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If you’ve cruised through North Hobart lately, you might have noticed the old Alley Cat lookin’ quite a bit different. That’s because it’s not the Alley Cat any more, it’s now The Winston. The recently opened Winston focuses on good beer, good bourbon, rum, single malts and tequila, as well as providing American style food made with local produce. Which is all win, right there. They’ll continue to support local music and art with live music every Thursday and Friday, which is awesome news for art-types, muso’s and muso-fans alike. They’ll also be hosting beer and food matching events every month. Which is awesome news for beer and food fans alike. I mean, really, how cool is that? Get in there!
So, what is there to do on a Tuesday night in Hobart for all you hard rockin’ party types? Not much, hey… bummer, that. But on Tuesday May 14, you will have a home. Oh yes, you will. Following the They Might Be Giants gig at Wrest Point Show Room, The Metz in Sandy Bay will have DJ’s doing the do until the wee small hours of Wednesday morning. Everyone loves an official after party. Everyone loves free stuff too. Combine an official They Might Be Giants after party with free entry and OMG that’s like a Tasmanian Woodstock (the hippy music festival thing, not the premix drink). PART PATTI SMITH, PART LEONARD COHEN
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Glen Sobel of the Alice Cooper Band is hitting up Hobartia and will be doing a once off performance at the Conservatorium Recital Hall on Thursday May 9 at 7pm. Entry is $10, and tickets are available from Hobart Music Centre (103 Elizabeth St) or on the door. Glen’s tour is sponsored by Mapex, which means you have a chance to win a funky Velvetone snare drum just by going along. Gnarly! Glen Sobel has played in house bands behind Johnny Depp, Mike Myers and Weird Al, as well as a bunch of actual awesome musicians too. So there’s that. For more information, call (03) 6231 5578. A PERFECT FIT
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Ash Grunwald is another one of those hard working blokes that seems to keep on keeping on. He’s inevitable and unavoidable (in a good way). Death, Taxes, Ash Grunwald, that’s the rest of your life, kids. Anyway, he’s heading back out on the road in June, but this time he’s bringing along a couple of pretty awesome friends, Scott and Andy from The Living End. This one should definitely be worth catching, and it’s catchable on Thursday June 6, at The Republic Bar & Café. Tickets will be $25 plus b/f (usual outlets, Ruffcut, Moshtix, The Repubic), or $30 on the door, but it’ll probably sell out before the door thing anyway. So get in early! IT’S A PARTY
Martha Wainwright will be playing at MONA’s recently announced Dark MOFO Winter festival. This is some serious bidniz, Martha is something of a legend. On Thursday June 13 at Hobart’s Theatre Royal, Brooklyn’s Martha Wainwright will play songs from her previous albums, Martha Wainwright, and I Know You’re Married But I’ve Got Feelings Too, and introduce new songs from her latest release Come Home to Mama. Tickets are available now from the Theatre Royal, or via www.mona.net.au, but here are only a handful of tickets left for this so be quick!
A bit of light has been shone on DARK MOFO recently, with the announcement that of the Opening Night Party otherwise referred to as O-NIGHT. DARK MOFO and MODULAR RECORDS present what promises to be a damn sweet night. Canyons and Daniel Boyd present “100 Million Nights” as the headline performance. But that’s not all. Naysayer & Gilsun will also be putting on an AV Show, new Modular Records signing Movement promise to rock the hell out, and Melbourne’s DJ outfit, Otologic will be doing what they do best. For more information, check out www.darkmofo.net.au. HE’S THE BOMB
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Loose Fit, Hobart’s newest, fastest growing, and only (as far as we know) indie club night returns after the raging success of Loose Fit #2, with Loose Fit #3. That bit’s pretty straight forward. This bit isn’t. It’s a psych-drone-new-wave-shoe-gazeextravaganza! Headlining the eve shall be Catsuit from Hobart, who (just between you and me) really seem to be making a name for themselves! Launceston’s DIG will also be on the bill, along with All Fires (doing one of those newfangled tag-team DJ sets the kids love), and Loose Fit regulars Carvis Jocker, LED Meter, and Strange Cargo. At the Casbah (112 Liverpool st, Hobart), Friday May 10, kicking off around 9pm.
Crack out all things fluffy and flourescent, the Fresh Winter Rave is on the way! Saturday June 1, boom, be there. This time featuring international superstar Dash Berlin and Melbourne legend Phil K along with over 20 of the best local DJ’s, spread out over 4 stages. That’s like, a whole army of DJ’s, invading your ears and liberating your endorphins, or something. Early bird tickets are already sold out (you snooze you lose), first release tickets are $45 + bf. VIP tickets are $80 + bf and include access to the VIP Lounge with private bar, free drinks on arrival, fancypants smoking area, and a bunch of other cool stuff. For group bookings, industry tickets, or to get involved, hit up tickets@freshrave.com.au.
Nicky Bomba is a busy man. From directing and conducting bands, Bomba, Bustamento and the massive 30-piece Melbourne Ska Orchestra, to being the Artistic Producer for the Multicultural Arts Victoria “Visible” Project and sitting on the Australia Council Music Board. Full on. Plus he’s a good bloke.
Top that. Anyway, he’s leading Bustamento on an East Coast tour in May and June, which includes two stops in Tasmania, Hobart’s The Republic Bar on Friday May 28 (Tickets $18 plus b/f via moshtix), and Launceston’s Tonic Bar on Saturday May 29 (Free entry for this one).
LORD OF THE STRINGS
meals at a one star price” up close and personal. We have good produce to work with here in Tasmania, I think he’ll do just fine. I’m gonna get my copy of Cookin’ with Coolio autographed! I hope he doesn’t make the recipe with Ramen and Windex though. Tickets are $35 plus b/f. PRESENTING THE PRESETS
The Festival of Voices have given us a sneaky peak into what’s in store ahead of their full programme launch later this month. Darren Percival, Christine Anu, Kate Ceberano and Take 6. That’s what’s in store. Percival, Ceberano and Anu should be well known to Australians, Take 6 maybe not so much. They’re a Multi-Platinum, Multi-Grammy award-winning gospel group from the U.S. of the A. Rosny Barn, Federation Concert Hall and City Hall are some of the venues where you’ll catch the acts listed so far. Festival of Voices takes place between July 5 and 15, for more information, head along to festivalofvoices.com. SERVING UP THE BREAKS
Matthew Fagan, the man Billy Connolly described as “the best guest artist (guitarist?) I have ever toured with” is renowned for his virtuosity and versatility on guitar and always surprises audiences with his modern interpretation and magical repertoire which spans many eras, cultures and genres. In late May/early June, Matthew will be touring Tasmania putting on his Lord of the Strings concert in various locations. Matthew will also be conducting private lessons and workshops along the way, for more information on either the concerts or workshops (seriously, there are way too many to list here), check out www.matthewfagan.com.
More on the Dark MOFO front, Saturday June 15 will see Macquarie Wharf 2 in Monart (MONA+Hobart - we’re calling it that from now on. Deal with it.) play host to, wait for it, The Presets! This will be the first time The Presets haven’t visited Monart (deal with it.) since they played at the Derwent Entertainment Centre a few years back, so it should be a huge night of hugeness. Also on the bill are Sydney champions, Hermitude, who have been on a massive role with their Hyperparadise release. DZ Deathrays complete the lineup, and they sure aren’t to be missed, either. Tickets are available now via darkmofo.net.au, $55-$65 (or $65-$75 on the door). A BIG DAY OF DARKNESS
LOCAL KNIGHTS ON THE MIC After the success of the first Southern Mic Nights event, it’s no surprise to see that it’s back once again! Southern Mic Nights No. 2 at the Casbah Café and Bar (112 Liverpool St, Hobart) will showcase some of Tasmania’s finest hiphop artists. Acts from all around the state will take to the stage to support Stray in launching his new release to the masses. Acts include Skurge One, Phex, Draz, Aimz, Statik, Reflekt and 42 South. Doors open at 8pm and entry will only set you back a fiver. Head along and meet some of the rapscallionest of local rapscallions. A GANGSTA’S PARADISE
So Satanalia is part of Dark MOFO, and it’s on Saturday June 22. It has a list of names like Boris, The Drones, Mono, Barbarion, The Stickmen, Clagg, Fourteen Nights at Sea, A Dead Forest Index, Kangaroo Skulls, Angel Eyes, +More (incidentally, +More are a truly great band, they’re right up there with More TBA). So it’s safe to assume Satanalia is some kind of musical gig. At the time of writing, they hadn’t announced the venue yet, so who knows, it might be in your kitchen, better tidy up. Tickets are on sale now for $69-$79 (or $79-$89 on the door (I don‘t know what that means either)), via darkmofo.net.au. Have we just started referring to Hobart as Monart yet? Is that a thing? Guys? WINTER FESTIVALS JUST KEEP COMING
Everyone’s favourite cooking show host is returning to Tasmania! After a madly successful performance at the culinary event, Falls Feastival Marion Bay, Coolio will be performing an intimate stageshow at Hobart’s Republic Bar & Café on Wednesday June 26. The food at the Republic is pretty damn good to begin with, but I’m guessing they’re gonna move the kitchen to the stage for the night so the “ghetto Martha Stewart” can teach us how to make those “five star
After a brief hiatus, Freshly Breaked is back! This time presenting Lady Waks (Russia). Saturday July 6 is the date, and The Swamp and The Kissing Room at The Grand Poobah is the place. Lady Waks has really done it all. She has put on festivals, she has hosted stages at other people’s festivals, she hosts a radio show on Russia’s largest radio station, she has toured the world, and she has released music on labels like West, Bass Planet and Deekline’s Rat Records. That’s quite an impressive list of accomplishments. So prepare to be impressed on Saturday July 6. Keep an eye on your social networks for more details! BobFest 2013 Bob Dylan turns 72 on Friday May 24. In celebration of this glorious occaision, Brookfield in Margate is holding a tribute night with local bands playing Bob covers all night long. Spaces are available on the bill, so if you know some Bob songs and wish to be involved contact Dave Meikle, dmeikle@bigpond.net.au or 6229 5209, by Friday May 10.
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THEY’RE THE INDIE-POP WUNDERKINDS FROM FREEMANTLE; THE DARLING OF THIS YEAR’S SXSW; ONE OF ONLY FOUR AUSSIE ACTS AT LOLLAPALOOZA THIS AUGUST AND ARE SELLING OUT SHOWS ON THEIR UPCOMING NATIONAL TOUR.
Guitarist and vocalist Jordi Davieson dishes up some insight into the life and good times of San Cisco, and also reveals where the “Fran” went from their name. W: You’ve come a long way in the last few years, and people like your work. What is it that YOU most like about San Cisco’s sound? Jordi: I think it’s the “summeriness” of it. They are sounds that you can boogie along to a bit. You’ll be busy touring a lot this year. There’s the upcoming Australian tour, and more time in the USA. You’ve also recently done SXSW, and you’re doing Lollapalooza in August. Does any of it feel real to you? Yeah it’s crazy! We have been on the road for three months now and it definitely feels real, haha. All the other tours coming up are very exciting and I think we are super lucky to be in a position where we can travel to all these pleases and do what we love!
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all your gear from venue to venue... very hard work!
on your iPod, 1 person, and 1 ‘quote of the day’. What would they all be?
Is there somewhere else you’d love to play? Or is having done SXSW and being on the Lollapalooza line-up mean that the pinnacle’s been reached?
A onesie, just to cover all environments. A toothbrush. The Flaming Lips, 24-hour Song. Will Farrell. “Calm seas never made a good sailor”
There is always something else, that’s sort of what drives me, I think. I would really like to play Coachella. A national festival tour in Australia would also be great. One day I want to get to Mexico and play some shows.
Does playing live fire up the San Cisco sound in a way that recording can’t?
Some ego-inflation might be accepted when you’re a band on the rise. What’s a luxury, or perk, that’s afforded to you now, that you LOVE to unashamedly indulge in? Ego inflation is never ok! The thing I find is that you play so many shows and travel so much that you become dependent on things to get you through the day or the show. So now we have been flying a fair bit, we are platinum members for Virgin, so that makes travelling a whole lot easier. Also getting your own bed is a very nice thing! Have any of you compelled to add something “rock starrish” to the rider as yet and if so what would it be? m&m’s with all the brown ones picked out? I think a selection of local bear is as rockstar-ish as we get. I’ve always wanted a small monkey on the rider though. Have you met anyone in your travels that you idolise? Were you star struck?
What was a SXSW pro? And, what was a SXSW con?
At SXSW, I briefly said hello to Mackelmore. That scared the shit out of me! It’s really cool being able to meet the people that you look up to, or are the people that inspired you to play music.
Pro: there is so much great music and there is always something going on. Con: carrying
You’re touring, and you can only pack 1 item of clothing, 1 toiletry product, 1 song
Yes. Even if you have played a song a hundred times, when you play it to a live audience it breaths new life into the music; the people that you are trying to connect with are right there in front of you and you can vibe off their reactions. What’s the best thing to come home to, after you’ve been away touring? Family, friends and the ocean. You can read the future. Where is San Cisco? On a tropical island, drinking tropical cocktails out of coconuts under a palm tree. Finally, there’s no “Fran” in your San Cisco. Who is Fran, where did she go, and will she ever come back? Fran is an undercover agent and unfortunately, she will never come back because it would jeopardise her whole mission. LOANI ARMAN
San Cisco’s ‘Beach Tour’ hits the Hotel New York in Launceston on June 6, and Wrestpoint Casino in Hobart on June 7.
