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with New York Film Academy to produce a short doco about recording the EP and with illustrator Sam Lyne to create the album artwork. Reuben is currently making headway in the US after signing a licensing deal with Music Alternatives and completing his first tour of the US/ Canada. FAR EAST
The Tom Vincent Trio is led by Hobart based Tom Vincent. Many place Tom as the most captivating and inventive jazz pianist on the Australian scene, even ranking with the greats world-wide. Sam Anning is in high demand and considered the best jazz bass player in Australia. Tom and Sam have an incredible chemistry together with is magnified and enhanced by the Trio’s now long-term drummer Alf Jackson. Audiences have been enthralled by their performances, which is indeed is one of the best, live jazz experiences on offer at the moment. If you want to catch the Tom Vincent Trio live, get along to one of the gigs. The tour launches at Epsom House in Pontville on Friday December 1, then visits Albert Hall in Launceston on Saturday December 2, and The Wharf in Ulverstone on Sunday December 3. Visit www.tomvincent.com.au for more details. KOOPTASTIC
Reuben Koops will release the Higher Ground EP on December 1. At the age of 24, the Australian singer/songwriter has been in Los Angeles working on the EP with renowned producer David Ryan. David enlisted the work of some of LA’s top session musicians including Sean Hurley on bass, Jeff Babko on keys, and Victor Indrizzo on drums. The EP was mixed by Anthony Lycenko and mastered by Grammy award winner William Bowden. He also teamed up
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JUNO-Award winning Canadian trio The East Pointers have unveiled a host of local bands as guests on their fast-approaching Australian tour. Fiddler/singer Tim Chaisson, banjoist Koady Chaisson and guitarist Jake Charron released their second album What We Leave Behind in September, which was described as a “beautifully crafted piece of work, filled with instrumental intrigue and narrative complexity” by The Music. Singersongwriting duo Emma Angelsey and Tash Parker will be supporting The East Pointers at their Hobart gig on Wednesday December 6 at the Sepulchre, as well as joining them on the mainland for a few gigs. For tickets and more info, check www.eastpointers.ca. MIS-SYDNEY Sydney’s The Mis-Made had only just shaken off the jetlag after returning from a successful five week tour of the UK and Europe which included a slot on the “Introducing” stage at UK’s Rebellion Punk Festival, when they were invited back to the 2018 Rebellion Festival on the Main Stage! The girls are amidst their Australian tour celebrating the release of their debut album Chageling with more dates coming up in the next few months. Included in those dates are a stop at the Gunners Arms Tavern in Launceston for the December edition of When She Believes//She Rocks on Friday December 8. They’ll be joined by Bansheeland, Vagnia Mountain and Next Please. Kicks off at 8:30pm, cover charge is $10. SUMMER IN THE CITY
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Following completion of their third mainland Australian tour, this time in support of post-rockers Sleepmakeswaves, post-metal visionaries Rosetta will visit Tasmania for the first time this December. The band has just released their sixth album Ultopioid – a dramatic and compelling journey that takes their staggeringly huge sound through astronomical peaks and troughs. Joining them will be black/post-metal Tasmanians Departe, capping off a huge year following the release of their Season of Mist debut, Failure, Subside. On Friday December 15, you’ll be able to catch the tour at The Greenwood Bar in Launceston (joined by Atra Vetosus), and on Saturday December 16 they’ll be at the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart (joined by Break Through). Tickets available from Oztix. COP A BEAT DOWN The Beat Down Crew present Hobart’s new dirty beats and bass night. They’ll be bringing a rotation of Hobart’s beat mongers covering funk, dub, trip hop, hip hop, turntablism, glitch, breaks, jungle, drum n bass and more. It’s all going down on Saturday December 23 at the Grand Poobah, kicking off at 9:30pm and going late, as these things tend to do. $5 on the door. On the 1’s and 2’s will be Funknukl, Dynomite Drew, Pressed (aka. Pilot), Actroid, David Wood, and Rola. It’s guaranteed to be a doozy of an Xmas Jam, so don’t miss it!
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There are few things cooler than a good ol’ street party, and Summer is THE season for street parties. While we’re at it, Salamanca is THE place for street parties, since it’s pretty much just a street full of partying anyway. On Friday December 15, Cargo will be throwing one hell of a street party. They’ll even be flying down the exceptionally cool DJ duo, Yolanda Be Cool, to rock the party. There’ll be support acts, there’ll be sun, there’ll be beer and other fun drinks, there’ll be pizza. What more could you possibly need? It’s got it all.
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material by the other famous American act, Fleetwood Mac. See them in the laneway of The Waratah Hotel for New Year's Eve, alongside Hobart's Black Cat Trio. Starts 6pm. HAVE A TASTE The Taste of Tasmania is back for 2017/2018. This year the New Year’s Eve festivities will include performances from iconic Australian indie-rock stars The Whitlams, Tasmania’s own Monique Brumby and Heloise, and calypso funk maestros Might Duke & The Lords. Plus there will be the usual fireworks at 9:30pm and the countdown at midnight to celebrate 2017 and herald in the beginning of 2018. As always, there’ll be a bunch of food (41 vendors), a heap of drinks (31 vendors) a bit of both (2 serving both food and drink, which makes 73 in total), and a lot of music (over 100 acts over the course of the festival). Tickets for New Years Eve are on sale now. PARTY LIKE A ROYAL Launceston’s official NYE Festival ‘Royal Eve’ is back again! Currently ramping up for a massive celebration Royal Eve is set to bring in another spectacular New Year for the city of Launceston. With an exciting new lineup of live music, Royal Eve is stoked to announce modern country rockers, The Wolfe Brothers as it’s official headliners! Held once again on the waterfront of the Tamar’s, Royal Park, punters can expect the best of Tassie’s beer, wine & dining, alongside a stellar lineup of live music, spectacular twilight and midnight fireworks displays, lots of fun for the family including an even bigger and better Kids Play Zone, featuring amusement rides, jumping castles and other interactive activities. Tickets on sale now via www.royaleve.com.au. PARTY LIKE THE 00’S Remember Chali 2na? The dude with the ridiculously deep voice from Jurassic 5? (wait, remember Jurassic 5?!) He’s a bad ass. Remember Krafty Kuts? And A Skillz? Kick ass DJ’s from a few years back? They used to tour Australia all the damn time, but these days we don’t see them so much. It’s a damn shame. Damn it. Anyway, all three of these awesome folk will be returning to Taswegian shores to play at the Waratah Hotel in Hobart on Saturday January 6, it’s guaranteed to be a fun gig, they always were back in the
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day. They’ll be joined by local legend, DJ Mad. Tickets are available via Oztix, get on it. SMALL GLORIES, SMALL HALLS
so bloody much, in fact, that the whole hootenanny is happening again this Summer! On Saturday March 17 at Home Hill Winery in Ranelagh, Hot Dub Time Machine will be bringing the Hot Dub Wine Machine awesomeness back to our fair shores. Tickets are on sale now from www.wine-machine.com.
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Canadian folk powerhouses The Small Glories and captivating Australian star Claire Anne Taylor will join the Festival of Small Halls Summer Tour 2018, playing 20 community halls across regional Tasmania and New South Wales throughout January and February. The Festival of Small Halls Summer Tour 2018 will start in Rowella in the north of Tasmania, and will finish in the hinterlands of the Mid North region of NSW. There are too many dates and locations to list here (they’re visiting eleven different towns over thirteen days in Tasmania), so head along to festivalofsmallhalls.com for more details, and to grab tickets. SOLD!
The world’s premiere rock and metal event is set to hit Australia for the first time with a tsunami of international and local acts flooding Melbourne this coming March. Fifteen mammoth years in Donington UK, the spiritual home of rock, two years complete in Paris, one year in Madrid, and now they’re rolling out DOWNLOAD MELBOURNE 2018. The bill is insane. Check it: Korn, Prophets of Rage, Limp Bizkit, Mastodon, Good Charlotte, NOFX, Suicidal Tendencies, Gojira, Amon Amarth, Arch Enemy, Falling in Reverse, Neck Deep, Sabaton, Hot Water Music, Of Mice & Men, The Story So Far, Northlane, Trophy Eyes, Nails, Issues, Bad Cop / Bad Cop, Ocean Grove, Psycroptic, King Parrot, Clowns, Chase Atlantic, Cursed Earth, Alpha Wolf. Phew. Saturday March 24 2018 at Flemington Racecourse. Tickets available from www. downloadfestival.com.au.
Hobart’s latest festival, The Goods, will be held on Saturday February 24 at Macquarie Point in Hobart. The electronic focussed affair will feature The Kite String Tangle, Boo Seeka, Wafia, KLP, Moonbase, Close Counters, Kowl and Sexy Lucy. The festival kicks off at 4pm and runs through to late. Tickets available now from Moshtix. Currently playing to full houses in the US, following a sold out European and UK tour, Angus and Julia Stone announce the extension of their 2018 Australian metro dates to a huge nationwide run through regional centres in April and May. Joining them on the road as a special guest is powerhouse Melbourne singersongwriter Angie-McMahon, with her bold vocals and beautiful guitar tones. The trio will be playing two shows in Tasmania in May 2018. On Tuesday May 22 they’ll be performing at The Odeon Theatre in Hobart. On Wednesday May 23, they’ll be performing at the Princess Theatre in Launceston. Tickets are available now
MCLEOD'S DAUGHTER We were highly anticipating Sarah Mcleod's visit in 2017 for her Rocky's Diner album tour. This was unfortunately put on hold, however Mcleod has just announced new dates for February, playing Launceston at Club 54 on Friday February 16 and Hobart at the Waratah Hotel on Saturday February 17. Don't miss your chance to see the singer of the Superjesus out on her own.
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Well then, the expertly curated A festival called PANAMA recently announced the rest of it’s lineup, and then went and sold out. All the tickets. Gone. So if you were lucky enough to get in early and grab yourself one, you’ll now be able to see the likes of Jens Lekman, All Our Exes Live In Texas, My Own Pet Radio, Nice Biscuit, CC: Disco!, DJ Black Amex, A. Swayze & The Ghosts, Karate Boogaloo, Peak Body, Christopher Coleman, The Stitch, Madi Adunga, Isla Ka, The Bruny Island New Orleans Jazz Band, Watermelon Nights, and The Stragglers alongside the completely bonkers previously announced line up. For those of us that didn’t get off our arses and organise tickets, sad face emoji’s all around. L HOT WINE O’CLOCK
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The Butterfly Effect announced that they were breaking up. Then they announced that they aren’t breaking up because they’re going on tour. Then they announced that the tour will reunite the band with former frontman Clint Boge, who quit in 2012. So the not-abreak-up tour, is now a reunion tour, even though they haven’t broken up. Yeah, this is confusing af. Wtf is this tour even? It’s awesome, is what it is. It’s even more awesome because it’s coming to Tasmania. On Sunday March 25, Butterfly Effect with original frontman Clint Boge will be at the Granada Tavern in Berriedale. And they’ll be joined by Rival Sons and Osaka Punch. Tickets are on sale now via Oztix. SPIEGELICIOUS Spiegeltent Hobart is set to return in 2018 with a jam-packed program of music, comedy, cabaret, circus, and headlines by Spiegeltent sensation Limbo Unhinged. Direct from an eight-week summer season at Sydney Opera House, the beloved cast of 2016 sell-out hit LIMBO return with their brand new show, Limbo Unhinged. The show will unleash pyrotechnics, sword swallowing and aerial shenanigans against Sxip Shirey’s pulsating live soundtrack in the majestic Aurora Spiegeltent from Thursday March 8 to Sunday April 1, 2018. The rest of the Spiegeltent program will be announced in early December, but tickets are already on sale from www.spiegeltenthobart.com.
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MUSIC WITH A MESSAGE AT A GIG IN CHARLOTTE NC FOSTER THE PEOPLE DECIDED AGAINST PLAYING THEIR MOST FAMOUS SONG, PUMPED UP KICKS. THEIR SHOW WAS HELD ONLY DAYS AFTER DOZENS WERE GUNNED DOWN IN THE INFAMOUS LAS VEGAS SHOOTING. WHAT KEYBOARDIST ISOM INNIS DIDN’T KNOW WAS THAT SEVERAL FANS LEFT THE VENUE, DISGRUNTLED BY THE BAND’S DECISION TO SCRAP THE SONG. PERFORMING A TRACK WRITTEN ABOUT A SCHOOL SHOOTING IN THE WAKE OF AMERICA’S DEADLIEST MASS SHOOTING DIDN’T SIT WELL WITH INNIS.
