News

July 2010

Shows coming up in Perth:

Thursday August 5
Art Bar at the Art Gallery of WA
Supporting Clare Bowditch
We will be playing 7:15-7:45

Friday July 23
The Den (at the Civic Hotel, Beaufort Street, Inglewood)
with Sabre Tooth Tigers, 6s & 7s and Ramona Bird
Entry $10
Doors 8 pm

Friday August 20
The Velvet Lounge Mount Lawley
with Craig McElhinney, Andrew Ewing and Chris Cobilis
Entry $5
Doors 8 pm

Sunday September 5
The Bird, William Street Northbridge with Simone and Girlfunkle and Miranda Pollard
Entry $5
Doors 7 pm
Playing times: Miranda Pollard: 7pm, Benedict Moleta Band: 8pm, Simone and Girlfunkle: 9pm

Saturday September 18
North Perth Bowls Club, with Ramona Bird and Bermuda
Entry $10
Doors 8pm

Saturday October 16
The Kurb Gallery, William Street Northbridge
Benedict will be playing songs in two-piece mode with Jonathan Brain. Jonathan and Benedict have played together on and off
for several years, with Jon contributing to two of Benedict's albums.
This will be an opportunity to hear some of the quieter material which tends to get left off the setlists at full band shows.
Early start time of 7 pm. No support act. Free entry.
During renovations to its permanent home, The Kurb Gallery has temporaily been located opposite the Brass Monkey Hotel, at 214 William Street. The gallery is scheduled to return to its original premises soon, near the Moon Cafe, at 310 William Street. However, renovation is taking longer than expected, and we are not sure whether the gallery will be at 214 or 310 William St by the time of this show. Finalised address of the gallery and of this show will be posted here closer to the gig date.

June 2010

Melbourne and Sydney shows coming up.
In July Benedict Moleta Band will be playing shows in Melbourne and Sydney, following the release of our new album Timesheet.

Friday July 16
The Empress Hotel
Fitzroy North, Melbourne
with The Ancients and Oliver Mann
Entry $10
Doors 8 pm

Saturday July 17
The Edinburgh Castle Dining Room
Brunswick, Melbourne
with Andrew McCubbin and the Hope Addicts, Margins and Chris Rainier
Entry $10
Doors 8 pm

Sunday July 18
The Sandringham Hotel
Newtown, Sydney
with The Jewel and The Falcon and Commmunity Radio
Entry $8
Doors 7 pm

After the tour we've got a couple of Perth shows coming up:

Friday July 23
The Den (at the Civic Hotel, Beaufort Street, Inglewood)
with Sabre Tooth Tigers, 6s & 7s and Ramona Bird
Entry $10
Doors 8 pm

Friday August 20
The Velvet Lounge Mount Lawley
with Craig McElhinney and guests to be confirmed

Sunday September 5
The Bird, William Street Northbridge

April 2010

Benedict's fifth album, entitled Timesheet, was released in April 2010.
Benedict's five-piece band plays in various configurations throughout the album, and a number of long-term collaborators contribute to individual tracks.

CD launch:
Saturday 24 April
Mojo's Bar North Fremantle
with The Painkillers, Umpire and The Leap Year.
Entry $12.
CD special price on the night $15

Following the CD launch Benedict and band will be playing a show at The Kurb Art Gallery.
Details as follows:
Saturday 8 May
Benedict Moleta Band
Supported by Craig McElhinney
The Kurb Gallery 214 William Street Northbridge (opposite Brass Monkey), Perth, Western Australia 6003
Free Entry.
Early start time of 7pm.
Please note: The Kurb Gallery is currently located at 214 William Street - Opposite The Brass Monkey Hotel, next to the old Arcane Bookshop.
This is a temporary location for the gallery, during renovations to its long-term home at 310 William Street.

December 2009

Two shows in December:

Saturday December 5
Airport City Shuffle CD launch
Bar 459 at the Rosemount Hotel
Fitzgerald St North Perth.
Benedict Moleta Threepiece supports Airport City Shuffle.
Also on the bill is L'il Leone Lionheart and Rabbit Island.
Benedict plus Harry Kneen on bass and Lorraine Sumich on keys.
From 8pm
$8 entry / $10 with CD

Friday December 18
Supporting Bachelorette (NZ)
Mojos North Fremantle
Benedict Moleta Fivepiece supports Bachelorette.
Also on the bill is Pond and special guest DJs
$12 + bf through moshtix. More at the door if available.

October 2009

Benedict recently finished recording his fifth album, which will be released in 2010 by Winterborn, and distributed in Australia by Inertia. Click here for info on the forthcoming album, including a free download of the first single Minaret.

