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a music and food festival supporting Chloe’s Law Saturday, October 18 on the Hobart Waterfront we need your support. please make it possible. www.littlesister.net.au chloeslaw.com.au
Stonefield Friday April 11
Krafty Kuts & Dameza Thursday April 17
Ball Park Music April 19 & April 20
Calling All Cars Saturday April 26
April Jimmy Tait $8pre/$12door Friday 4th Australian Made $5 Saturday 5th Somerset Barnard + The Travelling Sisters Sunday 6th G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin' Blues) Monday 7th Ella Fence Tuesday 8th Slyde Wednesday 9th Bam Bam + Savo $12pre/$15door Thursday 10th Stonefield $20pre/$25door Friday 11th Sugartrain $4 Saturday 12th Wahbash Ave Sunday 13th Quiz Night Monday 14th Christian Patey + Seth Henderson Tuesday 15th Rory Ellis Wednesday 16th Krafty Kuts + Dameza $15pre/$20door Thursday 17th Bad Friday: Mephistopheles + Gape + Randomorder Friday 18th Ball Park Music + Pappa Vs Pretty + Jesse Davidson $35pre/$40door Saturday 19th & Sunday 20th
Billy Longo Monday 21st Billy Whitton Tuesday 22nd Fritz Wednesday 23rd Joe Pirere & The Blackberries Thursday 24th Boil Up $5 Friday 25th Calling All Cars + The Love Junkies $20pre/$25door Sat 26th Ross Serman Band Sunday 27th Quiz Night Monday 28th Michael Priest Tuesday 29th Homebrewed - Edge Radio Social Night Wednesday 30th May Shaun Kirk $10pre/$15door Thursday May 1 Jeff Martin + Sarah Mcleod $40pre/$45door Friday May 2 Sietta $10pre/$15door Saturday May 3 Joelistics + Dialectrix + N'Fa Friday May 16 June Slim Jim Phantom (Stray Cats) + Fireballs + Sin & Tonics Fri June 13
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News in Brief NO SITTING ON THE FENCE
mistreating dinosaurs at every opportunity, bashing things with a giant wooden club, only being able to say his own name, but whatever, it’s good to see he’s being optimistic. You can get bashed by Bam Bam’s wooden club of optimism at The Republic Bar on Thursday April 10.
HOMEGROWN TALES
Ok… that’s not strictly true. But Ken Stringfellow is! If you don’t know him, then we can inform you that he was the ‘fifth’ member of R.E.M playing live with them from 1997 and featuring on Man on the Moon soundtrack, Reveal, and Around the Sun. Outside R.E.M, Ken is a founding member of the American group The Posies, plus a number of other projects including his own solo work. So see Ken and pretend that you might be at a R.E.M concert at The Homestead in North Hobart on Saturday April 12.
most welcome to venture south to get in on the awesome action and help us Hobartians fight off the swarms of visiting uber cool Brunswick hipsters. Bring some floralcardigan repellent. Also keep tuned as this month the cool cats at Mona will be giving us the heads up on what to do on our long Winter nights in June.
WHO IS HARRY HOWARD?
SO NEW IT’S SHINEY Ella Fence is hitting Hobart for a week and basically just playing anywhere they’ll let her. On Tuesday April 8 she’ll be at the Republic Bar & Café. On Wednesday April 9 she’ll be at Irish Murphy’s. On Thursday April 10 she’ll be at The Homestead. On Friday April 11 she’ll be at The Waratah Hotel. On Saturday April 12 she’ll be at Salamanca Markets, and then later at MONA. On Sunday April 13 she’ll be back at The Waratah Hotel. 7 gigs in 6 days. How lazy. Lift your game, Ella. Surely you could have fit in another 20 gigs over those 6 days, at least. Eating/sleeping/having time to breathe is for suckers. (Ps. The only way to not see an Ella Fence show in Hobart over the course of that week is to actually be dead.)
Sharkmouth’s teeth might cut you through – but his bite has got nothing on the thylacine on the cover of Russell Morris’ newest album Van Diemen’s Land. The Aussie rock and blues singer-songwriter will bring tales from our state’s distant past back home when he plays at Hobart’s Wrest Point on April 11. As the second album in a trilogy which delves into Australian history, Van Diemen’s Land tells stories exclusively about our home state. Russel l shares the old Tassie stories of Breaker Morant, Sandakan, the Eureka Stockade, and other tales.
BAM BA LAM
Faldum are a brand spanking new band. An electro-acoustic nu-soul outfit, borrowing talents from Melbourne, Sydney and Hobart. The three-piece fuse neo-soul, hiphop and electronic beats laced with elements of jazz and classical music. They’ve just released their debut EP, titled The Dangerfields, and they’d like for you to come along to their launch and check it out, so you should, or else. It’s all going down at The Homestead on Saturday April 19, and it’s all being supported by locals Geurilla Zingari and Close Counters x Maddy Jane. Also, if any Melbournites happen to be reading this, you’ll be able to catch Faldum at Horse Bizarre in Melbourne CBD on Saturday May 3, supported by Amin Payne + more TBA. Top stuff!
Harry Howard according to wiki is an Australian musician who played bass guitar in Crime & the City Solution and These Immortal Souls both also featuring his older brother, Rowland S. Howard (member of the Birthday Party and The Boys Next Door alongside Nick Cave). He then played guitar in Pink Stainless Tail for several years. These days Harry fronts the NDE alongside Edwina Preston, Dave Graney and Clare Moore. The guys are touring of their still smelling fresh album Pretty. Catch them with the Native Cats at The Homestead in North Hobart on Good Friday Eve (Thursday April 17). Bound to be good and you will be memorised all the way through to Good Friday.
HE’S KRAFTY
R.E.M COME TO HOBART! LIGHTS ON LIGHTS OFF The lights have been turned off on Dark MOFO’s Launceston experiment. Thus making it an even darker MOFO. So dark, that human eyes won‘t be able to perceive it. So dark, that Satan himself will be afraid to witness it. So dark, that black holes will look like low wattage power-saving light bulbs by comparison. So dark, that, umm.. Ok, look, it’s just not going ahead anymore because they deemed it wouldn’t be financially viable. It sucks, but that’s the way it is. Sorry, Launceston. It’ll still be happening in Hobart though, and you’re all
Bam Bam (bambambam!) is the adopted son of fictitious characters Barney and Betty Rubble. Growing up in the stone age town of Bedrock, he evidently took something of a shine to hiphop music, somehow. Fast forward a few million years and he’s a young rapper from Melbourne, setting off on another national tour to promote his debut EP, titled The Good Life. I’m not sure how good his life really was,
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but if he’s sparkly and topless, ask at the bar for a wooden stake and a garlic shot.
Krafty Kuts is many things, some of those things we will choose not to discuss in public, others such as his insanely good collection of party tunes and killer DJ skills we will proudly herald. Krafty has been visiting our shores for many a year now, he seems to like the place and the people and apparently collects maps of Tassie. So it would be good if you come out, bring a map of Tassie along and give him reason to visit us again in 2015. PS the show is at The Republic Bar on Thursday April 17 and you don’t need to worry about having a late night as it’s Good Friday the next day.
their gig because we love them even though they hurt us. Saturday May 17 at The Waratah Hotel, supported by Rat & Co and Kowl. Let’s all dress really fancy and act like we’ve moved on with our lives and found someone better. That’ll teach ‘em. Then we’ll all get drunk and send them soppy text messages.
OPEN YOUR SOUL
THE GUITAR DOCTOR IS IN TOWN
prairie and preparing to hit the long winding outback roads of Australia on their first full national tour in three years. Somehow they are getting the horses across the water for one show at The Republic Bar & Café on Saturday May 31, so you better make an effort too, and ride your horses into town for that one. All this is in aid of a new album out, titled Acid Rain and Sugar Cane, which we will tell you next issue if it’s good or not (not that you need to take our opinion as the lord’s word).
HE’S SLIM… JIM, BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT WE SPEAK NO AMERICANO Elefant Traks electronicy souly dynamicy duoy, Sietta, recently dropped another album filled with their own unique brand of sweet, sweet goodness. Titled The Invisible River, it’s every bit as lush and smooth as you’d hope it would be. So go grab a copy if that’s your bag. In fact grab two copies. Grab seven. I dunno, grab maybe like fifty copies. Get at least a couple for me. Let them age in your music cellar for a few years and then pull them out on special occasions, birthday, Christmas, wedding, Ninja Turtle movies, etc. Maybe even pull one out on Saturday May 3, take it along to the Republic Bar and Café in Hobart where Sietta will be performing and get it autographed.
Sweat It Out is a groovy Australian dance label, so groovy that their logo is a pair of dancing shoes. Shoes aside the label guys have put out an appropriate club mix called Let’s Sweat Volume 1 which has been mixed by the likes of Yolanda Be Cool and Indian Summer. A dance album release isn’t any good without a good release party. So Yolanda Be Cool will be playing the wares out at the clubs this month, including Plan B in Hobart on Thursday April 24 (yes the Friday is a public holiday). Tickets up on Moshtix and make sure you are wearing your dancing shoes.
If it seems like every month there is something about Mathew Fagan in this “news” column, it’s because there is. He does a lot of stuff. And he tells us about it. Maybe you lot should start doing that too, eh. Ya lazy sods. This time he’s doing stuff with Dr Martin Taylor MBE. Badass. A Doctor of guitaring. That’s badass. Cop it. You can see some of that badass jazz guitar badassery at the Conservatorium Recital Hall on Tuesday May 27, doors from 7pm. Tickets will run you $45 + Booking fee and are available from Centretainment, or it’s just a cool fiddy on the door.
ALTERED STATES
BLUES ZOMBIE ON THE LOOSE
WILD HORSES AND WAGONS
Shaun Kirk is what’s known as a “troubadour”. Which in this day and age, could be the most played out term in all of music journalism. Mr. Kirk isn’t played out, but he does play out, quite a lot, like, a hundred gigs a week. Easy. Probably more. He puts out like a record or two every year as well, dude must not sleep much. He’s possibly some kind of blues zombie. A Blombie. Or a Blampire. Or a Blerewolf. If you’re going to his gig at the Republic Bar on Thursday May 1, don’t let him bite you. We here at Warp HQ don’t endorse violence,
Ex-Tasmanians ALTA are coming back to town to show us what we’ve been missing out on since they left the state. Returning to show us what we’ve lacked since they left us, crying in the cold Tasmanian rain, rocking back and forth, curled up in the embryo position, screaming “wwhhhyyyyy” until our throats bled. So basically they’re coming back here to rub salt in our wounds. What a bunch of jerks. They’re super-talented jerks that make insanely good music though, and we’ll all go see
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Slim Jim Phantom has a gnarly sounding name and plays gnarly sounding drums. That’s pretty much all you need to know. He’ll be playing at the Republic Bar & Café on Friday June 13 with special guest Fireballs. Which sounds like a painful condition that a lot of these old rockers probably end up with. Especially if you get around with a name like Slim Jim Phantom. What a name! Seriously. Actually, even the drummer/vocalist for Fireballs has a badass name, Eddie Fury. These people must have crazy cool parents to give them these names. Makes your boring old normal person name seem a bit bland doesn’t it. You should change it.
