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Thirsty Merc takes new single Tommy & Krista to the road for a second round of Australian shows this October/November. Tickets on-sale NOW. One of Australias most loved bands, THIRSTY MERC, has announced dates for their national SPRING Tour, which will see them play twenty-four dates through seven states and territories this October/November. Kicking off in regional New South Wales, the

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Following a handful of sold out shows in Melbourne in April, after a 10 year hiatus, The Paradise Motel will embark on their first official Australian tour this September/October. The recent release of The Paradise Motel’s critically-acclaimed album Australian Ghost Story – based on the events surrounding the disappearance of Azaria Chamberlain in 1980 – will see the seven-piece outfit perform the

album in its entirety, along with select favourites from their previous releases.
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Review: Lana Harris

[Image courtesy Brisbane Festival]

Have you heard the one about the Spiegeltent? A girl and a guy walk into this travelling bar – a pointy topped sphere shaped by mirrors, wood and glass. Golden poles, blood red velvet curtains swooping overhead, low lighting and dancing shadows. Smoky. Drinks service on the curve, booths hugging the circumference. A big-top boudoir with an audience.

The girl and the guy start out cautious in this ringmaster’s playground. They clamber carefully onto the high wire – wobble and steady, wobble and steady. She wears a pair of lasciviously red heels as she teeters. The shoes return sporadically throughout the acts, as do the scene setting ukulele and tinkling pianola. Music through out invokes alternately past, present and future – offered in no particular order. Subject to whims and acrobatics, time periods depart and return often.

Women shimmy, an accordion is heard. The whole space gives way to a contortionist’s bloomers. Twisting flesh, rubber spined – the floral skirt had no hope of containing the frilly pants and barely even tried. Now, look! A jewellery box has been opened, a girl dances inside. Gracefully, but…wait. Surely that leg doesn’t go there. The body turns to ribbons, the dancer as pliable as soft wax, twisting the way other bodies can’t, floating with dreamy melancholy through impossible poses until she melts completely away and a new girl fills her space. She is a different doll, the floppy rag doll tossed carelessly from man to man.

No facet of the room goes unused as the magician clambers to the top of a piano. Performers return to the air again and again, supported and not, filling the spaces above their audiences heads. There’s nudity. Rope. Spinning. Roller-skates. Blindfolds. The combinations these make: well, some of the secrets of the circus cannot be revealed. You must see for yourself. Suffice to say, the bodies, sleights of hand, feats against gravity: there will be something your eyes haven’t seen before. There will be gasps, emitted audibly not from a corner of the room (in the big top, there is none) but from the looped seating around their circular stage as the 360° dance goes on.

Come early to the Spiegeltent, the atmosphere is worth it. Stay late: The Cantina is open for your business.

Review: Lana Harris

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Shows and Tickets for The Spiegeltent – Brisbane Festival

05 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
05 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – Paul Dempsey	Buy Tickets Here
06 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – Paul Dempsey	Buy Tickets Here
07 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
07 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – Paul Dempsey	Buy Tickets Here
08 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – Oh Mercy	Buy Tickets Here
08 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
09 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – Dan Kelly	Buy Tickets Here
09 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
10 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – First Aid Kit	Buy Tickets Here
10 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
11 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – First Aid Kit	Buy Tickets Here
11 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
12 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
12 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – Old Man River	Buy Tickets Here
12 Sep 2010	Jazz on Sunday	Buy Tickets Here
13 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – deepblue	Buy Tickets Here
14 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
14 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – deepblue	Buy Tickets Here
15 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
15 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – Ed Kuepper	Buy Tickets Here
16 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – Marialy Pacheco	Buy Tickets Here
16 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
17 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – Marialy Pacheco	Buy Tickets Here
17 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
18 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
19 Sep 2010	Jazz on Sunday	Buy Tickets Here
19 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
21 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
22 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
23 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
23 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – The Gin Club	Buy Tickets Here
24 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
24 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – H’sao	Buy Tickets Here
25 Sep 2010	Cantina	Buy Tickets Here
25 Sep 2010	The 7.00 Show – H’sao	Buy Tickets Here

