Jack Biilmann & The Black Tide + The Barren Spinsters Live @The Polo + Stella Eve

Jack Biilmann & The Black Tide:

Since it's birth in 2022, the new band project from Jack Biilmann has wasted no time in becoming a powerhouse in the Australian music scene. The Black Tide with its membership of Pat Quinn Quirke (guitar), Joel Cabban (bass), Jono Warren (drums) already demonstrated a huge chemistry and feel despite playing together for less than two years. Using elements of 90s's rock, blues, country & some serious guitar riffage. The band commands the stage with high energy, heavy grooves, dynamics but still maintains Biilmann's signature brand of storytelling.

Jack Biilmann & The Black Tide has already released an album, achieved 1 million streams on Spotify, placements on USA blue legend Joe Bonamasa’s personal playlists, ARIA chartings, a National Live Music Award Nomination,sold out shows around the country and is a hot commodity on the Australian festival circuit. They are a much better band than the Barren Spinsters and don't confuse the audience by having sideburns in 2024.

The Barren Spinsters

They look like a two piece, sound like a five piece, and move like a hair piece. The guy at the front in the bucket hat (Brendon Houlahan) is a bit weird, but the bloke at the back (Matt Tennant) fortunately holds it all together. Together, The Barren Spinsters deliver 70s blues rock with a modern trashy twist. Much the same way that Wolfmother doesn’t.

After the release of their 2019 debut album 'Ten Steps to Cynical Thinking', the Spinsters played some amazing festivals (who were obviously scraping the bottom of the barrel), sharing stages with the likes of Jet, The Cat Empire, Missy Higgins, Regurgitator, Butterfingers, Newton Faulkner (UK), Tim Finn, The Superjesus, The Delta Riggs and more. It's fitting that they have a song titled 'Punching Above Your Weight', because The Barren Spinsters are bloody champions at it. The boys are set to drop their latest album 'Let The Music Ruin Your Life' in early 2024. From where specifically and from what exact height is yet to be determined.

Stella Eve:

Stella Eve is a singer-songwriter from Ngunnawal Ngambri Country (Canberra) whose music does an intimate dive into what feels like a diary entry; you’ll feel a little naughty to be reading it but you can’t help but keep looking through it. Her sound crosses a broad range of genres and style. Her music will get you in the feels and feeling yourself; after all what else is music for if not to feel?

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