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Still sound as everIndie rock heroes You Am I are gearing up to hit the Cambridge stage for the fi rst
time in two years and Stephen Bisset caught up with drummer Russell Hopkinson to chat about what it means to be elder statesmen of Aussie rock.
The McClymonts go acoustic PAGE 33
Party hard with Main Guy and the Other Guys PAGE 38
There’s an Elephant in the room PAGE 37
Kings of Merseybeat return PAGE 41
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Godspeed You! Black EmperorThurs, February 14 – Enmore Theatre
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Wed, 9.30pm – Ten
New Order – Lost Sirens(Rhino)
I f big, dumb fi lms – the
kind where you can just fl op on the couch and switch off your brain for a couple of hours – that drip with more CGI eye candy than acting talent, then Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen should be right up your alley.
Picking up where the fi rst one left off (don’t worry newcomers, you won’t miss a beat), the fi lm follows reluctant hero Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) who, after helping the Autobots defeat the evil Deceptacons, heads off to college in pursuit of a normal existence. Although obviously it’s not meant to be and before too long those pesky Deceptecons are at it again – plotting the destruction of the human race.
As a childhood fan of the magnifi cent cartoon and the accompanying Hasbro toys, I would have to say that director Michael Bay has a lot to answer for. That said, if it’s a thoughtless thrill ride that is essentially the celluloid equivalent of a Big Mac then this could be your Citizen Kane.
I t seems a little odd, after a much publicised spat between outgoing bass player Peter Hook and the rest of New
Order, that the band’s fi rst outing, sans Hook, would be an album of out-takes from their last and vastly underwhelming album Waiting For The Sirens’ Call.
While all of the elements are still here, Hook’s spectral bass lines, Bernard Sumner’s clean-cut vocals and Gillian Gilbert’s spooky synths, there’s an overarching feeling that it’s all been done before.
If you’re looking for a good place to start with New Order, put this aside and seek out earlier classics such as ‘Movement’ or ‘Power Corruption and Lies’.
T his subtle and slow burning comedy, based on a true story, from director Richard Linklater (‘School Of Rock’,
‘Dazed and Confused’) is quite a departure from Jack Black’s usual slacker buffoon, but it might also be his best role yet.
In the town of Carthage, Texas, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede (Black) provides the biggest ray of sunshine and is beloved by everyone – especially the older ladies of the community.
Things take a disturbing turn after Bernie befriends
wealthy widow Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine), the meanest woman in town, and the pair become inseparable. But, when Marjorie
becomes too possessive, Bernie does the unthinkable.
Never one to take a conventional approach, Linklater employs a kind of cinema vérité style where much of the story is told through interviews with the people of Carthage, interspersed with some brilliant performances from Black, MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey who plays district attorney, Danny Buck.
S eminal Canadian post-rockers Godspeed You! Black Emperor will be bringing their visceral show to Australia
next month for the fi rst time ever.GB!YE originally started life as a
solo musical outlet for main man Efrim Menuck, but quickly grew to a core group of nine members – releasing their fi st album F#A#∞ in 1997.
Since then, the band have released three studio albums and an EP – each consisting of an entire piece which is then divided into sections ranging from 15 to 25 minutes.
The band work on both the smallest and grandest of scales, with their dynamic orchestral arrangements revolving around rickety
piano melodies, a gentle and emotive string section and the roll of guitars and percussion.
Their intense performances are coupled with an engaging use of art and visuals to create an overwhelming live music experience.
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N ewcastle pop punkers Excitebike (pictured) are set to stretch their legs with an East
Coast tour in support of their kinetic and catchy self-titled EP.
Kicking off on home soil at the Cambridge, Excitebike will be bringing Brisbane mates Mental Giants along for the ride.
It’s safe to assume that there will be a fair amount of shenanigans on this tour as it is dubbed ‘The Battle Of The Drunkest Bass Player’ and I’m told that the tour will take in fi ve dates over three weekends of debauchery and possible nudity.
