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FREE SHIT MIKELANGELO AND TIN STAR After a three-and-a-half year musical collaboration, Mikelangelo has decided to disband his outfit Mikelangelo and The Tin Star. Inspired by a love of The Shadows, Link Wray and Ennio Morricone movie soundtracks, the group quickly built a rabid fanbase through their live shows and festival appearances. It’s their last ever gig on Sunday July 7 at the Corner Hotel. This matinee doublebill is part of Leaps & Bounds festival with The Blackeyed Susans. Doors are at 1pm, and we have some double passes to giveaway.
KINGSWOOD Melbourne indie four-piece Kingswood are set to play two shows at The Corner Hotel later this month. With the first show already a sell-out, the second has been added for Wednesday July 17. Support comes from Bertie Blackman and Apes and we’ve got some double passes to the gig. Hit up beat.com.au/freeshit to win.
THE FAUVES Much-adored Australian outfit The Fauves are celebrating their 25th year in style, with a huge bash taking place at The Corner. On the night the band will play material from all 11 of their albums as well as several EPs, interspersed with PowerPoint discussions of their history and the music industry in general. Plus no audience question will go unanswered. Rare video footage and never-before-heard demo recordings of their earliest material will complete a sumptuous audiovisual feast. The show will culminate with the live performance of The Fauves’ ten most popular songs as voted by the listening public. The Fauves perform at The Corner on Saturday August 31
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One of Australian indie rock’s true song writing heroes, Ross McLennan brings his ensemble to the Spotted Mallard on Saturday July 27 for one of his rare and riveting live performances. Showcasing the evocative compositions from his recently released third solo album, The Night’s Deeds Are Vapour, as well as his other acclaimed solo works Sympathy For The New World and Hits From The Brittle Building, and possibly a fondly remembered Snout classic or two, Ross will be accompanied by his ensemble of strings, woodwind and a choir for a lush, simply breathtaking performance. Supports will be provided by The Orbweavers and Cameron Ross.
Harvest will return for its third year this November with arguably its biggest lineup yet. After indie stalwarts Neutral Milk Hotel confirmed their addition to the 2013 bill last month, anticipation for the third incarnation of the festival went into overdrive. This was followed by Eels spilling that they’d also be venturing Down Under for Harvest. The first announcement for Harvest 2013 also includes Massive Attack, Franz Ferdinand, Primus, Goldfrapp, Desaparecidos, CSS, The Drones, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, M Ward, Superchunk, The Wallflowers and Walk Off The Earth. The Melbourne leg of Harvest 2013 takes place on Sunday November 10 at Werribee Park. Tickets on sale Friday July 12 from their website.
HOLLOW EVERDAZE Rising Melbourne four-piece Hollow Everdaze have announced a headline show to celebrate the launch of their debut album. The show will follow on from a choice support slot at the Wavves and Unknown Mortal Orchestra double-headline Splendour sideshow. Hollow Everdaze perform at Northcote Social Club on Friday August 2.
THE GETAWAY PLAN To hell with all those cats that legged it out of town to Splendour In The Grass – we get to sit back and sleep in our own beds because in Melbourne the artists come to us. In the spirit of this, Ding Dong are bringing you a massive oneoff show with The Getaway Plan and My Echo on Saturday July 27. The Getaway Plan, one of Melbourne’s most exciting alternative rock bands, having toured with a plethora of bands, including, My Chemical Romance, Antiskeptic and Taking Back Sunday. The Getaway Plan are bringing their electric live show to the Ding Dong’s stage for one night only, don’t miss it.
JINJA SAFARI Jinja Safari are inviting Australian audiences to gather in, breathe deep and discover the mysteries within The Bay Of Fires; a new show that traverses the largest tour footprint Jinja has made on Australia later this year. Armed with their triple j-featured and self-titled debut album, Jinja Safari summons you to participate in a brand new performance, bringing the LP to life. The album has received a bucketload of praise from Australian fans and critics alike, seeing Jinja Safari quickly climb the post to one of Australia’s most loved bands. They’ll hit The Forum on Friday September 27.
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STEREOPHONICS Welsh rockers Stereophonics will be returning to Australian shores for the first time since 2010. Stereophonics have been making music for over 20 years. In 1998 they won the Brit Award for Best New Band and have had five consecutive UK #1 albums in the lead up to their latest. Their critically acclaimed eighth studio release Graffiti on the Train has been one of the most revered to date. Drawing on an impressive back catalogue, their live performances are peppered with smash singles, including Dakota, Maybe Tomorrow, Have A Nice Day and Superman. Their first Melbourne show has completely sold out and a second date has been added. Stereophonics will play The Palace on Tuesday July 23.
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JOSH PYKE After a soldout national Fan’s First tour earlier this year, it is now time for the rest of Australia to experience Josh Pyke’s brilliant new record The Beginning And The End Of Everything live, as Josh takes his swag of new tunes and his band on the road this August. Pyke has become one of Australia’s most beloved and recognisable singer songwriters thanks to his ability to craft intelligent pop music with uniquely Australian influences and experiences. As an added bonus, fans will receive a free download of Josh’s gorgeous and previously unreleased track Confessions For You with every show ticket purchased. Josh Pyke hits the Corner Hotel on Saturday August 17 (soldout), with a second show announced for Sunday August 18.
THE BASICS
Hit The Lights made it known in their 2012 release Invicta that they’re not your run of the mill pop-punk band. With their own experience, and that of two producers (Mike Sapone and Machine), their album pays off their three years of hard work in a cohesive record with insanely catchy anthems about growing up, love and honest reflections on life. Sydney’s Heroes For Hire and New York’s State Champs will join the band for a string of shows around the country. Catch them when they play at Phoenix Youth Centre, Footscray on Saturday September 7 and the Corner Hotel on Sunday September 8.
After swiftly selling out their two Northcote Social Club performances, The Basics have announced a third Melbourne show taking place at The Corner Hotel. After making a few sporadic live appearances in the past few years, due to their drummer’s somewhat notable solo success, the much-loved Melbourne trio are set to make a fully-fledged return to the stage this year. The Basics play Northcote Social Club on Friday September 27 and Saturday September 28 and at The Corner on Sunday September 29.
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ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI Local pop mavericks Architecture in Helsinki have released their new single In The Future. A bracing shot of modernist pop, the track is their first new material since 2011’s Moment Bends. Ahead of their appearance at Splendour In The Grass, the group will also play a warm up show later this month. Architecture in Helsinki will hit The Toff In Town on Wednesday July 24.
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So Jules has done herself a mischief and busted up a foot real bad. As she is one of The Old Bars famed staff members and now unable to serve you and pick up after you for a while they have decided to help out the best they can. This Sunday July 7 they’re putting on a show for the young lass with the help of legends The Peep Tempel and Matt Bailey plus more to be announced. 5 bucks entry (all going to the cause) plus they will be donating a percentage of the bar so drink up. Spread the word.
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BOY & BEAR After bunkering down for eight months of hardcore studio action, Australian folk titans Boy & Bear have emerged to announce a huge 2013 national tour. Celebrating the release of new single Southern Sun, the tour will see Boy & Bear take their well-loved back catalogue plus new material to many of the country’s most sizable venues. Boy & Bear perform at The Forum on Saturday November 2.
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Launching his debut album release at the age of 50, Andy Szikla is not your average artist. A gadget inventor, tour manager, graphic designer and banjo-picker to name just a few, Andy Szikla’s career has had many twists and turns. Yet it’s the intriguing path that led to Andy’s debut release, which also played a defining role in its creation. The process began in 2007 as Andy mourned the loss of his mother to old age, along with his marriage of some 12 years. Soaked in a summer of long Sambucas and DVDs, it was the music that lifted Andy to a better place. Andy began acquiring all kinds of musical equipment in round about ways, one day literally arriving home with groceries in one hand and a Fender Precision Bass guitar in another. Don’t miss Andy Szikla and the Preachers of Fiction launching Dark Valley on Thursday July 27 at Cherry Bar.
BLACK FLAG Columbian Independence Day Concert feat. Jerau
Punk royalty Black Flag will descend on Melbourne later this year. For the first time, in a long and legendary history, Black Flag will visit Australian shores as part of Hits & Pits 2.0 this November. They join the other bands that have already signed up for Hits & Pits 2.0 including Bad Astronaut, Boysetsfire, The Ataris, Snuff, No Fun At All, Jughead’s Revenge and Off With Their Heads. Black Flag will hit the Palace Theatre on Friday November 22
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A DAY ON THE GREEN Bernard Fanning will play a series of national concerts for A Day On The Green later this year. With a number one debut for his new album Departures, Fanning is once again at the forefront of Australian music. Fanning is set to bring his acclaimed Tea & Sympathy and Departures albums to the stage on a warm summer’s night against the back-drop of the beautiful vineyard in the Yarra Valley. Special guests also include Sarah Blasko, showcasing material from her critically acclaimed fourth album I Awake, the charming Bob Evans hot off the heels of his latest release Famous Stranger and The Cruel Sea making their A Day On The Green debut. It all takes place at Rochford Wines in the Yarra Valley on Saturday November 9. Tickets go on sale at 9am Monday July 8 from Ticketmaster.
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CLOUD CONTROL Having gently teased us with an album preview gig earlier this month, Cloud Control are back in full gear with the announcement of a huge Australian tour. Following rave reviews for their soldout show for Sydney’s Vivid, the four-piece are set to play some of our finest venues and crack out tunes from their highly anticipated sophomore album, Dream Cave. Dojo Rising, Dream Cave’s first single has thus far stirred critics favourably, so high hopes indeed are held for the album’s release which is scheduled to drop August 9. Cloud Control play The Forum on Friday September 6, tickets on sale from Ticketmaster. WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES... BEAT.COM.AU/TV
2013 has already been a massive year for Mojo Juju. After a soldout national tour in support of her eponymous solo album in November, she has kicked off this year with an impressive list of festivals and international tour supports (with the likes of Tony Joe White, Kitty, Daisy & Lewis and The Reverend Horton Heat). Now Mojo and her band are gearing up for her last Australian headline tour of the year before hitting the road in Europe. See her play on Friday July 5 at The Bridge Hotel in Castlemaine and Saturday July 6 at The John Curtin Hotel with The Harlots and Luke Legs.
