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News in Brief BAKERS DOZEN Bakers Lane Bar & Restaurant recently took over the vacated premises of the old Manhattan Wine Bar at 81 York St, Launceston. Then they had a wildly spectacular launch party with DJ’s Sampology, Akouo and Dameza. Then they had a pretty damn awesome Halloween party. Who knows what they’ve got planned next, but it’ll probably be something equally as super duper. You will probably never be considered one of the “cool kids” if you aren’t there. If you want to keep in the loop with the goings on of Launceston’s newest restaurant and bar, head along to www. facebook.com/bakerslanebar/. ALL THAT JAZZ Jazz pianist Tom Vincent is indeed, a master at what he does. As Brian Ritchie puts it “99.99% of pianists are flaccid. Tom has control over every parameter of each note he plays. Staccato, legato, pianissimo, fortissimo. Solo or conjoined with pithy and/ or ludicrous choices of companion notes. Crisp, percussive, elastic, ambidextrously independent. Exploring oft-neglected registers of the keyboard in microscopic detail. The dialogue between his left and right hand are ventriloquism. The Tom Vincent trio are launching their marvellous new CD at the Derwent Sailing Squad on Friday November 7 and Sunday November 9.
right there. Anyway, they’ll be back in Australia real soon (probably by the time you read this), and as soon as they land, they’re heading off on an Australian tour that is already selling out all over the place. Wednesday November 19 is when they’ll be in this particular part of Australia, playing at the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart. Tickets on sale from the venue, get in early, this will be another sell out. FALDUMINATION Faldum are already shaping up to be one of the movers and shakers of 2015. With recent mentions on popular national music websites, and a soon-to-bereleased remixed version of their debut EP The Dangerfields. All ahead of a busy summer performing schedule. Which in turn is ahead of hitting the studio to record another album. If you’re in Hobart, and you’d like to find out what they’re up to in person, you can catch them supporting Porcelain Pill at the Grand Poobah on Friday November 21, playing at the Taste of Tasmania on Wednesday December 31 (New Years Eve!), or playing at MONA on Friday January 2. Or you could probably just walk down the street, bump in to them and ask them what they’re up to, because this is Tasmania. PREATURE PROMFORTS
HOUSE PARTY After 11 incredible parties over the last year, Our House takes it up several notches to celebrate the 1 year anniversary of all things house! What better way to celebrate than with a 4 hour set from one of the biggest acts in house music, Dusky! Club 54 in Launceston is the place, and support for Dusky will be provided by special guests: Randall Foxx, Chris NeoBi, and Matty C. Sunday November 9 is the date, this amazing evening of house kicks off early at 4pm and runs til late. Tickets are $35 + BF, and are available via Oztix, door sales will be limited. THE SMITHS(T BAND) The Smith St Band. They get around a bit don’t they? Right now they’re in the UK, before heading to Europe and the U.S. on a pretty damn epic tour. I’m pretty sure every town in the world has an actual “Smith St.”, so they can pretend to be locals everywhere they go, that’s some smart marketing,
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I have no idea how many times I have read/typed “2014 has been a massive year for <insert band/artist name here>“, but it really does seem like some acts are hustling a hell of a lot harder than others this year. Preatures have definitely been on the grind for the past ten months, playing Coachella, Bonnaroo, The Jimmy Kimmel Live show, clocking in at #9 on jjj’s Hottest 100 poll and winning the coveted Vanda & Young Song writing Competition. Now, they’re finally hustling their way down to Hobart, playing at the Waratah Hotel on Friday November 21. Preatures will be joined by special guests Holy Holy and Redspencer. Tickets are $35 + BF/$40 on the door, and are available online via oztix, or at the venue.
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There’s a place in Tasmania called Goaty Hill, and that’s completely awesome. Even better, there’s a vineyard there. They’re called Goaty Hill Wines, which is also completely awesome. On Saturday November 22, they’re hosting a fundraiser open day. There really aren’t many things more relaxing than spending a sunny Saturday afternoon in a vineyard with friends. Add a bit of jazz and it’s a perfect day. So this will be a perfect day because the Evan Carydakis Quintet will be spending a few hours playing some fantastic jazz. he event runs from 11am to 5pm with the Evan Carydakis Quintet performing from 1pm to 4pm on the main stage. Goaty Hill Wines will donate money raised at the event to the Empty Stocking Appeal. THE SMYTH Hailing from the rugged heartland of the New South Wales south coast, Steven Smyth’s roots in music can be traced back, past adolescent forays in to punk, folk and rock, to a childhood of Sunday gospel sessions. Smyth’s musical passions range far and wide. At 14, he started a short-lived punk band, by his late teens it was all about Bob Dylan. In the midst of his extensive “Exits” tour, Smyth unfortunately had to cancel a few gigs after an altercation in Sydney. Fortunately for Tasmania, we can see him playing live at The Royal Oak in Launceston on Thursday November 27, and the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Wednesday November 26.
The Homestead in Hobart on Thursday November 27, Red Hot Music in Devonport on Friday November 28 or Fresh on Charles in Launceston on Saturday November 29 to head Shaun Kirk’s stirring lecture on the virtues of the wheel… Or maybe songs. MO’ TOWN, MO’ NA If you don’t like Motown music you’re probably not a human being. You’re probably a lizard from a planet on the other side of the galaxy where everyone hates great music and no one is ever happy about anything. That probably explains why you’re on Earth in the first place, you’re trying to get away from that dump. Anyway, Standing In The Shadows of MONA is back again, Hobart’s own taste of Motown, on the MONA Lawns, Sunday November 30, 12pm - 5pm. It’s the Southern Gospel Choir with Maria Lurighi, Deanna Parkinson, Brian Ritchie, Jim Moginie, Andrew Legg, etc. Support provided by Lulu and the Paige Turners. Splendid stuff. SWEET SMELLING MUSIC
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They say to write what you know, and Shaun Kirk knows about touring, he does it for three hundred days of the year, so why the hell wouldn’t he write a song about it? Why the hell wouldn’t he just base a whole damn album around it? The second single from his recent Steer the Wheel album is called Two Hands on the Wheel. Which would lead us to believe he actually has based a whole album around touring. Or he thinks he’s just invented the wheel and he’s using all this as an elaborate and unnecessary advertising campaign. Anyway, head to
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Anna Hepplewhite is a Tasmanian musician and she’ll be launching her debut album Growing Daisies in Hobart at the Founders Room at Salamanca Arts Centre on Friday December 5. Anna has taken has taken her music to the hearts of audiences across the country. Her natural flare for song-writing in combinations with her years of musical theatre, piano teaching, and classical vocal training create a sound that is powerful, professional and unique. Now back in her home town with her Tasmanian band, Anna will be launching Growing Daisies with a performance that is heartfelt, intimate and inspiring. This will be an evening to remember.
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Sonic Architects National Conference is touring the nation this November and December, taking four of Australia’s most exciting acts on the road, together! Featuring boundary-pushing Melbourne based artists Hiatus Kaiyote, Remi, Kirkis and Silent Jay & Jace XL, Sonic Architects National Conference is set to be an all out four-hour live sound clash! Expect onstage collaborations, surprise guests and a whole lot more. Hobart’s opportunity to experience this extravaganza comes on Saturday December 13 at The Brisbane Hotel. Tickets are available now via oztix, and will run you about $35 each.
TWO OF A KIND After getting the Scientists back together at the New York All Tomorrows Parties festival where they were invited to perform alongside the reformed Iggy & The Stooges, Kim Salmon and Leanne Cowie decided to re-enter the studio to record a new album of primitive garage rock’n’roll entitled True West as a two-piece project under the classically simple moniker of “Kim & Leanne”. On Sunday December 21 at the Republic Bar & Café in Hobart, you can check out the two legends of rock on stage together for the first time in Tasmania. Tickets are $15/$20. MO’ MO’NA
The Amity Affliction are LARGE. After being on sale only a couple days, three gigs from their upcoming Australian tour had already sold out, and extra shows were being added to the tour to accommodate the demand. Hey, speaking of their Australian tour, Tasmania is a part of Australia (still), so we get an Amity Affliction gig here too! Ace. Thursday January 8 at the big Mac 2 shed in Hobart (Macquarie Wharf) is where Amity Affliction will be kicking off their The Weigh Downunder Tour. It’s a licensed all ages gig, and they’ll be joined by special guests In Hearts Wake, Confession and Antagonist Ad, so that should keep everyone happy. Tickets available now via Oztix, and they’ll cost you around $50. FOLK YEAH!
WALLABIES 2 WAYS! MOFO unleashes its menagerie of artists in January, but for now, MONA has announced a tasty sideshow to whet your festive appetite good and proper. Blister in the New Year’s Day sun (or nurse your wellearned hangover from the night before on a beanbag) as original punk rockers, Violent Femmes, add it up on MONA’s lawn stage. Joining the Femmes will be MOFO repeat offender Ben Salter and Melbourne alt-rock-folk quintet, Augie March. Entry $70/$60+BF, tickets on sale now via the MONA website www.mona.net.au.
HOLY CRAP GHOSTFACE KILLAH IS COMING TO HOBART AND PLAYING AT THE REPUBLIC BAR AND CAFE ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 16 AND TICKETS ARE $40 AND ARE AVAILABLE NOW FROM THE REPUB/ RUFFCUT/MOSHTIX. WE’LL BE THE WHITEST AUDIENCE HE’S EVER PLAYED TO BUT IT‘S STILL COOL! WE DON’T KNOW WHO WILL BE THE SUPPORT ACTS YET BUT IT DOESN’T EVEN MATTER BECAUSE IT’S BIG GHOST! AKA TONY STARKS! AKA GHOSTDINI! AKA STARKY LOVE! AKA PRETTY TONEY! AKA THOR MOLECULES! AKA VOLCANO HANDS! AKA COCAINE BICEPS! AKA THE BLACK BOLO YEUNG! AKA P-TONE! AKA THE MIGHTY FISTS OF HERCULES! NAHMEAN? THIS IS GONNA BE ILL! NAHMEAN? NAHMEAN?!?!
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WHAT THE HELL IS A DOG TRUMPET ANYWAY? Reg Mombassa and Peter O’Doherty and their band Dog Trumpet are returning to Tasmania to play songs from their highly acclaimed double album Medicated Spirits. These will be super special gigs with the band returning from tours in New Zealand and the USA for a super quick visit before they head back to the US for more touring and music festivals. So consider yourself lucky if you catch them. They’re playing a 1pm afternoon show on Friday January 2 at the Taste of Tasmania Festival, 9pm that same day at the Republic Bar & Café, Saturday January 3 at Fresh on Charles in Launceston and another 1pm afternoon show at MONA on Sunday January 4.
January 2015 will see the 33rd Cygnet Folk Festival take place. That’s a lot of folk throughout the years. It’s folken’ folktastic. There is an extraordinary smorgasbord of international, interstate, and Tasmanian acts, from Balkan to Bluegrass and other Americana, to Klezmer, singer-songwriters and much, much more. How can you succinctly describe over 120 acts across a dozen venues in two and a half days? You can’t. I couldn’t even list all the acts in this article. It would be impossible. Completely impossible. So there. What I can tell you, is that you can see the whole line up and get a lot more information from the Cygnet Folk Festival website, www.cygnetfolkfestival. org. So go do that. ST. JEROME. THE SAINT OF COOLNESS. St. Jerome’s Laneway festival started off as (quite obviously) a fairly small festival held in the laneway outside the original St. Jerome’s bar in the Melbourne CBD. Nowadays it’s a staple on the festival circuit, widely regarded as one of the best-run, punter-focused festivals in the country. It has expanded to seven cities in three countries. Insane. The 2015 line up includes the likes of: Andy Bull, BANKS, Caribou, Courtney Barnett, Flying Lotus, Jon Hopkins, Little Dragon, POND, Seekae, St Vincent and Vic Mensa. Get around it.
NEW OLD NEW ORDER Well this one is quite nifty. Peter Hook & The Light are to perform New Order’s third and fourth albums, Low Life and Brotherhood in their entirety for the first time ever in Australia and New Zealand in February 2015. One performance only in Tasmania, at Wrest Point Casino in Sandy Bay on Sunday February 22. Tickets are on sale now via the tixtas website! The concert will include singles and B-sides from New Order’s most prolific period - August ‘83 to ‘87, taking the audience from “Confusion” to “True Faith” with both Low Life and Brotherhood performed in full alongside all the other tracks from what fans consider New Order’s greatest period. A MAN A PLAN A CANAL A FESTIVAL CALLED PANAMA The inaugural Festival Called Panama held in March this year (2014) was a raging success, with 720 lucky attendees seeing the likes of Husky, Saskwatch, and Charles Bradley in an idyllic Northeast Tasmanian valley filled with pop-up cabarets, candle lit bars and late night vinyl soul clubs. After receiving rave reviews from acts and punters alike, A Festival Called Panama is returning in 2015. On Saturday March 7 and Sunday March 8 attendees will see another outstanding program of national and international acts. Tickets go on sale December 1 with attendees to the 2014 event being given first preference to secure a spot. RENEGADES OF RHYTHM If you’re a DJ or a musician or a music fan or a human that has been alive at some point over the past fourty years, you’d know the name Afrika Bambaataa. The man’s contribution to music has been immeasurable. If you’re a DJ or a musician or a music fan or a human that has been alive at some point over the past twenty years, you’d know the names DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist. Put those three names together and you’ve got, I dunno, something freaken’ amazing. The Renegades of Rhythm Tour sees DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist playing a selection of vinyl from Bambaataa’s amazing collection (now housed permanently at Cornell University). The spectacular spectacle hits Hobart on Sunday March 8. Tickets available soon via Mona.net.au and Ruffcut Records.
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LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT MELBOURNE THREE-PIECE HUSKY’S SECOND ALBUM RUCKERS HILL WAS A LONG TIME IN THE MAKING. FOR MANY MONTHS, FRONTMAN HUSKY GAWENDA FOUND INSPIRATION FOR HIS LYRICS IN PLACES YOU WOULDN’T EXPECT – FREQUENTING A CAFÉ TO READ LEONARD COHEN’S NOVEL, AND RECORDING IDEAS ON HIS PHONE OVER A STROLL. HE EVEN BORROWED ‘70S TYPEWRITER FROM HIS JOURNALIST FATHER TO HELP GET THE WORDS FLOWING. HUSKY SHARES HIS WRITING TRICKS AHEAD OF HIS NOVEMBER TASSIE GIGS.
Though you wrote over 50 songs, only 13 made the final album cut. What was it like to spend so much time connecting with your creativity across so many different ideas? It was a long process. I spent periods of time where I would dedicate myself to weeks of writing. Some days, ideas came flowing and other times, a week would go by and nothing would come. It was the first time I’ve really dedicated myself to writing rather than fitting it around the rest of my life. It was an interesting and challenging process. Writing in obscure locations and also dedicating time to writing in your room, you must find you’re constantly in a creative headspace? That’s what happens when I do daily writing – I do get consumed by the process and it does become my daily life. It’s almost like I can’t really think about anything else for a period of time. No matter what I’m doing, without even necessarily realising it, I’m thinking of lines and melodies. They can come to me at any moment. Often the way a song will begin is through a line or two of lyrics that just come to me and grab my attention and I know I need to follow it. Once I’ve got the initial spark it’s about hard labour and working at it – a panel beating process of hard work.
