Warp Magazine August 2018

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AUGUST 2018 Wednesday 1st 8.30pm Tim & Scott Thursday 2nd 9pm Dirty Daniel + Tidas Friday 3rd 9.30pm Mike Noga $12pre/$15door Saturday 4th 10pm The Hudson Cartel Album Launch + Art School Bullies + Babylon Howl $5 Sunday 5th 8.30pm Official Reclink Community Cup After Party $7 Monday 6th 8pm Montz Matsumoto Tuesday 7th 8pm Ross Sermons Wednesday 8th 9pm Dave Wilson Band Thursday 9th 9pm Brett Collidge Friday 10th 9.30pm Seth Henderson & Band 'First Floor' Tour with The Protagonists + The Mornings + Tom Fowkes $7 Saturday 11th 10pm Regurgitator + Glitoris + The Stress Of Leisure (Sold Out) Sunday 12th 2.30pm Regurgitator + Glitoris + Native Cats $35pre/$40door 8.30pm Wahbash Avenue Monday 13th 8.15pm Quiz Night Tuesday 14th 8pm Billy Whitton

Wednesday 15th 8.30pm Tim Rozemulder Thursday 16th 8.30pm Brad Butcher $15 Friday 17th 9.30pm Ruben Reeves VANraiser: Create The Crayon + Mocane + Black Swans of Trespass + Yoni & The Steamers Saturday 18th 9.30pm Mammal + Osaka Punch + Fresh Violet $35pre/$45door Sunday 19th 2.30pm Mouldy Fig 8.30pm Blue Flies Monday 20th 8pm G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin' Blues) Tuesday 21st 8pm Mimi Gilbert Wednesday 22nd 8.30pm The Great Anticipators Thursday 23rd 9pm Billy Warner Band Friday 24th 9.30pm Girl Friday Saturday 25th 4pm Cool August Blues (Free Event, Finishes 1am) Sunday 26th 1pm Hot August Jazz Festival (Free Event, Finishes at Midnight) Monday 27th 8.15pm Quiz Night Tuesday 28th 8pm Dan Vandermeer Wednesday 29th 8.30pm Billy Whitton +Jamie Taylor Thursday 30th 9pm Nathan Power Friday 31st 10pm Boil Up $10

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News in Brief AKOUAWESOME

importantly (for us, anyway), he’ll be back in Hobart and launching “Sence” at The Waratah Hotel on Thursday August 3, with support from Kat Edwards, Baltimore, and Teens.

REC'N'ROLL

f Celebrated Tasmanian producer Akouo recently released his new six-track EP titled Carbon, and it’s already going great guns. The news follows the recent announcement that he has joined the ranks of Australia’s most exciting and eclectic label, Trench Records, which is home to the likes of Miss Blanks, Moonbase, and Herzeloyde. The brilliant EP opener “Painted On (feat. La’Vel)” which was released last month is a hiphop leaning future bass driven track that acts as the perfect terrain upon which La’Vel’s vocal stylings thrive – the song’s heavy texture spreads across the mix and gives the rising star plenty to leverage himself upon. We highly recommend you give the whole EP a listen! Great stuff, Akouo!

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Melbourne’s ridiculously successful RECLINK Community Cup event, which pairs music and footy all for a good cause, is returning to Hobart this month. On Sunday August 5 at the Queenborough Oval in Sandy Bay, the Van Diemen Dogs and The Ramonas will battle it out on the footy field. There’ll be a stack of musical guests for the times when the teams aren’t out there having a crack.

Gates open at 12:30pm, and it all kicks off shortly after, it’s always a good time, and for a great cause, so make sure you don’t miss it. Tickets are $7+BF via oztix, or $10 on the gate (kids under 15 get in free!).

FAIR ENOUGH! Record fairs are great! Who doesn’t love a record fair? The old timers love ‘em, the hipsters love ‘em, the yuppies love ‘em, everyone loves ‘em. So there are a couple of awesome Record Fairs on this month, you have no excuse to not go along and love it (or maybe ya do, I dunno). The first is taking place on Saturday August 11 at St John Craft Beer in Launceston. There’ll be 1000’s of new and used titles, rarities and collectables, and more. Plus a BYO vinyl DJ Session! 12pm to 5pm, entry is free. The second event is on the following day, Sunday August 12 at the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart, all the same good stuff will be happening, BYO vinyl DJ Session, 12pm to 5pm, free entry. Don’t miss out!

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Throughout 2017, Carl Renshaw has supported names such as Wolfmother, Tash Saltana, Lime Cordiale, Maddy Jane, NorthEast Party House, and more.

Carl was a part of the triple J Unearthed Competition in both 2016 and 2017, and has had all his past releases played on tripl J (Home & Hosed, Good Nights, Weekend Arvos, and triple J Unearthed.

Including reviews and interest from Richard Kingsmill, Declan Byrne and others. With the recent release of his newest single “Sence”, Carl will be heading over the river to perform on the mainland, launching the single in Sydney and Melbourne throughout July. But most

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With ten years under its belt in Melbourne, I ♥ Dancehall is bringing its bass heavy dancehall Jamaican vibes to Hobart this month at The Grand Poobah on Saturday August 25. Showcasing a selection of DJ's, MC's and dancers from Hobart, Melbourne and abroad, including two of Melbourne's Burn City Queenz.

For those with a passion for the dance floor, I ♥ Dancehall is also presenting a series of workshops presented by some of Australia's best teachers of Dancehall and Afrobeats. Learn dance styles from the streets of Jamaica and Africa. These will run earlier in the day (1pm - 5pm) at Studio 65 on Murray St, Hobart. More info at www.ilovedancehall.com.au.

NORTH TERRACE Just when you think Tasmania can take a break from art/music festivals and events, BOOM, there’s a new one. This one, however, is a very DIY affair, featuring a mix of installations and hanging works from local artists, and music from local acts. The event is titled “North Terrace”, and it’s taking place at 28 North Terrace (convenient, eh!), Lauderdale on Friday August 24, from 6pm until people start leaving. Art will be provided by Jamie Spaulding, Zac Henderson and Harrison Bowe, with music provided by Valkyries, Katie Wilson and Zac Henderson. Don’t forget, it’s BYO booze.

DO GLASS ONIONS MAKE GLASS TEARS? Lennon: Through a Glass Onion is back in Australia following their sensational 16 week season in New York. The internationally acclaimed theatrical event celebrating the genius, music and phenomenon of John Lennon which we know and loved as Looking Through A Glass Onion was re-produced and rebranded for it’s off-Broadway debut at the Union Square Theatre. Created and performed by renowned Australian actor/ musician John Waters, and esteemed singer/pianist Stewart D’Arrietta, Lennon: Through a Glass Onion, part concert and part biography, reveals the essence of the life and astonishing talent of one of the most admired icons of the past century.

You can catch the show at the Theatre Royal in Hobart on Friday September 21, the Devonport Entertainment & Convention Centre on Saturday September 22, or the Launceston Country Club on Sunday September 23. Tickets available from their respective websites.

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In 1992 Tumbleweed were at the top of the heap, following the runaway success of their back to back Eps Theatre of Gnomes and Weedseed, with both topping the ARIA Alternative Charts, their direct signing to Atlantic records in America and a string of successful tours and supports with acts such as Mudhoney, Nirvana, Rollins and Iggy Pop. Tumbleweed’s train was rolling at full steam by the time they released their debut albun. It entered the national charts at number 12 and spawned hit singles such as Sundial and Acid Rain which have remained pivotal songs in the Tumbleweed story to this day. Tumbleweed will be embarking on a national tour to promote the release of the album on vinyl, and to celebrate they will be playing the album in its entirety, live for the first time ever. Don’t miss this opportunity to see Tumbleweed take a trip back to 1992 when they hit the stage at the Waratah Hotel in Hobart on Saturday September 22, supported by The Roobs and Monsters of the id. Tickets available via Oztix.

BIG BAD WOLFES

The Wolfe Brothers recently announced the biggest tour of their career, and it’s kicking off in their home state of Tasmania! Woohoo! That’s us! Three acts, tying in three nations, bringing together one massive night of country music. Joining The Wolfe Brothers will be Canadian country superstar Gord Bamford, a multi-award winning legend.

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Also joining the tour will be NZ’s current Female Artist of The Year, Jody Direen.

Taswegians get four opportunities to catch the tour, on Wednesday October 3, they’ll be at the Devonport Town Hall Theatre. On Thursday October 4, they’ll be at the Burnie Town Hall. On Friday October 5 they’ll be performing at Hotel Tasmania in Launceston, and on Saturday October 6 they’ll be at Wrest Point Entertainment Centre in Hobart. Tickets available from their respective websites.

CARMADAMN!

extravaganza, Earl of Whimsy. It has Bill’s trademark blend of satire and surrealism, stories and dismantled jokes, crowd singalongs, weird instruments and musical showstoppers. But there’s a distinctly historical feel to this show. With its tales of Britain’s fortunes past and present, of ancient Viking battles, of Shakespeare’s contribution to comedy and Bill’s own ancestry, this is both a mockery and a celebration of national identity. It’s gonna be a blast, and you can see it for yourself at Wrest Point Entertainment Centre on Monday November 12, and at Albert Hall in Launceston on Tuesday November 13.

Tickets available from their respective websites.

for the RACT Symphony Under The Stars concerts will be released on October 2.

be here in no time. Tickets are available from Ticketmaster, and are selling fast!

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WINE AND VINE

Australians bloody love Suzi Quatro, which is why she’s been touring here forever, and will probably tour forever more. It’s why she’s part of the Red Hot Summer Tour, and why it will probably sell out soon. Suzi will be joined by The Angels, Baby Animals, The Screaming Jets, Jon Stevens, Chocolate Starfish and Moving Pictures, so it’s not like you’re not getting your moneys worth. Just look at that lineup! It’s huge. It’s all going down at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hobart on Sunday February 17, 2019. Which sounds like it’s a long way away, but it’s not, it’ll

The Best Chardy Ever is returning in 2019 with their biggest year yet! Vineup to the presale for your chance to win a helicopter ride into the Machine for you plus 2 besties with backstage passes and your very own hospitality rider. The whole damn thing will be taking place at Home Hill Winery in the Huon Valley once again, on Saturday March 9, 2019. The last 2 events have grown exponentially in scope and awesomeness, and the 2019 gig is promising to do the same, so keep an eye on the facebook event page, and check out wine-machine.com to organise yourself some tickets.

MOS ORCHESTRATED

What happens when two great forces of inimitable talent collide and morph into one? Carmada, of course. Upon finishing their 2014 Splendour In The Grass show in front of a 10k crowd, L D R U and Yahtzel, two of Australia’s most talked about young producers, decided to go beyond their back to back set and previous collaborative efforts by merging their mad production skills and sheer talent to officially form Carmada. Their 2014 single Maybe went certified gold, and the Realise EP that it came from amassed a staggering 13 million streams.