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INTERNATIONAL FEAR FACTORY Palace Theatre July 7 P!NK Rod Laver Arena July 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, August 27 GILBY CLARKE Northcote Social Club July 7 STEVE VAI The Palais July 13 A DAY TO REMEMBER Festival Hall July 14 GOBLIN Billboard The Venue July 14 TODD RUNDGREN Corner Hotel July 21 STEREOPHONICS Palace Theatre July 21, 23 DAUGHTER Corner Hotel July 23 SURFER BLOOD Corner Hotel July 24 HAIM The Hi-Fi July 25 BABYSHAMBLES The Palace July 25 FRANK OCEAN Festival Hall July 25, 26 EVERYTHING EVERYTHING Corner Hotel July 26 WAVVES/UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA Corner Hotel July 27 DEAP VALLY The Tote July 27 JAKE BUGG Corner Hotel July 28 PALMA VIOLETS Northcote Social Club July 29 MS MR The Hi-Fi July 29 FIDLAR Corner Hotel July 29 COLD WAR KIDS The Hi-Fi July 30 LAURA MARLING St Michael’s Uniting Church July 30 VILLAGERS Corner Hotel July 30 PASSION PIT Palace Theatre July 30, The Hi-Fi July 31 ALT-J Festival Hall July 30 DARWIN DEEZ Corner Hotel July 31 JAMES BLAKE The Palais July 31 OF MONSTERS AND MEN The Palais August 3,4 JOAN BAEZ Hamer Hall August 8 BARN OWL Corner Hotel Saturday August 10 THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS Rod Laver Arena August 10 SENSES FAIL Corner Hotel August 11 DON MCLEAN Hamer Hall August 17 ASH Corner Hotel August 22 CYNDI LAUPER The Palais August 29, 30 JAPANDROIDS Corner Hotel August 30 FAT FREDDY’S DROP The Forum August 31, September 1 ALL TIME LOW Billboard August 31, September 1, 2 POISON CITY WEEKENDER Various venues September 6,7,8 ANBERLIN Palace Theatre September 8 PEACE September Northcote Social Club 15, 16 AMANDA PALMER & THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA The Forum September 20 LAMB OF GOD/MESHUGGAH Festival Hall September 22
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BIGSOUND 2013 Various Venus Brisbane September 11–13 PARKWAY DRIVE Palace Theatre September 21,22 THE BASICS Northcote Social Club September 27,28, Corner Hotel September 29 THE PAPER KITES The Forum September 28 XAVIER RUDD The Forum October 3 SPRUNG FESTIVAL Kevin Bartlett Sporting And Recreation Complex October 19 THE AMITY AFFLICTION The Palace October 22, 23 BOY & BEAR The Forum November 2 A DAY ON THE GREEN Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley November 9 QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL Princess Park, Queenscliff November 22 - 24
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What do you love about making music? I love the feeling I get when I am making music. It feels supernatural and therapeutic. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? It would be Paul Kelly when he was my age so we could write music together and make out. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? When I am on the road, usually in cities I’ve never been to so it’s easy to get lost and inspired.
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What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? Getting to travel while doing what I love and meeting new people. And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing? Not getting to see my dogs. THELMA PLUM launches her EP Rose at The Northcote Social Club on Friday July 26.
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Kirin J Callinan is a good bloke. A bit awkward at times, but a good bloke nonetheless. I’m a bit awkward too. It’s around two minutes after Kirin has answered the phone and I realise we’re in a bit of a recursive loop, offering each other the very Australian sentiment of “How ya goin’?”. He’s asked three times, myself two. But we snap out of it and things start going better than the last time we spoke. Earlier in the year, about half an hour before Kirin was scheduled to take the stage at Sugar Mountain, we had a shit interview where I wanted to know what his collaborative performance with Kris Moyes entailed, and Kirin didn’t want to talk about what his collaborative performance with Kris Moyes entailed. Before our stalemate, we shook hands. Kirin’s hand transferred a pungent and resilient stench to mine (I later put this down to a prior promo bit for Sugar Mountain involving piling foodstuffs into a small mountain. Kirin chose not to remove his food-handling glove). The events of Sugar Mountain have been well documented since, with varying degrees of clarity. I assume Kirin doesn’t want to talk about it today. I could be wrong. The focus is on Embracism, a record that should have come out a long while ago, but the wait and delays proved to be beneficial. It’s a great album. Kirin, a man projecting the tense extremes of narcissism and insecurity through his art and performances, seems assured by the finished artefact. “It’s a huge relief,” he states in a distinct, punchy baritone. “It’s exciting, it feels good. I’m already starting to hear the album through other people’s ears, so to speak. I look forward to its release proper, and to be able to share it with those who have been coming to shows for however long, or supported us in some capacity – even if it’s just been letting me sleep on a couch throughout this whole long process. I’m looking forward to sharing it with them, let alone the world at large. I’m happy to be letting go of any issues I’ve had with any songs. I’m also looking forward to starting on the new one.” The album, recorded with The Presets’ Kim Moyes and mixed with Grizzly Bear’s Chris Taylor, features a measured dose of ten tracks – a few which have been workshopped in the live setting for years, some crafted there and then in the studio. “I recorded more than the ten, some of those will come out in time – whether its B-sides, bonus tracks, or exclusive things,” he reveals. “They’ll see the light of day. There was a real concern early on that, stylistically and thematically, there were a lot of different sentiments, a lot of different feelings being expressed, and a lot of different sounds. I guess I just wanted it to have a nice flow from start to finish, sequencing was going to be very important, as well as the combination of songs. There were a bunch of other ballads that didn’t make the record, but I thought Landslide and Chardonnay Sean were the strongest. There were poppy songs that didn’t make it, but Victoria M is holding down that place. I’d rather have more conceptual songs featured than traditional songs. It was kind of obvious, to be honest with you. It was obvious what songs were working and what the sequence should be. I put more thought into that than perhaps anything else.” Two notable exceptions from the tracklisting are Thighs (which was released as a B-side to last year’s Way II War) and Bait & Wait. I raise the point that these songs both contain explicit sexual overtones, something that isn’t necessarily present throughout Embracism. “The sexual thing had nothing to do with it, there were no concerns from anyone,” he reasons. “Bait & Wait, we recorded it, and it’s one of the songs that will come out as a B-Side or a bonus track. It’s probably my favourite track out of all the recordings,” Kirin Beat Magazine Page 16
reveals. “The decision to leave it off the album was largely in terms of flow. With Thighs, me and Kim experimented with it and explored it, but I’ve already released a version of it. It came into its own life, and I was happy to leave it at that and move on to new ballads. I didn’t actually finish a new recording of that one, but I’m happy with that.” The version of Way II War present on the album has evolved
“I DON’T WANT TO DO THIS MUSIC THING FOREVER, PARADING AROUND ONSTAGE, BLOWING MY HEARING OUT, MAKING A FOOL OF MYSELF. I’D LIKE TO GROW OLD WITH A LITTLE BIT OF DIGNITY.” slightly from the version released as a single in 2012. Last year’s version featured exclusively garbled vocals, with the lyrics barely discernable within the mix. The album version is much the same, except this time the outgoing verse is garnished with a clear cry of “Nobody knows, nobody knows/So get over it” high in the mix. It’s a tidy charting of Kirin’s growth and comfort as a singer. “My favourite singers and vocalists are up the front, commanding their space and instruments high in the mix with clarity in the lyrics. Kim pushed me into that space, just to get that out of me. As a solo artist, it’s kind of important,” he laughs “Way II War was a bit of an anomaly, just something I did at home. It was nothing more than a demo, really. A late night, early morning vocal performance where I was feeling how I sounded. It was a strange night, that one. The ending, it hadn’t really occurred to me why there weren’t vocals at the end. After having some time away from it, I realised that riff at the end was calling for a vocal. So we just went in and did it, I haven’t thought about it like that – about it being me becoming a
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more confident singer. But it’s entirely true, and that sums it up to a tee.” Embracism projects vivid depictions of the landscape, from the rough and tumble playground of the title track through to the earthly and oceanic natural beauty on Landslide. The employment of landscape within the narrative holds up as one of the distinctly Australian characteristics present on the record. “I think the Australian thing for me has been about the lyrical content, vocal delivery and the guitar sounds,” Kirin assesses. “But that’s a nice idea, that it’s a uniquely Australian thing to evoke the landscape in a musical setting. I don’t think about it too much. It’s natural, I am Australian, I’ve spent my whole life in Australia. If it’s not autobiographical, it’s personal. So it would make sense that it has that flavour. It’s never been deliberate to sound more Australian, it just feels right.” Kirin is speaking from New York on the cusp of a tour supporting Ariel Pink across America. The country is the topic of the sardonic, brutally industrial ode Come On USA. Kirin plans to play it at every US performance. “Even in America there is a lot of disdain and sadness for the state of the nation, for the state of the American dream that’s been sold. I’m yet to encounter any anger, but I have only been playing in LA and New York. Maybe taking it to Bumfuck, Nowhere in the southern states might result in a different experience,” he envisions. “But I doubt I’ll encounter that touring with Ariel Pink. But you never know. I actually plan to release the song over here on July 4, Independence Day, possibly accompanied by some sort of flag-waving video.” One of the most arresting aspects of Kirin’s oeuvre, particularly present on Embracism’s title track, is an overt, amplified masculinity – reaching Ben Hur-levels of homoerotic undertones. “I don’t want to get too heavy with it, but it’s a physically intuitive thing to express myself and my masculinity. As a songwriter, I’m trying to write about things I’m experiencing and dealing with first hand,” he rationalises. “That’s one aspect of it, and no one else has really talked about it that much, which is probably why I gravitate towards it. Those ideas seem to get through the filter, where a lot of lyrics and ideas don’t. It’s exciting for me, really exploring these uncharted waters. More and more in my own life I’ve – excuse my use of the term – embraced my masculinity. I’ve explored my feminine side a lot as well, especially when I was a bit younger where I used to cross-dress a bit – not just onstage, but in my own life. That certainly stirred my more effeminate nature. It’s a snapshot of where I am personally as well, as a man, as a single man. A lot of the record has come from a place of heartache and breakup, the angry space I was in. I didn’t realise how angry the record was until recently hearing it back after spending some time away from it.” I inform Kirin that our allotted 20 minutes are up. He says we can squeeze one more question in, perhaps an offer to talk about the Sugar Mountain-sized elephant in the room. I ask about You Like It, I Love It, a short film Kirin starred in last year, and whether it signifies the beginnings of a fully-fledged acting career. “That was kind of an off the cuff thing where the director [James Vaughn] came to a show and asked if I wanted to do it. I didn’t get back to him until a few days before the shoot, and I think the director was going to play the role himself. It was an incredible experience, I’d love to do more of it. I don’t want to do this music thing forever, parading around onstage, blowing my hearing out, making a fool of myself. I’d like to grow old with a little bit of dignity,” he muses. “I’ll maybe make three or four records, a couple of bad ones, then do a bit of acting. I’ll take it as it comes.” Embracism is out now through Siberia/Remote Control. KIRIN J CALLINAN performs at Northcote Social Club on Thursday July 4.
