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WArP tASmANiA JUNE 2013

SEASidE mUSiC

Ulverstone Wharf appears to be turning into a little hive of activity these days, which can only be a good thing. Throughout June there’ll be regular events every Friday night, as well as the odd Wednesday thingo too. Friday June 7 will see You3 performing, Friday June 14 will see the Denise Sam Quartet, Wednesday June 19 will see Hetty Kate, Friday June 21 will feature Cool Train, and on Friday June 28 you’ll be able to catch Azimus live and in person. For more information on upcoming events, check out www.liveatthewharf.wordpress.com.

SHAdES oF GAY

The annual Queens’ Ball is traditionally huge. This year promises to be no different. Taking place at SOHO Hotel on Sunday June 9. The theme for 2013 is “50 Shades of Gay”, inspired by the international phenomenon 50 Shades of Grey (duh.), so this is your change to be over the top outrageous, downright filthy, and insanely hot! There are great (and less than great) prizes for the best costumes of the night. Tickets are between $20 and $30, include entry to Flamingos After Party, and are available via taspride.com. Don’t forget to RSVP on the Facebook page!

SUNdAY SESSioN

Everyone loves a chilled out Sunday session. Seriously. Everyone does. Find me someone that doesn’t. I dare you. Especially on a long weekend, I mean, c’mon, you’d have to be some kind of deranged sociopath not to love that. Anyway, the Metz down in Sandy Bay are planning a Sunday session to celebrate the Queen’s Birthday on Sunday June 9. Hutch on the acoustic tip from 5 til 8pm, then DJ Felix till late. They’ll be running the Wednesday night specials (on a Sunday? Woah! The world’s gone crazy.) of $8 Pizzas, $10 jugs, all the good stuff.

NEW CoNViCt SoNGS For HoBArt ANd LAUNCEStoN

Dark Mofo takes convict stories North to Launceston and South to Hobart with Vandemonian Lags: New Songs from the Prison Without Walls. Our dark, creepy and sometimes funny Tasmanian convict history has been turned into song, performance and projections by the likes of Mick Thomas (Weddings Parties Anything), Tim Rogers (You Am I), Mark Wallace, Jen Anderson, Michael Barclay and a heap of others, including Darren Hanlon, Ben Salter, Jeff Lang and Brian Nankervis. See it at the Princess Theatre, Launceston, on Wednesday June 12 (Tix $50-$55) and the Theatre Royal Hobart on Friday June 14 at 7pm and Sunday June 16 at 2pm (Tix $45-$75). www.darkmofo.net.au

moVEmENt At modULAr rECordS

Modular make moves. A modern move made by Modular was making merry with Movement. Alliteration ftw! The suburban Sydney-siders were signed for their super seductive sound. Specifically the single, Shadow Child, soon for sale in stores in all states. Anyway, yeah. Movement will be performing on Friday June 14 in Hobart, as part of the Dark Mofo Opening Night. Canyons and Daniel Boyd and Naysayer and Gilsun and Otologic will also be playing. For more information and a lot less terrible alliteration (hopefully), head to www.darkmofo.net.au.

moNA doES PUBLiC Art

MONA’s first winter festival is also host to its first large-scale public art project, Beam In Thine Own Eye. Kicking off with Ryoji Ikeda’s Spectra: Tasmania shooting a beam of light 15km into the sky from Hobart’s Regatta Ground on Friday June 14 at sunset, it moves to Macquarie Wharf Shed No.1 (MAC1), with the 5pm-midnight opening of an exhibition with experiences and installations so tripped out that some require a medical release. Oh, Mona. The ‘Beam’ exhibition features artists Anish Kapoor, Guiseppe Penone, Gregorio Zanon, Mathieu Briand, Tim Bruniges, Lara Favaretto, Kurt Hentschlager, Alfredo Jaar and more, and continues at MAC1 until June 28. www.darkmofo.net.au

Food HooKUPS

Feed Dating. There’s a gag in there somewhere. Or rather, there probably isn’t. Anyway, Feed Dating is an Australian first, taking place at the Launceston Polytechnic Building on Sunday June 16. Essentially if you’re interested in entering the food biz in any way, you can go along to this event, and you’ll be paired up with experienced industry professionals who will be there to share their wisdom. There’ll be local chefs, retailers of food products, expert growers, business consultants, export facilitators, digital and marketing specialists, financial professionals, branding experts and more. Places are strictly limited so to register your interest, email: [email protected]

NotHiNG to CUrSE oVEr

So Kerser has been kicking up quit a storm over the past six months and will be bringing this and his buddy Rates to Tasmania this month. Anyone under 18, you can see these guys do their thing at The Brisbane Hotel on Saturday June 22. Anyone over 18 can head along to Hotel SOHO on Friday June 21. Tickets available at the venues, and via Oztix.

drUmmiNG UP A BEAt

Saturday June 22 will see The Upbeats at Plan B! That’s pretty funky, you guys. The New Zealanders have filled dance floors and iPod play lists around the world with their unique take on drum & bass for nearly a decade, yet their music is sounding fresher than ever; as their impressive new album is about to prove. You’ll be able to catch a taste of their new album Primitive Technique, as well as catching a bit of action from locals Mylestone, Billy Green, Rarr and Lids for around $20. Tickets available via Moshtix and Ruffcut Records.

ridiNG tHE iroNHorSE

June 29 see’s two of tassies leading bands come together for one massive gig at Tasmania’s newest live music venue The Ironhorse. Both Launceston’s Younger Dryas and Hobart’s Sam Cole and The Mornings played at this year’s Marion Bay’s Falls Festival and have been up to some big things this year. Younger Dryas recently teamed up with Sydney’s Sticky Fingers supporting them for the Tasmanian dates of their ‘Caress Your Soul Tour’, including the mammoth launch of the Ironhorse last month. The night will hold additional meaning as it marks the final show of The Mornings massive leg of 32 different cities and towns across Australia & New Zealand they have travelled on their 2013 tour.

BEttEr tHAN AN oLd HoLdEN

Kingswood are touring again, and that’s kinda cool. I wonder if the band or any of their fans are old enough to remember Ted Bullpit? Probably not, but I’m sure they’d all kill for Ted’s collection of splendid knitted cardigans. Anyway*, they’re touring to promote their new single “Ohio”, and their new mini-film “Some Motherf**ker’s Gotta Pay” which accompanies it. A splendid spaghetti-western kinda thang. You can catch the action at the Republic Bar and Café on Saturday July 6, check the social networks for more details. *By now you should be taking a shot every time you read the word “anyway” in the news section.

FUNNY LAdiES

Judith Lucy and Denise Scott are known to bring teh lulz. They have brought teh lulz all over Australia, and pretty soon they’ll be bringing teh lulz to Hobart, too. They’ll be performing at Wrest Point Entertainment Centre on Saturday July 13, for a special one-night-only performance of The Spiral. They recently sold out 11 performances in the 1500 seat Princess Theatre as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Those Melbournites are a funny lot, so you should go to this gig with the highest of expectations. Like, INSANELY, UNREASONABLY high expectations. Tickets will run you around $50, and are available via tixtas.com.au.

too mUCH SPLENdoUr For tASmANiA

So Splendour in the Grass is on again in July and have announced a whole bunch of sideshows, none of them are in Tasmania, but I’ve been asked to tell you about them anyway. Hokay then. James Blake will be playing Perth, Sydney, Melbourne and even Auckland, but not Tasmania. Haim will be

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playing Sydney and Melbourne, but not Tasmania. Ms Mr will be playing Sydney and Melbourne, but not Tasmania. Everything Everything will be playing Melbourne and Sydney, but not Tasmania. Same with Jake Bugg. Fidlar will be playing Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth, but not Tasmania. Daughter, Palma Violets and Surfer Blood will all be playing Melbourne and Sydney, but not Tasmania. Worthy news story, this one.

YoU’rE tHE VoiCE

The Festival of voices program was announced recently, and as expected, it’s got a lot of singing in it and all types at that. For those who like it a little more contemporary, Asta will be playing at acoustic set as part of Voicebox at City Hall on Wednesday June 10 and Paul McDermott will be performing at Federation Concert Hall on Saturday July 6. However the most interesting event in the program (as far as I’m concerned, anyway), is Tom Thum, beatbox extraordinaire, performing at City Hall on Saturday July 6 and Sunday July 7. For more events, and ticket information, check out festivalofvoices.com.

LA diSPUtE X BrASi = BiG NiGHt

Local legends Luca Brasi have been announced as the Hobart support for the upcoming La Dispute Australian tour. There was talk of possibly Sugartrain taking the slot, but Brasi took their brass knuckled approach and came out on top. See Brasi and of course La Dispute play The Brisbane Hotel on Thursday July 11. Tickets available from the venue and moshtix.

FEStiVAL FEVEr

Launceston’s Junction Arts Festival is locked in for five days and five nights from Wednesday September 4 to Sunday September 8. It’s still a while off, but there is plenty to get excited about. Flourishing with Tasmania’s burgeoning arts scene, the Festival’s focus on contemporary participatory art involving active participation and collaboration from audiences make the Festival a unique standout in the scene. This year’s program explores a wide range of interactive encounters and themes from sports to soundscapes, waterways to westerns, cityscapes and circus to daredevils, interpretive dance and Australian nostalgia. The full program will be announced in July, so keep your sensory organs peeled.

JACK oF ALL BEErS

Jack Greene shook up the Salamanca bar-scape when it opened last year, and to celebrate one year of successful up-shakery, Jack Greene is throwing itself a big ol’ Birthday party! The day will be kicking off at midday (perfect for sneaky lunchtime imbuement), complete with live music, a boutique pub raffle, and cake (Hey! Everyone! Cake!). Sunday June 16 is the day, so get along, join the staff, contractors, suppliers, industry types and VIP’s, and help Jack Greene celebrate turning one year old. Party on, Garth.

CoWBoYS ANd iNdiANS

Speaking of bar Birthdays, the Brisso is turning six! Crikey! Brisso Birthday Bashes are traditionally awesomely hectic events,

this one promises to be no different. It’s a Cowboys and Indians theme, so dress up, and rock out to the zillion bands they’ve got booked on two stages! Totally Unicorn, Small Black Lambs, Skun Knees, Seahorse Divorce, Will Wagner, Stokades, Jen Buxton, Pines, etc, etc, etc,. It’ll be a biggun! Also a buttload of DJ’s doin’ the damn thang too. Saturday June 29 is the date, 8pm is the time, $10 is the cover, lock it in, Eddie.

BEErHALL For HoBArt

The whole craft beer thing is getting bigger and bigger, not just here in Tasmania, but around the world, and that’s a pretty awesome thing, methinks. We may be blessed down here with some kick arse produce and resources for making excellent beer, but the rest of the world is ok too. Coming soon to the old Tatts Building (112 Murray St, Hobart), you’ll be able to get a taste of the best of the best from here and abroad. New owners are renovating and re-branding the venue, with a new late night venue upstairs, and a beer hall downstairs. Official opening night will be in July, and we’ll have all the details for you then. Stay tuned, beerfans!

EVErYBodY LoVES tHE Kid

Kid Kenobi eh? That guy has been around forever. You know why? Because he’s consistently awesome, that’s why. 15 years of non-stop accolades, awards, records and firsts pretty much mean you’ll be able to book shows until you’re 90. He might have to change his name to Old Bloke Kenobi by then though, it still has a ring to it. Anyway, he’s coming back to rock the pants off PlanB on Saturday July 27 as part of the Freak Funk Tour, supported by locals Sexy Lucy, LIDS, and DJ Mad. Check out the PlanB page on Facebook for more deetz.

dUBBEd oUt

Hobartian dub and wobble heads rejoice! The mad-keen heads known as the ‘Dub In Da Pub Crew’ are returning in June, this time changing it up to include Hobart’s favourite funky dub band DUBLO, who will be playing a set of live dubiness for your grooving feet, followed by four of Hobart’s best dubstep, glitch-hop and wobble DJ’s, with some added spice for your visual senses provided by a live VJ! On the line up is: Dublo, Little Bear, Ham, Newport vs. Hibernated, Mez, Secret Powers, and VJ Smucklepod. Be dubbed out at The Brisbane Hotel on Friday June 21 from 9pm, cover is $10 on the door. BOOM!

BErNArd BACK oN dECK

Ol’ Bernie Fanning is back. Recently announcing a new album, releasing a new single (“Battleships”, you may have heard it), and announcing a fairly epic national tour throughout July and August. The new album Departures should be out any day now, so grab it, and listen to it, and look forward to catching Bernard Fanning live in concert at

Wrest Point Casino on Tuesday August 13. Tickets for this 18+ licensed event are on sale now via tixtas.com.au, and will run you around $70ish. Or you can pay a bit more and get the new album with that. It’s his first time in Tassie since the last Powderfinger tour, it should be good!

