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MUSIC AND ARTS NEWS – NOVEMBER DEWAYNE IS DEADLY

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Dewayne Everettsmith has really had a stellar year. Following his performance at the Deadly Awards in Sydney, he was presented with a custom-made Maton guitar to celebrate the release of his debut single. Dubbed “The Australian Devil”, the guitar was created as a tribute to Dewayne’s work as national ambassador for the Save the Tasmanian Devil Appeal. The single, It’s Like Love is already known around the world as the soundtrack to Tourism Australia’s $250 Million international advertising push. Everyone here at Warp Magazine would like to congratulate Dewayne on an awesome year. www.dewayneeverettsmith.com

It’s a long way to NYC, but now we can catch the New York Metropolitan Opera seasons here in Hobart. Well, Berriedale. Which is even more special, really. From November 12, the Met Opera’s new live in HD season kicks off in the MONA Cinema with the big love potion number by Donizetti, E'Liisir D'Amore (The Elixir of Love) including a special evening screening on Friday 16 Nov at 6.30pm, with live classical music in to Void from 5pm. From November 14, enjoy performances of La Sylphide, from the Bolshoi Ballet, and from November 24, embrace The National Theatre UK’s production of Shakespeare's Timon of Athens. www.mona.net.au/what's-on/cinemaprogram

THE RAP CELLA Australian based website therapcella.com is, and has been for some time now, THE place to go to learn anything about anyone who raps and releases albums. Melbourne’s Draino has put in an astounding amount of work to ensure that therapcella is the most in-depth rap music database in the world. Originally launching in 2002 as The Oz Cella, it has gone through many incarnations, and its latest incarnation is the fastest and most extensive to date. Featuring music from over 5800 artists, more than 5900 albums released, and over 25,700 songs, therapcella.com is the place to go if you want to expand your hiphop collection, but only want the good shit. www.therapcella.com

INDIE MUSIC AWARDS

JEFF’S GOT THE BLUES Jeff Woodward is a guitarist and vocalist who had played all around the country before relocating to Tasmania. Since being here, Jeff has won consecutive People’s Choice awards at the Forth Valley Blues Festival in 2010 (solo) and in 2011 (with duo Sandstone Relics). Roy Zedras has performed all over the world and supported international touring artists such as Van Morrison and the late Roy Orbison. Fred Spiteri is a well known Tasmanian drummer, who has worked with Billy Thorpe and the Steve Wright Band. Together they form the Hideaway Blues Band (with over 85 years combined experience in the music industry), and will be playing three shows around Hobart in November: Friday November 9 at the Queens Head Hotel, Saturday November 10 at the Ferntree Tavern, and Sunday November 11 at the Longley International Hotel. If you’re in to heavy blues/rock, get along to check them out.

The Jagermeister Independent Music Awards were announced recently, here’s a quick rundown of who got what. Chet Faker was the only multiple award winner, picking up Best Indy Single/EP for Thinking in Textures, and Breakthrough Indy Artist. Best Indy Album went to Royal Headache. Best Indy Artist went to The Jezabels. New category, Best Indy Label, went to Elefant Traks. Great stuff. For info on the genre-specific awards, charts and independent music, check out www.air.org.au MONA CINEMA NOVEMBER In case you didn’t know, MONA Cinema (MOCI? Mofos love acronyms) is an awesome place to watch awesome films and November’s program packs a diverse punch. BOFA at MONA – Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival documentary screenings at MONA, in the “social cinema” area of Eros and Thantos rooms from November 9-11. www.bofa.com.au. Catch “the best Australian film of the year” (The Age), Amiel Courtin Wilson’s prison-release love story tour de force HAIL (rated R) and short film Cicada (about lead actor Daniel P. Jones’ childhood trauma). See the new biographical doco Anton Corbijn Inside Out, focusing on the Dutch photographer, music video and film director. www.mona.net.au/what's-on/cinema-program

MUDDY TURDS DROP A NEW ONE The Muddy Turds are a local act that released their debut album five years ago. So they’re about due for another one, huh. For their upcoming album, they once again worked with 3K Short (Machine Gun Fellatio) in ‘preproduction and general guidance’. You’ll be able to see The Muddy Turds launch their new release at Irish Murphy’s The Fox Room (Salamanca) on Friday November 16. The Turds will be supported by two of their favourite NSW acts, White Knuckle Fever (a techno-psycho Billy duo) from Sydney, and The Luke Hoskins Inexperience (pop/glam/synth rock) from Newcastle. It starts at 8pm, entry is $8, the room is limited to fiddy people, so get in early!

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morgan duhig Why do you write for WARP? I love the informative and fun style that WARP brings to music reviews. Some articles are bloody hilarious and it's definitely more than what you just have lying next to the loo or in a doctor's office. I get to write about what I love, and it's work experience for the profession I would like to get amongst.

If you were so addicted to something that it destroyed your life, what would you like it to be?

Once upon a time, when I was eight years old or so, the answer would've been something like Neopets. But if we're talking present tense, it would have to be Werner comics, which are these German comic strips about a mad scientist who gets up to all kinds of shenanigans.

What do you like about your tastes and passions in/for music?

Having a wide range of things to listen to that suit all moods is really the best thing one can have. I can range from something really wild and flowery like Kate Bush to a deep and sombre

Tracy Chapman in a day, and even bond with my Dad through our love of metal classics like Enter Sandman. It's important to be up for anything!

What musical genre dominates your iPod? I wouldn't say anything dominates the other, but I do seem to have an awful lot of acoustic and folk, due to my parents coming from that whole 70s lather-yourself-in-mud-and-streakthrough-a-field era. There's a lot of pensive, wailing guitarists on there like Joe Bonamassa, Jimi Hendrix, Roy Buchanan and such of the like.

It's good fun.

If you could interview one person, dead or alive, who would it be and why?

David Gilmour, because he is absolutely everything that inspires me creatively. He revolutionised so many components of rock, and judging by past interviews, he's a funny and chill dude.

When will your dreams die?

When I do... *strikes heroic pose*

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LORD’S DIGITAL LIES LORD will be hitting the road again this year in support of their new album Digital Lies.

Joining LORD as part of the tour will be Electrik Dynamite, and on the Tasmanian leg of the tour, they’ll also be joined by Taberah.

Promising to be an epic night of epically epic epicness, you can catch them at The Royal Oak in Launceston on Friday November 16 (doors at 8.45pm), and The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Saturday November 17 (doors at 10pm). Cover for both gigs will be $12.

MIDSUMMA DJS In 2011, Midsumma hosted their first DJ competition. In 2012, they’re hosting a national competition. They’ll be visiting Hobart to watch 10 Djs play at Flamingos Bar on Sunday November 18 (doors at 7.30pm, entry by donation to TasPride). The Tasmanian winner will enter an online battle against other state winners, where it’s up to the public to vote for their favourite. The winner gets flown to Melbourne to play at Birrarung Marr, the home of T Dance. Entries for the Tasmanian heat close on November 14, so get along to www.midsumma.org.au to register.

Paul Di’Anno and Blaze Bayley, former vocalists of heavy metal powerhouse Iron Maiden, are hitting the road together for the first time ever in Australia and New Zealand. The pair will be dual headliners on the tour, both performing Iron Maiden songs, a night of classic tracks from their respective albums. Hitting The Brisbane Hotel on Friday November 23, supported by Hazmat (NSW) and Smokestack.

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SOUNDSCAPE DJS SILENT Packed tight with entertainment, Soundscape Festival has made another announcement: now there’ll also be a silent disco with a bunch of awesome local DJ’s (DJ Grotesque, Akouo, Adam Turner, Kenny Beeper, and many more), plus Purple Sneaker DJ’s, Tyler Touche and Lewi McKirdy playing both main stage and silent disco sets. Aston Shuffle DJ’s will also be playing a set on the main stage. It’s DJ city up in hurrrr. For more information on who/ what/where/when will be going on with the Soundscape Festival, head along to www. thesoundscapefestival.com. Yep.

BLASKO AND THE TSO Sarah Blasko is setting off on an interesting tour. Visiting every state to support the release of her new album I Awake, Sarah will be playing with six different orchestras along the way. Hobart will get a chance to experience the I Awake experience, when Sarah Blasko performs with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra on Monday February 4 at Wrest Point Casino. For more information, and to book tickets, visit tso.com.au or phone the Box Office on 1800 001 190.

One of Tasmania’s favourite muso ex-pats, Monique Brumby will be making a brief return to her former home towards the end of November. The two-time ARIA award winning songstress will be appearing at Hobart’s ever popular International Beer Fest on Saturday November 24 and Sunday November 25. For information on other acts at this year’s Beer Fest, and to score some tickets, head along to www.tasmanianbeerfest.com.au.

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RISE OF THE MORNINGS After Just returning from their last tour, The Mornings have a few things to announce: n the following weeks they will be releasing their latest single Telescope with a string of 17 dates across the country including performances at Soundscape Festival (TAS) and Festival of The Sun (NSW). With the launch of their Telescope Tour 2012 they’re also announcing a few changes in their line-up. The Mornings will we welcoming Ben Cole on to the bass guitar and Seth Henderson will be moving over to the keys. They will also welcome Aidan O'Mara back to the band to play drums for this upcoming busy string of dates. Head to www. themorningmusic.com for full list of dates and links to their new single.

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MOTOWN AT MONA Get your sing-a-long on at Standing in the Shadows of MONA - the museum's first summer season concert on the lawns, a sweet harmony between UTAS Conservatorium of Music and Professor Andrew Legg. Bring a picnic blanket and get on down to Gospel and Motown classics by Stevie Wonder, the Jackson Five, Joe Cocker and more, with the Southern Gospel Choir, The Very Righteous Gospel Band, Michael Spiby (The Badloves), Brian Ritchie, Maria Lurighi, Andrew Legg and Dean Stevenson, on Saturday November 25 from 2pm - 5pm. It's a free gig, you dig?

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The ever-popular Circusfest delivers a funpacked three days January 26-28, from 10am daily, with circus workshops covering trapeze, tight wire, acrobatics, hula hooping and object manipulation. There will also be daily master classes by world experts. 3 day passes are available from $160 ($180 after Nov 21), and 1 day passes are available from $55. Tickets are extremely limited, so get in early. For more information (including ticketing, and terms & conditions of entry - better read those first), check out www.circusfest.com

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SAT 14TH - JACOB BOOTE 9:30PM ON-ROAD ELFA Localsinger/songwriterELFArecentlyrecorded and released her debut album. Made possible via a deal with Whirl Records, the album was produced and mixed by ARIA Award Nominee Paul Greene (James Blundell, Hirst and Greene, Ghostwriters, Spy vs. Spy), mastered by William Bowden (Gotye, Kylie Minogue), and the demos were recorded with New York based bass player and producer Jeff Hill (Rufus and Martha Wainwright, Joan Baez, etc.), an excellent pedigree for a young artist. Paul Greene himself will be touring Tasmania, and ELFA will appropriately be joining him along the way. You can catch them at five different spots around Taswegia in November, for details, head to the gig guide at the back of the mag.

PHOTO CREDIT PLEASE In the September issue of Warp Magazine, we ran a Top 10 Alt-Country albums article written by none other than local terrific singer/songwriter/muso/ beard, Linc LeFevre. We unfortunately forgot to mention that the picture of Linc printed was taken by ace local photographer Damien Peck. We’re big fans of Mr. Peck’s work, and after checking out his website, we’re pretty sure you will be too. Head along to www.dpeckphotography.com to see his impressive collections. We’d like to apologise to Damien for our forgetfulness. Our bad!

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BLONDIE STILL KEEPING BEAT WITH THE WORLD’S MOST FORMIDABLE BLONDE, DEBBIE HARRY, IN THE LEAD, BLONDIE HAVE OFTEN BEEN MISTAKEN FOR BEING A ONEWOMAN SHOW. THE TOM ROLLS IN THE BAND’S CLASSIC HEART OF GLASS SUGGEST OTHERWISE. Long serving drummer Clem Burke, whose beats are instrumental to Blondie’s sound and their success, talks to WARP about the band’s beginnings, hanging out with the likes of Joey Ramone and Andy Warhol, and what it’s like to be part of the “dysfunctional family” that is Blondie.

I will forever be grateful to the owner of CBGB, Hilly Kristal, for letting us develop and grow; it was our cavern.

WARP: The fascination with Blondie continues over time, and with it, an interest in the CBGB and New York City scene in the 70s and 80s.

During that era, it seemed those who weren’t part of the punk scene knew very little about it, and those who were part of it, were keen to keep others out. What was it really like? Was it that exclusive, or was the artistic spirit of New York more accessible than it seemed?

CB: New York today is much more gentrified and user friendly in many ways, but also much more expensive to live in. It's obviously very tough for anyone living the life of an aspiring artist to get by, but music and art still thrive there and I'm sure, if you look in the right place, just as wild and free and crazy as ever with lots of dreamers following their dreams.

W: New York in the 70’s and 80’s – was it wilder and more unruly than the New York of today?

Clem Burke: The original scene at CBGB consisted of no more than 100 people, most of them in bands. Exclusive? No. There was an artistic spirit among the bands and I think we all contributed to that, it was only later with record deals and money that things began to change, it became a little more businesslike.

W: The CBGB’s era produced great artists – Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Television - but Blondie had the greatest commercial success.

You were an anomaly of the punk and new wave era. How did your contemporaries receive you? Was there any animosity that you’d broken through to commercial success, when they hadn’t?

In the early days, CBGB was more like a workshop, where there was a sounding board to make mistakes in front of an audience to find out what did and didn't work, for example a new song. I think with Blondie, we were influenced by all the original CB's bands: The Ramones, Television, Talking Heads, Heartbreakers, Patti Smith, and we still have what I would call "the CBGB sound" in parts of our music to this day.

CB: We always wanted to get played on the radio, to be heard by the general public. I feel as though we did this on our own terms. We didn't want to characterize our music as any one thing; we were always eclectic, unlike some of the other original CB's bands. We liked disco and top 40 - as it was called, music. We covered Johnny Cash and the Four Seasons. I love 60’s bubblegum music like the 1910 Fruitgum Company and the Ohio Express. So we were all over the place musically, and some of those

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things became hits, like In the Flesh, Denis or Heart of Glass.

We liked the way The Beatles or David Bowie kept changing. That eclecticism worked to our advantage.

We followed our own path and had a lot of commercial success that eluded our contemporaries, so I suppose there must have been some envy, but also joy in the fact that we came from the same place and we showed what was possible.

W: Blondie would have slotted into a lot of different scenes back then: uptown, downtown, punk, rock, disco, hip hop, rich, poor, arty. Who did Blondie hang out with / socialize with at the time?

CB: We hung with the other bands, people like Joey Ramone, Johnny Thunders, The Ramones' art director; Arturo Vega was a good friend to the band and let us rehearse in his loft space; Debbie and Chris hung with some early rappers from the South Bronx; artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, lunch with Andy Warhol; Alan Suicide was a friend.

There were a lot of loft parties with all sorts of walks of life.

W: Blondie has had equals in the art, writing, photography and music worlds. Your friends included the likes of William Burroughs and Andy Warhol. That exposure to a greater community of artists – what has that influence been to your music?

CB: NYC is a very stimulating place to be and its influences are vast. The friends and artists that live there have all had an influence on Blondie; someone like Warhol showed how you can have art and commerce come together. Burrough's books and the whole beat generation had a massive impact on the New York underground rock scene; in fact most of the early inhabitants of CBGB were more Beatniks than so-called punks.

I've always thought of us as a pop art band, not a pop band; Andy's collaboration with The Velvet Undergroud and Nico set the template.

W: Panic of Girls proved the bond between original members Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and yourself is still strong. What accounts for that bond?

CB: We are a dysfunctional family with a lot of history between us. The three of us began the band together and the three of us remain; together we create the Blondie sound.

LOANI ARMAN

Blondie are heading back to our shores to play the Derwent Entertainment Centre on December 1, with special guests The Stranglers and The Saints. www.derwent.com. au/blondie

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THE HISTORY OF SURF MUSIC INSTRUMENTAL SURF MUSIC CAPTURES THE SOUND OF THE OCEAN AND THE FREEDOM OF SURFING – WE’RE TALKING ABOUT INSTRUMENTAL SURF ROCK, RATHER THAN THE BEACH BOYS, SAYS MARTIN CILIA OF THE ATLANTICS. I was first exposed to instrumental music (it wasn't called surf music back then) at an early age in the UK, listening to the sounds of The Shadows on my parents reel to reel tape machine. In the late ‘60s I migrated to Perth, WA with my family. I hadn't yet heard any American surf by then, apart from the big ones: Wipe Out and Pipeline.

The genre is credited as first hailing from Orange County in Southern California, USA. It features guitars, drums, bass and occasionally sax and keyboards. Surf music's hey days were between 1961 and 1964. It was only when The Beatles and the British Invasion came along that surf music took a back seat.

The type of instruments were a big part of the creation of the surf music sound. The guitars started to be played through Fender Reverb Tanks to give them that 'wet' sound. The use of the Fender Bass was also important to this new sound. The electric bass had only been around for 10 years in 1961, and was still considered a new instrument. Most of the 50s recordings used upright, or double, bass.

Another factor in that unique sound being invented is that The Fender Musical Instrument Company was located in Orange County. The local musicians influenced Leo Fender. In turn, Fender influenced the musicians with the equipment he was pioneering. Popular guitars for surf bands included the Jaguar, Stratocaster and Jazzmaster. The amplifiers got bigger and louder as the audiences grew larger. The idea was to make the guitars loud and clear

unlike the more distorted sounds that became popular in the later sixties.

