Warp Magazine May 2018

MUSIC & ARTS • MAY 2018

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Sunday 20th 3pm Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Played Front to Back) Ft. Christopher Coleman + Scott Targett + Paul Brooks + Jed Appleton + Tim Rozemulder + Ewah 9pm The Raccoons Monday 21st 8pm G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin’ Blues) Tuesday 22nd 8.30pm Ross Sermons Wednesday 23rd 9pm The Whitlams Sold Out Thursday 24th 9pm The Whitlams $52pre/$55door Friday 25th 10pm Ben Alter + Jed Appleton + Matt Vanrullen Saturday 26th 10pm Boil Up $10 Sunday 27th 9pm Tim & Scott Monday 28th 8.15pm Quiz Night Tuesday 29th 8.30pm Montz Matsumoto Wednesday 30th 8.30pm The Seratones Thursday 31st 8.30pm AlfanAnt June

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News in Brief ONE FOR THE MUSO’S Work in the music industry? If you said yes, you are invited to participate in a research project investigating the careers of musicians and music professionals.

This survey will ask you questions about your work history, and how your music and non-music activities contribute to your life. You can also choose to be involved in a more detailed case study if you wish. Responses are anonymous, and you are not required to answer all questions. You can answer with specifics or more generally. Any and all information helps to build a picture. To complete the survey, head over to: survey.qut.edu. au/f/189949/58d6/

playing at Splendour in the Grass Festival, and has previously played Strawberry Fields, Secret Garden Festival, and even Dark MOFO. Now, you can learn to DJ from her. Luen will teach you the concepts, techniques, and equipment vital for getting started with Djing. No matter what genre you’re into, or your level of experience, this workshop will give you the confidence you need to know your way around the decks and kickstart your Djing career! It’s taking place on Saturday May 5, at The Saloon Bar in Launceston.

Head over to www.musictasmania.org to register!

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SLOW ROCK WORK SHOP

Richard Tognetti, Joseph Tawadros and the Australian Chamber Orchestra bring their unique blend of musical alchemy to Hobart this Mother’s Day, Sunday May 13 with a program featuring Vivaldi’s Four Seasons interspersed with a selection of original works by Joseph Tawadros, Egyptian-Australian oud player and composer extraordinaire. It’s been 20 years since the Australian Chamber Orchestras last mainstage performance in Hobart. Don’t miss this long awaited return. Joseph Tawadros has established himself as one of the world’s leading oud performers and composers. A virtuoso of diversity and sensitivity, Joseph performs in concert halls worldwide and is known for his brilliant technique, deep musicianship and joyous style of performance. More information is available from the TSO’s website: www. tso.com.au.

Rock Challenge Tasmania has teamed up with Music Tasmania & APRA AMCOS to run three workshops in Launceston featuring touring artists and agents.

The workshops will provide industry advice from some of the best in the business to help support your music career. The second workshop will feature Ben Stewart, a singer & songwriter for Melbourne band, Slowly Slowly. Taking place at The Saloon Bar in Launceston on Friday May 11, this workshop is free and open to all ages, but you will need to reserve your tickets. Which you can do via www.vanguardbookings.oztix.com.au.

MAY MAYHEM

It’s all poppin’ off at Cargo during May, as they present Mayhem. Basically its a totally different, totally badass guest DJ performing every Friday and Saturday night. Which is exactly what you need to keep your spirits up as we head in to another dark and cold Tasmanian winter. On Friday May 4, catch Amastro, on Saturday May 5 the excellent Basenji will be doing a DJ set. The following week on Friday May 11, it’s Tom Budin, followed by Uberjakd on Saturday May 12. On Friday May 18 it’s Alex Dyson, and on Saturday May 19 it’ll be the official DZ Deathrays after party. Rounding out May will be Chardy on Friday May 25, and the awesome Akouo on Saturday May 26.

LEARN FROM LUEN DJ, triple j presenter, and the creative driving force between TAXX (& previously Hand Games), Luen Jacobs is a familiar face in Australia’s music family. Djing at a stack of club venues and festivals, Luen has recently returned from presenting and selecting on main stages across Groovin’ the Moo’s National Festival Tour,

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HOUSE PARTY

Known for his impeccable productions and an ability to effortlessly switch between the deeper sounds of house and techno during his sets, Anthony Parasole is slowly becoming one of the most respected artists in the scene today.

Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Anthony has managed to find himself signed to many of the leading record labels on earth. For the past two months, Anthony has been touring the globe, playing shows at Berghain, Dekmantel Festival in Sao Paulo, Fabric in London, and now for his second appearance, he returns to Australia. You’ll be able to catch him at The Grand Poobah in Hobart on Saturday May 12.

The Bad Dad Orchestra, in conjunction with The Harbour Agency, are thrilled to present the ‘Go and Ask Your Mother’ East Coast Tour of Australia. A simple idea born of fatherhood, friendship and a love of music has flourished and taken shape, almost as far South as you can go.

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Meet The Bad Dad Orchestra, a collective of eight dads, all of whom have played key roles in Tasmania’s vibrant music scene over the past decade, now basking in their inherent ‘dadness’ and wowing audiences with a high energy rock’n’soul live experience. They’re ending the east coast tour with three stops in Tassie. On Saturday May 19 they’ll be at The Waratah Hotel in Hobart (supported by JAX and the Wayward), on Friday May 25 they’ll be at House Niteclub-Spurs Saloon in Devonport, and on Saturday May 26 they’ll be at Saint John Craft Beer in Launceston.

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Charlie Landsborough and his five-piece band play to sell-out audiences and are well known for keeping concertgoers enthralled with his heartfelt and telling lyrics and his very human anecdotes.

His music ranges from inspirational to country, from ballad to anthem, and he truly is as entertaining on stage as he is melodic. His own personal song writing blends easy on the ear, folk, country, inspirational, ballads and blues with a strong and often personal lyric content.

This mixed with his wit and repartee has led to a winning formula, which has made an impact on so many professionals and fans alike. You’ll be able to catch him at Wrest Point on Saturday May 26.

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DARWIN HEAT, HOBART COLD

Evelyn Ida Morris recently released a self-titled on Milk! Records and Remote Control Records, and to celebrate the release, they shared a new video for ‘Darwin Heat’ and announced details for upcoming shows in Melbourne and Hobart. Woohoo. Hobart is here. On Sunday June 3, you’ll be able to catch Evelyn Ida Morris at The Nolan Gallery at MONA. It’s a 1pm show, so get in early. Those in the know, will recognise Evelyn Ida Morris as Pikelet, however Evelyn Ida Morris represents a significant departure from the looping pop of Pikelet. These new works are lush, postclassical compositions that deal with the experience of being non-binary and making sense of that experience.

OFF BEAT, ON POINT An air of excitement is building around a brand-new event gaining rhythm in St Helens as the inaugural Offbeat event is held on Saturday June 9. The concept is a big drawcard within the Bay of Fires Arts Festival program. Although a new offering in the Break O’Day Region, Offbeat is destined to become a permanent fixture on social calendars in the years ahead.

The event is set to charge the senses through a medley of food trucks, colourful street performers, a bank of musicians, an eclectic mix of bespoke craft stalls, all nestled within one unique space with a vibe that’s off the wall. The St Helens High School quadrangle will be transformed into an artistic playground with the space playing host to an array of music talent.

For more information, check out www. bayoffireswinterartsfestival.com.au/ offbeat.

GOOD TIMES, GREAT ROCK’N’ROLL The APIA Good Times Tour returns for its 6th consecutive year, with it’s biggest line up of Oz music legends yet, with Brian Cadd, Marcia Hines, Russell Morris, Leo Sayer and John Paul Young set to criss-cross the country for this unique, once-in-a-lifetime concert experience. The 2018 Good Times Tour kicks off in Darwin before taking in Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Bendigo, Geelong, Toowoomba, Brisbane, Tweed Heads, Newcastle, Thirroul, Sydney, Canberra, Launceston, and finishing the party in Hobart. The Launceston gig is on Friday June 15 at the Princess Theatre, with the Hobart gig taking place the following night on Saturday June 16, at Wrest Point Entertainment Centre. Head to www. apiagoodtimes.com.au for tickets.

