Warp Magazine May 2019

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Kerser Fri 17 May

Chris Cain (USA) Sat 18 May

Ivan Ooze Sat 25 May

Ezekiel Ox Fri 31 May

MAY 2019 Tuesday 7th 8.00pm ‘Noteworthy’ with Jaywell + Kim Imber + The Backstick Agenda Wednesday 8th 8.30pm ‘Noteworthy’with Radio Silence Thursday 9th 8.30pm Django’s Tiger Friday 10th 10.00pm The Hudson Cartel + Lake Myer + Slaughterhaus Surf Cult Saturday 11th 10.00pm Scott Darlow ‘The fades away’ Tour Sunday 12th 12pm-3pm Mother’s Day with The Crystal Set 8.30pm Dave Wilson Band Monday 13th 8.15pm Quiz Night Tuesday 14th 8.00pm ‘Noteworthy’ with Ryk Goddard + Martin James + Eve Gowen Wednesday 15th 8.30pm ‘Noteworthy’ with The Black Swans of Trespass Thursday 16th 8.30pm Musicians Anonymous with Brett Malone + Jethro Pickett + Jeremy Macham + more Friday 17th 10pm Kerser ‘lifestyle’ tour $55pre/$60door Saturday 18th 10pm Chris Cain (USA) $40

Sunday 19th 2.30pm Boil Up 8.30pm Daniel Townsend Monday 20th 7.00pm Sam Forsyth Tuesday 21st 8.00pm ‘Noteworthy’with Majella Eales + Camilla Jones + Crystal Sky Wednesday 22nd 8.30pm Simon Wright - #looptheworld Thursday 23rd 8.30pm Brett Collidge Friday 24th 10.00pm The Outfit $5 Saturday 25th 10.00pm Ivan Ooze - Final Tour $25pre/$30door Sunday 26th 2.30pm Blue Flies 8.30pm Billy Warner Monday 27th 8.15pm Quiz Night Tuesday 28th 8.00pm ‘Noteworthy’ with Miss Jones Plays + Jared Van Andel + Marcus Keetch Wednesday 29th 8.30pm ‘Noteworthy’ with Gnarlhund Thursday 30th 8.00pm Montz Matsumoto Friday 31st 10.00pm Ezekiel Ox $20pre/$25door

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1 Saturday 10.00pm Alice Ivy $20pre/$25door

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News in Brief BABE-BOW

tickets are available now from Oztix, and will cost you $29.90.

IT’S DARK DOWN HERE

BRING BACK THE SONICS.

“Morning Song” is the 1st single to be lifted from the upcoming 3rd album by Babe Rainbow. A generous helping of folk pop, flutes and floating harmony, acoustic guitar, late 70’s electronic fox trot, and the choir of the women of the wonderfolk.

Just an optimistic announcement of new cycle, fresh air. Babe Rainbow sold out all their shows in 2018 across Australia, USA, France, Germany, Japan, UK and New Zealand, before taking time out for the birth of their first bambino, and the recording of these new songs. Now they’re setting out on tour, the tour is called the “Earth is an Egg, Don’t Frack It.” tour. You can catch it on Saturday May 18 at The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart.

Tickets are available from Oztix.

Originating in Sydney’s Northern Beaches, Dear Seattle serve their listeners a broad spectrum of groovetinted indie rock, made unique by their high impact choruses reminiscent of early 90’s grunge. The four piece has spent the last couple of years honing their signature sound following the prior release of their self titled EP. Having now evolved their style in to something truly unique and powerful, the band is seeing incredible traction following the release of their singles “The Meadows” and “Afterthought” from their sophomore EP. Now, Dear Seattle’s first headline tour in almost two years is finally here! They’re playing shows all around the country, including a performance at The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Saturday May 25.

FINGER LICKIN’ GOOD.

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Hobart’s premiere winter festival, Dark Mofo, is back for 2019, Seven years since its inception in 2013, Dark Mofo has become an internationally recognised event and destination for art and music lovers keen to brave the Tasmanian cold.

This year the festival will again overwhelm the senses with a multitude of sonic, visual and thought provoking events running from June 6 through to June 23.

Key musicians appearing at the festival include Sharon Van Etten, John Grant, FKA twigs, Blixa Bargeld, the Dirty Three and Nicolas Jaar. For more information on the program and tickets, head to the festival website – www.darkmofo.net.au.

BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES

CERES-TAINLY.

Having just announced their new album We Are A Team, out now, Melbourne hearttuggers Ceres will celebrate the release of the new record with a run of national headline dates in May. The Australian tour will include shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Hobart.

Joining them on the road will be special guests Ro & Eaglemont. Accompanying the tour announcement is the release of their new video for the third track from the album Me & You, check it out on the interwebs. The tour hits the Hobart Brewing Company on Saturday May 18,

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Hobart will have a long-awaited folk music headquarters with the new Kunanyi Folk Club set to open it’s doors next month. The monthly club, to be hosted by the Fern Tree Tavern on the slopes of Kunanyi, will meet on the first Saturday of the month from June 1. Award winning young Tasmanian singer-songwriter Teri Young will launch the club with her new Bower Band’s first performance in the state. The trio return fresh from a mainland festival tour and a sting as featured guest artists at the National Library in Canberra. For More information on the Kunanyi Folk Club (KFC), shoot an email to beniukinfotainment@gmail.com.

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Our beloved adopted resident musician is back in the State after an extensive international tour that has taken him through Japan and Europe over a seven month sojourn that saw him perform over 100 shows. Bringing with him for a short tour of Tasmania, good friend and sometime Gin Club bandmate, Conor Macdonald, who has just released his own debut solo album under the Captain Fighting Machine moniker. Based in Brisbane, Conor Macdonald is, along with Salter, a founding member of The Gin Club. As Captain Fighting Machine, his sparse arrangements recall artists such as Jason Molina (Songs:Ohia, Magnolia Electric Company) , Will Oldham and Sparklehorse. He recorded his debut album in an isolated, makeshift studio in Tasmania in the winter of 2017. It is released through Heart of the Rat Records in May 2019.

See Ben and Captain Fighting Machine play the following shows in early June: Thursday June 6 – Launceston – St John Craft Beer Friday June 7 – Sheffield – Mountain

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“BOLZER is an outlet and conduit for primal energies, it’s only source of inspiration being the extremities of nature and the inner self. True beauty and enlightenment are found athwart the peaks, amidst the shades. These are the songs that BOLZER have heard reverberate from those places. Ascend and fall...emerge from nothingness a thunderbolt of flaming wisdom! Blessed be the conflagration of their mortal souls!” If all that stuff makes sense to you and sounds like it’s up your alley, you can see BOLZER play at the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Friday June 7. Tickets are available from Oztix, and will cost you $34.70.

HE HATH RISEN.

Award-winning US actor, writer and comedian Nick Offerman returns to Australia for the first time since 2016, with his brand new live show, “ALL RISE”.

All Rise is an evening of deliberative talking and light dance that will compel

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you to chuckle whilst enjoining you to brandish a better side of humanity than the one to which we have grown accustomed. Genuflection optional: in this church, you kneel as you please.

Offerman is an accomplished entertainer, known for Parks and Recreation, The Founder, and Fargo. He’ll be appearing at Wrest Point Entertainment Centre on Friday June 14, with tickets available from www.ticketmaster.com.au.

MEDIEVAL TIMES Want to see two grand pianos battle it out on stage? Three fine lead soloists, a host of percussionists and a legion of choristers? On June 15 & 16 at the Farrell Centre, Friends School, North Hobart, a performance of the 20th century masterpiece, Carmina Burana, by Carl Orff, will echo through the hall. Based on a collection of poems written by Bavarian Monks between the 11th and 13th century, Carmina Burana touches on topics poignant to the medieval period but still relevant to the present day. Check the event page for further information – www. facebook.com/events/420021272146292/ or purchase tickets at www.trybookings. com/BBJHA. ALU! ALU!

$23.50, and VIP costing $44.90. VIP tickets include an exclusive signed photo, limited edition wrist band, photo session and VIP lanyard.

THEY WILL ROCK YOU. After sold out shows across the world, The Killer Queen Experience are coming to Wrest Point for one night only! Get ready to re-live the memories, and experience the greatest hits of the world’s most loved and iconic rock band, as The Killer Queen Experience take the stage in an all-live concert that has been described as “like stepping back in time”. Starring the most recognised Freddie Mercury performer on the planet, John Blunt, who returns from the UK after starring in the Queen biopic Who Wants To Live Forever. It’s happening on Friday August 9 in the Wrest Point Showroom, tickets are available via Ticketmaster, with a range of options.

LIKE. IT’S. 19. 8. 9. YEP. There’s no other decade like the 80’s. It was THE era of big hair, big hits and big fun. Never Ending 80’s take you back to party like it’s 1989 with a night packed full of the biggest hits by the biggest artists ever. Now, The Never Ending 80’s band are bringing that soundtrack to the stage as they carve their way through the music of Prince, Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, INXS, Bon Jovi, Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, as well as so many other giants, you’ll be dancing and singing along to all of your favourite 80’s tunes. Friday August 16 in the Wrest Point Showroom is where it’s all going down. Tickets available from Ticketmaster. Be sure to wear your best acid wash.

now been released, so stick them in your diary - Thursday February 6 to Saturday February 8. If you want to join up to the exclusive loyalty pre-sale head to www. pitp.com.au and join the mailing list now.

