EMILY BARKER

Fri 10th Feb 8:30pm

Emily Barker is an award-winning singer-songwriter, best known as the writer and performer of the theme  to the BBC’s hugely successful crime drama Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh. She has released music  as a solo artist as well as with various bands and collaborations including The Red Clay Halo, Frank  Turner, Vena Portae, Marry Waterson and Applewood Road (with whom she released a remarkable album  of original songs recorded live around a single microphone, dubbed “flawless” by The Sunday Times) and  has written for film, including composing the soundtrack for Jake Gavin’s lauded debut  feature Hector starring Peter Mullan and Keith Allen. 

Emily Barker’s latest album A Dark Murmuration of Words was produced by Greg Freeman and recorded  at StudiOwz, a converted chapel in the Welsh countryside. Lyrically probing, by turns both dark and  optimistic, Barker searches for meaning through the deafening clamour of fake news and algorithmically  filtered conversation, delivering a timely exploration of the grand themes of our age through the lens of  what it means to return “home.” Throughout the ten songs that make up the album, Barker draws  connections between the familial, the local, and the global: a mother sings to her unborn child, asking for its  forgiveness on ‘Strange Weather’; ‘When Stars Cannot Be Found’ explores the humbleness and comfort of  the night sky when far away from home. Other highlights include the nostalgic ‘Return Me’, ‘The Woman  Who Planted Trees’, the gloriously defiant ‘Machine’ and the effortless album closer ‘Sonogram’. 

On its release, A Dark Murmuration of Words hit number 1 on the Official Americana Album chart in the  UK and has garnered widespread acclaim. 

“irresistibly catchy…an album replete with nooks and crannies, light and shade” The Australian ★★★★★ “an album of spare, striking beauty” Mojo ★★★★ 

“…a kind of Australian equivalent of PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake” UNCUT 8/10 “bold, direct, uncompromising” CLASH 

“One of the most literate and probing folk albums of the year. I really love it.” Ann Powers, NPR Music 

Website - https://www.emilybarker.com 

Facebook - https://facebook.com/emilybarkerhalo 

Twitter - https://twitter.com/emilybarkerhalo 

Instagram - https://instagram.com/emilybarkerhalo 

YouTube - https://youtube.com/emilybarkerhalo 

Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/25uHIpsCWoj8wEHFOEhbuV

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DELIVERY

Sun 8th & 15th Jan 2pm

Delivery Album Tour - Back to Back Sundays in Kyneton w/ Our Carlson + Eggy

As part of the Victorian tour to celebrate the release of their debut album 'Forever Giving Handshakes’, Melbourne garage-punk crew Delivery are making a couple of stops in Kyneton (they couldn’t resist)! Two Sundays back to back at Major Toms, joined by Our Carlson on Jan 8th and Eggy on Jan 15th. Come down for some afternoon rock ’n’ roll.

Out through Spoilsport Records, Feel It Records and Anti Fade Records, 'Forever Giving Handshakes' captures Delivery at full force for the first time, leaning into the fully-enhanced live sound they’ve been actively working towards since first show in March 2021 and cementing themselves as one of the hardest and fastest working bands in town. Written over the Melbourne five-piece’s two year lifespan, ‘Forever Giving Handshakes’ is something of a garage-punk opus, the group’s five distinct voices simultaneously pulling songs in different directions while an undeniable chemistry reveals a combined hive mind ascending on a clear group mission... to rock.

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WYBIE

Fri 16th Dec 8:30pm

Celebrating the release of their debut album “We Are The Kids”, Melbourne Freak-Folk outfit Wybie will be taking over Major Tom's for the Kyneton leg of their tour.

Wybie, the brainchild of guitarist, producer and songwriter Kyle Muir, is an exploration into song craft with a DIY attitude. The 5-piece band plays wonky folk-rock that is influenced by an abundance of styles including Jazz, West African music and Irish folk music. Their sound has been likened to artists such as Cass McCombs, Joni Mitchell and Radiohead.

Wybie will be joined by award winning songwriter Sage Roadknight.

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THE MOTH BODY & ANdrew MCCUBBIN

Sat 10th Dec 8:30pm

Likened to The National, Nick Cave, Mazzy Star and Mark Lanegan, Andrew McCubbin is an internationally acclaimed producer, songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist. He is part of the fertile Melbourne to Europe musical highway that sees Melbourne and European musicians touring back and forth in various forms of collaboration.

His music has received the accolades of “Single of the Week” and “Single of the Year” for songs such as “The Fog Song”, “The Last Breeze” and “Blue” as well as “Album of the Week” for “Where Once There was a Fire”, “Dead Pilot” and “Hope Addicts” and “Album of the Year” for “Where Once There was a Fire”.

His 6th studio album is due in early 2023.

www.andrewmccubbin.com

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QUIVERS

Fri 2nd Dec 8:30pm

Quivers are back from their USA Tour and are so excited to be playing a few 7" launch shows throughout Victoria.

Quivers will be playing singles from the 7" 'If Only' & 'I Just Wanted To See You So Bad (Lucinda Williams)' along with some newbies and oldies too.

Support from the lovely Best Western

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Hobsons bay coast guard

Sat Dec 3rd 8:30pm

Hobsons Bay Coast Guard’s Tidal Wave Tour hitting Kyneton with the fabulous Polly & The Pockets!!

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

DAG, BLUE DIVERS & STEFAN BLAIR

Mon 28th Nov 6pm

Bedroom Suck Records presents a special Monday night triple treat featuring Dag, Blue Divers and Stefan Blair (Good Morning).

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TROUBLE PEACH

SAT 19TH NOV 8:30PM

Trouble Peach are returning to Kyneton baby! Kino Motel will be joining them to celebrate the launch of their new album.

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MARCEL BORRACK

Sat Oct 22nd 8:30pm special guest BEN MASON

Marcel Borrack has had a diverse career in music. Fascinated and inspired by broad influences he has always challenged himself to keep developing new skills in technology and production as well as writing and performing in different contexts. He’s released 2 solo albums as a singer songwriter as well as 2 albums with his band minibikes. As a studio and live guitarist he’s played with performers such as Tina Arena, Missy Higgins, Ella Hooper, Dan Warner, Sarah Carroll and Don Walker. As a producer and engineer he’s worked on albums by Ella Hooper, Ruby Gill, Gena Rose Bruce, Jade Imagine, Sarah Carroll and Dan Warner. Marcel has also composed for film and television and worked in many different audio production roles.

The forthcoming album “telecaster diaries” was written and recorded during the 2020 lockdown.

Marcel explains…

With a few recording projects unable to proceed I started to work on my own ideas for an instrumental album. The name Telecaster Diaries came from the concept of writing a musical idea every day, an actual musical diary. I would focus on a thought from the day and try to express it in a musical form. I limited myself to creating these ideas with “Pendlebury” which is the name of my telecaster guitar. I would just sit and play and when I was happy with where it was heading I would immediately start recording, adding bass, organ and percussion to flesh it out. This process was pretty spontaneous and I was usually able to get it all done over the course of an evening. At that point I was super lucky to have my great friend and collaborator Tim Harvey and his partner, drummer Maria Moles on standby to record the drum parts at their home studio in Collingwood. Every time I finished an idea I would send it off to them and a day or so later it would come back with the most incredible drum performances. Maria and Tim knew exactly what to do and they made the whole thing magic. Fast forward to now and I’ve formed a band to play the songs live. The “TD” band is Andy Pap on bass, Al Barden on drums and Peter (sweet) Carolane on the organ and percussion.

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