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| WINNEBAGO DEAL (UK) with Blacklevel Embassy and Hotel Wrecking City Traders |
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Fri 9 May (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $20+bf ($25 at the door if still available)
 Winnebago Deal consist of thunderously minimalist duo Ben Perrier and Ben Thomas, who sound something like a hurricane in a nunnery. This refreshingly foul-mouthed two-headed, four-legged rock monster is headed to NSC in support of CD/DVD ‘Flight Of The Raven’ out now.
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| THE KILL DEVIL HILLS (WA) (single launch) with Nathan Hollywood (album launch) with Felicity Groom (WA) –SOLD OUT! |
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Sat 10 May (Doors 8.30) (Sold Out!)
 It’s been almost a year since the rambling, 6 piece swamp rock darlings of the wild west – the Kill Devil Hills- played shows on the East Coast. In that time, they toured to Canada and the US, won a handful more WAMi awards, released their second album to rave reviews in Europe and recorded a song especially for this trip. The song is called ‘Hungry and Down’ and will be available on limited edition 7” vinyl only at the show! The Kill Devil Hills formed in early 2003 as a cowpunk trio and have mutated into a sonic stew of rock, folk, gospel, blues and punk, carving out their own weird take on the great Australian tradition of swamp music. They’ve released 2 albums and now a single, and their blistering live shows are quite simply, not to be missed!
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| ROSIE BURGESS with TINPAN ORANGE and Alana Bruce |
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Wed 14 May (Doors 7.30) Tickets: $10+bf ($12 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 Since the release of her latest album, ‘Humble Pie’, Rosie Burgess has been tripping around Australia, spreading her message of peace love and folk roots music, with great success. So come catch Rosie with her quirky, catchy tunes, before she returns to the studio to record her new and much anticipated album. Along for the ride will be the pure and lyrical stylings of Tin Pan Orange, and the wonderfully jazzy lady of the keys, Alana Bruce.
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| SAL KIMBER & THE GOOD OLE BOYS (album launch) with Mr Johnny Watson |
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Thu 15 May (Doors 8.00) Tickets: $10+bf ($12 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 ‘Sal Kimber and the Good Ole Boys’ live shows are charismatic and engaging, regaling you with tails of ghost towns, rebels and romance. Their gigs take you on a train ride over terrains from cut back duets on the xylophone and banjo to 5 piece rock ‘n’ roll alt-country tracks. Hailing from Tallangatta (the town that moved), Sal and her band have been busy playing in and around Melbourne and are gearing up for a national tour to promote the release of Sal’s debut album ‘Sounds Like Thunder’ which has been eagerly anticipated and is sure to liven up your month of May!
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| THE REELS with Rowland S. Howard – SOLD OUT! |
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Fri 16 May (Doors 8.30) (SOLD OUT!)
 The Reels were one of Australia’s most loved and respected pop bands of the ’80s. Formed in Dubbo in 1977, the band toured endlessly and got plenty of media attention with their early singles, ‘Love Will Find A Way’ and ‘Prefab Heart’. In ‘81, The Reels released the classic album ‘Quasimodo’s Dream’ featuring the song of the same title that over two decades later, the Australian Performing Rights Association publicly declared as one of the greatest ten Australian songs of all time! In May ‘07, Dave Mason released his first album in more than 15 years, ‘Reelsville’, an acoustic celebration of The Reels hits re-recorded by the original artist. In August ‘07 ‘Reel To Reel’ was also released - a compilation of The Reels classic tracks with new liner notes as written by Dave.
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| 78 SAAB (NSW) with RICHARD IN YOUR MIND and Khancoban |
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Sat 17 May (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $15+bf ($18 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 78 Saab have just released their third album, ‘The Bells Line’. Over the past ten years, they’ve produced timeless music that sits comfortably alongside the likes of Died Pretty, The Church and The Triffids. The band present a world that is uniquely their own, but also a part of the legacy of those great bands who came before them. Now, 78 Saab are set to play their first show in quite some time.
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| ABBE MAY (WA) (album launch) with Sascha Ion & the Voodoo Economic and Peregrine |
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Sun 18 May (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $10+bf ($12 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 Abbe May releases her debut album ‘Howl and Moan’, an album about immense love and loss. At the centre of her charm is an extraordinary voice - a stirring howl borne on the melancholic balladry of a grieving heart. As confrontational as it is vulnerable, her characteristically anguished moan conceals an undercurrent of hot-blooded intensity within the poetry and grunge-fuelled candour of her music and band The Rockin’ Pneumonia.