“It was heavy on the nation’s heart, it was heavy on everyone’s hearts across the world, it was out of respect for the victims. We absolutely stand by that. We also didn’t play Pumped Up Kicks for a few weeks after that. We didn’t play it at the Austin City Limits Festival and also a few more shows. I’m sorry that a few fans were bummed out, but you have to follow your instincts and you have to do what you think is right. By the way, Pumped Up Kicks is an anti-violent song, you know? Being an anti-violent song in the wake of that shooting it was too soon, so we just needed time as a nation to mourn.” Front-man Mark Foster hasn’t been one to shy away from writing about contentious issues, as is the case with his band’s second record Supermodel. The 2014 release brings issues like inequality and corporate greed to the fore. Three years of touring this album saw Foster sucked into a black hole, battered by the lyrics he wrote to bring such problems to front of people’s minds. Sacred Hearts Club, the pop outfit’s latest album, flipped the ‘all that is wrong with the world’ notion on its head. Innis called Sacred Hearts Club “a celebration”, one which has people jumping up and down. Falls Festival punters will be some of the first in Australia to hear the new record performed live. Foster The People join a stellar line-up for shows at Lorne, Marion Bay, Byron Bay and Fremantle. “That’s something that throughout the recording process of this record we were very conscious about, wanting to make a joyful record and a 10
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record that could be celebrated, a record that could celebrate life. Scared Hearts Club is a group of people who aren’t afraid to exist out of societal norms and people who celebrate life and refuse to be characterised. So for us this record became a mantra of the recording process, even starting from the musical ideas. When we went into record we characterised what we were going to play before we played it, we were really experimenting and improvising and allowing ourselves freedom to chase musical ideas in whatever genre, whatever style, as far as they were going to go. When you record a record and you release an album the reality for us is we will play those songs for as long as people want to come to our shows, and I think it was really important for us to make a record, especially in a time right now with all the political divisiveness, turmoil and you know, racism, sexism all those things that have made people hearts so heavy in the world right now, it is really important for us to turn around and make a record that celebrated life, and celebrated our differences that make us human.” On the subject of celebration, Innis phoned Warp the day after Australia said ‘yes’ to same sex marriage. The news had made its way to the keyboardist no sooner than it was announced. Australia’s step towards total inclusion was a fitting conversation to have with a band who seeks to spread their own message of love. “I think everyone has a responsibility to treat people equally and to judge someone on the
content of their character, not anything else. For us, we are in a really special position that we are able to make music that a lot of people around the world are going to listen to. We are in a really blessed position to make music with a message.” At the risk of sounding clichéd, Foster The People hold Australia close to their hearts. Innis said Aussies were the first to get behind the band’s music, a push made by radio station Triple J. “It’s one of the greatest experiences about being in a band, is getting to travel all the way across the world, to get to play in a remote part of Australia. I mean yeah, I don’t think we ever in our wildest dreams thought we would be able to do that. We’ve now played in Australia three or four times, starting with a little club tour in early 2011. We keep coming back and they (gigs) kind of keep getting a little bit bigger each time. The last time we were over there we did Splendour In The Grass so we are just excited to get back, to play festivals. These will be our first shows in Australia since Sacred Hearts Club was released so we are really excited to get to share and play the new record live for our fans over there.” Mark Acheson
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WILD STRAWBERRIES THERE’S A LOT TO CATCH UP ON WITH THE BLOKES FROM ELECTRO-POP ACT PNAU- NICK LITTLEMORE AND PETER MAYES- BUT MOSTLY I AM TRYING TO WORK OUT WHAT KOMBUCHA IS. THE GUYS ARE IN LOS ANGELES WORKING ON NEW MATERIAL AND I FIGURED KOMBUCHA SEEMED LIKE A VERY ‘LA THING’, EVEN THOUGH I WASN’T ENTIRELY SURE WHAT IT WAS.
NICK: “Kombucha is big in Australia! It’s kind of everywhere. Very big in LA.” PETER: “It’s disgusting juice.” N: “It’s fizzy, and it contains a trace amount of alcohol. It’s good for your stomach.” P: “There’s a crystal store near my house…. I don’t go often.” Besides living The LA Life, the guys are already working on the next album (!), the follow-up to this year’s Changa. Indeed, Changa was only officially released last month, but was finished in March and there’s no resting on laurels for the Pnau boys. N: “We’re finishing early mixes for the next album. We’re hard at work here. We’re always making music, regardless of what it’s for.” P: “There’s always the icing. We may have finished it in March, but there were some moments when we needed to put the icing in the cake. When we were younger, we’d dine out, if
you will, on the success of a record, and we’re fortunate to have another life in this business, so we’re coming back thick and fast. This hotly competitive world...there’s so much music out all the time! We’re just gonna get in the fast lane.” N: “The reaction to this record has been really inspiring.” P: “There’s nothing like a dose of positivity to bring you into full work mode.” The guys came back with a bang with hit single Chameleon, featuring vocals by Kira Divine. Before Changa, the last straight Pnau album was in 2011 (Soft Universe). Changa also saw the addition of Sam Littlemore, Nick’s brother, to the group. But have the years changed the band’s sound, or their methodology? N: “I guess all our records have been different. This is our fifth album if you don’t count the Elton one. We did have an album when we were sixteen that we never released, which is a good thing (laughs). Our process hasn’t changed that much. The vocals, we’ve changed the way they’re written, developed a new way of doing that, which is really interesting. We’re not writing it in a linear fashion, we’re writing all sorts of things and putting them together. That’s been a breakthrough for us, and it was how Chameleon was made.” P: “If you’re at the start of a movement, you can stay at that moment, and you see that a lot in dance music. We came in third or fourth-hand, we were already no-starters, so it was always about reinvention. We listen to everything. It’s continuing, deepening the journey.” The “Elton one” Nick refers to is Good Morning To The Night. After hearing Pnau’s self-titled 2007 album- and falling especially in love, apparently, with banger single Wild Strawberries- Elton John (Sir Elton John, of course) took the then-duo under his wing, acting as musical mentor. Good Morning To The Night was very well-received, both critically and commercially (it debuted at number one on the UK albums chart), as it stood as more of a reinvention of classic songs, a whole new thing, rather than a simple ‘remix album’. The guys have only endless praise for Sir Elton. N: “He’s amazing to work with. It was a bit like that when we first met him, like, “why would Elton John wanna work with us?!”” P: “He was that name we heard our whole lives, a mythic thing. You don’t expect to come across these stars in reality. We’re in a different universe to Sir Elton. As soon as we met him, he gave us a hug and was normal with us. It was like meeting some kind of saint or enlightened figure.” N: “He’s an unstoppable creative force, he never stops doing music. He’s on a different level of music to us. He likened the record we did with him to “rebuilding the Sistine Chapel”. We’d gone into such incredible detail on it, it was a huge project that took us a long time. But he’s on a whole other level musically than we are. We don’t even compare ourselves! We are we and he is he.” P: “As producers, that’s our first and foremost attribute, is to be one that listens, know the artistry and capture it. When you’re in the presence of someone of Elton’s magnitude, it does a lot to humble one. You learn more in that moment than you can express, and little things will come back to you. It was so dense with tutelage and wisdom, the way he adapts ideas and puts things down, like sleight of hand.” N: “It just flows through him. He is made to make music.” LISA DIB
Pnau play New Year’s Day at The Goods Shed in Hobart (Monday January 1, 2018.) Tickets are available from Oztix.
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AVALANCHE OF SOUND “WHAT KEPT US GOING DURING THE MAKING OF WILDFLOWER WAS A BELIEF IN THE DAY-TO-DAY EXPERIENCE OF MUSIC AS A LIFE FORCE – AS LIFE ENERGY. HEARING A CERTAIN SONG ON A CERTAIN MORNING CAN CHANGE YOUR DAY; IT CAN MAKE THE WORLD LOOK DIFFERENT, CHANGING THE WAY YOU PERCEIVE LIGHT REFRACTING THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE FOR THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON. LITERALLY CHANGING THE COLOUR, FEELING AND TONE OF YOUR WORLD” - ROBBIE CHATER, THE AVALANCHES.
As part of the stellar line up just announced for Party In The Paddock next February, The Avalanches multiinstrumentalist Robbie Chater will play a rare DJ set, the thought of which sees him musing deliciously over his options, the morning we speak. “Hmmm gogo dancers?!” he jokes. “Usually with my DJ set I’m playing everyone else’s music, not a hell of a lot from the Avalanches back catalogue, but some tracks from Wildflower? Yes. And playing stuff from El Producto?! Maybe that could really be a great idea?!” Having toured with heavyweights Beck, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Stereolab as part of some of the largest festivals in the world, Party In The Paddock festivities will see Chater playing in his element. “As an artist when you’re playing in European festivals they’re just so huge, there are just so many people and of course so much mud…it’s an insane and an electric atmosphere. It’s a luxury when you’re playing to actually go and catch some acts you’d like to see on those huge lineups, is a real luxury. I
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absolutely love playing festival shows, I love being around that number of people. There’s something about the energy of that many people that actually feeds you.” Playing Tassie’s PITP will also offer Chater the welcome opportunity to kick off a four week tour in a somewhat more gentle, scenic environment with some family catch-ups thrown in as a bonus. “The Party in the Paddock lineup is great, really strong.” he says. “I’ve also got some cousins down there so I’m hoping to have enough time to catch up with them. It’s all really exciting.” After the protracted recording process of producing Wildflower, the album that infamously took The Avalanches sixteen years between drinks to release, it’s compelling to know that Robbie has been back in writing game recently. Perhaps the unexpectedly drawn-out process of creating and recording Wildflower has inspired a clear sense of self-reflection around the way the band approaches
songwriting? “I think I do often start [writing an album] around a particular concept as a sort of illusion that I’ll be able to control the process. You work in and around that concept and inevitably what happens is that whatever wants to come through, comes through. That’s a beautiful thing. I’ve been playing with that a lot lately and it’s a privilege.” As we wait for the next iteration of The Avalanches recorded glory to be spawned forth, Tasmanians will relish the opportunity to see Chater perform live as part of Party In The Paddock. “About all I’ve been doing lately is writing” he says. “I’ve been so inspired and I’m just trying to open myself up more and more to let all that light come through me.” AMANDA VANELK Robbie Chater of The Avalanches will perform as part of the Party In The Paddock, which runs Thursday February 8 to Saturday February 10 at White Hills, 20 minutes out of Launceston. Tickets are available now via Oztix.
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ALL HEART “I’M NOT QUITE SURE ON WHAT LEVEL THEY GRASP THAT THAT’S WHAT I DO FOR A LIVING. THEY DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND I DO IT A LOT; THEY UNDERSTAND WHEN I GO OUT THE DOOR WITH MY GUITAR, THEY KNOW I’M PLAYING FOR PEOPLE. THEY KNOW MY SONGS, I PLAY GUITAR AROUND THE HOUSE ALL THE TIME. THEY KNOW MUSIC IS A HUGE PART OF OUR FAMILY: “THAT’S WHAT PAPA DOES FOR A LIVING”. KIDS JUST BASICALLY COPY WHAT THEIR PARENTS ARE DOING: IF I’M PLAYING GUITAR ALL THE TIME, NATURALLY THEY WANNA PLAY MUSIC WITH ME. THEY SEE IT BRINGS ME HAPPINESS, IT DOESN’T STRESS ME OUT AND IT’S NOT A BAD VIBE, SO GENERALLY THEY WANNA BE A PART OF IT. BUT BY NO MEANS AM I PUSHY!”
Neo-folkster Kyle Lionhart is supervising as his kids play in the playground near his home. The Byron artist is discussing his new record, the ‘mini album’ (seven tracks) Eleven & Two. The unconventional choice of this not-quite-EP-length, notquite-album-length record was merely one of chance, rather than design. “I went in there with the intention of doing an EP, and the songs just kept on coming, so I thought, might as well keep
recording! By the time we finished, we didn’t have enough for an album and too many for an EP; I don’t wanna hold onto them, I’d rather get as many of them out as possible. rather than trying to sit back and accumulate more songs. I’ve got more to show and say, we wanted to get the content out there, I didn’t wanna hold onto them. You wanna be playing them while they’re still warm.” “I’m a bit cynical about that ‘industry starter’ thing” he says. “There’s plenty of musicians breaking the rules constantly, studio albums once were the be-all and end-all, but you can play with the content that’s on there. An album is an ‘achievement’ more so than that, having a body of work that you’re one-hundred percent happy with it, you wanna take people on the journey you went through writing that album. That’s the biggest part for me, anyway. You’re wanting to replicate the journey in the best way possible, letting people fall in love with different songs. Different songs resonate with different people for different reasons- that’s the beautiful thing about it. In terms of ‘success’, we all want it, in a relative sense, but we wanna stick to the integrity of what we’re writing about.”
Since his appearance at the 2013 Splendour in the Grass and Byron Bay Blues festivals, Lionhart has built up an adoring fan-base (that includes former Rolling Stones manager Sam Cutler, of all people) that led to the release of his debut EP, 2015’s Keep In Mind. It’s all a far cry from his former, brief, lot in life: carpentry. “I grew up under a mountain about fortyfive minutes from Byron. I came down to Byron for a carpentry apprenticeship, honestly. I quit and started music; it’s hard and scary, but that’s all part of it, part of the journey, accepting that it’s gonna be hard and unstable, breaking through the barrier and believing in yourself, backing yourself, no matter the odds. A whole society tells you that being a musician is a ridiculous thing to do, but you think: “I have to make this work in whatever way possible”. You do weddings and pub shows and corporate shows, you do whatever you can. You get better, you hope someone notices what you’re doing, and every now and then, you get a glimmer of light and people connect with your music.” “You work and make money and spend it, you may as well be doing what you love and be poor. It’s about having enoughonce you’re satisfied, you’re satisfied. You get fed and get to spend time with your kids, not much else you can ask for. It’s all about living within your means; the social pressure is that we want more than we need; you get yourself caught in a rut trying to impress people. It’s a funny little cycle.” The huge Eleven & Two tour will finish off in Hobart, Lionhart having visited nearevery state in the country with his rootsyfolksy sound. In an unstable and everchanging industry, Lionhart is quietly optimistic, and very keen to simply find his tribe, and share his art with them. “It’s a very un-serious industry in a way. You have no idea what is gonna be the ‘next big thing’, what people with resonate with. You can’t take everything too seriously, or you’ll be too bitter about it. You just can’t get caught up in too much of that side of the music world...you just release what you have to offer, and you hope it does well, so you can make a living and do it more.” LISA DIB
Kyle Lionhart plays Friday December 8, in Forth at The Bridge Hotel and Saturday December 9, in Hobart at The Waratah Hotel.
