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Holy Holy Saturday 1 July
JUNE 2017 Thursday 1st 8.30pm The Rants Friday 2nd 10pm Northeast Party House + Mosquito Coast + Carl Renshaw Sold Out Saturday 3rd 10pm Nothin' But a Glam Time - Glam Rock Tribute $5 Sunday 4th 2.30pm The Hensens Farewell Beer Garden Party with Muisc by Tim & Scott + A Free Pig On The Spit 8.30pm Wahbash Avenue Monday 5th 8.30pm Montz Matsumoto Tuesday 6th 8.30pm Tarik Stoneman & Sam Forsyth Wednesday 7th 8.30pm Hui & The Muse Thursday 8th 9pm San Cisco + Thelma Plum $35pre/$40door Friday 9th 10pm Delsinki Records & Brooke Taylor $10 Saturday 10th 10pm 24 Seven $5 Sunday 11th 8.30pm Jed Appleton Monday 12th 8.15pm Quiz Night Tuesday 13th 8.30pm Ross Sermons Wednesday 14th 8.30pm Lisa Pilkington Thursday 15th 9pm ANATOMY (Melb) + VRAG + Goatblood $12 Friday 16th 10pm The Meltdown $10pre/$15door
Saturday 17th 10pm Dave Wilson Band Sunday 18th 2.30pm Zuma 9pm Louise Adams $10pre/$15door Monday 19th 8.30pm G.B. Balding Tuesday 20th 8.30pm The Sign Wednesday 21st 8.30pm Tim & Scott Thursday 22nd 7pm Comedy Clubhouse - Becky Lucas $20pre/$25door 8.30pm The Seratones Friday 23rd 10pm Hobart Funk Collective $5 Saturday 24th 10pm Thundamentals - Sold Out Sunday 25th 2.30pm Thundamentals $45pre/$50door 8.30pm The Darlings Monday 26th 8.15pm Quiz Night Tuesday 27th 8.30pm Billy Whitton Wednesday 28th 8.30pm The Bobcats Thursday 29th 8.30pm Dean Stevenson Friday 30th 10pm Boil Up (Reggae & Funk) $5
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News in Brief THE RETURN OF THE MAC Moonah Arts Centre’s much loved live music concert series ‘Friday Nights Live’ returns for 2017 with a stellar lineup of Tasmanian musicians! This beautifully eclectic program of performances promises something for everyone. On Friday June 2, catch traditional and Dixie jazz ensemble CC Strutters. On Friday June 16 find yourself transported by the sounds of Bossa Nova, jazz and world music from Matt Ralph and Yoshi Izumi. Bring your dancing shoes for 4 piece roots, jazz/blues band The Bootleg Gin Sluggers and 7 piece swing lineup ThylaSwing on Friday June 23. On Friday July 7, you’ll be able to catch Hobart favourites, The Darlings.
frothin’/whatever-the-new-word-is that there’s an event just for you? Vibe Club events are putting on a badass house session at the Grand Poobah on Friday June 30. On the decks will be G-Wizard from Sydney, with support from local folks, Sexy Lucy, DJ Rikin, Ooc, Nick Brown, Session B, Ed Calhoun, and Fotti P. Lighting will be done by the Electronic Music Society. THE GREATNESS
Peppermint Bay Hotel are very excited to have their friend Ben Ottewell (Gomez) performing on Sunday July 2. If I were Peppermint Bay Hotel I’d be pretty excited by that, too. So hey, we have that in common. Anyway, you all know who Gomez are, so you know what you’re in for. Support will be provided by Buddy, from LA. It’s an all ages gig, kicking off around 2pm. Sounds like a perfect way to spend a Wintery Sunday afternoon, so get amongst it. There’ll even be food provided by the Peppermint Bay Hotel. Tickets are available from Oztix or direct from the Hotel. They’re $45 + bf, or $65 + bf (including return transfer on-board their fancy catamaran). KINGSWOOD’S COUNTRY
JUST A PHAZE In celebration of his new single 'Golden Years' with his 14 year-old protégé Ruel, Australian producer M-Phazes announces a run of DJ sets across Australia this June. M-Phazes will give fans a chance to preview unheard originals from his highly anticipated forthcoming album, exclusive remixes, plus unreleased songs from his back catalogues. These select appearances will be the multi-award winning producer's first solo tour in over five years. Tasmania will get one opportunity to catch one of Australia's finest producers hit the wheels of steel (or aluminium alloy), M-Phazes will be performing at Mobius Lounge Bar in Hobart on Saturday June 10.
Melbourne hip-hop duo REMI and Zambiaborn, Botswana-raised artist Sampa The Great are thrilled to announce they’ll join forces for a co-headline national tour titled, Fire Sign. The frequent collaborators will head across the country throughout June and July, alternating set times each night before closing with a joint finale. Keeping fans on their toes are surprise guests in each city and handpicked supports. Each night is set to be a celebration of music and community. There’s only one Tasmanian gig on this tour so get along to The Waratah Hotel in Hobart on Saturday July 1 to catch the action!
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(PEPPER)MINT (BAY) FRESH!
It’s the Bruny Island Blues & Roots Festival’s 10th birthday! Woot! This year they’ll be celebrating with a stellar line up of yours, and their festival favourites! It’s taking place on Saturday June 10 and Sunday June 11 at the Adventure Bay Hall, at Adventure Bay on Bruny Island. Lineup will be announced super soon, so make sure you follow the ‘Adventure Bay Blues and Roots 10th Anniversary’ event page on Facebook to get all the details as soon as they’re announced!
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Packing out venues and playing to soldout rooms across Australia on their largest tour to date, with their second ARIA Top 10 album up their sleeve and a newly announced slow at this year’s soldout Splendour in the Grass, performing alongside heavyweights Queens of the Stone Age and LCD Soundsystem, there is just no stopping Melbourne rockers KINGSWOOD. Keeping the party alive, they recently announced a few very special gigs in Tasmania and Regional NSW. Joining them in Tasmania will be the very cool Dear Seattle. You can see them at Hotel Tasmania in Launceston on Thursday July 6 and the Republic Bar in Hobart on Friday July 7.
IndiePunk Rock mainstay, The Hard Aches are releasing a new single BRAIN DRAIN, which will form Side A of a split 7” that will be released with UK friends and all around good people, Muncie Girls. Muncie Girls will make their Australian debut as support on The Hard Aches June Tour. BRAIN DRAIN picks up from where the 2016 EP I Freak Out left off. The lyricism delves in to mental health, identity, as well as singer Ben David questioning his
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R.I.P. Capitalising on the charging success of their haunting “Weatherboard Man” Single, Melbourne dirge-rock lords BATPISS will rein triumphant when they release their new LP Rest In Piss via Poison City on Friday July 14. Following the release, they’ll be hitting the road for a national “Rest in Piss” Album Tour. They’ll be kicking off the tour with a couple of Tasmanian gigs, so make sure you get along to find out what the hell “dirge-rock” is. On Friday August 11 they’ll be playing at the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart, and on Saturday August 12 they’ll be at Club 54 in Launceston. If you’re super keen, you can already preorder the Rest In Piss LP/CD on www. poisoncityestore.com. LIVE FROM THE MOON(BASE)
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own ambition. The Hard Aches “The Brain Drain Tour” eventually makes it’s way to Tasmania on Saturday July 8 when The Hard Aches and Muncie Girls play The Waratah Hotel in Hobart. Tickets available now via Oztix.
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Arising from Sydney’s grimy warehouse scene, MOONBASE effortlessly unites the worlds of hard-hitting hip-hop and forward-thinking bass music to rousing effect. The latest Moonbase single “It Don’t Matter” featuring Anderson .Paak saw the video premiered on Pitchfork and is currently featured on the new Fast & Furious TV trailer. Released through Island USA and UK. On top of that, he’s been busy playing gigs, SXSW, a UK and EU Tour, Splendour in the Grass, Falls Fest, Groovin’ The Moo, national headline tours. There really isn’t much that Moonbase hasn’t done recently. Now you get a chance to catch him live and in the flesh. Moonbase will be playing at The Waratah Hotel on Saturday July 15. Tickets available from Oztix!
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BASTARDS!
down to the Grand Poohbah on Saturday August 5 for Maddy's single launch.
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Melbourne’s good time soul-surf-garage party animals La Bastard return to Tassie two play two dates next month. See them Friday July 14 at The Brisbane Hotel and Saturday July 15 at the Royal Oak in Launceston, in support of their brand new, long awaited third album, Trouble. Recorded at Soundpark Studios in Melbourne with Andrew “Idge” Hehir (Swedish Magazines, Dave Graney, Darling Downs) and mixed by Sam Lowe (Eaten By Dogs), Trouble is La Bastard’s most realised work to date. A more personal, soul influenced affair, the band adds richness to their tight four-piece sound with complex arrangements and guest performances from a range of Melbourne’s most talented musicians.
In 2016 Just A Gent released his debut EP to rave reviews, had three singles on rotation with triple j and sold out his first national live tour – not bad achievements for a 20 year old from Maitland, NSW. Recently, Just A Gent announced his biggest run yet, a new national live tour in support of his upcoming single, 'You’ll Never Know'. You can catch Just A Gent live at Cargo Bar in Hobart on Saturday August 5. Best thing it's free! FLYING HIGH
Following the release of Private, which scored over 2 million streams worldwide, incandescent singer-songwriter Vera Blue today releases her arresting new single, Mended, and announces dates for a major national album tour this July through September. Her three previous Australian headline tours all sold out and tickets to the upcoming Mended tour are expected to go just as fast. Tasmania only gets one opportunity to see Vera Blue in the flesh, when she finishes up her tour at the Odeon Theatre in Hobart on Saturday September 9. Tickets are available now via www.verablue.com/tour.
With the imminent release of Brutal Dawn, companion album to 2016’s Civil Dusk, Bernard Fanning and The Black Fins are again pulling out the road cases to showcase new songs live in some of Australia’s most cherished and revered rock venues. This October, touring will take in all Australian states in venues handpicked to showcase the on-stage musical chemistry between Bernard and The Black Fins; Salliana Campbell on fiddle and backing vocals, Matt Engelbrecht on bass, Andrew Morris on guitar and Declan Kelly on drums. On Friday November 24, you’ll be able to catch them at the Granada Tavern, joined by special guest Maddy Jane.
GET CURSED Curse Ov Dialect are hands down, far and away, the most creative, confronting, and interesting hiphop act in Australia. And they have been for a long, long time now. Their live shows consisting of costumes, masks, makeup, and bizzarro antics, combined with their socially conscious and often politically charged lyrics, over rapid fire, eclectic production, has taken them around the world. Their newest album Twisted Strangers follows suit in the best possible way, and God only knows what they’ll be bringing to the stage when they visit the Brisbane Hotel on Wednesday July 19. Support will be provided by Black Paul, Ruiner and the Threshold Forms, and Idiot Lust. Cover charge will run you $15. Head along and get your mind blown. MADDY JANE AND THE JANES AND THE JANES AND THE JANES...
Ex-Jayhawk and member of Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers, Mark Olson, will be appearing at Shambles Brewery on Friday September 8, presented by Kaleidoscope Music. Joining him will be Ingunn Ringyold in support of their new album Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun, this will see them comprehensively tour Australia playing intimate venues in many cities for the first time. Mark and Ingunn have collaborated on previous albums, with their voices blending and her harmonium, qanon and djembe complimenting his guitar, dulcimer and djembe. Tickets are available via Moshtix. Get along for a hearty dose of Americana action. HEAD ON A PYKE
Maddy Jane has been busy spending time in the studio lately and is ready to show the world some fresh produce. Debuting on Triple J and now on high rotation on the station, Maddy's new single, 'No Other Way' is a sign of things to come. Head
With five acclaimed top 10 albums, four ARIA Awards and countless sold out tours to his name, Josh Pyke has announced the release of his BEST OF, B-SIDES & RARITIES album on Friday 30 June, to be followed by a BEST OF national headline tour throughout July and August. The BEST OF will be accompanied by the release of Memories & Dust on vinyl for the first time. Josh will be playing two shows in Tasmania at the end of August. On Friday August 25, he’ll be performing at the Launceston Country Club, and on Saturday August 26, he’ll be at Wrest Point Casino in Hobart. Both gigs are 18+, tickets available from www.tixtas.com.au. www.facebook.com/warp.mag 7
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THE HOLIEST OF HOLYS SOMETIMES YOU CAN JUDGE AN ALBUM BY IT’S COVER. HOLY HOLY’S LATEST ALBUM PAINT HAS A BEAUTIFUL ALBUM COVER TO MATCH ITS BEAUTIFUL CONTENT. WE SAT DOWN WITH VOCALIST TIM CARROLL TO DISCUSS THE NEW ALBUM AND UPCOMING TOUR.