They’ve played every festival mainstage that matters, and are now on their way to Hobart to play at The Goods Shed on Saturday October 6. They’ll be supported by the always awesome Jesse Porches.

Tickets are on sale now via Moshtix.

FIFTH WHEELS! ‘Til The Wheels Fall Off is back for it’s fifth year! With the festival selling out in previous years, be sure to pop the 2018 dates in your diary now. ‘Til The Wheels Fall Off, the weekend long party in Launceston, is happening from Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th of November. The DIY festival was launched back in 2014

by Luca Brasi’s Tyler Richardson and Patrick Marshall to bring a bunch of their mates together to celebrate music and the local music scene. With this year’s line up announcement still a few weeks away, you can be sure to expect some of Australia’s finest will be heading to Tassie in November. In years gone by, the likes of The Bennies, Camp Cope, Bad// Dreems, Jess Locke and Ruby Fields have played at the festival. Head to the website and sign up to the mailing list to be the first to hear about who will be heading to Launceston this year for one monster of a party.

BRIL BAILEY

After the 2016 sell-out tour, Larks in Transit, the UK’s very own stragglehaired polymath, Bill Bailey, returns to Australia with his new comedy and music

Frontier Touring recently announced that Ministry of Sound’s Orchestrated will return to Australia this December for its biggest shows yet, following the overwhelming success of the event’s first two Australian tours. Joining some of Australia’s finest orchestras for this concert series will be guest vocalists Alison Limerick, Crystal Waters, and Sam Sparro. As a celebration of the most beloved dancefloor moments of the past 25 years, Orchestrated rearranges, remixes and re-imagines classic tracks with a live symphony orchestra and some of Australia’s most talented lead vocalists for a night of pure celebration.

This December’s tour will be the most extensive run of Orchestrated shows to date, and FINALLY, it’s coming to Tasmania. Check out www.ticketmaster. com.au for tickets, and head along to the lawns at Wrest Point in Hobart on Saturday December 8.

SYMPHONIES AND STARS The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra today announces that the 2019 southern performance of it’s annual outdoor family concert, RACT Symphony Under The Stars will take place in the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens. The move is designed to enable as many residents of Greater Hobart and beyond to easily access the concert. The northern RACT Symphony Under The Stars concert will return to Launceston’s City Park. The 2019 RACT Symphony Under The Stars concerts will take place on Saturday February 16 at the Botanical Gardens, and Saturday February 23 at Launceston’ City Park. Concertgoers at both events are encouraged to bring picnics, blankets and camp chairs and enjoy the informal atmosphere of the events. The TSO’s full 2019 season, including program, conductor and soloists

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Junction Arts Festival

LAUNCESTON’S JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL WILL CELEBRATE ITS EIGHTH GO AROUND THIS SEPTEMBER, AND IT CONTINUES TO BE AN INNOVATIVE AND DIVERSE EVENT- OR, RATHER, SERIES OF EVENTS THAT CONNECT THE CITY, ESPECIALLY WITH ITS HISTORICAL AND BEAUTIFUL ARCHITECTURE. FOR THOSE WHO DON’T KNOW, JAF WAS ONLY REALLY MEANT TO BE A ONE-OFF EVENT, PUT ON BY TASMANIAN REGIONAL ARTS; IT HAS NOW GROWN INTO ITS OWN INDEPENDENT, SUPER WELLATTENDED AND ENDLESSLY CREATIVE PROJECT.

The festival’s creative director is Greg Clarke, who also helms the same position for Sydney’s Mardi Gras, and was director of the massive Adelaide Fringe for five years. He’s now freelance, and divides his time between JAF and Mardi Gras. He also has swarthes of other projects under his belttwenty-five years of experience worth- so the festival seems to be in good hands. Clarke told me a bit about what to expect from the festival this year.

“Junction has traditionally been participatory type work, and community engaged work, artists working with the community, creating events for the festival in unusual spaces in Tasmania: parks, warehouses, empty buildings.” he explains. “That’s been the tradition. I’ve continued that, but I’ve really made the focus on Tasmanian artists, and the Junction team collaborating with local artists to create new work that you’re not gonna see anywhere else. Ninety-seven percent of the program this year is Tasmanian artists. I’ve also increased the music program; I was blown away by the musical talent in Tasmania, amazing bands and singer-songwriters.”

“That’s what I love about Launceston: it was never developed so there’s all these amazing nineteenth-century buildings, and art deco buildings. It’s like an English town in this valley, beautiful parks and a gorge ten minutes from the city! It’s strange and wild. The other thing is the people, I have the best team down there, and artists are so into wanting to collaborate.”

JAF will continue its tradition of intriguing artists in interesting spaces. This year, you can expect to see dance companies, South Sudanese hip-hop, multicultural funk, electro-disco, alt-country, storytelling, DJs, interactive art, surrealist puppetry, kid-friendly ‘elegant buffoonery’, cabaret, open houses, a ‘wearable art parade’, roller-disco performance, food and wine experiences, circus, comedy, The Tweed Run (the Junction’s annual bike ride) and stunning visual art within- and, indeed, a part of, the venues themselves.

Clarke mentioned that he has upped the musical content of the festival, and worked in partnership with JAF Program Coordinator and musician Mary Shannon in finding unique- and mostly Tassie-based- acts to showcase, especially on the Fountain Bar stage, where the lineup is a glorious jambalaya of different artists.

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“I worked with a great music programmer [Mary Shannon] who works in Launceston and knows everyone in the scene and knows what’s going in.

She recommend a lot of bands and musicians who I then researched and met with them and listened to them. I wanted to create a concert in this old church that’s over one-hundred and fifty years old; I wanted to do a concert where there would be three extraordinary female singers, all different, three very diverse singers [Breathtaking, featuring Medhanit Barratt, Sakthi Ravitharan and EWAH & The Vision of Paradise]. The Fountain bar is our big tent in the local square, which is the festival hub, that has free music every night. I wanted to a night of indie pop; another night I wanted to show the culturally diverse bands in Tasmania- there’s these amazing bands made up of refugees from South Sudan that now live in Hobart, so we’ve got a night of Sudanese music. We also do an event called Acoustic Picnic on the Sunday afternoon in the park.”

Clarke notes that his work with the two festivals have things in common, despite the differences.

“They’re so different, Sydney and Tassie. Different size cities, weather; one’s a very small and intimate but beautiful festival, the other is this huge celebration. When I was at the Fringe, I was the director and the CEO, and I realised I wanted to focus on the creative. Sydney is Australia’s biggest city- it’s got huge festivals and a thriving theatre and music scene all year round...with Mardi Gras, as a festival, we’re supporting LGBTQ communities, we work with new, up-and-coming queer artists, creating events they can be showcased in, so in a way it’s not that different. It’s about community. I love experiencing stuff I’ve never experienced before; I think most people are like that.”

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Junction Arts Festival runs from September 5- 9 across locations in Launceston.

Full details on the festival can be found on the website – www.junctionartsfestival. com.au.

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THE CARTEL CONNECTION TASSIE PUNKS HUDSON CARTEL ARE PUMPING MUSIC OUT LEFT, RIGHT AND CENTRE; THE BAND’S LATEST EP WILL BE OUT BY THE TIME YOU READ THIS, AND AN ALBUM ISN’T FAR OFF. THIS SECOND EP, ATMOSPHERE, COMES JUST SIX OR SO MONTHS AFTER THEIR LAST ONE (DEBUT THE INSIDE MAN). FRONTMAN MATTHEW BURN MAY HAVE HIS HANDS FULL IN HIS DAY JOB AS A SOCIAL WORKER, BUT THE NOW-TRIO ARE KEEN AS MUSTARD.

“I am pretty busy at the moment- had a guy have a heart attack during the week.” Burn says. “Waiting in the GP waiting room, ambulances everywhere.

We’re transitioning people into the NDIS; facilitating meeting with psychologists, psychiatrists, appropriate meetings.

We’re getting a lot of referrals from mental health professionals these days.”

Outside of his pretty intense work life, Burn and his Hudson Cartel cronies are supporting the likes of The Bennies, Luca Brasi, Bleeding Knees Club, A Swayze & the Ghosts, and rocking stages across Tassie with their high-intensity live show.

Next stop will be a small tour of the mainland and then, who knows? Onward and upwards!

“Atmosphere is our second EP, and we’re releasing a full- length in December.” he explains. ‘“We recently became a threepiece, so we thought, let’s write some new music. We only just released our debut EP in December last year so...it’s a strong work ethic (laughs). With the change in dynamics, there’s a change in direction in the genre of music we’re playing; we’ve gone to more of a psychedelic groove sound, but keeping our punk rock sound so we can play with the energy that we like to play live.”

“It’s a little hard to make time for [music]; our drummer is in another band, our bass

player is at Uni still, but we’re always finding time weekly to squeeze in time to work on it. It’s been a hectic couple of months.”

The band became a three-piece after some conflict with a guitarist; they parted ways amicably, and have found their groove, so to speak, in this new dynamic.

The exit of the fourth member now seems fortuitous.

“Being a three-piece has given us clarity, more space to hear each other, and more space to create. We just started jamming and thought, ‘this has become a lot easier’. We were playing full punk, post-hardcore, wandering down the heavy track and thought ‘that’s not us’. I reckon [the new music] will surprise a few people. The songs are pouring out. We’ve finished recording with Joe Haley [from death metal band Psycroptic] at AAA studios, he’s been good to record with.”

“In a realistic world, I’ll have to keep working, but we’ll always keep making music go as far as we can. We’ve been lucky enough to have a few supports under our belt, that’s been pretty cool. Really eager to come over to the mainland. There is quality down here; Luca Brasi, Sleepyheads have been feature artists; Launceston is also a really supporting community, music-wise.”

LISA DIB

Hudson Cartel play the Republic Bar on August 4 and the Gunners Arms Tavern on August 24 as part of their EP launch. For more on the band head to their facebook page – www. facebook.com/TheHudsonCartel.

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ROCKIN’ N ROLLIN’ WITH THE ROOBS

Lets go back to 2003, one of your very first gigs at The Trout! What was that like?

I was astounded and very apologetic to him. But he said it was his favourite gig of the tour.

I remember it very well, I knew the guy who ran The Trout from way back.

He told me ‘all I’ve got is boxing day!’ It’s a shit day for a gig, all you’ve got is your girlfriends and your mates! But I was like yeah that sounds perfect!

