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Unearthed Bands Called for Groovin' in the Moo

Column: News | Date Published: Wednesday, 17 March 10 | Author: Julia Winterflood | | 1 year, 11 months ago

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Groovin’ the Moo is putting the culture back into agriculture! Oof. So you’ve heard all the bad bovine gags, you know it’s a killer lineup and you know it’s gonna be huge, but have you considered joining the bill? triple j and GTM are giving one artist/band in the Canberra region (including South East NSW or Illawarra) the op to share the stage with the big guns. To be in with a chance you need to have your tracks uploaded on the Unearthed site before Sunday April 4 with the correct region selected. Get moovin’!

	Humanimals: @ The Pot Belly on Sat Mar 27 with Loud So Clear I’m Still an Animal Humanimals are here! Created by the lads that brought you Lamexcuse, Humanimals are all about musical freedom and have been hard at work crafting a dynamic set which is now ready to be unleashed, starting with a show at The Pot Belly on Saturday March 27 with Loud So Clear, then an all ages show on Sunday April 11 at The Warehouse (Fyshwick) with Chris Duke and The Royals (Syd), The Decline (WA) and Short Fuse (ACT). You will be hearing a lot more Humanimals in the coming months, so get excited.
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	Splendid : Artist application forms are available at www.splendid.org.au. Simply Splendid Are you a fearless, young and emerging artist? If so, Splendid 2010 wants to hear from you. Splendid is now seeking artists to participate in the 2010 program, which affords an opportunity to develop critical thinking and experimentation in an intensive two-week residential arts lab in Lismore, NSW as well as providing the opportunity to premiere new collaborative and cross artform work at Splendour in the Grass 2011. The challenge is extended to Splendid artists to create cutting edge and contemporary art that will inspire, question, puzzle, amuse, seduce and otherwise intrigue 30,000 festival goers. Splendid 2010 applications are due on Tuesday April 6 and forms are available at www.splendid.org.au.
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	Vivid LIVE: from May 28 to Jun 11 And All the Coloured Girls Sing Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed have been announced as the curators of Vivid LIVE, the annual festival of light, music and ideas featuring the spectacular illumination of the Sydney Opera House sails. Vivid celebrates Sydney as the creative hub of the Asia Pacific with large scale light installations and projections, music performances and collaborations, creative ideas, discussion and debate. The two-week festival celebrating the world’s best contemporary artists and cultural interpreters will be held from May 28 to June 11. Says Chief Exec Richard Evens, “Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House symbolises our values of imagination, creativity and inspiration. We are committed to presenting the most acclaimed and engaging artists of our generation, so who better to take the helm of our festival than Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed.” Head to sydneyoperahouse.com/vividlive from March 29 for the Vivid LIVE program, regular news updates, loads of information and masses of multimedia.
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	Chud : @ Bar 32 Wed Mar 24 The Chud Canon Local masked fiends of metal, Chud, have just released their debut CD, Blood & Bone, and are celebrating the occasion by partying it up on Wednesday March 24 at Bar 32. Joining them will be fellow party animals Friend or Enemy, Goulburn’s groove rock/metal outfit Blind Eyed Gods and Prostitute Gun. Chud will be selling their wares and there will be a few prizes for early birds. All this for a conservative ten bucks. Doors at 8.
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	Mother And Father: @ The Phoenix on Sun Mar 28 All in the Family Eight months ago Mother And Father came out of nowhere with their debut LP Nothin’ (Z-Man Records) and have been causing a swell in the Melbourne music scene since. In June they’ll be heading to America to play a string of shows along the west coast but before they depart they are stopping by The Phoenix on Sunday March 28. Joining them will be good friends Parading (featuring members of Witch Hats and The Stabs) and Cat Cat. For more head to www.myspace.com/motherandfathermusic.
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	The School of Music 2010 Premier Concert Series: @ Llewellyn Hall Wed Mar 31 Jazzamataz The School of Music 2010 Premier Concert Series kicks off on Wednesday March 31 with a dynamic jazz double bill featuring Mike Price Trio and Vertical, in Llewellyn Hall. Mike Price, guitarist and Head of Jazz Studies at the ANU teams up with his School of Music colleagues to make up the Mike Price Trio. Their music is a blend of styles from blues-tinged jazz reminiscent of guitar greats Kenny Burrell, Grant Green, and George Benson, while Vertical are a tight quartet that have received excellent reviews of their concert performances.
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	Birds and Belles: @ The Front Thu Mar 25 Ring my Bell On Thursday March 25 The Front will open its doors, hearts and beer fridge to ultra wired Melbourne music teacher Travis Marke, and the smoothest soul crooner of Byron Bay, Simon Asquith. Joining the lads are captivating, melodic three-piece indie outfit Birds and Belles. Get set for a mish mash of folk, pop and rock peppered with reggae, funk and swing. Swell.
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