The Music (Sydney) Issue #133

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One Last Dive

The Smith Street Band are currently in America, but they have announced that when

they return they will take Throw Me In The River on one last trip around Australia in

June before starting on their next release.

Public Safety Announcement

Tongue-in-cheek consumer affairs program The Checkout is returning to the ABC on 7 April to protect Australian viewers from rip-offs and immoral sales practices by

keeping the public informed via costumes, graphics and cuddly animals.

Young Love

21-year-old Brisbane producer Young Franco has already made a name for himself with his funky, celestial house styles, and now he’s has announced a massive string of dates for his upcoming Drop Your Love 2016 Australia tour.

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I Killed The Prom Queen

L D R U

The Cat EmpireBig Year

2016 is BIGSOUND’s 15th anniversary, which will again take place in Brisbane from 7 – 9 September. A limited number of discounted early bird tickets are already available for purchase, while access to the artist registration is also open now.

Long Deceased

Aussie metalcore heavyweights I Killed The Prom Queen have unveiled plans to celebrate the release

ten-year anniversary of Music For The Recently Deceased with a whirlwind Aussie tour that kicks

off in less than two weeks.

L D R U On The R O A D

L D R U has announced his biggest Australian tour to date in July with Manilla Killa as the main support.

More Days In The Sun

Set to hit the road throughout Australia this May and June in support of their ARIA #1 album, Rising With The Sun, Melbourne ska/jazz outfit The Cat Empire have announced a number of extra dates for the tour.

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Heavenly Peaks

Fresh from the stages of SXSW, Pitchfork

and Lollapalooza, Chicago garage-rockers Twin

Peaks have announced their first-ever Australian

tour in support of their new album, Down In Heaven,

with three intimate shows in Brisbane, Melbourne

and Sydney.

Pool Party

Following their appearance at the 2002 Big Day Out festival, US heavy metal

outfit Drowning Pool have confirmed they will be finally be heading back to Australia

this July for their first ever headline tour.

Hot, Hot Ooze

Ivan Ooze is literally on fire. Having just dropped mixtape, ‘93 KFC Rotisserie GOLD, the

MC has announced a huge 14-date national tour for later this year to gear punters up for his

upcoming second record.

Hip, Hip

The international Queen of Burlesque, Dita Von Teese,

has announced she will be bringing her acclaimed

show Burlesque: Strip, Strip, Hooray!, an opulent and glamorous event, to our

shores in June.

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Totally Unicorn

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Moore Stadiums

There’s been a continual back and forth about whether a new stadium is needed at Moore Park, but has anyone though to give touring promoters an input? Sure footy reigns supreme, but there could be scope for more concert events too.

You’re Back In The Room

We can’t believe nearly 1.16 million Australians tuned in to watch a hypnotism show hosted by Daryl Somers. We hope it was just for the flaying it received on social media and people won’t tune in again.

Guns N’ Roses

We’re kicking ourselves that LA got to witness the band play a warm-up gig at the Troubadour, the equivalent of probably something like the Oxford Art Factory here. Can you imagine what the atmosphere would have been like for the stadium fillers in such a venue?

Jesse Hughes

The Eagles Of Death Metal frontman proposed to his girlfriend in a very rock’n’roll way – on stage in Fremantle, WA. Congrats to him and Tuesday Cross.

Logies nominations

Good to see some cultural diversity in the Logies nominations and not just the same old run of faces.

City Of Sydney

The Local Government has put through recommendations that live music venues be exempt from lockout laws.

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Trojan Revival

Last year The Fall Of Troy revived after five years of inactivity, and now it’s Australia’s turn to see the veteran power trio in action with the announcement of a national tour this year, their first since 2008.

Big Waves

Sydney post-rock luminaries sleepmakeswaves have announced a nine-date national tour with American contemporaries The Contortionist in honour of the Aussies’ new single Traced In Constellations, taking their 2016 performance schedule up to 55 confirmed shows.

Rare Beasts

Sydney metalcore party monsters Totally Unicorn have unleashed a blistering new single, Customer Service Station. The rambunctious five-piece, who recently signed with Farmer & The Owl, have also announced tour dates in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.

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An Affair To Remember

The Spanish Film Festival is set to open with the box office smash, and sequel to

the previous year’s opener, Spanish Affair 2. Playing exclusively in Palace Cinemas, director Emilio Martínez-Lázaro oversees

more comedic romance than before.

Lit’s Bright Lights

The Sydney Writers’ Festival has released its 2016 program, with headliner and feminist icon Gloria Steinem being joined by such illustrious literates as Jonathan Franzen, Julian Barnes, Kate Tempest, Anne Goldstein and many more.

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#LiveWire

#AMPLIFYLive has already hit QLD, VIC and SA on its second visit to Australia - now the national tour is headed for Sydney. The internet’s brightest talents will gather for the ‘festival for the connected generation’ – including Andrea Russett.

Oh Brother

To celebrate the Coen Brothers’ most recent film, Hail Caesar!, Golden Age

Cinema is revisiting some of the director’s quintessential works, with

an O Brother, Where Art Thou?, The Big Lebowski double feature 9 April.

Six Years Of Beer

Sydney Craft Beer Week returns for its sixth year this October, bringing with it more than 100 craft beers, Hair of the Dog Breakfasts, tap takeovers and axethrowing competitions. Definitely enjoy that last one responsibly.

Avicii’s age at the end of the year, at which time the DJ

has said he will retire from touring.

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Following the tragic deaths of teenagers, Thomas Kelly in 2012 and Daniel Christie in 2013, who were both killed by unprovoked coward punches

in Sydney’s King Cross, the NSW Government brought the lockout laws into the city in early 2014, meaning all bars and clubs within the CBD could no longer allow patrons into venues after 1.30am, as well as introducing a complete cut-off of drinks service at 3am.

As the legislation is up for review this year, a fine line has been drawn between those who support the laws and those who want it scrapped. Those against lockouts have been heartened by the fact that the current NSW Government has agreed to meet with activists over the coming months, on the back of a number of protest and rallies, one of which garnered a crowd of 15,000 people in February.

Speaking to The Music, Greens MP Jenny Leong said the move is incredibly important in getting rid of the laws, which have been blamed for the closure of a number of popular venues in the last year. “It’s clearly a positive sign that the government has realised that they can’t just ignore what is a very, very broad reaching community concern around the very knee-jerk, top-down reaction of imposing lockouts on the Sydney CBD and Kings Cross,” Leong says. “I think what we can take from that is the fact that now the government appears to be listening, now is the time for everybody that has a view on the fact

that we can actually keep our city open and safe, which means that they should engage with this process.”

However, Peter Young of the 2011 Residents Association, a collective of Kings Cross residents, believes the lockout laws have had a hugely positive impact on the community. “Residents are no longer afraid to attend the shopping centre of Darlinghurst Road and Bayswater Road on Friday and Saturday nights after 10pm and before 8am the next morning,” Young says. “Those residents who previously reported that most Saturday and Sunday mornings they discovered vomit, faeces and or urine on their front steps, now rarely do and are relieved of the task of cleaning them down.

“Many residents had severely disturbed sleep on Friday and Saturday nights. They now report undisturbed sleep. Residents whose work shifts required them to be at work early in the morning say that driving through the main street between 4am and 7am before lockouts was a nightmare and very stressful. People would often run onto the street and bang on their car. Drunken people would often dart out or stray onto the road and it was necessary to brake hard to avoid a collision.”

Leong acknowledges that while there are issues in Kings Cross, putting restrictions on the city, which has experienced a 58% drop in foot traffic since 2012, is counter-productive. “I think that everyone would agree that there were problems in Kings Cross,” Leong concedes. “I think everyone would agree that the idea of just having a high-intensity-high-density-level of commercial late night booze barns and liquor outlets with very little else is a huge problem. I think that everyone would also agree that we need to do more in society to deal with alcohol-related violence and antisocial behaviour.

Sydney Locked Out

Neil Griffiths speaks to some of the major players in the debate over Sydney’s controversial lockout laws. Cover and feature pics by Cole Bennetts.

Sydney Lockout Laws


“The question is, is the solution to shut everything down or is the solution to look at what is causing the problem? And we know that what’s causing the problem is actually the fact we don’t see a diversity and a healthy mix of venues. So when we’re planning our city and inner-city areas, we need to be looking at encouraging other options that aren’t just about people consuming alcohol... how are we making sure that there’s adequate transport... but also making sure that residents’ concerns are listened to. There are other measures in place that can address these problems, but what we saw was just a complete shutdown of the entire area.”

Young insists that any belief that Sydney’s nightlife has been damaged are “greatly exaggerated”. “Many young people, that members of our Association have spoken with, have said lockouts have not affected their ‘going out’, they are happy to find a venue with their friends by 1.30am, and settle in.

“They are not devastated by the inability of licensees to serve them drinks after 3am. They have expressed disappointment that on occasions they may have wished to stay longer than 3am at a venue, the venue owner has chosen to shut the venue and kicked them out. They considered an option would be for the venue owner to charge a cover charge, stay open and serve soft drinks.”

The city’s nightlife isn’t the only thing that’s taken a beating in Sydney, as recent figures showed a 40% drop in live music performance revenue within the CBD lockout area. In a recent chat with The Music, Live Music Office Policy Director, John Wardle said the data “reflects trends in the first year of the lockouts in Sydney”. “The sustainability of venues in the city has been raised with the NSW government in consultation and advocacy since the CBD plan of management was introduced,” Wardle said.

Alongside the Live Music Office, the Leichhardt Council has been pushing for a boost in Sydney’s live

music scene and last month, Leichhardt Mayor Darcy Byrne called for live music venues to be exempt from the laws. “Basically the [NSW] government has shut out the voices of young people and not-so-young people who actually attend live music in the CBD and refused to listen,” Byrne told The Music.

