Warp Magazine September 2011

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Art vs Science

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------------------------------------------------Warp Tasmania SEPTEMBER 2011 ------------------------------------------------EDITOR Nick Mason nick@warpmagazine.com.au ------------------------------------------------LOCAL MUSIC Stuart Warren stuart@warpmagazine.com.au ------------------------------------------------CLUB / ELECTRONIC Ainsley White ainsley@warpmagazine.com.au ------------------------------------------------ART Alison McCrindle alison@warpmagazine.com.au ------------------------------------------------Performing Art Sarah Mashman sarah@warpmagazine.com.au ------------------------------------------------Eat Out Jason James jason@warpmagazine.com.au ------------------------------------------------DESIGN Miu Heath catspop@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------ADVERTISING ads@warpmagazine.com.au ------------------------------------------------GIG GUIDE Submit your events to gigs@warpmagazine.com.au ------------------------------------------------Writers Merran Reed, Sose Fuamoli, Sarah Leary, Eva Lubulwa, Josh Clements, Lyn Geisel, Daniel Townsend, Jervis Dean, Jarred Keane, Lucas Thomas, Caity Rode, Lisa Dib, Brett Neuling, Jade Bonus, Sybelle Foxcroft ------------------------------------------------NEWS Submit your press releases plus publicity images through to the appropriate editor for consideration.

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Melbourne-based singer-songwriter and guitarist Jarrah Thompson seamlessly fuses rock, blues, roots, folk and Latin into his own eclectic sound. Having recently played at Point Nepean Music Experience in a flute vs guitar battle he’s bringing his well-crafted songs, from high energy folk to fuzzedout guitar rock, to finger-picking soul on the road for a national duo tour with Asha Henfry. See them on Thursday September 8 at the Royal Oak Hotel, Friday Sept 9 at the Alley Cat Bar, Saturday Sept 10 at Brookfield Vineyard and an afternoon gig on Sunday Sept 11 at the Longley Hotel from 3.30pm. www.jarrahthompson.com HOLY BATRIDER, LAUNCESTON

will compete for a tailor-made 12-month mentoring package which includes the ultimate prize of performing in Nashville, Tennessee. Competitors can enter by visiting www.telstra.com/trtd - entries close at midnight on Sunday, September 11. The heat winner will receive a return trip to Sydney to take part in the next stage of the program, a three day music mentoring ‘boot camp’ in December.

ROCKING ROOTS Adelaide’s rocking roots band the Timbers return to Hobart with their highly-energetic and totally raucous alternative folk party.

The four-piece come armed with guitars, foot-operated bass pedals, tin whistles, a stomp box, foot tamborines, violins, djembes, congas and a didgeridoo. If you like Mumford & Sons and Iron & Wine but want to dance more energetically, this is for you.

See them on September 15 at the Royal Oak, Sept 16 at Tapas Lounge Bar in Devonport, Sept 17 at the Brisbane Hotel, and Sept 18 at Brookfield Vineyard. www.thetimbersband.com HOBART SONGWRITER SUPPORT

Launceston gig night Skinny Gean’s continues to bring the rock ‘n’ roll to town with Wellington-based indie sensation Batrider. The Skinny Gean’s night doubles as the Launceston leg of their national tour and should continue the fine tradition of excellent nights out that have become a hallmark of the monthly event. Supporting Batrider will be Hobart’s The Native Cats, along with Anthony Rochester, Launceston outfit Stayns and solo artist Phat Meegz.

September 10 at Launceston Rugby Club Speaport from 7pm. Entry is $5.

FILMS AT THE POOBAH Film nights at the Grand Poobah continue through September. Rock up at 6.30pm to order dinner before settling in to the film at 8.30pm. This month, see Once Upon a Time in the West on September 7, Nausicaa - The Valley of the Wind (1984 anime) on Sept 14, Latcho Drom (1993, Tony Gatlif), and Contempt (1963 by Jean Luc Godard, starring Brigitte Bardot).

WHITE KNUCKLE RIDERS Hang on tight because Sydney’s White Knuckle Fever is heading to Tasmania.

Comprised of 3kShort (Machine Gun Fellatio) and Celia Curtis (Circus Bizarre), the two-piece rockabilly/techno fusion outfit will be in town to work with The Muddy Turds, with 3K taking the production reigns on the Turds’ new project. September 10 at the Brisbane Hotel.

INDIE IN IT TO WIN IT Tasmanian independent artists have until September 11 to grab the chance to showcase their music to the nation and make serious connections in the Australian music industry. A half-dozen local musicians will get the chance to perform at the Burnie heat of the Telstra Road to Discovery and

Hobart singer/songwriter Melissa Estreich has gleaned the attention of MySchoolAct presenter Nathan Sapsford and is in the contention for a $50,000 recording contract with Sony, or a slot at the Big Day Out 2012.

Get behind our local talent and vote for Melissa at www.myschoolact.com. Voting closes Friday September 16.

SKITTLE’S QUEER POM POM Skittle Queer and Alternative Party takes it to an electro-industrial place at the Grand Poobah with Melbourne-based Pom Pom. She’s a distorted crossbreed of Trent Reznor, Fever Ray and Peaches and plays Hobart for one gig only, supported by local Skittle DJs, on Saturday September 17.

VILLAGE ROCKS Village Cinemas goes alternative with Pearl Jam Twenty, a film that chronicles the years leading up to the band’s formation and the chaos that ensued after stardom. Big themes, bold colours and blistering sound carved from over 1200 hours of footage paint a definitive portrait of Pearl Jam: part concert film, part intimate insider-hang, part testimonial to the power of music and uncompromising artists. It’s screening for one night only at Village Cinemas on Tuesday September 20. Tickets are $20, book at www.villagecinemas.com.au or 1300 555 400.

INNA DUB STYLE Hobart dub/reggae outfit Dublo is all set to support the nation’s leading exponent of roots reggae and dancehall music, Mista Savona on the Hobart leg of the band’s national tour. Dublo will be mixing their reggae and heavy dub grooves with elements of funk, psychedelia and trance, warming the room for the Mista Savona collective.

Expect to see one of Australia’s most exciting and diverse live acts – especially if the full 10-piece live band travels south for the Hobart gig at the Republic Bar & Cafe on September 24.

BAZAAR AT THE POOBAH The Grand Poobah Bazaar is a monthly market offering art, books, second-hand goods, tunes, collectables, yum-yums, treasures, bargains, coffee, frocks and delicious food to warm your belly. The next market is set for October 2 and interested stall holders can contact 6231 3363 or email thegrandpoobahbar@gmail.com 24/7 AUSSIE MUSIC RADIO Triple J Unearthed launches its 24/7 digital and online radio station, featuring all new Australian music, non-stop. The music will be handpicked from the wealth of music on triplejunearthed.com - an online community 30,000 artists and 250,000 registered users strong. If you’re a musician writing original music there’s never been a better reason to upload your music to triplejunearthed.com.

Launches on October 5.

Luca set to launch Local heavies Luca Brasi are amping up to launch their ‘Extended Family’ album with a big night out in Hobart and Tassie tour next month.

The album release will play a big part in the October Damage Nightclub event at Hobart’s Brisbane Hotel and heralds a big step forward for the four piece who have made a real name for themselves since coming together in mid-2009.

The LP will be unveiled at Damage on Friday, October 7, followed by a show the next night at The Oak in Launceston.

Joining them will be long-time Hobart heroes and good mates, Your Demise who’ll be turning out their own signature brand of melodic punk. Rounding out the bill will be young guns Explosions and Hobart’s Wolfpack, consisting of members from Tassie acts Stand Defiant, Ballpoint and Your Demise.

MOFO TSO SIDESHOW

LANG IN MIND

The much-hyped MOFO / TSO Sideshow features the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sebastian LangLessing, playing Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, with Acumen and Dean Stevenson and the Arco Set. Bar and food available from 6pm.

Friday September 23 at PW1, tickets are $25 for all ages (under 5 free), available from www.tso.com.au or 1800 001 190.

Jeff Lang recently announced a national launch tour to celebrate the release of his new album, Carried In Mind. A limitededition 2 CD version of Carried In Mind will be available at retail outlets and at live shows from September 9. According to Lang, the album is “a batch of brandnew, reconditioned, rust-removed, freshly ventilated, instinct-driven musical conversations between sleep-deprived,

cheaply-clothed, (mostly) freshly-shaven, (partially) clean-living, flinty-eyed gentlemen wielding precision instruments with all due care and respect.” Jeff Lang will be appearing at the Republic Bar & Cafe on Thursday, October 13.

ROCKIN’ ROBIN Whether they’re robbing the rich and giving to the poor or just keeping folks entertained with their happy and harmonic pop songs, Ben Wells and the Middle Names have bought us a new single, Robin Hood. They’ve also announced new tour dates that will see the Tassie six-piece perform their first ever show in Sydney and their first show in Melbourne in more than a year. The ‘Robin Hood Go Now’ co-tour sees BW&TMN join Sydney’s TiGERTOWN for four shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Hobart in October.

They’ll be performing two Hobart shows on October 15 – an all-ages afternoon gig at The Grand Poobah and again at the Republic Bar and Cafe later the same night.

BASTARDFEST 2011 The all-Australian and New Zealander Heavy Metal festival BastardFest is being dragged kicking and screaming around the country and then to Hobart, headlined by national metal heavyweights Psycroptic and Blood Duster. Leading up to the show, tour promoters are running competitions and giveaways (including a Fiik electric skateboard!) The Brisbane Hotel, October 15. www.bastardfest.com WAGONS LETS SLIP In Hobart recently for the first show of his solo national tour, Henry Wagons revealed to Warp that he’s already started work on the next Wagons album. “You’re the first person I’ve actually told,” he said. In the early stages of songwriting at present, Wagons said fans of the band can expect a “darker” record than this year’s Rumble, Shake & Tumble and that it was still far too early to know when the new project might see the light of day. In the meantime, Wagons is internationally-bound later this month to tour in support of Rumble, Shake & Tumble’s release in America and Canada.

MANTRA SPEAKS VOLUMES One of the Australia’s finest MCs is set to release his second solo album. Melbourne’s MC Mantra will release the highly anticipated Speaking Volumes on September 9 through Obese Records. The 16-track CD contains production from M-Phazes, El Gusto and Mista Savona among others, and features guest appearances from the likes of Jeremedy, Drapht, Promoe, Illy, Muph, Urthboy, Solo and more. www.obeserecords.com ALL FOUR FUNKOARS Adelaide hip hop outfit Funkoars is back with their fourth album and national tour. The Quickening will be released via the Hilltop Hoods’ Golden Era Records on September 16 and features guest performances from Hilltop Hoods, Vents, Ad-Fu and K21 with

production from Large Professor, Dazastah, Simplex and Debate. Joining them on the tour will be Melbourne’s Ciecmate, labelmate Vents and Adelaide newcomers Mase & Mattic. The ‘Oars will be launching the album at Venue Six on Friday November 4 and Hotel New York on Saturday November 5th.

PARTY CARTEL After a massive party show, Tijuana Cartel return to Tassie on their M1 album tour with support Tin Can Radio. Hailing from the Gold Coast, their sound crosses the globe with multi-layered grooves, slide and flamenco guitar, trumpet, vocals and Afro and Cuban percussion all mixed up with some dirty electronica. It’s energetic, intriguing and totally made to party at the Republic Bar & Cafe on Wednesday November 8 and Friday Nov 9.

FRESH FILM COMP Breath of Fresh Air film festival offers five days of feature film, digital SLR shorts, debates, competitions, masterclasses and gala events at the Inveresk Precinct in Launceston, from Wednesday November 23 to Sunday Nov 27. Film competition entries close Friday September 30. To enter the Digital SLR Short Film Competition and the Fusion Film Competition, go to: www. withoutabox.com/login/9557 General film Award categories include the International Short film Award, Freshest Screenplay Award, Tasmanian Short Film Award for Freshest Short Film Produced in or by a Tasmanian, and the Audience Choice Award. www.bofa.com.au TABERAH’S DREAM

MOUNTAIN FOLK ROCK Sydney indie rockers Boy & Bear hit Hobart on the Moonfire Tour, bringing their unique blend of indie folk rock and layered choral harmonies to woo audiences State-wide for Moonfire, recorded in Nashville, Tennessee with producer Joe Chicarelli. See them on Friday December 2 at Wrest Point and Saturday Dec 3 at Saloon Bar in Launceston.

XZIBIT CONFIRMS Xzibit’s official tour has finally been confirmed, with one Tassie show only on the Amercian rapper, actor and TV host’s Aussie tour ahead of the release of his new album, RESTLESS2. See him wtih DJ Fingaz on Friday December 9 at the Derwent Entertainment Centre supported by DJ Flagrant (VJ set), Acumen (DJ Dameza and VJ Sloth), the Last Kinection, Justice and Kaos with DJ Simon Says, and more to be announced. Tickets are $75 and are available now from Ticketmaster and the DEC. www.xzibit.com MEREDITH ECLIPSE

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The 2011 Meredith Festival will have a decidedly eerie feel. Not only is it the 21st Birthday of the landmark event, but at about half past midnight on the Saturday there will be a total lunar eclipse - right as Grinderman are completing their set. It takes a few hours for the Earth’s shadow to completely block out the moon, so the effect of the eclipse will be slowly building and intensifying as the Grinderman set progresses. This year’s Meredith Music Festival runs December 9 - 11.

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Hobart heavy metal outfit Taberah released their debut full length album The Light of Which I Dream last month and are celebrating with a national tour.

The culmination of much hard work since the band’s 2004 birth, the album is set to showcase Taberah’s brand of melodic heavy metal and give listeners an insight into their fist-raising, hair-flailing world. The 16-show, six-state tour means the sky is the limit for these young purveyors of metal and with a number of dates already set around Tasmania throughout the year and into next year. www.facebook.com/taberah.tas

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FALLS FEST TIX AVAILABLE NOW Falls Festival promoters recently announced a bunch more acts to play at this year’s biggest party at Marion Bay. The latest acts announced include the An Horse, Kimbra, Head to Heart, the John Butler Trio and turntable masters the Scratch Perverts.

Other acts performing this year include Arctic Monkeys, Arj Barker, Missy Higgins, The Kooks, DJ Yoda and the inimitable Easy Star All Stars performing their dub classic Dub Side of the Moon. Two- and three-day tickets are now available, as well as the “Gimme Shelter” tickets, which include a 3-day pass with a tent and sleeping mats already set up for you when you arrive. www.fallsfestival.com

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Former frontman for the three-time ARIA award nominated punk hip hop outfit Butterfingers, Evil Eddie has flown the coop and is trying on his “solo man” suit for the first time ever and is hitting Hobart ahead of his debut solo album, tentatively titled Welcome to Flavour Country. Keep an ear out for the first two singles off the album, Queensland and (Somebody say) EVIL! Evil Eddie plays at the Republic Bar & Cafe on October 1 and Warp has two single release prize packs to give away on behalf of the Republic Bar as well as a double pass to the show.

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SEPTEMBER BONJAH ON THE ROAD

Go Go Chaos introduces a new direction for the band, with the album’s diverse songs quite different to previous work.

EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD SUCCESS STORY – ESPECIALLY WHEN THE PROTAGONISTS ARE BONJAH, FIVE OF THE NICEST, HARDEST WORKING GUYS IN THE AUSSIE MUSIC INDUSTRY TODAY.

“It was the general consensus that we didn’t want to pigeonhole ourselves and write the same record, and be the sort of band that does that. We really wanted to explore new territory with sounds at the studio, you know, less-is-more approach, trying a lot more space in the music, also experimenting with tempos...

Bonjah has gone from jamming together as teenagers in New Zealand to busking on the streets of Melbourne, to becoming regulars at some of Australia’s biggest festivals, selling out venues across the country, and reaching their 500-show milestone – and all before they had released their second album.

The five-piece roots outfit began with South African-born singer Glenn Mossop, guitarist Regan Lethbridge and bassist David Morgan began playing music together at age 14, joined later by drummer Dan Chisholm and percussionist James Majernik.

Their second album Go Go Chaos has been heralded with an Australian tour by the kiwi expats.

“As a band we wanted to go somewhere that we could just basically live off of music, have opportunities, and just give it everything we could, and we couldn’t do that in New Zealand,” says Lethbridge.

“We asked around and Melbourne was the word… So we put three months rent down on a house, booked flights, bought a van, and warpmagazine.com.au

started touring. We’ve always been a touring band. We tour a good seven to eight months of the year, usually… at festivals, our own shows, whatever really.”

With only a six-month writing period, the band barely even took time off during production of the second album, doing two national tours in December 2010 and March 2011 to launch new singles Something We Should Know and The White Line respectively.

“We just love playing live, and that’s what we came to Australia to do - just play as much as possible and get a fan-base – and each time the rooms get bigger and more people come, so it’s really amazing.”

“Any band that sticks around for a while will probably say the same thing - you just want to get there, and you want to move forward, and you want to try new things - that’s the most exciting part with this record.”

The band is genuinely looking forward to just being on the road again, and not to any one city or venue in particular, though Lethbridge admits that it’s not always smooth sailing wherever they go.

With all bands, music is better-received in some areas than others. For Bonjah, keen audiences turn out at the Sunshine Coast, Byron Bay, and Western Australia.

“Whenever we tour we usually start in WA. For some reason the response over there has always been warm and good. The scene over there is awesome, it’s insane; we love it. It’s the weather…the beaches remind us of New Zealand so that’s a good excuse to get over there”.

With such an adoring fan-base, it’s somewhat surprising to learn that apart from some people that sat outside their apartments in Byron Bay once (which, by the way, didn’t bother them at all) the band have had virtually no crazy fan encounters.

“We respect it, you know,” says Lethbridge,

“they’re the people that go out and buy your records and spread the word, and so we can’t really down them. They’re just absolutely obsessed with the music and that’s a cool thing for us… and they’re all really nice, it’s not like they’ve got knives or anything,” he laughs.

With over 500 shows under their belt, it takes Lethbridge a few moments to come up with an answer for which show has been their most memorable.

“Probably playing with The Who…that was right up there. That was just phenomenal… an amazing experience,” he said, adding that a close second was hometown shows in New Zealand, which the band tries to do at least twice a year.

For most bands, the end of an album tour is always likely to be followed by a break - but not for Bonjah. The band have both New Zealand and Japan tours lined up for October, a bunch of festival slots lined up for the summer, as well the possibility of a summer headline tour in January.

“We want to literally start writing straight away - we just want to get writing and recording early-to-mid-next year. We don’t want to have such a long break between albums this time. It’s been an amazing ride so far, and it just keeps getting bigger. It’s very cool.”

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Bonjah perform at The Republic Bar on Friday September 23 supported by The Joe Kings. Go Go Chaos is out now.

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PRISONER RELEASED FROM EP AFTER THREE EPS, SYDNEY POWERHOUSE THE JEZABELS ARE REVELLING IN THE COMPLETION OF THEIR FIRST FULL-LENGTH ALBUM, PRISONER. GUITARIST SAM LOCKWOOD TELLS US ABOUT THE BAND’S CREATIVE PROCESS AND STAGE JITTERS.St Louis with their latest blinder of a record, Knots and Tangles.

Rehearsing in their Sydney studio, Sam Lockwood and the group are enjoying the benefits of being able to rehearse their new full length album before it explodes on their upcoming Australian tour.

“I guess the reason most bands do EPs is because they can’t afford to do a full length album. So that’s really how all three of ours came about. You always need something to show on radio... But the third EP sounded like a cool idea and something that not many other bands really do,” Lockwood said.

“When you’re starting out as a band any point of difference is a good thing because it’s so hard to build your own fan base.

I think because we released the EP’s so close to each other as well, it has helped heaps with building an audience.”

If you are anything like me, the three instalments over the two years was simply not enough. Years seemingly went by between tracks as the CD player in my car and the song selected on my ITunes remained on repeat for months at a time.

Obsessive? Maybe. Addicted? Definitely.

“It’s sort of mixed feelings around the camp at the moment, it’s crazy and we’re so busy

really comfortable on stage I guess, but we are getting better and I think being a little anxious actually makes us a little better and subconsciously helps us not to freak out on stage too much.”

Heather Shannon on keys is the professional within the group, Lockwood says; “she has music running through her veins.

“Nik [Kaloper, drums] and I get nervous for sure, but especially Hayley [Mary, vocals], because she really puts on such a great show and performs at another level whilst I can just play guitar and walk around like an idiot.”

because it all feels so amazing but we still have a big task ahead. The truth is we have to rehearse heaps to make sure our live show sounds okay, you know.”

Packed with a bag full of natural remedies to help the throat when it starts to hurt, Haley’s preparation and ongoing maintenance of her iconic voice is only rivalled by the bands ability to play bloody loud music.

Sam said the group may not be stressed “yet,” but there is a lot to do to make sure the show is of their best quality and satisfies the many anxious faces in the crowd with comprehension and confidence.

“We are a loud band, and really we should quieten down for her sometimes I think,” Sam laughed sarcastically.

“With the new album coming out, there are a lot of songs to learn. At the moment, we’re rehearsing eight hours a day every day of the week, like before Splendour we rehearsed heaps.”

Live shows are a trademark of this unique Aussie group as Hayley and keyboard/ vocalist Heather Shannon work their voices and personalities tirelessly to tie in with the intensity of Nik’s drums. What results is an experience which weeds out the disbelievers and only keeps those who are musically and emotionally tough enough to ride the rollercoaster of themes and moods they create.

“I am a believer in working really hard and that’s what we do to make our set and our sound work on stage. We’re a band that isn’t

IT’S CRAZY AND WE’RE SO BUSY – IT ALL FEELS SO AMAZING, BUT WE STILL HAVE A BIG TASK AHEAD. THE TRUTH IS, WE HAVE TO REHEARSE HEAPS TO MAKE SURE OUT LIVE SHOW SOUNDS OKAY. Writing the album was not that lengthier process as the entire recording process only spanned a few months. Poetic and metaphoric in parts, and just plain blunt in others; the new album is a parade of the

Jezabels’ capabilities as a band, as friends, as musicians and as downright artists.

The album soars through the stratosphere with the aggression and wingspan of ten eagles before it lands as innocently as a sparrow on your ears.

Each song is a collaborative process, with Hayley left to her own devices to lay down the vocals. Although, Sam recalls Hayley approaching the group on her acoustic at one point with a song called Rosebud which needed little collaboration whatsoever.

“Subconsciously we aim for a singlysounding Jezabels I think... but it’s always pretty random with the same process over and over again. We never think about the sound of the end product it just comes out sounding uniquely like us.

“It’s a very strange reality to be in at the moment what with our own album and all these shows and stuff. Usually I just say to people I don’t understand what’s happening... But it’s great.”

At heart, Sam Lockwood is a simple guy.

Driven by effortless charm and seamless flows, his beginnings as a guitarist are not far from his aspirations as he simply enjoys contributing to the sound of the Jezabels.

“I like simple music, simple books and things like that. I love this band because it allows me to do that... to have a sound that sits in unison and harmony with everything else.”

EDDY MORTON

Jezabels perform at Hotel Tasmania in Launceston on Sat October 8 and Wrest Point Showroom on Sun October 9.

Supports are Hey Rosetta! (Canada) and Enola Fall

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PINKY VS DC3: THE INTERVIEW

it - the idea of confronting all the questions about your previous band, and your back catalogue, and your old life, etc etc. It’s a great, great thing, to be able to pre-empt those (mostly dull) questions in a song.

PINKY BEECROFT AND DAMIAN COWELL SIT DOWN TO A WARP INTERVIEW WITHOUT AN INTERVIEWER. HERE’S WHAT THEY COME UP WITH, WHEN LEFT TO THEIR OWN DEVICES.

I don’t think I could’ve done it because for a long time I was too busy being angry/ confused/messed-up about MGF. Are you weird about TISM? Would you be happy never to have TISM mentioned ever again?

Can you talk a bit about the song?

PINKY BEECROFT: Can you tell me why I got the job of interviewing you? And how it happened that I’m suddenly working for whatever goddamn media outlet this is? Am I on the payroll? Where is my cheque? When are they coming to help me?