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FIVE TUNES I WOULD DIE TURN UP THE HEAT CONSIDERED TO BE THE DEFINING ACT OF THE WITHOUT BY NAYSAYER INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOBILLY MOVEMENT, ALONGSIDE AND GILSUN THE GENRE’S FOUNDERS, THE CRAMPS, REVEREND
HORTON HEAT HAS PREACHED HIS MESSAGE OF SEX, DRUGS, BOOZE AND CARS FOR CLOSE TO THREE DECADES
Blanc 1 - It’s All Over - Hivern Barcelona label, Hivern, has been one of the more exciting labels to follow for the last two years or so since I discovered it. Its unique lineup of artists including John Talabot, Pional, Kressy and Karrenn makes for diverse but coherent listening. I don’t really know if there is a “Barcelona Sound”, but, if so, I imagine this is probably it. ‘Blanc’ is not an artist but a new white label series announced recently that will feature collaborations from the label’s many artists. It was heralded on Facebook with a message to the effect of “due to high demand, Blanc releases will be vinyl only, limited to 100 copies.” That’s Spanish for “EXCLUSIVE!” ‘It’s All Over’ features someone (Pional I’m guessing) on vocals, a slow melancholy bassline, and a crunchy, organic house bent that comes through in a lot of Hivern’s releases. You can’t buy it legally anymore, so I suggest you try and steal it. Jonas Rathsman - Bringing You Down French Express In many ways there’s not much to Jonas Rathsman’s music. Simple, one line, melodic vocal samples over warm, fuzzy chords, a thuddy kick, and a big bassline. ‘Bringing You Down’ is no exception, but I won’t apologise for loving it. Rathsman, and the entire French Express crew for that matter, manage to consistently release music that is sickengly catchy without venturing into cheese territory. The magic seems to lie in tried and tested melodic progressions with production that is new, and idiosyncratic enough to avoid a colourby-numbers feel. ‘Bringing You Down’ is so catchy you might just puke, but the production is original, and interesting enough that you’ll probably dance instead. Blondes - Wine - RVNG Blondes’ debut, ‘Blondes’, is an album of structureless, progressive, slow, analogue house music released in 2012. There’s no reason to single out the track ‘Wine’, other
than that it is my favourite. The album itself has no real single. In a similar way, ‘Wine’ doesn’t really have a hook. It just goes. It starts off pulsing and bassy, becomes shoegazy in the middle until the uplifting, chopped up vocals come in at the end. It’s a seven minute journey. The track is still on my mind a year after I first listened to it, so I guess it’s a journey worth going on. Rachel Row - Follow The Step (Kink Beat Mix) - Pets Recordings Our friend Scott Armstrong (AKA Acolyte) heard this track at a Bicep gig overseas a little while ago and brought it back to Australia as a returning gift. Though the power of this track is no secret by now, it still catches people by surprise whenever we get the chance to play it. The real joy in Kink’s mix, for me, is the sense that it’s constantly building and becoming more chaotic without ever sacrificing its smooth, restrained production qualities. Also: that “step” vocal cut sailing over the bass line at the beginning? Magic. Nile Delta - Dance To The Rhythm (B-Side Version) - Cutters I first heard this tune on Rory Phillips’ appearance on Beats in Space in January and had that immediate, overwhelming need to track it down. I’d like to say there was some serious obsession, mystery and struggle in finding this record, but truth be told I’d found the ID and placed an order for the 12” in about five minutes (cheers for the liberal playlisting, Sweeney and co). That said, the initial feeling I had hearing it for the first time sums up everything I love about Dance To The Rhythm - from that incredible bassline to the wholly bizarre, creepy vocal sample - each major element is just driving and inescapable. Long live the Cutters family.
The Reverend (as both the three-man band and its guitar-playing frontman were known) was formed in 1985 by frontman James C. Heath on vocals and guitars, Jack Barton on upright bass and Bobby Baranowski on drums. The lineup has changed several times since with Jimbo Wallace taking over bass duties in 1989, continuing on till this day, while there has been a steady rotation of drummers over the course of the bands life. During the ‘90s the band built a strong cult following through constant touring and a live show that would feature mock sermons by The Reverend in the style of a rural revivalist preacher. Updating the sounds of traditional psychobilly for an alternative rock generation, The Reverend secured a recording deal with grunge pioneering label SubPop (think Nirvana). This was followed with several albums on the major Interscope, before a return to the indie labels in the millennia. All in all this has amounted to ten full album releases over the bands career.
Reverend Horton Heat music has become a regular as soundtrack material for computer games, with credits on the Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero games amongst others. Features on American commercials, movie soundtracks and appearances on American television have opened up The Reverend’s distinctive distorted guitars and hard as punk sound to a new generation of fans. Anybody with any interest in rockabilly, psychobilly, or grunge meets punk, this is the show to go.
SEE REVEREND HORTON HEAT PLAY THE BRISBANE HOTEL, HOBART, ON SATURDAY JUNE 1. SUPPORT COMES FROM THE SIN AND TONICS AND THE ROOBS. TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM THE VENUE, RUFFCUT, ULTRALUX AND WWW.MOSHTIX.COM.AU.
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GIGANTIC HAPPENINGS WHETHER YOU DUG THEM IN THE ‘80S, GREW UP WITH THEM IN THE ‘90S, OR DISCOVERED THEM IN THE NAUGHTIES, AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE ROCK BAND THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS WILL HAVE PROVIDED YOU WITH A COMICAL REPRESENTATION OF AMERICAN CULTURE.
You’ve probably heard the Brooklyn musos whether you know it or not. After starting up their Dial-a-Song service in 1983 - where a call to their answering machine would provide you with a fresh song every day John Flansburgh and John Linnell have released hundreds of hits across 16 albums.
abstract comedy lyrics, and raw instruments that are tastefully infused with electronic sounds (but only sometimes).
They’ve scored two Grammys, and recorded an abundance of film and TV themes songs including Malcom in the Middle, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me.
“Historically it’s evolved quite a bit, but we love pop songs and we love music, and it’s very easy to stick to what you love. We’ve worked pretty hard; we’re pretty dedicated and we’ve got a great audience.”
I spoke to songwriter and instrumentalist John Flansburgh about the band’s upcoming gig in Hobart (not Constantinople).
This is not to suggest that the band is not embracing the modern world. In the tradition of Dial-a-Song, they have released a brand new iPhone app to cater for all of your They Might Be Giants needs, no matter where you are.
“We couldn’t be more excited that we get to go to Tasmania. Just to be able to say, ‘this is Tasmania,’ makes you ten times more worldly than the average American. There are so many things I want to see, and I want to completely check it out.” The band tours to Australia this April to celebrate the release of their sixteenth album, Nanobots, which is a compilation of full-length and mini tracks that will leave you both laughing and confused. “The song Nanobots itself is just as much about raising kids as it is about the weird, futuristic, scientific miniature robot. It’s really about reproduction. But the album is pretty wide open; I think it picks up on the word ‘nano’ with a lot of short songs. We were trying to keep it unpredictable.” With new songs like the six second Hive Mind and somewhat bizarre Insect Hospital, the album indeed remains unpredictable… even to John. “Insect Hospital is a very fucked up song and I can’t defend it. To be perfectly honest with you, the original lyric was ‘mental hospital’, but that sounds too harsh. But the truth of it is that the song turns into a full jam, and just makes people rock out.” Despite the many changes to popular music over the past three decades, They Might Be Giants have managed to maintain a style that cannot be imitated. The two Johns continue to produce alternative rock hits filled with their delightfully nasally vocals,
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John told me that staying original through a changing world doesn’t have to be a difficult thing.
“The iPhone app is very 21st Century. Just to get it off the road we’re going to try to invest more energy into making the iPhone app a more active platform for our songs. I’d like to do songs that are just for the iPhone app.” They Might Be Giants are headed in for what is set to be a gigantic Aussie tour, which has already sold out in many cities. “We’re pretty overwhelmed by the level of interest in this Australian tour. Australian audiences are so excitable and into it, and enthusiastic and fun, and they just go for it. It’s absolutely energizing to play for an Australian audience.” You can expect around two hours of hits from They Might Be Giants, and John assures us that “there’s plenty of room for everything.” “It’s a pretty celebratory show, it’s pretty high energy. I would advise people to bring their crash helmets.” STEPHANIE ESLAKE
Catch They Might Be Giants when they come to the Wrest Point Show Room on May 14.
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THE LIFE AND TIMES OF
JELLO BIAFRA INFAMOUS FORMER FRONTMAN AND CHIEF AGITATOR FOR LEGENDARY US PUNKS DEAD KENNEDYS, JELLO BIAFRA RETURNS TO AUSTRALIA THIS MONTH FOR HIS FIRST LIVE BAND PERFORMANCE SINCE THE INFAMOUS DK TOUR OF 1983.
June 1979: Dead Kennedys release their first single California Über Alles.
1989: Terminal City Ricochet brings Biafra to Vancouver for a substantial film role.
Autumn 1979: Biafra runs for Mayor in San Francisco. He finishes fourth out of ten candidates with 6,591 votes.
1991: Biafra releases a third spoken word album, I Blow Minds for a Living.
Autumn 1980: Dead Kennedys release their debut album Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables. They are the first non-major label US punk band to successfully tour England and Europe. Autumn 1981: Dead Kennedys release In God We Trust, Inc EP.
The Guantanamo School of Medicine is Biafra’s latest musical creation featuring former Rollins Band and Ween bassist Andrew Weiss, drummer Paul Della Pelle (Helios Creed and Nik Turner’s Space Ritual) and the twin guitar attack of Ralph Spight (Victims Family) and Kimo Ball.
Autumn 1982: Dead Kennedys release second full-length Plastic Surgery Disasters.
Although not taking the band to Tasmania, Biafra will however be bringing his outspoken voice to town and demonstrating his prowess behind the decks. Here’s a brief history of the life and times of Jello Biafra.
1985: Dead Kennedys release album Frankenchrist.
1958: Biafra born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, six blocks from the JonBenet Ramsey murder site. Autumn 1965: Biafra hears rock and roll for the first time when his parents tune into a rock station by mistake. 1966: Biafra encounters his first rock star, Bob Demmon, of The Astronauts. Autumn 1977: Biafra enrols in University of California, where he studies acting and the history of Paraguay. After seeing very early gigs of The Saints and Wire, Biafra discovers the early San Francisco punk scene and leaves school. July 19, 1978: Dead Kennedys live debut performance. After calling himself “Occupant”, Jello Biafra picks his name at random from a notebook.
1983: US touring for Plastic Surgery Disasters culminates. Dead Kennedys tour Australia, finding a much more diverse scene.
January 1986: Biafra makes his first spoken word appearance at Kerckhoff Hall at UCLA in Los Angeles. The LA music press dismisses his warnings about the PMRC. April 15, 1986: Biafra’s house in San Francisco is raided by Los Angeles and San Francisco police officers. June 1986: Biafra and four others are charged in Los Angeles with one count each of “Distribution of Harmful Matter to Minors.” They are the first people in American history to face criminal charges over a record.
1994: Biafra releases a fourth spoken word album, Beyond the Valley of the Gift Police. 1998: Biafra’s fifth spoken word album If Evolution Is Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Evolve is released. 2002: Biafra remains at the front line of dissent, releasing the spoken word minialbum The Big Ka-Boom, Part 1. 2005: Biafra graces the cover of underground culture mag Arthur in January. He also writes a section in the Yoko Onocompiled book Memories of John Lennon. 2010: With the Guantanamo School of Medicine, Jello plays shows in Argentina, England, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, the U.S. and Canada. 2011: The Biafra/Guantanamo School of Medicine’s second album is released, Enhanced Methods of Questioning. 2012: Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine record and release their 3rd record, White People and the Damage Done. 2013: Australian live and spoken word tour. ENRICA RIGOLI
Autumn 1986: Dead Kennedys’ break up is announced. 1987: Biafra releases first spoken word album No More Cocoons. August 1987: Charges against Biafra are dismissed after a three-week criminal trial in Los Angeles.
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Kate Ceberano BEACHES OF BRISBANE HITTING UP THE BRISBANE HOTEL THIS MONTH IS THE ROCKING MELBOURNE ALL GIRL QUINTET, BEACHES, ON THE ROAD TO LAUNCH THEIR SHINY NEW ALBUM, SHE BEATS. GUITARIST AND VOCALIST ANTONIA SELLBACH TELLS US WHAT’S WHAT.
Well, one of the band’s guitarist/vocalists. Beaches are a rather diverse and democratic collection of very talented musicians. “We are a very guitar heavy band. And we all sing, it’s a very democratic group. There are 3 guitarists, a bass player and a drummer and 5 vocalists,” Antonia said. Antonia is no stranger to Tasmania. As a teenager, her family moved to Taroona, where she spent her high school years before moving to Melbourne when she was 18. So, the island still holds a special place I her heart. It was while in Melbourne she met an amazing group of people, playing music and making art. Part of this group were the girls who would eventually also be her bandmates. The girls were friends, hanging out together, all going to the same gigs, but playing in different bands. They then decided that maybe they should try playing on one together. That was in 2008, and they have been going strong ever since.
were happy to wait until we had something we were really excited about.” The first single off the album, Send Them Away, is currently gracing the airwaves of numerous radio stations and getting some great reviews. “I sang along with it on the radio in the car the other day. It was fantastic, but almost surreal to hear a song you’ve work on for so long in the studio, in its finished form,” Antonia revealed.
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It’s been a few years since Beaches have hit the shores of Tasmania, but the girls can’t wait to get back. “We’re pretty excited about it, we are opening the tour in Hobart. And we’ve played the Brisbane before and loved it. If this all goes well, hopefully there’ll be a visit to Europe in November. And we get to play this gig with local band, Native Cats. It’s going to be a great night. These guys are fantastic.” Antonia said. KYLE COX
This tour is to celebrate the release of their long awaited second album, She Beats, the follow up to their self titled debut. And it definitely has been long-awaited. There has been 5 years between releases, and this album spent a fair few of those years in the making. Plus, during that time, guitarist Alison Bolger took time out to become Mum to beautiful twin girls. “We really took our time with this album”, Antonia shared. “We wanted to be 100% happy. Sometimes it takes longer with our democratic creative process, slower than if there was one person in charge. So, it was a bit of both – babies and process. But we
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Beaches play with The Native Cats at the Brisbane Hotel on Friday May 31.
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FALLING FOR ENOLA FALL YOU MAY HAVE HEARD OF THEM. YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE OF SEEING THEM LIVE. AND MAYBE THAT’S BECAUSE ENOLA FALL ARE ONE OF THE BEST ACTS ALIVE AND KICKING IN TASMANIA.