So you’ve never experienced writer’s block? I’ve never suffered through this, and gone through long periods of time where I’m completely blocked. I definitely have experiences where I have a verse of a song where I just cannot complete it and it can take months for me to come up with the right lyrics or sentiment to fill in that part of the story. It’s not writer’s block but it can be a big challenge to get the right words out some times. Tell us about Ruckers Hill and what it’s meant to you. Broadly, it’s about the ups and downs of being alive. It’s also about looking into the past. What you probably often do as a writer is a bit of an emotional rollercoaster, but it’s also a relief in a way to have it done. It wasn’t an awful experience, it was a pretty amazing and interesting experience. I think, like anybody, I had good and bad parts in my past. I look back on a lot of it with nostalgia which I think is a natural thing for humans – even to look back on times that weren’t necessarily that good, with nostalgia. But I certainly have had a good life. STEPHANIE ESLAKE
Where are some of the best places to find that “initial spark”? There are locations that are beautiful or quiet or away from the world. It’s definitely inspiring and makes you feel like you want to write and play music and create. But that said, I feel like I’ve come up with important ideas just sitting in my room at the back of my house, and that’s not a particularly inspiring location. I think it’s more about what’s going on in your head, in the end.
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Husky will perform at Launceston’s Hotel New York on November 26 and Hobart’s Republic Bar on November 27, with support from Jed Appleton. Tickets available via www.moshtix.com.au.
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THE COLD WAR IS COMING TASMANIA IS ABOUT TO BE ROCKED AGAIN BY CALIFORNIA’S INDIE SENSATIONS THE COLD WAR KIDS AS THEY RETURN TO AUSTRALIA. AND WHAT BETTER PLACE TO START THEIR LATEST AUSSIE ADVENTURE, BUT AT THE BEAUTIFUL MARION BAY FOR THE FALLS MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL, JOINING AN AMAZING LINE UP INCLUDING VANCE JOY, ALT-J, DAN SULTAN, THE PRESETS, THE TEMPER TRAP, SALT N PEPA, JOHN BUTLER TRIO AND THE BLACK LIPS.
The Falls Festival started life in Lorne, Victoria in 1993 as just a one day concert, which then far exceeded the organiser’s hopes and dreams, and has managed to grow with each year. By 1995 it was a 2 day music and cultural event. In 2003, they expanded again, adding Marion Bay to the mix. Now it is an amazing 3 day event, across 3 amazing locations, with art programs, dance tents, markets and more, not to mention a must see line up of music, and this year including of course, festival favourites - the Cold War Kids. We caught up with front man Nathan Willet, as he fought with the notorious LA traffic on his way home. “We are sort of on some time off at the moment, but it never really happens.” Nathan said. “Things keep popping up, one off shows and different performances come up and we go for it.” The boys have a new album coming out, a string of US dates just announced, and then they are heading Down Under for The Falls Festival in Lorne, Marion Bay and Byron Bay, The Southbound Festival in Busselton WA and a handful of side shows in Melbourne and Sydney. Proving why they are considered one of the hardest working bands on the scene and why they are still going strong after 10 years. What began as four college friends jamming together in 2004 has morphed and changed over time. Faces have come and gone. But Nathan Millet and Matt Maust have remained at the core of the band, with Dann Gallucci joining the nucleus in 2012 and Joe Plummer providing the drums on the new album and touring with them, and the addition of Matthew Schwartz playing keyboards with them on the road. When they hit Marion Bay, they’ll be able to celebrate their newest offering with us - Hold My Home, due out mid October - their fifth album in their decade of rock.
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The album was written and recorded at their own studio in San Pedro, LA with guitarist Dann Gallucci and Lars Stalfors (who has also worked with Mars Volta, Juliette Lewis, Funeral Party) producing. “It’s actually the second album we’ve recorded in our home city of Los Angeles, at our studio in San Pedro.”
“It was quite a quick album compared to the others. We worked on it for only about 4 months. We wanted to do it quickly. We just needed to get that quick, spontaneous feeling with this album.” “We actually conceived the idea behind it on our last tour to Australia.” And the Cold War Kids are defiantly not strangers to our shores, with Australia a favourite destination on the bands travel agenda. “It’s great to be heading back again. We are playing a few sideshows as well as the festival, about six or seven gigs altogether.” “We did the Falls Festival a few years back, and loved it.” “It is such a fast moving festival, there’s not much time for sightseeing or just hanging out.” “You play at one place, then it’s time to pack up and move on to the next stop.” The Cold War Kids start their Aussie assault at Marion Bay on December 30, then it’s straight to Lorne to play on the 31st and see in the New Year, followed by what could be a slightly hung over set at Byron Bay on New Year’s day. But there is nothing nicer than seeing in the New Year, in the middle of a summer festival. “We won’t be seeing much of Tassie this time which is sad, there’s just not time. We are here for the festival only.” “This travelling lifestyle is realised in the lyrics you can hear on the new album. It’s sometimes all hotels and gigs, a different hotel and another gig. As you travel and play, you begin to wonder where your home actually is. Your sense of home changes, it evolves and changes as time goes on.” And it seems Australia is fast becoming their second home. Catch the Cold War Kids on their only Tasmanian stop on this whirlwind tour. Let them dazzle you with songs off their new acclaimed album, and dance to some old favourites as they rock the Falls Festival in Marion Bay - an event definitely not to be missed. KYLIE COX Tickets are still available to the Marion Bay Falls Festival (Lorne and Byron Bay are both sold out). Head over to www.fallsfestival.com.au for further details.
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GIMME A SINE JEFF BOYLE, GUITARIST FOR NEW ZEALAND POST-ROCK OUTFIT JAKOB, WILL BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU HOW MAKING A RECORD CAN BE AN ARDUOUS PROCESS.
“Back in 2008, as we were about to record for the first time, I had to have surgery on an elongated ulnar bone which tore the ligaments and tendons around. I wasn’t able to play guitar for a year after that. In 2010, Maurice (Beckett, bass) broke his hand and was out for six months and then in 2012 Jason (Johnston, drums) severed his little and index fingers, so badly the tendons had to be retrieved, he was also out for six months. You couple that with families and day jobs and an ever-decreasing budget and it made for a long process.” It’s any wonder that the band’s fourth and latest record, Sines, came to be at all. “We first attempted to record back in 2008 when we got back from touring with ISIS in Europe. At the time we were set to release a new album through Conspiracy Records and then head back to Europe for more touring. Unfortunately the injuries to all of us halted its progress and it wasn’t until the beginning of 2014 that we actually managed to get it finished. It was initially recorded at Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studio in Auckland with Jono Gardner, then additional tracking, firstly of the strings at STL Audio in Wellington with Troy Kelly, and then guitars and bass with Nick Blow at Sisterlung Productions. Some of the songs were from the original writing sessions that we first started back in 2008 and span all the way to 2013.” Boyle, much like many music fans no doubt, has noticed the decline of the straight-up rock and roll bands that seemed to spill out of every pub window once upon a time. Where have they all gone? “It’s just one of those parts of the cycle we seem to be in, and have been in for decades now. Punk came along in the late 70’s and ended a long stand of syrupy pop and grossly progressive music, and to an extent grunge did the same thing in the early 90’s to hair metal...and more pop. So maybe we’ll see the old four-on-the-floor guitarbased rock make another comeback soon, in some shape or form. Perhaps it’s all about the next generation wanting to own their own genre or musical identity.. I work at a guitar store, and
most of the kids come through with Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin t-shirts on and playing Paranoid or Seven Nation Army so who knows where popular music will go next. The rate that technology is evolving, it’s hard to keep up with where it’s all going these days, the music industry is just as susceptible to this as anything else.” After the band’s epic third album Solace in 2006, Jakob were all over the shop. They toured Europe, the UK and America with the likes of Isis, Pelican, Cog and Damo Suzuki and were twice personally invited to tour with American prog-rock heroes Tool through Australia and New Zealand. Boyle maintains that the love of a good show and the creation of their unique sound is what keeps him doing this wacky job. “We want to take people away from their lives for an hour or so and, for the lack of a less cliched term, take them on a journey. Our music is very cinematic and hopefully people get the same kind of emotional rollercoaster as they do watching a good movie when they see us play. Getting the highs you get from a really appreciative crowd and meeting and hanging out with some great people is always a pretty cool aspect of being a muso, but the thing I enjoy the most is actually just jamming with the band and creating music. We can jam on a simple idea for hours sometimes, take the idea from a direction to another and just see where it goes.” LISA DIB
Sines is out now on Valve. Jakob play the Republic Bar in Hobart on Wednesday November 26.
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A HAVEN FOUND IN HOBART THE STARS HAVE REALIGNED… AFTER A SMALL FIVE YEAR HIATUS, AUGIE MARCH ARE BACK TOGETHER. THERE’S A NEW ALBUM READY TO TANTALISE OUR EARBUDS AND A FEW FESTIVAL DATES IN THE MIX, AND HOPEFULLY A FEW MORE SHOWS TO BE ADDED TO THE LIST BEFORE LONG.
A quaint little two story house at the top of a hill in Hobart, with a bungalow out the back which has been converted into a studio, is where vocalist and guitarist from Augie March - Glenn Richards - now calls home. “I’ve been living down here for about 3 years now and love it.” Glenn said. “I was living in Melbourne, in Carlton, and paying a stupid amount of rent, and just felt my life wasn’t really going anywhere. Most of my family is down in Tassie, it’s beautiful, and it’s cheaper.” “It’s been about 5 years off from the band, but I’ve kept really busy. I made an album with a bunch of mates, worked on 3 other albums and there’s been film soundtracks. I’ve been lucky, I’ve stayed connected to the music industry.” Without the pressures and deadlines of a major record label, from which there was a ‘fortunately amicable parting’, the latest offering from Augie March has been a labour of love and they are back on their own terms. It was recorded over a
period of time, with Glenn making the trip over to Melbourne for 3-4 days at a time here and there to play with the band, and then taking the results home to his studio in Hobart to do the overdubs and fine tuning to help keep the costs down. “Working with a major label, you try and keep it as much on your terms as you can, but there’s always some things you just can’t do.” “Now, it’s all happening again. There are times I’m at home and I wonder why we are doing this all again, but then I get to Melbourne and we get together and rehearse and everything is okay.” As a bit of a warm up, Glenn has been involved in ‘Unplugged – Portrait of an Artist’ at the National Gallery. “It was the first live thing I’ve done in ages, and I got through it. It was an interesting crowd. It was great trying to get back into the songs. I wrote them, but it’s been a while since I’ve performed them, so it was a matter of the mind and body remembering what to do. It was good for my confidence.” “The touring side with Augie March is still a little up in the air. We have a new booking agent and its slowly coming together. We are mainly looking at festivals, and one off shows here and there – we just want to keep it fun. There’s elements of being in a band I’ve really missed – especially the touring side. I get a bit isolated at times at home. Travelling for my job, it’s also great for the social side, seeing people we haven’t seen for a while and forging new friendships along the way.”
“With this album, I had to fit it in between the paying jobs. There were decisions I had to make, and I may have gotten distracted from the whole process a few times.” “It’s a really nice feeling though, to be so involved with the whole process. We even did all the artwork ourselves from scratch. We’ve also had to learn more about the business side of the industry, but in the process we’ve gotten closer to getting back to the dream we all started with.” Things have changed slightly over the years. Even though Glenn is in Hobart, 4 members are living in Melbourne, so it’s easier to base things there. Planning needs to be done in advance, a few months out if possible, as some of the band now have wives, partners, children and other responsibilities that have to planned around. It’s been a while, but we now have a beautiful new album to keep us occupied, and gigs to keep an eye out for. Once you have a listen to Havens Dumb, I’m sure you’ll agree – it may have taken 5 years but we sure are glad Augie March are back. KYLIE COX
Augie March’s new album - Havens Dumb is due out at the start of October. “I started writing it when I first reached Hobart 3 years ago. I’ve been in the process of making this album for quite a while. The actual recording took months. For the others it was a few days here and there. When we do this again, I’ll figure out a different way to do it.”
Augie March will play on the Mona lawns on New Year’s Day supporting Violent Femmes. Tickets are available now from www.mona.net.au.
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WORLD EATERS ALTERNATIVE AMERICAN ROCK BAND JIMMY EAT WORLD IS RETURNING TO AUSTRALIAN SHORES IN NOVEMBER FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS YEAR TO CELEBRATE THE TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THEIR ACCLAIMED 2004 ALBUM, FUTURES.
Fans are hanging out for more since their energetic pop punk sets at Soundwave festivals in February and March, and the band haven’t stopped since with a relentless touring schedule throughout Europe and the States. From Mesa, Arizona the four piece formed in 1993, and the original line up remains with the exception of bass guitarist, Mitch Porter who was replaced by Rick Burch in ‘95. Lead singer and guitarist Jim Adkins puts this long term collaboration down to the fact that Zach Lind, Tom Linton, Burch and himself were all childhood friends. They have released eight studio albums the most recent Damage came out late last year, which they toured around England,
Germany, Belgium and Holland. But Futures, their fifth album remains their most iconic. It received Gold Record status in the US through extensive sales, no doubt amped by supporting Green Day in a 2005 tour. The album also peaked at #27 on the ARIA albums chart in Australia. Produced by Gil Norton who’s renowned for collaborations with the Pixies (Dolittle) the Foo Fighters (The Colour and the Shape) and Dashboard Confessional (A Mark, a Mission, a Brand, a Scar), the album explores a whole spectrum of emotion. Its leading single Pain for instance delves into self medicating and alcohol abuse, while Futures, the opening track considers the evolution of choices.
Often labeled emo punk, the lyrics conjure up images of disheartened youths desperately trying to connect or escape. Rolling Stone wrote of the album, “they sing about teen heartbreak, cherry lipstick, hotel bars and turning twenty- three”, themes that clearly strike a chord not only in the US, but throughout Europe, Australia and New Zealand. In an interview at Reading Festival earlier this year drummer Zach Lind revealed that “for us it’s just sort of taking the lead of what the fans want and so a lot of fans have been asking for a Futures thing.” Bassist, Rick Burch adding that “we find it interesting to go back and get reconnected with those albums. Sometimes you find out you would do things differently now, but we’re definitely staying true to the original interpretation”. They both agree that by revisiting Futures it motivates them to be conscious of what they put down on tape so they’re happy with it in ten years time. The Futures 10 Year Anniversary Tour kicks off in the US with a massive run of dates. The Australian and New Zealand leg begins in Auckland followed by the Aussie capitals. Supported by Sinking Teeth, Jimmy Eat World will be rocking it at the Uni bar in Hobart on November 15. Don’t miss the opportunity to see this pivotal album performed from front to back, by a band that leads the emo punk genre. LIZ DOUGAN
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THE SHEP LIFE THE NAME SHEPPARTON MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME COOL RING AS LOS ANGELES OR SEATTLE, BUT THAT’S NOT TO SAY IT’S A GHOST TOWN. A NORTH-EAST VICTORIAN TOWN OF ABOUT 40,000 RESIDENTS, MOST OF AUGIE MARCH ARE FROM THERE. PAINTER JOHN LONGSTAFF IS FROM THERE. AND, THANKFULLY FOR US, RAPPER ADAM BRIGGS, BETTER KNOWN BY HIS SURNAME BRIGGS, IS FROM THERE.
