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News in Brief THIS WILL BE WUNDERFUL The grand opening of Wunderland is finally upon us! Saturday July 6 will see upstairs at 112 Murray street (the old Tattersall’s building in Hobart) crack its doors for a very special opening night party! New management, new vibe, that new new. Prizes all night long for best dressed (Alice in Wonderland theme, don’t expect to win free stuff just for rocking up in your usual fancy gear, doodz), great cocktail specials, great drink specials, and some of Hobart’s greatest DJ’s on the wheels of steel (or more accurately, aluminium alloy)! This one will fill up quick, so make sure you get in early, doors open from 8pm. CRYING CROCODILES
It’s good when we get to write good things about good Tasmanian bands, New Saxons are a good Tasmanian band, and they’ve just released a new EP, which is simply good! Crocodile Tears is straight up guitar pop, where riffs reign supreme and lyrics of love are sung. They’ll be launching the new EP with a couple of shows over on the big island before returning home to play at The Republic Bar & Café on Wednesday July 17. Happy good times for all at this one. REQUEST SHOW WITH CARUS
chosen completely by the crowd. As people arrive they write down their requests at the merchandise desk and then Carus will play them - it’s a simple as that. The Request show concept started as fans always would say after shows “you missed out on this one… you didn’t play my favourite”. This way everyone gets to hear their favourite Carus song, and the show will have a life all of its own. Only one Tasmanian date this time round at The Republic Bar on Thursday July 18.
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Tattersalls Hotel Beer and Food Hall will also be having their grand opening in July. Just two weeks after Wunderland kicks off upstairs on Saturday July 6, the Tattersalls Hotel Beer and Food Hall (downstairs at 112 Murray St, Hobart) will be having it’s very own shindig, on Saturday July 20. Invite only from 6 till 8, but open to the public from 8pm onwards. Four kegs on the house from 8pm too, so get in early and score a freebie! Expect live music until 11pm, and an awesome selection of international craft beers, Tasmanian wines and whiskeys, and awesome local produce. SO SHINEY Fresh from an electrifying set at SXSW recently, Australia’s electro-pop outfit Gold Fields, have announced their Black Sun Tour, which makes its way all the way down to Hobart to the Waratah Hotel on Saturday July 20. Named as one of MTV's Artists To Watch In 2013 in Australia and nominated for an MTVU Woodie Award for Breaking Artist in the US, the band’s shiny pulsating debut album ‘Black Sun’ was recently named triple J’s Feature Album Of The Week. There will also be a Goldfields DJ set later in the night at The Grand Poobah.
Born of the ashes of three former Tasmanian bands (Surfin Poobars, Damage Factor and Fridge), Dreadnaught was brought to life in 1992 in inner city Melbourne to create something else in the realms of metal and rock. Two decades later the band is still performing, and have embarked on a regional tour of the eastern states aptly named 'Regional Roulette ‘. Included are two Tasmanian dates with fellow Victorian band Frankenbok at The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart on Friday July 26 and The Royal Oak, Launceston on Saturday July 27.
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Perth is a damn isolated place. So is Tasmania, in a different way. We should totally join forces! Infact, that’s exactly what will be happening on Sunday July 21 at the Grand Poobah in Hobart. Perth based MC’s Marksman Lloyd and Wisdom 2th will be bringing DJ Silence along for the ride to perform a very special one night only gig alongside Launceston beat-smith Akouo (as a part of his nationwide Hurcha Tour) and Hobart lyricist Crixus. Cover charge will be nothing, nada, zip (it’s a free gig). Doors at 8pm, early, because it’s a school night! ONE FOR THE YOUNGIES Justine Clark is “Australia’s foremost female children’s entertainer”. We should probably assume that means she is Australia’s foremost entertainer of children, and she happens to be female. Not that she is Australia’s foremost entertainer of female kids. Anyway* (*SHOT!), Justine’s highly anticipated return to Tasmania in the July school holidays has already resulted in the first Hobart show selling out, which means a second and final Hobart gig has been added to the tour. The second performance will be at the Theatre Royal on Saturday July 20. Tickets for the Burnie Arts & Function Centre gig on Thursday July 18 are still available via burniearts.net. Tickets for the Launceston Princess Theatre gig on Friday July 19 and the new Saturday July 20 at Hobart’s Theatre Royal are still available via theatreroyal.com.au. JAZZ CITY It’s Devonport Jazz Festival time again! I really want to call it the Devo Jazz Festival so I can imagine guys in pot plant hats playing key-tar versions of Watermelon Man, but, no. The real thing is much better than my imagination anyway, heading
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the line up for this year’s Jazz Fest is the inimitable Kate Ceberano, who will be revisiting some classic standards and songs that she has loved since she was a child. Also expect tributes to Jazz greats such as Sidney Bechet and Dave Brubeck as part of the festival, in venues spread throughout Devonport from July 25 - 28. For more information, visit www.devonport jazz.com.
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After crisscrossing the world for the past decade folk-rock singer-songwriter Carus Thompson has settled back in his beloved music town of Melbourne. In 2011, just before he left to live in Europe he did his first run of Request Shows. They were a huge hit and he thought it was time to revisit the concept. Over two sets Carus will play songs
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Due to overwhelming financial demand THE SNOWDROPPERS are about to embark on a full national tour on the back of the critically reviewed album Moving out of Eden! Full dates to be announced soon, but to start it off they’ve decided to kick things off in Tasmania, the island state described as ‘Australia’s New Zealand’ and fittingly may be covered in snow on their arrival. See them at three ski stopovers: Thursday July 25 at The Republic Bar & Cafe, HOBART with Mangus Friday 26 July 26 at The Iron Horse, LAUNCESTON with Guthrie Saturday July 27 at The Butter Factory, BURNIE with The Tems EGO x THE MAN
Ego is an exciting new breed of artist, consistently innovating fresh approaches to live music performance and visual art, and blurring the line between the two. Ego’s audio-visual live show is a multi-sensory odyssey - parading herds of pop-culture samples through psychedelic cinema-
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scapes on-screen, all the while serving up genre-melding, club DJ sets to the dancefloor. An Ego show is an experience like no other and has taken him from clubs and venues across Australia to the main stages of festivals like Splendour in the Grass and . On the back of his first video mixtape ‘Watch Your Ego’, Ego has a Hobart stopover on his national tour and will be playing with other like minded AV locals at The Republic Bar on Saturday August 3. ESCAPE WITH THE GETAWAY PLAN
HEAD ABOVE WATER David Bridie, of Not Drowning, Waving, and My Friend the Chocolate Cake has been making rock solid tunes since way before you were born, youngen. 30 years now. Streuth. Wake is his latest offering, his fourth solo release. Check it out, you‘ll like it, it‘s classic David Bridie. If you’d like to check out some classic David Bridie, in the form of David Bridie playing live, right there in front of you, you’ll have two chances to do exactly that in August. Saturday August 17 he’ll be at the Republic Bar & Café, and on Sunday August 18 he’ll be at Brookfield Vineyard down in Margate. IS THE SMITH ST BAND RELOCATING TO HOBART?
The Getaway Plan at the Waratah! For two nights! In August! Bet you weren’t expecting me to say that. But I did. Cop it. Friday August 9 will see The Getaway Plan playing an 18+ gig with special guests to be announced, and Saturday August 10 will see them playing an all ages gig. They’re ya go kids, there’s something to do on a Saturday arvo. Tickets for both events are $20 pre/$22 on the door, and are available via Oztix.com. au. Doors at 9pm for the 18+ gig, and doors at 2pm for the all ages gig on the Saturday. Good to see more venues putting on more gigs these days, go Tasmania. METAL OVERLOAD
The Smith Street Band are back, AGAIN. Weren’t they just here two weeks ago? They seem to play in Tasmania more than most Tasmanian bands, they must love it here. Props to them and their work ethic though. Anyway(shot!), they have a new EP set for release on Friday August 9, titled Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams. I can dig that. Later on in August they’ll be grabbing their USA friends Joyce Manor and Cheap Girls and hitting the road, including a stop at the Brisbane Hotel on Wednesday August 28. Check thesmithstreetband.com for ticket details.
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Paul Kelly is about as bloody Aussie as being bloody Aussie bloody gets. Minus all the pathetic inherent racism and sexism of course. Paul Kelly represents the good things about being bloody Aussie. Let’s go with that. So does Urthboy. So it makes sense (somehow) that these guys should tour together! They’re doing it big, too. 22 dates starting in Cairns in late July and finishing up in Tasmania at the end of August with two shows for the ‘Spring And Fall’ national Australian tour. One is on Thursday August 29 at The Princess Theatre in Launceston and a second on Friday August 30 at City Hall in Hobart. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster. KEEPING UP THE GUARD
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Two of Australia’s most heavy and infamous acts, Psycroptic and King Parrot team up for the first time on the ‘Inheriting the Sickness’ tour this July/August. In what is bound to be a notorious and ruthless run of shows, the supports for each will be hand-picked by Psycroptic and King Parrot themselves, ensuring the highest of quality line-ups and unquestionable total bang for your metal money! Psycroptic just keep going from strength to strength, and have become known as Australia’s most respected and recognised metal act worldwide. King Parrot have quickly gained a reputation as the most lethal and extreme new band in Australia. You’ll be able to catch them both at the Brisbane Hotel on Saturday August 10.
Folk Punk is a thing? According to this press release I’m reading, it is. The Real McKenzies and The Go Set, that’s what it’s all about. The Real McKenzies will be returning to Australia for the first time in over 10 years, having just released their latest album Westwinds on Fat Wreck Chords. After 20 years with an ever revolving all-star lineup that features Karl Alvarez from The Descendents and Sean Sellers from Good Riddance, the McKenzies show no signs of slowing. They’ll be hitting the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Friday August 30. KEEPING IT TO THE BASICS
LOL Justin Bieber LOL. He’s coming to Australia LOL. He’s playing seven shows (LOL) on the mainland (LOL) but he’s not coming to Tasmania (*phew*/LOL). He’s performing (LOL) in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth (LOL) between Sunday November 24 and Sunday December 8. They’ll probably all sell out (LOL) so you’ll have to get in early (LOL). Actually tickets are already on sale (LOL) so you’ve probably missed out already (LOL!). Hit up ticketek.com.au to find out if you’re lucky enough (LOL!!) to still score (LOL) a ticket. Have fun (LOL!!!) Beliebers! LOLOLOLOLOLjustinbieberLOLOLOL. HOBART HIPHOP HEADS RELEASE It’s good to see the local hiphop scene starting to make some noise again. Two of the mainstays, Hobart emcees Phex and Aimz, will both be releasing solo albums on Friday August 30. Double up, folks. With Phex handling production on both LPs, “Finite Focus” will be his second solo effort, while Aimz’s “Barstool Diaries” will be his debut. Expect appearances from EPC, Tommy Twotoes and a whole bunch of others. Phex will also be releasing the first single and film clip from “Finite Focus” via the youtubes and the soundclouds for the start of July. For the latest information head over to facebook.com/deadfermata TASMANIAN BREWS OVERTAKE THE GUINESS AT IRISH MURPHYS HOBART
Old mate Seth Sentry is back. Doesn’t he just seem like the kind of dude that everyone could call “Old Mate Seth Sentry” even if they’ve never met him? I think he does. ANYWAY (Shot. Boom.), Seth has just announced a fairly epic 27 stop national tour, including three nights in Taswegia. Thursday September 12 at Spurs Saloon in Devonport, Friday September 13 (Friday the 13th? That’s scary, mang.) at Lloyds Hotel in Launceston, and Saturday September 14 at Hotel Soho in Hobart. Joining Seth will be Melbourne super cool rap dons, Mantra and Grey Ghost. Keep an eye on Planet Earth for ticketing news. HIPHOP DIALECT
OUT OF THE GUTTER Guttermouth, the punk product of the 80s that managed to outlast the good majority of the watered down 90s pop-punk bands that shot to fame and just as quickly disappeared for ever, are hitting the road. For the final time in Australia, Guttermouth will be hiring a camper van and playing all their favourite haunts, and a whole bunch of new ones. This means us, Tasmania. On Wednesday August 14, Guttermouth will be playing the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart, tickets available via Oztix. This will be huge!
double time rhymes, D’Trix will be tearing up the Repub as part of his Cold Light of Day Tour. You can expect tickets for this one to be around $15 presale, $20 on the door, and they should be available soonish. So keep an eye on your social network sites for more info, and another eye on Warp, and another eye on where you’re going, you weirdo fish from the Simpson’s, you.
