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<strong>BLUE</strong> <strong>KING</strong><br />
BROWN<br />
WARP ISSUE 4 | MAY 2011<br />
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NEWS<br />
DEL ThE fUNkY hOMOSAPIEN hEADINg TO<br />
hOBART ThIS JULY<br />
For the past 20 years, Del the Funky<br />
Homosapien has been solidifying his status as<br />
a certified hiphop legend. Since the seminal<br />
1991 release of “Mistadobalina” on the<br />
“I Wish My Brother George Was Here” LP,<br />
Del has been a crib-hold name amongst rap<br />
aficionados worldwide.<br />
Following the success of appearances on<br />
albums by Handsome Boy Modelling School<br />
& Gorillaz, his value has escalated into the<br />
upper echelon. Hobart gets a chance to see Del<br />
in person at the Republic Bar on Wednesday<br />
July 20, supported by Crixus & DJ Grotesque<br />
performing a DJ/VJ set.<br />
LATE NIghT kRACkIEOkE AT ThE BRISBANE<br />
The hilarity continues this months Late Night<br />
Krackieoke at The Brisbane Hotel with your<br />
multi-minded host MC Motherlover. Come<br />
dressed as your MUM!<br />
With over 15,000 songs to choose from there<br />
is a 100% guarantee that you will be breaking<br />
your Mother’s heart. Every second Saturday<br />
of the month, the next event will be held on<br />
the 14th of May. Next month’s event with<br />
DJ Steakface is on the 11th of June. June’s<br />
edition will see your host doing live branding,<br />
whip cracking, dog herding and live whiskey<br />
drinking!<br />
BALLPOINT RETURN WITh NEW EP AND<br />
LINEUP<br />
It’s 2011, Ballpoint return with a new line up<br />
and EP. This May, Ballpoint will release a 3<br />
song digital EP titled ‘Snake Eyes’<br />
Now a four piece with Lucas Walker on lead<br />
vocals, Ballpoint has re-gained it’s passion and<br />
inspiration and as a result will give birth to EP<br />
which was recorded at Red Planet recording<br />
studio’s in Hobart and produced & engineered<br />
by Rob Long from Birdland Studios (You Am<br />
I), Mastered by Brett Zilahi (Alexisonfire, Old<br />
Crowes Young Cardinals) in Canada. Snake<br />
Eyes EP will be independently released<br />
digitally.<br />
Ballpoint will accompany the release of Snake<br />
Eyes with a string of shows across the country<br />
before hitting the studio’s again at the end of<br />
the year to record and produce their next full<br />
length.<br />
NO MORE fRUSTRATIONS... OR IS ThERE?<br />
Fans of Hobart’s The Frustrations get set to<br />
rejoice. The guys are set to play their first<br />
Melbourne show in eight years and in the spirit<br />
of being prepared will be taking the stage at<br />
The Brisbane Hotel on Wednesday, 18 May.<br />
With support from Myblackson and a $5 cover<br />
you’ve got no excuse for not being there (unless<br />
you actually do).<br />
kINg CANNONS hEAD TO TASMANIA fOR 2<br />
ShOWS IN MAY<br />
Melbourne based rock n rollers, King Cannons<br />
prepare to embark upon their first headline<br />
tour of Tasmania at the end of next month.<br />
It’s a simple ethos that hasn’t changed since<br />
day one. Soul food. Six good friends coming<br />
together to create music crafted from their<br />
many different individual influences and<br />
inspirations.<br />
The result is ferocious. A constantly evolving,<br />
roots based rock’n’roll sound that is<br />
unmistakable.<br />
Catch King Cannons Friday May 27th at Hotel<br />
New York, Launceston and Saturday May 28th<br />
at The Brisbane Hotel, Hobart<br />
TIgER ChOIR TAkINg IT TO ThE MAINLAND<br />
After tucking themselves away on Bruny Island<br />
to record new album, Unicycles, Hobart trio<br />
Tiger Choir are continuing to rack up quality<br />
support slots for international acts touring the<br />
mainland. Having already stepped up prior to<br />
Deerhunter shows this year, the lads will be<br />
on the road with The Drums during early May.<br />
No Tassie dates on either tour, unfortunately,<br />
but that does mean we should get to see them<br />
headlining more of their own shows here in the<br />
not-too-distant future.<br />
IT’S TIME TO MOVE ON fOR INVISIBLE BOY<br />
Invisible Boy’s Daniel Townsend has told <strong>Warp</strong><br />
the band’s relationship with tracks from their<br />
Above The Groove of a Lonely Life album has<br />
reached a critical stage. “We only include two<br />
or three songs from the album in our set,”<br />
Daniel said. “It’s not the songs, it’s us. We’ve<br />
moved on. We’re happy for the songs to start<br />
seeing other people and we’re still friends,<br />
it just didn’t work out.”<br />
ThE ADVENTURE BAY <strong>BLUE</strong>S AND ROOTS<br />
fESTIVAL IS ON SUNDAY, JUNE 12<br />
The Adventure Bay Blues And Roots Festival<br />
is being held at The Adventure Bay Hall,<br />
Adventure Bay Bruny Island on Sunday June<br />
12th 2011.<br />
This years headline act will be Launceston<br />
based power house duo Guthrie playing<br />
their heavy driving blues with a uniquely<br />
Tasmanian flavour. The legendary Full<br />
Tilt Boogie are also on the bill along with<br />
Yonderwall plus many more.<br />
Food and beverages will be available and<br />
accommodation can be obtained by contacting<br />
accommodation providers on Bruny Island.<br />
The event is licences, so under 18’s must be<br />
accompanied by a parent or legal guardian.<br />
Tickets are $30 with under 18’s admitted free.<br />
Ticket’s are available from The Adventure Bay<br />
Store and the Republic Bar & Cafe. $1 from<br />
each ticket sold will be donated to the National<br />
Breast Cancer Foundation.<br />
TUMBLEWEED RETURN TO hOBART<br />
The ‘stoner rock’ riffs of Wollongong’s<br />
Tumbleweed inspired a whole army of music<br />
lovers when they emerged in 1990s from the<br />
seeds of the Proton Energy Pills. Tumbleweed<br />
burst onto the scene in a huge way by gaining<br />
infamy courtesy of a national support, one and<br />
only Australian tour by the legendary Nirvana<br />
back in 1992.<br />
Despite their chequered history including<br />
several band line-up changes, Tumbleweed<br />
have let bygones be bygones and the original<br />
line up is once again on speaking terms,<br />
playing and writing together for the first time<br />
in almost fifteen years. Add to this a double<br />
cd, reissued - “The Waterfront Years” out<br />
now on Aztec Music. It contains all of the<br />
bands recordings until just before they signed<br />
the deal moving from Waterfront to Polydor<br />
Records.<br />
To celebrate this release, Tumbleweed will<br />
embark on some special interstate shows in<br />
May and June 2011 including a performance<br />
at The Brisbane Hotel on Saturday June 4 with<br />
the original 1994 lineup.<br />
TAS BANDS RIP IT UP ON NATIONAL ChARTS<br />
Congratulations to North West bands Lyke<br />
Giants and Deligma. Both have recently<br />
reached number 1 on Triple J Unearthed<br />
charts, with Lyke Giants holding the top two<br />
spots for consecutive weeks and Deligma<br />
being played on the prime time station.<br />
Deligma have two Tassie EP Launches planned<br />
for next month; June 3rd at Hotel New York,<br />
Launceston and June 17th at The Brisbane<br />
Hotel, Hobart.<br />
IT’S TIME TO MOVE ON fOR INVISIBLE BOY<br />
Invisible Boy’s Daniel Townsend has told <strong>Warp</strong><br />
the band’s relationship with tracks from their<br />
Above The Groove of a Lonely Life album has<br />
reached a critical stage. “We only include two<br />
or three songs from the album in our set,”<br />
Daniel said. “It’s not the songs, it’s us. We’ve<br />
moved on. We’re happy for the songs to start<br />
seeing other people and we’re still friends,<br />
it just didn’t work out.”<br />
MIz IMA STARR IS hEADINg fOR hOBART<br />
Australasia’s Queen of the Cabaret Stage<br />
celebrates 20-years of thrilling audiences,<br />
and to mark the occasion is returning<br />
to her enduring love… the dancefloor! A<br />
reinterpretation of Don McLean’s American Pie<br />
is the lead single from Starr’s upcoming debut<br />
long-player ‘Start the Crescendo’, which, as<br />
the title boldly announces, is a non-stop thrillride<br />
of up-tempo pop gems. Catch the show at<br />
Flamingos Dance Bar on May 27.<br />
ThE gIN CLUB INCLUDE hOBART IN<br />
NATIONAL TOUR<br />
The Gin Club tour the country this June. The<br />
hard-to-classify folk/psychedelic/rock outfit is<br />
promoting their upcoming CD, Hissy Fit and as<br />
part of it will head to Hobart, performing two<br />
sets.<br />
Everyone who attends will receive a free<br />
download code for The Gin Club’s new<br />
collection of b-sides and rarities, Hissy Fit<br />
Volume 2.<br />
Catch The Gin Club at The Brisbane Hotel,<br />
Hobart on Saturday, 11th June<br />
LITTLE RED TO OPEN WARATAh hOTEL<br />
(hOBART) BAND ROOM<br />
Little Red have travelled around the world<br />
twice so far this year but they’re coming home<br />
in June and what better way to celebrate than a<br />
tour and what better way for Tasmanian’s, but<br />
to include Tasmania on the schedule.<br />
Catch Little Red at The Waratah Hotel on Thur,<br />
June 23 at The Waratah Hotel in Murray Street,<br />
Hobart<br />
BASTARDfEST ANNOUNCED<br />
The first group of acts to be performing at this<br />
year’s event has been announced. Leading<br />
the pack at every event are those globetrotting<br />
bastards from Tasmania, Psycroptic. Seperatist<br />
have also been announced to join the bill.<br />
Expect October 15 at The Brisbane Hotel to<br />
be littered with a smattering of interstate and<br />
local bands glorifying the tremendous talent<br />
heavy music in Australia has to offer.<br />
WAgONS RETURN TO TASMANIA<br />
The big and bloody hearted men of Wagons are<br />
gearing up to head to Tasmania on the back of<br />
their new album Rumble, Shake and Tumble.<br />
These premier storytellers are fresh off the<br />
plane from a sixteen date whirlwind US tour<br />
which centred on a triumphant SXSW blitz<br />
and will see the band visiting the northern<br />
hemisphere on multiple occasions in the<br />
coming year, having signed on with America’s<br />
High Road Touring; agents to Wilco, Lucinda<br />
Williams, Ween and Drive By Truckers.<br />
Catch Wagons on Friday May 27 at the Royal<br />
Oak, Launceston and Saturday May 28 at the<br />
Republic Bar, Hobart<br />
PROPAgANDhI SELLINg fAST<br />
Canadian punk outfit, Propagandhi are set to<br />
perform on the 20th May at The Brisbane Hotel<br />
- and it’s close to selling out.<br />
Tickets can be bought from The Brisbane,<br />
Ruffcut Records, Red Hot CDs and Mojo Music.<br />
TIJUANA CARTEL BOOk hOBART DATE<br />
Byron Bay’s Tijuana Cartel are hitting the road<br />
for a string of shows across the country. Their<br />
latest offering, White Dove is currently on radio<br />
and the EP by the same name is set to release<br />
in the second half of this year.<br />
Tijuana Cartel will appear at the Republic<br />
Bar and Cafe on Saturday, July 16<br />
JINJA SAfARI RETURN TO hOBART ThIS<br />
AUgUST<br />
Jinja Safari channel African rhythms, bouncing<br />
harmonies, makeshift percussion and an<br />
unabashed performance that blends gentle<br />
melodic jungle-folk and fiery independent<br />
showmanship.<br />
Catch the guys when they head to The Republic<br />
Bar as a part of their national tour on Friday<br />
August 5.<br />
gUITAR VIRTUOSO MAThEW fAgAN TOURS<br />
TASMANIA<br />
Appearing earlier this year at the Cygnet<br />
Folk Festival as part of the festival of guitars,<br />
Mathew Fagan returns to launch his live album<br />
‘One Day in Nashville’ with six shows around<br />
the state plus a series of guitar workshops.<br />
A master of the 10 string guitar and banjo,<br />
Mathew’s unique blend of classical, flamenco<br />
and American finger-picking styles has<br />
seen him perform alongside Natalie Cole,<br />
The Original Buena Vista Social Club, Billy<br />
Connolly, Shirley Bassey and Michael<br />
Crawford.<br />
In the workshops Matthew will explain and<br />
demonstrate the 10-string Spanish guitar,<br />
speed and drive of country, bluegrass,<br />
traditional Celtic, flamenco and banjo<br />
technique, slide guitar and guitar tapping<br />
percussion are all masterfully presented.<br />
See Matthew Fagan live at Skwiz Cafe Gallery,<br />
Sheffield: Friday May 13 and Sat 14, 8pm,<br />
Guitar Workshop: Sat 14, 4-6pm, Burnie<br />
Regional Art Gallery: Sunday May 15, 2pm-<br />
3.45pm, Workshop: 4pm-6pm, Royal Oak<br />
Hotel: Thursday May 19, 8.30pm, Little Theatre,<br />
Deloraine: Sat May 21, 7.30pm, Workshop<br />
2pm-4pm, Brookfield, Margate: Sunday May<br />
22, 5pm-7pm, Workshop 3pm-5pm<br />
PROgRAM ANNOUNCED fOR fESTIVAL Of<br />
ThE VOICES 2011<br />
Australia’s premier celebration of the vocalist<br />
and the power of song, Festival of Voices will<br />
bring together more than 10,000 singers<br />
and audience members for a mid-winter<br />
celebration in its seventh year.<br />
The festival includes a series of concerts and<br />
workshops encompassing the diversity of song,<br />
ranging from traditional choir to jazz and<br />
hip hop.<br />
The full program will be announced on May 23.<br />
For more information on the Festival of Voices,<br />
visit www.festivalofvoices.com<br />
CONTENTS<br />
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ISSUE 4<br />
MAY 2011<br />
08 BRITISH INDIA<br />
09 THE GIN CLUB<br />
10 <strong>BLUE</strong> <strong>KING</strong> BROWN<br />
11 RAJATON<br />
12 TONY JOE WHITE<br />
13 TIGER CHOIR<br />
14 INVISIBLE BOY<br />
15 PROPAGANDHI<br />
16 SNOWMAN<br />
17 PEGZ<br />
18 LYRICS BORN<br />
19 WAGONS<br />
21 DJ KIREESH<br />
21 ACT YO AGE<br />
22 DJ ELITE FORCE<br />
23 TIMMY TRUMPET<br />
24-29 ARTS<br />
26 DAVID EDGAR<br />
29 ANDREW ON ART<br />
30-31 PERFORMING ARTS<br />
32-34 EAT OUT<br />
35 DIARY OF A TEN DAYS MARATHON<br />
36-37 LIVE REVIEWS<br />
38-39 ALBUM REVIEWS<br />
40-42 GIG GUIDE<br />
News 7<br />
<strong>BLUE</strong> <strong>KING</strong><br />
BROWN
8 Music<br />
BRITISH INDIA<br />
AS BRITISH INDIA BEGIN TO STRUT THEIR STUFF IN VENUES<br />
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WARP MAGAZINE TRACKS DOWN<br />
THEIR FRONTMAN DECLAN MELIA FOR A WORD OR TWO.<br />
Australia has many bright young bands<br />
shining out of the mists at the moment. One<br />
group who are rapidly pushing their way<br />
into the limelight, however, is British India.<br />
They’ve released three albums in the last<br />
four years - Guillotine (2007), Thieves (2008)<br />
and Avalanche (2010) – and have toured<br />
strongly and receiving critical acclaim across<br />
the board. Meanwhile, they’re also working<br />
on recording their next album, only increasing<br />
their already hectic schedule. <strong>Warp</strong> were happy<br />
to step into the eye of the cyclone to have a<br />
quick chat with lead singer Declan Melia about<br />
all things British. Well, kind of.<br />
In the days separating their shows in Adelaide<br />
and Brisbane, the band have returned to<br />
their hometown of Melbourne to record new<br />
material. In fact, Melia has jumped on the line<br />
direct from the studio. We’re really busy,” he<br />
confirms via phone, during a brief intermission<br />
in their endeavours. “I’m not for a second<br />
complaining, because I’ve got limitless energy<br />
when it comes to this, but we’re not sitting<br />
on the couch… we get off the road and its<br />
straight back into the studio. We’re hoping to<br />
warpmagazine.com.au<br />
be releasing a new album before the end of the<br />
year, so there’s a lot of writing to be done.”<br />
Their studio time has a second purpose,<br />
too: British India are not only recording new<br />
songs, but reprising older material as a taster<br />
for the American market, where they will be<br />
heading in a few weeks. According to the front<br />
man, there’s a particular science concerning<br />
such a process. “We’re trying to balance<br />
out the tracks,” Melia reveals. “If you listen<br />
to Guillotine, Thieves and Avalanche there’s quite<br />
a discrepancy between them. Guillotine has<br />
that sort of roaring garage sound which we<br />
think is part of it’s charm, but apparently<br />
there’s not much managerial taste for that with<br />
the record label people of the ‘States”.<br />
Whatever the desires of the management,<br />
Melia is keen to head abroad. It’s no wonder,<br />
as he mentions that they have their sights set<br />
on L.A. - a destination unfamiliar to the band.<br />
To go walkabout was the logical next step.<br />
“As far as Australia goes, we’ve pretty much<br />
left no stone unturned,” he states. “We’ve<br />
played just about everywhere it’s possible to<br />
play; some places it’s impossible to play. But<br />
we’re pretty well acquainted with this beautiful<br />
old country.”<br />
It’s also good to know that British India<br />
aren’t picky, willing to hit the road and take it<br />
wherever it may lead them.<br />
“I’LL gO WhEREVER<br />
ThERE’S A WILLINg<br />
AUDIENCE… ThERE’S<br />
ALWAYS SOME fUN TO BE<br />
hAD ON TOUR,”<br />
Melia muses.<br />
This current tour is going quite well for the<br />
lads. According to Melia, all of the shows have<br />
been quite good. British India have in particular<br />
been enjoyed the exploits of their supports<br />
across the dates, bands Boy In The Box and<br />
City Riots impressive in their own right. “The<br />
package tour is definitely bolstering our spirits<br />
a little bit,” the singer says. “Those two bands<br />
are definitely bringing their A-games and that<br />
causes us to step up a little bit, keeps us on<br />
our toes.”<br />
If nothing else, the bands have been a good<br />
influence upon British India. “We cultivated<br />
a bad habit of arriving quite late to shows on<br />
the tour for Thieves,” he ruminated, “but we’ve<br />
broken that now. We show up early and watch<br />
the supports and have a few drinks.”<br />
British India have come a long way since their<br />
formation back in 2004, a time in which its<br />
members were still involved in their studies.<br />
“Well we’ve probably gotten a bit better, more<br />
masterful of our instruments maybe,”<br />
Melia ponders. “We probably dress slightly<br />
worse or better, depending on who you’re<br />
talking about... but I think the attitude is exactly<br />
the same. It doesn’t really seem that much<br />
has changed as far as the mentality goes, the<br />
us-versus-them, salmon-swimming-upstream<br />
feeling that we’ve always kind of cultivated.”<br />
Melia gives insight into the aforementioned<br />
attitude. “Being in a band tends to keep you<br />
in a state of arrested development, at least<br />
psychologically, because you’re focused on one<br />
thing… nothing else sinks in. You don’t have<br />
time to mature, or experience what a lot of<br />
people would call the important things in life.”<br />
Perhaps, then, British India have suffered<br />
from the double-edged sword of fame and<br />
recognition. “We’re accumulating some<br />
fabulous memories and some fabulous<br />
opportunities that people rarely get, but<br />
I mean, everything’s fallen by the wayside for<br />
this band – relationships, careers, family,”<br />
Melia laments. “From day one this had been<br />
top priority, and it has to be number one,<br />
all the time… that’s what’s exhausting.”<br />
However, in his philosophising, Melia drops one<br />
important aside that dozens – if not hundreds<br />
– of young women around Australia will be<br />
interested to hear: he’s still on the lookout for<br />
a girlfriend. “I’m at that age where I just love<br />
women,” he confirms. “I’m always optimistic.<br />
You never really know, with women… you can<br />
never be dismissive of them, because the great<br />
ones pop up in the strangest places.”<br />
BRETT NEULINg<br />
BRITISh INDIA appear at the Republic Bar on<br />
Friday June 3 and Saturday June 4<br />
THE GIN CLUB HIT THE<br />
TOURING TRAIL<br />
I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE TIME WITH SINGER / SONG-<br />
WRITER BEN SALTER TO TALK ABOUT THE GIN CLUB<br />
UPCOMING TOUR, WHAT MAKES THE BAND SO UNIQUE AND<br />
THE 2011 BRISBANE FLOODS.<br />
The Gin Club is set to hit the touring trail again.<br />
The 11-piece country folk rock band will be<br />
touring the country kicking off in Adelaide on<br />
10th June 2011.<br />
The Gin Club came to existence in 2005, the<br />
band was started by Salter, who gathered<br />
together a group of musicians who, though<br />
delving into their own solo projects started to<br />
collaborate and write music together to create<br />
this unique and diverse sounding band.<br />
‘I started The Gin Club with The Wu Tang Clan<br />
in mind. I like the idea that though the rappers<br />
in The Wu Tang Clan were working on their<br />
own side projects, they came together as a<br />
collective to make the band.’<br />
The band now has 7 full time members that<br />
live all around the world from Stockholm<br />
to Melbourne. This global spanning band<br />
has a unique way of functioning, due to<br />
location difficulties rehearsal is pretty<br />
much unfeasible transforming their show<br />
in professional jamming sessions with any<br />
available band members, creating a dynamic<br />
and unpredictable element to their live<br />
performances. Ben states’ I gave up trying to<br />
organise rehearsal because it just became<br />
too impossible.’<br />
When writing albums The Gin Club takes two<br />
weeks to rehearse and record with everyone<br />
bringing their music to the table. Ben states<br />
that The Gin Club has a loose sound, which<br />
acts as a template, making it easier for the<br />
7 different songwriters to create an album<br />
that sounds cohesive. Their band works<br />
well together due to the lack of ego and the<br />
firm friendship base created amongst the<br />
members. Because all of the songwriters are<br />
in their own different bands each member<br />
brings a little personal touch to each album.<br />
Salter’s main band is The Giants of Science,<br />
a band created in his youth which is decibel<br />
extending grunge rock which Ben admits has<br />
a way of sneaking into his folk music, adding<br />
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a slight hint of heavy set guitars into The Gin<br />
Club’s country folk style.<br />
The Gin Club will be touring with the songs<br />
from their album Death Wish which was<br />
released 2010. I asked Ben what was the song<br />
that moved him the most on their latest album.<br />
He divulged that the song Milli Vanilli stood out<br />
from him. This song was written by Bridget<br />
Lewis and penned before the Brisbane floods<br />
but seemed to eerily pre-tell the story of the<br />
astounding environmental event that occurred<br />
in early 2011.<br />
The Gin Club who originally hail from Brisbane<br />
banded together to do support gigs to raise<br />
money for their flooded home town with some<br />
of the bands member homes being affected by<br />
the floods.<br />
EVA LUBULWA<br />
ThE gIN CLUB will appearing at The Brisbane<br />
Hotel on Saturday June 11<br />
TickeTs On sale nOw<br />
drAMA the new AlBuM out 08.04.11<br />
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10 Music<br />
<strong>BLUE</strong> <strong>KING</strong> BROWN<br />
- OvER LAND AND SEA<br />
With countless shows and spots on festival<br />
circuits both here and abroad, as well as<br />
earning radio play and critical acclaim in the<br />
meantime, Blue King Brown are apparently<br />
just getting warmed up. In fact, just a glimpse<br />
of their history since their inception in 2004<br />
suggests a work ethic perhaps unrivalled by<br />
their blues and roots contemporaries. Fans and<br />
those as yet unacquainted with the band will be<br />
able to get in on the action, Blue King Brown<br />
having recently embarked on a new string of<br />
dates. Founding member Natalie Pa’apa’a is<br />
excited to be back on the road again.<br />
“We love (touring) and the tour has just<br />
started... we have dreams and goals and we<br />
are very passionate about performing live and<br />
very passionate about connecting with our<br />
global community and sharing the music and<br />
the message and the positivity,” she declares<br />
enthusiastically. Found in the chilly surrounds<br />
of Toronto, Canada, however, Pa’apa’a<br />
concedes the weather has been tough going.<br />
“We almost got snowed in yesterday! It was<br />
really cold.”<br />
It’s surely a shock to the system for a band<br />
familiar with the milder climate of their<br />
hometown Melbourne, Blue King Brown<br />
also professing strong ties to Byron Bay.<br />
Fortunately, the cold has not supressed the<br />
obvious joy Pa’apa’a exudes, having just<br />
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hopped off stage., Blue King Brown’s positivity<br />
and passion is evident in everything they<br />
do - the exact attitude necessary given their<br />
schedule of late. After playing a number of<br />
festivals in Australia including Falls, WOMAD,<br />
East Coast Blues and Roots Festival Byron Bay<br />
and the Big Day Out, the band are currently<br />
tripping their way across the globe. Blue<br />
King Brown recently made an appearance<br />
at Austin’s infamous SXSW festival also, the<br />
experience of the event often seen without<br />
equal. However, any time spent on the road<br />
is a huge opportunity for the band to promote<br />
their craft.<br />
“We are just trying to get our name out<br />
and about in the world and perform for as<br />
many people as we can and make as many<br />
connections as we can, so that we can keep<br />
coming out and do what we are doing,”<br />
Pa’apa’a says.<br />
It’s business as usual for the sextet, who have<br />
enjoyed great success off the back of three<br />
albums - their most recent being last year’s<br />
Worldwize Pt.1 North & South. It would be the<br />
2006 release of Stand Up that would set the<br />
course for the band, however, Blue King Brown<br />
suddenly earning immense airplay from the<br />
likes of Triple J, a wealth of support offered up<br />
for their endeavours. But fast-forward to the<br />
present day and there’s good news in spades<br />
for local fans: not only are Blue King Brown<br />
taking their music around Australia as of May,<br />
the band have recently released new material.<br />
The single is titled Gathu Mawula and marks<br />
a collaboration with well known Aboriginal<br />
artist Garrumul.<br />
“We did a version of one of (Gathu Mawula) and<br />
it’s a song that we had heard and we had really<br />
loved and we had connected with on a number<br />
of occasions. Garramul was interested in<br />
getting up and playing with Blue King Brown,”<br />
Pa’apa’a explains. “We played it a few times<br />
and we thought ‘Why don’t we go into the<br />
studio and record a version of it?’ We just really<br />
enjoyed working with each other - in the wider<br />
sense and it was very natural for us to get<br />
into the studio and create this really beautiful<br />
version of this song that we really love.”<br />
It’s no surprise then that Blue King Brown and<br />
Garramul have kept the lines open, particularly<br />
where their artistic endeavours are concerned.<br />
“We have met on a number of occasions. He is<br />
pretty shy to start with - he is quite a funny guy<br />
and he is really free,” reveals Pa’apa’a, before<br />
disclosing a new venture. “Basically I just<br />
called him up and said ‘How do you feel about<br />
getting together and doing a film clip for Gathu<br />
Mawula?’ and he was like ‘Yeah!’”<br />
It’s another feather in Blue King Brown’s cap,<br />
having earnt the praise of some big names,<br />
including Michael Franti and Carlos Santana.<br />
Heading upward and onward, it seems the<br />
band can only snare more frenzied love for<br />
their brand of roots music.<br />
BELLE TOPE<br />
WORLDS COLLIDE<br />
Blue king Brown have teamed up with<br />
gurrumul Yunupingu to reprise Gathu<br />
Mawula, first feature on the latter’s<br />
eponymous debut album. Originally<br />
performed completely in Yolgnu language,<br />
the song references family and one’s<br />
essential connection to land.<br />
“Since Gurrumul’s solo success a lot of<br />
people have come to him with collaborative<br />
