What’s On
This week at the Armidale Club we have something for everyone!
THURSDAY 23rd - Trivia from 7:00pm in BJ’s Turntables Restaurant
FRIDAY 24th - 6.00pm - meat & vegie raffles + bar snacks
Chill out with your buddies after work, and maybe score a meat or vegie tray to take home!
8.30pm - Tamworth pop/rock band - The O Trio
This popular trio from Tamworth will be back to entertain us with a whole stack of new originals. Check them out on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/The0Trio?sk=app_178091127385
SATURDAY 25th
- 8.30pm - Brisbane funk/soul band – His Merry Men
These guys were so amazing last time they played, we had to get them back! Born of Funk and Soul, His Merry Men are now too hot to be contained by just one genre. The band contemporise a classic, ol’school sound with influences from Surf Rock, Electronica and Hip Hop. Regardless of genre, His Merry Men bring a fat, 9-piece sound and dance party attitude to every gig. They sport suave outfits, face melting dance moves and a dynamite 4-piece horn section, the ‘Hell Yeah Horns’. Check out their webpage at: http://www.hismerrymen.com
* ATTENTION MEMBERS*
Dont forget about the AGM Meeting on the 29th
BJ’s Turntables is open from 6pm Thursday – Saturday
Club Opens 4:30 – Late Thursday – Saturday
THE ARMIDALE CLUB
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
WEDNESDAY, 29 FEBRUARY 2012
6.00PM
Bound For Trouble
Friday 30th September
$5 Entry
Finally local legends Bound For Trouble return to The Armidale Club. Bound For Trouble consists of four members. Saul John Cafarella – Drums, Lucas Chané Cafarella – Guitar, Adam Julius Cafarella – Bass and Lawrence Daniel Vincent Tafra – Guitar & Vocals. “Bound For Trouble” arrange an eclectic selection of music from artists such as Led Zeppelin, Frank Zappa, Rage Against The Machine, Tim Buckley, & many more.
So if you like live music and are looking for a good time on Friday, come down to The Armidale Club for the musical styling of “Bound For Trouble”.
DJ Gosper
Thursday 21st September
DeeJay Gosper has been performing for 20 years. She has a reputation as Australia’s Queen of the blues harp and songstress with an engaging and spirited stage presence.
After spending 2007 to 2008 recovering from breast cancer, DJ is“performing with a passion that knows no tomorrow.” (Bill Arnett, the Folkus Room, Canberra).
Gosper says “Before cancer I was a part-time musician with dreams of becoming full time. My career was just beginning to take flight when I was diagnosed. While the illness, surgery and treatment, has set back my career, it has also fired me up to live my dreams. I am now a full-time Musician, and as tough as it is I’m loving every minute of it!”
Her professional musical career began in 1995 fronting The Dynamic Lifters as singer, harmonica and keyboard player (she studied Classical and modern piano for 11 years). This band exposed DeeJay to a range of music, from original songs to obscure Folk songs to Pub-rock and Blues-rock covers and helped her to begin her journey toward finding her own sound.
As member of renowned vocal trio The Blues Cowgirls from 2002 – 2005, DeeJay played at various Australian Blues and Folk festivals. The independent release of ‘Ask Any Woman’ was awarded “Best CD of the Year” by Canberra Roots Music.
She formed KarismaKatz (now called The DeeJay Gosper Band) in 2004.
DeeJay’s harmonica, vocal and songwriting talents have been recognised over the years through various awards from the Canberra Blues Society including Best Blues Album “Hot Flush Blues”.
Her distinctive harmonica style has developed over the years. Influences have included Sonny Terry, Jim Conway and Charlie Musselwhite. These days she doesn’t try to sound like anyone else. She just plays!
While DeeJay gains most recognition through her Blues / Roots music, she enjoys branching into mainstream Jazz (originals and covers).
Her vocal style has been influenced by many of the great Jazz and Blues singers including Ella Fitzgerald, Nina Simone, Dinah Washington, Ma Rainey, Carmen McRae and Barbara Morrison. Lyricists, Nick Cave and Sixto Rodriguez have been influential in her writing style.
