The Tall Grass – Down The Unmarked Road
Hi
The Tall Grass album is called Down The Unmarked Road is out as of Friday April 7th, 2017.
You can listen and to and buy it on Bandcamp
Robert Forster even wrote the liner notes.
The Tall Grass is a collaboration between myself and Peter Fenton of Crow. We’ve been crafting away on it for a few years, much blood, sweat and fears. We hope you approve.
We have some launches lined up, they are listed below for your perusal.
THE TALL GRASS – DOWN THE UNMARKED ROAD TOUR
Newcastle Thur April 27 – The Edwards Duo mode + Jamie Hay
Sydney Sat May 6 – Leadbelly (Newtown)
co-headline launch with Adam Gibson and The Ark-Ark Birds
+ Christine Jane
Both acts launch their albums this night and we will be expanding The Tall Grass to a full a band for the first time.
Facebook Event
Be fancy and book a table or a general admission ticket here
Brisbane Fri May 19 – Junk Bar
Duo mode
Limited tickets here
Melbourne Fri May 26 – The Yarra
Full band show + Harry Howard and the NDE + Charlie Marshall and the Body Electric
Melbourne Sat May 27 – The Reverence (Safety in Numbers benefit)
SOLO SHOWS
Bathurst Fri May 21 – T. Arts Gallery
Solo improv guitar show to accompany the excellent Chris McGirrs exhibition Power And The Imperfect World
Melbourne Sat May 27 – The Reverence (Safety in Numbers Mental Health Fundraiser)
Melbourne Sun May 28 – The Old Bar (afternoon show)
I’ll be performing a low key and rare solo show off the back of The Tall Grass launch
JMS Harrison + Cabin Inn. Free entry. 3pm start.
Facebook Event
https://www.facebook.com/events/692281434311771/
Upcoming Dates
Hi here’s a bunch of palaver –
Jamie Hutchings at The Camelot Lounge Thur Apr 21st
w/ Jep and Dep
Yes that’s me. I’m returning to The Camelot Lounge for the above date. It’s the only show of its kind that I have happening this year thus far, for those who’ve come before you’ll know I will play just about anything from the past twenty years, for those who haven’t – come along.
If you have a specific request for a song feel free to hit reply to this newsletter and I’ll do my best to accommodate you. Along for the ride will be folk-noir duo Jep and Dep. For the long time listeners out there they feature Darren Cross of Gerling infamy, we used to share the stage a bit back in the century before this one.
Doors – 7pm Music 8pm Finish 10pm
Great affordable food is available, you can sit or stand and under 18’s are welcome if accompanied by an adult.
Tickets $18 + bf if purchased in advance or $25 at the door.
Buy tickets HERE
Facebook event HERE
The Tall Grass Gig List
Peter Fenton and myself are The Tall Grass. You can keep up to date at
The Tall Grass Facebook Page
Here’s some dates for us –
Wed Mar 30th Newtown Social Club front bar – free entry 6:30 pm
NEWTON SOCIAL CLUB
Sat Apr 2nd The Cambridge Hotel (Newcastle)
Newcastle Dog Rescue Benefit
Entry – $10 7:30pm – 1:00am
Tickets HERE
Facebook Event HERE
We will be on at 10:50pm
Fri April 8th The Vanguard
Great line-up!
Peg
The Tall Grass
J M S Harrison
Mark Moldre (feat myself, Scott and Reubs)
Sam Shinazzi
The Tall Grass on stage at 10pm Mark Moldre on stage at 8:30pm
Buy Tickets HERE
Facebook Event HERE
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J.H
News
The Tall Grass
Peter Fenton (Crow) and myself play our first Tall Grass show of the year. We’ll be playing a set of our co-written songs at this show as well as a solo set each. It’s a Sunday, free and starts at 6pm so not too late.
Sunday Feb 7th at The Union Hotel (Newtown)
The Tall Grass + Peter Fenton (solo) + Jamie Hutchings (solo) 6pm – free-
More info HERE
Infinity Broke
Playing with Infinity Broke is serious fun. I wish we did it more often, we have a few shows coming up that we’ve organised. We’ll be playing songs from last years album Before Before as well as the one before that, River Mirrors. Dates below:
SYDNEY
Saturday Feb 20th at The Record Crate (Glebe)
+ Adam Gibson And The Ark-Ark Birds + Milkk – $15 on the door 8pm, limited capacity.
