Penny Ikinger has a number of shows coming up in the month of her birth – JULY!
Fri 11th July – The Tote, Collingwood; Sun 13th July – The Tote, Collingwood; Fri 19th July – The Exchange Hotel, Prahran, Sun 20th July – Bar Open, Fitzroy
Firstly, THE LIVING LEGENDS SERIES at The Tote as part of the LEAPS AND BOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL. Penny Ikinger will be performing for the Kim Salmon (Fri July 11) and Charlie Owen (Sun July 13) evenings as part of the LIVING LEGENDS series at the Tote Hotel, 71 Johnston St, Collingwood. The Leaps and Bounds Music Festival proudly presents the Living Legends series across three consecutive nights honouring three renowned Melbourne based musicians with worldwide reputations. They are rock’n roll soldiers, working in the trenches, when really they should be Generals. Kim Salmon, Spencer P Jones and Charlie Owen, we salute you!
Friday 11th July – Kim Salmon night with Penny Ikinger, Gareth Liddiard, Mick Harvey, Dan Kelly, Caroline Kennedy, Brian Hooper, Tex Napalm, the Bulls, Midnight Scavengers, Marilyn Rose and the Thorns, Machine Translations, Teenage Libido, the Braves and Sunday 13th July – Charlie Owen night with Penny Ikinger, Adalita, Mick Harvey, Joel Silbersher, Dan Kelly, Dan Brodie, Grindhouse, the Love Bombs, Suzie Stapleton, Julitha Ryan and many more to be announced.
Tickets are available from Oztix, $25 for each night or $60 for all three shows.
Penny Ikinger performs solo on SAT 19 JULY - GODDESS #8 at The Exchange Hotel, 119 Commercial Road, Prahran. Doors open 8pm. GODDESS # 8 - A fabulous expo featuring original Melbourne female performers in a vaudeville/cabaret format. Incorporating video footage & live performances of some of our best feminine talent. Featuring: Penny Ikinger (solo) Rachel Shaw & band, The Originals, The Falling Standards, Mary Renshaw Fashion Show, Fiona Lee Maynard & Her Holy Men, RAFFLE with Teagan Pizazzwow, Lisa Wood, Quashani Bahd, Victoria Meehan, Tanya Lee Davies, Jessie Dean & Bust Herr, DJ Lani Lux & dancers ...with Jessabella Burlesque...& M.C. Swish Eveready.....AND MORE! TIX $15 (PRESALES) or $20 on the door. A Kate Buck production.
SUN 20 JULY - Bar Open, Fitzroy 'DEEP DOWN UNDER GROUND' is a night show casing underground musicians and audio visual artists. This is the third installment in the series is being held at Bar Open 317 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy on Sunday 20 July. A night featuring the god father of Australian electronica, Ash Wednesday in his current creation The Ash Wednesday Effect, a show that truly takes the audience on a journey into the outer limits, seeing is believing! The queen of the Australian underground scene Ms Penny Ikinger shall appear in solo mode with rumors of a couple of special guests. Experimental three piece Dial Me For Murder introduce the evening with their soundtrack inspired sonic soundscapes. The night shall also be showcasing the works of three audio visual artist The Burning Sand, Dylan Ubrihein and Charlotte Ward. So for a night that will provide a feast for your senses. Don't miss this! Doors at 6pm / $7