So we did the gig, and from word of mouth, because of our initial wagon and horses gig, people were hearing that we were energetic and unusual.. It was packed, walls to walls. Floor to ceiling in some places! Between trying to serve everyone at the bar by himself, he is ringing up people pleading for them to come and work! That was great, he then asked us to come back every second week, and we said of course. I don’t know much about what was going on in the music scene at the time but it seemed to me that it was a fairly healthy seen, but quite fragmented. I think The Trout really coagulated the music scene, because we had that residency we always looked for new supports. We then went on to play with The Spazzys, The Drones, The Go Set.. They always looked after us with beer and Bread!

You guys call yourself a live band, that you’re better experienced live, what makes that statement ring true?

That was fifteen years ago, did you imagine you’d still be together today?

The idea was to be a great rock and roll band, that was our aim. We never expected the great response we got! We never expected to go down so well interstate, or that we’d be supporting so many great national and international bands. The original idea was to play a Stooges tribute band, but we got a new friend Pin who was coming down from Melbourne. She learnt how to play drums from Stuart the former drummer from The Philistines, as soon as she got down here Em and I pleaded for her to play. It quickly moved from a Stooges tribute band! We started doing loud and live, good things. I couldn’t help but write things. When there is a reason I can be really prolific about writing. If I’ve got a project to go for, I go for it.

So that’s when things really stated to get going for you guys?

We got together fairly quick and we started rounding things up. Me, Emma and Pin were a three piece at the time. It was cool to have a chick rhythm section. We were at what is now Pablo’s Cocktail bar, It was called Mango’s back then, I’d just done my heartbreak hotel karaoke – yeah I was drunk [laughs]. Our new friend Chonga popped off to the bathroom and Pin suggested we invite him to sing in the band. ‘that’s a fucking great idea’ I said. He had a great memory for lyrics, I knew he could sing in key and had the right attitude so as soon as we got in there it was so good. I could do so much more on the guitar, which is important when you’re the only guitarist.

The Roobs was the only band I knew of that had one guitar. TJ came on board around 2005. Pin stuck in for a couple of years, but I don’t think she expected it to take off and be as big as it was, take over her life to that extent. TJ was in town I suspect Pin thought now was the time to step down, and have someone that could be involved more so.

What’s been your highlight after all these years?

Playing with Radio Birdman, how can you top Deniz Tek… He has been one of my top three guitar heroes since I was sixteen! That was fantastic man. For us to support him when he came down. The turn out was actually quite poor,

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ONE OF HOBART’S FAVOURITE ROCK N ROLL BANDS ARE BACK ARE BACK AFTER A PERSONAL HIATUS. I CHAT TO THE ROOBS’ GUITARIST AIDAN HIBBERD ABOUT THEIR INCREDIBLE JOURNEY THAT STARTED WELL OVER A DECADE AGO AND ONE THAT IS FAR FROM OVER.

We are very much a performance, and event, ya know? I think we always set out to be that way from the very beginning, it was always about putting a bit of theatre back into the music. Putting a bit of show back into rock n roll.

I find it boring if bands just stare at their shoes all night, so it’s all about giving people a spectacle. Not just orally, but visually as well. That became especially important after Pin left because we’d had such a nice gender balance between us. We didn’t want to lose that.

Was that quite big point of difference back then?

Yeah, and also, we were identifying with a lot of all girl fronted bands, like The Spazzys for instance. We didn’t want to lose that, so we swung things to be even more theatrical, more makeup, more spangily clothes, more camp-ness. Between Chonga, TJ and myself we compensated and tried to showcase the feminine aspects of our personalities to the forefront for our gigs.

You’ve been on a bit of a hiatus recently, we’re excited to have you back!

We had a few tough years, Emma and I are together, so what affects one of us affects both of us and I guess we were all having personal things on that were difficult to deal with. A lot happened in the past three or four years, deaths in families, I had a motorcycle accident, some health issues. Just life pressures. I think we felt burnt out, and we’d limited ourselves. We’re back in the game now, and excited about what’s coming! I’ve also got a new project in the works, I’ve swapped guitar for bass to play in The Newtown Hounds, which I do with my son Jasper.. He’s an inspiring guy to work with, I’m blown away that an eighteen-year-old can write songs like he can!

Keira Leonard

See The Roobs perform alongside Tumbleweed and Monsters of the id at The Tah on Saturday September 22. Tickets available from the venue and Oztix.

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DAZE GONE BY TASSIE HIP-HOP ARTIST SWAZ BENJAMIN TALKS US THROUGH HIS DEBUT RECORD DAZE GONE BY AND SOME OF THE POIGNANT AND HEART-WARMING TALES THAT LED TO THE CAPTIVATING RELEASE.

“It’s called Daze Gone By because some of the lyrics I wrote ten years ago, maybe further back. They stuck through the years, but I’ve edited and shifted them throughout the years and added other verses and refreshed them. It’s stuff from the past, and the songs that form the core Daze Gone By theme. They’re story tracks.”

From the Opening track Constructs, a vibrant and introspective story about the musician’s life in Tassie, to the mellow closing track Formed, you will hear intriguing voice memo recordings.

“It’s all my Family. My grandparents, mum and dad.

My family is important to me, I’d been recording them covertly for like a year. They didn’t know I was recording them. I needed something to tie the album together, and decided it needed to be some snippets from them. I’ve come from them, so I needed to put them on there,” “I’d try and prompt them to talk about certain things that I might wanna talk about. Or they’d start saying really interesting stuff and I’d just record it on my phone. Really candidly so they didn’t know I was doing it. Some of them still don’t even know!” Laughs Swaz.

In the last few years, Swaz has combine a lot of passions alongside music, the main being social work.

“I was working with asylum Seekers actually, asylum seeker youth in detention. As a cultural liaison officer, I did that for a few years; worked in detention centres doing activities in there. I didn’t want to be in that environment anymore, so got a job in an NGO. That finished up, they got visas and then I moved into working for that same company, doing youth work, working for kids out of home care. Kids that have been taken away by child protection. I then moved out of that, it was working in the houses and – that got a bit intense. One of my family members was ill too, so I was looking after them as well. I was also trying to do my album at the same time.” He explains.

“So then I moved into mentoring, then I started taking the kids that were in the out of home care to things like The Youth Arc and the music studio there. I’d practice making music with them or even take them fishing, do outings with them, talk with them about them life.”

“I was doing this and music; one of the kids I worked with was really into rap – he used to freestyle before bed, I’d play the guitar and he’d get me to do my songs for him. He’d rap my lyrics and stuff then started writing his own music… It was cool.”

Swaz attests that there are certainly a few songs on the record that reflect that time in his life, ones in which he tries to narrate in a positive way.

“There’s a few songs that are kind of like I’m speaking to people that are having a difficult time in life. For me personally or for someone else; I did work with people that might be struggling with things so there’s a few songs that keep positive - to put it in a nutshell. Sort of like whatever you’re going through is just part of the process and you’ll get to the other side.”

“Before, Aussie hip-hop was a bit more skip-hop, its diversifying massively. Which is great,” says Swaz on his thoughts of hip-hop today.

“The quality of artistry is really good down here, I know a lot of artists that are a bit younger than me, I’ve watched them over the last few years develop their skills and they’re all about to put out albums. They should be so impressive, it’s really exciting.”

Keira Leonard Keep up with Swaz via his facebook page - https://m. facebook.com/swazbenjamin/ and bandcamp – www. swzmusic.bandcamp.com.

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YOU GOT TOO COOL, MAN

Hideous Sun Demon have struck gold with their third and latest album Fame Erotic Dream. As with most aspects of humanity, music and musicians grow and develop, constantly evolving, and Hideous Sun Demon [HSD} have reached a new height in their sound. Melding the unedited, raw energy of the bands jammy style, with a clean punk edge, the album sounds really freaking great. As far as creating the album, the band had lots of ideas and influences fuelling it.

“Vin seems to lyrically do a lot of social commentary that references his own experiences. It’s never too blatant though, there’s maybe a comfortable vagueness & symbology. I feel in small communities sometimes people are afraid of confrontation and honesty or ‘rocking the boat’. I think there’s some of that frustration in censoring and silencing yourself in the lyrics. All people are flawed but maybe some more than others & it ain’t so cool having to see them every weekend. There is also songs about the ups & downs of playing music for so long & realising some truths about the industry. Musically it’s our usual HSD vibes. Energy, energy, energy, intensity and a busyness/immediacy to the music.

We try and have fun and not take it too seriously so we hope that comes across.”

Not to say that previous HSD albums aren’t good, they are, but Fame Erotic Dream possesses a maturity and development that pushes it far ahead of jammy psychedelic music. Often longwinded and raw in approach, psych music has a tendency to drag on, but HSD’s latest beautiful blend of psychedelic and punk pulls the music in, keeping it tight and clean.

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but maybe we get to the point more. The production is cleaner than the last album and I think that clarity really helps hear everything going on. I’d rather rely on the intensity of the playing over the fidelity to bring energy. We still play with a range of influences but in different ways. There’s a lot less half time riffage too, maybe it’s more of a punk record”

FAME AND EROTICA, THAT’S THE DREAM RIGHT? I DON’T KNOW, BUT IT IS THE NAME OF THE LATEST HIDEOUS SUN DEMON ALBUM. THE PSYCH/ PUNK BAND HAVE RELEASED A DYNAMITE OF AN ALBUM IN FAME, EROTIC, DREAM AND I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A CHAT WITH THE BAND AHEAD OF THEIR UPCOMING TASMANIAN SHOWS.

Kate Fuller performs I Like Men at the Festival of Voices on July 13th at Hobart City Hall. Further details available from the website – www.festivalofvoices.com.

More than anything, HSD just seem like fun guys to hang out with. You can feel it in their music. Laidback, but know when to take things seriously, but never too seriously. The guys seem to have a lot of fun coming to Hobart too, so it’ll be a blast to see that energy on stage.

“We played in Hobart last year and had a blast. The Brisbane hotel quickly became one of our favorite venues. We even got to do some touristy stuff in the form of MONA & Mt Wellington. We have too many funny stories from Hobart to count but highlights include sleeping in the womb room, drying our hair with hobart maccas hand driers & eating the 1st bus money burger.”

The Brisbane Hotel is THE most perfect venue to experience Hideous Sun Demon live, especially this incredible new album and even more especially, with a boags in hand. “[It will be] a good time and at the least a memorable night. We got some solid supports in the form of Prickly Grapes, Meres & Lake Myer so I don’t really see why you wouldn’t come? I’m excited to taste all the different varieties of boags again too.”

MACKENZIE STOLP Hideous Sun Demon play on Thursday August 23 at the Greenwood Bar in Launceston followed Brisbane Hotel, Hobart, on the Friday.

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KEEP PUSHING FORWARD

Your Debut EP comes out in just a few days, how are you feeling?

Excited! The response has been good so far! I don’t know what to expect, I know me personally I’ve definitely upgraded the whole thing. Its nice to get a big body of work out, its been my singles up until now.

It has been a long time coming. How important for you was it not to rush this process?

