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GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK
A Documentary About the Music Industry and the Environment
greenisthenewblack.film
Conceived during the catastrophic bush fires of early 2020, filmed during the global pandemic and released as unprecedented floods have devastated the East coast of Australia, Green Is The New Black holds a mirror up to the music industry and its relationship to the environment.
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Green Is The New Black chronicles the making of In Hearts Wake’s 100% carbon offset 2020 album Kaliyuga and their journey to become a certified Carbon Neutral Organisation but it’s more than a film about one band and one album. As In Hearts Wake examine their processes and search for more environmentally sustainable options, inspiring new possibilities for an entire industry begin to emerge.
Through conversations with creatives, experts and professionals including Damon Gameau (2040, That Sugar Film), Tamara Smith (Greens Member for Parliament), AY Young (United Nations Young Leader), Jessica Ducrou (Splendour in the Grass Festival Co-founder), Heidi Lennfer (FEAT Artists) and Luke Logemann (UNFD Records), In Hearts Wake uncover unsettling truths, face human adversity and discover inspiring solutions for a new earth-aligned way forward.
Green Is The New Black will screen at Bangalow Film Festival on April 12, with 100% of ticket sales to be donated to local charities directly assisting the Northern Rivers flood recovery.
Kicking off in Earth Week, Green Is The New Black will then screen at Palace Cinemas around Australia as well as special screenings in Los Angeles, Toronto and London.
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VENUE UPGRADE | SET TIMES
The Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park
A Message from Flight Facilities…
But, in a time of bad news, here’s the good news…
Our team has pulled off a miracle and been able to find a venue, perhaps better than the original.
A huge thanks to Department for Planning and Environment; the Office of the 24-Hour Economy Commissioner, Minister Ayres, Minister Roberts, the team at The Entertainment Quarter and The Australian Festival Association.
Airfields, this Saturday, is approved to go ahead at The Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park. You’ll want to get there early for all of this….
NEW VENUE | SAME LINEUP
The Entertainment Quarter, Moore Park
FLIGHT FACILITIES – 8.15PM
COSMO’S MIDNIGHT – 6.55PM
JAYDA G – 5.45PM
CC:DISCO! – 4.45PM
SYCCO – 3.45PM
MERCI, MERCY – 2.30PM
MEL BLUE – 1.30PM
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LIFELINE will provide tailored face to face and digital psychological first aid for affected communities including counselling, information resources for individuals, crisis helplines and Lifeline text. These services are being specifically created for these communities and for this situation.
Lifeline CEO Colin Seery said that the organisation’s staff and volunteers have been working on the ground tirelessly to support local people.
“Lifeline is at the very heart of the communities that have been hardest hit so we have a clear picture of just how devastating these floods have been for individuals and families.”
“The funds raised from the Secret Sounds initiatives will enable us to continue to extend and tailor Lifeline services and to help communities reach a point where they regain sustainability and resilience.”
GIVIT is a national donation platform managing donations of items, services and funds for people impacted by floods across parts of Queensland and New South Wales. GIVIT works directly with councils, outreach teams, charities and community groups in impacted areas to identify exactly what’s needed to make sure people get what they need, when they need it.
The local newspaper of the Bundjalung region, KOORI MAIL is wholly owned by five Bundjalung Aboriginal community organisations. These regions have been severely flood impacted and fundraising will directly support these communities.
The well-established Byron Community Centre has partnered with regional philanthropic body, NORTHERN RIVERS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, to support a community led flood recovery. Funds will be distributed to grass roots community organisations throughout the Northern Rivers Region, getting help to communities when and where they need it.
It is impossible to overstate the impact of the flooding that hit Northern NSW and Southeast QLD a fortnight ago. All previous records were smashed by metres. Roads and bridges were washed away. Schools were destroyed. Thousands of homes were inundated, with water levels in Lismore exceeding a previously unfathomable 14 metres. Residents climbed into ceiling cavities to escape the floodwaters or onto rooftops in hope of being rescued by civilians in tinnies.
Huge landslides moved houses down mountains in the hills behind Mullumbimby, and now scar the Northern NSW hinterland. Heroic community members trekked through the bush, across raging torrents and waist high mud to rescue the isolated and injured. They carried in generators, fuel, supplies, even a satellite dish and radios and they encountered scenes that no civilian volunteer should ever have to witness.
Further south in Woodburn and Coraki the floodwater has only just subsided and a massive clean-up effort is underway in that devastated region.