Early pioneers of this style include Dick Dale and the Del-Tones (Let's Go Trippin and Miserlou); The Bel-Airs (Mr Moto); The Chantays (Pipeline); The Surfaris (Wipe Out); The Astronauts (Baja); The Ventures (Walk Don't Run and Hawaii Five-O); and from Sydney, Australia, The Atlantics, who had a number one hit with Bombora in 1963. There were also groups in Europe at this time playing instrumental guitar music, The Shadows being the most popular. The big difference in sound is that the Europeans used echo rather than reverb on their guitars, giving them another unique sound.

Surf music has been lurking underground since the 60s. It occasionally surfaces in the mainstream - Pulp Fiction is the best example.

That movie singl- handedly revived Dick Dale's career. In Australia the surf scene has always been strong. Members of Midnight Oil and bass player Brian Ritchie of the Violent Femmes recently formed an instrumental surf band called The Break, and are releasing albums and touring.

MARTIN CILIA If sipping a cold one and chilling out to some good ol' surf music courtesy of Martin Cilia sounds like a great way to spend a Friday eve, head down to The Brisbane Hotel on November 16. Supported

by The Sin & Tonics and King Shark. Tickets are $15 presale / $20 on the door, available through Moshtix.

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WITH LOVE FROM BRITISH INDIA DECLAN MELIA OF BRITISH INDIA DOESN’T HAVE MANY REGRETS – BUT HE DOES WISH THAT HE HAD KISSED MORE GIRLS WHEN HE HAD THE CHANCE.

BITS AND PIECES That’s just one of the things that the front man of four-piece indie outfit British India tells me, as he and his Melbourne posse prepare to tour the country this month to promote their new single, I Can Make You Love Me. “It seems like it’s been a really long time! We haven’t had a proper kind of tour since early 2011,” he says. “It’s feeling really good - it’s good to be organised, it’s good to be on the road with a bunch of our friends, it’s good to be playing.”

With the new single comes the poignant and downright gloomy video clip, which features a dejected Minotaur wandering the dark and disheartening streets of suburbia.

“It took five hours for the makeup and the prosthetics to go on [the Minotaur]. At one stage shooting had run overtime and they were starting early again in the morning so there wasn’t going to be time for them to take the mask off and put it back on... so it was agreed that he would just sleep in the mask.

and every note hit, every hi-hat and drum hit... has to stand for something and really has to count. So it was quite gruelling for us.

“Byron Bay was lovely, we’d wake up and go for a swim, have breakfast in the courtyard. We’d start recording usually in the late afternoon and then we’d probably open a beer or two, so it was quite relaxed.”

British India will also be heading down to Hobart this month where they will be playing two shows at the Republic Bar, and Declan says that he is more than excited to return.

“It’s a cool place! It seems a bit removed from the rest of Australia and so we always like performing there. The shows are really good, the people are lovely; it’s basically a tropical island paradise, so what’s not to love!”

ENRICA RIGOLI

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Most embarrassing CD purchase?

I have Aaron Carter self-titled 1998 debut which should be pretty embarrassing, however as a historical watermark I consider it an important addition to any music collection - it's a painful reminder of how low record companies are willing to stoop.

Not owning an Aaron Carter record would be like omitting the holocaust from WWII text books.

If you were elected Prime Minister, what's the first thing you would do?

I have no political aspirations – I'd probably just use my new found wealth and power to get laid. Following that, I imagine my misuse of the electorate's mandate would see me impeached or whatever the Australian equivalent of impeachment is.

Studio or stage?

Studio at the moment. We've been on the stage far, far more than we've been in the studio so we're still only now working out the finer details of what the studio can achieve. It's cyclical though; before long, I'll really miss performing.

On the road or at home?

“The first line of their song is ‘Before I die I’ll write this letter’, and it’s written kind of posthumously, so I thought that was probably the most depressing thing I could think of. So I started from that same angle and it all came rather quickly from there."

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The last thing I bought was a coffee from a cafe in Brunswick for the princely sum of $3.50; every morning this predictable, pretentious, capitalist ritual is carried out and I shamefully derive great joy from it. Excluding food and beverage, the last thing I wasted money on was a ticket to see Margaret at the cinema. Pretty good.

I was once asked if I was the reincarnation of a fan’s dead brother – or not so much asked as accused of being or assumed to be.

Preferring to think that the band’s songs are “art imitating art”, Declan says he was inspired to write the song after hearing Roxy Music’s Strictly Confidential.

“He really demands a good performance from start-song to song-finish. Every chord, strum

Last thing you bought?

Weirdest thing you have ever been asked?

“When we saw him, which was at the very end of the clip, he certainly seemed a shadow of a man. It must have been a pretty traumatic experience. But he suffered for his art and we got a good result”.

The group’s forthcoming album, which is almost under wraps, is being recorded in Byron Bay with American record producer, Nick DiDia.

WITH DECLAN MELIA FROM BRITISH INDIA

On the road - things are really quite dull here and I really like touring, always have.

Is Elvis dead?

I'm afraid to say he is.

Most awesome thing about British India?

British India play two shows at the Republic Bar and Cafe in Hobart this month, November 23 and 24. New single I Can Make You Love Me is out now.

Our camaraderie. Our music has been and remains fucking awesome, but even great music isn't fun if you're with strangers or people you don't like. I'm glad we're all so close.

Jeff Martin Sat 10th November

Tijuana Cartel Sun 11th November

The Black Sorrows Sat 17th November

British India Fri 23rd & Sat 24th Nov

November People Before Pokies Fundraiser Thursday, 1st Sugartrain $4 Friday, 2nd Eagle & The Worm $17pre/$20door Saturday, 3rd JaJa Sunday, 4th G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin' Blues) Monday, 5th Baker Boys Band Tuesday, 6th Lovers Jump Creek + LaVista Wednesday, 7th Charlie A Court Thursday, 8th Amplified Showcase Live local Music Friday, 9th Amplified: Acoustic Beergarden Live Local Music Sat Arvo 10th (afternoon) Jeff Martin + Tim Davies $30pre/$35door Saturday, 10th Tijuana Cartel $25pre/$30door Sunday, 11th Quiz Night Monday, 12th Mike McCarthy Tuesday, 13th Slyde Wednesday, 14th Chance Waters $5 Thursday, 15th

Republic’s 15th Birthday with Acumen + La Vista + Chase City + Ben Wells + more Friday, 16th The Black Sorrows (Matinee Show) $25pre/$30 Sat, 17th Lord + Elecktrik Dynamite + Taberah $5 Sat, 17th Republic Music Quiz, Wahbash Avenue $5 Sun, 18th Joe Pirere Monday, 19th Double Down Tuesday, 20th Joe Pirere & The Blackberries Wednesday, 21st Rory Ellis Thursday, 22nd British India + New Saxons $25pre/$30door Fri, 23rd British India + New Saxons $25pre/$30door Sat, 24th Peter Hicks & The Blues Licks Sunday, 25th Quiz Night Monday, 26th The Sign Tuesday, 27th Jed Appleton + Younger Dryas $7 Wednesday, 28th Native Ryme $15pre/$20door Thursday, 29th The Beards + Guthrie $20pre/$25door Friday, 30th

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FIVE RECORDS IN MY COLLECTION WITH CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN

This Night The Musical – At War With Yourself For Somebody Else This was the first record to make me cry. I would play along to the closing track In the Grave on the piano; I think that in that winter I might have played the song maybe two hundred times. Seth David is a genius. He writes as good a song as any you have heard.

I hope he gets a manager or something so he can stick at a project for longer than six weeks. The songs are way too good to sit on a pile of compact discs in the drummer’s parent’s basement.

Jonno Coleman – In The Small Hours Of The Morning My biggest musical influence is my older brother Jonathon. He cut this EP in the middle of becoming a Dad and making another record with his rock band. Songs sung like it is the funeral of the world, and he has written the eulogy in song and sings it as the coffin gets carried away. I love it. The production is subtle and fresh.

Sigur Ros – Takk I have spent many a night sleeping in a van in both a gross and a beautiful car park.

This record is a great reassurance on those nights. Ambient and dense; enormous and tiny; ugly and gorgeous. It was a soundtrack for me whilst touring with a band of equally unemployed idealist brothers and sister, The Beggars and The Buskers.

Bob Dylan – Highway 61 Revisited He spits the words out of his pen and mouth like an Eminem and James Joyce metamorphous. Try listening to this at three in the morning, seven nights in a row and then smile that old cliché; that the night is made for the poets and the madmen.

Amanda Palmer – Who Killed Amanda Palmer When I toured through the UK last year with The Blue Mosquitoes, it was fucking hard; glorious, but so intensely taxing. I had just started dating Hannah Foley, the lead singer and I was playing bass in her band and sometimes opening up the nights with a solo show. It worked out to be 32 shows in 28 days or something. Anyway. This album got me through it. Ben Folds produced it; it is fun and dark in the most engaging way.

Christopher Coleman Collective play Amplified at The Grand Poobah on November 10, The Works Festival on November 11, Youth Arc (all ages) on November 23, the Tasmanian International Beer Fest on November 24, and Federation Square Melbourne on December 1.

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WHERE WERE YOU IN ’82?

THIS YEAR MARKS THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE HOODOO GURUS’ DEBUT SINGLE LEILANI, AND THE BAND HAS RELEASED A NEW SINGLE TO CELEBRATE: USE-BY DATE.

“You get to a certain age and people start looking at you funny,” grins Dave Faulkner, frontman and band mainstay for three decades. “There is this assumption that somehow there is an expiry date for an artist. It’s not true, but it’s what people expect, it’s how the industry runs…”

And the industry dictates that the new single appears on a greatest hits collection, even if Faulkner dictates that the record is to be ironically titled Gold Watch. In many ways, the music industry of 2012 is very different to that of 1982, but in many ways it’s the same old machine.

“There is still that lack of taste,” Faulkner states flatly. “The public is always ahead, always has been, and the industry is just trying to work out what will sell after it’s happened.

“Compared to thirty years ago, people are far more selfish now, less social. They work harder, but then they go home to their luxury houses and their big TVs and it’s harder than ever to shift them off the couch.”

And the Gurus? How have they changed?

“My hairline has certainly changed!” laughs Faulkner. If you watch their clips in sequential order, it’s like watching a theatre curtain lifting. “Our intentions have remained the same: making a racket, good melodies, intelligent lyrics... That hasn’t changed.”

This integrity is pretty bloody remarkable.

Especially when you take into consideration the band actually broke up for a while there, and kept performing as The Persian Rugs; same lineup, different name, different songs. They even recorded a tribute song for a Gurus tribute album at some point.

“I think a lot of people were confused by the

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Rugs,” Faulkner laughs. “Most of the guys were, actually. I wasn’t at all. I had written a bunch of songs and I had a few people in mind who I knew would play them perfectly; they just happened to be the Gurus!”

But their intentions remain the same, regardless of name changes and hairline relocation, as does their passion for live music.

“There is always a lot about our albums we want to fiddle with and change,” Faulkner says. “But there is just this alchemy when we play live. It’s sometimes as if there’s someone else there. It’s almost spiritual.

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“And that has always been there with the Gurus, from what I call our pre-historic days with 'Leilani' thirty years back, to the history that came later, to what we’re doing now.”

Faulkner says he feels as if he has come from the jungle into a new ice age.

“Recording is easy now. For better or for worse, it’s evolved to the hands of anyone who wants to have a go, and it’s got to be a good thing,” he muses, stroking his grey whiskered chin. “Keeps it live. And real.”

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TASSIE GOES TROPPO THE COLD HARD GRIP OF THE TASMANIAN WINTER HAS COME TO AN END FOR A SHORT MOMENT IN TIME AND THE ISLAND BECOMES A DOWNRIGHT SUB-TROPICAL PARADISE. The temperature creeps past 20 degrees, the sea is devoid of floating icebergs and we no longer need to dress like woolly mammoths.

This is probably, in fact the best of the time to be in a fashionista in Tasmania as the practical is traded in for the unconventional , the all-covering is discarded for the allrevealing and the mute greys and blacks replaced by the all colourful.

But what to wear with your new-found summer freedom? Inspiration is fortunately close at hand, with a mere nine thousand kilometre trip to our close island neighbour, Hawaii. Since the 1930’s Hawaiians have been rocking it in practical but colourful attire, aptly named the Hawaiian or Aloha shirt.

A collision of East meets West on a tropical paradise, the first Hawaiian shirts came about from local tailors custom making shirts for young locals using imported Japanese silks and Chinese cottons. The produced shirts would feature buttons made of coconut husk or local shell going the entire length of the front and a left breast pocket.

After tourists began enquiring where to acquire these brightly designed shirts, a few enterprising store owners, namely Japanese immigrant Miyamoto Chōtarō and Chinese trader Ellery Chun began to mass produce the shirts from any fabrics at hand resulting in a plethora of individualistic prints that were ready to wear. Elery Chun is responsible for coining and trademarking the term “Aloha shirt”. The popularity of the shirts soon created a bristling cottage industry as travellers to the islands all left with a wearable memento.

The Second World War had two major consequences on Hawaii, namely the bombing of Pearl Harbour and secondly the Island becoming a stepping stone for American servicemen stationed in the Pacific. The latter again boosted the demand for the Aloha shirt, as a reminder of their time stationed abroad.

As in all things fashion-related, movies and their stars as well as musicians and other celebrities continued to expand the popularity of the shirts outside Hawaii.

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Elvis Presley wore a red Aloha shirt on the 1961 multi-platinum Blue Hawaii sound track and influenced a generation. The 1960’s saw a push within the Hawaiian business community for the Aloha shirt to become everyday work wear.

This resulted in the creation of “Aloha Fridays” in 1965, where employees could wear casual attire to work on Fridays over the hotter periods of the year. This philosophy found its way to California and eventually spread globally to become known as “casual dress Fridays”. Back on the Islands it was decided that it was good sense to make everyday “Aloha Friday” and the Aloha shirt became an accepted part of comfortable work attire all week round.

Like any good idea that has money in it, big business back on the America continent were quick to capitalise on producing and selling “Hawaiian shirts” on mass. This led to push of the “Hawaiian made” label back on the Islands and a focus on the diversity of print designs and Hawaiian authenticity.

In achieving this Hawaiian clothing companies moved back to sourcing Asian fabrics, particularly Japan, where small custom print runs of specific designs were possible. These custom runs have allowed literally thousands of new designs to appear each year ranging from alterations on traditional islander and oriental prints through to current season fashions.

The sheer volume of different designs coupled with the often limited runs, have created a paradise for the serious aloha shirt collector. The sturdy construction of genuine aloha shirt gives them a lifetime spanning decades if properly cared for and this longevity often leads to treasures being uncovered at the local opportunity shop.

The true mecca for any serious aloha shirt aficionado is of course Hawaii, but in the meantime we can enjoy our fleeting summer and take pleasure that the brightly coloured shirt we are wearing is a global symbol of a laid back approach and peaceful approach to life.

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Music “Tour promoters think first about Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and even Perth because that’s where the money is. With our last tour, we weren’t even booked to play in Tassie at all, but the five of us went to OUR booking agent together and said we wanted to do it.”

THE BOY & BEAR EXPERIENCE BOY & BEAR’S KILLIAN GAVIN REFLECTS ON MEMORIES WORTH KEEPING AND MOMENTS HE’S LIKE TO LEAVE BEHIND. “I’m at home. It’s good to be home,” he says, having just returned from Europe. “We’ve toured there three times now, but this time I stuck around for a month afterwards for a holiday and it was the first time I’d just been there for my own enjoyment.”

The band played festivals across the continent, with one favourite moment in Germany.

“It was out in the sticks, miles from anywhere and it was honestly the best, most relaxed festival we’ve ever played,” he says. “The security were cool, it was bring-your-own alcohol and everyone was just really… happy!

“I guess people were probably doing all sorts of illegal stuff they couldn’t do in the city, too,” he concedes, gleefully guileless.

Yes, Killian. Sometimes people at music festivals take drugs to feel happier.

You could be forgiven for considering Killian Gavin a little naïve. Considering the guy has been on the rock n’ roll merry-go-round since Boy & Bear’s 2009 Triple J Unearthing, he ought to have seen it all by now and tried it for himself.

Perhaps it is a quality to be celebrated.

There is certainly nothing wrong with the naïveté that comes with a lack of experience,

and Gavin has a bunch of memories worth keeping from the band’s early days.

“We often speak about that show we did at [Launceston’s] Hotel New York,” he laughs, referring to a 2010 performance. “There were a lot of people who were very clearly… in their own world.”

Is that another euphemism for drug-takers?

Gavin isn’t sure.

“I don’t know,” he chuckles. “There was a guy standing in front of me – right in my face – for the whole show saying ‘Bring back Passenger’, who of course was our support act.”

Gavin has also Men-in-Blacked out the moment Dave Hosking’s song introduction (‘We’re going to bring the tempo down for a moment…’) was countered from the front row with ‘Play a fuckin’ fast one we can dance to!’

These are moments best forgotten.

“In a sense, we are glad to leave that time behind,” Gavin says honestly. “We love the Tassie experience, and our most recent shows there were really special, but we were young and naïve.”

There’s that word again, straight from the horse and in the past tense, but Gavin contends that the attribute can be one

worth treasuring.

“We’re preparing to record again,” he explains. “And just last week, we were saying how we wanted to concentrate on getting that naïve excitement back for the new album like we had for Moonfire.

“It was a conversation a bit like a sports team about to go out onto the field; a pep talk,” he says “We’re still loving it, we’re all the best of friends, but you do lose some of the excitement after a time.”

Dud gigs are a quick way to lose the spark.

Gavin says the band’s first show in Belgium may well have been the worst show they have ever played.