ideas. He hasn’t done any of them,” says<br />
Michael Hohnen, muso and long time friend<br />
of the celebrated artist. “Yet when Blue King<br />
Brown learned one of his songs and played it<br />
live at a gig, he was very pleased and excited<br />
to join them on stage and sing it with them.”<br />
The opportunity to embark on a new studio<br />
recording, then, was approached with<br />
enthusiasm. “We have very fond memories<br />
of performing with Gurrumul... so it was<br />
natural to get into the studio together and<br />
record our version of his beautiful song.”<br />
Natalie Pa‘apa’a declares.<br />
<strong>BLUE</strong> kINg BROWN appear at the University<br />
of Tasmania Uni Bar, Hobart on Thursday<br />
May 26<br />
Great food, free pool and live music<br />
Now open till 2am every fri and sat<br />
May<br />
Fri 13th - Selecta<br />
Sat 14th - The Unit<br />
Sun 15th - Ella Rose<br />
Fri 20th - TMG<br />
Sat 21st - The Unit<br />
Sun 22nd - Trev Heins<br />
Fri 27th - TMG<br />
Sat 28th - Kool Daddy’s<br />
Sun 29th - Ella Rose<br />
June<br />
Fri 3rd - Electric Spaghetti<br />
Wed 8th - Open Mic Night<br />
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Rooke Street Mall, Devonport, Tasmania.<br />
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RAjATON RETURN<br />
FINNISH MULTIPLATINUM SELLING A CAPPELLA GROUP<br />
RAJATON RETURN TO TASMANIA FOR THEIR SECOND<br />
COLLABORATION WITH THE TASMANIAN SYMPHONY<br />
ORCHESTRA IN TWO YEARS.<br />
The finish word Rajaton, translates as<br />
“boundless”, an apt way to describe the ability<br />
of the six-voice ensemble to tackle a variety<br />
of projects that has included 11 albums<br />
over their 13 year history. With a mix of<br />
originals and covers, the group has reached<br />
mainstream success in their homeland, with a<br />
string of platinum selling releases along with<br />
international accolades, including Top World/<br />
Folk Album and Top World/Folk Song of the<br />
year by the Contemporary A Cappella Society of<br />
America (CASA) in 2007 for their album Maa.<br />
With a relentless worldwide touring schedule,<br />
the group will bring their tribute to English<br />
super-group Queen to Hobart audiences<br />
with support from the Tasmanian Symphony<br />
Orchestra. Last time in Tasmania Rajaton<br />
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performed their hugely successful tribute to<br />
ABBA, which impressed the Orchestra and<br />
audience alike. With the Queen tribute, Hobart<br />
audiences have the opportunity to hear the full<br />
six part harmonies of the Swedish a capella<br />
group with touring rock band, backed by the<br />
full 47 piece TSO perform unique versions<br />
of classic songs that are guaranteed to have<br />
Freddie Mercury turning in his grave.<br />
See them peform at the Wrest Point<br />
Entertainment Centre Tuesday May 17.<br />
Tickets are available through the TSO<br />
box office 1800 001 190.<br />
NIC ORME<br />
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12 Music<br />
THE SWAmp FOx:<br />
TONy jOE WHITE<br />
KEEPIN’ IT SWAMPY, KEEPIN’ IT SIMPLE AND KEEPIN’ IT<br />
REAL, THE SWAMP FOX LEGEND TONY JOE WHITE CHATS<br />
WITH LOANI ARMAN ABOUT WHAT KEEPS MUSIC PULSING<br />
THROUGH HIS LOUISIANA VEINS.<br />
If you’ve never been turned on by a sexy Tony<br />
Joe White guitar lick or had one of his swampy<br />
tunes seduce you into an easy and languid<br />
mood, then you need to find a good record<br />
store and welcome yourself into the world of<br />
the man they call the ‘Swamp Fox’.<br />
Sitting in his backyard, outside his home studio<br />
in Tennessee, Tony Joe White takes my call.<br />
I don’t need to lay eyes on him to know that<br />
he’s dressed head-to-toe in black; a cowboy<br />
hat slouched over dark sunglasses, shadowing<br />
a face that has been tenderly weathered by a<br />
career spanning almost 50 years.<br />
“I’ve been sitting in my backyard and we have a<br />
pretty day here for a change. It’s the only way,<br />
baby, being outside. Everything is open<br />
and beautiful.”<br />
Since his youth in Louisiana’s swamp country<br />
and early days paying his dues in some of the<br />
roughest honky-tonks in Texas, White has<br />
been one busy man. His recording career<br />
has amassed a remarkable 29 albums and<br />
he’s toured with the likes of Steppenwolf,<br />
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Creedence Clearwater Revival and Sly and<br />
the Family Stone. His songs have been laid<br />
down by everyone from Elvis Presley to Ray<br />
Charles, Otis Redding to Tina Turner and most<br />
memorably, Brook Benton with his moody<br />
interpretation of Rainy Night in Georgia. Since<br />
Benton’s release in 1970, the track has reportedly<br />
been covered by over 140 different artists.<br />
On his latest release The Shine, White keeps it<br />
achingly real sounding like it was cut live from<br />
the floor. “Everyone knows when I sit down<br />
with a guitar in a studio, at any given moment<br />
everybody may see the red light go on,” he<br />
says. “The writing, the guitar playing, the<br />
realness of it has to be there. It has to be there.<br />
I wrote these songs over the last year and just<br />
went in with only 20 seconds and 30 seconds to<br />
the drummer and bass player, and I’d say ‘now<br />
play what comes out of your heart’ and we’d turn<br />
the tape on. Hit and record.”<br />
As a musician of exceptional expertise and<br />
one who plays close to his heart, that kind of<br />
spontaneity is a luxury White can afford. “To do<br />
an album like that was, to me, really soulful<br />
and real. It came out of what everybody felt at<br />
that moment without rehearsing or anything.<br />
I always stay with the freedom of the song and<br />
I try to record them like they came to me.<br />
They came from a higher place, and I was<br />
almost like a receiving station.”<br />
With his Fender Stratocaster and Boomerang<br />
swamp box in tow, White is set to tour Australia<br />
in April and May, playing a mix of club and<br />
festival dates. It’s yet another chapter in the<br />
long standing love affair White has with<br />
this country.<br />
“I DON’T hAVE A SET<br />
LIST. I USUALLY TRAVEL<br />
ThROUgh LIfE WITh<br />
NO SET LIST. IT’S LIkE<br />
WRITINg A SONg –<br />
YOU NEVER kNOW WhAT<br />
LINES ARE gOINg TO COME<br />
UP NExT.”<br />
“Why I love Australia so much, it reminds me<br />
of here and down in Oak Grove, Louisiana,<br />
where I grew up. Y’all have the crocodiles,<br />
we have the ‘gators. We got the swamps, you<br />
got the swamps. Everyone pays attention to<br />
the environment down there, and I do too. It’s<br />
like, people watch the stars. They care about<br />
patterns, you know?” he says.<br />
“Everybody’s real. They let you know they<br />
care about your music. It’s beautiful to come<br />
that far and to see people singing the words<br />
to your songs.”<br />
As to what songs fans can expect to hear on<br />
the upcoming tour, White leaves some of that<br />
decision up to them.<br />
“Usually, the audience has their own set list<br />
and they’ll holler out the older tunes,<br />
Polk Salad Annie and all the way back there.<br />
All of a sudden you’ll put out some new ones<br />
like off The Shine and they go ‘alright i’m with<br />
you, let’s go’. I can do that with just a drummer<br />
on stage cos he don’t have to know the key.<br />
That way, it has a certain kind of wildness to<br />
it that I can’t get if I have a bunch of people<br />
onstage with me. As long as the fans know<br />
that I mean what I’m saying and doing, we all<br />
become part of it,” he says, before winding<br />
down our interview with a few simple words<br />
that sum up his philosophy on life and music.<br />
“I don’t have a set list. I usually travel through<br />
life with no set list.”<br />
If you haven’t already done so, get to know the<br />
Swamp Fox. Not only will you find comfort in<br />
knowing that his music exists, but that he, Tony<br />
Joe White, does too.<br />
LOANI ARMAN<br />
The Shine is available now, on Swamp Records.<br />
Tony Joe White appears at Wrest Point on<br />
Saturday May 14<br />
TIGER<br />
CHOIR<br />
FOR A BAND WHO FORMED<br />
SIX MONTHS BEFORE THEY<br />
MANAGED TO EVEN PLAY<br />
TOGETHER, HOBART’S TiGeR<br />
ChoiR SURE DON’T MESS<br />
AROUND. THEY RELEASED<br />
THEIR DEBUT EP AT THEIR<br />
SECOND EVER SHOW AND<br />
NOW HAVE THEIR FIRST<br />
FULL-LENGTH ALBUM,<br />
UNICYCLES, AT LARGE.<br />
Speaking to <strong>Warp</strong>, Tiger Choir’s Hamish<br />
Cruickshank recounted the slow start made<br />
once Sam Nicholson joined he and Elliott<br />
Taylor to form the three-piece.<br />
“Sam, our drummer, sort of said he’d join the<br />
band, but then we didn’t get together to play for<br />
maybe six months. We just didn’t get around to<br />
organising anything,” he laughs.<br />
In the following 18 months, Tiger Choir have<br />
managed to produce and release Unicycles<br />
and make enough of a name for themselves to<br />
score a couple of top-notch tour supports<br />
in 2011.<br />
First up were Melbourne and Sydney shows<br />
with indie rockers Deerhunter in February,<br />
closely followed by a slot on the bill at New<br />
Zealand’s Campus A Low Hum festival. Next is<br />
a trip around the mainland in support of muchhyped<br />
Americans, The Drums.<br />
“We did some shows with Deerhunter back in<br />
February, two sideshows we opened for them,”<br />
Hamish said. “We got that by talking to a guy at<br />
a record company. We gave him the album and<br />
he said he really liked it and sort of said ‘I can<br />
get you that gig if you want it’ and we said that<br />
would be amazing.”<br />
Despite asking the obvious question,<br />
Tiger Choir weren’t able to convince the powers<br />
that be to bring The Drums as far south as<br />
Hobart, but local fans should soon have the<br />
chance to see the local trio live, particularly<br />
as the material on Unicycles will only have one<br />
airing, at the album launch, before the tour<br />
commences.<br />
As for the songs on Unicycles, Hamish revealed<br />
that not all of them have made the cut for live<br />
performances.<br />
“(We’ll play) probably six or seven songs off it,”<br />
he said. “When we’re recording we go in with<br />
a few tracks ready to go and 75 per cent of it<br />
done, but then we also write a few songs while<br />
we’re playing around and some of them turn<br />
out to be the better ones.<br />
“Some of them, because they come together<br />
as this built up thing are a bit hard to play live.<br />
Some of them we work out how to play live but<br />
some of them we’re like ‘bugger that, it’s an<br />
album track’.<br />
Elliott chimes in: “There’s a few songs on the<br />
album we’re yet to figure out ways to pull off<br />
live. But we’re pretty happy with having a few<br />
tracks just to have on the album.”<br />
According to both guys, the release of Unicycles<br />
could not come too soon and is probably a little<br />
later than what they’d hoped for.<br />
Elliott: “I’m really excited to get it out now.”<br />
Hamish: “We’ve been sitting on it for a while.<br />
We had it finished and pretty much ready to go<br />
a couple of months ago and we’ve been waiting<br />
around for a label to release it. We were going<br />
to go frickin’ crazy waiting.<br />
“Going on tour with The Drums is a massive<br />
opportunity to throw your album at people and<br />
say ‘We’ve got an album’.”<br />
They’re also hoping the album name and<br />
distinctive art proves beguiling – and is the first<br />
of many to come.<br />
Elliott: “It (the album name) is basically just<br />
down to the cover art.<br />
hamish: “We didn’t have a name for it when<br />
we started making it or even when we finished<br />
it. We even had the picture for the cover for<br />
a while before we decided on a name. We<br />
thought, well there’s unicycles on the cover of it<br />
so we’ll go with that.”<br />
Elliott: “It’s pretty literal.<br />
hamish: “When we made the EP we didn’t<br />
give that a name because we had no idea. We<br />
didn’t even officially call it the Tiger Choir EP<br />
or anything, it just sort of became known as<br />
the one with the Punch and Judy scene on the<br />
front. We thought it’d be cool to find lots of<br />
interesting pictures and every time we release<br />
something give it a really literal name.”<br />
Elliott: “We’re going to have to keep releasing<br />
things for that to become the theme.”<br />
hamish: “We’re thinking long term.”<br />
Elliott: “There’s sort of an assumption<br />
we’ll keep going. We’re into the idea of<br />
releasing lots of records... I want to definitely<br />
have lots of album covers on my wall. That’s<br />
my long term aim.”<br />
So, watch this space for more from Tiger Choir.<br />
STU WARREN<br />
Music 13<br />
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14 Music<br />
INvISIBLE BOy<br />
LOCAL INDIE-FOLKSTERS, INVISIBLE BOY HAVE HAD A<br />
BUSY 2011 TO DATE – BUT THAT’S NO SURPRISE GIVEN THE<br />
LATE-MARCH BIRTH OF THEIR SECOND ALBUM, ABOVE THE<br />
GROOVE OF A LONELY LIFE.<br />
What might surprise, however, is that the<br />
band’s live set doesn’t reflect as much of the<br />
new material as you might expect. According<br />
to Daniel Townsend, this is far more to do with<br />
the players themselves – not the material.<br />
“We only include two or three songs from the<br />
album in our set,” Daniel said. “It’s not the<br />
songs, it’s us. We’ve moved on. We’re happy<br />
for the songs to start seeing other people and<br />
we’re still friends, it just didn’t work out.”<br />
Having started life as an acoustic duo, it seems<br />
Invisible Boy has definitely grown up a little,<br />
now playing live as a four-piece with a couple<br />
of albums to their credit, airplay on more than<br />
50 community radio stations nationwide and a<br />
boatload of live experience.<br />
Picking up compliments from reviewers at the<br />
likes of DrumBeat <strong>Magazine</strong> and The Dwarf,<br />
Invisible Boy has earned comparisons with<br />
the likes of Eels, Damien Rice and Australia’s<br />
current folk darlings, Angus & Julia Stone.<br />
The new album was recorded during an<br />
18-month period which saw the development<br />
of an exciting new sound including danceinspired<br />
rhythms, edgy electric guitars, plenty<br />
of strings and stacks of harmonies.<br />
“When it comes to how people respond to the<br />
new album, our audience is split down the<br />
middle,” Daniel said. “The new album has<br />
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more furrowed brows, a few upside-down smiles,<br />
and asks some pretty tough questions, but<br />
there’s also the kind of songs we’re known for.<br />
“So, some people want more of the sing-along<br />
stuff and some people love the musical variety,<br />
the dynamics, the electric guitars.”<br />
Despite the seemingly conflicted views over<br />
the content on the new album, there’s no doubt<br />
about it marking a special time in the history of<br />
Invisible Boy and potentially opening new doors<br />
as they go about getting as much as possible<br />
out of this lonely life.<br />
“It’s been special touring for this album,”<br />
Daniel said. “We’ve been over that watery ditch<br />
three times in the past year, and the response<br />
is pretty consistent wherever we go, whether<br />
we’re in living rooms, folk clubs, pubs or<br />
festivals.<br />
“We’re chatting with a promoter who has<br />
asked if we could perform the songs from the<br />
record, start to finish, for a live recording later<br />
in the year. It’s nice to be liked. But it’s more<br />
important to be worth listening to, so we’ll<br />
focus on that.”<br />
STU WARREN<br />
Wed 11 Marita Mangano + Bill Kelly<br />
Thurs 12 Linc Le Fevre in the Bar<br />
Friday 13 Ill Starred Captain in the Boatshed<br />
Sat 14 Smokin Elmores in the Boatshed / $5<br />
Sun 15 Open Folk Group<br />
Wed 18 Shakabula in the Bar<br />
Thurs 19 Matthew Fagan in the Boatshed<br />
Fri 20 Taberah, Future Recollection and Wizard<br />
in the Boatshed / $5<br />
14 Brisbane St Launceston Tasmania 7250 - (03) 6331 5346<br />
Sat 21 Luke Parry in the Bar<br />
Sun 22 Open Folk Group<br />
Wed 25 Open Mic Night Returns<br />
$12 Jugs Boags Draught !<br />
Thurs 26 Dave Adams in the Bar<br />
Fri 27 Wagons in the Boatshed / $5<br />
Sat 28 Wheezy Hours Feat. Heloise Sowerby<br />
Crazy 88's, James Parry & Charles Ducane / $5<br />
Sun 29 Open Folk Group in the Bar<br />
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pROpAGANDHI<br />
AS PROPAGANDHI GET READY TO INVADE A VENUE NEAR<br />
YOU, THEIR BASSIST TODD KOWALSKI TOOK TIME OUT TO<br />
HAVE CHAT WITH WARP FROM HIS HOME IN WINNIPEG,<br />
CANADA.<br />
Watch out Australia. The Canadians are<br />
about to invade. Prepare yourself for a full<br />
frontal aural ttack. Brace yourselves as<br />
your ethics will be tested and your beliefs<br />
questioned. Strap yourselves in,<br />
because the socially aware, political activists<br />
that are punk rockers Propagandhi are<br />
touching down.<br />
Its been two years since Propagandhi graced<br />
our fair shores and the boys are back to<br />
road test their upcoming album, visit a few<br />
familiar places and make new friends as<br />
they travel to new destinations.<br />
Propagandhi have been bouncing around<br />
the punk scene for over 20 years now and<br />
don’t seem to have lost any of the spark or<br />
enthusiasm they had when they began in<br />
Praire, Manitoba in 1986. Chris Hannah and<br />
Jord Samolesky are the band’s founding<br />
members, with Todd Kowalski joining the<br />
core line-up in 1997. Then, in 2006, the<br />
decision was made to add guitarist David<br />
Guillas to the mix.<br />
Propagandhi are arguably one of the most<br />
socially aware bands going. There’s no<br />
compromises with Propagandhi as<br />
they lay their thoughts and beliefs bare.<br />
A brief glance at their website gives you a<br />
rundown on all the causes they support. You<br />
only need glance their Resources tab.<br />
“We try to be conscious of the world we live<br />
in,” Kowalski states, “and actually look at<br />
what’s going on around us.<br />
We may not always understand it, but we<br />
need to be aware of it.”<br />
“We try to be conscious of the world we<br />
live in and actually look at what’s going on<br />
around us. We may not always understand it,<br />
but we need to be aware of it.”<br />
Beyond mere talk, Propagandhi offers their<br />
financial support to their respective causes.<br />
Prior to the release of their 2009 album,<br />
Supporting Caste, fans were given the option<br />
of receiving two songs from the upcoming<br />
album in return for a donation of $1 to<br />
$10 to one of a specified group of activist<br />
organisations supported by the band.<br />
“We like to help out when we can. What goes<br />
around,” Kowalski shares. “In my time with<br />
the band, I don’t think we’ve ever done a gig<br />
in our home city that wasn’t a benefit gig.”<br />
Kowalski boasts many passions alongside<br />
his beliefs and his musicianship. It has been<br />
revealed that he created the compelling<br />
artwork for Propagandhi’s latest release<br />
using a computer programme called Corel<br />
Painter, an application that works very<br />
closely along the concepts and methodology<br />
of traditional media. The work was produced<br />
meticulously stroke by stroke using a<br />
graphics tablet.<br />
“It’s easier to make corrections when your<br />
using a computer,” Kowalski jokes.<br />
Meanwhile, there’s also a new album in the<br />
works that Propagandhi plan on recording<br />
upon their return to Winnipeg. “We’ve<br />
got about fourteen songs on the go at the<br />
moment, so we’ll see what makes the cut,”<br />
Kowalski reveals. “We’re trying to keep<br />
more creative control with this album and<br />
keep our own vision about what it should<br />
be like.”<br />
For now, however, the band have the chance<br />
to try out their latest material on the road.<br />
Propagandhi will be spending May crossing<br />
the length and breadth of this vast land on<br />
a rather extensive tour. They have toured<br />
twice before, adding a few extra shows this<br />
time to take in places they haven’t been<br />
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PROPAgANDhI play the Brisbane Hotel in<br />
Hobart on May 20. Tickets available now.<br />
to before.”We’re really looking forward<br />
to it,” Kowalski affirms. “I like exploring<br />
new places the best and Tasmania sounds<br />
amazing - beautiful.”<br />
Kowalski also has his fingers crossed for<br />
a unique experience. “On our tour in 1997<br />
I actually got to see a koala in the wild, but<br />
even though I stared out the window for<br />
most of the trip, I never saw a kangaroo,”<br />
he reveals.<br />
It seems everyone’s excited for<br />
Propagandhi’s Australian assault. But don’t<br />
leave it to long to get your tickets: their live<br />
shows are renowned for their energy and<br />
vibe. Not only that, their first Melbourne<br />
show has already sold out and others are<br />
selling fast. So what are you waiting for?<br />
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Wonderwall, The Firmm, Wahbash Avenue<br />
The Dudley Nightshades, The Johnny Cash Converters and more<br />
Sunday June 12<br />
Licenced Event 18+ Only. 1:30pm til Late<br />
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THE NEW ABSENCE OF<br />
SNOWmAN<br />
Snowman bring forth their final chapter with<br />
their new and last release, their third album<br />
Absence. Front man, Joe McKee, explains that<br />
he “feels as though we are parting on a high<br />
note” and reveals what we can expect from the<br />
band at the end of an era.<br />
In 2008, the young folk of Snowman decided<br />
to pack up and move from Perth to London.<br />
For some, it may sound all too familiar<br />
for Australian bands to move abroad to<br />
further their horizons per se, or to simply<br />
get to European audiences cheaper without<br />
hefty airline fees. Soon after their critically<br />
acclaimed second album (The Horse, The Rat<br />
and The Swan) was released in 2008, McKee<br />
started working on songs for this latest album.<br />
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“I was working on some of the ideas as much<br />
as three years ago, when we left Australia.<br />
We were ready when we had 8 songs that we<br />
liked. We aren’t a band who write 45 tunes and<br />
whittle them down for the record,”<br />
McKee explains.<br />
Ultimately the album ensured “a very reflective<br />
period… I think that being displaced or<br />
dislocated from your familiarities and comforts<br />
puts a lot of things in perspective… trying to<br />
communicate with a memory and a past that<br />
no longer exists. So it’s less about the place<br />
itself, but more about the fading memories that<br />
we try to clutch onto. All of this was wrapped<br />
up in a metaphor: two lovers, one passes away,<br />
and the other tries to communicate with<br />
his ghost.” reveals the front man.<br />
Whilst travelling Europe, McKee found that<br />
collecting particular post-cards represented<br />
the feeling he wanted to personally capture on<br />
the album. “These post-cards had a common<br />
thread: they all had an absence of something,<br />
whether it be the focal point, or a persons face<br />
or whatever. I wanted to try and capture that<br />
unnameable emotion that that made me feel.<br />
It was romantic, but also empty. There was a<br />
feeling of loss, but a feeling of letting go also.”<br />
Working with Aaron Cupples (The Drones,<br />
Civil Civic, Paul Kelly, Dan Kelly) to record<br />
the album naturally came about, as he lived<br />
around the corner from the band. McKee<br />
said of Cupples, “He’s recorded some of our<br />
favourite Australian records…it just made<br />
sense.” Not only that, but more importantly<br />
the band “liked the fact that Aaron could be<br />
diverse and do very different records. We knew<br />
he would understand our musical language.”<br />
Obviously it’s critical for the band and producer<br />
to work together harmoniously considering<br />
that Snowman have “always tried to remain<br />
musically honest.” Over the years, their<br />
artistic development has grown immensely<br />
considering they are a very young band, each of<br />
them still in their 20s.<br />
Snowman were a close band; even so that with<br />
their second album they were living, playing<br />
and recording together, as with this release.<br />
It would allow them to constantly write and<br />
record and create whenever necessary.<br />
“Talking about the songs over the dinner table<br />
and in all of those in between moments helps<br />
keep everybody on the same page.<br />
It means we were going through very similar<br />
experiences and we wanted to communicate<br />
those experiences or emotions in a vivid<br />
kind of way.”<br />
“We wanted to create something that was<br />
healing and little bit more cathartic than the<br />
last record… the sound therefore needed to<br />
be warmer and denser,” McKee says of their<br />
intentions. “I began by removing the dry signal<br />
from my guitar, so that my chords became only<br />
clouds of reverb. Things like this allowed us to<br />
write in a different way. It became quieter and<br />
more considered or delicate.”<br />
They experimented with the songs over an<br />
extensive period of time from demos to the<br />
finished record, with it beginning almost two<br />
years ago. McKee doesn’t think that it affected<br />
the songs too much in the structure or sound,<br />
as they eventually finished with the aesthetic<br />
they were working towards.<br />
Absence has provided great closure for the<br />
band. “We’ve completed the triangle… it is my<br />
favourite Snowman album,” McKee affirms.<br />
As for the band separating, it was something<br />
that was felt in each member and it slowly<br />
became clear over time. “During the recording<br />
of this album, we became increasingly aware<br />
that it would be out last.”<br />
“The album is our parting gift,” McKee<br />
declares, as each member sets out to<br />
establish a new era in the lives, Citawarman<br />
designing urban infrastructure, Di Blasio &<br />
Hermanniusson moving to Iceland to start a<br />
family and McKee himself in possession of<br />
“several projects on the go”, including a solo<br />
record, a duo record and some film scores to<br />
write. “You haven’t seen the last of me yet,”<br />
he promises.<br />
kAThERINE LOgAN<br />
SNOWMAN’S ALBUM ABSENCE is out now<br />
on Dot Dash / Remote Control Records in<br />
Australia.<br />
To listen to Joe McKee’s demo work, it is up on<br />
his MySpace page.<br />
pEGz<br />
For the last decade, Pegz has been at the<br />
forefront of Australian hip-hop. The Capricorn<br />
Cats role as CEO of one of the nation’s most<br />
influential and prolific record labels has raised<br />
him to a level of importance to the scene that<br />
is held by only a select few, and his consistency<br />
and longevity have allowed him to maintain<br />
a significant profile, even during his recent<br />
self-imposed hiatus. He’s seen artists come<br />
and go, some receding to almost mythical<br />
status, while others have gone on to become<br />
pop superstars. The landscape has changed<br />
from a sparsely populated wilderness to a<br />
thriving metropolis, and from Pegz’s viewpoint,<br />
he’s witnessed it all. However, despite the<br />
relentless onslaught of overseeing an ever<br />
growing empire, it is Pegz’s own music that<br />
has solidified his position as an Australian<br />
hip-hop legend, and with the release of his fifth<br />
album (appropriately titled Drama), he looks<br />
to leave the past behind him and continue his<br />
development and journey, from St. Kilda to<br />
parts unknown.<br />
As one of the countries most respected<br />
lyricists, Pegz draws inspiration from the here<br />
& the now. Having never been afraid to speak<br />
his mind through song, his lyrics are rife with<br />
brief mentions of everything from politics, to<br />
faddish pop acts They [the references] have<br />
all been there from the start, even way back,”<br />