Coming off the back of their highly successful debut album When the Storms Would Come and a boatload of tours, HOLY HOLY are releasing their second album ‘Paint’ and oh boy is it a good one. Tim says that the band has evolved since the first album and “consolidated more into a group” “The project [HOLY HOLY] first started out as a project between Oscar and I. We were living overseas in Europe at the time and we just started sending demos back and forth and we would work up the songs and then when we got back to Australia we recruited a bass player and a drummer In Ryan Strathie and Graham Ritchie and ended up working with producer Matt Redlich. On the back of that record we went all around the country and overseas as well and we consolidated into more of a group with the five of us together. Oscar and I still write a lot of the music but we really enjoy working with those guys and everybody brings a lot to the table in the studio in terms of their playing and writing of different parts. Some of these songs are written in the room altogether, I feel like I can hear that difference in the two records.” Compared to their debut album, Tim says that band has moved away from their electric sound and created a more modern album. The band has matured and really put their guts into Paint and it has paid off. Each song is fresh and different and overall a good time.
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“I feel like When the Storms Would Come at its core is singer/songwriter type songs with an electric band around it and it has the nostalgic, 70’s kind of feel to it. With this record, we wanted to step away from that a bit and try a few different things. There’s a lot more synth on it, the new record has a bit more momentum and different movement with the rhythms and so on. We also stepped away from the acoustic guitar in this so there’s no chugging acoustical or rhythm guitar in the record, there’s a lot more space for synths and bass and guitar. But also, stylistically, the places we went on this record are a bit more diverse and maybe a bit more modern.” The band collaborated with contemporary artist James Drinkwater for the cover work and it matches the album completely. The whole album is a work of art and Tim aimed for this album to be creative. James Drinkwater was living in Berlin around the same time as Tim and Oscar and so they quickly became associated and when it came time to choose an album cover the collab seemed an easy decision. “We decided on the name for the record, Paint, as a bit of a masthead for what we wanted the record to be, we wanted it to be creative and colourful but also in a way minimalist – that word summed up that. One of the reasons we liked the name because it allowed us to explore the visual elements of the record. So I guess the
combination of him [Drinkwater] being there and us just watching from a distance and seeing how well he was doing that when it came time to pick the cover for the record we just reached out to him and asked if he would be interested in collaborating. He was really into it and sent us a bunch of different pictures and the one piece that we ended up deciding on for the record cover just sat well with the songs we’d written. It turned out really well and it’s been a pleasure working with him.” HOLY HOLY will be in Hobart in July, playing at the Republic Bar as part of their upcoming tour. Tim is looking forward to the gig and promises it will be a good show. For Tim himself and the bands drummer this show is an (almost) hometown show as the two of them recently moved to Tassie. ‘The Republic is a classic Australian pub venue so it will be interesting to put the show on in there. I think it works well, me and the boys have played there before and hopefully it will be a good show. Two of us actually live in Tasmania now, I live up in the north-east of Launceston and our drummer has just moved to Hobart so in some ways it’s a hometown show for half the band. I’ve been in Tassie for 3 years so I’m still kind of a migrant and our drummer just moved a couple of weeks ago so he’s really new but it should be nice. I mean I really like Tassie, I’ve moved down here so it’s home. ‘ MACKENZIE STOLP
See Holy Holy perform in Hobart at The Republic Bar on Saturday July 1. Tickets available via www. republicbar.com.
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IN MOTION SOUL/BLUES ACT SHAUN KIRK IS CHANGING SHIT UP. SINCE HIS DEBUT IN 2012, HE’S BEEN A SOLO ACT, BUT AFTER A BRIEF BREAK (HIS LAST ALBUM, STEER THE WHEEL, WAS IN 2014) AND SOME INTROSPECTION, HE’S MAKING SOME CHANGES. STEER THE WHEEL WAS KIRK’S FIRST COLLABORATIVE PROJECT, AND HE’S GOTTEN A TASTE FOR IT.
“I’ve never had a band...I will eventually.” Kirk states, on the pros and cons of going it alone. “It’s easier when you’re solo...it’s hard to explain, maybe I’ve been playing solo too long. In terms of connecting with the audience, it’s easier as a solo artist, you can just go with the flow a bit and if you need a song to change in an instant, you can do that. The creative support is definitely something I yearn for at times. It can be hard trying to decide if a line or riff is the right way to go. You can get very self-judgemental. Helps to have that person next to you to reassure you.” “I’ve been doing some co-writing in the last few years which has helped” he says, happily. “With Mark Lang [Skipping Girl Vinegar], he got in touch….before, the cowriting was foreign to me, then he asked me to come around and do some writing. Since then I’ve done some with Diesel,
Joel Quartermain [Eskimo Joe]...it’s good fun learning other people’s methods.” “I’m working on a whole new setup for this tour, it’s gonna look crazy.” he says. “At the moment, I’ve been doing the electronic drum pad with my feet, but I’m trying to make it a little more visually exciting. A lot of people often come up to me at the end of gigs and ask if I have backing tracks! I’m trying to maybe include some acoustic drums.” Kirk’s upcoming gigs will feature as part of his Midnight in Motion tour, as he prepares to drop some new material as the year goes on. No doubt much of his new ideas will come out in these shows. “It’s been the longest between releases in my career so far. It’s been an interesting time; I’ve learnt a lot.” he explains.
“Moved house recently with my girlfriend, we’ve got a little studio out the back. I’ve been learning a lot about sounds I like. In terms of the next release, there’s gonna be a more solid vision in terms of production. I’ve got a solid vision as to what I want it to sound like. I’m taking a step back from touring like a crazy man like I was for a couple years there; now I’m stuffing around with guitars and amps and pedals, learning from other writers, and I am excited to get back in the studio. In the past I’ve never recorded demos, now I have crazy amount of demos on my hard drive.” LISA DIB
Shaun Kirk plays The Homestead in North Hobart on Friday July 7. Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au.
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WINNERS ARE GRINNERS IN THE HALLOWED ANNALS OF AUSTRALIAN ROCK, THE 1990S WAS A HIGHLY FERTILE AND PROSPEROUS TIME FOR LOCAL MUSIC AND ART. I, PERSONALLY, CAN’T IMAGINE THE LATE 90S/EARLY 2000S WITHOUT THE SOUND OF LISMORE FOURSOME GRINSPOON BLASTING SOMEWHERE; ‘JUST ACE’ BLARING FROM THE BEDROOM STEREO AS YOU HIDE A VODKA CRUISER IN YOUR CARGO PANTS.
The band are coming out from hiatus to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of their debut, career-making album, Guide to Better Living, complete with national tour. Bass player Joe Hansen chatted about a long career on the Aussie rock trail. “With Guide… we basically recorded every song we’d written. We just did it and didn’t overthink it- didn’t think about anything really, apart from playing music and drinking beer.” he explains. “As time goes on, that’s what does happen- you become more self-conscious about outside stuff, promo, selling the records, budgets...maybe you overthink things a bit. We weren’t thinking about anything, (laughs) it was all on instinct. We were just four guys from Lismore playing for four guys at the pub- all of a sudden we’re playing Livid [Festival] for thousands of people! You don’t think about it too much a the time. It was pretty wild. We toured the states on the back of that record, that was fun.” The band went on hiatus in 2013 to pursue their own projects and, in the meantime, Hansen has been taking on some new duties. “I’ve been doing a few things, I’ve basically been working behind the scenes at festivals. There’s a fest in Port Macquarie called Festival of the Sun that I’ve been working on, Splendour...nice to get on the other side of the fence. Bands, and I,
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have never really realised what goes on at these events, you just rock up and drink the rider and play and piss off; it’s been an eye-opener to see how much work goes into these festivals, I’ve got a band I play in up in my local area called Son of Jaguar, a garage rock band, keeps the fingers going. We’re not overly ambitious, we’re not trying to be huge: we get together, write songs, the odd show here and there for our own amusement, we’re not gonna take over the world. It’s nice to be playing music with friends while Grinspoon’s been on the break. Keeps it going in a relaxed way.” There’s a fair amount of 90’s nostalgia going around at the moment, but Hansen doesn’t glorify the bygone eras- merely looks back with fondness. “I dunno if it was better back then...Triple J had gone national, Recovery was on ABC every Saturday morning, people were buying CDs and listening to the whole record…” he states. “Australia had lots of bands, all these really cool rock bands getting around, it was so much fun. I can’t tell if it’s different, I dunno if it’s better or worse; if I was in my early twenties now, I’d be having a ball.” “The internet has ruined rock and roll, but you gotta go with it, don’t you?” Hansen says. “Me and Phil [Jamieson, Grinspoon vocalist/guitarist]
were in Manly and we went to the mall because Regurgitator’s Unit album was about to released. We both bought a copy each and that’s what we listened to in the garage for the next six weeks. The cool thing about CDs is you actually listen to every song; now with playlists, you pick and choose your favourite songs. Maybe there’s a nostalgia...we just had enough mix of technology without it being too much in those days. It is what it is and you can’t control it. I don’t wanna be one of those “back in my day…” guys (laughs)” Although the band are setting out on a thorough tour to commemorate their game-changing record, Hansen warns against fans getting too excited about the band returning full-time. “I can see us hopefully writing some more new material in the near future. We’ll come to some kind of consensus if we don’t end up hating each other by the end of this tour (laughs)” “I don’t think you can take anything too seriously, you get wrapped up in what it all means.” Hansen states breezily. “It’s nice to enjoy the ride and make the most of it- any opportunities or experiences that came our way, we’d take. There was a few bands around that time took themselves really seriously, we were the opposite of that. You take the music seriously, you try your hardest and you’re serious about writing stuff, but...you just gotta enjoy it.” LISA DIB
The 20th Anniversary deluxe edition of Guide to Better Living is out June 23. Grinspoon will play two shows in Hobart at the Granada Tavern, Saturday August 5 (sold out) and Sunday August 6. Tickets available from www. moshtix.com.au.
FOV 2017 Roundup
FOV 2017 ROUNDUP IF YOU THINK HOBART IS THE ONLY TOWN WITH A BIT OF ACTION, THINK AGAIN. FESTIVAL OF VOICES IS SENDING SOME OF THE HOTTEST MUSICAL TALENT ACROSS THE STATE – AND YOU’RE INVITED. FROM BUCKLAND TO BICHENO, WE’VE SELECTED SOME OF THE TOP FOV PICKS BETWEEN JUNE 30 TO JULY 16. CHECK OUT THE FULL PROGRAM AT WWW.FESTIVALOFVOICES.COM.
@ ROSNY PARK Braille Face Melbourne vocalist and producer Jordan White – known as Braille Face – is praised for his ambient electronic songs. He’s also signed to Gotye and Tim Shiel’s record label Spirit Level. Jordan had challenged himself to create an album per month for a year, and uploaded them to SoundCloud in 2015 when Tim – a radio broadcaster – discovered him. The rest is history, and you can see it brought to life in the Rosny Barn, 7.30pm July 6 as part of Voices in the Barn. Tickets $30.
@ APSLAWN All Our Exes Live in Texas and Maddy Jane
Rhymes My Nanna Taught Me Most FOV events are child-friendly, but in this concert, the focus is on the little ones themselves. Tasmanian singer Allison Farrow will revisit the magical songs and nursery rhymes from her childhood for all of us to enjoy. Tickets $12, 2pm and 4pm July 9 as Rosny Barn. @ TRIABUNNA Australian Girls Choir
Pizza, wine, and music? Count us in. At this event, the Sydney singers of All Our Exes (who also rock out on mandolin, accordion, guitar, and ukulele) will flood the Devil’s Corner Cellar Door with their indie-folk tunes. Joining the four-piece will be local artist Maddy Jane, who started writing songs during her Bruny Island childhood. 12pm July 2, tickets $25 (under 16s free).
Triabunna’s population is set to rise when the Australian Girls Choir visits the rural town as part of its National Tour. AGC is a program for girls aged five and over, and involves more than 5000 of these budding singers across most capital cities. See a smaller group of them at the school in Triabunna, 1.30pm July 4. Free event. They’ll also join Tasmania Sings in the Hobart City Hall, 7pm July 6, adults $29. Aurora (Young Adelaide Voices): The Triabunna Community Hall will be filled with the singers of Aurora, who specialise in original Australian works. They’ll perform in several venues across the state, and you can visit the FOV website for the full program. If you’re in Triabunna you can catch them at 1.30pm July 4, free event.
@ BICHENO Ben Salter, Denni and The Surreal Estate Agents Songwriter Ben Salter will team up with funkfolk artists The Surreal Estate Agents at the Bicheno Lions Park. Colin Dean will MC, and Denni from Launceston will show us what her voice is made of. 12.30pm July 1, tickets $15 (under 16s free).