The Basics spent a solid three years on the backburner while Gotye took over the world, but now they’re back, and they’re basic-er than ever! With a new single “So Hard For You” showcasing the gritty live sound that has come to define the band, The Basics are hitting the road for a seven stop tour, including a one night only performance at the good ol’ Republic Bar and Café in North Hobart on Saturday September 21! Tickets
In other aussie rapper dude tour news, one of our finest is returning to Tasmanian shores. Sydney based Dialectrix will be hitting up the Republic Bar & Café on Friday October 18. Bringing along DJ 2Buck, a special guest or two, and his trademark stupidly, crazily, insanely fast and on point
When thinking of stout and Irish Murphy’s Hobart you’d be expecting a Guinness, well turns out there’s a lot more to it than that, and Tassie is pretty good at it. Murphy’s currently has five Tasmanian stouts on tap, three of which are Moo Brew’s Seasonal Stouts 2011, 2012, 2013, side by side - a rare sight for any pub. In fact you’ll find a tasty mix of all sorts local product at Murphy’s, starting with the pub’s support of local brewers including IronHouse, Van Dieman, Willie Smith’s, Morrison’s, Seven Sheds and of course MooBrew. Whiskies are another Tasmanian export exciting the world stage and you’ll find an impressive selection behind the bar from Lark, Overreem, Sullivan’s Cove, Nant and Hellyers Road. Drop in for a drink and taste some of Tassie’s finest.
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BEATING AROUND THE BUSH Even when you’ve booked yourself in to see a beat boxing gig and have some conception of what lies ahead, hearing a guy play the trumpet without a trumpet remains infinitely awesome. As I celebrated the 2013 Festival of Voices launch at the Henry Jones Art Hotel with Brisbane beat boxer Tom Thum, an array of beeps, buzzes, booms and brass provided our conversation with a lively soundtrack. Now a self-confessed compulsive beat boxer, Tom started out as a graffiti artist and an amateur break-dancer before realizing he could capitalize on his gangster skills. His beat boxing career began in 2005 when he stole first place in the World Beat Box 10
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Battles, and he has since taken his mic and his mouth to gigs around the world. Tom has performed with the genre’s biggest artists, including Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, and Rahzel. Having shown off in Berlin, London, Holland, Hamburg, New York and further, he claims with authority that “‘the language of beat box is definitely something that doesn’t need a translator to go from country to country – it’s a universal thing that can be comprehended by anyone.” As Tom explains, the discovery of his art form was not instant, but emerged as a result of “consistently being really, really annoying for years and years.” “I got to a point where people stopped telling me to shut up and started paying me.” “My inspiration came from the fact that I couldn’t use turntables to craft what I did, plus I’ve got way less excess baggage than everyone else, so that’s a bonus.” “The reactions vary so much. The hip-hop crowd is usually so raucous, but then you get the quiet artsy crowds who are like, ‘oh, that’s amazing, that’s fantastic.’”
From turntables to helicopters, chainsaws to multilayer brass bands, and cats and dogs fighting underwater, Tom can mouth it all. And not just for the average crowd who are silenced in awe of his aural dexterity. Tom recently found himself pleasantly out of place at a TEDx gig in Sydney, where he beat boxed to an unsuspecting audience of climate change thinkers. “TEDx was definitely something that stuck out in my head because I’m like this pov little hip hop guy that just crumbed his way on stage in front of this global, massthinking, super intellectual audience.” “I was the most ragged one there and I ended up getting a standing ovation at this crazy, sold-out concert hall, so I was just like, ‘Sick! Thank you, thank you very much, yeah, ‘sup man!’”
nonsense” to the Festival of Voices gig. “I do the evolution of the world via sound, and I also do a blues song about living with my parents. I incorporate a lot of visuals, a lot of storytelling.” “I had a heart attack recently, and I do that story via sound. I do all the sounds of the hospital like [insert-remarkably-similarsound-to-hospital-beep-here] and all the breathing machines, so a whole lot of weirdness.” “If I was going to get anything out of having a heart attack, it was at least a good piece that I can put into a show.” STEPHANIE ESLAKE
“So that was something I can definitely tell my parents, and they can say ‘oh, we’re proud of you, go get a job.’” Tom will be coming to Tasmania this July with another show worthy of his parents’ pride, and he warns us that he will be bringing “lots of noises and general
You can catch Tom live on stage July 6 and 7 at Hobart’s City Hall as part of Festival of Voice’s Voicebox. For more info check out festivalofvoices.com.
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This is their fourth tour to Australia and it’s getting bigger and better every year. “It’s so cool how it’s growing. Bigger venues and more dates each year. We still try and play in a more intimate environment though. We’d rather play 2 smaller shows in one place, and have fun with it, than one huge gig,” Jordan shared. “We are so looking forward to it. We try and do a tour to Australia annually. We’ve made some great friends and we have so much fun there.” The five friends originally from Grand Rapids, Michigan, seem to have met more than just great friends in Australia. Drummer Brad Vander Lugt met his fiancé (an Australian) here, and they are getting married just before the tour starts. First, the band is getting together to celebrate a wedding, then they are all going on a little tour. “Brad is actually moving to Australia after the wedding, but we are all scattered about all over now. One of us is in Boston, another about 2 hours away. It won’t change things. We’ll just keep doing it the same as we do now. It seems to be working.” They try to cover as much ground as they can each tour, but this will be their first time hitting the shores of Tasmania, when LA Dispute plays The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on July 11.
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“We’ve never been to Tasmania, but it’s a place we’ve always wanted to go. We get fans that actually fly up to Melbourne for our shows, they don’t have to this time, now we’re coming down to them.”
IT’S 7PM ON A BEAUTIFUL SPRING EVENING, AND LEAD SINGER JORDAN DREYER IS RELAXING IN HIS BACKYARD IN MICHIGAN, USA, ENJOYING A LITTLE TIME OUT WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS AS HE CHATS WITH WARP MAGAZINE. IT’S NOT LONG NOW UNTIL LA DISPUTE REGROUPS, RE-GATHERS, AND PACK THEIR BAGS AGAIN, AND BEGINS WHAT IS SLOWLY BECOMING A YEARLY PILGRIMAGE TO AUSTRALIA.
There’s also a variety of All Ages gigs mixed in there where they can, and this tour they have managed to book AA shows in Brisbane, Byron, Sydney, Perth and Melbourne. “We make it a point to try and play AA gigs whenever we can. It’s sometimes difficult, but Resist Records have put in lots of work, and are making it happen 99% of the time. They are great. We want the tour to be as inclusive as possible, and we want to accommodate as many people and ages we can.” It’s been a while since the last album, Wildlife was released on No Sleep Records (2011) and hopefully when this tour is over, the new record will start to progress. “We are just starting to write now. It’s all still taking shape and starting to develop. It will be interesting to see it happen and evolve.” Although La Dispute has been around in one form or another since 2004, the band has only been a full time gig for just over 4 years now.
ever. Very random. Now it gets bigger and better every time. You have no idea how amazing it is to be singing a song and look out and see hundreds of people singing along with you. It’s very humbling.” After the tour, it’s back to the States to write some more songs, and put together a full length, before life gets in the way, and then the touring cycle starts all over again. Before you know it, La Dispute will be planning their next Aussie assault. Get along to The Brisbane Hotel this July and catch an amazing show with 2 energetic, talented bands, and make the boys know to mark down Hobart as a permanent stop on their annual Australian pilgrimage. KYLIE COX
“Sort of since our bass player Adam joined, we decided we were all having too much fun making music together to not do this thing fulltime.” Not only are the tours getting bigger and bolder, now they are bringing friends. To mix things up a bit this time, La Dispute are bringing over an incredible post-hardcore band from Baltimore to tour with them Pianos Become the Teeth. “It’s exciting. The two bands finally got their schedules to coincide. They are an incredible band, lots of fun to tour with and so much fun to watch. It’s so cool to bring over a band we love and respect so much.” On their first tour here, they played a lot of rehearsal places and off the wall venues. Another band had gotten hold of them via the Internet and got them out there. “We were young and bashful then, with no idea, but it was one of the best experiences
La Dispute play The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Thursday July 11 along with fellow Americans Pianos Become The Teeth and local support from Luca Brasi. Tickets available from Ruffcut and online at www.moshtix.com.au.
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PUSHING THE BLUES LINE
Whether you are a blues fan or not, there’s no doubt that the soulful genre has become one that has the ability to withhold the test of time, and has undoubtedly reached popularity in Australia. “Australian blues has evolved into one of the most progressive blues scenes in the world. We aren’t bound by traditional or bloodline in the blues scene,” Spiegel says. “Combined with the fact that blues is the root to most modern forms of popular music, Australian artists have been able to take elements from styles the blues created and inject it back into blues. It makes for a unique, fresh sound and a very exciting time for blues players in Australia”. What started as a likening to his parents’ taste in music, Spiegel had no idea that pop music even existed until he reached grade two, when his friends began bringing in their favourite music. Though now, the challenge for Spiegel isn’t to fit in – it’s to stand out. “The challenge is simply to be heard. When you work in a niche genre you have fewer outlets to promote your music so I find myself spending more time promoting blues as a genre than promoting myself. That’s part of the scene though and all the artists within it do the same.”
HE WAS NAMED LAST YEAR AS ONE OF THE 50 GREATEST AUSTRALIAN GUITARISTS OF ALL TIME AND NOW, WITH 20 YEARS’ WORTH OF MUSIC EXPERIENCE UNDER HIS BELT, BLUES DEVOTEE LLOYD SPIEGEL IS TOURING THE GLOBE – AND WON’T BE FORGETTING TO SHOW OFF HIS NEW GUITAR.
Not only has Spiegel’s music allowed for him to travel around the world, but enabled him to perform alongside some of the greatest musicians of all time, including Ray Charles and Bob Dylan. But Spiegel isn’t one to let fame get to his head, insisting that “those artists never really seem human”. “No matter how many times I’d play with them or speak with them, there is always a sense that they are a record cover or poster on your wall. It’s the dignity and presence
they carry that impresses me most and those moments on stage seem to go so fast that you try to slow it all down in your mind to make sure you remember it. At the end of the day though, being star struck will get you fired so you have to learn to hide it well”. The biggest honour for Spiegel is knowing that he has had an influence on other musicians, and this is particularly rewarding for him when he hears younger artists covering his songs or mentioning him in interviews as a mentor. In fact, in makes him feel “on top of the world”. “I was supported as a young artist by so many great musicians and it feel very ‘full circle’ to be having an influence on the next generation,” he says. And this month, guitar fans can check out Spiegel’s signature Cole Clark guitar as well. “It’s built for the show I am currently performing and has a few new tricks I’m looking forward to showing everyone”. ENRICA RIGOLI
Lloyd Spiegel plays The Otis Room on Thursday July 18 in Burnie, followed by The Royal Oak on Friday July 19 in Launceston and finally travels to Hobart to play The Republic Bar on Saturday July 20.
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IT’LL BE A DOUBLE-DIP NOSTALGIA FEST WHEN 1970S GUITAR LEGEND GEORGE BENSON PERFORMS HIS OWN GREATEST HITS AND CHANNELS HIS CHILDHOOD HERO, NAT KING COLE, IN A WREST POINT SHOW, ACCOMPANIED BY THE TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA (TSO). Breezin’, Benson’s breakout 1976 hit, is a musical time-machine. Play it within earshot of friends in their forties and you will unleash stories of the best summer of their childhood. Have Benson play it live in front of an audience of baby boomers and things get really Right On. In July 2012 he turned London’s Albert Hall into a 1970s disco, according to The Guardian.
