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Power Station. On Saturday February 29, they’ll be at Snug Community Hall with Spacebar, Liquid Nails and Bilby Slayer. FLAMING VERSES The self-proclaimed Tasmanian Hip Hop king DUNN D is dropping his new album ‘Phoenix’ on Saturday February 22 at Altar. Performing with full live band, Dunn D will be supported by Alertz & Social Change (ADL), Swaz And The Benjamins Luna ,90 Pillz and Dj Dameza. Tickets available from Oztix.
to describe it for you: picture a man in a shiny blue jumpsuit and a pilot’s helmet wired to a telephone receiver, playing slide guitar with all the dirty, scuzzy joy in his heart. Add to that a kick drum and a foot cymbal, the myth of a monkey paw in place of a right hand, and a setlist that includes songs named “Boob Scotch”, “Bubble Strut” and “My Shit is Perfect”, and you’ll begin to get the gist. It is loud and strange and electrifying, and you can see it at The Grand Poobah in Hobart on Friday March 6. THERE’S FOLK IN THOSE HILLS
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From his Quannum Recordings debut with Latyrx, 1997’s The Album to 2003’s seminal solo album Later That Day, Lyrics Born has consistently pushed the boundaries of his craft. His newest project, Quite A Life, is like the exclamation point on his milestone year. The self-proclaimed “funkiest rapper alive” carries on his tradition of weaving funk and soul into classic, boom-bap hip-hop on Quite A Life. Without the influence of icons like James Brown, George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, Zapp and Rogers, LB admits he wouldn’t be who he is today. You can catch Lyrics Born on tour when he plays the Republic Bar on Friday February 7. WHO IS/ARE HE/THEY? Garry David is not a solo act. Oh no. Garry David is a 5 piece Sydney band that has been around for almost 20 years. They have independently released three albums over the years, which you can pick up on bandcamp. Garry David are known for their staunch independent ethos and this is reflected not only in the back catalogue but also in their highly irreverent and authentic live performances. Having played around Sydney for some time now, they have garnered a loyal following. They’re coming to Hobart for the first time ever, so you finally get your own chance to join that loyal following. On Friday February 28 they’ll be playing the Brisbane Hotel along with Xero, Spacebar and Tarraleah
2019 saw the release of Allday’s third album, Starry Night Over the Phone, which took him across most of Australia and much of the United States. Picking up where he left off, Allday is already announced for The Drop Festival in March and April, plus select few shows, including Hobart on Friday February 28 at the Hobart Uni Bar. Tickets available via Oztix. SPIEGEL PIECES The Spiegeltent is coming back to Hobart in March, and as usual, it’ll be jampacked with music, dance, comedy, and all kinds of performance awesomeness. Here’s a quick look at some of the names on the bill. The Black Sorrows, Aboriginal Comedy Allstars, Heath Franklin’s Chopper, Joel Creasey, Things of Stone and Wood, Carlotta, Effie in Love Me Tinder, Shades of Buble, Moonlight Aviators, Tommy Little, Tom Gleeson, Susan O’Neill, Reuben Kaye, Frank Woodley, Fat Musicals: A Body of Work, The East Pointers, Blanc De Blanc. For more information on any of these acts, or to get yourself a ticket, head over to www.spiegeltenthobart.com. BOB LOG III. THAT’S IT. THAT’S THE TITLE. One would have to be in a pretty foul mood not to be entertained by the mysterious awesomeness of Bob Log III. Should you never have had the joy of seeing Bob Log III play, let me attempt
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Indie pop progenitors The Naked and Famous are set to triumphantly return in 2020 with the release of their much-anticipated new album Recover slated for May. Recently, the duo shared their second single ‘Bury Us’, a dancefloor-ready slice of indie pop bliss that captures the energy and essence of the album. Following the success of their first single ‘Sunseeker’, which went to #1 most played on triple j. The band’s first shows of 2020 will take place across Australia as part of the annual Wine Machine Festival, joining other acts such as Young Franco, Alice Ivy and Northeast Party House. That means you’ll be able to catch them in Tasmania on Saturday March 7! Get amongst it – www.wine-machine.com. NO OTHER RHIANNON, NO OTHER FRANCESCO
The Folk Federation of Tasmania will set up shop at the Ferntree Tavern on Saturday March 7 for their monthly meet from 7.30pm. March will bring ARIA-nominated world music group Chaika to the slopes of Kunanyi. The Sydney six-piece meld folk with jazz and classical and are currently on a national tour for their album Arrow. Entry is $12 for adults and $5 for youth. A NOBLE CREATURE What happens when pure comedy takes human form? What happens when a creature is created and bred to do stand up? Nobody knows because that isn’t a thing. What is a thing is Ross Noble doing a stand up show. That’s about as close as you’ll get, and you can go see it. Ross Noble is bringing his new Humournoid tour to Tasmania, and performing it at the Paranaple Arts Centre in Devonport on Wednesday March 4, The Princess Theatre in Launceston on Friday March 6, and Wrest Point Entertainment Centre in Hobart on Saturday March 7. Tickets are available now from www. ticketmaster.com.au from $47.77.
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Mona presents American artist Rhiannon Giddens (vocals, banjo, fiddle) and Italian musician Francesco Turrisi (piano, percussion) performing songs from their new album There Is No Other in March. Playing in the intimate setting of the Museum’s art-clad Nolan Gallery, the duo will also perform at the Port Fairy Folk Festival, WOMADelaide and Sydney’s Metro Theatre as part of an Australia-wide tour. Giddens and Turrisi bring together folk, Americana, jazz and mediterranean influences, finding unexpected rhythmic connections and a shared history in their music. Rhiannon Giddens and Francesco Turrisi perform at the Nolan Gallery on Wednesday March 11. Tickets are $65 adults, $55 concession. Tickets are on sale now, online at www. mona.net.au or in person at Mona. TIM IS BACK
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After selling out his national tour in record breaking time and receiving rave audience reviews across the country earlier this year, internationally renowned, award-winning musician, comedian, actor, writer and composer, Tim Minchin is coming back, back-toback, with BACK in 2020. BACK was Tim’s first Australian tour since returning to the country after almost a decade of living overseas and was seen by almost 69,000 Australians (nice) after a seven-year absence from the stage. Minchin will be playing three shows at the Wrest Point Entertainment Centre in March. On Thursday March 12, Friday March 13, and Saturday March 14. GO FORTH AND PROSPER Forth Valley Blues Festival is back in 2020 on Friday March 20 and Saturday March 21. Over the two days you’ll be able to see the likes of Chase City, Boa Paranoa, The Dead Maggies, The Darlings, Jay Jerome Band, Jed Pickett Band, Billy Shitton, Mumbo Gumbo, Tracey Barnett, Gnarly Burl, Lloyd Spiegel, Owen Campbell, Toby Beard, Blue Shaddy, and Spectrum. Along with the great music, there’ll be plenty of food and beverages to satisfy everyone. Early bird tickets are available now, to grab yourself one, or to just find out some more information about the festival, head to www.forthvalleyblues.com. ANTHONY’S ARIAS
The Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra recently announced that acclaimed vocalist Anthony Callea will perform a very special concert with the TSO on Wednesday April 8, featuring material from his new album, ARIA NUMBER 1 HITS IN SYMPHONY. Conducted by one of Australia’s top musical directors, John Foreman, Anthony will be performing iconic songs from the record including “Nothing Compares 2 U”, “Save the Best for Last”, “Jesus To a Child”, “Right Here Waiting” and “I Swear” amongst others alonside the TSO in this Tasmanian exclusive concert. This very special event will be taking place at the Wrest Point Entertainment Centre in Hobart on Wednesday April 8. Tickets are available now via www.tso.com.au.
