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INTERVIEW When Adam Brand won TV’s Dancing with The Stars back in 2009 he was already an established mainstay of the Australian Country Music scene. The intense spotlight that surrounded his victory and turbulent personal life made Brand a household name - some twelve years after his debut, platinum-selling album was released. Brand escaped to the country-hub of Nashville, Tennessee and based himself in America for much of the time since the win, a move that proved fulfilling in both a professional and creative sense. Now, however, Brand is back home with a new album under his belt and a strong desire to make

stress-free. “The time in the studio was about six weeks,” he says. “I had a whole bunch of songs in the back pocket – ones that had been on the favourite songs that I know I’ll record someday pile”. Brand likes to make his albums fit together emotionally, which probably explains why some of the more carefree tracks on this record didn’t make it onto his previous, slightly darker-themed album My Acoustic Diary. “The last one was more raw and emotional - there’s more fun on this one” Brand says, before going on to explain his current emotional status and songselection methodology a little further. “Music mirrors the personal life to some extent – when I’m writing or listening to songs that my friends or co-writers have written, I always try and imagine myself up on stage singing it – try and see if I could really ‘feel it’. That way I can tell pretty quickly whether I’ll record it or not”.

A BRAND OF HIS OWN nuts and bolts country rock and roll, live on stage. “I saw Bruce Springsteen live at Acer Arena,”says Brand, on the eve of the national tour that will bring him to Victoria in September, “and I thought what an incredible show he put on. There were no laser light shows or explosions or anything – just a great band on stage rocking out. Just as it should be. That’s what I really love about music”. The ability to replicate a studio album live on stage is important to Brand, who clearly sees his role as being an artist for the people. “I like to write and select songs that are easy to translate on the road”, he says. “I don’t want that situation where there’s backing tracks and triggers and you’re seeing four people but you’re hearing twelve”. This approach clearly had an impact upon the recording of new album My Side of The Street, a process that Brand explains was relatively fast and

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The tone of the album seems to suggest Brand is in a good space right now, a fact that he

confirms. “It feels good to be home” he says, noting that his previous last albums (before this one) were all recorded in Nashville “my heart didn’t feel like it was right to be living overseas and I just sort of followed that”. And as for what fans can expect from the upcoming national tour? “Just a good, honest to goodness band cranking it out with no real bells and whistles” What more could Brand fans ask for? Adam Brand, with special guests Jasmine Rae and Matt Cornell plays The Hallam Hotel on Thursday, September 11. For further details visit www.hallamhotel.com.au LACHLAN BRYAN

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Here we are with another huge month; who said things get a little quieter through winter! There is so much activity bursting on to the local scene with new music and arts concepts popping up daily. August welcomes back Sunday Soultrain to Davey’s with a host of big name, big bands coming our way, while Flanagan’s gets ready to launch more live music, and the Cruze in Mornington steps back in time with an Absolutely 80’s Friday featuring Brian Mannix, Scott Carne and Dale Ryder. We catch up with Ash Grunwald mid-tour from the States along with the announcement of his recent win at the LA Music Critics Awards for ‘Best International Artist’. Marcia Hines takes time out to chat with Matilda on the eve of her FAC show and our resident country cowboy Lachy Bryan talks to Adam Brand in a Pearl exclusive! Just when we thought we couldn’t cram in another interview, things twist a little sideways as RuPaul’s Drag Race celebrity queen Bianca Del Rio catches up with Mel for a squiz at the other side? Mmmm? The scent of festival season is in the air with a sneak preview of Stereosonic, Earthcore and news on a new addition New Years festival at Phillip Island, and BPM hooks up with Joel Fletcher and Allday plus all the local club news, goss and social shots! It’s competition time as we launch The Voice Of Frankston 2014, Hitmakers, and Vanda & Young’s Songwriters comps in Pearl’s Industry section and we take a look at new releases from Sia, Kingswood and more in Revolution. Finally, a special mention and congratulations goes out to our Arts Editor Andrea Louise Thomas on winning first prize in Kingston City Council’s ‘Art Blitz Creative Writing Competition’….we really do have a talented team here at PEARL, keeping you up to date…and now here’s August. Enjoy! SIMON MILLS (Editor)

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Have you ever closed your eyes and felt like you were 16 again? Well that was my afternoon. A cold and gloomy Melbourne afternoon was highlighted with the opportunity to speak with not one but two blasts from the past Brian Mannix and Scott Carne…To those of you too young to remember these guys made the 80’s– they wrote the anthems of the day, a time when music was fun! They had ‘real’ bands backing them, no overlays of music – just good old toe tapping, hip moving, Count Down watching, Aussie rock! You will be pleased to know that over the past (I say with a cough) nearly 30 years they have been still playing music. Speaking with Mannix it seems they are on constant tour, playing all over Australia to sold out crowds – he said with a cheeky glint “we still get the odd pair of undies thrown at us on stage too” – good to know! Mannix went onto say “the unique aspect of this show is that all of us are live bringing back the real music – no lip syncing – we wrote all the material you will feel, hear and we hope love; taking you back in a little time bubble”. Carne let me know the highlight of the evening after all of the hits are played an “it’s an all-in, we all get together with the band and sing a few covers of the hits of the 80’s”. An evening NOT to be missed! If you loved the 80’s and want to bring back some memories, or maybe you’re just a lover of 80’s music and want to see the guys in action, this is your chance! Absolutely 80’s Show Featuring Scott Carne of Kids in the Kitchen, Brian Mannix of Uncanny X Men and Dale Ryder from Boom Crash Opera. So block the 29th of August at the Grand Hotel Mornington in your diaries! Tickets are selling fast from the Grand Hotel on Ph 5975-2001 or visit www.grand.net.au for more details.

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’ve had a quiet suspicion about something over the last couple of years. A development of an idea, a belief that is so significant to my love of music that I’ve chosen to keep it to myself up until now. Maybe this sounds a little dramatic, but I have come to the realisation that Stevie Wonder may just be the single greatest musical talent to have ever existed in popular music. As a singular entity, a masterful songwriter, a prodigious musician who often plays 90-100% of all the instruments on his songs and as the creative embodiment of the inner visions in one’s mind, Stevie Wonder has it all. For many years Stevie Wonder was a part of my lifelike some part time lover. I knew his greatest hits like most people didSuperstition, Signed Sealed Delivered, Isn’t She Lovely - but I never went digging further.

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I just didn’t think enough people spoke about him in revered enough terms for me to take a detour from my path of musical discovery ... forgive me, I was young. But bit-by-bit I discovered more and more of Wonder’s music and each discovery continued to stun me. But it was only when I recently learnt that the classic Ja Rule track Livin it Up - yes it’s a classic - was in fact a sampled re-imagining of a Stevie song Do I Do that I truly realised two things. One, Stevie Wonder is a genius and two, Ja Rule isn’t that good. I had heard about a ‘classic period’ in Wonder’s career, where he was changing the landscape of rhythm and blues and enjoyed his greatest period of success. That’s the ultimate goal, can you be the best at what you do and be the most popular at the same time? For a period of time Stevie Wonder was. Between 1972 and 1976 Wonder released Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Inner visions, Fulfillingness’ First Finale and the magnum opus that is Songs in the Key of Life. During this era Wonder won some 13 Grammy awards and created a batch of work that forms the reference point to every artist he has ever influenced. You’ll hear Kanye West telling reporters he wants to

make something as great as Innervisions,you’ll hear John Legend covering a different song from this group of albums every couple of months and Elton John claiming he never makes an overseas trip without packing a copy of Songs in the Key of Life. During the course of this ‘classic period’Wonder created a new sonic canvas to express the various styles of popular music he had fallen in love with. His refusal to recognise that the white population had taken ownership of rock n roll in the 70s or that gospel music was exclusive to black American churches means that in his music, you’ll find the most glorious amalgamation of all that is great in music. He also wrote freely about every idea he had. Fromcriticising US President Richard Nixon (He’s Misstra Know it All, You Haven’t Done Nothin), to the enduring spirit of love (You and I), the pursuit of spiritual awakening (Higher Ground) and the preciousness of life itself (If It’s Magic).

He made phenomenal music both before and after this golden period, but once you’re done listening to his greatest hits and realising his music has always been a part of your life, turn your attention to this period of Wonder’s work - you won’t regret it. KOG RAVINDRAN

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bailey lan l e n n do NAME: BAILEY DONNELLAN AGE: I’m 16 years of age. I love to skate, play footy and skate! LIVE: Tootgarook, Melbourne Australia. SPONSOR(S): Shed Nine miusic: Don’t really have a favourite type of music, just a bit of everything. PEARL: So Bailey, the rumour is that you have the biggest toeside slide in Victoria? DONNELLAN: My biggest measured slide was a toe side slide of 85 foot or 26 metres. PEARL: Downhill longboarders have been copping a bit of flack as roustabout teens who are getting in the way of traffic. From the groups of down hill skaters I have met locally on the Peninsula, you seem like a fairly clean cut, hardcore, outdoor, sporty group, who skate with a crew aged between teenagers and fifty year olds. As the leader of your pack what do you have to say about your crew? DONNELLAN: Hah. I wouldn’t say I’m the leader of my group. We all just agree on a place to skate, we are all mates, we just like to chill and do what we love and that’s to go fast down a hill as safely as possible. PEARL: You meet up with crew all over Melbourne at different spots each weekend to ensure you don’t annoy the same neighbours too often, what are some of the precautions you take to ensure safety. DONNELLAN: When we go out skating we make sure we have our safety gear on (NO HELMET, NO GLOVES, NO RESPECT) We all look out for each other when we’re skating a hill. If we skate a hill with a blind corner we make sure we have a spotter on the corner to let us know that there are no cars, we have call outs to let each other know if there is a car going down or coming up the hill, we can shutdown slide to stop if we really need

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too. They are the basics but I could list so many more precautions taken to prove that Downhill Skateboarding is a SAFE sport if you do it the correct way! PEARL: What are some of the worst reactions you have had to your skateboarding from the general public? DONNELLAN: Some people have thrown stuff at us, tried to start fights, come out and abused us, threatened us, swerved their cars into us it’s pretty bad and terrifying especially when you think someone is trying to kill you. We just wanna do what we love and have fun the safest way we can without disturbing anyone or harming anyone. PEARL: What is the worst injury you have witnessed? DONNELLAN: The worst injury I have ever witnessed was probably when this kook was skating beyond his limits in Mornington and broke his collarbone and ended up with a heap load of road rash. PEARL: What is it exactly you love about down hill long boarding? DONNELLAN: It’s just an amazing, exciting feeling that flows through your body when going fast and I love the friendly competition and social side. PEARL: What would you rather do (A) Stay up all night playing PlayStation (B) Go to a party (C) Get up early, hit the road and find some hills to bomb? DONNELLAN: I would definitely choose skating over anything. PEARL: Where do you see longboarding headed in the next ten years? DONNELLAN: In tens year’s time I hope to see longboarding in the Olympics! PEARL: Any final words? DONNELLAN: Doug is a kook... Interview: Eddie Wearne bayside & mornington peninsula

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An Australian music industry legend and household name, Marcia Hines has enjoyed a career spanning more than four decades in Australia. She’s been a star of stage and screen, a mentor to aspiring musicians and women around the world and has even been honoured as a member of the Order of Australia for her services to the entertainment industry. Of course, it would be remiss to not mention Hines’ extraordinary back catalogue, releasing a stream of popular albums since her debut Marcia Shines 40 years ago. Stepping back into the recording studio, the diva’s most recent release (appropriately titled, Amazing) marks a staggering 20 years since Marcia Hines’ last album of original songs. On such as momentous occasion, PEARL had the pleasure of asking Queen of Soul what inspired the gifting of another album in 2014. “Well it was high time that I did some original songs,” confesses Hines. “I knew that I wanted to write an album of originals for years and after meeting Joni Mitchell one random evening in Los Angeles last year, her open spirit, talent and heart solidified something inside me and inspired me to turn that dream into a reality.” Famed for her chart-topping covers, Hines assures that she has not discounted the possibility of more re-inventions on albums to come. Amazing is the product of necessity, an expression of Hines that comes with the

hindsight of a life well lived. “The covers were fun, and I won’t say that I’ll never do that again; but I wanted to do an album of originals so I spoke to some friends of mine that knew writers and they hooked me up with Ron E Jones and Tom Diesel. We wrote really full on for six or seven months, and it wasn’t hard because we got on really well. It’s a very cathartic situation when you write and there’s nowhere to hide, because you’re talking about your deepest emotions, your deepest fears and deepest insecurities. Needless to say, the guys and I are really family now.” The resulting album shows Hines unlike ever before, her timeless voice weaving through the universal themes of love, loss and self-empowerment with unmistakable sincerity. The entertainer is certainly more qualified than most when it comes to writing songs about love won and lost, with the announcement of her split from her fourth husband Dr Christopher Morrissey coming earlier this year. “[The album] is pretty personal, because that’s me, warts and all. I’m just talking about stuff that everyone has to deal with. Breaking up, getting back together, insecurities of love, the joys of love, and things that are close to my heart like keeping the earth clean and good for our children and their children.” Amazing is purposely diverse, with Hines exploring different ranges in her voice and marrying her tone with others on

a few collaborations. No stranger to collaborations, Hines reveals how after so long, the challenge always teaches her something about making music. “You come at it with different ideas, and you share these ideas you both have. I think collaborations keep you very honest and on your toes…You know – if you’re willing to learn – you’ll learn something new every day about music. Collaboration teaches you even more.” The surprise collaboration with Russell Crowe in Remedy delivers a cheeky throwback to Nutbush City Limits. In addition to contributing his growling vocals to the track, Crowe took charge of directing the film clip for the musical romp. The tongue-in-cheek clip sees Hines and Crowe don medical robes in a surgical operating theatre and take to the stage with some very cheeky dancing nurses. Hines says she hopes to bring this level of fun entertainment to her live shows, with the Amazing tour kicking off July 30 and taking up residency at the Frankston Arts Centre on Thursday August 21. While Russell Crowe and the dancing nurses will (sadly) not be along for the ride, Marcia Hines promises to deliver old classics and new gems with the help of her band. Tickets and more information at Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston 03 9784 1060 www.thefac.com.au MATILDA HEGGIE

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Let’s face it, a lot of folks out there claim they “can’t stand country music”. It’s a shame of course, and passionate supporters of the genre (like me, for instance) might be inclined to think those haters are a bit narrow-minded. Mention the name ‘Johnny Cash’ however, and it seems that most of the detractors are willing to make an exception. What was it about this twentieth-century icon – the man in black – that made him so universally cool? After all, some of the music Johnny made, particularly in the middle of his career, represents country at its corniest.

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In the years that have followed, rockabilly has remained edgy, mainly thanks to its continued devotion to the idea of rebellion. You’ll recognize rockabilly fans and musicians in the street today by their tattoos, pompadour hair-dos, spotty dresses (on the women) and, if they’ve saved up enough cash, their beautifully preserved mid 20th century hot-rods. Over the years, band like The Stray Cats and Australia’s own The Living End have guided rockabilly’s evolution, but in truth the sub-genre has never drifted to far musically (or visually) from its early incarnations. Now, if you feel like catching some local rockabilly on or near the Peninsula, you certainly have options. Flanagan’s Bar at The Pier Hotel in Frankston has emerged as one of the hottest, most well-supported rockabilly venues in Victoria over the past year or so, whilst up in Moorabbin Lucky 13 Garage has been dedicated to the scene for a year or two longer with bands like The Smokin’ Wingtips and Marco and The Triple Shots headlining their lineup this month. Heading back down south, Baha in Rye have just started up a regular event on the first Sunday of every month titled Rye’s Rockabilly Rumble. It’s $10 on the door and promises two bands, tacos and drink specials from 2pm to 6pm. There’s a fair chance you’ll run into rockabilly-super-fan Andy Wrigglesworth – half of The Weeping Willows – down at Baha on one of these Sundays. And so there we have another sub-genre of the wide country music world – a branch of the country music tree that remains fun highly accessible to people of all ages. Long live rockabilly – and long live Country Music! LACHLAN BRYAN Lachlan Bryan is primarily a singer/ songwriter. His third album Black Coffee won the 2014 Golden Guitar for Alt. Country Album of the Year and is available now. He moonlights as a gifted observer and music journalist, writing monthly for PEARL Magazine on all things folk/ country/bluegrass. If you’ve got a new release, upcoming show or you’d like to get in touch with Lachlan, drop him a line at countryfolk@pearlmag.com.au

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BIANCA DEL RIO TO OZ! Drag Queens. Wikipedia’s definition: A drag queen is a man who dresses, and often acts, with exaggerated femininity. Really? If you grew up in Melbourne during the 70’s you would have driven past Le Girls featuring Carlotta. The place where I first had my eyes open to the alternate world of Drag as we drove past, I remember the bright pink building with such pretty lights and signs. It was a taboo subject in my household though. I have been told that Drag came to Australia after the 2nd world war. Many of the men entertained each other with shows; they couldn’t all feature men – so some dressed as women. Fastforward 69 years…If you haven’t already heard of RuPaul’s Drag race by now very soon you will. Glamour, beauty, talent, comedy, and drama, this show has it all & they are all men – exaggerating their femininity. Now a mainstream & widely accepted Extravaganza! The sixth season of RuPaul has finished in the US, of course with a crowning! We won’t disclose the winner to you, but let’s just say, we all love Bianca Del Rio. A 37 year old female impersonator from New Orleans who lives in NYC. Bianca’s’ personality shone through the entire show – calling herself a ‘cold heartless bitch’ on more than one occasion; this quickly turned out not to be quite the truth. Fabulous style, impeccable presentation, a comedic genius who could think on her feet at the blink of a 2 inch fake eyelash. PEARL was lucky enough to catch Bianca in Brownsville Texas on her way to the airport to fly out to start her European/Australian/New Zealand tour. What shocked me when speaking with Bianca was I was speaking with an incredibly gifted actor who wanted to share her time with me. The larger than life character of Bianca was paired back to the bones. Willing to offer up a personal insight into her character. Life before RuPaul had Bianca working with in the costume design

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industry, working with Broadway shows, opera, ballet, theatre. Much to Bianca’s boss’s dismay, she has had to take a leave of absence due to the heavy commitment of travelling the world since March of this year post the Drag Race. The major change to her 18 year Drag career has been going from a national identity to being known on a global scale. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook all have shown fans from across the world – what is more amazing it’s not just to the gay community. More straight families have been watching – the new world that has been opened; is just incredible. When asking Bianca three pieces of advice she would offer anyone going into this industry she noted; “never let a bitch see you sweat! More importantly; be professional, turn up on time every time. Take classes – in anything – better yourself every day. Most importantly show respect. If you give a little you will get it in return” Coming to Australia and playing to sold out venues across the country Bianca wants to see everything from Dame Edna to kangaroos! Looking forward to Australian audiences; on several occasions being told her quick witted, sarcastic, dry & sometimes (very funny) yet insulting comedy is very close to an Australian humour. Watching ever episode of RuPaul with my husband, 17 year old daughter and occasionally our son, I must say; the men that are in this industry are just magicians. It’s a disappearing act of testosterone becoming beautiful vivacious vixens. Each with their own unique style of Drag. Here to entertain you – not be judged……. well only by RuPaul! “Get ready Australia; Bianca Del Rio is ready to Sissy that Walk” Bianca Del Rio performs live at The GH Hotel, 1 Brighton Rd, St Kilda on Thursday September 4th from 8pm. Tickets available from inthedark.com.au MELINDA RANSOM

SAMMY OWENS BLUES BAND The Sammy Owens Blues Band (pictured) are a must see band. Their latest CD, the NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH debuted at number 21 and is now at number 12 on the Australian Blues and Roots Airplay chart and will certainly continue to rise. This is a great local blues outfit not to be missed, for more information please go to: www.facebook.com pages/Sammy-OwenBlues-Band/181645095227011

SUPPORT LIVE BLUES MUSIC VENUES This month’s special mention goes to the Heritage 3059 in Balnarring who have been featuring an impressive array of live Blues music every Sunday afternoon with no less than the Detonators, Bag O’ Nails, the Jackson Four, Safari Motel and Andy Phillips and the Cadillac Walk all appearing in recent weeks. It is always good to see another venue supporting the live music scene and supporting our local peninsula bands. Please go to: www.heritage3059.com.au/ for more details.

RADIO WAVES – BLUES SHACK The 3RPP BLUES SHACK has been a regular institution on the Peninsula every Thursday night for the last two and a half years. In a move to make the BLUES SHACK available to as many Blues lovers as possible, it has been decided to move the BLUES SHACK to Monday nights at an earlier time slot from 9pm for two hours. The BLUES SHACK will continue to feature the very best in Australia’s Blues music “live to air” and on CD wherever possible. Congratulations to Ray Reid, Mark Mayle and Terry Murphy for their great work on this show.

ROB PAPP AND DAVE NUNN Arguably still one of the best guitarists going around, Rob Papp has teamed up with Dave Nunn on harp to deliver a refreshing Jazz infused Blues acoustic duo. Rob and Dave are getting around the wineries and restaurants

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and doing some really entertaining and relaxed Sunday afternoon gigs. Keep an eye on their gig guide.

YOUTH IN BLUES YOUTH IN BLUES is an initiative of the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society (MBAS) held annually to encourage the next generation of Blues musicians. The YOUTH IN BLUES Program aims to help budding young Blues musicians and vocalists gain confidence and experience with the guidance and mentorship of established Blues musicians and music industry professionals. This Program offers young people a place to show their musical talent in a fun, encouraging and learning. Troy Wilson from the Peninsula Blues Club has extended the YOUTH IN BLUES program to the Peninsula for 2014. This Peninsula program is aimed at High school students aged between 14 and 18, with classes being held at 5.30pm Fridays at the Blue Note College of Music.