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What started off as “four college kids arsing around” with delay pedals and keyboards has evolved into a successful indie act fronted by the dashing Joe Nuttall. Releasing the new Suburban Lovers this month, the band recorded the EP with Lachlan Mitchell, (of The Jezabels) in Sydney, which Nuttall describes as an “exhausting, caffeine bingeing experience”. And now, they are releasing their newest singles so that they can “latch themselves onto radio here and in the USA and UK like little Tasmanian viruses”. So where do they see themselves headed now? “We have a couple of national tours in May and June, then we’re going to spend some time in the States. Ultimately... I don’t know. It’s a little bit like trying to plan out a vacation, it’s sometimes best if you just let the thing carry you along. Of course, then you could end up passed out in a skip wearing a pantomime horse costume...” When he was just 11 years old, Nuttall discovered his real love for music. “I found a tape player in the attic of the house my family was renting in North-West England. I borrowed some Aerosmith and Led Zepplin tapes from a friend and that was pretty much it... I took up the guitar and started my first band at age 13. We were terrible. Obviously.” Despite criticism that our small island state often receives for its lack of musical opportunity, Nuttall believes that this is something that people dis far too often. “It’s still an incredibly healthy and supportive scene for a city that’s really
a small town in the middle of nowhere. Ultimately you have to ask for support to receive it. You can’t make a record, do a couple of shows, swan around like rock stars and get pissed off if people make fun of or won’t play with you. “There’s been a bunch of success out of this place. Asta has been huge, but we’ve also had Tiger Choir, TSOMM and the biggest of the lot, Psycroptic. I think Hobart is an incredibly untapped resource musically, we just have to keep the pressure on and the grants available to get people across the strait”. Adding artists like The Arcade Fire, The Smiths and The Drones to his list of influences, Nuttall says it was bands like Pink Floyd, Radiohead and Blur that inspired his musical penmanship for Enola Fall. But in spite of the cool-cat image Nuttall proliferates, the singer-songwriter admits that he is in fact “afraid of everything”, including the death of his cat, cauliflower ears and terrible reviews. But they are just minor possible set-backs for a guy who has an ability to make some mystical tunes, and if you haven’t checked these guys out before, put it on your Bucket List. It’ll be worth it. ENRICA RIGOLI
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Owl Eyes BROOKE ADDAMO,KNOWN MORE WIDELY BY HER STAGE NAME OWL EYES, IS ONE OF THE NEW GENERATION OF AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS SET TO GRACE THE AIRWAVES FOR YEARS TO COME.
Coming to attention as a finalist in the television series Australian Idol in 2008, Brooke successfully made the transition to a solo career with a string of hits, breaking into the triple j Hottest 100 for two consecutive years and has released three EPs. But finally, the wait for a debut album is over with Nightswim. Your new material had more of an electronic edge to it. What marked this change in direction? My music has always had an electronic influence I guess it’s just gradually grown over time. This past year I’ve been really inspired by electronic music and layering my music with different pads and synth sounds. Have you started experimenting with production and playing instruments in the studio or your focus is with your lyrics and singing? I’ve been experimenting a lot on my live performance. Not too long ago I bought a Rolland synth to play on stage, which has been really fun, and I think I’m going to buy an Akai sample pad which is exciting. My songs have so many layers to them so it’s really interesting and sometimes challenging bringing them to life in a live setting. A more hands-on approach really gives it a fuller sound. What inspires you to write? Every song that I work on is different but a lot of what inspired me for this album was maturing as a woman. I’m in my early 20’s but feel I have matured a lot since my last work and continue to learn about myself and who I am all the time. With this album I also really tried to write things that were really true to my heart.
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Sometimes the hardest songs for me to write are the most straightforward ones so I challenged myself to strip back a lot of the metaphors and write what was most natural.
rare. I’d obviously love to head overseas and tour with some big bands, but in Australia I think it would be pretty fun touring with our friends from Alpine or Goldfields.
Is there a ritual you follow when you write? Like that you must have cookies and milk on hand or you lock yourself in your room and play your favourite albums at 10 on your stereo?
Your thoughts on community radio in Australia?
Not really - you have to be pretty flexible especially when you have deadlines. I think the main thing I do is always have some ideas on hand if I get stuck, so I keep a pad with me all the time to jot down words or phrases that I like. You have toured a reasonable amount now. Tell me what you love the most and the least about touring? I obviously love playing shows you feel like the whole day is dedicated to the 45 or 60 minutes you spend on stage but when you are up there you realise it’s worth it. I also love the comedy; everyone turns into a comedian on tour. You spend so much time together and there is so much waiting around that if you don’t make each other laugh it can get really boring.
Community radio is great and always really supportive of our growing music community. We have amazing bands and musicians in Australia so it would be silly not to support that. Can you tell me more about the “Oscar’s Law” campaign that you are involved in? Oscars Law is an organisation that educates about the puppy industry. The main focus is to stamp out puppy mills where dogs are treated really terribly. When buying a puppy shop around and adopt. Do you feel change can be brought about by music? Yes I do, music is a beautiful and universal language. NIC ORME
The thing that I love least about touring is how draining it can get. Waiting around and sitting on planes is surprisingly very exhausting. You have spent time a fair bit of time on the road with Stonefield. Did you end up starting to feel yourself to be the fifth sister? Are there other groups you are keen to tour? Touring with Stonefield was a lot of fun; we all got along really well. It was nice having some more girls on a tour, which is pretty
Owl Eyes plays The Republic Bar & Café in Hobart for two nights on Friday May 17 and Saturday May 18.
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A SECOND CHANCE NAME CHANGES FOR ARTISTS MIDCAREER ARE GENERALLY FRAUGHT WITH DANGER AND SCEPTICISM FROM THE MUSIC LOVING PUBLIC.
Snoop Dogg became Snoop Lion, Puff Daddy shortened to P Diddy and, well, Prince became the unpronounceable love symbol. On the local spectrum, promising rapper Phatchance decided – on the eve of his Infinity release – to trade monikers for his given name, Chance Waters. Seemingly one of the new wave of fresh faced artists identifying with the Australian hip hop scene, Chance Waters has been active a lot longer under his previous stage name Phatchance. Starting out in the Sydney hiphop group Natural Causes in 2003, Phatchance went on to release a solo album Inkstains in 2009. By the time he was ready to release his follow up album Infinity, he decided it was time for a fresh start and the last opportunity to trade a stage name he was unhappy with before he was stuck with it. Chance Waters became Chance Waters. Infinity which was finally released ate last year has succeeded in propelling Chance Waters into the spotlight, the title track plus second single Maybe Tomorrow both achieved major radio play and the third single Young & Dumb featuring Bertie Blackman making #45 on Triple J’s hottest 100 for the year (Maybe Tomorrow reached #89). He is one of the few Australian artists to have signed a Universal international publishing deal. “They gave me a skate deck mounted on a plaque that sits in my studio [Chance Water’s garage]. Publishing covers intellectual copyright. I license that to Universal,” Chance says. So what would he like to hear his music in and not? “Pretty much any movies would be great! I’d love to score a theme song, but only for the right show. Basically anything except KFC, no arsehole companies, toothpaste is probably OK.” Chance Water’s music starts out in his home studio, a converted garage. He writes the songs and engineers but works closely with producer One Above, who writes the beats. Musicians are invited into the studio to record their parts. “I enjoy writing hooks. I enjoy writing pop songs. Right now my priority is writing for the next two albums.” For the live show, Chance plays with a backing three piece, The Grey starring Liam Neeson. Liam Neeson isn’t actually in the band but rather a talented group of multi instrumentalists that play a range of instruments on stage including the banjo and percussion.
So somebody that has been on the scene for ten years is qualified to comment on the state of Australian hip hop and its future direction.
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“I think we’re in a real boom period at the moment, it won’t continue forever but there are huge opportunities for acts who are the forefront of the ‘new’ song of Australian hip hop. In terms of where we’re going I think it’s about cross genre pollination and breaking out of the almost self imposed sound box. There’ll probably be a lot more experimental and pop sounds and maybe a few big singles that are more down tempo and closer to melancholy, at the moment there’s very few hits from Australian hip hop artists that tick those boxes.” Chance also brought up the term “hipster hip hop” in describing the current breadth of sub genres in today’s hip hop. “I guess I mean primarily anyone who writes about triangles, thrift shops, that sort of thing. There’s definitely a twitterati who I would put in the hipster hip hop frame, I don’t think it’s a bad thing at all, but I don’t think I’m that sort of artist, I’m probably a bit too prone to seriousness and talking about politicized issues. “ So advice Chance Waters has to up and coming artists. “Social media is obviously the real killer, these days I think video content should probably be the number one port of all for any emerging artist, a single viral video can equate to more media exposure than a huge radio hit. “ NIC ORME Chance Waters plays Devonport on Thursday May 30 at Spurs Saloon, Launceston on Friday May 31 at Hotel New York and Hobart on Saturday June 1 at The Republic Bar & Cafe.
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LOVE LETTERS LETTERS TO THE SUN IS A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN LAUNCESTON PRODUCER AND DJ AKOUO AND PERTH MC COIN.
Presented by Recreational Thugs and distributed via Obese Records, it has received blog love from all parts of the cyber-world, and sales and acclaim from all parts of the (other, slightly less-cool) real world.
hook or Dan (MC Coin) would write a verse and we worked closely on the wording and phrasing to make it as interesting a listening experience as possible. We’d like to think there are little to no real cat-in-the-cat rhymes on the project as a result, haha.
Warp: First things first, how did you connect with MC Coin Banks?
This is the first release we’ve heard your singing voice on, why not sooner?
Akouo: Coin put an album together with Ta-Ku titled Home and it was off the hook, it really was of a higher calibre than any other hip hop I’d heard come out of Australia for a long time. So I contacted Coin through Facebook and asked if he wanted to collaborate on a track. When I sent him a bunch of beats, he liked a handful of them and suggested we did a project together the musical chemistry just kept flowing and now two years on, we’ve released a free EP plus this new full length album.
Akouo: I’ve always loved singing in the confines of my own studio/shower/car, and I really like the writing process too (at least as far as describing situations in a unique way goes), but it’s basically just been a hobby kind of thing. For this project I wanted to lay down some basic vocal lines for other singers to emulate for us, but for a few tracks they turned out well and we decided to stick with my originals. I’d like to do more on future projects.
Continuing on from that, how did you connect with 20Syl? Akouo: Both Coin and I are huge fans of 20Syl’s groups Hocus Pocus and C2C. Syl is just one of those guys that’s good at everything, he’s a world class producer, MC, DJ, music video director, beatboxer... the man is an incredible talent. So we contacted his management asking if he’d be interested in working on a track, needless to say he was keen, so we got to work. And it turned out to be a blessing in disguise, as the track has really taken off overseas with over 10k views on YouTube in the first week alone and a bunch of new overseas iTunes chartings. How did the writing and recording process work with both of you being on different sides of the country. Akouo: Basically we got all the beats together, and used emails/Skyped/MSN messenger to communicate all our ideas - the vibes we felt for each track, and what stories the beats were telling us. I’d write a
RUBENS RIDING HIGH ROOTSY ROCK BAND THE RUBENS FORMED IN 2011 AND JUST TWO YEARS LATER ARE SELLING OUT SHOWS INTERNATIONALLY WITHIN MINUTES.
Comprised of brothers Zach, Sam and Elliot Margin along with family friend Scott Baldwin, The Rubens have had a wild ride for a new band out of Menangle, NSW. Things have happened quickly since 2011, when their single Lay It Down was voted in at Number 57 in Triple J’s Hottest 100. In 2012 their self-titled album came in at Number Three on the ARIA Album Chart, and their single My Gun was nominated for Best Music Video in the 2012 ARIA awards. They’ve also just returned from a massive tour of Europe, where they revelled in the challenge of winning over fresh crowds. “It was lots of fun, having to win people over again, when you’re not sure if they’ve heard of you or not. The crowds were just so welcoming,” Elliot says. To say the crowds were welcoming may well be an understatement, as their London show sold out within seven minutes.
The album has some silky smooth production on there, who are your production idols? Who are your influences? My influences producer-wise are really varied, I mean I’ve learnt things from all sorts of producers, from Quincy Jones to James Brown, Mark Ronson to Dilla, but I think one of my favourite producers would be DJ Shadow, he builds emotion in songs like no one else. What does the future hold for LTTS? Akouo: We’ve started work on some new LTTS songs, but we’re both focusing mainly on finishing off a couple of other projects. I’m working on a bunch of solo instrumental future hip hop EPs and remixes this year, and Coin is doing big things with his band Up’n’Up in Perth. But we’ve both expressed interest in doing another project together somewhere down the line. Letters to the Sun is available now, via Obese Distribution.
recordings, and all of a sudden we had songs and thought, ‘Oh, we’d better get a band name.’” In the coming year the band will be touring, and then off to the US to record their next album with new label Warner. Despite their first album’s raging success, Elliot doesn’t seem too stressed about following up, “There’s a little bit of pressure, but we’re coming up with ideas, and we’ll keep doing that until we’ve got something we’re proud of. We don’t put pressure on each other.” It all sounds like a very natural progression for The Rubens; they don’t take themselves too seriously and simply love what they are doing. After all that touring, Elliot’s not even exhausted. “I only need a day or two to get my energy back, wash my clothes and get going again. We just like playing together so much that it’s easy to get back into it.” ERIN LAWLER
The Rubens make it sound easy, and it would be easy to assume that the brothers came from a very musical background, but when I go fishing for such an answer I’m set straight. “My parents weren’t really musical, no,” Elliot says, “I used to play piano, I had lessons but hated it so I quit. In high school I got into it again, and when we got into the band I was more excited to learn.” In fact the band seemed to form almost accidentally, when Elliot was still in year 12. “Sam and Zach were at home and were bored, and decided to jam. It just kind of slowly went from there, we did some 18
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STEREOLAB Refried Ectoplasm (Switched on Volume 2) Duophonic Records, 1995
Stereolab are/were a strange beast. Formed in 1990 out of the ashes of C86-scene jangle-pop band McCarthy by frontman Tim Gane and his French girlfriend Laetitia Sadier, Stereolab’s early self-imposed brief was to draw on the atmosphere and drone of the then flourishing but short-lived shoegaze movement of their London peers, take more than a cursory glance back and east towards the repetitive chords and beats of 70’s Krautrock, and sidle up carefully next to the recent jangle revival/indie-dance explosion. Over this nailed-to-the-floor mess of fuzzy noise floated Sadier’s ethereal but strident vocals, sometimes sung in English, sometimes French. By the time of their 1993 EP Space Age Bachelor Pad Music, Stereolab had added to this amalgam of sounds the elements that they would from that moment on be synonymous with – the use of vintage analogue synths, and the harmonies and counterpoint style of Sadier and (new member, Australian-born) Mary Hansen’s vocals. This shoegaze-meets-easy-listening sound was explored some more over the following albums Transient Random-Noise Bursts with Announcements and Mars Audiac Quintet, both finding relative underground success in both the UK and the US.
