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The Fifth Annual Wash Winter’s Willies Away With Whiskey

July 2nd, 2009

Uncork the single malt and prepare for the Fifth Annual Wash Winter’s Willies Away With Whiskey, a celebration of winter, whiskey and the GFC (Great Farkin’ Country) pandemic. Saturday July 25th from 7:30pm - eight acts, two stages, and the now almost-famous homemade soup. Assuage your solstice sadness, sip a tipple as you tilt for an earful from bands including Clinkerfield, The Tom Budge Goodtime Band, Silver City Highway, The Holy Sea, Steph Brett & Band, those Miserable Little Bastards, and more. Free compilation CD to first hundred payers.

NEWS

March 19th, 2009

Clinkerfield will appear at this year’s Boogie Festival. It’s a boutique festival in country Victoria for only 500 people! Tony Joe White’s playin…

A couple more Clinkerfield shows are planned, and a few Miserable Little Bastards (Clinkerfield/Redfish Bluegrass collaboration) shows too.

Jimmy continues at the Gem every Tuesday, heads to Tassie for three solo shows 2-4 April, and is off to the USA for a few shows in June.

And a little bit of pre-production is underway for new recordings.

Summer is almost over…

March 1st, 2009

Clinkerfield are preparing for their 7th Annual Labour Day Long Weekend show at the Colbo Pub on Sunday 8th March.

The Miserable Little Bastards (Clinkerfield/Redfish Bluegrass collaboration) recently performed a version of “What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor” live on ABC TV’s program ‘Spicks & Specks’. Everyone was very excited to meet Murray from the Wiggles. Unsure when the episode will go to air…

A couple of other shows are looming, Jimmy continues at the Gem Bar every Tuesday, and recording plans are underway.

News..

January 27th, 2009

Upcoming shows…

Clinkerfield appear at the St Kilda Festival on Sun 8th Feb, 4:30 pm on the World Music Stage.

Jimmy Stewart’s Miserable Little Bastards appear at the Labour In Vain Hotel Sun 15th Feb.

Jimmy has re-commenced his Tuesday night residency at the Gem Bar & Dining Room, now 13 months running.

And after a busy Summer, shows will wind down to focus on more recording.

The Silly Season!!!

December 16th, 2008

With national touring over for the time being, Clinkerfield settle into a Summer in Melbourne.

Firstly, we’ll be Beating The Bejesus Outta Boxing Day, with a show at the Tote early in the night, before barrelling into Pony for the infamous 2am slot… Owww!!!

Then it’s onwards into 2009 with our fifth annual January residency at the Old Bar, every Sunday this year leading up to Australia Day Eve. Different guest acts each week, B-Grade Celebrity chefs on the BBQ, and more….

And after a full year Jimmy’s Tuesday night residency at the Gem has a break over the silly period (the Gem closes on 21 Dec, re-opens on 2 Jan), resuming indefinitely in early 2009.

Stay tuned for updates on shows, and new recording plans for Clinkerfield, and The Miserable Little Bastards (Clinkerfield’s old-timey collaboration with Redfish Bluegrass)…

A Summer with Clinkerfield…

November 21st, 2008

To round out Clinkerfield’s National Tour, we’re heading to QLD for shows with The Gin Club 12-14 Dec.

At home, we pop up for a show at the East Brunswick Club on Thu 11 Dec in support of MAN MAN from the USA. They’re great fun! Check out www.myspace.com/wearemanman. Sounds like their viking vaudeville antics should complement our pirate convict shenanigans perfectly! They’re playing at Meredith this year.

Then it’s onwards to Boxing Day at the Tote with a bunch of bands, and then into Pony for the 2 am slot! Should be crazy! Silly season, hey! Full details to be confirmed….

Further ahead, our fifth annual January residency at the Old Bar is looming - every Sunday this year, different bands each week, the infamous BBQ and more….

And recording plans are underway for new Clinkerfield, Miserable Little Bastards, and Jimmy Stewart records….

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Bongiorno!

Clinkerfield National Tour!!!

