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JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL KICKSTART ARTS LAZER BABY THE CACTUS CHANNEL
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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10 tickets: republicbar.com
Just Anounced JEBEDIAH 20th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
Thursady 3rd September $35pre/$40door
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Sunday 9 Aug
Asta Saturday 15 Aug
Holy Holy Friday 28 Aug
Megan Washington Saturday 29 Aug
August 2015 The Sign 8.30pm Tuesday 4 KashKin + Stickrad 8.30pm Wednesday 5 republic adve The Bone Rattlers + The Raccoons 9pm Thursday 6 Boil up (Reggae & Funk) $5 10pm Friday 7 The Comedy Clubhouse Upstairs With Matt Okine $20 6pm & 4 Letter Fish $20 10pm Saturday 8 Sunday Swap & Sale Clothing Market 2pm & Jon Spencer Blues Explosion + Native Cats $45pre/$50door 9pm Sun 9 Quiz Night - New Comers Welcome 8.15pm Monday 10 The Darlings 8.30pm Tuesday 11 Hobart Reggae Inc 9pm Wednesday 12 Lloyd Spiegel $15 9pm Thursday 13 HAU (Koolism) Kill.I.Am Tour $15pre/$20door 10pm Friday 14 Asta - Dynamite Tour + Chase City + Peak Body $20pre/$25door 10pm Saturday 15 TJ Rhythm 8.30pm Sunday 16 Dan Vandermeer 8:30pm Monday 17 G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin' Blues 8:30pm Tuesday 18
Slyde 8.30pm Wednesday 19 Billy Whitton & The Blue Angels 8.30pm Thursday 20 King Parrot + Mephistopheles + Randomorder $20pre/$25door 10pm Friday 21 Comedy Clubhouse Upstairs With Josh Earl $20 6pm Miami Horror + JOY + Young Franco + Cleopold $25pre/$30door Saturday 22 Beergarden Party With Mo Joes Blues Band & Free Slow Charcoal Roasted Beef 3pm Peter Hicks & The Blues Licks 8.30pm Sunday 23 Pat Bereche 8.30pm Monday 24 Ross Sermon 8pm Tuesday 25 The Bobcats 8:30pm Wednesday 26 El Grande + Lewes + The Surreal Estate Agents 9pm Thursday 27 Holy Holy + Violet Swells $20pre/$25door 10pm Friday 28 Megan Washington + The Tambourine Girls $30pre/$35door 10pm Saturday 29 Hot August Jazz Festival (Free Event, Finishes at Midnight) 2pm Sunday 30 Quiz Night - New Comers Welcome 8:15pm Monday 31
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ALPINE • THE AVENER • BIRDS OF TOKYO • BLOC PARTY • BØRNS • COURTNEY BARNETT DISCLOSURE • DJANGO DJANGO • FOALS • GANG OF YOUTHS • GARY CLARK JR. HALSEY • HIATUS KAIYOTE • HILLTOP HOODS • KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD KURT VILE AND THE VIOLATORS • LITTLE MAY • THE MACCABEES • MAC DEMARCO THE MERRI SOUL SESSIONS FEATURING CLAIRY BROWNE • DAN SULTAN • KIRA PURU • VIKA & LINDA BULL MEG MAC • OH WONDER • PAUL KELLY PRESENTS RÜFÜS • SETH SENTRY • TORO Y MOI • YOUNG FATHERS BOOGIE NIGHTS
ART VS SCIENCE • EL VEZ FLEETMAC WOOD • ‘WEIRD AL’ YANKOVIC
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News in Brief THE LONG ROAD TO AMERICANA Telstra Road to Discovery, the development program for aspiring songwriters, is calling for entries! Backed by industry leaders like Andy Bull, Styalz Fuego and Ella Hooper, songwriters will have the opportunity to win one of two music development funds valued at $15,000. That’s big biccies for emerging artists (and let’s face it, established artists too). The program gives artists the flexibility to achieve their goals their way with an all-expenses paid trip to the USA to attend the Americana Music Festival, local gigs, ongoing education and the opportunity to work with Telstra to help them kick-start their music career (all on top of the $15,000!). All you have to do to submit your song is follow the three easy steps at www.telstra.com/trtd. WATCH THE TIM BIRDY
and quite civilised for a music gig. We recommend you get down and there and investigate it for yourselves. To lock in a spot to play a few of your own original tunes, email booking.blume@gmail.com (or just rock up on the night). RADIOTHON-TH-THON-THON-THON
ya tape deck system!) on Saturday August 15 in Hobart with Jim Spurr (Pines) and Aon Stalp & The Out of Towners. It’s a free gig and there’ll be the Lonely Hearts Record Club playing soul records to dance to afterwards. Otherwise, you can catch Quivers the following week on Friday August 21 at the Brisbane Hotel playing with Tiger Choir. FREE FOOD
The Edge Radio Radiothon is back in August and they’ll be putting on a few gnarly ol’ gigs to coincide with it. Firstly, it’s Opening Night (obviously) on Saturday August 8 at the Brisbane Hotel where you’ll be able to catch Axe Giant, Heart Beach, Platypus Freaks, Aon Stolp, and The Out of Towners. On Tuesday August 11 at the Uni Bar in Sandy Bay will be the Edge Radiothon Quiz Night. Wednesday August 12 at Tasman Quatermasters will be a Cabaret Evening with Louis Papilon and Binny Boo. Friday August 21 will round out the festivities with a Closing Party (again, obviously), featuring The Dead Maggies, Lagoon Hill Zydeco and Wolf Arrow Rain. Get amongst it and support your local (awesome) radio station!
The Republic Bar have been working on ways to nurse your Saturday night hangover with their monthly beer garden parties. You may have spent all your rent money the night before and only have vegemite in the cupboard at home, but on Sunday August 23 you can live like a King (or Queen) feasting on slow cooked beef brisket cooked two ways plus sides for FREE, while being entertained with music from Mo Joes. On your way out you might even find five dollars down the back of the couch so you buy yourself a hair-of-the-dog. THE “HARDEST WORKING BAND” SINCE THE LAST “HARDEST WORKING BAND.”
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managed by Chris Murphy (the dude that took INXS all the way) have played over 100 shows in the last 9 months “causing many to call them one of the hardest working bands in Australia”, which totally isn’t the worst cliché in music promo since “troubadour”, totally. ANYWAY, they’re a great band, and they’re playing gigs in Tassie at the end of August. Thursday August 27 they’ll be at Tapas Lounge Bar in Devonport, and on Saturday August 29 they’ll be at the World’s End Brewpub in Sandy Bay. TIJUANA CARTEL - DEFINITELY ESCAPED DRUG LORDS
Tijuana Cartel have apparently gone gonzo. Which sounds kinda dangerous. A gonzo cartel from Tijuana. I bet El Chappo has something to do with all of this. Anyway, Tijuana Cartel are set to release their new album Psychedelicatessen on September 4 and they’re setting off on their horse and cart (or whatever a “gonzo” Tijuana Cartel gets around in) for a national tour. I’m pretty sure it’s all a cover and they’re on the run from the law, but you didn’t hear me say that. They’re playing at the Republic Bar & Café in Hobart on Thursday September 17 for what is always a happy funtime evening. Tickets are $15 + bf and are available from moshtix.com.au or the venue. SONGS IN THE KEY OF LEE
Every Tuesday throughout August at Irish Murphy’s (Hobart), Tim Bird from LEWES will be hosting the growing songwriter nights. Tim has been quickly making a name for himself as one of Hobart’s most promising emerging songwriters and is well worth checkin‘ out. The focus of the nights is to come along, play a few songs of your own and meet some new like minded people. It all sounds very chilled
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What’s a jangle/dark/Australiana pop band sound like? It sounds like Quivers. Ever wanted to hear Quivers? Or more importantly, see them live? Well you only get two chances before one of their members heads off to London. Quivers have just recorded an album with Anthony Rochester, mixed by Nick Huggins, called We’ll Go Riding on the Hearses. They’ll be releasing it on cassette (Yes! Boomin’ in
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Lee Kernaghan, The Wolfe Brothers, Christie Lamb will all be at Wrest Point in Hobart on Friday September 25, Albert Hall, Launceston on Saturday and Burnie Town Hall on Sunday Spetember 27. Lee Kernaghan is something of an icon in the Australian country music scene, and Tasmania is largely country, so these gigs will most likely sell out. Plus it’s the Wolfe Brothers, those dudes are like the Tasmanian country music version of the Rolling Stones these days. These shows will definitely sell out. Crack out your best flannel shirt and rock along! Drink beer and boot scoot or line dance or whittle or do whatever it is people do at country gigs. I really have no idea. Is there a mechanical bull involved? I’d be a bit disappointed if there isn’t. PARKWAY DRIVEN
them on Sunday September 27 playing at The Odeon Theatre on Liverpool Street in Hobart. Stay tuned for more details!
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FALLING OVER THE FALLS LINEUP
BE THERE OR YOU’RE OUT OF THE BAND Want another music festival? Ok, how about we call it BAND MEETING, and how about it takes place in Hobart at the Salamanca Arts Centre using three consecutively running spaces; The Peacock Theatre, The Founders Room, and the SAC Courtyard (“Rektango” for most of us)? The Founders Room will be set up “Gentlemen’s Club” style with the acts in the centre of the room and the audience on raised platforms around the outside. Sounds fancy! The first act announcement has dropped and it consists of: Valkeryies, White Rose Project, Peak Body, Michael Panton and the Pantones, Verticoli, Milquebarth, Surrealestate Agents, James Parry Band, and DJ Lawless. Heaps more to come, so keep your eyes peeled! TEE TO THE KAY
It’s all business over at Snow Droppers HQ with the band about to embark on a national album tour in support of their new release Business. They will be driving, flying and possibly boating all over the country, but you have only one chance to see this them in Tasmania, at The Republic Bar on Thursday November 26. DEATH, TAXES, ANOTHER FARNSEY TOUR
The 2015 blockbuster lineup for the Falls Music and Arts Festival has been announced. There is now a fresh bunch of reasons why you should make the annual pilgrimage to Marion Bay to see the New Year in. International headliners Bloc Party, Gary Clark Jr, Django Django and Weird Al Yankovic will be joined by Australian heavyweights Hilltop Hoods, Birds of Tokyo, Paul Kelly, Seth Sentry plus many more. Improvements to the festival to make 2015 event the most family friendly ever included, if you feel like taking the kids or conversely the parents. Head over to www.fallsfestival. com.au for further lineup details and to register for the ticket ballot. ATTACK OF THE MARSHMELODIANS
Parkway Drive will be back with their 5th album (titled Ire) in September, on September 25 to be exact, and two days later you’ll be able to catch them in the finest live music venue Tasmania has to offer (well, until they tear it down to make offices or whatever). The Byron Bay guys are the leaders of their genre in Australia. All 4 albums are certified gold. In the first week of launching the campaign, the brand new video “Vice Grip” had over 500K views (currently sitting over a million). The single shot up the itunes overall singles chart to #21 within 12 hours of release and the album shot up to #4 on the overall iTunes chart. Baller. You’ll be able to catch
Tkay Maidza is hot property right now. The Australian rapper has been compared to Azealia Banks and M.I.A. Recently killing it at Splendour , Tkay is making it to Hobart for her first standalone show in the state. Word is that tickets are even hotter property, so don’t get left standing in the line. She plays The Republic Bar on Friday October 2, with support from Willow Beats, Porches and L.K. McKay. Tickets from the venue and Moshtix.
Farnsey! Farnsey is back! Back AGAIN! AGAIN! His retirement is going great, in case you were wondering. Anyway, John Farnham will be headlining the next A Day On The Green at Josef Chromy Wines in Launceston. Saturday December 5 is the day, and he’ll be joined by two other icons of Australian music, Daryl Braithwaite and Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks. Ol’ Farnsey is back on top of the ARIA Charts (I know, right?) these days with his latest and 26th album (I KNOW! RIGHT?!) Two Strong Hearts Live, from his hugely successful national tour earlier this year with Olivia Newton-John. ‘Liv won’t be at the gig, but tickets are already on sale from Ticketmaster, so get on that.
Another festival! Another. Bloody. Festival. Another one. Apparently someone found a weekend in Summer that didn’t already have 15 festivals happening simultaneously and decided to throw a festival then. There’s a lot of festivals already, but really, the more the merrier. The more awesome things there are to do, the better. Jackeys Marsh, beneath the Great Western Tiers, will be the location for the inaugural Marshmelody Festival. Marshmelody will be a sustainable, solar powered music and arts festival for the whole family, showcasing wild, original entertainment, fresh local and organic produce and outstanding boutique Tasmanian beverages. January 23 to January 25. Put it in your diaries.