Byrne said that the government agreeing to meet with activists over the coming months proves that NSW Premier Mike Baird is feeling the pressure after he has been accused in recent months of favouring The Star Casino and soon-to-be-built Barangaroo, which fall outside of the lockouts zone. “With thousands of music lovers now mobilised to save Sydney’s nightlife it’s time for the Premier to stop listening to the casino lobby and start listening to young people in this city,” Byrne said. “The Government’s faulty legislation needs to be amended to protect live music venues, before it’s too late.”

However, live music expert Clayton Ries, who is leading the City of Sydney-pilot program AMPLIFY, believes that live music is largely unaffected by the lockout laws. In an interview last December, Ries said, “I don’t think lockouts really have anything to do with the live

music scene and the way it is at the moment.

“They’re being affected by late night trade, so if for example you’re based in Sydney at Oxford Art Factory and things like that, to have a second wave of income, that’s definitely a factor.”

Speaking at a youth panel last year, NSW police officer Scott Weber said the laws are all about keeping people safe and that his biggest regret is “that two people had to die for this to actually get over the line”. Leong refutes claims that safety can be

guaranteed simply by putting restrictions on an area. “It’s not a Cinderella-like option,” she says. “Drunken dickheads don’t just magically appear at 1.30 or 3am in the morning. They actually can be there day or night and there needs to be measures in place to protect the community and to keep people safe when they’re going out.”

Leong hopes to see changes in the legislation that will benefit both those who want to enjoy Sydney’s nightlife, as well as its residents. “I hope that now with this review, what we see is a balance to recognise that you actually don’t have to shut down our city to make it safe – that we can actually have a safe and open and vibrant Sydney that actually doesn’t impact negatively on residents and that doesn’t have the kind of repercussions that we were saying occur in the Cross and other places.

“I would hope that this review now will actually give us the opportunity to remove the lockouts, but instigate some measures that will address people’s concerns around safety and alcohol related violence, while at the same time, allowing people to go out at all hours of the morning and party if they want to.”

The Government’s faulty legislation needs to be amended to protect live music venues, before it’s too late.


Sydney Loc

International Right To PartyWe’ve heard the arguments that no other city in the world has lockout laws as strictly imposed as our own, so we’ve broken it down to what other places around the world have instigated re lockouts and more.

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06/02 08/02 18/02

08/11Melbourne trialled lockout laws however found that a 2am lockout did not curb violence.

Thomas Kelly dies after being coward punched in Kings Cross two days before.

NSW Government released a lockout law evaluation report. Findings suggest reduced results in Kings Cross and Sydney CBD.

The NSW Bureau Of Crime Statistics And Research shows violent assaults decrease in the CBD and Kings Cross; drug possession and trafficking offences increase.

Lockout laws lifted for New Year’s Eve in Sydney.

The NSW State Government extends for another year a ban on all new club and pub licenses in Sydney CBD and Kings Cross.

NSW Premier Mike Baird’s Facebook post defending the lockout laws goes viral.

Queensland passes lockout law calling for last drinks at 2am or 3am in party precincts from July.

Kieran Loveridge is jailed for at least four years for manslaughter, with a maximum of six years in relation to Thomas Kelly’s death.

2008 2012

2015

2013

Last Drinks

USA: A varying ‘last call’ policy. 2am is the accepted average time for last call across all of the US

Canada: 3am last drinks in Vancouver.

South Africa: Standard closing time for venues in commercial areas is 2am, with exceptions.

UK: No specific last drinks or closing times in London.

Cities such as Berlin and Hong Kong can operate 24 hours a day.

1.30am last entry

NZ: Last entry time is not in force in Auckland.

Scotland: Discontinued 12am ‘midnight curfew’ last entry time 12 years ago. Currently there are 12am closing times for pubs and 3am for nightclubs.


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30/01 24/02

Reclaim The Streets holds a rally starting the Hyde Park lamenting the decay of Sydney’s nightlife, taking aim at lockout laws.

Lockout laws are again lifted in Sydney for New Year’s Eve.

Premier Barry O’Farrell announces plans to put in place CBD lockouts after 1.30am and stop the sale of alcohol after 3am.

Matt Barrie’s essay, Would The Last Person in Sydney Please Turn The Lights Out goes viral.

Thousands turn out for a rally organised by Keep Sydney Open fighting the lockout legislation.

Thousands march through the CBD to Star City casino to protest the lockout laws, organised by Reclaim The Streets.

Seemingly relenting to public pressure, the NSW Government holds the first of many planned meetings with anti-lockout activists on how to boost Sydney’s nightlife.

Sydney Late Night Culture Alliance is formed by key stakeholders in the Sydney live music scene in reaction to the lockout laws, including theMusic.com.au.

Lockout laws commence in CBD and King’s. New ‘entertainment precinct’ drawn up.

2016

2014

Present

USA: Last entry times are not universally in place across the US, with restrictions varying state to state.

10pm Liquor

Store Closure

Some countries such as Thailand and Indonesia allow certain types of alcohol to be sold in convenience stores, supermarkets and other outlets.

USA: Varies state to state. In New York New, beer can be sold 24 hours a day; other purchases must be made in bottle shops, which close at midnight. In LA, liquor stores remain open until 2am.

Canada: Varies state to state. In Vancouver, bottle shops close at 11pm.

South Africa: Standard opening hours between 9am and 6pm apply to liquor stores Monday to Friday in Cape Town, however approved stores may trade until 8pm Monday to Saturday and between 11am and 6pm on Sundays.

Sydney Loc


T H E A R T I S T S R E A C TBy now you’re probably aware of the widespread attitude towards the lockout laws held by the music industry in front of and behind the scenes. Basically, they suck, they’re not going to work and they’re killing our nightlife, our businesses, our music industry and our right to party. We’ve picked a few of the many, many public outcries to showcase here:

Alison Wonderland

Nina Las Vegas

Isabella Manfredi. Pic by Josh Groom

Sydney Lockout Laws

“They’ve sucked the life out of the city… All it does it force drunks out onto the street and into the suburbs… It doesn’t stop the violence, it just moves it.”ALAN JONES (2GB)

“Words can’t explain how embarrassed I am that my home, the most beautiful and

once most vibrant city in the world has become a laughing stock internationally.”

ALISON WONDERLAND

“Don’t you want a ton of 18-year-old kids out there in the streets super-hopped up on Jagermeister? I think you do.”ADAM DEVINE (WORKAHOLICS)

“We heard y’all got some new laws… We going to get these

laws changed for y’all.”RZA (WU-TANG CLAN)

“The cultural identity of a city and hardworking small businesses with no record of violent history or clientele should not be challenged due to the government reacting to media pressure.”DANNY ROGERS (ST JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL)

“Sydney’s been neutralised… it’s

completely under attack now.”

ISABELLA MANFREDI (THE PREATURES)

“If #lockoutlaws existed earlier there would be no @

awonderdj, @WhatSoNot, @annalunoe and @fl ightfac

as we know now. All held residencies.”

NINA LAS VEGAS


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and everything. 20 years of that, man. ‘Cause we’ve never been radio darlings.”

Coming off an hiatus lengthened from 2008, following their last album, the Grammy nominated Lifeline, Ben Harper and The Innocent Criminals spent time separated like there was no time to lose. While Harper worked with Charlie Musselwhite, Ringo Starr and with his own mother on Childhood Home - the latest off his discography - guitarist Michael Ward recorded with Gogol Bordello, and keyboardist Jason Yates with John Mayer and Citizen Cope. According to Harper it was a cathartic period apart for the band, much to the benefit and enrichment of Call It What It Is.

“Everybody was in the thick of it in the time-off. Like, nobody has one day or one note to waste when it comes to their musical experience so we were just hittin’ it and we were all able to just bring that back into the studio and mix it up. Everybody had just come so damn far... And not only in music but as people. I’m still the same asshole but they have gotten much, much nicer.”

And with that, Harper was hesitant to wax-off objectively in presenting the band’s position and progression since Lifeline dropped. “You should never wax poetic on your own maturity without sounding a bit wack, right? But... We’re doing an interview, who’s the interview about? Me. So you have no choice but to expound. So, If I can take a distant, objective view, I think we landed with the ball way further down the field. And that’s from both the musical and personal experiences we’ve had in between the time we stopped playing together and picking it back up. And, I think we’ve grown a lot and that’s growth projected into the art, into the music, into the song.

“We’re grown-ass men but we had to - not prove to each other - but to show to each other. We had a lot to express. And, the best part about it was we didn’t have to mend any fences ‘cause we had done that in like year one after we split. The fact that we can get everybody together, back on the same page to do this is so open-road for this band.”

Back to the bitumen, the first show was a night at The Fillmore in Frisco last year, which for Ben was an emotional one. “Walking out on that Fillmore stage for the first time back together in that many years it was emotional. It was emotional,” he laughs. “I had to fight back a lil’ somethin’.”

As if to make up for having to wait another eight months for the tour to take off, Harper promises their first show since 2007 will be second to none. “They will be the best shows we’ve ever played. That’s just all there is to it. We will put on the best show we have played in the history of this band.”

What:Call It Like It Is (Stax/Caroline)When & Where:22 Nov, Sydney Opera House Forecourt

Nearly three decades in the business, blues-rock stalwart Ben Harper has gathered together his usual suspects, performing across the

States, Canada, East Asia and Europe including a trek to Australia in November, but not before completing the latest album Call It What It Is due in April via Stax Records, the primary reason for having delayed their original March dates.

“Man, I’m broken-hearted about that, I’m telling you. But I couldn’t let this album out into the world until it was done, done. My apologies about that,” confesses Harper, who learned from longtime legend Neil Young never to rush nor compromise your work. “You know

there’s a famous story about a Neil Young record and him not liking how it sounded, so he bought every single one of them back and re-did it and re-mastered it and put it back out. I didn’t want to go down that road, man.

“I don’t take one fan for granted. Ever,” stresses Harper who further illustrated a servitude to his fans, insisting to present only the genuine article and not push the “status-quo industry standard” of generic responses.