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HAD A GUTFUL OF YOU ADELIAIDE’S OWN BAD // DREEMS HAVE HAD AN INCREDIBLY SUCCESFUL YEAR COMING OFF THE BACK OF THEIR LATEST ALBUM ‘GUTFUL’. I HAD A CHAT TO THE BAND’S GUATRIST ALEX ABOUT THE ALBUM, THEIR UPCOMING FALLS FESTIVAL SHOW AND WORKING WITH AUSSIE LEGEND MARK OPITS
I saw you guys at Till the Wheels Fall Off, really cool set, how was that experience for you guys? Really good! It was the second time we’ve played Luca Brasi’s festival and we really love those guys and we just love playing at it. What is your favourite thing about writing and creating music? I’ve been recording a band the last two days called The Pissed Idiots, they’re from Sydney and they’re a cool band. I was reflecting on how much I enjoyed that and just the fact that you can go in and start off with song writing and recording, you start off with nothing and then you end up with a song and that song then can go all around the world and be heard by a whole bunch of different people, create a whole bunch of different discussions and be played at all sorts of different events in all sorts of different environments. I think that’s pretty amazing, that something starts off as a small spark of an idea inside your head, or feeling, and then it grows and becomes something that actually is tangible. Congrats on the success Gutful! What was it like working with Mark Opitz and Colin Wayne? Yeah it was really good! We worked with them on our first album as well, so we were picking up from where we left off. Opitz is a legend of Australian music obviously, he’s had a lot of
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experience and he’s been a great mentor to us, not only in the studio but also outside with advice on what we should do and our career and everything. Being in the studio with him is really great. We actually love that studio itself a lot and being in there with Mark and Colin is just always great fun, a great environment and I can’t really speak highly enough of them. You guys focus heavily on Australian culture in your songs, did writing about this topic just come naturally or is it just what you’re passionate about? I think it’s just what comes naturally. It’s what a lot of the music we like is about, a lot of the music we like is Australian and then I think that the music we like as well is very much involved with storytelling and stories that come from an authentic place. If you’re trying to do that then writing about stuff that’s around you, which for us is Australia, would be what comes naturally. I’ve read that you guys all have full time jobs. Would you like to do music 24/7 or do you like the balance? That’s an interesting question. I think that it’s just hard to make money off music in this day and age, for us it’s just a long way away from being a reality. The good thing about doing music and not having to rely on it for money means that you’re not having to make decisions about
compromising what you’re doing to make money. But the flip side of that is I’d always love to be able to spend more time on music because it’s my main passion in life. I’d love to be able to spend more time recording the album or even just playing shows in places we don’t often get to go, like regional Australia, or even just doing more touring. So it’s something that the whole band is often discussing and thinking about. Three quarters of us have been in bands before, and when you’re younger and you get a little bit of success so you think ‘oh yeah we’re going to do this full time, we’re going to tour the world and we’re going to be massive’. Having had that experience before and knowing the reality of it, we’re trying to not just chuck everything in and put too much pressure on ourselves What’s in the future for you guys? Falls Festival, we’ve got Spilt Milk Festival in Canberra and then we’re playing with Midnight Oil tomorrow in Adelaide which is going to be awesome. Some more festivals in the new year and then we’re probably going to try to record some more music, about mid-way through next year or there abouts. Anyone on the Falls Festival line-up your keen to check out or would recommend to others? Definitely keen to check out Fleet Foxes, Vince Staples, Run the Jewels and I’m really keen to have a beer with Liam Gallagher, that’s my main goal. What can fans expect at your falls festival show? Just energy, sweat, beer and good times MACKENZIE STOLP Bad // Dreems perform at the Falls Festival at Marion Bay December 29 – 31. Tickets and full details can be found at the festival website – www.fallsfestival.com/ marion-bay.
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Falls Forever BOASTING ONE OF THE MOST STUNNING MUSIC FESTIVAL BACKDROPS IN THE WORLD, IT WAS A NO BRAINER FOR SCARLETT STEVENS’ BAND TO JOIN THE FALLS FESTIVAL MARION BAY LINE-UP. BOTH THE VIEW AND THE CATERING ARE DRAWCARDS FOR THE SAN CISCO DRUMMER. THE AUSTRALIAN INDIE OUTFIT WERE ANNOUNCED AS AN EXCLUSIVE ADDITION TO THE TASMANIAN FESTIVAL LAST MONTH, ALONG WITH GRINSPOON, WAAX, PRESS CLUB, NINA LAS VEGAS, THE TESKEY BROTHERS AND MADDY JANE. STEVEN AGREES THAT WHILE MUSIC FESTIVALS IN AUSTRALIA HAVE COME AND GONE, FALLS’ UNIQUE OFFERING HAS ENSURED ITS SURVIVAL.
“There’s been a huge shift in the landscape of festivals in Australia. I think these things like Big Day Out and Soundwave, they kind of run their cycle and I think people were wanting more boutique festivals or a unique festival experience. I think Falls stood the test of time because you’re getting to see amazing locations to see bands and you get to experience places like Lorne and
Marion Bay… If you’re not from those areas, you are pretty blown away by the beauty of them. I think punters just wanted a bit more out of festivals and maybe there were so many of them.” The music festival landscape in Australia may have changed, but that hasn’t stopped San Cisco’s momentum. The band have enjoyed endearing support from Triple J, not only through radio airtime but with supported tours, their latest release The Water a feature album and a Like A Version appearance. Stevens doesn’t take such support for granted. “We’ve been so fortunate to be able to tour just off the back of whatever our music is doing on the radio and just keep it alive that way. We get Triple J play and I think that really helps out for a young
TREADING THE PAVEMENT ALONG WITH HIS ROLE AS GUITARIST AND FOUNDING MEMBER OF INDIE ROCK BAND PAVEMENT, SCOTT KANNBERG ALSO HAS A SOLO ALTEREGO: SPIRAL STAIRS. KANNBERG’S MOST RECENT SPIRAL STAIRS RECORD, DORIS & THE DAGGERS, WAS RELEASED EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE SECOND ALBUM FROM THIS PROJECT AFTER 2009’S THE REAL FEEL. AND QUITE A BIT HAPPENED IN THAT EIGHT-YEAR GAP.
indie band just to have that opportunity to tour and have people come to your gigs, we’re lucky.” But what happens if a band doesn’t have the backing of a major station like Triple J? It is time for them to pack it all up, or look overseas to establish a fan base? Stevens has seen the commitment it takes for an Australian band to feel the love, not just with San Cisco but through her father’s music management endeavours also. “I think in the beginning a lot of our success was probably determined by them (Triple J) and by blogs and various media platforms, but now I think that we’ve kind of in our own right got a live following. We could tour based on people coming to live shows and having a good
“Time just flew by pretty quick.” Kannberg explains. “After I made The Real Feel, Pavement got back together and that became my priority. Then I got married and had a kid and moved to Australia, so making music wasn’t my top priority at that time. I guess when I moved to LA a few years after that, I started hanging out with some musician friends and getting the itch again to do stuff. It took a while and then my drummer died a month before we were supposed to record; that threw us for a loop and changed the direction of the record, and added six months onto the timeline. It gave me this new direction of feelings and emotions.” Having lived here in his recent years, Kannberg has a special place in his heart for Oz. “I’ve always loved Australia from the first time I ever came with Pavement, it always seemed like paradise to me. I would come once a year...and then I started coming twice a year (laughs), then I met a beautiful Australian woman and I guess it was just normal to be like, “Okay, we’re gonna move here”.” Part of Kannberg’s love of Australia was thanks to our thriving live music scenes. “Where we lived was a little out of town, so we didn’t go as much as we’d like, but when I was in Melbourne I went to a lot of shows. My favourite thing was seeing all the old Australian bands, like Beasts of Bourbon are playing down at this pub! Or Died Pretty, playing at some guy’s house. Those kinds of experiences were really great for me. So many amazing new Australian bands, if I was a kid now, I’d
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time, but I see it with lots of bands, it’s really hard, it’s hard to crack. It’s even harder overseas to crack the market. We’ve experienced how hard it is. But I think if you love it, and you can keep doing it you’ve just got to try your hardest, and I’ve seen it with a band my dad manages, the way they toured for like 20 years before they even got a look in on commercial radio or big radio.” MARK ACHESON
Catch San Cisco at Falls Festival Marion Bay on Saturday, December 30. More information cane be found on the Falls’ website – www. fallsfestival.com.au/marion-bay.
be like, “I don’t need to listen to anything else”.” Pavement’s legacy has been strengthened by their intermittent touring and album reissues (their last original studio record was 1999’s Terror Twilight). Kannberg holds a special place in his heart- and schedule- for the much-loved indie rock act. “That band was a big part of my life, my history. I’d never be in this position if it wasn’t for Pavement. Hopefully Pavement will get back together and do some more touring, I dunno if we’ll ever do another record, I dunno what a bunch of fifty yearolds have to offer...but who knows what kind of music would come out of it?” “I’m kind of writing my next Spiral Stairs record, gonna start recording it in January in LA.” he states, on future plans. “We’re...passive-aggressively talking about Pavement touring eventually (laughs), and personally, I think our family’s gonna move back to Australia in the next couple years. I’d like to move back to Brisbane, ‘cause I have a soft spot for it.” LISA DIB
Spiral Stairs (Scott Kannberg) plays Thursday December 14 at the Republic Bar, Hobart. Supporting will be from Ben Salter.
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IT’S ALL GOOD BABY BABY LAZER BABY HAVE BEEN MAKING WAVES IN THE HOBART SCENE SINCE 2014 AND HAVE BLOSSOMED INTO A GROOVY COLLECTIVE. THE BAND HAVE A SHOW COMING UP TO SUPPORT THEIR NEW SIGNLE ‘SO LONELY’, WHICH IS BOUND TO BE A TREAT. I HAD A CHAT ALL ABOUT IT WITH JAMIE AND SAM FROM THE BAND.
How would you describe Lazer Baby’s music to someone who has never heard it?
venues and I just haven’t seen the ‘scene’ be so active and diverse since I started playing music.
JAMIE: Heavy groove or R&B. It’s hard because the songs vary a lot stylistically. I think we probably borrow a lot from hip hop and we’re slightly heavier than what people tend to expect from neo soul acts for example.
Being a band in Hobart is always spoken as if it’s a curse. But realistically if you network with great interstate acts and venues and have the ability to get your band across the strait, there’s nothing wrong with being based here.
How do you think you’ve evolved since you guys formed as a band in 2014?
How hard is it to organise a mainland tour as a Tasmanian band?
JAMIE: We’re probably a pretty big step away from where we started especially considering Sam and I started the band as a 3 piece with Carlos Pashev and there’s 5 of us now. Our line up has also changed since then and different members not only bring in different influences but everyone in the band has their own style of playing. These days we use samples, have a horn section and vocals have become a bit more prominent and significant to the overall sound. All that collectively has changed how I personally play and write with Lazer Baby also
SAM: It’s not that organising a tour is realistically that tough to do it just takes ALOT of planning and support.
What’s your opinion of the Hobart music scene and being a band based in Hobart? SAM: The Hobart music scene is sick. It’s so diverse and is pumping so hard at the moment. I feel that there is a massive drive for alt-rock and heavier genres again which is awesome but there’s also a striving world music/funk resurgence. Having all these options and bands doing what they do really makes Tassie the perfect spot to start something new, we have the support here from other musicians, punters and
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JAMIE: Yeah it’s probably harder when you don’t really know what you’re doing.. (Like us) but we’ve been lucky enough to play with a few interstate artists in Tasmania and we’ve also been able to play Melbourne a couple of times now so when you build those relationships with musicians, punters and venues it actually does go a long way. We’ve hit roadblocks occasionally just like anyone else would but you just have to put effort into researching and ask for advice or help when you need it. What is your favourite thing about making music? SAM: Playing music is one of the greatest outlets you can have. Meeting like minded freaks, showcasing your tunes, getting critiqued and making sure that you’re having a good time doing it are the key points that make music interesting for me. Obviously that and the amazing fiscal opportunities....
JAMIE: For me I think my favourite thing about making music is the process of building something from scratch and hearing it develop into its own entity. It’s also the freedom to create without being confined by rules, you just have a voice and you can say whatever you want basically. That and the amazing fiscal opportunities… Can you tell me a bit about your upcoming single ‘So Lonely’? So Lonely is less of a party tune than people might expect from us but it’s significant to the direction the bands taken over the last year or so. We felt it was a pretty good overall representation out of our new stuff so we chose it to be our single. What’s in the future for you guys after this tour? SAM: We finish the tour in Hobart on Dec 15 and then essentially go straight into summer shows and planning and rehearsing for gigs throughout feb/march. Hopefully then we can focus on another release as the year progresses. JAMIE: We’re not smart enough to plan very far ahead. What can fans expect at your Hobart show on the December? SAM: New tunes, amazing acts Sumner (Launceston) and Jensen, a sick night and hopefully some pretty dope vibes. JAMIE: I never even really know what to expect. We’re looking forward to coming home though and making it a fun night for everyone and we know Sumner and Jensen are great live and fun to be around! MACKENZIE STOLP
See Lazer Baby perform at The Republic bar on Friday December 15.