IT’S FRESH AGAIN
The alt-country superfolk ,Wagons are back from their time roaming the American
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THE TRAVELLING CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN FEW AUSTRALIAN GROUPS HAVE REACHED THE DIZZYING HEIGHTS ACHIEVED BY HIP HOP TRIO BLISS N ESO. WHERE MANY HAVE COME AND GONE OVER THE YEARS, THE THREE HIGH SCHOOL FRIENDS FROM SYDNEY HAVE CREATED THEIR OWN FOLLOWING THAT HAS CONTINUED TO SWELL TO THE RANKS THAT THE BAND NOW FILLS STADIUMS. TO PROVE THE POINT THE LOVEABLE LADS ARE EMBARKING ON THEIR MOST AMBITIOUS TOUR TO DATE, THEIR CIRCUS UNDER THE STARS TOUR COVERING 15 DATES ACROSS SOME OF THE BIGGEST VENUES IN THE COUNTRY.
Bliss N Eso have been a mainstay in the Australian scene for well over a decade. Riding the wave of the then fresh Australian take of hip hop, the group quickly carved out their own niche alongside fellow rappers of that era such as The Hilltop Hoods, Pegz, Muph & Plutonic, The Herd and The Funkoars. The group comprising MC’s Bliss, Eso and DJ Izm combined a relentless touring regime with a strong focus on their loyal fanbase to cement themselves as a permanent fixture on the local hip hop scene, before breaking out to become a force within the Australian music mainstream. Singing about both weed and world peace, the guys have become a figure head for a whole generation of young Australians, with a facebook following over a half a million as testament. Their 2013 album Circus in the Sky has enjoyed an ARIA #1 album status, and the latest single ‘My Life’ reaching gold status in the last month, a representation of their continued strength. Max aka Eso, told us what was happening behind the scenes at camp Bliss N Eso. Recently wed to his long term partner Megan Gander, in a ceremony at The Little White Chapel in Las Vegas (host to weddings for the likes of Slash ,Michael Jordan, Judy Garland, Micky Rooney, and Bruce Willis). Their honeymoon according to Eso was spent “shooting machine guns and riding in quad bikes in the desert.” While in Vegas the guys spent time shooting their next video clip. Before Vegas the group were in Afghanistan performing to Australian troops – Eso has friends in the SAS. “These guys are doing a great thing and we were there to support them through our music.”
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The Circus in the Sky tour also made it to Canada in September last year with a 13 date tour featuring North American Ceekay Jones – also on the album. Married life has also resulted in Eso choosing to quit drinking at the start of the year. “I want to focus on the music and remove any negative distractions from my life.” Between tours the group spend most of their time in the studio which has resulted in a steady stream of releases, with Circus in the Sky being their fifth studio album date. Eso confided in a rapidly changing world that there is no time to take extended breaks with the fans constantly expecting more and with an ever decreasing attention span. “I remember when I was a kid having spent two weeks saving up my pocket money and catching a train into town so I could go to the CD store to buy next my next hip hop album and then play it to death. These days the kids are surrounded with technology and can get what they want at a drop of a hat.” With a new found stability Max, has taken to the upcoming Bliss N Eso Australian roadshow with vigour. The production for the event will be travelling around in a convey of trucks including a massive customised stage and state-of-the-art lighting and sound. Expect bigger than big. The circus has come to town. NIC ORME
See the Bliss N Eso roadshow featuring Seth Sentry and Horrorshow roll into Hobart on Saturday May 31 at Macquarie Wharf Shed Number 2. The show is both all ages and licensed with tickets available from Ruffcut and www.moshtix.com.au.
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SOME (NOT SO) YOUNG PUNKS SOME PUNKS JUST NEVER GIVE UP AND IN THE CASE OF CANADA’S D.O.A, 36 YEARS IS TESTAMENT TO THIS TENACITY. THE RECENT INDUCTEES TO THE CANADIAN INDEPENDENT MUSIC HALL OF FAME ARE CURRENTLY ON A WORLDWIDE “FAREWELL TOUR” THAT HAS MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO TASMANIA. ORIGINAL MEMBER JOE SHITHEAD KEITHLEY TOLD US WHAT IT’S TO BE PUNK. D.O.A as a band have been playing across 5 decades. Have the issues that D.O.A sing about changed remarkably over this time? You might think so, but we started out singing songs about warmongers, racism, sexism, the environment and greed and I believe you could easily say that those are some of the biggest issues facing the world today. The band has had over 20 members through the years. Has the change of members resulted in a change of direction of the band through this time or D.O.A has molded the new members to the D.O.A way? DOA has always had an activist philosophy of trying to effect positive change in this world , that hasn’t changed, but sometimes people do, so that’s part of the reason for the lineup changes -also to be in DOA it’s really important to have a sense comradery and of course that can change over time as well. This is advertised as the bands “farewell tour”. Why is the band now finally calling it quits? Can’t we just see an alteration to the lineup? We will play as many different countries as we can on this tour and assess everything after that. i will try to run for formal politics again in 2017. i am not saying we won’t play ever again but I will try to work on some different projects for a change. How has the hardcore scene evolved from it’s birth in the late 70s? Well in the late 70’s there was no hardcore scene, DOA and some of our musical friends on the west coast came up with that in 1981, after DOA’s hardcore 81 album. But in any case the sound has changed , so I would bill DOA as hardcore punk, as opposed to hardcore. Being a fairly DIY form of music, has the advances in the technological world and particularly social media, have resulted in hardcore losing its relevancy? Likely the opposite result, i would say that the internet and social media have an awful lot to do with punk’s DIY ethic. Punk help spread that kind of thinking. Being from abroad. what major issues do you see going on in Australia currently? To be honest , we don’t hear a lot about Australia here, so I am going to catch up on the issues when I get there. Does music have the power to change? Yes of course it has, that’s why I have stuck with it for my whole life - hence the DOA slogan TALK ACTION = 0 NIC ORME
D.O.A play the Brisbane Hotel on Wednesday April 23. Tickets are available via www.trybooking.com/EOIM.
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IN TRANSLATION NO LONGER JUST ANOTHER ONE OF THE “GUYS FROM POWDERFINGER’, DARREN MIDDLETON IS STEPPING OUT SOLO. SINCE THE DISSOLVE OF THE HUGELY SUCCESSFUL ROCK BAND IN 2010, MIDDLETON HAS BEEN THROUGH ALL SORTS OF SHENANIGANS AND SPIRITUAL REALISATIONS AND WITH HIS DEBUT SOLO ALBUM TRANSLATIONS RELEASED LAST NOVEMBER, HE’S MORE THAN READY TO TAKE THE SPOTLIGHT FOR HIMSELF.
“I unexpectedly found myself quite lost actually; it was an emotional rollercoaster” Middleton says on finding himself after the Powderfinger split. “I went away for six months with my family, on holidays with good intentions, move to Melbourne and get back into music. I got there and hit a dozen emotional brickwalls; not finishing things, pulling out of things...I guess I had to digest and process. I’m starting again, to a large degree. I did some producing, I started scoring music for TV and film, then I started doing a few mentoring programs. Once I started finding my feet again, I started getting busy. I’m really excited about the challenges, baring yourself on stage without the support of a wall of sound and a band. It’s very different to what I’ve been involved in in the past.”
back into that period of time, it’s easy to get lost in the songs again, especially live”
With guests like Nic Cester, Paul Dempsey and Clare Bowditch, as well as former bandmate Bernard Fanning, Translations was always going to have high expectations upon its head. But Middleton saw that
“With the mentoring programs, I had to train myself to look firstly for the positives. Push Songs, they’ve got a couple of programs I’ve been involved in. One in particular was over a couple of long days; six different songwriters presenting their songs in different formats, me passing on my thoughts. As an observer you have an objective view but it’s really fun, it’s great working with young people. It’s infectious, they’re not jaded like us (laughs)”
he was only going to make the album he really wanted.
“You learn about your strengths and weaknesses...I get a bit more out of it every time, even in these songs, there’s a positive spin in the middle of all of them. That’s who I am, 98 percent of my existence, I’m an upbeat, optimistic guy. That depressed period of my life took me by surprise, it was so out of character for me. That’s life, it really is. Songwriters often gravitate towards the melancholy or the moody, because that’s such a big part of our lives.” Middleton also got involved with mentoring young aspiring musicians; helping their craft their work and learn the ins and outs of the industry.
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“The album came to be from that period of time. The idea of this album was that songwriting is a translation: taking what’s going on in your life and turning it into melody and song. I looked back at halfsongs and realised I wanted to have a reason to make a record. I looked at this body of work and thought, “this is as honest as I’ve ever been”. That was the fuel for the fire of this whole album. It reflects that point in time. When the songs exists on a personal level, it’s easy to throw yourself
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Darren Middleton plays The Waratah Hotel on Saturday May 3 with special guests.
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PALM SUNDAY MELBOURNE RAISED AND BERLIN BASED, PHOEBE KIDD IS TAKING OVER THE WORLD WITH HER EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONICA. HER MAD SYNTHS AND RHYTHMS WILL HAVE US DANCING AT WUNDERLAND’S PALMED OUT ON APRIL 20, AND PHOEBE TELLS US ABOUT HER SOUNDS AHEAD OF THE GIG.
IRISH SUNDAY SESSION
THE TASTES AND SOUNDS OF HOME Where is home these days? Neukoelln in Berlin, Germany. Does the city you’re in influence your music? The city itself has a certain monotony to it that lends itself to working in the studio, but I miss the vibe of a thriving metropolis. I think there is a very particular energy that comes from being a small part of a big city. That is probably my favourite environment to work in. Where did your passion for production come from? We were brought up on music, folk, psychedelic and rock music. I’ve also always enjoyed making things and learning how things work, so technology, production, software and hardware and related compositional skills became a focus of mine. Your music is very complex. How long does it take to write a track? The main phase of writing is always in one take over a few hours or less. But finishing things takes me ages! My mixing skills are still developing and I tend to over work tracks and then go back to an earlier version – a habit I am trying to break. What is the best part about producing?
to work fast. I like that part of music in our time. Software vs hardware: do you use both or lean towards one? I use both. I really enjoy hardware and work best outside of the box. Everything begins with my drum machine and synth. But mixing and arranging music for release is around 75 per cent software. Once a take is recorded, everything else happens with software. When playing live, I have a hardware preference. Any collaborations in the works? Yes, I was just in Shanghai recording with Cha Cha, a Chinese rapper/producer/singer I met and recorded with in 2011. We have an EP on the way. I will be playing some live versions of the songs in Hobart. And also Jason Montero and I will be making a record as our old avante garde duo K&M while I am in Australia. What can we expect this Easter? A friend of mine explained my live show as a cross between Holly Herdon and Zombi. I can state either of the two as influences but as I take an experimental approach to synthesizer music, maybe it’s an appropriate correlation. Expect drum solos, ambient phrases, some Chinese vocals, a rap and some heavy beats.
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The flow state when you can find it is like nothing else. Being completely immersed in sound is a beautiful thing. I enjoy the work for the work’s sake. Being alone in the studio or recording with someone is my most sacred time. What is the most inspiring thing about the electronic scene? Hearing new music and unvisited aesthetic terrains. Also the speed of which tastes change in the internet era means you have
Phoebe Kidd will perform at the Palmed Out event at Wunderland, Sunday April 20. Palmed Out kicks off at 3pm and runs to the early evening.
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A PERFECT TRIPOD DESCRIBED LOVINGLY AS A MUSICAL COMEDY SUPERGROUP, PERFECT TRIPOD ARE CROSSING THE DITCH AND BRINGING THEIR HIGHLY ACCLAIMED EXTRAVAGANZA “AUSTRALIAN SONGS” TO THE THEATRE ROYAL IN HOBART FOR TWO FUN FILLED SHOWS.