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JUMPING THROUGH HOOPS
FROM MENANGLE TO NEW YORK. IT’S A 21 HOUR FLIGHT, AND GOD KNOWS HOW LONG TO WALK (NOT RECOMMENDED). THE LADS FROM THE RUBENS HAVE MADE NYC THEIR HOME-AWAY-FROM-HOME, THOUGH THEIR LATEST TRIP, TO RECORD NEW ALBUM HOOPS, WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY DIFFERENT TO THE LAST TIME, SINGER SAM MARGIN EXPLAINS.
“The first time, we had to borrow money from our parents to record, we had no record deal and we had like ten US dollars to spend on food a day. You would just get a hot dog on the way to the studio. It’s different now, we had a certain amount of time so we went out and had a bit more fun, so it was a totally different experience, the complete opposite of last time. Last time was fun because it was new, though.” The new album was produced by Grammy awardwinning David Kahne- who has produced the likes of Paul McCartney, The Strokes, Stevie Nicks, New Order, Lana Del Rey and heaps more- helped the band meld together their sophomore album; after all, their self-titled debut in 2012 carried with it much hype and prestige for the band, giving them many a “next big thing”, etc, tag. It reached platinum sales in Australia, single My Gun won an APRA award for Best Rock Work (and reached #10 in the Hottest 100), they won a J Award for Best Unearthed Act and were nominated for a total of five ARIA awards. That’s no small feat, so Hoops was a rather large undertaking to say the least. Late 2013 saw the guys pack their picks and pens for an intensethough, it would seem, well worth the workwriting trip in a small sea-side village on the east
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coast. This idyllic location and forced exile away from distraction proved very fortuitous. “It’s a bit different; we didn’t set out to make the record that way but it was a natural progression.” Margin explains on the different tone of the new record. “When you play live together for three years, you tend to develop a bit; we became better songwriters. It’s not overly complex or rhythmically strange, it was just a bit more thought-out and mature. We spent about a year going around Australia writing and getting changes of scenery. We got to thirty-five songs and cut them down to eleven which is as hard as you can imagine (laughs) but we’re so happy with this record. There were songs we liked more than others. We all agreed on the first few, but when we had to cut the final four, that was really hard ‘cause they were really good songs. With those final few that had to get cut, they could always end up on a deluxe edition or something, they’re not gone.” The new album promises a darker, more introspective and soulful effort from the New South Wales band. The songs cover religion, breakups and addiction, though it not the Leonard Cohen-esque bleakness you might imagine; embedded within is the band’s signature melting
pot of blues, rock and Black Keys- style garage soul. The first single from the album, Hallelujah, is an energetic slice of dirty, but polished, sweet garage rock (with an intriguing video to match). In support of Hoops, the band will be setting out on a nationwide tour that will see them hitting stages, festivals and events for the next few months. Although it sounds like the most difficult and laborious part of the musician life, Margin assures me it is the most fun and rewarding. After all, the new record appears to have been made with the very purpose in mind of rocking it out in a live context. “The live thing is the healthiest part of the music industry, and the funniest part. It’s awesome for Australian music. We're so far from the US and UK, bands didn't used to come out so much, now they come so much because they put out an album and they need to tour everywhere. Our first record went platinum but the industry has changed even in the last few years. Everyone’s still listening to music but the way people are listening is different. We never worried about making money from records; we’re happy to tour to make money. As long as I can survive from music, I would much rather be on the road. Plus you’ve got your laptop and guitar on the road if you feel inspired in your hotel room on your day off...it is a good thing to be constantly writing.” LISA DIB
Hoops is out August 7 through Ivy League. The Rubens play Club 54 in in Launceston on September 25 and the Uni Bar in Hobart on September 26. Tickets available via Oztix and Moshtix.
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since it’s golden age - which in my opinion, is between the years of ‘87 and ‘94. It’s so exciting.
HAU LATUKEFU IS A VETERAN OF THE AUSTRALIAN HIP HOP SCENE. YOU PROBABLY KNOW HIM AS THE FRONT MAN OF KOOLISM, AND THE HOST OF TRIPLE J’S HIP HOP SHOW. HAU IS ABOUT TO TAKE OFF ON HIS FIRST SOLO TOUR ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND TO PROMOTE HIS UPCOMING DEBUT ALBUM, THE NO END THEORY.
Are you nervous about the tour?
Yeah, quite a few things actually.
Definitely. I think once you’re not feeling the nerves of performing, you’ve lost the passion.
There’s this border-redneck attitude in Australia. It’s everywhere in general, but let’s just focus on hip hop. Not so much with the artists, but with the fans, which is wildly strange if you ask me.
You’ve collaborated with a lot of other artists. Do you think camaraderie is important in the Australian hip hop scene in? I don’t think it’s that important. I feel that we all don’t have to like each other’s work, and we don’t even have to be friends. At the end of the day, hip hop is competitive. You always want to be the best in your field. In saying that, I do feel there needs to be a level of respect among us. I may not like an artist’s music, but I will acknowledge that it may not be for me, and that others will dig it. What do you like most about the Australian hip hop scene? Haha, this is going to sound mad hypocritical, but yeah, I do think it’s the camaraderie. I’ve known a lot of people in our industry for many years, and it’s awesome to see them at gigs and be able to kick it, share a laugh, and even talk shop. Seeing that I’ve been around for donkey’s years, it’s also great to see artists develop and become really successful. Watching folks like the Hilltop Hoods, Drapht and Thundamentals gain mainstream success has made me proud. They’ve all put in massive amounts of hard work. Is there anything about it that you don’t like?
How are you going to hate a person of another race, when the music you supposedly love is created by people of African and Puerto Rican background? It’s nuts. A lot of listeners and aspiring MCs want to hijack the music and make it all about them, and create this exclusivity. Whether they are white kids in the Australian ‘burbs, or black kids in the inner cities of America. Hip hop is universal now, and there are so many layers to it, and so many people coming from different backgrounds. There’s room for all types of styles and cultures. What state do you think is producing the best hip hop at the moment? That’s hard to say. There’s lots of activity around the country. It’s good to see Canberra producing so many quality acts at the moment. For a while, there was a real lull. But now, there’s a lot bubbling in the Nation’s capital - artists like Hayds, Odeon, Nix, and this young dude called LTC are bringing it all back. Hip hop is in a really great spot at the moment, both locally and internationally. I would even go so far to say that hip hop is seeing it’s best years
You said your Tongan heritage plays an important part of who you are. How do you think it has influenced your music? It’s heavily influenced me and my style. I was brought up going to the Tongan congregation church, and I learned the beauty and subtleties of harmonies. If you’ve been to a Tongan church or a gathering, you’ll know what I’m talking about. The singing is just so beautiful and majestic. The subject matter I’m able to draw on from the Tongan culture differentiates me from your average Australian artist, because the culture is unique. It’s a beautiful culture. I’m actually answering these questions while in Tonga for a family reunion. I’m not looking forward to coming home, haha. Do you find that one culture is more dominant than the other in terms of your music? Nah, not really. Although I’m very close and very fond of my Tongan roots, I’m Australian. I was born in Canberra and I’ve had the privilege of growing up in a safe and opportunity rich place. For me, both cultures are equally as important as each other. How’s the album coming along? It kills everything out right now! Haha. A new single will be dropping along with the album very soon. Just expect that funk, that style and that soul. I’m excited for everyone to hear it! EMMA LUIMES
Hau plays the Republic Bar Friday August 14. His new single KILL.IAM is out now.
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1. The Walking Project, Thomas Quirk, Melbourne, Image Chris Crerar 2. Cover RIDE, Abigail Conway, UK, Image Steven Tomlinson 3. Senior Idol, Produced by Junction Arts Festival, Image Mel de Ruyter,
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ARTS CROSSROAD OF LAUNCESTON WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU BRING TOGETHER PERFORMANCE ART, TWEED, AND A CARWASH? THE 2015 JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL, THAT’S WHAT. IT’S THE FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF JUNCTION AND THIS YEAR YOU’LL BE TAKEN AROUND LAUNCESTON ON A MOTORBIKE, DANCE TO CUMBIA BEATS, AND LEARN HOW TO TWERK YOUR BOOTIE OFF. READ ON FOR SOME OF OUR HANDPICKED FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS. Opening Night
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Get Brazilian in the opening of the Junction Arts Festival Psyche yourself up for five days of fun starting with Chicada – the first 18-piece samba band in Tassie performing street and carnival music from Brazil. Get into the groove with the Twerkshop – the ultimate twerking workshop. Jump at your own silhouette when it’s captured by the Terrapin Puppet Theatre’s Shadow Photo Booth. There’s a taste of it all at this opening night bonanza.
Get hot and sweaty with the world premiere of Sauna Nation. Junction, in collaboration with the UTAS School of Architecture and Design, has built a sauna in the most random spot imaginable. It may be the only time you’ll need to go to City Park with a towel. The idea was devised by UK artist Ilana Mitchell.
RIDE Be a bikie for art’s sake with RIDE – a trip through the Tassie landscape with a kickass soundtrack. RIDE by Abigail Conway will take you on the back of a motorcycle as you listen to an audio track through your helmet. Local bikers will take you on a choreographed journey through Launceston and beyond with soundscapes, music, and interviews providing an aural experience for you while you ride. The Walking Project It’s the second year for this project by Melbourne creative Thomas Quirk. The self-guided audio tour will allow you to experience Launceston through people and stories as you walk to your own pace through the streets of the town. Crush If you think theatre and a carwash are incompatible experiences, this world premiere by theatre maker Sam Routledge and composer Dylan Sheridan will have you thinking differently. As you sit inside your vehicle, you’ll listen to a score that’s been synchronised with the movements of the carwash. Kind of like a drive in– but not. 10
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Fitter. Faster. Better. Think you can keep up with a 10 year old? Don’t underestimate the physical energy of children in this course. Described as ‘a boot camp for adults run by children’, you’ll be paired up with a ‘personal trainer’ aged between 8 and 12 to jump and dash across City Park. Remember what it was like to be fuelled by raspberry cordial when you engage in this workout. Grapes & Grooves Wine and music will never be the same again after you experience this event. Junction’s resident winemaker DJ will pair the Tamar Valley Wine Route’s signature wines with a range of tunes. It’ll be a treat for your nose, tongue, ears, and anything that you shake when you dance.
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with English and Aboriginal blood with his heritage influencing his performance. Other local acts include folk gypsy outfit Cirque Navashi, ‘90s indie pop group Catsuit, Tiger Choir, and The Quilts. The Tweed Run. Hipsters. Riding bicycles. Wearing tweed. It’s taken over London and New York - and now it’s coming to Launceston. The Tweed Run will see a plethora of cyclists donning tweed and waistcoats, monocles and moustaches riding through Launceston. Senior Idol This may well be the biggest singing competition for over 60s Tasmania has ever seen. Senior Idol gives older singers a chance to shine on stage in front of an audience. Under Amanda Hodder’s musical direction, singers can prepare in a vocal workshop before they perform. Competing in song, the winner of Senior Idols is chosen by a panel of judges including TV veteran Reg Gorman (who starred in The Sullivans) – he’ll also sing at the Idol Grand Final. Closing Party and Fifth Birthday Party Join St Joe’s Big Band, who Junction claims to be the oldest band in Australia. St Joe’s has been in Launceston since 1845 and started as a brass band. The closing party will also feature the Golden Paddle Social Club’s Rock Paper Scissors – none other than the Launceston International Rock Paper Scissors Championship. STEPHANIE ESLAKE
The Junc Room Don’t the words ‘abandoned warehouse’ inspire so many possibilities? There’ll be live music and pop up performances in The Junc Room after dark. The Junc Room will feature Tassie singer-songwriter Tim Slater, local surf rockers Surfasaurus, Launnie’s Bad Beef, and Hobart cumbia crowd Chupacabra. There’ll be the Crooked Fiddle Band bringing postrock and folk all the way from Sydney and No Zu from Melbourne. Daniel J. Townsend is a Launceston folk muso and comedian
Junction Arts Festival runs September 2 – 6 across venues in Launceston. Further information available from www.junctionartsfestival.com.au.