PENINSULA BLUES CLUB Sunday July 13, one of my favourite Blues outfits, Blues Eyes Cry performed as the PBC house band and they can have the gig as long as they want (LOL). Next month the very talented guitarist and singer songwriter, Shannon Bourne will perform as the feature artist – don’t miss this special event. For more details please check: peninsulabluesclub.com/ the new home of the Peninsula Blues Club.

DON’T MISS The Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society (MBAS) DUET series coming soon. Until next month, let’s keep the blues alive and support our local artists. Greg writes monthly for PEARL on all things Blues and if you’d like Greg to review your release or you know of something happening in the Blues world please drop him a line at: blues@pearlmag.com.au or www.facebook. com/GregFisherBluesIllustrated. Greg can also be heard every Tuesday between 122pm on 88.3 Southern FM as the host of the all Australian Blues Illustrated show. bayside & mornington peninsula

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free to shine Show support for a great cause at Cafe 115 this August 16 as they play host to the Free To Shine Masquerade Ball in aid of neglected Cambodian children. Some of Melbourne’s great jazz and blues acts gather for a one-night-only extravaganza that promises to be a lot of fun. Matt Dwyer, Andrea Marr, Robb Papp, Diddy Reyes and a DJ, form a line-up that is worthy of your $60 entry donation fee that will include canapes, drinks and a gift voucher for Simone Perele. A sell out Masquerade Ball will raise $5,000 for the Free To Shine charity that believe children should be in schools, not brothels. Set up by local Mornington resident Nicky Mih, the organisation has enrolled 200 girls that otherwise may have been sold into sex trafficking - and they have a big goal - to enrol another 500 by this time next year. The idea of the Masquerade Ball is that the mask symbolises those girls who remain enslaved so wear a colourful mask that represents a strong character. Help out this Mornington based charity with your donation at the Free to Shine Masquerade Ball at Cafe 115, 115 Main Street Mornington, August 16. Tickets $60 from eventbrite.com.au. For more info go to freetoshine.org. SIMON BURKE

MEEKING MAD Michael Meeking and the Lost Souls have returned home after a successful UK tour and will be hitting up Baha’s in Rye on August 17 with their fine breed of country rock. The show is the first of Baha’s monthly country hoe-down and has been a long awaited gig on the peninsula. Michael has wowed audiences at Tamworth and Whittlesea country music festivals, performed with Tim Rogers, Mick Thomas and Nick Barker, and played support gigs for British artists such as the Men They Couldn’t Hang and Glen Tilbrook and is now appealing to audiences back in Melbourne. His band, The Lost Souls, will also be glad to be home as they are all highly regarded Melbourne musicians comprising of Dave Kleyjnans (The Wellingtons), Julian Chick (Mick Thomas and the Roving Commission), Chris Gates (Ground Swell), Cate de Carteret (The Migrations and The Fujiyama Mamas) and Maryanne Smart (The Fujiyama Mamas). With their new album Ride On, featuring Michael’s catchy tunes and heartfelt lyrics and glut of Melbourne shows, it is a sure sign that if you haven’t heard of Michael Meeking and The Lost Souls, you will soon.

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Be the first to see Michael Meeking and The Lost Souls on the peninsula at Baha, 2203-2209 Pt Nepean Rd, Rye August 17. More info go to bahatacos. com.au. SIMON BURKE

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ONE MAN BAND ASH GRUNWALD IN A CLASS OF HIS OWN

Since bursting onto the blues and roots scene in 2002 Melbourne born Ash Grunwald has won numerous awards and a number of hearts with his charismatic and soulful performances. However it’s wrong to simply label Grunwald as a blues and roots artist- his mishmash of musical genres, musical instruments and powerful vocals put him in a class of his own. PEARL’s Jessica Mills spoke to Grunwald direct from America where he was wrapping up his tour with Xavier Rudd before heading home to begin a nation wide tour kicking off this month, which includes a show at Chelsea Heights Hotel on Friday 22 August. PEARL: Your US tour has just earned you the LA Music Critic Award for Best International Act. How has it been playing across America? GRUNWALD: There were antics, there were a lot of antics, what antics can I talk about? (laughs) We had a lot of fun. We’d go off the beaten track a lot, hire a car and drive up into the mountains- Colorado was really fun, we had a few adventures there. PEARL: You played in some pretty high profile venues in the US. What was it like performing on the same stage as music icons such as Jimmy Hendrix and Aretha Franklin? GRUNWALD: Amazing, we played at a lot of places where legends had played before, you know it’s normal for you to set up and play your guitar where Hendrix set up and played his guitar. PEARL: You’re about to embark on your tour around Australia, what can fans expect from your upcoming show at Chelsea Heights Hotel? GRUNWALD: I think my music keeps evolving the whole time and I’ll definitely be playing a few new tracks at the shows. I’ll be playing like I used

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to play about six or seven years ago, when it was all organic. It’s all about smashing it out, one man band, sort of dance blues stuff. PEARL: You collaborated with Scott & Andy from The Living End to create an album last year, how did that come about, and what was it like working with them? GRUNWALD: I’m really good friends with Scott, we just get on like a house on fire. I was travelling to Melbourne for St Kilda Festival and I invited Scotty on the spare of the moment to come down. He said “why don’t we invite Andy to have a jam?” and I was like really, that’s two thirds of the Living End, would I be allowed? (laughs) and he said “no it’s cool” so we did it. The first time Andy had heard my music was when he was on stage playing with me and it was just amazing so we were like we have to keep doing this. PEARL: There’s a few cover songs on that album, what’s the creative process like making a new version of another artist’s song? GRUNWALD: It’s pretty relaxing actually; it’s way harder to write your own song. When I cover a song I really try to take it in a new direction. When we did Crazy that was perfect because we turned it into a rock song and I was doing my blues thing and that was far enough away. The last thing I’d ever want to do was something that sounded similar to the original. I do like to sing the melody similar though because with your music and your voice it’s already going to be different enough. When people mess with it too much and turn it into a complete different song I don’t really enjoy it, I like that you can sing along even if it’s different. PEARL: You’ve made a lot of music over the past 10 years, where do you get your inspiration?

GRUNWALD: It varies a lot. I always like messing with the genres, I do blend a lot of different sounds. It’s hard to describe my music as just one thing. At the moment I’m in a weird phase of getting away from the technology that I’ve used for a long time, all the electronic sounds and just wanting to go back to playing something raw, rocky, bluesy, powerful and organic. On different albums you give yourself a little statement of what you feel like you want to do, how you think you want to sound, how you think you can do the best music you can do at this point in time, so that’s what I’m feeling like it is at the moment. PEARL: So you’re currently working on a new album? GRUNWALD: I’m writing furiously at the moment to come up with something pretty good. I feel a lot of pressure, because I think this next album has to be the best album I’ve ever done. It has to have songs that are really catchy, single worthy and mean something. I’ve been through a lot and I think our society is going in a really weird direction and I’d like to comment on that but not make it really obvious. I want these songs to really tick a hell of a lot of boxes. I might record this next album in US to help to take it to the next level. For tickets to see Ash h at Chelsea Heights on n Friday August 22 head ad to ticketmaster.com.au au u and for more details visit chelseaheights. com.au

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VANS THE MAN

Let legendary Irish/Australian singer Joe Creighton take you on a mystical and transcendental journey through the music of Van Morrison with his show Into The Mystic at the Southern Peninsula Arts Centre on September 6. Joe has a unique insight into Van Morrison songs having grown up on the same street at the same time supplying him with the type of authenticity needed to mirror the infamous musician. The heady times of 1960’s Belfast will be released through music that was so integral to that era, with the journey continuing beyond, through the decades, encompassing Van’s worldwide hits with a sprinkling of some of the more mystical poetic songs from Van’s first album Astral Weeks. Accompanied by his eight piece band The Belfast Horns, together they have been performing to sell-out shows for over two years with this latest tour coinciding with Van Morrison’s birthday in late August. Joe has been known to raise the roof, digging deep into Van Morrison’s Irish combo of jazz, r&b, blues and pop, interacting with the audience and performing Van’s vast repertoire flawlessly. Even the most boring of toes tap to Brown Eyed Girl so get out and enjoy Into The Mystic- The Music of Van Morrison by Joe Creighton at the Southern Peninsula Arts Centre on September 6. Tickets $35. More info go to southernpeninsulaartscentre.com. SIMON MILLS

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with SIMON PETOCHIO  POOR FORM to my four-year-old boy. I am not “Poopy Bum-Bum Head”, I am your mother. Helen Waczx, Cranbourne  POOR FORM to the noisy tenant in the apartment above me, stomping around at all hours like a horse with a brain injury. How a single old lady can make such a racket is beyond me. Con Kotsopularis, Frankston

 GOOD FORM to the pending investigation into inadequate public housing. The cramped conditions in my apartment block are, in my opinion, not conducive to good mental health. My horse, for example, seems to have gone completely insane. Marie Nopfler, Frankston

 GOOD FROM to my girlfriend for her broadminded attitude toward my Syndrome. Sadly, people with this affliction are often unable to distinguish between appropriate and inappropriate behaviour unless our mistakes are pointed out to us. I am very grateful to have such a tolerant and devoted woman by my side. Randy Yopp, Dromana

 GOOD FORM to donuts and kabana - sooo funny, LOL!!!:) Munt Dullard, Seaford

 GOOD FORM to the fellow explorers who allowed me to partake of their shelter and provisions when I happened, one squally night, upon their modest encampment. If not for your charity, kind Sirs, I might have perished out there. Edgar H. Hintonbury, London

 POOR FORM to the lost dude who jumped in me van the other night when we were havin’ a quiet smoke in the car park. He was all saturated and crazy, and he ate all me chewy. Dane Farnham, Rye

 POOR FORM to predictive texting. I’m a professional astrologer trying to run a business, for heavens sake! People trust me to text them their daily horoscope. This sort of thing could potentially ruin lives. I can only hope my customers retain strange fat in their bosoms.

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 POOR FORM Randy, you low dog! Ok, so maybe it was your “syndrome” that made you sit on the floor licking pretzels all night at Mum’s party. But it’s no excuse for the sex-tape affair with my auntie, or, for that matter, the public beheading of my dad! Syndrome, shmyndrome, Randy: IT’S OVER. Rachel Gewy, Dromana

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 POOR FORM... Whoops, that should of course read: shlong fart in their condoms. Lady Medusa, Chelsea  POOR FORM... Aaaarrgg!... STRONG FAITH IN THEIR COSMOS!!!!! Lardy Mad USA, Cheddar From tiffs and turmoil to good blokes and great moments, tell us about the good and bad stuff happening around town in our ‘Good Form / Poor Form’ column! Email Simon at goodformbadform@ pearlmag.com.au with your story!

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chlorella will start to eliminate the heavy metals from your system.” She was keen to find out more. “Start with a small dose of chlorella, maybe 1/8th to ¼ of a tsp and day and slowly build up.” I said. “If you start to get headaches, then drop the dose, you are detoxing too fast.” “Do you know what they put in pills?” I asked “No” She said. I picked up her pills and started reading, “Well your pills have silicon dioxide in them, they probably have bulking agents, binding agents and filling agents, like Ytterbium. These are heavy compounds as well.” I pointed to my superherb powders. “I would recommend detoxing with supergreens.” I told her. “Take a level teaspoon every day. These are a combination of organic barley grass, spirulina and chlorella. No added ingredients. Just plant powders, after all if it green it is clean. It will clean the gut, the liver and the blood all in one go.” Great. Another satisfied customer. Raw on Rye Tea Wholefoods the place for REAL Healthy Organic, Vegan, Gluten Free and Diary Free Foods. Come visit us for Organic Veggies, Workshops, Natural Health Consultations, Raw Food Classes and more. Find us on Facebook, email planter@wn.com. au or ring 041894065

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I told her “If its green it’s clean” I am not sure if she understood. We were talking about bowels; again, I seem to spend so much of my time talking about bowels. She wanted to look at detoxing and had brought all these tablets in and had spent a lot of money. “I want to detox,” she said “though I have spent all this money on this detox and I am still not feeling any better.” I was not surprised. Any detox that came in a tablet form appeared to be to be a money making scam to me. “I can get my money back.” She continued. “As it has a 30 day money back guarantee” I recommended she got her money back. That was when we started talking about the Green. I suggested smoothies and juices for brekkie, though she said she could not easily do that. “The smoothies and meal replacements are making me feel sick” She told me. I said “Well, they are usually laced with aspartame which is a neurotoxin, it is not surprising, as they kill brain cells within one hour of consumption.” I told her about spirulina and chlorella. “These are super foods, that contain all your amino acids, plus they are very high in nutrients. African tribes have been living of spirulina for years.” “The added bonus,” I continued, “is that

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because they are three (they don’t know any better) and because jelly shoes are waterproof. If you wear them to the dinner party I am hosting I will melt them down in a saucepan and make Tupperware out of them. I’ve always wanted purple glitter Tupperware containers. The most obvious way we know the Internet decade is back is the re-emergence of the pop band. Yup, One Direction got the ball rolling and now every second song on the radio is performed by a group of barely pubescent teenagers singing about the emotional ache of losing their long lost love. Pur-lease, if they were singing about acne, feeling fat in high school, parental divorce, and learning how to apply foundation without looking like an ‘OompaLoompa’, I might at least respect their songs. But to make things worse, not only do these newpop bands still not write their own songs or play their own instruments, this time they don’t even dance. Goddamn man, now in the nineties at least they could dance.

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And not in a ‘Backstreet’s Back Alright!’ kind of way, because that would be awesome, end of discussion. More in the Chucky’sbaaaack, creepy, cringe worthy, I want to look away and run into an array of kitchen knives kind of way. As a nineties kid I am mildly ashamed of the decade I spend most of formative years in. There was Pokemon, a card game 99% of the child population collected, and yet did anyone even know how to play it? We also added nothing to fashion. We reintroduced flares, they weren’t great in the 70s but at least they were original, although the Navy would oppose that idea. Think about the great looks from previous decades. The 20s had pin curls and flapper dresses. The forties had the peplum shape with red lipstick and shoulder pads. The fifties had the pinup look down pat, and Marilyn Monroe. The 80s had…had, well it had panache,I’ll bloody well give them that. Now look what the younger generation have gone and done. They brought back the only era in the last century that no one needed to see again. Crop tops, Spice Girl hair buns, and those pathetic plastic stretchy chokers, that what, are supposed to look like some strange growth-like tattoo? Do not even get me started on jelly shoes and platform trainers. The only people on this planet that should be legally allowed to wear multicoloured jelly shoes are three year olds who are going to the beach;

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Wine-D Down Give your taste buds a crash course in wine education at the Frankston and South Eastern Wine Show in The Briars Park, Mt Martha on August 31. Swill, gargle and drink your way through some of best products by amateur wine makers in this event held by the Frankston Amateur Winemakers Guild. The guild usually meet once a month at the Briars historic property to taste the latest flavours members have conjured up and discuss wine-making techniques as well as holding classes during February. Upon entry with a donation of $10, you receive a complimentary wine glass with which you will use as a vessel to carry wine from hand to mouth. With so many different varieties of wine, punters will be spoiled for choice sampling vino with ingredients like grapes, apples, stone-fruits, citrus, berries, vegetable, herbs and flowers in categories such as still, sparkling, fortified wines and liqueurs. If you fancy making a day of it, why not bring your own picnic to have on the lawns or use one of the barbecues, maybe go for a stroll on the easy wildlife bushwalks or perhaps enjoy the 1840’s homestead with Napoleonic memorabilia. Either way this is a great day out for everyone, lets hope the weather behaves. Need to un-wined? Then the Frankston and South Eastern Wine Show is for you. Held at The Briars Park 450 Nepean Hwy, Mount Martha, Mornington Peninsula August 31. More info go to fawg. org.au. SIMON BURKE

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STEEPLES HITS THE NOTE

If you haven’t seen the new Steeples then put it on your list! Not only has the venue undergone a significant transformation to present an exquisite new indoor/ outdoor dining experience for Mornington, Steeples live music format has now officially made Sunday lunch a whole lot longer. Fine food, fine wine and fine music have become the winning combination with renowned solo artists performing weekly from 1pm. Regular favourites Jason Dean and Dylan Boyd are this month joined in rotation by Matt Bradshaw on Sunday 24th and introducing new Peninsula resident and piano man Victor Pender. With a long list of credits and a repertoire that could take you well in to Monday, join Victor Pender for lunch at Steeples, Racecourse Rd, Mornington on Sunday August 17th from 1pm-4pm. For a sneak peak preview visit victorpender.com. For bookings call venue on 5976-0711 SIMON MILLS

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BELEURA HILL CAFE The best thing about coffee shops is that they’re popping up everywhere. With a little strategy, there’s an option on almost every route. And the more that pop up, the easier it gets! Much to my delight, my childhood milkbar on Beleura Hill Road in Mornington now has a café attached. Once the lower grocery section, where I’d park my bike while returning empty lemonade bottles for the 10c deposit, is now host to great coffee and healthy food. It’s got plenty of parking in a nice little pocket just out of the world’s eye. Take five on your next drive! Beleura Hill Café, naturally, it’s on Beleura Hill Rd in Mornington. SIMON MILLS

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THE VOICE OF FRANKSTON 2014 Fun-key Music is proud to advise you that The Voice Of Frankston is returning for the second year. Riding on the success of current talent shows such as The Voice Australia and The X- Factor, The Voice Of Frankston was conceived with the hope of providing a platform to launch the careers of undiscovered talent in the area, bring local business and community together, and build a real sense of pride in Frankston.

Last year The Voice Of Frankston received over 130 entries last year, with many of the finalists, and not just winners, receiving invitations to perform at various gigs since the event including ‘Between The Bays Music Festival’ and popular local venues including God’s Kitchen in Mornington. With three categories ranging from Under 15 years to 50 years and over, contestants rally for a share in a grand prize pool of $10,000 including $2500 for each category winner

and a host of recording and industry support packages. This year The Voice Of Frankston welcomes Endota Spa to lead the long list of sponsor’s including Frankston TV, RPP-FM, Pav Music, AV Friend Productions and of course Pearl Magazine. The 2014 official launch commences with an information night on August 13th at The Deck in Frankston featuring the winners from last year’s competition. Whether you are a budding young singer, an aspiring

adult performer or a senior with a passion for entertaining, join in and celebrate your talent in this fantastic solo artist singing competition. The Voice Of Frankston 2014 Official Launch Party, 7pm Wednesday August 13th at The Deck, Nepean Hwy, Frankston. For further details visit www. funkeymusic.com.au or phone 97863104. SIMON MILLS

LAST YEARS WINNERS: Belynda Monro, Cail Baroni & Mark Peters.

For the first time on the Peninsula, all the eligible bachelors and bachelorettes will come under the one roof for a spectacular singles night, hosted by the guys from Midori. If you’re a single guy or girl 25+, want to head out for a night of fun and great entertainment then save the date because this is one event that should definitely no be missed!

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Pre sale tickets are $40, which includes beer, wine, bubbly and finger food with fantastic door prizes to be won on the night as well. There’ll be live entertainment with the boys from FUDGE set to get the party started with a swag of cool classics to get you in the mood. The Midori Ball will be held on Saturday 6th September. Tickets can be purchased at the

Bay Hotel or on the website www.bayhotel. w.bayhotel. com.au. So if you want to mix and d mingle at this year’s ‘must go to event’ then make sure you come down, get funky, and maybe even get lucky! For more information contact Char at the Bay on 59762222. The Bay is located at 62 Main Street Mornington. SIMON MILLS

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OH WHAT A NIGHT

Making a triumphant return to Australia is OH WHAT A NIGHT the Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons musical tribute, direct from Las Vegas to the Frankston Arts Centre on September 4. The American rock and pop group was said to be the most popular band before the Beatles and are well represented by a group of performers who look, sound and act just as amazing. Written by independent Motown producer George Solomon and award-winning producer/director Michael Chapman with choreography by Paul Holmquist, the cast also includes Joe Conti, Rick Morgan and Nick Petris. OH WHAT A NIGHT is an exciting way for fans to relive some nostalgic moments or enjoy them for the very first time. With a dynamic songbook featuring hits such as Walk Like A Man, Sherry and Grease providing recognisable tunes, the show also delivers informative and hilarious banter between the high spirited cast. Witness OH WHAT A NIGHT at the Frankston Arts Centre, 27-37 Davey Street, Frankston September 4. Tickets and info go to artscentre.frankston.vic. gov.au. SIMON BURKE

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It was with curiosity that I ventured over to The Seaford Hotel one fine Sunday afternoon in June. I drive past it dozens of times a year and the last time I had set foot inside would have been at least fifteen years ago. It is one of those mega pubs with the bistro, pokies, front bar, drive through bottle shop, kids play area and so on, a very popular venue with the locals. The hotel is now showcasing talented Blues artists every Sunday afternoon. So I had to check it out. As I pulled up there was already a row of shiny Harley Davidson’s out the front of the main bar, the blues Sunday sessions are held in the ‘Clover Bar’ from 2pm to 5pm. To get to the Clover bar you can go through either the main bar or the bistro. The bistro was bustling and busy and the main bar had the usual staples of TAB screens and betting stuff going on. There was an open fire roaring and the locals seemed settled in and in good spirits. There is great security and they are really friendly. The bistro was full of families and the Clover Bar itself attracted a good sized crowd of genuine music lovers, both men and women. The ‘Clover Bar’ was interesting and had a great pub atmosphere; the décor was typical pub style, the classic geometric carpet to hide no doubt a multitude of sins, Texas poker tables, some booths to sit in and a fire. It felt cosy and my friend and I immediately felt relaxed and comfortable. We settled into a booth at the back of the room for what ended up being a real treat of an afternoon. Every Sunday showcases live Blues music and today one of my favourite bands, Cadillac Walk, headed by guitar virtuoso, Andy Phillips

was featuring, my Sunday was really starting to look up. We ordered a Seafood meal each from the bistro (which was really good), the staff were very friendly, and despite ordering coffees with the expectation of picking them up at the bar, they were brought to our table in the Clover Bar, which was a nice touch. As the band began to play, bodies began to drift in from the main bar and bistro, attracted by the music, by the end of the first set the room was full and by the second set there were a number of appreciative audience members dancing too. The band got a great response from the crowd who whooped, whistled and hollered after every song. This high level of appreciation is something I have noticed at every Cadillac Walk show. Andy Phillips never fails to leave an impression, I have now seen his show three times and each time I am left feeling that he really has something special to offer and is on the brink of being a highly sought after performer, his schedule is already starting to look very full until mid 2015. His drummer, the talented Peter Hayden, compliments his every move and is a real treat to watch, and his bass player Ray Reid is a solid presence. I have said this before, there is a ‘buzz’ around these guys, and Phillips is the real deal, he is genuinely a rising star. I look forward to following his career intently. Be sure to check out The Seaford Hotel when you get a chance, Phillips and his band will be performing again August 17 from 2pm. Seaford Hotel, 362 Frankston-Dandenong Rd Seaford, for more visit theseaford.com.au MONIKA NARRELE

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MERCHANT LANE FOR MORNINGTON “Merchant Lane” is the brainchild of Paul Cameron, who over many years in marketing and promotion on the Peninsula has created the concepts for the iconic Bay

Hotel, the original McCrae Pavilion & the Social. Paul, known as PC to most, has teamed up with hospitality expert, former Mornington Racing Club CEO, Fraser Bayne and fellow Mornington local Joel Hall, who at only 26 brings a youthful perspective, a sporting drive and a specialist trade to this talented group. The boys have an exciting vision for now and the future. Stage one, the revamped Social looks fantastic and is

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n the space of just four years, 26-year-old Marcus Haney has ICoachella, been to nearly 50 music events around the world, including Glastonbury, Bonnaroo and even the Grammys.