Shows coming up:

Sunday October 18
Upstairs at the Rosemount Bowl
Fitzgerald Street North Perth
Benedict Moleta with Lily Sumich on drums
Plus Carbuncle and L'il Leonie Lionhart
$5 entry / $10 with bowling
From 6pm

Sunday November 1
Single launch
Two tracks from the forthcoming album: Minaret and Metal Towers
Velvet Lounge
Beaufort Street Mount Lawley
Beaufort Street Mount Lawley
Supported by The Painkillers
From 7pm
$8 entry with free copy of the single

Wednesday 4 November
Kodachrome 8
Spectrum Project Space
Beaufort Street Northbridge
Benedict Moleta solo
Plus Jesse Pepper and Daniel Marano
Super 8 films and images by Daniel Marano and Darren Clayton
Free entry
From 8pm

Friday 13 November
Supporting Oliver Mann (VIC)
Little Creatures Loft
Fremantle
Benedict Moleta Fourpiece
$10 entry
From 8pm

Saturday 21 November
Hyde Park Hotel
Fitzgerald Street West Perth
Benedict Moleta Fourpiece
Lineup TBC

June 2009

Benedict will be playing a solo set at RTRfm's Winter Music Festival The festival takes place in North Fremantle on Saturday June 27, with bands and solo acts playing at the Railway Hotel, and DJs playing at Mojos.

Benedict will be recording his fifth album in July, with Alan Smith at Bergerk! Studios. Since January Benedict has been working in fivepiece format, with Lily Sumich on drums, Sam Scherr on guitar, Lorraine Sumich on keyboards and Harry Kneen on bass. About half of the album will be played in this fivepiece format. A number of other collaborators will feature on the remaining songs.

April 2009

Four live videos made at the launch of Benedict's latest album Continuous Talking can now be viewed on the VIDEO page and on You Tube.

Over the summer Benedict has been playing with some new people; Harry Kneen (ex-Thermos Cardy) on bass, and Lorraine Sumich (ex-Spinsters) on keyboards. Sam Scherr remains on lead guitar and Lily Sumich on drums.

Benedict will be recording his next album in July at Bergerk! Studios with Alan Smith. The album will include songs in the current five-piece format, as well as solo tracks, and songs with Rosemary Halsmith playing percussion and keyboards.

Next show is:

Wednesday April 8
The Moon Cafe
William Street Northbridge
Benedict with Harry Kneen on bass
Plus Gilroy and Robbie Jalapeno

Benedict and Harry playing at 10pm

December 2008

Friday December 19
Benedict will be playing a show at the Kurb Gallery on William Street in Northbridge, on Friday 19 December.
It will be a threepiece show, with Rosemary Halsmith on keyboard and Lily Sumich on drums.
Since releasing our last album, we have been working on some mega quiet songs which we will be playing at the Kurb.
There is a dedicated performance room next to the gallery, which we will be using for the evening.

Doors open at 7:30, for 8pm start.
There will be no support act and no entry fee.
The Kurb is located at 310 William Street Northbridge.

November 2008

Sunday November 16
The Charles Hotel
Charles Street, North Perth
Benedict Moleta Fivepiece, with French Rockets, These Shipwrecks and The Silver Bulletin
We are playing third.

October 2008

Sunday October 12
Hyde Park Hotel, West Perth
Supporting the Tucker Bs
Also playing will be Sydney band Spod, and the Gizzards.
We will probably do this show as a fourpiece, without Sam Scherr, who may be busy in the studio laying down tracks for the next Capital City album.

Friday October 31
Mojos, North Fremantle
Benedict Moleta Fivepiece
Supporting Charge Group (Sydney)
Charge Group is Matt Blackman's new band. Matt is known and admired for his former leadership of Purplene and Ukiyo-e.
Also supporting will be Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke, and Apricot Rail.

September 2008

Benedict's new album will be launched on Friday 12 September at the Charles Hotel, 509 Charles Street North Perth.
Supports are adamsaidgalore and Capital City.
The show is being professionally filmed with multiple cameras.
Tickets from Heatseeker ($9 plus bf or $12 on the door)

The following weekend I will be supporting Holly Throsby in five-piece mode.
Details are:

Saturday 20 September
Holly Throsby
Plus Apricot Rail and Benedict Moleta Fivepiece
The Bakery Artrage Complex
James Street, Northbridge
$15 + bf / $18 on the door

August 2008

Forthcoming shows:

Wednesday August 20
The Moon Cafe
William Street Northbridge
Benedict with Lily Sumich on drums
plus Josh Fontaine with Stuart Loasby
and Selk

July 2008

Forthcoming shows:

Sunday July 6
The Hyde Park Hotel
Bulwer Street West Perth
Benedict with Lily Sumich (drums)
Plus Jonathan Brain and Seven Weapons.
We are playing second.

