Overview
It's the first thing you see when you step into The Triffid: a giant mural, aka the venue's wall of fame, paying tribute to the state's music royalty. And it's about to get a shakeup in the best way possible. Yep, another band will have their name added to the artwork as part of The Triff's new Queensland Album Of The Year Award. If there's a better way to fill the empty spot and keep paying tribute to local music, we can't think of one.
After releasing ace records over the last twelve months, Halfway, Cheap Fakes, Sahara Beck, The Jungle Giants and Holy Holy are the five acts battling it out to see their album spine immortalised on the already jam-packed wall for the next year. Now that the Newstead hangout has selected the five nominees, it's up to the public to decide who emerges victorious by visiting The Triff's website.
The winner will be revealed at the venue's second birthday party on November 5, which will also include an unveiling ceremony. And because everyone who supports Queensland talent is a winner too, anyone who votes will go into the draw to win a coveted Triffid Green Pass +1 — granting the lucky recipient free entry, with a friend, to every gig at The Triff in 2017.
Of course, whoever's name ends up gracing the mural, they'll be in pretty impressive company. With The Triff owned by former Powderfinger bassist John Collins, of course they're up there. So is everyone from iconic '70s punk rockers The Saints to Mansfield alt-rock exports Violent Soho, as well as The Go-Betweens, Custard, The Grates, Screamfeeder, Regurgitator, DZ Deathrays, Fur, Dune Rats, The Riptides and Kev Carmody. There's even a nod to the 'Spicks and Specks'-singing, tight pants-wearing '70s pop outfit The Bee Gees, who hail from Redcliffe.
To vote for The Triffid's Queensland Album Of The Year Award, visit the venue's website.