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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN From the director of the critically acclaimed drama Take Shelter comes the all-star thriller Mud. Two teenage boys, Ellis and Neckbone, find a strange man (Matthew McConaughey) hiding out on an island in the middle of the great Mississippi river. Describing his involvement in fantastic scenarios and claiming that vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him, the stranger says he is planning to escape with the love of his life, Juniper (Reese Witherspoon), who is waiting for his signal in town. Skeptical but intrigued, the boys agree to help him in his noble and exciting quest. Costarring Sarah Paulson, Michael Shannon, Sam Shepard and Joe Don Baker, Mud was nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, and is currently screening at Cinema Nova.
ON STAGE Verve Studio have announced their last production to be performed next month, Offending the Audience. Written by Peter Handke in 1966, Offending the Audience was considered the epitome of the ‘anti-play’; unmasking the technique of theatre and renouncing the essentialism of any play, a plot. Instead, the Stage Verve Company actors need to create a prologue that tells the audience what is happening and what each action is called; a challenge for all artists. Offending the Audience will be performed at Roxanne Parlour from Wednesday July 3 – Friday July 5 at 7pm.
ON DISPLAY Geoffrey Rush is one of Australia’s most acclaimed and revered actors, and The Arts Centre is set to host an exhibition dedicated to the Australian icon. Entitled The Extraordinary Shapes of Geoffrey Rush, the exhibition, curated and developed alongside the man himself, will thrust viewers into the iconic roles the actor has played over the years, including Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Ernest, Captain Barbossa in Pirates of the Caribbean, and many more. The exhibition will feature footage and images detailing his approach to developing characters, costumes Rush has worn and the awards he’s received throughout the years. The Extraordinary Shapes of Geoffrey Rush will be on exhibition at the Arts Centre from Saturday July 6 – Sunday September 29. Admission is free.
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WOLFGANG BYLSMA BY AVRILLE BYLOK-COLLARD
Founded in 2005 out of “a labour of love”, Gestalt Publishing has been a premier independent publisher within the Australian graphic novel industry. They have published works of well-known comic book creators, including Australian illustrator, writer and penciller Shaun Tan (The Arrival, The Rabbit) and Melbourne writer Tom Taylor (The Deep, Injustice: Gods Among Us), who was recently signed to replace acclaimed comic book author James Robinson for the DC Comics series, Earth 2. Gestalt recently released their second volume of Neomad, a collaborative effort with Big hART, an organisation that nurtures cultural expression within remote indigenous communities. In addition to this, unbeknownst to many, Gestalt Publishing has also been part of a television documentary series, Comic Book Heroes, that will air on ABC 1 this August. “It’s been a love-hate relationship,” explains Gestalt co-founder and editor, Wolfgang Bylsma. A camera crew from the ABC has been following him around for the past three years now. “The documentary process itself is highly intrusive and you get to know the documentary crew very well and they get to know you quite intimately. And as such, you quite often want to punch them in the face, metaphorically speaking.” Despite the intrusiveness of documenting Comic Book Heroes, Bylsma had fun tormenting the crew with his erratic flight schedule, purposely booking flights that arrived at “five in the morning, so [that the camera crew had] to be at Melbourne long before that” to set up their equipment to film, what was mostly likely, two minutes of footage of Bylsma coming off the plane. Despite all of this, the editor assured us that Comic Book Heroes will be an austere, candid portrait of Gestalt Publishing, including the highs and lows of the publishing house. “I’ve seen the final cut of the first episode which is going to be screened at Oz Comic-Con actually,” a convention where Wolfgang will discuss Gestalt Publishing and comics alongside other contributing writers, including journalist Andrew Constant (Torn) and Christopher Read (The Eldritch Kid: Hate and Whiskey, Witch King), and contributing comic artists such as Sydney-born Nicola Scott
(Torn, Earth 2). Wolfgang will also be offering constructive criticism for fledging comic book artists and writers, if they request to receive it. “I think it [Comic Book Heroes] was intended to document the rise of Gestalt and, in many ways, I think it certainly does show a warts-and-all approach [to] how we do what we do, some of the difficulties that we have to overcome in doing it and some of the successes we’ve had. It’s very honest and I found it quite distressing to watch myself.” In spite of these complications, Bylsma and Ogden still persevere because of their ardency for comic books. “[Gestalt Publishing] was born of a lifelong passion for the comic book medium, both for myself and my co-director in the company Skye Ogden,” enthuses the founder, who grew up on a healthy diet of The Adventures of Tin Tin, Asterix, Famous Five and The Secret Seven; however, it wasn’t until Bylsma’s adolescent years that he discovered what comics could actually do. “Fantagraphics, Drawn and Quarterly, Top Shelf, Tundra, Kitchen Sink Press—they all opened my eyes to what you could do with comics. As a child reading comics, I was reading the traditional superhero fare because that was all I had access to,” explains Bylsma, iterating that it was the works of illustrator and comic book artist Dave McKean (The Graveyard Book, Coraline), Peter Milligan (Bad Company, X-Force/X-Statix), Scottish author Grant
Morrison (Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne, Batman and Robin) and James O’Barr. “James O’Barr was another huge influence with his graphic novel series The Crow,” he explains. “It certainly shaped my own aesthetic to how we run Gestalt and an appreciation for people that strive to tell their own stories rather than those that strive to draw Spider-Man.” This vehemence for storytelling was one of the reasons Gestalt established a collaboration with indigenous organisation Big hART to produced Neomad. “[Big hART] work with remote indigenous communities to create a legacy for cultural expression [and] I became aware of [their] project about a year ago,” explains Bylsma earnestly, detailing his appreciation of what the organisation does. “At that stage, they’d already developed the first app which became volume one of Neomad that we’ve published. [After] working with their editorial team and one of the guys that was doing a lot of work with the kids themselves, we fell in love with the story itself and the process. The fact that this was empowering kids in that community, to actively engage [them] with the story… it was something that seemed a perfect fit for us. While sales are good, I simply want to have people reading the story [Neomad] because I think it is magnificent and an example of what can be done when people collaborate to encourage creativity in youth that otherwise may have not had the chance.” You can catch Wolfgang Byslma alongside many others at the Melbourne Oz Comic-Con, which will be held at the Royal Exhibition Building from Saturday July 6 – Sunday July 7.
THEATRESPORTS BY JO ROBIN
Impro Melbourne’s Theatresports director Lliam Amor is no stranger to finding himself up on stage, in front of an audience, with no clue what he is going to say. For most actors an unscripted scene might sound nightmarish, but Amor insists that’s just how he likes it. “A mind in a panic is a wonderful thing to see,” he notes. “You can almost hear the gears whirring in people’s brains.”
A top-notch lineup of some of Australia’s most renowned and acknowledged musicians, singers and DJs will perform on Friday evenings to mix it up with the crowds for Friday Nights At Monet’s Garden. The musical showcase will complement the final ten weeks of NGV’s current Monet exhibition. A range of food and drink offerings will be available throughout the evening and will include everything from bar food to bistro style suppers. The Friday Nights at Monet’s Garden ticket includes entry to Monet’s Garden: The Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, live music in the Great Hall and pop-up talks. It kicks off this Friday with Vance Joy at NGV. Get down.
