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Following the incredible response to Smokey’s Haunt (★★★★★ “Absolutely captivating” – THE AUSTRALIAN ) Elefant Traks. triple j, New World Artists and Umbrella present SMOKEY’S TOUR 2013

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February 8th Fourteen Nights At Sea (vic)

February 9toh p Homebrew Hip Reunion

w/ M.O.1.O + Lords Of Leisure

February 20th Bad Vibrations

w/ Phat Meegz + Skun Knees + Southpaw + King Of The Wizards

February 23rd

Catsuit + Ideal Wives + the Crazy 88's / 9pm

March 2nd Roller Derby Aft er Party w/ Dj Rolle r Tits & Dj Fuck Trophy / 10pm

February 14th Converge

w/ Old Man Gloom + Surrender

February 15th

GAPE + Randon Order + Blood Luxury + Roadkill

February 22nd The Smith St Band (vic)

a) w/ Bomb The Music Industry! (us i + The Bennies (vic) + Luca Bras

The Furthest Gone + Everything I Own Is Broken (syd) + Year of scummery (oz)+ Phat Me egz

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March 1st Mikelangelo & The Tin Star (vic) BEACH PARTY!!!

March 6th Blunt Force Trauma (wa)

"The Best ďż˝ Cheapest Pub Meals In The World!"

Lunch - Tues till Fri 12:30 till 2:30 Dinner - Tues till Sun - 5:30 till 8:30

Carus and Band Sat February 16

Tijuana Cartel Sat February 23

Clubfeet & Acumen Wed February 27

Urthboy Frid March 1

February Slyde Thursday 7th Australian Made Friday 8th Bushfire Benefit Concert: Bone Rattlers + Chace City + Original Cutouts + More $10 Saturday 9th Joe Pirere & The Blackberries Sunday 10th Pat Bereche Monday 11th Joe Pirere Tuesday 12th Hobart Reggae Inc. Wednesday 13th Pugsley Buzzard $10 Thursday 14th Sugartrain $4 Friday 15th Carus and Band $12pre / $15door Saturday 16th Taylor and the Makers + David Spackman Sunday 17th The Sign Monday 18th Clare Quinn Tuesday 19th Peter Hicks and the Blue Licks Wednesday 20th Inside Out Thursday 21st

Tijuana Cartel + George and O'Sullivan Saturday 23rd Republic Music Quiz $5 2:30pm Sunday 24th Little Wise and Susannah Coleman-Brown 9pm Sunday 24th Quiz Night (Returns) Monday 25th Mick McHugh Tuesday 26th Clubfeet + Acumen $12pre/$15door Wednesday 27th Dave Wilson Band Thursday 28th March / April Urthboy Feat Jane Tyrrell & Band + One Sixth + Jimblah $25pre/$30door Friday March 1 Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier Saturday March 9 The Tallest Man on Earth Sunday March 10 Tuba Skinny (New Orleans) Thursday March 21 Lowrider Saturday April 6

News

News in Brief UP FOR THE ARTS Salamanca Arts Centre has just secured a buttload of federal government funding, a total of $484,365 Federal Government funding for 2013 - 2015. Alongside Arts Tasmania’s commitment of $160,000 for SAC’s 2013 and 2014 arts program, $644,365 has now been committed for the next three years. The largest single art project commitment is the Australia Council‘s $250,000 ART IN FESTIVALS initiative. SAC has also put forward a proposal to the Federal Government for $5.6m support for the long overdue upgrade of SAC’s stateowned heritage warehouses. Anyway, all this means Tasmania is continuing to grow as an artistic hub. There we go. Go us!

FALLS TO THE RESCUE The site of the Falls Festival was fortunate enough to escape the recent bushfires, but some of its neighbouring towns weren’t so lucky. Festival management were initially evacuated from the site, but it was then deemed a safe zone, becoming a temporary refuge for displaced locals, staff members and friends. The Falls Music & Arts Festival are calling on all of their friends, those who love Falls and those who love Tasmania to help out by donating to the Red Cross via https://give.everydayhero.com/au/fallsfestival

TNGHT with Hudson Mohawke, Lunice has worked with such labels as XL Recordings, Warner Bros. Records, Palms Out Sounds, Young Turks, Big Dada, and Top Billin’.

Known for his colossal selection of explosive beat driven and bass ridden electronic music, he recently collaborated with Azealia Banks, appearing in her film clip 212. Lunice plays the Metz in Sandy Bay on Sunday February 17.

TEN DAYS OF HELPING HANDS More on the Red Cross Tasmanian Bushfire appeal front: Ten Days on the Island have reported they’ll be donating all profits from the performance of The Select (The Sun Also Rises) on Sunday March 17 to the appeal. The fierce and frenetic take on Ernest Hemingway’s semi-autobiographical masterpiece plunges audiences into the debauched, doomed 1920s; traversing wine-soaked Parisian cafes and bloodsoaked Pamplona streets in a classic tale of fatalistic love, brittle lust and ‘live’ bullfighting. For more information, head along to www.tendaysontheisland.com MORE BANG FOR YOUR BUCK

Falls Fest have kicked it off by donating $10,000. Nicely done, Falls Fest.

Because apparently 2750 acts weren’t enough at Fractangular this year, they’ve added more. We’re guessing this means every act will be playing for around 13 seconds or something. New additions include New South Welshman, Ant Nebula, Taswegians, Nicholas Mercer and Simon Lovell, and Victorian , Goosebumpz, Mental Extensions and Bluetongue. They’ve also added more visual artists/VJ’s in Lichen Light, VJ Smucklepod and No-Man Band and Sands Family Circus will be doing some of the tumbling and the juggling and the other assorted circusistic acts. Yep, I’m inventing new words now.

For a long time, the Homebrew hip hop gigs were both a proving grounds and the premiere showcase for local Tasmanian hip hop talent. Every local rap dude you know has played at one of them, most of your rap dude mates probably did their first gig at a Homebrew jam. But after the 10th event, Full Strength Productions put away the Homebrew kit, we all thought there’d never be anything like it again, and since then, the scene has been fragmented. On Saturday February 9 at the Brisbane Hotel, every hip hop act in the state will be coming together to play at “HomeBrew - The Reunion” (or at least, every act they could think of). 28 acts in all, a hefty 8-hour rap marathon kicking off at 5pm. Entry is $7 on the door.

The Red Hot Summer Tour (you know, the one with Ian Moss, Dragon, Chocolate Starfish and BARRNNESSSSYYYYMMAAYYTTEE) has sold out in Launceston. Tickets flew out the internet-door for the Saturday February 9

The Metz continues it's run of international celebrity DJs, with Canadian and DJ and producer Lunice. One half of the group

CUTTING UP HOBART ONCE AGAIN

LOCAL BREW

HOTTEST TICKETS IN TOWN

DJING UNDER THE STARS

gig on the Country Club Lawns, fortunately though, there’s still a few tickets left for the Sunday February 10 gig on the Wrest Point Casino lawns. So pack a lunch, jump in the car (or on the bus, whatever), and head south for the day! Tickets are $85.60 a pop, available from tixtas.com.au.

A perennial favourite of Tasmania, DJ Yoda is back again this Summer to play PLANB nightclub on Saturday February 23. Instrumental in creating the bootleg "cut-up" mixing style, Yoda has moved on from hiphop beginnings to mix up anything from funk and reggae to country and western. Last time in Tasmania he blew the roof off the The Falls Festival mainstage.

Guaranteed to impress!

Local support will come from Dameza and DJ Grotesque with tickets $15 plus b/f from Moshtix and Ruffcut.

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Jessica Lever

Why do you write for WARP? Like a reverse convict, I was forced to return to my home land of England in the search of snowmen, designer brollys and Gin and Tonic. Writing for Warp keeps the Australian dream alive, keeps me in touch with music from that side of the pond and hopefully takes me one step closer to being a writer.

Last song you sang in the shower?

I wish I could say something cool like Grimes or, ummm, Neutral Milk Hotel (not even sure if they are actually cool) but I am a perpetual shower time warbler and I have to admit it was probably a remix of Adele, Aretha and my interpretation of Anne Hathaway in Les Miserables.

One of the best gigs you’ve ever been to?

Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros in London, 2011. They performed in these grimy, graffittied tunnels. The warm up consisted of a strange, silent Spanish softcore porn film played in full, whilst we sat in deck chairs, accompanied by a live orchestra. They finished by coming out into the tunnels with the crowd, handing out milk and cookies and making everyone sit on the floor whilst they continued singing. The middle part was just bloody hearty and great. Oh and I met Jade!

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BLOW TO THE HEAD

them both live and in the flesh when the ‘People Hear What They See’ Tour hit’s the Republic Bar & Café on Wednesday March 13. Tickets are cheap for this one! $10 + bf presale, $15 on the door! Ace!

jackets and zaaaannyyy glasses ahoy, watch out now! Tickets will be available soon from Ruffcut, Moshtix and The Republic Bar. Keep an eye open somewhere on planet earth for more details. Nicely done.

LORD OF THE DECKS

PASSENGER TAKES TO THE THEATRE

food,free pool and live live music Great food, Now open till till 2am Now 2am every everyfri friand andsat sat

HAPPY HOUR THURS AND FRI 6-7 www.tapasloungebar.com.au Rooke Street Mall, Devonport,Tasmania.

03 6424 2727 Heavy hitting 5 piece, groove laden Metal Band from Perth, Blunt Force Trauma are touring nationally on their Beyond EP tour.

Quoted as being “Thor’s love children”, catch them at The Brisbane Hotel on March 6.

MASSIVE MARCH LONG WEEKEND AT MONA

Public Enemy are one of the most influential and widely respected hip hop acts. Your favourite rapper IS a fan. Since Terminator X stepped away from the turntables to take up ostrich farming (I‘m not even joking about that), DJ Lord has been holdin’ it down for Chuck and Flav on the platters that matter. But DJ Lord is by no means one dimensional, he’s just as comfortable rocking a club or party set or holding down a Techno room as he is on stage with the S1W’s and their martial arts manoeuvres.

The U.S. battle veteran will be hitting Hobart for his first headline set, playing the Republic Bar on Friday March 15.

JAMMING WITH THE LIEUTENANT

JANUARY FEBRUARY So the band called Passenger broke up in 2007, but the lead dude, Mike Rosenberg is still running with the name. He’s run with it quite a long way too, having toured the world twice in the past year. His constant touring through North America and Europe lead to a swag (ugh) of accolades, including UK iTunes giving him the gong for ‘Singer Songwriter Album of the Year’. Finally back in Australia, Mike is heading out to play a run of gigs at theatres around the country (Are theatre gigs a new fad? Or have I only just noticed that they happen, a LOT?).

We have some theatres in Tasmania, so Passenger will be passengering his way here to play in one of them. Sunday March 24 at the Playhouse Theatre in Hobart.

Tickets via Centretainment. Or you could just watch him busking, because he does that too.

SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY

Wow, this is a big one. Check it: The long weekend in March (I forget what it’s for, and who cares anyway), Cat Power will be playing on the MONA lawns (Sunday March 10 to be exact), on the following day (Monday March 11), GEORGE CLINTON AND PARLIAMENT FREAKEN FUNKADELIC will be playing. Epic. $50 for Cat Power, $60 for George Clinton, or just pay a cool $100and scoop up tickets for both. Tickets are on sale now. Both gigs kick off at 2pm on their respective days, you won’t wanna miss these ones. www.mona.net.au

HIP HOP WITH SOUL

WED 6TH - TAPAS TRIVIA 7PM SAT 7TH - THREE FAZE THREE THURS 7TH - NEIL GIBSON 8PM 9:30PM FRI 8TH - BRETT & JOSH 10PM SAT- 9TH - RINGMASTERS SUN 8TH ELLA ROSE 6PM WITH TREV HEINS 9:30PM WED 11TH DEVONPORT SUN 10TH - LIVE MUSICCUP 6PM AFTER PARTY WITH ELECTRIC SPAGHETTI WED 13TH - OPEN MIKE 7PM THURS 14TH - (VALENTINES DAY) DOORS OPEN 6PM SMOOTH TUNES 8PM THU 12TH--MASTERS NEVA 2 ACOUSTIC L8 8PM 10PM FRI 15TH SAT13TH 16TH -- KNIKI MIKE BEALE FRI JED,&SLATS & THE9:30PM BIG SUN 17TH - THE SIGN 6PM NATURALS 9:30PM - NEILBOOTE GIBSON9:30PM 8PM SAT THURS 14TH -21ST JACOB FRI 22ND - UNBALANCED 10PM SUN 15TH--THE JAROD SAT 23RD RINGMASTERS 9:30PM MINTON’CONNELL SUN 24TH - ELLA ROSE 6PM 6PM

Original Hobart boy, Joel Brokate is returning with his Melbourne based band Lieutenant Jam for their first Tasmanian show at the Brisbane Hotel on March 22.

From the band, “Lieutenant Jam is not a man. Nor did he/she serve in the army.