They explore this ‘experimental pop with a generous serving of drone’ sound some more on the following two tracks, before really hitting their stride on the single French Disko; in my humble opinion Stereolab’s finest hour. There’s an urgency in the repeated chords of Gane’s guitar that, while not anywhere near out of control, simply can’t be stopped, only silenced for a few bars to allow the accompanying organ to complement Sadier’s heavily-accented storytelling vocal style. It all comes together not in a chorus as such, but in a rush of beautiful noise that is gone only moments after it really gets started. The remaining tracks cover territory from the avant-garde (with the help of experimental noise artist Nurse With Wound) to twee-pop, from country-tinged b-movie soundtracks to driving indie-rock, and from tense grooves to vintage synth wig-outs. Here is a band both of, and not of their time. A band prepared to be influenced and to take risks with those influences. A band you should totally check out, and you could do a lot worse than starting with this collection of fine and diverse tunes. DAMON VAN ROOYEN
After this period, and just before the release of their critically acclaimed and arguably most-loved album Emperor Tomato Ketchup, Stereolab released a compilation of singles, b-sides and rarities called Refried Ectoplasm (Switched on Volume 2). This collection of songs, only previously available on limitedrun 7” and 10” vinyls, shows a band at the top of their game, and yet not too scared by success to experiment. It also exhibits the diverse range of sounds and styles Stereolab were prepared to take on, while still displaying a dedication to the original Stereolab manifesto. It opens with Harmonium, a six-minute allat-once both jangly and droning affair, with abrupt bursts of noisy guitar, that leaves the listener in no doubt as to the intent of this ‘rock’ band; to pick up where the Velvet Underground left off. Almost as if to back this up, it is followed by Lo Boob Oscillator, a lilting but gently driving twee loungey number sung in French; Sadier channelling the raspy ghost of Nico.
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OUT FROM THE COLD HERMITUDE HAVE QUIETLY GONE ABOUT THEIR BUSINESS FOR CLOSE TO TWO DECADES. The two hermits, Luke Dubber and Angus Stuart – originally from the Blue Mountains – belong to the cool collective of artists forming the Elefant Traks label, alongside The Herd and Urthboy. With three albums behind them, 2013 is the year of Hermitude, with the duo picking up the prestigious APRA Australia Music Prize Award in February with their fourth album, Hyperparadise. It’s brought the lads into the public eye, quickly gaining international attention, and now they’ve just been announced on the Dark Mofo 2013 lineup. Warp: If you traded in being musicians to be a different kind of artist, what would be your medium be? Dubber: I’d like to try visual arts of some description; painting, drawing, something like that. The idea of being able to look over a landscape and translate that into a picture with all its contours and shades and depth would be incredibly satisfying I think. Sitting down and looking at something for hours on end and painting your representation of it, even life drawing or painting a portrait of somebody, would be a marvellous skill to have. I also like the idea of creating something that is instantly complete and finished in front of your eyes whenever you look at it. Music is experienced and felt gradually, listening to a song or an album, whereas a painting is done and finished and staring you in the face and you have an instant emotion or feeling that comes when you look at it. Of
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course you can enjoy it more over time but i love that instant reaction to a still drawing or painting. Who are your favourite Australian and international artists? Claire Nakazawa would be my favourite Australian artist. International artist right now would be Roger Dean. He did a lot of the graphics for some of my favourite old video games from the early 90’s. Also some classic album covers in the 70’s. Is there a favourite piece of art out there for you? I don’t know if I have one single favourite piece of art. I’m always blown away by the incredible paintings in some of the old churches throughout Europe. In particular an illusionistic canvas depicting a false dome painted on the roof of an old church in Arezzo, Italy. Did you guys check out MONA museum on your last few trips down? What piece of art did you want to put under your arm and take home to put in your lounge room? We’ve never been! But that’s all about to change this time as we’ll make our maiden voyage out there which we’re pretty damn excited about. Do you feel music is art? Of course. It’s creative, it evokes emotion. Art is quite a broad term though. I see art in
a lot of things that probably isn’t classified as art. Like cooking or skateboarding. An immaculately presented meal or a stylishly executed trick is artistic to me. These days there is a much stronger visual element to your shows. Why have you gone this way and are you producing the visuals yourself? We’ve toyed with visuals on and off over the years. It’s only in this last year of touring where we’ve made it a staple in the show. Our good friend and collaborator Matt Innes has produced all the visuals for our last two albums. Matt was promoting gigs in Tokyo when we first met him and he helped organise our first Japan tour. We approached him when we wrote Threads and he did some great visuals for us but we didn’t tour that album a great deal so not too many people were lucky enough to see them. However with Hyperparadise we made visuals a priority. He took the music and with a bit of direction from us, translated it into a series of beautiful moving images. It was really exciting working with him closely on the show and seeing what came to his mind when he listened to the music we made. For most acts to be “successful” you need to have a vocalist in the band. Why are vocals so important in mainstream music and do you feel that instrumental based bands such as yourselves can be appreciated by the mainstream? Words will always be what people relate to easiest. A beautiful story being told is much easier for a listener to latch onto than a piece of instrumental music. But of course that depends on the listener. Writing primarily instrumental music has always been of great importance to us. Not really for any other reason that we love listening to it and we love writing it.
As evocative as lyrics can be, having none allows space and imagery that is totally driven by the listener. We have our own images in our head and our own stories as we write our music but for someone listening, the absence of words allows the listener to paint their own picture. With the exception of accidental powerouts on stage, which I know to have happened, have you ever tried to do a Hermitude “unplugged” show? Haha. We have actually. Hermitude kind of formed out of another project we had many years ago called Funk Injection, which is made up of Gusto and myself and Gusto’s sister on the bass and some other very close friends. One night we played at an old but very well known club night in Sydney called Frigid. We decided to do an acoustic version of Alleys to Valleys with Funk Injection. It was pretty awesome! I think if we did an acoustic version of Hyperparadise though we’d need a few more players and some pretty crazy instruments! Any ideas on what you expect the Dark Mofo festival will be like? We’re not really sure what to expect. But with such a great lineup and the legacy of MONA FOMA, we know we’re in good hands. We like to approach each gig differently depending on what it is. So there’s no doubt that we’ll do something special for Dark Mofo too. NIC ORME
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MR. PERCIVAL’S ACE VOICE DARREN PERCIVAL HAS BEEN A MUSICIAN FOR YEARS, BUT REALLY CAUGHT EVERYONE’S ATTENTION WHEN HE APPEARED ON THE VOICE IN 2012. HE TALKED TO ME ABOUT THE UNLIKELY WAY HE ENDED UP ON THE SHOW, HOW HE GOT INTO MUSIC, AND THE INCREDIBLE MUSICIANS HE HAS WORKED WITH.
Darren has just been given the ACE award for Best Male Vocal Performer of 2012. “It was my first trophy ever so it was pretty important to be there for it,” he said. Most importantly, it was awarded for all of the live work he had done on the Happy Home Tour after The Voice, which, for Darren, was the best thing about it. “To get an award about what you love the most, it’s a huge thing. I was really shocked I won it.” The album also reached number three in the ARIA Charts within the first week of its release. Darren was a fan of the American version of The Voice long before he thought of going on it. In the end, they came to him. “I sang happy birthday at a mate’s party in Sydney and one of the scouts for the show was there, so she came up to me and asked if I wanted to audition.” He was thrilled to find out that Keith Urban was one of the judges, as he was something of an idol to him. But Darren is a very experienced musician, and has long been performing under the name Mr. Percival. He is known for his innovative use of a vocal processor and looper in his
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live shows, which he will be utilizing in his Festival of Voices shows in July. His love of music has its roots in his childhood. He remembers being introduced to AC/DC at the age of four, and during his time in Mexico when he was seven years old he started experimenting with music. He reminisces, “I made instruments out of sticks and cardboard boxes and my younger brother and I would put on shows.” When Darren came back to Australia, he discovered the piano, and played in a band in high school. Since then, Darren has been guided by some hugely talented musicians. A workshop with Bobby McFerrin in New York in 2009 with 150 other people had big ramifications. “It was incredible, it changed my life… To me he is the singer at the summit.” And it set the standard high; “It’s taken me 20 years to be happy with where I’m heading.” Another musical influence is Jimmy Barnes, who Darren has sung backing vocals for on many albums. This year Darren will be focusing on time with his family, as well as touring, writing as much new music as he can, and getting back into his painting. The prolific, enthusiastic, and incredibly friendly soul-singer is coming to Hobart for Festival of Voices in July, for two shows and a workshop. “I’ll have my pedal under my arm when I arrive in Hobart,” he says, “I love working in Tassie, I can’t wait.” ERIN LAWLER
Darren Percival performs for Festival of Voices as part of Voicebox at Hobart City Hall on Friday July 5 at 8pm and 9.30pm. www. festivalofvoices.com
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ANDREW FAREWELLS CON KOUKIAS WITH ECHO MIXED SENSATIONS MADE ME VERY GLAD TO HEAD ALONG TO ECHO PART 1 – A NEUROLOGICAL SOUNDSCAPE.
For one thing it was an IHOS production, and since 1990, IHOS have produced remarkable art in Hobart and elsewhere. The company began it’s life with Days And Nights With Christ, an opera about schizophrenia, that took place in Pier One on Hobart’s waterfront, and featured a huge mound of salt and a massive – metres square massive – block of ice.
sure. What I am sure of, though, is that Con’s departure will leave a gap that is unlikely to be filled by anyone else, because I cannot image someone else emerging who would mix opera, ethnicity, religion and social critique so eloquently as Con has over the years. His powerful work always came with a question about the world and about humanity.
IHOS liked to be big. They projected an eye onto the silos down at Salamanca once. They made opera about Nikolai Tesla and tackled the subject of AIDS. There were choirs that sang in Morse code and used flags for semaphore. Hundreds could be involved in these shows, and IHOS consistently gave Hobart astounding new live art.
What might be the last IHOS work for a while, Echo, took place in a secret office space right in Hobart. A tight audience of 24 was ushered down a corridor and into the lift, to arrive at a circle of chairs where headphones were donned.
I would like to use the present tense on the above paragraph, but I can’t. Whilst a lot of people have helped and worked for IHOS over 20 years, the one driving force has been Constantine Koukias, or Con to his mates, which would be a huge slice of the Hobart’s Arts community. Con is leaving Hobart. Con is on his way to the Northern Hemisphere, because there he can work; it seems the funding has dried up here. IHOS was consistently supported by grants and funding over its existence and is no longer, and as ever, money is what is needed to drive the creation of great work. Con has been very clever with his smaller budgets in recent years, pioneering a terrific kind of micro performance of short shows for a strictly limited audience. He’s gone from epic to intimate and lost no quality along the way – as ever, he found a way to make it all work, as he has, for twenty years. It appears though, that the man is bit exhausted now. Or fed up, maybe. I’m not
SAWTOOTH CUTS ITS TEETH AN EXCITING SURGE IN THE LAUNCESTON ARTS SCENE IS SAWTOOTH ARI, A WELL RESPECTED ESTABLISHMENT AFTER TWO YEARS.
With a recently celebrated second birthday and the welcoming of new director, Marisa Molin, it seems that things are going up and getting bigger for the artist-run space. It would be unfair to not elaborate on Sawtooth’s latest birthday because let’s face it, it everyone loves a birthday (and if you’re a member of my family, your birthday goes on for weeks on end). Sawtooth’s second birthday occurred on April 6 (pen it in guys), featuring an array of poetry, writers, art markets, a farewell and welcoming (to the new director, Marisa 22
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Molin and previous director Fernando del Campo), cello artist Julie Marsden and pop up exhibitions. Sawtooth have recently launched @ SawtoothARI pop-up gallery, a new initiative by the gallery aiming to strengthen their networking and provide a platform for it’s receivers to critique and engage quite intimately with the ins and outs of the gallery. The platform will also provide it’s followers with current, to-the-minute information regarding all aspects of recently produced Tasmanian art, with additional news about upcoming events at the gallery including ‘thinkers-in-residences’ and pop-up exhibitions and events. With assistance from Tasmanian Regional Arts, @SawtoothARI aims to engage, unite and provoke its viewers like never before. As always, the four spaces will continue to showcase artworks of varied mediums with a new addition to the gallery space, @ SawtoothAri Pop-up Gallery that currently features Amulets for a Golden Muse by Emma Rochester. Other exhibitions currently include, Document://Bimblebox in the front gallery, Infinite Exhibit in the middle gallery, All my love, Anon. in the project gallery, and Modalities of Presence in the new media gallery. BRIGITTE TROBBIANI
Sawtooth ARI is at Level 2, 160 Cimitiere St, Launceston and is open 12-5 WednesdayFriday and 12-4 Saturday. www.sawtooth.org.au
Echo was something new for IHOS – a soundscape work that explored dementia. The headphones gave an extraordinary sense of immersion as a symbolic ritual that described life in aged care was enacted before us, as the floating words of the elderly took us on a voyage edge of life and memory. Very sad and beautiful sound created by Jane Baker was amply lit by Jason James, giving us an abstract vision that communicated a potent idea. Echo was a fine show. IHOS will always be a fine company. Old mate Con, where ever he goes in the world, will continue to make very fine art. I hope he comes back here one day, and shows us a little more of ourselves. ANDREW HARPER
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MURDER, DRUGS, GUNS, CORRUPT POLICE, SEEDY ALLEYS AND BLEAK ENDINGS: IN RECENT YEARS, THE SCANDANAVIAN NATIONS HAVE REINVENTED CRIME FILM, SURPRISING THE WORLD WITH AN UNEXPECTED VIEW OF THE MEAN STREETS THAT NO-ONE KNEW WERE MEAN.
