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INDIE NEWS
DUFF ME!
The first official version of Duff beer in the world launches in Australia this month! It does make you wonder why they shut down that other brewery making Duff here all those years ago though…
BOYS LIGHT UP! We’ll never get to see the real Aussie Crawl again due to members passing on, but James Reyne assembling a band to tour just the Crawl material is pretty damn close. Live now, pay later!
DOSE OF REALITY Of course the guy charged with insider trading paid overs for the apartment from The Block. Those horrid twins might lose their profits, greatest reality twist ever…
GONNA LET IT OUT
HEADS UP
OUT OF THIS WORLD
Hear Phil Smith’s latest collection of songs, Year Of The Dog, 7 Jun, The Bearded Lady; 12 Jun, Cafe Le Monde, Noosa; 13 Jun, Mandala Organic Arts Cafe, Gold Coast; and 14 Jun, The Treehouse, Byron Bay.
Visiting our side from the WA coast, acclaimed Perth hip hop player Coin Banks is flipping verses for us at Alhambra Lounge, 19 Jun. Hear the former Stoops member run through tracks from his new EP Heads.
Get your quirky pop fix at Black Bear Lodge, 3 Jul, when Tales Of Space bring their Formula tour to the venue. Full of catchy gems, the album perfectly reflects the energised live show that the band always deliver.
BLUES MURDER
NOISE POLLUTION
GET A GRIP
Blues renegades Transvaal Diamond Syndicate want to make a night of it with you, with the boys set to stomp all over the Irish Club, Toowoomba, 29 May; Coolangatta Hotel, Gold Coast, 30 May; and New Globe Theatre, 7 Jun.
Classic glam revivalists Bonney Read are venturing north to bring their beer-soaked, lipstick-smeared rock’n’roll to Queensland audiences. The powerhouse Sydney foursome play Beetle Bar, 29 May.
Thanks to an insatiable urge for touring, Waax have become a force to be reckoned with on stage, getting the kids all wound up with their punkinfused rock’n’roll. Catch them with The Skinnie Finches 23 May at The Joynt.
CULTURED HIGH
PURE PARADISE
TIME & PLACE
Limes Hotel is hosting some jazz sessions every Thursday on their recently refurbished rooftop, with artists performing in the coming weeks including Coisa Linda, pictured, and Ingrid James. Wine, cheese, tunes – yes, please.
Brilliant local lass O’ Little Sister has been announced as the support act for ‘90s artpunk icon Kristin Hersh when the Throwing Muses founder performs at Black Bear Lodge, 8 Jun. Tix $40 through Oztix.
Hear Josh Rennie-Hynes debut record February live when the singer-songwriter plays 11 Jun, Black Bear Lodge; 12 Jun, Solbar, Maroochydore; 15 Jun, private house concert, Murwillumbah; and 12 Jul, Tallebudgera Hall, GC.
PERFECTLY SLICED
GET CULTURED
EXPLOSIVE ACTION
Catch Lulu & The Cutthroats at The Zoo this Saturday night when they celebrate the release of new EP Skeletons. Hear their powerful yet ambient sound along with tunes from The Halls and Switchblade Suzie.
The world’s most daring flamenco singer Diego El Cigala is visiting Brisbane for one show only, with the Spaniard set to share his earthly and uplifting tones with our city 22 Aug, QPAC. Tix available through the box office.
Things will be going off with a bit of a bang at The Hideaway on Friday night with steaming rock’n’roll courtesy of The Killing Stroke, Midnight Show and Windrest. Do right by Brisbane – get behind the local product.
MAKE MINE A DUFF!
BACKLASH MOTLEY PUMPKINS
Holy crap, Tommy Lee playing with The Smashing Pumpkins? What an amazing meeting of musical minds, you couldn’t make this shit up…
POOR JACKO How many albums can they release post-Michael Jackson’s passing? Surely they’ve reached the bottom of the barrel where he wouldn’t have wanted this stuff released – or wouldn’t he have released it?
PICTURES OF LILY So Lily Allen reckons that pop stars “don’t get paid enough”, and have to resort to making paid appearances at fancy soirees to supplement their revenue streams? Poor darling, get a job perhaps?
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