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Effervescent rock and roll troubadour, Dave Graney brought his long-time compadres, The Coral Snakes, to The Longley International Hotel’s outdoor stage on Sunday afternoon on the final stop of his national tour marking 30 years since the release of the bands iconic, 1995 Gold-selling album, The Soft ‘n’ Sexy Sound. Despite the threat of inclement …

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Two bands, six guitarists, two bass players, two drummers and one keyboard player…..and not a vocalist (or a microphone stand) to be seen. This was the reality of Friday night’s show at Hobart’s Altar Bar, with Sydney’s post-rock maestros, We Lost The Sea teaming up with Tasmania’s up-and-coming post-rock wonderkids, follow (deliberately lowercase) for the …

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Melbourne’s classic, psychedelic rockers, Seedy Jeezus made a triumphant Tasmanian debut at their 3 band show at Hobart’s Grand Poobah last Friday evening. The evening was presented by Psychedelic Salad Records. Psychedelic space rock was at its’ finest with the Melbourne trio (regular collaborators with Isaiah Mitchell from US psych giants, Earthless and Tony Reed …

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Adelaide rock legends, The Superjesus rolled into Hobart town on the back of a tour promoting their fourth long-player, the self-titled The Superjesus. The band, Sarah McLeod on vocals & guitar, bass player Stu Rudd, lead guitarist Cameron Blokland and surprise drummer, Mick Skelton worked their way through the entirety of the latest album before …

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The Melbourne Ska Orchestra (MSO) brought their good-times vibes and warmth as they rode into town on a chilly Hobart evening, bringing their spaghetti-Western inspired, Ballad of Monte Loco tour to Tasmania for the first time. In a wonderful evening full of off-beats and dance grooves, Altar Bar came alive as a capacity crowd of …

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On a beautiful Hobart winter’s Thursday, Amigo The Devil (aka Danny Kiranos) brought his ‘murder-folk’ brand of song-writing to the stage of Altar Bar. One year on from his previous tour to Australia, he once again returned, this time hitting bigger stages and ensuring he made it to every corner of the country. A crowd …

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The Black Sea Carnys held the launch for their latest offering, the EP (more of a mini-album, in reality) Cultland at The Grand Poobah here in Hobart on Saturday evening. As a follow-up to my EP review (here), I decided to go and listen to the band playing all of their new material at their …

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There is something about Dark Mofo’s ability to bring together some of the most amazing artists that many people have never heard of that has almost certainly become a trademark of the festival. …..and so it was on the Sunday when Melbourne punk rock outfit, The Peep Tempel were ably supported by Hobart’s own post-punk …

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A large crowd witnessed New York’s hardcore punk outfit, Show Me The Body (SMTB) take to the stage as part of the return of Hobart’s world class festival, Dark Mofo following a one year hiatus. Having not heard of this band prior to this event. I must say I was hugely impressed with the energy …

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The penultimate day, Saturday, saw a few early technical issues overcome, before leading to a slightly later start which still saw me get around to a further nine artists for the day. New festival favourites, 19-Twenty started out the proceedings, whipping the large crowds who now flock to their performances into a frenzy, setting the …

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