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Sunday 17th 2.30pm Calhouns 8.30pm Blue Flies Monday 18th 8.30pm Montz Matsumoto Tuesday 19th 8pm Sam Forsyth Wednesday 20th 9pm Dave Wilson Band Thursday 21st 9pm Phil Jamieson $25pre/$30door Friday 22nd 10pm Truckshow + Roadkill + The Newtown Hounds Saturday 23rd 10pm Boil up $10 Sunday 24th 2.30pm The Raccoons 8.30pm Harrison Monday 25th 8.15pm Quiz Night Tuesday 26th 8.30pm Othrship Band Wednesday 27th 9pm Billy Warner Trio Thursday 28th 9pm The Teskey Brothers $30pre/$35door Friday 29th 10pm Spit Syndicate $20pre/$25door Saturday 30th 10pm Bugs $10/$15

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News in Brief FOURPLAYING miss out however. The show has been postponed to Friday June 15. Tickets for the original event will remain valid for the new date, and seating will remain the same. If you have any issues, call Ticketmaster on 136 100.

MID-WINTER PARTY

Australia’s favourite electric string quartet, FourPlay, return with a rocking new single and a stack of national tour dates to celebrate. Featuring original track ‘Bound’, the digital-only single also includes three archival remixes of FourPlay songs. With five albums plus a double remix album under their belts, FourPlay started their career wowing audiences at festivals and sell-out headline shows with radical reinventions of popular songs, covering everyone from Radiohead and Rage Against the Machine to Sufjan Stevens and Leonard Cohen. You can catch FourPlay in the flesh when they play at MONA on Saturday June 9.

The Willie Smith’s Huon Valley MidWinter Fest is on it’s way, and that means that once again, performers have the opportunity to win a set on the Main Stage. To enter, send your links, tracks and bio to music@williesmiths.com.au.

The audition will take place at the Willie Smith’s Apple Shed (2064 Huon Highway, Grove) on Friday June 15, starting at 6pm.

The Huon Valley Mid-Winter Festival takes place from Friday July 13 to Sunday July 15 and consists of a lot of food, cider, fire and folklore. You can watch a really giant wooden thing burn, you can dress up, you can sing at some trees, it’s a lot of fun! For more information, head over to www.huonvalleymidwinterfest.com.au.

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Due to that night of insanely bad weather, flooding and power outages around Hobart a few weeks ago, the Tasmanian performance of Tex Perkins’ “The Man in Black – The Johnny Cash Show” at Wrestpoint Entertainment Centre had to be postponed. The promoters and venue made every attempt to ensure the show went on, but unfortunately, it was impossible. Hobart music fans will not

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Phil Jamieson is best known as the frontman of alternative band Grinspooon.

The band was the first band ever unearthed by ABC Youth Radio Network Triple J. The first single was called “Sickfest”, lifted off their EP Green.

Grinspoon has been together for 18 years, and released their latest album Black Rabbits in late 2012. Since then, Jamie has gone on to work with basically everyone, including Stevie Wright (lead singer of The Easybeats) to cover “Evie (Parts 1, 2 and

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Antonis Pratsinakis is a cellist based in Amsterdam. The past years have focused on creating performances, including dance, video, acting and culinary disciplines. He has also participated in numerous music and music productions with Kameroperahuis, Ergon Ensemble, Veenfabriek, Atlas Ensemble, Sonnevanck, Toneelgroep Amsterdam and Korzo Theatre. He has performed as a soloist and chamber musician in Greece, Germany, Holland, Austria, Bulgaria, Belgium Italy and Serbia. That’s quite the rep. Now he’ll be performing works for E-Cello and Live Electronics at the Moonah Arts Centre on Saturday June 23. It promises to be an eclectic and experimental night of lushness.

Tickets are available via Eventbrite.

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CELLECTRICITY!

The awesome Little Bear are back once again, this time playing at The Homestead on Saturday June 30. This time they’ll be supported by the awesome Jenson and equally awesome Jed Appleton, awesome! Three big, heavy sounding, original folk rock bands rocking the funky new stage at The Homestead, what’s not to love. The cover charge is also something you should love, it’ll only cost you $5 on the door. If you’re unfortunate enough to miss Little Bear at The Homestead, you’ll be able to catch them at the Huon Valley Mid-Winter Festival on Sunday July 15. Add ‘em to your Apple/Android smartphone calendar apps and, set a bunch of reminders.

The Queens birthday is nearly here and that means it’s time for Adventure Bay to host the small but mighty Adventure Bay Blues and Roots festival. The festival is an experience like no other in Tasmania.

With tickets capped at 250, and about 50 musicians, the intimate and warm community feel is a welcome break from the ultra trendy urban festivals. 2018 is the year of the guitar, festival guru Pete Cornelius joins forces with Australian legend Shannon Bourne for what will be a fantastic showing of the versatility of the humble guitar in the hands of talented musicians. Festival tickets are available online through Moshtix, from the Republic Bar and Cafe, or from the Adventure Bay General Store, and will cost you $60 + Booking Fee. BLACK IS BACK

3)”. Now he’s touring solo again, and you can catch him at The Republic Bar & Cafe in Hobart on Thursday June 21. Tickets are available from the venue or online via Moshtix, and will cost you about $28.50.

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Fresh off their sold out national tour playing their biggest headline shows to date in support of their latest release, The Mortal Coil and performing with seminal down-under heady heroes Parkway Drive, Polaris have entered 2018 with the Australian metal-core torch held high in their hands. There’s no signs of slowing down as Polaris are thrilled to announce the “Dusk To Day” Regional Tour in July with special guests, Sydney’s heavy five-piece, Justice For The Damned.

Polaris are currently on their second

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European tour with We Came As Romans, building from their performances on the Impericon Never Say Die Tour in November 2017. They’ll be kicking off the epic “Dusk To Day” tour when they play The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Thursday July 12. Tickets are available via Oztix.

ALL ABOUT THE BENJAMINS

All-round legends The Bennies will be taking their pumping new album Natural Born Chillers around the country next month, continuing their reign of taking 2018 as their own. The 11 date run will see the four-piece take to regional and metro hot spots across five states including VIC, NSW, QLD, SA and TAS. The Bennies kicked off their year in fine form with the release of their new album – which came out on The Smith Street Band’s revered Pool House Records – in February. Following the release, the band enjoyed slots at St Kilda Festival, the inaugural Pool House Party as well as the tenth anniversary of The Hills Are Alive. They’re goin’ strong, and will be continuing their good form when they play the Saloon Bar in Launceston on Friday July 13, and The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Saturday July 14. Tickets and info available via: thebennies.com.

SOCIABLE SLUMMING Fresh from a run of shows in New Zealand and at SXSW, Edward Quinn and Miller Upchurch of Slum Sociable have released new track ‘Do Something About It’ to coincide with a run of East Coast tour dates, hitting regional and metropolitan cities throughout June and July. ‘Do Something About It’ unveils a different side to Slub Sociable’s unique blend of ‘lo-fo jazz hop’. It leans toward a minimal, pop-focused sound that is another welcomed progression in songwriting and production from the acclaimed artists. Their 8-stop East Coast tour will be bringing them to Hobart in July, they’ll be performing at The Waratah Hotel on Saturday July 14.

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TOWNES COMES TO TOWN Justin Townes Earle recently announced a new Australian solo tour, and Tasmanian’s were a bit peeved that we weren’t included. So Townes Earle and the folks at Love Police are delighted to announce the addition of six new shows stretching well over a week to his already jam-packed Australian acoustic tour in July, one of those shows being in Hobart.

He’ll be ending his twelve-stop tour with a night at The Franklin in Hobart, on Sunday July 22. This will be Justin’s 9th tour of Australia, so head along and see a master songwriter and performer at work. Tickets available via oztix.

EVERYONE LOVES CHOCOLATE CAKE If you say that Chocolate Cake isn’t your friend, you’re lying. Chocolate Cake is everyone’s friend. Classic Australian pop noir group, My Friend The Chocolate Cake take to the road for a series of concerts this June and July performing songs from their highly acclaimed 2017 album, The Revival Meeting, alongside some old favourites from their extensive back catalogue. After a successful national tour last year, 2018 will see the iconic sextet embark on The Winter Revival Tour, playing a string of shows throughout VIC, NSW, ACT, QLD and SA, including a concert at the City Recital Hall in Sydney and a return to the Melbourne Recital Centre. Their sole Tasmanian stop will be at the Peacock Theatre in Hobart on Saturday July 28.

as one of the most exciting acts to come out of Australia, featuring Australian hip hop juggernaut Miss Banks off his debut album The Bone Collector. The new single comes with the announcement that The Bone Collector will be available globally via the Klub Kids label. It also comes with the announcement that he’ll be heading off on tour throughout June and July.

Lucky for us, he’s decided to end the tour in Hobart, at The Waratah Hotel on Saturday July 28.

ever-widening waffle world. Go for a slip in the deep blue plastic, take a stroll through the open-cut, gulp an inhale of that water favoured gas, bask in that glorious all-over radioactive glow”. Yeah, I dunno what they’re bloody on about either. Should be a fun night though!

LUCA BRASILIA!

COMMUNAL ACTION Reclink Australia have announced national event dates for their much-loved annual fundraising event, the Reclink Community Cup. Inspired by Sly and the Family Stone’s 60’s classic, this year’s theme ‘Everyday People’ will see diversity and inclusion celebrated across the nation at local events in Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Hobart, Fremantle and Canberra. As well as being a great excuse to celebrate Australia’s incredible music and media sectors, the Community Cup supports Reclink Australia’s work with disadvantaged communities across the country. The Hobart game will take place at Queenborough Oval in Sandy Bay, on Sunday August 5. We’ll update you with all the details as soon as we get ‘em!

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Hey, Regurgitator are playing the Republic Bar & Cafe on Saturday August 11 and Sunday August 12, tickets via moshtix.

Here’s their press release: “WARNING: THIS IS AN ACTUAL STIMULATION! Upcoming tour may feature real life actors resembling living people. Please note assault & batteries are not included.

Any resulting harm or damage is the responsibility of the abuser. Offenders of the universe beware. Now is the time to care. Viewer insurrection assured.

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Not long ago, Luca Brasi released single ‘Let It Slip’ which was instantly added to triple j and has been getting a heck of a lot of love on air. They played a buttload of sold out shows in March around the single release, in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart. They recently announced an album tour, recently released their newest single, and on June 22, they’ll be releasing Stay on Cooking Vinyl. The album tour takes in 6 stops around the country, including Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Brisbane, and Launceston. Woot. On Saturday August 11 they’ll be kicking off the whole tour at Club 54 in Launceston. Check your social media feeds for ticketing details.

THE MAMMALS RETURN In August 2017, Mammal stepped out of the wilderness after 8 long years to announce a reunion show and tribal gathering in their home town of Melbourne. The show sold out within hours of tickets being released and needless to say went on to be one of the most intense and emotionally charged shows in the bands short, but action packed history. They quickly added 3 more shows in late 2017 with each one proving to be just as powerful, affecting and exciting as ever. But the question still remained “Are Mammal truly back??”