NEo-ViCtoriAN FoLK roCK mUSiC

Rapskallion are a firm Hobart favourite. This time they are coming with their Brisbane friends, Dawn. Think bluegrass.. meets the Taj Mahal, but plugged in. The night will be filled with divine layers of sound and vintage fabrics, wacky instruments, rib-popping corsets, top hats and mustachios a plenty. Saturday June 22 at The Grand Poobah, Hobart.

JAZZ KiNG SEtS SiGHt oN HoBArt

George Benson is a king. A genius. A prodigy. One of the greatest jazz musicians of our time. A ten-time Grammy Award winning guitar god. High enough praise? Impossible. On Tuesday August 20, he’ll be visiting Tasmania for a very special one-night-only performance with the TSO at Wrest Point Entertainment Centre to celebrate not only his own works, but those of the illustrious Nat King Cole. This’ll be a good one. Tickets will run you over $100, but it’ll be worth it. Tickets are available now via tixtas.com.au.

moNKEY BUSiNESS

Hot on the tail of their debut single ‘Seven’ late last year, Melbourne four-piece APES came to the attention of Triple J, and more recently some serious UK love from Radio BBC1. A mix of searing garage-rock and stamp-your-feet-shout-out-loud choruses are set to put APES firmly on the map both home and abroad. Now touring on the back of their debut ep Helluva, APES will be playing two shows in Tasmania in July, The Republic Bar on Friday July 26 and The Ironhorse in Launceston on Saturday July 27.

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THE PRESETS ARE AUSTRALIA’S SEMINAL ACT IN THE GENRE OF ELECTRO. THE DUO’S FIRST SINGLE IN 2003 GAVE AUSTRALIA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD A FORM OF ELECTRO THAT WAS HEAVY AND POWERFUL BUT ALSO ACCESSIBLE, AND SINCE THEN HAVE RELEASED THREE ALBUMS, TWO EPS, AND OVER A DOZEN SINGLES TO INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM.

This year they are taking part of Dark Mofo, Hobart’s winter version of the annual music and arts festival. Unlike the Mofo we are used to, this one invites us to take delight in the early setting sun, the crisp clear air and to come out and party in the unquenchable darkness of Tassie’s winter. The Presets, made up of Kim Moyes and Julian Hamilton, will be hosting the biggest party of the ten-day event, when they play at the newly renovated MAC2 shed on Hobart’s waterfront.

When we start talking about the festival, Kim says jokingly, ‘I guess having the dark festival they thought they’d better get the dark lords of electro to play there. I remember someone called us that once, it kind of burnt itself on my brain.’

You wouldn’t think, while speaking to a softly spoken Kim on the phone, that he was a dark lord of any kind. But while it may be a silly phrase, it’s the way they dominate on the stage makes it seem pretty accurate. The shows are loud and potent, with dramatic lighting that pierces the darkness.

The Presets are seen largely as a popular entertainment act, which is by all accounts true. But that’s not to say they aren’t

creative and original. ‘I don’t think we’ve seen ourselves as a dance act, I mean we always do it to a dance beat but we’ve always tried to bring high quality art to what we do’ Kim says. This is most likely one of the reasons they were wanted in the line-up of Mofo; the balance of art and music in all of the acts is essential.

The Presets released their long awaited third album Pacifica in 2012. Arguably the biggest hit on the LP is “Youth in Trouble”, a powerful track that invokes images of chaos and violence. Kim tells me that ‘Lyrically it’s about the way the media demonises youth culture and how you constantly see news stories about the youth of today and how they’re always getting up to all the stupid shit that kids do. We wrote that around the time of the London riots and there were kids looting and pillaging, and there were some really strong images that came through the media as a result of that.’

But on another level, he says, “’ guess there was an attempt of irony to that song where we’re a band who plays festivals and shows where kids come to it (or kids used to come to it, they’re probably a bit older now, but I think there’s a kid inside everybody), and we play this song with a sense of pride and

irony, all the kids are at our show, its like go hide, run for your life, kids in trouble. It’s kind of like a call to arms.’

This recording was intended to sound more authentic, Kim says. ‘We tried to present the band in a way that is really grass roots and down to earth, and I tried to get as much live drums onto the record as possible and do much more of a blend of live and programming, but [to make it] a little bit more refined, and we tried to smooth out all the noisy elements that we used in Apocalypso and Beams and make things a bit smoother sounding. We also tried to close on Julian’s vocals a bit more, and not rely as heavily on distortion and effects to bury his vocals.’

Their confidence certainly shows on this record. ‘I guess with Pacifica we felt like it was much more of a record where we felt more assured and more comfortable with who we were’, Kim says.

This is also the case within their live shows, that have always been impressive, but as much a part of the creative process as the music. Kim will be drumming for this show, ‘We’ve got a bunch of custom made video footage to play which is customized to each

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song, a really good light show, and we put the show together physically so it’s sort of like a DJ set.’

With Kim also producing Jack Ladder’s next album, The Presets have a very busy year ahead including a tour in America, where they have a massive fan base. ‘[We’re] going to tour the states for like a month with Dragonette and Classics and come back, I’ll get in a studio with Jack Ladder after that, and then Jules and I are working on another record. There may be more touring lined up in the year.’

These dark mofos started off making music with a natural flair, and have developed and refined what they do over time. Their perfected set this June will break up the stillness of our quietest season with energy, light and noise.

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Thou knowest not what evening may bring. —Macrobius, Saturnalia, c. fifth century

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DeMPseY HAs sOMeTHiNG fOr KATeCHARISMATIC AND CAPTIVATING ARE JUST A COUPLE OF WORDS TO DESCRIBE THE SELF-PROCLAIMED SCIENCE-FICTION-FOLK-SONGWRITER THAT IS PAUL dEmPSEY, THE DRIVING FORCE BEHIND SomEtHiNG For KAtE.

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Spectacular, award winning vocalist Kate Ceberano for a one-night-only grand performance. Her soulful voice is suffused with a life affirming charismatic charm and dynamic stage energy that always leaves you wanting more.

5 million+ Australians saw him on The Voice – now Darren Percival brings his world class talent to Hobart.

“Ah! Mr Percival is what I’d describe as a walking, talking musical instrument...” – Marcia Hines

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Expect to hear Cole Porter and Lerner & Lowe alongside Britney Spears and INXS, all sung like a 1940’s siren in a Las Veas Jazz Club.

‘McGregor’s voice is phenomenal’ – The Telegraph (UK)

The band is gearing up for the Star-Crossed Cities tour which will make 20 stops around the nation to showcase the band’s sixth studio album Leave Your Soul to Science.

“We are very excited, we can’t wait,” Dempsey says. “We did a pretty short tour at the beginning of last year when the record came out, and it was really just a bit of a teaser. This tour is nice and long. It’s going to be good to be able to really play and really get into it.”

After wrapping up solo work, Dempsey says going alone allowed him the freedom to explore his musical abilities, as well as provide for an opportunity to see the world.

“It was great being solo and just sort of being able to do whatever I want, whenever I want. It was really just me with a guitar and a back-pack and a train ticket, just going from place to place... it was fantastic. I learnt a lot from doing all the solo stuff so when the three of us got back together again we all felt refreshed and excited and it was good to be back together again.”

With many different themes running through Leave Your Soul to Science (which the singer deems as “organised chaos”), Dempsey says that inspiration is something that comes gradually through life experiences and memories.

“I read a lot of science stuff and a lot of history and all kinds of different things. I’m constantly scribbling down little ideas and concepts. And then there’s just everyday life. I wrote most of this record living in New York, and New York is a very interesting place. There’s always something crazy going on. You can just sit on a bench and sort of watch the world go by for an afternoon, and

you’re guaranteed to see some weird and wonderful stuff. I just write about things I see and things I read and just reactions I have to the world around me.

“It’s not really a conscious effort; it’s just the way I think. A lot of, you know, music and literature – all kinds of art – a lot of it comes from memories of things. A lot of it is reflections on things in the past. And I often try to write songs about things that haven’t happened yet, or things in the future; things that may end up being reality or may not. So I guess I just expand on those ideas until I find myself writing songs about artificially intelligent waitresses having arguments with customers.”

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His name Alex Milovic hes been my best mate for the past 6 to 7 years. We had been playing in other bands before 2009. He had started writing songs on Guitar Pro software and his ex girlfriend was dating a guy called Jon who was also playing music with the same program. Subsequently they started sharing files online and thus instigating Northlane.

Wow thats a pretty crazy way to start are band...for the record are you the type of band who has a target audience? “As we are a heavy band with a message our target audience are open minded human beings.”

to the uninitiated how would you describe you style of metalcore ?

“Heavy, really heavy. Fast, intense, violent, negative, misanthropic destructive, blood, mosh pit and sweaty crowds and very very loud music”

on the bands recent release Singularity - how was recording in New Jersey?

“With Singularity we wanted to step up the production. Having just toured Canada it was easy to get there. We had never worked with such a well known producer. Will Putney of Machine Shop had a lot of left field ideas which really transformed the songwriting and Singularity. Although the songwriting is driven by Jonothan Beely he is a force to be reckoned with and the reason I joined the band in the first place.”

do you have a message as a band?

“Discovering the truth - whether that’s corruption in global politics or not the message of truth is both negative and positive. We have to remember how wondrously joyful life is - Life is a miracle, life is precious. We don’t play music for money its for the love of it.There’s also a galactic universal theme. We have a deep connection and respect for

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the love of universe and our planet. We love looking at the stars and its a brilliant part or who we are - we have always a had a message of truth”

i took a moment to contemplate the bands official video for “Quantum Flux”. the initial opening bars of golden guitar riffery gave way to a the brutal onslaught of the bands, high paced metal inspired Hardcore. textured, heavy yet melodic and uplifting yet kicking in the teeth with intensity... i was starting to wonder and Adrian didn’t mind filling me in on his biggest musical influences?

1 Chester from Linkin Park he is literally one of the most talented vocalists. From screaming to yelling to pitch yelling he does it all And he is an idol of mine.

2 Sam Carter from the band the Architects he has been a huge inspiration growing up the metal scene. Sometime when I have read his lyrics and I feel he is speaking to me and even about me and I can relate. I respect and admire him for that.

3 Paul Masvidal , lead guitarist and singer of metal band Cynic. Having more of a metaphysical and spiritual connection to the band.

i’d seen the video of Northlane’s performance at Sydney Soundwave and had been totally impressed by shots of the mosh pit. Adrian filled me in.

At Soundwave in Sydney we hadn’t even started playing and people were moshing and going crazy, there was so much screaming. The whole festival culture the hustle and bustle the schedule was so intense. Rubbing shoulders with bands like Perifery, Miss May I in particularly. However we also met members from Slayer and Anthrax and Metallica. It was like going back to high school. As we had been headlining in our own tours for a while - playing with a lot of bigger bands was healthy for the ego.

does the band have a political agenda ? or a social conscience?

Yeah yeah definitely - I heard the ending of the Mayan calendar is heralding a new age about enlightenment peace and love. Its about the furthering of the human species as organisms in light of social costs like wars homophobia and racism and poverty we are still plagued by these - We need to have unity and equality in the world. Stop chopping our forests, and polluting our oceans! It saddens me how self-destructive the human race is. As a band our political agenda is for the healing of the world.When we are not touring we get back to our personal lives - some of the guys have girlfriends.I work as much as I can in charity fundraising f or Animal Welfare, Human Rights and environmental issues - I like exercising and meditating I also write and create my own artwork.I feel we have an opportunity to send a positive and hopeful message about the future - its cool be dark and destructive - but that needs to change - being happy and joyous needs to be cool.

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What heralded a reformation - was there a catalyst for this?

The reformation was inspired by Mike Noga from The Drones he sent an email asking us to play at ATP [All tomorrow’s Partys]. We hadn’t played for 14 years. It was great to play again. I had been playing with a band called the Spinning Rooms. But it was easy and fun as the songs and structures and riffs and feel were all embedded in our brain - we also played at the Tote. That was wicked! Aldous came over from New Zealand for the show. We also wrote a new song and debuted it at ATP. It was amazing to see Einstürzende Neubauten play on the same bill, they were incredible. A lot of people in the crowd had heard of the music via mixtapes from back in the day. It’s about the music, it’s not a scenester thing, or a fashionable thing.

is this tour a one off? Dunno! It’s really hard to get us together we all have day jobs and families. I am a teacher, Aldous has kids, Luke has a baby, Matt is pretty flexible. Though we never really broke up and we aren’t saying this is a one off. We are looking at the prospects of continuing the band by correspondence via email file sharing.

What material is being toured new or old? We will be playing a mix of our two albums and maybe something new. It was hard to pick which songs to play. As the first album is more aggressive and fast and the second is more mid tempo and melodic.

