The one we’ve been waiting for since returning from Bigsound! The most exciting artist in Australia right now, Alex Lahey headlines the KICK ON party at the Sydney Junction Hotel this Saturday night. With a 5 am finish supports from Hot Spoke & Rachel Maria Cox and beats from DJ 5 Percent & Ricki Bonomini, this FREE ENTRY party is going shaping up to be one of Newcastle’s gigs of the year!
HEADLINE
Alex Lahey
A founding member of avant poppers Animaux, multi-instrumentalist Lahey has now gone solo and pared down her sound, embracing a simple, home-spun story-telling style that’s often underlined by her second love, the fuzz pedal.
Most recently Lahey has set the music industry abuzz with the insanely catchy You Don’t Think You Like People Like Me. From the attention-grabbing opening bars (those drums sound like an angry landlord thumping your front door on a Sunday morning), it flips the classic break-up line “it’s not you, it’s me” on its head. Upon release in March, People… was immediately added to rotation on triple j, triple j unearthed, Syn FM and FBi FM, and started popping up on music blogs everywhere. It was then Pitchfork gave it Best New Track and got the rest of the world talking.
SUPPORTS
Hot Spoke & Rachel Maria Cox
Hot Spoke is the project of Sydney-based songwriter Ness Muir, with Seb Bartels, Damian Enemark and Tully Ryan. Hot Spoke’s smoky and enveloping sound is complimented by Ness’ melancholic, fragile yet brooding vocals. Inspired by the scuzzy sounds of indie bands like Mazzy Star, The Smiths and Jesus Mary Chain.
Rachel Maria Cox is a non-binary singer songwriter from Sydney or Newcastle depending on who you ask. They write songs about love, life and the pit of existential dread you find yourself in when you’re six hours into a netflix marathon. Their second EP, I Just Have A Lot Of Feelings, is out on July 28th through Sad Grrrls Club Records.
BEATS
DJ 5 Percent & Ricki Bonomini
DJ 5 Percent’s unique style and crazy tunes never seize to fill the dance floor. Ricki Bonomini currently holds residencies at Soho On Darby, Finnegans, Frat House, Milk Run, SJs, Lakeside Village Tavern, Jesmond Hotel
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