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The Friday at Bluesfest is traditionally one of the bigger days as far as crowd attendance is concerned, with many 3-day ticket holders beginning their festival on this day. To kick off proceedings, who better than one of Australia’s finest party bands, 19-Twenty to launch into a set full of fun, frivolity and fervour with …

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In many end of year ‘best’ albums of 2023, there has been a distinct absence of independent antipodean bands – an astounding omission given the depth of quality exhibited by Australian and New Zealand artists in 2023. For the past few years, to counterbalance this annual bias, I have put together a top fifty favourite …

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The Paper Kites have long been teasing this new album, At The Roadhouse, with the band issuing five of its’ songs prior to its’ release on 1st September. The Sweet Sound Of You, Till The Flame Turns Blue, Hurts So Good, Black & Thunder and June’s Stolen Car have all been pre-released, yet they barely …

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The 35th iteration of Australia’s finest festival, Bluesfest Byron Bay is looking set to be one of its’ finest ever, with the announcement today of 23 artists to kick off the build-up to the Easter 2024 festival from Thursday, 28th March through to Monday, 1st April. Elvis Costello & The Imposters had previously promised that …

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Just when you thought you had heard it all from The Paper Kites prior to the release of new album, At The Roadhouse, the band have unfurled what is to my mind, a fantastic change of pace in latest release, Black & Thunder. Unveiling the latest insight into the album (which is to be released …

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Australian indie folk-rock darlings, The Paper Kites have announced that upcoming album, At The Roadhouse will be released on Friday, 1st September, 2023. Their sixth album, At The Roadhouse, is the product of a month-long residency in the sleepy Victorian country town of Campbell’s Creek, whereby the band undertook to record the album along with …

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Australian indie folk-rock darlings, The Paper Kites, have released a second track from the upcoming At The Roadhouse Project album. Titled Till The Flame Turns Blue, the song sees the band deliver a burningly beautiful love song, with Sam Bentley’s tender vocals and acoustic guitar surrounded by an angelic mix of gorgeous pedal steel, sweetly-injected …

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Winter of 2022 saw Australian indie folk-rock band, The Paper Kites take themselves away from the lights of the big city to begin the process for writing and recording a new album, their sixth. While working on the album, the band performed an unannounced month-long residency in the small Victorian town of Campbells Creek. Word …

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Australian Indie-folk group The Paper Kites brought their European Tour to a close in Dublin’s Button Factory on the 20th of February. It was a wonderful night of great music and excellent musicianship. Support on the night came from Portuguese artist Maro who represented her country in the Eurovision last year. Maro Gallery The Paper …

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The grand old Odeon Theatre in Hobart has Chameleon like qualities: changing its colours and nature according to the artists who play there. I’ve seen the place pulsating and exploding with a vibrancy and an atmosphere befitting a stadium ten times its size, and I’ve seen it exuding an intimacy and closeness befitting a private …

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