instruments as diverse as Bouzoukis, Cellos, Guitars and Ukeleles, many handcrafted by the luthiers who will be exhibiting. Concerts and performances will be held across multiple venues and a large festival site, workshops and art as well as a comprehensive food and wine market showcasing the very best artisan produce Tasmania has to offer. More information from the festival website – www.stringfest.com.au. A STRINGY FELLOW
STRING ‘EM UP Deloraine StringFest Tasmania is a celebration of unique Tasmanian timbers, fine craftsmanship and music. All types of string music and instrumentation will be represented at more than twenty concerts, workshops and events over the four days of Easter 2020. Music from blues to baroque will be played on
BLOODY OATH The Kevin Bloody Wilson Show is not just a concert performance, for most, it’s a full on event and opportunity to tick from your bucket-list a chance to see Australia’s most unique international comedy legend. Kevin has become a national institution – a must see for any person wanting to see absolute original Australian comedy. Kevin Bloody Wilson’s story is remarkable. He has become a part of Australian culture, a part of who we are and how we define ourselves. His DILLIGAF attitude is a quality to be envied. He is performing at Country Club Tasmania on Friday June 19, and Wrest Point Entertainment Centre on Saturday June 20.
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Following on from the release of singles ‘Say You Remember’ and ‘You Make It So Easy’ in 2019, the Melbourne four-piece , Kingswood kick off 2020 with the announcement of their long awaited third studio album Juveniles and the latest single, the intoxicating ‘Bittersweet’. Touring nationally this Autumn the band will play threes Tasmanain shows over the Easter long weekend, starting with Thursday April 9th at the Republic Bar Hobart, Saturday April 11 at The Saloon in Launceston and finishing up on Sunday April 12t at the Forth Pub out of Devonport.
be a whole new live experience, the tour will feature songs from Jeff’s upcoming solo release, including single “Set in Stone”, as well as crowd favourites for good measure. Playing three dates in Tasmania, see Jeff at The Forth Pub on Thursday May 28, Royal Oak on Friday May 29 and The Republic Bar on Saturday May.
One of the masters of the six strings, Jeff Lang, will be making a special appearance at the Deloraine Stringfest on both Friday and Saturday nights, April 17 & 18. Often described as one of Australia’s best guitarists of all time, Jeff will demonstrate his skills on a selection of guitar variations. As a special sideshow, Jeff will also appear in Hobart on Sunday April 19 for an afternoon performance at The Republic Bar. Tickets available now.
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SLOW GOING With a standout year of new career heights in 2019, Melbourne rock favourites Slowly Slowly are backing up 2020 with the release of their third album Race Car Blues. Released on Friday February 28, the band will follow up with a national tour in April and May, including two Tasmanian dates, Friday May 29 at Altar in Hobart and Saturday May 30 at The Saloon in Launceston. Tickets available from Oztix.
It was 1970 when John Williamson released his first song ‘Old Man Emu’. It kick started a five decade career. In 2020, John Williamson will celebrate his 50th Anniversary in the music industry. That’s quite the bloody accomplishment! Having written some of Australia’s unofficial anthems and songs that captured the landscape and the people of the country, 2020 will see John Winding Back. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience him live when he visits the Princess Theatre in Launceston on Friday November 20, 2020, and at Wrest Point Entertainment Centre in Hobart on Saturday November 21.
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THE CREATIVITY OF HOPE
“When you write a song, it takes a long process to get it recorded, to then being released; it feels like it’s super quick, but I’m always writing, so the more I can record, the more I can write.” Mac says on her growing prolific output. “I do love all my songs. You do end up playing them a lot, but the worst thing is you can lose perspective if you’ve sung something a million times, and you can’t tell whether it’s good or bad, you can’t have an opinion.” Mac talks about creating Hope, two years after her full-length debut, and how the process changed, and is changing. “I went into making Hope without much plan; there was no plan for it to be an EP or an album...we ended up getting to seven tracks and feeling like that was complete. We made it in Melbourne; Myles Wooten (The Panics) was the producer. He lived down the road from me and I’d go to his house every afternoon, it came together without much plan. I was on tour, going to his house on days off, most of it was recorded in his bedroom with most of the vocals being the original demos, the ones I did without realising they would go on the album. You can’t recreate the first time you sing a song. I’ve tried so many times to record vocals and you listen to the demo and you’re like, ‘that’s better’.” Mac’s genre-shifting output- bouncing from pop to nu-soul to more alternative arenas- no doubt 8
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When I chat to Sydney indie-pop singer-songwriter Meg Mac (aka Megan Sullivan McInerney), she is in the process of creating her third as-yet-untitled album, despite her second, Hope, having been released only some six months before. Mac has been on a massive upward trajectory since her debut onto the scene in 2013, when she was a triple j Unearthed Featured Artist of the Week. She was Unearthed Artist of the Year the year after, and released her MEGMAC EP. She toured relentlessly in the intervening years, popping out singles to much acclaim until her debut album Low Blows in 2017.
comes a childhood full of music and creative influecnes. “I grew up surrounded by a lot of music.” she explains. “My parents are Irish; Mum would play piano and accordion and was always singing Irish folk songs. Dad was always playing soul music, always putting on records. Mum was always singing. I grew up with it all around me, and it wasn’t until I had left school [that] I discovered that you could write your own songs and make up your ideas- that changed my whole life. You can hear it in some of my songs, I love a lot of Irish folk songs. Especially because they can be sung a capella, I’ve written songs acapella; there’s one song on Low Blows called Cages; I wanted it to feel like a song that didn’t necessarily need music to go with it.” Hope marked a turning point, too, in Mac’s songwriting style; as she creates more and more work, and gets older, she realises the myriad ways of writing that can also be explored.
of a woman on the front, and I was singing and trying to make the song about her. It was probably the first time I tried to put myself in someone else’s shoes. Hope is my favourite song from that album.” “The worst headspace to be in if you wanna be creative is if you sit down to try to write but you think it has to be successful. It’s hard to be creative and be authentic and make special moments. I try as hard as I can to block that, it would probably be depressing. When I started writing songs, I didn’t know I was writing songs, I just knew it made me happy and that’s all I wanted to do. You have to go back to the reason you started.” “The freedom of writing songs, I couldn’t believe I would make up a little idea and think, ‘I’m the first person in the whole world that’s ever sung that exact thing’, that’s what drove me. That it had never been done, the creativity of knowing you’ve created something.” LISA DIB
“I always write from just whatever I feel like, what I think, what’s going on in my life, but on Hope, when I was writing it, that was like...I was kind of putting myself in someone else’s shoes, trying to imagine the story of this woman that spends her whole life in hope. The sad side of hope, the curse of living in hope. There’s this book sitting on my piano, it has a picture
Hope is out now through LittleBIGMan. Meg Mac will play in Hobart at the Botanical Gardens on Saturday March 21 as part of Day on the Lawn. Tickets available from Oztix.
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THE ALCHEMY OF BEATS WILLARIS K- AKA JACK MCALLISTER- MAY FIND THAT THE WILDERNESS OF MELBOURNE’S INNER NORTH IS VERY DIFFERENT TO THE COASTAL VIEWS OF HIS HOMETOWN OF TWEED HEADS, BUT IT’LL DO. THE ELECTRO PRODUCER WILL NEED ALL THE ENERGY HE CAN GET, WITH A MASSIVE 2020 PLANNED, KICKING OFF AT THE START OF JANUARY WITH A SLOT SUPPORTING RUFUS DU SOL ON THEIR AUSSIE TOUR. HE CAME TO THE BAND’S ATTENTION AFTER PRODUCING AN AWESOME REMIX OF THEIR TRACK UNDERWATER FROM THEIR 2018 ALBUM SOLACE.
