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  • Datura4 east coast 2023Internationally acclaimed West Australian boogie masters Datura4are set to tour the east coast of Australia for the first time in six years on the success of their fifth album, “Neanderthal Jam”.

    Datura4 is fronted by Dom Mariani of legendary Oz garage rockers The Stems,  With plans to tour Europe in the latter part of 2023, the April tour will be their first time back since 2017.

    The band will play four shows across New South Wales and Victoria, including an appearance at the prestigious Gum Ball Festival in the Hunter Valley and a Sydney show with returning platinum-selling Canadian act The Sheepdogs.

    Datura4 finds Dom Mariani rediscovering the heavy and progressive blues sounds he loved as a teenager - bands like Led Zeppelin, Ten Years After andt he Groundhogs, Aus bands like Carson, Masters Apprentices, Chain, Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs and Perth locals Bakery.

    Dom has even added an authentic ‘70s blues-rocker to his band – keyboard player Bob Patient is a one-time member of heavy prog rockers Fatty Lumpkin, a later day member of Matt Taylor's Chain and more recently a sideman of Perth’s internationally revered slide guitarist Dave Hole.

    APRIL
    Friday 21 Great Club Sydney (w/ The Sheepdogs) - Tix
    Saturday 22 -, Gumball Festival - Tix
    Sunday 23-  Barwon Club Geelong - Tix 
    Monday 24-  Cherry Melbourne (special guests - The Gas Babies) - Tix 

  • deep freeze stemsFresh from last year’s sold-out 40th anniversary 2024 tour of Australia and Europe, and following on from single “Falling from the Sky”, The Stems have released a new sseven-inch.

    “Deep Freeze” arrives in the lead up to their much-anticipated East Coast Tour and festival appearance at The Gum Ball festival in New South Wales.  It’s the second single from the band’s forthcoming album and is a classic freakbeat-R&B stomper. Yiou can hear it here

    “Deep Freeze” is on Cheersquad Records and Tapes on all streaming platforms and on limited edition 7" vinyl in translucent blue (100 copies), translucent teal (100 copies), and black. Buy it here.

    The Stems
    East Coast Australian Tour
    *with special guests
    Rinehearts
    APR
    23 – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC*
    24 – Crowbar Sydney, NSW*
    25 – Gum Ball Festival, Hunter Valley, NSW
    26 – Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
    Tickets