Anyone who has seen Excitebike can attest to the fact that these guys dish out razor sharp and tighter-than-a-tourniquet melodic punk rock with some of the most catchy hooks heard on local stages in recent memory.
Mental Giants have had quite the 12 months as well and are well and truly ready to pack their bags for their fi rst tour. Their debut release ‘Pop A Mono’ has been pricking up quite a few ears of late and they plan to hit the studio this year for their fi rst full-length.
Catch Excitebike and Mental Giants when they play at the Cambridge Hotel on Friday, February 1.
ON YER BIKE
PUT YOUR NECK OUT FOR THIS ONEW hen it comes to true
improvisation, few can mix it up as well as The Necks, who will be hitting
Newcastle this month as they return home to Australia for a series of highly anticipated dates.
Renowned for creating immersive and hypnotic live experiences over two completely improvised one hour sets, Chris Abrahams (piano) Lloyd Swanton (bass) and Tony Buck (drums) slowly weave sonic alchemy out of thin air to create a sound that will truly amaze.
From humble beginnings over a quarter of a century ago as a private jamming project, The Necks now count the likes of such luminaries as Brian Eno and Nick Cave among their ever-growing legion of fans.
The trio have released an impressive 16 albums and have packed shows everywhere from the Sydney Opera House to The Barbican in London and
The Roulette in New York.As testament to the band’s
importance to Australian music and culture, last year, their seminal album ‘Aether’ was added to the Australian National Registry Of Recorded Sound and their now-legendary debut album, ‘Sex’, was given the re-issue treatment.
One thing that you can guarantee about a Necks show is that no two will ever be the same.
“It’s important that we don’t know where the music is going to go,” Tony Buck said.
“By the time we’re well into a piece, it’s really hard to imagine how it got there from where it started.”
Bass player Lloyd Swanton described playing a Necks show, and indeed attending one, as akin to a kind of Zen-like meditation session.
“There’s a state I reach while playing with The Necks, of complete emptiness, where the music is fl owing through you
and you just have no sense of self at all,” he said.
“I think that’s probably a fantastic state for people to listen to you in – it’s
certainly a great state to be in.”Catch The Necks when they play at
Lizotte’s Lambton on Sunday, February 10.
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I t’s diffi cult to believe that it has been more than 17 years since Sydney indie rock geniuses You Am I released their seminal slab of
sonic loveliness ‘Hi Fi Way’ – let alone 20 years since Tim Rogers and co strummed their fi rst chords in a Castle Hill garage. Time certainly fl ies when you’re having fun.
The band may’ve been a little quiet of late with their last album (self-titled) dropping in 2010, but that doesn’t mean they’re slowing down, as Newcastle audiences will soon discover when You Am I grace the Cambridge stage for the fi rst time in two years.
“We always look forward to getting back to Newcastle as the crowds have always been really great,” drummer Russell ‘Rusty’ Hopkinson told TE.
“Tim [Rogers] has always said that Newcastle was one of the fi rst places to embrace the band so it holds a very special place for us.
“We hadn’t played together for a little while but, over the festive season we played some good shows, like the Mooloolaba Festival on New Year’s Eve, so we’re defi nitely well and truly back in gig mode.”
While some of their contemporaries might baulk at any ‘elder statesmen’ tags afforded them by music wags, Hopkinson said You Am I kind of revelled in the luxuries that such status affords – most notably not being
pressured by record execs to get into the studio and produce the next big thing.
“I think we’ve earned the right to not really have to bother about schedules,” Hopkinson said.
“A lot of bands get pressured to do this and that – I mean, the amount of times we’ve had some label guy saying that we need to contemporise our sound – and the wheels keep falling off.
“I think we realised about ten years ago that we didn’t have to keep bashing our heads against a wall to ‘make it’.
“That said, at the moment we are talking about getting back into the studio, so I’d say we should have something by the end of the year. At the moment, though, we’re just having a hell of a lot of fun.”