DAMIAN COWELL: We’re interviewing each other. It’s like how the NME once got Nick Cave and Mark E. Smith and some other lugubrious fucker in a room like a sort of pine-heads CHOGM. Only, we’re the RSL version.

PB: You have a song called Jesus Penis on your new album. Can you talk about that song please? The first time I heard it live was at Oakleigh RSL and it was a memorable moment. But I didn’t totally grasp the story, because there was somebody yelling at me.

DC: I’m sorry someone was yelling at you.

But you didn’t miss much. Quite honestly, I was told by someone that they had met a character with that name. And someone called “Lee Ki Brain’. Good enough for me.

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I don’t live my art. I don’t experience life.

I walk around like a brain injury patient with my head up my arse concocting these inscrutable, uninstructive vignettes. Halfway through that song I decide to talk about what a big shot writer I am – and in the process I rip off variously, over about 4 or 5 lines – Shakespeare, Dickenson, Auden and Keats - and then I conclude by saying that my life’s work will be dismissed because I write lowbrow songs like Jesus Penis. Just the usual rock lyric, basically.

PB: You have a song called I Was The Guy In TISM - it’s track 2 on TFSON, and it’s a brilliant piece of work. I want to ask you about it because the first time I heard it, I loved it, and then I kind of got this flash of jealousy. Wherein I thought, fuck, I wish I’d had that idea, to write a song like that (in my case about MGF rather than TISM). [I realise that so far I haven’t asked a question here yet -- hopefully I’ll get there soon].

Of course we didn’t wear masks in MGF, so the song would not have had the same power, but I strongly identify with the idea of

DC: Yeah, I’m weird about TISM. But thanks for being the first person who seems to have spotted exactly what I was trying to do – unsuccessfully, of course! I mean, what a jumped up hubris-engorged conceit to imagine that writing a song will make any difference to any interviewer?

But it was my attempt to stop flip-flopping about like Miss Prissy saying “oa, ah cannot admit to being in TISM – how undignahfied!”, yet in the song telling the listener exactly fuck all about me, TISM, or anything much really. I mean, that was a band that spent their entire career misinforming the public.

It would be a real disappointment if I turned around and started telling the truth.

Anyway, no-one gives a shit in the end, and interviewers just ask me questions about TISM whether I want them to or not. So, big deal. But anyway, you have written about your past, haven’t you?

Judging from the title of your first album, the lyrics of a song like Got Control and stuff you’ve said in the press, you felt some unresolved poo-iness about your previous

band. Now, you’re playing some MGF songs at these forthcoming gigs – so where’s your brain at these days regarding MGF? PB: “Unresolved poo-iness” made me laugh, thank you - suddenly I’m six years old again. And yeah it’s a strangely accurate description of how I felt. I think people assume that if you’re in a band, you love everything about your band, and all its music, and its whole vibe. I think that’s horseshit. I read an interview once with Larry Whatsisface Junior, the stupidlynamed drummer from U2 who seemed to be saying that their albums Zooropa and Pop were bollocks. MGF was the sum of many many parts.

Some of those parts were anathema to me. It’s just how it goes. Some of my own contributions to MGF were crap. You move on, you change up, you try to do better.

Where’s my brain at these days? Fuck knows. I’ve calmed down a lot. I suppose I’m less hung up about it all and less obsessed with trying to distance myself from that band. I just take the bits I still love, and leave the other stuff behind.

DC and Pinky

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“In a way it sort of feels like a bit of a tester, it’s not something you want to fuck up though. If you want to get political and make a statement, you can sound really bad really quickly; certainly when it feels like people are doing it for the sake of doing it, it can be in bad taste.

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This recent focus has seen the boys end a three year silence with their latest offering, Rain On The Humming Wire.

People tend to read into The Panics’ songs; Get Us Home (from Cruel Guards) was received as a political statement about the War in Iraq, while the latest single Majesty, a statement concerning Australia’s ties to our motherland. Neither are accurate,

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“I feel I’ve got a lot more knowledge about life now than when I first set out to do what I’m doing. That gives you strength for the big years, you feel like there’s lots that you want to document and put down, whereas when I was 20 it was a bit of a mystery.”

“I don’t see us making another one similar to this latest one. Like the way we talked about how I write these moody, personal kinds of songs, I feel like some of these ones have been taking that idea as far as it goes, and I feel like exploring something new. It’s been a nice way to cap off those thoughts.”

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“I feel really good. I’ve had a one track mind for several years, same dream, though I feel more focused on it now than I have been in previous times. I think that it’s best to go out and just live your twenties instinctively and do and see as much as you can,” he said.

They may even make a party album, he indicated - “a little Friday night record”; something that is really kicking and reflective of the group’s general optimism and good feeling. He describes their house like the set of M.A.S.H. and thinks it would be nice to make other people feel that too.

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“There has been some highly effective stuff out there, exceptional songs that have changed people’s thinking, but they’re very rare, and they’re generally written by geniuses... If you can do it, then I guess you would hold a lot of responsibility.”

Rock’n’roll doesn’t have to be heavy-hitting all the time, Laffer points out, elaborating on his own personal writing process, acknowledging that it does take a certain frame of mind to take those often heavy, visceral thoughts and translate them into something more palatable.

“It’s kind of like all the stars have to align in your life, I think. I’m not into writing when everything’s complicated. When it’s good and I’m buzzing, everything around you is more beautiful so it seems worth a song, you know what I mean?”

ALI HAWKEN

The Panics play the Saloon Bar in Launceston on Thursday September 29 and Wrest Point Showroom on Friday September 30. Tickets available from tixtas.com.au or 1300 795 257.

KATIE’S RIPE ELIXIR FOLLOWING THEIR RECENT TOUR WITH AMERICAN JAZZ GREAT RON CARTER, KATIE NOONAN AND HER TRIO OF 14 YEARS, ELIXIR, ANNOUNCE THEIR FIRST ALBUM, FIRST SEED RIPENING, TOURING NATIONALLY NEXT MONTH. “OUR INTENTION WITH THIS ALBUM WAS TO CREATE A GENTLE AND INTIMATE WORLD BETWEEN US BAND MEMBERS, AND BETWEEN US AND THE AUDIENCE.” As sweet and polite as her music portrays, Ms Katie Noonan’s new album is a collaboration between Elixir and renowned Australian poet Thomas Shapcott, making it deeply intimate, soul-delving stuff.

“We’re really proud of this record; it was a really special experience working with Thomas Shapcott and his work. I discovered his writing about seven years ago now, and from there the creative seed of this record was sewn,” Katie tells Warp.

We’ve not heard much from the timeless trio since Elixir’s 2003 debut, as Katie has been immersed in Shapcott’s work, deconstructing every word.

“When you’re a busy artist performing and touring and all these other things, you really have to prioritise you’re purely dedicated writing times. For me it’s best if I do it away from home, generally,” Katie says of her stay at the NSW southern highlands Bundanon Artists Retreat.

“I was invited there a few years ago now to write and arrange the Captain’s record as an artist in residence and now I have gone back with Elixir and I plan on going back again next year.”

It is with these picturesque scenes of countryside and the company of likeminded people that Katie really thrives in her element as an artist of timeless proportions.

Katie’s voice is not an easy thing to maintain, however; it is as trained and disciplined as a thoroughbred race winner, and her main focus in life.

“I am always learning and trying to be a better singer. I am very disciplined with it; I train and look after my voice daily so that it keeps growing and I keep growing.”

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I caught up with Jae a couple of days postcelebrations for this interview and asked how he was settling in to the idea of turning 30.

“We want to make another album really soon as well, follow this one up really quickly. There’s a lot there to work with.

We just want to make really cool records that people enjoy listening to. We’ve always talked about it, and I think we’re the kind of band that’d be good at it.”

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A few days ago it was The Panics’ frontman Jae Laffer’s birthday. Sitting around in the backyard of their Fitzroy residence, the boys had an idea; from a pile of unused bricks, they went about constructing a barbeque.

After a good hour or so of sanding, lifting and laying, lo and behold they had in fact made a damn good barbeque.

“I think they were happy with all the kudos [Cruel Guards] got and to know that we work in our own time and our own methods, and they can trust us to do whatever it is we’re doing. We want to make another album really soon as well, follow this one up really quickly.

Laffer points out, but he appreciates music with meaning, dabbling in the occasional political theme.

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These boys work together, live together, endless weeks on the road together, and yet they are all the closer for it; their brotherly nature is endearing, to say the least.

The majority of record labels would have typically placed a fair amount of pressure on the group to hastily record an album to follow-up the success of the last, but this wasn’t so much the case.

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Most of The Panics’ band members Drew, Myles and Jae - live under the same roof, where you’ll find them most afternoons scattered around on milk crates, VBs in hand, stoking a fire and discussing at length their inability to comprehend the female gender.

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WORKING IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, YOU COME TO REALISE IT’S LESS ABOUT TALENT AND MORE ABOUT ENDURANCE AND HAVING YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU. WITH 11 YEARS IN THE GAME, PERTH FIVE-PIECE THE PANICS HAVE BOTH IN SPADES.

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Having just finished the tour with Ron Carter, Katie is still pinching herself after a long time recording the Blackbird album and playing side by side with such a revered figure.

“Although we had already made a record together and have a friendship, I was still totally overwhelmed with the enormity of just hanging out with a person that has played on so many unbelievable records.

After all, he is the most recorded bassist in history.”

Carter has long been a staple with the likes of Miles Davis, Herbie Hancock, Tadd Dameron and a handful of the greatest blues musicians to walk the earth. He’s a bit of a big deal.

“Basically, everybody on the Blackbird album - especially Ron - are just really lovely people. They have all gotten to where they are because they’ve all worked really hard, had an overriding passion and been genuinely nice people.”

Probably one of the sweetest and genuinely down-to-earth musicians in Australia today, Katie is now looking forward to touring with Elixir, exhibiting and sharing their long awaited new album.

“Our intention with this album was to create a gentle and intimate world between us band members, and between us and the audience. Hopefully the audience will feel and appreciate that mental space with us, so we’re just really interested in sharing that space with audiences around the country.”

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NO CLUB FOR FAKERS TASSIE POP-ROCK OUTFIT COUNTERFEIT CLUB HAS ACCOMPLISHED A LOT IN ITS FIRST YEAR – FROM GARAGE JAMMING TO OPENING ACT AT MS FEST. SINGER JESSIE TEINAKI TELLS US ABOUT THEIR DEBUT EP FAR FROM HOME, DROPPING IN OCTOBER.

Following in the footsteps of other NW bands such as Shoe, Deligma, Lyke Giants and The Dirty Love, Counterfeit Club are another River City Records band which means quality product is a must.

So I was not surprised but still very impressed to hear that they’d teamed up with Sydney Producer Greg Stace (Something with Numbers, Kid Courageous, Amy Meredith.)

“Man it was so good. It was our first time recording and I don’t think we could have picked a better producer to work with. He just knew so much about everything but was still open to our ideas. It was a really challenging but rewarding process,” singer Jessie Teinaki said.

Greg flew down to track Far From Home at the Launceston Polytechnic, whilst the project was mixed in Sydney at Jungle studios. I’d heard that first recording sessions can have their dramas and access to gear and a healthy working dynamic can be hard to obtain but Jessie assures me it was pretty much smooth sailing.

“We got lots of support along the way from other bands and muso’s that were really keen to help so we ended up with gear from about 10 different bands in the studio!

To us the whole recording process was a pretty amazing experience, just being in the studio every day was a massive vibe.”

Whilst chatting to Jessie he let me listen to Far From Home in its entirety and I have to say I was very impressed. Huge rock sounds and extremely catchy pop melodies drive the songs whilst Jessie’s outstanding vocal performance holds everything together. I was keen to catch the band’s overall reaction to the end result.

“Yeah we’re all really happy. Like we weren’t quite sure what we were going to get because it’s our first time.

I guess you imagine what you’re going to get but in so many ways the end result definitely exceeded our expectations. “ With Far From Home hitting record shelves and iTunes this October, there is no doubting Counterfeit Club will be gracing more stages around the country in the near future.

CABE MACKENZIE

Sole Stickers play the One Fine Weekend Amplified

Showcase at the Republic Bar & Cafe on August 19 and James will perform a solo set for the Edge FM live broadcast from the Elizabeth Street mall earlier the same day.

FINN’S FINE REINVENTION WITH THE RELEASE OF THE PAJAMA CLUB’S DEBUT ALBUM THIS MONTH, LEGENDARY MUSICIAN NEIL FINN GIVES US A BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK AT THE PROJECT.

Born from evenings in fine wine and sleepwear, the next chapter in the illustrious Finn family legacy has arrived. Neil Finn and wife Sharon present Pajama Club: a unique specimen, one seemingly oblivious to Neil’s past endeavours.

The couple would discover a new context for their relationship through a series of impromptu jam sessions - a few fun, frivolous evenings without any true agenda.

“We weren’t expecting even jam sessions, because it’s not something that we had done before. We had a bit more time on our hands and we just found our way into the room,” Neil recalls.

With sons Liam and Elroy having flown the coop to pursue their respective careers, Neil and Sharon were resigned to leisure.

“There’s that point that comes probably in any family where the parents have to look to each other and go, ‘Well, what do we do now, as independent beings? Do we join the bridge club? The golf club? Are we ready to pack ourselves up in a camper van and drive around Australia?’ We weren’t that deliberate about it, but you’ve got to redefine.”

Consequently, the couple began to collaborate. According to Neil, the seeds of

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something special were quickly sewn.

“When we played it back, it had a little more oomph and charm to it than we would have imagined,” he recalls. Naturally, the partnership’s sudden promise was pursued further.

AS TIME GOES ON, I JUST WANT TO REINVENT THE WHEEL... YOU DON’T WANT TO BE RESTRICTED TO BEING DEFINTED...

YOU’VE GOT TO FIGHT – FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO CONFUSE PEOPLE. “If we weren’t playing or jamming, we were listening to our jams and kind of jigging around to them, getting a few little ideas... so a fairly natural process unfolded and our little ideas started to spark off those original jams and songs started to form.”

“As soon as we had a couple of ideas on the go, we realised that it had some legs.

It’s a joyous discovery when you’ve been

playing music for this long to find new angles emerging - right under your nose as it were.”

His insight appears terrifically precise: the Pajama Club’s debut record, released this month, bears no obvious resemblance to Neil’s stint in Split Enz, nor his beloved Crowded House.

Important clues as to the Pajama Club’s direction were perhaps evident as early as Crowded House’s tour for their 2010 album, Intriguer. Long-time fans would spy with their little eyes something beginning with ‘M’. No, not Neil’s new moustache - rather, a nifty microKORG. “It’s a really fun little machine. I’m always on the look-out for great design and that one seemed like it’s a bit of a modern classic... give me a machine with some good knobs and I’ll be there every time. That one’s got some great knobs, good presets and every knob on there does something... you know, for a knob like me,” he jests.

The inclusion of the new toy among other instruments introduced an unprecedented electronic component to Neil’s career. His continued development as a musician has arguably informed much of the Pajama Club’s debut, a record prepared to take risks.

“I think as time goes on, I just want to reinvent the wheel - as much as you can in your own world. You don’t want to be restricted to being defined as a singersongwriter or popster or craftsmen or all those labels... As much as they’re often intended and meant in a kindly way, they seem to hem you in. You’ve got to fight fight for your right to confuse people.”

Neil’s evolution extends beyond the Pajama Club’s aesthetic, however, as his legendary song craft continues to develop. The album’s opener, Tell Me What You Want, illustrates a more sexually suggestive side to the Kiwi

working in tandem with Sharon to conjure a funky, seductive swagger.

“There’s an element of humour involved in that song and there’s also a very serious underpinning of revealing yourself to your partner. In any stage of a relationship, it’s always tricky. There are layers of understanding. You can mess with that idea.

“There’s a breathy tête à tête, as somebody called it, involved... which is partly because we like creeping people out, being middleaged people, that there’s anything remotely sexual about us. It’s quite a creepy thought for most people.

“We quite enjoy making people feel uncomfortable in that regard,” he jokes, “especially our kids.”

Of course, it’s every fan’s dream to one day see the entire family come together and embark on one big Finn family project.

“I’m looking forward to doing something else with Tim... maybe a big old family collaboration would be a fun thing to do.”

The Pajama Club project, above all else, has re-ignited Neil’s passion for studio work.

“I’ve got like three or four (albums) lined up in my brain that I want to make in reasonably quick succession. I want to be working in that zone for the next few years and I would say Pajama Club’s definitely given me a burst of enthusiasm for that process.” www.pajamaclubmusic.com NICK MASON

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NECESSARY EVIL HE’S NOT THE TYPE OF BOY YOU’D TAKE HOME TO YOUR PARENTS - MAYBE NOT EVEN TO YOUR MATES. BUT EVIL EDDIE, FRONTMAN FOR QLD’S BUTTERFINGERS, IS VENTURING SOLO WITH HIS IRREVERENT TAKE ON SLANDER-FUNK PUNK-HOP, AND HE’S HITTING HOBART SOON. While the remainder of Butterfingers tend to their Truffle farm (yes Truffle farm), Eddie has taken it upon himself to create an album completely attributable to himself and his skills as a growing musician.

“The work load is definitely more than double,” he tells us. “There is definitely a lot more to do know that I am by myself, but I am coping with that. I have to open all those doors again to the world of making and promoting my music.

“Because it has been so long since the last Butterfingers album, I’ve kind of got to refresh people’s memories a bit, but I am not going to reinvent myself or try to hide my roots. I am who I am, and I am here now.”

Eddie came under fire recently as his track Queensland stirred a few feathers with Steve Irwin devotees. His lyrics leave nothing to be desired as he attacks big issues, small and everything in between with his semisarcastic and disobedient persona.

“I’m not out to upset anyone in particular, but I do know that when I say things sometimes I do expect a backlash. “ “That comment about the stingray stabbing someone’s chest, obviously some people take it as a dis to Steve Irwin, but I don’t really mean like that.”

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Off the microphone, Eddie is actually quite reserved, light-hearted and not as much of a larrikin as he makes himself out to be.

His image as a bit of a bad boy is really an

image and something he likes to reflect in his music.

“I think people are generally surprised when they meet me and I am not as rough as a person as what comes across in my songs.

But I do often get drunk and do stupid shit like every other bloke out there.”

On Welcome to Flavour Country, Eddie lays down all the instrumentals himself apart from the drums, stating that you can never know enough or have enough skill on any one instrument. He humbly proclaims that it’s not cleverness, but lack of direction, that gives his music an versatile sound. He is versatile, though; Eddie is now a selfmanaging, multi-tasking musician and director of his own music videos.

“Sometimes it can be frustrating, but I am happy with how it is at the moment, although it’s a lot of work and I am not getting much sleep. It feels great to know everything that is going on, with all aspects of my career for the first time.

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NONSTOP PARTY EXPERIMENT AFTER A MASSIVE RUN OF AUSSIE SHOWS, SYDNEY’S ART VS SCIENCE HAS CEMENTED ITSELF AS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S LEADING LIVE ACTS. JIM FINN TELLS US ABOUT THE UPCOMING REGIONAL TOUR. There is never a non-hectic moment in the world of Art vs Science. The band has been smashing out gigs all over the place, whether on the successful The Experiment tour of their hit debut record, or various festivals around the country.

I think, because we’ve got that little bit more exposure, people are just starting to hear of us over there. It’s very early days, but hopefully this tour will push it around a bit further and get the Americans on-board the Art vs Science party wagon!”

Even now, as I chat with keyboardist/vocalist Jim Finn, the band is waiting to depart for Miami, where they’ll be kicking off their second American tour.

Following Art vs Science’s jaunt overseas, the boys will be back for another tour, this time taking to venues which didn’t make it onto the tour bill last time. The Feels Like Home tour comes off the release of With Thoughts. A song demonstrating a change of pace and versatility, the track still holds the same message as other AvS material.

“In a lot of ways, before with Butterfingers, a lot of people were doing a lot of different stuff and I kind of felt like I was in the dark sometimes about the workings of the group.”

“It [touring] takes its toll on you if you want to go out and party every single night. With this American tour we’re doing, we’ve got eleven shows in eleven days at one stage,” Finn says.

Butterfingers is on and undefined period of hiatus, “I hate this question,” Eddie laughed, “I don’t know what’s really happening with that, the truffle farm is their thing... I don’t know anything about truffles.”

“So we can’t really go out and still perform well each night. I think we’ll be very well behaved on this tour.”

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Evil Eddie plays at the Republic Bar & Cafe on October 1. www.evileddie.com

Proper behaviour isn’t something usually associated with a standard AvS show, with outrageous stage antics and insane music constructing an immediate party vibe. On the overseas market, Finn enjoys being able to wow the new audiences.

“You try and convince them that you’re worth dancing to; you’re worth listening to.

“We always wanted that to be a single, but we didn’t want to surprise people and have that be one of the early singles off the album. But, now the album’s been out for a bit, maybe it has given people a chance to hear what was on it; they can digest it and understand more of what we’re about.

“Our whole band’s mentality is about having a good time and thinking nice things – whether that be with a party anthem or a nice gentle song like this.”

Regional crowds can catch the new single as well as many other AvS hits live when the

band tours in September and October. The tour, marking the final Australian tour dates for Art vs Science this year, is one that the band had always had in mind.

“We wanted to play all the regional shows as well as the big cities, obviously. I don’t think we could have slotted them in back when we did the big tour. We’d also just done the Groovin’ The Moo tour fairly recently and we thought it might be a bit soon to go out and do regional shows.

I THINK IT’S TIME WE PULLED OURSELVES OUT OF THE SPOTLIGHT FOR A LITTLE BIT... IF YOU WEAR YOUR NAME OUT EARLY IN THE PIECE, PEOPLE WILL GET SICK OF YOU. “We thought we might give them chance to breathe, because God knows you need a little bit of time to recover after an Art vs Science show!”

Interestingly enough, the two Tasmanian dates on the Feels Like Home tour almost didn’t make it due to scheduling and venue conflicts. But Finn is adamant that the band had Tassie’s back.

“I think one of the people who was helping us book the tour had failed to add Tasmania and we were like ‘Whoa, whoa. Where is Tasmania?! We’re not doing a regional tour without Tasmania, put it on there!’ We love it down there and the people are always lovely

and they always get into the music. So we made sure we’re coming to Tassie.”

After the tour finishes, Art vs Science will retreat from the stage for a bit to get back to writing some new material for their adoring fan base and public to eventually get their ears around. According to Finn, this creative period also serves as a way for the band to stay fresh.

“We’ll be writing and doing some more overseas stuff. I think that we’ve played so many shows in Australia and so many festivals…

I think it’s time we pulled ourselves out of the spotlight. We don’t want people to get sick of us.

“We always want Australia to be our home and always want to tour here. I think if you wear your name out early in the piece, people will get sick of you. Sometimes you’ve got to leave people wanting a little bit more.”

With accolades including a nomination for the J Award given to Art vs Science, the band has a lot to remember the past year by. For Finn, the most important thing is that the people enjoy it.

“The thing that excites me the most is people coming up to me at shows and telling me what songs they like and why they like them. They get up in the morning and put a song on that gets them ready for work and energised. That makes me really excited.”

SOSE FUAMOLI Art vs Science play the Hotel Tasmania in Launceston on September 28 and the Wrest Point Showroom on September 29.

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BLAST FOR SOUTHERN BASTARDS

FLIGHT OF FANTASY

For those of you who are familiar with Tasmanian tech-metal band Psycroptic, it may seem strange that Dave is working a day job at all.

Bastardfest is a national touring festival spanning the two months of September and October and hitting every Australian capital city; it might well be something dropping the day job for.

“Everyone has to work,” Dave says. “The amount of costs involved in touring and playing in a band are excessively high… we don’t really make much of a profit from it at all. We might come back from a month-long tour with a couple of hundred bucks each – you can’t really live off that. We still have to work the shitty day jobs.”