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| LISA MITCHELL (EP launch) with George Byrne |
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Wed 21 May (Doors 8.00) Tickets: $15+bf ($17 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 In just two years, Melbourne based singer/songwriter musician Lisa Mitchell has confidently transformed herself from the introverted, cherub-like teen we all witnessed on Australian Idol into a critically praised artist who has developed her own unique brand of heartfelt, alterna-folk-pop. It’s been an amazing ride for someone, who, in the space of two years, secured management and released a breakthrough debut EP ‘Said One To The Other” which reached #1 on the iTunes Charts. She also opened for artists such as Ben Lee, Tex Perkins and Evermore. ‘Welcome To The Afternoon’ highlights Lisa Mitchell at the height of her powers. She’ll be celebrating the release of ‘the EP with one show in Melbourne before she heads to the UK to live and record her debut album, due in late 2008.
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| JASON HARWELL (USA) with Kim Beales & Band and Finally Original |
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Thu 22 May (Doors 8.00) Tickets: $20+bf ($25 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 Named ’Artist Of The Year’ by International Acoustic Music Awards, Jason Harwell is a singer-songwriter from rural Georgia, USA. His debut ’Alive in the Fall’ is a wide-reaching collection of alterna-folk songs that, according to Flagpole Magazine, "brims with sincerity and soul".
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| MOSAIK with MICHAEL PAYNTER and Duckdive |
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Fri 23 May (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $10+bf ($12 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 Mosaik tell stories through their creative and emotional lyrics, sudden bursts of heartfelt exhilaration and an acoustic sound that means something. The band have played with artists including The Whitlams, Tim Rogers, Rob Sawyer, Josh Pyke, Smokie, Old Man River and The Vasco Era, to a fantastic response. Album ‘Zenith Valley’ is out now. At 22 years, Michael Paynter’s exceptional songwriting talent and spirited live performance has turned the heads of those lucky enough to have experienced his show. Debut single ‘Closer’ is on the radio now.
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| FIREKITES (NSW) (album launch) with Laura Jean and Sly Hats |
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Sat 24 May (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $10+bf ($13 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 Firekites is a Newcastle emerged collective revolving around the acoustic musings of Tim Mcphee (The Instant) and Rod Smith. Tucked away for the past two years, Firekites have been persistently self-recording their first musical offering – debut LP, ‘The Bowery’. Expanding on initial acoustic ideas, Tim & Rod called on long-time friends Jane Tyrrell (The Herd), Jason Tampake (Josh Pyke) & Matt Blackman (Charge Group/Purplene) to explore their sound in the abandoned iconic coffee-house/dance hall, ‘The Bowery’. The remainder of the record was crafted in collaboration with Richard Pike (Pivot), who added synth elements and electronic beats. With the patient production of indie impresario, Wayne Connolly (Belles Will Ring, You Am I, The Vines, 78 Saab), ten measured tracks take their place on the debut due out on 26 April 2008 through Spunk!
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| THE SPOILS ’08 Comeback (To Europe) Special’ with Yana Alana & Tha Paranas, The Town Bikes plus Circus Performances |
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Sun 25 May (Doors 8.00) Tickets: $10+bf ($12 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 Fresh from their trip to New Zealand and recording of their third album, The Spoils gear up for their return to Europe by presenting their own variety special with friends, Yana Alana & Tha Paranas (Best Cabaret Act 2007 Fringe Festival), much loved dance troupe The Town Bikes and circus performers. Having toured the country with the likes of Cat Power and Bonnie Prince Billy, this promises to be a Spoils show with a difference marrying the world of burlesque and circus cabaret to that of dark, brooding rock n’ roll.
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| YOUTH GROUP (NSW) with The Gaslight Orchestra (Gaslight Radio Acoustic) and Wons Phreely – SELLING FAST! |
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Fri 30 May (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $22+bf – SELLING FAST! ($25 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 After recently capping off tours with Kings Of Leon, Interpol and part of the spectacular Triffids shows, Youth Group spent the last couple months in a 1920’s derelict mess hall finishing their much anticipated fourth album (out mid-June) and are now set to play NSC in support of their brand new single ‘Two Sides’.
