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Betty & Oswald @ Moonshine, 23rd Sep

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 24 September 2016

“Betty & Oswald make a strange noise. It’s basically not the least bit obvious. There’s undeniable groove, there’s some weirdo inventiveness, they’re patently tinged with lunacy and should probably not be allowed out unaccompanied, and there’s no obvious tune anywhere in sight. And yet – the whole thing is strangely and inexplicably attractive, luring you in like some strange siren call, inviting you to crash on their rocks without ever realising quite why. An unusual musical experience. God knows there aren’t enough of them in the world.”

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I would like to acknowledge that the gigs that are pictured here, the stages they’re played on, the bars and venues they’re held in, and the good times they represent, are all held on lands that were never ceded by Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. I acknowledge these First Australians as the traditional custodians of the continent, whose cultures are among the oldest living cultures in human history. I pay respect to the Elders of the community and extend my recognition to their descendants.

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