Sat 21st Oct 8:30pm
Porpoise Spit unleashes their debut album DON'T QUIT alongside Skink Tank and Grove.
Expect explosive guitars, massive whole room harmonies, tears, fist pumps, beers and swaying arm in arm with your mates.
This is a celebration of community, music and perseverance, get in quick because it's the year of the Porpoise baby and it's about to go express.
TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CLZJP
Sun 3rd Sept 2pm
To celebrate the release of their latest double-single release "MONGREL", Auntie Leo & The Backstabbers are taking their western suburbs rock & bullshit on the road and outta Melbourne! Having been a few months between drinks and off the back of their “done no good” tour playing the High Country Hop Festival, Auntie Leo are fanging to get up to Kyneton, bringing along Jimco & The Offcuts to help them rip the lid off their latest release at Major Toms!
TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CLAVZ
Sat 2nd Sept 8:30pm
Australian-based folk diviner Leah Senior silences audiences with vivid lyricism and a voice that soars with a disarmingly honest Sandy Denny-like clarity. Quietly revered as a master songwriter, she effortlessly weaves together spring-time baroque pop playfulness with a fragile blend of bedroom folk. Her fourth album The Music That I Make (2023, Poison City Records) reveals Leah at her most intimate, her songs a cycle of vulnerable meditations on what it means to create. The Music That I Make transports the listener to her sandstone shack in Anglesea, where autumnal British folk meets late night AM radio.
Leah Senior’s unique style has attracted not only those in the folk world but the likes of many others including the infamous psych rockers King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizard, Jeff Tweedy, Calexico, Jessica Pratt and more. Enjoy this moment of wisdom and lyrical wit through crisply picked songs, old world folk dipping into psychedelia.
TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CJPML
Sat 26th Aug 8:30pm
Richard Andrew (aka RJ Andrew) is probably best known as the 'whirlwind' of arms behind the drum kit for Melbourne's Underground Lovers and formerly of Black Cab, Crow and Registered Nurse . While living in Kyneton a couple of years ago, he decided during one of our seemingly endless lockdowns - to write and record an album of what he likes to describe as 'cinematic ballads'…..with no drums!
He released his debut solo album 'Black River' earlier in the year to critical acclaim (9 / 10 - Backstreet Mafia) and has continued with his band, including occasional guest vocalist Angie Hart to build a growing live following.
He is delighted to be preforming his first ever SOLO show at Major Tom's on Saturday the 26th of August….it's a WORLD PREMIER …in KYNETON!
As an extra treat - Tylden's favourite son, the wonderful Andrew McCubbin will also be performing his rich and gorgeous music.
'Black River' is available on vinyl and digital through Bandcamp www.rjandrew.bandcamp.com and all things RJ Andrew can be found atwww.rjandrew.com.
TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CKTPK
Sat 12th Aug 8:30pm
Matt Malone is a singer/songwriter born in the goldfields region of country Victoria. He has formed his musical vision out of the blues, country, folk and gospel traditions of the American, British and Australian past.
Malone’s commanding baritone and masterfully crafted songs have been compared to the archetypal Johnny Cash, African-American gospel preachers such as Blind Willie Johnson, poetic folk troubadours including Leonard Cohen and tenebrous lyrical princes Nick Cave and Mark Lanegan.
Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits (Henry Hugo, Anthony Cornish, Ash Jones, Maggie Williams, Ian Chaplin) are releasing their forthcoming LP - FOR THE TERM OF MY NATURAL LIFE through VRS Records (Vinyl / CD).
TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CKJXV
Sat 29th July 8:30pm
The Moosejaw Rifle Club was formed in 2008 at a friend’s party when a disgruntled neighbour pulled the circuit breaker out of the power board to kill the music. Acoustic instruments were found and played and the band was formed. Arriving at their name following a rigorous process involving names in a hat and the voting say so of many interested and not so interested friends, the band began writing songs that initially largely told the history of the 33,000 person strong Saskatchewan town in Canada, Moose Jaw. The question has, understandably be posed a number of times as to why? A satisfactory answer has never been proffered. While subscribing to a local Melbourne radio station one day, a band member slowly articulated the band name, “M-o-o-s-e-j-a-w, it’s all one word.” The Canadian accented voice on the other end of the line replied sardonically, “No it’s not”. Despite that, the band has kept it as one word. On another occasion ringing the same station to resubscribe, there was more confusion because when the card arrived in the mail it was labelled “Slackjaw Rascal Club” which was seriously considered as a name change for a while.
Playing acoustic instruments, guitar, mandolin, banjo, double bass and percussion, the Moosejaw Rifle Club create lively, foot tappy, thigh slappy, head bobby sounds that bring smiles to people’s faces. If they’re known for anything at all, it’s their harmonies. The lads lock in to create layered, melodic and harmonic loveliness. Their sets are mostly comprised of originals with the occasional traditional track thrown in for good measure. A strength of the band has always been multiple song writers, singers and to some extent, styles, ranging from folk, country, rock elements and bluegrass. Any still curious reader of this will find several releases on Spotify or whatever digital musical platform they prefer. They have a new album, Mooncussers, coming out in 2023.
TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CJUEC
Sat 1st July 8:30pm
Local folk duo Valley Road are excited to be launching their first single, 'The Wind Blew West', from their upcoming debut album. It's a fitting venue, given they played one of their first ever gigs together back when Major Tom's opened.
Valley Road winds through the rolling basalt hills north of Kyneton, connecting two friends, Rebecca Jane Howell and Marty Mckenna, who have been singing together for over a decade. They weave their experiences into songs of people and place (usually sitting around Marty’s farmhouse kitchen table), bringing an Australian perspective to their diverse folk influences.
When Valley Road take to the stage, their years of friendship and singing together shine through, drawing listeners into their rich inner worlds through their contrasting yet perfectly suited voices and delicate guitar playing.
The pair won a Troubadour Foundation Award after enchanting the crowd at the 2022 Burke and Wills Folk Festival, and have recently recorded their first album together on the Central Coast of NSW with acclaimed producer Rod McCormack (to be released in October 2023).
“Listening to Valley Road’s debut album is like finding a patch of shade from the relentless burning sun. It has a restful, quiet beauty that invites you to linger. Their gentle harmonies weave stories of people and places that seem from another time." - Vikki Thorn, The Waifs
TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CJCGU
Sat 27th May 8:30pm
Local four-piece band Caravans are set to bring their eclectic mix of blues and alt-country driven songs to Major Tom’s. With nods to the likes of Neil Young, Junior Kimbrough and the Rolling Stones, Caravans upcoming debut album “Bright Lights” features captivating melodies and poignant lyrics with an expansive sound that is both unique and familiar.
TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CIFUZ
Fri 19th May 8:30pm
Sunfruits are pleased to announce their biggest Australian tour yet in support of their forthcoming debut album, One Degree. In high anticipation ever since the Melbourne/Naarm band released their Certified Organic EP in 2020, the album sees their most mature and conceptual songwriting to date. As heard in recent singles ‘End Of The World’, ‘Believe It All’ and ‘Made To Love’, the album showcases Sunfruits’ incredible talents in writing memorable psychedelic pop songs and their desire to use their music for good. The album is filled with anthemic choruses, melodic psychedelia, harmonious ballads and danceable indie pop, interplaying with potent lyrical messages of hope and despair. Through the album’s 11 tracks the band explore environmental collapse, resilience, self-reflection, love and relationships, all textured with a coming-of-age feel.
“Taking on environmental anxiety, self-reliance and resilience, and, above all, escapist love, Sunfruits upcoming record should be just as deliciously joyful and thoughtful as their new single." — Rolling Stone AU/NZ
The 5 piece band will be performing the new album with 8 shows across the east coast of so called Australia including their first time in Kyneton at Major Toms on May 19th.
Joining Sunfruits at Major Toms will be post-punks Property.
TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/CGZZH