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Trespass this month. Recent projects for the artist include a collaborative release with Bob Brown, Winter Night at Liffey, featuring four of Bob’s poems put to music courtesy of Steve. For further information head to Steve’s website – www.stevecrumpmusic.com.

DR COSMOS

Violent Femmes are out with a new album this July, Hotel Last Resort, released through [PIAS]. The title track features legendary guitarist Tom Verlaine from Television. Bassist Brian Ritchie – who first met Verlaine as a young rock journalist during Television’s final tour in 1978 – reached out to the guitarist and received an affirmative response literally within minutes. “We didn’t really give him much instruction,” Ritchie says, “but he did exactly what we hoped he’d do. He clearly has an affinity for the song. He must’ve really clued in on the lyrics and he really interpreted them with a guitar.” Hopefully there will be a live recital of the new album on Australian shores this Summer.

Dr Cosmos aka Mr Grumpy aka Dylan Moran will be returning to Australia this October and November after a four year gap to our shores. Often referred to as the Oscar Wilde of comedy and famed for his deadpan, witty and crackpot lyricism, Moran is internationally recognized for co-writing and starring in the English series Black Books. Performing two shows of Dr Cosmos in Tasmania, see Moran in Launceston on Saturday November 9 at the Princess Theatre, followed by Hobart on Sunday November 10 at Wrest Point.

DO NOT PASS Local musician Steve Crump will be releasing his self-released album

STILL SMOKIN’

Continuing to bliss out and bless up, Bobby Alu recently announced a run of intimate Australian headline shows, a nationwide call out for supporting ukelele players and the release of a stripped back rendition of latest single ‘Finally’. Anyone familiar with a Bobby Alu live experience has witnessed the ease with which the Australian-Samoan moves from strumming blissfully away on his ukulele to raising the roof with an energetic percussion sequences, complete with traditional log drums. With a third album dropping this year, Bobby Alu hits the road armed with the only tools he needs – a uke and smile from ear to ear. You can catch him playing at Apslawn on the state’s East Coast on Sunday June 30 when he appears as part of the Festival of Voices.

ROCK ON, SISTER. It’s been nearly 2 years since Sisters Doll have been on their own national headline tour. After releasing their brand new single “Black Mirror” which reached number 1 on the iTunes Rock charts, it was only natural for the boys to get back out on the road. Sisters Doll will be hitting all states of Australia and will be bringing their theatrical rock show to every date on the tour. This include performances at The Saloon Bar in Launceston on Friday July 19, and The Republic Bar in North Hobart on Saturday July 209. Tickets range from general admission costing

Celebrating over forty years of recording and touring, Smokie maintain their place among the time-honoured, rock n’ roll elite – something they take in their stride, but never for granted. Today, the band find themselves playing more territories than ever before, with Australia becoming a regular addition to their touring schedule. From their landmark ballad of unrequited love ‘Living Next Door To Alice’, to more chart-topping hits like ‘Lay Back in the Arms of Someone’, ‘If You Think You Know How to Love Me’ as well as ‘Oh Carol’ and ‘I’ll Meet You at Midnight’ to name but a few, their massive success story has continued to flourish. You can be a part of that story by seeing them at the Wrest Point Entertainment Centre on Sunday November 24. Tickets via www. ticketmaster.com.au.

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EPIC

“We manage ourselves and book all the shows, we do a lot of it ourselves.” Conway explains on the independent nature of their career now.

“With the state of technology, you can do so much of it yourself; you can record albums in your back room, you can do a campaign on Facebook. It costs very little, but technology has allowed people to stream music without paying for it. Things have been altered monumentally. We went independent in 2004, after Summertown. We’d been edging toward that complete break from record companies, we’d been moving that way.”

“We came up with a brand spanking new marketing idea of selling our records online to people we hadn’t met and then show up to their house to deliver the record and sign the record and play an acoustic set. House parties are the done thing now but we were the first to do it.

We never stopped doing it. When people are in a room sharing [the music] with friends and family, it’s kind of like a campfire experience, the CD become more than a CD, it’s a memento of an event that you shared with people you really like. It elevates the whole experience to more than ‘I’m selling you a record’.”

One thing that has changed in Conway and Zygier’s working methodology has been a stricter attention to improvement, and a stronger resilience to criticism.

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POP-ROCK SINGER-SONGWRITING TEAM DEBORAH CONWAY AND WILLY ZYGIERPARTNERS IN MUSIC AND LIFE BOTH- WILL TOUR THE COUNTRY THIS MAY AND JUNE TO CELEBRATE TWO OF THEIR PROUDEST MUSICAL TRIUMPHS: 1993’S BITCH EPIC AND THEIR MOST RECENT ALBUM, 2019’S THE WORDS OF MEN. THE ALBUMS RATHER NICELY BOOKEND CONWAY’S CAREER; BITCH EPIC WAS HER THIRD ALBUM, BUT DECIDEDLY HER ‘BREAKOUT’, NOMINATED FOR BEST COVER ART AND BEST FEMALE ARTIST AT THE ARIAS IN 1994 (IT WON FOR ITS COVER ART, IN WHICH A TOPLESS CONWAY IS COVERED IN NUTELLA.)

“We’re much tougher on ourselves now. Songs slipped by on Bitch Epic that I wouldn’t let slip by now.” she explains. “We’re much better songwriters than we were. We’re incredibly critical of each other’s work. The last number of records have all been with this laser eye of criticism, always trying to make the work better and better. Before that we were a little bit easier on ourselves. When you have that relationship with someone as a creative partner, you should cherish it. That’s difficult to find. Not many people wanna take on the emotional baggage of tearing you down (laughs)- someone prepared to tell you what they really think and you can tolerate it and you will become better at what you do.”

2013’s Stories of Ghosts was arguably one of the results of Conway and Zygier’s more recent attention to the intrigue and uniqueness of their own work; the album is an exploration of the Old Testament, through the lens of their respective Jewish faiths, in a modern context.

It also allowed them the space to examine the intersection of their faith and their musical careers.

“We were asked to perform at a Jewish music festival called Shir Madness and we did, it was interesting to play for a Jewish audience.”

Conway explains on one of the defining moments that led to the album. “We always thought of

ourselves as Jews and musicians, but not Jewish musicians. We started exploring that and it was a deep and rich vein, looking at those ancient stories through a modern lens. There’s a reason they still speak to people. What can you take from those stories? What can you take from a 21st century perspective? We come at it from an atheist Jewish perspective. Being Jewish is not just about religion, Jews are a people and a bloodline. You can be Jewish in all kinds of ways.”

The Epic tour will see Conway and Zygier play both Bitch Epic and The Words of Men in full, acting as bookends for their illustrious career together (thus far, of course) and celebrating twenty-five years since Bitch Epic’s release. The two albums have more in common than you would expect considering the twenty-five year distance; there’s still the same fire, Conway’s strong and velvety voice, and the duo’s talent for keen-eyed, thoughtful observation.

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Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier perform on Thursday June 6 at the Theatre Royal in Hobart.

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A TASMANIAN ESCAPE

CHRSTOPHER COLEMAN IS A FAMILIAR NAME AROUND TASMANIA, AND NOW HE HAS ENLISTED THE HELP OF HIS FRIENDS FOR HIS NEW PROJECT CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN AND THE GREAT ESCAPE. I HAD A CHAT TO CHRISTOPHER ABOUT THE NEW BAND AND THEIR UPCOMING SINGLE LAUNCH.

Christopher Coleman has been a gratuitous player in the Tasmanian music scene and has become synonymous with the scene itself. Since his Triple J Unearthed win in 2012, Christopher has developed and honed his skills, landing his place as one of Tasmania’s most beloved musicians. Last year he took on a new venture, to band together some of his favourite musicians to create an interesting, important tribute.

“The collection of songs we’ve been putting together of the last two years I had under the catalogue of ‘The Great Tasmanian Escape’, so I tried to write a song for each town that I’d wanted to go and spend some time in. With the nudge of Kirsha I started threading a narrative, so picking songs or towns to thread what follows this guy Jesse, which is loosely based on exserviceman Jesse Bird who spend a couple of years serving the country in Afghanistan, who came back and essentially had to deal with posttraumatic and stress. It looks at the idea of what if he came to Tasmania and tried to start a new life here”

“I’d taken a year to take a break on playing and touring so much and I did a support slot for the Gin Club at Hobart Brewing Co. and after the set Kirsha Kaechele and David Walsh came up to me and they said that they would like to fund the recording of an album if I had some new material and something to explore and so from there I really started from scratch and started piecing together essentially my dream players.

I didn’t really have an idea as to what I’d really like it to sound like but more just people that I respect and would like to collaborate with.

Over the course of six months we ended up being a team of eight and we went and recorded at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne and it wasn’t until the end of the recording process that it turned into a band, before that (at least in my mind), we were operating on the premise of it still being a ‘ Christopher Coleman’ album.

But now we’re all well and truly emotionally invested the music so we’re just gonna see what we can do” Whilst this project was exciting for Christopher, it also held a deeper message. The support from Kirsha and David allowed him to tell the story of veteran Jesse Bird, in a manner that was both significant yet sensitive.

respect to the life of Jesse Bird, immortalising his life in song.