Apparently the answer is ‘Yep”, because they’ve just announced the double A-side single Community, and a bunch of Australian tour dates. Tassie gets a few drops in this one. On Thursday August 16, they’ll be playing the Bridge Hotel in Forth (onya, Forth!). On Friday August 17 they’ll be at Club 54 in Launceston, and on Saturday August 18 they’ll be at the Republic Bar in Hobart. They’ll be supported by Osaka Punch and Fresh Violet at all three shows. Tickets via Oztix.

ROCK IT! The Tasmanian Rock Challenge is back for 2018 with a southern heat, a north-west heat, and a northern heat throughout September leading up to the

final at The Saloon Bar in Launceston on Thursday September 20. The first heat will be the North-West Heat at Tapas Lounge Bar on Monday September 10.

The Southern Heat will be at The Grand Poobah in Hobart on Tuesday September 11, and the Northern Heat will be at The Saloon Bar on Thursday September 13.

Entry for each heat, and the final, is only $10. The Tasmanian Rock Challenge is proudly sponsored by R.M.S., Sounds of London, Chili 90.1FM and LAFM. AMW2018 Returning for its fourth year, Australian Music Week has opened showcase applications for the 2018 music conference, which takes place Wednesday November 7 to Sunday November 11 in Sydney’s chilled-out beachside shores of Cronulla. Australian Music Week showcases over 150 performances across a wide range of genres, presents more than 20 panels addressing the latest industry issues with leading Australian and International figures, as well as hosts a Music Film Festival and the annual Folk, Americana and Country Music Conferences. Scouting the world to bring in top-notch talent buyers, from festival directors to record labels, radio pluggers and management, Australian Music Week director, Geoff Trio, said the team is more excited than ever to open this year’s applications for showcasing artists. Showcase applications are open now at www.australianmusicweek. com with the first round of delegates and speakers to be announced soon.

ALREADY AMONGST IT After a monumental 2018 edition, Tassie’s biggest little festival Party in the Paddock is back in 2019 and will descend upon White Hills on Thursday 7, Friday 8 and Saturday 9 February. 2018 had magic in the air, rainbows, amazing times and stellar performances with the festival’s first international headliner GROUPLOVE hailing it “the best festival in the world”.

Not bad! Mainlanders and Taswegians alike created campground kingdoms amongst rolling hills, laughed themselves silly to world class comedians in the notorious Vibestown, danced in the rain to Australian music royalty, sunk some fine Tassie beer and met strangers that turned in to paddock pals for life. The Vibestown crew are ready to turn it up a notch in 2019, with exciting plans for their 7th edition already cooking. Keep your eyes peeled.

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HEART BREAKER CABARET ARTIST AND SINGER EMMA DEAN IS BUSY AS HELL. FRANKLY, I FEEL BAD EVEN TAKING UP THE FIFTEEN MINUTES FOR THIS INTERVIEW. THE PREVIOUS NIGHT, SHE’D HAD A GIG WITH KATIE NOONAN AND A COMMUNITY CHOIR SHE RUNS (CALLED CHEEP TRILL- CUTE); SHE RECENTLY SANG AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES; SHE’S PREPARING FOR TWO SHOWS IN THE FESTIVAL OF VOICES AND SHE’S PREPARING TO HEAD OVER TO THE MASSIVE EDINBURGH FRINGE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN AUGUST. SHE’S GOT A LOT OF BALLS IN THE AIR, BUT SHE’S HAPPY.

“There’s the performance stuff, and then admin that goes along with that as well. Like I’m wearing fifteen different hats.” she says.

“I wish people had warned me (laughs); when I was young, I had this dream of being a professional performer. The image we’re fed is that once you make it- whatever that means to you, once you get to a certain level or age, even- you’ll have this team of people, but the reality is that is not the case. But on the flipside, I think it’s sometimes more rewarding; you get to the end of a big long season and think, ‘I did that all myself, I nearly killed myself, but I did it all myself’.

Having that artistic control is important to me.”

Dean will be bringing two shows to Festival of Voices. The first, Broken Romantics: A Unicorn’s Search for Love, is a cabaret about heartbreak. Dean and her band will perform an array of heartbreaking covers and originals to celebrate, perhaps, the importance of romantic despair.

“It’s about heartbreak and healing and finding your unicorn” Dean explains.

“Basically it’s a mixtape featuring a lot of the songs I’ve been collecting that have got me through my most broken romantic times.

Sometimes the stories I tell are a bit sad or sometimes the audience are in stitches, like when I’m talking about terrible Tinder dates.

Hopefully there’s a little bit of something for everyone.”

The other, slightly more mysterious show, is a ‘short course’ called Unicorn Flashmob.

It’s a workshop, of sorts, that allows you to actually become a part of Broken Romantics.

“Basically the idea is come and be a part of the show. That’s been a way to engage the community and everyone has responded really well. We’ve all got stories to tell, and it’s those cracks in us that make us really beautiful. It’s a part of the show that gives me goosebumps, seeing these beautiful people, some have never sang before.

They’re owning their own stories, which is a powerful thing.”

The long-time musician (with ten albums under her belt!) doesn’t just do cabaret, of course. As mentioned, Dean was asked to perform at the Commonwealth Games this year.

“I write a lot of choral arrangements,” she explains “and I was asked to write an arrangement for John Farnham. It was all very top secret. There was John Farnham, and 2,500 choristers all singing my arrangement of his song! And from that they knew they wanted to feature You’re The Voice in the Commonwealth Games. They said, ‘we need someone to sing the lead vocal for the opening, would you be interested?’ I was like, ‘yeah, obviously!’.”

“In the end, my choir arrangement was dropped actually (laughs). It was completely surreal standing out into the stadium with thousands of people, knowing there was a billion people watching at home, and on top of it all, I lost my voice! I was a coughing, spluttering mess, but somehow a miracle occured: I channeled my inner unicorn hardcore. The body does incredible things when you work yourself into that warrior mindset (laughs)” Be ready to experience all things that makes you human as well as your inner unicorn.

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Emma Dean will perform as part of Festival of Voices on July 7 (Unicorn Flashmob) at Long Gallery, Battery Point and July 8 (Broken Romantics) at Hobart City Hall. Head to www. festivalofvoices.com for further information and ticketing.

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FASCINATING STUFF IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING, THE BEST SONG TO MAKE OUT TO, ACCORDING TO LORD FASCINATOR (AKA JOHNNY MACKAY) IS THE LONELY GOATHERD FROM THE SOUND OF MUSIC SOUNDTRACK. MACKAY IS PUTTING OUT SOME UNIQUE VIBES AS HIS NEW SEXY-ELECTRO PERSONA. It’s definitely a far cry from his time fronting indie rock act Children Collide. The band operated at the height of the new indie-rock era; they were a big success and a total triple j darling from 2005 to 2012, aside from a couple of gigs in 2014. But gone are the skinny black jeans and floppy fringes- Lord Fascinator is about vibrancy, curious shapes and even more curious beats.

“Originally it was a masked project.” Mackay explains, on the Lord Fascinator ‘character’.

“I’d become irritated by the ‘cult of personality’ thing that was happening in music, where the songs are shit but it’s more about who’s singing them. So I wanted a level of anonymity and separation on stage where Lord Fascinator could kind of be anyone; that intention didn’t take long to ironically mutate into a funny character comprised of jokes only I got.”

“Then a year or so ago, my manager convinced me I should try getting rid of the mask, and it’s really felt amazing to connect a little more on stage. The Lord Fascinator character has since morphed from ‘anonymous alien’ to ‘space shaman’ and it’s really an extension of my own

fantastical visions and personality. I like to think he brings a feeling of transcendence to the room when we perform together.”

Lord Fascinator does certainly bring about a certain mood. Mackay’s first EP as the Lord, Man, co-produced by The Avalanches’ Darren Seltmann, is a storm of genres in a bottle.

Jumping from spacey electro to dance-pop and chucking whatever else he likes at the wall, it’s clear that Mackay is having a lot of fun with Lord Fascinator.

When Children Collide was no longer fulfilling him creatively, Mackay left Australia for New York, in a move he feels was integral to his new musical director. Nowadays, he lives in trendy Williamsburg and DJs regularly, as well as working on Lord Fascinator live gigs.

“I needed a big change.” he explains. “I was going around in circles in my work and felt restrained by the self-awareness that comes with an extended period of familiarity in a relatively small place. I also felt painted into a corner creatively, so I needed to knock down all the walls completely. I guess the biggest difference in musical landscapes here [NY] is possibility. Possibility both on a creative and commercial level. I’ve seen positively awful projects do quite well in New York due to nepotism or insta-fame and there just aren’t the checks and balances that come with Australia’s healthy level of skepticism and the critiquing of intention that goes on. Flip-side of that is creatively you can pretty much do anything in New York and find a small audience or level of support. That leads to a sense of total freedom at the moment of conception, something that’s really fuelled my fire during my time here.”

Mackay has made sure to keep the project interesting; part of this has been gig locations.

No longer will he simply address the stage of a pub or bar...

“On boats, in toilets, in a small chapel, in a tent, on top of a car covered in mirrors and LEDs….” he says. “The more I keep at it, the more I go back to just trying to blow my own mind...which isn’t easy...but it’s ultimately what I’m aiming for. If I can do that, then it emanates out and it doesn’t matter where you play. People will feel it.”

This desire to keep both himself and audiences keen by shaking up the locales of performances was, evidently, also what allowed him to become confident in the project himself, as evidenced by when he realised Lord Fascinator was more than a side hobby.

“Probably the second time I played in a toilet.

Everybody’s somebody but nobody asks you back if you ain’t made it.”

Lord Fascinator, in a perfect match-up, will be performing at Dark Mofo this year. He’ll come not only with a bunch of surprised, no doubt, but also his new album Water Sign, due out June 15th.

What do you have planned for Dark Mofo punters?

“A very special guest making various noises, as well as the well-honed show currently wowing audiences across the United States...either that or I’m going to sit on a stool eating peanut butter from my hands for forty-five minutes.”

Either way, I’m sold.

LISA DIB Fascinator performs at The Odeon Theatre, Hobart, on June 22, as part of Dark MOFO. Further details from www.darkmofo.net.au.

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A BUGS LIFE BUGS FOUNDER AND ALL-ROUND NICE GUY CONNOR BROOKER TALKS US THROUGH THEIR NEW EP SOCIAL SLUM, HIS URGE TO ROLL TOWN OUR HILLS, AND HOW HE STRUGGLES TO FATHOM THAT THEIR LATEST TOUR IS SELLING OUT AROUND THE COUNTRY.

Tropical Fuck Storm play as part of Dark Mofo on Friday June 15.

