Chicaine Turns it on With Drums

ORIGINAL pop rock band CHICAINE, playing in the EXPOZAY BAND COMP tomorrow night at SJ's On Beaumont, has begun circulating a demo tape.The first song WHAT ARE YOU DEAF? is typical of the group which is big on drum and sparing on its use of guitar. The first song rocks out with melodic pop ...

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Hard Ons Thrash

IF you want to see and hear one of the hardest, loudest, full-on pop shows around, be at the Hunter On Hunter on Saturday night to catch original thrashers THE HARD ONS at close quarters.The group was meant to play at The Casbah, now out of action, so the more intimate surrounds of 'the ...

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Mavis's Making a Mark

FIRST CRY was the most played song on commercial radio in June - now THE MAVIS'S, playing at the Cambridge Hotel on August 19, are enjoying airplay with LEVER from their PINK PILLS CD.Guitarist NICK GILL said the band's alternative look and sound didn't seem to be deterring the ...

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Rewind it for Retro

SICK of the endless and monotonous beat of modern techno music? Sydney covers band REWIND, playing on Saturday night at Adamstown RSL Club, says it has the solution.The six-piece group is spreading 'retro fever' with alarming effects. Only 'rigorous shaking and gyrating' under ...

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Working on a Top Gig

ROCK promoters have joined forces with the Swansea Workers Club and Surf Life Saving Club to present the first of planned monthly all-ages gigs at the Swansea Workers.This Friday night four original Hunter rock bands, STRENGTH TO STRENGTH (pictured), SHANK'D, JDEE and DANK, will present ...

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Make Your Move

WHEN you have the experience that YOUR MOVE has accrued during the past 20 years in music then you've got a fair idea of what people love to hear. Playing on Saturday night at Club Phoenix, Your Move features guitarist ROSS YOUNG, singer DAVE BURGESS, bass player PETER ROWNEY and drummer ROB ...

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City Jazzes Up Act

HUNTER jazz bands such as MELANGE will be brushing up on their acts in preparation for the NEWCASTLE JAZZ FESTIVAL which takes place at Newcastle City Hall on Friday, August 28, until Sunday, August 30.Playing this Sunday afternoon at the Royal Oak Hotel, Tighes Hill, from 2.30pm, Melange is one ...

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CD Debut Full of Pep

LOOK out for MUZZY PEP, an original rock band from Maitland that has produced a brilliant self-titled, seven-track independent CD.The group features SWALLOW TONGUE guitar-vocalist ERROL MOYLE and former HOOP guitarist SCOTT BLACKLEY, with STEVEN BISSETT on bass and SIMON MCCABE on drums.The ...

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Winner on Show

WINNERS of the Newcastle University final of the National Student Band Competition, DOSTUMLAR, will perform tomorrow night at Fannys.The four-piece band edged out KREED, KABOOSE and DEATH IN MONARO COUNTRY for the chance to represent Newcastle at the regional finals at the University of Newcastle ...

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This Man's no Dipstick

YOU'VE gotta admire the bare-faced honesty of YOU AM I singer and guitarist TIM ROGERS, who keeps laying his soul open, album after album.It seemed hard to imagine the Sydney trio You Am I producing an album as good as the eight- ARIA-winning HOURLY DAILY. The same could have been said after ...

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