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SEEING PINK BORN OUT OF A BEDROOM IN MELBOURNE, A YOUNG DJ/ PRODUCER BEN PLANT COMPOSED A SERIES OF REMIXES AND ORIGINALS UNDER THE MONIKER, MIAMI HORROR. A LIVE BAND SOON FOLLOWED AND MIAMI HORROR LEFT THE BEDROOM BEHIND FOR THE STAGE LIGHTS.
Miami Horror are back with their second album, All Possible Futures, and are currently on a tour around Australia. Ben Plant told us what was what.
History doesn’t exactly repeat itself, those are the eras we just tend to enjoy the most. I think certain elements of music will always be there, elements such as groove are an essential part of dance music.
According to Wikipedia, Miami Horror is ‘indietronica’. Do you agree with this label?
There seems to be an affinity to the colour pink with Miami Horror. Why is this the case?
I guess that’s a mix between indie and electronica, which is a pretty open ended title. I would say that covers everything we do, our influences are pretty vast and it is often hard to us to describe exactly what we do!
Haha I agree, it seems to tie into with the 80s pretty strongly, also the 90s in which I grew up. It’s both a personal preference and good representation of a lot of the music we make.
Your sound has been described to have heavy influences from the dance music of the 70s and 80s. Do you believe that music (and history) repeats itself?
The band relocated to the US a couple of years ago. LA? Why the move? We just wanted to try something different and we found that place very inspirational and strange. Azealia Banks calls Australian crowd “terrible, violent, belligerent” and a country “not worth the trip”. Do you agree that Australian crowds are so? I can imagine her crowds are fairly different to ours. I guess at festivals Australians can get pretty rowdy but probably no worse than anywhere else. I feel like Americans and South Americans probably dance a little more than Australians. What are the two people in the back of the convertible on the cover of All Possible Futures doing?
Not at the moment, it would really suit LA but just haven’t got around to it. With your hemisphere hopping between the America and Australia, has your life been one eternal summer? When’s the last time you’ve seen snow? I can’t remember seeing snow for. Along time, we haven’t even reply experiences cold besides a few random tour dates. It’s nice because I really like the sun, I hate early sunsets. The other positive is that everyone seems to come out of hiding in summer so there’s always a lot going on. If you had access to the car from Back to the future what time would you dial up to travel to? That’s a hard choice, I think I’d like the simplicity of the mid 70s. Before technology got too crazy. If you could pick anybody living or dead to join the band who would it be? Prince What will 2016 hold for Miami Horror? We’re working on some new music, a little more electronic so just deciding whether that will be part of Miami horror or a new project. NIC ORME
Sleeping! Do you own your own convertible? If not, why not?
Miami Horror play The Republlic Bar in Hobart on Saturday August 22. Supports include Joy, Young Franco and Cleopold.
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FOR IRELAND, FROM IRELAND
Australia are very similar in personality. Family values are really strong in Ireland, as they are here. I come from a close-knit family and it was really important for me to hold onto that. You protect your family and look out for them.” Leith’s Songs From Ireland is an album of classic Irish folk standards and muchloved ditties in which he- along with guests Sharon Corr (The Corrs) and the late Bing Crosby- cover the rich musical history of the old country.
DAMIEN LEITH’S NEW ALBUMHIS SEVENTH- SONGS FROM IRELAND AND THEATRICAL EFFORT “THE PARTING GLASS” (SELLING OUT SHOWS IN SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE) BOTH COVER AN IMPORTANT PART OF LEITH’S LIFE AND HISTORY- IT’S HIS HOMELAND OF IRELAND, IN CASE YOU HADN’T GUESSED.
“There’s a lot of obscure songs as well [as the classics]; it’s a fine balance between covering the songs you want, and not excluding your audience as well” he says. “I tried to pick songs that I have a connection with, but also ones that people would be familiar with...there’s a story in every one for me, spanning right back to my grandparents. It was very hard to pick! Even if it was a well-known Irish song, it had to have my own style in it. Even the Danny Boy on the album is played with a steel guitar, I don’t think anyone’s done that! I always try to do something different.” Although he is a happily proud Irishman, Leith became an Australian citizen in 2007. “My wife is Australian and we said, ‘let’s go over there and try setting up a life’, and trying something new, and within about a year, we started getting very comfortable and settled. Within a couple of years we had our first child and thought, ‘this feels like home’. It was my way of saying ‘I’m making Australia home’.”
“The Parting Glass is a brand new show, something I have never done before” Leith explains. “I wrote this show about a year ago: it started out as play, it was a father talking to the audience about his son. It’s set in a pub, and in between each monologue, there’s songs. I play the role of the father, and also partly his son as well the father is recounting the night of the last conversation that he and the son had.”
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Leith has a thick strain of pride for the country of his birth that runs throughout his work: “I’m very patriotic. As a kid growing up, we lived overseas- we lived in Africa on and off for years- and it was important to my parents that we held onto our Irish roots and our heritage and culture. It’s important to my kids too; I try to get back to Ireland at least once a year. Ireland and
IMMIGRANT UNION BRENT DEBOER, CORDIALLY INVITES YOU FOR PRE-DRINKS WITH IMMIGRANT UNION WHEN THEY PLAY THE GRAND POOBAH THIS SEPTEMBER. IMMIGRANT UNION FORMED IN 2004. A MUSICAL ROMANCE BLOSSOMED WHEN DEBOER, DRUMMER FOR THE DANDY WARHOLS, WAS ON A PROMOTIONAL TOUR IN AUSTRALIA AND MET BOB HARROW AT MELBOURNE’S CHERRY BAR.
Songs from Ireland is out now on Sony. Damien Leith plays Friday August 14 at Wrest Point, Hobart, and Saturday 15th August at the Launceston Country Club. Tickets from www. tixtas.com.au.
The psychedelic folk/country group are heading off on a national tour next month in support of their latest release Anyway. Former members Courtney Barnett, Dave Mudie and Bones Sloane all feature on Immigrant Union’s second studio album. Do you get sick of being associated with the Dandy Warhols when you’re playing with with Immigrant union? Not at all, it’s who I am. I’ve been with the Dandies for 18 years now. As a musician, you’re associated with everything you do musically. For me, Immigrant Union and the Dandies are one big musical adventure Other than music, what else would you say influenced Anyway? I guess it’s the same as everybody else, your previous experience, listening to music and what you’re in to You have your imaginary committee in your mind of all your musical heroes, either contemporary or from the past, and you know, you want to please this roundtable of legends. It’s kind of the Rock and Roll equivalent of, what would Jesus do? I read somewhere you said every gig you play is like hosting a party. Do you ever feel like you’re just not up for it? I’m always up for it. Fortunately, with both of the bands I’m in, the music is really personal and it’s often times melancholy. If you’re not feeling well or you’ve had some bad news that day, the music really is just therapy. It actually makes you feel kind
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of glad that you can go there, shift your headspace and trip out. I don’t really feel any pressure to perform or jump around or do anything unnatural Do you notice much of a difference touring in Australia and the US? We’re a little more well known in Australia, so the concerts are a bit bigger here. But I think our fans in Australia and the States look really similar, I think they probably have similar record collections at home, and given the opportunity would all be great friends with one another The only thing that you really notice here, is the crowds are a little more reserved Just a little more still, maybe a little bit more attentive. It’s more like a recital or something. Almost like you should be playing in a church with candles or something, rather than a stinky rock club or music venue I just enjoy playing all over. When it comes to the Dandies, or Immigrant Union, our fans are just great, I wish I had more of an opportunity to hang out with them I’m very fortunate that both of these groups just have the goddamn nicest people come down. So come to the gig and say hi to us, come and hang out, come early and have some beers with us EMMA LUIMES Immigrant Union play at The Grand Poobah Saturday September 5.
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DYNAMITE TUNES TASSIE-BORN ASTA BROKE ONTO THE SCENE IN 2012 WHEN SHE WAS NAMED TRIPLE J UNEARTHED HIGH WINNER WITH DEBUT SINGLE ‘MY HEART IS ON FIRE’. THE SINGER-SONGWRITER COLLABORATED WITH ALLDAY FOR HER LATEST SINGLE ‘DYNAMITE’, AND IS BRINGING IT TO HOBART AS PART OF HER NATIONAL TOUR. THE ‘80S VIBED HIT ENTERED TOP 10 OF THE ARIA AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS SINGLES CHART AND ASTA SHEDS LIGHT ON WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE A POP DIVA TODAY. OH, AND BATMAN.
But it’s all about the music for Asta, who thinks fame itself isn’t all that crash hot, these days. “I think being famous is a lot different now. It’s not something I’m really striving for.” With social media breaking down privacy barriers between performer and audience, the singer says new forms of connections to her fans are humbling.
Asta digs a bit of Batman. In fact, she can see a little of herself in the superhero.
“I guess I am a little bit of someone in the media that people look up to and I think it is my job to be a role model for people. I think that’s the coolest thing.”
“I was watching all the Batman movies the other night and I was like, ‘Batman is really cool. He’s pretty dark but then he saves the town and he’s a good person’,” Asta muses.
Asta, who was raised in Tasmania and is now based in Sydney, finds freedom in life on the road – travelling in a van and touring across the country.
“I’m embracing my dark side at the moment in terms of my live shows. When I’m on stage, it’s like I can basically do whatever I want and there’s no one to tell me what to do.”
“Performing, especially for me, I find is the most important aspect of what I do. I love putting on a show.” When she tells her fans that she’s from Tasmania, she gets a wicked response. “It’s such a cool thing to be from Tasmania. But it’s cool to get out sometimes and experience what the other side looks like and it just gives you a huge appreciation of the little island.”
Despite this, she assures us she’s not rebellious and says her moments on the stage are a special way for her to connect with her fans. Asta will bring her Dynamite tour to Tassie to celebrate her new ‘80s inspired single. Influenced by divas such as Whitney Houston and Annie Lennox, Asta loves working with the “musical template” that brought ‘80s stars to fame.
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“I’d really like to be an ‘80s pop star. I’m attracted to soulful music. [The single] evolved in a way that really made my voice stand out. I’m going to follow this sassy, funky feel and see what happens.”
Asta will perform August 14 at Club 54, Launceston (tickets www.oztix.com.au) and August 15, Republic Bar Hobart (tickets www. moshtix.com.au).
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ALL SPIKES WITH A MEDIAN AGE OF 21, THE CACTUS CHANNEL HAS MORE THAN 210 YEARS OF MUSICAL EXPERIENCE BETWEEN THEM. THE MELBOURNE FUNK/SOUL TEN-PIECE SPAWNED OUT OF LUNCHTIME JAM SESSIONS IN THE HIGH SCHOOL ENSEMBLE BAND. GUITARIST LEWIS COLEMAN DISCUSSES VB AND MOTORHOMES AHEAD OF THEIR NATIONAL TOUR IN SUPPORT OF THEIR LATEST RELEASE, COBAW/FOOL’S GOLD
Were you friends first, then band mates?
have played the musical field a bit more?
Yeah! Although sometimes I like to think of it as mates first, then band friends. But yes, we took PE classes and threw pencil cases at the fan before we realised music might be a more suitable thing to do
Look, I don’t wanna put any particular labels on anything here. Love? Lust? Friends with benefits? We’re just seeing how it works out. But so far, after five or six years, the chemistry is right. We have a pretty open relationship too. We all see many other bands, and we’re all cool with that
What’s the writing and recording process like? Is it a democracy? It’s pretty varied. Usually it’s about five of us workshopping the germ of a song, and then slowly putting it to the full band. Sometimes it’s one person who’s done most of a tune already on their laptop, or with a quill and ink, which is cool You met in high school, so you’re kind of musical high school sweethearts. Do you feel like you should
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Are you all full time musicians? Many of us are, but we all work during the week too. Our jobs include: manning record stores, serving chips at Rod Laver Arena, teaching drums, making coffee, doing business, serving champagne and calling people Is touring a logistical nightmare?