All without spending a single cent on admission. Sure, there are many ways to get into festivals if you are sprightly, footloose and complete broke, but this guy really puts your best efforts of scaling a fence and hot stepping out of security’s reach to shame. Throughout his travels, Haney has filmed as much as he could, including being taken on tour with Mumford & Sons and The Naked & Famous after they heard tale of his legacy. The consequential documentary, No Cameras Allowed, could well have resulted in a portrayal of a young man’s hubris, yet surprises in re what culminates as a coming-of-age story akin to Almost Famous. From sneaking into Coachella via a portaloo, masquerading as talent and press, to finding friendship with his music idols, Haney has turned himself into one of the most sought-after photographers in the music industry. No Cameras Allowed, is expecting an official release “soon”. You can check out the trailer online. Prepare to be jealous.

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Back where it all began, Soltribe return with their crowd winning combination of funk and soul that launched The Deck on opening night in Frankston just on twelve months ago. Currently performing across some of Melbourne’s premier live music venues, Soltribe cover a wide variety of soul music from the ol’soul era of the 70’s through to artist of our current era. The seven piece horns-andall outfit featuring the vocals of Karl Wagner and Taxiride’s Tim Wild on keys,together will take you on a journey through the realms of Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Chaka Khan and many more. Soltribe perform Friday August 15 at The Deck, 2-4 Davey St Frankston from 9pm. For more info call 9783-1003 or visit thedeckbar.net.au SIMON MILLS

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SATURDAY SOUL FOR THE ROYAL Mornington’s Royal Hotel just keeps getting better and with a fresh new acoustic act making their debut to a Mornington stage, Saturday nights goes from strength to strength. Bayside duo Rebecca Cardamone and Nathan Sinclair bring their touch of soul down south. Caramone is a Melbourne recording artist who has performed at festivals and major concert venues around Australia, while Sinclair has been a professional Spanish

guitarist for over twenty years, playing internationally on the concert stage in Asia and Europe. Between them they have worked with artists the calibre of Sting, Flo Rida, Brian McFadden, and Jessica Mauboy. Their interpretations of classic and modern radio hits are performed with originality, high energy and their own unique artistic flair. Playing tracks across all genres; pop, dance, acoustic, latin, jazz, and rock, they

love playing all the classic hits and have a strong focus on performing chart hits with a rhythmic energy that will bring people to their feet. Catch this captivating acoustic duo Saturday August 16 at The Royal hotel, The Esplanade in Mornington. For details phone 5975 8555 or visit theroyal.com.au SIMON MILLS

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FLANAGANS LIVE MUSIC TRIFECTA Flanagan’s gives one back to band-fans this September launching into three nights of live music with new Friday and Saturday nights and the welcome return of some sentimental favourites. Back by popular demand Jordan and the boys from Fudge swing in to an all new Friday night live concept after winning the hearts of locals for more than decade on the Flanny’s stage, and returning with them to launch a new look Saturday is another legendary local act, the infamous Olly&Scuzzi. With a big bag of surprises including REAL drink specials, regular theme nights, crazy competitions and reduced cover charges, it’s easy to see, your local is back!

Naturally no true-blue music venue is complete without a Uni night, and that’s just what Bedrock brings to Thursday nights. Already kicking through August, Bedrock alongside your favourite DJ’s, will be introducing some new surprises to Thursday’s, but your just gonna have to head down and see for yourself! Now open from midday seven days a week and boasting three nights of live music from next month, your local is back. Keep up to date with all the new announcements on Facebook…I think we all know how to do that by now? Flanagans at the Pier Hotel, 508 Nepean Hwy, Frankston, Ph 9783-9800 or visit www.pierlive.com.au SIMON MILLS

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SUNDAY SOULTRAIN STOPPING ALL STATIONS The Sunday arvo music scene has not quite been the same since the departure of one Melbourne’s most iconic Sunday sessions, playing host to some of the country’s biggest Blues, Soul and Rock n’ Roll artists each week, right here in our own backyard. This month Davey’s welcome back Sunday Soultrain.

The first series of Sunday Soultrain features chart-topper and fiery favourite Jesse Valach’s Blues Mountain, Blues Performer Of The Year Award winner Andrea Marr and her big band The Funky Hitmen, and Blues At The Briars

show-stopping band JJ Rome.Also joining the bill is multi award winners Blue Eyes Cry who’s debut album ‘Sleeping Alone’ last year spent two months at #1 on the ‘Australian Blues & Roots Airplay Charts’ and is still charting alongside Soultrain stable-mate Shaun Kirkwho brings his one-man-blues-band to town in September. In 2010 Kirk’s maiden release ‘Crusin’ collected a “Best Debut Album”, followed by “Thankyou For Giving Me The Blues’, which charted in the USA

and debuted here at #1. It’s no surprise to see his latest album ‘Steer The Wheel” already achieving Top 10! All aboard for Sunday Soultrain, delivering all the big names and pulling in to Davey’s, Cnr Daveys St & Nepean Hwy, Frankston on Sunday August 24 from 2.30pm. For more information Ph 97837255 or visit daveys.com.au SIMON MILLS

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Thursday August 7TH @260 (Edithvale), Loui Battour. 6:30PM 2 Brothers (Moorabbin), Simon Phillips. 7:30PM Bay Hotel (Mornington), Plugged In Showcase w Dawkins. 8:30PM Flanagans (Frankston), Bedrock. 9:00PM Grand Hotel (Mornington), Grand Trivia. 7:00PM Hallam Hotel (Hallam), Karaoke Thursdays. 8:30PM Longbeach Hotel ( Chelsea ), Longbeach Trivia. 7:00PM Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Rosebud Trivia. 7:30PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Sands Live. 7:00PM Friday August 8TH @260 (Edithvale), Short Note. 7:00PM 2 Brothers (Moorabbin), David Huxtable. 7:30PM Backyard Bar (Mornington), Backyard Karaoke. 9:00PM Baha (Rye), Daddy-O’s. 8:00PM Baxter Tavern (Baxter), Rob Foenander. 7:00PM Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Cedar Duo. 9:00PM Bay Hotel (Mornington), The Friday Fix w Robbo from 5pm then Fribays downstairs & Mashd n Kutch + guests upstairs. 9:00PM Beaches (Mornington), Single Income. 9:00PM Beretta’s (Langwarrin), Rob & Tarquin. 9:00PM Brass Razu (Mornington), Jessica Jade & Kimberley Bowden. 8:30PM Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), Sportsbar, Karaoke Kool. 9:00PM Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), The Black Sorrows. 8:00PM Continental Hotel (Sorrento), Conti Fridays. 9:00PM Dance Nightclub (Berwick), Surrender Fridays. 9:00PM Deck Bar (Frankston), DJ Chris Pettigrove & Every Avenue. 9:00PM Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston), Riffs & Tiffs 10:30AM and. 1:30PM Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston), A Life In Song. 8PM Frankston Football Club (Frankston), The Party People Karaoke. 8:00PM Frankston RSL (Frankston), Taste Of Tamworth. 7:00PM Hallam Hotel (Hallam), Eastwood Ravine. 9:00PM Harba (Mornington), Roy Orbison Tribute Show. 7:00PM Hastings Club (Hastings), Leanne Sloan. 6:30PM Lucky 13 Garage (Moorabbin), Hard Rock Garage with SAS 30Yr Reunion. 8:00PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), After Hours. 9:00PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Our House. 8:00PM Mornington Peninsula Brewery (Mornington), Travis Addison. 7:00PM

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One Fourteen (Mentone), Trainwreck. 9:00PM Pig & Whistle Tavern (Main Ridge), Jay McLean. 7:00PM Prince Bandroom (St Kilda), Sigma. 9:00PM Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Olly & Scuzzi. 10:00PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Karaoke Friday. 9:00PM Seaford RSL (Seaford), Steve Warner. 7:00PM Soundbar (Rosebud West), Rosco & Maria Swampbox. 10:30PM Trims Restaurant (McCrae), Simon Trist. 12:30PM Twelve Bar (Frankston), Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk. 5:00PM Westernport Hotel (Hastings), 2am. 7:30PM Saturday August 9TH @260 (Edithvale), Wayne & Wayne. 6:30PM Backyard Bar (Mornington), Backyard Karaoke. 9:00PM Baxter Tavern (Baxter), Club Tequila. 7:00PM Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), 23 Past. 9:00PM Bay Hotel (Mornington), DC Saturdays w Damang & Benny Watt upstairs and Rob & Tarquin with DJ Chris P downstairs. 9:00PM Beaches (Mornington), Olly & Scuzzi. 9:00PM Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), HQ Saturdays. 9:00PM Continental Hotel (Sorrento), Conti Saturdays. 9:00PM Cruze Club (Mornington), Cruze Saturdays w resident DJ’s. 9:00PM Dance Nightclub (Berwick), Almost Famous Saturday’s. 9:00PM Deck Bar (Frankston), DJ Lukas Brock & Guilty Pleasure. 9:00PM Frankston RSL (Frankston), Elvis Leaves His Mark – Tribute Show. 7:00PM Hallam Hotel (Hallam), Sound City over 28s. 9:00PM Hickinbotham (Dromana), Cameron Oates. 1:00PM Hotel Sorrento (Sorrento), Tim Morrison Duo. 8:00PM Lucky 13 Garage (Moorabbin), The Party Animals. 8:30PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Joe Matera Trio. 9:30PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Sexy Saturdays. 8:00PM Pier Live & Daveys Hotel (Frankston), Superclub Saturdays. 8:00PM Pig & Whistle (Main Ridge), Joost Solo. 7:00PM Prince Bandroom (St Kilda), Joelstics. 8:30PM Rose GPO (Rosebud), Brad Kennedy Trio. 8:00PM Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Josh Roydhouse. 7:00PM Royal Hotel (Mornington), Benn Mannie. 8:00PM

Sandringham Hotel (Sandringham), BandAoke with Andrew Hosking Duo. 9:00PM Seaford RSL (Seaford), Craig Dare. 7:30PM Soundbar (Rosebud West), Bag O Nails. 8:30PM Sunday August 10TH Baha (Rye), Know When To Hold Em. 2:00PM Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), BEE. 5:30PM Beach162 (Frankston), Ripple Affect. 2:30AM Cove (Patterson Lakes), Dylan Boyd. 2:00PM Davey’s Hotel (Frankston), Matt Bradshaw. 3:00PM Deck Bar (Frankston), Chris Doheny. 4:00PM Frankston RSL (Frankston), Ian Rickard. 2:30PM Gallery Bar & Grill (Mt Eliza), Sing For Your Supper. 3:00PM Harba (Mornington), The Rock Dogs. 5:00PM Heriatge Tavern (Balnarring), Joel Reed & Those Blues Cats. 3:00PM Hickinbotham Winery (Dromana), Mamma’s Mountain Jug Band. 1:00PM Leaf & Bean (Mornington), Live Jazz. 2:00PM Longbeach Hotel ( Chelsea ), Longbeach Sunday Sessions. 2:00AM Lucky 13 Garage (Moorabbin), Violent Rumble. 3:00PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Joyride. 4:00PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Cheeky Sunday Sessions. 2:00PM Mornington Peninsula Brewery (Mornington), Blues Mountain Trio. 2:00PM One Fourteen (Mentone), The Lazy Boys. 7:30PM Pier 10 (Shoreham), Renee & James. 1:00PM Pig & Whistle Tavern (Main Ridge), Kingsley George Band. 1:30PM Red Hill Bakery (Balnarring), Red Hill Bakery Jazz. 1:00PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Sean Harvey. 2:00PM Seaford Hotel (Seaford), Geoff Achison. 2:00PM Seaford RSL (Seaford), Andrew Rigo. 1:00PM Steeples (Mornington), Jason Dean. 1:00PM The Winey Cow (Mornington), Bennsong. 1:00PM Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Olly & Scuzzi. 3:00PM Westernport Hotel (San Remo), Rory Ellis. 5:30PM Tuesday August 12TH Baha’s (Rye), Taco Tuesday. 4:00PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Fame Trivia. 7:30PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Sands

Trivia. 7:00PM Trios (Cranbourne), Trios Trivia. 7:00PM Wenesday August 13TH @260 (Edithvale), Open Mic Night. 6:30PM Baha (Rye), Rock Trivia. 8:00PM Beaches (Mornington), Karaoke Kool. 9:00PM Deck Bar (Frankston), The Voice Of Frankston. :00PM Gods Kitchen (Mornington), Gods Trivia. 8:30PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Worlds Least Shit Trivia. 7:00PM The Winey Cow (Mornington), Bennsong. 11:00AM Thursday August 14TH @260 (Edithvale), Loui Battour. 6:30PM 2 Brothers (Moorabbin), David Huxtable. 7:30PM Bay Hotel (Mornington), Plugged In Showcase with Dawkins. 8:30PM Flanagans (Frankston), Bedrock. 9:00PM Grand Hotel (Mornington), Grand Trivia. 7:00PM Hallam Hotel (Hallam), Karaoke Thursdays. 8:30PM Longbeach Hotel ( Chelsea ), Longbeach Trivia. 7:00PM Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Rosebud Trivia. 7:30PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Sands Live. 7:00PM Soundbar (Rosebud West), Jam Sessions hosted by Jamroots. 8:00PM Friday August 15TH @260 (Edithvale), Captains Of Cliche. 7:00PM 2 Brothers (Moorabbin), Simon Phillips. 7:30PM Backyard Bar (Mornington), Backyard Karaoke. 9:00PM Baxter Tavern (Baxter), James Vincent. 7:00PM Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Cedar Duo. 9:00PM Bay Hotel (Mornington), The Friday Fix w Bec Campbell from 5pm then Fribays R&B Room downstairs & JDG + Guests Upstairs. 9:00PM Beaches (Mornington), Party Animals. 9:00PM Beretta’s (Langwarrin), Rob & Tarquin. 9:00PM Brass Razu (Mornington), Stacey Smith. 10:30PM Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), Sportsbar, Karaoke Kool. 12:00AM Continental Hotel (Sorrento), Conti Fridays. 9:00PM Dance Nightclub (Berwick), Surrender Fridays. 9:00PM Deck Bar (Frankston), DJ Chris Pettigrove & Soltribe. 9:00PM Frankston Football Club (Frankston), The Party People Karaoke. 8:00PM Hallam Hotel (Hallam), Million Dollar Riff. 9:00PM

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Hickinbotham Winery (Dromana), Geoff Achison & Chris Finnen. 6:00PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Rusty Nails. 9:00PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Our House. 8:00PM Mornington Peninsula Brewery (Mornington), Sarah Rzek. 7:00PM One Fourteen (Mentone), The Grass Cutters. 9:00PM Pig & Whistle Tavern (Main Ridge), Joost Solo. 7:00PM Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Olly & Scuzzi. 10:00PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Karaoke Friday. 9:00PM Soundbar (Rosebud West), Lone Free, The Davidsons, Blistered Fingers, Roundhouse. 8:00PM Trims Restaurant (McCrae), Jay McClean. 12:30PM Westernport Hotel (Hastings), 2am. 7:30PM Saturday August 16TH @260 (Edithvale), Not Dead Yet. 7:30PM Backyard Bar (Mornington), Backyard Karaoke. 9:00PM Baxter Tavern (Baxter), Feelin Groovy. 7:00PM Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), 23 Past. 9:00PM Bay Hotel (Mornington), DC Saturdays w Code Luke & Benny Watt upstairs and Rob & Tarquin with DJ Chris P downstairs. 9:00PM Beaches (Mornington), Size Matters. 9:00PM Café 115 (Mornington), Free To Shine Masquerade Ball. 7:30PM Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), HQ Saturdays. 9:00PM Continental Hotel (Sorrento), Conti Saturdays. 9:00PM Cruze Club (Mornington), Cruze Saturdays w resident DJ’s. 9:00PM Dance Nightclub (Berwick), Almost Famous Saturday’s. 9:00PM Deck Bar (Frankston), DJ Lucas Brock & Guilty Pleasure. 9:00PM Frankston RSL (Frankston), Jay & The Eldorados. 7:30PM Hallam Hotel (Hallam), Sound City over 28s. 9:00PM Hotel Sorrento (Sorrento), Tim Morrison Duo. 8:00PM Lucky 13 Garage (Moorabbin), The Smokin’ Wingtips and Marco & The Triple Shots. 8:00PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Fused. 9:30PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Sexy Saturdays. 8:00PM One Fourteen (Mentone), Neale Johns and The Moments. 9:00PM Pig & Whistle Tavern (Main Ridge), James Vincent. 7:00PM Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Josh Roydhouse. 7:00PM Royal Hotel (Mornington), Rebecca Carda-

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9:00PM Gods Kitchen (Mornington), Gods Trivia. 8:30PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Worlds Least Shit Trivia. 7:00PM The Winey Cow (Mornington), Bennsong. 11:00AM

Sunday August 17TH Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Lucinda Franco. 5:30PM Bay Hotel (Mornington), Shanakee. 3:00PM Beach162 (Frankston), A night of Crooning by Michael Moss. 2:30AM Cove (Patterson Lakes), Piano Man Duo. 2:00PM Davey’s Hotel (Frankston), Matt Bradshaw. 3:00PM Frankston RSL (Frankston), Wendy Stapleton. 2:30PM Harba (Mornington), Sarah Gardner. 5:00PM Heriatge Tavern (Balnarring), Rob Papp. 3:00PM Hickinbotham Winery (Dromana), Kristy Cox. 1:00PM Leaf & Bean (Mornington), Live Jazz. 2:00PM Longbeach Hotel ( Chelsea ), Longbeach Sunday Sessions. 2:00AM Lucky 13 Garage (Moorabbin), Flame. 3:00PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Party Animals. 4:00PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Cheeky Sunday Sessions. 2:00PM One Fourteen (Mentone), The Lazy Boys. 7:30PM Pier 10 (Shoreham), James Vincent. 1:00PM Pig & Whistle Tavern (Main Ridge), Kingsley George Band. 1:30PM Red Hill Bakery (Balnarring), Red Hill Bakery Jazz. 1:00PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Liz Bradley. 2:00PM Seaford Hotel (Seaford), Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk. 2:00PM Soundbar (Rosebud West), Dan Calabro – Daily Melodies. 1:00PM Steeples (Mornington), Victor Pender. 1:00PM The Winey Cow (Mornington), Bennsong. 1:00PM Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Olly & Scuzzi. 3:00PM

Thursday August 21ST @260 (Edithvale), Loui Battour. 6:30PM 2 Brothers (Moorabbin), Simon Phillips. 7:30PM Bay Hotel (Mornington), Plugged In Showcase w Dawkins. 8:30PM Flanagans (Frankston), Bedrock. 9:00PM Grand Hotel (Mornington), Grand Trivia. 7:00PM Hallam Hotel (Hallam), Karaoke Thursdays. 8:30PM Longbeach Hotel ( Chelsea ), Longbeach Trivia. 7:00PM Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Rosebud Trivia. 7:30PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Sands Live. 7:00PM

Tuesday August 19TH Baha’s (Rye), Taco Tuesday. 4:00PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Fame Trivia. 7:30PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Sands Trivia. 7:00PM Trios (Cranbourne), Trios Trivia. 7:00PM Wednesday August 20TH @260 (Edithvale), Open Mic Night. 6:30PM Baha (Rye), Open Mic. 8:00PM Beaches (Mornington), Karaoke Kool.