I forgot how hard some of our songs are doing the same riff’s over and over. Having a turntable in a punkish band is weird although it’s not used for sampling, it’s for textual sounds. We have worked out song structures but who knew what Matt would play! He would get crazy rising up moments or sad moments or sharp crazy soft sounds

MAKiNG sTiCK fiGUresLOCAL LEGENDS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, BUT TASMANIAN BAND tHE StiCKmEN, HAVE TRANSGRESSED INTO MUSIC FOLKLORE. PLAYING THEIR FIRST TASMANIAN SHOW IN OVER A DECADE, I ASKED DRUMMER IANTO KELLY ABOUT THE BANDS REFORMATION AND THEIR APPEARANCE AT THIS YEAR DARK MOFO SATANALIA EVENT.

over a fixed song structure. Aldous is a true artist a sculptor and a musician. That artistic sensibility comes across in the music.

Are there be any new releases planned? I am not ruling anything out at this point but should mention that four years ago Tom Lyngcoln put out a “best of” album, which featured some unreleased material. This included some stuff we recorded at Tasmania’s Risdon Prison.

What is your most golden moment or memory of the 90’s Hobart Punk rock scene?

Thinking back we played a lot of gigs at a cool time. We put out two albums and stopped playing in 1999 when our singer/guitarist Aldous moved to New Zealand. When we got back together we all had different memories. I really like playing at the Hobart Tip Shop. As the sun went down someone set fire to the stuffed toy collection. Acrid smoke wafted across the stage. We also played an Art School Ball where a guy fell of stilts from quite a height.

We’re really excited to be playing at Satanalia with The Drones I am guessing the night will showcase the darker side of Rock’n’Roll and maybe even get a bit debaucherous!

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MUSIC IS IN NiCKY BomBA’S BLOOD. NOW IT IS HIS WHOLE LIFE.

Born Nicholas Caruana, on the beautiful island of Malta, Nicky was very young when his family became part of Australia’s immigration drive of the 60’s and 70’s, relocating to Melbourne where members of his extended family were already living. It wasn’t long before they formed a family dance band in the local Maltese community. He literally grew up playing music.

And he hasn’t stopped, not being content to play in just a single band, Nicky has a finger in quite a few musical pies. There is his band Bomba, a large collective known as the Melbourne Ska Orchestra, he has been known to do a little drumming for the John Butler Trio, and of course the swinging sounds of Bustamento, the band he is bringing across the Bass Strait to play at some shows this month in Hobart and Launceston.

‘I’ve been around music my whole life. Music is my craft, it is what I do. And I will do it, at every opportunity I get to play and create,” Nicky shared. “It’s an amazing lifestyle, being a musician. If you can get into the vibe, there’s this continual ambience. You just need to go where it takes you. It’s lots of fun, and life can be pretty grand.”

Bustamento is a fun mix of Calypso, Mento, Reggae and Ska beats – ‘island style music’, Caribbean influenced tunes that will get you up and dancing.

“It just lots of fun, a very spontaneous style of music, it’s hard to really rehearse too much, as so much of it is just made up on the spot,” Nicky shared.

Seven finely tuned musicians (including his brother), squeezed onto a stage, who after knowing each other and playing together in various formats for over 20 years, barely need to rehearse anyway. This comes in handy as well, with busy individual lifestyles, and home being various different places for each of them.

‘Home though is rather a dubious concept for me. I do have a place in country Victorian, that I try to spend some time at when I’m not on the road,” Nicky said.

But life for Nicky Bomba seems to almost be a constant musical tour.

“I seem to be on tour all the time,” Nick mused. “There is never any real set tour, it’s more of a ‘let’s do this now’ thing, there’s no master plan.”

At the time of his chat with Warp Magazine, Nicky is already in the middle of the current round of dates with Bustamento, about to play a gig in Grafton, after coming off a Sunday session at the Brunswick Heads Hotel.

“We try to play everywhere with this band, to get to audiences that don’t always get good music too often,” Nicky said.

They’re not doing too bad on that front, playing dates in Sunshine Coast, Brunswick Heads, Grafton, Laurieton, Coffs Harbour, Cairns, Hamilton Island, Palm Creek and Melbourne, all before this band of travelling minstrels hits Hobart and Launceston. Although the Republic is a tried and true venue for Nicky’s various ensembles, the Tonic Club in Launceston will be a new experience.

In between gigs, Nicky and the band have also found time to play a few dates with an

amazing, rather large collective known as The Melbourne Ska Orchestra.

“It’s a 30 piece extravaganza. The core is ska, but we don’t let that limit us. It’s a pretty wild spectacle,” Nicky said. “It’s hard to piece together that many people, but it works and it happens. But we do need bigger venues for that, with big stages.”

Nicky describes Bustamento’s album, “Intrepid Adventures to the Lost Riddim Islands”, released last year as something special in the current mass of music releases.

“ We got nominated for an ARIA, which was fantastic. But this is more than an album; we made it into a book. It’s beautiful. It’s got real value, its quality,” Nicky shared. “In an age where music sometimes seems to be getting cheapened, we wanted to produce something special. It’s beautifully packaged, more of a coffee table piece. I want to keep being inspired, to develop my craft, and always improve on the songs and the way I present them.”

If you want a toe tapping night of dancing, where you never know exactly what to expect, an exciting show from a collective of talented and inspired musicians intent on showing you the best time possible, a spontaneous, fun night of music, get along and catch Bustamento on their current tour, as they bust out some music ‘island style.’

According to Nicky, “With Bustamento it’s such a good vibe, it’s lots of fun and there’s always lots and lots of dancing.”

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A UNiVerse fULL Of sOUND AND LiGHTVISUAL ART HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE CAPTIVATING AND ULTIMATELY SURREAL, WHILE A UNIQUE EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE IS BROUGHT TO US THROUGH MUSIC. THE AUSTRALIAN BAND CANYONS HAVE COLLABORATED WITH INDIGENOUS ARTIST DANIEL BOYD TO COMBINE THESE TWO ART FORMS FOR A STUNNING AUDIO-VISUAL EXPERIENCE, 100 MILLION NIGHTS.

Boyd’s work, A Darker Shade of Dark, transcends the usual platform of visual art; a living galaxy-like spectrum of moving coloured dots, invoking images of history and questioning their meaning. Boyd explained the strong influences behind his work, and Ryan Grieve and Leo Thomson of Canyons went into some detail about the collaboration and what can be expected from the set at Hobart’s Dark Mofo festival this month.

Boyd has long used colonial images in his work, challenging their imposed meanings. More specifically, he emphasized that it is, ‘Memory of family and trying to understand their time here on Earth is what I’m most interested in.’

And while these images encompass a broad history, Boyd’s fascinating family history clearly plays a role in his work. He said, ‘My Great-Great Grandfather was brought from Pentecost Island (Vanuatu) to Queensland to work the sugarcane fields, this was called Blackbirding. While working the fields in Far North Queensland near the Daintree Rainforest he met my Great-Great

Grandmother, the rest is history. They were seen unfit to care for their mixed race child and he was taken to an Anglican mission outside Cairns called Yarrabah. Good times!’

Boyd also explores the link between colonial explorers and modern day astrophysicists through the symbolism in his work. Knowing this ads depth to the starry effect of his work. He explained that, ‘Captain Cook’s initial voyage to the Pacific was to map the Transit of Venus, thus allowing scientist to measure our distance from the sun and the size of the solar system. Current astrophysics are about measuring the size of the Universe,’ he said. Humans will always be fascinated by the mystery of the universe, and this is a significant part of Boyd’s philosophy. ‘Comprehension of our place in the universe is still extremely difficult for people to grasp,’ he said.

Previous artworks have served a similar purpose of challenging the presumptions of colonial history, but in the form of paintings. This changed for Boyd in 2011. ‘I was artist-in-residence at the Natural History Museum in London, while there I met Phillip

Osbourne (great guy) ... I had an idea and we began to work on making it happen, I’d always wanted to create a moving image version of the dots I previously used in the paintings. We would get lost in the work, time passed by without us realising that we had been watching the work over and over again. I felt that this was really special…’

But while the mobile dots that make up his work are easily associated with Boyd’s heritage, they aren’t so much related to traditional Aboriginal art. Rather, he explained, ‘They are about the cultural lens, allowing people to view an idea through multiple lenses whilst acknowledging the loss of memory through the dark space between the dots. It is probably closer to French Pointillism the way the colours come together to create a composite image.’

This collaboration came about, in part, as a result of Canyons’ admiration of Boyd. They said, ‘Dan’s work is really inspiring. We’d worked with him a little bit before and decided it’d be great to create a specific project in order to facilitate a more in-depth collaboration.’

Grieve’s and Thomson’s electro-pop is deep, sometimes epic, and multi-faceted. It is easy to trust that their musical skills would only add to a compelling visual artwork. Grieve and Thomson have said that the music for this project does not reflect their musical direction, but enjoyed the challenges it bought. They explained, ‘It was actually really refreshing to have particular parameters to work within and a tight time frame that the work needed to be created in. It was challenging at times, but we learned a lot by working with different processes and equipment, which we employed specifically for this project.’

And the end result sounds enchanting. The boys described the experience as,

‘Essentially about an environment, mood and feeling we’re trying to create to enhance the present moment in time that draws and focuses on nature, the land, people and the passing of time and life itself. It’s fairly spiritual without sounding too ‘new age’.’

Dark Mofo promises to be full of unexpected, exploratory shows, many of which will remain mysterious until the event. Moreover it will celebrate the nature of winter. ‘Our set should fit in nicely.’ They said. ‘The work has been inspired by a wide variety of themes, a lot of which relate to cycles, the contrast between light and dark, both literally and symbolically.’

100 Million Nights has already been performed at GOMA in Queensland. ‘The first show [went] really well. This is the first time we’ve ever developed a show involving syncing and triggering visuals so we were a little nervous, which is good for the energy of the band and audience alike I think. I love it when it feels like things are hanging by a thread at times: zero boring moments!’

After this collaboration there will be plenty more to come from the creative duo, who see no limits to what they can come up with. ‘We’ve been writing and recording lots this year. We’ve been experimenting and deciding on the direction of the next album. We’re both feeling excited about where the Canyons sound and experience is heading. I think we’ve matured in our work and have a more solidified feeling about what we want from our music.’

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MAKiNG OUT wiTH A New sOUNDABBE MAY IS CERTIANLY NOT A NEW ARTIST IN THE AUSTRALIAN MUSIC COMMUNITY, BUT HER LATEST ALBUM KISS MY APOCALYPSE (WHICH RECEIVED PLENTY OF AIRPLAY) SEES THE ARTIST IMMERSE HERSELF WITH A NEW SOUND AND VISION.

Abbe May and her band have emulated nearly every genre of music throughout their discography, but it was perhaps the bands most recognized sound, rock and roll, that they were most tired of. “We were bored of rock and roll and it was just like ‘whats the point’, we’ve already done it’”, so they decided to scrap the guitar sound, swapping it for remixes and a new sound for the band. Abbe (pronounced ‘Abby’, not ‘Abe’ like ‘Abe Simpson’) believes that there’s no point doing something if you’re bored because “everyone else will be bored”. Amen. May’s rebellion against guitar music saw her seeking inspiration from Kanye West ,”spectacular at the Big Day Out” and Azealia Banks who’s attitude she loves just as much as her “classic tunes”, noting that these days it’s impossible to ignore new talent with all of the technology surrounding us.

Perth, where May and her band live, has recently been pumping out some really exciting Australian bands such as Tame Impala, which May credits to the city’s thriving environment and comfortable lifestyle. She attributes much of her happiness to her environment, which has shaped her development and herself and even the content and interests within her band. She continues “…my music is shaped by Perth musicians here, on recordings and whatever else is going on in our lives”. She notes that people are authentic in Perth and its surroundings, so that success is celebrated and “there’s not a lot of tall poppy stuff here”. Perth’s proactive and supportive community seems to be the reason why so many artists are coming out of there, she continues.

The videos which support the singles of the new album are worth checking out. There’s a lot of opulence in the imagery as well as strong images of women. “Generally, we just like to present strong images of women, we

try to keep them very complex”, she says, continuing “…we try to give them a lot of power, laying them as both beautiful and menacing so that it creates the menace with the beauty”. Her own feminist ideals contribute to these portrayals of imagery but she also cites the company she makes films with, who have “a really rich and detailed aesthetic”, who May described as big film buffs inspired by Fellini and classic film imagery.

When I ask Abbe what Warp readers should be doing while listening to her new album she responds with “anything that makes you feel good and doesn’t hurt other people”. Her favourite swear word is fuck if she’s “going to be honest” but she always like “poo banger”, a phrase made up to filter her swearing in front of her young niece.

