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THE PRICE IS RIGHT SHAMEEM Jazzy, souly, and funky Shameem is bringing her national tour of good times to bar 303 this Sunday July 29 to promote her debut album. We have three copies of this album to give away. Feels good, man. ASH GRUNWALD Hot on the heels of the ace new record Trouble’s Door, blues and roots maestro Ash Grunwald has been traversing around the country for a massive regional tour. As such, Ash will be performing Saturday August 11 at Ferntree Gully Hotel. We have two double passes to give away. THE THIN GREEN LINE The dark horse of Australian music Tex Perkins headlines a killer line-up to support The Thin Green Line Foundation – a Melbourne-based charity dedicated to preventing wildlife ranger deaths in conﬂict zones across the world. Tex Perkins will headline the Thin Green Line’s annual World Ranger Day dinner and show on Friday July 27 at the Fitzroy Town Hall. We have a double pass to give away (show only). Head to beat.com.au/freeshit to get amongst it.

PROPAGANDA Propaganda hops time zones once again to launch their world-wide successful night in Melbourne, this time joining forces with freshly re-opened iconic venue, the Ding Dong Lounge. Kicking oﬀ proceedings on launch night will be Tom Ballard from triple j, Urby and Richard In Your Mind DJs, with an audio visual mix of the best new and classic indie tunes. Propaganda Melbourne will be a fortnightly event bringing you the best local and international indie DJs. Propaganda are the UK’s biggest indie night attracting over 25,000 people on a weekly basis across 22 cities. Propaganda kicks oﬀ this Friday August 10 from 12pm ‘til late. $10 entry on the door.

VILLAGE PEOPLE Beginning their 35th year as the kings of disco, Village People are returning to Australia. Having sold more than 100 million recordings, Village People were an instant phenomenon in the ‘70s and ‘80s with hits San Francisco/In Hollywood, Macho Man, YMCA, In the Navy, Go West and many more. They starred in their own 1980 major feature movie Can’t Stop the Music co-starring Steve Guttenberg, Bruce Jenner, Valerie Perrine, Paul Sand, June Havoc, Tammy Grimes and directed by Nancy Walker. It remains a popular cult ﬁlm around the world. The Village People play the Palais Theatre on Saturday November 24. Tickets on sale Monday July 30 through Ticketmaster.

SEEKAE Currently gearing up to hit Byron Bay for Splendour In The Grass, our ﬁnest electronica proponents have announced a headline Melbourne appearance. It’s been a transformative year for Seekae, with the trio introducing vocals at their stellar Vivid LIVE performance at Sydney Opera House. Things have gone from strength to strength after the slow-burn of critical acclaim for their record of last year +DOME. Seekae perform at The Corner on Friday August 31. Tickets on sale today from The Corner website.

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THE AU REVIEW Over the past four years, the AU Review has been actively supporting the Australian music scene, as well as hundreds of emerging writers and photographers, publishing hundreds of videos, thousands of articles and an insurmountable amount of photos. In addition to the previously announced Sydney event, free parties are being held in Brisbane and Melbourne to kick oﬀ and conclude their winter-long celebrations. Taking place on Thursday September 20, the AU review’s 4th Birthday Party at The Evelyn in Fitzroy promises to be a taste of the best of Melbourne’s rock, surf and gypsy scene. It will be hosted by Mikelangelo (Mikelangelo & the Black Sea Gentlemen, The Tin Star), so don’t miss out.

NIGHTWISH Finnish rockers Nightwish will be bringing their dramatic and symphonic sound back to Melbourne early next year. Equal parts epic metal and gothic symphony, in the modern gothic genre Nightwish stand alone with a combination of seductive, emotional vocals and gallant guitar melodies. Joining Nightwish will be Swedish Rockers Sabaton, Eyefear and Black Majesty. Nightwish play the Palace Theatre on Monday January 14. Tickets on sale through Ticketek.

RICHARD IN YOUR MIND Starting out in 2006 as the recording project of former roommates Richard Cartwright and Conrad Richters, Richard In Your Mind quickly raised eyebrows and ears on the Sydney scene and beyond. Sun is the band’s current and most cohesive and beautiful album yet. After an impressive 2010 with the release of My Volcano, the album received glowing reviews, and gained the band an AMP nomination. Ding Dong has invited the band to come and play the new venue on Friday August 10. Sydney’s Shady Lane and locals Lowtide will be sharing the stage with them for this wintry show. Tickets are available through Oztix for $10+bf, or for $12 on the door if available. Doors open at 8pm.

Hayes Carll hasn’t been resting on his laurels since topping critics polls and winning awards for his album Trouble In Mind. Instead, he’s been on the road nearly non-stop with his band The Poor Choices, and blasting through clubs across the USA and beyond. The result of this extensive touring is the sharply drawn collection KMAG YOYO which was the USA’s most played Americana album of 2011. Now for the very ﬁrst time Australian audiences will get their chance to see the acclaimed Austin-based performer, and if you like folk-country served up with a side of sawdust and straight whiskey, this is a show not to be missed. Catch him on Saturday August 25 at the Northcote Social Club.

LOST ANIMAL Recipients of our Album Of 2011 Lost Animal have announced their ﬁrst show in over three months. After a hefty festival season and a run of choice supports, Lost Animal have been lying relatively low this winter. Now the band have announced a headline show at Liberty Social this August. Support on the night comes from Fox + Sui and Superstar. Lost Animal perform at Liberty Social on Friday August 24.

CALLING ALL CARS Melbourne’s home grown Calling All Cars will take a brief respite from blazing new paths in the studio and have announced a special one oﬀ club show at the Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday August 11. The Band have wrapped up a massive year in support of their second album Dancing With A Deadman, which saw them debut in the Aria Top 20, score triple j Album Of The Week and had them relentlessly circling the nation to bring the noise to the people, including touring with the Foo Fighters and playing at The Big Day Out. Since May, the trio has been locked away in remote, self-imposed exile forging what will be their ﬁnest album yet. Tickets are available through Oztix for $20+bf, or $25 on the door. Support is from Them Bruins, with doors from 8pm.

THE SMART The Smart are heading to the Melbourne Hi-Fi complete with 3D glasses, headsets and a key-tar as they support the upcoming single release Hands Of Shelter. Following the airplay success of City Lights, Electrical and Cold Dark Room, The Smart silent show puts the crowd front and centre, wherever they are, and gives the audience the chance to take control of their own destiny with volume control to create their own personal atmosphere. This visually enticing performance will be an assault on the senses across three dimensions. Supported by Sounds Of Troy, Inc3do, Pludo and Pretty Dulcie, whilst encompassing the next generation of visual and performance artistry, The Smart’s electrifying sound and visuals are a must. See and hear live music your way as the Hi-Fi goes sci-ﬁ for The Smart on Saturday September 8. Doors from 7.30pm.

MARIANAS TRENCH Canada’s pop/punk Marianas Trench are announcing their debut Australian tour of a trio of headline shows this September. Following the earlier announcement of their appearance at Fat As Butter, Marianas Trench will head to Melbourne’s Corner Hotel on Monday September 24, where Trenchers can grab tickets from 9am Friday July 27.2012 has already been a good year for the Vancouver locals with the success of Haven’t Had Enough sparking radio plays and a worthy addition to MTV’s Most Wanted list, whilst being the single and video hit #1 on Canada’s iTunes charts, with digital singles sales surpassing platinum. Currently scheduled for festival shows through their summer, the band recently completed US and Canadian tours as special guests to musical cohorts Simple Plan, and released a third single, Desperate Measures, in North America earlier this month. Beat Magazine Page 10

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FABULOUS DIAMONDS A couple of weeks back, hypno-sensual Melbourne duo Fabulous Diamonds revealed Lothario, the shimmering ﬁrst track from their new album Commercial Music. Premiered on Gorilla Vs Bear, the track was picked up by the likes of Pitchfork and The Fader, and has already had almost 14,000 listens on Soundcloud. Commercial Music is out Friday August 3, and Fabulous Diamonds are hosting an album launches in Melbourne at The Curtin Bandroom – the very same space where they recorded the album late last year. Their launch will be your last chance to see the band before keyboardist Jarrod Zlatic leaves to spend six months living in Europe, so make the most of it. Tickets available on the door.

SUN RISING Sun Rising’s launch of The Songs That Made Memphis will play an absolute tribute to a unique era of rock‘n’roll, and presents a passionate and musically spectacular rendition of the Sun hit records we know and love, whilst also showcasing other hits from artists produced by Sam Phillips and Jack Clements during this wonderfully fertile time in music history. Original Melbourne music luminaries David Cosma and Damon Smith have for years dreamed of Sun Records. They have silently worshipped their idols behind the scenes of their own original music and now, The Songs That Made Memphis is proudly being brought to life and promises to transport you back to a golden era of musical brilliance. Launching at The Toﬀ In Town on Thursday August 16, and, coincidently or not the anniversary of Elvis’s death, get along to celebrate this timeless music that will have everyone singing along. Tickets on sale now via Moshtix.

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KYUSS TRIBUTE NIGHT Cherry Bar in AC/DC Lane Melbourne is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the greatest and most inﬂuential stoner rock album of all time KYUSS’ Blues For The Red Sun. The masterpiece hatched in Van Nuys, California, in 1992 by Josh Homme, Nick Oliveri, Brant Bjork and John Garcia. On Saturday August 4 at Cherry, Australia’s premier psychedelic hard rockers Matt Sonic & The High Times, in a one-oﬀ special event, will team with My Left Boot vocalist Chappy to perform the classic album in its entirety from Thumb to Yeah and everything in-between. Yes, Green Machine, yes 50 Million Year Trip (Downside Up), yes Thong Song, fuck yes, Mondo Generator. All 14 mind-changing desert-dust stoner sensations. Support will be from surf-coast stoner new-comers Battle Axe Howlers.

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LAST DINOSAURS It’s not long now until Last Dinosaurs slay the main stage at this year’s Splendour In The Grass. Beforehand, the likely lads will have duties supporting Bloc Party on their warm up show in Brisbane. These sets will be the band’s ﬁrst since returning from making waves in the UK. Last Dinosaurs will then hit the road this October for a massive national tour, with a few underage shows thrown in for good measure. Tickets are on sale from 9am Friday August 3 via Oztix. Last Dinosaurs perform an under-18s’ show at Ding Dong Lounge on Sunday October 21, and an 18+ show at The Corner on Friday October 26.

THE LIVING END In a career that sees the band approaching their 20th year together, Melbourne punk staple The Living End have announced a little-over-a-week’s worth of shows at The Corner Hotel, each evening the band performing one of their six albums in full. However, after a high demand for the The Living End performances, the band have had to announce yet another show. The Living End was the band’s 1998 debut, and three tribute shows for the album have already sold out, as well as the show for their 2000 album Roll On, and all other tributes selling fast. The forth The Living End show is at The Corner Hotel, and will be held on Saturday December 22. Tickets for all Living End shows are on sale now from The Corner Hotel box oﬃce and website.

Define your genre in five words or less: Blues country folk rock storytelling. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Ben Harper reading Neil Young a Peter Carey novel. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? Our second album The Ember And The Afterglow, produced by Jeff Lang. When are you launching your album? Sunday August 5 at The Toff In Town. We’ve put together a great line-up – Jeff Lang and Liz Stringer are sitting in with us as special guests and Nigel Wearne is supporting. I’d go and watch myself if I wasn’t busy that night! What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? I love the creative side – writing, recording and performing. I also love meeting interesting people that I mightn’t otherwise get the opportunity to meet. If you’ve just come off stage people tend to be open and eager to chat so you have some interesting conversations on tour. And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing? A music industry career can be such a roller coaster ride. You get days when you’re up and everything’s exciting, everything’s possible – then you get days when you’re down and it seems nobody cares about you or your work. The hardest thing I find is just to ride through that and maintain some kind of balance. How long have you been gigging and writing? My family are all musical so I’ve been playing guitar since I was in primary school, and have played around with writing songs for as long as I can remember. It wasn’t until my mid 20s that I decided to pursue music as a career – I released a solo EP in 2006 and have been writing, recording and touring since then. What can a punter expect from your live show? Our sound is quite diverse, so our live shows cover some varied territory. It can be high energy bluesy rock that features the lap slide guitar, folk-country storytelling where the lyrics and melody come into focus, or world music inspired jamming. It’s still the three of us singing and playing, so it always sounds like us, but what you hopefully won’t hear is ten songs in a row that all sound the same!

MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL Ye’ ol’ faithful Aunty Meredith has kick-started proceedings for the 2012 Meredith Music Festival with the confirmation of two acts that will be on the bill. Leading the first announcement is Grimes. The 23-year-old Montrealer has been rapidly gaining reverence within underground communities for her self-dubbed ‘postinternet’ style, which is an eclectic blend of diverse and indefinable genres. Releasing her third studio album Visions earlier this year to critical acclaim, Grimes’ debut Australian tour will be marked with a late night appearance in the Sup. Joining her will be Australian power-poppers Sunnyboys. In what will be the quartets first Victorian show in 21 years, all four original members will be taking to the stage on the glorious opening Friday night at this year’s Meredith. The Meredith Music Festival takes place from Friday December 7 Sunday December 9 at that magical Supernatural Amphitheatre. The ballot is open now, enter at mmf.com.au.

BLACKCHORDS Hot on the heels of launching their new single Dance Dance Dance, Melbourne’s Blackchords will hit the road for a sprawling national tour. Dance Dance Dance received extensive airplay upon release, and precedes the band’s upcoming brand new album. Expect to hear material from the upcoming release, as well as material from the band’s self-titled debut. The Blackchords hit The Evelyn on Friday September 14.

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THE SELECTER Seminal British 2 Tone outﬁt, The Selecter have announced their very ﬁrst trip to Australia this November. This most vital and visceral of British bands will bring their infectious musical message of multiculturalism and hope around the country and are guaranteed to set crowds alight with their bop-tastic fusion of ska-pop-reggae. The Selecter pioneered the ska revival movement alongside label mates, The Specials & Madness, and were responsible for some of the scene’s classic hits, including On My Radio, the frenetic Three Minute Hero, Celebrate The Bullet (ridiculously banned at the time by the BBC) and the quintessential 2 Tone track Too Much Pressure. The Selecter play The Corner Hotel on Friday November 30 with special guests Strange Tenants. Tickets are $49+bf from metropolistouring.com.

URTHBOY Urthboy has announced his much anticipated fourth album will be titled Smokey’s Haunt – it’s set for release on October 12. The bold ﬁrst single, Naïve Bravado featuring Daniel Merriweather, has seen some heavy support on radio and was named iTunes Single Of The Week, raking in over 30,000 downloads in under a week, and quickly spiking to #1 most added (all indie) track on radio. Meantime, he has announced his supports for the Friday August 31 show at The Evelyn, with Rainman and Yung Warriors joining him on the bill.

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CLARE BOWDICH The Melbourne singer, songwriter and actor has announced a new album with a string of national tour dates to go with it. Her new album, The Winter I Chose Happiness, is about the stories people tell themselves about who they are and why they’ll never change, without ever stopping for long enough to examine whether or not such statements are actually true. The result is a beautifully emotional album on life and love and the question of happiness. Touring nationally around Australia, Clare’s live shows will be hilarious, heart-felt, one-oﬀ events, full of new songs and the kinds of stories that only Clare can tell. Clare Bowditch plays The Regal Ballroom on Friday October 26, tickets from Oztix.

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Five years ago, Rattlin Bones became the must-have album for 2008, with Australian audiences embracing the ﬁrst musical collaboration of Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson and sending the album to the top of the ARIA charts. After a brief hiatus where they returned to their respective solo careers, Kasey and Shane ﬁnally found time to write and record together again and today announce their return to touring as a duo, in support of their new album Wreck & Ruin, their glorious follow up to Rattlin Bones, with songs inspired by Kasey and Shane’s passion for country music that is in many ways ‘traditional’, but not always conventional. Wreck & Ruin will be released on Friday September 7 through Liberation Music and Kasey and Shane will play The Regent Theatre on Saturday October 27, with tickets on sale from Ticketmaster on Wednesday August 1.

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One of the biggest rock bands in the world, Nickelback, have announced their ﬁrst Australian tour in three years. Nickelback last toured Australia in 2009, with the extremely successful Dark Horse Tour, where the band performed for nearly 100,000 Australian fans. They’ll be joined by Jackson Firebird, known for their brutally energetic live sets, have earned their touring stripes alongside You Am I, King Cannons, Snowdroppers, Little Birdy and The Fumes. Nickelback will play Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday November 27. Tickets on sale from Ticketek at 9am on Tuesday July 31.

SIX60 Since their last sold-out Australian tour in April, Six60 have not slowed down, living up to their reputation of being one of today’s hardest working bands. They return to Australia this September, playing The Forum on Friday September 28. Tickets are available through Ticketmaster and are on sale now.

THE CHROME NIPS VS THE TREATMENT “If I can somehow bridle my rampant jealousy from the sight of my favourite drummer, singer and guitarist playing in bands at the same venue on the same night and me not playing next to ‘em I will be front, centre, and pampered, frothing senselessly, frugging to the two hottest groups on terra ﬁrma.” So says Tim Rogers of You Am I about the combination of Melbourne’s ultimate party band Chrome Nips, featuring members of Hoss, You Am I, Bowers, Vandas, Dynamo and Gin Club plays with Sydney’s ultimate garage band. The Treatment have been described as The Troggs on steroids and feature members of Straight Arrows, You Am I, Megalong Valley, Black Loop, Cabins and more. The Chrome Nips are Joel, Davey, Phil G, Mikey and Gus. The Treatment are Rusty, Matt, Owen and Leroy. Opening will be the debut show by the Warm Ups featuring some familiar Yah Yah’s faces (well, um, they formed at a lock in). The Warm Ups are Lorena, Kerry, Heather, Kat and Brayden. Don’t miss this gig at Yah Yah’s this Thursday July 26 – the loosest party of the year! A good time guaranteed.

ELVIS TRIBUTE NIGHT On Thursday August 16 it will be precisely 35 years since Elvis left the building forever. The star power of the King of Rock’n’Roll has yet to be unparalleled, loved by almost everyone despite their musical persuasion and where on the hipster scale they sit. It has been said, before Elvis there was nothing. Step in to Yah Yah’s on Smith Street for this very special night paying homage to Memphis’ son. In alphabetical order these vocalists will be performing Elvis songs on the night – Alex Gow (Oh Mercy), Alison Ferrier, Courtney Barnett, Jen Cloher, Jess McGuire (RRR), Liz Stringer, Loretta Miller, Peter McManus (The Go Set), Quincy McLean, Richie 1250, Rob Snarski (Blackeyed Susans), Rusty Berther (Scared Weird Little Guys), Sarah Carroll, Spencer P. Jones, The Ukeladies, Van Walker and a few more special guests still to be announced.

ALBARE iTD Albare has just completed a six-date jazz club tour in Europe, playing in France, Italy, Germany, Holland and the UK. His recent Australian tour garnered critical praise. Albare returns to Australia in August for a string of performances at both jazz clubs and festivals, including the Monash University Music Auditorium on Saturday August 15 and Bennetts Lane on Sunday August 26 and Monday 27.

MONEY FOR ROPE, THE DELTA RIGGS Like morning glory, that feeling is coming ‘round again, with the announcement of dual Melbourne rockers The Delta Riggs and Money For Rope hitting the road this August for the Double Vision Tour. Kick-started by the release of Counter Revolution and the corresponding Pyramid Rock Unearthed win, The ‘Riggs have toured relentlessly, with appearances numerous festivals and tours with The Jim Jones Revue and Stoneﬁeld. Having taken some time oﬀ after releasing their latest EP and subsequent EP tour, The ‘Riggs are set to take their erratic and high-intensity show back on the road, this time with rock’n’roll accomplices Money For Rope. Hot on the heels of touring with Kingswood and Damn Terran, Money For Rope are used to transforming crowds into an exuberant force on par with the band’s own rabid vigour, including those at Cherry Rock, Community Cup and Splendour In The Grass. Both bands play The Northcote Social Club on Thursday August 23. Beat Magazine Page 12

GREGORY PORTER In the short time since Gregory Porter exploded onto the international music scene with his debut CD, Water, he has racked up a continuing stream of accolades and awards. Porter’s Water garnered a Best Jazz Vocal Grammy nomination (a rare feat for a debut recording), rocketed to #1 on both iTunes and Amazon in the UK, made signiﬁcant sales inroads and has soared on to be included on an international array of year-end Best Of lists for 2010 in several genres. He plays The Toﬀ In Town on Saturday November 3, as well as the Wangaratta Jazz Festival on Sunday November 4.

BOB LOG III Bob Log III has been diligently traversing the globe since 1996, showcasing his incomparable talents and developing a devoted following along the way. A whirlwind of dextrous limbs and digits, this superstar sonic showman has to be seen to be believed. All Bob Log asks is that you do the math. And if you do it (correctly) you will ﬁnd that with the single exception of Hasil Adkins, Bob Log has out guitared, out drummed, out sweated, out driven, out boated, out bounced, out custom agented, out inspired all other one man bands. Numbers never lie. He plays The Tote on Friday August 24.

GLASS VAULTS Wellington band, Glass Vaults, make emotive music that could be described as layered-ambient-glacialpop. Their live show takes the spaciousness and melodic clarity of their recorded work and stretches it into wall of sound environments moving through lush, fully realised universes of textural sound. They are currently touring in the US and Canada on the back of a two month residency in New York. Before heading back to their home land, they will be performing an especially intimate show in Melbourne at The Grace Darling on Thursday August 9 with support from These Patterns, Colourwheel, and DJ Lotion. Presented to you by Wolﬁe and Lotion, who champion music from the New Zealand and Melbourne underground.

TIM ROGERS Tim Rogers, the man with the tunes, chutzpah, style and stage ownership, the man we know, respect and love is preparing to push oﬀ from the dock with a new record Rogers Sings Rogerstein and national tour. Tim embarks on the latest phase in a career that has had it all, almost won it all and almost lost it all but he is most deﬁnitely revered by all as one of Australia’s great creative forces. Rogers plays The Regal Ballroom on Friday September 14.

LIME CORDIALE Lime Cordiale are a Sydney-based quartet who grew out of the Northern Beaches music scene. Drawing from their classically trained background and experiences from their awkward teenage years, Lime Cordiale strives to create strong pop music with a fresh sound. The new EP Faceless Cat features all new tracks including the new single Pretty Girl, which will be oﬃcially launched their Melbourne show at Ding Dong Lounge on Thursday August 2.

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INTERNATIONAL THE AFGHAN WHIGS The Hi-Fi July 25 MICHAEL KIWANUKA & BEN HOWARD The Corner Hotel July 25 JACK WHITE Festival Hall July 25 HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE The Espy July 26 FUN. The Hi-Fi July 27 METRIC Billboard July 27 MUDHONEY The Corner Hotel July 27 FATHER JOHN MISTY The Corner Hotel July 28 SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS Belongil Fields Byron Bay July 27 – 29 YOUTH LAGOON The Corner Hotel July 29 DJANGO DJANGO, CAST OF CHEERS The Corner Hotel July 31 MIIKE SNOW The Palace July 31 ELECTRIC GUEST Northcote Social Club August 1 SMASHING PUMPKINS Hisense Arena August 2 MARK GARDENER The Corner Hotel August 5 JINJA SAFARI, OPOSSOM, WHITE ARROWS The Hi-Fi August 10, 11 BILLY TALENT Billboard August 12 KING SALAMI AND THE CUMBERLAND THREE The LuWow August 17 ZOOBOMBS The Espy August 18 OBITS Northcote Social Club August 24 1927, THE REMBRANDTS The Palms At Crown August 24 BOB LOG III The Tote August 24 HAYES CARLL Northcote Social Club August 25 SLASH Hisense Arena August 26 PENNYWISE The Palace August 26 PITBULL Rod Laver Arena August 27 THE ENGLISH BEAT The Corner Hotel August 30 JOSE FELICIANO Palais Theatre August 31 THE BEACH BOYS Rod Laver Arena August 31 APOCALYPTICA The Hi-Fi September 1 MARIA MINERVA The Toﬀ In Town on September 1 AMERICA Hamer Hall September 6 SHIHAD The Hi-Fi September 6 THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES Trak Lounge Bar September 7 PATRICK WOLF Forum Theatre September 11 EARTH The Toﬀ In Town September 12, The Corner Hotel September 16

INGRID MICHAELSON The Corner Hotel September 13 JONATHAN WILSON The Corner Hotel September 14 HANSON The Palace September 14, 18 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Hamer Hall September 15 FUTURE ISLANDS Northcote Social Club September 19 WHEATUS The Corner Hotel September 19 YELLOWCARD The Hi-Fi September 20, 21 GOOD CHARLOTTE Festival Hall September 20 NADA SURF The Corner Hotel September 21 MACY GRAY Hamer Hall September 23 MARIANAS TRENCH Corner Hotel September 24 LADY ANTEBELLUM September 25, 26 JAMES MORRISON Forum Theatre September 26 MARTIKA Trak Lounge September 28 FEAR FACTORY The Hi-Fi September 28 RUSSIAN CIRCLES, EAGLE TWIN The Corner Hotel September 28 TIM & ERIC The Forum September 29, 30 SNOW PATROL Regent Theatre September 30 KELLY CLARKSON Rod Laver Arena October 1 STEVE MALKMUS & THE JICKS The Corner Hotel October 3 CANNIBAL CORPSE Billboard October 5 PARKLIFE Sidney Myer Music Bowl October 6 STEEL PANTHER Festival Hall October 7 XIU XIU The Gasometer October 9 JOE BONAMASSA Palais Theatre October 11 MAROON 5 Rod Laver Arena October 12 EVERCLEAR The Hi-Fi October 13 TORTOISE The Corner Hotel October 13 GOMEZ The Corner Hotel October 21, 22 MUMFORD & SONS Rod Laver Arena October 25 SMASH MOUTH The Palace October 25 SUNN O))) AND PELICAN The Hi-Fi October 26, The Corner Hotel October 27 WEDNESDAY 13 The Espy October 27 THE BLACK KEYS Sidney Myer Music Bowl October 31, November 1 GREGORY PORTER The Toﬀ In Town November 3, Wangaratta Jazz Festival November 4 THE CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES The Corner Hotel November 5 BEN HARPER The Plenary November 10 HARVEST FESTIVAL Werribee Mansion November 11 COLDPLAY Etihad Stadium November 13 RON POPE Chapel Oﬀ Chapel November 15

RADIOHEAD Rod Laver Arena November 16, 17 GEORGE MICHAEL Rod Laver Arena November 21 VILLAGE PEOPLE The Palais November 24 NICKELBACK Rod Laver Arena November 27 SIMPLE MINDS, DEVO Palais Theatre November 29, A Day On The Green - Rochford Wines December 1 RICK ASTLEY The Palace November 30, Chelsea Heights Hotel December 1 THE SELECTER The Corner Hotel November 30 MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre December 7 - 9 REGINA SPEKTOR The Plenary December 14 FALLS MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL Lorne December 28, Marion Bay December 29 NIGHTWISH Palace Theatre January 14 WEEZER Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 16 BIG DAY OUT Flemington Racecourse January 26

NATIONAL DON WALKER Northcote Social Club July 26, The Caravan Club July 27 DAN KELLY Ding Dong July 27 BONNIWELLS The Tote July 28 LIME CORDIALE Ding Dong Lounge August 2 THE HELLO MORNING The Northcote Social Club August 3 TWERPS The Tote August 3, 4 GLASS VAULTS Grace Darling Hotel August 9 RICHARD IN YOUR MIND Ding Dong Lounge August 10 TOUCAN Northcote Social Club August 10 CHILDREN COLLIDE The Corner Hotel August 10, 11 CALLING ALL CARS Ding Dong Lounge August 11 NEW WAR Northcote Social Club August 11 THE SMALLGOODS The Toﬀ in Town August 11 THE LAURELS The Tote August 11 THE JUNGLE GIANTS Northcote Social Club August 12 KATE MILLER-HEIDKE The Corner Hotel August 14, 15, 16 JORDIE LANE Regal Ballroom August 17 SNAKADAKTAL The Corner Hotel August 17, 18 BLUEJUICE Monash University Gippsland August 16, Deakin University Melbourne August 17, 18 THE SMITH STREET BAND The Tote August 25 DIE! DIE! DIE! Ding Dong Lounge August 25 HILLTOP HOODS Festival Hall August 25 HUNTING GROUNDS The Toﬀ In Town August 25 SEEKAE The Corner August 31 LOON LAKE Ding Dong Lounge August 31, Northcote Social Club September 1 KING CANNONS The Corner September 1 JULIA STONE The Forum September 7 TIM HART The Workers Club September 7 BOY IN A BOX, KINGSWOOD Ding Dong Lounge September 7

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THE AFGHAN WHIGS The Hi-Fi July 25 CHET FAKER Revolt Artspace September 7, 8 ILLY The Corner Hotel September 7, 8 ALPINE The Corner Hotel September 8 THE GANGSTERS’ BALL Forum Theatre September 8 THE SMART The Hi-Fi September 8 XAVIER RUDD The Palace September 13 TIM ROGERS The Regal Ballroom September 14 THE MEDICS The Toﬀ In Town September 15 KATCHAFIRE Ferntree Gully Hotel September 20, The Forum Theatre September 21 MIA DYSON The Corner Hotel September 22 POND The Corner Hotel September 23 SIX60 The Forum September 28 SETH SENTRY The Corner September 29 THE AMITY AFFLICTION Palace Theatre October 4, 5 REGURGITATOR The Hi-Fi October 11, 12 ROCKWIZ Festival Hall October 12, 13 OH MERCY The Hi-Fi October 25 LAST DINOSAURS Ding Dong October 21 (U18), The Corner October 26 CLAIRE BOWDICH The Regal Ballroom October 26 KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON The Regent Theatre October 27 QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL Queenscliﬀ November 23-25 GOTYE Sidney Myer Music Bowl December 8 THE LIVING END The Corner Hotel December 11 - 22

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PASSION PIT BY CALLUM FITZPATRICK

At face value, you’d expect the mastermind behind shimmery pop outfit Passion Pit to be as chirpy as the infectious melodies and catchy hooks he crafts. But dust off some of that sherbet coating and you’ll find that Michael Angelakos has been battling with some serious mental health issues for quite a long time. What’s more, these struggles can be found laced through the veins of the group’s new album, Gossamer. “Essentially, the record is about instances that occurred during a horrific manic episode that lasted far too long,” Angelakos explains. “I don’t remember much of it, and I had to be told what had happened and what I had said. It was just devastating. I could barely live with myself.” Michael has suffered from a very difficult case of manic-depression, or bipolar disorder, since he was 17-years-old, but it was only recently that he opened up about it. “It was kind of obvious and it makes life a lot easier to just say it,” he explains. Indeed, the band had to cancel six concerts in the States late last week, citing the artist’s mental health. “Manic-depression isn’t exciting,” he tells me. “It’s not romantic. It’s the worst thing in the goddamn world to deal with when you have timeframes, when you’re travelling and when you’ve had a date set for months and you’re just not functioning. It’s impossible. “Most creatives that have bipolar disorder operate on a high level when they are experiencing a hypomanic episode. Hypomania is actually not too bad; it’s relatively manageable, though it could cause some problems if you suffer from other issues. But mania is not fun and, quite clearly, neither is depression.” Although he may not have always been fully transparent about his condition, a bleak lyrical presence has always been evident in Passion Pit’s work, and Michael says this has been taken a step further in this follow-up, spurred on by a combination of what he’s been reading and watching and, of course, his personal battles. “Most of these songs are about people, told by a person: me, who is seriously delusional,” he says. “I became obsessed with ensemble casts, theatre-to-film adaptations, and developing several characters’ life stories in an hour and 45 minutes in one single room. I had gotten tangled up in many issues, many of them involving my fiancée, that I wanted to visualise in some way. “I applied these non-fiction stories to songs, and it just felt so fucked up. There are songs that make some of my friends uncomfortable, but they see how much it helped me. It was extraordinarily therapeutic, drawing myself out; dripping with flaws and uncertainties, while the people around me basically either helped or worsened the situation. Sure, the lyrics are dark, but it’s ultimately a triumphant record. I made it out alive and everyone is intact. I am very grateful.” It’s surprising, then, that no matter where Michael’s headspace is at, his music never follows his lyrics down this dark path. He has always had an undeniable knack for creating summery, uplifting tunes, which Beat Magazine Page 14

couldn’t be further removed from their subject matter. “It’s just something that happens,” he says. “I like things that are pretty – I love gorgeous textures more than I love pulsating beats or anything. But most importantly, I’m more of a melodist than anything else. The melodies will always come ﬁrst, and then the dark material comes later.”

“THERE ARE SONGS THAT MAKE SOME OF MY FRIENDS UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT THEY SEE HOW MUCH IT HELPED ME. IT WAS EXTRAORDINARILY THERAPEUTIC, DRAWING MYSELF OUT” This is no more evident than in the album’s lead single, Take A Walk, which contrasts those trademark shimmering synths with a narrative depicting Michael’s family issues over the course of two generations. “The men in my family never spoke of money; they were the tight-lipped breadwinners. They provided. They suﬀered greatly and worked honestly, except for the third character in the bridge: he’s a present day family member who stole money from his son, and I imagined him telling his wife and it being rather disastrous. That interested me – this emasculating confession, which is so damaging, especially if the lying has gone on for most of the marriage,” Michael explains. “But these men are my blood. And as Take A Walk is the ﬁrst song on the record, it alludes to a genetic disposition and a lineage. But when the song is over and I proceed to become fully transparent, I’m liberating myself. I’ve reacted against the pattern. I learned from their mistakes by being open and admitting where I’ve gone wrong.”

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Musically speaking, Gossamer picks up where 2009’s Manners left off, but it also sees Passion Pit taking on some soul influences that weren’t as evident as before – especially in Constant Conversations, which presents a slow, dawdling, almost R&B jam. Michael says this stems from a new maturity and confidence that was derived from the basics: more time in the studio, and experience on the road. “I was emotionally very, very young when I made Manners. I was also rather naive, but that only rendered a more interesting approach to recording back then, so I just went with it. After touring and lots of studio work I started getting more of an idea of what I wanted. I also became more familiar with the gear, but I still distanced myself from it enough to make sure I had perspective.” “There was quite a bit of tweaking and I guess I was surrounded by keyboards for the duration of record, as well as lots of toys, effects and things of that nature. The writing came about in two ways: either I developed it on piano or guitar, or I went about the typical, super fragmentary route. Either way, they’re both laborious because I ended up changing parts and switching parts over from one song to another. I let Passion Pit kind of run wild because it’s more fun that way. It’s also really maddening for everyone else working on it.” This second album will be met with high expectations following the success of the buzzed-about debut – but this doesn’t seem to be fazing Michael at all. “I think second records are where you either find your real, core audience or you expand exponentially on a commercial level. I don’t think this is a bad record, so I think it’ll probably be one of the two. I’d be happy with either. “I think people greatly exaggerate the notion of the second record. If an artist fails at a second attempt after having decent success early on, they can just go back, start over and try again. At one point something had to have worked for them, so there is still hope. Maybe the formula didn’t work or they were in a bad place, but it’s not the end of the world like every single journalist makes it out to be,” he says. “Things move so quickly now and all you really need is one single to ‘hit it’, which I find rather sad but, hey, that’s me. Apparently I find lots of things sad.” Looking to the future, Michael says he hopes for “lots more positivity”, and he wants the band to keep doing what they do best: pushing out stadium-pumping pop. They’ll be doing just that when they land Down Under for this year’s massive Parklife festival. “Passion Pit is not a project attempting to reinvent the wheel. It’s a project that is optimistic about the notion of pop, our general perception of pop, and how it can change or improve. The band and I work really hard, so we’re hoping it all goes well and we start having more fun instead of freaking out. We work too hard for that.”