DeeJay has shared the stage with Fiona Boyes, Dutch Tilders, Jim Conway, Damon Davies, Damian Coen, Dave O’Neill, Kate Meehan, Jan Preston, Glen Terry and the USA’s Eugene Hideaway-Bridges and Austin Walking Cane.
DeeJay regularly tours Australia, wowing audiences with her chops and charm!
Blues Awards
2005: The independent release of The Blues Cowgirls CD ‘Ask Any Woman’ was awarded Best CD of the Year by Canberra Roots Music.
2007: Canberra Blues Society Blues Awards: Best Vocalist, Best Instrumentalist and Best Song (Burn Baby Burn, co-written with Christo Carlsen).
2009: With a record number of entrants in 2009, DJ again scooped the Canberra Blues Society Blues Awards this time winning Female Blues Vocalist, Blues Song “Baby Rose” (co-written with Lynnie Gosper) and Best Blues Album “Hot Flush Blues”.
The Greatest Hits Disco Party Vol. 1
Saturday 24th September
Free Entry
It’s going to be a disco duck night of explosive hits from the disco era of the 70s! So get out your spandex, flares, jumpsuits, platforms, slip into your slacks and blame it on the boogie for a night of solid gold dancing to stars on 45!!
Celebrating Freedom & Working For Peace
Saturday 3rd September 2011
Together we can really make a difference………
Featuring the amazing - ‘ Bez Imena’ with Steve Tafra, Dave Carr, Sarah Thorneycroft & Jess Stocker
Balkan and Middle Eastern music to warm your heart & lift your spirits!
Middle Eastern fancy dress theme!!
Cover charge: $10 – all money raised goes to Malalai Joya to assist her carry on her humanitarian projects for Afghan women.
The BopCatz
Friday 2nd September
The BopCatz are Carol Elder (potent vocals), Steve Thorneycroft (archival guitars), Sarah Thorneycroft (humming bass) and Steve Harris (righteous drums), and they have been speaking with Elvis, Carlos and the Bandidos, The Shadows, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, The Stray Cats and Imelda May, and are bringing the wild word of hip bop song to a room near you. Combining many years experience as performing musicians, The BopCatz respect tradition but also prize innovation, channelling the spirit of the originals and pioneers, but also seeking out the new flavours and forms – a dash of swamp gothic, mudcountry blues and voodoo groove.
Holland
Thursday 1st September 2011
Sometimes a name finds the band. That’s certainly been the case with Holland. The melodic Australian four-piece inherited the title, as though a birthright. As the group readied for their entry into the big league, they adopted a new guise which evidently had been with them all along.
Fatis Valour was cast-off for the new title Holland, the maiden name of the group’s charismatic vocalist Jarryd Klapper. “It’s always been a part of my life,” comments the eye-catching singer. “I’ve not been to Holland, but in a way it’s where I come from.”
Holland is led by Jarryd and its talismanic lead guitarist Shane “Shano” Graham. The band’s co-founders are well supported by a rhythm section which comprises James Taylor (bass) and Javed Sterritt (drums). The four bandmates call Brisbane home, but all have a strong connection with the Gold Coast. Now, with a major label album release and a debut single in the works, the group is riding on the crest of a wave quite like none have experienced before.
It’s been a lucky tide of events which has brought the band to this point. Back in 2006, an early incarnation of the band known as Fatis Valour released a self-funded EP. “That EP was us finding our feet, our style,” recalls Jarryd. It wasn’t an overwhelming commercial success, but it did enough to catch the ears of a Sony Music Australia-signed artist, who brought the record to the label’s A&R team. Sony Music’s executives liked what he heard, and they signed the band to a recording contract. Later, a management arrangement fell into place with Billy Blue Music.