The ‘Kiss My Apocalypse’ tour kicks off in Hobart on the 22nd of June at the Republic Hotel. Expect a lot of synch, rap and electro that branches on a psychedelic sound.

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A rOCK sTAr Life HE ALMOST DOESN’T LIKE THE WORD ‘ROCK STAR’, BUT BritiSH iNdiA LEAD VOCALIST DECLAN MELIA IS THE EPITOME OF COOL, AS I GOT UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL TO DISCUSS ALL THINGS FROM QUITTING SCHOOL TO PURSUE A CAREER AS A MUSICIAN TO THE EVER-FABLED IDEOLOGIES OF SEX, DRUGS AND ROCK AND ROLL.

“Monomaniac” is how Declan describes the early days of British India. Having begun studying Arts at university, he soon realised that playing alongside bassist Will, guitarist Nic and drummer Matt was something that he wanted to do for a little while longer.

“Quitting school was never a hard decision though, I honestly thought I would be deferring for a semester and now it’s been nearly six years, but who would give this up?” Declan says.

It’s no secret that the rock scene has its perks, as Declan tells me that his own personal experiences through British India are attributed to the wild lifestyle that comes with being a – dare I say it – rock star.

“All that hedonism and debauchery is so embedded in rock ‘n’ roll . . . I won’t deny that it’s around or deny that we’ve all enjoyed it. . . When you first start you tend to drink, swallow or kiss anything that’s put in front of you but you reach a cruising altitude with all that after a while.

I used to think that anyone given the right amount of fame and money would become a coke-huffing Lothario like the Stones circa ’77 but I’ve since realised that it comes down to personalities more than some sort of epicurean greed for indulgence”.

Although groupies don’t seem to be a part of Declan’s “greed for indulgence”, as he modestly insists that getting the ladies is simply just a chance of luck.

“I tend to think that if any of us kiss any more girls that someone who isn’t in a band, it’s because we tend to meet more girls because of our line of work. Honestly I do! If you over sexualise these situations in your mind you tend to lose sight of the most important thing and that’s that these people

are fans of our music and that’s exactly what we want them to be. The only time they would possibly be annoying is if they jump on stage and step on Nic’s guitar pedals, anything less than that is just flattering”.

But music has the ability to instigate memorable moments, as Declan recalls touring in Edinburgh and facing a reunion with a sister he hadn’t seen or spoken to for ten years.

“Someone in the crowd tugged at my pants leg indicating he wanted to chat . . . He asked, “Do you have a half-sister?” I replied that I did and he then produced her from the crowd . . . she didn’t even know I was in a band until she recognised my face on the poster and came to the show!”

And now, he’s a face you can catch this month at the Republic Bar, as the band treks around the country for the Controller tour.

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TAKiNG OUT THe GArBAGe AMERICAN PUNK METAL ACT mUNiCiPAL WAStE HAVE COME A LONG WAY SINCE THEIR FIRST SHOW AT RICHMOND NEW YEAR’S EVE KEG PARTY OVER A DECADE AGO. HAVING TOURED WITH GREAT MONSTERS OF METAL SUCH AS ANTHRAX AND AT THE GATES THEY RELEASED THE MUCH ACCLAIMED FATAL FEAST ALBUM IN 2012. TRASHING THROUGH MUSICAL BOUNDARIES, THE VIRGINIA BASED BAND ARE CURRENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A WORLD TOUR WHICH REACHES ALL THE WAY TO TASMANIA.

Touching base with them before they land on our bonnie shores early next month., we talked planned tattoos of our very own marsupials to what it feels like to be labelled ‘party thrash’ . Thrash? Don’t Mind If I Do.

Anthrax were (or still are) always the party thrash band, and you guys have even been labelled “party thrash”. do you mind being labelled like that?

I don’t mind, everyone has a name or category for everything these days. We like to have fun and if that term makes it special for someone, then so be it. That being said, it’s only a side of MW that comes with the territory.

After three albums with Earache, why move to Nuclear Blast (record label)?

Our contract was up and NB stepped in and offered a a really fair contract. It’s been great, they are doing us a lot of good. Great people.

What are you looking forward to on your Australia tour? Would you rather have a kickin’ kangaroo, a cuddly koala or a effervescent echidna as your tour mascot? Kangaroo, they’re mild mannered but don’t take any shit either. I’m hoping to get a kangaroo tattooed on me this time around.

What kind of reception to the new album have you received, after your time spent touring it?

The reaction has been nothing but positive, very happy with it. All those shows have been great turn outs and people are really into it, we're extending our cycle for this record as well. So happy we are coming back to Australia. It’s going to be awesome!

Finally, the fatal feast album is unmistakably mW, but with a more complex sound and structure to previous releases. Was that a deliberate aim, or just how the writing process turned out?

It was the process. We actually had time off from touring while writing. This is actually the first time we had no deadline and the luxury to demo everything countless times to see what worked and what needed to be rearranged before we recorded. Evolution of the band was a part of it as well and it came naturally. After writing and spending so much time together, every band grows and FF is good example.

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DeATH BY rAYs THE dZ dEAtHrAYS HAVE BEEN WOWING AUDIENCES INTERNATIONALLY WITH THEIR HIGH ENERGY LIVE SHOW, WHICH IS ABOUT TO MAKE ITS WAY TO HOBART FOR THE DARK MOFO FESTIVAL. I SPOKE WITH SHANE PARSONS - ENIGMATIC GUITARIST AND SINGER OF THE BAND, FRESH FROM LOADING THEIR GEAR AFTER A BIG SHOW AT THE HI FI BAR IN BRISBANE THE NIGHT BEFORE.

Have you always been a 2 piece?

Simon and I were in a 3 piece band where Simon played guitar but unfortunately our drummer moved to France. We didn’t want to stop playing so we decided to continue on, bring it back to what it was when we used to be in high school so Simon jumped back on the drums it was great! Initially we decided not to book gigs and just play, but then the gigs came to us.

Who writes the songs or is it a collaboration?

It’s completely a collaboration. I get ideas and bring them into the rehearsal room and we flesh out the ideas. Now we don’t get to rehearse too often with all the touring and moving around. We allocate a week or two to rehearse, write and record demos and then pull them apart and take them to the studio.

How did you get your name?

We used to be called DZ but there was another guy called DZ, which was causing a lot of confusion. We had a song called Deathray and thought it was a great name.

Have you ever been tempted to get a bass player not that you need one? Uh no! If we got any extra musos they would play guitar. It’s my thing to cover that spectrum of sound with the guitar. Getting bass player would be a slap in the face as I have been working to cover those tones for many years.

in the No Sleep clip Arj Barker from Flight of the Concord’s lip syncs to your song. the clip is a parody of Paul Simon’s and Chevy Chase’s iconic clip for the hit single You Can Call Me Al. What drove you to reference a Paul Simon song with the clip and how did you hook up with Arj?

The idea was from the guy who runs our label, he wanted to parody You can call me Al. He also suggested Arj who is a hero to us. We really love his comedy.

We got to hang out with him for a day. He was so nice and lovely - working with a professional made us think about it more. To put the effort in to not be embarrassed in front of the camera - we tried to have a go at not looking so awkward.

on your Facebook page it says you want to party with Andrew W.K?

He’s a Rock’n’Roll dude who put out an album called Party Hard. Every song is about partying. It’s an amazing record and it’s very motivational. The guy pushes people forward and upward. We opened for him

in Texas but didn’t get to catch his show at SXSW. We played there the last 2 years it’s such a massive mission to go over there, this year we took a break from US touring.

is there a particular country or city you have enjoyed the most?

We played an incredible festival in Italy near Verona at a castle in front of thousands of people with The Killers and The Temper Trap. We got completely blown away. It was fantastic, attempting to order food et cetera was fun. The touring has been hectic, Europe three months last year and three months in US , four months in UK, two months again in Europe and only three months in Australia.

do you have any words of wisdom for other Aussie bands touring overseas? You just have to go out there and take the risk - when you crunch the numbers it still has not worked out for us financially, but it brings you to the next level. Do it on your own, drive yourself, use in house sound guys - take the risk!

When on tour do you stay in hotels or in peoples lounge rooms?

We do stay with friends if we have them there - we have friends in Leeds now which is cool. We recently played a house party at 1am on a Monday night and it was packed!! The US is really good for that we always crash on peoples floors where we can. It’s a great way to save some money.

What can the audience expect from your live show?

We try to make our live show different to the record. It’s a more intense experience which incorporates lighting and other things to bring it up to a new intense level. It gets crazy for forty minutes and then it ends!

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Of Good News Week and Doug Anthony Allstars fame, comedy singer Paul McDermott will be joining the line-up at this year’s Festival of Voices. The July celebration of vocal excellence is bursting at the seams with award winning acts from Australian and international artists alike, including Kate Cebrano, Christine Anu, Darren Percival, Take 6, and David Lawrence.

Paul will bring his nationally well received Paul Sings show right to our own backyard (well, maybe a couple of blocks away to the Federation Concert Hall). Having performed the show at Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne Comedy Festival and the Sydney Comedy Festival, he’s now set to rock our Festival of Voices accompanied by what he calls “an extraordinary band of musicians,” featuring Stu Hunter on keys, Evan Mannell on drums, and Phil Stack on bass.

As he prepares for the gig ahead, Paul takes time out to reflect with both affection and acrimony on one of his “historic busking experiences” at Salamanca.

“You have a high density of post-hippie-communal-feral sort of people that inhabit certain environs around here, and they certainly let their children run loose around us as we were busking. We had a couple of hundred people watching us, and this child just kept coming up to our guitar case and stealing money from it, thinking it was quite funny – and it was quite funny, but then he was stealing the money and not bringing it back, which was not good.

At one stage it really provoked a bit of aggression in me and I snatched a giant four-litre of that beautiful fresh orange juice, and I took the cap off, and I threw it up in the air, and I smashed the sides of it, which sent this incredible jet of orange juice all over the kid.

There were a lot of mixed reactions to that action, because a lot of people thought I was a monster for doing it, and then half the people thought I was some sort of Mother Teresa and loved me instantly because the parents weren’t doing anything about this troubled, annoying brat.

No legal action was taken, we got our money back, and he was sticky for the rest of the day.”

But Paul’s relationship with our island isn’t one built on harassing children alone. In fact, he plans to take full advantage of our “tourist Mecca” when he visits for the Festival.

‘’I intend to bring my family down and we’re going to go up to Cradle Mountain for a little while, just to have a few days out of Sydney and away from the hectic life that we have back there. Just to take a bit of time to enjoy the beauty of Hobart and the environment of Tasmania.’

Of course, the beauty of Tasmania wouldn’t be complete without a visit to MONA, and Paul acknowledges our island’s potential as an ever-growing arts and culture hub for the nation.

SONGWRITING, MONA, AND ORANGE JUICE. PAUL MCDERMOTT TALKS TASMANIA AT THE LAUNCH FOR THE 2013 FESTIVAL OF VOICES.

“How could you not love MONA? It’s just such a beautiful and extraordinary vision. It is a herculean task to create something that beautiful. To have it expanding now into other areas like performance and music, I think it should lead a revival of interest in the arts in Australia, if not just in Hobart.

It has some amazing work, beautifully laid out. The whole thing is just an excellent vision perfectly realised.”

When confronted with the task of discussing his own contribution to Australia’s contemporary arts and culture, he morphs into a surprisingly humble singer-songwriter. Almost.

“I’m not really a musician. An aspiring musician. I only got a guitar a few years ago. My friend Paul Livingston – who’s Flacko, a great Australian comedian – he used to come around and I’d sing him songs. I’d get them in in my head and I’d say, ‘this is annoying me,’ and he’d put chords to it and then we’d sing it together.

Then after a while, he just said, ‘this is silly, why don’t you just get a guitar and do it yourself?’ and I thought, ‘I’m too old to do that,’ but he just bought me a guitar; just gave it to me. It’s so simple! I was surprised that you only need to sing a melody and you can put a couple of chords under it and suddenly you have a song. It was a revelation for me that it was so simple, because musicians have been lauding over me for years telling me you couldn’t do certain things, which is bullshit.”

While he is best known for his ability to turn even the most gorgeous of melodies into dryly humoured and satirical masterpieces, Paul expresses delight in singing purely for the joy of sharing his own “extraordinary musical instrument.”

“Normally with comedy songs, you’re watching the audience the whole time to see if they’re getting the joke or they understand what you’re saying or singing about, and that can be quite problematic at times. You’re trying to elicit a response at the end of every line, or conceptually at the end of every song. You want it to be an artistic statement in its own way, but you are cramming things into it to try and give it this other life as a comedy vehicle, which incorporates a whole lot of other things as well, like physicality and slapstick, so it breaks the song down and breaks the nature of them down. So just to be able to sings songs that are just emotive things that just have pieces of emotion, it’s very freeing.”