“At the opening of Inspiration, you hear me playing my ukulele and singing ‘Mona Lisa’ at 8 years-old,” Benson says. “I couldn’t even play guitar yet – my hands were too small. I felt every moment of [this album]. You can’t put together a record like this without putting your heart into it. I got that from Nat King Cole. He put his heart into everything he did.”
Breezin’ the album went triple platinum, a first for a jazz artist, and Benson’s career took off after that. He’s gone on to win ten Grammy awards, the most recent in 2007.
Don Bate, Principal Trombone with the TSO, says he’s thrilled the orchestra has the opportunity to perform with a jazz musician of Benson’s calibre.
Rewind to 1943, the year jazz pianist Nat King Cole introduced his melting baritone to the world with ‘Straighten Up and Fly Right,’ and, coincidentally, Little Georgie Benson was born.
“George Benson was a part of my musical upbringing. As a young musician I used to listen to him a fair bit. Many people know him for his big pop hits but he’s also a fantastic jazz guitarist who has performed with the likes of Miles Davis. I always loved how he sings along as he plays a guitar solo, scatting the same melody that he’s playing.” The concert will include Benson’s own chart-topping hits as well as his interpretations of Nat King Cole classics.
Of all the stars Benson heard on the radio as a kid, “Nat was the one who stood out. There was a lot of blues & R&B goin’ on but Nat had songs. They were very musical and once you heard them you never forgot them. As I grew older, Nat stayed at the top of the roster doing the same things – great arrangers, great songs and great musicianship all around him – the best of the best. Even though he was considered one of the great jazz pianists, it was his voice that catapulted him to the top of the heap.” Benson’s new album, Inspiration, plays tribute to his musical idol.
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See George Benson perform with the TSO on Tuesday August 20 at the Wrest Point Entertainment Centre. Tickets available from the TSO box office.
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I SEE RED (AMONGST OTHER THINGS) SO APPARENTLY THERE’S A WHOLE NEW DIMENSION TO SUFFERING FOR YOUR ART. BORN OUT OF THE ASHES OF THE 90S IN GEELONG WERE THE RED PAINTINGS, FRONTED BY TRASH MCSWEENEY. IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TODD OR DEMONS, HE WAS NAMED BY HIS ECCENTRIC HUNGARIAN MOTHER. I HAVE SEEN THE ROYAL HOBART’S BIRTH REGISTRY, AND WITH NAMES LIKE “BUS STOP 52” AND “MALBOROMAGIC”, AMBIGUITY AND SHOCK-ART ARE MERGING AS ONE. MOON UNIT? ZAPPA PLEASE, NOT IN FRONT OF THE PUBLICISTS.
kaTe ceberano in concert Spectacular, award winning vocalist Kate Ceberano for a one-nightonly grand performance. Her soulful voice is suffused with a life affirming charismatic charm and dynamic stage energy that always leaves you wanting more. f e d e r at i o n c o n c e r t h a l l f r i d ay 12 j u ly | 8 p m $48.50 / $42.50
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Trash suffered a violent seizure which gave him colour-sound synaesthesia. What is that you ask? I clambered up onto my high horse (whom I’ve affectionately named Assumption) and came to the conclusion that it was like Ratatouille. I mean he can see colours when he eats cheese and grapes, so the question is: who is the true colour master? The difference is Ratatouille doesn’t need to make his way through the music industry with well-constructed albums and a sense of personal satisfaction. For he is a rat and is much too busy scoring life points by working alongside a fat deceased chef in his faltering restaurant. Trash has created a strange and very unique method of personal inspiration. “If I have a problem pulling a song structure together I can turn to an artwork and find a composition by looking at brush strokes and different shades of colours, then interpret them as chords or notes. Think adult version of Fischer-Price xylophones, with a larger colour spectrum. When I hear music I see it in my head like someone has taken a wide paint brush and is painting brush strokes across the front of my brain.” The freshly birthed album The Revolution Is Never Coming is reminiscent of my early teen years, with bands like AFI and From First to Last. But instead of the sounds of unwashed adolescence, think cabaret orchestral rock, with women in red 14
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velvet and lots of purposefully unruly hair. The opening track transports you to cold winter mornings with your power cut, eating baked beans straight from the can, your sagging eyes heavy with student poverty and unrequited love. “Trying to get my vision for all 13 songs out of my head and heart and onto record was a nightmare. To try and explain to engineers by means of painting colour how to EQ and mix tracks is not an easy task and I failed several times at doing it. It was recorded all over the globe, 8 different studios, 9 different engineers but the final mix took place in LA with veteran engineer Bryan Colstrum.” The delivery and cognition of the tracks definitely place this as a well-thought out concept album. Bit of lo-fi electro, bit of dramatic orchestral jimjam, a damn good mix of half and half, like late nights with Key and Peele. “It was a surreal feeling to finally be finished with this record, exhilarating and scary all at once. I’ve thought about this album every single day for the past five years – so it’s a nice feeling to finally let it go.” I imagine finishing a degree and having enough money to turn the power back on will feel quite the same. Job well done. MORGAN DUHIG
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IT’S NASTY! “THEY JUST KEEP BURSTING INTO SONG, AND THEY’RE SO HAPPY ALL THE TIME, AND THEY AREN’T HIDING BEHIND THE CURTAINS, THEY ARE WEARING THE CURTAINS. AND IT’S SO JUST SO SACCHARINE – I SAW WHEN I WAS SIX, JUST A LITTLE BOY. I THOUGHT THAT THEN AND IT’S NOT GOING TO CHANGE NOW.” SPANKY DOESN’T DIG THE SOUND OF MUSIC.
I get that. I don’t really dig musical theatre at all, but I don’t mind a bit of cabaret, which is what Spanky does. Sort of. Spanky is slippery and fascinating to get an angle on. There’s a pink wig but it’s not quite what you might think. Spanky isn’t exactly doing drag: “Oh, I call myself Mr Sister. It’s more of a genderfuck thing, like David Bowie. All power to my drag queen brothers and sisters though but I need to confess – I’m lazy. I can’t be bothered waxing.” Spanky sings. His pal Cam plays guitar and that’s it. It’s a focussed performance that mixes genres, concepts, eras and ideas. He blends Madonna with the Indigo Girls – yeah, really, the Indigo Girls, those hardcore feminist queer folk singers. Remember them? Spanky does. “I’m from the 80s really, I love Madonna, Madonna is my mothership, but I learnt a lot about queer sensibility from feminism. A huge amount, so singing an Indigo Girls track is a nod to that” Okay. It gets even more interesting though. Spanky’s show for Festival of Voices is Candice McQueen: Nasty! which features Spanky’s alter-ego the titular Candice who falls for a faded and jaded 90s Rock Idol, is a sort of take on the myth of Orpheus, told through popular song.
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THEY ARE JUST A BUNCH OF ANIMALS FOUR YOUNG FRIENDS FROM BALLARAT MOVE TO MELBOURNE, CHANGE THEIR BAND’S NAME AND GENERALLY JUST GO A LITTLE WILD. OUT OF THE HAZE OF CONSTANT PARTYING AND GOOD TIMES COMES A HIT SINGLE ‘SEVEN’ AND APES ARE READY TO HIT THE ROAD ON THEIR HELLUVA TOUR. VOCALIST AND GUITARIST BENJAMIN DOWD TOLD US WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO BE AN ANIMAL.
This is where it all gets interesting, or more interesting: What you see is a fabulous performer who kind of does torch songs and all that stuff but there’s a complex intellectual rigour behind it all – Spanky is fun and cheeky as you sort of expect but he’s out to get you thinking in a gentle
If you could make one thing completely free in our society, what would it be? We’re all in our early 20’s and spend most of our money on booze so I’d probably say booze. It would certainly help Sammy pay his rent. How do you feel about the success of ‘Seven’ and its use in ads thus far? ‘Seven’ so far has been used in a surf doco for the Quicksilver Pro and also by an independent film maker in a competition from the Queensland Government. The winning film/commercial was to be used in a potential tourism commercial. Having our songs used for television, radio and film is something we feel gives us an opportunity to reach a broader audience and get our music out there. We own the rights to our songs and are completely independent so we have total control over what our music is used for. This we see can only be a good thing. What matters more, playing a good set, or writing a good song? I think I’d say writing a good song. I tend to find that a good set feeds off good music. With good song writing a good set will come naturally and bring the best out of the musicians performing it. I guess that’s why you don’t see too many artists covering shit songs, haha. Do you think there is anything special about the time we are living in?
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Of course, I think every era has had something special about it. At the moment we’re living in an era were music is more accessible than ever. So many different styles and sounds; our era hasn’t really got a typecast, when you think of say early 90’s the first thing you think of is that whole grunge movement. Don’t get me wrong, I love it!
way, and that, friends and neighours is the grand purpose of cabaret. Cabaret is an art from with its roots in Dada and sharpened political satire. Spanky knows this and it’s the spine of his complex, crazed narrative performance. This is NOT to give the impression you’re going to get lectured if you see the show – far from it. Spanky is a nice guy. He sincerely wants you have a good time and he’s bold enough to assume you, dear audience, are intelligent people who can appreciate a bit of underlying rigour served up with their Madonna. One doesn’t sell out their show at the Melbourne Cabaret Festival or end up performing at private party for Elton John by being dour, one does this by being awesome, hilarious and making a powerful connection with your audience. Get along to see Spanky at Festival Of Voices. There are only two chances to witness Spanky do his thing, so it could be a great idea to book. You’ll be entertained, titillated, be given something to think about and get to see an award winning act that mixes everything to perfection. ANDREW HARPER
Spanky performs as part of the Festival of Voices, Voicebox at City Hall on Friday July 12 at 9.30pm and Saturday July 13 at 9.00pm. Tickets available from www. festivalofvoices.com.
I just think people will look back to now and not really be able to pin it down to any one thing. It’s the kind of era where your mailman can double as a musician. Who are your lyrical influences? To be honest...I’ve never really thought about. Musically I have a ton. But when writing lyrics I’ve never really thought ‘Ahhhh! I want it to sound like that guy!’ I tend to just write about something that’s been on my mind, how I’m feeling at the time or try telling a story. What’s more terrifying, success or failure? I don’t know if terrifying is what I’d call either. I find success intriguing and a real motivator. In pushing ourselves to create a better live performance and work harder towards our art. I think if you play music for the right reasons there is no such thing as failure. What is failure in the music industry anyway? What do you want out of an audience/fan? Just to take whatever they can out of our music. It’s not really up to us. We know that everyone is different and everyone experiences things in their own way. So we just want everyone to do what ya gotta do. What was your biggest goal in high school? I had this smokin’ hot math’s teacher. She was my biggest goal. JARRED KEANE
APES play The Republic Bar in Hobart on Friday July 26 followed by a Launceston show on Saturday July 27. More tour details from www.apesmusic.com.
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ARCADE GAME HITS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS YEAR’S PROLIFIC FESTIVAL OF VOICES WILL BE BRISBANE’S POPCHIPTUNE BAND 7BIT HERO. EMBRACING THE POSSIBILITIES THAT TECHNOLOGY BRINGS US, THE BAND’S FRONT MAN HANS VAN VLIET, TOGETHER WITH BASSIST PHIL EVANS AND DRUMMER RICHIE YOUNG, HAVE LED THE WAY IN THE MAGICAL COMBINATION OF VIDEO GAMES AND POP MUSIC, MAKING FOR A ONEOF-A-KIND INTERACTIVE PERFORMANCE. Ashamed of my ignorance of the terms surrounding this technology, I first have to ask Hans to spell out the meaning of ‘chiptune’ for me, and he obliges. “These days you kind of sample things, but with chiptune you’re forcing the chip to make a noise. There’s a lot of synthesis, so all it’s really saying in the broader sense is that we’re limiting ourselves to hardware. It makes sounds like Super Mario, think of the kitchiest game you played when you were little, it sounds like that.” With that cleared up, we can move on. The audience’s part in the live performances is crucial. Upon arrival at a 7Bit Hero gig, you will open up the app on your smartphone, and create your character. Hans explains, “7Bit Hero is a video game band, and what we try and do is bring that video game joy and love onstage, and we’ve developed an interactive component that means you can join in with a character and compete with other people in the crowd, or you can work together to defeat someone on the screen behind us.” Hans tells me that your phone will act as a one-button joystick, “so you can fire lazers out of your mouth and all that silly stuff that I love about video games.” Hans’ passion for both music and games brings on an enthusiasm that is incredibly infectious. You can pick up on it through the video clip of single ‘Come on. Stand Out,’ but speaking with Hans on the phone, it is clear that this is very close to his heart. The combination of these two mediums was a natural progression for Hans, who has toured internationally in a band, worked for Electronic Arts, and created games through his own company. “I love music and I love video games and I love story telling, so it’s been hard over the last three years to try and get all of that together into one spot, and then make it not feel like a gimmick and make it feel natural, which might take a little bit longer,” he says. But Hans has an unfailingly positive attitude when it comes to the inevitable technical teething problems that come with such a project. “We’ve had every thing from the whole server crashing to players 16
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glitching out here and there. But because it’s computer games, it’s really funny. You kind of just laugh at it, then you move on, because the experience you get from us playing video game music and us really celebrating that on stage, it overshadows the technology and vice versa. So when one component’s not as strong the others we’re able to fill the gap with what’s left over.”