@ MOONAH The Events
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Local star of the stage and screen Jane Longhurst will join with Rob Mallett, director Robert Jarman, and some of Hobart’s community choirs in local production The Events. David Grieg’s The Events is produced by Blue Cow Theatre and explores the fictional tale of a choir director, gunman, and small community. Several performances at the Moonah Arts Centre, starting 7.30pm July 12-22, adults $48.
Henry Wagons, Mother’s Ruin, and Ange Boxall Trio Grab a bite from a food van, wash it down with a cocktail and enjoy the vocals of celebrated Tassie singer Ange Boxall as she performs with her trio. Mother’s Ruin is a cabaret by Maeve Marsden and Libby Wood (gin drinkers, this one is for you), while Henry Wagons has a long history of wowing listeners with his country inspired musical journeys. The action happens at White Sands Estate. 6.30pm July 1, tickets $25, over 18 event. @ BUCKLAND Frente and Van Walker With ABC radio host Ryk Goddard as MC, you’ll get to hear folk-pop muso Frente (reunited on stage for the first time since 2014) plus Van Walker. It’s a licensed event with food and fireworks, so get ready to party at the Tasmanian Bushland Garden. 6pm June 30, tickets $25 (under 16s free). @ BERRIEDALE The Singing Politician There are a couple of gigs in the Nolan Gallery at MONA – one being The Singing Politician, which features two of the nation’s top classical ensembles. Topology will join with The Australian Voices to bring you music of a political nature, with vocals drawing quotes from Gillard, Abbott, Menzies and Whitlam. 8pm July 14, tickets $40 ($70 when paired with Dangerous Song – Blue)
@ HOBART Voicebox The Hobart City Hall will light up with Voicebox from 7-13 July with a full series of events. Get your funk fix with local outfit Mama K and the Big Love, or indulge in comedic cabaret with Lady Sings it Better in Story Time. Another highlight is Benny Walker, who has taken out Best Aboriginal Talent at the Age Music Victoria Awards, and topped the AMRAP charts. There will be music happening nightly between the dates, so be sure to check out the full program to find your fit. Theatre Royal digs With shows from Sarah Blasko (12 July) and Toni Childs (9 July), performers at the Theatre Royal are in good company. The Umbilical Brothers will present its show Speedmouse at this venue. The BAFTA, Emmy, and Helpmann winning comedy duo use their voices and mics to create an adventure of sound. 8pm July 15, tickets $45. With 12 albums under its belt, The Idea of North does it all: pop, classical, jazz, and everything between. The ARIA winning a cappella group will perform with support from the 50-voice ensemble Soulfood at 7.30pm July 11, tickets $40 adult. STEPHANIE ESLAKE
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MUSICAL MELTING POT YOU MAY HAVE HEARD SOPHIE KOH’S ROCK AND POP ALBUMS – BUT DID YOU KNOW SHE’S CLASSICALLY TRAINED? HER MUSIC HAS TAKEN A NEW TURN IN HER LATEST ALBUM BOOK OF SONGS, WHICH SHE DUBS A “CONTEMPORARY POP ALBUM BASED ON THREE WESTERN CLASSICAL INSTRUMENTS”. SOPHIE WAS BORN IN NEW ZEALAND, SPENT HER CHILDHOOD IN SINGAPORE AND MALAYSIA, AND NOW LIVES IN AUSTRALIA. SHE EXPLORES HER CULTURAL – AND MUSICAL – HERITAGE IN THIS STRIKING RELEASE, AND YOU’LL HEAR IT AT THE FESTIVAL OF VOICES.
Tell us about you. How did the concept for Book of Songs come to you? I wanted to see if I could still make something accessible without crowding it with drums or bass. To see if I could exploit the natural timbre, characters and percussive nature of these three classical instruments (piano, cello, and viola) and bring it to a pop audience. I brought snippets of melodies and piano riffs to my producer friend J. Walker (Machine Translations/Paul Kelly). He handed me two books on Chinese poetry: Lu Xun Selected Poems and Women Poets of China. I mumbled rough lyrics I had at the time, and they reminded J. Walker of the natural meter of Chinese prose. It was like a moment of epiphany for me – we should make an album together based on these elements of East meets West. Book Of Songs has been the most cohesive album I’ve ever done: marrying Western classical instruments, Eastern style prose and pop music! Why has it been important for you to explore your heritage through your music? Being Chinese in ethnicity is something I had never really discussed in public. In my earlier life, I subconsciously wanted to fit in with other kids, that is, to be ‘white’. As I’ve gotten older, I now acknowledge that ethnicity is a big
part of who I am and should be proud. I can’t escape it even if I try to! It’s not everything but it’s a huge part of my chemistry. This album has come at a time in my life where I’m finally ok with who I am as a woman. When I began my research into Chinese poets, I realised that the meter they wrote in was pretty much the same as how I’ve always written pop song lyrics. It was a momentous discovery. Furthermore, the oldest book of written Chinese poetry (11th-7th BC) ever collated was called Shi-Jing. These 300 poems were meant to be sung like folk songs. I was excited by this discovery. Although there were no authors named, many of the poems appear to be written by common women, about their daily life, longing for loved ones etc. Shi-Jing loosely translates to Book of Songs; hence I decided to give my album that title. You recorded your music while pregnant with your son (congratulations!). What was this experience like for you? Creating whilst pregnant gives you immense impetus to finish something on time! There’s nothing quite like that kind of deadline. It was great. My baby boy is 13 months now. He was in the womb for most of the recording. When I play the songs to him now, I swear he recognises the tunes and it always calms him! How have you found the music industry to support (or not?) women songwriters? Women juggle many plates. They might be a mum, a carer, or hold other jobs to fund their creative pursuit like music. ‘Creativity’ is often shoved down to the bottom of the list of your daily tasks. This is a huge topic and I struggle with juggling my plates every day. My career started when I was ‘Unearthed’ by Triple J in 2003. Now that I have a young child, I’m not sure when or how I’m going to get time to be creative again. To better support women creatives, the answer is multifactorial. We need more women in the music industry – as broadcasters, music journos, reviewers, sound engineers. Furthermore, promote these women into leadership roles, on boards, in radio, in publishing companies. Women will advocate for other women artists. What have been some of the major challenges in your career so far, and how have you overcome them? I’ve been an independent musician. Been self-managed and self-funded for most of my career. It’s a big challenge for me to work out how I can stop the ‘business’ side of managing my own career from hurting my creative side. It can surely get you down when you’ve spent one week putting a [grant] application together and it gets turned down. I should have spent that week writing songs! Being independent has had its ups and down. But I’m still here. Mainly because I’ve taken charge of my music career now. Starting my own label [Crying Ninja Records] has focused my energy. I do things slowly and make sure that every new album is an educational adventure. So even if no one listens to it, at least I’ve learnt something for the next project, as a person and as a musician. STEPHANIE ESLAKE See Sophie Koh with Ladychoir perform at the Festival of Voices at 7.30pm July 9 in the Hobart City Hall. Tickets available from www.festivalofvoices.com.
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BRINGING THE BEAT CHIARA KICKDRUM HAS ONLY BEEN IN MELBOURNE A LITTLE OVER A DECADE BUT IT MAKING GRAND STRIDES IN THE TIME. HAVING STUDIED JAZZ AND CLASSICAL MUSIC IN ITALY IN HER FORMATIVE YEARS, SHE MADE THE MOVE TO AUSTRALIA IN 2004 FOR LOVE- ROMANTIC AND PROFESSIONAL- A MOVE THAT HAS COME UP ROSES FOR THE DJ.
“I studied in Italy and fell in love with a guy and the place, I was making friends... that guy was the one that introduced me to electronic music and techno, actually.” she says. “I didn’t know anything about it when I moved here, and got excited about it. I’m here because of the love for electronic music, I felt like I needed to stay here and be involved in it.” Kickdrum is actually in the studio as we speak, finishing up some tracks. A muso’s work is never done. “I’m gonna master them tomorrow, I’m getting them done and moving onto the next thing [because] I’ve been working on this for quite a while. I’ve got more stuff coming up, I’m very excited. When I’m in
the studio, I’m working on a bit lighter stuff; when I play live, I play hard techno, go a bit crazy with the drum machine. I’m always thinking: ‘If I wanted to buy a record, what would I buy?’.”
Kickdrum notes that part of her unique outlook to music and the sounds she creates is influenced by her diverse background and studies, something she is passing onto the next generation…
You’ll soon be able to find Kickdrum at the illustrious Dark Mofo festival, as part of Red Bull Music Academy’s Transliminal events. Having performed with the festival in 2013, she keeps fond memories.
“I was doing a tutorial at Monash recently...I had sixteen students and we put together an electronic music ensemble. They did this huge performance in the university auditorium and it was pretty dark and intense, droney, and this girl was doing stuff with her voice- effects and reverb...they’re musicians, jazz and classical musicians. It was a different thing for them to learn, to open their minds to what they could do with their musical skills. The good thing about electronic music is, in a way it’s much easier- it is
“I played at Dark Mofo three or four years ago, a sound and art installation, played a live art installation piece. It was amazing. Dark Mofo has that underground feel about it, very interesting and different. When I first went to MONA, I was blown away, it’s probably the best gallery in the world.”
STUDIO LIFE ALTHOUGH YOU MIGHT REMEMBER HOBART MUSO CAL YOUNG BEST AS ONE-HALF OF ELECTRO OUTFIT THE SCIENTISTS OF MODERN MUSIC, YOUNG HAS BECOME MORE OF A BEHIND-THE-SCENES MAN IN THE INTERVENING YEARS SINCE SOMM’S DEMISE; HE’S STILL IN A BAND (S L O W, WITH CALYPSO BROWN), BUT SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME NOWADAYS BEHIND A (MIXING) DESK. HE’S GETTING READY TO RELEASE JUST WORDS, HIS LATEST TRACK, THROUGH US LABEL CASABLANCA SUNSET, UNDER HIS NEW CREATIVE PERSONA: KOWL.
“I’ve been working with this vocalist Anjulie, she’s done vocal for this single.” Young explains. “She’s based out of LA, so we’ve been working via correspondence. She’s normally a writer for people like Lady Gaga and Nicki Minaj. Also got a local guitarist Alan Gogoll, who’s been just absolutely blowing up, millions of views for his guitar videos on social media. We’ve been wanting to work together for years. I constantly feel like I’m skin-grafted to my studio at the moment, I’m there most nights ‘til 3am working.” Young and Anjulie didn’t get to meet up much due to their distance, so the single was a far-away collab, to say the least. “Surprisingly not as difficult as I thought! But it was good, because I had Eric, my manager, being the middleman, sorting out things I needed, he was good at taking my ideas and giving them to Anjulie. Lot of backwards and forwards of demo ideas, feelings towards the track- I only spoke to Anjulie once or twice in person! The single turned out great, she did a great job.” Although Young hasn’t abandoned the stage completely (S L O W released their debut EP in 2016), he’s happiest when 14
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probably a bit more like jazz, you can play a wrong note and it can still sound pretty good, you can improvise a bit mo. You can look outside the square. There’s so many infinite possibilities with electronic music. It’s just a matter of playing around and you can do amazing stuff.” LISA DIB
Chiara Kickdrum plays at Hobart City Hall on Friday June 16, with Juliana Huxtable, DJ Kiti and Brooke Powers as part of Red Bull Music Academy’s Transliminal. Limited tickets will be available on the door.
he’s on the other side of the creative process. “I find it easier. I love performing, I love being in a band.” he says. “I also love getting other people’s ideas and making them come to fruition, it’s a platform for me to be thinking harder. For my own music, I really like coming up with something and then working with someone else to feature in it. I just really love working with other people, but feeling like I can still be the conductor.” Although, as can often be the case when you have too much of a good thing, there can often be ‘too many cooks’... “When it comes to working with other people, if it doesn’t work out, I’m not gonna release it. There’s been so many different artists that feature someone for the name, and even if it’s a shit track, people will still gravitate towards it. Say I release an album, I don’t wanna have too many featured artists on the album- it’s too many voices, too many people having too many ideas, so it’s difficult to narrow it down to your own ideas. That’s kind of what Calvin Harris is doing at the moment, new album’s just cluttered with people.” LISA DIB
Just Words is out June 5 through Casablanca Sunset.
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NOTHING FUNNY STEVIE WILLIAMS, VOCALIST FOR MELBOURNE SCUZZ-PUNKS CLOWNS, IS TIRED. THE BAND HAVE JUST COME OFF A EUROPEAN TOUR WHEN I CHAT TO HIM, AND HE’S LOOKING FORWARD TO A VERY BRIEF RESPITE BEFORE DOING IT ALL AGAIN.