Thousands of homes are now uninhabitable. The families who lived in them are facing an uncertain future. Northern NSW was already facing a housing crisis and the situation is now critical. Many have also lost their businesses or income for the foreseeable future.
Whether directly affected by flooding or volunteering for rescue and clean up, this disaster has been traumatic for the entire community and has taken a huge emotional toll on everyone in its path.
You support, to help raise as much money as possible for devastated communities, is much appreciated!
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Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing’s Surprising is teeming with yelps, yowls, screams, growls, whimpers, whispers, chants, deadpan delivery, laconic one-liners and elongated ‘ahs’ that sound like a demonic girls choir. The guitars are similarly liberatory, surging and spasming to new inventive heights. ‘Buoyancy‘ follows the feisty ‘Sex & Rage‘, lauded by Rolling Stone, Frankie, NME, Clash, DIY, Dork, The Line Of Best Fit, Double J and across community radio stations FBi Radio, RTR FM, SYN, 2SER, and others.
In the wake of back-to-back tours and releases, Sophie McComish, Annabel Blackman, Cecil Coleman, and Georgia Wilkinson-Derums regrouped in early 2020, to record their debut album eight days – shortly before they would become separated by the pandemic. Recorded and mastered by Jonathan Boulet, and entirely self-funded, the album is exultant, effusive, playful, cutting, and maybe most significantly, incandescent in its fury. Following their recent appearance alongside King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard at the Enmore Theatre, you can experience Everything Is Dangerous But Nothing’s Surprising now as Body Type tour across so-called Australia. Tickets are on sale now, see all tour dates + purchase info BELOW.
EVERYTHING IS DANGEROUS BUT NOTHING’S SURPRISING
May 20 via Poison City Records
PRE-SAVE / PRE-ORDER HERE
‘Buoyancy‘ is out now, buy/stream it here.
Fri 8 April – The Lansdowne – Eora / Sydney NSW
Sat 9 April – The Servo, Dharawal Land / Port Kembla, NSW
Sat 4 May – Mojo’s Bar – Walyalup / Fremantle, WA
Tickets available here.
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DMA’S kick off their first AU tour in three years in a fortnight & today reveal special guests
Sydney and Brisbane sold out; Fremantle show postponed
210+ million streams and counting; thousands of international arena tickets sold. A Top 10 UK chart debut with THE GLOW. Five x 2021 ARIA nominations. Just announced as a finalist in 2022’s Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition. The accolades for all conquering Sydney trio DMA’S keep on coming!
With their Sydney and Brisbane shows sold out and Melbourne and Adelaide not far behind, DMA’S will finally kick off their hotly anticipated Australian tour in just two weeks’ time… their first headline AU tour in three long years!
Announced earlier this week on the line-up to 2022’s Reading and Leeds, these will be DMA’S biggest Aussie shows to date, packed full of crowd favourites like ‘Delete’, ‘Silver’, ‘The End’, ‘Step Up The Morphine’ and more. It’s been a long wait for fans of the ‘Junk Truck Head’ trio, who’ve carved themselves an enviable career as one of Australia’s biggest selling live acts.
WA show update: Unfortunately, due to changes to density limits and restrictions regarding live music venues in WA, DMA’S show at Fremantle Arts Centre on Sunday 3 April is postponed. Fans should hold onto their tickets, as they’ll be valid for a new date (set to be revealed soon). Ticketholders will be sent information direct via ticketing agency Oztix, be sure to follow the Perth Facebook event for show updates.
Announced today and joining DMA’S on tour as special guests are:
Adelaide opener is SA’s Wedding Motel. Blending eerie-sad-disco with dystopian-folk motifs, Wedding Motel recently made their live debut supporting punkers Pist Idiots and draw from a wide range of influence: think “Martin Newell associated bands of the 70’s and 80’s (Stray Trolleys/Cleaners From Venus), Leonard Cohen’s Death of a Ladies Man and the sardonic mumblings of David Berman”. Kinked pop songs smothered in a hangover.
Sydney and Melbourne: Hayley Mary transitioned from frontwoman of The Jezabels to fully fledged solo artist in 2020, via killer singles such as ‘The Piss, The Perfume’, the anthemic ‘Like A Woman Should’, and triple j regular ‘Would You Throw A Diamond?’. Mary’s most recent release is her third solo EP, Fall In Love, co-recorded with DMA’S’ Johnny Took.