September 25th, 2008

Following up from the release of the album “A Head Full Of Rain & A Heart Full Of Puddles” in March, & after a winter of laying low sharpening cutlasses, Clinkerfield take the bathtub out on the road again in October.

A film clip for “Bonnie Come Save My Soul” featuring footage from their album launch at the Corner Hotel in April, goes to Rage to coincide, and is viewable on YouTube.

Clinkerfield will be visiting WA, TAS, NSW, VIC & SA, with QLD shows in the pipeline. See gigs page for details.

Amongst all this, Jimmy plays a few solo shows around the country, and continues to amaze & depress at the Gem Bar every Tuesday evening.

September…

August 21st, 2008

Clinkerfield pop up for a couple of big September shows - the Espy front bar on Friday 12th September, and Northcote’s Hi-Vibes Festival on Sunday 21st September.

And Jimmy remains busy with his Tuesday night Gem residency continuing into month number ten, and now also a month of Sunday arvo’s at the Marquis of Lorne Hotel with the Miserable Little Bastards.

See gigs page for details.

A national tour of most major capitals, and some regionals, will occur in October/November. Dates to be announced soon… keep checking this site, or sign up for the mailing list.

August…

August 1st, 2008

FRIDAY 8TH AUGUST Clinkerfield join The Sacred Cowboys, Selfish Gene & The Ripping Dylans at THE SPANISH CLUB.

Then Jimmy heads off on tour with The Kill Devil Hills for shows in NSW, TAS, SA and Melbourne. See gigs page for details.

With Jimmy away, and Boogs in the USA splitting particles, the next show after that promises to be a huge one at the Espy when Clinkerfield headline the front-bar on Friday 12th September.

National tour planned for October.

The fourth annual “Wash Winter’s Willies Away With Whiskey” festival is here…

July 9th, 2008

…at the Tote on Sunday 27th July.

Running Order

BAND ROOM

9:30 - 10:10 pm: The Radio Lights
8:30 - 9:10 pm: Clinkerfield
7:30 - 8:10 pm: Austin Floyd
6:30 - 7:10 pm: Silver City Highway
5:30 - 6:10 pm: Graveyard Train
4:30 - 5:10 pm: Basic Shape
3:30 - 4:10 pm: Kristy Lewis & The Wretched
3:00 pm: DOORS OPEN

FRONT BAR

6:10 - 6:50 pm: Van & Cal Walker
5:10 - 5:50 pm: Redfish Bluegrass
4:10 - 4:50 pm: Fee Brown & The Highwater
3:10 - 3:50 pm: Jimmy Stewart

BBQ in Beer Garden

5:00 - 7:00 pm

NSC show sold out! Now time to Wash Winter’s Willies Away With Whiskey…

June 24th, 2008

Great night at the Northcote Social Club on the Saturday just passed. Full-house, smiles, laughs, sombreros, maybe a few too many drinks… ah well.

Onwards…! The fourth annual “Wash Winter’s Willies Away With Whiskey” festival is looming ever closer at the Tote on Sunday 27th July. Line-up/full details to be announced.

Meanwhile Jimmy heads to QLD for solo shows early July, hangin with The Gin Club, and continues to hold fort at the Gem Bar & Dining Room each and every Tuesday.

Melbourne Show Announced!

May 13th, 2008

With the album out and doing well, the national tour complete, and our longest break from the scene ever (2 whole months!), it’s time to unleash the live beast again…

SATURDAY 21st JUNE Clinkerfield hit the NORTHCOTE SOCIAL CLUB. Tickets available from the NSC Box Office on 03 9486 1677 or www.northcotesocialclub.com.

It’s a bit of a one-off, as we won’t be returning until late July in the lead-up to the Clinkerfield hosted “Wash Winter’s Willies Away With Whiskey” festival.

After the huge success of the last Melbourne show at the Corner in early April, with the streets abuzz with whisperings in hushed tones of words like, “magical” and “amazing”, this show is worth getting in early for…!

There’ll be plenty of songs from the album, plus a whole bunch of newer material, and pleased to announce that we’ll be joined by our mates The Palenecks.

