraph
Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink
21 Birdcage Bar
C Bar
Still Wild Still Threatened Fundraiser (cont) - Gareth Davies + Tramp + Rock n Roll Bingo w/ Timmy Jack Ray + Social Death Squad (last gig ever) + Will & The Screaming Seniors 4pm
Sunday
Tony Voglino 2pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Tim Davies followed by DJ Johnny G Republic Bar & Café 22 Birdcage Bar Republic Bar & Café 23 Birdcage Bar Republic Bar & Café Wednesday
Tom Vincent Quartet 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Ainslie Willis, The Anthony Rochesters and Susannah Coleman-Brown
Grand Poobah
Brisbane Hotel
Tuesday
26 Bahai Centre
Grand Poobah
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Johnny G
Monday
Glen Challice 9pm
The Lawless Quartet + The Embers + Guerilla Zingari 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Sunday
25 Birdcage Bar
Acts / Start Time
Brisbane Hotel
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett followed by Phrayta
Saturday
Thursday
Venue
24 Birdcage Bar Brisbane Hotel
Joe and the Blackberries 9pm Carl Rush 8:30pm G.B. Balding (Finger Picking Blues) 8:30pm Glen Challice 9pm Mesa Cosa (vic) + Naked + Small Black Lambs + Treehouse 8pm
Glen Challice 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
ALL TOMORROW’S SHOEYS w/ Lincoln Le Fevre & The Insiders + Jen Buxton (vic) + Lucy Wilson (vic) + Mara Threat (qld) 4pm
Brisbane Hotel
Rock n Roll Bingo w/ Timmy Jack Ray 6pm
C Bar
Manhattan 2pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Tim Davies followed by DJ Johnny G
Suffrajettes 8pm Billy & Randal 8pm
28 Birdcage Bar
Monday
Home Hill Winery
Virtuosi - Violin Piano 11am
Republic Bar & Café
Dave Wilson Band 9pm
29 Birdcage Bar Republic Bar & Café
Tuesday
30 Birdcage Bar Republic Bar & Café
Billy & Randal 8pm Quiz Night 8:15pm A Touch of Class 8pm Baker Boys Band 9pm
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Launceston Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Date
CITY
Venue
Acts / Start Time
April
April Wednesday
NORTHWEST
3
Alchemy
DROP Monthly Dubstep night
Wednesday
3
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Tapas Trivia 7pm
Irish Murphys
Transvaal Diamond Syndicate
Thursday
4
Devonport
Molly Malones
Luke Parry 8:30pm
Lloyds Hotel
Uni Night
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Royal Oak
Mick Attard
Transvaal Diamond Syndicate
Watergarden Bar
Trevor Weaver
Sheffield
Skwiz Café Gallery
Friday Nite Music 8pm
Friday
5
Thursday
4
The Royal Oak
Live Music
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Shaun Kirk
Friday
5
Bolters Bar
Chris Lynch 7pm
Wynyard
Hotel Federal
Hideway 7:30pm
Hotel New York
Lowrider - Black Stones Tour
Burnie
The Otis Room
The Royal Oak
The Hamburgers + Joss Thomas
Transvaal Diamond Syndicate
Tonic Bar
DJ Dragonite 10pm
Spreyton
Watergarden Bar
Lisa Tedeschi
Hans Vonk Music House
Virtuosi - Violin Piano 2pm
Country Club Show Room
Symphony of Swing 8pm
Burnie
King of Burnie
Avargo Groove 8:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Unit 10pm
The Royal Oak
Shaun Kirk
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Luke Parry 9pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
Hideway 9:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Paddy 6pm
Saturday
6
Tonic Bar
Deejay Loco 10pm
Tuesday
9
Lloyds Hotel
Classic Covers/Originals
Wednesday
10
Lloyds Hotel
Uni Night
The Royal Oak
Andy Collins
Watergarden Bar
Trevor Weaver
Thursday
11
The Royal Oak
Seventh Street Entry
Friday
12
Bolters Bar
Geale Brothers 7pm
The Royal Oak
Live Music
Tonic Bar
DJ Nufe 10pm
Watergarden Bar
Andy & The Woodman
Hotel New York
The Potbelleez - Saved in a Bottle Tour