We catch up with one of ‘the better looking members’ of the group, Scott Edgar (Scod) as he starts on his second cup of coffee and enjoys a bit of a day off at his home in the Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne, taking some time out from his current creative venture, writing songs for a special project for Cartoon Connection, to have chat with Warp Magazine. If you missed the story, the whole Perfect Tripod concept started as a ‘party trick’ a few years back, when musical comedy group, Tripod were asked to do a Paul Kelly cover with ‘showbiz powerhouse’ Eddie Perfect at a special event in the famous Speigeltent in Melbourne and it all just snowballed from there. Invitations to perform at other events, and TV appearances came along, and somewhere along the way one song morphed into an idea for a whole show, ‘Australian Songs’ was born and Perfect Tripod became a touring and then a recording force. “We feel like part of the family at the Speigeltent. It’s like the magic elevator, the inside of the place stays the same, even when it moves cities. It was a few
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years ago in Melbourne, we did a Paul Kelly song with Eddie Perfect as a fourpart arrangement, and we just kept getting asked to do it over again, so we decided to expand it.”
“The show is mainly a capella, but we do take our guitars along with us and bring them out a few times. Hobart is going to be an interesting weekend; it’s always fun on tour with Eddy.”
“We opened ‘Australian Songs’ early last year at The Arts Centre and got away with it, and it’s been going ever since. But Tassy is one state we haven’t done it in yet!”
“We get suited up for the stage, but that’s it for formality. That’s the beauty of it. The work is put in, there’s no faking that, but the show is just a really good mix of informality and professionalism.”
“It’s done alright – well, people bought tickets. We didn’t quite know what it would be when we started. We wanted harmony, we wanted inventiveness, we wanted to reinterpret Aussie music. So, we were clear on the idea, but not on the tone. We tried to work out how it would go over, working out a set list and how it would flow, what songs to do and it felt good.”
Perfect Tripod have also released a CD of ‘Australian Songs’ for everyone to enjoy.
“The songs are picked through a group negotiation. The first lot of songs took ages to work out. We had what felt like a week-long YouTube party, with a long list of songs, trying them out. Some worked, some just didn’t, it was a long process. This time we’ve added 4 songs to the original list, which we all voted on.”
“Recording is pretty unforgiving when it comes to a capella. There’s a lot of hard work involved. But being our usually commercially inept selves, we actually put it out at the same time as we’d released a Tripod CD.”
and we are our own bosses. Our hours are flexible each week depending on deadlines. With the comedy aspect, combining music and comedy, it varies so much from gig to gig. It’s lucky we work in multi disciplines, and it’s so enjoyable cause I’ve got a very small attention span. Tripod is a balance of comedy and music, Perfect Tripod is far more music focused.” And when you get along and see this amazing show, don’t forget to swing by the merch desk – grab yourself a CD, maybe a stubby holder – personally I’m after one of the tea towels. KYLIE COX
“We recorded it last year, and we think of it as a bit of a triumph. We worked with producer Craig Pilkington and it was a fun process. We’d already done the show plenty of times, so that made it a bit easier when we went into the studio.” “I’m proud to be making a living out of the arts. This is a full time job for us,
See Perfect Tripod as part of June’s Festival of Voices on June 6 & 7 at The Theatre Royal. Tickets are on sale now via The Theatre Royal.
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NEW AGE DIDJERIDU
The didge is a unique instrument that is used often to unequivocally represent Australia. Do you feel it’s an accurate representation?
MIXING NATURAL ELEMENTS WITH FAT TRIBAL BEATS AND DIRTY FUNKY BASS LINES, GANGA GIRI WORKS TO CREATE A UNIQUE TRIBAL-TECHNOLOGICAL DEEP EARTH DANCE EXPERIENCES. HE TOLD US A LITTLE ABOUT THE DIDGE AND THE MUSIC HE CREATES.
It does if you are from over sea’s for sure and it is the instrument when you think of Australia. It was traditionally only played in a small area of Australia in Arnhem Land, N.T and only spread across the North in the last 200 years. From there it has really travelled. It is way more popular abroad than here in Australia. Maybe in those places in Europe it is a way for them to connect back to the earth that we can do so easily by just living here in Australia? As an instrument of the traditional guardians of Australia, do you feel it’s appropriate for the didge to feature in contemporary music?
It sure is, I have spent much time in Arnhem Land in the N.T from where the Yidaki is from (traditional name for didjeridu). The elders there are very open to share the instrument and it is where Yothu Yindi is from. They were a major contributor of sharing Didjj in contemporary music. You describe your music as “didge-step”. Can you describe what this is? Some of our new material is a new genre of music I have named Didj-step because the Didj is a bass instrument and therefore gives the genre dubstep an Australian feel. I have really enjoyed making some new music of late. What is the reaction you have to your music when you go overseas, particularly the US? It’s like the old saying the further you are from home the better you sound! Americans and Canadians love to be entertained and are really open to new sounds and know how to express their enjoyment if they like you. There is a big population there too so it is easier to find your niche. Can you tell us a little more about the differences between Didges? Do you use a variety in your music or stick to the same didge? The Didj is such an amazing instrument being that it is just a log hollowed out by termites! They vary on pitch or key depending on their length. The longer they are generally the deeper they sound. I play some traditional instruments live as well as a Didjeri-bone. It is a mix between a didjeridu and a trombone, you can change keys and sounds. It really is very fun! Circular breathing is something required to play wind instruments and also the
didge. Was it something difficult to master? Have you tried your hand at other wind instruments? Circular breathing came to me very fast and it seems to be a great thing to keep fit too. I own and like playing a tuber with a didjeridu technique. Do you feel your music is suited more to festivals over club shows? What is your perfect environment for a Ganga Giri performance? My main enjoyment is to bring people and community together, inside or outside, where ever. But there is nothing like playing outside at a festival on a nice big sound system with fresh air for me to breath in and a happy audience dancing with big smiles. You site other world music as your influences, Indian and Middle Eastern and so on. How do you incorporate this into what you do? The most amazing thing about music for me is that it is a universal language and our sound is global. We love collaborating with friends and musicians all around the world. I have spent much time in India, Bali and time in Indigenous Australia and this is represented and mixed into my sound inspiration, fused with big bass electronica. I love that there are few restrictions in music when bringing through new feels and sounds. NIC ORME
See Ganga Giri perform at The Homestead on Friday May 2. Check out the upcoming album Earthwise.
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HOLY OF THE HOLY THANK YOUR LUCKY F**KING STARS, TASMANIA – TORONTO’S PREMIER (AND PERHAPS MOST INFAMOUSLY NAMED) ELECTRONIC-EXPERIMENTERS HOLY FUCK HAVE SQUEEZED IN A SPECIAL HOBART DATE FOR THEIR AUSTRALIAN TOUR. WE SPOKE TO KEYBOARD AND EFFECTS SPECIALIST GRAHAM WALSH AHEAD OF THEIR UPCOMING VISIT.
These days, a band’s output is generally measured by their albums, and it’s been a good four years since the release of Holy Fuck’s last full-length record, Latin (the first single of which, in case you missed it, was launched via a hilarious Chatroulette moniker). However, the boys have been outrageously busy during this time – by no means has it been a ‘break’.
that Holy Fuck shouldn’t be judged by their studio output alone is because so much of their creative ethic comes down to improvisation, spontaneity and creating an electric live atmosphere. The band are musical alchemists of sorts – known for raiding thrift stores for instruments and breathing new life into the beat-up plastic keyboards of our childhood.
“That’s just it,” says Graham. “Our record came out four years ago – but then we spent two of those years touring it, and then we’ve spent the last little while writing. Three of the four of us have had kids in that time, so that’s sort of held things up a little bit.
“We try and make use of different things,” says Graham. “We’re not trying to make a gimmick out of it or anything like that, but I think we’ve all realised that you can find musicality and creativity in a lot of different areas. We use drum machines and samplers and things like that, but you can also be creative using a junky toystore keyboard. It might have one beat on it that’s pretty cool - or might sound shitty when you play it, but once you put it through a bunch of effect pedals you can come up with something really cool.
We’ve never really stopped things and taken stock of where we were, and focussed on writing and stuff, so what we’ve been doing is writing and getting shows whenever we can, as long as it makes sense. We’ve gotten some pretty neat gigs here and there so yeah. We haven’t entirely jumped off the face of the planet [laughs]”. They certainly haven’t – their resume includes appearances at Coachella, SXSW and Lollapalooza, as well as a support slot with M.I.A. Perhaps the key reason
It’s embracing the idea that you can use anything, and embracing the idea of limitations and creativity. It forces you in a creative direction that you might not normally go into, because you’re using something that’s just really shitty, and you’re going to make something cool out of it. It’s just another paintbrush in
the toolkit – we’re open to using any instruments that are inspiring and can make us be creative.” Holy Fuck are famous for ascending into realms of high-strung, impulsive chaos during their live shows – working the crowd into a hyperactive frenzy, the pinnacle of which resulted in being stageswarmed at Barcelona’s Primavera Sound in 2008. “I think that the live show is definitely trying to create an event, it’s all about the moment and connecting with the audience,” says Graham. “I find our live shows are a little more chaotic. We’re just trying to make something that’s fun and euphoric and chaotic and noisy and exciting and, you know, create and energy in the room. Whatever we can do to make that happen.” The new record takes a slightly different, more organised tact. “This time we have spent a lot of time writing in the studio, pre-planning ideas and things like that. Then we play them live and workshop them and they evolve a little bit. Last weekend we went back into the studio and redid three songs that we’d already tracked because we’d been playing them differently and working them out. It’s been a good way for us to try new things, to work on ideas and let them evolve. And it will continue evolving, too, when we play live. That’s where the improvisation element kicks in. We try to approach the album differently than we do the live shows. We try to make the album sound as good as possible as an album, and then make the live show sound as good as possible as a live show, and they might not necessarily be the exact same thing. We’re mostly done [with the new record], we’ve got quite a few tracks finished and others that we’ll just keep working on. The eternal question, though, is when do you stop? There’s definitely light at the end of the tunnel, we’re got a whole bunch of ideas finished, which we’ll work on, and then take stock of what we have and see what we’ve got. We haven’t really had this much time to sit down and write and create - the time between LP and Latin was really short, and we wrote most of Latin on the road, so we recorded that album really quickly. We’re taking our time a little more with this one - maybe a little bit too much time, I dunno, but it’ll be better anyways.” CHLOE MAYNE
You can witness Holy Fuck in action at The See Parkway Drive in Launceston part of the Brisbane Hotel on Thursday May 1as with supports Breath Of Life Festival on Saturday March 9. Tiger Choir, Kowl and Corney.
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A MUSICAL ALTER EGO SARA RETALLICK, A.K.A. JIMMY TAIT, IS MORE THAN YOUR AVERAGE PRETTY, SWEETTALKING SONGSTRESS. THERE’S A WEIGHTINESS THAT SETS HER MUSIC APART – HER DEEP, YET GENTLE VOCALS AND INTELLIGENT LYRICS MAKE FOR RECORDINGS IMBIBED WITH MELANCHOLY AND SOFT, SLIGHTLY RESIGNED MOURNING.