Gossamer is out now through Sony. PASSION PIT play Parklife on Saturday October 6 at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.

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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN Inspired by America’s thoughtless habit of binning food and sending it straight to landfill, Arts in Action presents a screening of the multi award-winning documentary DIVE! Living off America’s Waste. The film follows filmmaker Jeremy Seifert and his friends as they jump into the back alley dumpsters of Los Angeles supermarkets, discovering the enormous amount of perfectly good food going to waste every day. The film has garnered praise for its examination of the way hunger and waste is handled in society. Proceeds from the screening go to FreeShare, a not-for-profit organisation that supplies donated food not needed by supermarkets, farmers and markets to Melbourne’s hungry. DIVE! Living off America’s Waste is screening on Thursday July 26 at the Bella Union.

ON STAGE During a stint in the Parramatta prison notorious criminal Jim McNeil penned two of his most well-known plays, The Chocolate Frog and The Old Familiar Juice. After funding the projects through Pozible, Wattle We Do Next Productions now bring the two plays together as The McNeil Project. Touted as “funny, moving and ever provocative,” McNeil’s award-winning plays place a spotlight on a world acknowledged and yet seldom revealed, highlighting the hypocrisy between ‘them’ and ‘us’. The McNeil Project ﬁnishes up on Sunday July 29 at fortyﬁvedownstairs.

ON DISPLAY Industrial Zen presents a series of three-dimensional spaces, each work drawing the viewer into its centre, a symmetrical, hypnotising void. Kim Demuth has further developed his practice of digital and material manipulation of photographs, this time centering his attention on synthetic interiors with a series of photographic sculptures that draw on optical illusion and human perception. Industrial Zen is at Beam Contemporary from July 22 - 28.

BEAT’S PICK OF THE WEEK: You may not realise it but we’re in the midst of Melbourne Rare Book Week. In a message from Lord Mayor Robert Doyle he explains that “Libraries, booksellers and readers will all take part in an event the celebrates the ‘book’, and with Melbourne a UNESCO-aﬃliated City of Literature, there will be entertaining lectures, events and exhibitions celebrating literature and the joy of collecting.” Events will be held across the State Library of Victoria, the Melbourne Athenaeum Library, the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, the University of Melbourne, Reader’s Feast Bookstore, Melbourne Cricket Club Library, and Monash University Library, as well as the ANZAAB Melbourne Rare Book Fair at Wilson Hall, University of Melbourne with leading national and international antiquarian booksellers. Melbourne Rare Book Week is on now until Sunday July 29. For more information head to rarebookweek.com.

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Everyone’s favourite hetero life partners are back with a brand new DVD, Jay and Silent Bob Get Old, which follows the pair’s live comedic endeavours around London, Manchester and Edinburgh. We were ﬁrst introduced to the weed-happy duo in Clerks nearly 20 years ago, and since then they’ve become pop-cultural stoner icons. In celebration of Jason ‘Jay’ Mewes and Kevin ‘Silent Bob’ Smith’s new live DVD we have a few copies to give away.

AT THE HEART OF EVERYTHING A ROW OF HOLES The Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) has announced two special performances of German artist Torsten Lauschmann’s mesmerizing At The Heart Of Everything A Row Of Holes at the National Theatre in St Kilda. Winner of the inaugural UK Margaret Tait Award, Lauschmann creates a surround-theatre event where “carpets ﬂy through the air, pianos play themselves, and mechanical monkeys and mice make great music.” First performed last year at the Glasgow Film Festival, At The Heart Of Everything A Row Of Holes has continually stunned audiences and it could be your turn to be stunned as we have double passes to give away.

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THE PRIDE BY ALASDAIR DUNCAN

A challenging work from debut British playwright Alexi Kaye Campbell, The Pride takes the form of two parallel narratives. Both of these look at the lives of gay men, but one strand of the story takes place in the repressive 1950s, the other in the seemingly-permissive present day. The hook is that its core three cast members play characters with the same names in both eras, and while their circumstances and situations are wildly different, there are all sorts of invisible threads connecting the two. Ben Geurens plays Oliver – in the ‘50s, he’s engaging in guilt-ridden, secretive affairs with other men, while in the present day, he’s foul-mouthed and promiscuous. Finding his way into these dual roles has proved one of the challenges of Geurens’ career. “It’s been quite intense, but a good kind of intense,” says. “I’ve had to go to a lot of very emotional places, but it’s been pure escapism. I’ve been getting lost in the process a bit, but that’s what it’s all about, really. We’re playing characters with the same names in two different time periods – I guess that’s one of the conventions that the playwright has used to connect these two parallel stories. They’re quite different characters, though, and in quite different storylines.” That device, Geurens says, is what makes the play so fascinating – the two versions of Oliver are ostensibly quite different, but both are going through the same sorts of problems in different generations. “It’s about the things that the gay community have had to deal with in different eras,” he says. People speak about the ‘50s as a time of great repression for gay people, but The Pride’s parallel narratives suggest that the relative freedom of the present day comes with its own unique set of problems. These are the themes that drive the play, and Geurens has been pondering them since taking the role of Oliver. “There are deeper themes that I probably can’t talk about,” he says, “but it’s based around this idea of the gay community having to press through the injustice of the ‘50s, when being gay was illegal, and then in the contemporary storyline, you have this idea of where the gay community has gone, contrasting the repression of the ‘50s with the somewhat hedonistic world that exists today. The contemporary storyline is about the difficulty of finding love in that world.”

As a heterosexual man, playing the character of Oliver has been a learning experience for Geurens, but one he feels glad to have taken. “I go relatively deep when I play a character,” he says. “I tend to work from the inside – up to a point. I mean, I didn’t change my sexuality throughout the rehearsal process, but I learned to empathise, to explore the physicality of the character, and that was really interesting.” While the role has taken him him slightly out of his comfort zone, director Gary Abrahams bas been there to help. “Gary’s incredible,” Geurens says. “He’s an actor as well as a director, and he knows how to relate to us very well. He knows how to handle the material, and has been extremely helpful for me in getting to know the character of Oliver. He realised that being physical with a man was unexplored ground for me, so he was able to put his hand on my shoulder and talk me through it, get me into the character.” The Pride is a relatively new play, performed in London for the ﬁrst time at the Royal Court with JJ Feild and Bertie Carvel, and then on Broadway with Hugh Dancy and Ben Whishaw. As such, it still feels fresh, meaning that the cast of the Melbourne production have been free to ﬁnd their own way into it. “It’s fantastic,” Geurens says, “it’s wonderful being able to do it this way. I don’t know a lot about what happened in the UK, or if they had the writer with them during the rehearsal process, but we’d never seen a production of this play before, so there has been a lot of exploring, and it’s been fantastic.”

Geurens has gone out of his way not to see any footage of Whishaw playing the role of Oliver on Broadway. “I haven’t seen anything like that,” he says. “To be honest, I tend not to seek that sort of thing out, because it can throw you off a little bit. I have a lot of respect for him as an actor, and he’s done some really great things, but I didn’t want to see him as Oliver, I was afraid of what might happen. You can find yourself emulating things, rather than finding a performance that comes from yourself. I avoid things like that, I don’t seek them out on the internet or anything. I go with instinct and what we come up with in rehearsals.” The other key players in The Pride are Lyall Brooks and Ngaire Dawn Fair, and given the emotional intensity of the play, the cast has become quite tight-knit in recent weeks. “I hadn’t met any of them before,” Geurens says. “I’ve been living in Sydney for the last few years and just came down here. That’s one of those things when you’re acting – you get thrown to together with strangers and before you know it, you’re half-naked and sitting on each-other!” The Pride runs from Wednesday July 25 to Saturday August 18 at Red Stitch Actors Theatre.

THIS IS A DOOR BY SIMONE UBALDI

“Games are just agreed sets of temporary behaviour out of which sequences of individual choices and lived experience emerge and become stories of tragic loss and heroic triumph,” says Robert Reid, co-founder of Pop Up Playground. Together with Theatre Works, Pop Up Playground is staging a “social, reactive and immersive” new production this coming weekend – one that harnesses the power of games to help the audience learn something about themselves. Called This is a Door, the work was developed by Reid (playwright, director and academic, whose play The Joy of Text was produced by the MTC last year) along with artist Sayraphim Lothian and comedian Ben McKenzie. It was inspired by a workshop that Reid and Lothian attended last year led by UK-based theatre producer Tassos Stevens, director of Coney, a self-described “agency of adventure making live interactive cross-platform play.” The company devises theatre pieces that involve or completely rely upon audience participation, such as the Art Heist piece produced for the Tate Britain, in which players set out to rob an art gallery. Amongst many other amazing interactive projects, Reid, with Coney, created an alternative reality game for the London Games Festival, in which teams of participants were ﬁlmed staging strange and wonderful acts around the streets of central London. At Stevens’ workshop, Reid and Lothian had their eyes opened to the possibilities that games and play hold for theatre and public art. With a shared background in role playing games, they were already attuned to the joy of immersive and interactive play, and had once collaborated on a part-game theatre piece for Theatre in Decay (held at La Mama) called Bothary, but meeting Stevens gave the creative partners a fresh burst of inspiration. “Games teach us so much about who we really are,” Reid explains. “The decisions we make in a game often reveal things about ourselves we didn’t realise. They also give us

insights into how we might react in situations outside of our normal ambit.” After Stevens’ workshop, Reid and Lothian began working with Ben McKenzie, an old friend who also had a background in games. One of the creators of Channel 31 variety show Planet Nerd, McKenzie plays Dungeon Master at the monthly improvised Dungeons and Dragons-inspired comedy show Dungeon Crawl, and is currently working as production manager for Freeplay Independent Games Festival. Together, the trio started exploring how games could be used to tell stories and communicate feelings and ideas. Reid also began to research the intersection of gameplay and theatre around the world, including the work of Professor Richard Schechner at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, who pioneered experimental performance techniques in the 1960s with The Performance Group (now widely known as The Wooster Group). He looked at the experimental works made at Geelong’s Mill Theatre Company in the 1980s, and revisited the theories of Brazillian theorist and producer Augusto Boal, whose Theatre of the Oppressed explored the possibilities for dialogue and interaction between audience and performer. Robert brought these ideas to the group, and together they played around with the idea of play. “This Is A Door came out of those experiments as a way to introduce people to the basics of social and pervasive games,” Robert says. Despite its cerebral underpinnings, the show is

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meant to be fun – so long as that’s what the audience desires. “It’s a carnival. We’ve got a bunch of the pop-up play-testers to come in and be ‘game runners’ and there will be about twenty games on oﬀer over the weekend. So you turn up, we ask what you feel like playing, teach you the rules and let you go. Ultimately, whether it’s a happy, funny game or dark and tense game is up to you and the people you’re playing with.” Once the audience members have had their ﬁll of one game, they can move onto another, and then another, guided by the ever-watchful game runners. “Our game runners have been learning about crowd management and responsible play. Play should always at some level be safe, and it’s usually no fun if it’s unfair. Our game runners will take care of that. Of course, they’ve also learned the rules to a bunch of brand new games,” Reid explains. As for the audience, all that is required is a bit of imagination and a sense of adventure, and perhaps a willingness to see games as a road to revelation. “[The audience will leave with] many stories that they were at the centre of, and hopefully some new friends,” Reid enthuses. “It’d be great if they left This is a Door with a new way to look at the world too, to look for the playful in the everyday, to see the clues and puzzles that surround them, to look for the rabbit holes that lead into the bigger stories happening all around.” This is a Door takes place at Theatre Works from Friday July 27 - Sunday July 29.

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THE COMIC STRIP

With Tyson Wray. Got news, gossip, reviews, thoughts, tip-oﬀs, complaints, hate mail? Email tyson@beat.com.au or send by ESP before Friday.

BLUE TILE COMEDY

ALL THAT I WILL EVER BE Alan Ball’s got a long list of credentials, including creating HBO’s Emmy Award-winning True Blood, Six Feet Under, and Oscar winning American Beauty. All That I Will Ever Be, his foray into theatrics, will be presented by Fly-On-The-Wall Theatre Company and tells the story of Omar, the complicated central ﬁgure that sells cell phones by day and sexual fantasies at night. Which is all well and good until Omar becomes drawn to one of his clients. A darkly funny tale of loneliness, sex, cultural and racial provocation and humanity’s eternal search for belonging, All That I Will Ever Be will show at Chapel Oﬀ Chapel from August 1 – 12.

MOTH After last year’s successful season, coming-of-age theatrical production Moth is returning for another. Sebastian is a fifteen-year-old suburban misfit obsessed with anime and death. His only friend, Claryssa, is an Emo Wiccan Goth artfreak. What starts as another night of drinking for the teens soon turns sinister, Sebastian waking up the next morning to find a mysterious mother in a jar by his bed and a burning desire to save the souls of all humankind. Moth is headed to Footscray Community Arts Centre from July 31 - August 3. Pick up tickets at trybooking.com.au/BKNJ

Blue Tile Comedy boasts some of Melbourne’s ﬁnest comedians trying out their new material. It’s a fun night where the audience can get involved and witness the birth of some truly great jokes. Alternatively you could catch some absolute shockers. Either way you will have a laugh with some of Melbourne’s favourites. This week at Blue Tile Lounge we have European Man, Josh Feggans, Daniel Connell, and the lovely Nick Cody will be your MC. We will also have some last minute guest spots in true Blue Tile fashion. Catch some of Australia’s rising stars for only $5. The Blue Tile Lounge, Fitzroy, every Tuesday from 8.30pm.

STREET SHOT There’s no better cause then a good cause, and Street Shot is a health promotion project that uses photography to raise awareness about viral hepatitis transmission amongst young people. After receiving health education about viral hepatitis from Hepatitis Victoria (HV) young people are supported by youth services and schools to take photos reﬂecting what they’ve learnt. In the third year of the competition, all shortlisted entries will be printed onto canvas and exhibited at No Vacancy Gallery for Hepatitis Awareness Day. Street Shot will be exhibited from Friday July 27.

OVO If the Mayan calendar’s falsely predicted apocalypse and we’re all still here next we’ll have an insect invasion to look forward to. A swarm in Cirque du Soleil style, OVO, translating to “egg” in Portugese, is a headlong rush into a colourful ecosystem teeming with life, where insects work, eat, crawl, ﬂutter, ﬁght and look for love in a non-stop riot of energy and movement. Currently rolling its way around Australia, that famous blue and yellow Big Top will be staged at Docklands from Thursday January 17 next year.

A FISTFUL OF SCRIPTS Did you watch The Shire and want desperately to get the production team up close and ask them why? A Fistful of Scripts is the perfect avenue for this sort of critique, sans The Shire. Thrilled at the response to Lounge Theatre, Wise Words Media are pleased to announce the return of A Fistful of Scripts next month. Designed for writers, directors and producers, A Fistful of Scripts is a demonstrated incubator and laboratory for successful script development into working, professional productions. Gather at Theatre Works on Monday August 6, 8pm – 10pm to join in. Head to theatreworks. org.au for more information.

MELBOURNE WRITERS’ FESTIVAL The Melbourne Writers’ Festival returns this year to enlighten us with literature. Shaped for those who are passionate about books, writing and ideas, the folks at Melbourne Writers’ Festival HQ have built a home for the curious-minded – a place to meet your favourite authors, be charmed by new ones, gather with fellow readers and much more. But like any great festival there must be a great team behind it. For anyone wanting to volunteer head to the Melbourne Writers Festival website and ﬁll in an oﬃcial application by Sunday July 29. The Melbourne Writers Festival runs from August 23 – September 2.

FELIX BAR COMEDY DREAMS OF A LIFE As part of its Long Play program, ACMI will present a near month long season of the acclaimed documentary Dreams of a Life from award-winning filmmaker Carol Morley. A true story about an unnoticed missing person, and a filmmaker who made it her mission to bring the person to everyone’s attention, Dreams of a Life has been screening to sell out audiences as it haunts and disconcerts. Presented by filmmaker Carol Morley, the film explores the notion of community, connectivity and communication. Dreams of a Life will screen at ACMI from September 13 – October 7. For information times and ticketing, head to acmi.net.au.

SCULPTURAL MATTER Reﬂecting recent local and international sculptural practice, Sculptural Matter brings together works that explore the process of transforming matter into sculpture, the architecture that elevates the status of object to sculpture, and the way sculpture interacts with the body and space. Including video and photography, along with installations and assemblages, Sculptural Matter will introduce leading, established and emerging international practitioners from all over the world to Australian audiences. Including iconic works such as Richard Serra’s 1986 ﬁlm, Hand Catching Lead, check out Sculptural Matter at ACCA from August 11 – September 23.

CONVERSATIONS ON THE CUSP OF CHANGE Conversations On The Cusp of Change is an encouragement to see the person, not the disability. Each year, field curates the Rob McNamara Exhibition, which includes works in various mediums by artists with and without disability. The artworks are shown without differentiation to promote and embody inclusiveness. One of the artists, now exhibiting for her fifth year, Larissa MacFarlane, puts it simply: “It’s important to me to be seen as an artist first and to have my art taken seriously, and not just in a disability context.” field feels strongly about using the arts as an innovative way of engaging people in learning and development, as well as personal growth and understanding. Conversation on the Cusp of Change will head to the Collingwood Gallery from August 3 – 16.

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY THEATRE GALA Reaching a milestone always calls for celebration, which Melbourne University certainly believe. A group of prominent artists, all of whom are former University of Melbourne student thespians, will be attending a gala night at the University. Free and open to the public it will include the likes of comedian Max Gillies and Broadway performer Joanna Murray-Smith. The event will celebrate the 75th anniversary of student theatre at the University and launches the Melbourne University Student Theatre Archive. The event will be held on Thursday July 26. For more information head to must.unimelb.edu.au.

HIS GIRL FRIDAY Pamela Rabe and Philip Quast are getting set to star in classic screwball comedy, John Guare’s His Girl Friday: a cynical satire about tabloid journalism. Lured back into the Chicago newsroom on the eve of her impending nuptials, reporter Hildy Johnson ﬁnds herself caught up in the biggest story of the year. Tired of the hustle and bustle of her lifestyle, she’s ready to throw it all away to live a life of leisure with her cashed-up ﬁancé and soon-to-be husband. But that was all before the fattest, juiciest scoop of all time landed on her lap. Follow Hildy as His Girl Friday heads to the Arts Centre’s Playhouse from August 11 – September 15.

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COLLAGE PROJECT Everybody loves to get in touch with their younger selves, and Collage Project provides an opportunity. Get creative with collage at Brightspace on Friday July 27 for an afternoon of regressive, gluey entertainment. Running from 11am - 5pm, not only will all collage materials be provided, but lunch will be too. Sounds like a good day to us. If there are any personal artistic additions you’d like to contribute, feel free to bring materials along. And the end result? The ‘mosaic’ of collages will be shown at the Illuminate exhibition from August 4 – 26, also at Brightspace.

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Another massive Wednesday with Fiona O’Loughlin, the ﬁrst lady of Australian comedy, headlining Felix Bar Comedy! Plus another bursting lineup including Dave Jory, Nazeem Hussain, Rob Hunter, Jason Chatﬁeld and more! Come down and check out the biggest night of comedy in St Kilda, every Wednesday night! It’s happening this Wednesday July 25 at 8.30pm for only $12, at Felix Bar, St Kilda.

THE VARIETY COLLECTIVE This week’s Variety Collective asks the big questions. How did he do that? How does the universe work? Guess who? Can you smell that? Luckily, we have some very big acts - Dom Chambers, fresh from sell out crowds at the Melbourne Magic Festival, Matt Burton, loose cannon from the south and impro superstar plus Khaled Khalafalla, The Higgs Boson Soniﬁcation and your host Nicholas J. Johnson with a few other surprises! The Variety Collective runs every Wednesday from 8pm in the Brunswick Green. Come early for a good seat and a good meal. All tickets $10!

SOFTBELLY COMEDY This Thursday, we’ve got Lawrence Mooney (Agony Uncles) headlining Softbelly Comedy. Plus we’ve got Dave Jory, Raw Comedy winners Lessons With Luis, Adam Rozenbachs, Rob Hunter and Hayman Kent. It’s all happening at Softbelly, 367 Little Bourke Street in the city, this Thursday July 26, 8.30pm, for only $12! Get in early for a good seat.

COMMEDIA DELL PARTE This Thursday get out of the cold and laugh the winter blues away at Commedia Dell Parte. This week we have Dilruk Jayasinha curating the night as our special guest MC. Joining Dilruk and taking the mic this week will be Tony Besselink, Nick Johnson, Kirk McKenzie, Mike Nayna, Jay Morrissey, Fabian Lapham, Hammertime and your headliner Jason Chong. The room runs on a ‘pay as you like’ basis, so come along and have a great laugh, then pay what you believe the show is worth on the way out. So if you enjoy the show chuck in a few sheckles and show your appreciation. Commedia Dell Parte runs every Thursday from 8.30pm at the George Lane Bar, St Kilda.

COMEDY AT SPLEEN Mondays at Spleen are always a full house and a great night. This week looks like another cracker with Karl Chandler hosting. Plus Troy Kinne, Andy McLelland, John Campbell, Bo Steaggman and heaps more. It’s this Monday July 30, 41 Bourke St, in the city, at 8.30pm. It may be free, but we appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door!

CHECKPOINT CHARLIE COMEDY The past few weeks Charlie has featured a time helmet, a crowd member hypnotising the audience and a European celebrity sharing the stage with a singing busker. It got weird. No idea what will happen tonight but as always there’ll be cheap piss and piss-cheap entry. So come ﬁll yourself with $6 drinks and put your continence to the ultimate test as Melbourne’s best comedians spit funnies into the business end of a loud stick. Check in 8pm tonight, Wednesday July 22 at Eurotrash Bar. $5 entry. Get down early for a seat.

JAY AND SILENT BOB GET OLD BY JAMES NICOLI

They first appeared in 1994 as two stoner-slackers hanging out the front of the convenience store in the cult classic indie-flick Clerks. The juxtaposition of the two characters; the fast talking, foul mouthed Jay and the backwards cap wearing, non-talking Silent Bob would, through a number of films that would come later, made these two characters cult figures in their own right. These days, however, you’re more likely to find Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Kevin Smith) in front of a live audience spewing forth personal stories, as well as their views and opinions on just about every topic imaginable. As part of SmodCast Internet radio their weekly recorded podcasts have gained a cult following and are the latest vehicle in the evolution for the two characters. “I sat down with Kevin and did a spodcast with him and I said, ‘Wow man, this is awesome, I want to do a SmodCast. But I really didn’t know what I wanted to talk about,” recalls Mewes on how their latest venture came about. As Smith was already a SmodCast regular it didn’t take him long to come up with an idea that would see him and long time buddy Mewes take Jay and Silent Bob into a new medium, and a new chapter. “[Smith] said ‘Hey, we have one more spot, why don’t we do a podcast and we’ll call it Jay and Silent Bob? And that’s it. We’ve been doing it since.” Eventually the pair settled on a name for the podcast, simply calling it Jay and Silent Bob Get Old. To date they’ve recorded and broadcast 96 episodes which have seen them cover just about every topic under the sun – from discussing the perils of middle age to sharing personal stories about sex and drugs. The popularity of the podcast has also seen Jay and Silent Bob pack their bags and take the show on the road, including a recent stint of sold-out shows here in April and a huge run of shows throughout the UK. It’s the latter adventure that’s now spawned an accompanying DVD entitled Jay and Silent Bob Get Old: Tea Bagging in the UK.

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“The whole trip itself was amazing,” recalls Mewes on their travels to the land of scones and tea. “I would say the best memories I have would be like, the whole time. I loved London, I loved Scotland. We took the train from London to Scotland and coming out of the train station, we walked out and you look up and there’s this huge castle on the side of the mountain and that to me was just amazing. We just checked out a whole lot of history, a whole lot of tourist stuff, like old cemeteries and old castles and it was awesome. I got to be there working but when we weren’t working I got to walk around and check out all these cool things that I’ve always wanted to see, and I got to do it with my wife and my best friend.” There’s no doubt that Mewes is enjoying his character’s new lease of life as well as the travelling benefits it’s afforded him. “It was a whole new experience for me, because how cool is it that we go sit and tell stories and talk in front of a bunch of people, and then in between that we get to walk around and check out castles and crown jewels?” he says. The fact that Mewes and Smith grew up together and have worked with each other over such a long period of time gives the duo enough stories between them that they’re never short of material when it comes to show time. “We’ll definitely talk beforehand, like ‘Hey man, this is what happened this week, I want to definitely talk about this thing, but also because I was here you know five years ago, I want to tell the story about this, this and this,” explains Mewes. “And [Smith] will be like, ‘Cool, you know what happened to me last week is this. I want to talk about it, and then I’ll talk about this’. So we’ll definitely have one or two things that we want to talk about while we’re out there, but the rest of it is just us going back and forth and just grooving with it.” While both Mewes and Smith are obviously enjoying their current roles, the adventures of Jay and Silent Bob look set to continue with a number of other projects already in the pipeline, including an animated movie of the pair called Jay and Bob’s Animated Groovy Movie. Fans worldwide will no doubt rejoice at the news that their favourite cult stoners will once again appear on the big screen. “I got the first like fifteen, ten minutes animated and I showed it to [Smith] and he was stoked and now we’re going to put that out,” says Mewes. “So that’s the next Jay and Bob thing. And the next movie’s going to be a hockey movie that Kevin’s written and directed, and that’s the two things were doing together right now.”

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eMOTION BY KATE MCCARTEN

As part of the iconic Hamer Hall’s re-opening ceremony next weekend, a group of over 200 kids from Melbourne’s diverse Western corridor will have a chance to showcase their new-found love of dance to the crowds around the city’s refurbished cultural hub. The Arts Centre Melbourne and The Barkley Arts Centre have joined arts-centre forces to create eMotion, a predominantly online-based dance workshop aimed at sparking an untapped passion within West Melbourne’s multifarious youth population. Renowned street-based choreographers Demi Sorono, Cat Sweeney, John Gray and their dedicated team of young leaders have worked tirelessly over the past six months to create these dance workshops for kids with next to no dance experience, and their creation is finally about to be unleashed. Sitting proudly on the artsy south side of the Yarra, Hamer Hall’s grand opening three decades ago was one of the urban art community’s biggest affairs – a waterfront performance hall to be marvelled at from far and wide. However, very quickly it became apparent that the hall failed to live up to the hype. Crucially, the acoustics were mediocre at best. Hamer Hall struggled along for nearly 30 years though, before finally closing two years ago for a huge almost $140 million overhaul. The new auditorium boasts cutting edge sound and comfort, new entrances have helped integrate the hall to its surroundings, and they’ve even doubled the number of toilets inside. However the main focus of these renovations is not superficial. Arts Centre Melbourne’s goal with the Hamer Hall transformation is to open the space up to young people, and people from the outer suburbs, by making a public space that people feel connected to. From tomorrow, the reopening celebrations will begin the process of forging those connections, and one performance to look out for during the reopening celebrations is eMotion – the very embodiment of the Hamer Hall’s ambition.

The series of eMotion performances will be a culmination of six months hard work by youths from Melbourne’s Western corridor. Most of the dancers in the group have never danced before, but have great teachers. Choreographers Sorono, Sweeney and Gray were all trusted with the task of creating the eMotion performance, not only because of their extensive experience in dance and choreography, but also because of their dedication to counter-racism. Because eMotion aims to be more than just a dance collective, with the initial goal to bring the cultural diversity of the Western suburbs together by practising inclusion and tolerance through a social and creative medium. Hailing from the Philippines, Demi Sorono (So You Think You Can Dance, 2008) gushes that, “What’s really cool about this whole group of young people is that they’re all from diﬀerent cultural backgrounds – that’s what we were really focused on.” Each of the three choreographers has been working exclusively with a section of the larger group. However it hasn’t been a traditional dance class scenario. In order to

open the workshops up to as many wannabe-dancers from across the West as possible, eMotion had to eliminate the barrier of transport and distance. In fact, the eMotion dance project could very well be trailblazing the dance class of the future as the majority of the choreography and teaching was done through the power of technology. Sorono, Sweeney, Gray and their youth leaders filmed themselves teaching and demonstrating their choreography for every stage of their routines, while participating dance members could follow along from the comfort of their bedroom at a pace they were comfortable with. While the first video lesson was posted six months ago, the entire group only physically met for rehearsal three weeks ago. “[That was the] first time we’d actually seen each other’s choreography, as well as all the kids meeting for the first time,” recalls Sorono. Did it work well seeing all the separate pieces of dance come together as one? “Yeah it did actually – it was amazing. We had such a great day.” eMotion’s performances won’t be accompanied by the typical mish-mash of Michael Jackson and Usher tracks either. True to the ethos of the dance project, all the music eMotion will perform to are original songs produced by kids involved in the Dig Deep sound project, also run by

Arts Centre Melbourne. A hip hop orientated mentoring program, Dig Deep is an ongoing training and support system for emerging music artists throughout Melbourne. “The music we’ll be dancing to has been created by young up-and-coming artists that have produced, rapped and sung the music,” Sorono explains. “It’s all original tracks and not, you know, commercial. And that’s what it’s about – trying to create opportunities for young people and get them involved in something that they’re going to be passionate about.” The idea of finding passions within kids from all walks of life is something that is dear to Sorono’s heart, and she’s thrilled to be a part of any initiative which supports them in finding those passions. “It’s an amazing project. It just opens up a lot of doors for these kids.” For most of these kids, this is the first dance performance they will ever be a part of and the excitement is almost tangible. And when asked if Sorono thinks this experience has ignited a future in dance among members of the group, she is adamant: “Yes! Definitely. Yes, I would say definitely. Yes, my answer is yes.”

have a lot to say. “I’m extremely passionate about selfacceptance. Guilt, shame, and fear of ridicule and rejection play a big part in why we don’t take risks to live the life we envisioned in our youth,” says Thomas. “My goal is to be a mirror so people begin to realise that we are all dealing with a lot of the same issues, even if it be at different times. You are never alone.” Thomas’ messages around our definition of success, too, may strike a chord with many people struggling with what it means in the modern world. “We are taught to play it safe. ‘Grow up, follow the rules, go to school, get a good job, get married, save for a retirement, and then hope you live freely in those last golden years’,” says Thomas. “I want to challenge this idea of success. I created a workshop called The Visionaries Retreat to inspire people to live, to take their dreams and passions and create a sustainable lifestyle doing what you love. My ultimate commitment to myself and others is to be a reminder.” An interesting aspect to the way Thomas goes about this task is how she blends her work as a playwright and a choreographer. “I’ve always wanted to create work that infused the two in a way that lovers of both dance and theatre feel fulfilled,” she says. “I’m a huge fan of literature

too, and a lot of times you will ﬁnd references to books in my work.” Wombman is an excellent example of this technique, featuring a section inspired by the Hunger Games trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. “Every audience member will understand the concept but those who’ve read the books will explore another layer of my work. I love leaving those nuggets for avid readers like myself.” So why Australia? Los Angeles isn’t exactly around the corner. The answer, as it so often does, comes down to simply a matter of chance. “I volunteered at the Los Angeles Web Festival a few months back which gave me the opportunity to connect with Max De Bowen of Max Films,” says Thomas. “We realised we had a lot of common interests and that Australia was on my radar as a place to explore my artistry. He connected me with Cy Gorman who is the Artistic Director of the White Room at Kindred Studios and an international debut was born.”

eMotion will take place at Hamer Hall on Saturday July 28 and Sunday July 29 between 2pm – 4pm.

WOMBMAN BY JOSH FERGEUS

When asked about what came first, her love of words or her love of movement, Ashlee Katrice Thomas is hard pressed to answer. “Technically, I was a dancer before I was writer,” she says, adding that she had no rhythm as a child. “But reading was and is still one of my first loves. I remember my father reading his Marvel comics to me as a child and the stories were so magnificent – I wanted to tell stories like my father did.” Thomas, choreographer of Wombman, is both a playwright and a choreographer, and founder of Los Angeles based performance company Enlightened Theatre. Thomas’ aim is for her work to inspire awareness of social issues and the responsibility of us all for our common humanity. “I ﬁnd (dance) to be a less confrontational medium,” says Thomas. “It gives the audience the power to create personal meaning. Dance starts conversations.” Starting conversations is what Enlightened Theatre’s latest production Wombman is all about. A choreographic story told through Thomas’ distinctive blend of dance and theatre, the piece focuses on big issues such as gender, race, power, obsession – all told from the female perspective. Thomas comments that at a recent question and answer session after the premiere of the show in Los Angeles, the men had the most to contribute. “The show is really speaking from the female perspective, not in relationship to men or the male gaze but truly in relationship to herself,” she says. “I

think a lot of times men expect to see women raise up a ﬁst and burn their bras in shows such as these but Wombman really explores ideas that are not publicly engaged amongst mixed company.” Thomas says an important part of Wombman is the acknowledgement of the male dynamic from a female perspective. She believes the work gives men an opportunity to consider life from the point of view of women they are close to – mothers, sisters, daughters, partners. “A man will get to hear some of our secrets. It may even answer a few questions they have about women.” Thomas believes that dance is distinct from any other art form in the way that it can approach issues which may be sensitive or seem foreign to their audience. “The grace and beauty of a dancer automatically captures the attention of the audience. Once you’ve done that, they are open to hearing what you have to say.” Which is good, given that Thomas and Enlightened Theatre

WHAT’S COMING BY ALASDAIR DUNCAN

Inspiration can strike in all kinds of unexpected places – this proved to be the case for choreographer Alex Harrison, when a chance visit to a historian friend inspired a bold and hugely expansive work on the future of dance. “I was doing some research on western Sydney, where I was living at the time,” Harrison explains, “and the local librarian put me in touch with Daphne Kingston, who’s an authority on the area.” Kingston has a 35-year long practice of documenting the area’s architecture in the form of paintings and drawings, as well as several publications to her name. “I went to visit her in her little house in the suburbs – it’s the sweetest little place full of plants and paintings, and she was there with her husband in her little red kitchen making tea.” That’s where the discussion took an unexpected political turn. “Daphne had been a visual artist in the ‘60s and ‘70s,” Harrison explains, “but she told me she became very disillusioned with the commodiﬁcation of art. That’s the language she used, and it was so striking, because here I was in her kitchen, with her feeding me home-made biscuits with the marks from the back of the fork in them. I asked her if this political language was something she’d expressed at the time, or if she’d only started to express in hindsight. She said to me ‘I knew it at the time – coming events cast their shadows.’” Harrison was struck by that phrase. “She was saying that the conditions of the present can tell us about the future. Forecasting becomes paying attention to the present – I became really fascinated with this idea of forecasting, and it became central to the work I ultimately produced.” Beat Magazine Page 20

This conversation led Harrison to the creation of What’s Coming which is set to open soon at Dancehouse, North Carlton. The show, though expansive and split into many diﬀerent parts, centres around the theme of observing the patterns of past and present in order to predict the future. It’s not just about dance, Harrison says, but about movement. “It explores the future through the body,” she explains, “so the dance is a form through which it attempts to divine. It looks at movement forms, not necessarily just dance forms. It looks at the way we move through a city, the way we interact with animals, the way we repeat to discover meaning, the way we choreograph our lives. It’s looking at movement as the divining tool, I guess.” Coming events cast their shadows – What’s Coming attempts to divine just what these shadows look like, and what the

future may hold. The show itself is a mixture of various elements, from installations to ﬁlms to lectures to dance performances. It may sound like an audacious prospect, but that’s exactly what Harrison set out to do. “The show has taken the form of a festival,” she explains. “When I got the application for Dancehouse’s residency program, I was looking through the criteria, and they requested works that were manifestly audacious.” Harrison pauses here, and gives a wry laugh. “I thought, there’s a fucking invitation! I thought that was really exciting. What I was trying to do with this work was ﬁt everything into the one choreographic performance piece, all the work that I’d been doing over the last few years. I just thought, what if I can take these elements and turn them into the one work, make them into a festival?” I ask Harrison to talk me through some of the individual elements of What’s Coming, and she obliges. “There’s a video installation upstairs called The Forest Of Gesture,” she explains, “and another installation called The Library Of Future Forecasts, which are submissions from 65 people who’ve collaborated with me on the project. I’ve been teaching a group of older adults dance and movement, so they’re doing a performance. There’s a lecture on mapping and choreography, there all these events along with the body of choreography. I guess I see the body of choreography as the central work, and all these others are satellite works. They’re in a dialogue with each other, and with the central theme of the choreography.” The space was also an integral element in the planning and design of the show. Miraculously, Dancehouse agreed to give their entire venue over to Harrison for What’s Coming, so in return, she was determined to use the space to its fullest. “I’ve designed certain works for particular rooms,” she says. “There are two studios upstairs, there’s a gallery space, there are various staircases, and we’ve

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Wombman takes place at The White Room at Kindred Studios on Saturday July 28.

used everything – the audience does a spiral through the building and ends up in the main performance area. They travel through a whole lot of information and exhibitions and things like that in the lead-up to the performance. I was deﬁnitely thinking about the Dancehouse space itself when I created it.” The question is, now Harrison has created a work this enormous, does she have a hunger to do something even bigger next time around? “I’m not in competition with myself,” she tells me with a laugh, “but it’s certainly opened up possibilities! I’m going to wait and see what happens with this show. If all of these events come oﬀ, I’ll be very happy, I’ll feel well equipped to go forward with any idea. Putting this work together has made me braver, that’s for sure!” What’s Coming runs from Tuesday July 31 to Saturday August 4 at Dancehouse.

signiﬁcant permanent collection of over 5,000 works includes Australian and international paintings, works on paper, sculpture and decorative arts.