“The first few shows of a tour always feel like you’re getting your shit together and you just play terribly,” he says, fueling the suspicions of many Tasmanian music fans, who ponder why we always seem to be at the top of the list of dates on tour posters.

“The crowd was 15 metres away from the stage and we played… pretty averagely.”

It’s a moment to leave behind, but the issue of opening night shitters isn’t lost on this Van Diemonian journalist. Do bands really come here first because they’re warming up for the more important shows?

“Yeah, you’re probably right,” Gavin concedes. “Tour promoters think first about Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and even Perth because that’s where the money is.

With our last tour, we weren’t even booked to play in Tassie at all, but the five of us went to booking agent together and said we wanted to do it.”

Respect.

Gavin is contemplative about that moment; about the band’s collective insistence the heartshaped state was as entitled to Boy & Bear as the rest of the nation. There was a time when they were intimidated by the industry. Now, they make the system work for them.

Nonetheless, they seek the “naïve excitement” of the early days, when they were nervously playing awkward showcase gigs to a dozen record execs.

“How do you get yourself excited?” he asks rhetorically. “I hadn’t even really thought about it. We all agreed it was important…”

Their debut album’s namesake, a terrible 1973 trucking adventure film, was inspiration enough for the band to create a record worthy of five ARIA Awards. Maybe another film will do the same.

“I will say this: I really like Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, and that does it for me every time. That’s my happiness, my naïve excitement right there.”

And, if the next record sounds like an acid-inspired boat ride though a series of underground tunnels, Gavin will probably be blissfully unaware of the drug reference.

DANIEL TOWNSEND

Boy & Bear play Falls Festival at Marion Bay, January 2013.

FIVE THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE BLACK SORROWS 1. Richard Branson & Joe Camillieri share common ground During the early stages when The Black Sorrows first formed, without a record label, Joe Camilleri used to sell the records out the back of his 1964 Red T-bird. Joe still has this car.

2. EUROVISION - Hallå Norge The northern Europeans love the sounds of The Black Sorrows. Since the inception of the

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band, the guys have toured to the northern reaches of Europe with various line-ups. The Norwegians apparently have a soft spot for Aussies and the Blues.

4. Music making ain't cheap

3. The Black Zorrows

5. 30 years strong

Joe wanted to call the band The Black Zorrows, however the designer misspelled the artwork and The Black Sorrows were born!

The Black Sorrows have been around for 30 years and are one of Australia's most prolific touring bands. Over this time, there have been over 32 members including Vika & Linda, Ed Bates & Jen Anderson.

To make one of their first albums Dear Children, Joe had to mortgage his house.

The Black Sorrows are returning to Tasmania after much too long and it's your chance to experience the new sounds from the release Crooked Little Thoughts (the album comes with a 72-page hardcover book, each song with its own art). First stop is the Country Club in Launceston on November 15, followed by Scottsdale on November 16, and finally the Republic Bar and Cafe on November 17 at 2.30pm.

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I WANT YOU IN THE MOOD IT WAS SEPTEMBER 1939. THE WORLD WAS STAGGERING FROM THE GREATEST DEPRESSION TO HAVE EVER OCCURRED ON THE HEELS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR. THEN GERMANY INVADED POLAND, AND WHAT WAS ON THE RADIO? GLENN MILLER BAND'S #1 SMASH HIT, IN THE MOOD.

For those that haven't heard it, In the Mood is upbeat, big-band swing and that's the hallmark of the music accompanying the Second World War. Hang on a minute; a war, then a depression, then another war, and we're listening to upbeat swing?

Glenn Miller Band was escapism at its finest. The vision of the casino cocktail high life permeated the minds of people living from ration books and 'make do and mend' mentalities, in much the same way that 50 Cent captured the ghetto with Get Rich or Die Trying. When things are shit, we'll buy the dream thanks very much.

We've had revivals up the wazoo over the last 20 years.

From Hobart's swing dancing harems, to salsa dancers pissing everyone off on the dance floor, and Hobart has the largest number of burlesque troupes per capita than any city in the southern hemisphere.* Now I appreciate a shimmy from a scantily clad lady as much as the next bloke, but sometimes culture revivals can seem... I don't know... sometimes a little naff? Definitely a bit cliquey and perhaps retro just to be different. Maybe I'm at risk of sinking ships saying that, but why do we do it? I reckon I know some of the reason. It's cos we like to buy the dream, and nostalgia is a sexy dream.

“Keep Calm and Carry On” posters are running out the door of Habitat at a rate of knots which would indicate to me that we're reaching a tipping point for World War II 'chic'. Why that in particular? Is it because the world seems to be in financial turmoil and we're buying a dream? Perhaps, things certainly seemed a lot simpler back then. And the 'chic' of an era is certainly quite different from its harsh realities.

But there's one big reason that I get, and it's something that I get to the core as someone who has been known to don a suit of armour and hit blokes with a wooden sword (and take a turn around a dance floor in tights and a doublet)... Men get to be gentlemen and women get to be ladies. I'm not going to get into a debate on this; I'm not making any value judgement either, other than to say that it's fun. And also glamorous, so much more glamorous!

So I reckon I'll buy into this one a little bit. I'm gonna dust off my grey pin stripe double breaster and go watch the ultimate 40s sound track band, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, at of course the most appropriate place, the Casino, and maybe down a few Manhattans while I'm at it.

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DANE HUNNERUP

The Glenn Miller Orchestra play live at the Princess Theatre on November 11, and November 13 at Wrest Point Casino.

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Q&A WITH MIKE McCARTHY BLUESY FOLK SINGER, SONGWRITER AND PRODUCER MIKE McCARTHY HEADS BACK TO TAS THIS MONTH WITH HIS LATEST RELEASE, THE LION’S SHARE.

WARP: How does The Lion’s Share differ from your other albums?

Mike McCarthy: The main difference lies in the production on this album. Most of my other recordings have taken place over one or two weeks. This one has taken 18 months and I recorded it in four different studios with different engineers. This album is still raw yet it is a more “controlled” raw than my previous albums.

W: Your music has been described as dirt box blues with open sea folk. Can you explain?

MM: It’s pretty difficult to put music into a category but this fits pretty well in my case. I love getting my National (resonator guitar) out and playing some rough and ready blues inspired by folks like Chris Whitley and Taj Mahal. At the same time I love writing and playing “story songs” inspired by my travels and experiences. I love the writing process. My heroes include Bruce Cockburn, Paul Kelly, Bob Dylan, Gillian Welch and The Band; all artists who place so much importance on the lyrics, yet whose musical ability is undoubtedly top shelf at the same time.

W: Your music features on surf films such as Stoked and Broke, Seaworthy, Lines from a Poem and Alaska Sessions - are you a surfer?

MM: I met Nathan Oldfield Seaworthy, Lines from a Poem and The Heart and The Sea, just before he started work on his first film. We struck up friendship and a mutual respect of each other’s creations. His first film took

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off over in Japan and I was approached by a distributor and was soon touring my album Fire Flood Freedom through Japan. This led to many more opportunities over the years and I’m glad people are still approaching me from all around the world to use my music on their films. I love to surf and fish and be near the ocean. I love the space and peace you can get being in the ocean.

W: You made it down Tassie last June. Did we behave?

MM: My last trip to Tassie I was playing at The Royal Oak in Launceston on the night of a big footy match between Hawthorn and North Melbourne. The publican told me not to setup early and I thought that was a bit of an odd thing. When I came back to setup, 10 minutes before I started, the place was packed and there was a bloke on the stage half naked. He must have lost a bet because suddenly he poured a jug of beer over himself, smashed the jug on the stage and stumbled out of the pub. The publican came over and casually says, “Told you it wouldn’t be a good idea to setup early.”

So I’m looking forward to the next adventure in November!

LIZ DOUGAN

You can catch Mike and his band on November 13 at The Republic Bar in Hobart and November 15 at The Royal Oak in Launceston. The Lion's Share is available now on iTunes and Bandcamp. http://www.inages.bandcamp.com and www. mikemccarthy.com.au

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WHAT TYPE OF METAL BAND ARE YOU? BASSIST ANDREW DOWLING OF AUSTRALIAN MELODIC METAL BAND LORD DOESN'T LIKE CUTTING HIS HAIR, METALHEADS AND FEMALEFRONTED METAL BANDS.

WARP: The never ending saga of deciding what genre metal bands should be classified under forever continues. I would class you under power-metal, would you agree or disagree?

sooner it is out the better.

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W: What are the pre-requisites for being in the band LORD?

Andrew Dowling: I guess it's the easiest label for most people. Although I just tend to say we're a melodic metal band. Even then it's not really a good representation. We have so many different elements across all of our songs. People can call us whatever they wish though, as long as they enjoy the music!

AD: Sense of humour, not taking yourself seriously, listen to music OTHER than metal (nothing worse than a metalhead who hates everything but metal), and is just a down to earth level-headed guy.

The abilities always come second. It's the chemistry and personalities in the band which make it successful.

AD: Ha! Actually, we just played in Brisbane and I was in the toilet taking a piss when the first song started. The other guys thought I was ready and didn't see that I had walked off.

Luckily I made it back in time for the first verse, but it was a bit of a train wreck.

W: Is there a new album in the works coming out soon or in progress?

AD: It's just about complete. We had some major delays through the recording/editing process, but we're seeing the end of it now which is great. The next step is to finalise our release details and then we can get it out there. No release date as of yet, but the

W: Metal guys seem to sport a healthy head of long hair that most women envy - what's the secret?

AD: Don't cut it and give it a wash. Pretty simple. If you do anything more than that, then you're a princess.

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W: Who's the sexiest female vocalist in a metal band right now?

AD: I don't listen to metal or any music for someone's looks. I think the “sex” factor is a load of rubbish. It's cheesy and lame.

Either you can sing, or you can't. Most female fronted metal bands bore me anyway. Most are either trying to be like Evanescence or have the whole operatic wank/headache happening. No thanks! Give me Lita Ford, Chrissy Steele, Sandi Saraya, Nicole Lee. Great female front women of the ‘80s.

W: What can be expected of LORD when they come and play on the Tasmanian leg of your current tour?

AD: We are making up for lost time. It's been about three years since we were last there and will be our first time in Launceston. We're well and truly into our tour at the moment, so we'll be a well oiled machine by the time Tasmania rolls around. Lots of classics, songs that haven't been played down there before, and a couple of covers for the drunks to sing along to. We're pretty excited to be finally coming back!

DAVID WALKER

LORD play the Royal Oak Hotel in Launceston on November 16, and the Republic Bar and Cafe in Hobart on November 17.

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MAXÏMO PARK’S REALITY CHECK BEFORE PERFORMING AT THE FALLS FESTIVAL THIS NYE, MAXÏMO PARK FRONTMAN PAUL SMITH DISCUSSES THE NATURE OF POP MUSIC, CONNECTING WITH HIS AUDIENCE AND BRINGING THE NATIONAL HEALTH TO AUSTRALIA.

“It can be quite abrasive to people... There’s another branch of people who listen to music in a deeper way, the proper music fans, who probably wouldn’t be that alarmed by the record and hopefully just enjoy that it is quite an honest record...”

The front man of one of the highly anticipated bands on this year’s Falls Festival line up is enjoying some down time at home when I call through. As well as washing clothes, Paul Smith of Maxïmo Park is quite open when discussing the band’s recent record, The National Health, which is to be showcased when the band makes their way back to Australia in December.

“At this point, there is truth in the notion of looking back and seeing exactly what you’re good at,” he says of The National Health. “With the previous three records, they were all done with different producers; they were all done with different aims in mind and when you’ve done three records all in the span of six years, it feels like at the end of that period, it’s time to take stock.”

“It’s a blast of reality really, and I don’t mean that in a completely gritty way or a political way. It’s just an album of feelings about the world and about a personal world and it offers a broader perspective as well.

I think that when there is so much glossy pop music that is really only there to sell

the product, rather than actually convey anything of any worth, hearing something that has genuine emotion in it and doesn’t proclaim cool and detached in any way… it’s just a reality check.”

The concept of glossy pop music is one that seems to be dominating the mainstream of late, with artists churning out records and raking in huge amount of dollars like it’s a cakewalk. Some would say it’s a slight risk to produce material that bucks the trend, but Smith assures me that this machine may dominate much of the industry, but not Maxïmo Park.

“It can be quite abrasive to people and I’m sure some people would be like, 'Why would they want to tell us about this?' There’s another branch of people who listen to music in a deeper way, the proper music fans, who probably wouldn’t be that alarmed by the record and hopefully just enjoy that it is quite an honest record and that it is chock full of catchy melodies and I would like to say, a positive approach on reality, where you acknowledge the negative aspects of

life, but also say there is light at the end of the tunnel. This music, in itself, is a force for good, not just another faceless product.”

Having taken some time in producing The National Health, Maxïmo Park have also been working on their bombastic live shows – an aspect of the band which has made them one of the popular musical acts to come out of the UK. “There is a sense that you’re getting better as a performer and you’re better at communicating and that’s the key thing. You need to connect with the audience each night and you show what the songs are about, to give people an extra dimension as well,” Smith maintains. “For me, every day is a challenge to try and recreate the energy of the first spark of a song. Those first moments need to be there in a performance and that’s my job, just to get there.”

As for how The Park’s new material has resonated with fans and newcomers alike?

Smith reasons that the songs themselves always had the capacity to make people

move and respond positively, because they had that instantaneous effect on themselves in the studio.

“We knew the songs had that capacity because we were excited to play them; we were bouncing around and just wanting people to hear the songs. Every audience has really responded at the end of the show; I think that it’s very heartening for a band to go away and take their time in making the record and then still be able to come back and have an audience there waiting and eager to hear the songs."

"It’s been amazing, the songs have a lot of energy in them and it translates to the crowd and they send the energy back your way and you end up ramping it up – it becomes a real celebratory experience.”

SOSE FUAMOLI Maximo Park play at the Falls Music & Arts Festival in Marion Bay, Tasmania (Dec 28 - Jan 1). www. fallsfestival.com.au

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with a turn-of-the-Millenium, far-off/dead of night fuzz to the recording. The honesty in his voice, which is so brutally sweet, just dripped with a kind of fear that connected me to him.

In that instant, faceless but visceral emotion thundered out with such force that I could not even take in the words for the ringing in my ears or chest cavity.

Whenever I re-listen to this album, 'I Will Be There When You Die' sticks out and interrupts whatever I’m doing. I can feel like an asshole, a child, and/or a selfish, narcissist, but if the time and place is still enough, I can remember that I am a crying little baby for "love", the kind of pure truth and idealism that emerges from this recording.

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EVIL EDDIE DOIN' GOOD EVIL EDDIE JACOBSON IS SURE ABOUT ONE THING – IT’S FAR BETTER TO BE A LIAR THAN TO COMPROMISE THE QUALITY OF HIS DEBUT ALBUM, WELCOME TO FLAVOUR COUNTRY. After six long years of writer’s block, the Butterfingers front man will be hitting the country this month to tour one of Aussie hip-hop’s most anticipated albums of the year, though Eddie admits that wrapping up Butterfingers and learning to fly solo hasn’t been an easy transition.

interesting insight into the slightly exaggerated truth of Eddie’s interpretation of his home state.

The giant banana that features in the video clip, according to Eddie, “could have been Australia’s answer to Gangnam Style”. But the cat memes that are currently circulating the web do not tickle his fancy.

“The workload is unbelievable. I’ve mixed a lot of the record myself which I’ve never done before. I’m self-managed right now. I’m doing all the album and tour poster art, built my own website, recording at home . . . it’s a lotta work,” Eddie says.

“My Facebook news feed just gets overloaded with cat memes of late... They suck. Why are the cats always written to talk like children?

I think cats would be pissed off about that themselves”.

“I remember this shit being a whole lot easier.

Most of it is new to me, so the learning curve is probably the most taxing part.”

The album is comprised of instrumentation recorded by Eddie himself, or so it seems.

“I lied about that a little. I did record and play most of the stuff myself, but when it came to doing the horns I realised, 'Hey, I suck at this'.

[The] same thing happened with some of the drumming. Plus, I did a collaboration song with Laneous and the Family Yah in which I hardly did anything, bar vocals, so I can’t really take all the credit.”

Evil Eddie will be bringing two shows to Tassie next month. “The tour schedule is epic, the shows are gonna be off the hook. I’ve got a motorhome and I’m driving the whole way, it’s gonna be nuts. Come to my gig. We got what you need. I’ll even play Butterfingers songs for ya if you really want me to.”

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Queensland, which came in at number 86 in Triple J’s Hottest 100 in 2010, provides an

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Welcome to Flavour Country has already given us a taste with Golden Age, which comments on the rappers of today.

“There are a lot of assumptions about who it’s directed at and I just wanna say, for the record, that it’s not about Australian hip-hop as a whole. For anyone thinking I’m out to diss all the young Australian up and comers... the song just represents the way a lot of long term hiphop fans are feeling at the moment regarding the over-commercialisation of what was once an underground culture.”

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See Evil Eddie (and request Butterfingers songs if you're so inclined) at the Republic Bar and Cafe in Hobart on December 8, followed by the Tapas Lounge in Devonport on December 9. Welcome to Flavour Country is out now through Bewilderbeats Records.

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NATIVE RYME BEFORE THE LIKES OF HILLTOP HOODS AND 360 CAPTURED MAINSTREAM AND COMMERCIAL ATTENTION, THERE WERE A SLEW OF CREWS SLINGING THEIR SPITS AT A LOCAL LEVEL, LIKE NATIVE RYME.

