Thanks to all our supporters for a great year in 2017!
Our bands are been touring all over the world, we released a stack of amazing new music, very sadly The Snowdroppers broke up, and we have been planning for an even bigger 2018 ahead!
Click below 2017 new music to get it into your ears:
Whilst You Am I have been bogged down in negotiations about a new group haircut, Tim Rogers has recorded his seventh secessionist recording ‘An Actor Repairs’, and pleads for your attention as he once again confuses hubris for artistry.
The songs on the forthcoming album were written and re-written over two years as an accompaniment to a performance piece Tim was attempting, concerning the retirement from the stage of an elderly Actor.
The scripted elements of the piece gave way as he began working with Clio Renner, Melanie Robinson, Xani Kolac, Davey Lane, Brett Wolfendon and especially Shane O’Mara on the songs.
Working with musicians so dextrous and wilful, more songs were written in a fever, throwing the script away to include songs of devotion and delusion to create the final 12 tracks on the album.
The first single to be lifted from the album is ‘Youth’.
Tim says ‘Youth’ is a song about a character lifting themselves by the elbows out of the well-spring and accepting the waters won’t cleanse them of their sins. It was written four times, first as a skiffle, then a torch, then a lament, ending as an enthusiasm. Brett Wolfenden commands on drums, Diamond Davey on bass, Xani And Clio as the Grecian Chorus, Rai Preirera on percussion and Shane and I shaking our heads in wonder. If this song came in a dream, knock me out forever.’
For your affection, Tim Rogers will also be touring nationally this April and May, and will be playing songs from his twenty-eight years of recordings. With accompaniment by extraordinary musicians who should know better, the shows for the tour will take on a number of different incarnations owing to schedules and concentration.
Friday March 24th – Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide
Friday March 31st – Byron Bay Community Centre, Byron Bay
Saturday April 1st – Old Museum, R’R Writers Festival, Brisbane
Sunday April 16th – Spiegeltent, Wollongong
Thursday April 20th – Rosemount Hotel, Perth
Friday April 21st – Odd Fellow, Fremantle
Saturday April 22nd – Carine Tavern, Duncraig
Thursday May 4th –Street Theatre, Canberra
Friday May 5th – St Stephens Church, Newtown
Saturday May 6th – Milton Theatre, Milton
Friday May 12th – Workers Club, Geelong
Saturday May 13th – Melba Spiegeltent, Collingwood
Sunday May 14th – Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick
Saturday May 20th – Yarraville Club, Yarraville *on sale Thursday March 23rd
Friday May 26th –Hardys Bay Club, Hardys Bay
Saturday May 27th – The Edwards, Newcastle *on sale Thursday March 23rd
Sunday May 28th – Flow Bar, Old Bar
Tim Rogers, one of Australia’s most beloved musical Icons gets set to embark on a series of headline shows around the country this coming March and April in support of his latest release “Rogers Sings Rogerstein”. With Tim’s strong connection to the regional parts of this wide brown land, the forthcoming tour focuses on that bond, taking in regional and outer city areas across NSW, QLD and VIC.
Accompanied by long time friend and musical companion – guitarist Shane O’Mara – the tour sees Tim performing for the first time in Bulli, and well as returning to Newcastle and Kincumber on the 9-date East Coast tour. Support on selected (*) dates will be Alt. Country songstress Melody Feder and multi instrumentalist Michael Muchow who will join forces in a truly special musical partnership not to be missed.
As the frontman of You Am I, one of the essential Australian rock n’ roll bands, Tim Rogers has released 10 studio albums, three of which have debuted at number one in consecutive order – 1995’s Hi Fi Way, 1996’s Hourly Daily and 1998’s #4 Record – with the records receiving ARIA Awards and multiple platinum and gold status for commercial sales.
In addition to You Am I, Tim Rogers has released critically acclaimed solo albums, and a number of collaborations with fellow musicians including Tex Perkins, The Temperance Union and The Bamboos. In 2012 Tim released his fifth and most recent solo album (his second without a backing band) the critically acclaimed “Rogers Sings Rogerstein”.