Anyone who saw You Am I in the halcyon days of ‘Sound As Ever’ and ‘Hi Fi Way’ can attest to their [particularly Rodgers] visceral live shows that mixed equal parts ‘60s pop sensibility with a kind of pissed off cynicism associated with the, then, huge grunge movement. However, Hopkinson said that these days, they may have mellowed a tad.
“We were a pretty bloody angry band in those days,” he said.
“There was a lot of passion on stage and Tim was the very fi rst guy I saw take out a Marshall head with his guitar.
“These days, while we still defi nitely give our all on stage, I think there may be a little more understanding of our obligations to our audience. I think
we’re a much less selfi sh band now.”So after all these years, albums and
kilometres on the road, is there one You Am I song that has the ability to make the hairs on the back of Hopkinson’s neck stand on end?
“Probably ‘How Much Is Enough’ as it holds quite personal meanings for everyone in the band,” he said.
Catch You Am I when they play at The Cambridge Hotel on Sunday, January 27.
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Sisters unpluggedW ith Australian country
music darlings The McClymonts fi nally starting to break some
ground in the tougher-than-nails US market, the trio are champing at the bit to get back to Newcastle for a show unlike anything you’ve seen the sister act do before.
After picking up their second best country album ARIA for their third record ‘Two Worlds Collide’ and two top 30 US singles, Mollie, Samantha and Brooke decided they wanted to give audiences something a little bit different so, this time around they’re doing it all unplugged.
“We got to
thinking that we really wanted to do something different with our live show so we decided that we’d try stripping everything back to how we started,” Mollie McClymont told TE from her new digs in Melbourne.
“It’s going to be a very up close, personal and intimate show where
we’ll be sharing many stories about life on the road and the stories behind the creation of the songs. It’s going to be really special.”
After singing their way into the hearts and minds of Aussie country music fans, the trio decided to try their luck Stateside and it seems that the past couple of years have paid off.
First of all, they managed to secure the production services of some of the biggest names in the biz – Peter Asher (James Taylor, Cher, Linda Ronstadt), Nathan Chapman (Taylor Swift) and Luke Wooten (Dierks Bentley) for ‘Two Worlds Collide’.
“Oh my God, we could not have asked for three better producers,” McClymont enthused.
“Those guys are so on the ball,
I reckon they could have been blindfolded in the studio and still make it work.”
Factor in two top 30 singles into the mix from the ‘Two Worlds Collide Sessions’ and it seems as though the American nut might just be starting to crack for the McClymonts.
“It’s going really well over there at the moment but it really is a lot slower process than it is over here,” McClymont said.
“I reckon we’ll just keep slugging it out over there for the next couple of years and hopefully, fi ngers crossed, things might really start to happen.”
Catch The McClymonts when they kick off their ‘Acoustic Harmony’ tour at Belmont 16s on Friday, February 1.