One such collective who earned a number of accolades in the ‘90s was Native Ryme. Formed in 1994, and known then as Native Ryme Syndicate, the group became the first Australian rap/ hip-hop act to win a certified national music award when they scored the 1998 Deadly for Most Promising New Talent.

But after several major tour supports, including Naughty By Nature in 2004, Native Ryme bucked at a number of US recording offers to focus on their work with Indigenous communities. Now, after an eight-year break, Native Ryme is back with the debut album, The Debut Recordings Volume 1, which encompasses an 18year lifespan.

“We love where we are as artists right now,” lead rapper Cameron Callope (aka C-Roc) explains. “We are writing the best material we have ever written and we’ve sourced co-producers from all over the world to help compose the music. The fire is burning again.”

The group has visited remote areas of Australia during the last eight years, designing anti-violence and anti-drug music mentorship programs.

“We knew there was a growing gap between Indigenous youth and elders and it was becoming a major problem throughout the country. These programs brought people together to build a bridge of common ground and communication. A lot of them were really successful.”

While Native Ryme are looking forward to getting back on stage, there’s no denying the Australian urban scene has changed dramatically since the early 2000s. C-Roc admits he did not always see this change for the better, even fuelling a couple of public beefs.

“In the past, I had issues about other hip-hop groups like Hilltop Hoods. But I realised that we were being imbeciles.

It’s like multiculturalism; just because something is different, doesn’t mean it’s bad. Now that the dust has settled, we have great admiration for these other groups who single-handedly grew the Australian hip-hop scene.

It’s so ripe and beautiful now.”

Along with their rural community work, Native Ryme also uses their music to broadcast social issues.

“This album is a reflection of the human struggle; it talks about domestic violence, the high percentage of indigenous men in custody. We are Indigenous guys with Indigenous backgrounds, so some of the tracks are going to be about that, but it’s talking about all human and common struggles.

“Change can’t come about through silence; change comes about through dialogue. We need to ask questions, we can’t just be dismissive and [not] address the real issues at hand.”

With an impending tour, C-Roc can hardly contain his excitement about performing on stage again.

“People wonder why Native Ryme can go away for eight years and people still love us. It’s because we took our music to the people and we never demanded anything from them. We gave freely with no hidden agendas and that’s why in 2012 we have the support now that we have always had. Native Ryme are the people.”

KRISTIE YATES

Native Ryme play the Republic Bar and Cafe on November 28. The Debut Recordings Volume 1 is out now.

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Ben Wells: We played last year as well and this year I can't remember that, so that's a pretty clear indication of how it'll turn out. It's also three days after my twenty-first, so I'll probably be celebrating that there as well, I reckon.

W: What new approaches did you take when writing the music for your new single, Bear in a Birdcage?

BW: It's probably one of the first songs that we started when we were moving in a new kind of sound, something a little bit heavier.

A lot different from some of the songs on our first EP. It doesn't have any keys in it, so that kind of makes it a bit more rocky and less of a pretty song.

W: How has living in Hobart shaped the music that you write?

BW: I think there's a lot of space to write.

It's not a really busy city, so it seems like I've always got time to do what I want to do and to write and to surf. I'm not being rushed by anyone. Even when we passed through Sydney on this trip, there's so much going on and nobody really cares about what you're doing; whereas in Hobart, everything is so close and everybody knows each other and is always interested in what's going on.

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W: The lyrics in your new single show that you're right into surfing – so tell us, where is the best place to hit up the waves around Tassie?

BW: My favourite place is probably Eagle Hawk Neck. There's a reef out there that I quite enjoy surfing.

W: You're taking your Bear in a Birdcage tour around the country – and it's not the first time you've given a national tour. With increasing popularity on the mainland, will the band move interstate, or do you want to preserve your image as being a Hobart band?

BW: I think at the moment there's no need to move, and we've got a really good set up in Tassie as well. This latest single we recorded at the studio in my house and it's pretty convenient to be able to do that. There are not really many other people I know who can do that. But, I suppose the thing is that people want to see you play interstate three, four, five times a year and it's hard to be able to afford to get everybody over for that many shows, especially because we're a six piece band. But at the moment I'm happy living in Tassie. Maybe one day – I definitely wouldn't rule it out.

Check out Ben Wells and the Middle Names when they bring their Bear in a Birdcage tour to Hobart for Amplified on November 10, Tasmanian International Beer Fest on November 24, The Grand Poobah on November 30, and to Launceston's Royal Oak on December 1.

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RESURRECTING THE MAIDEN IRON MAIDEN FANS KNOW THAT CERTAIN SONGS DON’T GET PLAYED LIVE ANYMORE. EVER. NOW FANS HAVE THE RARE CHANCE TO CATCH BLAZE BAYLEY AND PAUL DI’ANNO PLAYING THE SONGS THAT FORMED THEIR ERA.

These two men are well aware of their part in history, and the amazing opportunity they had to be part of an iconic band. Really, they’re just like you: Iron Maiden fans.

making money and touring the world, shit, what do you do? So I quit, at the same time they wanted to fire me. Drugs or no drugs, it would’ve happened either way.

WARP: What was the biggest highlight for you while you were a part of Iron Maiden?

W: Why come all the way out here and only do Iron Maiden tracks?

Blaze Bayley: The incredible reaction of the fans and singing some of the Maiden classic songs. I’d been playing in bands for years, but to hear the classic songs like Run To The Hills or The Trooper, mate, you can’t beat hearing the crowd from the stage, especially when you have been singing them in the crowd all your life. Pure bloody heaven.

BB: We're both coming out for what the fans want: to hear classic Maiden tracks. The tour is billed as that and we're excited to do it. If I was on my own, yeah for sure I’d do my own songs, but we wanna do something special for the Aussie fans. I’m very excited to meet the Australian fans for the first time.

I hope this will be the first of many visits. It’s a lot of fun to play all the old Maiden songs again. Being part of such a major part of musical history will always make me feel proud inside.

Paul Di'Anno: Playing Hammersmith Odeon was fantastic and Reading Festival. Playing Hammersmith after growing up and watching bands there. Reading Festival, with me and Steve nearly crying during 'Remember Tomorrow' when 30,000 lighters lit up. Jesus Christ; bloody amazing.

W: Can you tell us about what it was like when you left Iron Maiden? How did you get past it?

BB: It was horrible to leave Iron Maiden. It had nothing to do with my voice, it had to do with getting the old band together. In the climate at the time it was all Maiden could do to get back up there. Just like [Judas] Priest did with Halford, exact same thing, or KISS putting the makeup back on.

PD: I was ok, I had a new baby and Battlezone was getting going so it was fine!

You got to remember, I loved Iron Maiden, but when something you love starts going a way you don’t want it to, what do you do?

Yeah, I was on the booze and Charlie and more, so were others. Only thing - they were doing it for fun, I was doing it to numb the pain of losing something I loved. But

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PD: I’ve always been playing Maiden songs since the day I left ‘em. That’s what the fans want, and I wrote the stuff with Steve, so why wouldn’t I play them? This is me and Blaze, a first in history! We play together doing only Iron Maiden, so the reason we're coming all the way to you crazy fuckers is because Aussie fans have always been very special to us, and we wanna show that by giving you a true, once in a lifetime experience.

KRISTY WANDMAKER

Head down to the Brisbane Hotel on Friday November 23 to catch Paul Di'Anno and Blaze Bayley reliving their Iron Maiden dream, supported by Hazmat and Smokestack.

Tickets are $56.10 or $158.10 for a meet and greet +BF from Oztix and the venue. 18+ only.

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TIJUANA TOUR GUIDE WHEN TOURS GO WRONG AND HOW TO SURVIVE ON TOUR,

BY PAUL GEORGE FROM TIJUANA CARTEl. Shine On Festival, somewhere outside Melbourne: I was just about to run off with a beautiful young woman when I remembered I was supposed to meet the band back at the bus.

It was 3am and the agreed time was 2am.

I legged it drenched in mud through a dark field toward the car. The festival wasn't simply wet, it was flooded, cars were half submerged, stuck in a hideous festival sty and it was still dark. I began to wade through what seemed like an endless flooded forest, I fell over a couple of times until I looked like a muddy desperate creature. It was cold, I was shivering, and I was more than a little disori-

entated. I yelled towards the flood-lights of the Tarago in the distance, but it was slowly driving away. I was too late. There was a plane to catch and they weren't planning on missing it; we had a show that night and I hadn't been planning on missing it either.

and convinced my way onto Jetstar still covered in mud. I made the night's performance with around ten minutes to spare. In the end, we played a great show.

This is a usual weekend in the Tijuana tour schedule.

If someone hasn’t lost their passport or gone missing, we feel it’s a good weekend. I think we’ll live shorter than usual lives, but we love the adventure and the beautiful stupidity contained by the whole extravaganza.

We sometimes fight (usually when drunk), we lose the plot, we learn almost nothing I'm now stuck somewhere outside Melfrom our failures... but it’s all for a reason. bourne, no money, covered in mud, no wallet I think, yeah, definitely for music. Probably. and no phone. I now needed to make Byron Yeah, definitely.

Bay for our next show that night. I partied a little longer and hitchhiked my way to the airport. Still covered in mud and sleeplessly Tijuana Cartel will be loading up the Tarago stressing my way to the terminal. I managed and heading South to play at the Republic Bar and Cafe on November 11. Fingers crossed to borrow someone’s phone, ask one of the they all make it in one piece. band members to book me a cheap flight

FIVE ESSENTIAL TOUR ITEMS 1. An audio-lead that connects your iPod to a Tarago 2. Prescription Valium 3. Underwear change 4. Airplane pillow 5. Skinny Jeans

THINGS TO NOTE 1. Personal space does not exist.

2. Sleep exists, but very rarely.

3. Non-drinking is really not an option if you have to venture from pub gig to pub gig.

4. Skinny jeans should be washed at least every three weeks.

5. If you venture from the band for the night, it’s your responsibility to get to the airport on time (not the sober driver)!

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soundscape Q&A

JOSEPH GREER OF THE TEMPER TRAP WARP: Soundscape has boasted some stellar acts over the years including The Living End, Basement Jaxx and The Grates, catching national attention – are you looking forward to it?

JG: It feels great to be not only coming back to Australia, which is where it all started for us, but also to come down to Tasmania and play a festival that has a reputation for hosting great bands. We always love playing new festivals and Soundscape is going to be a lot of fun.

W: This year’s event has been re-jigged to become more boutique than previously – now to be held at Hobart’s PW1 – Are you excited to perform to a more intimate audience?

JG: Yes, I think it's great for fans to be able to see the bands they like in a more intimate setting; big festivals have their place, but it's a whole different experience when you can be closer to the music.

W: How is playing at a festival different from performing at one of your own shows?

Is it more hectic, fun, crazy, intense, memorable?

JG: Well, the audiences are usually a lot larger, so you really feel like you need to project out and make sure everyone enjoys the show. It's also great to be able to hang around with other artists, and because we don't get to come back to Australia a lot, it's a nice chance to see old friends.

W: If you could do an impromptu performance with one of the fellow acts at the festival, who would it be, and what would it sound like?

JG: Probably Missy Higgins, and it would sound like emotional indie acoustic pop.

JAKE STONE OF BLUEJUICE WARP: Soundscape has boasted some stellar acts over the years including The Living End, Basement Jaxx and The Grates, catching national attention – are you looking forward to it?

JS: It feels like being sexually pleasured by a chocolate ice cream i.e. excellent and challenging.

W: This year’s event has been re-jigged to become more boutique than previously – now to be held at Hobart’s PW1 – Are you excited to perform to a more intimate audience?

JS: The last time we went to the wharf in Hobart there were a bunch of Creationists yelling at us about trilobite myths, and Jerry bought a leather hat. I'm not sure that day can be topped, but we're hoping so.

W: How is playing at a festival different from performing at one of your own shows?

Is it more hectic, fun, crazy, intense, memorable?

JS: Festivals are bigger and usually have a broader selection of cheeses. This is very important to us, and I'm not even joking.

W: If you could do an impromptu performance with one of the fellow acts at the festival, who would it be, and what would it sound like?

JS: Missy Higgins. Bluejuice and Missy could provide each other with qualities that the other might lack. She could show us how to be more eco-friendly and socially conscious, and we could show her just how easy it is to contract a skin infection from eating week-old bacon.

TOM LANSEK OF BIG SCARY WARP: Soundscape has boasted some stellar acts over the years including The Living End, Basement Jaxx and The Grates, catching national attention – are you looking forward to it?

TL: We’re really happy to be playing. We love Hobart, especially the Salamanca area so we jump at any excuse to come down. It’s just the icing that we’re playing with such a good group of bands.

W: This year’s event has been re-jigged to become more boutique than previously – now to be held at Hobart’s PW1 – Are you excited to perform to a more intimate audience?

TL: I like that the festival has deliberately gone smaller. It is such a pain when you spend the whole day lining up for the toilets and for a beer, so hopefully that won’t be much of an issue for festival-goers. And as I said – it’s

See The Temper Trap, Bluejuice, Big Scary amongst many others at PW1, November 16 & 17. Tickets available from www.thesoundscapefestival.com

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perfect that it’s at Salamanca: we’ll definitely be at the market on Saturday morning and Tom will be smashing a scallop pie.

W: How is playing at a festival different from performing at one of your own shows?

Is it more hectic, fun, crazy, intense, memorable?

TL: Festivals are sweet because the energy’s higher – the people are there to party all day and we have to work harder to make them enjoy it because they haven’t specifically bought a ticket for us, as opposed to our own show.

W: If you could do an impromptu performance with one of the fellow acts at the festival, who would it be, and what would it sound like?

TL: I would make Purple Sneakers DJs put on 212 and I’d do karaoke rapping over the top of that.

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Festival Guide

FESTIVAL

what?

when?

where?

The Soundscape Festival

New location, new dates, and a new format.

Going boutique, the festival moves to Hobart's Princes Wharf 1 (PW1).

Nov 16 & 17, 2012

Prince Wharf 1, Hobart.

Tasmanian INTERNATIONAL BEERFEST

Australia's biggest beer festival.

Nov 24 & 25, 2012

Prince Wharf 1, Hobart.

The Taste Festival

Tasmania's premier food and cultural event.

The Taste is up to it's 24th year and like a fine wine, is only getting better.

Dec 28 - Jan 3, 2012

Prince Wharf 1, Hobart.

The Falls Festival, Marion Bay

Now in its 10th year, his festival's a big one - a long few days of fine tunes, summer weather, camping and arts.

Dec 29 - Jan 1, 2012

Marion Bay

Mona Foma is a contemporary music festival, showcasing artists in a broad range of art forms.

Jan 16 - 20, 2013

Princes Wharf Shed 1, Castray Esplanade, Theatre Royal, Hobart Town Hall and Rosny Barn - Hobart.

The Cygnet Folk Festival

A unique “Village Festival” experience in the historic village of Cygnet offering folk, ethno, world music and more

Jan 11 - 13, 2013

Cygnet

Circus Festival

The Circus Festival is a celebration of contemporary circus culture.

Jan 26 - 28, 2013

Golconda, and the surrounding Panama Forest.

Festivale

Festivale is a three day event showcasing the best of Tasmanian food, wine, beer, arts and entertainment. Staged in Launceston’s historic and picturesque City Park.

Feb 8 - 10, 2013

Launceston City Park

Fractangular

Featuring acts that range from psychedelic trance to dub reggae, dubstep to tech-house, progressive roots to psygressive grooves.

February 8 - 10, 2013

Buckland

Breath of Life Festival

The Breath of Life Festival gathers local and international acts to raise funds for chronic lung disease research and awareness.

Mar 10, 2013

Inveresk Park, Launceston.

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A FESTIVAL’S WORTH THE TEMPERATURES ARE RISING, AND THE LINE-UP ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVALS HAVE STARTED TRICKLING IN. The thrill of imagining yourself dressed in a zebra costume while seeing some of your favourite bands is short lived. Sadly, the weight of the ticket price is soon felt by your wallet, and you realize you can’t afford to go to each and every festival.

SO, WHICH FESTIVAL DO YOU CHOOSE? LOANI ARMAN DUSTS OFF HER FESTIVAL CALCULATOR TO REVEAL THEIR WORTH. I love festivals. You love festivals. We all love festivals - but can we afford them? Apparently not, if you take last year’s State of Festival Market Report as any indication. The report, released by Moshtix, showed that 83.7% of those surveyed blamed increasing festival ticket prices for low attendance records, and that almost two thirds would only pay up to $499 for festivals over an entire year.

Attending just one festival could blow that entire allowance. With so many doubts hanging over the value of the festival dollar, just how do we decide which one to attend?

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It all comes down to worth, and that’s something only you - dear readers - can truly gauge, for what’s valuable to me, may not be valuable to others, but for those of you who are hoping for a little guidance, then take my hand and let’s crunch some numbers and uncover what some of Tassie’s biggest summer festivals might be worth.

Here’s how it works: 1. Jot down the ticket price.

2. Total the price it would cost you to see stand alone shows for at least three of your favourite acts playing the festival = BAND VALUE 3. Work out where you might add BONUS VALUE, or where VALUE might be LOST. 4. BAND VALUE + BONUS VALUE - VALUE LOST= FESTIVAL VALUE*

THE FALLS FESTIVAL, MARION BAY THE SOUNDSCAPE FESTIVAL TICKET PRICE: $226 for 3 days

TICKET PRICE: $109 for 2 days

BAND VALUE: The Flaming Lips + Beach House + Best Coast + SBTRKT = $250

BAND VALUE: The Temper Trap + Missy Higgins + Bluejuice + Big Scary = $134

BONUS VALUE: Ticket price includes on-site camping: + $50 Environmental incentives and dedicated community funds: + $20

BONUS VALUE: Smaller capacity should mean less queues for toilets and bar: + $20 Strong focus on local industry: + $40

VALUE LOST: With over 80 acts, there will be scheduling conflicts: - $50 Expect slow moving traffic to get out of the camp site, post-festival: - $20

VALUE LOST: The festival was postponed this year due to financial pressures, leaving doubt it may not be as good as previous years: - $10 Programmed a bit like a camping festival, but without the fun of camping: - $30

FESTIVAL VALUE: For $226, you get at least $270 worth of value.