“I think it’s gonna be emotional. The family and partner of Jesse Bird are potentially going to be coming down to see the show and Jesse took his life two or so years ago. It’s not going to be a bubblegum sorta night, but I think it will be powerful. It will be nice at the Brewing Co. as well, the sounds good there. I think it’ll be nice.

Meres from Launceston are coming down and they’re one of my favourite bands at the moment.

It’s going to be a good time” MACKENZIE STOLP

A project this paramount required a league of extraordinary people. Combining Glen Richards, Mike Noga, Stu Hollingsworth, Kelly Ottaway, Frances Whitem, Georgia Smith and Louisa Hogue does not seem like any easy task, but Christopher says he combination worked perfectly and the band created the songs with ease.

“I just wanted to get a bunch of people I’ve always wanted to work with in the one room, and just see how they fall out. There was no agenda from my point other than to bring the core progressions and a draft of lyrics to the board.

It was very much just playing through them however they come out and most of the time we didn’t have to do too much talking. Sonically and arrangement-wise they just sort of tumbled out how they did” Christopher Coleman and the Great Escape will be hosting a single launch for ‘Jesse’, which promises to be a beautiful night, bringing light to the hardships of returned veterans and paying

See Christopher Coleman and The Great Escape perform at Hobart Brewing Company on Friday May 17. Tickets available via www.christophercoleman. bandcamp.com.

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BUT, CAN U DIG IT? TWIN BROTHERS COSMOS AND PATRICK HAVE HAD MASS SUCCESS AS COSMOS MIDNIGHT AND ARE ON TRACK TO INFILTRATE ALL OF AUSTRALIA WITH THEIR FUNKY,-SYNTH-DISCOPOP SOUND. I HAD A CHAT TO PATRICK ABOUT THEIR LATEST RELEASE ‘C.U.D.I’ AND THEIR UPCOMING NATIONAL TOUR.

When we think of brother bands, Oasis comes to mind.

Genius, but constant fighting and drama that ultimately led to their demise. This is not the relationship between Cosmos and Patrick, and were positive they won’t face the same fate. Making music together had become a part of Cosmos and Patrick’s relationship, and they actually find the process of working with each other a lot easier than with strangers.

“It’s chill, we just have a studio space and we just go in there and write together. It’s just really relaxed because since we’re brothers there’s no quarrelling or beefing or whatever, just making music and we can be really honest about what we think. If we don’t like something we can just say so and I think we end up getting to the really

good music quicker because of that. I think it’s different working with people you don’t know as well, because you have to get to that point where your comfortable enough with each other to be really transparent and write what you wanna write.

The band’s latest release ‘C.U.D.I’ shows a new determination and direction from the band. The song is fresh and fun, the boys played with a more disco-infused sound and even singing from Patrick! ‘C.U.D.I’ oozes fun and ease, which is exactly how the song was conceived.

“I feel like when writing, the initial idea comes out in like fifteen minutes and then it’s a month of figuring out details. Whereas this one was almost done in a day. With some songs it really feels like your trying to get water from a rock, where your like spending forever. I think can you dig it was one of the easies songs we’ve ever written because of the vibe we were on. It was new year’s day and we were pretty hungover and we just didn’t over think anything while we were writing it, we were like “this feels good let’s keep writing this” and then we just worked that way until the song was done. It almost felt just like a jam, we were just playing on guitar and keys and the song was there.”

Cosmos Midnight released their debut album What Comes Next last year, but already the boys are looking towards their second. What Comes Next had a stacked number of collabs, and some killer tunes, but if we can judge their second album of C.U.D.I (and we will), this album is going to be even better.

“Were definitely working towards a follow-up. Were kind of backlogging a lot of stuff right now, were sitting on tonnes of new music and its just now about making sure that were happy with it before we show it to anyone. I guess C.U.D.I would the first track off the new journey this year in music. I think we’ve pushed harder into disco and singing on our own tracks more. I experiment with singing on both C.U.D.I and Polarise off What Comes Next, which has been something that I really enjoy. I was really nervous about it, but then we put it out and people really liked it so I was like oh well we better do it more then. Putting music out is already pretty nerve racking, but then putting your own voice on it… I haven’t gotten to the point yet of singing in our shows, I think I’m too shy for that, maybe one day” Cosmos Midnight’s Hobart show is not one to be missed.

Providing a completely unique expereince, the band will be joined by Hobart’s own star Asta to play a set that has fun with the songs we know and love, giving them fresh air and a new twist.

“The show is going to be very different from when we played at Falls a year and a half ago. We bring all our music and play it live, so Cosmos plays guitar and keys, and I play drums and also a little bit of keys. We bring our friend Asta along who is also from Hobart and she’s an incredible singer, we perform our songs with her.

Basically you get to hear versions of our songs that you just wont get to hear anywhere else. We do a lot of exciting live edits and mash-ups. We’re really excited to take it to Hobart for the first time” MACKENZIE STOLP See Cosmos Midnight in Hobart at the Odeon Theatre on Saturday May 11.

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LIKE A PRAYER ANTHONY CALLEA IS AUSTRALIA’S ANGEL. AFTER GRACING OUR SCREENS ON AUSTRALIAN IDOL IN 2004, ANTHONY HAS PROVEN TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT HE’S AN INCREDIBLE SINGER, WORTHY OF GREAT PRAISE. I HAD A CHAT TO THE BELOVED SINGER ABOUT HIS UPCOMING TOUR UNPLUGGED AND UNFILTERED.

Everyone in Australia should know the power of Anthony Callea’s voice. He’s got a beautiful voice that shines on its own, which is the ideology behind he’s upcoming ‘Unplugged and Unfiltered’ tour.

This acoustic tour gives Anthony the opportunity to not only show off his voice but get to the roots of what his music means.

“This whole entire show is acoustic. We are preforming with a beautiful grand piano and my guitarist and my backing vocalist and we’re getting back to the core of these songs. Over the years I’ve loved performing and I’ve loved singing and I’ve recorded and performed with orchestras and I’ve performed and recorded obviously with my band and so for. But to be able to get to the essence of these songs, to sit there and listen to the lyrics and the melodies and just strip it back and really hone in on the vocals and the harmonies is something that I really love doing and to be able to do a whole tour of this type of music is special” Anthony Callea has been keeping busy since getting runner-up on the 2004 season of Australian Idol. Touring with incredible singers such as Celine Dion, Diana Ross and Whitney Houston. Releasing a number of albums, including one with the MSO. Anthony just hasn’t stopped. But he has also learnt and grown so much in these fifteen years.

“For me, I feel as though back in the day when I walked off that idol stage I was overwhelmed. I was 21 at the time, I had grown up in the western suburbs of Melbourne in a little place called Werribee, I’m the eldest child, the eldest grandchild. It was always something that I wanted to do, but when all of a sudden it happened, there was a lot to take in. That idol platform was massive for me and the thing that I’ve learn is listen to the people around you, take in what they say, but at the end of the day go with your gut instinct and go with your gut feeling, because its your name that you have to put on that album, it’s your name that your putting on that tour. If it doesn’t feel right to you, if you’re not being honest, then how do you expect your audience to come along for the ride and believe in everything you’re doing” After steadily releasing music for the past couple years, Anthony has decided to slow it down and focusing on the live show. Being the incredible singer that he is, Anthony’s favourite aspect of his career is performing live, but that does not mean he is not still thinking about new music.

“I’m in the studio at the moment working on some new material.

I made a pact with myself, because I love releasing new music, but I just needed to take this year off from releasing new music. I wanted this year to purely focus on touring, because at the end of the day that’s my number one love. You can have me in the studio, I will do interviews and TV, but what makes me happiest at the end of the day is walking out on stage and performing live. That’s what I wanted to focus on this year, but at the same time allow myself to be creative in the studio and not put any pressure or rules or expectations on when I need to release new music. I’m loving being in the studio at the moment, and my music and writing and I can’t wait to share it in 2019” On this tour, Anthony is ready to get up close and personal with his Australian fans. The shows will be intimate and raw. Anthony has never been one to shy away from the camera, but this tour will be an opportunity for him to share stories he never has before.

“I’m a performer that absolutely loves to sing and share music with my audience, that’s what I’ll be doing. I want to get to know my audience, and I want my audience to get to know me. I also want to have a little fun along the way. Every night is going to be different, I will be telling stories, there will be so many inappropriate stories I will be telling. Reminiscing about my childhood, those days, and sharing my life experiences with my audiences. That’s the beautiful thing about an acoustic show, it can be completely different each and every night, so I’m looking forward to sharing that with my Tasmanian audiences!”

MACKENZIE STOLP

Anthony Callea performs May 31 in Hobart at Wrestpoint before heading to Launceston on June 1 at the Country Club. Tickets from www. ticketmaster.com.au.

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TWO EPIC ALBUMS I ONE EPIC CONCERT! The Words of Men (2019) I Bitch Epic (1993)

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CLOWNS HAVE SAID GOODBYE TO POISON CITY RECORDS AS THEY BEGIN THEIR VERY OWN LABEL DAMAGED. WITH THEIR NEWEST RECORD NATURE/NURTURE QUICKLY RACING UP THE ARIA CHARTS, WE HAVE NO DOUBT IT’S GOING TO BE A HUGE YEAR FOR THE FIVE-PIECE PUNKS. I CHAT WITH GUITARIST JARROD GOON ABOUT THEIR ADVENTURES.