the use of current affairs as both literal and<br />
metaphorical tools to illiterate points is nothing<br />
new to Pegz. I’m not a particularly political<br />
person,” but when asked about references<br />
made to recent events in Papua New Guinea,<br />
That’s something I feel quite stronglyabout,<br />
I definitely feel for the people going through<br />
what they’re going through.” An obvious<br />
understanding of political goings-on belies a<br />
solid grounding in lyrical techniques.<br />
It’s just a matter of using references as a way<br />
to show skill.<br />
Skills abound on Drama,” skills developed<br />
through an obvious dedication to the<br />
foundations of the hip-hop movement, as<br />
explained on the M-Phazes produced Crime<br />
in the City.” It’s a movement that could<br />
have easily been bastardised by commercial<br />
success. Whenever anybody gets to the level<br />
of booking agents and publicists, it becomes<br />
more of a business, but at a grass roots level<br />
it still is a movement, definitely.” As someone<br />
who receives hundreds of demo CDs from<br />
ambitious young MCs all around the country,<br />
Pegz is confident that Australian hip-hop<br />
is heading in a positive direction and not<br />
in danger of becoming overly saturated by<br />
commercialisation. When you’re coming up,<br />
you get criticised for not being this or that<br />
which must be trying for those not yet old<br />
enough to develop thick skin, but Pegz believes<br />
You can do whatever you want, hip-hop is a big<br />
beautiful open canvas.<br />
Superficial success has never been what<br />
pushes Pegz, Go To Your Head,” produced by<br />
Jase, sees his feet firmly planted on ground.<br />
Lines such as That’s dope, punctuate the love<br />
and hate, I got no regrets like Masta Ace and<br />
Even the world’s most lyrically invincible,<br />
become a dusty pile of records in a diggers<br />
room shows Pegz is taking a levelheaded look<br />
back on all the Drama, and has no delusions of<br />
grandeur. “This album is for the heads, for the<br />
Pegz fans.<br />
So if giving something back to those that have<br />
been loyal to him is a driving factor, and after<br />
enjoying success with previous solo releases,<br />
what prompted the sudden self-imposed<br />
withdrawal from recording? It was an honest<br />
decision at the time. I was burdened with so<br />
much . . . I had a few personal things going<br />
on, things that I sort of dealt with on Deities<br />
of Def,” another M-Phazes boom-bap banger.<br />
Just as sudden as his retirement was the<br />
surprise announcement of a new album, with<br />
the leaking of both Deities of Def, and the<br />
Simplex produced Bombs Away. So, what<br />
prompted the return? I still had something to<br />
Music 17<br />
say, and helping Pegz say it, was a shortlist<br />
of Obese Records finest producers. Fanfavourites<br />
M-Phazes & Chasm were joined<br />
by mainstays Plutonic Lab, Simplex and Jase<br />
I source as many beats as I can,” and with a<br />
stable containing some of the most in-demand<br />
producers in Australia, why wouldn’t you? Then<br />
it’s just a matter of working out what works<br />
well together, to go on a creative journey.<br />
The upcoming Bombs Away national tour sees<br />
Pegz’s journey return him to the spotlight<br />
of the stage, I’ve been busy with the Block<br />
Parties, but I haven’t really done a Pegz tour;<br />
as far as one hour of jumping up and down<br />
on stage, since around mid-2008.” Hyped by<br />
MC Eloquor, and conducted by DJ 2Buck, fans<br />
should expect a well-planned andinteractive<br />
experience - I’ve crafted the set like an album.”<br />
Hobart in particular should expect something<br />
special from the Lyrical Pugilist, I’m hoping I<br />
still have some fans, I’ve played there half a<br />
dozen times, I love it down there.” So could<br />
Tasmania be seeing more of the Son of St.<br />
Kilda from now on? It seems like my kind of<br />
pace after the last ten years of drama, I could<br />
retire there. As much as Hobart would love it,<br />
let’s hope Pegz’s second retirement isn’t as<br />
premature as his first.<br />
ShANE CRIxUS<br />
ThE PEgz BOMBS AWAY TOUR hits<br />
The Republic Bar on Saturday May 21st.<br />
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LyRICS BORN<br />
THE ULTIMATE PARTY STARTER, LYRICS BORN CHATS TO<br />
WARP ABOUT HIS SOCIALLY-CONSCIOUS MUSIC, CREATIVE<br />
EXPANSION AND MAD PARTYING, AHEAD OF HIS HOBART<br />
VISIT ON THE AS U WERE WORLD TOUR.<br />
Bay Area hip hop icon Lyrics Born is one of<br />
a handful of artists that have managed to<br />
come up through the music ranks and evolve<br />
to a point where commercial success and<br />
underground respect sit at equilibrium.<br />
Since his days as Asia Born in the early 90’s,<br />
through the milestone Latyrx releases with<br />
Lateef the Truthspeaker, to the landmark<br />
success of his 2003 album later That Day with<br />
Callin’ out, Lyrics Born has maintained appeal<br />
to both sides of the industry, while constantly<br />
pushing the boundaries of hip hop.<br />
His new album As U Were once again delves<br />
into unchartered waters while keeping one<br />
foot on familiar ground. Collaborations with<br />
Trackademicks, Francis and The Lights, and<br />
Sam Sparro sit alongside the winning formula<br />
of collaborating with Quannum Spectrum<br />
artists Lateef and Gift of Gab.<br />
<strong>Warp</strong>: You’re well known for your socially<br />
conscious themes and humanist lyrics -<br />
is there a philosophy or ideology that you<br />
identify with?<br />
Lyrics Born: “I don’t know, I always feel corny<br />
answering questions like this... I guess I have<br />
always been a big fan of music and art that<br />
helped me understand, articulate, or give me a<br />
broader perspective of life.<br />
“I’ve always appreciated being exposed to<br />
an alternative point of view or angle I didn’t<br />
previously see. Great art does that. I’m always<br />
thankful when I hear my listeners tell me my<br />
music does that for them.”<br />
With your cultural heritage, you must feel<br />
deeply about the suffering in Japan at the<br />
moment. You have a platform that will speak to<br />
a lot of people - what are you inspired to say?<br />
“I feel very heavy-hearted about the Japanese<br />
situation. For me it’s very personal because<br />
I was born there, half of my family still lives<br />
there and have been affected by the tsunami,<br />
earthquakes, and nuclear fallout. It’s been<br />
hard because it just doesn’t seem to let up, and<br />
questions about the future as they relate to the<br />
long term safety and beauty of the country still<br />
loom ominously.<br />
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“I’m moved very deeply by issues or events that<br />
have displaced people or have put them in a<br />
position of struggle. I guess on a spiritual level<br />
I can relate. Because of this, I’m donating 20%<br />
of merchandise profits from the As U Were tour<br />
to the Red Cross Japan relief effort.”<br />
What have been favourite or most powerful<br />
creative musical collaborations?<br />
“Working with KRS One was amazing.<br />
He was my childhood hero, and to see the<br />
professionalism and enthusiasm he still<br />
carries to this day is inspiring. Working with<br />
Sam Sparro was awesome as well - such a<br />
great talent and fantastic singer.”<br />
Singles are often the obvious hits, but what<br />
tracks stand out for you and feel like the real<br />
achievements on As U Were?<br />
“That’s a tough question. With every album I try<br />
to push myself in some way to go beyond what<br />
I’ve already done previously. I love all the songs<br />
from As U Were, and they all have their seasons<br />
with me, but I think Coulda Woulda Shoulda is<br />
my favourite right now.<br />
“As a producer and songwriter, I always<br />
wanted to do a Teena Marie-esque postdisco<br />
funk song with full strings, horns and<br />
arrangements. That song is probably one of my<br />
best productions to date... And again, working<br />
with Sam [Sparro] was awesome!”<br />
This will your third visit to Tasmania. Do you<br />
have any striking memories or associations<br />
with the place and the people?<br />
“I love Tassie. People come out for one reason<br />
only, and that is to partay! I don’t like playing<br />
to pretentious, jaded, crowds - that’s not what<br />
floats my boat. This precisely why Tassie is so<br />
awesome. They’ll party with you and buy you a<br />
drink afterward, it’s the shit!”<br />
ShANE CRIxUS<br />
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WAGONS<br />
MELBOURNE COUNTRY<br />
ROCKERS, WAGONS, WILL<br />
BE BACK IN TASMANIA<br />
TOWARDS THE END OF MAY,<br />
TOURING ON THE BACK<br />
OF THEIR FIFTH STUDIO<br />
ALBUM, RUMBle, ShAke AND<br />
TUMBle.MAD HATTER,<br />
“I SHALL ELUCIDATE…”<br />
And it seems that Henry Wagons is a man with<br />
a long memory. Nearly two years have passed<br />
since he and his band last visited the state, but<br />
he’s got very fond memories – particularly of<br />
the food.<br />
“I remember the amazing thing about the Alley<br />
Cat was the Alley Cat had incredible meals,”<br />
he said. “I had one of the best Ocean Trout pregig<br />
scoffs. I absolutely shoved an incredible<br />
meal down at the Alley Cat and I will forever<br />
remember it for that.”<br />
Despite admitting to having an almost indecent<br />
obsession with all things food, it certainly isn’t<br />
a case of simply ‘see food and eat it’ pre-gig.<br />
But seafood is most-definitely on the cards.<br />
“You’ve got to take it easy with pre-gig<br />
dinners,” he said. “Save a bit of stomach space<br />
for a couple of knock-off beers.<br />
“I’ve been on a bit of a health-kick the past<br />
couple of years so I’ve been very-much<br />
enjoying grilled fish wherever I go to. You<br />
guys are nice and close to the sea, so warn<br />
your fishermen to fillet up a few of the local<br />
favourites for me if they wouldn’t mind.<br />
“I’m absolutely fascinated (by food). It’s one<br />
of the best things. Obviously playing music<br />
in front of new people is number one, but<br />
a very close second is food for me. I get<br />
disproportionately excited by weird, local fare.”<br />
One look at the Wagons’ Facebook page will<br />
confirm it’s true!<br />
“Whether it be kind of Dill flavoured potato<br />
chips in Toronto or bacon donuts in Portland or<br />
I had a burger in Los Angeles that had apple in<br />
it. I just love shoving weird food in my mouth.<br />
“I’m even guilty... We played in Vietnam at<br />
a festival last year and anyone who does<br />
follow me on Facebook or Twitter will know I<br />
absolutely love my dogs, but despite this I had<br />
dog stew in Vietnam.<br />
“I feel it actually brings me closer to my dogs<br />
knowing what they taste like... My dog could<br />
not tell, but I’ve not let him sniff my breath.”<br />
Speaking to <strong>Warp</strong> while packing prior to flying<br />
to Perth to play solo shows in support of folk<br />
duo Indigo Girls, Henry’s travel luggage is<br />
due to get a fair workout the next few months<br />
as Wagons hit the road for dates across the<br />
country during May, June and July.<br />
The best part for Tasmanian audiences is<br />
that Wagons will be playing two shows –<br />
Launceston and Hobart – to open the tour.<br />
“I’ve always enjoyed it,” he said “I haven’t been<br />
down to Tasmania enough and every time I<br />
go I have a great time and I’m very pleased<br />
we’re doing the Launceston-Hobart weekend,<br />
you know, and making a bit of a weekend of it<br />
because last time I did it I had a great time.”<br />
The band will be five-strong for the first leg of<br />
their tour.<br />
“We can sort of tour with anything up to<br />
six, there’s six in the band. But, you know,<br />
everyone in my band are too cosmopolitan<br />
and busy to take all the trips,” he said, tongue<br />
firmly in cheek. “Occasionally we go without a<br />
percussionist or a keyboard player (but) there’s<br />
always four of us. Four hardened troubadours<br />
I’ve picked up out of the gutter and forced to<br />
follow me via chains and whips.<br />
“I think there are five coming to Tassie. It<br />
should be quite a big sound at the Republic.<br />
I’m looking forward to it. Everyone’s looking<br />
forward to the first week of tour.<br />
“You’ll be getting the show nice and fresh. We<br />
haven’t played these songs very much and it’s<br />
going to be really exciting to kick things off.”<br />
Songs from the new album, Rumble, Shake<br />
and Tumble will make up something like half<br />
of the Wagons live set with tracks from their<br />
four previous studio albums, as well as Henry’s<br />
patented witty repartee, also on the cards.<br />
Rumble, Shake and Tumble sees Wagons live up<br />
to their outlaw country vision. The influence of<br />
luminaries like Cash and Presley are obvious,<br />
if only in vocal tone and grunting gesticulation.<br />
The ‘one and only’ Willie Nelson also warrants<br />
his own tribute track, a studio version of the<br />
live staple.<br />
“I don’t go into it expecting anyone to have<br />
heard anything, really. We just get up on<br />
the stage and have a good time and kind of<br />
presume we’re just bringing a show we’re<br />
hoping to rest in each audience member’s<br />
palms and have them trust us with their<br />
entertainment.<br />
“We’re just going to throw a bunch of songs<br />
out there and hope that people don’t throw<br />
tomatoes at us.”<br />
STU WARREN<br />
WAgONS play The Royal Oak in Launceston on<br />
May 27 and Hobart’s Republic Bar & Cafe on<br />
May 28. BYO tomatoes, but be prepared to take<br />
them home with you.<br />
UPCOMING EVENTS<br />
Honeysuckle Creek & Pot Belly Strings Fri May 13<br />
Hobart Song Company Sun May 15 | 4:30pm<br />
Mad Hatter Tea Party Fri May 20 | 7:00pm<br />
Mathew Fagan Sun May 22 | 5:00pm<br />
Eleanor McEvoy Thur June 9 | 8:00pm<br />
Borstal Boys & Blue Mosquitos Fri June 24<br />
Ado Barker & Ben Stevenson Sat June 25<br />
The Blue Ruins Sat Aug 6 | 7:30pm<br />
Geo Achison Sun Aug 14 | 4:00pm<br />
Jenny Biddle Sat Sept 17 | 7:00pm<br />
brookeld<br />
M A R G A T E<br />
REGULAR EVENTS<br />
1640 Channel Highway Margate Tasmania Ph: (03) 6267 2880<br />
www.brookeldmargate.com<br />
Music 19<br />
Open Mic Night 1st Friday of the month<br />
Folk Night 3rd Friday of the month<br />
both have a guest artist each month and are free<br />
Sitar Lounge 1st Thursday of the month (7pm)<br />
Local Market Every Wednesday (10am - 3pm)<br />
Delicious Homestyle Meals<br />
Open 7 days 9am till 6pm<br />
Friday and Saturday nights and all events<br />
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mINOR<br />
NOTES<br />
Welcome to the first instalment of Minor<br />
Notes, a virtual record box full of tracks,<br />
labels and DJs that are exciting me this<br />
month and that I am keen to share. This<br />
will also cover general views I currently<br />
have on the Tasmanian electronic and club<br />
scene.<br />
Some people might not know that the<br />
clubbing and dance music scene in<br />
Tasmania is alive and kicking. But I’m<br />
really amazed at the amount of talented<br />
DJs around that are into such a vast variety<br />
of music.<br />
These days we are lucky enough to not<br />
be confined to clubs to hear the music<br />
we love; bars and even restaurants are<br />
jumping on the wagon incorporating a DJ<br />
into their décor.<br />
The amount of interstate and international<br />
DJ’s and Producers that are gracing our<br />
shores week after week is staggering. So<br />
go out, support the local scene because we<br />
are the ones that make it what it is.<br />
In <strong>Warp</strong>’s electronic music section this<br />
month, we’ve scored an interview with<br />
Simon Shakleton, aka Elite Force. He tells<br />
us about why he has moved from CDs to<br />
Serato and Novation Dicers.<br />
Act yo Age show us some of their quirky<br />
personalities and local DJ Kireesh - or is<br />
it Island Boy - shares with us his move<br />
from Martrius to Hobart and compares the<br />
Tassie trance scene with his experiences in<br />
London. It’s a tasty read and our monthly<br />
news section now includes local and<br />
national entries, and pencil this in, for<br />
exciting upcoming events to look out for.<br />
AINSLEY WhITE<br />
ainsley@warpmagazine.com.au<br />
CLUB AND ELECTRONIC NEWS<br />
PENCIL ThIS IN<br />
based label Enig’matik records and is a<br />
compilation of Australian, New Zealand<br />
NATIONAL NEWS<br />
QBIk & MC SEEkA PRESENTED BY<br />
BROkEN PANDA<br />
and English glitch producers. He’s joined by<br />
Melbourne’s Editor (ex-Tassie) who recently<br />
signed to Spoonbill’s Omlette Records. He<br />
appears with with VJ Phaic, ripping out<br />
doped up hi-fidelity tweaks and sub-bassy<br />
vibes. Local supports include Limerence,<br />
That Bob Guy, rBeNt and Shammie at the<br />
Brisbane Hotel on Friday June 10. Entry is $15.<br />
SPENDOUR IN ThE gRASS<br />
Splendour’s epic line-up is epic, and the<br />
dance component is super too: DJ Shadow,<br />
Flight Facilities, Aston Shuffle, D-Cup, Ajax,<br />
Hoodrat and Dangerous Dan, Cut Copy,<br />
Pnau, Wax Motif, Kato, Cassian, Hoops,<br />
Kato, Charlie Chux, at Woodford in QLD from<br />
July 29 – 31. If you hurry, you might get a<br />
ticket: www.splendourinthegrass.com.au<br />
Drum’n’Bass DJ and producer Qbik will be<br />
dropping in to Hobart late April.<br />
The New Zealand expat Qbik has made his<br />
mark in Australia, gaining support for recent<br />
productions from the likes of Pete Tong, Annie<br />
Mac and Nerm. His first release My house<br />
featured on Drum and Bass Arena’s Summer<br />
Selection Compilation. Catch him at PlanB on<br />
Thursday April 21, kicking off at 10:30pm.<br />
Entry is $10 on the door.<br />
MEAT AxE AND hEfTY OUTPUT<br />
Meat Axe is the Victorian breaks project of<br />
Tim and Dan from the cult dark psy act Hefty<br />
Output. Since 1984 their dynamic friendship<br />
has combined Tim’s mad glockenspiel skills<br />
with Dan’s ability to play drums at a sensible<br />
volume. Supported by Seane and Newport,<br />
the night will be at The Brisbane Hotel on<br />
Saturday July 2. Entry is $15 on the door.<br />
JAMES CURD (gREENSkEEPERS) AT<br />
IVORY BAR<br />
Chicago-based electro-percussionist producer<br />
James Curd had a hit with Greenskeepers<br />
and their Hottest 100 track lotion. He’s since<br />
worked on the Grand Theft Auto iV soundtrack,<br />
signed with DFA and made a new mix CD for<br />
Electric Circus. Catch him with local supports<br />
Malakai and Mez at Ivory Bar on Saturday June<br />
18. Entry is $7, or free before 11pm.<br />
LOCAL NEWS<br />
fRACTANgULAR BANgER<br />
Tassie psytrance crew Fractangular draws the<br />
battle lines with little vs Big: War of the islands,<br />
pitching Victorians Luke Shamanix and Ben<br />
Evans two-for-two against locals Psywise<br />
and Shammie, with support from Seane and<br />
JustinTime, at the Brisbane Hotel on Saturday<br />
May 7 from 10pm. Entry is $10.<br />
SUN IN AQUARIUS AND EDITOR<br />
Trifolium presents the next in its series of<br />
psychedelic inspired events with an album<br />
launch party by Australian producer Sun<br />
in Aquarius. Painting Pictures on Silence<br />
is the debut release from his Byron bay<br />
fRICTION AT SYRUP<br />
Drum’n’bass fans are in for sick treats as UK<br />
genre heavyweights Friction, Spectrasoul and<br />
Sp:MC. Perth’s Diamond D and MC Stylee get<br />
amongst it along with Hobart’s Mylestone.<br />
Flowing from deep and minimal to dirty tech<br />
grooves and tear-out party anthems, the drum<br />
n bass will be flowing at PlanB on Saturday<br />
June 11. Tickets are available through Moshtix,<br />
Ruffcut Records, Hotel Tasmania and Mojo<br />
Records.<br />
PSY SESSIONS IS BACk<br />
Hobart’s popular psy trance night has<br />
had a hiatus so far this year, but hits back<br />
with a solid lineup, featuring Idle Hands vs<br />
Sporangia, Shammie vs Sharman, Loagsta<br />
vs Seane and Leafy vs Island Boy, at Halo<br />
Nightclub on Friday May 20. Entry is $8.<br />
LALALAND’S BANgER BIRThDAY<br />
Lalaland’s tenth birthday is reason for one<br />
final dance party reuniting the uplifting<br />
tranceheads behind one of Hobart’s longestrunning<br />
club nights. Featuring MarQ, Guy and<br />
D2M, the very special female vocalist Miss<br />
KLR will be performing a legendary trance<br />
anthem on stage at the Grand Poobah on<br />
Saturday May 21. Entry is $15 at the door.<br />
MATT NUkEWOOD AT hOTEL NEW YORk<br />
Flying the house flag high, Sydney DJ<br />
Nukewood (Ping Pong DJs, Kno1nose with Tom<br />
Piper) effortlessly swoops between big room<br />
driving basslines, relentless grooves, melodic<br />
and vocal overtones. Catch him at Hotel New<br />
York in Launceston supported by Joycie, PD<br />
and Boaz on Saturday June 11. Entry is $10.<br />
PROxY DOWNUNDER<br />
Moscow’s Proxy hits Australia again in June<br />
after slaying dance floors last visit with his<br />
remixes of Peaches, Prodigy, Tiga, Boys<br />
Noize, Chromeo, Digitalism and Moby. Catch<br />
him live in Perth, Wollongong, Melbourne,<br />
Canberra and Sydney during June. More<br />
info at www.myspace.com/useproxy<br />
DEfQON.1 fESTIVAL AUSTRALIA<br />
The third installment of the much anticipated<br />
Hard Dance festival, Defqon.1 is locked in for<br />
September. This festival will have a massive 8<br />
colour-coded stages, offering a variety of not<br />
only Hard Dance but many other underground<br />
genres. Held over an entire weekend, giving<br />
punters the opportunity to go to both pre and<br />
after party celebrations.<br />
Sat 17 th Sep, Sydney International Regatta<br />
Centre.<br />
Tickets go on sale 1pm sat June 4 th and are<br />
available through www.q-dance.com.au<br />
SAfARI BEATS<br />
This Queens Birthday long weekend get<br />
your self up to Sydney to check out some of<br />
Australia’s best DJ’s all playing at the one<br />
event. Featuring TV Rock, Zoe Badwi, Stafford<br />
Brothers, Timmy trumpet, Hook N Sling, Aston<br />
Shuffle, Tommy Trash Feat Mr Wilson and<br />
many, many more. Boasting three arena’s that<br />
can hold up to 20,000 people.<br />
With a thumping sound system and a state of<br />
the art light show, why would you want to be<br />
any where else?<br />
Safari Beats, Fairfield Showground, Sydney.<br />
Sun June 12 th .<br />
For more info head to www.safaribeats.com.au<br />
Dj INTERvIEW<br />
KIREESH / ISLAND BOy<br />
Kireesh Gopal, aka Kireesh, aka Island Boy, aka<br />
Brown Boy, aka many other things unprintable,<br />
has become a fixture of the Tasmanian<br />
psytrance scene over the past three years,<br />
playing regularly at club nights and outdoor<br />
doofs. He took some time to tell us where he<br />
came from and where he’s off to next.<br />
So your DJ name is Island Boy - or have you<br />
changed it again? To be honest with you, I was<br />
baptised Island Boy by my now wife Michelle<br />
while having a chat with one of her best friends<br />
before a doof. It came out of nowhere really, but<br />
I like it. On a serious note though, I have always<br />
used Kireesh as my DJ name. Advantages of<br />
having a unique name I guess.<br />
You’re originally from Mauritius in the Indian<br />
Ocean off continental Africa – do you have a<br />
pre-prepared geography lesson to explain<br />
it to people? Yep. Born and bred in Mauritius.<br />
And oh yeah, people go like, ‘where?’ It has<br />
come to the point that I am perplexed if people<br />
don’t ask. Always stoked to promote one of my<br />
islands though!<br />
Can you tell us about Mauritius? Sea, Sun<br />
Sand! One of those beautiful idyllic spots you<br />
kinda see on TV shows. The main income is<br />
tourism; it’s as multiracial a place you could<br />
think of. I kinda miss those beaches at times.<br />
We got our independence in 1968 and became<br />
a republic in 1992. The beauty of freedom, hey.<br />
What drew you to London to live? Once I’d<br />
finished my high school education in Mauritius,<br />
my Dad asked me if I wanted to go to Uni in<br />
London.<br />
Apart from going to Uni sometimes, there was<br />
a whole lot of partying. The electronic music<br />
scene over there is out of this world. I took a<br />
year off and worked in bars, then at the nowdefunct<br />
Turnkey Music Store in London.<br />
At its peak, it was the biggest music<br />
superstore in Europe - it was like working in<br />
a massive toy shop with the latest in music<br />
technology on display.<br />
I moved up to become supervisor of the DJ<br />
section. It was my dream job at the time. The<br />
crew I worked with was all trashbags too; we<br />
all worked hard and partied hard.<br />
What inspired you to start DJing? Got me first<br />
set of decks back in early 2001 and haven’t<br />
looked back. My inspiration has always and<br />
will hopefully always remain the dancefloor<br />
and its people. I love seeing a happy smiley<br />
crowd and music being the main factor<br />
triggering that happiness.<br />
DJ kIREESh (ISLAND BOY) is playing<br />
at Psysessions at Halo Nightclub on Friday<br />
May 20.<br />
kIREESh’S TOP 5 TRACkS<br />
IMAGE: ANTONY MARKOVITCH<br />
The other inspiration would be how the scene<br />
has moved hand in hand with technological<br />
advances. I love hi-tech stuffs and things. I also<br />
have a fetish for wanting to belt tunes through<br />
massive sound systems.<br />
Why are you living in hobart, over Mauritius? I<br />
went back [to Mauritius], played a few gigs over<br />
there but felt the scene wasn’t for me. But it’s<br />
not the reason I came to Hobart – I originally<br />
planned to move to Melbourne with my little<br />
bro. A few weeks before the move, he got a job<br />
offer in Tasmania. Three years on, I am still in<br />
Hobart and love it down here - happily married<br />
to a Taswegian too. The people here are just<br />
amazing! It makes the psy scene here pretty<br />
special. Tight unit for sure!<br />
how does Aussie and Tassie psytrance<br />
compare globally? Tough question that one -<br />
I’d rather not compare hey. They all have their<br />
beauty. The psy scene has evolved so much<br />
since its beginning back in the early 1990s.<br />
I am just stoked to have been a part of it all<br />
at the stage where it was still underground<br />
and working its way to what it is at present.<br />
Big respect to all those organisers who go<br />
well out of their way to setup parties of mega<br />
proportions.<br />
Most DJs start producing eventually. Are you?<br />
I have always seen myself being more a<br />
DJ than producer. Not saying that I am not<br />
considering it - I work on a few things here<br />
and there.<br />
I have always trusted my ears and taste for<br />
good high quality danceable tunes- and it does<br />
not just stop to psytrance. It is what has helped<br />
me progress as a DJ I guess.<br />
1. Neutral Motion- Inextricably Linked -<br />
Wildthing Records(UK) (the whole album!)<br />
2. Loose Connection - Plus 4 - Unreleased<br />
3. Pspiralife -From The Womb - Soundcraft<br />
Records (AUS)<br />
4. Assault Junkies vs Peace KA - Asshole<br />
Junkies - Mindfunk Records (NED)<br />
5. Farebi Jalebi - Carnival Tradition - Parvati<br />
Records (DEN)<br />
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NIC ORME<br />
ACTING OUT<br />
Musical acts either have it or they don’t.<br />
“It” being that elusive, exclusive and ever<br />
so protrusive X-factor that enables an act to<br />
surpass the mundane muck destined for the<br />
$2 bargain bin at the local record store.<br />
Sydneysiders Act Yo Age, the “Bastions of<br />
Bounce, and Assassinators of Fakers” obviously<br />
speak the language of this elite breed of<br />
X-factor artists.<br />
A quick scan of the information highway<br />
reveals much insight into their wonderful<br />
world. Remixes for Crookers and an EP on<br />
Fatboy Slim’s ‘Southern Fried Records’, several<br />
releases on multiple labels, international gigs<br />
and accolades galore.<br />
Intrigued to get to know Messrs, Shivers and<br />
Pablo Calamari a little more intimately? They<br />