BRIGHTSPACE GALLERY

Address: 8 Martin St, St Kilda Website: brightspace.com.au Gallery Owner: Kylie Greer and Martin Kantor When did the space first open its doors, and how did you become involved? We opened in 2002 and I was invited by Martin Kantor, a Melbourne photographer and philanthropist, to set up the gallery with him. My now husband Charlie Owen came up with the name Brightspace and we began putting up paintings and having a good time looking at art.

Does the space lend itself to a certain type of art, and if so how? Really hard question, but personally I like quirky fun art and some dark art! What have been some of your more memorable exhibitions? The Ricky Howell shows are always great. We did a fundraiser for the Tarkine Forest once and Bob Brown opened it, there were about 200 people at the opening and it was 40 degrees outside, that was memorable. Our sound palette nights (music) have always been really fun and in the early days when Charlie and I didn’t have any kids, there was always a big party and lots of music making after the openings. When curating an exhibition, how do you decide what work is appropriate for the space? Well we have to like it! This space is so accommodating, the building is kind of an old warehouse, but with modern windows, and Des Hefner keeps the place beautifully painted so it feels kind of luxurious. It doesn’t matter what you put at Brightspace, it always looks good. Do you have a support network or community of artists that work / move together? Yes, Brightspace has cultivated a great group of people. What upcoming exhibitions do you have? Illuminate: Brightspace 10 Years.

GEELONG GALLERY

Address: Little Malop Street, Geelong Website: geelonggallery.org.au Gallery owner: Geelong Art Gallery Inc. When did the space first open its doors, and how did you become involved? Established in 1896, the Geelong Gallery is one of Australia’s leading and oldest regional art galleries. Does the space lend itself to a certain type of art, and if so how? Along with presenting a vibrant program of special exhibitions, the Geelong Gallery has a nationally

What have been some of your more memorable exhibitions? Geelong Gallery present the biennial Geelong Contemporary Art Prize and the Geelong Acquisitive Print Awards during each alternative year, which are not only signature events for the gallery but also the opportunity to promote and support Australian artists. This year, the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize will be presented and the recipient will be announced on Friday September 14. The Geelong contemporary art prize is a $30,000 acquisitive prize and exhibition, which will showcase the best of contemporary Australian painting practice. When curating an exhibition, how do you decide what work is appropriate for the space? A wide variety of options are considered – from inhouse curatorial projects to travelling exhibition proposals, the above contemporary painting and print prizes. We also have an annual Geelong Region Artists Program and we consider exhibition proposals submitted by individual artists and groups with a connection to the Geelong region. Do you have a support network or community of artists that work/move together? This network is very much governed by each project or exhibition. What upcoming exhibitions do you have? Currently showing until Sunday September 9 is the striking photography exhibition, Skater – Portraits by Nikki Toole, which is a National Portrait Gallery and Geelong Gallery touring exhibition. Rather than depict the skaters in action shots, Nikki Toole has chosen to focus her lens on a diﬀerent angle. As a result these black and white portraits evoke stillness and depth as each subject holds their skateboard, and their gaze, as they stare intently into the camera towards the viewer. Also, the Geelong Contemporary Art Prize will showcase the best in contemporary Australian painting practice from September 15 - November 18. This $30,000 acquisitive painting award and biennial exhibition features over 40 works by some of Australia’s leading and emerging artists.

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Dance as Forecast, Forecast as Festival

Photograph by: Steven R DeLuzuriaga

5 different programs over 5 evenings with 65 artists July 31st – August 4th 6.30PM – 9PM bookings

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KALLI ROLFE CONTEMPORARY ART

Address: Ormond Hall, 557 St Kilda Road, Melbourne Website: kallirolfecontemporaryart.com Gallery owner: Kalli Rolfe When did the space ﬁrst open its doors, and how did you become involved? Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art isn’t one space – it’s many. Since 1999 Director Kalli Rolfe has represented Australian artists including Juan Davila, Alison Burton, Robert Hirschmann, Richard Thomas, Geoﬀ Nees and

KUSTOM LANE GALLERY

Address: 8 Luton Lane, Hawthorn Website: kustomlane.com Gallery owner: Tony and Janet Peake. When did the space ﬁrst open its doors, and how did you become involved? We opened Kustom Lane Gallery in October, 2007. Does the space lend itself to a certain type of art, and if so how? Kustom Lane Gallery is a Lowbrow art gallery specialising in hot rod, bike, tattoo, tiki, surf and pin-up, to name just a few. What have been some of your more memorable exhibitions? All of our main exhibitions are memorable ones, but especially

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the estates of Howard Arkley and Athol Shmith. Kalli has extensive knowledge and experience of the Australian contemporary art market and advises on how to begin collecting, as well as adding to existing collections. Does the space lend itself to a certain type of art, and if so how? Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art presents exhibitions in a variety of spaces, and in the past has shown work in such venues as fortyﬁvedownstairs, Span, Chapman & Bailey, as well as in her home. What have been some of your more memorable exhibitions? Juan Davila’s Woomera series which exhibited at fortyﬁvedownstairs in 2002 was a powerful artistic comment on the plight of asylum seekers. The show was opened by Julian Burnside QC, whose memorable speech provided a compelling context. When curating an exhibition, how do you decide what work is appropriate for the space? Kalli usually works in the reverse, deciding which space is appropriate for the work. The beautiful new Juan Davila exhibition will be shown in the historic bluestone surrounds of Ormond Hall. What upcoming exhibitions do you have? Juan Davila New Paintings from August 2-11.

Chops ‘n’ Bobbers, an annual exhibition around this time of the year. Chops ‘n’ Bobbers 5 just ﬁnished yesterday. Tiki ‘n’ Toxica was a Tiki Exhibition with international artists Brad ‘Tiki Shark’ Parker, Tom ‘Big Toe’ Laura, Doug Horne and Australian Artist Dave Kohlman; and So Calavera, the art of David Lozeau from the USA. When curating an exhibition, how do you decide what work is appropriate for the space? All our exhibitions are planned in advance. We support Australian and International Lowbrow artists. Do you have a support network or community of artists that work / move together? We have a very large following of Lowbrow artists and people who appreciate this type of art. What else can you tell us about the gallery/space? Kustom Lane Gallery is family run, loved by all Lowbrow enthusiasts. It has its own tiki bar which is licenced for openings and special occasions. What upcoming exhibitions do you have? Recovered, an art show tribute to the Deadbeat magazine cover photography of Shannon Brooke, featuring international artists Tom ‘Big Toe’ Laura, Shannon Brooke and Nathalie Rattner. A meet and greet with the artists will be held on Saturday July 28 from 7pm and Sunday July 29 from 12pm. The exhibition runs until 19th August. We will also be hosting Killer Art For The Sophisticated Sinner, the art of Justin ‘Mr Zee’ Zahra. It opens Sunday September 9 at 12pm.

MORNINGTON PENINSULA REGIONAL GALLERY Address: Civic Reserve, Dunns Rd, Mornington Website: mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au Gallery Director: Jane Alexander When did the space ﬁrst open its doors, and how did you become involved? The Gallery opened in 1971. We started in a little weatherboard house in Mornington and in 1989 moved to a purpose built facility situated in parkland at Civic Reserve, Mornington. We are now regarded as one of the State’s most exciting art galleries. I initially became involved with the Gallery in the late 1980s after moving to the Mornington Peninsula. Employed at the nearby McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park for much of the 1990s and enjoying several years there as Gallery Director, I joined the professional team at Mornington Gallery in 2003, becoming Acting Director and then permanent Director from the beginning of 2010. Does the space lend itself to a certain type of art, and if so how? We have four large exhibition spaces and are able to display paintings, photography, sculpture, installations and new media. In recent times, we have also had a focus on architecture on the Mornington Peninsula and have displayed original drawings and architectural models. What have been some of your more memorable exhibitions? The Artists Retreat series of exhibitions have been enormously popular. These have focused on artists and works that relate to the Mornington Peninsula, the Bays and the coast. There have also been a number of exhibitions that explore diﬀerent artists’ gardens and botanica. A memorable exhibition was Personal And Peculiar which included a huge mural, Sedition, painted on the gallery wall by Michael

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Leunig using mud from his property. We have also had some important and large touring exhibitions from major institutions including a Hans Heysen Survey, Desert Country and Roy Lichtenstein: Pop Remix. Significant exhibitions also include a number that have focused on prominent bands and musicians and a growing series of exhibitions that explore architects, their practices and responses to landscape and place. When curating an exhibition, how do you decide what work is appropriate for the space? Many things are taken into consideration when selecting artworks for exhibitions including very basic ones such as whether it will fit, where it comes from and can we get it here safely and efficiently. The nature of contemporary art is that it comes in all shapes and sizes (guises) so asking ourselves these questions is necessarily part and parcel of the curating process. Do you have a support network or community of artists that work / move together? Artists tend to form their own networks and relationships with their peers and galleries. We tap into that by keeping abreast of what artists are doing. Magazines like Art Almanac provide good pocket introductions to what is happening now as does the annual Melbourne Art Fair which brings together artists and galleries from all over Australia and overseas under the one roof. Our biennial acquisitive exhibition National Works On Paper, means that we have a good sense of what artists are doing in this medium. What else can you tell us about the gallery/space? We also present an exciting program of special events, including artist and curator floor talks, workshops and excursions and we have free guided tours of the exhibitions at 3pm on Wednesdays, Saturdays or Sundays at 3pm. What upcoming exhibitions do you have? We are currently presenting Controversy: The Power Of Art, an exhibition that explores the social and cultural impact of art through examples that have provoked intense response and controversy. From August 23 – October 7, we will be showing 2012 National Works On Paper, a prestigious acquisitive prize exhibition that provides a survey of what’s happening in contemporary art across Australia today. From October 18 – December 2 we will be hosting Wow! which showcases highlights from our collection.

BRIGHTSPACE is ‘illuminated’ and this year we celebrate 10 years with a show about ‘optimisim & light’.

ILLUMINATE BRIGHTSPACE 10 YEARS

Featuring new works by Brightspace artists and beyond; the entire space will be transformed into an ‘illuminated’ event.

OPENING SAT 4 AUG (6 – 9PM) EXHIBITION & PERFORMANCES 4 – 26 AUG

You are invited to celebrate this milestone exhibition with us at our opening, and other special events throughout the month of August. Welcome by Cr. Rachael Powning, Mayor City of Port Phillip

Exhibition to be opened by Mirka Mora Saturday 4 August (6 – 9pm) Exhibition and performances: 4 – 26 August 2012 CONTRIBUTING VISUAL ARTISTS Lisa Roet & Charlie Owen with Duckpond & Quincy – Hellen Sky – Peter Ferguson David H Thomas – Jason & Noah Hartcup – Des Hefner & Chris Dyson Anderson Hunt – Anne Howie – Bernadette Wilson – Bernadette Keys Ben Laycock – Cameron Robbins – Caroline Kennedy-McCracken – Colette Korda David Hurwitz – David Porter – David Waters – Drasko Boljevic – Elizabeth Milsom Fiona Somerville – Gail Hedley – Gav Barbey – Gordon Hickmott – Graeme Rowe Harry Howson – Heather Shimmen – Jeff Raglus – Jesse Hogan – John Quinn Judi Singleton – Julie Sheils – Karan Hayman – Katherine Hattam – Katrina Beale Kaye Mahoney – Kristian Shaw – Konrad Winkler – Linda Gibbs – Lisa Walker Malcolm Gartside – Mark Schaller – Melynda Woodward – Michael Porter Mick Turner – Miriam White – Paul Laspagis – Peter Kennedy – Polly Courtin Pasquale Giardino – Richard Birmingham – Ricky Howell – Rohan Robinson Suzie Hansen – Tanya Hoddinott – Tom Guichard – Trevor Hoppen From the City of Port Phillip Collection: Mirka Mora & Peter Walsh

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SATURDAY 11 Mick Harvey, Rosie Westbrook & JP Shilo FRIDAY 17 Tendrils (Charlie Owen & Joel Silbersher) SATURDAY 18 Conway Savage FRIDAY 24 The ‘New’ Box (with Des Hefner & Chris Dyson) SATURDAY 25 Horse & Wes & Guests (closing night – free) BOOKINGS on 9593 9366 or bright@brightspace.com.au Doors open 7pm

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FRED WILLIAMS: INFINITE HORIZONS

Boasting a painterly oeuvre of vivid Australian landscapes, artist Fred Williams has become one of Australia’s best-known artists. The ochre, earthy colours in his palette and textured application are highlighted by this retrospective at The National Gallery Of Victoria’s Ian Potter Centre. Showcasing his paintings of unique landscapes, including Upwey in Victoria, Tasmania’s Bass Strait and the arid Pilbara region of Western Australia, his works draw on the abstract qualities and distant horizons of this vast country. Catch the exhibition in its last days until Sunday August 5, with free entry for students. Head to ngv.vic.gov.au for details.

ILLUMINATE

STAR******S

Did you know that some people still write in their diaries? It’s true. Primary school teacher Laura Caesar and Sydney-based artist Malcolm Whittaker raise their own relationship to celebrity status in Star******s by reading from their personal diaries that document their ten years together. The performance is a 4-hour durational performance installation where the audience can come and go as they please as stories continually unfold and everyday narratives undergo a seemingly never-ending process of construction and reconstruction. Star******s heads to the Arts House from September 6-8.

SMARTBAR

If you loved the last SmartBar, which I’m sure you did because it’s pretty much the only time where you can actually become smarter while drinking, then you’ll lose your mind at what they have lined up this winter. Discover Melbourne Museum’s Mind & Body exhibitions after dark with peculiar collection objects, talks by museum scientists and experts and fascinating experiments. Experts will be taking you through the complex world of the human brain as you explore the neurological side eﬀects of syphilis and some interesting psych experiments. You can get up close to leeches and maggots and learn about their medical uses from the Live Exhibits team, explore the ways artists make sense of dreams, trauma, dementia and schizophrenia in the Cunningham Dax Art Collection, ﬂex your artistic skills in the Life Drawing classes and explore the museum’s world-renowned Psychiatric Services Collection that includes an isolation cell, straitjackets and locked gloves. All accompanied by background music from a live DJ. Food and drinks will be available to purchase on the night. It’s on Thursday July 26 from 6pm – 10pm. Tickets via Melbourne Museum.

RRAMP

With its multi-faceted genre approach, RRAMP – the Collector, the Archivist and the Electrocat features the vocal beauty of Christine Johnston – the Collector, the intense precision of Lisa O’Neill as the dancing Archivist, as well as the dynamic sounds of Peter Nelson as the Electrocat who helps the Collector live her dream. Perfectly animated to Ahmaryna Price, this electronicdance-metal-rock outﬁt takes on unexpected and compelling tales of archives, collections, pets, childhood imaginings and human frailty. Sharp as ice and bittersweet, RRAMP will make its mark at the Arts House from September 5-8.

After 10 years lighting up Melbourne’s artistic landscape, Illuminate will commemorate Brightspace’s anniversary by bringing together a series of celebratory works, focused thematically around optimism and light. Featuring new creations by Brightspace artists, the gallery will be transformed into a multi-medium showcase, with illuminations from the outside lighting up the gallery’s indoors by digital choreographer and visual artist Hellen Sky, as well as unique window installations by renowned visual artist Peter Ferguson.

The show will also feature a sculpture installation by father and son team Jason and Noah Hartcup, and a new collaborative work between award winning sculptor Lisa Roet and musician and sound artist Charlie Owen. The exhibition will showcase the history of the gallery space, and in an ode to posterity has invited Mirka Mora back to open the exhibition, responsible for opening the gallery in 2002. Celebrating through multiple mediums, their Sound Pallette events include a ﬁlm night with features about Maurice Frawley, Penny Ikinger and a new Dirty Three ﬁlm clip. All ticket sales will be donated to the Sacred Heart Mission Dining Hall. The launch event will be held on Saturday August 4 from 6-9pm at 8 Martin Street, St Kilda, while the exhibition and special events will run until Sunday August 26. Find out more at brightspace.com.au.

LESS IS MORE

The Heide opens a new exhibition that’s decidedly stripped back, Less Is More: Minimal & Post-Minimal Art In Australia. Focusing on the Australian artistic pillars of this movement, it conveys how in 1960s Melbourne and Sydney a young generation of artists were eager to address what they saw as the latest and most progressive developments in art, and explored Minimalism through abstract painting and sculpture. Developed and characterised by simplistic geometric and modular forms, the movement’s fundamental principle is ‘less is more’ – suggesting that an artwork need not be visually complicated in order to be meaningful. Today, contemporary artists extend and develop minimal ideas across a range of media. Exhibition curator Sue Cramer says, “Several ideas stemming from Minimalism, though controversial in the 1960s, are now widely accepted; for example, that the artwork can be fabricated by someone other than the artist; or that it can comprise modules or units used singularly or repeated as a series.” The exhibition includes works by over 30 Australian artists that demonstrate how successive generations have worked with and adapted these ideas, alongside classic examples of Minimal art by key American artists such as Dan Flavin, Donald Judd and Robert Morris. Less Is More: Minimal & Post-Minimal Art In Australia opens at Heide on Friday August 3. We’re also giving away some double passes - head to beat.com.au/freeshit to win.

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Skater— portraits by Nikki Toole until 9 September Since July 2009 Nikki Toole has been making photographic portraits of skateboarders around the world. Her subjects are photographed in the spaces they inhabit, captured in still frontal pose against the textured backdrop of the urban environment. National Portrait Gallery and Geelong Gallery touring exhibition

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ENGINE THREE SEVEN BY KRISSI WEISS

Formed in Byron Bay and now based in Melbourne, Engine Three Seven have taken a fair amount of time to find their groove as a band despite being the best of friends. Beginning in the acoustic roots scene of Byron, Engine Three Seven have morphed into a grinding yet melodic band with a sound more akin to Karnivool than Xavier Rudd. Singer Casey Dean has put down his guitar and is focusing on his duties as vocalist and frontman, which, in turn, has enabled his fellow band members to thrash out their heavier desires. Dean has managed to make music a fulltime job and while his day band is Engine Three Seven and they are about to release their latest single, Watermark, he is also readying himself to release a country-folk covers album with his father. “My dad’s been playing music for my whole life,” Dean explains. “He’s still in a couple of bands these days. He drove us around in the early days when we were doing a lot of regional touring so it’s a bit of a way to return the favour. The album is totally a family project; my daughter’s singing on it, my sister’s on, dad, obviously, and the boys from Engine. It was funny getting the Engine boys in the studio. There [were] all of these metal-heads coming in playing this music that is totally different to what they know. It was great to get us all together to do this because the boys are like my family too, we share each other’s parents and family so we’re pretty close.” With Engine Three Seven moving from a roots-based sound into a heavy prog-rock niche, Dean explains that the sonic evolution was born out of both the band finding themselves at odds with the various musical scenes they found themselves in, as well as him stepping back from dominating the song writing. “I guess the change happened very naturally when I think about it,” he says. “We didn’t really fit anywhere, in hindsight. Although we were very acoustically based when we were in Byron Bay, we were still far too heavy and far too energetic for the gigs we were playing. We got to Melbourne and somehow we just fell into the prog-rock scene, even though our songs were still acoustic to a degree we were very proggie. Once I started putting the guitar down more and more the lads just fell into their own sound. They were kind of held back by me having an acoustic guitar and them having to come in with parts after a whole song had been written. They suddenly began to fall into their own writing pattern and on the last record they were free to write those heavy riffs but still from a really strong storytelling perspective.” The move to Melbourne and the change in Engine Three Seven’s overall sound has also paved the way for a brand new approach to writing and recording. “We have been writing since the last release came out and we have a single that we have been playing for a long time that we are finally going to release,” he explains. “It should be a pretty interesting musical evolution, again, with the new stuff. We’re doing things a little differently, we are actually writing and recording everything in my bedroom as we go. It’s like a slow motion way to write but it’s really cool. So we’ll get our 20 tracks that we want to pick from, we’ve learned our respective parts and we’ll go off into our respective corners to get it all right and thrash out any new ideas we want to put into the songs. At the end of the year once all of that’s done and all of the decisions are made it will be pretty smooth because it’s like we’ve recorded the album before we go and do it all again properly in the studio. We’ve got our producer lined up and what we’ll do next is go into the studio and record what we’ve demoed.”

“THE NEW SONGS ARE HEAVIER BUT THEY’RE ALSO A BIT POPPIER IN A WAY; I THINK THEY’RE A LOT MORE RADIO-FRIENDLY. IT’S A REAL CHALLENGE TO HAVE A HEAVY SOUND AND STILL BE COMMERCIAL.” With a further evolution of sound and a desire to take things to the next level, Dean admits that the band are more than aware that part of their shift in musical focus has to be realistic in terms of facilitating commercial success. A tour is on the horizon and Dean explains that fans can expect a slightly different Engine Three Seven yet again. “We’ll be heading into a national tour later but who we tour with and where we are going will be determined when we figure out exactly how the new songs come together live,” he says. “The single we’re releasing was written before Engine was together, although they played on it as my session musos, and it’s this six-minute epic song about my first band breaking up and me being homeless in Byron. It was mixed but we never really did anything with it and we realised that it is so much more suited to the music we are writing now. The new songs are heavier but they’re also a bit poppier in a way; I think they’re a lot more radio-friendly. It’s a real challenge to have a heavy sound and still be commercial. I hate to say it but if you don’t get played on radio you’re not going to make it anywhere so you really have to bite the bullet and craft your songs so that they’ll be heard. Unfortunately there’s no room for that absolute purity you think you have to maintain when you’re just starting out if you actually want to get somewhere.” ENGINE THREE SEVEN headline Showdown At The Corner on Friday August 3 featuring ten of Melbourne’s finest live rock acts across two stages with Bellusira, Moroccan Kings and many more. Single, Watermark, is being released on the night. Beat Magazine Page 26

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ONTOUR VAKULA [UKR] Friday July 27, Mercat Basement GIRL UNIT [UK], NGUZUNGUZU [USA] Friday July 27, Revolver Upstairs BARE [USA] Friday July 27, Brown Alley MAELSTROM [FRA] Saturday July 28, The Bottom End MIIKE SNOW [SWE] Tuesday July 31, Palace Theatre BRAWTHER [FRA] Friday August 3, Mercat Basement ALVIN RISK [USA] Saturday August 4, Prince Bandroom KATE SIMKO [USA], CHLOE HARRIS [USA] Friday August 10, Brown Alley JONWAYNE [USA], MONO/POLY [USA], KASRA [UK] Friday August 10, Roxanne Parlour HYBRID [UK] Friday August 10, New Guernica HOME BREW [NZ] Friday August 10, The Espy DJ SS [UK], KENNY KEN [UK], SKIBADEE [UK] Friday August 10, Brown Alley PERC [UK] Friday August 17, Brown Alley PHIL REYNOLDS [UK], JAMES LAWSON [UK], SKOL [UK], RIKSTA [NZ] Friday August 17, Room680 CHRIS LAKE [UK] Saturday August 18, Seven THE PHARCYDE [USA] Thursday August 23, The Espy LIQUID STRANGER [SWE] Friday August 24, Brown Alley JOCHEN MILLER [NED], RANK 1 [NED], LEON BOLIER [NED] Saturday August 25, Room680 ALEXKID [FRA] Friday August 31, Revolver I:CUBE [FRA] Friday August 31, Mercat Basement RICK ROSS [USA] Thursday September 6, Festival Hall RED RACK ‘EM [UK] Friday September 7, The Croft Institute JOHN ‘00’ FLEMING [UK] Friday September 7, Brown Alley TIEFSCHWARZ [GER] Friday September 7, New Guernica SASSE [GER] Friday September 7, Mercat Basement OCTAVE ONE [USA] Friday September 14, Mercat Basement ROGER SHAH [GER] Saturday September 15, Room680 HERNAN CATTANEO [ARG], FRITZ KALKBRENNER [GER] Friday September 21, Brown Alley NARI AND MILANI [ITA] Friday September 21, Royal Melbourne Hotel RICK WADE [USA] Friday September 28, The Croft Institute DAS EFX [USA] Friday September 28, Prince Bandroom GIGAMESH [USA] Saturday September 29, Seven PAUL OAKENFOLD [UK] Friday October 5, Festival Hall PARKLIFE: JUSTICE [FRA], PASSION PIT [USA], PLAN B [UK] + MORE Saturday October 6, Sidney Myer Music Bowl ROBERT HOOD [USA] Friday November 9, TBA ECLIPSE: PERFECT STRANGER, OLIVER LIEB, ADAM FREELAND + MORE Saturday November 12 – Friday November 16, TBA SUBB-AN [UK] + MIGUEL CAMPBELL [UK] Sunday November 18, TBA STRAWBERRY FIELDS: JAMES HOLDEN [UK], TYCHO [US] PREFUSE 73 [USA] + MORE Friday November 23 – Sunday November 25, TBA STEREOSONIC: TIESTO [NED], AVICII [SWE], CALVIN HARRIS [UK] + MORE Saturday December 1, Melbourne Showgrounds TERRENCE PARKER [USA] Friday December 21, TBA FALLS FESTIVAL: SBTRKT [UK], COOLIO [USA] + MORE Saturday December 28 – Tuesday January 1, Lorne BIG DAY OUT: THE BLOODY BEETROOTS [ITA], KASKADE [USA], CRYSTAL CASTLES [CAN] + MORE Saturday January 26, Flemington Racecourse

REAL TALK

Every night for the past fortnight I’ve been having a dream where I’m on MSN Messenger and then I’m bombarded with people telling me I need to get off the internet because my grandma needs to use the phone. I’m a little more than scared. Tyson Wray

Subb-an and Miguel Campbell: Bromance

At 24 years of age, Subb-an has managed to fit in enough releases and tours during his career to make people twice his age jealous. Named DJ Magazine’s Best Breakthrough DJ at the end of 2011, the past few years have seen Subb-an go stratospheric throwing down releases on respected imprints Crosstown Rebels, Spectral and his own label One Records. He graduated with a top degree in sound design from Birmingham City University, founded UK underground clubbing institution Below with Adam Shelton and Lee McDonald and will now head Down Under. He’ll be joined by house champion Miguel Campbell, who owns Outcross Records and is signed by Jamie Jones and Lee Foss’ Hot Creations. Catch them at a venue yet to be announced on Sunday November 18.

Shockone: Australian Idol

Don’t you love it when Australian expats start making it big on the international scene? Perthbased drum and bass destroyer Shockone’s is certainly a success story. Engaging his fascination for music in a metal band with Gareth McGrillen and Rob Swire from Pendulum, it was from the ashes of this ill-fated project that the group’s members became international drum and bass experts. Their experimentations found their way into international consciousness, and Shockone’s creations within the genre quickly caught the attention of renowned DJ Friction, who picked him up for Shogun Audio. Last year the producer toured nationally with Karnivool, taking the helm of the latest Dubstep Invasion series, and dropped a number of killer tunes. With an anticipated debut album on the way, he’s returning to play Brown Alley on Friday September 7.

Autism Awareness: Charitable

Seth Sentry: Waitress Singer

Those of you with an eye on the Australian hip hop scene will certainly have heard of Seth Sentry by now. First bursting onto the scene in 2003 after a series of genre-bendingly exciting shows with local hip hop/drum and bass outfit D.S.O.L, he’s worked with fellow Aussie favourites 360 and Pez, and made his way onto Triple J rotation with singles The Waitress Song and Simple Game. He is now set to release his debut album This Was Tomorrow through his own label High Score. To celebrate, an extensive national tour has been announced, and Melbourne can get a taste of his groundbreaking new beats at the Corner Hotel on Saturday September 29.

Do you know how to make a good night out in this city even better? Doing it for a good cause. Then the hangovers and the money spent on door charges and drinks become not a symbol of ill thought-out extravagance, but a representation of generosity. SoundKraft’s events raise awareness through support and donations for a cause – this quarter, autism. They won’t be charging entry at this gig, though there’ll be optional gold coin donation to support organisations helping autistic children. The reward will be a bevy of Melbourne dance music aficionados taking over one of our favourite clubs, with Jewelz, Adam Small, Cosmic Davo, Freaky Frequency and more signed up.

Liquid Stranger: International Affair

DJs and producers often get tagged with the term ‘international’, but it’s not often they truly fulfil that definition. Liquid Stranger, the alias of Martin Staaf, was born and bred in Sweden and is a compelling mix of Latin, Asian, Eastern European and Jamaican dancehall, with over fifty releases to his name that have been taken on by Ministry of Sound, Spirit Zone, Muti Music, and Interchill. As well as having released four full-length albums, Liquid Stranger is certainly one of the industry’s most adventurous and wellestablished acts. He’ll be widening his horizons with an upcoming tour to Australia, playing Brown Alley on Friday August 24.

Hard Kandy: Learn Yourself

As nice as it is to see young upstarts enjoying the Melbourne dance music scene, there comes a time to pay respect to the elder states people of Melbourne’s vast dance music legacy. In a feat of education, Hard Kandy will be back at Billboard and ready to deliver. Don’t bother bringing your notebooks and pens, though - you won’t need them to be schooled in the classics of deep, dark and hardcore rave fodder. For a lesson in hard dance and trance, house and electro, get down to Billboard on Friday August 17.

Gavin Keitel: Milestones

Ebb&flo have made it to their second birthday, marking two years of deep and eclectic sounds at some of the city’s most bumping parties. To celebrate they’re bringing in one of Melbourne’s finest exports Gavin Keitel. As one of the city’s highest achievers, he’s found himself in demand at some of the country’s biggest club nights and parties, with recent residencies at Sunny and Onesixone. Whether Keitel’s exploring the depths of a Sunny set, maintaining a house groove or pushing the German minimal tip, he lets the music do the talking – words even more likely to stir up a frenzy than Fifty Shades of Grey. Catch Gavin Keitel at Loop on Saturday August 11.

Bart B More: Sterosonic Sasse: The Boss

For Moodmusic, it’s all in the name. Traversing a wide variety of genres, including house, techno, electro, and beyond, Moodmusic isn’t so much about tempo and style as it is good quality, moving tunes. Label boss Sasse is set to head down under for his Third Encounter album release tour, exclusive to Melbourne. A DJ with a resume that goes back to the eighties, Sasse’s reputation for being a motivated and passionate self-starter in electronic music is undeniable – from running one of Finland’s first house clubs from 1992 to starting up Moodmusic and nurturing the talents of many other producers. His label has secured releases courtesy of Compuphonic, Spieldtape, Luomo, and sub-labels run with the likes of Ewan Pearson, Henrik Schwarz and others. Joined by fellow Moodmusic signees, Melbournian Mike Buhl and Sydney based Trinity, the mood at the Mercat’s set to be all smiles. Sasse plays the Mercat on Friday September 7.

Quickly rising up the ranks of the Netherlands’ thriving dance music scene, Bart B More comes as the latest addition to the Stereosonic lineup, set to be another surefire winner amongst an already starstudded lineup featuring Tiesto, Laidback Luke, Chuckie and more. First gaining notoriety after BBC Radio 1 superstar Pete Tong decided his productions were worthy of two Essential New Tune titles in 2007, it seems that everybody out there is moved to dance by his beat-driven techno crossed with stadium-sized house and electro. With a discography that now features successful releases on Boys Noize Records, Ministry of Sound, Toolroom and more alongside remixes commissioned by Laidback Luke, the Crookers, Miike Snow and Cee-Lo Green, he’s a sure fit for what will certainly be one of Stereosonic’s biggest years yet.

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Melbourne’s original afrobeat outfit The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra have been laying down infectious, Nigerian-inspired beats to Australian dancefloors with a massive ensemble, comprised of anywhere up to 20 musicians handpicked from the Melbourne African, jazz and hip hop scenes. This group is the brainchild of Zvi Belling, Ethan Hill and Tristan Ludowyk – long time friends and collaborators, each with vast and diverse musical backgrounds to draw upon. The result is a seriously fun and original dancefloor experience. After a recent trip to Africa to promote their new single and a recording session with African hip hop stars Tumi and Modenine, the group are armed and ready with a bevy of slick new material. Catch them at the Prince Bandroom on Friday August 31.

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Feel It: Fevah

For the past 15 years one brand has been pushing the boundaries of underground hard dance all around the globe, namely Fevah. To celebrate such a milestone, they have decided to host their first party in Melbourne. Artists on the night include, Phil Reynolds, James Lawson, SKOL, Riksta, Eamonn Fevah, Danny Gilligan, Craig Jon and heaps more. Expect a real ‘hands in the air’ affair with awesome lasers and visuals, giveaways and two rooms of banging beats. It goes down on Friday August 17 at Room680.