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Still, for regular folks, Theatresports is one of those things that threatens to dredge up uncomfortable memories of high school drama classes long suppressed. “Let me guess, the only one you can think of is Space Jump? And you hated it,” says Amor, a longtime Space Jump detractor. “I hate Space Jump, if I had my way I’d kill Space Jump. It’s ruining people’s perceptions. I guarantee no Space Jump!” Amor got his first taste of improvised theatre starting out at St. Martin’s Youth Arts Centre more than 20 years ago. “Unlike most people I never had it at school, so it completely blew me away. It was the closest thing to vaudeville that I could do. Music, comedy and pathos all in one show!” While he has garnered various other acting credits over the intervening decades, he still finds himself hankering for the excitement of improv. “I wish it could be a full time job, that would be fantastic. The truth of it is the majority of the people do it because they love it. It’s like a non-threatening drug, once you’ve had your first hit you kind of have to go back for some more.” Amor is a member of Hoof Hearted, one of eight teams who have been fighting it out since May for a place in the Theatresports Grand Final. Highlights of the season so far? An absurd theatre set inside a vacuum bag (if you can imagine) and timely tribute to the late James Gandolfini. “One of the myths we are constantly trying to dispel is that
it is only played one way and it hasn’t been changed in 20 years. One of the things Improv Melbourne is doing in leaps and bounds is playing with what Theatresports is and what it can be,” says Amor. “In a night you can have a variety of really funny scenes with the sort of physical comedy and verbal dexterity and wit that can only be captured on the run. When you’re making it up. We’ve had songs and musical numbers, even an improvised rock opera.” Certainly the lack of forward planning means that every show is one off and never to be repeated. “One of the great things is that a team could fail or flop. If done correctly it won’t matter and is just as exciting as watching a scene that flies,” and when Amor remembers a scene, it’s usually for all the wrong reasons. He recalls getting up close and personal with Jordan from the Axis of Awesome, “[Jordan] took off his sock and wore it on his hand like a hand puppet and then made me kiss it. Being the good improviser that I am, I accepted. It took me weeks to get the smell off my tongue.” Many families attend the shows and caring and sharing is a big part of the Theatresports doctrine, but Amor assures that while audience participation is more than welcomed, it certainly won’t be mandated. He adds that improv is not just for budding thespians and can be a great way to build self confidence and public speaking skills. “We have a rigorous training program which involves ninja like
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entrances and lifting burning pots of molten lead with your forearm,” he jests. “I guess in some ways most people fear public speaking, getting up in front of a crowd and having to talk. The improviser is that rare breed of person who lives off the moment and getting up in front of people. Still, it’s a really good philosophy, this notion of saying ‘yes’ to life in general.” Crowd favourites this year have included, Hoof Hearted and Citizen Wayne, but Amor warns Double Denim is not to be discounted. Lucky audiences might also get to see a barber shot quarter from the Suspenders of Disbelief, “If you’re lucky, or unlucky.” At this stage the grand final remains somewhat shrouded in mystery, but audiences can be assured of comicality, musicality and perhaps even some celebrity guests. “We’ll see who ends up on stage at the grand final, the main thing is we don’t know what is going to happen. The audience can be guaranteed of nothing. Or I guess of something. There is also a perennial tradition of throwing out lollies during the show. So, if nothing else, you come away with a sweet tooth. ” Theatresports takes place every Sunday until July 7 at The Space in Prahran. The teams are currently battling it out for a place in the Theatresports Grand Final, which this year will be held in the historic National Theatre in St Kilda on Saturday July 13.
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NCAT NORTHERN EXPOSURE FESTIVAL
Acclaimed Australian playwright, Elizabeth Coleman, returns with her newest play, It’s My Party (And I’ll Die If I Want To) at the Athenaeum Theatre this weekend. Featuring the superb acting of Henri Szeps (Mother and Son) and Green Room Award winner Robyn Arthur (The Boy from Oz), It’s My Party (And I’ll Die If I Want To) will delve into the hilarity of domestic insensitivity and anxiety with an absurd, canny wit akin to that of A Bit of Fry & Laurie, and David Mitchell and Robert Webb’s acclaimed The Peep Show. It’s My Party (And I’ll Die If I Want To) will be performed at the Athenaeum Theatre from Friday July 5 – Saturday July 6 at 8pm.
In this year’s Northern Exposure festival, the Northern College of the Arts and Technology showcases work from some its most successful Visual & Performing Arts programs: Senior Visual Arts students are holding an exhibition of their work in the Rooftop Gallery at the Northcote Town Hall from their official opening at 7pm on Friday July 12 until the evening of Sunday July 14. The College’s Music & Guitar Making program will be supporting the exhibition by performing their ukelele ensemble piece at the opening and on the steps of the Town Hall around 7pm. This will feature one giant-sized ukulele where a group of players will perform classic rock songs on standard sized Ukulele. Students will perform as an introduction to the festival’s opening ceremony outside the Uniting Church at 5.45 and again on the steps to the Northcote Town Hall at 7.15pm. The exhibition will also feature a number of painted ukuleles, decorated by the students. For more information on NCAT events and programs, go to ncat.vic.edu.au.
RED STITCH ACTORS THEATRE Red Stitch Actors Theatre recently announced Ella Caldwell will be appointed as the new Art Director following former director David Whiteley’s retirement. Caldwell was one of the founding members of Red Stitch back in 2002 and has acted in many productions by the theatre, including Yellow Moon, The Winterling and Stop.Rewind. According to Anthony Adair, Chairman of Red Stitch, Caldwell will make “a seamless generational change in the leadership of the company.” David Whiteley has worked with Red Stitch Actors Theatre for nine years and was known for his vehement advocation for the company and his artistic vision that helped shape the company’s positive reputation over the years. Ella Caldwell will commence as Art Director this month.
GD TODD Melbourne-based designer, GD Todd, is calling for people to contact him for portrait sittings. These portrait sittings will help the artist establish an image that he will later recreate on tin for his Tin Can-vas series that he hopes to exhibit one day. Participants portraits will be, if they give permission, exhibited when Todd finishes his collection of 100 tin artworks. GD Todd is a Melbourne-based designer that is still establishing his career as a metal-wielding enthusiast and artist. You can contact Todd via emailtakenotice@bigpond.com.
PENNY PLAIN World-renowned master of marionettes, Ronnie Burkett, returns to the Melbourne this August with Penny Plain. Inspired by the oral tradition of storytelling, Penny Plain follows the tale of an octogenarian woman who is blind. Though she never leaves her lodgings, many people stay there and Penny quickly learns about the imminent apocalypse through travellers’ stories that use her lodge house. Ronnie Burkett Theatre of Marionettes is one of Canada’s most prestigious puppet theatre companies. Found in 1986, the theatre has established a reputation for their elaboration and provocative puppetry that has entertained adults for years. Penny Plain will be performed at the Arts Centre from Thursday August 8 – Sunday August 18.
ELECTRIC SHORTS Electric Shorts, an annual independent short-film festival, is currently calling for entries. The festival will be looking for self-funded, independent short films under 30 minutes within any genre. Successful entrants will be shortlisted and shown to an audience later during this year; the audience will vote for the overall winner of the competition. Interested applicants can find application forms and regulations from the website, or by request through emailing electricshorts2003@hotmail. com. Entries for Electric Shorts will close on Friday September 13.
As part of their Hollywood Costume exhibition, ACMI will be hosting a special The Wizard of Oz commemoration entitled There’s No Place Like ACMI. Inspired by the famous words uttered by Judy Garland as Dorothy in the 1939 film classic, There’s No Place like ACMI will feature the talent of chanteuse Ilana Charnelle who will perform a musical tribute to Garland, including Meet Me in St Louise and The Trolley Song. From 10am, Rama Nicholas will portray Glinda, the Good Witch, and preside over ACMI with her sparkly charm, encouraging people to participate in the Scarecrow Building Competition until 2pm. Pop culture journalist and author, Mel Campbell, will give a special talk about The Wizard of Oz at the Hollywood Costume exhibition, leading exhibition attendees through the maze of costumes designed by Adrian. Hollywood Costume is an exhibition exploring the central role of costumes in cinema storytelling. It features clothes from various acclaimed movies, including Titanic, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and The Dark Knight Rises. There’s No Place Like ACMI is a free event at ACMI from 10am – 4pm on Sunday July 7. The Hollywood Costume exhibition is currently open and will close on Sunday August 18.
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This Wednesday, a short run of big gigs starts at Melbourne Public. For the first week, Frank Woodley makes a rare headline appearance. Hosted by Adam Rozenbachs and supported by Elbowskin, it’s gonna be a big night of comedy in South Wharf, and in the weeks to come, there’s gonna be Josh Thomas, Dave Hughes, Jimeoin and Mick Molloy. It’s happening tonight, Wednesday July 3, at Melbourne Public, 11 Dukes Walk, South Wharf for only $15.
LOL COMEDY This week headlining and fresh from a world tour (including Tasmania and Frankston) is one of Australia’s most polished comedians Jacques Barrett. With MCs Girls Uninterrupted (Louise Joy McCrae and Nicolette Minister) – who’ve been smashing it at comedy festivals all over the country and receiving rave reviews, and support will come from the downright hilarious Micah D Higbed. It’s happening tonight at the Portland Hotel in the CBD from 7.30pm.
BRIGHT CLUB COMEDY Following the sellout success of Bright Club’s inaugural Melbourne International Comedy Festival show, the team is back with a night of scientifically themed comedy. Hosted by Catherine Deveny, the night showcases Melbourne’s funniest scientists and musos. It goes down at 7.30pm this Thursday July 4 at the Prince Alfred Hotel, Carlton. All proceeds go to Melbourne’s medical research community.
This Thursday it’s Five Borough’s big 3rd birthday show! They’ve been hosting the mega-names for three big years now and now they’re celebrating with a surprise lineup featuring some secret allstar performances. It’s gonna be another big one (and there might even be cake) this Thursday July 4 at 8.30pm, for only $12 at Five Boroughs (upstairs), 68 Hardware Lane, CBD.