Her band includes members of The Gin Club, The Orphanage and The Wintership – and she’s bringing her stellar performance across the Strait to Hobart this month to celebrate the release of her record, Golden. Golden has been a real labour of love for the band. “This was a long one,” admits Sara. “All up from writing to mastering, it took us about two years.” Although the album has been a long time in the making, its creation remained impulsive and natural, giving it the time to simmer and brew. “It’s quite an organic experience, really,” says Sara of her creative process. “I like
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to get away from Melbourne when writing new material. Usually I head to my parents’ farm in Northern Victoria for stints of writing. In these sessions I will come up with lyrics, melody and structure. Then I’ll bring in demos or ideas to the band and we play it out in a rehearsal environment to solidify arrangement and things like that.” Sara’s band moniker is derived from her droving grandfather. “I never actually met my grandfather,” she says. “My mother was six months pregnant with me when he passed away. All I have are stories and my family’s memories. So I can’t really tell you much [about him]; I know he was a character, everyone in town knew him and he enjoyed a beer. Naming the band after
him was more of a dedication to remember him than being particularly inspired by him.” Jimmy Tait’s Hobart show will be a special first-time event. “I have been to Tasmania once before for my birthday a few years ago,” explains Sara. “I loved it. I’d like to spend more time there. I find the landscape quite inspiring, it would be nice to explore it further. I have never played a show there before, we’re really looking forward to it! We have Saturday off, so I’ll definitely fit in a visit to MONA.” After this tour, which includes dates in Sydney and Canberra, Sara will dive straight into creating another record – with
a much shorter turnaround than Golden. “When we wind up this tour, we will be getting straight down to writing the next album. I have a week scheduled in to go away for some intense writing time, then we will start demoing and doing pre-production in winter. I hope to have it recorded by the end of the year and out by March 2015.” CHLOE MAYNE
Jimmy Tait will be performing at the Republic Bar on April 4, with support from The Beautiful Chains. You can purchase Golden on iTunes, from the Spunk Records website or in stores.
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CULT MUSIC BOASTING RAVE REVIEWS FROM THE ROLLING STONE, THE AUSTRALIAN, AND EVERY OTHER MUSIC MAG UNDER THE SUN, HARMONY’S NEW RELEASE CARPETBOMBING HAS CAPTIVATED LISTENERS WITH ITS EVOCATIVE AND INTENSE STORY TELLING. HOBART-BORN FRONTMAN TOM LYNGCOLN REVEALS THE BIZARRE INFLUENCES BEHIND HIS ALBUM AHEAD OF A GIG AT THE BRISBANE HOTEL ON SATURDAY APRIL 12. Tom Lyngcoln attempts to describe Harmony’s genre-busting release as “ballad rock ‘n’ roll,” but trust me – it’s like nothing you’ve ever heard. Extremely dark and with intense originality, Carpetbombing was inspired by none other than the Manson Family. As Tom explains, the notorious 1960s serial killer Charles Manson was “a horrible individual – really cruel.” Responsible for the murder of Sharon Tate and other shocking crimes as part of preparation for his ‘Helter Skelter’ American race war, Manson and his Family also released several albums of music – on which Tom became hooked. “I think Manson’s a deplorable person but there’s definitely a weight to some of
the songs – and when he performs his songs, I find it kind of nauseating.” “He had a long string of criminal history and quite a sadistic history before he got involved in the famous crimes, but I’m mainly interested in the music. I’ve got music from all sorts of horrendous characters like the leader of the cult in Japan who did the 1995 gas attacks in the Tokyo subways [Shoko Asahara] – he also released a record.” “It’s funny the recurring themes of failed artists heading into extreme death cults. With all of these frustrated musicians, things spiral out of control really fast.” Despite the album’s dark atmosphere and even darker influences, Tom himself
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is anything but gloomy, and most of the time, he “walks around pretty happy.” “As soon as I have to be creative or write about something then I have a pretty negative attitude. When I express myself musically, it’s what kind of happens. It’s always a pretty bleak world outlook.” “I always want something that conveys pretty strong emotion – if you want to sing slow burning ballads, you really have to put every ounce of energy into it and I guess that’s where the intensity comes from.” Though based in Melbourne, Tom was born in Hobart and lived here for the first 20 years of his life. When thinking about what gave him the courage to break away from mainstream musical trends to create something truly original, Tom simply states: “well, that’s Hobart 100 per cent.” “I grew up there in the ‘90s and played on the original music scene at the time, and it was as if nothing existed outside. Because we were completely oblivious to what was happening on radio, it was more important to know exactly what was going on in the community and that was what was a really big help.”
“I had heard it so many times that it was literally just existing in my head. For it to be released and for other people to kind of get it, it’s nice because it requires a little investment in time. The fact that people seem to respond to it positively is a really good thing.” STEPHANIE ESLAKE
Hear Tom with Harmony at the Brisbane Hotel on Saturday April 12 along with Naked and The Native Cats.
Favourite bands?
Playing and singing piano with my granny.
Pink Floyd, Gotye.
Why did you first start playing your instrument?
What’s your practice routine?
I liked the sound of the violin, the viola.
Whenever I can around family, dog, night, morning.
What’s the strangest experience you’ve had on tour?
What do you get up to when you’re not making music?
Driving on the wrong side of the road in China to get to the airport in time (we paid him a lot).
Walking and running a household, that is all.
20th Century Music with David Porcelign (SP!). Who are your inspirations? YouTube when I need some inspiration.
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His background and influences have undoubtedly served him well, and Harmony’s new album has been well received from the get-go. But Tom is just happy to have it out there for more ears to absorb than just his own.
What’s your earliest musical memory?
Most challenging piece you’ve played?
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“I learnt everything about music from the period when I came across the Hobart punk scene, and I’ve still retained that. What that taught me to do was to stay on course and not worry about anything else.”
If you could perform anywhere in the world, with any orchestra or ensemble, what would be your dream performance? St Martins in The Field. What do you love about your instrument? Deep, resonant, rich sound.
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BEWARE OF THE BASS BRACE YOURSELF, TASSIE – THE BASSES ARE COMING. STARTING 9 MAY, HOBART WILL HOST THREE DAYS OF BASS WORKSHOPS, CONCERTS, AND JAM SESSIONS AS PART OF THE FIRST BASSED IN HOBART FESTIVAL. BASSIST, EDUCATOR, AND FESTIVAL FOUNDER NIGEL HOPE HAS A CHAT ABOUT HIS LOVE OF THE INSTRUMENT AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM THE EVENT.
What first got you into playing bass? Queen or Paul Simon got me into it – when I was in high school I remember listening to the Graceland album, and I was hooked from there. I grew up in Tassie at a time when there weren’t many bass players around – so I got a lot of work even though I wasn’t very good. I got to play with some really great musos and play a lot of different styles – on a Wednesday night, I was playing blues and rock; on a Thursday, I might play a little in a piano bar at the Grand Chancellor; and on a Friday night, I was playing with an African band – so I was playing a little bit of everything with some jazz as well. I just love music- I don’t really care what song it is, as long as it’s good. So, why is the bass the coolest instrument in the world? It’s the glue that holds everything together. It works between the drums and all the other instruments to play the rhythm and harmony to show what’s going on. I think it’s one of the most prestigious roles you can have as a musician, to be a good bass player who can hold down the way everyone communicates with each other. Can just anyone play bass (even me)? I think it’s an easy instrument to learn but very hard instrument to master. The whole weekend is for anyone who’s got a basic understanding of the instrument, but we really are open to just about anybody. If you play a bass of any description, you will get something out of this course. I played both electric and double bass or many years, but I’m focusing on electric at the moment – that’s my favourite. What can we expect from the workshops? It’s the first time I’ve put on this event. Two of the workshops over the weekend will be focusing on groove. With bass players, drummers, guitarists, we’ll be talking about the relationship between the instruments and how to manufacture better grooves, but there’ll also be Andy Irvine and Nick Haywood taking workshops on jazz bass. During the workshops we’ll be encouraging people to get up and play, so that we can have a bit of a master class where we can help people individually and people can also listen as a group.
Bass players are known for playing independent lines – won’t this be a pretty unique experience for bassists to come together in a group? We’ve all got a very different understanding of how things work, so when you play in a group with other people, you can pick things up that you wouldn’t necessarily pick up if you were just playing by yourself. Singer-songwriter Andy Irvine has a huge background in the music industry, having founded the bands Planxty and Patrick Street and released countless albums. What will he bring to the festival? He’s worked with some pretty serious players and he’s got a real understanding of what it takes to survive in the music industry. He’s got a pretty unique perspective on playing solo bass and grooves, I think he’ll bring a wealth of information. What are some common misconceptions about the bass? I think people are surprised to find out that it can be a pretty expressive instrument. People love the double bass and they see the electric bass as being a poor man’s version of that, but the bass can be used just like any other instrument to express yourself musically or compositionally. There’ve been some incredible musos on electric bass – they’re as good on bass as anybody is on any instrument. I think that’s where my passion comes from – I really do believe in the instrument. Do we have to be pro bassists to come along? I’d strongly suggest anybody who’s interested in not just the bass, but music to come along. We’re coming from a bass perspective but each concert is going to be different and the range of music is going to be huge –from pretty spaced out jazz stuff to funky blues to rock to flamenco, so the concerts have got lots of contrast. We’re also going to have drummers and guitarists teaching as well as bass players, so we’ll give a much broader understanding of what’s going on. STEPHANIE ESLAKE Bassed in Hobart runs from 9 – 11 May at various locations. Check out www.bassedinhobart.com for the complete schedule.
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MUSIC TAS WORKSHOPS ARE YOU A MUSICIAN OR SOUND ENGINEER? ARE YOU INTERESTED IN MUSIC AND/OR SOUND ENGINEERING? THE FOLK OVER AT MUSIC TASMANIA ARE GIVING HOBARTIANS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE THE INNER WORKINGS OF THE RECORDING PROCESS BY OPENING THE DOORS OF SOME OF OUR MOST CREATIVE AND PRESTIGIOUS STUDIOS.
Referred to as “expeditions”, these interactive workshops will take you through a whole host of spaces including Avalon Futurium, Filmak Studios, The Green Room and Red Planet Studios. The engineers that own and work in them will lead a small group of attendees through their facilities, discussing the characteristics of their studio, their recording approach, the gear they use, and what artists should consider when selecting a studio and engineer to record with. The dates are as follows: April 16 (Avalon Futurium), April 30 (Filmak), May 7 (The Green Room) and May 14 (Red Planet). All run between 6-7pm. Then, on April 9 there will be a workshop at Tattersall’s Hobart to discuss the recent launch of Crowbar, a crowdfunding platform and collaboration
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of sorts between Arts Tasmania and Pozible. Under the Crowbar framework, Tasmanian artists are able to have their Pozible funds matched by Arts Tasmania for up to fifty per cent of their target. These financial resources can be used for things that may not otherwise be eligible for Arts Tasmania funding such as CD pressing and book printing. You will have the opportunity to ask Arts Tasmania all of your niggling questions, and the evening will feature appearances by Tasmanian artists who have successfully crowdfunded a project. This is a valuable opportunity to further your creative project, whatever it may be. Each of these will cost you ten dollars – unless you’re a Music Tasmania member, in which case you can attend free of charge. Email manager@musictasmania. org. Book early, as spots will fill quickly.
