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February Hui & The Muse 8.30pm Wednesday 4 Slyde 9pm Thursday 5 Taberah, Gape, Anomalies, The Demotion, Taurus $5 10pm Friday 6 Enola Fall, The White Rose Project, Cape Hoy + Guest $5 10pm Saturday 7 Blue Flies 8:30pm Sunday 8 Helen Crowther Monday 9 Skipping Girl Vinegar (Solo) $10 9pm Tuesday 10 Sam West $5 8:30pm Wednesday 11 Kate Meehan And The Naughty Corner $10 9pm Thursday 12 Neil Murray $10 10pm Friday 13 Beer Garden Party - Free Portugese Chicken Cooked Over Charcoal And Live Music, All Welcome 2:30pm Sat 14 Chase City + the Vanns + Close Counters + Ursine $10 10pm Sat 14 Jeff Lang (Arvo Show) $25pre/$30door 2:30pm Sunday 15 J Mascis (Dinosaur Jnr) $35pre/$40door 9pm Sunday 15 Ross Sermon 8:30pm Monday 16

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News in Brief The Boss of Bass

Akouo has been a busy lad, killin’ it with his regular gigs on his home turf in Launceston at Bakers Lane, and travelling all over the country playing in the finest of venues with the finest of people. After recently dropping the stellar B-side single “Pieces”, Akouo has backed it up with the A-side, a formidable collaboration with LA via Chicago rapper Mayo and India’s Project Mooncircle-certified vocalist Monsoonsiren. Together the composer, rapper and singer align for lightning-fast emcee flow and seductive soaring vocals that sit comfortably across a knowing halftime beat, crisp drum patterns, chromeplated synths and bursts of low end.

Check out the new tune on soundcloud, and be sure to catch Akouo where you can Bedrooms definitely don’t suck.

This February, Brisbane via Melbourne record label Bedroom Suck are heading down to Hobart in a late addition to their fifth birthday celebrations. Join in the festivities as they launch the 5 Years of B-S-R double compilation and play a sick show with some of their favourite bands!

All for one and one for all! On the bill will be the likes of Bitch Prefect, Peter Escott, Superstar, Totally Mild, Old Mate, Small Black Lambs and ALL The Weathers.

And what better day of the year for such a romantic line up than Valentines Day. All the Bedroom Suck awesomeness on Saturday February 14 at the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart. Kicks off at 6pm.

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Jazz Cats

Jazz is the flavour of the month! The flavour of every month! Every month in all the years! One of the more interesting local jazz acts to come along are the Black Cat Trio, and they’re playing a few gigs around town over the next month or two, so we recommend checking them out. Preferably with a fine and classy cocktail in hand. On Sunday February 1 they’ll be at the Willie Smith Apple Shed (love that place), on Tuesday February 17 they’ll be performing at the Clarence Jazz Festival (incidentally, lots of other jazzy goodness happening there, pack a picnic hamper and vibe out), on Sunday February 22 you can catch them at The Homestead, and they’ll be back at The Homestead again in late March (Sunday March 29, if you plan that far ahead).

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The Real Deal

Quirky band name, tick, good music, tick.

Hailing from the cold, industrial city of Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, Slates are a straight up punk band. Not fashion driven, screaming for the sake of it, look at my tattoos, scene punk - but real, gritty, we live in this city and it lives in us, straight up no bullshit punk. They are 100% a product of their environment. Since forming in 2008, they have been on a nonstop recording and touring cycle that has seen them play everywhere and anywhere, including places no one really imagines bands go to play, like Cuba, Bosnia, and even the Yukon Territory. Now they’re heading to another place no one really imagines bands go to play, Hobart (lol jks - everyone loves us now). You can catch them at the Brisbane Hotel on Friday February 20, supported by Ride the Tiger, Rhino and Speakeasies. $10 on the door.

Melbourne’s The Tiger & Me walk a line that threads through indie anthems, folk duos, theatrical electro-pop and driving rock, and they have a suitably quirky name. Way to tick all the boxes, guys. The five-piece band features “three lead singers” (I don’t get it either), fronting a dynamic rhythm section who combine for a highly varied live show, at times bursting with energy, at times whispering ballads. Driven by vocals (which they should be, considering there are “three lead singers”), keys, guitar, bass and drums, the band has also drawn on ukulele (tick), accordion (tick), banjo (tick), violin (tick) and trumpet to create their varied sound. Catch them at The Homestead (tick) on Friday February 27.

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Thems the Breaks Having left a legacy in the punk and hardcore communities across Australia and around the world when they disbanded back in 2012, BREAK EVEN have re-grouped and returned with their new song “Young & Bright” while gearing up to get out on the “I’d Rather Be Giggin’ Tour 2015”. BREAK EVEN’s honest and heartfelt approach to song writing left a lasting impression on the hardcore community and “Young and Bright” speaks as not only a fond memory of these years, but a celebration of what’s to come. 9pm on Friday February 27 at The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart is where you can catch them. With support from Hopeless, Endless Heights, and Postblue. Tickets are $21.95 and are available via oztix.

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Crack out your finest in denim and leather attire and get ready for a night of punk rock’n’roll destruction at it’s finest!

Taking over the entire venue and playing over two stages at The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Thursday March 5, there’ll be a relentless onslaught of awesomeness from Tasmania, the mainland, and the U.S. At the Back bar, you’ll catch The Oblivians (usa), The Roobs (tas), and Powernap (tas). At the Front bar you’ll see the likes of Clowns (vic), American Sharks (usa), and The Wizar’d (tas). Tickets are $30 + booking fee and are available now from the Brisbane Hotel, or online via OzTix.

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They found their Mojo The Mojo Corner are a Victorian Blues Band (meaning, a blues band from Victoria, not a band that plays blues music from the Victorian era, because that would just be dumb), consisting of Johnny Hawken on guitar and vocals, Rory Millar on harmonica and vocals, Mark McLeod on drums and Shaun Hilton on bass. They’ll be hitting Tasmania in March for the first time, playing four gigs around the state with support from local legend, Pete Cornelius on the first three.

On Thursday March 5 they’ll be at The Grand Poobah in Hobart, Friday March 6 they’ll be at The Royal Oak in Launceston, Saturday March 7 at the Bicheno RSL (in Bicheno, duh.), and Sunday March 8 at the Rockpool Festival, also in Bicheno.

Darren Hanlon, still going strong

Beardy Beard’s Beards

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2014 was a busy year for the world’s most relentless beard-themed band. The Beards managed to record yet another album of songs about beards (The Beard Album); embark on their biggest and beardiest Australian tour to date; receive a second ARIA nomination (in the category of “Best Beard”); and play to packed rooms throughout Europe (the ancestral home of great beards) on two separate international tours. Now, The Beards are back in their homeland and set to sternly reiterate their steadfast message on their upcoming “Strokin’ My Beard Tour”. Launceston can get a taste of The Beards (huh?) at The Royal Oak on Thursday March 26. Hobart gets the second crack at beard-tasting on Friday March 27 at The Republic Bar. Anything but Disposable

Ol’ Darren Hanlon is still kicking around, that’s good to see. He’s just announced his fifth studio album Where Did You Come From? and his 3000th national tour.

Kicking off at the Nannup Festival at the end of February, the tour will see Darren criss-cross the country during March and April playing festivals and regional venues in between every major city. The first of his Tasmanian stops will be at The Republic Bar & Café on Thursday March 5, before heading off to the beautiful Panama Festival (or, A Festival Called Panama) on Saturday March 7 and Sunday March 8. Check out the ambitious songsters new album, and then go check him out in the flesh.

Friday April 3 is the date, and tickets are already flying out the door. Definitely don’t sleep on this one, get in early to secure entry, tickets are $88 + bf, and are available from Ruffcut Records.

Breaking news! Yngwie Malmsteen has a kick-ass name! Plus he has kick-ass metal hair (His hair isn‘t actually made from metal.. At least not to the best of our knowledge)! PLUS he wears leather pants!

What more could you possibly want from a metal guitarist (a guitarist that plays metal, not a guitarist made from metal)?

Anyway, he was due to be in Hobart about now for something of a master class.

Unfortunately, that had to be postponed, and moved. It is now an over 18 General Admission standing room only event at Wrest Point, and it’s not taking place on Monday June 8. But the good news is, it will still be a completely kick-ass event!

Baby Jesus and the SuperAnimals

The Audreys are a folk-rock band from Adelaide. You probably know them, they’ve released four albums, won a bunch of awards and toured all ‘round the world.

There are two of them. Taasha sings and plays tiny guitars and keyboards and Tristan plays normal-sized guitars and doesn’t sing. Sometimes, they tell goofy stories about when they used to be married. They don’t need an excuse to hit the road, but as it happens they want to celebrate the release of their 2014 album ‘Til My Tears Roll Away on vinyl.

Come celebrate with them, who knows what you’ll be in for. Probably songs and goofy stories, but you can find that out for yourself at Fresh on Charles in Launceston on Friday April 17 and the Republic Bar & Café in Hobart on Saturday April 18.

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Dust off your black t-shirts! Two of Australia’s most loved female-fronted rock bands are packing their road cases and pulling out their biggest hits, for a double headline powerhouse rock show.

Aussie rock royalty Baby Animals and The Superjesus have just announced a 7 date “She Who Rocks National Tour” set for May and June 2015. Tasmania only gets the one chance to catch them in action, and tickets are sure to sell out fast, so don’t sleep on this one! Suze DeMarchi and Sarah McLeod are both super excited for it, and you should be too. It’s all going down on Friday June 26 at Wrest Point Entertainment Centre.