FESTIVAL VALUE: For $109, you get at least $154 worth of value.

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guess what?

The Temper Trap, Missy Higgins, Bluejuice, Yacht Club DJ's, Big Scary, Strange Talk, Asta, Lewi McKirdy + more

1 Day General Admission $89.00 (inc GST + bf) 2 Day General Admission $109 (inc GST + bf) A 2 Day VIP ticket is available for $250.

Tix here: www.thesoundscapefestival.com

Wave a patriotic flag with this festival, as it's all about Aussie music, and features some of our most exciting home-grown talent.

Beer. Sam Cole and The Mornings, Ben Wells and the Middle Names, ACUMEN, Monique Brumby and more. And beer.

1 day entry is $30. Each ticket includes a Beerfest glass and ten free tasting tokens. Tix here www.tasmanianbeerfest.com.au

It's about beer. We love it.

Entertainment will include a range of musicians and buskers. All to be announced soon.

For the most part, the Taste is free. Tickets for the New Year's Eve party go on sale this month.

See http://www.tastefestival.com.au for more information

Summer is short in Hobart. Enjoy it while it lasts.

The Flaming Lips, Hot Chip, Best Coast, Beach House, Angus Stone, The Hives, Ball Park Music , Beach House, Two Door Cinema Club, more, more, more, more....

3 Day pass $226 + bf and 2 day pass $193 + bf.

Both inc camping: www.fallsfestival.com.au

The Falls mob are committed to sustainability and community development programs. $1 from every ticket goes to the their Community Fund.

David Byrne and St. Vincent, Dirty Projectors, Amanda Palmer, Death Grips, Pretty Lights, Neil Gaiman and more

Best buy is the Festival Ticket for $90, for access to all events at PW1. Day Passes to PW1 from $40. Tix from www.mofo.net.au

Cash strapped? Opening night party is FREE Jan 16 at PW1. Los Coronas headline.

Rory Mcleod(UK), Zulya (Oz & Georgia), Richard Gilewitz (USA), Frank Yamma (Oz Desert Country), Sunas (Qld), + more to be announced.

$120 for weekend pass, with early bird discounts to 21st December: www. cygnetfolkfestival.org

Get volunteering! This is a non-profit event run by the community, so 190 volunteers are needed to make it possible. Check their website to apply.

Seasoned performers, emerging artists, and new adventurers undertake intensive training which is capped off with 3 days of performance for the public.

3 day adult ticket $180, or $55 day pass. www. circusfest.com

Ever dreamed of running away to the circus?

Then get your name on the waiting list to participate in the 2013 festival. You might see yourself trapezing your way into a new career.

HOW TO DRESS FOR A FESTIVAL NEED A HOT SUMMER FESTIVAL LOOK? OUR HOWTO GAL LOANI ARMAN HAS ALL THE FESTY STYLE ADVICE YOU NEED. 1. WEAR YOUR CRED

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Friday night $20 - Saturday $20 - Sunday $15 - 3 Day Pass - details will be released shortly

Food..Wine...Beer...do you really need any more reasons to go?

Rinakdink, Haltya, Rapskallion, eMDee, Terrafractyl, Spliffun, Blatwax, Dublo, The Lawless Quartet, Acumen + more

Early Bird $60 (until sold out), General Admin $80, At the Gate $100

Feel like getting back to nature? Enjoy the great outdoors with a great backing track!

Cutting off your wristband at the end of a festival is a rookie error. If you’re ready to impress, then you’ll rock up wearing wristbands from every other festival you’ve ever been to. Why? Because the more wristbands you wear, the more you know about music, and the more you deserve to be alive. Don’t worry festival virgins - you can redeem your lack of cred by wearing hospital wristbands. Be sure to respond to questioning looks by screaming, “I lost a kidney for this festival. DID YOU?” 2. SHOW US YA BITS Sure, it’s raining and the temperatures are ball-shrinkingly cold, but that’s no excuse to cover up. Get your bits on display! Your arse flapping out the back of your shorts is SO last season. This year, it’s all about the nipple.

Not plural. Singular. Just one is all the rage.

For shyer guys and gals, a nipple cover will be your friend. Make it heart-shaped and tasselled, and you’ll have people shoving drink tickets into your panties.

3. HOMELESS FLAIR Model types strutting around Glastonbury have made the bohemian look a popular choice for festival goers. C’mon Australia! Let’s take this a step further, and go all the way to homeless town! Don’t shower for two weeks, rub your clothes in urine, put half a ham sandwich in your hair, and you’ve got the look made. Bring a shopping trolley and a cardboard box along, and you’ve also got yourself a pretty pimpin’ set up for the camp site.

4. OVERDOSE

Dizzee Rascal, Bliss N Eso, 360, Birds of Tokyo, Dead Letter Circus, Owl Eyes and bucketloads more

From $125 + bf for pre-sale. VIP tickets $275 + bf: www.breathoflifefestival.com

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BREATH OF LIFE

TICKET PRICE: $90 for 4 days (for events at PW1 venue for select days)

COST PER DAY: $125 (not incl bf) for 1 day

BAND VALUE: David Byrne and St Vincent, Dirty Projectors, Death Grips, Amanda Palmer= $237 BONUS VALUE: With Brian Ritchie at the helm, this festival stands out from the crowd, earning it lots of cool cred: $30 Leisurely paced over 5 days: $20 VALUE LOST: Some of the festival’s best - Neil Gaiman, MoFo Eastern Sho, Michael Kieran Harvey - are all at an additional cost: - $100 FESTIVAL VALUE: For $90, you get at least $187 worth of value.

BAND VALUE: Dizzee Rascal + Bliss N Eso + Birds of Tokyo + 360 = $160

The 2012 festival raised $70,000 for research into chronic lung disease.

5. PORT-A-LOO This festival season, instead of focusing on that big ticket price, take a few minutes to uncover a festival’s value, and you may find that paying off that $499 credit card debt will become a little easier.

BONUS VALUE: Last year, the festival raised $70k for the Australian Lung Foundation research: +$70,000 VALUE LOST: For a one day festival, the ticket price pales compared to what you get for, say, Falls: -$50 FESTIVAL VALUE: For $125, you get at least $70,110 worth of good karma value.

Been googling “festival looks” for weeks, and still can’t decide what to wear? You need to takethefashion-overdoseapproach!Feathers; denim shorts; fluoro leggings; reading glasses you don’t need, knee-high gumboots, and giraffe masks can all be worn together in a look that’s so contrived, you’ll probably get a gold star for effort. Throw in some face paint, and you’ll catch the eye of photographers covering the festival for their websites. Think of all the fun you’ll have searching the net for those pics! Oh, and all the tagging you’ll get to do! Whooo!

You’ve got a belly full of beer. The toilet’s a whole five metres away. You’ve long dreamed of a day when some glorious angel offers you a toilet solution that also works as a fashion statement. Readers, your angel is here. Yes, it’s me, and yes my solution is an Adult Diaper! No longer the exclusive domain of the elderly; diapers are your answer to not missing a minute of music. Integrate the diaper into your entire look by dressing up as a baby, and you have yourself a hot festival style that screams “I can poo in my pants and party for the long haul!”

LOANI ARMAN

*All figures have been rounded, and are the view of the writer.

Need some advice? Then post your question for Loani on our Facebook page www. facebook.com/warp.mag and she’ll get some answers to you in next month’s issue!

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REVIEWING BEER IS HARD AND CHALLENGING WORK LET ME FIRST STATE THAT MYSELF AND CRIXUS, WHO UNDERTOOK THIS VERY SERIOUS TASK, ARE IN NO WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, BEER EXPERTS, BEYOND ENJOYING A DECENT DROP AND HAVING OPEN MINDS. Read the following with caution, and we strongly suggest you try everything here yourself and form your own opinion. If there's a point to beer tasting, and if beer really is the new wine, then get in there and find out what you want to enjoy, and don't get as pissed as we did either.

5:22pm

MOA BLANC Andrew: A wheat beer apparently.

Crixus: Well, it's not too bad. It's got nice pour on it.

Andrew:It'squitegood.Tastesaboutasawheatbeershould.

Crixus:I'mcallingthisasmoreofasummerbeerthisone.

Andrew: I'd buy that.

5:32pm

LITTLE CREATURES BRIGHT ALE A: No surprises really. I don't mind Little Creatures in general, they are the first mob I can think of doing this kind of “brew your own” thing, so more power to them.

I'm just a bit more interested in other things these days.

C: Yep, it's a beery beer that reminds me of beer. Bit thin perhaps.

Andrew: Yeah, I tend to dig fuller beers than this.

5:50pm

6:09pm

WARKA – POLISH STRONG A: DAYUMN! C: That's really nice innit?

A: This is exactly what I want in a beer.

C: We may have peaked too early here.

A: Ph well. It's so good though!

C: Nutty – almost a toffee sort of flavour A: Good and strong too. A bit of body to it. The hit so far C: Yep, spectacular A: Man, I am sad that one is over.

C: The beer rep who dropped off the case liked it as well.

FOG CITY - SANGRIA A: Jesus. It's an icy pole.

C: Yech. NOT my thing at all.

A: Stark contrast to the glorious Warka.

C: It's like a punch A: From a party of second year law students.

7:32pm

MOA 5 HOP WINTER ALE A: I want something a touch denser than this for a winter ale I think.

C: Mm, it is lacking in punch maybe.

A: It's pleasant though.

C: I like the colour, it's a decent ale.

A: It's crept up on me a bit actually.

C: Not bad, not bad; just not stellar.

A: It's all a bit hard to get impressed after that Warka isn't it?

C: We really screwed up there.

7:48pm

LICK PEIN – GINGER BEER (Crixus notes this is the same company as the sangria and the dos Blockos lager) C: These guys AGAIN!!Hey, this is really good!

A: It's getting around that ginger beer problem of being too sweet.

C: That Fog City really dragged them down but the other drinks have been standouts A: Yep, this is one of the best alcoholic ginger beers I've ever had. Got some fire and bite in it – YUM!

maybe, I dunno.

8:08pm

8:17pm

forgot to DR PILKINGTON’S MIRACLE CIDER check time.A: It's bracingly tart!

C: Did you just say “bracingly tart”?

Uh oh.

A: I did, yes. I did say that.

C: Jesus dude.

A: I think I'm getting pissed.

C: You're right though. I do a bit of cider and the problem is it can be too sweet. This isn't and it's good as a result.

A: I hate cider and this is pretty nice as it happens.

ROGER’S BEER A: Another Little Creatures beer.

C: A day job in a glass.

A: It's funny really, there's nothing wrong with this beer at all; it's just that where the whole culture has gone has really left this sort of thing behind. I mean, if we are becoming beer tossers, fine, but this beer is just not giving me what I want. It's just a bit meh.

MOA NOIR DARK LAGER C: if I was a Sith, I'd be Darth Lager A: (pisses self, not literally) C: Oh wow, this is dark chocolate A: MMMM, this is really yum.

C: I could give this to my mum and dad.

A: I'd keep it! It's doing a whole chocolate coffee thing that I really want in a beer, and it's doing it fine. Best thing since the Warka.

8:30pm

LITTLE CREATURES PALE ALE A: this is a palate cleanser C: did you just say “palate”?

A: I did too.

MOA METHODE A: This is fine.

C: Solid beer.

A: I like it better than the last Moa drop C: Definitely.

A: These Moa guys are kind of interesting. This has got some flavour.

8:47pm

MOA PALE ALE A: An American style beer this one. Hop heavy with a bunch of bite C: Bit of a floral smell.

A: You dig?

C: No complaints A: Same. It's hitting the right spot.

6:53pm

LITTLE CREATURES PILSNER A: We did this waay too late.

C:Aftertheothers,thisisjustbeerflavouredwater.Nopunch.

A: Yeah, it's not making me care enough at all.

C: Sorry guys, not today.

C: Do you remember stubbie caps you ripped off?

A: YES! What happened to those?

C: I had an uncle who saved a whole bunch of them and made a really cool model of a motorbike out of them. It was excellent.

A: Cripes, genuine folk art. All over now. Tragic.

C: Maybe. You could be pissed.

A: Could be?

9:05pm

MOA EVOLUTION Notes unreadable due to spillage but I possibly thought it was a bright, refreshing beer and and Crixus may have felt it was the right moment for this decent lager. Don't quote anyone on that though.

7:10pm

DOSS BLOCKOS PALE LAGER 7:10pm A: Jesus, I know this stuff. I got smashed on it one night.

It's GREAT! C: The art on the bottle is similar to that Fog City stuff. (checks) Yep, same company.

A: It's a good lager, light and full of flavour.

C: I should know the label artist, it's really familiar.

Anyway, I quite like this, and could drink a few of these. I am looking at that empty bottle and I want it filled again.

A: Yeah, this is really standing out.

MOA BLANC EVOLUTION A: Wow. This is strong and right on point C: It's a highlight A: There's some variation in this Moa range hey?

C: For certain!

A: I think this one has a Belgian beer vibe.

C: You're going to say palate again aren't you?

And with that this arduos task was complete. I would like to thank Crixus for being a fine host and playing me some cool tunes. That Eyedea and Abilities album was the bomb.

ANDREW HARPER

Be your own beer connoisseur at the Tasmanian International Beerfest on November 25 & 26."

HERE’S A BASIC, ALMOST FOOLPROOF RECIPE FROM THE EXPERT CREW AT BEACH HUT BREWERY, A NEW ADDITION TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF CRAFT BEERS THAT STARTED IN A KITCHEN, GOT BOOTED OUT TO A SHED, THEN A GARAGE, THEN A MATE’S FACTORY,BEFOREBECOMING A BREWERY PROPER.

HOME-BREWING: GETTING STARTED Before you get tied up and lost in expert blogs, supermarket ready to go kits and buy endless books from Amazon we suggest you head for your local home brew shop. It will be staffed with brewing experts who have already drowned in information and put the tips to the test.

They will also give you a contact to your local brew club and you may want to ask if you can join them for one of their collaborative brews, awesome place to learn the basics of the brewing process and of course sample interesting beer.

For those who just want to get on with it and brew up some liquid gold below is a recipe and some helpful hints.

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BEER: HOW TO START BREWING

ALE RECIPE * 1 kg Dextrose * 500g Light Malt Extract * Water * Cascade Imperial Voyage Pale Ale Kit * Basic Beer Brewing Kit (fermenter, airlock, snap tap, 120 crown seals, steriliser, hand capper, hydrometer, digital thermometer) * The basic kit contains enough equipment to start your brewing career.

TIPS * The cleaner you brew the better your beer will be. So clean and santiztie all equipment * Use quality ingredients, you will always find them at your local home brew shop if you don't have order online * When fermenting your beer keep at a constant temperature. For the recipe above no higher than 18 degrees * Keep ingredients in a dry place, sealed in containers * Put only one teaspoon of sugar in the bottom of each bottle for even carbonation * Use a kilo dextrose rather than sugar for a smoother outcome * Record your recipes so you can refer back to them * Make sure you have a cold beer on the ready!

Beach Hut launch Steam 202 at Beerfest 2012. Try it and hassle them for more brewing tips. They love to talk beers.

Food drink REVIEW

pagan cider PAGAN CIDER IS TASMANIA’SNEWESTTIPPLE AND A FRESH ADDITION TO THE LOCAL CIDER SCENE, MAKE WITH ONLY FRESHLY CRUSHED FRUIT. Like so many small operations, Pagan Cider started as a home-brew hobby that grew up.

“We started out buying fresh juice from Lucaston Park Orchards in the Huon and fermentingitourselves,” PaganCider’sMichael Dubois said. “And we thought we’d made a pretty tasty cider."

New Farm Gate Market

“Then we got involved with Winemaking Tasmania, who had just set up cider-making facilities at its Cambridge winery. We now contract them to make the cider. When they started working their magic on the fruit we quickly realised just how good cider could be,” he said.

The Hobart Farm Gate Market opened three years ago in the Melville Street car park with only twelve stall-holders. Everything sold out within an hour. Now, over 130 Tasmanian producers are represented, and it is a Sunday Mecca for those who are into fresh, locally sourced produce.

“We’re still sourcing our fruit from Lucaston Park Orchards.”

From December 15, a new Farm Gate market will operate every Saturday in Bellerive. It will run from 9am to 1pm at the Bellerive Boardwalk, and will similarly sell fresh produce, food and beverages and some garden products.

The cider contains only the pure juice of freshly squeezed fruit, without added sugar or syrups.

“Our philosophy is to keep the cider as natural and as local as possible, and that means using only fresh juice,” Michael said.

Further information about Farm Gate Market can be found at www.farmgatemarket.com.au

Pagan Cider is available on tap at Westend Pumphouse and the New Sydney Hotel.

FOOD REVIEW

WESTEND PUMPHOUSE OCCUPYING THE VAST SPACE THAT WAS FORMERLY THE CUPPING ROOM ON MURRAY STREET, THE WESTEND PUMPHOUSE HAS SLOWLY BEEN GERMINATING SINCE ITS INCEPTION EARLIER THIS YEAR.

Sparsely filled to start, the expansive warehouse space seemed too open, but as time has passed they have infused character and warmth by playfully manipulating the space into coherent areas. Wooden tables and chairs surrounding a stylish suspended fireplace would see many a coffee downed.

