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 4 minutes of sprawl, a swirling mess amidst the clutter & junk of urban decay. Recorded by James Bentley @ The Fort in Brooklyn, NYC. Mastered by Kevin Blackler @ Blackler Mastering in Brooklyn, NYC
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Home

Hello we say, as we wipe the sleep from our eyes and adjust the drawl in our voices to reflect just which country we're in.

We're home from the the USA. It was fun, amongst other things, and might possibly have been productive. That remains to be seen.

We've got some new shows coming up, in a new format, but for now, here a souvenier from our time abroad. This is a live recording of RC, captured from our second gig in NYC, which was at the Bar East Ale House on the Upper East Side. We went in not expecting much but walked off stage with the buzz under our skin and our faces flush.

You can grab a copy of Royal Chant - Live in Manhattan from the Royal Chant Bandcamp. Pay what you will, and yes, that means nothing at all if that's all you can muster at the moment. Believe us, we understand. Play it loud, tell a friend, rinse, repeat.

Catch you soon. Shows in less than 2 weeks, and more to say on that....later.

xoxo
Mark

Hello from NYC xoxo

 Hey folks,

thought we'd reach out from across the world for once and say hi from a different country/continent/hemisphere/time zone.  The band is safe and sound in NYC, loving every waking minute of it, and the unwaking ones as well.  We've already played 2 shows, and we're about an hour and a half away from heading in the The Fort in Brooklyn to record our next single.  We're not sure what song we'll record, but we're hoping a nice democratic process will unfold.  If not we can always wrestle.  

Check our dates and see if we're coming to a tonw near you.  We're here for 6 more days before we head South, which will be a whole 'nother adventure in itself.  I (Mark), can't wait to show the rest of the band grits.  Pics for sure.

Play it loud and sing along, see you soon xoxo

Mark

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What's up with what's going down?

Hello hello,

it's that time of the year when...nothing really happens.  Yeah, sort of those Winter doldrums which are bad regardless of whether you are jam packed in the city or cold & lonely out in the country.  It's just boring and blah and somewhat nippy in the air but nowhere near cold enough for it to snow (thus depriving us of a bit of diversionary fun).  So, we sit and practice, or call off practice due to sheer boredom & drink (which rather destroys any possible advantages of having free time), or do any number of things to keep ourselves occupied.  Lots of tea, reading, writing, and feline attention. 

We also think of what's on the horizon, which happen to be a few choice shows and the upcoming release of the new Royal Chant album, our Sleep Quintet EP.  We've already released installents 1-3, with 4 & 5 coming over the next two months, respectively.  You can get your hands on the latest, a short blast of unconsciousness titled "Too Much (Is Never Enough)".  It's free, like most everything these days, and it sounds best when played really loud and somewhat tipsy.  Or really tipsy.  Your choice. 

In August we're heading North for a weekend, with shows in Byron Bay and our fav venue in Brisbane, X & Y Bar, and then coming home to Sydney for our album launch at Spectrum, an excellent venue that we have not graced since we opened up for Boy & Bear way back in 2009 and things got very, very messy. 

Say hi if it's been a while.  If you dig what you hear please tell a friend or tell the world.  No matter what, it means a lot.

Cheers for now.  Play it loud.


+ Over it. Burned. Head North and do it again +

Hey all Royal Chantonians,

thanks to everyone for coming out and getting rowdy with us these past couple of months.  Drums in the air from the stage on a lonely night in Newcastle, sticky and friendly as always at the Lansdowne, familiar faces at the Oxford Art Factory, and then all quiet on the Western Front at FBi Social following ANZAC Day.  Some victories, some laughs, some beers, some fuzz.  Ah well, chalk it up to age & miles.  Cynic. 

Anyway, instead of griping about worthless shit we can't control I guess it's verbs better spent on celebrating the things we can.  Thanks to Dave Hammer at DefWolf for helping us pound out our latest release, Hesitation Kills.  We like it very much, and cheers to all the stations in Oz and around the world who have helped us spread the word.  We also headed into TLS Studios with old friend Ajay Bawden to start bashing out new material for our next EP, which will probably come out right as we're leaving for the States in the Spring.  By then I reckon we'll need a vacation. 

That's all from here.  Support your local music, live & loud, and we thank all of you for doing that for us.  Our latest upcoming tour dates are coming soon, but for now please accept a half-eaten bag of Cheetos to tide you over. 

X

Autumn gets louder

We'll keep this brief, but Autumn is upon us, so it's time to harvest our latest single and put it on the open market.  We've got gigs and songs happening, and it's all about to become a cyclone of garage starting....now. 

When the Pogues hit town you need to keep yor eyes propped open for a late, late night, as we're taking over The Gaelic Club for a very unofficial after party that will be a giant, swirling mess of whiskey, cider, Guiness, and music.  Get your tickets now before the event runs out and you're stuck standing in the gutter looking up with longing in your eyes at the raucous joy emanating from the upstairs frivolity. 