It was hard, we worked with a lot of vocalists trying to get the right top line down for a couple of songs, we went through quite a few vocalists trying to get the right sound. I guess there was a lot of back and forward because of that. I didn’t want to compromise sound because of pressure to get it out as quickly as possible. I’m so happy with how it’s turned out, it’s as good as it could be!

Streaming services have obviously become the ultimate platform for musicians and listeners and you’re certainly a testament to that, being triple J’s #2 most streamed artist last year.

Where do you think you’d be without these recent platforms?

It’s hard to tell, I credit a lot of my success due to streaming services and Triple j. Triple J have been so helpful on getting my career off the ground. It’s such a competitive field these days…

Getting your music heard and in the right hands.

Soundcloud was the first and that was the big starting point. Triple J helped push the listers forward and I’m forever grateful!

You’re right, it’s hugely competitive, what do you do to set yourself apart?

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IT’S BEEN A BIG FEW WEEKS FOR ELECTRONIC MUSO MUTO, I CHAT TO HIM RIGHT BEFORE HIS DEBUT EP ARCANE IS TO BE RELEASED, AND HOW HE’S WEEKS AWAY FROM TICKING OFF SOMETHING THAT’S BEEN ON THE TOP OF HIS BUCKET LIST.

that I think fit my particular style. I do whatever I can do fit in a bracket, niche sounds are pretty rare these days, but I think it helps to develop a certain sound.

When did it click for you that music was what you wanted to do?

Music has always been a big part of my life, I know that's a cliché thing to say but it's true.

My dad is a producer and I've always been around stuff like that. I guess when I was about nineteen/twenty I was kind of playing around with programs and I didn't know what was going on at that point of my life. So I thought I’d give it a go. I got some money together, invested that and time into it and figured I was getting better at it. I had so much help from people around me, I just kept working hard at it from that point. It hit me I was getting somewhere, and I wanted to keep going with it. Especially after the success of one of my first remixes [Justin Timberlake’s ‘What Goes Around Comes Around’]. I was like okay, cool, I can definitely keep going with this.

So you never studied music?

It’s all self-taught, I never studied. It was all trial and error. Finding my way around the program to develop my music You’ve mentioned previously that Splendour In The Grass was on your bucket list, your ticking that off in the coming weeks! Congrats! What else is on there?

Definitely the next thing is putting my album out, I don’t know how that will go with all the touring and stuff but that’s the aim! And to get over to America at some point, see what the response is over there! Keep pushing forward and looking for new opportunities. It’s hard to see where this is all going to go. I have things lined up, whether It’ll come to fruition I don’t really know. [laughs]

Surely you’ve got a dream collaboration you’d like to make come true?

Oooh, James Blake! I’ve always had a big soft spot for him. I don’t know if that’s ever possible but you gotta dream big and put it out there!

Is this your first time playing here in Tassie?

Yeah first time I’ve ever been! I’m super excited, I’ve got some relatives down there, so it will be really nice to get down there! Me and my friend were just chatting last week, we would love to spend some more time down there soon, get a cabin in the woods somewhere and get some writing done!

What can fans expect from the tour?

I’m getting a new light show done which is really exciting, I can’t reveal to much about it yet but getting heaps of stage production for the whole show which is really what I wanted to accomplish from the get go. Financially that was a bit harder, but now I can upgrade that whole thing.

Lots of new songs from the record. I don’t want to give away too many surprises at this point, the reveal will all be at Splendour but it’s going to be a big production. I’m so keen to get it underway.

KEIRA LEONARD

Muto plays at The Tah on Saturday August 18. Tickets available from from the venue or Oztix.

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TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE POLOSHIRT IS THE BEAUTIFUL SOUND-CHILD OF WINSTON SURFSHIRT AND POLOGRAPHIA. I HAD A CHAT TO WINSTON ABOUT THE COLLAB, WORKING WITH OTHER MUSICIANS AND THEIR UPCOMING TOUR.

First things first, how did this collar come about? How did you guys meet?

The collar comes with the shirt. It’s what makes an ordinary shirt a POLOSHIRT. But if you meant collab, Mok and I met at a festival called Junkyard that I was playing and he asked if I could sing on a tune.

‘Poloshirt’ is a brilliant name, how long did it take you to figure that one out?

It was just a no brainer, the name wrote itself. They’re Polographia, I’m Winston Surfshirt.

What was the general direction you wanted to take with Poloshirt’s music and sound?

The music was never to do with me, which was fun. Its always harder writing music and putting lyrics to it, trying to make everything perfect. With this, I just got to listen to beats they’d either written already or written specifically for this project. Loads took my fancy so I just kept working on it. I love the feel of their music, its a party vibe, but there’s a melancholy maturity about it that makes it what it is.

What are the easiest and hardest aspects of collaborating with another musician?

Easiest: I dont have to make music. Just sing.

Hardest: I just sing. I dont get to make the music.

You guys have already received high praise for ‘Pinned Upon’, how does that feel?

It’s great. Glad people are digging it. It was one of the last ones recorded and just felt right. Seemed to sum the whole thing up nicely.

Is this a one-album-collab, or is there a chance Poloshirt will continue after the tour?

Ya never know. At the mo were really happy to sit with what we’ve done for a bit.

But you never know.

What made you guys decide to tour with this collab?

I think we were always going to. We’ve been playing together for a while, just me jumping up for a couple songs when Polographia were playing. We’ve actually been playing ‘Basic’ for a bit over a year now.

What can fans expect at the Hobart show on the 25th of August?

Last time I was there I had almost fractured my foot from falling from the ceiling of a Melbourne show the night before and could hardly walk. So expect a fully fit, in form, dancin’ Winston.

MACKENZIE STOLP

See Poloshirt at The Tah on Saturday August 25. Tickets available from Oztix.

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SPERM AND ALL THAT SORT OF STUFF “I’ve done some work on effects of seminal fluid on females.”

DR. MARGO ADLER’S DAY JOB IS THAT OF AN EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST. SHE BASICALLY STUDIES AND RESEARCHES HOW AND WHY WE GOT TO THIS POINT AS HUMAN ANIMALS. ADLER DID HER PHD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NSW, A POSTDOC IN CANADA AND HAS FOCUSSED ON DIET AND AGEING; NOW SHE’S RUNNING BEAKER STREET @ TMAG FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW IN HER HOMETOWN OF HOBART. BUT, BACK TO FLUIDS.

“This is such a fascinating field. Most surprising to me in my research is that in humans, exposure to male semen can have all these profound effects on a woman’s cycle; if you’re not being exposed to semen, not having sex, you’re much less likely to ovulate in any given month. It’s a conservation strategy for the body: ‘why bother wasting god eggs?’. Semen is like a chemical signal; one of the things that semen does is, it prepares the female immune system to tolerate sperm. You’re suddenly exposed to a foreign product, the whole job of your immune system is to identify and reject anything foreign.

The immune system should round them up and kill them [but] semen goes in and says ‘chill out’.”

Even though her day-to-day research sounds interesting enough, she’s bringing an even more scintillating project to TMAG this August: Beaker Street is a ‘pop-up science bar’ for both the academically-minded and science noobs alike.

“This is our second year.” Adler explains. “This year we have an entirely new program: new talks, workshops, music, odd little experiences.

I’d say this year we have a lot more... phenomena; things for people to stumble on.

We’re pairing up two wine sommeliers for a kind of ‘science cellar door’. We’re calling it the worst cellar door, they can talk to the wine scientists about what’s gone wrong. Fascinating everyday science.”

“We also have a chief scientist from Fertility Tasmania coming to talk about the science behind IVF; she’s bringing some human sperm, we’re gonna put it under a microscope and project it and talk about different kinds of sperm.

I think that’ll be really fascinating! We’ve got all sorts of experiences like that. Sarah Lloyd is coming from outside of Launceston, she’s a slime mould expert. She’s got one of the biggest collections of slime moulds in the world, incredibly beautiful organisms despite the name, they are everywhere around us and people dont know they exist. We’re creating an enchanted slime mould forest.”

“The whole idea is to make science more accessible.” she explains. “It’s not this thing you put on a pedestal, you don’t have to go so some conference or lecture. My big motivation for putting this together was [that] I used to go conferences and talks all day, and at the end of the day, everyone goes to the pub and that’s where the most important and best parts of the conference happens. They sit down with a drink and you get chatting and make connections and have good conversations. I’m trying to recreate that with this event.”

Adler’s speciality, of diet and aging, has meant she’s been able to be a mythbuster of sorts; using her knowledge and research to help people understand one thing that so often perplexes and worries them: their own bodies.

“A lot of my work was on the evolution of aging, especially how diet affects aging. It’s an interesting field and something people are very misinformed about. A lot of the people who promote their diets position themselves are scientists.”

The Beaker Street team has planned a diverse and fascinating roster of events: talks on everything from eating insects, pregnancy and the ocean; performances from local bands and DJs; workshops on beer, lighting, writing and musical instruments; ‘intimate’ talks on crystals and moths. and visual art. It’s a lot to pack into two days, but Adler clearly wants to get across as many different science kinks as possible, taking science out the fusty, intimidating labs people might imagine, and into friendly, chatty bars.

Though it’s a moveable feast at the moment, Adler’s dream is to have a permanent spot for folks to enjoy the curious fun of science.

“We’re looking at a permanent venue in the future; a cross between a great local pub and a crazy biologist lab and a deranged museum.

People would be able to come in there and go see a talk for twenty minutes and then sit at the bar, play around with a bunch of microscopes Beaker Street is everything I ever wanted to do in two days.”

LISA DIB

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AN INNOVATIVE CAREER

“It’s a bit like seeing a funny and interesting documentary, but live!” Says Ross.

“Pretty much all of the innovations showcased are things that we had in the house or were very aware of. There is a specific kettle in the slideshow that was designed in Melbourne in the 1970s, we had one in the house, and they were everywhere. They become sort of what I call, ‘invisible icons of Australian design’ they were always there, and their practicality was huge but they’re almost invisible in terms of their design aspect. As design items people haven’t really given them much credit. Their popularity is very hard to argue with, from the amount of them that were sold and the fact they were part of our everyday life.”

Ross says that this collection of innate items should bring a sense of nostalgia and national pride, that the items remind us deeply on who we are and were.

“If you put them all together they become I suppose a memory for many people about certain things you did, or a certain time. I think they also tell us a lot about us as an individual nation, as a nation that has to create things out of nothing,” Ross explains.

“We have less man power and less resources than countries elsewhere; what you see with Australian design is they’re very good across a broad range of things. They’re also very hands on in the making of them, which is very unusual – elsewhere in the world designers work in huge teams to create something. A great example is the Holden Torana, one designer pretty much worked on all of that. If that was America a team of ten would have worked on that car!”

