Come to Nighthawks for this special one-off Blues, Outlaw Country + Rock N' Roll event featuring KIM VOLKMAN & THE WHISKEY PRIESTS, MATT MALONE & THE HOLY SPIRITS + MATT GREEN (HAPPY LONESOME). Don't miss this show!
KIM VOLKMAN & THE WHISKEY PRIESTS
Kim Volkman is Australian rock n roll with musical roots that tap the dirty, swaggering, tattoo'd rock of Melbourne's St Kilda & Sydney's Kings Cross. He’s been the lead guitar slinger w/ the legendary Ian Rilen (writer of Rose Tattoo’s Bad Boy For Love), bassist for the seminal underground band - X + guest musician w/ Spencer P. Jones, James McCann, Izzy Cox, Harem Scarem. He’ll be joined by The Whiskey Priests featuring Helen Cattanach (Moler) + Carl Manuell (Beargarden + John Justin & The Thunderwings).
Kim Volkman & The Whiskey Priests - Blue (2023): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di3cNsUO71I
Kim Volkman & The Whiskey Priests - Alive And Well (2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiMbQUjUg14
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MATT MALONE & THE HOLY SPIRITS
Matt Malone is an iconoclastic singer-songwriter hailing from the goldfields region of Victoria, Australia. Matt’s bold baritone / tenebrous imagery have often been compared to Michael Gira, Nick Cave, David Eugene Edwards, Mark Lanegan, Johnny Cash + he has cultivated a cult audience with his intense live performances having shared the stage with the likes of Kim Salmon (Beasts Of Bourbon) + Hugo Race (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds). 2023 saw Malone release his critically acclaimed - For The Term Of My Natural Life (VRS Records, CD / Vinyl), solidifying his status as one of the consummate singer-songwriters of the Australian underground. He'll be joined The Holy Spirits featuring James W. du Plessis (Volcanic Honeymoon, The Seabirds).
'★★★★’ - Sydney Morning Herald
"Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits channel the darkness, the shadows... you'll recognize some Bad Seeds vibes in here and I'm all for it." - Henry Wagons, Double J
"Whatever juju, alchemy or disturbed darkness that made Jim Morrison put on a pair of leather trousers & shock the world out of its apathy… Matt has got it!" - Kim Salmon (The Scientists, Beasts Of Bourbon, The Surrealists)
Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits - For The Term Of My Natural Life (2023):
https://youtu.be/JXOAjqxr1oY?si=9Mr2dhVGerGS88u1
Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits - I'm Bad Like Jesse James (2024): https://youtu.be/HNln4qHE4lg?si=ewvO8qp4s3_2Iffw
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MATT GREEN (HAPPY LONESOME)
That’s how it all started out. Then duo, trio and eventually 5 piece band….then back again. Geelong born band - Happy Lonesome started out as a recording project back in 98’ when New Season went on hiatus for a bit. Matt Green teamed up with then partner, Claire Birchall and the New Season’s Jarrod Quarrel (Lost Animal) to record Matt’s songs with a bunch of other Geelong crew in support. Eventually that turned to a 5 piece band. Since then Happy Lonesome has gone through many line up changes over the years. Pete Azzopardi replaced Quarrel in 2001, many many shows and a handful of recordings ensued. Happy Lonesome are now on a break for a bit, so Matt is solo again. Drawing very favourable and flattering, if slightly over-the-top comparisons to the likes of Green on Red, Dead Moon, Husker Du and Tom Petty amongst others Matt still straps on the guitar and plays some songs from time to time. A new Happy Lonesome recording project is currently in the works. Until then, solo again…
Happy Lonesome - High Up In The Noose (2016): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR96iZS-u-0