Michael Franti is something of an industry icon these days. Ever since his days fronting The Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy way back in the early 90’s, he has been an instantly recognisable and thoroughly enjoyable performer (everyone STILL remembers “Television, drug of a nation“). From there it was on to Spearhead and countless cult hits and world tours. Lucky for Tasmania, Michael Franti and Spearhead are paying us a visit once again. This time they’ll be playing at the always classy Odeon Theatre on Liverpool St in Hobart.

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MUSIC FROM THE DESERT WE FIRST MET BOMBINO AT THE 2013 MARION BAY FALL’S FESTIVAL ON HIS FIRST TOUR OF AUSTRALIA. THE MUSICIAN FROM NIGER (CENTRAL AFRICA) HAS SUNG OF THE STRUGGLES OF HIS TUAREG PEOPLE TO INTERNATIONAL RENOWN, WITH HIS 2013 ALBUM DEBUTING AT #1 ON THE BILLBOARD WORLD MUSIC CHART. HE RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA THIS MARCH, INCLUDING AN APPEARANCE AT TASMANIA’S PANAMA FESTIVAL. WE SPOKE TO HIM OF MUSIC, POLITICS AND HIS PEOPLE.

Why did you first turn to music, when you were going through dangerous political stages in your life?

I first fell in love with music as a child in exile in Algeria. For me it was my source of inspiration.

It made me feel free, like I was flying above the ground where my problems existed. I became obsessed with learning the guitar and being the best guitarist I could be. This mission gave me a purpose and gave me freedom and ambition.

How do you feel about coming to Tasmania? Is it your first time here?

What do you feel is the function of music? Do you feel the most important role of music is a political one?

No the most important role of music is a human one, not a political one. It is to bring joy to the hearts of people. Music can have a role in politics of course, but first it is just an expression from the heart and from the soul and then it might get used politically after that. But the most important function of music is to express the heart, to communicate soul to soul and spread joy.

What has it been like for you to go from playing music in such political contexts, to now recording and touring at major festivals and venues all over the world?

It has really been a dream for me to be able to travel the world performing my music these past few years. Even four or five years ago I never could have imagined that this was possible. It has been a very long and tiring road but all of the pain of being away from home and my family is also worth it for what I have been able to give to them and to my people and my country.

How has your increasing fame and your music affected your life and community at home?

Well, it has turned me from a poor musician to a successful musician (laughs). I now have several development projects happening in Niger and I am even working towards building a community centre and Tuareg traditional music and cultural school in my home town of Agadez. So it has given me a lot of influence back home in Niger and I hope to use this to improve the conditions of life and to preserve the Tuareg culture.

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The style of music you play, influenced by artists like Hendrix as well as your national traditional style: Can you tell me how your own style was formed?

It was formed quite naturally by listening equally to traditional music and to Western rock and blues music like that of Hendrix, Santana and Dire Straits. For me I did not decide to blend these styles together, it was just what came out of me naturally because I had absorbed these influences evenly as a child.

You have lived through some hard experiences and struggles - what gave you the strength to continue with music?

It was the music itself that gave me the strength to endure through my struggles. My guitar was always my companion and my escape from suffering. Without my guitar I do not think I would have survived out of my twenties.

What role do the traditions of Tuareg Ifoghas still play in your life today?

Living according to traditional customs is very important to me and my family when we are home in Niger. When I am abroad of course I will adopt the lifestyle of the place that I am a bit more. To be Tuareg is not a religion that must be practiced everyday, but it is a culture that must be respected and passed on to the next generation. So you will see this in what we wear, what we eat, the music we play, the dances we dance, the stories we tell, and basically in all parts of life for me and my family in Niger.

I was in Tasmania last year. We played the Falls Festival there. It was such a cool experience!

Such a beautiful island. We did not have enough time to really see the place and explore, so I hope I get a chance to see more this time.

Some of us won’t be able to understand the lyrics of your songs - what would you tell Tasmanians to help them have a proper understanding of the music of yours that they will be listening to when you come?

My songs are all about matters of the heart: they are about love for my wife, my family, and my people. I sing some traditional songs as well that talk about the beauty of our culture, the beauty of the desert (the tenere) and the importance of honouring our values. The lyrics are poetic and beautiful but usually very simple. For me the important thing is to feel the music, though, not to understand the words. You will understand the meaning of the song if you just close your eyes and listen to the music.

Anything else you’d like to add?

I love Australia and I am really looking forward to my second tour with you guys there. I hope to dance with you all very soon.

STEPHANIE ESLAKE

See Bombino at the Panama Festival on Saturday March 7, Golconda, in the State’s North-East. Further information available at www.panamafestival.com.au.

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SLURP AND GIGGLE “SWEATY, EXCITED, SMILING. MUSIC TO ME IS AN ESCAPE FROM THIS REAL WORLD. IT TRANSPORTS YOU TO PLACES YOU NEVER KNEW EXISTED. I WOULD LOVE FOR MY SHOWS TO TAKE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR USUAL WORLD, AND INTO ONE OF DANCE AND FUN. I AIN’T NO HIPPIE, BUT I DO FIRMLY BELIEVE IN ENERGY AND POSITIVITY. THE ABILITY TO MOVE AND CONNECT WITH PEOPLE PURELY THROUGH VIBRATIONS OF AIR PARTICLES IS PRETTY AWESOME!”

This is what Australia-via-New Zealand glitch funkster Opiuo wants you, the hungry punter, to get from his shows. A freewheeling sense of joy, movement and colour. Much like his musical itself, an Opiuo show is one of experiment, break-neck beats, delicious ideas and- above all else- the joy of the tunes.

In between his own records and playing shows with MC Hammer, Opiuo is a renowned remix artist who has worked with the likes of Infected Mushroom, Antix, Kimbra and many more.

“I usually like to work with minimal elements of the original, but also try to never really listen in depth to the original work so I maintain an experimental, uninfluenced, raw take” Opiuo says on how to best craft a remix track. “I never really have any idea what I’m about to make, I just play around until something sticks.

It keeps it exciting for me. It’s all about pulling it apart and create something completely new, something me, something as fresh as I can.”

What prompted the move from New Zealand to Australia?

“A change in direction, I guess. I wasn’t over anything about New Zealand, but I felt like I wanted something different. I often miss

the homeland, and know one day I’ll be back there. But to me, for now with the music I do, Australia has a larger audience, a more open and expansive electronic music scene, so it suits my current adventure. To be honest, music wasn’t my focus ten years ago, but it has always definitely been my dream. Australia is an amazing place to do music. It’s so damn supportive and exciting to be living, creating and touring in this country right now!”

Opiuo’s debut album Slurp and Giggle (2010) was a major point for him, sending him to the Burning Man Festival in the US, amongst other scintillating locations. Opiuo explains how the career record came to pass.

“Slurp And Giggle was a saying me and my friends used to use. It’s kinda like the silly hour right before the sun comes up, or down, or sideways… musically, it started as a collection of tunes I was writing over a period of year or so back in 2008, 2009. At the time I didn’t ever think I’d do music for a living, and I’d had only a couple small releases prior. It was just me thinking I should make a collection of songs available and show what I was up to to my friends around the globe. Dean from Addictech Records in San Francisco, who is now one of my best friends, was super keen for me to release

a full length album, to cement the Opiuo name and style, so he got behind it massively and helped push it to become what was.”

What do you find most conducive to creativity?

“Freedom. Sleep. Happiness. Being relaxed.

I don’t read forums, I don’t like to get caught up in what’s “cool” and what’s not. I don’t want to make what other people think is trendy, I like to make what I want. It’s hard sometimes to maintain this freedom, but being true to myself, and trying to stay happy is the most creative way possible. Also imagining a fucking massive dance floor rocking out always helps.” “[I take it] Day by day. More recently I’ve been somewhat forced to plan further and further ahead with bigger shows and tours around the world, and I’m enjoying this new way for sure, but deep down I like living for the now, having fun, and just following my nose. It’s not about getting famous or anything to me, it’s about doing what I love and doing it to the best of my ability all the time. I push myself hard. I’m my biggest critic. I lock myself in the studio until my creations are perfect.. Maybe I’ll do this for the rest of my life, maybe I won’t, but if I can look back on it and deep down believe I did the right thing, had a good time, even changed someone’s life in anyway, then I’ve succeeded.”

You’ve said you appreciate music of all genres: do you have any ‘guilty pleasures’?

“Neo-flamenco gangsta classical folk. It’s lifechanging, believe me.”

LISA DIB

Opiuo plays the Fractangular Gathering in Buckland, Tasmania on February 7 with Bob Log III, Puta Madre Brothers, The Crooked Fiddle Band and many more.

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STRUNG TOGETHER LIZ STRINGER AND VAN WALKER MET MANY MOONS AGO WHEN VAN CHASED HER DOWN THE STREET AFTER A GIG TO ASK HER TO PLAY BANJO ON HIS FIRST ALBUM, THE CELESTIAL RAILROAD. SINCE THEN THE MELBOURNE BASED PAIR HAVE TOURED THE COUNTRY, VENTURED TO EUROPE AND UNDERTAKEN VARIOUS RECORDING PROJECTS INCLUDING THE VADEMONIAN LAGS. TASSIE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO SEVERAL GIGS OVER THE NEXT MONTH AS VAN TOUCHES BASE IN HIS HOME STATE AFTER A FEW YEARS ABSENCE. In terms of missing the place, the King Brown spud variety popular on the North West Coast is definitely up there, but the innumerable pubs of Melbourne won out.

Liz on the other hand was born and bred in the city and was constantly surrounded by music as the daughter and sister of music teachers.

