JAE LAFFER & SACHA LUCASHENKO

Sat 31st Aug 8:30pm

Jae Laffer is the principal singer and songwriter for award winning Australian group The Panics. He has recently completed his second solo album due for release late 2019, from which he will be performing material from, plus selected works from his sophisticated back catalogue.

Laffer’s music is nothing short of mind-blowing and his vocals are draped in vintage class, song after song the blend of oozy sliding tones blending with piano melodies or acoustic strums. 

    Jae Laffer is recognised as one of Australia’s finest songwriters; with his band The Panics he has crafted several albums worth of classic songs that embrace both stark intimacy and unapologetic grandeur.

    The Panics ‘Cruel Guards” won an ARIA and Triple J ‘Album of the Year’ while In the UK the album received rave reviews and the single “Don’t fight it” enjoyed high rotation across the nation’s airwaves. “Don’t fight it” became a Triple J hit anthem and also featured in the TV series “Underbelly”.

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In support of the evening will be Sacha Lucashenko, known from the Australian group The Morning After Girls, who will be performing a variety of familiar and haunting material, as well as new solo compositions set for a release later in the year.

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/BEXKK

HOT WINGS

Sat Aug 24th 8:30pm

With guests PARTY PEST

Hot Wings the freshest, hottest sound cooked up in Melbourne. With a secret recipe of Surf, Soul, Rockabilly and Swinging Guitar Boogie instrumentals.

Next stop, Major tom's with our mates, those delightfully dammed Party Pests, bringing their post punk dream turned party nightmare to the country!

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/BEXAI

MATTHEW COLIN

Sat 17th Aug 8:30pm

Special guest GEORGIA KNIGHT

Matthew Colin brings with him the philosophy of history's great songwriters
"a song and a friend for every mile behind". It'll only take listening to one or two lines to find a writer of considered craft, values nested in a time of country folk music when all that mattered was the song itself.

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/book/event?eid=522691&fbclid=IwAR3pml7dbbJcK6MAxUvrfEysMkB5hxSyvwnru1qr5oNQYSf045T8o3GJ-qA

HUGO RACE

SAT Aug 10th 8:30pm

HUGO RACE

FATALISTS - "TAKEN BY THE DREAM" ALBUM LAUNCH

Hugo Race, ex- Bad Seed and Wreckery founder, composer, producer and author returns with a new album from his  "Fatalists" project.

 Never one to sit still, Race, follows his recent excursions into world electronica (Dirtmusic's 'Bu Bir Ruya' and 'Gemini 4'), 21st century blues ('John Lee Hooker's World Today') with  a selection of modern folk songs on his latest album, "Taken by a Dream".

 The album is a cinematic tapestry of complex emotional states illuminated by mercurial moments of dazzling light and grace. Recorded in Sicily, Taken by The Dream is an album with a dark, nocturnal mood, characterised by pieces where the melodies, always tinged with a certain melancholic fatalism, float in textural and musical scores, crossing hypnotic rhythms with guitars of all kinds, sounds in reverse, organ, piano, keyboards and violins.

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/BCSVD

BEN SALTER

Sat 27th July 8:30pm

Never one to knowingly sit still for more than ninety seconds, newly Tasmanian-based post-colonial epic-folk perpetrator, founding member of Giants of Science, The Gin Club, The Wilson Pickers, Hownowmer, The Young Liberals & Anigozanthos and possibly Australia’s most under-rated songwriter and performer Ben Salter is setting off on another hastily cobbled together and arbitrarily branded run of performances, or ‘tour’. The tour is called the “It Became A Thing” tour and it will take place in July, August and September 2018 at locations in Victoria, New South Wales, the ACT and Tasmania.

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/BECLG

GORDON KOANG

Fri 26th July 8:30pm

Four months since the release of his first single with the Music In Exile label, South Sudanese legend GORDON KOANG has released his latest offering.

‘Stand Up (Clap Your Hands)’ is a favourite from Koang’s live performances, an invitation to the audience to get up and strut their stuff. He comments on the ‘seriousness’ of music in his adopted country, asking listeners to ‘show us your style, give us your attention’, to dance with their loved ones and feel the message of his music; namely - peace, love and unity. The song revolves around the classic line ‘I love you, audience’, delivered in Gordon’s heart winning style.

Music in Exile is a not-for-profit initiative aimed at increasing access to resources and building professional networks for asylum seekers and refugees in Australia.

TICKETS https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/gordon-koang-south-sudanau-at-major-toms-kyneton-tickets-63412373115/amp

SARAH MCLEOD

Sat 20th July 8:30pm

Special guest Belmont Haze

SarahMcLeod is the creative force behind ARIA Award winning, platinum-selling rockersTheSuperjesus. With over 20 years in the industry she hasexperimented with many different styles and genres. Collaborating withJeff Martin from the Tea Party, Chris Cheney from The Living End, SteveAoki , Tiesto , Dzeko And Torres, Hook And Sling , Electric Six and manymore.Having released 3 studio albums with The Superjesus (Sumo, Jet Ageand Rock Music) and two studio albums as a solo artist (Beauty Was ATiger and Rocky’s Diner) McLeod has proven herself to be one ofAustralia’s most diverse artists. Her most recent release ‘Rocky’s Diner’was written in New York and shows a distinctive 50’s soul influence thathighlights her extraordinary vocals.McLeod’s eclectic solo performances have consistently been met withrave reviews .“ I find that when I’m playing in The Superjesus , for me it’s more aboutplaying the guitar . My solo shows are a different though. The guitar workis really simple and its all about the singing . I really love the peace inplaying solo, to just enjoy the quiet and control the dynamics as I feelthem flowing through me. Its always very impromptu, I just move with thevibe of the room .”Armed with the work ethic of a runaway train, McLeod also has a passionfor acting and starred in Green Day’s American Idiot in 2018 playing therole of St Jimmy along side Grinspoon’s Phil Jameison and Magic Dirt’sAdalita to rave review

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/BDKNN

PORPOISE SPIT

SAT 13th July 8:30pm

Porpoise Spit will be celebrating the release of their brand spankin’ new single 'MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT' by hitting the road for 6 weeks. In particular scoping out the Saturday night Kyneton vibes.
They'll be joined by legends 'Eaglemont' fresh off the road from touring with CERES and the success of their new track Hound as well as the powerhouse cut snakes of Slowcoaching.
What a bloody time to be had.
Also Kyneton is like.. so nice.. like.. we had a wine there once and think maybe we'll get married there? who knows. come see.

$10 entry
13th of July
Major Toms
Kyneton
Kicks off at 8pm

ashes to ashes, funk to funky.

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/BDJNZ

TRACKSUIT and BRUISER

SAT 6th July 8:30pm

Old hands Craig Dermody (Scott & Charlene's Wedding) and Scott O’Hara (Bitch Prefect) team up with newcomers Bronwen Kemp and Leah Popple to play more songs from the heart in their new outfit Tracksuit. Trawling a line between punk and pop, they do what they can with what they’ve got. Castlemaine garage rock trio Bruiser join the party.

TICKETS https://www.trybooking.com/BDNXD