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Coolio Saturday August 9
Kav Temperley (Eskimo Joe) Friday August 22
Kite String Tangle Saturday August 30
August Brad Gillies & Dan Hughes Wednesday 6th Art Vs Science + Greta $20pre/$25door Thur 7th & Fri 8th Coolio + Dameza $35pre/$40door Saturday 9th Wahbash Ave Sunday 10th Quiz Night Monday 11th Thomas West Tuesday 12th Billy Whitton & Aaron Entresz Wednesday 13th Dan Barnett + Tricia Evy $5 Thursday 14th Boil Up (Reggae) $5 Friday 15th Sugartrain $5 Saturday 16th Billy Longo Sunday 17th Pat Bereche Monday 18th Hui And The Muse Tuesday 19th Mike Elrington Wednesday 20th Alex Watts Duo Thursday 21st Kav Temperly (Eskimo Joe) + Reuben Koops + Sam Cole $20pre/$25door Friday 22nd
The White Rose Project + LEWES (ep launch) + Stalking Ella Scott + Ben Lawless $4 Saturday 23rd Peter Hicks And The Blues Licks Sunday 24th Quiz Night Monday 25th The Sign Tuesday 26th Rory Ellis Wednesday 27th Dave Wilson Band Thursday 28th Diesel $30 Friday 29th Kite String Tangle + Flamingo + Kowl $20pre/$25door Sat 30th Hot August Jazz Festival (Free Event, 2pm - Midnight) Sun 31st PLUS Bonjah + The Middle Names $15pre/$20door Saturday Sept 6 Tijuana Cartel Friday Sept 19 Client Liaison Saturday Sept 20 Scott Russo (Unwritten Law) + Phil Jamieson (Grinspoon) Dec 18
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News in Brief LET OUT OF THE CAGE
For a bunch of Tassie punks called “Captives”, this crew are pretty insistent on not being kept in the one place. Slaves to the road, the five-piece are hitting the tar again to deliver audiences a taste of their forthcoming EP, Butterflies, Diamonds & Lightning set to be released on October 3. Captives will revisit crowds in Hobart, Sydney, Brisbane, Gold Coast, Melbourne, Adelaide and Launceston on their trans-seasonal jaunt, to issue a stern reminder of why they’re the new Australian band to watch. Taswegians get three opportunities on this tour, Friday August 1 at the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart, Saturday September 20 at Club 54 in Launceston, and Friday October 4 at Club 54 again. HOODS TAKE FOR THE STARS
Hilltop Hoods are backing up 2012’s double platinum Drinking From The Sun with Walking Under Stars available on Friday August 8. MC Pressure describes the newy as “Walking Under Stars is like a progressive and soulful big brother to Drinking From the Sun.” While MC Suffa says “With Walking Under Stars we took our time and worked as hard as we could to craft an album that we could truly be proud of.” The album features the likes of New Zealand soul songstress Aaradhna, UK’s Maverick Sabre, the legendary Brother Ali, and ARIA winners Dan Sultan and Drapht. There are a bunch of pre-order options available, head along to www. walkingunderstars.com.au to check ‘em out.
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FAR FROM SKETCHY In a bizarre splash of irony, one of Australia’s most poetic wordsmiths, Subsketch, is difficult to define in words. The most recent signing to Nostalgia Entertainment, Subsketch has a long resume of impressive achievements. A veteran of full length albums, EPs, mixtapes, and tours, as well as being a former Hilltop Hoods initiative winner, Subsketch has accomplished more than the majority of Australian hiphop artists, and still manages to not come off like a completely egotistical twat in his music. That’s quite an accomplishment these days, I think he must be some kind of mystical wizard. With a new EP out later in the year, Subsketch is taking a break from recording to visit tropical Hobartia. Playing in the Kissing Room at the Grand Poobah on Saturday August 9, supported by The Cards, Alvy Singer and DJ Rola. Entry is just a tenner on the door! RAW TALENT Melbourne’s Rawthentic Records are returning to Hobart for the second time this year to present their label wide album, The Roster (available at JB Hi-Fi or via iTunes). Boasting an impressive line up including P-Link, J-Mac, Downpat, Eazy, Jestar (from Launceston!) + DJ’s Relik and T-Nuc, this promises to be a true showcase of one of Melbourne’s fastest rising independent labels. Local supports include 42South, SkurgeOne, Aimz, Statik, Reflekt and DJ Secrets. Friday August 8 is when it’s all going down, and The Homestead in Hobart is the place. It’s an 18+ event with a $10 cover charge. It’s gonna be a biggun! THREE AINT A CROWD
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playing without drums. If drumless jazz is your thang, head along to The Homestead on Thursday August 28 to catch a chilled 7pm - 9pm set. Sit down, have a grouse pub meal (kitchen open until 8.30pm), have a few $12 jugs. Get fed and get jazzed.
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NOT QUITE OWL EYES The Owls are a relatively new band that Triple J have been raving about this year. Which means they’re a band the rest of Australian media will be raving about next year, and a band that will eventually win a bunch of ARIAs and tour until they’ve got grey hair if they don’t have a dramatic falling out first (which will first be reported by Triple J, then reported by the rest of Australian media). Anyway, The Owls make some cool indie/alternative kinda rock tunes and they’re worth checking out live if you get the chance. And hey, here’s a chance to check them out live. They’re playing at The Grand Poobah in Hobart on Friday September 5. BRUNSWICK INVADES TASMANIA
“Sugar Fed Leopards” sounds like a pretty hyperactive way to spend an evening. Their bio describes them as a “glamorous six piece band playing joyous original disco and girl group songs with a twist of soul” which would seem to support the hyperactivity theory. If you watched Channel 10’s International Comedy Gala, you may have noticed them as the house band. To launch the first single 'Ghost of Disco' from their upcoming debut album Sweet Spots, the Melbourne based band will be heading to the Grand Poobah in Hobart on Friday August 15 and Fresh on Charles in Launceson on the Saturday August 16. Head along for what promises to be a live show with “the athleticism of Ike and Tina, backed by Diana Ross’ disco era anthems and swoony ballads that cure heartbreak”. THURSDAY IS THE NEW FRIDAY
For quite a while there, the East Brunswick All Girls Choir had one of the most misleading names in music. None of them even lived there. Geez. But things have changed and now two members officially live in East Brunswick. So you know, not EVERYTHING is a lie now. Anyway, they’re launching their debut album! Finally! They’ve been around for a few years so it’s good they’ve finally gotten around to it. It’s called Seven Drummers and you can see them launch it live and in the flesh at The Grand Poobah on Saturday August 16. Supports will be Naked (not literally wearing no clothes, that’s the band name), Heart Beach and Ragtime Frank. Doors at 9pm. $10 entry.
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Art vs Science are so frickin’ awesome they’ve had to book a second show at the Republic Bar just so everyone gets a chance to see all their frickin’ awesomeness. The original frickin’ awesome gig on frickin’ awesome Friday August 8 is gonna be frickin’ awesome and chockas, so if you can’t get a ticket for that frickin’ awesome gig, you now have the frickin’ awesome opportunity to go see them on Thursday frickin’ awesome August 7. Or if you’re a frickin’ awesome and huge fan, you can go to both frickin’ awesome
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gigs and totally rock the hell out. Tickets available from the frickin’ awesome venue. This ends my lesson on how to very subtly use the term “frickin’ awesome” to pad out a news item and meet your word quota. PARTY ON WITH LUEN
So after you’ve been blasted by Art Vs Science at The Republic Bar on Friday August 9, you of course want to keep going. The best place will be to roll down to Wunderland to check out DJ Luen down for her first time from Sydney. Entry will be a cool $10 on the door. This girl is super cool, being tied up putting on events for VICE Magazine as well as the music editor for Sneaky Magazine in Sydney. It’s Winter, so keep cool, party with Luen. IT’S A WONDER Remember Wunderland? It seems like only yesterday that it closed its doors to regular gigs. Yet somehow, the few weeks since the close seem like an eternity. Oh, woe is us. Anyway, it’s opening again for special functions, and there ain’t no function specialer than bartenders’ birthdays. Bartenders rule. Bands and DJs rule too! In this particular case, the bartenders are Tom and Nick from Tattersalls/ Wunderland, and the bands and DJs are the Pearly Whites, Dawnfield, Clay Soldier, The Astro & Crixus Funk Experience and DJ Paddy Duke. Saturday August 9, 9pm start, no cover, there will be drinks, there will be “super crazy fun shit going on everywhere”. Deal with it. TURN THE AMPS UP TO ELEVEN Prepare for destruction in the form of pure heavy metal! It’s the heavy metal AMPOCALYPSE! Eight intense and ferocious bands from home and abroad come together for a fistful of metal in the heart of Ampageddon: The Brisbane Hotel! Hailing from Victoria are Atomic Death Squad and Abraxxas. From Queensland comes Gorefield. From Tasmania, Taberah, Lady Crimson, Backlash, Randomorder and Illustrator. Followed by DJ Angie Climax, it’s hours of metal mini-fest mayhem for just
$12 on the door. This 18+ event on Friday August 15 is kicking off at 8pm, and is supported by the awesome folk at Tommy Gun Records. DEPORT THE ZOMBIES BACK TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM In this fast paced world in which we live, it’s easy to forget that zombies aren’t a very real threat. In a concerted effort to raise awareness of this minority group that may or may not be in our society, a group of particularly socially unconscious souls will be donning fake blood, torn clothes and plastic axes through their heads and marching the streets of Hobart, mocking those brain eating zombies until they get so offended that they move back to whatever country they came from. This typically Australian event will take place on Saturday August 16 in Princes Park, starting at 1pm and shuffles towards The Brisbane Hotel. At least it’s not sparkly vampires. POWERED UP ON DIESEL Vin Diesel is touring! After 25 years of music making, Vin Diesel leaves his front door again to bring you Vin Diesel Lit Up The Singles ‘89-’14. A tour to “look back at the sparks and smell the roses” of the accumulated singles that have etched their way into our music landscape. On Friday August 29 at the Republic Bar, you’ll be able to see the man who has become a veritable icon of the Australian music industry. Tickets available from the venue, Ruffcut Records, or online via Moshtix. (Note: Performing artist may not actually be “Vin” Diesel. It may be the other Diesel. The Australian one. The smaller one. Let’s call him “Min” Diesel. Either way, we’re all hoping he drifts around the corner outside the Republic in an expensive sports car.) WILD WIL WAGNER The Smith Street Band’s Wil Wagner has had a tremendously busy 2014, and it’s about to get a whole lot busier. Between recording the third LP for his band, touring the world, and more recently, a collaboration with TZU’s Joelistics, Wagner announces a tour of his own in celebration of new solo material. Before returning to Europe, Wagner will set off across the country on his only solo tour for the year, and will bring Georgia Maq along for the ride. At just 19 years of age, the Melbourne musician will take part in her longest tour to date. Wednesday September 3 at Club 54 in Launceston, and Thursday September
4 at the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart. Contact the venues for ticketing information. LEATHER CLAD BUNNY Ever seen a dude in a leather jacket? Probably. Ever seen a dude in a leather jacket and a bunny mask? Maybe. Ever seen a dude in a leather jacket and a bunny mask but no pants? Only in the mirror. Ever seen a dude in a leather jacket and a bunny mask but no pants playing spazztrash punk music? Hells nah! Me either. But it sounds like the nicely disturbing kind of thing that’s worth checking out. The dude is called NOBUNNY and the spazztrash punk music is from his latest album, called Secret Songs. The place to see it all go down is The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on September 10. Support will be provided by psychadelic two-piece punk combo from Wisconsin, The Hussy. BASS IN DA CLUB Clubber type doodz and doodettez will already know that the We Love Bass crew put on some crazy ass jamz. Every one of them is worth looking out for if you dig that big phat low end bass, and September’s jam is looking like it’s gonna be another gooden for fans of dubstep, drumstep, trap, neuro and d‘n‘b! This time it’s popular Sydney bass music producer, DJ, and all around nice guy, Phase One. Saturday September 13 is the date, The Brisbane Hotel is the place, and $10 is the price. Supporting Phase One will be a nefarious group of locals consisting of DJ Secrets, Max Power, Actroid, Soundwave and Mos Jef. If you love bass like We Love Bass, you won’t wanna miss this one! THE OLD BAILEY Bill Bailey is completely awesome and if you don’t agree with that we should probably just get it over with and end this relationship right now. It’s not me, it’s you. It’s definitely you. You’re weird. Weirdo. The awesome British comic, actor and musician is returning to Australia in October and November for the world premiere of his brand new live show Limboland. Little old Tasmania is the last stop on his tour, and we get two opportunities to see him. Wednesday November 12 at Wrest Point Entertainment Centre in Sandy Bay, and Friday November 14 at Princess Theatre in Launceston. Tickets for Wrest Point are available via www.tixtas.com.au. Contact the Princess Theatre box office on 6323 3666 for Launceston tickets.
NO STOPPING BARNSIE Jimmy Bloody Barnes is coming back! And he’s bringing a whole bunch of acts that Gen Y kids have probably never heard of. But it’s ok, because it’s an expensive gig, so Gen Y kids won’t even go. It’s probably a bit too difficult to smuggle goon bags into a gig like this anyway, with too many parents around. Josef Chromy Wines presents A Day On The Green featuring Jimmy Barnes, The Living End, You Am I and Mahalia Barnes on Saturday December 6. Tickets start at $105 plus booking fee, and go all the way up to $179.90 plus booking fee, how many Newstart payments is that?! Haha, kids. Tickets are available from Ticketmaster. com.au, Josef Chromy Wines (03 6335 8700) and Mojo Music (03 6334 5677). COUNTING DOWN TO CHRISTMAS It’s only about 150 sleeps until Christmas, so we’d better start getting ready. Scott Russo (ex-Unwritten Law) and Phil Jamieson (ex-Grinspoon) are obviously Christmas fiends, because they’ve definitely started getting ready. They’ve planned a Christmas tour already. Take that! Unlike literally every other human being that has ever existed on the pale blue dot, they’ve organised their gift five months early, no leaving-it-until-xmas-eve for these guys! Anyway, they’re touring, and they’re playing in Hobart, in December. Thursday December 18 to be precise, at the Republic Bar. Tickets available via the usual outlets (the venue, Ruffcut Records, or online via moshtix). I guess they’ll play Jingle Bells, or something. BACK TO THE BUSH People were shattered when Fractangular took a break last year. Seriously, it was like the apocalypse or something. I’ve never seen so many hippies so sad. None of the promises of bigger and better things in the future could console them. But now they’ve had a year to get over it, and the announcement for the 2015 Fractangular Gathering has just been.. err.. announced. The wildly popular three day open air collaborative arts festival held in Buckland (South-East Tasmania) is back. This time taking place from Friday February 6 to Sunday February 8. If you’re a performing artist, stall holder, or want to be involved in any way, applications are now open, so head along to www.fractangular.com.au and join the mailing list.
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A PERFECT WORLD MELBOURNE’S 360 (AKA MATTHEW COLWELL) CRASHED AND BURNED AFTER 2011’S DOUBLE-PLATINUM FALLING & FLYING. BUT IN 2014, PROMOTING A HEROIC FOLLOW-UP, UTOPIA, HE’S FINALLY AT EASE WITH HIS STATUS AS AUSTRALIA’S BIGGEST MC.