Lieutenant Jam is a mix of clever lyrics and classic indie rock; with a UK edge to it. We like to mix all of our influences ending up with indie songs, chilled out, blues songs, punk songs and ‘somewhere in between’ songs.” Check out a copy of their debut album When I Say Jump, if you are interested in knowing more.

WED 18TH - OPEN MIC NIGHT 7PM THURS 28TH - LIAM "PADDY' PADMORE THU 19TH - JUNIOR BOWLES FROM WA (BLUES ARTIST ) 8PM

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FRI 20TH - ROCK PIGS 9:30PM FRI 1ST - HIDEAWAY 10PM SAT 21ST - TM G 9:30PM SAT 2ND - THE UNIT 9:30PM SUN 3RD - RICHO 6PM SUN 22ND - SHAUN KIRK WITH GUESTS WED 6THSPECIAL - TAPAS TRIVIA 7:30PM HALFWAY TO FORTH THURS 7TH - NEIL GIBSON 8PM ADMISSION $10 FRI 8TH - UNBALANCED 10PM

SAILING INTO THE CLUBS

MC and Producer Oddisee has already had quite a storied career, despite still being relatively unknown in the larger scale of things. The journeyman has released ten albums on various labels, toured extensively around the world, and garnered mountains of praise and respect from hiphop critics and aficionados globally. Oliver Daysoul is an uber talented vocalist who has worked with the likes of Hudson Mohawke, Onra, and Dam Funk. Hobart gets a chance to see

WED 4TH - TAPAS TRIVIA 7PM FRI 1ST - THE ROCK PIGS (LTN) 10PM SAT-2ND - THE UNIT 9:30PM THU 5TH TARYN & ERIN 8PM SUN 3RD - RICHO 6PM FRI 6TH - THE UNIT 9:30PM

Yacht Club DJ’s are coming back! Back to Hobart! Again! Yes, AGAIN! Because apparently we love them THAT much, they’re playing two shows at the Republic Bar in March. The first being on Thursday March 28, and the second, pretty conveniently, is on Friday March 29. They’re radtastic at mashing up classic anthems from all genres and wearing quirky clothes. Oddball furry

Something For Kate has been around for a while now, hopefully it hasn’t gone off.

If you want it/them to go off, you should head along to the Republic Bar & Café on Saturday June 29. You’ll be able to watch ‘em go off in person when the Star-Crossed Cities Tour hits town. They’ll be showcasing material from their critically acclaimed Leave Your Soul to Science album. Supported by special guest, Courtney Barnett. Tickets available via Ruffcut, Moshtix, or the venue, they’ll cost you $40 + b/f.

SAT 9TH - THE RINGMASTERS 9:30PM WED 25TH - TAPAS TRIVIA 7PM SUN 10TH - (LONG WEEKEND) LIVE MUSIC

THU 26TH - TREV HEINS 8PM FRI 27TH - RING MASTERS 9:30PM

WEDNESDAY

SAT 28TH - MIDNIGHT 9:30PM

$7 TAPAS MEALS SUN 29TH - SUNDAY SIPPERS FROM 12 MIDDAY

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Loving and Leaving Behind CONVERGE’S JACOB BANNON DISHES SOME INSIGHTS INTO THE BAND’S 23 YEAR HISTORY TO SOSE FUAMOLI AHEAD OF THEIR AUSTRALIAN TOUR.

It’s not often I get to interview bands who’ve actually been playing since I was born.

Formed in 1990, Massachusetts hardcore band Converge has been carving out a standard of music and performance for contemporary artists for over two decades.

Vocalist Jacob Bannon is fairly straightforward when I ask him about the concept of being on the road.

“We enjoy playing and we just enjoy having the opportunity to travel and to share music with people.” He begins. “A lot of what we do, we’ve been doing for a long time. We enjoy and we know what to look forward to; we’re just in it to play. There are rarely surprises around the corner or anything from our standpoint on travelling.”

In the country next month with their latest album, All We Love We Leave Behind, Converge present a live show quite unlike any other. High octane and passionate, the seasoned performers know how to whip up a frenzy. There’s no pre-show ritual or extravagant rider to keep Converge kicking night after night, just plain clean living.

“I just think we’re fairly healthy people to an extent; we try and take care of ourselves as much as we can and try to give everything we can to the audience. They’re there to experience our band. That’s pretty much it; I think that living pretty clean lives for such a long time has allowed us to be that certain way.”

Touring as heavily as they do, with as many side projects as they have (Bannon is also an accomplished visual artist), how do Converge manage to divide their year of jet-setting? This year seems to be sorted already, as Bannon reveals family and home responsibilities play as big a role in the band as doing explosive gig after gig across the globe.

“We always have things here and there, just like any other band, but for the most part, the bulk of our touring is essentially done for now. Our bass player is about to have his first child, so we just want to make sure we’re home for those responsibilities. It’s a very important thing; that’s something that is definitely very important to us. We’re just trying to get the touring done quickly and efficiently and that way, we can be there for family as well.”

The 2013 record follows on from the famously leaked 2009 effort, Axe to Fall.

Talking with Bannon about the plight of the tangible record, he remains firm in his opinion of how albums should be packaged and marketed, especially for the Converge fan base.

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“We create records from the mindset of how we got into music; we got into music by listening to physical records, listening to physical cassettes and physical CDs. That’s how we experienced music, so when we create it, we unconsciously think about it in those terms. We think about how it should be presented in some way; that will probably never leave us and will probably never leave any band of a generation that came from that, and for listeners. For what it’s worth, it is what it is, but from a creative standpoint, it’s very difficult to change that.

It’s important to us for sure and I think that our audience understands that.”

Having been such a steadfast part of the hard rock industry over the last 20 years, I ask Bannon if commercial trends and changes in music climate has affected the way Converge produce music, if at all.

“Never. We’re not the kind of band that really pays any mind to the outsider perspective of what we are.” Bannon asserts. “Whether that means people enjoy what we do or don’t or understand what we are, that’s entirely up to them. Our goal is to write songs that are soulful and meaningful to us; the ones that move us and challenge us; that excite and fulfil us as people and individuals. Everything else is secondary; we’re appreciative that we’ve got all these opportunities and people connect with our music, but the emotional purging is why we’re there.”

SOSE FUAMIOLI

If romance ain’t really your thing, then you can head along this Valentine’s Day - February 14 - to the Brisbane Hotel to catch Converge in action.

EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY

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Music

Why is this a big deal you ask? Because absolutely jack-all has come out of the blue mountains aside from chinaware cows with dangly string legs holding signs that say “Didyabringyagrogalong?” and various assorted deep fried tuck shop foods and stupidly themed My Kitchen Rules egg shakers. Thank god I don’t have to go back there.

Urthboy has been rolling in the goods since being put forward as a potential recipient of a J award of 2012, for his album Smokey’s Haunt, which Tim says he is “stoked to be nominated.”

Ploughman, dig my Urth HAILING FROM THE BLUE MOUNTAINS IN SYDNEY, IS TIM LEVINSON - A SMASHING COLLABORATIVE COMPONENT OF THE HERD, A PRODUCER, THE CO-FOUNDER OF ELEFANT TRAKS (AN AUSSIE HIP-HOP RECORD LABEL), AND NOW, THE SERIOUSLY SUCCESSFUL HIP-HOP SOLO ARTIST UNDER THE TRENDY GUISE OF ‘URTHBOY’.

“The good thing about the prize is its all music critics and fans that listen to your music, and find it worthwhile.” We all consider this to be a pretty big thing, if we take into account the elusive and recent blossoming of Aus hip-hop as a genre.

Because let’s be real guys, ‘Aus hip-hop’ is The Nosebleed Section by Hilltop Hoods to those of us who are less educated in such musical regions.

“A lot of things have changed over the past ten years,” Tim explains “It may be indie rock that is associated with hipsters (Author’s note: or those kids who are very trendy but don’t want to be placed under a blanket term to describe the generally youthful and sassy types who can wear jelly sandals and get away with it.), it may not be as cool in some ways, but hip-hop is where a lot of fans can be found these days.”

Upon comparing the US with Australians in terms of the reception of Tim’s music on his tours he says, “The audience here knows a lot of the catalogue of hip-hop culture and there are more fans. They didn’t know the songs over there but were still really enthusiastic; good music is good music.”

Hip-hop culture is changing because it’s spreading. That much we know. “I grew up with classic American hip-hop, and that was most influential to me. It wasn’t like how it is now.” Tim affirms. “Hip hop wasn’t on radio. There would be graffiti artists at a local park or community centre, some DJs...

It was a loose crowd, most of them graffiti artists or rappers themselves. It was really a community.”

My obviously significant opinion as a young adult and smart mouth, is that good music isn’t all that good if it doesn’t draw from a vast array of diverse influences and Tim seemed to agree. “I was really into punk and pop music when I was growing up.

British pop bands like Black Flag and Dead Kennedys were a big influence in addition to my hip-hop upbringing. I love these different sounds; they are always part of my thought processes when I go to write a song. I’m influenced by the spirit, melody and attitude of it.”

MORGAN DUHIG Urthboy will be heading to the Southern State to play the Republic Bar and Cafe on March 1.

Q&A

cLUBFEET Q & A. . .

With Yves Roberts HAILING FROM MELBOURNE AND ALSO SOUTH AFRICA, SYNTH-POP OUTFIT CLUBFEET MAY WELL BE THE NEXT BIG THING TO WATCH OUT FOR...

Why, you ask? They have an attitude to transfix the dance floor, enough groove to make the hipsters quiver and are about to release their much anticipated album Heirs and Graces. On tour around the nation this month, don’t miss your chance to join these guys in all their electro glory…

YR: I personally loved Sky Ferreira’s ‘Everything is Embarrassing’ - such a sublime, slow-dance, make-out song. I think it might struggle to make the list though. I would be happy to see TEED, Frank Ocean or Twin Shadow up there.

WARP: With your album being released in just a few weeks, how was the recording process for Heirs and Graces?

W: You’ll be touring the new album very soon, which includes a stop in Tassie in February. Which do you prefer, the studio or stage?

Yves Roberts: The recording process was a haze of demos, sweaty home recording studios, writing stints in Cape Town with bursts of shows across Australia and the States. We recorded and produced the album ourselves and it was supercollaborative with everyone contributing demos and ideas. Our friend Victor Van Vugt (Nick Cave, Depeche Mode) mixed the record and I think he really added an element to the proceedings.

YR: That’s a tough one, like asking a kid if they prefer ice creams or roller coasters. We love them both for different reasons. Studio time is about lock down – quick flashes of song-writing and then hours of thought and refinement. It’s an inner world to create something lasting. The stage is the complete opposite; it’s about taking that music and sharing it with a crowd in a moment. It’s about that one time and it’s about making that moment special.

W: What are some of the highlights of making the album?

W: It’s been a couple of years since you guys came together. What’s been the overall highlight of being a band?

YR: Highlights would definitely include recording Sebastian’s outrageous sax solo on ‘Cold Rain’, getting Chela over to our house to sing on ‘Heartbreak’ and recording cicadas and mosquitoes buzzing around Le Bruce’s back garden for three hours for the beginning of ‘Kinski’.

W: ‘Heartbreak’ is without a doubt the most played song on my iPod right now. Are you confident the track will get a placement in this year’s triple j Hottest 100?

YR: That’s great to hear (the most played song on my iPod is currently Rick Astley’s ‘Never gonna give you up’). We’ve had a great response from ‘Heartbreak’ and it’s had a good run on radio but I think it’s always difficult to predict the Hottest 100.

We’d be stoked to make the list.

W: If you could choose the winner of the Hottest 100, who would it be and why?

YR: I think our highlight, as is most cases with these things, was very nearly our lowlight. We were waiting in New York for Sebastian to arrive to play our first CMJ show. Meanwhile his passport had been lost in the mail somewhere between Sydney and Melbourne. He took multiple flights across Australia to find it. In the end he found the passport and arrived in the cab outside Pianos in the East Village half an hour before we were due onstage. We all had two shots of tequila and jumped onstage and played our best ever show.

ENRICA RIGOLI

Clubfeet will be gracing the stage at the Republic Bar and Cafe in Hobart on February 27.

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celebrate your singledom • Live originaL Music • FLying soLo cocktaiL $8 •

Q&A for Mikelangelo and the Tin Star WARP: What is it about the era of vintage Rock n Roll that appeals to you most?

Mikelangelo: There is so much. It’s the combination of great songs and amazing recordings that hypnotise me. My favourites, from The Shadows and Link Wray through to Elvis, Phil Spector, the Everly Brothers, the recordings are immersed in atmosphere, they are strange dream worlds that you can disappear into.

I also love the showmanship of the great performers from the 50s and 60s; I find it inspiring and think a lot of that is lost today.

W: What are you, a storyteller, a madman, or some kind of lover?

M: Ha ha, what a question! I have to say ‘all of the above’. To consider pursuing a life in music you have to be a madman.

I won’t even start on discussing love, or we’d be here for a long, long time.