Little cosy nooks are off to one side where you can imagine bunkering down with a jug of sangria, mint and orange. Tall tables flanked by bar stools spotted here and there might see you pass off a lazy afternoon downing pints of specialty tap beer and snaffling down some sticky pork croquettes or sharing a charcuterie board. Decorated wooden shelves serve to break up the space and demarcate the area where dinner service unfolds.

The day opens with breakfast and a compact menu encompassing standard fare such as muesli with poached fruit and yogurt, various toasted breads (including gluten free) and poached eggs with whatever sides you want.

For those who might struggle between the choice of banana bread and French toast, it's rolled into one here, so that's one less decision to have to make for the day. I did lament that there was no "big brekky" to be seen - by the time you add each side of bacon, sausage, tomato or whatever else at $4 a pop to your poached eggs, it would make for an expensive breakfast. However, the recent addition of the scrambled tofu - requested by a vegan staff member - has made me forget the eggs and now I can piously dine on the delightful melange of tofu, beetroot, greens and aromatic, crispy puffed grains that is as pretty as it is tasty.

Lunch offers a spectrum of dishes from light and well priced, to more hearty options that charge accordingly. The adventurousness that can be found in the dinner menu is alluded to here, with interesting dishes such as the duck meatball sub, and the goat, chickpea and beetroot salad.

Lazy summer afternoons are sure to be whiled away by many with the enticing array of regularly changing tap beers and ciders. A serendipitous visit as the brand new Pagan Cider keg was being put in saw me sampling both the pear and apple - smashingly good ciders with a clean, pure taste. One's drinking longevity can be assisted by the very reasonably priced bar snacks that include salted nuts, olives, various fried morsels, cheeses and meats.

Dinner is where things get spectacular. Amuse bouches of lamb backstrap, topped with clear disk of rosemary gel. Charcoal octopus paired with crisp, salty chorizo. Beef brisket piqued with cornichons and rounded out with velvety egg yolk. Roast baby carrots draped languidly on a fat line of aioli. Cubes of jelly-soft beef cheek, assembled with gently sauteed lettuce that clutches the cider sauce, and crisp wafers curiously made of sesame. Shared menus of whole confit duck, and boned out shoulder of goat.

Here is beautiful, creative food that actually tastes fantastic. Usually, these kinds of places approaching fine dining underwhelm, but not here. Easily the best fancy-pants dinner I have had in years - and I don't say that lightly.

However, you certainly pay for it. The dinner portions are small, and you need all three courses to feel satiated. But that's fine - give me the luscious rocky road anytime, with its mysterious chocolatey shards, popping candy and buttery ice-cream.

Cafe, bar and restaurant, all rolled into one - it is a wonderful work in progress; ever evolving with the enthusiasm of the staff, the brilliant food and the quirky, creative setting.

SARA WAKELING

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SAM BOSWORTH AT THE MOONAH ARTS CENTRE WHAT IS ART, ANYWAY? WHAT A QUESTION, BUT IT’S SOMETHING THAT STAYED WITH ME AFTER SEEING A RATHER GOOD SHOW OUT AT MOONAH ARTS CENTRE OF PICTURES MADE BY SAM BOSWORTH. I was shown around by the centre's director, Sean Kelly, and we quite a discussion about the images crowded into the space. Sam is certainly prolific, and images vary. Some are little snapshots of his life, which is pretty busy, it seems. There was a rather spectacular image of a pair of Daleks that caught my attention, but so too did an image of rain on a window.

The second image was Sam at the pool. One day, a woman yelled at him in the pool, and somehow Sam broke her swimming goggles.

The incident sounds complex and disturbing, and Sam drew pictures of it for a good reason.

How did he feel? What happened? Is she okay?

Is he?

that defines what art is, I would say intent and purpose is a good bet.

Apparently, some asked why one needs to even impose art on the images, but I think it's important to consider that there are not really rules for art beyond making the person looking at it re-think the world. Just like the ancient drawings on cave walls or the colourful abstracts of hip hop culture on train lines, this is art from an another place that serves another purpose, and the work opens up art rather than having art enclose it. Sam Bosworth's work can survive being called art just fine. I wonder if art can survive Sam?

Sam Bosworth has a particular style, a vernacular all his own, and it's engaging, and not simply because it's work produced by a person who lives with autism. It does something very important – it challenges one's notions. Sam's potent work challenges mine, at any rate.

There was rich and affecting narrative in this frozen moment that expanded out for me into all the guy's work, and something clicked into place: there was vision and technique that spoke with a unique clarity before me, that, in a small but not insignificant way had expanded my world view.

There were two pictures that really got under my skin; the aforementioned rainy day, because it was so obvious and so common, with every mark made with the focussed intent of capturing the vision of rain on a window. It's heavy rain, Tasmanian rain, rain that lashes the glass and rattles the roof. I was quite taken with its colour, composition and energy.

That's not everything, of course, and is perhaps a little pat, but everything about Bosworth's pictures and his very defined way of making an image conveys solid intent. That is what makes anything art for me – the intent to create the image. This is a bit like 'it is art because I say it is' but not quite; it's more like its art because every line has purpose. If there is anything

ANDREW HARPER

That’s the crux of Bare Witness, a provocative play that immerses the audience in a world of child soldiers and pointless violence. Taking place in different locations, Bare Witness follows rookie photographer Dannie Hills as she searches for a perfect image that will capture the world's attention. That's the premise, but conversing with the writer of this piece of visceral theatre opened up the deeper questions that the play strives to ask – provocative stuff like what is the truth, how is it made and how does it change?

what they see, and questions how they manage this and if what they do does help those they photogrpah in their plight.

BARE WITNESS IN THE WORLD OF THE 24-HOUR NEWS CYCLE, TRUTH IS A SLIPPERY THING THAT IS MADE AND RE-MADE BY PHOTOJOURNALISTS.

STEWARTS BAY LODGE

Playwright Mari Lourey’s Bare Witness began to take shape back in 2003, when a friend of hers was in Gaza and gained insight into the very dangerous world of international journalists; “the news agencies do not risk sending their people into war zones these days, it's simply too dangerous, so what you see as an image of what is going on somewhere has possibly come from a local person, a citizen journalist.

“There is very real danger when you go to some places now, and finding out what is truly occuring, if what you are seeing is the truth, is almost impossible. Our view of the world is fragmented.”

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This issue, - how do we look at the world, how is it presented to us – is what has driven Lourey to create what is a confronting and powerful piece of theatre that takes a warts and all view of moral conflict.

The play looks sharply at people whose job it is to capture images, not to interfere with

“Say there's a young woman cleaning her gun; she's the subject in the photograph. She asks for help, gives her point of view, is it helping her to take the photo?”

This is what we miss when such an image is delivered into our homes – who the subject is, how their lives are and what they need to survive; with their context removed they are simply a great image.

Lourey has had to do a lot of research into how photo-journalists work and live their lives and has constantly re-written the script as the play has evolved to what it is now; “It's an organic collaboration – it's not until it's upon the floor that you really see the play”.

What we will see when Bare Witness arrives in Hobart is a strong piece of theatre that uses many devices to provoke an audience to thought and reflection about the world we live in. It's only on for two nights, so don't sleep if you want something that challenges and expects you to think about the violent world we live in.

Bare Witness opens at the Theatre Royal on Wednesday November 21 and continues on Thursday November 22. www.theatreroyal. com.au/shows/bare-witness

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WE BUILT THIS CITY

THIS JUST LOOKS LIKE THE BEST FUN IN THE WHOLE WORLD, REALLY.

Get thousands of cardboard boxes and put them in a place where children can play with them as much as they like and build whatever structures they want.

I recall just a single cardboard box being one of the most brilliant things I ever played with as a child, and the idea of having a massive supply at my disposal is just breath taking. Which is what We Built This City is – a big outdoor space (the carpark next to the Theatre Royal) and a huge pile of cardboard boxes that create a space to play in for families.

Participants make and knock over and make again, creating their own city along the way.

The event runs all day from 10am Saturday and Sunday November 10 and 11 and you are quite welcome to stay all day or for five minutes if that's what you want. It's a free event, not tickets are required, just turn up and make it happen.

It's a really simple idea that has been toured all over the world with great success since Polyglot first presented it in 2001, allowing 30,000 children and their adults to build whatever they liketogetherandasindividuals,withperformers acting as construction workers guiding the event until it culminates in everyone making the biggest city scape possible then trampling it flat.

Which sounds awesome as well.

The Theatre Royal and MyState presents a Polyglot production, WE BUILT THIS CITY. Sessions of two hours at ten and two both days, just turn up and have fun.

ANDREW HARPER

We Built This City happens November 10 – 11 in the Theatre Royal carpark on Campbell Street. www.mystate.com.au/community/ our-community/we-built-this-city or call the Theatre Royal Box Office on 03 6233 2299

tim logan IF TIM LOGAN IS NOT THE MOST COMMITTED COMIC IN HOBART RIGHT NOW, HE’S CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST FUNNY. WARP: You are Tim Logan. This we know.

Give us a quick “how you got into Stand Up”.

Tim Logan: Easy. Like many performers, I was saddled with insecurity, fear, anger, and a desperate need for love due to an isolated childhood, anxious adolescence and wasted youth. I also got drunk and entered a competition at the old uni bar.

W: You performed in the States this year.

How were you received?

TL: I was received with confusion, I look nothing like Crocodile Dundee and my vocabulary includes words like vocabulary.

They thought I was British, though that's not unreasonable, I have bad teeth and the pale dermis of a sheltered yet over fed urchin. But

I did get to perform at the Punchline comedy club in San Francisco.

W: You do stand up. What sort? Are you offensive? Are you so inoffensive you're offensive? Stupid questions but could I bring my aged grandmother or are you a cutting edge comedian who flirts with danger and laughs at social niceties?

TL: Sure, I've probably turned further to the dark side of late; I'm no longer the fresh-faced Skywalker looking dreamily at the two setting suns. I'm more the foolishly arrogant yet powerful Jedi strolling in to Jabba's palace, not a boy, not yet a man... possibly guilty of incest. And if some giant beast has a problem with my attitudes, I'll stick a giant bone in its craw, throw a rock and make someone cry. Now that I've lost any possible credibility with that

star wanking, I don't think I'm controversial; I just don't want everyone comfortable all the time. Who wants contentment?

Bakker, who has grown The Clubhouse at the Waratah hotel in to one of the best rooms in the country.

W: You like to push audiences and go into uncomfortable zones when you perform sometimes. What's that about? Do you feel you need to go there?

The Comedy Forge at the Brizzie is an institution thanks to Heath and Mick, it's ALL NEW material every month, that is very exciting and terrifying for both the audience and the performers, I love it there and it's good to see it return at the end of October.

TL: It's a need that I'm lucky to be able to get away with sometimes, I enjoy it, I'm not sure why, I don't have enough money for therapy, that’s what stand-up is for. Uncomfortable zones, as you describe them, are the spaces that we really get to know one another so I think I'm just desperate for that connection with as many people as possible, I'm a tension slut, gimme that awkward uncertainty.

Add to that the Lowerhouse comedy lounge on the waterfront and new room The Yard and you've got a living, breathing, wheezing, drinking, cursing, crying, laughing comedy scene. If you're reading this, go check it out sometime. Don't be scared.

W: Dogs or cats?

W: How is comedy in Hobart?

TL: It’s very fucking good, that's just a fact.

I've been around and this scene is something special. We've got ridiculously good comics like Tracey Cosgrove, Mick Davies and David

TL: Dogs. Cats can fuck off. Nah I don't really dislike cats, they're like kids, its great YOU have one, I'll play with it, even put out a bowl, but I don't really get the attraction. Boom. Jokes!

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HAIL AT MONA EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU SEE A MOVIE THAT KNOCKS YOU INTO AWARENESS OF A LIFE-OR-DEATH SOCIAL ISSUE THAT IS LARGELY OVERLOOKED. HAIL, NOW SCREENING AT MONA CINEMA, IS ONE OF THESE FILMS.

HAIL is a significant film and it’s a portrait of contemporary Australia that we are either fortunate enough to not be exposed to, or comfortable enough to not even consider.

Dealing with the themes of love, loss and renewal, HAIL is an epic and tragic love story that received The Age Critics Award at the 2012 Melbourne International Film Festival and is the first Australian feature to be invited to Venice Film Festival in 10 years.

The line between cinema and life is at times erased here. Melbourne-based director Amiel Courtin Wilson met HAIL lead actor Daniel P. Jones in mid 2005 while shooting a documentary about Plan B, a Melbourne theatre company founded to rehabilitate ex-prison inmates through performance.

Daniel had been released the day before and committed to the project with his real-life partner Leanne Letch (playing themselves in the lead roles). The resulting film is in part a distillation of the last five years of Daniel’s life post-releasefromprison,combinedwithvisceral fictional elements that take an audience on a metaphysical descent into an abyss of grief and violence.

fucked them up or fucked them over some way.

They don’t have the nous to pull themself out of the bullshit. Environment has a lot to do with it. The crimes of the generations before have a lot to do with it.”

With no life chances, no literacy, no skills, no opportunity and a lot of drug addiction, “ending up” in prison is graduating into a university of crime. Emerging into the world some 20 years later, you are a pro.

“The criminal justice system sees drug addiction as some moral dilemma when it’s not. It’s a medical condition,” he said. “There are some smart people in jail, some warm hearts and big hearts, but a lot of damaged people.

Really damaged.

“I hope that when people see this film, that it makes them think, particularly those in the criminal justice system.”

I hope that MONA cinema continues to program films like HAIL that matter. It’s an artful take on a harsh reality, and we must face it to change it.

REBECCA FITZGIBBON

HAIL is rated R - mostly for the intensity of violence inferred; a man tied to a milk crate in a meat locker, his face wrapped in packing tape; a horse plummeting from the sky to the earth, unbridled and spiralling down in a fit of powerful outrage.

It’s tough going. It’s raw and it’s violent, and yet it’s incredibly beautiful; symbolic motifs of water and macro fixations on the intricacy of physical existence draw the viewer into an awareness of the physical finite.

Thematically, both the character and the actor Daniel has been a victim of circumstance in a cycle of crime perpetuated by the prison system. He asserts that he first went into prison for the crime of being born – for what he was born into.

HAIL continues at MONA cinema this month. www.mona.net.au/what's-on/cinema-program

“What Amiel and I did over the five-year production was to actually make people think, scare them, make them have a conscience and understand that some people in this world are up against it through no fault of their own,” Daniel P. Jones says.

“About 70 per cent of people incarcerated come from commission areas; people have

EVERYTHING MUST GO + I'LL BREAK MY OWN HEART TWO LIVE COMEDY SHOWS ON ONE BILL HAS GOT TO BE A GOOD NIGHT OUT AT THE BACKSPACE THEATRE. TTC and Cascade are jamming two shows that gathered hot reviews in Sydney and Melbourne into one event so you can get plenty of bang for your buck with some sure-fire new stuff.

First cab off the Hilarity Cab Rank is Everything Must Go, a yarn about a garage sale in the Huon Valley. Tasmanian Ex-pat performer Rachel Leary transforms into Nancy Browne, an isolated recluse who has lived in one house her whole life and now has to move – and it's a challenge. City folk are moving into the valley and things are changing, and Nancy has to deal with it all. At once pants-soiling funny and poignantly human, this show has been acclaimed as a superb comic creation and an engaging performance. Directed by the very gifted Damian Callinan, who local comedy fans know well, as he's been visiting Hobart for years as part of the Hobart Comedy festival (you might have even seen him a few months back), Everything Must Go looks like a must see.

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I'll Break My Own Heart presents a stark contrast – dark and sexy cabaret from Rose Grayson, featuring the wonderful tune “Everyone's Fucking But Me” as well as classics from Nick Cave, Tom Waits, Dr. John and Kurt Weill and others. The show gets stuck into love, sex and romance, with a bit of booze along the way, and will be a must-see for the Hobart burlesque fans out there. Rose Grayson is a class act who will excite, engage and surprise, so if you want good vocals and great entertainment this is something to leap at.

The program is presented as a double bill, you can get to both shows for a big night of laughs and fun for a bargain price ($40 for both shows).

ANDREW HARPER

Everything Must Go and I’ll Break My Own Heart are on a Special Double Bill from Tasmanian Theatre Company andThe Cascade Indie Program at the Backspace Theatre, November 7 – 11. Contact the Theatre Royal Box office or TTC for more information. www.tastheatre.com

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Gallery

Guide South 146 ARTSPACE Suspended Impressions in Nature: Derwent, Julian Thompson, Nov 14 - Dec 15, OPENING Nov 15 at 5pm.

ART AT THE POINT - BRUNY ISLAND A Way Of Breathing, Michael Morgan, Nov 17 - Dec 2, OPENING Nov 18 at 2.30pm.

BETT GALLERY Thornton Walker, Nov 9 - Dec 1.

BACKSPACEGALLERY:Ectoplasmic,SallyRees,Nov 9 - Dec 1.

CARNEGIE GALLERY • Sea Stories, Karin Beaumont, Michaye Boulter, • Sally Brown, Linda Fredheim, ends Nov 25.

CAST • Principle Matter, Sean Rafferty, Jai McKenzie, David Haines, Paul Greedy, ends Nov 18.

DESPARD GALLERY Rodney Pople, ends Nov 6.

INKA GALLERY INC. • Melange de deux, Ian A. Hawkins and Dominique • Oberhauser, Nov 1 - 21, OPENING Nov 2 at 5.30pm.

• Ode to Mrs Shudnat, Lisa Moroney, Nov 22 - Dec 12.