There's heaps more happening, stay tuned for the latest....

Killing company time...

We don't like to brag (well actually, yes, we do), but we have a boatload of videos over at Royal Chant TV.  You could easily soak up the hours on the company clock and get your fill of Royal Chant goodness; with music clips, live footage, tour diaries, drum solos, & streaking.  We're not sure when it got out of hand, but somehow the videos turned into rabbits and started multiplying like crazy.  There's enough there to feed your alcohol-soaked brain and help soothe your worst hangover.  Not sure? Try it, we dare you.

In other news, since we forgot to wish you at the appropriate time, let us make amends and say Happy New Year....and Merry Christmas/Happy Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Festivus/etc.  Yeah, we've been a little slack, but that's gonna change, we swear. 

Mark's got an acoustic solo set at the Macquarie on Australia Day, but since it's at 5 pm there might be a few folks left in Port who aren't completely wasted just yet.  The next full throttle band gig is on March 15th at the Lansdowne, which will be a smash since we'll be joined on stage by the amazing Sounds Like Sunset.  After that, keep your eyes and ears peeled for our Autumn/Winter tour schedule plus our plans to hit the States.

Catch you soon, play it loud. 

REMIX REMIX REMIX

Wipe that Sound got his dirty mitts on our track 'Bored Awake."
To hear the results head over to our Unearthed page.

....Here's Johnny!

Well, we have said good-bye to yet another residency, this time it was our Sunday sessions at the Town Hall Hotel in Newtown.  It ended as all good things must, with Mark naked onstage and Matt throwing his drums.  [sigh].

However, if you'd like some news to help dry your tears of forlorn longing, then how about heading over to Innersection and checking out this brand new video of Johnny Craig from Coffs Harbour.  Shot and edited by Tom Woods of ST Images, they heard "Syndrome" on the radio one day and asked if they could use it for their backing music.  Being avid supporters of all things surfing, it was a resounding YES from the Royal Chant camp. 

Take a look and listen, cast your vote, and leave a comment.  Help support independent surfers and artists alike : ) 

It's going to be a quiet few months as we head back into the studio to work on a few new singles for the Summer.  But, when we do come back it will certainly be well rested and with hearts on fire.  We kick off with Trial Kennedy at the Oxford Arts Factory on Friday, October 28th, and then head over for the Newtown Festival on Sunday, November 13th.  It will be good and loud and as heartfelt as always. 

See you soon, peace for now.....
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Upcoming events

  • Thursday, June 6 8:00 pm
  • Hailer + Vulpes Vulpes + Royal Chant + The Nectars
  • Yours & Owls: 95a Crown Street, Wollongong, NSW, AU (MAP)
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  • Friday, June 7 8:00 pm
  • Hailer + Dead Radio + Royal Chant + Julia Why
  • Brighton Up Bar: 1/77 Oxford St, Darlinghurst, NSW, AU (MAP)
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  • Thursday, June 27 8:00 pm
  • Designer Mutts EP Launch w/Siamese Almeida + Milkmaids + Jugular Cuts
  • Brighton Up Bar: 1/77 Oxford St, Darlinghurst, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • 18+
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  • Friday, June 28 8:00 pm
  • Sounds Like Sunset 7" launch w/Skullsquadron + Royal Chant
  • The Square: Downstairs, Capitol Square Hotel, Cnr of George & Campbell Streets, Sydney, NSW, AU (MAP)
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  • Friday, June 28 8:30 pm
  • Royal Chant @ Crate Record Bar
  • Crate Record Bar: 34 Glebe Point Road, Glebe (Sydney), NSW, AU (MAP)
  • It seems fitting that our last show of our 2013 Panic & Cash tour is in a lovely record store in the heart of hustling, bustling Glebe. 
  • $5 (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
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  • Friday, July 12 8:30 pm
  • Designr Mutts @ Crate Record Bar
  • Crate Record Bar: 34 Glebe Point Road, Glebe (Sydney), NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Hitting the stage with our old friends Bang! Bang! Rock N Roll! opening the evening.  Vinyl + Vino plus the usual fragments of guitar & music.
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Previous events

  • Saturday, May 18 12:00 pm
  • Sounds On Sunset Festival
  • Sundowner Tiona Tourist Park: The Lakes Way Tiona, Pacific Palms, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • $28.05 + BF (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Saturday, May 11 8:30 pm
  • The Phoenix
  • The Phoenix: 21 E Row, Canberra, ACT, AU (MAP)
  • ..:: Royal Chant + Hailer + New Brutalists ::..