MO’ DARKNESS Due to unprecedented demand, organisers of MONA’s Winter festival Dark MOFO have announced a plan to increase capacity on two high demand, sold-out shows in Hobart this June. In the first two days of ticket sales, Dark MOFO exceeded 25,000 purchases, totalling more than $1.5million in box office revenue, with 66% of those sold to interstate and international patrons. Crikey. Venue changes have been announced for two sold-out shows: Laterne by Berlin Atonal on June 21 and 22 and Borderlands on June 23 have both been moved to the larger capacity venue at MAC2, and more tickets are now on sale to the waiting list and general public. Although I’m sure they’re already sold out again by the time you read this. Bugger.

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Herman’s Hermits, one of the biggest 60’s British Invasion bands, are bringing their ‘6 O’Clock Hop’ tour to Australia in August/September 2018, where every show starts at 6pm sharp. Yep. Their Australian No. 1 hits ‘Mrs. Brown You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter’, and ‘No Milk Today’ made the group one of the most popular groups of the day here in Australia. They first toured here in 1966, with Tom Jones in support. Since then, they really haven’t stopped, they still average more than 200 concerts a year.

Epic. They’re playing at Wrest Point on Friday August 31, tickets are available now, and will cost you about $61.

Remember, its a 6pm start.

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Ladysmith Black Mambazo, pub choirs, singposium, a refreshed cabaret venue and a larger than ever East Coast program are just some of the highlights on offer at the 14th annual Festival of Voices. With over 100 unforgettable experiences, Festival of Voices is Australia’s largest choral festival; it’s also a cabaret festival; a contemporary music festival; and a winter singing school. So whatever your tastes, whether you want to learn, sing, or just sit back and listen, this festival has it covered. Festival of Voices runs from Friday June 29 to Sunday July 15. For the full program, head to festivalofvoices.com, or keep an eye on future issues of Warp.

seventeenth year, BIGSOUND has grown to become the biggest annual music event of it’s type in Australia. To have an opportunity to perform at BIGSOUND, head over to their website (www.bigsound. org.au) and fill out the application.

Want to perform at the famous BIGSOUND festival? Well, now you can, maybe. Taking place from Tuesday September 4 – Friday September 7 in Brisbane, BIGSOUND Festival is the showcase opportunity that puts artists in front of the local, national and international music industry delegates attending the BIGSOUND industry conference. Now in it’s

EC Well then, Josh Homme has announced that Queens of The Stone Age are returning downunder. That’s pretty damn cool. But what’s even better than that, is that they’re COMING TO TASMANIA. Excellent. Queens of the Stone Age have announced a seven stop tour of Australia, playing in Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Hobart, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

Also of note, is that they’re all-ages gigs, so you can introduce the youngens to some rockin’ tunes. They’ll be joined

by Footscray’s own C.W. Stoneking. The Tasmanian gig takes place at the Derwent Entertainment Centre on Tuesday September 4. Tickets are available from midday on Thursday May 3, via Ticketmaster.

PREACHING MAGICK

With a well-earned reputation as one of the country’s most exhilarating and hardworking live bands, The Preatures today have announced their largest national headline tour to date. Covering all parts of the country, the Sydney band will head out on the road this June playing 47 dates on their National Magick Tour. Always keen to take their live shows to regional areas, as seen when they launched their Girlhood album in Brunswick Heads last year, the tour will visit towns and cities over 4 months with Melbourne singersongwriter Ali Barter supporting. There are two stops in Tasmania, on Saturday July 7 they’ll be playing the Granada Tavern in the state’s south, and on Sunday July 8 they’ll be at Hotel Tasmania in Launceston.

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A ROLLING STONE… AUSSIE ICON IAN MOSS DESCRIBES HIMSELF AS A “LATE-RISER”. IT APPARENTLY TAKES THE COLD CHISEL GUITARIST A WHILE TO GET GOING IN THE MORNINGS. BUT, AS HE LEARNT WHEN MAKING HIS RECENT SOLO (HIS SEVENTH) SELF-TITLED ALBUM, THERE’S NO REAL RUSH. “This new album, for the first time in my life, I’ve written the lion’s share of the music. It’s bits and pieces of new music, some quite old, so many ideas lying moribund on the finishing line. Focus was go to Nashville with Sam (Hawksley, US-based Sydney singer-songwriter) and just get stuck into it every day. At first it was daunting: to get up every day and start writing at 11am, what musician is inspired at that time of day? It turned out very well, it was a kick in the backside.”

“As long as I walked into that writing session with an idea in believed in... you spend the first hour getting used to it, feeling comfortable with the person; you don’t know them, you let your guard down.

You have that fear of ‘what if it doesn’t work?’, you settle down and get into it and the ideas flow. Every time we walked into a session without an idea, it was a disaster. It was a fun process overall.”

Moss has been a stalwart figure in Australian culture since Cold Chisel’s inception onto the scene back in 1973. The seventies were a time of cultural change in Australia: as we shook off the yoke of British influence, we were learning what being Australian meant (we still are, really) and it meant a huge influx of what we now consider to be ‘classically Australian’ things, like Chisel. Being part of a defining era in Australian history and music was a small struggle for the musos involved.

“As a musician, we’re all blues and jazz influenced. All our heroes were mainly American first, American R&B artists. That’s definitely the music roots, I’m still strongly based in that. When Chisel started, it was an era with cultural cringe or inferiority complex or lack of confidence. Australians were afraid to write about Aussie places or events- you’d write about American things and put on American accents. I think Don Walker was the first to get brave and write about Australiana, Australian lifestyle. I like to try to sound neutral.”

“Cultural cringe is partly a product of isolation and distance; in the sixties and seventies, we were a small population of people, still trying to get hip with the world without the benefit of internet and TV...and the world is such a small place now. We can all stare into each other’s lounge rooms, but it’s helping in other ways, keeping us all honest.”

Moss’ critically-acclaimed and commercially successful (peaking at #2 on the ARIA charts) new album was produced by Peter Walker, who produced the very first Cold Chisel album, their self-titled, in 1978. Thanks to this, it’s classic Mossy: big sing-along choruses, pub rock guitar riffs, a smack of 1980s torch-song sentiment and oldschool blues and R&B flavour, all with that well-known strong voice.

Having a familiar face, and that one that he felt comfortable with, was important in the lead-up to the album’s long-awaited releasehis last solo album had been 2009’s Soul on West 53rd.

“That first album went so well for us, it was such a great experience working with Peter. I dunno if any producer since him has had such a good musical ear as Peter.

First and foremost, musically, we’re on the same wavelength. I got to the end of a successful writing session in August 2014 with Sam in Nashville and Sam was keen to record straight away. I had some great raw material, but very few people I could think of that I could trust….most producers leave it up to the band to figure stuff out.”

“I came back to Australia and started working on that side of it with Peter but I knew they weren’t quite right. There was a long gap between the writing sessions and the release of the album. I was starting to panic, I thought, I’m not getting any younger here, haven’t released a studio album in a long time and there’s a lot of ideas I’ve been so precious about. Don’t rush ‘em over the finishing line now, might as well get it right, or as right as I can.”

Seems about right to me.

Lisa Dib

Ian Moss plays the Wrest Point Showroom (Hobart) on June 22 and the Country Club Showroom (Launceston) on June 23. Tickets from Ticketmaster.

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FEELING GOOD, FEELING GREAT BRISBANE’S DZ DEATHRAYS STARTED OUT AS A MODEST HOUSE BAND, BUT HAVE QUICKLY GONE ON TO WIN HUGE AWARDS AND HAVE INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS... THE SPUNKY DUO VENTURE DOWN TO HOBART THIS MONTH, IN THE MIDST OF PLAYING SOLD OUT SHOWS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

First all, congrats on the success of Bloody Lovely! What was it like when you realised it debuted at Number 4?

Amazing news to us. It’s the highest we have ever debuted, and it was cool to know that the majority of the sales that got us to that placement was vinyl sales!

Having received an ARIA award for Black Rat, did you feel a lot of pressure with this album?

Not really, it doesn’t change anything for us when it comes to writing. We just try to make great albums that are fun to play live and hopefully connect with people out there.

It’s been a pretty long time since album releases, what took you guys so long?

We spent about 2 years solidly touring after Black Rat came out and we are not so great at

writing on the road. Then when it came time to start writing the next record we kind of had a bit of a slow start, not knowing where we wanted to take the songs. Then we started touring again with the release of ‘Blood On My Leather’ and ‘Pollyanna’. So then we recorded the album in the first half of 2017, and had a long lead in until we dropped the album.