(or their earthly representatives - still haven’t<br />
gotten to the bottom of that one) were only too<br />
happy to oblige.<br />
“We are born of the ether - we are made of<br />
light and energy,” they tell us.<br />
It seems that AYA have been living on a diet of<br />
saw waves and dance music for quite some<br />
time now. And my, what a regime that has<br />
proven to be. Medical science has long stated<br />
that one’s diet governs one’s energy and this<br />
still rings true as a sampled and heavily compressed<br />
bell, for AYA. When asked where all<br />
this energy is focused, their true purpose was<br />
revealed:<br />
“Our aural alchemistic endeavours consume<br />
us. We are on an intangible infinite quest for<br />
pixie dust and love bites.”<br />
The future is often a worry for DJ-producer<br />
types, with the current music business climate<br />
barely supporting album sales and the financial<br />
crisis causing club goers to tighten up the<br />
purse strings. For our ether-born heroes, the<br />
future is as clear as a crystal ball. Mere mortal<br />
constraints simply don’t apply to beings made<br />
of light and energy.<br />
“[The future is] a moment of eternal white hot<br />
bliss! The barrier between man and machine<br />
will finally merge and a new form will emerge.”<br />
Now, you may be wondering what’s in it for<br />
you? What is to expect from an AYA party?<br />
The answer is a definite winner, and alludes<br />
to the party of the heavens. Would you expect<br />
anything less? “Unadulterated hedonism: bass<br />
vibrations, sound undulation - the blood of the<br />
wolf and the love of the free,” they gush.<br />
Of course, free love and wolf blood are all well<br />
and good, but artists generally need influence.<br />
Most artists have a select few influences, however<br />
for AYA, there is influence in everything.<br />
Rather than pigeonholing it to one piece, super<br />
eclecticism is the order of the day: “We do not<br />
play favourites - we love freely and equally at<br />
every turn.”<br />
BILLY gREEN<br />
Act Yo Age play at Ivory Bar on Saturday<br />
May 21, supported by Mez and Dameza.<br />
Entry is $7, or free entry before 11pm.<br />
PSYSESSIONS<br />
@ HALO<br />
FRIDAY 20th MAY<br />
IDLE HANDS VS SPORANGIA<br />
SHAMMIE VS SHARMAN<br />
LOAGSTA VS SEANNE<br />
leafy VS ISLAND BOY<br />
11PM START<br />
$8 on the door
22 Club / Electronic<br />
BASS-DRIvEN FORCE<br />
DJ ELITE FORCE RETURNS TO HOBART WITHOUT HIS CDS<br />
AND EMBRACES NEW TECHNOLOGY WITH A HARD DRIVE<br />
FULL OF A DECADE’S WORTH OF BEATS.<br />
Going deep since 1990, DJ Elite Force can be<br />
found behind decks anywhere from Glastonbury<br />
to Burning Man, spinning the best of his<br />
special blend of breaks, electro, dubstep and<br />
techno.<br />
Credited as the lynchpin in forming the techfunk<br />
genre, he prefers to describe his output as<br />
“Bass-Driven Warehouse Music” these days,<br />
and with good reason.<br />
“All I can do is try to perfect my chosen trade<br />
and not outstay my welcome,”<br />
Shackleton told <strong>Warp</strong>.<br />
“MY AIM IS TO BECOME<br />
LIkE A VINTAgE CLARET,<br />
LOVINgLY NURTURED IN<br />
SEEDY CELLARS OVER A<br />
NUMBER Of YEARS AND<br />
ExhUMED ONCE IN A<br />
WhILE TO SMASh YOUR<br />
ASS Off”<br />
Last year DJ Elite Force released Revamped,<br />
an innovative genre-traversing mix for a new<br />
decade that showcases his ability to let us<br />
experience so many genres in such a seamless<br />
manner.<br />
Elite Force’s new album This is Shockland is<br />
out in late May through U&A Recordings, and<br />
you might have heard a couple of the tracks<br />
before, where you would perhaps least expect<br />
them, such as last month’s Playstation release<br />
Motorstorm: Apocalypse.<br />
The album is based around extended versions<br />
of some of the tracks written for the game, and<br />
mONSTER mASH<br />
Straight out of LA, the Skrillex sound is a mix<br />
of electro house, fidget house, breakbeat and<br />
dubstep; forging these elements to produce<br />
a sound that is a step closer to a genre-less<br />
electronic dance music platform.<br />
Recently moving across to DeadMau5’s<br />
mau5trap label, Skrillex’s Scary Monsters &<br />
Nice Sprites has hit hard and fast, with tracks<br />
riding up the Beatport Top 10 in the first week<br />
of its release. And from a name that was<br />
relatively unknown.<br />
The track kill everybody starts with an innocent<br />
but haunting robotic undercurrent, then erupts<br />
with a roaring, snarling electronic demon that<br />
claws and drags you down its hole. You may go<br />
screaming, but you’ll likely go screaming<br />
for more.<br />
Production is tight; sounds meld quickly<br />
resulting in powerful direction and force.<br />
Skrillex’s predilection for remixing has led his<br />
own music to be highly adaptable too. Bare<br />
Noize - Scatta featuring Foreign Beggars is a<br />
great example of likeminded artists broadening<br />
their horizons.<br />
His remixing skills have extended to the likes of<br />
Lady Gaga, The Black Eyed Peas, Bruno Mars<br />
and La Roux, and these musical connections<br />
can only help strengthen and influence the<br />
production of his work, leaving me to wonder<br />
they showcase Elite Force working with Oscarwinning<br />
classical composer, Klaus Badelt,<br />
who both put to good use a 70-piece orchestra<br />
recorded at Abbey Road.<br />
The last five to ten years have seen many DJs<br />
move to different platforms and media as<br />
technology progresses, and Elite Force is no<br />
exception, trading his CDs for Serato several<br />
months back.<br />
“I quite recently moved over to Serato and I’m<br />
using the Novation Dicers at the moment. I love<br />
the flexibility this set up gives me as tracks no<br />
longer need to be seen as linear structures<br />
when you’re DJing.<br />
“The idea of moving over to this kind of rig was<br />
as a first step towards a much more ‘livebased’<br />
set up with integrated visuals, but for<br />
the time being it’s just cool to have moved away<br />
from straight up CDs.”<br />
So, what can Tassie audiences expect from<br />
Elite Force this time around?<br />
“Loads and loads of special summer treats –<br />
I’ve been dead busy in the Module over the last<br />
few weeks carving out a series of little bombs<br />
for the next few months, so believe me the<br />
breaks will be well-repped in Tassie.”<br />
CRAIg ANDERSON<br />
Elite force<br />
Saturday May 28 at PlanB<br />
Supported by Adam Turner, Billy Green and<br />
Lids and presented by Freshly Breaked and<br />
Areacode events. Tickets are $20+BF<br />
from Ruffcut Records or Moshtix, or $30 at<br />
the door.<br />
what kind of sounds and production techniques<br />
will be put into play in his next release.<br />
He sprung up from nowhere and his history<br />
is unusual for an electronic dance music<br />
producer, being better known in the alternative<br />
rock scene as vocalist for post-hardcore band<br />
First to Last, under his real name Sonny Moore.<br />
The progression to his current solo career<br />
has largely been born out of his home studio.<br />
This no-strings-attached approach has given<br />
him the freedom to do as he pleases with his<br />
sound.<br />
With two releases thus far as Skrillex, this<br />
sound could evolve which ever way. Pretty<br />
exciting stuff; his name is definitely looking<br />
to be one of the most exciting new electronic<br />
stars of 2011.<br />
Skrillex recently toured Australia for<br />
Creamfields and Canberra’s recent Warehouse<br />
Festival 2011, so if you’re going to drop one of<br />
his tracks, drop it with a powerful subwoofer.<br />
CRAIg ANDERSON<br />
Scary Monsters & Nice Sprites (tour edition) is<br />
out now through Neon Records.<br />
www.skrillex.com<br />
TRUmpETING AROUND<br />
ONE OF THE OLDEST MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AROUND,<br />
THE HUMBLE HORN HAS BEEN DRAGGED FROM THE<br />
BATTLEFIELD TO THE DANCEFLOOR BY TIMMY TRUMPET.<br />
It has been used for centuries in war, pomp<br />
and pageantry, and now the trumpet has found<br />
its latest home - in one of the newest musical<br />
environments. A new age of self-expression<br />
and civil liberty we currently enjoy has paved<br />
the way for a new breed of DJ.<br />
Sydney producer, DJ and session artist Timmy<br />
Trumpet is one of these mutants; hell-bent on<br />
dominating the world by simply making people<br />
lose themselves on the dance floor.<br />
Most famous for his jazz-infused big-room<br />
style DJ sets which incorporate his trademark<br />
trumpeting, Timmy has just teamed up with<br />
Rob Pix for the latest Ministry of Sound offering<br />
electro house Sessions 4.<br />
He’s got a million and one projects on the<br />
go and spending the majority of each week<br />
travelling from his home in Kings Cross,<br />
Sydney, to gigs interstate or overseas.<br />
“My dad was a trumpeter and so was my<br />
dad’s dad so it runs in the family,” he tells<br />
<strong>Warp</strong>. “Neither of them played alongside DJ’s<br />
though.”<br />
It is easy to see that brass runs deep in<br />
Timmy’s veins, however it’s not just jazz and<br />
dance that blow his horn. An eclectic take on<br />
music and an ability to see past genres in order<br />
to hear the musical beauty in a piece goes a<br />
long way towards ensuring that any given set<br />
is more than a push-button, beat-sync and<br />
fist-pump affair.<br />
“There are way too many [tracks] to narrow<br />
it down to one,” he says. “Almost everything<br />
you hear, whether it be on the radio or in an<br />
elevator can influence you in some form or<br />
way.<br />
“The one theme that remains consistent<br />
though is simplicity. Often the most beautiful<br />
songs are the most simple.”<br />
With a career that takes him around the world<br />
and back with interrupted sleep and hardpartying<br />
on the regular, one might struggle<br />
with other professional ventures. Timmy<br />
however, being one of the new breed mutant<br />
DJs, has found the time to branch out into<br />
clothing design, recently launching<br />
www.wifebeaterz.com.au which features<br />
animated caricatures of some of Australia’s<br />
best DJs printed on singlets.<br />
With all the jet-setting, music making, trumpet<br />
blowing, clothes designing and elevator<br />
listening, you might be beginning to ask what<br />
kind of super-human additive is coursing<br />
through Timmy’s system?<br />
The real answer is a less of a comic book myth<br />
and more of a refinement lent by years of<br />
experience, with much trial and error.<br />
The essential ingredient in any Timmy Trumpet<br />
party? “One bottle of vodka, six coronas and a<br />
cup of tea - best drink rider around,” he says.<br />
GEARING Up WITH<br />
TRAKTOR<br />
Club / Electronic 23<br />
NATIVE INSTRUMENTS LAUNCHED THE TRAKTOR 2 RANGE<br />
IN APRIL, THE LATEST VERSION OF THE AWARD-WINNING<br />
4-DECK DJ SOFTWARE PACKAGE.<br />
At first glance. the Traktor Pro2 GUI looks<br />
cleaner and sharper with its coloured waveforms<br />
and improved interface, although still<br />
retaining the Traktor feel users are familiar<br />
with, but it all looks modern and somehow<br />
cleaner.<br />
There are more subtle tweaks to the overall<br />
look including a higher contrast skin, which<br />
should make use in dark clubs easier.<br />
The new TruWave hi-res coloured waveforms<br />
are a great visual aid and clearly show the<br />
structure of the whole track enabling the DJ<br />
to differentiate between kicks, hi-hats and<br />
snares with greater ease.<br />
Zoom levels enable cue points to be set more<br />
precisely than ever before and indeed you’ll<br />
probably find any sloppy beat gridding you did<br />
beforehand on older versions of the software<br />
may look a bit – well - sloppy when you see<br />
your handiwork visually here.<br />
Sample Decks is a new feature that enhances<br />
live remixing and editing. If you’ve ever had<br />
tracks you use exclusively for sample drops,<br />
you’ll like the Sample Decks here. You can<br />
basically have multiple samples ready for immediate<br />
triggering, and adjust the volume and<br />
filter on your samples.<br />
Grab loops live out of a running deck, store<br />
your favorites in the loop library, and develop<br />
your own arsenal of beats and sounds.<br />
Each of the four decks in Traktor can be<br />
switched from track deck to sample deck<br />
on-the-fly. Samples can be up to a minute<br />
in length, and you can set them as either<br />
one-shot or looping by right clicking them and<br />
choosing your option.<br />
The new Loop Recorder function can record<br />
live loops from any channel (single or combination),<br />
live input feeds or master output.<br />
A keyboard shortcut, a DJ controller or a foot<br />
pedal can trigger recording. It is possible to do<br />
a real-time overdub on top of the running loop,<br />
creating additional layers.<br />
The Loop Recorder works like a fifth deck; the<br />
layered loop can be quickly transferred to a<br />
Sample Deck slot, thereby freeing up the Loop<br />
Recorder.<br />
Four new effects include Tape Delay, Ramp<br />
Delay, Bouncer and Auto Bouncer taking the<br />
total now to 32, all syncing to track or master<br />
tempo. Nothing out of the ordinary here -<br />
however, adding new effects in DJ software<br />
that has the ability to allow you to easily chain<br />
effects together in innovative combinations to<br />
create your own sounds will appeal.<br />
The emphasis here is ease of use, with Tru-<br />
Wave hi-res coloured waveforms, slicker GUI<br />
and full iTunes integration and iPod compatibility.<br />
Tracks can be searched via Crate Flick<br />
cover art browsing, just like flicking through a<br />
crate of vinyl. Automatic track analysis, BPM<br />
detection and beat gridding means that tracks<br />
are instantly ready to use.<br />
This is still Traktor as we know it - refined<br />
rather than redesigned. The sample decks and<br />
loop recorder represents the biggest leap for<br />
Traktor software in this version. Overall, this a<br />
mix of genuine innovation and some catching<br />
up with the competition.<br />
www.native-instruments.com<br />
Price: AU$289<br />
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BILLY gREEN<br />
Timmy Trumpet plays alongside Rob Pix for<br />
Ministry of Sound electro Sessions at Hotel<br />
New York with local support from Joyce, Boaz<br />
and PD, on Saturday May 14. Entry is $10<br />
before midnight.<br />
JAMES WhITEhEAD
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TASmANIAN HERITAGE<br />
FESTIvAL<br />
AN EXCITING ARRAY OF EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES ACROSS<br />
THE STATE ARE ON OFFER DURING MAY FROM THE<br />
FESTIVAL THAT AIMS TO BE THE LARGEST CELEBRATION OF<br />
TASMANIA’S CULTURAL HERITAGE.<br />
From May 1 – 31, the Tasmanian Heritage Festival<br />
2011 theme is “From lamingtons to lasers<br />
– our agricultural heritage”, and has attracted<br />
a variety of organisations to participate, including<br />
historical societies, libraries, schools,<br />
museums and government departments as<br />
well as representatives from the private and<br />
corporate sectors.<br />
highlights this year include:<br />
Thylacine: Tasmanian Tiger Exhibition at the<br />
Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain, telling<br />
the story of the thylacine and the human interaction<br />
that led to its extinction. The viewer can<br />
experience a life size thylacine skeleton, enter<br />
a Trappers Hut and listen to stories of trappers<br />
and snarers, view footage of the last tiger, as<br />
well as witnessing a rare Tasmanian Tiger<br />
Buggy Rug made of 8 Tasmanian tiger skins.<br />
Yarns; Art Work in Silk: A display of four large<br />
wall hangings depicting Meander Valley agricultural<br />
heritage at the Great Western Tiers<br />
Visitor Centre in Deloraine.<br />
IMAGE: NATIONAL TRUST TASMANIA<br />
Tasmanian Wood Design: The Collection of<br />
Contemporary Wooden Objects is housed in<br />
the Design Centre in Launceston, a stunning<br />
contemporary building recently listed in the top<br />
1000 contemporary buildings of the world.<br />
The Fire and the Passion: A wood-fired pottery<br />
exhibition by artists Ian Jones and Moraig<br />
Mckenna, who have used traditional methods<br />
of wood as the fuel for the kiln and making<br />
functional pottery with a kick wheel and hand<br />
forming techniques. On display at the Artisan<br />
Gallery, Robigana.<br />
Plus an exciting menu of activities, programs<br />
and events open to all Tasmanians and visitors<br />
for the duration of May.<br />
More information: www.nationaltrusttas.org.<br />
au/heritagefestival.htm<br />
ALISON MCCRINDLE<br />
Lift by Jim Maidment & chris atkinson<br />
pRIzED SCULpTURE By<br />
THE BAy<br />
BENCHMAR<strong>KING</strong> BIRCHS BAY SCULPTURE PRIZE IS A<br />
UNIQUE GALLERY EXPERIENCE THAT SUPPORTS AND<br />
PROMOTES LOCAL ARTISTS.<br />
Five Bob at Birchs Bay is a property that<br />
supports an eclectic business mix, debunking<br />
the idea that commercial farming is finished in<br />
the south Channel.<br />
For ten months of the year, the farm supplies<br />
Dutch iris to mainland cut flower markets,<br />
while the native food enterprise Diemen<br />
Pepper exports Tasmania’s only native spice to<br />
markets in Europe and North America.<br />
Six years ago, proprietor Chris Read also<br />
opened Fleurtys Café and Essential Oil<br />
Distillery, following the farmers’ dictum that<br />
diversity is strength.<br />
As Fleurtys Event Co-ordinator, I hatched the<br />
idea of a sculpture trail during my pre-work<br />
walks around the trails. I developed the project<br />
as part of the café operation, and with Chris’<br />
enthusiastic support have taken it onwards<br />
and upwards.<br />
The first sculpture trail in 2006 introduced the<br />
idea of sculpted seating installations, dotted<br />
around the trail, to encourage café visitors to<br />
wander the paths, while providing them plenty<br />
of rest stops.<br />
The prize was dubbed Benchmarking Birchs<br />
Bay and although since then the theme has<br />
become more generalised, the name has<br />
stuck, and on Good Friday this year, the sixth<br />
Benchmarkng Birchs Bay Sculpture Prize<br />
opens with the most exciting and diverse<br />
collection yet.<br />
Viewing this year’s 25 entrants could take<br />
a whole day, or you might just power walk<br />
around in twenty minutes, although then you’ll<br />
need to come back again before the trail closes<br />
at the end of June.<br />
The pieces are installed on a 1.5 kilometre long<br />
trail, with spectacular mountain and channel<br />
views. It’s a unique gallery experience.<br />
Apart from the simple joy of developing work<br />
for presentation in a wonderful outdoor gallery,<br />
the artists have the added encouragement of<br />
awards provided by Kingston council mayor<br />
Graham Bury, a Fleurtys’ prize, by acquisition,<br />
and the People’s Choice Award, determined by<br />
the visitors themselves.<br />
Obviously there is also the opportunity to sell<br />
work – in 2010 half the entries were sold by the<br />
end of the exhibition, which provides a great<br />
boost to working artists.<br />
We would like to extend our thanks to Graham<br />
Bury and the Kingborough Council, The<br />
Tasmanian government, Southern Cross<br />
Television, Rabobank and Heron’s Rise<br />
Vineyard for their support and sponsorship<br />
without whom it would be difficult for the event<br />
to proceed.<br />
WENDY EDWARDS<br />
www.fleurtys.com.au<br />
Benchmarking Birchs Bay Sculpture Prize<br />
Good Friday until the end of June 2011<br />
10am to 5pm<br />
Entry by gold coin donation<br />
Bed of Roses by anna Williams<br />
EntriEs closE 17 JunE<br />
Chief Judge: Kirsty Grant<br />
For enquiries contact John Ancher<br />
P (03) 6221 4215<br />
E artprize@hutchins.tas.edu.au<br />
www.hutchins.tas.edu.au<br />
An initiative of the Hutchins Foundation Ltd.<br />
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hutchins Art Prize, an acquisitive award for<br />
works on paper, is upon Australasian’s once<br />
again for its twelfth year running. 2009 saw<br />
a prize pool of AU $18,000 and the winning<br />
artists Milan Milojevic of Tasmania .<br />
Hutchins Art Prize has bec.ome a highly<br />
recognised and leading award within<br />
Australia since its beginnings in 1997.<br />
Starting out as an annual award it recently<br />
changed format to biennial in 2007 allowing<br />
IMAGES: WENDY EDWARDS<br />
for a reater money prize on offer. A panel<br />
of 5 judges select 60 works which are then<br />
exhibited at The Long Gallery in Salamanca<br />
during 18-30th of October 2011.<br />
The award is open to established and<br />
emerging (including tertiary level) artists<br />
across Australasia.<br />
For more information visit<br />
www.hutchins.tas.edu.au/hutchins-art-prize/
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ARTIST INTERvIEW: DAvID EDGAR<br />
HOBART-BASED ARTIST DAVID EDGAR EXPLORES THE NOTIONS OF ISLAND TIME WITH<br />
LARGE-SCALE WORKS ON PAPER AT INFLIGHT ARI IN MAY. WARP’S ALISON MCCRINDLE<br />
TALKS WITH HIM ABOUT HIS ARTISTIC INSPIRATION.<br />
<strong>Warp</strong>: Describe yourself to me - as if you<br />
were submitting an ad into the adult services<br />
classifieds of a newspaper.<br />
David Edgar: I don’t think I have ever submitted<br />
an ad to an adult services classified, but if I had<br />
to I’d probably tell the truth, the whole truth<br />
and nothing but the truth. I’m sure you can<br />
note a hint of sarcasm there.<br />
You are experienced in many aspects of<br />
the arts industry. Do you see yourself as an<br />
established artist?<br />
Established? No. My philosophy is one of<br />
constant learning, trying new things out,<br />
exploring. I certainly haven’t got the experience<br />
of an established artist, but one who is<br />
attempting to establish himself, maybe.<br />
When did you discover your creative streak,<br />
and in what medium?<br />
Finger painting - or should I say finger<br />
scribbling - and funnily enough, I’m still using<br />
and playing with finger scribbling today.<br />
“The native grasses on Tasman Island are<br />
truly wild,” you write in an artist’s statement.<br />
What’s the fascination?<br />
On Tasman Island, you can’t help but notice<br />
the grasses, most of the island is covered with<br />
waist-high grass, and so navigating through<br />
them is sometimes a challenge. It’s also a fullon<br />
windy place. The sound the grass makes in<br />
the wind is like nothing else.<br />
Describe manoeuvring through the waist-high<br />
grass.<br />
IMAGE: DAVID EDGAR<br />
There are places where the grass is so high<br />
that all you have to do is fall backwards, it’s<br />
like melting into a bean bag. A lot of the time<br />
though, we are slashing paths with a lawn<br />
mower. I feel like a twisted environmental artist<br />
or designer when doing this, making these<br />
linear, yet functional interventions in the grass.<br />
You have been visiting Tasman Island for<br />
nine years. Are you obsessed? What’s the<br />
attraction?<br />
A bunch of things, but essentially, moving from<br />
one big island to a smaller one; from Sydney<br />
to Tasmania. Then visiting the Cook Islands<br />
shortly afterwards and experiencing what the<br />
locals call “island-time.” This was followed<br />
shortly after by my first trip to Tasman, where it<br />
was all there; the edges, the isolation, the cliffs,<br />
vast ocean vistas, silence and noise, intensely<br />
varied weather, fear, trepidation, awe...<br />
What defines “island time” and how does it<br />
relate to your work?<br />
The Islanders describe it as a much slower<br />
sense of time than what you and I might<br />
perceive in our busy, clock-regulated life.<br />
Nothing is rushed or done quickly on the island<br />
as there is no reason for it to occur this way.<br />
What I like about this is an abstracted notion<br />
not just of time, but of the perception of place.<br />
For me it alludes to a warping abstraction of<br />
how we live with and think about time. Another<br />
example, that I read somewhere recently, may<br />
be the experience of travelling into an old city.<br />
We may feel like we have stepped back in time<br />
and therefore reminisce about the past.<br />
These warped notions of time occur a lot<br />
within ideas of place, and it’s where this idea<br />
of time slows down, for me caused by island<br />
landscapes, or island-scapes, is somewhere<br />
where my drawing can be located.<br />
What can you tell us about your exhibition at<br />
Inflight ARI in May?<br />
Leaving off from the previous question about<br />
time, this upcoming show is also about time,<br />
but more importantly about drawing, and its<br />
possibilities.<br />
I want to create a new system of mark making<br />
found unconsciously in the real life of the every<br />
day. I will do this by extracting online weather<br />
data from Tasman Island on a daily basis, and<br />
blow it up, layering the data onto the walls of<br />
the gallery.<br />
The intention is to formulate a new system of<br />
marks created against the collection of the<br />
other system. I really have no idea how the<br />
work will look at the end, as I am dictated by<br />
each day, but I’m more interested in what the<br />
possibilities will engender throughout<br />
the process.<br />
Are you happy in your art, in yourself?<br />
Moments of happy, moments of anxiety,<br />
moments of bliss, moments of unknown; life<br />
fluctuates, like the weather, and so does my<br />
mental state.<br />
A lot of this relates to life in general, but<br />
making drawing can be crucially relational to<br />
this also. I don’t know, one day I’m happy, the<br />
next not, maybe my mind is in a constant state<br />
of imbalance... and so to the drawings that<br />
I produce.<br />
ALISON MCCRINDLE<br />
‘David Edgar an evolving drawing installation’<br />
at Inflight ARI (100 goulburn St hobart)<br />
opens May 6 and runs Wednesday to Saturday<br />
from 1pm-5pm. The show concludes with<br />
closing drinks on Friday May 27 at 6pm.<br />
www.inflightart.com.au<br />
EIGHT yEARS<br />
FLyING HIGH WITH<br />
INFLIGHT ARI<br />
SINCE 2003, HOBART’S INFLIGHT HAS EXHIBITED<br />
EXPERIMENTAL CONTEMPORARY ART PRODUCED BY LOCAL,<br />
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS.<br />
Inflight Artist-run Initiative was created by a<br />
group of Hobart artists to address the serious<br />
lack of gallery space available to exhibit<br />
emerging and experimental art. The first show<br />
opened in February 2003 showcasing the work<br />
of its founding board in a space at the Letitia<br />
Street studios in North Hobart where many of<br />
the artists worked.<br />
In the eight years since, Inflight has held<br />
around 150 exhibitions and events featuring the<br />
work of local, national and international artists.<br />
Inflight’s mission is to provide affordable<br />
and professional gallery space and arts<br />
related opportunities to young, emerging<br />
and experimental artists and curators, and<br />
is funded by the Australia Council and Arts<br />
Tasmania and run by a board of volunteers.<br />
inflight works closely with other artist run<br />
initiatives in Hobart and elsewhere in Australia<br />
and has over the last five years facilitated an<br />
exchange program with mainland galleries,<br />
bringing artists from the mainland to Hobart<br />
and in turn offering the chance for Tasmanian<br />
artists to exhibit in other Australian cities.<br />
Inflight’s first international artist exchange<br />
in 2009 sent two Hobart artists to Spain<br />
and Germany, while 2010 saw the return<br />
leg of this exchange when European artists<br />
Sara and Andre’ exhibited at Inflight. The<br />
exchange program aims to foster and develop<br />
independent networks and opportunities<br />
across the country and further afield to share<br />
resources and promote current contemporary<br />
artistic practice.<br />
The continuing success and energy of Inflight<br />
is a result of its dedicated board and staff<br />