    Taking the first edition of Garage Syndicate on the road, to our old haunt at The Phoenix in Canberra.  Has it really been this long? 
  • +FREE+ (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Thursday, May 9 8:00 pm
  • Garage Syndicate, Vol. 2: Designer Mutts + Jugular Cuts + Kids With Teeth
  • FBi Social @ Kings X Hotel: Level 2, 248 William Street, Kings Cross (Sydney), NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Dirty Mab Records, Big Tree Artists, Holding Pattern, & FBi 94.5 FM Sydney are proud to bring you GARAGE SYNDICATE, Vol. 2:

    ..:: Designer Mutts + + Jugular Cuts + Kids With Teeth ::..

    Leave your guts on stage and the music will take care of itself.
  • $10.00 + $3.30 BF
  • Wednesday, May 8 8:00 pm
  • ANTICS
  • Cambridge Hotel: 789 Hunter St, Newcastle, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Full line-up TBA
  • +FREE+ (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Wednesday, May 8 1:00 pm
  • Lunch Break @ FBi Social
  • FBi Social @ Kings X Hotel: Level 2, 248 William Street, Kings Cross (Sydney), NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Free gig at our favourite venue, playing a live set straight to air over the airwaves. 
  • +FREE+ (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Thursday, March 28 8:00 pm
  • Garage Syndicate, Vol. 1: The Chitticks + Royal Chant + Hailer + New Brutalists
  • FBi Social @ Kings X Hotel: Level 2, 248 William Street, Kings Cross (Sydney), NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Dirty Mab Records, Big Tree Artists, & FBi 94.5 FM Sydney are proud to bring you GARAGE SYNDICATE, Vol. 1:
    ..:: The Chitticks :: Royal Chant :: Hailer :: New Brutalists ::..

    Leave your guts on stage and the music will take care of itself. 
  • $10 (Buy tickets)
  • Saturday, March 9 7:00 pm
  • The Factory Theatre: Bob Mould + Knievel + Royal Chant
  • Factory Theatre: 105 Victoria Road, Marrickville, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Supporting BOB MOULD.  ENough said. 
  • $49.00 + BF (Buy tickets)
  • Thursday, February 28 9:30 pm
  • Designer Mutts @ Port Macquarie Hotel
  • Port Macquarie Hotel: Crn Horton & Clarence, Port Macquarie, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • +FREE+
  • 18+
  • Sunday, February 24 5:00 pm
  • Grand Junction Hotel w/Bonjah
  • Grand Junction Hotel: 88 Church St, Maitland, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Last show of the weekend, playing one of our favourite venues with one of our favourite bands.  Distortion pedals and Sunday frothies....you know the drill. 
  • +FREE+
  • 18+
  • Saturday, February 23 8:00 pm
  • Annandale w/Bonjah
  • Annandale: 17 Paramatta Rd., Annandale (Sydney), NSW, AU (MAP)
  • +Badass+
  • $21.45 (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Friday, February 22 8:00 pm
  • Great Northern Hotel w/BONJAH
  • Great Northern Hotel: 89 Scott Street, Newcastle, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • $21.45 (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Thursday, February 21 9:00 pm
  • Designer Mutts @ Port Macquarie Hotel
  • Port Macquarie Hotel: Crn Horton & Clarence, Port Macquarie, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • +FREE+
  • 18+
  • Saturday, February 9 7:00 pm
  • The Factory Theatre: Bob Mould + Knievel + Royal Chant
  • Factory Theatre: 105 Victoria Road, Marrickville, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • We're supporting BOB MOULD.  Enough said. 
  • $49.00 + BF (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Friday, February 1 8:00 pm
  • MUM/World Bar
  • MUM @ World Bar: Kings Cross, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • FINAL LINEUP TBA
  • 18+
  • Thursday, January 31 8:00 pm
  • The Standard
  • The Standard: Level 3 383 Bourke St, Surrey Hills, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Get down on it!

    Royal Chant
    The Darkened Seas
    The Black Lakes
    All My Alien Sex Friends
  • $10.00 + $3.30 BF (Buy tickets)
  • Thursday, January 24 7:00 pm
  • Designert Mutts @ Port Macquarie Hotel
  • Port Macquarie Hotel: Crn Horton & Clarence, Port Macquarie, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Mark & Matt are at it again....
  • +FREE+
  • 18+
  • Monday, January 14 8:00 pm
  • Old Bar: Unpaved Songwriters Sessions (Mark Spence solo acoustic)
  • Old Bar: 74 - 76 Johnston St, Fitzroy (Melbourne), VIC, Australia (MAP)
  • ..:: Unplugged. Acoustic Punk. Anti-folk. Sound. Music. Noise ::..
  • $7.00 (Buy tickets)
  • Saturday, January 5 8:00 pm
  • Laurieton United Services Club w/DALLAS FRASCA + DIRTY LITTLE REBELS
  • Laurieton United Services Club: Seymour Street, Laurieton, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • DALLAS FRASCA

    Things have skyrocketed for Melbourne’s riff rockers, Dallas Frasca since the release of their successful sophomore album (recorded in New York City with Australian producer Andy Baldwin), Sound Painter. As they get set to head to the U.K, Europe (just signing a record deal with successful French label, VERYCORD (Skunk Anansie, Triggerfinger) and Canada in March. They will bring their super charged, massive guitar riffs along the East Coast of Australia for the ‘Summer Assault’ tour in early January before they hit the International circuit in 2013.