“I’ve got a fair few things on, a few different projects going- more music coming out next year than I have to date, a huge bunch of stuff in the bank.” he explains. “I’ve been quiet this year, been figuring out where to take the project next. I’ve been taking time to figure out what’s next, now it’s making sense. That’s how I write: make as much shit as possible, the best ones come to the top and figure out where they fit later on. Working on one thing constantly can get a bit stale. I’ve got a folder of things that won’t even be released, other times it’s straight-up club bangers.” As mentioned, McAllister grew up in Tweed Heads, a town near the New South Wales/ Queensland border. Although not a ‘cultural hub’, McAllister was blessed with a rather musical upbringing. “It’s got a very high old people population, definitely a retirement hotspot. There’s not much music culture, it’s very tourist-y. Where I grew up- a couple of acres about fifteen minutes out from the centre- was isolated in a way. I was always surrounded by music; my Dad loves music and was in bands growing up, I was always just around a lot of music. The kind of music that lends itself to a similar feeling that my music gives off, with a different face.” “In high school, a friend showed me the video for Void for Seekae and that changed everything. I started diving into their whole discography. When I finished high school, I was an electrician and would drive a lot, so I was diving deep into different records and related artists. The music production came from DJing and I wanted to make edits for my sets and eventually I was like, ‘I wanna dive into it myself’ and started piano lessons.” The piano lessons, as well as being an admirable achievement in adulthood (jealous!), is a useful tool for creating electronic music.
Being healthy is one part of it, but the main part is getting out of [my] head; I use it to get out in nature, listen to music and not think about making music for a bit. I struggle to wake up and go straight into it, most of the time I’m working by myself every day. I grew up next to the coast and I’d go for a swim or a surf, but the bush suffices.”
“In music production software, all the MIDI is written on piano keys, so I guess it came from that, being able to translate. I played guitar in high school, drums for the longest [time]. That helped a lot with rhythm. At the time, I was listening to a lot of the Jon Hopkins’ Immunity record, which is based a lot around piano. Knowing the theory and method to some extent just made it easier. I don’t sit down at a piano and pump out ideas that become songs at all, it just made me more aware of what I was doing.” McAllister released his debut Willaris K EP Alchemy in 2018, quickly making him one of the ‘one to watch’ of the last couple of years, going on to tour Australia and play kickass festivals like Coachella, Splendour in the Grass and Lollapalooza. “The idea of the EP didn’t really come about until the third single, and I realised I had a collection of songs that made sense together.” he explains. “They all stemmed from the live show, and I was refining tracks after each show; I basically took the live set and that became the tracklist. At the time, I had no idea what I was doing, just trying to make songs. When I was making Alchemy, the song, that was the only track I had finished when I put music out and I wasn’t expecting it to do well. After I watched the video, it all made sense to me. The flow is the emulation of what the live set in the early days was meant to be.” LISA DIB
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SUSTAINABLE TUNES KINGFISHA ARE MOST CERTAINLY A ‘FESTIVAL BAND’. THE BRISBANE REGGAE FIVE-PIECE HAVE DONE A SHEDLOAD OF FESTIVALS OVER THEIR TEN-ODD YEAR CAREER, INCLUDINGBUT NOT LIMITED TO- REGGAE SUN SKA FESTIVAL, BOOMTOWN FAIR, RAINBOW SERPENT FESTIVAL, ISLAND VIBE, WOODFORD FOLK FESTIVAL AND, THIS FEBRUARY, FRACTANGULAR GATHERING. FRONTMAN ANTHONY FORREST IS HAPPY TO BE PLAYING A FESTIVAL THAT HAS A STRONG ETHOS OF SUSTAINABILITY AND OPENNESS. “I think it’s important to be mindful. It’s a pretty wild time, global warming and other things going on in the world, sustainability and welcomeness all across the board is incredibly important.” Forrest is managing the band at the moment, and the band is happy to be independent in this way. “I used to manage the band, then we had a manager for a few years, then we parted ways and I slipped back into it. I’m getting a hand from other members of the band, so I’m not doing everything completely. It’s cool to keep it all inhouse.” “We’re at a different stage now, where we went hard for ten years touring and releasing and the last year we’ve pretty much had off. We’ve been working on different projects within the band. After this run of shows, we’ll probably take another six months off gigging. It’s easy compared to how it used to be.”
The band’s last album was 2016’s Offered It Up, and they’ve spent most of the intervening years touring and working on other projects. It helps keep the band chugging away nicely, explains Forrest, having these peaks and troughs of activity- including changing up the ways in which they create. “There’s been different ways we’ve written over the years; at the beginning of the band, I wrote everything and we’d work on it, but over the years everyone has been contributing a lot more stuff in their own studios and we bring it into the rehearsal room. The last few years has been more collaborative. It’s good to get everyone involved. Everyone knows their role, and their strengths.” “I’ve been working on my own songs for a while and I needed space to work on them. The band was ready for a bit of a break; if we keep going hard for another year, it might not have been good, we might have broken up! It felt like a nice
time to sit back, spend more time with our families.” Forrest won’t reveal too much about his own solo undertakings, but promises it’ll be different to Kingfisha- one has to stretch their creative muscles, after all. “It’s not reggae, I was keen to do something that wasn’t reggae. It’s just me and a producer doing more soul-
based music. It’s still catchy and poppy; it’s been exciting and fun to have a completely different project, especially with just two people, I’ve always played in bands.” LISA DIB Kingfisha play the Fractangular Gathering (February 7-9) near Buckland, about an hour from Hobart. Hit up www.fractangular.com.au for location, tickets and other info.
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IT’S LIKE A VIRUS
US SINGER/ POET/ ACTRESS/ NOISE MUSICIAN AND COUNTERCULTURAL IDOL LYDIA LUNCH HAS MANAGED TO MAINTAIN THE SAME NO-NONSENSE, FUCK-’EM-ALL ATTITUDE AND AESTHETIC SINCE SHE JOINED THE NEW YORK CREATIVE SCENE WHEN SHE WAS JUST A TEENAGER. SINCE THEN, OF COURSE SHE’S COUNTLESS MUSICAL AND SPOKEN WORD RECORDS WITH HER VARIOUS (AND MANY!) PROJECTS, STARRED IN OVER THIRTY FILMS, WRITTEN SEVERAL BOOKS, TWO PLAYS AND ALSO HAD SCORES OF BOOKS AND FILMS MADE ABOUT HER. SHE ALSO CURRENTLY HAS AN INTERVIEW PODCAST- THE LYDIAN SPINWITH MUSICIAN TIM DAHL.
“Love your body! You’ve got your body and your soul; if you don’t like it, change it. If they don’t like your ass, you don’t have to sit on their face.”