In Brisbane, DMA’S will be joined by special guest THE RIOT. The radical trio launched back in 2020 via their thunderous debut ‘Dog In The Shade’, which featured the talents of Matt Corby and Alex Henriksson. Unburdened by genre, THE RIOT are here to disrupt prescriptive notions of genre in a stale music ecosystem.
One thing is for certain: DMA’S put on one hell of a show. With remaining show tickets almost gone, grab them before they all go!
DMA’S
With special guests Hayley Mary, THE RIOT and Wedding Motel
AUSTRALIA
MARCH & APRIL 2022
Presented by Frontier Touring, Secret Sounds and FRNDS MGMT
FINAL TICKETS ON SALE NOW
via frontiertouring.com/DMAS
Thursday 31 March
Thebarton Theatre | Adelaide, SA
All-Ages
ticketmaster.com.au | Ph: 13 61 00
Sunday 3 April
Fremantle Arts Centre | Fremantle, WA
POSTPONED
Friday 8 April
Hordern Pavilion | Sydney, NSW
SOLD OUT
Thursday 14 April
Margaret Court Arena | Melbourne, VIC
All-Ages
ticketek.com.au | Ph: 132 849
Saturday 16 April
The Fortitude Music Hall | Brisbane, QLD
SOLD OUT
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The most anticipated accessible gig on the local calendar, Groove Tunes just got a whole lot tastier with the arrival of new headliner, Keli Holiday of Peking Duk. Announced last month and taking place this Saturday 19 March at coveted Richmond venue The Corner, Groove Tunes will present a fun and accessible night of entertainment, highlighting the creativity and inclusivity of the disability community, while also creating awareness to excel standards of accessibility in the music industry and beyond. Accessibility consultancy, Tibi Access—the incredible team of disability advocates behind the Groove Tunes project—are beyond excited to welcome Keli Holiday and his shimmering, ethereal and uplifting dance music to the fold in what is sure to be a night to remember.
From the mind of a man living off of nothing but New Order records, beer, sleepless nights and the sheer excitement and love of exploring an unknown city named New York, Keli Holiday is the solo project of Adam Hyde (one half of multi ARIA award winning, 10x platinum selling Australian eclectic electronic duo Peking Duk). In the wake of Peking Duk’s non-stop, two month North American tour, Hyde was told he had time for a holiday when he got home but instead of flying to a beach somewhere he decided to use an old guitar he had sitting in his bedroom to create something special. He sheepishly showed his best friend Thomas Stell aka Golden Features the 12 tracks he’d penned in four weeks, before Tom shared the project with Adam’s longtime idol that he’d never met—KIM from the iconic duo The Presets. KIM and Adam soon tightened up the dusty recordings and made it shine. Two years later and the marriage of longing for that holiday he’ll never get back mixed with the strumming of that dusty old guitar birthed the love child that is Keli Holiday.
Keli Holiday joins previously announced acts Matilda Pearl, Saint Ergo, Edward Roussac and Irene Zhong, rounding out an absolutely killer bill of local acts with more than half the lineup made up of artists living with disability. Tibi Access’ mission to bring the joy of live music to the disability community, while also increasing awareness of the need for events and venues to be more accessible is the driving force behind this weekend’s Groove Tunes event. Through a survey Tibi conducted in 2018, people living with a disability expressed their love of attending live music events, however the fear and lack of access stopped them from going. As an accessible gig, Groove Tunes will provide support services such as Auslan interpreters, printed braille tickets, in-venue access ramps and lowered bar access, accessible signage, a sensory zone and sensory packs, on-stage lyric videos, as well develop an accessible website and keep ticket prices low for the music industry and disability community alike—allowing access to people of all abilities to not only attend, but have a fun, safe and memorable experience.
Do not miss your chance to catch Keli Holiday in his first live show of the year at one of Melbourne’s most cherished accessible venues alongside some favourite artists you haven’t yet discovered at Groove Tunes this Saturday night. Final release tickets moving quick sticks, with free entry for companion card holders. Can’t make it on Saturday? Support Groove Tunes and your fellow gig-goers by purchasing a Pay It Forward ticket for someone in the disability community!
