Amplified 2013 program: Nov 29-30

Music Tasmania in association with The Republic Bar, The Brisbane Hotel, The Grand Poobah, Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery and TMAGgots proudly presents AMPLIFIED 2013.

Amplified 2013 will showcase twenty-two Tasmanian artists across four shows in Hobart on November 29 and 30. On Friday 29th, for night one of Amplified, a diverse range of music will be on display with indie pop, blues, roots and folk at The Republic Bar; and metal, alt-folk, rock, electronic and funk at The Brisbane Hotel.

The Republic Bar, from 9pm: Pete Cornelius, Jed Appleton, Seth David and The Beautiful Chains, Chase City, and New Saxons. The Brisbane Hotel, from 9pm and with two stages in operation: Randomorder, Captives, The Lawless Quartet, Guthrie, The Dead Maggies, M.0.1.0 – Machines of Indeterminate Origin, The Embers, and Akouo.

Saturday 30th sees Music Tasmania present an outdoor component to the festival-like program, situated in the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery courtyard, an early evening show starting at 6pm will feature Mangus, Lulu and the Paige-Turners, Christopher Coleman Collective, and The Sin & Tonics. TMAGgots will be running a bar, while food on site includes Mountain Pepper Pizza.

Following on at 9pm, The Grand Poobah hosts rock, indie, and punk with Ride The Tiger, The Middle Names, Younger Dryas, Dark Matter of Story Telling, and The Phosphenes.

Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts and Arts Tasmania, the goal of Amplified is to promote Tasmania’s diverse music community on a local and national stage. Amplified provides opportunities for showcasing artists to connect with industry delegates, fellow showcasing artists, and greater audiences.

Music Tasmania will be introducing performing artists to thirteen official delegates comprising booking agents, artist managers, label representatives, radio and online media journalists, and festival agents.

Now in its 8th year, and 3rd under the coordination of Music Tasmania, the performer program for Amplified 2013 was selected from a field of fifty-five applicants by representatives from participating venues and media outlets The Mercury and Edge Radio.

Info online and future updates: musictasmania.org/amplified-2013

AKOUO
Tasmanian native Akouo (pronounced “ak-oo-oh”) breaks the mould of the conventional music producer/DJ, binding himself to no singular genre – instead he embraces the worldwide musical offerings of many cultures.
facebook.com/akouo

CAPTIVES
North-West coasters ‘Captives’ will deliver their blend of hard rock swagger to Hobart’s Amplified Festival this December. If you like your music loud, honest and straight up rockin’, then be sure to make your way to the stage and check them out.
captives.com.au

CHASE CITY
Surf Pop Rock from the Apple Isle. Playing a mix of indie pop and rock music, Chase City showcase a sound that is full of energy and uplifting.
facebook.com/ChaseCityTas

CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN COLLECTIVE
Australian singer-songwriter Christopher Coleman captures an audience with his evocative folk narrative, crowd-silencing vocals and a jovial rock ‘n’ roll performance. Sweet melodies, sing-a-longs and affable stories.
facebook.com/christophercolemancollective

DARK MATTER OF STORYTELLING
Sonic explorers and conceptual creators, Dark Matter of Story Telling mesh dynamic sounds with enigmatic and evocative storytelling.
darkmatterofstorytelling.com

GUTHRIE
Guthrie delivers honest and distinctive foot stompin’ electric blues. These rugged southern gents sing songs of love, murder, vengeance, addiction, redemption, lust, longing and loss.
facebook.com/guthrie.rock

JED APPLETON
Young troubadour, Jed Appleton has been on a journey that has found himself on both sides of the world, playing pubs, theatres, and festivals since he first hit the stage at the innocent age of 14.
jedappleton.com

LULU AND THE PAIGE-TURNERS
Since making their live debut in April, Lulu and the Paige-Turners have been mesmerising audiences from Hobart to the UK with their stunning theatrical shows and captivating imagery. Contemporary sounds and sweet melodies meeting cabaret-esque rhythm and vocal attitude that enthral listeners into Lulu’s world.
lulupaige-turner.com

MANGUS
Mangus is a blues, jazz and gospel musician from Hobart, Tasmania. Since 2006 Mangus has become a regular performer on the Tasmanian music scene, including festivals such as MONA FOMA, The Junction Arts Festival, Cygnet Folk Festival and The Falls Music and Arts Festival.
facebook.com/mangus.music

M.O.1.O – MACHINES OF INDETERMINATE ORIGIN
Formed in late 2007, the duo sits somewhere in the no-mans land between Metal and indie/alternative scenes. M010 describe themselves as “slowed down abstract punk rock”.
moio.com.au

NEW SAXONS
After featuring at the Triple J Unearthed One Movement showcase, and their first single Teenager receiving a tidy bit of air play, New Saxons attention returned to regularly supporting touring bands, song writing and building fans within their home state.
facebook.com/newsaxons

PETE CORNELIUS
Pete Cornelius is one of the most experienced young bluesman in the country, with more live shows and festival appearances, album releases and awards under his belt than most performers twice his age.
petecornelius.com

RANDOMORDER
Formed in Hobart, Tasmania, Randomorder have been thrashing out their hard hitting style of Metal since late 2007. The brain child of Gabe Latham (Vocals/Guitar) whose menacing vocal style and original guitar riffs beg to be heard.
facebook.com/RandomorderMetal

RIDE THE TIGER
It’s difficult to pigeonhole the tigers; think furious punk combined with punch-in-the-face rock, their sound is melodic without sounding pop, and raw, without being hard-core. It’s familiar but it’s not quite like anything you’ve heard before.
facebook.com/ridethetigerrock

SETH DAVID & THE BEAUTIFUL CHAINS
The Beautiful Chains are an eclectic mix. Part youthful fun and part experience.The band is a mix of male and female voices and contrasting sounds.
thebeautifulchains.com/

THE DEAD MAGGIES
Tragic tales of Tasmania’s past set to upbeat toe-tapping and thigh-slapping cowpunk and folkpunk. Expect; double bass, banjo, clarinet, fiddle, flannies, mohawks and stories of dead convicts.
facebook.com/deadmaggies

THE EMBERS
2013 continues The Embers’ meteoric return to the fore as “one of Tasmania’s most sought after live bands”. A genre-mashing roots fusion styling, incorporating elements of Reggae, Rock, Blues, Funk, Dance and Folk which are all lovingly wrapped up and delivered in a kicking live show.
facebook.com/embermembers

THE MIDDLE NAMES
The Middle Names pack an indie-rock punch. Big choruses you can sing to, thumping drums you can stomp to, and searing guitars that jump off stage and slap you in the face.
themiddlenames.com

THE LAWLESS QUARTET
Since the bands beginning, the Lawless Quartet have incorporated a wide array of genres. A fusion of swing jazz, punk rock, reggae, funk and European and eastern folk music styles to create what they feel is the essence of a soundtrack to a whiskey fuelled prom night in timeless space.
facebook.com/thelawlessquartet

THE PHOSPHENES
Materialized in a haunted house that mysteriously burnt down, The Phosphenes are a four piece “Garage-Psych” specter with influences from blues, psychedelia, surf, punk and progressive Sabbath-like metal.
facebook.com/phosphenesband

THE SIN AND TONICS
Taking surf, country and punk rock along with heavy rockabilly swing and that great Gretsch sound, the band creates an experience that is an infectious blend inspiring the devil in us all to come out and play.
thesinandtonics.com

YOUNGER DRYAS
From the band’s early beginnings as a college trio, the band has evolved – learning and growing as they go with music that mixes rock, blues and reggae and sits between electric and acoustic.
youngerdryas.com.au

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