Mark Moldre

Work Begins On A New Batch Of Tunes

Mark Moldre — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:14:00 +0000

Last Show For 2011

Mark Moldre — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 02:15:04 +0000

I’ll be closing this year by playing one final Sydney show with my good friend Jamie Hutchings before heading into the studio early next year to start recording the follow up to The Waiting Room. This’ll be the last chance to come along and have a listen to a few of the newies before we commit them to tape. I’ll be joined by Adam Lang (Suitcase drums, glock, banjo, lapslide, guitar) Jochen Gutsch experimental multi-instrumentalist from HINTERLANDT will join us on trumpet and bassist Reuben Wills may be joining us for a couple of tunes. (you’ll have to come along to find out). Actually you can see a clip of this line up in action, filmed live at The Vanguard a few months ago, here. Tix are onsale now. Details/online bookings info is on the Upcoming Shows page.

PS In other news a new clip for the song “Troubled Genius” (a song inspired by the Phil Spector murder trial) is now up on YouTube – created by Canadian David Duchow -who has made numerous clips for Oz legends The Church. The clip features a trippy collection of histories troubled genuises….see if you can spot them all.

After The Goldrush: A Celebration Of Neil Young’s Music

Mark Moldre — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:17:28 +0000

After the Goldrush: A Celebration of Neil Young’s music in support of beyondblue: The National Depression Initiative

Mark will be joining a bunch of other Sydney musicians to perform one very special, one-off show at Notes in Newtown on 25th August 2011. For one special night, witness some of Sydney’s fineset musicians pay tribute to Neil Young’s classic album ‘After the Goldrush’ and his Greatest Hits. Backed by the 6 piece house band -’The Shakeys’, especially put together for this event. Proceeds from the show will be donated to beyondblue.

This special event is the passion-project of Sydney singer-songwriter Bryan Estepa. Wanting to give something back to music, the idea of a charity show to support beyondblue was born. beyondblue: the national depression initiative is an independent, not-for-profit organisation working to address issues associated with depression, anxiety and related disorders in Australia. Proceeds from this show will be donated to this great organisation. www.beyondblue.org.au.

Mark will be joined by Jason Walker, Paul Andrews (Lazy Susan), Bryan Estepa, Tom Stone, Sam Shinazzi, Emma Swift, Suzy Connolly, Danny Yau, Simon Bruce, Jo Meares with more to be announced. So come join us for what will surely be a great night of rock and roll and a joyous celebration of Neil’s music. A night not to be missed!

Tickets are available NOW at the Notes website or at this link:
http://noteslive.oztix.com.au/default.aspx?Event=21994

Pre-ordered tickets go into the draw to win prizes on the night.

For more information visit http://www.yauami.com/afterthegoldrush

This event is also proudly sponsored and supported by Sydney’s iconic Rock Shop – Troy Horse.

A Little News….

Mark Moldre — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:02:16 +0000

Hey Folks

Just a quick update, I’ll be playing a few shows, in Sydney and on the Central Coast, before the month is out with a couple of friends of mine – Jef Siler (who will be launching his new album Yellow Means Infection) and Zac Miller from Queensland’s Talltails. You can check all the gig details here. My usual wingman Adam Lang will be joining me at these shows – along with special guest Peter Scott (who’ll be filling the bass chair for Reuben Wills while he is in Europe) and Jochen Gutsch will play some trumpet wih us in Sydney.

I’ll be road testing a few new tunes – I hope to be back in the studio later this year to start work on a follow up to The Waiting Room. More news on that soon.

love Mark

The Church Presents: UNIVERSE WITHIN

Mark Moldre — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 10:21:41 +0000

Mark will be appearing as a special guest, along with members of The Whitlams, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Karma County, Mercy Arms, Kneviel and more at The Red Rattler (6 Faversham Street, Marrickville) with The Church on Thursday 23rd of June at a special event entitled Universe Within – to raise money for Autism Awareness. See details below.

UNIVERSE WITHIN
Autism Awareness and Benefit Gig
with members of
the church
and special eclectic guests.
…
Steve Kilbey, Peter Koppes and Tim Powles (also appearing at this one-time only as The Refo:mation) and special guests.Steve Kilbey, Peter Koppes and Tim Powles announce UNIVERSE WITHIN, an Autism Awareness and Benefit Gig. This very special one-off performance, which sees the three taking the stage with an array of special guests, will be held at The Red Rattler in Marrickville on June 23, and will donate money raised to the not-for-profit organisation, Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect).Autism spectrum disorders affect at least 1 in 160 people. Autism is a lifelong developmental disability that remains largely misunderstood by the community, despite its prevalence and far-reaching consequences. Early intervention and treatment of the disorder opens up the best opportunities for progress so that many people with Autism can lead productive lives.

Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) works in partnership with families and service providers, offering evidence-based interventions for individual needs, including early intervention services, assessments, workshops, volunteer support, and outreach programs. Aspect also offers services for adults with Autism spectrum disorders. All programs rely on community support and aim to maximize learning potential, participation, and independence by increasing capacity and confidence.

As well as musical performances, the UNIVERSE WITHIN Autism Awareness and Benefit Gig will also feature artworks and photographs for sale and/or auction and involvement from Aspect representatives. What’s more, we are told that “a special treat may be in store for some Church fans hankering to hear some songs from the Refo:mation” (Tim Powles).

There will be no door charge on the night. Instead, punters are asked to be generous and dig as deep as you can by leaving a completely tax deductable donation on entry of around $60. (Tax deductible receipt can be issued)

http://www.facebook.com/thechurchband

http://www.thechurchband.net/

For more information on Autism spectrum disorders, visit: http://www.autismspectrum.org.au/ or call the Autism Information Line on 1800 069 978

Manly Fisho’s, Friday April 1st with The Break

Mark Moldre — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 03:51:16 +0000

Mark and Adam Lang will be joining The Break, featuring members of Midnight Oil and Violent Femmes, for a special one off show at Manly Fisho’s on Friday April 1st. Break drummer Rob Hirst nominated Mark last year in his Top 10 creative types in Sydney for the 10X10 Creative Sydney Project as part of the VIVID festival whilst guitarist Jim Moginie also provided production advice for Mark’s solo debut The Waiting Room. For details on purchasing tix please visit the Upcoming Shows page on this website.

Live Set at 2ser 107.3

Mark Moldre — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 02:18:01 +0000

I’ll be playing a special 40 minute live set for The Outpost Radio Show on 2ser 107.3 with multi-instrumentalist Adam Lang on Thursday 20th January. Adam will be throwing a collection of instruments in the car and we’ll be playing at least a couple of brand new tunes as well as a few songs from The Waiting Room. You can stream The Outpost online at 12pm AEST or tune in the old fasioned way at 107.3 on the dial. The show will be replayed on Saturday 22nd January at 10:30pm til 12 midnight AEST.

Red Pepper, 18th-19th December 2010

Mark Moldre — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:22:41 +0000

Photos 1-13 by Danny Hewling and 14-18 by LP Photography http://lpphotography.org/2010/12/20/mark-moldre/

The Waiting Room: Top 25 Albums For 2010

Mark Moldre — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:05:25 +0000

The Waiting Room has made it into the Top 25 Album releases of 2010 on the Doubtful Sounds site. You can read their original review from earlier this year here. Their Americana themed sister site Post To Wire also placed The Waiting Room in their Top 12 for 2010 alongside Justin Townes Earle, Neil Young, Mavis Staples and Robert Plant.

Welcome! The kettle’s boiling, but please take your shoes off at the door.

Mark Moldre — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:02:35 +0000

Well, finally it’s here….if I’d been more organised I’d have had my own little web space happening way before this. But I’m not really that organised. And I’m a little tech-phobic. Anyway…now that this site is up and running I’ll do my best to keep it updated regularly. As far as news goes – well, the very quick catch up is that in the past year I’ve managed to start a label, release an album, 1 radio single and 2 EP’s, film a couple of clips (all nicely supported by radio and TV) plus we put together a sold out North Coast-Sydney tour with our friends from Talltails and played a bunch of shows with The Church. I also put together an online store at Bandcamp - so you can now purchase all my albums (including the Hitchcock’s Regret stuff) at my store – or iTunes if you prefer. You can find all the links by clicking on the album covers in the store on this site…and as I haven’t yet worked out whether or not I can have some kind of MP3 player on this site, you’ll be happy to know that you can stream all the songs in full from the Bandcamp site as well.

As for the future – we’re planning another run of shows for March (all going to plan). In the meantime I’m doing a couple of very cosy dinner shows at a cafe on the Central Coast with multi instrumentalist Adam Lang – you can find the details here. I’ve only just released my latest EP – This Romantic Day – which features 7 bonus tracks (oddities and outtakes from The Waiting Room sessions) and hopefully I’ll be back in the studio early next year recording my second solo album.

I think that brings us up to date…

…pop on by every now and then?

Mark XX