In 2014, Connor Brooker started a modest recording project in his bedroom, which gained attention due to his fiercely honest and relatable lyricism. A year on, gaining a drummer and bassist, the pop-punk trio were born, and they were suddenly sharing the stage with the likes of Spiderbait, Modern Baseball and PUP. They released their debut album Growing Up in 2016, and this year sees the release of Social Slump, a ripper of an EP that came together through a bunch of previously worked on songs. A collection that Brooker describes as a summary of his personal life over the last few years.

“There are a lot of people having kids and buying houses and doing all this stuff that seem like a normal societal thing to do” says Brooker “I feel stuck in a lot of those aspects. I guess ‘slump’ is a sadder way to describe it, but I don’t think it’s necessarily a bad thing, it is what it is, I just don’t have a lot of time to socialise and hang out. At an age where everyone’s committed, and focused on family, careers, commitments and relationships, it gets tougher to have fun. All these things can kind of get lost when you’re in your twenties trying to chase your own personal pursuits and career.”

Brooker mentions he’s experienced a bit of writers block recently, but more than not he will be writing forty to fifty songs a week. From the humorous lines in Neighbourhood to perfectly articulating that all too familiar feeling of heartbreak in Time, Brooker knows how to write a hook.

“I’m a straight shooter, I hate that saying, Australians don’t shoot. We have gun laws that are appropriate!” laughs Brooker. “But I like to think of myself as a pretty open, genuine person.

People can see through the superficial nature of a writer straight away I think. That vulnerability that I guess I’ve shown, fans appreciate. The relatability they get knowing someone else is going through what they are or experiencing the same kind of feelings.”

The style of introspection in which Brooker writes might not last forever, as he tells us he’s grown

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up a bit since the writing of Social Slump. “I was very self-centred, and wanted to understand my own feelings, thoughts and heartbreaks. I guess I’m now starting to get a bigger picture of the world; a view that it isn’t all about me. I’m just one of billions and billions.” Explains Brooker, before assuring us that the personal elements in his stories won’t disappear. “I’m trying to get less like that, but at the same time I’ll never lose that aspect of my writing. It’s why I love music, when you can hear a song you can connect with and when it hits the heart and feels. I cry during friend’s songs, I’m a pretty emotional person. It’s nice to feel things, people harden up as they get to young adults. I don’t ever wanna be like that.”

“I love Tassie, people are so friendly. It’s such a community-based city, Hobart and Launceston have that whole small-town/everyone knows everyone feel and such a cool, bustling arts community! I’m from a regional area, I can resonate with those things. Everyone loves and trusts each other. It’s such an open, natural and beautiful capital city, in Brisbane there are walls hiding everything” declares Brooker “doing the drive from Hobart to Launceston is one of the best aspects of touring, going through the heart of Tasmania, you want to stop every five minutes and roll down all the beautiful hills. It looks so fun, but I’d probably get itchy and be allergic to the grass or something awkward!”

In terms of what to expect attending the Social Slump Tour, Brooker explains that there will be lots of singalongs in an accommodating environment where people can let their hair down.

“Shows can get pretty ruckus when playing at the tempo that we do, it can get wild, but generally people are looking out for each other. It’s going to be an awesome chance to catch up with friends that we’ve made, and to meet so many new people.”

A touring aspect that just might top the present urge to roll down our hills is the traction Bugs have gained with fans recently, something that still blows Brooker’s mind. “So many people

lately are coming up to us after shows and saying how our music is resonating with them. It’s a bit overwhelming. Knowing that we’ve sold out Melbourne a month out… I can’t even scope that! I didn’t think we’d sell like five tickets… I just can’t wait to go out and meet these people that have apparently heard our music!? It’s wild to me that people are paying money to support our band. It’s hard to find time do things you love, and the fact that they’re spending their hard-earned time and money on seeing us, wow...” utters Brooker.

“I never try to have actual goals or expectations in terms of industry standards. A band with the tenth of a following we do can go viral and be astronomically famous within a week... We just wanna reach and connect with people as we go.

Write better music as we learn to hopefully be better musicians and try and have more fun, be safe at our shows in a space that continues to grow!”

Going viral will get you to a certain place, but it’s that type of attitude, and word of mouth from likeminded people that will gain the most traction.

I couldn’t help but mention that to Brooker and point out the fact I personally became a fan not from radio play or streaming, but through a humble word of mouth.

“That’s the most heart-warming thing you could say to me, that you heard us through friends.

That’s like the most genuine and awesome interaction to have. That’s the coolest thing ever, when you bond with one of your mates through a band that you like. I do it all the time like ‘Hey man, check out this song I think you’d like…’ It almost gives me goose bumps that you say that.

That’s so cool.”

KIERA LEONARD

Bugs play The Saloon in Launceston on Friday June 29, before heading to Hobart for The Republic Bar on Saturday June 30.

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FROM THE APPLE ISLE TO THE BIG APPLE JOSHUA DUNN, 27, RETURNS TO HIS HOME STATE OF TASMANIA FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE MAKING IT BIG IN NEW YORK. THE JAZZ GUITARIST ACHIEVED A PRESTIGIOUS FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP TO STUDY, AND IN THE PAST YEAR HE’S PEFORMED ABOUT 300 SHOWS ON THE JAZZ CIRCUIT. THIS UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA GRADUATE TELLS US ABOUT LIFE IN THE STATES, BEFORE HE TOURS OUR ISLAND THIS MONTH.

How do you feel Tasmanian and American jazz audiences differ?

I feel that Australian audiences respond to jazz and improvised music in a different way to audiences in New York. I guess there’s a reason why it’s called The Great American Songbook — it’s a repertoire that reflects American culture and history. So a performance of jazz standards in Australia becomes more about the interaction and connection between the musicians themselves, and the audience.

What do you love most about living in NY?

Josh, you journeyed to the states in 2013 on an Arts Tasmania and Australia Council for the Arts grant, received a Fulbright Scholarship in 2014 to study Masters at William Paterson University in New Jersey, and officially made New York your home last year.

[Tasmania] has one of the most vibrant arts scenes of any place I’ve ever been, and I feel very lucky to have grown up surrounded by a community of excellent musicians and mentors. The thing I value about New York is that jazz musicians from all around the globe are attracted to it.

It’s a hub for this music […] but I’m still so excited to be coming back.

There’s so much music happening at any given moment.

That means that there’s a tonne of work as musician, but also that you can go and see your friends perform after you finish your gig, or go and see any one of a dozen other arts events that are happening around you.

What are you most looking forward to when you return to Tassie this month?

I love winter in Tasmania — there’s so much going on and Dark Mofo is always terrific, so the trip is based a little around that. I also have family and friends that I want to see, and I need to do some life-organising so I can keep going back and forth between Tasmania and NYC.

So what have you been up to in America, anyway?

Any parting words?

In the evenings after I finished [university] classes, I’d usually take the train to Manhattan or Brooklyn and play gigs, go to sessions and watch performances. That was hugely important for me, because it meant that right after graduation, I moved to Brooklyn already knowing a lot of musicians, and I was able to start gigging most nights.

I should probably get back to practice.

For an Aussie muso, performing in the jazz clubs of New York would surely be a dream.

Josh Dunn will perform at various spots around Tasmania this month: The Hobart Jazz Club – June 12 MONA atrium – June 17 The Wharf, Ulverstone – June 24 Henry Jones Art Hotel – June 27 Willie Smith’s – June 29 He’ll also make pop-up appearances at the Dark Mofo Winter Feast with Hobart’s Danny Healy, Hamish Houston, and Tom Robb.

As a performer, it’s so exciting to be able to get on stage and know that the audience is there because they know and love jazz. So if you play an obscure Cole Porter tune, people will recognise it because they’ve been listening to this music their whole lives.

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SPITTING IT OUT SPIT SYNDICATE’S JIMMY NICE TALKS US THROUGH THEIR NEW RECORD ORBIT, THE DUO’S TEN-YEAR JOURNEY AND JUST WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE IT IN THE THRIVING WORLD OF HIP HOP.

First up, congratulations on the release of Orbit! Can you tell us a bit about how it came together?

Our debut album was ten years ago this year, so you’ve gotta kind of question and wonder what it is that’s keeping us moving and inspired. I guess on this record we just kind of stripped everything back to why we made music in the first place.

Going off a feeling and not getting too caught up in the extra stuff that comes with it, ya know? It’s been about a year since our last album One Good Shirt Has Us All fly, we wanted to do this really quick. It’s been a really free flowing and creative year for us. It’s actually the first record that’s come out under One Day entertainment which is our crew and our first independent release, and we thought why wait, you know?

How do you think the hip hop industry has changed from when you guys started out?

It’s become a lot more versatile and a lot more widely accepted. It’s gotta be one of the biggest genres in the country, if not the biggest, in terms of how many people, new listeners and number of people coming to our shows. It just seems like a greater breadth of style, people feel comfortable to explore any style or any personal side of their expression. This year for us is purely about getting back to the crux of it, it’s honest song writing. This is our most stylish album, it’s come so freely to us, and I think that’s what the game at the moment allows people to do… To just express themselves freely without the pressure to think ‘does this fit in with what Australian hip hop is?’

How expressive and open are you on a day to day basis, vs channelling it through music?

I don’t have an issue with talking to people or expressing myself in person, but it’s funny because certain things come out in the music that, I not necessarily wouldn’t tell people, but it comes out a different way through music. There are songs that I’ve written, things said, which I don’t ever feel like I’ve thought up before. I guess 12

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it makes you question what’s going on in your subconscious. Nick and I both express ourselves pretty openly and well in person, but there’s some added level of excitement when it’s just you and your own head.

What is the relationship like between the you and Nick after working together for a decade? [laughs] I don’t know, we’re just like best friends and brothers but as you know, it’s a working relationship as well. We haven’t really gone longer than a couple of days without speaking to each other for that whole period. There is no real moment where we are slacking off, but its stronger than ever. We’ve reached a point where this is what we want to do, and nothing is ever in question. We have strong opinionated discussions, but beyond that we know we’re in it together. Compared to most other crews, groups or bands, that part ways after differences, I just think that we care about the music too much.

We’ve been friends before the music and that’s going to stay far beyond the day we make our last song.

It’s the best live show that we’ve put together so far, the real treat is picking some old songs that we haven’t played for years. Things from our early records, just going back into the vaults a bit but also letting people hear the brand new album.

What can someone expect from a Spit Syndicate show whom might have not seen you guys before?

High energy, we give it all on our stage. Some of the best and most sharp lyrism that you’ll hear from the country. It’ll be a sweaty one regardless of the cold winter weather. It’ll be cold in Tassie, but far from that inside! We’ve always had mad love down there!

What piece of advice would you give to kids that want to follow your footsteps?

Ahhh, work hard. Don’t sign to a label! If I was to tell my younger self anything it would just be grind hard, make as many songs as you can and do everything independently.

If you weren’t doing hip hop today, where do you think you’d be?

You guys were signed at an extremely young age, what bought on that mentality?