Firstly, congrats on the success of Nature/ Nurture! How are you feeling now it’s released and doing so bloody well on the Aria charts?

wanted to write songs that people really wanted to listen to as well. So we didn’t want to just be all ‘this is really important messages!’ – We wanted to write fun music. I guess it’s good to find that balance of music that means something but it’s catchy as well.

main thing! Achievement wise, I don’t know, just to keep having fun! Playing shows, keep writing music as well! We’re still rehearsing quite often and writing new music for the next record, so it doesn’t stop! We’d like to achieve having another record written pretty quickly!

Was that ‘important, but a party’ mentality used in the recording process as well?

Your first stop is here in Tassie! What can we expect from the show?

Recording wise, the last three records have been recorded at Hot House Studios in St Kilda. Going there is like being a kid in a candy shop; there is just guitars everywhere. All these awesome vintage guitars! We have a bit of a party there, and there was a local company that dropped off beers for us! We had a bit of a party, but we knuckled down. We’d been rehearsing so long wanting to get these songs right! A bit of a party, but a lot of work!

We’re playing with such cool bands, Private Function which is Joe who used to play in Clowns band. That’s so cool to be able to tour with them - they’re probably my favourite band at the moment! They’re outrageous! Ultra Martian and Squid Fishing are playing as well. It’s at The Bris, one of our favourite pubs in Australia!

We’re excited to get there again and drink all the Cascade and carry on a bit!

Thank you so much! First of all, I was just relieved to get it out there, I mean we recorded the album in October last year, we’d been sitting on these songs for a while, just trying to organise everything and get it out there. To finally have it out there and the reception we’ve received for it is pretty mind blowing to be honest, we’re really stoked with how it’s going so far.

Does that success surprise you, or did you have a feeling you were onto something when you joined the band a few years back?

I guess I was pretty lucky! Their old guitar player Joe, he left, and I sort of just joined. The guys had done so many hard yards that they gathered so much experience and what not. It was all quite daunting for me, but I was a fan of Clowns when I joined, so I was so excited to be playing these songs that I already loved. And to get to where it is now, it’s been a lot of fun. It’s been a lot of hard work, but it’s been a blast.

I absolutely love Hanny J’s vocal pieces, was it always a guarantee you’d have her sing on the record or did it happen quite naturally?

When Hanny joined we knew what her voice was like and we sort of had the idea that she had to sing in the band. Her voice compliments Stevie’s quite well, and in writing the song Nature, it did happen quite organically. I think Steve was like ‘hey do you wanna take a couple of verses here?’ we chopped and changed. I think it worked well.

It’s been so great [since she joined the band] having that extra vocal force there!

Nature/Nurture has been described as ‘an important point, but a party’. Can you elaborate on that?

I guess the album touches on some certain important topics. Like, there could be politics and all sorts of things in there. The argument of Nature versus Nature, and how that makes a person who they are. At the same time, we

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How was the experience working with your own record label this time around?

That was kind of daunting, being there and ordering all this vinyl – we’ve never done that before. We were lucky to be working with Fat Wreck Chords as well, they helped us and pointed us in the right direction in terms of pressing and what not. But it’s been great!

Working with Caroline who have done all the distribution for us, they’ve helped along the way too. It’s a learning thing. We’re learning as we go, but so far it’s been great. We’re hoping to put out more releases as soon as possible!

In just a few weeks you’ve become Aria chart toppers and award-winning hot sauce makers, what would you like to achieve next?

The Australian tour coming up, we’re pretty keen to take on The States as well! We’ve got a lot of work to do there. Having the [new] deal with FAT WRECK CHORDS helps us get over there and some shows going. We’ll be putting a bit of our efforts into America, and heading over to Europe a couple of times this year. We’re just really keen to tour the fuck out of the record to be honest. We did two years on the last record Lucid Again, and to have material again, its really exciting to get out on the road. That’s the

Punk punters can get very passionate, do you have a memorable fan moment?

We were playing up in Foster in NSW with Frenzal Rhomb one time, and we finished playing. We had to get to Newcastle the next day.

There was a guy that was a fan of ours - we’ve since become good friends with. He was driving back that way so we said ‘can we jump in your car with out gear?’ he said ‘yeah sure, why not!’ it was about an hour and half drive, with all of us and him in the car. We had gear stacked up to the roof on our laps and this poor guy driving. Because there was so much gear in this little Sedan, we could hear the back of the car scraping as he was driving at like three o’clock in the morning on this dark road [laughs]. It was pretty terrifying, but we’ve had plenty of moments with silly stuff like that. I feel like it’s a regular occurrence for us to find ourselves in these situations, whether its ourselves driving or silly fans doing silly things! [Fan tattoos] can also be mind-blowing. I’ve got tattoos of some of my favourite bands, but I don’t know, I never pictured people getting Clowns tattoos. Then every now and then we see it and we’re wowed.

KEIRA LEONARD Clowns will perform in Hobart on Saturday June 1 at the Brisbane Hotel.

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Little May “I THINK I WENT THROUGH MY TWENTIES FEELING REAL SAD ABOUT STUPID STUFF.” HANNAH FIELD IS MOVING ON FROM HER ANGSTY TWENTIES, AND LITTLE MAY’S MUSIC IS SHOWING THAT EVOLUTION, TOO. FIELD AND HER LITTLE MAY CO-STAR, VOCALIST LIZ DRUMMOND, ARE SET TO RELEASE THEIR SECOND ALBUM, BLAME MY BODY, AFTER THEIR SMASH DEBUT, 2015’S FOR THE COMPANY. THAT ALBUM GARNERED THEM HUGE PRAISE AND KUDOS, AND EVEN NABBED THEM SLOTS SUPPORTING THE LIKES OF MUMFORD & SONS, THE NATIONAL AND THE RUBENS.

“They’re so nice!” Field gushed on the lads from the Rubens. “They’re absolutely lovely humans, so relaxed and low pressure, even though it was these huge shows. There were lots of nerves for us, it brought it home that we don’t have to stress all the time about being perfect, it’s all about the performance and the energy. They brought it every night; it didn’t matter if they were a bit hungover or tired. You’re giving the people watching as much as you can.”

Another thing that Field is noticing as she gets older is a new fondness for nature.

“I live on the Merri Creek trail; I like to walk to the [Abbotsford] convent, and every morning I stop and take it in. The Yarra is creating all this beautiful noise, and birds, it’s like a sanctuary in the city.

I feel very lucky. It’s a rarity in city life. If you’re ever in a bit of a rut when it comes to writing or being creative, it’s nice to get outside and go for a walk.”

SUBMERGING AND RESURFACING LUKE MOSELEY, AKA BUTTERNUT SWEETHEART, IS A PRODUCER, SONGWRITER AND MULTI-INSTRUMENTALIST FROM SYDNEY. BEFORE HE HEADS OUT ON TOUR WITH BALL PARK MUSIC IN MAY AND JUNE, I HAD A CHAT TO LUKE ABOUT HIS NEW SINGLE, HIS INSPIRATIONS AND WHAT WE CAN LOOK FORWARD TO FROM BUTTERNUT SWEETHEART.

“When we first started, I was twentyone, and I had this romantic idea of what it would be like to be a musician.” she explains. “There’s a lot of fear that comes with quitting your day job and doing music full-time. It’s rare, and Liz and I face the doubt of ‘is this a sustainable career?’. There’s a really low percentage of people that can survive off a musician’s salary. I have a less romantic idea of it now. There’s this idea that you should consider yourself lucky when you’re doing something you love, but you have to survive. You shouldn’t feel guilty about putting your hand up and saying ‘creatives should be paid’ (laughs). I do enjoy other things and don’t just focus on music. Like in any career, there’s disappointment, so it’s good to have other interests.”

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Blame My Body is out May 3 via Dew Process / Universal Music Australia.

So Paper Cut was released in February (congrats!), what has the response been like?

and visiting so many parts of Australia that I haven’t explored all that much before (three shows in Tas!! Can’t wait).

Thank you! The response has been lovely, if not surprising. I spend a lot of time helping other artists achieve their musical ambitions, so I think I kind of fell off the musical creation radar. It’s nice to have conversations about my own project.

You’ll be coming down to Tassie as part of the tour, have you played here before?

How would you describe your music to someone who hasn’t heard it before?

Do you tend to draw inspiration from any particular artists when writing songs?

Absolutely. I can’t help but absorb characteristics of music that I listen to. Over the last few years as I’ve been writing for this project, it’s been a healthy dose of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Dirty Projectors and Alabama Shakes.

More recently, Sylvan Esso and Ex:Re. What are you most looking forward to about heading out on tour with Ball Park Music?

While beating Paul from Ball Park at cards is a tempting top answer, I’ll have to say playing so many shows (19) is the most exciting. It’s such a good opportunity to finesse my live performance, and doing that whilst sharing the stage with a band that I love is an exciting prospect. That warpmagazine.com.au

Field is also learning how to navigate the musician’s life: maintaining other interests, avoiding burnout, getting paid...

Blame My Body, due this year, looks set to be a departure- though not a radical onefrom the folksy sound of their debut.

I have been describing my music as underwater Indie. I’m not 100% sure why, but a lot of the song writing and production feels like submerging and resurfacing from underwater. In terms of similar artists, maybe somewhere between Radiohead and James Blake?

Still trying to figure that one out (I doubt I ever will).