Princess Theatre
Maestro Plays Mozart 7:30pm
Saturday
Tuesday Wednesday
13
16 17
The Royal Oak
Sticky Fingers + Supports
Tonic Bar
Deejay Loco 10pm
Lloyds Hotel
Classic Covers/Originals
Lloyds Hotel
Uni Night
The Royal Oak
Daniel Townsend
Watergarden Bar
Trevor Weaver
Thursday
18
The Royal Oak
Samuel Bester
Friday
19
Bolters Bar
Josh & Brett 7pm
The Royal Oak
Jordie Lane + Supports
Tonic Bar
DJ Dragonite 10pm
Watergarden Bar
Picasso Brothers
The Royal Oak
Chris Coleman Collective (EP launch) + Thieves + Jonno Coleman
Tonic Bar
DJ Nufe 10pm
Saturday
20
Saturday
6
Sunday
7
Wednesday
10
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Open Mic 7pm
Thursday
11
Devonport
Molly Malones
Jerome Hillier 8:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Claire Anne Taylor with Neil Gibson
Sheffield
Skwiz Café Gallery
Friday Nite Music 8pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Brett and Josh 10pm
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Kram 9pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Ringmaster 10pm
Friday
Saturday
12
13
Devonport
Molly Malones
Unbalance 9:30pm
Sunday
14
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Si
Thursday
18
Devonport
Molly Malones
Josh & Brett 8:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Jake and Billy 8pm
Friday
19
Sheffield
Skwiz Café Gallery
Friday Nite Music 8pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Masters Acoustic 10pm
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
The Goobly Wooblies 9pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Unit 10pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
Gypsy Rose 9:30pm
Saturday
20
Sunday
21
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Evil Cisum
Thursday
25
Devonport
Molly Malones
Proud Phoneys 8:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Elliots (Klamperts) 8pm
Devonport
Devonport Baptist Church
Tom Vincent Quartet 3pm
Tuesday
23
Lloyds Hotel
Classic Covers/Originals
Wednesday
24
Hotel New York
Bob Evans - Familiar Stranger Tour
Lloyds Hotel
Uni Night
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Unbalanced 10pm
The Royal Oak
Open Mic Night
Wynyard
Hotel Federal
Watergarden Bar
Trevor Weaver
The Doctor Rocksters 7:30pm
Sheffield
Skwiz Café Gallery
Friday Nite Music 8pm
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Hideway 9pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Rock Pigs (Launceston) 10pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
The Doctor Rocksters 9:30pm
28
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Richo 6pm
1
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Tapas Trivia 7pm
Friday
Thursday
25
The Royal Oak
Tori & Andy
Friday
26
Bolters Bar
Jerome Hillier 7pm
The Royal Oak
Mick Attard
Tonic Bar
DJ Nufe 10pm
Watergarden Bar
Sambo
The Royal Oak
Rory Ellis
Tonic Bar
Deejay Loco 10pm
Sunday
Lloyds Hotel
Classic Covers/Originals
May
The Royal Oak
Tom Vincent Quartet 8pm
Wednesday
Saturday
Tuesday
27
30
Saturday
26
27
APRIL Wednesday 3rd Mick Attard Thursday 4th Live Music Friday 5th The Hamburgers + Joss Thomas Saturday 6th Shaun Kirk Wednesday 10th Andy Collins Thursday 11th Seventh Street Entry Friday 12th Live Music Saturday 13th Sticky Fingers + Supports Wednesday 17th Daniel Townsend Thursday 18th Samuel Bester Friday 19th Jordie Lane + Supports Saturday 20th Chris Coleman Collective (EP launch) + Thieves + Jonno Coleman Wednesday 24th Uni Night Thursday 25th Tori & Andy Friday 26th Mick Attard Saturday 27th Rory Ellis Tuesday 30th Tom Vincent Quartet 8pm ~ Live Music ~ ~ Great Food ~ ~ Open 7 Days ~ ~ Open Mic Night the Last Wednesday of the Month ~
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