Design Nation Live will also showcase a lot of personal anecdotes, and universally shared memories, fine-tuned with Ross’s much-loved humour.

HE WAS ONE HALF OF ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST LOVED COMEDY DUOS, NOW, HE IS A PROMINENT FIGURE IN AUSTRALIAN DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE… IT MAY SOUND LIKE AN OBSCURE MIX, BUT TIM ROSS HAS FOUND A WAY TO COMBINE HIS TWO LOVES. Funny Man Tim Ross’s exhibit - which is currently being shown at The Melbourne Museum Of Applied Arts and Sciences - is transforming into a live show. Exclusively to Tasmania, we will see Design Nation in all its glory, alongside personal anecdotes and informative tales from Ross himself. From archive photos to television commercials alongside wonderous Australian innovations Ross tells us he loves being able to research and create.

“We learn a lot about the items themselves and the designers that made them, untold stories which is terrific that they’re getting some sort of spot light on them. There is a sprinkling of history, and certainly a big smash of humour.

We look at these items, they’re things we had in the house, not game changers on the world stage but they’re ours and they’re important to celebrate for that reason. That period of time our houses were filled with things that were manufactured and designed in Australia and we valued them. The show tries to unpack why we don’t value things as much.” Says Ross.

“I like different ones for different reasons. I think the Stackhat is really interesting in terms of how it talks to us about being one of the few counties in the world that has to wear a bike helmet. It also looms largely as a memory for childhood.

For me, the one I really like is the décor wine cooler. I like it because it's a celebration for us about being Australian and a nation of pissheads To take BYO wine everywhere, it’s also as a piece of design is extraordinary. It’s been recognised internationally in terms of design awards. It’s in a collection at The Museum Of Modern Art in New York for its fine design work!”

It might come to a surprise for some that still remember him as the cheeky Larkin from Merrick And Rosso among a stack load of other Australian television. Ross explains that he’s had a lingering and strong interest in architecture and design, which ignited when he had the opportunity to do Man About The House - a comedy show set in houses around Australia.

It was then, his ABC show Streets Of Your Town that gave Ross the confidence to keep combining comedy and design.

“[Man About The House] took me on a different odyssey and I’m lucky enough for people to come along and go ‘yeah I’d quite like to engage in someone who wants to tell stories and about who we are, what we do and the design history.’

It’s been about me taking a personal passion and turning it into a funny old career really.” Laughs Ross.

“I think coming down in 2013 for the first time to do a show in Hobart was the first time it opened my eyes to really interesting architecture here. The knock out is John Wardle’s Shearers Quarters on Bruny Island. There is something about the setting in Tasmania that is so romantic, these houses that get designed. They appeal to those of us who aren’t lucky enough to live in Tasmania, they’re idealistic.”

It wasn’t long until Ross’s passionate words turned to infuriation, as we discuss the potential changes to the ever-growing city of Hobart.

“It’s a really interesting time for Tasmania to decide what it wants to be. A high-rise Hobart seems to be the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard in my life. Those little white middleaged men need to go back to their boxes and stop ruining Hobart – what I think is one of the greatest cities in the world,” declares Ross.

“I am particularly concerned for Hobart, with these ridiculous desires to ruin it. I saw some stupid idea where some overseas investors want to create a new tourist town somewhere. I struggle to see these short-sited desires for jobs that don’t exist. What you’ve got is so pristine, so perfect and so interesting. It’s a difficult time, it’s certainly a state that’s expanding…

There’s always an opportunity to build well and it rarely happens. It’s just silly, this is a classic idea of not understanding. We don’t want developments. We come to Hobart because it’s a natural environment, its beautiful, pristine and extraordinary.”

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PAIGE TURNER I HOPE YOU’RE HAVING A GOOD WINTER, WHATEVER YOUR VERSION OF GOOD MAY BE. I ATE PIZZA IN THE BATH THE OTHER DAY AND THAT HELPED IN THE GOOD-WINTER STAKES. AND I’VE BEEN READING YURI HERRERA, A MEXICAN WRITER, VIA HIS TRANSLATOR LISA DILLMAN – WHO SOMEHOW BRINGS MEXICAN STREET SLANG TO A SHARP GNARLINESS IN ENGLISH. OOOF! THE PROSCRIPTIVE LAWLESSNESS OF THE DRUGKING PIN’S COURT IN KINGDOM CONS AND THE YOUNG ARTIST, CREATOR OF CORRIDOS, -SMUGGLERS TUNES- HAS KNOCKED ME SIDEWAYS. IT’S PARTLY A LANGUAGE THING, AS IS THE PREOCCUPATION BY THE NARRATOR IN SUSANNA MOORE’S 1990S DARK EROTIC INTO THE CUT, WHICH I’M READING, ALONGSIDE PRE-READING FOR THE TAMAR VALLEY WRITERS FESTIVAL IN SEPTEMBER. I SAW THE MOVIE OF INTO THE CUT YEARS AGO SO SOME OF THE SUSPENSE IS GONE IN THE READ – BUT THE NARRATOR STUDIES STREET SLANG OF NEW YORK, AND OFTEN MAKES ASIDES IN THE TEXT ABOUT THE JOY OR STRANGENESS OF A WORD. Slam Poetry’s a buzz all around the state in August. In the south, SilverWords’ slam night, WhamBamSilverSlam returns after a fantastic first event in June. Poets will have a strict 2 minute time limit and there are cashmoneyprizes for the 1st and 2nd place-getters. Judges are selected at random from the audience. Classic slam set up with some ripper poets. 16 August, 18:30 Irish Murphys, Salamanca.

And up north, Slamduggery’s dropping in on The Cardinels and friends, as they launch their debut album, Sick Fiction on August 18 at the Greenwood Bar, Launceston.

And pretty much everywhere else are heats for the Australian Poetry Slam, a national literary performance program and comp. In Tasmania these are coordinated and hosted by Tasmanian writer, poet, thrice National Slam Finalist and twice winner of the Launceston Poetry Cup, Yvonne Gluyas, and award winning writer and poet, Joy Elizabeth. The first and second Tasmanian Finals place-getters will receive flights to Sydney, tickets to the Performing Writers Festival and will compete in the Australian Poetry Slam National Final at the Sydney Opera House. Heats – August 2 in Launceston, August 7 in Hobart, August 12 in Latrobe, August 21 in Deloraine. Tasmanian Final will be held August 25 in Launceston. For further details, contact Yvonne Gluyas yvonnegluyas@gmail.com.

The Tamar Valley Peace Festival is a program encouraging local groups to raise awareness of peace in our communities by hosting events in early August.

Launceston Toastmasters is holding a public meeting and the theme of the evening is ‘Peace and Respect’. Discover how Toastmasters can help you achieve your confidence, leadership and speaking goals at this event on August 8, 7pm at Enterprize, Launceston. Free with a light supper.

Publisher Forty South’s Van Diemen History Prize is now open for entries. They are seeking excellent nonfiction articles of up to 3000 words on any aspect of Tasmania’s history prior to the 21st century.

This biennial prize is an initiative of Forty South Publishing and the stated aim is to foster quality writing about Tasmanian history. There is a cash prize and publication in Tasmania 40 South, with a selection of the best work published in The Van Diemen Anthology. Entries

close on September 24 and an entry fee of $20 per article.

Further information on the website - www.fortysouth. com.au.

Reading for the Revolution #7: Pause, Reflect, Inspire!

This month’s discussion will focus on topics covered so far, and how they relate to each other. Ponder the questions: What are the links between racism and diversity and a universal basic income? Where does this link with notions of democracy or fair governance?

Millie Rooney, who founded this revolutionary conversation space, suggests going back to some of the big picture work of Naomi Klein and George Monbiot.

Held on August 14, 7.30am, upstairs in the Food Store, South Hobart. For information contact millierooney@ gmail.com.

The Society of Women Writers short story competition closes on the August 31. The theme is ‘Life Changing’.

For information regarding rules contact Wendy Laing, the comp’s coordinator - wendylaing02@gmail.com or check their website - www.swwtas.org.

I was recently interviewed about my thoughts on whether there an increase of fora and storytelling events in Tasmania. While acknowledging that ‘storytelling’ a la Moth and the magnificent Storytellers Cup at Huon Midwinter (as biased as I may be- I produce it) is quite the mode, there have been stories told on this land for tens of thousands of years, and organisations like the National Book Council of Tasmania, a little known gem, has possibly been running for decades. Their August meeting to be held on August 15 at 1pm and features Dr Tom Dunning speaking about the new collaborative history The Kaleidoscope of Launceston. Second floor, Launceston Library.

Did you see THAT? Library! Not LINC – we’ve dropped the weasely acronym and returned to calling the library, the library. Little victories, my friends, little victories.

RACHEL EDWARDS

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THE OUTSIDER

Moonah Arts Centre will feature The Outsider, an exhibition of digital and multi-media art by Megan Keating, Samuel Johnstone and Matthew Borden. The exhibition covers the topic of privacy in the digital age from both sides of the camera – those that are watching and those being watched.

Through the use of the internet, social media, mobile devices with GPS tracking, and WIFI cameras in homes and outside, the prevalence of monitoring your every movement and action and monitoring those of others has reached a new high. Through the exhibition the view will be able to see both sides but never in a position to see all.

Megan Keating, Samuel Johnstone, Matthew Boden, Anubis (detail), 2017, digital still from work The Agent

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See The Outsider at Moonah Arts Centre, 23-27 Albert Road Moonah –10pm – 5pm Tuesday-Friday and 11am -3pm on Saturdays until August 18.

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GETTING DOWN TO THE NITTY GRITTY AS A PART OF THIS YEARS JUNCTION FESTIVAL, COMEDIAN RACHEL BERGER IS SHOWCASING THE POWER OF STORYTELLING. INVITING VOLUNTEERS TO GET ON STAGE TO SHARE THEIR STORIES ABOUT CHANGE AND SECRETS. I HAD A CHAT TO RACHEL ABOUT THE PROJECT AND THE LOST ART OF STORYTELLING. Rachel Berger is well-known for her decade-spanning stand-up comedy career and her own personal storytelling show “Hold the Pickle”, but now she is focusing on giving others a platform to present their own stories.

“I’ve been doing stand-up comedy for a long time so I’m still doing comedy, it’s my primary relationship as I tell everybody. Basically that’s what I’m doing, stand-up comedy, I wrote a one-woman show a few years back called “Hold the Pickle” which was about my parents having being refugees, which I have performed at the Victoria art’s centre a few years back and now I’m working

on taking it to New York, because its a universal story.

It’s not a stand-up show, it’s funny in parts but it’s more drama.

But at the moment I’m working on this project for junction festival, the storytelling event - Nitty Gritty. I think I’d realised, because I’ve been doing stand-up for a long time I realised that the thing that people most get from it, apart from the fact that it’s funny, is that stand-up is basically storytelling, it could be little storytelling like a joke, were there is a middle, beginning and a tagline and that’s the joke or it could be a longer story but basically it’s storytelling.”