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THE TRAVEL BUG STU LARSEN LEADS THE LIFE THAT MANY WISH TO PURSUE. USING MUSIC AS HIS TICKET, STU TRAVELS FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY CONSTANTLY, PLAYING SHOWS WHEREVER HE CAN AND NEVER STOPPING, OKAY WELL OCCASIONALLY STOPPING. I HAD A CHAT TO STU ABOUT HIS LIFE AS A TRAVELLING MUSICIAN AND THE UNUSUAL CREATION OF HIS LATEST ALBUM RESOLUTE. How has the tour been so far? It has been awesome! I feel very lucky. I think it’s my best tour that I’ve ever done. North America was amazing in August and Europe has been incredibly, very special crowds along the way. I look forward to continuing that into Australia in the next few weeks.
check, play the show and be ‘on’ for the night. Then crash straight after the show again. You definitely need a couple of shows here and there to rejuvenate and then hit the road again. But the crowds have been so amazing this whole tour. The days might be draining but the nights always have a great atmosphere and a great feeling in the crowd.
Does touring ever get tiring, do you ever get worn out?
What’s your favourite thing about making music?
Completely. This particular run of shows is 10 weeks long, and today I think is literally my only full day off. It’s a bit insane. I got to Portugal a few weeks back and I was at that point of “I don’t know what I need to do to stay alive right now”, I was just completely exhausted. So, it just gets to that point where you have to shut yourself in your hotel room and sleep as much as you can and then get up, do the sound
Making music is actually my ticket to living this life. Music is my way of enabling me to live this way. If I lived in just one city I could potentially get quite bored. I love moving around and being in new places constantly. So, it really is my ticket to see the world. Would you say that touring inspires your music? It feels like a prominent theme on Resolute?
Totally yeah. I quit my job ten years ago and have literally been travelling ever since. No home and no base, just constantly moving. So, I guess I’m writing songs about whatever is in front of me and lots of the songs are about places I’ve visited and the people I have met along the way as well. How do you find time to record an album with all the touring you do?
was quite an interesting way to go about it. But I have some very good friends who know my music better than I do and they were able to start the recording process without me. It worked out very well in the end. Some of my friends think it was just an elaborate scheme to just have a holiday while my friends record my album but I assure you the operation was real. MACKENZIE STOLP
I literally just had to stop. I actually stopped a while back and took some time out to write the songs initially. I had to take myself away, isolate myself, and switch off for a bit to write songs. Then eventually when I think I have enough songs, I book in some studio time. I flew in some friends from New Zealand and Tasmania to help record, then my appendix burst while I was flying back to Australia. So even though we planned all this time out to record, I couldn’t actually be there for most of the recording which
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INSIDE THE CASTLE OF SLUM SOCIABLE FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS, SLUM SOCIABLE NEVER EXPECTED TO HAVE THE CAREER THEY HAVE MADE FOR THEMSELVES. STARTING AS A UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT, MILLER AND CREGAN HAVE ATTRACTED A LARGE FAN BASE AND CREATED SOME BEAUTIFUL MUSIC ALONG THE WAY. I SAT DOWN WITH THE BOYS TO HAVE A CHAT ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING, SELF-TITLE ALBUM AND THEIR UPCOMING HOBART SHOW.
So, I read that you guys started out as a project for an assignment, did you ever think that you’d be touring and releasing music? Yeah we did. And No. Not ever. All of this is feels like one big joke actually. We’re kind of waiting for people to break the news to us! We’ll keep #riding this #wave though. What is your favourite thing about making music? Probably just completely forgetting everything else going on in our lives and locking in to creating something. It’s really calming to turn your phone off, sever your internet connection, and just explore. From your perspective, what can fans expect from your upcoming album? Well it’s kind of hard to answer that because we are so close to the songs. I’d like to think that fans can expect a step up
from our previous releases, both in terms of song writing and production. You guys originally had 20 songs when going in to record, and narrowed it down to 12, any plans to release those other 8 songs? Great question! Ah we’d love to, but at the time of writing this, we have even more songs ready to work on. I’d love to revisit some of those other tracks for sure. You wrote this entire album in a bedroom, was this intentional or just how it happened? It was just how it happened. There was no moment where we said to each other ‘okay let’s write an album’, we just kind of always work on stuff. And for the most part, that was in a bedroom.
Yeah definitely. So many of our favourite artists are from Melbourne, and they influence how we go about making music, releasing it, artwork etc. We really like collaborating with Melbourne artists. Daisylegs did all of our artwork and are based in Melbourne. What is your favourite thing about touring? Probably just meeting people around the world who like our music. Speaking to people about that element in another country or state never gets old. We also have an incredible sound guy/tour manager named Andy who is just the best person to tour with. He knows everyone/ everything. What’s in the future for you guys after the tour?
How was working with Russel Fawcus, Rich Cooper and Ben Allen?
Hopefully releasing more new music and maybe an overseas trip or two.
They all brought an incredible amount of talent to the project in their own ways. We worked the most with Russel on actually producing the album at his studio in North Melbourne. And although we went crazy in there over the six months we spent recording, it was totally worth it.
What can fans expect at your Hobart show?
What made you guys decide to release a stripped-back version of ‘Castle’?
A really up beat show that’s a lot of fun. We fill out the live stuff with a drummer and bassist who we’ve been playing with forever, so it’s a pretty tightly run ship. We have a lot of fun on stage to. MACKENZIE STOLP
Because the chord structure and melody translate really well to piano I think. We were just fooling around with the piano one day and I tried to play Castle and Miller sang over the top of it. It felt really good so we recorded and released a version. You guys are based in Melbourne, do you think that has a large impact on your music?
THE CRYSTAL CABINET TIM DAVIES IS NOT JUST A MUSICIAN, HIS LOVE OF POETRY AND LITERATURE CREATES A UNIQUE AND BEAUTIFUL MUSICAL EXPERIENCE. I HAD A CHAT TO TIM ALL ABOUT HIS NEW EP AND HIS UPCOMING SHOW AT SEPULCHRE.
How did you get your start in music and how long have you been creating music? I guess I’ve always been creating music of some kind. I remember making up songs and singing to myself as a young kid. I didn’t actually start writing until I was around fifteen. I got my first paid gig when I was around sixteen and I haven’t looked back since. How would you describe your music to someone who has never heard it? Most of my songs start as poetry and a basic form is written acoustically on
guitar. Then they tend to morph into this whole other thing. I often use a collection of instruments and sounds to try and create a mood or soundscape to accompany the original content. Sometimes I use organic sounds but often I blend those with electronics to create a strange kind of marriage. What is your favourite thing about making music? The freedom and truth of it. It’s not always intentional but when I write there’s no hiding the subconscious. Things can spill out onto the page and flow out through the strings. Things that often you may not have known were there. It can be very liberating and sometimes a little scary. Can you tell me about your upcoming EP, it’s creation process and the thoughts and feelings behind it? The new EP is something that has been evolving for a long time now. I wanted to do an exploration into a darker love story. A doomed romance if you will. So being a student of poetry and literature I’ve created a concept based on one of my favourite writers, William Blake, and his poem ‘The Crystal Cabinet’. I guess I wanted it more like a novel and not just a collection of short stories. Does that make any sense? Something that tells one story throughout rather than just a bunch of stand-alone songs.
Slum Socialble play at Hobart Brewing, Macquarie Point on Saturday December 16.
paintings and release them in a small book. Watch this space! What made you decide to have a show at the Sepulchre? I wanted to create something special. I don’t think that I could do the show justice performing in a pub. I wanted it to have a certain reverence to it. The sepulchre demands just that. Reverence. It also has this unsettling darkness to the exterior but a light inside, much like the new music. The location is really amazing and its acoustics are just wow! What can people expect at your show at the Sepulchre? I don’t want to give too much away but I will be debuting all the new music and for the first time incorporating some poetry and spoken word into my performance. All my old songs will be there too but maybe with a new spin. MACKENZIE STOLP
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See Tim Davies perform on Saturday December 2 at The Selpulchre. Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au.
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FEEL GOOD MUSIC HAVING DOMINATED THE AUSSIE ITUNES REGGAE CHARTS IN RECENT YEARS, PAUA VOCALIST JAY WHITMORE IS HAVING A BRIEF RESPITE BETWEEN GIGS. THE BAND ARE PUTTING PEN TO PAPER ONCE AGAIN, AS WELL AS HITTING STAGES THE COUNTRY OVER. THEY’LL BE LAUNCHING THEIR NEW SINGLE, ‘PLAY BY YOUR RULES’ IN TASSIE THIS DECEMBER.
“At the moment we are basically working on new material.” he says. “Been doing a lot of touring lately. We’re always doing something to do with music, and we all have to work as well, so it’s a matter of fitting everything in. My day job, as we speak, is music- I’ve been up all night working on some stuff. You just gotta give it a crack, at least once do what you love, so I’m taking a bit of time to do just that.” The reggae scene in Australia is small but vital (indeed, Triple J Unearthed don’t even as it as a genre choice); reggae certainly had a great resurgence in the early-’00s as an offshoot of the the rise of ska, but there will always be dedicated acts who take the genre seriously. Paua have frequently hit up one of the best spaces to find reggae acts, which is the dedicated festivals the world over. “In Australia, there’s some reggae bands- at different times there’s more than others. It’s a small community, the reggae music community.” Whitmore says. “New Zealand is a different thing, especially amongst Maori and Polynesian communities, reggae is a staple. It depends where you are. There are reggae communities all over the world. I’ve never looked at reggae as a trend; I grew up on it myself, I always wanted to make reggae. Predominantly I made R&B when I was younger. I grew up with [reggae]. When I was born, my dad was a bass player in a funk band; music is in my blood, my extended family were musicians. Music was in my upbringing, and reggae, I just naturally gravitated to. Bob Marley was, and is to this day, number one. Reggae has been around me from day dot.”
“Reggae is cool, it just feel good, it’s feel-good music.” he explains. “It’s sexy and it feels good, it makes you wanna move naturally; I always related reggae to me as the closest thing to ‘Earth music’. I always feel this connection to the Earth and reggae, always have. To me, that’s a strong thing for me. When people hear reggae that don’t normally listen to it, they say, “I feel like I’m on holiday in the islands, on the beach”who doesn’t wanna be there? I can’t follow any trend or follow a blueprint of what something is supposed to sound like; if I like it, maybe someone else will like it, that’s the philosophy of the band. If the people like it, that’s amazing. It’s positive music.” The band is made up of people of varied cultural backgrounds, meaning the sound of Paua is a hugely diverse one. “The makeup of the band is quite different now. In 2010 it was very mainly Maori in the band, but over time, as bands do, people come and go; it’s evolved now. We have different backgrounds, not even just cultural but musical backgrounds; people that grew up mostly in Australia, a few of us predominantly in New Zealand, one of the boys grew up in the Philippines. Within those cultures, we grew up with diff styles of music individually. It definitely creates a unique sound, I believe, when everyone puts in their feel to whatever the sound is. It helps, because music is universal anyway, there are no rules, do what you feel. That’s music at the end of the day.” The band have been trucking along since the release of their 2016 album Sometimes; although
only a year has passed between full-length releases, Paua are itching to get something out again. The band were finalists at the 2016 Waiata Maori Music Awards for ‘Best Song by a Maori Artist’ (and, before that, at the 2012 Waiata Maori Music Awards for ‘Best Song by a Maori Artist’ and ‘Best Urban Roots Album’); Whitmore also received an individual nomination for ‘Best Maori Songwriter’. The band are keeping their fingers in many pies. “You do have to have some sort of plan, otherwise it drags on forever and you don’t get anything done. Nothing’s set in stone, but next year we wanna have a brand new album, we wanna release another full length in the new year. We’re gonna start branching out into other areas of the world. I’m pretty much writing all the time; I do the majority of the writing, but we collaborate quite heavily as well. I might bring in an idea initially, and we end up jamming around that. It’s quite organic. The final product is a group thing, everyone bringing their own influence, which the final product always shows. The lyrics are my forte, that’s what I enjoy doing.” LISA DIB
Paua play Friday December 8 at Street Eats Franko and Saturday December 9 at Republic Bar with BoilUp.
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WORKING CLASS BAND WHEN PROMPTED AS TO WHY IT TOOK THE TESKEY BROTHERS NEARLY TEN YEARS TO RELEASE THEIR FIRST ALBUM, DRUMMER LIAM GOUGH FIRST USED THE WORD “LAZY”. ONE COULD ARGUE THAT IT WAS A CASE OF THE BAND WAITING TO DISCOVER THE PERFECT RECORDING EQUIPMENT WHICH SOAKED UP TIME, AND BOY WAS IT WORTH THE WAIT. THE SOUL/BLUES OUTFIT MANAGED TO SNAG JIMMY BARNES’ OLD TAPE RECORDING MACHINE, A DEVICE WHICH WOULD HARNESS THE SOUND GOUGH AND HIS CREW WERE AFTER.