We make sense of the world through music. We have separate creative pursuits like photography and art, Nick has a multitude of artistic endeavours, but regardless of all that, we’d always have something to do with music. Music bought us together. The One Day crew, which is greater group of friends from school, we’re all doing this thing. We’ve been doing it since the day we met in year 9 and 10, our lives are always going to be centred around hip hop.

I just don’t think anyone is going to care about your music more than you. If you feel like you want to split everything with someone else, do so, but just make sure they have your best interest there. Make sure you also are able to take control of your destiny. You need to be able to know the ins and outs and not just hand over your whole creative portfolio to a stranger.

That’d be my advice to young people… Get out there and learn the ropes yourself. Nick and I have been hands on from the day one, whether we’ve been with a label or not we’ve done it all ourselves. Keep it independent and know what you’re doing.”

What are you most looking forward as the Orbit Tour kicks off?

I just wanna be able to play these songs! Every time you release an album we have 8-13 new songs to play. I’m keen to make a bigger set and have that many new songs to pick from! I’m so pumped to get back on the road with our crew.

KEIRA LEONARD Spit Syndicate perform at The Republic Bar on Friday June 29, followed by a Launceston show at Club 54 on Saturday June 30.

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THREE HOURS OF POWER HOBART-BASED ARTIST MATT WARREN HAS MANY FINGERS IN MANY PIES. HE’S AN ELECTRONIC ARTIST, A TEACHER, A CURATOR AND A WRITER, TO SAY THE LEAST. HE’LL BE SHOWING OFF HIM IMMERSIVE, ‘NEO-PSYCHEDELIC’ WORK IN AN EPIC THREE-HOUR PERFORMANCE DURING DARK MOFO, BECAUSE WHAT IS DARK MOFO FOR IF NOT A BIT OF A CHALLENGE? “This is a durational performance, the longest I’ve played solo.” he explains. “It’s for an exhibition opening: A Journey to Freedom, it’s a new exhibition curated by Swiss curator Barbara Polla [with Olivier Varenne and Mary Knights]. I’m doing a response to these pieces. My take on it is the response to psychological wellness and illness, that’s the metaphor I’m using. There’ll be lots of peaks and troughs. The ideas of a ‘journey to freedom’ isn’t smooth sailing; there’ll be ups and downs, darker and lighter elements. Lot of dark drone stuff based around guitar and voice, lighter moments with percussive elements and other instruments.”

and supernature, that kind of thing is what I’m planning on doing. I’ve used visual projection and installation in the past; at the moment I am doing print-based things, two-dimensional stuff for the wall with sound elements, just something that I’d like to try to do. I’m interested in something that’s a bit more compact. A lot of installation stuff I do tends to be quite site specific.”

As a Tassie-based artist, Warren acknowledges the powerful effect MONA has had on not only the Tasmanian populace, but the national identity of Tassie.

“What it does do is show the rest of the country and the world, really, that Tasmania has a rich culture here that a lot of people- locals in and out of the arts- have kind of known for a while but maybe we haven’t had the recognition or backing to get the word out. Because of the location and isolation, I don’t think this sort of festival could work anywhere else in Australia.”

“There’ll be degrees of improvisation. Because of the nature of what I’ll be doing...people are not expected to do a concentrated listening, it’ll be an ambient soundtrack, for want of a better word. It’ll be a challenge, but also it’ll allow me to explore and give me some room to try things out that I may not be able to do with shorter pieces. It’ll be kind of immersive. The idea of this darkness to light and back down, the contrast, this shift between those two, the gradual shifting of those moods, those states. That’s the way we experience the world, experience life.”

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Warren’s work has encompassed many different moods, from the gothic to the dreamy; his disciplines, also, include both sound and visual installation art, something that A Journey To Freedom will combine.

Matt Warren performs at A Journey to Freedom as part of Dark Mofo on Friday June 8 at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery.

“Visual work and sound work are kind of interlinked” he says. “Transcendence and memory Credit: Sally Rees

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IN THIS MODERN LAND CITY CALM DOWN FRONT MAN JACK BOURKE SHARES THE INSPIRATION BEHIND THEIR STUNNING NEW RECORD AND THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS THAT COME WITH BEING A MUSICIAN WHILE STILL WORKING NINE TO FIVE.

Releasing their first album In A Restless House in 2015, saw the Sydney act debut at number 25 on the Aria Charts and when City Calm Down started to truly get a name for themselves. Three years later, the highly anticipated second album Echoes In Blue is here. A gripping, twelve track tale led by front man Jack Bourke, who’s voice could be described as an atmospheric David Bowie.

“We spent so long on this record you forget that it’s going to be new to a lot of people,” says Bourke. “We’ve always spent a lot of time on albums… In A Restless House did quite well, we were coming off the back of that. There was a little more apparition towards this record. Our attitude has always been to take it as it comes, and it feels great that it’s resonating with people.”

April 18th is a poignant theme on the record, with the melancholy opening track Joan I’m Disappearing, Bourke gloomily sings of how everything all turned to shit that day, while track five is a thirty-three second instrumental, named after the date. It’s something Bourke says was a concept, more than a personal connection with that specific date.

“Nothing specific happened to me on April 18th but I was writing the lyrics in April last year, going through a pretty stressful period. We were simultaneously recording the album, and we all still work. I was getting married in early June, so I felt like, I was balancing way too many things and the narrative of Joan I’m Disappearing is essentially a story about an old couple breaking up because of neglect, from not being around…

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the time, even if it wasn’t a date that something happened to me personally.”

together something really special, and to make quite a cavernous backdrop.”

“In some ways this is a concept record on the split between doing something you love and something you don’t,” explains Bourke “I guess it’s a weird circumstance to be in a band, who’ve been incredible lucky to have as much success as it has. We’re at a point where it’s very busy but it doesn’t generate income that can support four members and so with that, comes this bizarre circumstance where you’re working two jobs. One that pays you and maybe doesn’t motivate you that much, and one that motivates you a lot but doesn’t pay you.” Bourke explains the challenges of being in a touring band, while trying to juggle a personal life came to a head last year, so has he learnt any effective ways to balance work and relationships? “Yeah, lesson would be quit my job. Which I haven’t done that, but I’m going to at some stage!” Bourke laughs.

“The record is quite heavy in that [emotional] sense, I think we’re quite easy going guys so we’ll see...” answers Bourke, on how they might cheer up the crowd while performing what is such a still, emotionally exhausting album. “We tend to keep the stage banter pretty minimal just because none of us have anything particularly interesting to say. With our live show, we try and capture a mood and lighting is a really important to that. That’s the limit of our stage interaction aside from some mumbled words. Wow, I’m really setting the scene here aren’t I?” Laughs Bourke.

Like any artist, the thrill of showcasing your hard work tops the inevitable rough times, Bourke talks us through some of his favourite times over their decade long journey, thriving off big crowds and audience interactions. “Every time we get to go overseas is fantastic, we’re so lucky to be able to do that. The highlights have been playing Splendour In The Grass in 2016, that was a special moment for us. By a long shot, the biggest crowd we’ve ever played too. We’ve always had such a great time touring Australia.

We’re very fortunate to have such appreciative fans!”

In terms of what the band is looking forward to in regard to their Echoes In Blue Tour, prepares us to be wowed by lighting. “It’s got a pretty fancy lighting set up! But that’s going to sound pretty stupid if you quote me on that,” he laughs.

“We’ve been working on our lighting to pull

There is no slowing down for City Calm Down once their huge tour wraps up, as Bourke tells us the band have already started writing again.

“Each of us have a home set up, so we will chip away on songs on our own, then start coming together with the ideas that we’ve got and start working on record number three! Put the skates back on!”

KEIRA LEONARD

City Calm Down play The Odeon Theatre on June 30.

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Jagwar Ma JAGWAR MA’S JONO MA IS HAVING A RELAXING 2018 COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. 2017 SAW THE PSYCH-DANCE BAND RACK UP A MASSIVE TALLY OF LIVE SHOWS, RUNNING THEMSELVES NO DOUBT RAGGED ACROSS THE WORLD. MA IS BACK IN AUSTRALIA TEMPORARILY, AND ONE OF THE FEW PROJECTS THE BAND WILL BE WORKING ON IN 2018 WILL BE A COOL CURATED GIG IN PARTNERSHIP WITH RED BULL MUSIC FOR DARK MOFO.

“Basically, Red Bull got in contact with me about working with them, not just on Jagwar Ma playing, but on making something a bit more experimental.” Ma explains. “We had fantastic ideas before we even worked out who was gonna play. I’ve been working pretty closely with Red Bull Music on putting together an event which will not only be memorable for people, but will mean a lot to usit’s kind of our only major show this year, which is a big deal, considering we played something like two-hundred shows last year.”

Red Bull Music has been a huge part of Australian music culture in recent years, fostering workshops, curated gigs like this one and all kinds of initiatives, especially in burgeoning communities.

“Without turning this into an infomercial, they are one of the few brands we’d work closely with.” Ma says. “We’ve said no to a lot of other things in the past. I’ve known [the

personnel] since before they worked at Red Bull, so I’m working with good music lovers, that’s the big important factor in it. They always put the music and artists first, it doesn’t turn into this situation where you’ve artistically compromised yourself. They’re pushing artists to really try new things and do interesting things, they’re just there to facilitate it.”

Jagwar Ma have been touring pretty relentlessly since the release of their 2016 album Every Now & Then. The Red Bull/ Dark Mofo gig will be a sort of jumping-off point for a bout of new energy and live material.

“The rate we were touring before was kind of unsustainable, if it kept going like that.” he explains. “I start to miss having headspace in the studio when I’ve been touring too much and vice-versa. It just swung the other way, gruelling tours without much time on making new stuff, so this year was about going back to the headspace. We’ve been getting back into that rhythm with creating without the pressure of touring; expanding our musical palate, working with new people.”

Ma admits he’s a bit of a workaholic, so how does he relax? With music, of course.

“In London, it was about records, and record shopping. I was sharing a studio with a DJ called Andrew Weatherall, who is one of my favourite DJs of all time, and he has an incredible record collection. I would go in and be rifling through, finding gems...it’s slightly more active rather than passive, searching through a collection, pulling something out on instinct or by sight, engaging with it physically. Like cooking- there’s something different when you’re physically involved, when you’re making a meal and then digest as opposed to being fed something.”

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Jagwar Ma play Saturday June 16 at Mac2, Hobart, with Tornado Wallace, NO ZU, Lauren Hansom and Jim Warrior as part of Dark Mofo. Tickets from www.darkmofo.net.au.

KING OF THE HILL “IF I’M BEING HONEST, I’D BE WEARING MYSELF OUT IF I HAD IT MY WAY.”

You can’t stop Harrison Manton. Vocals/guitar-man for Melbourne via Hobart indie-rockers and festival favourites Empire Park, he’s as happy as a pig in mud when he’s out touring, but he’s chuffed, nowadays, that he has a team behind him to reign him in a bit, and keep him from burning out, funneling his youthful exuberance into a more scheduled, well-oiled machine. “[Our team is] trying to force us to be more strategic.” he explains. “We’ve got someone doing the proper thinking for us these days. I still end up being actively involved in stuff. I enjoy it, but having to our manager on top of things for us is extremely helpful. He’s our boy. We are impatient by nature, but we understand that to do what we wanna do, we have to strategise a bit more.”