Currently, her focus is on her Retrovirus tour, which will cover music across her long and storied career; she’ll be joined by members of bands like Sonic Youth, Jon Spencer and Pussy Galore. “I have such a wide range of material…” Lunch explains, about how she chose what to play on the tour, from such a wide discography. “It’s a lot of the music I never did live, stuff that’s from Queen of Siam [1980 album] I never did live. It doesn’t even matter what the material is because most people haven’t seen it before! This is the one unit that can transmute and transform all those the universe soundscapes.” As one of the faces of American anticonsumerist ‘counter-culture’, I asked Lunch what the term means in 2020. “You have me! There’s a few of us out there. You used to have to search for it harder, there’s such an abundant amount of shit out there, it’s harder to find those things. There will always be counter-culture. It depends where your eyes lands; in New York, for instance- which I did leave for many years, but now I’m back againthere’s a lot more jazz soloists, alternative artists, a big no-wave influence going on. We’re such music gluttons. but there’s other places to look for counter culture: female architects, scientists! There’s still so much stuff from the past that people don’t know about. A lot of the complaints I hear from young people are like, ‘where are the visionaries?’ and I say ‘in the past!’ (laughs).” 14
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Lunch’s music generally belongs in the No Wave category, a style of avant-garde music and art emerging from downtown New York City in the 70s. It was a response to the punk rock movement, focussing on a rejection of rock cliches and a sort of nihilism; musically, it was a storm of different genres, but generally involved noise, atonality, discordance and wild textures. “It’s having a resurgence!” Lunch says, on No Wave. “Musically it’s very angular, it’s not going for audience-friendly, none of it sounds like each other, it’s more dissident and nonmelodic. We don’t need any more pop-punk, we don’t need grunge. I always tell women: don’t be afraid to be ugly. I love ugly music, most of my career has been ugly. Movements are in retrospect. It was a reaction at the time that resulted in a chaotic musical form. No Wave had nothing to do with punk because most punk is based on traditional music chords and structures. I consider myself a No Wave artist because it’s more akin to Dadaism and absurdity. It’s goth blues.” “Music strikes a universal chord. I didn’t set out making music thinking I was gonna make a killing; I made music to affect certain people who, for some reason, come to me for whatever I strike in them. You do music to communicate, you make art to communicate. The only way I’m making money is that I’m a master juggler- ‘I can do this there to support this over there’ but I’m so happy I’m still doing it, in these gruesome times.”
Lunch’s focus, since the beginning, has been defiance. Fiercely independent and motivated, the “master juggler” is consistently working, creating, learning and, above all, rebelling. “When night falls, I’m laughing, even though I might be crying in the morning when I read the news. We need our pleasure, there’s so many things that are hideous to focus on, but I’ve got a milion reasons to be fucking cheerful. The main reason is I’m rebellious so my main rebellion is...the assholes that run the planet, they’re not gonna steal my rights, my capacity for pleasure and love and communication. Their campaign of psychological abuse is so nonstop, it’s an overwhelming hammer on the head if you’re not wearing the right psychological helmet.” At the end of the day, Lunch has the best ethos for these hard and conflicting times. “You don’t like it, I don’t fucking care” Lisa Dib
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PUTTING THE TEENY INTO STEVIE
TEENY TINY STEVIES, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE, IS A SIDE GIG OF MELBOURNE INDIE FOLK-BAND THE LITTLE STEVIES. FOUNDING MEMBERS, SISTERS BETHANY AND SIBYLLA STEPHEN, CREATED THE TINY PROJECT AS AN OUTLET FOR SOME KIDS’ MUSIC IDEAS THEY’D BEEN TOYING WITH. NOW, THEY’RE PLAYING HUGE SPACES LIKE THE THORNBURY THEATRE IN MELBOURNE AND THE SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE. I CHATTED TO BETH IN THE LEAD-UP TO THEIR GIG AT THE MOONAH ARTS CENTRE.
“At the time we were throwing up doing a kids project or a musical comedy act.” she explains. “Byll had had her first child, he was a toddleraged and going through normal developmental stages, which presented normal challenges. Byll was looking for resources that might help, we decided that we should try to write some songs about some of these changes. The first one is about using the toilet [On The Toilet], that was our first attempt and that song has become a real favourite since. It’s quite direct and it’s fun; musically speaking it’s also got a great groove and it’s quite sophisticated. That gave us a sign we were onto something.”
and families, we are aware that kids have potentially shorter attention spans; as a parent now, taking my kids to concerts, you’re trying to keep them focused and contained, so when kids move around at our shows, we don’t take it personally.”
The gigs are perhaps less raucous than your typical 18+ pub gig, but Stephen explains how they’re similar in many ways. “We talk to the audience, as we would at any other Stevies show. Kids give feedback quickly; if they don’t like something, their focus will be taken elsewhere. As performers for kids 16
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The band will release a new album in 2020, to complement 2015’s Useful Songs For Little People and 2018’s ARIA-nominated Helpful Songs For Little People. They’ve found crowdsourcing ideas online super helpful for figuring out what people want to hear. “The last two albums we put the callout on social media, asked them what themes they wanted songs to be written about. We took their ideas and collated ones that were repeatedly asked for, or the ones we thought would be good, and that’s what we wrote about. It’s been extremely helpful, and great to have a brief to write to: ‘You want a song about sunscreen or child care or school dropoff? We can do that’.”
“A lot of the time with our music we try to write about concepts that are probably conversation starters between kids and parents. We feel pretty proud of that that we can assist somehow. With big concepts, once you strip it back in a way, it does become achievable, but it’s delicate. We’ve put in a lot of thought into the particular words we use, we make several drafts of the words and language we use and we want to get it right.” LISA DIB
Keep up with the band via theur website - www. teenytinystevies.com
ROSNY FARM ARTS CENTRE: SUMMER SERIES ‘IT’S JUST A BRIDGE, GET OVER IT!’
Elephant Sessions Hailing from the Highlands of Scotland and launching our 2020 Summer Series, Elephant Sessions create a progressive blend of intricate tunes. Engulfing guitars with a bass and drum-heavy backline, their music combines the very best of trad, funk and electronica, resulting in a new and exciting sound. In partnership with Cygnet Folk Festival. Thursday 9 January 7.30pm
INFORMATION & TICKETING www.clarenceartsandevents.net or 6217 9620
The Barn at Rosny Farm Tickets $30
Jenny Mitchell with special guests Runaway Belles In partnership with Cygnet Folk Festival Wednesday 15 January 7.30-10pm The Barn at Rosny Farm Tickets $25
Ann O’aro with Special Guests In partnership with MONA FOMA Tuesday 21 January 7.30pm – 9.45pm The Barn at Rosny Farm Tickets $25
Life Drawing Concert With Emily Sanzaro on Harp - facilitated by international artist Loren Kronemyer. Supported by Tasmania Performs Friday 24 January 7.30pm The Barn at Rosny Farm Tickets $20
Drag Queen Murder Mystery Supported by Tasmania Performs Saturday 8 February 7.30pm The Barn at Rosny Farm Tickets $20
WALLACE (UK/NZ) The Shuffle Club (VIC) Sharny Russell (QLD) Sky Voltage (VIC) Uncomfortable Science with Lachlan Mitchell (VIC)
and more acts 16–23 FEBRUARY 2020 For more information and tickets go to: clarenceartsandevents.net/clarence-jazz-festival
Music
THE SCIENTIST
“It’s been pointed out to me that I do a lot of things,” he says. “I just got back from last weekend away with the Beasts; after this last one I came back and hit the wall and found myself sitting not doing anything and didn’t know how to do it, but I had no choice, I just lied down and fell asleep. And it’s not like I’m super fit either, even mentally. I struggle with a cryptic crossword. Sleep has never been one of my strengths.” Salmon has a long list of associated acts, the most well-known of which would be his guitar/vocal work with Kim Salmon and the Surrealists, Beasts of Bourbon and The Scientists, who were recently inducted into the West Australian Music Hall of Fame (Salmon himself was inducted in 2004). Amongst other things, a book has also been released about him: author, researcher and fellow guitarist Douglas Galbraith penned Nine Parts Water, One Part Sand: Kim Salmon and the Formula for Grunge in collaboration with Salmon- over many a coffee, it seems. “People have approached me with similar things in the past. This guy, he impressed me as being intelligent, likeable, amusing. We thought he could weave a story around facts and memories I gave him. I pretty much gave him carte blanche, because I didn’t want to write the book or stand over him; he’s telling the story, I thought, and I’ll help him as much as I can. That involved me generally sitting across from him
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INDIE PUNK KIM SALMON HAS A LOT OF BALLS IN THE AIR. OR, A LOT OF BUNS IN THE OVEN. WHATEVER EUPHEMISM YOU CHOOSE TO EMPLOY, HE HAS ENOUGH CREATIVE PROJECTS ON THE GO TO KEEP HIM BUSY FOR A LIFETIME BUT THE ESTEEMED AUSSIE ROCKER IS REALIZING ANOTHER PROJECT HE MIGHT NEED TO WORK ON A BIT MORE: SLEEP.