Friday August 22ND @260 (Edithvale), Home Brew. 7:00PM 2 Brothers (Moorabbin), Jame Forbes. 7:30PM Backyard Bar (Mornington), Backyard Karaoke. 9:00PM Baxter Tavern (Baxter), Peter Thackrah. 7:00PM Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Chill Duo. 9:00PM Bay Hotel (Mornington), The Friday Fix w Ben Jansz from 5pm then Fribays RnB Room downstairs & Nathan Thomson with Matt Watkins + guests upstairs. 9:00PM Beaches (Mornington), Fudge. 9:00PM Beretta’s (Langwarrin), Rob & Tarquin. 9:00PM Boutique (Prahran), Superbad. 8:00PM Brass Razu (Mornington), James Marris. 8:30PM Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), Ash Grunwald. 8:00PM Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), Sportsbar, Karaoke Kool. 9:00PM Continental Hotel (Sorrento), Conti Fridays. 9:00PM Dance Nightclub (Berwick), Surrender Fridays. 9:00PM Deck Bar (Frankston), DJ Chris Pettigrove & Every Avenue. 9:00PM Frankston Football Club (Frankston), The Party People Karaoke. 8:00PM Hallam Hotel (Hallam), Eastwood Ravine. 9:00PM Hastings Club (Hastings), Bennsong. 6:30PM Lucky 13 Garage (Moorabbin), Hard Rock Garage. 9:00PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Dirty Laundry. 9:30PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Our House. 8:00PM Pig & Whistle Tavern (Main Ridge), Joost Solo. 7:00PM

One Fourteen (Mentone), 80’s On The Edge. 9:00PM Prince Bandroom (St Kilda), Jay Sean. 9:00PM Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Olly & Scuzzi. 10:00PM Sandbelt Hotel (Moorabbin), Written Warning. 7:30PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Karaoke Friday. 9:00PM Seaford RSL (Seaford), John Unitt. 7:00PM Soundbar (Rosebud), Jarrod Shaw and Andy Phillips & The Cadillac Walk. 8:30PM Trims Restaurant (McCrae), Rob Papps. 12:30PM Westernport Hotel (Hastings), 2am. 7:30PM Saturday August 23RD @260 (Edithvale), Brian Robinson. 7:00PM Backyard Bar (Mornington), Backyard Karaoke. 9:00PM Baxter Tavern (Baxter), In Like Flynn. 7:00PM Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), 23 Past. 9:00PM Bay Hotel (Mornington), DC Saturdays w Damang & Benny Watt upstairs and Rob & Tarquin with DJ Chris P downstairs. 9:00PM Beaches (Mornington), Single Income. 9:00PM Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), HQ Saturdays. 9:00PM Continental Hotel (Sorrento), Conti Saturdays. 9:00PM Cruze Club (Mornington), Cruze Saturdays w resident DJ’s. 9:00PM Dance Nightclub (Berwick), Almost Famous Saturday’s. 9:00PM Deck Bar (Frankston), DJ Lukas Brock & Guilty Pleasure. 9:00PM Frankston RSL (Frankston), Yellow. 7:30PM Hallam Hotel (Hallam), Sound City over 28s. 9:00PM Hotel Sorrento (Sorrento), Tim Morrison Duo. 8:00PM Lucky 13 Garage (Morrabbin), Hanks Jalopy Demons. 8:30PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Blue Dog Cruiser. 9:00PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Sexy Saturdays. 8:00PM One Fourteen (Mentone), Takin’ Cover. 9:00PM Pier Live & Daveys Hotel (Frankston), Superclub Saturdays. 8:00PM Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Josh Roydhouse. 7:00PM Royal Hotel (Mornington), Angela Robinson. 8:00PM Sandringham Hotel (Sandringham), BandAoke with Andrew Hosking Duo. 9:00PM Soundbar (Rosebud West), Shaun Kirk. 8:30PM Westernport Hotel (San Remo), Gator Queen. 9:30PM

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Sunday August 24TH Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Kyle Goulding. 5:30PM Beach 162 (Frankston), Andrew Farrel. 2:30PM Cove (Patterson Lakes), Matt Bradshaw. 2:00PM Davey’s Hotel (Frankston), Blues Mountain. 3:00PM Deck Bar (Frankston), Chris Doheny. 4:00PM Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston), Frankston Music Society presents An Afternoon At The Proms. 2:30AM Frankston RSL (Frankston), Jenny Biddle. 2:30PM Gallery Bar & Grill (Mt Eliza), Sing For Your Supper. 3:00PM Harba (Mornington), The Rock Dogs. 5:00PM Heriatge Tavern (Balnarring), Jimi Hocking. 3:00PM Hickinbotham Winery (Dromana), Leigh Sloggett. 1:00PM Leaf & Bean (Mornington), Live Jazz. 2:00PM Longbeach Hotel ( Chelsea ), Longbeach Sunday Sessions. 2:00AM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Jennifer Lee Band. 4:00PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Cheeky Sunday Sessions. 2:00PM Mornington Peninsula Brewery (Mornington), Greg Dodd & The Hoodoo Men. 2:00PM One Fourteen (Mentone), Live Music. 7:30PM Pig & Whistle Tavern (Main Ridge), Kingsley George Band. 1:30PM Red Hill Bakery (Balnarring), Red Hill Bakery Jazz. 1:00PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Sean Harvey. 2:00PM Seaford Hotel (Seaford), Rob Papp. 2:00PM Seaford RSL (Seaford), James Vincent. 1:00PM Steeples (Mornington), Jason Dean. 1:00PM The Winey Cow, Bennsong. 1:00PM Westernport Hotel (San Remo), BBQ Bob. 5:30PM Westernport Hotel, Olly & Scuzzi. 3:00PM Tuesday August 26TH Baha’s (Rye), Taco Tuesday. 4:00PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Fame Trivia. 7:30PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Sands Trivia. 7:00PM Trios (Cranbourne), Trios Trivia. 7:00PM Wednesday August 27TH @260 (Edithvale), Open Mic Night. 6:30PM Baha (Rye), Rock Trivia. 8:00PM Gods Kitchen (Mornington), Gods Trivia. 12:00AM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Worlds Least Shit Trivia. 7:00PM

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The Winey Cow (Mornington), Bennsong. 11:00AM Thursday August 28TH @260 (Edithvale), Loui Battour. 6:30PM 2 Brothers (Moorabbin), Simon Phillips. 7:30PM Bay Hotel (Mornington), Plugged In Showcase w Dawkins. 8:30PM Flanagans (Frankston), Bedrock. 9:00PM Grand Hotel (Mornington), Grand Trivia. 7:00PM Hallam Hotel (Hallam), Karaoke Thursdays. 8:30PM Harba (Mornington), Michael Buble Tribute Show. 7:00PM Longbeach Hotel ( Chelsea ), Longbeach Trivia. 7:00PM Prince Bandroom (St Kilda), La Coka Nostra. 8:00PM Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Rosebud Trivia. 7:30PM Sandbelt Hotel (Moorabbin), Elvis Tribute Show. 8:00PM Sands Hotel (Currum Downs), Sands Live. 7:00PM Soundbar (Rosebud West), Jam Sessions hosted by Jamroots. 8:00PM Friday August 29TH @260 (Edithvale), Play Back. 7:00PM 2 Brothers (Moorabbin), Milan Perkins. 7:30PM Backyard Bar (Mornington), Backyard Karaoke. 9:00PM Baha (Rye), Fats WAH WAH. 8:00PM Baxter Tavern (Baxter), Rob Foenander. 7:00PM Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Cedar Duo. 9:00PM Bay Hotel (Mornington), The Friday Fix w Robbo from 5pm then Fribays RnB Room downstairs & AZMAC + guests upstairs. 9:00PM Beaches (Mornington), Munster Terrace. 9:00PM Beretta’s (Langwarrin), Rob & Tarquin. 9:00PM Brass Razu (Mornington), Jessica Jade. 8:30PM Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), Sportsbar, Karaoke Kool. 9:00PM Continental Hotel (Sorrento), Conti Fridays. 9:00PM Dance Nightclub (Berwick), Surrender Fridays. 9:00PM Deck Bar (Frankston), DJ Chris Pettigrove & Every Avenue. 9:00PM Frankston Football Club (Frankston), The Party People Karaoke. 8:00PM Frankston RSL (Frankston), Hotel California – Eagles Tribute Show. 7:00PM Grand Hotel (Mornington), Absolutely 80’s. 8:00PM Hallam Hotel (Hallam), Million Dollar Riff. 9:00PM Lucky 13 Garage (Moorabbin), Bleach – 5 Bands 1 stage. 8:00PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Recycled Teenagers. 9:00PM

Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Our House. 8:00PM One Fourteen (Mentone), Jam The Funk. 9:00PM Pig & Whistle Tavern (Main Ridge), Jay McLean. 7:00PM Rose GPO (Rosebud), Ron Vincent Cat Stevens Tribute Show. 8:00PM Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Olly & Scuzzi. 10:00PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Karaoke Fridays. 9:00PM Seaford RSL (Seaford), John Zammit. 7:00PM Somerville Hotel (Somerville), INXS Tribute Show. 9:00PM Soundbar (Rosebud West), Kelana and The Rauk Funk Trio. 8:30PM Trims Restaurant (McCrae), James Vincent. 12:30PM Westernport Hotel (Hastings), 2am. 7:30PM Saturday August 30TH Backyard Bar (Mornington), Backyard Karaoke. 9:00PM Baxter Tavern (Baxter), Take Cover. 7:00PM Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), 23 Past. 9:00PM Bay Hotel (Mornington), DC Saturdays with Damang & Benny Watt upstairs and Rob & Tarquin with DJ Chris P downstairs. 9:00PM Beaches (Mornington), Fudge. 9:00PM Chelsea Heights Hotel (Chelsea Heights), HQ Saturdays. 9:00PM Continental Hotel (Sorrento), Conti Saturdays. 9:00PM Cruze Club (Mornington), Cruze Saturdays w resident DJ’s. 9:00PM Dance Nightclub (Berwick), Almost Famous Saturday’s. 9:00PM Deck Bar (Frankston), DJ Lukas Brock & Guilty Pleasure. 9:00PM Frankston RSL (Frankston), Steve Warner. 7:30PM Hallam Hotel (Hallam), Sound City over 28s. 9:00PM Hotel Sorrento (Sorrento), Tim Morrison Duo. 8:00PM Lucky 13 Garage (Moorabbin), City Sharps. 8:30PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Kings of Oz. 9:30PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Sexy Saturdays. 8:00PM One Fourteen (Mentone), MLC. 9:00PM Rosebud Hotel (Rosebud), Josh Roydhouse. 7:00PM Royal Hotel (Mornington), CazMagic. 8:00PM Sandringham Hotel (Sandringham), BandAoke with Andrew Hosking Duo. 9:00PM Seaford RSL (Seaford), Wayne Monger. 7:30PM Soundbar (Rosebud West), Diddy Reyes and The Blue Maniacs. 8:30PM Sunday August 31ST Bay Hotel (Mordialloc), Lucinda Franco.

5:30PM Baha (Rye), Bringing Up The Kids. 3:00PM Beach162 (Frankston), Heidi Luckhurst. 2:30AM Cove (Patterson Lakes), Dylan Boyd. 2:00PM Davey’s Hotel (Frankston), Blues Mountain. 3:00PM Deck Bar (Frankston), Chris Doheny. 4:00PM Frankston RSL (Frankston), Captain Spalding. 2:30PM Gallery Bar & Grill (Mt Eliza), Sing For Your Supper. 3:00PM Harba (Mornington), Sarah Gardner. 5:00PM Heriatge Tavern (Balnarring), Geoff Achison. 3:00PM Leaf & Bean (Mornington), Live Jazz. 2:00PM Longbeach Hotel ( Chelsea ), Longbeach Sunday Sessions. 2:00AM Lucky 13 Garage (Moorabbin), Lost Patrol. 3:00PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Sunday Traders. 4:00PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Cheeky Sunday Sessions. 2:00PM Mornington Peninsula Brewery (Mornington), Backyard Brew. 2:00PM One Fourteen (Mentone), The Lazy Boys. 7:30PM Pig & Whistle Tavern (Main Ridge), James Vincent Trio. 1:30PM Red Hill Bakery (Balnarring), Red Hill Bakery Jazz. 1:00PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Liz Bradley. 2:00PM Seaford Hotel (Seaford), Jimi Hocking. 2:00PM Seaford RSL (Seaford), Paul Varney. 1:00PM Steeples (Mornington), Matthew Bradshaw. 1:16PM The Winey Cow, Bennsong. 1:00PM Trims Restaurant (McCrae), Usual Suspects. 12:30PM Westernport Hotel (Hastings), Olly & Scuzzi. 3:00PM Tuesday September 1ST Baha’s (Rye), Taco Tuesday. 4:00PM Mordialloc Sporting Club (Mordialloc), Fame Trivia. 7:30PM Sands Hotel (Carrum Downs), Sands Trivia. 7:00PM Trios (Cranbourne), Trios Trivia. 7:00PM Wednesday September 2ND @260 (Edithvale), Open Mic Night. 6:30PM Baha (Rye), Open Mic. 8:00PM Beaches (Mornington), Karaoke Kool. 9:00PM Gods Kitchen (Mornington), Gods Trivia. 10:30PM Mordy Supper Club (Mordialloc), Worlds Least Shit Trivia. 7:00PM

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HELL’S HALF ACRE Alt-Country stylist Gretta Ziller’s story began in a country setting, specifically on the Muddy banks of the Murray River. Ziller spent a great deal of her youth dabbling in Musical Theatre, Jazz, Rock & Classical and enjoyed many household traditions like Saturday mornings spent watching RAGE and Video Hits, all of which fuel her Alt Country stylings to this day. Having come across country music through her sister, who loaned her a Garth Brooks album, she now points to as a defining moment in her journey as an artist. Her vocal stylings often likened to Emmylou Harris to her song writing gods, Paul Kelly and Steve Earle, Ziller is finding a multitude of welcoming arms for her blend of Country Roots & Americana music. Hunt For Love, the first single from the Hells Half Acre EP is out at radio now and the launch show is only around the corner…one of the artists to watch on the ever growing country music scene. GrettaZiller, The Gasometer, Smith Street Collingwood Sunday August 10 4:30pm w/Bill Jackson and The Weeping Willows www. grettaziller.com

LOVE ISN’T A BATTLEFIELD, IT’S A DAVID LYNCH CIRCUS.... Melbourne five piece, Humans As Animals have announced the release of their debut single, Her Name lifted from their EP, Eukaria. It’s a fun, bold, eccentric number about the dilemmas of dating and sexual relationships. The interestingly husky yet smooth vocals and entertaining lyrics make this a song that will keep playing in your head long after the music has stopped. “Our attraction to the opposite sex puts us in situations previously unimagined. It forces us to bend and mould to positions we never favoured in the past. With the guys set to smash it out in their live set which will include guitar solos, twisted grooves, bombastic bass and then some chords, be ready for a compelling performance. Humans As Animals, The Evelyn, Brunswick Street Fitzroy August 14 8:30pm w/- Mercians and Purple Tusks www.facebook.com/ humansasanimals

MATHAS Starting out as a founding member of Perth music and arts collective The Community and heavily involved in underground hip hop and electronic music since 2004, it’s only more recently that master MC/producer/singer/ genre-bender/song psychologist Mathasis truly beginning to make his mark. 2013 was a massive year for the masterful lyricist, with the emotionally stirring, socially conscious Nourishment - featuring Australia’s newest queen of seductive electro pop Abbe May– leaving lasting impressions. Nourishment also dominated the WAM Song Of The Year competition, winning the Hip Hop and Electronic categories, and ultimately the coveted Grand Prize. The track was then nominated for Single Of The Year at the WA Music Awards and won Urban Act of the Year. Arm wrestling Atlas is set to redefine how Australian hip hop is viewed and who listens to it. With a unique style appealing as much to indie kids as future-diggin’hip hoppers and electronic souls, it’s some next level shiz. It appears that collabs with two of Perth’s biggest names wasn’t enough, the LP’s diverse collaborations including Mei Saraswati, Ylem, Empty and Archi among others. And of course the live arena is where Mathas truly stuns. Having wowed the touring likes of Ghostpoet, Shabazz Palaces, RZA, Grey Ghost, Harmonic 313 and Mantra in support mode, Mathas is a hypnotising, natural born performer.

PEPA KNIGHT Jinja Safari co-frontman and East Coast musician, Pepa Knight, has been developing an impressive amount of buzz since launching his own solo venture in early 2014. After accumulating a notable degree of praise for his debut single release –the emphatic Rahh! - Knight has released the follow-up track Clams. Rahh! was embraced by worldwide tastemakers and music lovers alike after its release in April, with rave reviews arriving from the USA, Canada, UK, Europe, Asia, Australia and even India –via an in-depth interview between Pepa and Rolling Stone India about the writing and recording process behind his debut collection of songs titled Hypnotized. Tantalisingly good tunes, I’m hooked, but then I was from the beginning. Pepa Knight, Northcote Social Club, High Street Northcote August 7 7:30pm www.facebook. com/pepaknight

Mathas, The Laundry Bar, Johnson Street Fitzroy August Residency every Friday.

THE POET, STORYTELLER AND SONGSMITH

CELIA PAVEY

Often called a poet and a storyteller Queensland’s Marcus Blacke is an artist with the ability to carry listeners closer to things not spoken enough. Never shying away from his inspirations give Blacke his unique sound, a magical touch on the guitar and a magnificent effect on the heart are what people come to his shows for. His new release is due Aug 2014 and to celebrate this wonderful occasion Marcus will be heading down the east coast of Australia for a number of intimate performances. If you missed his last visit to Melbourne, this is your chance to catch the orphean sounds that are Marcus Blacke.

A born and bred country gal, Celia Pavey grew up surrounded by music, brought up listening to folk music thanks to her Irish ancestry and having learnt the violin at an early age really did set the scene for this talented young artist, finding her biggest inspirations in her older sister and Joni Mitchell. A young Pavey at only nineteen made the move from Forbes to the bright lights of Sydney to chase her passion for music. Attending AIM in Sydney, Pavey blind auditioned for The Voice, this has led to Pavey having had four singles hit the Top 10 on iTunes charts with more success to come. Pavey is bringing her Bodies EP tour to town, this is your chance to see her live.

Marcus Blacke, Luwow, Johnson Street Fitzroy Thursday August 14 8pm w/- Andrew Swift www.facebook.com/marcusblackemusic

Celia Pavey, The Toff In Town, Swanston Street Melbourne Thursday Sept 11 7:30pm www.facebook.com/celiamaypavey

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ALL OUTA STEAM After five years and a hell of a lot of adventures, Howlin Steam Train - a Melbourne institution on the music scene have decided to call it a day. They are thankful for the support they’ve been given, the people who’ve taken care of them whilst on the road and all the amazing bands they have had the pleasure of playing shows with. HST says “we have got memories that will stay with us for the rest of our lives. We are playing our final show at Yah Yah’s and we’d love for you to come down and celebrate all the awesome times we’ve had and to say goodbye to Howlin’ Steam Train”. Howlin Steam Train, Yah Yah’s Smith Street Collingwood Saturday August 9 8:30pm w/- The Strange and Blackwood Jack www. facebook.com/HowlinSteamTrain

COSMIC TALES David Cosmaor as he is know to me“DC”, is one of Melbourne’s most respected troubadours with a difference. Uniquely playing the guitar upside down adds to his interesting sound, which at times is somewhere between Zydeco meets Sun Records and Cat Stevens meets Crowded House. With the acclaimed debut album Hanging From Aldo and The Tale EP and the follow up single release all available on itunes, you can find Cosma playing the local joints filling them with his unique sound! Could there be new music on the way? One way to find out is to get along to see him live. David Cosma& Friends, The Rainbow Hotel, St.David Street Fitzroy August 23 9:30pm www.facebook.com/DavidCosmaMusic

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FESTIVALS

BEYOND THE VALLEY - NYE Launching New Years Eve on Phillip Island will be a distinctive annual Music Festival. Spread across two days and two stages, a carefully curated line-up of artists will ensure patrons have a one of a kind experience with a cohesive spread of genres and styles. Through its focus on production, décor and theme, Beyond The Valley will create a separate world to the one outside the festival. Aiming to give patrons a cultural and sensory experience that will go unparalleled in Australia. Announced Action Bronson, The Preatures & Peking Duk. Rumoured, Basement Jaxx. www.beyondthevalley.com.au

FE ST IV AL S CA LE ND aR & EVE NTS

Melbourne International Film Festival July 31 - August 17, 2014, Melbourne (Various) Kelly Country Pick August 15 - 17, 2014, Beechworth (Various) Melbourne Writers Festival August 21 31, 2014, Melbourne (Various)

...with Heidi Bond

LISTEN OUT One for the dance purists and agoraphobics, the Listen Out Festival returns to Melbourne on October 4 boasting a tidy cohort of artists on much smaller scale. Zhu, Chet Faker, Flume, SchoolBoy Q and YG head the 2014 instalment, to beheld at the picturesque Royal Botanic Gardens. Tickets selling fast; see www.listen-out.com.au

HARVEST ‘N’ GRAZE

Poison City Weekender Festival August 22 - 24, 2014, Melbourne (Various)

If you like combining food, wine and great Australian music, the Harvest ‘N’ Graze Festival just may be for you. The Black Sorrows, Ross Wilson, Diesel and Jason Singh will electrify the magnificent Rippon Lea Estate on October 19, providing a memorable soundtrack as patrons delve into the various gourmet delights on offer. One for the whole family, see www.harvestngraze.com.au

Frankston & South Eastern Wine Show August 31, 2014, Mount Martha (The Briars)

HINTERLAND SCARECROW FESTIVAL Landing perfectly in the September School holidays, the Hinterland Scarecrow festival will give families, locals and visitors a chance to explore and discover the gorgeous Hinterland region. Guests (or Scarecrow hunters) will visit various farmyards, cellar doors, gardens and food stores as they follow the Scarecrow trail. A free activity for everyone, taking place from September 19 - October 20, see www.scarecrowfestival.org.au

SPRING GARDEN FESTIVAL

STEREOSONIC RETURNS

Welcome in spring with the Red Hill Spring Garden Festival - held September 13. A traditional flower show and garden show, the festival also showcases various stalls, information sessions to keep that garden in fine form and children’s activities to keep the little ones amused. Celebrity guest Wes Fleming will keep the garden groupies at bay, transforming amateur to expert in no time. See www.rhgs.com.au for details.

