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Owen Campbell, frontman of legendary local folk slash indie slash country group Voss, has won the ACT final of the triple j Unearthed APRA Song Summit songwriting comp. Owen will be attending the Summit and knocking heads with Julian Hamilton of The Presets, triple j darling Washington and the one and only Kevin Mitchell (not Bob Evans) in an exclusive songwriting workshop. A huge congrats from all the BMA fam Owen; we’re looking forward to hearing your Presets inspired track.
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Keeping Up with the Jonesez
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Mark Stewart is back on the scene post hardcore heroes Horsell Common, in his latest incarnation Jonesez. Although it certainly sounds like a band, Jonesez is best described as a solo project with a little help from friends, and will playing Bar 32 on Wednesday June 16 with Kempsey.
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The Importance of Being Ernest In support of his stunning debut album Hunting, Ernest Ellis is set to embark on an East Coast tour throughout July, stopping by Transit on Saturday July 3. Fun fact: most of the vocals on Hunting were recorded lying in a bathtub, “partly out of stubbornness because I was in a mood, and partly because I like the natural reverb of that bathroom”. We like his style. The album crisscrosses various terrains from anthemic and dramatic guitar fuelled tracks to pastoral acoustic moments to lilting and infectious pop. Gorgeous. Free entry.
click click boom After the success of the inaugural Click to Click Producer Sessions at Knightsbridge in April, Amplidyne and uniVibes are proud as punch to present the second instalment on
grass is grÜner Deliciously dreadlocked ARIA nominated roots troubadour Ash Grunwald has just released his fifth LP Hot Mama Vibes (you may have heard him discussing its risqué namesake on the jays), and he’s hitting Transit Bar on Thursday July 1. Ash is renowned for his infectious live shows, where rooms rock and booties shake. Aw yeah. Tix are $18 from thelastagency.com .
june babes The Junes are a country swing supergroup formed in the wake of Git and The Toe Sucking Cowgirls (now there’s a band name), two of the finest female fronted bands in the land. These gals may travel around the country and around the world in other guises, singing other songs, but when The Junes get together, a cone of country power is raised wherever they are, and audiences are drawn to it like moths to a flame, helpless in the spell of the harmonies, the swing, and the sight of these beautiful women. Awesome. They’re playing The Front on Wednesday June 23. 7.30 pm, $10. myspace.com/ thejunestunes .
who got da funk? Their mojo gets bigger by the day as they travel the length and breadth of the country leaving a trail of larger and larger dancefloors behind them. The secret to the success of Tijuana Cartel is how they turn an utterly
unique blend of flamenco, percussion, trumpet, beats, breaks, positivity and pulsing global rhythms into a uniting and exciting musical force. They’ll be hitting soon to be demolished McGregor Hall on Saturday July 10. Check it out while you still can! Tix at the door from 7.30pm.
Express Yourself Respect Your Health This will be the cry of artists from around the country as they descend upon Canberra to inspire our youth to get their highs through artistic expression and performance. Some of Australia’s best Indigenous artists will land in the Capital for a free all ages concert on Thursday June 24, held from 10am to 2pm at the Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation (GGYAC) in Wanniassa. GGYAC, as part of Drug Action Week, are hosting the event to promote self expression and to provide an incentive and avenue for emerging young artists to further their career. Indigenous hip-hop crew The Last Kinection will be shaking the nash cap’s foundations with deadly beats and soulful songs, along with a swag of other awesome acts including internationally renowned Aborginal dance troupe Koomurri. There’ll be exhibition spots for paintings and photography as well as performance slots available for emerging artists, so if you sing, rap, paint, dance, act, take photos, play in a band or tell jokes enter to share in the $1,000 prize money. Contact Nathan at Gugan Gulwan on 6231 9555 or email nathan@gugan-gulwan.
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Sunday June 20, which will showcase Canberra’s very own home grown electronic music producers in the suave surrounds of Knightsbridge. Says Jamie Green, one half of Amplidyne, “People get gun-shy about giving gigs to producers because they play original tunes and people might not know them.” Discover something fresh. Free entry, 4pm.