This July, Anna Pappas will exhibition the newest works of Grant Nimmo and Michaela Gleave. World headquarters is the newest work of Melbourne artist Grant Nimmo. It is an introspective commentary that will explore identity and self clarity through cartoon imaginary, colour and shape, and Taoist symbology. Michaela Gleave will return with her newest exhibition Universal Truths, an extension of her Hong Kong solo exhibition We Are Made of Stardust (2012). Composed of an LED sculpture installation, We Are Made of Stardust was a LED sculpture made of those works; it was inspired by Gleave’s research at the Astronomy and Space Science Division at CSIRO. World headquarters and Universal Truths are currently on exhibition at Anna Pappas Gallery until Saturday August 3.
COMEDY AT SPLEEN This Monday, it’s yet another cracking lineup down at your old mate Comedy@Spleen! They’ve got Michael Hing hosting plus Karl Chandler, Shayne Hunter, Tony Besselink, Sam Petersen and heaps and heaps more. It’s this Monday July 8, 41 Bourke St, in the city, at 8.30pm. It may be free, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door!
MELBOURNE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL The Melbourne Underground Film Festival have announced their dates for this year. To give audiences a taste of what to expect — festival director, Richard Wolstencoft will be premiering his documentary, The Last Days of Joe Blow, a film about the career of an LA male porn star, at the Revelation Perth International Film Festival this month. The Melbourne Underground Film Festival will be presented at Revolt Artspace in Kensington from Friday September 6 – Saturday September 14.
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SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS ARTS PROGRAM It’s not long now until Splendour In The Grass, and the festival have announced their Splendour Arts and Splendour In The Craft programs. Taking arts and craft to a new level, Splendour In The Craft will run from 11am – 6pm each day and will feature an action-packed program of free workshops and activities to entice all craft aficionados. Spotlight, Australia’s largest fabric and craft retailer, will also host Spotlight Sessions, a workshop where Splendour-goers can make their own tote bags and can Pimp Their Tents with crafty installations. Splendour Arts will see the return of Splendour performance and installation art, Andy Forbes, with The People vs. The Tent of Miracles, an interactive parody of the justice system. Barnraiser will blend sculpture, installation and performance as artist Bennett Miller demonstrates the virtues of simple living and raising a barn, while Julia Drouhin will recreate and play classic records made out of chocolate. Splendour in The Grass will run from Friday July 26 – Sunday July 28 in Byron Bay; a full arts program can be found online. Though Splendour is currently sold out, you can try Moshtix for legitimate resale tickets.
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SIMONE YOUNG CONDUCTS MAHLER 5 The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will be combing three of Australia’s greatest musical talents this July in Simone Young Conducts Mahler 5. Conducted by Simone Young (Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra), Mahler 5 will feature renowned violist Brett Dean’s latest work, The Last Days of Socrates, and singer/opera-singer Peter Coleman-Wright in Dean’s opera Bliss. Brett Dean is known for his work with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and his stylistics that combines music with intellectual references to the past or present. Coleman-Wright is known for her versatile voice that ranges from opera to recital; he has performed with the English National Opera, Metropolitan Opera and Opera Australia. Simone Young Conducts Mahler 5 will be performed at Robert Blackwood Hall on Friday July 26 at 8pm, and at Hamer Hall on Saturday July 27 and Monday July 29 at 6.30pm.
Arts House have announced their season 2 program which will run from July - December this year. The season will be kicked off by PROMPTER later this month, and also features The Confidence Man, I’m Your Man, Whelping Box, Permanent vs Impermanent, Is Art for Art’s Sake?, A Small Prometheus, Beautiful One Day and will finish up with The Hanging of Jean Lee. All tickets are less than $30, check out artshouse.com.au for more information.
FRIDAY ON MY MIND Friday on My Mind, a panel discussion dedicated to the film and television industry, will be hosting Mr & Mrs Murder star Kat Stewart this Friday. The Bairnsdale raised actress is famously known for her portrayal of Roberta Williams in Underbelly that earned her a silver Logie Award and an AFI Award for Best Lead Actress in 2009. Since then, Stewart has been carving a name for herself as Billie Proudman in Offspring, and Nicola Buchanan in Mr & Mrs Murder. Hosted by Sandra Sdraulig, Director of Film Victoria, Friday on My Mind with Kat Stewart will see Stewart discuss her career and her process as an actor. Friday on My Mind with Kat Stewart will be hosted at ACMI on Friday July 5 at 5pm. Admission is free, though bookings are preferred.
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RUSSELL HOWARD Russell Howard, ‘that comedian’ from the UK, will be returning to Australia for his first ever national tour next year. Entitled Wonderbox, the affable Brit will be returning to Melbourne with his contagious brand of energetic and interactive humour that received a Barry Award nomination for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival back in 2007. Russell Howard is known for acclaimed show, Russell Howard’s Good News, which receives over five million viewers per week in the UK. Howard is also known for his appearances on Would I Lie To You?, Never Mind The Buzzcocks and being a regular panellist on Mock The Week alongside Hugh Dennis and Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain until 2010. Wonderbox will be performed on Sunday May 18, 2014 at the Athenaeum. Tickets will be available through Ticketek from Tuesday July 9.
STEPHEN LYNCH Comedian, musician and actor Stephen Lynch has announced an Australian tour for this August. Entitled, Stephen Lynch Live!, the show will be a blend of the music, comedy and plain absurdity, whether Lynch is singing an ode to tattoos or lamenting about his new vegan lifestyle. Born from the holy union of a former nun and priest, Lynch has been entertaining the world since he could first speak. He graduated from university with a BA in Drama and moved to New York to become a performer. Since then he has released five albums and been awarded many awards for his title role in 2006 Broadway hit, The Wedding Singer. Stephen Lynch will grace Melbourne with his wit on Thursday August 22 at the Athenaeum Theatre. Tickets are available through Ticketek.
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DICK DIVER
BY KRISSI WEISS
You can tell immediately that a band like Dick Diver are never going to use some sort of complex and sensitive story to sell an album, preferring to keep their emotions buried in their songs than on the pages of a magazine. So in between the almost adolescent answers Alistair McKay gives lays the truth, but sometimes the truth can be a bit boring so why not make things more interesting with a bit of creative licence? For example, their latest album, Calendar Days released in March, was recorded on Phillip Island with Mikey Young (of Eddy Current fame) but why they chose Phillip Island was, according to McKay’s version, a murderous motivation. Steph Hughes allegedly has a lot to answer for. “Steph really wanted to see the penguins so we thought it’d be nice to go on a road trip, maybe even take a couple of token band photos and write it off as a tax expense for gags,” McKay says. “So we get to the penguin parade amphitheatre and Steph just loses it, runs off into the dunes with Al’s (Montfort) bass, which she must have grabbed from the boot of his car, and which appears covered in blood and has been jammed into a penguin nest where we find it half an hour later. When we find Steph, sometime after this, she’s got two baby penguins with her sat up on little armchair mounds of sand, as though everything’s peachy. But they’re heads are covered in glad wrap. She must have grabbed that from the car too. ‘Steph, is everything alright babe?’ She lovingly picks up one of them by the neck, turns it to face us and in a cute
little penguin voice while moving its head says – ‘We love Australian music. But I’d give it all up for a Logie.’ That was a sign. Then we went to a friend’s place down the road and recorded our second album with Mikey Young.” In truth the band were looking for a change of scenery and the half renovated house (that they were amazed Mikey Young managed to make work) had been used by Straightjacket Nation to record in previously. While the album itself has an even more spontaneous feel to it than New Start Again, the band took a slightly more refined approach to recording with the use of bandy techy things such as overdubs and the like. Mind you, recording for this band is hardly a stretch, between the four members they have (and have had) countless other musical projects and instrument-in-hand is probably the most comfortable place for them to be. McKay and Rupert Edwards are the primary songwriters in Dick Diver (although all four contribute) and McKay explains how they’re able to keep Hughes and Montfort wanting to come back for more. “Cash – the universal
glue,” he says. “It’s not cheap, but we pay what they ask because they’re worth it. The most important thing to Dick Diver is its people. Get the money right first, so you can look after your people, but then always remember to look after your people ‘cause they’ll look after you. Dick Diver: money first, people second.” Dick Diver have been noted many times for their regionally specific lyrics and cultural references. The old cultural cringe is something Australia probably needs to get over but it seems insurmountable – any Australian references are met with the cringe of a teenager witnessing their father pull out a dad joke in front of their friends. On their latest album, McKay penned Alice after a trip to Alice Springs but holds his cards close to his chest when asked about the specific inspiration. Edwards has explained more about the song in previous interviews but McKay ensures Dick Diver don’t wander into political territory. “Alice is a song inspired by a trip to Alice Springs,” he says. “I don’t want to get drawn out on that in any political sense though. Basically, it’s a song about coming to grips with not
understanding something, but also being right in the middle of it, and the emotions associated with that.” McKay is in Sydney when we speak, “I’ve just woken up, am currently under a doona on [a friend’s] couch making up silly stories about our band before they wake up and we can all finally go to Balmain for enemas,” he explains. After that important procedure, the band are readying themselves for two big shows at The Corner with the second being put on after a massive response to the first. McKay gets ever so slightly serious for a moment when the topic of their latest tour is broached. “[I’m] super excited about the Corner shows and the others. July’s going to be a lot of fun.”