over a coffee or brunch or something, which he paid for- although I offered many times (laughs)- and he’d ask me things and prompt me and I’d talk. I tried to be as candid as possible. He went ahead and researched things outside of what I’d told him, interviewed lots of people. I’m sure my memory gilds the lily a bit, like anybody.”
I hadn’t set out to achieve something specific, I like it because I can go a lot of places where you can’t go if you have to take an ensemble with you.”
“The extent to which people remember things differently...I always knew memory as a malleable, plastic thing, having people recount things that occured in my life and recount them differently, that was the big surprise. Everybody’s got their own perception of how things happen. I was happy to have the book that way, it gives it credibility. This does not claim to be an ‘unauthorised’ biography, it was done with my full cooperation.”
“The Scientists will doing more US touring towards the end of next year.- got an album in the can and we’ve gotta finish doing production things. Boris [Sujdovic, bass] is liaising with our French booker for a trip in June, I think, plus a Beasts tour in Europe, so I’ve gotta fill the gaps in. I’m gonna work on some art in the early part of the year, get back into that; I committed to having a show in a cafe, at Mario’s [a Fitzroy eatery, an institution] in Melbourne. If you’re gonna be an artist, that’s a commitment, like being a musician. It takes a lot to make a painting, it’s not just knocking up a little sketch. I’m gonna put a concerted effort in doing some artworks, get into a practice. It’s not like music where you’ve often got other people helping you, it’s a much more solitary process.”
At the moment, Salmon is focussed on Beasts, Scientists and solo work, the latter of which he’ll be bringing to Tasmania in January, for gigs at MONA and the Republic. He doesn’t like to plan a gig too strictly, to allow for a sense of organic spontaneity, so he keeps a trusty guide. “I tend not to have a setlist, even with the Scientists or the Surrealists, but particularly solo. I just have a book that’s got various repertoires that I do and I’ll just open at the page of things I’ve done solo and look down there and usually be able to pick a song that I’m comfortable with and play that and that’ll lead me somewhere else, then somewhere else.
In between his many band-related dates and tasks, Salmon plans to allow more time for his love of visual arts in 2020.
LISA DIB
Kim Salmon plays MONA (3-6pm) and the Republic Bar (10pm) on Friday January 31 and MONA on Saturday February 1. Nine Parts Water, One Part Sand: Kim Salmon and the Formula for Grunge by Douglas Galbraith is out now.
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DEALING WITH DEMONS AT A TIME WHICH SHOULD HAVE EVOKED ELATION, THE AMITY AFFLICTION’S JOEL BIRCH WAS IN THE PITS OF DESPAIR. AUSTRALIA’S HARD/METALCORE HEROES WERE BUSY TRACKING MISERY, A RELEASE THAT WOULD SOON BECOME THE BAND’S FOURTH-STRAIGHT #1 ARIA ALBUM. BETWEEN WORKING WITH POP PRODUCER MATT SQUIRE (UNDEROATH, PANIC! AT THE DISCO, ARIANA GRANDE AND DEMI LOVATO), A STORM WAS BREWING FOR BIRCH, AND A METAL BREAKDOWN ENSUED.
“I just know from my experience that when I’ve heard super dark lyrics, it hasn’t had any bearing on my feelings, if anything it has helped me feel more connected to everyone around me because I’m like ‘I’m not the only one going through this.’ ” With the band now cemented as one of the biggest alternative acts to come out of Australia, their sights have been set on America for some time. The 2014 release of Let The Ocean Take Me accompanied by a Warped Tour saw The Amity Affliction turn heads in the land of Uncle Sam. Coupled with a relentless tour schedule in Europe, the time members get to spend at home has diminished considerably. While this might make it tempting to scroll social media feeds endlessly, Birch limits his exposure for good reason. “In Houston just recently, we played, and I had one of the worst days I’ve had in a long time with how I was feeling mentally,” he said. “I walked off stage and smashed three or four sleeping tablets just so I could pass out and not deal with how I was feeling. “You never know what I’m going through, I never know what you are going through. The access on social media is probably the hardest thing for me. “People just being able to get at me 24/7, and they still do. “It is to be expected with the way that I write, the content of the lyrics and everything, but it still doesn’t really alleviate the stress that it brings as well.” There is every chance fans will hear a new single from The Amity Affliction as they tour the country in early 2020. Birch wasn’t about to compare the song to belligerent sounds of All My Friends Are Dead, but the notion of that very song had him smiling.
“I was lucky to make it home really,” Birch said. “I got sort of stuck on the floor for several hours in Toronto recording Misery and I couldn’t move....” “Man, I was so fucking miserable, I was like really suicidal. It was just a horrible time.” Out of the ordeal came a trip to the psychiatrist and Birch was subsequently diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Already battling depression and anxiety the latest news wasn’t so much as a blow for Birch, rather clarity as to why he was experiencing such dramatic ups and downs. Even if a young family and successful music career paints an idyllic picture to the outside world, the frontman never gets to feel completely content. The old phrase ‘never judge a book by its cover’ couldn’t be more relevant to Birch. “Nothing has changed for me though, if it did, I would stop writing about it,” he said. “Part of my coping mechanism is music... for me it has always been super personal. “I think it’s still important to sing about it, be honest about it, also to show people out there that it really doesn’t matter how successful you are or how good your life seems, it can still be the exact same struggle that someone else is having.” Birch’s lyrics have served as much as a lifeline for himself as they have his fans. Followers will often comment on both the singer’s and the band’s social channels with tributes about overcoming mental health adversities thanks to their music. At first Birch found this humbling,
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but then came a torrent of listeners seeking support and advice. The Amity Affliction’s 2014 track Don’t Lean On Me served as a message to fans that Birch wasn’t the person to help. He still to this day struggles with his mental health. This is the main reason Birch keeps his personal feelings away from social media. “If I posted about how I was feeling all the time it’s difficult to say how it would be construed,” he said. “Already in the past I’ve coped some pretty aggressive correspondence with people who have blamed me for their children committing suicide, or self-harming or stuff like that you know? “I just don’t know if it is my place to be completely open about how I am feeling online. “I feel like I say enough in the lyrics that it should be pretty clear that I don’t always do so well.”