You’ve had some pretty huge achievements and crazy international tours since you’ve been together, did the two of you kind of know you were onto something special when you first started jamming together?

We lived together back in 2007 when we started jamming together after another band we had kind of dissolved. Back then we had so much trouble trying to book shows we just decided to make this band a house party band! It was when we gave up trying that the shows just started coming to us... We have never thought we were on to something special but we have always been thankful to get the opportunities we have.

Once we get to a certain point now we just keep wanting to take it the next step further.

What can we expect to go down during the Bloody Lovely Tour?

Hopefully packed out rooms of sweaty people having a really great time together!

What are you most looking forward to?

I’ve been enjoying writing new music at the moment, so I’m really excited about where we take our next album. There’s a fair few ideas flying around at the moment.

You guy seem like you have a lot of fun, does music ever really feel like work to you?

Yes of course, it’s a small business and you really feel the bank balance get stretched all the time.

That’s when it feels like work the most. To us it’s the best job in the world but I guess some people outside the industry don’t really understand how stressful it can be financially from time to time.

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How did you manage to get Murray Wiggle on board for your ‘Like People’ film clip?

Our director Gus just asked him! What a legend!

What Aussie Icon would you love to have on your next video?

Umm maybe Huey from Huey’s cooking adventures.

DZ Deathrays’ new album, Bloody Lovely, is out now.

The guys play The Republic Bar in Hobart on Saturday May 19, followed by a free entry after party at Cargo Bar in Salamanca.

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THUNDA STRUCK IT’S HARD TO BELIEVE IT’S BEEN TEN YEARS SINCE THUNDAMENTALS FIRST BEGAN THEIR JOURNEY TO BECOMING ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S FAVOURITE HIP-HOP ACTS. THE BAND BEGAN IN 2008 AND DIDN’T WAIT LONG TO RELEASE THEIR FIRST EP- 2008’S SELF-TITLED- AND THEN A FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, SLEEPING ON YOUR STYLE, ONLY A YEAR LATER.

Since then, they’ve been touring and releasing relentlessly. They’re released four studio albums, two EPS and an utter shedload of singles and collaborations. They’re Triple J darlings, have supported acts like A Tribe Called Quest and Macklemore and played pretty much every Aussie festival. Now, they’re heading out on the celebratory ‘Decade Of The Thundakat’ regional tour. Brendan Tuckerman- aka Tuka, a solo artist in his own right- reflects on what it means to be a working musician in Australia these days.

you get back. That’s the biggest sacrifice. I really enjoy performing, that’s not an issue- you on stage and meeting people afterwards at the merch desk, that’s what I enjoy.”

“At the moment, the last couple of months I’ve been writing music, so I haven’t had off time per se, but I’ve rejuvenated a little bit.” Tuka says, in a brief break from the grind before heading back on the road. He loves it, though. “To tell you the truth, that hour on stage is the whole reason it’s worth doing.”

“We’ve had the guts pulled out of all of our sales through streaming and illegal downloading; even Facebook- we used to be able to access our fans. The only way to make money is to play shows. There’s no yellow brick road, it’s a game of passion. It’s about fulfilling your soul. You have to wanna do it rather than have a ‘career’ out of it.”

“There are things about the music industry that are really hard pills to swallow, but the connection with the people that love the music is a beautiful thing, remembering to honour that over everything has been a godsend. If you look at the facts of the music industry, it can jade you very quickly, but if you look at how lucky and privileged you are, it is an absolute blessing.”

Being a touring musician isn’t your average nine-to-five, though. Being away for so long at a time can have its real drawbacks.

“It’s more your personal relationships and community you leave behind, they become a bit fractured.” Tuka explains. “We would have toured for six months all up, then you have to catch up on life, rather than maintaining relationships, and they get bit fragmented until 10

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The one thing Tuka says has changed in their decade together is the way technology has affected the way, as audiences, find and consume music, as well as the way artists share, promote and benefit from their work. Even if the band had stayed the same all these years, there’s something tides you can’t turn back.

Tuka explains that both his solo work and the Thundamentals’ output has benefited from the ‘wisdom’ of years’; growing up and becoming reflective.

“The music is a reflecting the change. There comes a certain point in adulthood where you get to know yourself; your insecurities and vulnerabilities are very powerful tools in songwriting. I started talking about that, things that are difficult. Rather than me changing, it was me becoming more comfortable with myself in music.”

“I was a teacher for seven years; once you put down the teaching and do music full-time, you have a opportunity to think more and express yourself more. That opens up gateways, I can

put more resources and research into myself.

I started becoming more spiritual: yoga and meditation, eating better.”

The band have also become more sociallyconscious; their Got Love Initiative (on behalf of the Asylum Seekers Centre in Newtown and the The National Centre of Indigenous Excellence) have quietly raised thousands of dollars for marginalised communities. Tuka appreciates how hip-hop has allowed him to both express himself creatively and help others to do so, too.

“Hip-hop is one of the most honest genres; you can get quite detailed in the words of hiphop. We talk about what’s around us, and that happens to be coming from quite a thankful, appreciative place. We’re ignorant to a lot of things, but we try to keep ourselves educated.

“Our message has always been quite conscious, we’ve always been very thankful of our situation, living in a beautiful country. I grew up quite poor.

There is social mobility in this country- we’re basically middle-class white men practicing a craft that comes from Brooklyn invented by the underclass of a different culture. We’ve always been thankful...the underlying pin of hip-hop culture is to give a voice and a narrative to society” LISA DIB

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WE DID IT OUR WAY LOCAL POST-PUNK DUO THE NATIVE CATS (CHLOE ALISON ESCOTT & JULIAN TEAKLE) HAVE JUST RELEASED THEIR FOURTH ALBUM JOHN SHARP TORO, WITH THE HOBART ALBUM LAUNCH SET FOR MAY 19TH. SINGER AND MUSICIAN CHLOE ESCOTT TOLD ME A BIT ABOUT THE NEW ALBUM, ALONG WITH SOME INTERESTING MUSIC HISTORY.

Could you tell us a bit about the new album?

I just finished watching that four-hour Frank Sinatra documentary, All or Nothing At All. It’s exciting to learn about the earliest days of his career, what the bottom of the singing career ladder looked like in the 30s and 40s and how he started climbing. It’s in the nature of music documentaries that even if you know the broad strokes of Sinatra’s career already it’s still strangely surprising when the story reaches the early days of rock and roll and he makes precisely zero bold moves in response.

He doesn’t adapt, he doesn’t swerve into wild experimentation, he is not David Bowie, Scott Walker or Brian Wilson, he’s Frank Sinatra and he spent decades making prudent moves in a very limited realm. Our album John Sharp Toro is a misfit queer post-punk concept album with vocals, bass, drums, Nintendo electronics, and many flourishes that I won’t spoil. It sounds like if Perverted by Language went on estradiol and spiro for a year.

How did you go about recording the album?

Elvis Presley returned from his military service in West Germany in 1960 and appeared three weeks later on a television special hosted by Frank Sinatra. They sang a duet of alternating verses of each other’s songs in matching tuxedos, Sinatra singing Love Me Tender, Presley singing Witchcraft. They both attempt impressions of each other but what’s remarkable is how they each become awkward caricatures of themselves. They are each repelled and diminished by the other’s dissonant energy, each powerfully anachronistic to the other, each leaning so hard into their most recognisable moves and idiosyncrasies as if they would fade out of existence otherwise. It reminds me of times I’ve been the only visibly queer person in a crowded room, when it’s impossible to blend in and the only way to stay alive is to fully commit to standing out. Our first recording session was in 2015 but Julian’s bass is all that’s left from that day. The rest is what I’ll call a collage.

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Has the recording process for each album changed and if so how?

In 1969, Sinatra, at the age of 54, released My Way, a song with lyrics written specifically for him by Paul Anka after being told by Sinatra that he planned to quit the music business.

In 1971 it was an emotional centrepiece of his self-declared retirement concert. A year later he made an exception for a Nixon re-election youth rally, and a year after that he made a full return, continuing to sing My Way in the past tense for another twenty years until he died.

The same month as that premature retirement concert, Elvis Presley recorded his own version of My Way, at the age of 36; when he died in 1977, a recent live recording was released as a posthumous single. 1978 saw the release of 21-year-old Sid Vicious’s notorious punk version of the song; he died less than a year later. We’ve recorded all our music in much the same way, though my collage process was something I’ve never tried on a Native Cats album before.