Illy: Double Up

Off the back of his new smash single Heard It All, snowballing emcee Illy has announced a huge national tour. As well as major cities, the tour will be the first chance for fans to hear material from Illy’s soon-to-be-released third album Bring It Back. Illy’s sophomore album The Chase spawned the powerful and well-loved singles Cigarettes, The Chase and the Gold-selling It Can Wait (feat. Owl Eyes). Illy has thrown more fuel on the fire with Heard It All and with a new album on the way, this is just a taste of what’s to come. With his first show already selling out Illy will hit the Corner Hotel for a second performance on Wednesday September 5.

DJ Profile: DJ SKOL

When did you start DJing? I first started DJing in 1981 playing rare groove and soul but I started playing hard dance in 1995. How would you describe your music style? I wouldn’t say I have one style of playing. I like to think I play for the crowd. I’d never play a track I don’t like or enjoy myself and whatever I do play has to be uplifting. What’s the worst thing that’s happened behind the decks? I turned up once and the decks didn’t work and on another occasion there were no decks at all! No booth monitors was another interesting gig. What can people expect from you when you next visit? I only know one way to do what I do - that’s to get the crowd going where I want them to go and once there, give it to them with both barrels with loads and loads of musical attitude. When’s your next gig? At Fevah’s 15th Birthday at Room680 on Friday August 17.

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HOME BREW

“Every day we work on music, I’ll be at home writing songs. We write about what we see, our surroundings at the time and everything around us.”

HOMEGROWN: TAKING OVER Those who believe hip hop is dead need look no further than Home Brew for living proof to the contrary. Consisting of Tom Scott, Lui Gumaka and Harry ‘Haz Beats’ Huavi, the New Zealand trio have become the most talked about musical act in their home country, reaching #1 on the New Zealand album chart with their independently released self-titled debut album. The last time a local hip hop act made such an impact was when

a scrappy newcomer by the name of Scribe made his debut in 2003. Not bad for a crew that has received no mainstream radio play and is accustomed to selling CDs out of car boots. “Making music is what we do every day,” says Huavi, the group’s beatmaker. While the statement would ordinarily be lip service coming from some others it rings true for these dudes. From their recordings to their public and

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on-stage personas Home Brew are authentic. Their laidback, relatable approach, exemplified by brazen lead vocalist Scott, is a major factor in what has made them appeal to a youth audience. This appeal is causing the typical chatter amongst commentators, offering the usual “think of the children” hysteria that accompanies such musical revolutions. Huavi says even some of their more experienced peers showed some resistance. “Older people looked down us like a ‘wait your turn’ kind of thing but at the same time we’ve got good music and everyone wants to hear it.” Despite the madness that has accompanied their rise to prominence little has changed for these three mates. “We take things by the day, normally, I don’t think anything’s changed really,” the hard working producer confirms. “Tom’s from West Auckland and I’m from South Auckland and we linked up on the Internet and we just started [making] music everyday on the Internet. Then people started coming to our shows,” he sums up succinctly. Now in full force, the Home Brew invasion will be hitting The Espy on August 10, aided by local rising star Sky’High. Making their first visit to Australia since their formative days in 2009, Huavi believes that they’ll feel perfectly at home. “I’m looking forward to it, there’s a lot of Kiwis over there.” He also confirms that they’ll perform in all their glory with a full band. Harking back to a more classic sound, Home Brew’s organic use of live instrumentation has earned them many plaudits. The recording process itself starts with the three core members at their studio base as they hash out the beats and lyrics. They then hook up with the instrumentalists, who add their own touch to what has already been laid down. “All of that stuff we leave to those dudes. They’re not pushing us and we’re not there pushing them around. I let them be who they are. I’m not a bass player, I’m not gonna tell a bass player how to play bass.” Ultimately it’s about a mutual understanding and appreciation, says the man known as Haz Beats. “I sit down with them and tell them what I’m going for. The person I’m talking to will be like ‘I can play that, I can play a variation’ and it ends up being a constant loop sort of thing.” The vibrant energy of tracks like Yellow Snot Funk and Radio reflect that unique chemistry. That energy is also reflected in the changes of tone as they go from social commentary to party music. “It all goes together I guess. The partying, the crying, it’s all in there,” Huavi says with a chuckle. “Most of the songs do say ‘you can have fun here’ or ‘at this point it all ends and at this point you’re crying’. It’s like the ups and downs of life.” The 21-track album as a whole is the culmination of three years of hard work and while the acclaim keeps rolling in Huavi and his cohorts are doing what they know best – continuing to hit the studio. “Every day we work on music, I’ll be at home writing songs. We write about what we see, our surroundings at the time and everything around us.” Along with their environment Home Brew also have a unique relationship with their fans. “I got into a fight,” Huavi explains rather calmly, about his recent encounter with what would be considered a ‘fan’. What he leaves out, though, is the fact that this fight received national news coverage in New Zealand, accompanied by pictures of the producer-DJ with a bruised face. For most other groups that would be a sign to take a rest, but not the boys from Home Brew. “I wasn’t going to make it [to our next show] but our manager got me some crutches so I went down there.” Details about the fight spread on their Facebook page before the gig, with many thinking he would not attend. “I was like ‘fuck that shit, I’m going to come see you guys’. They were appreciative of that.”

Bruises and all, seemingly nothing can stop the crew from rocking the crowd. “I was on stage with crutches and a balaclava to cover my black eyes. But then all they wanted to see was my face,” he says with a hearty laugh. “I got to sit down for a few songs at least so it wasn’t too bad on my ankles. At one point I fell over and one of the fans picked me up. I was like ‘Fuck, thanks.’” Maintaining a positive attitude he believes there could even be benefits to having scars. “A friend told me Australian girls like dudes with scars, so I’m hoping the scar heals up real nice for you,” he says with just enough sarcasm. While bruises and black eyes are a badge of honour there’s one thing Huavi is still getting used to: male groupies. “[After gigs] I just get male groupies all the time, I think the girls go home. No girls come up to us, it’s just dudes all the time. They’re like ‘Hey bro, hey bro’ and it’s cool, but can some girls come up and talk to us?” As he goes on to describe the scene it sounds more and more like the makings of an epidemic. “We have female fans but the majority of our fans are muzza dudes elbowing chicks so they can be in the front row. Look at Justin Bieber, he doesn’t have male groupies, he has female groupies. That’s all we want. I mean we love you, keep supporting us, thank you, but at the same time please don’t maul us like we’re a gang. As long as they maul us no girl will come up and talk to us.” Even as they have to keep an eye out for fans both male and female, nothing can affect their passion about getting out and performing. Leading up to the release of their debut album the group embarked on several back-toback shows, driving around New Zealand. “There was a show every night. We’d get to the venue, get an hour’s sleep, soundcheck, whatever and it was like that for a whole month. I’m not complaining but sometimes it’s draining man.” Huavi promises, however, that they will be revved up come their visit to Australia. After their three Aussie shows Home Brew are also looking to wreak their brand of musical havoc in other parts of the globe. “We’ve definitely discussed it. I actually wanted to do Japan but we decided to do Australia first, build it up and then take over the world.” Much of their popularity and success stems from their accessibility when it comes to fans and their hard partying approach to gigs. “Our gigs never used to be like this. We stopped doing regular gigs and started throwing proper parties. That’s what we always try to achieve. We try to make it like a party we would want to go. It’s like a circus, people get to know it and word spreads.” You could consider them the ringmasters of their own movement. “We try to build a following and we’re trying to create a community where everyone comes to party. Outside of Auckland you’ve gotta find the party but we’re always with the party people.” Social media has also played an important role in developing their following, something they clearly work hard on. “I was nothing without the Internet,” Huavi jokes. “Just having that online base where people can interact and buy music, it’s much easier than trying to sell music out of your [car] boot. It’s the same thing but more people can see it online rather [than] you standing around looking stupid outside a shop.” As he sees it they are dealers of audio drugs, giving fans a fix. “We’re always working on stuff and we want them to hear it. It’s like a heroin addict, you give them a free taste and they’ll be back.” You can always count on Home Brew to keep it real. Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey Home Brew [NZ] hit The Espy on Friday August 10. Speakeasy is out now.

THE BIG MAG FOR CLUB CULTURE

SATURDAYS AT ONE TWENTY BAR DJ CKass will take you on a musical journey to the retro sounds of the ‘70s and ‘80s, followed by Top 40. One Twenty Bar, 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy

WEDNESDAY25TH COQ ROQ Rocking Wednesdays at Lucky Coq are rotating DJs Lady Noir, Agent 86, Kiti, Mr Thom, Joybot and guests giving you nothing but the best new wave, punk, brit pop, bong rap and hair metal. Coq Roq takes place every Wednesday from 8pm with free pool downstairs from 9pm as well as drink specials. Roq out! Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

SOUL ARMY With more flavour than a chocolate pizza, the Wednesday Soul Army throws down raw, uncut funk next to smooth soul grooves and rare blue jams. Bring that special lady because when the boys lay down the love it could be the difference between ‘we’re just friends’ to ‘let’s get it on’. PBS stalwarts Vince Peach and Miss Goldie accompany Prequel and Black Diamond Kicks weekly. Free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

WEDNESDAYS AT CO. Don’t have lectures tomorrow? Need a break from writing that last-minute assignment? Or simply just celebrating the end of hump day? Don’t miss Melbourne’s biggest mid-week party night – Wednesdays @ Co.! With free entry and discounted drinks for students all night long! Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

WEDNESDAYS AT LOUNGE Enter the middle of the week; for some it’s the beginning of the weekend, for others it’s a break from study, for those of us who are travelling, it probably has no real significance (unless you’re wanting to party with the hot European girls from the hostel...because any day is simply another day when you’re travelling). Your midweek stomping ground, featuring DJs Danny Silver, Manchild & Mu-Gen. Free entry. From 10pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne

WEDNESDAYS AT THE ORDER Deep, dark, minimal dubstep and drum and bass. Laundry Bar, 50 Johnston Street, Fitzroy

THURSDAY26TH BIMBO THURSDAYS Tigerfunk brings with him his full band of travelling gypsies, hipsters and middle class executives, all of whom are prepared to deliver the most excitement you can have this side of the weekend. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

high has emerged from the cosmic energies of the universe and it’s called Wonderlust! As luck would have it you can come and experience the effects of this strange new phenomena every Thursday night at The Carlton! Carlton Club, 193 Bourke Street, Melbourne

FRIDAY27TH

SOUND EMPIRE Get ready for the mega sounds at Sound Empire, Melbourne’s epic new Saturday club night with five places to party! Mega sounds from resident DJs Tate Strauss, Miss Sarah, Nova, Johnny M, Matty G, Dean T, Joe Sofo, Marcus Knight, Dinesh, Chris Ostrom, B-Boogie and Sarah Roberts. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

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BARE For Los Angeles bassline technician Bare, 2010 will be fondly remembered as the year his twisted, face-melting take on dubstep exploded into a worldwide epidemic. The result of a background in rock, West Coast hip hop (as part of the Vital Mindz collective) and aggressive drum and bass help to explain the Bare phenomenon - and with releases forthcoming on Hollow Point Records, Buygore, Licked Beats, Trillbass, Play Me, TLD and Ultragore Recordings and a performance schedule that’s rapidly filling up, things are looking up for the dubstep maestro. Brown Alley, Cnr Lonsdale & King St, Melbourne

CLUB SODA Taking place each and every Saturday night in Melbourne’s CBD on the corner of Lonsdale St and King St, Club Soda plays host to a fresh, new concept – local/national/international DJs weekly, un-paralleled entertainment, performances, and disco tomfoolery. Don’t let the bubbly name fool you, Club Soda is your weekend’s thirst quencher – changing people going out for convenience, whilst not leaving the sour taste of an empty wallet on Sunday morning. Our doors open for you every Saturday at 9.30pm, and stay open until you should go home. Brown Alley, Cnr King & Lonsdale St, CBD

Star Saturdays - smashing it every Saturday! Phil Ross, Scotty Erdos, DJ Ontime, LC, Nick James, Dane Gains, Ryan Hamill, Deja, Phil Isa, Nixon, Azza M, Scotty Nix, DJ Ryza, C Dubb, Alex-J, G-Funk, Dylisco, Achos, Az, Shaggz and guests. Star Bar, 160 Clarendon St, South Melbourne

TEMPERANCE SATURDAYS DJ Marcus Knight & DJ Xander James drop sexy house, dance and drum and bass all night from 8pm. Free entry. Temperance Hotel, 426 Chapel St, South Yarra

TEXTILE Saturdays at Lucky Coq tick all the boxes so start your night early and stay til close! Famous $4 pizzas from 7-9pm (that’s dinner sorted) then from 9pm spread over two levels with DJs playing hip hop, funk, disco, house and electro. Rotating guests on both levels keep the tunes fresh. Free entry. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

WEEKEND The brain child of the creative kids at 360 Agency and Seven Nightclub. The Weekend is here to put a smile on your dial every Saturday night. We want you to join the family. Dancing from 10pm weekly. Seven, 52 Albert Rd, South Melbourne

EDEN SATURDAYS Smashing it every week at Melbourne’s hottest looking venue! Top 40 dance, house and R&B 9-3am, then electro from 3am - 5am. DJ Ontime, DJ Ryza, Scotty Erdos and Azza M. $15/$20, free entry after 4am. Eden, 163 Russell St, Melbourne

EUROTRASH HOUSE PARTY Put your hands in the air with some of Melbourne’s best party DJs, including including Mu-Gen, Lace em’ Tight and more. Eurotrash Bar, 18 Corrs Lane, Off Chinatown, Melbourne CBD

EY:EM EY:EM at Lounge features residents Boogs & Who, who will host Melbourne’s top purveyors of club music, showcasing both local and international DJs playing the most upfront club music. With rotating DJs Dave Pham, Sleep D, Bryce Lawrence, Louis McCoy, Caine Sinclair, Glyn Hill & Toby Mackisack. Expect nothing but excellent house music all night long. And remember, clubbing happens in the EY:EM. $10 from 11pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne

SATURDAY28TH CLUB SODA Taking place each and every Saturday night in Melbourne’s CBD on the corner of Lonsdale St and King St, Club Soda plays host to a fresh, new concept – local/national/international DJs weekly, un-paralleled entertainment, performances, and disco tomfoolery. Don’t let the bubbly name fool you, Club Soda is your weekend’s thirst quencher – changing people going out for convenience, whilst not leaving the sour taste of an empty wallet on Sunday morning. Our doors open for you every Saturday at 9.30pm, and stay open until you should go home. Brown Alley, Cnr King & Lonsdale St, CBD

EMPIRE

It’s Dubstep, it’s Eurotrash, it’s new, it’s the vibe, it’s Thursdays, it’s weekly and it’s free. So get down to Eurotrash and get your wobble on. Eurotrash Bar, 18 Corrs Lane, Off Chinatown, Melbourne CBD

FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS It’s house, electro, dub, anthems, disco and funk with guest DJs Genetix, B-Two and Oohee rocking til the break of day. Doors open 10pm with $5 basics til midnight! First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

Get ready for the mega sounds at Empire, Melbourne’s epic new Saturday club night with 5 places to party! Mega sounds from top acts Chris Fraser, DJ Samrai, House Of Gaga and Femme plus resident DJs Tate Strauss, Miss Sarah, Nova, Johnny M, Matty G, Dean T, Joe Sofo, Marcus Knight, Dinesh, Chris Ostrom, B-Boogie and Sarah Roberts Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

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Funk up your Thursday nights with Free Range Funk at the Windsor favourite Lucky Coq. Grab a couch early and enjoy one (or more) of their famous $4 pizzas from 7-11pm. Meanwhile DJs Who, Agent 86, Lewis CanCut and special guests tempt you into the night with their eclectic bag of treats. Setting the mood early is delightful jazz, deep soul, and funk. Later it’s fruity disco, choice house, and hipster dance drops. Free entry every Thursday. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

FUN HOUSE Celebrate Thursday night at Co. with club classics and dance floor anthems. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

SLOW HOUSE THURSDAYS Slow House Thursdays is just what Brunswick has been missing. Get down to the latest Thursday spot at Noise Bar, find a space with your bros and get into the as DJs Same O, David Bass and James Hurt spin bass laced tunes ‘til the early hours of the morning. Noise Bar, 291 Albert Street, Brunswick

THURSDAYS AT LOUNGE The Black Pancake Club is where disc-jockeys bring in their treasured record collections to share with yaw’ll. Expect undiscovered nuggets, lost gems, far out there covers, moog inspired themes, and a host of other eclectic delicacies and toppings for your black pancakes! Taste makers on rotation include Shags, LA Pocock, Slim Charles, Andras Fox, Richie 1250, Simon Winkler, Danielson, Ms Butt and Mike Gurrieri. Free entry. From 10pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne

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In the grand tradition of past Saturday nights at the Prince of Wales, it will regain it’s rightful place on the pantheon of Australian dance music playing host to the best and most exciting EDM locally, nationally and internationally. Local residents include Generik, Oskar, Swick, Tranter, M.A.F.I.A., Streetparty DJs and Clip Art, and scheduled guests The Aston Shuffle, Tonite Only, The Swiss, Luke Million, Parachute Youth, Louis La Roche, Alvin Risk and more. In addition, Homecoming has prepared a veritable roster of exciting drinks and cocktails to fuel the fun, including Fresh coconut cocktails, Dr. Pepper, Electric Lemonade, Tecate, Thai-style Buckets and Bubble Cup cocktails. Prince Bandroom, 29 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda

HOT STEP Google Hot Step and you’ll get a bunch of Vietnamese game reviews and Balkanese dances on YouTube. But that’s nothing like what you can expect to find within the confines of Bimbo on a Saturday night. Developing thick and heavy but altogether groovy, enjoy an eclectic mix of fairy floss funk, doom disco and monk movement minimal every week. Free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

PHD’S 10TH BIRTHDAY 10 years is no mean feat in the dance music industry, especially for the party-throwing types, but Pure Hard Dance are a Melbourne institution these days. Since its inception in 2002, the boys and girls behind the name have expanded to become a household name when it came to ravey good times as well as a seriously loved merchandise brand. But it’s always been fundamentally about the spirit of a good party: great music, memories and lifelong friends, a testament to the heydays of the rave scene. To celebrate its ten year track record the crew are throwing special events across the country, with the likes of Soul-T, St Luke, Scott Alert, Master Kaos, Otek, Karpe-DM, Voog and Pazzle and plenty of others on the lineup. The Hi-Fi, 125 Swanston Street, Melbourne

BARE DRUMSTEP: TAKING IT OFF “I still am and always will be a fan and listener of the music,” says the ‘drumstep’ practitioner known simply as Bare from his home base of Los Angeles. “I love the music I make and hear at shows and clubs. It’s not that hard for me to get into that mood, and I feel lucky that I can get to that mindset with ease.” Real name Sean Rodela, the passion is clear in his voice. The enterprising DJ-producer has done damage across several genres with blistering anthems like Lobotomy and the Eazy-E sampling Thugs In The Hood. From dubstep to hip hop and drum n bass, Rodella is clearly a man who doesn’t do anything by half measures. “They all link together at some point. Hip hop has a slower BPM like dubstep. Drum n bass has that tear out aggressive bass similar to the bass in dubstep. I like to bring all elements of music into one while writing.” First hitting the music scene last decade he has proven his ability to adapt and evolve.

“[My style] has evolved a great deal. I have spent much time in the lab working hard to make new sounds, get a stronger mixdown.”The evolution doesn’t just stop there either. “I see my sound evolving every month for the rest of my life. You can never really know it all, or be ‘the best’. I’m enjoying learning new tricks and techniques.” Fans are sure to hear all that and more as Bare performs his first ever Australian shows, including a slot at Brown Alley this Friday. “I’m very excited this will be my first time ever in Australia.” He will be joined by KPC, who are also making their first visit to Melbourne. It’s been a whirlwind of cities and faces for Rodela over his past two years of steady touring. “Each city and country has their own awesome vibe that makes them unlike any other place in the world. Le Machine at the Moulin Rouge in Paris, France was an unreal show for me.” While some of his counterparts like to record while on the

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SATURDAYS AT ONE TWENTY BAR DJ CKass will take you on a musical journey to the retro sounds of the ‘70s and ‘80s, followed by Top 40. One Twenty Bar, 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy

STAR SATURDAYS Star Saturdays - smashing it every Saturday! Phil Ross, Scotty Erdos, DJ Ontime, LC, Nick James, Dane Gains, Ryan Hamill, Deja, Phil Isa, Nixon, Azza M, Scotty Nix, DJ Ryza, C Dubb, Alex-J, G-Funk, Dylisco, Achos, Az, Shaggz and guests. Star Bar, 160 Clarendon St, South Melbourne

TEMPERANCE SATURDAYS DJ Marcus Knight & DJ Xander James drop sexy house, dance and drum and bass all night from 8pm. Free entry. Temperance Hotel, 426 Chapel St, South Yarra

SUNDAY29TH SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE The perfect Sunday soundtrack with DJs Askew, Peter Baker, Booshank, Paz, Miss Butt, Junji, Disco Harry and guests. They will be laying down disco, afro beat and deep house til 3am. For lovers of good music - South Side Hustle. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

STAR BAR SUNDAYS The original and still the best Sunday in Melbourne. Star Bar, 160 Clarendon St, South Melbourne

SUNDAE SHAKE Our Signature serve. Each and every Sunday we play host to a self professed vinyl junkie caught between the golden years and boogie wonderland. A mouthful? Perhaps. Phato Amano perfectly sets the mood for an audio-adventure that redefines the dance floor weekly. Our Sunday aficionados Agent 86 and Tigerfunk stir up a full cream shake to the flavour of your liking. Forget everything you thought you knew about losing yourself to the grooves. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

MONDAY30TH IBIMBO Have you always wanted to be a DJ but been cruelly cursed with tone deafness and a general inability to version excursion? Well Bimbo Deluxe saves the day once again.. All you need is an iPhone and you’re set. Just download the free ‘remote’ application from the app store, log into the Bimbo DJ wireless network and you choose which song plays next. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

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HOMECOMING In the grand tradition of past Saturday nights at the Prince of Wales, it will regain it’s rightful place on the pantheon of Australian dance music playing host to the best and most exciting EDM locally, nationally and internationally. Local residents include Generik, Oskar, Swick, Tranter, M.A.F.I.A., Streetparty DJs and Clip Art, and scheduled guests The Aston Shuffle, Tonite Only, The Swiss, Luke Million, Parachute Youth, Louis La Roche, Alvin Risk and more. In addition, Homecoming has prepared a

road, using the sights and sounds as inspiration, Rodela prefers a separation. “I do most of my work at the studio here at home. I like to leave the touring process as a sort of air out, breathing time from the production process so I can come back with a clear head.” On the subject of recording the distinctive producer reveals that he has finished up an EP for the Scion AV label, while looking to continue his genre experimentation. “I plan to write more music and push to hop on bigger labels to reach more fans. I am also playing with a few new genres as well. I will be making some electro, 110, trap and moombah. All while still keeping up with what my fans know me for, dubstep and drumstep.” Also known for his collaborations with the likes of Canadian dubstep maestro Datsik and LA hip hop crew Vital Mindz he says, “I will always have time, and would love to continue collab-ing with new artists, as well as ones I already have collaborated with.” Having made in-roads at a time when the electronic scene in the U.S. was still in its formative stages, Rodela has seen things come full circle. “I would go to shows. I wanted to be the one playing the music that I made to the crowds. [That] was a long time ago until my dream came true. My music has really gone a long way since then.” Andrew Hazard Hickey Bare [USA] hits Brown Alley on Friday July 27.

Bimbo Tuesday’s have long been the discerning DJs midweek breath of fresh air. An opportunity to indulge in, and to each parade their individual takes on music. A night where by the weird and wonderful is not frowned upon but rather celebrated. Resident selectors Matt Radovich, Andras Fox and Henry Who draw from a colorful array of sounds that warm your midweek blues. From 8pm, free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

COSMIC PIZZA NHJ and friends host every Tuesday night upstairs at Lucky Coq. Playing uneasy listening, freaked out bass jams, romantic comedy disco, tropi-jazz, soundtracks and shit you won’t hear on the other nights. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

MINX GOING GLOBAL: MIXING IT UP Sydney based DJ Minx, aka Rachel Phillips, won EMI’s She Can DJ Competition last September and since then has released her debut compilation, an original EP, DJed at the Grammy and Brit Awards’ after parties and played alongside the likes of David Guetta, Swedish House Mafia and Diplo. 100% chats with the chirpy lass about judging Cleo’s Bachelor Of The Year, interviewing Carl Cox and her plans for the rest of 2012 and beyond. “I was kind of crapping my pants at the start,” Rachel Phillips says down the line from her home in Sydney, speaking of an International Music Summit she recently attended in Ibiza. At the three day conference promoters, DJs, producers, club owners and journalists came together to discuss different areas in the electronic music industry, and Phillips found herself liaising with the likes of Paul Oakenfold, David Guetta, Pete Tong, Diplo and Goldfish and on a panel talking about women rising in the DJ and music world. Initially, she says, it was a little intimidating talking in front of all the big wigs. “Once I got going and the guys started talking and asking questions, everyone got involved and then the crowd started asking questions,” she says. “It was fun. Afterwards I met some people from other countries in Europe who were really keen to book me after they’d seen me speak and what I’m all about.” While in Ibiza for the conference, Phillips did a radio show for Party People on the Austereo network and broadcasted it down under. “I went to the Space opening parties and interviewed Carl Cox after his main set, so that was super cool,” she says excitedly. “I had never really met Carl Cox before so that was a really good thing. I was shitting myself because there were so many journalists around me, everyone was waiting there and

everyone was watching everyone else interview him so I was so intimidated but shit, I quickly sculled the vodka and off I went,” she laughs. It was almost a year ago when Phillips took part in EMI’s She Can DJ Competition and she says it’s “crazy” looking back at everything she’s done since then. “The opportunities since I’ve won have been massive,” she says. Having put out her debut compilation She Can DJ Presents Minx shortly after taking out the competition’s title, Phillips has rejigged one of her original singles Chances, releasing it as EP called Taking Chances. She’s currently working on her debut original record, which she hopes to release next year. “My first single from the album is about to drop in conjunction with this year’s She Can DJ competition,” she says, “So that will come out early September, A Night To Remember.” Taking Chances will be used as the theme song for this year’s She Can DJ Competition and Phillips will take on a mentor roll for the entrants in the competition. “I’m going to see how they all work and interact, so that will be really cool to meet some new girls,” she says. “We didn’t really have a mentor as such with our top 10 but we did have a lot of people come and chat with us, and the guys from EMI are great, they’re there every step of the way anyway. But last year’s top 10 – all of us were already friends anyway; we obviously didn’t know who was in it until we met but we were like ‘Oh, you.’” But the prospect of mentoring the new batch of entrants in the She Can DJ Competition hasn’t been the only thing that’s excited Phillips recently. She had the pleasure of judging this year’s Cleo Bachelor Of The Year which she says was “really hilarious”. “There was a judging lunch with the 25 of us girls and

Z-TRIP CATCHING HIS THIRD WIND: WORLD TRIPPING Zach Sciacca, aka Z-Trip, is returning to Australia with his highly acclaimed live AV show for the first time in two and a half years. In that time he’s kept busy and found a number of inspirations to help him keep pushing musical boundaries. Sciacca isn’t short of laurels to rest on. He has DJed in front of half a million people opening for The Rolling Stones, made the first official remix for Nirvana, been immortalised as a playable character in the video game DJ Hero, headlined festivals like Coachella and helped launch the mash-up movement with his 2001release Uneasy Listening. So it may seem odd that he finds himself “gushing like I’ve got a new girlfriend” when talking about a mixer that he helped design. Except that he describes the Rane Sixty-Two mixer as a major personal accomplishment that has helped re-energise him – and will enhance his upcoming Australian tour. “[The mixer is] a little bit easier for me to navigate, it’s a bit easier for me to pull off things that were impossible to do before. I have a bit more dexterity when I’m playing, and it just makes it fun. It really gave me a third or fourth wind, if you will,” Sciacca says. “I don’t want to speak for everybody but I think there are DJs who could probably relate; when you’re doing your thing and it’s going great, and all of a sudden you get to a point where you’re like, ‘I’m just uninspired’ or ‘I’ve hit a brick wall,’ and all of a sudden something happens that

changes the whole playing field.” Sciacca cites the first case of this being the shift from vinyl to Serato. “A lot of people, myself included, when [Serato] first hit were like ‘Pfft, really? Come on man.’ Until finally you got up and started messing with it and you’re like ‘You know what? This isn’t half bad’,” he says. The second is the emergence of new genres of music in recent years, such as dubstep and Moombahton, which make it easier for him to bridge gaps between tempos and genres. “It’s gotten to be more fun because now it’s also a bit more fluid and there’s plenty more people out there who like all kinds of music. I can hit my reggae, I can hit my dubstep, I can hit my funk, I can hit my house, I can hit my rock, I can hit some ‘70s shit, some ‘60s shit, some psych stuff,” Sciacca says. “I can go wherever I want now, and I’ve got a way to get in and out faster because there’s more on my palette.” He’s been particularly busy over the last year touring with hip hop legend LL Cool J. The pair met up a year ago, when LL was making a cameo appearance in Sciacca’s headlining set at SXSW. Over rehearsals they realised that they worked very well together as a traditional MC and DJ duo. “We bring out the best of each other onstage, like a true DJ and a true MC would do,” he says. LL has been largely absent from music in recent years, preferring to focus on his acting career – until sharing the stage with Sciacca rekindled his interest in music. “When

we got to go through 250 potential bachelors and rate them. It’s not everyday you get asked to rate boys,” she says, laughing. Sitting alongside Jesinta Campbell, Rachel Gilbert and Maude Garrett, Phillips says she didn’t have a favourite of all the potential bachelors. “I didn’t really, it might be quite biased because I actually knew quite a few of them which makes the final night quite fun because we all knew each other. My old housemate was in it and I didn’t realise.” Aiming to score a bunch of European gigs over the coming summer and put her debut original record out soon, Phillips will be venturing overseas later in the year as an ambassador for the She Can DJ Competition, which is going global. But for now, she’s looking forward

to playing Sound Empire at Crown next weekend. “I haven’t played at the Crown for a while, it will be good, interesting,” she says. “[Expect] some progressive house.” But she won’t be taking up the luxury of staying the night at Crown after the gig, unfortunately. “Generally I stay there the night,” she says before suddenly remembering, “actually I can’t, I’m playing a gig out in Geelong on the same night so I’ll be jumping in the car I guess.” Annabel Maclean Minx [AUS] plays Sound Empire at Crown on Saturday July 28.

we linked up I was like ‘Hey man, how come you’re not doing any more music?’ He’s like ‘To be honest, I was just getting bored with it. Music wasn’t really exciting me’,” Sciacca explains. “When we started working together he was like ‘You’ve excited me; you’ve got me excited to do this shit again’.” Sciacca has also been busy working on a new album. It has been in the works, loosely, for a couple of years, but he’s hoping to have it finished and released in late 2012 or early 2013. “[It’s] all across the board musically, kind of like what my sets are; all tempos, all styles, but definitely bass heavy and groove heavy and scratch heavy,” he says. “Basically what I would do as a record.” But for Sciacca, the most exciting recent achievement has been the Rane Sixty-Two mixer. After an earlier mixer Rane designed was not particularly successful, he provided them with feedback on it. “I was very brutally honest with them,” he says. This led to an invitation to help design the new mixer. “It’s everything I ever wanted to put in a mixer. The bottom line for me is, as a DJ, I think any DJ who’s out there who’s been doing it for long enough has always been like ‘Fuck, I just wish this thing could do this’,” Sciacca explains. “I actually got to do that.” He says that Rane took a lot of his advice on board because he explained why each suggestion would help all DJs. “To be able to do put something like that together in a mixer and then have my name on it, it was very validating,” Sciacca says. “It’s the coolest thing I’ve done on a technological tip. I think being in DJ Hero and seeing me as a character in a video game was probably the closest thing, but this is so much more; it’s not about a video game, it’s about the real thing and my name is on it.” Joshua Hayes Z-Trip [USA] plays the Prince Bandroom on Thursday August 9.

KASRA CRITICAL MUSIC: THINKING DEEP One might initially presume that to name a label Critical Music would be a somewhat presumptuous decision, but those with an ear to the underground within drum and bass would today unanimously agree that label owner Kasra Mowlavi has achieved something truly singular with his record label, due to turn ten this year. Created in a front room in north London, the DJ’s wonderfully simplistic vision of a label that played a role in nurturing and developing the talents of the best burgeoning talents that drum and bass had to offer has actualised into a label that certainly is critical listening for fans of the genre and beyond. As a DJ and not a producer, Mowlavi’s beginnings as a label owner are a little unconventional – proving a challenge to establish the label during its humble beginnings. “Yeah, it was at first, it was pretty hard,” he concedes. “All the labels that were around already were established or run by artists themselves, so if you’re an artist, why would you give music to someone you’ve never heard of? It was a long process, spending time with the artists and explaining what I was trying to do with the label and establishing trust. Showing them that sometimes, it’s better if you’re not a producer, so you can concentrate more on running a label. A long process, but rewarding.” Critical has since blossomed into one of the genre’s most forward-thinking and successful outlets – playing host to releases from the likes of Marcus Intalex, Calibre, Breakage, Spectrasoul, Enei and plenty more. These days however, Mowlavi’s approach to the label is a little more anarchistic, with the launch of Modulations alongside

the label expanding beyond the initial focus on 170BPM beats to techno, dubstep and beyond. “It’s quite hard to launch something alongside your label - everyone thinks it’s a sub-label, and the term is something I hate,” he says. “Sub suggests that it’s not good enough to go on the main label. What I try to explain to people is that Modulations is a series that’s just packaged differently - it’s still great music. It’s like if we’d done a compilation album and called it Critical Presents: Modulations. It’s the same thing, but across a series of records that may never end. We’ve had new artists as well as established artists - it’s a way of presenting music in a new and more interesting way, breath[ing] a little life into the genre. The reception has been really good, so I’m pleased about that.” The label’s broadened horizons, as he explains, is the reflection of a scene that is beginning to diversify and fragment, more willing to explore new territory and take risks. “I think more and more these days, the idea of tempo is becoming increasingly irrelevant – you can play more and more in a DJ set now. One of the popular aspects of dubstep, for example, has been that you can go and watch a DJ play techno and house, dubstep, drum and bass – that’s interesting and fun, and that’s rubbed off on everyone, more people are just making what they feel like making. It’s a label – you release what you think is good music. Real labels don’t care about the commercial aspect of things – obviously you need to survive as an entity, but if it’s good, I don’t care what it is, I’m going to put it out.” Even his own forays into production have been coloured by this. Only in the past few years has Mowlavi moved

from exclusively being a DJ into the world of music production, but it’s one that’s presented him with exhilarating challenges. “It’s harder in a way, given my background, yeah,” he says of the move. “The bar’s been set by the artists on the label already and I’ve got this mental hurdle I can’t get over where I write quite a lot of music, but I don’t think it’s good enough, and I’m worried that people will think I’m putting it out because I can. A lot of artists are never really happy with what they do, but I’m getting there – I only put something out if I’m really into it. I’ll be honest, I’m writing a lot more house and techno than I am drum and bass. I enjoy making music, but I don’t put pressure on myself to write anything in particular, I just get in the studio and make noise and see what happens.” Given Critical Music’s rapidly-upcoming tenth birthday, it seems more than fitting that the crew behind it are ready and raring to throw some serious parties to celebrate, and the upcoming Australian tour alongside labelmate FEATURES

Sabre is one of a few planned. Representing the extensive legacy of Critical is a challenge not to be sniffed at, one would assume – pressed for some of the achievements he’s most proud of during that time, Mowlavi has a lot to pick from, but he is surprisingly laidback and humble about it. “I’d say mainly a lot of the things we’ve done with Fabric – doing the residency there, the Fabric CD as well, that was really great, a real honour to do that. The music that’s out as well – the cross section of what I think is really good drum and bass, from Spectrasoul to Enei and breaks. I’m really proud of the catalogue – all of it, really.” Miki McLay Kasra [UK] plays alongside Jonwayne [USA], Mono/Poly [USA] and more on Friday August 10 at Roxanne Parlour.