Excited? Not as much as Hans. When I ask if he’s been to Hobart before, he gushes, “I’m so excited, I love the winter, and it’s freezing down there. I can’t wait.”
7Bit Hero perform at Voicebox at the Hobart City Hall on Saturday July 7 as part of Festival of Voices.
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When the band launched their EP We Eat Loot at the Queensland State Library in March, the system crashed. But it was still, for Hans, a heartwarming success. ‘What was really amazing was that it was packed, and there was just this overwhelming sense of love in the room. It really just dawned on me that everyone’s here to experience what you’ve put together, and for me that was such a humbling experience. A lot of my closest friends were there, and they all came up to me after the show and were like, ‘I know how hard you’ve worked’, and they could see the whole vision. It was so incredible,’ he says. 7Bit Hero is not just a project in audience participation. Hans has worked hard to coordinate all of the elements of his shows, and what is happening in the games is always relevant to the songs. He gives me a bit of context, explaining, “In the indie movement there’s what’s called metaphor gaming, and the idea is that you’re trying to show someone an experience so that they feel something after the songs done. One of the songs is ‘Caring Hurts’, and the game that you play is there’s this giant cactus you have to care for, and of course it hurts you to hug it and it also does every thing it can to hurt you back, but you’re kind of watering it, to make it grow more. So it’s like this analogy where you’ve gotta hang in there for the reward at the end of it. It’s fun but it’s self aware at the same time.” This unexpected depth is one of the reasons that 7Bit Hero appeals to such a broad audience. “That’s what I love about it too because you can just play it on one level, but hopefully when people think about it later they’re like, ‘oh, ok, so you’re hugging a cactus.’ It’s got all those layers, and I love that about a lot of animation that you watch, you can watch it as an adult.”
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HAVING JUST COMPLETED A TOUR WITH AUSTRALIAN LEGENDS GRINSPOON AND SCORING A SUPPORT SPOT WITH AEROSMITH, KINGSWOOD ARE DOING ONE LAST CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF AUSTRALIAN BEFORE HEADING OVER TO THE US TO RECORD THEIR DEBUT ALBUM IN GUITAR MECCA OF NASHVILLE. THE BAND HAS MADE MAJOR INROADS IN THE AUSTRALIAN ROCK SCENE WITH THREE SINGLE RELEASES IN 2012, ‘MEDUSA’ , ‘SHE’S MY BABY’ AND ‘YEAH GO DIE’ AND HAVE RECENTLY COMPLETED THEIR OWN EPIC TEN MINUTE SPAGHETTI WESTERN FILM CLIP FOR ‘SOME MOTHERF**KER’S GOTTA PAY’. SINGER FROM THE BAND, FERGUS LINACRE GAVE US A QUICK INSIGHT. You picked an old Holden as your band’s name. Does that reflect your musical style? Haha I don’t think so, an old car that is no longer in production, I hope not anyway. The name has nothing to do with the car. Do any of you guys drive Holdens? I don’t have a car, the band has a van that is a home away from home, it had a cage in the back for our gear and if someone is pissing everyone of they are banished to the cage for a hour or so, it’s like sending someone to solitary confinement. Alex drives an old mustang which we used in our movie, you should all go watch it. Which bands and albums do you feel exemplifies classic Australian rock? Tough to define Australian rock in a few bands but I think Nick Cave and the bad seeds, Chisel’s East, the Oils, just to name a few, they for me are some the bands that define the Aussie sound, if we even have one. But in saying that I don’t think they are particularly heavy influences on us. Ways in which you make your sound stand out and be unique? I think you have to be fearless and have no boundaries, and certainly don’t write music to be radio friendly. If you try to write songs that you think the radio will like then that is a sure way to sound like everything else. If something sounds too safe or nice or it fits too well then we will try to find a way to make it prick your ears up and challenge you. Can you tell me what words are the most over used in song lyrics and ones you are guilty of? I think it’s so funny how so many big pop songs reference celebrities in the lyrics just to draw attention to themselves. It seems to be the latest craze. I think as long as a lyric is honest then it works. Even if a line has been used before, as long as you are saying something truthful with purpose. Is being in a band more about the live show and being on stage for you vs hanging in the studio recording? They are both so different and both wonderful. Touring and playing shows is heaps of fun, we love traveling and partying it’s a great way to live. Also when we are working on tunes and recording you get a completely different kind of buzz. When a new song is starting to come together it becomes all you think about. We are heading over to Nashville to record our debut album in August and we have never been more pumped about something as a band. NIC ORME
Kingswood play Launceston at the Ironhorse Bar in Prospect on Friday July 5 and then travel to Hobart the following night to perform at The Republic Bar & Cafe.
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SMOKO, SURGERY & VINYL THE ‘PIG TAPEWORM’ INCIDENT HAS NOW BECOME SOMETHING OF A FRENZAL RHOMB LEGEND, BUT FOR FRONTMAN JAY WHALLEY, IT’S THE FRIENDSHIPS THAT HAVE ENSURED THE BAND’S LONGEVITY, OVER ANY ABILITY TO HEADBANG SO SOON AFTER MAJOR BRAIN SURGERY.
“I had a really awkward moment at the first show in Bunbury, where it was the start of a song where we all start together, all the vocals come in on the first beat, it’s like a one, two, three, four. We’ve played it a thousand times, but when it started, I just blanked on the lyrics. Completely just blanked and I’m like, ‘Shit, okay. Stop, stop.’” Jay Whalley recalls, as we discuss his return to the performing after the emergency surgery that pulled Frenzal Rhomb off the road earlier in the year. “Normally no one will notice, but because everyone came in together it was like, ‘Stop, stop, it’s cool, we’ll start it again’. One, two, three, four to come in and I totally blanked again and then I started to panic! Of course, all the people in the room knew what the actual lyrics were, except for me. I’m looking at Tom [Crease], and I can just see his mouth moving and then I was just like, ‘I had fucking brain surgery, you c*nts! Fuck you!” but inside, I’m going, ‘Oh my god, I can’t do this!’ – it suddenly clicked in and then it was all fine! You can only do those sorts of things once onstage; you can forget lyrics or whatever a thousand times in rehearsal, but you when do it once onstage and you just have such a bad public failure that you never do it again.” The punk rocker’s bout with a pig tapeworm egg has added miles to Frenzal’s promotional toolkit, though it’ the current tour the band is on that has been garnering the attention of many presently. Fans last got a taste of new Frenzal material in 2011’s Smoko At the Pet Food Factory, so one would think now is a good time to assume the band is working on some new goodies? “We’re getting back into the swing of it I think,” Whalley muses. “It’s hard to get us all in the same room, but when we get together, it’s good. I’ve been writing some
stuff and we all got together a couple of weeks ago and did some demos. We’re doing some more demos in a few weeks and you know, the process slowly rolls on. It’s going to be good. It’s hard though, because the last one was pretty good, I reckon; the one before that was a bit shit, so it was easy to do one after that. You’re like, ‘Well alright, just do something better than that’. Now it’s like, ‘Oh fuck, it was good!’ and every time I go to write a song I’m like, ‘Oh no, it’s not as good as that one. Fuck!’. It’s like the difficult second album, except it’s our ninth. The difficult ninth record.” Having been touring and recording artists for near just over two decades, Frenzal Rhomb have proved, tour after tour, that they still know how to rouse a crowd – even if, like they’re fans, have grown older and have some semblance of an adult life (aside from the band, Whalley discusses a potential sandpit to be built for his three year old). So, what is it that keeps the wheels turning for the band? “Yes, we do take drugs, if that’s really what you’re asking!” Whalley laughs. “As clichéd as it sounds, I think it’s friendships within this current line-up, which has been solid for over ten years now. It’s super fun every time we get together. We played the Big Day Out last year and we hadn’t played for a while and we were like, ‘Fuck this is going to be a big show, we should get our shit together’, so we all got together on the Gold Coast before the first show and booked a rehearsal place. I think we rehearsed for twelve minutes or something and then we were like, ‘Oh yeah, that’s right! It doesn’t matter!’. We’d done it all before, it’s all good.” Noting that the 20th anniversary of the band’s debut record, Coughing Up a Storm is only a few year’s off, the topic of commemorating
Frenzal’s impressive discography is touched on, with Whalley the vinyl-lover confirmed some pretty special releases. “I think we are going to do some kind of vinyl-y type thing. We were talking about that earlier this year; I don’t think we’re going to do the box set thing. I listen to most stuff on vinyl and I would like to own the stuff on vinyl and it seems that the only way to do that is to make them. We’re going to do that; we’ve got a few on vinyl, but I think we’ll probably put them all on there.” I couldn’t let Whalley go without thanking him for educating seven year old me to the C-bomb unwittingly. He laughs and sighs, giving the impression he’s been through this before. “I’m looking forward to my own child finding the stack of Frenzal Rhomb CDs and being like, ‘You fucking asshole, how dare you tell me I can’t swear, you fucking dick c*nt!’. It’s going to be a world of double standards for that kid. It’s already started.” SOSE FUAMOLI
See Frenzal Rhomb rip it up at The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart, on Saturday July 13. Tickets available from Moshtix, Ruffcut, Tommygun and the venue.
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DARK TALES TOLD DARK MATTER OF STORY TELLING ARE A HOBART BAND, CURRENTLY FEATURED ON TRIPLE J’S ‘UNEARTHED’ PROGRAM. THEY WILL LOSE YOU IN THE STORIES WITHIN THEIR MUSIC, WILL EXCITE YOU WITH THE BEST BAND NAMES KNOWN TO MAN AND FINALLY ENTICE YOU WITH THEIR INESCAPABLE PSYCHEDELIC ROCK SOUND. I CHAT TO SKINNER, WHO INSTANTLY IGNITES THE ‘SKINNER’ SCREAMING THAT FEATURES HEAVILY IN THE SIMPSONS. Skinner isn’t a magic, or mystic fanatic, but takes interest in anything in science or the structure of the earth and the different levels of it. He does believe in aliens and to my delight, agrees that they are probably green or as weird (and cool) as those in Tim Burton’s film, “Mars Attacks”. The band’s name proves and concretes their interests (and those of Skinner’s) in dark matter and the structure of the planet and the different levels within it. This exploration and fondness for the mystic and dark is explored through the content of their music, which aims to portray stories that aren’t really told, delving deep into the dark stories or experiences that other artists and musicians neglect for an array of reasons. Those same stories are as Skinner describes, “[the] sort of stories about general life experiences, mixed with a sort of psychedelic sort of rock and roll with themes of darker things that people don’t really talk about”. In regards to the Hobart scene, Skinner explains that if you wanna do something well, you do it together. Continuing that there is a great comradery in the local scene, whereby bands plug each other, support each other and generally, truthfully, like each other. He wonders why there isn’t more of a rivalry in the industry and continues to cite some of his favourite and closest artists who hail from Hobart; Ben Wells, Chris Coleman, the Beautiful Chains and Seth Henderson furthering his discussion of the scene of community in Hobart music scene. If you’re into spontaneous sets (a rare thing on the festival and gig circuit these days), then Dark Matter are the band you’re looking for in a live set. They decide on set lists on the night, believe in learning from action rather than teaching and you will never hear “[insert city name] you are the best crowd ever” following a song or encore. You’ll just see good music created by some of the best band names you’ll ever hear. Go see Dark Matter, yell out “Skinner” in a loud Simpson’s tone and immerse yourself in the Dark Matter experience and all that it entails. BRIGITTE TROBBIANI
Dark Matter of Story Telling play at the Grand Poobah in Hobart on Saturday July 13.