The lyrical style they share suggests that all forms of writing appeal to them. Van admits, “the house is basically held up with books,” with influences like William Blake, Robertson Jeffers, Tim Winton and D.H Lawrence. For this reason it’s easy to understand why they were asked to take part in the Vandemonian Lags, a show that focuses on stories of convict experience, in particular the mass exodus of Van Diemen

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convicts to Victoria following the discovery of gold in the 1850’s.

This show was just one of many highlights over the past few years, another notable experience was their 2013 tour of Europe that was particularly poignant for Liz who lived there for several years. “It was fantastic to return to Germany… It was great to be able to show Van where I lived in my early twenties and introduce him to some of the places and people I love there”. Van adds, “it really makes an Australian realise how far we are from the rest of the world, and how bloody big our own country is.”

In terms of recording the couple are going great guns, collaborating with one another and a whole spectrum of other talent

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likes of Adam May, Tim Keegan and Jeff Lang. From 2008 to 2010, Van released a whopping five albums, but since then, wary of over saturating his fan base has held off on further releases. But that is not to say the work isn’t there, “my creative surges are pretty consistent. I write every day, whether it’s good or bad, I just do it, and find having a few things on the boil keeps it interesting”.

There is also talk of touring, festivals and recording with his rock band the Heartbrokers, and blues outfit Goatpiss Gasoline. And as if that’s not enough the big fella says “Kinky Friedman told me we could record a country album at Willie Nelson’s studio!!! So if anybody wants to fund that, I’d be much obliged! Just hurry up, cos Willie’s not getting any younger.”

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In recent times Liz wrapped up her album tour, Live at the Yarra released in October last year, before supporting the Waifs in December. For 2015 she plans to record her fifth solo studio album. While Van is concentrating on their pop group, Livingstone Daisies, that includes Liz, Michael Barclay and his brother Cal.

Catch Liz and Van play at: Fresh on Charles in Launie, Feb 5th from 7pm (all ages) Mountain Mumma in Sheffield, Feb 6th from 6.30pm (all ages) Lorina Pizza Night, Lorina, Feb 7th from 5pm (all ages)

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TEN DAYS SPIEGELTENT AS PART OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS TASMANIAN INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL THIS MARCH, THE SPIEGELTENT (NESTLED IN THE CASTRAY ESPLANADE IN HOBART) IS RETURNING FOR THE SECOND YEAR RUNNING. WITH COMEDY, PUPPETRY, MUSIC, DANCE AND ALL MANNER OF ENTERTAINMENT IN BETWEEN, THE SPIEGELTENT WILL BE A BUSTLING, BUZZING, BURSTING HUB FOR AUDIENCES, COMING FROM FAR AND WIDE FOR THE FESTIVITIES.

The Tasmanian International Arts Festival, formerly known since 2001 as Ten Days on the Island, has been a standout event on the Australian cultural calendar and continues to grow and brighten every year.

The festival promises a diverse array of acts, as Ten Days Artistic Director David Malacari explains.

“More than 150 international, national and Tasmanian performers will showcase a unique and exciting array of comedy, cabaret, circus, music, family, and acrobatic performances that cannot be missed,” Malacari said. “Kicking-off the Spiegeltent impressive musical line-up is the multi award-winning turntable veteran, Dexter.”

“Dexter, who has a reputation for seamless genre mash-ups, will no doubt have the dance floor of the Spiegeltent packed on Friday, 6 March 2015 from 10pm. And gracing the Spiegeltent stage with her mesmerising presence for two nights only, is the dark and sexy Irish chanteuse Camille O’Sullivan –heading to Hobart after sell-out shows at the Sydney Festival.”

“Known for her intense covers of songs from artists such as Arcade Fire, Radiohead and Bowie, Camille’s new show Changeling is set to awe Tasmanian as she transforms each song into a gripping theatrical experience. Taking Spiegeltent audiences on a journey to the Polar Regions will be National Geographic explorer come music composer, Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky) with his multi-media show Arctic Rhythms.”

“DJ Spooky will be accompanied by a violinist and a cellist, and will take audiences on an evocative sensory trip through the Arctic landscape, contrasting images with live and recorded hip hop, electronic and minimalist music to create an unforgettable experience.”

“Representing the local and national music scene in the Spiegeltent will be popular acts including Tasmania’s Triple J Unearthed High 2012 winner ASTA, singer-songwriter Jordie Lane, alt-country heartbreakers All our Exes Live in Texas, local rockabilly rebels The Sin & Tonics, and representing the Aussie hip-hop scene inspiring lyricist L-FRESH The LION.” The Spiegeltent also has an exciting line-up of comedians who would be lifting the roof throughout the festival, featuring the likes of 2014 Barry Award winner Denise Scott, Jason Byrne, Colin Lane and Ronny Chieng.

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“Winner of the Best Newcomer Award at the 2012 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and overnight sensation of television comedy hits such as Legally Brown and It’s a Date, Ronny Chieng has quickly established himself as a ‘must see’ artist on the comedy festival circuit,” he said. Now off the back of his sold out national tour, this 2014 Cleo Bachelor of the Year nominee brings his latest show You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About to the Spiegeltent for a night of guaranteed outstanding stand-up.”

“Also returning to Hobart’s PW1 forecourt will be the free Outdoor Lounge at the Spiegeltent where you can come down and enjoy a drink or two accompanied by some of Tasmania’s finest produce, all while dining al fresco.”

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There will also be performances from cabaret bigwig Le Gateau Chocolat, the ‘decadent and daring’ circus skills of La Soirée, fun family entertainment events like Linsey Pollack’s Live and Loopy and The Chipolatas, and fierce powerhouse Yana Alana and her show Between the Cracks, which took out the 2014 Helpmann Award for Best Cabaret. Phew!

Come this March, the Apple Isle will be swarming with entertainment, art and fun - treat yourself!

LISA DIB

Image: Jordie Lane

Camille O'Sullivan Image: Sean Breithaupt & Yvette Monahan

Ten Days Spiegeltent is presented in association with Strut & Fret Production House. It will be at the Princes Wharf No.1 from 5-29 March 2015 as part of the Tasmanian International Arts Festival. Go to www. tendays.org.au for tickets and further details.

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THE TERRIFIC TWOSOME BROTHER AND SISTER DUO ANGUS AND JULIA STONE ARE HITTING THE ROAD THIS MONTH FOR THEIR SUMMER TOUR. AFTER A SERIOUS SIBLING SPLIT, THE FOLK-BLUES ARTISTS HAVE JOINED FORCES ONCE AGAIN FOR THE RELEASE OF THEIR LATEST SELF-TITLED ALBUM. THE’RE SHARING THE LOVE WITH HOBART AUDIENCES AT THE ODEON THEATRE ON 28 FEBRUARY, AND ANGUS TELLS US ALL ABOUT THE BREAKUP AHEAD OF THE GIG.

From the northern beaches of Sydney, siblings Angus and Julia Stone have become household Australian names. Their 2007 debut album A Book Like This kick started a joint musical career that launched the duo into multi-platinum, ARIAwinning stardom. Performing to sold-out venues across Europe with audiences of over 10,000 people, they were rolling in success. But after years on the road together, the two decided to go it alone and five years after their first album they broke up their band for some time apart.

Though they were separated geographically, with Angus farming away in Byron Bay, that didn’t stop all the powers of the universe coming together for a chance meeting when they were both travelling the streets of France.

“We just got to a point where we were both intuitively looking to change,” Angus says.

They hadn’t thought about getting back together – but then Rick Rubin came along. The producer, who has worked with Metallica, Lana Del Ray, Lady Gaga, and Black Sabbath (basically, everyone else you can think of as well), lashed out and contacted the siblings after hearing their music pumping at a party.

“We talked about what that meant and said we’d take some time off and find ourselves.”

For Julia, this meant a move to Melbourne and a solo album By the Horns, which made it onto the ARIA Albums Chart. For Angus, it also meant a new solo album Broken Brights and…a beef farm.

“I bought a farm and have been cruising around on that. I’ve been absorbing all the stuff that we’ve been doing. Being on the road for so long, it all just becomes a big blur. I think it was just time to have a bit of reflection on the whole thing,” he says.

“I ran into Julia in Paris. We went to this restaurant and walked in with my band, and Julia was sitting there with her band. It was the first time we’d seen each other in a while after breaking up.”

“The main reason we started talking about getting back together was because of Rick. But I’m kind of really thankful that it all came about in the way that it did, with Rick and the record.”

“Rick doesn’t overthink things too much. If something’s working, it’s working. He’s just a vibe guy with a feel-good sort of philosophy.”

After a couple of months, Rick had sold them on the idea of getting back together for a new record and in 2013 they started work in Rick’s Shangri La Studios, Malibu. Mixed by Billy Bush in March 2014, their self-titled album was released in August of that year. It’s made up of tracks Angus demoed from New York and some songs Julia had written from Venice Beach.

“For this record, we both separately brought songs to the table. But there was also something that happened with this record that was really new. Writing this record, we kind of had a talk where we wanted something to change. We wanted to have a really fresh look on it and it was cool like that. I think it was a really positive change for the way that we write.”

Angus has proven his ability to churn out songs solo and with his sister, but says “when I am in my own zone, I can go for hours. I think it changes when you’ve got something else in the room. You adjust to their energy and from that, I guess cool stuff happens.”

Angus, who put together songs such as ‘Get Home’ and ‘Grizzly Bear’ from New York, says the meanings of his new tunes are “constantly changing. But it’s always about love or letting go, finding love, falling in love”.

Angus and Julia will celebrate their latest release in Hobart as part of their national Summer Tour.

They’ll be supported by Blue Mountains-turnedLondon band Cloud Control and Jarryd James.