Following a year of writing and fine-tuning, the band shipped Stateside to record their debut effort with feted producer Nick DiDia at the helm. DiDia’s track history reads like a chronicle of contemporary rock music. The American producer has worked on multiple albums for the likes of U.S. superstars Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, Rage Against The Machine, Bruce Springsteen and Train. DiDia has a healthy association with Australian artists, having sat behind the desk for many of Powderfinger’s best-sellers and worked on albums for the Living End and Katie Noonan, among others.
Holland hunkered-down for a touch over a month in Atlanta, cutting their debut in the Southern Tracks Recording Studios. It was time well spent, and it was spent well-away from the band’s comfort zone. “Over the years Nick has mastered the art of bringing out the best in someone,” says Shane. “He’s very disarming and he knows exactly what he wants. Nick had a very collaborative approach to the record. He’s not like one of these guys who come in and want to prove something. He just nurtures the process.” On a casual listen, the album is a littered with pop numbers. There’s drama and tenderness in equal measure, with touches that will remind some of Coldplay and early Kings of Leon. Closer inspection reveals a set rich with warm melodies, and a depth that should strike a chord in the colder months. DiDia truly captures the urgency of Jarryd’s vocals and the subtle tones of his piano-play.
“There’s a beauty in these songs, and they’re all an honest representation of our original ideas,” says Jarryd. “I keep the melody and lyrics honest, and the guys then come in and build on that and keep it really simple.” Jarryd has a penchant for penning his works late at night. “When I’m writing, I don’t think about the fact that a lot of people will be listening to it. I imagine one person lying in bed, like I was when I was a kid. Listening to a song and rewinding the tape to play it again.”
Album highlights include the catchy, bass-heavy “Without You,” and “What You Mean To Me,” a piece which neatly showcases each musician’s set of skills.
The lead single is “No Control”. The track, with its atmospheric, up-lifting chorus, forms the backbone of the band’s dreamy live set. “That song is for everyone,” explains Jarryd. “Who hasn’t gone to bed in the middle of an argument and you end up kicking yourself for not solving it? The song is about learning from your mistakes, and dealing with it.”
As the band members enter a bright new stage of their careers, the glow of the spotlight isn’t phasing them. They’re ready, insists Shane, but they’re not going to sweat over what happens next. “We’ve been pretty calm about the whole thing. We’re secure in what we do.” And what would Shane be doing if he wasn’t a member of Holland? “There is no other thing I’d be doing,” he says with a smile. “When we formed this band, in so many ways it gave me a sense of freedom. I’d found an outlet. It’s quite an amazing thing.”
Family played its part in bringing the band together. Holland’s founding members met at a festival in 2006. Jarryd was on stage, and Shane was catching the action. Midway through the first song, Shane’s wife leaned-in and nudged her partner. “If you start a band with that guy,” she said, “I’ll follow you around the world.” Shane laughs when he recalls the talent-scouting skills of his wife. “Great vocalists are just so hard to find. Especially someone who has an amazing concept of melody, and movement in melody. Jarryd just has so much natural ability to write great melodies.”
Indeed, Jarryd is classically trained on trumpet, but his skills extend to the guitar and piano, all of which feature on the album.
Shane, however, was a late bloomer. Though a life-long music fan, he didn’t realise he had the gift for the guitar until much later than his contemporaries. So late, he admits he “nearly missed the boat”. Shane didn’t pick up a guitar until his mid-20s. “It was like the biggest light bulb went off,” he admits. “I was so in awe of the people who made music that I never thought I’d be able to do it. I respected the art way too much, even from a young age.”
Shane recalls listening over and over to a tape as a six-year-old. He’d sneak out to play the tape in the family car, many years before he’d learned to drive it. Years went by, and that tape’s influence formed a strong part of what Holland is today. Though the name of that album was long-forgotten. As it turns out, the tape which inspired a young Shane was a legendary early 70s recording by the Beach Boys. The album was called “Holland”.
If ever a name had belonged to a band.