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CENTRAL HOTEL, Stroud: Saturday, Deborah Sinclair, Lee Rolfe.CESSNOCK SUPPORTERS: Friday, Solid Gold Party with Dave Cochrane; Saturday, Iguana.CHARLESTOWN BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Talk Of The Town.CLARENDON HOTEL: Friday, Brendan Murphy.COLLIERY INN: Friday, Karaoke.CRICKETERS ARMS: Friday, Phil McKnight; Saturday, James Paul.D’ALBORA MARINAS: Friday, Matt McLaren; Saturday, Ed Star, The Remedy; Sunday, Mick Jones; Monday, Zane Penn.DAVISTOWN RSL: Thursday, Marissa Lee; Saturday, Bowen and Clare DuoDENMAN HOTEL: Sunday, Graeme Mills.DIGGERS AT THE ENTRANCE: Friday, Fab 2; Saturday, False Idols.DORA CREEK WORKERS: Saturday, Mark Lee.DOYALSON RSL: Saturday, Incognito.DUKE OF WELLINGTON: Friday, OMG Duo; Saturday, Daniel Arvidson; Sunday, The Rattle.DUNGOG MEMORIAL RSL: Sunday, Daniel Arvidson.EAST CESSNOCK BOWLING CLUB: Thursday, Talk Of The Town; Saturday, Cover 2 Cover.EAST MAITLAND BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Shivoo; Saturday, True Lies; Sunday, Peter Stefanson.EASTS LEISURE AND GOLF: Saturday, Karaoke.EDGEWORTH BOWLING CLUB: Friday, True Lies.EDGEWORTH TAVERN: Friday, Finn.ENTRANCE BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Simply Bushed.ENTRANCE LEAGUES CLUB: Thursday, Miss Surfest, Karaoke; Friday Mic Night Showcase; Saturday, Paparazzi; Sunday, Mark Lee.ERRINGHI HOTEL: Saturday, Loko.EXCHANGE HOTEL: Friday, Hornet; Saturday, Rubicon.FAMILY HOTEL, Maitland: Friday, Lee Rolfe; Saturday, The Ratbags.FIRESTATION HOTEL: Friday, Kylie Jane.FIVE ISLANDS REC CLUB, Speers Point: Friday, At The Hop; Sunday, John Wilson.GEORGE TAVERN: Friday, Kirsty Larkin; Saturday, Dave Feint; Sunday, Zane Penn.GOSFORD RSL: Sunday, Old Fella.GRAND HOTEL: Tuesday, Kim Lawson Quartet,
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P hil McKnight is a singer, guitarist and songwriter whose energetic solo show features classic tunes spanning the rock, pop, country and folk genres.
McKnight’s powerful vocals and dynamic guitar style are sure-fi re winners with audiences of all ages. His strong rapport with the audience is a major feature of his shows, as is the huge variety of material covered in performances.
McKnight is a highly experienced entertainer who has performed for more than 30 years in a huge range of venues in Australia and overseas. He has entertained audiences in clubs, hotels, restaurants and at festivals and has performed for corporate and private clients.
McKnight performs absolutely live without using backing tracks. Audiences are surprised by the huge sound he
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McKnight’s huge repertoire allows him to tailor a show to suit a wide range of audiences and venues. From contemporary hits of the naughties, to classic rock, pop, blues and country – McKnight delivers. Catch Phil McKnight at the Cricketers Arms Hotel on Friday, January 25.
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WARNERS AT THE BAY: Friday, The Remedy; Saturday, Phonic.WARNERS BAY HOTEL: Thursday, Misbehave; Friday, DJs; Saturday, Mystery Trousers.WESTON WORKERS CLUB: Saturday, Blue Suede Rockers, DJ Brian Bean.WESTS NEW LAMBTON PIANO LOUNGE: Wednesday, Colin Stein; Thursday, Angamus; Friday, Warren Hunter; Saturday, Stuart Hamqilton; Monday, Chris Hanley; Tuesday, Warren Hunter.WESTS NEW LAMBTON MARBLE BAR: Friday, Twinsanity; Saturday, Gen R 8.WEST WALLSEND WORKERS CLUB: Friday, Sahara.WICKHAM PARK HOTEL: Wednesday, Flash Jam; Thursday, Leadfi nger, The Delta Lions; Friday, The Years; Saturday, Damo and Friends, Dave and the Demons, Half Nelson, Freebird; Sunday, Daniel Champagne.WOY WOY LEAGUES: Saturday, Trataka.WINDALE-GATESHEAD BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Vegas.WINDSOR CASTLE HOTEL: Friday, Two Stomp; Saturday, Paul Watters.WYONG BOWLING CLUB: Friday, Paul Lacey.WYONG LEAGUES CLUB: Friday, Red Alert; Saturday, All Stars Duo.SEND YOUR FREE ENTERTAINMENT LISTINGS FOR THE GUIDE TO: [email protected] or FAX: (02) 49 611 540
K ylie Jane is an enthusiastic young entertainer who accompanies herself with an acoustic guitar. She is
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Reeds By The Creek @ Edgeworth Sport & Recreation Club1a Park Street, Edgeworth
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R eeds By The Creek at Edgeworth Sport and Recreation Club offers a wide range of classic club fare with
more than a few modern touches that make for one highly enjoyable dining experience.
