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Songs

Matrick Jones – Breakfast @ Matrick’s

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 2 November 2019

What I’ve always loved about Matrick Jones is the wilful distortion of reality and expectations. Somewhere, a long time ago, this was a perfectly conventional song. Now it’s been Matricked though, it’s a carnival mirror image, it’s bent and warped and nine types of bonkers. Experimental, deranged, virtuosic – long may Matrick Jones continue to […]

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Shows

Matrick Jones @ The Marly Bar, 28th Jul

Post author By Alex Kirk
Post date 29 July 2016

“Matrick Jones – and I swear, I can’t think of a better description of them than this – are like the Flaming Lips being drowned in a bucket of jazz. Make no mistake, the music is virtuoso, intricate, twiddly and crazed – but it’s also smooth as silk, tuneful as hell, and cuddly as all […]

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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.

Please also see my personal Music Industry Collaboration Commitment