“I could say something in this interview and it would cost me 20 fans, you know? I come from the heart, I shoot from the hip. I’m not trying to duck and dodge, I could give you an interview script I wrote. I’m not gonna do that to you or me! But I mean, for 20 years I’ll do three-and-a-half hour meet-and-greets, I’ll sign anything

Once More ‘Round Ben Harper is making lists of what he will and won’t need packed for Ben Harper & The Innocent Criminals’ world tour, which he assures Rip Nicholson will round of Down Under.

We’re grown-ass men but we had to - not prove to each other - but to show to

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The influence of Chekhov permeates Kit Brookman’s new play, The Great Fire. There’s the sprawling network of

family converging on the old estate, a family middle-class enough to have “the family home” and the time to argue about the art they make or don’t. All that’s needed is to substitute the rural countryside of Russia for the rugged yet handsome Adelaide Hills.

As a practicing artist and an astute observer of family dynamics Brookman’s perfectly positioned to pen this new play, and as one of four brothers it was the exploration of family interactions that first drew Marcus McKenzie - the second oldest of four, and only actor in his family - to The Great Fire.

“Sibling life has been a big thing in my upbringing: the love that the siblings have for one another, which is often masked under various layers of other things, that struck a chord with me off the bat. I am definitely the ‘artist/actor guy’ out of a family from Tasmania, so a family that put a lot of value on sporting and athletic achievement. My brothers are all football players - I don’t know the first thing about football! I’m definitely the odd one out because that’s a huge thing culturally where I’m from.

“It’s funny though, I don’t see myself as the black sheep; I have another brother, he’s kind of the wildcard of the family and I think a lot of what I relate to in the character I play in The Great Fire, Tom, I see through the lens of that brother. He’s the illusive one in our

family, the slightly more wayward one.”

By a large gap - the youngest of three siblings - Tom is in his mid-20s and a prodigiously talented poet from a family of creative types that have not only nurtured his knack for words, but given him enough insight into the creative life to realise that, despite his promise, it might not be for him.

“It’s a family full of artists; they’re involved in theatre, in writing, in

directing, in producing, even the in-laws are both in that world! Tom is the one who has tried to reject that the most, so he’s trying, in a family where that’s been very much the assumed path, he’s trying to find out what his path is amongst that. You might even say trying to resist his fate a little bit.

“Tom is a poet, but his mother is a writer and he’s seen the pain and the struggle that his mum has gone through in that life choice and so I think he’s struggling to decide whether he really wants to go down that road of difficulty and broken dreams.”

It’s a perilously paved road that parallels the path taken by many creative types, says McKenzie, actors included: “In terms of me relating to that, when you do find yourself in this strange, unpredictable, foolhardy occupation there’s a huge part of you that’s always doubting it and questioning it, but there’s a real passion and drive and a strange intuition that tells you it’s the right road to go down.”

The Family Business

Marcus McKenzie talks to Dave Drayton about fate, family, and The Great Fire.

What:The Great FireWhen & Where:To 8 May, Belvoir Upstairs

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DAN SULTAN, BERNARD FANNING & YOU AM I TO APPEAR ON PLAY SCHOOL

At some point as a baby/toddler, we all watched at least one episode of ABC’s Play School, but even now we have the urge to watch an upcoming run of the show which will feature Melbourne artist Dan Sultan, Powderfinger’s Bernard Fanning and Sydney rockers You Am I.

Sultan let the cat out of the bag via a Facebook post last night which show him in a collage of shots with Fanning, performing on the show and even getting up close with Big and Little Ted.

As Sultan wrote on the online post, the artists were there to celebrate Play School’s birthday, which is this year celebrating its 50th anniversary.

“I was star struck,” Sultan’s post reads.

“Not because my mates You Am I or Bernard Fanning but because of big Ted and little Ted. Yes!!! Just yes!!!”

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The Eagles Of Death Metal frontman used a gig in Fremantle last Wednesday

to let the audience know how he felt about the idea of Rose joining AC/DC.

Hughes asked the crowd, “How the fuck is Axl Rose going to sing with

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“There’s no way he’s going to walk on stage without being hit with bricks.”

The son of AC/DC’s Malcolm Young and nephew of Angus Young, reportedly

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Young was opening a “can of worms”, he responded, “It’s true”. Another criticised

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“One constant that I’m realising is that people always wanna hear music and their lives are

enhanced by music,” Thirsty Merc frontman Rai Thistlethwayte opines. “Music can be a really great healer; it can really help people through difficult and bad times in all sorts of capacities, and that’s what it’s been for me.”

Thirsty Merc’s world was turned upside down late last year when a tragic car crash claimed the life of their stage manager Shane Cooper and left drummer Mick Skelton in critical condition. Skelton wound up in an induced coma for five days and, Thistlethwayte explains, “He spent since then ‘til almost, like, very recently kind of just getting his strength back and going through all the recuperation, and he is gonna be back playing drums for pretty much most of the tour actually... He’s not gonna be playing in Melbourne, because the crash sort of happened on the way from Ballarat to Warrnambool so, yeah; it’s just been really emotional for everyone. But, you know, life goes on and he’s got the right attitude.”

At the time of the accident Thirsty Merc were touring to promote Shifting Gears,

the first album of “new material” the band released after “a good number of years”, and Thistlethwayte commends Skelton: “He’s been probably the most inspiring kind of element of the last while for us. I’ve been through a real rollercoaster emotionally, to be honest. Yeah, it’s just really difficult to keep everything together.” Thistlethwayte says he’s thankful he has music in his life: “[Music] definitely

has a healing element to it, I think.”As the band prepare for their upcoming

tour dates, Thistlethwayte allows, “There’s quite a lot going on. It feels like we’ve spent a lot of the last 12 months really just kind of paving the way for what is happening now... it sort of takes you a while to re-convene, get back on the scene.”

Thirsty Merc released Shifting Gears independently and Thistlethwayte admits, “It been pretty cool to sort of prove to ourselves that we can do things independently, but also kind of go out and keep cruisin’ through and still enjoy the creative side of it as much as we always did so, yeah!”

Thistlethwayte recently spent ten days in LA where he has “a little recording studio” for “a couple of songwriting sessions”. “It’s still a big challenge to write music in a lot of ways,” he muses. “It’s almost like there are sort of weird growing pains that are associated with a song... it doesn’t feel satisfied until something’s happened with it — like, it’s been a completed demo or it’s come out on a record or you’ve done the definitive recording of it as a live performance... It’s often, like, a beautiful experience, but sometimes it’s like pulling teeth, you know: a bit of an equation... it’s like a little puzzle or something.”

Musical Cure

Frontman Rai Thistlethwayte tells Bryget Chrisfield that Thirsty Merc’s drummer Mick Skelton will be back on the drum stool for “pretty much most of the tour” as he recovers from last year’s tragic car accident.

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A study done on bar peanuts revealed the presence of 27 different types of urine. With that in mind, we’re steering clear of the little bowl and ordering something more unusual, delicious and pee-free.

What: Jalapeno Poppers

Where do you get it: Barbuto — 5/16 Ocean St, Narrabeen.

Why should you get it: The other reason to stake out the bar (aside from the good-looking staff) is their fried jalapenos stuffed with cheese and aioli. It is one hell of an addictive way to clear your sinuses.

What: Saltwater crocodile pizza

Where do you get it: The Australian Hotel — 100 Cumberland St, The Rocks.

Why should you get it: It’s not really a bar snack, more a bar meal, but it’s one Crocodile Dundee would have ordered. The saltwater crocodile pizza is marinated in spicy coconut cream and fresh Thai herbs. Snap!

What: Bucket of bacon

Where do you get it: The Xing — 13 O’Brien St Bondi Beach.

Why should you get it: It’s a bucket of bacon. It goes well with red wine. Nuff said.

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Where do you get it: Momofuku Seiobo Bar — The Star, 80 Pyrmont St.

Why should you get it: Walk-in only, the reinvented bar menu includes some strange and wonderful culinary inventions like this new take on a

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Youth Week is back for another year, encompassing spaces and events for young people to share ideas, voice concerns about issues that concern them, showcase their talents, take part in competitions and celebrate their contributions in the community. This year it runs from 8 – 17 Apr and here we focus

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Answered by: Angus Megarrity (Hurstville City Council’s Youth Development Officer)

Give a brief description of the event. Be Youth is a free, all ages event featuring live music by Stellar Addiction and Lorenzo La Cava, comedy by Victoria Zerbst and Daniel Palmer, mobile rock climbing, a mechanical surfboard and loads of other fun activities.

How is the Council embracing this year’s Youth Week slogan ‘It Starts With Us’? Be Youth is an initiative of the Hurstville Youth Council with support from Hurstville City Council. The event truly reflects this year’s slogan by being designed, driven and delivered by young people, for young people.

What else is the Council planning for Youth Week? The Council is hosting a Cyber Safety seminar for parents, carers and professionals working with young people (7 Apr, Hurstville City Library). This seminar responds to an identified community need and seeks to support young people and families in being safe responsible users of technology.

When and where is your Youth Week event? 9 Apr, 243a Forest Road, Hurstville (opposite the Hurstville Transport Interchange), 10am — 2pm

Youth Week Focus

Answered by: Lorenzo La Cava

Style of music: Retro pop modern rock.

What does Youth Week mean to you? Youth Week is about bringing people, the community and young talent together to showcase what they’re passionate about. A platform for kids to develop & share their creative notions.

What do you take from this year’s Youth Week slogan ‘It Starts With Us’? It’s a positive statement that implies collaborative action. Standing up for what you believe in. Whether it’s a worldly cause or a private issue, the spirit is the same.

What is the best thing about an all ages crowd? All age shows tend to be more fun and “free”. As kids are more open at expressing their thoughts and feelings. So there’s always a receptive response to perform to.

How do young people get their voice to have an impact? By sharing their thoughts and ideas with other like-minded people. Finding another voice to speak their mind. Whether it’s online or in the ‘real world’. To connect is important.

When and where is your Youth Week set? 9 Apr, Be Youth Festival, Hurstville.