“Bastardfest picks up where Metal for the Brain left off all those years ago [with the final festival in 2006]. It’s bringing back the ethos of local bands, local talent, kick-ass lineups and affordable ticket prices.”

However, a two-month long tour is exactly the occasion of my call to Dave, with Bastardfest approaching.

With the exception of Melbourne, each show will be headlined by Psycroptic, and features at least a good half-dozen bands.

Psycroptic are signed to music giants Nuclear Blast, and the reception of their last album, 2008’s Ob(Servant), was pretty big right around the more metal-inclined parts of the globe. Yet Dave is not the only one in the band supplementing the income.

MELBOURNE BLUES HOUNDS THE BROTHERS GRIM ARE REVIVING 1920’S BLUES IN A GLORIOUSLY UNWHOLESOME, MOON-HOWLING, SWEAT-DRIPPING, GROIN-SHAKING FERVOUR.

“The hope is that every year it will get bigger. But people need to come out and support this one, or it won’t come back.”

Another band on the bill for most of the shows is another of Dave Haley’s bands, Blood Duster. I asked if he wasn’t going to be worn out with all the drumming, but he seemed fairly confident.

“It’s a little bit of a challenge, but it’s usually ok. I’ve always been fairly driven… I just love to play. I try and get in at least an hour every day just for the sheer excitement of it.”

And for those not in the know, Dave is a fairly insane drummer – just have a listen

Yes, that’s their description, but it’s a party they promise to live up to in Hobart this month. Fans, on the other hand, describe them as “unwholesome sex voodoo deltablues-a-billy” or “Howlin’ Wolf in an AC/DC t-shirt on too much cocaine.”

The party is raw for Brothers Grim’s everpresent and chaotic frontman James Grim, who awakes each morning like a phoenix, rising from the decay of smoke-filled barrooms and whiskey-soaked nights. The blues tradition - party all day and all night – is a lifestyle that can only be maintained with patience, endurance, durable livers and new towns to play in, James Grim says.

“That’s not to say that we wake up every morning while touring perky and ready for the next party but a hot shower, clean underwear and hair of the dog will go a long way to getting you back on the horse by 10 - nothing gets you over the last like the next so to speak.”

And the dream gig may be tonight – every night. Grim’s dream gig is a little off-centre, so be warned, Hobart, you may wake up the next day a little disoriented.

“Waking up in a spa covered in honey next to Milla Jovovich in a Winnie the Pooh outfit while Charlie Sheen is running around the room in his boxers shouting ‘You guys are Wining! You guys are wining!’ and thinking to myself as my head begins to lose its fog... that was a good gig! “[Tasmanian audience] reputation certainly precedes you and hopefully ours will too,” Grim says. “We will meet in the middle, stare at each other for a moment then scream something like ‘I’ll show you mine if you show me yours!’ the volume will be

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Jarrah Thomson Sat Sept 10 | 8:00pm Jamie Pregnell Trio Sun Sept 11 | 4:30pm Open Your Eyes (Film) Sat Sept 17 | 3:00pm Jenny Biddle Sat Sept 17 | 7:00pm The Timbers Sun Sept 18 | 5:00pm Kelly Menhennett Sun Sept 25 | 5:00pm David Knight with Wingit Sat Oct 1 | 7:00pm Ethereal Adult Students Concert Sun Oct 2 | 12pm Benny Walker & Tom Richardson Sat Oct 8 | 7:30pm Andrew Marshall Sat Oct 15 | 7:00pm Ruby Tunes Sun Oct 16 | 4:30pm

Open Mic Night 1st Friday of the month Folk Night 3rd Friday of the month both have a guest artist each month and are free Sitar Lounge 1st Thursday of the month (7pm) Trivia Last Friday of the month (7pm) Local Market Every Wednesday (10am - 3pm) Delicious Homestyle Meals Open 7 days 9am till 6pm Friday and Saturday nights and all events

1640 Channel Highway Margate Tasmania Ph: (03) 6267 2880 www.brookfieldmargate.com to any Psycroptic track and you’ll be able to tell. So what’s something left for you to achieve musically, Dave? “Well, if I could live off it for a start!” he laughs.

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Psycroptic play Bastardfest 2011 at the Brisbane Hotel on October 15. www. psycroptic.com, www.bastardfest.com and www.facebook.com/BASTARDFEST

When Brooke joins us for a chat she is still on a high after sharing the stage with Pnau in Melbourne the night before.

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SHE’S SWEET, BEAUTIFUL AND EXTREMELY TALENTED: OWL EYES (AKA BROOKE ADDAMO) IS SHARING HER MUSICAL PROWESS WITH THE MASSES ON THE EXTENSIVE RAIDERS EP NATIONAL TOUR.

TECH-METAL BAND PSYCROPTIC DRUMMER DAVE HALEY TAKES A LUNCH-BREAK ON A MELBOURNE BUILDING SITE TO TELL US ABOUT THE BAND’S UPCOMING NATIONAL TOUR FOR BASTARDFEST.

“Most of the time I teach drums, and do music-industry related stuff, but every now and then a few days of labour hire comes up, so I grab that too.”

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augmented, hips will begin to gyrate and as the room erupts and the sweat drips into our eyes we’ll wonder why the he’ll we hadn’t done this sooner!”

“It was an awesome gig. I just feel so privileged to have supported them, and yes there was lots of dancing involved in the evening,” Brooke shared.

If you’re wondering about my safety, so am I. Should I ask them about favourite colour about for a little piece of fluff? How would they deal with bland questions like that from lazy journalists?

And to top it all off, in October Owl Eyes will be joining Faker as they play support for The Wombats Australian tour.

We’re pretty good about it. We usually just take note of their name, do a little research, find out where they live, and then bore them to death for a few hours with a slide show of our 6th birthday party with detailed descriptions of what wasn’t happening in each photo...

“And for the record my favourite colour is red.”

Last time The Brothers Grim tried to tour to Hobart, a volcano up and got in their way. No stress, apparently – James Grim digs them.

“I love Volcanoes! They’re turbulent, unpredictable, explosive and ultimately impressive much like my ideal woman...

Although preferably my ideal lady wouldn’t scream red hot lava at me while I’m heading to an airport and then sit in a dark cloud refusing to let me fly to your town!”

Oh, come on. You’d love it.

CHARLES FARLEY

The Brothers Grim perform with The Lawless Quartet and Guthrie at The Brisbane Hotel on September 23.

“I’m super excited. It just got announced today,” Brooke divulged.

This talented young lady with the smooth, sweet vocals has been hanging around the Aussie music scene for a few years now. Brooke has been writing and singing since her early teens, and despite an early departure from a certain “talent” show in 2008, (we all know those things often have trouble recognising actual talent) she has been quietly setting the local music scene alight with her beautiful songs.

She even got a chance to appear on Triple J’s Like A Version, doing a whimsical, magical rendition of Foster The People’s Pumped Up Kicks.

It’s so smart, to mix this intriguing story into pop; the song has this strange darkness mixed with the upbeat pop.

“It’s fun though, and I’ve been playing it at shows”, Brooke revealed.

Last year saw the release of her debut and well received EP Faces, while her second

release, Raiders is an amazing little feast of fine tunes that Brooke is very proud of.

“We picked the songs carefully - we chose them based on what was the best fit,” Brooke said. “And there will definitely be an album next.”

A new EP is a pretty good excuse to hit the road and go on a little tour. August and September will see Owl Eyes playing the length and breadth of the country, from funky Melbourne and laid back Byron to the far reaches of Fremantle and even crossing Bass Strait to do a few shows down in Tassie, with maybe some extra shows in a few smaller towns thrown in for good measure and an all-ages gig or two.

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Co-headlining with Stonefield, Owl Eyes’ Tassie tour includes shows in Hobart and Launceston, with an all-ages gig in Hobart.

“It will be a busy and fun tour, and I’m really looking forward to it. I’ve been to Tassie before, but this will be my first time playing down there.

“I’m just hoping to reach as many people as I can and share my music with them,” Brooke said.

With two quality EPs under her belt, a voice as smooth as honey, a beautiful collection of songs and talent by the bucketload, you’re invited join the sweet Miss Brooke Addamo, aka Owl Eyes, as she tours our vast country on her Raiders EP launch.

KYLIE COX

Owl Eyes appears with Stonefield on Friday Sept 9 at Hotel New York and Saturday Sept 10 at the Republic Bar. The Raiders EP is out Now.

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LADDER OF EMOTIONS SYDNEY’S EMOTIONAL TROUBADOUR JACK LADDER HAS FORMED A NEW BAND, RELEASED A THIRD ALBUM AND ANNOUNCED AN EXTENSIVE TOUR. HE TELLS US ABOUT BACKPACKING, NICK CAVE, AND SINGING THE BLUES.

Jack Ladder’s third album Hurtsville is the follow-up to the Australian Music Prizenominated Love Is Gone. With its shuffling, swampy blues, it signals a shift towards a modern Australian gothic sound, played out through his desperately deep vocal range and shadowy lyrical content.

After Love Is Gone’s successful release in 2008, Ladder was awarded a song-writing prize and a trip to New York, leading to a range of performances, from gigging on the subway to appearing live on American TV for Fox’s Good Day New York.

He’s come a long way, but the acclaimed artist is still quite modest, especially about an album whose success is its true emotion.

“I’m very appreciative of everyone’s support of my work. It’s been quite amazing how everyone has responded to an album that I’ve created. It was influenced whilst I was backpacking throughout New York and I met a lot of crazy people including one who I ended up in a relationship with.

“The relationship ended strangely and I guess it’s a reflection on myself; I’m not very good at finishing things. Hurtsville isn’t necessarily about this girl or about anything in particular, but isolation and unfinished business is probably where it’s headed.”

“My deep vocals complement the music that I play because the lower frequencies suit the sort of melancholy within my record, much like how Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh has that perfect tone for his mood.”

However, with such an impeccable voice, many have compared him to one of our finest national icons, Nick Cave, of which he denies and almost prohibits.

“When people compare me to Nick [Cave], I don’t necessarily take it as a compliment.

I mean, I have great respect for him; he is a simply incredible musician, but his music is really quite different to the stuff I write and I think most people just make the comparison with the deep voice, which is a bit of a shallow comparison to make. My intent is far different to his when writing.”

Nevertheless, Ladder’s latest release has blossomed into one of the most atmospheric and beautiful albums of the year and his live show is enthusiastically received.

“We’re all really excited to tour Hurtsville. it sounds even better in a live environment and our shows have become increasingly more entertaining over the years - at least that’s what I’ve heard anyway.”

JOSH CLEMENTS

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Ladder is recognisable for his earthrumblingly low vocal range and he sees that as a blessing rather than a burden.

“I think that people see people with deep voices with a bit of command, almost a little powerful. I believe it’s fairly paternal, people respond to others who have an experienced voice, much like a father.

Jack Ladder and the Dreamlanders are playing The Grand Poobah on September 29 with support from Ghoul. Hurtsville is out now through Spunk Records.

The first time I encountered him he was showing a gong in the Japanese temple style but made out of a manhole cover. This was both elegant and provocative. His work frequently features found objects, tip shop debris, and recycled throwaways.

ELECTRIC SOUL

“I really love the quality of used and weathered objects. They have a lot of soul and tell a story. I also just hate the amount of waste we create. I often make art that surrounds this.”

DARWIN ELECTRO-SOUL DUO SIETTA IS TAKING THE AIRWAVES BY STORM WITH THEIR DEBUT ALBUM THE SEVENTH PASSENGER. THEY TALK WITH US ABOUT THEIR UPCOMING TOURS WITH THE HERD AND ILLY.

Warp: Sietta’s producer/instrumentalist James Mangohig and vocalist Caiti Baker are Elefant Traks most recent signing – how did this come about?

Mangohig: I’ve known the guys from The Herd for a while; me and Toe-fu used to work together up in Darwin and on communities. I spent some time playing bass and synth for TZU and during that time started working on the Sietta stuff with Count Bounce, we’d often bump into the Herd and I’d fill Urthboy in on the stuff we were doing.

When we finished the first EP he was one of the first to get it and he instantly gave us the Melbourne and Sydney supports for his Hellsong launch. These were also our first gigs as an electronic outfit. warpmagazine.com.au

Aedan Howlett is a Fremantlev artist who currently practices in Hobart. He works as a graffiti artist and in galleries. He is also the organizer of various pop up art events with titles such as Alley Way Show, in the alley outside his CBD apartment and Next Show, at a decrepit indoor car park.

Aedan and a friend have taken this approach one step further, moving from individual trash works to an immersive environment in gallery format.

“The gallery is called The Swamp Art Compostery. It’s in a friend’s venue called The Grand Poobah, 142 Liverpool St. I’m starting the space with Stu Dobell who I do a lot of work with. We wanted to create an art space that would combine traditional galley space with all the things we like about the improvised and outdoor/street work that we do. We also really wanted to make a space that would be totally adaptable to suit lots of different art.

During the recording process of our full length Urthboy and I spent a lot of time on the phone discussing tracks and ideas for the direction of the record. It was a very organic process and we are loving being part of the Elefant Traks family.

They’re our first gigs ever in Tasmania so we’re pumped just to play in Hobart, I remember touring there with Tzu and I’ve got heaps of love for the Tasmanian crowds, they can expect us to bring some banging beats and some deep soul.

The response to the first single has been massive, with Triple J snatching it up straight away - were you expecting it to take off like that?

How does the Sietta music creation process happen?

Definitely not - we knew we’d written something fresh but it’s hard to gauge these things so the response was awesome and even a little surreal.

You’ve hit Hobart recently with The Herd and return next month with Illy - what are you expecting?

Basically we write together. When I send Caiti beats they’re often at a very raw stage and thus begins the process of bouncing ideas back and forth. We’re a little more band-orientated like that. I don’t think we’ve ever written a track where as a producer I’ve showed her something and then she’s written and it’s finished like the way it sometimes works in hip hop.

What does the future hold for Sietta?

We’re looking at recording some acoustic songs in September, a few from the album and some new ones too then more writing and gigging over the summer. We are so excited that over the next two months we get to tour and play lots of shows, so the focus is definitely on that at the moment.

SHANE CRIXUS

Sietta plays at the Waratah Bandroom with Illy on October 1.

The space has a funky and random feel similar to some American folk art from the Deep South.

“Yeah definitely. Stu and I both really like a lot of that kind of aesthetic. Southern backwater forgotten towns, bootleggin’, blues playin’ swamp dwellin’ stuff. We both really like the idea of the ‘shack’ and what it stands for to us: makeshift and unique, crazy and purely functional at the same time.

Ramshackle shantytowns. Those places that seem to grow and mutate instead of getting built.”

done in lots of different ways elsewhere before. I also know that a lot of people think about very similar ideas here and have probably been talking about them for a long time. If there is anything outlaw about what I do I guess it would be that I can be bothered doing it. And I guess at the bones of it I am an outsider, being from across on the big country and everything...”

Aedan doesn’t only collaborate with likeminded visual artists; he also works with musicians such as DJ/VJ team Acumen and concert pianist Michael Kieran Harvey.

“People a getting more and more selfish.

Collaborate! Connect with your community.

Sure, I do solo work too but not all the time.

I think it is good to let a new point of view into your world from time to time at least. Even writers collaborate on work sometimes. It might stop you getting stagnant.”

Despite his usual raw methodology, Aedan also wields a brush well enough to have contributed a stunning portrait of M. K. Harvey to the Archibald Prize competition.

Art school?

“Nope. Just dug it out of the ground. I don’t think it’s impossible to go to art school and keep your work personal but I do think it would take really separating your own work and the work that is asked of you. That seems hard if you are going to be there several years.”

So is he a street artist who works in galleries, or the reverse?

“I just see myself as an artist. The balance between where I do most of my work is in constant flux.”

Is it outsider or outlaw art?

“The things that I have been doing here are mostly not totally new ideas and have been

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DJ PROFILE

Minor Notes This month I thought I might shed some light on outdoor parties. Considering its edging closer to one of the biggest Tasmanian outdoor parties this year, Let the Be Doof, what better way to explain it then to let Wikipedia say it for me?

“The slang term doof or bush doof refers to a type of outdoor dance party in Australia, generally held in a remote country area or just outside big cities in surrounding bush or rainforests and similar to raves or teknivals, but with a different, more empathetic atmosphere.

“Doofs generally have live electronic artists and DJs playing a range of electronic music, commonly Goa and psychedelic trance.

“Doof doof” is an Australian term for loud electronic music centred around a heavy bass melody.”

- Wikipedia So there you go, stay tuned to Warp to find out more about Let There Be Doof.

As for this month we have interviews with man of the moment in Australian dance music Mr Sam La More and also one of the best interviews I have read in a while with Rob Swift who you might have known from the X-Ecutioners.

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LOCAL NEWS

Mobius Lounge Bar resident DJ Jack Viney has quickly developed a reputation for delivering funky beat-filled sets. Warp asks, why so damn funky, Viney?

FUTURE TECH Future Tech is a new weekly night in Launceston dedicated to all things underground in the tech, tech-house and deep house scene. Emerging DJ-producer EMC has come up with a concept to take dance music back to where dance music first started and make it fresh again.

Future Tech runs every Wednesday night, kicking off at Hotel New York on, Wednesday Sept 7, 8pm until late.

FREQUENCY DJ COMP Frequency Events is launching a new monthly event at Ivory Bar and to kick things off they will be holding a local DJ competition designed to instill healthy camaraderie and discover new talent. This comp will be held over three months of gigs, with the winner receiving opportunity to play the opening set at a major Frequency planned for November. www.frequencyevents.com.au Ivory Lounge bar, Hobart on Friday September 9.

MICKY SLIM

Pencil this in CONT. ambient cuts. Building the perfect dubstep journey, Glovecats shift through heavy dark tracks, into uplifting ethereal beats and back again, in one coherent journey.

Hotel New York, Wednesday September 21 from 8pm till late. Supported by SheBounce, EMC, Joycie, Toby and Darcy. Entry is $10 entry.

Phonatics (AKA Mike Warner) swoops from Adelaide into Hobart for the first time with Energy FM. Phonatics has released tracks and remixes on a number of high profile labels, DJing across the nation in both clubs and at festivals and is also features on Energy Fm each week with his own show.

Ivory Lounge Bar on Saturday September 24 from 10pm. Entry is $6.

Hotel New York in Launceston on Saturday, September 17. Entry is $10.

REM!XD BY YOU

Mobius Lounge Bar with Huw, Acumen and Grotesque on September 17.

The Waratah launches a new night for “party people, superstar DJs and bedroom legends (of the DJing variety)” to head along and drop their indie favourites or dancefloor bangers. To play your tracks, email mark@ mainstageevents.com.au with info on what you play and how you play it.

The Waratah Bandroom on Saturday September 17.

Sydney Dubstep duo Glovecats are on their way to Launceston to promote the latest compilation, Dubstep Invasion. Having played at Stereosonic, Future Music and Parklife last year, they’ll be slinging everything from the wonky bass-driven madness of the dark side to the more sexy

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The Cumbia Cosmonauts are headed south to perform at Trouble in Paradise, a benefit gig to help the plight of the Sumatran Sea Turtle at the Brisbane Hotel in September, and Saca La Mois DJ is also performing solo, bringing his worldly selection of music and rocking a unique style which consists of Mexican-style MCing and lasers.

British remixer and producer Sinden (AKA Graeme Sinden) is a regular with Dim Mak and Fools Gold crews and has remixed Mike Snow, Basement Jaxx, Mujava, SBTRKT, Armand van Helden and Mark Ronson.

Catch his dynamic remix show with support from Jesse Breen, Malakai, Lids and Adam Turner at Plan B on Wednesday October 19 from 10.30pm. Tickets available from Oztix.

“In the past three years I’ve toured Europe as a DJ which has been a great influence and essentially made me a DJ of Tropical Bass which is a mix of contemporary ‘tropical’ club styles such as Digital Cumbia, Kuduro, Shangaan, Baile Funk, TecnoBrega, Soca, Dancehall, and that is what I’ll be mixing in Hobart,” he says.

NOMAD AND BAND Blending reggae, dubstep, D’n’B and electronica, The Nomad (Daimon Schwalger) shares his journey through creating and celebrating independent music with live band, featuring MC Rayjah 45 (NZ), Caroline Agostini (UK) and Oakley Grenell (NZ).

Supported by Dublo and Dameza.

The Republic Bar on Friday October 14.

NATIONAL NEWS STRAWBERRY FIELDS 2011 A three-day festival that gets festy indeed, featuring DJs and producers including Minilogue, Moodyman, Channel X, Bluetech and Zen Mechanics, in Victoria from November 25 – 27. www.strawberry-fields. com.au SUMMAFIELDAYZE 2012

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GLOVECATS DUBSTEP INVASION

SINDEN REMIX STAR

BASS KLEPH Beatport and ARIA dance chart number one performer and remixer Bass Kleph is the boss of two labels, a successful pop songwriter and one of the few truly and awesomely live jamming DJs on the festival circuit - Bass Kleph can do it all and he’s bring it all to you.

New Zealand psytrance producer Grouch (AKA Oscar Allison) stomps into Hobart for a Carpe Noctem party with his new album Further, supported by Isaac Chambers’ infectious, uplifting electronic party.

The Brisbane Hotel on October 22 from 9pm, entry is $20.

Next year’s festival on the Gold Coast features a massive line-up of Scissor Sisters, Snoop, Dogg, Seth Troxler, Sasha, Tiga and Pendulum, among others on January 2.

Tickets are on sale now from www. summafieldayze.com

Nueva Cumbia has been gaining momentum on the global scale, with massive exposure from the Zizek club nights and label from Buenos Aires, according to Saca La Mois DJ (AKA Moses Iten).

In Cumbia Cosmonauts with Thomas ‘Soup’ Campbell, Iten has been rocking parties ranging from Melbourne club nights to massive festivals in the Caribbean.

PHONATICS

Hotel New York in Launceston on Saturday October 1.

Flagrant (Melb/US) lets clips fly with his cranking party for the eyes and ears.

Specialising in DJing and live VJ scratching, he’s produced for Bliss n Eso and Phrase and charmed our pants off before on his Hip Hop Rock mixtape tour.

Yacht Club DJs bring their mashup party to Hobart again, this time with extra cheese.

Renowned among the messy cool kid scene for their over the top shows, punk attitude, nudity and high energy antics, anything goes as long as it’s fun and sweaty.

The Republic Bar on Wednesday October 19.

UK big-beat house producer Micky Slim is a Bomb Squad Records artist and Godskitchen Electric resident with Mark Gillespie.

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YACHT CLUB DJS

Latin music causes proverbial booty shaking worldwide and Melbourne-based DJ producer, Saca La Mois, is steadily spreading his Cumbian sounds all over the world, one booty at a time.

This broad exposure to the music of different countries and cultures has given Iten a solid perspective, and his view of the current Digital Cumbia scene is that of balanced eclecticism: Image: Fiona Vail

For anyone who hasn’t caught one of your sets yet, what can they expect?

Sets are normally pretty varied and also depend completely on what the gig might be. Having said that I am a sucker for some classic hip hop tunes and love a good party mash up with some quirky acapellas thrown in the mix.

What has been the highlight for you as a DJ so far?

When I started collecting records and spinning tunes in my bedroom I never would have dreamt that I would have found myself supporting Grandmaster Flash. How can that not be a highlight?!? He is the reason why we juggle, scratch and pretty much do what we do.

What attracts you to funk, soul, jazz hip hop?

One thing that’s evident in all of these styles is that the good tunes are ones by “real” musicians, not just mass produced commercial rubbish. You can play an old funk song with a punchy bass line and sax barking away and people will dance – it’s music which has survived the test of time.

The MONA opening was a good chance to perform an idea I have had on the backburner for a while now. The show was inspired by the sound and spirit of funk and soul music – Curtis Mayfield, Aretha Franklin and James Brown. In the ‘60s and ‘70s, this was rough and functional music – it was music for dancing, for getting together, and for standing up and saying something. It was street music, to be made in the streets and heard in the streets.