    Slash (Guns n Roses, Velvet Revolver) has even been cranking Dallas Frasca’s album in his tour van and recently tweeted, “Great vocals, riffs and groove”.

    After a 4 star review in the SMH, a personal endorsement from Slash, a third place in the International Songwriting Competition AAA category and an international career on the horizon, it's looking like the year of the Frasca.

    The Summer Assault tour will kick off at Woodford Folk Festival, and cover as many towns with special guests along the way.
  • $20.00 (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Saturday, January 5 – Sunday, March 31, 2013
  • PANIC & CASH TOUR 2012
  • VIC/NSW/QLD: Australia
  • Royal Chant are touring across Australia behind their new single, "Did You Pay Cash For That Panic Attack?", the latest offering from their sprawling, surreal narrative.
  • Thursday, December 27, 2012 9:00 pm
  • Designert Mutts @ Port Macquarie Hotel
  • Port Macquarie Hotel: Crn Horton & Clarence, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia (MAP)
  • Matt & Mark started a little side project while James is still away trotting across the globe.  Drums + baritone guitar, plus all the trimmings. 

    Get down and check it out. 

    Designer Mutts
  • +FREE+ (Buy tickets)
  • Saturday, November 10, 2012 8:00 pm
  • FBi Social Presents: TenElevenTwelve
  • FBi Social @ Kings X Hotel: Level 2, 248 William Street, Kings Cross (Sydney), NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Here it is. RC back in Oz and hitting one of our favourite venues courtesy of our fav Sydney independent radio station. Loud, love, fuzz, etc.

    8:00: DOORS
    8:20-8:50: The Grease Arrestor
    9:10-9:40: Tiger Widow
    10:00-10:30: Royal Chant
    10:50-11:20: Love Parade
    11:30: HANDS UP DJ PARTY til LATE LATE LATE
  • $10 (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Saturday, November 3, 2012 10:00 pm
  • Retreat Hotel
  • Retreat Hotel: 280 Sydney Rd., Brunswick (Melbourne), VIC, Australia (MAP)
  • Back in ye olde Melbourne town, our first time onstage at the Retreat Hotel, opening for Brad Martin & Co.

    Come out and feel the fuzz.  (The noise, not the cops.  Get your mind out of the gutter, pervert.)
  • +FREE+ (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Saturday, October 6, 2012 8:00 pm
  • Hendershot's
  • Hendershot's: 1560 Oglethorpe Dr, Athens, GA, USA (MAP)
  • TBA (Buy tickets)
  • Friday, October 5, 2012 8:00 pm
  • Hendershot's
  • Hendershot's: 1560 Oglethorpe Dr, Athens, GA, USA (MAP)
  • TBA (Buy tickets)
  • Wednesday, October 3, 2012 7:00 pm
  • The Cave
  • The Cave: 452 1/2 W. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA (MAP)
  • Taking the South by storm, grits and all!  

    The HIssy Fits are also taking the stage that night, so get there early and show some local lovin'
  • TBA (Buy tickets)
  • 21+
  • Tuesday, October 2, 2012 7:30 pm
  • The Velvet Lounge
  • The Velvet Lounge: 915 U Street NW, Washington, DC, USA (MAP)
  • Line-up: Smoke Green, Royal Chant, Go Cozy
  • TBA (Buy tickets)
  • 21+
  • Saturday, September 29, 2012 8:00 pm
  • The Gutter
  • The Gutter: 200 North 14th Street, Brooklyn, New York, USA (MAP)
  • TBA (Buy tickets)
  • Friday, September 28, 2012 8:00 pm
  • The Fifth Estate
  • The Fifth Estate: 506 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, USA (MAP)
  • Full Line-up TBA
  • TBA (Buy tickets)
  • 21+
  • Saturday, September 22, 2012 8:00 pm
  • Bar East
  • Bar East: 1733 1st Avenue @ 90th Street, Manhattan, New York, USA (MAP)
  • TBA (Buy tickets)
  • 21+
  • Friday, September 21, 2012 8:30 pm
  • XPO 929
  • XPO 929: 929 Broadway, Brooklyn, New York, USA (MAP)
  • The Line-up: KNTRLR, Totem, Royal Chant, The Field Recordings