“We eventually got a new tape machine in the studio. The guitarist Sammy, he’s a sound engineer, and Sam and I were actually on tour playing in another band about two or three years ago and we were up in Sydney and we ended up buying Jimmy Barnes’ old tape machine. It’s a funny history to the tape machine. It’s massive, the size of a four fridges stuck together. We drove it from Sydney to Melbourne in two vans and then set it up in the studio and then that was the starting point for the recording. Before then we had been recording to digital, so to use an analogue tape to record the album sort of changed the way we worked and changed the sound, the outcome. We were going for that sixties golden era of sound recording and you can sort of hear that in the music. It was the first time we were proud with the outcome, the sound that we had achieved.”
A TWIST OF LIME ON THEIR DEBUT ALBUM PERMANENT VACATION, BROTHERS OLI AND LOUIS LEIMBACH FROM SYDNEYS NORTHERN BEACHES’ LIME CORDIALE HAVE CREATED A MASTERPIECE OF SYNTHY ELECTRO, FUNK AND FOLK SOUNDS TO ADD TO THEIR WELL KNOWN AND LOVED SUNNY INDIEPOP VIBE. AS THE BOYS KICKED OFF THEIR BIGGEST TOUR AROUND AUSTRALIA ON OCTOBER 27 IN PERTH, WE ASKED THEM A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ALBUM AND TOUR BEFORE CATCHING THEM IN TASSIE IN DECEMBER FOR THEIR LAUNCESTON AND HOBART SHOWS.
The connection to Jimmy Barnes is fitting for a band who gave up most weekends over the space of a decade to gig around the country. When it came to releasing their debut album at the start of this year, nothing could have prepared these working class men for what came next. Once Triple J started spinning Half Mile Harvest crowds flocked to catch the band perform live. It was the perfect run of album release shows any artist could have hoped for. The Teskey Brothers sold out not one but four shows at Melbourne’s iconic Corner Hotel. Today their success continues, with the band recently joining the Falls Festival Marion Bay line-up. It’s been a red hot streak for the Victorian quartet, and there’s no sign of Gough and the brothers slowing down. “We didn’t understand what was happening really, we sort of just picked
What are some of the best moments of producing this album? What was the creative process? We got to know the producer, Dave Hammer, inside out. He’s a bit of a quirky genius. I feel like a lot of people could find it hard to really understand this man because his head is constantly churning with new ideas (and a few anxieties). But we got along really well, he’s a real artist. We were set on making a piece of art. We never got hung up on what the radio might want, or even what we thought our audience wanted. We just made music that we’d want to listen to ourselves. We weren’t racing against the clock which gave us time to really experiment with parts and psychy weird shit. Who are your musical influences and why? Favourite Australian artist? After a double shot flat white or a couple of beers everything is an influence. I love having a few people in the room around great speakers and hearing what everyone has recently discovered. Spotify is great for that. Having all music at your ear tips. The support acts on this tour have been influential. Timberwolf and Gold Member. They’re all producing their own music themselves and are just killing it. What’s it like being brothers as well as band mates? How does it make touring? It’s easy. We’ve always lived in the same house and been around each other forever. I think we’ve moulded into different versions of the same person. We enjoy doing the same things, so we’ve been taking our surfboards on tour and enjoyed having a break from tour life
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up a manager, his head was scratching, we picked up a booking agent and he just kept saying ‘We will add another night, we will add another night’ and we were sort of going ‘No, no if you add another night no one is going to come’… We were terrified to book just one (gig) and I guess it exceeded our expectations by a hell of a lot. We are really just riding a high. We just got back from a LA, New York and London tour and we definitely didn’t see any of this success coming.” MARK ACHESON
See The Teskey Brothers perform at Falls Festival this December. More details available from www.fallsfestival.com.
every now and then. The rest of the band is really tight too, we’ve been getting along like crazy and have enjoyed making this tour a bit of a work-holiday. What’s planned for the future for you guys after this tour? Are you aiming to collaborate with anyone? I’d love to start writing with a heap of different people. Louis and I both love working with new people. I think we’re going to tour New Zealand and then make our way to LA to escape the Aus winter. We’ll play as many shows as we can and just see what comes! And we’ll be writing the next album! What was it like being support acts for The Ruebens and Ball Park? Every time you do a support show or tour for someone, it’s completely different. We were the only guys in the audience for Ball Park Music, and now look where they’re at. The Rubens are hilarious dudes. Since then we’ve toured with The Delta Riggs who get intensely wild at every show, Sticky Fingers who take it to a whole different level and Cosmo Jarvis who just plays his ass off every night with a 2 hour set. The best thing about touring with another act is seeing them play their set 10-15 times. You really learn what they’re all about. ISABELE RUSH
Liam Cordiale play Friday December 1 at The Republic Bar in Hobart before traveling to Launceston on the Saturday to perform at Club 54.
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SCALING THE MOUNTAIN OF MADNESS Hobart lads Mountains of Madness will launch their second EP Kick It In The Guts at this year’s HEXMAS extravaganza at The Brisbane Hotel. Guitarist Baz Leake chats about the lad’s genesis, the dynamics of recording and the band’s decision to continue after the tragic loss of their drummer.
You’re launching your latest EP as part of HEXMAS at the Brisbane Hotel. Can you tell us a little about the tradition of this event? Hexmas is an annual event in its 5th year, showcasing a broad range of Hobart’s heaviest bands. Can you tell us a little about the evolution of the lineup of the band? Mick and I met Adrian about four years ago after a long search for the likeminded musicians who liked stoner rock/doom music. That type of music wasn’t that popular here in Tassie, so we were lucky to find each other really. At the time Adrian had a lot of material already written so we started off playing his stuff and then we quickly started to collaborate from there. Most of our set is now music we have written as a group. Unfortunately our drummer Mick passed away this year and after some soul searching we decided to keep the band going. Brett ‘Bert’ Pitfield has joined us behind the kit and we are gearing up for some gigs to promote our new EP Kick It In The Guts. How does the songwriting unfold in your band…is it reasonably collaborative?
We bring partially formed ideas along and record demos in Adrian’s studio. Adrian will then come up with melodies and lyrics to finish the song off and we polish it up in the rehearsal room. I might come up with some verses and chunky riffs. Adrian has a bit of a knack for catchy choruses and key changes. He has an unhealthy obsession with Eurovision, which may have a bit to do with that. We also talk about the style of music we want to write and try to stick to it with a tune. It means our stuff is quite diverse, which in our view is a good thing. As long as it sounds catchy, yet crushing, we’re happy. How did the recording process unfold for you? Drums were recorded by Joe Haley at Red Planet. Everything else was recorded at Adrian’s house. We then got Joe to mix and master it. It all happened over about four months earlier this year and we’re really happy with how it turned out. As a guitarist do you preference for live shows or the recording process? I like the social side of the performance. Much of it is having a beer with friends you don’t get to see much otherwise. The recording side of it is fun, as I’d usually lay down three rhythm tracks per song, using different guitars and alternating between pickups. As far as effects go, I try to stick with a fairly straight forward set up for both live performances and the studio. AMANDA VAN ELK
Mountains Of Madness play HEXMAS at the Brisbane Hotel, Friday December 22. Full lineup to be announced.
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As well as the regular fortnightly markets, the team have also organised a special Christmas ‘pop-up market’ on December 22 at the Brooke Street Pier, for all you yuletide types.
THE HOBART TWILIGHT MARKET, AT LONG BEACH, LOWER SANDY BAY, IS A FEAST FOR THE SENSES: MUSIC, FOOD, DRINKS, ARTALL-ROUND GOOD VIBES- PLUS, IT’S DOGGOFRIENDLY! SINCE 2014, THE TEAM FROM THE MARKET HAVE BEEN PUTTING ON A SPREAD OF LOCAL BANDS, MAKERS AND ARTISANS FOR THE PLEASURES OF YOUR EYES, EARS AND GUT, AND 2017-2018 WILL BE NO DIFFERENT.
The live music aspect is one of the regular crowd’s favourites of the market. Acts of varied genre and energyso you can easily chill out on your blanket and just listen to smooth tunes, or get up and have a dance. Acts like The Sign and Matthew Dames will feature this year; The Sign (Jo Stevens and Paul Volta) draw on a bevy of influences, but their music is straight no-nonsense bluesrock, with those classic rock sounds that fans of acts like Led Zeppelin will happily recognise. They’ve travelled the world over, bringing with them four albums’ worth of rock and roll goodness; their newest release C The
Sign- co-produced by eleven-time Emmy Award-winner Jack Allocco (Dionne Warwick) and Grammy Awardwinner Tom Weir (No Doubt, Blondie, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards)- is out now. They have won awards from the Australian Songwriters Association, Billboard Songwriting Contest and National Songwriters’ Contest. Matthew Dames is a Tassie-via-UK folk performer who Salamanca and Farm Gate Market frequenters will recognise for his local busking- when he’s not doing the illustrious folk festival circuit, or performing with his bands, Schmeltic and a cappella folk trio Velvet Sledgehammer. Matthew also won the 2015 Liz Johnston Memorial Award for Vocal Excellence at the National Folk Festival, and the Tamar Valley Folk Festival Youth Award with his song Climbing Mountains in 2012. Hobart Twilight Market aims to show off the best that Tassie has to offer, no matter what you’re looking for. You’ve got locally-crafted foodstuffs (Fresh Field Grove olive oil, The Sailor’s Scoop ice-cream, Ember Box pizza, Coco Conscious vegan treats, Liggabuff cupcakes and Namaste Chai & Waffles to name but a mere few) and booze (Domaine Dawnelle, Franks Cider, T-Bone Brewing and more), as well as locally-made clothing and gifts (Ashtonwear kids’ clothes, CC&C, Designs to Jo floristry, Concordia Handcrafted Skincare, Baby Blue Boutique and heaps more) and all manner of stalls in between. There’s stuff for kids as well as the grown-ups: USA clown act The Balloon Lady will be performing her balloon-y magic, and Funny Face Face-Painting & Balloons will also be on hand to entertain. In terms of housekeeping details, the organisers have offered a free shuttle service from the Hobart CBD for easy access to the markets, and the site itself has public bathrooms, a playground, accessible parking, an info booth, a dog refreshment station (cute!), and fee-free cash-out facility. LISA DIB Hobart Twilight Market operates on the first and third Friday (4:30pm - 9:00pm) of each month until March 16th. Head to the market’s Facebook page for updates on specific stallholders and musical acts each fortnight.
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DO YOURSELF A FAVOR ALISON WONDERLAND’S WAREHOUSE PROJECT IS SET TO BE A PARTY LIKE NO OTHER, WITH AN EXCLUSIVE LINE UP AT A SECRET LOCATION IT’S PROMISED TO BE AN UNMISSABLE NIGHT. I CHAT TO ONE OF THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ACTS PARTY FAVOR ABOUT WORKING WITH ALISON, HIS INCREDIBLY SPONTANEOUS CAREER AND HIS FUTURE ENDEAVOURS.
In an industry that seems to be very male dominated, it’s exciting to see headlines like Alison Wonderland come about more and more often. Do you think there is still a need for more woman in the industry? Have you witnessed much misogyny throughout your career? I think there is 100% a need for more women in the industry. Women have to deal with so much more pressure to fight off different social stigmas associated with a ‘female musician’. For example: Alison and I are great friends and the moment we take a picture in the studio the comments start flowing that “we are sleeping together”, or I “am having sex with her in exchange for working on music” and it’s so extremely frustrating. She is reduced to a sex object immediately. Which is ridiculous because she is one of the most talented people I’ve ever worked with. I feel even worse because she has to deal with that every single day - people discrediting her work because of her gender. I think we need to give women a platform where they feel judged on their musical ability/talent rather than how they look or what they are wearing. But it’s so ingrained in our society that unfortunately it doesn’t seem like it’s stopping anytime soon. I don’t ever want to speak for a woman so the best thing I feel like I can do is continue to be an ally and help change perceptions one person at a time. You’ve collaborated with Dillon Francis, tell me about that experience and how that come about? Dillon is one of my favourite people in dance music because he is authentic. His videos and his personality are all him, they aren’t a show. He also is an amazing producer. The song actually started as a joke song kinda like his ‘Dolphin On Wheels’ song. I sampled this South park episode and when we played a show together I showed it to him and we couldn’t stop laughing, so I made a good portion of the song and it just kinda sat there for a long time. Eventually I reached out to him to be a part of my EP and he was super keen, and it just happened so organically. We ended up re-visiting the track and spent a whole day rearranging it and changing it up. Aware of your love for hip-hop, can we expect to hear a bit more of that genre come into play in upcoming releases? OH YES! I play a variety in my sets already, but I have been working on producing hip hop for other rappers and it’s been awesome to kinda take my name out of it and help achieve
someone else’s vision. I just produced Lil Jon’s newest single with Offset from Migos and 2 Chainz that comes out beginning of December so keep an ear out for that! What do you think it is about your art that makes it stand up from other electronic artists? That’s a good question but I’m not exactly sure. I’ve been very lucky to have success in music and I guess it’s because I don’t overthink it and try to get too intricate with my music. I’m no musical savant, so many of my melodies/chords are more simple. I always have tried to make stuff that is simple but very catchy and high energy. Hopefully it translates. What advice can you give kids that aspire to get into the industry? If you want to stand out be different. Be original. It sounds like a no brainer, but everyone seems to just copycat because they think “oh that’s what’s popular I’ll just make that”. But those people already made it and will keep the fame. Make music that is different than what everyone else is making. Or take a certain sound/genre and make it your own. No one wants to hear the same old thing. Kids these days want something new immediately. You once wanted to be an actor, what a swing! What made you shift gears? There wasn’t a switching gears moment per se but more different moments in time that caused me to go down different paths. I went from wanting to be an actor, to going to film school, to working in the film industry, to quitting to pursue music (laughs). I actually kinda quit acting because I just thought it would be too hard to make it and I ended up going into an equally hard field full of the same rejection (laughs). Any clues or cheeky hints as to where the secret location in Hobart might be or at least what kind of venue we should expect? Mates, I don’t know anything. They don’t tell lowly old support acts like me any compromising details! Knowing Alison, she is gonna go all out though… So I think the surprise will be worth the wait. KEIRA LEONARD
See Party Favour perform at the Wonderland Warehouse project 3.0 in Hobart on Friday December 1. Tickets available from - www.iwannaticket.com.au.
