FEBRUARY HIGHLIGHTS/ MUST SEE BRISBANE BANDS

Yet again, The Triffid provides the goods! Squeezing in shows from a bunch of Brisbane’s finest, alongside

some very special international guests, into the shortest month of the year and extending its license to 2.00am!

The Triffid is all about supporting emerging Brisbane talent and paying homage to local heroes. In fact, it’s

written all over the beer garden wall!

This month you can catch a stellar lineup of Brisbane artists including the amazing Megan Washington, Mouldy lovers, Chocolate Strings and more.

Plus we’ll be playing host to the musical genius behind Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst as well as The Beautiful

Girls and rising American R&B star, Tinashe.

Satiate the hangries with a pre show Howzat Burger by Phillip Johnson (oozing with deliciousness) and a craft beer or wine! Here are the goods for this month...

Friday 6 February

MOULDY LOVERS, CHOCOLATE STRINGS, RIVERMOUTH & MOSKI JO The Mouldy Lovers are a wild, cacophonous, genre-bending crew featuring some of Brisbane’s finest

musicians. A wild fusion of ska, gypsy, punk, folk and reggae, their music is loud and raucous and WILL make you dance.

From 8pm

Saturday 7 February TRIFFID SEEDS - Showcasing Brisbane’s best emerging bands!

BINARY CIRCUS, JUNKYARD DIAMONDS, WALKEN & KALEIDOSCOPE Binary Circus create melodic, at times dark, grunge-filled songs layered with subtle-yet-thought-provoking lyrics. Junkyard Diamonds play an energetic mix of alternative, pop-grunge, psychedelic, bluesy, garage

rock. Walken are a two-piece alternative rock band built upon a combination of thunderous riffs, a modified guitar, heavy-hitting drums, throat-shreddin’ vocals, and bombastic pop choruses. Kaleidoscope, originally

from south coast NSW, are a hard psych band teaming epic dreads. From 7pm

Friday 13 February

THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS On the Summer Sound System tour, The Beautiful Girls will deliver familiar staples from the past as well as

tracks from the brand new studio album Dancehall Days. With sun drenched, reggae-tinged, surfside sounds The Beautiful Girls promise to bring good vibes to The

Triffid for Friday the 13th. From 8pm

 Saturday 14 February

MEGAN WASHINGTON Spend Valentine’s Day with multi-platinum, ARIA-award winning chanteuse, Megan Washington as she

brings a sprinkle of romance to Brisbane. Megan’s live shows are known for their raw energy, witty banter, emotional intensity and sing-a-long anthems of love lost and won.

Sunday 15 February

TINASHE with THANDI PHOENIX American R&B star, Tinashe, hits Australian shores for the first time in February 2015. The stunning

twenty-one-year-old singer, songwriter and performer has a distinct and dynamic vision of R&B, punctuated by hip-hop attitude, pop flavour, rock swagger and electronica spark. It all comes to life vividly on Aquarius,

her full-length debut. From 8pm

Friday 20 February

TRIFFID SEEDS - MIDWAY CREATURES & SPECIAL GUESTS Midway Creatures dabble in rock, punk and grunge. Triffid Seeds have some special announcements to

come with this show...

Wednesday 25 February CONOR OBERST

Best known as the musical genius behind Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst has released two has released three solo albums alongside further records with Bright Eyes, the Mystic Valley Band, indie-supergroup Monsters

of Folk and Desaparecidos. His latest release, Upside Down Mountain, has been hailed by critics as his finest work to date, Rolling Stone Magazine calling it ‘the most immediately charming record he has ever

made’ and had NME glowing that Oberst is ‘back to his sincere, melancholy best on his latest album’. Australian fans can expect to hear tracks from Upside Down Mountain alongside songs from Oberst’s

treasured back catalogue.

Thursday 26 February A NIGHT OF BLUES FEATURING CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE, MAL EASTICK & BUDDY KNOX

Charlie Musselwhite is a harmonica master whose life reads like the lyrics to a classic blues song: born in Mississippi, raised in Memphis and schooled on the South Side of Chicago.

During his career, Musselwhite has featured on recordings with Tom Waits, Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, John Lee Hooker, Bonnie Raitt, The Blind Boys of Alabama, INXS and many others. He was inducted into the Blues Foundation’s Blues Hall Of Fame in 2010, has won 24 Blues Music Awards, been nominated for

6 Grammy Awards, and just recently won a Grammy Award with Ben Harper for ‘Get Up’ in 2013.

The Triffid, providing the goods since ‘14!

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