Meanwhile, Jimmy Stewart heads to Western Australia again for shows from 11-14 June, in between continuing his Tuesday evening residency at the Gem Bar, Collingwood, now into month seven. And plans are underway for the band to hit the road again later in the year.

TOUR OVER - KICKED ARSE - NEED A REST

April 22nd, 2008

Yaaarrrgghh…blaeerrghh.. yawn… splat.

We’re all back home now. The shows all over the land were wonderful, especially the magical night at the Corner in early April! We’re working on a film-clip from footage taken on the night, and also mixing a live recording we made of it.

Now that the tour is over, we’re holing up for a while to lick our wounds whilst we plan our next move. Basically, we’re just resting on our laurels whilst the album sells thousands of copies in stores everywhere! Run out and grab your copy while stocks last! It’s also available on-line via the RELEASES page. The response to “A Head Full Of Rain & A Heart Full Of Puddles” has been amazing. Find out why!

After this break the band will return for a one-off Melbourne show in June - stay tuned - though, of course, Jimmy just can’t help himself, and continues to play shows everywhere, now into his sixth month of Tuesday evenings at the Gem Bar in Collingwood.

Looking further ahead, the fourth annual Clinkerfield/Waste Management curated Wash Winter’s Willies Away With Whiskey festival is looming on the last Sunday of July, and plans are underway for another national tour in August/September.

And more recording!

National Album Launch Tour Announced

March 1st, 2008

YARRRGH! We’re on tourrr…!

Our new album “A Head Full Of Rain & A Heart Full Of Puddles” is finally here, out 15 March through Green Media/MGM Distribution on our own Waste Management label.

We’re most excited to announce our national tour dates. Altogether, we’ll be taking in a VIC regional, WA, NSW, VIC, SA, and WA again - a period of about six weeks through March & April. See SHOWS page for details.

We have copies of the album in our grubby hands, and they’re available through this website. Go to RELEASES page to purchase through either Waterfront Records. Alternatively, you could buy it at a shop. It’s in stores nationally.

See ya at a show.

Album Released March 15

January 29th, 2008

After much arseing about, “A Head Full Of Rain & A Heart Full Of Puddles” will be released through Green Media/MGM Distribution via our own label Waste Management on 15th March 2008.

A national tour will follow the release of the album through late March and April.

The band is currently on hiatus in the lead-up to the national launch tour, though Jimmy just can’t help hisself, and is playing all over the bloody place!

For anyone who’s forgotten what all this Head/Rain/Heart/Puddles stuff is (and you could be forgiven), it is our new album, recorded way back in February 2007 in a country farmhouse by Mr Aaron Cupples, who did some amazing work with us, not to mention the albums he worked on for bands like Silver City Highway, The Drones, James McCann, Paul Kelly & Dan Kelly. It sounds amazing…

And it is finally ready to go!!!

Advance copies of the album will be available to members of our mailing list from 1st March.

Full touring dates will be announced before too long, but it pleases us to inform you all that the Melbourne launch will be happening at the Corner Hotel on Friday 4th April, and we’ll be joined by our great friends The Idle Hoes who will also launch their own album “Little Victories” the same night.

It’s almost 2009.

January 17th, 2008

The album will be pressed this month. If it destroys us.

Trying to book shows around the country in March/April for a national launch tour. If it kills us.

At home, it’s Sundays in January at the Old Bar, continuing our four year tradition of being January residents at the Old Bar leading up to a crazed carnival on the eve of the Australia Day public holiday. There’s a whole bunch of guests each week (3-4 bands), plus a gold coin BBQ at 7 pm. These are the last full band shows until the album launches.

And Jimmy, in between a’whippin a whirlwind up in W.A. at the start of the month and then wreaking havoc at the Tamworth Country Music Festival at the end of the month, settles into Tuesday nights at the Gem in Collingwood.

Check gigs page for details.

And just for fun, here’s a link to stream some live songs recorded at Northcote Social Club last year.

2008. Oh Eight. Oh Great.

January 8th, 2008

The album will be pressed this month. Trying to book shows around the country in March for a national launch tour.