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“The first album was quite meditative and atmospheric, whereas Blame My Body is more rock; it is a little bit more to the point, and more bold. But both are beautiful in their own ways. There was about three years in between other albums, and you can hear those years.

We just began writing and I wasn’t hyper aware that it sounded different, we were just going with the ideas we loved.

Building on the ideas, you could hear it was going down a more bold path.”

I will be! It’s definitely one of the most exciting parts for me. Some dear friends of mine have recently moved to Hobart, so I’m going to try to stay longer and hang out. I’ve been to Tassie with other acts before, but this will be my Butternut Sweetheart debut.

What’s in store for Butternut Sweetheart for the rest of 2019?

This year is a chance for me to release a lot of music. I’ve been a hermit for the last two and a bit years working on Butternut Sweetheart, so there’s a lot of material that I’m eager to share with everyone. Plus a healthy dose of touring I’m a sucker for playing shows. I will have done 30 this year by the time July comes around!

Can we expect any new music soon?

You can! I have a new song coming out before the tour. It’s called ‘Bury Me’ and was produced by Sam from Ball Park. I’m eager to show everyone and take it for a spin at these shows around Aus! HOLLY LESZCZYNSKI

See Butternut Sweetheart support Ball Park Music on their Good Good Mood tour, spanning three shows across the State this month: Wednesday May 29 – Burnie – The Cinema Burnie Thursday May 30 – Launceston – The Saloon Friday May 31 – Hobart – Hobart Uni Bar

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WARP – TASMANIAN REVIEWS Curated by Stephanie Eslake

From North to South: Russian Tributes Hobart Chamber Orchestra (Greg Stephens, conductor) and Jonathan Békés, cello

St John Passion - Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (Stephen Layton, conductor) with TSO Chorus (June Tyzack, chorusmaster)

Kettering Piano Quintet

Hobart Town Hall, March 31

Federation Concert Hall, April 6

This was a big, challenging program for a community orchestra – one the Hobart Chamber Orchestra managed in triumphant style following extended and careful preparation. The big draw was brilliant young Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra cellist Jonathan Békés undertaking his first performance of Shostakovich’s masterly Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107.

The work was composed for the great Russian cellist Rostropovich, and Békés took a fearlessly individual, passionate approach to the piece.

Of J. S. Bach’s four known settings of the Passion story, only those according to St Matthew and St John have survived. The St John Passion had to wait until well into the 20th Century to assume a rightful place alongside the larger and more theatrical St Matthew Passion. Stephen Layton, a world specialist in interpretation of the work, directed this first Hobart performance.

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra violinist Hayato Simpson joined the Kettering Piano Quartet – Jennifer Marten-Smith (piano), Emma McGrath (violin), William Newbery (viola), Brett Rutherford (cello) – for this program of two piano quintets.

The first movement proceeded at a tempo less hectic than that of its dedicatee, but managed to balance fervour with attention to the lyrical aspects in a totally convincing way.

The third movement cadenza brought stunning concentration and deep insight from the soloist.

Conductor Greg Stephens inspired fine playing from the HCO throughout with a superb first horn in Mandy Parsons.

Elsewhere, the strings brought nicely turned performances of Tchaikovsky’s Elegy in G major and Arensky’s Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky, Op. 35a. The concluding work was Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 (Classical). The orchestra again provided generally excellent results, save for a shaky instance in ensemble coordination between winds and strings in the last movement. Overall, the result was an outstanding success, the capacity audience responding with a welldeserved ovation.

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The massive opening chorus revealed finely honed and expressive singing from the TSO Chorus. Indeed, throughout the work the wideranging and challenging demands made on them were handled with aplomb. They certainly benefitted from their semi-circular placement on the stage with the hall’s acoustic screen for once left in place. This allowed for much greater clarity in diction and pleasingly improved unanimity of tone than is often the case in this notoriously resonant hall.

The solo singers proved to be a strong and unified team, with Gwilym Bowen’s heroically sublime Evangelist a standout. The instrumental accompaniment from members of the TSO was most distinguished, with outstanding contributions from oboes (David Nuttall, Dinah Woods), flutes (Douglas Mackie, Lloyd Hudson) and the viola d’amore parts (Emma McGrath and Lucy Carrig-Jones, violins) in Bach’s obbligato writing for these instruments. Laura Vaughan’s ethereal viola da gamba at the start of Es ist Vollbracht was also a great moment.

However, it was conductor Layton’s unified vision and control of pacing that set the seal on a wonderfully convincing and moving account of this masterpiece.

PETER DONNELLY

See the Hobart Chamber Orchestra perform next on June 1, 2.30pm, at Scots Memorial Church, Bathurst St, Hobart. More information from the website – www. hco.org.au.

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A full list of upcoming TSO performance can be found on the orchestra’s website – www.tso.com.au.

Farrell Centre, The Friends’ School, April 7

Aside from his Trumpet Concerto in E, the music of Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) is rarely heard these days. His Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor, Op. 85 departs stylistically from his earlier concerti, which are largely modelled on the example of Mozart. This work from 1816 looks forward to the Romanticism of Chopin and Mendelssohn, its virtuosic writing for piano a clear indicator of the composer’s prowess on the instrument. The playing in the arrangement for piano and string quartet was notable for its commitment and passion. Marten-Smith has a particular fondness for and affinity with this work, and it showed in every bar. The string players brought equal focus, the last movement concluding with a blaze of excitement.

Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 was composed in 1940 and is one of his great masterpieces. As Newbery outlined in his enthusiastic introduction, it is a work of great clarity and introspection that has no allegro markings but conveys a wide variety of moods.

There are also affinities with Bach, especially in the first two of the five movements. The Kettering players provided concentration and insight here, with the second movement fugue a model of sustained control of dynamic and security of line. The remaining movements were also beautifully done, conveying to the full the composer’s intensity of expression. This was a performance to remember.

PETER DONNELLY Upcoming Kettering Piano Quartet concerts can be found on their website – www.ketteringpianoquartet. com.

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GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES

DIRTY PAPER

DOUG AND KAYLEEN MEASURE THEIR LIVES BY INCIDENTS, ACCIDENTS, SCARS AND STITCHES. GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES TALLIES THIRTY YEARS OF THESE EXPERIENCES: FROM ICE SKATING DISASTERS TO FLIRTING AT FUNERALS; ROMANCE IN THE SCHOOL NURSE’S OFFICE TO CONVERSING WITH THE COMATOSE; ALL THROUGH A PRISM OF MEMORY THAT EXPLORES THE QUESTION WHY DO WE HURT OURSELVES TO GAIN SOMEONE ELSE’S LOVE?

MATT COYLE | JOEL CROSSWELL | TOM O’HERN | LUCIENNE RICKARD | ANDREW HARPER

On now An exhibition of contemporary Tasmanian drawing At the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery www.tmag.tas.gov.au Until 14 July 2019

Directed by Ben Winspear is best known for his award winning work as an actor, having appeared recently in the critically acclaimed Tasmanian Theatre Company production of The Mares by Kate Mulvany, in Scenes From A Marriage alongside his wife Marta Dusseldorp for the Queensland Theatre Company, and on the small screen with roles in My Place, Black Comedy and A Place to Call Home. However, Ben has also amassed a significant CV as a director. He has been an associate artist at both Sydney Theatre Company and Griffin Theatre Company, and recently directed Finegan Kruckemeyer’s Twelve Times He Spoke for Blue Cow Theatre.

Having worked on Twelve Times He Spoke with Winspear, TTC Artistic Director Adam (Gus) Powers says “He has such a great sensitivity for the craft of theatre and his artistic and intellectual rigour is something that I greatly admire.”

Rajiv Joseph is an award winning American playwright who has been described by the New York Times as “an artist of original talent”.

Winspear says of Joseph’s work, Gruesome Playground Injuries, “He has a wonderful ability to blend serious content with humour and heart, so his works are both meaningful and entertaining, powerful and sweet. He has captured so much of what is unsayable about childhood, becoming, ageing, and the gentle bulldozer of time.”

Free admission Tuesday – Sunday 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Dunn Place, Hobart Image: Moth 6 (detail), 2019, Joel Crosswell, ink and charcoal on paper

Gruesome Playground Injuries plays at the Moonah Arts Centre from June 13 – 22. Tickets are available at www.tastheatre.com.

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THEATRE ROYAL 2019 TIM MUNRO’S JOB IS MOSTLY “PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE”. HE’S THE CEO OF HOBART’S HISTORIC THEATRE ROYAL, A BEAUTIFUL AND SIGNIFICANT PART OF TASMANIA’S LANDSCAPE THAT OPENED IN 1837. AS HE TALKS TO ME, HE’S WANDERING THROUGH THE BUILDING AS IT GETS A MODERN BUT RESPECTFUL REVAMP. THIS IS WHAT THE HEDBERG PROJECT IS ABOUT.

“We conceived the role of the Hedberg Project about fifteen years ago; around ten or twelve years ago, we decided the university would be the right partner. We showed the uni over the site and together we went to the State Government, now we’re overseeing the project.

Some of [my job] is about ‘will this be okay?’ overseeing; some of it is about documenting the construction for historical record, or showing stakeholders over the site. Getting people used to the space, early familiarisation, getting people engaged and excited about it.”