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COMPRESSION SESSION Reggae at E55 every Wednesday night. Resident selectors play strictly vinyl. Free entry. 8pm. E55, 55 Elizabeth St, Melbourne CBD

THURSDAY26TH MOTOWN THURSDAYS Kick start your weekend with Melbourne’s newest Thursday night! Motown Thursdays caters to all true music lovers. Join us on an eclectic musical journey of soul, funk and disco through to early R&B. A live Soul Band features some of Melbourne’s most talented musicians; Carmen Hendricks, Laurent Soupe, Duncan Kinell and Aaron Mendoza just to name a few. DJs keep the records spinning into the early hours; residents are Reg-e, Lee Davies, Kalepe, Dinesh, Suga, Rubz and Alwin Rafferty. Join us around a big, shiny disco ball or two, for free entry, soulful tunes, drink specials all night and a dance floor full of friends! Fashion Lounge, 121 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

RHYTHM-AL-ISM Start the weekend early with Fusion’s Resident DJs. Music for your funkin’ soul. Special guests every week! Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

FRIDAY27TH FAKTORY This is it. Faktory Fridays are open for business at Melbourne’s home of R&B, Khokolat Bar. Where else? Damion De Silva, Ken Walker, Durmy, K Dee, Simon Sez, Yaths and Jacqui Dusk spinning all night long. Khokolat Bar, Basement, 43 Hardware La, Melbourne

LIKE FRIDAYS Like Fridays at La Di Da serves up R&B and electro house across two rooms giving you a fun filled end to your week. DJs Dinesh, Dir-X, Sef, NYD, Shaun D, Shaggz, Broz and more. La Di Da, 577 Little Bourke St, Melbourne

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that R&B flavour of old, new and everything in between! RedLove Resident DJs Stel, Harvey Yeah, TMC and Ripz on the wheels of steel from 6.30pm. If you don’t know, now you know! Check it! Red Love, Level 1, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne

THE LOOSE GOOSE The Loose Goose is focused on providing a wonderful array of cocktails and offers a great CBD location to lounge and relax in while overlooking busy Flinders Lane. A small plates menu is available to graze on whilst trying our delicious cocktails from the classics to contemporary, beer on tap and a wide range of beers, wines and spirits. Every Friday evening DJ Jumps of The Cat Empire will take to the decks at the bar spinning his rare afro Latin funk vinyl collected from around the world from 6.30pm until late. Papa Goose Cocktail Bar, 91-93 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

SWEET NOTHING FRIDAYS DJ Marcus Knight and DJ Xander James spin hip hop, R&B and house tunes all night from 8pm. Free entry and early drink specials. Temperance Hotel, 426 Chapel St, South Yarra

THE NICE UP Tom Showtime presents The Nice Up. All flavours of hip hop, ghetto funk and reggae niceness provided. Sailor Jerry nice up the cocktails, Dos Blockos nice up the $5 beers. Fridays done proper. George Lane Bar, 1 George Lane, St Kilda

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REDLOVE SATURDAYS RedLove Saturdays is all about solid classics from the ‘80s, ‘90s and into the ‘00s! Dropping beats of retro pop, disco classics, old school funk, and certainly some of that old school r&b and house to kick! RedLove Resident DJs Phil, HB Bear and Da Gato bringing down the house every Saturday night. If you’re looking for quality service, music to rock, sumptuous drinks and just a cold hard good time; look no further! Red Love, Level 1, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne

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HIP HOPPING: NO STOPPING It may be his second album, but rapidly-rising Sydney hip hop star Skryptcha considers Mindful to be his definitive work thus far, an album that truly announces his arrival to the world. The opening track Graduation comes stuffed with rollicking instrumental hooks and audacious rhymes, telling the story of where the young MC has been thus far, but also signalling his readiness to play with the big boys. “I’ve done so much already, but I think it’s all been a bit of an apprenticeship,” he says. “I really do feel like now, things have started to come together and feel a lot more complete. I’ve had a lot of ups and downs, but they’ve made me into the person I am now, the artist I am. I feel I’m worthy of being on that top level now as an artist. Above all, that song is really an explanation of all the things that have come together to get me to this point.” Skryptcha’s lyrics ruminate on the state of the world, as well as the place he occupies in it, with uncommon ease and honesty. On tracks like Work Out he lays the practicalities of his life bare, rhyming about the need to work a day job while pursuing a creative path. “I have been doing both for quite a few years now, and I did all throughout this album,” he says. “It’s a lot of work, man! It’s non-stop. You wake up before dawn and you go to work at one job, then you come home and straight away, you start work on the next.” There hasn’t been too much free time in Skryptcha’s life over the last two years or so, but now, with his album coming out, he’s able to pause for a minute and enjoy the fruits of his persistence. “It’s a good feeling to be able to come home with a clear head,” he says, “especially when you have gone through hard times and a lot of work.” Over the last couple of years Skryptcha has seen many of his friends move west to pursue jobs in the mines, and this experience made for one of the album’s more powerful tracks, The Sun. “I’ve got a whole bunch of mates who left chasing that dollar,” he explains. “At the time I wrote that song it was the peak of the mining tax battle. It was something that really struck a chord in me, seeing these few greedy people running the whole country, the CEOs of those big companies taking control of things.” He realised that behind all the politics and money and big business, there is actually a human element – a generation of young people whose lives are changed in all sorts of ways. “I just wanted to tell a bit of a story through the eyes of an average bloke who has gone to work in the mines to make a better future for his family,” he continues. “I was interested in

the way that political row would impact on the average person.” The rich, soulful sound of Mindful comes courtesy of producer Illmind, who produced the album in his Brooklyn studio. Working with him was something of a dream come true for Skryptcha. “There was a very particular sound I was looking for on this album,” he says, “which was a soul sound with a lot of heavy bass, and he’s really the king of that sound, with his crazy bass lines and really nice samples. I hit him up online, and he was happy to work with me, so I managed to plan a trip to see him as part of a visit to the States I did last year, which was awesome. I spent a bit of time with him in Brooklyn. It was really good to build a human relationship and not just be people who knew each other over the Internet.” Skryptcha only had a short time in Brooklyn, but still did his best to soak up all the borough has to offer. “I stayed there for a few nights, in a little hostel kind of thing in the Bushwick Projects,” he says. “From where I was, if you went a few hundred metres up into Bushwick, that maybe wouldn’t be the best place for a little Aussie fella to be, but around where I was, there was a really cool, arty vibe – there were little holein-the-wall bars and restaurants, really cool stuff.” The first night he was there, he went to a gig at the legendary and now defunct hip hop venue Southpaw. “I went along there to see Freddie Gibbs and Big Crit, who are two amazing artists. It was pretty sick just to be a spectator at a gig in Brooklyn.” Skryptcha didn’t get to perform in America while he was there, but hopes to do so in the future, insured by the Stateside success of acts like Bliss n Eso. “They have done big tours throughout the States,” he says, “touring with big US artists playing to big US crowds, not just Aussie expats, and they seem to be pretty positive about the whole thing. I’ve heard them talking about their experiences and they had great times – honestly, it sounds pretty doable. I don’t doubt that people like Bliss n Eso can compete on an international scale – their skills are top class, and as long as you’re bringing skills like that to the rest of the world, you’ll get respect, for sure.” Alasdair Duncan Skryptcha’s [AUS] Mindful is out on Friday July 27 through Obese. He launches it at The Workers Club on Saturday August 4.

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LIFELINES

INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS & GOSSIP

with Christie Eliezer * Stuﬀ for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm FEMALES DOMINATE UNDER-30 RICH LIST

Tour promoter KillRockStar Big Dog Entertainment has opened an oﬃce in Los Angeles. It will be run by Derek Johnson, who worked with Media Talent Group, Creative Artists Agency and Live Nation. In Oz, it’s brought Michael Panetta (Melodic Music Management) aboard as business development manager. Acts they toured recently included Sublime, Aqua, Showtek, Unwritten Law, Dead Kennedys, HED(pe) and Mickey Avalon.

* Michael Jackson was in debt of $500 million when he died, but his estate has almost paid them off by making $475 million since then. * Oz hip hop scene veterans Def Wish Cast warned on triple j that a rising breed of “Australian hip hop” acts see their music only for white fans. * Hollywood actor and singer Rick Springfield did an impromptu performance in a Boronia restaurant two weeks ago as a promise to its owner, the Knox Leader revealed. Apparently Springfield ate at the Cove Steakhouse Wine Bar And Grill at Alchester Village in January and told owner Jay Harrison he’d play there next time he was in town. Turned out he was back in Melbourne to see former Zoot colleague Darryl Cotton who is battling liver cancer. He got up and did Twist & Shout, Them’s Gloria and his own Jessie’s Girl. * Rai Thistlethwayte of Thirsty Merc relocated to LA some months back. * James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem has said that he still isn’t sure if breaking up the band last year was a ‘good decision’ but one that had to be done. * The mayor of Claremont, Perth, intends to take legal action against Big Day Out and Soundwave returning to the Showgrounds because they’ve previously disregarded noise levels.

DAVID JONES ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE AT COLLARTS

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Master drummer David Jones is appointed the inaugural artist-in-residence at Collarts. Apart from playing with John Farnham, Dragon, James Morrison, Tommy Emmanuel and Don Burrows, he leads orchestras in Australia and overseas. In his new role, he assists the development of advanced students, undertakes masterclasses, and runs workshops across a wide range of instruments and styles. Collarts has also introduced scholarships for music performance and music business. See collarts.edu.au/contactus. Collarts also has an Open Day on 25 August, 10am-2pm.

Castlemaine’s music venue operators and music community are battling against a proposal to introduce an 800-capacity entertainment venue for the centre of Castlemaine. It is funded by regional Victorian pokies operator The Maryborough Highland Society. They are challenging this at VCAT in August, arguing that it is a threat to original live music and touring in regional Victoria. David Stretch from Theatre Royal warns, “While I cannot imagine many (if any) of the artists we book at our venue would ever consider playing at this proposed pokies barn, this new venue will undoubtedly suck millions out of the local economy and seriously compromise the viability of not only our business but many businesses involved in an already challenging local hospitality and entertainment sector.” It’s not a case of being worried about competition either, Stretch emphasises, citing how the newly opened Bridge Hotel is doing wonders for the live music scene. Brendan Noonan from the Bridge Hotel agrees he welcomes competition but points out, “The proliferation of music and the arts enrich a community and strengthen the cultural fabric of a town. Poker machines on the other hand achieve exactly the opposite.” If you are a performer, promoter, manager or agent and won’t play the pokies in Castlemaine, email your support to davidstretch@ me.com.

Five of the Top 10 of Forbes’ Under 30 Rich List are female musicians. The list is topped by Taylor Swift, 22, whose fortune of US$57 million comes from sales of four per album, a $1 million price tag for each show and a range of endorsements. #2 was Justin Bieber whose $55 million fortune also swelled from his investments in start-up companies such as Stamped, Tinychat and Spotify. The rest of the list were Rihanna ($53m), Lady Gaga ($52m), Katy Perry ($45m), Adele ($35m), Kristen Stewart ($34.5m), Lil Wayne ($27m), Taylor Lautner ($26.5m) and Robert Pattinson ($26.5m).

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MELBOURNE NAMES IN UNSIGNED ONLY Melbourne names Skipping Girl Vinegar, Kate Vigo, Hunting Grounds and Jacob Butler were among ﬁnalists in the global Unsigned Only competition. Butler’s Mind Waltz and Skipping Girl’s You Can were in the AAA section, Vigo’s Wanna Run in adult contemporary and Hunting Ground’s In Colour in the rock category.

WANNA PLAY SCoRCHeR FeST? SCoRCHeR FeST showcases 40 bands over three stages, with 80% of the bill made up of local bands and the rest of touring acts. Acts can make up to $25 per ticket from the ticket promotion package which they purchase. Go to scorcherfest.com.au. The festival, now in its tenth year, hits Melbourne on Sunday December 9 at Noise Bar, Brunswick.

FUNDRAISER FOR GREEN LINE FOUNDATION Tex Perkins is headlining a fundraiser this week for the Thin Green Line Foundation – which he recently became ambassador for. The Melbourne charity (thingreenline.org. au) protects wildlife rangers and their families in the world’s conﬂict zones; over 1,000 died in the past ten years. Perkins was inspired to become involved with the Foundation after meeting Ugandan wildlife ranger John Makombo and showing him his gorilla tattoo. The fundraiser is on Friday July 27 at Fitzroy Town Hall with Nick Barker and 3RRR’s Max Crawdaddy. Raﬄe prizes include a backstage concert experience with Gotye, and a handcrafted guitar painted by indigenous artist Colin Wright and signed by Gotye, Led Zeppelin’s John Paul Jones, Crosby Stills And Nash, Wolfmother, Earth Wind & Fire, Trombone Shorty, Sublime With Rome and John Butler.

THINGS WE HEAR * Nicki Minaj tweeted she’s here in October … Coast FM in WA was so pissed off that Madonna decided not to extend her world tour to Australia in January (didn’t think she’d sell enough tickets) that it yanked her records off its playlist … we might still see drummer Travis Barker here with Blink 182 in February. He’s forcing himself to get over his fear of flying, and insists on using Qantas because it’s never crashed. * Three months after singer Tom Hartney quit, bass player Quang Dinh is also departing Little Red to focus on his new band Naked Bodies. * Country singer songwriter Beccy Cole announced on ABC TV’s Australian Story this week that she is gay. Cole, who has a 13-year-old son, realised it in 1999 when her marriage broke down.

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BRANSON TO BUY BACK VIRGIN? Richard Branson put his hand up to buy back Virgin Records, which he sold to EMI in 1992. There was much speculation that to calm European regulators that Universal’s US$1.9 billion buy-out of EMI merger will make it too powerful, Universal will shed some labels, including Virgin. Branson has picked Patrick Zelnik, head of French indie Naïve, to run it. Zelnik, co-president of Euro indie association IMPALA, stunned some in the indie sector by saying he approved of the Universal/EMI deal. But unsubstantiated reports late last week suggested that Universal had oﬀered to shed other indies as Chrysalis, Ensign and Sanctuary and help other indies pay to buy them.

FINALISTS FOR INDIGENOUS AWARDS Fast rising NE Arnhem Land band East Journey, Queensland’s The Medics, Troy Cassar-Daley and Busby Marou, NSW’s Last Kinection, NT’s Gurrumul Yunupingu and Shellie Morris, Melbourne’s The Black Arm Band and Darwin-born Sydney-based pop singer Jessica Mauboy are among the ﬁnalists in the National Indigenous Music Awards. These are held in Darwin next month. See nima. musicnt.com.au/ for full list.

SEMINAR #1: SETTING UP YOUR BUSINESS Woodside Better Business runs a seminar for artists and artist companies on how to set up your business. Juanita Pope and Rebecca Laubi will touch on sole traders vs. an incorporated entity, types of incorporated entities for proﬁts and non-proﬁts; Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR), Taxable Concession Charities (TCC) and other tax issues; and Case study examples of various structures for artists and arts organisations. It costs $20, is held on Friday July 27 at The Wheeler Centre, 176 Little Lonsdale Street, city (9.30am-11am). See writersvictoria.org.au for more info and to register.

SEMINAR #2: ACF ON DONATIONS AND TAX DEDUCTIBILITY The Australia Cultural Fund holds a free information session on Friday August 3. Eric Lilja, director of AbaF Victoria, will talk on tax deductibility and its implications, how to register to use the ACF, and tips for generating donations from individuals within existing networks. See abaf.org.au, seminar runs 2pm-4pm at Seminar Room 1, State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street.

FUNDING BOOST FOR FILM FESTIVAL The state government announced an additional $150,000 in funding for the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) to ensure it has “programming flexibility to show films in different formats across different venues,” said Minister for Innovation, Services and Small Business Louise Asher. The 2012 MIFF has also received $17,500 from the Coalition Government through Tourism Victoria’s Events Program to attract more visitors and showcase Melbourne as a leading screen culture and film capital. MIFF chair Claire Dobbin said as a direct consequence, this year’s festival line-up will feature over 35 films from Cannes, a significant increase on previous years. The festival runs from August 2-19, opening with the Australian premiere of The Sapphires which recently debuted at Cannes. The Sapphires tells the story of four female singers from a remote Aboriginal mission in Victoria who are offered their first real gig entertaining American troops in Vietnam.

UNFD SNARE IN HEARTS WAKE UNFD signed Byron Bay metalcore merchants In Hearts Wake and release their debut album Divination on August

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CROWDFUNDING: HOW TO WORK THE CROWD More music and arts folk are turning to crowdfunding platforms as a quick cost-effective way to fund their projects. Last year, almost $1.5 billion was pledged on platforms around the world. The Australia Council commissioned a pilot program and research on it. Caroline Vu of the Council’s philanthropy arm Artsupport and its digital content officer Elliott Bledsoe host a forum on how to run successful campaigns (target, pitching) and what to do if it goes wrong and findings of research by Queensland University of Technology Creative Industries. It’s on Wednesday August 1, State Library of Victoria, 5.307.30pm, register at crowdfunding-mel.eventbrite.com/

Thursday July 26 and Friday 27 with The Living Eyes and The Murlocs consecutively. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? If we knew the answer to that question we would be a lot more successful.

Now in its tenth year, Telstra’s Road To Discovery travels Australia from mid-August to October looking for unsigned acts. Years back it uncovered a shy 14-year-old from Darwin who won and went on to great success – Jessica Mauboy. Entries are for performers and songwriters (and a special one for acts who don’t travel). Full details: telstra.com/trtd.

Consumer watchdog Choice says that Australians pay 52% more than Americans for downloaded music and games, as well as computer software and hardware. Choice was making a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into IT Pricing and calling for fairer pricing. It says it discriminates against regional and low-income households. Choice dismisses arguments from retailers that local factors such as wages, rent and transport causes prices to go up: Choice sniﬀs that with iTunes, local companies have no overhead.

31. Recorded in Michigan, USA by Josh Schroeder, it features guest vocalists, it comes with a DVD featuring the Divination Diaries, the clip for their ﬁrst single Traveller (The Fool), and a Making Of feature which vocalist Jake Taylor wrote, directed and produced.

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Split: Black Eyed Peas’ DJ Poet and Melbourne model Lucy McIntosh after they got engaged two years ago. Marrying: Arctic Monkeys guitarist Jamie Cook and glamour model Katie Downes after he proposed. They met in 2006 at a party in Liverpool. Married: Robert Plant admitted he and U.S. country music singer Patty Griffin eloped to Texas last year. Hospitalised: DMX with concussion after losing control of a four wheeler riding down a hill outside his home in South Carolina. Ill: Bertie Blackman contracted tonsillitis, forcing the postponement of the launch of her album Pope Innocent X. Recovering: Passion Pit singer Michael Angelakos, who has bipolar disorder, forced the band to go off the road for a time to minimise ‘further disruptions’. Suing: Florida DJ Aubrey Davis – known as DJ Mixx — claims Usher took his half finished track Let’s Go, added lyrics and made it Hey Daddy off the Raymond V. Raymond album. Sued: Live singer Ed Kowalczyk by the rest of the band (or rather, the band’s company which holds their trademark) for using the name Live when he tours. In Court: an appeals court has questioned the death penalty of body builder John Riccardi who, 30 years ago, killed guitarist Dave Navarro’s mother, his girlfriend, in a jealous rage. In Court: New York clothing designer Dwayne Walker wants $7 million from Jay-Z in unpaid royalties for designing their Roc-A-Fella label logo. Died: Motown studio musician and Funk Bros bassist Bob Babbitt, brain cancer. He played on bass on Stevie Wonder’s Signed, Sealed, Delivered, The Temptations’ Ball Of Confusion, Inner City Blues by Marvin Gaye and Edwin Starr’s War among many others. Died: U.S. pioneering female country singer Kitty Wells, 92. Died: Kyle Glover, 11, stepson of singer Usher, from injuries received in a jetski accident. His mother Tameka Foster was married to Usher.

Describe the best gig you have ever played. In Cologne Germany, the party was pumpin’ and the owner kept pouring vodka down our throats. Just fun being well-received in another land. Deﬁne your genre in ﬁve words or less: ROCK AND AND AND ROLL. What do you hate about the music industry? Mostly the music and all sketchy business men. If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why? Paul McCartney for his part in Day In The Life. When’s the gig and with who? Our new single launch is at The Grace Darling on

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If someone made a movie about your life, who would play you? Jake: Vincent Schiavelli Daﬀ: Rowan Atkinson Wishy: Tom Cruise Nick: Corey Feldman Zak: Owen Wilson What advice would you give to bands that are new on the Melbourne music scene? Life Stinks. Try The Kinks.

DON WALKER BY PATRICK EMERY

Throughout his songwriting career with Cold Chisel, Catfish and with Tex, Don and Charlie, Don Walker has written some of the most incisive social commentary in Australian musical history. Whether it’s casting a wistful glance across the colourful characters of Australian country life, or pondering the tension between community and emotional solitude in the big city, Walker’s songs bring to life multiple facets of the Australian sociological matrix. Yet Walker bristles at the suggestion that he’s anything close to a social scientist. “I’m definitely not a social scientist,” Walker says in his typically dry manner. “I think that is a contradiction in terms. Who was it that said that ‘social’ is a weasel word that sucks the life out of everything around it?” Walker grew up in Armidale in regional New South Wales. After embarking on a science degree, Walker headed to the relative big smoke of Adelaide, where he found employment in the Weapons Research Establishment, north-east of the city. “I worked at WRE all through 1973, then I went back up to Armidale, and then worked through 1975,” Walker says. Walker’s memories of Adelaide are fond, albeit distant. “My memories of Adelaide are great concerning the city and the people I met,” he says. It was bigger than where I’d lived previously, and it was quite prosperous at the time.” WRE was located in Salisbury, a relatively short drive to the satellite city of Elizabeth, where English migrants Jim Barnes and Steve Prestwich had settled. “I was eating my lunch where Jim and Steve were living,” Walker says. While WRE provided gainful employment, Walker wasn’t interested in a career in the defence industries. “I enjoyed it, but there wasn’t much future in what I was doing,” he says. “My whole brain was consumed by music, although I didn’t really know what I was going to do with it.” In Cold Chisel’s classic song Khe Sanh Walker narrates the story of a friend called up for duty in the Vietnam War; Walker himself managed to avoid conscription. “I was at uni at that time,” he says. “I wouldn’t have been called up because I’m born on the 29th of November, but the marbles that were pulled out were 28th and 30th of November. And then Gough Whitlam came to power, and he and Lance Barnard stopped conscription, so for a whole raft of reasons I didn’t get called up.” Having met up with the other members of Cold

Chisel – including, in the band’s original tenure bass player Les Kaczmarek, subsequently replaced by Phil Small – Walker and his band mates cut their teeth at the Largs Pier Hotel in Adelaide’s western suburbs. “I haven’t been back there for a long time,” Walker says, “but I’ve been told that where we used to play is no longer there.” Realising that Adelaide was never going to pay dividends in the longer term, Chisel headed east to Melbourne, where the band spent a largely fruitless period in the first half of 1976. “It was pretty bleak in Melbourne because we didn’t have any money,” Walker says. “The Melbourne music industry was tightly controlled. They ran a tape over us, and decided we weren’t going to make it.” In spring of 1976 Chisel drove north up the Hume Highway and settled in Kings Cross. “Sydney is a bleaker place in some respects because it doesn’t have the same social knit as Melbourne,” Walker says. “But Sydney was the first place where we got people in the industry who liked us.” Walker was already writing much of the material that would form the basis of Cold Chisel’s canon. Tracks such as One Long Day, Home And Brokenhearted and Standing On The Outside suggest a persona struggling to integrate in the hustle and bustle of the big city. While Walker was a country boy, his band mates were also exiles – Barnes and Prestwich from England, and Ian Moss from Alice Springs. “Those songs were very much me, but also the other guys in the band – I just happened to be writing it,” Walker says. “But by the time Cold Chisel formed I’d definitely been floating around for a bit.” After Chisel broke up for the first time in 1983, Walker floated around a bit more, eventually forming Catfish (which itself graduated into a straight solo career). In the early ‘90s Walker teamed up with Tex Perkins and

Charlie Owen in Tex, Don and Charlie. Walker admits it took a while for him to find his artistic niche after Chisel’s demise. “For me, somewhere in my early 40s I started to take charge a bit,” he says. “Up ‘til then I was under this ‘this must be what happens next’ type of impression’, so I decided to leave that behind.” A few years ago Walker wrote his critically acclaimed novel-cum-memoir Shots, a collection of personal memories stretching from his childhood through to his days on the road. Walker says he’s not a people watcher, but it’s clear he takes the time to observe acutely what’s around him. “The thing I’d like most to do is to write a fiction work, but so far I haven’t had the time,” Walker says. “But I’m now coming to a clear spot, so maybe I’ll get around to it.” While Walker would be happy to be played more often on radio, he’s not worried about being a

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comparatively anonymous character on the streets. “My anonymity is intact, and I’m grateful for that,” Walker says. “I do know a lot of famous people, like Jim [Barnes], who handle fame very well. Jim can’t walk ten metres down the mall without five people coming up to him for a chat. He handles that very well – but I wouldn’t,” Walker says.

The legendary DON WALKER brings the Nightfishing tour to The Northcote Social Club on Thursday July 26, The Caravan Club in Oakleigh on Friday July 27 and Stones Of The Yarra Valley on Saturday July 28, performing some old and new songs with his band The Suave Fucks.

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BONNIWELLS

BY PATRICK EMERY

Marck Dean, guitarist, vocalist and principal songwriter with local band Bonniwells claims most of his compositions stem from his daily contemplations of “everyday situations”. “A lot of them are time travel ideas,” Dean says, “especially introspective time travel.” Notwithstanding suggestions to the contrary in the band’s press release, Dean says there’s not a lot of your average musings on the whims of the opposite sex. “None of them are about girls,” Dean says. There is, however, a clear exception to that assertion. Ms Anderson tells the story of a 104-year-old lady Dean met while returning to his hometown in New Zealand. “Ms Anderson was this lady I met when I went back in April last year,” Dean says. “She lived next to my friend’s grandparents. She was 104 then, and she’s 105 now, and she’s super independent, with a mind like someone who’s in their 70s. She’s super inspiring, so I wrote that song about her in about ten minutes. That’s the only song on the album about a girl – well, a lady,” Dean laughs. The genesis of Bonniwells lies a few years ago, when Dean recorded of a bunch of demo tracks on cassette and showed them to potentially interested collaborators. “I did these super lo-fi recordings and sent them to friends,” Dean says. “I met John [Waddell], our bass player through that, and I met Zac Olsen through The Frowning Clouds, who I’d been following for a while around town.” Dean had been playing in bands of sort for some years, having formed his first band at the age of ten. “My first band was playing Hendrix covers, and then it evolved into this thrash metal band called Abattoir,” Dean says. Having traded thrash for lo-fi garage punk, Bonniwells played its first gig in 2009 supporting the Ooga Boogas. “We started off just playing my songs, but then after a few months we all started coming up with the general idea of the sound we

wanted,” Dean says. “Although that’s a lot different to how Bonniwells sound now.” With the band adopting a more collaborative songwriting style – “John chucks in the really hard songs that take us a while to learn,” Dean quips – Bonniwells gradually put together sufficient material to record an album. Their debut album, Unprofitable Servant, was released in 2010 to critical, if not commensurate popular, acclaim. With Dean churning out “about three songs a week,” Bonniwells’ catalogue grew out at a rapid rate. Earlier this year Bonniwells bunkered down in Dean’s house, and in the Sydney residence of Owen Penglis (Straight Arrows) to record Bonniwells’ second album. “We recorded about 20 to 25 songs, and then we whittled them down to what’s ended up on the record,” Dean says. While a home recording might have raised the ire of more sedate neighbours, Dean was lucky enough to have a musician as a neighbour, who had no interest in complaining about the noise from the home studio. “He’s super considerate because he’s a musician,” Dean says. “And he’s also got a super loud dog!” The resulting product, Sneeze Weed, exhibits a rough and ready production style that Dean says was entirely intentional. “We wanted to keep it really raw and honest,” he says. “We wanted it to be lo-fi noisy and loud; we wanted

that total live sound that was like we’d been playing live for a while.” The album took its title from a wild flower often used in herbal teas. “It’s definitely not a drug reference,” Dean says, before I go down the obvious inquisitive path. “Sneeze weed is a type of flower, a bit like camomile, and it grows wild, and you can use it in teas for a calming effect.” And Dean can testify to the flower’s meditative effect when brewed up. “Yeah, I’ve tried it – it’s great!” he says enthusiastically. The cover art for Sneeze Weed – which features the band members pegged to a suburban Hill’s Hoist – however, doesn’t look anything at all like a calming event. “I think that it was Zac who came up with the clothes line idea,” Dean says. “He suggested it, and we decided to go with it – Zac has some great ideas.” Beyond the forthcoming album tour, Dean is keen for Bonniwells to develop its musical direction. “I feel that after we tour this record I want to take the band in a different direction,” Dean says. “I wanted to do a garage punk record, and we’ve done that, so now I want to do something different, a bit more mellow, with stronger compositions. I’d like to do more acoustic pop songs – maybe some wussy pop

songs, some psych pop songs, a bit more dynamic” he says. In a town like Melbourne, where quality rock’n’roll bands can be found on just about any corner, it’s difficult for a new band to stand out from the crowd – something that Dean finds frustrating. “I feel like with the band, we’re a bit like the runt of the litter, if that makes any sense,” Dean says. “I feel we’re overlooked, but I don’t know why. I’d like to move the band overseas, maybe to Europe or the United States – I’d like to go to Portland.” So is there a particular band Bonniwells would like to emulate in its evolution? Dean pauses before answering. “If I wanted to say a groove that we wanted to emulate, then off the top of my head it’d be Wire – the second and third albums,” Dean says. “And there’s also a great girl group of the ‘60s, The Pleasure Seekers – I take a lot of inspiration from them.”

put the best ones on the record. It might have started as a concept record, but I just use the best songs in the end. There’s not much point having a concept if the songs are boring. This one I’ve tried to be a bit looser.” “I’ve been in Brunswick working in a mudbrick studio with a friend. It’s super casual, the band’s been playing together for a couple of years now. I put the band together after the last record – the songs were already demoed. But this record, we became a live band and just played a lot. We went in and had a series of jams. I was making an effort not to think about the industry – or money – or anything boring like that. I used some of those jams – the band didn’t even know. We’d just make some stuff up, or I had an idea and turned it into a song. They thought it was just a rehearsal, but I sneakily overdubbed a bunch of shit on it,” he grins. “I’d play the band the songs and they’d ask ‘did I play on that?’ That’s been kind of fun, we’ve got a good krautrock

song, a more Curtis Mayfield tune, then more of a spastic Alex Chilton vibe, loose ‘70s space rock, and that Roxy Music sort of sound. It’s pretty diverse again.” You can expect the new record to reflect the eclectic nature of its writing and recording process, which has pinballed from across the globe. “Last year I had a few weeks in London during the riots, and we wrote a bunch of songs. So it’s a real mix of stuff that we wrote on a computer in Dalston while people were burning buildings underneath us, plus these hippy collective krautrock jams we made in Brunswick,” Dan laughs. “It’s definitely not a super-industry orientated record, which I’m really happy about.”

think about this thing that we’ve been doing for 20 years.” It’s remarkable that any band can survive for two decades, let alone stay relevant. Frenzal Rhomb have not only managed this but remarkably, their fan base seems to be forever increasing, evident in the overwhelmingly positive reception their last record received. “I’ve been pleasantly surprised,” admits Whalley. “With a band like us that’s been around for a long time you do get that kind of nostalgia aspect to our shows. But it’s been really good, people actually give a shit about the songs and want to hear them as well.” Having been a part of Australia’s punk rock scene for such a long period of time, Frenzal Rhomb have certainly seen their fair share of bands, venues and trends come and go. Yet Whalley is adamant that today’s scene is just as healthy and vibrant as it was all those years ago in the early ‘90s, when Frenzal first burst on to the stage. “I play in another band called the Chinese Burns Unit and we kind of do lots of shows in record shops and parties and stuff,” he says. “And there just seems to be stacks of bands at that level

just having a great time and putting out seven inches and yeah, it seems pretty healthy to me.” It’s fair to say that there haven’t been many sections of the community that have escaped the frontman’s lyrical tirade over the years; with politicians, celebrities and junkies all copping a decent spray. Despite the ground already covered, when it comes to writing songs the singer is never short of material. “One of those window washers came up and he was kind of homeless and looked like he had scabs on his face and stuff and he came over to the car,” he recalls. “And I was like ‘oh nah’ and sort of shook my hand but he started doing it anyway, washing the window. So I went ‘alright mate,’ wound the window down got out my two dollars and I was about to give it to him and he goes ‘No way mate. Your band changed my life.’”

BONNIWELLS launch Sneeze Weed at The Tote on Saturday July 28. The album is out now via Z-Man Records.

DAN KELLY’S DREAM BAND

BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

There would be few experiencing a month as busy as Dan Kelly this July. Currently wrapping up duties on his rather famous uncle’s 26th studio record, Dan is then taking to the newly reopened Ding Dong Lounge to perform with his Dream Band for their first headline show of 2012 before he heads back to London to mix the follow-up to 2010’s acclaimed Dan Kelly’s Dream. On the way to wrap up studio work on Paul’s record, Dan accommodates us within the eye of his current musical storm. “Well this has been the fourth record I’ve done with Paul,” Dan says of the creative bond which started with 2004’s Ways & Means. “He’s always open to what the people he’s working with have to say – we’ve co-written some of the songs. He knows what he wants, but he doesn’t really have session musicians,” Dan explains. “He values musicians’ opinions. It’s definitely a Paul Kelly record, it’s not trying to meld our two styles. But you would probably find my personality in there if you knew what you were looking for.” Immediately after wrapping up duties on the Paul Kelly record, Dan will jet back to London to continue work on his own record. With his prior release resoundingly sonically uninhibited, Dan’s unclear whether this record will continue down that path. “It’s hard to tell at the moment, it depends on how I mix it. Hopefully not as sprawling, informationoverloading as the last one,” he smiles. “It’s pretty diverse, but I think I still need to write a few hit singles for this one. So I’ll probably mix the guts of it and then come back to write a couple more tracks. Now I’ve got an idea of what it’s sort of sounding like, then you can go back and tailor a few songs to kind of finish it.”