    The Cost: 6 fuckin' bucks

    The Reason: because we said so

    The Outcome: Guaranteed

  • 6.00 (Buy tickets)
  • 21+
  • Saturday, August 25, 2012 8:00 pm
  • KITTENS @ SPECTRUM
  • Spectrum: 34-44 Oxford St., Darlinghurst (Sydney), NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Alright alright, $10 gets you in the door of one of Sydney's most banging venues.  See you there, bring a friend, but hopefully not that really depressing one who's alwys complaining and wants to leave early and spends all night on the phone to their significant.  Bring the other one. 
  • $10 (Buy tickets)
  • Saturday, August 4, 2012 8:00 pm
  • X & Y Bar w/Hunting Grounds
  • X & Y Bar: 648 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley (Brisbane), QLD, AU (MAP)
  • $17.85 (Buy tickets)
  • Friday, August 3, 2012 8:00 pm
  • Byron Bay Brewery
  • 1 Skinners Shoot Road, Byron Bay, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • 'Aye, here we go.  Heading North as it hots up. 
  • TBA
  • Thursday, August 2, 2012 8:00 pm
  • Lismore Bowlo
  • Lismore Bowlo: Lismore, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Full Line Up TBA
  • TBA
  • 18+
  • Thursday, July 26, 2012 7:00 pm
  • Port Macquarie Hotel (solo acoustic)
  • Port Macquarie Hotel: Crn Horton & Clarence, Port Macquarie, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Thursday, July 12, 2012 10:00 pm
  • Port Macquarie Hotel (solo acoustic)
  • Port Macquarie Hotel: Crn Horton & Clarence, Port Macquarie, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Thursday, July 5, 2012 6:00 pm
  • Music Kafe (Mark Spence solo acoustic)
  • The Music Kafe: 185 Boundary Street, West End (Brisbane), QLD, AU (MAP)
  • Mark ventures out of state on his own for the first time.

    ..:: Anti-Folk. Acoustic Punk. Unplugged Garage. Sound. Music. Noise ::..
  • +FREE+ (Buy tickets)
  • Thursday, May 31, 2012 7:00 pm
  • Port Macquarie Hotel
  • Crn Horton & Clarence, Port Macquarie, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • +FREE+
  • Wednesday, May 30, 2012 7:00 pm
  • The Great Northern Hotel
  • 83-89 Scott Street, Newcastle, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • TBA (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Thursday, April 26, 2012 8:00 pm
  • VICE presents: Royal Chant + The Pretty Littles + Deathsquare @ FBi Social
  • FBi Social: Kings X, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • This Thursday, 26th of April at VICE Presents: Royal Chant, The Little Pretties and Deathsquare live at FBi Social. That's Thursday 26th at FBi Social. Doors at 8, entry's free. Just like the magazine. VICE, proud sponsors of FBi.
  • FREE FREE FREE!!! (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Saturday, April 14, 2012 8:00 pm
  • Oxford Art Factory Gallery Bar: Royal Chant + The Shake Up + Senza Sole
  • Oxford Art Factory Gallery Bar: 38-46 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • ..:: ROYAL CHANT HESITATION KILLS SINGLE LAUNCH ::..

    Alright alright alright....We've been back in the studio making that sort of fuzzy noise that we do so naturally we're heading to our favourite stomping grounds to blast it to you and the rest of the world. It's free entry on a Saturday night, so if you can find an excuse to be elsewhere you get an A+ for creativity and effort. Come out, sing at the top of your lungs, spill your beer, and look sheepish. We've been there, and we're still doing it.

    Our friends The Shake Up are joining us on stage to to do all that their name implies (and then some) + cheap drinks and DJs til late.

    It's the way of the whirlwind. See you there.

    LINE-UP
    -Senza Sole 8:20-8:50
    -Shake Up 9:10-9:40
    -Royal Chant 10:00-10:40


  • FREE (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:00 pm
  • The Gaelic Club Presents: DIRTY OLD TOWN
  • The Gaelic Club: Level1/64 Devonshire Street, Surrey Hills (Sydney), NSW, AU (MAP)
  • ..:: DIRTY OLD TOWN ::..

    Going to the Pogues concert at the Horden? Then don't plan on making it home soon after. Following every proper gig in Ireland is a session for the real musos and music lovers who know that nothing good ever happens before midnight. In honour of the Pogues arrival in Australia the Gaelic Club is hosting a massive session of its own, throwing its doors open late and going until the streams of whiskey run dry or the musicians collapse. With acts such as General Pants and The Privates, Get Folked, and Royal Chant, the night will span the entire musical spectrum; folk, rock, punk, anti-folk, garage + everything in between. In honour of and laced with the spirit of The Pogues and all that implies.

    Get your tickets NOW before the room sells out. Once they're gone you'll be left out in the cold, like a rainy night in Soho.