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Japan shows October 2014
ペニー・アイキンジャー 来日ツアー＆レコーディング プレス・リリース Dear Japan – Penny Ikinger is coming back! オーストラリアと日本、両国からのミュージシャン達が、オーストラリア人女性シンガー、ペニー・アイキンジャーの新プロジェクトのもとに再び集う。 ペニー・アイキンジャーは様々なスタイルを取り込みながら、自らの音楽性を高めるため、「レディオ・バードマン」のデニス・テックとチームを組んで新曲の制作を続けてきた。そして今回、ネクスト・ステージとして、新曲を携えて日本に渡り、日本人ミュージシャン達とレコーディングを行う。 ペニー：「以前にもコラボレーションをした経験はありますが、今回はさらに高いレベルで曲を書き、そこに新鮮なサウンドを乗せることにチャレンジしました。」「デニスは才能あふれるミュージシャンで、共同制作と呼ぶに相応しく、私自身の制作プロセスに新しいアイディアとエナジーを吹き込み、楽曲を展開してくれました。」 そしてプロジェクトはデニスとの共同制作のみに留まらず、前回の日本ツアーで共演した日本人ミュージシャン達とレコーディングを行うという二重のコラボレーションに向かう。 ペニー：「2012年に日本ツアーを行い、マサミ・カワグチ（ギター）、ルイス・イナゲ（ベース）、ケイイチ・サカイ（ドラム）という素晴らしいサイケデリック・ロック・ミュージシャン達と共演しました。」「今回の来日では、ライブも予定していますが、メインとなるのは特異な才能を持った彼らと新曲のレコーディングを行うことです。」「彼らは素晴らしいミュージシャンであり、私と似たスタイルながらも異なるアプローチをするので、このプロジェクトがどんな可能性を秘めているのか、大きな期待をしています。」 2012年の日本ツアーに引き続き、今回のプロジェクトも、オーストラリア・ジャパン・ファンデーションの協賛によるものだ。 ペニー：「オーストラリア・ジャパン・ファンデーションの協賛に感謝しています。二か国間の音楽を通じた交流は、このニュー・アルバムによって新しい方向性を見出すことでしょう。」「このプロジェクトはエキサイティング、かつ、挑戦しがいのあるものです。これまで常に自分自身を伸ばし、新しいスタイルや異なる角度からの作曲を模索し続けてきました。そんな私にとって音楽的な進展は何にも代えがたいものなのです！」 ペニー・アイキンジャーは1980年半ば、オーストラリアのミュージック・シーンが繁栄していた頃から活動を続けており、これまでオーストラリア国内、ヨーロッパ、アメリカ、そして日本でライブ・ツアーやレコーディングを行ってきた。今回のレコーディングによるニュー・アルバムは2015年中にリリースが予定されている。お聴き逃しなく。 JAPAN 2014 TOUR DATES: 10月17日（金）Outbreak Club 東京都新宿区四谷2-10第二太郎ビルB1 10月18日（土）Club Sensation 神奈川県横浜市中区宮川町3-80 10月19日（日）UFO Club 東京都杉並区高円寺南 1-11-6ハーモニーヒルズB1F このプロジェクトは豪日交流基金・外務貿易省を通じオーストラリア連邦の協賛で行われています。
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Sat 13th Sept 2014 - Lyrebird Lounge, RIpponlea
NEW SONGS! NEW SOUNDS! Penny Ikinger showcases new material co-written with the extraordinary Deniz Tek. She will be accompanied by Leon Storch on guitar and Jim Richter on drums. Penny plays two sets - she opens the night with a solo set at 9pm. FREE entry - LYREBIRD LOUNGE - 61 Glen Eira Road, Ripponlea, Melbourne 9pm start.
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September news
FRIDAY 5th SEPTEMBER PENNY IKINGER PLAYS WITH BURN IN HELL AT THEIR ALBUM LAUNCH!!! WITH ALBUM NUMBER 3 "MONKEY BONES" HOT OFF THE PRESS, NEW BASS PLAYER JOHNNY KICKS AND ON THE EVE OF EUROPEAN INVASION NUMBER 4 , BURN IN HELL INVITE YOU TO THE LAUNCH OF THEIR ALBUM AT THE EXCHANGE HOTEL, COMMERCIAL RD, PRAHRAN, 5th SEPTEMBER WITH SUPER SPECIAL GUESTS THE BLACK ALLEYS PENNY IKINGER (solo) 11pm DOGGEREL VINCENT J KRAMER SATURDAY 13th SEPTEMBER at The Lyrebird, 61 Glen Eira Rd, Ripponlea. Penny Ikinger plays with special guests Leon Storch on guitar and Jim Richter on drums - New Sounds! New Songs! showcasing new material co-written with the extraordinary Deniz Tek. THURSDAY 18th SEPTEMBER ON PBS 106.7 FM - MELBOURNE RADIO Live-to-air interview with Penny Ikinger on Thursday 18th September on the Musical Chairs Program 8.30AM http://www.pbsfm.org.au/ SUNDAY 21st SEPTEMBER Solo show at The Exchange Hotel, Prahran on Sunday 23rd September - 2 sets from 4.30pm Stay tuned for more news in October - Penny Ikinger's upcoming project in Japan, plus Rowland Howard Tribute shows at Federation Square (Melbourne) and an exciting new theatre extravaganza at La Mama Theatre, Melbourne featuring Penny Ikinger with performance group The Stain.