More Info HERE
CANBERRA
Friday Mar 11th at The Phoenix (Canberra)
+ Cracked Actor
More info HERE
MELBOURNE
Saturday Mar 12th at The Reverence Hotel
+ Ohms + Agency + Jess Locke Band – $12
More Info HERE
Sunday Mar 13th at Bar Open (public holiday the next day)
+ Chores + Old Etiquettes + Penny Ikinger (solo) – $10
More Info HERE
Recording News
Back in December Reuben Wills and myself went back to the site of the Infinity Broke recordings and started work on my next solo album. Just myself on acoustic guitar and vocals and Reuben on double bass. Chris McGirr who kindly lent us his big beautiful shed in Mount Rankin did so again, he even pressed the record button for us and cooked us breakfast one day too. He’s one of the best.
I bought an old 16 track half inch recorder, some tape and borrowed some microphones and so forth from Chris Colquhoun. This will be my first completely self recorded album, I’ll keep you posted on its progress.
The Tall Grass album keeps inching away as well – Peter and I have played most of the instruments ourselves on this. My brother thinks it has an ’80’s Australiana feel, he means that it in a good way! We feel we’ve written some great songs together. It’s been recorded by Richard Andrew in Melbourne with Peter adding some of our overdubs up here. Richard also plays some drums and bass on it and the lovely Laura Jean has been sweetening things up a bit with her vocals. Again, we’ll keep you posted.
Goodbye Amanda/Bookings
I don’t really know what heading to write here. R.I.P always feels like such a sad cliche but in terrible news my long term booking agent and chief champion Amanda Case has passed away after succumbing to an extremely aggressive form of cancer. I have posted a detailed tribute to her here https://www.facebook.com/JamieHutchingsMusic/posts/10153860053263094
Amanda was a true godsend to me, she was so encouraging and worked so hard, all of the while living in far off America. She will be sadly missed by all those who knew who and worked with her.
For those interested in getting in contact with me about bookings for any of my projects from hereon just contact me here direct.
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J.H
Solo Shows And Other News
Hello
I’ll be coming down south to play two solo shows in Melbourne next week on Sat Oct 17th and Sun Oct 18th. The Sat show is an earlier show, from 6pm – 9pm. I’m starting work on a very bare boned solo album in November, I’ll preview a couple of tracks from it and trawl through my illustrious back catalogue for you.
J.H SOLO MELBOURNE SOLO SHOWS
Sat Oct 17th – LongPlay (early evening show)
Jamie Hutchings
w/ Ladie Dee + J M S Harrison
Doors 6pm , show finishes at 9pm – $15
Sun Oct 18th – Grand Howl Music Festival
(The Brunswick Mess Hall)
Jamie Hutchings + many more
Doors 1:30 – show finishes at 10:20 – $12/$10
Full lineup and more info via the Facebook Event
INFINITY BROKE
No real news here but we did get a sweet live review for our Brighton Up Bar show in The Music, courtesy of Chris Familton. You can read it HERE
We still like our last album Before Before, if you don’t own it we’d be happy to change that by selling one to you on vinyl, CD or download. Do that HERE
THE TALL GRASS
Peter Fenton and myself are slowly chipping away at our album. As my brain is drowning in some horrible cough infested cloud I can’t do it any justice with a description today. I can tell you we are playing in November though, at The Gasoline Pony. We had fun last time there, it will be a similar chain of events – a solo set each followed by a twosome set.
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J.H
INFINITY BROKE FRI OCT 2ND IN SYDNEY
Yes, we’re back after falling into a coma over winter. Our second album Before Before came out in April, people wrote lots of good things about it etc (and you can buy it here if you want http://www.infinitybroke.bandcamp) but we haven’t played since our tour in May. Some of you may remember that Jared wasn’t available so we were lucky enough to have Hugh Deacon on drums but Hugh is busy now so we’ve got Jared back again, double the Spinal Tap luck. Anyway this looks to be the only show we’re going to be doing this year from what I can work out so buy a ticket from the link below.
There are only 100 tickets available and we have two other excellent acts on the bill: Day Ravies and Roadhouses.
Details are – Friday Oct 2nd
Infinity Broke w/ Day Ravies + Roadhouses
Tickets (only 100 available) $12/15
SOLO IN MELBOURNE
I’m also heading down to play at The Grand Howl Festival in Brunswick on Sunday Oct 18th solo. It’s a great line up and I’ll be closing the evening. Be sure to check out the link below for more details and tickets.
Sunday Oct 18th Brunswick Mess Hall (VIC)
Siblings Solo
Hello.