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WALK THIS WAY THE GLAMOUR OF ROCK STAR LIVING ASIDE (“I AM LISTENING TO THE HUM OF THE DISHWASHER AND WATCHING FLASHMOB IRISH DANCING VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE”), SUSANNAH COLEMAN-BROWN IS LOVING LIFE. HAVING JUST RELEASED HER NEW EP DON’T RUN AND ADDED A CHILD TO HER LIFE, COLEMAN-BROWN IS BUSY PLANNING ALL HER NEXT MOVES. SHE EXPLAINS THE INSPIRATIONS BEHIND THE NEW RECORD. “Some of it is about being older and as you get into your thirties, as a woman, speaking very generally, you find an assertive side to yourself. You’ve gone through uncertainty and the ups and downs of your twenties... relationships and loving and losing. When I was a young singer-songwriter seventeen, eighteen, i was really shy, it’s not until now in my thirties with a family, I feel like I’m just stronger. I think that’s coming across too on stage.” After not recording for ten-odd years, it’s a wonder what brought the lady back to the scene. “So much has happened in the past decade! I went for a while without even touching a guitar, I got really burnt out..I started a botanical art business and slowly made my way back to writing simple, true songs and it wasn’t until I realised I was pregnant in 2012, I thought, well, I’m gonna have no time when she’s born (laughs) so I set the goal of recording the album” “Traditional botanical arts is a scientific art form” she explains when I wish to know more about her previous trade. “Ships that would explore areas of the world would have a botanical artist on board that would get off and catalogue and draw plants and flowers that hadn’t been discovered before. My work [in Victoria] was more about capturing in detail the form and color and texture of petals...flower portraits that would take six weeks for one colour pencil drawing. I got a bit lonely in Victoria, I fell
for a guy that lived in a tiny town in Tassie called Cornwall, found a job and it was like coming home. I grew up there but I left when I was twenty-one. Life takes you all sorts of places.” The birth of a child will change everyone’s’ lives and musos are not immune. ColemanBrown explains how her new daughter shaped her new outlook. “You do think about life in a different way. I had no expectations, I just knew it was hard...I think for some people and, I don’t know if I’m speaking for all creative people, balancing a child and having this bubbling creativity...I was fortunate to have a partner that works from home because there are times I just need to sit down and write songs, or go for a drive and get it out of system. I guess for me having a baby was a really wonderful push to do more and achieve more. It’s just made me really determined, there’s a surge of confidence you get when you get a handle on being a parent.” So what’s in the future? “I’d like to get a grant to go over to Nashville to get some songwriting professional development stuff...I just think some great songwriters come out of the US and I really like country and folk music and cowboy boots...it can only be a good thing to go over and learn some things and do some writing and meet people.” LISA DIB
Susannah Coleman-Brown plays The Longley International Hotel on Sunday April 27.
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AROUND THE WORLD EVERY TUESDAY THE HOMESTEAD HAS MADE A NAME FOR ITSELF AS ONE OF NORTH HOBART’S HOTTEST NEW PUBS WHERE YOU CAN SCORE A BEER, GREAT MEAL, AND LIVE MUSIC. BUT UNLIKE OTHER PUBS, IT OFFERS AN ABUNDANCE OF VEGETARIAN OPTIONS AND A WEEKLY WORLD FEAST. CHEF CARL WISE TELLS US HIS SECRETS BEHIND THE GREAT TASTES AT HOBART’S SECOND HOME.
Carl had the chance to create a menu from the ground up in this fresh new pub, and reckons having a clean slate to work from was both great and daunting. “The owners gave me a lot of freedom but asked for an emphasis on freshness, use of quality local produce and free range meats, which mirrored my own thoughts,” Carl explains. “I’ve been on a mission to make as much as we can in-house, which we’ve achieved in a lot of ways in everything from our relishes to chips to bar snacks. We do a lot of things you never see any more in this world where we’re moving towards more and more prepackaged food being presented as ‘meals’ in restaurants.” When the Homestead presents a meal, that’s exactly what you get – and Carl hand picks a bunch of fine local produce to make his dinners top-notch. “I know a lot of the major local suppliers who continue to keep me abreast of when the best produce is arriving. I’m also working with a lot of smaller suppliers including hobby farmers and the like with aims of featuring their produce on the menu too.” With Tassie produce comes a Tassie taste – and the Wallaby Steak Sandwich is about as local as you can get. But the Homestead have also started serving up dishes from right around the globe in their Weekly World Feast.
The brainchild of one of the Homestead’s owners, the Weekly World Feast presents up to ten exotic dishes based on the freshest ingredients available during the week.
dishes such as the curries have been very much liked by all. We all agree it’s important to give everyone a number of options as opposed to only having one or two token dishes to please.”
beetroot, make the relish, season without special spice mix, etc. We don’t go for fancy modern techniques but instead offer a good honest burger with our famous hand cut triple cooked chips.”
While there are many foreign restaurants around Hobart, Carl says the Homestead chooses to focus their meals on the more rare dishes available in another country’s cuisine.
With most of the menu sitting below a mere 20 bucks, you can be sure to score a nutritious and good quality feed without putting a hole in your wallet.
Carl says the Homestead keeps up with both foodie trends and changes in season, and as the venue has so far lived from spring through to autumn, they’ve already made some updates.
“The Chinese night featured many of the more home-style and regional dishes that possibly wouldn’t be popular enough as a regular menu item, but were very well received as a one off.” Chinese, English, Spanish, and Greek nights are all part of the fun – and sometimes make their own comeback. But Carl says the Homestead’s exotic menu isn’t just about taking us around the world. “We’ve also been featuring bi-monthly vegetarian/vegan nights that have always sold out, as well as themes such as ‘Chillies’. We’re excited to be getting in some quality guest chefs to showcase their favourite regions, too.” As one of Hobart’s few pubs catering for vegetarians, they dedicate almost half their menu to the human sub-species (sorry, guys) – but trust me, the dishes will appeal to you whether you get your kicks out of tofu or roast beef. “We also strive to make vegetarian dishes that appeal to meat eaters too and some
“We keep our prices down by sourcing locally and rotating the specials to make use of seasonal produce when it is at its best and cheapest, as well as pickling and preserving it for use all year round,” Carl says. “We never cut corners by buying in processed goods that are always more expensive than that we can make ourselves.” If you’re planning to rock up with a group, the Homestead also offers tapas-style snacks for seven bucks a plate. Carl says the venue is “looking at extending the bar snack menu soon and while snacks can be enjoyed alone, we certainly encourage people to grab a few as a group and share around.” You may have noticed the burger trend that’s seeping through our little city, and the Homestead is keeping up to date with their incredible old fashioned burgers. “We do almost everything from scratch in house. We fire roast the peppers, cook the
“A fair bit has been updated in the short time the place has been, starting with more pies and bakes in the cooler months and more fresh, salady dishes throughout summer. I believe in an evolving menu, but at the same time there are dishes that have proven so popular we’d be silly to deprive the world of them!” The Homestead have had some great specials so far, showcasing unusual and delicious ingredients such as Scottsdale pork shoulder, East Coast scallops, and Aussie fried chicken – the latter of which has been forced onto the main menu to keep mouths watering. Whether you’re after a good old fashioned meal or a rare foreign feast, the Homestead’s got you covered. STEPHANIE ESLAKE Food is available from 2pm to 9pm, Tuesdays to Sundays at The Homestead. The World Feast is on every Tuesday from 6pm, with a reservation advisable.
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THE TREE OF HOPE IF YOU EVER WONDER WHAT ART IS FOR, SOMETIMES WORKS LIKE KRISTINA NICHOL’S ELEGANT PUBLIC WORK, THE TREE OF HOPE MIGHT BE A GOOD ANSWER. THE TREE EXISTS AS A MEMORIAL TO ALL THOSE SUFFERED DUE TO THE PRACTICE OF FORCED ADOPTION, WHICH EXISTED IN TASMANIA UP UNTIL AS RECENTLY AS THE 1980S.
Based around an image of the native Tasmanian Silver Gum tree, the Tree is located in Hobart’s Botanical Gardens. It’s made from a special material designed to be affected by the elements – coating it with a layers of rippling rust, and is there to be touched as well as looked at. Its surface is a kind of ‘emotional braille’, symbolic of the complex journey of life. It’s hoped to be a symbol of renewal, resilience and apology for the suffering caused by the practice of forced adoption, as well as acknowledgment that it occurred. Krsitina Nichols made the work after meeting and speaking with people who were involved in forced adoption and her intention in making a tree was to create a symbol of endurance, beauty, life and strength, and to go some distance to expressing the loss and longing caused by forced adoption.
GET YOUR ART OUT IS IT THAT TIME ALREADY? IT HARDLY SEEMS A YEAR SINCE THE HOBART CITY COUNCIL PUT THEIR MONEY WHERE THEIR MOUTH WAS AND SET THE FELINE AMONGST THE FEATHERED WITH LAST YEAR’S WONDERFULLY CONTROVERSIAL CITY OF HOBART ART PRIZE. LIKE OR LOATH ANTONY JOHNSON’S CONCEPTUAL WORK, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE SOMETHING TRULY CONTEMPORARY BEING RECOGNISED.
There’s a plaque as well which reads: “To those people who have held their pain close for so many years, who have lived their lives under a shadow of secrecy, shame, anger, guilt and deeplyheld trauma and loss, we offer you our unreserved and sincerest apologies.”
Please contact the Program Officer - City of Hobart Art Prize at artprize@hobartcity.com.au with all enquiries. The closing date for completed entries including payment is: Midnight (EST), Monday 19 May 2014.
ANDREW HARPER
I also need to clarify from last month – so let’s just go over it again. Transfield is a few things – The Transfield Foundation, Transfield Holdings and Transfield Services. It’s Transfield Services that is involved with the delivery of mandatory detention, and has been so since 2010. I wrote in March’s column that Transfield Services had accepted a new contract, and this is accurate; they now operate all services on Manus Island, including some that The Salvation Army were previously involved with. However, I did imply that Transfield had had been involved in services they had not yet begun to, so that does need clarification. Transfield Services have been providing operational services at Nauru since August 2012. This year, Transfield Services was awarded a $1.22 billion contract to expand their services both at Nauru and Manus Island detention centres to include welfare support services, garrison, catering, transport, security and maintenance. Transfield Services have no prior experience in welfare support. 51 Artists involved in the Sydney Biennale signed a letter to the Biennale board 22
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The City of Hobart Art Prize is an acquisitive award (that means the selected winners belong to The City of Hobart – I’d love to see that collection one day!) Open to artists, designers and craftspeople Australia-wide. This annual exhibition is coordinated and presented by the City of Hobart and brings together the best of contemporary visual arts, craft and design practice. The 2014 Prize seeks to present a broad survey contemporary art exhibition from a national perspective in the media of Glass and Printmaking.
HOW TO ENTER
The Tree of Hope is a simple, sweet work that has a lot to say. Go check it out.
I JUST CAN’T LEAVE THIS ONE ALONE.
The judging panel for 2104 will be Gabriella Bisetto, Studio Head, Glass workshop, Art, Architecture and Design, University of South Australia; Peter Hughes, Senior Curator (Decorative Arts), Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery and Michael Kempson, Head of Printmaking, Director of Cicada Press at College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales.
There are to be two prizes in each category of $15,000, a City of Hobart Art Prize People’s Choice Award of $1,000 and the People’s Choice Voter Prize of $100.