“Twenty-eight shows in thirty days.” he notes. “A very long and gruelling experience and I’m glad it’s over. I had lots of fun, it was the greatest thing to do in the world and I wouldn’t change it. I am privileged to do such a thing, but I am stoked to be back. I’m gonna have a little holiday on Fitzroy Island [off the coast of Cairns] before our Cairns gig because, why not (laughs).” Williams got a good look at current European sentiments, such as they are, on the band’s recent jaunt. “We flew out of Munich, in Bavaria, which is considered the Texas of Germany (laughs). From my perspective, it seems very left; The Netherlands just elected a leftist government, the dude running against the left, he was gonna be the new Trump, was gonna advocate some sort of Nexit. I feel like a lot of politicians are playing on people’s fears to gain that political power. Multiculturalism is a beautiful thing, I wish we could have more of it, and general human compassion is a nice thing to have in your soul and your country.” Clowns have most recently been plugging their latest album, Lucid Again- their third, after their 2013 debut I’m Not Right and 2015’s follow-up Bad Blood. They also have had a lineup shift, with the addition of Hanny J (bass/vocals) and Will Robinson (guitar) to bolster the new sound. “Me and the drummer, Jake [Laderman] have been the main songwriters in the band anyway, the only difference being now we’ve decided to expand to a five-piece.” Williams says. “People who have been used to our sound before will be probably pleasantly surprised to hear the riffs going the way we want them to. We just sat down and wrote it and this is what came out: a forty-three minute, ninetrack mould of garage psychedelic punk rock.” Although the band is a psychedelic-punk force, Williams is unapologetically a man of diverse tastes. Indeed, one thing we heartily agree on here is how boring and immature pop snobbery is. “Who has authority over what you like?” he says. “One of my biggest pet peeves about the music industry is that elitist attitude that goes on. You like what you like, music is subjective. I like a lot of music that some people might deem ‘embarrassing’. Let’s be honest: everyone has a guilty pleasure, and if you condemn someone for their taste, you’re an asshole. I really like Taylor Swift, I think she’s great, I’m a big fan of pop music. I got open ears. I’m going back to Whitney Houston [at the moment], what a bunch of bangers from one artist. I love punk music but I wanna explore other things too.” LISA DIB
Clowns play at The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Friday June 16. Lucid Again is out now.
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BRING OUT THE HEAVY ARTILLERY QUIRKY, ENERGETIC AND ECLECTIC ARE SOME OF THE WORDS THAT SPRING TO MIND WHEN DESCRIBING MELBOURNE ELECTRONIC TRIO BLUNDERBUSS, WHO ARE LAUNCHING THEIR NEW EP READY, AIM, FIRE! AT THE HOMESTEAD ON SATURDAY JUNE 10.
Blunderbuss can’t get enough of the Tassie live music scene, bringing their mix of break beats, hip-hop, drum and bass, funk, live horns and vocals to The Homestead and Fractangular Gathering many times in the last few years. “Expect more than last time that’s for sure,” says Blunderbuss vocalist, trumpet player and beats extraordinaire Brendan, aka Blunderbuss Jones. Performing a blend of their own and other’s material in the past, this will be Blunderbuss’ first time showcasing their own entirely original live set to Tassie punters and they couldn’t be prouder. “When it’s your own music, you really own it,” he says. As Blunderbuss welcomes you into their whacky world expect to be entertained with a whole lot of humour, groovy dance moves, bouncing and crowd interaction. “I don’t just think of myself as a musician, but I think of myself as an entertainer because I’ve got a job to do. I’m up in front of a bunch of people and I’ve got to keep it all alive, keep it moving, keep it kicking.” Blunderbuss is all about pushing the limits, giving them an edge that sets them apart from the mainstream electronic music crowd. “The most interesting stuff to me and what I grew up with and what I tried to find when I was younger, was stuff that sort of pushes the boundaries a little bit,” he explains. “Break beats and drum and bass have always been a bit of a subculture, they’ve never really been mainstream, so that’s definitely a much stronger influence to me and definitely what I’m trying to put into our music now, that stuff that’s a little bit more on the edge.” Combine pushing the limits with having a hell of a fun time and caring for the planet and the community and you’ve got Blunderbuss’ ethos in a nutshell. “If there is a little bit of a message in the music to make people think a little bit differently, then maybe it will affect people from a young age and they’ll have it in their heads just to care about each other a bit more and care about the planet a bit more and maybe not strive for money as much as striving for community.” Blunderbuss also dropped a smoking hot music video for their song “Fire!” earlier this year. A highlight for the band, the music video shows off the trio’s fun and vibrant spirit. What better way to fire up a cold winter’s night in Hobart than singing and dancing along to the electro goodness of Blunderbuss? ZOE COONEY
Blunderbuss perform at The Homestead, Hobart, on Saturday June 10. Tickets from www.outix.net.
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NATURE WORKS LEADING TASMANIAN COMPOSER AND EDUCATOR MARIA GRENFELL IS WORKING WITH BUDDING NEW MUSIC MAKERS IN THE COMING MONTHS. TOGETHER, THEY’RE CRAFTING A SERIES OF WORKS INSPIRED BY OUR ENVIRONMENT AS PART OF THE TSO COMPOSERS’ PROJECT.
It’s the second year running for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Composers’ Project, and last year young musos worked with the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery to create music based on three pieces on exhibition. TMAG was recently named the overall winner for its Tempest exhibition at the 2017 Museum and Galleries National Awards, and Maria says the composers’ project was an “important part of this outreach and the Tempest display”. This year, young composers are working with scientific researchers from IMAS. Students from The Friends School, Launceston Church Grammar, Hobart College, Elizabeth College, and St Patricks College Launceston, are drawing musical ideas from the oceans and its creatures. Maria Grenfell, who worked to establish the project, says 10 volunteer players from the TSO will workshop and perform the pieces. Maria fills us in, and also talks us through her own music, which will be performed by the TSO this June. Hi Maria, tells about the TSO Composers’ Project. What are the science stories that will set the foundations for this new music? The three themes for the IMAS research are marine biodiversity, which is analysing marine zones around Australia and what’s in them; the amazing journey of the lobster larvae – the lifecycle of a lobster; and ocean eddies – an eddy is a cyclone underwater. How do you know what research theme will translate into an exciting piece of music? We thought some of them had sonic possibilities. Like the lifecycle of the rock lobster: you might be able to write a composition that starts out portraying how it grows, evolves and changes into something else. And when you think about composing, that’s what you think about doing to your piece. You think about how it changes and grows and becomes something different. What are some of the instruments that will be used to tell these ocean tales? We have four pieces that use percussion, and some of them are unpitched percussion. So it’s extra challenging in how they will need to portray a particular sound or particular event without using pitch: wooden sounds, skin sounds, prickly sounds, and different aspects of what you’re thinking about with fish under water, for example. Some of it is abstract, but it does give them a visual and aural departing point for starting a composition. It helps them with an idea. How does the project help young composers? They can use this composition as part of their folio for assessment, and they can hear their piece performed by professional musicians. They’re not having to scrape around for players and find instruments they want to write for but haven’t got access to. We’ve given them all that upfront. They learn that they can write things that are very much from their imagination, without worrying if it’s
going to be too hard. So it’s a fantastic opportunity.
players, but it’s like a new piece that’s against the old piece.
Why do you think it’s an important time to be drawing on environmental inspiration for music?
How does it feel to have your new music performed by a professional orchestra?
I think there’s a general awareness, particularly among young people, of the impacts of climate change and of humans on the earth and interacting with water, animals and the earth. And I think that’s a really good thing. We have got a generation now that has grown up with the concept of ‘be kind to the planet’. Your own music to be performed in the upcoming Simple Gifts concert – your Spirals for clarinet and bassoon – was commissioned by the TSO. What’s it all about? I was talking with the TSO and they said they’d intended to program a piece called Duett-Concertino by Richard Strauss for clarinet, bassoon strings, and harp. It’s the only piece in the repertoire for that instrumental combination. Some orchestras like to commission what they call a ‘companion piece’ that can be played on the same program by the same
I’m really looking forward to it. I always get nervous when I hear my own pieces being played, and especially if it’s an orchestra. But I really enjoyed writing this piece because I know it would be played beautifully. I’ve heard the TSO’s Andrew Seymour (clarinet) and Tahnee van Herk (bassoon) play it twice to me in my office at the University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music. And they say, ‘Is this ok?’. And I’m sitting there going, ‘Yes, that’s fine!’. It was really fun, so I really hope they like it.
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CHILL MASTER 5000 AFTER A SIX YEAR HIATUS, PETE MURRAY HAS RETURNED WITH THE SINGLE ‘TAKE ME DOWN’ FROM HIS FORTHCOMING ALBUM CAMANCHO. PETE SPOKE WITH US ABOUT THE BREWING OF HIS CREATIVE CHANGE IN DIRECTION AND HOW COLLABORATION, SOUL AND HIP HOP INFLUENCED THE PRODUCTION OF THE NEW ALBUM HE CONSIDERS TO BE HIS MASTERPIECE. Your approach to recording Camancho has been entirely different to the last five albums you’ve produced - choosing to record in your Byron Studio, then recruiting various production maestro’s and hip hop artists as you needed them over a number of years. The album is quite a collage of styles for you, one where you were in control of directing the exact pace and timing. Was this one of the more satisfying writing processes you’ve experienced? Absolutely by far. I think the typical trouble with an album is you go to the studio to record with the band for four to six weeks or so. This time I wanted to take my time, I wanted to produce it myself and I wanted some other guys to help me achieve what I wanted to do. So I guess when you’re working with other producers you start to get different influences on their songs and it was up to me to kind of tie everything in together the way I wanted after we’d finished doing their stuff. So five of the tracks I produced myself the other five are done with other producers so yeah I had to really kind of tie the other tracks in so they matched what I had done. It was a long gestation process as well… Yeah, the reason it took so long is that we were kind of waiting on people’s availability as well. I did have to spend a lot of time to develop for the first few years to establish what I wanted, in order to make the change. So I listened to a lot of electronica and a lot of hip hop to try and get different flavours and sonics and tie that in to my music. Can you tell us about who some of those hip hop and electronic influences for you? 18
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One band that I listened to a little bit in the earlier stages was The Roots. I’d listen to their stuff just for the sound of their drums, they had cool drum sounds. I don’t really know many other bands, I’d just kind of stream stuff and listen.
it’s just a great body of work from start to finish. Sometimes I’ll listen to one track a couple of times in a row, go through the album pick it apart and make sure it’s all working, but as a body of work I can listen to it from start to finish and I’m 100% proud of it.
You were given advice from Tom Rothrock years ago to go ahead with a more groove driven sound, advice you didn’t go with initially. What changed in you over the years that made you want to start writing with beat loops six years later?
Once you’d completed recording the album and were listening back before sending it to be mixed, how long did it take you to feel satisfied with what you’d created?
It’s funny you know, I went to LA when I first met Tom and I played a couple of acoustic songs and he put a few little loops on the tracks just so we could hear them. I guess he kind of put that idea into my mind about having a beat that doesn’t change throughout the song and I wasn’t really that into it back then, I didn’t think that was where I wanted to be. I was really into the live recordings with the band and it’s only later I started to listen to some of those old demos we did and I really liked them. I was listening to Beck’s Loser and that song was set to a loop too and I was thinking ‘Ok this is actually really cool.’ I was listening to a lot of hip hop and the beats were just simple beats that didn’t change, it was just one groove all the way through the song and I’d play solo and what I’d do is I’d open Garageband and I’d open a groove that I liked, and a lot of the grooves I got into were soul, you know, I keep talking about hip hop inspiring me, but I think it’s actually also a lot of soul that’s inspired me. So I’d open a soul groove with a guy called Trials (Daniel Rankine) and he beefed up those soul grooves to become what they are on the album. So it’s kind of actually more soul, with parts of hip hop sounds. Is there a particular element, lyric, hook or even an entire track that you’re really proud of on this album? I like it all. I feel like I’ve taken six years because I’ve been trying to make my masterpiece, if that makes sense to you. To me I feel like I’ve achieved that, I don’t feel like I could improve it in any way and I think that from start to finish it’s great. There’s no song I prefer over any other,
I was going crazy. You go through waves where you think it’s great and then you think it sounds like rubbish. I just went backwards and forwards going “Oh this is fantastic, oh no, this is rubbish”. So I was sitting with them and I started to pull the songs apart so much that it became hard to tell what was working anymore. I got to the point where I was talking to my manager and I said “Oh this is very close to the end y’know but I can’t tell whether it’s still working or not” and he just said “Oh it’s great, great y’know keep going!” Then a couple of months later I was talking with him and said “I’m really struggling listening to it” and he said “I don’t know, I think I’m struggling with it too now ‘cause I’ve been listening to it too much as well!” But I think once we mixed it, the mixes just came back sounding so great, and there was just no questioning that it was good. I was happy with it. The title of your album ‘Camancho’ translates as ‘cool’ in Spanish and you’ve built an entire career on being the relaxed, guitar twanging, chilled out guy. Is there anything that just makes you struggle not to lose your own camancho? I think there are plenty of things. In particular, greedy people and arrogant, obnoxious people do drive me a little crazy. AMANDA VAN ELK
Camancho is out June 2. Pete Murray will be embarking on a 33 date national tour kicking off in July, including two Tasmanian shows – Friday August 11 at Wrest Point, Hobart and Saturday August 12 at the Country Club, Launceston.