    Tickets available through MOSHTIX.
  • $10 (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Thursday, March 15, 2012 8:00 pm
  • VULTURES/INDIE WARHOL "F--K Friday Club"
  • The Lansdowne: 2 City Rd., Darlington Point, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Details/Acts TBA
  • FREE SO YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO BE THERE (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Thursday, March 8, 2012 9:00 pm
  • Port Macquarie Hotel (solo acoustic)
  • Port Macquarie Hotel: Port Macquarie, NSW (MAP)
  • Mark is playing an unplugged show all by his lonesome.  Old songs, new songs....it doesn't matter, most of the drunkards won't have a clue who wrote them anyways.

    ..:: Anti-Folk. Acoustic Punk. Sound. Music. Noise ::..
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Saturday, March 3, 2012 8:00 pm
  • Hamilton Station Hotel
  • 2-6 Beaumont Street, Islington, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • TBA (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Thursday, February 16, 2012 9:00 pm
  • Port Macquarie Hotel (solo acoustic)
  • Port Macquarie Hotel: Port Macquarie, NSW (MAP)
  • Mark's playing unplugged to the restless yet apathetic masses.  Join the crowd.

    ..:: Anti-folk. Acoustic Punk. Sound. Music. Noise ::..
  • FREE
  • Sunday, February 12, 2012 12:00 pm
  • INTERNATIONAL DARWIN DAY CELEBRATION (solo acoustic)
  • The Beach House: 1 Horton St., Port Macquarie, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • It's the International Darwin Day, so Mark will be celebrating all by his lonesome, doing his best to aid in the fight against the forces of bad thought, shoddy reasoning, hypocrisy, intolerance, religious fanaticism, fear, racism, sexism, homophobia, and dickheads in general.  And he hopes to accomplish this with his guitar, hoping to channel Woody Guthrie's own creed: THIS MACHINE KILLS FASCISTS.

    ..:: Anti-Folk. Acoustic Punk. Sound. Music. Noise ::..
  • FREE
  • Saturday, January 28, 2012 12:00 pm
  • The Beach House (solo acoustic)
  • The Beach House: 1 Horton St., Port Macquarie, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Shake off your hangover with a bloody mary and some unknown tunes by an unknown singer/guitarist/creator/destoryer.

    ..:: Anti-Folk : Acoustic Punk : Sound : Music : Noise ::..
  • FREE
  • Thursday, January 26, 2012 5:00 pm
  • Port Macquarie Hotel (solo acoustic)
  • Port Macquarie Hotel: Port Macquarie, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Happy Australia Day!
    Mark will be doing a solo acoustic set at The Macca, playing original songs that no one wants to hear in front of a restless crowd that doesn't want to hear them.  Sounds about right, sounds like....anti-folk. 

    ..::Anti-folk.acoustic punk.sound.music.noise::..
  • FREE...SO YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE NOT TO BE THERE
  • Saturday, January 14, 2012 8:00 pm
  • Roxbury Hotel
  • Roxbury Hotel: 182 St. Johns Rd., Glebe (Sydney), NSW, AU (MAP)
  • THE BANDS:
    SOUNDS LIKE SUNSET
    ROYAL CHANT
    BANG! BANG! ROCK N ROLL!
  • 10 bucks at the door! (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Saturday, December 3, 2011 8:00 pm
  • AFTER BAKE @ FBi Social
  • FBi Social: Kings X, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • AFTER BAKE: For those who didn't just fall off their dinosaur.  Stay out late and throw down with the vangaurd of Sydney's underground music scene.  The absolute BEST line-up and an absolute steal for $10.  If you don't know each and every one of these bands, you will by the end of the year. 

    ROYAL CHANT
    FAIT ACCOMPLI
    SISTER JANE
    BANG! BANG! ROCK N ROLL!