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Off wiTH THeir CLOTHes WHEN I SAY THAT I HAVE A FRIEND WHO IS A BURLESQUE PERFORMER, PEOPLE HAVE A RANGE OF RESPONSES. THE MOST COMMON ONE BEING HOW THAT MUST BE FUN – WATCHING A PRETTY GIRL TAKE HER CLOTHES OFF TO HELP HER WITH HER ROUTINES AND CHOREOGRAPHY. BUT LET ME TELL YOU, HAVING SEEN WHAT GOES ON BEHIND THE SCENES, THE GIRLS (AND THE GUYS OF BOYLESQUE) WORK INCREDIBLY HARD.

They may look like glamorous divas on the stage but that transformation comes from years of preparation, training and mentoring, and sleepless nights. Their commitment to this art form that’s revival is blossoming into a Swarovski encrusted flower is not to be discarded as frivolous or gratuitous. Rather, in the words of Perle Noir, an award winning burly girl from New Orleans, “...there is an immense amount of musicality and passion that goes into each production and people should respect this beautiful art form as a form of art and theatre.”

It is this passion that drove Dolores Daiquiri and Rosy Rabbit to create the Australian Burlesque Festival, returning to Hobart in June and coming to Launceston for the first time for the Festival’s 2013 season. Founded in 2010 by these two darlings of the Australian burlesque scene, this year’s Festival promises to be bigger and better, sensual and seductive, thrilling and theatrical.

Headlining the Festival in Tasmania is the delicious Perle Noire, the Black Pearl, so named by her choreographer in homage to one of her burlesque idols Josephine Baker. And amongst the host of local talent is current Miss Burlesque Tasmania, Miss Lucy Sky Diamond. While their styles are different, influenced by the trends and attitudes of their homelands, both girls bump and grind with flair and energy. Perle will perform her award winning La Baker and Africa dances in both Launceston and Hobart, and Lucy will be luring Launceston with her signature Siren act.

So what’s the worst thing that can happen to a burlesque performer on stage? What does a costume malfunction mean to an ecdysiast as opposed to a thespian or musician? In their years of performing,

Perle says she’s no stranger to losing a pastie (that’s a nipple tassel to the uninitiated) which she says is embarrassing. Lovely Lucy on the other hand is proud that she has never lost a pastie in her 6 year career but once had a problem with her dress not coming off and proclaims that as a burlesque performer, “if your clothes don’t come off, you’ve got nothing”.

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sOUND Of THe seAtHE droNES HAVE BEEN A PROMINENT FIXTURE OF THE AUSTRALIAN ROCK LANDSCAPE FOR THE PAST DECADE, WINNING THE INAUGURAL AUStrALiAN mUSiC PriZE IN 2005 WITH THEIR RELEASE WAIT LONG BY THE RIVER AND THE BODIES OF YOUR ENEMIES WILL FLOAT BY (HERMITUDE RECENTLY WON THE 2013 AMP AWARD). WE SPOKE TO FRONTMAN GARETH LIDDIARD.

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Congratulations on the success on the new album! You’re getting great reviews, left right and centre. one of which i found on last.fm where I see Seaweed was likened to “a demented film score”. if the drones were to score or re-score any film, which would you choose and why?

I don’t know, God, that’s a hard one. Ah fuck, that’s a really difficult one. I have no idea, there’s so many movies. They’re all horrible Come and See, it’s insane it’s a proper war film.

By the way, i totally agree with the film-score comparison, although maybe not “demented”, it does have some very twin Peaks soundtrack and score layers to it. did you expect “i See Seaweed” to debut and be received as well as it is?

No, everyone has always been nice to us. We never expect to do well. Once you’ve done it you’ve heard it a hundred times. We’ve had a good run so we’re waiting for it end.

rolling Stone magazine said that the new album “delivers an astounding collection of songs”, is it a strange feeling to be so received by rolling Stone magazine, let alone featured in it?

I never expected any of this to happen. It’s not a dream, it’s pretty cool. It is quite surreal it’s a weird thing.

You know in rolling Stone magazine how Stillwater are overwhelmed by being interviewed by rolling Stone magazine because it’s this dream-like opportunity but they’re also really concerned about William miller, the writer, and how he would depict the band to the public. do you think this is a truthful portrayal of gaining international recognition and engaging with a variety of journalists and writers?

To a degree, when you meet somebody in the situation that we’re in, they kind of hand a preconceived idea of what it is you and do and what it is you are. So yeah, the writer can stir it a little bit, their mind is often made up before they start.

Is it frightening: It was when I started, but I’ve done so many now. So it’s like whatever one.

oN SoNGWritiNG |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||Your writing ability is constantly admired and regarded as genius. What are some of your strategies when it comes to writing? do you go at it for days on end, coffee in hand or is it quite an organic process?

Is it weird to be regarded as genius: Well it is because I’m not a genius by a long shot. Albert Einstein and Steven Hawking’s are geniuses. I work hard at it, I have high standards and if it’s good that’s all it is.

Process: I just keep doing it every day until stuff happens really. It’s an active desperation, not any tortured artist sense. Songs gotta be written so you gotta grasp it.

Make sense of things yourself for your own sanity, version of events are different. Doing that, organising things into sort of something like a rational state. Chaos into water and water into Chaos

much of your music has a distinctive narrative and story-telling perspective. Prior to working with the drones, were you ever interested in writing and portraying stories to an audience?

No not really, outside of writing songs I never thought I’d write anything else. I just like writing songs and I was attracted to it and I liked it and it turned into this.

oN toUriNG |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| touring with Neil Young: two or three words to describe that experience?

I don’t know. It was just awesome it was amazing, it was like touring with Hendrix or Led Zepplin or Leonard.

Was it what you expected it would be? Was it better or worse?

It was probably better, really because they were really friendly. We were only meant to do one show and they watched us and stuck us on the rest of the tour last minute. They were really cool. The whole crew, 60 people with him, a lot of which he’s had from the 1960s. They’re all cool and they just kind of like wild rock and roll.

Were you able to hang out with him and talk about nothing?

He’s quite reserved; we’d bump into each other and talk about the shows. He was really friendly, and told us how he really liked us. He’d walk away, “fucking hell that actually happened didn’t it?”

Lotr tour: “welcome to the middle of middle earth” at the airport in Lord Of The

Rings font. There’s a model of Golum that’s about 7m tall in the food court. They really like LOTR. We didn’t go out of the town.

Pretty amazing, the parks, the trees look like something from a fantasy book.

You’re touring with King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizards who too have been getting a lot of support from triple J, do you feel more comfortable touring with Australian bands?

Yeah, it’s not a list on preferences, they don’t have to be Australians or anything like that. They’re a great band, you kinda want a band that’s really good, not a carbon-copy of what you’re doing. Not any dickheads.

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Successful Australian bands:

My Disco, Harmony.

What is your favourite curse/swear word?

Fuck, I say Fuck too much

What should Warp readers expect to experience from a drones show?

Ahm, what should they expect? Something a bit more feral than your normal thing, not feral like John Butler Trio.

What was your first Cd?

Oh god, first cd? I don’t know. Smash Hits by Jimi Hendrix

What should Warp readers do while listening to I See Seaweed?

Do the dishes or something or maybe drive somewhere, I don’t know, smoke some weed and have an alcoholic beverage while you crank it up. That should do.

Your thoughts on moNA?

I haven’t been there, (the gallery), it’s such one of the art galleries in the world. These things are usually in New York and Madrid, that makes it even cooler. That’s why we’re so excited to be a part of that.

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You will need to re-evaluate if you think that eating at a Japanese restaurant is a matter of deciding between the salmon or the tuna sushi roll. Miyabi is a restaurant to break all culinary stereotypes, offering a range of dishes that are entirely unfamiliar to Western culture, and deliciously authentic to Japan. With an energetic and friendly Japanese staff base, Miyabi brings you the real deal in Japanese cuisine.

Miyabi aims to replicate the traditional ‘Izakaya’ styled pub-restaurants in Japan, where all generations of friends and families meet up after work for a relaxing cup of sake or a warming green tea, and spend hours noshing an abundance of hot and cold dishes.

Do not be swayed by the takeaway-styled entrance. A journey up the stairs to the main dining area will transport you to a place

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where you can experience the full extent of Japanese street culture - without the jet lag. After you have received a pleasantly unnecessary amount of welcoming from the owner and waitresses, you will be seated by candlelight in a gorgeously intimate setting, complete with rice paper screens, lanterns, and stunning ukiyo-e styled prints and feature walls. You will then be offered a drink, and handed the most voluminous menu you have ever seen.

Personally, I couldn’t go past the set three course meal in which I was served six mouthwatering dishes. You might think that cheese in Japanese food sounds as obscure as seaweed in Italian, but the Asakusa styled Tsukune (meatballs with cheese topping) will undoubtedly change your mind. Miyabi’s delicately refreshing range of salads and smaller-than-usual portions of warm meals means that you will have room to

try as many dishes as you like. And a word of advice – do not pay the bill until you have tried the Marinated Minced Pork with Bamboo Shoots on top of Eggplant finished with Miso Sauce. It’s a mouthful to order that’s worth every bite.

Once you feel comfortably sated and ready to step back down into Hobart, you will receive a farewell that will warm your heart (if the sake hasn’t already), where the entire kitchen and wait staff will roar with “thankyous” and warm wishes.

Miyabi is open from 11am til late, Monday to Saturday, but I would recommend booking a table in advance, as the intimate atmosphere is made possible by its small number of tables.

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Check it out: Josh Pringle draws a good picture, he does it the old fashion way with a pen, and his stuff is funny, primitive and filled with vibrant energy. It’s a little bit tribal and a little bit three beers and a perfectly done bit of eye fillet, slightly weird and definitely excellent. He’s got a show at Jimmy’s Skate on Elizabeth St, Hobart on now – as ever, old mate Jimmy keeps a weather eye on the underground and lures it into his shop so we can all see it. It’s on for a few weeks, so get in there and buy some of Josh’s work so he can keep himself in beer and fishing tackle.

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My life just changed a lot: my partner and I became parents.

That’s a pretty huge change. It’s pretty wonderful as well.

It’s interesting though. We’ve both gotten the “this is your best work of art”, and or “the best thing you’ll ever do” line and I’m a bit uncomfortable about it. It’s amazing and life-changing and a huge responsibility (that I see as a challenge to relish when I’m not rather sleepy) but I don’t know that it’s work of art, having a child or becoming a parent. It’s creation without a doubt but I just don’t know if it’s quite the same thing. Our child is another human being. He’s not an extension of me, or my partner, and he will have his own life and opinions and dramas. I’ll try my best to guide him in life, but he will, in the end, make his own decisions. He may end up voting Liberal. That’s how things go; I cannot control him. I can only really be his father, and that seems like a massive responsibility and a great privilege. It’s extraordinarily special.

It doesn’t really seem anything like making art, and it’s not better than making art, it’s different. No more or less wonderful.

I’m uncomfortable with the idea that having a child is the ultimate thing anyone can do, as if people who do not have children for whatever reason are somewhat lesser human beings. I don’t think mothers are wise goddesses either; I think they’re fucking amazing, but I can’t deal with reducing someone to the function of their gender. Besides, there are people out there who screw up as parents, or need help, and that’s because it’s hard, and you have to get it right, and there’s no manual, and once you have the child, it’s done. You don’t scrap it and go back to planning stages or read a bit more. It’s a living human being, with a growing degree of autonomy.

That’s not to denigrate those people who dedicate themselves to children and family. I exist because of people who did that, and while this is a very ordinary thing, it’s quite remarkable in and of itself. It doesn’t need to be anything more; it doesn’t need to be art. Which is good, because I don’t think it is. I mean, what if the poor wee mite grows up to be an artists like his parents? He’s got to have a point where he expresses himself somehow. We all need a bit of that one.

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what is actually presented on the stage is based upon, and taken from transcripts.

The company’s use of transcripts could be compared to the use and reproduction of a screenplay however the intention of 1.0 is to get into the nitty gritty details which can often be found within the actually speech and inquiries surrounding such events. One of the major intentions of the production company is to not misrepresent those involved, allowing the production to speak for itself, aiming to represent the people and the events as fairly as possible. Kym believes that the “real text” (transcripts and enquiries) are far more interesting (than writing texts based on the events) “because it allows these people to speak for themselves.” She also continues that the company is not trying to be these people but are rather “staging the situation, in theoretical ways” which best represent it. Continuing that through the use of transcripts, the show becomes more believable and engaging stating that “it’s

believable because it is totally authentic. Theoretical is used to heighten the emotion intensity of the scene. Using theoretical elements to make it more dramatic”. The audience is, as such, taken on a ride as they are fully immersed within the content, the conflict and those involved, allowing them to gain a stronger experience as opposed to reading the story from the media.