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Upcoming July 2014 shows Melbourne, Australia
Penny Ikinger has a number of shows coming up in the month of her birth – JULY! Fri 11th July – The Tote, Collingwood; Sun 13th July – The Tote, Collingwood; Fri 19th July – The Exchange Hotel, Prahran, Sun 20th July – Bar Open, Fitzroy Firstly, THE LIVING LEGENDS SERIES at The Tote as part of the LEAPS AND BOUNDS MUSIC FESTIVAL. Penny Ikinger will be performing for the Kim Salmon (Fri July 11) and Charlie Owen (Sun July 13) evenings as part of the LIVING LEGENDS series at the Tote Hotel, 71 Johnston St, Collingwood. The Leaps and Bounds Music Festival proudly presents the Living Legends series across three consecutive nights honouring three renowned Melbourne based musicians with worldwide reputations. They are rock’n roll soldiers, working in the trenches, when really they should be Generals. Kim Salmon, Spencer P Jones and Charlie Owen, we salute you! Friday 11th July – Kim Salmon night with Penny Ikinger, Gareth Liddiard, Mick Harvey, Dan Kelly, Caroline Kennedy, Brian Hooper, Tex Napalm, the Bulls, Midnight Scavengers, Marilyn Rose and the Thorns, Machine Translations, Teenage Libido, the Braves and Sunday 13th July – Charlie Owen night with Penny Ikinger, Adalita, Mick Harvey, Joel Silbersher, Dan Kelly, Dan Brodie, Grindhouse, the Love Bombs, Suzie Stapleton, Julitha Ryan and many more to be announced. Tickets are available from Oztix, $25 for each night or $60 for all three shows. Penny Ikinger performs solo on SAT 19 JULY - GODDESS #8 at The Exchange Hotel, 119 Commercial Road, Prahran. Doors open 8pm. GODDESS # 8 - A fabulous expo featuring original Melbourne female performers in a vaudeville/cabaret format. Incorporating video footage & live performances of some of our best feminine talent. Featuring: Penny Ikinger (solo) Rachel Shaw & band, The Originals, The Falling Standards, Mary Renshaw Fashion Show, Fiona Lee Maynard & Her Holy Men, RAFFLE with Teagan Pizazzwow, Lisa Wood, Quashani Bahd, Victoria Meehan, Tanya Lee Davies, Jessie Dean & Bust Herr, DJ Lani Lux & dancers ...with Jessabella Burlesque...& M.C. Swish Eveready.....AND MORE! TIX $15 (PRESALES) or $20 on the door. A Kate Buck production. SUN 20 JULY - Bar Open, Fitzroy 'DEEP DOWN UNDER GROUND' is a night show casing underground musicians and audio visual artists. This is the third installment in the series is being held at Bar Open 317 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy on Sunday 20 July. A night featuring the god father of Australian electronica, Ash Wednesday in his current creation The Ash Wednesday Effect, a show that truly takes the audience on a journey into the outer limits, seeing is believing! The queen of the Australian underground scene Ms Penny Ikinger shall appear in solo mode with rumors of a couple of special guests. Experimental three piece Dial Me For Murder introduce the evening with their soundtrack inspired sonic soundscapes. The night shall also be showcasing the works of three audio visual artist The Burning Sand, Dylan Ubrihein and Charlotte Ward. So for a night that will provide a feast for your senses. Don't miss this! Doors at 6pm / $7
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Melbourne and Perth shows in May 2014
Gigs in MELBOURNE and PERTH in May! MELBOURNE: Sunday May 4th - Penny Ikinger & The Evolution perform at Cherry Bar, AC/DC Lane, Melbourne CBD for Marilyn Rose and the Thorns' album launch. Saturday May 10th - Penny Ikinger plays solo at a benefit for the Sacred Heart Mission at The Lyrebird, 61 Glen Eira Rd, Ripponlea. PERTH: Shows announced for Penny Ikinger (solo) on Friday 23rd May at The Rosemount Hotel, Perth and Sunday 25th May at Mojo's, Fremantle. For more info see www.pennyikinger.com
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January shows 2014
JANUARY 2014 - Penny Ikinger will be joined by Dimi Dero (all the way from Paris, France) on drums and Jim Selene on bass for two Melbourne performances with Tex Napalm, Dimi Dero and Brian Hooper. Tex and Dimi are back in Melbourne from Germany and France for another summer of rock'n'roll and they've grabbed their old mate Brian Henry Hooper to join them for some special gigs. FRIDAY 10th JAN – Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy Tex, Dimi and Brian and Dead River with Penny Ikinger & co. Penny on stage 10.30pm FRIDAY 17th JAN – The Tote, Collingwood with Tex, Dimi and Brian and Kim Salmon and Spencer P Jones. Penny & co will open the show. SATURDAY 25th JAN - Penny, Dimi Dero and Jim Selene also play at the Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea. They will headline this show.
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"Love for Lou" Lou Reed rock'n'roll wake 11 Jan 2014
MELBOURNE SHOWS IT’S LOVE FOR LOU
A rock n roll wake for the late Lou Reed will take place on Saturday 11 January at the Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.
Mikelangelo and St. Clare will melt hearts with the songs of the Velvet Underground while hard hitting rock-punk legends Kim Salmon, Stu Thomas and Penny Ikinger plus guests will deliver Lou Reed hits and lesser known greats.