Do you feel your music has changed over the years? Do you feel you have grown as a band?

Paul Anka wrote the lyrics of My Way specifically for Sinatra, after Sinatra told him that he planned to quit the music business. The two men were acquaintances but not close friends, and the Sinatra persona that Anka built the song upon was the one that he witnessed by being “around steam rooms with the Rat Pack guys” - a more intimate setting than performing on stage to thousands, sure, but hardly the full picture. My Way remains the manner in which Sinatra’s feelings on his life are most widely understood, but his daughter Tina said: “He always thought that song was self-serving and self-indulgent. He didn’t like it. That song stuck and he couldn’t get it off his shoe.” I’m a better singer and we’re better at our instruments than we were ten years ago, but most of all our vision has become more focused.

What’s next for the Native Cats?

In 1977, the year of Elvis Presley’s death, Neil Young - at that point the only other artist still on Sinatra’s label, Reprise Records witnessed punk on the rise and believed that obsolescence awaited him and the other artists of his generation who were still alive. He wrote a plaintive, haunting song called My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue), in which he ponders rock mythology and immortality, concludes that “it’s better to burn out than to fade away”, and anoints Johnny Rotten as the successor to Elvis’s throne. It became one of his most vital and influential songs and heralded a new stage in his career. The Sex Pistols split up the following year. Now it’s 40 years later, Neil Young and John Lydon are both still making music, and if you don’t spend all day reading, how would you even know which one of them got here first? We’ll be recording three new songs very soon for a 7”, we’ll be touring a little, and anything after that is a mystery even to us.

If Julian was killed in front of you but someone created a perfect copy of him right down to the atomic level, would he still be the same person and would you trust him?

If this occurred I would wish the copy well and I would end our band immediately and leave town.

I see two operations here - one with the death of Julian Teakle, library technician, musician and record label operator, as its only mission, and one committed to the continuation of his life at all costs - and I don’t want to get caught in the crossfire.

AMY KERR

The Native Cats Hobart album launch will happen on Saturday May 19 at The Brisbane Hotel, don’t miss it!

John Sharp Toro is available for download/purchase at thenativecats.bandcamp.com and selected record stores.

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WILD WEATHER GARETH LIDDIARD’S NEW PROJECT MAY HAVE A RATHER BLUE NAME, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN THEY’RE NOT LEGITIMATE. THE DRONES’ FRONTMAN ASSURES ME THAT THE AUSTRALIAN MUSICAL LANDSCAPE, IN REGARDS TO BEING A WORKING MUSICIAN, DOESN’T ALLOW FOR TOO MANY FANCIFUL SIDE-PIECES.

“It’s a serious thing from the get-go.” he says. “We don’t have luxury for side projects, we’re not U2. It’s gotta be on and good and it’s gotta work, otherwise we’ll be working at a 7-11.”

Liddiard and his partner, Drones bassist Fiona Kitschin, live in central Victoria, away from the Melbourne hubbub; indeed, he doesn’t fancy the idea of living ‘too close’ to a scene.

“Melbourne was just too expensive. As long as we have a laptop, we can work anywhere. If you live in the epicentre of the trend, you just wind up being that.

That’s a bit boring. Better to stay out the mainstream, do your own thing. Do your thing and keep doing it and don’t stop and eventually someone will go, ‘oh that’s good’.”

Tropical Fuck Storm came out of both a new musical direction for Liddiard, as well as a slump in new output from The Drones. It’s clear Liddiard was itching to get some new stuff happening.

“With The Drones, everybody was having babies and houses and dogs and things, so it’s hard to get it going if you want to do something at the drop of a hat. I realised I can do whatever I want, that had not occurred to me.”

Saw her playing with High Tension and thought, ‘wow, holy shit’.”

TFS has some similar elements, but is a pretty big step away from Liddiard’s Drones and solo material; it’s a more chaotic, DIY sound. Their debut album, A Laughing Death in Meatspace, will be out by the time you’re reading this.

Although some of TFS’ stuff has some socio-political themes, Liddiard doesn’t fancy getting any kind of ‘message’ out to people.

“There’s a lot of that, everybody has to say where they stand” he says. “Once upon a time, you could hang with people that you weren’t exactly politically aligned withyou just didn’t talk about politics. You just didn’t mention that shit. It’s really political [now], I’m actually a bit sick of it. I’m an old fart- left-wingers used to attack right-wingers, now they attack other left-wingers, what’s the point of that? I don’t wanna get tangled up in that shit, it’s a waste of time. [Politics] does run parallel to day-to-day life, getting up in the morning and doing your thing, it’s full of love and hate and politics. I just mash it all up, that’s the way I live. I hope it’s not preachy.”

LISA DIB

As well as Kitschin, Liddiard teamed up with Lauren Hammel from Melbourne punk band High Tension and Erica Dunn from Harmony and Palm Springs. It was all a natural, rather seamless, coming together of like-minded folk.

“We’ve known Erica for yonks,” Liddiard explains. “through bands and the scene, then we met Lauren and off we went.

GENTLE TIMES NEWCASTLE’S JACOB GRANT MAY LOOK LIKE A VICTORIAN-ERA DANDY, BUT ON STAGE, HE’S ALL EDM AND “LOVETRONICA”. THE SNAPPILYDRESSED DJ/PRODUCER IS TAKING SOME MUCH-DESERVED TIME OFF, BUT IS VERY SOON SETTING BACK OUT ONTO THE ROAD.

Grant got started rather early on the dance game, thanks in part, no doubt, to a musical upbringing; his Dad was a musician (a guitarist) and he felt the musical stirrings from a young age. He was only about sixteen when he started touring his wares to clubbers. He’s more grown-up now, and the benefit of starting young has meant he’s already got a shedload of contacts and experience under his belt.

“I’m only twenty-one now and I’m pretty set up; I’ve been doing it for a while, I know the industry, been making music most of my teenage life. I think it was great; it was a little annoying at the time ‘cause I was so young- I couldn’t hang out and meet other artists or mingle with promoters.”

The look came from a teenage injoke with some mates, but has since blossomed into an iconic look for the young DJ. One that gets substantially harder and harder to maintain in all those sweaty bars and crowded clubs…

“I’ve certainly gotten lazier when it comes to suiting up before a show” he says.

“The gigs are always in dark dingy clubs and no-one can see me anyway (laughs).

It gets so hot, sometimes I just wear a jacket, a top hat for a bit and then ditch it. It’s hard to dj and wear a top hat at the same time. Me and my mates used to dress up and go to parties and call ourselves ‘the gents’. I thought it’d be sick to wear a suit on stage; it’s cool to have a brand, but it gets hot up on stage. Never any air-conditioning!”

The definition has changed over the eons; indeed, it changes with every passing generation, ut it was good to hear what

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

Grant’s take was: what exactly is a gentleman?

“I think of early days in England: cool voice, opening doors for people... nowadays it’s more someone that cares about their appearance, respects everyone, doesn’t do stupid shit- someone thats not a douchebag, more or less.”

A look at Grant’s hugely popular Soundcloud, where he shows off many of his remixes and new projects, will reveal his diverse electronic palette, something that is only becoming stronger as he gets older.

“I definitely, from a young age, always wanted to mish and mash different genres, break down the genre barriers. It kinda just happens, I just make this stuff and it sounds cool and I like it. I think [my sound has] evolved, I don’t think it’s changed too much. Music around me has obviously changed, so I’ve taken on some new sounds and ideas. I’ve also gotten sick of doing the same shit (laughs), essentially I have a similar sound, evolving rather than changing.”

LISA DIB

Just A Gent plays The Tah in Hobart on Saturday June 2. Tickets available from Oztix.

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Tiddas ONCE UPON A TIME, THREEPIECE INDIGENOUS VOCAL FOLK ACT TIDDAS HEADED INTO A STUDIO WITH ARCHIE ROACH AND WEDDINGS PARTIES ANYTHING’S JEN ANDERSON TO RECORD AN ALBUM. IT WAS CALLED DANCING WITH MY SPIRIT; TIDDAS PROVIDED VOCALS, BUT THE ALBUM WAS SHELVED- UNTIL NOW. ROACH AND TIDDAS ARE HEADING OUT ON THE ROAD TO SHOW OFF THESE NEW- TO US- NUMBERS, WHICH IS A BIG DEAL, SINCE TIDDAS BROKE UP IN 2000.