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MAIL ORDER HUSBAND CANADIAN MUSICIAN TENNYSON KING HAS BEEN TOURING AUSTRALIA NONSTOP FOR THREE MONTHS NOW, PERFORMING IN A VAST ARRAY OF QUIRKY VENUES ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY. KING HAS NO INTENTION OF STOPPING, AS HE GRACES TASMANIA MID-LATE DECEMBER – AND WATCH OUT LADIES, BECAUSE HE’S LOOKING FOR AN AUSSIE WIFE!
You’re touring the country right now, which looks to be the largest tour I have possible ever seen! Is this the largest, or at least the most diverse tour that you’ve ever done?
Island, which has definitely been one of my best Australian adventures so far!
Back in Canada I’ve toured for the longest of 2 months at a time, which included some pretty unique and interesting venues – from churches, to gazebos to festivals. I even once played on top of a rock-climbing wall… This Australian tour is definitely my longest time on the road with new venues that I’ve never played at; like casinos, art galleries, markets, malls and definitely the hottest temperature I’ve ever played in when I performed from an outside venue in Darwin.
I do get a lot of inspiration on tour. I see so many different things, meet so many different people, see, hear and meet so many other musicians. It’s very inspiring to draw from a different culture than my own. I also get a lot of time to think during the long drives. I draw a lot of inspiration from nature and relationships between people as well as the relationship between people and the forces of nature. Lately I have been learning more about the Aboriginal communities that came before colonization and that has been very inspiring.
What made you want to do such a large international tour like this? I love touring, travelling and playing music for new people. If it were up to me I’d be touring all year round. Australia has always been somewhere I’ve wanted to see since I was young. I love the sunshine, the beach and the ocean so it was really inevitable that I would end up touring here. What has been your favourite part of it so far? For this tour I’d say my favourite part was driving/surviving through the outback to Darwin and playing the shows up there. It was quite the adventure. The shows were amazing, and I even played a song with a gigantic snake wrapped around me on my last show! It must be a wonderful way to see the country, what have you been doing in your leisure time? On my leisure time I hang around the beach, swim in the ocean, do as much surfing as I can, and do any hikes I can find. I recently went out to K’Gari Island, also known as Fraser 26
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How do you think your best songs come about? There is no solid process for me. I tend to need to be hidden away somewhere alone and without distractions to stay focused. However, I have no formula…I just try to keep writing but when the creativity comes, it comes, and it flows smoothly. It’s just this moment that hits you and it’s nothing quantifiable. I just keep going and hope that it keeps happening…
Do any crowd reactions ever surprise you? In Brisbane, for the first time ever, I made a man cry… I’ve also had some 55+ yacht club swingers do some very suggestive things while I was playing in Airlie Beach. It’s all in a day’s work really… I would say your songs are also quite romantic, have you ever written and played a love song for someone and how did they react? I have never directly written a love song for someone in specific nor played it for them in a one on one setting. I would be open to this though if the mood were to strike… Maybe to even get my future Australian wife to keep me in the country…. Can we expect new music from you soon? It’s been a while! Yes after this Australian tour, I’ll be heading back to the cold winter of Canada and will start recording my next album, which should be out sometime in 2018! KEIRA LEONARD
What can we expect from your Tasmanian shows? Lots of stories of my travels, my life and where my songs come from. Since I’ve been touring solo, I really try to create an intimate setting to connect with everyone in the audience. Emotions may vary from group crying to laughter and even a little singing. It’s like a roller coaster ride. I try to get everyone through the range of emotions. From sadness to happiness. I do want to create a very chill and serene environment, but I try to leave the crowd with energy at the end of every show.
See Tennyson King perform at the following venues: Launceston, The Kingsway, Tuesday December 19 – 7pm Launceston, The Royal Oak, Wednesday December 20 – 9pm Hobart, The Republic Bar & Café, Thursday December 21 – 8.30pm Huonville, Willie Smith’s Apple Shed, Friday December 22 – 6pm Berriedale, MONA, Saturday December 22 – 1pm
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BURN CITY, MELBOURNE’S PAINTED STREETS BY LOU CHAMBERLIN THIS IS AN ASTUTE AND GORGEOUS COLLECTION OF SOME OF THE BEST STREET ART FROM ONE OF THE WORLD’S CITIES WITH A JUSTIFIABLE REPUTATION FOR IT, MELBOURNE. IT HAS BEEN COLLATED AND COLLECTED FOR OVER A DECADE BY LOU CHAMBERLIN, AND IT BUILDS ON HER EARLIER BOOK STREET ART MELBOURNE (2013). IT CAPTURES SOME OF THE ART IN A CITY THAT NOW HARNESSES THE CREATIVITY OF THESE STREET ARTISTS, ARTISTS WHO FOR MANY YEARS WERE SEEN AS PARIAHS IN THE BROADER COMMUNITY, SOME OF WHO NOW FIND THEMSELVES (PARADOXICALLY) EMBRACED AND COMMISSIONED, AS THE WORLD HAS CAUGHT UP WITH THEM.
Burn City refers to both a slang name for Melbourne (Melburn) but also the fact that large street art pieces are referred to as ‘burners’ – as if they are burning off the wall. The book is divided into chapters that cover image types including the Face, Fauna, Storytelling, Abstraction, Social issues and Streetscapes. My favourite is the storytelling chapter, covering as it does the diverse and subtle means to tell stories - these ones visual - and noting in its introduction that ‘visual artists are born story tellers. While some paint beautiful images simply to share a vision of beauty other artists share stories through their paintings’. The book pays homage to and acknowledges the artists as far as is possible with often anonymous art, and provides some special insights into specific pieces such as Makatron’s monster on the wall of a Northcote factory, first photographed by Chamberlin in 2012. She re-visited the piece a year later and found herself laughing out loud
to see that it had been updated in response to a fire next door, to appear as if the monster was taking credit for the fire. This is just one example of Chamberlin’s astute and attentive awareness of the recent history of street art in Melbourne. It is interesting to note the presence of significant international artists in this collection, many of them commissioned by local councils. Councils are also the perpetrators of ‘buff’ -painting over of pieces. This is has recently happened in Hobart to some of the commissioned signal boxes, which were painted over without the knowledge, consent or pre-established arrangement of the artist in question. While I haven’t checked in with the HCC for their version of events at first take it appears purely disrespectful of the artist, as is much ‘buffing’. Many of the artists included are both conscious of the space in which street art currently resides and now comfortable working within a more mainstream space
now provided. What had formerly been considered disrespectful to the point that the word ‘grafitti’ is, in the mainstream is imbued with a sense of vandalism and not augmentation, is now considered art. That said, tags can be like tom-cat spray, marking a stinking presence with no confronting beauty whatsoever. This is a gorgeous collection, and one that reflects the deep and ongoing engagement of Chamberlin and her subject matter. The publisher Hardie Grant know how to pull a spunky book together. This is one for research, inspiration and pleasure. RACHEL EDWARDS
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LOST ROCKS (SERIES) ROCKS, DESPITE THEIR PROFOUND VARIETY ARE OFTEN USED AS A SYMBOL OF HEAVINESS AND LACK OF MOVEMENT AND, OUTSIDE OF GEOLOGY AND CHILDLIKE WONDER, THEIR POETRY CAN BE LOST OR IGNORED. LOST ROCKS, CREATED BY A PUBLISHED EVENT (JUSTY PHILLIPS AND MARGARET WOODWARD) IGNITES A CREATIVE FASCINATION WITH A SERIES OF ROCKS AND MINERALS AND, IN THEIR OWN WORDS “IS AN ACCUMULATIVE EVENT OF MINERALOGICAL, METAPHYSICAL AND METALLURGICAL TELLING.”
Lost Rocks is also a collection of forty books that are being published, slowly, over four years. The project was conceptually inspired when Phillips and Woodward found a discarded rock board at the Tip Shop in Glenorchy. They have commissioned forty books in response to these rocks. The latest four books (of eight released so far) are Crystal Bone by Greg Lehman, Marble by Ally Bisshop, Conglomerate by Ben Walter, and Basalt by Ross Gibson. The books share a clean and simple design; white paperbacks with red silhouettes of the rock on the cover. They are small in stature, have delicate newsprint pages and they wear the process of publishing almost literally on their sleeves, bringing the formal structure of a book to the fore, including a page titled ‘colophon’. The colophon is a publisher’s device to either provide a decorative reference to the publisher, or simply the information legally required when publishing a book. Prominent Tasmanian writer and thinker Greg Lehman’s Crystal Bone is both a deeply personal story as well as a
devastating austere account of this rock and the almost centrifugal importance of it for this island’s first people. It includes diverse writing styles and a poetic recounting of a story of a tyrelore, an island wife. The images that accompany the ‘Crystal’ chapter - simple line drawings of flints, sculpted for blade and palms and annotated with the name of the place from where they have been removed is quietly devastating. The illustrations provide a desolate contrast to the lost stories of these rocks. Ross Gibson’s Basalt describes the motion and movement of lava which then becomes basalt. In the text he returns to the paradoxical movement of this rock; the pulses of a lava flow still evident where it is found in nature. Gibson is an academic and a poet and while Basalt is a fascinating read, it has a didactic tone and there is something about the melding of poetry and geological process that did not mesh well for this reader. Ben Walter, whose continuously transcendental writing tackles the rock conglomerate. He uses his element elegantly, as a literary device. A walker falls and hits his head on a “fist of conglomerate”. It is a raw story of a death in the Tasmanian wilderness, an inadvertent tragedy that occurs during a walk with mates. Walter writes the bush like few others down here, his words lithe and with little sentimentality, poetically descriptive. Ally Bisshop has sculpted a tale from marble – its history, magic and the the numinous space it inhabits for gods and men. She talks about its mining and like Lehman utilises a range of stories of styles to capture this heavy rock. These books are part of a beautiful publishing work of art, one that travels through geological and human time – a slow burn, drip feed of small, versatile publications. There is something about the Lost Rocks collection seems to inspire writers to enter new territory; cross genres and enter exciting literary spaces. It is a brilliant concept and I anticipate the forthcoming books with a sense of exhilaration RACHEL EDWARDS
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PAIGE TURNER HOLDEN CAULFIELD, IS MILD AND BANAL NEXT TO MARIA DEL CARMEN HUERTA, THE NARRATOR OF LIVEFOREVER, A BOOK THAT IS BOTH MURKY AND LUMINOUS, AND HAS BEEN CITED AS A COLOMBIAN VERSION OF THE CATCHER IN THE RYE. LIVEFOREVER TRACKS A COUNTERCULTURE OF 1970S COLOMBIA WITH AN INTENSITY FUELLED BY RUMBA, DANCING AND SALSA. THE CATCHER IN THE RYE’S CAULFIELD PALES INTO WISHY-WASHY ADOLESCENCE UP NEXT TO MARIA, POPPING AS SHE SALSAS ACROSS SWELTERING CALI. I’VE A SNEAKY COPY OF CATCHER, ON MY LITTLE SECONDHAND BOOKSHOP, ONHERSELECTION.BIGCARTEL.COM AND I’LL BE POSTING MY COPY OF LIVEFOREVER TO A MAN I KNOW WILL ADORE IT TO PIECES. The Story Island Project is launching a book that showcases the stories collected from, and created by, communities across Hobart’s northern suburbs, reimagining the life of the Brooker Highway. The book features writing and illustrations from young people as well as a contribution from Tasmanian author Danielle Wood. Stories of the Brooker Highway celebrates the northern suburbs as a place rich in stories, and a community filled with strong, creative voices. The book will be launched at 1pm, 7 December at Glenorchy LINC. All welcome. Steph Parkyn’s linocut that was inspired by (in an ekphratic process) Gina Mercer’s poem, ‘Handfeeding the Crocodile’ is perched boldly, and yellowly on my wall, a suitable backdrop to my current reading of Into the World, her first novel and one which covers subject matter that had me entranced from the outset. It is the fictionalised account of Marie-Louise Giradin who, disguised as a man joined the French explorers whose names are intertwined in our Tasmanian history, D’entrecastreaux, Kermandec, and Laballadiere amongst them, as they sailed on the vessels Recherche and Esperance in a bid to find their missing country man, La Perouse. Into the World, which is a ripper read will be launching in Launceston at Petrarchs Bookshop on Friday December 1 at 6pm (www.facebook.com/events/128649954559963)and in Hobart at Fullers Bookshop on Friday December 8 at 5.30 pm. I’m fortunate to be in conversation with Steph for that event, North West – you don’t miss out, Steph will be delivering an author talk at Devonport LINC on Wed 13th December 2.30pm - www.eventbrite.com.au/e/stephanieparkyn-author-talk-tickets-39104492590. Island, hot off of the back of their fabulous 150th celebrations, will launch issue 151 on Sunday December 3 at midday. They are riffing off the fabulous photo of esteemed Tasmanian author, Heather Rose who features both inside the mag, and on the cover, replete with a magnificent red apple, at Willie Smith’s Organic Cider Apple Shed down the Huon. For more details check out the Island magazine Facebook page.
