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ALICE LIVE

Tongue savouring tour delights

The Tongue is set to thrill Alice Springs audiences tomorrow

Corey Sinclair

SYDNEY-BASED hip-hop artist TheTongue is coming to Alice Springsthis weekend as the final stop on hisnational tour.

The Tongue told the Centralian Advocatethat he can’t wait for his first visit toCentral Australia.

‘‘I’ve always wanted to see as much ofAustralia as possible and I’ve heard greatthings about Alice Springs,’’ he said.

‘‘A local fella by the name of Skank MCsaid he could bring us up there and Ijumped at the opportunity.’’

He is looking forward to meeting thelocals, seeing the beautiful country andsharing his music.

‘‘Plus I hear Skank MC puts on a greatshow so I’m keen to see what he can do,’’The Tongue said.

When asked to describe his music, TheTongue said he doesn’t sound like all theother Aussie MCs.

‘‘I’m different, you’ll see,’’ he said.‘‘Love, anger, sex, politics, drugs, pain,

forgiveness, peace.‘‘These are the things I rap about.

‘‘I’m rapping because I want to makepeople think. About love, about how tochange the world, about how to find peace.A lot of Aussie rappers just want to be thecentre of attention.

‘‘James Brown once said ‘There’s only twotypes of music: good music and bad music.I believe that. Genres don’t matter as muchas the intention and skill of the artist.’’

The Tongue said the ‘high’ of performingis amazing.

‘‘The feeling of expressing yourself, andhaving those emotions accepted and cel-ebrated is hard to describe,’’ he said.

Describing music as the greatest thing onearth, The Tongue said his calling was veryhard to deny. ‘‘I started off freestyling thenprogressed to MC battles and then intorecording and touring,’’ he said.

‘‘Now here we are; I’ve just released mythird album Surrender to Victory.’’

After finishing the tour, The Tongueplans to film a few more clips for songs fromSurrender to Victory and then release aremix EP.

Check out The Tongue’s facebook page athttp://www.facebook.com/#!/thetongue1.

n See The Tongue at Bojangles tomorrow night.

Nokturnal’s welcome returnCorey Sinclair

AFTER a four-year hiatus, AliceSprings’ original heavy metal bandNokturnal have reformed and willrock Monte’s tomorrow night.

Original band member DamienArmstrong is excited to give people ataste of their material.

‘‘Now that Nokturnal is an active,working band again, we wanna get outand do some gigs,’’ he said.

The band has come a long way sincethey formed in 1997 and picked uptheir first tour not long after.

‘‘We found a profile pretty quickly,played some major festivals and landeda record contract,’’ Damien said. ‘‘Teen-agers signed a big record contract, butnow we’re more mature and refined.’’

Touring Big Day Out and gettingnational airplay on Triple J, ABC andChannel V were some of the highlightsof Nokturnal’s early career.

But these days Nokturnal is an

independent act, with plans to self-release material.

‘‘The timing of our releases and thechange in trends was a factor in usparting ways with the record com-pany, and we’ve been independentever since,’’ he said. ‘‘They had ideas ofwhat they wanted from heavy bandson their label, and we were moreintelligent and dynamic than whatthey were expecting.

‘‘They wanted bands to have verysimple kind of music, but we weresongwriters and we had complex mus-icianship in our songs.’’

Damien said the moment the recordcompany said no guitar solos, theystarted packing their bags.

‘‘If you’ve ever seen one of our liveshows, you know we can play,’’ he said.‘‘When someone tells you as a musiciannot to play or ‘play less’, it’s roundabout when we ask is this right for us?’’

But if you’re expecting the same

band you heard in 1997, you’ll be in fora shock, as they have evolved.

‘‘We started out very heavy andprogressive, then delved into the newwave electronic metal and then wewrote some more radio-playabletunes,’’ Damien said. ‘‘Our new stuff isa culmination of our experiences. It’sheavy, yet still structured more simplyto please the audience.

‘‘The raw heaviness that has at-tracted people to us, and then therefinement that got us airplay andrecognition by a broader audience.’’

Nokturnal will even share billingwith respected country artist WarrenH. Williams tomorrow night.

‘‘He’s a country artist, but he does alot of contemporary-style country aswell as being quite an established andawarded artist, as we are,’’ Damien said.

nS̃ee Nokturnal and Warren H Williams at

Monte’s from 8pm Saturday.

Time to jam with industry expertsA SHOWCASE of some ofthe Northern Territory’sbest contemporary music-ians will take place at theTodd Tavern tonight.

NT Song of the Year win-ner Dave Crowe, NT Songof the Year Country Songwinner Gareth Dawkinsand National IndigenousMusic Award nomineeCatherine Satour will alltake the stage to show whythey were nominated.

Bush Bands Bash bandEastern Reggae will alsotake part with localfavourites Broadwing, MyTeam Dilemma, SmallJupiter, North TanamiBand, Katie Harder andUnbroken Expanse.

The AfterHours Show-case is an opportunity forNT musicians to perform in

front of guest speakers andindustry experts from theintune alice springs musicconference. It is also a show-case for the Central Aust-ralian music community,with contemporary musiccelebrated on stage.

Intune alice springs is athree-day music conferencefrom today until Sunday foremerging and professionalbands, musicians and musicindustry professionals inCentral Australia.

The conference featuressessions on management,publicity, social media, re-leasing music and more.

It allows local musicians toconnect with leading indus-try figures in an intimatesetting and focuses on tan-gible outcomes for theirmusic careers.

The showcase is at ToddTavern from 6pm today.

Saturday10am - noon: Feedback on Five

Local acts play their best fiveminutes of music to a panel of musicindustry experts for feedback.

Noon - 2pm: Music Expert Sess-ions

One-on-one sessions with musicindustry experts for Feedback onFive acts.

2.15pm - 3.15pm: Radio Gaga

Find out how to get you and yourmusic on radio, and how to make animpact when you do.

3.30pm - 5.30pm: ManagementMasterclass

Practical tours for self-managedartists and fledgling artist managers.

5.45pm - 6.45pm: APRA Con-nect

Meet with NT APRA representat-ive Phillip Eaton and talk allthings APRA.

6.45pm - 7.45pm: AAM NTChapter, Networking Function

Bringing emerging and estab-lished music managers and self-managed artists together to connect.

Sunday10am - 11.30am: Showcase ArtistsBrunch with panellists

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Noon - 1pm: Social Media 101

Workshop on using social media,the main things to consider and thebest platforms for musicians.

1.30pm - 2.30pm: Music VideoCrash Course

A creative workshop where youcan brainstorm ideas for yournext video.

2.45pm - 4.45pm: DIY ReleasingRecords

Get practical tips, tools and re-sources from those who’ve done itand those there to help.