I have been reading a book about Christopher Columbus and his ill-fated final voyage at the start of the 16th century. All his endless journeys and travails at sea with wild weather and hurricanes, diplomacy and trading with tribes in new lands, mutiny, sickness, death, fortune and glory - and loss of fortune and glory - its a good analogy for life in the music business.

W: Where do you usually find your motivation or inspiration?

I’m walking down the street. If I can remember the melody, then it’s worth pursuing.

W: If you had to drop something you love forever, and pick up something you hate forever, what would they be? (A personality trait, a vice, a physical trait etc) M: You sure know how to pick tough questions...to drop something I love, I’d say playing guitar. I genuinely love my guitar. I have been playing for over twenty years and write almost all my songs on guitar. But sometimes it feels like a crutch or even like an albatross around my neck, so I am sure I could learn to live without it.

Hmmm, if I was to pick up something that I hate it would be a fierce sense of competition. I was brought up to see this as a negative thing, so it rankles with me.

With a massive sense of wanting to win, I think I probably would!

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W: When do you think society will revolt, and when will bigotry die out?

M: Society is in a constant push and pull between conservative and radical forces.

All the hot air we use arguing about how things should be done could solve the world’s energy crisis. But everyone is insecure, we often think someone has it better than us, we rankle about it and try to lay blame. The idealist in me longs for a better world and the realist in me says accept what you’ve got and get on with it.

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Clarence Jazz Casting Off

THE CLARENCE JAZZ FESTIVAL, HAILED AS TASMANIA’S PREMIER JAZZ CELEBRATION, IS A WEEK-LONG SERIES OF PERFORMANCES FROM FEBRUARY 17-24 FEATURING A BROAD SWATHE OF TASSIE AND AUSSIE GREATS. This year, Clarence Jazz is casting its sounds over a bigger net of waterfront locations with an extended program to include a Sunday twilight performance at Cremorne Beach and an extra night in the lush grounds of the Rosny Farm.

courses. And of course there’s the fabulous musos I get to play with.”

Australia’s first lady of soul, Jo Jo Smith will appear in concert with our own Dr. Andrew Legg and band. Jo Jo’s voice has been described as a “natural vibration that oscillates between a delicate tide and a tsunami of soul”. Her capacity to cast a spell on a crowd is remarkable to witness.

“A mix of the best old school, funky numbers and the whole gamut from vintage to blues, we’re gonna have a lot of fun trading solos and kicking up our heels.”

As sometimes happens with a festival program, there is a special focus and this year it is on local leading ladies of the microphone. Featuring Rachel Taylor (Fair Weather), Kaye Payne (Swingtime), Ali Hart (and the Breakers), Aly Patmore (Hobart Jazz Octet), Mia Palencia (and band) and Stevie Stevenson (MIQ), Clarence Jazz is a prime source for fine voices and will feature styles from 30s trad to 70s fusion.

The festival is also welcoming back Paul Williamson as its 2013 Ambassador. Paul is a saxophonist and singer with a vast range of credits from Dire Straits to the Tonight Live Show Band. Taking time off from writing a big band album for Renee Geyer, touring with Archie Roach and renovating his home to MC the festival and play with bands, Paul said “My first love of coming down is a little indulgent but I love to take some time to enjoy Tassie’s fabulous seafood and golf

For the grand finale concert on the Bellerive Boardwalk, Williamson has put together an ‘Allstars Band’.

Whilst the outdoor concerts are the ideal opportunity to loiter in the early evening with a glass of white and a picnic, things kick on into the night at the Jazz Lounge in the Rosny Barn. A more intimate and progressive component of Clarence Jazz, the Barn is the ideal setting for the likes of the Julius Schwing Quartet, British legend Dennis Lotis and, for the first time, a blackboard session to loosen things up on the Friday night.

There’s a lot on offer at Clarence Jazz Festival 2013 and most of it’s free to attend.

To download the full program head to www. ccc.tas.gov.au/jazz or follow it at www. facebook.com/clarencejazzfestival.

If you’re keen to catch the Clarence Jazz Festival, head to Rosny Farm, Bellerive Boardwalk, as well as several other choice waterfront locations, February 17 – 24.

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THE HEAVENLY SOUNDS OF JULIA STONE

Bask in Julia Stone’s Heavenly Sounds at St David’s Cathedral, Hobart, on February 19.

Chatting about her upcoming Heavenly Sounds tour, Julia Stone is exactly as she’s rumoured to be: she’s beautiful, softly-spoken, generous with laughter, intelligent, full of praise for Angus and incredibly likeable. What’s never been reported, however, is that she’s also a really great careers counsellor.

I’m the kind of woman who can’t pin myself down to just one career. So instead, I have many. I write. I make. I play. I manage.

Sometimes, I even pour coffees on the weekend just to take a break from the professional world. I have always held down a lot of jobs at once: some of which I love, and others I only keep because I’m not confident enough to just let go. That all changed the day Julia Stone picked up the phone.

“You should totally quit your job!” the counsellor in Stone laughs, after I tell her that listening to her speak about her career has made me self-reflective and I’m now considering pulling the plug on one of my professions.

“When you’ve got your family and friends around you going, ‘you’ve got a great job, you must be so happy’, and you feel like you have to say, ‘yes, I am happy’ – if deep in your heart you don’t feel that, you’re being inauthentic.

To be inauthentic to your true experience is the most painful experience.”

Julia is as authentic as they come, and it’s hard not to take the advice of a woman who laughs her way through an interview, shining humour on life’s challenging moments. Last year, the 28 year old released her second solo album, By the Horns. Given the huge 12

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success that she and brother Angus had with their 2010 album, Down The Way, it was a move that surprised many, including her own family. Down the Way had a number one debut, bagged five ARIA awards, and reached triple platinum sales, and while many would have ridden the coat-tails of that success for another few albums, Julia Stone quietly, but confidently, went against expectation and released her second solo album instead. (Her first, The Memory Machine, was released in 2010).

In February, Julia will be the first artist of the year to perform under the Heavenly Sounds banner, bringing her haunting vocals and mesmerising presence to churches and cathedrals around the country.

“On the random times I’ve been inside them, [churches] have a unique feeling about them. It’s got this really otherworldly quality.

Making music can have that as well. When you mix the two together you can have quite an extraordinary experience.”

“I’ve really been super conservative in my approach to things [in the past] and I don’t think I am a conservative person. This year, I kind of realised that. I do have a voice. I don’t have to wait for someone else to tell me this it’s OK, or this is right or wrong thing, and I think that’s largely due to the fact that the decision to make a solo record is not particularly what people expected from me or from Angus.

I knew intuitively it was the right thing to do, [to stand] behind that decision while people, even your parents, are going, ‘but you guys are doing so well together and you should just go along with that’,” she says.

By the Horns, recorded in New York with producers Thomas Bartlett and Patrick Dillett, hints at a side to Julia that we’ve never seen before. Although the album wrestles with heartbreak, the woman delivering the tracks is a woman who’s clearly turned pain into a new sense-ofself, and it’s even reflected in her style.

Gone is the image of the ethereal dreamer, floating through Angus and Julia Stone film clips wearing flowing vintage dresses.

In her place, is the woman we see in the clip for ‘Let’s Forget All The Things We Say’: a bombshell with sleek bangs, pinned stockings, heels, and the alluringly gaze of someone who feels sexy in their own skin.

“I can make choices and be OK with myself.

I think that has transformed into everything, [even] the way I walk through the day,” she explains of her new look.

As for whether I took up Julia’s career advice, and quit my job? I sure did.

Momentarily. Before I was convinced to stay.

Because I got a pay-rise.

Yeah, I’m fickle.

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Is music pledging the way forward?

THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS CHANGING, AND IT HAS BEEN FOR A LONG TIME...

With the closure of the nearly-centuryold mass music chain HMV in the UK last month, the end of music consumerism as we once knew it has drawn closer and Simon Cowell is practically quaking in his boots. OK, the last part is a lie; we all know he wears stacked heels. But it is undeniable that over a decade ago iTunes waltzed in, leaving tangible hold it in your hand music products outdated. But while everyone lamented the loss of a practical use for their Walkman, other changes in the industry appear to have gone relatively unnoticed.

Over the past few weeks, I have been mulling over the notion of music pledging.

Pledging sees musicians soliciting funds directly from fans, pledges in exchange for gifts via projects on host websites.

This initiative, also known as fan or crowd funding, has led to the success of a variety of projects. Artists have ranged from independent bands seeking that big break through to failed X-Factor contestants, to pledges hosted by music giants. Amanda Palmer of Dresden Dolls fame, managed to raise a whopping 1.2 million via the music pledging host site, Kickstarter. But as the website itself suggests 54% of music based projects fail, resulting in a loss of all pledged

funding. Maybe it’s time to mull some more.

Although relatively new in the public consciousness, fan funding has been around since the early noughties. It all began when Marillion, a UK eighties rock band, unhappy with their record label made the radical decision to ask their fans to pre-order their album before they had even begun recording it. This resulted in 12,000 pre-orders and in return, fans received a special Double CD version, and those who ordered before the set date, even had the privilege of being named in the CD booklet.

Integrally, as PledgeMusic CEO, Benji Rogers suggests, “The beauty of pledging is that fans can be engaged at every point along the journey Is this the future of music? The phenomenon of music pledging has not come without its critics. If you are a little known band, is anyone going to pay $100 dollars to have their knickers signed and used as the tour mascot?

Is it really appropriate for commercially successful bands to generate additional revenue from fans that already pay for downloads, merchandise and gigs? Or, with this in mind, should artists funded by pledges, as some already have, lead the way in radicalising the music industry by rewarding their fans with special gigs and pre-releases…

Amanda Palmer, who raised $1m more than her original goal of $100,000 for her album, Theatre is Evil, allowed fans to download it for ‘as much as they thought it was worth’. Should her mass funding therefore be praised as a mark of excellent self-promotion and envied for her loyal money wielding fan-base? In her itemised description of where the funds would have been spent, Palmer lists items such as loans, high end CDs and thank you cards.

Understandable, but she additionally suggests, “If we keep our expenses down,

and keep the tour pretty practical… I could probably put $100k of this in the bank personally. Which would be great”.

Oh yes, that does sound ‘great’. But isn’t Palmer’s glib admittance, that she will restrict the costs of a tour that her FANS funded while banking $60k more than the average American’s annual income, actually exactly the opposite of what music pledging is about? The arguments in favour are bolstered by Palmer’s later request for skilled musicians to play on her tour, for remuneration paid in merchandise, gratitude, beer, high-fives and hugs. No man, woman or musician can live on these five things alone and surely that was the point of Palmer’s Kickstarter project in the first place?

Perhaps fans pledging for the music they love is only going to inspire the creation of music that will in turn be much loved, or at least appreciated. To refer - once more - to Mr. Rogers, “The sooner we can leave the one size fits all consumer experience behind us the better. Not just for artists… but for the fans who are the people who the traditional music business has simply ignored.”

Pledging may not be the all-encompassing “future of music”, but it may just be the beginning of the big rethink of the music industry.

And to be honest, if it is the future, I’m much more comfortable with the image of Amanda ‘Fucking’ Palmer performing in a brand new gold encrusted brassiere, if it’s all in the name of pleasing the fans she loves, rather than the CEO of a music machine, chomping on a cigar and raking in the proverbial pennies of busked-out and bankrupt bands.

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Anything’s Pozible for The Delta Riggs Having just successfully wrapped up a Pozible campaign of their own, psychedelic ‘jump and shout’ rock’n’rollers The Delta Riggs are putting their fans’ pledges toward their debut album. Here’s what the groups’ front man Elliott Hammond had to say about crowdfunding...

WARP: How do you think Music Pledging has/will change the industry?

Gay Paris – keeping it weird

Here were some of the ‘rewards’ that were up for grabs just for putting some pennies toward Gay Paris’ The Last Good Party...

• $99 reward: personalised phone calls from each of the band members on your birthday for the next five years (my personal favourite).

• $100 reward: band members to re-enact ‘The Fake Orgasm’ scene from ‘When Harry met Sally’ in a Macca’s and send you the catastrophe on film.

• $102 reward: Slim will interpretive dance to Meshuggah in Pitt Street Mall at lunchtime on a weekday in a rainbow spandex onesie • $103 reward: Ol’ Blacktooth wil reenact any film (or trailer) in 10 mins using only cutlery from the kitchen. Suggested titles: Sleepless in Seattle, Hellrazor

and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze • $104 reward: Slim will gain an understanding of the Global Financial Crisis and present the key elements to you in an in-depth video • $105 reward: WH will do your next assignment for you • $505 reward: WH will be the celebrant at your wedding/same sex ceremony (not legally binding) • $750 reward: WH will get your name/ face tattooed on him

Elliott Hammond: I think it is a sound option for getting the funds together to make art, an option that is refreshing because it solely relies on the momentum of the project. The Industry, I don’t know how it works so I don’t know how it will change, and I don’t care.

W: How has it enabled you to progress in your career?

EH: It has enabled us to no longer seek the financial security of a Record label.