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DOWN AND JAZZY SAM MCAULIFFE MAY BE THE FRESHEST MUSO ON THE SCENE. HE KICKED OFF 2017 WITH A MOVE TO HOBART, HAVING COME FROM THE IMPROVISATIONAL JAZZ SCENE IN MELBOURNE. THE GUITARIST IS SET TO PERFORM HIS FIRST LOCAL GIG, TEAMING UP WITH HIS TRIO, THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY. THEY’LL LAUNCH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM ONEIRIC AS PART OF THE JAZZ AT MONA SERIES NEXT MONTH.
You’ve just moved from Melbourne, where you studied music at Monash University. Where did you perform during your student days? The only gigs we could get as young aspiring jazz musicians were at corporate events and weddings and business venues. We couldn’t play original music – we had to play jazz standards. I got really frustrated about not being able to get a gig where you could actually play music we wanted to play. So my friend Travis Woods and I started the Melbourne Improvisers Collective in about 2011. We hosted jazz events at night. We got to hear each other play, and that took off. It was one of the only establishments where you could see a few bands in a night. I later started The Re-think Project in about 2013, and we operated out of Uptown Jazz Café. That was a free improvisation gig, as opposed to jazz. It was a good way for me to be able to present my compositions.
So how would you describe the Sam McAuliffe sound? I’ve tried so many different things, trying to find what is me. We have this discussion all the time, as jazz musicians: what to define ourselves as. Most of the time, we can’t. We just say we improvise. It was at the end of my second year at university, when we were running the Melbourne Improvisers Collective, that we booked a group with the guitarist Ren Walters. He came and performed – I had no idea what was going on, and it blew my mind. He became my guitar teacher for the next however-many years. That was when I started getting into pure improvised music instead of jazz. What aesthetics do you draw into your music? I’m a pretty mellow sort of person, so I think my music is less aggressive. I’d call it textural, which I think reflects who I am. When I listen to music, I’m more interested in listening to the textures and layers of sound – just sound – rather than the melody. Tell us how your new album Oneiric explores those textures. I’d just come out of my Master of Arts (Music Performance) research project, investigating how environmental sounds can form improvisation. The whole point was to break down melody and have it incidental: background sound. It is very dreamlike. One of the [tracks] is We Are Where We Are Not – obviously, in our bed, asleep; but in our dreams, somewhere else. Will you perform the music on the album, or improvise new sounds at the launch? It’s all improvised, so we’ll be playing in the style of the album. There are a lot of effects, and ‘prepared’ guitar in the same way that John Cage prepared the piano. It’s almost more percussive with the preparations, but then the effects make it dreamy. The point of this group is almost to make the guitar sound as least like the guitar as possible. STEPHANIE ESLAKE
Sam McAuliffe will launch Oneiric, the debut album of his trio Through a Glass Darkly featuring Tony Hicks (woodwinds) and Mark Shepherd (bass and synth), as part of the Jazz at MONA series, 1-4pm on Sunday July 9 in The Void.
HOBART MUSIC. WINTER 2017. IT’S HERE, IT’S ON, LETS PARTY. YES! I WAS STANDING AT PANAMA FESTIVAL ABOUT TO WATCH A SET FROM LOCAL SINGER SONGWRITER, CALYPSO BROWN (IT WAS GREAT BTW) AND I NOTICED ANOTHER HOBART MUSO, AON STALP ALSO WAITING IN ANTICIPATION. I’d seen him and his band The Out of Towners perform a while back and had fallen in love with his recording of a tune called “Is My Own”. I decided to go and say hello and express my feelings for the tune. Aon was modestly taken aback. During our conversation he told me that he was moving to Melbourne as he thought he had exhausted his musical options in this great city. It saddened me. Of course I wish Aon all the best and I know Melbourne music has just gained themselves a unique talent, but I thought: man another one lost, that sucks, I loved his stuff. Then I thought again, hang on I only went and watched him play one time. I loved his set, I sought out his recordings – awesome – but I have never been back and now he’s finishing up (and his other band, smart guitar pop rockers, The Sunday League). I drove home the next day determined to get off my couch, stop watching Netflix and movies I’ve already seen and go and see some shows. It’s May now, and while I haven’t been out every week to a show (I’ve got a couple of kids I love hanging out with as well), I’ve been to more than I would have usually and my life feels better. I can report we have something happening here for sure. We have 20
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talent to burn: pop; punk; rock; dance; avant garde; hip hop; you name the genre. Sometimes it’s all on one bill and we have venues and people providing atmosphere that’s white hot. Best of all, it’s not discriminating against anyone. I learnt and learnt fast; everyone’s welcome, it’s not a clicky scene where you have to know someone. “We wanna be free to do what we wanna do”. Yep, I’ve had a ball and from what I’ve seen, so are the rest of the punters and musicians alike. I’m not going to lie and tell you I loved everything. Yet sometimes the gamble of seeing music that doesn't have a mate in the band or that someone has recommended, that you go in cold and see what you is the thrill. I saw A. Swayze & the Ghosts a couple weeks back and I hated them, I hated them because they were THAT BLOODY GOOD! I am a muso myself and I was jealous. It wasn’t romantic music to make pottery to, it was pure rock n roll: a tight rhythm section, a guitarist with an I don’t give a f**k attitude, and a front man who was a star. People were moving, grooving and going orffff. I caught a hip hop duo called Mum & Dad. They are not from South Central, Queens or East London that’s for sure, but they gave me 45 mins of the most
original (lyrics and look) and entertaining hip hop I’ve heard in years. I danced and I danced hard (I’ve still got it, don’t worry about that!). So then… when I have the opportunity I’m not going to be sitting around during winter getting depressed with the grey skies and cold nights, I’m going to be at The Brisbane Hotel, The Grand Poobah, The Homestead, The Waratah, The Republic….listening to the sounds of acts like The Pits, A. Swayze and the Ghosts, EWAH & The Vision of Paradise, S L O W, Bu$ Money, Lizard Johnny, Mum & Dad, All The Weathers, Foxy Morons, Violet Swells, Treehouse just to name a few. And don’t tell me you’re too old! I got my mum and dad to the Brisbane the other night. It was a bit of an experiment. They are 68 and 70 respectively. They’re not squares, but they aren’t hip either. They didn’t like the music admittedly, but they were still there come midnight having more fun that rest of the people their age were having that Friday night. The scene is alive, and we are batting well above our average. Most of you reading this probably already know, but if you don’t, take a chance and hit up a show. I wear a fedora with a red feather and I love to dance. Come and say hello. Let’s not let acts move away because they didn’t get the support at shows they deserve. Final Note. Managers of The Brisbane, thank you for keeping our scene alive and pumping, but seriously the men’s loo?? I never thought I would see a toilet worse than one I encountered on the salt flats of Bolivia 4000mts above sea level. That was until I need to defecate in your fine establishment. I know you go for chaotic charm, but when a man’s gotta go………..cant he have just a little comfort! JASON CLARK
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FRAME OF MIND AS PART OF THE SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY, BERNHARD KNAUER HAS THE TREMENDOUS TASK OF BRINGING TO LIFE IDEAS, BOTH REAL AND ABSTRACT, WITH ONLY HIS BODY AS A TOOL OF COMMUNICATION. THE COMPANY HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING PROGRAM AND SHOWS THAT SHOWCASE NEW, GROUNDBREAKING CONTEMPORARY DANCE; KNAUER HAS BEEN A PART OF TEAM SINCE 2010. HE STUDIED AT THE ROYAL CONSERVATORY IN THE HAGUE AND HAS SINCE DANCED WITH COMPANIES THE WORLD OVER.
WRITING ON THE FRINGE TASMANIA’S WRITING COMMUNITY IS RUMBLING AT THE MOMENT, THERE IS A RESURGENCE IN STORYTELLING, IN AWARENESS OF WRITERS FROM THE STATE, AND PLUS, RANDOMLY, SOME OF THE BEST SPOKEN WORD IN THE COUNTRY IS HAPPENING IN LAUNCESTON. TASMANIA HASN’T SEEN A FRINGE FESTIVAL, SPACES TRADITIONAL DESIGNED TO OFFER VOICE TO THOSE WHO WORK OUTSIDE THE MAINSTREAM, SINCE IT NEARLY KILLED A FEW PEOPLE EARLIER THIS CENTURY, SO FLIT FEST HAS BEEN DECIDED UPON AND WILL BE SUPPORTED BY TRANSPORTATION PRESS, TASMANIA’S NEWEST, FEARLESS PUBLISHER. It is a fringe literary festival, though you can also call it slip, drip, clit, drop or slap fest. You get the idea. They provide the space, pop you in the program, provide media and logistical support. Like the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, it is open call and those making it happen will do their very best to include you in the alternative program. It will take place in Hobart during September and join the increased energy that will exist at that time, as the mainstream Writers and Readers Festival will also be running. They are interested to hear from all storytellers, writers, poets, lyricists, publishers and in fact, anyone that has an idea to pitch for the festival. The Flit Fest crew will be able to assist you find a location, put you in the program and assist with media and promotion. Flit believes in the power of story to make positive change for the world and provides an alternate, fringe space for acts that exist outside the mainstream to be experienced.
“I was born in Dresden [Germany],” Knauer explains, on his roots. “My grandfather, father, great-uncles, they were all part of an orchestra in Dresden; my brother is in the same orchestra, my mother teaches viola and violin- I grew up around musicians. I think of myself as the black sheep who went into dance rather than music (laughs). My nephews and nieces are already picking up music, they’re on their way.” “It was pure chance that I ended up in a dance school: I was going to a regular high school in Dresden and there were talent scouts coming from the ballet school and they were short of boys. They went through the gym class to see who was tall and physically able to go into dance and handed me and my best friend a flyer. My friend asked me to come along [with him]. I’d never thought of doing it. I ended up getting into the school and he did not. A bit of a pickle. I didn’t think of it as ‘that’s my career’; I enjoyed the physical challenge of it. I just stuck with it.” Although he’s a seasoned professional, Knauer admits he still gets a bit nervous before a show. “It depends what it is, but I always have a bit of nerves before opening night, that’s normal. I don’t think you ever get rid of that, but it’s not debilitating, it’s a good one. You’re excited. It’s you out there and you don’t wanna look bad, it’s good to have a bit of nerves.” The show, coming to the Theatre Royal, is a double-bill of two contemporary dance pieces created by two different directors; the bill is called Frame of Mind, based on the title of the second piece. The two pieces are quite different in tone, especially musically, a feat which only adds to the wealth of talent on show. 22
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“Frame of Mind is two shows” Knauer explains. “The first one, Wildebeest, is by Gabrielle Nankivell and my role is the horse, or an animalistic being that’s kind of fresh born into the world and is kind a bit of the mercy of its senses. It is experiencing everything for the first time, it’s very abstract. In the second work, Frame of Mind, by Rafael Bonachela, it’s even more abstract, it’s more about our own journey from the way we created it, it’s very personal.” “With the two different shows...they’re created at different points in time; when Raf puts together an evening, he’s looking for contrasting works so the audience gets not two contemporary pieces that are much the same. It’s nice to showcase different voices in choreography, different ways to play with contemporary dance. They are similar in that they’re full company works. It’s good to show variety, especially with dance, and there’s no limits as to how different they can be. Everyone can make up their own minds as to how they react to it, there’s no prescribed way to think about it. The fear with people coming to see modern dance is them thinking: ‘will I understand it?’. With that sort of thing, it’s up to you what you make of it. It’s not as scary as most people think (laughs), with any contemporary art work, sometimes it’s not obvious slap-bang in your face what you’re trying to express; sometimes it’s hidden, sometimes it’s up to you what you make of it.” “Dance gives you freedom, I think; the body is quite good at expressing things.” Knauer says, on the power and myriad methods of expression available to a dancer. “I’m trained as a dancer- I’m not an actor as such- so I know to express certain things through movement. It’s very personalised, but it has to translate to the audience. It’s almost second nature for me now, because I’ve been doing it such a long time. It’s almost the only way I know how to bring characters alive on stage. It’s definitely fun- depicting a horse on stage in an abstract way. With contemporary dance, there’s no strict rules- like ballet, for example, there’s a format as to how that has to look. You get a lot of freedom in how to develop a character [with contemporary dance] and it’s new every time.” LISA DIB
Frame of Mind plays at the Theatre Royal in Hobart on Friday July 21 and Saturday July 22.
