Sat Jul 31
Thin Green Line fundraiser dinner gala

Lord Somers Camp
Somers, VIC
Get tickets
w/ Jordie Lane
& Loveproof

Sat Aug 14
Espy Hotel

Front Bar
11 The Esplanade
St. Kilda, VIC

NSC residency extended

The Northcote Social Club have requested we EXTEND our C U Next Tuesday Residency in Melbourne through to the end of June. So now you have another month to really get your Basics fill!
We’ll also be performing a one-off show at the Oxford Arts Factory in Sydney on Thursday, June 10th. See you there for some old-school Basic fun times!


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This is a selection of images of The Basics pulled from Flickr. To see your photos here, upload them to your Flickr account and make sure you tag them with the three tags 'wally', 'kris' and 'tim'.

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(dir. Jonny Mortlock. prod. Philip Mortlock)

Reviews of Keep Your Friends Close

There have been quite a few reviews of our new record now, so here’s a little of what folks have been writing about Keep Your Friends Close:

**** “the album they’ve always threatened to make… a winner” – The Mercury

**** “perfect from start to finish, the album is quietly brilliant” – Melbourne Times

**** “amazing” – webwombat.com.au

“a must have” – elevenmagazine.com.au

“bare and vulnerable” – The Irish Times

“damn good music” – Inpress

“classic songwriting” – Mess+Noise

“a great album” – Rave Magazine

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