Youth Week Focus

Answered by: Laura Crowe (Willoughby Council)

Give a brief description of the event: Shoreshocked is a FREE all ages musical festival and good vibes* extravaganza featuring Art Of Sleeping, Hockey Dad, E^ST, A.D.K.O.B and more!*good vibes subject to participant stoke levels and may vary from person to person.

How is the Council embracing this year’s Youth Week slogan ‘It Starts With Us’? We understand that young people need a place to be seen and heard. We’ve made sure they’re involved with Shoreshocked from beginning to end, particularly on the day. So make sure to come and support our local talent!

What else is the Council planning for Youth Week? The Northern Sydney Councils are doing it all — sports comps, dances, parties, seminars. Hit up your local council to get the lowdown.

Doing something for Youth Week is great, but how else does the council help out young people the rest of the year? Northern Sydney councils run drop-in centres, outreach programs, educational seminars, health programs, support groups and heaps of other stuff. Most importantly though we listen, we advocate and we help young people to find their voice, then teach them to shout.

When and where is your Youth Week event? 16 Apr, St Leonards Oval, 10.30am-5pm

Youth Week Focus

Answered by: Ben Siva

Style of music: Alternative Rock.

What does Youth Week mean to you? Youth Week is really important since there’s always so many things for young people to get involved in, which there usually isn’t a lot of.

What do you take from this year’s Youth Week slogan ‘It Starts With Us’? The slogan this year is so true since bands like us and all the others we gig with will soon be leading the way in the Australian music scene.

What is the best thing about an all ages crowd? People don’t have to bring their parents and can really go crazy and have fun!

Most memorable all ages show you’ve attended? The BLYMPs at Bondi Pavilion are always really fun. The crowd really gets into the bands, even if they’ve never heard of them before

How do young people get their voice to have an impact? Our voices will always have an impact as long as we speak up and make sure people listen.

When and where is your Youth Week set? Our set is at Bondi BLITZ (17 Apr) which starts at 11.30am. We are the second band playing!


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With the news that Avicii is retiring form touring at the end of the year, by which time he’ll be 27, here are some other noted musos that stopped touring while still relatively young in the grand scheme of the music world.

The Beatles

In 1966 San Fransicso’s Candlestick Park hosted the last ever show of a tour by The Beatles. At the time, the youngest Beatle, George Harrison was 23, the oldest were Ringo Starr and John Lennon at 26 (Paul McCartney was 24).

Kate Bush

Her last tour finished in 1979 when she was 20. Although she’s made sporadic live appearances over the intervening years and had a 22-night stand at the Hammersmith Apollo in 2014, you can’t really call them tours now, can you?

Harry Nilsson

You could say Harry Nilsson “retired” from touring when he first gained notice as a musician around 1964 when he was 23. That’s because Nilsson was notable for not performing concerts or touring, even though he’d gained a certain level of success commercially.

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When artistic director of Griffin Theatre, Lee Lewis, first laid eyes on Replay she was in the audience at a

reading organised to showcase the work of the 2012 Graduate Diploma of Dramatic Art cohort at NIDA. Four years on and she’s programmed, and will direct, an extended version of the script, commissioned by Griffin, on the SBW Stables stage.

“We have been talking about this play for three years. It [was] her getting excited about the play in the first place that’s seen it hit the Griffin stage so I’m excited that Lee gets to usher it into being,” says playwright Phillip Kavanagh.

Having received multiple fellowships, awards and nominations, it could be easy to forget that, when it was first composed, Replay was only the second full-length play Kavanagh had penned. His first attempt was not, unlike those by so many others, relegated to a crumpled hold in the bottom drawer; instead, the play written as the creative component for Kavanagh’s Master of Arts thesis at Flinders University, Little Borders, was awarded The Patrick White Playwrights’ Award.

The extensive processes of researching, and reason learnt in the academic context, provided a scaffolding for Kavanagh’s practice that was further honed during his time at NIDA and writing of Replay.

“I always just start with what’s the thing that for whatever reason is just kicking around in my head and I can’t shake, then I go to the scholarly inquiry to try to make sense of that

thing and then filter that back through an imaginary world that isn’t scholarly: I’ve learned what I’m talking about and then forgotten it all so I can re-investigate from actually having a deeper understanding. It’s like you’ve done training for a journey, but you don’t carry the books you’ve studied with you; you just have to hope that all the prep you’ve done is useful and just start.

“I developed this need to research to

understand this thing that actually got thrown away, so it was about that tension between research and instinct and personal stories and imagined worlds and how they can synthesise to make these plays that aren’t scholarly themselves, but still speak to something larger through not just relying on my own hunches but detailed research and interrogative study into the ideas that bubble beneath the surface of the work.”

Theories surrounding the selective nature and malleability of memory are not only of prime importance to Kavanagh’s practice, they also provided the starting point for the inquiries that drive Replay.

“I was interested in exploring just how incredibly fallible the human memory is and how constructed it is,” Kavanagh explains. He and his brothers had reached a certain age and begun to furtively develop a collective nostalgia for their shared childhood, but a consensus needed to be reached.

“It’s this idea that all memory is an act of reconstruction, and constant reconstruction, and every time we handle a memory we’re altering it and narrativising it and in a sense making them further and further from what actually happened and just into what we need to have happened.”

Total Replay

Talking with Dave Drayton, Phillip Kavanagh details the research, refinement and repetition that resulted in Replay.

What:ReplayWhen & Where:To 7 May, SBW Stables Theatre

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Have You Been To

Answered by: Alex Dugan (Newtown Neighbourhood Centre)

Why should punters visit you? For free tunes and flower power! It’s about celebrating difference and diversity — and weirdness — in Newtown. A community full of colourful characters, locally run initiatives and creative cultural events and experiences.

What’s the history of the event? The idea was born from our community consultation and concerns around a changing ‘vibe’ in Newtown. Locals want to ensure that the open, weird, wonderful and diverse vibe of Newtown remains and thrives.

Any advice for first timers who want to visit the event? Swing by Newtown Station first for a free flower, then take the time to soak up the Newtown Vibe.

Who’s performing this time around? A man and his organ Ben Palumbo, drag Icon Brenda Trollope, magician Anthony Dillon, singer Debbie Neilson, plus live art from Rebecca Murphy. Hosted by the outrageous Mick Moisture.

Do you have any plans for the event in the future? As people who love to live, play and work in Newtown, we want to ensure we protect the vibe of our diverse, vibrant community. We’re taking steps to ensure this happens, head to: newtowncentre.org/newtown-vibe1.html

When and where for your next event? 8 Apr, Newtown Square, 6-8pm

Website link for more info? newtowncentre.org/fri-night-vibes.html

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Album Focus

Answered by: Nick Moller

Album title: Blood Desire

Where did the title of your new album come from? It is named after one of the songs on the album, we thought it represented the album very well. After listening back to it we all had a desire for more.

How many releases do you have now? This is our second album release, we released a self-titled debut in 2013, which was well received.

How long did it take to write/record? We wrote the tracks over the span of a year, while playing shows up and down the east coast of Australia.

Was anything in particular inspiring you during the making? Our passion for music and just to be as heavy as well as catchy as possible. We all had influences from different sources and brought them together.

What’s your favourite song on it? Mine personally would be Genocide, it showcases a few styles throughout the entirety of the song.

Will you do anything differently next time? Only to try and be even heavier and even more catchy, hah!

When and where is your launch/next gig? 16 Apr, Narrabeen RSL.

Website link for more info?: tickets.oztix.com.au/default.aspx?Event=61257

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Answered by: Bassik

Why should punters visit you? If you’re into an eclectic range of music, then this is the party you’ve been searching for all along. We’re known for pushing the boundaries with two main rooms filled with two very different styles!

What’s the history of the event? The Argyle is actually a heritage listed building dating from 1826 and has hosted some of the largest names since they’ve taken over, such as Helena Legend, Brody Jenner & Yolanda be Cool.

Any advice for first timers who want to visit the event? Get in early, avoid the lines and order their famous espresso martinis!

Who’s performing this time around? House legend Ben Morris will be rocking the main room, while Sydney’s most energetic duo Bassik will dominate all things hip hop and R&B in The Backroom.

Do you have any plans for the event in the future? Yes! It’s officially The Argyle’s ninth birthday on April 16. And as a birthday gift we’re partying with Throttle, The Faders, Minx and Glover all weekend long and you’re invited!

When and where for your next event? The Argyle, Every Friday & Saturday night from 8pm.

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I can remember a time around my middle years of high school, and well before it was fashionable to induce projectile vomiting with excessive consumption of coloured milk, being introduced to Mike Parr. Not the artist but his work, his performance pieces in particular: vomiting blue paint up in galleries, hacking off a prosthetic arm filled with meat with a tomahawk before

attaching a pink knitted replacement limb and talking to the audience about just how all of that made them feel... And I remember thinking, being the vaguely but staunchly, anti-everything teenager that I was, ‘This bloke is a profound dickhead of the highest order.’ I was infatuated.

In recent performance work BDH Parr played the Talking Heads track Burning Down The House, torched three quarters of a million dollar’s worth of his own work and distributed leaflets with information about climate change. Even though he incinerated a small field of prints in BDH, there’s still plenty of work left. So much, in fact, that you can still walk all over to The Side I Least Like, a collection of 164 sketches on loan from the Art Gallery Of NSW, displayed at the Embassy of Disappearance, as Carriageworks has been renamed for the Biennale.

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A Tribe Called Quest were the most commercially successful of the Native Tongues collective, among its other cohorts De La Soul. The trio’s Afrocentric outlook was affirming, unlike California’s gangsta rap. They also advanced jazz-hop. ATCQ debuted with 1990’s cult People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm. Ironically, Taylor, then diffident, featured on few tracks. He’d come to the fore as a street, comic counterpoint to the cerebral Q-Tip on their classic second album, The Low End Theory. Amid internal discord, A Tribe Called Quest announced their split with a subliminal fifth album, 1998’s The Love Movement. They did engender controversy. Jive Records rejected their The Low End Theory track Georgie Porgie because of homophobic lyrics(!).