Amy Saunders enjoys her coastal, postTiddas lifestyle. After the band’s end, Saunders returned to her hometown of Portland in Victoria.

“I never had any real ambition to carry on and keep singing. I dunno if I’m lazy; maybe I am, but I’ve never really had any direction... I like to see what the universe does. I kind of just moved out of the city and back here, getting to know my country all over again, finding shells and driftwood and shark’s teeth, seeing my county with these older eyes.”

Tiddas began as the three women doing backing vocals for Saunders’ brother’s band, Djaambi, in 1990; this quickly blossomed into a group that would tour the country and produce four albums.

Dancing With My Spirit came along

amongst their newfound success, but it was not to be, for the time.

“I remember being quite disappointed that we were not used on any of the recordings that subsequently came out, we know that happens in the commercial world, [but] on a heart level, I was a little bit shattered, ‘cause we didn’t just sing doo-wops, we sang with our heart and soul.” “[The album] came at a time in Tiddas’ life when we’d had a few years on the road, couple of albums, we’d had a growth period, and we kind of looked at the each other and thought, ‘we get to paint our little corner of this album with our vocals’.

With every song, we thought about it spiritually: our own connection to the song, I think we did it beautifully. So much

Saturday 19 May 2018 (Doors open at 8:00pm)

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thought went into it, and when the idea came out that we could take the show on the road, we were bloody over the moon, to be honest.”

Tiddas became a much-loved and hugely influential band in their relatively short time together, racking up ARIA nominations and critical acclaim.

“It snowballed- one thing led to another and we had Tax File Numbers and shit.

It might’ve been pretty daggy, might not have been a Bob Dylan lyric or a Jackson Browne guitar riff, but we didn’t care if it was cool or not. If you like something, if it floats your boat, you get that boat out on the water, and float it. Who cares about being cool, I have my daggy music and I love it, I’ll play it loud. It’s daggy but it takes me somewhere.”

“Eighteen years after Tiddas finished... we’re all still alive, but softer around the middle, few more years in us. We can still stand to be in each other’s company and we get to honour that moment in time together.”

Lisa Dib

Tiddas and Archie Roach play Friday June 15 at the Odeon Theatre, Hobart for Dark Mofo.

Tickets available from www.darkmofo.net.au.

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GOOD TIMES AS HE WILL HIMSELF TELL YOU, BRIAN CADD HAS MANY STRINGS TO HIS BOW. THE SINGER-SONGWRITER AND MUSICIAN ALSO TENDS TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES AS A FILM SCORER, PRODUCER, SONGWRITER AND LABEL RUNNER, AND HAS BEEN TRUCKING ALONG IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY SINCE 1966 WITH HIS FIRST BAND, THE GROOP.

This year, he’s part of the APIA Good Times festival line-up, alongside Marcia Hines, Russell Morris, John Paul Young and Leo Sayer, a feel-good event that will travel the country, celebrating not the new and up-and-coming, but the longtime fixtures and old favourites of the Australian music collection. “[Festivals like APIA Good Times] where people are anywhere from twenty or thirty to death (laughs), there’s a fabulous connection to the audience.” Cadd says.

“When we first started banging around in clubs in Melbourne and Sydney, those people weren’t that much younger than us, we were all between sixteen and twenty-three. Those people bought all the records- there was no internet or games, no real movies we really liked, they weren’t making movies for us...now here we all are in our fifties and sixties, we just don’t happen to look like we used to.”

“The music and excitement and the shared memories and exercise are and were very much with us. I know, because when I’m on stage and I play something that was a hit back in the time, there’ll be a couple there and they might be sixty years old and you know, at that moment, they’re not sixty, they’re sixteen. They go back to when they first heard it. It’s one of the great pleasures. Particularly with something like A Little Ray of Sunshine [1974], a lot of people associate it with the birth of their kid, and it takes them back. It’s a latent pleasure we can share together. We’re really all being naughty and twenty again.”

Cadd has had a long and multi-faceted career as both part of bands (The Groop, Axiom, Flying Burrito Brothers, The Bootleg Family Band) and a solo artisthe’s smashed out eleven albums just as

a solo- and considers himself “incredibly fortunate” for the long-running success he’s had.

“It’s not a given that you’re always gonna be someone people are gonna wanna see. I’ve been particularly fortunate since I was twenty, in 1966, I’ve always been employed in various ways within the industry, always been able to sing or record or play something that went somewhere. By the time I was in my midtwenties, I’d already been on the road for a very long time, because I have a few different strings to the bow, even though I don’t know how good I was at all of them (laughs).”

“I’d say I was a genuinely happy person.”

Cadd remarks. “I’m a Sagittarius, therefore I’ve always believed in charging off on a horse somewhere, figuratively speaking. You get born with an optimism or a pessimism...I was always an optimistic kid, in it to have a go.”

LISA DIB

The APIA Good Times tour hits the Princess Theatre in Launceston on Friday June 15 and the Wrest Point Entertainment Centre in Hobart on Saturday June 16. Tickets available from the venues.

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PAIGE TURNER MAY SEEMS THAT IT SHOULD BE A SLOWING MONTH, ONE WHERE WE WEND OUR WAYS A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE FIRE, STAY A LITTLE LONGER IN OUR BEDS. IT’S BUSY THOUGH, IN THE WORLD OF STORIES, OF BOOKS AND WRITING IN TASMANIA, WHO HAS TIME FOR HIBERNATION? – WELL, MAYBE JUST IN BED FOR ONE MORE CHAPTER, ONE MORE CHAPTER. May 3 sees the launch of the debut novel from Robbie Arnott, a surreal novel about the intricacy of family, fissures running through Tasmania and a novel very distinctly of this island, with our shores and innards pulsing through the pages. It will be launched by Richard Flanagan at Fullers on May 3, 5.30pm. Mark my words, Robbie will be heralded as the new Flanagan.

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

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

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

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

The winner will be announced in June.

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

Speaking of All That We Are, you have until this Sunday, May 6 to get your EoI in to ArTELIER: Artists in Tasmania: Ecology of Learning, Intergenerational Exchange and Reflection, a new project that invests in Tasmanian young people by empowering the artists who work with them. ArTELIER will build the capacity of the Tasmanian arts ecology of artists, creative activists and educators who currently work, or wish to work, with children and families.For more information click here - www. allthatweare.org.au/artelier.

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

The Society of Women Writers Tasmania Short Story Competition 2018 is now open for entries (closing August 31 but don’t put it off until then). They are seeking entries of short stories of 1200- 1500 words on the theme ‘Life Changing’. Word Count. Prizes of $200, $50, HC and C certificates are up for literary grabs in this competition which is open to all. For further information visit www.swwtas.org.

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

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

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

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

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8 Weeks of Uni Revue rehearsals through the eyes of a first time Revuer.

Much legend surrounds Tasmania’s local Uni Revue - Nudity, sexual deviance, drunken out-of-body experiences.

There are many tales throughout not only Tasmania’s theatre community, but also amongst the general public that add to the mystery of what’s involved in the process of putting together one of Tasmania’s most notorious stage shows.

After seeing a few Revues over the years and enduring 4 years of being harassed by cast members, writers and directors to “Do a Revue”, I finally caved and decided to find out what it was all about.

Weeks 1-3 — Reality check After a weekend of auditions, a sausage sizzle and a getting to know you with the successful hopefuls, we finally began the rehearsal process.

Rehearsals for Revue begin with a brief meeting where the directors address concerns, sort out little issues and give details on what is to be expected of us in terms of rehearsal. Important political and moral issues are also discussed such as; Who left out their coffee mug last rehearsal; What fancy stuff other cast members bring for their dinner that night; and who can host the next cast party.

Once these important matters are discussed, we commence the first 2 hours of rehearsal which consists of a singing session with our Shred-God and overall top bloke, Musical Director Tom Howard.

For some unknown reason I, a definite baritone, somehow fluked his way into being cast in the tenor section.

The following 2 hours, were the most dreaded of the lot - Dance. When you first meet our Choreographer, Kirsty Baker, or as she is affectionately known, “KB”, it’s as if you are meeting the Devil herself.