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| JOSH OWEN (mini-album launch) with NESSA MORGAN (NSW) (album launch) and special guest |
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Sat 31 May (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $14+bf ($16 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 Soul lovers get ready for a night to remember when Melbourne’s master of the smooth groove Josh Owen teams up with Sydney’s sultry queen of soul Nessa Morgan to launch his acoustic 7 track mini album ‘Do You Wonder’ – an offering where Josh’s stylistic musical genius is cut to the bare bones. Nessa, who stunned the country with her voice, her grooves, her style and her attitude with her ‘Don Was’ produced ‘Sex & Poverty’ CD will be previewing tracks from her forthcoming CD.
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| NYSSA BRADSWORTH & THE WEIGHTLESS STRING QUARTET with Robbie Melville solo (Cleverhorse) |
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Thu 5 Jun (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $15+bf on sale Mon 12 May ($18 at the door if still available)
 Following a sell out EP launch in 2007, and a string of highly successful gigs throughout Victoria early this year, Melbourne based singer/songwriter Nyssa Bradsworth is taking her music in a new direction. Working closely with arrangers Robbie Melville and Andrew Collyer, Nyssa is very excited to be given the opportunity to showcase her work in a new light, with the help of The Weightless String Quartet, and a trio of backing singers. Nyssa’s EP, ‘Hurricane’ is available now.
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| WELLYN (album launch) with Silver City Highway and Shade of March Project (solo) |
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Fri 6 Jun (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $10+bf ($12 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 Wellyn launch their long awaited LP, ’An Intimate Universe’. It took 2 years, 3 bank loans, 27 musicians, and 437 cans of solo for Wellyn to finish their debut. The album has been described as sounding “like the Polyphonic Spree developed a smack habit, stole all of Elbow’s gear and then pawned it off to Augie March in order to go on a massive bender with Jimmy Clinkerfield”.
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| BLUELINE MEDIC with RED JEZEBEL (WA) with Jack on Fire |
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Sat 7 Jun (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $10+bf ($12 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
Melbourne’s Blueline Medic and Perth’s Red Jezebel team up for a cracker of a double-bill! Blueline Medic will soon be busting out their brand new 7" release before heading into the studio to get to work on their new album. Red Jezebel are on the road again in support of their latest album ‘How I Learnt To Stop Worrying’ following earlier Melbourne visits with Little Birdy and The Exploders. This will be their only Melbourne show.
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| THE SURE SHOT HUNTERS (album launch) with George Kamikawa (Japan) |
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Sun 8 Jun (Queen’s Birthday Public Holiday Eve) (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $10+bf ($12 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 The Hunters have been described as being a combination of Chicago style Blues and Southern Australian Rock, with elements from artists such as Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, Buddy Guy and John Mayer are just as appropriate. With an East Coast tour to promote their forthcoming album titled ’After Midnight’ in May, TSSH will charge into NSC for what will surely be one of the shows of the year, thus cementing them as one of the premier Blues/Rock acts in the country.
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| HARRY MANX (CANADA) FEATURING YESHE (two sets) |
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Wed 11 Jun (Doors 7.30) Tickets: $39+bf ($42 if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 Harry Manx has been called an "essential link" between the music of East and West, creating musical short stories that wed the tradition of the blues with the depth of classical Indian ragas. He has created a unique sound that is hard to forget and deliciously addictive. Manx’s latest CD, a collaboration with Canadian guitar wonder Kevin Breit, ‘In Good We Trust’, has received glowing reviews.
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| THE BAND WHO KNEW TOO MUCH with special guests |
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Fri 13 Jun (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $10+bf ($12 full or $10 conc at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 The Band Who Knew Too Much For have branded their sound around the world for over a decade. Washboard/Accordion driven anthems about spending the rent, hard rubbish nights and of course, the immortal beer o’clock! It’s happy hour, energetic party music for everyone. Fifteen years, four Album’s and five overseas tours later, The Band Who Knew Too Much are set to miss the footy season yet again! The Scandinavian summer beckons again with a string of pub and festival gigs in Denmark, Sweden and of course Amsterdam. To catch the Band for a farewell night to remember, come down to NSC (home ground advantage) and farewell them in style.
