Spread across five venues, RTRFM’S ninth annual Fremantle Winter Music Festival will see 24 WA bands and a selection of DJs showing off their excellent talents.
Swan Hotel Lounge: Flooded Palace, Edie Green, Hayley Beth, Laurel Fixation and Patient Little Sister.
Swan Hotel Basement: Dream Rimmy, Golden Slums, Jimmy Chang, Mt. Mountain and Dream Jimmy DJs.
North Fremantle Bowls Club: Datura4, The Floors, Huge Magnet, Old Blood and Stoney Joe.
The Railway Hotel: Dianas, French Rockets, Koi Child, Sugar Army and Tired Lion.
Mojos: Leon Osborn, Mudlark, Ourobonic Plague, Sam Atkin and Spirit Level. Courtyard: RTRFM DJs Alex Griffin (Out To Lunch), Britt Day (Out To Lunch) and Coel Healy (Golden Apples, El Ritmo).
This all happens Saturday, June 27, tickets are $15 for subscribers and $20 for the general public from rtrfm.com.au. Gold and Platinum subscribers receive free entry.
DOM MARIANI, DATURA4
As a Freo-based outfit is there a special significance playing the Fremantle Winter Music Festival for you?
Being in Fremantle means that Greg, Stu and I don’t have far to drive. It’s great to be part of a cool musical event like this. We’ll see lots of our Freo mates, no doubt.
Who on the bill are you keen to check out or catch up with?
The Floors are always good. Flooded Palace. Mt Mountain could be interesting.
You recently released advance copies, Demon Blues, of the Daytura4 album, what’s the reception been like so far?
The new Datura4 album is not out just yet. July 10 is the proper release date. There have been some very positive reviews for it so far. Who knows, we could be on a winner here, but we’re not getting too carried away with things just yet.
What are your plans for the rest of the year?
It’s pretty much Datura4 all the way. We’ll see what happens with Demon Blues. Some touring would be nice.
YANN VISSAC, KOI CHILD
As a Freo-based outfit is there a special significance playing the Fremantle Winter Music Festival for you?
The line-up is 100 per cent awesome crew. The special significance is in the company we get to share this festival with.
Who on the bill are you keen to check out or catch up with?
Our buddies in Edie Green and Old Blood, Dream Rimmy, Mudlark, Leon Osborn and many more!
You recently released Black Panda, what’s the reception been like to it?
Black Panda’s been out for two months now, in that time we have received massive support from friends and fans alike, It was played on BBC Radio 6 and we’ve since signed to Pilerats Records. I would say it’s fared better than most of us anticipated, now triple j’s onto it and playing it on the reg and that’s all the better.
What are your plans for the rest of the year?
We’re working hard on our debut album! We have the privilege of working with Kevin Parker and can’t wait to hear the finished product. It ought to be out by the end of this year. We’ll be heading to the Eastern States in September as well. Exciting stuff!