I wanted to take that idea and shake it up; create an original live show that starts with those ‘60s and ‘70s grooves, but also brings in the sounds of the street movements that came after – rap, hip-hop and modern improved jazz.

I was fortunate enough to convince Scott Cashion who is a well known Hobart Saxophonist that this was good idea and that it needed some live improvised sax so the idea just progressed from there.

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Hip hop for me is something different and I am not sold on all genres of hip hop.

Growing up I listened to a lot American underground hip hop and this introduced me to the world of beat making. What I really like in a good hip hop tune is the beat and the producers input on a track. That gets forgotten a lot of the time. People will say, “How good is that Kanye track?” And the producer/beat maker gets forgotten. MCs style will make a tune as well but without a good beat they haven’t got much.

Jack’s Top 5 hip hop tracks

You performed at the opening of MONA with a show called Street Movement – what was the premise behind that?

Soul Flower (remix) - The Pharcyde Upbeat with that cheeky Pharcyde vibe.

Shook Ones Pt. II - Mobb Deep - What I associate with good underground hip hop.

93 Till Infinity - Souls of Mischief - the rhymes flow so well in this tune.

Full Clip – Gangstarr - Premier at his best.

No Nuts – Hieroglyphics - Del owns it!

“This new wave of futuristic cumbia has created massive interest for old recordings, and thus enriched dance music with DJs sourcing classic old songs for their sets and producers remixing and revitalising music that had almost been forgotten.

“I’m personally still most interested in imagining futurist dance music, and

not being weighed down by too much nostalgia. But to hear the future, you have to listen to the past.”

A forward-thinking DJ indeed, and somewhat unsurprisingly Iten is set on an exciting future in his career as a musician as well.

“Right now most of my energies are with the Cumbia Cosmonauts - most of this year has been taken up with studio work as we are preparing several EPs. The first one has just been released on Melbourne label Scattermusic. The debut album will follow in 2012.

“But in November and December I am touring Europe again as Saca La Mois DJ and also spending a couple of weeks working in a studio in Paris on a new project.”

Moses is always up for a party in Tasmania he claims, with good reason too - it is his home state.

“I am making a trip to Tassie primarily to rock a party, and in some way perhaps to pay tribute to a place I feel very attached to and that also gave me many great memories... Tassie is my home state and where I actually first got serious about DJing and organising parties.”

BILLY GREEN

Catch Saca La Mois DJ and the Cumbia Cosmonauts at Trouble in Paradise at the Brisbane Hotel on Sept 30.

GEAR REVIEW

Mixcloud review Mixcloud is a London-based online radio site that refers to itself as the “YouTube of radio”.

Friends from Cambridge University, Mixcloud founders Nikhil Shah and Nico Perez were frustrated with how hard it was discovering and promoting radio online.

Playback is entirely browser-based; clicking on a cloudcast brings up a player in a separate browser window that shows a tracklist while playing the cloudcast.

As radio presenters and DJs themselves, they were actively hunting down great shows every day and realised more could be done to help connect this content to listeners.

Users can search the site in the usual way by people, tags or artists, and can also browse cloudcasts using categories such as popular, this week and featured.

Their vision was to build a definitive online platform for on-demand radio shows, from music to talk. Their unique view on the future of radio meant disrupting the traditional ways people interact with the medium by describing the content as “Cloudcasts” stored in “hard-drives in the sky” - accessible on-demand, anywhere.

Registered users can also maintain a personel profile on the site as well as uploading there own shows or mixes. This works particularly well if you have just finished a new DJ mix that you want to promote as the site has a very active social scene.

Mixcloud leans towards club music and DJ mixes which is fine by me and listeners can go as commercial or non-commercial as they like depending on their taste.

However the site is continually expanding to include content that appeals to a wider audience, such as comedy, education, news and technology.

Registered users can also choose their own site name to host their files in the form mixcloud.com/sitename.

All up I think the site looks great and will go from strength to strength. It’s easy to navigate and I have found some great shows and mix sets to listen to while I weave.

JAMES WHITEHEAD

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26 Club / Electronic

Swiftly does it New York DJ Rob Swift fuses genres and incorporates techniques that have taken him from playing with turntablist group The X-Ecutioners to Mike Patton’s project Peeping Tom.

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Hitting Hobart on tour for his upcoming DVD Rob Swift: Live! The Documented Movement, Swift (AKA Robert Aguilar) talks to Warp about the past, the evolution, and the future of turntable technology.

You started DJing in the late ‘80s - did your early experimentation with alternative genres outside of hip hop take you in a different direction to other DJs? Definitely! My first influence as a DJ [was] my dad Jose and brother John, exposing me to the likes of Ray Barretto, Celia Cruz, Aerosmith, James Brown, and Bob James I carried that love for new sounds with me throughout my career. It’s for that reason I composed an album called THE ARCHITECT, which fuses classical and scratch music. I’d be a different type of DJ if it weren’t for my father and brother.

You appeared in the Scratch documentary on scratch, hip-hop and breaks pioneers - how has old-school DJing adapted to newschool digital?

Some original pioneers have adapted incredibly - legends like Grandwizzard Theodore come to mind. I remember touring the U.S. with Theodore back in 2006. I was travelling with Serato Scratch Live installed in my laptop and a small stack of records, enough to fit inside my backpack. Theo on the other hand had a HUGE record back

about the size of one full milk crate. As the tour went on I could tell having to lug that big thing around was starting to frustrate him.

During sound check he’d watch me work the Serato and ask questions. Within a year, Grandwizzard Theodore was rocking his own Serato. That’s an example of a pioneer understanding the importance of adaptation.

There’s nothing wrong with it - it’s the key to survival.

I’m one of those DJs that have adapted - I’ve experimented with all types of equipment but at the end of the day, I find myself coming back to the essence of how I started; two turntables and a mixer.

Do you use any outboard controllers for your performances other than turntables and a mixer?

Hip hop as I know it would not have sounded the same if laptops, iPads and Serato existed during hip hop’s conception. During the days of Kool DJ Herc, Afrika Bambatta and Grandmaster Flash, hip hop was about making the impossible possible!

Turntables weren’t designed to be scratched on but those pioneers figured out a way and that was a part of the genius this new culture possessed.

Technology has made it so DJing isn’t as challenging to learn and as a result, there’s not as much physical creativity that exists compared to the days when I was learning from my father and older brother. Don’t get me wrong, the art has evolved from a technical standpoint.

What I see some of the Young DJs do at DJ battles like DMC is impressive, but technology is playing a role in that. Mixers today are designed for turntablists to adjust the sharpness of their mixer’s fader. When I was learning I was forced to learn how to scratch on a fader-less mixer. But learning that way forced me to take on the challenge of not having a fader and be creative.

It’s all about adaptation and I am one of those DJs that have adapted. I have experimented with all types of equipment on and off stage but at the end of the day, I find myself coming back to the essence of how I started; two turntables and a mixer.

Can you give us some insight on what caused the X-Ecutioners to split?

To put it bluntly, money changed everything.

Before we signed our first record contract, the X-Ecutioner’s only problems revolved around how to win DJ battles. We were so focused on competing against everyone else; there was no time to argue amongst each other. We were inseparable, physically, emotionally and mentally.

Running the Night Sam La More is about as well-travelled as they come. Based in Sydney, he regularly works with A-List producers and musicians in Hollywood and London. Warp caught up with Sam to talk music, touring and the industry.

Sam La More (AKA Sam Littlemore) is a selfprofessed party animal. Having played at A-List parties for the likes of Paris Hilton’s Beirut party, Roisin Murphy’s penthouse party in Miami and London’s electroclash party Return to New York, he admits that the high life can get on top of you sometimes.

“I do love to party and while learning my craft I have certainly disgraced myself many times,” he says. “I can’t remember much, but I am sure it has been a great ride.”

Recently hitting the charts again with hit singles from collaborative group Tonite Only (with Groove Terminator), the duo is once again on the rise with a string of international gigs booked.

Things weren’t always so peachy, however; in 2006 the duo split, citing boredom with the industry.

I decided that the project had reached an impasse. Electro had become cliché and didn’t inspire me anymore. I decided to focus on my solo career and explore some new directions.

“If you want to survive in the music business you need to be completely focused and rather selfish. I hardly have time for anyone unfortunately.”

When Sam picked up his first radio at the tender age of seven years old, he became fascinated by the sounds of synthesizers, samplers and vocoders, which ultimately led to his obsession with Electronic Dance Music. Unlike most producers of electro and pop, he admits he focuses almost entirely on EDM. Sam’s brother Nick is the driving force behind Pnau and Empire of the Sun, however Sam admits that the musical talent does not

necessarily run in the family.

“We can’t really play any instruments. I can barely bosh my way around a keyboard and Nick can belt out a melody, sort of. I really don’t like most guitar music. We just loved electronic music growing up, although making it was just a hobby. Nick has a natural gift for creating interesting stuff and I have a lot of patience, both are skills that are rare in the music business.”

While touring takes up most of his time, he still has the most love for the outdoor parties.

“My favourite place to play is at festivals.

You have some of the best in Tasmania and the new Breath of Life festival looks amazing”.

Was that a hint?

Sam currently is finishing off two tracks with Example, one with Grum, a “whole lot” of Tonite Only and a solo single out before the end of the year. However the best way to catch the new sound is to go and check out one his shows.

“There are a few other productions that I can’t talk about but I will be playing them in my sets from now on, so people will just have to come and see me to hear them first.

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Sam La More plays @ Plan B on September 24, supported by Corney, Gillie & Finch.

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But when we became recording artists that changed; managers got involved. A&Rs were influencing the creative process. We had the responsibility of making our record company’s efforts in releasing our music a success. In 2004 I felt it was my time to leave the group for the sake of salvaging my creativity and so I did.

I started work on a documentary titled As The Tables Turn in 2006 which documented some of the turmoil within the X-ecutioners and members like Grandmaster Roc Raida RIP - and Mista Sinista were kind of enough to appear in the film and lend their thoughts on the matter.

Making that movie was a blessing because us getting together to talk about it to our fans and supporters was a form of therapy for us. It actually got us back in touch.

Your favourite five turntablists of the past or present?

1. Dr. Butcher because he mentored my style throughout the years.

2. GM Roc Raida for his heart.

3. Cash Money, who inspired me to be well rounded and do it all.

4. D Styles - whenever I hear his work, I wanna practice my scratches even more 5. Grandwizzard Theodore, the man created an style of turntable manipulation that has changed my life and the life of many!

CALUM ‘MAX’ POWER Rob Swift plays at Mobius Lounge Bar on Sept 14, supported by Grotesque, Dameza and Dagwood. Entry is $5 on the door.

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Production is an art. Pulling together performers, venues and audiences is, on paper, an easy task. You start with a list of who, what, where, when, how, patiently call and attend meetings and rehearsals and cross your fingers that the venue has insurance for drunken antics and fire eating.

Having performed in so many shows, August seemed as good a month as any to try my hand at producing. The work involved is not limited to rounding up and organising performers into a run list.

Apart from hiring performers from the North, the South and interstate, the show I produced included musicians, magicians, cabaret and burlesque.

As I have a day job, I went straight from work to the venue where upon setting my bags down backstage, the questions and demands started as my poor co- producer was finally able to start getting ready after setting up during the day and ferrying our mainlander from photo shoot to venue.

The night itself was in our eyes, a success. And a success, for us, is a happy, entertained audience, the ability to provide payment to the venue, the sound guy and an honorarium to our performers. It is also a chance to look forward to writing a new list, trying a new venue and perhaps adding a “why” to our list, although perhaps the question should be, “why not?!”

SARAH MASHMAN

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The Clubhouse has changed venues from Onba to the Waratah Hotel’s Band room, featuring a Melbourne head liner each month, the show is hosted by comic local, Tim Logan and a bevy of Tasmania’s best comedians. Now it’s at the Waratah Hotel Band room in September 23 from 9pm.

Entry is $8.

The Brookfield Comedy Lounge has moved venues and been rebranded as The Kingston Comedy Bar. Held at the Southern Lights Hotel, each show is hosted by comedian Gavin Baskerville and we bring you a fantastic line-up of local comedians and a

special guest each month. September will feature Melbourne’s Lawrence Mooney.

Doors open at 7.00pm for an 8.00pm show on Wednesday Sept 7. Tickets are $10 at trybooking.com or $12 on the door.

CABARET The Brisbane Hotel Circus Horrificus and Friends, Sept 1 The Peacock Theatre Burlesque! Burlesque! Burlesque!, Sept 17 Comedy The Brisbane Hotel America or Bust, Sept 15 Comedy Forge, Sept 29 The Grand Poobah Danger Academy, Sept 12 & 26 The Lower House Lower House Comedy Lounge, Sept 8 The Peacock Theatre He Says/ She Says, Sept 16 Southern Lights Hotel Kingston Comedy Lounge, Sept 7 Waratah Hotel The Clubhouse, Sept 23 OPERA The Theatre Royal Melbourne Opera presents The Merry Widow, Sept 3

Comedy as off-hand as it comes: Daniel Burt and Aleisha McCormack met as writers on The 7pm Project. They wrote a lot of news jokes, drank instant coffee and had water cooler conversations about water. Then they quit. Now, they present He Says/She Says - 60 minutes of Daniel battling it out with know-alls and Aleisha tackling repressed memories of school billeting and Christmas gatherings. Friday September 16 at the Peacock Theatre, www.salarts.org.au

Digital technology is being utilised in dance, theatre and musical theatre, so digital puppetry shouldn’t come as a surprise. Terrapin Puppet Theatre’s Artistic Director Frank Newman talks about the new production, Love.

THEATRE The Theatre Royal Terrapin Puppet Theatre presents Love, Sept 16 - 18 Wrest Point Casino In the Mood, Sept 10 The North Comedy

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BY GABRIELLE NANKIVELL PEACOCK THEATRE, SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE AUGUST 19

THEATRE The Annexe CentrStage presents Labryinth, Sept 7-10 Burnie Arts and Convention Centre Terrapin Puppet Theatre presents Love, Sept 22 Devonport Entertainment Convention Centre My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch, Sept 9 Earl Arts Centre Stephen Beckett productions presents Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, Sept 29 – Oct 1 Princess Theatre In the Mood, Sept 11 Oliver, Sept 21- 24 Centrstage presents Who Knows, Sept 28Oct 1

For Love, Newman wanted to use some of the new digital technology that is available, such as the motion-sensing device Xbox Kinect, created for the Xbox 360 video game console.

The Peacock Theatre was clothed in darkness, silent, when, from all around, overwhelming sound.

With the Kinect, Terrapin performers can use gestures and spoken commands to interact with animated characters and settings.

To perform solo for thirty minutes in a dance piece, the artist needs some respite, so too, does the audience. Brief breaks where they can relax and breathe and take in what they are seeing without losing momentum and meaning.

Beginning with an exploration of Gabrielle Nankivell’s life, thoughts and imaginings, was a sign of what was to come. Explosive sound and movement, tempered with private moments, such as cocooning oneself in a blanket with a torch to read or stuffing biscuits into your mouth in childlike gluttony.

These breaks were not voids; they provoked thought and imagination as Nankivell’s voice would muse upon the frailties and anxieties that can strike you down or make you care about the feelings of inanimate objects.

Devonport Entertainment Convention Centre Comedians, Sept 10

Like all of Terrapin’s productions, Love has undergone a long, drawn out rehearsal process. Newman explains that the rehearsal period is a time of exploration and collaboration, gathering ideas and researching themes.

I LEFT MY SHOES ON WARM CONCRETE AND STOOD IN THE RAIN

There was a subtle theme of war, which teetered on the edge of disbelief, the realms of cliches, but thankfully, never made it off the cliff. One passage of writing was a musing on, what if the soldiers had entered no man’s land, “the strike to end all strikes rather than the war to end all wars.”

However the performance was more than a question of war, Nankivell’s physical self, being thrown across the floor in a bewildering passage of violence. The grace of arms marking her as a classically trained dancer juxtaposed with a shuffling, stooping step of an old, wounded soldier.

The performance was short and exciting, a promenade through Nankivell’s mind. It was deeply personal but filled with comedy, compassion and meaning.

SARAH MASHMAN

Saturday the 10th of September / Stonefield & Owl Eyes (Underage) / 2pm - 6pm Saturday the 10th of September / Jelly Wrestling hosted by Tits McGee / 9:30pm Wednesday the 14th of September / Poobah Film Night ‘NAUSICAA - The Valley of the Wind’ / 1984 Anime / Food Available from 6.30pm / Film Starts 8pm Friday the 16th of September / Carnivale D’Arts Art/Con School Ball Saturday the 17th of September / Skittle Queer & Alternative Party Featuring Pom Pom (VIC via Berlin) dark/industrial electro cabaret + local DJ’s Wednesday the 21st of September / Poobah Film Night ’Latcho Drom’ (Tony Gatlif) 1993 / Food Available from 6.30pm / Film Starts 8pm Friday the 23rd of September / Kate Miller-Heidke Saturday the 24th of September / Hobart + Music = Yeah

The spectacle of women writhing and scrambling in a shallow pool of jelly can’t be described as a lady-like pursuit. Make-up runs down faces, hair is pulled and heads are pushed down into an unappetising concoction of green gunk. However, the event is not about ladies, nor, is it about objectifying women.

The first bout saw a diverse bunch of colourful characters such as The British Bulldog, Toothless Black Betty and a French Maid wielding baguettes as her weapon of choice. Later on, salami was added to the mix, resulting in a pool of jelly, bread and meat. Not for the faint of heart - or the vegetarians.

“Some jelly-wrestling events are geared towards women being mostly or fully naked - more like strippers in jelly - and this can be seen as demeaning, our event is not like that,” Newton said.

But, can jelly-wrestling be classified as an art form? As a form of self expression, Newton explains that the pool is a platform where the fighters can express themselves, try out a new persona and get slippery with someone in a big pool of Jelly. Part of the fun is in the spectacle.

As the producer, she acknowledges that the event is not a feminine affair and says that this is half the fun, she argues that her jelly wrestling event is different.

“Our event places the emphasis on the characters the girls play, the costumes they choose to wear and the way they fight their opponent. Each contestant has a signature move and a back story so our events are a performance rather than a naked, slimy spectacle!”

The bout is controlled by guidelines and a set of rules: no standing up, eye-gouging or biting and there is a strict edict of no men allowed in the pool!

Newton explains that the event is inspired by scripted female wrestling from the 1980’s where the characters personalities were big and so was the hair.

However, men are represented at the event.

There is a “Grand Poobah”, whose function is to oversee the matches and make witty comments. There is also a referee, Jimmy McMacken, described as “highly skilled and very fair; who weeds out the cheaters and praises the meek.”

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Returning to the fighters themselves, it is the characters that they portray that is, according to Newton, the most important part of the evening.

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“Each contestant has developed their own character, their own alter-ego prior to the night.”

Wednesday the 28th of September / Poobah Film Night ’Contempt’ 1963 (Jean Luc Godard) / Food Available from 6.30pm / Film Starts 8pm

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Emcee, producer and performer Emily Newton answers some of the questions being thrown around in the lead up to Hobart’s second slip and slide, jelly-wrestling bout.

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“I love watching how each character reacts to getting slammed and slimed including myself.”

Newton has a personal involvement in the show which goes beyond the producer/ performer role. The show is a fundraiser with all participants donating their time and effort to help send Newton far from Tasmania for nine months of training.

She is soon to take to the skies, moving to the United States to train at the Dell Arte International School of Physical Theatre in North California. There she will be developing her skills as a professional performer in the areas of mask, comedy, vaudeville, clowning and physical theatre.

To create a new performance, Terrapin’s rehearsal process follows a similar pattern each time. Wanting to explore the idea of love, Newman gathered his artistic team, performers, designers, tech geeks and musicians.

The use of digital technology in live performance can push the boundaries of imagination. It can create and utilise layers of animation, sound and lighting. The beauty of the technology that is incorporated into the show for Love is that it’s interactive.

Rather than two separate functions running side by side, the technology allows for control, Newman explains.

“It allows the puppeteers to have control on stage as opposed to a piece of animation playing alongside them... There’s a cloud on the screen, they can actually push the screen and the cloud will move.”

Terrapin’s first foray incorporating digital technology on stage was the 2008 performance, Helena and the Journey of Hello, utilising mobile phones to create characters and animate the space.

The Kinect then, is in some ways more natural for the company, allowing the performers the chance to interact and control their digital puppets and this, is immensely important.

“Theatre is a dialogue between audience and performers, the power of the moment is given back to the performers.”

KATHERINE FARRELL

It is a long, drawn out rehearsal process, Newman explains, as the group workshops the idea before the writer can create a first draft. Scripting takes time to write, one to two months, by Newman’s estimate and then another month for a second draft and animation script. “Everybody goes away, being busy bees, doing their jobs,” Newman says.

Their jobs fulfilled, a script created and rehearsals undertaken, Love is described as a heartfelt story about a 10 year-old boy that races against a coming storm to save a milk floats worth of memories and beloved objects for the people in his small town.

The theme is pertinent to current events, after the lashings of storms, floods and hurricanes that have been hitting Australia’s shores. The synopsis questions what is important when all might be lost. Who would be saving their digital possessions?

Love is touring in September Theatre Royal - 29 Campbell Street, Hobart Friday Sept 16, 11am and 2pm Saturday September 17, 11am and 2pm Sunday Sept 18, 2pm Bookings: www.theatreroyal.com.au or 6233 2299 Burnie Arts and Function Centre Thursday Sept 22, 7.30pm Bookings: www.burniearts.net or 6430 5850

So, if you have caught Emily Newton performing at a club, pub or theatre near you, or simply like the idea of girls in jelly, head to the Grand Poobah on September 10. sarah mashman

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Alicranka Women Behind the Wheel Hello readers! Yes it’s September - the month I have been excited for and I’m sure you’re thinking similar; spring, flowers, daffodils, nectar being collected by bees, and joy for nature’s coming back to life after its rather dismal appearance during the last few months.

Now we are more inclined to go out and see what is about.

If you’re up for a trip further than your local gallery or store then I recommend a trip to Willow Court in New Norfolk on September 24. Originally a Military Barracks and then later Australia’s first Mental Hospital, it is now heritage listed and will be the venue of the Willow Court Art Competition/Open Day. The day consists of judging and auctioning of artworks in a variety of mediums including photography, sketching, graffiti and more, following the theme of Derwent Valley icons.

The day also offers a unique opportunity to access restricted areas of Willow Court. For more information visit http://willowcourt.webs.com There is plenty more on around the state so be sure to peruse our gallery guide.

While he’s not everyone’s cup of tea, personally I think don’t miss out on the legendary Sydney Nolan on show at the Academy Gallery in Launceston. Read on to find out more about it.

Have a super September - time to get my mow lawn on!

ALISON McCRINDLE

ST. MARYS GALLERY TO HOST MATERIAL GIRL EXHIBITION 2011, CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR TASMANIAN FEMALE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS TO CELEBRATE THEIR WORK. There are not many opportunities for female Tasmanian contemporary artists to celebrate and promote their work. In recognition of this, Tasmanian Regional Arts offers a major art award and exhibition each year called Material Girl.

Originally all entries were required to be textile works. However, the criteria are now more relaxed and include art work in any medium.

The theme for 2011, Women Behind the Wheel, offered much scope for the imagination. The entries reflected this, with works ranging from paintings to sculpture, handmade books to digital art, printmaking to ceramics, and several textile pieces. Of the many entries received, 60 were juried as finalists.

The substantial prizes included the major award for Overall Excellence being for $1,500 (sponsored by Rio Tinto Alcan). There was also a Premier’s Choice Award ($750); two Zonta Awards (each worth $500), and a People’s Choice Award ($250). The awards announcement and launch were held on Friday 18 March at 6pm at the Burnie Coastal Gallery.

Break O’Day Regional Arts and Gone Rustic Studio and Gallery, which I own and operate, will host this inspiring and varied selection of art works so that they are accessible to the local community.