State Cinema Bookstore is holding their VIP shopper evening on December 7 in store between 5-9pm. 20% off compadres – and to join you simply have to be subscribed to their e-newsletter and/or be part of their loyalty program. You can even subscribe on the night. More information statecinemabookshop.com This column will go to print before the Tasmanian Premier’s Lit Prizes are announced late in November. I’m reluctant to share my picks but of each prize I’d recommend sinking your peepers into many of the books on the list, especially Heather Rose’s The Museum of Modern Love, The White Room Poems by Anne Kellas and Pete Hay’s masterful collection, Physick. These alongside James Boyce’s Losing Streak. I’m tantalised and looking forward to the announcements. Tamar Valley Writers Festival is happening again next year and the dates are locked in for 14-16 of September. This is a lovely festival, similar vibe to the Ubud Readers and Writers Festival actually – and one that I will definitely be heading to again. The festival is also hosting Fiona McIntosh at the Hotel Grand Chancellor, in conjunction with Penguin Books and Petrarchs Bookshop. This will take place on Monday 4 December from 5.45pm until 7pm. Tickets are available from Petrarchs (phone 6331 8088). Fiona McIntosh is a wonderfully diverse writer whose recent fiction work has spanned continents and tells the story of the lavender farm in Northern Tasmanian and its French antecedents. Kristyn Harman, author of the award winning Aboriginal Convicts returns with Cleansing the Colony, Transporting Convicts from New Zealand to Van Diemen’s Land, a story about a little known cohort of 110 people who were transported from New Zealand to serve as convict labourers in Van Diemen’s Land. The stories of these people reflect the way the British sought to purge the colony of, as they saw it, a burgeoning criminal underclass. This is happening at 5.30pm on Thursday 7 of December at Fullers. Finally, I wish you all a smooth Christmas and a joyous entry to the new year. I wish all those working in bookshops kia kaha, strong heart – for these trying times. Peace xx. RACHEL EDWARDS
If you have any book related news, drop me a line – racheledwards488@gmail.com.
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PAUL PEART SMITH COMICS AND OTHER PLACES LONDON BORN, CYGNET RESIDENT PAUL PEART SMITH’S PUBLISHED WORK APPEARED IN THE TOP SELLING UK SCI-FI ANTHOLOGY 2000AD. SINCE THEN HE HAS GONE ON TO BE PUBLISHED BY MOST OF THE MAJOR COMICS PUBLISHERS INCLUDING MARVEL AND DC COMICS, AS WELL AS SELF MADE HERO AND BLANK SLATE. A professional of 27 years standing, Paul has created character designs for clients such as Jim Henson’s workshop, Blue Rocket Studios and Sony Entertainment among many others. He has also written and drawn webcomics, his longest being One Plus One. He will be exhibiting A collection of comics, illustrations and drawings inspired by trips abroad this January at Balfour House. “What made me want to make comics? It started when I was very young, when I was 5 years old… I wanted to be Jack Kirby, then Frank Miller, then Jose Munoz and Gilbert Hernandez, some of my favourite artists. Now for better or worse, I’m me.” COMICS AND OTHER PLACES will be exhibited at Balfour House, Cygnet from January 12 – 31.
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STEVEN CARSON MIXED MESSAGES TO LOOK AT LAUNCESTON ARTIST STEVEN CARSON’S WORK IS TO BE IMMEDIATELY INTRIGUED. THE BRIGHT, PLAYFUL COLOURS ACT IN STARK CONTRAST TO THE ODD SHAPES AND OFTEN INTIMIDATING SIZE OF THE WORKS. CARSON’S PREVIOUS EXHIBITIONS HAD BEEN PART OF HIS PHD (PHILOSOPHY), NOW HE’S BRINGING A SERIES OF WORKS TO THE SAWTOOTH ARTIST-RUN INITIATIVE IN LAUNCESTON, IN A SHOW ENTITLED MIXED MESSAGES.
“The ideas that led the final body of work was ideas of uncertainty and instability, those senses of being unstable or uncertain, and projecting those onto the viewer.” Carson explains, on the connections between his PHD pieces and his latest works. “That has extended into what I’ve done since; the piece that I’m making for Sawtooth will be continuing that exploration, and instability...the work is quite large and will project this sense that it might collapse at any time, which hopefully creates a bit of tension in the work.” “It’s made with fifty very large lumps that I’ve made out of reclaimed plastic, plastic that was destined for landfill, I’ve bundled them together- two and a half tonnes of plastic, plastic bags, plastic you wrap around pallets of freight- bundled up tightly, fifty lumps up to a metre in length. Over the top is a lot of pattern and colour, made with more scrap plastic, fluro-coloured tapes and adhesive vinyl, scrap plastic bound to the surface with more plastic. They’re going to be bundled on top of each other and lashed onto a metal frame with rope and luggage ties and velcro straps. This idea that they might explode….hopefully you’re unsure what you’re looking at. It forces the viewer to use their imagination to negotiate the work. I’m hoping that even though this work is bright and colourful, it has this other implication, this other quality, which is malevolent and irksome as you look at it.” Carson’s work takes advantage of the varied reactions of the viewer: bold colours lashed across seemingly unappealing shapes. His research included exploring how we keep and define rubbish and waste. “As part of the research for the piece, as well as the PHD, I went to a waste recycling center. It has this incredible feeling: piles of bundled-up plastic, cardboard, paper, other materials that are sorted and stacked. It’s inevitable that there is an awareness of environmental consequences of all of this plastic, but there’s also this recognition that, through order and the way we reclaim and the way I’m using it, hopefully there’s an aesthetic there too, a beauty. One of the times I visited the recycling plant, just after Christmas in 2016, the amount of colourwrapping paper and rubbish bundled up, so much colour in it, it was very difficult not to find beauty in that.” Carson acknowledges the difference between using shock tactics in art and provoking a sort of discomfort or disquiet in his viewer. “I want someone’s attention to be rewarded with something that’s visually rich. I want there to be a depth in the range of reaction; discomfort is more about asking people to use their imaginations. I use abstract so that people can’t relate to the work immediately. I want people to feel like their interpretations of the work are just as important as the information I put there.” LISA DIB
Mixed Messages runs at Sawtooth ARI Gallery in Launceston from December 1 - 23.
BINGE ON ART UNTIL YOU BARF BENDING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW ART, ‘DINNER AND A SHOW’ IS AN EXPERIMENT IN SHOWCASING CONFRONTING PERFORMANCE ART ALONGSIDE ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING TALENT OF AUSTRALIA’S UNDERGROUND MUSIC SCENE.
Held over two evenings at Launceston’s Sawtooth ARI Gallery at the start of December will feature each night a performance of Binge. Developed by Claire Johnston and Lucinda Shannon, Binge is a critique of throw-away culture in our society, with a dose of corn chips thrown in for good measure. Friday’s night music will feature two acts from Melbourne: acclaimed post-punk band Total Control, and dolewave group Terry. The two acts feature members of iconic Melbourne bands such as Eddy Current Suppression Ring, Straightjacket Nation, The UV Race, Dick Diver and Lower Plenty. On Saturday night, Heart Beach will be performing as part their Australian homecoming tour. Also featured is experimental music collective Philomath (Hobart) and minimalist sad-girl duo, Dolphin (Hobart). Launceston/ Hobart queer post-punks Slag Queens will also perform. Bing On Art Until Your Barf is on at Sawtooth Ari Gallery (160 Cimitere St Level 1 Launceston) on Friday December 1 and Saturday December 2. Both nights commence at 6pm. Door sales are $10 each night or $15 purchased together via www. eventbrite.com.au/e/dinner-and-a-show-tickets-39363674811.
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Gallery Guide South Contemporary Art Tasmania December 2 – 17 Members Exhibition Bett Gallery Until December 11 Stephanie Tabram Colville Gallery December 15 Annual Artists Show Balfour House January 12 New Drawings – Paul Peart-Smith Handmark Gallery December 1 – December 24 New Paintings – Alyce Bailey Henry Jones Art Hotel November 1 – January 2018 68177 – Chris Hamnett Despard Gallery Until December 10 Recent Paintings - Geoff Dyer December 13 – February 4 Annual Summer Show 17/18 Salamanca Arts Centre Long Gallery Until December 22 40x40 Top Gallery December 1 – January 3 Darkness and Light on the Tasman – Adrian Bradbury Lightbox December 1 – January 31 Ag / BLACK – Phillip England Sidespace Gallery Until December 13 Hunter Island Press Mini Print Exhibition Long Gallery Until December 5 Three Portraits: Part 1: Past December 8 –13 Not Just Paint 2017 December 15 – January 3 Images of Tasmania Moonah Arts Centre Until December 16 The Deluge Ark(ive) – Nigel Helyer TMAG Until December 3 Circle December 8 – May 6 The Remarkable Tasmanian Devil December 15 – March 11, 2018 Balnhdhurr – A Lasting Impression
NORTH White Sands Estate Until March 2018 The Bay of Fires Collection – Tim Crawshaw Handmark Evandale December 3 – February 1 New Paintings – Heidi Woodhead Burnie Regional Gallery Until December 3 Moving Conversations – Eleanor Austin Until December 17 Colonial Afterlives December 9 – January 14 Defining Art Devonport Regional Gallery Until December 3 RACT Tasmania Portrait Prize December 9 – January 2018 New Alchemists Little Gallery Project Space Until December 3 The Black Suite – Angela Casey
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COMEDY
COMEDY
The Polish Corner December 6 Kirsty Webeck December 13 Surprise Headliner December 20 Dave O’Neil plus Andy Matthews Republic Bar & Café December 21 The Clubhouse with Luke McGregor The Playhouse December 28 Kevin Fraser
Royal Oak December 1 Boat Shed – Fresh Comedy – Ivan Aristeguieta December 22 Boat Shed – Fresh Comedy from 9pm THEATRE Princess Theatre December 4 – December 5 A Princess Lost December 8 The Legend of Moana December 9 Hooked on Dance December 16 TAD: Cinderella Burnie Arts Centre December 2 The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe
Gallery Pejean Until December 25th Anniversary Exhibition December 6 – January 20 Deja Vu Sawtooth ARI FRONT GALLERY December 1 – 2 *BINGE* In-Port -Edwina Cooper MIDDLE GALLERY Home Video - Cait Burgoyne PROJECT GALLERY Mixed Messages - Steven Carson DARK SPACE GALLERY 13.7…The Birth - Cristina Palacios GATE SPACE Don’t Feed the Peacocks - Vanessa Wallace PORTAL GALLERY The Third Take - Chris Cochraneriedrich December 1 – 23 (in collaboration with John Hewison and Connor Gibson)
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Hobart Date
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Acts / Start Time
Date
DecemBER Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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2
3
Birdcage Bar
Ani & Nick 9pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Peter Hicks and the Blues Licks 6pm
Brisbane Hotel
Secret Sounds of the Underground w/ Boris Brejcha (Ger) + Ann Clue (Ger) + Dublo + Corney & Sam Price + Dom + Sam Gregory (Vic) + Chief Get Down + DJ Thensum + Kireesh
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Casino Bar
SupaNova DJ - George 10pm
CAT
DJ Hoop Dreams and DJ Soft Cat - Karaoke
Grand Poobah
Cut Snake, Black Sassy, Sexy Lucy, Bear Cub & Randall Foxx
Jack Greene
Tony & John 9:30pm
Kickstart Arts
Madi Adungu, Mwase Makalani + Madi Mega Talent 5pm
MAC Republic Bar & Cafe Salamanca Courtyard
Rektango 5:30pm
The Duke
Jarrod and Blythe
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
The Stragglers 6:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo & Jimi 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Back - Total Control (Vic) + Terry (Vic) + A. Swayze & The Ghosts
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Casino Bar
DJ Randall Foxx 10pm
Grand Poobah
Kristin Velvet (Berlin), Mount Liberation Unlimited (Sweden), Sexy Lucy & Curlicue
Jack Greene
Smoke & Mirror 9:30pm
Kickstart Arts
Madalena, Shells & Tiff, Tom & Dana 5pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Australian Made 10pm
Salamanca Courtyard
Rektango 5:30pm
The Duke
Blue Chilli featuring Marcia Flude
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
Pepper Jane (Trio) 6:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Tim & Scott 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
H+M=Y presents Quivers + Heart Beach + The Native Cats + Stationary Suns + K Mason + Carl Renshaw + Saul Latham
Cargo
DJ Millhouse
Carlyle Hotel
Ebeneza Good 8pm
Scary Family Band 6:30pm
Casino Bar
DJ SupaNova 10pm
Lime Cordiale 10pm
Grand Poobah
Boundless Launch Party ft. Crayda Boyz + Lister, Deathscythe, Vizer, Sexy Lucy 8pm