It allows us to put the proposition to our fan-base: If they want a record, give us some bread and we can make it for you.

It’s pretty cool like that.

W: How far would you go for a big pledge that would help you achieve your final goal e.g. fund the completion of an album or national tour?

EH: What, like the whole way? Like, sleep with someone? No, probably not. Depends on the figure W: Do you agree that pledging is a tool to be used by all artists, even those who are already incredibly successful? For example, The Beach Boys using Pledge Music to fund their 50th Anniversary DVD. Does this send the right message to fans?

EH: I think that is incredibly silly. If we had the money to make a record we wouldn’t need to do this. Brian Wilson, although I am a huge fan and adore what he did with Pet Sounds, I mean I’m sure I’m not the first person to say this but... he’s losing it right? www.facebook.com/warp.mag 13

When Tours Go Wrong... with Carus Thompson

Everyone who’s toured long enough has plenty of “tour gone wrong” stories. They, no doubt, involve missed flights, astronomical excess baggage payments, missed gigs, stolen gear, cancelled gigs, officious customs officers, drug residues and so on.

I’ve got plenty of these tales, but this one is more of the medical variety. Have you every heard of Bells Palsy? Well, it’s when one side of your face inexplicably gets frozen for an indeterminable period of time and for all intents and purposes stops working. You can’t close your eye, you need to wear an eye patch when you sleep, in case you scratch the hell out of it. Some people never recover.

I think Sylvester Stallone has a bit of it.

Well four days into a thirty date tour I woke up and one side of my face did not move at all. Two nights before, we’d had the worst sound engineer in the world who deafened us with a wall of feedback. I’m not sure if that’s what did it or just the stress of being a self-managed guy trying to keep things working on both sides of the globe. No one really knows what causes it. But it’s a sort pinching of the nerve, and, once again, one side of your face does not move at all.

explanation, or else they were too polite to press me.

I panicked at first, thinking that I had had a stroke. Rang my girlfriend in Australia who, luckily, was working in a hospital at the time, she went to neurology section straight away and they told her “sounds like Bells Palsy”.

It actually ended up being a real learning experience, a class in what is important in performance. I realized that connection with a crowd is not about how you look, or the superficial stuff on the outside, it’s about songs, emotions and what you’ve got to say. The stories you have to tell. That cuts through language and cultural barriers and after this experience I can say even visual barriers, like looking like the Elephant Man.

Whilst thankful that I hadn’t suffered a stroke, the fact that no one could tell me how long it would take for things to get better, or if it would ever get better, was pretty stressful. Also I had a show every night for the next twenty-seven days!

I did about twenty shows like this, wondering when I was going to get my face back. I’ve got a photo from a festival and one side of my face is completely still. It was pretty hard having photos taken. I just tried to not smile at all, as that made it way more obvious.

Every night I had to walk on stage feeling like the Elephant man. My mouth didn’t work properly either; I couldn’t say “F’s”.

You never know how much you use the letter “F” until you can’t say it properly – sounded like I had the worst lisp ever, or just had a stroke.

Then just when I thought it was never going to happen, after the first gig in Paris, I went backstage and looked in the mirror; I saw just the littlest hint of movement in my upper lip. Then a few hours later I could smile properly and by the next evening it all came back.

Now I don’t think I’m Brad Pitt, but especially a few years ago I used to think that I could at least look presentable on stage. Not the case for this tour! I just felt deformed. At the time we’d also just started doing a section in the show where I would go out into the crowd and play acoustically in the middle of them. Right up close and personal! Great!

Well, almost, if you look closely or if I’m tired you can still see that one side of may face is a little slower to react than the other and droops slightly. But I don’t really mind, it’s a memory of this journey I’ve been on with music and song. And after all, if it works for Sylvester Stallone, it can’t be all that bad.

I thought about getting rid of the songs with “F’s” in them and also about scrapping the acoustic, up close and personal thing, but in the end I thought, “Fuck it, the show must go on”. It was a hard thing to explain, so I ended up just saying that a bee had bitten me. People seemed pretty happy with that 14

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Carus plays the Republic Bar and Cafe on February 16.

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Party In The Paddock LAST YEAR A BUNCH OF LOCAL BANDS, ALONG WITH THEIR FRIENDS, GOT TOGETHER IN PRIVATE FARMLAND AT BURNS CREEK. THEY SET UP THEIR TENTS, CRAFTED A STAGE OUT OF HAY BAILS, AND HAD THEMSELVES A PARTY. THIS YEAR THEY’VE ADDED MORE OF THE BEST LOCAL BANDS AS WELL AS SOME BIG NAMES FROM SYDNEY, AND MADE IT OFFICIAL. WARP SPOKE TO JESSE HIGGS, THE ORGANISER OF TASSIE’S NEWEST MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL, PARTY IN THE PADDOCK.

Jesse has long had the idea of turning such a party into a festival, and the philosophy of Party in the Paddock is, as its name suggests, very down to earth. “The festival is funded out of my back pocket,” he says, “which is not a very full one. But it’s cool because everyone’s collaborating; people in the music community are pulling together to make this happen.”

Jesse wants to keep it as simple as possible, avoiding the capitalisation of modern music festivals and the impermanence of commercial acts. “TV shows churn out stars that are in one minute, out the other,” he says, “but we’re basically bringing independent bands together from around Australia with the same ideology, who are hard working and passionate. It’s also about bridging the gap between Hobart and

Launnie, Tasmania and the mainland – it’s just about the artists. Not the music industry or the way it runs.”

Some of these bands include Sticky Fingers and Lovers Jump Creek from Sydney, and I am told there is a strong chance that Xavier Rudd will be joining the line-up. And of course there is Tasmania’s best, Sam Cole and the Mornings, Ben Wells and the Middle Names, Younger Dryas, Chistopher Coleman Collective, Guthrie, the Lawless Quartet, Horehound, The Embers, and Thieves.

The huge response from bands that wished to take part in PITP shows the level of potential talent that our little state fosters.

“I think the state needs a hand, but it’s only a matter of time before some of these bands break onto the big scene.” And these bands are worth working for. Jesse says, “I like the idea of people who put a lot of work into having a good time. We do need those people who sit in offices, but it would be good to see more time put into greater creative projects, rather than just working for the man.”

Where PITP goes in the future, we will have to see. “I’m just seeing what happens, there are no real boundaries. I want to keep it as simple as possible.”

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CHEEKY PUNK ACTIVITY: WASTED IDOL CD LAUNCH Wasted Idol is a trio of noise making locals. They decided to launch their new CD by walking into Centrepoint in Hobart with some equipment and a banner, and plugging in. They didn’t ask permission so the launch lasted about 7 seconds before a disgruntled person switched them off and told them to stop. The trio had gotten word out and there was audience of about fifty people.

I can’t condone breaking the law, although I am unsure what laws were broken and I have to say; I like Wasted Idol’s cheek. Yes, this is a gag, a stunt and a joke. It’s probably juvenile and it’s certainly attention seeking.

Though given it was a CD launch, seeking attention is pretty fair. The stunt itself might make a point about how few places there are for people who want to do something different with music and maybe a point about public space, but let’s not get too bogged down in the theory. Just look at the image of the act rocking out and the person reaching down to flick the switch.

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The Smith Street Band A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, A FEW LADS IN MELBOURNE GOT TOGETHER AND THOUGHT THEY WOULD MAKE A BIT OF MUSIC TOGETHER. THEN THEY THOUGHT THEY’D TAKE IT ON THE ROAD BECAUSE IT’S FUN TO PLAY MUSIC AND TOUR. AND THEY ARE STILL HAVING FUN.

They call themselves The Smith Street Band, and this month they are back again, heading to one of their favourite parts of the country to entertain Hobart and Launceston on their ‘Young Drunks Tour’. Lead singer and guitarist, Wil Wagner caught up with Warp Magazine, while on the road doing a few solo shows across the country (which of course included a date in Tassie), keeping himself busy before the upcoming tour with his band.

And the band will be busy before they even think about hitting the road for this tour, with a support slot for Against Me’s Sydney and Melbourne shows, plus scoring a spot on the local stage at Melbourne Big Day Out. Then it’s time to hit the road for a pretty hectic month or so of touring, stopping everywhere from Bunbury in WA, to a very solid collection of dates down the east coast of Australia. Added in the mix are a whole swag of regional dates, and even a few allages gigs.

“We love being on the road. Touring is so much fun,” Wil shared. “It’s great getting off the beaten track a bit and playing new

places. Sometimes those smaller regional shows are just as much, if not more fun than the bigger shows. Plus it breaks up the drive. We’ve picked some great coastal spots to stop at.”

And there could also be a few more shows added to this already expanding collection of tour dates.

“We seem to be adding a few more shows all the time,” Wil said. “And there’s also the possibility of adding another all-ages gig in there too. We try to do as many of those as we can, but its not always easy finding venues.”

Hotel in Hobart on their latest trip to Tasmania.

“Tasmania is such a beautiful, amazing place. We have played there heaps of times, I love it.” Wil declared. “ It’s always incredible down there, such a great atmosphere. Plus we have lots of good friends there. So far we are playing two dates, but we may try and squeeze in an allages gig too.”

And Wil’s praise of the place is solidified by

his admission of sporting a Tassie themed tattoo, and his dream of one day ‘buying some land down there and building himself a studio’. We may just have to adopt him.

KYLIE COX If you find yourself in Hobart or Launceston this month, come along to a gig and see what all the fuss is about, as The Smith Street Band play a few dates – Royal Oak February 21 and The Brisbane Hotel February 22 - in the state that is slowly becoming their second home.

Touring does seem to be a bit of a passion for these boys; when given the opportunity to play at The Fest, a predominately punk rock festival that takes place annually in a place called Gainesville, Florida, the boys used the powers of social media, mainly Facebook, to help them sort out a month long tour of the States. And that stop over on the way home in Beijing turned itself into a whirlwind, seven shows in seven days, mini tour.

“We basically built ourselves a US tour around a festival we were asked to play in Florida,” Wil stated. “We did that all off our own back, mainly using social media, it was beyond our wildest dreams to play some of the places we got to, like Brooklyn. Then we figured we’d make the most of our stop over on the way home in China and organize some dates there.”

“We did use a booking agent over there though, and it was one of the easiest tours we’ve ever done. It was so spontaneous, but I’m so glad we took the chance. No one there really knew us, but we managed to still get some great crowds and it was great fun.”

Never a band to sit idle for long, when they haven’t been playing music live across the country, the boys have also managed to release two albums in just a couple of years.

“Sunshine & Technology came out in the middle of last year,” Wil said. “It’s been great, we’ve been blown away by the response to it, both here and overseas.

Blown away and also humbled by the response. And fingers crossed, there should be a new album out by the end of the year.”

The Smith Street Band will be playing the Royal Oak in Launceston and The Brisbane

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1. CHILL OUT: You’re alone and stranded on a deserted island. You might die. You can’t find water. Food is scarce. Complain, complain, complain!

Chin up, sunshine, and consider yourself lucky that you’re not chained to a desk all day like the rest of us. You’re basically on an island holiday, so stop your whinging. Take a swim. Go for a hike. Build yourself a hammock out of the remnants of your clothing and swing your cares away! You never know, a passing Corona film crew making their next commercial might even spot you. Nothing says ‘beer’ like someone who looks like they’re permanently on holiday.

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3. GO CRAZY: There’s a myth created by so-called “survival experts” like Bear Grylls that when stranded, one should keep their wits about them and not go completely crazy. Bear Grylls is a bear. What the hell do bears know about tropical islands? There’s no one else around to judge you, no one to nag at you for letting out all those voices that normally live in your head, no one to scold you for flashing your genitals at seagulls and calling yourself Captain Mustard Transformer! Dance like no one is watching! Sing like no one is listening! Pretend you’re a dog and cock your leg to pee.

5. Pge?S WOO kLoWp (Develop Your Own Language): Kick your native tongue to the curb, and live out your inner nerd fantasies by developing your very own language! It’s a great way to keep your mind active, and if you get good enough at it, you might one day find yourself the leader of your very own island colony! Population 1, so that means you probably should claim a King or Queen title. Play your cards right, you might even have your own religion. With coconut trees and monkeys as followers. Praise be to the Pink Monkey Prophet! Or whatever you decide to call yourself.

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2. SCRUB UP: You’re on your own, but that’s no excuse to let your appearances go. Staying well washed and well presented is essential if you have any hope of being rescued. You’ve seen the news. Rescues ops tend to take place by helicopter, and no one wants to be in a small, contained space with someone who smells of B.O, disease or soiled panties. No one wants to rescue a filthy bum. Besides, if you have any dream of finding love and having a lifelong partner, then being alone on a deserted island means you’ll have no choice but to fall in love with yourself, so you need to be sure you look good. For you. When you start dating yourself.