She charms the cast with her wit and banterous nature before she rips you to shreds with her warmup routine - a full on bootcamp workout session designed to prepare us for potential war with North Korea in the event that some of our controversial material is leaked to Pyongyang.

Week 4 - 6 - Reality check Turns out that being cast in Uni Revue isn’t the wild-party that it’s often claimed it to be, but instead one of the most gruelling and difficult shows I have ever been in. Having a background in music and theatre (and it being Tassie where most shows are musicals), the rehearsal process came fairly standard for the most part with singing, dancing and acting components of each rehearsal. (Imagine Tommy Wiseau’s The Room as a musical?)

By week three, our esteemed directors and overlords, Zeb Dwyer and Nick Paine

encouraged us to parody popular songs themed around local towns throughout Tassie. After an hour of dated incest jokes and cringe puns, the humour suddenly got dark… At this point, I started questioning myself as to whether Revue has made me a bad person, or if I am always this messed up - I was just too proud to admit it. However, an aspect that makes Revue unique to other shows is that other than the jokes that are ripped off from dank internet memes, its all originally devised and conceived by a local writing team, and cast input is encouraged. The hard truth of comedy is banter amongst your friends is one thing, but will it make an audience of thousands laugh?

WINTER

highlights at the Princess

Revue Parties Nearly 2000 years ago, some dude in Israel preached to some people, died and came back to life to dress up in a rabbit suit and give children chocolate and diabetes centuries later. To reign in the Good Friday long weekend, the revue crowd assemble on the Thursday night to commemorate Jesus’s good deed.

Like many other aspects of revue, Blood of Christ is also surrounded in much mystery and legend; Drunken out-ofbody experiences, sexual deviance, ritual animal sacrifice...

Wednesday 6 June PRINCESS THEATRE

Turns out the rumours are false. We chilled out in a shed on a farm out in a country town called Whoop-Whoop, had a few beers, cooked up a storm and had a chilled out night bonding as a cast.

Weeks 6 - 8 - Songs One of the most notorious aspects of Revue is the nudity, and in week 6 we began casting the streakers for the nude sketches. Being conservative, I fear exposing my own gherkin to the general public, so thankfully it’s an optional thing.

Many of my veteran Revue mates tell me that it’s a freeing experience. Living in a society that’s so outwardly judgemental about appearance, it would be freeing to be able to stand out on stage and just let your balls and your flaws all hang out for the world to see. However, Revue is more than just nudity and crude humour, it’s one of those shows you must go and see or do for yourself to understand. Whilst controversial, it never fails to offend and entertain, and I implore all first-time Revue watchers to go in with an openmind.

Friday 29 June - PRINCESS THEATRE

Starring: Dave Callan (MC), Bev Killick, Sharul Channa (Singapore), Josh Earl, Demi Lardner

From the view of a performer, it wasn’t until the last couple weeks of rehearsal that I truly learned what it means to perform in the Uni Revue: With the current state of Politics in all parts of the world, Revue brings humour and joy to all, in our darkest hour through parody, song and dance. Through all the gruelling dance warmups, the banter and hard work, we all bonded in a way that I have never seen in a cast before.

My questions were answered, and I had the time of my life doing it. In a world of click bait, fake news and constant depressing headlines, a line from one of our songs in the show never rang more true - ‘When the newspaper fails and the TV too, you can always rely on the Uni Revue.’

Harris Sari

Wednesday 1 August PRINCESS THEATRE Photo: Rob Blackburn

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THE SONG KEEPERS THE SONG KEEPERS IS A WONDERFUL AND INSPIRING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL WOMEN’S CHOIR, WHICH IS MADE UP OF FOUR GENERATIONS OF WOMEN FROM FIVE COMMUNITIES IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.

Director Naina Sen had the fortune to be invited into one of their rehearsals and she knew straight away that the story of these women, the choir and a tour to Germany would make for rich documentary pickings. She knew she was witnessing something profound.

She was not wrong, The Song Keepers is an inspiring account of this journey – and the history of what they sing; music that was bought to Central Australia 140 years ago by Lutheran Missionaries, and translated into Western Arrente, one of the most complex languages in the world within three years. These hymns are set to Baroque music and the confluence of language that has been spoken for 40 000 with these deeply spiritual tunes is profound.

“The reason 32 women wanted to do this film is because they really, really wanted to share their music and this identity, and this history they are so proud of with the rest of the country, I think every Australian should see this film because these women are amongst the most extraordinary human beings you will ever meet,” said director Naina Sen on her recent visit to Tasmania for the Hobart premiere of the film.

The film shares a depth of cultural connection through time and space. Within a few years of the missionaries arriving in the desert, senior Arrente Law Men, took the music and the gospel, in language to surrounding communities.

“If you codify language you preserve it, you preserve language, you preserve culture,” Sen said..

While the Lutheran missionaries left these communities in the early 1980s, and the men of the communities drifted away from choirs, towards Country Music, the women’s choirs remained strong.

“140 year old choral music doesn’t survive without a conscious decision to retain the music… It cannot survive without an incredibly conscious distilling.”

Sen, who grew up in New Delhi, India came to Australia to study film. She thanks her younger self for being “foolish...brave...whatever it is,” as she travelled from Melbourne to Darwin and has spent the last decade working in Norther Australia and the desert.

Working up there has redefined Australia for her and what it means to call this country her own, “it’s an extraordinary privilege to be able to collaborate with extraordinary artists and musicians and painters who represent the depth of the oldest continuously living culture in the world in their work, and to have access to that, to be able to share something, to be able to collaborate...”

“To me it is collaborating with people I have longstanding relationships with, who I love, who are my friends, and through whom I have a completely different understanding of this country, I am very privileged to do what I do, to me it is collaboration between artists”.

RACHEL EDWARDS

To listen to the full interview head to www.

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performing arts Guide

Gallery Guide South Contemporary Art Tasmania Until May 27 The Blackest Spat – Tim Coad, Emma Magnussen-Reid, Natalie Mather, Eva Nilssen, Dexter Rosengrave Until May 27 At The Bottom of an Ocean of Air - Claie Pendrigh Bett Gallery May 4 – May 25 Hermannburg Potters Colville Gallery May 18 David Hawley Handmark Gallery Until May 2 New Paintings and Works On Paper Denise Campbell May 4 – May 23 New Paintings – John Lendis Despard Gallery May 2 – May 27 Art and Object – Mary Scott, Tjanpi Desert Weavers Salamanca Arts Centre Top Gallery Until May 30 Beastly Careless – Donna Ritchie Studio Gallery May 1 – May 31 Adrift – Melanie McCollin-Walker Sidespace Gallery Until May 6 The Space Between – Kim Anderson May 9 – May 20 Further Notes of Discord – Hugh Kerr Lightbox May 1 – May 31 Art From Trash 2018 Long Gallery May 9 – May 19 Artrage: 2017 Collection May 26 – June 4 Art From Trash 2018 Moonah Arts Centre May 3 – May 26 New Paintings - Carey Merten May 3 – May 26 Drawings and Paintings – Jindra Vitesnik May 3 – May 26 Portrait of a Community – Photographic Portraits

TMAG Until May 6

The Remarkable Tasmanian Devil Until July 1 Horizon Until May 13 10 Objects – 10 Stories: Celebrating Community Collections Until May 17 Celebrating Young Collectors

NORTH Handmark Evandale Until May 4 The Porcelain Room – Katy Woodroffe May 6 – June 14 New Paintings – Robyn Mckinnon Burnie Regional Gallery Untli June 3 Push, Pull, Press Until May 27 Burnie Regional Art Gallery 40 Years Devonport Regional Gallery Until June 3 Not Without a Trace – Erin Wilson The Little Gallery Project Space Until June 3 Where I Am, Who I Am – Zoe Grey Gallery Pejean Until May 19 Scratching at Reality – Margot Baird May 23 – June 16 Lucid Dream – Bek Farry Sawtooth ARI May 4 Transmission – Ellie Anderson, Kristen Coleman, Jessica Green, Sophie Green, Grace Marlow.

SOUTH

NORTH

COMEDY

COMEDY

Saint John Craft Beer Bar The Polish Corner May 3 May 2 Crafty Comedy CJ Fortuna, Gillian English May 9 Royal Oak Julia Wilson May 18 May 16 Fresh Comedy: Greg Fleet, Zac Dyer Anthony Morgan May 23 Red Brick Road Ciderhouse Kevin Kropinyeri May 9 May 30 The Roast of Jake Baylis Jokers 3rd Birthday!