Nitty Gritty is a performance project where volunteers spend the day working with Rachel, getting their stories performance ready under her guidance. Over the two nights, volunteers will present their stories covering the topics of change and secrets.

“I work with them all day, we go through their stories, get them performance ready and then that night on the very same day they actually tell their story. And it’s quite amazing. The reason I find this so important is because stories affirm who we are. They allow us to experience the similarities we have between ourselves and others, wether they are real or imagined, and they break down those differences. I think in a world where people are completely terrified of anybody who’s got a head scarf on, one of the ways we can break down these barriers is by listening to the ‘other’, and hearing their story.”

“I think that since people have become attached to their iPods and their iPads and whatever device they’re attached to, they don’t actually talk to each other much and if you talk to each other then you don’t listen either and everybodys got stuff to talk about”.

This is not an entirely new project for Rachel. She has been interested in the stories of others for a long time and engaged in a similar project with a group of elderly persons.

“I realised that a lot of old people, particularly really old people have a lot of stories to tell. So I did some gigs with a whole bunch of seniors where I worked with them all day, helping them get their story into a performance standard, and then they told their stories, some of them were like 80 or 90 years old and they’d had these amazing lives. Nobody knew what they’d done, they’d just seen them as old people.”

Nitty Gritty is a performance to not be missed. It’s obvious how passionate Rachel is about this project and the power of storytelling, but witnessing the performance is the only way to experience this power.

MACKENZIE STOLP

Rachel Berger performs as part of Junction Arts Festival on Thursday September 6 and Friday September 7 at the Workers Club, from 6.30pm both nights. Tickets available from the website – www.junctionartsfestival.com.au.

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COCKFIGHT When you watch footage of Cockfight - a thrilling dance piece- you forget it’s theatre and start to worry about the dancers. The two performers, Joshua Thomson and Gavin Webber, throw themselves about the space with such seemingly reckless abandon that they seem destined to hurt themselves. But the two, through years of working together, have built up a solid trust, Webber explains.

\“We started making it and one of the key images of the piece is about these birds, the shearwaters that fall out of the sky because their migration is too long. The whole piece is about the ageing body and the younger guy who still has his physical power, and the overthrow of the older male, and that moment of change- whether or not this older guy gives in and allows the younger guy to take over. We always think that work itself is directing us and we’re just trying to work out what it is.”

“I grew up watching Bruce Lee, another avenue into the physical world of performance for me, and those early Jackie Chan movies. Cockfight talks about the fragility of the body, the idea of showing weakness. On a physical as well as emotional and psychological level. We’re pushing that physical risk-taking, and the audience are part of

that, they feel the danger, they experience it on a visceral level- this is part of the experience.”

Webber is one of the brains trust of The Farm, an artist collective that creates “physical performances that show the fragility and strength of the human condition”; Cockfight is an example of the kind of daring, exciting work that The Farm specialise in.

“We basically want to make work that has something to say about topics we think are important.” he explains.

“Cockfight is about redundancy, codependency...the topic itself is something that engages us. Our process is a collaboration, working in the group mind means these pieces have more to say, and we like the process of teamwork. We’re starting to get more diverse voices, it being a platform for more artists to have a way to express themselves is also part of what we’re about.”

Although Webber came to dancing later in life than some of his peers, he didn’t stop once he was hooked in.

“I did more sport when I was a teenager. The first time I remember coming across dance itself, I first saw a Sunday arts program, ballet on TV, and getting fascinated by it. When I was playing sport I was more flexible and people joked that I looked like a ballet dancer. I did some classes after school [but] kinda left it and went off on my Jack Kerouac hitchhiking adventures. When I was around twenty-one, I auditioned and it just took over my life. I’ve never had another job, it’s been almost thirty years. Dance can be so pragmatic and practical; it can be technical. The more knowledge and interests you have, the more you have to bring to the table.”

LISA DIB

You can see Cockfight at the Theatre Royal, Thursday August 30 to Saturday September 1. Tickets from the theatre website – www.theatreroyal.com.au.

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IT’S WHAT’S UNDERNEATH THAT COUNTS IN A SELFIE OBSESSED GENERATION, WHERE WOMEN ARE CONSTANTLY DEPICTED TO BE PITTED AGAINST EACH OTHER WHILE LIVING IN AN IDEAL WORLD, MANDY NOLAN AND ELLEN BRIGGS BRING US HOME. I CHAT TO ELLEN ABOUT THEIR HILARIOUS COMEDY SHOW WOMEN LIKE US.

Can you tell us a little about what to expect during Women Like Us? I do the first hour and Mandy does the second hour, we are both middle age kind of angry bitter women [laughs] who are really just sweating the small stuff! Our styles complement each other, they’re very different. I’m more of a story teller, Mandy is very physical, she’s six-foot-tall, giant big gorgeous blonde woman, she uses her physicality in her comedy a lot which is hilarious! We talk about everything from who unpacks the dishwasher, to stinky teenagers, yoga farts, stupid TV, Botox – all the things that really effect women in particular.

So, should I not bring my dad along to the show?

The show obviously covers lots of things that affect women, but it’s not for women, it’s by women! A lot of people get a bit scared off and think that it’s a ‘women only’ show. Certainly, it’s a good show to have a girl’s night out, lots of people do that but often they come up to us at the end of the night and say ‘oh I wish I brought my husband, he would have loved it!’ Blokes who come really love it, I think they’re pleasantly surprised. It’s definitely not a man hating show! We love men, we’ve got 7 husbands between us!

They are also very happy they’re not married to us!

How about my seventy-year-old Grandma?

It depends how open minded your grandma is! We swear a bit! We’ve done shows where people have been from eighteen up to seventy or eighty and I look out in the audience and go ‘oh no there’s a gorgeous little old lady out there who’s going to hate us!’ then I see her wiping the tears from her eyes from laughing and they love it! If your seventy-year-old grandma doesn’t mind swearing and women who speak their mind, then bring her along! It’s often not the topics we cover that are the issue, it’s just that generational gap… You know, ‘women shouldn’t speak like that’ kind of thing. It’s usually the men of that age that are most taken aback. They’re not used to hearing mouthy women!

You’ve previously described the show as not just comedy but therapy, can you elaborate on that?

Yeah, I think what happens is we’re very raw, and very real! The tagline of the show is ‘it’s what’s inside that counts’ so we kind of strip back all that stuff in terms of what it means to be a mother, friend, wife, a woman in particular; and going ‘hang on, that’s not who we really are!’ So, I think for woman sitting in the audience, particularly of our age – I’m 49, Mandy is 50 – they don’t see us on TV a lot. They’re not crying out for a mouthy, chubby, middle-age woman on TV. We are not a sought-after commodity. We get forgotten. In the digital age were everything is about selfies and being beautiful and perfect, everyone’s filtered and all that sort of stuff… We’re completely the opposite of that. We like to do our hair and look nice and stuff, but we’re not conforming to the Botox and all that. I think women in particular feel sort of empowered, they go ‘wow that’s exactly how I feel.’

Women say that to us a lot, that they feel better about themselves. It’s really powerful. We are incredibly funny, but there is this underlying message about let’s just be who we are and let’s celebrate that. Hold each other up instead of tear each other down. There is enough of that!

There sure is!

There’s this real thing about women being pitted against each other, I mean you only have to watch shows like The Voice where you have two women and they have to bitching at each other. Even sitcoms, the women always have issues with each other. Mandy and I have this amazing friendship.

We’re work colleagues, we produce our own show, this is our company and we support each other. You can do amazing things when you do that. There is something about that negativity with woman working together that we haven’t found at all, so I think it shows on stage, even though we’re not on together.

You and Mandy have also written a book together, how did that come about?

We sort of have these ideas and goals, and one of them was to write a book together. Mandy has written three books previously. You can only go to a certain level with comedy – I mean you have to be funny. You can’t be to earnest or it becomes a TED talk, no one wants to pay for a comedy show and hear a TED talk. So, we decided to touch on the themes we talk about in the show, but we can go into much more detail in a book. We talk about birth stories, body image; we talk about our bodies in a very positive way, which you don’t hear about much when someone doesn’t have a perfect body. There are two very serious chapters in there, Mandy has a daughter who has a serious mental illness and she’s written about that. I’ve written about my mother, who’s currently dying. Those two issues are things that many women our age are faced with, it’s not spoken about very much. To be at that age where we have teenage children and aging parents, and you’re being pulled from one side of the other – caring for everybody when no one is really caring for you, and you’re stuck in the middle. We’ve had people come back saying they read the book and they laughed, cried, laughed, cried. That’s what we wanted. We love making people cry too.

KEIRA LEONARD

See Women Like Us in Launceston at the Tramsheds Function Centre on Friday August 25. The Show heads to Hobart on the Saturday night at the Blundstone Arena Function Centre. Tickets can be purchased via the website - www.womenlkeus. com.au.

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performing arts Guide

Gallery Guide South Contemporary Art Tasmania August 3 – September 9 Exquisite Corpse Colville Gallery August 10 Sebastian Galloway August 12 Sweet + Shore August 31 Jane James Handmark Gallery Until August 15 New Paintings and Prints – Emily Blom + Katina Gavalas August 17 – September 5 New Paintings and Prints – Jennifer Marshall Despard Gallery Until August 19 Half Fool, Half Entity – Wayne Brookes August 22 – September 16 Have One On Me – Sam Field Bett Gallery Until August 18 Pat Brassington Until August 18 M I S T A K E - Amanda Davies August 24 – September 15 Patrick Grieve Constance ARI August 22 – August 26 Bliss Me – Tiyan Baker Salamanca Arts Centre Top Gallery August 4 – August 30 Genii Loci – Rebekah Francis Studio Gallery August 3 – August 31 A Tale or Two from Pontville – Lower Midland Grasslands – Grace Carlton Long Gallery August 9 – August 12 Dear Kunanyi – Respect The Mountain Sidespace Gallery Until August 8 Reclaimed: Objects and Images from Home Stephanie Theobald, Bronwyn Theobald August 10 – August 15 A Cambodian Selfie – Henrietta Manning August 17 – August 26 Thirty-Six Views of the Mountain – OTTO Collective MONA Until February 11 Jane Baker The Inward Eye – A Psychoacoustic Journey Until April 22 ZERO

