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Daniel Madill at the Sunday Sit Down

October 22, 2017 @ 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm NZDT

Daniel Madill and his Band W/ Candice Milner & Tom Maxwell

He’s been called “the best New Zealand songwriter you’ve never heard of” and has shared the stage with the likes of The Eastern, Bill Morris, The Tattle Tale Saints, Luckless and Violet French. Local Musician Daniel Madill returns to Blue Smoke on Sunday the 22nd October with a new band in tow: Glenn Teasdale (Bass) and Dan Callahan on (Drums) of Candi and the Rockets fame.

Come on down to the bluest of smokes for a big sounding psych-folk, blues mash as Madill mines his back catalogue and performs tracks from his new EP, Bake a Snake. You will also be treated to sets by the very talented singer/songwriters, Candice Milner and Tom Maxwell.

Daniel Madill creates garage folk songs for the modern fears: days spent at tills and the swapping of bills. Howlin’ Wolf, Arthur Lee and Gene Clarke are his holy trinity. It’s a big sounding psych, folk, bluesmash.

Madill hails from the colonial decay that is Dunedin, New Zealand. A city Keith Richards hates so much he took the time to mention it in his autobiography. It’s also the city where, on a diet of marmite toast and gumboot tea, Madill chiselled out his sound on a guitar his uncle made and his father once played. In 2014 a rusty people mover took him up the road to the shaky suburbs of Christchurch, where he’s continued to spread his anti-folk vision.

Madill has played shows from one end of the long white cloud to the other: bars, libraries, churches, town halls, truck trailers and a gondola.

Early 2015 saw the release of Madill’s first EP, Diatom. Just vocals and guitar laid down on an old Tascam four track; a little nod to eighties and nineties low-fi. He is no luddite but simplicity is his key. The EP got a bit of an airing around the place, here’s what someone else had to say about it:

“The calm power of Daniel’s songs has a great way of soothing your mind and day, and they also have this driven-ness that energizes you when you hear them, whether it’s been for the first or the fiftieth time.” – Jon Bakos, Radio One 91FM.

In July 2017, the Bake a Snake EP spiralled from Madill’s mental wilderness. Although the production was very much in keeping with the first EP, the use of electric guitar on Bake a Snake gave the music a much heavier sound.

A similar ascetic shift can be seen in his recent live performances, with the addition of a backing band. Madill is now moving away from fuzzy headed solo sets and into the arms of a bigger and ultimately more frantic musical atmosphere.

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Date:
October 22, 2017
Time:
3:00 pm - 6:00 pm
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Venue

Blue Smoke

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Blue Smoke
Phone:
+64274710495
Email:
info@bluesmoke.co.nz
Website:
bluesmoke.cp.nz