It’s hard to define what a hit single is in this day and age. Dan has received a fairly strong presence on triple j and community radio throughout his career – not that such a reception constitutes a hit single. “I just think of a song that’s kind of catchy, one that kind of distils the ideas into something more understandable,” Dan examines. “I’m not thinking too hard about who is going to be into it. It’s that right combination of simplicity and hook-iness. I really like the songs I’ve written so far, but I could probably top it off. I have a bit of a plan that just hasn’t become a reality yet. “ Each record Dan has released, from the first two Alpha Males records to Dan Kelly’s Dream avoid adhering to a clearly defined genre. “The three records I’ve done, and the EP, I’ve pretty much altered my thing pretty radically,” he assesses. “The first one was very rock ‘n’ roll, the second one was this tropicalia-indie thing, then the last record was just full on plus the kitchen sink. They’re all driven by the narrative of what’s going on in my head – I suppose that’s a really obvious thing to say. But they’re not tailored to a specific style. I seem to work from a general theme and come up with songs that are loosely related, then I just

DAN KELLY’S DREAM BAND perform with support from Courtney Barnett and Fraser A. Gorman at Ding Dong Lounge this Friday July 27.

FRENZAL RHOMB

BY JAMES W NICOLI

“We played a show on the Sunshine Coast and we had all the emergency services represented after the show. We had police, fire and ambulance all turn up for various incidents that happened. We tend to draw out these people out of the woodwork,” says enigmatic front man Jay Whalley, speaking down the line from Sydney. Infamous for their chaotic live shows and crazy fans, it seems time has not wearied legendary punk rock outfit Frenzal Rhomb, nor Whalley’s ever-cheeky disposition as we discuss the reincarnation of one of Australia’s most loved punk rock bands. Having just completed a run of regional shows, and on the eve of an upcoming national tour, it seems the band have already left a trail of destruction behind them. “We played a show on the Gold Coast and I was sitting backstage before we went on watching a show on my laptop with my headphones on,” says Whalley, “And someone kicked the band room door in, ran in and tried to steal the shoes off my feet. I said ‘What are you fucking doing you idiot?’ He goes ‘Ah, my mate had a bet that like, I could take your shoes’. While we were playing they were serving glass, which was probably not smart, so there was broken glass everywhere and no crowd barrier or anything. It was just flying, there was broken glass everywhere. And people were stealing stuff from the stage, like pocketing tuners and stuff. The shows have been chaotic but yeah, entertaining.” Despite the fact that Frenzal Rhomb are now well and truly considered veterans of the scene, it certainly doesn’t mean their live shows are any less hectic. And with literally hundreds of songs in the back-catalogue, the guys are always willing to dig up some of the old classic and long forgotten tunes. “Usually on the first day of the tour I’ll write the set list without consulting anyone and then I’ll take a Beat Magazine Page 40

photo of it and then that’s what we’ll use for the next 100 shows,” jokes Whalley. “Occasionally we have a little bit of a fireside jam towards the end of the set. We’ll all sit around and discuss what old songs we remember and whatnot and we’ll have a bash at a few rarities.” A significant factor in Frenzal Rhomb’s longevity can be traced back to a couple of years ago and their decision to take some time off from the band to focus on other things. When they did reconvene, they headed off to Colorado to record with Descendants drummer Bill Stevenson. The result was Smoko At The Pet Food Factory, a record that marked a triumphant return for the band and saw the album debut at #14 on the ARIA charts. “It took us a long time to write the songs because if there’s one thing we always struggle with it’s music,” jokes Whalley. “So we wanted to make sure that all the songs were slightly above par. And I think also doing it overseas with Bill was a really good decision because it kind of took us all out of our environments and forced us into a place where we had to

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For all my whinging about bands who profess to break up and then reform, I must admit I’m always DESCENDENTS the chump that’s front and center when they ﬁnally do re-emerge. It was such a joy to see Blueline Medic and The Nation Blue this weekend. Though the bands themselves will probably insist they were rusty (how could they not be), the truth is they still sounded tight as hell, perhaps tighter than their contemporary peers. Blueline Medic’s three shows in particular really conﬁrmed what I had long expected. That they are an exceptionally good band that have yet to be outdone in terms of quality Australian songwriting. There’s something about their disparate tunes, angular guitars, unmistakable melodies and Donnie’s odd, occasionally strained vocals that combine to form what is absolutely the most underappreciated band in Australia. The Nation Blue reminded us once again that even the most overwhelming, brutish collection of noises can be masterfully morphed into cohesive and memorable tune-age. The temporary emergence of these two Aussie greats didn’t go unnoticed. We can only hope that their musicianship and sheer awesomeness inspired their more musically inclined fans to continue to create quality Australian music. More of that, I say. Melbourne hardcore band Outright have invited fans to pre-order their upcoming 7”, Dedication, online now. Catch with playing with Harms Way and Phantoms at Phoenix Youth Center this Sunday.

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GIG ALERT: SHOWDOWN AT THE CORNER The fourth instalment of Showdown At The Corner is on Friday August 3, featuring ten of Melbourne’s best live acts across the Corner’s two stages. Byron Bay expats Engine Three Seven break their six month hiatus with the launch of their new single. Other acts include Bellusira, The Khyber Belt, Sub Atari Knives, Moroccan Kings, Fisker, One, Kettlespider, The Fighting and Hotel On Mayfair.

STAND ALONE Ahead of their first Melbourne date we chatted with Sydney pub rockers Stand Alone and their drummer Mick “Shady” O’shea and bass player Stephen King. What have you been up to post-Rose Tattoo, Kingy? Not long after The Tatts, I hooked up with Engine room partner in crime Mick O’Shea and Slide player Mick Arnold (another Tatts’ stalwart), and we teamed up with our good friend Fester from Fester Fanatics. Unfortunately he fell ill and we never did get to play or ﬁnish the recording we were working on. I then went onto join Head Inc. Some of the guys were Melbourne-based and apart from our own shows, we also toured here with The Almighty, and did a four week stint in Europe. With a sizeable stint on the sidelines and dillydallying around, I decided to get together some mates and people I wanted to play with to create and play great pub rock music, that is now Stand Alone. What’s your sound about? As just mentioned, Stand Alone is a bunch of guys I have

• The Decline, The Bennies, Backyard Surgeons, Take Your Own at The Tote

FRIDAY JULY 27: • Waverley, Cola Wars, Strathmore at The Bendigo • Mudhoney, The Treatment at The Corner Hotel

SATURDAY JULY 28: • Harms Way, Phantoms, Term Four at Bang

All Shall Perish have successfully convinced their label Nuclear Blast not to sue their fans for illegally sharing their last album, This Is Where It Ends. The label have released a statement saying “To be able to recoup the investments we have made is crucial in order to produce new music and to survive in this business… [we] want people to be aware that peer-to-peer file sharing is illegal and hurts the bands and record companies they love. Nuclear Blast respects bands such as All Shall Perish that do not with to pursue file sharers.” British band Basement have confirmed that their forthcoming album Colourmekindness will be their last as they embark on an indefinite hiatus. “Due to a number of personal commitments, this record and these shows will be the last thing we do as a band for a very long time”.

UNFD have announced another addition to their expanding roster in Byron Bay’s In Hearts Wake. The label will release their new album Divination on Friday August 31. IHW are preparing the celebrate their signing by hitting the road with labelmates House Vs Hurricane and Dream On Dreamer this August. Melbourne’s Graft Vs Host have announced that they’ll call it a day next month saying “it’s time to put this screaming baby to bed”. The guys will say farewell on Friday August 3 at Gertrude’s Brown Couch. Full lineup to be revealed shortly. Melbourne’s Hawaiian Islands have returned with a new lineup and new music. The guys have a 5 track album teaser available for free. Happy Endings is released in late August. You can pre-order via their Bandcamp now.

• The Day Everything Became Nothing, Headless Death, The Downgoing at The Bendigo • Heavy Magazine Launch Party featuring Witchgrinder, Frankenbok, The Charge, Muscle Car at The Evelyn • Aitches, Sweet Teens, G Pop, Release The Hounds at The Reverence

SUNDAY JULY 29: • Harms Way, Phantoms, Frozen Over, Outright Distant Wreck at Phoenix Youth Center • Jamie Hay, Wil Wagner, Nick Van Breda, Jonny Driver Acoustic Show at The Gasometer

Ne Obliviscaris will heading the upcoming Progfest tour with Jericco this September. Catch these guys along with The Red Paintings, Circles, Branch Arterial, Quiet Child and more at The Espy on Saturday September 8.

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BLACK COUNTRY COMMUNION WRAPPING UP NEW ALBUM Black Country Communion - the supergroup featuring Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple, Iommi/Hughes, Black Sabbath), Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham (Led Zeppelin’s 2007 reunion show) and Derek Sherinian (Dream Theater, Planet X) are wrapping up work on their third album. “The album’s coming out great,” Bonamassa told me last week. “My bit is finished. It’s a fine, solid effort by a good dais of musicians! It certainly fills a niche. My favourite review was one of those English ‘too hip for the room’ magazines, who reviewed it poorly and said ‘These guys are living in the past, blah blah blah blah, made a record that sounds like 1972.’ And I go ‘That’s the whole point! We’re not trying to be the Arctic Monkeys! They already exist! We’re not trying to break bread with the young kids that are on the charts and happening. We offer an alternative to what’s on the radio. New songs done as if they were recorded as if they were recorded in 1972, done by musicians who play in that style.” Bonamassa brings his own blues-rock solo show to Australia soon, playing at the Palais Theatre on Thursday October 11

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KUNVUK PARTS WAYS WITH DRUMMER Groove metalsters Kunvuk have parted ways with drummer Virgile Coste and are seeking a replacement. “It is with a heavy heart that we have to farewell our friend and drummer Virgile Coste,” the band said on Facebook. “Due to visa issues he is being forced to return to his home country of France. This is extremely disappointing for all in the Kunvuk camp as he has been an integral part of our evolution. We wish him nothing but the best. He will be performing with us for our next three shows so come out and give him a massive Aussie send oﬀ. Obviously this leaves us with a vacant drum throne. Any interested drummers are encouraged to get in contact as soon as possible. We have tour commitments that we are aiming to keep, music videos to shoot and international tours to schedule. Our 2nd album Consume Rapture has just been released and we are only getting started with this sucker. Send applications to contact@kunvuk.com with a short bio and any examples you have of your playing style. We are looking forward to trying out all you crazy fuckers.”

played with on and off, and also guys that I thought would be good to play with. Pretty much no nonsense, in your face pub rock with a punkish flavour to it. Although it’s early days as far as the band is concerned, obviously we have all been around the block a few times, and at this early stage are gaining momentum. We are only some six gigs old and already headlining our own shows here in Sydney, and having a lot of fun. We take our music seriously, but have our feet firmly planted on the ground. You’ve put together a who’s who of tough pub rockers in Stand Alone. People want to know. Tell us a bit about each member: Mick “Shady” O’Shea – Drums/vocals. Mick has played with most of the who’s who of the Australian Music Industry. One of the biggest hitters around, has hit with Rose Tattoo, Billy Thorpe, Dragon, Choir Boy’s, Judge Mercy, Kevin Borich, Swanee and many more! Mick Arnold – Guitar/slide guitar/vocals. Mick is from the steel town south of Sydney and cut his teeth on many a band, Played in MotorHead concept band and also had a stint in Rose Tattoo. Pretty much says it all! Anthony “The Hoff” Hoffman – Guitar/vocals. Anthony is one hell of a player, again he has done the rounds in many a

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After firing Geoff Tate as their lead singer, Queensryche have been granted the right to continue using the name for now. Tate’s request for an injunction has been declined, so the band can call themselves Queensryche between now and the planned November 2013 court case. Tate has a solo album coming out via InsideOut Records later in the year, while Queensryche are writing for their next album and preparing for their first official show with new vocalist Todd La Torre of Crimson Glory. Todd played two shows with the band under the name Rising West prior to the announcement of the Tate split. Interestingly, the current lineup still includes guitarist Parker Lundgren, who was Tate’s son-in-law for a while but isn’t anymore. Follow Parker on Twitter at @parkerlundgren - he’s hilarious. Parker has been dropping hints as to the direction of the new material, describing one song as “a mix between Promised Land and Roads To Madness.”

Happy birthday to Slash, who turned 47 on Monday July 23. He plays Hisense Arena on Sunday August 26 in support of his killer new album, Apocalyptic Love, with his band Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators.

GIG ALERT: FEAR FACTORY The mighty Fear Factory return to Australia in September in support of their new album, The Industrialist. If you haven’t checked it out yet, The Industrialist is what happens when you lock Burton C Bell, Dino Cazares and a computer in a room together. “Over the years we’ve used drum machines on certain songs and certain albums, and even though we’ve had live drummers we have edited the drums to be like a machine, and we’ve changed the sounds to machine sounds. So either way it would not have made a difference if we used live drums or not. Some people are kind of shocked by it, like they didn’t realise that’s part of our schtick. That’s who we are. It’s what we do!” Fear Factory are at The Hi-Fi on Friday September 28. band. One of the most musical guitar shredders around. He last played with Mortal Sin before their demise. Damo – Vocals. Damo is an ex Canberra boy where he fronted many a punk band before moving to Sydney, and again played with some of Sydney’s best hard core punk bands. Hence the Punk Flavour that we have. Given the size of the band (every member is over 6’2”), does size matter? I suppose the band gets its big sound from our overall stature. The shortest guy is 6’ 2’’ in the old scale and the biggest around 6’ 5’’ and he is almost that across the shoulders as well! A venue here in Sydney requested us to play and once we saw the specs on the room and stage, we had to decline as our stature alone would fill the room beyond its capacity! This will be our first trip on a plane together, and we will have to be strategically placed on the plane to ensure the plane can level out properly! What can people expect from the band live at Cherry Bar? Pretty much from the first note it’s a wild rockin’ ride that is infectious and has everybody foot stompin’, headbangin’ and singing along and generally having a great time. It’s back to the old days of quality pub rock – just relentless!

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GIG ALERT: PROGFEST Progfest returns to The Espy on Saturday September 8. Last year’s event drew nearly a thousand people (with so many prog fans in Melbourne, how come the new Rush album didn’t even make the Australian top 100? Huh? HUH?). The lineup includes Jericco (launching their new single), Ne Obliviscaris, The Red Paintings, Circles, Branch Arterial, Chaos Divine, Mushroom Giant, Quiet Child, Glass Empire, A Lonely Crowd, This Is Your Captain Speaking, Okera, One, Teramaze, Toehider, Rainbird, Alithia, Jarek, Kettlespider, Bear The Mammoth, Glasfrosch and Harlequin. Presented by Welkin Entertainment and Pony Music. Doors open at 3:00pm. Tickets are $22 plus booking fee and are on sale from oztix.com.au, The Espy, Polyster Records (City & Fitzroy), Greville Records, Fist2Face or directly from the bands. GIG ALERT: AT THE GATES At The Gates have announced their ﬁrst ever Australian tour! They’ll hit Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth in October and November. They’re at Billboard on Friday November 2. Tickets from Ticketek, Moshtix, and Moshtix outlets including Polyester Records and Fist2Face. Feedback Send your news to crunchcolumn@gmail.com

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KOOYEH

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Kooyeh is an eight-piece reggae/soul/dub band based in Melbourne. Originally from the Blue Mountains in NSW, Kooyeh have spent the past two years reďŹ ning and honing their sound, to come up with a style that is forever moving forward, yet looks over its shoulder to respectfully wink at the past.Â Comprised of a four-piece rhythm section, a two-piece horn section and two backing vocalists, Kooyeh delivers a high energy show, steeped in heavyweight rolling reggae riddims, majestic horns and sweetened with breathtaking yet funky harmonies. You can check them out at Noise Bar, Brunswick on Friday July 27. Doors are at 8pm and entry is $5.

Don McGlashan is returning to Australia to perform an intimate solo show in Melbourne this weekend. One of New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best-known and beloved songwriters, Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s band, The Mutton Birds were so popular at home that they relocated to London for four years, signed to Virgin UK, and toured all over the world. Their third album, Envy Of Angels, made the UK Sunday Times Ten Best Albums list in 1997. Catch up with Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s solo show, and maybe try to encourage a Mutton Birds visit when he performs this Sunday July 29 at The ToďŹ&#x20AC; In Town. Tickets $20+bf from Moshtix. 8pm.

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Weekender is back at the all new Ding Dong Lounge every second Friday night from 11.30pm â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til 7am. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been nearly a year and the Weekender faithful have ďŹ&#x201A;ocked happily to venues around town and are geared up for a massive night at the renovated Ding Dong Lounge. For those who liked checking out great bands, Ding Dong will be putting on the best of the best and you can go and check out an act earlier, or chill in the brilliant front bar until Weekender kicks in. Weekender DJs will keep you dancing to top new indie tunes, and great retro favourites. $10 for the good times, baby.

While Melbourne freezes in its coldest winter in a while, The Bendigo Hotel will be red hot on Friday July 27.Â Say gâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;day to Strathmore. The band on after them have been recording their second album recently â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s anything like their ďŹ rst, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be hearing an amazing record very soon. The talented and debonair gentlemen, Cola Wars! Waverley released their debut album in February 2012, and have been writing and playing around town ever since. This will be Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last gig for a while, so make sure youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re there to give him a big old man (or preferably lady) hug. Bring your mates.

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THE VAUDEVILLE SMASH The Vaudeville Smash take over The ToďŹ&#x20AC; In Town on Saturday July 28 with the support of their friends, Brightly. This will be the last time youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be able to catch TVS before the big launch in late September. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be huge so you should probably head on down to shake your tail feather.

KERRYN FIELDS AND HER MEN FOLK

POP SINGLES All Gone is the much anticipated debut LP by Melbourne based trio Pop Singles. The band draw similarities with the melodic post punk of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s (The TriďŹ&#x192;ds, Husker Du, Sad Lovers & Giants) as well as inspiration from local pop luminaries Popolice and Dane CertiďŹ cate. The production of All Gone is assured and composed, encompassing the polished sound of the groups earlier EP and 7â&#x20AC;? with the jangly, raw feel of their cassette releases and live shows. A record revealing inner tension, hope and hopelessness: Pop Singles have made a familiar and aďŹ&#x20AC;ecting debut. You can check out our review of it on Albums this week. They launch their baby at The Tote this Friday July 27 with support from Dane CertiďŹ cate, Constant Light and The Enclosures.

Melting Pot is back at The John Curtin band room this Thursday July 26 with another cracking line-up of talent. Alongside Kerryn Fields and her soulful blues tinged tunes will be Sinister Minister and Big Winter. Tickets available at the door.

THE GENTLEMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CLUB The Gentlemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club is happening again with Guerre (Syd), Namine and The Menstrual Cycle all performing for free. The Gentlemanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club will use the night to release their second CD-R featuring the bands on the bill and artwork by Grant Gronewold (Brothers Hand Mirror). Good day. Entry is free, CD-R is $5 and attendance is compulsory.Â Thursday July 26, Bar Open.

Go and witness the ball-tearing horror and downright grooving heaviness that is The Day Everything Became Nothing. This Saturday July 28 at The Bendigo. Featuring Tony Forde from the infamous Blood Duster on doomladen pitch-shifting fury. This is their ďŹ rst show for the year, so they are ready to explode. Headless Death bring their grindy thrash to the plate and everyone takes notice. Joining them are fast-as-hell two-piece Sydneysiders making their ďŹ rst ever journey to Mexico, The Downgoing.

THE NAXALITES The Naxalites launch their gritty psych-rock EP Black Skull Death Cult at Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Friday July 27. They will be playing the EPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s blazed out tunes of revolution, strange trips to lost German colonies in South America, sinister cults, and redemption. Support comes from Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pony Face, a band who recall all those â&#x20AC;&#x153;fuzzyâ&#x20AC;? bands from the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;90s that you used to blow your tiny mind when they appeared late at night on Rage (think: Sparklehorse, The Dambuilders Â and Luscious Jackson). The Quivers also bring their brand of tripped out revered drenched shoegaze for what will be a night of epic guitar rock.

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THE MURLOCS The blissed out, driving rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll of The Murlocs can be heard tonight at Cherry Bar. Fresh from supporting the likes of Wavves and King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, these boys are the business. Support from Sam Cooper and the Buckled Crew, and guess what else? This little gem is free. Shake those mid-week blues at Cherry Bar tonight!

THE MERCY KILLS The Mercy Kills are a four-piece rock band from Melbourne. This two girl, two guy outďŹ t kick out a triple vocal attack with strong hooks and street tough sounds. TMK are currently blasting their way across stages gathering loyal fans with their raw energy and killer songs. Their next Melbourne show is at Cherry Bar in AC/DC Lane on Friday July 27 with Kill Shot and Beggarman. Doors at 8pm.

ANIMAUX Make sure youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re down at the one and only Evelyn Hotel on all ďŹ ve Mondays (yes, ďŹ ve) in July to dance away those winter blues with Animaux. With a monthâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth of shows boasting line-ups featuring some of the hottest young talent in the country, let alone Melbourne, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d be crazy to miss a single week! 8.30pm.

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Catch Release groove with a darker sense of space and a compositional complexity that is both unique and challenging. The songs are coloured by the often cinematic sound of French horn, violin, organ, percussion and a unique style of beat boxing. Having just emerged from Sing Sing studios they are keen to push new track from their ﬁrst oﬃcial EP. Support comes from a surprise entry, not known by them nor us…oh, the mystery!. Catch them at the Great Britain Hotel, Thursday July 26, 8pm sharp. Free entry

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DAN BRODIE & THE GRIEVING WIDOWS Dan Brodie & the Grieving Widows play their ﬁrst show in ages and last show before they head oﬀ to Europe on tour. It will also be the vinyl LP Launch of their acclaimed album My Friend The Murderer out on French label, BeaSt Records. The fun happens at Yah Yah’s on Saturday July28 with very special guests Saint Jude, Merri Creek Pickers and Molly Jean Morrison.

PAPA CHANGO Oﬀ the back of their sold out launch for The Matador and PBSFM album of the week, everyone’s favourite Afro-funkers Papa Chango play a Saturday night residency in July at Bar Open. The nine-piece afro-funk collective storm back onto the scene to present a solid month of serious danceﬂoor demolition. Partnering up with very special guests, fellow afro-funk merchants The Afrobiotics and cumbia-reggae juggernaught Madre Monte. All other shows will be two sets from the Papa. Papa Chango lay it on you every Saturday in July. Always funky and always free! Doors open at 10pm.

HAYDEN CALNIN Monday July 30 marks the final residency show for Melbourne singer songwriter Hayden Calnin. One of Melbourne’s best new talents, Hayden has spent Mondays in July showcasing his self produced storytelling folk music. The 22-year-old has been likened to Bon Iver and James Blake on the release of his new EP City. Hayden’s heartfelt voice offers a range that walks a steady pace from sweet, tip toeing falsettos to warm and husky lower ranges. Don’t miss the last opportunity to hear Hayden’s almost other -worldly vocals dance sincerely over folk/electro soundscapes at The Toff on Monday July 30, doors open 7pm. Tickets $7 with special guests Manor.

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ESTHER HOLT

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Melbourne-based folk pop chanteuse Esther Holt writes songs which are melodic, catchy and honest. In preparation of her debut EP release, Esther Holt and her band will be taking over Wednesdays in July with a sling of great supports. Tune in for an awesome winter's night out. The Evelyn Hotel, tonight.

Massive have arrived. The four-piece Melbourne rock and roll juggernaut formed for one reason: to create high energy rock’n’roll that will get your blood pumping and leave you begging for more. After launching the band and the three-track single in late July they have one more Melbourne show before they take oﬀ to The United States for a promotional tour. Alongside Heaven The Axe, The Prophets Of Addiction, Arcane Saints and Three Time Thrill, catch them at The Espy on Friday July 27.

DON WALKER

ALISON FERRIER London-born singer songwriter Alison Ferrier will be performing from 4pm every Sunday in July in The Retreat Hotel front bar. She began her musical career in Melbourne playing acoustic guitar and ﬁddle with country duo The Wayward Fancies and then four-piece band The Hallrunners. She has recently released her debut solo album. Full of dreamily melodic waltzes, heartsick ballads and haunted blues, Sugar Baby is evocative of the timeless, romantic music of years gone by. She is joined by Tim Murphy on double bass and Matt Green on electric guitar and dobro. Also, it’s free.

The legendary Don Walker (Cold Chisel, Tex, Don & Charlie, Catﬁsh) will be heading out on the road again to tour the country performing some old and new songs with his band The Suave Fucks. Tales and songs, some old, some new. He hits the Northcote Social Club on Thursday July 26 and The Caravan Club in Oakleigh on Friday July 27. Tickets on sale now from the venue and Oztix.

HARTS Harts expands on bedroom formulated ideas by enlisting the help of two keyboardists and a drummer for some indie rock goodness, with a slice of electro dance. That’s a winning formula right there. Local upstarts THNKR and The Fox Party are donating their talent for the night too. Doors open at 7.30pm and tickets are $10. Tonight at The Toﬀ In Town.

The Ocean Party return with In A Knot, the ﬁrst single from their forthcoming sophomore album, Social Clubs (Vinyl LP out in October through Birds Love Fighting).To celebrate the release of In A Knot, The Ocean Party will play a Saturday front-bar residency at the Tote Hotel in Collingwood throughout July, joined by two guests each week. This week, Friday July 28 is with MSG and Wild Oats (Adel).

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COLD HARBOUR Two of Melbourne’s ﬁnest bands team up and are getting set for a big night of rock’n’roll at Richmond’s Great Britain Hotel on Saturday July 28. Catch Cold Harbour, who were well known for tearing up the GB in the ‘90s as grunge kings Scourge. They team up with The Patron Saints featuring Billy Pommer Jr from The Johnnys on drums and Kim Volkman of X on guitar. 9pm, free entry.

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DANDELION WINE Dandelion Wine wrap up their month long acoustic residency at the Victoria Hotel Brunswick from 3-5pm this Saturday July 28. The very next day they jump on a plane to head back to Europe for a series of acoustic shows in Germany, Estonia and Switzerland to celebrate the tenth anniversary of their ﬁrst European tour. So this is your last chance to catch their exotic array of obscure string instruments before they head oﬀ to play historic manor houses, dishevelled clubs, former Communist sports halls and open air festivals in the mountains.

The Drooling Mouths Of Memphis are manic up-and-comers whose take on country music incorporates inﬂuences oscillating from melodic jazz to spooky blues. With their eclectic musicianship tied with vivid narratives, the Drooling Mouths deliver refreshing originality. Tonight from 8pm, $5 entry. Support from Mustered Courage and The Wild Comforts.

GUITAR GALLERY BLUEGRASS SESSIONS That’s right folks! Every Monday night in every month bring yer banjo, mandolin, washboard, fiddle, flatmate and join in the old-time bluegrass jam session. Or just come down and watch as The Old Bar get’s transformed to a scene from an Appalachian mountainside. A band plays first then the jam starts. 8.30pm start and it’s always free.

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THE 80 ACES The 80 Aces are ﬁnally launching their second EP titled Dollars, recorded and produced by award winning Australian producer Steve Schram (Little Red, San Cisco and Silverchair). The EP will be available to purchase on the night for $10. Sharing the stage with The 80 Aces will be Kashmere Club who have moved to Melbourne to live the rock’n’roll dream. They’re kicking ass and taking names. Zuzu Angel will also be descending from on high with their angelic old school rock and not to forget No Zebra, who will open the show. 9pm, this Saturday July 28 at Pony.

SHOWDOWN AT THE CORNER

BRAVO JULIET

Friday August 3 sees the fourth installment of Showdown At The Corner, featuring ten of Melbourne’s best live acts rocking out across The Corner Hotel’s two stages. This year sees Byron Bay expats Engine Three Seven headline the event, breaking their six month hiatus and launching their new single. Other acts on the lineup are Bellusira, The Khyber Belt, Sub Atari Knives, Moroccan Kings, Fisker, One, Kettlespider, The Fighting and Hotel On Mayfair. Tickets are just $16.50+bf from The Corner Hotel or online at cornerhotel.com. Doors open 6.30pm with Hotel On Mayfair kicking oﬀ the night at 7pm.

The wee hours of the morning is when we all want to have a good time – there’s no point getting deep and meaningful, that’s no way to party. So what better band to knock your top oﬀ than local pop-punk maestros Bravo Juliet? They’re fast becoming Pony favourites and you’ll see why if you stay up late and drop into Pony at 2am for all the pop-punk fury they’ll dish up for you, this Saturday July 28.

PRETTY STRANGERS Pretty Strangers sound like what they are; a talented group of Melburnians with a knack for hooks and a more-thancasual grasp of young adult ambivalence. Their songs tumble forth, all chiming guitars and gilded melodies, with propulsive rhythms that tug at the hips and the heart all at once. They’ve been hiding away in the studio for some time and are only popping out for this night. After that it’s back into the studio to punch out another amazing album. Catch them at the John Curtin band room this Saturday July 28.

DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY Dave Graney & The MistLY (aka The Lurid Yellow Mist) will be performing songs off their new album You’ve Been In My Mind at The Regal Ballroom on Saturday July 27 to finish the month long celebrations of the venue’s 100th Anniversary under its former name The Northcote Theatre. The band play short, whipsmart pop rock songs with lashings of ideas, flash, wit and bounce, and consist of Dave Graney on electric 12 string guitar and vocals, Stuart Perera on blazing left handed Rickenbacker, Clare Moore on drums and Stu Thomas on bass.

EDDIE JAMES AND THE PROWL This Sunday July 29, Eddie James And The Prowl take you back to a time when Sunday church wasn’t good enough to wash the guilty sweat marks off your best second-hand outfits borrowed, stolen or legally purchased for the night before. They strip it back to the bone, be warned. Hold onto your hearts, your heads, your fingers and your legs because Eddie James And The Prowl will leave you wanting and panting for so much more. Music from 8pm.

NAOMI BRAUN Get ready for new music by Naomi Braun, with the Launch of her new full length album Through The Devils Wood, a milkshake of soul, dub, hip hop, electro and spoken word. People often liken Naomi’s vocal abilities to that of Erykah Badu, Little Dragon, Portishead and Moloko, and the album has production styles akin to that of Massive Attack. She has created a style of music sure to get your hips swaying with juicy delicious beats. Naomi will be at The Toﬀ In Town Thursday July 26 with special guests Lotek. Tickets $10, doors 8pm.

SHAMEEM Soulful songstress Shameem, dubbed Australia’s answer to Alicia Keys and often compared to British chanteuse Sade, will be performing in Melbourne in July as part of her ﬁrst national tour. This young Perth artist has been turning heads in the music industry following the recent release of her debut self-titled album. Her latest credits include performing support sets for Ronan Keating and Belinda Carlisle before audiences in the thousands, and being invited to Toronto to perform at NXNE Festival 2012. Catch her at Bar 303 on Sunday July 29. 9pm, $10

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ELCASET Hailing from Melbourne but comprising two Englishmen and a West Australian, Elcaset’s alternative power-trio sound invokes the grunge-led riﬀs of Rival Schools, pithy vocal hooks of Biﬀy Clyro and powerpop cadence of Jimmy Eat World. Though they formed only recently in early 2012, Elcaset’s members are no rookies. As part of Failsafe, one was snapped up by Deck Cheese Records (The Living End’s UK home) while 14,000kms away, another toured with Gyroscope, Trial Kennedy and Birds of Tokyo in Perth’s Love You Not. They play The Victoria Hotel this Friday July 27 from 9pm, free entry.

THE TAYLOR PROJECT Country folk friends The Taylor Project and Running Away With The Circus will walk the line together again in a repeat of their very successful April show, this time at the beautiful Victoria Hotel, Brunswick, on Saturday July 28. The Taylor Project are known for their idiosyncratic and pub-ﬂavoured ballads veering between humour and pathos, with shows full of true stories, catchy tunes, skilled musicianship and the occasional “nerd folk” scientiﬁc factoid. Running Away With The Circus has put on some memorable shows, supporting local luminaries such Machine Translations, Ross McLennan, Single Twin, and Sarah McLeod. Charming front person and expert whistler Mark Campbell loves to sway, swig, grin and swing his way around any stage, framed by black clad horn section, cello and violin.

SQUAREHEAD Tonight at Bar Open: three fresh electronic acts from Melbourne will smash the musical sweet spot of sick beats and melodies throughout the night. The entertainment will start with Edarcy, spilling the right amount of ambience within the room. Then I/O will be bringing the level up a notch with dreamy sounds and sax solos that you won’t be able to resist. Finishing oﬀ the night will be Squarehead, whose only concern is blowing everyone’s mind to another world. A free mind blow? Yes please.

BJ MORRIZONKLE Canberra is home to a lot of boring strange things and also home to two particularly demented civil servant one-manbands. One of these guys is Bacon Cakes, the other, Bumface. These two jerks are running down the Hume to go head-tohead with Melbourne’s best one-man-bands: BJ Morriszonkle and Made For Chickens By Robots (Puta Madre Bros) All four idiots will battle out broken beats and ear-bleeding brainwash for one show only. Sunday July 29 at Bar Open, free!

BEN BYRNE Musikunst is a new gig happening on the last Saturday of every month in the basement of The Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. Doors open at 4pm, performances start at 4.30pm and entry is $5. This month features Ben Byrne and Cleaninglady. Ben Byrne’s solo performances ask listeners to find their own path as music constantly emerges from and disappears into a mess of signals, actions and noise. Cleaninglady is an improvised solo project by Stephen Richards. His live performances have spanned many different genres from ambient, sub bass excursions to brutal noise and instrumental set-ups including woodwinds, analog synths, effects pedals and an empty mixer.

BARB WATERS AND MOTHERS OF PEARL

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Barb Waters And The Mothers of Pearl will play Sundays in July at the Retreat Hotel. Deftly supported by a host of great Melbourne bands, Barb and the Mothers will play tunes from Barb’s several albums, including those inspired by her country beginnings, to reveal the heart of one of Australia’s ﬁnest singersongwriters. 7pm, free.

JUDGE PINO AND THE RULING MOTIONS This Friday July 27, Bar Open is bringing you the grooves from local staple Judge Pino. Specialising in vintage Jamaican sounds of the ‘70s, these men are here to move you and groove you. Doors at 10pm and this bad boy is free.

CARUS THOMPSON

STEPH BRETT AND THE SUGAR FED LEOPARDS The Sugar Fed Leopards mix old time arrangements, R&B and sweet doo wop harmonies, while exploring the rough urban sprawl of original songwriting. Carrie Webster comes from a classical background and plays a ﬂaming violin and a pair of congas, Dave Bramble plays percussive and sensual double bass and sings like Roy Orbison, all rounder Paul Dornau dons an accordion, a xylophone, a stinging electric guitar and an egg shaker. These musicians join songwriter Steph Brett on guitar and vocals to play songs from her recording Blue Shining Star and then make other music to entertain you this Sunday July 29 at Richmond’s Great Britain Hotel, 8pm.