The Deep (2012) Dir. Baltasar Kormákur
We don’t think of crime in Copenhagen, but its there – of course it. Evil is all pervasive, and this wave of superb Noir has inverted expectation and smashed cliché whilst making some of the most powerful films of the 21st century. Really. In fact, one director, Nicholas Winding Refn, is emerging as a powerful auteur, and possibly one of the finest contemporary film makers working today. His Pusher Trilogy is a raw and pulsing lump of visceral wonder and must be seen by anyone who digs cinema. Dark Mofo Films’ selection of Scandinavian Noir films, curated with precision by James Hewison, former Director of the Melbourne International Film Festival, looks dangerously exciting. “From Lars von Trier’s tripped-out, nightmarish debut The Element of Crime, to the almost unbearably tense A Hijacking, via the breakthrough the Pusher trilogy, electrical storms have been striking across Scandinavia, redefining and rejuvenating film and television genre conventions,” Hewison said. “Visceral, brooding, mesmeric and sometimes brutal, this selection of films takes you by the scruff of the neck and won’t let you go – these might be the most intense hours you’ll spend in a cinema this winter.” Check out the film program for some very enticing excitement. It’s all on at The State in North Hobart, and you need to get organised and see ALL of this. Don’t just see one – get the vibe for Scandinavian Crime and revel in great film.
OPENING NIGHT ‘A HIJACKING’ (Exempt 18+) | Denmark, 2012 | Dir: Tobias Lindholm | Writer: Tobias Lindholm | Stars: Johan Philip Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim In this tensely economical study of leadership, teamwork and negotiation in high-pressure crisis situations, the crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen. • 8pm Wed 12 June | State Cinema, Hobart
PROGRAM ‘THE DEEP’ (M) | Iceland, 2012 | Dir: Baltasar Kormákur. Writers: Jón Atli Jónasson, Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Ólafur Darri Ólafsson, Jóhann G. Jóhannsson, Þorbjörg Helga Þorgilsdóttir Based on actual events, a fisherman tries to survive in the freezing ocean after his boat capsizes off the south coast of Iceland. No CGI was used in the harrowing sequence in which he swims for several hours across dark open waters. • 9pm Thu 13 June | State Cinema, Hobart • 2pm Sat 22 June | State Cinema, Hobart
‘PUSHER TRILOGY’ 1996-2005 | Denmark, 1996-2005 | Dir: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Zlatko Buric, Slavko Labovic, ´ Kim Bodnia, more “From the mean streets of Copenhagen - they evidently exist - comes the Pusher trilogy, a pungent dose of Denmark rot. Written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn [‘Drive’], this tough trio of underworld thrillers sticks so close to its rogues’ gallery of gangsters, suckers and murderous megalomaniacs that you can almost taste the hate and smell the stomach wounds. Given an appetite for grisly crime flicks, they make for a delectably nasty epic” - Nathan Lee for ‘The New York Times’.
• Part One (MA15+) 9pm Fri 14 June | State Cinema, Hobart • Part Two (R18+) 9pm Tue June | State Cinema, Hobart • Part Three (R18+) 9pm Sat June | State Cinema, Hobart • + The Pusher Trilogy (MA15+/R18+) Sun 16 June | Location to be revealed
‘THE ELEMENT OF CRIME’ (M) | Denmark, 1982 | Dir: Lars von Trier | Writers: Niels Vørsel, William Quarshie, Stephen Wakelam | Stars: Michael Elphick, Esmond Knight, Me Me Lai In Lars Von Trier’s first feature, a detective in a dystopian Europe plagued by headaches goes to a hypnotist and relives his investigation of serial killer suspect, using controversial methods written by his now disgraced former mentor. • 2pm Sat 15 June | State Cinema, Hobart • 9pm Wed 19 June | State Cinema, Hobart
‘THE ACT OF KILLING’ (Exempt 18+) | Denmark, Norway, UK, 2012 | Dir: Joshua Oppenheimer | Writers: Joshua Oppenheimer, Anonymous, Christine Cynn | Stars: Haji Anif, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara A chillingly surreal film executive produced by Werner Herzog and Errol Morris about a movie-obsessed gangster that challenges former Indonesian death squad leaders to reenact their real-life mass-killings in whichever cinematic genres they wish, including classic Hollywood crime scenarios and lavish musical numbers.
• 9pm Mon 17 June | State Cinema, Hobart • 2pm Sun 23 June | State Cinema, Hobart
‘A HIJACKING’ (Exempt 18+) | Denmark, 2012 | Dir: Tobias Lindholm | Writer: Tobias Lindholm | Stars: Johan Philip Asbæk, Søren Malling, Dar Salim In this tensely economical study of leadership, teamwork and negotiation in high-pressure crisis situations, the crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked by Somali pirates who proceed to engage in escalating negotiations with authorities in Copenhagen. • 9pm Thu 20 June | State Cinema, Hobart • 9pm Sun 23 June | State Cinema, Hobart
DARKEST / LONGEST NIGHT SPECIAL EVENT ‘SILENT SOULS’ (M) | Russia, 2010 | Dir: Aleksey Fedorchenko | Writer: Denis Osokin | Stars: Yuliya Aug, Olga Dobrina, Larisa Domaskina A man and his companion go on a journey to cremate the dead body of the former beloved wife according to the rituals of the Merja culture, an ancient Finno-Ugric tribe from Lake Nero, a picturesque region in West-Central Russia. • 9pm Thu 20 June | State Cinema, Hobart ANDREW HARPER
• 9pm Sat 15 June | State Cinema, Hobart
‘EASY MONEY’ (MA 15+) | Sweden, 2010 | Dir: Daniel Espinosa | Writers: Daniel Espinosa (collaborating writer), Jens Lapidus (based on novel), Maria Karlsson, Hassan Loo Sattarvandi, Fredrik Wikström | Stars: Joel Kinnaman, Matias Varela, Dragomir Mrsic When JW becomes a drug runner in order to maintain his double life, his fate becomes tied to two other men: Jorge, a fugitive on the run from both the Serbian mafia and the police, and mafia enforcer Mrado, who is on the hunt for Jorge.
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FRANKENSTEIN FRANKENSTEIN. WE ALL KNOW IT, OR THINK WE DO.
Andrew Henry as Dr Frankenstein and Lee Jones as The Creature in FRANKENSTEIN
It’s one of the great foundations of horror. There have been over a hundred film adaptations of Mary Shelley’s novel, but very few really went back to the bizarre original narrative, written by an 18-year-old woman in 1817. This new stage production is very different from what you think you know, as the playwright; Nick Dear went over Shelley’s novel in microscopic detail and found a very articulate creature at the heart of it.
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I hope so. Some people have quivered! But I think it is more of an interesting look at a creature who is born an adult and what he finds in the world and how he survives. It is about many themes, life, death, but mostly, I think, how to be human. And it is scary in places and - surprisingly - funny too.
Yes, absolutely - it will make you think as well as challenges and moved. A lot of laughs too as I say and the performances of the cast are extraordinary. Lee Jones as the creature is brilliant and it is a dream role for him. His Hamlet. With scars.
nudity, smoke effects and a sex scene, this one’s for ages 15 and up. ANDREW HARPER FRANKENSTEIN can be seen at the Devonport Entertainment & Convention Centre on June 8, The Princess Theatre in Launceston on June 5 and 6 and in Hobart at The Theatre Royal on June 11 and 12. All shows commence at 8pm.
This exciting plunge into a world of terror The creation of the creature is astoundingly and wonder will arrive in Hobart for two gruesome - can we expect live and nights only on June 11. Featuring semiconfronting gore? Or is the horror more cerebral? We live in an era where horror has gone over the top in the cinema, Years of solid work resulted in a brilliant what does the theatre offer us in the new play that gives the creature a voice contemporary climate? and brings intense level of Gothic thrill to live theatre. We get a view into the feelings It is not a gore-fest but can be confronting. of the creature itself, a man born into the The birth in this production is beautiful world grown up, awkward and alive, and actually - moving even. And fascinating filled with anger. seeing a grown man trying to walk, stand, breath, be grown up. The horror is from XIR SCRIPTURES (QLD) Successful productions of Nick Dear’s script situation - but also from our perception of have been mounted in the UK, starring no him as a creature. And yes - there are a few ADONIS STORR (UK) BYO GRAND OPENING less than Benedict Cumberbatch of Sherlock dark moments in graveyards! HAYDEN MAY fame,COHEN and now the (UK) Australian version is on 23RD its way to Hobart. I had a quick exchangeACTS Is the creature the villain or is ZOEZAC MORE TO FOLLOW with director Mark Kilmurry about the Frankenstein? Or is villain the wrong word? MATT ZURBO production. Well, that’s up to you - or the audience. They Frankenstein is one of the most seminal both have shades of black and white. The tales ever. It’s one of the first novels, creature does things because he knows no the monster (or creature!) is one of the better - and he gets pretty dark. But Victor most iconic in literature and film, there is no saint. have been many versions and its themes are timeless. How do you tackle such a I’m really excited about this personally monument? as both a horror buff and a fan of the ELIXIR SCRIPTURES (QLD) remarkable novel. It’s much heard of but ADONIS STORR (UK) BYO GRAND OPENING By ignoring all of the above and concentrating seldom read. Did you go back to book to HAYDEN COHEN (UK) 23RD MAY on the story, the play and the production. For create your version? How did you find it this production we read the novel, read the if so? ZOEZAC MORE ACTS TO FOLLOW play and did a lot of research but then you MATT ZURBO have to forget and be in the moment. We all read the book as I say and Nick Dear adapted this very well over many years. What have you brought to the story that is It is the first version that really gives the new and how did you find it? creature a voice. I am a gothic horror buff too - I grew up watching Hammer films and I haven’t brought anything new - Nick Dear Universal films and loved Frankenstein and the playwright did that. I have made the Dracula - this is a dream project but one production as theatrical and interesting that is also based in the literature of the as possible and - together with Simone novel and not the film distortion. Though Romanuik, the designer, Nick Higgins the there is nothing(QLD) wrong with a bit of Hammer ELIXIR SCRIPTURES lighting designer, we’ve have created a Horror this has a more real core at its base. STORR (UK) BYO GRAND OPENING gothic world in which the actors ADONIS can act. Also we have Elena Kats Chernin’s music for Horror is very hard to get right - but23RD is this MAY HAYDEN COHEN (UK) the cello. production just horror? I get the feeling the ZOEZAC MORE ACTS audience will be challenged emotional and TO FOLLOW We associate Frankenstein with horror intellectually MATT ZURBO right along with being thrilled is this production scary? with a bit of terror!
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Legs II: Stephen Mallick from the current exhibition Drawing Nearer
GALLERY GEM IN THE NORTH THE PROSPERING LAUNCESTON ART SCENE IS STRENGTHENED BY GALLERY PEJEAN, HOME TO A PLETHORA OF DIVERSE ARTWORKS AND MEDIUMS ALL BY TASMANIAN ARTISTS.
With its main focus on showcasing, presenting and representing Tasmanian contemporary artists, the gallery provides an incredible platform for both emerging and established artists within the industry. It should also be noted that the gallery is not only beneficial for the artists who are featured within its walls. It is a big move in gaining more exposure to the Northern arts scene and is of course, an exciting and vibrant gallery for visitors and pivotal in forming and strengthening the city’s identity. Situated in the heart of Launceston city, the gallery sits a stones-throw away from the Queen Victorian Museum and Art Gallery (QVMAG), the renowned Inveresk Arts and Design campus. Both of which have been
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incredibly supportive since the gallery’s opening in November 2012.
collated collection of art with alluring details in each of its pieces.
The director of Gallery Pejean, Margot Baird, notes that the most significant values held by herself and the gallery include quality and diversity, which is evident in their past and present exhibitions and each of the artists featured. The theme of range is explored throughout the gallery as the three gallery spaces feature different artworks and artists, the first displaying solo exhibition and the mid-back concerning ongoing representations of local artists.
There is an exhibition of drawings by Stephen Mallick entitled Drawing Nearer, which do quite literally, draw the receiver nearer to the works. As the journey continues throughout the gallery, this same curiosity advances and will most likely not end until shuteye at the end of the evening after leaving the gallery space.
Baird, an artist herself and the former Head of School of Fine Arts at St Patrick’s Arts Centre in Singapore (now known as LASALLE College of the Arts) brings forth her own creative eye, as well as her experience in Interior Design in creating the environment of the gallery. When I attend the gallery on a miserable Saturday, the spaces are light filled and Margot is sitting behind her desk listening to Norah Jones. Little touches such as the jazz background, polished concrete floors and some of Baird’s own work make the gallery feel homey and welcoming, a rarity in the art industry; a contrast to often clinical feeling minimalistic gallery spaces. Baird organizes each of the artworks, working tonally, with much attention brought to emphasizing the intensive range of artwork included within the gallery and her carefully selected artists. When you first step through the doors onto the AstroTurf (a lasting effect I might add) you are immersed in a world of colour, pattern and shape. At first, the receiver may be confused as to where to start, mainly because they are engaging with a carefully
Gallery Pejean has recently announced that the QVMAG has purchased a notable work by internationally recognised Tasmanian artist, Wayne Z Hudson from the gallery’s collection. Dancing Tigress is one of Hudson’s most renowned works, with two others featured in Hobart’s MONA (Museum of Old and New Art). This new success by the gallery and director, Margot Baird perhaps suggests an indication for things to come for the Launceston arts scene and the gallery itself. The gallery will also present Michael Weitnauer’s latest exhibition, Surveying the Tamar and other vistas, continuing until May 25. The exhibition features an array of landscapes surrounding the Tamar exploring the ways in which areas of our environment are often overlooked or unconsidered. Australian pioneer of the Australian landscape, Weitnauer, will display his first solo exhibition at the Gallery Pejean later this month. A veteran to the Australian art industry with 37 solo exhibitions held in the past 22 years of his career, Michael Weitnauer was astounded by the beauty of the Tamar River and couldn’t believe that he hadn’t focused on the area earlier. Coinciding with the role that the gallery is playing in shaping the ways in which Tasmanian
art is explored and presented, the artist too believes in providing a “fresh and unique” representation of the Tamar and its surroundings. Providing an incredible platform for the Tasmanian art scene to present their work, Gallery Pejean is an impeccable establishment creating much opportunity for established and emerging artists. Aside from this, the gallery works just as well for its receivers, it is incredibly engaging for all ages and provides the viewer with a new depiction of Tasmanian art and the identity of the artist. Like the art within the walls of the gallery, the depictions of Tasmanian art is as diverse and Baird’s own composition of the artworks. The gallery’s vision to include quality and diversity is thus apparent from those first few foot steps into the first exhibition space. A hidden gem on a gloomy Saturday. A hidden gem every day of the week. BRIGITTE TROBBIANI
Gallery Pejean is located at 57 George Street, Launceston, and is open Wed – Sat 10am – 5pm or by appointment. www.gallerypejean.com.au
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NETWORKED ART FORMS WHETHER IT’S BY FACEBOOK OR IPHONE VIDEO CALLS, WE ARE INCREASINGLY IN TOUCH. WE CALL FROM ONE SIDE OF A DEPARTMENT STORE TO THE OTHER INSTEAD OF WAITING BY THE CAR. WE ARE CONNECTED.