“We all have jobs, we funnel all our money into this job. We run full steam ahead. We’re doing it because we wanna do it, not ‘cause we have huge financial aspirations. Three of us worked at the same retail shop for a while, worked at the same fast-food outlet too.”

The band consider their tight-knitedness to be a part of the reason the Empire Park runs so smoothly. They’re all just great mates, really, playing music together since they were teenagers. “[We were] Best mates since we were kids, before band stuff. It was a gradual coming together of mates...we are really a tight unit. We all live together. We’re all flamboyant, affectionate theatre boys at heart, we spend most nights snuggled up on the couch together [laughs]” The band’s debut EP, Nobody’s Watching Me (featuring singles Tranquiliser and God Knows) was recorded with Aaron Dobos (The Avalanches, British India) at Sing Sing Studios and was released in May this year.

“Aaron was brilliant” Manton says. “He did such a good job with the EP. We were working with a couple of other people doing little things before, but Aaron was the first producer we worked with who cared as much as we did. It was a very hands-on process.”

Never one to rest on their laurels, they are already planning their next moves, in the midst of an east-coast tour to promote the EP. “We feel a lot more secure in what we wanna do, going forward. [We’re] more sure-footed and excited to keep working on new stuff. I get sick of things really easily. I get excited about the next stuff, but I get hyper-critical about the stuff in between recording and releasing. I try not to be a perfectionist; I care about what we’re doing...I’m getting more along the lines of looking at things like, ‘that was the best combination of what we were doing’.”

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BARBER SHOP ALTHOUGH MODERN MAORI QUARTET ARE A FUN AND DREAMY VOCAL GROUP, THEY’RE ALSO AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL IN A WAY; THE MMQ’S VIBE IS STRAIGHT FROM THE FIFTIES AND SIXTIES-ERA OF MAORI SHOWBANDS AND VOCAL GROUPS, A HISTORY THAT SOME WOULDN’T BE AWARE OF. BUT THEY’RE A RICH HISTORY ALL THEIR OWN, AND ONE THAT FRANCIS KORA AND HIS GROUP PAY TESTAMENT TO EVERY NIGHT.

“These very famous Maori entertainers like Billy T. James, Prince Tui Teka... the legendary one is the Howard Morrison Quartet, they kinda started the trend, really.” Kora explains, taking me through a few key names of the showband era. “They were multi-talented, multi-instrumentalists; they all sing, all dance, crazy skills. What’s been interesting when we go to Australia is having a younger crew come through to see these nostalgic songs.”

wedding and after everything was finished, there was always a guitar around and someone would play and everyone would sing, it was a natural thing at a gathering. We still do it today. Songs that have been sung since the sixties we still sing now. In a way, it’s part of our culture.”

The quartet see all manner folk at their gigs. Presumably this is down to their raw appeal: they make pleasing, joyous music and put on a high-energy ‘revue’ type show of golden standards that appeals to all that just want a good time.

Music of all sorts is integral to Kora’s upbringing, and he appreciates the importance of it in Maori culture overall.

“There’s a mixture of every age, basically; it’s predominantly an older crowd, but we play to young kids all the way to seventy, eighty years-old.” Kora says. “ I love all sorts of music personally, modern or old. The difference is when we were kids, or when our parents were kids, you’d go to a funeral or

“When I was growing up, from age eight to eighteen, I was playing gigs with my old man and my brothers. You had to play every type of music to get work. Playing pubs and bars and weddings, your audience was always different, you had to have a variety of music. You can’t just play whatever you want.”

“It’s a beautiful thing; culturally, that’s who we are- we play music and laugh a lot. We have a few beers, sing, eat food, it’s what we do. As long as there’s a lot of joy, aroha- which is basically lovethen we’ve done our job.”

Though they keep a particularly Maori flair to their gigs, there’s always room for those old-school Rat Pack vibes.

“Each one us has our own personality on stage that shines through pretty clear. We’re all trained actors, so we can amp it up if we want. There’s the grumpy one, the ladies man, the cocky one, the big cuddly bear. I try and play the grumpy one, but I’m no good at it (laughs).

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Modern Maori Quartet play July 8th- 10th at Voicebox at City Hall as part of the Festival of Voices.

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WE SIT DOWN WITH FARNZ CORDEAUX, VOCALIST AND INSTRUMENT EXTRAORDINAIRE OF TASSIE ACT THE SILVERBEETS, TO TALK ABOUT THEIR DEBUT ALBUM STAY TUNED, A WONDERFULLY DIVERSE COLLECTION OF TRACKS THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE MAKING FOR EIGHT YEARS! Farnz Cordeaux fronts The Sliverbeets with a multitude of skills including vocals, rhythm guitar, harmonica, glockenspiel and synths. He grew up in the seventies with his mum, who would put the radio on every morning growing up. “It was always just commercial, up until I was 18 I hadn’t really known that there was anything else on the radio.

I fell into a bunch of friends who were quite into punk, and that’s how I went down that path.” It was the finding of alternative music such as Janes Addiction, Dead Kennedys and Sonic Youth put the fire in his belly and set Cordeaux on a musical journey. “Not hearing guitar like that before was such an awakening.” he says.

“This particular album started with a friend as a solo project in 2010, it has been a long time coming,” says Cordeaux. “He introduced me to our drummer Billy O’Brien… A couple of years later with a new drumkit and jamming with a bass player I’d met just for fun, it sort of turned into a live project! We lost that bass player, but I knew someone else that played bass, so we got him on board. That was the first line up for our EP Purple Stems. Just as we were about to record the EP, a good friend and vocal coach of mine joined as the guitarist, it went from there!”

“We’re onto our fourth bass player now,” laughs Cordeaux “I think we’re cursed! Nigel is fantastic, he’s bought a whole new element to the recording!

Unfortunately, he can’t do live shows due to anxiety. We’ve got an understudy, Aaron, for our live shows which is exciting. “ Wandering around town with his iPhone one day, Cordeaux thought to record the sounds of the city and traffic. “The sound of life” as he defines it. Those recordings made it onto the stunning opening track All Cool People.

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During the recording of Stay Tuned, the band improvised and experimented with trombone player Kevin Barker, a classically trained musician whose played with the likes of Midnight Oil and Janes Addiction. “He used to be in James Morrisons band, he’s played with some cool people.” Cordeaux explains that Barker was at first baffled by the lack of limitations by the band, but ultimately it led to a wow moment. “I grabbed one of his long trombones notes, turned it around, put some effects on it. Next thing you know, it became the bass beat in track four, Famous & Dandy!”

Cordeaux describes their debut album as a sixties-seventies concept album, although careful not to pin it into one specific genre; there are a whirlwind of themes and sounds throughout.

With appearances of trombone, flute, piano, digeridoo and harp – to name a few - Stay Tuned is filled with an incredible amount of instrumental talent and collaborations.

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RAGE ON! FRESH FROM HOBART, TERRRORBRAWL ARE A RECENTLY FORMED FOUR PIECE CHAOTIC PUNK BAND. MEMBERS INCLUDE TRENT THOMAS, DAN JACKMAN, CHRIS VALENTINE AND MARTY TAYLOR. I HAD A CHAT WITH THE LEGENDARY TRENT ABOUT THE BAND.

How did Terrrorbrawl begin? Can you tell us a bit about the band?

Myself and Dan were in a band called Lager Than Life. That band sort of ended and Dan and I knew we wanted to keep writing and doing something in the same vein. We nervously approached Chris one night at the pub to see if he wanted to setup a jam and the rest is pisstory. We initially were gigging as a three piece for a bit and released one live tape. The no-bass-player void caught up to us and last year we asked Marty to join the band on bass.

Do you guys get in a lot of terrifying brawls?

The closest thing we’ve ever got to a terrifying brawl is when we were filming Chris pushing me onto a table six times

over to get the perfect shot for the film clip. It hurt lots and Chris’ acting was too real for me to not take personally. Dan is really gentle and sweet. Marty is a sewer inspector so make up your own mind about that.

Your song ‘Who stole my pouch’ was recently played on rage. I think a lot of us can relate to that. Do you feel the lose/ gain pouch ratio balances out or are you more prone to losing one?

I’ve probably found as many as I have lost and then found the person who it belonged to and pretended I was always going to give it back. We actually lost the pouch used in the film clip after the filming was completed for the day. The whole idea for the song came from the very beer garden it was filmed in.

Terrrorbrawl released a 2 track ep in December, what’s next?

We will be recording a full length thing this year. We’ve got a line of action figurines coming out also and a LEGO “Who Stole My Pouch” beer garden set. McDonalds have not replied to emails proposing Happy Meal toys but hey, its early days.

Has anyone ever mistaken you for Jemaine Clement from flight of the Concords?

On several occasions but my favourite time was when this girl was making her boyfriend take an uncountable number of photos of us all together and thanking me profusely for such an opportunity. It sounds mean but trust me, looking someone in the eyes and telling them I’m not Jemaine Clement is so much worse than going along with it.

More interestingly, myself and a friend recently got photos with a bunch of lads who mistook us for Thirsty Merc.

Can I borrow some Bu$ money?

Gus cut off his mullet. Are all bets are off for Bu$ Money until the mullet returns?

I’m not sure but I imagine it to be like seeing ZZ Top with no facial hair.

AMY KERR

To download the EP go to www.terrrorbrawl. bandcamp.com.

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PAIGE TURNER MAY SEEMS THAT IT SHOULD BE A SLOWING MONTH, ONE WHERE WE WEND OUR WAYS A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE FIRE, STAY A LITTLE LONGER IN OUR BEDS. IT’S BUSY THOUGH, IN THE WORLD OF STORIES, OF BOOKS AND WRITING IN TASMANIA, WHO HAS TIME FOR HIBERNATION? – WELL, MAYBE JUST IN BED FOR ONE MORE CHAPTER, ONE MORE CHAPTER. Speaking of All That We Are, you have until this Sunday, May 6 to get your EoI in to ArTELIER: Artists in Tasmania: Ecology of Learning, Intergenerational Exchange and Reflection, a new project that invests in Tasmanian young people by empowering the artists who work with them. ArTELIER will build the capacity of the Tasmanian arts ecology of artists, creative activists and educators who currently work, or wish to work, with children and families.For more information click here - www. allthatweare.org.au/artelier.

The shortlists for the 2018 Norma K Hemming Award have been announced. This award is presented by the Australian Science Fiction Foundation for a work of speculative fiction published in 2016-17 in Australia or written by an Australian citizen that explores the themes of race, gender, sexuality, class or disability – and for the first time, this year’s award has categories for both long works and short fiction. For the first time, this year’s Norma K Hemming Award comprises two categories: long works and short fiction and included in the short fiction category is Did We Break the End of the World’ (Tansy Rayner Roberts, Defying Doomsday, Twelfth Planet Press). The winners will be announced in June - www. booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/04/30/106694/norma-k-hemming-award2018-shortlists-announced.