Get your muscle tanks ready EDM fans, the highly anticipated Stereosonic 2014 line-up has just been announced. On December 6 and 7, the Melbourne Showgrounds will host Calvin Harris, Skrillex, Alesso, Tiesto, Disclosure, PekingDuk – with many, many more in tow. Presale tickets available now, see www.stereosonic.com.au .

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Anywhere Theatre Festival Frankston August 23 - September 6, 2014, Frankston (Various)

Melbourne Underground Film Festival September 12 - 20, 2014, Southbank (Blacklot Studios) Melbourne Fringe Festival September 17 - October 5, 2014 Melbourne (Various) Guildford Banjo Jamboree September 19 - 21, 2014, Guildford (Town Centre) Frankston Relay For Life Midnight Marathon September 20, 2014, Frankston (Ballam Park Athletics Track) Hinterland Scarecrow Festival September 20 - October 19, 2014, Mornington Peninsula (Various) Mildura Country Music Festival September 26 - October 7, 2014, Mildura (Various)

with RACHAEL CAMPBELL

Maldon Folk Festival October 31 November 4, 2014 Maldon (Various) Wangaratta Jazz Festival October 31 November 3, 2014 Wangaratta (Various) Sportingbet Peninsula Cup November 2, 2014, Mornington (Racecourse) Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival November 6 - 9, 2014, Bendigo (Various) Beechworth Annual Celtic Festival November 7 - 9, 2014, Beechworth (Various) Face The Music, November 14 - 15, 2014, Melbourne (Arts Centre) Melbourne Music Week November 14 23, 2014, Melbourne (Various) Scorcher Festival, November 16, 2014, Brunswick (Brunswich Hotel) Queenscliff Music Festival November 28 30, 2014, Queenscliff (Various) Phillip Island Jazz Festival November 21 - 23, 2014, Phillip Island (Ramada Resort) Strawberry Fields Festival November 21 - 23, 2014, Koonoomoo (On The NSW Border) One Electric Day Festival November 9, 2014, Werribee (Werribee Park) Earthcore Festival November 27 December 1, 2014, Pyalong Harvest n Graze Festival November 29, 2014, Bright (Howitt Park)

Listen Out, October 4, 2014, Melbourne (Botanic Gardens)

Sonic Forge Festival November 30, 2014, St Kilda (Espy Hotel)

Doomsday Fest October 5, 2014, Melbourne (Hi Fi)

The Other’ Film Festival December 3 - 7, 2014, North Melbourne (Arts House, Town Hall)

Darebin Music Feast October 8 - 19, 2014, Darebin (Various) Melbourne Festival October 10 - 26, 2014, Melbourne (Various) TAC Cranbourne Cup Day October 14, 2014, Cranbourne (Cranbourne Turf Club) Out On The Weekend October 18, 2014, Williamstown (Seaworks) Main Street Festival October 19, 2014, Mornington (Main Street) Sprung Festival October 19, 2014, Burnley (Recreation Complex) Harvest n Graze Festival October 19, 2014, Elsternwick (Rippon Lea Gardens) Cuban Jazz Festival October 26, 2014, Yarra Valley (Rochford Winery) Camperdown Cruise October 23 - 26, 2014, Camperdown (Main Street) Mt Eliza Art Show October 24 - 26, 2014 Mt Eliza (Mt Eliza North Primary School)

Torquay Festival December 6 - 7, 2014, Torquay (Various) Stereosonic December 6 - 7, 2014, Melbourne (Showgrounds) Meredith Music Festival December 12 14, 2014, Meredith (Amphitheatre) Falls Festival December 28, 2014 January 1, 2015, Lorne (Various) Beyond The Valley December 30, 2014January 1, 2015, Phillip Island NYE On The Hill Festival December 30, 2014 - January 1, 2015, Wonthaggi (Loch Village) French Fest December 30, 2014 - January 1, 2015, French Island Let Them Eat Cake Festival January 1, 2015, Werribee (Werribee Park) Mossvale Park Summer of Soul January 10, 2015, Mossvale (Mossvale Park)

JamGrass Festival October 31 November 2, 2014, Thornbury (Thornbury Theatre)

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GIGS/TOURS IN 2014 AUGUST 2014 Neurosis (Corner Hotel). Thurs Aug 7 Sell Out (The Espy). Thurs Aug 7 Cannonball (Paris Cat Jazz Club). Fri Aug 8 Twenty One Pilots (170 Russell). Fri Aug 8 The Pretty Littles (Northcote Social Club). Fri Aug 8 Neurosis (The Hi-Fi). Fri Aug 8 Russell Morris (Palms at Crown). Fri Aug 8 Kimba Griffith Sextet (Paris Cat Jazz Club). Sat Aug 9 Hanson (Palais Theatre). Sat Aug 9 Grace Knight (Bennetts Lane). Sat Aug 9 Kasabian (Festival Hall). Sat Aug 9 Bone Thugs N Harmony (The Espy). Sat Aug 9 Body Jar &Samiam (Corner Hotel). Sat Aug 9 & Sun Aug 10 Fractures (Northcote Social Club). Sat Aug 9 & Wed Aug 13 Hanson (The Hi-Fi). Sun Aug 10 Jake Clemons (Toff In Town). Wed Aug 13 Gang Of Youths (Northcote Social Club). Thurs Aug 14 Kolohe Kai (The Espy). Thurs Aug 14 Peking Duk (Corner Hotel). Thurs Aug 14, Fri Aug 15, Sun Aug 17 & Mon Aug 18 Kimba Griffith Sextet (Bennetts Lane). Fri Aug 15 Kristy Cox & Travis List (Bennetts Lane). Fri Aug 15 SingtoNumchok (The Hi-Fi). Fri Aug 15 Alison Wonderland (170 Russell). Fri Aug 15 Jonathon Boulet (Northcote Social Club). Fri Aug 15 Willow Beats (Northcote Social Club). Sat Aug 16 Courtney Love (Festival Hall). Sat Aug 16 Hetty Kate Quintet (Bennetts Lane). Sat Aug 16 Bob Dylan (Palais Theatre). Mon Aug 18, Tues Aug 19 & Wed Aug 20 Megan Washington (Corner Hotel). Tues Aug 19 Little Dragon (Corner Hotel). Wed Aug 20 Velociraptor (Northcote Social Club). Thurs Aug 21 Palms (SheebeenBandroom). Thurs Aug 21 Rise Launch Tour (The Espy). Thurs Aug 21 The Randy Anderson (Paris Cat Jazz Club). Fri Aug 22 The Meltdown (Bennetts Lane). Fri Aug 22 Seekae (170 Russell). Fri Aug 22 Marcia Hines (Palms at Crown). Fri Aug 22 Dr Fink’s Housecall (Toff In Town). Sat Aug 23 Teenage Mothers (ShebeenBandroom). Sat Aug 23 Anathema (Corner Hotel). Sat Aug 23 The Billie, Ella & Louis Show (Paris Cat Jazz Club). Sat Aug 23 The Delltones (Palms at Crown). Sat Aug 23 UZ ‘Mad Decent’ (The Hi-Fi). Sat Aug 23 Marina Prior (Arts Centre, Playhouse Theatre). Sat Aug 23 The Zebras (Northcote Social Club). Sat Aug 23 Lady Gaga (Rod Laver Arena). Sat Aug 23 & Sun Aug 24 Kid Ink (The Hi-Fi). Sun Aug 24 The Used + Taking Back Sunday (170 Russell). Mon Aug 25 & Tues Aug 26 The Dandy Warhols (Corner Hotel). From Mon Aug 25 to Wed Sept 3 [5 shows]

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La Coka Nostra (Prince Bandroom). Thurs Aug 28 Ms Murphy (Northcote Social Club). Thurs Aug 28 True Vibenation (ShebeenBandroom). Thurs Aug 28 Diego El Cigala (Hamer Hall). Fri Aug 29 Spender (ShebeenBandroom). Fri Aug 29 Kingswood (Howler). Fri Aug 29 Queen & Adam Lambert (Rod Laver Arena). Fri Aug 29, Sat Aug 30 Spiderbait (Corner Hotel). Fri Aug 29, Sun Aug 31 & Sat Sept 13 Patrick James (Corner Hotel). Sat Aug 30 Fishing (ShebeenBandroom). Sat Aug 30 The Amity Affliction (Festival Hall). Sun Aug 31

SEPTEMBER 2014 Kasey Chambers (Northcote Social Club). Wed Sept 3 Boy & Bear (Palais Theatre). Wed Sept 3 & Fri Sept 5 The Wonder Years (The Hi-Fi). Thurs Sept 4 The Aston Shuffle (Corner Hotel). Thurs Sept 4 & Fri Sept 5 One Day Tour (170 Russell). Fri Sept 5 Elly Hoyt (Paris Cat Jazz Club). Fri Sept 5 Kaylens Rain (Revolver Upstairs). Sat Sept 6 Protest The Hero (The Hi-Fi). Sat Sept 6 Alinta& The Jazz Emperors (Paris Cat Jazz Club). Sat Sept 6 The Kite String Tangle (Corner Hotel). Sat Sept 6 & Sun Sept 7 Dead Letter Circus (Toff In Town). Sat Sept 6 & Sun Sept 7 Wil Wagner (Northcote Social Club). Sat Sept 6 & Tues Sept 9 Pop Will Eat Itself (The Hi-Fi). Sun Sept 7 Devildriver (170 Russell). Sun Sept 7 Biffy Clyro (Palais Theatre). Sun Sept 7 Anberlin (Forum Theatre). Tues Sept 9 Kanye West (Rod Laver Arena). Tues Sept 9 & Wed Sept 10 Anberlin (170 Russell). Wed Sept 10 You Me At Six (The Hi-Fi). Wed Sept 10 Steve Clisby (Toff In Town). Wed Sept 10 Com Truise (Corner Hotel). Wed Sept 10 Kilter (Northcote Social Club). Thurs Sept 11 Howling Bells (Howler). Thurs Sept 11 John Garcia (The Espy). Fri Sept 12 Cannibal Corpse (170 Russell). Fri Sept 12 Whitley (Northcote Social Club). Fri Sept 12 360 (Festival Hall). Fri Sept 12 Morgan Evans (Revolver Upstairs). Fri Sept 12 Zeptember (Corner Hotel). Fri Sept 12 Gangsters’ Ball (Forum Theatre). Sat Sept 13 Meg Mac (Northcote Social Club). Sat Sept 13 Fem Belling Quintet (Paris Cat Jazz Club). Sat Sept 13 Robbie Williams (Rod Laver Arena). Tues Sept 16 & Wed Sept 17 Tina Arena (Palais Theatre). Wed Sept 17 & Thurs Sept 18 Northeast Party House (ShebeenBandroom). Thurs Sept 18 Justin Timberlake (Etihad Stadium). Thurs Sept 18 & Fri Sept 19

THE WHO/WHAT/WHERE WITH TRACY COATES Damien Jurado (Northcote Social Club). Thurs Sept 18 & Fri Sept 19 I Killed The Prom Queen + Ghost Inside (170 Russell). Fri Sept 19 Area 7 (Corner Hotel). Fri Sept 19 Joe Bonamassa (Palais Theatre). Fri Sept 19 Shannon Noll (The Espy). Fri Sept 19 Ingrid Michaelson (Corner Hotel). Sat Sept 20 Castle Comer (ShebeenBandroom). Sat Sept 20 American Authors (Prince Bandroom). Sat Sept 20 Highasakite (Howler). Sat Sept 20 Northeast Party House (Northcote Social Club). Sat Sept 20 Andrea Bocelli (Rod Laver Arena). Sun Sept 21 WunderWunder (ShebeenBandroom). Wed Sept 24 Bombay Bicycle Club (Forum Theatre). Thurs Sept 25 Angus & Julia Stone (Palais Theatre). Thurs Sept 25 & Fri Sept 26 Rebel SoulJahz (The Hi-Fi). Fri Sept 26 Cannonball (Bennetts Lane). Fri Sept 26 Miami Horror (170 Russell). Fri Sept 26 Veruca Salt (Corner Corner). Fri Sept 26, Tues Sept 30 & Wednesday October 1 The Furbelows (Bennetts Lane). Sat Sep 27 Raleigh Williams (Paris Cat Jazz Club). Sat Sept 27 Andy Bull (Corner Hotel). Sat Sept 27 & Sun Sept 28

OCTOBER 2014 Garry Allan (Palais Theatre). Wed Oct 1 Dead Kennedys (170 Russell). Wed Oct 1 F-Deluxe (Corner Hotel). Thurs Oct 2 Sepultura (170 Russell). Fri Oct 3 Queen – It’s A Kinda Magic (Palais Theatre). Fri Oct 3 I Am Hardwell (Sidney Myer Music Bowl). Fri Oct 3 Anthony Callea (Palms at Crown). Sat Oct 4 The Cat Empire (Festival Hall). Sat Oct 4 Bonjah (The Hi-Fi). Sat Oct 4 Ball Park Music (Forum Theatre). Sat Oct 4 Courtney Barnett (Corner Hotel). Sat Oct 4 Thomas ‘Mukanya’ Mapfumo& Black Unlimited (Melbourne Park). Thurs Oct 9 Miley Cyrus (Rod Laver Arena). Fri Oct 10 Anh Do (Palais Theatre). Fri Oct 10 The Whitlams (Corner Hotel). Fri Oct 10 Sticky Fingers (170 Russell). Fri Oct 10 Linda Gail Lewis (Corner Hotel). Sat Oct 11 The Clouds (Corner Hotel). Sat Oct 11 DMA’s & The Creases (Northcote Social Club). Sat October 11 The Tea Party (Palais Theatre). Sun Oct 12 Andrew Strong & The Commitments (Corner Hotel). Sun Oct 12 Rick Springfield (Palais Theatre). Fri Oct 17 Say Anything (Corner Hotel). Fri Oct 17 Diesel (Northcote Social Club). Sat Oct 18 The Selecter (The Hi-Fi). Sat Oct 18 Torche (Corner Hotel). Sat Oct 18 Pooh (Palais Theatre). Sun Oct 19 Allday (Corner Hotel). Fri Oct 24 Vince Jones Quartet (Bennetts Lane). Fri Oct 24 &

Sat Oct 25 Smudge (Northcote Social Club). Sat Oct 25 Elbow (Forum Theatre). Tues Oct 28 The Madden Brothers (Hisense Arena). Fri Oct 31 Celtic Legends (Palais Theatre). Fri Oct 31 & Sat Nov 1

NOVEMBER 2014 Rolling Stones (Rod Laver Arena). Wed Nov 5 Joe Satriani (Palais Theatre). Sat Nov 8 Ronn Moss (Palms at Crown). Sun Nov 9 Ronn Moss (Corner Hotel). Wed Nov 12 Manchester Orchestra (Corner Hotel). Thurs Nov 13 Gorguts (Northcote Social Club). Fri Nov 14 The Furbelows (Bennetts Lane). Fri Nov 14 Katy Perry (Rod Laver Arena). From Fri Nov 14 to Wed Dec 10 [8 shows] Accept (Corner Hotel). Sat Nov 15 Toris Amos (Palais Theatre). Sat Nov 15 Yes (Palais Theatre). Tues Nov 18 Prong (The Hi-Fi). Fri Nov 21 Toxic Holocaust & Iron Reagan (The Hi-Fi). Sun Nov 23 Rick Astley (Palais Theatre). Sat Nov 29

DECEMBER 2014 Elaine Paige (Hamer Hall). Sat Dec 6 Ice Cube (Forum Theatre). Tues Dec 9 UB40 (Palais Theatre). Thurs Dec 11 The War On Drugs (The Hi-Fi). Thurs Dec 11 Bjorn Again (Palms at Crown). Thurs Dec 11 & Sat Dec 13 Damon Albarn (Palais Theatre). Fri Dec 12 Thy Art Is Murder (The Hi-Fi). Sat Dec 13 Ian Anderson (Palais Theatre). Mon Dec 15 Nick Cave (The Plenary). Tues Dec 16 & Wed Dec 17 Phil Jamieson & Scott Russo (Corner Hotel). Fri Dec 19 The Beatle Boys (Palms at Crown). Fri Dec 19

JANUARY 2014 Passenger (Palais Theatre). Sat Jan 17 & Sun Jan 18, 2015 Icehouse (Palms at Crown). Fri Jan 30 & Sat Jan 31, 2015

JANUARY 2014 SuziQuatro (Arts Centre, Playhouse Theatre). Thurs Feb 5, Fri Feb 6 & Sat Feb 7 Paul Simon & Sting (Rod Laver Arena). Tues Feb 10 One Direction (Etihad Stadium). Sat Feb 14 & Sun Feb 15 Roxette& Boom Crash Opera (Rod Laver Arena). Fri Feb 20, 2015 The Eagles (Rod Laver Arena). Sun Feb 22, 2015 From The Jam (Prince Bandroom). Fri Mar 6 Kylie Minoque (Rod Laver Arena). Wed Mar 18 Ricky Martin (Rod Laver Arena). Sat May 2 Rumoured concerts: Foo Fighters

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with IAN PAV OK you have the songs, budget, you are ready and practiced and entering the studio. Most emerging artists don’t have the budget or spare travel time, etc to be really choosy about which studio they use – unless it is a specific need (such as a grand piano, etc), so don’t sweat that too much. Similarly, please don’t get hung up on

“brand names” of gear in the studio. Some of the most successful recordings in the world have been recorded with relatively ‘cheap’ gear and, some of the worst on the best brands known. Even same brand gear can vary over time (eg. a U67 mike produced today has quite a different character to one from the 80’s). It is not about the brand or even the actual gear they use. It is about working with people that have (or can get) the gear required, know how to use it, and all to, capture as best as possible the most appropriate sound wanted for that particular song on that particular recording. For example, whether we record a vocal on our $5,000 mike or on the $200 2nd hand SM57 depends on the end sound we want (and we have used both and others at times). A ‘gear list’ on a website of a well used studio is not there for industry people, experienced artists – they don’t care. All they care about is having confidence it will happen, and recording/hearing the end result they want.

One of basic sayings in this area is “the better the source recording, the closer we can capture the sound we want in the end – the better the end product (and less processing needed)”. So when in a recording session,sure ask why they chose or do something for your own knowledge - but unless you really know what you are talking about, trust the studio engineer to know what they are doing, and concentrate on doing what you are there to do! It’s a bit like the crew on a yacht...The spinnaker trimmer doesn’t tell the navigator which way to go or vice versa – while they might be interested, when racing they each do their jobs and let the others do theirs. Till next time. PS This is not a sound engineers series but orientated to the artist – so as we move through this section of the process I will only be looking at things from the artists perspective (and not equipment chains etc).

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THE GROUNDHOGS “SPLIT” ...with Ray McGrotty (Record City)

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The Groundhogs were one of the most overlooked bands of the psychedelic blues-rock era of the seventies. In 1971 they released their second album simply titled Split. Guitar legend Tony McPhee, who wrote every track on the album, delivers some of the most amazingly haunting vocals along with some insanely crazy guitar playing throughout the entire album. There are plenty of hooks and blazing guitar licks, tons of feedback and some exceptionally trippy use of the wang and wahwah. Side one of the original vinyl album consists of the title track being split into four parts although each track stands independently with the only real connection being found in the lyrics. Apparently McPhee suffered a series of panic attacks in 1970 that inspired him to express his feelings of panic, confusion and paranoia within these four tracks, Split part one,part two,

part three and part four. Side two opens with Cherry red, a hard edge rock song with some mind damaging guitar work . This was to become a bit of a favourite amongst fans at their live shows. A year in the life is a slowish dirge sounding much like it may have been written and performed in a cemetery in the middle of the night. Junkman is an amazing track that conjures up eerie visions off evil and adversity with its many y groaning and howling sound effects which are unbelievably all done on guitar. The final track Groundhog demonstrates the ease at which h this guitar god steps into the solo arena with an amped up acoustic guitar and delivers the final moments of an album that leaves you wanting more. A brilliant and creative album that somehow got missed at the time. Every fan of 70’s heavy stoner blues-rock should have this album in their collection!

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HIT MAKERS SEARCH FOR THE UNSIGNED Hit Makers director Sean Declase identified a gap in the market and came up with the concept to open doors to talented performers, “Win or lose it is an opportunity for these guys to perform in front of a panel of music business decision makers”. With unprecedented interest from aspiring entrants, this years contest guarantees an amazing family entertainment event filled with amazing local talent. On the 24th of August HMA presents UNsigned 2 at the Sandbelt Hotel, South Rd Moorabbin. Tickets are available at sean@ hitmakersaustralia.com.au or for more info visit www.hitmakersaustralia.com.au SIMON MILLS

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Hit Makers Australia is the foremost singing school in the local area with schools in Mordialloc and Rowville, their roster of students is growing at an exponential rate. The Hit Makers staff comprises of current ARIA charting artists who have honed their craft on stage and in the studio. Last year HMA held the inaugural UNsigned contest, a chance for aspiring singers to get up on stage and showcase their talent in front of industry royalty and chance to really break into the market. Previous contestants have gone on to sign record deals and secure live gigs around Melbourne whilst the winner received their own music video and single, which is now being downloaded across the globe.