It’s a never ending party of Hungry Jacks and piles of things that always have one sock from a pair in them that no one claims is theirs. Recently we’ve been adopting other bands’ motorised homes to take us around when we need to, namely Kooyeh! Loading and unloading is a pain, and finding a park when you have a big van is annoying, but mostly we’re pretty tight Do you think there’s a bit of a contrast between your sound and where you’ve grown up? Yeah, I think there’s a bit of that VB and 80c potato cake attitude in a lot of us. A few of our songs have had that eveningbush-airless desert-mosquito net vibe in mind - from a perspective of city kids who don’t actually live in the bush. So it’s a little mixed. We predominantly take from
funk and soul schoolings, which obviously stems from our Yankee friends. But nowadays, we also live in the overwhelming country of the internet, which is a whole mishmash of musical environments. So, if we say we’ve grown up there then it’s not a huge contrast, but if it’s the contrast with Australia, I guess I would say a little bit. But, Melbourne also has a huge funk/soul scene. EMMA LUIMES
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HUMAN PUNCHING BAG SINCE THEIR INCEPTION ONLY THREE YEARS AGO, TASSIE’S OWN VERTICOLI HAVE BEEN SLOGGING IN THE LOCAL SCENE AND TRAVELLING THE COUNTRY, DELIVERY THEIR HIGH INTENSITY, ENERGETIC POST-PUNK ROCK TO STAGES AND EARHOLES EVERYWHERE. VOCALIST/GUITARIST SAM HUNN CHATTED TO WARP ABOUT TOURING, AND THEIR DEBUT ALBUM PUNCHING BAG. THE ALBUM IS A SOLID ALL-KILLER COLLECTION OF THE BAND’S BEST TRACKS TO-DATE, SHOWCASING THEIR NO-NONSENSE ROCK AND ROLL STYLE.
“Last year we recorded five tracks and wanted to do an EP and we didn’t end up having time.” Hunn explains. “When the time came, as much of a fan we were of the songs, they weren’t that suitable for an EP, and really more suitable for a full-length. We decided to go back into the studio at the start of this year to record the six best that we hadn’t recorded, we were quite happy after that.” The band have been playing long enough to have become fussy about the tracks they show off. “It takes longer than you would think to get sick of the material; in a live setting I never get sick of the material we play. Live, you have more freedom to play with the songs, more freedom than in a studio; in a studio I would get sick of songs pretty quickly. We spent a lot of time looking at the songs, going back five or six times making touch-ups.” Hunn explains that he is proud of the scene he has grown up in, and that creative artists, no matter how successful, can always use a supportive base. “I was born and raised in Tassie, I have travelled, to
THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUTH DUBSTEP DUO TRUTH HAVE BEEN MAKING WAVES SINCE THEIR INCEPTION. NOT CONTENT WITH CREATING COLLABORATIONS AND FILLING INTERNATIONAL VENUES, THE DUO (LOS ANGELES BASED ANDRE FERNANDEZ AND CHRISTCHURCH BASED TRISTAN ROAKE) HAVE CREATED THEIR OWN RECORD LABEL; DEEP, DARK AND DANGEOUS.
They caught up with Warp to talk record labels, collaborations and releasing music from different continents. You recently set up a new record label, Deep, Dark and Dangerous. What motivated that, and how has running your own label been?
We’ve been wanting to set up our own label for a very long time, but with our constant studio schedule and gigs, time has been scarce so we never made the commitment. Things haven’t lightened up, but we just felt it was time to get the wheels in motion, so we put together an EP of our own music for release on Digital and Vinyl at the end of last year. Our second release, which recently came out is also a Truth EP. There were two motivations with creating our own label. One is to control the destiny of our own music. We love releasing music with a variety of labels, but with our own, we can make our own decisions as to how things are done and the overall aesthetic. The second motivation is the ton of great music which we are constantly bombarded with, much of which never ends up seeing the light of day. You’ve dropped a new EP, Monumental.
Europe and other states in Australia and there’s still some places I wanna go. I think that ultimately it would be a lot easier if we could relocate, but we’ve decided not to. If we moved to Melbourne to do music full time, it would kind of go hand in hand with us making music just for the sake of people enjoying it.” “As much as we want people to enjoy what we’re doing, music is that kind of thing we do without compromises; we just make the music we want to make without thinking about whether people are enjoying it as much as ‘something else’. We just have to make the decision to put out the best music we can, and treat shows as a ‘special thing’ as opposed to taking whatever gigs come our way. We wanna make [each gig] an event.” Check out Verticoli when they next bombard a stage near you. LISA DIB
Verticoli play August 21 Hobart at Youth Arc (all ages), Hobart and August 22 at World’s End Brewpub. They play the following weekend in Launceston at Club 54 on the Saturday (August 29).
Are you able to take us through the recording process? Our recording, or production process varies from track to track. The two of us live on opposite sides of the Pacific Ocean. Dre lives in Los Angeles and Tristan is based in Christchurch. We each have our own studios and we’re both always working on new music too. A lot of the time one of us starts a track, and then uploads the project to Dropbox and then we both take turns to work on the idea, and of course chat about the direction it’s going in. Tracks like “The Creeps” and “Chimera” were made that way. We also meet up 2 or 3 times a year for a month at a time and spend a lot of time in the studio together creating. You’ve made Monumental a Bandcamp exclusive. Why did you decide to bypass Itunes? It’s a bit of an experiment really, we were interested in seeing if there would be a different response in the situation where buyers only have one place to get the music. Bandcamp is also a lot more direct, you are buying the track directly from the Artist or label, which a lot of people like. What can those who pack into the Homestead expect from a Truth live show? We mix it up while maintaining a Truth “flavour” to our sets, the “Deep, Dark & Dangerous” on our label name. We’re DJs, but we don’t just stick to one tempo. It’s fast paced, we move between very heavy upbeat tracks to dark minimal monsters and everything in between, we drop in elements of music at 140bpm, 160 and 85 bpm... sometimes some stuff around 125 too. We don’t plan out our sets, so there’s always the element of surprise, no two sets are ever alike! ADAM LANGENBERG Truth play Hobart’s Homestead on Saturday August 22. Support from Dameza, Beartrap, Max Power and DJ Lawless.
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THE BAND WE ALL LOVE FROM SUNNY WESTERN AUSTRALIA HAS MADE IT TO THEIR TWENTIETH YEAR AND WHAT BETTER WAY TO CELEBRATE THIS IS BY GOING ON TOUR… AND YOU GUESSED IT, THEY’VE NAMED IT THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR. JEBEDIAH WILL BE SHARING WITH THEIR FANS- SOME NEW, SOME OLD- A SPECIAL TWO HOUR SET OF CLASSICS PLUS THEIR 1997 DEBUT ALBUM SLIGHTLY ODWAY IN ITS ENTIRETY.
Brett Mitchell, drummer for the fantastic fourpiece delved into the secrets of what has kept them going for such a long time. This is the 20th anniversary tour. Is this the John Farnham farewell tour? I honestly can’t recall Jebediah being compared with John Farnham in any way, ever before. By anyone. So thank you for making that happen. I think the time is right for John Farnham’s hair to start touring on its own. I’m sure it could work but the backing band would probably have to be really, really good. I wonder if John Farnham has even heard of us? I’ll ask him if I get the chance one day.
Jebediah gave us Kosciuszko in 2011. Is there something in the winds?
days. So it’s great, and a little surreal to be playing bills with them again.
The most concise and accurate answer to this isno. I know we’d all love to do some more writing and recording but time, geography and children (I’m not referring to the band members here – I mean actual children) all conspire to make this process more difficult than it ever has been. But you never can tell!
The Republic Bar can be considered one of the smaller venues on this tour. You’ve just announced your third night in a row there. Why play there over a much larger venue?
Does being on stage hold the same feelings for you as those early years? Yeah it really does… it’s harder work physically, which is something most people around our age can probably relate to, and personally I get less nervous because for the most part I can actually play the drums okay now which was never the case in the early years. Nothing I’ve come across– that’s legal, at least– can compare to the feeling when everything is going right up there. Of course there are some dud moments, always, but fewer than there used to be which is a very nice thing. I guess you could have had almost anybody as your support for this tour. Why have you picked Fur for the Hobart shows? We wanted to see more of them! Purely selfish. Fur have sort of popped out of retirement for these shows, and some of our most memorable and “grittily authentic” touring memories were forged with these guys in the early
Well, part of it is that you can never really be sure how many people will be interested – there’s a tendency towards caution because it’s way more fun to play a packed small room than a big empty one. Maybe the Republic Bar was the only venue that would agree to our outrageous backstage demands. Often venue management will find some of our more eccentric requirements to be a health and safety risk, or… ethically fraught. Do you find it a different when you play the same room multiple nights vs a new space to play each night? Yeah it’s definitely different– in a lot of ways it’s better, less travelling, less lifting and so on. Having removed some of the suckier (yes I know that isn’t a proper word) aspects of touring, one is free to relax a bit more and just enjoy the experience. Have you picked up new fans along the way or your audience has grown with you? We must have picked up a few, but mostly I feel they’ve grown with us. There is a nostalgic element of course which some people seem to assume would be distasteful somehow– like it’s “cheating” or something - but I like it! It is surprising these days to see people at the show who could barely have been born when the band formed, but it does occasionally happen. Their siblings and/or parents might be to blame I suppose. How would you think it would be if you had started out Jebediah in 2015 vs 1995? I have no idea! It would certainly make the prospect of lasting for twenty years a pretty fucking daunting one, just for starters. I’m really glad we aren’t starting out now, I think it would be impossible to do everything that we’ve done… whatever that is. Sagely advice for bands starting out? Try not to have any total dicks in the band, it will make it very hard to bond as a group. Sticking together is really one of the most logical keys to longevity, when you consider it, but it often feels like an overlooked ingredient, or maybe just one that’s hard to achieve for some reason. Being in a band is a pretty stupid thing to do by most measures, so it does take some stubbornness to keep the ball rolling. As for the music, who knows, there’s no good or bad in the end, just do it and try not to break up if you and others are still getting a kick out of it. Have you got a got drummer joke for us? My two favourites– they’re oldies though. 1. What’s the difference between a drummer and a drum machine? With a drum machine, you only have to punch the information in once. 2. How can you tell when the drum riser is level? The drummer is drooling from both sides of hisor her- mouth. NIC ORME
Be quick to snap up a ticket to the last Hobart night still on sale, for Jedidiah’s 20th Anniversary performance at The Republic Bar on Thursday September 3.
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HOBART OUTFIT LAZER BABY RECENTLY LAUNCHED THEIR FIRST E.P. LAYZABB AT THE REPUBLIC BAR TO A PACKED HOUSE. FORMED IN 2014, THE CURRENT FOUR PIECE COMPRISES SAM DOWSON ON DRUMS, JAMIE TAYLOR ON GUITAR/VOCALS, CARLOS PASHEV ON BASS AND TESS BENNETT ON VOCALS/ BACKUPS.
With Layzabb now out of the way, the band are focussing on regularly performing with aspirations of taking the band interstate later this year. These local overachievers gave us an insight into themselves and the band. Most of you play in other bands, can you list all the outfits? SAM: Sure! Outside of Lazer Baby we all try and have a life and play in other bands. Jamie and Tess both play in various Jazz Duo’s and Trios around Hobart. Carlos plays in The Lawless Quartet with myself. I play in Mephistopheles, Iciclan, Stickrad Trio, Milquebarth and PEEN. What Makes Lazer Baby different to the above? TESS: After studying and playing contemporary (repertoire) music, it’s always refreshing to be able to have the chance, not only be creative with your mates when it comes to playing and writing music, but having the opportunity to play shows that are different every time. It’s definitely a different experience playing music that you’ve also had a hand in writing.
SAM: Tight, Rigid, Sexy, Full and Articulate. Sam your other bands are ‘Boy Bands’, what is it like playing with the ladies? SAM: I’m all about da boiz! Nah, it’s actually really great branching out and playing wif da ladiez on this outfit. Truth be told, it’s actually no different to playing with males in a similar context. In fact, I find it easier playing with the gals in this band as they’re more organised, more punctual and realistically are more driven to push this band than some people that I have worked with over time in other bands. So I suppose it’s different, but it’s also not different. They do like to try and be alpha dogs though. . . . Do you find Hobart conducive to the scene?
Five words to describe the sound of Lazer Baby?
SAM: Yes and no. I think Hobart is one of those interesting places where everyone wants to be involved in the scene and show support but at times it doesn’t really pan out that way. There are so many amazing bands/artists popping up everywhere over the state and so many promoters/venue operators who are offering unknown local bands gig slots which is really encouraging for up and coming artists; but we also have a lack of interest from a number of players down here who don’t attend anything outside of their own shows! This isn’t a new thing either, but I find that unless the scene you’re in supports you then it’s a hard time trying to get anything done.
TESS: RnB, Grunge, Jazz, Soul and RAD!! JAMIE: Uplifting, random, energetic, eclectic , colourful!