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		ELECTRIC EMPIRE – Oxford Art Factory – 08 Sep 2010 From the opening track of the debut album by Melbourne outfit Electric Empire, one could be forgiven for believing youd unearthed a collection of Curtis Mayfield or Al Green rarities, with a modern twist, channeling Stevie Wonder with The Beatles influence. Click here for show details and tickets
		FIRST AID KIT (SWEDEN) – Oxford Art Factory – 09 Sep 2010 First Aid Kit is Johanna and Klara Sderberg. In 2008, the exceptionally gifted Swedish teenage sisters caught the attention of music aficionados world wide when Fleet Foxes gave their nod of approval to the duo’s stunning version of ‘Tiger Mountain Peasant Song’. Click here for show details and tickets
		UP LATE WITH JIM SHIRLAW – Oxford Art Factory – 09 Sep 2010 – FREE A band that lately have been more like a troupe of mad scientists, pouring over their cauldrons of EP magic; The Go Roll Your Bones re-materialise on stage to headline this week’s ‘up late with Jim Shirlaw’ hopefully spreading the love of some exquisite well-rehearsed studio time! In support, the joyous acoustic giant ‘Boy Lightning’ as well as the silver screen delight of Daniel Corboy’s gripping Western Sydney insight ‘Westland’ accompanied later in the evening with a DJ set by the film director himself aka Penrith Oil. Visit The Oxford Art Factory for full details.
		MILES DYSON GER & KARTON ACT – Oxford Art Factory – 10 Sep 2010 Destination Sydney presents… MILES DYSON (Ger) & Canberra’s legends of breakbeat KARTON Oxford Art Factory Click here for show details and tickets
		THE RETREAT – Oxford Art Factory – 10 Sep 2010 – FREE MEET THE RETREAT. Creating a sensitive approach to rock, an alternate approach to country and an imaginative approach to pop, their music rattles and rolls with heart-meltingly sweet lyrics over well-placed lead guitar pulses Visit The Oxford Art Factory for full details.
		THE SALVAGERS RESIDENCY – Oxford Art Factory – 11 Sep 2010 – FREE This is the sound of a band full of life. It’s the sound of the erratic, dark hours of an unscripted night out, followed by the reflective and somber time of a dawn walk home. The Salvagers are a Sydney band that combine rock with electronics and multiple vocalists into a unique sound that is quickly earning the four piece a solid fan base and a reputation for powerful live shows Visit The Oxford Art Factory for full details.
		WASHINGTON – ‘I BELIEVE YOU LIAR’ NATIONAL TOUR – - Oxford Art Factory – 12 Sep 2010 ALL AGES SHOW On July 30 Washington released their debut album ‘I Believe You, Liar’ with a sunset gig at Splendour In The Grass. Fast forward a few weeks & with a debut chart at number 3, sold out shows around the country, things are going along swimmingly Click here for show details and tickets
		WASHINGTON – ‘I BELIEVE YOU LIAR’ NATIONAL TOUR – Oxford Art Factory – 12 Sep 2010 – 18+ Show On July 30 Washington released their debut album ‘I Believe You, Liar’ with a sunset gig at Splendour In The Grass. Fast forward a few weeks & with a debut chart at number 3, sold out shows around the country, things are going along swimmingly. Click here for show details and tickets
		The JD Birthday Set – Oxford Art Factory – 15 Sep 2010 Mr. Jack is turning 160, so The JD Set is celebrating by paying homage to another legendary name in live music. Click here for show details and tickets
		DANIMALS – Oxford Art Factory – 16 Sep 2010 Having recently become the first Australian artist to sign with renowned US label Stones Throw Records, Danimals brings his live show to Sydney for a one-off headline show. Click here for show details and tickets