“Shepparton is like a big country town, like a rural city” Briggs explains. “There’s not a whole lot going on there but I think it’s a matter of knowing what you want and what you wanna do; depending on where you grow up, there’s gonna be different obstacles in front of you and how you navigate them” In 2009, Briggs got to leave the hamlet when Hilltop Hoods invited him as support for their European tour. “That was my first time overseas, first time anywhere, and that was a real eye-opener, having that opportunity to be able to reach that kind of fanbase and reach outside what was predominantly an underground hometown fanbase” He also supported Ice Cube, Ghostface Killah and Drapht on their respective Australian tours, all the while building up a bigger and bigger reputation as a rapper/ MC to watch. It was after his second album The Blacklist in 2010 that Briggs decided to take a breather. “There came a point where I wasn’t sure whether or not that was the path I wanted to take. I think everyone finds that with the job at some point, when things are changing so much and things aren’t happening...the things you’d perceive and the way you’d want them, it’s hard to
swallow when you’re younger and you think the formula and the equation is all there and it’s just not the case. If there was a formula, it’d be simple (laughs)” “I decided to go back to why I made music in the first place, and the fact that I made rap music because I loved to, there was no other plan. I just wanted to rap, no big secret.” His latest record, Sheplife, reveals much of that reflective journey of coming back to music, and of realising one’s priorities and potential. “It’s the most personal record I’ve done to date, this album I worked on for two years and I wasn’t sure whether or not people wanted to hear these songs. It was very cathartic, making this album.” Aside from the searing verses and lyrical play, one point of interest on the record is the guests Briggs got to join him for Sheplife, including Ill Bill, Joyride, Sietta and the renowned Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (single The Hunt.) “Everyone on board I have a friendship with, in one way or another, including Gurrumul. We had a friendship and we created something that was natural between us, we both laugh at the same stuff and understand each other. His people reached out because they liked my music” LISA DIB
Sheplife is out now on Golden Era Records and Briggs will be bringing his new album to The Republic Bar in Hobart on Friday December 7.
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THE MUSIC COMMISION MICK THOMAS HAS BEEN A HOUSEHOLD NAME ON THE AUSTRALIAN PUB CIRCUIT FOR OVER 20 YEARS. RENOWNED AS A GUITARIST, AND SINGER SONGWRITER IN FOLK ROCK GROUP WEDDINGS PARTIES ANYTHING, HE RETURNS TO TASSIE WITH HIS NEW POSSE THE ROVING COMMISSION, AND THEY ARE JUST THAT - A LOOSE UNIT OF TALENT WITH A ROVING LINE UP. The backbone of the collective is Mick, and Mark Squeezbox Wallace, another former Weddings member. In their show at the Republic later this month they’ll be joined by Gus Agar on drums and Mark McCartney on bass with a set that leans more towards rock than folk including a few old favourites, and some bawdy numbers from the Vandemonian Lags Project.
that his brother developed initially. “He’s got a multi media company that works out of Hobart called Roar Film and he’s done a lot of stuff particular to Tasmania over the years”. Based on a website about transportation and convict history, one of the challenges was to make the research come alive, “so that’s where they got me involved”.
Curious to hear about audience pressures to play old songs having been in such an iconic band Mick says it’s part and parcel of the industry. “Everyone from myself, to Steve Kilbey, to Paul Dempsey to Paul Kelly has to deal with their back catalogue. When there is creative interest for me, I don’t mind playing old songs.”
“When the website got launched myself and Ben Salter from the Gin Club came down and we did a couple of songs and had audio visual stuff accompany them”. Afterwards MONA approached them to turn it into a full show that expanded to include the likes of Van Walker, Tim Rogers and Jeff Lang. ‘There’s a lot of people involved and I guess it’s testament to the piece itself’, along with the ongoing success of the show since MONA. It was recently performed at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, and there are plans for more performances in April.
“I’m totally happy if I go to see someone and they want to play all their old songs, and if someone wants to play all their new songs I totally know where that comes from as well. People do what they want to do. I tend to mix it up.” Plans to put together a ‘best of’ post Weddings album is in the pipeline because as Mick adds dryly, “it will increase my statement that I have a creative life that extends beyond 1996”. A great example of Mick’s musical evolution is through a project that began in Tasmania. He was last here performing at Dark MOFO in 2013 as part of the Vandemonian Project
KEEP YOUR FOOTPRINT SMALL THE SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL IS A FESTIVAL THAT PROMOTES AND EDUCATES ON THE VAST TOPIC OF SUSTAINABLE LIVING. BET YOU NEVER SAW THAT COMING. NOW IN ITS 16TH YEAR, THE SUSTAINABLE LIVING FESTIVAL HAS LONG BEEN A HIGHLIGHT OF THE TASMANIAN EVENT CALENDAR. ON SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8, PRINCES WHARF 1 WILL COME ALIVE WITH THE INAUGURAL SATURDAY NIGHT PARTY, SHOWCASING LOCAL WINE, BEER AND FOOD.
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“Join us for an enchanted evening of roving performers, delectable food and drink, dancing, singing, laughing, pedal-powered planets and other surprises. It’s a full sensory experience of connection and inter-connection… it’s not to be missed!” said Lissa Villeneuve, SLT Festival Director. Continuing with the theme of interconnection, SLT Festival has reached out to other successful Tasmanian festivals to take part. “Our festival stage performances have been carefully curated by Brian Ritchie of MONA and Erin Collins of Cygnet Folk Festival… Fractangular will be setting up their Velveteen Lounge where you can sprawl on one of the plush sofas or get your groove on to some of Hobart’s best DJs. Art on Legs and 10 Days on the Island will be adding flair around the site and many of our other friends will be there to spice up the night.” During the day, you can take part in many workshops, covering everything from Yoga,
wearable art, circus skills, building your own pizza oven, butter making, to natural cloth dying and growing mushrooms at home. Also on the packed program, are a selection of conversations and presentations you are welcome to observe, these cover such topics as various aspects of solar energy, energy efficient lighting, water sustainability, creating a toxin free home, and many more. Another awesome thing on the packed SLT Festival program is cooking demonstrations. Everyone loves a cooking demo! There will be twelve demonstrations in total, where you will be able to learn everything how to make your own Sourdough Bread, how to preserve your harvest, how to cook game meats, how to make awesome gluten free treats, and a whole bunch of other things. It’s a family friendly event, so there’s heaps for the younglings too! They can learn circus skills, learn how to make cheese, or make rad upcycled creations while the parents learn about MUSE
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Mick Thomas and The Roving Commission play The Republic Bar on Saturday November 29, followed by a show in Shelffield at Mountain Mama on the Sunday.
School of Art. Speaking of art, as usual, there will be heaps of artists and makers performing and demonstrating all over the Festival. For more information on any of the conversations, workshops, cooking demonstrations, entertainment, artists, or kidsactivities occurring at the Sustainable Living Festival, head over to their website, at www.slt.org.au. You’ll find heaps of veritable wealth of information, along with links to all the exhibitors and demonstrators, and if you want to take part, you can become a volunteer or sponsor in future years. SHANE CRIXUS
The Sustainable Living Festival will be taking place at Princes Wharf 1 in Hobart on Saturday November 8 and Sunday November 9. The Festival Party will be taking place on Saturday night, from 6-9pm, tickets are $5 and are available from www.eventbrite.com.au via the SLT Festival website.
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ALL IN THE MIND ROCK. ELECTRONIC GROOVES. SYNTHESIZERS. SOUNDSCAPES. THESE THINGS ARE RED SKY WARNING – THE SELF-FUNDED DEBUT ALBUM BY HOBART BAND MINDS IN MOTION. THE FOUR PIECE SING ABOUT “BIRTH TO DEATH AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN”, SAYS VOCALIST/GUITARIST ROHAN MADDOX. LAUNCHING THE ALBUM AT THE BRISBANE HOTEL ON NOVEMBER 22, ROHAN TALKS BAND LOVE AND NEW MUSIC VIDEO.
Rohan! So, you’re all from different musical backgrounds - talk me through how Minds in Motion initially got together. We have all known each other for quite a few years now; we’ve played in different bands and played many gigs together in those separate bands. I was in a band with Peter Papadimitriou and after a few years decided that we wanted to create something different. We were toying with ideas and recorded a song together one night; we knew that we had created something worth pursuing. We decided that we would have to recruit a bass player and second guitarist. It was a no brainer to get Ian Ackerley and Justin Wigmore on board as we were already friends and had always admired their abilities and stage presence. What have you found are some advantages to working together in a band where everyone has already established their own ideas about what it means to be making music? Having members that are already seasoned to writing, recording and live performance has made for a very fluent experience. We all have a lot of respect for each other as a result, and are willing to try out everyone’s ideas. We recorded the album in our home studio which was also a big advantage; we didn’t really work to any time restrictions which allowed us to experiment a lot more and really hone in on every aspect of the music.
We really wanted to cover all bases before releasing the album and playing it live. We want to build hype and have something to showcase. In addition to all of the above, there is nothing more embarrassing than a total stranger coming up to you after a live show asking if you have a CD, and all you can respond with is, ‘yeah, we are working on one, should be ready in six months’. We want to capture and fully engage that person now. Tell us about your music video for ‘Searching for Tomorrow’! What was it like to film inside New Norfolk’s abandoned Willow Court Asylum? I have personally been around these buildings most of my life as my father had previously worked there. It’s quite an eerie location, even was when it was operational. I’ve always been fascinated with the facility, its stories, and how it just shut down, was left to die, and eventually be demolished. Every room tells a tale through the hair on the back of your neck in that place. As most of the asylum has now been demolished, I wanted to capture some of the last remaining pieces of it as it tied in with the songs lyrical theme. We recorded the whole thing on GoPro cameras and kept them stationary to create a sense of someone watching us. It was heaps of fun. STEPHANIE ESLAKE
Why did you decide to do the album before the gig? In all of my experiences with original bands, the norm was to write a handful of songs, play those songs live, record those songs as an EP, and play them live again.
Minds in Motion will launch Red Sky Warning at the Brisbane Hotel, November 22 at 9pm. $5 entry or free entry with album purchase.
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FROM SOHO TO “WE JUST NEVER SAW THIS COMING.” VIOLENT SOHO’S JAMES TIDSWELL REFLECTED NOT ONLY ON THE PAST FOUR MONTHS BUT THE LAST DECADE AS A BAND. IT’S EASY TO FORGET ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST ADORED ROCK OUTFITS HAVE SLUGGED IT OUT LIKE MOST OTHERS.
at each other going ‘what the fuck?’ Where did this come from? We went from playing 500 capacity venues to that, it was like bang.” From Falls Festival onwards the grunge/rock fourpiece have been treated like music royalty. Their single Covered in Chrome (taken from their third LP Hungry Ghost) landed at number 14 on Triple J’s 2013 hottest 100. Then came a sold out national tour in July with 14 shows around the country packed to capacity.
“… we are answering with experience of the past 10 years. People have only been talking about the last four months and you’ve been living it for the past 10 years.” Try as he might the guitarist was too modest to answer why Violent Soho had received their sudden fame. He did however acknowledge it, and clearly remembered the day when the Mansfield outfit started turning heads more so than before. That day was Falls Festival 2013. Tidswell said the band played two hours earlier than what they did five years before at the festival. “So in our minds we were like, ‘Sweet the album has come out and we are still getting to play festivals like Falls, that is cool’, we are obviously way less popular because we are on earlier but that is cool’ and then we walked out on the stage and I mean the tent could not have fitted more people, it was just jam packed, we were like the first or second band on and everyone knew every single word. It was crazy. We were all just looking 20
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Throw in Blink 182’s bassist Mark Hoppus praising the band on twitter, their Hungry Ghost album going gold (30,000 units sold), a Big Day Out Tour, a stack of wins at the Australian Independent Music Awards and nominations for an ARIA – things had changed rapidly for the band in the space of months. Violent Soho even sold more pre-orders of Hungry Ghost in America than they did in Australia said Tidswell. “Admittedly we have a lot more people coming to our shows. I don’t know what is going on but we haven’t really been doing anything much different, so maybe there is something happening. It happened again at Splendour in the Grass. We played Splendour the year before and there were a lot of people there, and then this year there was so many people, so again it was another moment where we were like ‘oh my god’.” It’s been a decade of blood, sweat and beers for Violent Soho and if there’s one thing members have never lost, it’s the care-free, modest, and zero fucks given attitude. Tidswell described his band’s genre as “shit-core”.
“We’ve also called ourselves stoner pop before. That’s because we were stoners who made pop music, not stoners who made stoner music. It represents a group of musicians who don’t rehearse and don’t practice, they just get together and that’s what it is. I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing but we won’t be rehearsing before tour.” “At the same time we really enjoy what we do, so we never sort of analyze it. We don’t want to analyze it because that could reduce us to being like everyone else, we keep it pretty simple. If we like it we put it out, whether that be merch or songs, or a tour or a festival for example, and we vote within the band like a democracy, three wins - it’s pretty much that simple.” MARK ACHESON
Violent Soho play The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Tuesday November 11. Tickets are available at www. oztix.com.au.
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WIGG OUT DAVE GRANEY HAS BEEN SPORTING A MOEY LONG BEFORE HIPSTERS GOT A HOLD OF THE IDEA…. BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT HE STARTED OUT IN AN ADELAIDE PUNK ROCK BAND, THE SPUTNIKS IN THE LATE ‘70’S. SINCE THEN HIS OWN UNIQUE VOICE HAS EMERGED LOUD AND CLEAR IN HIS MUSIC AND WRITING, THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHICH HAVE BEEN REWARDED IN THE INDUSTRY.
Just back from a five week European Tour he will be arriving in Hobart for a matinee solo show at the end of the month. He’ll be showcasing tracks from his new solo album Fearful Wiggings released in June, alongside songs from a vast repertoire spanning back to the Moodists, in the 1980s. It was the first band he fronted with Clare Moore who became his wife and long term musical collaborator. She continues to work with him in their current band Dave Graney and the MistLY, alongside Stu Thomas and Stuart Perera. Fearful Wiggings is Graney’s 28th album, though only his second released as a solo title. There are guest appearances however, including Moore and blues folk guitarist, Nick Harper. It is a reflective work with the lyrics taking centre stage. They focus, though somewhat disjointedly on Graney’s experiences living in London, his relationships and his attachment to stories of interest. In this way there are a myriad of culture references, some of which are a little obscure. The title for instance is born from a rough translation of a 1920s book of French short stories. He also pays tribute to poets,
BROTHERS IN DRUMS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST ONE-MAN-BAND THE PUTA MADRE BROTHERS HAVE BEEN MISSING IN ACTION. WHERE WERE THEY? NOBODY KNOWS. THREE MEN WITH NO MISSION NEED NOT EXPLAIN THEMSELVES. THEY WERE IN SOUTH AMERICA EATING DRUGS AND FINDING WAH-WAH PEDDLES. BUT JUST NOW TO SAY YES THEY HAVE RETURNED FROM THEIR HOMES WITH THEIR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN, RETURNED FOR THE STAGE.