We are lucky in that there is always so much music going on, and a lot of it is world class, but I suppose it’s the spam generation now where
JAMIE: I like that I don’t feel restricted by feeling like the music has to fit anything particular so even I don’t know what the songs are going to end up like. In that regard it’s liberating and exciting because you can do whatever you want with it.
Explain the process of songwriting within the outfit? SAM: It is always evolving. That’s the Colonel Secret. When we write a song, it was once that Jamie would come to a practice with almost a full song written and then put it into the blender with Carlos and myself and we would jam it and consequently it would change. However, more recently when we have written songs the majority of the time it has been pretty sporadic. It wasn’t as if a week before a jam we had it pencilled in as being a ‘writing’ jam or anything, it was more that sometimes the grooves/melodies/tones would just be dialled in and so a song was born from that. So I suppose, the process now is one of sitting on a melody that we all think works, and then fitting in a groove/vocal melody/harmony around that and just letting it go where the tune needs to go. Where will the album be ideally recorded following this EP? SAM: Ideally, the album will be done at Red Planet Studio’s again with the master mix boy engineer king Jake ‘The Snake’ Long. I’m hesitant because I don’t know if he will want to put up with us again haha, but as for getting a full album done that is where I would be tracking it. I have used Red Planet studios for every single recording that I’ve done in past bands and it’s as good as it gets for me personally. NIC ORME
See Lazer Baby play two shows at The Grand Poobah in August. The first is on August 7 will be a fundraiser for The Issue Foundation’s work in Uganda. The second on August 14 is ‘Street Vibes #2’ which features the last show for Lazy Baby featuring backing singer Tess Bennett.
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ONE THING THAT HAS HAPPENED TO ME DUE TO ENGAGING WITH THE RESTRICTIVE CULTURAL POLITICS ENFORCED ON THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THAT I have a much better understanding of THINGS THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL DID WITH HOW THEY MADE FUNDING WORK. THEY ALSO HAD, IN FEDERAL BUDGET TERMS, STUFF ALL MONEY TO PLAY WITH IN THE FIRST PLACE, SO SOMETHING I REALLY APPRECIATE NOW IS HOW FAR IT DID GO AND HOW MUCH WAS ACTUALLY DONE.
JOHN KELLY IS AN INTERESTING ARTIST. FOR ONE THING, YOU PROBABLY KNOW HIM WITHOUT EXACTLY KNOWING IT. IF YOU HAVE EVER HAD A BOTTLE OF MOO BREW BEER, AND GIVEN ITS UBIQUITY AT SOME HIGH PROFILE TASMANIAN CULTURAL EVENTS, THE LIKELIHOOD IS HIGH, YOU HAVE LOOKED AT ONE OF HIS ART WORKS, BECAUSE HE DESIGNED THE VARIOUS LABELS MOO BREW HAS. SO THERE’S THAT. IF YOU EVER NOTICED AS WELL HOW ODDLY SIMILAR SAID BEER LABELS ARE TO THE LOGO OF THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL, THAT’S INTERESTING AS WELL, BECAUSE IT’S NOT A MERE COINCIDENCE.
One thing I didn’t know was the great extent to which information was gathered about what happened to the funding. They did not just dollop it out and forget about it: every grant is acquitted. Every cent is accounted for, and the Australia Council has all that information, and there’s a lot of it from years of record keeping. Data like that is incredibly useful. It can be used to check for bias in funding and it gives an ability for any rorting of the funding system to be easier to find out about and easier to do something about. That’s one thing that struck me as ridiculous about setting up a separate body to promote the nebulous concept of excellence in the arts: why would you ignore over a decade’s worth of information gathered from a range of participants in just about every kind of artistic and cultural production? Hold that thought and consider as well that a section of the funding that the Australia Council already had was “quarantined” to go towards a group of major companies that produce a particular kind of culture – stuff like opera, which is the most funded thing in Australia, attracting as well huge levels of corporate sponsorship, or ballet, or traditional theatre. The 2015 Budget could have simply diverted more funds to those bodies from the remaining funding, but no, this is not what occurred. A new body – The National Program for Excellence in the Arts – was created. I have a theory as to why, so please indulge my speculation. This isn’t just about money and deficits. It’s cultural engineering. Think about it in relation to the creation of Border Force, the closure of Remote Aboriginal Communities, the assault on Renewable energy and the removal of carbon emissions trading. All of these things are about the kind of culture the current federal government wants Australia to have. I don’t like this culture much because I feel it to be irresponsible, selfish, bullying and racist. I write about arts and the making of art because it’s what I know best, and I am by no means an expert here either. What I would like noted is that when I’m writing about issues with funding the arts, it’s because the arts is one way we engage with some of the other issues I mention. The arts is our voice and our mode of expression. It seems to me to be of little surprise that a government so concerned with manipulating and editing all aspects of society and culture will limit and control artistic production. ANDREW HARPER
John Kelly has a series of paintings (he’s mostly a painter, but he is know as well for sculpture) that are satires of the logo of the Australian council. Kelly has quite an issue with the idea of branding art and has quite a bit to say about it, and these works, and his labels for beer, are expressions of that point of view. It’s probably his series of works that include Cows that really made him famous, or notorious, though. He achieved a huge amount of public acclaim for a sculpture Cow Up A Tree. This is an eight metre high, four tonne bronze sculpture that was part of an incredibly high profile sculpture exhibition in Paris in 1999. Kelly has been doing work around cows for a while, making prints and paintings, all examining the work of William Dobell. William Dobell was an Australian painter who was a great Modernist in his era. He was no stranger to controversy himself, ending up in court after winning the famed Archibald Prize for a work that incorporated Modernist techniques. There was an argument about whether or not his work was a caricature rather than a portrait, but it was underneath a clash between the old and new in Australian art. Dobell won. During the Second World War, Dobell apparently painted camouflage on things like tanks and other vehicles. This is where Kelly comes in: his series of Dobell’s Cows are big objects that look like cows but are not, appearing both cumbersome and unreal all at once. So John Kelly has a bit of a backstory, basically. He’s what we call a significant contemporary artist, but more than significant, he’s pretty damn good. His work is incredibly distinctive and known globally, he’s something of a maverick in the art world, writing criticism as well as making pointed satirical art. He doesn’t sit still either; his work moves along and he investigates new things.
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John Kelly’s recent voyage to Antarctica as part of an Australian Antarctic Arts Fellowship has produced a really fantastic series of new paintings. John went as far south as you can go, travelling by boat for 21 and decide to do something almost mad: paint outside, using a portable easel, following the French Impressionist tradition of en plein air painting. The end results are on display at TMAG and are very likely about the best painting show you will see this year. Kelly has worked incredibly hard to capture the light of Antarctica, and the colour and weight of icebergs. Somehow they remind of his series of cows, massive and enigmatic objects that engage and entrance the eye. He paints the details of life– the boots you need to wear to venture outside in the freezing conditions– and the inhabitants; there are some wonderful images of penguins. However, the important factor is not contained in any single work, but in the body of work as a whole. These paintings are very like an intimate diary, and they are invested with a lot of personal effort that makes them powerful and possibly even important. ANDREW HARPER
Beyond Woop Woop: John Kelly’s Antarctic paintings is at the TMAG until September 20.
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BOB KINGDOM OR DYLAN THOMAS?
Good Night’ as Matthew Mcconaughey and Anne Hathaway depart on their mission to outer space in hope of saving the world. There is something about the poem that is so powerful and sad but somehow full of optimism. “I’ve read the poem a number of times at friends’ funerals and it fills the room with a sense of awe that the words contain.” Thomas’ poetry has the ability to conjure raw human emotions we can all relate to. Kingdom explains that “each word is etched as an edifice and we can see them.” Although many of Thomas’ poems were written to describe loss or death it seems that they are intended to be empowering as opposed to morbid.“I think they signal a victory over death while facing up to it.”
BOB KINGDOM IS COMING TO HOBART TO PERFORM DYLAN THOMAS: RETURN JOURNEY, BUT DON’T GO EXPECTING TO SEE AN ACTOR PLAYING THE PART.
So if the latter reasons weren’t enough and we’re still not convinced, why should we leave our warm houses in this freezing cold Hobart weather to see Dylan Thomas: Return Journey?
Kingdom you’re taking on the role of Dylan Thomas, one of history’s most famous poets, yet critics claim to feel they are in the presence of Thomas himself. What is it about his character and personality you clearly identify with?
“To be moved by the power of the spoken word in a most elemental way, bathe in Dylan’s humour with his stories, his dry wit, and his undying humanity.”
“Being able to look and sound like him, obviously; but my lips track the same course as his as I speak his words which are there to be loved. We share the same kind of humour, too.”
What would Dylan Thomas say about your character?
Thomas’ work is so historically significant that it is included in many high school and university English classes along with E.E Cummings and Shakespeare.
“Bloody cheek!” BRITTANY BROWN
“He had a wonderful recall of his childhood which never left him and we are complicit in the shared experience.” For those who haven’t seen the movie Interstellar one of the most powerful scenes in the movie (and my favourite part) is when Michael Caine reads out Dylan Thomas’ ‘Do Not Go Gentle Into That
Dylan Thomas: Return Journey will be performed in the Theatre Royal Backspace from August Wednesday 26 to Saturday 29 at 7.30pm. For bookings head to www. theatreroyal.com.au or call 6233 2299.
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EARTH CODE / CORE LITANY WHAT DOES THE EARTH HAVE TO DO WITH PSYCHE, LANGUAGE OR CODE? HOW CAN THE EARTH AS A PROCESS BE TEMPTED TO COMPOSE SOFTWARE? WHAT SIGNALS CAN BE TRANSDUCED FROM THE EARTH, USING EQUIPMENT OF THE EARTH, REVEALING HIDDEN PROCESS AND HOW CAN THESE SIGNALS BE EXPOSED AND CONVERTED TO BRUTE CODE? WELCOME TO EARTH CODE, AN EVENT WHERE DEVICES THAT BOOT UP COMPUTERS WITH NATURALLY OCCURRING ELECTRICAL ENERGY MEET A WORLD OF GRUNGE CHEMISTRY AND OCCULT-INFORMED ELECTRONIC PERFORMANCE.
Earth Code is a twelve-hour ritual in 3 acts taking place in Hobart. Earth Code: Core Litany is a project developed and curated by Dr Nancy Mauro-Flude with assistance from Dr Maria Kunda, inspired by guest artists Martin Howse (UK-DE), Kathrin Günter (GER), Dr Jonathon Kemp (UK) and Prof Doug Kahn (USA/AUS). This is an incredible opportunity to experience some of the most fascinating intersections of computer technology and contemporary art. Expect to find computers made of earthy materials, booted and self-programmed by the frequency modulations of naturally occurring electrical, magnetic, and light energies, initiating performative cycles of transmission/reception to transform energy and hidden information, intermingling DIY circuits and chemical reactions across a sprawl of exquisitely encoded tabletops. Participants will explore the impact of extraction activities such as mining on the earth and landscape. They will devise counter technologies and occult software liturgies for the subsequent Core Litany healing ritual, taking part in an Earth computing workshop on gnostic transformation of earth materials such as silicon production, copper production using DIY furnaces, calcite field divination & crystallography. ANDREW HARPER
image: EarthBoot Device – Martin Howse.
Earth Code | Core Litany: Planetary Computing. A twelve-hour ritual in 3 acts, on August 28 from 9am to 9pm at the Plimsoll Gallery, Hobart Centre for the Arts, Hunter Street.
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PAIGE TURNER WE READ FOR SO MANY DIFFERENT REASONS. WE READ TO INFORM OURSELVES, TO UNDERSTAND OURSELVES, TO DISTRACT OURSELVES, TO ENTERTAIN, TO PROJECT OURSELVES IN A CERTAIN WAY, TO DESCRIBE OURSELVES – TO UNDERSTAND THE WORLD AND OTHERS.