Gone Rustic specializes in exhibitions and sales of textile arts, from quilts to mixed media, including quality handmade cards and gifts, in traditional and contemporary styles. Local pieces, including my own art works, are also on display and available for sale.

The exhibits in the Women Behind the Wheel touring exhibition are for sale also, but must remain on tour until its completion in November. For more information on dates and venues, contact Tasmanian Regional Arts via email, info@tasregionalarts.org.au or phone 6426 2344.

Entry to the exhibition is free and runs from September 30 until October 26 with the opening event at 5 pm on Friday September 30 and includes lunch for a small fee of $6.

RITA SUMMERS

Women Behind the Wheel Material Girl Art Prize at Gone Rustic Studio & Gallery, 37 Main Street, St. Marys. Open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am – 4pm or by appointment phone 6372 2724 or 0417 027 424 and find out more: www.gonerustic.com

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EXPERIMENTA UTOPIA NOW MUSEUM OF OLD AND NEW ART (MONA) UNTIL OCTOBER 3 Experimenta Utopia Now is a resoundingly diverse survey of new works, which are almost entirely time-based video-style art, which features new works from Australia, Japan, Austria, India, Germany, Canada, France, Taiwan and the UK.

From April, a selection of work by finalists and winners began touring the state, so that rural and also urban centres have a chance to host and enjoy the art works on show.

It’s a collaboration between MONA and the Experimenta organisation and has been seen in other locations, so it’s important to note that for the most part, the works on display are not from the MONA collection proper.

Once they’re gone, they’re gone, so don’t delay – while I was not always impressed by what was on offer in this admirably varied show, there are some stand out works that really deserve to be experienced.

A lot of these works – perhaps the best of them – are funny. The use of comedic strategies to make a point is something that can get overlooked in the dour conception we can have of Contemporary Art, but it’s an error – being funny can be a an excellent strategy that opens conceptual doors that other methods won’t. Besides, there is such a thing as black humour that can reveal the bleaker aspects of experience in precise ways that nothing else will.

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though is The Hunt by Berlin-based artist Christian Jankowski. Sneaking in at just over a minute in length, this witty work cuts directly to the chase – the protagonist gets a toy bow and arrow, heads to the supermarket and shoots his purchases with it. Simple and direct with so much to say about consumer society, the role of men and how we live now, this is a terrific example of a simple, clean idea that’s just been done, documented enough for you to get it and that’s it.

It looks like a one-take wonder, shot on a pretty average digital video camera, with everything unnecessary removed.

I laughed out loud.

The Hunt might have been the work I was most impressed by, but all the works that used humour stood out in this exhibition for me.

Not everything worked though – there was an interesting problem I encountered as I took in this large show: the sheer cleverness of the technique sometimes overwhelmed the ideas – while I adored The resounding pathos of Sealevel Leaker, Life Writer, a typewriter that changed your wherein a man discovers his apartment is words into ever evolving insects before a dam that’s bursting at the seams (with your eyes, the alleged idea behind it, leaks exploding from literally everywhere) of “giving life to thought” almost seemed as if in some surreal sitcom, yet the tacked on; I was more engaged with comments about how one’s existence will wondering how much William Burroughs be shaped by things beyond one’s control is would have liked a typewriter that spews notably poignant. forth creepy-crawlies than considering something quite so esoteric. I liked the Sitting in a similar space of idea is Survival work but was more engaged with what it Skills #1, which quite simply depicts did than what it said. a woman at work in a modern office environment, who, when overwhelmed This was a problem a few works in this by documents, makes a tiny shelter out show suffered from – sometimes one was them. This video work is positively sweet; overwhelmed with the exquisite beauty of a invoking play, invention and escape, but piece, as in What Will Come – an incredible deft in its precise commentary on the feat of mastery over a technique that is nature of work and the workplace. simply breathtaking in how it works, yet Running off with the comedic trophy for me that very technique seemed separated

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from anything that might have been trying to be said.

It’s actually a classic problem with much digital work – I can see you are a fantastic programmer in full and astonishing control of your software, sir, and I do indeed respect and doff my cap to that, but I want a little more meat in my work, if you don’t mind.

Another digital video work that must be mentioned is Angelica Mesiti’s Rapture (Silent Anthem), a magnificent silent video work that intrudes into a strange space: the front row of the mosh pit at the Big Day Out. Playing with notions of voyeurism and the idea of a gaze, the ecstatic reactions of a male audience to their unseen rock and roll gods are made iconic serene and even beautiful. The images of faces and emotional overwhelmed reactions are mesmerising and more pointedly, this captures what is in a way a rite of passage in modern Australia.

Rapture is a fine work and explores the depths of a simple idea (let’s get some crowd shots and remove the sound) with insight. It’s incredible what power this work has - as you observe, you can so easily image the overwhelming sound, you can almost feel it, yet it’s very absence forces a different observation.

Like The Hunt, this is a very simple idea that has embraced with great effectiveness and is worth your trip to MONA alone.

Is this good show overall? Of course it is.

There is a lot here to engage with, and the quality is so diverse that I will gladly guarantee there will be something for everyone in this broad survey. Even the works I don’t personally enjoy so much are still fun, and while there are some things that children may get a little worried by, Experimenta Utopia Now is held together by a sense of play, joy and wonder that makes this a very welcome experience. I’ll be going again before it finishes.

ANDREW HARPER andrewharper@yahoo.com http://distantyowie.blogspot.com http://theswollenear.blogspot.com Experimenta Utopia Now International Biennial of Media Art Museum of Old and New Art August 5 – October 3

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Artists hit high school Artists can apply now to take up residencies in high schools across Tasmania during the first term of the 2012 school year with the arts@work AIR program.

Artists have the opportunity to work in partnership with teachers to bring the benefits of creative practice to students in Tasmanian schools with the arts@work AIR program, developed in partnership with the Australian Council for the Arts.

Successful artists undertake a program of professional development that supports their residency, including a schools induction, supervision and support from appointed school staff. They also have access to other artists working in similar settings and an artistic mentorship to support their development in tandem with their residency program.

AIR 2012 will see the third iteration of the program in Tasmania, with its success in 2010 and 2011 stemming from its ability to connect students and teachers with authentic arts experiences that may not otherwise have been available to them.

AIR 2011 provided seven artists with the opportunity to be placed in six schools across the state for the duration of term one.

Students and teachers at Brooks and Queechy high schools in Launceston, Mountain Heights School in Queenstown, Devonport and Burnie high schools in the North West and Montrose Bay High School in Hobart, were given the opportunity to work with professional artists across a variety of art-forms, including circus skills, dance and performance, song writing, textiles and new technologies.

As a result of the residencies, students and teachers were afforded an insight into new processes, ideas and possibilities for creating art, as well as learning specialised skills through both watching and working with the artists.

Applications for the 2012 AIR program are now open. So, if you’re a professional artist and are interested in participating, please visit www.artsatwork.com.au/air for more information. Applications close on September 23, 2011.

CONOR CANNING

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Sidney Nolan: A Naked Honesty Concerning War The large yellow crates sat within the open space of the University of Tasmania’s Academy Gallery, Inveresk, marked with the words “Australian War Memorial, Canberra”. and although somewhat rudimentary in appearance, they delivered so much more than I expected. These simple images of the soldiers were somewhat disturbing; their shadowed faces contrasted with the bright backgrounds, young soldiers with lifeless or even soulless eyes conveying a sense of the horrors they had witnessed in war.

Nolan didn’t just concentrate on portraits for the Gallipoli series as I had first assumed.

Represented in drawings and paintings were the landscapes that soldiers fought in and even the places where they recuperated.

Many of these images show youthful exuberance and playfulness, which Nolan’s quick and simple marks artfully impart to the viewer. They achieve an almost sublime element, particularly in brief in images of naked soldiers frolicking in the ocean during brief interludes from the fighting. Nolan presents the viewer with a sense of the joy and release that this must have provided.

Nolan’s major work of the series, a 1963 diptych entitled Gallipoli, shows a more disturbing aquatic experience; a dark tangle Courtesy of the Australian War Memorial of bodies with eerily visible faces that look out at the viewer express a sense of despair.

In this work Nolan gives the viewer the These solidly built crates with their precious feeling of looking at the souls of the damned cargo caused a buzz throughout the School in purgatory. The soldiers seem to be of Visual and Performing Arts even before clinging to each other for support, even while they were unpacked. The Sidney Nolan those towards the bottom are drowning.

Gallipoli Exhibition had arrived.

As a third year student of a Bachelor of Contemporary Arts and recipient of the Academy Gallery Volunteer Professional Development Award, I felt privileged to be handling such valuable works. Let me be first to admit that until recently I knew little of Sidney Nolan beyond his iconic Ned Kelly series and a few portraits of Gallipoli soldiers.

When I first became aware that the Academy Gallery would be hosting the prestigious Sidney Nolan’s Gallipoli exhibition on loan from the Australian War Memorial, I was pleased but expected nothing more than a series of crudely illustrated portraits.

This was about to change.

Carefully unpacking each crate quickly dispersed my shallow preconceptions.

Amongst the 60 images there were a number of portraits representing soldiers,

ART FORUM Get inspired by UTAS Art Forum, a lecture based presentation held at the UTAS Centre for the Arts’ Dechaineux Lecture Theatre each Friday from 12.30pm-1.30pm. Artists of all walks of life present a folio of their work.

It quickly became apparent to us why these images were valuable and of importance to the Australian community.

Sidney Nolan had - through his own interpretation of Gallipoli - captured the essence of war and the costs involved.

Navigating the myths and glorifying propaganda, he presented to the Australian public an almost naked honesty of war and the cost to the living and the dead.

This honesty is not only relevant to historical events from the past but also bear significant relevance to war today.

GLEN BUTLER Sidney Nolan: The Gallipoli Series, August 5 - October 16, 9am to 5pm at the University of Tasmania’s Academy Gallery, Inveresk.

Enquiries: 6324 4410.

SEPT 9 Ruben Santiago’s practice scrutinizes the construction and mechanisms of collective memory and its symbolic value. Through installations, site-specific projects, online mechanisms, video, objects and publications, Santiago critically analyses and exposes the power patterns, the regulations and legitimization systems of contemporary societies. Santiago is participating in Iteration: Again at CAST. SEPT 16 Toby Huddlestone is currently developing intervention work in the urban environ-

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WARP GALLERY GUIDE - august

Check out the list of upcoming workshops, grants, residencies and other arts opportunity’s.

This is only scraping the top of what’s out there for artists and alike so jump online and do some surfing around the websites I have listed to find out more awesome stuff to do and be part of.

* If you are an exhibiting gallery or space in Tasmania and want to be included in the Warp Gallery Guide email: alison@warpmagazine.com.au

SOUTH 146 ARTSPACE In-Land, Sara Maher, Aug 22 – Sept 23.

BESTPRACTICE, John Vella Iteration: Again, Sept 23 - Oct 16.

Workshops Colourful Cloth Dolls with Aukje Boonstra.

Using simple materials you can create an unusual and original cloth doll. Basic hand & machine sewing are a requirement for this workshop. September 17 & 18, $70 per day, 10am-4pm. Contact Moonah Arts Centre on 6214 7633.

Plastic Fusion with Anna Phillips: Discover how to create t-shirt designs, art and craft objects and nifty bags out of plastic bags.

October 8, $20, 10am-4pm. Contact Moonah Arts Centre on 6214 7633.

Felting for Fun Workshops with June Hope: September 10 Learning to felt for fun basic workshop (Sept 10) and Funky bag workshop (Sept 17). All workshops held at Forth Hall, Main Rd. 10am - 4pm $60 plus supplies you purchase. Contact june.e.hope@gmail.com or Ph. 0409 416 196.

T-shirt printing workshops: At the Zone, Devonport, September 8 & 9 from 1-4pm.

Contact Astrid Joyce, Devonport City Council on 6424 8296 or email AJoyce@devonport.tas. gov.au Stop frame animation workshop: At The Gallery, Devonport, October 12, 13 and 14, from 1-4pm. Contact Astrid Joyce, Devonport City Council on 6424 8296 or email: AJoyce@ devonport.tas.gov.au

Grants The Gordon Darling Foundation Grant: Supporting Australia-wide activities of single importance in the visual arts. Applications close September 30. www.magsq.com.au

Residencies Artist-in-Residence Program 2012: Arts@ work’s artist in residence program is offering placement opportunities for professional artists to work in Tasmanian schools across the state. Applications close September 23. www. artsatwork.com.au/air Alcorso Italian Arts Residency: Open to Tasmanian based artists practising in any art form is this self-directed residency to help improve artistic and professional development.

Closes September 12. www.alcorso.org/arts/ Artist in Residence at the Bemis Centre, USA: A three-month residency providing support in the form of time, space and monthly stipends to 36 artists a year. Applications close September 30. www.bemiscenter.org Self-Initiated Residencies: Tasmanian artists are welcome to apply to undertake

ment where direction and documentation become key aspects in the final product. The actions that occur are pre-planned but rely on the assisting volunteers’ behaviour and participation. Huddlestone is participating in Iteration: Again at CAST. SEPT 23 Paul O’Neill is a curator, artist and writer who has curated more than fifty exhibition projects throughout Europe and is regular contributor to Art Monthly. O’Neill will be discussing The Exhibition as an Emergent, Co-productive Medium & Three Principal Categories of Organisation: the Background, the

Residencies CONT. a self-initiated residency locally, nationally or internationally: www.arts.tas.gov.au/ residencies Wilderness and Cultural Residencies: Tasmanian artists can apply for a residency in one of the 13 sites of ecological and or cultural significance within Tasmania. www.arts.tas.gov. au/residencies

Other Opportunities Bricolage Design Prize 2011: Design marketable products from inert industrial waste materials such as metal, textiles, plastic off-cuts and wood. Entries close 31st October. www.environment.tas.gov.au Jump: National mentoring program for young and emerging artists, supporting the career development of artists aged 18-30. Applications close in October. www.jumpmentoring.com.au Nolan Art: Opening in Salamanca Arts Centre this month, the gallery is seeking expressions of interest from art tutors for term three holiday art programs, artists wishing to join the exhibition program and more. For more info contact Betty Nolan on 0438 446 785 or email betty.nolan@bigpond.com The Moonah Arts Centre: MAC is seeking proposals for activities in its Annual Program for the coming year. Proposals for the concert series, exhibitions, workshops, school holiday workshops and special events are invited from anyone interested in undertaking a project in any art-form. www.mac.gcc.tas.gov.au Youth ARC Gallery: Seeking young artists 1225 or organisations working with young artists to present 2D work at the recently established gallery space at Youth ARC in Collins St, Hobart. Contact Mark Potter on potterm@ hobartcity.com.au

GET INVOLVED ONLINE Arts Tasmania: www.arts.tas.gov.au Arts @ Work: www.artsatwork.com.au Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania: www. castgallery.org Moonah Arts Centre: www.mac.gcc.tas.gov.au Inflight ARI: www.inflightart.com.au Salamanca Arts Centre: www.salarts.org.au Sawtooth ARI: www.art.org.au Tasmanian Regional Arts: www.tasregionalarts. org.au If you are an arts organisation or body with an upcoming opportunity that is within the arts bracket and would like it included in Warps Arts Opportunities guide please email all details to alison@warpmagazine.com.au

ART MOB The Wild Western Desert, a selection of paintings from Gibson Desert region, Sept 2-20. OPENING 6pm, Sept 2.

BETT GALLERY MAIN GALLERY: Paintings by Imants Tillers BACKSPACE: Paintings by Amber KorolukStephenson. Both shows Sept 7 - Oct 4, OPENING 6pm on Sept 9.

CARNEGIE GALLERY White gums and ramoxes, Ceramics by Merric & Arthur Boyd, ends September 11.

CAST Modes of Curating Symposium with speakers Michael Dagostino, Sarah Jones, Hannah Matthews & Ellie Ray, Sept 10 at 2pm (free event).

Iteration:Again, group show, Sept 18- Oct 15, OPENING 6pm on Sept 15.

COLVILLE GALLERY GALLERY 1: Max Angus GALLERY 2: Patricia Giles. Both shows start Sept 9.

GALLERY 1: Ian Parry GALLERY 2: Jess Makin. Both shows start Sept 30.

DESPARD GALLERY New paintings by Todd Jenkins, ends Sept 13.

Paper works, selected works on paper from various artists. Sept 15 – Oct 11. OPENING 6pm on Sept 15.

ENTREPOT GALLERY MAIN: Oh Nostalgis, how did you find me?, Kate Piekutowski.

LOUNGE: Exposure presents; Without a Camera, Photographic Society. Both shows Sept 12-29.

FLEURTYS CAFE. FARM & FOREST WALKS Down to Earth, group show, Sept 1 - Oct 16.

HANDMARK GALLERY David Edgar charcoal drawings, ends Sept 28.

Frances Watkins and Chris Edwards bronze sculpture, Sept 30 – Oct 19, OPENING 6pm on Sept 30.

INFLIGHT The UR Phenomenon, Iona Johnson and Nicole O’Loughlin, ends Sept 24.

Untitled, Amanda Shone, Oct 8-29, OPENING 6pm on Oct 7.

INKA GALLERY INC. The Secret of Lost Things, Chris Kerruish, ends Sept 7.

Studio Sale, Inka Members, Sept 8-28.

Feline, Felicity Edwards, Sept 29 – Oct 19, OPENING 5.30pm on Sept 30.

JIMMY’S SKATE & STREET Tour De Farce, Schweinehund, ends Sept 16.

Stencil art, street art and graffiti by Zac Henderson, Sept 16-30, OPENING 5.30pm on Sept 16.

Nick Hills paintings and drawings, Sept 30 Oct 14, OPENING 5.30pm on Sept 30.

LOVETT GALLERY Members work on show constantly changing & includes painting, sculpture, photography & ceramics. Winter open hours Sat and Sun 10-4.

MOONAH ARTS CENTRE Hobart Gay & Lesbian Community Centre Artfully Queer 7, Sept 23 - Oct 6.

MUSEUM OF OLD & NEW ART Monanism, permanent collection.

Experimenta Utopia Now, national & international ‘new media’ artists, Aug 5 - Oct 3.

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

PLIMSOLL GALLERY The French Connection, Group exhibition curated by Leigh Hobba, Sept 2-30, OPENING 5.30pm on Sept 2.

RED WALL GALLERY Red Wall & Palais de Rat Presents: A plastic bottle and it’s various components, Geoffrey L’Ansier, 4-Sept 30, OPENING 5pm on Sept 4.

Excess in moderation, Callum Donoghue, Oct 2-28, OPENING 5pm on Oct 2.

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

SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE LONG GALLERY: White on Black, Gerard Horsman photography, Sept 3-10. Open Doors, UTAS Painting & Printmaking Societies, Sept 13-19. Flight, mixed media five female artists, Sept 22 – Oct 1.

SIDESPACE GALLERY: Nature’s Garden, group show, Sept 15 – Oct 1, OPENING 6pm on Sept 16.

LIGHTBOX: Psyence, Michelle Gopal, Sept 1-30.

nortH CONT. SCHOOLHOUSE GALLERY ROSNY BARN: The 59th Blake Prize touring exhibition, ends Sept 8.

SCHOOLHOUSE GALLERY: ST.ART Street Art Competition & Exhibition, ends Sept 11.

Exquisitely Corpsed, curated by Leonie Oakes, Sept 16-29.

SONA GALLERY Ongoing stock exhibition SPACEBAR GALLERY When I Grow Up I Want To Be A Dinosaur, Rag Tag (Ali Pyrke) menswear collection launch on sale until mid September.

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

TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY 2011 City of Hobart Art Prize, ends Sept 18.

Dreammachines, student artists, ends Sept 18.

The Reading Room, Brigita Ozolins, ends Oct 16.

VON SHROEDER FINE ARTS GALLERY Closed for renovations, re-opening in October with gallery artists.

BRUNY ISLAND ART AT THE POINT Time and Tide, Marlene Schmidt & Rachel Joy, Sept 17 – Oct 1, OPENING 1pm on Sept 17. ]

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GONE RUSTIC STUDIO & GALLERY Material Girl, various Tasmanian women artists, Sept 30 – Oct 26, OPENING 12 noon on Sept 30 (lunch & launch $6).

HANDMARK GALLERY Di Allison (jewellery) & Katherine Cooper (paintings), Sept 9 – Oct 7, OPENING 6pm on 9 Sept.

Mandy Renard printmaker, Oct 7 – Nov 11.

OPENING 6pm on Oct 7.

LAUNCESTON COUNTRY CLUB CASINO Paintings by Evelyn Antonysen , Ends Nov 20.

LEONI DUFF GALLERIES Intimate Pastels...a Showing of Master Works in Pastel, Leoni Duff, Clare Holder, Neola Coles, June Wilson & Dianna Lord, ends Oct 31.

POIMENA GALLERY Little Hill, Poimena Staff Show, Sept 23 - Oct 14, OPENING 5.30pm on Sept 23.

POWER HOUSE GALLERY 3 Phase, ceramics by Alice Hutchison and Serena Rosevear, ends Sept 11.

With New Eyes, architecture by Masako Morita, Sept 14-25, OPENING 6pm on Sept 14.

Textile Show, curated by Mae Finlayson, Sep 28 - Oct 9. OPENING 6pm on Sept 28.

QUEEN VICTORIA MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Femme Fatale: The Female Criminal, ends Sept 4.

THE ACADEMY GALLERY Sidney Nolan: Heroes and Legends, Sidney Nolan, ends Oct 16.

CCP Documentary Photography Award, Contemporary Australian documentary photography, Sept 9 - Oct 14.

RACT Insurance Youth Portrait Prize, Tasmanian artists aged 30 and under, Sept 9-30.

THE WILDERNESS GALLERY THYLACINE - The Tasmanian Tiger Exhibition (permanent). Peter Dombrovskis photography (permanent). 10-room purpose-built photographic gallery showcasing leading local, national and international artists, ends mid-Nov. THREE WINDOWS GALLERY Changing Southern Midlands Artists

north WEST BURNIE REGIONAL ARTS GALLERY Trace, Rosemary Burke: A Retrospective.

Last Days of the Mill, Tony Thorne prints & drawings.

Local Embroiders group show.

All three shows end Sept 11.

DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY MAIN GALLERY & LITTLE GALLERY: Rivers Run, Julie Gough, Sept 3 – Oct 2, OPENING 6pm on Sept 2.

PARADOX BAZAAR Unique Tasmanian Art & Craft creations operated by, and featuring the works of, local Artists and Craftspeople and is constantly changing throughout the year www.paradoxbazaar.com.au WONDERS OF WYNYARD GALLERY Puso and Grasp, Ritchie Doña, Sept 2 – Oct 2.

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

Middle-ground and the Foreground. O’Neill is participating in Iteration: Again at CAST. SEPT 30 David Clegg’s project-based practice poses questions relating to the privilege of certain knowledge systems, in particular the power of the canonical archive in its various manifestations. Clegg presents fragments of real time sound and image and invites the audience to reinterpret how such information is to be organised and used, and will be talking about his Hobart project called failurespace for Iteration: Again at CAST

137 Collins Street, Hobart 03 6234 3788 www.arterydirect.com.au

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seriously foodish

or street food, with culturally diverse menus?

What is the policy of serving food on campus? Is there a policy about promoting food that prevents health problems? With a State Government looking at its entire budget in 2020 needed to cover health costs due to preventative illnesses such as obesity, diabetes and related diseases, surely this is an issue. Even the Federal Government is developing a National Food Plan.

Who decides what’s on the menu? Is there a head chef at Lazenbys and are they allowed to design the menus? Where is the food sourced from? Are there contracts with suppliers? Basically I wanted to find out what is the policy about food on campus.

Are issues such as food miles, waste, packaging and health a major part of how catering is managed?

When I started asking these questions around the Tas University Union I got the impression that it’s just high volume, low cost food, typical of an institution. But in this day and age why is that ok?

While loitering around Lazenbys and the Ref at UTAS I quizzed a lot of students who said the food wasn’t to their taste. They didn’t want to eat pies and chips. They wanted more fresh food, warm salads with grains and nuts.