A symbolic work like The Tree of Hope can serve an important function in our society; when a wrong has occurred and it cannot be undone, sometimes all you can have is a symbol that tells us that this happened, that it was wrong and it’s time to change. It’s important as well to not forget an injustice and something that serves as a hope for a better life and reminder of what has gone is vital for a more compassionate culture.
ANDREW ON THE SYDNEY BIENNALE (PART 2)
The actual selection is months away, but let’s start thinking about it now and here’s the call-out for local printmakers and people who work with glass – it’s your turn this year.
requesting an end to the financial arrangement with Transfield, nine artists withdrew their artwork, then Luca Belgiorno-Nettis withdrew as chairman. Crucially, and this has not been widely reported at all, there was pressure from international funding agencies (governmental and non-governmental) who were withdrawing their sponsorship due to the Board’s decision to remain loyal to Transfield. This was cited by the Board and by Luca Belgiorno-Nettis and the Biennale as a factor in his resignation. There’s been a continued set of repercussions from these actions. George Brandis, Federal Arts Minister, has written to the Australia Council and asked them to develop a policy to penalise arts organisations that refuse funding from corporate sponsors on “unreasonable grounds”. If he is not satisfied with a new policy developed by the council Brandis said he would direct the council himself to force them to adopt a policy to his liking. This is concerning, as it’s unclear what “unreasonable grounds” are but when pressed about tobacco sponsorship Senator Brandis told Radio National: ‘’I don’t think that arts companies should reject bona fide sponsorship from commercially sound, prospective partners on political grounds – I don’t.” This is no doubt a complex issue, but in regards to The Sydney Biennale’s involvement with Transfield, I have no doubt in my mind that some action needed to be taken. I also believe that the artists who involved themselves in the boycott were sincere, were not naïve
about the implications of their actions for the arts in Australia (in point of fact, far from it) and were well aware of the many criticisms they might receive. There’s a LOT of documentation around online that supports this and little of it has been consulted by the journalism around this series of events and actions we’ve seen thus far. For the record, I do not think the boycott was the only option the artists had, but I support any action being taken that draws a discussion about sponsorship of the arts into the forefront of the media, and this has certainly done that. It’s important as well that the central issue is not forgotten, and that is that mandatory detention is a violation of human rights and needs to end. ANDREW HARPER
Further reading: xborderoperationalmatters.wordpress.com www.19boswg.blogspot.com.au/ www.discipline.net.au/Discipline/Biennale_of_ Sydney_2014.html Cheers to Ben Crothers for giving me a poke on this one too. If you want to discuss it all more, email me at Warp or hit me up on twitter: @andrew_w_ harper
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CONTROLLED FALLING PROJECT Offering a fresh and exciting evening of tense acrobatics and superb physical skill, The Controlled Falling Project is coming to Hobart. Presented by the triple Helpmann award winning ThisSideUp Acrobatics Company, this is an exhilarating show that will entertain and thrill all ages. Performers David Joseph, Karl Stock, Lewis Van Berkel and Thomas Gorham will present a show that’s a scientific investigation of gravity and physics stretching the limits of the human body. Essentially, it’s a an evening in an acrobatic laboratory. ThisSideUp Acrobatics is composed of people with incredible back rounds in gymnastics and performance and when you catch the show, you’ll see things that pretty much defy expectations of what one person can do with their body. Amazing strength, coordination and flexibility to a frenetic musical score all mashed into one very full hour of performance. James Brown, one of the founders of ThisSideUp took time out from the relentless schedule of performing and training to share a few things about this unique show. What is Controlled Falling Project? Dance or Circus? (There seems to be very strong choreography) Controlled Falling Project is a fusion of Circus, Theatre and live music. The show is fully choreographed, however like in all live shows we really enjoy playing / improvising when things divert from the script – not that the audience will always realise. There seems to be some sort of mad scientist vibe? Are you conducting dangerous experiments? Is there a story? Please let us know a bit about it!
Set in an old-fashioned laboratory three scientists conduct tests on themselves, measuring their physical boundaries is a mysterious scientist and his curious instruments. Together they explore physics and challenge the laws of gravity. A seamless balance between impulsive energy and systematic actions, Controlled Falling Project is a thrilling demonstration of high-level acrobatic skill, performed with vitality by this breath-taking company. Acrobatic performance at this level always looks dangerous to the point of being life threatening but it’s not really, is it? All the skills we perform while spectacular and sometimes appear dangerous are all safe, we have spent years training and honing these skills Who might this show be for? Is it dangerous for people with heart conditions? Controlled Falling Project is suitable for all ages, not dangerous for people with heart conditions. Do you face any challenges adapting the show to new spaces as you tour it? While on tour we fine all venues, and theatres are different. We enjoy the change of making our show, skills and props fit into all types of spaces. The music is pretty damn cool; a fusion of jazz and bits of hip hop it seems – does it help to have a beat to perform to? The mix of live and pre recorded music plays a huge role in the show. It is fantastic to have Dave (the professor) play live and mark a lot of the suspenseful manoeuvres.
You guys are obscenely fit. How much training do you need to do to maintain the standard your show requires. We train in some capacity everyday, wether it be stretching, flexibility, strength work, skill maintenance and development or just tumbling to the letter box to collect the mail. Have you ever bounced high enough or had a low enough ceiling to hit the roof? Yes, in a few theatres we have had to set up our teeter board (a giant see saw) so it’s between the lighting bars, allowing us to bounce into the roof space and out of sight. What does this intense physicality in performance have to offer an audience in this internet dominated culture? Anyone can access videos on the internet, going to a live show bring excitement and offers the atmosphere you can’t get in the lounge room. The Controlled Falling Project is an experience; as soon as people walk into our laboratory they enter our world, the possibilities are endless. Do you keep up a totally frantic pace for a full hour? Is it exhausting to watch (let alone perform?) Controlled Falling Project is an exciting hour of physical theatre and circus skills. Like in all good shows there are ups and downs, highs and lows. However, yes it is quite exhausting to perform. ANDREW HARPER Controlled Falling Project has three shows only at the Theatre Royal over April 29 & 30. To book call the Theatre Royal Box Office 03 62332299, email boxoffice@theatreroyal.com.au or just head to the website theatreroyal.com.au
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TASMANIAN YOUTH JEWELLERY PRIZE
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ARE YOU A COLLEGE-AGE STUDENT WHO MAKES JEWELLERY? GET ONTO THIS ONE – THE INAUGURAL TASMANIAN YOUTH JEWELLERY PRIZE.
GETTING PAID TO MAKE ART IS THE DREAM EVERY YOUNG ARTIST HAS, SO WARP HAS DECIDED TO POINT OUT WHEN OPPORTUNITIES LIKE GRANT ROUNDS OPEN UP (AND WHEN THEY’RE CLOSING!) THERE’S ALL KINDS OF THINGS OUT THERE TO APPLY FOR, AND IF YOU THINK YOU CAN DO A BETTER JOB THAN SOME OF THE CRAP THAT GETS FUNDING, CONSIDER APPLYING!
Entries are open right now, so if you’re a Year 11 or 12 student, here’s your opportunity to get noticed. There are three prizes up for grabs: Drawing and design, Jewellery Fabrication and a People’s Choice Award. Judging will be conducted by Rye Dunsmuir, (General Manager Design Tasmania) together with Kirsha Kaechele (artist, MONA curator). YJP has been organised by the charming folk at The Art of Silver, as a way of following up their mentoring program for young jewellers in Hobart. The Art of Silver itself is a gallery space run by a collective of 12 jewellers in Kelly’s Lane (you may have noticed their excellent window displays!). TAOS aims to build youth confidence and enthusiasm for the design and craft of Contemporary jewellery in Tasmania, and the Inaugural Prize hopes to showcase new work to Tasmania and beyond. Entries close 20th of May – so if you do have an idea, there’s time still! The all-important theme for 2014 is “Below The Surface” – you can and should interpret this any way you like (underwater? Under the skin?). Download an entry pack from www. theartofsilver.com.au and get all the critical dates and information.
Remember the following thing about applying for grant applications: Your chances of getting a grant are increased massively by filling out the form and getting it in on time. This time around, we’re humbly suggesting you check out what arts@ work have on offer in the world of public art commissions. Currently, there are some incredible opportunities coming up, including The North West Regional Hospital Burnie (this close really soon – April 11), a special project for the new Dunalley School (currently being rebuilt), the new George Town Hub - this commission will be in two parts; graphic artworks in the LINC part of the building and an external artwork/s in the garden play area of the Child and Family Centre. The project will be advertised in early April and the building is due for completion at the end of 2014 – so keep your eye on the media!
Artist’s briefs and further information will be available and released during the year. If you want to apply (and you should!) get in touch with arts@work, a helpful mob who assist in getting paying gigs. They send out regular emails and can do more than a few things for anyone whose career is in arts an culture, so check them out.
There’s also The School Science and Technology Stimulus Package. Commissions for the following schools will be coming up over the next six months: Clarence High School, Mountain Heights School, New Norfolk High School, Parklands High School, Prospect High School, Wynyard High School, Rosny College and Hobart College.
Contact arts@work by visiting them at 146 Elizabeth Street, Hobart TAS 7000, by phone on 03 6165 6666, or email via info@artsatwork. com.au. Check the website www.arts.tas.gov. au for further information.
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146 ARTSPACE 13 Mar – 10 April Formed & Unformed: Drawing 17 Apr – 5 May Matt Newton
ARTRIUM (LGH) 3 Mar – 9 Apr Paintstallation by Sara Ferrington, Sonata for Hammers : Adagio by Dan Kershaw
COMEDY
THEATRE
THE BRISBANE 24 Apr The Comedy Forge
PEACOCK THEATRE 24 Apr – 3 May PLOT presents School For Scandal
THE NIGHT OWL 16 Apr Late Show Go!