The stylish Jared Leto lookalike is tall (193 cms or 6’4”) and buff, his skin covered in intricate tattoos, a tiny treble clef on one cheek. However, the thing you initially notice is his fixed gaze, those eyes luminously blue. Yet nothing is as it seems with Sixty. The MC has keratoconus, a degenerative eye disorder, which, he’s joked blackly, could render him “the first Ray Charles of rap.” Indeed, Colwell has had his struggles – with health, dependency issues, fame and haters – but today he’s sanguine. “Everything’s going really good at the moment – [I’m] just keeping busy,” Colwell says, comfy in EMI’s Melbourne office. “I’ve just moved into a new house as well. I moved in there with [bestie] Pez and another housemate, so we’re just [doing] music all day, every day kinda thing – Pez raps and the other guy who lives there is a singer/songwriter. So it’s quite a good house to live in. Now they’re on a health-kick, so they’re making a lot of real healthy foods and stuff like that.” Colwell began the year auspiciously with a slot on Eminem’s Australasian Rapture Tour. Alas, he never met Slim Shady, but did gain an insight into the realities of his world. “He was really reclusive. He’d rock up in a police escort every single show – virtually just get out of his car onto the stage and then get off the stage into his car and go. It’s understandable at his level of fame… He has fans who are actually crazy. I’ve had a bunch of them follow me on Instagram – some were really abusive, some were nice – but, even just looking at their
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fan pages, these kids worship him to another level. They’re exactly like Stan! They’d the same tattoos, everything. They just look identical to him. It’s crazy.” Post-Splendour In The Grass, Colwell is embarking on his own Rapture-mode tour. Colwell was reared in the mundane outer Melbourne suburb of Ringwood, where hip hop signified streetwise excitement. “When I was growing up, I looked up to the tough gangsta dudes and shit, so I was trying to emulate that,” he rues. “But that’s not who I was. I was never a street kid. I’ve been raised really well by two great parents and, me trying to fight and be a negative person and all that, it just wasn’t who I was… I was living a more fake wannabe kinda thing when I was younger.” Colwell had been focussed on basketball – but, his eyesight deteriorating, he was diagnosed with keratoconus, necessitating a cornea transplant in one eye. Unable to play sport, music empowered him. Colwell emerged as a formidable battle rapper. From the get-go, he harnessed social media, spearheading the ‘rapper tag’ phenom. Colwell debuted with 2008’s traditionalist hip hop What You See Is What You Get on Soulmate Records. Keen to then experiment, the MC, now on EMI, teamed with producer Styalz Fuego, AKA Kaelyn Behr, who’d transplanted to Melbourne from Byron Bay. Behr, who once had a track picked up by US rapper Chamillionaire, masterminded X & Hell’s proto-urban-EDM Million Dollar Sex Party. Falling & Flying broke out of the Aussie
hip hop mould, deviating into electro, dubstep and alt-rock – but, lyrically, it remained raw and candid. The album was significantly delayed when Colwell, celebrating his birthday with Bliss N Eso, suffered a shocking go-karting accident. Nonetheless, it was a crossover triumph, spawning several hits – notably, Boys Like You (featuring the pop-folkie Gossling) reached No. 3, was certified quadrupleplatinum, and placed eighth in triple j’s Hottest 100. Colwell received 10 ARIA nominations, winning ‘Breakthrough Artist’. (Behr took ‘Producer of the Year’.) But, offstage, all was not well. Colwell found celebrity stressful – and this, on top of his health worries, meant his life became increasingly tumultuous. His beloved fans were intense. “It was really hard for me to adapt at first to going down the street and just being mobbed by people for photos,” he says. “My mind was so fragile because I was always partying and always going on benders and stuff. When you’re doing that all the time, your mind’s not strong, you’re a little bit fragile, so little things can set you off. So I’d get massive anxiety and panic attacks and shit like that – and then after a while [I came to] realise there’s other ways to deal with it, other than alcohol and drugs.” He apparently “detoxed” at his manager Rae Harvey’s house. Colwell indicated that Utopia would be “dark” but, in fact, it has light and shade. In some respects the MC, back with Behr, has rediscovered hip hop, albeit an epic embodiment of it, but Utopia still mines rock and electronica (Price Of Fame with Gossling is drum ‘n’ bass). Colwell, determined to privilege his rhymes, studied the game (he rates Kendrick Lamar and A$AP Rocky). “One thing that was such a massive goal for me for this album was to really prove myself as a rapper again, because I’d come from a background of rap and I understand the art form and all that. One of the things that got to me about the criticism from the last album was people saying I’m not a rapper, I’m just a pop singer. That resonated and drove me to
really up my game as a rapper and prove myself – like, Yeah, I can make songs that do get on the radio and I can get a lot of mainstream success, but, at the forefront of it all, I’m still a rapper. I just wanna be regarded as one of the best.” Colwell isn’t Example… MCs write in different ways. Jay Z constructs verses mentally – as did The Notorious BIG. “I’ve done it where I haven’t written anything, like Jay Z and that – I’ve done it all in my head before,” Colwell says. “It’s actually quite fun to do it like that. I wrote Live It Up all in my head like that. But, most of the time, I’ll write all the stuff on my phone. I’ll get an instrumental and I’ll just start freestyling over it – like rant, gibberish, not even speaking words – so I can get a flow and understand how I wanna sound over it. Then the content just starts coming.” This latently conscious MC challenges hip hop’s pernicious homophobia on Man On The Moon. Colwell questioned his own use of ‘faggot’ as a diss in battles following an off-the-record discussion with News Ltd journalist Cameron Adams. “I’d never thought about it and I just was blasé to it all, a bit ignorant – like the rest of the world,” Colwell confesses. “I didn’t realise the weight that that word holds and how offensive it was – and also how powerful my words are to kids and how my influence on them is quite big. From then, I wanted to start being positive. I realised that I was actually in a position to be a role model. At the end of the day, I wanna be someone who’s a positive role model, not a bad role model.” CYCLONE
Utopia is out through EMI. 360 plays The Uni Bar in Hobart on Wednesday September 10. Tickets available from the venue, Ruffcut and online at www.moshtix.com.au.
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IT’S BEEN A FULL DECADE SINCE ESKIMO JOE RELEASED BREAKTHROUGH SECOND ALBUM A SONG IS A CITY. LEAD SINGER KAV TEMPERLEY IS BRINGING BACK THE MUSIC IN A SOLO ACOUSTIC TOUR AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND HE’LL REACH HOBART AND BURNIE THIS AUGUST.
Eskimo Joe started off in 1997 as a bunch of “kids from Freo, doing their thing” (that’s Fremantle for us Tassie folk). Lead singer Kav Temperley has been there through it all – from countless ARIA awards and nominations for songs such as ‘Black Fingernails Red Wine’ and ‘From the Sea’, to MTV and APRA awards. Kav is celebrating the ten year anniversary of A Song is a City with a national solo tour, and shares with us the bittersweet origins of the album. “Most musicians will tell you that they’re always on the road and don’t really have much of a life, so what do you write about? But we were at home through that whole time and we were writing, and had an amazing jam room with an open door policy.” With regular music sessions with his mates and fellow musos, Kav describes it as “a really beautiful time where there was kind of like an innocence; no one was making much money out of the music and there was skill level coming in – a craftsmanship of the songs.”
The album marked a musical turning point for Eskimo Joe – and a personal one for Kav. “Like anything you do, there’s a certain point where you go at it for a while and then a penny drops, and you have to enter a new stage. That happened to me with A Song is a City – it was a much darker record than anything I’d written before.” A Song is a City is essentially a breakup album, written when Kav was 24 and splitting up with his first long-term girlfriend. Cynically, he admits “a lot of albums like that have artists who take on a similar theme of pretty much destroying everything and then writing about it – and that’s kind of what I was doing. I was living a more hedonistic lifestyle than I live now.” But while going through the inevitable darkness of heartbreak, his musical life was looking brighter with every song. “It was kind of like a musical purple patch where everyone was really enjoying their music and really inspired, and that had a lot of input.” Though many people like to avoid thinking too much about a past breakup – and would cringe at the idea of listening to songs that bring back those painful lovesick memories – Kav is excited to return to the album a decade on as a solo performer. “The themes that I’m singing about are the same tos-and-fros in the relationships I’ve had ever since. It’s just the politics of the relationship. Maybe I just haven’t evolved since then. I don’t really feel that much older, so it doesn’t feel that strange playing those songs again.” “I am a professional songwriter, but I think if you do your job properly you create these universal themes that anyone can put their own story on to.” Kav says the album is also a special one for Eskimo Joe fans, who “really took that into their lives as a real soundtrack to their lives.” “If you talk to Eskimo Joe fans, they always talk about A Song is a City, and they talk about it in a really personal way, so it feels quite special to go back to it ten years later. There is something about this album that captures our fans’ hearts a little bit more.” Kav plans to talk his head off on stage, sharing his intimate connections with the songs, and the stories that inspired them. You’ll also score an EP when you arrive at the gig, with recordings of covers handpicked by Kav which influenced the album. Without the rest of Eskimo Joe joining him on stage, he admits the idea of playing solo around the country gets him a little nervous. “The solo tour is a challenge in itself. I recently went on TV and performed with an acoustic guitar, and two seconds before we went to air I thought ‘crap, I haven’t done this for years and I’ve never performed like this by myself’, and I was really nervous, it was bizarre.” “You’ve got to rely on so much of your own abilities which you haven’t before, because it’s easy to sit back when you’ve got a whole band behind you. But it’s fun and there’s a great unknown, and I don’t know what to expect.” STEPHANIE ESLAKE Kav Temperley will perform at the Republic Bar in Hobart on Friday August 22, The Butter Factory in Burnie on Saturday August 23 and a 5pm matinee show in Launceston at The Irish on Sunday August 24.
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Of Their Own Volition
WHAT’S FUNNY IS THAT IT IS RODY WALKER, CANADA’S PROTEST THE HERO’S VOCALIST AND MAN OF FABULOUS BEARD, WHO BRINGS UP FEMINISM AND VARIOUS OTHER SUCH -ISMS AND -PHOBIAS IN OUR CONVERSATION TODAY. I KNOW YOU KIDS READING AT HOME ARE NO DOUBT THINKING, “OH, DIBBO, YOU BLOODY FEMMO KILLJOY, YOU MUST HAVE BEEN BLABBERING ON ABOUT WIMMENS AND SUCH AND BORING THAT PROG-METAL DUDE TO DEATH”- ALAS, NO! Walker was recently ‘called out’ on Tumblr for being allegedly transphobic. Tumblr is known for its social justice bloggers (and fighting), one of which decided to target Walker for 'Tilting Against Windmills', a Protest the Hero song from their fourth and latest album, Volition. “I kinda hate Tumblr but I like social media” Walker explains. “I love people fighting with people on the internet (laughs). We have this song that condemns homophobia and someone accused me of being transphobic in that song. I lost my top. It’s so PC that it’s almost insane. I love social justice, I believe people should all be created equally almost no matter the scenario, apart from rapists and pedophiles and all that shit. I do love social equality.” “At times Tumblr goes overboard, all these things that are supposed to be beautiful in intention, like feminism, become this hateful environment. Like radfems...which is where you actually get transphobia! Feminism is so important; it’s an injustice and it’s such an undervalued thing that people need to be a part of. It’s become a dirty word, I mean, if you believe in equal rights for the sexes, you’re a feminist and that’s all it needs to be at the end of the day! It’s quite tragic what most people
believe it to be. I would consider a dirty word to be 'singer-songwriter' (laughs)” Walker is one of few people happy to speak out on the seedy underbelly of the music industry and its deeply-rooted gender bias. “There’s more sexism in the music industry than anywhere in the world. It’s a shitty little boys club, where everyone just wants to talk about pussy. I wanna say, ‘you talk so much about vagina, I’m not sure that you’ve ever seen one in your life!’ They talk about their conquests, I mean, nobody wants to be conquered!” After exhausting ourselves worrying on the state of the world, it’s back to business. So, Rody, how are you? “I’ve got a bit of a migraine from wearing sunglasses in the dark, snuggling my dog. We found her running in the woods in North Carolina. She’s a mutt. We took her and got her back in shape. It’s really strange, where we live in Ontario, the conservatives would like to remove the legislation to legalise pitbulls, but the liberal party keep it in place. In order to enforce it, they waste taxpayers money. We work all our lives and pay our fucking money to government so they can go out
and kill dogs.” To save myself thinking about dog killing for too long, I force us into music territory; more specifically, the sudden departure of two key band members in the space of a year. Having been a band unit since 2001, the Hero lads had a sudden shift in member dynamics and were forced to take action or, rather, have action taken upon them. “We’ve just lost our rhythm section inside of a year. It’s the first time within 15 years we’ve lost a member, a lot of other bands are better equipped to deal with that shit. All of a sudden, two guys walked away and we didn’t know what to do! Our bass player who left is still to this day my best friend, I love him to pieces and I am so sorry to see him go it drives me crazy, but it is what it is. Our drummer; good guy, good drummer but we found someone new and were so happy with him...our old drummer really didn’t like touring and he could be quite negative based on that.” But Walker is not one to be bogged down. “I kinda want to put out a children’s album” he laughs. “In the US, we have a distribution agreement and they put out all the kids pop music; I wanna put out a children’s heavy metal record, lots of people who listen to metal have kids!” I feel like the man is onto something. Lisa Dibb
Protest the Hero play The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Sunday September 7. Volition is out now.
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OF SUNSHINE AND RAINBOWS IMAGINE IF YOU COULD TELEPORT YOURSELF AWAY FROM GRIM, CLAG THICK CLOUDS WITH A MISER’S PORTION OF SUNSHINE LEAKING THROUGH THEM AND, IN AN INSTANT, GET A FIX OF UNADULTERATED, GOLDEN, ALL EMBRACING SUNSHINE. IMPOSSIBLE, I HEAR YOU SAY. WELL, TRUE I DIDN’T ACTUALLY TELEPORT. BUT I DID THE NEXT BEST THING, WHICH IS HAVING A CHAT WITH ANGUS DOWLING, DRUMMER AND VOCALIST FOR PSYCHEDELIC, SUN KISSED ROCKERS THE BABE RAINBOW ABOUT SUN, MUSIC, AND THE POWER OF SUN BLEACHED HAIR.
Babe Rainbow perform as part of Junction Arts Festival from September 10 – 14. For more information head over to www. junctionartsfestival.com.au.
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I was lucky enough to catch The Babe Rainbow at their first Tassie shows at the inaugural Panama festival in March. I can tell you that the trio has enough solar warmth in their sound to blow your explorer socks clean off. And the best thing is they’re coming back to play the Junction Festival in Launceston this September. While their sound (and indeed, their outfits) owe much to lush, layered 60s psychadelia, Angus tells me its an influence that acts as a starting point. “It’s not like we got together and said lets be a 60’s band and be that forever. That’s how we got into creating music. But being friends with other people who are in bands that are influenced by 90s indie rock and we get asked if we feel pigeon holed because we wear turtle necks but I feel like their so much more pigeon holed because there’s so much less to that sound in terms of where it could go.”