The Hedberg Project sees the theatre become a whole arts precinct unto itself, conjoining with the University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music. Although heritage aspects and artefacts will be maintained, the facelift will give the theatre some vital upgrades, like new accessible entries, a multi-level foyer and expanded bars.

It’s a $96 million project that hopes to add to Hobart’s ever-growing creative map. Thankfully, Munro has found local citizens to be supportive of the revamp.

“My observation, as someone who looks at the news occasionally, is [that] development tends to be pretty fraught, [but] we haven’t had objections or that kind of thing. It’s been welcome, the Theatre Royal has been loved for 180-odd years, this fixes some of the many deficiencies or foibles people have had to put up with. No lifts, 20

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no disabled access, not enough loos, all of that stuff is fixed by this.”

“I’ve been in this role fifteen years, we have tried to make the program more inclusive and diverse to offer something for the widest range of people. We’ve tried to be very equal in saying ‘this is a place that anyone could find something to enjoy’. Telling more stories from our community. I’m born and bred local, happily so, but my generation left, mostly. If you grew up in Tassie, the rest of the nation thought you were a bit odd (laughs). Now it’s a place that people wanna come!”

Munro has noticed the speedy shift of Tassie into one of the country’s most visited and admired states, even in his own lifetime.

“I can track the growth in tourism and the change in the way locals thought of Tasmania back to 2000 when we bought the Spirit ferries, the premier of the day did much to change tourism. MONA coming online gave that a huge quantum leap. It suddenly became modern; edgy and interesting, it attracted a wide range of people from the very well-heeled to the not at all heeled. Arts Centre Melbourne would be the nearest comparison of what we will be like.”

Munro has a lot of love for the Theatre Royal, and its decidedly colourful history.

“It’s not a quaint piece of antiquity, people in costume carrying candles. We have a local ghost and all of that sort of lore, that builds up over a period of time. It is interesting that a building has 180-odd years of tales woven through it.

We don’t dwell so much on that, as it’s about tonight’s audience and stories, but 180 years of storytelling is really interesting. The old building was quaint, romantic and fun, but it had a lot of disadvantages too. You need contemporary facilities for contemporary audiences.”

Wait, go back...a ghost?

“Oh yeah, many people have had their ghost experience. Fred the ghost. Jackie Weaver has a great story of a ghost she swears sitting in the dress circle during rehearsal.”

Indeed, once the theatre has reopened, you can expect a diverse and colourful program of performances, shows and projects to follow; in the few months after its reopening, you can see acts like Deborah Conway, Dami Im, Circus Oz, Damien Leith and Hannah Gadsby, as well as shows like Cinderella, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow, Much Ado About Nothing, Swan Lake and Bangarra. A decidedly varied schedule for a varied audience.

“The key theme is we’re very excited to put a student body and a professional arts program in the building, that’s an exciting group of people to put together, and it’s another step in keeping Theatre Royal as a contemporary venue. Takes that 180 years and stretches it to another fifty or sixty!”

LISA DIB

Theatre Royal will reopen at the end of May 2019.

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TMAG- THE TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY, OF COURSE- IS AUSTRALIA’S SECOND-OLDEST MUSEUM (THE FIRST IS THE AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM IN SYDNEY, IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING), OPENING IN 1863, AND A TASMANIAN CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL EPICENTRE. AS WELL AS BEING A HOME FOR ART, ZOOLOGY AND HISTORY, TMAG ALSO CONTAINS TASMANIA’S OLDEST SURVIVING PUBLIC BUILDING, THE 1808-10 COMMISSARIAT STORE.

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DIRTY PAPER

As a cultural hub and arts space, TMAG is constantly looking for new and innovative ways to be creative, and to foster creativity in others. One of those initiatives is Dirty Paper. Dirty Paper is a project wherein five local artists create works specifically inspired or in response to works in the TMAG collection. This year’s Dirty Paper artists- Matt Coyle, Joel Crosswell, Tom O’Hern, Lucienne Rickard and Andrew Harper- are all illustrators and worked to create responses within their field, while still stretching the boundaries of their discipline. Croswell, for instance, illustrated an unsettling series of mothhuman hybrids after exploring TMAG’s collection of moths.

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Jane Stewart, TMAG’s Principal Curator since 2008, explained a bit about Dirty Paper and the TMAG ethos.

Circus Oz

A CIRCUS ROCK OPERA

25 to 27 July

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“The exhibition was curated with Contemporary Art Tasmania. We commissioned five local artists to create artworks in response to TMAG exhibitions.

The artists went away and came up with proposals about what they wanted to make new art about, all the artists are drawers at the core and we encouraged them to push the boundaries and be experimental.”

Although TMAG might not have the enormous size of, say, the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, it has a dedicated team within it working constantly to keep visitors amazed, enthralled and on their toes.

“We’re quite small but we are increasingly trying to combine contemporary art and historic collections.” Stewart explains.

“Partly because that’s interesting, but partly because we have limited space, and that’s the best way to get the world out there. Future plans involve a greater

merging of the many different periods in art, in the same gallery spaces. It often give people a reason to stop and think ‘why have they put these works together?’. It’s a gentle jolt in the way they experience work.”

Stewart began as an artist herself and jumped straight into curating and managing, realising she had a natural talent.

“I had imagined becoming an artist. I completed my honours and then worked in a studio with other artists, but I was cleaning houses. I moved to Melbourne and enrolled at Melbourne Uni, where I studied curatorial studies, then I just got a job with City of Melbourne, managing their art collection, that kind of launched me. Sometimes you just land on your feet.

I was expecting to do a lot of volunteer work. From there, I moved to Devonport to direct a regional gallery then came to TMAG.” “There are two curators and we are together responsible for caring for the collection.” Stewart explains, on how curating works behind-the-scenes.

“We’re also responsible for sourcing new work, building the collections as funds allow, as well as considering whether or not they’re appropriate, if we think we should acquire them. Exhibitions are at the forefront of what we do, developing new temporary and permanent exhibitions. Bringing the collection to the public, in a way which is hopefully interesting and inspiring, and encouraging people to see the world a little differently through art. Also a lot of research.”

LISA DIB

DIRTY PAPER is on at TMAG until July 14.

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ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS LEGENDARY DUO OTTO AND ASTRID OF DIE ROTEN PUNKTE HAVE JOINED FORCES WITH CIRCUS OZ TO PRESENT A TRULY UNIQUE MUSICAL, CIRCUS EXPERIENCE. I HAD A CHAT TO OTTO ABOUT THE SHOW, BECOMING AN AERIALIST AND WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT ON STAGE.

Teaming up with Circus Oz for Rock Bang seemed like the obvious choice for Otto and Astrid.

“We started touring in Australia around 2006 and even though we were a serious rock and roll band, we had this manager who booked us into comedy festivals and theatre festivals. We would play in the same room as a lot of circus people so it’s like we got adopted by the Australian circus community very quickly. Circus Oz got this new artistic director a few years ago and he thought he’d like to make a show about the best band in the world. He googled ‘best band in the world’ and we just happened to have a song called ‘Best Band In The World’ so he got us. It was a good match.”

Rock Bang tells the life story of siblings Otto and Astrid, from being orphaned as children to tearing up the stages of Berlin’s underground rock scene.

“They said they just wanted to make a circus rock opera about our lives, and we had already started writing songs, over the last few albums, about the story of our life. So, they said why don’t you take some of the songs that you have and write some new songs as well and we’ll make a whole big story and we’ll have acrobats and stuff and that’s how it happened.”

For Otto and Astrid, a circus rock opera is a bit of a change from their usual creative pursuits as the (self-proclaimed) best band in the world.

“When we do a show, it’s just us playing a rock and roll show, so it’s the first time that we have had a circus. And, technically speaking, I am an aerialist in this show and that’s something that I’ve never done before, because I go up in the air. Apparently if you go up in the air, just a metre in the air, and you stay there, then you are an aerialist.”

For Otto, with new experiences comes important lessons learnt.

“You have to make sure not to eat on the stage, because if you leave some sandwich or you know, like a pie or something like that, just somewhere on the stage, usually for us it wouldn’t be so bad because it’s just the two of us but we have like acrobats rolling around and they could get food all over them.”

July will see an anticipated return to Tasmania for the rock and roll duo.

“We’ve played at the Falls Festival. We did play in Launceston and Hobart, I think in 2008, some circus people got us to play there and I remember driving from Launceston to Hobart and I don’t think the person was a very good driver cause we were felling a bit sick in the back.”

Playing in Hobart, Launceston and Devenport, Rock Bang is sure to impress Tassie audiences.

“Expect the greatest circus rock opera you’ve ever seen! And okay, I know you’re thinking maybe I’ve never seen a circus rock opera before, but that’s exactly why it’s so cool.”

HOLLY LESZCZYNSKI

See Circus Oz perform around the State in July: Launceston – Princess Theatre – July 20 Devonport – Paranaple Arts Centre – July 23 Hobart - Theatre Royal - July 25 – 27.