Lucie Thorne
Saturday 27th August 2011
Bonfires In Silver City is the stunning new album from acclaimed Australian songwriter Lucie Thorne. Steeped in that striking spaciousness and sensuality for which Thorne’s work has become so renowned, Bonfires In Silver City encompasses a remarkable breadth of feeling and flavour. From the shimmering, wide-open beauty of Big News to the groove of Till The Season; from the surging swell of Great Wave to the perfectly matched duet (and co-write) with soul-treasure Jo Jo Smith on Sweet Turnaround, Bonfires In Silver City is an arrestingly assured collection from one of our finest song-poets.
Most of these songs were written whilst on the road, over the past two years of almost constant touring (throughout Australia and Europe) since the release of her last album, Black Across The Field. Evocative songs brewed over this nomadic time, during which Thorne has only occasionally retreated back to that sweet old country cottage by the Tantawangalo Creek (on the far south coast of NSW) that she still calls home.
But the sound of Bonfires In Silver City has grown largely out of the musical empathy and camaraderie Thorne has developed over this period with legendary drummer Hamish Stuart. Produced by Thorne in close collaboration with Stuart, most of the album was tracked live in Sydney’s Megaphon Studio over three days in April 2011, and shining at its centre is their remarkable duet sound. Expansive, playful, loose and real. This foundation is augmented by sublime performances from some of their favourite players, including Dave Symes (bass), Chris Abrahams (piano and organ) and Carl Dewhurst (guitar), alongside some more adventurous guitar work and soundscape creations by Thorne herself, adding texture and an expanded tonal palette just where it’s required and not a note more.
“I’ve never spent such a long time thinking about the record I wanted to make, and yet such a short amount of time actually making it” says Thorne. “And for me it feels really clearly like the best work I’ve done”.
Lauded for her unique voice, poetic lyricism, and tender-to-gutsy electric guitar playing, in Bonfires In Silver City Thorne further hones her “gift for melody… and thoughtful, intelligent lyrics that, as with Joni Mitchell, leave you pondering shades of meaning” ( The Australian) as she creates “exquisite miniatures of distilled emotion” ( The Canberra Times).
Thorne’s last album, Black Across The Field (2009) garnered acclaim from leading critics, including being awarded ‘Best Roots Album of 2009’ by The Sydney Morning Herald, was short listed for the prestigious Australian Music Prize, and earned her a place as one of Australia’s most distinctive contemporary songwriters. Bonfires in Silver City is an exciting development from this remarkable musician who has clearly hit her stride.
“Bonfires In Silver City reveals a subtlety and craft that eclipses Thorne’s prior work.” (Martin Jones, Rhythms Magazine, August 2011)
“I’ve been listening to three great female artists in the last month; the first two, Gillian Welch and Emmylou Harris require little introduction to most, their bodies of work substantial, their standing already verging on legendary. The third is a name lesser known, but her album Bonfires in Silver City is undoubtedly the best of all three. Lucie Thorne is one of our own, and with this album she makes a firm statement that she is one of our finest. World-class.”
(Chris Peken, Alternative Media Group, August 2011)
A Hot August Night
Friday 26th August 2011
Time to relieve your favourite songs from yesteryear. Leo’s can enjoy their time in the zodiac spotlight as A Hot August Night makes a very special appearance at the Club.
It’s all about those songs that make you get up and dance and remember days gone by. From Creedence to Neil Diamond, this night will truly be one to remember.
Tune Your Head Off
Thursday 25th August 2011
THE “DANCE DEGREE”
With Dance Music Lectures by:
The Onez: Broadcasting live 8 PM
Chocho: Minimal, Tech House & Progressive House 9 PM
Rhys Porter: House, Electro House & Breaks 10 PM
Azlan: Electro House, Hard House, Dub Step & Drum&Bass 11 PM
We would like to educate you with several Dance genres that are very enjoyable and danceable.
We’re not talking about those commercial songs that you always hear every so often in this beautiful small town..
We’re actually going to introduce you to a broader range of some fresh global dance tracks from various genres which some of you might haven’t heard any of and some of you might be familiar with already.
So don’t miss out your chance to get educated to hear and to see something very different in Armidale.
Something that you probably have been craving for here in Armidale.