Presentations, public conversations, performances and carnivalesque Magick Vs Magic in Digital Culture | Keynote Florian Cramer (RU/GER) | CAST What is the occult underground in computing and how does it relate to contemporary art and design? Followed by a short Q&A Loader (Porcelain) | Constant Dullaart (NL) | CAST Performance. A tribute to all the uploaders‚Ķ \o\ \o/ /o/ Don’t Be Evil | Matthew Fuller (UK) | CAST | Website Stratagems of Contemporary Media Power (Remote) presentation with live visuals by Miss Despoinas.
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It happened so fast: I remember resisting the mobile phone and now I can’t leave the house without it. Email, social media and video calling, we are never alone, we fly by metaphor through the electric ether and it’s normal. We have devices that function almost exactly like tricorders did on Star Trek in the 60s: fiction is real and we live in the future. The hallmark of culture now is the network. Phone lines, internet connections, wireless and mobiles move an ocean of data, much of it trivial, some of it incredible, around our world in giant eddies of algorithm and code, numbers that have become like magic, a scientific occult of communication woven in binary. We don’t notice it much of the time; it’s easy to see why: we are it. The network is where humanity increasingly resides. Networked art is art about the world that uses the network to address the network itself. That’s a limiting description, but we need to start somewhere. Networked art is the politics of information inscribed into the use of the Internet; the questions about privacy, piracy, gated sites and porn that no one looks at despite it being the sweaty engine room of the whole thing. Networked art is art that uses and abuses computer, code, wikis and soldering irons.
everything, building small but working models of the internet and discussing the occult underbelly of contemporary technology, you are also going to need to let your hair down a bit at some point during the proceedings. There’ll also be an exhibition of the results of all the interaction, so even if you cannot attend the conference-style-event, you can find out for yourself what networked art actually is and what it means. NETWORKED ART FORMS AND TACTICAL MAGICK FAERIE CIRCUITS 31 MAY - 30 JUNE 2013, a series of events inspired by computer culture. Presented by Miss Despoinas and CAST, with curator: Nancy Mauro-Flude, producer: Pip Stafford, and CAST Facilitator: Kylie Johnson Enquiries and workshop registration: kylie@ castgallery.org
VENUES CAST Gallery - 27 Tasma Street, North Hobart Dechaineux Lecture Theatre, Tasmanian School of Art, Hunter Street Constance ARI - 100 Goulburn Street, Hobart
Arriving at CAST on the last day of May, Networked Art Forms and Tactical Magick Faerie Circuits is a technological coven disguised as an art event. For three days there will be workshops and events, exhibitions and a bit of partying. Partying is pretty important; if you’re going to be engaging with or indeed even creating subversive art that examines the politics of information, showing people how to hack
NETWORKED ART PROGRAM SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS FRIDAY 31 MAY 2013 1800 | Networked Art Forms and Tactical Magick Faerie Circuits (NAF:TMFC)_* OPENING * | CAST
There is no solution to the very present future, but there is a space to talk about it.
SATURDAY 1 JUNE 2013 19:30 - 20:30 | Tactical M[ez_tr]agic: Hostage_Stage + [st]Ream_Spam | Mez Breeze (AUS) | CAST | IRC | Mailinglist Performance. [DE]SCRIPT: #Prepare [or: Previously, on Mezangelle]# (remote). 2000 | Seeking extra-sentience in social media spaces: the beginning is infinitely near Asher Wolf (AUS)| CAST Presentation. When we spend most of our lives online, connected to others -who are “we”? How do mass online swarms begin and dissipate? 2100 BlackMagick/WhiteMagick | Anne Goldenberg (CAN/FRA) + Karine Rathle (CAN/UK) | CAST Performance. Power relationships and dependency toward our technological tools. 2130 | Improvisation| Julian Oliver (NZ/GER) and Danja Vasiliev (RU/GER/NL) | CAST
WED 5 JUNE - FRI 7 JUNE 1400 - 1600 | Attent!on Som(t)a(c)tic Anne Goldenberg (FRA/CAN) + Karine Rathle (CAN/UK) | Constance ARI Experiential Somatic Dance Workshops. Enquiries/registration: anne goldenberg. anne@gmail.com SUNDAY 23 JUNE 1500 - Late | Notorious R&D | CAST Rahni Allan, Emma Bugg, Selena de Carvalho, Jason James, Astrid Joyce, Idiot Lust, Dylan Sheridan, Nick Smithies (TAS) Responses to the NAF:TMFC hothouse ritual. Live coding, tele-robotics, net-art, installation, performance Releases early, often and with home-made dream machine whirs, encoded charms & fem-botics. This is notorious R&D.¬† BlackMagick|WhiteMagick | Anne Goldenberg (FRA/CAN) + Karine Rathle (CAN/UK) | CAST Performance. Power relationships toward our technological tools. Tactical M[ez_tr]agic: Hostage_Stage + [st] Ream_Spam_¬†featuring¬†Mez¬† | Mez Breeze AUS | CAST | IRC | Mailinglist Performance (remote). [DE]SCRIPT: #Prepare [or: ‚ÄúPreviously, on Mezangelle‚Ķ]# There’s a LOT more on offer, and if you have even the slightest interest in finding out what, get online and check the extensive program and artists profiles at tacticalmagick.net ANDREW HARPER
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KEY DATES 3 DAY RITUAL: WORKSHOPS, TALKS AND PERFORMANCES: 31 MAY - 2 JUNE 2013 OPENING EVENT: Friday 31 MAY from 6pm NOTORIOUS R&D EVENT: 23 JUNE 2013 From 3pm This event is presented in association with MONA as part of DARK MOFO 2013 EXHIBITION: 31 MAY - 30 JUNE 2013 ONLINE tacticalmagick.net castgallery.org chat: irc.indymedia.org #etc twitter tag: #misshack mail list: genderchangers.org/mailman/ listinfo/mdhhh
Networked art, more than anything, is not really any precise thing, because it comes from an ever-growing space that has no true central point. Living in a networked culture, possibly overloaded with information, is confusing. What do we say and how do we negotiate the consequences of the end of privacy?
Benchmarking the Deranged | Rosa Menkman (NL) | CAST Performance lecture: Instead of choosing “best practices” as a point of reference, what happens when we chose an unreasonable benchmark?
Performance Disko Chill out session SUNDAY 2 JUNE 2013 1600 - 1730 | Radiophony: Haunted Air | Julia Drouhin (FRA/AUS) | CAST Sound performance. 18 artists from France, UK, Brazil, Argentina and Australia. Chill OUT session.
ART FESTIVAL:
WRAPPED IN ST MARYS You’ve heard of yarn bombing? Okay, it’s when some one knits a random woolly cover for something in a public space and makes something like a parking meter cosy. It happens all over the place but for some reason, it’s taken off in the East Coast town of St Mary’s, where there was a one-off event last year, where people made textile art of a huge variety and decorated the town. Well, it was such a success, wrapping the town is not an annual event, with a contest – make something to wrap around a telegraph pole and win a prize. If you’re a textile artist of any kind, this is an event to check out, and enter. It’s always good to see art on the street. St Mary’s get wrapped up on 1 st and 2nd of June, so there’s time for any crafty types to make an entry. www.wrappedinstmarystas.com Supported by Greater Esk Tourism and Break O Day Council.
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South 146 Artspace • 10 Objects - 10 Stories - celebrating community collections, till May 16. • Animal factories, photographs by Yvette Watt, May 23 – June 20. ART MOB Wandjina Country, paintings by Jack Dale, May 3 – 19. BENCHMARKING BIRCHS BAY • Benchmarking Birchs Bay Sculpture Prize, outdoor sculptures trail, till Jun 30. • Photographic Phasmagoria: the exhibition, starts May 1. BETT GALLERY Quill, Pat Brassington, May 10 – 31.
SCHOOLHOUSE GALLERY Feat of Clay: Exhibition by the Tasmanian Ceramics Association, May 5 – 26. TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY • Unique States: Seriality & the Panoramic - A Survey of Three Decades of Prints by Raymond Arnold, till May 26. • A Passion for Nature: The work of William Charles Piguenit, till Jun 2. • Colonial Women, till Jun 9. • Critical Operations, till Dec 31. WELLINGTON GALLERY Thomas Anderson last available works original paintings.
NORTH
CAST • The Lost World (Part 1), Julie Gough, Apr 26 – May 26. • Networked Art Forms and Tactical Magik Faerie Circuits, various artists, May 31 – Jun 30.
ACADEMY GALLERY - UTAS INVERESK Tasmanian Polytechnic exhibition, till Jun 2.
COLVILLE GALLERY • Milan Milojevic, May 3 – 22. • Anton Holzner, May 24 – Jun 12.
GONE RUSTIC Gather, group exhibition from Basketmakers of Tasmania, May 7 – 29.
DUNALLEY WATERFRONT CAFE Changing Landscapes, oil paintings by Georgina Richmond, May 5 – June 30.
NEW GALLERY - UTAS Newnham Working Artist, Curated by Merle Tonts, May 17 – Jun 28.
DESPARD GALLERY • Un-natural Selection, Anne-France Fulgence, Lucienne Rickard and Sebastian Galloway, May 1 - 27. • Jenny Orchard and Peter Poulet, May 29 – Jun 19.
SAWTOOTH FRONT GALLERY: Temporary Residency 4 Tasmania – Queenstown, various artists, May 3 – 25.
HANDMARK GALLERY, HOBART Drawings by David Edgar and Ceramics by Jane Bamford, May 10 – June 6. INKA GALLERY INC. • Inka member artists’ annual studio cleanout, May 9 – 29. • Serenity, oil paintings by John Karafyllis, May 30 – Jun 19. MASTERPIECE GALLERY Martime paintings MUSEUM OF OLD AND NEW ART Monanism, permanent collection. SADDLERS COURT GALLERY Exhibiting over 100 Tasmanian artists & crafts people.
GALLERY PEJEAN Surveying the Tamar and other vistas, Michael Weitnauer, till May 25.
MIDDLE GALLERY: Bubble, Jennifer Dickens, May 3 – 25.
THE SOUTH
THE NORTH
COMEDY
MUSICAL
THE BRISBANE HOTEL The Comedy Forge, May 30, 7pm.
BURNIE ARTS & FUNCTION CENTRE Burnie PCYC presents Hairspray, Jun 7 – Jun 15, 7.30pm; Matinee Jun 8 & Jun 15, 2pm.
THE WARATAH HOTEL Clubhouse Comedy featuring Ronny Chieng, May 16, 8pm.
DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT & CONVENTION CENTRE Devonport Choral Society presents The Sound of Music, May 17 – Jun 1, 8pm; Matinee May 25 & Jun 1, 2pm.
DANCE PEACOCK THEATRE Opal Vapour, May 22 – 24, 7pm.
THEATRE SPOKEN WORD
BURNIE ARTS & FUNCTION CENTRE Gravity & Other Myths – FREEFALL May 8, 8pm; Matinee May 8, 11am.
Founders Room (Salamanca Arts Centre) Jello Biafra : spoken word, May 25, 7.45pm.
DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT & CONVENTION CENTRE Frankenstein, Jun 7, 8pm.
Frankie's Empire Silver Words, Spoken Word Open Mic Night Grand Opening, May 23, 5pm till late, BYO. Silver Words, June 6, 6.30pm.
EARL ARTS CENTRE Conan the Barbarion, May 31 – Jun 2, 8pm; matinee June 1 – 2, 2pm.
THEATRE PLAYHOUSE THEATRE Hobart Repertory Theatre Society presents Private Lives – May 31 – Jun 15.
PRINCESS THEATRE Uni Revue, May 29 – June 1, 8pm. Frankenstein, Jun 5 – Jun 6, 8pm.
THEATRE ROYAL The 2013 Uni Revue, May 10 – 25, 8pm. Frankenstein, Jun 11 – 12, 8pm. THEATRE ROYAL BACKSPACE Don Juan, May 29 – June 8, 8pm.
PROJECT GALLERY: Interstitial, Serena Rosevear, May 3 – 25.
NORTH-west tas BURNIE REGIONAL ART GALLERY • House and Home, Malcom Bywaters, till May19. • ArtRage 2012, combined schools exhibition, May 24 – Jul 7. • Hooked!... from the Mountain Dragon to the Handfish, various artists, May 24 – Jun 30.
The Lost World (part 1) JuLie GouGh
DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY Testing Ground: A CAST Touring Exhibtion, curated by Julie Gough, May 11 – Jun 16.
SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE KELLY’S GARDEN: Tonglen (I think I know what I need but I always end up with what I want), Domenico de Clario, till Apr 20. LONG GALLERY: Metal that Moves – Works by contemporary Tasmanian Artist Blacksmiths 2013, May 20 – Jun 6. SIDESPACE GALLERY: • Collages Lithographs Paintings Trees, Kaye Green, May 10 – 18. • In the Detail, works by Jill Edwards, Robin Roberts and Bronwyn Theobald, May 20 – Jun 2. • HIP Mid Winter Mini Prints – Hunter Island Press Mini Print Exhibition, Jun 3 – 16. TOP GALLERY: Here is Always Somewhere else, paintings by Ben Taylor, May 1 – 31.