Taylor cameoed on TLC’s CrazySexyCool and aired 2000’s solo Ventilation: Da LP, with input from J Dilla. Reunited, A Tribe Called Quest toured Australia in 2010. They reissued their debut for its 25th anniversary with bonus remixes, Pharrell Williams tweaking Bonita Applebum. A Tribe Called Quest’s surviving members have lauded Taylor’s influence as “seismic”. Respected Australian DJ MzRizk tells OG, “A Tribe Called Quest was my intro to hip hop at seven- or eight-years-old — I appreciate that I was born into a time that had rappers like Phife... Thanks for the raps and laughs, Phife, [aka] the Five Foot Assassin.”

OG Flavas has variously interviewed all three of New York group A Tribe Called Quest. DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad was amiable and thoughtful. Q-Tip,

the ‘star’ rapper, was aloof. By contrast, his underrated fellow MC Malik “Phife Dawg” Taylor was engaging and forthright. Though Taylor long battled diabetes, his recent passing at 45 has shocked fans. Kendrick Lamar led a tribute at his Sydney concert, the footage going viral.

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On Easter Monday I was driving

around town and WSFM was on the stereo. At about 11.45 in the morning a familiar

motorcycle rev and a riff buried deep in my subconscious suddenly burst forth from my Alpine’s. I nearly ran off the road in shock as Motley Crue’s 1987 stripper anthem Girls Girls Girls played on a station usually known for its love of Phil Collins (not a bad thing). My wife laughed, but as the song played out I became more surprised and baffled.

The track is nearly 30 years old, so certainly fits the classic hits criteria, but this country has always been notoriously bland and safe when it came to playing actual rock music on the radio. When the rock stations bust out the obligatory Kickstart My Heart or Enter Sandman we kinda go ‘yeah, awesome’ but the rest of the time it’s the same familiar and honestly boring old shit they’ve been playing forever. My years of trying to get radio programmers to broaden their playlists both when I was at the major labels and as an independent PR guy are always met with the same response of ‘it’s not what our listeners want’. While all I get from the US are copies of the Active Rock chart where relatively ‘hard rock’ bands like Sevendust, Five Finger Death Punch, Rob Zombie, From Ashes To New and Drowning Pool are constant top five charters. Sure, we don’t actually have an active rock format here, so get used to having to call Muse a rock band and put up with Green Day and Sting ad nauseam in between sports updates and traffic reports. But why? Most rock fans would know who Parkway Drive are and yet they get no airplay beyond a bit of triple j. Northlane were a number one charting band and many others sell tonnes of albums, pack out their shows, have huge social media numbers and yet continue to be ignored at a commercial level when in fact a lot of them are doing better than those bands getting coverage.

When bands in the US can make theme songs for wrestlers — one of Motorhead’s best songs, The Game, was written specifically for WWE star Triple H — and entire NFL teams run on to the field to metal songs, why do we still get yesterday’s stars and oh so safe pop rockers to perform at our grand finals? It’s a rhetorical question, we all know the answer.

So while it was mildly exciting to hear a Crue song on the FM dial, it shouldn’t be. Im not expecting to hear Fucking Hostile on the Classic 9 at 9, but c’mon. There’s more to playlists then 30 Chisel songs and a Blink 182 track. Black Sabbath are coming, did you know they had more than one song besides Paranoid? And Iron Maiden wrote more than Run To The Hills 34 years ago? Tell the programming department of your local radio station!

Metal And

Hard Rock

With

Chris Maric


Album / EAlbum/EP Reviews

Instrumentally, lyrically, sonically, visually, it’s always been about pushing contrasts for Deftones. Their eighth studio record with the icky-sounding title alongside artwork of flamingos in flight was unlikely to stray from this winning dynamic. Yet one can never accuse them of being formulaic.

Opener Prayers/Triangles epitomises their classic sound; the pushiness of bassist Sergio Vega’s magnificent Fender VI anchors guitarist Stephen Carpenter’s high, echoing riffs as Frank Delgado provides subtle electronic flourishes, Abe Cunningham puts personality into heavy rock percussion and Chino Moreno slinks and screams his way throughout. The most surprising moment comes late as Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains) drops an unexpected and massive guitar solo – yes, a guitar solo on a Deftones record – on Phantom Bride. This quickly becomes a favourite for its melodic diversion, while Cantrell comes to mind again on Pittura Infamante as Moreno recalls the Alice In Chains brothers at their harmonising best. Hearts/Wires is a massive, though outstanding, departure – eerie, atmospheric and thin, it takes almost three minutes to receive the ‘ahh, there it is’ smack over the head of Carpenter’s ever-ready wall of guitars. Gore is Deftones alright – menacing, ragged, aggressive, tender, emotive and soothing – though more instrumentally agile, airier, and varied in terms of tone and rhythm.

Tyler McLoughlan

NYC four-piece Parquet Courts have bounced back from the wilful dissonance of 2015’s largely instrumental Monastic Living EP with their most straightforward album to date, although coming from these garage-tinged post-punks it’s still far from conventional. They’ve always been prolific, yet their fractured aesthetic has never been throwaway, and Human Performance represents the band’s most concerted creative effort.

There’s an inherent vitality to Parquet Courts’ music, but here it favours personal reflection over propulsion, the arrangements reined-in slightly but fully realised and with plenty happening in the margins. The vistas are dominated by the often-dark worldview of frontman Andrew Savage whose pained quest seems deeper

Anthony ‘M83’ Gonzalez’s seventh album seems holed up in a humid Californian motel: a blinking cathode ray tube channel surfing the marvellous and the monotonous into one glorious yet flawed soundtrack.

Anyone who stocked up on Kleenex for another emotion wrought cinematic journey probably felt they’d stumbled awkwardly into a fancy dress party instead of a funeral when Do It, Try It dropped; its ragtime piano beefed up by a slap-bass. It feels more like a novelty single than something Tom Cruise would hear as he heroically charges to save the future.

It’s this disposable culture that Gonzalez celebrates on Junk, fire-selling his stock which is becoming predictable. An M83 instrumental called Moon Crystal sounds irresistible, right? Sure it is, if you loved

Parquet CourtsHuman PerformanceRough Trade/Remote Control

★★★★

M83JunkPod/Inertia

★★★

than existential, his tortured lyrics stripping away all vestiges of artifice to expose the core of the human condition. Dust opens with a honed burst of anxiety before the title track details a broken relationship with damaged, disarming honesty, while the epic One Man No City — a diatribe about solitude at home — nestles next to Berlin Got Blurry’s analysis of loneliness abroad. Pathos Prairie is a scarred deconstruction of nature versus nurture, while melancholic closer It’s Gonna Happen yearns achingly for authenticity. Intelligent introspection of deceptive depth and considerable charm.

Steve Bell

the music that played over The Golden Girls end credits. Yet its inessentiality is followed by a Susanne Sundfør union on For The Kids with (another M83 staple) talking children! Rave-monk vocals return for Solitude and Beck starring on Time Wind is the kind of ‘80s FM synth-pop obsession Phoenix used to trade.

M83 albums are often contently exhausting experiences, but Junk is destined for short term consumption.

Mac McNaughton

Album OF THE Week

DeftonesGoreReprise/Warner

★★★★


EP ReviewsAlbum/EP Reviews

Ben Harper & The Innocent CriminalsCall It What It IsStax/Caroline

FilterCrazy EyesWind Up

Ben WattFever DreamUnmade Road/Caroline

HalfwayThe Golden Halfway RecordPlus One Records

★★★½ ★★★½★★★★ ★★★★

Eight years on from last recording together, Ben Harper’s back with one of his original supports, the Innocent Criminals.But while many Harper collaborations have specifi c styles, his Criminals’ albums have always been a genre free-for-all that’s only really worked once before with 1997’s classic, The Will To Live. This somewhat recaptures that magic with a great AC/DC tribute in When Sex Was Dirty and bluesy Black Lives Matter anthem Call It What It Is. Tribal elements emerge in How Dark Is Gone while Finding Our Way turns up the reggae. There’s no overall coherent direction here but there’s no dud songs either and quite a few high points along the way.

Paul Barbieri

Given mainstay Richard Patrick’s ear for an engaging melody, it’s surprising industrialised heavy-hitters Filter haven’t enjoyed an Australian hit for eons now.

Crazy Eyes isn’t obviously penned with radio intentions, although hooks do seep through (Take Me To Heaven). Flanked by a fresh crop of musicians, from caustic, synth-laden Mother E onwards, Patrick appears revitalised and enraged. Kid Blue From The Short Bus, Drunk Bunk references formative years, both in title and musically. Littered with electronics and effects, ambient moments channel their debut without merely rehashing. Not that the LP’s sans guitar crunch either, meaning diehards will be feeling a-ok.

Brendan Crabb

A new album from the very established artist/producer/DJ Ben Watt (notably of Everything But The Girl) might be the album you didn’t know you were waiting for.

Fever Dream is a singer-songwriter album with thoughtful, slightly melancholy songs that benefit from maturity and subtle production. The loose, easy pace and twinkling keyboard on Between Two Fires is inviting like a Tobias Jesso Jr song. Bernard Butler’s guitar on Women’s Company adds extra wistfulness. On Bricks & Wood the line “It was our parent’s house no more” is simple yet weighty. This is an album for the change of seasons.

Tara Johnston

Three years ago, Halfway wore their country influences proudly on their sleeve, with 2013’s Any Old Love never shy to bust out the pedal steel and Nashville twang.

On The Golden Halfway Record they reach beyond the tight confines of that genre, and their ambition really pays off. While the sound of big belt buckles might not be as prominent, the emotional weight and tight songwriting are as impressive as ever. It may have been recorded in Nashville, but The Golden Halfway Record has a grounded, central Queensland humility at its core that makes every word and note that much more sincere.