PLAYHOUSE 29 Mar – 12 Apr Lady Windermere’s Fan
SOHO 2 Apr Cloud Comedy
THEATRE ROYAL 10 – 12 Apr The State Of The Tasmanian Economy
THE WARATAH 3 Apr The Clubhouse presents: Michael Chamberlin
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ART MOB 4- 22 Apr Tiwi Tradition BETT GALLERY 4 - 26 Apr Richard Wastell, Troy Ruffles CONTEMPORARY ART TASMANIA 17 Apr – 1 Jun Mish Mejiers, Sally Rees The Pick-Up Artists COLVILLE GALLERY 14 Mar – 2 Apr Jason Cordero 4 – 25 Apr Paul Snell DESPARD 2 – 28 Apr Glen Clarke Cloak DUNALLEY WATERFRONT CAFE Apr Duncan Giblin HANDMARK From 12 Apr Mandy Renard INKA 20 Mar – 30 Apr Bronwen Jones - Towards North JIMMYS SKATE AND STREET 29 Mar to 11 Apr Worm MONA Until 21 Apr The Red Queen Hubert Duprat Roger Ballen ROSNY BARN - SCHOOLHOUSE GALLERY 28 Mar – 16 Apr Closed Shop Textiles Group 26 Apr – 18 May Christian Burdon SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE Top Gallery @ Salamanca Arts Centre 3 – 30 Apr Mandy Schoene-Salter Degradation & Reflection Studio Gallery @ Salamanca Arts Centre 4 – 30 Apr Phillip Murrell Immersion Sidespace Gallery @ Salamanca Arts Centre 4 - 14 Apr Arwen Dyer Andrea Breen Celestial Listening 19 – 27 Apr Duncan Meering From The Side
BRAVE ART GALLERY (Longford) 5 – 27 Apr Damien Baumgartner, Scott Wilmot Bennett BURNIE REGIONAL GALLERY 12 Apr – 4 May Works From The Gallery Collection Tas Art Teachers Assoc Visions DESIGN TASMANIA 14 Mar - 18 May Autumn in Design featuring: Husque - Marc Harrison (QLD) Tasmanian Oak Unlimited - Group exhibition (TAS) Focus on Ceramics - Rudolf Sibrava (TAS) Wood Collection (TAS) DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY 5 Apr – 1 June Group Show, Cur: Robert Buratti Windows To The Sacred GALLERY PEJEAN 9 Apr – 3 May Ben Miller Tree Fifteen The Sum Of it’s Past HANDMARK EVANDALE 7 Apr Vika Fifita NEW GALLERY University of Tasmania, Newnham 21 Mar – 2 May Threads of Launceston QVMAG Nov 2 – May David Keeling - A Dreamer’s Keepsake
THEATRE ROYAL 24 Apr Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow
CIRCUS THEATRE ROYAL 29 – 30 Apr Controlled Falling Project
CABARET PLAYHOUSE 16 – 26 Apr Deception: Illusions by Bodane Hatten
FILM CINEMONA Until Apr 6 Lost Illusions Until Apr 17 National Theatre’s War Horse Until Apr 3 Prince Igor
COMEDY FRESH ON CHARLES 4 Apr Fresh Comedy presents: Michael Chamberlin DICKENS CIDERHOUSE 9 Apr Uber Comedy DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE 23 Apr Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow BURNIE ARTS & FUNCTION CENTRE 2 May Dave O’Neill TOORAK CLUBROOMS ROSEBERRY 3 May Dave O’Neill
THEATRE PRINCESS THEATRE 2 – 4 Apr The Deep 13 Apr New Writing For Tasmanian Theatre BURNIE ARTS & FUNCTION CENTRE 28 Mar – 12 Apr Oklahoma!
SAWTOOTH 7 Mar - 29 Mar FRONT GALLERY: Penny Mason Figuring Presence NEW MEDIA GALLERY: Aden Narkowicz MIDDLE GALLERY: Patrick Sutczak Field PROJECT GALLERY: Josh Santospirito Sleuth The Delegation
TMAG Until 1 June Drawn with Intent 14 Mar – 11 May Capital and Country 26 Mar – 5 Apr Hobart Baroque WELLINGTON GALLERY Until May 2014 Last Available Works of Thomas Andersen ACADEMY GALLERY Tasmanian College of the Arts, (Inveresk) 21 Mar – 25 Apr Afghanistan: John Martinkus 22 Mar – 25 Apr Snapshot Photography and Migrant Women – A Tasmanian Experience 21 Mar – 25 Apr The Plimsoll Inquiry – Out takes
WARP RECOMMENDS… The Pickup Artists - Mish Meijers and Sally Rees Opens: Wed 16 April, 6pm Exhibition: 17 April - 1 June 2014 Hobart-based artists Mish Meijers and Sally Rees have each developed new work for the Contemporary Art Tasmania gallery. They pursue paranormal entities by ‘calling’ and ‘luring’; sending out signals and coded visual messages in the hope of garnering some response. They use decoys to convince potential ‘visitors’ that the gallery may be a safe and welcoming space for them to enter and make their presence known.
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The only member of this ‘supergroup’ I was unfamiliar with was its keyboardist, Edwina Preston. Wouldn’t you know it, it’s the keyboards that lift this album from confident broodiness to edgy excitement. Preston’s drones, trills and invading melodies galvanise every song. Let’s hear it for musicians you’ve never heard of!
Harry Howard and N.D.E Pretty
Sun Kil Moon Benji
Mark Kozelek has written a memoir and Benji is it. Since 2003’s near-perfect debut Ghosts of the Great Highway, his delicate nylon-string albums as Sun Kil Moon have toed the line between eloquent story-telling and honest, often cringeworthy, introspection. With Benji he has embraced the latter and, even though he was always leading to it, it’s a brave release. Benji is cringeworthy, undoubtedly, but I’m not sure if this is necessarily a bad thing. Such forthright admissions are bound to be uncomfortable listening. In ‘Ben’s My Friend’, Kozelek sings, ‘it’s a middle-aged thing’. He could be singing about the album itself; largely a reminiscence, it plays like an open diary and feels like the calm before a storm of grief. Benji is Kozelek acknowledging to himself that he is still yet to deal with the death of the ones he loves the most. The undercurrent of tension suggests he realises the storm is getting close. Richard Cuskelly Down the Drain, Mondays at 10pm on Edge Radio 99.3FM
Harry Howard seems inspired and hotwired: this is the second release from the N.D.E in as many years. The other band members, Dave Graney (bass) and Clare Moore (percussion), might be having flashbacks to their days churning out grinding grooves in The Moodists, before they collaborated in more idiosyncratic
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So Long, See You Tomorrow On their self-produced fourth album, the London five-piece finally deliver on some of their hype, turning up the volume and finding a vibrant, colourful canvas in which to place their crowd-pleasing but sometimes indistinct folk-pop. Opening track ‘Overdose’ highlights this perfectly, having arguably more energy than any BBC song before it. Saccharine pop melodies still abound but this time they’re complimented by exuberant songwriting and aggressively playful production. Jack Steadman’s delivery can occasionally be irksome but when he’s not frail and nasally, a voice with range and evocation emerges. So Long, See You Tomorrow traverses and appropriates many different moods and sounds, liking to the albums globetrotting and overall circular theme. While a little top heavy, ‘Luna’ and the closing title track more than make the last half worthwhile. Seemingly a festival band from birth, BBC have now committed to that aesthetic, taking elements from M83’s Hurry Up We’re Dreaming and even Mew, creating a grand, electronic kaleidoscope to contrast with their more intimate leanings. Alex Laird Music Director Edge Radio 99.3FM
projects such as the Coral Snakes and the Lurid Yellow Mist. Pretty contains blues infused garage punk interspersed with jerky, up-beat numbers. The sound is tenebrous, but every time it edges towards dirge the keyboards pump in some adrenaline. ‘Surround Me’ is reminiscent of ‘60s pop with its delirious organ and the shared vocals of Howard and Preston. ‘Sensitive (To The Cold)’ is propelled by chugging bass and cardiac keyboards, while ‘Devils’ is surly blues with discordant interludes. The bedazzling ‘Love Me’ approaches pop parody, with its satirical lyrics and infectious beat. Howard’s subterranean baritone contrasts with Preston’s energetic peal as they swap vocals.
Stephen Malkmus & The Jinks Wig Out at Jagbags
With the pedigree of its players, this album can’t help but sound sweaty and Australian. If you like dark, atmospheric rock that reeks of sticky carpet in your favourite down-at-heel pub, get Pretty. Colin Varney
Christopher Coleman Collective Self Titled
One of the better indie rock albums I have listened to recently, this album features both upbeat material and slower, more reflective songs. Overall it’s an easy listen with a definite 1970s rock feel. The vocals from Stephen Malkmus are pleasantly mellow, with a great balance of instruments. I especially appreciated the use of some horns in the songs, which added another great layer to the overall vibe. This band can’t be accused of turning out meaningless verse. The lyrics in all the songs match the music very well, but they are quite complex and a bit hard to catch and understand on a first listen. After one or two more outings, the meanings would probably start to come through. Overall I enjoyed this album. I would definitely recommend Wig Out at Jagbags. Frederic Moll
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By the very nature of the word ‘collective’, this independently released album truly is a collective with over 18 folk involved, including four Colemans, and lead guitar played by Michael Panton ringing throughout the first track ‘Go Home’. Before one even opens up the cover there is an illustration by Amy Reid of what I believe to be a relaxed Christopher, maybe thinking about writing a tune called ‘Sailor’s Love Song’ with the gang singing the backing vocals “what will we do with a Drunken Sailor”. Love songs that have a feel good factor to them seem to stick, like the lyrics “I’ll love you till the day I die”. There is Christopher’s easy to listen to voice expressing his true feelings when it comes to love. The theme is a huge part of the 10 tracks on the album. Christopher’s father, John Coleman’s ‘Stages of Love’ is a journey so skillfully mastered into a combination of words and chords, that it has the potential to become an anthem. Story songs can help us, the listener, explore life’s experiences with Christopher, such as with ‘Sweet, Sweet Melody part 1 & 2’. Half way through the album the Collective set listeners up for the entrance of ‘Mr. Smooth’, a mixture of rock with a touch of the blues to get the crowd up on their feet. While ‘Five Bananas for the Crown’ is a kinda racy R&B track - for me a feel good flash back with the Hammond organ and lots of cymbals. Mig Loo/JamesT
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Event Guide
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Brisbane Hotel
King of the North (vic) + Smoke Stack + Stone Troll
Grand Poobah
Velvet and Valentino Variety Show
Republic Bar & Café
Bam Bam ‘The Good Life’ Tour + Savo 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Front - Captives (EP Launch) + My Echo (vic) + Dead Joe (sa) + Swhat (vic) + Hounds Of Hiroshima
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Republic Bar & Café
Hobart Reggae Inc. 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Brisbane Hotel
Damage Nightclub w/ Taberah + Knife Hands + Dawn of Your Discontent + Verticoli + DJ Ethan del Carmen + DJ Rat Shadows
Back - Luca Brasi (ALBUM LAUNCH) + Postblue (vic) + Freakwave (vic) + Speech Patterns + DJ Punks Dead
Grand Poobah
Dr Piffle and the Burlap Band & Lordy Lordy
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Pravmaster Flash
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Magneetis
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Johnny G
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Johnny G
Republic Bar & Café
Jimmy Tait 10pm
PlanB
April Coven
Waterfront Hotel
DJ Gezza 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Stonefield 10pm
Wrest Point Show Room
James Reyne
Tattersalls Beer and Food Hall
Micheal Priest
Waratah Hotel
Ella Fence w/ Crystal Campbell 7:30pm
Waterfront Hotel
The Doctor Rocksters 8:30pm
Wrest Point Entertainment Centre
Boz Scaggs
Wunderland
Soul Session Soundsystem - $5 pints! 6pm
April Thursday
Venue
Wunderland
Soul Session Soundsystem - $5 pints! 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Profound Effect (Supported by Beyond Blue) featuring Dunn D + SkurgeOne + Aimza + 42 South + Reflekt + Statik + Draz + Phex + Ziak + Remarcable + Tyrant + Stray + DJ Two Toes & DJ Secrets + Topski + Muller & Explicit + Brett Ratley + Timmy Guy + Sniperlab + Swish Bank
Friday
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brunswick Hotel
Soul Session Sound System
Brisbane Hotel
ALL AGES - CC ROCKS
Franklin Tavern
Yash 8:30pm
Brisbane Hotel
Grand Poobah
Orin, Stalking Ella Scott
Harmony (ALBUM LAUNCH) + Naked + The Native Cats
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ B-Rex
Brisbane Hotel
PlanB
Kid Kenobi
Front Bar - Late Night Krackieoke w/ MC Fun Pants (underwear on the outside)
Republic Bar & Café
Australian Made 10pm
Federation Concert Hall
Beethoven’s Fifth 2:30pm
TSO Studio
Mini TSO For Kids 10am & 11:15am
Grand Poobah
Big Hair Party
Waterfront Hotel
Double Down 8pm
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ B-Rex
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Sugartrain 10pm
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo w/ Ramblin’ Ryan
Coal Valley Vineyard
Billy Whitton 2pm
Community Hall, Eaglehawk Neck
Spirit of the MJQ 4pm
Peppermint Bay
Spirit of the MJQ 11am
Republic Bar & Café
Somerset Banard + The Travelling Sisters 8:30pm
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Sundays w/ Reggae Ink 3pm
Waterfront Hotel
Jerome Hillier/Manhattan Billy & Randal 8pm
Saturday
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Sunday
12
13
Waterfront Hotel
The Goodfellas 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Suns of Solemn + Hells Grace + Omnicide
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo w/ Ramblin’ Ryan
Coal Valley Vineyard
Sticks & Kane 2pm
Republic Bar & Café
Wahbash Ave 8:30pm
Riverview Inn
The Foley Artists 4pm
Waratah Hotel
Olympic Ayres (syd) + Reggae Ink + The Briefcase + Ella Fence (bris) + Amrdi + Wax Doctor West & More 2pm
Monday
7
Birdcage Bar Republic Bar & Café
G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin’ Blues) 8:30pm
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Sundays w/ Ella Fence, Reggae Ink 3pm
Tuesday
8
Birdcage Bar
Sambo 8pm
Waterfront Hotel
Pete Thomas/Tony Voglino 12:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Ella Fence 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal 8pm
Tattersalls Beer and Food Hall
Quiz Night 6:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Quiz Night 8:15pm
Birdcage Bar
Pete Thomas 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
RVIVR (usa) + Ride the Tiger + Skun Knees
Brisbane Hotel
Quiz-A-Saurus (Bookings encouraged)
Grand Poobah
Mens Xclusive
Republic Bar & Café
Christian Patey + Seth Henderson 8:30pm
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Muffin Pants
Tattersalls Beer and Food Hall
Quiz Night 6:30pm
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ B-Rex
Birdcage Bar
Pete Thomas 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Slyde 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Side Show Cabaret
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Muffin Pants
Wunderland
The Gentlemens Club - Live Music Night
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ B-Rex
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Republic Bar & Café
Rory Ellis 8:30pm
Wednesday
Thursday
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Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday Tuesday
Wednesday
17
18
19
20
21 22
23
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Wunderland
The Gentlemens Club - Live Music Night
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Pines + Smutty & The Cleaner + ??
