Patina support QPS for their ‘BEAT OF MY KIND’ Album Launch at Django Bar

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QUEEN PORTER STOMP
Queen Porter Stomp conjure up a unique kind of mangrove swamp magic. Drawing on the serpentine and muddy currents of the Hawkesbury River, their sound swirls somewhere between a raucous New Orleans street parade and the smoky haze of a late-night folk festival. In a feet-stomping, skirt-twirling, dance floor frenzy, Queen Porter Stomp send you a blaze of horns and a swinging rhythm section with a banjo sharp enough to cut through a moonless night - all held together front and centre by Crystal Barreca’s honey like voice.

From Woodford to Falls Festival, Queen Porter Stomp have built a reputation for music that celebrates brass-soaked swing and river-born rhythm. At the heart of this celebration is song writing rich with sweet harmonies that uniquely captures the ebb and flow of love and life on the river, peppered with the grit and bustle of Sydney’s Inner West.

Formed in 2015 from the embers of the Crystal Barreca Band, QPS bring an energy to the stage that is both joyful and seductive and pays homage to influences such as Norah Jones, Sierra Ferrell and Tuba Skinny.

Crystal Barreca - Vocals, Guitar, Ukulele
Louise Horwood - Trumpet, Vocals
Rose Foster - Trombone, Vocals
Julian Curwin - banjo
Alex Masso - Drums
Matt Lamb - Double Bass

PATINA
Patina is a unique trio performing original compositions, drawn from folk influences from around the globe. Steeped in balkan, klezmer and tango sounds with a little folk-punk thrown in, their songs dance from one style to the next, from the sweet to the upbeat.

Their innovative instrumentation features clarinet, accordion, foot percussion, euphonium, santur and a home-made electric banjo/guitar, and over the years the members have also performed in Chaika, Barons of Tang, Mutiny and Black Vat Trio to name a few.

Doors - 7:30pm
8pm - Laura Altman
9pm - Eating Rinds
Tix are $25 full / $15 concession on the door only (cash or EFT)

Address - “Stadium Rockdale” Lvl 1, 5 Tramway Arcade (find the “Massage” sign, go upstairs and we’re the door on the left). Please be aware that the venue is accessible by stairs only. We apologise for any inconvenience.

I’ll be playing a few songs as support for this show! Up first at 8pm.

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H O T E L are a female fronted, post punk five piece featuring members of Julia Why? Enclave, Terza Madre and The Laurels. With stark, repetitive drum beats and bleak synth lines layered under 60s spy thriller, reverb heavy guitar lines, HOTEL’s sound has been described as ‘Apocalyptic Noir’ and ‘Devastation Pop’. Lyrically driven, their songs focus on themes of class warfare, social isolation, and present-day dystopias.

They will finally be launching their much anticipated full length album 'SHAKE!!!' with support from fellow post punks Triptychs, much loved Gadigal stalwarts, Dumbells and experimental musician Laura Altman. 

An evening of ambient, immersive and exploratory music across three acts.

Laura Altman is based in Sydney on Gadigal and Wangal Country. She has woven her way through improvised, exploratory and folk music scenes with intuitive clarinet playing, free improvisation and composition. Laura is a long-standing member of a wide range of ensembles, including the improvising collective Splinter Orchestra and the internationally acclaimed trio Great Waitress with Monica Brooks and Magda Mayas. In recent years she has developed a solo improvisation practice shaped by a deep curiosity for resonance and feedback. Her first solo release, Holy Trinity on Relative Pitch Records (2025), is described “like a warm blanket that continually covers the cracks and wraps itself around us,” Brad Rose, Foxy Digitalis. Across the album Laura crafts pieces that are delicate and textural yet bold and expressive, reflecting both the unique acoustics of the space and her subtle, inquisitive approach to sound — blurring the line between instrument, environment and intervention, and offering a contemplative, tactile listening experience.

https://www.lauraaltman.net/

Land Systems is the melodic ambient project of Eora/Sydney-based producer Nathan Moas. His music explores the more ethereal aspects of ambient music, combining slow-evolving melodies with lush effect processing. Central to the project is a eurorack modular synthesizer that is sequenced and looped, allowing his performances to be improvised and exploratory.

https://landsystems.eo.page/land

Jacqui O’Reilly is an artist and musician from Aotearoa New Zealand, now based on Gadigal Land. Her experimental practice investigates identity, place and sensory perception with a focus on sound as material, to explore social and environmental relations. O’Reilly’s work is embedded in her lifelong experience of creative adaptation, to voice sensory interconnection in deeply nuanced ways. Intimate communication with her materials and hypnotic, repetitive methods of making using voice, synth and sculptured reverb, shape the composition of mesmerising music. 

https://www.jacquioreilly.com/

Laura and Jacqui are co-hosts of the Listening Space on Eastside Radio 89.7FM along with Moss Hopkins and Michael Fisher. Listen in on Monday nights 9:30 pm.

Splinter and The Living Room Theatre present SPLINTER FEST @ 21 Shepherd

Following a 4-week residency at 21 Shepherd, Splinter invites you to this mini ‘festival’: Afternoon and evening, musicking will unfold with 21 Shepherd: the warehouse, and its surrounding streets and laneways, through constellational solos, duos, trios, small ensembles, a soundwalk, and the full Orchestrating Sonoverse.

Kids welcome

There will be food shared at 6pm – ish

PROGRAM

Session 1 / 4-6pm

An ongoing, unfolding long-form play with and within the venue.

Dinner / 6-7pm

We’ll have some food to share for dinner! Food donations welcome, and/or $ to help cover costs.

NB: Venue is licensed, so no BYO drinks, but BYO food is fine, if you prefer not to share

Session 2 / 7-9pm

A nearby outdoor performance, a sound walk, a set of small groupings from within Splinter.Audiences are welcome to write, craft, draw etc as they listen, if so inclined. We’ll also have a little station with some paper, pens, stamps etc set up if you feel the inspiration.

ENTRY BY DONATION
(Cash preferred)

Stadium Rockdale
14 February
Doors 7, music at 7:30
$20/$10 

Khaled Kurbeh (piano, mallets, bells and objects)
Laura Altman/Moss Hopkins (clarinet, tapes, objects/lyre, radio, objects)

3 sets:

1. Duo Laura/Moss

2. Solo Khaled

3. Trio Khaled/Laura/Moss

Khaled Kurbeh is a Berlin-based musician and composer who describes his practice as muhawalāt [attempts] and hawāmesh [sonic footnotes]. He experiments with variations, maqām, extended improvisation and conflicting rhythms by layering fragments of piano, buzuq and field recordings. He has released albums on Research Records and !K7 Music imprint Between Buttons. Khaled’s performance is supported by Research Records and Goethe-Institut.

https://muhawalat.space/
https://khaledkurbeh.bandcamp.com/      

Laura and Moss improvise with instruments, tapes, radios, and objects. In addition to Laura’s solo work, she plays in several groups including Great Waitress and Splinter Orchestra. In addition to his solo work, Moss plays in the band Warm Currency and makes electro-acoustic work as part of the duo Banana. Both Laura and Moss are two of the presenters on the community radio show Listening Space (Eastside 89.7fm); a weekly show focussed on improvised, experimental, and exploratory music and sound.

Laura Altman / m.h. / Tetuzi Akiyama

3 solos in Japan

at Otooto

Sunday December 14th 2025

3000¥

Laura Altman / m.h. / Teppei Togashi + Ben Morris / Panel

in Tokyo, Japan

Free

The Temple (Goya Curtain Atelier)

Shimo-Takaido