“We are just fucking sick of doing the same thing and we had to give it a go you know?” he said. “If we hadn’t of written All My Friends Are Dead and gotten out there and performed it, maybe things wouldn’t have gone back to the heavier side. “We forgot how fun it was. “We played the same fucking music for like 13 years or something. “We just wanted to try something new and we tried it, got it out of our system, and back we go (laughs).” MARK ACHESON
In light of comments about the band’s music causing more harm than good, it begs the question – will Birch ever dial down his lyrical content? “It is something I think about, but I also think I have to be true to myself you know?” he said. “That sort of does require a certain level of honesty in my lyrics and in our music. “For me the selfish thing is that it is super cathartic for me, so I have to keep doing it. “As harsh as it sounds, I’m aware of the positive impacts it has had on people but I’m not aware of the possible [negative] impacts it could have on people.
Amity Affliction’s new album, Everybody Loves You... Once You Leave Them is out on Friday February 21.
Arts
A MONTH OF LAUGHS JOKERS COMEDY CLUB KEEPS UP THE CHEER WITH ANOTHER MONTH OF LAUGHS THIS FEBRUARY. EVERY WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE JOKERS TEAM WILL PRESENT A TOURING GUEST COMEDIAN PLUS THE FINEST TASMANIAN TALENT, AT THE POLISH CORNER IN NORTH HOBART. 5 February - John Lynn Irish comedian John Lynn has performed at the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival and alongside comedy’s biggest names in clubs in LA, New York, London and throughout the UK and Europe. We are extraordinarily lucky to have him sneaking down to Hobart as our special guest on 5 February. Don’t miss him. “A charming rogue who enters some very dark territory…unashamedly funny.” Irish Daily Mail
12 February - Ben Kochan
26 February - Michael Chamberlin
Ben Kochan is a comedian from Sydney who has featured on Comedy Central’s show Little Nippers and on ABC Comedy’s Be Your Own Boss alongside Becky Lucas. Ben was selected to join the prestigious Comedy Zone at the 2019 Melbourne Comedy Festival, performed stand-up at Triple J’s Good Az Friday, Splendour in the Grass and opened for Donnie Benet at the 2019 Sydney Comedy Festival. A fresh new face on the national comedy scene, Ben is destined for big things
Michael Chamberlin has performed stand up on Rove (Network TEN), Stand Up (ABC TV), Tonightly with Tom Ballardand, best of all, made Bert Newton laugh on Good Morning Australia (Network TEN). Along with numerous TV writing credits Chamberlin also won the coveted Piece of Wood comedians’ award at the 2002 Melbourne International Comedy Festival with his then comedy partner Charlie Pickering. “entertaining, intelligent and witty... Simply put - this guy is funny.” - The Adelaide Advertiser
19 February - Kirk Smith US comedian and author Kirk Smith has delighted crowds across the US, Canada, the UK and Australia. He has performed with some of the biggest names in comedy from Bill Burr and Chris Rock to Brian Regan and many more. He has had successful runs at several international comedy festivals including the Perth Fringe and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Jokers Comedy is located at the Polish Corner, Corner of Augusta Rd & New Town Rd, New Town. The public bar is open from 6.00pm, with doors and seating from 7.30pm. The show starts 8.00pm. Further information and tickets are available from the website - www.jokerscomedy.com. au.
Gallery Guide
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Colville Gallery February 4 Glen Preece February 24 Fine Art Auction February 25 The Colourists Handmark Gallery Until February 10 Vika Fifita + Hilton Owen February 14 – March 9 John Lendis Despard Gallery Until February 2 Despard Gallery Annual Summer Group Show February 5 – March 1 Josh Foley Bett Gallery Until February 8 Group Show February 14 – March 7 Watersong – Troy Ruffels Salamanca Arts Centre Top Gallery February 5 – February 28 Paying Attention – Phillip England Sidespace Gallery Until February 10 CONTRA – Ian McKenzie & Vickie Webb February 13 – February 26 Song of the Sea – Hannah Blackmore Studio Gallery February 6 – February 29 Our-Self – Studio 227 Artists Long Gallery Until February 10 Frontlines: takayna to Adani February 14 – February 19 Raven – Artists Anonymous February 28 – March 3 Circadian Rhythm – Brett Ashby Contemporary Art Tasmania Until February 23 La Morte Mi Trovera Vivo (in death you will find me alive) – Mat Ward TMAG Until September 1 Extinction Studies – Lucienne Rickard Until May 10 West: Out on the Edge Until April 26 Captured Moments: Photographs by Jackie Robinson Mona Until April 30 Tim – Wim Delvoye Until April 13 Mine – Simon Denny Moonah Arts Centre Until February 1 I Shed My Skin, A Furneaux Islands Story – Jane Giblin
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TMAG Until May 10 West: Out on the Edge Until September 1 Extinction Studies Until May 10 Captured Moments – Photographs by Jackie Robinson Until November 30, 2023 This Too Shall Pass Until March 29 The Change Room
NORTH Handmark Evandale Until March 4 Summer Salon Burnie Regional Art Gallery February 1 – March 15 Yet to live in a place without sparrows – Fernando do Campo February 1 – March 15 Forest Obscura – Leigh Hobba, Jennifer Marshall, Milan Milojevic, Ybonne Rees-Pagh Until February 23 Making Marks – a celebration of children’s art Devonport Regional Gallery Main Gallery Until March 15 FEM-aFFINITY Upper Gallery Until February 23 Modern Sublime Little Gallery Until February 9 Finding Place – Cheryl Sims Until Feburary 9 Life Lines - June Wilson Gallery Pejean Until February 22 Summer showcase – group exhibition Sawtooth Ari February 7 – 23 Waterways and Land Gallery A Accumulative Condition, constructs of conviction – Isabella Foster Gallery B Deluge – Jaxon Waterhouse & Chantelle Mitchell Gallery C The Dam Swallows the river whole – Caitlin Fargher QVMAG Until March 1 A Tale of Three Loves – Tom Roberts
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The Polish Corner February 5 John Lynn February 12 Ben Kochan February 19 Kirk Smith February 26 Michael Chamberlin
Kingsway Bar February 20 Story to Tell
Theatre Royal February 7 Kitty Flanagan & Sam Pang February 29 Marty Sheargold Hobart Brewing Co. February 1 The Clubhouse with Matt Okine February 20 The Clubhouse with Demi Lardner
THEATRE Theatre Royal January 17 – February 1 Mamma Mia! February 21 – February 22 American Song Botanical Gardens January 31 – February 28 Shakespeare in the Gardens 2020 – As You Like It Playhouse Theatre February 6 – February 15 Be More Chill February 28 – March 21 Keeping Up Appearances
Josef Chromy Wines February 23 Grapes of Mirth The Star Theatre February 2 NT Live: Present Laughter Devonport RSL February 8 Comedy Hypnosis Providore Place February 1 Comedy with Ivan Aristeguieta
THEATRE Paranaple Arts Centre February 28 Charmaine Wilson – The Australian Medium Burnie Arts & Function Centre February 7 – February 15 DoMaur Productions – Night Richard Night
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Hobart Gig Guide Date
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Bright Eyes Cafe
Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm
Brisbane Hotel
Prism w/
Brisbane Hotel
Stage Fright Open Mic, 7:30pm
Brunswick Hotel
Isaac Westwood 6pm
The Duke
Blues – Michael Priest 7pm
Observatory
DJ B-Rex
Brisbane Hotel
Prism w/ , 8pm Timothy William 6pm
Wednesday
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Telegraph Hotel
DJ Nik Bereceree
Brunswick Hotel
The Duke
Duke Trivia 7:30pm
Observatory
DJ Nik Bereceree
Birdcage Bar
Joesl Hopson 8:30pm
Telegraph Hotel
DJ Liam Vaughan
Botanica Bar
Matt Ralph 5pm
The Duke