		VACATIONS + TIN SPARROW – Oxford Art Factory – 16 Sep 2010 – FREE Vacations have been a band for only a few months. They are from Sydney. Theyve played 5 shows so far. Visit The Oxford Art Factory for full details.
		UP LATE WITH JIM SHIRLAW – Oxford Art Factory – 16 Sep 2010 – FREE Sydney’s very own legendary music outfit and world class music-collaborators The Holy Soul are the very exciting headline for this week’s ‘up late with Jim Shirlaw’ supported by new grunts on the live circuit, the ‘Metropolitan Quartet’ a refreshing take on the Blues zeitgeist. Visit The Oxford Art Factory for full details.
		DUBRAVE FEAT. SOUTH RAKKAS CREW – Oxford Art Factory – 17 Sep 2010 Rugged dancehall, shameless pop, hipster electro bangers, rude dubstepfuck it, South Rakkas does it all. A duo comprised of Alex Greggs and Dennis Dow Jones Shaw, South Rakkas took an unusual path to become the dons of todays digital funk. Click here for show details and tickets
		RED BULL THRE3STYLE – Oxford Art Factory – 18 Sep 2010 – FREE Featuring Katalyst, Frew Vs Wax Motif, DJ Perplex Vs DJ Kato, DJ Eko Vs Moriarty, Shipwreck Vs Typhonic, G-Mo Vs Dan Cares and MC Shantan Wantan Ichiban.
		THE SALVAGERS RESIDENCY – Oxford Art Factory – 18 Sep 2010 – FREE This is the sound of a band full of life. It’s the sound of the erratic, dark hours of an unscripted night out, followed by the reflective and somber time of a dawn walk home. The Salvagers are a Sydney band that combine rock with electronics and multiple vocalists into a unique sound that is quickly earning the four piece a solid fan base and a reputation for powerful live shows Visit The Oxford Art Factory for full details.
		THE LOVETONES WITH THE LAURELS AND THE PRAYER CIRC – Oxford Art Factory – 23 Sep 2010 The Lovetones released their debut album, Be What You Want in 2002 through Bomp! Records, creating a palpable buzz amongst critics from the likes of Creem and Rolling Stone magazine. Click here for show details and tickets
		SEABELLIES – BY LIMBO LAKE ALBUM TOUR – Oxford Art Factory – 24 Sep 2010 The lucious, layered instrumentation and melodic sound of Seabellies is captured beautifully throughout their debut album By Limbo Lake – released on August 20. The long awaited album is already drawing critical acclaim from the likes of Rolling Stone (bustling, widescreen indie rock) and jmag (a harbinger of brilliant things to come) – and will be heard live during September and October when the band play their headline tour across Australia. Click here for show details and tickets
		THE RETREAT – Oxford Art Factory – 10 Sep 2010 – FREE MEET THE RETREAT. Creating a sensitive approach to rock, an alternate approach to country and an imaginative approach to pop, their music rattles and rolls with heart-meltingly sweet lyrics over well-placed lead guitar pulses Visit The Oxford Art Factory for full details.
		GYPSY & THE CAT – TIME TO WANDER TOUR – Oxford Art Factory – 29 Sep 2010 After playing the main stage at Splendour in the Grass, plus supporting The Strokes and Foals on their Australian tours, Gypsy & The Cat will be back in Australia next month to play the national Parklife festivals as well as their own shows on the Time To Wander tour this September and October. Click here for show details and tickets
		INCUBATOR – Oxford Art Factory – 30 Sep 2010 INCUBATOR is a new trade event for the creative industries launching on Thursday, 30th September 2010. Click here for show details and tickets

