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Perth tour this week, Port Fairy next week

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Hello Western Oz! We are finally coming to play ya’ll some tunes!  After a nice little break over the festive season, we are back into full swing promoting our debut single ‘Poor Heart’, and you guys are our first port of call.  Following that will be a weekend of fun down in Port Fairy. Below are the deets of what the next two weeks have in store.

Perth

We fly in on Thursday the 19th, pick up the van and hit these venues:

Date: Thursday 19th Jan
Where: Indie Bar
Address: 27 Hastings Street, Scarborough, WA
Time: Approx. 9pm
The gig: Exact start time TBC as we are making a guest appearance closing Indi’s renowned open mic night. We are stoked to be playing here first up. The Waifs, John Butler, Dave Hole and Ash Grunwald have all played here in the past, and the wealth of local talent always has the place pumping!

Then on Friday morning tune in to ABC radio  (http://www.abc.net.au/perth/) at 11.45am for our interview with morning show presenter Ron Tait. We’ll be having a good old chin wag, and playing a couple of tunes live on air.

Date: Friday 20th Jan
Where: Settlers Tavern
Address: 114 Brussell Hwy, Margaret River, WA
Time: 9.00pm
The gig: Next stop is Settlers Tavern. Warming up the stage for us are local outfit Husband.

 

Date: Sunday 22nd Jan
Where: Caves House
Address: 18, Yallingup Beach Road, Yallingup, WA
Time: 6.30pm
The gig: The legendary Caves House tops off the tour. Seating 900+ this out door venue will be our home for two sets of glorious shenanigans.

Then what? Well, how about Port Fairy Australia day weekend of music. Boom!

Port Fairy

Date: 26th, 27th and 28th or Jan
Address: Can’t miss it…it’s the pub with the tree stump out front.
Time: 7pm
The gig: Centre & The South, Damon Smith & The Quality Lightweights, The Sons of May + more! Bands will be rotating set times over the weekend. It gets sweaty so bring your thirst. Reggae, folk, Blues, Roots, dirty rock, and a brand spanking new beer garden…bring it!

Visit our gigs page to subscribe to our calendar and or join us on Facebook to see how the year is shaping up.

We will be tweeting and documenting everything. Join us on Twitter for the journey at @thesonsofmay to keep track of how we are traveling.

See you at a show soon!

Port Fairy – Our Little Festival

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Everyone that was present at the Port Fairy, “Our Little Festival” weekend would agree that it was a killer time. Massive thanks to all for making it such a cool weekend. Special mention to the community of bands that provided the sights and sounds. Centre and the SouthKashmere ClubDapplegrim BandThe Grim Fandango’s and a special mention to Adrian from Buddha in a Chocolate Box for organising the festival. Tip of the hat to you mate.

Highlights include:

  • Billy from Kashmere Club having his hair chopped off during their Saturday night performance. All in the name of raising money for November.
  • Our good friend Chris at Mojo’s sponsoring 20 odd Zambooka shots for the bands on Saturday morning at around 11am. Not feeling the best after a big night.
  • The drunken conversations taking place at 3am. This included the movie Sharktopus, Kmart jackets, Rugby World Cup and the liver being able to repair itself. Nice.
  • The army of 200 drunk people turning up within 30 seconds for Buddha in a Chocolate Box. Where did they come from?
  • Playing through a great sounding PA system with a couple of outstanding engineers behind the desk.

We played two sets over the weekend which proved interesting in seeing what songs got the better responses. Luciel, Disappear and Walk Like That seemed to have taken out the top three which hint’s that we need to record those and unleash them among you. We had a great response and gained some good contacts. Hopefully we will be back at the Star Pub for Port Fairy Music Festival in March next year. Fingers crossed.

If you’re kicking around Port Fairy on the 18th and 19th, we will be back with Centre and the South and Buddha in a Chocolate Box. Make sure you join our Facebook page to see the details as they come through.

Next Gig: Cornish Arms – Sydney Road, Brunswick
When: Sat 12th of November
Who: The Sons of May, White Summer, The Quality Lightweights, Jude St Jude
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The Hamilton Roady

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A little over 3 weeks ago we embarked on a trip to a little town in rural Victoria named Hamilton. Our good friends Centre and the South worked out the details including accommodation arrangements, sound system and the free beers.

We arrived at the accommodation close to 6pm and checked in. Whilst we thought that there were going to be three beds we soon found out that there were only two. A queen and a single. Hmmmm we thought. Being gentlemen of the world and having been backpacking, this was not an issue (I had my sleeping bag with me to provide any barriers of unintentional contact during the night).

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Summer is coming up

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Kane Sole: The Sons of May
Rob Costello: The Sons of May
Kent Walsdorf: The Sons of May

Melbourne is coming into summer (finally) and we have been busy preparing. Gig’s are booked, tours planned, new website in development and the first single is in the bag. So let me take you through the chaos.
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MLG, Elwood and Stockholm

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Firstly, thank you for coming down to over the weekend. We had a great response from our MLG presents gig – hopefully we can get on the bill with some bigger acts in the future. Despite Kane forgetting to bring a vital bit of gear, Rob having to catch the train back to Kane’s house to get the gear, and me (Kent) staying in the bar drinking a few beers – we had a cracker of a night.

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