members who mostly work for free and provide<br />
every service to its exhibiting artists including<br />
assistance in exhibition installation, publicity<br />
and promotion and critical feedback.<br />
The board regularly changes members,<br />
keeping a fresh and energetic team grounded<br />
by long-serving members making a mix of<br />
emerging and established artists, writers,<br />
designers and curators. Being on the board of<br />
inflight provides its members with invaluable<br />
experience in the arts industry and many of<br />
its board members have gone on to become<br />
prominent in the national arts scene exhibiting<br />
in an array of disciplines and spaces nationally<br />
and internationally.<br />
inflight is centred around a gallery exhibition<br />
venue which hosts projects by individuals and<br />
groups, collaborative activities and events, at<br />
100 Goulburn Street, a move made recently<br />
after 5 years in a North Hobart warehouse.<br />
Reopening by transforming a drab office<br />
building into a beautiful street-frontage Gallery<br />
Space, generous support was offered by Arts<br />
Tasmania allowed Inflight to further renovate<br />
the space and we are now settling in to<br />
an exciting program of upcoming exhibitions<br />
and events.<br />
During our recent renovation we ushered in the<br />
first frosts of the coming winter with weekly<br />
curated outdoor film screenings hosted by<br />
Tom O’Hern, Andrew Harper, Pip Stafford and<br />
Emma-Jean Gilmour, in our car park complete<br />
with fires, cushions, pop-corn and astroturf.<br />
Inflight exchange took us recently to the<br />
famous HELL Gallery in Richmond, Melbourne<br />
for a giant group exhibition exploring the<br />
Tasmanian Gothic; a huge success and packed<br />
to the brim with audio performances, ritual<br />
inductions, curious and beautiful objects,<br />
images and mixed media works.<br />
Inflight also took place in the inaugural<br />
exhibition of Launceston’s newest ARI<br />
Sawtooth, in the ambitious Panoply exhibition<br />
featuring work from Six_A Gallery and ARI,<br />
Death Be Kind, Inflight and Sawtooth in<br />
another full show filled with the amazing<br />
breadth of Tasmanian contemporary art<br />
practice within the broader national context.<br />
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Inflight’s upcoming gallery program was<br />
recently re-launched with a bang with the<br />
group SAAS (Support Arts Appreciation Society)<br />
donning their alter-egos in a performanceinstallation<br />
in a packed to the rafters gallery;<br />
those outside unable to enter and those inside<br />
unable to move.<br />
Upcoming exhibition include David Edgar,<br />
Laura Hindmarsh, Anthony Johnson, Noni<br />
Gander & Iona Johnson, Amanda Shone,<br />
Maarten Daudeij and Joel Crosswell in a series<br />
of exhibitions that will see us through 2011<br />
with a new show every month.<br />
In addition we are working with a group of ARIs<br />
alongside The National Association for the<br />
Visual Arts (NAVA) and the Australia Council<br />
for the Arts (Ozco) to produce a National Artist<br />
Run Initiative Conference in Sydney in late<br />
2011. Inflight is flying high with exchange<br />
projects with Felt Space Adelaide and DF Arte<br />
Contemporaneo, Spain, this year too.<br />
Join us for the ride at what is quickly becoming<br />
a new mini-cultural precinct in West Hobart<br />
with Inflight, Goulburn St Gallery, Sashiko<br />
Design and the Artists Billboard project all<br />
planted amongst artists’ studios, architecture<br />
firms and backpackers.<br />
Info: www.inflightart.com.au<br />
Contact: gallery@inflightart.com.au
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WARp GALLERy GUIDE - mAy<br />
146 ARTSPACE<br />
on the island (We are all in this together) by<br />
Richard Skinner. May 9 - June 10.<br />
ART MOB<br />
Dhoeri Miak - Reflection of Dhoeri by George<br />
Nona. May 6 - 15.<br />
BETT gALLERY<br />
FRONTSPACE: Pink by Anne Macdonald<br />
BACKSPACE: Boss 2 by Ian Bonde. Both Shows<br />
end June 7.<br />
CARNEgIE gALLERY<br />
Blue Shadows by Michael Muruste.<br />
April 22 - May 29.<br />
CAST<br />
130 Davey Street & Walking through Clearfells<br />
by Raquel Ormella. May 7 - June 5.<br />
COLVILLE gALLERY<br />
GALLERY 1: Julia Castiliona-Bradshaw.<br />
GALLERY 2: Jock Young. Both shows<br />
May 6 - 25.<br />
CRITERION gALLERY<br />
New works by James Newitt. March 25 - 7 May.<br />
Shields Against the enemy by Jamin. May 12 -<br />
June 11. OPENING 5.30pm on May 12.<br />
DESPARD gALLERY<br />
New works by Geoff Dyer. Until May 24.<br />
New works by Joanne Currie Nalingu and<br />
Michael Eather. May 26 – June 21, OPENING<br />
6pm on May 26.<br />
ENTREPOT gALLERY<br />
MAIN: Rhonda Voo with the Croo, group show.<br />
LOUNGE: Printmaking Society, UTAS. Both<br />
shows May 9 – 26.<br />
MAIN: Self Portrait by Jennie Jackson.<br />
LOUNGE: Desiderata by Scott Faulkner. Both<br />
run May 30 – June 16.<br />
fLEURTYS CAfE<br />
Benchmarking Birchs Bay Sculpture Prize,<br />
Bay Sculpture Prize. 10am - 5pm until the end<br />
of June.<br />
gONE AWOL<br />
Four hills Photography by Josh McDonald.<br />
May 5 - 30.<br />
Unmarried Brides by Kieron Hayter. June 1 - 30,<br />
OPENING 5.30pm June 3.<br />
gOULBURN ST gALLERY<br />
Helen Jessup paintings. May 9 – 26.<br />
Gillian Lojek paintings. May 13 – 26.<br />
Stephen Booth paintings. May 20 – June 2,<br />
OPENING 6pm May 20.<br />
Robin Mary Calvert ceramics & paintings.<br />
June 3 - 23, OPENING 6pm June 3.<br />
137 COLLINS ST HOBART<br />
03 6234 3788<br />
WWW>ARTERYDIRECT.COM.AU<br />
SOUTh<br />
hANDMARk gALLERY - hobart<br />
Andrea Jordan paintings & Simone Pfister<br />
works on paper<br />
Both shows end May 18.<br />
Jan Dineen textiles. May 5 - 18.<br />
Mairi Ward paintings, ceramics & furniture.<br />
May 20 – June 15, OPENING 6pm May 20.<br />
INfLIghT<br />
Untitled by David Edgar. May 6 - 28 CLOSING<br />
6pm May 27.<br />
(re)presentation by Laura Hindmarsh. June 4 -<br />
25, OPENING 6pm June 3.<br />
INkA gALLERY INC.<br />
Inka Gallery May sale. Ends May 25.<br />
ladies of Colour by South Hobart Art Group.<br />
May 26 – June 15, OPENING 5.30pm May 27.<br />
JIMMY’S SkATE & STREET<br />
Stencil, paintings & sculptures by Stuart<br />
Crawford (Canada). Ends May 20.<br />
Sculpture by Jivanta Howard. May 20 – June<br />
10, OPENING 5.30pm May 20.<br />
LOVETT gALLERY<br />
Members work on show constantly changing<br />
& includes painting, sculpture, photography &<br />
ceramics. Winter open hours Sat & Sun<br />
10am – 4pm.<br />
MASTERPIECE IxL gALLERY<br />
Clearance of Investment Stock: colonial to<br />
contemporary art (Autumn)<br />
MOONAh ARTS CENTRE<br />
one Year later by Elizabeth Woods.<br />
May 13 – June 2, OPENING 6pm May 13.<br />
MUSEUM Of OLD & NEW ART<br />
Monanism. Ends July 19.<br />
PLIMSOLL gALLERY<br />
River effects: the Waterways of Tasmania,<br />
group show. Ends May 20.<br />
The Archival impulse, national & international<br />
artists. May 27 – June 24.<br />
RED WALL gALLERY<br />
Stray and Tainted by Eva Schultz.<br />
May 8 – June 3, OPENING 6pm 8 May.<br />
SADDLERS COURT gALLERY<br />
Exhibiting over 100 Tasmanian artists & crafts<br />
people.<br />
SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE<br />
LONG GALLERY: Art From Trash by Resource<br />
Work Co-Operative. May 6 - 22,<br />
OPENING 6pm May 6.<br />
SIDESPACE: Still life and Memory by Bronwyn<br />
Theobald & Alison Hill. May 4 - 17,<br />
OPENING 6pm May 5.<br />
TOP GALLERY: Slender Threads by Sophie<br />
Carnell. May 6 - 31.<br />
SChOOLhOUSE gALLERY<br />
Hunter Island Press annual exhibition. April<br />
29 – May 12.<br />
Skin: observations of the human Form, Adult<br />
education life drawing students and tutor<br />
Robyn Trousselot. May 20 – June 5.<br />
SONA gALLERY<br />
Ongoing stock exhibition<br />
TASMANIAN LANDSCAPES gALLERY<br />
luke o’Brien Photography. Art printing &<br />
mounting services also available.<br />
TASMANIAN MUSEUM & ART gALLERY<br />
Near and Far: Tasmanian Art, contemporary<br />
artists and designers. Ends May 30.<br />
Volcano lover by Lucy Bleach. Mar 18 – Jul 3.<br />
C20 -100 years of Australian art from the TMAG<br />
collection ends June.<br />
Finding the mysterious unknowable by Peter<br />
Dombrovskis ends Jul.<br />
ThE BRISBANE hOTEL<br />
Alphabetrix. Artist Collective. May 3 – June 5.<br />
VON ShROEDER fINE ARTS gALLERY<br />
New award winning works by Gaye Spencer<br />
(permanent changing exhibition).<br />
David Paulson end of Summer stock room<br />
clearance. Both May.<br />
NORTh<br />
gONE RUSTIC STUDIO & gALLERY<br />
The Notebook Project, 145 artists from Aus &<br />
International. May 9 - 31.<br />
Accompanied by Journal Making Workshop’s,<br />
on May 11, 10am - 12pm, & 1pm - 3pm.<br />
To register PH (03) 6372 2724.<br />
Quilts from Darwin by Darwin Quilters.<br />
13-28 May.<br />
hANDMARk gALLERY - Evandale<br />
Hilton Owen paintings. May 13 – June 10,<br />
OPENING 6pm May 13.<br />
LEONI DUff gALLERIES<br />
An Affair with Colour by Grant Koch. May 28 –<br />
June 15.<br />
QUEEN VICTORIA MUSEUM & ART gALLERY<br />
hatching the Past: Dinosaur eggs & Babies.<br />
April 2 – June 19.<br />
SAWTOOTh ARI<br />
FRONT GALLERY: home Made Preserve/<br />
Preservation by Club Yen.<br />
MIDDLE GALLERY: Rapture by Kate Kirby.<br />
NORTh CONT.<br />
PROJECT GALLERY: New Work, by Gillian<br />
Marsden. All Shows May 6 - 27,<br />
OPENING 6pm May 6.<br />
ThE WILDERNESS gALLERY<br />
ThYlACiNe - The Tasmanian Tiger exhibition<br />
(permanent).<br />
Peter Dombrovskis photography (permanent).<br />
10-room purpose-built photographic gallery<br />
showcasing leading local, national and<br />
international artists, ends Mid November.<br />
ThREE WINDOWS gALLERY<br />
Changing Southern Midlands Artists<br />
NORTh WEST<br />
BURNIE REgIONAL ART gALLERY<br />
Burnie Print Prize 2011. March 19 – May 8.<br />
Art Rage 2010, Artwork from schools around<br />
the state. May 14 – July 10<br />
(Floor talk by Paul Bishop on ArtRage May 14).<br />
expressions by Jackie Walker. May 14 – July 10.<br />
DEVONPORT REgIONAL gALLERY<br />
MAIN GALLERY: North West Art Circle Annual<br />
Exhibition & Awards.<br />
LITTLE GALLERY: Celtic Serpent by Bill<br />
Flowers. Both Gallery’s April 23 – May 15,<br />
OPENING 6pm May 6.<br />
PARADOx BAzAAR<br />
Unique Tasmanian Art & Craft creations<br />
operated by, and featuring the works of,<br />
local Artists and Craftspeople and is constantly<br />
changing throughout the year.<br />
www.paradoxbazaar.com.au<br />
WONDERS Of WYNYARD gALLERY<br />
40th Anniversary of Wynyard Rotary Musical,<br />
costumes, photos and memorabilia. Ends May<br />
30. Tasmania’s Rural Cultural Landscapes,<br />
National Trust, & Spinners and Weavers. Both<br />
shows June 1-28.<br />
* If you are an exhibiting gallery or space<br />
in Tasmania and want to be included in the<br />
<strong>Warp</strong> Gallery Guide email:<br />
alison@warpmagazine.com.au<br />
ARTS OppORTUNITIES<br />
CHECK OUT THE LIST OF UPCOMING WORKSHOPS, GRANTS,<br />
RESIDENCIES AND OTHER ARTS OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN<br />
TASMANIA.<br />
WORkShOPS<br />
Sad Rags to glad Rags: Take op-shop or<br />
new clothes and re-work them into wearable<br />
originals with Aukje Boonstra. May 21 &<br />
22 from 10am-4pm. Entry is $70 per day at<br />
Moonah Arts Centre. Phone 6214 7633.<br />
Lino Printing: Any skill level with Suzanne<br />
Crowley, also explore hand-colouring your<br />
prints using watercolour paints. June 4 & 5,<br />
from 10am -4pm. Entry is $84.40 (materials<br />
provided) at Moonah Arts Centre.<br />
Phone 6214 7633.<br />
felting for fun: Workshops with textile artist<br />
June Hope; Funky Bag workshop on May 7 &<br />
14; Featherweight silk scarf workshop May<br />
21; Fabulous felted hat workshop May 28;<br />
Learning to felt for fun basic workshop June<br />
4. All workshops held at Forth Hall, Main Rd<br />
Forth from 10am-4pm. Entry is $60,<br />
phone 6425 2426/0409416196 or email<br />
june.e.hope@gmail.com<br />
Collage on Canvas: With Felicity Matthews<br />
at the Bellerive Community Arts Centre on<br />
May 15 & 16 from 10am-3pm. Entry is $30<br />
members or $40 non-members for two-day<br />
workshop. Phone 6245 8742 or email<br />
bellerivearts@bigpond.com<br />
Etching: White ground resist, with Iona<br />
Johnson on May 21-22. For more information<br />
visit www.hunterislandpress.org.au<br />
MAC holiday Activities: At Moonah Arts<br />
Centre: Circus Skills with Andrew Brassington<br />
June 7, 8 & 9 suits 8-16 years, 10am-3pm.<br />
Paper Sculpture with Kate Connellan June 13<br />
& 14, suits 8-14 years, 10am-3pm. Contact<br />
Moonah Arts Centre on 6214 7633.<br />
gRANTS<br />
Assistance to Individuals: Accepting<br />
applications for a variety of projects proposed<br />
by artists to further their career. Apply before<br />
August 1, application toolkit is available from<br />
www.arts.tas.gov.au/individuals or contact Arts<br />
Tasmania on 6233 7308.<br />
Start up grants for young artists: Grants up<br />
to $3000 are available to young artists (16-26<br />
years old) who have not previously received<br />
an Arts Tasmania Grant. Closes 1 August<br />
2011. Visit www.arts.tas.gov.au or contact Art<br />
Tasmania on 6233 7308<br />
RESIDENCIES<br />
Self-Initiated Residencies: Tasmanian<br />
artists are welcome to apply to undertake a<br />
self initiated residency locally, nationally or<br />
internationally. For more information visit<br />
www.arts.tas.gov.au/residencies<br />
Wilderness and Cultural Residencies:<br />
Tasmanian artists can apply for a residency in<br />
one of the 13 sites of ecological and or cultural<br />
significance within Tasmania. Info:<br />
www.arts.tas.gov.au/residencies<br />
OThER OPPORTUNITIES<br />
ST.ART Street art festival: The one-day<br />
music, art and culture festival at Schoolhouse<br />
Gallery and Rosny Barn on Saturday August 27<br />
is an exciting opportunities for artists across<br />
mediums and generations.<br />
The ST.ART competition is an outlet for creative<br />
ideas via aerosol cans onto a 2D surface, with<br />
$2400 in prizes for stencil and free aerosol<br />
artwork. Winners will be announced on the<br />
day of the festival and all entries will be<br />
exhibited at the Schoolhouse Gallery until<br />
Sunday September 11. Entry is free and open<br />
to three age categories: junior (up to 11 years),<br />
intermediate (12-17 years) and senior (18+).<br />
For more information check out the Facebook<br />
page or visit www.ccc.tas.gov.au for entry<br />
forms, or pick one up from Ruffcut Records<br />
(Elizabeth st Mall Hobart) or the Schoolhouse<br />
Gallery (Rosny Barn).<br />
146 ArtSpace: An exhibition space located<br />
in the foyer of Arts Tasmania office at 146<br />
Elizabeth St, Hobart. Applications for noncommercial<br />
exhibitions are encouraged<br />
from artists, ARIs, curators and arts-based<br />
organisations. Any art form is considered and<br />
closes May 28. Application toolkit available<br />
from www.artsatwork.com.au/146artspace.<br />
ArtSite Commission Ravenswood:<br />
Sculpture and 2D pre-existing artworks with<br />
a budget of $71,700. The Arts@Work ArtSite<br />
Scheme is seeking expressions of interest<br />
from contemporary artists to create external<br />
sculptural works that provide a welcoming<br />
narrative about the Ravenswood community.<br />
Deadline is May 23. To obtain artist brief email:<br />
public.art@artsatwork.com.au or phone<br />
6233 5087<br />
Clarence Prize for Excellence in furniture<br />
Design: Open to furniture designers, artists<br />
and craftspeople with total prize money of<br />
$14,000. Entries close June 3, 2011. For<br />
more info visit www.ccc.tas.gov.au or email<br />
schoolhouse@ccc.tas.gov.au<br />
Drug Education Network Art Competition:<br />
The DEN Inc. is running an art competition<br />
to spruce up its new office in Hobart, for the<br />
launch in Drug Action Week 2011. Entries close<br />
16 June, 2011. For more info visit www.den.<br />
org.au<br />
hutchins Art Prize: An acquisitive award<br />
for works on paper and is open to artists<br />
Australasia wide. Entries close June 17, 2011.<br />
For more info visit www.hutchins.tas.edu.au<br />
Youth ARC gallery: Seeking young artists 12-<br />
25 or organisations working with young artists<br />
to present 2D work at the recently established<br />
gallery space at Youth ARC in Collins St,<br />
Hobart. For more info contact gatesr@<br />
hobartcity.com.au<br />
The Vitra fellowship: An exciting opportunity<br />
for a Tasmanian designer to attend an<br />
international design workshop led by renowned<br />
international designers, architects and artists<br />
at Domaine de Boisbuchet in France. Deadline<br />
4 June. For more information visit www.arts.<br />
tas.gov.au/individuals<br />
ONLINE<br />
• Arts Tasmania www.arts.tas.gov.au<br />
• Arts @ Work www.artsatwork.com.au<br />
• Contemporary Art Spaces Tasmania<br />
www.castgallery.org<br />
• Moonah Arts Centre<br />
http://mac.gcc.tas.gov.au/Pages<br />
• Inflight ARI www.inflightart.com.au<br />
• Salamanca Arts Centre www.salarts.org.au<br />
• Sawtooth ARI www.art.org.au<br />
• Tasmanian Regional Arts<br />
www.tasregionalarts.org.au<br />
* If you are an arts organisation or body with<br />
an upcoming opportunity that is within the<br />
arts bracket and would like it included in<br />
<strong>Warp</strong> Arts opportunities guide, please email<br />
all details to alison@warpmagazine.com.au<br />
ANDREW ON ART<br />
ANDREW ON ART. YECH. I’M REALLY STARTING TO HATE<br />
THAT TITLE YOU KNOW, AND I THOUGHT OF IT. GOT ANY<br />
SUGGESTIONS FOR A BETTER ONE?<br />
I’m serious. I want a new title for this<br />
column, for when I sell out and publish a<br />
book of ‘the best of Andrew’s art rants’.<br />
That day is closer than anyone thinks.<br />
Please though, don’t suggest anything like<br />
‘Artshole’ or ‘Gallery Bitch’ though. I’m a<br />
nice guy and I’m in it for the greater good,<br />
okay?<br />
I even have a prize for the best suggestion.<br />
TRULY. If anyone comes up with a title for<br />
this here arts column that I actually want to<br />
use, I will award you a copy of happy Meat<br />
1, a highly desirable anthology of drawing<br />
based works emerged fully formed from<br />
the now-sadly defunct 6A ARI. It has stuff<br />
by all kinds of charming artists in it, and<br />
you really could use it in your collection<br />
of Tasmanian Art Publications. Send all<br />
suggestions to andrew_w_harper on<br />
twitter as a Direct Message and we’ll take<br />
it from there.<br />
Having a look around the Salamanca Arts<br />
Centre the other day provided me with<br />
some terrific variety in the local art stakes.<br />
There’s a lot to be found up on the top floor<br />
of the building – two spaces right next to<br />
each other feature a regular programme<br />
of works.<br />
The Loft gallery space, given that it’s a<br />
thoroughfare as well, is usually limited<br />
to wall hung work and features currently<br />
a selection from the Handmark Gallery.<br />
I didn’t really get much from most of the<br />
paintings on display at all, but Adrian<br />
Barber’s work stood out – he’s invested<br />
sometime in capturing the texture of a<br />
landscape and understands the potential of<br />
his medium well.<br />
Around the corner in the Top gallery<br />
I checked out Meg Collidge’s show<br />
Folkspace. Blimey. I’m sure someone<br />
digs this sort of work – landscape<br />
interpretations that use a number of<br />
different methods – but it didn’t work for<br />
me at all. Busy to the point of being over<br />
the top, this is work that I could almost say<br />
needs to calm down a bit. Still, Collidge has<br />
at least an interesting approach and some<br />
character so it’s not a complete disaster.<br />
The Long gallery contains Dis-covery, a<br />
themed show about islands curated by<br />
Colin Langridge as part of Ten Days on the<br />
Island. The show attempts to critique the<br />
ART FORUm<br />
Get inspired by UTAS Art Forum, a lecture<br />
based presentation held at the Hobart<br />
Art School (Dechaineux Lecture Theatre,<br />
The Centre for the Arts (UTAS), Hunter St.<br />
Hobart) each Friday at 12.30pm-1.30pm.<br />
MAY 6<br />
Nick Mangan integrates the by-products<br />
of consumerism into unique sculptural<br />
forms. Mangan’s sculpture shares<br />
an affinity with the work of young<br />
contemporary artists including Ricky<br />
Swallow, James Angus and Tim Silver<br />
- in which everyday items are deified in<br />
sculptural forms distinguished by aesthetic<br />
and technical proficiency.<br />
MAY 13<br />
TBC<br />
Arts 29<br />
romantic notions of islands as exotic places<br />
of relaxation and travel fantasy and is for<br />
the most part a success, featuring some<br />
very strong work.<br />
Work stood out: UK artist Lindsay Seers<br />
investigated some personal mythology with<br />
Royal orb (2011) a video work within a small<br />
corrugated iron church. One ducked in and<br />
found a poetic narrative that combined<br />
images, voice and sound into an enigmatic<br />
yet cohesive narrative that drew on many<br />
ideas yet remained deeply personal.<br />
Equally immersive was Amanda Shone’s<br />
exploration of the bizarre world of life<br />
aboard cruise ships – this work had a lot of<br />
comedy but managed to throw in a Stepford<br />
Wives-style sinister edge.<br />
Also striking and potent was Shigeyuki<br />
Kihara’s posed photography – this work,<br />
which provided a strong critique of western<br />
perceptions of exotic sexuality and the<br />
gaze was the pick for me in this show;<br />
melding some very different traditions and<br />
perceptions into something that stared back<br />
with a proud defiance.<br />
handmark gallery Artists in Residence at<br />
the Studio gallery<br />
Showcasing the works of SAC Resident Artists<br />
represented by Handmark Gallery at Studio<br />
Gallery, from March 11 - April 29, 2011.<br />
Folkspace<br />
An exhibition of recent landscape paintings by<br />
North West Coast artist, Meg Collidge at Top<br />
Gallery, SAC, April 7 - 29, 2011.<br />
Dis-covery<br />
An exhibition that broaches three ideas: island<br />
life, artistic romanticism and romantic ideas<br />
of islands and island culture, at Long Gallery,<br />
SAC, from March 25 - May 1, 2011.<br />
ANDREW hARPER<br />
GPO box 325, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 7001<br />
E: andrewharper@yahoo.com<br />
T: www.twitter.com/andrew_w_harper<br />
W: http://distantyowie.blogspot.com<br />
W: http://theswollenear.blogspot.com<br />
MAY 20<br />
Jon Cattapan has exhibited paintings,<br />
drawings and prints extensively since<br />
1978, all featuring a central concern with<br />
the way in which humans negotiate space<br />
and territories. Cattapan’s urban imagery<br />
depicts a fragmented, mobile and pulsing<br />
environment.<br />
MAY 27<br />
An Archival Impulse Seminar<br />
This is a special 1.5 hour seminar-style<br />
forum featuring a number of artists and<br />
the curators from An Archival impulse,<br />
an exhibition co-curated for the Plimsoll<br />
Gallery by Brigita Ozolins, Ruth Frost<br />
and Elisabeth Redmond. The exhibition<br />
features the work of 10 artists who use the<br />
archive, or strategies associated with the<br />
archive, across a range of media including<br />
photography, printmaking,<br />
installation, sculpture, video and e-media.<br />
ALISON MCCRINDLE<br />
warpmagazine.com.au
30 Performing Arts<br />
REVIEW<br />
TEN DAyS ON THE ISLAND<br />
Dinosaur Petting Zoo<br />
Erth Visual and Physical Inc, March 25,<br />
Salamanca<br />
Roars and cries rent the air at Parliament<br />
Lawns on a Sunny Saturday. The ground<br />
was hardly shaking but dinosaurs once again<br />
walked the Earth as children and adults alike<br />
were treated to a very politically incorrect<br />
history lesson.<br />
Children were instructed to “shut up” and<br />
parents were invited to leave unruly mischief<br />
makers behind to help feed the dinosaurs after<br />
the show.<br />
Erth, the performing Arts Company presenting<br />
the Dinosaur Petting Zoo have created a show<br />
that is entertaining and informative. The<br />
Emcee had a good rapport with the audience<br />
and the puppets were skilfully manipulated,<br />
with small, lifelike movements that made the<br />
creatures come alive. One of the highlights<br />
was the entrance of a ferocious Australian<br />
Tyrannosaurus who created a wave of fearful<br />
delight as he stormed into the ring.<br />
A kid friendly show, The Dinosaur Petting Zoo<br />
is an interactive jaunt through the Jurassic era,<br />
that has surely created a whole new generation<br />
of palaeontologists digging for fossils in their<br />
backyards.<br />
REVIEW<br />
THREE<br />
BLIND DATES<br />
ThURSDAY APRIL 7 ThE BRISBANE hOTEL<br />
Speed dating seems to have gone out of<br />
fashion. Not so long ago it seemed like<br />
everyone from Fraiser to the Vicar of Dibley was<br />
doing it round-robin style.<br />
Meredith Cole plays a mutely anguished figure,<br />
searching for her one true love at a restaurant<br />
that serves up tricks, jokes and magic in a bow<br />
tie and bob cut.<br />
Date number one is Richard, a sportscoatclad,<br />
mullet-crowned member of the Cygnet<br />
Light Opera Ukelele Collective. Richard is an<br />
incarnation of Emily Newton, who delights<br />
in drag and comedy theatre. At the failure of<br />
Meredith’s tablecloth trick, Richard stalks from<br />
the table in disgust.<br />
Second Date is the strong woman with the<br />
loose stocking, Bridget Bridge. Bridget uses<br />
acrobatics, tricks and a little self-inflicted<br />
torture to delight the audience. Loose<br />
stockings stay up with a few well placed<br />
staples into the thigh. (Note: This is not<br />
recommended to try at home, or in the office,<br />
and certainly not on a first date.) Again, the<br />
dauntless Meredith tries her tablecloth trick<br />
and again, she fails.<br />
As Mambo Number Five surges from the<br />
speakers, Meredith’s third date struts out.<br />
Tongue hanging out, chest heaving, bodyrolling<br />
Maurice is butter to Meredith’s bread.<br />
With the conclusion of Maurice’s dance comes<br />
the fateful Tablecloth trick and finally as it<br />
must, it is a success.<br />
After successful shows in Hobart, Launceston<br />
and St Helen’s, there’s talk of a reunion special<br />
so watch this space.<br />
warpmagazine.com.au<br />
kATERhINE fARRELL<br />
The Chronicles of Long Kesh<br />
hobart Theatre Royal, March 30<br />
Playwright Martin Lynch interviewed forty exprison<br />
officers, prisoners and family members<br />
before writing his very personal play, The<br />
Chronicles of long kesh.<br />
Set in 1970’s Northern Ireland, political and<br />
religious unrest is the basis of the action, which<br />
is set in the infamous Long Kesh Prison.<br />
Interned for dangerous activities, the play<br />
follows both Republicans and Loyalists housed<br />
in the prison, suffering years of abuse and<br />
neglect, protests and riots.<br />
Narrated by Irish prison guard Freddie,<br />
the play is funny and poignant, the more<br />
gruesome details often told through jokes,<br />
harsh moments lightened by the actors<br />
breaking into Motown Classics, the Beatles and<br />
Smokey Robinson.<br />
The six-member cast would be lost without<br />
Freddie’s narration, as they frequently switched<br />
characters. Freddie acts as a silent sentinel;<br />
observing all, keeping quiet to avoid trouble as<br />
he too is affected by the violence he witnesses<br />
at Long Kesh.<br />
A disquieting yet joyful journal, The Chronicles<br />
of long kesh is a recollection of the world gone<br />
mad, and is sadly relevant in contemporary<br />
times where internment and arrest without<br />
charge is prevailing in our ‘civilised’ society.<br />
Poxed<br />
Tasmanian Theatre Company, April 14,<br />
Backspace Theatre<br />
The 18 th Century English Court was rife with<br />
rumour, intrigue and liaisons and one Lady<br />
Mary Montagu was renowned as a great<br />
beauty, with all the trappings that came with<br />
such a distinction.<br />