Groove Tunes
Saturday 19 March
The Corner Hotel, Richmond
Featuring Keli Holiday, Matilda Pearl, Irene Zhong, Edward Roussac, Saint Ergo
*all artists in bold italic are artists who identify as living with disability
Tickets
General Admission – $55 +BF
Companion Tickets – free for companion card holders
Pay It Forward (Buy a ticket for someone in the disability community) – $45 +BF
Tickets via cornerhotel.com
Inclusive Event Features
Accessible signage
Auslan interpreters
Accessible website
In venue access ramps and lowered bar access
On stage lyric videos
Printed braille tickets
Sensory zone and sensory packs
Still buzzing from a run of sold out headline shows, King Stingray are determined to keep the vibes high with a brand new single, Camp Dog.
The band’s fourth single is an endearing tribute to the cheeky canines that patrol the streets of Yirrkala, the town in North East Arnhem Land that King Stingray grew up in.
“The community camp dogs act like the boss of the streets” explains guitarist Roy Kellaway. “Kids often have to walk the long way home to avoid them. But it’s not about fear. It’s about our adoration of the character and personality of the community dogs and their funny traits. Flea-ridden, cane toad-lickin’, fish carcass-eating camp dogs. We love them, and this is a story of our life with them.”
Camp Dog follows on from bona fide hits Milkumana and Get Me Out which both made their way into triple j’s Hottest 100 at number 56 and 46 respectively.
Maintaining their mammoth momentum, King Stingray have been hand-picked to support Midnight Oil in Sydney and Cairns, and invited to join several dates on the massive Ball Park Music tour throughout June and July. Expect incredible performances at Yours & Owls, Strawberry Fields, Parrtjima and Splendour In The Grass, too.
With the band now pulling into international focus via their nomination for NME’s Best New Band In The World, 2022 truly is shaping up to be the Year of King Stingray!
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Post Modern Collective, Seismic Talent, Untitled Group & triple j are pleased to present Running Touch’s long-awaited “CARMINE” Australian Tour 2022.
Following an incredible summer festival run, hitting Wildlands, For The Love, and more the Melbourne-born showman brings his headline tour across Australia ahead of his debut album being released on May 6 – “Carmine” (out through Island Records Australia).
Carmine – a record about violence and love establishes the much-adored Australian artist as a world-class storyteller, a fearless innovator, and a master of atmosphere second to none in Australian electronic music.
Brimming with grit and glamour, the Carmine tour represents the beginning of a new chapter for the enigmatic artist: the advent of Running Touch’s second life as a juggernaut of intelligent, heart-rending dance music.
The first single off the album “Come With Me”, added to rotation on triple j has also received the coveted Spotify placements on Front Left, New Music Friday, New Dance Beats & more as well as Apple Music playlists such as New Music Daily, New In Electronic & more.
Be prepared to be enthralled by the powerful on-stage presence of Running Touch this May & June. Tickets will sell quickly, so ensure you secure your spot.
Carmine will be released on Friday May 6th . Available for pre-order now, his debut record will be available on limited-edition 180-gram clear coloured vinyl along with exclusive merch from the Running Touch official store www.runningtouchstore.com
Tour Dates:
Sat 21 May – The Forum, Melbourne
Fri 27 May – Kambri ANU, Canberra
Sat 28 May – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Fri 3 June – The Tivoli, Brisbane
Sun 5 June – Astor Theatre, Perth
Sat 11 June – Unibar, Hobart
Fri 17 June – Enmore Theatre, Sydney
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Australian Tour 2022
BRISBANE | MELBOURNE | SYDNEY
Presale available from 9am, Thursday 17 March
Tickets on sale to general public at 9am, Friday 18 March
Originally planning to tour Down Under back in May 2020, his sold out run of shows had to be postponed when international borders closed. But now we’re back in business, Kennedy will be visiting most of the original tour locations – Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney – plus upgrading some venues and adding a show in Melbourne to allow more fans to get in on the craic!
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On the verge of releasing new music, The Smith Street Band today announced they will play seven shows across regional Victoria in April and May. Playing for the first time in Macedon, Torquay, Traralgon and San Remo, as well as returning to Hepburn Springs, Ballarat and Frankston.
After postponing shows earlier in 2022, The Smith Street Band spent time bunkered down in their off-grid studio in regional Victoria recording their sixth studio album, which is set to follow on from #1 ARIA Album ‘Don’t Waste Your Anger’ released in 2020.
Melbourne newcomers Money Boys will be along for the ride for shows in April and Cheap Skate will play their first every shows supporting The Smithies in May.