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performing arts Guide

Gallery Guide South Colville Gallery Until May 4 Australian Ceramic Triennial – Andrea Barker May 10 Works on Paper – Group Show May 24 Flashpoint – Eloise Kirk Handmark Gallery Until May 13 New Works – Ceramics Exhibition May 17 – June 3 New Paintings – Clifford How Despard Gallery Until May 26 Fusion | Contemporary Ceramic Art – Patrick Collins, Jeff Mincham, Roger Webb & Jenny Orchard Bett Gallery May 2 – May 25 Hermannsburg Potters May 2 – May 25 Interstitial – Kelly Austin, Belinda Winkler, Patsy Hely & Kirsten

Coelho May 31 – June 22 Joan Ross May 31 – June 22 Lucienne Rickard Salamanca Arts Centre •

Lightbox Until May 5 Germination – Samantha Dennis May 10 – May 31 Self Assembly

NORTH Handmark Evandale Until May 1 New (and Old) Lithographs) – Kaye Green May 4 – May 29 Affordable Exhibition – Handmark Artists Burnie Arts & Function Centre May 11 – June 23 Elsewhere World – Raymond Arnold May 11 – July 7 Wild Coast – Works from the BRAG Collection Gallery Pejean Until May 11 New Perspectives in Waltercolour – Graeme Whittle May 13 – June 8 In Pursuit of Light – John Gill Devonport Regional Gallery •

Main Gallery Until May 26 The Nightingale and the Rose – Del Kathryn Barton

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Little Gallery Until May 19 Placing Things – Kelly Austin May 25 – July 21 10 Objects – 10 Stories: Celebrating Community Collections

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Sawtooth ARI May 3 - May 25 •

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Top Gallery May 2 – May 31 Chromophobia – Felicity Lovett

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Studio Gallery Until May 5 Rubbish Ideas

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Long Gallery Until May 5 Art From Trash 2019 May 11 – June 2 ArtRage

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Contemporary Art Tasmania May 4 – May 24 Anthropocene Noir – Erin Linhart, Lola Page, Emily Parsons-Lord, Dexter Rosengrave, Elissa Wilson

TMAG Until May 5 Dinosaur rEvolution: Secrets of Survival Until July 19 Dirty Paper – Matt Coyle, Joel Crosswell, Tom O’Hern, Lucienne Rickard and Andrew Harper with works

by Andrew Clifford and Rodney Febey.

Upper Gallery Until June 2 Littoral

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Front Gallery Tether – Adam Anderson, Jacinta Giles, Annalize Mulder, Rachael Wellisch, Victoria Wareham

SOUTH

NORTH

COMEDY

COMEDY

The Polish Corner Boags Brewery Bar May 1 May 31 Luke Heggie Fresh Comedy: Peter Rowsthorn May 8 Kel Balnaves Launceston Conference Centre May 15 May 11 Jen Carnovale John Howard Really Sucked May 22 Dylan Hesp Burnie Arts & Function Centre May 29 May 30 Peter Rowsthorn Anh Do – The Happiest Refugee LIVE!!

Grand Poobah Princess Theatre May 10 May 22 John Howard Really Sucked Urzila Carlson: Loser Hobart Uni Bar THEATRE May 25 Jimi Jackson ‘Adulthood’ Australian Tour Princess Theatre May 1 – May 4 Brisbane Hotel Seussical May 2 May 17 CULT Comedy Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour May 30 May 24 CULT Comedy The Great Debate May 25 Wrest Point Entertainment Centre The Sound of Musicals May 23 May 26 Urzila Carlson Guest Talk: Rob Mills & Jemma Rix Frank’s Cider Bar and Cafe Earl Arts Centre May 30 May 16 – May 25 Funnies at Frank’s: Peter Rowsthorn 1984 Brick Factory Paranaple Arts Centre May 13 May 17 – June 1 Laughs On Tap #31 DOWNTOWN – The Mod Musical Pancho Villa May 7 Side Splitting Comedy Presents: Ned Townsend in “Lovely Darts”

Burnie Arts & Function Centre May 9 – May 11 When I Grow Up

Theatre Royal Middle Gallery May 30 – June 1 Through a Glass, Darkly Senior Moments – Emilio Cresciani Dark Space Here, With a Band!

- Lauren McCartney Project Space In Kind – Sharifah Emalia Al-Gadrie

THEATRE Peacock Theatre May 8 – May 12 Yoga Clowns of the Apocalypse Playhouse Theatre May 17 – June 1 Dad’s Army

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Hobart Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

May

Republic Bar & Cafe

Mothers Day with The Crystal Set 12pm

Tuesday

Dave Wilson Band 8:30pm TSO Live Sessions in the Greek Club

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

24

Venue 7

8

9

10

11

12

Acts / Start Time

Date

Bright Eyes Espresso

Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Republic Bar & Cafe

Noteworthy’ with Jaywell + Kim Imber + The Backstick Agenda 8pm

The Greek Club

The Duke

Hobart Blues Club – Peter Hicks and the Blues Licks 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Prism

Grand Poobah

Karaoke 9pm

Observatory Lounge Bar

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Cafe

Radio Silence 8:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ Nik

The Brunswick Hotel The Duke

Monday

13

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Tuesday

14

Bright Eyes Espresso

Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Noteworthy’ with Ryk Goddard + Martin James + Eve Gowen 8pm

The Duke

Dukebox – Audition Jam

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar: Theory

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar: PRISM w/ Virtual Reality, DMAX, I.A.E.

Tony Mak 7pm

Observatory Lounge Bar

DJ B-Rex

Duke Trivia 7:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Black Swans of Trespass 8:30pm

The Homestead

Mid-Week Gypsy Jazz Sessions

Telegraph Hotel

DJ Nik

Twisted Lime

Twisted Decks – Tassie Talent

The Brunswick Hotel

Cam Stuart 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Bridget Pross 8:30pm

The Duke

Duke Trivia 7:30pm

Hobart Uni Bar

Ruel

The Homestead

M.T. Blues Music 1:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

The Darlings 9pm

Wrest Point Showroom

Matthew Ives and his Big Band

Republic Bar & Cafe

Django’s Tiger 8:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Les Coqs Incroyables 8:30pm Unlocked – Open Mic Night 6pm

Wednesday

Thursday

15

16

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy Whitton and Jamie Taylor 6:30pm

Bright Eyes Espresso

The Duke

Jay Jarome 7:30pm

Grand Poobah

Karaoke 9pm

Birdcage Bar

Tezmond Duo 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

Big Al’s & Gru 9pm

Botanica Bar

Hugo Bladel 7pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Bright Eyes Espresso

Dave Steel, Ross Smithard & Graeme Beer 6pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar: Philomath, The Boners, StrangerStill, Warner, Smith & Bancroft

Musicians Anonymous with Brett Malone + Jethro Pickett + Jeremy Macham + more 8:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar: Coward Punch, Gape, Dire, Daisy Cutter

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy Whitton and Jamie Taylor 6:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jarome 7:30pm

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Birdcage Bar

Matt Edmunds 9pm

Central Hotel

Hannah May 4pm

Botanica Bar

Hugo Bladel 7pm

Grand Poobah

Friendly Jordies: Two Shows

Bright Eyes Espresso

Coyote Serenade 6pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Brisbane Hotel

Jimmy D’s Bar & Grill

M.T. Blues Music 5:30pm

Back Bar: Psychosis w/ Kireesh, Psywise, StomPsy, Purto, Carsley, Dom

Observatory Lounge Bar

DJ B-Rex

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar: Late Night Krackieoke

Post Street Social

Sean Hall

Cargo

DJ Millhouse

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Hudson Cartel + Lake Myer + Slaughterhaus Surf Cult 10pm

Central Hotel

Bridget Pross 4pm

Hobart Brewing Company

Christopher Coleman & The Great Escape 8pm

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Sambo 7:30pm

Hotel SOHO

Matthew Dames Trio

Telegraph Hotel

Pocket Rockett

Jack Greene

Sean Hall

The Brunswick Hotel

Tom Booth 5pm

Longley International Hotel

M.T. Blues Music 1:30pm

The Duke

The Duchesses 8pm

Observatory Lounge Bar

DJ B-Rex

The Whaler

Searching Eyes, The Foley Artists 7:30pm

Post Street Social

Tony Mak

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Countershine Trio

Republic Bar & Cafe

Kerser ‘Lifestyle’ Tour 10pm

Birdcage Bar

Jerome Hillier 9pm

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Black Swans of Trespass 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

ALL AGES – CC ROCK

Telegraph Hotel

Got Your Six

Brisbane Hotel

The Dead Maggies, Yoni & The Steamers, The Developers, Hard Rubbish

The Brunswick Hotel

Jonathan & Alan 5pm

The Duke

The Duchesses 8pm

Cargo

DJ Millhouse

The Whaler

Finn Seccombe, Dean Stevenson 7:30pm

Grand Poobah

Stingray, Boyesy & Jean De La Baptiste

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

Observatory Lounge Bar Odeon Theatre

Friday

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Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Isaac Gee Band

Birdcage Bar

Tony Mak Duo 9pm

DJ B-Rex

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar: Babe Rainbow (NSW)

Cosmo’s Midnight

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar: S.C.R.A.P.S. Party!!