An interesting addition to the actual performance is the inclusion of the ‘ums’ and ‘ahhs’, the pauses between speeches, which were noted within the transcripts and annotations. Kym highlights that the inclusion of such disfluencies (word fillers and pauses) draws attention to thinks and “it’s [when] people are in stressful situations that they use this and the behaviour and their intentions are highlighted”. Using this technique allows the audience to perceive the council members to appear more human and often, more vulnerable, in doing so, highlighting the ways in which people crash and burn under pressure and alerting the audience to the ‘ripple effect’ or ‘domino effect’, in which one word, one action establishes hundreds of others on an often detrimental path. An incredible human and ‘real’ experience, the slippery slope of decision making and behaviour choices is well represented within the production, alerting the audience to how easy it is to corrupt and in turn, be corrupted by others.

Version 0.1’s process in creating productions is incredibly interesting and quite organic, consisting of tones of research into a topic from the media with interest in stories which dominate the press. This involves the sorting through news articles, enquiries by the government and transcripts of those involved during investigations. Kym often finds herself felling “really pissed off by the way people behaved”. The tedious process of developing the story and collating key

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TABLe Of KNOwLeDGeIN A WORLD WHERE THE TRUTH IS OFTEN MUDDLED, HID-DEN AND CONFUSED, VERSION 1.0 PREVAILS IN PROVID-ING THE READER AND RECEIVER WITH FAR MORE INSIGHT INTO POLITICAL CONFLICTS AND ISSUES THAN WHAT IS OFTEN PROVIDED TO THE VIEWER. AND, WITH THE LAT-EST SHOW, TABLE OF KNOWLEDGE, THE INNOVATIVE PER-FORMANCE COMPANY DOESN’T STRAY FROM ITS INTEN-TIONS IN PROVIDING NEW STORIES AND GIVING THE AUDI-ENCE A REAL PERSPECTIVE OF WELL KNOWN CONFLICTS BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY.

The beautifully presented and maintained Theatre Royal will host Version 1.0’s latest production, Table of Knowledge, a performance about the for development scandal in Wollongong. Kym, a cast member of Version 1.0 briefly summarises the 2008 Wollongong City Council issue as essentially being a development scandal, continuing that the council were “essentially approving particular developments outside the government plan” causing huge developments in the area. Beneath the initial scandal of the development were far dirtier and more scandalous occurrences, including corruption within the council and the trading of sex for the development of several properties, which Kym kindly called “friends and favours”, or friends with benefits, if you like.

Like most other Version 1.0 shows, the inspiration for Table of Knowledge is taken directly from the scandal of a real life event. And, like with the other shows which have been produced by the company, much of

underlining stories (and themes) ultimately allows the company to trigger discussion within the audience, a key intention which is furthered even after the show, as the actors and contributors “always” leave for the foyer to discuss the events with the audience. Version 0.1 aims to provoke the audience to question what they have been told, what they were represented by the company and how this challenges their own beliefs. Aside from the ‘trigger’ and inevitable ripple effect of thought, it should also be reflected that Version 0.1 has an uncharacteristically different hierarchy than other production companies and teams. They don’t have a hierarchy, the ensemble creates their work without a flat structure, or writer, or designers, or director which in my opinion, only strengthens the engagement and relationship shared between the cast, story and receiver (audience).

When I ask Kym to describe herself and the group as a collective she responds with, “Nerds who like the news, who like talking about politics who get angry. Who have coffees and scream about the upcoming elections”. So if you associate yourself with being a nerd, or you simply like the news, or you hate the news and Gina Rinehart, or even like coffee, then “Table of Knowledge” may be the thing for you. An incredibly interesting story-driven reproduction of the demise of council members under corruption, lies and sex (who doesn’t love that combination?) showing this June at Hobart’s Theatre Royal.

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Street Art is controversial by it’s very nature. Some might see tagging as vandalism, but the stunning murals street artists create have always been art. Street art is the sign a city is alive and pulsing with energy. It’s how the youth and those outside the normal confines speak to each other, and it’ll never go away. That’s why the Launceston council’s Off The Wall initiative is such a forward-thinking idea; instead of making criminals out of street artists, this program seeks to find ways to legitimize street art, to support street artists to begin professional careers, and acknowledge street art as part of our culture.

These lofty aims are being worked towards in a very concrete way; Off The Wall is a competition for anyone who makes street based work in any form – stencil, aerosol, paste-up, knitting or random tiling. Artists can be any age, and from anywhere in Australia. Ten finalists will be chosen and they will make work directly onto the walls of Sawtooth ARI. First prize is $2,000 and all costs towards making a work in a public space in Launceston covered. The winner’s work is aimed to end up on the street, where it should be. That’s were this program really shines – it recognizes that street artists do want their art in the place it came

Sure, there have always been Zines in Hobart, but a few more would be just dandy. Zine culture thrives on more and more and a zine can be made in any way, and be about anything. It’s genuine DIY art. Well, Hobart’s need for a touch more Zine culture is being met in July, when the Small Press Zine festival inhabits the space

upstairs from Frankie’s Empire. There will be a series of workshops, talks, shows and exhibitions as well as ongoing collaborative projects. Come and make the publication you’ve always wanted to read and are tired of waiting for! If you don’t have an idea come along and learn a few DIY skills; you’ll get inspired on the day for certain. Go check out www.smallpresszines.blogspot.com.au for more information about the Small Press Festival, and marvel just how much excellent stuff is happening in Hobart this Winter.

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from, along with being in galleries, and it’s seeking to find ways to make that happen. For example, the other nine finalists will have their work virtually installed in iconic locations around Launceston – there’ll be a trigger image that you can read with your smartphone and access the artwork and a bit of information about the artist.

If this at all excites you, entries for Off The Wall close on the 31st of July 2013 at 5:00pm. Entering is incredibly easy – go to offthewallcomp.com.au and register as an artist. If you want, your work can be displayed on the website. You can register and upload images it from a smartphone. You can be as anonymous as you want as well; if you just want to get your work seen, you can just share images and not much else (although you’re going have to let a few things out if you want to enter the contest proper). There’s no entry fee either so you can throw as much art as you like in (and you should!) and it doesn’t have to be street art. The contest is about street art, but it’s also about getting art onto the street and doing things in a different way. It’s a bold step for the LCC but it’s a very necessary one; while the debate about art and vandalism will never end, giving the people who make this work legal outlets and

helping them work towards careers instead of criminalizing them is a massive step in the right direction that deserves support. And if you don’t like street art, that’s fine. I don’t like boring watercolors of yachts. There’s no style of art that everyone likes. They all have their place and the people who make are all artists.

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Why are you a comedian?

I always loved stand-up and it’s a job where I don’t have a boss, I get to travel a lot and drinking on weeknights isn’t frowned upon. I also get to hang out with funny fuckers all the time, which was way better than when I worked day jobs.

if you had to live in just oNE city in the world for the rest of your life, which weapon would you use to end your own pathetic life?

Booze. It would just take a few decades. Not choke in my own vomit kind of stuff, just red cheeks and a gut, followed by clutching my chest at the steering wheel and hitting a tree. That sounds fun actually, because I don’t have my license.

How do you honestly think your dick and balls taste?

Pre-gym or post-gym?

is comedy the best Art form?

Of course I’m being completely subjective, but to me it is. Comedians can change your opinions on serious topics while making you laugh your balls off. I much prefer hearing stand-up than being at an art gallery, looking at some sculpture of wire wrapped around an apple with a lighter glued to it. What a wank.

Why don’t you eat healthier and take care of yourself? don’t you love your mother?

My diet is perfect until the sun goes down. It’s mainly chicken breast and vegetables until night time, where the sun sets on the day and apparently my self-esteem as well.

What matters and what doesn’t matter?

Money and money.

What do you think when you hear someone say, “God”?

As long as it hasn’t been said following them knocking on my door on a Sunday morning or yelling in the street with a poorly written sign next to them, I don’t tend to mind hearing it. I’m not religious in anyway, I just don’t bother judging people as long as they aren’t bothering others.

What is beautiful to you?

The forests in Oregon/Washington State. The Scottish Highlands. Drinking on a plane on the way to a holiday. Waking up in the morning with no feeling of dread. Getting blown in an alley.

Have you read a lot of books, or are you naturally this pseudo-intellectual?

Not a whole lot of books to be honest. Just try and hear a lot of different opinions on a

subject, then I pick bits from each and form my own. I have been known to change my opinion on a topic, mid-argument, when someone has presented a better case. I’d be a shit lawyer.if you set your mind to it, can you really accomplish anything?

The things that I set my mind to, like losing two kilos over five years or watching an NFL game live, yes. Anything at all? No.

What do you attribute your success to?

Great parents, the right amount of self-belief and low self-esteem and having no plan B. Oh and also wanting to have an entourage one day.

How do you feel about being compared to American stand-ups in general, or being described as influenced by Americans? You manage to come across as distinctly Australian on stage, so was there a plan to merge these two aspects, or are you just a lucky, lazy ranga?

Lucky, lazy, ranga.

What’s your favourite part of tasmania?

The drive between Launceston and Hobart was pretty sweet. Lots of hills/mountains, bakeries and pubs. My favourite things.

When you were in school, were you the one making all the jokes, or the one trying to quietly masturbate in the back? We know you weren’t the one paying attention.

I paid attention until I got the good grades, then joked around and tried to get jerked off in class. I was once successful with the latter.

What advice would you have for teenagers and/or for people who think they want to do comedy themselves, and maybe they’ve made a few people laugh, seen comedy on tV or even at a bar a few times and think they can do that, and pretty soon they’ll be stinking rich like you with no asshole boss and lots of drugs and sluts?

Haha. Well I wish the stinking rich part was true. If they seriously want to do it, just go and get on stage. Eat your balls and then do it again. It’s like bungee jumping, you can tell everyone you want to do it, but until you take the leap, you’ve done nothing.

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One of the most prestigious prizes in the state for visual art threw a spanner in the works in 2012 when first prize went to Laura Hindmarsh for a video work, Studio Drag, that pictured the artist herself, moving furniture around in her studio. Hindmarsh captured herself in a moment of energised frustration, and the idea worked as a self-portrait. It was a bold move on her part to enter, and a very smart move on the part of the 2012 judges to choose a work that re-defined the idea of what a portrait is in contemporary art. Now in 2013, the pressure is on the local art scene to ask the question: what’s a portrait? The question for Tasmanian art fans is even better – what are we going to see when the exhibition opens, and the winner announced on September 4?

The prize has a history of producing quality from Tasmanian artists, and has long supported innovation as well as skill. We’ve seen excellent work in the past from locals like Rob O’Connor and Eva Schultz, whose works move beyond simply reproducing a face to asking questions about the image in art or capturing palpable emotional moments. The Prize is a show where significant new talent emerges and careers as artists begin, so it’s worth checking out – or if you’re a Tasmanian Artist under 30, it’s worth entering.

If you have an existing work you would like to enter or, if you think you have a stellar idea to throw into the ring, there’s still time; June 30 is the cut-off. Head to www.taspp.com.au right now and get onto the details: you need to be under 30 on June 30, you need to be Tasmanian and your portrait must be of a Tasmania subject. The work has to be two-dimensional but apart from that it’s up to you and whatever ideas you might have to share. Expect the panel of judges (a bunch of carefully selected learned types who do actually know about contemporary art) for 2013 to look for powerful ideas and strong statements, so if you are thinking about it – don’t be scared and get in there. You could win five grand, or be a runner up, or find that the people who see the show love your work – there’s also a People’s Choice prize every year.

The Prize will be announced September 4 and the exhibition will be open at The Long Gallery, Salamanca Arts Centre until September 15, then at the Devonport Regional Gallery September 28 – October 27, before arriving in Launceston at Sawtooth ARI November 2 – 25. There can only be one winner, but the field is always strong, varied and new, making the RACT Portraiture prize a must-see for new and emerging Tasmanian Artists. Don’t miss it.

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CreATiVe PAPer COMMUNITY CREATED ‘ZINE’ BIZOO IS GRACING TASMANIAN SOIL THIS MONTH, WITH A VISIT FROM ITS CREATOR JEREMY STAPLES AND OWNER OF ONLINE ZINE SHOP ELOUISE QUINLIVANTO.

What is a zine, you ask? In general, a zine is a non-commercial and often handmade publication which is devoted to specialised subject matter. Bizoo began as a zine in Toowoomba, Queensland, and from 2001 to 2006, it produced 25 issues, covering everything from music and the arts.

And now Bizoo is about to have its final release – a free retrospective, carbon neutral book titled Bizoo: The Best, The Worst & The Trash That Never Made It, which covers the highlights and lowlights of the music and arts. And for Jeremy, the final product is a definite trip down memory lane, as he recalls how Bizoo all began.