The fi rst thing that strikes you upon entering the restaurant is an obvious family friendly atmosphere with a large childrens’ play area in one corner of the dining room.
The second thing you’ll notice is the formidably large menu that offers everything from classic schnitzels and Kievs through to delectable steaks, fresh seafood, salads and pastas.
After a perusal of the menu and the accompanying daily and $11 specials boards, I opted for the New York sirloin, which impressed with each morsel.
The perfectly cooked steak (medium-rare) provided a bed for a layer of bacon and king prawns that, in and of itself, provided a complex and inviting amalgam of fl avours, but with the addition of the chilli butter sauce, this dish was a true winner. While bursting with a fresh chilli fl avour, the sauce was light on the heat which could’ve otherwise drowned out the other
fl avours in this dish. Served with roasted potatoes and a gorgeously creamy caulifl ower bake, delicious could well be an understatement when describing this dish.
Dining partner number one chose the Atlantic salmon with lemon butter sauce from the specials board and commented, more than once, on the simplicity and elegance of the dish.
The accompanying vegetables were bright and cooked until they were just the right consistency while the more-than-ample portion of crispy-skinned salmon literally melted in the mouth. Again topped with a generous serve of king prawns, and with the addition of a zesty and tangy lemon butter sauce, the fl avours in this dish worked perfectly.
Dining partner number two, Master 12, has become somewhat of a chicken schnitzel connoisseur of late. Coming from the $11 specials board, he proclaimed this one, served with gravy and chips (classic simplicity) to be the best one he has ever eaten.
With an inviting golden crumb and a smooth glossy gravy, this schnitzel has all the hallmarks of a great bistro dish.
With specials on Monday (scotch fi llet or sirloin for $15) Tuesday (kids eat free), Wednesday, (2 course menu $15) and Thursday ($14 chicken or veal schnitzel), Reeds By The Creek should defi nitely be on your ‘to do’ list.
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THE L WORD
A fter releasing their incendiary slab of sonic adventure, ‘e’, in 2011, Newcastle/Sydney trio, Elephant, are back with what frontman Gerant Kenneth told TE was a
much more dense and layered affair in their new long player, ‘l’.
“We spent pretty much all of 2012 writing it all and just going over and over and over it again and again in the rehearsal space,” Kenneth said.
“Then we got on the phone to Mr Mark Tinson – I had recorded with him, ten years ago to the year, in my last band, Schlauncher, and we were both excited to work with one another again.
“We had two months to record, mix and master the record so it was good to have Mark there because he’s there for two reasons – to work and to rock.”
Elephant’s debut release ‘e’ was quite an adventurous affair that recalled a kind of neo-Mr Bungle, Dead Kennedy’s and New York no-wavers Suicide mish mash, thanks to an impossibly tight rhythm section in Adam Cowling and Troy Barrow and hammering synth from Kenneth. For ‘l’, as Kenneth explained, the band took a more
considered approach to the writing and a much more textured album was the result.
“This one is a more melodic adventure and dynamically it is far more interesting,” he said.
“There are two, 10-minute songs on the album and we’ve thrown in a couple of instrumental pieces as well, so it’s a bit of a relief – we’re not just trying to show you how smart we are with our songwriting and our instruments, we’re also trying to be a bit kinder to the audience and the listener and give them time to digest some of the trickier elements of the music.”
The band are about to hit the road to promote the new album, but Kenneth said there were already plans in the works for an EP titled ‘ep’, with subsequent releases ‘h’, ‘a’, ‘n’ and ‘t’ to follow.