4. PORT-A-LOO: Think carefully about where you ‘go potty’. Your first instinct will be to dump your load randomly. It’s a big island and there’s plenty of space, right? Have you lost your senses? You don’t want to waste all your time scraping poo off your shoe-less foot after you’ve trodden in your own shit-landmines! Instead, take a skinny dip in those shark-infested waters and drop your bad boys into the ocean. With any luck, the tide may carry your deposits all the way to some mainland, and drop into the hands of a savvy scientist collecting poo at the beach. With technology these days, your droppings may be all that scientist needs to prove that you’re alive out in the ocean. That’s basically a modern day message in a bottle.

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10 Days On The Island

You may have thought that the celebrations ended with MOFO, but this humble island has life in it yet. Ten Days on the Island is coming up once again, this year offering a range of performances that promise to enlighten and educate.

Q&A with Hannah Gadsby Hannah Gadsby is an art-historian-turnedcomedian who will be giving a lecture on the Virgin Mary’s travels through centuries of art. This award winning comedy genius is bound to make you learn and laugh in her show, Mary Contrary.

WARP: Aside from making your way around the country, you’ve performed in comedy festivals in Canada, New Zealand, and Scotland. Where was your wildest audience?

Hannah Gadsby: My wildest audience ever was in Hobart. Mainly because my mum was in the crowd, hell bent on heckling not just me, but everyone on the bill. Half the crowd thought we were some kind of double act.

Mum had the time of her life and I realised I was a long way off being the funniest person in my family.

W: You were discovered at the 2006 Hobart Comedy Festival. How do you feel about returning here to give another show after your gigs and experiences abroad?

HG: Home crowd advantage definitely applies and I think I might almost be able to handle mum now that I’ve had so much experience. But she is a loose canon.

W: What prompted you to produce a show on the Virgin Mary?

HG: when I studied art history at university I was forced to engage in the Christian story as so much of western art history revolves around it. I am a non-believer but I found myself drawn to the figure of the Virgin Mary. I became obsessed with her story and her place in art and in people’s lives.

I wondered if she could have any relevance to someone like me. I decided to do a show about her because I’d like to think my degree wasn’t completely useless.

W: Apart from the history of art, what makes you giggle?

HG: Cats on the Internet.

W: Where can we find you after your Ten Days?

HG: I will be performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and you might see my face pop up on TV every now and then.

W: What will you be checking out at Ten Days on the Island?

HG: I’m going to check out On Your Marks by the youth dance company Stompin’. I like to see what the young ‘uns are up to. I want to also check out Grace Barb, she is pretty amazing.

Q&A with Scott Wright, director of Murder

If you’re after a darker hit, Raimondo Cortese has put together Murder, a puppet play inspired by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ Murder Ballads. Seriously - what could be cooler than that? Check out what director Scott Wright had to say.

WARP: What will audiences be confronted with in this darkly comic, adult-only event?

Scott Wright: It’s pretty clear that in a show titled Murder there is going to be something to be confronted with. But what each person will respond to can be very different from one person to another. Often we think of murderers as serial killers, as the dark strangers, and the show covers that territory because it’s such a part of our collective imagination and our collective fears, but we

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also want people to reflect on what it might take to cross that line.

the show; they become an important part of the story telling.

places that people can’t, both physically and conceptually.

W: Why do you think our culture is so obsessed with crime and murder?

W: Why did you choose puppets over people?

W: Nick Cave – would he love it or hate it?

SW: The show opens with this great monologue that Raimondo Cortese wrote.

It’s from Ancient Greece, with horrific things in Greek tragedy like Medea; children butchered, cooked up for their parents, to the Roman Coliseum, where 8,000 people a year were slaughtered in the name of public entertainment, through to public hangings in mediaeval Europe. Now we don’t even have to leave our homes; we have the news, the internet to scratch the itch. In our desire to avoid death, what do we do? We cultivate our fear of it. And we do it together, we express our deepest fears together, so we feel the ecstasy and the horror of being alive.

SW: Erth, for one, is a company that has worked with puppets since our inception over 21 years ago. There are also many things you can do with a puppet that you can’t do with a human. Puppets can go

W: Murder was inspired by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ Murder Ballads. How does the album echo through the production?

SW: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds’ music has been an internal soundtrack for me for a long time, so it was important that the music wasn’t used in a tokenistic way. Phil Downing and I have worked very hard to place the music within the show so that at times it drives the scene, at other times it sits within a scene or it become part of an background aural accompaniment. Also, lyrics have been woven carefully throughout

SW: I really can’t speak for Nick. But I would hope that he would admire what we’ve done and how we’ve not only honoured his work, but also some of his insertions as well.

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Food FOOD REVIEW

New Kids on the Block HOBART SEEMS TO ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING NEW AND FRESH TO OFFER LATELY IT SEEMS THAT ONLY EVERY FEW WEEKS A NEW PLACE HAS SPRUNG UP. INCREASINGLY, THE EMPHASIS IS ON FRESH HANDMADE FOOD, AND THESE THREE NEWBIES ARE NO EXCEPTION.

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as well as various sides such as coleslaw and potato salad. Simple food, done smashingly well.

144 Harrington Street, Hobart Open Midday ‘til whenever the meat runs out, Wednesday to Sunday. B.Y.O.

The decor is an oddly eclectic mix ranging from a church pew to old basin washstands supporting tables, and yellow 70’s vinyl chairs, all sitting on bright green fake grass.

Bits of lego feature here and there, a graffitimural on one wall - somehow the bizarre jumble of things work to create a laid-back space that would easily see you drinking a beer on a lazy afternoon with your pizza-box of meat sandwiches.

If you love your meat, you are going to adore this place. Simple soft white bread sandwiches filled with smoked melt-inyour-mouth brisket or pulled pork, with a range of addictive homemade barbeque sauces that you pile on yourself - including one made from Dr Pepper. A range of tacos are also offered, with homemade soft tortillas, filled with tri-tip, beans, fish or eggplant. Ribs are also on the menu now,

---------------------Providence 42 Newdegate Street, North Hobart 7am – 3.30pm, Tuesday - Friday 8am – 4.30pm, Saturday

Since demand has been outrageously high for their delectable slow-cooked smoked meats (once selling 18kg of pulled pork in one and a half hours!), their opening hours are erratic - often closing early due to selling out. Their Facebook site is kept upto-date and is a good place to check to see if their meats haven’t been all snaffled up for the day.

Set back a block from the main North Hobart drag, Providence is a peaceful little haven away from the bustle of busy cafes and cars on Elizabeth Street. The wellspaced tables and the neutral coloured minimalist space help usher you into a zenlike state of relaxation. Being pampered with super fresh apple crumble muffins, real-fruit smoothies and iced coffees helps too. Beckoning for me to revisit were gorgeous little homemade savoury tarts fresh from the oven, as were some decadent espresso-walnut cakes. Also offered are light breakfast options and a range of Turkish bread grills and salads.

A great little spot for a light breakfast or a healthy lunch, where you can just chill with a newspaper, or have a quiet, reflective conversation where you can actually hear your dining companion speak. A welcome addition to North Hobart’s cafe scene with warm service and lovely food.

-----Rin 167 Harrington Street 11.30am – 4pm, Monday - Friday

A new little Japanese place has popped up on the outskirts of the CBD and the dishes are more authentic than most sushi places around town. There are no pre-prepared sushi rolls, instead everything is made to order, hence you get the freshest sushi and freshness really counts with sushi. Noodle dishes and bento boxes are also on the menu, as well as some salads and desserts.

The sushi prices are a little higher than usual, however, it’s totally worth it.

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ANDREW ON ART PENNY CONTEMPORARY BUSHFIRE FUNDRAISING AUCTION As it says on the label, the good folk at Penny Contemporary Gallery are having an art auction. It’ll be on the Tuesday 12th February, 6pm and you should head along with your credit card and get right into it – all monies raised will be going to the Red Cross.

If you are an artist and want to donate some art – email carrieis@mac.com and see what you might be able to do.

LINZEE ARNOLD Let’s not mince words: Linzee is a treasure. You can be forgiven for not knowing who he is, as he is a pretty unassuming dude, although you might have seen him perform with Jeff Blake(Hobart’s well-known court jester), drumming up a storm in any of the various musical combos he’s graced over the years, or maybe just having a few sly drinks at local watering holes. By the time this hits the press his show at 146 Elizabeth St will be done and dusted but it needs noting, because it was such a wide survey of really great, personal work from a very talented bloke. I don’t recall him showing much art before, but hopefully this is a sign that his excellent artwork that delves into his fascination with music and his love of puns and wit (Linz is a funny guy on top of everything else) will surface around town more often. Linzee himself is probably up to something else by now anyway, he doesn’t sit still. If you hear of him playing in anything, just get along. It will be very, very cool, although it could also be hilarious.

EVERYONE APPLY FOR GRANTS After the last round of grants I was a bit nonplussed as to why Dario Phillips, who is on the board of Music Tasmania, got such a huge grant to develop the skills of the musicians he manages.

I guess that’s why he’s on the board he’s got an interest in music of some kind. Bully for him. Anyway, it struck me that Arts Tasmania fund a guy like him and his crew because they don’t know the breadth of what’s out there in the sound world and who listens to it – so here’s my idea to rectify that – if you make or do something, and not just in the glorious world of music, let Arts Tas know about it, and maybe even apply for something yourself. I’ve been waiting for the decision makers to be regulars at noise shows and punk house parties for too long; I guess we have to go to them. Send some emails, drop a CD (or a cassette – that should confuse them) off, invite them to gigs and let them know what’s out there. Really. Stop complaining after the fact, you punk kids. Be a bit more pro-active and let the people who fund art know what’s out there and what you’re doing. There’s not that many of them and things are pretty over stretched, so help the poor buggers out. See if the squeaky wheel really does get the grease.

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STRANGER WITH MY FACE WOMEN IN HORROR FILM FESTIVAL Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre March 7 – 10

Back for it’s second year, Stranger With My Face celebrates women in horror. Starting on March 7th there are short films, feature films, symposiums, competitions and a festival club.

American Mary, the new feature film from the Twisted Twins, Jen and Sylvia Soska, delves into the bizarre world of underground surgery and body modification. It’s the gruesome tale of a medical student who drops out of her course after being raped by her professors. Hideous and very medical revenge is enacted, but along the way, Mary makes a living by performing increasingly bizarre surgery, joining twins together and assisting a woman who wants to resemble a Barbie doll exactly, in minute detail. Original and exciting, American Mary is bound to attract every horror freak in Hobart.

Australian feature Johnny Ghost blends horror with post-punk in a creepy tale about the past catching up. Music fans take note: the soundtrack is by Dave Graney and Clare Moore. Rounding the feature program out is a documentary Despite The Gods, about Jennifer Lynch and her experience with the world of Bollywood, directed by Penny Vozniak.

The short film program is equally thrilling with films from Australia and Canada – check out Butterflies, the tale of a poor artist lured into danger, Tritch, a ghost story set in Shanghai, Strange Face, where imaginary friends are big trouble, The Stolen about bullying and wishes coming true and The Shed where an alcoholic man meets something too familiar.

That’s the big screen covered but if you’re an aspiring film maker or just interested in

horror film culture, there’s a smorgasbord of events on offer. There will be panel discussions with directors of the featured films and Steve Boyle, effects master for Daybreakers, 30 days Of Night, Star Wars Episdoe II and Bait 3D will run an FX Master class. Celebrated Tasmanian Fantasy Author Tansy Rayner Roberts will give the Mary Shelley Lecture on Monster from Doctor Who, and Ursula Dabrowsky, director of Family Demons will helm a master class on the Indie feature.

Competitions are on as well and there might just be time for you register for the 48 hour Tasploitation Challenge – film makers will be given a secret object and 48 hours to chuck the fake blood around to make a cheesy, sleazy, exploitation-style short film, which will be screened on March 7th as the festival opens, and there’s the second 10 by 10 Script Challenge – entrants have 10 days to write a 10 minute horror script, with the winner announced at the Closing Event.

There’ll be a festival club as well with soundtracks from classic horror and cheeseball music to keep you grooving along.

Basically, Stranger With My Face 2013 is going to be excellent. Get along.

More information can be found at http://strangerwithmyface.com/

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FLICKERFEST IN TASMANIA in 2013

Short film is where the feature makers of tomorrow cut their teeth. Short film is a calling card – fresh, exciting and hungry. Short films get to the point.

The international short film circuit is where people get noticed and careers begin and thrive. If you want film that is vibrant, luminous and exciting, check out what the enthusiastic and devoted makers of short and sharp flicks are doing. Luckily for you, culture-hungry punter, Flickerfest is coming to Tasmania.

Flickerfest itself is a ten-day extravaganza of the finest in short film from around Australia and across the world. It began 22 years ago and was a modest event at Balmain High School in New South Wales. It’s grown tremendously since then; Flickerfest is now recognised in international film circles as the leading Australian competitive short film festival, elevating the event to an increasingly important part of the global circuit.