The Babe Rainbow recently wrapped up a little tour of the East Coast on the back of their latest single, Secret Enchanted Broccoli Forest. It sounds like it was a blast. “The whole tour was so great. Every show sold out and everyone was so nice to us… I guess our dream is to tour around and avoid the club scene. The club scene is fun, but imagine playing in halls, one night only kind of thing… [guitarist] Kool Breeze got to cook for everyone every night and there was poetry and stuff and it wasn’t just about the bands it was more like a travelling circus. And it’s hard to do that when it’s in the clubs and its sort of dark and gross.” They’re also impossibly blonde so I had to ask, do blonde bands have more fun? “I’ve never been asked that before,” Angus tells me in all seriousness. “I am obviously biased and would answer yes we have more fun but …the only reason our hair is blond
is because we’re in the sun all day and therefore we photosynthesize more.” The band is recording a new song called ‘Noni Luna’s Oddessy’ complete with Barbarella/Space Odyssey inspired film clip. “Noni Luna is the name of Kool Breeze’s caravan that he lives in outside my beach house.” Angus explains. “We’re real excited about it and hopefully it’ll be out by the time we get to Tasmania.” Just quietly, I’m pretty darn excited too. The Babe Rainbow will play in Launceston as part of the Junction festival on the Sunday September 14. All we know is its some kind of hell awesome abandoned warehouse in the Launceston CBD so keep your eyes open for more details. Just quietly, it will probably be the best thing you’ll see all year. Lucinda Shannon
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NO PUDDINGHEADS HERE SELF-CONFESSED REVOLUTIONARIES BALL PARK MUSIC ARE STORMING THE STATE YET AGAIN WITH THEIR MOST GROUNDBREAKING TOUR YET - PERFORMING LIVE IN 3D. ALL FIVE MEMBERS WILL APPEAR AS MOVING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECTS SO REALISTIC YOU’LL THINK IT’S THEM IN THE FLESH. PUNTERS, PREPARE TO BE MIND-BLOWN.
“We’re actually looking into getting 3D glasses for the shows, except they’ll just have two transparent lenses so they won’t actually help you with anything,” frontman Sam Cromack tells me. Kicking off next month, the Trippin’ The Light Fantastic tour not only promises to be real but will include songs from Ball Park’s latest record Puddinghead that the band didn’t play during their album tour earlier this year. “We didn’t want to bombard fans with too much new material but now they’ve had a chance to get more familiar with the record we’re looking forward to getting stuck into it,” Sam says. It’s little wonder these wise-crackin’ indie misfits from Brisbane have become so adored by Australian fans. They’ve
released three albums in quick succession, are renowned for their exuberant live shows and relentless touring. Having just wrapped up their headline tour in May and a Splendour In The Grass appearance in July, Ball Park will embark on a month-long European tour off the back of September and October’s nationwide shows. “When on tour you get a real sense of routine and you feel like you’re actually earning your keep so we quite like it and I think we’ve done it for such a long time now it’s become a way of life. Also, the friendship between the five of us is pretty much built on the road; it’s nice to have touring as this thing we look forward to together” Sam explains. The tightknit indie-pop quintet met at university, forming the band purely by
fluke: “We took a class together and as part of that class you had to get in a group and perform. The teacher just threw us together so it was kind of serendipitous how Ball Park formed, we didn’t really plan it at all,” Sam says. Luckily the stars did align, and they released Rolling on the Floor, Laughing Ourselves to Sleep (2008) and Conquer the Town, Easy as Cake (2010), both championed by Triple J. They concluded 2011 by winning the coveted Triple J Unearthed Artist of the Year Award, sealing the band’s fate. Since then Ball Park has been firing on all cylinders, playing sell-out shows and frequenting festivals across the country with album successes to match (Puddinghead, their most accomplished yet, climbing to #1 on iTunes Albums Chart
upon its release). However, despite this commercial success Sam admits he’s now keen to indulge more as an artist. “I’ve always had a real love of melody and wanted to write songs that are quite catchy but since the release of Puddinghead I’ve been able to think about it all more deeply. [The band] have been talking a lot lately about where we want to tread next and for the first time I think we want to try something vastly different in the future.” “For the past three records I’ve felt a pressure to please whereas now I want to amuse myself. I’ve had to really convince the others that it’s ok to do that and if we’re amusing ourselves and it comes across sincerely then the music will be really good.” A self-produced, synth-laden record, Puddinghead seems to be a hint of things to come for Ball Park Music. And while the band is driving change, they’re determined to keep their chemistry in tact. “It’s every artists role to stay relevant, that doesn’t mean copy or imitate the sounds that are around you but to stay aware and to try new things,” Sam says. “It’s fun that the band is starting to incorporate electronic elements, I’ve always loved that technology and use it in my own personal work. But I always feel a little weird about it too because we have such a good chemistry together playing and that’s something that is getting rarer and rarer, ensembles that record as a group rather than the growing number of producers and electronic artists that construct music on a computer. I don’t ever want to lose touch with that.” Guitars and synthesizers aside, Ball Park’s hallmark dynamism shows no sign of fading. With plans to spend the year ahead experimenting with their sound, Sam predicts a new single release by the end of 2015. “We always get itching to do something after a while so I know it won’t take too long.” To the contrary, Sam is never not doing ‘something’. The guy has enough energy to sustain a small country, and certainly enough for a very successful band and a plethora of side projects (most notably My Own Pet Radio), not to mention the twelve-hour shoot of gin-fuelled white boy dance moves he laid down for BPMs Trippin’ The Light Fantastic video clip. Sam says his energies now lie in trusting himself to help steer the band in a fruitful new direction. “Currently I’m on a bit of a mission to be more true to myself when writing. It’s so easy to be focussed on everyone else around you, succeeding beyond where you are. It’s not that I’m not chasing that anymore, I’m just happy to let it be a bit and not worry about what everyone else thinks so much. Ironically, that is sometimes when artists have their best break throughs of all, when they stop giving a shit and do something meaningful for themselves.” “I hope whatever we do next really gives people a fright!” OLIVIA DURST
See Ball Park Music, with support from Millions and Pluto Jonze, on Friday September 12 at the Hobart Uni Bar. Tickets available from Ruffcut, The Uni Bar and www.moshtix.com.au.
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NO KARMA CHAMELEONS Blues rock four-piece Bonjah are a humble, hard-working bunch who spent the first four years of their career busking on the streets of Melbourne, living off spare change and CD sales. Their big grins and persistence paid off; upon the release of their third album Beautiful Wild the New Zealand natives are keeping the karma wheel spinning across Australia with their biggest national tour yet.
Since their last album release (Go Go Chaos) three years ago, the band have been busy streamlining their sound, gravitating towards a bluesier, heavier style. Whilst many songs from their previous two albums were written years apart, Beautiful Wild was composed over the past 18 months and recorded in ten days. "We wanted a more fluent sound between the songs and through the whole album. In the past it’s kind of been a mixed bag and we didn’t really know where we sat in terms of our sound so getting to that point was great," explains frontman Glenn Mossop. Produced by Jan Skubiszeski, Beautiful Wild also features the mastery of Steve Smart and backing vocals by stalwart songstress Ella Hooper. The final product: upbeat blues-rock rhythms and guitar riffs that side step the mellow drones of Go Go Chaos and tie together with Glenn’s signature, whiskey-gargling vocals. Returning to their busking roots and the place it all began, Bonjah played two free shows in Melbourne’s Bourke Street Mall
CHASING ARCADIA IN 2012 DANNY HARLEY COULDN’T FATHOM GOING ON STAGE BY HIMSELF. NOW HE’S TOURING AUSTRALIA SOLO, SHARING HIS SOUL-POP-ELECTRONICA SOUND AS THE KITE STRING TANGLE.
following the release of Beautiful Wild- a gesture of thanks to their fans, according to Glenn. "That’s how it all started for us; we’re forever grateful of how Melbourne treated us in those early years. I love the people and the music here- it’s a very inspiring and beautiful city." Evidently, giving back and being all-round nice guys is in the group’s nature. Following the release of their single Bring Back The Fire (2009), Bonjah donated all of their proceeds to the Leukemia cause. The following year they played a fundraiser at The Corner Hotel, raising hundreds of dollars for the Make A Wish Foundation. "It’s something we wanted to do as a band, and as people as well. It’s really important for everyone, whether you’re in a band or not, to give to certain things that you feel are appropriate. We’ve had family members pass away due to cancer so it’s just something we wanted to be a part of. It’s good for the spirit."
The voice of Brisbane-based Danny Harley is sincere and self-effacing as he discusses the process of creating debut EP Vessel. “It’s been quite a lengthy creative process. All the songs have been around for a year or two, some of them were written a month off finishing the EP. Being a debut there’s pressure to hone in on your sound, or what you think your sound should be.” Harley credits Brian Eno as inspiration for starting The Kite String Tangle, which originally began as an ambient project. As a songwriter and singer, he draws
Deservedly, Bonjah have gone from strength to strength since booking a oneway ticket to Melbourne eight years ago. They have been nominated for various awards and have played key supports including a fairly prominent band known as The Who. "That was…a bit of a dream,” Glenn laughs. “[The Who] were coming over to do the Formula One in Perth and only did one show so that was pretty incredible and a massive thing for us. At the time we’d only done Pyramid Rock Festival so to walk out on a huge stage and arena…we felt pretty small!" With the universe smiling down on them, Bonjah are set to play 20 gigs across six states next month, including two in Tasmania. Plans for a summer run and
influence from Bon Iver, James Blake, The National and Sigur Rós, whereas for music production its “left-of-field beats-y stuff” such as like Bonobo, Jamie XX and Four Tet. “I don’t think my stuff sounds like any of the people I’ve mentioned, but the meeting place for me is those influences rounded off with some electronic pop.” Track 'Arcadia' is underscored by such influences without sounding second hand and has attracted close to 300,000 listens on SoundCloud. The song reflects on unobtainable ideals: We were trying to make it work / You were sleeping in my shirt
a fourth album are also already in the pipeline, according to Glenn. "We’re not going to leave it another three years; we’re looking forward to getting back in the studio by the end of the year, getting some songs together and bashing another one out." OLIVIA DURST
Bonjah will play in Launceston on Friday September 6 at Hotel New York, before making it to Hobart for a Saturday night show at The Republic Bar.
/ Arcadia / Sometimes things don’t come full circle croons Harley. “When you have been in a relationship and it’s been quite some time and you sort of romanticise the idea of it. You convince yourself that it’s what you want. There’s a few things that can happen that make you realise that it’s not really what you want, it’s the thing you’re chasing, it’s just a romanticised idea and that’s why you can never obtain it.” His lyrics are written to be relatable, “I hope people can make their own interpretations” and Arcadia is not really about a particular person. Harley says hasn’t received any angry phone calls from past lovers yet. “Those numbers might be blocked anyway” he laughs. Surrounded by midi instruments including a keyboard, a bunch of effects and drum pads Harley tries to make his show as visual as possible. “You never completely get there, but it’s a constant thing that you strive for… trying to make it more visual and engaging. There are a lot of people who just you know, look like they’re checking their emails or something and I’m cautious not to appear like that.” Yet, for all the thought put into his performance, Harley remains earnestly chuffed at the simple fact he is touring. “It’s just a bizarre feeling to know people have made that personal investment to make it to your show. It’s one thing for people to listen to your music but then to make a physical, like, leave the house and go you your show,” he muses. “There’s an extra element of them liking your music there.” ANGELA NIKULINSKY
The Kite String Tangle plays Republic Bar on Saturday August 30.
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EVERY SCENE HAS ITS HIERARCHY; AUSSIE HIP-HOP IS NO DIFFERENT AND I THINK WE CAN ALL AGREE THAT SITTING UPON THE HIGHER TIERS ARE A HANDFUL OF UNIQUE AND INTRIGUING ACTS. LUCKILY FOR YOU AND ME AND THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC SCENE, A BUNCH OF THOSE ACTS HAVE JOINED FORCES (OFFICIALLY) TO CREATE SOME KIND OF BEAUTIFUL HIP-HOP FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER. THIS ONE IS CALLED ONE DAY CREW, AND IS MADE WITH THE PIECES OF HORRORSHOW, SPIT SYNDICATE, JACKIE ONASSIS AND JOYRIDE. I CHATTED TO NICK LUPI, AKA ONE HALF OF ARIA-NOMINATED DUO SPIT SYNDICATE ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE CREW. “The crew has always done their own thing” he explains, “always pushed their own thing, but we’ve always repped the crew and been involved in each other’s music and intended to do music together. We started making the songs and it became an album and decided to tour as well. It was such a natural thing, just some mates hanging out with similar interests” Indeed the band in the individual projects have had a lot going on: Horrorshow are national sell-outs, have long been a music festival staple and their album King Amongst Many featured in the Full Shortlist for the 9th Australian Music Prize (AMP); Spit Syndicate has supported some of the greatest acts to ever burn up a stage (Cypress Hill, Xzibit, Ice Cube) and their debut album Towards The Light was
nominated for ‘Best Urban Release’ at the 2008 ARIAs; Jackie Onassis are relatively new on the scene but were hand-picked by hip-hop big dog Illy to support him on his Bring it Back tour and their tracks have been all over Triple J like a wonderful rash; Joyride has been a DJ marvel for ages now, having toured all the festivals, worked with Hermitude, Drapht, Urthboy, Illy and more and, to tie it up in a neat little package, was Spit Syndicate’s DJ for over six years. Pretty stellar qualifications, right? The album in question is Mainline, out in August. Lupi explains how the record came to be. “The crew is always gonna be there, once we put the album out and do a tour. I mean, we’re working on a Spit Syndicate album and other guys have their stuff too, [but] we’ll keep on making music together, the crew will always be together. We’ve got a lot going on but it’s a permanent thing. We’re all good friends, it’s a blessing and a curse sometimes...we’re all comfortable around each other so we have some pretty...robust discussions at times [laughs] we all love and respect each other enough, though. A year ago we decided to make One Day more of a thing, the hardcore fans know about the crew but we wanted to introduce the idea to a wider group of people, beyond our fans.” Despite hip-hop’s oft-competitive edge, Lupi assures me that the whole crew are great mates and that it’s all in good fun.
“There’s definitely like a friendlycompetitive vibe, especially between the MCs, but it brings out the best in you in a way, it’s not about trying to outdo each other but bring your best on a song. We’re all friends [and] when we wrote the album, we stayed in a villa in Byron and ate and relaxed and hung out and smoked weed and it all just came together. Everyone writing for the team. It’s a rad way to make an album.” I am surprised that, despite their collective accolades and successes, the boys in the Crew are not rolling in sweet moolah. It brings about the idea that one must be more successful to earn a living wage in Australia than, say, the US or UK. Doesn’t make you too confident about the Aussie arts industry, does it? “I’m not really too sure (laughs)” Lupi says when I ask what the future holds. “I have a day job, a couple of the other dudes live off music. I don’t imagine myself rapping forever but some people make money off it, it wasn’t like this ten years ago...it is a struggle but some people make money off it. It’s a fucking uphill battle, especially living in Sydney. I have to be here for music, but i’ve always wanted to move to Melbourne, which is a classic Sydney thing to say (laughs).” Lisa DibB Mainline is out August 1 through Elefant Traks/ One Day Entertainment. See the One Day Crew play the Waratah Hotel in Hobart on Saturday 6 September.