The programming is underway and at this stage looks to include a ‘Writing from Life; workshop with Krissy Kneen, Australia’s most transgressive writer of erotica, where stories will be coached from participants as they literally write a life model, as they may draw one in another context. It will include Khin Chan Myae Maung, co-founder of the Yangon Literary Magazine and an eviscerating poet herself and Jan Cornell, performer and international writing coach will be on the ground to offer her services, which were well utilised when she last visited Tasmania, which was a lot more recently than the early 80s when her challenging cabaret caused a storm in media around the state as she toured and shocked. There are rumours of Mexican Wrestling. There are rumours of literary speed dating. There are rumours of a very cool pop up bar. There are rumours of pirates. There will be fringe literary standup, and, harping on the good old parochial divide between Launceston and Hobart, they hope to see Tasmania’s stand up hub, Slamduggery compete against Hobart’s Silver Words. Now, to find a limousine sponsor to bring those northerners south. They’ve been approached by writers of plants, writers of pubs, by wranglers of poets and we want to hear from you. If you’re from out of town and end up programmed in Flit Fest, the organisers will also try to find a billet for you. Transportation Press’ most recent book is a collection of short stories from Iran, Tasmania and the UK called The Third Script and they have just run an international microfiction competition called Smoke. RACHEL EDWARDS
What else do they want to see? That is completely up to you. Drop them a line at www.transportationpress. net/flit-fest.
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PAIGE TURNER WAAAY TOO MUCH GOING ON TO ALLOW SPACE FOR ANY CHITCHAT BANTER OR PERSONAL RHAPSODISATIONS ON RECENT READS. (I TOOK PAUL AUSTER WITH ME TO BANGKOK, THE NEW YORK TRILOGY, ADORED IT TO PIECES, THREE STORIES OF DETECTIVES AND IDENTITIES LOST AND ASSUMED AND AS SLIPPERY AS FICTION. THEN OLGA MASTERS’ COLLECTED SHORT STORIES WHICH WAS DRY AND DUSTY AND I DID NOT PERSIST, THEN GAO XINGJIAN, NOBEL LAUREATE AND HIS ONE MAN’S BIBLE, SEXY, LIVELY ALONGSIDE A DESPOTIC REGIME. I WILL RETURN TO HIM. Loud MouthTheatre Company presents SHIT by Patricia Cornelius at The Backspace from June 21. The fabulous Maeve Macgregor is directing and the precis runs like this -Bobby and Sam are survivors who combat the restrictions enforced on them by their gender and their class, and our expectations of them: but how much can they get away with? Tickets at Theatre Royal. Poet Gina Mercer and yoga teacher, Shanti Panaretos are hosting a retreat with yoga, writing and very good food. Gina is a recognised Tasmanian poet and this sounds like a lovely weekend, guided in movement, encouraged in writing and eating good food. It is taking place in Dodges Ferry at the end of July. Get in touch- shantimacan@ hotmail.com. Forty South have got a few newbies out, I’m reading Tasmania’s Forgotten Frontier, a history of exploration, exploitation and settlement around Tasmania’s Far NorthEast Coast by John Beswick. Fergus Gives a Hoot (pictured) by Kathleen McLaren is being launched by Donald Knowler, journalist, author and the most wonderful writer of birds on June 1, 5.30pm at the Hobart Bookshop. The book is about roadkill and it is for kids. The Tasmanian Writers Centre are in a busy and curious space, in the lead up to their Writers and Readers Fest, the program is coming soon. They are also hosting the sharply generous Benjamin Law, on June 18 for a workshop on Memoir and Life Writing. 22 June is a Twitch event, Twitch being the writers’ centre’s youf arm, currently without a rudder I believe. I’ll still celebrate the Young Writers in the City: Glenorchy event, 5.30pm at the Moonah Arts Centre - www.taswriters.org. The Comic Art Workshop do excellent things. They did a residency on Maria Island and the next one is in Yogyakarta, Indonesia later this year. Some of the work from the Maria residency is in an exhibition at the chapel in the Penitentiary on Maria, at Darlington. More reason to visit Maria and remember to tell the tourists to watch out for the waist high devils that may attack - www. comicartworkshop.com.au.
It is a selection of seven short stories (hence the title) by people writing in Tasmania today. These are writers who are committed to their craft and they are also some of the most exhilarating voices in contemporary literature in Australia. Without exception they transcend the fads and fashions of Australian literature, which is currently stultifying around ‘dusty realism’ and a banal SydneyMelbourne banter. Seven Stories houses the genius brigade of writing in Tasmania, some of the most exciting writers on the ground at the moment.
BOOK REVIEW
SEVEN STORIES AT THE LAUNCH OF SEVEN STORIES IN HOBART RECENTLY RICHARD FLANAGAN SAID “THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT BOOK IN TASMANIAN LETTERS.” I’LL GO FURTHER THAN THAT - THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY WRITING IN AUSTRALIA, WHICH DESERVES AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE.
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The subject matter and styles of these writers vary wildly. There is acute suspenseful realism in ‘The Shy Birds’ by Emma L Waters in which she takes the reader alongside a couple walking on an East Coast beach. They meet an old fellow who offers to show them a special nest, is he genuinely friendly, or malevolent? The tension ebbs and flows with a perfect foreshadowing from the sound of gunshots (the couple then realise there is a rifle club up the road), and the nervous “pip-pipping” of the black and white birds. Robbie Arnott’s story, ‘The Reach’ is a punch in the guts. Told through the eyes of one young brother experiencing a fit (epilepsy?) and ruining the other’s Lego, it is a tragedy of filial relations in two pages. Ben Walter, who, through the elusive Dewhurst Jennings Institute put together this selection which won a Community Writers Award (Fellowship of Australian Writers) in 2015, is at his flagrant poetic best with the wild ride that is ‘An Anti-Glacier Book’. This is a lush story, not easy to read, replete with some literary trickery and nods
Hobart local Kate Gordon is working, with multiaward-winning publisher Twelfth Planet Press to launch their new children’s imprint. Titania’s books will be aimed at children between the ages of 3 to 13 and will have a focus on diversity and inclusiveness, within magical worlds. The first project for Titania will be a children’s book by award-winning writer and scholar Nike Sulway. You can follow Titania on Twitter at @Titania_TPP, their Facebook page - www. facebook.com/TitaniaTPP. On June 2 at Utas the Human Rights Art and Film Festival, is screening Constance on the Edge. There’s a panel discussion and more details can be found by searching HRAFF on Facebook. Constance is a strong Acholi woman who was one of the first refugees from South Sudan to settle in Wagga Wagga with her family in 2005 Alongside the stylish and interesting quarterly Island mag publishes, they also host one of Australia’s most important poetry prizes, The Gwen Harwood. Entries close in August. Utas is running a writing prize with Island, open to all current and former students and staff of the institution. Well worth a look. Island 149 will be out for winter reading and contains an art feature on Sonia Heap’s the Armoury, Bruce Pascoe’s Lin Onus Oration- Sea Wolves and a piece on Chauncy Vale and Nan Chauncy by Brigid Magner plus an essay on Queenstown and the Unconformity fest, by Tas Poetry Festival Director Cameron Hindrum. For more details islandmag.com Fullers in Hobart, on June 8 is hosting the launch of Nic Gill’s book Animal Eco Warriors, Humans and animals working together to protect the planet which looks wonderful. Nicole is one of Australia’s increasingly recognised science writers and this is her first book. Tansy Rayner Roberts is leading a workshop called Scavenger Fiction at the Resource Coop in South Hobart on June 25. This is a creative workshop set amongst the South Hobart Tip Shop Bookshelves, the works as inspiration and Tansy there to guide through the writing process. Bookings are essential for this June 25 workshop, education@resource.coop or call 6332 3891 Make sure you check out the Huon Valley Midwinter Festival’s call for entrants to the Storytelling Cup www.huonvalleymidwinterfest.com.au. RACHEL EDWARDS And if you want to drop me a line, tell me what you’re reading or what you’re writing or any other news – racheledwards488@gmail.com.
towards writers who made significant literary change in the twentieth century. Ruairi Murphy roams the library knowledgably and with aplomb, his story about a library closure and what that means for individuals who frequent it, is constructed as a series of vignettes. It is wryly funny, and shot through with darkness. Susie Greenhill, who was awarded the national Richell Prize for manuscripts last year is back with her delicate prose, this time in a story that speaks of love and loss in a war zone. Seem like too big a theme for a short story? Not in Greenhill’s increasingly deft hands. ‘The Chaos of Life Beyond Death in the Outback’ by Adam Ouston is a rambunctious and exhilarating story of a man hitchhiking in the eponymous Outback, picked up by a zombie film making crew, who he eventually murders. Michael Blake’s ‘Donny and Bucket on the Treeless Plain’ completes the anthology. It is about two teenage boys making the break from their home town, making a run for it. It is a liminal story, one that does not cover a journey, but a decision. The print run of Seven Stories is tiny, but the book is now being picked up by booksellers around the country, I urge you to get your hands on the book while you still can. RACHEL EDWARDS
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THEATRE
HELLO, GOODBYE & HAPPY BIRTHDAY
“What can we learn about how to live a full life from the people at the very beginning and people at the very end, people who are struggling with where to start, and how to say goodbye to life?” asks Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday Writer and Director Roslyn Oades. “It’s a very human show and I think we can all relate to what it is to have a family member go into care and to remember what it was like to be finishing school, so there’s a lot of familiarity,” she says.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE 18? HOW ABOUT 80? THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT ROSLYN OADES AND COLLABORATORS CAPTURE IN THEIR AWARD WINNING ‘HEADPHONE VERBATIM’ THEATRE PERFORMANCE HELLO, GOODBYE & HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SHOWING AT THE THEATRE ROYAL IN HOBART IN JULY.
Oades’ vision for Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday was inspired by the differences between two birthday parties – an 18th overflowing with possibilities and an 80th filled with a lifetime of memories. Oades interviewed the young and old across Melbourne, editing the interviews together to build an audio-script. Polar opposite ages and environments, she visited nursing homes, high schools, 18th, 80th, 90th and 100th birthday parties and Schoolies on the Gold Coast. A background in voice acting fuelled Oades’ fascination with the voice and ‘headphone verbatim’. “I actually believe everyone’s voice is as unique as a fingerprint,” she says. The six actors in Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday perform wearing headphones, memorising, listening to and acting out the interviews word for word. Every inflection, breath, cough and stutter is replicated, making for authentic, natural and intricate performances. The voices are often miss-matched, the older actors performing as the young interviewees and vice-versa.
A NEW ERA FOR ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S LARGEST ARIS. ORIGINALLY FORM SYDNEY, STREET ARTIST PAUL EGGINS NOW RESIDES A STONES THROW FROM CATARACT GORGE WITH BUSH-WALKING TRAILS AT HIS FINGERTIPS. IF HE GOES OUT TO THE PUB – THERE’S A 98% CHANCE OF BUMPING INTO SOMEONE HE KNOWS. REGIONAL LIVING, OR A MAN ABOUT TOWN? HE ARGUES THAT THERE’S NO SUCH THING AS A DAY TO YOURSELF IN A REGIONAL CITY – BUT THIS ISN’T NECESSARILY A BAD THING. Over the past twelve months he has completed a BCA (Honours), been the recipient of the ArtsBridge grant taking him to Stavanger in Norway and developed a performance at this year’s Dark MOFO ‘Panopticon’ next month. Between it all he has been playing an active role in the Tasmanian arts landscape working as a gallery technical at QVMAG, Devonport Regional Art Gallery, Gallery Pejean while exhibiting at, and volunteering with Sawtooth ARI. His growing CV in Tasmania seems to begin and come back to the same gallery in which he became inspired by a much more experimental and ‘less flash’ approach to art and community. Moving to Launceston in 2013 to study, Paul was introduced to Sawtooth by the late lecturer and artist, Sue Henderson – encouraging her students to attend openings and support Sawtooth. There, he met collaborator and co-founder of ARTSKOOL, Melanie Fidler and began a series of projects working closely together with projects at Junction Arts Festival, Powerhouse Gallery, collaborating with Stompin for Ten Days on the Island. Paul at his March 2017 exhibition, 'Untitled' at Sawtooth ARI
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Through Sawtooth’s presentation of national artists experimenting, and more importantly ‘playing’ with
Imagine an 80-year-old man reciting an 18-year-old girl’s birthday speech and you’ve got the idea. This technique offers a glimpse into the real lives, reflections, hopes and dreams of people we don’t often hear from, helping audiences develop empathy for those dealing with the challenges of adult life. “I think these are very challenging ages. It’s quite terrifying. As an 18-yearold I remember going into the world: ‘What am I going to do with myself?’ You suddenly have to make a lot of big decisions. And then, I think if you go into aged care at the other end of life, I think there are a lot of challenges around that as well and I think we rarely hear those voices.” Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday will have you laughing and crying as you reflect upon life’s twists and turns. Dipping into the candid conversations of people who are just bursting into adult life and those who have been around the block a few times, may teach you a thing or two about living a happy and full life. “It was very interesting to look at those bookends and just think about how do you live your life to the fullest and I found it really inspiring actually. There’s something really beautiful about all the possibilities of being 18 and there’s something really beautiful about having lived a really full life.” ZOE COONEY See Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday at the Theatre Royal, Hobart, on July 6 – July 8. Tickets from the website – www.theatreroyal. com.au.