Duke Trivia 7:30pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Unlocked – Open Mic Night 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Kaye and Randal 8:30pm
Brunswick Hotel
Sam Forsyth 6pm
Botanica Bar
Matt Ralph 5pm
Irish Murphy’s
Noteworthy featuring Katie Wilson 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
St. David’s Cathedral
TSO Brass
Ted Redwood (SA), Seth Henderson, Teri Young, Rable Nest, I’m-12am
The Duke
Ruby Austin-Lund 7pm
Brunswick Hotel
Billy Whitton 6:30pm
Altar
Integrity
Irish Murphy’s
Noteworthy featuring Ian Murtagh 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Velvet Divan 9pm
The Duke
Ruby Austin-Lund 7pm
Botanica Bar
Patrick Berechree 7pm
Altar
Cupid On Dhol: A Valentines Dance Party
Bright Eyes Cafe
Dave Steel, Ross Smithard and Graeme Beer 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Dan Vandermeer 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Back Bar: Bob Marley Celebration w/ King B-Fine and Afrikaya Band, DJ Olas Boss (UK), 8pm
Botanica Bar
Crystal Sky & Ruby Austin-Lund 7pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Coyote Serenade 6pm
Brisbane Hotel
Front Bar: Late Night Krackieoke, 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Brunswick Hotel
Tony Mak 5pm
Cargo
DJ Rikin
The Big Love In w/ Slag Queens, Ironhawk, Liquid Nails, 208L Containers, The New Town Hounds, Llama Pinata, Stiff Mental Uppercut, Baltimore, Rashweed, The Con Artists, 6pm
Central Hotel
Hannah May 5pm
Brunswick Hotel
Jonathan & Alan 5pm
Franklin Square
Daniel John, Pete Cornelius, 19Twenty 4pm
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Grand Poobah
Partiboi69 + Friends
Central Hotel
Joel Everard 5pm
High Altar
Neu Horizons: Nummer
Franklin Square
Brodie Rainbird, Shhor, Blues Brothers 4pm
Hobart Twilight Market (Long Beach)
TBC 4:30pm
Grand Poobah
Love Me, Love Me Not. Blume/Kudu Joy/Q.E + more
Grand Poobah
No Scrubs: 90s + Early 00s Party
Jack Greene
Matt & Abby
Jack Greene
Sean Hall Duo
Level One Lounge Bar
Tony White 9pm
Level One Lounge Bar
Dave West 9pm
Moonah Arts Centre
The DK Effect
Post Street Social
Tony Mak
Observatory
DJ Nik Bereceree
Spring Bay Mill
Loved-Up BBQ
Post Street Social
Terry Nomikos
Tasmanian Inn Hotel
Searching Eyes 7:30pm
Rektango
Rektango 20th Anniversary Party
Telegraph Hotel
Entropy
Republic Bar & Cafe
Lyrics Born
The Duke
The Duchesses 8pm
Tasmanian Inn Hotel
Jonathan & Alan 7:30pm
The Whaler
Dylan Eynon, The Foley Artists 7:30pm
Telegraph Hotel
Kiss My Axe
The Ocelots
The Duke
The Duchesses 8pm
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
The Whaler
Finn Seccombe, Dean Stevenson 7:30pm
Altar
Jed Appleton: Zero To None Single Launch
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
Jed Appleton
Birdcage Bar
Sambo and Jimi 9pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Peter Hicks 4pm
Birdcage Bar
Tony Voglino 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Bright Eyes Cafe
Billy Whitton 4pm
Back Bar: Complete, Dunn D, OMAC, MYSC, Greeley, 8pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Welcome Home Ross Sermons Evening 7pm
Brisbane Hotel
Front Bar: DJ KayWhy, 11pm
Brisbane Hotel
All Ages: Guess the Crowd, Hollow Minds, Morgans Sandpit, 3pm
Brunswick Hotel
Tim Davies 7:30pm
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Brunswick Hotel
The Duvets 7:30pm
Grand Poobah
Barbuto
Cargo
DJ Rikin
High Altar
Neu Horizons: Roza Terenzi
Grand Poobah
LIMBO :: PRIDE
Jack Greene
Sean Hall Duo
High Altar
Atliens
Level One Lounge Bar
Bridget Pross 10pm
Jack Greene
Sean Hall Duo
Observatory
DJ B-Rex
Level One Lounge Bar
Robotikus 9pm
Post Street Social
Gabriele Dagrezio
Mobius Lounge Bar
JFB + Lickweed
Telegraph Hotel
Serotonin
Observatory
DJ B-Rex
The Duke
Blue Chilli 8pm
Post Street Social
Gabriele Dagrezio
Wrest Point Lawns
Missy Higgins & the TSO
Telegraph Hotel
Kiss My Axe
Bright Eyes Cafe
Linda Angledal 4pm
The Duke
Blue Chilli 8pm
Hobart Brewing Co.
M.T. Blues Music 3pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Ross Smithard and Fred Pribac 4pm
Jack Greene
Joel Hopson
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo & Happy Hour, 6pm
Level One Lounge Bar
Gabe Dagrezio
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Post Street Social
Terry Nomikos
Jack Greene
Dave West
Bright Eyes Cafe
Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 6pm
Level One Lounge Bar
Felicity and Harry 5pm
Brisbane Hotel
Stage Fright Open Mic, 7:30pm
Longley International Hotel
19-Twenty
The Duke
Jazz Jam 7pm
Odeon Theatre
Moon Duo
Wrest Point Showroom
Matthew Ives and his Big Band
Post Street Social
Terry Nomikos
Brisbane Hotel
Prism w/ , 8pm
Republic Bar & Cafe
M.T. Blues Music 2:30pm
Brunswick Hotel
Dave West 6pm
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Observatory
DJ Nik Bereceree
Telegraph Hotel
DJ Liam Vaughan
The Duke
Duke Trivia 7:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Venue
Acts / Start Time
The Duke
Ruby Austin-Lund 7pm
The Founders Room
Michelle Nicolle Quartet (MEL)
Altar
Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird
Billy Whitton 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Matt Edmunds 9pm
Botanica Bar
Matt Ralph 5pm
Botanica Bar
Timothy William 7pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Unlocked – Open Mic Night 6pm
Bright Eyes Cafe
Peter Hicks and the Blues Licks 6pm
Brisbane Hotel
An Horse (Qld), Moody Beaches (Vic), 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Brunswick Hotel
Harry & Jane 6:30pm
Back Bar: Garry David (NSW), Comrad Xero, Spacebar, Tarraleah Power Station, 8pm
Irish Murphy’s
Noteworthy featuring Maja Puseljic (Vic) 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Front Bar: Jazmine Mary (NZ), Philomath, 8pm
The Duke
Ruby Austin-Lund 7pm
Brisbane Hotel
Altar
Sarah Mary Chadwick
Gary David, Xero, Spacebar, Tarraleah Power Station
Birdcage Bar
Bridget Pross 9pm
Brunswick Hotel
Dave West 5pm
Botanica Bar
Finn Seccombe 7pm
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Bright Eyes Cafe
Jenny Biddle 6pm
Central Hotel
Hannah May 5pm
Brisbane Hotel
Front Bar: Hard Rubbish, The Pits, Avalanche, 8pm
Franklin Square
Rudy Matory, Gabe + The Dagresios, Beijao featuring Tania Bosak 4pm
Brisbane Hotel
Back Bar: The Raccoons and friends, 9pm
Granada Tavern
Conrad Sewell ‘Big World’ Tour
Brunswick Hotel
Tom Booth 5pm
High Altar
I Love Dancehall
Cargo
DJ Rikin
TBC 4:30pm
Central Hotel
M.T. Blues Music 5pm
Hobart Twilight Market (Brooke St Pier)
Franklin Square
Molly Lucas, Disciples of Soul, Sugartrain/Kashkin 4pm
Jack Greene
Matt & Abby
Level One Lounge Bar
Girl Friday Duo 9pm
Hobart Twilight Market (Long Beach)
TBC 4:30pm
Observatory
DJ Nik Bereceree
Jack Greene
Terry Nomikos
Post Street Social
Tony Mak
Level One Lounge Bar
Foley Artists 9pm
SAC Courtyard
Black Jesus Experience (MEL)
Observatory
DJ B-Rex
Salty Dog Kingston
M.T. Blues Music 5:30pm
Post Street Social
Isaac Westwood
Tasmanian Inn Hotel
The Duvets 7:30pm
Tasmanian Inn Hotel
Tim Davies 7:30pm
Telegraph Hotel
Midnight Valentine
Telegraph Hotel
Got Your Six
The Duke
The Duchesses 8pm
The Duke
The Duchesses 8pm
The Founders Room
The Best of the Con feat. The Gus Leighton Quartet
The Whaler
Searching Eyes, Ruben Reeves 7:30pm
The Founders Room
Wanderlust (Syd)
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
Miss Jones
The Founders Room
Late Night Club with Konrad Park & Friends
The Whaler
Finn Seccombe, Dean Stevenson 7:30pm
Altar
Dunn D: Phoenix Album Launch
Uni Bar
Allday
Birdcage Bar
Tim and Scott 9pm
Samara Cullen
Bright Eyes Cafe
Montz Matsumoto 4pm
Willie Smith’s Apple Shed
Brisbane Hotel
ALL AGES:
Wrest Point Showroom
Rocketman Live in Concert
Brisbane Hotel
Front Bar: Late Night Krackieoke, 9pm
All Saints Market
TBC 10:30am
Brunswick Hotel
Dan Vandermeer 7:30pm
Altar
The Tinderboxers: Gap Year Tour
Cargo
DJ Rikin
Bangor Vineyard Shed
M.T. Blues Music 1pm
Hobart Brewing Co.