NORTH Handmark Evandale Until August 17 70th Birthday Celebration – Kit Hiller August 19 – September 13 New Paintings – Carmel Dilger Burnie Regional Gallery August 25 - September 20 Primary Kaleidoscope Devonport Regional Gallery Until August 2018 The Art of Sport – Ten Years of the Basil Sellars Art Prize August 25 – September 30 From Here to There The Little Gallery Project Space & Middle Gallery August 25 – September 30 Mersey Bluff: The Marks That Make The Place – Kelly Slater Gallery Pejean Until August 11 Call of the Mountain & Other Places – Michael Weitnauer August 15 – September 15 Same Ocean – Robyn Harman Sawtooth ARI Front Gallery August 3 Tasmanian International Video Art Festival Middle Gallery August 3 Slippery Slope – Alizon Gray Dark Space August 3 Tasmanian International Video Art Festival Project Space August 3 BOF Lichen – Susie Goodall Gate Space August 3 Dead Weight – Luisa Hansall Portal Space August 3 Blindside Play x Sawtooth Portal Exchange Crowd Theory – Georgia Robenstone

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COMEDY

The Polish Corner August 1 Brodi Lucas August 4 Titus O’Reily August 8 Nick Cody August 15 National Science Week Show with Lawrence Leung August 22 Matt Stewart August 29 Kristy Webeck

The Royal Oak August 17 Fresh Comedy: Lawrence Leung

Backspace Theatre August 2 – August 4 Damian Callinan – Swingman August 11 Comedy Covering Five Continents

Burnie Arts and Function Centre August 1 Damian Callinan

Blundstone Arena Function Centre August 25 Women Like Us Pancho Villa August 7 Side Splitting Comedy #10 Hobart Brewing Co August 18 The Clubhouse: Gen Fricker, Tim Logan, Tracey Cosgrove Yambu August 10 Bad Vegan – Matt Haubrick Brisbane Hotel August 23 C.U.L.T. Comedy

THEATRE Theatre Royal August 3 – August 5 Circus Oz: Model Citizens August 10 – August 25 We Will Rock You August 30 – September 1 Cockfight The Founders Room August 4 Southern Winter Hafla

Kingsway Bar August 16 August Kingsway Comedy Red Brick Road Ciderhouse August 8 InCider August

Tramsheds Function Centre August 24 Women Like Us

THEATRE Earl Arts Centre August 17 – August 23 Disenchanted!

August 30 – August 31 Hope In Dark Times: An Evening with Michael Leunig Princess Theatre August 1 Circus Oz: Model Citizens August 8 – August 11 Jesus Christ Superstar August 14 – August 16 Seven Little Australians August 25 Friends Party At The Princess!

August 31 Julius Caesar Burnie Arts and Function Centre August 17 – August 25 DoMaur Productions – Picnic at Hanging Rock August 24 – September 8 The Boy From Oz

QVMAG Until September 20 Material Memories Until October 7 Ilona Schneider – Landmarks Until November The Great War 1914-18: Sacrifice and Shadows Until November ArtStart Until November 11 Robyn McKinnon - Disappearing into Being

Moonah Arts Centre August 24 Alex Gard’s Ambrotypes August 24 The Fragility of Goodness: Abstraction, Abjection and Activism – Elizabeth Day August 24 Nature’s Rock Stars – Peter Angus Robinson

TMAG Until December 30 Fifty Shades of Blue

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Hobart Date

Venue

Date

Acts / Start Time

AUGUST Friday

3

Sunday

4

5

M.T. Blues Music 4pm

Irish Murphy’s

Black Snake Road 9:30pm

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

Coward Punch + Sleaze + The Midways + Ultra Martian

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Moonah Arts Centre

AlfanAnt + Meyers & McNamara 6pm

Central Hotel

Bridget Pross 4pm

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Jack Greene

Tezmond

Republic Bar & Cafe

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Seth Henderson & Band ‘First Floor’ Tour with The Protagonists + The Mornings + Tom Fowkes 9:30pm

Post Street Social

Gabriele Dagrezio

T-Bone Brewery

Lasca Dry

Republic Bar & Cafe

Mike Noga 9:30pm

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Finn Seccombe 7:30pm

T-Bone Brewery

Matt Doyle

The Brunswick Hotel

Duncan Warburton 7:30pm

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Miss Jones Plays 7:30pm

The Duke

The Duchesses of The Duke 8pm

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Miss Jones Plays 7:30pm

The Musiq Garden

D’Jangos Tiger + Tom & Dana + More 5pm

Telegraph Hotel

Big Swifty

The Whaler

Dylan Eynon / Ruben Reeves 7:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Tony Mak 7:30pm

The Duke

The Duchesses of The Duke 8pm

The Globe Hotel

The LoverBoyz mixing it up

The Grand Poobah

Kinder in the Main Room joined by Jean Le Baptiste, Sexy Lucy & Berks

The Grand Poobah

QT Cabaret in the Kissing Room

The Homestead

The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 8pm

The Musiq Garden

La Zingara + Mwase Makalani + More 5pm

The Whaler

Zac Henderson 7:30pm

Bar Celona

Tim Davies 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Tony Voglino 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Music for the Mountain / Anti-Cable Car Fundraiser, Hosted by The Stan Show w/ A.Swayze & The Ghosts + The Native Cats + Mike Noga + Ewah & The Vision of Paradise + ALL The Weathers + Lasca Dry

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed The Tinderboxers 6pm Saturday

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Bar Celona

Cam Stuart 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Tezmond 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Hobart Zombie March Afterparty

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – Future Corpse (Vic) + Piranhas + Boss Witch

Brisbane Hotel

Garageland w/ DJ Tex Napalm

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Casino Bar

SupaNova 10:15pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Cafe

Regurgitator + Glitoris + The Stress of Leisure SOLD OUT 10pm

Telegraph Hotel

Serotonin

The Brunswick Hotel

Jensen 7:30pm

The Grand Poobah

Limbo 3

Cargo

DJ Millhouse

The Homestead

Freeloader Jazz 8pm

Crown Inn

M.T. Blues Music 11am

The Whaler

Pete Cornelius 9pm

Federation Concert Hall

Faure Requiem 7:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Django’s Tiger 6pm

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

Bright Eyes Cafe

Ross Sermons 4pm

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Brisbane Hotel

Record Fair 12pm

Post Street Social

Tim Hibberd

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Regines

SupaNova 8pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Hudson Cartel Album Launch + Art School Bullies + Babylon Howl 10pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Regurgitator + Glitoris + Native Cats 2:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Wahbash Avenue 8:30pm

Hobart Town Hall

Ray Chen and Julien Quentin 8pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Whitton 8pm

The Duke

Dukebox Audition Jam 7:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Bar Celona

Karly Fisher 7pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Cafe Choir with Annie Woolley 7pm

Brisbane Hotel

PRISM w/ Big Al’s Toybarn + Boss Witch

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Lauren O’Keefe, Ruby Austin-Lund, Tim Chivers 8pm

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tim Rozemulder 8:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex Followed by DJ Nik

The Brunswick Hotel

Tony Mak 7pm

The Duke

Duke Trivia 7:30pm

The Homestead

Mimi Gilbert 7:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Anna Maynard 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

YSLA and Trudi Meure & Band 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Brad Butcher 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Karly Fisher 6:30pm

The Den

Crystal Sky 7pm

The Duke

Jay Jarome 7:30pm

Bar Celona

Dan Vandermeer 7pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Jonathan & Alan 7:30pm

The Grand Poobah

Joeski

The Homestead

Thloop & Fractangular present Perfect Stranger (Israel) + Local Legends 9pm

The Whaler

The Bootleg Gin Sluggers / Ruben Reeves 9pm

Yambu

Marty Nelson-Williams 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Lily & Lachlan 6pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Hui and the Muse 4pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

Post Street Social

Tony Mak

Republic Bar & Cafe

Official Reclink Community Cup After Party 8:30pm

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Bright Eyes Cafe

Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Ross Sermons 8pm

The Duke

Hobart Blues Club – The Patron Saints 7:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Bar Celona

Dave West 7pm

Brisbane Hotel

PRISM w/ Patrick Chung, Phil Couper and Colin Kucera

24

DJ Sexy Lucy

Central Hotel

Brisbane Hotel

Tuesday

10

Back Bar – Meres + Moonglue + Pretty In Pink

Cargo

Tassie Devil’s Own 6pm

Montz Matsumoto 8pm

Friday

Late Night Krackieoke

Brisbane Hotel

Bright Eyes Cafe

Republic Bar & Cafe

9

Brisbane Hotel

Neon Acoustic 9pm

6

Thursday

Front Bar – Paddy McHugh (QLD) + Jim Mongrell (NSW) + Samara Cullen

Birdcage Bar

Monday

8

Brisbane Hotel

Karly Fisher 7pm

Sunday

Monday Tuesday

Wednesday

12

13 14

15

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed Marty Nelson Williams feat. Greg Heart 1pm

Wednesday

Acts / Start Time Jacob Boote 6pm

Bar Celona

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed Electric Minstrels 6pm Saturday

Venue Bright Eyes Cafe

Thursday

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Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: David McEldowney, Adrian Hayes, Marcus Keetch 8pm

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Cafe

Dave Wilson Band 9pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex Followed by DJ Nik

Birdcage Bar

Neon Acoustic 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Tom Booth 7pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Gypsy Suitcase 6pm

The Duke

Duke Trivia 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Birdcage Bar

Tony Mak Solo 9pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Unlocked – Open Mic Night 6pm

Federation Concert Hall

Peter and the Wolf 6pm

Back Bar – The Driving Force Tour Part II 2/ Master Wolf (QLD) + Emph n Treats (QLD) + Mr Ruckman (Vic) + Jesta (QLD)//Reflekt (Tas) + Fusion/Forest Road (Da Vinci + AO + Bladel) (Tas) + Odd Ones Out. Hosted by Greeley

Irish Murphy’s

Clover Hitch 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Irish Murphy’s

Jigs, Shanties and Ballads 9pm

Front Bar – Sleepyheads + The Saxons + Art School Bullies + Isla Ka

Republic Bar & Cafe

Brett Collidge 9pm

Cargo

DJ Rikin

The Brunswick Hotel

Tim Davies 6:30pm

Central Hotel

Tim Rozemulder 4pm

The Den

Miss Jones Plays 7pm

Jack Greene

Tezmond

The Duke

Jay Jarome 7:30pm

Moonah Arts Centre

In the Making I 6pm

Bar Celona

Jonathan Warwarek 7pm

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Birdcage Bar

Tim & Scott 9pm

Post Street Social

Tim Hibberd

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Event Guide

Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Republic Bar & Cafe

Ruben Reeves VANraiser: Create The Crayon + Mocane + Black Swans of Trespass + Yoni and the Steamers 9:30pm

T-Bone Brewery

Tarik Stoneman

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Wolfe and Thorn 7:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

33 Seconds

The Brunswick Hotel

Gabriele Dagrezio 7:30pm

The Duke

The Duchesses of The Duke 8pm

The Grand Poobah

Broken Down – The Beat Down and Broken Things Take Over

The Musiq Garden

Artha + Dallas Heron + More 5pm

The Odeon

Xavier Rudd

The Whaler

Finn Seccombe Duo / The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 7:30pm