Princess Theatre Pancho Villa May 18 – May 20 May 1 Drinking With a Fork – Carl Barron Side Splitting Comedy #7: Chloe Black May 30 – June 2 Uni Revue 2018 Brisbane Hotel May 31 Burnie Arts & Function Centre C*U*L*T Comedy May 1 Kevin Bloody Wilson Hobart Brewing Co. May 17 THEATRE Greg Fleet Earl Arts Centre Wrest Point Entertainment Centre May 3 – May 5 May 4 Alice’s Adventures in Under Ground Kevin Bloody Wilson May 17 – May 24 May 15 – May 16 New Writing for Tasmanian Theatre in Carl Barron 2018 Brick Factory Burnie Arts and Function Centre May 14 May 4 Laughs on Tap Ghost Jam! May 12 Theatre Royal A Fine Romance: The Magic of Fred May 11 – May 26 Astaire Uni Revue 2018: Fifty Shades of White Devonport Entertainment & Convention Backspace Theatre Centre May 10 May 11 – May 26 Friendly Jordies – Malcolm Turnbull: Young Frankenstein A Life May 28 – May 29 May 17 – May 26 George’s Marvellous Medicine Mind How You Go THEATRE Theatre Royal May 31 – June 2 George’s Marvellous Medicine Peacock Theatre May 10 – May 19 The Theory of Relativity May 24 – May 27 Eurydice

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Event Guide

Hobart Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

APRIL

The Brunswick Hotel

Duncan Warburton 7:30pm

Saturday

Crystal Sky Feat. Konrad Park and Jed Adams

Sunday

Venue

5

6

Acts / Start Time

Date

Birdcage Bar

Tim & Scott 9pm

The Duke

Bright Eyes Cafe

Ross Sermons & Louise Bell 6pm

The Homestead

Bobby Alu - “Move” Australian Tour 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – Retayner + Sammy Scissors + BIGS + NIBS + Dunn D + OFIGZOTB

The Whaler

Zac Henderson, Bootleg Gin Sluggers 7:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

The Stragglers 6pm

Cargo Bar

Basenji (DJ Set) supported by DJ Rikin Pox Nox, Piranhas, Black Hole Sugar & Slaughterhaus Surf Cult in The Kissing Room followed by DJ Jean De La Baptiste

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

Man in Black, Starring Tex Perkins

Grand Poobah

All Saints Church

Allegri Ensemble CANTIONES SACRÆ 8pm

Birdcage Bar

Tony Voglino 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – Mankind + Bumtuck + 5 or 7

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar – Crypt Vapour + Milquebarth + Coward Punch + Jamie (Lazer Baby) + Hack Job

Saturday

12

Grand Poobah

JNETT & Jamie Bennett in The Main Room

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Post Street Social

Tony Mak

Cargo Bar

Uberjakd supported by DJ Millhouse

Republic Bar & Cafe

Metal United Worldwide: Roadkill + Gape + Jax And The Wayward 10pm

Casino Bar

SupaNova 10pm

Telegraph Hotel

Ado & Devo followed by Serotonin

Grand Poobah

Anthony Parasole supports by Flac, Bain Marie & Curlicue

The Brunswick Hotel

Gabriele Dagrezio 7:30pm

Grand Poobah

Swag Lord Party in The Kissing Room

The Homestead

Hobart Funk Collective’s Funk Raiser + DJ Pressed (Beatdown) 9pm

Jack Greene

Tony & John

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex Jazz at Pablo’s

Birdcage Bar

Dave Sikk 4tet 6pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Ross Smithard 4pm

Pablo’s Cocktails and Dreams

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Post Street Social

Tim Hibberd

Jack Greene

Micheal Clennett

Republic Bar & Cafe

Sugartrain 10pm

Post Street Social

Tim Hibberd

Telegraph Hotel

33 Seconds

Republic Bar & Cafe

Vice Captains 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Random Act 7:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

James Bennett 1pm

The Homestead

The Seven Ups (Vic) + Baba Bruja 9pm

Monday

7

Republic Bar & Cafe

Eve Gowen 8:30pm

The Whaler

Pete Cornelius 9pm

Tuesday

8

Bright Eyes Cafe

Bluegrass Jam Session 7pm

Bjorn Again – Thank ABBA for the Music Tour

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tarik Stoneman 8:30pm

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

The Duke

Audition Jam

Yambu

Bar Celona

Jonathan Warwarek 7pm

Harry Edwards Quartet – All Original Tasmanian Jazz Compositions 7pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Finn Seccombe, Tarik Stoneman, Sam Scholfield 8pm

Birdcage Bar

Sabine & Lachlan 6pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Peter Hicks 4pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds (US) + Slag Queens + Ghost Drop

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo Micheal Clennett

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9

10

11

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Pablo’s Cocktails and Dreams

Jazz at Pablo’s

13

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Whitton & Jamie Taylor 8:30pm

Jack Greene

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex followed by DJ Nik

Pier One Deck

Zach Spinks 1pm

The Brunswick Hotel

You, Me & The Sea 7pm

Post Street Social

Hugo Bladel

The Founders Room

Sonic #4

Republic Bar & Cafe

Zuma 2:30pm

The Homestead

James Bennet 8pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Blue Flies 8:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Fee Whitla 9pm

Monday

14

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

Tuesday

15

Bright Eyes Cafe

Bluegrass Jam Session 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Priscilla Walters 8:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Finn Seccombe Trio 9pm

The Duke

Jazz Jam

Republic Bar & Cafe

James Bennett 8:30pm

Bar Celona

Karly Fisher 7pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Karly Fisher 6:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

The Den

Tim Rozemulder

Noteworthy: Ruby Austin-Lund, David McEldowney, Baltimore 8pm

The Duke

Jay Jarome and Band – Upstairs

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

The Homestead

The Australian Songwriters Association 7pm

Pablo’s Cocktails and Dreams

Jazz at Pablo’s

Republic Bar & Cafe

WoodKingWood & Friends 9pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex followed by DJ Nik

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy Whitton & Lauren O’Keefe 7pm

Wrest Point Showroom

Matthew Ives & His Big Band

Birdcage Bar

Billy Whitton Duo 9pm

Front Bar Late – Greg Kingston, Robbie Avenaim, Nick Ashwood, Mel Eden + Eden + The Lonely Fashion + Philomath

Bright Eyes Cafe

Unlocked – Open Mic Night 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

Magnetix (Fra) + Lake Myer + Tarraleah Power Station + Slaughterhaus Surf Cult

Cargo Bar

Tom Budin supported by DJ Rikin

Grand Poobah

Central Hotel

Sambo 4pm

Sound Klub 16 with Ahhh, the beach, Primal Regression Therapy, & Silent Spring

Grand Poobah

Slaughterhaus Surf Cult , Subdivision & Babylon Howl

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

Grand Poobah

Fundraiser for Funknukl in The Kissing Room

Irish Murphy’s

Kashkin 9pm

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

Republic Bar & Cafe

Dave Wilson Band 9pm

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

The Den

Jed Appleton

Post Street Social

Terry Nomikos

The Brunswick Hotel

Gabriele Dagrezio 6:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Didirri + Kat Edwards 9:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jarome and Band – Upstairs

Birdcage Bar

Rum Jungle 9pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Moonshine Whiskers 6pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Bobby Alu. Support by Declan Kelly 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Jerome Hillier 9pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Cascade Swing 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – The Midways + Sleaze + Coward Punch + Lunar Rampage

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar Happy Hour – Jacob Thomas & Friends

Brisbane Hotel

20

Sunday

Salamanca Courtyard

Rektango 5:30pm

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Jed Appleton 7:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

33 Seconds

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Thursday

Friday

16

17

18

Event Guide

Date

Saturday

Sunday

19

20

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Date

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – Australian Kingswood Factory (Vic) + The Dead Maggies + The New Town Hounds

Friday

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar – Black Bunny + Babylon Howl + Red Void

Cargo Bar

Alex Dyson supported by DJ Sexy Lucy

Central Hotel

Eloise and Sean 4pm

Grand Poobah

The Aston Shuffle supported by Zios, Bear Cub & Session B

Grand Poobah

The Coven in The Kissing Room

Jack Greene

Tony & John

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Post Street Social

Tim & Scott

Republic Bar & Cafe

Hobart Funk Collective 10pm

Salamanca Courtyard

Rektango 5:30pm

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Patrick Berechree 7:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink

The Brunswick Hotel

Tim Davies 7:30pm

The Duke

Crystal Sky Feat. Konrad Park and Jed Adams

The Homestead

Django’s Tiger 8:30pm

The Whaler

Dylan Eynon, Yesterday’s Gentlemen 7:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Sam Scholfield 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Isaac Westwood 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – The Native Cats (Album Launch) + Philomath + Slag Queens

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar – Late Night Krackieoke

Cargo Bar

DZ Deathrays (Official Afterparty) supported by DJ Rikin

Saturday

25

26

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Birdcage Bar

Sambo & Jimi 9pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Coyote Serenade 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – Captives (Alubm Launch) + The Quarters (Vic) + JAX and The Wayward + Ultra Martian

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar – Mountains of Madness + The Daisycutters + Eddie and the Lowtides

Cargo Bar

Chardy supported by DJ Rikin

Central Hotel

M.T. Blues Music 4pm

Grand Poobah

Burlesque After Dark

Jack Greene

Tony & John

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Post Street Social

Gabriele

Republic Bar & Cafe

Ben Alter + Jed Appleton + Matt Vanrullen 10pm

Salamanca Courtyard

Rektango 5:30pm

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Dylan Eynon 7:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

Terry Nomikos followed by Hip Theropy

The Brunswick Hotel

Amy & Sean 7:30pm

The Duke

Crystal Sky Feat. Konrad Park and Jed Adams

The Homestead

Frumious 8:30pm

The Whaler

Jed Appleton, Bootleg Gin Sluggers 7:30pm

Waratah Hotel

A. Swayze & The Ghosts, Babylon Howl, Slaughterhaus, Surf Cult 8pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Darren Cross and Tim Evans 6pm

All Saints Market

Miss Jones Plays, Bryce Tilyard, Miah Aplin 10am

Birdcage Bar

Tony Mak Duo 9pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Black Swans of Trespass 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar – Desi Boys 30th, Bands, DJs and Karaoke

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar – Darren Cross (Gerling) + Tim Evans + Black Mourning Band + DJ Daz Cross

Casino Bar

SupaNova 10pm

Granada Tavern

Thundamentals

Grand Poobah

Ben Fester

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

Cargo Bar

Akouo supported by DJ Millhouse

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Casino Bar

SupaNova 10pm

Onyx

Matt & Abby 5pm

Grand Poobah

Wobbly Gherka Presents: Spoonbill

Pablo’s Cocktails and Dreams

Jazz at Pablo’s

Jack Greene

Terry Nomikos

Post Street Social

Tony Mak

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Cafe

DZ Deathrays + These New South Whales + Boat Show (Sold Out) 9:30pm

Pablo’s Cocktails and Dreams

Jazz at Pablo’s

Telegraph Hotel

33 Seconds

Post Street Social

Tim Hibberd

The Brunswick Hotel

Liv & Sean 7:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Boil Up 10pm

The Whaler

Billy & The Swingcats, Ruben Reeves Band 8pm

Telegraph Hotel

Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink

Birdcage Bar

Anna Maynard Duo 6pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Jensen 7:30pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Jacob Boote 4pm

The Homestead

Yesterday’s Gentlemen 8:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Wrest Point Showroom

Charlie Landsborough

Jack Greene

Isaac Westwood

Birdcage Bar

Anita Cairns Duo 6pm

Post Street Social

Tim Hibberd

Bright Eyes Cafe

Peter Hicks and Phil Oddy 4pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Played Front to Back) Ft. Christopher Coleman + Scott Targett + Paul Brooks + Jed Appleton + Tim Rozemulder + Ewah 3pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Jack Greene

Micheal Clennett

Post Street Social

Hugo Bladel

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Raccoons 9pm

Richmond Arms Hotel

M.T. Blues Music 3pm

Sunday

27

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tim & Scott 9pm

Monday

28

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Tuesday

29

Bright Eyes Cafe

Bluegrass Jam Session 7pm

Onyx

Rum Jungle 10:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Montz Matsumoto 8:30pm

The Duke

Local Acoustic Act

Bar Celona

Gabriele Dagrezio 7pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: KimberleyMusic, Adrian Hayes, Wolfe & Thorn 8pm

Monday

21

Republic Bar & Cafe

G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin’ Blues) 8pm

Tuesday

22

Bright Eyes Cafe

Bluegrass Jam Session 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Ross Sermons 8:30pm

The Duke

Lucas Stephensen

The Odeon

Angus & Julia Stone

Bar Celona

Ella & Dan 7pm

Irish Murphy’s

Hui & The Muse, Debra Manskey, Ben Alter 8pm

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Jazz at Pablo’s

Pablo’s Cocktails and Dreams

Jazz at Pablo’s

Pablo’s Cocktails and Dreams Republic Bar & Cafe

The Seratones 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Whitlams (Sold Out) 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Mark Joseph Trio 7pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex followed by DJ Nik

Birdcage Bar

Fee Whitla 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Nick Machin 7pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Unlocked – Open Mic Night 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Angela Bryan Duo 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

Lunar Rampage 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

Ben Alter Band 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

AlfanAnt 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Whitlams 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy Whitton & Jamie Taylor 6:30pm

The Den

Tim Davies

The Den

Ondine

The Brunswick Hotel

Karly Fisher 6:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jarome and Band – Upstairs

The Duke

Jay Jarome and Band – Upstairs

Wednesday

Thursday

23

24

Wednesday

Thursday

30

31

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Event Guide

Launceston / NORTH WEST Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

MAY Wednesday

2

Bakers Lane

Laneway Sessions: Emily Lawton // Joe Kallman

Thursday

3

The Royal Oak

Daniel Champagne

Friday

4

Gnomon Pavilion

Brad Gillies and Slim Dime 5:30pm

The Royal Oak

Quinton Trembath, BrodyGreg

The Saloon Bar

The Smith Street Band // Bec Sandridge // Press Club

Saturday

5

The Saloon Bar

Luen Jacobs // Matty C // Randall Foxx // Jack McLaine // Charlie Pyecroft

Wednesday

9

Bakers Lane

Laneway Sessions: Trent Buchanan // Matt Gibson

The Royal Oak

Gabrielle Dagrezio

Thursday

10

Burnie Arts & Function Centre

Babba

The Royal Oak

Mathew Dames

Gnomon Pavilion

Southern Lights & co, and Peter Brack 5:30pm

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Radiators

The Royal Oak

Dave Adams Band

The Saloon Bar

Slowly Slowly // The Saxons // Sumner // The Protagonists // FLXW

The Royal Oak

Tim and Scott

Friday

11

Saturday

12

The Saloon Bar

The Radiators

Wednesday

16

Bakers Lane

Laneway Sessions: Pat Broxton // Josh & Cam

Thursday

17

The Royal Oak

Raj Sinha

Friday

18

Saturday

Wednesday

19

23

Gnomon Pavilion

The Collection 5:30pm

The Royal Oak

Mick Attard

The Royal Oak

Australian Kingswood Factory

The Saloon Bar

The Aston Shuffle

Bakers Lane

Laneway Sessions

Princess Theatre

Angus & Julia Stone 8pm

Thursday

24

The Royal Oak

The Hat and The Horn

Friday

25

Burnie Arts & Function Centre

Charlie Landsborough

Gnomon Pavilion

Buried Treasure and Shiny Happy People 5:30pm

Saturday

26

The Royal Oak

Eve Gowen

Tuesday

29

Holy Trinity Church

Allegri Ensemble CANTIONES SACRÆ 3:30pm

The Royal Oak

LJC Presents

Bakers Lane

Laneway Sessions

The Royal Oak

Open Mic Night

The Royal Oak

Mathew Dames

Wednesday

Thursday

30

31

MAY Thur 3rd Daniel Champagne Fri 4th Quinton Trembath, BrodyGreg Wed 9th Gabrielle Dagrezio Thur 10th Mathew Dames Fri 11th Dave Adams Band Sat 12th Tim and Scott Thur 17th Raj Sinha Fri 18th Mick Attard Sat 19th Australian Kingswood Factory Thur 24th The Hat and The Horn Fri 26th Eve Gowen Tue 29th LJC Presents Wed 30th Open Mic Night Thur 31st Mathew Dames

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