After more than a decade of touring, recording and performing, Carus Thompson is a veteran on the Australian live music, singer songwriter landscape. Carus will be performing at The Retreat Hotel every Thursday in July as part of his tour for his latest release, Acoustic At The Norfolk Volume II. Thompson is relishing settling back into his beloved, adopted home town of Melbourne, and it ﬁnally gives him a chance to play in venues like The Retreat. 9pm start and best of all, it’s free.

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RELAX WITH MAX Relax With Max are a Melbourne institution and are bringing their unique blend of funk and Afro-beat back to the Espy. Playing to capacity houses on the north side of town, this 12-piece band, led by entertaining frontman Max Vella, know how to get a groove on. The best players from some of the most popular bands in town are part of this powerful outﬁt. The four-piece horns and thumping rhythm section with African percussion makes for an ‘old school’ funky good time. They will join Espy favourites The Dale Ryder Band and Bad Boys Batucada in the front bar every Sunday in July.

KHS BLUES BAND Every Friday in July the Balaclava Hotel will host the KHS Blues Band. Three sets of psychedelic grooves, jumpin’ rhythms and plenty of good vibrations in the lounge bar. Tunes from 8pm with a special guest support each week.

BEYONDBLUE FUNDRAISER The Doghouse Music Roadshow is proud to be supporting BeyondBlue, a national depression and anxiety initiative. The Roadshow has pulled together ten of its favourite Melbourne bands to provide a day of music at The Tote. Bands that will be donating their time are River Of Snakes, The Vagrants, Cold Harbour, Rob Jones and The Melancholic Anonymous, Diana’s Bow, The Loveles, The General, The Jimmy Deadman Communinion and Drew Harrison. Head to The Tote on Sunday August 5 at 1pm for some great music and an even greater cause. $10 entry and all money goes to BeyondBlue.

What do you love about making music? I love being in touch with my intuitive creative side and I love the process of bringing things from my subconscious into the world. It’s still very much a magic process for me even after studying music formally. I also love that music communicates directly from the emotions to the emotions. I always loved having deep and meaningfuls when I was growing up, or heart-to-hearts with my close friends. I still do, and when I play with my band COZMIC I really get a sense that we are communicating with each other in a deep way. When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/single/ etc? The album is out now through iTunes and CD, baby. It’s also available at Greville St Records. But you should be able to order it through any record store. The ﬁrst gig of our launch is in Melbourne at The Grace Darling on Sat July 28. We’ll be supported by Glory B and DJ Iron Mike (Junkyard – PBS).

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What inspires or has inﬂuenced your music the most? I think that my music was inspired at an early age. Music has always been a way in which I relate to life. My guitar has been a best friend to me. It has been there on my saddest and happiest of days, both in celebration and commiseration. When I listen to the music I love that it seems to know just how I feel and it grows as I grow. It’s a beautiful thing. I feel that I commune or connect very deeply with that abstract complex psychological inner space that spends a great deal of its time in darkness and unknown. Music, melody and a good lyric shines a light upon that darkness. It teaches me, it liberates me, it soothes me.

The Decline are a four-piece punk band from Perth, Western Australia. Forming in 2005 they are heavily influenced by the likes of Frenzal Rhomb, NOFX, Lagwagon, Descendents and Propagandhi. The Decline have been touring consistently around Australia cementing themselves in the Aussie music scene for the past few years and have played with international artists such as No Fun At All, The Flatliners, Strike Anywhere, No Use For A Name, Pour Habit, Unwritten Law, Anti Flag and many more. See them at The Tote Thursday July 26 with support from The Bennies, Solvent and Take Your Own. The filthy, punk shenanigans kick off at the super punk time of 8pm.

Describe the worst gig you have ever played. The worst gig I’ve ever played was with my old band iris. We got to open for Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds in Sydney and Brisbane. Sydney was first. The Hordern Pavillion. My first big gig. It was horrible. An initiation by fire. I could see Warren Trout, our drummer, was hitting the snare but couldn’t hear it until it bounced back from the far wall. The sound was alienating. I couldn’t connect. I had to pretend, dig in and do my best. I had such high hopes for that gig. It was so disappointing. Eating a sandwich with Nick Cave afterwards, he asked me how it was? “Overwhelming,” I replied and he laughed.

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MICHAEL PLATER & THE EXIT KEYS

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Michael Plater and the Exit Keys will be bringing their patented brand of feedback-laced art noir to Gertrudes Brown Couch on Sunday July 29. They will be joined by the post-rock cow punk of Dogs of Thomas Park, the postpunk/pre-apocalypse alt-country of Kieran P.West, and, for good measure, the post-folk rock of mature wunderkind Ben William. Doors are at 5.30pm.

Alysia Manceau is starting to blend in with the beer soaked sticky carpet of The Old Bar. After some great gigs she is holding one of her own with support from Buried Horses, Matt Bailey and Ryan Nico and the Overlanders. It is all happening this Saturday July 28 from 8.30pm for a measly $10.

CLAWS & ORGANS It’s gonna be a smashing night this Thursday July 26, with some of Melbourne’s ﬁnest on show to tear Pony a new one. Melbourne three-piece band Claws & Organs started by accident when David Crowe, Andrew Maltezos and Nick Hart were literally thrown on stage at the last minute without any preparation. The result? Rough-around-the-edges grunge mixed with the catchiness of garage rock and stonerrock inﬂuences like Pixies, Sonic Youth, Queens of the Stone Age and Placebo. They’re joined by The Shells, a Melbournebased pop/rock band formed in mid-2011, who have their own unique take on the classic rock’n’roll style they love.

SID AIR The party continues into the wee hours this Thursday July 26 when Sid Air come out all guns blazing for their Pony debut. Sid Air are a Melbourne-based band with a kickin’ live show of technical rock. They utilise time signature changes and polyrhythms that won’t leave you scratching your head, but shaking your bootang. They start at 1am.

LACED IN LUST Laced In Lust is an original four-piece rock’n’roll outﬁt from Adelaide who play their own brand of ‘70s and ‘80s inspired glam rock, and they’re heading out to rock the country. First stop on the leg – the heart of rock music in Australia, Melbourne. They’re playing at the infamous Pony with some great hard rock acts - glam punk rockers Sexxx, thumping rockers The Volatiles and the highly-acclaimed Vendettas. This Friday July 27 from 9pm.

BONNIWELLS The Bonniwells have churned out 11 tracks of garage punk, slop hop and sonic explosions in the form of their upcoming release Sneeze Weed. The band are inﬂuenced by punk from the ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s as well as the long reaching, sinister arm of the delta blues, and we’re quite fond of their album which we reviewed this week on the Albums page. The mighty Murlocs will be smashing the stage up beforehand as will the garage punk legends The Living Eyes. Get to The Tote this Saturday July 28 to witness some coastal goodness.

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ADAM HYNES

SARA RETALLICK

Australia’s Got Talent season five finalist Adam Hynes will play an early acoustic set in the Espy’s front bar on Friday August 3. The 23-year-old singer songwriter was born in Canada in 1989 and moved to Australia in 1996. The first musical instrument he picked up was the trumpet, but it was the guitar that really caught his imagination. Hynes, who now lives in Melbourne, has been influenced by the great Damien Rice, Ani DiFranco, The Rocket Summer, Dallas Green and Dashboard Confessional.

It was either the ancient Greeks or perhaps Confucious who once said “cold winter nights need only the sweet sounds of a guitar and woman’s voice… oh, and perhaps an autoharp too”. This pretty much sums up every Tuesday in July as Jimmy Tait frontwoman Sara Retallick plays an intimate solo residency at the Retreat. Over these ﬁve Tuesdays she will be joined by a number of wonderful local singer/songwriters, including members of The Gin Club, Hoy and Howl At The Moon. Ah, the simple things in life

WASH WINTERS WILLIES AWAY WITH WHISKEY The eighth annual Wash Winter’s Willies Away With Whiskey Festival Returns to The Tote Hotel this Sunday July 29. The full line-up has been announced, and it includes Liz Stringer, Clinkerﬁeld, Saint Jude, Hoy, The Gypsy Curse, The Steins, Psalm Beach, Jemma Rowlands & The Wise Young Ambitious Men, Large No. 12’s, Buried Horses, Raised By Eagles and Jack On Fire. Wash your wintry willies away with whiskey, warm soup, wonderful music, and whatever the hell you damn well please. It kicks oﬀ at 2pm. Tickets from trybooking.com. Then the afterparty takes place at Yah Yah’s with Spencer P. Jones, Holy Trash, Michael Hager and Andrew Bailey, with free entry from 8pm.

THE OWLS Coming off the back of releasing their new single Better Off Deaf, The Owls will be playing the 2am late show at Pony this Friday July 27 and bringing their dark, gritty sound with them. The triple j Unearthed winners have been performing relentlessly over the past year, supporting some of the nation’s leading artists, including The Living End, Gyroscope, Cloud Control and The Jezabels. This band has flagged itself as one of Newcastle’s most exciting up-and-coming live acts.

ANDY JANS BROWN & COZ*MIC Andy Jans-Brown & COZ*MIC are happy to announce to release Letting GO! – an independent debut double album rich with alternative funk rock groove, catchy melodies and thought provoking stories that all blend together to create a distinctive and evocative sound. Already in 2012, their single, Dressed In A Woman’s Clothes has reached number one on the triple j unearthed ‘indie’ chart. Frontman Andy Jans-Brown has opened for Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, fronting his then Sydney band iris. Letting GO! will be launched at the Grace Darling Hotel alongside Glory B who are launching their Sex Party EP, and DJ Iron Mike (Junkyard – PBS) this Saturday 28 July. Tickets $15 door, $12 presale from Moshtix.

MONEY FOR ROPE Fresh from tearing the eastern seaboard a new one (in the nicest possible way) alongside Damn Terran and Kingswood on This Epic Tour, Melbourne sextet Money For Rope return home to launch their new single Misery Lane on Saturday July 28 at Ding Dong Lounge. Misery Lane is the second track to roll out from the band’s forthcoming self-titled debut LP and hints at the illicit goodness lying within – a three-minute package of sex and danger. The stage at the newly reopened Ding Dong Lounge is set to quiver and heave under the weight of sheer awesomeness on oﬀer for the launch. Joining Money For Rope in the danger zone are The Treatment (Syd), Drunk Mums and The Fifth Friend. Tickets are $12+bf from Oztix or available from all good record stores.

SEX ST Sex St are a hard hitting grunge rock’n’roll band ready to tear apart The Prague on Friday August 3. They like to keep it raw and simple but dynamic. No fancy clothes, lighting or gear, just straight up rock’n’roll with attitude. The three-piece just want to rock cocks oﬀ with heaps of energy. Head down to The Prague and get amongst. You won’t be disappointed.

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HEAVEN THE AXE Heaven The Axe are what you get when you cross some of Australia’s most notorious metal heads with a blonde bombshell singer and rock songwriter. This is a live show with hard edged high energy, catchy massive hooky riﬀs and chunky tight head banging X-Factor energy. Don’t miss Heaven The Axe play their only weekend in Melbourne before they head oﬀ on yet another adventure around Australia this weekend at The Espy Gershwin Room on Friday July 27 and Saturday July 28 at Q Lounge, Melton.

SAM COOPER BAND Every Tuesday night in July at The Tote front bar Sam Cooper Band are playing with a cracker bunch of musicians. The band consists of members of Sleep Decade, Facetime, Fraser A. Gorman band, The Murlocs, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. It’s free and every week will feature a brilliant support act. 8pm kick oﬀ. This Tuesday July 31 features Fraser A. Gorman as support.

LAMARAMA Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips reckons Lamarama is a “cool band name!” The 14-legged mish-mash of the Melbourne scene is a cool band that kicked 2012 with a new line-up and a banging new set infused with folk, drum ‘n’ bass, hip hop, funk, and groove city… but mainly sex. They do it this time with the bluesy, indie, funky, rock-y Fierce Mild and guess-who’s-about-to-drop-an-EP? Munro Melano. It’s all happening this Friday July 27 at the John Curtin band room.

Relaxed and reborn Mornington Peninsula band The Final Cut have been working endlessly on their much anticipated self titled EP. Launching Saturday September 22 at The Hi-Fi with local support from Mercury White, The Communists, and Scalar Fields to wind up an exceptional bill of live music. Previous works express bluesy bass lines and spiralling guitar riﬀs, mixed with skittering drums and increasingly strident vocals they bring together a joyful blend of old school rock and bubbling dance. Their progressive style of indie/pop/rock makes for a fantastic live show full of infectious melodies and lively beats.

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WEDNESDAY 25 JULY

RESIDENCY - FINAL NIGHT

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There are resounding thematic elements throughout channel ORANGE, the studio debut from OFWGKTA associate Frank Ocean. It’s a record littered with a pastiche of found sounds – some nostalgic, some future nostalgic. Perhaps it’s a concept record in that sense, but to articulate it as such would be missing the point at this stage in time. The record is important for a number of reasons – it’s the first album to deliver on the promise of Odd Future’s electrifying rise, and it transcends what could have been a ephemeral movement in nu-R&B into something more realised. This isn’t nu-R&B, it’s just R&B. Brilliant R&B at that. Following on from the sample-heavy mixtape of last year nostalgia, ULTRA (its planned physical release, minus several key tracks, was thankfully canned), channel ORANGE achieves a certain purity, some sort of realness. There’s unabashed positivity throughout – scenes of beaches and cloud-surfing – but rather than the relentless, near-mindless, disposition of Lil B, Ocean is anchored by a tense, uneasy undercurrent. Tracks bleed into each other, tracks come to an abrupt, disjointed end – some seem halffinished ideas, some are mitigated skits. It’s this confluence of raw intimacy and decided elusiveness which defines channel ORANGE. You can pretty much taste the ennui dripping from Super Rich Kids, an ode to first world problems. Like actual first world problems. The track also features the album’s only appearance by a Odd Future brethren, with Earl Sweatshirt (remember Free Earl? That shit seems like forever ago) delivering a perfectly laid-back flow over the plonking Benny And The Jets-style beat. You feel the effects when Earl ryhmes about “xany-gnashin’”. There’s no boasting about popping bottles and banging bitches, just “too many bottles of this wine we can’t pronounce”. Crack Rock is a straight-faced, wisdom-enhanced narrative concerning crackheads, with a chirping chorus calling to mind Chappelle’s Tyrone Biggums without the humour, but still with a breezy levity. Crack Rock ends abruptly.

3RRR SOUNDSCAPE

It’s almost cheesy the way Pyramids cuts it oﬀ with a blaring, percussive sample. Pyramids is the centrepiece of the album, as if its ten minutes of cinematic glory were embedded like some glorious monolith. The track has everything – histrionic samples, vocoder breakdowns, soothing guitar samples, biblical allegories. Andre 3000 guests on Pink Matter, and despite the title, it’s probably the least horny guest verse 3 Stacks has dropped in the past half decade. Bad Religion ties together the automobile motif, “Taxi driver, you’ll be my shrink for the hour”, a gospel song bemoaning unrequited love. Grappling masculinity, alienation, privilege and sensuality, Ocean has crafted a record which belies his youth. There’s little on channel ORANGE for the club. There’s everything for the heart. LACHLAN KANONIUK Best Track: Pyramids If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Stankonia OUTKAST, House Of Balloons THE WEEKND In A Word: Profound

SINGLES BY SIMONE Turns out Dawson’s Creek has no redeemable features. (Beat Magazine: uncovering the truth so that you don’t have to.) PATRICK WATSON Step Out For A While (Domino/EMI) Lifted from the shiver-inducing album Adventures In Your Own Back Yard, Step Out For A While is a off-kilter waltz, a swing around in circles beset by lazy crashes, slapping drums and squirreling electric guitar that pops up on the left, disappears, then reappears onto the right. Leading this whole dreamy carnival is the high, hypnotic voice of Patrick White, Canada’s equally talented, equally beautiful answer to Sufjan Stevens. DAN DEACON True Thrush (Domino/EMI) Dan Deacon’s latest reminds me of Gerling, the proto-electro act out of Sydney that spawned a small but dedicated following in the early noughties but died before their style really came into fashion. Bolshy and erratic, True Thrush is Deacon’s typical day-glo, party-starting sound, hopping wildly from one chunky beat pattern to the next, pinned together with a bawling chorus and Dan’s own shouting good-time vocal. It comes from the latest Dan Deacon album, America, due out in August. PASSION PIT Gossamer (Sony) Passion Pit are inextricably linked in my head to Parklife and what I am now calling the Parklife Generation. In the late ‘80s, R.E.M. released a painful tune called Shiny Happy People (which was so awful that the awfulness of it has echoed down through the ages without losing any of its awful intensity). In that song, R.E.M. sang about ‘shiny happy people laughing’ in what could only be interpreted as deeply enthusiastic satire. These days, when bands like Passion Pit sing about ‘Love! Love! Love!’ a whole generation of Twitter bullies with glitter on their faces throw their hands up and scream with this irony-free enthusiasm that for some reason bugs me even more than R.E.M.’s Shiny Happy People. This is actually an excellent song, I think, objectively speaking, but everything we like is on some level a choice and I’m choosing not to throw my lot in with all you kiddie idiots this time. NORAH JONES Miriam (EMI) Against the odds, Norah Jones has overcome the overlyflogged jazz-lite adult contemporary death sentence that was her debut album. Her too-silky voice is dusted with a little distortion on Miriam, the first single from her latest record, Little Broken Hearts. Norah’s piano is also masked in this song, clanking and sonorous but muddled amongst rumbling drums and vibrating strings. Overall, the effect is sulky and atmospheric, and blessedly very cool. She has an angelic voice, but her music has been hard to like in the past. It’s easy to like here.

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WINTER PARK Fade Out (Independent) Melbourne producer Matt Ridgway returns with another single from third album Sunday Morning, a ponderous arrangement of horns, strings and barely-there drums with vocals again supplied by Susannah Legge. With its soft-focus romanticism and almost complete lack of vitality, this tune could only be meant for that tedious pre-denouement scene in a romantic comedy in which the would-be lovers take some time out to consider what they’ve lost. Cue scenes of disconsolate dog walking and actors staring into space in the middle of business meetings, looking like they think maybe they made a mistake. CHELSEA BASHAM I Make My Own Sunshine (EMI) West Australian Chelsea Basham is one of those Australian country artists that breed up like rabbits up in Tamworth without making the slightest impression on us big city folks. She’s a graduate of the CMAA Country Music College, she toured with Lee Kernaghan when she was only sixteen and she’ll probably be headlining stadiums in Texas before any of you know or care who I’m talking about. I Make My Own Sunshine has all he hallmarks of a new country hit, in that it’s terriﬁcally sunny and insipid, and so pop that Shania Twain looks authentic by comparison. GREEN DAY Oh Love (Warner) Oh Billy. The questionable things you attempt, with that nasal voice of yours. The opening lines of this song are a travesty of hair rock proportions: “Oh love, oh love, won’t you rain on me tonight / Oh life, oh life, please don’t pass me by.” Billy sings starkly and earnestly against not enough guitars, until the chunky swing of the chorus kicks in and Oh Love becomes earnest on a much grander scale. Not their best eﬀort, I’m gonna say, but not awful. A grower, maybe, and you have plenty of time to let it gestate – the new Green Day album isn’t due out until September.

SINGLE OF THE WEEK

THE SHINS It’s Only Life (Sony) It’s last Monday in my world, The Shins are playing Festival Hall tonight, and I’m suddenly regretting my decision not to go. The latest single from Port Of Morrow is my favourite song on the album; a gentle arm around the shoulder, with a reassuring melody that speaks straight to the heart and lyrics so sweetly meant they make you want to cry: “I’ve been down the very road you’re walking now / It doesn’t have to be so dark and lonesome.” Word, James Mercer. If I ever meet you, you’re in for a cuddle.

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SYN SWEET 16 1. Drums OH MERCY 2. Life, Oh Life (Jonathan Boulet Remix) DADS 3. Alone With You PHEVE STARR 4. Propellers FROWNING CLOUDS 5. Happy Endings THE HAWAIIN ISLANDS 6. Portsea VELCRO 7. Overcast POP SINGLES 8. Riot VELOCIRAPTOR 9. Endless Shore MELODY’S CHAMBER ECHO 10. Keep On Moving On ANDY BURROWS

COLLECTOR’S CORNER MISSING LINK 1. New War NEW WAR 2. Pop Singles LP ALL GONE UP 3. Baroness CD/LP YELLOW & GREEN 4. Claire Birchall PP 5. Useless Children LP POST ENDING/PRE COMPLETION 6. Aphex Twin 3LP SELECTED AMBIENT WORKS II 7. Kremlings KREMLINGS 8. Bits Of Shit LP CUT SLEEVES 9. White Hex EP HEAT 10. Nile AT THE GATE OF SETHU

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BEAT’S TOP TEN SONGS ABOUT PASSION 1. Fuck You DR. DRE 2. Be My #2 R. KELLY 3. Love And Happiness AL GREEN 4. Let’s Get It On MARVIN GAYE 5. Lover DEVENDRA BANHART 6. Can’t Hide Love EARTH WIND & FIRE 7. Passion ROD STEWART 8. The Payback JAMES BROWN 9. Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe BARRY WHITE 10. Pomme SEBASTIEN TELLIER

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Living Things (Warner Bros Music) Few bands can conjure up long lost high school days than Linkin Park. Twelve years after first emerging the poster boys for nu-metal continue to soldier on with Living Things. Once again they hook up with musical resurrector Rick Rubin. The bearded one, who also co-produced the last two LP efforts with Mike Shinoda, has helped them craft a dark, brooding sound while maintaining a commercial sheen. Awash in synth and guitar, opening cut Lost In The Echo lets you know what you’re in for, as Chad Bennington and Shinoda do their double team routine over some rollicking drums. While LP and the nu-metal sound have long been the subject of ridicule they have chosen to embrace their past and fuse it with newer sounds. Castle Of Glass and Lost In The Echo don’t reinvent the wheel but do add new energy to a sound many have found tired and stale. They even embrace dubstep style flourishes on Lies Greed Misery. The track that has many talking about a Linkin Park album in 2012 however is I’ll Be Gone, an unlikely collaboration with indie wunderkind Owen Pallett. While the string arrangements are choice it is still FM rock by-the-numbers. Much like the track this is an admirable effort if one that serves little purpose in today’s musical climate. Best Track: Roads Untravelled If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Fort Minor THE RISING ANDREW ‘HAZARD’ HICKEY TIED, Styles Of Beyond MEGADEF In A Word: Decent

If, as post-modernism would have us believe, language creates social reality, then changing a band’s name is a sure-ﬁre way to ditch a previous sound and create a new sonic construct. And so it must be with the band formerly known as The Morning Benders and now re-badged as Pop Etc. In fact, Pop Etc is arguably the ideal band name – at the heart of Pop Etc is a basic pop sensibility that’d be at home in any club, venue, lounge room or even backyard party. You can hear it in the simple electronic tones and rudimentary drum beats of New Life or even the ‘80s-bubble gum synth of Back To Your Heart. On Halfway To Heaven, the mood is soft and soulful, a couple of adolescents spinning around the room in a moment of romance that could go forever; Keep It For Your Own is slick dance-ﬂoor groove with a light psychedelic touch. Between Live It Up and Everything Is Gone exists the perfect West Coast saccharine soul of Hall and Oates, R.Y.B. reaches for the stars of Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark without ever touching them, while the arresting atmosphere of Why’d You Do It Honey wafts over like a dance club smoke machine. On I Wanna Be Your Man, hip-hop trades shadows with ‘70s funk, C-O-M-M-U-N-I-C-A-T-E is so sweet it comes with a health warning for the susceptible of body and impure of mind and Yoyo is the track 1984 needed if only Georgio Moroder had the spare time. It’s all pop et cetera, and it’s all there for a Best Track: Back To Your Heart If You Like These, You’ll Like This: HOWARD JONES, good time if anyone wants to call. DEPECHE MODE AND HALL AND OATES PATRICK EMERY In A Word: Pop

BONNIWELLS

Sneeze Weed (Z-Man Records)

MAMMOTH MAMMOTH Hell’s Likely (Golden Triangle)

This reviewer certainly prefers his heavy rock and metal with a slice more progressiveness. A touch more on the interesting and different side. But for people who love their rock straight ahead, with no frills, a garage-y aesthetic and balls as big as watermelons, this Melbourne four-piece is absolutely for you. Signalling their rocking intentions from the get-go in no uncertain terms, the title track bursts out of the speakers like a slingshot, slaps you around the head with its sonic fury, and is gone in just over two minutes. Hypercharged two-minute rock is far from all this album has to offer though, there’s plenty of groove-based doom, blues and singalong choruses galore (check out Bare Bones) on offer here. Don’t look for originality on Hell’s Likely – this kind of rock has been done since Tony Iommi first strapped on a guitar. This music is best enjoyed headbanging furiously, drunk out of your mind with your feet stuck to the carpet in a Best Track: Hell’s Likely If You Like These, You’ll Like This: BLACK SABBATH, stinky, dive venue somewhere. Sounds like heaven. KYUSS, MOTORHEAD ROD WHITFIELD In A Word: Dirty

THE SMASHING PUMPKINS Oceania (Martha’s Music/Create Control)

Last week saw the death of Stephen Covey, author of Seven Ways Of Highly Effective People. A best-selling exposition of successful professional traits, Covey’s book is a treatise on the special subject of the bleeding obvious. As a friend remarked once, “All the people that I know who’ve read that book are extremely ineffective”. If you want your life advice dumbed down and diluted into simple, unassailable instructions, this is the book for you. Billy Corgan presumably doesn’t give a flying profanity about Covey’s book, but you’d back him to believe in his own perennial effectiveness. Certainly, now that The Smashing Pumpkins has been reduced to the sum of Corgan’s creative input, and an admittedly more than competent supporting cast, Corgan can claim to be The Smashing Pumpkins. Oceania is the third Pumpkins record released since Corgan reconvened the band in 2005. As always, there’s an element of pretension: with song titles like Quasar, Panopticon (Jeremy Bentham would be proud), The Celestials, The Chimera and Glissandra, Corgan clearly feels he’s operating on a higher plane. And maybe he is: Quasar builds like a dramatic galactic event, its crescendo consistent with the best Pumpkins material of yore. The nine-minute Oceania is deep and intense, a spiritual journey without the trite secular instruction; The Celestials continues the journey, as subtle as you’d want your sojourn into enlightenment. On My Love Is Winter, the mood is reflective, and just a bit too schmaltzy to tolerate from a grown man; the synthesiser aesthetic of One Diamond, One Heart is more sugary new wave pop than post-grunge. Pinwalls rights the ship, finding a sharp pop relief lacking in its predecessor track, Pale Horse is Billy Corgan the lost cowboy, riding off toward the sun, only to find it’s his own reflection while The Chimera is what we’ve all come to hear, even if its original sharp edges have been rounded beyond the call of duty. And is that a metal guitar solo in Inkless, or are we just happy to see The Smashing Pumpkins back in town? With 13 songs in well over an hour, you can’t help but feeling that Oceania has erred on the side of Corgan’s indulgence; a judicious edit could have made this good record possibly great. Maybe next time. Best Track: Oceania If You Like This: hang out for the re-issues of Gish and Siamese Dream In A Word: Indulgent

PATRICK EMERY

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The popular image of the ‘60s as revolutionised by wild-eyed teenagers in stovepiped trousers and Beatle boots bashing out three chord punk tunes in their parents’ garage is as much romantic conceit as corroborated historical truth. Yet it remains a popular image in garage punk folklore, and one that we all continue to indulge. Bonniwells are ripped straight from that popular image: rudimentary melodies, troglodyte beats and sneering anti-social attitude. From The Sunn stumbles into view from the barest of ingredients – a proverbial bedroom jam session that somehow evolves into a song packed full of sonic intensity. Lazy Daisy is a rich collage of acid, amphetamines and adolescence, Elk Beat finds hitherto unknown garage gold in the basic structures first mined by The Sonics and Ms Anderson sweats with the passion every teenage boy’s wet dream. How We Came To Stay is raised is raised on a diet of The Trashmen and The Troggs, and a special treat of Buffalo Springfield if you’re lucky, Mongo Pusher drags its feet through the psychedelic sludge like an acid casualty trying desperately to regain a lost grasp on reality and Everyone Say Hello is the fucked-up Pistols morning after the happy pilled night before, when peace, love and happiness has turned to hate, shit and frontal lobe torture. Crack Man is the superhero garage anthem that Tim Burton missed for his latest feature, Suntan And Freckles is surf rock on a beach polluted by washed up Stooges records, Mudskipper is bubblegum pop stuffed in a Tacoma trashcan and the palpable irony of I Smiled Yesterday is almost as good as the primitive ingredients upon which it rests. Even if you don’t buy into that ‘60s mythology, Bonniwells are now, today and the antidote to all that contrived corporate bullshit that’s regularly shoved in our faces, and down our throats. This is rock’n’roll with attitude, Best Track: From The Sunn hold the fashion statement. If You Like These, You’ll Like This: THE TRASHMEN, THE STOOGES, THE SEEDS, THE SONICS PATRICK EMERY In A Word: Garage

THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM Handwritten (Mercury/Universal)

The Gaslight Anthem’s signing to Mercury Records late last year was a callto-arms for dedicated fans across the world to set forums ablaze with their worries for the future of New Jersey’s soul-punk pioneers. Fortunately for those (presumably) pale-faced internet lurkers, any concerns they had have been knocked clear out of the park by Handwritten. The group’s fourth album is an unyielding, instantly classic rock’n’roll record that any fan would be (and will be) proud of. As a whole, the album leaves sepia-tin-ged refrains of old Americana behind in favour of more current and personal themes. Too Much Blood sees Fallon taking queues from his darker, moodier side project The Horrible Crowes and weaves a massive, filthy blues riff with one of the front-man’s most impressive and gritty vocal performances to date. Howl and Desire offer more punk verve in the vein of 45, and are set to tear the roof off venues all over the world. Fallon again steps up his vocal performance on Mae, a stunning, slower cut that’s destined to be the soundtrack to many a summer romance and many a broken heart. The album rounds out with National Anthem, a poignant acoustic track on which the front man wields impassioned, contemporary lyrics not dissimilar to Bob Dylan. Brandishing an altogether larger sound than they’ve achieved before and with their heartfelt, distinguished song writing very much intact, The Gaslight Anthem have paved the way for their ascent to the world’s arenas. Best Track: Too Much Blood If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Ten PEARL JAM , Exister OLIVER PELLING HOT WATER MUSIC, Elsie THE HORRIBLE CROWES In A Word: Enormous

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GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY 25 JUL ROCK/POP CAPTAIN CLEANOFF + DEBACLE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5. COLLAGE - FEAT: AURIMOR + DAMN THE MAPS + LONG HOLIDAY + THE OWLS Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. DAVEY LANE Kent St Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. FRIENDS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $37. GREY GHOST + RAPAPORT Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. HARTS + THE FOX PARTY + THNKR ToďŹ&#x20AC; In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10. JACK WHITE + LANIE LANE Festival Hall, West Melbourne. 7:00pm. $84. JACKSON FIREBIRD Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. JOHNNY ROCK + DAN WEBB + KELVIN CHANG + STEPH HILL Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5. MOON REPUBLIC + ISABEL Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:00pm. RIGHT MIND - FEAT: AIDS + SECRET CRACKPIPE HANDSHAKE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $6. SQUAREHEAD + EDARCY + I/O Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE AFGHAN WHIGS + ROYSTON VASIE The Hi-ďŹ , Melbourne. 8:00pm. $61. THE MURLOCS + SAM COOPER & THE BUCKLED CREW Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK DROOLING MOUTHS OF MEMPHIS + MUSTERED COURAGE + WILD COMFORTS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5. ESTHER HOLT + FRASER A GORMAN + WINDSOR SMITH Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. LAKE PALMER Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. OPEN MIC Dancing Dog, Footscray. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. OPEN MIC Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Elwood Lounge, Elwood. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC & JAM NIGHT Grind N Groove, Healesville. 8:00pm. OSKAR HERBIG Bebida, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. PLAY LIKE A GRIL Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: FEE BROWN + COURTNEY BARNETT Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. CHARLIE SMYLES & ED FARRA + JACK GRIFFIN & ZOE RYAN Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DIZZYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIG BAND Dizzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. GLOBAL MUSIC WINTER GATHERING - FEAT: KAVISHA MAZELLA + ALEX & NILUSHA + JOHN NORTONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE + OPA + SHOBHA SEKHAR + SIMON LEWIS + THE TWOKS + TREGUA The Mechanics Institute, Brunswick. 12:00pm. HETTY KATE 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. INFINTIE APE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. JAMES MACAULAYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NEW OLD JAZZ BAND Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. MICHAEL KIWANUKA + BEN HOWARD + TIM HART Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. THE JACK PANTAZIS GROUP Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.

THURSDAY 26 JUL ROCK/POP 1AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: SID AIR Pony, Melbourne. 1:00am. A FAILSAFE HEART + MEGATALLICA + QUARTERDRIVE + TEMPLE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. ANDREW WISHART Palais, Hepburn Springs. 8:30pm. $25. BAND OF SKULLS + THE LAURELS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. CHROME NIPS + THE TREATMENT + THE WARM UPS Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. CLAWS & ORGANS + THE SHELLS Pony, Melbourne. 8:30pm.

THE THIN GREEN LINE The Annual World Rangers Day Fundraiser Dinner Gala is taking place at Fitzroy Town Hall this Friday July 27, headlined by none other than the dark horse of Australian music, Tex Perkins. Get dinner and a show, or just show tickets from thingreenline.org.au. DON WALKER + ROY PAYNE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $30. FATIMA MILLER BAND + CANDICE MONIQUE Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. FROWNING CLOUDS (SINGLE LAUNCH) + LIVING EYES Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $6. GENTLEMANâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CLUB CD LAUNCH - FEAT: GUERRE + NAMINE + THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. JENSEN ELECTRIC Elwood Lounge, Elwood. 8:00pm. KINGS & QUEENS - FEAT: GRANDE FLASH + MANATARMS + SHADOWGAME The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. RAINBOW CHAN (7â&#x20AC;? LAUNCH) + ANDRAS FOX + DJ LINDSAY TUC + OUTERWAVES + TOMB HANX Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ROB FARNHAM + CALLEE + HOLY TRASH Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. RUBYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SHOWCASE Rubyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lounge, Belgrave. 7:00pm. SARAH DE BONO Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. THE BEDROOM PHILOSOPHER Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15. THE DECLINE + SOLVENT + TAKE YOUR OWN + THE BENNIES Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE NAYSAYERS - FEAT: CANTERVILLE GHOST + MTHE SUBSEQUANTS + ATLUCK Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $6. THE NTH WHEEL + GHOST GUMS + ICE CLAW + SCHOOL GIRL REPORT Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. THE OWLS (SINGLE LAUNCH) + THE LATONAS + THE MODERN AGE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:30pm. $10.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK CARUS THOMPSON Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. CATCH RELEASE Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. CELIA CHURCH Bebida, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. DAN WATERS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. HOWARD + PACK BEARS + THE ARCHBISHOPS + THE PSYCHODAISIES Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5. JP & THE EDISONS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. KATHRYN ROLLINS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. MELTING POT - FEAT: KERRYN FIELDS & HER MENFOLK + BIG WINTER + SINISTER MINISTER John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Acoustic Cafe, Collingwood. 6:30pm. OPEN MIC Arcadia Hotel, South Yarra. 7:00pm. PHIL PARA BAND + BRUTAL ASSAULT Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. SIB + GRIZZLY JIM LAWRIE + STEVE VEALE Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $8. SINGLE TWIN + CLAIRE BIRCHALL + JORDAN IRELAND Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $12. STEPHEN KENNEDY + SHANE PARRY Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. WATER MUSIC + WAYWARD BREED Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm.