    Tickets through oztix.com
  • 10.00 (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Friday, December 2, 2011 8:00 pm
  • Sydney Live House
  • Lewisham Hotel: 794 Parammata Rd., Lewisham, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • TBA (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Saturday, November 26, 2011 8:00 pm
  • X & Y Bar
  • X & Y Bar: 648 Ann Street, Fortitude Valley (Brisbane), QLD, AU (MAP)
  • Royal Chant
    Blonde On Blonde
    One Dirty Bird
    Cherry Dove
  • TBA (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Friday, November 25, 2011 8:00 pm
  • Spotted Cow Hotel
  • Spotted Cow Hotel: 296 Ruthven St., Toowoomba, QLD, AU (MAP)
  • Royal Chant
    Blonde on Blonde
    One Dirty Bird
  • FREE (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Thursday, November 24, 2011 8:00 pm
  • Gollan Hotel
  • Gollan Hotel: 73 Keen Street, Lismore, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Out of the rubble, back into trouble....
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Sunday, November 13, 2011 9:30 am
  • Newtown Festival
  • Newtown Festival: Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, Newtown, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • FREE (Buy tickets)
  • Friday, October 28, 2011 8:00 pm
  • Royal Chant @ Oxford Arts Factory w/TRIAL KENNEDY
  • Oxford Arts Factory: 38-46 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • The final show of Trial Kennedy's "Exology" tour, appearing with Dangerous! and The Dead Love. 
  • $19.90 (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Saturday, October 15, 2011 7:30 pm
  • Good God Small Club
  • Good God Small Club: 53-55 Liverpool St., Chinatown (Sydney CBD), NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Appearing with MOTHER & SON and SURPRISE WASP.  Doors at 7:30 + cheap drinks + loud noises.
  • (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Sunday, July 31, 2011 7:00 pm
  • Royal Chant Town Hall July Residency
  • Town Hall Hotel: 326 King St., Newtown, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • with Spookyland (band show), and the New Brutalists...back for more!!! Love these guys!
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Sunday, July 24, 2011 7:00 pm
  • Royal Chant Town Hall July Residency
  • Town Hall Hotel: 326 King St., Newtown, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • w/Colt 44s.
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Friday, July 22, 2011 7:00 pm
  • Royal Chant @ Cabbage Tree Hotel
  • Cabbage Tree Hotel: Fairy Meadow/Wollongong (MAP)
  • 18+
  • Sunday, July 17, 2011 7:00 pm
  • Royal Chant Town Hall July Residency
  • Town Hall Hotel: 326 King St., Newtown, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • with Proffesor, The Earlybirds.
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Saturday, July 16, 2011 8:00 pm
  • RoyaL Chant @ Cornish Arms Hotel
  • Cornish Arms Hotel: 163A Sydney Road, Brunswick, VIC, AU (MAP)
  • Many thanks to the folks at the Cornish Arms for putting their hands up and opening their doors to us in the wake of the Ding Dong Lounge fire/fiasco.  We're very much obliged, so we'll try and make it up to them by playing loud and fast and as long as our fingers can stand up.  Immediately following our set we pack up and head onwards for another lovely, scenic drive through the night back to Sydney for round 3 of our Town Hall residency.
  • FREE (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Friday, July 15, 2011 8:00 pm
  • Royal Chant @ Korova Lounge w/Tessa & The Typcast
  • Korova Lounge: 15 Field Street, Ballarat, VIC, AU (MAP)
  • Tessa & The Typcast have invited us to their hometown single launch, and it will be only our second forway into non-Melbourne Victoria, (the first being the ill-fated Bluepring Festival.)  New territory awaits....
  • $8 (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Sunday, July 10, 2011 7:00 pm
  • Royal Chant Town Hall July Residency
  • Town Hall Hotel: 326 King St., Newtown, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • w/Tessa & The Typecast (Melb), and My Beloved Monster.
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Sunday, July 3, 2011 7:00 pm
  • Royal Chant Town Hall July Residency
  • Town Hall Hotel: 326 King St., Newtown, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • w/ Sativa Sun (Brisbane) and New Brutalists. 
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Saturday, July 2, 2011 3:00 pm – 10:00 pm
  • Royal Chant @ FBi SYDNEY SOUNDS LIKE - CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE
  • Factory Theatre: 105 Victoria Road, Marrickville, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • We'll be back amongst the pokies, pai gow, craps, and roulette to open up for the boys in the venerable PEABODY.  Assmeble at the craps table for pre-dinner drinks and dice. 
  • $17 +BF FBi SUPPORTERS / $20 +BF NON SUPPORTERS (Buy tickets)
  • Thursday, June 30, 2011 8:00 pm
  • Blush Nightclub: Gee Whiz End of Financial Year Party
  • Blush Nightclub: 6 Baker Street, Gosford, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • w/The Lazys, Teal, Taylor & The Makers.  Doors at 8 pm.
  • Thursday, June 9, 2011 9:00 pm
  • Royal Chant @ OAF Gallery Bar
  • Oxford Art Factory Gallery Bar: 38-46 Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Saturday, May 28, 2011 7:00 pm
  • Royal Chant @ Hotel CBD