Hot chips, meat pies, nachos, wedges and lasagne. No, this isn’t a menu from a hospital cafe twenty years ago, it’s what I hear when I ask UTAS students past and present about food on campus.

Watching people leave the Ref at the Sandy Bay campus – from one young woman with a take away plastic container of nori rolls - to some others with coke, bbq chips, and chiko rolls - made me think of Brillat -Savarin’s phrase from the 17th century The Physiology of Taste often quoted by food writers , “Tell me what you eat and I will tell you who you are.”

Why do I care what food they serve on campus? You could call me motherly as I am concerned for the people of our future.

Young and old students alike need to be fed well: they need brain food and good health for the strength required for hours of study and the stress of exams. I also believe the way we eat should reflect how we treat the planet and the people on it, as well as giving a huge amount of pleasure to our lives.

I wanted to find out how well my concerns would be addressed and whether the University is leading the way with food by showing how we should be eating as a society/community today. Does the food served set an example which parallels what many students would be studying; health, nutrition, environmental studies, agriculture, oh yeah, and what’s that other big issue....um, climate change?

Can anyone just set up a stall and sell soup

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178 Collins St 6234 7999 café

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the perfect cup feed the sens es

Jasmine who is doing her masters in criminology told me, “A bread roll made up at the ref, that’s all I’d eat honestly.”

She would rather eat something that she can see being made, than a pre -prepared sandwich. “I’m not a fan of fried foods or processed foods. I think the biggest thing for uni students is the price of food. It’s much cheaper to eat at the Ref and if you were to sit in the Ref you would notice that most people have a bowl of chips for lunch.

If you want to go to Lazenbys that’s decent but it’s not a great selection. The prices are reasonable but it’s not something everyone can afford to do daily or multiple days a week”.

Jasmine’s friend Androjan who is studying for a bachelor of marine science said, “I think the food is really bland. It would be good to see a bit more on offer than lasagne.

I like spicy food with flavour”. Lauren, while eating a pear, said she never eats on campus, preferring to make and bring her own soups from home.

Adam, who was sitting in the sun outside the community run wholefood Co-op and organic vege garden The Source was eating a Summer Kitchen Hommity Pie, which he bought cold from the fridge and re heated in his office.

Asking around I heard many students say they’d like to see more cultural diversity in

the food, more spice, more flavour. In the Ref it didn’t look quite right to see a table of Malaysian students eating a bowl chips with gravy, pie ‘n chips and something battered and fried...again, with chips.

I must say there seemed to be an imbalance of deep fried food and cheap looking meat over fresh foods in both cafes. There certainly wasn’t anything that made me think, “Wow that looks delicious, I want that for lunch”. In the fridge of pre-prepared sandwiches and nori rolls ($6.50) I did notice a roast pumpkin, walnut & cashew salad served in noodle boxes ($7).

But then talking to girls in the Ref who had empty cartons of flavoured milk on the table I discovered they loved the food at the Ref. One woman liked the fact she could buy lollies and chocolates and she thought the chips and pies were good value. They liked the different options of hot food on offer on different days, even though they don’t eat there regularly, because of the cost. They mostly bring their own food from home.

They did say that $6 for a toasted sandwich is pretty pricey.

What would make an ideal canteen? Who doesn’t love hot chips, burgers, lasagne and battered fish? But most of us are wise enough to know that we can’t eat it everyday.

The food on offer needs to reflect what we should be eating regularly.

Vegetables, seeds, nuts, grains, seafood, small amounts of well bred meat. Also important is where the food comes from: sustainable fisheries, organic farms and seasonal produce from local sources.

How cool would it be to see noodles, fresh greens and fiery chillis strewn in a wok, cooked to order? Perhaps a Korean kimchi jjigae, a Laksa lemak from Malaysia or a vegetarian or meat based thali from India.

I hear the food has barely changed here on campus over the years, despite the influx of international students.

A day spent on campus left me with a lot of questions and inspired me to look at what other Uni’s have to offer. Universities in Auckland and Sweden are leading the way with ethical, sustainable and stimulating canteens. More about these progressive universities in the next issue, and Iet’s see what I can find out from UTAS food service managers.

JO COOK

Jo has been in the Hobart food scene for 17 years, starting Syrup in 1994 originally as a restaurant moving tables aside after dinner for dj,s to play to the club scene.

She is a member of the International movement Slow Food and on the Slow Food Hobart Executive.

Vanidol’s Address

353 Elizabeth Street, North Hobart Contact

03 6234 9307 Hours of Operation

Open Tuesday to Sunday from 5:30pm Indicative Prices

Mains $20 - $28 Considering that most restaurants rely heavily on alcohol sales to help sustain, if not carry their business, then you have to hand it to fully B.Y.O restaurants to even just survive. Vanidol’s is one such restaurant, and it not only survives, but thrives, and has done for over two decades now.

Its longevity is not surprising once you dine here. Everything is so mouth-wateringly moreish that you stuff yourself beyond belief, and then some. I am a hapless Vanidol’s addict, and have been now for almost a decade since I first discovered it. So are many others it seems, as it can be booked out on any given night of the week, and almost always on Fridays and Saturdays.

On this last occasion, armed with a few regular Vanidols cohorts, we descended

Boat House Address

King Island Contact

03 6462 1180

King Island’s “restaurant with no food” is the ultimate in BYO. In a restored boathouse on the southern side of Currie Harbour you will find everything you need to cook yourself up a feast of King Island’s best produce. First built in 1871, the making of the boathouse was thanks to a wandering artist. Caroline Kininmonth was living a gypsy life on the island often going down to the rocks with a bottle of wine to enjoy the sunsets when she came across the building.

From there, with the help of local tourist operator Geoff Dodge, she created an eclectic, brightly coloured and inviting haven for anyone to use at their will. In doing so

comfortably into our booth seats and set to work on the always enticing menu.

Thai dishes dominate, interspersed with Indonesian and Indian fare. The optimal way to eat here is to share the dishes amongst the table. We negotiated a varied menu between us, selecting four mains to share, plus the shared mixed entree platter.

The entree platter ($17p/p) is a great idea if you are anything like me and have difficulty settling upon a single entree. About half the menu entree items are represented on the platter, including spiced BBQ king prawns.

Warm Thai beef salad with sticky rice, marinated chicken skewers with peanut sauce, vegetarian spring rolls, and curry puffs that are like little soft clouds from heaven. As usual, we easily devoured the lot; showing our glowing praise by leaving only a few scant lettuce leaves.

greens, accented with sesame seeds.

Pad Thai was also ordered, and I would say it’s easily the best in Hobart.

The mains are around the $25 mark, and are plentiful serves. Corkage is a modest $4 per bottle of wine, and when you add the savings of bringing your own wine, dining at Vanidol’s is very good value.

Initially I claim to not want dessert, but a couple of “Snowballs” arrive for my dining companions, and one is happy to share with me. A big sphere of ice-cream coated in desiccated coconut, then drenched in chocolate sauce. Simple, but good, and ever-present in this company, as one of our group is madly fixated on them, albeit with the constant stipulation of extra chocolate sauce, which always turns out to be a good idea.

Mains were also exemplary; each of us dissecting the meal afterwards to discuss which we preferred most. One was enamoured with my choice of the chicken; slow cooked in sweet soy and spices. The dark, syrupy star anise-infused sauce and melt-in-your-mouth chicken is always a hit. Another preferred their own choice of chicken and cashew stir-fry with whole dried chillies, which came in a more delicate sauce, though equally addictive. My pick was the stir-fried sesame duck - gorgeous slices of succulent duck amongst crisp

Service was friendly and efficient as usual and even though it can get quite noisy in the restaurant, I really like the vibe - it’s relaxed and upbeat, and everyone always seems to be having a good time.

It’s no wonder that with all these elements that Vanidol’s is so popular, and sustainable as a B.Y.O only business. The food is fresh, vibrant and unique, the setting inviting, and you get to be your own sommelier. Perfect!

she has created somewhat of an icon.

Open every day the boathouse is always filled with fresh flowers and paintings adorning the walls.

“I have often thought of turning it into a proper restaurant, but it is amazing to see how people respond to trust, and that is half its appeal. People want to be trusted and are amazed that it is un-commercial in this age of commercialism, it brings back warm memories of past years, and King Island has the most superb produce and so it fits our unsophisticated rural island in the middle of Bass Strait.”

Although the original boathouse burnt down in 2009 it was rebuilt and continues in the same tradition. In the eclectic space you are invited to take your own food and drinks whether it be crayfish, beef, cheese, oysters or whatever other produce you can get your hands on – the restaurant is yours.

Operating on an honesty system, the restaurant offers glasses, plates, cutlery, BBQ, tea towels, platters, salt and pepper and more. The only other condition of using the space – you have to clean up yourself.

Caroline explains why she thinks the restaurant is so successful.

“It is amazing how busy it is … visitors are amazed that the trust system works they love the feel, planes fly in for lunch from Victoria, locals use it everyday and over the years it has been used for promotions with chefs from Sydney for breakfast or dinner at night with the full moon streaming in with the light of the Currie lighthouse spasmodically playing through the windows.”

Sara Wakling

“The unique part is that myself and Bridget Levy, who now helps me have a strong urge to keep it going despite all the rules and regulations that bureaucracy throws at us nowadays.”

“It is lots of work, fun and creative to keep it going in all weathers and keep it looking fresh and exciting. It is King Island’s dining room.”

To find out more visit www.devilsgapretreat.com.au James Walker

Eating Out

There is a nervous time for anyone writing restaurant reviews. It is the moment where you enter one of your favourite places to do a review. I usually make all sorts of excuses to avoid it, but sometimes it just has to be done.

It can be good, like when I went to my favourite place in Hobart for a coffee, Island Esspresso. I was treated to a delicious breakfast of French Toast with Poached Pear and a superb short black.

Island Café is one of the very few places in Hobart that I don’t need sugar in my coffee. It was a great relief to have a good experience there.

Then there are times where it doesn’t go so well. I went to review my favourite pizza place. Normally the service is great, the food exactly what I want, and coffee first rate. This time the food took forever, it was the wrong dish, and the waiter stood over me and shouted that I got what I ordered. I understand that it may have been a miss understanding about what my order was. I did have to order it three times. It has taken me months to go back there.

But it is not just me. The first month of Warp’s Eat Out section a writer went to their favourite café. They ordered their regular meal at lunch time. After an hour it came out and it was the wrong dish. Because they had said they were reviewing it the chef / owner came out.

He shouted at her that she had the right dish. Her argument was that she ordered it every week so she knew what it was supposed to be. When she went to pay the waiter refused to take her and her dining companion’s money. Her companion insisted on paying. It was a standoff. In the end her companion slammed the money down on the counter and walked off. In doing so they inadvertently left a tip.

Jason James

Eat Out Editor Jason@warpmagazine.com.au

Monday, 6.42am “Crisp winter air and a pair of mud covered gumboots signals the first delivery of the morning, 3 cases of locally grown carrots in a riot of auburn and green, finished off with a firm handshake and a crinkly smile. Beetroot, carrot, spinach and free range pork sausages due in by mid morning...”

It’s these direct relationships with our hard working and passionate local producers and vineyards that we cherish at Mud and Smolt, and delight in bringing the results to your table 7 days a week.

Walk-ins welcome or please call us to talk to one of our friendly staff for reservations and function bookings.

Hobart (03) 6224 2554

Launceston (03) 6334 5066

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Royal Thai Address

201 Elizabeth Street, Hobart Contact

03 6234 1366 Hours of Operation

Opening hours: 7 days 5:30pm.

(Takeaways from 4:30pm) Indicative Prices

Take-away from $8-$20. appetizers $12$16; mains $23-$31; desserts $9-$14.

Corkage $8

Address

103 Murray Street Hobart Tasmania Contact

03 6231 0558 Hours of operation

Wed – Sat from 5pm (No Reservations) Sun lunch – fixed menu $75 (reservations required) (They are closing for their annual break from September 12th – October 11th)

When I walked in and saw all the happy people eating, drinking and chatting I had to suppress the urge to say ‘bastards’ because now I was one of them. My lunch partner and I were seated in the middle of a communal table and the people to our left said thanks for joining them. The staff settled us in, checked that there was nothing on the set menu that would kill us, and left us with the extensive wine list. I was taken by the care that had gone into crafting the list. So often I get the feeling that a wine list is what the wine rep has the most mark up on. I felt this list was deliberately designed to entice people to try wines that they normally wouldn’t. It categorised them in interesting ways, such as ‘Aromatic & Textural’ or ‘Focused & Opulent’. It led me to think “do I feel fragrant and elegant today? I think I do. – I’ll have the Côtes du Rhône” I was also impressed that the wine list ranged from $45 to $225 a bottle. It did not have the show off $6000 bottles that only serve to make me feel like I had made the wrong career choice.

Before even starting the menu they brought out some sashimi. It was exceptional. It set me up to have a fantastic afternoon. First course was poached snapper, almond cream, wild olives, crisp potato, leaves and flowers.

This flavoursome start got me excited for more. The next dish pickled + roasted onions, cheese broth, bone marrow, shiitake + oyster mushrooms, onion curd did not do it for me. It was a texture rollercoaster with the bone marrow and oyster mushrooms as highlights. I wanted the broth to be hotter, but my dining partner loved it.

Tasmanian truffle. I thought that the chef Luke Burgess was just showing off by this stage, but it was so bloody marvellous he could have been tap dancing while making it and I wouldn’t have cared.

The fact that you could see the chefs wielding aerosol blow torches, as if they were graffiti artists, did nothing to detract from the dining experience.

I started to panic at this stage. There was only one more course on the menu. The crisis was cleverly averted by the surprise addition of the molasses and cherry parfait.

This tasty little morsel was coated in what seemed to be beetroot sugar. I enjoyed it but it left my mouth coated with beetroot in a very strange way. I couldn’t drink any wine for ages. If I had been wise I would have ordered a coffee.

The final dish was Jerusalem artichoke ice cream, pumpkin cake, pressed pears and puffed buckwheat. This was a splendid end to a fine lunch. I had never had anything like it before. It sounds like one of the hardest things in the world to ever try to convince children to eat. ‘Hey kids, do you want some ice cream? Guess what? It is artichoke ice cream!’ I found it to be one of the few dishes to ever convince me to start having desert over entrée.

There were so many things that I liked about the place; the way they had a glass window into the curing room, the handmade plates that they used, the communal dining, and the excellent service. There were also subtle things that really worked for me; like the way it was busy, yet not noisy, and the overall feeling that the staff there wanted you to enjoy yourself. When I walked out I was struck by the feeling that I had been granted a special privilege. I had paid seventy five dollars for a six course meal that was hand made using local sourced ingredients. To put it in perspective that is the same amount of money that you can spend on a three course meal at the Hog’s Breath Café. After Garagistes I felt invigorated, empowered and important.

After Hog’s Breath Café I felt over-salted, ripped off and fat.

Jason James

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CHEF PROFILE

JULIAN HENSEN

I’ve loved the food at Royal Thai for years having been a regular at their take-away shop front, grabbing ‘Vegetable Green Curry’ and ‘Tofu with Basil and Chili’ for $12.50, cooked fresh and ready to go in 5 minutes flat but this was my first time trying the inhouse experience.

The welcome is smiling and sincere and all night the service is with absolute professionalism – gracious and attentive.

The low lighting and quiet ambience make this a great place for a romantic dinner for two, or for a large group get-together where everyone can enjoy conversation without competing with noise.

Garagistes

I have wanted to go to Garagistes since it opened. For various reasons it kept getting put off. So every time I drove past and I saw someone coming out, or going in I hated them. I would think ‘those bastards are going to Garagistes. I bet they are bloody happy. Bastards!’ It wasn’t helped by the stories my friends would tell me of good food and wine. I would listen to them politely and in the back of my head I would hear the voice screaming ‘bastards!’ Then one day the stars and the sun aligned and I was able to go, so if I was going to go then it had to be for the Sunday lunch.

Located in the ‘twilight zone’ at the north end of the Hobart CBD, but not so far north that you’re in North Hobart, Royal Thai has just unveiled its renovations – a tasteful colour scheme and new furnishings complement the traditional art brought back from Thailand by the owners.

Royal Thai is fully licensed; their wine list features a selection of predominantly awardwinning Tasmanian, South Australian and French wines. There is no need to BYO, but it’s nice to know that if you’ve got something special you want to enjoy then you can bring it here. Tonight the local bottle-o made an outstanding recommendation. A Stefano Lubiana 2009 Pinot Grigio to accompany a Thai menu. “It has a bit of bite to it,” said the chap, “to go with the spice.”

We drank the first glass with appetizers: Satays Goong - a delicate arrangement of large juicy prawns, basted in a thick peanut sauce, served on a bed of salad and Spicy Tofu - golden fried bean curd served with a tangy sweet chili sauce and apple.

The Lubiana Pinot Grigio went equally well with the mains: Gand Keaw Warn (Green Curry) - lightly cooked vegetables, tofu and bamboo shoots in a rich coconut sauce with lime leaves, lemongrass, galangal and chili, and Katiem Goong Plah Merk (Garlic Squid) - lightly stir fried with fresh vegetables in a special house sauce – (our waitress advised that this is a mild dish but we like hot so she asked the chef to add some chili for us – perfect!) It was accompanied by Pla Goong (Thai Prawn Salad) with tomatoes, coriander and mint served with cucumber and a spicy lime dressing.

They cater especially for vegetarians and vegans, and have gluten free options.

Compared to the take-away prices, the cost of dining in is a little bit expensive but for the extra money you’ll get the same sumptuous flavours, served in a fresh, relaxing space, with comfortable chairs and faultless service.

Overall the experience is one of unpretentious quality.

I started working at the Republic Bar in early 2000 as a kitchen hand while still attending college, fortunately for me I am a quick learner and moved up from kitchen handing to cold larder and desserts and was always asked to come in and give the guys a hand with food preparation during the day.

I started my apprenticeship mid-2001 at the Republic Bar working under my older brother Richard Hensens, who I found to be great inspiration to me and has taught me a lot in my career as a chef and to this day I still discuss produce and dishes with him.

I qualified in 2006 and stayed on as sous chef for another 18 months then I left to take some time away from cooking and to live a normal life with a 9-5 job.

I love working in a fast-paced kitchen and there is always something about finishing after a busy night’s service; a natural high and sense of accomplishment. So when I got the phone call to come back to the republic bar to run the kitchen, I jumped on the opportunity and have not regretted that decision at all.

At the Republic Bar we cater for a wide range of people, from the basic more pub style food on the main menu to the specials board that gets updated with new specials on weekly basis. Some of the specials that are featured here are peppered kangaroo fillets served on roasted pink-eyes and beetroot, wilted spinach and a wild mushroom reduction to a Indian style Goat curry, but over this month I will be featuring goat on the specials board as I’m finding it very popular and I just love working with it.

I use fresh, local ingredients as much as possible and always start the dish from scratch and this includes all our sauces that are made from real beef and chicken stock. In today’s market I am finding that free-range products are the way to go and most items on my menu are from pork belly that is sourced from Scottsdale and Sorell to the goat that is from Cradoc. All our beef, lamb and chicken are sourced locally and we always go for quality and not the price.

JULIAN HENSENS

Dianna Graf

ATHE BRUNSWICK HOTELB

67 LIVERPOOL STREET HOBART 7000 PH 6234 4981 WWW.BRUNSWICKHOTELHOBART.COM.AU

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Drinks of the month

drink reviews WINE

SIERRA NEVADA HARVEST This limited edition ale Brewed in California has hops sourced from New Zealand.

The hops were picked and flown halfway across the world in little over a week. The result is a North-bySouth fusion of fresh hops blended with the North American malts. Its robust hop character presents an intriguing aroma leading to layers of fresh-hop spiciness.

Available at the Republic Bar Now.

SIERRA NEVADA PALE ALE Now this is beer - a true American style pale, loaded with fresh floral and citrus notes, courtesy of the mighty Cascade hop. It’s the antithesis of commercial USA’s lacklustre ales and is the country’s second best selling craft beer – not bad for a country sporting 1700 odd breweries!

The Old Woolstore Apartment Hotel - The Stockmans Restaurant Address

1 Macquarie Street, Hobart Contact

03 6235 5355 Hours of Operation

Open from 6.00pm to 9:30pm daily Hobart was cold and still. H and I were just a little bit unsure of the wisdom of leaving the warm house for the chilly downtown and the Old Woolstore and Theatre Royal dinner/ show package deal that this publication had organised for us.

the Stockman was honest, generous and unpretentious.

But rug up and leave the house we did and as soon as we were seated comfortably in the neat, cosy Baaa Bar at the Old Wool Store, just back from Sullivan’s Cove, we knew we had made the wise and honourable choice. We sat in the bar around a low table.

I happily drank my Becks as H immersed herself an impressive looking Bombay Sapphire and Tonic.

H was chuffed because she used to come here for openings with her mother when she was a kid. I was a little bit wary, though, of the play that had been chosen for us. I’m pleased then that this isn’t a theatre review, as such, because Rainbow’s End was an odd, middle of the road nostalgia piece. I’ll say I enjoyed the play because at times I did. The play itself was built around a well-shaped narrative and the stagecraft sets and lights and so on were very pro.

The Stockmans Restaurant is basically contiguous to the bar so, once we had finished our drinks, we walked the few (slightly holiday innish) steps through to the dining room and were met by a polite maitre de.

The menu wasn’t epic but it did describe a nourishing, tasty fare. The wine was fine.

I am more of a beer man myself, but the pinot noir was definitely good value for money.

The meals we ordered were prepared and delivered quickly. I had the steak, done rare and H had the fish. I like basic, blocky kind of restaurant food and I don’t mean the faux-artistic trend that seems to becoming into fashion at the moment. The food at warpmagazine.com.au

Available at Mobius Lounge Bar for the month of September for $9.

MOO BREW HEFEWEIZEN Just in time to celebrate Oktoberfest, Moo Brew’s textural boutique Hefeweizen pays homage to the classic Bavarian wheat beer. True to tradition, it’s naturally cloudy with a vibrant yellow colour and strong foam head. Flavour and aroma are based on yeast-derived banana and clove with a hint of bubble-gum. The unfiltered yeast remains suspended delivering a creamy mousse, reminiscent of vintage Champagne.

Available at Irish Murphy’s.

With appetites sated we left the Old Woolstore and walked briskly to the Theatre Royal.

The Old Woolstore has bundled up and lain down a simple but clever new deal on the Tassie tourism/entertainment table. I think it’s a rule of Western Culture that theatre should be more supported than it is right now and by tying a seat in the audience to a dinner date with someone special, this deal gives Hobart punters (middle income punters it should be noted) another means of getting out at night eating some tasty food and taking in whichever scenes are currently on display in our steeped and hallowed theatre.

Jesse Shipway

BLOOD ORANGE COLLINS A unique and yet a very stylish twist to a classic cocktail. The original Tom Collins was invented in 1874, Pennsylvania, New York and consisted of gin, lemon juice, sugar and carbonated water. This twist consists of Bombay Sapphire Gin, Campari, Sparking Blood Orange, and Pink Grapefruit Juice served in a High Ball and garnished with Fresh Orange wedges.

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2010 RICHLAND PINOT GRIGIO RIVERINA, NSW

KOSCIUSZKO PALE ALE KOSCIUSZKO BREWERY NSW

EXTRA STRONG VINTAG ALE COOPERS, SA

Flavour characteristics of pinot grigio/gris can be hard to define, but good ones should carry a hint of ripe pear with a touch of green apple.

This particular grigio has both in abundance, with a crisp, dry finish. A wine you needn’t think too hard about, either as a relaxing quaff after work or in tandem with some fresh local seafood.

Serial brew creator Chuck Hahn’s latest venture may be the highest altitude brewery in Australia, but the product takes a more circuitous route on the path to recognition.

Moderation and balance set it apart from the current trend in ultra-hoppy New World pales, with a fruity nose, bitter-sweet palate, and pleasantly soapy mouth feel.

