Kyle Lionhart

Sat 22nd April 8:30pm

Neo-folk/soul/singer-songwriter Kyle Lionhart, who boasts one of the most incredible new voices in Australia music is heading out on tour this March and April.

Honing his craft and building an organic audience by busking on the beaches of his home town of Byron Bay since 2012, Kyle has just released a stunning new single ‘Call Back Home’, and a beautifully moody video to match – view it [here]

Produced by John Castle (Vance Joy), the song is a soaring indie-soul meets folk ballad about self-reflection.

“It’s about avoiding that darker side of yourself, the side of ourselves that we consistently distract and sedate only for it to explode at the worst possible moments”

Kyle has gained a legion of loyal fans since the release of his debut EP “Keep In Mind”, which he put out independently in mid-2015 and has since sold over 6000 copies and seen close to a million plays of lead single ‘Sleep By Rivers’ on Spotify. 

Kyle will be taking his guitar on the road, as he heads out for a national tour throughout March and April to celebrate the release of ‘Call Back Home’.

An undeniable talent, Kyle Lionhart is destined to become your favourite new artist of 2017.

‘Call Back Home’ is out now!

tickets https://www.trybooking.com/OQLJ

ARCHER with Scott Cook & The Second Chances

Sat 18th March 8:30pm

Archer returns to Australia after his sold out tour of Canada including an acclaimed support of Martha Wainwright.
In celebration of the launch of his new 7 inch "My Little Sweet Aussie Sweetheart" Archer is putting on his boots and heading out to walk the riverbanks and ranges, highways and backlanes of his beloved home country for a series of intimate shows. Don't miss your chance to hear this rare deep and true voice, the king of the galleys, singer of the great open sky, heartbreaker, kangaroo whisperer and tale teller.

Scott Cook & the Second Chances - A roots balladeer with a rare personal warmth, Canada's Scott Cook has distilled the stories collected over a decade of near-incessant touring across Canada, the USA, Europe, Asia, and Australia into straight-talking, keenly observant verse. His fourth release, One More Time Around, was nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award, and its opening track "Pass It Along" won the Folk and Acoustic category in the 2013 UK Songwriting Contest, with UK magazine Maverick Country naming him "one of Canada's most inspiring and imaginative storytellers". 

tickets https://www.trybooking.com/OSUH

www.poundrecords.com/archer/archer/

www.scottcook.net

STEfANIE DUZEL, BUCK EDWARDS & JARROD SHAW

Sat 11th March 8:30pm

Local Singer/songwriters Stefanie Duzel and Buck Edwards along with blues artist Jarrod Shaw come together for a night of accoustic tunes.

Also featuring  new folk, blues and Americana inspired outfit, ‘ Old Money Mountain’.

KARL S. WILLIAMS

Sat Feb 11th 8:30pm special guest Joshua Seymour

Born at a young age into a non-musical family, and named after a criminal from the future, none can be bothered to unravel the twisted line that led Karl S. Williams to The Blues and perverted him into a guitar-slinging, banjo-wielding freak with a penchant for Hell fire, Heavenly salvation, and writing about himself in the third person.

www.karlswilliams.com

HEADS OF CHARM

Sat Feb 11th 8:30pm

To celebrate the release of their killer new single Ok Yes Please, Heads Of Charm are hitting the road this summer. Your favourite trash rock band will be at Major Tom's Sat Feb 11. 

MIKELANGELO

Fri Feb 3rd 8:30pm

After his majestic performance at the Bluestone Theatre during the Kyneton Music Festival 2016, we are very excited to announce the return to Kyneton of the one and only, Mikelangelo! Delving into his extensive catalogue of recorded material under many guises - Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen, The Balkan Elvis, Mikelangelo & St Claire to name a few.
www.mikelangelo.net.au

tickets - https://www.trybooking.com/OOMO

THE OCEAN PARTY & SKYSCRAPER STAN

Sat Jan 21st 8:30pm $15

Major Tom's is turning 3!!! To celebrate 3 years of live music and good times we've invited a few of our favourite artists to come and play. Featuring sun-kissed indie pop outfit The Ocean Party and the tall handsome troubadour Skyscraper Stan, and we'll be spinning a few of our fav MT's dancefloor classics. 

Tickets $15 call 5422 6395

www.theoceanparty.bandcamp.com
www.skyscraperstan.com.au

PRETTY CITY and BEN WRIGHT SMITH

Sat 17th Dec 8:30pm $15

The three piece Melbourne lads Pretty City, combine Smashing Pumpkins-esque fuzzed out guitars with washy, reverb drenched vocals to produce a dreamy yet powerful rock sound. They say they are influenced by Trent’s band from the iconic 90s film Reality Bites, and aspire to be like Mystic Spiral from Daria.

The band hit this year’s SXSW (2016), which saw them capitalise on their undeniable buzz. As well as scores of press reviews and interviews, their festival culminated in their official showcase reaching venue capacity to rave reviews from Glamglare, Noisy, the AU Review, to name a few. 

Indie Pop artist Ben Wright Smith returns to Major Tom's with his new single 'Sand Grabber', which is receiving rave reviews and high rotation on Triple J. 

www.benwrightsmith.com

www.prettycityband.net

FREYA JOSEPHINE HOLLICK

SAT DEC 10TH 8:30PM $10 special guest Charm OF Finches

Freya Josephine Hollick is an Old-Timey, Country, Folk singer/songwriter from the Victorian Goldfields. She was born and raised in Ballarat, and although she has tried her hand at city living, Ballarat and rural Victoria are where she is most at home. Freya has written and performed for many years in many different styles, though has always had her roots in folk music, coming to earlier 20th Century folk, blues and country music through a hunger for knowledge of how and from where modern music evolved. Well versed in all kinds of music, Freya has followed a path back to a time that holds true to her voice, her songwriting and her story. Freya's voice has been described as haunting, as both powerful and fragile, it is truly a voice unlike any other, and one that is of another time. 

After having taken a two year break from gigging and recording to have a baby (her beautiful daughter, Opal), Freya has returned to the country music scene with gusto, playing many shows throughout Australia in the lead up to the unveiling of her new record The Unceremonious Junking of Me (due for release October 2016 through Heart of the Rat Records).

The album was recorded over three days in Ballarat's Historical Main Road building, The Main Bar, by engineer Myles Mumford (Rolling Stock Recording Rooms, Collingwood). This record bears particular significance for Freya as all the tracks on this album were recorded live to tape, no overdubs, no fancy business, just beautiful old equipment, intimate playing, and a first musical venture for her post-birth. 

The collection of songs that will appear on her upcoming record are full of old-world charm and heartache, spawned from the experience of childbearing, motherhood and failed relationships. The follow up to 2014’s Beauty and Sorrow, is steeped in the darkness of the country and blues of yesteryear, intertwined with a saccharine of fragile folkisms.

The Unceremonious Junking of Me is an album of sweet sounding country tunes written and performed by Freya with accompaniment from Pete Fidler on Dobro and Mandolin, and Kat Mear on Fiddle.

www.freyajosephinehollick.com

www.charmoffinchesband.com