We now settle into January Sundays at the Old Bar, continuing our tradition (4th year running this year) of being January residents at the Old Bar leading up to a big bash on Australia Day Eve (this year’s it’s on the the Sunday which is actually the Aus Day public holiday - obviously much more important than Australia Day itself, because that’s when we actually get a day off). There’s a whole bunch of guests each week (3-4 bands), plus a gold coin BBQ at 7 pm. It’s $6 entry each week for $10 jugs and good music. Except the last week which is $10.

CURRENT STATUS REPORT / DEPRESSED RELEASE

November 16th, 2007

Clinkerfield’s new album, “A Head Full Of Rain & A Heart Full Of Puddles”, is now set for an early 2008 release. Probably.

It was recorded earlier this year in a lonely (of course), haunted (possibly) country farmhouse with Aaron Cupples, who has also done great work with Silver City Highway, SubAudible Hum, James McCann, Dan Kelly & The Alpha Males, The Drones, & Paul Kelly, as well as his own twisted-folk/trash-metal projects - though Aaron is now A.W.O.L somewhere in Europe, resting on his laurels.

Some of the songs from it, snuck out in billy-carts under the cover of darkness, have already been receiving airplay on community radio across the country, and now even Triple J, that all-powerful national broadcaster, has lent its ear, even though there aren’t any singles on the album at all… (ahem).

Which sho’ is nice, innit!

After Jimmy spent two months overseas, playing a little but mostly just terrorising the people of Spain, Clinkerfield returned to the stage at the Corner Hotel in Melbourne at the end of October and played a blinder!

They now settle into November with a “national” tour and sporadic Jimmy solo shows (check gigs page) in between new song writing sessions in country Victoria, before returning to Melbourne for a couple of residencies in December.

So after all and despite the odds, Jimmy got home safe and on time, and Andrew successfully met all his rehab obligations, and all is well in Clinkerland… for now.

Mid-October, 2007

October 16th, 2007

Currently the band are having a rest, and deservedly so after a most stressful home-&-away season, but primarily because Jimmy, Clinkerfield’s optically blessed front-man, is nowhere to be found. After wrapping up his year-long Tuesday night residency at the Rainbow Hotel on the night the full-moon turned blood-red during a total lunar eclipse, Jim thoroughly disappeared. He is reportedly now recovering somewhere in Spain, after over-extending himself at his private show for the Norwegian Music press that happened in Barcelona on his birthday (this show allegedly carried on for four days), with a little busking on the side…

And in even worse news back on the home front, the rest of the band (represented foremost by M. Quinn & W. Dunn and aided by their tireless associates) are locked in a heartbreaking struggle desperately attempting to monitor the increasingly erratic behaviour of Clinkerfield’s problematic drummer Andrew, whose previously unknown drinking problem has spiralled utterly out of control in Jim’s absence.

However, plans are still afoot for an Australian tour to show-off a song or two from the album in October/November, after Jimmy gets out of bed and onto a plane, and god-willing, does not get stuck in Tokyo (where he’s been told he must wait 11-and-a-half hours for a connecting flight), and if Andrew fulfils his re-hab obligations.

Clinkerfield, all being well, play their first show back in the country of Australia-land in Melbourne at the Corner Hotel on Sunday 28th October. They shan’t reappear in Melbourne until December, due to a hectic touring schedule during November that takes in Perth.

September ‘07

September 5th, 2007

Clinkerfield’s new album, “A Head Full Of Rain & A Heart Full Of Puddles”, recorded earlier this year in a country farmhouse with Aaron Cupples, is now set for an early 2008 release.

After wrapping up his year-long Tuesday night residency at the Rainbow Hotel, on the night the full moon turned blood red during a total lunar eclipse, frontman Jimmy Stewart heads to Europe to play a private show for the Norwegian Music press in Spain on his birthday, and a little busking on the side…

Plans are afoot for an Australian tour to show-off a song or two from the album in October/November, after Jimmy returns from milking goats in the Pyrenees Mountains, before preparing to release and tour the album in early 2008.