NEWCASTLE punks The Gooch Palms will return to the Cambridge Hotel on August 10 on their upcoming national album tour for III.
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Leroy Macqueen and Kat Friend released III in May, which showcased a progression from their lo-fi sound. However, the tour is expected to feature all the colourful Gooch Palms theatrics the duo have become renown for.
"Being able to play our songs to a live audience is the only reason we're even in a band and it's been way too long since we've been around Australia," The Gooch Palms said.
"Can't wait to be back on the road partying hard every night with you all."
Rising Newcastle three-piece Surf Trash will join The Gooch Palms on their 12-date tour, which begins in Belgrave, Victoria on August 1 and finishes in Fremantle on August 25.
Following the shows The Gooch Palms will prepare to join Grinspoon, The Hard Aches and Bugs on the Chemical Hearts tour, which hits the Newcastle Entertainment Centre on November 1.
REAPING REWARDS
NEWCASTLE fans of emerging Melbourne alternative band The Beautiful Monument might recognise a familiar face.
Bassist Amy McIntosh also plays guitar in Newcastle band Liberties and is a former student of St Philips Christian College.
The Beautiful Monument are preparing to release their second album I'm The Reaper on June 28, which follows 2017's I'm The Sin. The all-female four-piece's melodic hardcore sound has been compared to PVRIS and Evanescence.
JAZZ DROPS BILL
NEW York guitar maestro Sheryl Bailey will add international flair to the Newcastle Jazz Festival when it returns for its 32nd edition.
The three-day festival runs from August 23 to 25 across four stages at Wests New Lambton.
Bailey, 53, began her career as an aspiring rock musician, before she studied at the Berklee College of Music where she fell in love with jazz. Since then Bailey has progressed into one of the finest guitarists of her generation and has released nine albums and held a 15-year residency at New York's 55 Bar and toured China, Canada, Europe, Australia and the US.
Other highlights of the Newcastle Jazz Festival include the daughter of country legend John Williamson, Ami Williamson, The Emma Hamilton Quartet featuring original French-Cajun jazz numbers, The Radioettes in the Andrew Sisters Tribute Show, the world's fastest violinist, Vov Dylan with Glenn Amer, The Unity Hall Jazz Band and Geoff Bull's Finer Cuts.
Other familiar faces included in the 50-hour program of music are Andy Firth and his Nova Swing Band, The Dungeon Big Band, Melbourne's Slipdixies, the Rehab Brass Band and many more.
REACHING OUT
WHAT do you get when you mix the quirkiness of The Flaming Lips with the white reggae of The Police and finish with a dash of Tame Impala-style psychedelia? Something like Brisbane roots-rock band Kurilpa Reach.
The five-piece will headline one of the Small Ballroom's first shows since they announced their shift to the beautiful former church, 48 Watt Street, in the Newcastle CBD.
Kurilpa Reach play 48 Watt Street on their Best End single tour on June 30 with support from fellow Queenslanders Machine Machine and Newcastle bands Diplazar and New Boon.
