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  • buick kbt coverYou have to admire record labels like Buttercup who dig up decades-old sounds from Australia’s music underground, chuck a new coat of paint on those mouldy old tapes and offer them up for a cash consideration to nerdy record collectors who crave those obscure Australian sounds.

    A cynical person would file this Melbourne combo under “'80s Smack Rock”…and of course I’m a cynical bastard. But, hey, being inspired by The Birthday Party or the Bad Seeds isn’t a bad thing. Those groups wrote their own rule books and went where no bands has been before them and if you’re going to be inspired by somebody it may as well be by the greats.

    I’m sure Buick KBT shared cups of tea with The Wreckery, The Moodists and The Sacred Cowboys. They certainly shared stages with Venom P.Stinger, Go-Betweens, X , The Laughing Clowns and Dead Kennedys.

  • kuepper and whiteSaints co-founder and leader of the Laughing Clowns and The Aints!, Ed Kuepper, is teaming with Jim White, the brilliant drummer of renowned instrumentalists Dirty Three and revered '80s-90s post-punks Venom P Stinger, for an Australian tour in May, June and July.

    The pair will reprise classics from Kuepper's stellar 45-year career in a multi-state tour that includes a stop-off at the Sydney Opera House.

    The shows will coincide with a trio of retrospective releasesfrom Kuepper covering his solo years, Laughing Clowns and The Aints! All titles will be released in limited amounts, on coloured vinyl, and with select CD issues also.

    Ed Kuepper and Jim White
    MAY

    25 - Castlemaine, Bridge Hotel
    26 - Melbourne Rising, Comedy Theatre
    28 - Meeniyan Town Hall
    29 - Macedon Hotel
    JUNE
    4 - Cairns, Tanks Arts Centre
    5 - Sunshine Coast, Imperial Hotel
    6 - Gold Coast, Miami Marketta
    10 - Newcastle, Lizottes
    11 - Wyong The Arthouse
    12 - Blue Mountains Theatre
    13 - Sydney Opera Houuse Studio (matinee and evening shows)
    6 - Eltham Hotel (SOLD OUT)
    17 - Brisbane, Triffid
    24 - Canberra, The Street
    27 - Adelaide, The Gov
    JULY
    3 - Fremantle Social Club
    All shows on-sale now via edkuepper.com