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STRINGS FOR ALL LOCATIONS VIRTUOSI TASMANIA HAVE SPENT 22 YEARS TRANSPORTING FINE MUSIC TO ALL CORNERS OF TASMANIA. PERFORMING IN RARE AND OFTEN OBSCURE LOCATIONS LIKE APPLE SHEDS, VINEYARDS, AND GALLERIES, THE GROUP BRINGS TOGETHER SOME OF THE STATE’S GREATEST MUSICIANS FROM THE TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA TO PLAY GORGEOUS CHAMBER MUSIC WORKS.
But while they spend a lot of the year out on the road, they also spend time in the studio to record some great albums – their most recent release being Spirit of the MJQ (check out our review a couple of months back. Seriously cool stuff). Delving into the realms of both classical and jazz for their CDs, Virtuosi Tasmania have released the never-before reviewed Mendelssohn Beethoven. Featuring the former composer’s String Quartet no.2 in A minor, op.13 and the latter’s Sextet for 2 Horns and String Quartet in E flat major, op. 81b, the album is recorded in the Ballroom of Government House – and is worthy of such a magnificent venue. The String Quartet opens the album slowly, but not without intensity. Rumour has it this piece was inspired by youthful love, which may account for its passionate musical lines. The ensemble moves with an instinctive togetherness which is sustained throughout the rest of the work – including the suspenseful final Presto. Beethoven’s Sextet opens with the regal sound of French horns before flowing smoothly into a bit of fun call and response. Delightfully predictable, it’s impossible to listen to this recording without feeling warm and pleasant – even during these winter months. I would be surprised if the ensemble didn’t enjoy themselves during the recording process, as it certainly sounds as though they did. STEPHANIE ESLAKE
Keep your eye out for another Virtuosi Tasmania CD release – but until a new work hits the shelves, go see them this August. They’ll be playing Mozart and Danzi at Shene in Pontville, 11am August 3; Home Hill Winery in Ranelagh, same time August 9; Burnie Art Gallery 2pm August 10 – and that night at 7pm in Christ Church, Longford. More info at www.virtuositas. org.au.
GOOD VIBES WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU’RE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF WAR AND RAMPAGE? START A RECORD STORE, OF COURSE. TERRI HOOLEY DID JUST THAT DURING THE CONFLICTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND IN THE ‘70S. HIS RECORD STORE GOOD VIBRATIONS RESPONDED TO WARFARE AND FUELLED THE BELFAST PUNK SCENE – AND NOW THEY’VE MADE A MOVIE ABOUT HIM. PRODUCER BRUNO CHARLESWORTH TELLS US ABOUT THE TRUE STORY BEHIND GOOD VIBRATIONS.
What was life really like for the people who experienced this warfare? When you see the archival footage, you can see what was really going on. Everyone is walking up from the local pub, and then there are a bunch of British guys holding assault rifles. There were lots and lots of deaths – 3,000 people killed. The violence and relentless night after night of bombings, was something I didn’t really follow when I was growing up as a nice, middle class white boy from Melbourne. For me, music was about rebelling against your parents and against the generation before you – but for them, it was much stronger. As soon as the first bombs went off, you had either Protestant or Catholic friends. There was an element of anarchy: ‘fuck it, we’ll go and dance instead while the bombs are going off’. What make’s Terri Hooley’s story such a significant one? Terri is bigger than life. We’ve taken the elements of his life and fashioned the
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film around him. He is hard drinking, he can talk the leg off a chair, and he’s still a complete maniac. The fact that he’s still living completely baffles me. But he was, in a point in time, almost like this wide-eyed optimist. He represented something at a time when anarchy and horror was responded to in a left-offield way by starting a record store and generating that sense of passion and music. Why did the people respond so strongly to music? I think there’s a moment when you first see a band, and the hairs go up the back of your neck, and that sense of passion when a three chord rock and roll song cascades off the stage. I think that it’s a universal thing and I don’t think it’s particularly unique to Belfast. I think that was happening around the world – New York, London, Sydney – we were getting rid of the old and in with the new. We felt that it was our time – that we could take it over. That’s what excited me about the music at the time. But it had an extra
element added to it when it’s happening in Belfast, when outside there are muggings, murders and mayhem. Why was Richard Dormer such a great pick to play Terri? Once I saw what he’d done, there was no choice, he was just fucking brilliant. It’s a hard role because on the one hand, we wanted to present him in an optimistic way but on the other hand, we didn’t want to pull any punches – we do point out that he’s massively flawed. We were keen not to make him out like a saint, but just a guy who responds to the chaos around him in his own unique way. STEPHANIE ESLAKE
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WHERE THERE’S SMOKE, LIFE IN THERE’S FIRE WONDERLAND LOCAL ROCKERS SMOKESTACK HAVE SET THE LOCAL MUSIC SCENE ABLAZE SINCE 2011. WITH BROTHERS BEN AND TOM KNIGHT ON GUITAR AND BASS, SAM COOPER ON DRUMS, AND FRONTMAN ALEX STUART, THE HOBART BAND HAVE JUST RELEASED NEW EP 9 OUT OF 10 DOCTORS RECOMMEND SMOKESTACK. ALEX TELLS US WHAT SMOKESTACK IS ALL ABOUT, WHERE THEY’RE HEADED, AND HOW TO SURVIVE A LOCAL GIG.
ALISON WONDERLAND IS LEADING THE NEXT GENERATION OF AUSTRALIAN DJ/PRODUCERS. SHE HAS THE NAME, THE MUSIC AND THE SKILLZ. AHEAD OF HER FIRST TASMANIAN APPEARANCE WE HAD A QUICK CHAT WITH HER WHILE SHE WAS IN THE UNITED STATES.
Influenced by the big guns like the Rolling Stones, and taking on elements of blues, Brit rock, and punk, Smokestack work the old school into mad new originals.
better than ever. Get out and have a good time!” Smokestack have kindly supplied us with an official five point plan for surviving a local gig:
Hi Alison, how are you and what have you been up to lately?
As Smokestack’s lead vocalist, Alex likes to sing about relatable situations – and his lyrics are often tongue in cheek.
SMOKESTACK’S FIVE POINT PLAN FOR SURVIVING A LOCAL GIG
Sources from WA tell me you were feeling pretty awful performing there not long ago. What happened and how did you manage to spew and carry on?
“I mostly sing about what I know, very bluesy themes, being broke. I use the blues set up and punch line formula a bit; I’ll make a bold statement that is slowly retracted throughout the song. Often, I’ll start out with a very individual private story and then broaden it, change some details, and make it sound as accessible as possible.”
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The ambitious, energetic, and perhaps a little crazy 23-year-old muso “would love to be seen as a good frontman” – and has a pretty good idea what it takes. “I think that means being an all-round entertainer. People like Ian Gillian, Bruce Dickinson and Elvis are who I steal most of my stage persona from. Times have changed in music; people don’t want cheesy, so you have to find the balance.” While they’ve scoured the local Tassie scene, Alex is getting serious about the future of Smokestack and says the band isn’t afraid to chase the gigs around the nation.
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No valuables next to the stage; that’s where spillage and falling band members go. Crowd surfing is fun, but often not possible in the modest crowd size of a pub gig. Just a warning.
Honestly, I felt so bad before I threw up.. After It happened I actually felt so good it’s like all the demons came out of me and I could be human again for a minute haha.
If the frontman of a band mumbles something, just give a little cheer. It doesn’t matter what they’ve said, it’s most likely rambling to fill in for a certain guitarist who breaks a string every gig.
You’re coming to Hobart towards the end of a huge tour that sees you travelling across Australia and heading to New Zealand, Taiwan and Bali. What is the secret to keeping energy up when flying and performing nearly non-stop over four months?
If someone tries a drum solo at a local gig then it may mean the power has gone out. This has happened to Smokestack.
Making sure you eat reasonably healthy food, don’t get wasted every night and get some sunlight and fresh air when you get to the hotel.
You’re not obligated to enjoy local music, just keep an open mind. If it’s crap, then wait for a half hour and check out the next act.
What are your warm-up and warm-down gig rituals?
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“We really want those summer festivals – we’ve played with a few Tassie bands that get Falls Festival and stuff like that, and we think we have what it takes,” Alex says.
I don’t talk to anyone before I go on stage and I just jump in the corner, for my warm down ritual I usually roll myself a cigarette, if we’re being honest. In what ways does touring influence the music you produce? I really don’t think touring influences my music... It’s more emotions, love, the music industry, my happiness, my frustrations... Touring is more like an outlet for me rather than an influence.
“We often find ourselves watching another band and saying ‘we need to lift our game’ or ‘we can do that’. Eventually, we’ll head to Melbourne. It’s really the only way for a rock band, and from there, who knows?” But while we’ve still got the boys strutting their stuff on the local scene, we should learn from their experiences, of course. According to Alex, “live music in Hobart is
I’ve just been in LA for a month writing music etc - kinda don’t want to leave but I’m writing this on the way to the airport :(.
Smokestack’s new EP. 9 Out Of 10 Doctors Recommend Smokestack is available on iTunes. Their next live outing will be at The Irish in Launceston on Wednesday August 13.
You’re selling-out venues across the country – did you expect that kind of reaction to your tour? Not at all. I feel very thankful.
The EP and you have said that coproduction on these songs was new for you: what kinds of things did you learn from the co-production process? I learnt to not be so stubborn and open my mind. Will you pursue co-production in the future or do you prefer to go solo? I kind of like co production - with the right person it can really bring something out of you, kind of push you a little. Are you interested in working with other vocalists or happy to sing yourself? I’m open to every thing. In past interviews you’ve said you had a whole album’s worth of material produced prior to making the EP – will that music be released anytime soon? Probably Not, I think I want to move forward - I feel differently about things now and I want to capture that. What do you think of the album as an art form? Is making an album an important goal for you? Not an album, just music that communicates. If you could play a set to anyone in the world, who would it be and why? James Murphy or David Lynch.. Just because I love their brains. Or... Maybe my grandma? She doesn’t get it. She’s never been to a show and I want her to get it. ANGELA NIKULINSKY
Alison Wonderland will DJ at The Observatory in Hobart, on Friday August 29. Presale tickets are available from the venue, Cargo, Telegraph, Ruffcut and online at www.moshtix.com.au.
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played it so many times that I don’t think of the technical challenge while playing it – I try to be as authentic and as genuine with the piece as possible. I try to pretend it’s not the number 170 time I’m playing it but the number one. It should be as fresh and immediate as possible.
GERMAN CELLIST ALBAN GERHARDT MADE HIS DEBUT WITH THE BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA. SINCE THEN, HE’S PLAYED WITH ALMOST 250 ORCHESTRAS – BUT HE’LL JOIN THE BEST ONE IN THE WORLD (THE TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, OF COURSE) THIS AUGUST FOR A PERFORMANCE OF THE DVORAK CELLO CONCERTO. WHILE HE HAS PERFORMED IT 167 TIMES, ALBAN “FALLS IN LOVE” WITH THE PIECE WHENEVER HE RETURNS TO IT.
You’ve had such a successful musical career – what advice would you give to young musicians wishing to achieve what you’ve worked hard for yourself?
So tell us, why is the Dvorak Cello Concerto considered one of the best? Often there’s a danger that whenever the composer treats the orchestra to its full extent, the solo instrument goes down. But in the Dvorak, somehow he manages to make the actual cello survive. The Dvorak is a very symphonic piece. The cello shines fantastically without having the orchestra being boring. Most other concertos the orchestral part is not as interesting. Every orchestra likes playing it because they have a lot to say in it.
The first advice I’d give is: don’t even think of success and compare yourself to anybody else. What everybody should try to achieve is to become the best possible musician, and then if they have the chance to make a living out of it they should be very, very grateful. I never wanted to make a living out of it or become a soloist. I just wanted to be as good a player I could be, because I knew to make a living with that you have to be quite good. So, I tried my best and then this came out of it. Becoming famous is a very bad incentive to become a musician.
What’s your personal connection to the piece? I feel more connected with this piece than others because of my grandfather. He was a Czech-Jew. I feel it’s a bit more in my blood than other music. He was a composerconductor from the same breed like Dvorak himself, from that region. So I feel a bit of Czech blood in myself as well. I always fall in love with the Dvorak when I get back to it. As a cellist, what goes through your mind when you’re thinking about how to interpret Dvorak?
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How do you feel about your own fame? I’m not being recognised on the street so I think that’s very nice. I would hate having the fame of a movie star who cannot move freely, who cannot talk to people who don’t see you but see you as a star. I can have normal conversations with everybody. I think that’s what I enjoy most about classical music life. STEPHANIE ESLAKE
I don’t like using tricks with that piece to make it more effective, because it’s such amazing music that I like to keep it how it is in the score. Last time I played it, I was thinking of my grandmother and mother and if there’s a chance they can hear me wherever they are while I’m playing it. I’ve
Alban Gerhardt will perform the Dvorak Cello Concerto with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in the Federation Concert Hall on 8 August, 7.30pm.
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ANDREW ON CHAUVINISM I’VE BECOME A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE IN RECENT TIMES WITH THE IDEA THAT ONE MUST SUPPORT, WITH THE WHOLE OF ONE’S BEATING HEART, EVERY SINGLE ENDEAVOUR THAT OCCURS ANYWHERE IN TASMANIA, EVERY WORK OF ART THAT GETS MADE OR EVERY BUSINESS THAT OPENS ITS DOORS. I DON’T THINK ANYONE REALLY DOES THAT OF COURSE, BUT TRY SAYING YOU DON’T LIKE SOMETHING IN A PUBLIC ARENA AND SEE HOW YOU GO. What I’ve come to consider is the notion of chauvinism, basically. Chauvinism is uncritical devotion to a cause. I think, sometimes, there’s a bit of that around in Tasmania and indeed in Australia. We live in a great place, but it’s not the best place in the world, there’s a lot of terrible history here and there’s a lot of people who are doing it pretty tough. I think it’s a desire to help out that causes people to wave the flag and do the old “Go Tassie”, but I think the issues in this state are more complex than that, and it’s not enough to just buy local to support the local businesses or writers or artists or whatever. I’ve come to consider that patronising, as it happens, but I think it could stop people aiming at excellence to some extent. “Go Tassie” is not going to make our businesses more competitive, and could even be part of a reason why they don’t. That’s not to say that I don’t support local businesses – but I support them because they have great products or service or they do something really well, and they’d probably do that in Venezuela. There’s good products and great local arts and music all over the place in Tasmania, and I want it to succeed, I really do, but I think it might be time to start get past the idea that Tasmania is a little steam engine huffing and puffing up the hill, and it’ll get there solely if we’re all positive and cross our fingers. I believe in critical conversation as tool for making things better, and that includes going beyond simply supporting something because it’s there or making excuses because you know the Good Bloke who’s really trying. Art, business and music are actually important to Tasmania now, so making them better is important. That includes me, of course. You know, some of the columns I write for Warp are done in a hurry and they suck, actually. In the interests of putting my money where my mouth is, I invited a guest columnist to contribute, and you’ll find Lucy Hawthorne’s pleasant engagement with my July column elsewhere in this issue. It’s a good read. I’m going to ask lots of other people if they want to chuck their hat into the arena in coming months, but if you have an issue you’d like to get out there, drop me a line via twitter Andrew_w_harper and we’ll hook you up. ANDREW HARPER
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THEATRE:
TTC PRESENTS POP-UP THEATRE NO.1 THIS IS SUCH A GREAT IDEA: A POPUP THEATRE RIGHT IN THE CBD.