People write for many reasons too – the tortured creative writer, who feels their life worthless unless they can put pen to paper, fingertip to key and there are even a few who believe they can write to make money. The biggest earners of this age don’t often set out with money in mind, their motivation is primarily creative, including the likes of JK Rowling of Harry Potter fame, and EL James, who wrote the Fifty Shades books. She began by writing fanfic, riffing off other bestselling vampire fiction. Whatever your motivations for reading or writing, there is something in here for you, Tasmania, as we lurch collectively towards Spring. To begin with, Transportation Press, Tasmania’s newest publisher (and most exciting one too,
but I am biased in my role as editor in chief) has extended time for submissions for its second book, until August 31. The Third Script is a collection of new short stories from Tasmania, the UK and Iran. Selected writers will receive $250 AUD for their work. For more information visit www.transportationbook.com. Susan Downham is currently undertaking her PhD in the new field of Authorpreneurship. Loosely, this strange conflagration of words– author and entrepreneur suggests a rare correlation between writing and money. Susan, who has many books under her belt and another 11 on their way out over the next two years, believes that it is possible
to make money from creative writing. She will convey the essence of Authorpreneurship at a workshop in Hobart on August 16. For further details, and to book, contact downham.susan@ gmail.com. On August 24, the Tasmanian branch of the Australian Society of Editors is hosting a session with fabulous writer and engaging speaker, Lian Tanner on structural editing in fiction. For further information contact info@taseditors.org.au. If you’re up North, there is plenty going on too; The Society of Women Writers, Tasmania will next meet on Monday 3rd August, from 10am to noon, in the Ida Burchill Room, next to Pilgrim Church, Paterson Street Launceston. August Poetry Pedlars will be in Launceston on Monday 17th August at the Pioneer Lounge of the Albert Hall, entrance next to Victoria’s Cafe, City Park. Starting at 7pm, it will wind up around 9.30pm. “Not The Pot” grew out of “Poor Man’s Pot”. The organisers had so many brilliant people wanting to contribute to the show, but not enough time to squeeze them all in. They figured they’d let them loose once a month. Called a “Show and Tell Show”, it features poets, songwriters, comedians, actors, improvisers and other creatives showing off what they have been making most recently. The next one is on Monday August 10, at Fresh in Launceston hosted by Daniel Townsend and Reece Lyne. The kitchen and bar open at 6pm, first performer at 7:30pm and it has a $5 cover charge. Heats of the Australian Poetry Slam are starting up North too. Judged by randomly chosen members of the audience, at the Australian final one person will be named Australian Poetry Slam Champion 2015 and will perform their own work, all expenses paid, in 2016 at the China Bookworm Literary Festival, Sydney Writers’ Festival, Byron Bay Writers Festival, and the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival in Bali in October. Tasmanian heats are as follows (I just love how very regional we’re getting here, it’s fabulous!) Deloraine: the Empire Hotel, Tuesday August 25 at 7.30pm, Bookings required, call 6362 1029 and say ‘poetry’. Launceston, Fresh, Wednesday 19 August, 7.30. Hobart and Wynyard heats will be announced soon and for more information contact- yvonnegluyas@gmail.com or via the Facebook “Australian Poetry Slam– Tasmanian Heats’ Joshua Santospirito, who works very closely with Her Majesty in the realm of graphic novels and stories, has organised A Thousand Words, upstairs at Frankies on August 20 at 6pm. Featuring German graphic novelist Jan Bauer, Julie Hunt, Tasmanian children’s author and graphic novelist, and US illustrator extraordinaire, Alyssa Bermudez, this is a free event. Our Southern bookshop stalwarts, the Hobart Bookshop and Fullers, are hosting some interesting events in August, including the launch of Kathryn Lomer’s new young adult novel Talk Under Water (pictured). This is taking place at the Hobart Bookshop, Salamanca on Thursday, August 13 at 5.30pm and I will be chatting to her on The Book Show on Edge Radio on Tuesday August 4 at 6pm. Tune in! Professor Henry Reynolds will launch Nick Brodie’s new book, Kin, A Real People’s History of Australia at Fullers on August 6, 5.30pm. Continuing the tradition of TASNOIR (yes, it is a thing) SJ Brown is launching the second in his DI Mahoney series, Dead Wood, on Thursday, 13 August at 5.30pm also at Fullers Bookshop. Last month I mentioned the winners of the Young Tasmanian Writers’ Prize (Forty South), this month I am delighted to announce that two of these writers have had their stories selected for Award Winning Australian Writing 2015. These writers are Lily Stojcevski and Freya Cox. This book will be launched at the Melbourne Writers Festival on 3 August. More information can be found here - www.facebook.com/ AwardWinningAustralianWriting. RACHEL EDWARDS
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SWEET TRIBOLOGY TRIBOLOGY IS THE SCIENCE OF ‘FRICTION OF INTERACTING SURFACES IN RELATIVE MOTION’. SWEET TRIBOLOGY GENERATES FRICTION BETWEEN: WAX & CHOCOLATE, FRICTION BETWEEN ARCHIVE & ART, FRICTION BETWEEN PAST & PRESENT, FRICTION BETWEEN AUDIO & VISUAL, FRICTION BETWEEN ORIGINAL & COPY, Friction between inside & outside, friction between perception & creation, friction between radiophonic dead air & sweet live music to eat. Sweet Tribology is 40 women artists from 10 countries making chocolate records for radiophonic picnics in Europe and Australia. Sweet Tribology is an ode to women in sound art, teasing the fading beauty out of forgotten wax cylinders and cooking some sweet chocolate records out of these antique sounds to play during radiophonic picnics. You read that correctly: records, that you can play, made of chocolate. Julia Drouhin makes records out of ice, snow and chocolate. The chocolate ones work best; the ice records start to deteriorate as some as they get above zero degrees. The chocolate ones can be played more easily. As the diamond stylus reaches the surface, the sound sculpted into the chocolate is erased. The more you play the soft recording, the less you hear the original and instead, hear the other sounds all around. Julia was inspired by 100-year-old Edison wax cylinder recordings. Wax is like chocolate: it gets a bit worse every time you play it. You can find some of these fragile and amazing things at Sound Preservation Association of Tasmania (SPAT), at Bellerive, Hobart. Julia was able to make recordings of popular music from some of the precious cylinders and cut that sound into small snippets, giving forty different segments to the forty women who are the participants in the project. Each of these people will make sound kind of sound work in response, and chocolate records of each of those new works will be made, played and eaten at special radiophonic garden parties. A radiophonic garden party is one where a tiny, temporary radio signal will be broadcast and people will be invited to bring radios along to listen with. The first one is about to happen in Spain on August 15th; Sweet Tribology is a truly international event. In order to fund this amazing and amusing project, Julia has taken part in Arts Tasmania’s Crowbar project. Crowbar helps an individual or organisation set up a crowdfunding campaign and offers to match funds raised. Making chocolate records is not all that cheap, so funds are required to fully realise Sweet Tribology. There’s all kinds of truly wonderful rewards up for grabs so just google the hell out of sweet tribology, or if you can really bear copying this, there’s a website and all kinds of stuff: Sweet Tribology, https:// sweet-sweet-tribology.hotglue.me/home/. There’s also a crowdfunding campaign use Pozible, where you could donate some funds to support or even snaffle up some very crazy art or perhaps even grab hold off one of the fabled chocolate records for yourself: www.pozi.be/sweettribology. There’ll be events with chocolate records and radios in Tasmania later this year to check out. ANDREW HARPER
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FRACTANGULAR GATHERING ART TRAIL A SOMEWHAT UNCONVENTIONAL ART EXHIBITION IS HAPPENING DEEP IN THE WOODS OF BUCKLAND THIS FEBRUARY. AS PART OF THE ARTS AND MUSIC FESTIVAL FRACTANGULAR GATHERING, THE EVENT WILL HOST AGAIN AN ART TRAIL, GIVING OPPORTUNITY TO INSTALLATION AND SCULPTURE ARTISTS TO PRODUCE WORKS FOR PUBLIC CONSUMPTION.
This year a selection process will be used to choose artists from the applicants to go on to install their work in the art trail. The Selection criteria are: 1. Suitability and durability in all outdoor (Tasmanian) weather types. 2. Quality of the work. 3. How it will enhance the Fractangular experience and vision. All successful applicants will receive free entry to the event and go into the running for the People’s Choice Award of $500 cash plus other prizes. The People’s Choice will be determined by ballot poll from among the festival attendees during the event. This is a great opportunity for anybody interested in having their art displayed in a unique context and particularly artists who have never had the opportunity to exhibit before. NIC ORME Applications to the art trail close November 30. Details can be obtained from www. fractangular.com.au/fractangular-art-trail-2016 and online application at www.fractangular.com.au/artists-application.
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KICKSTART ARTS:
TURNING THE STORY AROUND THERE ARE SOME EXCITING DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING AT THE HISTORIC SITE OF ST. JOHNS PARK IN NEW TOWN…KICKSTART ARTS HAVE A VISION THAT WILL BENEFIT THE ENTIRE TASMANIAN COMMUNITY… AND IT’S BEING FULFILLED.
Friday August 21 sees the launch of the new Kickstart Arts Centre, a multipurpose venue that has seen the former 1831 Queens orphanage building transformed into a centre comprising of function and performance spaces, galleries and studios. A welcoming space for creative connections to happen between people from all walks of life. Kickstart Arts have saved the former orphanage from dereliction as despite having significant heritage value, the Orphan School built by Governor Arthur had been disused and was falling into disrepair. The site has a dark history, with the orphanage in colonial times housing 411 convict children and 7 Tasmanian Aboriginal children in pretty harsh conditions. Mathinna, the unwanted adopted Aboriginal daughter of Governor and Lady Jane Franklin was one of the children that found herself placed in the orphanage. Now Kickstart Arts are turning the story around…. The celebrations on Friday night will begin with a welcome performance and smoking ceremony conducted by Tasmanian Aboriginal leaders and performers, to cleanse the spirit of place and prepare the building for its new life. All are welcome to come and participate in this unique and moving Tasmanian cultural event, to sit around the outdoor fires, absorb the large scale projected images of the past residents, witness the Tasmanian Aboriginal artists dedications and celebrate being part of this significant and sacred event, which will begin at 6.00 pm sharp. The Centre doors will then be opened for a night of music and entertainment that will lift the roof 22
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off, featuring artists who are part of the Kickstart family, showcasing the brilliant work the Company have produced in their 20 years of making art within Tasmanian communities. Seble Girma the Ethiopian Diva will perform songs from Kickstart Arts previous productions of Breaking and mKona kwa mKono, both performances were sell outs at the time and were developed in conjunction with African communities. Lawrence Gino, a Sudanese hop hop artist will also take the stage to share his wicked sounds with audiences on the night. Chupacabra will perform their lusty Latin tunes for people to dance the night away, plus the super mad sculpture slam, all set to a DJ’s beats with MC PJ Funbuttons. There will be exhibitions in the gallery rooms, including video installations and films from the Tasmanian Happiness project which saw over a thousand schoolchildren and adults in regional Tasmanian communities participate in telling their stories through filmmaking. There will be a Story Room featuring interpretations of the buildings history, through performance and storytelling. The Arts Centre is just the first exciting phase of turning the St. Johns site into a “Creative Living Park”. Kickstart Arts are Tasmania’s leading community arts and cultural development organisation and for over 20 years they have generated community cultural projects that have been incredibly effective in breaking down barriers to cultural participation; improving social harmony; reducing racism; improving
literacy; addressing problems associated with poor mental health and improving wellbeing. Because of this they were enlisted to lead the innovative development of the St. Johns site, which has so far seen new tenants including the Hobart Hackerspace, the Community Gardens and the Hobart City Farm find a home within the precinct. There are plans underway to establish Tasmania’s first Aboriginal Theatre Company, the Pakana Story Company, and to re-develop another building that contains an old theatrette for community performing arts uses. The creation of a digital lab is underway, where people can access equipment and be supported in digital media production. The Company are also working closely with resident business units of DHHS that are located at St Johns, including Child Protection, Disability Services and Drug and Alcohol units. It’s free for people to come along and celebrate the Friday August 21 launch of the Arts Centre as it is opened up for the community to own and use. Maybe you are an artist, musician or community group that would be interested in booking the venue for a project in the future, maybe you are an individual that would like to participate in the Artists in Residence programs that will be run through the Centre, or maybe you would just like to celebrate Kickstart Arts “turning the story around”, creating a place for people to connect and re imagine cultures and histories through brilliant artmaking and the development of the Creative Living Park…watch this space! JACKIE O’TOOLE
Come to the Launch of the new Kickstart Arts Centre at 1831 South St Johns Park New Town (behind Ogilvie High) on Friday August 21 from 6pm.