“I was sick of complaining about the lack of music and arts in town. Not one to complain, I wanted to do something! Next thing, Frenzal Rhomb were coming to town (Toowoomba, QLD) and touring with the American band Strung Out. There was little to no promotion, no street press, local paper or radio station covering or promoting the gig. I thought, fuck it, someone needs to interview these bands and promote the gig. Next thing I knew, I was on the phone with a smart mouthed Lindsay McDougall and drinking beers backstage with Strung Out.”Now, with the final issue of Bizoo under his belt and ready to roll, Jeremy says that

readers can expect a lot from it, including the entire history of Bizoo and everyone who has been involved in it – from work experience kids to “the artists which are now the ones creating the posters for Big Day Out.”

“We put a lot of effort into making it as accessible and relevant as possible. Even if you don’t have any interest in the bands . . . I think the reader will connect with it on a number of different levels.”

And this month, Jeremy and Elouise will launch the book throughout the cities of Hobart, Launceston and Burnie through workshops and events this month. Hoping to share their success story and strategies about how a group of young people came together and collaborated, the Bizoo team will attempt to pass on their skills to other creative minded individuals out there. With workshops that aim to “empower people to express themselves”, Jeremy says his advice for people who want to plant their own “cultural seeds” is to have fun, get amongst it, and “listen to your South Korean sweatshop worker”.

But all in all, Bizoo has created a channel which has allowed for members to become a part of one very talented community family.

“Some of the best memories are around the gigs that Bizoo put on . . . But I dare say we’re most proud of the fact that we were an outlet for so many people to get their work out.”

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HANDfUL Of MOfOFIVE SHOWS YOU SHOULDN’T MISS WHEN DARK MOFO HITS.

LoUiS + BEBE:

What Mona is to Disneyland, Louis + Bebe is to West Side Story. A piece of musical theatre that pays homage to the New York couple who invented electronic music, Louis + Bebe was created by Indo-pop star and William Kentridge collaborator Joanna Dudley, set designer Rufus Didwiszus and electro / noise composer-musician Dirk Dresselhaus (aka Schneider TM). The original Louis and Bebe didn’t know their work was music until John Cage told them so: you’ll have your definition of musical theatre tweaked by this surreal and abstract show.http://darkmofo.net.au/program/louis-bebe/

StoLP & ALLEN:

You won’t find them in the online program, but prepare to be amused, seduced and abused when Hobart comedy duo Stolp & Allen take on Princes Wharf One. If you’ve caught them at the (recently deceased) Alley Cat, Faux Mo or Melbourne’s Open Studio you’ll know what to expect: cross-dressing, suburban cringe and an anarcho-dag aesthetic that keeps you halfway between a laugh and a wince. Shifting their focus from the budgie-breeding suburbs to Hobart’s colonial past, the pair say they’re creating a “transportable carnival game incorporating puppetry” for the Winter Feast.http://darkmofo.net.au/program/winter-feast/

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If the transcendent potential of feedback rising through slow-burn riffs of piano, guitar, bass, drum and glockenspiel sounds like your cup of Sencha Green, do not miss Mono, a Japanese four-piece with fourteen years and six albums behind them. The band’s sound moves between minimalism and orchestral complexity. Here’s hoping the Satanalia sets are long. Mono will get inside your dreams.http://darkmofo.net.au/program/satanalia/

mArtHA WAiNWriGHt:

She’s got a voice that rasps then rings; lyrics by turns poetic and brash, gutsy and melancholy; and she told The Independent last year that her greatest regret was not being nicer to her mother, folk singer Kate McGarrigle. Proserpina, the last song McGarrigle wrote before she died, is the centrepiece of Montreal-born Wainwright’s current album, Come Home to Mama. Where better to hear her channel her mother-love than the dog-eared splendour of the Theatre Royal? If you haven’t got a ticket then too bad, you missed out. Buy tickets earlier next time.http://darkmofo.net.au/program/martha-wainwright/

FANtASiA WitH tHE tSo:

A bigger-than-usual TSO hits the DEC with a bigger-than-usual cinema screen in tow for this mash-up of the original 1940 Disney film and Fantasia 2000. Some of the animated visuals might be kitsch but the live soundtrack is not: from Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony to Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Mickey has some serious classical chops. Bring your trippers, bring your kids – the whole family is welcome. http://darkmofo.net.au/program/fantasia


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tHEAtrEAvalon theatre Louis and Bebe, June 19 - 20

theatre royalEnsemble Theatre Co.Presents Frankenstein, June 11 - 12Sundowner, June 19 – 22

theatre royal BackspaceBlue Cow theatrePresents Don Juan, May 29 – June 8 Old Nick Co. Presents Cosi, June 13 – 22

Playhouse theatreHobart Repertory Theatre SocietyPresents Private Lives, May 31 – June 15

the WaratahThe Clubhouse presents Nick Cody, June 20

the Brisbane HotelThe Comedy Forge – All New Material, June 30

the Princess theatreEnsemble Theatre Co.Presents Frankenstein, June 5 - 6Sundowner, June 14 - 15Launceston College PresentsHairspray, June 26 – 29

Burnie Arts and Function CentreBurnie PCYC PresentsHairspray, June 7

devonport Entertainment & Convention CentreEnsemble Theatre Co.Presents Frankenstein, June 7

tonic – Launceston Country ClubCorona Comedy NightFirst Thursday of every month

Fresh on CharlesFresh Comedy with Nick Cody, June 21

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* If you are an exhibiting gallery or space in Tasmania and want to be included in the Warp Gallery Guide email: [email protected]

Bett GalleryJoan Ross Touching Other People’s ShoppingJune 7 – 28

CASt Gallery Networked Art Forms and Tactical Magick Faerie CircuitsJune 31 – July 30

Colville St GalleryAnton HolzerMay 24 – June 12Max AngusPatricia GilesJune 14 – July 3

despard GalleryJenny OrchardPeter PouletMay 29 – June 19Maeve WoodsJune 21 – July 17

Handmark GalleryHobartHilton Owen June 7

iNKA GalleryJohn Karafyills SerenityMay 31 – June 19

moNAThe Red QueenJune 18 2013 – April 21 2014

moonah Arts CentreRefugee Week ExhibitionJune 7 – 27

Plimsoll GalleryPost-Graduate examination exhibitions – ALL June.Contact Plimsoll for details

rosny Barn Bill HartConversations in the darkJune 7 – 30

Salamanca Arts CentreHunter Island Press Mid-Winter Mini Prints

Sidespace GalleryJune 3 – 16Nigel Helyer‘Whizzer – All my love Darling’

Kelly’s Garden June 16 – July 31Art From Trash 2013

Long GalleryJune 20 – July 1James BarkerMARSUPIAL and other oddities

Sidespace GalleryJune 19 – July 4

Schoolhouse GalleryMay 31 - June 16AspirationsJune 23 – July 14Connecting With Color

tmAGA Passion for Nature: The work of William Charles Piguenit March 15 – June 30Colonial Women – 10 colonial women artistsMarch 15 – July 21Critical Operations – contemporary Australian ArtMarch 15 – December 31Ian Burns

Floats AsunderJune 13 – July 27

Brave Art Gallery Longford Angus Donald Rear WindowMay 6 – June 30

Gallery Parnella St HelensBay Of Fires Art Prize 2013June 8 (Winner announced)

Handmark GalleryEvandaleThe Tree as InspirationJune 2

oUtWArdProJECtColin Langridge Lucy Bleach June 8 – 22 Josh FoleyJune 29 – July 13

QVmAGArt Gallery Royal ParkArtStart: Land, Sea and SkyUntil July 21Into The Wild: Wilderness Photography In TasmaniaMarch 15 - February 16 2014The Nude In 20th Century Australian ArtMay 18 – October 20

Sawtooth A.r.i.Penny Mason, David Marsden, Sue Henderson

Front GalleryHelene Weeding

Middle GalleryPatrick Sutczak

Project GalleryDarryl Rogers

New Media GalleryMay 31 – June 22

Burnie GalleryArtRage 2012May 25 – July 7Hooked! … from the Mountain Dragon to the HandfishMay 25 – June 30

devonport regional GalleryTesting Ground May 11 – June 16North West Art Circle Annual exhibitionJune 22– July 15

LArQ QueenstownGeoprinters – six printmakersJune 15 – July 6

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Fri June 7 / Open Mic / 7pm

Sat June 8 / Fashion Parade & High Tea / 2:30pm

Sat June 8 / Ross Sermons & Louise / 7pm

Fri June 14 / Global Lounge / 7pm

Sun June 16 / Cuisenaire / 12pm

Fri June 21 / Folk Acoustic Night / 7:30pm

Sun June 30 / Mustered Courage / 5pm

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Sat July 6 / Blue Ball for Grow Tasmania Fundraiser / 7pm

Thur 25 & Fri 26 July / Chet Baker Show by David Goldthorpe

Sat Aug 3 / Ostmas with Barry Pilkington / 7pm

Sun Aug 18 / David Bridie / 5pm

Sun Aug 25 / Woohoo Revue / 7pm

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Birdcage Bar Glen Challice 9pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett

Irish Murphys Tim Rozemulder

Jack Greene Bianca Clennett

Republic Bar & Café Ash Grunwald + Scott & Andy from The Living End 9pm

Friday 7 Birdcage Bar Jason Patmore 9pm

Brisbane Hotel Damage Nightclub w/ Anchors (vic) + Strictland (vic) + Union Pacific (vic) + Catchpenny + Speech Patterns

Brookfield Vineyard Open Mic 7pm

C Bar DJ Gezza 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Tim Davies followed by Ado and Devo

Frogmore Creek Virtuosi Tasmania 2013 - Master String Quartets 10:30am

Grand Poobah Monte Cassino, Scott Haigh, Becca Stevens & The Sketches in the Kissing Room 9pm

Irish Murphys Big Swifty

Ivory Bar DJ Grotesque

Jack Greene Tony Makro

Observatory Lounge Room DJ Jim King

Observatory Main Room DJ Johnny G

Republic Bar & Café San Cisco + Millions + Chaos Chao (USA) 10pm

Salamanca Courtyard Rektango 7:30pm

The Telegraph Micheal Clennett followed by Dr Fink

Saturday 8 Birdcage Bar Jason Patmore 9pm

Brisbane Hotel ALL AGES - Damage Nightclub w/ Anchors (vic) + Strictland (vic) + Union Pacific (vic) + Speech Patterns 3pm

Brisbane Hotel 18+ - Bands for Blood w/ John Johnson & The John-sons + Monsters of the Id + Unfolding Vostoks + Gutter Parties

Brisbane Hotel Late Night Krackieoke w/ MC Barberella

Brookfield Vineyard Fashion Parade & High Tea 2:30pm

Brookfield Vineyard Ross Sermons & Louise 7pm

C Bar Sambo 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Johnny G

Grand Poobah Enola Fall, Tales in Space, B-Film & The Cannabalistic Po Howard Band 9pm

Home Hill Winery Virtuosi Tasmania 2013 - Master String Quartets 11:00am

Irish Murphys Tim Rozemulder, Tim & Scott

Ivory Bar DJ Grotesque, Mez and Jim King

Jack Greene DJ Millhouse

Observatory Main Room DJ Beerex

Republic Bar & Café The Audreys 10pm

Sails Billy Whitton 6pm

The Telegraph Ado and Devo followed by The Smashers

Sunday 9 Birdcage Bar Jason Patmore 8pm

Brisbane Hotel Lucas Walk + Desi Boy + Smutty Sam + Becca Stevens

Brisbane Hotel Rock n Roll Bingo w/ Timmy Jack Ray

C Bar Tony Voglino 2pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett followed by DJ Johnny G

Grand Poobah Cape How, Jack Storey, John Bradley & Stalking Ella Scott 8pm

Irish Murphys Right Royal Party


Republic Bar & Café Daniel Champagne 9pm

dAtE VENUE ACtS / StArt timEThe Metz Queen’s Birthday Party - Hutch & DJ Felix 5pm

The Telegraph Dr Fink

Monday 10 Birdcage Bar Billy & Randal 8pm


Republic Bar & Café Quiz Night 8:15pm

Tuesday 11 Birdcage Bar A Touch of Class 8pm

Republic Bar & Café Baker Boys 9pm

Wednesday 12 Birdcage Bar Pete Thomas 9pm

Brisbane Hotel King of the Wizards + Drayfus Epiphany + Monte Cas-sino

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Cam Stuart

Jack Greene Micheal Clennett


Republic Bar & Café Delsinki Records 9pm

The Telegraph The Smashers

Waratah Hotel Quiz Night 7pm

Thursday 13 Birdcage Bar Glen Challice 9pm

Brisbane Hotel Arc



Jack Greene Cam Stuart

Republic Bar & Café The Robinsons 9pm

Wrest Point Show Room Australian Burlesque Festival

Friday 14 Birdcage Bar Glen Challice 9pm

Brisbane Hotel Surfasaurus + B Film & The Canabalistic Po Howard Band

Brookfield Vineyard Global Lounge 7pm

C Bar DJ Gezza 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett followed by Phrayta

