Thursday 24 July
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8.00 PM
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Martin Martini & The Bone Palace Orchestra's Album Launch $12 presold WIth The John Baker Duo and Satan's Cheerleaders
Martin Martini doesn't really trust humans – he prefers animals and chess. 'I love a game where a horse can eat a bishop. There should be more of that. I love a game where a queen takes pawn. I think all queens should take a bit of pawn. The world would be a much better place if there was just a little more pawn…" His unconventional approach to life mirrors itself in his music. Nobody explained to him that you couldn't make an orchestra with just a few freakishly talented misfits playing clarinet, trombone, guitar, bass, drums and keys. So in defiance he formed the Bone Palace Orchestra; fusing grooves of jazz, blues, and matchless show-tunes; with good old fashioned rock'n'roll. Bur Martini is uncomfortable with being reduced to such labels: 'If you tell people you're gypsy rock, they expect gypsy rock.' So Martini avoids such expectations and seeks to keep his critics guessing. Indeed, such a reductive term fails to capture the gist of music that makes you want to dance, cry, laugh and yell in equal measures..........
The John Baker Duo’s combination of acoustic guitar, piano accordion and gentle harmonies create a seductive and potent sound. Described as more than a bit “French café”, their songs are influenced by a background in jazz with Latin, European and contemporary folk elements............
Satan’s Cheerleaders – “Strange noodling guitars start to drip down your ear canal, like beans escaping from a burrito. The odd aggressive blast of unadulterated distorted riffing periodically presents itself in a manner akin to that of an exhibitionist displaying all the hall-marks of attention deficit disorder. Actually, a lot of the music has that element to it. Add, versatile, distinctive drumming which directs the music, bass and saxophone, yes saxophone, and finally plenty of swirling organ to swim around in.”
Tickets available now!
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Friday 25 July
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8.00 PM
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Martin Martini & The Bone Palace Orchestra's Album Launch $12 presold with Brillig Acoustic and The Joans
Brillig Acoustic - "Curiously dark in the tradition of Lewis Carroll, both lyrically and in mannerism, Brillig possess an odd quality that imbues adept story-telling with days-gone-by poetic flair."
Steve Jones, dB magazine 27 June 2007..............
The Joans are “a collective of sounds and people from a diverse range of Adelaide bands that create a new sound that comes from years gone by and times yet to come.” The regulars are Di (Joan) Caught (Problem Pony) singing and playing the ukulele with a secret hula sway alongside Jim (Kenneth) Redgate (GT Stringer, King Daddy) on his self-made guitar and banjo and Kim (Lizzie) Perry (Fiddle Chicks) on her well loved and played fiddle.
Tickets available now!
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Saturday 26 July
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8.30 PM
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Coopers Alive with Cookie Baker, The Fiddle Chicks and The Huckleberry Swedes
Cookie Baker - A geetah in hand, a spring in her step and a handful of tunes depicting the latest round of girly shenanigans. Welcome to (or beware of) the world of Cookie Baker...>>>>>>>>
The Fiddle Chicks - What started as a musical “experiment” for Kim, Dee and Emma- to arrange tunes and songs with just three fiddles and voice (and shed their “bands”!), has resulted in the creation of three inspired and entertaining Fiddle Chicks!>>>>>>>
The Huckleberry Swedes play melodic, Dylanesque nu-folk with a backbone of alternative country/rock. Loakes’ vocals are ‘whisky soaked one minute, angelic the next’. If you have ever wondered what the missing link between Wilco and Ryan Adams would sound like then here's your band.
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