STEPHANIE ESLAKE

See Angus and Julia Stone at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart on 28 February at 7pm. Tickets through www. angusandjuliastone.com.

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THE DEEP SOUTH THE MEMBERS OF GUTHRIE (LUKE YOUNG AND MY INTERVIEW SUBJECT FOR TODAY, LIAM GUTHRIE) COME FROM- OR, SEEMINGLY, RESIDE IN- THE “DEEP SOUTHERN SWAMP” OF TASMANIA, HENCE THEIR DIRGEY BLUES SOUND, ROCK AND ROLL CANDOUR AND DOWN-HOME ATTITUDE TO THE ROCK GRIND. It’s a feeling one must go looking for, this dedication to the dirty side. The marshy, thick sound of home-made rock and roll. If you ate it, it would taste like chicken wings and moonshine. It would smell like sweat and leaky boats and catfish and beer. Not for the faint of heart, but wide open for the inviting and willing.

Guthrie, the man, told me a little bit about Guthrie, the band.

I’m curious about your rock and roll credentials. On a scale of Justin Bieber to Lemmy, just how rock and roll are you?

“We’d love to think we’re on the Lemmy end of the scale but we’re getting soft in our dwindling youth” Guthrie laughs. “We’re both dads with young kids, so we appreciate a good nap much more than we used to.

We still drink too much, listen to really loud music and own motorcycles, though. We haven’t bitten any bats or snorted much coke lately, however.”

Guthrie released their self-titled debut in late 2011 and have been plugging away ever since. Between touring, writing and raising little ‘uns, it’s been a tough slog but promises to be worth the wait.

“We’re currently writing and demoing album number two” Guthrie explains. “It’s taken us a few years to define our desires, sound and style- wise. We’re mainly fans of much heavier and faster music than the blues so we’ve been taking elements and feelings from stoner, punk and hard rock and infusing them into a blues format. Our first record was basically every song we had at the time. For the new one, we’re trying to draw on a bigger collection of material to have a more cohesive, defined record.”

The one thing the world will peg upon the American South- often rightly- is their gung-ho patriotism: flag-waving, “love it or leave it” extremism that comes with one’s love of country- when one loves one’s country just a little too much.

Though despite their American influences, Guthrie the band do not seem to share this less-sociable quality with their American brethren.

“We’re fiercely proud of where we come from” Guthrie admits. “Patriotism is maybe the wrong word. We’re not out waving the flag. We are painfully aware of the flaws our state and country have. Despite all the backwards fucking rednecks we are grateful and honoured to live where we live.

Never forget where you come from.”

What does it take then to thrive in the Tassie scene?

“Being in a band from Tasmania is great.

There aren’t a million other bands all competing for shows. The money is okay.

Let’s face it, trying to make any money as an independent band is a fucking joke but Tassie pays okay, and there are heaps of really kick-arse bands here! The cost of touring interstate is a fairly heavy burden.

Having to fly makes it hard to tour with your own gear. When you add up flights, hire cars, hotels, etc. it makes interstate gigging a costly undertaking.”

“Being from Tasmania makes you the underdog. We like being the underdog.

When you fly halfway around the country and smash a killer set out and blow people’s minds that you come from cold shitty redneck Tassie, it’s a good feeling.”

As I write this, the internet is exploding with excitement about the Superbowl.

Which compels me to wonder, what would a Guthrie mascot look like?

“Dunno…” Guthrie wonders. “It’d probably be hairy though.”

Lisa Dib

Guthrie will be supporting Kingswood at the Hellinic Hall in Hobart on Friday February 27.

Tickets available via Oztix.

HOT DUB

TIME MACHINE plus special guest

DJ DAMEZA SATURDAY 21 FEBRUARY 2015 HOTEL TASMANIA, LAUNCESTON TICKETS FROM WWW.TIXTAS.COM.AU

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A NEW ORDER PETER HOOK & THE LIGHT IS HEADING TO HOBART TO PERFORM NEW ORDER’S COMPLETE THIRD AND FOURTH ALBUMS LOW LIFE AND BROTHERHOOD FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUSTRALIA. THE BRITISH ROCKER REFLECTS ON HIS TIME PLAYING BASS IN NEW ORDER AND JOY DIVISION.

During the late ‘70s and ‘80s, you made music with conventional instruments – but eventually moved into the realm of synths and electronica. What’s that progression been like for you?

As a rocker, courtesy of Joy Division, I was very resistant at first to electronica.

The more [lead singer] Bernard Sumner wanted to do it, shall we say, in true schoolyard fashion, the less I wanted to do it. So we made this fusion of rock and electronica which, I must admit, nearly every group in the world uses. Sequences, drum machines, and rock instruments – I think, if I’m blowing my own trumpet – all came from New Order. If we hadn’t had been fighting, we wouldn’t have achieved it, which is typical, innit?

When do you feel you were at your most creative?

I can see that New Order was very much a product of the ‘80s. There was such a huge amount of material to play. As soon as drugs get involved, our creativity went out the window.

It’s often the other way around – with musicians attributing their creativity to an altered state of mind.

In my experience, it’s exactly the opposite.

It might seem like that because you’re off your rocker – but in the morning when you wake up, you realise it’s just sh*t. I’m one

NEW TASMANIAN SOUNDS Okay, there’s a few local slash underground slash independent releases that all you Gen Y people will probably best hear via the wonders of the internet. This is by no means all of them, it’s just stuff that has caught my ears for one reason or another recently, and I think some of you punters out there could get a bit of a laugh out of it.

The messy wonders we know as Small Black Lambs made another album of ‘stuff’ called More Song and it’s got the same rocked-out barely straight lounge room vibes from the best jam you ever heard at a party in a Lenah Valley backyard on a warm afternoon in late summer. I got told about this thing and it holds the record for the window I left open on my laptop for the longest time ever. I love it for so many reasons but one is that lots of modern music sounds digitally compressed and it’s all kind of standardised. You know, if you listen to early Stones records really closely you sometimes hear a bum note or a slip or something on there but it’s still a great song you know? In 2015 we’d go back and do that again but once upon a time it just cost too much and they didn’t have the technology so screw it, went onto the vinyl and there it is, forever, and no cares. Modern music is flawless and mechanical and perfect and sure it’s great too but when you listen to this Hobart band, you hear human music.

It’s warts and all, it’s filled with joy and it’s kind of all about playing and good times.

People who are used to slick product might have a rough time here, but I’m telling you: you’re wrong. This is not how music should

be – music should be anything – but it’s how it can be, and sometimes it’s important it’s like that. thesmallblacklambs.bandcamp.com Axe Giant are a new metal act and they’re amazing. Distilled from careful worship of classic Stoner Doom acts like Sleep and the rock riff mesmerism of Kyuss, the sludge smearing of the Melvins and something of an interest in beer, Axe Giant have played all of one gig as I write this but I’m just going to show off and tell you – it was a belter and this band are great. A requisite of metal is that you have chops and you’re as tight as a fish’s anus, and Axe Giant have the goods. If you enjoy metal, hard rock, excellent music and enjoy nodding your head to hypnotic sludge drumming, you need to see this act. They’re pretty sexy as well. soundcloud.com/uninterrupted/axe-giantfrom-the-cosmic-colossal Howling Gruel is, by the band’s own admission, barely existent, having played I think three gigs all up in six months, but they exist in a shimmering space of pop

of the lucky ones – I got to wake up in the morning. A few people didn’t, God rest their souls.

How do you feel when you’re playing your old songs today?

It really is scary how long I’ve been successful as a musician – and I use that term loosely: musician. To be honest with you, because I’m sober now, and I have been for 10 years, everything is completely different to how it used to be. Most of the time, even if you weren’t drunk, somebody was. Now, I actually appreciate it in much the same way as when I started. When I started, I had no money and I loved playing.

So you’ve come full circle?

When you’re older, it’s all more important.

When you’re younger, you don’t care. You’re pretty much self-centred. As long as you’re getting laid, as long as you’re getting drugs, as long as you’re getting money, you can put up with anything. I think that really, with maturity, you do sit back and go, ‘this doesn’t feel right’ and you start worrying about the people around you, and your influence. But that’s part of growing up, innit? It’s part of the experience of your life.

You make mistakes. Getting these songs back after all this time has been wonderful – it’s like getting the kids for the weekend in a divorce!

Any shout out for us in Tassie ahead of your gig?

Don’t throw anything and no spitting.

STEPHANIE ESLAKE

Peter Hook and the Light will perform at Wrest Point in Hobart at 7.30pm, Sunday February 22.

Tickets www.tixtas.com.au.

music sketches and synth bloops, that some will cling to their heart. With true punk aplomb they don’t care and it shows, not that this music sounds anything like the over produced wang shake that punk turned into. It’s got a lot more in common with classic New Zealand pop, but more than anything else, Howling Gruel sound like a band that heard the Thirteenth Floor Elevators once when really drunk then tried to emulate that sodden memory. In other words, they’re wonderful. The bandcamp has one free album that’s a live recording marred by idiots talking about sex positions all the way through, but that should really only serve to sweeten the pot. Grab this and stick on your phone and listen to it next time you’re riding a bus to Launceston or something like that. It’ll help. howlinggruel.bandcamp.com The best bit of Tasmanian music I know of for 2014 was salubrious gentlemen Steve Wright’s album Incapacity. Rich in personal insight and even some emotional honesty, this album is a pearl of beauty from one of the better young music makers in Hobart right now. Percussive and well-crafted, this is the one you should pay money for, buy two copies of and keep one pristine to sell on Discogs as a substitute for superannuation after the banks collapse.

