Deniz Tek and The Bad Men live in Norway

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By Pete Craven

Pete Craven

08 June 2014

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Lady luck must have been looking out for me; I get sent on a last minute work trip to Oslo, and discover Deniz Tek will be in town for the opening night of his 2014 European Tour. The venue turns out to be a leisurely five-minute walk from my hotel. Easy Street.

• deniz
• radio
• steve
• live
• godoy
• art
• twins

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River Mirrors - Infinity Broke (Come To The Dark Side Luke)

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By The Barman

The Barman

06 June 2014

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Infinity Broke is the new vehicle for Sydney’s Jamie Hutchings and Jared Harrison, post the dissolution of Bluebottle Kiss. They were longtime acerbic indie fixtures on the Australian scene before Hutchings decided to go solo so the air is misty with expectation.

The first thing to say is that the self-released “River Mirrors” sounds superb. It was recorded in a shearing shed on a sheep property with a live ambience and stark glow.

• bluebottle
• kiss,
• jamie
• hutchings
• river
• infinity broke

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Jim Jones Revue calls it a day

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By The Barman

The Barman

05 June 2014

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The UK’s most rocking outfit, Jim Jones revue, has announced a farewell tour before a planned October break-up. Seven years, three studio albums and a compilation of their singles will culminate in a sweep through France, Spain and Amsterdam before a lap of honour of the UK that winds up at The Forum in London on October 4.

Why? is anyone’s guess as the band isn’t going into detail. Here’s their last single “Where Da Money Go?”, from the 2012 album "Savage Grace", to see them out.

• garage
• jim jones revue
• tour
• farewell

Stooge in talks to team with Texas Terri

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By The Barman

The Barman

05 June 2014

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Ex-Stooge Jimmy Recca (picured at the left in the 1971 photo) continues his return to stages on Friday with a gig at Empire club (formerly JAXX) in Springfield, Virginia, with plans for more US touring and a European visit.

Talks are underway to team Recca with confrontational vocalist Texas Terri and her band in Germany later this year, and a US tour is in the works for October with an ex-member of The Doughboys.

• iggy pop
• stooges
• live
• texas
• terri
• jimmy
• recca

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Big Smoke London Town – The Dustaphonics (Dirty Water)

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By The Barman

The Barman

04 June 2014

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The debut album “Party Girl” made it blatantly apparent that London soul-rockers The Dustaphonics had it all over their competition on a couple of fronts. Not only did they have a killer vocalist in San Franciscan expat Kay Elizabeth but a consummate engine room to drive the songs. Album Number Two finds them with a new singer and an interchangeable rhythm section.

• garage
• dustaphonics
• big smoke london town

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Deux – Hell City Glamours (self released)

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By The Barman

The Barman

03 June 2014

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So it’s goodbye from them. After 12 years of playing gin places, late-night dives and boltholes all around Australia, a US tour, two EPs and two albums, with one final lap of honour, Sydney's Hell City Glamours will be no more. “Deux” is the farewell long-player and it’s a pretty good way to go out.

• metal
• sydney
• album
• hell city glamours
• deux
• glam

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Runaways - Kim Salmon and Spencer P. Jones (Incubator Recording)

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By Robert Brokenmouth

Robert Brokenmouth

01 June 2014

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Here’s a tip. If you don’t own this disc, get it now. And buy it for everyone you know who loves music.

• spencer
• kim salmon
• runaways

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Do the Crawl - Rocket to Memphis (Off the Hip)

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By Robert Brokenmouth

Robert Brokenmouth

01 June 2014

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This mob seem to come from Perth, a town which seems to live in several weird time warps all at once. The convict past and the glorious fuck-you-we’re-suddenly-rich '80s, and all the other sorts of odd pockets of Australiana you can imagine.

• off-the-hip
• rocket to memphis
• do the crawl

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The Meat Puppets at Fowlers Live in Adelaide

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By Robert Brokenmouth

Robert Brokenmouth

01 June 2014

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The Meat Puppets are an outfit I’ve been looking forward to seeing ever since I heard they were coming. 

There are a few similarities with the last outfit I saw recently, The English Beat. Old band touring, only two original members, no set list. No encore because of curfew (Fowlers is right next to a huge block of student accommodation; you only rarely see the occasional student at Fowlers, and their sense of dislocation and disgust is visible).

But the gigs are very, very different, and not just because of the style of music.

• live
• adelaide
• meat
• puppets

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