Pete Laurie

Night MovesPennied Days

Zakk WyldeBook Of Shadows II

Green BuzzardEazy Queezy Squeezy

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Tinpan OrangeLove Is A DogIndependent

The LumineersCleopatraDualtone/Universal

Summer FlakeHello FriendsRice Is Nice

Tim HeckerLove Streams4AD/Remote Control

★★★½ ★★★★★★★★ ★★★★

The ethereal voice of Emily Lubitz once again transfixes on Tinpan Orange’s latest Love Is A Dog.

The mesmerising, breathy warble helming the Melbourne three-piece’s folk-tinged escapades is the star of their fifth album, but there’s some earthy substance beneath the glossy surface, no doubt with partial thanks to co-production by The Cat Empire’s Harry James Angus and mixing by Adam Selzer (M Ward, Monsters Of Folk). The distinctly feminine musings in Rich Man are underpinned by moody piano and strings, loaded questions like “Am I old enough to be old?” in Cities Of Gold intrigue and Lucky One’s meandering guitar noodles break up the tension.

Carley Hall

Colorado folk rockers The Lumineers’ second LP manages to be both expansive and intimate.

From the slow-build and rolling tempo changes of opener Sleep On The Floor, to the honky-tonk flourishes of single Ophelia, to the foot-stomping title track; the spacious arrangements, narrative lyrics and ‘live’ sound put you right in the room with the band. Cleopatra threatens to run out of steam during its ballad-heavy back-end, though Patience, a touching 90-second instrumental, closes the album nicely — a note of gratitude perhaps to the fans kept waiting four years for album number two to drop. It was worth the wait.

Tim Kroenert

One of the most unsung acts in the country, Summer Flake opens her second album with the wistfully glorious Son Of A Gun.

Every song is arresting — the hushed lurk of Shoot And Score, the plaintive solitude of Tumbling Down and the slow creep country-noir reverb of Look How Far We’ve Come. Wine Won’t Wash Away steps into ‘90s Liz Phair levels of fuzz and candour, both lost in the moment and the bottom of another bottle, languor waning into something approaching buoyancy. With its melancholy spiked with grit and weary optimism, Hello Friends is a winner all the way.

Brendan Telford

Love Streams pulls at the heartstrings in conflicting ways that are hard to comprehend let alone write about.

Tim Hecker may be invoking the “L” word in the title, but there’s an inerasable melancholy to his eighth album. If it really has a theme of love, then Cupid is horribly doomed as Music Of The Air and Castrati Stack cut straight to the core with fractured choral drifts provided by the Icelandic Choir Ensemble. Despite the use of advanced technology, Love Streams is a triumph of heartbreak and wonder. Get lost in this.

Christopher H James

BombinoAzel

Mike & The MelvinsThree Men And A Baby

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MEAN STREETS (1973)

ALICE DOESN’T LIVE HERE ANYMORE (1974)

TAXI DRIVER (1976)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK (1977)

RAGING BULL (1980)

THE KING OF COMEDY (1982)

GOODFELLAS (1990)

THE AGE OF INNOCENCE (1993)

CASINO (1995)

THE AVIATOR (2004)

Essential Scorsese: Selected by David Stratton is presented in partnership with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) and the National Film & Sound Archive (NFSA).

ESSENTIAL SCORSESE: SELECTED BY DAVID STRATTON

8–19 JUNE

At the Art Gallery of NSW 11–19 June as part of the 63rd Sydney Film Festival

Tickets on sale now at sff.org.au/scorseseThe retrospective program of 10 specially imported 35mm prints, features iconic works by one of the most influential directors of our time, curated by one of Australia’s great masters of film criticism.

Album out this Friday 8 April

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L i v e R e


Live Reviews

Nicholas Allbrook, Flowertruck, Through The Forest DoorNewtown Social Club29 MarLuke O’Farrell of The Laurels opens the night as Through The Forest Door - a single guitarist under yellow lights. At the moment his focus seems to be a kind of moody pop. It’s moving and atmospheric, just one voice and a frail guitar line, but it’s the layered guitar lines (thanks looper pedal!) of some breakdowns that are the most satisfying to hear.

Flowertruck, led by charismatic frontman Charles Rushforth, kick things up a level. We’ve got a middle-aged man dancing in the centre - like he’s got moves - and the rest of the slowly filling room move to stand and groove. The Sydney dance-pop band have definitely got that special something that piques your interest - whether that be the mundane everyday lyrics a la Sunshower and I Wanna Be With You off last year’s EP Dirt, or the stage antics, banter, and unique almost ‘80s pop vocals of Rushworth. He’s a showman, and he keeps our attention.

But now it’s time for the main event - Nicholas Allbrook. Yes, yes, we know the talented Allbrook from every-Perth-band-ever (POND, Tame Impala, Allbrook/Avery), but his solo efforts are a different beast entirely. We’re talking glam-pop, sometimes restrained, but more often than not outgoing, outlandish. Allbrook is out of this world - he operates on a totally different plain to us mere mortals, and we ought to be grateful, because he’s showing us something we rarely see.

Allbrook brings a sense of atmosphere, a mood to fill the room, even as he stands centre stage armed only by a pre-records and his electric guitar. It’s his unique spacey vocals that

keep us in thrall - particularly on opener Pretty Story. Then Allbrook spends the rest of the night alternating his position - standing reverent in front of the mic for the single he’s touring tonight, Advance, or romping around the stage for Whispers

Of Beauty, or in the thick of the crowd, leaning back, being groped by overexcited punters (“You really know how to make a man feel special”). All this while he continues to wail on his sometimes-funky guitar, and it’s making sounds we weren’t even sure were possible. Oh, and he grabs a flute too.

A high point comes when he invites the mononymous Josh - who he definitely did not meet at the pub yesterday - up on stage to play sax on Tramadol With Fear. It’s joyous and fun, a really lovely moment. Another highlight comes in the form of the passionate The Man’s Not Me, Allbrook selling it with his performance. Awe-inspiring. “I’m going to play another one down with you guys, and then I’ll call it off - because it’s fun down there.” He closes with Blanket 3072. Glam and grand.

“Glam and grand.”

Hannah Story

Nahko & Medicine For The People, Mike LoveMetro Theatre30 MarThe talented stylings of Mike Love opened up the stage at Metro Theatre last night by dropping straight into some great reggae grooves. As all four band members were positioned

Nicholas Allbrook @ Newtown Social Club. Pic: Clare Hawley


Nahko & Medicine For The People @ Metro Theatre. Pic: Clare Hawley

Nahko & Medicine For The People @ Metro Theatre. Pic: Clare Hawley

Nahko & Medicine For The People @ Metro Theatre.

Pic: Clare Hawley


Glam and grand.

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in a row each musician got to share in the limelight. The set highlight came as the crowd chanted “Who will stand with me and fight?” to which Love replied “Who will fight for our mother of the land and the seas?”

First shrouding the stage with incense, Nahko & Medicine For The People emerge amid the haze to a cheering and amped crowd. Wearing a Rolling Stones T-shirt Nahko Bear goes straight for the Telecaster saying “We are just gonna rock out a bit up here so I hope you don’t mind.” And they did just that, playing through a few tracks from their latest album On The Verge. The crowd cheers wildly as the acoustic plucking of 7 Feathers began.

Budding Trees follows and the crowd naturally dances along to its upbeat rhythm and catchy chorus. Nahko sings along happily before cutting the song midway through and humbly apologising for forgetting the lyrics. Luckily Nahko Bear knows how to roll with the punches and launches into his own little comedy act saying, “You guys have no idea the amount of weird shit that can go through your head on stage like, ‘Is my fly undone and is it too weird if I check?’, or ‘Did I just fart?’”

The first hour of the show is predominantly made up of material from their album Black As Night, including the hit Aloha Ke Akua, which reaches new musical heights as the crowd belted out the chorus in unison. As the set moves into the second hour the band left the

stage leaving Bear and drummer Justin Chittams to sing a duet medley of covers. From Drake to Fetty Wap to Adele, Bieber and even some Bob Marley the list goes on and on and on, the crowd cheers wildly.

Then the stage goes dark plunging the crowd into confusion and cries for more. A light filters down on the stage to reveal violinist, Tim Snider playing his instrument like a bass and looping a few melodies before bringing it up to his chin and stringing out a couple of mournful notes. Gradually increasing in tempo Snider starts to launch into a breakneck pace of intense riffs. With most of the hairs literally flayed off of his bow and his head banging wildly the show took a wholly unexpected turn as Medicine For The People jump right into a lengthy, experimental and incredibly psychedelic reggae space-jam.

Each musician took a turn leading the charge but the highlights rode in on the shoulders of guitarist Chase Makai whose talented bluesy climbs so naturally complemented the swirling sounds of reggae. And after a groovy musical Simon Says between the crowd and trumpeter Max Ribner, the entire Mike Love band returned to the stage. Not a single person in the crowd wasn’t smiling ear to ear, most of all bassist, Patricio Zuñiga Labarca, who was grinning, grooving and loving every single second of it.

As the jam whittles down to just acoustic strumming somewhere around the shows two-and-a-half-hour mark, Nahko ends the show with Black As Night’s title track. As the crowd chants along with the chorus “I am no master, I know nothin’’ the audience’s journey with Nahko & Medicine For The People came to an end.

Luke Saunders

The Last Waltz RevisitedSydney Opera House1 AprWe can’t really go into the history and folklore of The Band’s legendary final blowout 40 years ago.

If necessary, Googlise and/or check out Martin Scorsese’s sprawling documentary, and decide for yourself if Neil Young was coked off his scone, whether Neil Diamond should have been in the room, or pondering if Band leader Robbie Robertson was a genius or just a bit of a dick.

The RocKwiz banner here makes sense. You get a band that cover the range of music their forebears could, variously dealing with blues, funk, honky tonk, and what we’d now likely call alt-country. Drummer Peter Luscombe was a special delight, channelling the great Levon Helm in loose-limbed beat-keeping, stretching for the backing vocals, and facial grimaces.

Throw in Ash Naylor spooling out guitar lines with genuine affection, and Vika & Linda Bull just being typically flawless and effortless in what they do, and this was no ordinary covers show.