Saturday July 12
The Rosemount Hotel
Fitzgerald Street North Perth
Benedict with Sam Scherr (electric guitar) and Lily Sumich (drums)
Plus Fall Electric and The Veescars

Sunday July 20
The Hyde Park Hotel
Bulwer Street West Perth
Benedict Moleta Fivepiece plus Kill Teen Angst and Field of Sound.
We are playing last.

June 2008

Forthcoming shows:

Wednesday May 28
The Moon Cafe
William Street Northbridge
Benedict solo
Plus Stina and Joe Bludge.

Saturday June 7
The Rosemount Hotel
Fitzgerald Street North Perth
Benedict solo
Outside at 6pm

Friday June 27
The Norfolk Basement
South Terrace Fremantle
Benedict with Rosemary Halsmith (keyboard and glockenspiel)
Supporting Guy Blackman.
Other supports include Chris Cobilis, Hayley Beth and Rabbit Island.

Saturday June 28
The Hyde Park Hotel
Bulwer Street West Perth
Benedict with Rosemary Halsmith (keyboard and glockenspiel), Lily Sumich (drums) and Sam Scherr (electric guitar)
Plus The Ghost Hotel, From the Skies and Joe Bludge
Benedict etc playing third.

March 2008

Forthcoming shows:

Wednesday April 2
The Moon Cafe
William Street Northbridge
Benedict with Rosemary Halsmith (keyboard and glockenspiel)
Plus Fall Electric and Nathan Sinclair with Brandon Lewis

February 2008

Benedict's new album was recorded in December, and will be released later in 2008. Benedict is joined by a number of musicians on the album. Click for more information on the album

Forthcoming shows:

Friday March 14
The Civic Hotel Inglewood
Benedict with Jonathan Brain (Spanish and acoustic guitars), Rosemary Halsmith (glockenspiel and flamenco percussion), James Quinton (bass), Sam Scherr (electric guitar) and Lily Sumich (drums)

October / November 2007

In September 2007 Benedict and Jason appeared on T Sessions, a live local music programmed being produced at Central TAFE, and shown on Access 31.
Further information here.

Benedict’s new album The lines of parallel trees was released on September 1.
To order using Paypal, click here
The album is also available from 78records.com.au and from CD Baby.

Forthcoming shows:

Saturday 20 October
Mojos Bar, North Fremantle
For The Tigers CD launch.
with Fall Electric and Torqmada
(Benedict with Jason Barfoot on drums, James Quinton (Milkless Fridge) on bass, and Rosemary Halsmith on glockenspiel)

November 2
The Civic Hotel Inglewood.
Benedict with Jason Barfoot, Rosemary Halsmith and James Quinton.
With These Shipwrecks (headlining), plus Radarmaker and Greg Taw solo.
Benedict fourpiece playing third.

September 2007

Benedict’s new album The lines of parallel trees was released on September 1.
To order using Paypal, click here
The album is also available from 78records.com.au and from CD Baby.

Benedict has begun working on new songs with Jason Barfoot on drums, James Quinton (Milkless Fridge) on bass, and Rosemary Halsmith on glockenspiel. This lineup will begin recording with Alan Smith in December 2007.

Benedict will be playing two solo shows in Melbourne in October:
Friday 5 October
Edinburgh Castle, 681 Sydney Road, Brunswick
with Michael Young from 8pm

Forthcoming shows back in Perth:
Wednesday 17 October
The Moon Cafe
William Street, Northbridge
(Benedict solo)

and:

Saturday 20 October
Mojos Bar, North Fremantle
For The Tigers CD launch.
with Fall Electric and Astral Travel
(Benedict with Jason Barfoot on drums, James Quinton (Milkless Fridge) on bass, and Rosemary Halsmith on glockenspiel)

August 2007

Thursday 2 August
Mojos Bar, North Fremantle
with Josh Fontaine, and Ant Gray.
(Benedict with Jason Barfoot on drums)

Friday 17 August
The Bakery Artrage Complex, Northbridge
For Jonathan Brain's CD launch.
(Benedict with Jason Barfoot on drums)

Thursday 23 August
The Velvet Lounge Mount Lawley (Rear Flying Scotsman)
Ella Fitzgerald Tribute Night.
(Benedict solo)

New Album will be launched on:
Saturday September 1
Amplifier Bar, City
with Tucker Bs, The Leap Year and Josh Fontaine.
Benedict will be joined by Jason Barfoot, Jonathan Brain, James Quinton and Rob Schifferli.
The album is called The Lines of Parallel Trees.

June 2007

Forthcoming show:
Benedict with Jason Barfoot and James Quinton
Plus Fall Electric and Josh Fontaine.
Friday July 27
The Civic Hotel
981 Beaufort St. Inglewood WA 6052
Entry $5

April 2007 - Benedict's new album is due out later in 2007. Click to download Blue Zephyr Ride from the forthcoming album.