In all seriousness, this is the future of Tasmanian music from a young buck who has actually heard what’s come before and built on it. Great music has character and this person has it in spades. He’ll never be rich but he’ll have a long career. Get in on the ground floor wrongplace.bandcamp.com/album/ incapacity-cassette ANDREW HARPER

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ELECTRONA 7054 Electrona 7054 it’s an electronic music and art festival, and it’s taking place in Hobart 7000.

Electrona 7054 is an electronic music and art festival taking place in Hobart 7000. Engaging a group of forty artists and musicians from across Tasmania and the mainland, the inaugural Electrona 7054 festival intends to deliver a broad and dynamic arts and music experience. Taking place over three disused spaces in the Hobart CBD, as well as incorporating multi-medium art forms allows for a unique and diverse audience to engage with the festival. Festival passes are limited to 300, so make sure you get in early, however the art exhibition component of the festival will remain open and free to the public. The festival is uniquely situated in providing a platform for artists and musicians in an increasingly popular, yet underrepresented medium.

The multi-media coalescence of digital art, music and film brings together three disparate art forms that creates an engaging visual, spatial and aural experience.

Here’s a look at some of the things you can expect to see at Electrona 7054 2015!

LAFIDKI (Cambodia) is Saphy Vong, a sound and visual artist.

He’s a French solo musician with a background in Cambodia who likes messing around with abstract electronics, noise and sequenced multilayered rhythms. Playing live for him is always an experiment within the situation of spontaneous thinking and decision-making through the energy of people and space. He has played alone 18

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and in collaboration in places such as Seoul (Yogiga), Helsinki (Myymälä 2), Bangkok (Nospace Gallery), St Petersburg (Erarta Contemporary Art Museum),Pittsburgh (VIA Festival), Minsk (New Ton Fashion Art), Arkaoda (Istanbul), Hong Kong (Strategic sounds), w / Hype Williams, KXP, Lydia Lunch, Scott Colburn (Jabon), Shogun Kunitoki, Shonen Knife,Stellar Om Source, Family Battle Snake, James Ferraro, Maria Minerva, Molly Nilsson, Com Truise, Nate Young, Laurel Halo, Ital,Le1f.

Collaborations include the projects with Leyli, Zack Kouns and Rory hinchey, Dustin Wong (Ecstatic sunshine, Ponytail..), Dorcelsius. His last release is a split LP with Orphan I Oliver from Toronto, different labels from different countries: Neh-Owh (Copenhagen) /Heia sun (Paris) /Jozik (Helsinki) / Dumpster Diving Lab (Moscow).

“The often masked Cambodian born, Paris/ Nancy/Berlin-based musician has a unique sense for abstract electronics, bringing with him an energy and joy rare in such deeply experimental psychedelia. Lafidki’s blend of noise and sequenced multi-layered rhythms is a captivating solo listen, but this music’s also begging for a spot at your next dinner-party-turned-dance-off.”

Stylus Magazine Rainbow Chan (Sydney) Rainbow Chan is a Sydney solo artist with a love for story-telling. Whether she is stitching together childhood dreams, rummaging through flea markets or sampling odd sounds, Rainbow is constantly collecting bits and pieces for her music.

While classically trained in saxophone, piano and choral music from an early age, Chan’s fondest memories of music are those of family day-trips in a squishy car, singing along to mix-tapes sent from her grandmother in Hong Kong. From Chinese folksongs to 1950’s ballads, Grandma’s hodge-podge tapes would have a lasting impression on Chan’s music.

Scot Cotterell Scot Cotterell was born in Victoria, Australia in 1979, and holds an MFA from the University of Tasmania School of Art. Scot is a nationally renowned young inter-disciplinary artist known for his works concerned with the experience of mediated environments. His work uses mixtures of sound, video, images and objects in gallery and live contexts to create experiences that reflect upon cultural phenomena. Scot has chaired Hobart’s influential Artist-Run Space Inflight, sat on the boards of Contemporary Art Services Tasmania, The Plimsoll Gallery Committee, and the advisory panel for We Are Here International Artist-Run Initiative Symposium. Scot has been state representative for the ElectroFringe festival and has written commissioned essays and reviews for Cyclic Defrost, Devonport Regional Gallery and Wyndham Regional Gallery.

Other musicians include: Angus Webb, Orlando Furious (Melbourne), Close Counters, The Townhouses (Melbourne), Jeff Lee (Melbourne), Tiger Choir, Red Mum, Kowl, Louis Love, Paul Heslin (Canberra), Kell//ua, Filthy Little Star and Swimming.

Other Artists include: Mathew Carey, Nadege Philippe-Janon, Darren Cook, Claire Krouzecky, Selena de Carvalho, Aden Narkowicz, and Grace Herbert.

Electrona 7054 Festival Passes are available online for $37 + bf at www.electrona7054.com.

SHANE CRIXUS

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WHY I THINK RUSSELL BRAND IS A WANKER FOR THE LAST WHILE, I HAVE BEEN BEING A DISGUSTING INTERNET TROLL AND BAITING PEOPLE

BY CLAIMING THAT A COUPLE OF WELL-MEANING FAMOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE DESPERATELY TRYING TO SAVE THE WORLD ARE WANKERS. IT’S FABULOUS FUN AND ALWAYS GETS A HUGE RANGE OF REACTIONS, SOME OF THEM INCREDIBLY TELLING. I WAS HALF-TEMPTED TO APOLOGISE BUT ACTUALLY, I THINK IT’S MORE LIKELY TIME TO STEP IT UP A NOTCH. I MAY LOSE SOME FRIENDS HERE BUT I KNOW TOO MANY PEOPLE ANYWAY.

So what’s the problem with a little peace, love and understanding?

Well, I am deeply suspicious of Great Man Narratives. I’m incredibly suspicious of celebrity culture. I’m actually terrified of simplistic solutions provided by White Men from The First World and I am one of them. It doesn’t take much to know there are some awful things occurring in the world, and some solutions are needed, but let me tell you about YouTube. On youtube once upon a time, I watched a four part BBC TV show about Lagos, in Africa. It was interesting. It was largely about work. It showed, in great detail, how different people worked and what they did to survive, and to thrive. It showed large families, aspirational pop stars, people who picked scrap off a garbage dump to

survive, incredible resourcefulness, lateral thinking, business acumen and more than anything else, optimism. Something that this TV show really exposed to me was people who wanted the life that hard work and capitalism can bring them, who wanted better lives for their children and were prepared to do anything to go about it. They were not becoming criminals though – they were doing business. They did it very hard.

They argued openly about money, about selling what they had worked hard to grow or gather, about getting the best deal.

They could see a better future and they welcomed it. They were happy, positive, wise people. They lived a life that I saw as frighteningly hard and they did it with a song and a smile. They were not beaten down. They lifted themselves above that with hard work and a joy in small things and family.

It was one of those thing we call an eye opener.

I think there are problems with Capitalism, and in my mind, I’m something of an armchair socialist, and I’d really like some change in Late Capitalist Culture, but it’s not enough to point out Capitalism is flawed. It’s totally ridiculous to claim there’s going to be a spiritual revolution and everyone is just suddenly going to get it, because all those people in Lagos, or working in India, or in China, or Vietnam, or any of the countries going through an economic transformation, are going to think you’re an idiot and get back making sure they have enough to eat, sending their children to school and building and developing their country. Climate Change is a real and terrifying issue, but riddle me this: China is probably going to do more about it the next five years than Australia is.

So what has that got to do with Russell Brand?

You might have picked up some hints but let me be plain: pointing out issues and putting yourself squarely in the middle of them is not going to make lasting change.

Charismatic celebrities who give good sound bites are a distraction, because all they really do is give you permission to agree with them. I think Russell Brand probably means well, but really, I want him to shut up, and I want me to shut up, and I want to listen to people from developing countries, from actual poor areas in Australia, to Aboriginal people, to women, to people in prison who have literacy problems, and to ordinary people who live ordinary lives and want lasting solutions that come from their life experience and their community. I realise that’s boring and it doesn’t fire you up and make you say right on, but saying right on hasn’t changed much. It’s boring things like unions and community collectives that might make our world better.

If Russell motivated you to do something, that’s great. But in the last six months, there were two more aboriginal deaths in custody in Australia. There was an upsurge in domestic violence cases.

If you want to make our culture better, we don’t need a nebulous, nameless spiritual revolution. It needs to be something far more immediate, far less esoteric and far more real. I don’t know what it is. Can we all talk and listen to each other please?

It might be a start.

ANDREW HARPER

THEATRE:

AWKWARD CONVERSATIONS WITH ANIMALS I’VE F*CKED

Following three highly acclaimed seasons at Sydney’s Bondi Feast Festival, The Melbourne Fringe Fest, and a Sydney Encore at the Sydney Old 505 Theatre, Loud Mouth Theatre Company is proud to be bringing our boys home for a Hobart season of the cringe-worthy Awkward Conversations With Animals I’ve F*cked.

Directed by James Dalton and starring Tasmanian actor Heath Ivey-Law, this production is the second time Unhappen has brought the work of award-winning British playwright Rob Hayes to Australia and Loud Mouth are excited to be bringing this calibre of Tasmanian and International talent to local audiences.

“Part of our mission is to bring Hobart these smaller, unconventional independent shows that are running successfully in festivals and theatres across the country.

There are so many Tasmanian artists that are doing incredible work interstate and we are really excited for them to showcase that work here.” Campbell McKenzie, Producer, Loud Mouth Theatre Company.

This intimate monologue sees Hayes’ evil wit applied to the taboo realm of zoophilia, charting a provocative line between tender melancholy and cringe humour.

Loud Mouth received great success in 2014 with their shows Venus in Fur and Hamlet: Heads or Tails, with Venus in Fur being nominated for three awards in the Tasmanian Theatre Awards.