Are you all actually brothers? What brought the band about? This is a very old question. With many different answers. You should read other newspapers from 5 years ago to learn the truth. But yes, we are brothers and our mother forced us to play this band together. When deciding to put a band together, was it hard to decide who the drummer would be? Did a fight ensue leaving everyone ready to compromise? We thought it would be best if we were all the drummer. We fight a lot but are also very democratic. Bagel or Burrito? Well Burrito has become very popular in Australian eating the last few years, and the Bagel has disappeared a bit. Let us take the bagel because it is the underdog in the current world. Do you cut each other hair? If so How often? This is a new question. New questions are better. Usually our manager cuts our hair, who is also our mother, she also drives the car when we tour. Did you know that Chuck Norris eats his meat so rare he only eats unicorns? Would you happily chow down on a slice of unicorn if given the opportunity? We like Chuck. And in fact one of our other brothers who you never see pretends to be Chuck all the time. He has the orange hair and beard and maybe eats unicorns. He plays trombone and he can dance. He ran a grocery store for a few years then quit to play calypso music in a white suit. It always makes us curious how he keeps his suit so polished white when everything we touch gets dirty within seconds.
Arthur Rimbaud in the track, Je Est Un Autre, and Max Harris in Country Roads Unwinding. His interest in writing clearly not contained to music. He notes in an email about his upcoming visit, “I always enjoy the work of writers from Tasmania, like Richard Flanagan, Christopher Koch and the novel set there by Hal Porter”. Graney was last in the state with Harry Howard and the NDE, who he’s just returned back from Europe with. He plays bass in the outfit, with Moore on drums and Edwina Preston on backing vocals. Howard (brother of Rowland S Howard) is the guitarist and fronts the band that has been together since 2011. They formed in Melbourne where Graney has been based for many years. Moore and himself also played side shows in Paris, Berlin, London and Edinburgh, and prior to Europe he went on a regional tour around the East Coast of Oz. Further tour dates with the MistLY’s are set in NSW following his Hobart show. If you’re after a dreamy storytelling afternoon head along to the Republic this month to see the man with the moe who humbly assures me, “I am the best songwriter Australia has ever produced. It’s a known fact”. LIZ DOUGAN
See Dave Graney play 3 hours of back catalogue, at the Republic Bar on Sunday November 23. Tickets are $10 presale from the venue or $15 on the door.
What are your feelings on Tasmania? Our mother lives and works in Tasmania, when she is not working for us. We love her. And in all honesty, she does not know we are coming to play in her city and we feel like traitors somehow. We should tell her we will be home for dinner that night. Burritos no doubt. Whose Moustache pulls the most ladies? We would suggest the man in the middle. He has the biggest most absorptive stache. When packing for a show, what are the five most important items that you bring (but not an instrument or piece of clothing)? Cigarettes. Hair crema. Tequila. Heart tablets. Cigarettes. Are you bringing anything special for this show in Tas? We might bring some horses. Any crazy stories from a touring brothers band? There are lots yes. But we remember none of them. You’ll have to ask our mother. Well, we can tell you that one time our tour van was stolen by Austrian police while we were standing in our underwear on Viaduktbögen strasse. Anything else you wanna tell Tasmania? Te quiero Tasmania. we love you. see you one last time por favor. NIC ORME
The Puta Madre Brothers are back in Tasmania to play the Fractangular Gathering in the State’s South-East, over February 6-8. Further information from www.fractangular.com.au.
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CUSP OF BUZZ: MOFO 2015 RUN YOUR EYES OVER THE LONG LIST OF ARTISTS ON THE MONA FOMA 2015 LINEUP AND YOU WOULD BE FIBBING IF YOU SAID YOU KNEW THEM ALL. PROUDLY ‘MORE ECLECTIC THAN EVER’ THE BRIAN RITCHIE CURATED FESTIVAL, WILL IF NOTHING ELSE, EDUCATE. THE SEVENTH OF ITS KIND, MOFO’S COMBINATION OF ART, MUSIC AND THE IN-BETWEEN WILL HIT DURING THE PEAK OF SUMMER, MID JANUARY NEXT YEAR. BUT DON’T BE INTIMIDATED. DON’T BE AFRAID. READ ON FOR A LIGHT DISSECTION OF THE FOUR-DAY ‘PARTY WITH BRAINS, HEART AND SOUL.’
Ease into MOFO on Wednesday night with a free (though booking is required) performance from Swedish organist/singer Anna Von Hausswolff who will illuminate the Hobart Town Hall with her spooky church tunes. Is it a womb? Is it a mosque? Wander through Exxopolis, a large-scale inflatable sculpture of light and colour at the PW1 Forecourt to find out. Sounds that explore connections between music and colour, courtesy of Midnight Oil’s Jim Moginie, will escort you as you journey through the luminarium (look out for live performances too). Australian-born, Iceland-based composer and producer Ben Frost makes dark ambient music. He most recently premiered and directed his first opera, an adaptation of Iain Bank’s novel The Wasp Factory. He counts legend Brian Eno as a regular collaborator, which should be enough for any sane person to line up outside PW1 on Thursday in anticipation. Potentially better suited to Dark MOFO than a summer festival line up, Swedish group Marduk will follow with brutal black metal at its frothy hair-whipping best. 22
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Faux Mo equals four nights of debauchery from 10.30PM at the Odeon. Mad Professor! Genrebending electro and Balinese poly-rhythms! Scratching of vinyl in the good way! It’s almost too much. Another freebie event, the original band Rektango are reforming for a Friday night gig at The Courtyard on Salamanca Place, a short shuffle away from Chinese performance artist Li Binyuan smashing 250 hammers. Also on Friday, Paul Kelly is joined by a host of artists including Dan Sultan to sing soul versions of Kelly’s hits. Is there no better way to shake off the working week woes? Eastern Shore dwellers will enjoy five nights of performances at Rosny Barn for MOFO Eastern Sho; funk, folk and progressive rock, Indian raga and tango beats. Take your pick. At the Theatre Royal on Saturday night music, art and literature will meld. For the first time, English sci-fi/fantasy writer Neil Gaiman will read his new book, The Sleeper and the Spindle to the tunes of Jherek Bischoff and accompanying illustrations by Chris Riddell. Syrian Omar Souleyman will blend traditional pound-into-the-ground dabke music with synth, pop and intensity at PW1. Primarily a wedding singer, though previously a labourer, Souleyman’s album Wenu Wenu, produced by Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) and released last year, was his first album to be primarily recorded in a studio. Later, reformed American band Swans bring experimental rumbling, rolling, looping noise and the potential for eardrum damage if you don’t use protection. Sunday brings no respite. First, massage your hangover with Gabriella Smart at the Bahá’í Centre, where from 8am she will embark on a five-hour piano performance. Bounce around to post-punker Kiwis The Clean, Baltimore beat maker Dan Deacon and Japanese pop-punk with the ladies of Shonen Knife. Music to jiggle your love handles.
Meanwhile, Alvin Curran will float on the Derwent to perform Maritime Rites. Curran uses sounds of the world’s waterways gathered since the project was first performed back in 1979 and combines them with his own. Featuring an ensemble of floating musicians including Brian Ritchie, Ava Mendoza, Jim Mogine, locals the Derwent Valley Concert Band, Glenorchy City Brass Band and more. Amanda Palmer returns to Tasmania playing her greatest hits with a twist in accompaniment with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and Jherek Bischoff. See her blow the roof off the Federation Concert Hall. It wouldn’t be MOFO without MONA action too. Scoot down the river to view American artist Matthew Barney’s River of Fundament and the Biennale of Moving Images - “basically the Olympics of video-art” – is fresh from Switzerland’s Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève. MONA Market starts again on Saturday afternoon with a bucket of River Derwent Heavy Metals Project events to boot, while free jazz, folk, drum’n’bass, hip-hop, electronica will be playing on the lawn in the afternoons. In the greatest news of all, the majority of the events can be accessed via a Festival Pass. However, Architects of Air inflatable Exxopolis, Faux Mo, MOFO Eastern Sho, Amanda Palmer & the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Neil Gaiman, Debashish Bhattacharya, Young Wagilak Group & Australian Art Orchestra are all ticketed individually. ANGELA NIKULINSKY
MONA FOMA takes place at Princes Wharf 1 and surrounding venues from Thursday 15 to Sunday 18 January 2015.
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IF YOU’RE ME, EVERY WEEK IS BEER LOVERS WEEK! BUT YOU’RE (PROBABLY - AND HOPEFULLY) NOT ME, SO THE OFFICIAL BEER LOVERS WEEK IS HELD ANNUALLY IN THE LEAD UP TO TASMANIAN INTERNATIONAL BEERFEST. 2014’S INAUGURAL BLW PACKED NEARLY TWENTY EVENTS IN TO SEVEN DAYS OF HECTIC BEERY AWESOMENESS WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE EVENTS SELLING OUT AHEAD OF TIME. BEER IS GREAT, SO WHY NOT CELEBRATE IT?
From November 8 to November 14, all around Hobart, you’ll have plenty of opportunity to learn more about the noble art of brewing, and more importantly, consuming, beer. Here’s what’s on offer this year.
2014 Battle of the Brews
Boilermakers!
Meet the Brewers
When: Saturday November 8. 12 noon - 4pm. Where: The Winston - 381 Elizabeth Street, North Hobart.
When: Sunday November 9. 2pm Where: The Winston - 381 Elizabeth St, North Hobart
When: Tuesday November 11. 5:30pm Where: The Fluke & Bruce - 87 Macquarie Street, Hobart.
The fifth annual Battle of the Brews will see twelve of Tasmania’s finest Home Brewers scrap it out for the Trophy and the Brewer’s plate. Lucky for you, you can head along and taste all their wares, you can even vote on who you think should win a little something something while you‘re there. All this awesomeness is complimented by the awesomeness that is the Winston’s kitchen. Their food goes great with any beer, commercial or home brew. Tickets available soon (from http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-battleof-the-brews-tickets-13694764409 ), for more information on the annual Battle of the Brews, check out http://www.battleofthebrews.org.
The boilermaker is an art form unto itself. It’s not just an excuse to supercharge your beer with whisky, it is a spectacular pas de deux of hoppyness, peatyness and the malted barleys that unite them. Chris from Lark Distillery will be at the Winston to chat all things whisky, while you indulge in a whisky that has been hand matched to your beer.
Tasmania has a pretty great selection of craft breweries these days, with a new one popping up every 28 minutes and the established breweries consistently pumping out the goods. Head along to the Fluke & Bruce to meet some of the brewers and get the low-down on their offerings - and hopefully score a few tastings. Keep an eye on the BLW website (beerloversweek.com.au) to find out which breweries will be in attendance.
Brew By You Home Brew Club Launch BBQ
It’s Sunday morning, so you want to sleep in a bit, and then have an epic feast for breakfast, right? Of course you do. And you want to drink beer with it, don’t you? Frickin’ A you do. Tasman Quatermasters are coming to your rescue with a four course breakfast degustation matched with beers. Spaces are limited, so get in early to set yourself up for an amazing Sunday. $35 per person.
When: Sunday November 9. 12:30 - 2pm. Where: Brew By You - 51 Main Road, Moonah. Continuing on the Home Brewing tip, popular home brew store Brew By You will be launching their new Home Brew Club. A club for all levels of brewing skills. They’ll also be launching the new GrainFather all-in-one brewing system with a BBQ and a couple of beers on tap. While the taps are set up, you can sit in on a workshop on kegging your beer, and options for dispensing the beautiful brew. The workshop will cover how easy it is to set up a draught system, common problems and trouble shooting, costs, and of course, the joys of not having to clean and sanitize a bazillion bottles anymore! Woohoo! The Craft Communion When: Sunday November 9. 1pm Where: Preachers - 5 Knopwoods Street, Hobart. It’s Sunday, it’s time to worship the almighty. The almighty beer. The Craft Communion is a gathering of the faithful. Head to Preachers to indulge in the sixteen chosen brews, let your cup runneth over with their new Black IPA. The outdoor bar will be the host of Tasmania’s newest craft brewery, and Vermey’s will feed the hungry with a beer inspired BBQ. Thankfully, there’ll be a local DJ spinning tunes instead of a church choir. Guess they couldn’t find anywhere to put a pipe organ (Thank God for that).
Breakfast! When: Sunday November 9. 10am - 12noon. Where: Tasman Quatermasters - 132-134 Elizabeth St, Hobart.
A Night at the Brewseum When: Monday November 10. 6pm Where: The Hope & Anchor Tavern - 65 Macquarie Street, Hobart. It’s Tasmania, man, we have the oldest brewery in the country, we have the oldest continually licensed hotel in the country, we have a fine history of beer. The Hope & Anchor will be serving you 5 courses showcasing Tasmania’s best produce matched with 5 of Tasmania’s great brews. Expect plenty of story telling from as far back as 1807 through to today’s modern drinking culture. Give the Hope & Anchor a call (on (03) 62369982) to save a seat! A Dark Night When: Tuesday November 11. 7pm Where: The Raincheck Lounge - 392-394 Elizabeth Street, North Hobart. $85 will get you a whole bunch of food expertly matched to a whole bunch of dark style beers. Porters, stouts, dark lagers, black IPAs, who knows what else will be in the mix? You’ll just have to head along and find out.
The Crafty Apple Degustation When: Wednesday November 12. 6:30pm. Where: The Apple Shed. 2064 Huon Highway, Grove 7109 It’s not just about the craft beer, it’s about awesome cider too! Head along to the amazing Apple Shed and meet the brewers and cider makers from Willie Smiths Cider, Moo Brew and Seven Sheds. Have a chat about their products whilst enjoying a 4 course degustation meal created to match the beers and ciders on offer. $90 is all you need, it even gets you seats on the bus from town (and back again). Or pay $75 if you’ve got your own wheels and are a responsible sort. The Beerlympics When: Thursday November 13. 7pm. Where: The Homestead - 304 Elizabeth Street, Hobart. Once a staple of the ancient Athens games, the Beerlympics were lost to history. This is what led (somehow) to the Dark Ages. I’m pretty sure that’s how history remembers it. Anyway, The Homestead have resurrected the program in all its glory and only one team will come out on top. There can be only one. But there’s beer to be won every round, so everyone’s a winner baby, that’s the truth (yes, the truth). A Moo Brewery Tour and Tasting When: Friday November 14. 12:45pm Where: Moo Brew Brewery. 76a Cove Hill Road, Bridgewater. Find out more about how the illustrious Moo Brew Beer is brewed by joining a brewery tour. Held on site at their Bridgewater Brewery, the brewers will give you a behind the scenes look at all things Moo Brew. SHANE CRIXUS For more information on any of the events listed here, head over to www.beerloversweek.com.au.
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Tasmanian International Beerfest
BRING OUT THE BEER SINCE ITS INCEPTION THE TASMANIAN INTERNATIONAL BEERFEST HAS PROGRESSIVELY GROWN AND EXPANDED TO BECOME NOT ONLY ONE OF THE LARGEST BEER FESTIVALS IN THE COUNTRY, BUT AN EDUCATIONAL AND ENTERTAINMENT EXTRAVAGANZA.
Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, Beerfest will be two nights of master classes from some of Australia’s (and in some cases, the world’s) most pioneering and adventurous brewers and beer identities, followed by performances from some of Australia’s most wellknown bands and DJs. But perhaps more importantly, you can sample beers from a host of breweries, large and small, from Australia and abroad. Fifty stalls of beer, over 300 different brews all available for purchase, or just a taster. Warp sat down with Festival Director Ben Hickey to find out what’s new this year. Apart from the obvious expansion, how has Beerfest changed over the last ten years?