“What’s interesting now is, because we’re looking to get to ‘t’, it’s not your usual ‘how do we keep this band together day-by-day’ anymore, it’s more a conversation about how we get through the next decade.
“After this album, we’re probably going to have a little bit of a break so we’re comfortable to come back and do the EP as a solid unit.”
Catch Elephant when they play with The Berkshire Hunting Club, Black Island and Headbutt at the Hamilton Station Hotel on Friday, February 1.
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Let’s get this party started
I f there’s one band in Newcastle who knows how to party – wait, not just party, but party hard, it’s The Main Guy and the Other Guys,
as people who get along to the Lass, where the band will be celebrating their
one year anniversary next month, will discover.
“We’ll be having our fi rst birthday soon which is nice,” the enigmatically named frontman, The Duke, told TE.
“A lot of the songs I had written a few years ago and they were getting a good reaction so I thought, ‘let’s get a little band together’.
“The whole idea of the band is for it
to be a parody on the whole concept of the pop rock scene – some of our songs are almost like straight out comedy skits with music, while there are others, like ‘Party Hard’ are just about jumping around and having a good time.”
The band have been causing quite a stir at shows and on the interwebs of late for their impossibly catchy and self-effacing feelgood hit of the summer ‘Party Hard’. The video – depicting The Duke partying his way around Wickham and surrounds (the mighty Lass features quite prominently) – has, at the time of printing, had more than 3,000 hits on YouTube which The Duke said was quite an accomplishment for a local band with little exposure.
“The reaction the song has been getting has been great especially considering we’ve only got something like 200 friends on Facebook and we’ve had more than 3,000 You Tube hits.
“Basically, the way we want to approach the band is instead of touring which, while fun can be very draining and expensive, we’ll put out a video here and there and essentially let the audience do the work for us. That way we can go down to Melbourne with a much better idea about the demand and such. I think it’s a lot more achievable as an independent
band trying to build up that groundswell fi rst before heading out.”
While The Duke said the main focus of a Main Guy and the Other Guys show is to get a reaction, whether it be positive or negative, there could be another agenda at the Lass show.
“We’ve been trying to get our bass player Sean to change his name to Rabbit Slayer because he is originally a country town boy and when he is on the road he actively tries to hit small animals. We were on our way back from playing the Peats Ridge Festival and he actually tried to hit a rabbit which I found appalling but he found quite funny – hence the wish to change his name.”
Help Main Guy and the Other Guys celebrate their fi rst birthday at the Lass O’Gowrie Hotel on Friday, February 1.
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COOKING WITH GAS
W hile Nashville via Florida singer-songwriter Elizabeth Cook was champing at the bit to get Down Under for
her fi rst Australian tour, she said the tyranny of distance was a bit hard to cope with.
“I am really, really excited to get down to Australia, it’s going to be great,” she told TE from down the line in East Nashville while lying in her bed, playing with her cats.
“That said, I think I’m going to have a much better time once I get there, because the fl ight is just crazy. I’d probably be better off making the trip in a covered wagon.”
Cook, and her raw, emotional and, at times, self-effacing brand of country rock, are currently in the country for the Tamworth Country Music Festival and will make a stop at Lizotte’s next week on the back of her latest album ‘Welder’.
While she cannot weld to save her life, Cook said that the name came about as a tribute to her father.
“My dad was a welder – he learnt by way of 2,300 hours of training that certifi ed him, courtesy of the Atlanta Federal penitentiary,” she said.
“When he got out, he thought he could use his new-found skills in various illegal activities but, in the end he decided to go straight and set up his own business. He is a super strong, super hardworking man who has been a huge inspiration in my life and my music.
“Also, the title came from, I guess the way the album fuses together everything I’d done on previous albums [‘The Blue Album’, ‘Hey Y’all’, ‘This Side Of The Moon’ and ‘Ballsf’] for something entirely new.”