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SO HARD IT HURTS THE O.C, CALIFORNIA. NOTORIOUS FOR ITS PLASTIC, RICH ABOVE CONSEQUENCE INHABITANTS, IS ALSO WELL KNOWN IN THE METAL AND HARDCORE COMMUNITY AS A PLACE THRIVING WITH PISSED OFF BANDS WITH A MIDDLE FINGER HELD HIGH AGAINST THE ENVIRONMENT THEY FIND THEMSELVES IN. AMONG MANY OTHER HUGE BANDS TO MAKE AN IMPACT FROM ORANGE COUNTY, WE’RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE BLEEDING THROUGH GRACE NOT ONLY AUSTRALIAN SHORES ONE LAST TIME BEFORE THEY CALL IT QUITS, BUT COME DOWN TO OUR LITTLE HOME STATE AND TEAR US A NEW ONE. THE LAST TIME THEY WERE DOWN HERE WAS ABSOLUTE MAYHEM, AND I EXPECT IT TO BE MORE SO THIS TIME, CONSIDERING MAKE THEM SUFFER (AUS) ARE JOINING THEM. For the uninitiated, here’s a rough overview of the band’s discography, so you have an idea of what is going to be kicking your ass late July. Demo (2000) - Recorded on a 4 track 13 years ago, this is a raw, primitive form of the band, devoid of keyboards at this stage, but melding hardcore with death and black metal influences. Their signature sound was definitely present, and remained mostly unchanged throughout their career.
and an astonishingly high rate of production, this second full length came out just a year after the first. The vocals had a better tone and quality, there was better utilization of the keys, guest vocalists and a better all round mix, which saw this album being the one where more people outside of their native California took notice. - Essential Track: Ill (Part Two)
guitarist Scott Danough described writing for their follow up to the highly successful 2003 album. The album’s artwork (if you haven’t seen it, check it out), and overall sound reflects a much more focused and heavy monster, however still retaining a overall “raw” sound for a major label band. More filmclips, tours and festivals followed, consolidating Bleeding Through as a highly dangerous and intense band. - Essential Track: Confession
it’s usually a statement of intent. “This is an embodiment of what we are as a band.” And in my opinion, this is exactly what this album is. Their first release on Rise Records is a continuation of the sound they’d crafted on Declaration, but honed, consolidated, and crafted into one cohesive album of intense, passionate metal. Brandan Schieppati’s best vocal performance, coupled with Dave Nassie’s shredding adds the finishing touches to a superb heavy album all round. - Essential Track: Fifteen Minutes
- Essential Track: Aurora III
This Is Love, This Is Murderous (2003)
Dust To Ashes (2001) - The bands first full length album, including most of the demo re-recorded to a higher quality, and most noticeably the inclusion of keyboards, which at that stage was a big point of difference. This highlighted the increasing maturity of the band, as well as their obvious metal influences. - Essential Track: Lay On The Train Tracks
- Signing to Trustkill and releasing this album the same year, this is the album that Bleeding Through really were noticed on a world wide scale. While having numerous line up changes previously, this album consolidated a classic line up, and also would give the band mainstream media exposure through a larger, more vicious sound, two filmclips, and numerous tours. This remains as one of their most successful albums to date, a fan favourite, and one that they are undoubtedly remembered for. - Essential Track: Love Lost In A Hail Of Gunfire
Declaration (2008) - A major step forward for the band, in many ways. Massive orchestral sections, more complex song arrangements, huge production (Devin Townsend), lyrically conceptual, and much heavier than previous releases. Featuring Aussie Jona Weinhofen (I Killed The Prom Queen, Bring Me The Horizon), they really delivered an absolutely killer album, more mature, dark, and soulful than they had achieved before, solidifying them as pioneers and leaders in the heavy scene. - Essential track: Sister Charlatan
The Great Fire (2012) - The final Bleeding Through album, and one that is uncompromising in it’s brutality, and also curiously, (maybe through nostalgia), a huge nod at the production from the early records. There’s still a modern edge to the record, and the matured approach to the composition, but there’s definitely a feeling of “coming full circle” with this one, and given the events after its release (the band announcing it will be disbanding, final world tours), it’s seems a poignant statement to end their legacy on. - Essential Track: Everything You Love Is Gone
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Portrait Of The Goddess (2002)
The Truth (2006)
- Again, sticking with a formula of rerecording older songs at a higher quality,
- “Taking out the Metalcore, and then adding the metal into hardcore...” is how
Bleeding Through (2010) - When a band releases a self-titled album,
Bleeding through performs at The Brisbane Hotel on Wednesday July 24 as a licensed all ages show. Support from Make Them Suffer, Save The Clocktower, Redemption Denied. Doors are at 6pm and tickets are available through www.oztix. com.au.
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Hobart’s Festival of Voices is here again, bigger and better than ever – celebrating the voice in all its forms. Light up the cold Tasmanian winter and sing your heart out alongside local, national and international artists.
- Darren Percival’s crooning tones saw him conquer popular television show The Voice - Sirens is Rowan Smith lyrical journey through longing, light and love
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There is an incredible range of music and events - but what will YOU want to see? Need a guide to match the festival to your tastes?
EDGY & ADULT - Mixtape, from Blondie to Brel, acclaimed singer Johanna Allen shares her own personal mixtape - Voices of Vice, a standout at last year’s FoV, is down-and-dirty songsmiths performing tunes made famous by the drug-addled and debauched - Ali McGregor is Australia’s cabaret superstar, turning well-known pop tunes into brilliant songs of sex and sin. - Spanky, London cabaret star, appears in Hobart for the first time with his/her awardwinning show NASTY!
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC & MEDIA
- 7 Bit Hero harnesses the latest technology to create interactive pop-music - Tom Thum, beat-boxing champion, creates sounds that’ll make you question whether he’s man, machine or instrument
- Kringle takes over North Hobart, transforming it into a Christmas wonderland of food, joy, family and song - Glee Club is a place to warm up your vocal chords – no microphones, no solos and no rehearsals - Pop Up Concerts will warm up your day when you least expect it, with choirs performing throughout Hobart’s iconic waterfront and surrounds
- Rock on the Rocks features Hobart’s rock choir Group Noise and their vocal versions of Queen, Kiss and the Rolling Stones - Classic Choral is the ultimate choral experience, as David Lawrence conducts our choir, the Hobart Chamber Orchestra and Town Hall organ. - Divas and Diversity is a concert combination of Australia’s best queer choirs and the spectacular surrounds of MONA
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- Craig Wellington & Friends is a celebration of some of the Tasmania’s highest calibre musicals of the last decade - Gilbert and Sullivan Society’s presents a selection of music from its vast production history and an array of great local talent - Afternoon At The Ritz combines high tea with slick songs from the 20s, 30s and 40s - British Blitz brings air-raid shelter chic in the form of cabaret alongside dark ale
- Monica Trapaga and Dan Barnett, two of Australia’s most loved jazz and swing entertainers, are matching New York song with an American cookbook - Kate Ceberano, the award winning singer and legendary Australian icon in Hobart for onenight-only - Christine Anu conjures soulful interpretations of Aretha Franklin’s most loved and recognisable tunes - Take 6, the most awarded music group in history – mix gospel, jazz, RnB and pop in their first ever Australian appearance
COMEDY
- Wider and Wider is an expression of the transient moments in life, created by Hobart composer Craig Wood. - Asta is Tasmania’s biggest new star, who’s unique sound was launched to national notoriety on Triple J - If Life Gives You Lemons pairs Tasmania’s favourite divas – Miz Ima Starr and Di Richards – as they lose themselves in the labyrinth of love and life - A Bird Does Not Sing Because It Has An Answer presents original songs from Tess Hansen exploring disloyalty, heartache and provocative memories
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FOR ALL THE FAMILY
- Tongue of an Experienced Simpleton is Hobart’s Scott Farrow delivering the history of Seattle grunge - Born to Run is the genius of Bruce Springsteen, as sung by female jazz vocalist Michelle Nightingale - A Memory of Home celebrates eight Tasmanian singer-songwriters and their original works inspired by the place they call home - Bittersweet matches sweet songs of love and heartache with tasty dessert plates. Om nom nom …
- Exit Left Children’s Operettas will keep the kids transfixed with an introduction to opera for infants to primary schoolers - Exit Left Born this Way features Tasmania’s finest young voices as they harmonise everything from GAGA to Graceland - Young Voices offers a rich mix of learning, performance and excursion for 10-16-yr-olds, directed by Australian conductor Harley Mead - Hobart Sings will shape the future for Tasmanian voices, as local primary schoolaged children come together with expert direction
FREE EVENTS: - First Light is the traditional opening night spectacular, and this free family event includes Paul McDermott, Tom Thum, Darren Percival and Christine Anu
- Paul McDermott performs songs and stories from his days on TV and with legendary comedy troupe The Doug Anthony Allstars - C-Side is the hilariously and brilliantly unremarkable story of Dannii and Kylie’s C-lister sister, Erin Minogue - Michael Griffiths is back at FoV by popular demand to reinterpret and present his version of Annie Lennox
CHORAL VOICES - Finale Concert presents our visiting and workshop singers in the perfect mix of classical choral, contemporary a cappella and funky vocal harmonies
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DAN KOOP: STEP INTO THE EXPLORING THE STORIES BASEMENT OF LAUNCESTON’S ESK RIVER MELBOURNE BASED ARTIST DAN KOOP RETURNS TO LAUNCESTON TO PRESENT THE TASMANIAN PREMIERE OF THE STREAM / THE BOAT / THE SHORE / THE BRIDGE FOR THE 2013 JUNCTION ART FESTIVAL. The Stream / The Boat / The Shore / The Bridge premiered last year on Melbourne’s Yarra River, and artist/director Dan Koop, returns to Launceston in 2013 to recreate the performance specifically for the Tamar and Esk Rivers as part of the 2013 Junction Arts Festival. In Dan’s new performance, he explores the relationship between Launceston locals and these two landmarks: the Esk River and Estuary, and the Cataract Gorge. “I like rivers because they are practical places in the city. Also people have different stories and several various reactions to them,” he explained.
scene has now changed. Currently packed with cafes and restaurants, it is now a place for leisure and enjoyment. The performance invites audience members to experience the Esk and Tamar Rivers from different perspectives: from a rowboat, along the North Shore, over the bridge and along a stream. It invites audiences to re-imagine its history, its place in creating and defining Launceston, and what it means to locals both in the past and now. “It is a project for all ages, and all publics, and also for kids...” explains Dan, “they are sometimes more honest with their opinions than adults.”
During the first residency visit to Launceston in June this year, he spent four days exploring the site of his new performance, researching the history and people’s views on the place, wandering around Seaport and along the Esk River. He explained: “This is just the first step in building the project. Now I have to continue developing the piece at home in Melbourne until August, when I will be back for a week to finish creating the work on site at Seaport before the Festival begins. When I’m back I’ll then cruise along the Tamar River in my rowboat to explore the landscape and to experience it from a different perspective.”
In fact, the aim of the project, in line with Junction Arts Festival’s practice, is to engage audiences as active participants, invite them to rediscover the city through site-specific performances in unexpected and disused spaces and, above all, to join Dan at the Seaport during the Junction Arts Festival, and experience and see Launceston’s Rivers like you’ve never before. Dan is already thinking ahead, beyond this project, exploring the concept of locals as tourists in their own city. There might just be a new performance in the works for next year’s Festival. Launceston seems to be an inspiring place.