In 2003 the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science elected to recognise Flickererfest as a qualifying festival for the Best Short Film and Best Animation categories of the Academy® Awards. In 2010, Flickerfest was also recognised by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), making films from the UK that won at Flickerfest, eligible for a BAFTA nomination. Now, in 2013, Flickerfest has received Academy© Accreditation. This is a watershed moment for Australian cinema – it means that mythical nomination for the ultimate filmic accolade can be achieved from inclusion in Flickerfest. When you see a film here, you are seeing the future of cinema.All this means that when you get along to anything with a Flickerfest logo on it, you’re going to get quality.

Flickerfest is competitive – this year’s field saw a record 2300 entries from all corners of the globe with only 116 making the grade for screening and getting into the running for the prestigious awards. This is the cream – but to refine it even further, there’s the all-important Flickerfest touring program. Each year, selections of the best International and Australian shorts are compiled and released into the wild – touring to 48 locations across this wide brown land. These shorter programs are the cream of the cream, and this year can be seen in three locations in Tasmania – Hobart, Cygnet, and for the first time, Launceston.

If you want innovation, the highest standard of quality professional cinema and excellent story telling, the touring programs of Flickerfest 2013 are a guarantee for greatness and variety. Films are selected for the primary reason that they are just plain good, so getting along to any if the Tasmanian Flickerfest events is about the safest bet you can make on film. Two programs will screen – a Best of Australian Short Films and a Best of International, both cherry-picked for excellence. See you at any – or perhaps all – of the Tassie screenings!

WHAT YOU CAN SEE at FLICKERFEST 2013 � BEST OF INTERNATIONAL program BEERBUG

THE ROUTE 43 MIRACLE

CHEF DE MEUTE (THE HERD LEADER)

Joe, who is busy running an old roadside petrol station, decides to take a break and have a beer. His efforts to enjoy his beer fail because someone is robbing him right under his nose.

Holger Johansson is a very lonely man.

Before it’s too late, there’s something he needs to get off his chest: a secret to reveal.

The time has come to unfold the story of what happened that night, fifteen years ago - the night a miracle took place at a dreary concrete motel somewhere along Route 43. “The Route 43 Miracle” is a humorous yet bittersweet tale of a lonesome Swedish man’s longing for something worthwhile, a point of it all, a glimmer of hope that it wasn’t all for nothing.

Clara’s overwhelming family can’t understand her solitary life, wishing she would find someone to grow old with.

Following her aunt’s sudden death, Clara is put in charge of her pet. Little does she know that thèse are the first steps to an unlikely, but empowering, friendship.

THE DAY MY NAN DIED One day, on her favorite chair, Nan slowly stops knitting and the cuckoo clock stops ticking. But life doesn’t end there, not if her daughter has anything to do with it CURFEW In the midst of attempting to end his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister, asking him if he can look after his niece, Sophia, for a few hours. Richie decides to cancel his plans, and spends the evening with Sophia. But Sophia has preconceived notions of who Richie is, and Richie has to overcome this perception, even though he lacks social graces

OH WILLY

NIGHT SHIFT Salote, an airport cleaner starts another long night shift. She keeps her head down, does her job and gleans her survival from what others leave behind. No one would usually spare her a second glance.

Forced to return to his naturist roots, Willy bungles his way into noble savagery.

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Where you can catch Flickerfest in Tasmania: LAUNCESTON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 27- Annexe Theatre Best of Australian Shorts HOBART THURSDAY FEBRUARY 28 & FRIDAY MARCH 1 – State Theatre Thurs 28th – Best of International Shorts and Opening Night Party Friday 1st - Best of Australian Shorts CYGNET FRIDAY MARCH 1 & SATURDAY MARCH 2 – Cygnet Town Hall Friday 1st – Best of Australian Shorts Sat 2nd – Best of International Shorts Go to www.flickerfest.com.au for tons more info about the 2013 program.

A little girl is born with a tail that expresses her emotions. As a child, her parents celebrate their daughter’s eloquent, athletic appendage, and her tail inspires magical make-believe adventures with her friends.

As she grows up, however, the young woman faces pressure to fit in, and must choose between conformity and self-expression.

A FIRST DATE A First Date is a romantic comedy about Marie, a lost soul who has been on a seemingly endless search for a partner.

FUGU & TAKO FUGU & TAKO follows the story of two Japanese salary men whose lives radically change when one of them eats a live puffer fish in a sushi bar.

A young girl living in a remote wrecking yard takes on the local bullies when they set out to torment her father.

THE CAPTAIN A man wakes up with a hangover, only to discover the consequences of his actions.

CEDRIC & HOPE Cedric’s life is just perfect. That is until his dim princess girlfriend Faith leaves him for the prospect of some battle-hardened knights. Suddenly Cedric is thrust upon a journey that forces him to confront what he really wants.

When Lois reads a long awaited letter, her world is turned upside down. Her reaction defies the limits of human possibility.

SCAR Billy is faced with his past and given a second chance at his true love.

DAVE’S DEAD Dave’s dead. And his best mate Tom is struggling to accept it. While grief can be hard, this isn’t any way to behave. Not when you’re giving the eulogy.

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CAST: EXHIBITION PREVIEW

CAST’s first major exhibition for 2013 looks crackingly grand. It’s a big touring group show that investigates animation, referencing its earliest history to the age of the animated gif. The show chock full of international artists (no less than fifteen) and will showcase a variety of techniques, from classic stop-motion to works that utilize digital media, and the stuff that uses both to create a hybrid.

971 Horses + 4 Zebras Feb 9th – March 10th Opening Friday Feb 8th from 6 p.m.

The obsessive compulsive nature of making animations is explored and exposed; the exhibition’s title work, 971 Horses + 4 Zebras features a one minute long film of horse galloping, composed of pictures of horses (and zebras) sourced from the internet. The illusion of movement and the creating such a film devours time is the idea at the centre of this show, but you could just get along to see some great short experimental films and sort out what it’s all about later.

Contemporary Art Services Tasmania (CAST) is located at 27 Tasma St North Hobart.

Exhibition hours are 12 – 5 Wednesday to Sunday.

www.castgallery.com or find them on Facebook

COMEDY OVERLOAD IN FEBRUARY

The growth in stand up and various mutant forms of it continues unabated in Tasmania.

There’s so much comedy in Tasmania this month, it’s a joke. Yeah, sorry, had to do it.

Anyway, check it all out: There’s the return of The Comedy Forge, the night where all comedians are forced to do only new material, watched over by the gentle, yet firm hand of Hobart comedy bondsman Mick Davies. The Forge is always value for money, especially if you like seeing people squirm and die in utter shame then soar like Pterodactyls made of solid uranium, all in the space of five minutes as they beat new work into shape without mercy. The Forge is a mixed bag of goodness and one of the longest running comedy nights in Hobart.

The Clubhouse is on once a month, run by David Bakker, a strangely attractive man who really loves dogs brings the best and brightest Australian comics to Hobart town with support from a rotating cast of old and new local comics. Feb’s Clubhouse will see David Quirk bring his darker brand of comedy, supported by Hobart act Doug (don’t tell anyone it’s really Tracy Cosgrove) and a special selection of local comics.

Launceston Comedy fans don’t worry, Fresh Comedy is on as usual, at Fresh with David Quirk, Doug and more. Also in Launceston, there’s Uber Comedy, at Dickens Ciderhouse on February 13th featuring Hayman Kent from Melbourne, Launceston comics David J, Stewart Bell and some brave Open Mic comics doing their first sets!

Uber is a regular event, second Wednesday of every month.

Special events that may result some sort of laughter overload are the RAW Comedy heats on February 6th at the Kingston Comedy Bar, 7th at The Lower House Comedy Lounge and the big one – the state final at The Playhouse on the 9th of February.

RAW is the biggest Open Mic contest in the country and its always a massive night.

There’s a mysterious event: Challenge The Loop, which is five shows over two nights bang in the middle of the month. Challenge The Loop is ridiculous; there’s Hobart Improv comedy from Danger Academy, comic-to-watch Luke McGregor will preview his very erotic Melbourne Comedy Festival Show for FREE on the Saturday YES FREE, we get visited by exciting new comic Ronny Cheing with his new show, and there’s a bunch of Hobartians, including ‘controversial’ comic Tim Logan and ‘sexual athlete’ Matt Burton making one of his precious appearances in our fair city. All of this over two nights at the glorious Grand Poobah and it’s basically a comedy festival, five different shows, for twenty bucks.

Outrageous.

RAW COMEDY Heat 1 February 6th Southern Lights Hotel 8pm $10 Heat 2 February 7th The Lower House Comedy Lounge 8pm$12 State Final February 9th The Playhouse 8pm $15 UBER COMEDY #5 13th February at Dickens Ciderhouse 6:30pm $10 CHALLENGE THE LOOP 15th & 16th of February at The Grand Poobah 7:30 on the 15th and 6:30 on the 16th $20 all shows both nights THE CLUBHOUSE featuring DAVID QUIRK 21st February at The Waratah From 8 $15 FRESH Comedy featuring DAVID QUIRK 22nd February at Fresh Café from 8 $15 THE COMEDY FORGE 28th February at The Brisbane Hotel Doors 7:30, show at 8 $5

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Guide South 146 ARTSPACE Music Sound Pictures, L.R. Nold, ends Feb 7.

Sprung, Lachlan Taylor and Dhab studios Alec Balcombe and David Houbaer, Feb 14 – Mar 7.

ART AT THE POINT - BRUNY ISLAND Nautical Matters - Celebrating the Wooden Boat Festival, Bruny Island Artists, Feb 9 – Mar 11.

ART MOB Petyarre Artists from Utopia, paintings by Gloria Petyarre, Katie Morgan Petyarre and other artists from Utopia, Feb 1 – 24, OPENING Feb 1 at 6pm.

BETT GALLERY The Black Mirror, Black Burn, Opera, Neil Haddon, ends Feb 11.

• BACKSPACE: Related Forms, Peter Atkins, ends Feb 11.

• BACKSPACE: Carried, Peter James Smith, Feb 15 – Mar 11.

CAST Black Casino, Wade Marynowsky, ends Feb 3.

971 horses + 4 zebras, curated by Jordan Baseman and Gary Thomas, featuring artists Yu Araki, Jordan Baseman, Geraint Evans, Katie Goodwin, Inger Lise Hansen, James Lowne, Nathaniel Mellors, David O’Reilly, Emily Richardson, Lois Rowe, Chris Shepherd, Tadasu Takamine, David Theobald, Kit Wise, Feb 9 – March 10, OPENING Feb 8 at 6pm.

COLVILLE GALLERY Ian Parry, opens 8th February DESPARD GALLERY 25th Annual Summer Show, Curated by Lucia Usmiani, until February 12th Eva Shultz opens 14th February HANDMARK GALLERY, HOBART Open Poem, Paintings by Faridah Cameron, 18 January - 17 February 2013 INKA GALLERY INC. Untitled, Russell Joyce, ends Feb 13.

• Theatre of the World, TMAG & MONA collections, curated by Jean-Hubert Martin, ends Apr 8 (2013) PEPPERCORN GALLERY A co-operatively run outlet for the fine art and craftwork of local Richmond artists.

SADDLERS COURT GALLERY Exhibiting over 100 Tasmanian artists & crafts people.

SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE • Lightbox Gallery - Urban Horizons: an illustrative installation, Feb 1 – 28th • Top Gallery – Persona, Alan Young, Feb 1 – 28th • Sidespace Gallery - Promenade by Dawn Oakford, Feb 1 – 13th SCHOOLHOUSE GALLERY Rotary Club of Howrah Tasmanian Art Sale, Tasmanian Artists - all works under $500. Profits go to community projects in Clarence, Feb 8 – 28, OPENING Feb 7 at 5.30pm.

SOMERSET ON THE PIER Old Sea Dogs, photo exhibit by local photographer Andrew Wilson, Feb 8 – 11.

SONA GALLERY Ongoing stock exhibition STUDIO 20/17, WATERLOO Mixquisite, a collaboration of work made by six jewellery artists, Feb 12 – Mar 2, OPENING Feb 16 at 4pm.

TASMANIAN LANDSCAPES GALLERY Luke O’Brien Photography. Art printing & mounting services also available.

TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY Stories From the State Numismatics Collection, Medals and Money Gallery, Permanent Exhibition.

Islands to Ice, Antarctic Gallery, Permanent Exhibition.

WELLINGTON GALLERY Thomas Anderson last available works original paintings, Thomas Andersen and other prominent Australian Artists, ends Mar 31.

MASTERPIECE@IXL & MOSTLY MARITIME GALLERY The Muse Of The Sea, Haughton Forrest, John Glover and many more colonial and contemporary artists, along with scrimshaw and maritime curiosities, ends Feb 12.

MUSEUM OF OLD AND NEW ART • MONA lawns, MONA’s radical art and produce market, ends Mar 30 (every Saturday).

• Monanism: Evolving, permanent collection.