their work– Paul became introduced to artists like Henry Jock (covering the Front Gallery in orange and blue paint, plastic and card) through the gallery – attributing his own interests and success to the space. A recent success being his appointment as Director following the likes of Patrick Sutzcak, Marisa Molin and co-founders Fernando DoCampo and Troy Ruffells. With a CV citing experience and work at the internationally renowned NuArt Festival, successful grants, City Council-initiated street art commissions alongside Dark MOFO performances and on-going relationships with Junction Arts Festival and Ten Days on the Island – Paul’s intentions remain the same. He wants to present artwork ‘you just wouldn’t see anywhere else’, continuing that ‘ARI’s drive community to create work that can be playful, not like something you’d see in a commercial gallery, or a government gallery – or anywhere in between’. Bridging the gap between students, established and emerging artists with interdisciplinary practice and artists returning to their craft, exploring something different. This same notion of how ARI’s begin, continue and create legacy is exactly what makes Paul such an energetic and fitting addition to the Sawtooth story. His passion, fierce work ethic, links to European artists and desire to shake things up will see the beginning of a new era for Sawtooth – alluding to new projects, bigger shows and fresh connections in the community. Get to know Paul at the upcoming Sawtooth exhibition ,showing from June 2 – 24, or stalk him online using @ paul.eggins. BRIGITTE TROBBIANI
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South 146 Artspace April 28 - June 2 10 Objects - 10 Stories: Celebrating Community Collections June 10 – July 21 Full House: 5 Years @ Sawtooth ARI Bett Gallery May 19 - June 5 Everyday Topologies - Annika Koops June 9 – June 26 ‘It is Midnight, Dr.__’ – Jane Burton June 9 – June 26 Do we know what we are doing? – Alexander Okenyo June 30 – July 17 Troy Ruffels Sawtooth ARI Front Gallery June 2 – June 24 An Implied Purpose; ithin the Act of Doing – Lina Buck, Isabel Buck, Garth Howells (Melbourne) Middle Gallery June 2 – June 24 Creatrix – Karen Revie Dark Space Gallery June 2 – June 24 Other People – Benjamin Crowley Project Space June 2 – June 24 Interrupted Recollection – Paul Sutherland Gate Space June 2 – June 24 Some Stars Wobble – Clair Pendrigh Threshold Gallery June 2 – June 24 Curated by Kathryn Camm Colville Gallery June 3 West End Exhibition – Melbourne June 16 Steve Lopes June 18 Milan Milojevic (Gallery 2) Handmark Gallery June 2 – June 26 New Paintings and Jewellery – Corinne Costello & Diane Allison June 30 – July 17 Handmark Artists – Works on Paper Exhibition Despard Gallery May 31 - June 25 New Solo Exhibition Josh Foley June 28 – July 23 Edge of the World – Todd Jenkins Salamanca Arts Centre Top Gallery June 9 – June 29 Products of Conception Kelly’s Garden June 10 – July 16 Well, Hello! Sidespace Gallery May 27 - June 4 Art From Trash
Long Gallery May 27 - June 4 Art From Trash June 10 – June 25 Outposts | Dark MOFO 2017 Studio Gallery June 3 – June 28 Window to the Soul: Tintype portraits of Tasmanians in the Arts Moonah Arts Centre June 1 – June 24 Breaching Borders – Tania Price June 1 – June 24 DUST DANCE – undisturbed/ disturbed – A.M. Phillips TMAG Until July 9 The Art of Science: Baudin’s Voyagers 1800 – 1804 Until August 20 Winnie-The-Pooh and friends
NORTH Handmark Evandale May 21 - June 7 New Paintings - John Lendis June 11 – June 28 New Paintings - William Rhodes Burnie Regional Gallery May 13 - June 25 Material Girl May 27 - June 25 Imagining food : art, aesthetics and design Devonport Regional Gallery June 3 – July 9 Head over Head – Tony Ameneiro Gallery Pejean May 17 - June 10 Another Way - Michael Weitnauer June 14 – July 8 Landscape of Sustenance – Peter Hjort & Jennifer Dickens
SOUTH
NORTH
COMEDY
COMEDY
Grand Poobah June 21Chris Hendry
Princess Theatre May 31 – June 3 Uni Revue: Make Tasmania Great Again June 18 Rockwiz Live!
Republic Bar June 22 Comedy Clubhouse – Becky Lucas The Polish Corner June 7 Nelly Thomas, Mel K, Gavin Baskerville June 14 TBA
Burnie Arts Centre June 10 Josh Earl – Over/Under June 17 Rockwiz Live!
Theatre Royal June 19 Rockwiz Live!a
THEATRE Burnie Arts Centre June 1 Johnny Cash - The Concert
THEATRE Long Gallery June 10 – June 18 The Last Bastion Peacock Theatre June 8 – June 21 Episodes 2 & 3 by Radio Gothic June 17 The Second Woman Theatre Royal June 6 – June 7 Emily Loves to Bounce June 10 – June 11 The Sleeping Beauty June 14 – June 15 Dracula June 17 The Dark Chorus June 30 – July 1 Giselle Theatre Royal Backspace June 22 – July 8 SHIT
Royal Oak June 23 Fresh Comedy with Becky Lucas
Devonport Entertainment Centre June 17 – June 24 Don College Presents: Shrek - The Musical JR Earl Arts Centre June 16 – June 24 9 to 5: The Musical Princess Theatre June 8 Yonce June 10 Dracula June 15 Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour June 17 What Are You Waiting For June 28 Giselle – The Australian Ballet Regional Tour
Sawtooth Front Gallery June 2 – June 24 An Implied purpose ; within the act of doing – Lina Buck, Isabel Buck & Gareth Howells (Melbourne) Middle Gallery June 2 – June 24 Creatrix – Karen Revie Dark Space Gallery June 2 – June 24 Other People – Benjamin Crowley Project Space June 2 – June 24 Interrupted Recollection – Paul Sutherland Gate Space June 2 – June 24 Some Stars Wobble – Clair Pendrigh Threshold Gallery June 2 – June 24 Curated by Kathryn Camm
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Event Guide
Hobart Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Date
JUNE Thursday
Friday
1
2
Birdcage Bar
Tim & Scott 8:30pm
Grand Poobah
Karaoke with Soft Cat & Sam
Irish Murphy’s
Squid Fishing 9pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
The Rants 8:30pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Billy & Jamie 6:30pm
The Homestead
Aus Songwriters Ass. Wax Lyrical 6:30pm
Waterman’s Beer Market
Unlocked 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Jerome Hillier 8:30pm
Brisbane Hotel
(Front Bar) - Late Night Krackieoke
Casino Bar
Matt Edmunds 9pm
Federation Concert Hall
Beethoven’s Pastoral 7:30pm
Grand Poobah
GE-OLOGY, Bronze Savage, Curlique & Greta
Moonah Arts Centre
Friday Nights Live - CC Strutters 5:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Northeast Party House + Mosquito Coast + Carl Renshaw 10pm
T42
Hugi Be 5pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Sunday
4
Hugi Be 5pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Sticks & Kane 7:30pm
The Homestead
No Felix 9pm
The Music Bar
Billy Whitton + Gabriele Dagrezio 6pm
The Whaler
Jay Jarome + Ruben Reeves 7:30pm
Waterman’s Beer Market
No Balance Required 7pm
Westend Pumphouse
Billy Whitton 6:30pm
Montage 8pm
Taiga Balm & Friends 9pm
Casino Bar
Tony Voglino 9pm
The Music Bar
Gabriele Dagrezio 9pm
Granada Tavern
Fyshpetty
The Whaler
Dylan Eynon + The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 7:30pm
Grand Poobah
DJ Seinfeld, Finn Whitla & DJ Paulie
Waterman’s Beer Market
Matt Gray 7pm
Hobart City Hall
Legowelt (LIVE), Lipelis, Andras, Loma
Westend Pumphouse
Nick Machin 6:30pm
Onyx
Catch Club 10pm
Mid-Winter Fest Audition Night 1 6pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
24 Seven 10pm
Saturday
10
Wrest Point Showroom
Johnny Cash: The Concert
The Brunswick Hotel
Random Act 7:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Ani & Nick 9pm
The Homestead
Blunderbuss (Melb) EP Launch 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
ALL AGES & 18+ - (Vic Crew) - Retayner + Sammy Scissors + Plire + Bigs + Joe Snow (UK) + Crave + Vanguard + Aerows - (Tassie Crew) - Burd Brain, Reflekt, Butter D, Nibs, Skurgeone & Draz, Young Tom & Toxin
The Music Bar
James Woodberry + Justo Thomas 6pm
The Whaler
Ruben Reeves 9pm
Waterman’s Beer Market
Cam Stuart 9pm
Wrest Point Showroom
Adam Brand
Brisbane Hotel
Ran n’ Bone (WA) + Squid Fishing + Black Hole Sugar
Citadels & Violet Swells & Sexy Lucy
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo
Republic Bar & Cafe
Nothin’ But a Glam Time - Glam Rock Tribute 10pm
Grand Poobah
The Brunswick Hotel
Tim Davies 7:30pm
Techno Brats presents: Olivier Giacamotto (FRANCE) + Randall Foxx, Fotti P and OGP, Sam Prive & NeoBi
The Homestead
Acoustic Shmoostic Fundraiser 9pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Community Cup Launch Party 3pm
The Music Bar
Billy Whitton + Bridget Pross + Legally Blinde 3pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Jed Appleton 8:30pm
Theatre Royal
An Evening with Sun Kil Moon
T42
Jed Appleton 2pm
Waratah Hotel
Skate Wounds + Ride the Tiger + BreakThrough
Waratah Hotel
Queens Bday Eve ‘Recovery Session’ - International and Local Djs 4pm
Waterman’s Beer Market
Gabriele Dagrezio 9pm
Monday
12
Republic Bar & Cafe
Quiz Night 8:15pm
Wrest Point Showroom
Busby Marou
Tuesday
13
Republic Bar & Cafe
Ross Sermons 8:30pm
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo
The Homestead
Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
The Hensens Farewell - Music by Tim & Scott 2:30pm
Wednesday
14
Birdcage Bar
Aly Rae Patmore Trio 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Wahbash Avenue 8:30pm
Grand Poobah
NowyourefuckeD & Friends
T42
Jed Appleton 2pm
Irish Murphy’s
Noteworthy Sessions (Eve Gowan, Angus Austin, BrodyGreg) 8pm
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
The Stragglers & The Dominic Francis Grief Ensemble 1pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Lisa Pilkington 8:30pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Elly Potter 7pm
The Duke
Duke Quiz Night 7:30pm
The Homestead
The Stitch 8:30pm
Carlyle Hotel
Karaoke 8pm
Granada Tavern
Matthew Edmunds
Grand Poobah
Republic Bar & Cafe
Tarik Stoneman & Sam Forsyth 8:30pm
The Homestead
Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Jamie 8:30pm
Irish Murphy’s
Noteworthy Sessions (Teresa Dixon, Adrian Hayes, Madalena) 8pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Hui & The Muse 8:30pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Tarik Stoneman 7pm
The Duke
Duke Quiz Night 7:30pm
The Homestead
Tech Sessions in the Blue Bar 8:30pm
Sunday
Thursday
11
15
Waterman’s Beer Market
Tim Davies 7pm
Birdcage Bar
Fiona Whitla 8:30pm
Grand Poobah
Karaoke with Soft Cat & Sam
Grand Poobah
Seagull, Sleep Decade & Transcription of Organ Music in the Main Room
Grand Poobah
HMY Solo Sessions: Pikelet (Melb), Automating (Melb), Disrepute (L’ton), Chloe Escott & Filthy Little Star in the Kissing Room
Waterman’s Beer Market
Jonathan Warwarek 7pm
Hobart Town Hall
Flinders Quartet with Timo-Veikko Valve
Birdcage Bar
Tony Voglino 8:30pm
Irish Murphy’s
The Sign 9pm
Grand Poobah
Karaoke with Soft Cat & Sam
Republic Bar & Cafe
ANATOMY (Melb) + VRAG + Goatblood 9pm
The Seratones 9pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Billy & Jamie 6:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
San Cisco + Thelma Plum 9pm
The Homestead
TBC
The Brunswick Hotel
Karly Fisher 6:30pm
The Music Bar
Bridget Pross 7:30pm
The Homestead
Billy Whitton & Jamie Taylor 7:30pm
Waterman’s Beer Market
Unlocked 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Ani & Randal 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
(Back Bar) - Clowns (Vic) + The Night Birds (USA) + Cashman + NowyourefuckeD
Brisbane Hotel
Grimoire - Cable Ties (Vic) + Slag Queens + Lake Myer + Ghost Drop + This Is A Robbery + Smutty Sam + Dolphin + Late Night Krackieoke
Grand Poobah
WET DREAMS with Daydreams, Mira Boru, DJ Paulie & Mickey Edwards
Irish Murphy’s
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Delsinki Records & Brooke Taylor 10pm
T42
Carlyle Hotel
6