match committee want to take it.” Bob’s musical palate was informed by a few choice childhood discoveries, and came into full flourish upon moving to the big smoke of Melbourne. “As for the music that was in my house growing up, my dad listened to classical music mostly. The only other stuff he really listened to was a few Van Morrison and Elvis records getting around the house. So I had a bit of an in there. The first CD I ever bought was Bruce Springsteen, then one of my mate’s dads had Paul Kelly’s greatest hits playing all the time. Those touchstones are what got me into it, I guess. Then I moved to Melbourne – and it sounds a bit wanky – but I remember having a beer at The Napier when I was 17 where I asked what was playing and it was Exile On Main Street. Those little moments are what really got me into music,” he recalls. Melbourne’s two great loves, footy and music, seem to coexist with harmonic resonance – a quality that could well be unique to our fair city. “I grew up in a small country town, Warragul, then moved to Melbourne. So that’s basically all I know, it’s my kind of normal,” he reasons. “People seem to be into the idea of Presentation Night, they stop me and ask me about it. There’s a bit of vibe that it’s something
worthwhile. I live in hope that it’s a Melbourne thing. “ So how does music influence Bob in his full-time role as an athlete? “It’s a hard question to answer, how it influences me. It motivates, I suppose. But being an athlete, without sounding too dramatic, you tend to spend a lot of time alone thinking about things. All the anxieties, just like everyone else. Music’s a great therapy for that. Going for a run, pumping weights. Whatever you’re doing, it’s a companion. It’s a hard thing to articulate, it’s part of who you are. Who you listen to is part of who you are. I’m sure we’ll get into it at Presentation Night. My dad, my brother, my wife, my coaches have all been great influences on my footy career, but I put Paul, Tim Rogers, Tex Perkins, Springsteen as influences as well.”
which has been really great and really exciting. At the same time it leaves me feeling that as soon as I’m in one place too long I’m kind of itching to get away again. But then when I move on I want to be at home again. The one thing that consistently excites me is coming home and catching up with friends. There are so many people I haven’t seen since probably Christmas, or even before then. It’s really quite nice to come back home and really interact with people.” The band will be performing in Australia for the first time this July, and they’re well aware of the welcome that awaits them. “We’ve had quite a lot of requests to come to Australia in the past,’’ Tonra says, ‘’but it’s never been able to happen. It’s very exciting for us to be coming down now, even if it is winter there. I think the fact that our sideshows for Splendour have been doing really well is something that really encourages the three of us.’’
Daughter will be performing at dates that include Irish group Little Green Cars, who are firm friends of the English trio. “I love them, all of them,’’ Tonra says. ‘’We all met in New York, because we’re on Glasshouse Records together in America. They’re just the coolest guys, and of course their music is amazing. It’s such a thrill to be able to hang out with them in New York, Dublin and now Australia. They took us out in Dublin when we were there, and I think we may have to behave ourselves a bit more in Australia.’’
DICK DIVER will be at The Corner Hotel on Friday July 5 (with The Twerps and The Stevens – sold out) and Sunday July 7 (with Lost Animal and School Of Radiant Living). Calendar Days is out now on Chapter Music.
PRESENTATION NIGHT
BY LACHLAN KANONIUK
I manage to catch Western Bulldogs star Bob Murphy in his myriad of guises in the week leading up to our interview. On Saturday night at Etihad Stadium he led the charge for a valiant few moments of promise against the Tiges (who ultimately proved too good for the outclassed Doggies). On Sunday, he was spotted in his role as Rockdogs assistant coach at this year’s Community Cup, standing alongside two icons of Australian music – Paul Kelly and Tim Rogers. The morning of our interview there was Bob Murphy the writer, detailing the beauty of the Reclink Community Cup in his weekly column for The Age. The column featured a great photograph of Rogers, Murphy and Kelly casting their gaze across Elsternwick Park. For Bob, a noted music aficionado – particularly of the Kelly and You Am I canon – it was a somewhat humbling experience. “It is strange, don’t get me wrong,” he speaks down the phone, fresh from a visit to the barber. “I know both of them a little bit now and have spent a bit of time with both of them, and would call them friends. But I still have those little moments, thinking as I’m standing next to them about how much time I’ve spent listening to the music of these two coaches beside me. But at the time, you’re just talking about the footy and what move the Rockdogs should do next. It wasn’t anything more than that, really. It was nice in its simplicity.” For Presentation Night, the first of its kind event exploring great footy and music minds, Bob will be joined by Paul Kelly onstage to examine the cultural importance of their respective crafts. “I’m going in blissfully unaware, really,” Bob says of his preparation for the night. “I’m not sure if anyone knows what to expect. It’s a bit of an experiment
in a lot of ways. But we have the bones of something that could be very good – music, footy, Paul Kelly, Francis Leach – that sounds okay to me,” he relays with a sense of understatement. While Bob and Paul’s rapport is centred on the footy aspect of Community Cup, the two find their conversations extending to the extracurricular. “We sort of cross over a lot. There’s a mutual curiosity, I’m obviously interested in music and Paul loves music and writing, and he’s a bit of a footy nut. The conversation flows pretty easily between footy and music. But we talk about writing and that sort of thing as well.” Though the Dogs and their young roster are currently in a bit of a slump at the bottom end of the ladder in 2013, Bob can boast a spotless record of sorts as Rockdogs assistant coach. “Well I walk on the sunny side of the street, so I see it as that I’m undefeated as an assistant coach,” he says in deference to the two consecutive Community Cup drawn results. “It’s up to the Megahertz how they wanna look at it. But that’s how myself, Paul and the rest of the Rockdogs
PRESENTATION NIGHT, featuring Paul Kelly, Bob Murphy and Francis Leach, takes place at The Corner on Wednesday July 10 as part of the Leaps & Bounds Music Festival.
DAUGHTER
BY BENJAMIN COOPER
Elena Tonra has always played it her way. ‘’I never went to university,’’ Tonra says. ‘’I never even considered it. I knew from the start that music was my thing. It was almost like I didn’t want to do anything else, or even entertain anything else. I finished school, and went to music college, and then I ended up doing music, all the time.” The songwriter and leader of English band Daughter is the first to admit surprise at having become a frontwoman. “Both of my parents are very shy people, to the point where they might even be described as antisocial,’’ Tonra says. ‘’I definitely got the shy gene. I mean, me about stuff that I didn’t even know was going on.” I’m always blabbering, but that probably helps with The tweeting and international attention for the band has come from this year’s debut album, If You Leave. writing. Maybe.” Daughter began as Tonra’s solo project when she was It’s their first release since signing to prestigious Britstudying at London’s Institute of Contemporary Mu- ish imprint 4AD (The National, Grimes, Deerhunter), sic Performance in 2010. The same year Tonra self-re- and has been almost acclaimed by auspicious voices leased an EP of demos, before forming a band later in like the BBC, Drowned In Sound and The Fly. The benefit of all that international attention is that 2010 with fellow students Igor Haefeli and Remi Aguilella. Following significant word of mouth surrounding the band has been on road touring all year. Multiple the band, the folk influenced trio self-released the His North American tours have meant Tonra now craves home like never before. “We’ve just had a week back Young Heart EP in 2011, which was followed in October of that year by The Wild Youth EP on Communion in London which is kind of nice,’’ she says. ‘’It’s a little Records (Michael Kiwanuka, Ben Howard). bit shit weather-wise in London at the moment, and I like it a bit grey and not very pleasant. It means you Of course, the important thing is whether Tonra’s parents like her stuff. “They do listen my music,’’ Tonra don’t want to go outside, so you end curling up in the says. ‘’I think they like it, well, they seem very interesthouse and writing stuff that’s good.’ ed in it. Mum is actually a big Twitter fiend, and she’s “It’s hard to feel free because we’re in the middle of not on Twitter herself, but she goes on ours and keeps such a crazy year of touring,” Tonra continues. ‘’We’ve an eye on what’s going on. Sometimes she updates been all over the place for the last couple of months, Beat Magazine Page 22
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yelawolf word s / a ug u st u s we lby Alabama native YelaWolf has spent the first half of the year working on his forthcoming second album Love Story. The record continues the rapper’s prolific release history, following last year’s Trunk Muzik Returns mixtape and collaborative work with the likes of Travis Barker and Big Boi. It will be his second official studio LP and Wolf (as he prefers to be called) describes the rigorous manner in which he applied himself to the new record. “We were in Nashville, [producer] WillPower and I, for like five months and we turned out Trunk Muzik Returns. That was a mixtape/street album, whatever you want to call it. Then we did Love Story. It was a total of somewhere around five or six months of non-stop work. It was the hardest album to record yet. It was really fucking stressful, but it was all worth it.” YelaWolf explains that the extra effort devoted to Love Story involved significantly altering his writing approach and adopting a thorough method of self-critique. “I used to fire off verses like nothing. There was a period where I could just go, go, go. Now I have the ability to write fast but I don’t want to for some reason. Especially this past six to eight months of writing, between Trunk Muzik Returns to Love Story, it just grew more and more intense.” He indicates that the desire to progress his craft and yield a stronger product prompted him to pay more attention to all facets of song construction. “I would record a verse five or six times before I was happy with it. I would write a song four or five times. Entire records, hooks, I would record and sit with them for two days and then erase the whole thing.” A major point of difference between the development of Love Story and YelaWolf’s debut album Radioactive is that the stylistic direction wasn’t steered by various external participants. “The ball’s been in my court. We had no interruption from anyone. No managers, no A&Rs, no production company; no one was allowed in the studio,” he says. YelaWolf perceives that these sorts of factors hampered the consistency of Radioactive and he attests that he wasn’t interested in repeating the somewhat disjointed collaborative procedure. “There was a lot of hands in on Radioactive, a lot of pre-written hooks, a lot of pre-produced records, which I was willing to try. I was just being a team player, but I saw what worked for me and
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he refrains from ostentatiously proclaiming Love Story is a piece of terrific innovation. “All I know is that I really, really care about this project more than anything thus far. That’s why it’s called Love Story. I worked harder on it than ever before and I think people are going to hear that hard work.” YelaWolf reveals that the only outside contribution will come when his label [Shady Records] boss and past collaborator Marshall
Mathers aka Eminem assists him in wrapping up the record. “Thus far it’s just been me and my producer WillPower, we made it together. We turned in like 14 records, so now we’ll go to Detroit and sit with Marshall, when he’s ready, and finish it.” The fact that Eminem will pass the final judgement on the album sounds like an intimidating prospect; however YelaWolf explains that he’s past the point of being affected by the stature of his collaborators. “[It’s] like when you’re on a team or you play ball with somebody, you know that ‘I’m good at what I do. If you pass me the ball I’m going to do what I was supposed to do’. Of course when you first start working with someone that you’ve looked up to and been inspired by you have to get over that hump of nervousness. I think those days are long gone of being intimidated by any artist. I’ve been on rap records with some of the best MCs ever and I’ve never really felt intimidated.” YelaWolf affirms that he’s always been completely determined to be a successful rapper and seemingly this desire has motivated him to develop as a songwriter. “Your talent really has to catch up with your drive in order to be successful. I had way more ambition than talent when I started. You’ve got to want it bad. So yeah, I had a fucking eye of le tigre,” he laughs. YelaWolf’s propelling drive shouldn’t simply be described as hunger for popularity. The patent artistic commitment he made to the new album is indicative of utilising his massive ambition to harness his talents. “I definitely learned after Love Story that it’s worth the time and the frustration if the outcome is a good song. You’ve got to listen to your gut.”