ANDREW HARPER

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- ELEMENTS OF REFUSAL THE SOUND ART – ACTUALLY STUFF THAT, THE ART BAR HAS BEEN SET VERY HIGH ALREADY FOR 2015.

IF YOU’VE BEEN HIDING INSIDE DUE TO ALL THE DAMN RAIN IN JANUARY YOU’VE LIKELY MISSED A FEW THINGS ALREADY, AS EVERYONE THINKS THAT FOUR WEEKS IS AMPLE TIME TO CATCH AN EXHIBITION, BUT THINK AGAIN BECAUSE REALLY, THERE’S ALWAYS TOO MUCH ON AND YOU NEED TO GET TO IT ALL.

Something that’s still on, and will be for a few weeks into February is the excellent sound art installation wire work by Brendan Walls. You know you’re safe hands when the artist turns up to an event wearing a Black Flag shirt, and Brendan’s work is very hot stuff. He’s used tuned and taunt wires, attached to motors and triggered by a few movement sensors to play around with the tones and sounds hidden in the stone walls of Kelly’s Garden, down at Salamanca Place.

Wires stretch out from the big metal staircase, stretched to the point of breaking and humming with rude life. There are long slinky springs and aquariums of dirt, all together in a complex system. It’s hard to suss out exactly how this mesh of wires and sound is doing what it does but that’s what makes it excellent. There’s a hum of static

and the occasional bong of noise as one of the taunt springs moves or is touched, brushed up against by accident. Another undetectable aspect are movement sensors that seem to increase the volume of the installation with the number of people in the Kelly’s Garden space.

The work is sort of decaying and destroying itself as is goes along. Some of the motors Brendan set up to vibrate the wires have burnt out or not been able to cope with all the rain – but that’s part of it all – there’s a bit of decay occurring and that’s somewhat inevitable in a work like this.

This is not everything though – the static work that sits during the week is one thing and really worth checking out, but Brendan has been taking things a step further and actively playing the whole

sculpture once a week, on Saturday afternoons.

He generates quite a shaky racket and find a level of dynamic energy by hitting the wires and banging metal. It’s exuberant and fun to experience, and an ideal antidote to any chin-stroking aspects of sound art and noise music.

Adding to this already excellent show, Brendan has been joined by a few mates along the way.

Greg Kingston, one of Hobart’s great experimental guitar players has been joining in, and the interplay of sound is a total delight to check out.

For the first few weeks of the show it was just Greg and Brendan, but the cast is expanding – New Zealand sound artist Sally Ann Macintyre added her subtle electronic sounds and there’s more exciting collaborations to come: Matt Warren, artist and drummer of Metal band M.0.1.0 and the wonderful Michael Fortescue.

ANDREW HARPER

5:30pm Saturday 7th February Matt Warren - drums Brendan Walls - bass and wires Greg Kingston - guitar 5:30pm Saturday 14th February Michael Fortescue - bowed wires and metal Brendan Walls - wires Greg Kingston - guitar Brendan Walls’ ‘Elements of Refusal’ is the first exhibition of the 2015 Kelly’s Garden Curated Projects, curated by Sean Kelly.

Until Friday 27th February.

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than Gina Rhineheart and Oprah. I feel like I have really achieved something.

I manage fine. I just had to grow a set of balls and some chest hair and it’s all good. Im working on a beard now too. Damn middle aged hormones.

In reality I think it is one of the most gender imbalanced fields in western society. I read an article about Rebel Wilson the other day and she said she got out of stand up quick because it could be a tough gig for women. She plays Fat Amy from Tasmania in the movie Pitch Perfect. Tassie ain’t big enough for two fat female comedians. I’ll kick that bitch to the curb. But I think she could be right though. The scene down here is friendly but you still have to wonder why don’t more women give it a go?

Is it annoying that being a woman who does stand up means you get asked about being a woman who does stand up?

Not as annoying as living in a country where the Minister for Women is probably a man.

What’s stand up for?

Preventing DVT’s. The science is clear about that.

For me though stand up is about challenging social convention and ideology. It is about pushing an audience towards more progressive thinking and making them question the status quo. Or just a venue for young men to get drunk and laugh at dick jokes.

What was the best gig you’ve done so far?

Tossup between Franklin Palais Theatre with Dave Callan, or The Hobart Comedy debate last year.

Although it has been pretty cool being supports for two of my favourite comedians....Ronny Chieng and Matt Okine. I am just name dropping now. I think it’s cool a fat middle aged single mother of four can do that.

How long have you been at this comedy lark?

Actually it would probably be acting in a prepilot for a possible comedy series. I love acting, especially comedic and also writing. They are two areas I want to become more involved in this year.

A little under 2 years

Do you like alcohol?

What topic do you hate most?

I do. My liver not so much. Lets just say the cup holder in my people mover fits a bottle of Ninth Island just nicely. My ex husbands lawyer will love that joke.

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Dick jokes. I really can’t handle them very well.

Yes I am being filthy. That isn’t going to get me a date is it? No I am more than fine with them.

Maybe exceptional. Yes I am still being filthy.

I don’t think I really have a topic I hate most.

I think I personally dislike skinny people telling fat jokes. I think that is my domain.

What can’t you get through a day without?

Laughing and being laughed at! Laughing is one of the greatest feel good experiences in life. Being able to make people laugh is a joy. (Yes I might have been drinking when I wrote that or read one too many positive quotes for the day.)

And coffee. Can’t live a day without coffee. I would inject that stuff if you could. Maybe try snorting it. I would be covered in track marks and have a brown crusty nose if I thought it was a worthwhile way to ingest more.

I bet everyone that knows me was expecting my answer to be wine though.

You’re a mum. How do you find time to write material?

In the shower or the loo. It’s handy because it is usually the only paper I can find. I won’t tell you what I do if I can’t find a pen. Let’s just say I think outside the box and am quite resourceful. That was a shit joke sorry.

You’re a lady that does stand up. it’s a field with fewer women - how do you go with that?

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Or are you wondering why people constantly paste alcohol memes to my facebook wall? I am not worrying about my drinking until they start posting rehab memes. I think that means you might have a problem then. It’s like an intervention from people who don’t quite give enough of a shit to see you and do it in real life.

Is pain the teacher or is that bullshit?

Well I have learnt nothing from fluffy pink unicorns so yes pain is the teacher. Pain is also a bit sexy.

You’re in a shopping centre when the alert comes: there’s a zombie plague. Which store do you make for and why?

Well I know where not to go. Any Zombie Apocolypse will start in Ikea. Have you been there on a Sunday afternoon? It might have already begun. But I think I would head to the jewellry store. I have opportunistic looter written all over me.

Where can we next see you?

The bottle shop after school drop off. Failing that Centrelink. You can often see me at Comedy Forge at The Brisbane, Craic Up at Irish Murphys or Cloud Comedy at Soho. Sometimes Uber at Dickens Cider House, or Clubhouse.

Sometimes I also work the street light pole out the front of The Men’s Gallery too.

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PAIGE TURNER

erotica themed nude reading session– Tuesday 17 February from 8pm at The Homestead, tickets $10 presale, $15 at the door.

Taking it North this February;

Naked reading. There should be more of it. Be that reading in the bath, on the verandah at the shack or in your living room in front of the fire. Seriously, who needs the constraints of material on your skin if you are wading through the bayou or doing The Periwinkle in medieval England or roaming contemporary California with one of my favourite literary protagonists, the stoner private investigator, Doc Sportello, protagonist of one of Thomas Pynchon’s more accessible novels, Inherent Vice. Incidentally, this book has been made into a film starring Joaquin Phoenix as Doc. Naked reading does not have to be silent reading though, as Naked Girls Reading, an international phenomenon of women reading nude to an audience, has shown.

Objectifications/reclamation of the female body discussions aside, the Hobart branch of Naked Girls Reading it is hosting an

Slamduggery is a wordslam where you can read poetry, prose or simply rant.

Competitors slam it out for the door money and the glory. The next one is on Tuesday, 17 of February at the Red Brick Road Ciderhouse in Brisbane Street, Launceston.

Also in Launnie is Poor Man’s Pot, a monthly story-telling and variety show that includes folk musicians, comedians, poets and all sorts of people with yarns to tell.

The next show is at Fresh on February 23 at 7pm. $5 entry.

Look out for Fakington Wilde’s reading and workshop, Mang Mang in Launceston, in February too.

Following a successful launch at Fullers in Hobart, attended by over 200 story loving, lit supporters, Transportation, islands and cities is taking it North too. At Volume 2 (the old Fullers) Cameron Hindrum, the Artistic Director of the Tasmanian Poetry Festival will be launching this collection of new short stories from London and Tasmania.

5.30pm on Friday 27 February, featuring readings from Poet Musing and Lucinda Shannon.

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BETT GALLERY 14 Feb Curtis Hore, Belinda Winkler, Peter Whyte CONSTANCE ARI TBA CONTEMPORARY ART TASMANIA 15 Jan – 22 Feb Martine Corompt, Philip Brophy Feb Camilla Marambio DESPARD 14 Jan – 16 Feb Caroline Rannersberg 18 Feb – 15 Mar At Bull Bay: Joanna Logue, Camie Lyons, Ian Marr, Amanda Penrose- Heart, Luke Sciberras HANDMARK 16 Jan – 10 Feb Faridah Cameron INKA 27 Jan – 10 Feb Tina Curtis, Deborah St Ledger MONA Ongoing - Monanism 22 Nov – 13 Apr Matthew Barney 17 Jan – 6 July Biennale Of Moving Images PENNY CONTEMPORARY 9 Jan - 4 Feb Ashleigh Simpson SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE LONG GALLERY 13 – 14 Feb Island Collection 18 – 25 Feb Maz Gill-Harper TOP GALLERY 7 – 28 Feb Lucy Hawthorne SIDESPACE GALLERY 5 – 17 Feb Stephen Firth 19 Feb – 2 Mar Julian Shceffer, Tom Borgas LIGHTBOX 1 – 28 Feb Christine Simpson KELLY’S GARDEN 15 – 27 Feb Brendan Walls

Summer reading means different things to different people, some reach for heavier tomes, with more holiday time it makes sense to dive a bit deeper – and others for some light hearted joy and frivolity, not wishing to be weighed down, but seeking entertainment. It is beautiful, the different motivations we all have for reading.

