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Melancholic hipsters rejoice. Your king, Connor Oberst, is heading to Sydney for a special show with the brilliant Felice Brothers.
First coming to public attention in the late 1990s with a handful of critically acclaimed albums, all before he graduated from high school, Oberst really took the world by the scruff of the neck as frontman for Bright Eyes.
Aside from his Bright Eyes output, the prolific songwriter has released three solo records as well as having other projects such as the Mystic Valley Band, the indie-supergroup Monsters of Folk and Desaparecidos.
His latest release, Upside Down Mountain, has been hailed by critics as his finest work to date, with Rolling Stone calling it “the most immediately charming record he has ever made”.
Iconic British twee indie popsters Belle and Sebastian are back with their first effort since 2010’s brilliant Write Against Love, and this time around the results on Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance are decidedly more dancey.
The whole “sensitive, misunderstood soul finding its place in an unforgiving world” thing is still here, in spades.
But it’s tempered with a palpable dance party vibe that, while it might sound out of place in the world of Belle and Sebas-tian, it actually works well, making for possibly their most expansive release yet.
Producer Ben H. Allen III, who has worked with the likes of Gnarles Bar-kley and Animal Collective, brings an extremely lush sheen to proceedings.
Standouts songs on this new album include Enter Sylvia Plath and Play for Today.
If you like films about people who are “really really good looking” then you’ll be all over this Ben Stiller comedy gem. Derek Zoolander (Stiller) is well and truly at the top of the modelling tree but when up-and-comer Hansel (Owen Wilson)hones in on his racket, Zoolander’s world is thrown asunder as evil fashion guru Mugatu (Will Ferrell) hires him.
Many people were great fans of the Edward Woodward TV show and the last pairing between director Antoine Fuqua and star Denzel Washington was the Oscar-winning Training Day. Sadly this remake is a letdown. Washington stars as a former black ops guy who fakes death so he can work at a hardware shop. All is fine until young street walker (Chloe Grace Moretz) turns up and Washington’s char-acter is waist deep in Russian gangsters.
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Given that he has sold 80 million albums worldwide, written hits for Roger Daltrey, Tina Turner, Dolly Parton and Cliff Richard, and been
responsible for one of the most danceable earworms of all time in You Make Me Feel Like Dancing, it would not be a stretch to think of the Grammy award-winning Leo Sayer as an aloof artist type.
But nothing could be further from the truth.
“I can go shopping at my local Coles and not be paranoid about it,” an affable Sayer told TE down the line from his Port Lincoln hotel room.
“I guess that, for the most part, I haven’t succumbed to that whole ego thing.
“It’s much more important to me to be recognised for my work than my hair,” Sayer laughed.
“I really am a slave to songwriting and, for me, it’s more about challenging myself rather than fitting into any preconceived notions and I think that’s kept me rela-tively down to earth.”
Sayer will be heading to Newcastle next month in support of his latest album, Rest-less Years.
Judging by his itinerary of 30 shows from February to April, it’s going to be a very busy 2015 for the 66-year-old.
“I’ve always been a restless kind of guy when it comes to touring, I love it so much.
“When I released my Endless Flight album in 1976 [spawning two consecutive US number ones, You Make Me Feel Like Dancing and When I Need You, and launch-ing Sayer into the stratosphere], I called the tour the Endless Tour and, in a way, it’s been going ever since.
“But it’s so nice on this tour to be going pretty much everywhere, the metro-politan centres and places like Thirroul, Albury and, of course, Newcastle, which I love.
“It won’t only be an Australian thing either as there are plans to take the tour
over to the US and the UK, which is also really exciting.”
Produced by Sayer and engineered by Mitch Cairns - the production brains behind Russell Morris’s scintillating Sharkmouth and Van Diemen’s Land sets - Restless Years shifts effortlessly from straight-up dance-pop to rock and roll and country, reflecting Sayer’s eclectic 42-plus-year career but never in an overly sentimental way.
Listening to Restless Years, you definitely get the sense that Sayer is an artist looking forward.
“You can’t really think too much about the past.
“I mean, you are kind of aware of what you have done previously in terms of how the new record sits in the overall frame-work.
“But you can’t really let your past influ-ence you too much because you’d never really grow.”
Like Sharkmouth and Van Diemen’s Land, which represented a stellar return to form for Russell Morris, it looks as though the same may be about to happen to Sayer, with Restless Years recently nudging its way into the ARIA top-40 album chart; a feat Sayer hasn’t achieved since his 1983 album Have You Ever Been In Love.
“It’s really nice to be able to hit the ground running like that but it’s also important to keep that momentum going, which is why this year is going to be so restless, you have to stay in people’s minds.”
Sayer moved to Australia in 2005 before becoming a fully-fledged citizen in 2009.
He says that he fell in love with the coun-try on his first visit in the mid-1970s.
“When I was down here for the first time in 1974, I made a promise to myself that one day I would live here.
“I think I’m a good fit for Australia.“I can be outspoken, I love life and I’m
not afraid of long journeys.“The fact is, we may have a crap PM at the
moment, and we may have a government telling us to be un-Australian.
“But it’s certainly not working on me because I am Australian and bloody proud of it.”
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It has been a stellar 12 months for the group, with Throw Me In The River receiving universal praise and being crowned triple j’s album of the week, debuting in the top 20 of the ARIA charts.
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From a quiet Sunday session to a more upbeat affair, local musician Jason Bone certainly aims to please.
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H aving already firmly established himself as a songwriter of note - penning tracks for the likes of
Slim Dusty, Jon English and John Denver in the 1970s - it wasn’t until the bicen-tennial year of 1988 that Mackay-born songwriter Graeme Connors really hit his straps.