JIMMY'S SKATE AND STREET Scatlord, group show featuring mixed media art from Will Jaworanski, Josh Rowe, Bec Binney, Axle Murphy and Cameron Foster, Nov 9 - 23, OPENING Nov 9 at 5.30pm.

MOONAH ARTS CENTRE Inner Landscapes, Jamaludeen Macfarlane and Hanifa Macfarlane, ends Nov 8.

MUSEUM OF OLD AND NEW ART • Jeff Gabel, Level B1, ongoing.

• Yannick Demmerle, Mona Library Gallery, ends December 3.

• Michel Blazey, Level B1, ongoing.

• Monanism, permanent collection.

• Theatre of the World, TMAG & MONA collections, ends Apr 8 (2013).

PEPPERCORN GALLERY A co-operatively run outlet for the fine art and craftwork of local Richmond artists.

SADDLERS COURT GALLERY Exhibiting over 100 Tasmanian artists & crafts people.

SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE • TOP GALLERY: Waxflower, Kim Portlock and Anastasia Fitter, Nov 9 - 28, OPENING Nov 9.

• LONG GALLERY: FUSION 2012, MacKillop Catholic College Annual Arts Festival, Nov 8 - 12.

• Wild Tasmania, Wolfgang Glowacki and Rob Blakers, Nov 15 - 28.

• SIDESPACE GALLERY: TasmanianTraces, Barbara Cauvin, Nov 8 - 18.

Impressions, Hunter Island Press, Nov 20 - Dec 3.

SCHOOLHOUSE GALLERY • Forty Years in the Making, Tasmanian Ceramics Association 40th Anniversary Exhibition, ends Nov 4.

• City of Clarence Annual Textile & Fibre Exhibition, Nov 9 - 29.

• ROSNY BARN: Polytechnic Photo Imaging Students Exhibition, Nov 23 - Dec 2.

SONA GALLERY Ongoing stock exhibition.

TASMANIAN LANDSCAPES GALLERY Luke O’Brien Photography. Art printing & mounting services also available.

TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY • Elegance in Exile, artwork of four Australian convicts, ends Nov 4.

• 2012 City of Hobart Art Prize, ends Nov 11.

Stories From the State Numismatics Collection, Medals and Money Gallery, Permanent Exhibition.

• Islands to Ice, Antarctic Gallery, Permanent Exhibition.

THE BRISBANE HOTEL Art @ The Brisbane. OPENING Nov 6, 6:00pm.

Art @ The Brisbane. OPENING Dec 4, 6:00pm.

WELLINGTON GALLERY Thomas Anderson last available works original paintings, gallery open by appointment Ph. 6223 6643.

NORTH ACADEMY GALLERY - UTAS INVERESK 50 Years of Self Help, ends Nov 7.

DESIGN CENTRE, LAUNCESTON • Dualism: The combination of Thai and Tasmania heritage through contemporary furniture, Dr Chalit Kongsuwan (Num), ends Nov 25.

• Repose, John Smith, Nov 30 - Feb 24, 2013.

HANDMARK GALLERY, EVANDALE Disappearing Into Being, Robyn McKinnon, Nov 4 - 29, OPENING Nov 4 at 2pm.

THREE WINDOWS GALLERY • Changing Southern Midlands Artists.

• Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery • Come to life, young Tasmanian artists, until Feb 17 2013.

Gone Rustic Studio & Gallery • Tasmanian Photographic Exhibition, Jessica Turale and James Brewer, Nov 10 - 30, OPENING KING ISLAND Nov 9 at 3pm.

• UFO Display, Rustic Ragamuffins, Nov 10 - 30, OPENING Nov 9 at 3pm.

NORTH west BURNIE REGIONAL ART GALLERY Unique States - Seriality and the Panoramic in the prints of Raymond Arnold, Curated by Professor Sasha Grishin, ends Dec 9.

DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY MAINGALLERY:2012RACTInsuranceTasmanian Portrait Prize, Nov 3 - 25, OPENING Nov 2 at 6pm.

THE LITTLE GALLERY: Afterimage, Paul Snell, Nov 3 - 25, OPENING Nov 2 at 6pm.

LA TROBE FINE ART GALLERY Tasmania Only, Nigel Lazenby, Beverly Skurulis, Angela Thompson, Penny Winter, Pamela Skurulis, ends December.

PARADOX BAZAAR Unique Tasmanian Art & Craft creations operated by, and featuring the works of, local Artists and Craftspeople and is constantly changing throughout the year www.paradoxbazaar.com.au ULVERSTONE VISITOR INFORMATION CENTRE Pastels, Johanna Van Voorthuizen, Nov 1 - 30.

KING ISLAND KING ISLAND LOLLIPOP GALLERY + BOATHOUSE GALLERY Paintings by Caroline Kininmonth and Bridget Levy on exhibit throughout the year and continually changing.

SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE Bijou's Secret, The Founders Room, Wed Nov 7 Sunday Nov 11, 8pm start (1hr 30 mins approx) THE THEATRE ROYAL • Crapunzel, Nov 13 - 17, 8pm start.

• Bare Witness, Nov 21 - 22, 8pm start.

• Rock Revolution starring Jon English, Nov 25, 7.30pm start.

THE THEATRE ROYAL BACKSPACE THEATRE • Everything Must Go, Nov 7 - 10, 7.15pm start, and two shows Nov 11, 1.15pm and 5.15pm.

• I'll Break My Own Heart, Nov 7 - 10, 8.45pm start, and two shows Nov 11, 2.45pm and 6.45pm.

WREST POINT ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE Cosentino - The Grand Illusionist, Wednesday Nov 7, 8pm start.

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Guide THE SOUTH COMEDY THE BRISBANE HOTEL The Comedy Forge, Thursday Nov 29.

THE LOWER HOUSE The Lower House Comedy Lounge, featuring Paco Erhard and guests, with MC Gavin Baskerville. Thursday Nov 8, 8pm start.

THEATRE ROYAL HOTEL The Yard, Tuesday Nov 6 & 20, 8pm start.

WARATAH HOTEL The Clubhouse, Thursday Nov 15, 8.30pm start.

WREST POINT ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE A One Ended Stick, with Carl Barron, Friday Nov 30 and Saturday Dec 1, 8pm start.

THEATRE PEACOCK THEATRE • Little Shop Of Horrors, Thursday Nov 8 - Friday Nov 9, 8pm start, and two shows Saturday Nov 10, 2pm and 8pm.

• Hungry For You, Thursday Nov 29 - Saturday Dec 1, 8pm start.

PLAYHOUSE THEATRE Soul Mate, ends Nov 10 (Wed – Sat 8pm).

Pantomime, Nov 28 - Dec 14.

COMEDY BURNIE ARTS & FUNCTION CENTRE Josh Earl, Thursday Nov 22, 8pm start.

COUNTRY CLUB Corona Comedy @ Tonic Bar, Thursday Dec 6, 7.30pm start.

DICKENS CIDER HOUSE Uber Comedy, with Stewart Bell, David Quinn, David J. and more TBA, Wednesday Nov 14.

FRESH ON CHARLES Fresh Comedy, hosted by David Bakker, Friday Nov 16, 8pm start.

PRINCESS THEATRE A One Ended Stick, with Carl Barron, Monday Nov 26 - Wednesday Nov 28, 8pm start.

THEATRE EARL ARTS CENTRE • Sweeney Todd, Thursday Nov 15 - Sunday Nov 18, 8pm; Wednesday Nov 21 - Friday Nov 23, 8pm; and two shows Saturday Nov 24, 2pm and 8pm.

PRINCESS THEATRE • Cosentino - The Grand Illusionist, Friday Nov 9, 8pm start.

• Moments in Time, presented by Kings Meadows High School, Tuesday Nov 13, 7pm start.

• Rock Revolution, starring Jon English, Saturday Nov 24, 8pm start.

• Old Time Music Hall, Saturday Nov 17, 8pm; and Sunday Nov 18, 2pm.

Album Reviews

Edward Guglielmino released a series of independent albums and EPs in the early naughties, and in 2009 released his first solo album proper, Late At Night. Some three years on and he has decided to follow this up with a backing band called The Show who reads like a who’s who of underground and indie Queensland musicians. The result is Sunshine State, a darkly gothic slice of rather bittersweet folk-rock. It’s also as rich as a millionaire and as honest and as sad as a prisoner on death row.

EDWARD GUGLIELMINO SUNSHINE STATE

Mothers is the perfect altar for Guglielmino’s low, baritone voice. It’s a soft croon bolstered by occasional bursts of brass. It is calm but also has a sporadic and sinister feel that sees us through into Walking My Way, which has the cool sway of a 45 from the fifties.

Single Reviews Single of the Month APES SEVEN A lot is done with very little and it's all in the name of rock n roll, or liberty, or love or just the cum of the young.

CHAOS DIVINE AFRICA A pop-metal cover of Toto’s 1982 hit. They changed nothing, and wasted everyone’s time.

THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS MEXICO Seems like a fleeting paean to a childhood idea with evocative guitar work.

DEEP SEA ARCADE GRAVITY CITY It’s a very dreamy song with coos and ahhhs and a cutesy, tipsy smile. Like a dream, it’s not got any substance that lasts.

TEXAS TEA HEART SAYS YES (HEAD SAYS NO) Your heart says yes, but your head says no. Totes ma goats. Wanna expand on that with visceral imagery or aural composition? No? Alright then.

THE INVINCIBLE SUMMER RUNAWAY This imitates upbeat, romantic pop music well, but they forgot to actually build emotion or say anything that makes sense.

THE MARK OF CAIN HEART OF STONE The heavy bass, slapping drums and deep vocals really make these guys so cool, brooding and mysterious… in their eyes only.

YOUNG MEN DEAD COURAGEOUS Geeky 80s electro pop without any catchy, or kitschy charm. Just yammering keys and a great array of bad vocals.

THE TIGER AND ME PANTOMIME Cutesy wootsy female lead, with male backing vocals, and of course, piano. Know enough?

DAVE RED EYE There's a lovely story in here. It's just too boring and meek to retrieve from whatever pop/rock muck he's made.

JARRED KEANE

Jeff Buckley springs to mind at the start of Swam in the Water until the drums kick in. This song almost plays out like at least five different pieces of music, as some shredded guitar-work keeps us on our toes, before we’re lead off on a different tangent and you get the sense of a pool of water glistening in the distance.

Old Fire is another strange beast, where an eerie flutter rings out as though someone has left a record on in a dark, empty room. There are ghostly apparitions meeting for a decadent ritual, while the strange, ambient noise could be from a weird, avant-garde soundtrack heard in a modern art museum.

in the press that he likes to record all sorts of chords and ideas onto his computer, irrespective of their apparent level of quality.

For Sunshine State, he assembled a grand mélange of sonic soundscapes, musical tangents and all-round experiments to ultimately craft something that is deep, poetic and strong. The depraved affair is held together by his baritone voice and proves to be a visceral one for the listener; full of feelings and perceptions, and as complex and raw as a human being stripped to their very core.

NAT SALVO

Edward Guglielmino loves to experiment because he has previously acknowledged

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I’m no expert on the topic of hip-hop, in fact I’d say I’m fairly late to this genre, but to me, the boys of Diafrix are awesome. Have you seen their video clip for Simple Man? It’s fun and quirky. I want to join that party. I think we all need that in our lives, and failing a spontaneous manifestation of a party in our living rooms every evening, we can at least have it in musical form via our ears thanks to these guys.

The thing that strikes me most is that these guys live in Melbourne yet have produced a quality album that could rival the professional level of the American hip-hop kings. Maybe I’m showing my hip-hop ignorance, but damn, you listen to it and don’t tell me that they haven’t delivered a stylish, polished record of a professional level that I can’t say I’ve heard in other hip-hop acts coming from Australia. Not that these other acts are bad, they just don’t have the voices that these guys do, nor the rhythm, or just the experience and confidence these songs evoke. It’s smooth, easy, light hearted and fun. With these guys at the helm, long live the reign of Aussie hip-hop!

KATE STONE

Straight off the mark, Minibikes' debut release, For Woods or Trail, is a well-structured and funky album from start to finish.

With album art featuring a monster holding a keytar in the woods and a name like “Minibikes”, I was interested to hear what this band had to offer - and I’m glad to say I wasn’t disappointed.

Being the band’s debut record, I felt Minibikes were out to prove their musical diversity with For Woods or Trail. Scattered throughout this album are constant changes in sound. One of the best examples comes with the second track, Tennis Coach. Off the back of Kill the Feel, you’re thrown into a quick tempo, rockier, drum driven song, as opposed to the slow groovy opener.

The band’s music has a brilliant sense of depth to it. Minibikes’ array of instruments working in unison gives many songs a dreamy feel; it’s not hard to become engrossed with tracks including Here Come the Bees Again, Broken Bones and Wires. These songs mixed in with other poprock/indie tracks give a good balance.

As I’ve said, the standout feature of this piece is its structure. Each track feels delicately crafted; skipping from song to song will keep you guessing what’s next. Minibikes have put a strong step forward in the right direction with For Woods or Trail.

MATT GALLANT

Album Reviews

With a growing reputation as one of the finest contemporary music groups of the past few years, Brooklyn-based quartet Grizzly Bear have had the tremendous task of following up their previously released LP Veckatimest, one of the most adored albums of 2009 and beyond. With Veckatimest, Grizzly Bear shot to new heights, becoming one of the first successful acts to make the mainstream crossover from underground chamber folk to commercial indie rock.

With all this success, however, came great expectation and anticipation for a follow-up of the same such grandeur that their previous releases contained. Whilst many bands tend to fall short from the overpowering hype factor, Grizzly Bear chose to rebut back with Shields as their response, and oh boy, did they deliver.

GRIZZLY BEAR SHIELDS

Don’t let the name fool you; Shields is a record of all offence and no defence, showing Grizzly Bear driving down their rockiest road yet, whilst still retaining their wondrous trademark harmonies and reverberation techniques.

From the slightly dissonant chord based track ‘The Hunt’ to the exponential build up of ‘Speaking In Rounds’, the craftsmanship is wonderful to listen to and hard to describe at the same time.

Commencing the proceedings is the glorious Sleeping Ute, a bright flurry of sonic exploration from the guitar and analog synthesiser, whilst vocalist Daniel Rossen swoons in the midst of the chaos. Rossen takes a true leading role throughout Shields, with the emphasis lessened on the choral harmonies and more on the dynamics of musicianship and the art of ambient composition.

Shields highlights the complexity and versatility of Grizzly Bear, who really had no need to prove anything to anyone. To say that this album has trumped Veckatimest is a bit of a stretch; the element of spontaneity was lost, and if this were released first, we may have a different story on our hands. Nonetheless, Shields is stunning, beautiful and just as lonely at the same time, one of the frontrunners for best on show in 2012 and deservedly so.

There is a certain melancholic, yet desolate nature to the way each member performs.

JOSH CLEMENTS

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AGENT FONTAINE

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AFTER HOURS

SUPERHERO

BREAKING SILENCE

THIRTY THREE

It’s fair to say that the music you inherit from your parents can be a pervasive thing that stays with you long after the final note has sung. It seems like this idea prevails on Glenn Frey’s After Hours, because this is a musician my father loves from The Eagles, doing a series of piano standards and hits from a great American songbook mostly released when my grandfather was sharing his formative years.

Frey is not alone in putting out a record like this. We’ve already had Rod Stewart mine this particular field quite extensively. More recently this has seen Paul McCartney turn back the wheels of time. For most people who already enjoy the easy-on-the-ear style of melodious music that Frey makes with The Eagles, it really isn’t too big a stretch to hone the AM dial into some good, old-fashioned sophistication.

Over 11 songs, Frey tackles the music made famous by vocal powerhouses like Dinah Washington, Nat King Cole, Dusty Springfield and Tony Bennett. These prove some big shoes to fill, and while Frey’s renditions don’t soar as high as an eagle to the dizzying heights of the originals, they are still faithful and wellarranged songs and a loving homage to them.

After Hours is one for Frey’s most passionate fans; a smooth and mellow collection of romantic and misty-eyed golden oldies that your mother – or grandmother – should know.

Who is Agent Fontaine? A superhero, if I believe the title of their debut EP offering. Though one thing is for sure: the cover of their EP is deceiving as to what is inside. To find pop rock tunes inside a cover consisting of darkened tones highlighted by abandoned clothes and a telephone booth was a surprise. Why so serious?

I would have loved Agent Fontaine when I was fourteen. Which is probably good news for them, because we all know teenage girls are a huge market. These guys produce a melodramatic, theatrical quality, almost Gleelike. Which is good again, because look how popular that TV show is.

While you couldn’t possible by unhappy listening to this album, it’s almost nauseatingly upbeat. The problem is, it is catchy. Damn catchy. It grew on me after the first initial listen, which had me reminiscing of my high school years listening to random pop punk outfits downloaded from Limewire.

Agent Fontaine have produced a solid EP, though it does make me wonder how they could replicate such a refined, polished sound at their live performances. Considering they are local Hobart boys, I probably won’t have to wait long to find out.

The local six-piece gypsy folk outfit Little Bear is back with a second album of foot stomping tunes and sultry tones. If ever I wanted to abandon this materialistic life and instead spend it as the lover of a wandering minstrel, this would be the soundtrack to our dramatic life of lust, love and inevitable heartbreak.

Carving themselves a unique sound with the use of accordions and electric cello, the album will start you off dancing, before leading you to a smoother sound which will have you skulking off to a corner with that special someone to slow dance the night away.