And our DJ’s are actually mixing the tracks, not just press PLAY the button or fading-in and fading-out!!
Oh – and our fantastic new announcer The Onez will be doing a special broadcast of Club Zef!
The Upskirts
Friday 5th August 2011
What started out innocently enough as a high school assessment some five years ago, has evolved into an handsome collection of teenage impetuosity and candour, wrapped in an eager charm often reserved for men far beyond the years of these youngsters. Steadily sharpening their sounds since early 2009, these four strapping young chaps have been igniting stages, gardens, and wherever else they can play under the name The Upskirts.
These four dilettantes create an exciting live experience with grizzly, upbeat songs about broken hearts and other juvenile trivialities, executed with an infectious charm and warmth that will strike up an instant rapport with any crowd. They sing loud, distorted, impatient songs that only restless kids could sing, and that equally restless kids at heart could enjoy.
Having shared the stage with the likes of British India, Parades, Belles Will Ring and The Holidays, The Upskirts are a young, ecstatic band who have the bright eyes and the decibels to enthral audiences everywhere with their rapid, reverb-laden brand of indie garage.
The Rooftops
Thursday 4th August 2011
“There’s a herd of great new bands coming out of Brisbane, and The Rooftops are in the leading pack”
Bill Hauritz – Woodford Folk Festival Director
Well known in Brisbane from their long term inner city residency at The Bowery in Fortitude Valley, The Rooftops’ infectious, feet-friendly grooves, soulful storytelling and
sun-drenched vibes has seen them develop a strong and dedicated home town fan base.
Having recently graced the boards of the Brisbane Festival (sold out), Fuse Festival in Adelaide, Noosa Jazz Festival and many more, The Rooftops’ uplifting, dancing-barefoot-in-the-streets brand of soul, jazz, reggae and pop is swiftly earning them a rep as festival favorites as well. Their highly-acclaimed debut at the most recent Woodford Folk Festival was a particular highlight on this front, with many punters proclaiming them the ‘find’ of the festival .
Now, fresh from recording their third and most realised album to date in Sydney with soul legend, vocal coach and fellow Woodford favourite, Mr Percival, it is with great enthusiasm and expectation that they will be embarking on their first National tour to promote the first single from the album in October / November 2010.
The single in question, and the first taste of the new album, is Something So Familiar. In the words of The Rooftops front-man Euan Gray, it’s “a song about coming home. About the phenomenon of people aching to go and explore the world only to realize when they come back that for all its faults, home is actually a pretty good place after all. That there is something very comforting about returning to what we know – to the people, the landscape, the lifestyle… to Something So Familiar! The song was a big hit at Woodford last year. We’ve had messages from people who saw us there and who’ve since gone overseas, wanting to hear the song again to reconnect with home.”
Young Revelry
Wednesday 27th July
Indie Rock group Young Revelry will be playing at the Armidale Club this Wednesday night with free entry for all.
From Triple J Unearthed:
Young Revelry are not your typical production-line indie rock band.
To such an outfit, coming of age in the most isolated city on earth (Perth, if you are struggling) might prove daunting. The odds might seem stacked against them when it comes to connecting with that coveted wider audience. This perceived seclusion may distract from shimmying the endless totem pole of emerging bands, but it certainly does not stifle creativity. Young Revelry came about in the wake of a lengthy period of collaborative songwriting between Sebastian Astone & Tom King (on vocals/guitar & bass duties respectively.) And young they are indeed, with the bands’ existence having barely clocked a year. Young Revelry have set themselves firmly on a sonic course intended to side step the common burdens of mediocrity.
You & I, the debut seven track EP offered up by Young Revelry is a dark inspired journey through a myriad of sounds and subjects. This release seamlessly melds fuzz drenched guitars to pulsating rhythms, the dreamy melodies not obstructing the urgent, cathartic energy that is a landmark indicator of Young Revelry’s sound. All this heaving, mesmerising mess of sound is buoyed by the soaring steadiness of Sebastian Astone’s vocals. Harnessing a thrilling momentum in Reckless Minds, throwing forth swelling messy strains in Here Now, and the spitting dynamics of You And I, this is the sound of a band most comfortable in their sound, and looking fearlessly forward.