His breakthrough came in the form of the album Home, a very beautifully lilt-ing treatise on the importance of place, headed by the now-iconic single A Little Further North.
Connors is hitting the road in celebra-tion of the 25th anniversary of North although, as he told TE, after years of chasing that elusive “hit”, North was intended to be his swansong.
“In a way, it’s funny to think about celebrating North 25 years later because it really was a bit of a fluke,” Connors explained.
“I was at a point in my career where I thought it was all coming to an end. I was signed to Festival Records and had toured with people like Jon English, Peter Allan
and Liza Minnelli but I had kind of failed to set the world on fire hit-wise.”
Rather than the album being a last-ditch attempt for chart success, Connors said the deeply personal album was recorded for his children.
“I really wanted to document my personal journey for my kids so I could say to them ‘see, this is what your Dad used to do’,” Connors said
Thankfully ABC Music picked up the album and now Connors is widely regarded as one of the best songwriters this country has produced.
With North frequently named one of the best Australian country albums and 14 golden guitars under his belt, it’s hard to argue with that assertion.
Connors said his Newcastle show would include all of North and a set spanning his entire career, from his Kris Kristofferson-produced And When The Morning Comes to 2013’s Kindred Spirit.
“Obviously North is the centrepiece but the second half will delve into what’s turned out to be quite a big catalogue. It’ll be an absolute ball in Newcastle.”
Catch Graeme Connors at the Civic Theatre on Friday, March 6.
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F or Perth-based songstress Shameem, who has just released her stirring sophomore record
Under One Sun after a relatively protracted period, the creative process is much like the miracle of childbirth.
“It’s such a relief to have the album out there and seeing it so well received,” Shameem told TE.
“It really was quite a long process. The writing began a very long time ago and, actually, some of the songs were written before my first [self-titled] album and it was all recorded in December last year, so it’s definitely a relief to have it out there.
“I kind of felt like a pregnant woman carrying this album around with me.”
Shameem said one of the reasons for the delay was that she didn’t want to rush into the “difficult second record”, and wanted to delve into deeper sonic territory with producer Rob Agostini (Rai Thistlethwaite).
“Once we were in the studio, every-thing did come together quite quickly
but we definitely took more time layer-ing sounds and trying to make it as lush sounding as we possibly could.”
With strong soul and jazz influences, the album has caused music wags to draw comparisons to soul powerhouse Alicia Keys.
The follow-up to the album’s acclaimed first single, Beautiful Soul, Under One Sun was co-written with Grammy-winning UK-based producer James Bryan (Nelly Furtardo, Olly Murs and James Morri-son).
Under One Sun is a catchy soul-pop number that sticks with you long after the last chord rings out.
“We are all members of one human race, we all live on the same planet and receive life from the same sun in the sky,” Shameem said.
“I want people to think about why it is that we treat some people differently to others, when they are all equally our human brothers and sisters, no matter where they come from, what colour they are or what they believe.”
Catch Shameem at the Lass O’Gowrie on Sunday, February 22, and the Bar on the Hill on Monday, February 23 (12pm start)
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Knights halfback Tyrone Roberts
Newcastle Knights halfback Tyrone Roberts is hoping spending a week in camp with his role model, Johna-than Thurston, will pay dividends
in this weekend’s All Stars clash on the Gold Coast and the 2015 season as a whole.
Roberts was added to the Indigenous All Stars team following the withdrawal of Parramatta’s Chris Sandow with an ankle injury sustained in the Auckland NRL Nines.
The Knights playmaker will start from the bench with North Queensland superstar Thurston and Cronulla’s Ben Barba the starting halves.
“JT sets the bar for the halves and I can’t wait to take some pointers and tips off him,” Rob-erts said.
The All Stars concept, which pits the best in-digenous players against a team comprised of the rest of the NRL’s elite, has been revived this
Knights half hopes to learn a lot from time with Thurston Roberts rearing to go and proud after being called in to replace Sandow in Indigenous All Stars outing
season after being put on hold last year to cater for the introduction of the NRL Nines.
The importance of the match in celebrating and highlighting indigenous culture resulted in the pre-season timetable being adjusted to fit it back in.
“It is a very important game for us, a lot of in-digenous people watch the game and it brings us all together,” Roberts said.
“It will be like playing in the Koori Knockout, but it will be bigger.
“It is great awareness for the indigenous cul-ture and I can’t wait to get out there and repre-sent my people.”
Roberts will be joined in the Indigenous All Stars squad by Knights teammate Dane Gagai, who will also start from the bench while Beau Scott and Jeremy Smith will line up for the NRL All Stars.
Saturday’s All Stars match kicks off at 7.50pm and will be shown live on NBN.
The Knights will take a large squad of players to Wauchope on Saturday evening for a trial
PAUL MONFORTEagainst both the Wauchope Blues and the Port Macquarie Sharks.
The Knights will play half a match each against the local sides before a final pre-season hitout against the Canberra Raiders in Quean-beyan on February 21.
Newcastle’s NSW Cup and under-20s teams headed to Sydney last weekend for trials against the Canterbury Bulldogs.
The under-20s team was defeated 28-24 while the NSW Cup side went down 52-8.
While conceding 50 points in a match is never pleasing to a coach, Knights NSW Cup boss Matt Lantry pointed out that his inexperienced side had competed well for the most part against a Bulldogs side containing established first grad-ers such as Greg Eastwood, Frank Pritchard, Sam Kasiano, Corey Thompson, Josh Jackson, David Klemmer and Moses Mbye.
“Canterbury's class and quality that they had on the park just proved too good,” Lantry said.
“In the end we looked at it in the way that the boys could get a really good opportunity.”
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