I think that this outfit would have more impact live. Little Bear note they have played live extensively over the past summer, which impacted greatly on this album; it is full of energy. But I can understand it wouldn’t suit all tastes. My Dad wasn’t especially taken to it when listening, but he prefers rock and any change of taste in this time of his life is unlikely.

Otherwise, if you aren’t my Dad and are open to new experiences, love rock and blues and are partial to an accordion, I think I’ve just played matchmaker to your newest love.

KATE STONE

Fresh off their own sell out national headline tour, Loon Lake have just dropped their sophomore EP Thirty Three, which, before its official debut, the lads decided to release for free via their website, offering fans up a new track every week for six weeks.

Cherry Lips is a track that has summer jam written all over it: the sing-along style vocals, the handclap and tambourine solo, and solo driving guitar work. No doubt this catchy track, along with the like minded Fantastica, would really set if off in a live setting, and I can see that happening often as the summer festival season gets underway.

Title track Thirty Three changes the pace of the EP up a bit, and sees the lads drive into the indie rock territory of The Shins. Heart Stomper closes out the EP and it is an epic jam - some may say a rock for the ages, as it is a soaring ballad full of large guitars, spotlight shining vocals and glam band dramatism.

Overall, Thirty Three is a great showcase of the potential for the future of Loon Lake, as they are in a unique position in time, in which they could choose to further develop their raw, raucous, high energy sound down any number of paths. There is a overriding sense of kinship and celebration of emotion permeating Thirty Three, which results in a fun musical outing.

KATE STONE MICHAEL CLOHESY

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Event Guide

Hobart Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Billy & Randal 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Tim Davies followed by DJ Grotesque

Melbourne Cup Luncheon - Little Nifties, David Carr

Republic Bar & Café

Tijuana Cartell + George and O'Sullivan 9pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett

Republic Bar & Café

Baker Boys Band 8.30pm

Irish Murphy's

Open Mic Night

Republic Bar & Café

Baker Boys Band 8.30pm

Birdcage Bar

Where's Mary 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

Fatty Esther + Donkey Punch + Slinky 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Tim Hibbered

Irish Murphy's

Uni After Party: New Saxons, Pearly White, The Staynes

Obar Lounge

Grotesque

Obar Main

DJ Beerex

Republic Bar & Café

Lovers Jump Creek + LaVista + Concrete Lines 9pm

The Telegraph

Atari

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Something Different #5 - Younger Dryas, Lucy Sky Diamond, Bridget Bridge, VAMP, Samora Squid, Captain Amazing 8pm

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Birdcage Bar Brookfield Vineyard

NOVEMBER Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

6

7

8

9

Brookfield Vineyard

Community Singing with Oliver Gathercole

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett

Irish Murphy's

Harrison Manton, Sam Kucera

Republic Bar & Café

Charlie A Court 9pm

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

12 Birdcage Bar Republic Bar & Café

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

13 Birdcage Bar

Suffrajettes 8pm Quiz Night 8.15pm Billy & Randal 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

Eyes Wide Open Cinema - Hellraiser - Hellbound Heart 7pm

Irish Murphy's

Open Mic Night

Republic Bar & Café

Mike McCarthy 9pm

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

The Glen Miller Orchestra

14 Birdcage Bar

Where's Mary 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

Bad Vibrations w/ Naked + Speakeasies + Train Park + Adventurers 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Tim Davies

Irish Murphy's

Gretel Templeton, Kirsten Crombie, Pat Berechree

Obar Lounge

Grotesque

Obar Main

DJ Beerex

Republic Bar & Café

Slyde 9pm

The Telegraph

Left of Centaur

15 Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 9pm

Amplified AMPOCALYPSE - TMS Presents - Intense Hammer Rage + Mephistopheles + Lacerta + Nosce Teipsum. Trash Presents Tyrant + Lady Crimson + The Wizard + Backlash + Bulletproof 8pm

Get Your Drone On w/ Untermorast + Lords of Leisure + Oceans + Ivan 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett

Irish Murphy's

Glen Watson, Debra Manskey

Brookfield Vineyard

Sitar Lounge - Magic Carpet Ride

Onyx Bar

Jason Patmore

C Bar

DJ Gezza - 8pm

Republic Bar & Café

Chance Waters 9pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Rum Jungle followed by Ado and Devo

Irish Murphy's

Joel Everard, Atari 2600

Ivory Bar

DJ Lids

Jack Greene Obar Lounge

Friday

16 Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

BEACH PARTY - w/ The Martin Cilia Surf Guitar Show w/ The Sin & Tonics + King Shark 9pm

Grotesque

Brookfield Vineyard

Acoustic Night (Folk Fed Songwriting Competition)

Jim King

C Bar

DJ Gezza - 8pm

Obar Main

MOS The Only

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Tim Davies followed by Rum Jungle

Onyx Bar

Jason Patmore

Irish Murphy's

Republic Bar & Café

Amplified Showcase Live Local Music (No Cover)

Luke Hoskins Experience, White Knuckle Fever, Ethol the Frog, Muddy Turds

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink

Ivory Bar

Millhouse

Jack Greene

Alex Curtain

Obar Lounge

Millhouse

Obar Main

DJ Johnny G

Republic Bar & Café

Republics 15th Birthday with Acumen + LaVista + Chase City + Ben Wells + Jesse + Jo Pirere 5pm

10 Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 9pm Lets Tear This Fucking State Apart! - Naked + Small Black Lambs + Pines + The Lucky Dips + Train Park + The Native Cats + Paint Your Golden Face + Ozones + Alvy Singer + The Grand Master Trash Band + DJ's 8pm

Brookfield Vineyard

One Trick Pony 12pm

The Grand Poobah

Paul Greene & ELFA

C Bar

Tony Voglino 8pm

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

DJ Johnny G

Irish Murphy's

Mash Up

Ivory Bar

Nina Las Vegas

Jack Greene

Millhouse

Obar Main

DJ Beerex

Republic Bar & Café

Saturday

17 Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

DOOFCORE!! w/ Toecutter (nsw) + Bombax (Ger) + Toxic Lipstick (vic) + Psypocalypse + BAADDD + Kireesh + Muddy Turds 8pm

Brookfield Vineyard

Debra Mansky 12pm

Amplified: Acoustic Beergarden Live Local Music Saturday Arvo 3.30pm

C Bar

Micheal Clennett 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

DJ Jim King

Republic Bar & Café

Jeff Martin + Tim Davies 10pm

Federation Concert Hall

Ashkenazy Conducts 7.30pm

Sails

Billy Whitton 6pm

Irish Murphy's

Ethol the Frog

The Grand Poobah

Amplified

Ivory Bar

Lids, Mez and Jim King

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink

Jack Greene

Dameza

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

TSO Gala Ball 7pm

Obar Main

DJ Beerex

Republic Bar & Café

The Black Sorrows (Matinee Show) 2.30pm

Republic Bar & Café

Lord + Elektrik Dynamite + Taberah 10pm

Sails

Billy Whitton 6pm

The Grand Poobah

AIMZ & DRAZ Dual Mixtape Launch

11 Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

Rock n Roll Bingo w/ Timmy Jack Ray 6pm

Brookfield Vineyard

David Carr

C Bar

Billy Whitton 2pm

NOVEMBER Fri 9th, Sitar Lounge Sat 10th, One Trick Pony / 12pm Sun 11th, David Carr Fri 16th, Acoustic Night. Folk Fed Songwriters Sat 17th, Debra Mansky / 12pm Sun 18th, Piano Latte Fri 23rd, Community Singing with Oliver Gathercole

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Brisbane Hotel

Brisbane Hotel

Sunday

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Event Guide

DATE

VENUE

ACTS / START TIME

VENUE

ACTS / START TIME

The Telegraph

Ado and Devo followed by The Smashers

The Grand Poobah

Taspride Closing Party

Jason Patmore 8pm

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink

NOVEMBER Sunday

Monday

NOVEMBER 18 Birdcage Bar Brisbane Hotel

Fritz + Guerilla Zingari + Dave Elliston 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

Rock n Roll Bingo w/ Timmy Jack Ray 6pm

Brookfield Vineyard

Piano Latte

C Bar

Pete Thomas 2pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Tim Hibbered followed by Johnny G

Phil & Jane's

Paul Greene & ELFA 2pm

Republic Bar & Café

Wahbash Avenue 9pm

19 Birdcage Bar Republic Bar & Café

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

20 Birdcage Bar

Joe Pirere 8.30pm Billy & Randal 8pm Quiz A Saurus 7pm

Irish Murphy's

Open Mic Night

Republic Bar & Café

Double Down 9pm

21 Backspace Theatre

TasPride Festival - Paul Greene & ELFA 9pm

Birdcage Bar

Where's Mary 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

Manchester Mourning + Venus Overdrive + Catsuit 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Cam Stuart

Irish Murphy's

The Sketches

Obar Lounge

Jim King

Obar Main

DJ Beerex

Republic Bar & Café

Joe Pirere & The Blackberries 9pm

The Telegraph

Pirates of the Cover Scene

22 Birdcage Bar

Micheal Clennett

Irish Murphy's

Helen Crowther, Seth Henderson

Republic Bar & Café

Rory Ellis 9pm

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Community Singing with Oliver Gathercole

C Bar

DJ Gezza - 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Tim Davies followed by Ado and Devo

Federation Concert Hall

Elgar's Cello Concerto 7.30pm

Irish Murphy's

Atari 2600

Ivory Bar

DJ Beerex

Jack Greene

Mez

Obar Lounge

Grotesque

Obar Main

DJ Johnny G

PlanB

Musik for Klub Kids FT Kid Kenobi

Republic Bar & Café

British India + New Saxons 10pm

The Grand Poobah

Boogie Bass Party No. 7

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by Big Swifty

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson - Wreck and Ruin Tour Mutiny + Dogtower 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brand New Second Hand "Booze" w/ DJ BTC + Bits n Pieces + Mister Murder 10pm

Brookfield Vineyard

Kingborough Music Night

C Bar

Girl Friday 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Johnny G

Irish Murphy's

Pirates of the Cover Scene

Ivory Bar

Millhouse, Mez and Jim King

Jack Greene

Grotesque

Obar Main

DJ Beerex

Republic Bar & Café

British India + New Saxons 10pm

Sails

Billy Whitton 6pm

Fiona Hutchison 12pm

C Bar

Manhattan 2pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett followed by DJ Johnny G

Republic Bar & Café

Peter Hicks & The Blues Licks 9pm Fiddlechicks 2.30pm Phoenix Singers 5pm

Republic Bar & Café

Quiz Night 8.15pm Billy & Randal 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

Game On 7pm

Irish Murphy's

Open Mic Night

Republic Bar & Café

The Sign 9pm Where's Mary 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett

Irish Murphy's

The Bovine, Milo Bean, The Stare

Obar Lounge

Grotesque

Obar Main

DJ Beerex

Republic Bar & Café

Jed Appleton + Younger Dryas + Hannah Foley 9pm

The Telegraph

Atari

29 Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

The Comedy Forge 7.30pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett

Republic Bar & Café

Native Ryme 9pm

30 Birdcage Bar

DATE

Suffrajettes 8pm

Brookfield Vineyard

28 Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

The Lawless Quartet + Dublo 9pm

C Bar

DJ Gezza - 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Tim Davies Duo

Irish Murphy's

Atari 2600

Ivory Bar

Grotesque

Jack Greene

Dameza

Obar Lounge

Jim King

Obar Main

DJ Johnny G

Onyx Bar

Everburn

Republic Bar & Café

The Beards + Guthrie + Toehider 10pm

The Grand Poobah

Kira Puru & The Bruise supported by Ben Wells & The Middle Names

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by The Smashers

VENUE

ACTS / START TIME

Brookfield Vineyard

Bill Chambers 7pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

DJ Johnny G

Ivory Bar

Kolors (Melb), Kenny Beeper, Mez

Jack Greene

Mez

Obar Main

DJ Beerex

Sails

Billy Whitton 6pm

The Telegraph

Ado and Devo followed by The Smashers

Brisbane Hotel

ALL AGES - In Hearts Wake + Whisperers + Lives Lost + Interview With An Escape Artist 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

Rock n Roll Bingo w/ Timmy Jack Ray 6pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Where's Mary followed by DJ Grotesque

DECEMBER Saturday

1

Glen Challice 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Gringo Bingo w/ Timmy Jack Ray 6pm

Brookfield Vineyard

27 Birdcage Bar

Paul Dianno/Blaze Bayley w/ Hazmat + Smokestack 9pm

Jason Patmore 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

26 Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 9pm

Brookfield Vineyard

24 Birdcage Bar

Monday

25 Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

23 Birdcage Bar

Sunday

Glen Challice 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brisbane Hotel

Saturday

DATE

Sunday

2

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Event Guide

Launceston Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Date

Tonic Bar

Comedy Night 6pm

Thursday

The Royal Oak

Live Music

Friday

Bolters Bar

Andy & The Woodman 7pm

The Royal Oak

Younger Dryas, BoxMoney, Hounds of Hiroshima

Tonic Bar

Well Strung 9pm

Saturday

Tonic Bar

The Doctors Rocksters, DJ Dragonite 8pm

Sunday

1 2

3

4

Unbalance

Devonport

Molly Malones

Pure Blondes 9.30pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Candy Feet 9.30pm The Unit 8pm

Tapas Lounge Bar

Tapas Trivia 7pm

Thursday

8

Devonport

Molly Malones

Proud Phoneys 8.30pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Excuse My French 8pm

Friday

9

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Under the Covers 9.30pm

Saturday

10

Forth

Bridge Hotel

Threeza Crowd

Latrobe

Mackey's Royal Hotel

Kram

Brett & Josh 7pm

The Royal Oak

Something Different Variety Show Inc - Younger Dryas, Lucy Sky Diamond, Circus Horrificus, Vamp

Tonic Bar

Andy & The Woodman - Trio 9pm

Tonic Bar

Geale Brothers 8pm

The Royal Oak

Sticky Fingers

Hotel New York

MOS - The Only

Fresh on Charles

Paul Greene & ELFA 8pm

The Royal Oak Tonic Bar

Devonport

Molly Malones

Unbalance 9.30pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

T M G 9.30pm

Devonport

The Warehouse

Pumpit

Sunday

11

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Nick (Richo) Richardson 6pm

Scott Haigh

Wednesday

14

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Open Mic 7pm

Joe Camilieri and the Black Sorrows 7.30pm

Thursday

15

The Royal Oak

Mike McCarthy

Bolters Bar

Jerome Hillier 7pm

The Royal Oak

LORD, Taberah, Electrik Dynamite

Tonic Bar

The Usual Suspects 9pm

Tonic Bar

Fifth Avenue, DJ Dragonite 8pm

The Royal Oak

Myocardium, Atra Vetosus, Ropes

The Supper Room Paul Greene & ELFA 8pm (Cygnet) Wednesday

21

The Royal Oak

Mick Attard

Thursday

22

The Royal Oak

Seventh Street Entry

Friday

23

Bolters Bar

Geale Brothers 7pm

The Royal Oak

Rory Ellis

24

Mackey's Royal Hotel

Tapas Lounge Bar

Bolters Bar

Saturday

Latrobe

Devonport

9

17

Threeza Crowd Guv'Nor 9.30pm

Devonport

Friday

Saturday

Central Bar & Cafe Tapas Lounge Bar

7

Jeff Martin

16

Devonport Devonport

4

The Royal Oak

Friday

Darren Lloyd 8.30pm Neil Gibson 8pm

Wednesday

8

15

3

Molly Malones Tapas Lounge Bar

Sunday

Thursday

14

Saturday

2

Devonport Devonport

Josh Pyke - Only Sparrows Tour Andy Collins

10

Friday

1

Manhattan Wine Bar The Royal Oak

Thursday

Acts / Start Time

Live Music

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Wednesday

Venue

The Royal Oak

Wednesday

Saturday

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Devonport

Molly Malones

Jerome Hillier 8.30pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

White Knuckle Fever (NSW) & The Muddy Turds 8pm

Friday

16

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Sign 9.30pm

Saturday

17

Latrobe

Mackey's Royal Hotel

Brett & Josh

Devonport

Molly Malones

Pure Blondes 9.30pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Sun Kings 9.30pm

Forth

Bridge Hotel

Paranoid Androids

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Fetching Ruby 6pm

Devonport

Molly Malones

Brett & Josh 8.30pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Neil Gibson 8pm

Sunday

18

Thursday

22

Friday

23

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Ringmasters 9.30pm

Saturday

24

Latrobe

Mackey's Royal Hotel

The Goobly Wooblies

Tonic Bar

Well Strung 9pm

Albert Hall

Elgar's Cello Concerto 7.30pm

The Royal Oak

Zero Degrees Freedom + Others

Devonport

Molly Malones

Gypsy Rose 9.30pm

Country Club Show Room

Shane & Kasey 7.15pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Unit 9.30pm

Tonic Bar

Fifth Avenue, DJ Loco 8pm

You 3 6pm

Wednesday

28

The Royal Oak

Open Mic Night

Thursday

29

The Royal Oak

Tori & Andy (Beards Gig Postponed)

Friday

30

Bolters Bar

Chris Lynch 7pm

The Royal Oak

Sam Cole & The Mornings + Supports

Tonic Bar

Picasso Brothers 9pm

Sunday

25

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Thursday

29

Devonport

Molly Malones

Pure Blondes 8.30pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Sixty 40 8pm

Friday

30

DATE

Forth

Bridge Hotel

Doctors Rocksters

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Rock Pigs 9.30pm

VENUE

ACTS / START TIME

DECEMBER Saturday

1

Sunday

2

Devonport

Central Bar & Cafe

Casey Barns

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Midnight 9.30pm

Devonport

Central Bar & Cafe

Casey Barns

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Evil Cisum 6pm

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