The Tasmanian Theatre Company’s lateral thinking head honcho Charles Parkinson found a terrific space that wasn’t being used, did the necessary detective work and asked very nicely and the next thing you know – there’s a theatre being built at 130 Murray St, just up from the State Library. I kid you not, there’s all manner of activity going on in there. The former industrial space is being transformed and there’ll be two fully fledged plays in on the space before it’s demolished around the end of September. First up in Pop-Up No.1 is The Berry Man, a grounded and raw story set on an unproductive farm, focussing on the lives of four real people, complex and flawed, telling a tale about growing things like berries and babies. The Berry Man is lifeaffirming and rich with humour, and will be great way to warm up this temporarily existing space. Loudmouth Theatre, a new company dedicated to exciting work (you
might have caught their Venus In Fur earlier this year) will follow with a production that’s still under wraps, so stay tuned there as well. If all this talk of new plays and pop-up spaces sound even remotely interesting, don’t hesitate to book and to check the space out. Innovative ideas like this are great to see in Tasmania, and it’s this kind of thing that really needs supporting – fantastic lateral thinking to bring new work into the community.
POP-UPTHEATRE No.1 at 130 MURRAY ST HOBART THE BERRY MAN 28 August – 7 September, Thursday – Saturday 8.15pm, Sunday 4.15pm All enquires and bookings : www.tastheatre.com
GUEST COLUMN:
LUCY HAWTHORNE
I WANTED THIS COLUMN TO BE TITLED ‘IN DEFENSE OF PRETTY’, BUT ON RE-READING ANDREW HARPER’S ‘ANDREW IS BORED WITH PRETTY PRETTY,’ (WARP, JUNE 2014) I REALISED IT’S NOT NEARLY POLEMICAL ENOUGH FOR A HEATED DEVIL’S ADVOCATE-STYLE RESPONSE. “I DON’T LIKE PRETTY PICTURES. WELL I DO…” DOESN’T GIVE ME MUCH TO WORK WITH. DAMN.
There’s something wonderful about an uncompromising and passionate art rant. One of my favourites is Adam Geczy’s ‘Neomedievalism’, (Art Monthly Australia, no. 182) where he identifies Ricky Swallow’s intricately carved sculptures as a “return to the pre-conceptual and pre-political and thus pre-modern, quasi-medieval foundation of art.” The artist’s popularity, he argues, “represents a sentimentalism that masks a deep-seated middle-class conservatism based in philistinism and the commodity.” Understandably, it triggered frenzied responses in subsequent editions. If we can imagine Harper’s column was equally as extreme, then maybe I could argue about the gender-associations of the term ‘pretty’. I could descend into the depths of beauty theory or get stuck into the form/content debate. But alas… Concepts still reign supreme in the visual arts, even if the work a) uses aesthetics as a vehicle for ideas, or b) is a pretty object with an artist statement written to accommodate the demands of the contemporary art world/market. Fiona Hall’s works fit nicely into the first category, and she beautifully describes her strategy: “I think I use the aesthetic appearance of my work as a lure, or a ploy to entice the viewer –like an insectivorous plant I suppose! – into the work, where they find themselves ensnared by the subtext.” For
Hall, the beauty is not merely for beauty’s sake; in fact, it’s often misleading. The delicate wrought iron patterns in her Folly for Mrs Macquarie in Sydney’s botanic gardens, for instance, are eventually identified as the axes, daggers, and other symbols of the British Colonial invasion that took place at that site. I also don’t mind pretty as an end in itself. There’s a place for brain-numbing decoration. But then there’s that other category of ‘pretty art’ where works like Wim Delvoye’s ornate rusted cement truck on the roof of MONA are misrepresented as ‘conceptual’. The museum’s blurb on Delvoye (incorrectly) identifies him as a ‘conceptual artist’; yet the truck is about as challenging as the steel duck sculpture currently on sale at Bunnings. Aside from the technicality that Conceptual Art is a 1960s/70s art movement (unless you’re Britain’s Daily Mail, in which case all art produced post-1890 is labelled as such), the last thing I think when looking at Delvoye’s truck is ‘ooh concepts.’ I do think ‘ooh pretty’ though, and I’d be quite happy to stick it in my garden next to the Bunnings duck. Pretty is not a bad thing in itself, but it’s the pretence of conceptual rigour that annoys me, so maybe I’ll call this column ‘In Defense of Pretty [asterisk]’ instead. LUCY HAWTHORNE
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BREAK IT DOWN ONE CIRCLE. ONE CRAZY BEAT. ONE HELLUVA GROUP OF HIPHOP DANCERS. THIS IS CYPHER. SYDNEY-BASED CHOREOGRAPHER, TEACHER, AND LEADING AUSSIE HIP-HOP ARTIST NICK POWER WILL BRING HIS PRODUCTION TO TASSIE AS PART OF LAUNCESTON’S JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL THIS SEPTEMBER.
Hip-hop has come a long way since it first hit the streets of America in the ‘70s. Hip-hop dance – often broadly known as b*boying or breakdancing – is the mindblowingly cool result of improvised moves over a rhythmic base. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, the dance form went viral and spread to South Korea, Brazil, Japan, and even hit Cambodia. We’ve got a mad following here in Australia, today led largely by Sydneybased Nick Power. Hip-hop dance was never so friendly as it is in Nick Power’s Cypher. A hip-hop ritual celebrating style, interaction, and b*boy battling, the cypher is traditionally a circle of people gathered around to admire
those who dare to break in the centre. In this production, Cypher allows audience members to share performance space with dancers who have won competitions around the world. Nick Power was inspired to create his first independent production Cypher after receiving a Paris residency at the Cite International des Arts in 2012. Through the residency, he learnt from some of today’s leading hip-hop dance theatre choreographers, and an additional residency at Critical Path in 2013 has seen Cypher develop into a unique work which both encompasses and pushes the boundaries of the culture of hip-hop.
Nick is well acquainted with the Aussie hiphop scene – and by Aussie, I really mean Aussie. While he started out in Brisbane with his own dance space, he’s also spent time travelling to regional centres as well as remote indigenous communities to teach dance around the country. In 2005, he started doing choreography with Tracks Dance for the Darwin Festival and worked with people in the Lajumanu community – and for his shows with Tracks, he’s twice received awards. Working in dance for as long as 14 years, Nick founded the Platform Hip Hop Festival held in Sydney and has performed in and choreographed Stiltbreak for the Stalker Theatre Company. The acrobatic/breakdance project has toured to Europe and through the same company Nick has also toured in Mexico and Hong Kong. Attendance of Cypher is a given – but there’s plenty else to check out at the Junction Arts Festival this September. The Launceston event will show you Launie like you’ve never seen it before – with late-night events in hidden city venues and highly interactional performances. With international and local acts, it’s bound to be the hottest spring festival in town. Check out www.junctionartsfestival.com.au for more information. STEPHANIE ESLAKE
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CHUNKY MOVE TAKE EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT DANCE, RIP IT INTO TINY, TINY PIECES AND THROW IT ABOUT LIKE CONFETTI. IT IS USELESS WHEN TRYING TO ENGAGE WITH INNOVATIVE DANCE COMPANY CHUNKY MOVE.
Hailing from Melbourne, the company has built an impeccable reputation and created a range of new works from innovative dance to performance and installation. Now, for the first time in their highly celebrated history, Chunky Move are coming to Hobart with their show Keep Everything.
Chunky Move’s Keep Everything Wednesday 6 August – Saturday 9 August 2014 Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart Adult $30 +BF | Concession $20 + BF (www. eventbrite.com.au/e/keep-everything-bychunky-move-tickets-10179363751)
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Fusing dance with improvised performance, Keep Everything features spoken text and weird stream-of-consciousness dance from performers Benjamin Hancock, Lauren Langlois, Alisdair Macindoe . The show investigates human evolution from primitive times to an imagined cyber
future, in stuttering fragments of story and symbol. There’s an outstanding AV design by Robin Fox, a twitchy score created by ARIA-award winning electronic dynamos Julian Hamilton and Kim Moyes and lighting by Benjamin Cisterne, al combing to creat an environment of light and smoke that pulsates with energy.
is given permission to lead. “I was interested in attempting to keep everything created and edit nothing. What I found so unsettling about this was that perhaps ideas such as forward, up, and tomorrow are not necessarily positive, and I wonder whether we will ever be able to truly find contentment in the present?” he says.
Created by one of Australia’s most innovative choreographers, Antony Hamilton, Keep Everything was developed the work with the premise that an endless array of events can unfold from a single point of departure when the subconscious
These complex ideas manifest on stage in a singular and powerful work that will hold your complete attention. Chunky Move make some of the most important and consistent new dance in Australia, so do not miss this chance to catch them in Hobart.
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BREAKING THERE’S A LOT OF BAD NEWS IN THE WORLD RIGHT NOW. WE ARE BOMBARDED WITH STORIES OF DEATH, DESPAIR AND DISPLACEMENT. THERE ARE SO MANY, FROM SO MANY PLACES, REDUCED BY DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO SHORTER AND SHORTER SNIPPETS OF INFORMATION. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE, FOR US IN AUSTRALIA NOW, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO HAVE TO RUN FOR YOUR VERY LIFE, TO HAVE EXPLOSIONS INTERRUPT YOUR SLEEP NIGHT AFTER NIGHT, TO HAVE A GUN POINTED AT YOU.
We can never truly know, but there are people who have come to our community who have survived, journeyed great distances and truly deserve to have their story shared, their voice heard. Kickstart Arts and Salamanca Arts Centre’s SPACE Dance Program teamed up to create Breaking, a powerful retelling of refugee stories through contemporary dance, an original new digital and live musical fusion of Hip Hop, Jazz and Classical music played by a fantastic ten piece band, and haunting projected images by artist Jason James. Young and emerging dancers – including The SPACE Dance Program cadets, Ogilvie High School students and community members including children under 10, artists and emerging composer Max Bladel have worked with established artists and internationally renowned choreographer Kelly Drummond Cawthon to make this ground breaking narrative driven dance work. The creating of Breaking was led by three story owners – young people who came here as refugees and are in different stages of their settlement – each having extraordinary experiences to share. Breaking explores some of the complexities of the refugee experience – of leaving your homeland having survived trauma, of making the transition from one culture to another, the sense of relief when you arrive, only to face a new battle - the crazy struggle to fit in.
“By doing this project we wanted to honour them and their families and the immense courage that it continues to require of them to create a new and better life and to survive,” said Kickstart Arts Artistic Director Jami Bladel. “They face racism, lack of understanding, education, social status and family connection, they get called illegal they have little or no English language. The colour of their skin is a problem for many people here in Tasmania, so we wanted to encourage people to get to know the human beings behind the labels”. One of the ways we understand the world better and make it a better place to live in is by coming together, talking and listening. Through the mediums of dance and music, Breaking gives humanity to the statistics and reaches past the media bombardment to get to the real people behind the news bite. Shows like this that grow out of the work of a community deserve to be seen.
Breaking is at The Peacock Theatre Peacock Theatre Salamanca Arts Centre Saturday August 23 - 2PM + 7PM Saturday August 30 - 2PM + 7PM ONLY TWO PERFORMANCES – THIS SHOW WILL SELL OUT. Tickets are $25 and $12 concession and available via www.breaking2014.eventbrite.com. au. Further enquiries to Kickstart Arts (03) 6228 0611 or www.community@kickstart.org.au.
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GIVING VOICE THE MAJOR ART EXHIBITION PRESENTED BY THE SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE IN 2014 IS A BOLD ATTEMPT TO PRESENT ART THAT DEALS WITH DISSENT AND PROTEST. SUCH ART CAN TAKE MANY FORMS AND, WHEN IT WORKS, CAN BE BOTH POWERFUL AND ELOQUENT COMMENT ON COMPLEX AND CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES.
Giving Voice is a diverse collection of powerful art curated by Yvonne Rees-Pagh. Exhibiting artists include Cigdem Aydemir (NSW), James Barker (TAS), Richard Bell (QLD), Pat Hoffie (QLD), Locust Jones (NSW), Megan Keating (TAS), Michael Reed (NZ) and Khaled Sabsabi (NSW). Engaging with racism, fear of the other, the frightening cost of war and issues faced by refugees in Australia now are all given
Image: Megan Keating, The Ministry of Pulp and Smoke 2014
sharp focus. A range of works and ideas demonstrate how powerfully artists engage with real world problems. The singlechannel video work Bombshell playfully explores the image and idea of the burqa as possible terrorist threat while referencing Marilyn Monroe’s iconic dress scene in the Seven Year Itch. Also featured is Richard Bell’s powerful Scratch an Aussie, which demands to be seen, and there’s expressive drawings from Locust Jones who’s Unmediated Media and Everyday Atrocities chronicle and reprocess news coverage of war, globalisation, politics and the environment. Megan Keating’s Chinese heritage extends into her work as an established multidisciplinary artist. The Ministry of Pulp and Smoke draws inspiration from Chinese and Japanese tradition of paper cutting, which has been re-contextualised through installation and animation. New Zealand based art and design teacher, Michael Reed, aligns his work with the long history of printmaking as a vehicle for social and political comment, resulting in a constant series of satirical medallions, works on paper, textiles and carpets. The award-winning Khaled Sabsabi was born in Lebanon and migrated with his family to Australia in 1978 to settle in Western Sydney. His single-channel video Guerrilla 2007 was made in Lebanon and tells three peoples’ stories amidst the rubble of their homes. “For me art making is the aesthetic resistance against the way things are, a constant movement towards pushing limits and testing perceptions, on these fringes or borders is where we learn and find new ways of engaging, because through art it becomes expression and through expression one finds a platform for reason.” – Khaled Sabasi
Giving Voice: The Art Of Dissent Salamanca Arts Centre Long Gallery And Sidespace August 1 – September 14
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TO OZ AND BACK YOU’VE PROBABLY HEARD OF CIRCUS OZ, BUT HAVE YOU EVER SEEN IT? IT’S NOT WHAT YOU EXPECT. WARP GOT ON THE BLOWER TO THE VERY NICE MARK FINCH, CIRCUS OZ’S ARTISTIC DIRECTOR WHO GOT US UP TO SPEED WITH WHAT CIRCUS OZ IS AND THEIR NEW SHOW BUT WAIT … THERE’S MORE! “It’s more like a rock concert with circus skills or, maybe theatre you can barrack for. Before a show starts, performers come into audience and build the excitement. We do really big tricks; people fly into the wings or right out over the audience, we like to get as high in the air as we can It’s always been a very irreverent theatrical offering, and we have a band on stage, there’s always been live and original music since the first Circus Oz show in 1979.” “We have heaps of new performers and new skills in But Wait … There’s More – this show designed from a brand new home for Circus Oz in Collingwood. We’ve head hunted all these fantastic new Australian performers and they are at the very top of the game in a huge range of performance skills; we’ve got the best hip hop, contact juggling, unicycling and heaps more- it’s amazing what these people can do.” Circus Oz has always had a strong commitment to social commentary, and there’ still a bit of politics Mark notes:”it’s still a not-for-profit – it’s still group devised work, and that’s political, in a sense itself, but we also make political jokes in the show – that’s something Circus Oz has always been known for, making jokes about the politics of the day, there’s a little joke at Scott Morrison’s expense in this one, but we also talk about the idea of the world now, how there’s a digital reality and junk media, but underneath that people always want to connect in person –humans want
to get into the same space. I suppose the politics exists on a number of levels – we have an equal number of men and women – but show doesn’t get bogged down in that, it’s funny and that’s important, we try to make a show that works for all ages.” What stands out – what should we look out for at this show? “Gosh! That’s hard, it’s like trying to pick a favourite child – there’s so many bits in this show! There’s an amazing ball juggle act – Olivia juggles like no one you have ever seen – she has sortof invented a bizarre, twitchy form of contact juggling, it’s a unique style to her." “We have a massive song in the finale from the bloke who wrote KEATING THE MUSIC AL – an over the top send up of a huge musicals! – the classic ‘big finale’ but it’s about excess. So it’s massive song that sends up massive song and our culture of excess. It’s really funny and over the top.” ANDREW HARPER
Circus OZ will perform at The Theatre Royal from August 21 - 23, nightly at 7.30pm plus one matinee show on August 23 at 1.30pm. Tickets on sale via the theatre box or online at www. theatreroyal.com.au.