Then there’s the catalogue of guests to handle the range of singing styles. Some surprising: Richard Clapton surfaces, reading the words to Up On Cripple Creek but having a damn good time. A revitalised Kevin Borich - “One of my heroes since I was in footy shorts,” according to that Rogers chap we’ll get to in a minute - cranking out blues licks for Who Do You Love? and Mannish Boy like it was the Bondi Lifesaver, circa 1974.

Paul Dempsey seemed a soul released as well. There was a joy to him, even winning against those unfurling brass lines in the glory of The Night

They Drove Old Dixie Down.As The Shape I’m In

launched, behind this scribe there was a candid admission: “Yeah, I’d still fuck Tim Rogers.” Fair point. For his part, Rogers was typically expansive - hip-swivelling, smart-arsing, adding harmonica or shaking the maracas as called for, or even when not.

But Olympia was the revelation. In fearsomely tailored suit and shock of bleached hair, she is Joni Mitchell’s lilt for Coyote, then all broken tenderness for Helpless.

If there’s a problem, it’s still the strange formality an audience seems to develop by simply being in this venue. Even a surprise appearance from Brian Nankervis’ poetic alter-ego Raymond J Bartholomew didn’t really loosen bums from seats, although we’re all on our feet following the final ensemble rendition of I Shall Be Released.

Ross Clelland

Olympia was the revelation.

Not a single person in the crowd wasn’t smiling.


Arts ReviewsArts Reviews

It is always interesting to see a foreign film reach local shores that presents a window into an intimate society from a land far away. The Icelandic film Rams, directed by Grimur Hakonarson and the winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes last year, is such a film.Set in a secluded Icelandic valley, the film is the story of two brothers who live next to each other yet haven’t spoken in 40 years, who must interact when a fatal disease threatens the lives of what they love most: their sheep.Rams is certainly niche, with subtle humour and slow pacing, though beautiful to look at

RamsFiddler On The Roof. PIc: Jeff Busby

Fiddler On

The Roof

with its Icelandic landscape. It is also a very quiet film, focused on silent emotions rather than dialogue. It may seem partly alienating, even monotonous at times, but this offbeat tale delivers in themes of love, community and family relations. The film is full of pathos — which grows stronger as you learn more about the characters — and its bleak ending will burn into memory.The actors feel authentic, believable and sympathetic. As for the brothers: Sigurour Sigurjonsson is incredibly expressive as the main protagonist Gummi, while Theodor Juliusson in supporting role Kiddi is daring, and both are ultimately affecting.

Overall, Rams is a quaint little film worth seeing for its themes and landscapes.

Sean Capel

Rams

TheatreCapitol Theatre to 6 May

★★★★

The last time Australian audiences saw a production of Fiddler On The Roof, the star of the show was the legendary Chaim Topol. There are few Australian musical actors who have the star power to step into Topol’s shoes, but Anthony Warlow makes his leading turn as Tevye look easy.

Built up around its leading man, this production has plenty of delightful, charming performances — Mark Mitchell throws himself into duet To Life and Sigrid Thornton has plenty of wit and bite as Tevye’s wife Golde — but surprisingly one of the few actors to really step out of Warlow’s shadow is young actor Monica Swayne. Playing Tevye’s second eldest daughter Hodel, Swayne’s comedic expressions and energy in Matchmaker, Matchmaker are given a beautiful counter-point when she really taps into the melancholy heart of Far From The Home I Love in the second half. A story of Jewish tradition and exile set at the beginning of last century in Russia, this production of Fiddler plays itself out on a simple and effective set of wooden matchstick houses where the comforts of home easily overcome a lack of wealth. And family is more important than anything, even traditions.

Danielle O’Donohue

FilmIn cinemas 7 Apr

★★★


“One of the most interesting musicians around”

BOSTON GLOBE

$30 for under 30’s.

City Recital Hall, SydneySat 16 April 2pm & Mon 18 April 7pmVisit cityrecitalhall.com or call 02 8256 2222TI

CKETS

Comedy / GDeradoorian: 16 Apr

Newtown Social Club


Wed 06Songs On Stage feat. Russell Neal: Bald Faced Stag, Leichhardt

Songs On Stage feat. Stuart Jammin: Balgownie Hotel, Balgownie

Robyn Schall + Steve Bedwell: Brass Monkey, Cronulla

Cinemusica with Australian Chamber Orchestra : City Recital Hall, Sydney

Mitch Anderson & His Organic Orchestra: Coopers Hotel, Newtown

The World According To James + Greening/Elphick/Sutherland Trio: Foundry 616, Sydney

Mucho Sonar + Royal Chant + The Burning Roaches: Frankie’s Pizza By The Slice, Sydney

Sean McMahon & The Moon Men + Elwood Myre + Callum Wylie: Gasoline Pony, Marrickville

Dr TAOS + Lab 64 + Sharlnene Raidford: LazyBones Lounge, Marrickville

Gordie Tentrees: Lizottes Newcastle, Lambton

Don Hopkins: Low 302, Darlinghurst

Manouche Wednesday feat. Gadjo Guitars: Mr Falcon’s, Glebe

Mark Travers: Orient Hotel, The Rocks

The Roots & Riddim Club with Errol Renaud Trio + DJ Dizar: Play Bar, Surry Hills

El Grande + Capital Coast + Cameron Little: Rad Bar, Wollongong

Joseph Calderazzo: Rock Lily, Pyrmont

Musos Club Jam Night: Ruby L’Otel, Rozelle

The Beards: Studio Six, Sutherland

Sarah Blasko + Jack Colwell + Lupa J: The Abbey, Nicholls

The Spin Drifters: The Basement, Sydney

Chris Isaak + James Reyne: The Star Event Centre, Pyrmont

The Bennies + Off With Their Heads + High Time + Sketch Method: Transit Bar, Canberra City

Tony Abbott & the Great Regret + Three Speed Machine + Victa: Valve Bar, Ultimo

Thu 07Sarah Blasko + Jack Colwell + Lupa J: Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul

Sevsons + Genetics + Ebonivory + Winfield: Bald Faced Stag, Leichhardt

The East Pointers + The Mae Trio: Brass Monkey, Cronulla

The Bennies + Off With Their Heads + High Time + The Cereal Picnic: Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle West

Keith Donnelly: Camelot Lounge, Marrickville

Caravan Slam: Camelot Lounge (Django Bar), Marrickville

The Beards: Carrington Hotel (Baroque Room), Katoomba

The World Famous Comedy Store Showcase: Comedy Store, Moore Park

Dave Anthony: Crown Hotel, Sydney

Steve Edmonds Band: Frankie’s Pizza By The Slice, Sydney

The Lee Three + Liz Clear + Jo Meares: Gasoline Pony, Marrickville

Harbourview Hullabaloo feat. Tim Walker + Chris Brookes + Zack Martin: Harbour View Hotel, Dawes Point

Robyn Schall + Steve Bedwell: Lizottes Newcastle, Lambton

Live & Originals feat. Our Teal Blu + Blonde Baggage + Mark n The Blues: Mercantile Hotel, The Rocks

RB: Mr Falcon’s, Glebe

The Dead Love + Surprise Wasp + Eugene: Newtown Social Club, Newtown

Slide McBride Band: Orient Hotel, The Rocks

Modern Baseball: Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst

Motez: Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst

Beatlab with Various DJs: Play Bar, Surry Hills

Archy Punker + Vulpes Vulpes + The Traks: Rad Bar, Wollongong

Reggae Night with Errol Renaud: Rock Lily, Pyrmont

Hot Damn! feat. Young Lions + Into The Wild: Scary Canary, Sydney

The Midnight Tea Party + Scruffamudda + Brokebeat Mountain: Slyfox, Enmore

Thirsty Merc + Tequila Mockingbyrd: Southern Cross Club, Woden

FU Cancer feat. Catherine Britt + Wendy Matthews + Josh Pyke + Wes Carr + Ellie Drennan: The Basement, Sydney

Gareth Jay: The Beach Hotel, Merewether

Ryan Downey + Brendon Moon: The Newsagency, Marrickville

String Elephants + Northbourne Flats + Slow Dial: The Phoenix, Canberra

Chris Isaak + James Reyne: The Star Event Centre, Pyrmont

Ego Monkey: The White Horse Hotel, Surry Hills

Super Heroes & Villains Party: Uni Bar, Wollongong

The Guide

The Music PresentsCaligula’s Horse: 15 Apr Oxford Art Factory; 16 Apr The Basement Canberra; 17 Apr Small Ballroom Newcastle

Deradoorian: 16 Apr Newtown Social Club

The Gum Ball: 22 – 24 Apr Dashville

Ratatat: 27 Apr Enmore Theatre

William Crighton: 29 Apr The Vanguard; 30 Apr Stag & Hunter Newcastle

Henry Wagons: 13 May Newtown Social Club

The Cat Empire: 14 May Bar On The Hill Newcastle; 15 May Entrance Leagues; 19 – 21 May Enmore Theatre, 22 May Canberra Theatre

DMA’S: 10 Jun, Metro Theatre

The Rubens: 24 Jun Hordern Pavilion

Elizabeth Rose: 24 Jun Oxford Art Factory, 25 Jun Argyle House Newcastle

sleepmakeswaves: 8 Aug UniBar Wollongong; 10 Aug Cambridge Hotel Newcastle; 11 Aug ANU Bar Canberra; 12 Aug Metro Theatre

Better Than Moonshine

Sean McMahon & The Moon Men have a heap of shows this week to celebrate new LP Shiner. You can see them Wednesday through Sunday at Gasoline Pony, The Junkyard, The Stag & Hunter Hotel and Marrickville Bowling Club.

Sean McMahon & The Moon Men

Power Players

Heavy rock four-piece Maids are on the road with for their Girl Power single tour, the second stop of which is at Captain Cook Hotel on Saturday. Special guests Pat Chow are playing support.