YelaWolf will hit the Corner Hotel on Monday July 8. He also will support Bliss N Eso at Festival Hall on Saturday July 6. facebook.com/yelawolf soundcloud.com/yelawolf
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what didn’t work for me. I thought it would be best to be left alone, so that’s what happened with Love Story. I had free range to do what I want to do instead of what someone else wants me to do.” YelaWolf’s presence on record has always been striking but, having been allowed additional artistic freedom, he suggests he’s surpassed the honest clarity of his previous work. “I don’t how to explain it, it’s just me. Except for Trunk Muzik Returns, this will be the first time people hear me just untamed, untainted.” While he speaks confidently about the quality of the new material,
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As part of the City of Yarra’s Leaps and Bounds Music Festival, Music Victoria presents ‘Make Some Noise’, with hip hop and electronic music workshops for both emerging and established artists. Pragmatic advice will be on offer on topics like how to get a gig, management, sampling, getting airplays and grant writing for both emerging and advanced hip hop and electronic music practitioners. A panel of experts including M-Phazes, Nate Flagrant, Anthony Colombi, Andy Rantzen, Jon Hanlon and Chris Johnston will be there on the day to answer any questions. There’ll be two sessions to suit both beginners and more advanced artists and all ages are welcome. Head down to First Floor in Fitzroy on Saturday July 6. It’s free for Music Victoria members, or just $15 per session for non-members.
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After leaving fans hanging for four years, Horrorshow have finally retuned with the announcement of a new album and a national tour. The Sydney duo are set to embark on a wide-reaching tour of Australia in September following the release of their new album King Amongst Many on Friday August 2. Their new single Unfair Lottery has been met with a hoard of praise and their most recent Sydney And Melbourne shows were completely sold out. Horrorshow will be supported by award-winning New Zealand hip hop crew Home Brew, whose 2012 self-titled debut album reached #1 on the NZ music chart. The ever-soulful Jimblah will also be joining them, ahead of the release of his new album on Elefant Traks in September. You can catch them on Thursday September 26 at the Corner Hotel, or at the all ages show on Sunday September 29 at Ding Dong Lounge and the inaugural Melbourne Sprung Festival which falls on Saturday October 19.
strawberry fields
A host of electronic talent will descend on the Victorian bush for the 5th incarnation of Strawberry Fields. The first announcement is headlined by Detroit luminaries Carl Craig and Moodymann and also includes Nosaj Thing, Extrawelt, Microtrauma, KiNK, Finnebassen, Day.Din, Liquid Soul, DjRUM, Nosaj Thing, Sascha Braemer, Collarbones. Willowbeats, Riktam & Bansi, GMS, Zenon 10 Yr Anniversary, Moomin and Tin Man. Strawberry Fields 2013 will take place from Friday November 22 - Sunday November 24 at a yet to be disclosed location.
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After a six-month break, Capacity returns to where it all began at The Mercat and their heavy-duty Funktion One sound system. The return of the undisputed king of live techno, Speedy J is upon us thanks to Stable Music in association with The Mercat and AiAiAi. With 20 years of techno under his belt, Speedy J has accomplished almost all that is possible within electronic music. With his unwavering passion, Speedy J has continued to push boundaries of electronic music by blurring the lines between live performance and digital djing. It’s his fervour that pushes him to delve into other realms of electronic music, working with NI and Allen & Heath advising and helping develop DJ tools such as Traktor, Maschine and the A&H DB:4 mixer. Make sure to head down to The Mercat on Friday August 16.
client liaison
The inaugural Leaps and Bounds festival will be launched by some of Melbourne’s finest party starters. The Client Liaison duo, Harvey Miller and Monte Morgan, have snowballed over the past six months and have played some of Australia’s most prestigious events including Golden Plains, Melbourne Music Week and Vivid LIVE. They’ll be launching the festival with help from Fox & Sui, Pikelet, Outerwaves, L’umanoide, Totally Mild and the Hip Hop Hoochies DJs. It all goes down at The Tote on Friday July 5.
citizen kay
After receiving an immensely positive response to his YES! EP with triple j plays, performing at Groovin’ The Moo and scoring support slots for Matt & Kim and Grey Ghost, Citizen Kay has announced a national headline tour. Building a reputation and referred to as The White Stripes of hip hop, Citizen Kay’s live performances are compelling and indescribably unique. With his drummer, James and himself heading off on their national tour mid-July, if you haven’t seen Citizen Kay live before, now is your chance. With the release of another track from the EP, Visions is cementing Citizen Kay as a key player in Australian hip hop. Make sure to head down to Revolver Upstairs on Friday July 19 with support coming from The Psyde Projects.
salt n pepa
After a sell out tour in 2011, Salt n Pepa are returning to Australian shores to perform all of their legendary hits. Paving the way for women in hip hop, the Grammy Award winning group have sold over 15 million albums worldwide and are known for putting on an energetic, dynamic and incredibly fun live show. Over the years they’ve released hit after hit including Lets Talk About Sex, Shoop, Whatta Man, Do You Want Me, Tramp and arguably their best known track Push It. Their contribution to a culture and to the world of hip hop has influenced the landscape and look of music as we know it today. They’ll be playing at the Palais Theatre on Saturday November 16.
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One of John Digweed’s brightest discoveries of the last decade, Israeli born Guy J is returning to Melbourne. On the back of releasing his Balance compilation, Guy J is embarking on a massive tour to promote a mix that he admits to putting a lot of effort and thought into. He sourced original tracks from friends and colleagues as well as editing tracks and gaining permission to use them in his own special way. His incurable passion has led his mind to realms of electronic music others have neglected. The mix demands infinite hits on the repeat button, with effortless mixing and a track list that would make any electronic fan swoon. Make sure to head down to New Guernica on Friday July 19.
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anyway When is it? Every Saturday. Where is it? At the Palace Theatre, 20-30 Bourke St, CBD.
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Acclaimed hip hop artist and recent Beat cover star Seth Sentry has announced The Vacation Tour in support of his latest single of the same name. Seth will be joined by special guests, Grey Ghost and Mantra to help bring his standout live show to new audiences around the country, on an extensive run of 24 regional tour dates between August and September. Seth Sentry will hit the Westernport in San Remo on Friday September 6 and the Wool Exchange in Geelong on Saturday September 7. He will also be making a special appearance at Sprung Festival this October.
Who’s playing? Some of our headliners include Yolanda Be Cool, Nina Las Vegas, Aston Shuffle, Danny T, Alison Wonderland, Sam La More, Danny T, Lewi McKirdy, Wax Motif and a few secret internationals coming up. What sort of shit will they be playing? A bit of everything over three levels - house, electro, commercial, techno, deep house, party and R&B.
What will we remember in the AM? It could be a laser-wielding robot, an army of dancing midgets or a man breathing fire, or it could be all three. What’s the wallet damage? Drinks are Centrelink friendly. $7 basics, $5 beers and $5 shots Give us one final reason why we should party here. Because we’re providing something no one else can. facebook.com/anywaydanceclub
What’s the crowd going to be like? A bit of the best from everywhere over Melbourne.