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South 146 ARTSPACE 23 Jul – 3 Sept Sheila Alati and Rosemary Darragh 10 Sept – 22 Oct Karen Lyttle ART MOB 5 – 23 Aug Gloria Petyarre BETT GALLERY 2 – 28 Aug Under Kunanyi CONTEMPORARY ART TASMANIA 24 Jul – 23 Aug Ken Urban feat: David Attwood, Shannon Field, Amber Koroluk Stephenson 4 Sept – 4 Oct Lucy Bleach COLVILLE GALLERY From 14 Aug Luke Wagner DESPARD 5 – 28 Aug This Is Drawing Now : Bertie Blackman, Jo Chew, Brain Foetus, Mish Meijers, Jonathin McBurnie, Mary Scott ENTREPOT 14 – 21 Aug Apophenia Group Show HANDMARK 24 Jul – 20 Aug Print Show 21 Aug - 10 Sept Emily Blom INKA 6- 26 Aug Alicja Boyd 26 Aug - 15 Sept Inka Members Spring Show JIMMY’S SKATE 14 Aug Useless Wooden Toys Group Show MAC 16 Apr – 31 Dec An/other time – Anita Bacic 6 – 29 Aug Maatsuyker Collection – Halfway hang MONA 13 Jun – 5 Oct Marina Abramovic PENNY CONTEMPORARY from 21 Aug Scot Cotterell ROSNY BARN SCHOOLHOUSE GALLERY 31 Jul – 16 Aug The Sunny Coasters 4 -27 Sept Wild Comfort Kathryn Lomer & Penny Ruthberg
SOUTH SALAMANCA ART CENTRE LIGHTBOX 3 – 31 Aug Tristan Stowards LONG GALLERY 7 – 16 Aug Fred McCulloch 21 – 26 Aug Through The Door group show SIDESPACE GALLERY 11 – 18 Aug Hobart Photographic Society MONO Group 21 – 31 Aug Nina Keri STUDIO GALLERY 1 -31 Aug Katherine Perrot TOP GALLERY 5 – 30 Aug Samuel Johnstone TMAG 20 Mar – 30 Aug Patrick Hall 12 Jun – 20 Sept John Kelly
NORTH BRAVE ART GALLERY (LONGFORD) 1 – 29 Aug Vanessa Wallace, group show 5 – 26 Sept Jasper Da Seymour BURNIE REGIONAL GALLERY 18 Jul – 13 Sept ArtRage 2014 27 Jul – 14 Aug Paper Clothing Competition DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY 18 Jul – 30 Aug Works From The Permanent Collection Cur: Ellie Ray & Emily Kennel 18 Jul – 30 Aug Donna Lougher GALLERY PEJEAN 16 Jul – 22 Aug Winter group Exhibition HANDMARK EVANDALE from 9 Aug Works On Paper
COMEDY THE BRISBANE HOTEL 27 Aug The Comedy Forge DOCTOR SYNTAX 28 Aug The Doctor’s Best Medicine IRISH MURHPY’S 11 Aug Craic Up Comedy SOHO 5 Aug Cloud Comedy 2 Sept Cloud Comedy THE REPUBLIC BAR 8 Aug The Clubhouse feat. Matt Okine 21 Aug The Clubhouse Feat. Josh Earl THE POLISH CLUB 5 Aug Chris Franklin 12 Aug Simon Palmores 19 Aug Laura Davis 26 Aug Asher TreLeaven & Xavier Michaels
DANCE THEATRE ROYAL 21 -22 Aug De Novo - Sydney Dance Company
FILM CINEMONA Ends 21 Aug La Traviatte Ends 26 Aug The Audience Ends 5 Oct the Artist Is Present From 8 Aug Everyman From 15 Aug Faberge From 22 Aug Cast Party THEATRE PLAYHOUSE 14 – 29 Aug On Our Selection 4 – 5 Sept OneFest
SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE Peacock Theatre 7 – 15 Aug Like, dead THEATRE ROYAL 7- 8 Aug Australia Day 15 Aug The Complete works Of William Shakespeare (abridged) THEATRE ROYAL BACKSPACE 7 – 14 Aug Wheeler’s Luck 26 – 29 Aug Dylan Thomas: Return Journey
NORTH COMEDY FRESH ON CHARLES 7 Aug Fresh Comedy with Matt Okine 21 Aug Fresh Comedy with Josh Earl RED BRICK ROAD CIDERHOUSE 12 Aug UBER Comedy SHOTS ON WAX 27 Aug Crash Test Funnies
DANCE PRINCESS THEATRE 27 Aug De Novo - Sydney Dance Company
THEATRE PRINCESS THEATRE 7 Aug Diary Of … 20 -22 Aug Pippin EARL ARTS CENTRE 6 – 8 Aug The Possum BURNIE ARTS AND FUNCTION CENTRE 14 – 23 Aug Bitz from The Blitz DEVONPORT ARTS AND FUNCTION CENTRE 13 – 15 Aug the Little Mermaid
QVMAG 1 Aug – 2 Nov Growth Change Influence: The University Art Schools in Tasmania SAWTOOTH ARI 7 – 29 Aug Front Gallery Jill Craford/ Robyn Harman Middle Gallery Anja Loughead New Media GalleryJess Dorloff Project Gallery Anna Van Stralen
WARP RECOMMENDS… It should be better known that Jimmy’s Skate (which has been there for TEN YEARS woohoo) also has art shows and doubles as a gallery at times. Jimmy has had some excellent fun and funky shows over the shops’ lengthy lifespan and there’s another one coming up on Friday August 14. This one is very much in keeping with it’s location: Useless Wooden Toys. A crop of fresh and very attractive Hobart artist types have all made something on old skateboards. We got Jamin, Topski, Josh Pringle, Aedan Howlett, Erin Linhart, Tania Slapar Koman, Jackson Parker and probably as many again. There’s usually some kind of very neato opening event (there’s some tunes courtesy of DJ Poga and buddies even) at Jimmy’s store so go along, shake some hands and buy a bit of art because there’ll be stuff for sale, and it’s often the best value around ever. Plus using dead skateboards is sort of recycling isn’t it? www.facebook.com/warp.mag 23
Event Guide
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Acts / Start Time
Republic Bar & Café
The Sign 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo 8pm
Irish Murphy’s
Songwriter Sessions w/ Tim Bird
The Mill on Morrison
Jed Appleton 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Tony Voglino 8pm
Irish Murphy’s
Dan Vandermere Band
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
KashKin + Stickrad 8:30pm
The Homestead
Unkl Funknukl + DJ Dolittle
The Mill on Morrison
Harry Edwards & Isaac Gee 6pm
Worlds End Brewpub
Casual Encounters DJs (+ $5 Pints)
Birdcage Bar
Tony Mac 9pm
Brunswick Hotel
Clay Soldier
Irish Murphy’s
Jed Appleton
Republic Bar & Café
The Bone Rattlers + The Raccoons 9pm
The Homestead
Brad Gillies
Worlds End Brewpub
Funky Bunch Trivia
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
DAMAGE B’DAY!! w/ Anchors (Vic) + Party Vibez (vic) + Captives + Knife Hands + Trespasser + Slow Descent + DJ Vinyl Ritchie (vic) + DJ Challis + DJ Rat Shadows
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Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Hobart Reggae Inc 9pm
Tasman Quatermasters
Edge Radiothon Cabaret Evening with Louis Papilon and Binny Boo
The Homestead
Unkl Funknukl + DJ Dolittle
The Mill on Morrison
David Malone 6pm
Worlds End Brewpub
Casual Encounters DJs (+ $5 Pints)
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brunswick Hotel
Cam Stuart
Irish Murphy’s
Ben Castles
Peppermint Bay
Virtuosi Tasmania Wind Quintet 11am
Republic Bar & Café
Lloyd Spiegel 25th Anniversary Tour 9pm
The Homestead
Mama Smooth
Worlds End Brewpub
Funky Bunch Trivia
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
TRASH NIGHTCLUB w/ King Fate (King Diamond/Mercyful Fate Tribute) + Woe + Lady Crimson + DJs
Brunswick Hotel
Dan Vandermeer, Clay Soldier
Grand Poobah
Street Vibez #2 8:30pm
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ Dane
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Onyx Bar
The Tin Men 10pm
Republic Bar & Café
HAU (Koolism) Kill.I.Am Tour 10pm
The Homestead
The Sin and Tonics
Waterfront Hotel
Aaron Courtney 8:30pm
Worlds End Brewpub
The Dead Maggies + Isabel Quigley + Mangus Trio
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Brunswick Hotel
Jed Appleton, Dan Vandermeer
Moonah Arts Centre
Jensen 6:30pm
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ Dane
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Onyx Bar
Girl Friday 10pm
PlanB
I Love Techno 11pm
Brisbane Hotel
Zombie March After Party!!
Republic Bar & Café
Boil Up (Reggae & Funk) 10pm
Brisbane Hotel
ALL AGES - 3pm - 6pm - Open The Door Foundation
The Homestead
Local Produce #3 feat. Akouo + Close Counters
Brisbane Hotel
Waterfront Hotel
Ebeneza Good 8:30pm
(Front) - Powernap 7’ Launch w/ A Swayze & The Ghosts + Smutty Sam & The Sundae Schemers
Worlds End Brewpub
Peak Body + James Parry Band
Brunswick Hotel
Two Peas, DJ Mad
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Hotel SOHO
Triple Treat 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
(Back) Edge Radiothon Opening Night: Axe Giant, Heart Beach, Platypus Freaks, Aon Stolp & The Out of Towners
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Onyx Bar
Everburn 10pm
Brisbane Hotel
(Front) - Fierce Mild (vic) + Lizard Johnny + Violet Swells + El Perezidente
Pier One
Paul Gerard 7pm
Brunswick Hotel
The Rooftop Robins, Actroid
Republic Bar & Café
Asta - Dynamite Tour + Chase City + Peak Body 10pm
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
The Homestead
Quivers Tape Launch, The Out of Towners + Jim Spur
Waterfront Hotel
The Goodfellas 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Fiona Whitla 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Bingo w/ The Ramblin GRONK
Brunswick Hotel
Dane Connor
Onyx Bar
Gypsy Rose 10pm
Pier One
Billy & Tilly 7pm
Saturday
Sunday
15
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PlanB
Lazy Yak Presents Official Seth Sentry Afterparty ft. DJ SIZZLE 11pm
Claremont Hotel
The Goodfellas 2pm
Republic Bar & Café
4 Letter Fish 10pm
Republic Bar & Café
TJ Rhythm 8:30pm
The Homestead
My Friend Bryan, Valkyries and LEWES
The Homestead
Figure It In (Life Drawing)
Waterfront Hotel
Shaun & Joel 8:30pm
Waterfront Hotel
Tony Voglino 2pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy and Randal 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Bingo w/ Ramblin Diamond Pitch
Brunswick Hotel
Quizmeisters Trivia
Brunswick Hotel
DJ Mad
Hotel SOHO
INDUSTRY NIGHT with DJ B-Rex 8pm
Claremont Hotel
Tony Voglino 2pm
Republic Bar & Café
Dan Vandermeer 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion + Native Cats 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo 8pm
Waterfront Hotel
Sambo 2pm
Brisbane Hotel
Quiz-A-Saurus
Birdcage Bar
Billy and Randal 8pm
Irish Murphy’s
Songwriter Sessions w/ Tim Bird
Brunswick Hotel
Quizmeisters Trivia
Republic Bar & Café
G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin’ Blues) 8:30pm
Hotel SOHO
INDUSTRY NIGHT with DJ B-Rex 8pm
The Homestead
Aus. Songwriters Assoc. Wax Lyrical
Republic Bar & Café
Quiz Night - New Comers Welcome 8:15pm
The Mill on Morrison
Jed Appleton 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Tony Voglino 8pm
Irish Murphy’s
Songwriter Sessions w/ Tim Bird
Irish Murphy’s
Seth Henderson & Friends
Republic Bar & Café
The Darlings 8:30pm
DJ B-Rex
The Mill on Morrison
Julius Schwing 6pm
Observatory Main Room
Uni Bar - Sandy Bay
Edge Radiothon Quiz Night
Republic Bar & Café
Slyde 8:30pm
The Homestead
Unkl Funknukl + DJ Dolittle
The Mill on Morrison
Harry Edwards & Isaac Gee 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Tony Voglino 8pm
Irish Murphy’s
Colin Kucerra, Zack Henderson
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Tuesday
Wednesday
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
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Acts / Start Time
Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Worlds End Brewpub
Casual Encounters DJs (+ $5 Pints)
Thursday
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
The Comedy Forge
Brunswick Hotel Irish Murphy’s
Cam Stuart
Brunswick Hotel
Tony Mak
Bridget Pross
Irish Murphy’s
Dan Vandermere
Republic Bar & Café
Billy Whitton & The Blue Angels 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