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Oxford Art Factory
38-46 Oxford St,
Darlinghurst, NSW, 2010

PUBLIC TRANSPORT

The closest station is Museum Station, however both Town Hall and Central Station are within a ten minutes walk of the venue. Many busses travel up Oxford St, phone 131 500 or visit 131500.com for Sydney bus and train information.

PARKING

Darlinghurst offers limited on street parking in the back streets around the venue. The closest parking station is on the corner of Goulburn and Elizabeth Streets, Sydney – visit their website for prices and opening hours.

Visit the Wilson Parking website.

CLOAK ROOM

A cloak room is in operation at the venue during all ticketed events, items are charged at $3 each.

IDENTIFICATION

The Oxford Art Factory is a licensed venue for patrons over 18 years of age. When visiting the venue, one of the following forms of ID is required to gain entry: Drivers License, Proof of Age card or current Passport.

Any events held for under 18s will be clearly advertised as such.

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After dipping toes in the bubbling grease of contemporary dance for Rockshow in Nov 2009 they dropped the strainer in the chip fryer, frittered away on some new years festival appearances along with a few shows in the past few months. Back in their classic 3 piece mode, after approaching Rockshow in this guise, and with Seja embarking on her own solo career they recently played some stand out performances (including Seja’s last keyboard stand with them) at the Brisbane Powerhouse 10th birthday… and sold out shows in Sydney and Melbourne.

Back on the fries… they saturate the wrapper with new recordings, new tourings and a new soundtrack to cult classic Akira.
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Triple M and The Angels are both celebrating a 30 year Anniversary! Triple Ms amazing 30 years of Rock n Roll history on-air and The Angels who 30 years ago released the album The Dark Room. Both legends will join forces to create an exclusive double anniversary weekend event. Not only will Doc Neeson from The Angels be co-hosting a live on-air celebration with the Triple M listeners, MAX will also join in on the fun by hosting a weekend of The Angels hits and singles. Triple M is back with a vengeance, and The Angels are back on tour, both have promised fans and listeners, Rock n Roll will never die!!

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NIMBIN MUSIC FESTIVAL 2nd-3rd October 2010 Nimbin Showgrounds Buy Tickets Here The first Music Festival in Nimbin for over 30 years. Not since Aquarius has an event like this graced the serene rainforests of Nimbin. The Festival features over 50 acts, with a mix of local and international artists, all headlined by the amazing Bob Log III, born and bred Nimbin girl Diana Anaid, the legendary Grant Walmsley and the Agents of Peace, and the ever inspiring, entertaining, boundary pushing aussie heros REGURGITATOR!

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So come and stay in Nimbin for the long weekend. Camp out with your friends, listen to some amazing music, visit the famous Nimbin town. It’ll be a weekend you’ll never forget!
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Australian-based musician Jeff Lang has earned worldwide acclaim as a virtuosic guitarist, a dynamic songwriter and a startlingly unique live performer. With a back catalogue of 14 studio albums, Jeff has been featured at major festivals, pubs, clubs, arts centres and venues internationally for the past decade. Blending rock, roots, folk, blues, ballads, instrumentals, improvisation and a devastatingly high level of musicality, Jeff Lang is a singularly unique performer in our world. Jeff has been showered with achievements and awards throughout his career – the most outstanding would be his six ARIA award nominations, as well as his win in 2002.

Lang has built up a devoted, almost cult-like, following with his live performances. Working without a set list and allowing the unique energy of each night to shape the songs, taking the audience along for the ride, has seen word of mouth bloom into a successful career.

Its been widely acknowledged that Jeff Lang is an extraordinarily individual musician. What enhances his unique nature is his steadfast adherence to a prolific and diverse musical palette and output. A songwriter, a collaborator, a virtuosic guitarist and a stunning lyricist, Jeff Lang crafts songs as novella – rich with depth and vision, yet with an open breath for individual interpretation.

“In a world where music is diluted by money and plasticine, give thanks that Jeff Lang is out there… He paints pictures in sound.” Beat Magazine
www.jefflang.com.au

September 9th 2010 – The Clarendon Katoomba, NSW
September 10th 2010 – The Basement Sydney, NSW Tickets
September 11th 2010 – East Brunswick Club Melbourne, VIC

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Dates & Tickets

NO SLEEP TIL FESTIVAL… Amid a sea of rumour and innuendo, we’re here to set you straight and make all your heavy music prayers come true… NO SLEEP TIL, is a national touring festival that will deliver a mix of the best international and local acts from the legendary to the up and comers. Make sure you’re sitting down before you read further…