Cook pulled out all of the stops for the album, enlisting production heavyweight Don Was (Rolling Stones, Lucinda Williams, Iggy Pop, Waylon Jennings) to oversee behind-the-desk duties and she
said the legendary knob twiddler took the album to a whole new level.
“Don was absolutely awesome to work with,” she said.
“He really protected me and kept everyone out of the way and allowed me to do my thing – he’s a really artist-friendly producer and he let me be the boss and didn’t crowd everything. He was like my little conspirator in the studio – it was fantastic working with him.”
So, what can the uninitiated expect from an Elizabeth Cook show?
“Well, I guess that people can come
along and expect to see an unfi ltered artist,” she said. “There’s no crazy light show, no audio-visual extravaganza. Just a true blue singer/songwriter who is
as honest as can be.”Catch Elizabeth Cook when she plays
at Lizotte’s Lambton on Wednesday, January 30.
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TAKE A RUN AT THE SUN SMOOTH TUNES AND ACOUSTIC ARTISTRYS ometimes, the old ‘crash, bang,
wallop’ (as my old dad used to say) of the local band belting out their latest batch of songs
can be a bit much to take at the end of the working week.
That’s why we have people like Ryan Daley. If you want an up-close-and-personal acoustic show with plenty of feeling, then Daley is defi nitely your man.
He has the ability to break his act down into smooth acoustic mode and also has the chops to make it gutsier and get the whole room dancing.
Performing covers from the likes of AC/DC, The Beatles, Cat Stevens, 3 Doors Down, Foo Fighters, Goo Goo Dolls, Hunters and Collectors, Jack Johnson and Outkast plus myriad others, across a vast genre spectrum, you know that Ryan Daley can pull out something for everybody.
Catch Ryan Daley at the Mark Hotel on Friday, January 25.
S ince forming in 2006, Byron Bay blues-rock juggernaut Chase The Sun have pushed themselves pretty hard and
have wasted no time in garnering widespread acclaim for their soulful writing and the powerhouse live delivery of fretmaster Jan Rynsaardt.
While they may wear their infl uences well and truly on their sleeve – think the likes of Stevie Ray Vaughn, Appalachian fi nger picking, and a bit of Hendrix pomp and circumstance – Chase The Sun are no mere revisionists.
After cutting his teeth on the likes of Acca Dacca and Metallica, Rynsaardt discovered the blues stylings of BB King, Muddy Waters and Johnny Winter, planting the seeds of Chase the Sun’s rock and roll-soaked blues.
After gaining quite the reputation among the Aussie blues scene in his fi rst band Freeway, Rynsaardt joined forces with Ryan Van Gennip (who has held down bass duties for Diana Anaid, Charlton Hill, Sandrine and iota) and Jon “Howler” Howell (Leonardo’s Bride) to form Chase The Sun.
The trio met after an acoustic jam session in Sydney’s west and the
chemistry was undeniable. Clicking into action immediately, the band were in a Blue Mountains studio to record their self-titled debut within days of meeting.The album exudes an unapologetic roots core of Rynsaardt’s writing and delivery, acoustic and dobro guitars and brushes that stand in for the walls of Marshalls of his previous rock tour-de-force.
After gaining a formidable reputation, thanks largely to an unrelenting touring
schedule, Chase the Sun released their second album ‘Rednecks and Gentlemen’ in 2010 and, while carrying on in the same blues-rock vein as the fi rst, bristles with a maturity and confi dence of a band that is really hitting their straps.
Catch Chase The Sun when they swing by one of their favourite haunts, the Wickham Park Hotel, on Thursday, January 31.
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AT KOTAR ARose’sOpen Tuesday - Sunday for
lunch 11:30 - 2pm and dinner 5:30 - 8pm
AUSTRALIA DAY Club opens 11:00am
Table Tennis Tables set up from 11 - 4pm
TWINSANITY From 4pmFree bare foot bowls from
4 - 7pm$3.50 Schooners of James
Squires 150 Lashes 3 - 5pm
& Use of BBQ. Down Under Function
Room also available for a small fee.