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| HOLLY THROSBY (NSW) with special guests |
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Sat 14 Jun (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $18+bf ($20 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 Singer, songwriter Holly Throsby, releases her new album, ’A Loud Call’, following on from her ‘06’s ’Under The Town’. Recorded in Nashville with engineer and producer Mark Nevers [Lambchop, Bonnie ’Prince’ Billy], the album includes performances from a handful of very special guests including members of Lambchop, Palace and The Silver Jews. The album is as stunning as it is embracing - a warm romance of an album where bare folk meets with dreamy bright pop songs and lilting back-porch dirges. Pastoral and nautical imagery and succinct observations - from the everyday to the fantastic - are delivered with Holly’s distinctive phrasing and lyrical twists and turns.
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| SEAGULL (album launch) with Hazel Brown and Touch Typist |
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Sun 15 Jun (Doors 8.00) Tickets: $8+bf ($10 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 Seagull release their debut album ‘Goodbye Weather’. This launch will have many trip ups, projections by Blake Byron-Smith, good times, bad times, beer, water, whisky, at least two people will laugh, perhaps one person will cry (but not about the music). The launch will be loud at points and soft at others. A lot of guitar will be played, a lot of singing will be sung, drums hit etc. The corners of the room will be dark and comforting for those not wishing to say hello to anyone. All welcome!
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| CLINKERFIELD with special guests |
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Sat 21 Jun (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $10+bf on sale Mon 12 May ($12 at the door if still available)
 Those drunken pirates Clinkerfield are back in town, regrouping and nursing their hangovers. They’ve sailed their bath-tub right around the mainland to complete a triumphant tour in support of the new album, ‘A Head Full Of Rain & A Heart Full Of Puddles’, playing to buzzing rooms all over the kingdom, including a truly magical night at the Corner in early April. The album, which was Beat’s Album of the Week, continues to set hearts’a’flutter everywhere since its release in March. They return for a one-off show at the NSC!
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| FLOW AND PLENTY (EP launch) with special guests |
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Thu 26 Jun (Doors 8.00) Tickets: $10+bf ($12 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 Flow and Plenty are an exciting collaboration of artists from Melbourne’s improvised music scene and accomplished circus performer/rhymer Noah MC. They generate an original blend of Hip Hop, Roots and Vintage Soul. Flow and Plenty emerged from Fitzroy’s vibrant music scene, cutting their teeth at the same venues as TZU, Blue King Brown, and The Cat Empire. The band draws its inspiration from artists such as The Roots, D’Angelo, Miles Davis, Skunkhour, Common and Fat Freddy’s Drop.
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| STU HAMM SOLO CLINIC (USA) with ELECTRIC MARY (late set) |
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Wed 2 Jul (Doors 7.30) Tickets: $13+bf ($15 at the door if still available)
Tickets available from NSC Box Office Monday - Saturday 2.00 - 6.00pm (301 High St, Northcote), on 9486 1677 and online here.
 Stu has worked with Steve Vai and Joe Satriani extensively and is now touring his solo bass clinic performance. Extending the non-traditional function of the electric bass previously revolutionized by Jaco Pastorius and Stanley Clarke in the ‘70’s, Hamm helped to reshape the contemporary concept of the bass guitar as an unaccompanied instrument with the utilization of polyphonic, two-handed tapping, slapping and popping techniques, chords, and harmonics. Although Hamm certainly wasn’t the first bass player to debut during the 1980’s and employ an unorthodox approach to playing the electric bass, he was undoubtedly at the forefront of his generation who effectively fused the application of these unconventional techniques. The clinic will feature Rick Evensand (Soilwork, Chimera) and Pete Robinson (Electric Mary, Sneak, Russell Morris band).
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| DIESEL with special guest |
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Sat 19 Jul (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $23+bf on sale Mon 12 May ($25 at the door if still available)
 On the eve of releasing his 8th studio album ‘Day’s Like These’, Diesel, playing electric guitar with his three piece band, will road test new tracks and re-visit his back catalogue making for an eclectic and electric set.
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| LAURA MARLING (UK) with special guest |
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Wed 6 Aug (Doors 8.30) Tickets: $30+bf on sale Fri 23 May (TBA at the door if still available)
 Hearing Laura Marling sing, it is hard to believe she’s just eighteen years old. Having been compared to her folk heroes Joni Mitchell and Carole King, as well as Kate Bush, her deft, cool phrasing is suggestive of someone who has a story to tell, and knows how to tell it. Similarly, Marling’s lyrics run deep; there is love and romance (of course), but Marling also explores loss, grief and mental illness with startling insight. Her debut album ‘Alas I Cannot Swim’ has set critics and fans across the world whispering her praises.
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