Date

Sunday

18

19

Bar Celona

Tom Booth 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Sambo & Jimi 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – TEENS (EP Launch)

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar -Lunar Rampage + Babylon Howl

Cargo

DJ Dezzy

Casino Bar

SupaNova 10:15pm

Irish Murphy’s

Machine 13

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Post Street Social

Tezmond

Republic Bar & Cafe

Mammal + Osaka Punch + Fresh Violet 9:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

Got Your Six

The Brunswick Hotel

Westwood & Doyle 7:30pm

The Grand Poobah

Pearly Whites, Valkyries & Come Knights followed

by Berks

The Homestead

Gnarlhund with Kristy Wilson 8:30pm

The Whaler

Billy & The Swingcats / Ruben Reeves 9pm

Waratah Hotel

MUTO | Arcane Tour 8:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Rod Murray 6pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

The Wolfe and Thorn 4pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Hobart Town Hall

Allegri Ensemble TEA FOR TWO 3pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Post Street Social

You Me & The Sea

Republic Bar & Cafe

Mouldy Fig 2:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Blue Flies 8:30pm

Acts / Start Time The Duchesses of The Duke 8pm

The Grand Poobah

Issue Concert

The Homestead

Goosebumpz (EP Launch) & Bluetongue (Syd) + support Max Powers & Vibrant Matters

The Musiq Garden

Crystal Sky + Ruby Austin-Lund + More 5pm

The Whaler

Dylan Eynon / Zac Henderson Duo 7:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed Greg Wells and the Blackwater Band 6pm Saturday

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Willie Smith’s Apple Shed Imogen Clark 6pm Saturday

Venue The Duke

Sunday

26

All Saints Market South Hobart

Line up TBC 10am

Bar Celona

Tim Davies 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Jerome Hillier 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – PAGAN (Vic) + Cardinels + Break Through

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar – Yoni & The Steamers + The Pits + Running Riot

Brisbane Hotel

Late Night Krackieoke

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Federation Concert Hall

Clair De Lune 2:30pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Mobius Lounge Bar

Tas State Finals – Australian DMC DJ Championship

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Regines

SupaNova 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Cool August Blues (Free Event, Finishes 1am) 4pm

Telegraph Hotel

33 Seconds

The Brunswick Hotel

Gabriele Dagrezio 7:30pm

The Grand Poobah

I Love Dancehall

The Homestead

Django’s Tiger 8pm

The Whaler

Billy and The Swingcats / Ruben Reeves 9pm

Waratah Hotel

POLOSHIRT with special guests TBA 8:30pm

Wesley Hall

Klezmer + BalFolk Dance Party 7:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Anita Cairns Duo 6pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Ross Smithard 4pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Buffet & Coffee Shop

Jerome Hillier 12pm

Jack Greene

Gabriele Dagrezio

Post Street Social

Tim Hibberd

Republic Bar & Cafe

Hot August Jazz Festival (Free Event, Finishes at Midnight) 1pm

The Homestead

Hot August Jazz 6pm

Monday

27

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Tuesday

28

Bright Eyes Cafe

Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Dan Vandermeer 8pm

The Duke

Local Act 7:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Bar Celona

Gabriele Dagrezio 7pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Cafe Choir with Annie Woolley 7pm

Brisbane Hotel

PRISM w/ Hudson Cartel + Red Void + Piranhas

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Ryk Goddard, Katie Wilson, Matt Dean 8pm

Monday

20

Republic Bar & Cafe

G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin’ Blues) 8pm

Tuesday

21

Bright Eyes Cafe

Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Mimi Gilbert 8pm

The Duke

Jazz Jam 7:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Bar Celona

Isaac Westwood 7pm

Brisbane Hotel

PRISM w/ Squilphon + Shaeja Vu and Astro

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Imogen Sky, Ian Murtagh, KimberleyMusic 8pm

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Whitton + Jamie Taylor 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Great Anticipators 8:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex followed by DJ Nik

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex

The Brunswick Hotel

Sam Forsyth 7pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy Whitton 7pm

The Duke

Duke Trivia 7:30pm

The Duke

Duke Trivia 7:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Dan Vandermeer 9pm

Birdcage Bar

Billy Whitton 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

Mayhem & Me 9pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Unlocked – Open Mic Night 6pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Nathan Power 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

Lunar Rampage and Radio Silence 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Isaac Westwood 6:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Warner Band 9pm

The Den

Billy Whitton 7pm

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Patrick Berechree 7:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jarome 7:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Zac Henderson 6:30pm

Bar Celona

Dave West 7pm

The Den

Tash Zappala 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Sambo & Jimi 9pm

The Duke

Jay Jarome 7:30pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Coyote Serenade 6pm

Bar Celona

Karly Fisher 7pm

Brisbane Hotel

Birdcage Bar

Matt Edmunds 9pm

AMPOCALYPSE 2018 – Tyrant + Gape + Dracula + Plague of Sickness + Woe + Create The Crayon + Vice + Antagonizer + DJs

Bright Eyes Cafe

Billy Whitton and the Swinging Hepcats 6pm

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – Psycroptic + Archspire (Canada) + Zeolite + The Absolution Sequence

Central Hotel

Matt Gray 4pm

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar – Hideous Sun Demon (WA) + The Prickly Grapes + Meres + Lake Myer

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Brisbane Hotel

Late Front Bar – TEDDY PICKER w/ DJ Britt in Boots

Post Street Social

Tony Mak

Brooke St Pier

Hobart Twilight Market Pop Up: Eleanor Meredith, Miah Aplin, and guests 4:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Boil Up 10pm

T-Bone Brewery

Nathan Power

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Dylan Eynon 7:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

33 Seconds

The Brunswick Hotel

Sticks & Kane 7:30pm

The Duke

The Duchesses of The Duke 8pm

The Whaler

Dean Stevenson / The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 7:30pm

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

22

23

24

Cargo

DJ Sexy Lucy

Central Hotel

Matt Edmunds 4pm

Moonah Arts Centre

In The Making II + Viola Loop + Xyris Saxophone Quartet 6pm

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Post Street Social

Tim Hibberd

Republic Bar & Cafe

Girl Friday 9:30pm

T-Bone Brewery

Tim Davies

Telegraph Hotel

33 Seconds

The Brunswick Hotel

Tony Mak 7:30pm

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

29

30

31

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed Brad Gillies (Single Launch) 6pm Wrest Point Showroom

Hermans Hermits 6pm

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Event Guide

Launceston / NORTH WEST Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

MODE Bar & Niteclub

Party Anthems Only – Brynny

Olde Tudor Hotel

Scott Lewis

The Greenwood Bar

Day & Night Garden Party w/ Barbuto & Nick Reverse

The Royal Oak

Steph & Mally

Tonic Bar

Just Dance

Watergarden Bar

Emmanuel Perez

5

The Royal Oak

Open Folk Session

Tuesday

7

Albert Hall

Steven Osborne in Recital 7:30pm

Wednesday

8

Bakers Lane

An Evening with Seth Henderson

The Royal Oak

Gabriele Dagrezio

AUGUST Saturday

Sunday

4

Watergarden Bar

Hat & Horn

Thursday

9

The Royal Oak

Mary Shannon

Friday

10

Gnomon Room

Nadira and Friends 5:30pm

The Royal Oak

Katy Hanson

Watergarden Bar

Jerome Hillier

Burnie Arts & Function Centre

Burnie Concert Band – Decades

Club 54

Luca Brasi

Henry’s Bar

DJs Lucky Day & Jim De La Harpe (Mel)

Kingsway Bar

3 Piece Jazz: The Evan Carydakis Trio

Olde Tudor Hotel

Scott Haigh Bare Bones

Saint John Craft Beer

Record Fair 12pm

Tandy’s Alehouse

Daemon Souls EP Launch Party

The Greenwood Bar

Three Legged Dog

The Gunners Arms Tavern

Seth Henderson + Band // First Floor Tour

The Royal Oak

Alfanant, Cotton Pony

Tonic Bar

Electric Vue

Saturday

11

Watergarden Bar

Von Rock

Sunday

12

Design Tasmania

Mofo Sessions

The Royal Oak

Open Folk Session

Wednesday

15

The Royal Oak

Andy Collins

Watergarden Bar

Tassie Tenor

Thursday

16

The Royal Oak

Tori Rattray

Friday

17

Club 54

Mammal – Community Tour

Gnomon Room

Cool Train and the Bright Star Dancers 5:30pm

Kingsway Bar

Brad Gillies Blues

The Royal Oak

Heath Hodgetts

Saturday

Sunday

18

19

Watergarden Bar

Leigh Ratcliffe

Kingsway Barbershop

Cardinels ALL AGES Acoustic Show 12pm

The Greenwood Bar

Cardinels Album Launch w/ Bennylava, Third Degree + Slamduggery

The Royal Oak

Dave Adams Band

Tonic Bar

Gypsy Rose

Watergarden Bar

Addison Marshall

Gnomon Room

Live Jazz with Adrian Cunningham 3pm

Saint John Craft Beer

Singer Songwriter Show: Imogen Clark, Brad Butcher, Hannah Lawes

The Royal Oak

Open Folk Session

Wednesday

22

The Royal Oak

Mary Shannon

Watergarden Bar

Electric Vue

Thursday

23

The Greenwood Bar

Hideous Sun Demon ‘Fame Erotic Dream’ Launch

The Royal Oak

Matt Gibson, Joe Kallman

The Saloon Bar

The Black Sorrows // The Bad Dad Orchestra

Gnomon Room

Hui Tocker & Peter Hicks 5:30pm

The Gunners Arms Tavern

Hudson Cartel + The Protagonists + Foreign Films

The Royal Oak

Mick Attard

Watergarden Bar

Jerome Hillier

Iron Horse Bar & Grill

Bootleg

The Greenwood Bar

Lacerta

The Royal Oak

Jacob Boote & Georgia Slim

Tonic Bar

Flight

Watergarden Bar

Roller Rockers

The Royal Oak

Launceston Blues Club Jam 1pm

The Royal Oak

Open Folk Session 5pm

Devonport Entertainment Centre

Hermans Hermits 6pm

The Royal Oak

Open Mic Night

Friday

Saturday

Sunday Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

26

24

25

26 29

30

31

Watergarden Bar

Tony Voglino

Burnie Arts & Function Centre

Johnny Cash the Concert

Country Club

Hermans Hermits 6pm

The Royal Oak

Bansheeland

Country Club

Johnny Cash the Concert

Gnomon Room

The Jimmy Reece Band 5:30pm

The Royal Oak

Wanderer

Tonic Bar

Flight

Watergarden Bar

Roustabout

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