The concept of Dan’s project dates back to Junction Arts Festival 2011 when he presented the performance Wish We Were Here. During his time in town then, he started researching the idea of bringing a public live art performance along the Esk River. Dan also explored the sounds of the Gorge, which was in flood at the time. He was impressed with the dynamism and history of Launceston’s waterfront prompting him to think about creating a performance about and on the water.
Junction Arts Festival (Junction) is a five-day multi-arts international festival that takes place in Launceston, Tasmania. Junction has a particular focus on work that places the audience at the centre of the experience, through performances that invite active involvement by audiences, and installations outdoors and in public and private spaces that enliven the physical and cultural landscape of Launceston.
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Sneak down into the basement of TMAG’s Bond Store and have a peek at what Ian Burns is up to. He doesn’t quite know himself, but there’s a contraption down there. Ian makes things out of light and primitive material, somehow making words glow like electric grafitti on a wall. The basement is a tiny bit creepy, and the device is a little bit weird and glorious, and word has it the whole exhibit, which lasts until 28th of July, will change and work itself out as it goes along.
told), which would mean that even if you’ve already been, you need to go and have another look because the show will have changed a bit. Besides, the basement is a weird place that isn’t often open to the public, so go along on a wet Thursday when there’s stuff all people about and soak it all up, basement, art and all.
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Burns has been using the Detached space over the road from TMAG as a studio, but he’s not quite done as yet (or so we’re
IAN BURNS: AFLOAT ASUNDER Bond Store Basement Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery till 28 July 2013
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BILLED AS A “BLACK COMEDY ABOUT WHITE TERROR,” THE HAYLOFT PROJECT’S DELECTABLE SHELTER (THEATRE ROYAL, JULY 12 AND 13) COMBINES A POSTAPOCALYPTIC PREMISE, SUBLIMELY RIDICULOUS BAROQUE RENDITIONS OF 1980S POP SONGS AND A SATIRIC SKEWERING OF THE PRIVILEGES ENJOYED BY MIDDLE-CLASS AUSTRALIA. THE AUSTRALIAN CALLED IT “INFANTILE AND DELICIOUSLY VULGAR”; WHEN SHE SPOKE TO WARP, STAR YESSE SPENCE COMPARED IT TO BORAT OR THE OFFICE.
YESSE SPENCE, STAR OF DELECTABLE SHELTER
As well as all your theatrical work (with Hayloft, MTC etc) you’ve acted in some iconic Australian television shows – Neighbours, Secret Life of Us, Blue Heelers, Always Greener. What’s it like to move between those two worlds? They are quite different mediums. I love the rehearsal process in theatre, chipping away at who the characters are and putting the pieces together to best serve the story. In film and TV I love the challenge of pulling your performance back and finding the intimacy with the camera. You sing and act in Delectable Shelter. What’s your first love? I’d say I’m an actor who can sing, not a singer who can act.
“You laugh because it hurts and it hurts because you laugh,” Yesse said. “The play uses many kinds of silliness to approach serious ideas. It’s never preachy or moralistic, but it asks you to think about entitlement, prejudice, and the unspoken assumptions about our place in the world.”
underground for 350 years. Repopulate the earth. Defeat the Chinese. Institute utopia.
Set in a claustrophobic underground bunker following a deliberately engineered climate change catastrophe, Delectable Shelter traces the fortunes of the last white guys standing: wealthy bourgeois couple Reginald (Andrew Broadbent) and Biddy (Yesse Spence), their inadequate son Grayson (Brendan Hawke), his partner (Simone Page Jones) and the enigmatic Thor (Jolyon James), architect of the bunker – and perhaps the apocalypse. As the play opens this unlikely quintet takes on a modest set of responsibilities. Keep the species alive
“The actors now play several of their own descendents (all drawn from a very small gene pool), as they nervously prepare to return to the surface of the earth. So all the action occurs within one cramped room in a scientifically designed shelter, complete with ergonomic kneeling chairs. All the action except for a mysterious choir, who sing Bach-style arrangments of 1980s love ballads in an unknown world...”
Flash-forward to the future, writer / director Benedict Hardie told Australian Stage when the play premiered, and things haven’t proceeded quite according to plan.
First performed in 2011 as part of the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Delectable
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Shelter comes to Hobart as part of a national tour. Expect stellar performances (cabaret singer Simone Page Jones is sensational and Yesse Spence gives a sharp comic turn by all accounts), farcical laughs, a clever set from Claude Marcos, and, of course, guilty pleasure in the form of reworked Roxette, Air Supply, Foreigner and Billy Ocean. GABRIELLE LIS
Delectable Shelter will be performed at The Theatre Royal, Hobart, on Friday and Saturday July 12 and 13, starting 8pm. Tickets from The Theatre Royal box office.
The music in Delectable Shelter sees 1980s love songs reinterpreted as Bach madrigals. I’m imagining the choir scenes in Baz Luhrman’s Romeo and Juliet, featuring angelic interpretations of Prince songs. Am I on the right track? Ha, yes quite. Except way more whacky! The combination of Benny Davis (composer) and Nate Gilkes (Musical Director) is genius! I love singing this music. Its very fun to perform. You’ve devised and performed your own shows. How does that compare with stepping into someone else’s vision, as in Delectable Shelter? I wrote/produced and performed my own short film recently and wowzers it was hard to wear so many hats. Working on Delectable Shelter all I need/ed to do was keep throwing in options and ideas. That’s only one thing to focus on, so somewhat easier.
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AND NO MORE SHALL WE PART The Tasmanian Theatre Company continues their 2013 program with the extremely powerful And No More Shall We Part. This play investigates the raw, emotional core of an eternal debate about life, death and love as we witness a dedicated couple come to the end of their life together and one must face life alone. How to mourn, how to carry on living and the nature of love are examined with uncompromising honesty by playwright Tom Holloway, a Hobart-born writer of theatre whose plays have been performed to great acclaim across Australia and overseas. Holloway is known for tackling strong issues with finesse and precision, and this new work delves into the controversial topic of voluntary euthanasia. Expect brave performances from Guy Hooper and Joan Murray as the couple facing an ultimate test of love and human dignity. It’s going to be strong stuff, but this is a debate we need to have. If art and theatre has a purpose, surely adding to public discourse on sensitive topics must be at least part of it. Deeply relevant theatre such as is such a joy to see that this production deserves to be seen and supported. ANDREW HARPER
And No More Shall We Part July 25 – August 4 All shows 8:15pm except Sundays 4:15pm Some patrons may find the content of this play distressing. Contact for booking and information www.tastheatre.com
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Paranormal Investigations at Port Arthur July brings podcasting genius, TV comedy dude and exuberant lover of vegemite (apparently his great granddad invented it – does that make him royalty?) Tommy Dassallo, to The Apple Isle. You might have seen Tommy on some TV ads for the Commonwealth Bank, or you could have heard the weekly podcast ‘The Little Dum Dum Club’ with fellow comedian Karl Chandler. Each week, they chat with a different guest comedian. The show regularly cracks the iTunes top 10, and has amassed 26
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a loyal following of listeners both in Australia and overseas. He’s written for TV, performed in the US of A and released an album with the glorious title Sonic Reacharound (it’s on iTunes). Tommy is fecking funny, so nip down to either the Waratah Hotel in Hobart on Thursday July 18 or Fresh On Charles in Launceston on Friday July 19. Both shows are hosted by local maestro David Bakker and you can catch the highly amusing Chris Menzies as a support. Presale tickets are available from the venues.
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WHEN I MET JOYCE DUNSTOOL AND HER DAUGHTER MARKEESH IN A BATTERY POINT CAFÉ ONE SUNDAY IN JUNE THE STANLEY-BASED OCTOGENARIAN WAS, AS ALWAYS, FLAMBOYANTLY IRATE.
WELL, YOU’VE SEEN ALL THE ART YOU COULD POSSIBLY EAT IN JUNE, HOW ABOUT YOU MAKE SOME NOW? IT’S EASIER THAN YOU THINK TO EXPRESS SOME IDEAS AND SHARE YOU’RE YOUR THOUGHTS: YOU CAN MAKE A ZINE. SMALL PRESS IS HERE TO HELP YOU! SMALL PRESS IS AN EVENT THAT CELEBRATES THE DIY SPIRIT OF HOBART AND WILL INVOLVE ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, DESIGNERS, WRITERS AND CHILDREN WHO ARE EXPERTS ON STORYTELLING. FOR ONE WEEK IN EARLY JULY AN ATTIC IN THE HEART OF HOBART WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO A VIBRANT SPACE THAT WILL HOST WORKSHOPS ON ZINE MAKING, PRINT-MAKING, COMICS, WRITING, TIME CAPSULES AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF TO DIY.
“Well do you have Ribena then?” Joyce demanded of the waitress. “Whiskey? Gin? No, no water thank you. It’s bad for digestion. And tuck your shirt in, dear. What kind of establishment is this? I suppose I’ll have some of that chamomile tea then. I’ve got a touch of the nerves. And Markeesh wants a hot chocolate, no doubt. Yes, large. Just look at her.” Created in 2011 by Hobart duo Stolp and Allen, Joyce (Matthew Stolp) and Markeesh (Cathy Allen) were first in a now burgeoning collection of alter egos including medieval monks Brother Kylie and Brother Dannii of Dark MOFO fame and the linguisticallychallenged farmer Athol Hose and his crossfertilised bride Coral, unlikely hosts of a YouTube cooking show. Forty-year old Markeesh is softly spoken and downtrodden. For our date she wore a green t-shirt, blue tracksuit pants and over-sized slippers. Joyce has a rich, raspy baritone that sharpens to a shriek. She wore a pink quilted polyester dressing gown over a baby-blue nightie and a double strand of plastic pearls. This, she confided, is the only outfit she ever wears. “I’m lucky to change my underwear,” she said. I asked Joyce and Markeesh to tell WARP readers about themselves. The conversation ranged far and wide – highlights below.
ON LOVE… JOYCE: I find it amusing when Markeesh thinks she’s met a man. That happens every second week, when she latches on to some vagrant. I find that amusing. MARKEESH: I’ve met – I meet – JOYCE: I don’t really often allow Markeesh to have visitors. Markeesh hasn’t really had friends. She has duties and chores. MARKEESH: I’ve got a friend – JOYCE: Who’s your friend Markeesh? The man who delivers catalogues, who says hello to you? MARKEESH: His name is Patrick. JOYCE: I’m not interested in men, myself. There comes a time in a woman’s life when everything closes down and it’s really not worth the effort trying to open it up again. ON ANIMAL WELFARE… JOYCE: After I became known as a renowned bingo caller I started being asked all over the state, and all over the country in fact, to call bingo. Soon I got a regular gig down in Hobart town, at the Alley Cat. I started bringing Markeesh along because I had to.