Some of you will remember I did a brief solo tour in January to celebrate 20 years of careering through the wilderness. The set list was a fairly exhaustive overview and it was surprisingly enjoyable to revisit many of those old songs.
The last show of the tour was at The Camelot Lounge in Marrickville .They have kindly requested I give it a second go.
It will be on Thursday August 27th with doors at 7pm.
I’ll be trawling through old, not so old and not old at all songs, a bit like last time but different and stuff. To make the night a bit more granderer my talented sister Sophie Hutchings will be doing an opening set accompanied by cellist Peter Hollo. Sophie and me haven’t shared a bill in ages so I’m stoked to have her involved. She is currently working on the final touches of her third album.
If you buy a ticket in advance you’ll save a few bucks, last time the pre-sales sold out in the downstairs bar Django which is why I ended up playing Camelot.
I’m encouraging requests in advance if you want to add them to the comments page of the Facebook event. If there’s any songs I haven’t played for a while that people are burning for I’ll give them a go if I know advance.
Tickets are here
Fake Book event here
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JH
BEFORE BEFORE LAUNCH TOUR
Dear Friends
The Infinity Broke tour for Before Before starts next week so we wanted to send you out a reminder. We have Hugh Deacon on drums and he is heading overseas for two months the day after our tour so who knows when we’ll play again?
For all of you generous souls who got onboard the Pozible crowd funding campaign – your packs are on their way. They went to the post office today, a crazy day of packing was had, make sure you check the contents of your pack, we got a little delirious.
You can now buy Before Before on CD,Vinyl and digital from our Bandcamp store and it will ship out pretty quickly, grab copies HERE
If you’re after the vinyl, a quiet word…it is extremely limited. It was extremely limited to begin with but due to some damage issues in transit it’s ended up being an extra extra limited pressing so best to grab one if you’re keen sooner rather than later. We will have them on tour with us as well as some new t-shirts. We will try and get some vinyl into stores soonish too.
Here are the tour dates with links for tickets.
INFINITY BROKE – BEFORE BEFORE TOUR
Thur May 14 – Canberra
The Phoenix
+ Agency
Fri May 15 – Melbourne
The Tote
+ Ivy St. + Pale Heads
Sat May 16 – Adelaide
The Metro
+ Blush Response + Matthew Hayward
Fri May 22 – Brisbane
The Bearded Lady
+ Tape/Off+ Ghost Notes
Fri May 29 – Newcastle
The Stag and Hunter
Free entry 8pm – 11:30 pm
Sat May 30 – Sydney
The Factory Floor
+ Yes I’m Leaving + The Maladies
In other news The Tall Grass my collaboration with Peter Fenton of Crow has a couple of shows coming up in June. We will also be doing a little more recording then on our work-in-progress album.
Sat June 6th – The Post Office Hotel
Coburg, Victoria w/JMS Harrison
Fri June 26th – The Gasoline Pony
Marrickville, NSW + solo sets from Peter Fenton and Jamie Hutchings
BEFORE BEFORE OUT THIS WEEK
Hi all
Before Before, the new album by Infinity Broke comes out this Friday April 10th. CDs are ready to go straight out to you as are downloads and vinyl will be available to pre-purchase. We’re still waiting for the inserts to arrive but it should be soonish. When you buy vinyl on Bandcamp you automatically get a download and the vinyl includes a MP3 download card. Go to Bandcamp HERE
CDs will be available at stores as will vinyl as some stores once we have stock. We’ve had a couple of reviews come in as well which are at the end of this post.
TOUR
Remember our tour starts on May 14th. Tickets for Melbourne will be available soon and links for Brisbane and Sydney are with the dates. All other shows have tickets at the door.
Thur May 14 – Canberra
The Phoenix
+ Agency
Fri May 15 – Melbourne
The Tote
+ Ivy St. + Pale Heads
Sat May 16 – Adelaide
The Metro
+ Blush Response + Matthew Hayward
Fri May 22 – Brisbane
The Bearded Lady
+ Tape/Off+ Ghost Notes
Facebook Event
Fri May 29 – Newcastle
The Stag and Hunter
Free entry 8pm – 11:30 pm
Facebook Event
Sat May 30 – Sydney
The Factory Floor
+ Yes I’m Leaving + The Maladies
Facebook Event
2SER SERVIN’ UP
The many fans of indie cult faves Bluebottle Kiss will already know this, but if you’re into The Drones and don’t know where to turn while waiting for something new from them, look no further than Infinity Broke. The Sydney band led by Jamie Hutchings – already known for carving a singular path with his rock ways in Bluebottle Kiss – is back with a second album, Before Before. Their swingin’ and stompin’ blues-hued rock is matched by the passion play in Hutchings’ poetic lyrics, some angular art-damage and some sweet gospel touches. It’s an excellent follow-up to the debut River Mirrors, riffing on similar energy but even more streamlined, working open-faced and in the raw.