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LONG GALLERY & SIDESPACE Salamanca Arts Centre
Curator Dr Yvonne Rees-Pagh
Arts THEATRE:
BELL SHAKESPEARE’S HENRY V AH, SHAKESPEARE. THE ETERNAL FASCINATION WITH THE WORK OF THIS 16TH CENTURY PLAYWRIGHT IS ONE OF THE CENTRAL PILLARS OF THEATRE IN THE ENGLISH SPEAKING WORLD. HIS PLAYS AND THE UNIVERSAL THEMES THEY CONTAIN FASCINATE MANY AND ARE BEING CONTINUALLY REWORKED AND GIVEN NEW LIFE THROUGH CLEVER INTERPRETATION. BELL SHAKESPEARE PRESENTS A NEW VERSION OF HENRY THE 5TH, ONE OF THE MORE HEROIC EFFORTS BILL THE BARD TURNED OUT. Warp had a pleasant chat with Matthew Backer, one of the actors in this fascinating new production, and it turns out that anyone seeing this version is going to get their understanding of what Shakespeare can be totally changed. “The play is set in a bunker. It’s based around a true story; in 1941, for 57 consecutive nights during the London Blitz, a group of boys trapped in a bunker rehearsed a new play each week and would then perform it for others in the shelter. Our director, Damian Ryan was fascinated by this and it was a big influence on this production, he extrapolated Henry V to 1940s London. The boys – that’s us, the cast - are stuck outside when a raid happens, and they seek shelter in a basement classroom, and to keep themselves entertained and keep their spirits up, they perform Henry V. So there’s a small cast, in a tiny room, and we all play multiple roles in this big heroic history - it’s quite a workout for an actor, everyone is onstage for the whole two and half hours” “It’s everything you want a play to be. The performance is very physical, it has
elements of street theatre; we have to squeeze illusions out of the contents of a basement! The set is tight detailed room; there’s three cupboards that do everything, they become boats, castles, it’s a bit like how kids use their surroundings in any way possible, so it’s very pure form of theatre that engages with the audiences imagination. It’s a tiny set with a huge scope." Henry V the play was traditionally patriotic but it’s also about the futility of child soldiers and the death of children in war, the boys go through the play, and although they are playing, they are also terrified because the Blitz is occurring outside – it’s really intense. ANDREW HARPER
The Bell Shakespeare’s production of Henry V is at The Theatre Royal for three shows only from September 4 – 6. Tickets on sale via the theatre box or online at www.theatreroyal.com.au.
Alderman Doug Chipman, the Mayor of Clarence, said that inspiring young people toward legitimate artistic expression was helped when they are shown that they too are a part of the history of telling stories through their art. “There’s a great gulf between destructive tagging and the development of artistry in our young people. By exploring the history of art styles and adapting the ancient into modern forms we are encouraging participants towards positive creation,” Mayor Chipman said.
ST.ART FESTIVAL – PRIMITIVE 2014 HUMANS LOVE MAKING MARKS ON WALLS. YOU CAN’T STOP THEM DOING IT. HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY TELLS US THAT GRAFFITI AND WALL PAINTING IS A MOST ANCIENT PRACTICE, PERHAPS ONE OF THE MOST ANCIENT. KEEPING THAT IN MIND, THIS YEARS ST.ART FESTIVAL IS ALL ABOUT CAVE ART IN CONTEMPORARY TIMES.
For 2014’s adventure into making street art, ST.ART have teamed up with The Bookend Trust’s ‘Sixteen Legs’ and ‘Cave Art Open’ programs to make street art with a history. The Bookend Trust has Neil Gaiman as one of it’s patrons, and has been sharing cave ecology and biology with young people over 2014, taking people into Tasmania’s caves and making art about what’s to be found inside these places. Leading up this year’s festival, school students have been making contemporary cave art using aerosol spray, charcoal and ochre, creating new forms of cave art. These works will be on display in a special ‘cave’ as part of the festival.
As well as retaining the ST.ART Festival’s favourite components such as free spray, stencilling and dirty car reverse graffiti, the Schoolhouse Gallery and The Barn will be featuring exhibitions inspired by Tasmanian caves and endemic cave spiders. Other new components for this year’s festival include web bombing with Team Textiles, creating spider webs and spiders and a tribal sound track performance by DJ Wax Doctor West.
ST.ART Street Art Festival: Primitive Saturday August 23, 1 -4pm at The Rosny Farm, Rosny
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Arts COMEDY :
MATT OKINE STAND-UP COMEDIAN AND TRIPLE J BREAKFAST HOST MATT OKINE HAS SPENT A DECADE MAKING PEOPLE LAUGH. WITH SOLD OUT SHOWS AND COUNTLESS AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS TO HIS NAME, INCLUDING THE 2013 EDINBURGH COMEDY AWARD FOR BEST NEWCOMER, MATT HAS TAKEN HIS SELF-DEPRECATING HUMOUR ACROSS THE GLOBE. HE’S SET TO BRING IT TO TASSIE ON AUGUST 8 AND 9 AS PART OF HIS NATIONAL TOUR MATT OKINE – LIVE. MATT TELLS WHAT MAKES FUNNY, FUNNY.
WRAPPED UP WITH WORDS HOBART’S OPEN MIC CULTURE IS ON A ROLL; THE LATEST EVENT TO EMERGE AND GROW IS A STORY TELLING SHOW, APTLY NAMED STORYBLANKET. Storyblanket is a night organised and run by local storytelling group, The Tassie Tellers. Each event aims to create a space where people can practice and experience traditional oral storytelling. Since the event began late last year, a huge range of stories have been shared with a growing audience, featuring a remarkable array of yarns. Audiences have been treated to personal tales of Fear & Loathing style adventures of mishap and mayhem, intense stories of being exorcised, true-life tales of growing up in old Hobart Town, and traditional folk tales such as ‘how Raven brought light’ and the tale of why possums live in trees. Storyblanket is fluid and growing with each new show, with the organisers constantly tweaking and refreshing the show; they recently introduced a new segment in which a topic is introduced and audience members are welcomed to jump up on stage and tell a two-minute story around it. There are no limits/rules to creativity when it comes to storytelling -in the future more genres are being introduced like ghost and fairytales. People are also encouraged to get creative as well – if a story requires music or can be best recounted as poetry then that’s very welcome. Tellers have a max of 10 minutes to tell a story either from their own life or from a genre of their choosing. If people wish to tell a story at an upcoming event – you’re incredibly welcome. The Tassie Tellers encourage anyone at all to email them just flick something through to shareyourstoryblanket@gmail.com to express your interest. The next Storyblanket will be at Dicken’s Cider House, Salamanca, on August 6th at 7 pm for a 7:30 start. $5 on door
When did you first realise you were funny?
Have you ever had any dud gigs?
I used to make my mum laugh a lot, and I have memories of making people laugh at school. I liked watching comedy as well – I always thought I was pretty funny.
You usually have at least one stinker a year. It’s usually a combination of everything going wrong – sometimes the sound doesn’t work and the lighting is not great, and you’re just stumbling over jokes and the audience is tired and drunk. When the perfect storm comes along, you walk away thinking, ‘oh man, is it worth living? What is the point?’.
What makes really good comedy? Funny jokes and honesty. I think the main thing is, as long as you know what you’re talking about and you’re being honest to yourself, that’s what people will want to hear. A lot of the time, it’s not about the joke itself, it’s about what parts of you come out in that joke. You’ve performed across places like India, Singapore, and Hong Kong – do people find it easy to get Aussie humour around the world? Australians are very sarcastic and also we can be self-deprecating because we don’t take ourselves too seriously. Sometimes it doesn’t really translate, but most of the time humans are really universal. It does surprise me sometimes that I can tell a joke in Australia and tell a joke in India and get the same response. 26
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What about your best time up on the stage? My very first TV spot on Rove was amazing, and even last year when I did the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala. My mouth went really dry and I was almost in a dreamlike state. I remember thinking, ‘hang on, I used to watch this show when I was ten years old’ and it used to be the highlight of my year when the Melbourne Comedy Festival came on TV. It was almost an out of body experience. You’ve had a good run of comedy over the last decade – how do you keep your sense of humour for so long?
It’s so easy sometimes to think that you’re never going to write a funny joke ever again. Because what could possibly be funny about the world that I haven’t already talked about? And that happens at least once a day. So how do you pick yourself up again? I usually just walk along the street and someone will fall over and you remember that anything can be funny. What can we expect when you come to Tassie? Like an hour of hilarious jokes. I love coming to Tasmania – I have a very sentimental spot for it because it was the last place I went on holiday with my mum before she died back when I was 12. It was one of those spots that, when we were planning the tour, there was no way I was not going to make it. I’m looking forward to it and I think it’ll be a really fun gig. STEPHANIE ESLAKE Matt Okine – Live will hit Launceston’s Fresh on Charles on Friday August 8, and Hobart’s Waratah Hotel on Saturday August 9.
Arts THEATRE:
SWAMP JUICE
Swamp Juice is a one man show by Canadian-born Jeff Achtem who has totally thrown out the rule book when it comes to the way we think of puppetry. He’s on stage, visible the whole time, using puppets made out of bits of junk and filled with hilarious quirky character. There’s no dialogue so anyone at all can get along and see the spectacle; don’t assume the show is just for children, this is one anyone can enjoy.
GET READY TO GET LOST IN A SWAMP FULL OF SHADOW UPPETS WHEN YOU CHECK OUT THE AMAZING SWAMP JUICE. IN A TOTALLY NEW SHOW THAT TURNS THE NOTION OF SHADOW PUPPETS TOTALLY BACK-TOFRONT, YOU FOLLOW ONE BLOKE DEEP INTO A MAGICAL SWAMP AND MEET THE CRAZED INHABITANTS.
The Swamp is filled with bizarre beasts – arguing snails, leaping monsters, Jellyfish hanging over you r head, birds feeding their chicks and it all builds up to a totally amazing 3D finale that uses the entire space in a way you will have never seen before. Swamp Juice won a Total Theatre award at the 2011 Edinbrugh Fringe and has gathered five star reviews wherever it’s played, so it’s guaranteed that you’ll get a huge kick from this totally unique puppetry work. Swamp Juice plays at the Theatre Royal Backspace so seating is mega-limited, there’s concessions for groups and the swamp is only accessible for three nights.
SWAMP JUICE Theatre Royal Backspace September 4 -6 www.theatreroyal.com.au for more information and bookings
FILM:
STRANGER WITH MY FACE 2014 THE FESTIVAL THAT CELEBRATES WOMEN IN HORROR IS BACK FOR 2014 AND HAS A SPECIAL TREAT FROM THE MURKY DEPTHS OF AUSTRALIAN CINEMA: CELIA.
A hard-to-pigeon hole film from 1989, it tells the story of a rebellious child growing up in Melbourne in the 1950s, in a community gripped by paranoia about ‘reds under the bed’. Her fear and confusion come to a head when a government ban on rabbits robs of her beloved pet, and fantasy and reality begin to merge. “It’s actually not exactly a horror film, despite the fact that it was renamed Celia: Child of Terror for release in North America,” says festival director Briony Kidd. “But it’s a dark, very powerful story with fantasy elements. It encapsulates what our festival is about, in terms of the idea of entertainment as response to personal and political struggle. It’s also just a superb piece of filmmaking.” The Stranger With My Face Horror Film Festival in Hobart, Tasmania, features a shorts film program, the awards night of the 48-Hour Tasploitaiton Challenge and the Tasmanian Gothic Script Challenge, and a range of talks, workshops, panels and events. The festival’s principle supporter this year is Screen Tasmania. The full program is available online now at www.strangerwithmyface.com.
ALL SEVEN HARRY POTTER BOOKS IN SEVENTY HILARIOUS MINUTES!
Stranger With My Face 2014 runs from August 21 - 24.
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Arts IN THE STUDIO:
CATHERINE WOO CATHERINE WOO HAS BEEN MAKING SOME ART. NO BIG SURPRISE THERE, SHE’S A DECENT ARTIST. WHAT IS INTERESTING IS WHAT HERE NEW WORKS IS AND HOW SHE MADE IT.
“These new works are evidence, I suppose, of my interaction with some natural processes, I incorporated some elements of the weather. I turned some guttering into my studio, letting the rain in, and that’s changed how I feel a bit about water and weather, to have it coming inside. It’s REALLY cold in there now! I use rain that comes into the studio in different ways – when I set up water pourers it sets up waves, and I am also using wind vibration outside the studio to affect the way the images occur. My perception of water changed tremendously by interacting with rain, rather than coming out of the tap.” Is this uncomfortable? “It’s no more uncomfortable than most of my processes – I uses process that are somewhat chaotic, what I have been trying to do is give control away, or work within a chaotic framer work, collaborate, I think, with the way things act naturally. I guess collaborating is the best term, I’ve tried to bring – a lack of control, what is the opposite of control? I am trying to give up control but I’m trying to predict outcomes. Working with water you throw a lot out the window, and a lot of what I do come from accidents. I’m setting up interactions between myself and process, and unpredicted things occur. “When you have control, you experiment in a methodical manner, yet many discoveries comes from accidents. t I am setting up interactions that create physical phenomena – it’s me in conjunction with something, and the image produced is, say a wave form or perhaps some cracking Sometimes we re-examine the world, and how we interact with it; we usually shut weather out but I let it in! - It’s underlying
thought or premise of how we view the world, and I wanted to change that a little bit and see what the result was, and it is not entirely natural and not entirely made by me. I want the paintings not to be my view, but my interaction with it, with the world, with this natural phenomenon – so I do see it as a collaboration. So, where next with this fascinating investigation? “I just want to keep on going, I want to make larger works. What I’d like is a bigger studio! What I’d really like to do is take this process into a landscape, I want to go to somewhere and set up processes in the landscape where I’d be using strictly local material, used on site, incorporating the weather activating process on site . “I’d like a series of elements an activators and I would be putting them together but there is always something beyond control. I don’t want these things. I don’t want predictability” ANDREW HARPER
The results of Catherine’s collaboration with Tasmania’s weather are quite stunning, and you can see them at Constance ARI as part of Paintface, a series of exhibitions and events about paint and it’s many uses, from August 8 - 30. This is really special stuff, so get along, There’s even a closing party on August 29, which will be quite the shindig.