Master Classes Each year Beerfest plays hosts to a variety of free Master classes by brewers and beer industry icons from around the globe, but these master classes aren’t just for the geekiest of beer geeks. They’re aimed at anyone that wants to increase their knowledge of the glorious amber fluid. The list of Masters this year will include local and international Brewers, cider makers, and even a cheese maker giving their take on the ins and outs of beer. Check the schedule below, and get in early, seats are limited.
Breweries like Panhead, making the trip to Hobart with their full team from New Zealand, and are choosing the Tasmania’s Beerfest as the best place to launch their brands in Australia. I really enjoy beer. Moon Dog and Cavalier are sure to bring something wacky which is quirky and creates a buzz. Temple Brewing Co. is another I’m really looking forward to getting stuck into. What else will be new this year?
The event will host 50 stalls, some haven’t missed a year, and others are from afar and new to Tasmania. Two local businesses will debut at Beerfest this year, making their product available to the public for the first time. Over the years several breweries have become firm favourites since their Beerfest debuts. Sure to be one of the highlights of the tenth annual Beerfest, will be the Macquarie Enigma SMaSH from Moo Brew. You probably saw scenes from the brew day at Moo Brew’s Bridgewater brewery all over the news a few weeks ago. The brand new and extremely limited edition beer will be a light-bodied brew showcasing 100% Tasmanian content, Macquarie Barley and the new Enigma Hops developed by Hop Products Australia, and it will only be available on draught at Beerfest.
We have broken the big stalls down so we can fit in more of the smaller players. It’s a full house, we have 50 stalls this year. Our entertainment has also taken a step up, tickets include catching awesome mustsee acts like Aussie rockers Kingswood on their latest Australian tour. Kingswood’s
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6pm: The Cricketers Arms Story
1pm: Bottle Fermented vs Carbonated Ciders
5pm: Whose beer is it anyway?
The Beer the Publican and International Master Brewer made. The story behind Cricketers Arms the beer,with beer ambassador Paul Scott and Master Brewer Dermott O’donnell .
Spreyton Cider Co. use traditional cider making techniques with a modern twist to create a unique range of ciders. Learn how bottle fermentation and conditioning create supreme flavour with Spreyton Ciders Damien Viney.
Join Moo Brews’s Dave Macgill, Panheads’s Mike Neilson and Michael Briggs from Ironhouse for a battle of epic proportions. These fast talking brewers will feed you some beer fibs, 3 Brewers, 3 Beers, 3 Stories. Can you pick who’s telling the truth?
7pm: A Master Class from Heaven From the nutty, earthy aromas found in both aged cheese and ales, to the relationship of hops and wheat to our favourite blue, there’s a whole host of combinations to discover. At this master class you will sample a selection of farmhouse cheese from Ashgrove Tasmanian Farm and pair them with a range of hand-crafted beers from the McLaren Vale Beer Company. Featuring McLaren Vale Beer’s Head Brewer Jeff Wright and Anne Bennett from Ashgrove.
Strip down two of Tasmania’s best craft brands with Lost Pippen Cider’s Mark Robertson and Moo Brews’ Head Brewer Dave Macgill. 9pm: Bottle Fermented Beers Join Moa’s NZ brewery ambassador Daryl Tuffy for an insight into Moa’s range and bottle fermentation. Who would have thought Champagne and beer could have so much in common.
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Are there any breweries you want the people to take particular notice of? Any breweries you’re particularly stoked are taking part this year?
Tassie tour date is Beerfest, where their latest album Microscopic Wars will be showcased for the first time. Plus there’s Clubfeet DJs, Green Stone Garden and a wad of Tassie’s best artists playing on our waterfront stage.
The quality of brewers we are attracting is world class and our stall sites are selling out as soon as we release them. We have become Australia’s premier beer event. The Tasmanian event has valid claims to being the country’s biggest such event and it continues to grow each year. It has become a permanent fixture on beer
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lovers’ calendars. More than 12,000 people had cleared their diaries to attend last year.
2pm: Beer is a Treat 4 Pines is first and foremost about enjoyment. We owe it to ourselves to make that moment of sensory pleasure as good as it can be. Life is too short to drink anything sub-standard. 4 Pines Owner Jaron Mitchell takes you through what he thinks you should be drinking. 3pm: Hops for All! A Brewers walkthrough on beer drinkers going hop crazy with Macarthur Grange Brewery. 4pm: A Master Class from Heaven From the nutty, earthy aromas found in both aged cheese and ales, to the relationship of hops and wheat to our favourite blue, there’s a whole host of combinations to discover. At this master class you will sample a selection of farmhouse cheese from Ashgrove Tasmanian Farm and pair them with a range of hand-crafted beers from the McLaren Vale Beer Company. Featuring Mclaren Vale Beer’s Head Brewer Jeff Wright and Anne Bennett from Ashgrove cheese.
6pm: Don’t Be Afraid of The Dark You drink coffee. You eat dark chocolate. Let’s talk about why you should drink dark beer! Hosted by Temple Brewing Co. head brewer Glenn Harrison . 7pm: Something Organic We choose organic because we believe that making things the traditional way with more care and less of the artificial bad stuff is better for you and better for Tassie. Most of all, it just makes us feel good! Jimmy Anderson from Willie Smiths Cider takes you through their range and process.
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MUSIC It’s not just about the beer at Tasmanian International Beerfest. It’s mostly about the beer. Maybe 80% about the beer, but there is also some great entertainment on offer, some of Australia’s finest will be hitting the waterfront stage. Here’s who you can expect to see. Kingswood The band is called Kingswood but Ted Bullpitt is nowhere to be seen and we’re still not entirely sure if that’s a good thing or not. Regardless, Kingswood are massive and Australia is Kingswood country. Despite being hugely popular for a while now, Kingswood have only recently released their debut LP Microscopic Wars and critics are already calling it the “must-have album of the year”. They’re heading out on a national tour which critics are (probably) already calling the “must-see concert of the year” and Tasmanian International Beerfest is Tasmania’s only opportunity to see them on stage. Tasmanian International Beerfest is what this (non)critic calls the “must-drink-at beer festival of the year”, so you can really tick a whole bunch of boxes in one go right here. Clubfeet DJ’s
Green Stone Garden
Dameza
Alan Gogoll
Clubfeet DJ’s is currently cranking on dance floors everywhere. Mixmag says they are one of the Southern Hemisphere’s hottest new acts with “taut disco rhythms with dreamy pop to maximum effect”, and Mixmag wouldn’t just throw words together to fill out an articles word quota, would they? Clubfeet DJs will bring even more fun to Friday’s Beerfest party on the Hobart waterfront. Clubfeet DJs, aka Monty Cooper and Ben Le Bruce, are no strangers to the dance floor. Their critically acclaimed first album Gold on Gold, came out on seminal underground dance label Plant Music in the US. Followed by their second release Heirs & Graces, featuring highly rotated singles ‘Heartbreak’ and ‘Everything You Wanted’.
There’s something about Green Stone Garden’s music that remains as elusive as their home city of Darwin. A remote sensibility, mixed with urban longing. Sometimes you want to escape; sometimes you can’t believe you’ve found paradise at your doorstep. That sounds like music perfectly suited to a beer festival. Together since 2011, alt-rock band Green Stone Garden has become emblematic of the Darwin music scene. They have received critical and industry recognition with the band winning the rock category of the 2013 Northern Territory Song of the Year Award for their single ‘The Island’. Green Stone Garden have supported the likes of Boy and Bear, Cat Empire, Gomez, Jeff Martin, Husky, Dappled Cities and Big Scary.
Living up to the motto of ``If the music is good, I’ll play it’’ Dameza’s live performance is guaranteed to get audiences dancing. Undeniably best known for his live performances, Dameza charges up his audience with unlimited genre mixes; never shying away from the opportunity to balance the likes of electronica, 70’s funk and Hip-Hop. In a world filled with disposable music and dime-a-dozen DJs playing web rips off a USB stick, scratch DJs still using vinyl are few and far between. Bear witness to Dameza shredding two records simultaneously and you’ll learn very quickly why he didn’t trade out his records for a portable hard drive.
One of Australia’s leading solo acoustic guitarists Alan Gogoll’s musical menagerie is forever expanding. The Tasmanian has been playing guitar since age five and writing songs since high school, developing his own distinctive style after being initially inspired by Nirvana, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Joe Satriani and Tommy Emmanuel. After deciding in 2011 to focus full-time on music, Gogoll released his debut album of original instrumental acoustic pieces, Small Giraffes, to critical acclaim in early 2012. Songs from the album received national radio play and were placed in several independent films. His third instrumental album Whimsical Toad was released this year.
Mangus Quartet
Jed Appleton
Pete Cornelius and the DeVilles
Chupacabra
A unique performer, Mangus’ growling vocals and boisterous National guitar have captivated audiences at The Falls Festival, MONA FOMA, Cygnet Folk Festival, Junction Arts Festival and stages across Tasmania. Joined by Oliver Plapp on double bass, Tomas Webster on accordion, and Ritnarong Coomber on washboard and drums, The Mangus Quartet blends early blues, jazz, country and all things exciting, eccentric, and humorous about music.
Rising star Jed Appleton catches crowds with his stripped back and pensive song writing. He recently represented the state in this year’s Telstra Road to Discovery talent development program. The local 18-year-old troubadour has captured the ears of many with his earnest lyrics and beautifully crafted melodies. He will be joined on stage by his band at Tasmanian International Beerfest.
Pete Cornelius grew up as far away from the Delta heartland as is almost humanly possible. He’s never picked cotton, never hitched a ride on a freight train, nor traded with the Devil… not knowingly, anyway. Yet the young Tasmanian is one of the most experienced bluesmen in the country, with more live shows, festival appearances, album releases and awards under his belt than most performers twice his age.
Chupacabra is here to make you dance. They love sleazy horn lines, hot guitar and cumbia bass. They also love chickens and rum. Hopefully they also love beer because this is a beer festival, not a rum festival, duh. Featuring Jim Verrel and David Cavallo on trumpet, Aaron Entresz on guitar, Tomas Webster on accordion, Ryan Mossop on bass and Maggie Abraham on vocals and timbales.
Violet Swells Violet Swells music draws influence from the jazz musings of Brian Wilson, while producing an electrifying atmosphere likened to the wild space rock sounds of Pink Floyd. The sombre tones of a mellotron are infused with raucous fuzz guitars and bubblegum melodies. Paper Souls Folk-rock group Paper Souls have been performing around Tassie and developing their sound since 2010, starting as a husband and wife duo, with a sweet, acoustic folk sound, and 2 part harmonies. They have since evolved in to a five piece, with Denni Sulzberger on Cello, Cam Locke on Bass, and Cameron Jones on Drums. It’s a full folk rock sound, electrified and beautiful.
Chase City Creating a blend of sun-drenched guitar pop and indie rock that boasts catchy hooks and soaring melodies, Chase City have all the winning ingredients of a band who will soundtrack your summer. Taking cues from the likes of Vampire Weekend, Last Dinosaurs and San Cisco, the band’s latest single ‘Go Back’ is instant yet enthralling; showcasing all the best qualities of a pure pop song. The Phosphenes Materialised in a haunted house that mysteriously burnt down, The Phosphenes are a four-piece “Garage-Psych” spectre. Calling the hills of Hobart their home, the band meshes together influences from blues, psychedelia, surf, punk and garage to produce a thick and swirling audible haze. Known for their frenzied live shows, The Phosphenes will leave your eardrums screaming for more.
SHANE CRIXUS
For more information on the event, head over to www.tasmanianbeerfest.com.au.
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5.15pm-6.15pm
Alan Gogoll (TAS)
1pm-2pm
The Mangus Trio (TAS)
6.30pm-7.15pm
Pete Cornelious and the Devilles (TAS)
2pm-3pm
Violet Swells (TAS)
3pm-4pm
Paper Souls (TAS)
4pm-5pm
Jed Appleton (TAS)
7.30pm-8.30pm
Green Stone Garden (NT)
5pm-6pm
Chase City (TAS)
6pm-7pm
The Phosphenes (TAS)
8.45pm-9.45pm
Kingswood (VIC)
7pm-8pm
Chupacabra (TAS)
10pm-11.15pm
Clubfeet DJ’s (VIC)
8.20pm-10pm
Dameza AV (TAS)
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ANDREW ON ART SOME THOUGHTS ON THE PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS I’m not sure quite what the figures are for Tasmania only, but nationally, there’s an issue that kind of needs acknowledgment, and that’s to do with the participation of women in the Arts in Australia. Here’s an interesting tidbit of information: twice as many female artists graduate from all the various art schools in Australia as male artists. However, when it comes to who is doing all the exhibiting – well, things change a bit. Things go the other way, in fact. If you check out all the exhibitions that were at CAOs Galleries (that’s Contemporary Art Organisations – In Tasmania, that’s Contemporary Art Tasmania) in 2011, about two thirds were male artists. So, what’s going on there is that male arts graduates are getting more shows than female arts graduates, despite there being a lot less male arts graduates. Even if half of those female arts graduates had decided not to pursue making and exhibiting work (although that’s a question in itself), or were making work that just didn’t cut the mustard in terms of being interesting enough to get included in an exhibition, there’s still something not quite right – if that were the case, you’d still expect to see about an even split between male and female artists. Which you don’t. Now that little tidbit of information was true in 2011. I’m not too sure what the deal is as the end of 2014 looms up, but a quick glance at the Contemporary Art Tasmania website indicates that it wasn’t too bad there in 2014 – about fourteen men to eleven women were involved in projects
that were run through this venerable institution, and there was a goodly number of exhibitions that featured entirely women, so that’s a step in the right direction, but the thing is, that it’s 2014 and we’re still having this conversation.
ELIZABETH BARSHAM THE CARAVAN MOVES ON TASMANIAN GOTHIC ARTIST ELIZABETH BARSHAM IS LAUNCHING A BOOK SURVEYING HER LENGTHY PAINTING CAREER IN NOVEMBER. BARSHAM INTERPRETS THE TASMANIAN LANDSCAPE, SEEING IT FILLED WITH THE STORIES OF PEOPLE WHO CAME HERE AND STAYED IN THIS UNIQUE PLACE.
Does it matter? The works she creates are lush and complex, often being both grotesque and beautiful at the same time. Tightly controlled and competent the paintings evoke the sensations of dream states, half-remembered stories and complex imaginary narratives. Each image invites lengthy contemplation and plenty of wondering from anyone who takes the time to stare into their complex depths.
Well, of course it does. If it’s still true that there are still a lot more women graduating from our many art schools, it’s not too much to ask that a policy of gender balance gets put on the table for at the very least our government funded Contemporary Art Organisations. With the sheer volume of graduates available, it should be a no-brainer to have such a policy and still include quality work in our contemporary art spaces. Because, even if half the female graduates are making terrible stuff or have gone somewhere else or whatever, the overrepresentation figure also assumes that ALL of the guys who graduated are making interesting work, and, sorry, but I’m here to tell you: this is just not the case. There’s some bad art out there, and if it’s mostly men showing the work, then it’s mostly men making the stuff that just ain’t cutting it. All information came from: countesses. blogspot.com.au. If you’re interested at all in the participation of women in the arts in Australia, this blog is a great source of information. ANDREW HARPER
For more information about Elizabeth Barsham, and to see heaps of samples of her unique work, check her website: www.tasmanian-gothic.com.