May 3 sees the launch of the debut novel from Robbie Arnott, a surreal novel about the intricacy of family, fissures running through Tasmania and a novel very distinctly of this island, with our shores and innards pulsing through the pages. It will be launched by Richard Flanagan at Fullers on May 3, 5.30pm. Mark my words, Robbie will be heralded as the new Flanagan.

You can read an extract of Flames in the latest Island magazine (which is a ripper edition by the way) – and you can also show your tax deductible support for the long running Tasmanian literary magazine by making a donation (which will be doubled

by Creative Partnerships Australia - www.islandmag.com/donate. Participate in their survey, too, and go in the running for some good prizes- www.islandmag.com/ survey.

The Australian Book Review’s State of Poetry, Tasmania is back again. Edited by Sarah Day it features work from poets including Ben Walter, Gina Mercer, Anne Kellas and Jim Everett-puralia meenamatta. It’s free and available on the ABR website - www.australianbookreview.com.au/poetry/states-of-poetry-2017/statesof-poetry-tasmania.

The Dick and Joan Green Family Award for Tasmanian History is a new book prize delivered by UTAS that recognises works that have made contributions to understanding Tasmanian history. The inaugural shortlist includes Alison Alexander’s Beneath the Mountain, Tony Fenton’s wonderful Fleeting Hopes, a history of Port Davey – and the winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize Into the Heart of Tasmania, by Rebe Taylor which I have recently had the informative pleasure to read.

The winner will be announced in June.

LINC Tasmania are hosting a Special Storytime with Victoria Ryle on May 16, to celebrate National Families Week. Discover how to transform a simple piece of paper into a book! This is a seriously excellent thing to do – and I’m speaking from experience. Take your kids along and they will walk away with books of their very own making - www.facebook.com/events/175036236650034.

The Society of Women Writers Tasmania Short Story Competition 2018 is now open for entries (closing August 31 but don’t put it off until then). They are seeking entries of short stories of 1200- 1500 words on the theme ‘Life Changing’. Word Count.

Prizes of $200, $50, HC and C certificates are up for literary grabs in this competition which is open to all. For further information visit www.swwtas.org.

The recently announced Vogel Prize (awarded to Emily O’Grady for The Yellow House) has seen Tasmanian writer Kate Gordon commended by the judges for her manuscript The Light Between the Trees. I think that this wonderful writer, author of my favourite YA, Vulpi and Thyla has also been brewing a children’s book. Prolific!

The Tamar Valley Writers’ Festival, which is coming up in the middle of September (mark your diaries), The Star Cinema and Foot And Playsted are hosting The Sydney Writers Festival Live and Local at the Star Cinema in Invermay May 4-6. Authors who will be live broadcast are Jane Harper, bestselling crime writer, author of The Dry and Force of Nature, Peter Greste, Australian journalist and author of The First Casualty and Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage. Check the festival website for further information - www.tamarvalleywritersfestival.com.au.

Sustainable Living Tasmania has a graphic animator, Pan, doing an internship. He’s creating a video to inspire people about Tasmania’s role in securing a stable global climate. The concept is great and now they need a writer to volunteer their time and words to write a 2-3 minute script. Contact Todd Houstein at Sustainable Living Tasmania for more information.

RACHEL EDWARDS

If you have any book or writing related news drop me a line - racheledwards488@gmail.com.

WORKSHOPS

CREATIVE EXCHANGE KICKSTART ARTS’ CREATIVE EXCHANGE PROGRAM IS PRESENTING A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO WRITE, ARRANGE & PRODUCE YOUR OWN MUSIC, LEARNING TIPS AND TRICKS FROM THE HIGHLY EXPERIENCED.

This is just one of Creative Exchange’s June-August series of 21 different classes, which include cheese making with Bruce Kemp, tango, taketina, making herbal remedies, mirror mosaics, polymer clay, painting without brushes and rites of passage. All workshops are at the Kickstart Arts Centre in St Johns Park, New Town.

The music course, which runs over 5 weeks starting on June 21, is tailored to suit all types of music maker: bedroom enthusiasts, emerging artists, and established soloartists / band members.

It will cover everything from writing, composing and arranging a song, through to producing it’s ‘sound’, and best practice in getting your work out to the world.

“Music feeds the soul, it makes your heart beat faster, connects you to a bigger world of imagination and feeling. This course brings people together to explore their musical ideas and then shows them

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how to promote their work,” according to workshop leader, Deo Bosco.

Over a 30 year career, Bosco has toured extensively through Europe, South America and Australia performing and recording his own folk, jazz and electronic inspired music. He has composed and recorded music for TV, theatre, contemporary art, dance and spoken word.

Workshop Details: Write, Record and Produce your own music. Five x 2 hour sessions on Thursdays from 6:30 - 8:30pm from June 21 - July 19. To book a place at the workshops head to: www.kickstartarts.org/write-recordproduce-your-own-music.

For further information on the entire Creative Exchange Program, see: www.kickstartarts. org/creative-exchange.

Books BOOK REVIEW

FLAMES Notwithstanding the wildly varied styles and characters, there is a sustained, and strange propulsion to the narrative of Flames, the wonderful first novel from young Tasmanian writer, Robbie Arnott. The contrasting styles, from gumshoe through magical realism to nature writing, chaperone the reader through a rambunctious story encompassing a very real Tasmania, alongside a mythic one.

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Starring: Dave Callan (MC), Bev Killick, Sharul Channa (Singapore), Josh Earl, Demi Lardner Inside Flames are a love story, a rakali- a water rat who is the Esk God, sleaze in small town pubs, a fire breathing sister, a spiteful and reclusive coffin maker, a nattering small town gossip - all the while somehow walking the reader alongside the story of Levi and his sister Charlotte.

The siblings are recently bereaved. Their mother, in the tradition of many newly dead in their family, has returned to settle some scores-but this time she’s manifest in nature, “her skin carpeted by spongy, verdant moss .and thin tendrils of common filmy fern.” To Levi, Charlotte’s grief seems insurmountable and he decides to acquire a coffin for her, to ensure she is cremated when she dies.

This way she will be able to avoid the fate of various aunts and ancestors, and her mother, returning as wallaby, or dolerite or bluegum. Great Aunt Margaret, the reader is told, “started shedding sheets of paperbark all over the carpet…and the furred tail of a Bennett’s wallaby flopped out from beneath her dress”.

The horrible and delightful misunderstanding that arises from Levi’s decision to get a coffin is the fulcrum of the story. It is also a commentary on sibling relationships and their inevitable miscommunications. Charlotte hears only that her brother is sourcing her a coffin, and she goes as far away as possible on the island, from the mid north to Melaleuca in the deep south, where she finds work as a farm hand. It is here that some other lay lines of this story; a partnership of seal and fisherman, a farmer possessed by the soul of a wombat

murdering cormorant, and a gin soaked private investigator, begin to merge with those of the siblings and their loss.

It is not a novel without some flaws. The reimagined origin myth treads on the volatile territory of cultural appropriation, made even trickier as this is fiction about Tasmania, an island where genocide and forced loss of language/memory/story are in living memory, and more proximate by dint of the small population. Even despite the justifications that fiction and imagination allow, this part of the book is problematic.

A more benign criticism, and one not endemic to Flames, is that the chapters written in ‘diary’ style do not read as if from a diary. Arnott is not alone in using this is a tool to convey an intimate, first person view, but these entries read more like a voice of god from a documentary script, or a creative log of events.

There is little doubt that Robbie Arnott’s writing will be compared to that of Richard Flanagan, and to be sure there are some similarities in Flames to both Gould’s Book of Fish, and Death of a River Guide – they all speak with profundity of Tasmania, they all have the magical elements and they are all a bloody good yarn. They also convey more universal stories through a prism of Tasmania. This is a startlingly good first novel, stylistically adventurous, gorgeous descriptions and a compelling narrative that is sure to find a wide readership.

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Studio 65 AN INDEPENDENT PRODUCER AND CREATIVE LIGHTING DESIGNER FOR OVER THIRTY YEARS, BASED IN LONDON AND BERLIN FOR OVER A DECADE, DUCKPOND IS NOW DIVING INTO HIS MOST EXCITING VENTURE YET. AN ELEVEN-FLOOR CREATIVE STUDIO IN THE HEART OF HOBART. After several years opening and developing temporary venues in central Hobart for late night festivities associated with both Mona Foma and Dark Mofo, Duckpond was astonished to hear that an old acquaintance had purchased an entire office block in the centre of town.

“The new owner is a clothing retailer based in Melbourne who was happy to work with me to give young creatives an opportunity to access spaces with great natural light and amazing views in the centre of town. We are way more interested in artistic and creative uses, rather than mouldy old commercial leasings.

With The Grand Poobah, Cinema One and Odeon Theatre (to name a few) in direct sight, it’s surrounded by thriving and artistic hot spots, right in the epicentre of Hobart.

“It’s a cultural precinct, we’re right on the front door of all of that,” says Duckpond “We are open to multi-disciplinary usages with scope for painters, graphic designers, musicians, ceramacists, photographers, writers, curators, health practitioners, pop-up art galleries, the works.”

“After producing events for Mona since 2012 and as a key instigator of Faux Mo, I was keen on setting up a similar sort of artist function space… It’s been something that’s been in my head for a while, but to have the opportunity of assisting in the development of an arty skyscraper is pretty fantastic!”

That eleven-level tower on 65 Murray Street is now officially Studio 65. An exciting space aimed at the ever growing creative and entrepreneurial community of Hobart. Duckpond talks us through what exactly is happening inside these many, many walls: Art Gallery What we currently have in place for the first floor is The Bett Gallery. They’ve outgrown their previous premises and were looking for a bigger space, so they’ve taken the lease of the whole of the first floor where they’ll have two large-scale galleries, as well as capacity to store their existing work and offices to run their businesses! We’re very excited for their arrival!

Retro & Rugged The second floor at this point in time is an administrative centre - the offices that run the building. Which will in time become art studios.

The third level we have a communal space for all the tenants and guests. It’s unique in the fact it has original fittings and fixtures. All the wooden panelling… It has this incredible retro charm. My friends at Schmørgåsbaag have bought in some of their pieces. It has become sort of an off-site show room for them. There’s 60s-70s period furniture, together with plants and pictures, and other curious items.

Movement, Meditation & Massage Massage therapist and wellness practitioner Sally Kluss is managing a group of yoga and movement classes, as well as meditation and massage called The Fourth Floor. That’s a place where people are coming for classes early morning, lunchtime and afterhours. It’s a large open space that lends itself to dance and movement, as well as other applications in the future. We’re so happy to have Sally and her collaborators there.

Futuristic & Opportunistic The fifth floor is a futuristic, glass box style room. There are three glass cubes on the northern, western and southern side. It is an incredible space which lends itself to lots of different possibilities!