ROLLING STONE
3 1/2 stars
“Jamie Hutchings has always been good at catharsis. Despite six albums with Sydney cult-heroes Bluebottle Kiss and three solo records, he again sounds inspired with Infinity Broke: the blistering Before Before comes just a year after the four-piece’s excellent debut River Mirror. Recorded live in a NSW country shed, Before Before evokes that setting’s rural isolation: the roaring “Famine of Words” elicits white-knuckle night drives; “Dog Fall” melds colossal metal riffs with blistered blues and a make-do choir. Like fellow noise-wringers the Drones, Infinity Broke conjure savage terrain both domestic and emotional by locating the sting in words and guitars.” Marcus Teague Check out the review HERE
Clips, Tours and Stuff
Hello
Here’s all the latest news.
INFINITY BROKE
Our new album Before Before will be released on Friday April 10th on Come to the Dark Side Luke/MGM on CD limited edition vinyl and digital. You’ll be able to get it at BANDCAMP you can still get River Mirrors on all those formats there as well. The CD will be available via retail stores and some stores will stock the vinyl.
The first single Only the Desert Grows has a video clip directed by Scott Hutchings and you can gawk at it below
You can also stream the single HERE
To celebrate the release we’ll be doing a tour. Here are the dates –
BEFORE BEFORE ALBUM TOUR
Thur May 14 – CANBERRA
Phoenix Bar w/ Agency
Fri May 15 – MELBOURNE
The Tote w/ Ivy Street + Pale Heads
Sat May 16 – ADELAIDE
The Metro w/ Blush Response + Matthew Hayward
Fri May 22 – BRISBANE
The Bearded Lady w/ Tape/Off + Ghost Notes
Sat May 30 – SYDNEY
The Factory Floor w/ Yes I’m Leaving + The Maladies
More info and individual Facebook event links can be found HERE
We’ll post pre-sale ticket links as soon as we have them as well.
Just a note to our Pozible pledgers, we’re gunning to get everything ready before the release date. The vinyl is estimated to arrive late this March and we’re still trying to get the Eleven From Eleven CDR finished so it’s gonna be tight. Maybe late, hope not, we’ll try our bestest for you.
Also if you’ve neglected to add your address or if you have moved please message me via the Pozible site to let me know.
THE TALL GRASS
Mr Peter Fenton and I are slowly getting all the writing done for our album; in the meantime we have our first show of the year.
Sun Mar 29 – The Midnight Special
2 sets, free entry info HERE
MARK MOLDRE
I produced and played electric guitar and percussion on Mark’s 2013 album An Ear to the Earth and will be playing in Mark’s band at the National Folk Festival in Canberra from April Thur 2nd – Sun 4th. Program info is HERE
Excuse my lack of lucidity and wit. It’s before 10 AM.
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J.H
JAMIE HUTCHINGS CAREERING THROUGH THE WILDERNESS 1995 – 2015 SOLO TOUR STARTS THIS WEEK
Yes, I will be celebrating 20 years of careering through the wilderness with my solo tour starting this week. Join me on this fateful odyssey as I dig out songs from every known album I have inflicted on the public. That’s six Bluebottle Kiss albums, three solo album and soon to be two Infinity Broke albums. Just so you know.
Tickets have been moving swiftly which is nice, I look forward to seeing you at one of the below dates. These rooms are little, designed for solo type things like this so it’s worth grabbing a ticket in advance.
QUEENSLAND
Sat Jan 24th The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD
VICTORIA
Fri Jan 30th Long Play, Melbourne, VIC* **SOLD OUT***
http://www.longplay.net.au/
with special guests Single Twin + J M S Harrison
Sat Jan 31st The Bridge, Castlemaine, VIC
www.bridgehotelcastlemaine.com
with special guests J M S Harrison + Sparrow and Spark
Sun Feb 1st Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne VIC
(Afternoon show, doors at 1.30 pm)
Trappist Afterland + J M S Harrison .
N.S.W
Thur Feb 5th Django Bar, Marrickville, NSW
+ Buddy Glass
Infinity Broke have a new single available for streaming soon. It will be called Only the Desert Grows. We’ll have details of where you can stream it very soon.
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J.H