events

Thursday March 11th

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with Halfway

Door sales: $15

Pre-sales: $12

Back in town: Gersey are back, and playing their first live shows after an almost 3-year hiatus. Formed in 1997, Gersey built up a fanatically loyal [read more]

Friday March 12th

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with Fergus McAlpin and Adam Afiff (of Melbourne’s Silver City Highway) and Ben Salter (The Gin Club)

Doors open: 8pm

Door sales: $12

Texas Tea are back in 2010 with a new release…and it’s VINYL! The limited (and hand numbered) double cover long player is a collection of [read more]

Saturday March 13th

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The Boat People 'Soporific' single launch

with Ball Park Music and Disco Nap

Doors open: 8pm

Stage times:
09:00pm - Disco Nap
10:00pm - Ball Park Music
11:00pm - The Boat People

Door sales: $15

Pre-sales: $10 (plus booking fee)

While continuing a trend of difficult song titles (‘Awkward Orchid Orchard’ anyone?), The Boat People will no-doubt further confuse the expectations of those who claimed [read more]

Saturday March 13th THE LATE SHOW (1AM SLOT)

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Door sales: $5 (after midnight)

New Jack Rubys, Brisbane’s finest purveyors of fuzz-driven psychedelic slop-pop, are set to record their second album in April. So what better way to road [read more]

Sunday March 14th

orange-city-sings

with Pink Bullet and Greenthief

Doors open: 8pm

Stage times:
08:30pm - Greenthief
09:30pm - The Orange City Sings
10:30pm - Pink Bullet

Door sales: $10

‘After a successful Debut EP launch, Brisbane Prog-Indie rockers return for their second headlining show of 2010.  With support from massive Brisbane Prog-Rockers Pink Bullet, [read more]

Thursday March 18th

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with pear and the awkward orchestra and Tara Simmons

Doors open: 7pm

Stage times:
07:30pm - Tara Simmons
08:30pm - Coby Grant<
09:30pm - pear and the awkward orchestra

Door sales: $12

Pre-sales: $10

Australia’s ‘Queen of Hearts’ Coby Grant, has jumped leaps and bounds since her debut studio release, ‘Coby Grant is in Full Colour’. Renowned for her [read more]

Friday March 19th

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The Sundance Kids Burn So Bright Tour

Door sales: $15

Pre-sales: $12

To co-incide with the release of the bands 3rd single “Burn So Bright”, taken from their debut album “Fall Into Place”, The Sundance Kids announce 2010 [read more]

Saturday March 20th

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Mobile Industries, Two Bright Lakes, Mess & Noise and SPA presents

Kid Sam

with Deep Sea Arcade and Seagull

Doors open: 8pm

Stage times:
09:00pm - Seagull
10:00pm - Deep Sea Arcade
11:00pm - Kid Sam

Door sales: $15

Pre-sales: $12

Hot on the heel’s of a nomination for Triple J album of the year, opening for Daniel Johnston and touring with the national Laneway tour, [read more]

Saturday March 20th THE LATE SHOW (1AM SLOT)

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Door sales: $5 (after midnight)

New Jack Rubys, Brisbane’s finest purveyors of fuzz-driven psychedelic slop-pop, are set to record their second album in April. So what better way to road [read more]

Sunday March 21st

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Carry Nation 'Like A River Does' album launch

with Matthew Vale (Lion Island) and Opals and Poole

Doors open: 7pm

Stage times:
7:30pm - Opals and Poole
8:30pm - Matthew Vale
9:30pm - Carry Nation

Door sales: $10

Bringing her simple but eloquent vocal style and honest lyrics to the Troubadour, local singer songwriter Carry Nation launches her debut album Like A River [read more]

Tuesday March 23rd

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Door sales: $15

Pre-sales: $12

Mike Rosenberg aka Passenger is an act that has stripped everything back. A classic troubadour cut from the same mould as Van Morrison, Neil Young [read more]

Friday March 26th

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with Numbers Radio

‘Little Cowboys, Bad Hombres’ is the exciting brand new single from Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!, the first taste off the bands debut album ‘Sea Priest’. ‘Little [read more]

Saturday March 27th

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Bonefinger Records presents

Drawn from Bees 'The Run Away Tour'
single launch

with Red Ink and Bonfire Nights

Doors open: 8pm

Stage times:
09:00pm - Bonfire Nights
10:00pm - Red Ink
11:00pm - Drawn from Bees

Door sales: $15

Pre-sales: $10

When Drawn from Bees formed in late 2008, they declared that they would record and release four EPs within their first two years. Ahead of [read more]

Saturday March 27th THE LATE SHOW (1AM SLOT)

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Door sales: $5 (after midnight)

New Jack Rubys, Brisbane’s finest purveyors of fuzz-driven psychedelic slop-pop, are set to record their second album in April. So what better way to road [read more]

Thursday April 8th

the-lazys

Door sales: $10

The journey begun in 2007 when the boys hit the road with fellow Central Coast rockers Something with Numbers. Quickly building a loyal fan base [read more]

Saturday April 10th

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Mistletone presents

Brightblack Morning Light

with Rio En Medio (USA)

Doors open: 8pm

Door sales: $40

Pre-sales: $35 + BF

Mistletone is proud to present for the first time in Australia, the slow and hazy psychedelic jams of New Mexico’s Brightblack Morning Light, playing The [read more]

Wednesday April 14th

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Bonefinger Records presents

Pioneers of Flight 'A Gentlemen’s Agreement' EP launch

Doors open: 8pm

Door sales: $7

Charming audiences with catchy, heartfelt ditties, matadors of the stage, Pioneers of Flight have built up an intimate and revealing show that is coloured with [read more]

Thursday April 15th

gareth

Doors open: 8pm

Door sales: $25

Pre-sales: $20 + bf

After five years of non stop touring, four albums, and numerous accolades, one of Australia’s most acclaimed and unique songwriters Gareth Liddiard of The Drones [read more]

Wednesday April 21st

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with Sky Needle and Heart Flew Like An Arrow

Doors open: 8pm

Stage times:
08:30pm - Muir
09:30pm - Sky Needle
10:30pm - The Scrapes

Door sales: $10

The Scrapes, formed in Brisbane late in the summer of 2008, are an unusual duo of feedback drenched guitar and scraping, epic violin. Their music [read more]

Thursday April 22nd

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Seja Vogel and Otouto Dual album launch

Door sales: $15

Pre-sales: $12

There are many reasons why musicians make solo albums. For some, the delicate artistic temperament simply cannot bear collaborating with or being around other people. For [read more]

Saturday April 24th

the-bats

with Greg Brady + TBA

Doors open: 8pm

Stage times:
09:00pm - TBA
10:00pm - Greg Brady
11:00pm - The Bats

Door sales: $33

Pre-sales: $29 + booking fee

Mistletone proudly presents The Bats, darlings of the Dunedin indie pop scene, playing their first Brisbane show in over seven years. The Bats are flag [read more]

Friday April 30th

liz-stringer

with special guests to be announced

Doors open: 8pm

Door sales: $15

Folk impresario Liz Stringer returns to Brisbane for a rare headline performance launching her new album “Tides of Time” at the Troubadour Friday April 30. Liz [read more]

Saturday May 8th

oh-ye-denver-birds

Doors open: 8pm

Door sales: $10

Pre-sales: $8

Oh Ye Denver Birds began as a home recording project for Brisbane based songwriter Dominic Stephens at the beginning of 2009. The past year has [read more]