Everybody’s favourite Russian criminals make their long-awaited return to the Mountains with VulgarGrad launching their much-anticipated new album, The Odessa Job, in the Baroque Room at the Carrington Hotel on Friday, April 5 from 8.30pm.
The seven-piece band play music by, for, and about Russian criminals – raw, raucous, and rude (particularly if you understand Russian).
VulgarGrad frontman and infamous Polish ne’er-do-well, Jacek Koman, is the rough diamond of stage and screen, known for his vocals on Roxanne from Baz Lurhmann’s Moulin Rouge.
He has just been released from penal servitude in the chilly film and TV studios of Warsaw, but only on a temporary basis.
The first single from the new album, I Remember, is a psychedelic Soviet prison ode to the memory of dear mama, who always warned us not to hang out with thieves.
Be prepared for a night of gun-slinging, vodka-swilling, foul-mouthed disorder, and watch out for the biggest, most triangular instrument you will ever see, the contrabass balalaika.
Experience drunken songs, inebriated waltzes, manic stomps, hot swing from the Cold War days along with punk classics of the Perestroika era.
Special guests are the local Raduga Trio. Raduga, from Russian meaning rainbow or joyous arch, is an eclectic, energetic and exciting take on a raw gypsy style. Original compositions and arrangements of melodies and songs from around the world on the clarinet, piano accordion, ukulele and Gitano guitar.
Tickets early bird pre-sale $20 from Katoomba Music or the Carrington. Or online $21.50 (including booking fees) at www.stickytickets.com.au/81359 or $25 (cash) on the door from 8pm (unless sold out).