2014 VANDA & YOUNG SONGWRITING COMPETITION APRA AMCOS, Alberts and Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia(NRMTA) are pleased to announce that entries for the 2014 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition – the largest charity songwriting competition in the world – are now open. With thanks to Albertsand APRA AMCOS, this year’s winning songwriter/s will take home a cash prize of $50,000 and join the illustrious company of past Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition winners – Megan Washington (2009), Kimbra (2011) and The Preatures(2013). Three runners’ up, cash prizes are also on offer with second place receiving $10,000 thanks to AMPAL (Australasian Music Publishers Association) and third place taking home $5,000 courtesy of new sponsor, AEG Ogden. This year’s competition will also include the Encouragement Award with a cash prize of A$2,000 which has been graciously donated by last year’s winners, The Preatures. The Preatures’ Isabella Manfredi said today, “Winning the Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition was such a huge leg up for us, and we wanted to show our

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thanks and support by helping the next wave of applicants with this encouragement award.” The Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition is one of the world’s most prestigious songwriting competitions in the world, supporting talented songwriters whilst raising much needed funds for music therapy that has been proven to help people with developmental disorders such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Rett Syndrome and Angelman Syndrome and disabilities such as Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Dyspraxia and Spina Bifida. The competition is open to songwriters worldwide with each applicant paying an entry fee of A$50.00 per submission with money raised going directly to supporting Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Australia. To date, the Vanda & Young Song Competition has raised over $485,000 for NRMTA over the past three competitions. The 2014 Vanda & Young Songwriting Competition will be judged by a panel of songwriters and industry professionals. Entries close September 22.For more information please visit www.apraamcos. com.au/vandayoungsongcomp.

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Kingswood Microscopic Wars (DEW PROCESS

Cooking With Caustic From Mercury To Pluto (OBESE RECORDS) Blue Mountain natives, Cooking With Caustic, have released their debut LP. From Mercury To Pluto is a mash of sounds spanning from many genres over many periods. From 90’s hip hop to groove induced funk, the 10-piece collective have found their niche in the already vibrant Aussie hip hop scene. There’s a real spacey tone to the album. It’s mixed incredibly, capturing this vibe that’s almost indescribable. One particular track, ‘The Barnacle’ is reminiscent of The Avalanche’s ‘Frontier Psychiatrist’. It’s mesmerising in its delivery. You tend to fall into a deep groove. Cooking With Caustic have created more than just a hip hop album. They’ve created an album that would suit even the most reluctant to hip hop music.

There’s more production value in Microscopic Wars than you would expect from a guitar and drum band but let’s face it, Kingswood have been shocking listeners since the release of their debut EP. Nobody else can really create bombastic rock tunes like the boys from Kingswood do. There’s something truly inspiring about their music. It’s loud and proud but also deeply sophisticated and cinematic. Fergus Linacre has one of the most enthralling voices in recent times. It’s so smooth, especially on tracks like ‘Ohio’ and ‘All Too Much’. It has the potential to wield such power. Microscopic Wars is a testament to the beauty of rock and that it doesn’t have to go into the darkness. Great Aussie rock lives on and it’s Kingswood’s turn to carry the torch now. HADYN LEVETT

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SIA 1000 FORMS OF FEAR (INERTIA) Sia has written for some of the hottest names in the music industry, Katy Perry to Christina Aguilera, and it doesn’t take more than a quick Google search to see she has some serious talent and some awards to back it up. It should come as no surprise, then, that her new album, “1000 Forms Of Fear”, is easily one of the tastiest morsels 2014 could dish up; an anthem especially for young girls everywhere. From track one, the reason most people will buy the album, Chandelier comes booming out of the gates with its blend of amazing lyrics and powerful vocal work. While the point of the song will likely be lost on casual listeners, each song following gets progressively deeper down the depression hole, Burn The Pages and Straight For The Knife stand outs in the

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cycle of what a self depreciating, destructive lifestyle can do to an individual. At about the midpoint of the album, Sia changes the tone of her music, the pace and writing altering with Elastic Heart, a song about showing how strong you can be. Fire Meet Gasoline and Dressed In Black show no matter how broken you may feel, belief in yourself and not being scared to ask for help, of opening up and trusting again can re-ignite what’s important in life. For those of you wanting a hard copy of the album will see from the cd booklet that Sia is every bit the artist her songs present her to be, each page with personally shot photographs of people who have been Siafied, as if she wants to say “my songs could represent anyone”. With the sultry voice that has become so popular in recent years seen in singers like Adele and Rihanna, Sia has perfectly managed to blend artistic flair with pop music like few others can do. This album isn’t going to be the one you throw on at a party and dance to, but instead it will sit, waiting for those nights where life is getting a bit too hard and you need a reminder that no matter how low you feel right now, it all gets better in time.

Robin Thicke Paula (UNIVERSAL) Luckily for the world Robin Thicke has released his latest studio album, Paula. It’s an album entirely about “feelings” and not at all about revenge. Let’s all be honest here. It’s like a cheap Enrique Iglesias rip-off, especially the opening track ‘You’re My Fantasy’. The chorus is bad, the melody uninspired and the lyrics tacky and sappy. The thing is, Robin Thicke didn’t just write one bad song, he wrote 13 of them. He claims that he came off tour and wrote them all in about three weeks. Well, perhaps he should have workshopped them a little more before giving them the tick of approval. Paula is nothing more than a kick-in-theteeth tactic to one-up recent divorcee, Paula Patton. Unfortunately for Thicke, this scornful dribble would do nothing more than make her laugh at the immaturity of such feats. HADYN LEVETT

SEAN DECLASE Superbad (INDEPENDENT) A well-known voice in the Dance music scene, Sean Declase has lent his crispy vocals to feature on some killer house anthems over the last couple of years. Now 2014 sees Melbourne artist Sean Declase step out on his own with his new independent album Superbad. Showing the world what he has to offer, this eclectic mix of Funk, Soul and R&B with a vintage twist, Superbad has not only been solely written by Declase but also produced and performed, we are talking vocals, beats and all instruments. Superbad is a personal look into the mind and sound of the man behind the voice and the funk. His talent is evident yet authentic and the colourful arrangements and energy within the album

are infectious and undeniably prevalent. From start to finish Superbad is something you can throw on at a party, in your car or dance around in your underwear to without having to skip a beat. Described by Declase himself as a “personal diary of true events and stories” he wanted to play all the instruments and produce the album himself to make sure it was 100% capturing his vision of the songs. Declase has the ability to capture the funk and the feeling with different moods and tunes for each track, much like Bruno Mars does on Unorthodox Jukebox. It is refreshing to see a vocalist step out of the dance scene to deliver something that is flipped to the other realm of music indemnity in what seems to be a rather smooth transition. Kudos to Declase on a two-year dedication to his craft that reaps the likeness of what Prince, Jamiroquai and Justin Timberlake’s love child would sound like. Superbad is available for free download at www.seandeclase. com Catch the Superbad live show at Boutique on Friday August 22.

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I never cease to be amazed at the quality and variety of arts and cultural events we find on our Bayside and Peninsula doorsteps. In July I saw two great shows at the Southern Peninsula Arts Centre. An intergenerational audience was captivated by Bunk Puppets’ Swamp Juice- a shadow puppetry show crafted from household and upcycled items culminating with a finale in 3-D! Fifty minute in anger management group therapy proved both informative and hysterical in Unpack This. Meanwhile, at Frankston Arts Centre, Bell Shakespeare’s Henry V, set in a WW II bomb shelter, also used light and sound to brilliant effect, but the acting and directing were truly phenomenal. Derinya Art and Craft Exhibition was once again an absolute winner. August offers Frankston Theatre Group’s Our Man in Havana sure to rouse a laugh and the Anywhere Theatre Festival featuring a wide variety of performance the most unusual places! Add to this new exhibitions and events at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery and at McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery and you’re well on your way to enjoying the arts. Check out our arts listings to find your own particular cup of tea. There are lots of flavours to choose from. Enjoy! Your Arts Editor

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We think of the Renaissance garden as a place of leisure and pleasure, a kind of earthly paradise - but no matter its garden-as-idyll reputation it had a lot of violence going down. There is the dark, toothy scream of the Hell Mouth in what’s been dubbed the “park of monsters”, a garden not far from Rome that is also populated with fighting ogres, vicious lions and an array of other lurid flights of fancy. There is a mighty stone giant erupting out of a landscape near Florence, water-breathing dragons at Villa d’Este in Tivoli and nasty hybrid creatures with snakes writhing in their hair in the Boboli Gardens in Florence. Art historian Dr Luke Morgan has been considering these and other “monstrous motifs” for more than 10 years and has concluded that Renaissance gardens are not just places of pleasure but of peril as well. Morgan, a senior lecturer in art history and theory at Monash University, who is writing a book on the “monster in the garden”, covering all that is “grotesque, gigantic and monstrous” in Renaissance landscape design, will speak about the topic at the Friends of the Mornington Regional Gallery Art Bar & Twilight Talk at The Royal Hotel, Esplanade, Mornington on the evening of Monday 11th August, when wine and canapés, precede the lecture, and dinner follows. When he visited the “Hell Mouth” in the SacroBosco at Bomarzo about 15 years ago he says he was struck by its strangeness. The dining table fashioned inside the gaping mouth turns the whole structure into what Morgan describes as a “witty al fresco dining room”.

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“I started thinking, ‘What would a Renaissance person have thought as they encountered it and what kind of cultural experience and knowledge they would have brought to motifs like this’,” he says. He decided the “ordinary Renaissance person” encountering the Hell Mouth in the garden designed by PirroLigorio in the mid-16th century might have laughed at the witticism but also experienced a kind of terrifying chill. Visitors in the 16th century would have understood these motifs in a different way to how we do.” The Surrealists, notably, looked at them differently again. For it was the Spanish artist Salvador Dali who, along with the Italian critic Mario Praz, has been credited with “rediscovering” the SacroBosco in Bomarzo in 1949 when the entire “monster park” was languishing in an overgrown state of disrepair. The pair made a film about the seemingly bizarre forms they stumbled across and Dali proceeded to incorporate the open orifice of the Hell Mouth into other work as well. “To think about the Renaissance garden entirely as an ideal paradisical space is to over-simplify it,” he says. “These gardens were highly complex and sophisticated and the key objective of my work is to recuperate that complexity.” Dr Luke Morgan’s lecture “The Monster in the Garden: the Grotesque, the Gigantic and the Monstrous in Renaissance Landscape Design” For details and booking phone: 0477 499187 MARIAN VICKERY

Bettering it’s best, Derinya Art and Craft Exhibition in July was beautifully organized and brilliantly presented. Especially breathtaking were the craft and jewellery rooms. Opening Night was busy with excited conversations about the incredible variety of artworks. Inspiring instrumental music wafted through the air as waiters brought around piping hot canapés to compliment topnotch wine and beer. This was an opening night well worth the price of admission. ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS

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MARTU DON’T NEED A MAP Experiencing the Western Desert landscape through the eyes of the indigenous Martu people provides rare glimpses into the complex and fascinating relationship between its people and their land. We don’t need a map: Martu experience of the Western Desert travels to McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery from Fremantle Arts Centre, Western Australia bringing to light a visual narrative full of insights and observations out of the realm of the ordinary. Exhibiting spectacular paintings, aerial photography, cultural objects, drawings, video installation and soundscape, along with photographic portraits, this exhibition shows how innate

knowledge and familiarity with their landscape means Martu people don’t need to rely on anything other than themselves to navigate, find food and water and create artwork and story unique to the Western Australian desert. This is a cultural experience not to be missed, see this evocative exhibition at McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery, 390 McClelland Drive, Langwarrin. Entry free, but donations help support this wonderful cultural resource open Tuesday to Friday from 10 am to 5pm. www.mcclelland.com or 9789 1671. ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS

AUGUST 2014 Monty Python Live (Mostly) (AUGUST 6TH) John Cleese, Graham Chapman, Carol Cleveland

Begin Again (AUGUST 7TH) Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Hailee Steinfeld Guardians Of The Galaxy (AUGUST 7TH) Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper

She’s Dating The Gangster (AUGUST 7TH) Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla, Sofia Andres

God’s Not Dead (AUGUST 14TH) Shane Harper, Kevin Sorbo, David A.R. White

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Selfies have become the ubiquitous hallmark of a new tech savvy generation. So it seems apropos to call out to artists for their interpretation of how technology has changed human interaction and what the selfie really represents. ‘Selfie’ is the theme of this year’s Cube 37 Open exhibition. Artists have until 4 pm Friday, August 15 to submit their work for the exhibition plus a chance to win his/ her own solo exhibition in 2015. For full details, download the flyer or contact Milla Dakovic on 9784 1896 or milla.dakovic@frankston.vic.gov.au ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS

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The Hundred-Foot Journey (AUGUST 14TH) Helen Mirren, Manish Dayal, Rohan Chand

Postman Pat: The Movie (AUGUST 16TH) David Tennant, Rupert Grint, Jim Broadbent

Freedom (AUGUST 21ST) Cuba Gooding Jr., Sharon Leal, William Sadler

The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window And Disappeared (AUGUST 21ST) Robert Gustafsson, Iwar Wiklander, David Wiberg

The Inbetweeners 2 (AUGUST 21ST) Daisy Ridley, Freddie Stroma, Simon Bird

Felony (AUGUST 28TH) Jai Courtney, Joel Edgerton, Melissa George

Magic In The Moonlight (AUGUST 28TH) Emma Stone, Colin Firth, Hamish Linklater

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An exciting new film from Melbourne that merges the music and film making worlds made its debut at Splendour in the Grass’ Twilight Film Festival in July. How to Lose Jobs and Alienate Girlfriends is a must watch for anyone who has ever struggled with the creative process or considered using friends and family as subjects for their art. Regardless, you can just enjoy watching Tomas Meadmore make a right royal mess of everything, because if you are going to stuff something up, then you may as well stuff it up properly and then turn it into a great movie. Or so they say. Meadmore dreams of making a film as powerful as Pulp Fiction, but works long hours as a film editor at Lonely Planet. His girlfriend Amanda Medica is a waitress who dreams of being a full time musician and his boss, Tony Jackson (TV director at Lonely Planet) wants his band Speed Orange to be played on the radio. Meadmore and his boss work out a

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deal where Meadmore makes a movie about Speed Orange in exchange for mentoring from Jackson. Somehow Medica ends up in the film too and it begins by being about following your dreams. Except no one in the film can really define what their dreams are. And Meadmore has an opinion on their dreams, which makes things a bit awkward to say the least. It turns out that Speed Orange are actually a pretty good band, much to Meadmore’s delight/surprise. (He has to ask Tim Rogers and Monique Brumby for their thoughts on Speed Orange in the film because he is convinced they suck - they give the thumbs up.) It is exactly this kind of self-effacing storytelling that makes this film so fun and relatable. And it also makes us really glad that the friendship between Jackson and Meadmore survived this potential car crash. Speed Orange have been played on high rotation on 3RRR and also just played at Splendour in the Grass alongside the screening of this film. You get the feeling that Meadmore thought Medica more exciting musically than Speed Orange, but I suspect that Rogers and Brumby would politely disagree. Medica’s involvement in the film, however, gives it a gritty edge when their relationship ends and Meadmore overcomes his heartbreak to complete his film. This film proves that with commitment levels that border on insanity you can actually achieve your dreams, minus the Hollywood happy ending. If you didn’t make it to Splendour this year, look out for the national release date for How to Lose Jobs and Alienate Girlfriends. Penny Ivison writes monthly for PEARL on film & TV. If there’s anything you’d like to let Penny know about that’s happening in the Bayside or Peninsula area in 2014, you can find her on twitter on @pipsicedtea or email her at whattowatch@pearlmag.com.au

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THEATRE ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE Brisbane-based Anywhere Theatre Festival established in 2011 by dynamic duo, Alex McTavish and Paul Osuch has become a worldwide phenomenon breaking the mold and confines of the traditional theatre experience. ATF provides a new model for performers, audiences and businesses to engage in a way that directly benefits community while providing infrastructure for professional and creative development. Frankston is hosting ATF from August 22 to September 6 showcasing an astonishing variety of performances in unusual locations, such as, inside a car, atop a soapbox,

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within a skate bowl, off the walls of a climbing centre and in some secret locations to be announced. Boosting the profiles of local businesses, Frankston Council and the local performing arts community, hosting this innovative festival benefits everyone. Fully two thirds of audiences at Anywhere Theatre Festivals are people who visit a theatre once a year or less addressing the ongoing conundrum of how to attract new audiences to performances. “What rocks about Anywhere Theatre Festival is that it appeals to anyone who has wanted to see a show, but wants something a bit different to a traditional theatre

experience,” said Paul Osuch cofounder of Anywhere Theatre Festival. ”It also appeals to anyone who wants to explore the nooks and crannies of Frankston and wanted an excuse to do so.” If you’d like to see dance in the streets, slip into a shipping containers for a show or wait to board a train to your secret performance destination, pick up a copy of the Anywhere Theatre Festival program at a local venue or visit their website www.anywherefest.com and start planning your entertainment today. ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS

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MUSIC AND THEATRE, BUT NOT MUSICAL THEATRE Share House is a stage performance highlighting the breathtaking musical talents of Brisbane-based quintet, Topology. It fuses physical theatre with instrumental music to convey a wordless narrative. The story, set in the 1970s revolves around five dysfunctional band mates who live together in an unkempt share house. Clever staging and lighting become part of the drama as the characters negotiate their intertwined lives, unrequited love, laughter and the bond they share through music. Crossing artistic genres and blurring the boundaries between theatre and concert, Topology have

created a truly original performance they call “instrumental opera”. It’s music and theatre, but not musical theatre. Regardless of the quest for apt adjectives, this is ground breaking performance. See something completely different when Topology’s Share House plays at Frankston Arts Centre on Saturday, August 9 at 7:30 pm. Bookings on 9784 1060 or www.thefac. com.au. ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS

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Ah the romance of dressing up to go out on the town, becoming a member of a live audience, listening to the orchestral overture while waiting in anticipation for the lights to dim and the show to begin…now that is theatre. True, that is theatre in a traditional sense and a wonderful one for some, but others feel imprisoned by that experience. Nowadays, savvy theatre and festival companies are taking their performances to the streets creating theatre in unconventional places and spaces welcoming new generations of audience who can enjoy a performance anywhere from a shipping container to a skate park, in a climbing centre or on a moving train. Performances can take place any time and place. Now audiences have greater choices. Consider, discuss and share your views on our PEARL facebook page or suggest your own hot topic to: artseditor@ pearlmag.com.au.

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Comforted by the hearth of expectation and Warm under garments of adventure A journey to the city of cold begins Watch lifting fog Disperse into a mist of urgent faces A thousand shivering hearts rushing Teased by cautious winter sun Behold sparkling café windows Bejewelled thick wallets Fantasy taste sloth beckoning Sweet pastries topped with success Though no seat for an unfilled purse Just a menu of delicious promises And expectations denied Hunger through destiny or choice Grey jowls of slouch willingly traded Nay, prideful liberation embraced Walk tall, walk fast Free on the outside

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Stand up comedian Rachel Berger has had audiences in fits of laughter for decades. As she says, “For 28 years I’ve commandeered the audience to a designated outcome,” but in her one-woman play, Hold the Pickle, it’s a completely different kettle of fish. Hold the Pickle is a dramatic piece. Though peppered with plenty of laughs, it’s primarily a love story. Her parents’ journey as Polish Jews fleeing the Nazi regime was fraught with fear and difficultly, but their unbreakable love made the impossible possible. I interviewed her advance of her show at Frankston Arts Centre. PEARL: What does the expression Hold the Pickle mean to you and how does it relate to the show? BERGER: It’s a line in the show that I can’t reveal because it would spoil the show, but it’s something my father used to say to me on a weekly basis. It’s not like hold the chutney on a sandwich; it’s hold the pickle in your hand. (Parts of the show take place in her parent’s St. Kilda delicatessen) PEARL: Remembering your family history via theatre is an unconventional experience. Do you find it comforting or confronting to share your history with an audience? BERGER: Well…I feel it is a privilege that they listen. It’s a blessing to be able to share it from an artistic point of view. I’m just telling a story. I’m not a great actor, but it’s a great story. I think people take what they want and need to take from it. PEARL: I understand your mother couldn’t come to see this show live and said nothing when she first saw it on DVD. Has she said anything about it since?

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BERGER: No. I visited her (she lives in Queensland) many times over years and spoke to her about these family references to hiding from the Nazis. I asked her very specific questions. I wondered…how did she do it? I recorded her. As she told her story her voice changed. You can hear it in the recording. Her voice got deeper and deeper as she told the story from the deepest place in her. There was this disconnect as she remembered the details. I think it was incredibly difficult for her. PEARL: What’s it like portraying your mother on stage? BERGER: Every mother and daughter have a complex relationship, but this process of stepping into her body and being her, I have come to love her more as woman. She was a tough mother. She had to be. On a deep level I understood why she was like that. I thought…you are an amazing woman. She’s 91 now! This play shows how much I love her. When you see it there is something at the end that says it all. Playing her has given me an adult appreciation of her as a woman. PEARL: Any one-person show is a massive undertaking. Do you have a trick to tackle all of that memorization? BERGER: No. I remember the narrative, but the story is a little bit different every time. It’s never word perfect because I’m a stand up comedian, I need to change things based on audience response. For example, if I see in the audience there’s a certain resonance, I’ll expand on that. Every night it’s a little different. Having spoken to Berger extensively, I can say with confidence that it would be a mistake to miss this incredibly human story playing at The Frankston Arts Centre on Thursday, August 28 at 8 pm. Bookings: www. thefac.com.au or 9784 1060.