Onyx Bar

Jay Jarome 9:30pm

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Post Street Social

Isaac Westwood

Grand Poobah

SODF, Boyesy, Zios & Berks

Republic Bar & Cafe

Scott Darlow ‘The Fades Away’ Tour 10pm

Hobart Brewing Company

Ceres – We Are A Team Tour

Society

Night in New Orleans

Hobart Uni Bar

Godlands – 4 U ONLY Tour

Telegraph Hotel

Pocket Rockett

Irish Murphy’s

Got Your Six 10:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Dan Vandermeer 7:30pm

Jack Greene

Westwood & Doyle

The Homestead

Honkin at The Homestead 6

Midway Point Tavern

Marl’s Saturday Night Rewind

The Whaler

Dean Stevenson, Ruben Reeves 9pm

Mobius Lounge Bar

Cheshire (Sugar Flip EP Tour)

Birdcage Bar

Aly Rae Patmore Trio 6pm

Observatory Lounge Bar

DJ B-Rex

Bright Eyes Espresso

Bill Munroe’s Hotplate 4pm

Onyx Bar

Sambo & Jimi 10:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Republic Bar & Cafe

Chris Cain (USA) 10pm

Jack Greene

Isaac Westwood

Telegraph Hotel

Live Wires

Post Street Social

Gabriele Dagrezio

The Brunswick Hotel

Tim Davies 7:30pm

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Date Sunday

Venue 19

Acts / Start Time

Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

The Whaler

Billy Whitton & The Swingcats 9pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Birdcage Bar

Anna Maynard 6pm

Post Street Social

Terry Nomikos

Bright Eyes Espresso

Hui and the Muse 4pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Blue Flies 2:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Republic Bar & Cafe

TBA 8:30pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Monday

27

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Lewisham Tavern

M.T. Blues Music 3pm

Tuesday

28

Bright Eyes Espresso

Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm

Post Street Social

Terry Nomikos

Republic Bar & Cafe

Republic Bar & Cafe

Boil Up 2:30pm

Noteworthy’ with Miss Jones Plays + Jared Van Andel + Marcus Keetch 8pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Daniel Townsend 8:30pm

Wednesday

29

The Duke

Toby Straton 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Prism

Observatory Lounge Bar

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Cafe

Gnarlhund 8:30pm

Monday

20

Republic Bar & Cafe

Sam Forsyth 7pm

Tuesday

21

Bright Eyes Espresso

Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Noteworthy’ with Majella Eales + Camilla Jones + Crystal Sky 8pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ Nik

The Duke

Jazz Jam 7:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Isaac Westwood 7pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

The Duke

Duke Trivia 7:30pm

Observatory Lounge Bar

DJ B-Rex

Birdcage Bar

Django’s Tiger 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Simon Wright - #looptheworld 8:30pm

Bright Eyes Espresso

Unlocked – Open Mic Night 6pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ Nik

Irish Murphy’s

Mayhem & Me 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Sam Forsyth 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Montz Matsumoto 8pm

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

22

23

24

Sunday

25

26

30

The Duke

Duke Trivia 7:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy Whitton and Jamie Taylor 6:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Anita Cairns Duo 8:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jarome 7:30pm

Bright Eyes Espresso

Unlocked – Open Mic Night 6pm

Birdcage Bar

The Darlings 9pm

Hobart Uni Bar

Meg Mac

Botanica Bar

Hugo Bladel 7pm

Irish Murphy’s

Clover Hitch 9pm

Bright Eyes Espresso

Tassie Devil’s Own 6pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Brett Collidge 8:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Greeley Fundraiser

The Brunswick Hotel

Jane & Harry 6:30pm

Central Hotel

Jess Clennett 4pm

The Duke

Jay Jarome 7:30pm

Grand Poobah

Barbuto, OGP, Fotti P & Sam Price

Birdcage Bar

Tim & Scott 9pm

Hobart Twilight Market

Botanica Bar

Hugo Bladel 7pm

Dan Vandermeer, Bryce Tilyard, Eve Gowan 4:30pm

Bright Eyes Espresso

Tiffany Eckhardt, Dave Steel, Graeme Beer & Ross Smithard 6pm

Hobart Uni Bar

Ball Park Music

Observatory Lounge Bar

DJ B-Rex

Brisbane Hotel

Duality Punk & Metal Fest w/ The Developers, Viewpoint, The Labcoat Fiasco, Minds in Motion, Lab A

Republic Bar & Cafe

Ezekiel Ox 10pm

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Jonathan & Alan 7:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Cam Stuart 6pm

The Duke

The Duchesses 8pm

The Founders Room

Jazz & Popular Showcase Concert

The Salty Dog

M.T. Blues Music 5:30pm

The Whaler

Dylan Eynon, Dean Stevenson 7:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Red Light Parlour Trio

Wrest Point Showroom

Anthony Callea

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar: Clowns (Vic), Private Function (Vic), Ultra Martian, Squid Fishing

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar: Boom Boom Kids (Argentina), Smug Anime Face, It Thing, Vacant Lot, Late Night Krackieoke

Cargo

Saturday

Thursday

Friday

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DJ Sexy Lucy

Central Hotel

M.T. Blues Music 4pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Observatory Lounge Bar

DJ B-Rex

Post Street Social

Gabriele Dagrezio

Republic Bar & Cafe

TBA 10pm

Tasmanian Inn Hotel

Dan Vandermeer 7:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

Entropy

JUNE

The Brunswick Hotel

Dave West 5pm

Saturday

The Duke

The Duchesses 8pm

The Whaler

Hugh Foley, The Darlings 7:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Origami Island

All Saints Market

Miss Jones Plays, Jackson Simpson, Cas O’Keefe 10:30am

Observatory Lounge Bar

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Cafe

Alice Ivy 10pm

Birdcage Bar

Sambo & Jimi 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Dan Vandermeer 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Dear Seattle (NSW), PLTS, TOWNS

The Whaler

The Foley Artists 9pm

Cargo

DJ Millhouse

Grand Poobah

Limbo

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

Observatory Lounge Bar

DJ B-Rex

Onyx Bar

Robotikus 9:30pm

Post Street Social

Isaac Westwood

Republic Bar & Cafe

Ivan Ooze – Final Tour 10pm

Telegraph Hotel

Serotonin

The Brunswick Hotel

Jay Jarome Trio 7:30pm

The Whaler

Dean Stevenson, Ruben Reeves 9pm

Birdcage Bar

The Von Diamond Band 6pm

Bright Eyes Espresso

G B Balding 4pm

Brisbane Hotel

Screaming Females (USA), Slag Queens, Bansheeland

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

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Launceston / NORTH WEST Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

MAY Wednesday

8

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Danny Kealley 8pm

Thursday

9

Watergarden

Leigh Ratcliffe 7pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Espresso Bongo 8pm

Friday

10

Watergarden

Electric Vue 8pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Mick Attard 9pm

The Chapel (Burnie)

Susannah Coleman-Brown

Verona Italian Restaurant & Wine

Lasca Dry 6:30pm

Tonic Bar

Well Strung 9pm

Watergarden

Raj Sinha 8pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – S&M 9pm

Greens Hotel

Minimal Madness Ft Duane Bartolo and Short Round 10pm

Verona Italian Restaurant & Wine

Trevor Weaver 6:30pm

The Irish

Agent 86 11pm

Iron Horse Bar & Grill

Chapter V 8:30pm

Tonic Bar

New Sensation 9pm

Watergarden

Danny Kealley 1:30pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Open Folk Seisiun 5pm

Ulverstone Wharf

Jazz on Mother’s Day – Angela Davis (Vic) 3pm

Saturday

Sunday

11

12

Wednesday

15

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Cody Gunton 8pm

Thursday

16

Watergarden

Leigh Ratcliffe 7pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Joe Kallman, Dream Sister 8pm

Watergarden

The Suffrajettes 8pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Leigh Ratcliffe 9pm

Burnie Arts & Function Centre

Clinton Hutton 7pm

Pub Rock Diner

Mental As Anything 8pm

Tonic Bar

DJ Randall Foxx 9pm

Watergarden

The Fireflies 8pm

The Royal Oak

Oak Shed – The Art of Surviving 9pm

Empress Craft Beer

Brad Gillies 8pm

The Greenwood Bar

Mental As Anything 1pm

Princess Theatre

Beethoven Rediscovered 7:30pm

Tonic Bar

Gypsy Rose 9pm

Watergarden

The Suffrajettes 1:30pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Open Folk Seisiun 5pm

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

17

18

19

Wednesday

22

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Luke Triffitt 8pm

Thursday

23

Watergarden

Adam Page 7pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Ben Castles 8pm

The Burnie Townhouse

Viktor Zappner Swingtet Featuring singers Nadira Farid & Sophie Leslie

Watergarden

Jerome Hillier 8pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Scott Lewis 9pm

Pub Rock Diner

Not a Bumblebee 10pm

Tonic Bar

Brett Collidge 9pm

Watergarden

The Tassie Tenor 8pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – John & Jai 9pm

Olde Tudor Hotel

Scott Lewis 7:30pm

Tonic Bar

Clinton Hutton 9pm

Watergarden

Rino Morea 1:30pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Open Folk Seisiun 5pm

The Royal Oak

Oak Shed – Blues Club Jam 2pm

Tandy’s Alehouse

Adapt 4pm

Mudbar Restaurant

Scott Lewis 3:30pm

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

24

25

26

Tuesday

28

The Royal Oak

Oak Shed – Nadira & Friends 8pm

Wednesday

29

The Irish

Scott Lewis 9:30pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Open Mic 7pm

The Cinema (Burnie)

Ball Park Music 8pm

Watergarden

Tony Voglino 7pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Jade & Dane 8pm

The Saloon Bar

Ballpark Music 8pm

Watergarden

The Roller Rockers 8pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – The Blackstone Dukes 9pm

Tonic Bar

K&J 9pm

Thursday

Friday

26

30

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