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FACADE by LUCY HAWTHORNE Okay, WARP is biased. We like Lucy.

She’s been in here before and even done a guest column. She should do more of those. We like her art because it’s sly and witty and just a little bit OCD. She’s having a show called Facade that’s photographs of art museums. Just not the way they’re usually photographed.

At all.

Lucy just curated at show at the Homestead (yep, they have art in there, go have a look) and is following it with this refreshingly witty body of work.

Facade is at the Top Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre, 7 – 28 February.

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ART MOB 13 Feb – 1 March PINK 2015

And don’t forget the Tasmanian Writers’ Centre Subscribathon. Join up for a chance to win all of the year’s workshops for free. www.tasmanianwriters.org

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Fullers Bookshop in Hobart is running a busy events program in February, which augers busy for the year! They have such a wonderful space for events and it worthwhile signing up to their event email list. On February 5 at 5.30 they are hosting the launch of The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd by Quentin Beresford. Luminosity, Star, Sky and Sea by Arwen Dwyer is being launched at 5.30 on 19 February and on 20th at 5.30pm, Aficionado: A Jazz Memoir will be launched. The author is poet Geoff Page and he will also be reading at the Clarence Jazz Festival on Saturday 21st of February. These are all free events though reservations are essential rsvp@ fullersboohop.com.au

TMAG 6 Dec – 1 March George Davis, Jorg Schmeisser 23 Jan – 31 May 21Up

NORTH ACADEMY GALLERY Tasmanian College of the Arts, (Inveresk) 21 feb – 18 Apr David Keeling

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SOHO 4 Feb Cloud Comedy 4 Mar Cloud Comedy

DICKENS CIDERHOUSE 11 Feb Uber Comedy

DICKENS CIDER HOUSE 5 Feb Uber Comedy Hobart

BRAVE ART GALLERY 7 Feb – 1 Mar Cate Blackmore

RACV HOBART APARTMENT HOTEL 12 Feb The Clubhouse featuring David Quirk

BURNIE REGIONAL GALLERY 30 Jan – 12 Jul High Art

DOCTOR SYNTAX 27 Feb The Doctor’s Best Medicine

DESIGN TASMANIA 22 Nov – 22 Feb Design Tasmania Award 2014 31 Jan – 5 Mar ‘Indigenous Australians at War: From the Boer War to the present’ 31 Jan – 5 Mar Ilona Schneider

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DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY 7 Feb – 8 Mar NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT PRIZE 2014 GALLERY PEJEAN 2 Feb – 7 Mar Estella Mason HANDMARK EVANDALE 8 Feb – 4 Mar Jock Young QVMAG 20 Dec – 12 April ARTRAGE 2014 Collection 21 feb – 17 May Made In China, Australia SAWTOOTH ARI 6 February - 28 February 2015 Opening Night: 6pm Friday, 6 February FRONT GALLERY Loin of Loam Mimi Kelly (NSW) NEW MEDIA GALLERY aXolotl’s Happiness Diego Ramirez (VIC) MIDDLE GALLERY Inscryption Chris Morgan (TAS) PROJECT GALLERY The Body In Crisis Jessica Eastburn (TAS) @Sawtooth Pop-Up #Exhibition Bag(h)dad Aaron Claringbold (VIC)

CINEMONA End Feb 6 John Ends Feb 15 The Cremaster Cycle Ends Feb 19 Of Mice and Men Ends Feb 19 Met Opera live: The Barber of Seville Ends Feb 22 Drawing Restraint 9 (Matthew Barney and Bjork) Ends Feb 25 David Bowie is Ends Feb 25 Hermitage revealed Ends Feb 25 Rembrandt Ends Feb 25 Vatican Museum Ends April 11 River of Fundament (Matthew Barney)

FRESH ON CHARLES 13 Feb Fresh Comedy presents: David Quirk THEATRE LONGFORD TOWN HALL 5 – 8 Feb Aquarius: The All Time Big groovy Show BURNIE ARTS AND FUNCTION CENTRE 13 – 14 Feb As We Forgive (Robert Jarman) 26 Feb Great Women of Country 27 Feb – 14 Mar Burnie Musical Society present Disney’s Beauty and The Beast

THEATRE PLAYHOUSE 27 Feb – 14 Mar Hobart Rep presents Summer of The Aliens THEATRE ROYAL BACKSPACE 10 – 14 Feb Loudmouth Theatre presents Awkward conversations with Animals I’ve f*cked

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february Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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Monday

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6

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Tuesday

10

Wednesday

11

Thursday

24

12

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Acts / Start Time

Republic Bar & Café

Kate Meehan And The Naughty Corner 9pm

C Bar

Matty & Abbey

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore

Observatory Main Room

DJ Johnny G DJ Dane

Birdcage Bar

Jerome Hillier

Brisbane Hotel

Gooch Palms (vic) + ALL The Weathers + Mess O’ Reds + Work Ethic

Republic Bar & Café

Slyde 9pm

C Bar

Phil Micale

Observatory Lounge Room

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore

Dickens Ciderhouse

Dave Sikk Quartet

Observatory Main Room

DJ Johnny G

Telegraph Hotel

Ado & Devo / Entropy

Observatory Lounge Room

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Café

Neil Murray 10pm

Brisbane Hotel

Telegraph Hotel

Micheal Clennett / Dr Fink

Dracula + The Witc’h + Taurus + Crypt Vapor + Rouge Hotline

Brisbane Hotel

DAMAGE CLUB w/ Have/Hold (vic) + Kissing Booth (vic) + Ride The Tiger + Between the Lions + The Saxons + DJs

C Bar

Everburn

Onyx Bar

Ebeneza Good

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore

Republic Bar & Café

Beer Garden Party - Live Music, All Welcome 2:30pm

Friday

Saturday

13

14

Republic Bar & Café

Taberah, Gape, Anomalies, The Demotion, Taurus 10pm

C Bar

Matty & Abbey

Onyx Bar

The Robinsons

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore

Telegraph Hotel

Micheal Clennett / Dr Fink

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Dickens Ciderhouse

Julianne Bushby + Hamish

Telegraph Hotel

Jeremy Matcham / Atomic Playboys

Brisbane Hotel

Dickens Ciderhouse

Mangus

Republic Bar & Café

Enola Fall, The White Rose Project, Cape Hoy + Guests 10pm

Bedroom Suck Records in Hobart w/ Bitch Prefect (vic) + Peter Escott + Superstar (vic) + Totally Mild (vic) + Old Mate (SA) + Sorry Saul Latham + Pines + ALL The Weathers

Republic Bar & Café

Brisbane Hotel

Axe Giant + Woe + M.O.1.O. + Ruiner & The Threshold Forms

Chase City + The Vanns + Close Coutners + Ursine 10pm

Pier One

Billy & Tilly

Pier One

Billy & Tilly

C Bar

Shaun & Joel

C Bar

Jerome Hillier

Onyx Bar

That 80’s Band

Onyx Bar

Fuse

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore

Birdcage Bar

Jerome Hillier

Republic Bar & Café

Jeff Lang 2:30pm

The Coterie, Coal Valley Vineyard

Billy Whitton & Tilly Martin 1:30pm

The Coterie, Coal Valley Vineyard

Laura Hill 1:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

CJ Ramone (usa) + The Roobs + Unfolding Vostoks

Brisbane Hotel

Reggaeink

Brisbane Hotel

Bingo w/ Ramblin Ryan

Brisbane Hotel

Bingo w/ Ramblin Ryan

Republic Bar & Café

Blue Flies 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Café

J Masics (Dinosaur Jnr) 9pm

Claremont Hotel

Tony Voglino

Claremont Hotel

Jerome Hillier

C Bar

Manhatten, Everburn

C Bar

Sambo, Tony Voglino

Birdcage Bar

Billy & Randal

Birdcage Bar

Tony Makro

Republic Bar & Café

Helen Crowther 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Café

Ross Sermon 8:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice

Clarence Jazz Festival

Black Cat Trio

Republic Bar & Café

Skipping Girl Vinegar (Solo) 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Quiz-A-Saurus

Birdcage Bar

Tony Makro

Republic Bar & Café

Billy Whitton 8:30pm

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Birdcage Bar

Sambo

Telegraph Hotel

DJ Dane

Birdcage Bar

Tony Voglino

Brisbane Hotel

Bianca Blackhall

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Café

Sam West 8:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

Phrayta

Birdcage Bar

Sambo

Republic Bar & Café

Cleaveland Blues Music + Four String Phil 9pm

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Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

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Acts / Start Time

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice

Brisbane Hotel

The Breed

Republic Bar & Café

Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Republic Bar & Café

Gwen Aston 8:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice

Dave Wilson Band 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Electrona 7054 Opening Party