Presented by The Tasmanian Theatre<br />
Company, Poxed explores the story of Lady<br />
Mary who was struck down and marred by<br />
the infectious disease and her attempts to<br />
introduce inoculation to the Western World.<br />
Tasmanian playwright, Stella Kent spoke of<br />
the play as centred around Lady Mary’s quest,<br />
however much of the dialogue and action is<br />
focused on Lady Mary’s competing suitors as<br />
they compel her to achieve more only to pull her<br />
down from the pedestal they placed her upon.<br />
The costumes are lavish and the set<br />
outstanding, using silhouette to create vast<br />
palaces and exotic climates.<br />
The comic timing of the actors was superb<br />
and the conversational tone was just right for<br />
the Backspace Theatre. There was a high level<br />
of involvement and chatter with the audience<br />
and the direction of the piece was highly<br />
orchestrated, the characters fully developed<br />
and convincing. Overall, Poxed was a treat<br />
although rather a muddle of life, years and<br />
events.<br />
STAR-CROSSED LOvERS<br />
SARAh MAShMAN<br />
TALES OF EAGER ROMEOS SCALING BALCONIES AND<br />
ESCAPING DISAPPROVING PARENTS BY ELOPING ARE OLD<br />
HAT. WHY SHOULD AN ATTEMPTED ELOPEMENT FROM<br />
GERMANY TO AFRICA MAKE HEADLINES ACROSS THE WORLD<br />
IN 2009?<br />
Africa<br />
The Peacock Theatre, May 25 - 28<br />
www.mydarlingpatricia.com<br />
IMAGE: JEFF BUSBYSS<br />
WIN two free tickets to see Africa at the<br />
Peacock Theatre.<br />
Simply “Like” Salamanca Arts Centre on<br />
Facebook and then send SAC a message<br />
with the words “WARP” and “AFRICA” in it<br />
before May 18 to enter. Winners will be drawn<br />
randomly and notified via Facebook on May 19.<br />
It isn’t a historical event, a tale from the War,<br />
or a story of unrequited love separated by<br />
the Wall. With no passports of tickets, three<br />
children packed sun-tan lotion and sunglasses,<br />
left their homes at dawn and walked one<br />
kilometre to wait patiently for the airport bound<br />
train. No, it is not your conventional love story.<br />
As part of the Mobile States tour of 2011,<br />
theatre company My Darling Patricia presents<br />
Africa. Based on the story of these three<br />
children, it is an unrelenting, gritty, urbanized<br />
tale of neglect and the power of imagination.<br />
Relocated to Australia, the play is seen<br />
through the eyes of the children with puppets<br />
skillfully manipulated by hooded performers.<br />
They play, sleep and dream on the toy-strewn<br />
leveled stages with a messiness symbolising<br />
disruption and neglect.<br />
The mother is viewed from a child’s eye level;<br />
visible from the hips down. She is loving, but<br />
complacent and ignorant of her children’s<br />
disaffection with the world.<br />
My Darling Patricia formed in 2003 after the<br />
four founders met in art school. Their approach<br />
to theatre is through their background in<br />
dance, visual arts, circus, puppet, film and<br />
performance.<br />
Africa, written and directed by Halcyon<br />
Macleod, is funny, heart wrenching tale of<br />
childhood, deprivation and imagination.<br />
SARAh MAShMAN<br />
I ♥ Cars<br />
Stompin Dance Theatre, March 31,<br />
Launceston streets and Alanvale TAfE<br />
Exploring our love affair with the car,<br />
Stompin’s i ♥ Cars took us on a guided bus tour<br />
of Launceston’s famous ‘blockie’ route, before<br />
heading on up the highway to the automotive<br />
workshop at Alanvale TAFE.<br />
In the large, darkened space with lighting<br />
provided by mechanic’s utility lights and car<br />
headlights, the cars were as much a part of the<br />
show as the overall-clad dancers, executing<br />
their machinery-inspired moves.<br />
Dance interludes were interspersed with video<br />
clips of car club members talking about their<br />
cars and the friendships and lifestyle that<br />
revolve around them.<br />
The troupe’s younger members scooted<br />
and skated into our hearts with a delightful<br />
rendition of Born to be Wild, while a more<br />
serious counterpoint was provided by a lone<br />
cyclist’s soliloquy on the environmental and<br />
health impacts of cars, which felt a little forced,<br />
when we really wanted to forget all that and<br />
just go along for the ride.<br />
NEWS IN<br />
BRIEF<br />
Veronika Will Walk fundraiser<br />
MEgAN CASEY<br />
Proudly supported by Youth Arc, Veronika<br />
Will Walk is a fundraising gala at 44 Collins<br />
St, Hobart on May 28, raising money to assist<br />
three-year-old Veronika to walk.<br />
* The All Ages show at 1pm features The<br />
Amazing Ashton, Happy the Clown, Colour Me<br />
Dizzy Face Painting, an appearance by Batman,<br />
and popcorn, lollies, snow cones and fairy<br />
floss. Entry is $10.<br />
* The Adults Only show from 7pm features<br />
an auction, cabaret comedy and dance, with<br />
MCs Toni Hodgman and John X, CAD, Fiona<br />
Hutchinson, Mia Palencia, Mick Lowenstein,<br />
Matt Burton, Tim Logan, Tracy Cosgrove,<br />
Scarlett Jezebell, Miss Kitty’s Meow, Lady Lola,<br />
Amazing Ashton, Sorell Photobooth, and more.<br />
Entry is $25.<br />
* Tickets available from www.veronikawillwalk.<br />
org or phone Sally on 0437 250 554.<br />
Australian Burlesque festival<br />
The Second Australian Burlesque Festival is<br />
hiking up its skirts and taking to the road.<br />
Featuring a line up of local ladies, interstate<br />
lovelies and overseas guests, the ladies are set<br />
to titillate the audience with good old fashioned<br />
bump’n’grind, bawdy vari ety, classic glamour<br />
and exotic tease. Catch one of the two shows<br />
on June 3 at the Peacock Theatre, SAC (77<br />
Salamanca Place). Dress code: evening attire.<br />
Tickets available from www.australianburlesquefest.com/tickets/hobart<br />
DIARy OF<br />
A pERFORmER-GIRL<br />
TERRAPIN PUPPET THEATRE’S NEW COLLABORATION WITH<br />
THE CHILDREN’S ART THEATRE OF CHINA (SHANGHAI) TOOK<br />
PERFORMER EMILY NEWTON ON A WONDERFUL ADVENTURE<br />
LAST YEAR.<br />
The show When the Pictures Came mixes<br />
character, comedy, digital puppetry and<br />
black-light theatre to create a visually- and<br />
conceptually-compelling performance.<br />
A year after the Shanghai show, the cast and<br />
crew were reunited in Hobart to rework the<br />
show and rehearse for two festivals; Adelaide’s<br />
Come Out Festival and Tasmania’s Ten Days on<br />
the Island.<br />
Emily Newton kept a travel diary from<br />
Adelaide, sharing experiences on-stage, offstage<br />
and backstage with readers.<br />
DAY ONE<br />
The sets were packed, costumes washed<br />
and folded, the lights dismantled. We were<br />
wrangled onto a plane, headed for the bright<br />
lights of Adelaide, a city that I had not seen<br />
before.<br />
Arriving after two flights (no direct flights from<br />
Hobart to Adelaide), we were met by a friendly<br />
festival official with a placard.<br />
Checking into the hotel brought memories<br />
of Fawlty Towers flooding back as I waited<br />
and waited and waited some more while my<br />
colleagues collected their keys and drifted off<br />
to their rooms.<br />
I don’t know if it was my general air of irritation<br />
or if it’s their policy, but my unwanted delay<br />
was rewarded with an upgrade to an executive<br />
suite. Yes folks that’s right – I got my very own<br />
two-person spa and I wasn’t going to share<br />
that baby with anyone.<br />
DAY TWO<br />
By the time we arrived at Her Majesty’s<br />
Theatre, the technicians had already bumped<br />
in for our first and only chance for dress<br />
rehearsals. I was enamoured with the theatre<br />
– two tiers of seating for 800 people, an<br />
enormous stage and splendid interior featuring<br />
a glass chandelier the size of a small car.<br />
I felt a bit chuffed that I got to perform in such a<br />
beautiful place.<br />
The rehearsal was long and arduous, like most<br />
tech rehearsals in my experience. This one<br />
was especially long due to the lighting, sound,<br />
animation, projection and a moving robot, which<br />
is operated by three people.<br />
Technically, the show is incredibly complex but<br />
amazing to watch. Animated creatures pop out<br />
of performers mouths, a fist appears, expands,<br />
flies through space to punch another performer.<br />
After a long day (and some of the night)<br />
rehearsing, I spent a delightful evening visiting<br />
the doctor due to tonsillitis – ah, the joys of<br />
touring!<br />
DAY ThREE<br />
First show, the Australian premiere was at<br />
10am and we were performing to 700 students.<br />
Nerves were abuzz as we waited in the wings.<br />
We could hear the hum and laughter of the<br />
school children; it’s that noise that reminds me<br />
why I do what I do: anticipation and excitement.<br />
I remember feeling this way the first time we<br />
performed this show in Shanghai.<br />
I felt fairly happy with our first show – the<br />
children laughed at the gags and the villain<br />
was scary. But there is no time to reflect as we<br />
re-set ready for another show. That’s right,<br />
two in a row and we have another lot of<br />
children to entertain. This was my favourite<br />
show out of the six we did in Adelaide because,<br />
as we waited in the wings, we could hear:<br />
‘1, 2, 3, weeee’. I couldn’t figure out what was<br />
going on until I peeked through the curtain<br />
to see the entire auditorium of kids doing the<br />
Mexican wave!<br />
DAYS fOUR, fIVE AND SIx<br />
The rest of our shows went well. Our audiences<br />
ranged in size and judging by the reaction most<br />
enjoyed it.<br />
Our last night in Adelaide was spent at the<br />
‘Scriggle tent’, a party for performers and<br />
delegates. We ate, drank and danced, a great<br />
way to end our festival. As a performer,<br />
I enjoyed performing the show in Adelaide and<br />
I liked what I saw in Adelaide, not that I saw<br />
much, an executive suite and tonsillitis meant<br />
that the bright lights were out of reach.<br />
pERFORmING ARTS<br />
After an indulgent few months of festival<br />
schedules which handily highlight their top<br />
shows, it’s time to get your pen out and do a<br />
little heavy circling.<br />
Autumn has settled upon the shoulders<br />
of Mount Wellington and for the cold and<br />
weary, a night in front of the box, dominated<br />
by re-runs and cooking shows is an easy, if<br />
not exciting proposition.<br />
Yet a sneaky look at the months ahead<br />
reveals a stack of shows and performances<br />
that short of a cliff-hanger soothing episode<br />
of Veronica Mars. They are prime- time,<br />
heavy- jacket wearing, reasons to enjoy what<br />
will be touring Hobart over Autumn.<br />
EMILY NEWTON<br />
The Mobile States tour of 2011 is coming<br />
courtesy of Salamanca Arts Centre featuring<br />
avant-garde contemporary performances.<br />
The Australian Ballet is visiting the North<br />
of the State with a patter and a smash - the<br />
TSO will be providing the cymbals - and the<br />
circus is coming to town too. They may not<br />
be walking their elephants down the main<br />
drag but that daring young man will be in the<br />
big top (DEC) and he will be flying high.<br />
So, drag out your best plaid blanket, stitch<br />
in a hot water bottle and set yourself up<br />
for a season of dance, theatre, comedy and<br />
cabaret. It won’t be around for long, and you<br />
can’t buy it in a box set.<br />
SARAh MAShMAN<br />
Performing Arts 31<br />
pERFORmING ARTS GUIDE<br />
CABARET<br />
The Brisbane hotel<br />
Circus Horrificus and Friends Cabaret<br />
May 5 & June 2<br />
The Peacock Theatre<br />
The Australian Burlesque Festival<br />
June 3<br />
The Playhouse Theatre<br />
The Beautiful and the Damned<br />
May 21<br />
COMEDY<br />
The grand Poobah<br />
Cavalcade of Whimsy<br />
May 4, 11, 18 and 25<br />
Danger Academy<br />
May 16<br />
The Lower house<br />
Lower House Comedy Lounge<br />
May 12<br />
Onba<br />
The Clubhouse<br />
May 10 & 24<br />
DANCE / ThEATRE<br />
hobart Theatre Royal<br />
larageddon - Uni Revue 2011<br />
May 13 & 14, 16-21, 23-28<br />
The Peacock Theatre<br />
My Darling Patricia presents Africa<br />
May 25-28<br />
ThE SOUTh<br />
The Playhouse Theatre<br />
The Seagull<br />
April 29–May 14<br />
WhoDUNNiT<br />
June 3 – June 18<br />
Theatre Royal Backspace<br />
Construction of the human heart<br />
May 18 – 22<br />
CABARET / COMEDY<br />
fresh Cafe<br />
Fresh Comedy Fridays<br />
May 2<br />
DANCE<br />
ThE NORTh<br />
The Princess Theatre<br />
Centenary Symphony of Dance<br />
May 27 & 28<br />
ThEATRE<br />
The Princess Theatre<br />
Alice<br />
May 11- 14<br />
larageddon – Uni Revue 2011<br />
May 31-June 4<br />
MOBILE STATES & SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE PRESENT<br />
M Y D A R L I N G P A T R I C I A ‘ S<br />
THE ULTIMATE ESCAPE FROM AUSTRALIAN SUBURBIA<br />
“A beautiful<br />
and savage<br />
piece of theatre...”<br />
THE AGE<br />
25 - 28 MAY 2011<br />
PEACOCK THEATRE<br />
Wed - Sat @ 8pm<br />
+ Sat Matinee @ 4pm<br />
Bookings: www.salarts.org.au
32 Eat Out<br />
EAT OUT REvIEWS<br />
107-109 St John St<br />
Launceston<br />
6331 1542<br />
149b Collins St<br />
Hobart<br />
6236 9360<br />
Liveat Catering / orders@liveat.com.au / 6236 9399<br />
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33 Elizabeth St<br />
Hobart Mall<br />
6236 9399<br />
grazing is not Just for coWs<br />
Ethos Eat Drink<br />
100 Elizabeth Street, Hobart<br />
The premise of this place is that you go there<br />
to drink and graze on tapas. I went on a busy<br />
Saturday night and as soon as I walked in I got<br />
the strong impression that they were serious<br />
about food and drink.<br />
They have done a great job of turning a dump<br />
into an appealing café / restaurant. My only<br />
real gripe with the fit-out is that I didn’t like the<br />
art on the walls where I was sitting. Next time<br />
I will try to sit outside where I don’t have to see<br />
it. But I did really like the light fittings made of<br />
the found pharmacy bottles from the derelict<br />
site that they took over.<br />
We were squeezed in between fashionable<br />
people by the very professional staff, but we<br />
didn’t feel uncomfortable because everyone<br />
seemed to be celebrating. It is perhaps not the<br />
place for an intimate rendezvous.<br />
I started with $3 plates. The braised ham<br />
hock croquette was tasty and the anchovy and<br />
smoked cherry tomato was delicious. Both<br />
dishes were very small, but what would you<br />
expect for $3 at a swanky place. The second<br />
round got better ($10). The parfait pate with<br />
grapes was really tasty even if the tall jar<br />
meant you couldn’t get to all of it.<br />
The mussels with hot and sour dressing tasted<br />
like mussels should, even if it didn’t taste hot<br />
or sour it still respected the flavour of the food,<br />
which I liked.<br />
Then I skipped the $15 round and went<br />
straight for the $20 plates. I tried the Hangar<br />
Steak with Togarashi and Lime, which I found<br />
disappointing after having been subjected to<br />
raves about Hangar steaks.<br />
If it is all about the taste of the meat then it was<br />
overpowered by the flavouring, and if it is the<br />
texture then I prefer fillet, which is a lot more<br />
tender. I am not sure if it was the dish itself, or<br />
their serving of it.<br />
By this stage I was beginning to think that all<br />
the food was done well, and that it was my<br />
ego as much as anything that was making me<br />
order the more expensive dishes. They make<br />
a note on the menu that the only difference<br />
between the $10, $15 and $20 dishes is the<br />
cost of the ingredients, not the size, or,<br />
it seems, the quality.<br />
You could easily go there and order half a<br />
dozen $3 dishes to have with beer, or get all<br />
the $20 dishes to have with a $100 bottle of<br />
wine. Either way you would be having a better<br />
tapas experience than going to Francisco’s.<br />
I am really happy this place has opened and<br />
will be going back.<br />
Eat Live Love - Italian<br />
JASON JAMES<br />
Our full-range restaurant menu including<br />
pizza, pasta, steaks, chicken, fish and salads.<br />
Dine in, take away & functions.<br />
NORTH HOBART<br />
315 Elizabeth St PH: 6231 6777<br />
SALAMANCA<br />
93 Salamanca Pl, Battery Point<br />
PH: 6224 4848<br />
www.laporchetta.com<br />
in sEarch of thE nEW<br />
kafe kara<br />
119 Elizabeth St, Hobart<br />
I’ve become a creature of no habit. In my<br />
continual search for new flavours and new<br />
destinations in which to enjoy them I have<br />
shunned the places I have already tried; both<br />
places I’ve enjoyed and, understandably, the<br />
places I’ve despised. If I already know a place is<br />
good then where is the need to go back?<br />
Perhaps it is a flaw on my part, but I find it hard<br />
to be surprised and excited on a second visit<br />
when I know what to expect. With a catwalk<br />
full of new eateries opening up seemingly<br />
every week this behaviour of mine becomes<br />
more pronounced.<br />
Step one was admitting I had a problem.<br />
I decided to skip the traditional second step,<br />
as I didn’t really feel it was worth bothering a<br />
“higher power” over. Instead I stepped into a<br />
place I’d greatly enjoyed in the past, a place<br />
that was already trusted in my mind, and<br />
therefore wrongly overlooked except for a<br />
takeaway coffee most Saturdays.<br />
Kafe Kara has been around seemingly forever.<br />
Squeezed into a narrow space is great service,<br />
some of the best coffee in Hobart, and an<br />
obviously passionate team in the kitchen.<br />
“Beans on Toast” I would walk away from<br />
on most menus but here I knew it wouldn’t<br />
disappoint. It was simple yet complex,<br />
a generous pile of mixed beans slow baked<br />
with the flavours of tomato, rosemary and bay<br />
leaves really standing out.<br />
The richness was counter pointed beautifully<br />
with fresh shavings of quality parmesan and<br />
Italian parsley. This all sat atop rye bread that<br />
was designed to match the dish, unlike many<br />
others who strive for the trendiest bread with<br />
little thought of it really works as a whole.<br />
A classic dish executed to perfection and<br />
only $12.<br />
Feeling excited by this rediscovery I vowed to<br />
keep with the program and revisit some of my<br />
classic favourites. If only there weren’t so many<br />
other new temptations.<br />
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CARL WISE<br />
nEW Kid on thE squarE<br />
Salvete<br />
Salamanca Square<br />
Salvete - which essentially translates from<br />
Latin as “Hello” or “Greetings” - is where Say<br />
Cheese used to be located.<br />
The name is rather hard to make out, with its<br />
curly crimson script, however look out for the<br />
novel use of wooden bed ends to demarcate<br />
their outdoor seating from the footpath.<br />
The interior is airy, spacious and elegant,<br />
where solid wooden dining tables, understated<br />
retro lounges and vintage suitcases make up<br />
the decor. The tables are far enough apart<br />
that you feel comfortable and relaxed - easily<br />
a place where you could have a leisurely<br />
breakfast or lunch. Service is well paced,<br />
genuine and friendly - no snooty trendbots in<br />
sight here thank goodness!<br />
To my delight, there was black pudding on the<br />
breakfast menu. Other items that garnered<br />
my interest included baked duck eggs with<br />
cannellini, chorizo, spinach, cherry tomatoes<br />
and parmesan, served in a claypot ($16.50),<br />
and sardines on sourdough, with tomato<br />
ramesco, lemon and Italian parsley ($16.50).<br />
I opted for the black pudding. It came with<br />
confit shallots, goats cheese, a poached egg<br />
and herbs on sourdough ($16.50). My egg was<br />
perfectly poached, and the gorgeous olive oil<br />
scattered about the plate accentuated all the<br />
lovely flavours of the dish.<br />
Being a bit of a salt fiend, I found the black<br />
pudding a little under seasoned. Happily, there<br />
are normal salt and pepper shakers on each<br />
table, unlike some other trendy places where they<br />
hide them from you and make you feel ashamed<br />
to ask. Once seasoned to my liking, the black<br />
pudding was superbly moreish, and I later learned<br />
that it is from the fabulous Ziggy’s Smallgoods.<br />
For the less adventurous, all the usual<br />
breakfast suspects are here also, at very<br />
reasonable prices. My long black was<br />
pleasantly robust without being overly strong,<br />
the beans a blend from Di Bella Coffee.<br />
A quick perusal at the lunch menu invoked me<br />
to mentally bookmark Salvete for a future lunch<br />
date. How can one pass up a pork belly sandwich<br />
in toasted brioche with pickled cucumber, fresh<br />
chilli, spring onion and hoi sin ($17.50), or prawn<br />
ciabatta with avocado, fresh greens, vodka and<br />
tomato jelly and aioli ($16.50)?<br />
All this, and a good wine list to boot, I think I will<br />
be saying “Salvete” to Salvete, sooner than later.<br />
SARA WAkELINg<br />
Paris End of toWn<br />
Tant pour tant<br />
226 Charles Street<br />
Just say, “Oui,” and indulge your decadence<br />
at this elegant French-style café offers an<br />
extensive range of cakes, tarts and sweet<br />
pastries (it has the best lemon tart in town),<br />
with a lunch menu based on northern<br />
Tasmanian produce.<br />
Pick up a loaf of the walnut and raisin<br />
sourdough, made with an authentic levain<br />
which is fed daily, or sit in the sun and feast<br />
on their grilled Black Forest bacon panini with<br />
Heidi gruyere, slow-roasted tomatoes and<br />
scrambled eggs.<br />
rEtro dining<br />
Nanna’s<br />
7 Coulter Court<br />
WENDY NEWTON<br />
Don your Sunday-best hat, gloves and coat,<br />
and trip into the pop art reality of Nanna’s for<br />
1950s-style homemade treats and coffee.<br />
Fossick through the vintage clothing and quirky<br />
objets trouves while you wait for ‘grandma’s’<br />
coconut ice slice and sodastream spider. For<br />
lovers of all things polyester, melamine, and<br />
formica.<br />
haPPEning huE<br />
Blue<br />
Invermay Road, Inveresk<br />
WENDY NEWTON<br />
It’s in a funky industrial setting (a converted<br />
tram pay station in the historic Inveresk<br />
Railyards), it’s full of art and students, and it<br />
has the best wood-fired pizzas around.<br />
Try the field mushroom pizza with leek, sage,<br />
goats curd, parmesan and walnut oil, and<br />
match it with a Tassie wine from their extensive<br />
list. If you want to be ‘seen’ in a happening<br />
place, this is it.<br />
WENDY NEWTON<br />
FAT<br />
CHEWING<br />
I am looking after this section because<br />
I love beer, I love wine, and I love food.<br />
Eat Out 33<br />
WELCOME TO ThE INAU<br />
gURAL EAT OUT SECTION.<br />
I WILL BE YOUR gUIDE fOR<br />
ThESE TWO PAgES. SO SIT<br />
DOWN, RELAx AND TAkE<br />
A DEEP DRAfT Of YOUR<br />
fAVOURITE TIPPLE.<br />
I AM.<br />
I love coffee too, but sadly we are going<br />
through a difficult separation at the moment.<br />
After a brief reunion after dinner<br />
at Ethos Eat Drink, we are back to staring<br />
longingly at each other.<br />
I have to say that I am heartened to see<br />
some quality places opening up at night<br />
time in the centre of Hobart lately. If this<br />
trend continues we may see life return to<br />
the wasteland that is the Hobart CBD.<br />
This edition we are having a look at cafés.<br />
The next issue will feature pub and bar<br />
food. So if you have a food story that<br />
you are hungry to share, contact me.<br />
JASON JAMES<br />
eat out editor<br />
jason@warpmagazine.com.au
34 Eat Out<br />
The Italian Pantry<br />
You couldn’t be blamed for missing this<br />
recent addition to the café scene.<br />
Well down Federal Street, the Italian Pantry<br />
misses out on the pedestrian advantages<br />
of the North Hobart strip, but is worth the<br />
detour. Being predominantly a specialist<br />
Italian grocer, the owners have utilised the<br />
front-of-house as a welcoming, simple café<br />
space with a small but very tasty menu. It’s<br />
dominated by a big communal table, with<br />
bench seating and couches for lounging,<br />
all scattered with Italian cookbooks,<br />
gourmet mags and even a TV showing some<br />
amazing traditional cookery.<br />
The predominant items on the menu here<br />
are the exceptional coffee and simple but<br />
POP Café<br />
Not quite a new cafe now, Pop retains an aura<br />
of freshness. Everything is a bit different. It’s<br />
comfortable, but hasn’t gone for the ‘cosy<br />
nook’ vibe; the space is light and open. The<br />
strong branding seems to suggest that it is<br />
part of a chain, but it isn’t.<br />
Pop is an entirely local enterprise that’s<br />
decided to be atypical. I’ve been here to eat<br />
quite a few times now and I’ll return again<br />
because the food is good. Again, it’s a little<br />
different. A corned beef sandwich has become<br />
a staple for me, although when it’s sold out<br />
I’ve tried a number of other options, all varying<br />
in how much I like them, but never dreadful.<br />
This is not a place that has one dish it gets<br />
right and that’s what you stick to, the menu<br />
island cafe<br />
171 Elizabeth St Hobart<br />
6231 3317<br />
GREAT COFFEE & ALL DAY<br />
BREAKFAST MONDAY-SATURDAY<br />
AROUND THE CLOCK<br />
Chicken Parma<br />
and Steins from 5pm<br />
* Monday, Wednesday & Sunday only.<br />
delightfully tasty paninis, showcasing items<br />
from the grocery area – imagine light, floury<br />
but crusty bread, oozing mozzarella, fresh<br />
prosciutto, porchetta and Italian veggies.<br />
The café also features some great sweets,<br />
with traditional cookies and cakes.<br />
The highlight here is the traditional Italian<br />
‘krapfen’ – wicked light and lemony donuts<br />
filled with either custard or chocolate.<br />
The great thing about this place is if you love<br />
your lunch, or if you find something tempting<br />
when flicking through a book everything is<br />
there available to pick up and take home to<br />
try (including walk-in cheese fridge!).<br />
The exuberant and friendly staff really know<br />
their stuff.<br />
OPEN<br />
7 DAYS<br />
124 Davey Street, Hobart<br />
Phone 6224 9494 Bookings essential<br />
Check out: www.hotelsoho.com.au<br />
AMANDA BERgMANN<br />
has enticing variety. Coffee is okay but not<br />
the greatest. It’s not cracking my top five as<br />
yet, but, and it’s a very important but, there’s<br />
an amazing option: Carbonated Coffee on<br />
tap. I’m not making this up. There’s a little<br />
thing that looks like a beer tap from which<br />
flows cold, fizzy, black iced coffee. It’s<br />
something they thought of themselves and<br />
make on the premises; the result is a strong,<br />
sweet beverage that I’m going to have to try<br />
a few more times to really work out.<br />
Pop gets big marks from me for sticking<br />
their neck out and providing something<br />
unusual, what’s great is that this approach is<br />
across the board.<br />
ANDREW hARPER<br />
BRIANISm<br />
TASMANIAN WHISKY<br />
REVOLUTION<br />
I have been an ardent single malt scotch<br />
drinker for about 25 years, but when I moved<br />
to Tasmania from the USA a few years back<br />
I thought I would convert myself into a more<br />
sedate pinot noir sipper.<br />
I was wrong. Very wrong!<br />
Unbeknownst to me I had landed in a place<br />
populated by some of the most innovative and<br />
creative whisky philosophers on the planet.<br />
Revolutionaries changing the way people<br />
make whisky and think about it. This activity<br />
is based on a combination of science, instinct<br />
and desire, coupled with unique Tasmanian<br />
ingredients and climate. The distillers and<br />
whisky drinkers of Tasmania pursue their craft<br />
and pleasure with a feet first attitude combined<br />
with atavistic primitivism.<br />
The earliest record of whisky distilling in<br />
Scotland dates back to 1494, but the “big<br />
bang” of the Tasmanian whisky industry can be<br />
pinpointed to 1992, the year Bill Lark lobbied<br />