Bookings essential.
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A WEEK!Monday 11am
Monday 7:15pmThursday 11amComplimentry Tea & Coffee
HAPPY HOUR $3 SCHOONERS
Monday: 3 - 5pm
Tuesday: 3 - 5pm
Thursday: 3 - 5pm
Sunday: 2 - 4pm
$8.50 LUNCHESAUSTRALIA DAY SPECIAL
Lamb Roast $14.00ENTERTAINMENT
25th Jan 8pm - Karaoke
26th Jan 4pm - Twinsanity
2nd Feb 8pm - Incognito
23rd Feb 8pm - Snapey’s Trio
VALENTINE BOWLING CLUBCOURTESY BUS RUNNING WED TO SUN EVENINGS
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Phone: 4946 7232 17a Valentine Cres, Valentine
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Morning tea 9:30amBowls commences at 10:00am
BBQ Lunch 1pmEntertainment commences at 1:30pm
$7.00 per person includes morning tea, lunch & bowls! Dress up in your green & gold or favourite
Courtesy bus available from 9:30am
LIVE MUSIC
1:30 - 5PM
12 - 5pm. Live Entertainment from 1:30pm!Courtesy Bus Available from 9:30am onwards.
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2 course meal & a bottle of
champagne or wine. $80 per couple.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013
ALL THINGS NICE
W hen it comes to the distinctive sounds of the sixties – sure, you had the razor sharp insightful pop
of The Beatles, the raw RnB sexuality of the Rolling Stones and the pop art histrionics of The Who – few could deny the indelible stamp the lush harmonies and jangling 12-string guitar of The Searchers placed on popular music.
Songs such as ‘Needles and Pins’, ‘Sugar and Spice’, ‘When You Walk In The Room’ and ‘Love Potion Number 9’ well and truly put the band at the top of the British invasion tree and still sound as fresh today as they did when released in the heady 1960s.
Now, some 50 years after fi rst bursting onto what was to become known as the Merseybeat scene (alongside the likes of The Beatles, The Merseybeat, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and the Swingin’ Blue Jeans) the band are still a going concern and are set to continue a lifelong love affair with Australia when they touch down here next month.
“We just love Australia – we’ve been coming down there since September 1964 and have made it pretty much an annual tradition ever since,” bass player Frank Allen told TE from down the line at Heathrow Airport.
“It’s pretty amazing, actually, to see just how far Australia has come – the way Sydney has grown in that time is
just phenomenal.”Allen, who joined the
band after the release of the bands’ second UK number one single, ‘Needles and Pins’ said Australia also played a part in the early Searchers story.
“We had recorded ‘When You Walk In The Room’ and we headed over to Australia for a tour,” Allen explained.
“Anyway, while we were over there, the song started shooting up the charts and we didn’t have videos or anything in those days and there was no way to play it on Top Of The Pops, so the BBC sent a fi lm crew down to Australia to fi lm us and that’s what they ended up using as the promotional clip for the song. Unfortunately, I heard that the footage was scrapped by the BBC – I would’ve loved to get my hands on a copy.”
While the Searchers legacy may not be as readily recognisable as the Stones or the Beatles, Allen said the band’s infl uence can still be heard in the sounds of today.
“I think The Searchers did infl uence
music quite a bit in that the whole 12-string guitar sound was not used very much at all apart from bands like The Byrds. Then, particularly in the 90s with bands like Blur and Oasis, suddenly you had this really jangly sound creeping back in again. Also, Bruce Springsteen
cites us as an infl uence and Tom Petty named ‘When You Walk In The Room’ in his top ten favourite British invasion records in Mojo magazine, which is pretty nice,” he said.
Catch The Searchers at Wests, Lambton on Wednesday, February 13.
STEPHEN BISSET