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DOGS, CATS AND PRINTMAKERS’ IMPRESSIONS SOAPBOX POETRY One unkempt, scruffy little dog became a global phenomenon after he bolted onto the pages of Dame Lynley Dodd’s Hairy Maclarey from Donaldson’s Dairy in 1983. Based on a sketch of scraggly dog she met by chance, Dodd’s signature character has sold over five million books. Celebrating the success of all of her children’s book characters, a retrospective of her work is on display at the Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery. Two concurrent exhibitions vying for attention are Stars in the River: The Prints of Jessie Traill and Across the Water: Marco Luccio. The first is a retrospective of pioneering printmaker Jessie Traill’s post-war Modernist etchings portraying both the beauty of the bush and the dynamism of burgeoning cityscape. Featuring over 100 prints travelling from the National Gallery of Australia this collection represents a leading figure in Australian art. Marco Luccio was greatly influenced by the work of Jessie Trail so his series of prints in Across the Water are a perfect complement to the Traill retrospective. Luccio is a contemporary printmaker whose vibrant etchings capture the energy of the architectural subjects he draws, such as his visually striking images of Sydney Harbour Bridge. These three exhibitions are on until September 14 at Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Civic Reserve, Mornington open Tuesday to Sunday 10 am to 5 pm. www. mprg.vic.gov.au or 5975 4395. ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS music  arts  events  entertainment

In days gone by poetry has been a revered form of expression, however in modern culture it is often dismissed or overlooked. Fortunately, Peninsula Poets have firmly asserted poetry’s place on Melbourne’s southeast coast with their latest performance at Zinevent in Frankston, July 19. With accomplished writers at the helm, this troupe delivered a driving poetry experience, as each member performed in their own unique voice with varied themes in succession. The intimacy of Cube 37 saw each poet stepping up on the soapbox to perform short and snappy poems and down to deliver personal biographical poems before moving onto longer, more distinguishing pieces. Guest performances were also welcomed and one audience member delivered a surprisingly potent poem to the applause of

the room. At times bold and enigmatic, Peninsula Poets offered everything from anarchic slam to unknowable short prose; touching on themes of bipolarity, relationships and offering up an exploration of the everyday. Peninsula Poets will be performing two free 90-minute shows at The Anywhere Theatre Festival on Saturdays, August 23 and September 6 at 7:30 pm in Cube 37 (Frankston). Bookings: http://anywherefest.com/ buy-tickets. Whether you are budding poet looking to network or just curious, Peninsula Poets will redefine how you view the written and spoken word. Watch and listen… MATTHEW STAGGARD

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MORDIALLOC WRITERS’ GROUP Tuesdays at 8pm @ Mordialloc Neighbourhood House (Mordialloc) 9587 8757 mairi@ozemail. com.au

MORNINGTON LIBRARY SERVICE LIVE ‘N’ LOCAL READING SERIES Thursday, August 7 at 5:30 pm @ Rosebud Library (Rosebud) 5950 1230 Thursday, September 4 at 5:30 @ Mornington Library Meeting Room (Mornington) Bookings: 5950-1820

SOUTHERN PENS Wednesdays at 1 pm @ Rosebud Library (Rosebud) Kaye 5985 6773 southernpens@live. com.au MORNINGTON WRITERS’ GROUP Fridays at 10 am & 7:30 pm @ Albert Street Community House (Mornington) 5975 4772 www.morningtoncci.com.au PENINSULA POETS First Saturday of the month at 11 am @ Mornington Peninsula Library Meeting Room (Mornington) Contact: Andrea 0435 120 297 or peninsulapoets@gmail.com WRITER’S BLOCK MEETING Fortnightly on Saturdays at 10 am (August 9 & 23) @ Cube 37 at Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston) Contact: Fran 0438 890 217 or seagull25@optus.com.au FELLOWSHIP OF AUSTRALIAN WRITERS, PENINSULA BRANCH Third Sunday of the month at 1:45 pm @ Albert Street Community Contact House (Mornington) Contact: peninsulafaw@mail.com READINGS BY THE BAY Last Sunday of the month at 2pm Mordialloc @ Neighbourhood House (Mordialloc) 9587 8757 mairi@ozemail.com.au AUSTRALIAN DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS SOCIETY TALK: LOOKING AT DICKENS 18122012 Friday, August 8 at 5:30 pm at Peninsula Community Theatre (Mornington) @ Peninsula Community Theatre (Mornington) morningtonpeninsula@adfas.org.au or www. adfas.org.au POETRY FOR PAGE OR STAGE WRITING/ PERFORMING WORKSHOP WITH ANDREA LOUISE THOMAS Monday, August 11 at 6pm @ Frankston Library (Frankston) Free, but please make a booking: 9784 1020 FRIENDS OF THE MPRG PRESENT: ART BAR & TWILIGHT TALK WITH DR. LUKE MORGAN “MONSTERS IN THE GARDEN” Monday, August 11 at 6 pm (canapés & wine), 6:30 to 7:30 pm lecture @ The Royal Hotel (Mornington) 5975 4399 www.mprg.mornpen.

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VISUAL ARTS: CUBE 37 ART AFTER DARK PRESENTS: MARTINE COROMPT & ALAN DEERY Until Sunday, August 10: Martine Corompt; Monday, August 11 to Sunday, September 7: Alan Deery @ Cube 37 at Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston) 9784 1896 www.thefac.com.au CUBE 37 GALLERY PRESENTS: SASI ART COMPETITION & FAC OPEN EXHIBITION 2014 Tuesday, August 12 to Thursday, August 14: SASI; Tuesday, August 19 to Saturday, September 6: FAC Open Exhibition @ Cube 37 Gallery at Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston) 9784 1896 www.thefac.com.au SLOW PHOTOGRAPHY: JOHN STREET Opens Wednesday, August 13 from 6-8 pm, runs until Thursday, September 4 @ ARTrium Exhibition Space at Bayside City Council Corporate Centre (Sandringham) www.bayside. vic.gov.au BEYOND VERITAS: EDGAR BONNIE & THE NEW EXISTENCE: MICHAEL JENKINS Opens Thursday, August 15 at 6 pm runs until Tuesday, August 26: Beyond Veritas; Opening Thursday, August 28 running until Tuesday, September 16: The New Existence @ G1 Gallery Kingston Arts Centre (Moorabin) 9556 4440 or www.kingstonarts.com.au/visual-arts FAC CURVED WALL PRESENTS: MUNWARRI STAND UP: BALUK ARTS & MICKY CADY Until August 16 Munwurri; August 19 to October 4: Mick Cady on Curved Wall, Main Foyer @ Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston) 9784 1060 www.thefac.com.au OAK HILL GALLERY PRESENTS: ANNUAL “TRUE ROOTS” PRINTMAKING EXHIBITION Until Wednesday, August 27 @ Oak Hill Gallery (Mornington) 5973 4299 www.oakhillgallery. com.au MORNINGTON LIBRARY FOYER EXHIBITION PRESENTS: ERIC SHEPPARD Until Friday, August 29 @ Mornington Library (Mornington) Enquires: Andrea Ebsworth 5950 1716

MANYUNG GALLERY MT. ELIZA PRESENTS: URBAN SHOW Until, August 30 at Manyung Gallery (Mt. Eliza) 9787 2953 www.manyinggallery.com.au MORNINGTON PENINSULA REGIONAL GALLERY PRESENTS: LYNLEY DODD RETROSPECTIVE, STARS IN THE RIVER: PRINTS OF JESSE TRAILL, ACROSS THE WATER: MARCO LUCCIO Until Sunday, September 14 @ Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (Mornington) 5975 4399 www.mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au WORKSHOPS AND DEMONSTRATIONS: MONTHLY MANDALA WORKSHOPS 10 am to 5 pm on day of client’s choice @ Empowering Creations Healing and Art Centre. Bookings: Irene 0407 543 186 irenechara@ bigpond.com ART CLASSES WITH MARILYN RICHARDS AT DROMANA COMMUNITY HOUSE Wednesdays and Fridays 10 am to noon @ Dromana Community House (Dromana) www. dromanacommunityhouse.org.au ARTHAVEN SOCIAL PAINTING DAYS Fridays from 10 am to 4 pm @ Sages Cottage (Baxter) Bookings: Lorin 0412 660 495 or lorin@ arthaven.co.au IMPRO CLUB (IMPROVISATION/ACTING WORKSHOP) WITH CAROLE PATULO Saturdays from 1- 4 pm @ Southern Peninsula Arts Centre (Rosebud) Bookings: 5986 8204 www.southernpeninsulaartscentre.com

PENINSULA ARTS SOCIETY DEMONSTRATION WITH BIANCA BAJKIEWICZ: ACRYLICS Monday, August 18 from 1 to 3 pm @ Peninsula Arts Society (Frankston South) 9775 2640 www. peninsulaartssociety.org.au DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY REFRESHER COURSE FOR ADULTS WITH NICOLE JACKSON Friday, August 15 from 12 – 2 pm @ Oak Hill Gallery (Mornington) 5973 4299 www. oakhillgallery.com.au alternate session on Thursday, September 4 from 6:30 to 8:30 pm @ Mt. Eliza. Other courses are available. Contact: Nicole on 0414 737 990 or info@nicolejackson. com.au DARTS (DIGITAL ARTS) WORKSHOPS FOR YOUTH (12-15 years old) Saturday, August 16 from 10:30 to 3:30 pm Stop Motion Animation @ Cube 37 (Frankston Arts Centre) Bookings 9784 1060 MCCLELLAND GUILD OF ARTISTS DEMONSTRATION: CHRISTINE CAFARELLAPEARCE; “OUTBACK LANDSCAPE” Saturday, September 6 from 1:30 to 3:30 pm @ Studio Park @ McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery (Langwarrin) www. mcclellandguildofartists.com.au

THEATRE: FRANKSTON THEATRE GROUP PRESENTS: OUR MAN IN HAVANA Friday, August 8 at 8 pm, Saturday, August 9 at 2pm @ George Jenkins Theatre (Frankston) Bookings 1300 665 337 TOPOLOGY PRESENTS: SHARE HOUSE Saturday, August 9 at 7:30 pm @ Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston) Bookings: 9784 1060 www. thefac.com.au HIT PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: JUST THE TICKET Tuesday, August 12 at 8 pm & Wednesday, August 13 at 2 pm @ Shirley Burke Theatre (Parkdale) Bookings CIRCUS OZ Friday, August 15 at 7:30 pm, Saturday, August 16 at 1:30 pm @ Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston) Bookings: 9784 1060 www.thefac. com.au ANYWHERE THEATRE FESTIVAL Friday, August 22 to Saturday, September 9 at various times & multiple venues. Bookings: anywherefest.com FAC AND RACHEL BERGER PRESENT: HOLD THE PICKLE Thursday, August 28 at 8 pm @ The Frankston Arts Centre (Frankston) Bookings: 9784 1060 www.thefac.com.au

FILM: MOVIEHOUSE AT KINGSTON ARTS CENTRE Wednesdays at 10:30 am: August 13 Life & Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947), August 20 The Horse’s Mouth (1958), August 27 The Big Heart (1953), September 3 Libeled Lady (1936) @ Kingston Arts Centre Black Box (Moorabin) Bookings: 9556 4440 or www.kingstonarts. com.au CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS TO INTERNATIONAL YOUTH SILENT FILM FESTIVAL (IYSFF) Entries close Monday, September 1. Submit to www.makesilebtfilm.com or www.kingstonarts. com.au Listings are at the discretion of the Arts Editor and based on information available at press time. Listings need to be brief and current. It may not be possible to fit everything in, but we’ll try if we know it’s on. Send information to: artseditor@pearlmag.com.au by the third Monday of each month. Advertisers are considered first for editorials. Ads in Pearl are inexpensive. Call 5906 5775.

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SUMMER FESTIVAL CALLOUT

Bayside City Council are beginning to plan for their annual Beachside Festival, and they want you to help! They are looking for young event management enthusiasts to help organise and run the 2015 Beachside Festival, scheduled to be held on February 14. The organising committee will meet on Mondays from 5pm to 6pm at the Peterson Youth Centre in Highett and will be monthly to begin with, but more frequent closer to the big day. Bayside Youth Services are seeking young people aged between 12 and 25 years of age to assist in the organising of the event. Participating in the organisation is free for all, with snacks provided at the meetings. Think you could help make this Beachside Festival a festival to remember? Register your interest at www.bayside.vic.gov.au/youth, or for more information, contact Adam at Bayside Youth Services on 9599 4622, or email acarter@bayside.vic.gov.au.

BAYSIDE BATTLE

This August, Boombox Events Present its annual Battle of the Bands Competition. Competing artists include The String Theory, Chloe Horler, Beneath The Lies, Groove Platoon, and Moss, with special guests My Echo headlining for the evening. The Battle will be held at the Brighton Town Hall on August 15 from 6.30pm to 10.30pm. Tickets are $12 pre-sale or $15 at the door. This is a fully supervised drug, alcohol and smoke free event and passouts will not be available. For more information, contact Boombox Events at www. facebook.com/baysidefreeza, or Bayside City Councils Youth Services on 9599 4622.

BASIDE FREEZA CALLOUT

Ever thought about joining a Freeza committee? Well here’s your chance! The Bayside Freeza Committee, Boombox Events, is looking for new recruits to join their team in 2015. Members will be involved in planning, organizing and running youth events in Bayside including Summer Beach Festivals, music gigs, Battle of the Bands competitions, skate events, award nights, art exhibitions, a Halloween event and more. The Committee meets on a weekly basis, organising at least five events per year. Membership is open to young people aged between 12 and 25 in the Bayside region. For more information or to apply, contact Bayside City Council’s Youth Services on 9599 4622 or visit www.bayside.vic.gov. au/youth.

BAYSIDE OPEN MIC NIGHT After an incredibly successful Open

Mic night in June, Bayside Youth Services are scheduled to host two more Open Mic Nights this year. They are scheduled for September 12 and November 21 so be sure to save the date! For more information, contact Emily at Bayside City Councils Youth Services on 9599 4622.

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FRANKSTON FINAL BATTLE

The final battle for 2014 has come for Fresh Entertainment, which must now choose a winner to progress to the regional Battle of the Bands. On August 9, six talented artists will compete at the Frankston Mechanics Hall, with Elegist, I, Valiance headlining the event. Winners from the first heat who will compete on the night include DTSD, Melanie Grace, and Wild Nite, and winners from the second heat are Static Revenue, Flesh of the Earth, and Along Shorelines. Tickets are $10 at the door, which opens at 5.30pm, and there are strictly no passouts. This is an ages, drug, alcohol and smoke free events. For more information contact Chris Hoffman at Fresh Entertainment on 9293 7110, or visit www.facebook.com/ freshentertainment.frankston.

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I, VALIANCE FLESH OF THE EARTH ALONG SHORELINES MELANIE GRACE STATIC REVENUE DTSD WILD NITE AUGUST 9TH $10 ENTRY FRANKSTON MECHANICS HALL DOORS 5.30PM ALL AGES DRUG, ALCOHOL AND SMOKE FREE EVENT NO PASSOUTS MANAGEMENT RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REFUSE ENTRY

KINGSTON INK ABOUT IT

Kingston Youth Services has recently launched the 2014 edition of its annual creative writing competition “Ink About It”. This exciting competition that requires entrants to interpret the image on the event flyer by writing a short story, poem or song, about anything – so long as it connects back to the image. Entries are now open, but must close on Friday October 3 at 5pm sharp, so get writing! With prizes on offer for the three best entries, as voted by a panel of Kingston Youth Services staff and young people, this is an opportunity not to be missed. Third place will receive a $250 gift voucher and offer of a Voiceworks magazine subscription, a $350 gift voucher and the same subscription offer will go to second place, with the lucky winner receiving a massive $500 gift voucher and the offer of a creative writing course with Holmesglen TAFE. Any questions can be directed to Paul who can be contacted on 1300 369 436, or at paul. corb@kingston.vic.gov.au.

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MOBILE OUTREACH

IMPAKT FREEZA ARE NOW ON INSTAGRAM Follow them on www.instagram.com/impaktfreeza

DROP IN AT SHED 11 Come down for free Activities and a FUN place to hang out! Shed 11 Drop-In Centre in Hastings is open for young people between the ages of 10-25 years. Shed 11 is run by the Mornington Peninsula Shire Youth Services. The facility is located at 11 Marine Parade, Hastings (Opposite the skate park in Hastings). For TERM 3, Shed 11 will be open MONDAYS 3PM-5PM AND FRIDAYS 3PM-5PM. The Shed has free Wifi, computer access, pool tables, TVs, Wii and Play Station, free resources and information, a great outdoor space, not to mention youth workers who are available to talk to young people. All activities are FREE! A parent consent form needs to be signed before entry into the Shed. These can be collected from Shed 11. For more information please contact Youth Services on 5950 1666.

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Can’t make it to one of our Youth Centres? Well, we’ll come to you. Mornington Peninsula Shire Youth Services are excited to kick off our Mobile Outreach Program. We’ll be setting up at key locations all over the Mornington Peninsula including Skate Parks, Schools and more. Watch out for us with our mini buses and MPYS marquees. We’ll be offering a Space for young people to hang out with bean bags, ipads, food, activities, and access to information on a range of different topics. Mobile outreach will be making its way around the Mornington Peninsula every Wednesday afternoon, see below for dates and locations. For more info on future dates and locations please contact Youth Services on 5950 1666 or visit www.mpys.com.au 6th August - Somerville secondary college 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Mt Eliza Skate Park 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm 13th August – Somerville Secondary College 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Mornington Skate Park 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm

SCHOOLIES ON THE PENINSULA So you’ve decided to come and chill out here on the Mornington Peninsula - what a great decision! If you want to find a sensational beach to sit on, then this is the place. Relaxed, no pressure, no hassles from anyone, just a great spot to sit down and quietly celebrate your toughest year so far. No fighting over a square foot of sand to watch the sunset here…pick a spot and it’s yours! So if you’re heading to the Mornington Peninsula - Rye, Rosebud, Portsea, Sorrento, Hastings or Dromana - for your schoolies break, we urge you to register online with Mornington Peninsula Shire Youth Services prior to your arrival, so we can adequately prepare and ensure all school leavers are safe during this time. All registered schoolies receive an official wristband, access to free ‘get home safely’ buses, free water, tourist information packs and ‘Random happenings”. Further information on the registration process can be found at http://schoolies.youthcentral.vic.gov.au or go directly to www.mpys.com.au Registrations open on Wednesday 20th August 2014 at 9am.

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Mornington Peninsula’s Along Shorelines are definitely the ones to watch. Although being new to our music scene, this bands potential is very high. Mostly composed of members that are 18 years old, this band’s sound is surprisingly mature for their age. Their first ever EP Voices had almost exceeded its band camp download limit in the first 20 days, and honestly is not at all a surprise why people would want to jump on this refined sound. Andy Newbigging (Rhythm Guitar), Sam Walsh (Lead Guitar), Tom Gregory (Bass and vocals) and Adam Eramo (Vocals) caught up with us at before one of their shows.