Available: All good wine retailers.

Available: All good beer retailers.

In the decade since its original release, only a few have encroached upon the territory occupied by this domestic oddity. With the strength of a Belgian dubbel, the rich malts of an English ale, and a lingering smatter of hops, the palate smacks of preserved oranges and other ripe, syrupy fruits. An indulgence on its own, or a good match with rich foods like glazed duck or venison, or gingerbread.

2009 YALUMBA Y SERIES SHIRAZ VIOGNIER BAROSSA, SA

TAP 7 – UNSER ORIGINAL SCHNEIDER-WEISSE, GERMANY

A big company red that delivers. The addition of white viognier has a softening influence on a palate that shows plenty of fruit – ripe berries and plum – with a touch of spice as well. Good intensity and great value for money, combined with the Y Series dedication to being vegan-friendly, demonstrate a commitment to wielding their clout in pursuit of guilt-free enjoyment.

Wheat beers have a long history in the Bavaria, and the Schneider family have made this tradition a cornerstone of their range. Purportedly based on a recipe dating back to 1827, the Original pours an unusually deep gold, almost brown, and less cloudy than many of its ilk. Bottle-conditioning and the lack of pasteurisation lend a wealth of interesting flavours within the sour yeast spectrum.

Available: All good wine retailers.

Available: Cool Wine.

Two Metre Tall Brewery Date

Friday 3pm until late, from 7th October 2011 to April 2012 Website

www.2mt.com.au We’re all familiar with the ‘normal’ concept of BYO; out comes the bottle of 1951 Grange Hermitage (or the $8 bottle you’re too embarrassed to order from the bottom end of the wine list) to have with your beef vindaloo on a Saturday night out, but if you head beyond New Norfolk you can turn that concept on its head.

The Two Metre Tall Brewery on the Lyell Highway at Hayes has been in operation since 2006 and has gained a reputation for producing real ales and, more recently traditional ciders, but it’s more than just a

boutique brewery. Beyond the tin sheds lay over 600 hectares of prime farm land, which is home to naturally raised, free-ranging Black Angus cattle (plus some new, feisty Angus-Wagyu-cross calves). These cattle not only enjoy the sweet Derwent Valley pasture, but are supplemented by spent grain from the brewing process – yep, beer-fed beef!

A trip to the brewery is therefore more than just sampling the four ales and two ciders, as visitors to the farm bar can bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the rural setting, or even purchase some of the beef to cook on an onsite wood-fire barbeque.

My last visit to the Brewery was with a large group of seasoned drinkers, who were all very impressed with the liquid product, but just as impressed with the sausages and steak on offer. Not being a huge fan of ‘mystery bags’, I was more than happy with a melt-in-your-mouth scotch fillet cooked simply over a bed of coals, but as others started to rave about the sausages I just had to give them a go. The Wursthaus-produced sausages, using the farm’s beef, are enhanced by the subtle flavouring of fennel seeds, while leaving no doubt that you are

Available: New Sydney Hotel and all good beer retailers.

NON-ALCOHOLIC

TARO MILK LATTE MO MO BUBBLE TEA AND COFFEE HOUSE A powdered root vegetable may not strike you as the basis for a drink to assail the likes of tea or coffee, but thankfully someone thought otherwise. The vibrant purple colour may be jarring, but underneath is a velvet-smooth liquid that tastes of sweet buttered popcorn with hints of toasted coconut (and no caffeine). For a cold alternative, try the taro bubble tea with taro pudding.

Available: Mo Mo, Hobart & Sandy Bay.

eating quality meat.

The steaks we were eating were packaged with the name ‘Goldilocks’ – we were informed that it related to the size of the steak (not too big, not too small), but it was sort of fun to think that each of the cattle so pampered that they were named.

Because the farm is a ‘nose-to-tail’ operation, you’re not guaranteed of getting the cut you may be looking for each week; there’s only so much scotch fillet in one cow!

Before you plan a Saturday spring outing to Two Metre Tall Brewery, you should know that the farm bar is only open each Friday. Once opened, the farm bar is a popular Friday afternoon meeting place, so, mark a date in your calendar, grab a picnic rug and head out for a different BYO experience.

Mixed dozen madness A silent invasion is underway in Tasmania and it’s one that would drive Harvey Norman to drink.

Mail-order mixed-dozens of wines are flooding our shores, making their way into homes around Tasmania.

What’s wrong with that, you might ask?

Well, your hard-earned Tassie bucks are being sent off to the mainland and these golden dozens are not as glittery as they seem. In fact we’d go as far to say that many of them are a bit of a scam, filled with very ordinary wine, fit only for a poor goon bag.

Ever been bailed up at the airport to “taste a few free wines”? This is the start of a chain. You swig a couple, sign up in a weak moment and bingo, dozens start arriving, your credit card starts getting regular hits and at a generally hefty price.

Many of the wine labels look similar to ones you might see at your fave bottlo, but they’re not the real deal.

We figure that in every dozen, there are around three reasonable wines, several unreasonable ones and the rest are dogs. Harsh, but often true.

How do we know? People tell us, we hear it all the time. They are not happy at all with the quality, but they feel committed and these dozens keep arriving. Some people feel special being part of a “wine club”, but they’re unfortunately deluded.

What can you do? If you are trapped in this vicious cycle, simply tell them no more! Find a good local bottle shop and challenge them to mix up a good dozen at a similar or better price. They might even deliver for you.

If you find a faulty wine or one you really don’t like, do something about it. Return it and get it replaced. You don’t have to buy a whole dozen - buy a mixed six pack, if that better suits your budget.

Keep those bucks in Tassie, sit back and enjoy the wine.

TIM GODDARD

Oh, and be sure to make friends with a teetotaller.

Graeme Faulks

Available at Manhattan Wine Bar in Launceston.

ESPRESSO MARTINI It’s the best of both worlds in one tidy chilled glass: coffee and alcohol. Combining a headstrong mix of 30ml espresso, 30ml Vodka, 30ml Kahlua, ice and ground coffee, it’s a power charge for morning or afternoon.

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HENRY WAGONS W/ GOSSLING THE GRAND POOBAH THURSDAY AUGUST 18

The Grand Poobah is still a relatively new venue for me, but given the relaxed armchair vibe through this particular night of live music, it could soon become a favourite.

A solo Gossling opened the night, with sugar-coated songstress Helen Croome performing a short but assured set that grabbed the attention of everyone in the room. Gossling’s sweetly sung tales of love and loss (apparently inspired by people she knows, rather than her own private life) served as a beautiful, if slightly contradictory, introduction for an equally solo but far more boisterous Henry Wagons.

Wagons was either eager to entertain the Thursday night crowd who’d arrived at the Poobah or he was keen for an early night, but there were literally only moments between Gossling stepping off stage and Wagons plugging in and pressing the ‘go’ button.

Despite leaving his bandmates behind in Melbourne for the solo national tour, there

SOLE STICKERS W/ TRUCK SHOW, ROGUE SHARKS THE REPUBLIC BAR & CAFÉ AUGUST 19

I’ve been waiting patiently for my chance to see Launceston three-piece Sole Stickers up close and in the flesh. I’ve poured hours of driving time into singing along to 2010 debut album We Got All Things That Are Good, but until their recent turn at the 2011 One Fine Weekend event, I hadn’t had the chance to do the same in the live arena.

Sole Stickers present as a fairly laid back and unassuming trio (drummer Matt Labedzki’s beard aside), but they ripped along at breakneck speed through a punchy set that kept a relatively small audience well entertained in the front bar.

Given a recent line-up change has brought bassist Andrew McDougall into the picture since the album’s release, there was no lack of chemistry between he and Labedzki, the latter playing at a feverish tempo with a crazed glint in his eyes.

McDougall added his fair share of cool licks to the old-school Brit-pop sound that resonates through Sole Stickers’ songs; an

JINJA SAFARI W/ HUSKY & THE SAM COLE TRIO THE THE REPUBLIC BAR & CAFÉ AUGUST 5

My notes look ridiculous for this gig; “clapping, whale (?), tropical but not calypso.

Forest, Yes!” But if ever a band deserved a good lyrical waxing, it’d be Sydney’s Jinja Safari.

More than your standard pub gig – Jinja Safari’s Republic Bar leg of their Mermaids and Other Sirens Tour was a rolling performance of jungle anthems, owl calls and sitar solos.

With two members of the five-piece germinated from Tasmania, there was a fair chunk of camaraderie in the room as they played one of their first gigs back in the state since taking the Triple J unearthed crown last year.

Jinja’s energetic tracks tend to stand out amongst the abundance of indie-electro bands overwhelming the market at the moment. It’s clear they have a great respect for genre experimentation and curious instruments. They brought some African drums, maracas, a tempura and sitar down for their Hobart show alongside some old faithfuls – keyboard, bass.

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were still the usual lashings of gesticulation, heel-stomping and wanton showmanship from the bearded singer-songwriter.

Wagons wheeled out favourites from the Rise and Fall of Goodtown album, as well as a selection of prime cuts from the more recent Rumble, Shake and Tumble record. Most notable on the night were the shamelessly “lovely” love song, My Daydreams, Elvis Presley cover Never Been to Spain and The Gambler, a Kenny Rogersinspired number that saw Wagons in the audience taking numbers from punters for his own private roulette game.

CHILDREN COLLIDE W/ DAMN TERRAN & DZ DEATHRAYS THE REPUBLIC BAR & CAFÉ AUGUST 7

Armed with little knowledge of Children Collide, I walked into the venue with no preconceived opinions. Being a Sunday night I wasn’t expecting a massive turnout but I’ve found the Republic always delivers the goods, and the talent.

Damn Terran started the night off to a subdued audience while an old man placed money on the stage, much to their amusement. Describing their music as “post-punk fury”, the nonchalance they like to exude is all well and good but it doesn’t fit with the punk or the fury.

DZ Deathrays, a thrash duo from Brisbane, was met with a more receptive crowd.

Despite vocalist

Does that sound weird? It won’t if you’ve seen Wagons live before. The laptop backing track for Downlow (among others) and unplugged conclusion to Willie Nelson were probably weirder, but both were given a pass mark on the night, thanks largely to the lashings of bluff, bluster and bad-assness Henry Wagons brings to every show he plays.

Shane Parson’s voice being completely drowned out, instrumentally they couldn’t be faulted. Simon Ridley on drums was outstanding, a surfer version of Animal from The Muppets, if you will. That much energy should be illegal.

Children Collide, an indie rock band from Melbourne, finally hit the stage to a packed room. Singer Johnny Mackay made his presence known from the start by jumping on the speaker I was sitting on and placing his rear in my face, then pushing his way out into the middle of the crowd.

A crowd pleaser, a cheeky performer, his guitar was gaffer taped within an inch of its life, no doubt from previous stage shenanigans. Fellow band members, drummer Ryan Caesar and bassist Heath Crawley, were more laidback but equally as impressive.

Johnny must have smelled a reviewer though as the show was stopped to point out I looked bored, but the cheeky glint in his eye and the song dedication that followed showed he was more about stirring the pot.

Children Collide deserve every success, a brilliant night that won’t be forgotten.

MELITA WRATHALL

STU WARREN

influence obvious down to the Mod roundel taking pride of place on the body of James Dilger’s guitar.

Dilger introduced the album tracks with little fanfare and no fuss, preferring to let his three-minute chunks of fuzzy power pop do the talking. The cheekily-titled Country Ballad #8 was the obvious exception, its laid-back vibe in contrast to more energetic numbers like Sometimes I Just Don’t Know and That Girl’s Not Real.

AIMEE VOLKOFSKY W/ HAYLEY SIMSON IRISH MURPHYS AUGUST 23

Let’s Go Play Records got a spruce up for the live outing with Dilger adding an extended solo for the listeners’ pleasure. Where Do You Get Your Wardrobe was another high point, in a set that was only disappointing due to its brevity.

Aimee’s set was a real bolt from the blue, such was the passion and power she conjured behind the mic. Comparisons with PJ Harvey and Patti Smith may seem rushed and simplistic, but there’s little doubt these sirens of rock ‘n’ roll have in some way

STU WARREN

While the sound of each band may be different, their eclectic approach to instrumental song-writing deserves to be placed in the same musical basket.

Their whimsical delivery of crowd pleaser Peter Pan was an early highlight, setting the atmosphere for the joyous punch of Forest Eyes. There was no shoe gazing, no guitar buzz, just sheer afro-jungle bliss.

A note on the support - in this case they really deserve it - Melbourne’s Husky was the perfect entree for the Safari show, boasting a set full of piano driven hooks and rain keys. Kudos to the bookers for choosing bands that complimented each other so smashingly.

SARAH RYAN

A few seconds assessing the situation and I was sure my complaint was nothing to do with the Thai food I’d eaten for dinner earlier that night. Nor was it Hayley’s assured and emotive folk offerings – they’d been thoroughly enjoyed by the gathered friends, family and casual observers out and about on a Tuesday night.

But perhaps, just perhaps, my night terrors had been brought on by the murder ballads and seemingly macabre tales told in song by visiting Victorian, Aimee Volkofsky, an artist to that point unknown by all in attendance.

But as one of 33 acts on the One Fine Weekend bill, short sets are bound to be part of the parcel. I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for more Sole Stickers shows soon.

Seeing them live also made me feel less sad about not getting to see Vampire Weekend last year.

I woke with a start the night after my trip to Irish Murphy’s to see Hayley Simson’s acoustic solo set. I was washed with a sense of foreboding and worry and couldn’t put my finger on the cause.

CELIBATE RIFLES W/ THE ROOBS AND THE PINES THE BRISBANE HOTEL FRIDAY AUGUST 26

The Pines, formerly known as Tim Spurr, warmed the crowd up with a laid back, alternative/rock feel. A four piece from Hobart, they seemed content to play with a ‘go with the flow’ attitude, but perhaps considering the bands that were to follow there could have a little more energy?

Next to hit the stage were local trashy, rock n roll favourites, The Roobs. Their sound, described as being drawn from influences ranging from rockabilly/surf and the psychedelic biker fuzztone sounds of the 60s, is a breath of fresh air in an often tired rock scene. Band members Chonga Roob, Aiden Hibberd, Emma Kennedy and TimmyJack Ray, bring not only the talent but the stage presence.

Originality and a genuine love of music, is what the scene should be all about, and The Roobs fit into that slot very comfortably. The rest of the country needs to sit up and take notice of a brilliant band.

The Celibate Rifles, a garage punk rock band from Sydney who have been hitting the stage for three decades, would normally

informed Aimee’s songwriting and stage presence.

The dark imagery of her lyrics –partly inspired by a youth spent in desolate far western NSW – smacked of Cave-esque influences. There was also a touch of the dramatic in her performance. The name Kate Bush kept coming to mind, but I don’t know how fair that comparison is.

Aimee’s final song for the night had the crowd sitting quietly, wide-eyed and agape, mainly at her lyrical threat to cut off the legs of any man who wrongs her. Perhaps shocked by the stunned response from the audience, she assured us all it was a joke.

But the song’s story had been told and sold so convincingly, no-one was certain.

One thing’s for sure – this is not a lady to be messed with. Nor is her set to be missed.

STU WARREN

be scoffed at by the younger generation, but believe me, there is a lot to be said for knowledge and experience.

Formed in 1979, these guys are no slouches in the rock ‘n’ roll department and they often leave their younger counterparts for dust. The band has toured both America and Europe extensively, releasing 14 studio albums.

‘Been there done that’ certainly applies to The Celibate Rifles and yet, as always, while the desire remains the journey continues as described in their biography, and I have to agree. Rock n Roll has no barriers. Down to earth and playing music that will never grow old, The Celibate Rifles are pure genius. Go and buy an album online or in a store near you - I know I will.

MELITA WRATHALL

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Album Reviews 43

REGURGITATOR SUPERHAPPYFUNTIMESFRIENDS

For those that are old enough, do you remember Tu-Plang and Unit? Do you remember them accurately? What was at the time heralded in the mainstream as forward-thinking and innovative music, was actually a group of young guys having fun, taking the piss and fitting as much toilet humour into an album as they could.

album that was quickly thrown together just to give them something to tour with, the SuperHappyFunTimesFriends has the fortunate timing of coming off the back of a Triple J Hottest 100 Australian Albums of All Time top 10 placing, and has the usual Regurgitator kitsch being released on cassette and a digitally encoded badge.

Those who do remember should say hello to Reguritator’s new album’SuperHappyFun TimesFriends’. For those who haven’t heard the ‘Gurge before – take a moment away from your hipster life and check out what fun music is all about.

Lyrically hilarious and packed with awesome like “The trackies look flat ‘cause I got no bum” and “Milk and honey served with fire and brimstone”, the record has some absolute gems.

For once the band has held back on their obsessive-compulsive control freak tendencies and the album benefits from the overall rawness in production. As an

CALLING ALL CARS DANCING WITH A DEAD MAN

RON S. PENO AND THE SUPERSTITIONS FUTURE UNIVERSE

Melbourne’s Calling All Cars have wasted no time getting back into the studio, with the band’s manager, Tom Larkin (of Shihad), producing Dancing with a Dead Man in his Melbourne studio.

The Died Pretty frontman releases his debut solo album after decades in the music biz, wearing many hats over the years, from Sydney punks The Hellcats to The 31st and Screaming Tribesmen.

Lead single Reptile was released in May and is a firecracker of a song. It really pumps you up, a bit like the Foo Fighter’s more upbeat, anthemic tracks, broken up by Haydn Ing’s emotional, at times shouty vocals.

Ron S. Peno and The Superstitions were born after Peno met Cam Butler (Silver Ray) in a Melbourne bar and the two discovered they were mutual fans with shared influences. Roping in Mark Dawson (AKA Ed Kuepper’s drummer) plus Tim Deane and Andy Papadopoulos, the album Future Universe was born.

Late album highlights include tracks Throw Me To The Wolves, the Silverchair-esque No Sleep and She’s Delirious.

Opener Redline isn’t a fast or heavy song; it feels a bit like an intro right the way through, something that is commonplace for the first song on an album these days; they haven’t got all guns blazing on the opening track.

The title track is a song full of contrast, showcasing their softer side and getting heavier at times, while the vocals sound somewhat like a choir on occassion. The contrast on this album reminds me a lot of the perfect mix of soft and heavy on Papa vs.

Pretty’s debut album earlier this year.

While not quite reaching the dizzying heights of their stunning effort, the sound Calling All Cars manage to achieve is impressive.

ALEXANDER CROWDEN

Sure there’s a little filler on there, like D.M.T 42 and Game Over Dude, but even then it’s fun and more interesting than the average mid-album track. My favourite track is the dirty funk laced interlude Devil Spell, while

A 12-piece string section backs Peno and Co. and Ron delivers a Frank Sinatra-viaRoy Orbison style croon rather than his more typical rough-as-nails, rock delivery.

The music here is much gentler than the Died Pretty catalogue, but it does share a similar emotive and pensive spirit.

The Death Of Me sets the scene with some rambling, country guitar before I Wish veers off into moody Chris Isaak-style territory.

Live Wired harks back to the ‘60s with Hammond organ and fuzzy guitars.

Future Universe isn’t a standard ballad album nor is it a one-listen affair. In order to appreciate the shades, textures and colours you must give it repeat spins. Peno’s debut solo shows he has aged gracefully but is still cool.

Punk Mum and Outer Space also have an instant appeal.

Two years since Melbourne quintet Bonjah released their debut Until Dawn, they’ve been touring non-stop internationally and now return with the anticipated Go Go Chaos.

They manage to tap everyone ‘80s from Spandau Ballet to the Piano Man to Bow Wow Wow, and even have a Good Charlotte touch every now and then. Many people won’t like the diversity, won’t understand the humour and won’t appreciate the brutal honesty hidden behind it all.

Whereas this little black duck thinks it’s the best work they’ve done since Tu-Plang and will have it blaring out the car window all summer.

LEADER CHEETAH

Dan Crannitch’s distinct vocal tone and delivery allows his words to hang in the air like whispers of smoke. Dead in a Dream and Midnight Headlights offer a darker and mysterious theme, but there is an underlying current of joy and optimism that balances out the album.

Lead single Dark Stands Over is the perfect example of this duality. Our Love is beautiful, seamlessly blending Tom Spall’s guest violin and Seeker, Lover, Keeper’s Holly Throsby on guest vocals. Title track Lotus Skies employs some fine Mexican inspired trumpet work courtesy of Stewart Kirwan, Golden Age invokes the spirit of some of the best singer/songwriters of the ‘60s and ‘70s, while the pleading nature of the lyrics in Crawling up a Landslide tugs at the heartstrings.

Producer Scott Horscroft (The Panics, Little Red, The Sleepy Jackson) harnesses the distinct qualities of the outfit. Lotus Skies captures the harmony and energy of Leader Cheetah’s live performance – highly recommended.

MICHAEL CLOHESY

Featuring a colourful palette of musical flavours, Go Go Chaos keeps you guessing at every turn, never settling on one sound or one mood as the theme for the whole album.

And although at first listen it may seem a little all over the place, once you give it a chance, you really do start to appreciate the variation.

BONJAH GO GO CHAOS

KRISTY WANDMAKER

HANDSOME FURS

THE LIVING END

THE IVYS

SOUND KAPITAL

THE ENDING IS JUST THE BEGINNING REPEATING

IN THE COMPANY OF WOLVES

LOTUS SKIES

Blending together alt, indie, country and Americana, Adelaide band Leader Cheetah delivers a melodic and sprawling sound on Lotus Skies.

Not wanting to be pigeonholed as blues’n’roots, they have intentionally set out to create something different to what they had done before. It’s a strategy that fails for many but has worked beautifully in this case.

Husband and wife duo Handsome Furs (Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry) are back with their third album, Sound Kapital.

While Boeckner’s other band, Wolf Parade, announce an indefinite hiatus, Handsome Furs lash out with some synth-based musical chaos.

Continuing their streak of travel-inspired albums, the Montreal couple present sounds and stories from their trip to politically chaotic countries like Burma, China and the Philippines; clear in the lyrics of Sound Kapital.

Incorporating the trebly, screechy sounds of Mandarin pop, Damage samples police radio broadcasts from the Philippines, while Cheap Music was inspired by underground Chinese bands, sounding as unpleasant as possible.

Sound Kapital is the first keyboard-driven record by Handsome Furs where guitars are minimal and synth beats combining with drum machines, commanding your attention. There’s urgency in Sound Kapital; combined with the chant-like singing, it sounds like a pep rally urging for social upheaval (Serve the People).

Sound Kapital is not overly political, however – it’s not pretentious or misguided in the message they’re trying to send. The album is exciting due to its themes but easy to digest and most of all, fun.

NATALIE SALVO ANDREA GAVRILOVIC

With their sixth record The Ending Is Just The Beginning Repeating, The Living End have embraced the mainstream. It’s an understandable yet disappointing move as the rebellious rockabilly tinge that made the band so unique is lacking.

Musically, the band is trying new things and experimenting with diverse tones to provide something a little different to the norm and in this area they succeed, steering the ship away from complacency. Opener In The Morning kicks off with a fine energetic pace and plenty of fast soloing, leading into the quick shuffle of Heatwave. The power ballad For Another Day is placed a little too early on and is the least enjoyable track.

A couple of stand-outs are Song For The Lonely and Ride The Wave Boy, as they sound quite unlike anything the band have done before using keyboards and interesting song structures to create some of the most exciting moments of the album.

With each release The Living End has moved slowly towards a more mainstream audience and have made a record full of rock songs sculpted perfectly for radio. The talent is still there, but the risk and originality present in the older tunes is nowhere to be found.

LUKE CARLINO

From the distorted riffs and rocking choruses of Lady Listen to the folky melody of Something We Should Know, the slow bar-room balladry of Sand to the rollicking country beat of The White Line, the album moves almost effortlessly between styles and tempos we’ve not yet heard from Bonjah.

Lead singer Glenn Mossop’s distinctively husky vocals are as captivating as ever, whether they’re soothing our ears on Give, or being pushed to their limits on Karma.