Salamanca Arts Centre & Mobile States presents
Chunky Move’s
Keep Everything 6-9 Aug 2014
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Arts
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146 ARTSPACE 31 July – 28 August Scheme
ACADEMY GALLERY Tasmanian College of the Arts, (Inveresk) 29 July – 21 September Luminous World: contemporary art form the Wesfarmers Collection
COMEDY
SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE PEACOCK THEATRE
SOHO 6 Aug Cloud Comedy 3 September Cloud Comedy
BRAVE ART GALLERY (Longford) August So Far So Good group show
DICKENS CIDER HOUSE 14 August Uber Comedy Hobart
6 – 9 August Chunky Move Keep Everything 7- 8 August Disclosed (a performance in three cells) 23 August Kickstart presents Breaking 30 August Kickstart presents Breaking
BURNIE REGIONAL GALLERY 5 July – 14 September ArtRAge 2013 18 August – 14 September Primary Kaleidoscope
THE WARATAH 9 August The Clubhouse presents: Matt Okine
ART MOB 1 – 17 August DACOU Dreaming 29 August - 7 September Quela’s Eden BETT GALLERY 1 – 29 August Jane Burton CONTEMPORARY ART TASMANIA 9 August – 7 September Subtle COLVILLE GALLERY 25 July – 13 August Ruth Frost 15 August – 3 September Milan Milojevic DESPARD 6 August – 1 September Drawing Now DUNALLEY WATERFRONT CAFE August Michele Wilkie HANDMARK 25 July – 12 August Ella Noonan 14 August – 10 September Josh Foley INKA 24 July – 13 August Deb St Leger 14 August – 3 September John Karafyllis MONA Until 8 Sept The Red Queen PENNY CONTEMPORARY 18 July – 13 August Meg Cowell ROUND ROOM GALLERY (The Homestead 304 Elizabeth st, Nth Hobart) until 10 Aug Carol Maney. 13 August – 14 September Museum Patterns, Lucy Hawthorn.
DESIGN TASMANIA 30 May – 24 August Focus on Glass: Glass Manifesto DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY 28 June – 10 August Fashion Fancies 16 August – 28 September Josh Foley GALLERY PEJEAN ^ - 30 August Landscapes 2014 HANDMARK EVANDALE 10 August – 10 September Robyn McKinnon QVMAG 22 February – 22 March 2015 Vincent McGratt Until 19 October Fred Williams SAWTOOTH 4 – 26 July FRONT GALLERY: Matthew Newton and Sarah Rhodes NEW MEDIA GALLERY: I Heart Video Art Curated by ANCA Gallery (ACT) MIDDLE GALLERY: Helene Weeding PROJECT GALLERY: Neil Grose
NORTH COMEDY
DOCTOR SYNTAX 29 August The Doctor’s Best Medicine
DICKENS CIDERHOUSE
THE BRISBANE 28 August The Comedy Forge
FRESH ON CHARLES
FILM CINEMONA Until 10 August Verdi’s Rigoletto From 23rd August Verdi’s Otello
THEATRE
13 August Uber Comedy
8 August Fresh Comedy presents: Matt Okine
BURNIE ARTS AND FUNCTION CENTRE 21 August The Kransky Sisters
DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE 20 August The Kransky Sisters
THEATRE
PLAYHOUSE 8 – 16 August Hobart Rep presents Journey’s End
PRINCESS THEATRE
POP-UP THEATRE No.1
EARL ARTS CENTRE
28 August – 7 September The Berry Man
THEATRE ROYAL 15 – 16 August The 39 Steps 21 – 23 August Circus Oz 4 -6 September Swamp Juice (in Theatre Royal Backspace) 4 – 6 September Henry V
21- 23 August Godspell
25 Jul – 2 Aug Launceston Players presents Steel Magnolias
BURNIE ARTS AND FUNCTION CENTRE 1 – 2 September Swamp Juice
DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE 15 August Barassi the stage show
ROSNY BARN - SCHOOLHOUSE GALLERY 18 July – 10 August Peter Tankey and Aaron Wasil 16 – 24 August Sixteen Legs: enter the cave 29 August – 2 October Blake Prize Touring Exhibition TMAG 30 May – 14 Sept Pat Brassington
WARP RECOMMENDS…
Scratch An Aussie
Usually Warp thinks you should go see whole shows and you should see the show this is part of (Giving Voice at The Salamanca Arts Centre), but this video work by Richard Bell is so amazing that you are pretty much required to see it. It might be the most important single art work produced in Australia in the last ten years, because it goes straight to the core of the national shame: Australia’s treatment of Aboriginal people. What’s special about this work is how Bell gets there and what he does once he arrives: he uses comedy. Scratch an Aussie is funny, and a powerful testament to what satire really is: a weapon. True contemporary art by one of our finest current practicing artists, who knows exactly how to screw around with his audience. Miss this one at your peril. Scratch an Aussie is part of Giving Voice at the Salamanca Art Centre. www.facebook.com/warp.mag 29
STREET ART FESTIVAL 23 AUGUST 1–4PM @ ROSNY FARM
Exhibitions — 16 Legs, Enter the
Cave and Cave Art
Things to make and do — free spray
with prizes, stencilling, web bombing, dirty car reverse graffiti, free BBQ
Live music — DJ Wax Doctor West www.ccc.tas.gov.au/start // 6245 8638 // artsandevents@ccc.tas.gov.au
Cd Reviews
Following the universal success of 2011’s El Camino, it was always going to interesting to see how The Black Keys Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney approached their new release, Turn Blue. Comparing the two releases is akin to comparing apples and oranges- both full of tasty goodness for completely different reasons. As El Camino is a rocking punch to the throat, Turn Blue is moody and broods openly.
BLACK KEYS, THE TURN BLUE
PARQUET COURTS
Turn Blue is introspective, it never becomes morose and closer track (which has single stamped all over it) 'Gotta Get Away' is an upbeat, door slamming kiss-off which high steps it’s way into the nearest dive bar.
The album lacks the immediate hip shakeability factor of its predecessor, but as a slow burner it sears its place into the listener’s memory. It certainly is a work that reaches its full power when played in full, rather than picked apart for single tracks. Teaming up again with long time producer Brian Burton (Danger Mouse), Turn Blue is polished but never becomes overly slick, leaving rough edges where they should be.
break up. It’s a haunting album that stretches the limits of fuzzy blues and infuses elements of raw rock n roll, deep bites of soul and even touches of bleary eyed disco. Turn Blue is a genius work of heartbreaking subtlety that calls the listener over and over like a siren calls a ship to the rocks. MADISON THOMAS
An intensely personal album, Auerbach’s lyrics pull no punches and at times one can’t help but feel a tad voyeuristic while enjoying the fruits of a clearly painful
TUNE YARDS NIKKI NACK
HITS
HIKIKOMORI
THE ANTLERS FAMILIARS
SUNBATHING ANIMAL
Parquet Courts return with their third fulllength release Sunbathing Animal. Their second effort Light Up Gold was met with huge acclaim and last year’s Tally All The Things You Broke EP showed the New York four-piece stretching their influences. This new one still partially owes to groups like Pavement, Wire and The Velvet Underground but there are some longer, more sprawling tracks and overall it’s more elaborate than the streamlined Light Up Gold. This time, trading in some of the easy-going catchiness of the last album for some variety. Although it’s not quite as immediate, there are plenty of vivid ideas at play as well as a more introspective take on their eccentric lyricism. Credit is due to the band for not losing their sound in the increased ambition and for successfully delivering a fresh record off the back of their hype. They made a well-timed return to Australia to play at this year’s Splendour in the Grass in July. Sunbathing Animal is out now on Rough Trade / Remote Control. Alex Laird - Music Director Edge Radio 99.3FM
Tune Yards (Merrill Garbus) has been busy on the road promoting her new album Nikki Nack. Even if you’d wanted a ticket for the two Melbourne appearances, you would’ve been disappointed. They both sold out. Nikki Nack reminds me of the days when you got the complete package in an album. Tunes that would/could carry you across the album for 45 minutes, great presentation cover, liner notes of good stuff, original artwork and music right on the edge of leading us to the new way of making that music. The 16 page booklet includes lots of info about the players, songs, photography and original artwork ideas. I picked the fourth track ‘Real Thing’ at random to start listening. Merrill Garbus in full flight, as anticipated, around the drums, percussion, bass etc. The real surprise was Merrill doing her own backing vocals. If you want to ‘find a new way’ it must include the ‘real thing’ (not so much the soft drink), when ‘looking around’…’wait for a minute’ in a ‘rocking chair’ and to be sure something will be ‘left behind’. Other notable tracks include ‘Water Fountain’, ‘Hey Life’ and ‘Time Of Dark’, all providing a time for reflection. Mig Loo/JamesT - Dr0p0ut to be iN, Sundays at 8am on Edge Radio 99.3FM
Hikikomori is a Japanese condition characterised by severe self-imposed social isolation. It is also the title of Brisbane band Hits’ second album, which sounds anything but socially isolated. These 11 rock ‘n’ roll songs (produced by Rob Younger of the New Christs and Radio Birdman) are extroverted, hairy, fullygrogged and fun at parties. Hikikomori is full of obvious songs that also happen to be obviously bloody good. I’m a big fan of the shamelessly catchy riff. Sometimes subtlety is a sucky thing to listen to. Hits don’t hide their melodies in over-thought; they display them proudly like a man in tiny denim shorts. The songs of Hikikomori are as ballsy as Randy in that episode of South Park where he puts his testicles in the microwave. Similarly, Hits don’t hide what they want to say in shirking metaphors. If singer Evil Dick thinks you drink too much and talk too much he’ll sing exactly that. Kicking off with ‘Bullet Train’ the album throbs throughout. The furthest North I’ve lived is Lismore, but if ‘He Died With A Felafel In His Hand’ is the diary of the quintessential sweaty, constantly mildly irate, share-housing Brisbanite, then Hikikomori could just be the soundtrack. Richard Cuskelly – Down the Drain, Mondays at 10pm on Edge Radio 99.3FM
The Antlers are a New York based threepiece indie rock band, and Familiars is the band’s fifth studio album release. The band’s founder, lead singer and lyricist, Peter Silberman initially released two solo efforts, with the band’s third album, Hospice, marking the transition to a three man ensemble with the addition of musicians Michael Lerner and Darby Cicci. The Antlers' material has evolved into an accomplished expression of musicianship, and this is evident on their latest release. A range of instruments is used on Familiars, and the melodies have a pleasant, soothing quality. Unfortunately, the album’s morose, repetitive lyrics, and uninspiring vocals add nothing to its polished musical background. The lyrics of all nine songs – what you can understand of them – are relentlessly depressing, and sung in an appropriately depressing way. Silberman seems to have an obsession with death and its trappings. The songs are like a vocal rendition of a misery-obsessed dirge, with a clear underlying message that life is meaningless. If you want to listen to something that won’t make you want to go to bed and stay there forever, then perhaps you should give it a miss. Frederic Moll – An Hour With…, Tuesdays at 2pm on Edge Radio 99.3FM
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Event Guide
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Grand Poobah
Subsketch, The Cards, Alvy Singer and DJ Rola in the Kissing Room
Grand Poobah
South Island Siren Bout Afterparty with DJ Carvis Jocker, LED Meter & Funknukl in the Main Room
Home Hill Winery
Mozart & Francaix 11am DJ B-Rex
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
(back) Monique Brumby
Brisbane Hotel
(front) The Out of Towners + Heart Beach + Bansheeland + Hands Yolo (DJ) + Booj Van Oprah (DJ Debut)
C Bar
The Goodfellas
Cargo Bar Pizza Lounge
Jim King
Observatory Main Room
Dickens Ciderhouse
Paper Souls, Kelly Menhennett and Siobhan Corcoran 7:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Coolio + Dameza 10pm
The Homestead
Hannah May Cowley EP Launch + Coolio Afterparty
Grand Poobah
Ursine, Smokestack, Verticoli & Courtney Schmidt (Jugular Man)
Wrest Point Show Room
Busby Marou - My Second Mistake Tour 7:15pm
Wunderland
Tom & Nick’s Wunderland 51st Birthday Bonanza! Feat. Pearly Whites + Dawnfield + Clay Soldier + The Astro & Crixus Funk Experience + DJ Paddy Duke 9pm
Jack Greene
Tony Mak
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Mental As Anything + Spiral Kites 10pm
Tattersalls Beer & Food Hall
Radio Silence + The Surreal Estate Agents + Staircase 9pm
Telegraph Hotel
Mick Clennett / Dr Fink
The Homestead
The Roobs + The Black Morning Band 9pm
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
Bingo w/ Ramblin Ryan
C Bar
Tony Voglino
Cargo Bar Pizza Lounge
Sam Stuart / DJ Millhouse
Jack Greene
Tim Hibberd / Tony Mak
Republic Bar & Café
The Elliots 9pm
Shene, Pontville
Mozart & Francaix 11am
The Coterie (Coal Valley Vineyard)
Louise Goich 1:30pm
The Homestead
Ben Lawless
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Sundays with Reggae Ink 3pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randall
Republic Bar & Café
Michael Priest + Bianca Clennett 8:30pm
Wrest Point
Mojo 11:30am & James Maddock Swing 3 6:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo
Republic Bar & Café
The Baker Boys 8:30pm
Tattersalls Beer & Food Hall
Quiz Night! Followed by DJ 6:30pm
Wrest Point
Acoustic Roosters 11:30am & Mojo 6:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Tony Voglino
Dickens Ciderhouse
Story Blanket 7pm
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ Zankbank
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Brad Gillies & Dan Hughes 8:30pm
Tattersalls Beer & Food Hall
Game Night! 7pm
The Homestead
DJ Funknukl
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Wrest Point
Acoustic Roosters 11:30am & James Maddock Swing 3 6:30pm
Wrest Point Ent. Centre
Take Me Home - The Music & Life of John Denver 7:15pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Brisbane Hotel
The Beards + Franky Walnut
Republic Bar & Café
Art Vs Science + Greta + Jesse B 9pm
The Homestead
Bill Longo
Wrest Point
Acoustic Roosters 11:30am & James Maddock Swing 3 6:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
FRONT - Lucky Dips + Mess O’Reds + Battered Sav
Brisbane Hotel
BACK - Matthew Brown + Louise Love + Work Ethic + Time Urgency (backroom) Matthew Brown + Louise Love + Work Ethic + Time Urgency
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
10 Birdcage Bar
Brissie Residency w/ Black Mourning Band
C Bar
The Docters Rocksters
Republic Bar & Café
Wahbash Ave 8:30pm
The Coterie (Coal Valley Vineyard)
Alan Gogoll 1:30pm
The Homestead
Julia Henning (Adelaide)
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Sundays with Reggae Ink 3pm
11 Birdcage Bar
Friday
Saturday
Billy & Randall
Republic Bar & Café
Quiz Night 8:15pm
Wrest Point
Mojo 11:30am & James Maddock Swing 3 6:30pm
12 Birdcage Bar
Sambo
Republic Bar & Café
Thomas West 8:30pm
Tattersalls Beer & Food Hall
Quiz Night! Followed by DJ 6:30pm
Wrest Point
Acoustic Roosters 11:30am & Mojo 6:30pm
Wednesday 13 Birdcage Bar
Thursday
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
Tony Voglino
Dickens Ciderhouse
Alan Gogoll 7pm
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ Zankbank
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Billy Whitton & Aaron Entresz 8:30pm
Tattersalls Beer & Food Hall
Game Night! 7pm
The Homestead
DJ Tommy Corrosive
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Wrest Point
Mojo 11:30am & James Maddock Swing 3 6:30pm
14 Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Brisbane Hotel
Glen Moorhouse & The Dog Line
Dickens Ciderhouse
Uber Comedy 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Dan Barnett + Tricia Evy 9pm
The Homestead
BlueFlies
Wrest Point
Acoustic Roosters 11:30am & Mojo 6:30pm
15 Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
AMPOCALYPSE 8 - Gorefield (QLD) + Atomic Death Squad (vic) + Taberah + Randomorder + Abraxxas (vic) + Lady Crimson + Backlash + Illustrator + DJ Angie Climax
C Bar
Tim & Scott
Dickens Ciderhouse
Magnus 7:30pm
Grand Poobah
Sugar Fed Leopards, Work Ethic and Straddlepuss in the Main Room
Grand Poobah
Chasing Ghosts, Seth Henderson, Heath Anthony & Will Gammidge in the Kissing Room
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ Magneetis
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Boil Up (Reggae) 10pm
The Homestead
Johnny McIntyre
Wrest Point
Acoustic Roosters 8:30pm
16 Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
ALL AGES - Hobart Zombie March Base Camp Revival w/ Atomic Death Squad + Abraxxas + Lab A + Dawn of Your Discontent
Brisbane Hotel
18+ - BACK - All Seeing Hand (NZ) + Pinchgut + Power Nap + ALL The Weathers
Brisbane Hotel
BACK - Chasing Ghosts
C Bar
The Robinsons
Dickens Ciderhouse
Dan Pastoor 8pm
Grand Poobah
East Brunswick All Girls Choir, Naked, Heart Beach & Ragtime Frank
C Bar
DJ Gezza
Dickens Ciderhouse
Sam Gobbey 7:30pm
Federation Concert Hall
Dvoraks Cello Concerto 7:30pm
Grand Poobah
Yash, B Film & The Cannibalistic Po Howard Band & Eden
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ Magneetis
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Art Vs Science + Greta + Sexy Lucy 10pm
The Homestead
Rawthentic
Wrest Point
Acoustic Roosters 8:30pm
MONA
Synaesthesia + 3pm
Wrest Point Show Room
Dan Sultan with Special Guests Stonefield & Way of the Eagle (DJ Set) 7:30pm
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
After Art vs Science party with DJ Luen (Sydney) + guests 11pm $10
Republic Bar & Café
Sugartrain 10pm
The Homestead
Ryanosaurus, Electrocado + Locals
Wunderland 9
Acts / Start Time Alan Gogoll 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Brisbane Hotel
Saturday
Venue Dickens Ciderhouse
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
FRONT - Late Night Krackieoke w/ MC Go Go Gorilla Biscuits!