The publication, entitled The Caravan Moves On, contains photographs of 100 paintings Elizabeth created between about 1978 and 2014; it’s divided into thirteen sections according to theme, each section with brief introduction by the artist. There’s information about how Elizabeth comes up with her highly unique images and ideas and some discussion of her working methods. The book will a lush hardcover, with coloured endpapers and is, as these things are, a limited edition. If you’re a Barsham fan – and she has a solid following with her works becoming increasingly collectible – this book is an excellent survey of her work to date. The launch for The Caravan Moves On is at Fuller’s at 5:30pm on November 27. Get along and check it out. ANDREW HARPER
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MATTHEW BARNEY AT MONA MATTHEW BARNEY EXPECTS A LOT FROM HIS AUDIENCE. HE WANTS YOUR TIME: HE MAKES LONG AND INTENSE CINEMA. HE DEALS WITH INTENSELY COMPLEX CONCEPTS, SUCH AS THE PSYCH-SEXUAL ORIGINS OF RELIGION. HE LOOKS AT THE ACT OF CREATION ITSELF, THE MOMENT WHERE SOMETHING COMES INTO BEING; HE REACHES FOR A VAST SCALE AND FILLS IT WITH SIGNS AND PORTENTS. HIS WORK CONTAINS MULTITUDES, BASICALLY, AND BARNEY DOESN’T SPELL IT ALL OUT FOR THE CASUAL VIEWER EITHER; YOU NEED TO REACH INTO YOURSELF TO FIND THE MEANING LURKING WITHIN HIS COMPLEX AND SOMETIMES CONFRONTING IMAGERY.
Barney is genuinely controversial. There are plenty of people, in and outside of the Art world, that find his work not to their taste in many ways. He shows terrible things to people in his films, and doesn’t flinch. He has big ideas that he wants to share with the world and some of them are hard examinations of humanity, life and nature. Matthew Barney is fairly obviously a good fit for MONA, given that everyone’s favourite privately owned museum is bringing the guy, a whole bunch of his massive and powerful sculpture and a film he took seven years to make to Hobart. The new film is called River of Fundament, and it does what it says on the can: there’s a river of faeces and there’s a lot more poo in there as well – Barney is pulling no punches in this one. River Of Fundament has the scope of classical opera – it’s over five hours in length – and invokes the power of mythology. The film is inspired by is inspired by the massive Norman Mailer novel Ancient Evenings, which examines Egyptian Myth, amongst a tremendous amount of other ideas. This is not mythology in its traditional form though; Barney’s possibly greatest talent as an artist is that, like Joseph Beuys (to drop a name) he makes his own reality in his art work. In River of Fundament Barney mixes ideas, symbols, people and reality in complex series of symbolic gestures and visions. Genuine historical figures appear – there’s a chorus composed a group of
Ernest Hemmingways. There’s sex, food, molten metal and golden suits. Images collide and fill the lengthy film, creating a fresh and singular experience. The question is – should you go and sit through a five hour movie that is probably going to really gross out and confront you (in places)? There’s no easy answer to that, because nothing with Barney is easy. Some of you reading this probably won’t be into it. The issue is though, that whether you like these vast, complex, time-crunching works or not, that Barney is, really, a spectacularly interesting contemporary artist. MONA loves to bring the spectacle to town, it must be said, and a lot of the time, the nature of what we have seen is about being overwhelmed by how beautiful it all is. That’s wonderful, but Matthew Barney’s art is not like that – it’s big because it needs to be big. Some ideas are not neat – sometimes, just like life, some ideas are vast, sprawling and messy. If you’re going to tackle the complex and raw realities of existing, really tackle them, it’s probably going to be a bit sprawling and potentially raw. It might also be amazing in a way only really great art can be. There’s a range of opportunities for anyone to investigate Matthew Barney’s work. The film proper will be screened, a range of Barney’s
fascinating sculpture will be on display at MONA itself and there’s very unique opportunity to actually check the artist himself out as he has a conversation with David Walsh. Matthew Barney is one of the most interesting and intense artist in the contemporary field, and the arrival of his works in Hobart might be MONA’s most ambitious exhibition to date. Love it or hate, you’ll be talking and thinking about this for years. ANDREW HARPER
MATTHEW BARNEY: RIVER OF FUNDAMENT NOVEMBER 22 TO APRIL 13, 2015 November 21, at 5pm, the film RIVER OF FUNDAMENT Federation Concert Hall, Hobart. November 22, at 1pm, A Conversation: Matthew Barney and David Walsh, Hobart’s Odeon Theatre. November 22, 8pm, the exhibition Matthew Barney: RIVER OF FUNDAMENT at MONA. November 23 the exhibition opens during regular museum hours.
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Arts THEATRE:
JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR EPIC IS A SADLY OVER USED WORD IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE. BURGER ADS USE IT THESE DAYS, AND THAT’S JUST RIDICULOUS. HOWEVER, WHEN ONE WISHES TO DESCRIBE IN THE SHORTEST WAY POSSIBLE THE IMPACT OF JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, EPIC IS ABOUT THE ONLY WORD THAT REALLY FITS THE BILL.
This famous musical work first emerged as an original rock album in 1970, and it was after this attained a large degree of popularity that small amateur companies began interpreting the music for a live stage show.
an array of international interpretations, an incredible array of bands have covered material from the album and many awards have been awarded.
Jesus Christ Superstar is based loosely on the gospels’ account of the last week of Jesus’s life. The plot begins with preparations for the arrival of Jesus and his Disciples in Jerusalem and ends with the crucifixion. More like a passion play than a religious retelling, the narrative investigates external struggles between Jesus, Judas and other characters as well as the internal conflicts of these and other main characters. Political and interpersonal struggles combined with the inner psychological turmoil of the characters - and the absence of the resurrection from the plot - have seen the work endure and remain a firm favourite with generation after generation of audiences around the world.
EPIC.
The history of the performance since 1972 is nothing short of amazing: as a live rock opera (it’s not really a musical, there are no significant spoken sections) it’s been performed in an astounding array of ways, with no really definitive production existing – there’s been a heavy metal version staged in Chile, notorious electronica performer Peaches performed a one-woman version, and casts have included such diverse talents as Alice Cooper, Jack Black, John Lydon and former Destiny’s Child singer Michelle Williams. There’s a film version,
PAIGE TURNER THE BIGGEST INTERNATIONAL LITERARY NEWS LATELY IS THAT TASMANIAN NOVELIST RICHARD FLANAGAN HAS BEEN AWARDED THE LUCRATIVE MAN BOOKER PRIZE FOR HIS NOVEL THE NARROW ROAD TO THE DEEP NORTH. THIS PRIZE IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED THE PREEMINENT PRIZE IN ENGLISH LITERATURE.
The Prime Minister’s Literary Awards long list has finally been announced and it includes Tasmanians Sarah Day in the poetry category for Tempo and Julie Hunt in the children’s fiction section for Song For a Scarlet Runner. Richard Flanagan is deservingly on the fiction list. The winners should be announced by the end of the year. The University of Tasmania is offering a new poetry course. Following the demise of the Masters in Creative Writing it is lovely to see more energy in this area of the English department. With another successful Tasmanian poetry festival under his belt, festival director Cameron Hindrum says “The 2014 Tasmanian Poetry Festival again celebrated a diverse and dynamic art form. Festival guests from across Australia provided provocative, personal and beautifully performed readings at a range of venues around the city,” Book events – Robert Dessaix’s What Days Are For: a Memoir is being launched by Suzy 28
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That’s what epic really means. Huge. Iconic. Jesus Christ Superstar is huge, it’s iconic, it’s what built Andrew Lloyd Webber’s entire career and it’s probably best described as a bona fide cultural phenomenon. What this all means is that tackling this musical work, beloved by many, is possibly the biggest challenge Hobart producer Craig Wellington has set himself and his crew to date. Bigger than the previous productions of Les Miserable, Miss Saigon or Phantom Of The Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar boasts a superb cast: Brett Budgeon will be singing the role of Jesus and Scott Farrow will be voicing the plum role of Judas(Judas is the real star of this one, so expect a stellar effort from Mr Farrow). No one will forget Brett’s brilliant portrayal of The Phantom in last year’s The Phantom of the Opera, nor Scott’s superb performance as Chris, the leading man in Miss Saigon. Joining them will be Patrick Williams as Pilate (Hair National Tour / An Officer and a Gentleman World Premiere) and Leah Woodberry as Mary Magdalene. The core cast is fleshed out by Kristian Byrne as Simon, Nicholas Monk as
Baldwin in Hobart on November at 5.30 at Salamanca Inn. He will be in conversation with Dr Adam Ouston at Fullers in Launceston on November 14 at 6pm. At Fullers in Hobart A Compendium of Collective Nouns alongside An Illustrated Handbook of the Endemic Birds of Tasmania are bizarrely launching together on November 5 at 5.30. Also watch out for Hugh Mackay on The Art of Belonging on November 20 and John Howard on The Menzies Era on November 24 both at Fullers in Hobart. Hobart Bookshop is also hosting the launch of Livia Day’s latest Drowned Vanilla . Livia Day is the crime writing pseudonym of Tansy Rayner Roberts and the book will be launched by Kate Gordon on November 20 at 5.30pm. Incidentally it’s the end of an era. Clive Tilsley, the inimitable owner of Fullers Bookshop is moving South again. While not confirmed, Fullers in Launceston is rumoured to have finally sold. Clive will be gracing the counters of Fullers in Hobart for the first time in more than ten years. The Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2015 is now taking entries. Open to residents of Australia and New Zealand, the prize is for short stories up to 3,000 words having an island, or island-resonant, theme. The competition is run by Forty South Publishing, the largest book publisher in Tasmania and publisher of the Tasmania 40° South magazine. The winner will receive a cash prize of $500, and the winning entry will be published
Peter and Zach Lennon as King Herod. There’ll also be a goodly rabble and some spectacular dancing. Steering the ship will be Tasmania’s most reliable director Robert Jarman along with Aaron Powell as Musical Director, Cassie Xintavelonis will get her Choreography on, along with Wardrobe Design by William Dowd, light design by the very experienced Andrew MacDonald and Murray Keidge is the Sound Designer. This crew drips with skill and experience, so you can bet this will be a high standard of production, all pulled together by master producer and man who probably only sleeps for 55 minutes in a 24 hour period, Craig Wellington. ANDREW HARPER
Okay, so here’s the bolts and nuts if you want to get along and check out a bit of quality live musical performance. The show runs from November 6 – 22, it’s at the Theatre Royal (where else?), there’s matinees on the Saturdays and there’s only 15 shows all up. You know this is going to sell out, so book right now if you’re keen. SPECIAL: STUDENT RUSH TICKETS As ticket prices for a production as expensive to stage as Jesus Christ Superstar or The Phantom of the Opera can prohibit students’ attendance should their school or College be reticent to organise a group, we have created “The Student Rush”. This arrangement entitles students to the best available seat in the house for $39, meaning they can gain a Premium A Seat (normally $89) should any remain or a B Reserve Seat (normally $79) and save more than 50% of the ticket price. Students can access tickets at $39 at the box office between 6 and 7 PM for evening shows and Noon and 1 PM for matinees with any valid student ID. (Subject to availability and limited to one ticket per student I.D.) More information and booking see www. jchobart.com or www.theatreroyal.com.au.
in Tasmania 40° South. A selection of the best entries will be published in 40° South Short Story Anthology 2015. Forty South are also extremely pleased that the 2013 and 2014 winners (Debi Hamilton from Melbourne and Polly Whittington from Tasmania) were selected for inclusion in the Award Winning Australian Writing 2014 anthology from Melbourne Books. RACHEL EDWARDS
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ACADEMY GALLERY Tasmanian College of the Arts, (Inveresk) 21 Nov – 28 Nov Best of the 2014 Tasmanian College of the Arts Invernesk
COMEDY
ART MOB 14 – 30 Nov Mick Quilliam BETT GALLERY 31 Oct – 24 Nov Amber Koroluk-Stephenson CONSTANCE ARI 7 – 29 Nov Main space: Chris Hamnett Foyer space: Jenna Pippett Paddy Lyn space: Derek Sargent
BURNIE REGIONAL GALLERY 25 Oct – 7 Dec Minds do Matter; The Wednesday Painters Group; Steve Woodbury DESIGN TASMANIA 5 Sept – 16 Nov Rethinking Jimmy Possum DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY 8 Nov – 7 Dec MAIN GALLERY: BODYWORK Australian Jewellery 1970–2012; SOLITARY (Cur: Runja Rmandic THE LITTLE GALLERY: Josh Foley
CONTEMPORARY ART TASMANIA 25 Oct – 23 Nov Scot Cotterrell COLVILLE GALLERY 22 Oct – 12 Nov Max Angus 100 Years Celebration 14 Nov – 3 Dec Chen Ping DESPARD 29 oct – 24 Nov Wayne Brookes & Lisa Garland HANDMARK 7 Nov – 3 Dec Fine Furniture
GALLERY PEJEAN 4 – 29 Nov Kate Piekutowski HANDMARK EVANDALE 2 – 26 Nov Exhibition curated by Ashley Bird Year 11-12 art students NEW Gallery (Newham) 10 Oct – 14 Nov Minds Do Matter – National Mental Health Week
INKA 6 – 26 Nov Susan Parsons MONA From 22 Nov Matthew Barney
QVMAG 26 Sept – 15 Dec Artstart – Dreamscapes of Tasmania
PENNY CONTEMPORARY 24 Oct – 14 Nov Jan Parker ROUND ROOM GALLERY @ THE HOMESTEAD from 22 Oct Mosaic Cur: Donna Ritchie ROSNY BARN - SCHOOLHOUSE GALLERY 26 Oct – 16 Nov City Of Clarence Open Art Exhibtion 21 Nov – 11 Dec A Common thread – annual textile exhibtion TMAG 27 Sept – 23 Nov City Of Hobart Art Prize
BRAVE ART GALLERY (Longford) 1 – 30 Nov Alison Thomas
SAWTOOTH 28 Nov – 20 Dec FRONT GALLERY: AAANZ GEOcritical Exhibition Curated by Natalie Holtsbaum Geocritical: don’t just agitate - decorate. Sue Henderson Unstable Objects Antonia Sellbach NEW MEDIA GALLERY: New Game Nancy Mauro-Flude MIDDLE GALLERY: Sentimental Blokes Shannon Field PROJECT GALLERY: Birds of a Feather Ashley Bird
THEATRE ROYAL 6 – 22 Nov Jesus Christ Superstar 7 – 11 Nov Not About Heroes 26 – 29 Nov Bawdy Panto
BRISBANE HOTEL 27 Nov The Comedy Forge
SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE PEACOCK THEATRE 21 – 30 Nov Disney’s The Little Mermaid Jr
SOHO 5 Nov Cloud Comedy
STORYTELLING, OPEN MICS
DICKENS CIDER HOUSE 13 Nov Uber Comedy Hobart
DICKENS CIDER HOUSE 26 Nov Storyblanket
DOCTOR SYNTAX 28 Nov The Doctor’s Best Medicine
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THE WARATAH 20 Nov The Clubhouse presents: Nic Cody WREST POINT CASINO 12 Nov Bill Bailey 22 Nov Akmal
FILM CINEMONA 5, 12 Nov Hermitage Revealed Ends 9 Nov Romeo Et Juliette Ends Nov 12 Matisse Ends Nov 13 Skylight SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE FOUNDERS ROOM 11 Nov G.B.F. 12 Nov Out in The Line Up
THEATRE PLAYHOUSE 24 Oct – 8 Nov In The Next Room Or The Vibrator Play 14 – 15 Nov Burlesk as you like it. TTC presents POP-UP THEATRE No.2 (Fort Nelson at Porter Hill) 18 – 29 Nov Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf
COMEDY COUNTRY CLUB CASINO 21 Nov Akmal BURNIE ARTS AND FUNCTION CENTRE 19 Nov Akmal DEVONPORT ENTERTIANMENT CENTRE 20 Nov Akmal DICKENS CIDERHOUSE 12 Nov Uber Comedy FRESH ON CHARLES 21 Nov Fresh Comedy presents: Victoria Healy PRINCESS THEATRE 14 Nov Bill Bailey TONIC at LAUNCESTON COUNTRY CLUB 6 Nov Cam Knight & Greg Fleet
THEATRE PRINCESS THEATRE 19 Nov An evening with John Bell: A life with Shakespeare EARL ARTS CENTRE 24 Oct – 15 Nov The Vicar Of Dibley 8 – 9 Nov Mimi and the Boy
WARP RECOMMENDS…
SCOT COTTERELL: ROMANTIC CONCEPTUALISM
Scot Cotterell occupies a pretty unique place in the complex layout of Tasmanian art. He’s archly conceptual, but knows the value of drawing and making; he examines cost and the process of making art, he outsources and manipulates context and idea. His latest show is a simple idea – he paid amatuer actors $5 USD to interpret a concept, Romantic Conceptualism through a short performance or image. The result is fluid show that is dark, weird, kitsch and comedic and lots more besides. WARP says this one is a real hoot and will challenge more than a few notions, so get along to it. Romantic Conceptualism is at Contemporary Art Tasmania, Tasma Street, until November 23.