I’m afraid I can’t trust Markeesh to be left at home by herself. I did leave her alone one time and when I got back there was nothing left in the pantry. And the neighbours complained – what was the incident with the cats? MARKEESH: I was just trying to touch them, Mum. JOYCE: Something happened where one of the neighbour’s cats died. MARKEESH: It didn’t die. It just had to go to hospital. ON HIGHER EDUCATION… MARKEESH: Mum encourages me to do Adult Ed courses. JOYCE: Just to get her out of my hair for a bit. MARKEESH: I’ve done t-shirt making courses. JOYCE: That was a waste of time. How many t-shirts did you make, Markeesh? MARKEESH: Three. JOYCE: Three. MARKEESH: I did a rock um pet rock painting course. JOYCE: She thought she was signing up for a rock climbing course. MARKEESH: Mum made me do it because she thought I needed the exercise. JOYCE: When the people at Adult Ed saw her they suggested she might like to do rock painting as opposed to rock climbing. I said, “Maybe she could sit in the middle of the room and all the other people could do rock climbing.” Oh, I do amuse myself. ON THE CONSOLATIONS OF FASHION… JOYCE: Ah look it does rattle me sometimes, it does. Loneliness. Markeesh would tell you. But I’ve got my budgie videos. They keep me company. MARKEESH: You’ve got me, Mum. JOYCE: I’ve got Markeesh to change my sheets and bring me dinner and what not. Toilet me. Change my bag if need be. I’ll tell you just on that topic it is convenient having a colostomy bag. I would recommend it because you don’t have to get out of bed to go to the toilet. The only downside is finding shoes and earrings to match it. ON COMEDY… MARKEESH: I think some, some jokes are funny. And I think some people dancing funny is funny. What do you think is funny, Mum? JOYCE: Nothing. GABRIELLE LIS
Turn up at Frankie’s Empire(129 Elizabeth St Hobart) on the 5th of July for a launch party featuring Timothy and Wilderness rocking some tunes and takes part in a huge collaborative scribble project. Over the festival week Small Press will be set up and open for zine making from 10am-3pm every day, so drop up and have a look and meet some friendly creative types. There are also workshops - check out our facebook page and blog for the program. The whole thing finishes with a zine fair on Saturday July 13; where people can trade or sell their handiwork, be that zines or anything else marvellous they’ve come up with. It’ll be an important event – Zine fairs are a staple all over mainland Australia, but this is the first for Hobart – so give it all the support you can! Absorbing culture is great but making it, and even being it, is an important part of the whole deal. Something like Small Press is really needed in Hobart right now. Individual voices are important, and there’s a lot more scope in a personalised zine than there is in the comments section of The Mercury. As well as the zine related workshops there will be a couple of special events hosted by Small Press. These include the launch of “Down There” - a new series of comics on Thursday 11th (with performances by the Hobart Improv Collective), as well as the second edition of the House Writer’s Festival on Friday July 12. ANDREW HARPER
Joyce and Markeesh are appearing at ‘activism AFTER DARK’ on Wednesday, 7 August, upstairs at the New Sydney. For all the deets on upcoming Stolp and Allen gigs, go to www.facebook.com/ stolpandallen.
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HOLLOW IN THE PAPER Joyce Hinterding, Fiona Lee, Amanda Davies, Pat Brassington, David Haines, Maria Kunda, Teaching and Learning Cinema. CAST group Exhibition curated by Bec Stevens (July 12 – August 18)
DRAWING IT UP IT SEEMS WHEREVER YOU LOOK SOMEONE IS MAKING SOMETHING EXCELLENT GO DOWN IN TASMANIA. WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THE EPIC STUFF (HI WALSHY!), BUT MAKE SURE YOU LOOK IN THE DARKER CORNERS AND UNDER THE RUG BECAUSE THERE IS SO MUCH MORE GOING DOWN.
One ridiculously productive dude is Josh Santospirito, who plays wondrous improvised guitar under the name Drive West Today, hooks up with other musical experimentalists in the mysterious Hobart Improv Collective (who put out a damn vinyl record on Record Store Day), and makes comics. His biggest project to date is the powerful The Long Weekend In Alice Springs, a graphic adaptation of an essay by Craig San Roque. This is a bona fide book, beautifully printed and designed, that delves deep into the complex issues that surround the clash of cultures in Australia. Heavy and compulsive, if you want to begin getting into one the core issues of this country, The Long Weekend will give you much to consider. It may even open your eyes a bit – because it’s that good. It’s been such a success the first run of 500 sold out and Josh is making more because he’s that kind of guy, so if you see a copy, do not miss this run!
That’s not all though. Josh has also started a new project Down There. The deal here is to make a series of books – roughly about four a year – that will feature new comics by Tasmanian artists. So far such art stars as the always funky Tricky Walsh, Tony Thorne and Gary Chaloner are confirmed to make fabulous sequential art over the coming ten months, with lots more in the pipeline. Down there will be launched on Thursday July 11 at Frankie’s Empire’s secret upstairs clubhouse, as part of the very awesome Small Press zine festival. You’ll probably be able to hassle Josh for a book there, and the first issue of Down There, Sleuth, a fabulous creepy comic about Tasmania will be available, done, again by Mr. Santospirito. The guy is unstoppable.
CAST’s annual curatorial mentorship program is one of the best bets for something great on the Tasmanian Art Calendar. Each year a new vision of an ideal show emerges and the results are compelling. This year, Hobart artist Bec Stevens has drawn together an eclectic group of art makers with diverse practices featuring art creators like renowned photograph manipulator Pat Brassington, scary painter Amanda Davies, and the incredibly fascinating Teaching and Learning Cinema, a small group who re-enact Expanded Cinema Performances. There’s also work from David Haines and Joyce Hinterding, and those guys have made a cloudbuster. You may not know what that is, but there’s a Kate Bush song about it, and it’s all based around some highly weird science about a substance that probably doesn’t exist, called Orgone. It has something to do with UFOs as well. Basically, Bec Stevens is investigating some high weirdness indeed; better get along to CAST in July to check out the results. ANDREW HARPER
ANDREW HARPER Check out Josh’s web thingy: www.joshuasantospiritoart.com www.sankessto.com
CELEBRATE 25 YEARS The City of Hobart Art Prize celebrates 25 years in 2013 with an exhibition of contemporary visual art by artists and designers from across Australia. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery 20 July to 1 September, 2013 Visit tmag.tas.gov.au for opening hours hobartcity.com.au/artprize
A cultural initiative of Hobart City Council.
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Guide South BETT GALLERY Helen Wright, Stop Making Sense, July 5 – 26. Raymond Arnold, The Pale Show Of Life, July 5 – 26. CAST Hollow In The Paper,Group Exhibition curated by Bec Stevens featuring; Joyce Hinterding, Fiona Lee, Amanda Davies, Pat Brassington, David Haines, Maria Kunda, Teaching and Learning Cinema, July 12 – August 18. COLVILLE ST GALLERY Colville Gallery Lloyd Rees Art Prize, July 4 – 21. Paul Snell, July 26 – August 14. CONSTANCE ARI Improper Fractions, Madison Bycroft & Anna Horne, till July 6. Imagineering Metaphors, Ros Meeker, till July 6. The Reluctant Clown, Nancy Mauro-Flude, till July 6. DESPARD GALLERY Maeve Woods, till July 17. Guan Wei, July 19 – August 12. HANDMARK GALLERY Annual Handmark Print Show, July 5 – August 1. INKA GALLERY Upstairs Down Stairs, till July 31. PENNY CONTEMPORARY Steph Houstein, till July 12. Nicole O’Loughlin, July 19 –August 9. SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE Sidespace Gallery: On the Brink, Anna Williams, July 31 – August 7 Top Gallery: Me-Helen, Anna Cocks, July 5 -30.
Guide NORTH BURNIE REGIONAL GALLERY Djakiri: we are standing on their names – Blue mud Boy, July 13 –August 25. Bendigo Bank Material Girl 2013 – Dance Of Life, July 13 –August 25. Joanne Wild – Fortune and Fable, July 13 –August 25. OUTWARD PROJECT The Uncarved Block, Josh Foley, till July 13. DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY Main Gallery: New Works From The Permanent Collection The Little Gallery: Dissolve 11, Melissa Smith, July 19 – August 18. QVMAG Unique States Serialarity and the Panoramic, Raymond Arnold, till August 25. ArtStart: Land, Sea and Sky, till July 21. Into The Wild: Wilderness Photography In Tasmania, till February 16. The Nude In 20th Century Australian Art, till October 20. SAWTOOTH ARI Front Gallery: Lifted and Shifted, Will French, till July 20.
THE SOUTH
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Festival Of Voices, July 5 – 14.
BURNIE ARTS & FUNCTION CENTRE Terrapin: Pip and Pooch July 13. The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged), August 10
THEATRE THEATRE ROYAL The Table Of Knowledge, July 3 – 6. Terrapin: Pip and Pooch July 10 – 11. Delectable Shelter July 12 - 13 David Williamson’s The Club featuring John Wood July 17 – 19. THEATRE ROYAL BACKSPACE And No More Shall We Part, Tasmanian Theatre Company, July 25 – August 4. PLAYHOUSE THEATRE The Taming Of The Shrew, Hobart Repertory Theatre Society July 26 – August 10. COMEDY
DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT & CONVENTION CENTRE It’s My Party And I’ll Die If I Want To, July 13. THE PRINCESS THEATRE Little Shop Of Horrors, July 4 – 7. Fawlty Towers 2, July 17 – 28. ANNEXE THEATRE INVERESK The Photo, July 24 – 27. COMEDY BURNIE ARTS & FUNCTION CENTRE Breen - I hear Bunning, July 12.
The Waratah Hotel The Clubhouse presents Tommy Dassalo, July 18.
LAUNCESTON COUNTRY CLUB Corona Comedy Night @ Tonic, First Thursday of every month.
THE BRISBANE HOTEL The Comedy Forge – All New Material, July 30.
FRESH ON CHARLES Fresh Comedy with Tommy Dassalo, July 19.
Middle Gallery: Othering (realities in the landscape), Peter Nelson and Belem Lett, till July 20. Project Gallery: Convicted, Bek Farry. Rocky Trilogy, Marya Elimelakh and Romi Graham. Island Cultures, (curated by Lola Greeno), Rex Greeno and Will Stackhouse, till July 20; Artist’s talk by Rex Greeno July 13.
SOUTH ARM ART & CRAFT EXHIBITION Raising funds for Legacy, South Arm Community Centre, Calverton Place, South Arm, July 20 – 21. TMAG Ian Burns Float Asunder in The Bond Store, till July 28. City of Hobart Art Prize, July 20 – September 1. Drawn with Distinction: Australian Artists, August 1 – December 1. Critical Operations, till December 31.
‘It is like watching a toughened glass windscreen shatter in exquisitely slow motion. Four Stars’ The Edinburgh Financial Times
by Tom Holloway
How to say goodbye after a lifetime together. A halting, humorous and devastating attempt at the impossible.