Recorded with producer Woody Annison (Children Collide, Red Riders, Black Cab) in the hopeful seclusion of bush enveloped rural Western Australia, the You & I EP is a confident and highly assured first offering. Astone muses “this release best represents what we are about at this stage…It’s the culmination of our first year together and hopefully anybody who gets their hands on it will appreciate the raw and honest approach we took.” This initial milestone for the act looks to be the firm pad from which to launch forth to greater things.
Although admittedly still in their infancy, Young Revelry have already taken to stages with such local luminaries as Shihad, Children Collide, Gyroscope, & Yves Klein Blue & in addition to Canada’s own wild Handsome Furs. Take into account festival appearances at Perth’s Laneway Festival (a slot won by virtue of the proverbial nod from Triple J Unearthed) and One Movement Conference. The band fully intends to present their pounding live show to captive audiences this country over.
Young Revelry burst forth with a discerning snarl and aggression that is truly arresting, and thankfully, far from mediocre.
Broken Word
Saturday 2nd July
Saturday Night will be a special feature of Hip Hop,Rock and Post Punk. Based in Brisbane but born and bred in the Armidale area Australian Hip Hop group BrokenWord have begun making some serious noise in the Queensland music scene of late. The group consisting of brothers Alex and Max Anderson and their close friend Brendon Stace are currently riding high in the national top ten of the Hip Hop charts in triple J’s unearthed competition and are set to return home to launch their debut album in early October. Many will know the boys from their former musical incarnation, M.A.S, who played countless gigs for a number of years locally, helping to set the stage for the likes of local hip hoppers Equilibrium,J-Rad and Koorified who will open the night’s musical acts also local Alt/post punk band Manic Sleeper Cell will also be showcased on the night.
But to describe these former Armidale residents as strictly hip hop is an injustice as their sound can be described as unique with vocalist Max Anderson adding harmonies to the introspective rhyming of mc’s Stas (Brendon) and Alibi (Alex). BrokenWord are seasoned professionals when it comes to the art of live performance having performed with and opened for the likes of Pegz, Bias B, Muph and Plutonic and The Herd as well as Americans Bone Thugs n harmony and New Zealand’s Savage, and promise punters a set full of honesty and energy come. The group is chomping at the bit to return to Armidale with their music and guarantee a show that won’t be forgotten. $5 entry 18+ Only.
Acoustica
Friday 1st July
Friday afternoon is a great time to chill out with friends in front of the fireplace and enjoy free bar snacks and the weekly meat raffle, or even challenge yourselves with a game of pool or one of the new amusements now featured in the games room. Later in the evening enjoy the sounds of local band Acoustica.
Tune Your Head Off
Thursday 30th June
There’s nothing better than a cold beer in front of the fire and a damn fine rock’n'roll band to get the heart pumping and the cockles warmed! Come on down this Thursday 30th June to see TuneFM broadcasting live from The Armidale Club, alongside our VERY special guests The Shake Up. It’s going to be fantastic! The Shake Up will be playing songs from their debut album ‘…if you have no shame’, produced by Detroit’s Jim Diamond (The White Stripes, Dirtbombs) and mixed in New Jersey by John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr).
Australia has produced some damn fine pub rock bands in the past, which means that new up and coming groups of the same genre really have to be something special to earn themselves a place amongst the greats. Three piece Sydney outfit The Shake Up have decided to have a crack at it with their debut album ….If You Have No Shame.