Leading the charge for this historic event is seminal thrash-metal act MEGADETH, who will be performing their now-classic release RUST IN PEACE in its entirety! Those lucky enough to witness Mustaine and co in action when last here in 2009 will attest that Megadeth are in their career best form, making this a once in a lifetime experience you don’t want to miss!
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World’s Funniest Island is a very special comedy event staged over one weekend on Cockatoo Island in the middle of Sydney Harbour and brings together over 180 acclaimed Australian and International comedy artists. International talent includes Police Academy legend Michael Winslow, the return of the hit show Allah Made Me Funny, five-time Emmy Award nominee Will Durst and six hilarious stand-out new US comics. Also joining the lineup is the incredible comic mind-reading Philip Escoffey from London in ‘Six Impossible Things Before Dinner’.

Aussie headliners include The Umbilical Brothers, Wil Anderson, the world premiere of viral hit sensation Beached Az Bro Live, Lady Julia Morris, Fiona O’Loughlin, Heath “Chopper” Franklin, Axis of Awesome, Tom Ballard, Tom Gleeson, Mikey Robbins and Claire Hooper.

One ticket includes the short ferry rides to and from the Island and as many shows as you can pack into 12 hours each day. The 16 venues on the spectacular heritage listed island include a bomb shelter, tunnels, and a former prison.

The festival will pack in everything from top comics, sketch shows, comedy burlesque and cabaret to the best of campus comedy, plus music, art, booze, food, camping out and spectacular harbour views to calm you down in amidst all the mayhem.

Come along for one day of chuckles, spend two in stitches or if you’re feeling like a hilarious island getaway is just what you need, camp out for 3 nights on prime Sydney Harbour waterfront!

“Events like World’s Funniest Island are what set Sydney apart as an events destination, it a major event that makes the most of Cockaoo Island and attracts both Sydneysiders and visitors. World’s Funniest Island is bound to become the preeminent comedy event in Australia” John Montgomery, General Manager Events, Events NSW

Where: Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour
When: 16-17 October 2010

Buy World’s Funniest Island tickets here!

ROBIN WILLIAMS – AWARD-WINNING ACTOR AND COMEDIAN TO EMBARK ON HIS FIRST-EVER STAND-UP COMEDY TOUR OF AUSTRALIA!


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This November, Robin Williams will bring his critically acclaimed new stand-up comedy tour, entitled “Weapons of Self Destruction”, to Australia. The high-energy show will highlight Williams’ trademark free associations and riffs on social and political absurdities. The show, which toured the US in 2008 and 2009, sold out venues across the country as well as in the UK and Canada and earned the comedian spectacular reviews. Williams last American comedy tour was in 2002 when he returned to the stand-up scene after a sixteen year hiatus.
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U2 360° TO END YEAR DOWN UNDER TOUR DATES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND Live Nation Global Touring and Michael Coppel have confirmed that U2 will end the year with live dates in New Zealand and Australia. The U2 360° Tour will visit Auckland, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, and the tour also includes U2’s first Perth date since Popmart in 1998.

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Championed by critics, fans and peers alike as one of the finest UK metal/hardcore acts of their generation, Brighton, England quintet ARCHITECTS have got the moves and the riffs. Syncopated to a sickeningly tight level of perfection delivered with precision and absolute gut-wrenching rage, their live show is a force to be reckoned with. “Vocalist Sam Carter leaps around the stage like a man possessed, roaring, shrieking

and splicing brutality with sublime melody within the space of a single song. No gimmicks here.” – Rock Metal Music (continue reading…)

GREAT SOUTHERN BLUES FESTIVAL 2010 SIDE SHOWS ANNOUNCED!

After the being included on the stellar line up of the Great Southern Blues Festival, taking place in Batemans Bay from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 October 2010, two of the acts have joined forces to co-headline 3 very special sideshows.

Returning to Oz will be the charismatic and hugely talented RICK ESTRIN & THE NIGHTCATS. Rick, who ranks among the very best harmonica players in the world, will be joined by long time Nightcats members J Hansen, Lorenzo Farrell and fiery guitarist Kid Anderson to bring you a blues sound that is harmonica-driven, rocking, guitar-fueled rave-up.
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