THEATRE ROYAL BACKSPACE 25 July – 4 August www.tastheatre.com * If you are an exhibiting gallery or space in Tasmania and want to be included in the Warp Gallery Guide email: nic@warpmagazine.com.au
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The Presets -Nickolas McKellar
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Event Guide
Hobart Date
Venue
Date
Acts / Start Time
JULY Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Wednesday
10
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal
Republic Bar & Café
Joe Pirere 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Pete Thomas
Birdcage Bar
Sambo
Republic Bar & Café
Billy Whitton 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal
Brisbane Hotel
Daylight Robbery (usa) + The Native Cats + Treehouse
Republic Bar & Café
Daniel Reeves 8:30pm
Beerex
Birdcage Bar
Pete Thomas
Observatory (Main Room)
Observatory (Main Room)
Beerex
Republic Bar & Café
Hobart Reggae Inc 9pm
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Republic Bar & Café
Brad Martin Project 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Brisbane Hotel
La Dispute (usa) + Pianos Become the Teeth (usa)
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Irish Murphy’s
Ben Castles
Brisbane Hotel
Singer Songwriters
Republic Bar & Café
Since We Kissed 9pm
Irish Murphy’s
Joel Everard
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Republic Bar & Café
4 Letter Fish 9pm
Irish Murphy’s
Ethel the Frog
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Ivory
DJ Grotesque
Brisbane Hotel
Damage Nightclub w/ Clowns (vic) + Uncle Geezer Open Mic 7pm
Observatory (Lounge Room)
Kenny Beeper
Brookfield Vineyard Federation Concert Hall
Lang-Lessing & Gerstein 7:30pm
Beerex
Grand Poobah
Monte Cassino, Ackbars Snackbar, Native Youth in the Kissing Room 9pm
Observatory (Main Room) Republic Bar & Café
Simon Russel & Guilty as Charged 10pm
Irish Murphy’s
Everburn
Waterfront Hotel
DJ Gezza
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
Frenzal Rhomb (nsw)
Brisbane Hotel
Late Night Krackieoke w/ MC Bong Dust
Irish Murphy’s
Ethel the Frog
Ivory
Kenny Beeper/Millhouse
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
11
12
13
Ivory
Millhouse
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Grotesque
Observatory (Main Room)
Beerex
Republic Bar & Café
Slyde 10pm
Waterfront Hotel
DJ Gezza
Observatory (Main Room)
Beerex
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
PlanB
PlanB Presents DJ Femme 11pm
Brisbane Hotel
ALL AGES - CC Rocks 3pm
Republic Bar & Café
Boil Up (Reggae) 10pm
Brisbane Hotel
18+ Rattlehand (QLD)
Waterfront Hotel
Tony Voglino
Brookfield Vineyard
Blue Ball for Leukemia Foundation Fundraiser 7pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Grand Poobah
Lady Waks (Russia), Distortion, Mez, Lids, Ooc, Rola, Giza, Jake vs Newport, Buckofive, Secret Techniques & Dagwood 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
ALL AGES - The Amenta + Ruins + Departe + Dead River Runs Dry 3pm
Irish Murphy’s
Mindz Eye
Brisbane Hotel
Rock n Roll Bingo w/ Timmy Jack Ray
Ivory
Kenny Beeper/CHARDY/Mez
Republic Bar & Café
The Geoffs 9pm
Observatory (Main Room)
Beerex
Waterfront Hotel
Billy Whitton
Birdcage Bar
Sambo
Republic Bar & Café
Kingswood 10pm
Republic Bar & Café
Billy Longo 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal
Sunday
14
Monday
15
Tuesday
16
Waterfront Hotel
Sambo
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
Quiz A Saurus
Brisbane Hotel
ALL AGES - Clowns (vic) + Uncle Geezer
Republic Bar & Café
Dean Stevenson 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Rock n Roll Bingo w/ Timmy Jack Ray
Birdcage Bar
Pete Thomas Bad Vibrations w/ S is for Spaceship
Wednesday
17
Henry Jones Art Hotel
Tom Vincent Trio 6pm
Brisbane Hotel
Republic Bar & Café
Original Cutouts 9pm
Grand Poobah
Waterfront Hotel
Pete Thomas
Project H (NZ) + Unfolding Vostocks + Like Minded People + Kovacs 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo
Observatory (Main Room)
Beerex
Republic Bar & Café
Quiz Night 8:15pm
Republic Bar & Café
New Saxons (Single Launch) + The Beautiful Chains + Sam Stansell 9pm
JULY Fri July 5 Open Mic Night / 7pm Sat July 6 / Blue Ball for Grow Tasmania Fundraiser / 7pm Fri July 12 / Global Lounge Fri July 19 / Folk Night / 7.30pm Sat July 20 / The Ray Martians Thur 25 & Fri 26 July / Chet Baker Show by David Goldthorpe
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AUGUST & BEYOND Sat Aug 3 / Ostmas with Barry Pilkington / 7pm Sun Aug 18 / David Bridie / 5pm Sun Aug 25 / Woohoo Revue / 7pm
Event Guide
Date Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
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Acts / Start Time
Date
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Thursday
25
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Brisbane Hotel
The Comedy Forge
Irish Murphy’s
Tim Rozemulder
Brookfield Vineyard
Goldthorpe creates presents, Chet Baker 7:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Carus 9pm
Irish Murphy’s
Tim Rozemulder
Wrest Point Show Room
Glen Challice - FRC Member Show
Republic Bar & Café
Snow Droppers 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Brisbane Hotel
Deez Nutz (vic)
Brisbane Hotel
Irish Murphy’s
Crikey
Dreadnaught (vic) + Frankenbok (vic) + System of Venus (vic)
Ivory
Millhouse
Brookfield Vineyard
Goldthorpe creates presents, Chet Baker 7:30pm
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Grotesque
Federation Concert Hall
Letonja & Hudson 2:30pm
Irish Murphy’s
Tim & Scott
Observatory (Main Room)
Beerex
Ivory
Jazz Ivory/Millhouse
Republic Bar & Café
Australian Made 10pm
Observatory (Lounge Room)
Kenny Beeper
Waratah Hotel
TUMMS Med School - Band Night - Verticoli, Rhino and Backlash plus more 9pm
Observatory (Main Room)
Beerex
Waterfront Hotel
DJ Gezza
Republic Bar & Café
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Edge Radio 10th Birthday Fundraiser - APES + Hollow Everdaze 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
ALL AGES - Fatty Ethster & Friends
Waterfront Hotel
DJ Gezza
Brisbane Hotel
Bits of Shit (vic) + Batpiss (vic)
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Brookfield Vineyard
The Ray Martians
Brookfield Vineyard
String Chickens
Irish Murphy’s
Crikey
Ivory
Grotesque/Mez
Ivory
Mez/Millhouse
Observatory (Main Room)
Beerex
Observatory (Main Room)
Beerex
PlanB
PlanB Presents Freak Funk Tour FT Kid Kenobi
Republic Bar & Café
Lloyd Spiegel 10pm
Republic Bar & Café
Dunn D (The Pelican LP Album Launch) 10pm
Tattersalls Hotel
Delsinki Records
Waterfront Hotel
Tony Voglino
Waratah Hotel
GOLD FIELDS - The Black Sun Tour
Birdcage Bar
Pete Thomas
Waterfront Hotel
Jerome Hillier
Brisbane Hotel
Rock n Roll Bingo w/ Timmy Jack Ray
Wrest Point Entertainment Centre
Bootleg Beatles
Brookfield Vineyard
Tasmanian Song Company 3pm
Republic Bar & Café
Wahbash Avenue 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Pete Thomas
Waterfront Hotel
Manhatten
Brisbane Hotel
ALL AGES - Deez Nutz (vic) + Interview with an Escape Artist + Alpha Wolf + Ruled Out 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo
Republic Bar & Café
Quiz Night 8:15pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal
Republic Bar & Café
Peter Hicks & The Blue Licks 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Pete Thomas
Observatory (Main Room)
Beerex
Republic Bar & Café
Rhythm Coalition 9pm
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Brisbane Hotel
Rock n Roll Bingo w/ Timmy Jack Ray
Grand Poobah
Marksman Lloyd (WA), Wisdom 2th (WA) and DJ Silence (WA) + Akouo + Crixus 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Jaja 9pm
Waterfront Hotel
Sambo
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal
Republic Bar & Café
Pat Bereche 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo
Brisbane Hotel
Game On!
Republic Bar & Café
Baker Boys 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Pete Thomas
Brisbane Hotel
Bleeding Through (usa) + Make Them Suffer (wa)
Observatory (Main Room)
Beerex
Republic Bar & Café
The Blue Ruins 9pm
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
26
27
28
29
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Launceston Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Date
CITY
Venue
Acts / Start Time
JUNE
JULY Tuesday
NORTHWEST
2 3
4
5
6
Classic covers/originals
Thursday
4
Devonport
Molly Malones
Proud Phoney
Lloyds Hotel
Uni Night
Friday
5
Sheffield
Friday Nite Music 8pm
The Royal Oak
Brad Gillies
Skwiz Café Gallery
Tonic Bar
Christine Anu
Saturday
6
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Jerome Hillier
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino
Devonport
Molly Malones
Gypsy Rose
Country Club Showroom
The Rat Pack’s Back
Thursday
11
Devonport
Molly Malones
Jerome Hillier
The Royal Oak - Boatshed
Polytechnic End of Semester Showcase
Friday
12
Sheffield
Skwiz Café Gallery
Friday Nite Music 8pm
The Royal Oak - Public Bar
Zac Slater Band
Saturday
13
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Jeff Woodward
Country Club Showroom
The Rat Pack’s Back
Devonport
Molly Malones
Under the Covers
The Royal Oak
Ben David + Isaac Bowen + Nathan Seecks + Tim Hampshire + Becca Stevens
Thursday
18
Devonport
Molly Malones
Ringmasters
Burnie
Otis Room
Lloyd Spiegel
Tonic Bar
Picasso Brothers
Friday
19
Sheffield
Skwiz Café Gallery
Friday Nite Music 8pm
Saturday
20
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Pure Blondes
Lloyds Hotel
Watergarden Bar
Brett & Josh
Albert Hall
Lang-Lessing & Gerstein 7:30pm
The Royal Oak
Shelley Segal
Tonic Bar
Ball & Chain
Watergarden Bar
Nic & Carmel
Thursday Friday
Devonport
Molly Malones
Unbalance
Burnie
Uniting Church Hotel
DEEZ NUTS (all ages show)
25
Devonport
Molly Malones
Devonport Jazz Festival
26
Wynyard
Hotel Federal
H&K Unplugged
Tuesday
9
Lloyds Hotel
Classic covers/originals
Wednesday
10
Lloyds Hotel
Uni Night
Devonport
Molly Malones
Devonport Jazz Festival
The Royal Oak
Andy Collins
Sheffield
Tony Voglino
Skwiz Café Gallery
Friday Nite Music 8pm
Watergarden Bar
Devonport
Molly Malones
Devonport Jazz Festival
Burnie
The Butter Factory
The Snow Droppers & The Tems
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Sambo
Devonport
Molly Malones
Devonport Jazz Festival
Thursday
11
The Royal Oak
Live Music
Friday
12
Country Club Showroom
The Wolfe Brothers
The Royal Oak
North vs South
Tonic Bar
Ball & Chain
Watergarden Bar
Andy & The Woodman
The Royal Oak
Max Goes to Hollywood + Pinch Hitter + Ben David + The Flying So High-Os
Tonic Bar
Luke Parry
Saturday
13
Watergarden Bar
Nic & Carmel
Tuesday
16
Lloyds Hotel
Classic covers/originals
Wednesday
17
Lloyds Hotel
Uni Night
The Royal Oak
Scott Haigh
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino
Thursday
18
The Royal Oak
Blue Ruins
Friday
19
Country Club Showroom
Bootleg Beatles
The Royal Oak
Lloyd Spiegal
Tonic Bar
The Usual Suspects
Watergarden Bar
Ball & Chain
The Royal Oak
Launceston Blues Club Presents: Cool Train
Tonic Bar
H&K Unplugged
Watergarden Bar
Nic & Carmel
Saturday
20
Tuesday
23
Lloyds Hotel
Classic covers/originals
Wednesday
24
Lloyds Hotel
Uni Night
The Royal Oak
Open Mic Night
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino
Thursday
25
The Royal Oak
Samuel Bester
Friday
26
The Royal Oak
The High Times + The Stayns
Tonic Bar
Sambo
Watergarden Bar
Ball & Chain
Lloyds Hotel
DJ Uberjak’d
The Royal Oak
Dreadnaught + Frankenbok
Tonic Bar
Gypsy Rose
Watergarden Bar
Andy & The Woodman
Saturday
27
Sunday
28
The Royal Oak
Launceston Blues Club Jam
Wednesday
31
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino
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JULY Wed 3rd Brad Gillies Thurs 4th Zac Slater Band (Public Bar) Thurs 4th Polytechnic End of Semester Showcase (Boatshed) Fri 5th Ben David + Isaac Bowen + Nathan Seeckts + Tim Hampshire + Becca Stevens Sat 6th Shelley Segal Wed 10th Andy Collins Thurs 11th Live Music Fri 12th North Vs South Sat 13th Max Goes to Hollywood + Pinch Hitter + Ben David + The Flying So High-Os Wed 17th Scott Haigh Thurs 18th Blue Ruins Fri 19th Lloyd Spiegel Sat 20th Launceston Blues Club Presents: Cool Train Wed 24th Open Mic Night Thurs 25th Samuel Bester Fri 26th Transvaal Diamond Syndicate Sat 27th Dreadnaught + Frankenbok Sun 28th Launceston Blues Club Jam ~ Live Music ~ ~ Great Food ~ ~ Open 7 Days ~ ~ Open Mic Night the Last Wednesday of the Month ~
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2012 The Junc Room, Bombay Royale Image by Chris Crerar
See you at The Junc Room, Launceston’s pop-up hotspot, a live music venue in a Big Top circus tent featuring an impressive roster of Australia’s hottest and most interesting live musical acts. The Junc Room takes over the city’s Civic Square with a fully licensed bar and catered café open until late. Come to Junction and discover the city’s backstage, spaces in Launceston that you didn’t know existed. Join us for five days and nights with playful, interactive and ambitious contemporary performance, music and art.
4—8 SePtemBeR 2013 LAunceSton CiviC Square and CBd Book your Junc Room pass for AAA access to all Junc Room performances for the duration of the Festival. Passes and tickets on sale from August 1st
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