Grand Poobah
D. Tiffany (Canada) in the Kissing Room
Jack Greene
Tony & John 9:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Paua + Boil Up 10pm
Theatre Royal
My Friend The Chocolate Cake
Brisbane Hotel
Front - The Sinking Teeth (Vic) + The Saxons + Verticoli + August Wolfbiter
Brisbane Hotel
Late - Late Night Krackieoke
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Carlyle Hotel
Karaoke with DJ Foxy 8pm
Casino Bar
SupaNova DJ - Andy 10pm
Federation Concert Hall
Field of Flowers 2:30pm
Grand Poobah
Ryan Elliot, John Stone, Flac in the Main Room
Grand Poobah
Squid Fishing, The Sleepyheads, Art School Bullies & Carpool Kids in the Kissing Room
Jack Greene
Isaac Westwood 9:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Gordi 10pm
The Sepulchre
Tim Davies: The Crystal Cabinet
Waratah Hotel
The Hudson Cartel, Verticoli, Kowl, Eddie & The Low Tides
Bright Eyes Cafe
Ross Smithard 4pm
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo
Cargo
Saturday
Sunday
9
10
Waratah Hotel
Kyle Lionhart - Eleven and Two Tour
Birdcage Bar
Les Coqs Incroyables 6pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Hui & The Muse 4pm
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Jack Greene
Tim Hibberd 7:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Zuma 2:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Peter Hicks & The Blues Licks 8:30pm
Monday
11
Republic Bar & Cafe
Quiz Night (Last One for 2017) 8:30pm
Tuesday
12
Republic Bar & Cafe
Sam Forsyth 8:30pm
The Duke
Dukebox - audition night for new and up and coming acts
Theatre Royal
Teddy ...Tis The Season
Birdcage Bar
The Suffrajettes 9pm
Jack Greene
Tim Hibberd 8pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Cody Gunton 8:30pm
Wednesday
13
The Duke
The Duke Trivia
Birdcage Bar
Sami 9pm
DJ Rikin
Cargo
DJ Dez
Jack Greene
Micheal Clennett 7:30pm
Jack Greene
Tony Mak 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Blue Flies 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
MumboGumbo with Sarah Letters as support 1pm
Spiral Stairs (Scott Kannberg of Pavement) 9pm
The Duke
Jay Jerome
Thursday
Monday
4
Republic Bar & Cafe
G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin’ Blues) 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Tony Mak Duo 9pm
Tuesday
5
Republic Bar & Cafe
Pepper Jane 8:30pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Ross Sermons Blues Band 6pm
The Duke
Hobart Blues Club - The Fabulous Blue Cats
Brisbane Hotel
Birdcage Bar
Fee Whitla 9pm
Dantasia #1 - Lager The Life + The Stragglers + Wolf Arrow Rain + Subdivision + Tarraleah Power Station + The Screaming Seniors
Jack Greene
Tim Hibberd 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Late Night Krackieoke
Republic Bar & Cafe
Hui & The Muse 8:30pm
Cargo
Yolanda Be Cool Supported by DJ Rikin
The Duke
The Duke Trivia
Casino Bar
DJ Randall Foxx 10pm
The Sepulchre
The East Pointers, Emma Angelsey & Tash Parker
Grand Poobah
Bella Sarris, Act Natural, Curlicue, Flos Li in the Main Room
Birdcage Bar
Dance in a Shoebox 9pm
Jack Greene
Cargo
DJ Berechee
Yolanda Be Cool followed by Phrayta 9:30pm
Grand Poobah
Stu Larsen
Kickstart Arts
The Dead Maggies, Dylan Eynon 5pm
Jack Greene
Tim Hibberd 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Republic Bar & Cafe
Tim Rozemulder 8:30pm
Lazer Baby (Single Launch) + Sumner + Jensen 10pm
The Duke
Jay Jerome
Salamanca Courtyard
Rektango 5:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Jerome Hillier 9pm
The Duke
Mouldy Fig featuring Anita Van Riet, Dave Elliston
Bright Eyes Cafe
Jacob Boote & Pete Waddle 6pm
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
Jonno Coleman 6:30pm
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Birdcage Bar
Isaac Westwood 9pm
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Saturday
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Date
Sunday
17
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Brisbane Hotel
Dantasia #2 - No Cash + Tarraleah Power Station + TerrrorBrawwwl + Feed Rick + Moonglue
Brisbane Hotel
Back - Rosetta (USA) + Departe + Sundr (Vic) + Break Through
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Carlyle Hotel
Date Tuesday
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Acts / Start Time
Jack Greene
Hugi B 8:30pm
Cargo
DJ Rikin / Sexy Lucy
Jack Greene
DJ Rikin 4pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Montz Matsumoto 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Rod Murray 9pm
Bridget Pross 8pm
Cargo
DJ Dez
Casino Bar
SupaNova DJ - George 10pm
Jack Greene
Hugi B 8:30pm
Fern Tree Tavern
Little Bear
Republic Bar & Cafe
Duncan Phillips 8:30pm
Grand Poobah
Brian Not Brian, CJ Steele, Bronze Savage & Road Rash
Waratah Hotel
Close Counters, Layzabb, Chase City, The Surreal Estate Agents & more
Jack Greene
Tony & John 9:30pm
The Duke
The Duke Trivia
Republic Bar & Cafe
24 Seven 10pm
Birdcage Bar
Ani & Harry 9pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Peter Hicks 4pm
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo
Jack Greene
Tony & John 8:30pm
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Republic Bar & Cafe
Elixer Street 9pm
Grand Poobah
Perc, John Stone, Flac, Tristan & Finch
The Duke
Jay Jerome
Jack Greene
Tony Mak 7:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Tim & Scott 9pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
The Great Anticipators 2:30pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Billy Whitton & The Swinging Hepcats 6pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Wahbash Avenue 8:30pm
Cargo
DJ Millhouse
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
27
28
29
St John’s Church
Allegri Ensemble “Sing Lullaby” 8pm
Casino Bar
SupaNova DJ - Andy 10pm
Monday
18
Republic Bar & Cafe
Billy Whitton 8:30pm
Grand Poobah
Tuesday
19
Republic Bar & Cafe
Ross Sermons 8:30pm
Claire Morgan (Berlin), Flac, Act Natural & John Stone
The Duke
Jazz Jam Jar
Jack Greene
Tim Hibberd 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Les Coqs Incroyables 9pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Hobart Funk Collective 10pm
Cargo
DJ Berechee
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
20
21
22
23
24
Jack Greene
Micheal Clennett 8pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Sandino Cerrado & Georgia Ollier 8:30pm
St David’s Cathedral
Christmas Concert 7:30pm
The Duke
The Duke Trivia
Wrest Point Showroom
Matthew Ives & His Big Band
Birdcage Bar
Dave Sikk 4tet 9pm
Cargo
DJ Dez
Jack Greene
Tim Hibberd 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Tennyson King 9pm
The Duke
Jay Jerome
Birdcage Bar
Sambo 9pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Coyote Serenade 6pm
Brisbane Hotel
Hexmas MMXVII - PURE + Mountains of Madness + Permafog + TerrrorBrawwwl
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Casino Bar
DJ Randall Foxx 10pm
Grand Poobah
Indian Summer, Sandboards (NZ), Bearcub, Fotti P, DJ Soupy Mess & Sexy Lucy
Jack Greene
DJ Rikin 9:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Chase City + Dark Matter of Storytelling + Kat Edwards Band + Seth Henderson 10pm
Salamanca Courtyard
Rektango 5:30pm
The Duke
Mama K and the Big Love and Friends
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
Tennyson King 6:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Tony Voglino 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Back - Break Through + Knifehands + Trespasser + Cower + Dire + No Haven
Brisbane Hotel
Front - The Sunday League + Bert Shirt
Cargo
DJ Millhouse
Casino Bar
SupaNova DJ - Andy 10pm
Grand Poobah
The Beat Down: Funknukl, Dynomite Drew, Pressed (aka Pilot), Actroid, David Wood and Rola
Grand Poobah
Compu-Rhythm and Good Marinations in the Main Room
Jack Greene
Tony & John 9:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Hammerhead + Roadkill + Jax & The Wayward 10pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Gerry Balding
Cargo
DJ Rikin
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Sunday
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Gillie’s Blues 6:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Jerome Hillier 9pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Ross Sermons & Louise Bell
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Casino Bar
SupaNova DJ - George 10pm
Jack Greene
Phrayta 9:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Boil Up NYE 10pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice followed by Matt Edmunds 10pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
The Tassie Devil’s Own
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Carlyle Hotel
NYE 80’s Party With DJ Foxy 8pm
Jack Greene
DJ Rikin 9pm
Onyx
Classic Rock Duo 9pm
Regines
DJ SupaNova And The Nightshift 10pm
Waratah Hotel
Fleetmac Wood & Black Cat
Wrest Point Showroom
Gypsy Rose 9:30pm
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Launceston / NORTH WEST Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Kingsway Bar
Brad Gillies
Sawtooth ARI
Total Control (Melb) + Terry (Melb)
The Greenwood Bar
The Playbook, Third Degree, Slow Descent, Squashed Lizard
Ulverstone Wharf
Mocane + Tovaresh 5:30pm
Country Club Showroom
Sgt. Peppers Lonely Heart’s Club 50th Anniversary Live Tribute
Royal Oak
Public Bar - S & M 9pm
Saint John Craft Beer
Hurricane Youth Single Launch
Sawtooth ARI
Philomath, Dolphin, Slag Queens, Heart Beach
The Greenwood Bar
The Sign
Tonic Bar
Gypsy Rose
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm
Ulverstone Wharf
Tom Vincent Trio 3pm
December Friday
Saturday
Sunday
1
2
3
Wednesday
6
Royal Oak
Public Bar - James Walker 9pm
Thursday
7
Royal Oak
Public Bar - The Hat & The Horn 9pm
Friday
8
Gunners Arms Tavern
When She Believes//She Rocks with The Mis-Made, Bansheeland, Vagnia Mountain + Next Please 8:30pm
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Mick Attard 9pm
Ulverstone Wharf
Avargo Groove 5:30pm
Burnie Arts Centre
The BIG Hits
Royal Oak
Public Bar - The Max Hillmen Show Band 9pm
The Greenwood Bar
Sami
Saturday
9
Sunday
10
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm
Wednesday
13
Princess Theatre
Teddy, ‘Tis The Season
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Sandino & Georgina 9pm
Thursday
14
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Gabrielle Dagrezio 9pm
Friday
15
Royal Oak
Boat Shed - 19 Tewnty with Pete Cornelius 9pm
The Greenwood Bar
Rosetta (USA) w/ Departe
Ulverstone Wharf
Red Whyte + Oh Reely 5:30pm
Saturday
16
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Miss Katy 9pm
Sunday
17
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm
SPICYMUSIC
Rooftop Party w/ Amelie Lens & Bart Skils
Wednesday
20
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Tennyson King 9pm
Thursday
21
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Angus Austin 9pm
Friday
22
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Gabrielle Dagrezio 9pm
Top Bar
The Saxons, The Sleepyheads, Squashed Lizard, Lily & Ruby
Ulverstone Wharf
Strings Attached + Megan Burton 5:30pm
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Max Hillmen Show Band 9pm
The Greenwood Bar
Psychosis II
Top Bar
The Embers, Sundaze, The Protagonists, Pat Broxton
Royal Oak
Boat Shed - Sandino & Georgina 9pm
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm
Saturday
Sunday
23
24
Wednesday
27
Royal Oak
Public Bar - tba
Thursday
28
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Brad Gillies 9pm
Friday
29
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Jacksonville Trial 9pm
Ulverstone Wharf
Blackboard Concert 5:30pm
Saturday
30
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Thunder Chiefs 9pm
Sunday
31
Royal Oak
Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm
DECEMBER Friday 1 Boat Shed —Fresh Comedy—Ivan Aristeguieta Saturday 2 Public Bar - S & M from 9 pm Sunday 3 Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun from 5 pm Wednesday 6 Public Bar - James Walker from 9 pm Thursday 7 Public Bar - The Hat & The Horn from 9 pm Friday 8 Public Bar - Mick Attard from 9 pm Saturday 9 Public Bar - The Max HillmenShowBand from 9 pm Sunday 10 Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun from 5 pm Wednesday 13 Public Bar - Sandino & Georgina from 9pm Thursday 14 Public Bar - Gabrielle Dagrezio from 9 pm Friday 15 Boat Shed— 19 Twenty with Pete Cornelius from 9 pm Saturday 16 Public Bar - Miss Katy from 9 pm Sunday 17 Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun from 5 pm Wednesday 20 Public Bar - Tennyson King from 9 pm Thursday 21 Public Bar - Angus Austin from 9 pm Friday 22 Boat Shed - Fresh Comedy from 9 pm Public Bar— Gabrielle Dagrezio from 9 pm Saturday 23 Public Bar - Max Hillmen Show Band from 9 pm Sunday 24 Boat Shed - Sandino & Georgina from 9pm Public Bar—Open Folk Seisiun from 5 pm Monday 25 Closed Wednesday 27 Public Bar—tba Thursday 28 Public Bar—Brad Gillies—from 9 pm Friday 29 Public Bar—Jacksonville Trial from 9 pm Saturday 30 Public Bar—Thunder Chiefs from 9 pm Sunday 31 Public Bar—Open Folk Seisiun—from 5 pm
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