for a change in Australian law, legalizing small<br />
still production. 1993 brought the foundation<br />
of Lark Distillery on Hobart’s scenic waterfront<br />
and Bill started to experiment with various<br />
means of production and aging of whisky.<br />
Aging the spirit in casks of different sizes and<br />
from different origins, for example ex-sherry,<br />
bourbon or port barrels has a vast influence on<br />
the end product.<br />
Lark has won numerous international awards<br />
including both Silver and Gold in the Chicago<br />
International Whisky Competition. In an amazing<br />
turnaround of conventional expectations<br />
Bill has been commissioned to build a Larkstyle<br />
still at a new Kingsbarn distillery near St.<br />
Andrew’s in Scotland, home of the British Open<br />
golf tournament.<br />
Since ’93 several other distillers have popped<br />
up. Tasmania Distillery, founded in 1994,<br />
produces Sullivans Cove copped “Best Rest of<br />
the World” (outside Scotland) in World Whiskies<br />
Awards 2011. Hellyer’s Road in Burnie,<br />
Mackey’s in Newtown, Nant’s picturesque<br />
new operation in Bothwell, Old Hobart Town<br />
in Kingston and independent bottler Trapper’s<br />
Hut in Margate.<br />
Visionaries are looming on the horizon in the<br />
form of Peter Bignell and Tim Duckett. Bignell<br />
is in the developmental stages of producing<br />
whisky from rye he grows himself and using a<br />
still improbably fuelled by biodiesel recycled<br />
from fish and chip oil! This American-style rye<br />
whisky stands alone in Tasmania. Duckett is<br />
holder of the oldest whisky stocks in Australia<br />
and will be unveiling his Heartwood brand in<br />
the near future. This is a whisky reflecting a<br />
style considered the Holy Grail among whisky<br />
aficionados, peated and aged in sherry casks.<br />
I have sampled early editions of both whiskies<br />
and they promise to expand Tasmanian whisky<br />
into new territory.<br />
Did Bill Lark envision the current boom in<br />
whisky production when he set up shop?<br />
“No we didn’t and we had no idea to expect.<br />
We just set about to make a good single malt<br />
whisky to drink with our friends. What we found<br />
very quickly is that Tasmania is ideal for making<br />
whisky. The market dictated we would grow.<br />
“One of the secrets is that we are using small<br />
cask aging - not only Lark but other Tasmanian<br />
distilleries. It’s becoming a Tasmanian trademark.<br />
Our climate is ideal for aging whisky;<br />
we have a range of temperatures which allows<br />
the oak to breathe which makes a richer more<br />
intense whisky.”<br />
Despite the extremely short history of serious<br />
whisky making in Tasmania, international acclaim<br />
and feverish experimentation threatens<br />
to turn Tasmania into a new appellation<br />
amongst worldwide whisky buffs.<br />
Why make whisky here and what makes our<br />
whisky different? Tim Duckett says: “Well it’s<br />
our position. We have everything that’s needed<br />
to make great whisky, but we’re in the Southern<br />
Hemisphere so events like Chernobyl or<br />
Fukushima do not affect us.<br />
“We have clean air, water, peat, barley, so why<br />
not? The model for production in Tasmania is<br />
based on small stills. We have boutique distilleries.<br />
With smaller distilleries the cuts are<br />
made by hand and eye, not by controlled cabinets,<br />
so that makes for more character. The<br />
personality of the distiller can be expressed in<br />
the whisky. There’s more craftsmanship with<br />
the whiskies produced in Tasmania than in the<br />
big commercial distilleries.”<br />
Although the whisky has evolved from older<br />
Scottish styles there is also a distinctly Tasmanian<br />
character to the flavour due to unique<br />
barley developed for local conditions. Commercial<br />
Scottish barley is bred mainly for high<br />
alcohol production. In cases where peat is<br />
used, local flavours are also present.<br />
Duckett again: “Some people say there’s a<br />
slight eucalypt influence. Tasmanian peat<br />
comes from the Central Highlands so it doesn’t<br />
have the seaside aspect of some Scottish peat.<br />
It has a sweet character. If it continues to win<br />
awards it will be known as Tasmanian malt<br />
whisky and it will be unique and will find its<br />
own place.”<br />
Duckett also spearheads of Tasmanian Whisky<br />
Appreciation Society (TWAS), one of 3 different<br />
whisky clubs in Tasmania, the others being the<br />
venerable Gillies Club, and Whisky Wankers,<br />
which is a semi-clandestine organization. The<br />
Scotch Malt Whisky Society also previously<br />
held meetings in Hobart, but have ceased due<br />
to the popularity of the home grown clubs.<br />
Tasmania is also home to Tumbler, the first<br />
Australian whisky magazine.<br />
Tasmania can look forward to distilling (and<br />
consuming) an ever-expanding variety of<br />
whisky ranging from smooth un-peated quaffs<br />
to mind bending cask strength drams of exceptional<br />
power. Viva la Revolution!<br />
BRIAN RITChIE<br />
DIARy OF<br />
A 10 DAyS mARATHON<br />
IT WAS WITH SOME TREPIDATION AND ALSO A GOOD DEAL<br />
OF EXCITEMENT THAT I ACCEPTED THE TASK OF DOING A<br />
GENERAL REVIEW OF THIS YEAR’S 10 DAYS ON THE ISLAND.<br />
OF SOME 250 EVENTS, I GOT MYSELF TO 13, ENOUGH TO GET<br />
THE REAL JUICE ON THE FESTIVAL? I GUESS WE’LL SEE.<br />
Music:<br />
In Hobart, the majority of the music events<br />
were contained within the Dance Hall program,<br />
something that excited me coming into 10 Days<br />
but ended up leaving me disappointed. The<br />
much hyped kick-off for the program - opening<br />
night with DBR and DJ Scientific - felt, in the<br />
words of a local MP, like, ìmy high-school<br />
formal but less fun.î A reasonably decent<br />
violinist attempting to command the stage<br />
with a beats man behind him fell flat; it wasn’t<br />
very dancey or particularly impressive. Mim<br />
Suleiman and Trio Rafiki were competent and<br />
interesting, but extremely downbeat. Errol<br />
Renaud and Caribbean Soul, although good<br />
players, couldn’t write a song to save their<br />
lives, and it was fortunate that they could<br />
fall back on a smattering of Marley covers to<br />
convert the dance floor. The best offering at<br />
Dance Hall was DJ Tr!p of the New Pollutants<br />
pulling out obscure favourites and off-theradar<br />
mash-ups in between the ‘headliners.’<br />
What was most wrong with Dance Hall? Well, it<br />
wasn’t a dance hall and there was no dancing.<br />
The Black Arm Band with TSO saved the<br />
music program with their touching and<br />
inspiring performance of Hidden Republic.<br />
This piece felt a little contrived in its delivery,<br />
but still managed to be heartfelt and beautiful.<br />
Featuring uncles Archie Roach, Jimmy Little<br />
and some fifteen other Aboriginal singers from<br />
across generations and tribes, the highlight of<br />
the night was an amazing duet with Trombonist<br />
Shannon Barnett and Didgeridoo player<br />
Mark Atkins.<br />
Installation/Multi-Media:<br />
One of the greatest strengths of 10 Days is its<br />
ability to capitalise on and redefine familiar<br />
spaces within Tasmania. Craig Walsh’s Digital<br />
Odyssey in Franklin Square was an excellent<br />
taster and very otherworldly. Power Plant at<br />
the Botanical Gardens created an atmosphere<br />
of mystery and intrigue with its incredible and<br />
immersive light works. every Time i See Your<br />
Picture i Cry both disturbed and touched, a<br />
piece composed with old school overhead<br />
projectors and voiced live by the artist himself.<br />
142 Liverpool St, Hobart | 03 6231 3363<br />
thegrandpoobahbar@gmail.com<br />
www.facebook.com/thegrandpoobahbar<br />
Dance:<br />
Ringing the Changes was again perfect for the<br />
space at Port Arthur. A great piece, although<br />
perhaps a little ‘done’ as we’ve seem similar<br />
things from Strange Fruit before.<br />
Theatre:<br />
Gold stars and big ticks for the theatre<br />
component. Animal Farm was to my mind<br />
the outstanding element of the entire fest.<br />
Brilliantly acted with pathos, humour, and<br />
very simply set, the performance combined<br />
recorded and live music cleverly, taking its<br />
audience through the whole spectrum<br />
of emotions.<br />
The Chronicles of long kesh also hit a nerve,<br />
giving real human feeling to the history of<br />
the troubles in Northern Ireland. Again, the<br />
performance was very simply presented, but<br />
its capacity to set the time and develop the<br />
frustrations and hardships of its characters<br />
was exceptional.<br />
I’m going to take a step back here now,<br />
because the elephant in the room really needs<br />
to be acknowledged, and that’s a comparison<br />
between MONA FOMA and 10 Days<br />
on the Island.<br />
What defines 10 Days? It’s a ‘folk festival’, not<br />
in the Cygnet Folk Festival sense, but in the<br />
sense that it’s presented for all the people<br />
of Tasmania. Spread out around the state,<br />
utilising wonderful, widespread spaces and<br />
designed to appeal to everyone, this is a true<br />
community festival. Much of what is on offer<br />
doesn’t stand up to deep critique, as we saw<br />
with the music program this year. It has an ‘offthe-shelf’<br />
vibe ñ touring pieces are bought in<br />
their well-rehearsed shiny wrapping paper.<br />
It’s difficult to imagine 10 Days attracting<br />
tourists to the state.<br />
What defines MONA FOMA? Really, you have<br />
to start and end with David Walsh and Brian<br />
Ritchie. Walsh defines the parameters by<br />
making the event free, and both Walsh and<br />
Ritchie use their contacts, reputation and taste<br />
to attract frontline creatives to present new<br />
and evolving art, in all its beauty and ugliness.<br />
Don’t like MONA FOMA? Don’t come,<br />
or better yet, complain about it till you’re blue<br />
in the face and make the job sweeter for their<br />
marketing team.<br />
Don’t like 10 Days? Complain about your<br />
tax payer dollars getting misspent or that<br />
your community is being neglected. Valid<br />
complaints, and issues that 10 Days has<br />
to respect.<br />
Love 10 Days? Choose which parts of the<br />
program you want to attend and can afford.<br />
Get involved as a volunteer or sponsor and<br />
ultimately feel good about the valuable art<br />
being presented in your home place.<br />
Love MONA FOMA? Drown yourself in the<br />
program, travel here from interstate, get<br />
drunk, shout stuff and ultimately feel good<br />
about your superior taste.<br />
Saturday the 14th of May (All Ages)<br />
Ballpoint, First Base (Melb), Wolfpack, Cavalcade, Explosions, Myamora / 3pm / $13<br />
Saturday the 14th of May<br />
Nerves, My Blackson, Face the Fiasco and Your Demise / 9:30pm<br />
Saturday the 21st of May / La La Land<br />
Monday the 23rd of May / Danger Academy / 8pm<br />
Friday the 27th of May / Charles Du Cane<br />
Thursday the 2nd of June / Rosnystock<br />
Saturday the 4th of June / A French Butler Called Smith<br />
Sunday the 5th of June / The Grand Poobah Bazaar<br />
Monthly Sunday Market / Noon Till 5pm / Art, Second Hand Goods, Treasures, Num Nums<br />
Saturday 11th of June / Puta Madre Brothers<br />
Saturday the 25th of June / Clare Bowditch<br />
Cavalcade of Whimsy / Every Wednesday<br />
7pm Till 9pm / $9 Jugs $5 Basic Spirits<br />
For your Entertainment we shall have Parlour Games hosted by the enigmatic Emily Newton<br />
plus Prizes, Films, Bands, Ping Pong, Pool, Tunes & Feats Of Daring…<br />
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36 Live Reviews Live Reviews 37<br />
DRApHT<br />
LIFE OF RILEy TOUR<br />
thE rEPuBLic Bar WEdnEsday aPriL 6<br />
Hailing from Perth, Drapht has firmly<br />
established himself as the biggest solo hip hop<br />
in the country at the moment and is currently<br />
on a national tour for his aria chart topping<br />
album the Life of Riley.<br />
This year in Tassie alone, he’s played MS<br />
Fest, and two midweek sell-out shows at<br />
the Republic Bar, which is testament to his<br />
popularity that they were both mid-week.<br />
The night opened up with local MC Mdusu on<br />
stage. Performing solo with a CD player as<br />
his DJ, Mdusu recounted to the crowd intimate<br />
stories of his family life and time growing up.<br />
Joined halfway through his set by fellow Hobart<br />
MC Dundee, the tempo moved up a notch as<br />
the two belted out the lyrics.<br />
The second support, Melbourne MC Mantra,<br />
was signed last year to Obese and with<br />
his debut album Power of the Spoken still<br />
fresh, Mantra held the crowd with his very<br />
individualistic flowing style.<br />
With DJ Wasabi, known also from his work<br />
with environmentalist hip hop outfit Combat<br />
Wombat, it was evident that many in the crowd<br />
were there to see him more so than Drapht.<br />
By the time Drapht was up, the pub was<br />
heaving from the sold-out crowd. Joined on<br />
stage by back-up MC, DJ, live drummer and<br />
bass player, Drapht performed all his Triple J<br />
favourites from the albums, Who am i, Brothers<br />
Grimm and life of Riley.<br />
His tracks Rapunzel, Drink Drank Drunk and<br />
Rapunzel all issued a huge response from<br />
the crowd. There was yelling, screaming and<br />
crowd surfing, including from Drapht himself –<br />
the kind of energy usually roused at punk and<br />
metal gigs. Australian hip hop is alive and well,<br />
and by the tight demographic audience, it’s<br />
currently the voice of youth.<br />
NIC ORME<br />
IMAGE: ANTONY MARKOVITCH<br />
FRENzAL RHOmB<br />
thE BrisBanE hotEL sunday aPriL 24<br />
I arrived early in anticipation of the night ahead<br />
and was pleasantly surprised to find Frenzal<br />
Rhomb guitarist Lindsay McDougall out the<br />
front of the venue. After a brief chat over life<br />
and everything in between, we departed ways.<br />
Kicking off the night was The Bears. Heavy on<br />
the instrumental, looking fresh out of college<br />
and not particularly eager to please, they<br />
started off slowly but further into the set their<br />
performance became more energized and<br />
enjoyable to watch.<br />
Next up was luca Brasi. The crowd, while<br />
impatient and chanting for Frenzal Rhomb,<br />
were incredibly responsive to these guys.<br />
Strong vocals, thumping energy, this band<br />
was kicking off the night in true moshing style.<br />
When you start fearing for your safety while<br />
juggling a notepad and camera you know<br />
they’ve struck the right chord.<br />
By the time Frenzal Rhomb hit the stage the<br />
audience had jam packed the venue within an<br />
inch of its life, ice cream bucket heads and<br />
dreadlocks were aplenty, bringing back fond<br />
memories of the early 90s and all that teen<br />
spirit. Blasting out favourites such as Punch<br />
in the Face and Mum Changed the locks, with<br />
a voice that knocks the old proverbial socks<br />
off and a glorious display of dreads, it was a<br />
show that left your senses reeling. Bodies were<br />
tossed through the air and occasional quips<br />
from the singer Jason Whalley made it more<br />
than your standard, play by numbers show.<br />
Lindsay ending the set with an amusing solo<br />
about dropping the soap was a nice comedic<br />
turn to a night that had me scarpering to safer<br />
ground after the moshing turned lethal.<br />
Frenzal Rhomb in my opinion were the<br />
messiahs of the 90s and should be brought<br />
back to the music scene with a vengeance.<br />
Fantastic night at The Brisbane Hotel!<br />
MELITA WRAThALL<br />
IMAGE: MARTIN NESTER<br />
ADALITA AND<br />
AmAyA LAUCIRCA<br />
thE rEPuBLic Bar thursday aPriL 21<br />
THE mAGNIFICENTS<br />
AT mOBIUS<br />
MoBius WEdnEsday aPriL 6<br />
THE HOLIDAyS WITH<br />
GOLDFIELDS<br />
thE rEPuBLic Bar & cafE friday aPriL 8<br />
IMAGE: ZOEZAC VISOIU<br />
IMAGE: ANTONY MARKOVITCH<br />
Nine in club years is a pretty long time. It’s<br />
like dog years. But for nightclubs, time goes<br />
even quicker; fresh young faces of new-breed<br />
clubbers become lax and jaded before the year<br />
is out.<br />
Music genres rise and fall with the change of<br />
the seasons and what’s hot one minute is an<br />
empty wasteland the next.<br />
Mobius Lounge Bar on Despard St in Hobart<br />
made it to its ninth year this April. Sure, the<br />
couches have changed and so has the sound<br />
system, but the same friendly faces behind the<br />
bar and the decks have stayed on.<br />
Celebrating this milestone, Mobius presented<br />
its loyal patrons with the one-off Hobart<br />
performance of hip hop supergroup<br />
The Magnificents.<br />
In likely their most intimate club show ever,<br />
legendary freestyle emcee Supernatural,<br />
virtuoso human beatbox Rahzel and the hard<br />
working DJ JS-1 attracted a keen line of<br />
punters around the corner from early in<br />
the evening.<br />
Before they took to the stage the vibe was<br />
appropriately established by the supporting<br />
Friday night and gig-goers at the Republic Bar<br />
& Cafe have gotten themselves all hot and<br />
heavy – but the dreamy jams of The holidays<br />
happen to be a pretty trendy antidote.<br />
The Sydney quartet’s sunny palette of indie<br />
rock is lapped up by the sell-out crowd who<br />
bend and bob with each mellow-ey groove<br />
delivered by frontman Simon Jones.<br />
To new ears, The holidays sound is pretty<br />
curious. At first I’m surprised by the choice of<br />
combining such thrashy riffs with tropic beats,<br />
expecting a more low-fi set. The polished vocal<br />
loops from Jones and co seem to pull it all<br />
together, however, and after a few numbers<br />
I’m hanging out to see what happens next.<br />
The delightful hooks of Moonlight hours has<br />
the crowd in a tizzy, one of many anthems to<br />
gain airplay after the release of the band’s first<br />
album Post Paradise.<br />
After this we’re treated to a steady stream of<br />
moments from their Spring release -<br />
a highlight being the superb rendition of Broken<br />
DJs, playing classic hip hop tracks. When The<br />
Magnificents began, the place was packed.<br />
A highlight of the evening involved<br />
Supernatural asking the audience to hold up<br />
anything they had in their pockets and then<br />
proceeding to incorporate these items into his<br />
rhymes. The trio regularly switched things up<br />
to keep it interesting and I particularly enjoyed<br />
a part of the show that incorporated some<br />
classic R&B songs.<br />
Towards the end of the performance Rahzel<br />
performed his signature song, if Your Mother<br />
only knew; an incredible display of his ability to<br />
vocally mimic multiple musical elements<br />
at the same time. The show was solid and<br />
enjoyable though I thought it lacked any highenergy<br />
moments.<br />
At the end of the show DJ JS-1 thanked the<br />
audience for coming out and supporting real<br />
Hip Hop.<br />
Bones. The humming, lazy-paced structure,<br />
tinkling percussion and soothing vocals<br />
drenched the audience in warmth before<br />
razzing itself to a frenetic finish. I really liked it.<br />
The transformative quality of The holidays’<br />
sound is impressive, but difficult to realise<br />
in your typical pub setting. I think I wanted<br />
more time with it. More time to suss out what<br />
tricks (there were a lot of them) were going on<br />
beneath the fuzz and feedback – but that might<br />
have been because I was standing next to the<br />
speakers.<br />
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Melbourne based singer-songwriter Amaya<br />
laucirca’s one woman alt-rock songbird<br />
performance was really sweet. Mellow yet<br />
heart-wrenching on occasion, the songs<br />
evoked a strange mix of supersweet lullaby<br />
and alt-folk sensibilities.<br />
She reminded me a little of kirsten hersh - this<br />
little lady has a very beautiful voice, very lovely<br />
songs; it was uplifting and enjoyable to hear.<br />
Definite ear candy.<br />
On and offstage, Adalita has an ageless and<br />
striking presence. I was excited to see her new<br />
rock solo show, having always been thrilled by<br />
her work with Magic Dirt.<br />
Touring her new self-titled solo album,<br />
Adalita’s dedication of her set to her deceased<br />
collaborator Dean Turner struck a spirited and<br />
powerful chord.<br />
This courageous performer, accompanied by<br />
electric guitar and backing track delivered an<br />
incredibly strong one woman show. With lyrical<br />
and passionate songs in arm she sung her<br />
heart out and we all listened.<br />
It was intimate and raw and she wasn’t scared<br />
to use a bit of distortion and rock it out a little.<br />
After all, this is Australia’s premier woman<br />
in rock.<br />
There’s not enough chicks in rock. I have<br />
been waiting to see a show like this my entire<br />
life. It was a milestone for me, as it broke the<br />
conventions of the female singer-songwriter.<br />
This wasn’t all soft harmonies. This was solo<br />
rock! It was pure and it came from a place of<br />
love and loss and strength. Pop songs with<br />
integral sincerity.<br />
Joined onstage by Amaya for the last few songs<br />
of the night – their collaboration filled the room<br />
with resonant rock-chic awesomeness.<br />
On the 15th gig of their tour Adalita and Amaya<br />
laucirca’s Hobart show was a very special<br />
event, enjoyed by all.<br />
zOEzAC VISOIU<br />
LINDSAY BLACk<br />
SARAh LEARY
38 Album Reviews<br />
JEBEDIAh<br />
Kosciuszko<br />
ThE DODOS<br />
No Colour<br />
Californian indie rock duo, The Dodos have<br />
dropped their fourth album No Color. The<br />
songs really feel stripped back and simple<br />
musically. It’s not that the pair aren’t talented<br />
musicians - quite the contrary - yet they have<br />
a basic and methodical approach to making<br />
music. There are no effects or noticeable post<br />
production, perhaps remaining faithful to what<br />
the songs would sound like live.<br />
No Color starts off very strongly with the<br />
slower drumming of Black Night. It’s certainly<br />
one of the strongest tracks and offers brilliant<br />
contrast in itself. It speeds up and slows down<br />
from verse to chorus and goes from being<br />
quite minimalistic to lush and bright sounding<br />
in the chorus. Going Under is the best song<br />
to listen to in terms of centering on Long’s<br />
vocals. ‘Good’ brings instrumentation to the<br />
fore, sounding organic and nearly tribal on<br />
occasion.<br />
Don’t Try and hide it is a definite highlight<br />
of the album, its best track. The female<br />
backing vocals work to brilliant effect. The<br />
entire album is strong, enjoyable and very<br />
different from the music that saturates the<br />
mainstream music scene these days. The<br />
unique drumming and untouched production<br />
leave the music in a very natural state. The<br />
Dodos’ have crafted this album extremely<br />
well and the entire ride is both consistent and<br />
somehow surprising.<br />
ALExANDER CROWDEN<br />
Children of the 90’s rejoice. Jebediah are<br />
back. Having first blasted out from our<br />
stereos and compact discs around the turn<br />
of the millennium with the seminal aussie<br />
classics leaving home and Fall Down, amongst<br />
others, it seemed that when front man Kevin<br />
Mitchell went solo as Bob Evans, Jebediah<br />
were no more. Mitchell also went on to form<br />
the aussie singer songwriter supergroup The<br />
Basement Birds last year.<br />
But it seems you can’t keep a good thing down,<br />
the dawn of 2011 welcoming Jebediah’s mighty<br />
return with their fifth LP kosciuszko. You might<br />
have heard the awesome lead single from<br />
the album, She’s like A Comet. It’s the perfect<br />
example of modern Jebediah, it’s all the things<br />
you love about late 90’s Jebediah,<br />
infused with many of the harmonic skills<br />
UNkLE<br />
Only The Lonely<br />
Unkle seem to be constantly releasing<br />
something, it’s almost like they never leave the<br />
studio. This new EP features appearances by<br />
Nick Cave, Liela Moss, Gavin Clark and Rachel<br />
Fannan. Opening track Money And Ruin takes<br />
an indie rock route in a classic Unkle style,<br />
driven by Nick Cave’s overpowering voice, not<br />
so much in volume, but in presence. The song<br />
is as wild as it is polished thanks to the smooth<br />
bass lines and dirty guitars that smother Cave<br />
crooning the line “Every time I come down<br />
here, somebody is bent on killing me.”<br />
One of the stand out tracks is The Dog is Black,<br />
featuring Liela Moss (The Duke Spirit), a dark,<br />
groove heavy song that has influences of Indian<br />
melodies in its guitar lines and beats.<br />
Wash The love Away features the deep, soulful<br />
vocals of Gavin Clarke, and continues the<br />
Indian vibe witha sitar which plays throughout<br />
the entire song. The EP closes with Sunday<br />
Song, featuring Rachel Fannan (Sleepy Sun),<br />
in a long affair that provides plenty in the way<br />
of atmospherics but short on melody.<br />
The guests, although not as prolific as past<br />
Unkle collaborators, all perform brilliantly and<br />
enhance the worth of the tunes immensely.<br />
Unkle have again provided quality songs with<br />
the heavily layered production that they are<br />
known for.<br />
LUkE CARLINO<br />
Mitchell has picked up during his time as<br />
Bob Evans. Mitchell’s distinctive vocal whine<br />
has evolved, but not in any horrible auto-tune<br />
type of way: it has naturally progressed to a<br />
more melodic style, assisting the overall feel<br />
of kosciuszko.<br />
To her Door has a merry sing-a-along, pianoin-a-pub<br />
feel. Control, another highlight,<br />
is just a great shot of high tempo rock,<br />
one that leaves you with a smile on your<br />
face. Battlesong sweeps you up with its<br />
universal sense of camaraderie, and the<br />
marching drums, much like the bagpipes<br />
featured on Fall Down, really complement the<br />
call-to-arms nature of the track.<br />
Other great tracks on the album<br />
include Freakin’ out and The lash, moments<br />
MIDLAkE<br />
Late Night Tales<br />
late Night Tales is a concept compilation series<br />
created in Britain for major artists to produce<br />
their “late night playlist.” Already, great names<br />
such as Fatboy Slim, Arctic Monkeys, Groove<br />
Armada, and The Flaming Lips partipated in<br />
the series.<br />
The latest artist to undertake the challenge<br />
is Texan indie-rock band Midlake. Drawing<br />
upon Bjork to Beach House and Lazarus to<br />
The Flying Burrito Brothers, it’s evident that<br />
Midlake’s palette of inspiration is quite broad.<br />
The release is a journey of soft, expressive<br />
music that explores the band’s roots and gives<br />
insight into their next possible direction. It has<br />
a very consistent theme of folk and country<br />
styled compositions which all compliment the<br />
band’s own exploits.<br />
The band, as per the challenge, have decided<br />
to cover Black Sabbath’s Am i Going insane<br />
here, a track almost completely opposite of<br />
their familiar musical style. They contrast<br />
the originally heavier sound with a Celtic folk<br />
ballad, packed with smooth and warm vocal<br />
harmonies complimented by a psychedelic<br />
ambience created by the guitar and the seldom<br />
used dulcimer.<br />
The concept of late Night Tales is quite<br />
extraordinary. It gives artists the chance to<br />
showcase their favorite artists’ work as well<br />
as giving audiences an insight into artists’<br />
key influences. This particular release is very<br />
enjoyable to listen to for a calming or soothing<br />
evening.<br />
JOSh CLEMENTS<br />
that are just vintage Jebediah, polished off with<br />
that modern twist. And album closer Are We<br />
ok? is the point where Mitchell and Co. take<br />
you on a dreamlike journey in the clouds, in<br />
song form.<br />
Overall, it’s hard to fault any moment<br />
on kosciuszko, the album an impressive outing.<br />
Jebediah have succeeded in what they set out<br />
to achieve with this release, and will capture<br />
a whole new legion of fans, whilst remaining<br />