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Cd Reviews
“I will try not to give up, but I will succeed” – sings lead vocalist and gifted songwriter Husky Gawenda during “For To Make A Lead Weight Float” – all the while a miniature battery-operated flamenco dancer is stomping her heels in time to this story-telling gem (or she may as well be). The song builds like the plot of an A-grade film, but ends abruptly, as though a hearty catch-up with a mate has sadly come to an end. Most of Rucker’s Hill will leave you feeling this way, which is part of its lingering charm. Melbourne indie folk band Husky follow up their 2012 debut album Forever So with the stunning Rucker’s Hill. This is an album that has
Husky Rucker’s Hill
Mr Twin Sister Mr Twin Sister
Mr Twin Sister’s sophomore self-titled album arrives after a four-plus year inception and an androgynous name change from their ‘Twin Sister’ beginnings. The intensive labour and attention to detail on the New York five-piece’s new album can be felt in every moment of the eight layered tracks. The sweeping late-night mantra opens with ‘Sensitive’ and after the sparkling synth ambience of the intro, a groove begins that doesn’t let him up for the entire record. The group swirl flawlessly through nu-disco, funk, house, R&B, techno and synth-pop, seducing the listener into every hook and slow build. Paralleling the sleek, sultry pop of HTRK, Sade and other loungey dream-pop bands, the lyrical preoccupation is with self-reflection and intimacy through a hazy shroud of isolation and detachment. The sexy, house-inflected ‘In The House Of Yes’ explores an introspective and yearning night of drinking alone while building to a jazzy sax-indebted climax. The band have been critical of their buzzy early work, calling their first album “cartoony”, but they’ve reached an apex on this new release and delivered one of the most dense and addictive pop albums this year. ALEX LAIRD Music Director, Edge Radio
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what it takes to bring people together, cast light on fears, and make you feel a little less alone – at the very least, it will make you feel at home. The title track with its obvious Simon & Garfunkel influence does a great job at introducing the band’s refined and sophisticated sound. ‘I’m Not Coming Back’ is the first single to be released, which borrows a Bee-Gees sound just for the chorus’s harmonies. Rest assured that no disco associations follow, just deliciously thought-provoking imagery from Gawenda’s insight. When compared to Forever So, the melodies of Rucker’s Hill are gutsier, with the overall sound being more folk than indie. Husky have a great presence, and as
Ty Segall
Manipulator
The prolific twenty-seven year-old Californian garage rocker, Ty Segall, has an astounding back catalogue of music for his young age, making this new double album his seventh solo record since 2008. Manipulator sees Ty taking a deliberately more considered approach to his music, which results in what will be a break-out record with flawless production and is his most assured and accessible music statement yet; all without losing what made him a never-ending well of creativity and forward momentum. It took the usually brisk musician fourteen months to make, and is subsequently his longest release to date. While this is his cleanest release yet, there’s still plenty of fuzz, and Segall’s howling guitar and snarling vocals remain front and centre. His uncanny ability to bring together and nail a variety of genres is proved yet again with his take on the broad arena of 70s rock. Some reference points are: Led Zeppelin; Black Sabbath; David Bowie, and Hawkwind. These influences come together seamlessly into seventeen filler-less tracks of undeniable glam-garage. Manipulator is out now on Drag City Records and Spunk. ALEX LAIRD Music Director, Edge Radio
their music rolls out from the speakers it’s easy to pretend they are standing as one, serenading in the lounge room. The tracks chosen for the album were shortlisted from about fifty. It took Husky around eighteen months to complete the album, a lot longer than planned, but creative struggles are nowhere to be found after pressing play, only a masterful togetherness and mesmerising simplicity.
Yes I’m Leaving
Slow Release
Slow Release is the 5th Yes I’m Leaving is a genuine 3 piece punk band that displays elements of early Australian hardcore and garage. When listening to the 11 tracks featured, I noticed that there are a lot of effects pedals and the guitars are very riff repetitive on some of the tracks. My favourite track is titled ‘Husk’. It’s the kind of song that verbally punches you right in the face This music almost sounds like stoner rock but there are some really edgy punk vocals going on with heavy screaming guitars that really smash out into something moving along the lines of a trashy Queens of The Stone Age without the vocal harmonies. The mix of this particular album reminds me of Jack Endino’s production on Nirvana’s Bleach, in the sense that it’s very powerful, brash and full of angst. I recommend listening to it very loud when you’re home alone. Slow Release is available now through Homeless Records. album from Sydney band Yes I’m Leaving,. WOLF-ARROW RAIN Music Department, Edge Radio
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Allah-Las
Worship the Sun
The Allah-Las second album, Worship the Sun, presents a movement towards the romantic dreams of the American southwest and a distinctive shift from the carefree surf rock found on their debut album. The looseness of the LA culture is still there, but there is a clear undertone of the wildwest that can best be sampled with the instrumental track ‘Yemeni Jade’. These guys started out working in a record store with each other and doing a community radio show, so they have no shortage of artistic elements in their quiver to achieve what they call a timeless sound. Worship the Sun yearns for endless summer days with nowhere in particular to be, just blissful wandering and peaceful musing. The band has recently copped a lot of criticism for their close resemblance to the sounds of early Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, and the 60’s dream pop scene. There is no denying those were strong impacts on the Allah-Las, but with the present condition of the world and popular culture in general, is it really so forgone to revisit the 60’s sound? Has our pop culture really shown a progression in the right direction from that era? ZACH CONDE The Pulse Fridays at 6pm, Edge Radio
Cd Reviews
Lanie Lane burst onto the Australian scene three years ago with her gorgeous sultry country ballads album To The Horses. She built quite a strong reputation for herself with solid airplay and extensive touring. So it’s good to see her back with her new album Night Shade. Lanie has almost done a complete 360 degree turn stylistically. This new collection of songs swing deep and low but with a more late night jazz feel. Her breathtaking voice is still prominent but in more of a classic Julie London way, as opposed to her sweet Patsy Cline style. The album opens with the hypnotic ‘Salute’. Its beat and ambient feel puts the listener
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in a trance from the first chord. It slowly builds with a heavy guitar sound that pulls you under like a strong midnight tide. The second track, ‘I See You’ changes pace a bit. The mood is a bit lighter but with a cloudy burst of light that peeks through every now and then. Every track on the album burns its way into your subconscious, where you feel yourself humming or slowly dancing around the house for days on end, a sign of a great album. Lanie had built a strong fan base with her first album of country ballads, and she has gone completely against the grain and done something totally different. Night Shade is one of the
year’s best, grab it now before the rest of the world catches on. MARK IRELAND
FELICITY GROOM Davey Lane
Atonally Young
Atonally Young has been a long time coming. Davey Lane has long been a gun for hire in the music scene for over 10 years and his talent has always shone bright, a solo offering has therefore been eagerly anticipated. The opening track ‘Komarov’ is warm acid come down, enveloping your brain and planting itself down smoothly inside your ears, staying there for the next 4 minutes before taking off again. ‘She’s A Timebomb’, written about four years ago with The Scram, pumps along like a bolting horse. The track ‘Not An Option’ ear worms itself into the subconscious, a tune that you find yourself humming in your sleep, a sure sign of great track. Davey proudly wears his influences on his sleeve, early Cheap Trick, early Pink Floyd, and every other power pop band from the 70’s all spring to mind. In no way is the album derivative, Davey’s individual stamp is all over it, his song writing is impeccable and all the players on the album are at the top of their game. Atonally Young is one of the year’s best, get on it! MARK IRELAND
Philip Selway Weatherhouse
How can anyone give a Philip Selway album a fair review? Most singer/songwiters struggle to be in the same world as Thom Yorke, let alone in the same band, Radiohead. But there are two types of solo albums that drummers make. There are the ones made by Dave Grohl and Phil Collins, and then there’s the other type, the ones made by Peter Criss and Ringo Starr. So Philip Selway scores full points for bravery, just for making and commercially releasing Weatherhouse, his second solo offering. Was it coincidence that Thom Yorke casually tossed out his own solo album in the same week on BitTorrent? Was it just to show poor Phil up? Weatherhouse is a low key, mostly electronic affair, with pastoral British synthesizers, acoustic guitar, half whispered vocals and the occasional flourish of inspired percussion. The problem with this record is Selway himself. Selway’s vocals lack dynamics, depth, drama, humour or any kind of engaging quality. They’re stuck on the “mope” setting for the entire record. This record has no shortage of production resources, but lacks great ideas and any clear intention other than for Selway to mumble out his personal shit. Having said that, Philip shouldn’t give up, this is his journey. Maybe the third album will be the charm.
COLD WAR KIDS
HUNGRY SKY
HOLD MY HOME
Despite delivering an album just last year, Cold War Kids are back with their fifth long player. Dear Miss Lonelyhearts was another quality album from the Americans, arguably their finest work to date though it didn’t making huge waves here in Australia. Hold My Home easily takes over the mantle as the best Cold War Kids album produced so far. All the way through the eleven tracks this album is supremely entertaining and enjoyable. Their sound has changed quite a bit since their debut album Robbers and Cowards back in 2007, but they still retain a signature style that is very much unmistakably them. The vocal style of Nathan Willett makes up much of this sound, and on this new record he’s in fine form and as desperate and urgent as ever. There’s a catchiness to their newer work that wasn’t there or only there fleetingly when they first hit the scene. There’s so many other highlights in terms of tracks on the album, it’s harder to find a weak link than it is to describe all of the numerous high points, too many to mention. Again one of indie’s most underrated bands has outdone themselves by offering up one of the best collection of songs in a cohesive package that you’ll hear all year. ALEXANDER CROWDEN
Hungry Sky is the exquisite sophomore album from Perth artist Felicity Groom, featuring backing from Andrew Ryan, Mike Jelinek and Steve Summerlin, and cameos from Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker, Jay Watson and Julian Barbagallo. A wellcrafted combination of electronic beats, symphonic strings and haunting horns. Overall, it could be described as ‘60s pop meets Massive Attack. Superbly mixed and mastered, this isn’t a light album as it delves into serious themes but it is balanced with driving rhythms and great arrangements which makes it easy to listen too. Each song on the album has been ordered with great consideration to create an ease of flow. From ‘Higher, Higher, Taller, Taller’ with its commanding vocal delivery and impressive instrumentation to the ballad, title track, ‘Hungry Sky’ into the upbeat ‘Better Days’ with tasty guitar riffs and piano accompaniment, followed by the PJ Harvey-esque ‘Oh Jesus’. ‘Talons’ has a world fusion quality with its hypnotic trance and ‘Move Your Muscles’ awakens the listener once again, before ‘Utalum’ offers a lullaby of sorts. ‘Hungry Sky’ ticks all the boxes. It explores relevant issues of love, social media and politics. It delivers an assortment of drum beats and musical textures as it takes the listener on a journey that is truly captivating from beginning to end.