NORTH

COMEDY

DESIGN CENTRE, LAUNCESTON REPOSE By John Smith until 24th Feb chair (châr) n. until 24th Feb

LOWER HOUSE COMEDY LOUNGE Raw Comedy – Heat 2, Feb 7

HANDMARK GALLERY, EVANDALE February 3 - Paintings by James Walker

PLAYHOUSE THEATRE Raw Comedy – State Final, Feb 9

POWERHOUSE GALLERY Death Club, curated by Second Year BCA student Ted Lucas, featuring his own work alongside Gypsy Kat of Mackay and Kate Simpson of Brisbane, Feb 21 – March 3.

SOUTHERN LIGHTS HOTEL Raw Comedy – Heat 1, Feb 6

THREE WINDOWS GALLERY Changing Southern Midlands Artists.

THE BRISBANE HOTEL The Comedy Forge Feb 28 8pm

QUEEN VICTORIA MUSEUM ART GALLERY Come to life, young Tasmanian artists, until Feb 17 2013.

THE GRAND POOBAH Challenge The Loop Feb 15 7:30 pm Feb 16 6:30 pm

NORTH-west tas

THE WARATAH The Clubhouse featuring David Quirk Feb 21st 8pm

BURNIE REGIONAL ART GALLERY Made in China Australia, curated by Greg Leong, featuring artists Tony Ayres, Chen Ping, Shuxia Chen, Clara Chow, Lindy Lee, Kevin Leong, Owen Leong, Liu Xiao Xian, Jane Quon, Pamela Mei-Leng See, Aaron Seeto, Jason Wing, William Yang, John Young, Zhou Xiaoping, Tianli Zu, Feb 2 – March 3, OPENING Feb 1 at 6.30pm.

DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY Vivienne Breheney 1992-2012, Curated by Ellie Ray, Feb 2 – Mar 2, OPENING Feb 1 at 6pm.

LATROBE FINE ART GALLERY Exhibiting Futuristic Handbuilt Stoneware and Earthenware pieces, Tracie Billing, Feb 1 – 30.

THEATRE ROYAL HOTEL Danny Bhoy, Mar 4, 8pm.

DANCE

PEACOCK THEATRE, SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE Hobart Flamenco Festival 2013, Feb 16 – 17.

THEATRE

PLAYHOUSE THEATRE Songs From The Heart – Tas Bushfire Benefit Concert, Feb 2, 8pm.

Fiddler On The Roof, Feb 22 – Mar 9, 8pm; matinees Mar 3 and 9, 2pm.

THE NORTH COMEDY

PARADOX BAZAAR Unique Tasmanian Art & Craft creations operated by, and featuring the works of, local Artists and Craftspeople and is constantly changing throughout the year www.paradoxbazaar.com.au

DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT & CONVENTION CENTRE Comedians, Feb 22, 8pm.

ULVERSTONE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE Wild Sight Exhibit, Jenny Archer and Jen Evans, Feb 1 – 28.

FRESH ON CHARLES Fresh Comedy featuring David Quirk 8pm

KING ISLAND

If you are an exhibiting gallery or space in Tasmania and want to be included in the Warp Gallery Guide email: nick@warpmagazine.com.au

THE SOUTH

LOLLIPOP GALLERY + BOATHOUSE GALLERY Paintings by Caroline Kininmonth and Bridget Levy on exhibit throughout the year and continually changing.

DICKENS CIDER HOUSE Über Comedy, Feb 13, 6.30pm.

THEATRE

BURNIE ARTS & FUNCTION CENTRE William Yang: The Story Only I Can Tell, Feb 2, 5pm.

Blue Cow Theatre’s ART, Feb 9, 8pm.

LONGFORD TOWN HALL THEATRE The Great Australian Music Hall, Mar 1 at 8pm; Mar 2 at 2pm and 8pm; Mar 3 at 2pm.

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Reviews

Dirty Projectors, coming at you from MOFO

ANDREW DOES SOME OF MOFO 2013

If you were at the Dirty Projectors’ MOFO show last month you would have remembered what a beguiling, beautiful thing their performance was. As you’d guess, the bulk of the songs were from their album of last year, Swing Lo Magellan, which, if you weren’t familiar with it and hadn’t spent time teasing out its tender madness, there’s a chance the songs might have felt too densely packed, full-tobrimming with ideas and shifting moods. If you didn’t know which part of the song was coming up next you might’ve been thrown by the abrupt changes.

I was reminded all through the set of two other Brooklyn-based bands, Vampire Weekend and Grizzly Bear. Dirty Projectors seemed to combine these two different angles of indie-rock arrangement and, at least on this night, delivered something entirely their own. Out front stood the Projectors’ principle stylists, Dave Longstreth (tall, lean, left-handed) and Amber Coffman (petite, willowy, righthanded) and to watch them trade licks and match musical wits was pretty damn special. Almost every vocal style was used: Longstreth’s high-pitched emotional phrasing swung to a tenor croon, recalling the Bryan Ferry of the first Roxy albums, while Coffman would coo and yelp and blast through her lead vocal parts.

I had a chance to catch up with the two before the show and in person Lonstreth and Coffman are polite and amiable, even in the face of some coarse Australian humour.

(Did I nearly get booted from the interview for arriving drunk and asking them to deface their own album artwork? I don’t know, you’ll have to ask their manager. . .)

They told me the band had arrived in Hobart the day before and were staying in Berriedale, where they’d just their minds blown by MONA. They spoke of their Carnegie Hall concert the week before, performing Swing Lo Magellan and Mount Wittenberg Orca (their mini-album from 2011, a collaboration with one Björk Guðmundsdóttir) as well as rare songs off early EPs. We chatted about what they’d been listening to recently (Dave was on a real country kick: George Jones, Hank Williams [“he can’t write a wrong phrase”]; Amber was tuning into some recent Hip-Hop and R&B: Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean, Jeremih [“you’ve got to check out his ‘Late Nights Mixtape’”]) and where they’d be heading for the remainder of the tour, taking in New Zealand, Japan and China.

But I digress. Now, back to the show.

Images: Martin Nester

The band as a whole ran through the unpredictable avant-pop arrangements with aplomb. When the songs threatened to spiral out of control, they would rein everything in, keep the chaos contained then swoop to fly off into another fantastic realm.

Older, straighter songs like ‘Stillness is the Move’ went down a treat. The only thing missing, which the audience were craving, was a couple more songs for an encore.

Never mind though. The songs and the band shone spectacularly that Friday night – a perfect addition to the summer’s MoFo line up.

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First things first: if one more person tells me Robin Fox’s giant Theremin is, in fact, not a Theremin but is actually using videomapping as a trigger to produce sound, and somehow extrapolates from that MONA FOMA is something of a fraud, I shall take a plastic fork to their nether regions. Listen you bunch of nerds, show business is smoke and mirrors. The set is held together by gaffer tape. Its vaudeville, its theatre, and you have managed to see the nylon.

Congratulations. You’re very observant.

You’re so knowledgeable. Would you like an elephant stamp? I’ll arrange one for you if stop telling me IT’S NOT A THEREMIN. I spent much of the festival hanging out at PW1 because I was in a performance there, and if we hurt your ears with POAUW! that was the point and we are not sorry.

I heard a lot of bass, good grief, there was so much bass. Maybe I missed the point at which All Fires the Fire became a hip-hop act, but they had a damn bassy mix. Death Grips had so much of it that they became an amorphous crushing wall of bass that consumed all in their path. I don’t know if it was them or the mix. Pretty devastating act there: we are truly living in the future and Death Grips are the most 21st Century band I’ve seen yet.

Mahmoud Ahmed was likely the best thing I got hear; if something like Death Grips is very much of this time, Mr. Ahmed is pretty well timeless in his ability to soothe and entertain. I dug the hell of local noisenik Scot Cotterell’s no-input manipulation of a sound desk that sounded fantastic through the big MOFO system.

perfunctory for me, and the mirror covered guitar sent me to a bad place that echoed high school art class. Ew. Still, it was big hit, sending over 800 people through CAST in Tasma St to check it out, so what do I know?

MOFO also gave us the first show at GASP!, the Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park, a beautiful sound art work by Scottish Artist Susan Philipsz. The Waters Twine looped the bell-like echo of a vibraphone along the walkways at Elwick Bay, melding the glorious clarity on the bright, hot day I went through. The sound subtly enhanced the environment, inviting one to stare and contemplate the water and the antics of the bird-life. This was delightful, and an excellent way to launch a new outdoor venue.

MONA FOMA 2013 was different again. It’s a singular beast, and there’s something for everyone, including plenty for those who don’t get into it to have a good old whinge about. Of special note was the available tucker. Man, those build your own burrito things were awesome.

By the way, did you know it wasn’t really a Theremin? I did. I didn’t really give three fifths of a toss though, and I doubt all the children I saw doing interpretive dance and shrieking with delight every time a particularly odd noise squelched out did either.

ANDREW HARPER

I saw as much of the art as I could and the winner, without a doubt, was the very, very riveting Collector Project 9: Cutting and Grafting by Tricky Walsh and Mish Mejiers.

This superb show is a lot of things but let’s note what happens when some of our better contemporary Tasmanian artists get the funding and support they deserve – you get a barnstormer. Truly contemporary, this abstracted vision of the interior world of fictional character was a textbook version of what art can be in 2013.

I was less hot on Wade Marynowski’s Black Casino, a work that crossed the traditional Satanism of Heavy Metal with the traditional fundraising methods of the CWA. A liberated chocolate wheel with flying-V guitars attached that made an evil tone when spun and exuded smoke was okay, but a bit

Images: Martin Nester

FALLING IN LOVE WITH MARION BAY Passing the ten year milestone in Marion Bay, The Falls Festival has firmly engrained itself into the Tasmanian music and festival scene.

Falls has for many become a rite of passage into adulthood and for others an opportunity for a unique family outing.

An eclectic blend of diverse music genres mixed with equal measures of comedy, performance art, film and installation, Falls has been responsible for opening up the minds of over one hundred thousand festival goers over the past decade.

Celebrated on New Year's Eve with the Falls Fiesta parade, it's a celebration like no other in Tasmania. The tranquil site at Marion Bay, normally home to more cows and sheep than people, has provided a picture-perfect backdrop attracting both locals and interstaters to an instant bustling town of 16,000 folk all there for the express purpose of having a good time. Long may it prosper.

Event Guide

Hobart Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Date

February Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

6

7

8

9

Acts / Start Time

The Metz

Hobart Cup After Party 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 8pm

The Telegraph

Dr Fink

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Tim Davies

Wrest Point Ent' Centre

The Red Hot Summer Tour

Irish Murphy’s

Jacqui & Millie, Stalking Ella Scott

Jack Greene

Alex Hutchins

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett

Observatory Lounge Room

DJ Grotesque

Republic Bar & Café

Pat Bereche 8:15pm

Observatory Main Room

DJ Beerex

Republic Bar & Café

Wahbash Ave 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

The Telegraph

Dr Fink

Republic Bar & Café

Birdcage Bar

Glen Valentine 8pm

Brookfield Vineyard

Southern Community Singers 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Monsters of the Id + Magic Beans 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett

Irish Murphy’s

Kirsten Crombie

Irish Murphy’s

Alan Gogoll, Bremen Town Band, Joel Imber

Jack Greene

Bianca Clennett

Jack Greene

Tim Davies

Republic Bar & Café

Slyde 9pm

Observatory Lounge Room

DJ Jim King

The Telegraph

Alex Hutchins

Observatory Main Room

DJ Beerex

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 9pm

Republic Bar & Café

Hobart Reggae Inc. 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Fourteen Nights at Sea (vic) + M.O.1.O. + Lords of Leisure 9pm

The Telegraph

Smashers

Brookfield Vineyard

Sitar Lounge

C Bar

DJ - Gezza 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Federation Concert Hall

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

11 Birdcage Bar

12 Birdcage Bar

13 Birdcage Bar

14 Birdcage Bar

Glen Valentine 8pm

Billy & Randal 8pm Open Mic Joe Pirere 9pm Glen Challice 8pm

Glen Valentine 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

Converge (usa) + Old Man Gloom (usa) + Surrender 8pm

Tim Davies followed by Ado and Devo

Brookfield Vineyard

Modhan 7:30pm

Finishing Schubert - Marko Ltonja & the TSO Horns 2:30pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett

Grand Poobah

Crazy Monkeys Valentine Event

Grand Poobah

Truckshow & The Demotion

Irish Murphy’s

Seth David & The Beautiful Chains

Irish Murphy’s

Kyle Taylor, Lorenzo Von Matterhorn

Jack Greene

Alex Hutchins

Ivory Bar

DJ Millhouse

Republic Bar & Café

Pugsley Buzzard 9pm

Jack Greene

DJ Grotesque

The Telegraph

Bianca Clennett

Observatory Lounge Room

DJ Jim King

Observatory Main Room

DJ Johnny G

Brisbane Hotel

Blood Luxury + Roadkill 9pm

Plan B

Coven

Brookfield Vineyard

Acoustic Night

Republic Bar & Café

Australian Made 10pm

C Bar

DJ - Gezza 8pm

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by DR Fink

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett followed by Phrayta

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 9pm

Federation Concert Hall

Marko Letonja - Dvorak, Stravinsky, Edwards 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Homebrew Hiphop reunion - 30 acts! 5pm