Think ‘You Am I’ with some punk/pop rock influences and that pretty much sums up the sound of this record, catchy at times, repetitive at others. Opening track She Read The Riot Act kicks off with a swing club style beat and evolves into a dance paced rock song with an energy that is not matched by the sound of the band; things seem like they need to be bigger and the vocals stand too far apart from the rest of the music. Every Friday Night is one of the stand out tracks on the record as it ignores the whole Jet styled, flamboyant rock and moves closer to the aforementioned ‘You Am I’ sound, which seems like where the band is most comfortable and honest. Single Everybody Loves It has an uplifting groove but is ruined by the try hard British punk style of the vocals. Second single Makes Me Sick is a more straight forward rock song with a good amount of attitude and a tight overall sound, which is strengthened by its simple yet effective chorus.
The old-school rock influence that pops itself into the drum beats every now and then, as in Unmade Plan, is possibly the band’s strongest point and puts a unique twist on what would otherwise be considered standard rock n’ roll. The record ends with the thrash rock, Pretty City, which is another stand out track. However, the lack of diversity in the guitar tones and pace of the tracks makes the journey up to this point quite monotonous.
The Shake Up are a rock n’ roll band but lack enough elements to set them apart from all of the other bands who play this style just as well.
Fright Night
Friday 13th May
Kicking off the weekend at The Armidale Club with after work drinks is fast becoming a tradition for many local businesses where they have been enjoying winning prizes at the meat raffle, and having the delightful pleasure in eating free bar snack’s provided by BJ’s Turntables, and taking advantage of $2 pool games. Why not try it out this Friday night for something just a little bit different. Then enjoy $4 basic spirits from 8:30pm.Friday the 13th is where all the ghoulish
Stars of Thursday
Saturday 14th May
Inverell band Stars of Thursday will be making a return appearance to The Armidale Club on Saturday Night .Stars of Thursday are an acoustic, slightly alternative, original music three piece band providing a refreshing new sound. Combining creative acoustic guitar parts with intricate drum rhythms on a djembe (traditional African drum) supported by funky bass lines covered in creative melodies and inventive lyrics. Two brothers, Tim Orchard and Jon Orchard along with Chris Richter have been working together to create the Stars of Thursday sound. A rich, energetic and quite unique taste of original music that appeals to a very wide age group. (more…)
Kira Puru & The Bruise
Thursday 5th May
Indie pop Newcastle band Kira Puru & the Bruise make their debut performance at The Armidale Club on Thursday night. Kira Puru & the Bruise are fierce, fiery and down right sexy. And don’t think you’re tough enough to walk away unscathed. A riot of guitar licks that will actually take your clothes off for you, there ain’t no point in trying to resist. A rhythm section that’s gonna get so far under your skin, you won’t be able to tell it from your own pulse. (more…)
Shivering Indies+Spontaneous Kevin Costner+Fresh Nelson+Switch Road
Saturday 19th February
Newcastle Alt-Rockers The Shivering Indies show why they are one of the hardest working bands of their age with finishing the recording their new E.P “I Killed Jesse Payne”Since the release of their debut E.P “Adventures & Escapades” back in January 2010, this Newcastle five piece have played some 35 shows in 4 states, (more…)
Quenya + Manic Sleeper Cell + Brown Sugar
Friday 18th February
There will be an influx of local music Friday night where acoustic duo Quenya featuring Kel Dunshea and Mathew House on guitar will kick off the night, followed by Brown Sugar which will tantalize your ear buds with great rock tunes from the 90’s to today, Manic Sleeper Cell (formally known as Ortizmo) will end the night with their original punk/metal music, all this with free entry.
Headwig + The Angry Inch
Queer Cinema
Wednesday 22nd December
$5 suggested donation
Hedwig, born a boy named Hansel in East Berlin, fell in love with an American G.I. and underwent a sex-change operation in order to marry him and flee to the West. Unfortunately, nothing worked out quite as it was supposed to – years later, Hedwig is leading her rock band on a tour of the U.S., telling her life story through a series of concerts at Bilgewater Inn seafood restaurants. Her tour dates coincide with those of arena-rock star Tommy Gnosis, a wide-eyed boy who once loved Hedwig… but then left with all her songs. (more…)
SATURDAY 18TH DECEMBER
Local business establishments are having their christmas parties at the club.
All welcome to come join the festivities after 9pm
restaurant open from 5:30pm