There is a number of highlights on this album, but if you only listen to two tracks, make them Go Go Chaos and Brother. The former’s gentle beat and soulful strumming make for an atmospheric and mood-settling experience, whilst the latter’s bluesy riffs

Sydney act The Ivys’ second release In the Company of Wolves is a collection of five tight, bass-driven pop-rock songs that lay bare their influences while showcasing their own developing sound.

The pulsing bassline of opening track, Smaller the Print, establishes the sound of the EP, and a hooky chorus, combined with self-assured, energetic performances, makes for a solid opener. Hannaford’s vocals immediately evoke Interpol’s Paul Banks and Placebo’s Brian Molko.

The merits of the first four songs cannot be disputed, however the highlight is Last Divide; a sprawling, atmospheric track has a truly global sound. It wouldn’t sound out of place on the soundtrack for a particular wildly popular vampire book/movie franchise, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

Last Divide begins to shake the Placebo and Interpol likenesses, signalling a move into more original and compelling territory. Here, Hannaford’s voice is at its most versatile: emotive and aggrieved in the verses, soaring through the chorus.

With In the Company of Wolves, The Ivys have produced an EP that demonstrates their scope and chemistry as a band and will pave the way for further success, both locally and overseas.

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Their music is not for everyone, and even Bonjah are willing to admit that, but considering the fact that the launch show for this album sold out in less than 48 hours, I think it’s fair to say that the band is doing something right.

Their sound is genuine and original, their live performance is one not to be missed, and even though they’ve ventured down a different path on Go Go Chaos, they will no doubt retain the mass of loyal, loving fans that they have accumulated over the years.

Abyss Boobyallen Fraquadelic Liquid Nails Love To Stay Major Fuck Yeah Nipple Cripple Dizzy Wizzy Tranquil Eyes

FITZ AND THE TANTRUMS

All tracks written and produced by Shayne Rogers Mastered @ Tron Audio Artwork & design by funi

KELLY SNYDERS

PSPIRALIFE SELF SIMILAR

PICKIN’ UP THE PIECES

Thanks to Mum, Dad, Nan, Pop, Kallie, Simone, Dean, Logan, Kelsey, Newport, Jess, Ruby, Brooksy, Jack, Dave Reactant, Tim Sensient, Pete Tetrameth, Justintime, Poska Juxtapose, Seany, Alikranka, Yaegon Merkaba, Nic Ruffcut, Hacky, Reidy, Benny Quench, Ham.. Thanks for all your support, love and inspiration!

I would like to dedicate this album to the wonderful, Krysty Wigmore.

Pure, unadulterated melancholy has fuelled Pickin’ Up the Pieces, with Michael Fitzpatrick’s indie-pop post-breakup album rallying against adversity and emotional turmoil. Pickin’ Up The Pieces’ charm is immediate and well-maintained, each cut assuming an utterly infectious disposition.

Amidst the super-charged instrumentation, Michael Fitzpatrick and Noelle Scaggs provide an electric charisma and ultimately leading an emphatic surge of retro-chic glory. Owing to the golden eras of Motown and Stax, the result never once sounds contrived or disingenuous. Pickin’ Up The Pieces frequently captures an enchanting retro swagger, with the band adding its own unique spin for good measure.

Love and war the foremost themes of the record. Fitzpatrick’s vocal delivery is sublime, covering everything from accounts of bittersweet splits (Breakin’ The Chains Of Love) to the denouncing of golddiggers (Moneygrabber) with an irresistible energy. Fitzpatrick has amassed many clever, articulate avenues to expression, as Pickin’ Up The Pieces plays host to sweetness, sadness and even protest (Dear Mr.President) with seamless transitions from one to the next.

If a mish-mash of motown, soul, funk and pop sounds like your bag, definitely go out of your way for this one. Recommended.

MEEGAN WAUGH NICK MASON

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and heartfelt lyricism offer an understated yet perfectly balanced representation of the band’s talents.

present

Hobart-based producer Pspiralife’s debut album Self Similar on Zenon Records is perfect testament to what makes him such a highly-regarded dance floor sensation.

This steady yet progressively evolving album boasts a well-balanced combination of powerful baselines and playful variations of quirky subtleties in tone and resonance, allowing the listener to perceive the spacial awareness and depth that play such a key role in the psychedelic music experience.

Many of these tracks will invite you to sit up, only to play-back that beautifully sculpted break-down again and again.

Pspiralife’s carefully placed and cheekily sampled vocals allow you to ponder the things you will as you are swept along on an energy-fuelled journey one never would have expected, highlighting his unique methods of intricately syncopating sounds that both challenge and wittingly entertain the mind and imagination.

Ending on moody baselines with jazzy undertones, this album leaves the sentiment of having been part of something exclusive.

If a debut album can do that, then expect a whole lot more from this up-and-coming visionary musician.

BOB KIRKIS

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Event Guide 45

Hobart Date

Venue

Hobart CONT. Acts / Start Time

SEPTEMBER Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Monday 8

9

10

Birdcage Bar

Where’s Mary 9:00pm

Brisbane Hotel

Stone Troll + The Brown Sound + The Remains

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett and Guests

Federation Concert Hall

Date Sunday

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Date

Brookfield Vineyard

The Timbers

Sunday

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

C Bar

18

Venue

Acts / Start Time

C Bar

Manhatten 2:00pm

Billy Whitton 2:00pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Where’s Mary followed by DJ Grotesque One Sick Lullaby, Rogue Acoustic, Paper Souls

25

Danger Academy 8:00pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Joel Everhard followed by DJ Grotesque

Irish Murphy’s

Irish Murphy’s

Ivories at Irish

Republic Bar & Cafe

Cake Walking Babies 9:00pm

Discover Brahms 7:00pm

Brisbane Hotel

Franks Flicks

Republic Bar & Cafe

Wahbash Avenue 9:00pm

Birdcage Bar

Billy & Randal 8:00pm

Irish Murphy’s

Fritz, Josh Durno

Irish Murphy’s

Deb Manskey, Nell Degrassi, Barry Jones

Birdcage Bar

Billy & Randal 8:00pm

Irish Murphy’s

Ray Martians, Crystal Campbell, Carlee Rolins

Republic Bar & Cafe

Shaun Kirk 9:00pm

Quiz Night 8:15pm

The Grand Poobah

Classic Cocktail Hour 5:30pm

Birdcage Bar Brisbane Hotel

Tuesday

13

Monday

19

Monday

26

Republic Bar & Cafe

Joe Pirere 9:00pm

Irish Murphy’s

Blizz, Ryan Kinder

Republic Bar & Cafe

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 8:00pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tex & Pete 9:00pm

The Grand Poobah

Danger Academy

Glen Valentine 9:00pm

Observatory (Lounge Room)

DJ Dameza

Birdcage Bar

Bowerman & Parker 8:00pm

Birdcage Bar

Bowerman & Parker 8:00pm

Debacle (vic) + Social Death Squad + Will & The Screaming Seniors + Bulletproof

Observatory (Main Room)

DJ Mr B.

Brisbane Hotel

Quiz-a-saurus Pub Quiz 7:00pm

Brisbane Hotel

Republic Bar & Cafe

Kelly Menhennett 9:00pm

Irish Murphy’s

Tasmanian Songwriters and Producers Night

BRAND NEW SECOND HAND presents .......Music on Film

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Sticks and Kane followed by Tim Davies Duo

The Grand Poobah

G.B. Balding 9:00pm

Irish Murphy’s

The Witching Tree, Heron Collective

Ian Murtagh, Dave Wicks, Dr. Fink

Poobah Film Night - Nausicaa - The Valley of the Wind 8:00pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Irish Murphy’s

Trevor Weaver 9:00pm

Glen Challice 8:00pm

Frequency Fridays

Birdcage Bar

Birdcage Bar

Ivory Bar

Observatory (Main Room)

DJ Mr B.

Observatory (Main Room)

DJ Mr B.

Comedy Night - Fare thee well to Miss Goulash, acts TBA

DJ Dameza

DJ Millhouse

Brisbane Hotel

Observatory (Lounge Room)

Observatory (Lounge Room)

Micheal Clennett and Guests

Kreigan Hill 9:00pm

Coven

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Republic Bar & Cafe

Plan B

Rogue Sharks, Yyan McDougall

Poobah Film Night - Latcho Drom 8:00pm

Bedroom Philosopher + Catboy 10:00pm

Irish Murphy’s

The Grand Poobah

Republic Bar & Cafe

Fritz 9:00pm

Where’s Mary 9:00pm

Jarrah Thompson and Chocolate Bedrock

Republic Bar & Cafe

Birdcage Bar

The Alley Cat

Batrider (NZ),The Native Cats, Paint Your Golden Face & Treehouse

The Grand Poobah

Classic Cocktail Hour 5:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

The Grand Poobah

Birdcage Bar

Trevor Weaver 9:00pm

Mess o Reds + Monte Carlo Scene Stealers + James Woodberry + Smutty Sam

Brisbane Hotel

TRASH - HEAVY METAL NIGHTCLUB - Elm Street (vic) + Mason (vic) + Random Order (Album Launch) + Backlash + DJ’s

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett and Guests

Irish Murphy’s

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by Big Swifty

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by Big Swifty

The Waratah Hotel

Versions - Fleetwood Mac 9:00pm

Birdcage Bar

Glen Valentine 9:00pm

Brisbane Hotel

ALL AGES - Anguish + Redemption Denied + Ruin of Gaia + Fall of Megatron

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

14

15

16

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

20

21

22

23

Tuesday

Wednesday

27

28

Republic Bar & Cafe

Peter Hicks and the Blue Licks 9:00pm

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 8:00pm

Observatory (Lounge Room)

DJ Grotesque

Observatory (Main Room)

DJ Mr B.

Republic Bar & Cafe

Joe Pirere & The Blackberries 9:00pm

The Grand Poobah

Poobah Film Night - Contempt 8:00pm

Birdcage Bar

Where’s Mary 9:00pm

Brisbane Hotel

The Comedy Forge - Stand Up Comedy

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Micheal Clennett and Guests

The Tokyo Room, Boxmoney, Killian Halpin

Irish Murphy’s

Darlington, Dan Hennessy

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Robinsons 9:00pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Sin & Tonics 9:00pm

Birdcage Bar

Sticks & Kane 9:00pm

The Grand Poobah

Classic Cocktail Hour 5:30pm Jack Ladder & Ghoul 8:30pm

Thursday

29

Brookfield Vineyard

Acoustic Night with special guest Jenny Biddle 7:00pm

Brisbane Hotel

The Brothers Grim + Guthrie

The Grand Poobah

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Sticks and Kane followed by Devo and Ado

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Tim Davies followed by Jarrod Matchham

Wrest Point Show Room

Art vs Science 7:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Alex Hutchins, Brett Collidge, Selecta

Irish Murphy’s

Jeremy Matcham, Naked Acoustic, Dr.Fink

Birdcage Bar

Glen Valentine 9:00pm

Ivory Bar

DJ Grotesque

Ivory Bar

Behind Closed Doors

Brisbane Hotel

Observatory (Lounge Room)

DJ Millhouse

Observatory (Lounge Room)

DJ Dameza

Observatory (Main Room)

DJ Johnny G

Observatory (Main Room)

DJ Johnny G

Plan B

Billy Green, DJ Logs

Plan B

Billy Green, Keith

Republic Bar & Cafe

Boil Up 10:00pm

Princes Wharf 1

The Alley Cat

Tomas Ford & DOS4GW plus special guests

TSO, Acumen, Dean Stevenson and the Arco Set, sneak peak at the MOFO 2012 line-up

Renegades of Dub w Trouble in Paradise ~The Sumatran Sea Turtle Saga~ w Saca La Mois DJ!!

(MELB) + Ollie MC (MELB) + Acumen (Tasmanias Premier dj/vj combo) + Dublo (live skanking dubstep) + Seane vs Kireesh (minimal dub battles) + Newport vs That bob guy (glitch battles) w more TBA

The Grand Poobah

Art/Con School Ball

Republic Bar & Cafe

Brookfield Vineyard

Coyote Quiz

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by Wolf Brothers

Bonjah + Daniel Lee Kendall + The Joe Kings 10:00pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

Sticks and Kane followed by Devo and Ado

The Waratah Hotel

The Ray Guns and Agent Fontaine 9:00pm

The Alley Cat

The Ray Guns

Irish Murphy’s

Jeremy Matcham, Ian Murtagh, Vendetta

Birdcage Bar

Trevor Weaver 9:00pm

The Grand Poobah

Kate Miller-Heidke

Ivory Bar

DJ Malakai

Brisbane Hotel

Ben Salter (CD LAUNCH) + The Timbers + PINES

Micheal Clennett followed by The Smashers

Observatory (Lounge Room)

DJ Millhouse

Brookfield Vineyard

Open Your eyes (film) 4:30pm

The Clubhouse Comedy 9:00pm

Observatory (Main Room)

DJ Mr B.

Brookfield Vineyard

Jenny Biddle 7:00pm

Birdcage Bar

Glen Valentine 9:00pm

Plan B

Billy Green, Adam Turner

C Bar

Jeremy Matcham 8:00pm

Brisbane Hotel

Republic Bar & Cafe

Mic Dons Starring Dunn D 10:00pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

DJ Rabb

BRAND NEW SECOND HAND “Science” w DJ BTC + Dj Warhol + DJ Astria Saga

The Alley Cat

Fran Swinn Trio

Gav & Lina, Smashers

Michael Clennett 8:00pm

Owl Eyes & Stonefield (Under 18’s matinee show) 2:00pm

Irish Murphy’s

C Bar

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by Entropy

Ivory Bar

Kenny Beeper, Mez and Dameza

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

DJ Johnny G

Wrest Point Show Room

The Panics 7:30pm

The Grand Poobah

Jelly Wrestling Hosted by Tits McGee 9:30pm

Observatory (Main Room)

DJ Mr B.

Irish Murphy’s

Alex Hutchins, Pirates of the Cover Scene

OCTOBER

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by The Smashers

Plan B

DJ Squish, Corney, Adam Turner

Ivory Bar

Grotesque. Mez and Dameza

Saturday

Brisbane Hotel

Mutiny (oz) Folk Punk For Punk Folk

Queens Head Bar & Cafe

Gypsy Rose 9:30pm

Observatory (Main Room)

DJ Mr B.

Republic Bar & Cafe

Evil Eddie (Butterfingers) 10:00pm

Plan B

Sam La More

Brookfield Vineyard

David Knight & Wingit

Republic Bar & Cafe

Mista Savona + Dublo + Dameza 10:00pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

DJ Millhouse

Sails

Billy Whitton 6:30pm

Ivory Bar

DJ’s Grotesque, Mez, Dameza

The Alley Cat

The Vendettas, Phoenix Lights & The Ritz

Observatory (Main Room)

DJ Mr B.

The Grand Poobah

Hobart + Music = Yeah

Plan B

Finch, Lovell, Corney

The Telegraph

Ado and Devo followed by The Smashers

The Telegraph

Micheal Clennett followed by Big Swifty

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 8:00pm

The Waratah Hotel

Brookfield Vineyard

Kelly Menhennett

Illy, Spit Syndicate, Sietta, Hosted by M-Phazes 9:00pm

White Knuckle Fever (vic) + The Superkunts + The Muddy Turds + Log Jam Fury

Brisbane Hotel

Late Night Krackieoke w Mr Piss Tins

Brookfield Vineyard

Jarrah Thompson 8:00pm

C Bar

Glen Challice 8:00pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

DJ Millhouse

Irish Murphy’s

Ian Murtagh, Pirates of the Cover Scene

Ivory Bar

Grotesque, Mez and Dameza

Lark Distillery

Little Miss Music Tas, Another Saturday Night

Observatory (Main Room)

DJ Mr B.

Plan B

DJ Squish, Gillie, Adam Turner

Queens Head Bar & Cafe

Basil The Rat 9:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Owl Eyes + Stonefield 10:00pm

Sails

Billy Whitton 6:30pm

The Alley Cat

Monsters of the Id, John Johnson and the Johnsons & Pines

Saturday

17

In the Mood: a 1940’s Musical Revue 8:00pm

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 8:00pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

DC3 + Pinky Beecroft’s Circle Of Life 10:00pm

Brookfield Vineyard

Jamie Pregnell Jazz Trio 4:30pm

Sails

Billy Whitton 6:30pm

The Alley Cat

Dublo

The Grand Poobah

Skittle Queer & Alternative Party - Pom Pom (VIC) + local DJ’s

C Bar Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar

12

Acts / Start Time Alexi Byas, Chris Rushworth, Jade

Bowerman & Parker 8:00pm

Wrest Point Ent. Centre

Monday

Venue Irish Murphy’s The Grand Poobah

The Grand Poobah

11

12

Birdcage Bar

Brisbane Hotel

Sunday

Date

Joe Pirere 2:00pm Wolfe Brothers followed by DJ Grotesque

Irish Murphy’s

Ray Martians, Dominic Francis, Colour By Numbers

Longley International Hotel

Jarrah Thompson with Asha Henfry

Republic Bar & Cafe

Merchants In Groove 9:00pm

Birdcage Bar

Billy & Randal 8:00pm

The Telegraph Sunday

18

Brett Collidge followed by Selecta

The Waratah Hotel

REM!XED 9:00pm

Birdcage Bar

Trevor Weaver 8:00pm

The Telegraph The Waratah Hotel Saturday

Sunday

24

25

Friday

30

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Launceston Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Saturday

Wednesday

Date

CITY

9

10

14

Bolters Bar

Sara & Brock 7:00pm

Friday

9

Burnie

Maginty’s Bar

Sheyana Band 9:00pm

Spurs Saloon

Deligma 10:00pm

Tapas Lounge Bar

Three Piece 9:30pm

Hotel New York

Owl Eyes & Stonefield, Roger Davis, Boaz

Irish Murphy’s

Cheeky Monkey

Devonport

Lloyd’s Hotel

Ratty

Devonport

The Central

The View 10:00pm

Manhattan Wine Bar

Gina & Hamish

Somerset

The Somerset Hotel

The Pure Blondes 8:30pm

Tonic Bar

Peter Thomas 7:00pm then Ian Holman 10:00pm

Saturday

10 Burnie Devonport

PD, Roger Davis, Boaz, Basssup 10:00pm Long Way Home

Shearwater

Shearwater Country Club Ben Tome 8:30pm

Lloyd’s Hotel

Lorenzo

Devonport

Spurs Saloon

The Durkas 11:50pm

Tonic Bar

Peter Thomas 7:00pm then Ian Holman 10:00pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Rock Pigs 9:30pm

Hotel New York

Future Tech Hosted by EMC

Hotel Tasmania

Long Way Home 10:30pm

Lloyd’s Hotel

Tucker

Devonport Sunday

11 Devonport Devonport

15

Lloyd’s Hotel

Phil Picasso

16

Bolters Bar

Chris Lynch 7:00pm

Thursday

Thursday Friday

Saturday

Wednesday

Thursday Friday

21

22 23

24

28

29 30

1

15 Devonport Devonport

The River Arms

Paradigm 11:00pm

Tapas Lounge Bar

Trev Heins 6:00pm

The Alexander

The Pure Blondes 4:00pm

Tapas Lounge Bar

Open Mic Night 7:00pm

Molly Malones

Proud Phoneys 8:30pm

Tapas Lounge Bar

Kelly Menhennett 8:00pm

Hotel New York

Deligma, PD, Hopper

Irish Murphy’s

Lorenzo von Matterhorn

Lloyd’s Hotel

Open Mic 9:00pm

Manhattan Wine Bar

2 Strung

Burnie

Maginty’s Bar

The Marvins 9:00pm

Tonic Bar

Peter Thomas 7:00pm then Ian Holman 10:00pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Timbers 9:30pm

Hotel New York

Toby & Darcey, PD, Micky Slim (UK), Joycie 9:00pm

Mackey’s Royal Hotel

Peter Thomas 9:00pm

Irish Murphy’s

Victor Charlie Charlie

Burnie

Maginty’s Bar

The Pure Blondes 9:00pm

Lloyd’s Hotel

Candy Feet

Devonport

Molly Malones

Wolfe Brothers 9:30pm

Tonic Bar

Nat & Mat 7:00pm then Ian Holman 10:00pm

Ulverstone Friday

Saturday

Sunday

16 Devonport

17 Latrobe

The River Arms

The Pure Blondes 10:00pm

East Dev Footy Club

Jase and Jesse 10:00pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Unit 9:30pm

18 Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Jacob Boote & Laura Mead 6:00pm

Hotel New York

Toby Della Valle, Darcey, SheBounce, GloveCats

Hotel Tasmania

Ethel The Frog 10:30pm

Wednesday 21 Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Tapas Trivia Night 7:00pm

Lloyd’s Hotel

Jade and Dave

Thursday

Molly Malones

Trevor Weaver 8:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

C Williams

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Dan & Budge 8:00pm

Lloyd’s Hotel

BC

Ulverstone

The River Arms

Two Piece 10:00pm

Bolters Bar

Andy & The Woodman 7:00pm

Maginty’s Bar

The Pure Blondes 9:00pm

Hotel New York

G-Rox, Roger Davis, Hopper 10:00pm

Somerset

Somerset Hotel

Jase and Josh 8:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Well Strung

Devonport

Spurs Saloon

TBA 9:30pm

Lloyd’s Hotel

BC

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Electric Spaghetti 9:30pm

Manhattan Wine Bar

Nathan Wheldon

Devonport

The Central

Jeff Woodward 10:30pm

Tonic Bar

Nic & Carmel 7:00pm then Ian Holman 10:00pm

Hotel New York

Mace, Basssup, Roger Davis, Joycie 10:00pm

Irish Murphy’s

Lorenzo von Matterhorn

Devonport

Spurs Saloon

Electric Spaghetti 11:50pm

Lloyd’s Hotel

All Aboard

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Rock Pigs 9:30pm

Tonic Bar

Brief Illusion 7:00pm then Ian Holman 10:00pm

Ulverstone

The River Arms

The Wooten Files 11:00pm

Hotel New York

Future Tech Hosted by EMC

Friday

Saturday

22 Devonport

23 Burnie

24 Burnie Devonport

Sunday

25 Devonport Devonport

Maginty’s Bar

Dr Rocksters 9:00pm

Molly Malones

Cheeky Monkeys 9:30pm

Tapas Lounge Bar

Neil Gibson 6:00pm

The Alexander

Threez a Crowd 4:00pm

Lloyd’s Hotel

Billy and Dani

Saloon Bar

Art vs Science 10:30pm

Wednesday 28 Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Tapas Trivia Night 7:00pm

Lloyd’s Hotel

Phil Picasso

Thursday

Maginty’s Bar

Fuzz 7:30pm

Saloon Bar

The Panics 10:30pm

Devonport

Molly Malones

Pure Blondes 8:30pm

Bolters Bar

Chris Lynch 7:00pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Kirby Edwards 8:00pm

Hotel New York

Evil Eddie, PD, Boaz

Irish Murphy’s

All Aboard

Lloyd’s Hotel

Tucker

Manhattan Wine Bar

Luke Bennet

Tonic Bar

Two Strung 7:00pm then Damian Maloney 10:00pm

Hotel New York

Hopper, EMC, Bass Kleph (Syd), Basssup

october Saturday

Midnight 9:00pm Unbalanced 9:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Friday

17

Maginty’s Bar Molly Malones

Hotel New York

Thursday

Wednesday

Acts / Start Time

Devonport

Wednesday 14 Devonport

Saturday

Venue

SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER Friday

NORTHWEST

29 Burnie

Ulverstone Friday

30 Devonport

The River Arms

Panned To The Left 10:00pm

Spurs Saloon

Luca Brasi, Ride The Tiger, Backyard Sergeons, Catch Penny 9:30pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Unit 9:30pm

Devonport

The Central

Threez a Crowd 10:30pm

october Saturday

1

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Slats & The Big Naturals 9:30pm

Devonport

The Warehouse

DJ Zoe Badwi & Christian Luke 11:30pm

Tasmania University Union