9
Republic Bar & Cafe
Tony Mak 7:30pm
Tuesday
Friday
DJ Harvey + Frank Booker
Grimoire - Oceans + PURE + Starklane + [RETURN] + Ruiner & The Threshold Forms + A.Swayze & The Ghosts + Bansheeland + Feed Rick + Comrad Xero + Pox Nox + Milquebarth + DJ Kindovrocks
Montz Matsumoto 8:30pm
8
Sexy Lucy in the Main Room
Hobart City Hall
Brisbane Hotel
Republic Bar & Cafe
Thursday
Grand Poobah
Mid-Winter Fest Audition Night 2 6pm
5
7
Kowl, The Hudson Cartel, Dark Matter of Story Telling, Jesterpose in the Kissing Room
Matt Edmunds 9pm
Monday
Wednesday
Grand Poobah
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed 3
Acts / Start Time
Birdcage Bar
The Homestead
Saturday
Venue
The Music Bar
Quiz Night 6:30pm
Waterman’s Beer Market
Unlocked 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Angela Bryan Duo 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Grimoire - The Sunday League (Album Launch) + Ewah & The Visions Of Paradise + The Pits + The Hadron Colliders (NSW) + Eddie & The Low Tides + The Raccoons + Unicorn Milk + TASMOD + Andie Laureson
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Event Guide
Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Date
Grand Poobah
HMY presents Popolice (Melb), Ewah, Sparks Into Shooting Stars (Bris), Callum Cusick & Secret Stains (Melb) in The Kissing Room
Saturday
Sunday
17
18
Acts / Start Time
Birdcage Bar
Sambo & Jimi 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Dune Rats (Vic) + Tired Lion (WA) + Pandamic (Qld)
Carlyle Hotel
Isaac Westwood 8pm
Granada Tavern
Ebeneza
Hobart City Hall
Juliana Huxtable + Chiara Kickdrum + DJ Kiti + Brooke Powers
Republic Bar & Cafe
The Meltdown 10pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Thundamentals 10pm
T42
Hugi Be 5pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Gabriele Dagrezio 7:30pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Gabriele Dagrezio 7:30pm
The Homestead
The Dead Maggies EP Launch 9pm
The Homestead
The Reporters 9pm
The Music Bar
Seth Henderson + Cam Stuart 7pm
The Music Bar
Hannah May 7pm
The Whaler
Pete Cornelius 9pm
The Whaler
The Bootleg Gin Sluggers + Ruben Reeves 7:30pm
Theatre Royal
Mark Seymour & The Undertow
Waterman’s Beer Market
Bianca Clennett 7pm
Waratah Hotel
SKEGSS + Good Boy + Pist Idiots
Finn Seccombe 6:30pm
Waterman’s Beer Market
Tim Davies 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo
Westend Pumphouse Saturday
24
Venue
Sunday
25
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
Henry Proud 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Tony Voglino 9pm
Federation Concert Hall
Simple Gifts 2:30pm
Brisbane Hotel
Grimoire - POWER (Vic) + Tarot + The Dreggs + Reaper (Vic) + Altered Vision (Vic) + IRONHAWK + Nervous Breakdown + Projekt Camus + Gutter Parties
Republic Bar & Cafe
Thundamentals 2:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
The Darlings 8:30pm
T42
Jed Appleton 2pm
Carlyle Hotel
Aaron Courtney 8pm
Monday
26
Republic Bar & Cafe
Quiz Night 8:15pm
Casino Bar
Jerome Hillier 9pm
Tuesday
27
Brisbane Hotel
BVDD
Granada Tavern
Mindz Eye
The Homestead
Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm
Grand Poobah
Wax’o Dystopio with Edd Fisher, Simon TX, Ricci & Bronze Savage
Republic Bar & Cafe
Billy Whitton 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Aaron 8:30pm
Hobart City Hall
Maurice Fulton & J’Nett + Adi Toohey
Brisbane Hotel
Onyx
Girl Friday 10pm
Luca Brasi + Pianos Become The Teeth (USA) + Maddy Jane + Speech Patterns
Republic Bar & Cafe
Dave Wilson Band 10pm
Irish Murphy’s
The Brunswick Hotel
Tim Davies 7:30pm
Noteworthy Sessions (Kat Edwards, Coralie Park, Katie Warren) 8pm
The Homestead
Mangus & Co 9pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
The Bobcats 8:30pm
The Music Bar
Cam Stuart + Surreal Estate Agents 6pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Karly Fisher 7pm
The Whaler
Jamie & The Petty Boys + Ruben Reeves 8pm
The Duke
Duke Quiz Night 7:30pm
Waterman’s Beer Market
Legally Blinde 9pm
Waterman’s Beer Market
Matt Gray 7pm
Wrest Point Ent. Centre
APIA Good Times Tour
Birdcage Bar
Finn & Helen 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Zuma 2:30pm
Brisbane Hotel
Luca Brasi + Pianos Become The Teeth (USA) + Maddy Jane + Speech Patterns
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo
Grand Poobah
Karaoke with Soft Cat & Sam
Republic Bar & Cafe
Louise Adams 9pm
Irish Murphy’s
Susannah Coleman-Brown 9pm
T42
Jed Appleton 2pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Dean Stevenson 8:30pm
Wednesday
Thursday
28
29
Monday
19
Republic Bar & Cafe
G.B. Balding 8:30pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Tarik Stoneman 6:30pm
Tuesday
20
Battery Point Community Hall
Silience’ (Tom Fowkes, Grim Fawkner, Kat Edwards, Ani Lou) 6pm
The Music Bar
Harry Edwards and Isaac Gee 7pm
The Homestead
Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm
Waterman’s Beer Market
Unlocked 6pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
The Sign 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo & Jimi 9pm
Birdcage Bar
James Maddox Quartet 8:30pm
Grand Poobah
End of Semester House Session with G-Wizard, Fotti P, OOC, Session B, Broccoli, Bear Cub & Sexy Lucy
Irish Murphy’s
Noteworthy Sessions (Tom Fowkes, Zac Henderson, Colin Kucera) 8pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Boil Up (Reggae & Funk) 10pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
Tim & Scott 8:30pm
T42
Sam Forsyth 5pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Jonathan & Alan 7pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Jonathan & Alan 7:30pm
The Duke
Duke Quiz Night 7:30pm
The Homestead
The Smooth Cs + Surreal Estate Agents + Sam Kucera 9pm
Waterman’s Beer Market
Elly Potter 7pm
The Whaler
Dylan Eynon + Jed Appleton 7:30pm
Wrest Point Showroom
Matt Ives & His Big Band
Waratah Hotel
Lyall Moloney + Tim Whybrow + Kat Edwards
Birdcage Bar
Dave Sikk 4tet 8:30pm
Waterman’s Beer Market
Abe Parsons 7pm
Brisbane Hotel
CULT COMEDY
Westend Pumphouse
Anita Cairns 6:30pm
Grand Poobah
Karaoke with Soft Cat & Sam
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
Clinton Hutton 6pm
Irish Murphy’s
Mayhem & Me 9pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
The Seratones 8:30pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Miss Jones Plays 6:30pm
Brisbane Hotel
The Music Bar
Quiz Night 6:30pm
THE BRISBANE HOTELS 10TH BIRTHDAY!!!! w/ Abremelin (Vic) + GAPE + Permafog + ALL The Weathers + Mum & Dad + DJ BTC + Late Night Krackieoke
Grand Poobah
DJ Subjoi
Republic Bar & Cafe
Holy Holy 10pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Tim Davies 7:30pm
The Music Bar
JAZZ NIGHT starring Nadira and Friends 7:30pm
Waratah Hotel
Remi x Sampa the Great + Supports (TBC)
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
21
22
23
Waterman’s Beer Market
Unlocked 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Jamie 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Dune Rats (Vic) + Tired Lion (WA) + Pandamic (Qld)
Casino Bar
Matt Cornell 9pm
Grand Poobah
The Coven in the Kissing Room
Grand Poobah
DJ Heure in the Main Room
Republic Bar & Cafe
Hobart Funk Collective 10pm
T42
Hugi Be 5pm
The Brunswick Hotel
Tony Mak 7:30pm
The Homestead
Staircase (album launch) + Nick Machin 9pm
The Music Bar
Ruben Reeves Duo + Legally Blinde 7:30pm
The Whaler
Jed Appleton + Jay Jarome 7:30pm
Waterman’s Beer Market
Gabriele Dagrezio 7pm
Westend Pumphouse
Patrick Berechree 6:30pm
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
Good Morning 6pm
Wrest Point Showroom
Shannon Noll
Friday
30
JULY Saturday
Sunday
1
2
Waterman’s Beer Market
Bianca Clennett 9pm
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
Van Walker 1pm
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Event Guide
Launceston Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
NORTH WEST Date
TOWN
Venue
Acts / Start Time
JUNE
JUNE Thursday
1
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Pat Broxton 9pm
Thursday
1
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Trev Heins
Friday
2
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Tee Bee Cee 9pm
Friday
2
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Ringmasters
Tonic
Groove FX
2
Ulverstone
Gnomon Pavilion
Water Garden
Rino Morea
Jane Germain and Pete Cornelius 5:30pm
Club 54
Slowly, Slowly, Hurricane Youth, Squid Fishing, X’s
Saturday
3
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Unique Beats
Country Club
Johnny Cash
Thursday
8
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Trev Heins
The Royal Oak
Boat Shed - JANE GERMAIN CD LAUNCH w/ PETE CORNELIUS BAND 8:30pm
Ulverstone
Gnomon Pavilion
Adrian Cunningham 7pm
Friday
9
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Ringmasters
Tonic
Just Dance
Saturday
10
Ulverstone
Gnomon Pavilion
Classics and Classical 5:30pm
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Unit, Last Stand
Saturday
3
Water Garden
Sambo
Sunday
4
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm
Thursday
15
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Trev Heins
Wednesday
7
Club 54
San Cisco + Stella Donnelly
Friday
16
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Ringmasters
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Mr Andy Collins 9pm
Ulverstone
Gnomon Pavilion
Water Garden
Leigh Ratcliffe
Trio al dente, Sasha Bolton, Richard Steel 5:30pm
Saturday
17
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Dollop
Thursday
22
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Trev Heins
Adam Brand
Friday
23
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Ringmasters
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Roller Rockers 9pm
Saturday
24
Ulverstone
Gnomon Pavilion
Avargo Groove 5:30pm
Tonic
Just Dance
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Unique Beats
29
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Trev Heins
30
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Ringmasters
Ulverstone
Gnomon Pavilion
Soloist night feat: Scott Mainwaring, Marcus Wynwood and More 5:30pm
Thursday
8
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Miss Jones Plays 9pm
Friday
9
Country Club
Saturday
10
Water Garden
Rino Morea
Thursday
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Susannah Coleman-Brown 9pm
Friday
Tonic
Just Dance
Water Garden
Trevor Weaver
Sunday
11
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm
Wednesday
14
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Julian Mathew 9pm
Water Garden
Rino Morea
Thursday
15
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - The Hat & The Horn 9pm
Friday
16
Princess Theatre
APIA Good Times Tour 8pm
The Royal Oak
Take Two Party Duo 9pm
Water Garden
Tassie Tenor
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Max Hillman Showband 9pm
Tonic
Just Dance
Water Garden
Hank Koopman Duo
Saturday
17
Sunday
18
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm
Wednesday
21
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Eve Gowan 9pm
Water Garden
Leigh Ratcliffe
Thursday
22
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Mary Shannon 9pm
Friday
23
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Mick Attard
Water Garden
Trevor Weaver
Country Club
Shannon Noll
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Miss Katy Hanson 9pm
Tonic
Just Dance
Water Garden
Adam Page
Club 54
Skeggs, Good Boy, Pist Idiots
The Royal Oak
Boat Shed - L’ton Blues Jam 1pm
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Open Mic Night 9pm
Water Garden
Tony Voglino
Saturday
Sunday
Wednesday
24
25
28
Thursday
29
The Royal Oak
Public Bar - Tim Gambles 9pm
Friday
30
The Royal Oak
Boat Shed - Ruben Reeves Band 8:30pm
Water Garden
Jerome Hillier
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