Federation Concert Hall

Gala Soiree 9:30pm

Brookfield Vineyard

Fiona Hutchison 12pm

Irish Murphy’s

Mash Up

C Bar

Double Down 8pm

Ivory Bar

DJ Grotesque

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

DJ Johnny G

Jack Greene

Tim Davies

Irish Murphy’s

Lorenzo Von Matterhorn

Observatory Lounge Room

DJ Kenny Beeper

Ivory Bar

DJ’s Grotesque, Mez and Jim King

Observatory Main Room

DJ Johnny G

Jack Greene

Micheal Clennett

Plan B

Observatory Main Room

DJ Beerex

One Final Frequency: Simon Lovell with Lids, Hazard Man, Liv and Finch

Plan B

Finch and Sexy Lucy

Republic Bar & Café

Sugartrain 10pm

Republic Bar & Café

Bushfire Benefit Concert: Bone Rattlers + Chase City + Original Cutouts + More 10pm

The Telegraph

Alex Hutchins followed by Mindz Eye

Friday

Saturday

15 Birdcage Bar

16 Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 9pm

Glen Challice 9pm

Sails

Fee Whitla 6pm

Brookfield Vineyard

Pugsley Buzzard 7:30pm

The Telegraph

Ado and Devo followed by the Smashers

C Bar

Girl Friday 8pm

Glen Challice 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

DJ Johnny G

Brookfield Vineyard

Lachlan Court 12pm

Fern Tree Tavern

Little Bear

C Bar

Billy Whitton 2pm

Irish Murphy’s

Sticky Sweet

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett followed by DJ Johnny G

Ivory Bar

DJ’s Grotesque, Mez and Jim King

Observatory Main Room

DJ Beerex

Jack Greene

DJ Alex Curtain

Onyx Bar

Tony Voglino

Observatory Main Room

DJ Beerex

Plan B

TJR with Simon Lovell, Corney and Lids

Plan B

Burlesque After Dark

Republic Bar & Café

Joe Pirere & The Blackberries 9pm

Republic Bar & Café

Carus and Band 10pm

10 Birdcage Bar

FEBRUARY Thur 7th, Southern Community Singers / 7.30 Fri 8th, Sitar Lounge Sat 9th, Fiona Hutchison / 12pm Sun 10th, Lachlan Court / 12pm Thur 14th, Modhan / 7.30 Fri 15th, Acoustic Night Sat 16th, Pugsley Buzzard / 7.30 / $20 Sun 17th, David Carr 12pm Thur 21st, Little Wise / 7:30

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Sun 24th, Colin Dean / 12.30 Sun 24th, Doc White / 4.30

MARCH & BEYOND

Fri 1st March, Open Mic / free Sat 2nd March, String Chickens / 7.30 Sat 23rd March, 16 to 61 / 7.00 Sun 24th March, Moondogs / 3.00 Sun 21st April, Laura Hill / 4.30 Sun 12th May, Tim Guy / 7.30 Fri 24th May, Bob Fest / 7pm

Event Guide

Date

Sunday

Monday

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Sails

Billy Whitton 6pm

Republic Bar & Café

Tijuana Cartell + George and O’Sullivan 10pm

The Telegraph

Tim Davies Duo followed by Mindz Eye

Sails

Fee Whitla 6pm

Wrest Point Ent' Centre

The Delltones 8pm

The Telegraph

Ado and Devo followed by Entropy

17 Birdcage Bar

Wednesday

Colin Dean 12:30pm

C Bar

Pete Thomas 2pm

Brookfield Vineyard

Doc White 4:30pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Tim Hibbered followed by DJ Grotesque

C Bar

Manhattan 2pm

Republic Bar & Café

Taylor and the Makers + David Spackman 9pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett followed by DJ Grotesque

The Metz

Lunice + Local DJ’s 4pm

Republic Bar & Café

Little Wise and Susannah Coleman-Brown 9pm

18 Birdcage Bar 19 Birdcage Bar

A Touch of Class 8pm

Monday

25 Birdcage Bar

The Sign 8:30pm Billy & Randal 8pm

Republic Bar & Café Tuesday

26 Birdcage Bar

Suffrajettes 8pm Quiz Night 8:15pm Billy & Randal 8pm

Irish Murphy’s

Open Mic

Irish Murphy’s

Open Mic

Republic Bar & Café

Clare Quinn 9pm

Republic Bar & Café

Mick McHugh 9pm

20 Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 8pm

Wednesday

27 Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 8pm

Bad Vibrations w/ Phat Meegz + Skun Knees + Southpaw + King of the Wizards 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

The Sketches 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Tim Hibbered

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett

Irish Murphy’s

Babylon Howl, Shark Puncher, The Stare

Irish Murphy’s

Bremen Town Band, Flat Stacks

Jack Greene

Alex Hutchins

Jack Greene

Cameron Stuart

Observatory Lounge Room

DJ Grotesque

Observatory Lounge Room

DJ Jim King

Observatory Main Room

DJ Beerex

Observatory Main Room

DJ Beerex

Republic Bar & Café

Peter Hicks and the Blue Licks 9pm

Republic Bar & Café

Clubfeet + Acumen 9pm

The Telegraph

Dr Fink

The Telegraph

Pirates of the Cover Scene

21 Birdcage Bar

Trevor Weaver 8pm

Brookfield Vineyard

Little Wise 7:30pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett

Irish Murphy’s

Jed Appleton Duo, Winter York (Melb)

Jack Greene

Bianca Clennett

Republic Bar & Café

Inside Out 9pm

22 Birdcage Bar Brisbane Hotel

Saturday

Trevor Weaver 8pm

Brookfield Vineyard

The Telegraph Friday

24 Birdcage Bar

David Carr 12pm

Brisbane Hotel

Thursday

Sunday

Brookfield Vineyard

Republic Bar & Café Tuesday

Glen Valentine 8pm

Date

Alex Hutchins Trevor Weaver 9pm

28 Birdcage Bar

DJ - Gezza 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Cameron Stuart followed by Ado and Devo

Irish Murphy’s

Queen Beast

Ivory Bar

DJ Kenny Beeper

Jack Greene

DJ Grotesque

Observatory Lounge Room

DJ Jim King

Observatory Main Room

DJ Johnny G

Plan B

Finch and Sexy Lucy

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink Trevor Weaver 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

The Furthest Gone (ep launch) + Everything I Own Is Broken (syd) + Year of Scummery + Phat Meegz 9pm

C Bar

Double Down 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

DJ Johnny G

Grand Poobah

The Grand Poobahs Second Birthday Party

Irish Murphy’s

Neon

Ivory Bar

DJ’s Grotesque, Mez and Millhouse

Jack Greene

Micheal Clennett

MOMA

Little Bear

Observatory Main Room

DJ Beerex

Plan B

DJ Yoda with Grotesque and Dameza

Glen Valentine 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett

Irish Murphy’s

Jacqui & Millie, Kirsten Crombie

Jack Greene

Alex Hutchins

Republic Bar & Café

Dave Wilson Band 9pm

The Telegraph

Bianca Clennett

MARCH Friday

1

The Smith St Band (vic) + Bomb the Music Industry! (usa) + The Bennies (vic) + Luca Brasi 9pm

C Bar

23 Birdcage Bar

Thursday

Saturday

Sunday

2

3

Birdcage Bar Brisbane Hotel

Mikelangelo & The Tin Star (vic) - BEACH PARTY 9pm

Brookfield Vineyard

Open Mic 7:30pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett followed by Phrayta

Irish Murphy’s

Jed Appleton Quintet, Atari 2600

Ivory Bar

DJ Grotesque

Jack Greene

Cameron Stuart

Observatory Lounge Room

DJ Kenny Beeper

Observatory Main Room

DJ Johnny G

Republic Bar & Café

Urthboy feat. Jane Tyrell & Band + One Sixth + Jimblah 10pm

The Telegraph

Garod Matcham followed by Big Swifty

Brisbane Hotel

Catsuit + Ideal Wives + the Crazy 88’s 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Roller Derby After Party w/ DJ Roller Tits & DJ Fuck Trophy 10pm

Brookfield Vineyard

String Chickens 7:30pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

DJ Johnny G

Ivory Bar

DJ’s Grotesque, Lids and Mez

Jack Greene

DJ Millhouse

Observatory Main Room

DJ Beerex

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink

Wrest Point Ent' Centre

John Williamson in Concert 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Tim Davies followed by DJ Johnny G

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Event Guide

Launceston Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Date

6

Venue

Acts / Start Time

7

8

9

10

13

14

15

16

17

20

21

22

23

Alchemy

DROP - Monthly Party

Wednesday

6

Devonport

Tapas Bar

Tapas Trivia 7.30pm

The Royal Oak

Sara and Brock in the bar

Thursday

7

Devonport

Molly Malones

Brett & Josh 8:30pm

Watergarden Bar

Trevor Weaver

Devonport

Tapas Bar

Neil Gibson 8pm

Alchemy

The Brew (Weekly Original Music) 8pm

Friday

8

Wynyard

Hotel Federal

Jeff Woodward 8pm

Devonport

Tapas Bar

Brett & Josh 10pm

The Royal Oak

Seventh Street Entry in the bar

Burnie

The King of Burnie

Bolters Bar

Jerome Hillier 7pm

The Royal Oak

S & M in the bar

“Tassie Rises From the Ashes” Fire Appeal 6pm

Tonic Bar

DJ Nufe 10pm

Latrobe

Mackey’s Royal Hotel

Dion Hughes 9pm

Country Club Lawns

The Red Hot Summer Tour

Devonport

Tapas Bar

The Royal Oak

The Titz in the bar

The Ringmasters with Trev Heins 9.30pm

Tonic Bar

Gypsy Rose / DJ Loco

Devonport

Molly Malones

Happy Days 9:30pm

The Royal Oak

Open Folk Session in the bar

Burnie

The King of Burnie

Tonic Bar

Nic & Carmel

The Royal Oak

The Cubas in the bar

“Rocking for the Dogs” Burnie Dogs Home Fundraiser 8pm

Watergarden Bar

Trevor Weaver

Latrobe

Kram 9pm

Alchemy

The Brew (Weekly Original Music) 8pm

Mackey’s Royal Hotel

Devonport

Tapas Bar

Live music 6pm

The Royal Oak

Luke Bennett in the bar

Devonport

Molly Malones

Bolters Bar

Brett & Josh 7pm

Jerome Hillier 9:30pm

Country Club Show Room

The Delltones 8pm

Burnie

The King of Burnie

B.L.I.N.G. Sunday Session/Open Mic 3pm

The Royal Oak

The Beards + Supports in the boatshed

Tonic Bar

DJ Akouo 10pm

Albert Hall

Marko Letonja - Dvorak, Stravinsky, Edwards 7:30pm

The Royal Oak

L.B.C. Present Taylor & The Makers in the boatshed

Tonic Bar

DJ Heff

The Royal Oak

Open Folk Session in the bar

Tonic Bar

Nic & Carmel

The Royal Oak

Brad Harbeck in the bar

Watergarden Bar

Trevor Weaver

Alchemy

The Brew (Weekly Original Music) 8pm

The Royal Oak

Smith Street Band + Supports in the boatshed

Bolters Bar

Andy & The Woodman 7pm

The Royal Oak

The Old Lyric Theatre in the bar

Tonic Bar

DJ Nufe 10pm

The Royal Oak

Live Music

Tonic Bar

DJ Dragonite 10pm

Wednesday

27

Watergarden Bar

Trevor Weaver

Thursday

28

Alchemy

The Brew (Weekly Original Music) 8pm

Saturday

Sunday

9

10

Wednesday

13

Devonport

Tapas Bar

Open Mic 7pm

Thursday

14

Devonport

Molly Malones

Brett Boxhall 8:30pm

Devonport

Tapas Bar

Valentines Day Smooth Tunes 8pm

Burnie

The King of Burnie

Jerome Hillier 8:30pm

Devonport

Tapas Bar

Kniki & Mike Beale 9.30pm

Latrobe

Mackey’s Royal Hotel

Brett & Josh 9pm

Devonport

Molly Malones

Ball & Chain 9:30pm

Burnie

The King of Burnie

Monique Brumby 8:30pm

Friday

Saturday

15

16

Sunday

17

Devonport

Tapas Bar

The Sign 6pm

Thursday

21

Devonport

Molly Malones

Jeff Woodward 8:30pm

Devonport

Tapas Bar

Neil Gibson 8pm

Burnie

The King of Burnie

Sydney’s Hot Shots 8:30pm

Wynyard

Hotel Federal

Jerome Hillier 8pm

Devonport

Tapas Bar

Unbalanced 10pm

Burnie

The King of Burnie

4 String Phil 8:30pm

Latrobe

Mackey’s Royal Hotel

Kram 9pm

Devonport

Tapas Bar

The Ringmasters 9.30pm

Devonport

Molly Malones

The Rogues 9:30pm

Burnie

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