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Album Reviews
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are well known for their signature alt-rock sound with untimely fun female screams and vocals whilst also frequently experimenting with this. Mosquito is a strong effort and follows on from their past work in both the right and wrong way. Album opener and also first single Sacrilege is a killer song. It’s your very own in-yourface, “we’re here, get used to it” starter-kit to the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. The gospel involved in the track shows off the band’s ability to throw their sound around and make it sound like an art.
YEAH YEAH YEAHS MOSQUITO
Second song Subway follows the route of Maps in its beauty but that’s as far as the comparisons go. Where Maps had its strengths, Subway lacks the memorability.
HADOUKEN EVERY WEEKEND
These Paths is off-beat and sounds like as though it was influenced by Grimes but with the voice of Karen O attached. Featuring Dr. Octagon, Buried Alive starts off rather rigid and basic but develops right before your eyes (ears?) and becomes somewhat of a statement track with the usage of the rapper’s vocals. Lyrically, it’s all over the place in a brilliant way. The whole five and a bit minutes are something to just get immersed into.
This album could have been the soundtrack to reckless youth TV show Skins. It’s about youths going out, getting on the gear and dancing hard to new-wave underground electro. Highlights include the singles Parasite and Bad Signal that have all the right bits of wave-like synth and building beats. Opener The Vortex sets the pace off to a quick start and introduces the whole vibe of the album as a kind of weekend apocalypse with the chorus chanting “Each and every weekend we spend it like the whole worlds ending”. Every Weekend speaks to the kind of people who work during the week and like to get loose on the weekends. This style of music serves a purpose and it is pure enjoyment of the energy it elicits in a crowd. Unfortunately there is nothing really different about the sound of this album and is best enjoyed when you’re half-cut out on the dance floor on a Saturday night.
Mosquito is Yeah Yeah Yeahs doing what they do, while trying to pack a few extra punches in strange areas where they can’t really cause much of a blow, while also retaining the ability to bring on a few knockout-worthy hits.
The album finalé (unless you find bonus tracks, woo!) Wedding Song is something you can imagine being played live to a crowd standing in stunned silence. It’s an absolutely enchanting song in every sense of the word, even a slight bit reminiscent of
THE BLACK ANGELS INDIGO MEADOW
London electro five-piece Hadouken are back with their third album, Every Weekend. Fronted by James Smith on vocals and his girlfriend Alice Spooner on synthesiser, Pilau on guitar, Chris Purcell on bass and Nick Rice on drums, Hadouken are heavy on synth and high in energy.
Sigur Rós musically. This is a stronger Maps than Subway felt like it tried to be. This number is exactly what it is titled; it is a song brides will walk down the aisle to. I call shotgun for my wedding.
The Black Angels have this unique psychedelic sound similar to Ravi Shankar crossed with Roky Erickson. With the release of the band’s latest effort, Indigo Meadow, The Black Angels seem to have strayed a little from the psychedelic drone of their first two groundbreaking albums but they still manage to deliver a great lo-fi record full of garage fuzz and ambient sounds. After their last epic, Phosphene Dream, this album takes a couple listens, but manages to still sound like a love camp of Woodstock hippies all dropping acid and finding themselves in a world of rainbow swirls and big muff fuzz pedals under the guidance of Timothy Leary. Yeah, it’s that out there but it’s not stupid. The arrangements are precise and perfect yet have this nice abstract loose feel to them which doesn’t sound self-indulgent but more like a free for all jam of hallucinogenic substance abuse. Mixing 90s grunge, church organs and hypnotic psych hymns dabbled with garage fuzz, they have a sound that is all their own which in today’s music world is tough to do when everything has allegedly already been done. You need The Black Angels in your life like you need air. DAMO MUSCLE CAR
THE CHEMIST BALLET IN THE BADLANDS
Perth has a habit of delivering quality bands, and they haven’t missed the mark unleashing The Chemist on the nation. Ballet in the Badlands is a solid debut effort that shows a band wearing their influences on their sleeves, whilst creating something very uniquely their own. You can tell from the song-writing that this isn’t an album for the mainstream. The feel of the whole piece is threatening with hints of beauty; it’s often dirty swamp music, but with enough swagger to keep you moving. There’s a likeness to the sinister side of later Arctic Monkeys material in the songs, but Ben Witt has his own distinctive vocal that quickly sets The Chemist apart from most. Top tracks include the opener Heaven’s Got a Dress Code which gets things into fast motion early and is a great introductory track for those not yet initiated with the band, as is the soulful single Silver and Gold. The only downside is the similarity that creeps in as the album progresses. Long Road Back closes with some stellar jazz sax cementing The Chemist’s own sound. There aren’t many albums that sound quite like this one; it’s wildly distinctive and that’s an exciting thing.
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LITTLE GREEN CARS ABSOLUTE ZERO
Little Green Cars will take you on a journey with 11 songs and over 40 minutes where what’s old is new again (and we can blame Mumford & Sons for this sound’s revival) but don’t let that discourage you, as there are some great moments of harmony in many of the songs, kick ass beats, great melodies, well-placed crescendos that will get you buzzing. Listen to Angel Owl driving on a highway at night with the window down, send The Kitchen Floor to your ex on their birthday, turn Big Red Dragon to 11 at your house warming. But skip Red and Blue - it’s an AutoTune track, and even Fred Durst went public to say he was sorry for using that shit. This album is reminiscent of Forrest Gump running through the wild morphing into a 60s hippie blonde naked chick in a field of daisies dropping in to an ocean full of dolphins swimming around a yacht where loves are lost and found just to be sent away in a sandy yellow envelope that would be opened by a 20-something illustrator with torn skinny jeans while sipping on his soy decaf latte humming “at least I know you gave it your best try…” DSVISIONNET
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Album Reviews
Long-locked indie-folker Kurt Vile may be best known for his solo material and as a former member of indie rock band The War on Drugs, but following the departure of longtime Violators bandmates, Vile has released his fifth solo studio album, Wakin on a Pretty Daze. Clocking in at just over an hour, these 11 new songs have already had some critical acclaim.
KURT VILE WAKIN ON A PRETTY DAZE
The album doesn’t stray too far away from Vile’s previous sounds and is smooth and dreamy as he mixes stoner folk with a dash of psychedelia. However, during the final track Goldtone, Vile set’s the record straight: “Sometimes when I get in my zone you’d think that I was stoned, but I’ve never as they say, touched the stuff.”
UNDERGROUND LOVERS
Vile’s influences are apparent from his Lou Reed-like vocals and Neil Young-like neverending guitar riffs. This album is made for listening the whole way through in the way that it flows and soothes, and with most of the tracks running between five to 10 minutes, it’s clear that Vile and yourself are going nowhere over the next hour. “It was just the next logical step from making succinct pop songs,” he told Canada’s Exclaim. “What do you do after that? You make pop songs that are longer and more epic, that push the envelope. Imagine your favourite song, or something that you play over and over in the car, except that you don’t have to start it over as much.”
ALUKA
It’s a trip worth taking, even without the drugs. The opening and almost title track, Wakin On a Pretty Day sets you up for the tone of the album which actually is like a long walk on a sunny day getting lost in your thoughts. Never Run Away cranks the tempo up a little bit while Air Bud introduces what sounds like a electro didgeridoo in the chorus. Wakin On A Pretty Daze is modern folk music that has familiarity of the past. It warms you up and takes you on a trip to somewhere you already know but love to go to. ANNIE BROWN
THE STROKES
CHARLES BRADLEY
SPACE
WEEKEND
COMEDOWN MACHINE
VICTIM OF LOVE
It’s been 14 years between drinks but Underground Lovers’ latest album Weekend is the seventh record from Australia’s finest alt-rock-via-shoegaze group, boasting fresh rhythms; some finger-snapping, hypnotic beats; and a pure pop sensibility.
I thought a capella groups only existed on Scrubs, but apparently I was mistaken. Aluka is a three piece female group from Melbourne, with not a balding head or pot belly in sight.
The Screaming Eagle of Soul is back for a second bout, and this time around Charles Bradley is as loved up as ever. Hailing from the Dapton Records label and embracing the revival of 60s soul, you can kind of pick what to expect from Victim of Love. His croon is a constant demonstration of unmistakeable emotion – he sends ever lyrics directly to your soul, whilst your body is unable to deny its sway brought on by the band’s arrangements.
These lovely ladies have created Space entirely from the talent of their own vocals. If the idea of music with no instruments is difficult for you to comprehend, I understand. It can be scary trying new things, but often the greatest reward comes from reaching outside of your comfort zone. But if you think these ladies think of the voice in such limited terms, think again.
Weekend is a busy album that takes its name from the 1967 film by Jean Luc-Godard. The band was previously influenced by British acts like Joy Division, The Cure and New Order and while these influences can still be heard in 2013, it seems these ten songs boast sixties jangly pop, electro blips and assorted nineties grunge. Can For Now is an excellent song filled with some awesome Sonic Youth guitars, groovy bass lines and some spaced-out synths. The Glove springs to mind in Spaces where Philippa Nihill takes over lead vocals for music that’s just like the child of The Pixies mixed with stuff from another galaxy. Some of these nuanced, astral peaks are also found on Haunted [Acedia] but this track is all about the ghosts of those partners past that still inhabit the dark recesses in your mind.
A stellar group of backing singers and an excellent ensemble make an album to move to, and while there are moments of déjà vu, it’s impossible to resist the power that creeps in; musically no more prominent than the resounding trumpets of Love Bug Blues. Confusion is a stand-out, departing from the principle theme entirely to lead you into the album’s whacky and wonderful back alley – a psychedelic horn interlude that won’t disappoint.
According to their Triple J Unearthed profile, they don’t considering the recording studio enough to showcase their talents, instead seeking out tram depots, an indoor swimming pool and a World War 2 bunker to bounce their vocals off. Despite no instruments, It doesn’t feel as though there is anything missing. There are no large gaps or silences in their songs. These women know how to use their voices and use them well. Aside from the a capella thing, it really is difficult to pinpoint their genre. Is it pop? Is it jazz? Is it avant garde? I’ll leave that to you to find out.
For Weekend, The Undies once again enlisted long-time collaborators like Wayne Connolly and Tim Whitten and it’s a formula that works, begging the question, “What is 14 years between friends anyway?”
Victim of Love is certainly an accessible record; one that will draw back fans of Bradley’s earlier work and attract many new ears, too. The trick is in the genuine revival of the style – it’s raw, passionate, true and makes you want to move. LIAM TRACEY
KATE STONE
When The Strokes unveiled One Way Trigger, the first track off their latest record, Comedown Machine, it raised more than its fair share of questions: where did Julian Casablancas’ unexpected falsetto turn come from? Was the whole album going to sound like this? What the hell is a “one way trigger” anyway? Comedown Machine comes only two years after Angles and this is a much more cohesive record; less angsty, more dancey, and less likely to be accused or trying to recreate the formula that was so effective on their first three albums. One Way Trigger is the best pick, with a guitar riff that wouldn’t sound out of place in a Pokemon video game and an accomplished falsetto performance from frontman Casablancas. All The Time is a much more traditional Strokes track, and will satisfy fans. 50/50 reaffirms that Casablancas does angst like no other as he roars through the chorus, whereas the title track is a slow, contemplative number that proves more evocative than some of the band’s more recognizably “Strokes-esque’ work. Comedown Machine represents a return to form for the group. Flowing much more organically than its predecessor, it’s a worthy addition to The Strokes’ impressive catalogue. MYLES MCGUIRE
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Event Guide
Hobart
Date Saturday
Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
May Saturday
Sunday
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
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Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Global Battle of the Bands Final with Hounds of Hiroshima, Rod Fritz, Blood Luxury, Imagination Blind, Fatty Esther 9pm
Acts / Start Time
The Telegraph
Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink
11 Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Gay Paris (nsw) 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Late Night Krackieoke w/ the return of MC Unicorn Ejaculation!!!!
