	{"id":182570,"date":"2026-03-15T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/?p=182570"},"modified":"2026-03-11T21:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:16:25","slug":"newton-faulkner-cut-off-his-dreadlocks-and-reinvented-his-sound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/surfcoasttimes\/living\/newton-faulkner-cut-off-his-dreadlocks-and-reinvented-his-sound\/","title":{"rendered":"Newton Faulkner cut off his dreadlocks \u2013 and reinvented his sound"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HE\u2019S long been known for his percussive acoustic guitar style paired with pop-folk songwriting, but since cutting off his trademark dreadlocks, Newton Faulkner has undergone something of a rebirth.<\/p>\n<p>The East London-based musician cut off the famous locks on stage at Islington Assembly Hall in late 2024, raising money for the charity Teenage Cancer Trust.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt like it had run its course,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In his latest album Octopus, released in early 2026, his music shifts toward a more experimental, electronic-influenced and collaborative era.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been through so many phases and this one is the one that\u2019s the hardest to describe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhenever I play new material to friends they throw a list of names that they think it sounds like. In the past sometimes this list rubbed me up the wrong way because it wasn\u2019t what I was going for at all. With this record it\u2019s been amazing to not hear a single name that I didn\u2019t absolutely love, from early punk stuff to D\u2019Angelo.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_182572\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182572\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-182572\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/NewtonFaulkner.Photo_86255.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/NewtonFaulkner.Photo_86255.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/NewtonFaulkner.Photo_86255-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/NewtonFaulkner.Photo_86255-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/NewtonFaulkner.Photo_86255-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-182572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Newton Faulkner. Photo: SUPPLIED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He describes the lead single, Alright Alright Alright, as \u201ca bit Sex Pistols, a bit Jilted John\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Faulkner has also changed the way he performs live. Known for playing seated during his shows, he decided that approach no longer suited the energy of the album.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this record I was like, \u2018Right, this is not a sitting down record\u2019, so I had to work out how I could use all of my limbs to make the same amount of noise standing up as I was making sitting down,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, he custom-built a pair of MIDI shoes with four triggers that fire electronic percussion samples, including kicks and snares, with every stomp.<\/p>\n<p>The rudimentary footwear was assembled using disc pickups, lens caps and plenty of sticky tape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not a man that makes things,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s only the second thing I have made. I made a wooden squirrel in woodwork when I was in Year 9, then a pair of MIDI shoes around 40, which is probably a midlife crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newton Faulkner performs at The Northern Byron Bay on Friday 24 April.<\/p>\n<p>For more information and tickets, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/troubadourpresents.com\/events\/newton-faulkner\">troubadourpresents.com\/events\/newton-faulkner<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HE\u2019S long been known for his percussive acoustic guitar style paired with pop-folk songwriting, but since cutting off his trademark dreadlocks, Newton Faulkner has undergone something of a rebirth. The East London-based musician cut off the famous locks on stage at Islington Assembly Hall in late 2024, raising money for the charity Teenage Cancer Trust. 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