Maids

Gigs / Live


The Guide

Sean Simmons (The Spoils) + Ed Clayton-Jones: Union Hotel, Newtown

Bad Absalom + Pearshaped Orange + Samurai Lullaby + Hey Lady!: Valve Bar (Basement), Ultimo

Fri 08Leroy Lee: 99 On York, Sydney

City & Colour + Little May: Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul

Royal Chant + The Burning Roaches + PJ Orr & the Night Managers: Bald Faced Stag, Leichhardt

Twin Fires: Bank Hotel (Waywards), Newtown

Soul Roots Revival Band + Swamp To Sahara: Brass Monkey, Cronulla

Wild Honey + HiaGround + Morning TV: Brighton Up Bar, Darlinghurst

Original Sin - INXS Show: Bull & Bush, Baulkham Hills

Lolo Lovina: Camelot Lounge (Django Bar), Marrickville

Bump City: Camelot Lounge, Marrickville

Rob Eastwood: Campbelltown Catholic Club, Campbelltown

Tom Stephens + Mike McCarthy + Lady Lyon: Captain Cook Hotel, Paddington

Michael Kopp: Chatswood RSL, Chatswood

Eptic + Trampa + D-Jahsta + Basslines + more: Chinese Laundry, Sydney

Soundbird: Colonial Hotel, Werrington


Red Slim: Coogee Diggers, Coogee

Ted Nash Duo: Crown Hotel, Sydney

Crossroads: Dapto Leagues Club (Members Lounge), Dapto

Cult with Paris Groovescooter + DJ Rise + Derek Turner: Different Drummer, Glebe

Georgia White: Dural Country Club, Dural

Sarah Blasko + Jack Colwell + Lupa J: Enmore Theatre, Newtown

Low + Mike Noga + Jep & Dep: Factory Theatre, Marrickville

Joeys Coop + The On and Ons: Factory Theatre (Factory Floor), Marrickville

Karaoke: Figtree Hotel, West Wollongong

Texas Strangers: Fitzroy Hotel, Windsor

The Bravados: Gasoline Pony, Marrickville

Elwood Myre + Sean McMahon & The Moon Men: Grand Junction Hotel (The Junkyard), Maitland

The East Pointers + The Mae Trio: Hotel Gearin, Katoomba

Bernie Segedin: Jacksons on George, Sydney

Blake Wiggins: Kings Park Tavern, Kings Park

The Pigs: Lizottes Newcastle, Lambton

Somatik: Manly Wharf Hotel, Manly

Tuka + Ecca Vandal: Manning Bar, Camperdown

Brown Sugar: Marble Bar, Sydney

Thirsty Merc + Tequila Mockingbyrd: Metro Theatre, Sydney

Whisky & Rhymes: Mr Falcon’s, Glebe

The Lulu Raes + Polish Club + Nick Nuisance & The Delinquents: Newtown Social Club, Newtown

Jade Le Fly: Oatley Hotel, Oatley

Wildcatz: Orient Hotel, The Rocks

Brad Johns: Oriental Hotel, Springwood

The Bennies + Off With Their Heads + High Time + Ebolagoldfish: Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst

Blake Tailor: Penrith Panthers (Squires Terrace Bar), Penrith

Phat Play Fridays with DJ Juzzlikedat + Makoto + DJ Benny Hinn: Play Bar, Surry Hills

Darren Johnstone: Quakers Inn, Quakers Hill

Psychic Sun + Tropical Zombie + Ugly Mundays: Rad Bar, Wollongong

Next Best Thing: Ramsgate RSL, Sans Souci

Soulganic: Revesby Workers (Infinity Lounge), Revesby

Fr Rob Galea: Riverside Theatre, Parramatta

Ross Noble: Riverside Theatre, Parramatta

Clever Little Secretaries + Glen Cunningham Duo + DJ Kitsch 78: Rock Lily, Pyrmont

Vanessa Heinitz: Tahmoor Inn, Tahmoor

Dragon: Terrey Hills Tavern, Terrey Hills

Frenzal Rhomb + Clowns + Urge To Kill: The Basement, Belconnen

Unlocking The Doors - Doors Tribute Band: The Basement, Sydney

Robyn Schall + Steve Bedwell: The Bridge Hotel, Rozelle

Hip Kings: The Merton Hotel, Rozelle

The King Hits + Tom Woodward: The Phoenix, Canberra

The Hollerin’ Sluggers: The Record Crate, Glebe

Peg + The Tall Grass + JMS Harrison + Mark Moldre + Sam Shinazzi: The Vanguard, Newtown

Rock Dogs: Towradgi Beach Hotel (Sports Bar), Towradgi

The Beards: Uni Bar, Wollongong

Autolysis + Annihilist + Terrorential: Valve Bar (Basement), Ultimo

Sat 09The Button Collective + Catgut: Bald Faced Stag, Leichhardt

Temtris: Bald Faced Stag, Leichhardt

Tyga: Big Top Sydney, Milsons Point

A Day On The Green with Chris Isaak + James Reyne: Bimbadgen Winery, Rothbury

Maids + Pat Chow: Captain Cook Hotel, Paddington

Roland Tings + Avon Stringer + Marc Jarvin + more: Chinese Laundry, Sydney

Frenzal Rhomb + Clowns + Hostile Objects: Collector Hotel, Parramatta


Gang Of Youths + Day Wave + Spooky Land: Enmore Theatre, Newtown

Van Gogh + Dejan Cukic: Factory Theatre, Marrickville

Jenny Broke the Window: Hotel Steyne (Moonshine Rum & Cider Bar), Manly

First Ladies Of Soul: Lizottes Newcastle, Lambton

Kora: Manning Bar, Camperdown

Alphamama: Marble Bar, Sydney

In The Groove feat. XS.if + Saffron Mash + more: Mr Falcon’s, Glebe

Eternal Dreamboats

Sarah Blasko’s tour for her latest LP Eternal Return will stop at Anita’s Theatre, Enmore Theatre and Newcastle City hall on Thursday, Friday and Saturday respectively. Joining her is Jack Colwell.

Jack Colwell

Fly The Coop

Joeys Coop are launching their highly anticipated debut album, Service Station Flowers, at Factory Theatre on Friday. They’ll be joined by special guests The On & Ons and Cab Calloway & The Révolutionnaires.

Joeys Coop

Basement Jams

On Wednesday Australia’s most sought after live and session musicians, The Spin Drifters, come together on The Basement stage for an enormous show with an all-star cast of true Australian music royalty as secret special guests.

The Spin Drifters

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The Guide

Dawn French: Sydney Opera House, Sydney

Janet Levey + Nathen Welsh: The Annandale Hotel, Annandale

Greg Nunan & The General Jacksons: Towradgi Beach Hotel (Sports Bar), Towradgi

Rowdiness at the Valve with Durry + Ride For Rain + Kill Your Heroes + Befaced + Blind Veggie + The Half Chubbs: Valve Bar (Basement), Ultimo

Mon 11Matt Corby: Enmore Theatre, Newtown

Stepson + Staunch + Proposal: Rad Bar, Wollongong

Robyn Schall + Steve Bedwell: Uni Bar, Wollongong

Tue 12#AmplifyLIVE feat. Tyler Oakley + Kian Lawley + JC Caylen + Tyde Levi + more: Big Top Sydney, Milsons Point

With Confidence + Harbours + Stand Atlantic: Drone, Newcastle

Matt Corby: Enmore Theatre, Newtown

Hellbringer + Convent Guilt + The Corps + Decrepit Soul: Valve Bar (Basement), Ultimo

Sun 10Darlow + Little Big Wolf + Bones Atlas: Brass Monkey, Cronulla

The East Pointers + The Mae Trio: Camelot Lounge (Django Bar), Marrickville

With Strings Attached feat. Chasing the Moon + The Squeezebox Trio + Dog On Holiday: Camelot Lounge, Marrickville

Art Captures Art: Corridor Bar, Newtown

Daughter + Fractures: Enmore Theatre, Newtown

eush + Leroy Lee + The Tambourine Girls: Gasoline Pony, Marrickville

Custard: Newtown Social Club, Newtown

The Underachievers: Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst

Fundraiser for The Pilliga Push feat. Sixth Circle House Band + Justine Wahlin + Steph Miller + The Winter Station + Mark Lucas & the Dead Setters + Mick Daley’s Corporate Raiders: Petersham Bowling Club, Petersham

Final Frontier + BWLKS + Blinded: Rad Bar, Wollongong

Mental As Anything + The Radiators + Steel City Muthafunkas: Towradgi Beach Hotel (Waves), Towradgi

Kim Salmon: Union Hotel, Newtown

Sarah Blasko + Jack Colwell + Lupa J: Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle

Green Buzzard: Newtown Social Club, Newtown

Novelist: Oxford Art Factory, Darlinghurst

Roar Music Festival feat. Seth Sentry + MaRLo + Hayden James + Tkay Maidza + Slumberjack + Savage + Young Franco + Human Movement + Zac Waters + Passerine + Lisa Viola + Wallace + Kids At Midnight + Risque + more: Police Paddock Reserve, Dubbo

Los Pintar + Velvet Elevator + The Traks: Rad Bar, Wollongong

The Rocking Byrds + Jazzella + Chris Ah Gee + DJ Kitsch 78: Rock Lily, Pyrmont

Sarah Millican: Seymour Centre (York Theatre), Darlington

Jackie Brown: The Annandale Hotel, Annandale

Jade Hurley: The Basement, Sydney

Ted Nash: The Belvedere Hotel, Sydney

Pacha feat. Party Thieves: The Ivy, Sydney

Borkfest feat. Trophy Eyes + Stories + Chronolyth + Taken By Force + Pasha Bulka + Of Divinity + Scars Have Faded + Chromatide + Lycanthrope + more: The Small Ballroom, Islington

Buzzin’

The final show of the Green Buzzard Eazy Queezy Squeezy EP tour is this Saturday at Newtown Social Club. If intelligent fuzz melodies are your flavour scoot over and let the rising quintet squeeze you out a cone full.

Green Buzzard

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