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Birdcage Bar
Sambo
Observatory Main Room
DJ Johnny G
Republic Bar & Café
Helen Crowther 8:30pm
Onyx Bar
Tin Men
Birdcage Bar
Tony Voglino
Republic Bar & Café
Racoons + The Sin & Tonics 10pm
Brisbane Hotel
Sinister (Holl) + MSI + Mephistopheles + Omnicide
Telegraph Hotel
Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink
Irish Murphys Hobart
The Paybacks + Soul/Funk DJ Sets
The Homestead
Lively Up
Jack Greene
Micheal Clennett
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Observatory Lounge Room DJ Dane
Brisbane Hotel
Kit Convict & The Terrible Two (vic) + Lucky Dips
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
C Bar
Tony Voglino
Republic Bar & Café
Rach + Damo 8:30pm
Dickens Ciderhouse
Mathew Dames
Telegraph Hotel
DJ Millhouse
Grand Poobah
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Australian Design Biennale Awards Afterparty with DJs
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Jack Greene
Micheal Clennett
Jack Greene
Cam Stuart
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Son Del Sur (Cuban Salsa) 9pm
Onyx Bar
That 80’s Band
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Pier One
James Maddock Swing 3
Brisbane Hotel
DAMAGE NIGHTCLUB w/ Taberah + RANDOMORDER + Interview With An Escape Artist + Omnicide + DJs
Republic Bar & Café
Joe Pirere Band 10pm
Telegraph Hotel
Pete Thomas followed by Ebenezer Good
C Bar
Aaron Courtney
The Homestead
Frenchy Bob
Derwent Sailing Squadron
Tom Vincent Trio - Night Session CD Launch
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Dickens Ciderhouse
Dave Sikk Quartet
Brisbane Hotel
Bingo w/ Ramblin Ryan
Grand Poobah
Chupacabra, Stalking Ella Scott + Surfasaurus
C Bar
Billy Whitton
Jack Greene
Tony Mak
Jack Greene
Tim Hibberd followed by Cam Stuart
Republic Bar & Café
Sunday Afternoon Soul Sessions (Beergarden) 2:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Peter Hicks & The Blues Licks 8:30pm
Sfuso
Nick Ashwood Trio
The Coterie - Coal Valley Vineyard
Glen Challice 1:30pm
The Homestead
2 Drunken Swordsman
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Sundays w/ Reggae Ink 12pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal
Republic Bar & Café
Ross Serman 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo
Brisbane Hotel
Quiz-A-Saurus
Republic Bar & Café
Finn Seccomb Duo 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Tony Voglino
Brisbane Hotel
The Smith Street Band (vic) + The Front Bottoms (usa) + Apologies, I Have None (UK)
Brisbane Hotel
Side Show Cabaret w/ Bam Bam (Melb) + Captain Ruin (Melb) + Splasher + Gemini + Le Fay + Binny Boo + Kiera Lucas + Lazuli Lizzy
Jack Greene
Micheal Clennett
Saturday
Sunday
15
16
Observatory Lounge Room DJ Magneetis
Saturday
Sunday
Monday Tuesday
Wednesday
8
9
10 11
12
Observatory Main Room
DJ Johnny G
Onyx Bar
That 80’s Band
Republic Bar & Café
Briggs + Philly + DJ Dameza 10pm
Telegraph Hotel
Rum Jungle followed by Big Swifty
The Coterie - Coal Valley Vineyard
Neil Gibson 7pm
The Homestead
Reggaeink
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
(Front) - Falconio (vic) + M.O.1.O. + Omahara
Brisbane Hotel
(Back) - DJ SPINFX + Ellie B + Benny Bonsai + DJ Piglet + DJ Secrets + Max Power
C Bar
Jerome Hillier
Dickens Ciderhouse
Alan Gogoll
Grand Poobah
The Phosphenes, The Vedders & The Pearly Whites
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Onyx Bar
That 80’s Band
Pier One
Billy & Tilly
Republic Bar & Café
Sugartrain 10pm
Telegraph Hotel
Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink
The Homestead
Guerilla Zingari EP Launch
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
Bingo w/ Ramblin Ryan
C Bar
Billy Whitton
Derwent Sailing Squadron
Tom Vincent Trio - Night Session CD Launch
Jack Greene
Tim Hibberd followed by Cam Stuart
Republic Bar & Café
Republic Music Quiz 2:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Mo Joes 8:30pm
Sfuso
Will Harris
The Coterie - Coal Valley Vineyard
The Sign 1:30pm
The Homestead
Neil Gibson
Waratah Hotel
The BBQ - Music from 3pm - 12pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal
Republic Bar & Café
Quiz Night 8:15pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo
Brisbane Hotel
Violent Soho + Ceres
Republic Bar & Café
Anita + Simon 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Tony Voglino
Jack Greene
Cam Stuart
Monday Tuesday
Wednesday
17 18
19
Observatory Lounge Room DJ Zankbank
Thursday
Friday
20
21
Friday
32
13
14
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Slyde 9pm
Telegraph Hotel
DJ Millhouse
The Homestead
DJ Luti / Jolly Jugs
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Jack Greene
Tony Mak
Republic Bar & Café
Sea Shepherd Fundraiser: Verticoli + Spiral Kites + Tarik Stoneman 8:30pm
The Homestead
The Aly Patmore Trio
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
The Rock n Roll Outlaws
C Bar
Sambo
Dickens Ciderhouse
Dave Sikk Quartet
Grand Poobah
Porcelain Pill, Faldum
Jack Greene
Cam Stuart
Observatory Lounge Room DJ Magneetis
Observatory Lounge Room DJ Zankbank
Thursday
Acts / Start Time
Observatory Lounge Room DJ Dane
Observatory Main Room
DJ Johnny G
Onyx Bar
That 80’s Band
Republic Bar & Café
Australian Made 10pm
Telegraph Hotel
Rum Jungle followed by Entropy Tony Mak 7pm
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Dave Wilson Band 8:30pm
The Coterie - Coal Valley Vineyard
Telegraph Hotel
Phrayta
The Homestead
Love Like Hate
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Waratah Hotel
The Preatures w/ Holy Holy & Redspencer 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Brisbane Hotel
Little Miss Music
Brisbane Hotel
(Front) - Psycroptic + Colossvs (vic) + Ruins
Dickens Ciderhouse
Uber Comedy
Brisbane Hotel
Jack Greene
Tony Mak
(Back) - Minds in Motion + Stone Troll + The Demolition
Republic Bar & Café
Sub Michalski Trio 9pm
C Bar
Ebeneza Good
Telegraph Hotel
Christy Lamb
Dickens Ciderhouse
Alan Gogoll
The Homestead
Bill Longo
Federation Concert Hall
Sibelius’ Violin Concerto 7:30pm
Glen Challice
Grand Poobah
(Kissing Room) DJ Simon Caldwell & DJ Moadeep
Brisbane Hotel
Iconic Vivisect (vic) + GAPE + Headless (vic) + Lacerta
Grand Poobah
C Bar
Jerome Hillier
(Main Room) Monty, Verticoli & The White Rose Project
Federation Concert Hall
Mozart and More 2:30pm
Jack Greene
Tim Hibberd
Jack Greene
Tony Mak
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Onyx Bar
The Robinsons
Birdcage Bar
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Event Guide
Date
Sunday
Monday Tuesday Wednesday
23
24 25 26
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Pier One
James Maddock Swing 3
Federation Concert Hall
A Night in Vienna 7:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
JP Clipspringer + Lewes + Guests 10pm
Grand Poobah
Telegraph Hotel
Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink
AICon Fundraiser with video game competitions and DJs
The Homestead
Goosebumpz & Bluetongue (NSW)
Jack Greene
Rum Jungle
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo w/ Ramblin’ Ryan
C Bar
Billy Whitton
Jack Greene
Cam Stuart followed by Tony Mak
Republic Bar & Café
Dave Graney 2:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Jimmy Watts 8:30pm
Sfuso
Fred Bradshaw & Zarven Kara
The Coterie - Coal Valley Vineyard
Alan Gogoll 1:30pm
The Homestead
Tim and Scott
Waratah Hotel
The BBQ - Music from 3pm - 12pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal
Republic Bar & Café
Quiz Night 8:15pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo
Republic Bar & Café
Billy Whitton 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Jerome Hillier
Brisbane Hotel
Pinch Hitter (vic) + Linc Le Fevre + Alex Hinds
Brisbane Hotel
(Back) - Steve Smyth (nsw)
Dickens Ciderhouse
Story Blanket
Jack Greene
Cam Stuart
Observatory Lounge Room DJ Dane
Thursday
Friday
27
28
Date
Observatory Lounge Room R & B Friday - DJ AJ Hardy
Saturday
Sunday
29
30
Observatory Main Room
DJ Johnny G
Onyx Bar
That 80’s Band
Republic Bar & Café
Boil Up 9pm
Telegraph Hotel
Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink
The Homestead
The Sketches + Wolves of Rain + La Zingara
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Brisbane Hotel
METAL UNITED DOWNUNDER w/ Zero Degrees Freedom + Infernal Outcry + NowyourefuckeD + Backlash + Blood Luxury
C Bar
Manhattan
Dickens Ciderhouse
Sam Gobbey
Grand Poobah
Palmed Out with Finn Whittla, Sexy Lucy, Amrdi & Tristan
Jack Greene
Micheal Clennett
MONA
Cat Empire + Tom Thumb + Dameza
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Pier One
Billy & Tilly
Republic Bar & Café
Mick Thomas & The Roving Commission 10pm
Telegraph Hotel
Ado & Devo followed by Serotonin
The Homestead
OMAC + Kabs + Local Support
Best Western Hobart
Celebrate Summer Beach Party feat. Everburn 1pm
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Brisbane Hotel
Bingo w/ Ramblin Ryan
C Bar
Dr Rocksters
Jack Greene
Tony Mak
MONA
Standing in the Shadows of MONA
Republic Bar & Café
Project Phillipines Fundraiser: With Tim Davies & More 2pm
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Jakob 9pm
Telegraph Hotel
Phrayta
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice
Jack Greene
Cam Stuart
Republic Bar & Café
Husky + Jed Appleton Band 9pm
The Homestead
Shaun Kirk (NSW)
Sfuso
Jamie Pregnall & Crystal Campbell
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore
Amy & Joe 1:30pm
Brisbane Hotel
Shovels (vic) + Naked + Unfolding Vostoks
The Coterie - Coal Valley Vineyard
C Bar
Jerome Hillier
The Homestead
The Darlings
Dickens Ciderhouse
Fee Whitla
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Sundays w/ Reggae Ink 12pm
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Event Guide
Launceston Date
Venue
Acts / Start Time
NOVEMBER Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Wednesday
Thursday Friday
Saturday
5
6
7
8
9
12
13 14
15
Club 54
Thump! @ Club 54
The Royal Oak
Yyan (solo) in the public bar
Watergarden Bar
Rino & Jade
Club 54
Rock Challenge
The Royal Oak
Danni and Andy in the public bar
The Royal Oak
TAFE end of year showcase in the boatshed
Watergarden Bar
The Consultants
Club 54
The Royal Oak
LBC Christmas party in the boatshed
Tonic Bar
The Doctor Rocksters
The Royal Oak
Open Folk session in the public bar
Watergarden Bar
Retrograde
Club 54
Ne Obliviscaris + Actuality + Zeolite + Nosce Teipsum
The Royal Oak
The Max Hillman Show Band in the public bar
Tonic Bar
Sambo
Date
30
NORTHWEST CITY
Venue
Acts / Start Time
Watergarden Bar
Proud Phoneys Our House: Dusky + Randall Foxx + Chris Neobi + Matty C
Tuesday
4
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Tasmanian Rock Challenge
The Royal Oak
Open Folk Session in the public bar
Wednesday
5
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Tapas Trivia
Thursday
6
Burnie
Burnie Town Hall
The TSO on Tour Music by Mozart and Inspired by Mozart 7:30pm
Devonport
Molly Malones
Sambo
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
DJ McLovin & DJ R3ade
Zeehan
Gaiety Theatre
The TSO on Tour Music by Mozart and Inspired by Mozart 7:30pm
Club 54
Thump! @ Club 54
The Royal Oak
Andy Collins in the public bar
Watergarden Bar
Clay Soldier
Club 54
Trivial Pursuits @ Club 54
Watergarden Bar
The Consultants
Club 54
The Round & Round: Johnny Atkins + Tiarni Cane + Nick Bennett + Scott Haigh
The Royal Oak
Subb Michalski Trio in the public bar
Tonic Bar
Christie Lamb
Watergarden Bar
Brett Boxhall
Club 54
Element + A Day From Tonight + Turbulence + Johnny Sensei - All Ages
Club 54
Element + A Day From Tonight + Turbulence + Johnny Sensei - 18+
The Royal Oak
Electric Boogaloo in the boatshed
Tonic Bar
Retrograde
Watergarden Bar
The Tassie Tenor
Rino & Jade
Club 54
Bangin’ Bingo @ Club 54
The Royal Oak
Max Hillman Show Band in the public bar
Tonic Bar
Blackstone Dukes Album Launch
Watergarden Bar
The Consultants
Club 54
Monte + Tenns of Thailand + White Rose Project + Marty Kooistra
The Royal Oak
The Embers w/ Guthrie & Jimmy Steele in the boatshed
Tonic Bar
Ball & Chain
Watergarden Bar
Proud Phoneys
Club 54
Lotek + Big Smokey Joe + Stray + Statik + Tyrant + Reflekt + DJ Secrets + Carlos
Tonic Bar
Take 2
Watergarden Bar
Jerome Hillier
Sunday
23
The Royal Oak
Open Folk session in the public bar
Wednesday
26
Club 54
Close Counters + KOWL + Jack McLain
The Royal Oak
Frankie Andrew in the public bar
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino
Club 54
Holy S**t-Bowls! @ Club 54
The Royal Oak
Steve Smyth + supports in the boatshed
Friday
Saturday
7
8
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Sheyanna Band
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Brett Boxhall
Devonport
Molly Malones
The Collection
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Evil Cisum
Burnie
The Butter Factory
Gypsy Rose
Wednesday
12 Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Open Mic
Thursday
13 Devonport
Molly Malones
Proud Phoneys
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
DJ McLovin & DJ R3ade
14 Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Retrograde
The Butter Factory
The Wolfe Brothers with support from The Elliotts
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Tim & Scott
Devonport
Molly Malones
Christie Lamb
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Unit
Molly Malones
Brett Boxhall
Tapas Lounge Bar
DJ McLovin & DJ R3ade
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Tony & The Unkown
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Midnight
Burnie
The Butter Factory
The Chantoozies
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Brett Collidge
Devonport
Molly Malones
Gypsy Rose
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Retrograde
Burnie
The Butter Factory
The Brook Chivel Band (The Butter Factory goes country)
Friday
Burnie
Saturday
Thursday
15 Latrobe
20 Devonport Devonport
Friday
Saturday
21 Latrobe
22 Latrobe
Monday
24 Ulverstone Ulverstone Wharf
Ben Panucci
Thursday
27 Devonport
Molly Malones
Sambo
Tapas Lounge Bar
DJ McLovin & DJ R3ade
Molly Malones
Post Devonport Cup Retrograde
Devonport Friday
28 Devonport
Watergarden Bar
The Consultants
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Evil Cisum
Club 54
Younger Dryas + The Middle Names + So Do I + Bansheeland
Burnie
The Butter Factory
The Adam Eckersley Band
The Royal Oak
Taberah + Supports in the boatshed
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Trevor Weaver
Tonic Bar
Ratfunk
Devonport
Molly Malones
Midnight
Watergarden Bar
Sambo
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Ringmasters
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Saturday
29 Latrobe
novemBER Saturday 1st Marty K in the public bar Sunday 2nd Open Folk session in the public bar Tuesday 4th Leigh Ratcliffe in the public bar Wednesday 5th Yyan (solo) in the public bar
Club 54
Watergarden Bar
34
Sunday
november
Bullethouse in the public bar
28
Sambo
L.B.C. presents 9 Lives in the boatshed
The Royal Oak
Friday
Tonic Bar
The Royal Oak
Thump! @ Club 54
27
Lawless Quartet + Bad Beef & more in the boatshed
Make Them Suffer + Opposer + Actuality + Burning Horizons - 18+
Open Folk session in the public bar
Thursday
The Royal Oak
Club 54
Club 54
22
The Dog Line + Scott Targett + Tim Rozemulder
A Hard Day’s Night: The Songs of The Beatles
The Royal Oak
Saturday
Club 54
Make Them Suffer + Opposer + Burning Horizons + What Lies Beneath - All Ages
19
21
Acts / Start Time A Night in Vienna 7:30pm
tony & The Unknown
16
Friday
Venue Albert Hall
Watergarden Bar
Wednesday
20
29
Club 54
Sunday
Thursday
Date Saturday
Thursday 6th Danni and Andy in the public bar TAFE end of year showcase in the boatshed. Friday 7th L.B.C presents 9 Lives in the Boatshed $5 cover Saturday 8th The Max Hillman show Band in the public bar Sunday 9th Open Folk Session in the public bar Wednesday 12nd Andy Collins in the public bar Friday 14th Subb Michalski Trio in the Public bar Saturday 15th Electric Boogaloo in the Boatshed $ 5 cover Sunday 16th Open Folk Session in the public bar Wednesday 19th Bullethouse in the Public Bar Thursday 20th Max Hillman Show Band in the public bar Friday 21st The Embers w/ Guthrie & Jimmy Steele In the Boatshed $10 cover Sunday 23rd Open folk session in the public bar Wednesday 26th Frankie Andrew in the public bar Thursday 27th Steve Smyth (Testament, Nevermore) + Supports in the Boatshed $15 door sales Friday 28th Taberah + supports in the Boatshed $ 5 cover Saturday 29th Lawless Quartet + Bad Beef & more in the Boatshed $5 cover Sunday 30th LBC Christmas party in the Boatshed + Open Folk Session in the public bar
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