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MASSIVE This is a self-titled band. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re gonna be huge. After launching their three-track single on Friday they have one more Melbourne show before they take oďŹ&#x20AC; to USA for a promotional tour. See them this Friday July 27 at The Espy Gershwin with support from Heaven The Axe, Arcane Saints and Three Time Thrill. BRECKER MECCA Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. CONGO SQUARE Dizzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. GLOBAL MUSIC WINTER GATHERING - FEAT: KAVISHA MAZELLA + ALEX & NILUSHA + JOHN NORTONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE + OPA + SHOBHA SEKHAR + SIMON LEWIS + THE TWOKS + TREGUA The Mechanics Institute, Brunswick. 12:00pm. HAMMOND SESSIONS - FEAT: MATT KIRSCH TRIO 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE + JUDGE PINO & THE RULING MOTIONS + SASKWATCH Espy, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $46. JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET + ELLY HOYT The Commune, East Melbourne. 6:00pm. NAOMI BRAUN (ALBUM LAUNCH) + LOTEK ToďŹ&#x20AC; In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. OLIVER CLARK Sotto E Sopra, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. PAINT THE TOWN Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. SASKWATCH Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. SYZYGY Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. THE IVORY JUNCTION + BIANCA FENN Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 7:00pm. THE PAUL GRABOWSKY QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. THE RE-THINK PROJECT Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

FRIDAY 27 JUL ROCK/POP 2AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: THE OWLS Pony, Melbourne. 2:00am. A MILLION DEAD BIRDS LAUGHING (ALBUM LAUNCH) + ALARUM + CRADLE IN THE CRATER + GODS OF EDEN Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15. CANARY + JAMES TEAGUE + SEAGULL Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. DAN KELLY & HIS DREAM BAND + COURTNEY BARNETT + FRASER A GORMAN Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20. DEXTER JONES + CHEETSTREET + ROYAL ACE + THE VAGRANTS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. ELCASET + IN YOUR HANDS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm. FIELDS OF REIGN + ARMOURED EARTH + CHAINED LIZARD + THEY + VIRGINIA KILLSTYX The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. FREEZA BATTLE OF THE BANDS (HEAT ONE) - FEAT: ANIMAUX + ATLANTICS + BLACKPOOL ROAD + DAWN TILL DUSK + ELECTRIC WAR BABIES + FEATHERSTONE + KINGS OF SPADES + THE STRING THEORY Beaumaris Community Centre, Melbourne. 6:30pm. $12. FUN + BOY IN A BOX The Hi-ďŹ , Melbourne. 7:30pm. JAKE JAMES + IGOYS + THE UNKIND IdgaďŹ&#x20AC; Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. $4. JUDGE PINO & THE RULING MOTIONS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. LACED IN LUST + SEXXX + THE VENDETTAS + THE VOLATILES Pony, Melbourne. 9:00pm. MASSIVE - FEAT: HEAVEN THE AXE + ARCANE SAINTS + THE PROPHETS OF ADDICTION + THREE TIME THRILL Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $12. METRIC Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MUDHONEY + THE TREATMENT Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. POP SINGLES (ALBUM LAUNCH) + CONSTANT LIGHT + DANE CERTIFICATE + THE ENCLOSURES Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. REJUVENATION - FEAT: MERCURY WHITE + CHILIAD + POURPALOUR + THE TWOKS Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $10. ROYSTON VASIE + MESA COSA + THE ALLEYS + THE RUN RUN Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. SANDCASTLE Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. SIGNET MAE + BRIGHT KNIGHTS + ELLE SKIES + WE WOULD SLEEP Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. SPACE KEYS The Hammy, Melbourne. 8:00pm. STAND ALONE + BLACK ACES. OVERDRIVE. Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 12:20pm. $13. THE BIG SPOOKY THING + BIGMOUTH Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $25. THE FROWNING CLOUDS (SINGLE LAUNCH) + DJ RICHIE 1250 + THE MURLOCS Grace Darling Hotel, Colling-

wood. 9:00pm. $6. THE IVORY ELEPHANT + BURIED FEATHER + GRAND PERCEPTOR Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 9:30pm. THE JOE KINGS (ALBUM LAUNCH) + BUCKLEY WARD + VOXANGELICA Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12. THE LONELY CROWD Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm. THE MERCY KILLS + BEGGARMAN + KILL SHOT Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13. THE NAXALITES + PONY FACE + THE QUIVERS Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. VICTOR PENDER Cape Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. WAVERLEY + COLA WARS + STRATHMORE + THEM BRUINS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. WE ROB BANKS (EP LAUNCH) + BROADWAY + DRAWING NORTH + WHO INVITED THE WOLF? Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK AURORA + JOHNNY CASSAR Bar Betty, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. DANNY AMMON + JACQUI STERLING Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. DAVE GRANEY & THE MISTLY The Regal Ballroom, Northcote. 8:00pm. DI WATSON Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. DON WALKER BAND Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $30. GRIEVOUS ANGEL (THE LEGEND OF GRAM PARSONS) - FEAT: JORDIE LANE & CLARE REYNOLDS Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. JAM NIGHT Rubyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm. JAMES MCCANN Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. JAMES REYNE BAND + THE BLACK SORROWS + THE WORD Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:30pm. $35. KHS BLUES BAND + CALLING RAMAGE Balaclava Hotel, Balaclava. 8:30pm. LAMARAMA (EP LAUNCH) + FIERCE MILD + MUNRO MELANO John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. MISERABLE LITTLE BASTARDS + DANNY WALSH BANNED + ESSAY EDWARDS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. PRAYER BABIES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. RENAE BRENNEN Elwood Lounge, Elwood. 9:00pm. ROUGH CUT COUNTRY BAND Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8:00pm. $8. THE BOYS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 5:30pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSIONS - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm. WRONG TURN + CHRIS RUSSELLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CHICKEN WALK + DJ FANTA PANTS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC CARMEN HENDRICKS Prince Maximillian, Prahran. 8:30pm. CATCH RELEASE + LEWIS INGHAM Palais, Hepburn Springs. 8:30pm. $10. GLOBAL MUSIC WINTER GATHERING - FEAT: KAVISHA MAZELLA + ALEX & NILUSHA + JOHN NORTONâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE + OPA + SHOBHA SEKHAR + SIMON LEWIS + THE TWOKS + TREGUA The Mechanics Institute,

Brunswick. 12:00pm. KOOYEH + NATALIE TOMKINS & THE ECHO POINT MYSTICS Noise Bar, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $5. LA DANSE MACABRE - FEAT: BRUNSWICK MASSIVE DJ COLLECTIVE Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. MELBOURNE COMPOSERS BIG BAND PREMIER Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. THE JAMES SHERLOCK TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE JAZZCATS Dizzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20. THE REBECCA MENDOZA QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25. THE RITA SATCH QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20. THE TEK TEK ENSEMBLE Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. VIVA MEXICO - FEAT: LOS MAS ALTOS + BANDA ARAKATAKA + SIN FRONTERA BAND Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. $10.

SATURDAY 28 JUL ROCK/POP 2AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: BRAVO JULIET Pony, Melbourne. 2:00am. 80S ON THE EDGE Elwood Rsl, Elwood. 8:30pm. $10. A LONELY CROWD + COCO VELU + FULL CODE + XENOGRAFT The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. AITCHES + G POP + RELEASE THE HOUNDS + SWEET TEENS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $8. BANG - FEAT: HARMS WAY + PHANTOMS + TERM FOUR Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. BAPTOWN Elwood Lounge, Elwood. 9:00pm. CLAMPDOWN Rochester Castle Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. DAMIAN MULLIN (A NIGHT WITH ELVIS) Wyndham Leisure & Event Centre, Hoppers Crossing. 8:30pm. DAN BRODIE & THE GRIEVING WIDOWS + MERRI CREEK PICKERS + MOLLY JEAN MORRISON + SAINT JUDE Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15. DAVE COSMA Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. DIPROSUS + CLOWNS + INEDIA Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. DIRTY HARRIET & THE HANGMEN + AUSTRALIAN KINGSWOOD FACTORY + STRAWBERRY FISTCAKE + WOLFPACK Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. EXILE ON MAIN STREET (THE ROLLING STONES TRIBUTE) - FEAT: THE CHERRY EXILE + ASH NAYLOR + DAVE LARKIN + MATT SONIC + NICK BARKER + PAT CARMODY + SPENCER P JONES + THE WOLFGRAMM SISTERS Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $25. FUN (U18) + BOY IN A BOX The Hi-ďŹ , Melbourne. 12:00pm. $44. GLORY B (ALBUM LAUNCH) + ANDY JANS BROWN: ALBUM LAUNCH + IRON MIKE Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $15. GRIND OR DIE - FEAT: THE KILL + HEADLESS DEATH + THE DAY EVERYTHING BECAME NOTHING + THE DOWN GOING Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. HEAVY III LAUNCH - FEAT: WITCHGRINDER: EP LAUNCH + FRANKENBOK + MUSCLE CAR + THE CHARGE Evelyn

Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12. JAYNE-ANNE POWERS + TELOS TEACUP Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15. KASHMERE CLUB + NO ZEBRA + THE 80 ACES: EP LAUNCH + ZUZU ANGEL Pony, Melbourne. 9:00pm. LATE ARVO SONS + BAD VISION + QUINCE The B East, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. LOCAL BAND NIGHT Rubyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm. $10. MAD NANNA (LP LAUNCH) + CHARLES IVES SINGERS + FABULOUS DIAMONDS + JOSEY KIDD-CROWE Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. MONEY FOR ROPE + DRUNK MUMS + FIFTH FRIEND + THE TREATMENT Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $12. MYSTIC FIELDS + LIBERTY PARADE + MISS NICHOLLS + THE COMMUNISTS Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. NINE SONS OF DAN (EP LAUNCH) + DAYLIGHT HOURS + HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BOY + WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:30pm. $13. OKERA METAL FESTIVAL - FEAT: NABERUS + ORPHEUS + CATHARSIS + HARLOTT Musicland, Fawkner. 6:30pm. $15. PRETTY STRANGERS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. SCOTDRAKULA + LANDS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. STAND ALONE + BLACK ACES + OVERDRIVE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13. THE BOMBSHELLS + BIG FIRE Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne. 10:00pm. BONNIWELLS (ALBUM LAUNCH) + LIVING EYES + THE MURLOCS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE DAY EVERYTHING BECAME NOTHING - FEAT: HEADLESS DEATH + PNEUMATIC SLAUGHTER + THE DOWNGOING Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. THE OCEAN PARTY + MSG + WILD OATS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. THE STILLSONS + DJ KEN EAVEL + JAMES TEAGUE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. THE VAUDEVILLE SMASH + BRIGHTLY ToďŹ&#x20AC; In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15. THREEZZACROWD Malvern Vale Hotel, Melbourne. 8:00pm. TINA ARENA Hamer Hall, The Arts Centre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. TOBY MARTIN (ALBUM LAUNCH) + FRASER A GORMAN + TALL BUILDINGS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. VALLEY GIRLS + MESSED UP + THE CHOLESTEROLERS + WET LIPS IdgaďŹ&#x20AC; Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 9:00pm. $5. VICTOR PENDER Cape Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ACOUSTIC REVUE - FEAT: KURTIS GENTLE + ANTHONY YOUNG + DAN ROLLS Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $10. ALEX BURNS & HEATHER STEWART BAND Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. ALYSIA MANCEAU (SINGLE & FILMCLIP LAUNCH) + BURIED HORSES + MATT BAILEY + RYAN NICO & THE OVERLANDERS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. BEN BYRNE + CLEANING LADY Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 4:00pm. BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews.

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9:00pm. BROTHER JOHNSTONE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. COLD HARBOUR + PATRON SAINTS Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. DANDELION WINE Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 3:00pm. DARYL ROBERTS Wild Thyme Cafe, Warburton. 8:00pm. DIESEL Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. DUSTY STARR St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 1:00pm. FATHER JOHN MISTY + JOE MCKEE + THE TROUBLE WITH TEMPLETON Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $39. GREEN’S DIARY ANGEL ENSEMBLE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 5:30pm. HOUSE OF SHEM + AGENCY DUB COLLECTIVE + FAT GOLD CHAIN + NGAIIRE + RAS CRUCIAL Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $10. ISAAC DE HEER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. JACKET OFF Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:00pm. NOT THE WOLF Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. OPEN MIC Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 4:00pm. PAM HALL + MARY WEBB Bar Betty, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SAMMY OWEN BLUES BAND Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SATURDAY NIGHT ACOUSTIC REVUE Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $10. SONGWRITERS COLLECTIVE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. STACKFUL Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne. 6:00pm. THE BAKERSFIELD GLEE CLUB Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. THE LITTLE SISTERS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE LUAU COWBOYS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. THE STETSON FAMILY Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE TAYLOR PROJECT + RUNNING AWAY WITH THE CIRCUS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC BRIDGETTE ALLEN & BOB SEDERGREEN Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20. CANNONBALL Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25. DARIUS MENDOZA Prince Maximillian, Prahran. 8:30pm. FIRE & THEFT Fad Gallery, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. GLOBAL MUSIC WINTER GATHERING - FEAT: KAVISHA MAZELLA + ALEX & NILUSHA + JOHN NORTON’S MIDDLE EAST ENSEMBLE + OPA + SHOBHA SEKHAR + SIMON LEWIS + THE TWOKS + TREGUA The Mechanics Institute, Brunswick. 12:00pm. GOYIM Bebida, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. KOOYEH + JAKE EXCELL & THE SOUL SIX + NATALIE TOMLINS & THE ECHO POINT MYSTICS 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. LAUREN GLEZER Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 4:00pm. PAPA CHANGO + MADRE MONTE Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. READY STEADY GO - FEAT: DJ RICHIE 1250 + DJ BUDDY LOVE + DJ EMMA PEEL Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. SIMON HUDSON Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm. SOL NATION + SPYNDRIFT Palais, Hepburn Springs. 8:30pm. $15. THE MIKE NOCK TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. TRACY BARTRAM Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20. YVETTE JOHANSSON & THE JOE RUBERTO TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25. ZULYA Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.

SUNDAY 29 JUL ROCK/POP 8 FOOT FELIX Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. 8TH ANNUAL WASH WINTER’S WILLIES AWAY WITH WHISKEY - FEAT: CLINKERFIELD + HOY + LIZ STRINGER + SAINT JUDE + BURIED HORSES + GYPSY CURSE + HEMMY ROWLANDS & THE WISE YOUNG AMBITIOUS MEN + JACK ON FIRE + LARGE NO. 12S + PSALM BEACH + RAISED BY EAGLES + THE STEINS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 2:00pm. $20. AUTO DA FE’ + LIKEDEELERS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. DEAR STALKER (SINGLE LAUNCH) + LET THEM EAT CAKE + ROUGE FONCE + SARAH EIDA Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 1:30pm. $10. DEATH BY DEATHRAY - FEAT: THE KREMLINGS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00pm. $5. DON MCGLASHAN Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20. FOX ROAD + SOMEONE ELSE’S WEDDING BAND Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm. $8. GRACE OF GRAVES + BREAKING TRADITION + PROSTHESIS OF MIND + SYNDROME + THANATOSIS Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. JACOB S HARRIS & THE DISAPPOINTMENTS Town Hall

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Hotel, North Melbourne. 6:00pm. MELBOURNE ANARCHIST BOOKFAIR FUNDRAISER FEAT: HOWARD + COSTA + FUTURE FATHERS + MARK JOLLEY + SOOKY LA LA + TRIKZTA Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. NINE SONS OF DAN (EP LAUNCH (U18)) + DAYLIGHT HOURS + HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BOY + WAY WITH WORDS Spenserslive, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $13. ONE MAN BAND BANG - FEAT: BJ MORRISZONKLE + BACON CAKES + BUMFACE + MADE FOR CHICKENS BY ROBOTS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. THE KILLJOYS Carringbush Hotel, Abbotsford. 4:00pm. THE UNMISTAKEABLE + RORY DWYER Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm. TINA ARENA Hamer Hall, The Arts Centre, Melbourne. 6:00pm. WARREN EARL & THE ATOMIC ROCKERS Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. YOUTH LAGOON Corner Hotel, Richmond. 6:30pm. $37. YOUTH LAGOON + SURES + THRUPENCE Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $37. ZOOPHYTE + BRENDAN BONES + STRAYLOVE + THE DEMON PARADE + THE HIDING Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ALISON FERRIER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. BARB WATERS & THE MOTHERS OF PEARL + THE TRACY MCNEIL BAND Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. BILL JACKSON & PETE FIDLER + JENNY BIDDLE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm. CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK + DEAN MULLER Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. COLD HEART Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. DAISY WEST + THE RAMSHACKLE BAND Tago Mago, Thornbury. 5:00pm. DALE RYDER BAND + BAD BOYS BATUCADA + RELAX WITH MAX Espy, St Kilda. 7:00pm. DAREBIN SONGWRITERS GUILD 303, Northcote. 3:30pm. EDDIE JAMES & THE PROWL + SKYSCRAPER STAN & THE COMMISSION FLATS + THE MOTION PICTURES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6. JACK CARTY + PACKWOOD Bar Betty, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. LEGENDS ENCOURAGEMENT JAM Musicland, Fawkner. 2:00pm. MICHAEL PLATER & THE EXIT KEYS + BEN WILLIAM + DOGS OF THOMAS PARK + KIERAN P WEST Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. $5. MOOSEJAW RIFLE CLUB Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. PHIL PARA DUO Bay Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm. RATTLEHAND Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. REBELS WITHOUT A CLUE + MARTY KELLY & AUBURY MAHER Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. SINGER SONGWRITER SESSIONS - FEAT: DAMIEN VAN DE GEER + TOM FRANCIS Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 4:00pm. SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND Wesley Anne, Northcote. 2:00pm. $8. STEPH BRETT & THE SUGAR FED LEOPARDS Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. TERRY HART Elwood Lounge, Elwood. 6:30pm. TESKEY BROTHERS St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 3:00pm. THE SWEET SOMETHINGS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC ECHO DRAMA + SUB DETONATOR + THE MOON PROJECT Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $7. ESTEE BIG BAND Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. FUNK BUDDIES Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. JULES RODGISON Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 4:00pm. MIKE NOCK SOLO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $18. MOU TRIO Open Studio, Northcote. 4:30pm. SHAMEEM 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. SHAZZA MACKENZIE Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 6:00pm. THE GRAND WAZOO Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 6:00pm.

MONDAY 30 JUL ROCK/POP ANIMAUX + KIKUYU + THINKR Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8. CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. KING OF THE NORTH + THE BLISTER TRANSISTOR Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: BODIES + SPERMAIDS + TTTDC Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 6:00pm.

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DON WALKER I’m going to go there. Don Walker is Australia’s greatest living songwriter. Sorry, ever other artist ever. You are doing A-OK too, keep it up. You know him from Cold Chisel, Tex, Don & Charlie and Catﬁsh, now know him on his own (well, with the help of beats from The Suave Fucks) as he plays the Northcote Social Club on Thursday July 26, The Caravan Club on Friday July 27 and Stones Of The Yarra Valley on Saturday July 28. 7:30pm. $7. LORENZO Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 8:30pm. SECRET MONDAY ACOUSTIC Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE MONDAY DRFIT Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC LEBOWSKIS - FEAT: CHRISTOPHER YOUNG QUARTET + THE CONSTABULATORY 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $8. PAUL WILLIAMSON’S HAMMOND COMBO Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. THE ALLAN BROWNE BAND Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.

TUESDAY 31 JUL ROCK/POP 8 BIT LOVE + GONE SWIMMING + THE LATONAS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. BRUNSWICK DISCOVERY - FEAT: DIRTY BALLROOM + TEMPLE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. COLLAGE - FEAT: MY DYNAMITE + NICK VAN BREDA + RAMSHACKLE ARMY Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. DJANGO DJANGO + THE CAST OF CHEERS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. LAST TUESDAY SOCIETY - FEAT: LIST OPERATORS + ASH FLANDERS + BRON BATTEN + POET LAUREATE TELIA NEVILLE + VICTORIA HEALY Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $12. MIKE SNOW Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $71. PATRON SAINTS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SAM COOPER BAND + FRASER A GORMAN Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. STANDISH/CARLYON + SUPERSTAR Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $8. THE 10 IN 1 + TOBIAS HENGEVELD + TOM LYNGCOLN Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK DANNY AMMON + JAQUI STERLING + STUART KOHINGA 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5. MARY WEBB Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 8:30pm. OPEN MIC Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 7:30pm. OPEN MIC Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:00pm. PETER EWING Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. RIDGEBACK BLUES Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. SARA RETTALLICK + PINTO Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. SATURDAY ACOUSTIC REVUE - FEAT: STEWART KOHINGA + JAMIE MACDOWELL & TOM THUM Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 8:00am. $10.

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Well kids, the good news is the FReeZA program has received additional funding over the next four years. But there’s still even better news coming later in the year, which we’ll announce when we can. So if you’re under 25 and interested in gaining music industry skills, running your own events, and having the opportunity to showcase your band then right now is an exciting time for you! Battle season continues this month with Casey, Moreland and Bayside showcasing some very talented young people alongside headliners Resist The Thought, Hallower, Glorified! and Animaux (details below). Competing bands are fighting for a place on the Push Over 2013 bill, of which you can also vote at our website for what other bands you’d like to see on stage. Festival Hall’s got a real treat for you tonight – Jack White playing just prior to his performance at sold out Splendor in the Grass, happening this weekend in Byron Bay. He’ll be showing off his much anticipated debut solo album Blunderbluss, with support from Sydney’s own Lanie Lane who worked with Jack last year to produce the single Ain’t Hungry for his Third Man Records Blue Label series. For blues, soul, jazz and ska junkies there’s the Lost and Found Record Fair in Brunswick this Saturday. Get down, have a forage in the massive indoor vintage market, and see radio in the making as PBS broadcasts live for two hours. It’s free and happening at the top end of Lygon Street from 11am. Closing today is the Australian Government’s Volunteer Grants 2012, and closing Monday is the Queenscliff Music Festival Scholarship. Both have heaps of cash up for grabs so get along to the Opportunities page on our website to get the details you need. thepush.com.au is where it’s at people!

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Wednesday July 25 Jack White w/ Lanie Lane, Festival Hall, 300 Dudley Street, West Melbourne, 7pm, $83.70, ticketmaster.com.au, AA Friday July 27 Casey FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands Final w/ Resist The Thought, Hallower, plus competing bands, Cranbourne Public Hall, Corner Clarendon St and South Gippsland Hwy, Cranbourne, 6pm11pm, $8/$10, Chris Cogger on 97055200, AA Moreland FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands w/ Glorified!, Second Chance Exit. Ambrosia, Geroff, The Lost League, Pariah, and Pixie Juice, Brunswick Town Hall, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick, 6pm, $10, AA Bayside FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands Heat 1 w/ Atlantics, Blackpool Road, Dawn Till Dusk, Electric War Babies, Animaux + more, Beaumaris Community Centre, 96 Reserve Road, Beaumaris, 6:30pm-11pm, $12 or $10 with pass, Kelly Edwards on 9599 4622, AA Saturday July 28 Fun, The Hi-Fi, 125 Swanston St, Melbourne, 12pm, $49, thehifi.com.au, U18 Suade, Montrose Town Centre, 8pm-10pm, $18-$30, Yarra Ranges on (03) 9761 9133, AA Sunday July 29 PBS Market and Record Fair w/ DJ Emma Peel, Pierre Baroni, Richie 1250, and Two Shots, 511 Lygon Street, East Brunswick, 11am, Free, pbsfm.org.au, AA Nine Sons of Dan w/ Daylight Hours, Way With Words and Have You Seen This Boy, Spensers Live, 419 Spencer St, West Melbourne, 2pm, $16.35, oztix.com.au, U18 A2O KRPS Charity Concert w/ Exit 4, Kim Isak, D20 (Detour), Choi Soo Jin, As One, Naray Hwangbo, Mickey Grand, Soul Star, and Alexander, Palais Theatre, Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 3:30pm7pm, $58.95 - $155.50, ticketmaster.com.au, AA Harms Way w/ Phantoms and guests, Phoenix Youth Centre, 72 Buckley Street, Footscray, 6pm, $21.45, oztix.com.au, AA Tuesday July 31 House Vs Hurricane w/ While She Sleeps, Northlane, and Heights, Musicman Megastore, 363 Hargreaves St, Bendigo, 6pm, $25.50, Musicman Megastore on 5446 7659, AA

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CALL THE COPS Thursday July 19, Corner Hotel

THE XX Wednesday July 18, Forum Theatre People were pretty bloody excited to catch The xx tonight. Rightfully so, as this was the first of two relatively intimate Australian promo shows, of which tickets were distributed by lottery system – and consequentially, by eBay system. It resulted in a weird atmosphere – the air of exclusivity encouraged many to spend the whole set engaging in conversation with their friends, as the main achievement of the night was to simply be at the gig, rather than experience it. It wouldn’t really be a problem at any other show, but it kind of spoiled The xx’s hushed dynamic. They opened with Angels, a track which entered the world only one day prior. “Being as in love with you as I am” - Romy’s repetitious chorus permeated every crevice of The Forum, resonating beyond reproach. After a fairly sedate introduction, Jamie Smith triggered that barely audible, but distinctive bass swirl of Islands from his batcave-esque rearof-stage setup. As soon as Oliver crooned “That bridge is on fire” from in front of an overhanging perspex ‘x’, it was clear that this wasn’t a slapdash promo run. The vast majority of xx received a run-through. Every cut from the album stands with an elusive timeless quality. Basic Space was performed with a breathtaking acapella first verse, guiding the audience gently into an endorphins-inducing

chorus. Jamie’s house impulses were indulged with a banging coda to a new track, of which The xx dynamic was encapsulated – as the pounding kick drum commanded a bout of fist pumping, Oliver stood dutifully still as he stared into his glass of red wine, before once again caressing his bass on cue. The encore was preceded by the big perspex ‘x’ being filled by a smoke machine – probably the only corny thing to happen tonight. Intro was loud as hell. All of the The xx’s finely crafted underlying tensions erupted with each of Jamie’s sample triggers. It was amazing. With heartfelt gratitude, Oliver thanked the crowd and bid farewell – promising to return in the new year. LACHLAN KANONIUK

LOVED: It was the best sounding gig in recent memory. HATED: That a relentlessly foot-stomping crowd member thought it was a good idea to take pingerz on a Wednesday, at an xx show. DRANK: A beer. It was alright.

It’s a packed out crowd at The Corner Hotel for Call The Cops, the collective party thrown by I Oh You, Yacht Club DJs, DZ Deathrays and Bleeding Knees Club. The event is sold out, the beer is flowing and the partygoers are in high spirits as Drunk Mums kick off the festivities with their ramshackle psychedelic surf rock. In true 24 Hour Party People fashion, it’s only right that these guys have their very own ‘Bez’ in Isaac Forsyth who flails topless around the stage like a man possessed, bashing out the jangly beats on his tambourine. It’s a miracle that DZ Deathrays are even able to play tonight, as they missed their original flight from Brisbane. The crowd are obviously excited to see them, chanting “DZ! DZ! DZ!” before the band have even taken to the stage. And when the duo does take the stage, boy does it go off. Although there are only two people in the band they make a hell of a lot of noise. The vocals are a little quiet but that’s made up for by the huge sound of the drums and guitar. As they are lacking a bass-player they make up for it by drenching the guitar in effects, and the resulting sound is monstrous. They play a slab of their recent Bloodstreams album, including the single Dollar Chills but it’s the mammoth grooves of crowd favourites such as Blue Blood and Licking Knives that whip the crowd into a frenzy. Up next are Bleeding Knees Club who fall a little flat compared to the DZ boys who preceded them. To be fair, it is a hard job following such a performance. BKC’s melodic, energetic if slightly generic brand of pop punk just seems a bit tame

compared to the racket created by DZ, and it seems to take a few songs for the pit to get going again. Once the three did find their groove they were pretty enjoyable and a welcome addition to the party. And fair play, they even carried on while the venue filled with smoke after one reveller set off a flare during their set! Gnarly. If there are two guys who know how to party it’s the Yacht Club DJs. They take the essence of party from every style of music known to man to create some of the most mind-boggling ‘so wrong it’s right’ mash up mixes. There’s something for everyone in their set; old school hip hop, classic rock, metal, dubstep, techno, movie themes and plenty of pop. Marilyn Manson mixed with Whitney Houston, Gotye mixed with Journey, Chili Peppers with Silverchair. It’s incredible to watch and it keeps the entire crowd dancing from start to finish. It’s just so much fun. One of the highlights of the set is The Living End’s Aussie punk classic Prisoner Of Society which is apt, seeing as the Melbourne veterans have just booked a string of nine shows in a row in this very venue. One thing is for sure, after every Call The Cops show there are going to be a fair few people across Australia waking up with sore heads and ringing ears. ADAM ROBERTSHAW LOVED: The party atmosphere. HATED: The extreme air-con. DRANK: Carlton Draught.

NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE Friday July 13, Corner Hotel

HEART OF ST KILDA CONCERT Wednesday July 18, Palais Theatre

It was a packed room for local favourites Northeast Party House at The Corner Hotel, the first of a run of shows up the east-coast for the launch of their brand new sparkling pop tune Pascal Cavalier. Having just been awarded Beat Single Of The Week for the tune last week among a plethora of other praises, the boys were certainly on a high leading into the hometown show. With a line-up of support that included close friends – City Calm Down and I Oh You DJs, the room was buzzing with party vibes well and truly before the five-piece took to the stage. Having a pretty healthy reputation for a rambunctious live show helps, but the crowd were loose and in the mood for Northeast thanks to a smooth hip hop set from Johann of I Oh You, setting the tone with R Kelly’s Ignition and Snoop’s Drop It Like It’s Hot. A slew of other early millennium hits got pretty much everyone dancing before the red curtains opened to the band jumping on stage to Mr President’s ‘90s dance hit Coco Jambo. Kicking off with a few newer tracks, the fairly young crowd seemed almost infected with a strain of Northeast Party House syndrome; inhibitions were done away with and minds were completely lost as crowd surfing to the first song of the set list had guitarist Jack in disbelief, with a simple ‘holy shit’ into the microphone summing the scenario up perfectly. The pulsating synth and urgent percussion of singles Dusk and Empires had the audience ramming the front of the stage, while the hisses and grunts of one of their earliest singles Embezzler wedged between the newbie, Pascal Cavalier

filled the room with everyone singing along. Halfway through and an amped-up cover of the Gorillaz’ Dare made a welcome appearance alongside a mass of multi-coloured inflatable beach balls that were thrown into the crowd – as if they needed another reason to get excited. Vocals from frontman Zach Hamilton-Reeves were spot on throughout the set despite battling a nasty cold, and surprisingly all members remained composed and professional while hyped-up teens countlessly violated the stage with threats of getting naked. Call them just another party band, but Northeast Party House demand attention on stage with their playful but entrancing presence and clean, sophisticated song-writing at their core. Whilst at times it was difficult to maintain focus with not one, but two hormone raging couples making out right in front of me throughout the set, it was exciting to be a part of this young band’s imminent rise up the Australian live music ranks.

Promoted as ‘An Amazing Gig For An Amazing Cause’, the fifth annual Heart Of St Kilda Concert fulfilled expectation with its unique blend of comedic and musical flare; all in support of 30 tireless years of devotion by the Sacred Heart Mission. Ian Bland’s poetic depiction of the suburb we all know and love was real and matter of fact as he painted a pure and honest portrait of an eclectic and often desperate landscape. Bland delivered a metaphorical image of Melbourne’s most famous bayside precinct as a living, breathing body surging with life. Mic controller, Brian Nankervis, kept proceedings on track and the audience beaming with his charming sarcasm and radical showmanship. He introduced us to Cal Wilson whose self-depreciating humour spanned gym etiquette and retro bathing suits as well as cleavage contests with two-year-old girls. Rebecca Barnard and Billy Miller sang with the Caravan Club Singers, who I prematurely mistook for the Choir Of Hard Knocks. Their pensioner’s medley of Going To The Chapel and All My Friends Are Getting Married was perhaps a little lifeless for tonight’s affair. There was true variety however when Greg Champion took a jovial swipe at footballers and fans alike with his tender Train To Montmorency as Brighton boy, Lawrence Mooney stood proud on all things bayside before standing his ground with the view that ‘it’s not cheating if you leave your undies on’. Nick Barker brought the tough love, performing Ian Rilen’s sentimental Saints And Kings as well as his own Timebomb before paying homage to The Band’s Levon Helm with Up On Cripple Creek. He

too enlisted the wonderful backing of house band Even, who had earlier provided their dreamy powerpop drive with new single What You Wanna Do. An extremely underrated epicentre to the Melbourne scene for a long time, Even’s collective prowess shone during Lanie Lane’s exceptional selection of tunes. Her glistening vocals and killer legs enough to seduce any urban cowboy. Ash Naylor’s guitar licks a real highlight. Unusualist Raymond Crowe was a feast for the senses, captivating the crowd with his YouTube sensation, shadow puppet presentation, What A Wonderful World. Rapturous applause followed. Most fittingly at such an event was Tim Rogers. Whether it’s meandering the streets on two wheels, belting the Sherrin with Paul Kelly, supporting Pure Pop or putting one away at Pint On Punt, Rogers is St Kilda through and through. He and fellow Temperance Union counterpart, Shane O’Mara went from exquisitely acoustic and contemplative to rock royal kaleidoscope, mastering Hermans Hermits’ Little Boy Blue and The Beatles’ Instant Karma, much to the delight of Ash Naylor and the audience! Congratulations to all involved. See you next year.

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playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? “Oh my god, it’s Adam Learner!” Tell us about the last song you wrote. Hey You is the latest of the Stalker tunes to come to life. It’s the trademark Stalker sound, with rage, dynamics, energy and a killer chorus which will surprise you and have you singing along at the same time. We will be debuting it at the Whole Other Kind single launch. If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why? Snickers. It really satisfies! When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/ single/etc? Our new single Whole Other Kind was recorded at Crosstown SoundStudio with Joshua Whitehead. It’s available now from iTunes and Missing Link. We’re launching the single with a Sunday afternoon Rock‘n’Roll Extravaganza on Sunday July 29 at The

Evelyn Hotel. It starts at 1.30pm and there are awesome supports from Let Them Eat Cake, Rouge Foncé and The Garden of Eida. Tickets are $10 at the

door, and everyone gets a free copy of the Whole Other Kind single! How good is that?!

DEAR STALKER

Define your genre in five words or less: Wasabi-fuelled grunge pop. Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? Sure do, a self-titled debut EP, which contains five tasty little morsels and is available from Fist2Face, Thornbury Records, iTunes and at all of our live shows. We’re also just about to release a new single, Whole Other Kind. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? For me personally, it’s everything. From crispy bacon, to Lisa’s lawnmower guitar sound, to my cat – his name is Mittens. So, someone is walking past as you guys are

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LOVED: Interesting choice of support from I Oh You DJs- I really did feel like I was at a house party. HATED: The annoying drunk flirting and blatant make-out sesh’s going on everywhere. DRANK: The cheapest beer on tap.

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JOHN DONALDSON LOVED: The strength of community willing to support those less fortunate. HATED: The relentless hardship much of our community still faces. DRANK: A pre-gig mango lassi.