Scenic Studios We’ve opened up floors six, seven and eight for artist studios. They all have wonderful views of the mountain and the streets of Hobart rooftops down to the river and bridge. We currently have approximately twenty to twenty-five artists from many different disciplines. Musicians, graphic designers, fashion designers, technological artists, art curators, visual artists. There is a fantastic collection of individuals, and a real excitement in the Hobart community at the moment! They’re very affordable spaces to allow artists to come in and develop their practice in the centre of town.

Low Cost Contracts We also have a program where we are offering approximate scholarship situations, we’re hosting non-for-profit organisations at very low rental costs to allow very creative people to come into the building and have access. We welcome everyone on a case by case basis, I think that’s very important to give people the chance to have a space in the heart of the CBD that is affordable. We offer month by month contracts so it’s also flexible for people that need a space for a couple of months.

Spontaneous Stairwell Serenades One of our artists Jon Smeathers, who’s working on a soundtrack here, amusingly organised an impromptu percussive event in the stairwell without anyone knowing, a spur of the moment thing. It was great, I love the fact there’s a bit of chaos in the building, I think it’s important to do that stuff from out of the blue.

Penthouses & Balconies We have been working with architects on the tenth floor regarding a function centre and also penthouse. Further down the track we’re looking at other options to give the building a green profile, with the introduction of some balconies that are recessed into various floors.

A Wild Meadow Rooftop Bar We’ve lifted nine tonnes of earth onto the rooftop with a crane thanks to the construction company that worked on Myer next door! We’re working on a Rooftop Bar with beautiful gardens up there which will take advantage of the wonderful views of the city and Kunanyi.

Environmentally Conscious Spaces Everyone thinks when you’re starting a development that you have to demolish everything and start again to bring it up to modern standards, but at the moment what we’re doing is developing it slowly, trying to use all the existing materials and spaces. If we do need to make alternations and demolitions, then what we’re doing is recycling as far as possible. The walls, glass, carpet; so that we’re minimizing the environmental impact from whatever is going on in the building.

KIERA LEONARD

If you are interested to join the movement and enquire about spaces for lease in the “arty skyscraper” please send email to studio65hobart@gmail.com You can follow their activities on Instagram: studio65hobart and Facebook: Studio 65.

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Contemporary Art Tasmania June 9 – July 15 Delay – James Newitt

Handmark Evandale May 6 – June 14 New Paintings – Robyn Mckinnon June 17 – July 19 ‘Still life’ Exhibition

Colville Gallery June 8 Milan Milojevic June 29 Kylie Elkington Handmark Gallery Until June 13 New Paintings – Jock Young June 15 – July 4 Black + White Exhibition plus new sculpture – Sally Curry

Burnie Regional Gallery Until June 3 Push, Pull, Press June 1 – July 29 Tasmanian Naivists June 2 – July 29 A Stitch in Time June 22 – July 29 2018 Betta Milk Burnie Wearable Paper Art Competition

Despard Gallery June 1 – June 24 A Joint Show – Jenny Orchard and Dale Richards June 27 – July 22 The Crossings – Anne Morrison

Devonport Regional Gallery Until June 3 Not Without a Trace – Erin Wilson June 8 – July 1 North West Art Circle: Annual Community Exhibition and Awards

MONA The Little Gallery Project Space Zero June 9 – April 22 Until June 3 Where I Am, Who I Am – Zoe Grey Salamanca Arts Centre June 8 – July 1 Back to Burra Bee Dee Top Gallery – Richard Griffiths June 2 – June 29 Immersion – Julie Todd Sidespace Gallery Gallery Pejean June 14 – June 25 Barry William Hale + Until June 16 Lucid Dream – Bek Farry NOKO June 20 – July 14 Enclose / Disclose Lightbox Ryllton Viney June 1 – June 30 The Night Gobblers – Donna Ritchie Sawtooth ARI Long Gallery Front Gallery Until June 4 Art From Trash 2018 June 1 - 23 Manifesting Monsters June 14 – June 25 TohuVBohu – Jess Taylor June 14 – June 25 William Mortensen Middle Gallery

June 1 - 23 Plane Crash Video TMAG – Matte Rockford Until July 1 Horizon Dark Space Until July 21 Impermanence – Jane June 1 - 23 Critical Points – Paul Murphy McLoughlin Project Space June 1 – July 22 Cultural Jewels – Lola June 1 - 23 Rebirthed – Isaac Williams Greeno Gate Space June 8 – July 29 A Journey to Freedom June 1- 23 Nothing Solid – Caoife Power, Douglas Schofield, Bradlee Wiseman

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The Polish Corner June 6 Mick Neven June 13 Peter Berner June 20 Suren Jayemanne June 27 Danielle Walker Pancho Villa June 5 Side Splitting Comedy #8: Gavin Baskerville The Odeon Theatre June 18 Tim Minchin Yambu Cafe and Bar June 8 Riot Comedy Vol. 2 Theatre Royal June 7 – June 8 Kitty Flanagan June 28 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow

THEATRE Theatre Royal Until June 2 George’s Marvellous Medicine June 5 – June 6 Josephine Wants to Dance June 15 – June 17 The Rape of Lucretia June 22 – June 24 Animal June 27 Yo Diddle Diddle June 30 – July 1 Snow White Backspace Theatre June 1 – June 9 Alice’s Adventure Underground June 28 – July 7 Twelve Times He Spoke Peacock Theatre June 4 Manhood parts 1, 2 & 3

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June 27 Kingsway Comedy: Lewis Garnham The Tramsheds Function Centre June 23 Fresh Comedy: Lawrence Mooney Red Brick Road Ciderhouse June 13 InCider Comedy Princess Theatre Until June 2 Uni Revue 2018 June 9 Kitty Flanagan: Smashing!

June 29 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow Devonport Entertainment & Convention Centre June 27 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow

THEATRE Earl Arts Centre June 12 – June 13 Josephine Wants to Dance June 22 – June 30 The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Princess Theatre June 6 Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine June 13 Conversations with Friends: Marcus Bower (Upstairs Foyer) June 23 Tapestry: Epic 18 Burnie Arts and Function Centre June 4 – June 9 High School Musical June 15 2018 Wearable Paper Art Gala Parade Devonport Entertainment & Convention Centre June 1 – June 2 Beauty & The Beast June 8 Josephine Wants to Dance

Long Gallery June 14 – June 25 TohuVBohu Wrest Point June 2 The Tap Pack Kingsway Bar

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Hobart Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Bar Celona

Jonathan Warwarek 7pm

Birdcage Bar

The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 6pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Hui and The Muse 4pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy (Colin Kucera, Mark Joseph, Toby Straton) 8pm

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JUNE Sunday

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Jack Greene

Micheal Clennett

MONA – Nolan Room

Evelyn Ida Morris on Piano 1pm

Post Street Social

Tim & Scott

Republic Bar & Cafe

Teri Young & The Restless 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Dave West 7pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Yesterday’s Gentlemen

Monday Tuesday

Wednesday

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Acts / Start Time

Regines

SupaNova 8pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Queens Birthday Beer Garden Party – Live Music 2:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Raised by Eagles 9pm

The Hobart Twilight Market (Long Beach)

Sharn Hitchins, Tuli Morris-Merkel, Imogen Sky, Majella Eales, Bryce Tilyard 11am

Bright Eyes Cafe

Matt & Annie Woolley 4pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Bluegrass & Country Jam Session 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tarik Stoneman 8pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Bar Celona

Sean Hall Duo 7pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Billy Whitton 8pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy (Tarik Stoneman, Eve Gowan, Ian Murtagh) 8pm

Monday

4

Republic Bar & Cafe

Finn Seccombe 8pm

Tuesday

5

Bright Eyes Cafe

Bluegrass & Country Jam Session 7pm

Observatory

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Whitton 8pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Zac Henderson + Katie Wilson 8:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex followed by DJ Nik

Bright Eyes Cafe

Cafe Choir with Annie Woolley 7pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Nick Machin 7pm

Hobart Town Hall

James Crabb and Andrew Haveron

The Homestead

M.T. Blues Music 8pm

Observatory

DJ B-Rex

Birdcage Bar

The Suffrajettes 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Graham Rix 8:30pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Unlocked – Open Mic Night 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Billy Whitton Duo 9pm

Grand Poobah

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

Furphy 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

My Girlfriend’s Sister 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Girl Friday Band 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy & Jamie 6:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Karly Fisher 6:30pm

The Homestead

The White Tree 8:30pm

The Homestead

James MCQ 8:30pm

Bar Celona

Tim Davies 7pm

Bar Celona

Karly Fisher 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Jerome Hillier 9pm

Birdcage Bar

Sambo & Jimi 9pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Jacob Boote 6pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Ross Smithard 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brisbane Hotel

Coward Punch and Friends

Lost Talk (Vic) + The Soda Creamers + Ghost Drop + Final Broadcast + Philomath + Denni

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar – Late Night Krackieoke

Central Hotel

Gabe Dagrezio 4pm

Cargo

Sexy Lucy

Grand Poobah

China Beach, Baba Bruja & Creme Brulee

Central Hotel

Hannah May 4pm

Grand Poobah

Florian Kupfer

Grand Poobah

Night Mass plus Late Night DJ’s

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

Jack Greene

Tony & John

Mobius

Basement Vibration: Fotti, Finch, OGP, RMG 10pm

Observatory

DJ B-Rex

Observatory

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Cafe

Hobart Funk Collective 10pm

Post Street Social

Tony Mak

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Miss Jones Plays 7:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Vice Captains 10pm

Telegraph Hotel

Dr Fink

Black Swans of Trespass 7:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Sticks & Kane 7:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Isaac Westwood 7:30pm

The Homestead

Will Coyote and The Blacklights 9pm

The Homestead

Lagoon Hill Zydeco & As The Crow Flies 8:30pm

The Whaler

Finn Seccombe / Dean Stevenson Duo 7:30pm

The Whaler

Jeremy Jasper 7:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Mid-Winter Festival Auditions

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Tristen Bird

Man In Black, Starring Tex Perkins

Bar Celona

You, Me & The Sea 7pm

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

Birdcage Bar

Tony Voglino 9pm

Bar Celona

Gabriele Dagrezio 7pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Gypsy Suitcase 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Isaac Westwood 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Paper Souls + Meres + Babylon Howl

Bright Eyes Cafe

Cargo

DJ Millhouse

Eleanor Tucker, Moonshine Whiskers and the Ragged Pony 4pm

Casino Bar

SupaNova 10:15pm

Brisbane Hotel

Grand Poobah

Spencer Parker in The Main Room

Bitch Diesel (Vic) + The Electric Guitars (Vic) + Spiral Perm (Vic) +Comrad Xero + Will Coyote & The Blacklights + A.Swayze & The Ghosts