Grand Poobah DJ’s in the Swamp

Irish Murphys Smashers

Ivory Bar DJ Kenny Beeper

Jack Greene DJ Mez

Observatory Lounge Room DJ Grotesque

Observatory Main Room DJ Johnny G

Republic Bar & Café British India 10pm


The Telegraph Rum Jungle followed by Big Swifty


Brisbane Hotel ALL AGES - Northlane (nsw) + Save the Clocktower + Eligist + Interview with an Escape Artist 3pm

Brisbane Hotel 18+ - Northlane (nsw) + Save the Clocktower + Eligist + Ending Atrophy

C Bar Double Down 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Johnny G

Derwent Entertainment Centre

Disney’s Fantasia 4pm

Grand Poobah Swimming, Catsuit, Pines & Maja Naked 9pm - DJ’s in the Swamp

Irish Murphys DJ MacD




Republic Bar & Café British India 10pm





Brookfield Vineyard Cuisenaire 12pm

C Bar Pete Thomas 2pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Tim Hibbered followed by DJ Johnny G


Event Guide

dAtE VENUE ACtS / StArt timERepublic Bar & Café JaJa 9pm

Monday 17 Birdcage Bar Suffrajettes 8pm

Republic Bar & Café Joe Pirere 8:30pm

Tuesday 18 Birdcage Bar Billy & Randal 8pm

Brisbane Hotel Quiz A Saurus

Republic Bar & Café Peter Hicks and the Blue Licks 8:30pm


Brisbane Hotel Bad Vibrations w/ The White Rose Project + My Friend Brian + Southpaw + Stalking Ella Scott

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Tim Hibbered

Grand Poobah The BJ Lamb Quarter, Reardon and Wester Duo & Jazz Acuna in the Kissing Room 8pm



Republic Bar & Café The Bobcats 9pm




Brisbane Hotel Sparkspitter (sa) + Outwaves (QLD)


Grand Poobah Mrs Patterson & Mrs Peterson on the Decks 9pm



Republic Bar & Café Dave Wilson Band 9pm

Wrest Point Ent. Centre TSO Goes to Broadway


Brisbane Hotel DUB n STUFF w/ Dublo + Little Bear + DJ Secret Pow-ers + Ham + Newport vs Hibernation + Mez

Brookfield Vineyard Folk Acoustic Night 7:30pm

C Bar DJ Gezza 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Tim Hibbered followed by Rum Jungle

Grand Poobah Coco Loco Karaoke in the Main Room 9pm - DJ’s in the Swamp

Irish Murphys Brett Collidge

Ivory Bar DJ Grotesque

Jack Greene Tim Davies

Observatory Lounge Room DJ Kenny Beeper


Republic Bar & Café Boil Up 10pm




Brisbane Hotel ALL AGES - Kerser (nsw) + Rates + Mick Dunn D + Greeley 2pm

Brisbane Hotel 18+ - Municipal Waste (usa) + Ruins + Taberah

Brisbane Hotel Front Bar - Wheelsfalloff

C Bar Girl Friday 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Jim King

Grand Poobah Rapskallion & Dawn 9pm - DJ’s in the Swamp

Ivory Bar Kenny Beeper, Mez & Jim King



Republic Bar & Café Abbe May 9:30pm


The Telegraph Ado and Devo followed by The Smashers

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

Russell Morris



C Bar Manhatten 2pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett followed by DJ Jim King

dAtE VENUE ACtS / StArt timERepublic Bar & Café Wahbash Avenue 9pm

Monday 24 Birdcage Bar A Touch of Class 8pm

Republic Bar & Café Quiz Night 8:15pm

Wrest Point Ent. Centre Foster & Allen

Tuesday 25 Birdcage Bar Billy & Randal 8pm

Brisbane Hotel Game On! (Warhammer & Console Games)

Republic Bar & Café Blue Flies 9pm


Brisbane Hotel Linc Le Fevre + Monte Cassino + Becca Stevens

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Tim Hibbered

Grand Poobah The Pearly Whites and Friends



Republic Bar & Café Coolio 9pm




Brisbane Hotel The Comedy Forge (Stand Up Comedy)


Irish Murphys Ben Castles


Republic Bar & Café Owen Campbell 9pm


Brisbane Hotel M.O.1.O (album launch) + Evil Goat + Omahara

Brisbane Hotel FRONT BAR - Flowers For Cops (vic) + Cabin Fever (vic) + Lager Than Life + Will and the Screaming Seniors

C Bar DJ Gezza 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Micheal Clennett followed by Phrayta

Federation Concert Hall Discover Schubert’s Rosamunde 7pm

Grand Poobah The Phosphenes and Friends 9pm

Irish Murphys Ethel the Frog

Ivory Bar DJ Graz


Moonah Arts Centre The Craggs

Observatory Lounge Room DJ Grotesque


Republic Bar & Café Nicky Bomba’s Bustamento 10pm


The Telegraph Cam Stuart followed by Entropy


Brisbane Hotel Brisbane Hotel 6th Birthday Bash!!! Wiggidy Wig-gidy Wild Wild West!! Totally Unicorn + Small Black Lambs + Skun Knees + Seahorse Divorce + Wil Wagner + Stokades + Jen Buxton + Pines + DJ BTC + Psycho Deric + DJ Vinyl Ritchie + Quivering Ray’s Boom Box Bangalang

C Bar Tony Mak 8pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar DJ Jim King

Grand Poobah Dig, King of the Wizards & Lizard Johnny in the Kissing Room 9pm

Irish Murphys Ethel the Frog


Jack Greene Bianca Clennett


Republic Bar & Café Something for Kate + Courtney Barnett 10pm




Brookfield Vineyard Mustered Courage 5pm

C Bar Tony Voglino 2pm

Cargo Pizza and Lounge Bar Rum Jungle followed by DJ Jim King

Republic Bar & Café Mustard Courage 9pm


Event Guide

NOrTHwesTLAUNCesTON

14 Brisbane StLaunceston 7250(03) 6331 5346

~ Live Music ~~ Great Food ~

~ Open 7 Days ~~ Open Mic Night the Last Wednesday of the Month ~

JUNE

Wed 5thLive Music

Thurs 6thDaniel Champagne

Fri 7thTales In Space & Enola Fall

Sat 8thLaunceston Blues Club

Rolling Stone Tribute Show

Wed 12thBecca Stevens

Thurs 13thGendra

Fri 14thS&M

Sat 15thMyocardium

Wed 19thAndy Collins

Thurs 20thSeventh Street Entry

Fri 21stSomething Different

Variety Show

Sat 22ndLuke Bennett

Wed 26thOpen Mic Night

Thurs 27thSamuel Bester

Fri 28thOwen Campbell

Sat 29thY(yan)²N

dAtE VENUE ACtS / StArt timE

JUNE

Saturday 1 Royal Oak Jay Fraser & Timothy John

Tonic Bar DJ Randall, Sambo

Tuesday 4 Lloyds Hotel Classic Covers/Originals

Wednesday 5 Lloyds Hotel Uni Night

Royal Oak Live Music

Watergarden Bar Trevor Weaver

Thursday 6 Hotel New York San Cisco - The Beach Tour

Royal Oak Daniel Champagne

Friday 7 Bolters Bar Chris Lynch

Royal Oak Tales in Space & Enola Fall

Saturday 8 Royal Oak Launceston Blues Club - Rolling Stones Tribute Show

Tonic Bar Well Strung


Wednesday 12 Country Club Showroom

Australian Burlesque Festival

Lloyds Hotel Uni Night

Royal Oak Becca Stevens

Watergarden Bar Chris Lynch

Thursday 13 Royal Oak Gendra

Friday 14 Bolters Bar Geale Brothers

Royal Oak S&M

Tonic Bar Andy & The Woodman

Saturday 15 Royal Oak Myocardium

Tonic Bar Sambo


Wednesday 19 Lloyds Hotel Uni Night

Royal Oak Andy Collins


Thursday 20 Royal Oak Seventh Street Entry

Friday 21 Bolters Bar Andy & The Woodman

Country Club Showroom

Russell Morris

Royal Oak Something Different Variety Show

Tonic Bar Picasso Brothers

Saturday 22 Albert Hall TSO goes to Broadway 7:30pm

Hotel New York J-Trick

Royal Oak Luke Bennett

Tonic Bar Sambo

Sunday 23 Christ Church, Longford

Virtuosi Tasmania 2013 - Master String Quartets 6pm

Tuesday 25 Country Club Showroom

Foster & Allen

Lloyds Hotel Classic Covers/Originals

Wednesday 26 Country Club Showroom

Foster & Allen

Lloyds Hotel Uni Night

Royal Oak Open Mic Night


Thursday 27 Royal Oak Samuel Bester

Friday 28 Bolters Bar Josh & Brett

Royal Oak Owen Campbell

Tonic Bar Picasso Brothers

Saturday 29 Royal Oak Y(yan)2N

Tonic Bar Andy & The Woodman, Nicky Bomba’s Bustamento

Sunday 30 Country Club Showroom

Buddy ‘n’ Roy/Together Alone

dAtE CitY VENUE ACtS / StArt timE

JUNE

Saturday 1 Latrobe Mackey’s Royal Hotel

Jerome Hillier 9pm

Devonport Molly Malones Sun Kings 9:30pm

Thursday 6 Devonport Molly Malones Jerome Hillier 8:30pm

Friday 7 Sheffield Skwiz Café Gallery

Friday Nite Music 8pm

Burnie The Butter Factory

Dirty Love

Ulverstone Ulverstone Wharf

You3


Ball & Chain 9pm

Devonport Molly Malones Happy Days 9:30pm


The Tems

Thursday 13 Devonport Molly Malones Luke Parry 8:30pm




The Ringmasters


Denise Sam Quartet


Luke Parry 9pm

Devonport Molly Malones Unbalance 9:30pm


Chris Liley

Wednesday 19 Ulverstone Ulverstone Wharf

Hetty Kate 7:30pm

Thursday 20 Devonport Molly Malones Slats & Josh 8:30pm




Jesse Teinaki


Cool Train


Slats & Josh 9pm

Devonport Molly Malones Pure Blondes 9:30pm


After Sunset

Sunday 23 Devonport Devonport Regional Art Gallery

Virtuosi Tasmania 2013 - Master String Quartets 2pm

Thursday 27 Devonport Molly Malones Proud Phoneys 8:30pm

Friday 28 Wynyard Hotel Federal Ball & Chain 8pm

Devonport Molly Malones Mustered Courage 8:30pm

Sheffield Skwiz Café Gallery



The Ringmasters


Azimus


Brett Boxhall 9pm

Devonport Molly Malones The Doctors Rocksters 9:30pm


Paradigm

from street to gallerythe off the Wall street art competition

is open and we want you to enter!

What’s up for grabs?

• $2,000 cash prize for the winning design plus installation costs

• $500 People’s Choice Award

• An exhibition at Sawtooth Gallery for ten finalists

• Virtual installation in some of Launceston’s most

iconic locations for nine runners-up

• All designs showcased in the Off the Wall online gallery

Who can enter?

We want artists, designers and creatives in all media

and artforms to enter.

Whether you do writing, stencils, paste-ups or

traditional art, we’re looking for a powerful artwork

that showcases the best street art in Launceston.

make your mark

Log onto www.offthewallcomp.com.au for an entry form

and more info. Entry is free and closes 31 July.

Judging by

Jamin & JG StyleS


An Australian Government Initiative

Off the Wall is an initiative of the Launceston City Council.

This project was funded jointly under a grant from the Australian government.

from street to gallerythe off the Wall street art competition

is open and we want you to enter!

What’s up for grabs?

• $2,000 cash prize for the winning design plus installation costs

• $500 People’s Choice Award

• An exhibition at Sawtooth Gallery for ten finalists

• Virtual installation in some of Launceston’s most

iconic locations for nine runners-up

• All designs showcased in the Off the Wall online gallery

Who can enter?

We want artists, designers and creatives in all media

and artforms to enter.

Whether you do writing, stencils, paste-ups or

traditional art, we’re looking for a powerful artwork

that showcases the best street art in Launceston.

make your mark

Log onto www.offthewallcomp.com.au for an entry form

and more info. Entry is free and closes 31 July.

Judging by

Jamin & JG StyleS


An Australian Government Initiative

Off the Wall is an initiative of the Launceston City Council.

This project was funded jointly under a grant from the Australian government.

Documents

Warp Magazine June 2013