POOL HOUSE RECORDS PRESENTS
THE SMITH STREET BAND
VICTORIAN REGIONAL TOUR APRIL/MAY 2022
Friday April 22 – Palais, Hepburn Spring *#
Saturday April 23 – Railway Hotel, Macedon *
Friday April 29 – Torquay Hotel, Torquay *
Saturday April 30 – Volta, Ballarat *
Friday May 6 – Kay Street, Traralgon ^
Saturday May 7 – Pier Bandroom, Frankston ^
Friday May 13 – Westernport Hotel, San Remo ^
with special guests
*Money Boys ^Cheap-Skate #The Resignators
Tickets on sale now
www.thesmithstreetband.com
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SUNSHINE COAST | SYDNEY | BRISBANE | MELBOURNE
Featuring POND, San Cisco, Psychedelic Porn Crumpets and Ruby Fields
Tickets on sale now!
After a successful run of dates last year, Jack Daniel’s and Secret Sounds are back with a fresh LIVE AT LAST tour, celebrating and supporting the comeback of Australian live music.
Jack Daniel’s is backing the music industry with an all-star lineup of Aussie artists, performing gigs at some of Australia’s most beloved venues on the Sunshine Coast, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne throughout April 2022.
The Jack Daniel’s LIVE AT LAST Tour will give back to artists, venues and music lovers all around Australia, with 100% of ticket sales raising funds for Support Act.
Kicking off the tour, Perth psych rockers POND and Psychedelic Porn Crumpets are set to hit the Sunshine Coast and Sydney respectively. Indie pop faves San Cisco are heading to Brisbane’s famed Fortitude Music Hall and singer songwriter Ruby Fields will take to the stage in Melbourne.
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Australian rock outfit Ocean Alley are set to headline FLOODRAISER – a show at The Northern, Byron Bay on March 16 in response to the current flooding catastrophe on the Northern Rivers of NSW.
Tickets for the show and the raffle can be purchased here.
Joined by their pals Seaside and Pop Radio, the event will also see a major online raffle drawn where over $25k in prizes is up for grabs presented by Wandering Folk & Friends.
Teaming up with The Northern, Wandering Folk and Coopers, 100% of all money raised via the event and raffle will be donated to GIVIT and their NSW Flood Recovery Program. They are a national non-profit organisation matching generosity with genuine need. The money will be used to purchase essential items for people affected by the recent floods in New South Wales. Coopers will also be donating beer sales on the night.
The winners of all the raffle prizes will be drawn and announced live at the FLOODRAISER event. If you will not be there to collect in person you will be contacted by email on March 17th. You can tune in via Wandering Folk’s social stream on the evening to watch along and see if you’re one of the lucky prize winners!
Major prizes have been generously donated by:
Coopers, Crystalbrook Byron Bay, Hire a Kombi, In2the Wild, Mark Tuckey, Ocean Alley, Salty Cabins, Wandering Folk
Others include:
Afends, Azteca Margarita, Billy Bones, Birdie & Me, Brookie’s Gin, Cactus House Agency, Children of the Tribe, Clay Society, COMMA, Down the Rabbit Hole, Electric, Footies, Krystle Knight Jewellery, Lee Jeans, Mr Simple, Naked Wines, Nine Lives Bazaar, Olli Ella, Ottway the Label, Pargo, Rowie, Spell, Surf Dive ‘n’ Ski, Sunday Supply, Thrills, Trader Trove, Wrangler Australia
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Known for his coastal folk sonic goodness, touring prestige and a laid back approach to life in his van, the name Jack Botts is rapidly cementing itself on the Australian conscious. Returning with his first taste of new music for 2022 with the adventurous and stick-in-your-head offering ‘Mine, Mine, Mine‘ today, Jack continues his quietly confident pursuit of the music world.
Unravelling his long-distance relationship throughout Covid, ‘Mine, Mine, Mine’ is lyrically cheeky and leans on a bluesy, groovy rhythm throughout. On the single, Jack shares:
“I’ve always wanted to write a track like ‘Mine, Mine, Mine’. It’s a little different to the genres and style of music I’d usually write, but it was a super fun one to bring to life. More of a ‘cheeky’ kind of approach to a story in terms of the writing, but musically, it was super cool to bring in a bit of a bluesy aspect and groove to front. It’s been really fun to try out and play live whilst on tour, and I’m super excited for it to be released!”
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