This three hour show will present the music of The Velvet Underground and Lou Reed (solo) from the earliest releases through to the ‘come back’ album New York as well as some of his more experimental work. Artists in the night include Mikelangelo and St Clare who create contemporary music that evokes other worlds and other eras. At Love for Lou they will bring Lou and Nico to the stage with the lullaby ballads of The Velvet Underground and Nico plus songs from Transformer. Mikelangelo will perform a song he recently penned in dedication to Reed called ‘Rock n Roll Angel’, based on the iconic ‘Sunday Morning’. Kim Salmon (Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists) and Stu Thomas (Kim Salmon and the Surrealists, Dave Graney and the Lurid Yellow Mist, The Stu Thomas Paradox) will perform songs from the 1970’s albums Coney Island Baby, Berlin, Transformer and Loaded. Penny Ikinger (Wet Taxis, Louis Tillett, Sacred Cowboys) will play a tracks from a diverse selection of guitar driven albums. Ikinger will take centre stage with her version of ‘All Tomorrow’s Parties’ and join cameo guest Beast to deliver eighteen minutes of guitar madness with the stand-out track ‘Like a Possum’ from the 2000 release Ecstasy. Thomas and Ikinger will accompany the other performers and are joined by James Seedy on drums, Miles Brown on keys and Andrew Watson on violin. Seedy will also give performances of some of his favourite tracks. Patrick Donovan (Music Victoria) and Mick Epis (The Age) will re-enact interviews where Reed reduces top journalists into a muttering mess. Donovan will go on to perform the spoken word track ‘Sick of You’ from New York, and Epis will challenge reality when he brings his likeness for the man himself to the stage to perform the moving and insightful ‘Magician, Internally’ from Magic and Loss.
“Bring your tissues, bring your memories and bring the friend s who will understand. Let us treat you to a night you’ll never forget when we all show, our Love for Lou.” – Ciel Fuller
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Latest news for February/March 2013
FRIDAY 8th FEB: Triple R 102.7 FM Penny Ikinger will be interviewed by the notorious rascal and raconteur DJ Tony Biggs at 9.30am (Melbourne time). They will be discussing her recent Sonic Bullet tour of Japan (with Deniz Tek) and playing select tracks from Japanese bands. The interview will be broadcast live- to- air and streamed around the world. This tour was generously supported by the Australia-Japan Foundation and Arts Victoria. SAT 23rd FEBRUARY: Lyrebird Lounge, 61 Glen Eira Rd, Ripponlea with Tex Napalm (Germany) and Dim Dero (France). Penny Ikinger solo, Brian Hooper solo and Burn in Hell. Tex Napalm and Dimi Dero have gone to great lengths to dive deeper into seventies rock, soulful Stones-licks and creepy Kraut-ambiences shattered by massive Stooges sounding feedback-orgies as well as heartbreaking ballads. Passionate, gloomy, grim, drunk and humorous, these two (accompanied by Brian Hooper on bass guitar) will sink their teeth into you and have you come back for more punishment. FRI 1si MARCH: St Kilda Memo 90 Acland St, St Kilda. Penny Ikinger joins a cast of performers who pay tribute to the late and great Rowland S Howard. The performers were carefully hand picked by friends, family and collaborators and include Mick Harvey, JP Shilo, Brian Hooper, TJ Howden (Hungry Ghosts), Tex Perkins, Hugo Race, Harry Howard, Jonnine and Conrad Standish, Spencer P Jones, Genevieve McGuckin, Penny Ikinger, Angela Howard, Dimi Dero and Tex Napalm. They will cover the music of Rowland S Howard from Young Charlatans, The Birthday Party, These Immortal Souls and Rowlan's solo albums. THIS SHOW IS SOLD OUT!!!
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Last shows for 2012!!!
Penny Ikinger was born out of Sydney's underground indie-rock scene of the late 80s. She has toured in Europe, America, Canada, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. She is recognised as an icon of Australian indie rock, having her records released via Career Records (USA) Bang Records (Spain) and Citadel Records (Australia). In the past month or so she has been busy touring in part at the invite of legendary Sydney indie label, Citadel Records, helping them celebrate 30 years since their inception. She ...recently completed a tour of Japan, alongside sonic compadre, DenizTek accompanied by Japanese muscians. See her live with Deniz Tek in Sydney here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBGeLlhfWeg She now returns to Melbourne for two shows in two nights, a north/southside affair: Sat 24th November - The Retreat, Sydney Rd, Brunswick - Free gig Sun 25th November - Lyrebird Lounge, Glen Eira Rd, Ripponlea - first band 8pm Support both nights from FASPEEDELAY - www.vimeo.com/46737717 You'd be a fool to miss this!
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