El Grande + Lewes + The Surreal Estate Agents 9pm
The Homestead
MT Blues
The Homestead
Helen Crowther
Worlds End Brewpub
Funky Bunch Trivia
Worlds End Brewpub
Funky Bunch Trivia
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Quivers (last show, sam’s farewell)
Brisbane Hotel
Brunswick Hotel
Nick Machin, Jensen
BRUTAL BIRTHDAY BASH - Gape + Ruins + Intercranial Tremors (vic) + Departe + Lacerta + Pure + Mountains of Madness
Federation Concert Hall
Beethoven One & Four 7:30pm
Brunswick Hotel
The Rooftop Robins, Dan Vandermeer
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ Dane
Federation Concert Hall
Beethoven Five Hobart 7:30pm
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ Dane
Onyx Bar
Dr Rocksters 10pm
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
King Parrot + Mephistopheles + Randomorder 10pm
Onyx Bar
The Tin Men 10pm
The Homestead
Edge Radiothon Closing Party: The Dead Maggies, Lagoon Hill Zydeco, Wolf Arrow Rain
Republic Bar & Café
Holy Holy + Violet Swells 10pm
Waterfront Hotel
Shaun & Joel 8:30pm
The Homestead
Mangus Duo + Dominic Howe
Worlds End Brewpub
Jed Appleton + Bec Stevens (SA)
Waterfront Hotel
Blue Monday 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Worlds End Brewpub
The Saxons (Laun) w/ The Beautiful Chains + Fowkes
Brisbane Hotel
(Front) - Gloss (nsw) + BCBG (Fra) + The Native Cats + Heart Beach + DJs
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
ALL AGES - 3pm - 6pm - CC Rocks
Brisbane Hotel
(Back) - ALL AGES & 18+ - Aversions Crown (QLD) + Hollow World (Vic) +Zeolite + Alpha Wolf + Omnicide (AA ONLY) + The Absolution Sequence (18+ Only)
Brisbane Hotel
Brunswick Hotel
Dan Vandermeer, Dane Connor
18+ - Wrong Place Records Showcase w/ Point Being (nsw) + Poster Boy (vic) + Wasted Idol + The Native Cats + ALL The Weathers + Steven Wright + Filthy Little Star + DJ Summer Babe vs Doulton DJs + MC Slammer
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Brunswick Hotel
Matt & Abby, DJ Mad
Onyx Bar
Ebeneza Good 10pm
Onyx Bar
Blue Monday 10pm
Pier One
Aly Rae Patmore Trio 7pm
Pier One
Billy & Tilly 7pm
Republic Bar & Café
Miami Horror + JOY + Young Franco + Cleopold 10pm
Republic Bar & Café
Megan Washington + The Tambourine Girls 10pm
The Homestead
Truth (NZ) + Dameza (AV set) + Max Power + More
The Homestead
The Cactus
Waterfront Hotel
Jason Patmore 8:30pm
Waterfront Hotel
Tony Voglino 8:30pm
Worlds End Brewpub
Verticoli w/ The Hunted Crows (Vic) + White Rose Project + Dog Dreams
Worlds End Brewpub
Lepers & Crooks (NSW) w/ Local Supports
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Jerome Hillier 8pm
Brunswick Hotel
Fotti G & OGP
Brisbane Hotel
Bingo w/ Ramblin Rambler
Claremont Hotel
The Goodfellas 2pm
Brunswick Hotel
DJ Mad
Republic Bar & Café
Claremont Hotel
Tony Voglino 2pm
Hot August Jazz Festival (Free Event, Finishes at Midnight) 2pm
Hobart Town Hall
Beethoven Celebration: Free Chamber Music Concert 2 11am
The Homestead
Hannah and Danah
Waterfront Hotel
Jerome Hillier 2pm
Hotel Grand Chancellor
Beethoven Up Close: Tea and Talk with Stephen Hough 2:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy and Randal 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Beergarden Party with Mo Joes Blues Band & Free Slow Charcoal Roasted Beef 3pm
Brisbane Hotel
Bingo w/ Ramblin Crumb Puddle
Brunswick Hotel
Quizmeisters Trivia
Hotel SOHO
INDUSTRY NIGHT with DJ B-Rex 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Quiz Night - New Comers Welcome 8:15pm
Republic Bar & Café
Peter Hicks & The Blues Licks 8:30pm
Waterfront Hotel
Sambo 2pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy and Randal 8pm
Brunswick Hotel
Quimeisters Trivia
Hotel SOHO
INDUSTRY NIGHT with DJ B-Rex 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Pat Bereche 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo 8pm
Federation Concert Hall
Beethoven Two and Three 7:30pm
Irish Murphy’s
Songwriter Sessions w/ Tim Bird
Republic Bar & Café
Ross Sermon 8:30pm
The Mill on Morrison
Julius Schwing 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Tony Mac 8pm
Hobart Town Hall
Beethoven Celebration: Free Chamber Music Concert 3 5pm
Irish Murphy’s
Maddy Jane, LASCA
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
The Bobcats 8:30pm
The Homestead
Unkl Funknukl + DJ Dolittle
The Mill on Morrison
David Malone 6pm
Worlds End Brewpub
Casual Encounters DJs (+ $5 Pints)
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
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29
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Venue
Acts / Start Time
Date
Club 54
Thump! + The Backyard Invitational #6: Tayla & Dan + Pat Broxton
Wednesday
The Royal Oak
Daniel Townsend (Public Bar) 9pm
Thursday
Watergarden Bar
Jerome Hillier 6:30pm
5
Thursday
6
The Royal Oak
Scott Haigh (Public Bar)
Friday
7
Club 54
Seth Sentry + Dylan Joel + Ivan Ooze
The Royal Oak
BAND WARS - Sharkpuncher + Nosce Tepsumi + Pop Noi’sop + Johnny Sensei (The Boat Shed) 9pm
Saturday
Sunday
8
Burnie Arts & Function Centre
Grigoryan Brothers 8pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
Jerome Hillier 8:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Seth Sentry
9
Friday
7
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Unit
Saturday
8
Ulverstone
Gnomon Pavilion
Elly Hoyt 7:30pm
The Royal Oak
Max Hillmen Showband (Public Bar) 9pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
Retweet 9:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Ringmasters
Burnie
The Butter Factory
70s and 80s REWIND hosted by Tim Franklin
Tonic Bar
The Mocking Birds 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Trevor Weaver 7pm
The Royal Oak
Open Folk Session (Public Bar) 5pm The Human Movement Society: Shit Kits Party
Wednesday
12
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Open Mic
Paper Souls Trio (Public Bar) 9pm
Thursday
13
Devonport
Molly Malones
Sambo 8:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Evil Cisum
Hank Koopman 6:30pm Asta + Chase City + Peak Body
Fresh on Charles
The Golden Groove Asylum
The Royal Oak
Lloyd Spiegel 25th Anniversary Tour (The Boat Shed) 9pm
Tonic Bar
Agent 99 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Sambo 7pm
15 Club 54
King Fate + The Wizar’d + Lady Crimson
Tonic Bar
Gypsy Rose 9pm
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Wednesday 19 Club 54
Ball & Chain 7pm
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Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Ringmasters
Saturday
15
Devonport
Devonport Regional Art Gallery
Beethoven Celebration: Free Chamber Music Concert 1 5pm
Latrobe
Mackeys Royal Sambo 9pm Hotel
Devonport
Molly Malones
Tom Coulson Band 9:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Sheyanna Band
Burnie
The Butter Factory
THE RED KELLYS
Devonport
Molly Malones
Phil Micale 8:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Brad Gillies The Unit
Thursday
20
Launceston Blues Club presents ‘The Merkins’ (The Boat Shed) 1-4pm Open Folk Session (Public Bar) 5pm
Friday
21
Devonport
Thump! + The Backyard Invitational #7: Jesse Chipindall + Those Guys
Tapas Lounge Bar
Saturday
22
Latrobe
Mackeys Royal Phil Micale 9pm Hotel
Devonport
Molly Malones
The Unit 9:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Ringmasters
Devonport
Molly Malones
Tim Roberts 8:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Lepers & Crooks The Ringmasters
The Royal Oak
Andy Collins (Public Bar) 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Tassie Tenor 6:30pm
Thursday
20 The Royal Oak
Bronny & Phoebe (Public Bar) 9pm
Friday
21 Club 54
Aversions Crown + Hollow World + Zeolite + Alpha Wolf + Actuality
The Royal Oak
Jonno Coleman (Public Bar) 9pm
Tonic Bar
John & Jai 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Rino Morea 7pm
22 Club 54
Friday
British Battlegrounds + The Mornings + Seth Henderson + Thomas Fowkes
The Royal Oak
Watergarden Bar
King Parrot + Intense Hammer Rage + Uncle Geezer
Thursday
27
Friday
28
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Saturday
29
Latrobe
Mackeys Royal Rino Morea 9pm Hotel
The Royal Oak
Josh Rennie-Hayes (Public Bar) 9pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
Replay 9:30pm
Tonic Bar
The Mocking Birds 9pm
Devonport
Trevor Weaver 7pm
Tapas Lounge Bar
BFM
Watergarden Bar
Burnie
The Butter Factory
TRIPLE TASTE OF TASSIE with Gina Timms, Dave Hawkins and Justine Barber
23 The Royal Oak
Wednesday 26 Club 54
Open Folk Session (Public Bar) 5pm The Human Movement Society: Halloween Party
The Royal Oak
Open Mic Night (Public Bar) 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino 6:30pm
27 Fresh on Charles The Royal Oak
26
Burnie
Mackeys Royal Jerome Hillier 9pm Hotel
Brad Gillies Blues (Public Bar) 9pm
Sunday
6
Latrobe
14 Club 54
Saturday
Tapas Trivia
Anchors + Party Vibez + Bennylava + Knife Hands + Slow Descent
13 The Royal Oak
Friday
Tapas Lounge Bar
Club 54
Friday
Thursday
Devonport
Jerome Hillier 7pm
Thursday
Sunday
5
Andy and Tori 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Saturday
Acts / Start Time
Watergarden Bar
The Royal Oak
Sunday
Venue
Tonic Bar
Wednesday 12 Club 54
Saturday
CITY
August
August Wednesday
NORTHWEST
28 Club 54
Thur 6th Scott Haigh (P/B) Fri 7th BAND WARS ~ Sharkpuncher + Nosce Tepsumi + Pop Noi’sop + Johnny Sensei (TBS 9PM) Sat 8th Max Hillmen Showband (P/B 9PM) Sun 9th Open Folk Seisíun (P/B 5PM) Wed 12th Paper Souls Trio (P/B 9PM) Thur 13th Brad Gillies Blues (P/B 9PM) Fri 14th Llloyd Spiegel (TBS 9PM $20 Cover) Sat 15th King Fate + The Wizar’d + Lady Crimson Sun 16th Launceston Blues Club presents ‘The Merkins’ (TBS 1-4PM Free Entry) / Open Folk Seisíun (Public Bar 5PM) Wed 19th Andy Collins (P/B 9PM) Thur 20th Bronny & Phoebe (P/B 9PM) Fri 21st Jonno Coleman (P/B 9PM) Sat 22nd Josh Rennie-Hayes (P/B 9PM) Sun 23rd Open Folk Seisíun (Public Bar 5PM) Wed 26th Open Mic Night (P/B 9PM) Thu 27th Yyan Ng Solo (Max Hillmen P/B 9PM) Fri 28th Neil Gibson Slide Blues (P/B 9PM) Sat 29th The Embers Mega Show with Guests Sun 30th Launceston Blues Club Jam (TBS 1-4PM), Open Folk Seisíun (Public Bar 5PM)
Yyan Ng Solo (Max Hillmen - Public Bar) 9pm The 80’s Revisited Neil Gibson Slide Blues (Public Bar) 9pm
Tonic Bar
Ball & Chain 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Andy & The Woodman 7pm
29 Albert Hall
Beethoven Five Launceston 7:30pm
Club 54
The Saxons + Verticoli + Pat Broxton + Thomas Fowkes
Fresh on Charles
Lucie Thorne LIVE
The Royal Oak
The Embers Mega Show with Guests
Tonic Bar
Agent 99 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Tassie Tenor 7pm Megan Washington - Tangents Tour
The Royal Oak
Launceston Blues Club Jam (The Boat Shed) 1-4pm
The Royal Oak
Open Folk Session (Public Bar) 5pm
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Holy Holy ft. The Violet Swells
The Royal Oak
30 Fresh on Charles
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