  • Hotel CBD: 471 Hunter St., Newcastle, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Back into the massive music room with plenty of couch cushions to soften the blows.  It will get loud. 
  • FREE
  • Friday, May 27, 2011 9:00 pm
  • Royal Chant @ Gearins Hotel
  • Gearins Hotel: 273 Great Western Highway, Katoomba, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Sunday, May 22, 2011 5:00 pm
  • SYN Free Kick @ The Tote Hotel
  • The Tote Hotel: 67-71 Johnston Street, Collingwood, VIC, AU (MAP)
  • Hey-O!  Royal Chant got a rare out-of-state invite to compete in SYN's Free Kick Competition to score an opening spot at the 2011 Reclink Community Cup.  We don't care about the outcome, we're just happy to get back to Melbourne.  Come and spend your Sunday evening with us, we promise it will be worth it.  Also appearing are The Living Eyes, I, A Man, Rain Party, and Red Rockets of Borneo.  Super fun-fun! 
  • $10.00 (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Friday, May 20, 2011 8:00 pm
  • Royal Chant @ Valla Beach Tavern
  • Valla Beach Tavern: 17 Valla Beach Rd, Valla Beach, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Friday, April 29, 2011 9:00 pm
  • Royal Chant @ Armidale Club
  • The Armidale Club: 91 Beardy Street, Armidale, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Royal Chant heads back to the country, with good times to be had by all.  Gonna be a riot up in here!
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Saturday, April 16, 2011 9:00 pm
  • Royal Chant @ Rock Lily (Star City Casino)
  • Rock Lily @ Star City Casino: 80 Pyrmont Street, Pyrmont, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • Rock Lily is the NEW music venue at Star City Casino, and it's FREE ENTRY.  A massive stage + all the gaming you can want.  Those interested can meet Mark at the craps table starting at....2 PM, most likely.  We will hold court until they shut the table down, which usually happens around....2 AM.  He will, of course, take the required break in order to actually, um, play the show.  It's gonna be LOUD and it's gonna be the best thing you're likely to see around town.  Be there!   
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Saturday, April 9, 2011 9:00 pm
  • Royal Chant @ Town Hall w/PEABODY
  • Town Hall Hotel: 326 King St, Newtown, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • FREE ENTRY + Bands that sweat.  No disco, no flouro, no techno.  It's about bloody time. 
  • (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:00 pm
  • Macquarie Hotel: March Residency
  • Port Macquarie Hotel: Port Macquarie, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Thursday, March 24, 2011 9:00 pm
  • Macquarie Hotel: March Residency
  • Port Macquarie Hotel: Port Macquarie, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Saturday, March 19, 2011 7:00 pm
  • Hotel CBD
  • Newcastle, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • 18+
  • Friday, March 18, 2011 9:00 pm
  • Mum@ World Bar
  • Kings Cross, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • 18+
  • Thursday, March 17, 2011 9:00 pm
  • Macquarie Hotel: March Residency HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY
  • Port Macquarie Hotel: Port Macquarie, NSW, AU (MAP)
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Thursday, March 10, 2011 9:00 pm
  • Macquarie Hotel: March Residency w/THE HARD-ONS
  • Port Macquarie Hotel: Port Macquarie, NSW (MAP)
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Saturday, February 26, 2011 8:00 pm
  • OAF FEBRUARY RESIDENCY
  • OAF - GALLERY BAR: OXFORD STREET, DARLINGHURST (MAP)
  •  
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Friday, February 25, 2011 7:00 pm
  • Melbourne THE ESPY Basement
  • The ESPY: St Kilda, VIC (MAP)
  •  
  • Free
  • 18+
  • Wednesday, February 23, 2011 7:00 pm
  • Yada Yada
  • Pier 1 Port Panthers: Port Macquarie, NSW (MAP)
  •  
  • FREE
  • Saturday, February 19, 2011 8:00 pm
  • OAF FEBRUARY RESIDENCY
  • OAF - GALLERY BAR: OXFORD STREET, DARLINGHURST (MAP)
  •  
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Saturday, February 12, 2011 8:00 pm
  • OAF FEBRUARY RESIDENCY
  • OAF - GALLERY BAR: OXFORD STREET, DARLINGHURST (MAP)
  •  
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Friday, February 11, 2011 2:00 am
  • 2AM PARTY TME. FRIDAY NITE/SAT MORNING
  • PONY: 68 LITTLE COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE (MAP)
  •  
  • 18+
  • Sunday, January 16, 2011 4:30 pm
  • New Beginnings Festival
  • Lake Macquarie, NSW (MAP)
  • Kicking it in the Dance Shed.
  • $80 (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Saturday, January 15, 2011 8:00 pm
  • Manly Fishos with YOU AM I
  • 270 Pittwater Road, Manly (MAP)
  •  
  • $25 + booking fee (Buy tickets)
  • 18+
  • Monday, January 10, 2011 8:00 pm
  • Unplugged @ The Cavern
  • Nobby Beach/Gold Coast, QLD (MAP)
  • Gold Coin Donation
  • Sunday, January 9, 2011 7:00 pm
  • Birdee Num Num
  • Fortitude Valley/Brisbane, QLD (MAP)
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Saturday, January 8, 2011 9:00 pm
  • Shark Bar @ Miami Tavern
  • Miami/Gold Coast, QLD (MAP)
  • FREE
  • 18+
  • Friday, January 7, 2011 9:00 pm
  • Spotted Cow Hotel
  • Toowoomba, QLD (MAP)
  • FREE
  • Thursday, January 6, 2011 10:00 pm
  • Port Macquarie Hotel
  • Port Macquarie, NSW (MAP)
  • FREE
  • 18+
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