faithful to their older ones; which, as the Kings<br />
of Leon will tell you, is a rare feat. Kudos<br />
Jebediah for one of the first great albums of<br />
the year.<br />
ThE PAINS Of<br />
BEINg PURE<br />
AT hEART<br />
Belong<br />
The Big Apple’s beloved indie-pop quartet<br />
make a return with their sophomore<br />
release Belong. Ambition watchword, the<br />
band seeking to push beyond a familiar fuzzy<br />
aesthetic, an element that has previously<br />
defined their approach to pop music.<br />
That was the brief, as least. Whilst they do<br />
transcend some<br />
key attributes of their previous efforts, this is<br />
still undoubtedly the band that made waves<br />
with 2009’s self-titled debut. It’s a thinly veiled<br />
illusion of evolution that begins to come<br />
unstuck almost immediately.<br />
In the context of The Pains Of Being Pure At<br />
Heart, the magic number appears to be 150 -<br />
beats per minute, that is.<br />
Six of Belong’s twelve tracks operate in or<br />
around that tempo.<br />
To the band’s credit, they’ve paced Belong<br />
well, with enough variety to ensured sustained<br />
interest. The pattern is there, however,<br />
present even within past work.<br />
The band are lazy architects. It’s pop on autopilot,<br />
ensuring that the songs are more or<br />
less interchangeable. Understandably, as the<br />
record progresses, its self-imposed wintery<br />
spirit - attributed in part to an 90s alternative<br />
dynamic, a mish-mash of loud and soft -<br />
becomes familiar.<br />
Overall, i’s a relatively enjoyable record,<br />
one quietly affecting with an immediate pop<br />
appeal. To label it brave, however, would be a<br />
fallacy. It’s hardly irresistible, but Belong bears<br />
some appeal nevertheless.<br />
NICk MASON<br />
The milestone of Elbow’s fifth studio album<br />
necessitates a brief history: the band scored<br />
The Mercury Prize for their 2008 release The<br />
Seldom Seen kid. It would become the most<br />
successful release of their career, renewing<br />
the band’s confidence in their craft with<br />
their music earning new audiences globally.<br />
Fortunately, as its follow-up Build A Rocket<br />
Boys! proves, the answer has been to continue<br />
onwards and upwards. Their band’s progress<br />
has only appreciated since the landmark<br />
album, their ambition similarly swelling to<br />
ensure another captivating release.<br />
A motif of reminiscence with indulgent bouts<br />
of nostalgia colour the record. lippy kids sees<br />
Guy Garvey gently crooning ‘Do they know those<br />
days are golden?’ alongside the hushed, warm<br />
accompaniment of a string ensemble.<br />
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ELBOW<br />
Build A Rocket Boys<br />
CRAIg<br />
gRIffIThS<br />
Stompbox<br />
Don’t you just hate a smartarse? Well, Hobart<br />
multi-instrumentalist and producer Craig<br />
griffiths definitely fits the bill, but given the<br />
imaginative and effects-laden nature of his<br />
guitar-heavy Stompbox album, it’s hardly fair to<br />
hate him.<br />
Recorded, mixed and mastered in his Skullbug<br />
Studio, this baker’s dozen of rockin’ tracks is<br />
as eclectic as it is electric. Big riffs, psychedelic<br />
offerings, and sometimes downright dark<br />
lyrics are combined with aplomb across the<br />
album.<br />
Stompbox opens with the solid riffing and<br />
squealing lead of the excellently titled<br />
instrumental track Fuzzface Fights The Ninja.<br />
Remember is an immediately accessible and<br />
dreamy track and my highlight on the album,<br />
showcasing the sultry vocal talents of Annelise<br />
Bushby. Bushby’s other outing on Stompbox is<br />
Vicious little harpie, a bluesy number that<br />
again gives Griffiths the chance to show off<br />
with a fuzzed-up solo or two.<br />
Drive fronts up with a more electro sound, a<br />
compelling spoken vocal and kind of evil synth<br />
conclusion and gives way to the duelling guitar<br />
intro of Before The Storm, another brooding<br />
instrumental with a dark nature.<br />
Thanks to radio airplay on stations in Syndey<br />
and Los Angeles (as well as Hobart), many<br />
people are already familiar with Stompbox.<br />
If you’re not, you should be, as it’s definitely<br />
worth a listen.<br />
STU WARREN<br />
ARChITECTURE<br />
IN hELSINkI<br />
Moment Bends<br />
Moment Bends, the fourth album from<br />
Melbourne-bred group Architecture In<br />
helsinki, is by far their most consistent and<br />
enjoyable work yet and could even place as one<br />
of the best releases of the year.<br />
Moment Bends is undeniably a pop release due<br />
to the fact that their melodies are extremely<br />
catchy, the beat is fantastic to dance to and<br />
the chord progressions are relatively simple to<br />
detect. However, their distinctively strange flair<br />
has still been incorporated within each track.<br />
That Beep was a previously released single that<br />
Architecture in Helsinki brought out back in<br />
late ’08 as an EP. The track bases itself around<br />
a sequence of vocally generated beeps, which<br />
although is basic and irritatingly catchy, helps<br />
give the track stability and beat. Contact high<br />
is the first single to be released as a part of<br />
the Moment Bends LP and is most definitely<br />
the best inclusion. It highlights a more mature<br />
and polished sound. Another standout track is<br />
escapee, which is a purely fun and feel-good<br />
track, featuring the most catchy chorus on<br />
the album and has genius within simplistic<br />
basslines and drumbeats.<br />
Moment Bends is incredibly impressive and<br />
will surely see Architecture in Helsinki enjoy a<br />
highly successful year.<br />
JOSh CLEMENTS<br />
The swiftly sentimental homage to<br />
adolescence combined with the gritty,<br />
methodical opener The Birds suggests that,<br />
yes, this is another brilliant Elbow record.<br />
To the band’s credit, those expecting a<br />
reprise of its predecessor won’t necessarily<br />
be disappointed, even if a departure is<br />
evident. Build A Rocket Boys! is immediately<br />
a more familiar - that is, consistent and<br />
coherent - from track to track. Whereas The<br />
Seldom Seen kid glistened, their band’s latest<br />
expedition bears a dampened aesthetic,<br />
its production appearing softer and more<br />
introverted. It’s perhaps best cited as a<br />
meeting of styles. Guy Garvey is found in<br />
typically evocative form, his striking sentiments<br />
delivered with efficiency and warmth. ‘i miss<br />
your stupid face, i miss your bad advice,’<br />
BIg A,<br />
LITTLE A<br />
MAate<br />
Brooklyn’s Aa have put together MAate, a<br />
special package featuring all tracks from<br />
the band’s 2007 album gAame as well as two<br />
tracks from their Glossy EP and a couple of<br />
unreleased live tracks.<br />
There’s a whole jungle of drum kits at<br />
work here, with a heap of synthesiser and<br />
weird samples floating around - as well as<br />
a couple of guys shouting over the top of<br />
it all. It’s all part of the fun. For most of its<br />
duration, MAate is a pulsating, tribal haze of<br />
strange electronic blips and warbles. Think<br />
Animal Collective on more acid.<br />
Unfortunately songs eventually tend to bleed<br />
into one another and the whole record blurs<br />
into one big long jam.<br />
The repetitiveness means that the appeal is<br />
diminished towards the end of the record and<br />
things get a bit tiresome.<br />
Thankfully, the tracks added from the<br />
original gAame release help out here: the live<br />
tracks sound fantastic, the Glossy tracks also<br />
offering up something a little different.<br />
Overall, perhaps the band’s unpredictable<br />
energy would best be showcased in concert .<br />
This feels a bit like being at a party blindfolded:<br />
it sounds like there’s a whole lot of fun being<br />
had around you, but you’re not exactly sure<br />
what’s going on.<br />
There may be even more to this band than the<br />
release implies.<br />
DAVID hENNESSY<br />
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he confesses in the record’s soothing<br />
lullaby, The Night Will Always Win. Of course,<br />
the band explore their bolder, more anthemic<br />
potential, the insistent, explosive open Arms a<br />
highlight. ‘We’ve got open arms for broken<br />
hearts,’ cries Garvey, backed by a booming<br />
choir. It simply does not get more glorious.<br />
Build A Rocket Boys! sees Elbow illuminate<br />
again their tremendous creativity, boasting<br />
elaborate compositions each meticulously<br />
orchestrated in one slow-burning but utterly<br />
absorbing experience. It’s so great to discover<br />
that success has not altered too much where<br />
these Brits are concerned: Elbow remain a<br />
terrifically ambitious outfit, with their affecting<br />
allure again seizing centre-stage.<br />
NICk MASON<br />
TV ON ThE<br />
RADIO<br />
Nine Types of Light<br />
Brooklyn’s unique musical innovators TV On<br />
The Radio return with their brand of alternative<br />
funk-rock. The result? A forth LP, Nine Types<br />
of light. As an aside, its release coincides with<br />
passing of the band’s own Gerard Smith, the<br />
bassist succumbing to lung cancer. dedicated<br />
to his memory, it’s a record through which his<br />
legacy will live on.<br />
Nine Types of light explores a smoother<br />
and more comfortable atmosphere than its<br />
predecessor Dear Science, bearing both pros<br />
and cons. Concerning the downsides, there’s<br />
a lack of dance anthems of a Wolf like Me<br />
or Golden Age ilk. But on a positive note, the<br />
material does offer up its beautiful ambiance<br />
to compensate.<br />
Opener Second Song is an outstanding<br />
introduction. Lead singer Dave Sitek is one of<br />
the most outstanding vocalists of the decade.<br />
His smooth, dark tones are what make TVotR’s<br />
approach so special.Will Do, the first single<br />
from the record, is an intimate sing-a-long.<br />
From the vocals of Sitek to the reverberated<br />
distortion on all instruments, everything is<br />
glistening and flowing to perfection.<br />
Though perhaps Nine Types of light falls<br />
short of the band’s last outing - the stunning<br />
Dear Science – it’s a commendable effort<br />
nevertheless.<br />
JOSh CLEMENTS
40 Event Guide<br />
GIG GUIDE / HOBART<br />
DATE VENUE ACTS / START TIME<br />
MAY<br />
Wednesday 11 Brookfield Vineyard Brookfield Comedy Club 7:30pm<br />
<strong>Warp</strong><br />
Observatory (Lounge Room) DJ Millhouse<br />
Observatory (Main Room) DJ Brendan and Guest<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Cake Walking Babies 8:00pm<br />
Republic Bar & Café The Witching Tree, Celestial Circus and Truck Show<br />
Thursday 12 Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett and Guests<br />
Doctor Syntax Jazz at the Doctor w/ Billy Whitten<br />
Irish Murphy’s Killian (Acoustic Radio Head Tribute Night)<br />
Republic Bar & Café Hungry Kids of Hungary - The Final Escapade<br />
Friday 13 Brisbane Hotel Trash Nightclub w Hammerhead + Taberah +<br />
Lady Crimson + Backlash + Dj’s<br />
Brookfield Vineyard Honeysuckle Creek and Pot Belly Strings<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Grotesque<br />
Doctor Syntax Indie DJ Night<br />
Halo Nightclub Locale - Sami & Gorak<br />
Irish Murphy’s Dave Wicks, Australian Made<br />
Ivory Bar Alex Felix and Guests<br />
Observatory (Lounge Room) Dj Millhouse<br />
Observatory (Main Room) DJ Johnny G and Guests<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café RPM 8:00pm<br />
Republic Bar & Café Mike Noga and Band<br />
The Telegraph Micheal Clennett followed by Big Swifty<br />
Saturday 14 Brisbane Hotel ALL AGES - Trash Dayclub w Taberah +<br />
Hammerhead + Lady Crimson + Battlecat +<br />
Backlash<br />
Brisbane Hotel 18+ - First Base (vic) + Cavalcade (vic) + Ballpoint +<br />
Bears + Explosions<br />
Brisbane Hotel Late Night Krackieoke w Dj Steak Face<br />
Brookfield Vineyard Alistair Brown<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Johnny<br />
Doctor Syntax Karaoke<br />
Halo Nightclub DVY, Sami & Gorak<br />
Irish Murphy’s Ian Murtagh, Smashers<br />
Ivory Bar Dagwood, Mez and Dameza<br />
Observatory (Main Room) DJ Brendan and Guest<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Ebeneza Good 9:30pm<br />
Republic Bar & Café Dave Graney and the Lurid Yellow Mist<br />
The Grand Poobah All Ages Show - Ballpoint, First Base (Melb),<br />
Wolfpack, Cavalcade, Explosions, Myamora 3:00pm<br />
The Grand Poobah Nerves, My Blackson, Face the Fiasco and Your<br />
Demise 9:30pm<br />
The Telegraph Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink<br />
Wrest Point Ent’ Centre Cliff & Dusty 8:00pm<br />
Wrest Point Show Room Tony Joe White 7:30pm<br />
Sunday 15 Brookfield Vineyard Hobart Song Company<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett and Guests<br />
Doctor Syntax Sunday Sessions w/ Alessandro Frosali<br />
Irish Murphy’s Ivories at Irish - George Begbie, Amy Wiles<br />
Republic Bar & Café Ill Starred Captain<br />
Monday 16 Irish Murphy’s Tokyo Room, Oberon Carter, Dominic Frances<br />
Republic Bar & Café Carl Rush<br />
Tuesday 17 Brisbane Hotel Tim Logans Run (CD LAUNCH) - Comedy<br />
Irish Murphy’s TSPN - Nick Foster, Nick Beeton<br />
Republic Bar & Café Peter Hicks and the Blues Licks<br />
Wrest Point Ent’ Centre Rajaton Sing Queen with the Tasmanian Symphony<br />
Orchestra 8:00pm<br />
Wednesday 18 Brisbane Hotel The Frustrations, myblackson<br />
Doctor Syntax House Band Funk<br />
Observatory (Lounge Room) DJ Grotesque<br />
139 Sandy Bay Rd<br />
Sandy Bay TAS 7005<br />
(03) 6223 6258<br />
info@reallive.com.au<br />
DATE VENUE ACTS / START TIME<br />
Wednesday 18 Observatory (Main Room) DJ Brendan and Guest<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Organ Doctors 8:00pm<br />
Republic Bar & Café Slyde<br />
Thursday 19 Brisbane Hotel Ill Starred Captain (WA) + Kreigan Hill + Wing It<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett and Guests<br />
Doctor Syntax Jazz at the Doctor w/ Steve Bumford Trio<br />
Irish Murphy’s House with a Heater<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Fee’n’K 8:00pm<br />
Republic Bar & Café Darlington<br />
Friday 20 Brisbane Hotel Propagandhi (usa), Stolen Youth (vic), The Scandal<br />
Brisbane Hotel Front Bar - Dj Mary Jane<br />
Brookfield Vineyard Mad Hatter Tea Party<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Dave Webber<br />
Doctor Syntax Indie DJ Night<br />
Halo Nightclub Psysessions<br />
Irish Murphy’s Joel Everard, Dr Fink<br />
Ivory Bar Alex Felix and Guests<br />
Observatory (Lounge Room) Dj Millhouse<br />
Observatory (Main Room) DJ Johnny G and Guests<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Remake 8:30pm<br />
Republic Bar & Café Boil Up (Reggae)<br />
The Telegraph Micheal Clennett followed by The Smashers<br />
Saturday 21 Brisbane Hotel ‘SKITTLE’ QUEER & ALTERNATIVE LAUNCH PARTY<br />
w M.A.F.I.A (VIC) + DJ TRIPLIX(VIC) + DJ OUTLAW<br />
(TAS) + more tba<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Grotesque<br />
Doctor Syntax Karaoke<br />
Halo Nightclub Max, Lids & Sami<br />
Irish Murphy’s Ian Murtagh, Pirates of the Cover Scene<br />
Ivory Bar Act Yo Age- supported by Mez and Dameza<br />
Observatory (Main Room) DJ Brendan and Guest<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café 24/7 9:30pm<br />
Republic Bar & Café Pegz Bombs Away Tour<br />
The Grand Poobah La La Land<br />
The Telegraph Ado and Devo followed by the smashers<br />
Wrest Point Show Room Katie Noonan & Karin Schaupp in Duo 8:00pm<br />
Sunday 22 Brookfield Vineyard Mathew Fagan 5:00pm<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Fee Whitla followed by DJ Grotesque<br />
Doctor Syntax Acoustic Sunday Sessions w/ Dominic Francis<br />
Irish Murphy’s Ill Starred Captain, Nick Balcombe<br />
Irish Murphy’s Ill Starred Captain, Nick Balcombe<br />
Monday 23 Irish Murphy’s Blizz, Madelyn Munday<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Danger Academy<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Hobart College of Music 7:00pm<br />
The Grand Poobah Danger Academy<br />
Tuesday 24 Irish Murphy’s Wingit, Killian, Alex Martin<br />
Onba The Clubhouse<br />
Republic Bar & Café G B Balding<br />
Wednesday 25 Brisbane Hotel The Witching Tree, Infected<br />
Observatory (Lounge Room) Dj Millhouse<br />
Observatory (Main Room) DJ Brendan and guest<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Billy Whitton & the Hepcats 8:00pm<br />
Republic Bar & Café Soul Fish<br />
Thursday 26 Doctor Syntax Billy Whitten<br />
Irish Murphy’s Ray Martians<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Bowerman & Parker 8:00pm<br />
Tas University Hobart Blue King Brown with Diafrix<br />
Friday 27 Brisbane Hotel Beltane Bedlam with Gape + Lost Hope + Anguish<br />
Friday night is Indie night @ Dr Syntax<br />
In 2011, the Dr Syntax has returned and is<br />
presenting a variety of brilliant newly<br />
established music nights.<br />
Friday night @ the Dr Syntax is presenting electro<br />
and indie club night DJs - which will fill your<br />
night with beats, pop, mash-ups, house, dnb and<br />
dubstep.<br />
DATE VENUE ACTS / START TIME<br />
Friday 27 Brookfield Vineyard Peter Sheahan 7:00pm<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Grotesque<br />
Doctor Syntax Indie DJ Night<br />
Flamingos Dance Bar Miz Ima Starr CD Launch 9:30pm<br />
Halo Nightclub Friday Night Footy from 7pm<br />
Irish Murphy’s Alex Hutchins, House with a Heater<br />
Ivory Bar Alex Felix and Guests<br />
Observatory (Lounge Room) Dj Millhouse<br />
Observatory (Main Room) DJ Johnny G and Guests<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Lively Up 9:30pm<br />
The Grand Poobah Charles Du Cane<br />
The Telegraph Micheal Clennett followed by Big Swifty<br />
Saturday 28 Brisbane Hotel ALL AGES - Silent Majority, Surrender, Bears<br />
3:00pm<br />
Brisbane Hotel King Cannons (vic), Enola Fall, The Sin & Tonics<br />
Brisbane Hotel FRONT BAR - Brand New Second Hand “Food” w DJ<br />
BTC + Sister Olivia + DJ Warhol<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Dj Millhouse<br />
Doctor Syntax Karaoke<br />
Halo Nightclub DVY, Gorak, James Walker<br />
Irish Murphy’s Dave Wicks, Smashers<br />
Ivory Bar Ron Swan vs Danny Paradi$e, Lids and Dagwood<br />
Observatory (Main Room) DJ Brendan and guest<br />
Republic Bar & Café Wagons<br />
The Telegraph Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink<br />
Sunday 29 Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Where’s Mary followed by DJ Grotesque<br />
Doctor Syntax Acoustic Sunday Sessions w/ Rogue Traders<br />
Irish Murphy’s Honeysuckle Creek, Pot Belly Strings<br />
Republic Bar & Café Joe Piere & The Blackberries<br />
Monday 30 Irish Murphy’s Nick Foster, Jade, Barry Jones<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Hobart College of Music 7:00pm<br />
Republic Bar & Café Quiz Night<br />
Tuesday<br />
JUNE<br />
31 Irish Murphy’s Nellie De Grassi, Dave McEldowney, Crystal<br />
Campbell<br />
Wednesday 1 Doctor Syntax Chinese Music Night<br />
Observatory (Lounge Room) DJ Grotesque<br />
Observatory (Main Room) DJ Brendan and guest<br />
Thursday 2 Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett and Guests<br />
Doctor Syntax Jazz at the Doctor w/ Jamie Pregnall Quartet<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Fee’n’K 8:00pm<br />
The Grand Poobah Rosnystock<br />
Friday 3 Brisbane Hotel DAMAGE - Mindset, Wolfpack, Save The Clocktower,<br />
Surrender<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Dave Webber<br />
Doctor Syntax Indie DJ Night<br />
Halo Nightclub Old Skool Hip-Hop New Skool Rap<br />
Ivory Bar Alex Felix and Guests<br />
Observatory (Lounge Room) Dj Millhouse<br />
Observatory (Main Room) DJ Johnny G and Guests<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Jazz Brothers 7:00pm<br />
Republic Bar & Café British India<br />
The Telegraph Micheal Clennett followed by The Smashers<br />
Saturday 4 Brisbane Hotel Tumbleweed<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Millhouse<br />
Doctor Syntax Karaoke<br />
Halo Nightclub Sami, Lids & Gorak<br />
Ivory Bar DJ Ron Swan, Mez and Dameza<br />
Observatory (Main Room) DJ Brendan and guest<br />
Saturday night is your karaoke night,<br />
so rock on up and join in the fun!<br />
Mid week the Dr Syntax presents a unique selection of<br />
music nights, with regular Jazz, World Music, Hip Hop,<br />
Comedy and local singer / songwriters evenings also.<br />
Come long and show your support for one of Hobart’s<br />
newest and happening live original music venues.<br />
DATE VENUE ACTS / START TIME<br />
Saturday 4 Queens Head Bar & Café Big Swifty 9:30pm<br />
Republic Bar & Café British India<br />
The Grand Poobah A French Butler Called Smith<br />
The Telegraph Ado and Devo followed by the smashers<br />
Sunday 5 Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Wolf Brother followed by DJ Grotesque<br />
Doctor Syntax Acoustic Sunday Sessions<br />
Irish Murphy’s Ivories at Irish -<br />
Monday 6 Irish Murphy’s ASA<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Danger Academy<br />
Tuesday 7 Brisbane Hotel Art @ The Brisbane<br />
Irish Murphy’s TSPN<br />
Onba The Clubhouse<br />
Wednesday 8 Observatory (Main Room) DJ Brendan and guest<br />
Observatory (Lounge Room) Dj Millhouse<br />
Thursday 9 Brookfield Vineyard Eleanor McEvoy 8:00pm<br />
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Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett and Guests<br />
Doctor Syntax Jazz at the Doctor w/ Billy Whitten<br />
Friday 10 Brisbane Hotel Sun In Aquarias, Editor, Limerence, thatboyguy,<br />
rBeNt, Shammie<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Grotesque<br />
Doctor Syntax Indie DJ Night<br />
Halo Nightclub Lue & Sami<br />
Ivory Bar Alex Felix and Guests<br />
Observatory (Lounge Room) Dj Millhouse<br />
Observatory (Main Room) DJ Johnny G and Guests<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café The Lounge 8:30pm<br />
The Telegraph Micheal Clennett followed by Big Swifty<br />
Saturday 11 Brisbane Hotel The Gin Club, Linc & The Insiders, Gun Ballads,<br />
Hayley Couper, Tim Spurr<br />
Brisbane Hotel Front Bar - Late Night Krackieoke w Dj Steak Face<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Millhouse<br />
Halo Nightclub Breaks & Electro<br />
Ivory Bar DJ Danny Paradi$e, DJ Dameza and Dj Dagwood<br />
Observatory (Main Room) DJ Brendan and guest<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Midnite Revival 9:30pm<br />
The Grand Poobah Puta Madre Brothers<br />
The Telegraph Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink<br />
Sunday 12 Brisbane Hotel Paddy McHugh $ The Goldminers, Craicpot,<br />
Hairyman & The Snug Guns<br />
Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Fee Whitla followed DJ Grotesque<br />
Irish Murphy’s Boxmoney, Nick Balcombe, Gretel Templeton<br />
Monday 13 Irish Murphy’s Oberon Carter, Nick Foster, Patrick Berechree<br />
Tuesday 14 Brisbane Hotel Franks Flicks<br />
Irish Murphy’s Madelyn Munday, Karen Wells<br />
Wednesday 15<br />
Thursday 16 Brisbane Hotel Lyrics Born (usa), Acumen, Mic Dons<br />
Friday 17 Brisbane Hotel Deligma (CD Launch), The Demotion, The Ray Guns,<br />
Chi Roh<br />
Queens Head Bar & Café Black Coffee 8:30pm<br />
Republic Bar & Café Lowrider<br />
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DATE VENUE ACTS / START TIME<br />
MAY<br />
Thursday 12 Country Club Show Room Cliff & Dusty 7:30pm<br />
Friday 13 Hotel New York Hungry Kids of Hungary with The Chemist + Andy<br />
Bull + Daniel Lee Kendall+ Hopper+Randall Foxx<br />
Hotel New York (Front Bar) G-Rox<br />
Manhattan Randall Foxx<br />
Hotel New York Ministry of Sound Electro Sessions - Roger Davis +<br />
Rob Pix + Timmy Trumpet + Randall Foxx<br />
The Royal Oak (Boatshed) Ill Starred Captain<br />
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Vale<br />
Cliff & Dusty: Marty Rhone & Sheena Crouch, Barratt<br />
Waugh 8pm $69.90<br />
Skwiz Cafe Gallery, Sheffield Matthew Fagan 8pm<br />
Saturday 14 Hotel New York (Front Bar) Toby Dellaylle + EMC + MaceMan5<br />
Manhattan Randall Foxx<br />
The Royal Oak (Boatshed) L.B.C presents Smokin Elmores $5<br />
Skwiz Cafe Gallery, Sheffield Matthew Fagan 8:00pm<br />
Sunday 15 The Royal Oak (Bar) open folk group<br />
Earl Arts Centre My Friend The Chocolate Cake 8:00pm<br />
Wednesday 18 The Royal Oak (Bar) Shakabula<br />
Thursday 19 The Royal Oak (Boatshed) Matthew Faga 8:30pm<br />
Friday 20 Hotel New York Hopper + Basssup + MaceMan5 + SheBounce<br />
Hotel New York (Front Bar) EMC<br />
Manhattan SheBounce<br />
The Royal Oak (Boatshed) Taberah, Future Recollection and Wizard $5<br />
The Boathouse Katie Noonan & Karin Schaupp 7:30pm<br />
Saturday 21 Hotel New York MaceMan5 + Boaz + Roger Davis + Basssup<br />
Hotel New York (Front Bar) Toby Dellaylle + EMC + Hopper<br />
Manhattan Basssup<br />
The Royal Oak (Bar) Luke Parry<br />
The Little Theatre, Deloraine Matthew Fagan 7:30pm<br />
Sunday 22 The Royal Oak open folk group<br />
Wednesday 25 The Royal Oak Open Mic Night Returns $12 jugs boags draught !!<br />
Thursday 26 The Royal Oak (Bar) Dave Adams<br />
Friday 27 Hotel New York King Cannons + Hopper + Roger Davis<br />
Hotel New York (Front Bar) MaceMan5<br />
Manhattan Basssup<br />
The Royal Oak (Boatshed) Wagons Album Launch $5<br />
Saturday 28 Hotel New York MaceMan5 + Roger Charles + Raye Antonelli +<br />
Randall Foxx<br />
Hotel New York (Front Bar) Toby Dellaylle + EMC + MaceMan5<br />
Manhattan Basssup<br />
The Royal Oak Wheezy Hours Feat. Heloise Sowerby, Crazy 88’s,<br />
James Parry and Charles Ducane $5 cover<br />
Sunday<br />
JUNE<br />
29 The Royal Oak (Bar) Open folk grou<br />
Friday 3 Hotel New York Deligma, The Ray Guns, Save the Clocktower, Woof<br />
Woof 9:00pm<br />
Saturday 11 Hotel New York Matt Nukewood 9:00pm<br />
DATE<br />
MAY<br />
CITY VENUE ACTS / START TIME<br />
Friday 13 Burnie Maginties Midnight 9:00pm<br />
Devonport Spurs Saloon Lyke Giants, Stalking Ella Scott 10:00pm<br />
Devonport Tapas Lounge Bar Selecta<br />
Saturday 14 Burnie Maginties The Titz 9:00pm<br />
Ulverstone The River Arms Snatch 9:00pm<br />
Devonport Tapas Lounge Bar The Unit 9:00pm<br />
Sunday 15 Burnie Maginties (first<br />
floor)<br />
Matthew Ives Big Band 2:00pm<br />
Devonport Hightide Erin Self and Brett Budgeon<br />
Devonport Tapas Lounge Bar Ella Rose<br />
Thursday 19 Ulverstone The River Arms Two Piece<br />
Burnie Maginty’s Jazz w/ Vicotr Zapner<br />
Friday 20 Devonport Spurs Saloon Deligma, Surrender, TBC (All Ages 6 - 9, 18+<br />
9 - late) 6:00pm<br />
Burnie Maginty’s Snatch 9:00pm<br />
Devonport Tapas Lounge Bar TMG 9:00pm<br />
Saturday 21 Ulverstone The River Arms Jessie and Jase<br />
Burnie Maginty’s Brett Colledge 9:00pm<br />
Devonport Tapas Lounge Bar The Unit 9:00pm<br />
Sunday 22 Devonport Tapas Lounge Bar Trev Heins<br />
Thursday 26 Burnie Maginty’s Jazz w/ Victor Zapner<br />
Friday 27 Burnie Maginty’s Darren Loyde 9:00pm<br />
Devonport Spurs Saloon Deligma, Surrender, Stalking Ella Scott (AA<br />
6-9, 18+ 9-late)<br />
Devonport Tapas Lounge Bar TMG 9:00pm<br />
Saturday 28 Ulverstone The River Arms The Unit<br />
Latrobe Lucas Hotel Erin Self and Brett Budgeon<br />
Burnie Maginty’s Two Piece 9:00pm<br />
Devonport Spurs Saloon The Durkahs 11:00pm<br />
Devonport Tapas Lounge Bar Kool Daddy’s 9:00pm<br />
Sunday<br />
JUNE<br />
29 Devonport Tapas Lounge Bar Ella Rose<br />
Thursday 2 Ulverstone The River Arms The Pure Blondes<br />
Burnie Maginty’s Jazz w/ Victor Zapner<br />
Friday 3 Devonport Spurs Saloon Lyke Giants, TBC<br />
Burnie Maginty’s Paradime 9:00pm<br />
Devonport Tapas Lounge Bar Electric Spaghetti 9:00pm<br />
Saturday 4 Ulverstone The River Arms Two Piece<br />
Burnie Maginty’s Strattbone 9:00pm<br />
Sunday 5 Devonport The Alex Jase and Jesse<br />
Wednesday 8 Devonport Tapas Lounge Bar Open Mic Night<br />
Thursday 9 Burnie Maginty’s Jazz w/ Victor Zapner<br />
Friday 10 Burnie Maginty’s Heath Brett 9:00pm<br />
Devonport Spurs Saloon Lyke Giants 10:00pm<br />
Devonport The Central Jase and Jesse 10:00pm<br />
Saturday 11 Burnie Maginty’s Midnight 9:00pm<br />
Devonport The Warehouse DJ Emily Scott 11:00pm<br />
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