Grand Poobah

The Beat Down in The Kissing Room

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Jack Greene

Tony & John

Casino Bar

SupaNova 10:15pm

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

Observatory

DJ B-Rex

Post Street Social

Terry Nomikos

Republic Bar & Cafe

Bad Pony 10pm

Telegraph Hotel

33 Seconds

The Brunswick Hotel

Sean Hall Duo 7:30pm

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

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Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Saturday

9

Observatory Post Street Social Republic Bar & Cafe

Sunday

10

Friday

Saturday

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DJ B-Rex Tim Hibberd Odd Ones Out 10pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Gabriele Dagrezio 7:30pm

The Homestead

China Beach (Melb) supported by EWAH and Feed Rick 8:30pm

The Whaler

Zac Henderson Duo 9pm

The Homestead

Freeloader Jazz Trio 8pm

Birdcage Bar

Jane Morris Trio 6pm

Finn Seccombe 7pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Louisa Wise & Luke Plumb 4pm

The Lounge By Frogmore Creek

Brisbane Hotel

Queens Ball – Ghost Drop + Slag Queens + Sexy Galexy Drag King + DJ Chloe Black + DJ Sexy Lucy + DJ BTC + Fade In Fade Out

The Whaler

Parlour Band 9pm

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

APIA Good Time Tour

Birdcage Bar

Bridget Pross 6pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Gerry Balding, Theresa Young & Emily Sheppard 4pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Jack Greene

Micheal Clennett

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Grand Poobah

Foxx & Hound present Klangkluestler (Germany)

Jack Greene

Terry Nomikos

Post Street Social

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Post Street Social

Tony Mak

Republic Bar & Cafe

Calhouns 2:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Blue Flies 8:30pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Montz Matsumoto 6pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Montz Matsumoto 8:30pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Bluegrass & Country Jam Session 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Sam Forsyth 8pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Bar Celona

Isaac Westwood 7pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Jonathan Warwarek 6pm

Grand Poobah

Ben Salter & Friends

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy (Angus Austin, Bryce Tilyard, BrodyGreg) 8pm

Observatory

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Cafe

Dave Wilson Band 9pm

Telegraph Hotel

23

Sunday

24

Venue

Acts / Start Time

The Whaler

Ruben Reeves 9pm

Birdcage Bar

Finn Seccombe Trio 6pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

The Wolfe & Thorn, Ross Smithard and Dave Steel 4pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

Post Street Social

Tim & Scott

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Raccoons 2:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Harrison 8:30pm

Richmond Arms Hotel

M.T. Blues Music 4pm

Monday

25

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Tuesday

26

Bright Eyes Cafe

Bluegrass & Country Jam Session 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Othrship 8:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Observatory

DJ B-Rex

DJ B-Rex followed by DJ Nik

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Warner Trio 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Tony Mak 7pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex followed by DJ Nik

The Homestead

The Stitch 8pm

Birdcage Bar

Fee Whitla 9pm

Wrest Point Showroom

Matthew Ives & His Big Band

Bright Eyes Cafe

Unlocked – Open Mic Night 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Billy Whitton Duo 9pm

Grand Poobah

Bright Eyes Cafe

Hui and The Muse 6pm

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

OthShip 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Teskey Brothers 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

The Ray Martians 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Henry Rippon 6:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Phil Jamieson 9pm

Bar Celona

Jensen 7pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Sam Forsyth 6:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Rum Jungle 9pm

The Homestead

Folk Til Ya Punk Presents GT Mongrel, Jude Joseph, James Brook, BrodyGreg 8:30pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Coyote Serenade 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

Luca Brasi Album Launch Listening Party w/ DJ’s, Late Night Krackieoke n Giveaways

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

27

28

29

Bar Celona

Bianca & Dan 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Tim & Scott 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – Minds in Motion

Bright Eyes Cafe

Cascade Swing 6pm

Cargo

Sexy Lucy

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – Treehouse + Guy Blackman (Vic) + Real Love (Vic) + ALL The Weathers + Jazz (Vic) + Heck + Channels

Central Hotel

M.T. Blues Music 4pm

Grand Poobah

Seb Zito

Jack Greene

Terry Nomikos

Observatory

DJ B-Rex

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar – Tarot + Lake Myer + Knifer (Vic) + Ironhawk + Nervous Breakdown

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Post Street Social

Gabriele

Central Hotel

M.T. Blues Music 4pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Spit Syndicate 10pm

Grand Poobah

Night Mass plus Late Night DJ’s

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Patrick Berechree 7:30pm

Jack Greene

Terry Nomikos

Telegraph Hotel

Dr Fink

Observatory

DJ B-Rex

The Brunswick Hotel

Tim Davies 7:30pm

Post Street Social

Gabrielle

The Whaler

Dylan Eynon 7:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Truckshow + Roadkill + The Newtown Hounds 10pm

Waratah Hotel

Chase City 8pm

Finn Seccombe 7:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

The Joshua Dunn Quartet (Jazz)

All Saints Market

Miah Aplin and Guests 10am

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Saturday

Date

Saturday

30

Telegraph Hotel

Big Swifty

The Brunswick Hotel

Jonathan & Alan 7:30pm

Bar Celona

Bianca & Dan 7pm

The Homestead

Folk Til Ya Punk Presents Jude Joseph, The Stragglers, All The Best, The Dead Maggies 8:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Neon Acoustic 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

The BRISSIES 11th B’day Party!! “What Do You Wanna Be When You Grow Up!?” w/ Milquebarthe, Slaughterhaus Surf Cult, Puritanik Elekution, Espionage (Vic), Lady Crimson, Taurus, Terrorbrawl + More TBA

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Casino Bar

SupaNova 10:15pm

Grand Poobah

Human Movement, Bear Cub, Session B & Berks

Jack Greene

Hugo Bladel

Observatory

DJ B-Rex

Post Street Social

Tim Hibberd

The Whaler

Jeremy Jasper 7:30pm

Tommy Gun Records

The Native Cats 6pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Kat Edwards

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

Ian Moss

Bar Celona

Amy & Sean 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Matt Edmunds 9pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Harrison Brown, Ross Smithard & Montz Matsumoto 6:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – Warped (Vic) + The Roobs + Claire Birchall & The Phantom Hitchikers

Republic Bar & Cafe

Bugs 10pm

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar – Hownowmer + The Soda Creamers + Edith Lucas Parsons + The Pits

Telegraph Hotel

Serotonin

The Brunswick Hotel

Gabriele Dagrezio 7:30pm

Cargo

DJ Millhouse

The Homestead

Little Bear + Jenson + Jed Appleton 8:30pm

Casino Bar

SupaNova 10:15pm

The Whaler

Billy Whitton and the Swingcats / Hugo Bladel 8pm

Grand Poobah

Night Mass plus Late Night DJ’s

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

Moonah Arts Centre

Cellectric

Jack Greene

Micheal Clennett

Observatory

DJ B-Rex

Post Street Social

You Me & The Sea

Republic Bar & Cafe

Boil Up 10pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Othrship Band 9pm

Telegraph Hotel

Dr Fink

The Brunswick Hotel

Jensen 7:30pm

The Homestead

Folk Til Ya Punk Presents James Brook, Quinton Trembath, Ragged Hollow, This Is A Robbery 8:30pm

The Lounge By Frogmore Creek

Finn Seccombe 7pm

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Launceston / NORTH WEST Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Club 54

MenXclusive

Gnomon Pavilion

Delilah Hannahford, Dylan Boys, Daniel Quaile and Chris Okunbor 5:30pm

Our House

Our House feat. Patrick Topping

The Royal Oak Hotel

Julian Mathew

Watergarden

The Hat & Horn

Kingsway Bar

Evan Carydakis Trio

The Royal Oak Hotel

Alfanant + Cotton Pony

Tonic Bar

Flight

Watergarden

The Tassie Tenor

JUNE Friday

Saturday

1

2

Sunday

3

Tonic Bar

Espresso Bongo

Wednesday

6

The Royal Oak Hotel

Tori Rattray

Watergarden

Emmanuel Perez

Thursday

7

The Royal Oak Hotel

Gabriele Dagrezio

Friday

8

Gnomon Pavilion

Radio Street Band 5:30pm

The Greenwood Bar

Raised By Eagles

The Royal Oak Hotel

Pete Cornelius

Watergarden

Rino Morea

The Royal Oak Hotel

Quinton Trembath + Pat Broxton

Tonic Bar

Groove FX

Watergarden

Electric Vue

The Royal Oak Hotel

Andy Collins

Watergarden

The Tassie Tenor

Country Club Tasmania

The Man in Black: The Johnny Cash Story

The Royal Oak Hotel

The Hat & Horn

Gnomon Pavilion

The Sheyana Band 5:30pm

Princess Theatre

APIA Good Times Tour 2018

The Royal Oak Hotel

Mick Attard

Watergarden

Leigh Ratcliffe

Club 54

Scott Haigh ‘Bare Bones’ Album Launch

The Greenwood Bar

The Smokin Elmores Return!

The Royal Oak Hotel

Sandino & Georgia

Tonic Bar

New Sensations

Watergarden

Jerome Hillier

The Royal Oak Hotel

Scott Haigh

Watergarden

Trevor Weaver

Gnomon Pavilion

Grim Faulkner, Harrison Brown, and Henry Rippon 5:30pm

The Greenwood Bar

Nath Jennings Invades Greenwood

The Royal Oak Hotel

Katy Hanson

Watergarden

Leigh Ratcliffe

Country Club Tasmania

Ian Moss

The Greenwood Bar

Mr Lucky’s Life’s Big Dream Tour

The Royal Oak Hotel

The Max Hillman Showband

Tonic Bar

Flight

Watergarden

Rino & Addison

Saturday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Wednesday

Friday

Saturday

9

13

14

15

16

20

22

23

Sunday

24

Gnomon Pavilion

Joshua Dunn Quartet 3pm

Wednesday

27

The Royal Oak Hotel

Open Mic Night

Watergarden

Tony Voglino

Thursday

28

The Royal Oak Hotel

Matthew Dames

Friday

29

Gnomon Pavilion

Chapter V 5:30pm

The Royal Oak Hotel

Eve Gowen + Supports

The Saloon Bar

Bugs, Cuban Heel, The Protagonists, Monique How

Watergarden

Roustabout

Club 54

Spit Syndicate

The Royal Oak Hotel

Dave Adams Band

Tonic Bar

Gypsy Rose

Watergarden

Electric Vue

Saturday

30

JUNE Fri 1st Julian Mathew Sat 2nd Alfanant + Cotton Pony Wed 6th Tori Rattray Thu 7th Gabriele Dagrezio Fri 8th Pete Cornelius Sat 9th Quinton Trembath + Pat Broxton Wed 13th Andy Collins Thu 14th The Hat and the Horn Fri 15th Mick Attard Sat 16th Sandino & Georgia Wed 20th Scott Haig Fri 22nd Katy Hanson Sat 23rd The Max Hillman Showband Wed 27th Open Mic Night Thu 28th Matthew Dames Fri 29th Eve Gowen + supports Sat 30th Dave Adams Band

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