M.T. Blues Music 1pm
Birdcage Bar
Isaac Westwood 9pm
Jack Greene
Sean Hall Duo
Bright Eyes Cafe
Ross Sermons and Gerry Balding 4pm
Level One Lounge Bar
The 50/50’s 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
Back Bar: Zac Eichner Band (SA), SPKEZY, The Protagonists, 9pm
Observatory
DJ B-Rex
Brisbane Hotel
Zac Eichner // Spkezy // The Protagonists
Post Street Social
Gabriele Dagrezio
Brunswick Hotel
Jay Jarome Trio 7:30am
Telegraph Hotel
Live Wires
Cargo
DJ Rikin
The Duke
Blue Chilli 8pm
Symphony No. 1 / Double Concerto
Altar
Drab Majesty
Federation Concert Hall
Bright Eyes Cafe
One Trick Pony 4pm
High Altar
Neu Horizons: Priori
Brisbane Hotel
Brissie Bingo & Happy Hour, 6pm
Jack Greene
Sean Hall Duo
Les Femmes 5pm
Koonya Garlic Fest
M.T. Blues Music 10:30am
Salty Dog Kingston
M.T. Blues Music 2pm
Level One Lounge Bar
Matt and Abby 9pm
Odeon Theatre
Rufus Wainwright
Observatory
DJ B-Rex
Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm
Post Street Social
Terry Nomikos
Brisbane Hotel
Stage Fright Open Mic, 8pm
Snug Community Hall
Gary David, Spacebar, Liquid Nails, Bilby Slayer
The Duke
Jazz 7pm
Telegraph Hotel
Big Swifty
Prism w/ , 8pm
The Duke
Blue Chilli 8pm
Isaac Westwood 6pm
The Founders Room
Late Night Club with Konrad Park & Friends
Observatory
DJ B-Rex
The Founders Room
Blow (TAS)
Telegraph Hotel
DJ Nik Bereceree
Brisbane Hotel
Back Bar: Lydia Lunch Retrovirus (USA), The Roobs, The Native Cats, Tex Napalm & The Last Band On Earth, 8pm
Level One Lounge Bar Monday Tuesday
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Bright Eyes Cafe
Brisbane Hotel Brunswick Hotel
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Saturday
Sunday
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The Duke
Duke Trivia 7:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Jerome Hillier 8:30pm
Brisbane Hotel
Front Bar: Brissie Bingo, 6pm
Botanica Bar
Matt Ralph 5pm
The Founders Room
Late Night Club with Konrad Park & Friends
Brisbane Hotel
Poor Mans Pot, 7pm
The Founders Room
Wanderlust (Syd)
Brunswick Hotel
Billy Whitton 6:30pm
Irish Murphy’s
Noteworthy featuring Miss Jones 8pm
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S&M Carl Treasure Leigh Ratcliffe Timothy Gambles 19 Twenty $20+bf Miss Tori Matt Gibson Ingrid James $15+bf Man vs Dog $20/$15 Frank Sultana RAW5 Robert Meesri Andy Collins Dave Adams Band Espresso Bongo Launnies Blues Club Open Jam Jazz Club Espesso Bongo $10/$15 Choir in the Pub Open Mic Amy Pegg Sounds of Woodstock $20+bf Pleasant Peasant $10 Ewah and the Vision of Paradise $10
14 Brisbane St Launceston 7250 (03) 6331 5346
JANUARY
Thursday 2nd Andy Collins (Public Bar, 8pm) Friday 3rd Roller Rockers (Public Bar, 9pm) Saturday 4th Ben & Luke (Public Bar, 9pm) Sunday 5th Open Folk Session (Public Bar, 5pm) Wednesday 8th Jason~Whatley Bar, Live (Public Music ~ 8pm)
~ Great Food Thursday 9th ~ Leigh Ratcliffe (Public Bar, ~ 8pm) ~ Open 7 Days Dance Club (Oak Shed, 8pm)
~ Open Mic Night the Last Wednesday of10th the Month ~ Friday Busby Marou (Oak Shed, 9pm) David Adams (Public Bar, 9pm) Saturday 11th S&M (Public Bar, 9pm) Sunday 12th Open Folk Session (Public Bar, 5pm) Thirsty Merc ( Oak Shed, 2:30pm) Wednesday 15th Jaywell (Public Bar, 8pm) Thursday 16th Tim Gambles (Public Bar, 8pm)
WALLACE (UK/NZ) / The Shuffle Club (VIC) / Sharny Russell (QLD) Sky Voltage (VIC) / Uncomfortable Science with Lachlan Mitchell
(VIC)
Brian Ritchie Trio / CM3 / Lazer Baby / Baba Bruja / Jay Jarome / Uncle Gus & The Rimshots / TAI HARLII / Gus Leighton Quartet Harry Edwards / Nadira and Friends Big Band / M.O.B. (McEntee & Ottaway Big Band) / Janelle Stowe & Brendon Siemsen Quintet Honky Fonk / Katy & Mangus / The Countershine Trio / Simmer / Presidential Suite / Saucy Jack and his Ripper Band Swinging Twin Fiddles / Les Femmes Rouges / The Moonshine Collective / UTAS Conservatorium All Stars / Australian Army Band Elizabeth College Big Band / Clarence Jazz Festival Scholars’ Group / Dan Barnett (Ambassador)
16–23 FEBRUARY 2020
For more information and tickets go to: clarenceartsandevents.net/clarence-jazz-festival