Brookfield Vineyard
Valana & Andrea Khozq 7pm
C Bar
Girl Friday 8pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
DJ Johnny G
Brookfield Vineyard
Paul Gerard and Georgina Richmond 7:19pm
Ivory Bar
DJ’s Alex Curtain, Mez and Jim King
C Bar
Tony Voglino 8pm
Jack Greene
DJ Millhouse
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
DJ Johnny G
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Beerex
Ivory Bar
DJ Kenny Beeper, Grotesque, Mez, & Nick Thayer
Republic Bar & Café
LaVista + Chase City 10pm
Jack Greene
Tony Makro
Sails
Billy Whitton 6pm
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Beerex
The Telegraph
Ado and Devo followed by The Smashers
Republic Bar & Café
Sugartrain 10pm
Sails
Billy Whitton 6pm
Brisbane Hotel
Rock n Roll Bingo with Timmy Jack Ray 6pm
The Telegraph
Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink
Brookfield Vineyard
David Carr 12pm
Waratah Hotel
Diafrix w/ special guest Miracle
C Bar
Double Down 2pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Micheal Clennett followed by DJ Johnny G
Brisbane Hotel
Rock n Roll Bingo with Timmy Jack Ray 6pm
Republic Bar & Café
Brookfield Vineyard
Lachlan Court 12pm
C Bar
Pete Thomas 2pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Tim Davies followed by DJ Grotesque
Republic Bar & Café
Joe Pirere 9pm
Republic Bar & Café
Tobias Moldenhauer 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Suffrajettes 8pm
Wrest Point Show Room
They Might Be Giants
Republic Bar & Café
Billy Whitton 8:15pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin’ Blues) 9pm
Birdcage Bar Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Grand Poobah
Sunday
12 Birdcage Bar
Monday
13 Birdcage Bar
Tuesday
14 Birdcage Bar
Republic Bar & Café
Wednesday
15 Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 8pm
Afrika Bambaataa 9pm A Touch of Class 8pm Quiz Night 8:15pm Billy & Randal 8pm
Pete Thomas 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Bad Vibrations w/ The White Rose Project, The Adventurers 8pm
Pete Thomas 8pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Cookie
Tim Davies
Grand Poobah
Surfasaurus, Housework & Skunk
Magic Beans, Drayfus’ Epiphany, King of the Wizards, Dark Matter of Storytelling
Jack Greene
Cam Stuart
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Beerex
Jack Greene
Tony Makro
Republic Bar & Café
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Beerex
Jed Appleton & The Quartet (Single Launch), The Beautiful Chains (Solo), Leo Creighton 9pm
Republic Bar & Café
Hobart Reggae Inc. 9pm
The Telegraph
The Smashers
The Telegraph
Dr Fink
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Ropes, Artifacts, Hollow Vessels 8pm
Brookfield Vineyard
Southern Community Singers 7:30pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Micheal Clennett
Conservatorium Recital Hall
Glen Sobel 7pm
Jack Greene
Cam Stuart
Republic Bar & Café
Dave Wilson 9pm
10 Birdcage Bar
Thursday
Friday
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Micheal Clennett
Jack Greene
Tony Makro
Republic Bar & Café
Joe Pirere & The Blackberries 9pm
17 Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Folk Night 7pm
C Bar
DJ Gezza 8pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Micheal Clennett followed by Phrayta
Grand Poobah
Coco Karaoke
Ivory Bar
DJ Lids
Jack Greene
Millhouse
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Grotesque
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Johnny G
Wigglesworth - Elgar & Britten 7:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Owl Eyes 10pm
Dublo & Kireesh
Salamanca Courtyard
Rektango 7:30pm
Behind Closed Doors - Last Edition
The Telegraph
Micro Tek 11pm
Brookfield Vineyard
Roman Astra and Friends - Global Lounge 7:30pm
C Bar
DJ Gezza 8pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Sticks and Kane followed by Ado and Devo
Casbah
Loose Fit #3 - Catsuit, DIG, All Fires, Carvis Jocker, LED Meter, Strange Cargo 9pm
Ivory Bar
Heart Beach (debut), Mess O’ Reds, Oroduin (debut) 8pm
Brookfield Vineyard
Brisbane Hotel
Grand Poobah
Glen Challice 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
GAPE, Will & The Screaming Seniors, Uncle Geezer 9pm
Unfolding Vostocks, Gutter Parties, Venuslight Overdrive 8pm
Federation Concert Hall
16 Birdcage Bar
Brisbane Hotel
Glen Challice 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Saturday
18 Birdcage Bar
Cam Stuart followed by Entropy Glen Challice 9pm
Jack Greene
Tim Davies
Moonah Arts Centre
L’esprit De Django
Brisbane Hotel
Paddy McHugh & The Goldminers, Hairyman 9pm
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Grotesque
Brookfield Vineyard
The Ray Martians 7pm
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Johnny G
C Bar
Double Down 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Tijuana Cartel 10pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
DJ Johnny G
Salamanca Courtyard
Rektango 7:30pm
Grand Poobah
The Phosphenes
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Sat 18th May / The Ray Martians / 7pm
Sat 4th May / Paul Gerard (Flamenco) / 7pm
Fri 24th May / Mathew Fagan / 7:30pm
Sun 5th May / Lachlan Court / 12pm Thur 9th May / Southern Community Singers / 7:30pm Sat 11th May / Valana & Andrea Khoza / 7pm Sun 12th May / David Carr / 12pm Fri 17th May / Folk Night / 7pm
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Fri 24th May / Bob Fest (Bob Dylans Birthday) / 7pm Fri 31st May - Sun 2nd June / Piano Marathon / 12pm
JUNE & BEYOND Sat June 8 / Fashion Parade & High Tea / 2:30pm Thur 25th & Fri 26th July / Chet Baker Show by David Goldthorpe
Event Guide
Date
Sunday
Monday
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Ivory Bar
DJ Grotesque, Mez and Millhouse
Brisbane Hotel
Rock n Roll Bingo with Timmy Jack Ray 6pm
Jack Greene
Tony Makro
C Bar
Manhatten 2pm
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Beerex
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Micheal Clennett followed by DJ Johnny G
Republic Bar & Café
Owl Eyes 10pm
Republic Bar & Café
Wahbash Ave 9pm
Sails
Billy Whitton 6pm
The Telegraph
Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink
Wrest Point Show Room
The Rubens - Never Be the Same Tour 8pm
19 Birdcage Bar
Wednesday
Thursday
Tuesday
28 Birdcage Bar
Rock n Roll Bingo with Timmy Jack Ray 6pm
Republic Bar & Café
C Bar
Tony Voglino 2pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Tim Hibbered followed by DJ Johnny G
Republic Bar & Café
Jaja 9pm
20 Birdcage Bar 21 Birdcage Bar
A Touch of Class 8pm Quiz-A-Saurus 7pm Peter Hicks and the Blue Licks 9pm Pete Thomas 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Save The Tarkine…The Benefit 8pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Tim Hibbered
Grand Poobah
John Bradley, The Lucky Dips, Catsuit & Mess O Reds
Jack Greene
Tony Makro
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Beerex
Republic Bar & Café
Rhythm Coalition 9pm
The Telegraph
Dr Fink
23 Birdcage Bar
29 Birdcage Bar
The Sign 8:15pm
Republic Bar & Café 22 Birdcage Bar
Wednesday
Billy & Randal 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Glen Challice 9pm
Thursday
Friday
A Touch of Class 8pm Quiz Night 8:15pm Billy & Randal 8pm Game On!! 7pm Mathew Fagan 9pm Pete Thomas 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
“Fill ‘er Fulla Tinnies!” w/ The White Rose Project, Adventurers, Picket Fence Cartel, Stabbed by Skeg 8pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Cam Stuart
Grand Poobah
I Call Myself They/Oceans (collab), Timothy & Wilderness, Bunny & Drunk Elk
Jack Greene
Micheal Clennett
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Beerex
Republic Bar & Café
Slyde 9pm
The Telegraph
Mindz Eye
30 Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
The Comedy Forge (Stand Up Comedy) 7pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Micheal Clennett
Jack Greene
Tony Makro
Republic Bar & Café
Son Del Sur (Cuban Salsa) 9pm
Wrest Point Show Room
Charlie Landsborough 7:30pm
31 Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Beaches (vic), The Native Cats, Catsuit 9pm
Brookfield Vineyard
Piano Marathon No 6 12pm
C Bar
DJ Gezza 8pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Micheal Clennett followed by Phrayta
Grand Poobah
Monnone Alone, International Dragon & The Anthony Rochesters
Ivory Bar
DJ Millhouse
Jack Greene
DJ Grotesque
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Jim King
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Johnny G
Republic Bar & Café
Boil Up (Reggae) 10pm
Salamanca Courtyard
Rektango 7:30pm
The Telegraph
Ado and Devo followed by The Pirates
Brisbane Hotel
Reverend Horton Heat (usa), The Sin & Tonics, The Roobs 9pm
Brookfield Vineyard
Piano Marathon No 6 7am
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
DJ Johnny G
Federation Concert Hall
Tour De France 2:30pm
Huon Quays
FRESH feat. DASH BERLIN
Ivory Bar
DJ Grotesque, Jim King and Millhouse
Jason Patmore 9pm
Jack Greene
Cam Stuart
Brisbane Hotel
JELLO BIAFRA AFTERPARTY!!! 10pm
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Beerex
C Bar
Sambo 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Chance Waters 10pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
DJ Jim King
The Telegraph
Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink
Federation Concert Hall
Mozart’s Coronation Mass 7:30pm
Brisbane Hotel
Rock n Roll Bingo with Timmy Jack Ray 6pm
Grand Poobah
Legion, Iciclan & Guests
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Tim Davies followed by DJ Grotesque
Ivory Bar
DJ’s Alex Curtain, Lids and Jim King
Jack Greene
Millhouse
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Johnny G
Republic Bar & Café
Van Walker, Cal Walker, Liz Stringer 10pm
Sails
Billy Whitton 6pm
ALL AGES - Psycroptic, Redemption Denied, My Ancestry, The Dawn Of Your Discontent 6pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Micheal Clennett
Jack Greene
Cam Stuart
Republic Bar & Café
Brothers Grimm 9pm
24 Birdcage Bar Brisbane Hotel
Jason Patmore Jason Patmore 9pm Mandalay Victory (wa), Whisperers, Opposer, Alpha Wolf 9pm
Brookfield Vineyard
Mathew Fagan 7:30pm
C Bar
DJ Gezza 8pm
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar
Tim Davies followed by Rum Jungle
Ivory Bar
DJ Grotesque
Jack Greene
Tony Makro
JUNE
Observatory (Lounge Room)
DJ Kenny Beeper
Saturday
Observatory (Main Room)
DJ Johnny G
Republic Bar & Café
Blue Mosquitoes, Christopher Coleman 10pm
Salamanca Courtyard
Rektango 7:30pm
The Telegraph
Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink
Wrest Point Entertainment Centre
Adam Brand, Travis Collins 8pm
25 Birdcage Bar
The Telegraph Sunday
Republic Bar & Café
Brisbane Hotel
Wrest Point Show Room
Saturday
27 Birdcage Bar
Brisbane Hotel
Brisbane Hotel
Friday
Monday
Jason Patmore 8pm
Republic Bar & Café Tuesday
Date
26 Birdcage Bar
Sunday
1
2
Ado and Devo followed by The Smashers Jason Patmore 8pm
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Event Guide
Launceston Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Date
Lloyds Hotel
Uni Night
Thursday
The Royal Oak
Becca Stevens
Friday
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino
Thursday
Hotel New York
Emma Louise Vs Head Vs Heart Tour
1
2
The Royal Oak Friday
Saturday
Venue
Acts / Start Time
2
Devonport
Molly Malones
Slats & Josh 8:30pm
3
Sheffield
Skwiz Café Gallery
Friday Nite Music 8pm
Devonport
The Central Bar
Jeff Woodward
3
4
Bolters Bar
Slats & Josh 7pm
The Royal Oak
Luke Bennett
Tonic Bar
Picasso Brothers
Country Club Show Room
Apia The Greatest Hits Tour - Ross Wilson, Daryl Braithwaite, James Reyne, Richard Clapton 7:30pm
The Royal Oak
Myocardium
Tonic Bar
Sambo
7
Lloyds Hotel
Classic Covers/Originals
Wednesday
8
Lloyds Hotel
Uni Night
The Royal Oak
Andy Collins
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino
Thursday
9
The Royal Oak
Despite Ben McKinnon
Friday
10
Bolters Bar
Chris Lynch 7pm
The Royal Oak
Gay Paris
Tonic Bar
Ball & Chain
The Royal Oak
The Stayns & Friends
Tonic Bar
Pure Blondes
11
Saturday
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Brett Boxhall 9pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
Happy Days 9:30pm
Devonport
Spurs Saloon Bar
Glow Party, Brooklyn Bounce
Devonport
Molly Malones
Luke Parry 8:30pm
Burnie
The Butter Factory
Genevieve Chadwick
Sheffield
Skwiz Café Gallery
Friday Nite Music 8pm
Burnie
The Butter Factory
Paradigm
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Luke Parry 9pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
Ball & Chain 9:30pm
Burnie
The Butter Factory
Genevieve Chadwick, JJJ Bands Enola Fall, Tales in Space
4
Gendra
Tuesday
Saturday
CITY
MAY
may Wednesday
NORTHWEST
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
9
10
11
Wednesday
15
Ulverstone
Wharf Precinct
George Washingmachine 7:30pm
Thursday
16
Devonport
Molly Malones
Jerome Hillier 8:30pm
Friday
17
Sheffield
Skwiz Café Gallery
Friday Nite Music 8pm
Saturday
18
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Jerome Hillier 9pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
The Unit 9:30pm
Tuesday
14
Lloyds Hotel
Classic Covers/Originals
Wednesday
15
Lloyds Hotel
Uni Night
The Royal Oak
Mick Attard
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino
Thursday
23
Devonport
Molly Malones
Proud Phoneys 8:30pm
The Royal Oak
Purple Cane Church
Friday
24
Wynyard
Hotel Federal
Happy Days 8pm
Sheffield
Skwiz Café Gallery
Friday Nite Music 8pm
Burnie
The Butter Factory
Bass Highwaymen
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Ball & Chain 9pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
Pure Blondes 9:30pm
Burnie
Burnie High School
Duke Deconstructed 7:30pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
Brett Boxhall 8:30pm
Sheffield
Skwiz Café Gallery
Friday Nite Music 8pm
Thursday Friday
16 17
Saturday
18
Sunday
19
Bolters Bar
Geale Brothers 7pm
The Royal Oak
Lincoln LeFevre
Tonic Bar
Picasso Brothers
The Royal Oak
Yvan & Yann
Tonic Bar
Gypsy Rose
Country Club Show Room
The Rubens - Never Be the Same Tour 8pm
Tuesday
21
Lloyds Hotel
Classic Covers/Originals
Wednesday
22
Lloyds Hotel
Uni Night
The Royal Oak
Live Music
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino
Thursday
23
The Royal Oak
Harbeckstraviganza
Friday
24
Bolters Bar
Josh & Brett 7pm
Hotel New York
Will Sparks
The Royal Oak
Something Different Variety Show
Tonic Bar
Ball & Chain
Country Club Show Room
Adam Brand, Travis Collins 8pm
The Royal Oak
L.B.C. Presents: Crazy Flats
Tonic Bar
Any & The Woodman
Saturday
25
Tuesday
28
Lloyds Hotel
Classic Covers/Originals
Wednesday
29
Country Club Show Room
Charlie Landsborough 7:30pm
Lloyds Hotel
Uni Night
The Royal Oak
Open Mic Night
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino
Thursday
30
The Royal Oak
Matthew Fagan
Friday
31
Bolters Bar
Andy & The Woodman 7pm
Hotel New York
Chance Waters
The Royal Oak
Live Music
Tonic Bar
Picasso Brothers
Saturday
25
Thursday
30
Friday
31
MAY Fri 3rd Luke Bennett Sat 4th Myocardium Wed 8th Andy Collins Thurs 9th Despite & Ben McKinnon Fri 10th Gay Paris Sat 11th The Stayns & Friends Wed 15th Mick Attard Thurs 16th Purple Cane Church Fri 17th Lincoln Le Fevre Sat 18th Yyan & Yann Wed 22nd Live Music Thurs 23rd Harbeckstraviganza Fri 24th Something Different Var. Show Sat 25th L.B.C. Presents; Crazy Flats Wed 29th Open Mic Night Thurs 30th Matthew Fagan Fri 31st Live Music
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