Sunday
17 Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Residency w/ Black Mourning Band
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo w/ Ramblin Ryan Tony Voglino
Brisbane Hotel
BACK - Ride the Tiger (EP Launch) + Knifehands + Rhino
C Bar MONA
Synaesthesia + 11am
C Bar
Tony Voglino
Republic Bar & Café
Billy Longo 8:30pm
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Date
Monday
Tuesday
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Venue
Acts / Start Time
The Coterie (Coal Valley Vineyard)
Sticks & Kane 1:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Peter Hicks And The Blue Licks 8:30pm
The Homestead
Kids Karnival
The Coterie (Coal Valley Vineyard)
Hui & The Muse 1:30pm
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Sundays with Reggae Ink 3pm
The Homestead
Alma Da Vida
Billy & Randall
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Sundays with Reggae Ink 3pm
18 Birdcage Bar Republic Bar & Café
Pat Bereche 8:30pm
Wrest Point
Mojo 11:30am & James Maddock Swing 3 6:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Quiz Night 8:15pm
Wrest Point Ent. Centre
Courtney Love - You Know My Name 7:15pm
Wrest Point
Mojo 11:30am & James Maddock Swing 3 6:30pm
19 Birdcage Bar
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Sambo
Monday
Tuesday
25 Birdcage Bar
26 Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randall
Sambo
Brisbane Hotel
Quiz-A-Saurus
Brisbane Hotel
Beer Pong!
Republic Bar & Café
Hui And The Muse 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
The Sign 9pm
Tattersalls Beer & Food Hall
Quiz Night! Followed by DJ 6:30pm
Tattersalls Beer & Food Hall
Quiz Night! Followed by DJ 6:30pm
Wrest Point
Mojo 11:30am & Acoustic Roosters 6:30pm
The Homestead
Naked Girls Reading
Tony Voglino
Wrest Point
Mojo 11:30am & Acoustic Roosters 6:30pm
Wednesday 20 Birdcage Bar
Thursday
Date
Brisbane Hotel
Side Show Cabaret
Dickens Ciderhouse
Alan Gogoll 7pm
Dickens Ciderhouse
Sam Gobbey + Special Guest 7pm
Grand Poobah
The Jed Appleton Band, Dark Matter of Story Telling
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ Zankbank
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ Zankbank
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Rory Ellis 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Mike Elrington 8:30pm
Tattersalls Beer & Food Hall
Game Night! 7pm
Tattersalls Beer & Food Hall
Game Night! 7pm
The Homestead
DJ Poncho
The Homestead
Tendekasha
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Wrest Point
Wrest Point
Acoustic Roosters 11:30am & James Maddock Swing 3 6:30pm
Acoustic Roosters 11:30am & James Maddock Swing 3 6:30pm
21 Birdcage Bar
Wednesday 27 Birdcage Bar
Thursday
28 Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Glen Challice
Glen Challice
Brisbane Hotel
The Comedy Forge
Republic Bar & Café
Alex Watts Duo 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Dave Wilson Band 8:30pm
Telegraph Hotel
Sarah McLeod
The Homestead
The Aly Patmore Trio
The Homestead
Josh Rennie-Hynes (Brisbane)
Wrest Point
Mojo 11:30am & Acoustic Roosters 6:30pm
Wrest Point
Acoustic Roosters 11:30am & Mojo 6:30pm
Wrest Point Ent. Centre
Oh What A Night 7:15pm
22 Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
C Bar
Sambo
Dickens Ciderhouse
Siobhan Corcoran + Special Guest 7:30pm
Federation Concert Hall
Pictures At An Exhibition 6pm
Federation Concert Hall
Free Lunchtime Piano Recital 1pm
Grand Poobah
Alex Watts (vic), Paper Souls & Dawnfield in the Kissing Room
Friday
29 Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
BRUTAL METAL 5 WAY BIRTHDAY BASH! w/ Carnal (NZ) + GAPE + Morbid Anal (vic) + Ruins + Departe + Nosce Teipsum
C Bar
Tim & Scott
Dickens Ciderhouse
Dave Sikk Quartet 7:30pm
Federation Concert Hall
Mahler’s Vienna 7:30pm
Observatory
Allison Wonderland Diesel Singles Tour 9:30pm
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ Magneetis
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Republic Bar & Café
Kav Temperly (Eskimo Joe) + Reuben Koops + Sam Cole 10pm
The Homestead
Violet Swells, Teens of Thailand + Phosphenes
Wrest Point
Acoustic Roosters 8:30pm
The Homestead
Way Too Many DJs
Wrest Point
Acoustic Roosters 8:30pm
Wrest Point Show Room
The Kransky Sisters 7:15pm
Saturday
30 Birdcage Bar
Tony Voglino
Brisbane Hotel
Powernap + Violet Swells + Peter Charles McPherson
Jason Patmore
C Bar
Glen Challice
Brisbane Hotel
Manchester Mourning + Lucky Dips + Peter Charles McPherson (Album Launch) + J Robert Youngtown
Dickens Ciderhouse
Billy Whitton 8pm
Grand Poobah
C Bar
Manhattan
Strathmore, Del Lago, Fatty Esther and Hounds of Hiroshima in the Kissing Room
Dickens Ciderhouse
Josh Durno + Dominic Francis 7:30pm
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Kite String Triangle + Flamingo + Kowl 10pm
Republic Bar & Café
The White Rose Project + LEWES (ep launch) + Stalking Ella Scott + Ben Lawless 10pm
The Homestead
The Lawless Quartet
The Homestead
Boil Up
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo w/ Ramblin Ryan
Wrest Point Ent. Centre
Kevin Bloody Wilson - First of the Final Farewell Tours… Perhaps! 7:15pm
C Bar
Colin Harvey
Jason Patmore
Republic Bar & Café
Hot August Jazz Festival 2pm Alan Gogoll 1:30pm
23 Birdcage Bar
24 Birdcage Bar
Sunday
31 Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Residency w/ Black Mourning Band (Final)
The Coterie (Coal Valley Vineyard)
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo w/ Ramblin Ryan
The Homestead
Tim Roze
C Bar
Billy Whitton
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Sundays with Reggae Ink 3pm
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Event Guide
Launceston Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Club 54
Luca Brasi + The Bennies + Clowns + Reggae Ink
The Royal Oak
Mick Attard
Country Club
Celtic Force 7pm
Tonic Bar
Take 2/DJ Loco
The Royal Oak
Rory Ellis
Watergarden Bar
Colin Harvey
Tonic Bar
Matthew Garwood
The Royal Oak
Open Folk Session
Watergarden Bar
Proud Phoneys
AUGUST Saturday
Sunday
2
3
Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Thursday
28 The Royal Oak
Scott Haigh
Friday
29 Club 54
Strathmore + Del Lago + Shark Puncher + Bennylava
Saturday
30 Club 54
The Mornings + Supports
Tuesday
5
Country Club
Take Me Home - The Music & Life of John Denver 7:30pm
Country Club
Celtic Force 2pm & 7pm
Wednesday
6
Club 54
Trivial Pursuits
The Royal Oak
The Max Hillman Show Band
The Irish
Paper Souls + Kelly Menhennett (SA)
Tonic Bar
Take 2
The Royal Oak
James Fitch
Watergarden Bar
Andy & The Woodman
Watergarden Bar
Trevor Weaver
Thursday
7
Tonic Bar
Clinton Paddison
Friday
8
Club 54
Spicer + Gypsy + Vastra + Papashango + Jack McLaine
The Royal Oak
Danni and Andy
Tonic Bar
Sean Mack
Watergarden Bar
Jerome Hillier
Club 54
Chase City + Teens of Thailand + A Day From Tonight + Radio Silence
Country Club
Dan Sultan with Special Guests Stonefield & Way of the Eagle (DJ Set) 7:30pm
Fresh on Charles
Julia Henning (SA) + Paper Souls + Kelly Menhennett (SA)
The Royal Oak
The Beards
Tonic Bar Watergarden Bar
Saturday
Sunday
9
10 Christ Church, Longford
31 The Royal Oak
Blues Session @ 12, Open Folk Session @ 5
NORTHWEST Date
CITY
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Brofriendman
Burnie
The Butter Factory
Mental As Anything
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Clay Soldier
Matthew Garwood
Devonport
Molly Malones
That 80’s Band
Nic & Carmel
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Rock Pigs
AUGUST Friday
Saturday
1
2
Mozart & Francaix 7pm 6
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Trivia
The Round & Round: Denni Sulzberger + Lisa Tedeschi + Nick Bennett + Johnny Atkins
Thursday
7
Devonport
Molly Malones
Jerome Hillier
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Dan Bicanski
The Royal Oak
Andy Collins
Friday
8
Devonport
The Ringmasters
Watergarden Bar
Rino & Jade
Tapas Lounge Bar
Saturday
9
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Jerome Hillier
13 Club 54
Open Folk Session
Thursday
14 The Royal Oak
The Ultimate Yyan Experience
Friday
15 Club 54
Turbulence + Element + Nick Bennett + Molly & Erin
Devonport
Molly Malones
The Midnight Flyers
The Royal Oak
Electric Boogaloo
Devonport
The Unit
Tonic Bar
Sambo
Tapas Lounge Bar
Watergarden Bar
Matthew Garwood
Saturday
16 Club 54
Monte + Lyke Giants + Bansheeland + Marty Kooistra
Tonic Bar
Well Strung
Watergarden Bar
Sambo
Sunday
17 The Royal Oak
Open Folk Session
Wednesday
20 Club 54
Thump
Country Club
Kevin Bloody Wilson - First of the Final Farewell Tours… Perhaps!
Watergarden Bar
Rino & Jade
Thursday
21 Country Club
Kevin Bloody Wilson - First of the Final Farewell Tours… Perhaps!
Friday
22 Club 54
The Dog Line + 7th Street Entry + Hounds of Hiroshima + Tiarni Cane
Saturday
Country Club
Kevin Bloody Wilson - First of the Final Farewell Tours… Perhaps!
The Royal Oak
Josh Rennie-Hynes
Tonic Bar
Tony & The Unknown
Watergarden Bar
Nic & Carmel
23 Club 54
Younger Dryas + The Embers + Brad Gillies & Dan Hughes + Trolley Dog & The Dog Squad + Jimmi The Crab (Crab DJ’s)
Country Club
The Kransky Sisters 7:30pm
Fresh on Charles
Guthrie + The Vedders + Bansheeland + Jimi Steele 9pm
The Royal Oak
Mike Ellrington
Tonic Bar
Gypsy Rose
Watergarden Bar
Clay Soldier
Sunday
24 The Royal Oak
Open Folk Session
Wednesday
27 Club 54
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Sunday
10 Burnie
Burnie Arts and Function Centre
Mozart & Francaix 2pm
Wednesday
13 Ulverstone
Gnomon Pavilion
Dan Barnett + Tricia Evy 7pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Open Mic
14 Devonport
Molly Malones
Sambo
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Matt & CJ
Friday
15 Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Sheyanna Band
Saturday
16 Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Trevor Weaver
Devonport
Molly Malones
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Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Ringmasters
21 Devonport
Molly Malones
Proud Phoneys
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Mike Elrington
Friday
22 Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Ringmasters
Saturday
23 Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Nic & Carmel
Devonport
Molly Malones
Ball & Chain
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Unit
28 Devonport
Molly Malones
Brett Collidge
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Evil Cisum
Friday
29 Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Rock Pigs
Saturday
30 Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Brett Collidge
Thursday
Thursday
Thursday
Thump2
Devonport
Molly Malones
Gypsy Rose
The Royal Oak
Open Mic Night
Devonport
The Ringmasters
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino
Tapas Lounge Bar
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