Grand Poobah
Convergence: Launch of a compilation of noise artists
PlanB
Far To Loud
Republic Bar & Café
Krafty Kuts + Dameza 9pm
Waterfront Hotel
Ebeneza Good 8:30pm
Wrest Point Show Room
Jason Patmore
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
BAD VIBRATIONS w/ Actuality + ??
Grand Poobah
The Phosphenes
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Johnny G
Republic Bar & Café
Bad Friday: Mephistopheles + Gape + Randomorder + More TBA 9:45pm
Wunderland
Soul Session Soundsystem - $5 pints! 6pm
Wunderland
The Gentlemens Club - Paschal Full Moon Party (20+ Bands & DJs)
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
ALL AGES - Fools Fest II w/ The Absolution Sequence + The Dawn of Your Discontent + I Rothschild + Binkery + Towns End + Encounter + Kashta Nerada + Surreal Estate Agents + Omnicide + Lazy Eye
Brisbane Hotel
18+ - Something Awksum
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Ball Park Music + Pappa vs Pretty + Jesse Davidson 10pm
Waterfront Hotel
Tony Voglino 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Clowns (vic) + Mesa Cosa (vic) + The Roobs + Phat Meegz + Naked + Fatty Esther
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo w/ Ramblin’ Ryan
Coal Valley Vineyard
Alan Gogoll 2pm
Republic Bar & Café
Ball Park Music + Pappa vs Pretty + Jesse Davidson 9pm
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Sundays w/ Reggae Ink 3pm
Waterfront Hotel
Colin Harvey/Jerome Hillier 12:30pm
Wunderland
Upinarms.tv presents Palmed Out Sunday Ft. Pheobe Kiddo (live) + Close Counters + Malakai + Amrdi + Tristan + Felixb + Dave Stanton + Zankee Gulati
Date Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday Tuesday
Wednesday
Venue 24
25
26
27
28 29
30
Acts / Start Time
Wunderland
The Gentlemens Club - Live Music Night
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
The Comedy Forge
Republic Bar & Café
Joe Pirere & The Blackberries 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
ALL TOMORROWS SHOEYS! w/ Totally Unicorn (nsw) + Special Guest! + The Sinking Teeth (vic) + Speech Patterns + Chillin’ Winston (wa) + Knife Hands
Grand Poobah
My Friend Bryan, Concrete Lines & Babylon Howl
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Jim King
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Johnny G
Republic Bar & Café
Boil Up 10pm
The Winston
La Bastard + The Sin & Tonics
Waterfront Hotel
Shaun & Joel 8:30pm
Wunderland
The Bearded Social! Live Music and a Celebration of everything bearded!
Wunderland
Soul Session Soundsystem - $5 pints! 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
ALL TOMORROWS SHOEYS! w/ Hug Therapist (vic) + Phat Meegz + Jaynes Fighting Ships (vic) + Skun Knees +The Stayns + Adventurers
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Calling All Cars + The Love Junkies + The Sinking Teeth 10pm
Waterfront Hotel
The Goodfellas 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
ALL TOMORROWS SHOEYS! w/ The Hard Aches (sa) + Jay (Frenzal Rhomb) + Bec Stevens + Ben David (The Hard Aches) + Jacob Thomas (Speakeasies) + Bri (The Hard Aches) + Dominic Francis + Shamen Fox Henry + Kenna (The Stayns)
Republic Bar & Café
Ross Sermon Band 8:30pm
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Sundays w/ Reggae Ink 3pm
Waterfront Hotel
Sambo/Tony Voglino 12:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Quiz Night 8:15pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Micheal Priest 8:30pm
Tattersalls Beer and Food Hall
Quiz Night 6:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Pete Thomas 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Little Miss Music Tasmania - with Dan Hennessy, Mayhem and Me, The Silverbeets 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Billy Longo 8:30pm
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Muffin Pants
Birdcage Bar
Sambo 8pm
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ B-Rex
Brisbane Hotel
Game On!
Republic Bar & Café
Homebrewed - Edge Radio Social Night 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Billy Whitton 8:30pm
Wunderland
The Gentlemens Club - Live Music Night
Tattersalls Beer and Food Hall
Quiz Night 6:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Pete Thomas 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
HOLY FUCK (can) + Tiger Choir + Kowl + Corney
Brisbane Hotel
D.O.A. (usa) + Ironhawk + Pinchgut
Republic Bar & Café
Shaun Kirk (Album Launch) 8:30pm
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Magneetis
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Fritz 8:30pm
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
May Thursday
1
Friday
2
Republic Bar & Café
Jeff Martin + Sarah Mcleod 10pm
Saturday
3
Republic Bar & Café
Sietta 10pm
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Launceston Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
APRIL Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday Wednesday
Thursday
3
4
5
6
9
10
11
12
13 16
17
The Royal Oak
Live Music
Tonic Bar
Simon Kennedy
Watergarden Bar
The Consultants 7pm
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Devonport
Molly Malones
Proud Phoney 8:30pm Matt & CJ
Tapas Lounge Bar
Unbalanced
5
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Jerome Hillier 9pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
No Soda For Yoda 9:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Ringmasters
Two Strung 9pm
Saturday
Watergarden Bar
Jerome Hillier 7pm
Country Club Show Room
James Reyne
Gunners ArmsTavern
Paper Souls EP Launch with Seth David Henderson + Billy Bennett 9pm
Milton Vineyard Cranbrook
Spirit of the MJQ 11am
The Royal Oak
LBC Presents: Justin Johnston - Smoke & Mirrors World Tour
Wednesday
9
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Open Mic
Thursday
10
Devonport
Molly Malones
Ringmasters 8:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
In The Fade
Friday
11
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Brett & Josh
Saturday
12
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Clay Soldier 9pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
The Unit 9:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Rock Pigs
Devonport
Molly Malones
Jerome Hillier 8:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Ringmasters & Rod Davitt (Vic)
APRIL Friday, 04 Apr Live Music Saturday, 05 Apr LBC Presents: Justin Johnston Smoke & Mirrors World Tour Sunday, 06 Apr Open Folk Session Wednesday, 09 Apr Live Music
Tonic Bar
Ball & Chain 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Nic & Carmel 7pm
Bay of Fires Vineyard
Vinyl in the Vines with DJ Grinning Cat 12pm
The Royal Oak
Open Folk Session
The Royal Oak
Live Music
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino 6:30pm
Friday
18
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Ringmasters
Princess Theatre
Beethoven’s Fifth 7:30pm
Saturday
19
Latrobe
Josh Tome 9pm
The Royal Oak
Sam Bester
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Watergarden Bar
The Consultants 7pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
The Royal Oak
Will Watson
Weekend Sessions 9:30pm
Tonic Bar
Matthew Merry Garwood 9pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Unit
Watergarden Bar
Nic & Carmel 7pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
Proud Phoney 8:30pm
The Royal Oak
Luca Brasi
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Ringmasters
Tonic Bar
The Doctor Rocksters 9pm
Wynyard
Hotel Federal
Watergarden Bar
Matthew Merry Garwood 7pm
Pete Thomas 8:30pm
The Royal Oak
Open Folk Session
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Sheyanna Mach 4
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Shaun & Joel 9pm
Friday, 18 Apr Live Music
Devonport
Molly Malones
No Soda For Yoda 9:30pm
Saturday, 19 Apr Clowns
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Ringmasters
The Royal Oak
Andy Collins
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino 6:30pm
The Royal Oak
Live Music
Watergarden Bar
The Consultants 7pm
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Clowns
Tonic Bar
Luke Parry 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Jerome Hillier 7pm
Sunday
20
The Royal Oak
Open Folk Session
Wednesday
23
The Royal Oak
Live Music
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino 6:30pm
The Royal Oak
Live Music
Watergarden Bar
The Consultants 7pm
Country Club Show Room
Gold: The Ultimate ABBA Show
The Royal Oak
Mick Attard
Tonic Bar
Well Strung 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Brett & Josh 7pm
The Royal Oak
The Max Hillman Showband
Tonic Bar
Gypsy Rose 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Matthew Merry Garwood 7pm
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Devonport
Tonic Bar
Saturday
25
Devonport 4
Live Music
Live Music
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The Royal Oak
Saturday
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Thursday
Friday
18
Friday
Date
April
Friday
Thursday
NORTHWEST
Sunday
27
The Royal Oak
LBC Open Jam Session @1pm, Open Folk Session @5pm
Wednesday
30
Watergarden Bar
Rodney Vincent 6:30pm
The Royal Oak
Open Mic Night
Thursday
17
Thursday
24
Friday
25
Saturday
26
Thursday, 10 Apr Sam Bester Friday, 11 Apr Will Watson Saturday, 12 Apr Luca Brasi Sunday, 13 Apr Open Folk Session Wednesday, 16 Apr Andy Collins Thursday, 17 Apr Live Music
Sunday, 20 Apr Open Folk Session Wednesday, 23 Apr Live Music Thursday, 24 Apr Live Music Friday, 25 Apr Mick Attard Saturday, 26 Apr The Max Hillman Showband Sunday, 27 Apr LBC Open Jam Session @1PM Open Folk Session @ 5PM Wednesday, 30 Apr Open Mic Night
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