C Bar

Shaun & Joel

Republic Bar & Café

Stephen Malkmus (Primus) & The Jicks (USA) 9pm

Birdcage Bar

Shaun & Joel

C Bar

Everburn

Brisbane Hotel

(Front Bar) RANDOMORDER + Lacerta + Blood Luxury

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore

Republic Bar & Café

Soul Session Soundsystem’s Freq Nasty Pre-Party in the Beer Garden (Free) 7pm

Observatory Main Room

DJ Johnny G DJ Dane

Observatory Main Room

DJ Johnny G

Observatory Lounge Room

Observatory Lounge Room

DJ B-Rex

Brisbane Hotel

Break Even (W.A.) + Hopeless (vic) + Endless Heights + Postblue (nsw)

Telegraph Hotel

Micheal Clennett / Dr Fink

Telegraph Hotel

Ado & Devo / Seretonin

Dickens Ciderhouse

Surrealists

Dickens Ciderhouse

Dave Sikk Quartet

Brisbane Hotel

(Back Bar) SLATES (can) + Ride The Tiger + Rhino + Speakeasies

Republic Bar & Café

Boil Up 10pm

C Bar

Manhatten

Republic Bar & Café

Corona Party with Freq Nasty 10pm

Onyx Bar

Ebeneza Good

C Bar

Everburn

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice

Onyx Bar

Fuse

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Birdcage Bar

Tony Voglino

Brisbane Hotel

Pure + Axe Giant + Pinchgut

Brisbane Hotel

(Back Bar) Drunk Mums + POWERNAP + WOD + Dune Rats DJs

Telegraph Hotel

Rum Jungle / Ebenezer Good

Dickens Ciderhouse

Sam Gobbey

Republic Bar & Café

That 80’s Band 10pm

Republic Bar & Café

Seth Sentry + Citizen Kay + Coin Banks 10pm

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Pier One

Billy & Tilly

Telegraph Hotel

Jeremy Matcham / Atomic Playboys

C Bar

The Robinsons

Dickens Ciderhouse

Mark Schmalfuss + Katy Raucher

Onyx Bar

Tin Men

Pier One

James Maddock

Brisbane Hotel

(Front Bar) The Deep Sea Smokers

C Bar

Ebeneza Good

Onyx Bar

Transit

The Homestead

Black Cat Trio

Republic Bar & Café

Sunday Afternoon Soul Session (Beergarden) 2:00pm

The Coterie, Coal Valley Vineyard

Alan Gogoll 1:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Bingo w/ Ramblin Ryan

Republic Bar & Café

Wahbash Avenue 8:30pm

Claremont Hotel

Shaun & Joel

C Bar

Tony Voglino, Sambo

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore

Birdcage Bar

Billy & Randal

Republic Bar & Café

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Birdcage Bar

Sambo

Republic Bar & Café

The Sign 9pm

Birdcage Bar

Sambo

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Telegraph Hotel

DJ Dane

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Bingo w/ Ramblin Ryan

Thursday

5

Brisbane Hotel

The Oblivians (usa) + Clowns (vic) + American Sharks (usa) + The Roobs + A.D Skinner + The Wizar’d + Powernap

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Saturday

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Wednesday

4

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Tapas Trivia

Samuel Bester in the bar 9pm

Thursday

5

Devonport

Molly Malones

Proud Phoneys

Tonic Bar

Victoria Avenue

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Evil Cisum

The Royal Oak

RatFunk in the bar 9pm

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Unit

Club 54

Shark Puncher + Adventurers + Lennin Mkarthey + Vastra (DJ Set)

Rino Morea The Ringmasters

The Royal Oak

LBC presents The Midnight Creepers in the Boatshed 9pm

Molly Malones

Victoria Avenue

Club 54

Have/Hold + Kissing Booth + Ride the Tiger + The Saxons

Watergarden Bar

Sambo

Watergarden Bar

Rin Morea

The Royal Oak

Andy Collins in the bar 9pm

Club 54

Thump! @ Club 54

Watergarden Bar

Elvis We Remember

The Royal Oak

Sam West (QLD) in the bar 9pm

Tonic Bar

Agent 99

The Royal Oak

Funktional + support in the Boatshed 9pm

Club 54

Foley! + Max Goes To Hollywood + Skate Wounds + Isla Ka + Jack McLaine (DJ Set)

Tuesday

10

Ulverstone

Gnomon Pavilion

Libor Smoldas 7pm

Wednesday

11

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Open Mic

Thursday

12

Devonport

Molly Malones

Jerome Hillier

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Evil Cisum

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Ringmasters

Ulverstone

Gnomon Pavilion

John Flanagan

Latrobe

Mackey’s Royal Hotel

Clay Soldier

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Beach Party with The Rock Pigs and The Unit

Friday Saturday

Thursday Friday

13 14

19 20

Devonport

Molly Malones

Ball & Chain

Devonport

Molly Malones

Sambo

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Cleveland Blues

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

BFM

Ulverstone

Gnomon Pavilion

Ruby and the Red Spinners

Latrobe

Mackey’s Royal Hotel

O’Rly

Watergarden Bar

Jerome Hillier

Tonic Bar

Take 2

The Royal Oak

S & M in the bar 9pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Ringmasters

Club 54

A Day From Tonight + Phrygian + Johnny Sensei + Pat Broxton

Devonport

Molly Malones

Take 2

Watergarden Bar

Trevor Weaver

Sunday

15

The Royal Oak

Open Folk Session in the bar 5pm

Tuesday

17

The Royal Oak

Live Music

Wednesday

18

Watergarden Bar

Tassie Tenor

The Royal Oak

Nick Chugg in the bar 9pm

Club 54

The Big ‘O’ Party: The Bennies + Bennylava + The Saxons + Jack McLaine (DJ Set) + Coney (DJ Set)

Fresh on Charles

Grim Fawkner + Guests

Thursday

19

The Royal Oak

Lepers and Crooks (Syd) in the Boatshed 9pm

Friday

20

Tonic Bar

Agent 99

The Royal Oak

The Mocking Bird in the bar 9pm

Watergarden Bar

Proud Phoneys

Tonic Bar

Retrograde Trio

The Royal Oak

LBC present Bluzebus in the Boatshed 9pm

Watergarden Bar

Sambo

The Royal Oak

LBC Jam Session in the Boatshed 12pm

Sunday

22

The Royal Oak

Open Folk Session in the bar 5pm

Tuesday

24

The Royal Oak

Andy Collins & Tori Rattray in the Bar 9pm

Wednesday

25

Watergarden Bar

Tony Voglino

The Royal Oak

Open Mic Night in the Bar 9pm

Club 54

The Big ‘O1’ Party: TBC

Thursday

26

The Royal Oak

The Vanns (NSW) + Support in the Boatshed

Friday

27

Tonic Bar

The Beat Surrender

The Royal Oak

Gwyn Ashton (UK) in the Boatshed

Club 54

Jugular Band + You Me Vs. The World + BrodyGreg + Jack McLaine (DJ Set)

26

Mackey’s Royal Hotel Tapas Lounge Bar

11

28

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Latrobe

Devonport

Wednesday

Saturday

Gnomon Pavilion

7

Devonport

Live Music

21

Ulverstone Saturday

Midnight Flyers

The Royal Oak

14

Devonport

Tonic Bar

10

13

6

Brett Collidge

Tuesday

12

Friday

Watergarden Bar

Open Folk Session in the bar 5pm

Saturday

Acts / Start Time

Liz Stringer LIVE

The Royal Oak

Saturday

Venue

The Royal Oak

8

Friday

CITY

Fresh on Charles

Sunday

Thursday

Date

January

February Thursday

NORTHWEST

Fresh on Charles

Superfly

Watergarden Bar

Andy & The Woodman

Tonic Bar

Take 2

The Royal Oak

The Tiger & Me (Melb) + Support in the Boatshed 9pm

Club 54

Break Stuff with Ten Thousand Fists: A Nu-Metal Tribute Night

Watergarden Bar

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Monday

23

Ulverstone

Gnomon Pavilion

Dan Barnett

Thursday

26

Devonport

Molly Malones

Retrograde

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Evil Cisum

Friday

27

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Ringmasters

Ulverstone

Gnomon Pavilion

Pete Cornelius

Latrobe

Mackey’s Royal Hotel

Tim Roberts

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Unit

Devonport

Molly Malones

Blue Monday

Saturday

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FEBRUARY Wed 4 Nick Chugg in the bar @ 9pm Thurs 5 Samuel Bester in the bar @ 9pm Fri 6 RatFunk in the bar @ 9pm Sat 7 LBC presents The Midnight Creepers in the Boatshed @ 9pm $5 cover Sun 8 Open Folk Session in the bar @ 5pm Tues 10 Live music Wed 11 Andy Collins in the bar @ 9pm Thurs 12 Sam West (QLD) in the bar @ 9pm Fri 13 Funktional + support in the Boatshed @ 9pm $5 cover Sat 14 S&M in the bar @ 9pm Sun 15 Open Folk Session in the bar @ 5pm Tues 17 Live music Wed 18 Nick Chugg in the bar @ 9pm Thurs 19 Lepers and Crooks (Syd) in the Boatshed @ 9PM. FREE ENTRY !!

Fri 20 The Mocking Bird in the bar @ 9pm Sat 21 LBC present Bluzebus in the Boatshed @ 9pm Sun 22 LBC Jam session in the boatshed @ 12pm Free entry !!!

Open Folk Session in the bar @ 5pm Tues 24 Andy Collins & Tori Rattray in the bar @ 9pm Wed 25 Open Mic Night in the bar @ 9pm Sign up now spots available !!!!

Thurs 26 The Vanns (NSW) + Support in the Boatshed $5 cover Fri 27 Gwyn Ashton (UK) in the Boatshed $10 cover Sat 28 The Tiger & Me (Melb) + Support in the boatshed @ 9pm $ cover TBA

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