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Another local band from humble beginnings, this band started from a series of failures that eventually bought together what Along Shorelines is today. Newbigging and Nathan Sanderson (Drummer) formed a cover band out of mutual love for the music. When this band fell apart they started a metal band that suffered the same outcome, through these failures, Newbigging and Sanderson decided to approach the music scene with a hard-core band. Poaching members from school, TAFE and mutual friends, Newbigging and Sanderson pulled together Walsh, Gregory and Eramo to create Along Shorelines. Drawing inspiration from hard-core and pop punk this band manages to find the sweet spot of music, fitting perfectly into a niche market. Along Shorelines claim to go hard in their music, spending money where it’s needed, and going to the full extent required to impress fans of their music,never turning down an opportunity at hand. These boys are probably one of the easiest going bands we’ve met to date, and they invite everyone to come and say ‘Hey’ after a show. Appreciative of where they are now and what the future holds for them, Along Shorelines is definitely a band everyone should check out. Their smooth mixing of genres truly results in something incredible. Want more of Along Shorelines? Catch these boys at Fresh Entertainment’s Battle of the Bands Finals at Frankston Mechanics Hall August 9th and Bar 12 in Frankston August 24th. For more details on the band visit facebook.com/alongshorelinesband and hear their EP Voices on Bandcamp. MILLI RANSOM

Fresh Heats Seaford Battle of the Bands The Battle of the Bands from Fresh Entertainment certainly got heated this month. Two rounds of local alternate music presented a deep contrast of what our local talent has to offer. Round 1 was a display of tender talent, while Round 2 bought out the darkside, bringing heavy music to Seaford Hall, no matter what genre these bands were playing to get to the finals. Round 1 kicked off with Frankston Highs own Shoot the Messenger. This young band delivered a strong performance and definitely set a high bar for the other bands to beat. Playing their self-composed 15-minute track Spearmint, this band was my personal pick to win. Next band to grace the stage was up and comers DTSD an acoustic cover band who almost embodied Kurt Cobain himself, this duo had husky vocal talent that definitely put a grunge spin on their covers. The Battle of the Bands drew out Cryptic Jim who had come straight out of John Paul College; this band bought pop punk to the stage and was definitely bringing some tough competition. Most of the crowd was waiting for Melanie Grace, with a voice of an angel this girl has the vocal power to do the unexpected and was definitely one to be rivalled. Bringing on some more acoustic talent Pocketwatch Knight bought some acoustic indie, which definitely was a standalone sound. Wild Nite bought a stripped back version of their original sound, 6 years ago I saw this band play a battle of the bands and their sound still does not disappoint. But lets be honest, you want to know who won! With no surprise at all Melanie Grace won this round and joining her on the stage will be DTSD and Wild Nite. In a complete contrast to Round 1, Round 2 bought some heavy hitters, emphasis on the heavy. Starting out strong with a sound that was truly unforgettable was Static

Revenue bringing together some classic sounds mostly relying on that of Rage Against The Machine. The band describes their sound as “Something you can nod your head to in the car or mosh you a$$ off in a pit” which it definitely stays true too. The Escapist bought a sense of challenge to the stage, being another “core: band” and describing themselves as “Angry, emotional, hard hitting vocals, melodic riffs, with massive breakdowns, stuffed together like a hardcore burrito”, the band bough some hard hitting competition. A band that was certainly surprising was Cyprus, the youngest band on the bill who bought some extreme metal. I don’t think anyone in the room was expecting their performance, it was definitely explosive. Hailing from the Carrum Downs area Flesh Of The Earth bought a very mature sound black metal to the stage as well as playing with the already built up energy in the room, they were personally my pick to win. Finishing up the whole battle was crowd favourite Along Shorelines, a local hardcore band who have a refined sound and have played some incredible shows. But again, who won this round? It honestly was a complete mixed bag of victors; Flesh of the Earth taking out first place, joining them at the finals will be Along Shorelines and Static Revenue. Be sure to keep the 9th August free in your calendars because Fresh have bought you a line-up not to be missed. Headlines by heavy weights Elegist and I, Valiance these guys will be joined by Melanie Grace, DTSD, Wild Nite, Flesh of the Earth, Along Shorelines and Static Revenue, so it is un-missable! MILLI RANSOM

Static Revenue Overtaking The Underground (Beau McKee) Static Revenue’s EP “Overtaking The Underground” is the perfect addition to any music fans collection. Drawing strongly on influences like Rage Against The Machine and Limp Bizkit their sound is a needed change to today’s established scene. Off this particular release Mic Check bears quite a resemblance to the vocals of Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson and manages to display the vast range of skill all these band members have in a 3:44 minute sample. Songs like War Cry and Faith Show are perfect representations of this bands gnarly throw back sound drawing from the glory days of rock. With a definite talent and established sound this EP is worth picking up for any fan of classic or new age rock. MILLI RANSOM

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with Milli Ransom AUGUST 9th -Battle Of The Bands Final! The heated completion continues as the Battle Of The Bands comes to a close, this time headlined by Sydney heavyweights Elegist joined by I, Vallance on their Future Fears Tour! Head on down to Frankston Mechanics Institute (1N Plowman Place Frankston) to see the mixed bag of local genres battle it out for a chance to play Pushover Festival. 10th- Outlines w/ sheltered, kissing booth and supports Destruct Agency has thrown together a bill of melodic hardcore and emo punk for everyone to sway to down at Dropout (18/157 Hyde Street, Yarraville ) its going to be a room full of feels. Any one who is a fan of chilling lyrics will love this gig. 15th- Rivalries w/ Pridelands & Jonothan Boulet w/Unity Floors Most bands on this bill hail from NSW so we’d better give them all we Melbournians can. Coming down to Builders Bridge Youth (1st floor 231 Main St, Lilydale) are some really talented acts coming straight out of the melodic groove genre it’s a show not to miss. If you want some indie for the night don’t miss Jonothan Boulet (18+) at Northcote Social Club (301 High Street, Northcote) with support from Unity Floors, definitely unmissable. 16th- Pay What You Wish Our friends Endless Heights return to Melbourne for a charity show that all proceeds will go to The Make A Change Foundation ‘The Make A Change Foundation is a Non-Profit organization that aims to protect and care for the neglected, abused and abandoned children of the Philippines.’ joining Endless Heights on this bill will be Post Blue, Sheltered, Love Alone and Void of Vision, all these favourites for a minimum of $2 at Wrangler Studios (3 Whitely Pde, West Footscray) do not miss this show! 23rd- Sienna Skies, Glorified and Polaris w/locals Wrangler Studios (3 Whitely Pde, West Footscray) will be the first stop in Melbourne for Sienna Skies tour, joining them on this particular show will be Surroundings, Advocates and To The Airships. This shows good for anyone who enjoys traveling to the city for gigs. 24th- Sienna Skies, Glorified and Polaris w/locals Bar 12 Frankston (12 Young Street Frankston) Joining the heavy hitters this time will be Frankston locals The City At Night and Along Shorelines as well as outer suburb legends Hands of Hope and Tasmanian terrors Alpha Wolf, definitely a show not to miss, and its local! 29th- Love Alone + Guests & Forever Came Calling w/Trophy Eyes, Harbours and Set the Score Love Alones melodic hardcore will fill the room down at Dropout (18/157 Hyde Street, Yarraville) a show not to miss for those with some mega feels. Punk Pop lover will have to be heading down to Wrangler studios (3 Whitely Pde, West Footscray) to catch our mates in Harbours play alongside Forever Came Calling (USA) Trophy Eyes and Set the Score, a mark on the calendar for this awesome event is needed.

E M O H T A E V O R G N A OCE Up and coming heavy acts from Sydney making a name for themselves, seems to be a regular trend at this point in time. New South Wales’ latest exports Elegist found themselves in Ringwood this past July playing in a Pay-What-you-Wish styled show, alongside the almighty Prepared Like a Bride. Judging from the massive reaction they received at an interstate show, Elegist are making waves in the metalcore world. We caught up with Vocalist Blake Curby, to discuss his personal influence within the bands’ lyrics and success. Elegist was formed from the ashes of Blake’s former band, (in which he played guitar) along with current Elegist bass player Chris. Having heard of an opportunity to renew his passion for heavy music, Blake accepted Chris’ offer to join to what we know now as Elegist. However, instead of picking up the guitar, Blake chose to pursue his true talent as a vocalist. After the chopping and changing of members, the line up consisting of Blake Curby, Cameron Greene, Chris Mott, Daniel Sacqualini and Ryan Godfrey was ready to take the Sydney hardcore scene by storm. After their reputation continued to grow, they started playing with some of the front-runners of the heavy music scene, and watched their fan base grow at a much faster rate. Whilst playing with bigger acts such Prepared Like a Bride, Elegist has received exposure to fans with very similar tastes in music. This has propelled Elegists crowd reaction to new heights. As well as bands with a similar fan base, tours with bands like The Sweet Apes, has introduced fans of traditionally lighter music, to the sounds of Elegist. In 2012 their biggest influences were said to have been The Ghost Inside, Misery Signals and The Acacia Strain. Two years on, Blake says the only heavy band that he really listens to anymore, and that has a direct influence into Elegist’s music, is For The Fallen Dreams. The wide range of musical tastes within the band, are at times, almost the complete opposite of their actual music. Admitting to listening to artists from Fergie to Paramore, Blake says the separation between these genres, compared to the genre they play, keeps the bands music fresh and exciting. Being a big believer in having a moral stance in life, Blake reflects his particular beliefs by living a strict Vegan diet. Even attempting to try out a Fruitarian diet (only fruits/vegetables and seeds) Blake’s strong anti- animal cruelty belief can be heard in an up and coming track that Elegist have been playing recently titled ‘The Abattoir’. If you enjoy this band who have described their sound as ‘For the Fallen Dreams meets Emo, meets ‘really pissed off’, or just want to support up and coming Australian acts, you can check them out at the Frankston Mechanics Hall on Saturday August 9th. Tickets at the door. Keep on the look out for Elegist, big things to come in 2014. JESSE LANE

Prepared Like A Bride Overcomer (FACTION/SONY) Prepared Like A Bride has been taking this country by storm; these Gold-Coast residents and definite heavy hitters released their LP Overcomer. The whole composition is peeled back, honest and at times heart wrenching. This 12 track LP covers dealing with feelings of alienation, loneliness and emotional pain. Breathe the third track of Overcomer is one of the heavier tracks and is directed to be an anecdote for times of anger, a reminder to breathe, slow things down and clear your mind. Title track Overcomer is a dedication to front man Ryan Bowls late father. This particular track serves as a reminder that no matter how dark the situation there is light at the end of the tunnel, the most heavy hitting lyrics in this song are definitely “It cant rain all the time, It wont hold us down” it’s easy to see why so many people love this melodic emotionally hitting song. Overcomer is perfect for anyone who is a fan of The Ghost Inside, Hand Of Mercy or Being As An Ocean and is honestly worth giving a listen. MILLI RANSOM

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e spoke to Joel Fletcher earlier this year about his debut single Swing ft Savage and his support for the Melbourne leg of Avicii’s True tour. Since then he has jetted out of the country, grown his fan base and successfully finished a tour of Asia, the U.S and Europe. Gracing the ears of people all over the globe with his music, Joel says the Melbourne bounce movement is starting to catch onto not only overseas fans but some of the big name DJ’s overseas. PEARL: So tell us about the tour, how was it? FLETCHER: It was my second time playing in Asia, but it was my first trip to the US and Europe, pretty amazing stuff touring around the world doing what you love! I met some incredible people and played at some incredible places, it was a crazy experience. PEARL: From the tour was there any stand out shows, or new favourite clubs to play at overseas? FLETCHER: Pacha in New York was a standout, Will and I played to a full house and the vibe was just insane. PEARL: During the tour did overseas fans love the Melbourne sound? FLETCHER: Definitely! It’s really awesome seeing the sound catch on gradually. Now not only do the fans love it, but some of the biggest DJs in the world are starting to catch on to the Melbourne Bounce movement. PEARL: Your new track Back to front with Reece Low just cracked the top 5 in the Beatport charts, were you expecting it to climb the charts as quickly as it did? FLETCHER: We were so stoked! We worked really hard on that track and to have it recognised is the best feeling. PEARL: It’s just been announced that you will be playing Stereosonic this year, are you looking forward to it? What else can fans expect from you in the remainder of the year? FLETCHER: I’m so excited to be playing at Stereosnic, especially the fact that I’m touring

with some of my biggest inspirations is a dream come true. What else can fans expect? Well there is a big announcement coming soon; you’ll have to stay tuned! PEARL: So bringing it back to the burbs, you’re playing at Empire soon. Do you enjoy playing back in the suburbs? FLETCHER: It’s always so much fun playing close to home. There’s no better feeling than playing in your own city, seeing familiar faces and having a catch up with old mates after the gig! PEARL: When you compare playing in the suburbs to larger shows like festivals here or overseas do you prefer some gigs over others? FLETCHER: They’re both d i f f e r e n t , smaller ones are awesome because they’re intimate and you can really feel the crowd react to your music, but there is no better feeling than being on stage in front of thousands of people going crazy to your own song.

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STEREOSONIC DELIVERS BLOCKBUSTER LINEUP Last year we saw the Stereosonic crew step it up a notch by expanding the festival across two-days around the country and by bringing “the greatest EDM line-up Australia has ever seen” with them…. If you saw what the lineup was like last year, then you’re going to be blown away once you see what they’re throwing down for us here in Melbourne December 6-7. Day 1: Skrillex, Alesso, Steve Aoki, Showtek, Dash Berlin, Carl Cox, Porter Robinson, Laidback Luke, New World Punx, TJR, Deorro, Headhunterz, MK, DVBBS, Booka Shade, Markus Schulz, What So Not, Joel Fletcher, Hot Since 82, Alison Wonderland, Crookers, Jack Beats, The Ashton Shuffle, Route 94 plus a whole lot more. Day 2: Calvin Harris, Tiesto, Diplo, Disclosure, W&W, DJ Snake, Duke Dumont, Will Sparks, RL Grime, Peking Duk, NERVO, Cedric Gervais, Cosmic Gate, Destructo, Oliver Heldens, Marlo, Kolsch and more…

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FLANAGANS THURSDAY

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In contemporary usage, Burlesque is a playfully nostalgic form of striptease – think fans and feather boas rather than explicit nudity – but this is just the latest form of an ironic style of entertainment dating back to medieval times. Burlesque comes from burla, Spanish for “joke.” Comedy has always been an essential part of burlesque art, but it’s comedy of a particular kind – it’s satirical, and it uses exaggeration to the extreme. Cruze presents a totally Burlesque themed dressup night on Saturday August 16, with the local legend that is Nathan Thomson bringing in the goods. Vibrant colours, seductive burlesque costumes and elaborate sets often associated with this art form, no serious party girl will not be complete without some kind of corset/feather costume combo. Going for broke? They’re already? Have a burlesque fun, whatever your budget. Backing it up as always, our weekly residents Zac Masters, Joel Freeman, Steve Lako, JordieFinsh, CEEJ, Matt Slaz, Mark Fisher and now welcoming Ben Turner to the table. Continually maintaining above and beyond the benchmark for your Saturday night Peninsula entertainment – why would you want to be anywhere else? JIAY MILLS

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Allday; a Vegan, Rapper, a native of Adelaide but now resides in the metropolis of Melbourne. Everybody, meet Allday, if you haven’t already started to hear his music on mainstream radio, you will very shortly. He has just released a new album Startup Cult. And boy has it hit the ground running; for this twenty something rapper life is about to become very different. Based out of Melbourne he writes about his real life & experiences that are all around him, family, friends and passersby on the streets. He takes it all in and spits it all out in a crafty way that brings your emotions to the forefront, music that makes you think whilst with a cool beat. When asked why he calls himself Allday, the response was simple “it’s what I do Allday. Make rhymes and beats. It’s all consuming, it’s what I love and it’s my life”. Allday took time out to speak with PEARL to discuss his new album Start Up Cult. He has named it this for a very left of field reason, “Start Up; because it’s the first of my art that I want people to comment on and listen to and love. Cult; that’s what I want, I want people to listen to the music and feel something when they do. That’s what a cult is to me, nothing wayward or out there, just people who like the same thing”. It seems that Australia is his Cult. Hitting the ARIA chart and staying in the top 5 for over two weeks the album has been adopted by the public. The difference with this album and the past free mix tapes he has been putting out into the ether is that this one he had to learn to be close to perfect, near enough was just not good enough. The beats, the words, the meanings, they all had to be there……….and Allday, in my opinion they are! Allday has played across Australia small venues and sold out larger ones. Things are e about to step up; he has just completed the main support slot for the Splendour In The Grass sideshows for British singer Lily Allen. Tipping 100k likes on facebook and being signed to a new label One Two, which is a branch of UNFD. The brand is big g the reach will be equally as big. At a recent album launch and signing there seemed d to be thousands of excited teens lined up for a few hours in the rain just to meet Allday and get his signature and a free selfie. So, life is about to change big time for this down to earth Vegan. His wordss of advice were “Enjoy every day, enjoy life – we only have one…………….oh and go out and buy Startup Cult!”

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1. TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF I always hate this question when you have to go around the circle introducing everyone haha. I’ll be 20 this August; I’m from Ferntree Gully, Chippy by trade, alcoholic by night. I’ve always been a sporty/athletic kid playing footy and soccer. I never got into playing any instruments in fact I hated music class in school, which is a surprise. I love a nice cold beer on a Friday after work but my weapon of choice when I’m out is the good old Vodka Pineapples, there’s nothing I love more then being around mates, family and 80’s music. 2. SO HOW DID IT ALL BEGIN? Well it was like seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and then I just popped out haha, Nah… I actually started producing long before even touching decks, we had a fiddle around on FL Studio in the compulsory music class during year 7 and it wasn’t till a year after that I downloaded it for myself because I remembered how much I enjoyed it! 3. WHO ARE YOUR INFLUENCES? Obviously the big Minimal/Techno giants such as Matteo Poker, Droplex, Mark Dekoda, Daniel Portman, Min & Mal, Jus Deelax and Minkore just to name a few that have influenced me… But there are many artistswho aren’t so well known that have led me to tweak my style abit! 4. WHO WAS YOUR INSPIRATION ON YOUR WAY UP? I never really got any inspirations from anyone really famous like Hardwell or Avicii. I was more focused on the local talent like

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SEVEN IN HEAVEN WITH PROSDO Joel Fletcher back when he was making minimal bombs, Kalus, Orkestrated and Mike Metro however in the last year or so my inspirations have been guys like Victor Ruiz, Animals in Cage, MorganJ, Boryana, Mykoe and Futureplays as I’ve really tried to fine tune the technical side of my production. 5. WHAT WAS YOUR FAVOURITE CLUB

GIG? I always have a ball with the Mischief crew every week and downstairs at Wah hits the spot every time but I’d have to say the first time I played at Fake Tits with my best mate Dylan Carroll is the highlight so far 6. DID SOMEONE SHOW YOU THE TRICKS OF THE TRADE OR ARE YOU SELF-TAUGHT?

I’m pretty much self-taught. When I started trying to write my own tunes I didn’t even know what a kick was, I had zero clue about how to structure a track let alone what a baseline was.I guess I slowly figured the program out and just used the tracks I listened to as a guide for the structure.I think the only tutorials I watched on YouTube were how to make different synths in Sylenth and the only other producer I was friends with at the time was Sammy La Marca- so me and him used to sit down from time to time and suss shit out.But then again over the years of meeting new DJ/Producers I have picked up a few different perspectives on how to do things! 7. HAVE YOU GOT ANY NEW TRACKS IN THE BREW OR ANY BIG THINGS COMING UP? Yeah I actually just fulfilled a mini goal of mine which is was to get a track signed with Bosphorus Underground, so that will be up on my Soundcloud in the next week or so.A new collab with Jus Deelax to come out next month and also Flatbelly Recordings are launching a remix competition of my track “Minimal Fishing.” Catch Prosdo doing what he does best weekly at Noizy Neighbours and Mischief at the Milkbar, with regular guest appearances at Fake Tits, Cloud Nine and Wah Wah Lounge. The cat’s also out of the bag, Prosdo will be supporting Droplex & Corner at Just Minimal 4.0, Royal Melbourne Hotel on August 15.

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DROPLEX, COMAH, BREECH - Le Tueur Au Puzzle Le Tueur Au Puzzle is another thumping track released by Australia’s own Hungry Koala Records. I am really digging this collaboration between these three lately. Straight off the bat this track smacks you in the face with some chunky off beat bass and nicely placed vocal cuts, once 1:30 hits this grinding noise comes in out of no where, for me personally this makes the track! That small 30 seconds of bliss. The second drop brings that chunky off beat bass in triplets and doubles with stabbing vocal cuts that intertwines perfectly to create a filthy face amongst any punter. PHIL KIERAN - Skyhook 3 I can still remember the first time I heard this monster out, pwoah it tore me to shreds, absolutely destroyed me. Phil Kieran’s “3” version of Skyhook is personally my favourite out of the lot. There’s just something about how hectic it is that I’m in love with, the siren that constantly grows and feels like it’s never going stop. Working with the track to brew into the most brutal drop that’s slams you right in dirt. This chaotic track is not for the feint hearted, it’s filthy.

OPIUO Triple J Mix January 2010 www.soundcloud.com/opiuo/opiuo-triple-j-mixjanuary-2010 Ever wanted some extra funk in your life? What about some warm syrupy bass sauce to compliment your daily adventure? Well now you can have all that and more within the perfectly crafted sonic soundscape that is Opiuo – An ever-evolving feast for the ears. Here’s one from the archives. xs-disco-mixtape

FIVEAM - Macarena (Minimal Mix) Classic song, killer remix, taking you straight back into the 90’s, FiveAm has really nailed this tune. Bringing in and out the catchy vocal chorus of ‘aaayyyyeee macarena’ will have you swinging your hips like any Latino mistress. Building the track progressively with these vocals throughout the breakdowns and the builds of the track gets the place vibing hard! Lets be honest everyone loves a good Macarena. This track is definitely a crowd pleaser. ED SHEERAN - The A Team (Koan Sound Remix) This is one of those tracks I will never stop listening too, its over 3 years old and it still has the power to give me goose bumps. In my opinion Koan Sound have really transformed Ed Sheeran’s original track into something special with this chill stepremix. Ed’s voice gently flows around the break beat kick and subtle wub’s of bass keeping this soothing feeling throughout the entire track. Koan Sound’s use of the guitar samples is what really puts the cherry on top for me. How Koan Sound have so many elements flowing in perfect harmony amazes me, this is by far one of my favourite tracks of all time. CORNER - Supernova Supernova constantly builds anticipation with a vast arrangement of percs and a nice off beat thumping bass for about two minutes. Breakdown and builds with vocal cuts of “techno” then right before the drop ‘TECHNO BITCH’. Corner then unleashes that bass in solid doubles and keeps the percs right on cue. Personally what I like about this track after Corner switches back to a normal off beat bass the track still has the feeling that it’s continuing to build. Catch both Corner and Droplex playing at Just Minimal 4.0, August 15th held at Brown Alley. one of my favourite tracks of all time.

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Tys (Ade), Robyn Gold, I Like To Disco, Jump Ship, Elbow Deep, Flash Back, and Blake! Accompanied by local all-star residents Jiay Mills, Sammy Machen, Dan Waldron, Milkman, Ceramix and more… Head to www.facebook.com/HighRiseBD to suss the fuss that is, unexplainably, unbelievably, one of the best venues Melbourne has to offer – you have to see it with your own eyes.

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