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arabian prince word s / j o c a m p b e ll
West Coast rap pioneer, Mik Lezan is a man of many pseudonyms. Best known for his paradigm creating work with N.W.A. and World Class Wreckin Cru in the late ‘80s, he’s since gone on to carve out a solo career across hip hop and dance music genres, most recently releasing electro house cuts under the name Professor X. We caught up with the man himself ahead of his DJ set at Revolver this weekend, where he’ll be using his Arabian Prince call sign. Mik Lezan is chilled for someone with so many projects on the go when Beats gets hold of him. At home at his place on LA’s beachfront, he’s on his way out to shoot some hoops (“I’ve gotta get at least four days of b-ball in a week,”) before working on a
new house track. Apart from holding legend status in the chronicles of old school electro, the man that co-founded N.W.A. with drug tsar Eazy-E and the little known Dr. Dre, also directs a film special effects and animation studio in Korea in tandem with making regular DJ tours. When asked about the early N.W.A. days, a posse formed in the now canonised LA ghetto of Compton by gangsta rap staple, Straight Out Of Compton, Lezan plays down the cult status. “We were just telling the story of our hood where we grew up and really didn’t think at the time that it was something groundbreaking,” he explains. “We just wanted to put out dope banging tracks. And
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words / nick sweepah UK rapper Ty is coming to grace our shores once more, on the back of a brand new EP that he had a hand in producing himself. Ty’s distinctive voice first graced our headphones when he released a collaborative EP with DJ Shortee Blitz in 1998. Since that time, there’s been four albums on illustrious labels like Big Dada and BBE, and now he’s dropped a new EP - Kick Snare And An Idea - on Tru Thoughts. When asked what he attributes his longevity to, Ty replies “I would attribute it to me not hiding behind a moniker, and actually just being a real person, making real music. I think that has helped me to be relevant to different people at different times, because you’re always meeting the person, not an image – just listening to someone who loves making music.” Being involved in the industry that long does have an effect on
an artist though, as Ty goes on to explain how it’s affected the motivation behind his art, in quite a positive way. “It has changed, it’s increased. I was a MC with an interest in music, now I’m a MC/Producer with an interest in composition, sound and lyrics.” This, coming from a man who says his inspiration to start rapping largely came from “My Aunty Felicia’s birthday party, around 1979/80, where I got up and break-danced in front of my parents for the first time. Everyone was cheering, but they were scared as hell!” Ty’s new EP has a title that, while appearing simple, is deceptively complex on reflection. His explanation of it is equally evocative. “I’m hoping that A Kick Snare And An Idea becomes a term to highlight the fact that a particular type of person, makes a particular type of music. It’s almost like a nickname for what
that’s what we did.” What they actually did was create the original gangsta rap album and one of the most seminal albums of all time, representing the lives of marginalised black American males on the edge. Lezan’s most recent work as Professor X is a far cry from those disaffected sentiments - polished house with a slight electro feel; hardcore it is not. “I’ve always liked up tempo music, being an old school DJ from the 80’s people forget that there was not much rap back then, just up tempo electro, house, new wave, funk and pop.” Having released two such EPs last year after a four year hiatus, Lezan says he likes to marinate on perfecting his art. “I got a lot of requests to do new Professor X songs, but until I was happy with the sound I just kept making beats, I create all new sounds for each song so it takes a while to design something new and innovative and I don’t like making songs that use the same sounds as other artists.” His DJ set incorporates live elements mixing up old school electro funk, house and hip hop. “I don’t plan my sets, I feel out the crowd and let them guide my music, but at the end of the night everyone is sweating. Even when I DJ I’m still performing and try to create new music live on the fly when I play out, I think it is the responsibility of a DJ to make sure he gives the audience his all.”
Arabian Prince hits Revolver Upstairs on Saturday July 6.
people do, especially if you have any hip hop enthusiasm for production. It’s what everybody does.” It’s this thoughtfulness that makes his lyricism so engaging, something that is particularly highlighted in the track Like You Never, featuring the line ‘I love the music but can’t see where it’s at.’ When asked to expand on the line, he explains that these days “You become a hater automatically if you question the validity of something you belong to, when in fact, self criticism is essential for existence in any genre of anything. I think that due to technology changing, and new opportunities being availed to us as people, certain traditional, fundamental assets are being swept to the curb, such as, an appreciation for beats as something actually being created, rather than something to just rap over. Songwriting and recording has become a casual process and lacks the detail and precision that it was once afforded, hence, mixtapes have spoiled rap musicians attention to detail. Artists used to have to find their own beats and make those famous, now they rap over already famous beats.” Although renowned as being a great live performer, Ty seems to struggle to explain exactly why that is. He simply states that he doesn’t really know “What the rest are doing and can’t really comment. But, I don’t think that me being a great live performer should separate me from others, it’s what we’re supposed to do.” Adding to this, he describes what the Melbourne audience can expect from his upcoming tour. “Expect me to run out of breath and lose weight on stage, rocking for you guys!” Ty hits The Espy this Friday July 5. facebook.com/tymusicfanpage
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COQ ROQ - FEAT: AGENT 86 + DJS LADY NOIR + JOYBOT + KITI + MR THOM Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. DUBSTEP GRIME DRUM & BASS - FEAT: DJ BADDUMS + DJ CARMEX Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. HOODRAPZ Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm. MO’ SOUL - FEAT: DJ VINCE PEACH Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. NEW GUERNICA WEDNESDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. THE DINNER SET - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm.
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3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + JAKE JUDD + NIKKI SARAFIAN + HEY SAM + JESSE YOUNG + JOHN DOE + SEAN RAULT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 5:00pm. BANG N MASH Word Events Warehouse & Lounge, Melbourne. 8:00pm. BENT CABARET - FEAT: MISS SKIN TATOO PAGEANT + DARK BURLESQUE The Luwow, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $15. BILLBOARD THURSDAYS - FEAT: MATT DEAN + MATTY GRANT + PHIL ROSS Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10. CHI BEATS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. CQ SESSIONS Cq, Melbourne. 8:00pm. DO DROP IN - FEAT: DJ KITI + DJ LADY NOIR The Carlton Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. FREE RANGE FUNK - FEAT: AGENT 86 + LEWIS CANCUT + WHO Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm. GOOD EVENING - FEAT: DJ PEOPLE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. GRAD PARTY THURSDAYS - FEAT: DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. LE DISCO TECH Pretty Please, St Kilda. 8:00pm. LOVE STORY Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: DJS PREQUEL & EDD FISHER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. MOOD - FEAT: NUBODY Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. NEW GUERNICA THURSDAYS - FEAT: CONDUCTORS + JAMES KANE + NEGATIV MAGICK + NU BALANCE + POST PERCY New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. RADIONICA Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm. THE RITZ THURSDAYS - FEAT: CAUC-ASIAN DJ’S + JOSHUA GILILAND + KEN WALKER + LUCILLE CROFT + CARRICK DALTON & SAM COHEN + ED WILKS + MAX KRUSE + TIM LIGHT + ZACK ROSE Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. $20. TIGER FUNK LIVE - FEAT: DJ MOONSHINE Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. VARSITY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
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ANYTIME Workshop, Melbourne. 8:30pm. BADABOOM FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. BOUNCE DEORRO Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. BRUNSWIXK MASSIVES - FEAT: DJ LILSTORMER Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. CANT SAY Platform One, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.
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CHI FRIDAYS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. CQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne. 8:00pm. DISCOTHEQUE - FEAT: ELANA MUSTO + GREG SARA + SCOTT T Match Bar & Grill, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. FUSION FRIDAY Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. I LOVE OLD SCHOOL - FEAT: SHAGGZ & PUPPET + DJ TEY + MERV MAC Red Bennies, South Yarra. 10:00pm. $10. MAZE FRIDAY The Motel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. MEET YOUR MATES FRIDAYS Libation, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. PANORAMA - FEAT: DJS MATT RAD + MR GEORGE + PHATO A MANO Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:00pm. POPROCKS - FEAT: DR PHIL SMITH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. REVOLVER FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ LEWIE DAY + DJ MIKE CALLANDER + DJ ALEX THOMAS + DJ KATIE DROVER + DJ WHO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. SHUFFLE FRIDAY NIGHTS Bridie O’reilly’s Brunswick, Brunswick. 10:00pm. THE FOX FRIDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm.
saturday july 6
BILLBOARD SATURDAYS - FEAT: FRAZER ADNAM SCOTT MCMAHON + JAMIE VLAHOS + MR MAGOO + ZIGGY Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. CLUB FICTION - FEAT: KITTY ROCK & THE BAD LADIES Red Bennies, South Yarra. 10:00pm. DJ YMCMR The Wharf Hotel, Melbourne. 8:30pm. ESPIONAGE - FEAT: TOKIMONSTA + CRNKN + FUGITIVE + JPS The Hi-fi, Melbourne. 10:00pm. FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS - FEAT: BILLY HOYLE + DJS DUCHESZ + MZRIZK + WASABI First Floor, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. GLITCH THIS - FEAT: SATURDAY Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm. HOT STEP Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. LAB 22 Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. MEXICALI MAMMAS The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. MIXED DRINKS SATURDAYS Libation, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. NEO SACRILEGE - FEAT: DJ NERO Abode, St Kilda. 8:00pm. NEW GUERNICA SATURDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. POISON APPLE - FEAT: DJ SPACEY SPACE Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 7:00pm. RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY - FEAT: ARABIAN PRINCE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. SATURDAYS - FEAT: ACTION SAM + DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. SATURDAYS AT ONE TWENTY BAR One Twenty Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SOUL-A-GO-GO - FEAT: GARRY SEVEN + DAVE BOOTS + DJ MANCHILD + MATT MCFETRIDGE + MISS GOLDIE + PIERRE BARONI + VINCE PEACH Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15. SOUND EMPIRE - FEAT: DJ TATE STRAUSS + DJ JOE SOFO + DJ MATTY + DJ MISS SARAH + DJ PHIL ROSS Fusion, Southbank. 9:30pm. $25. SOUTH SIDE SHOW - FEAT: EDD FISHER + KNAVE KNIXX Red Bennies, South Yarra. 8:00pm. $15. STAR SATURDAYS
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Star Bar, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. STRUT SATURDAYS - FEAT: COLLECTIVE + ANDREAS + DANNY MERX + HENRIQUE + JASON SERINI + MARK PELLEGRINI + MC JUNIOR + NICK VAN WILDER Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. $22. SUNDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY J + DJ KEN WALKER + DJ LIGHTING Co., Southbank. 8:30pm. SUPER GRANDE Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. TEMPERANCE SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ MARCUS KNIGHT + DJ XANDER JAMES Temperance Hotel, South Yarra. 8:00pm. TEXTILE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm. THE FOX SATURDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: MAT CANT + RANSOM + TOO MUCH + BOOGS + CONGO TARDIS #1 + DANIELSAN + MR MOONSHINE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. WHY NOT? Pretty Please, St Kilda. 8:00pm.
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DANGER - FEAT: GEORGE HYSTERIC & ROHAN BELL-TOWERS The Carlton Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. GOO GOO MUCK Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MASHTAG Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. MOTEL SATURDAYS The Motel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. REHAB RECOVERY - FEAT: ANGUS GREEN + FA + HYDRAULIX + KURK KOKANE + LASER FERRARI + LICKWEED + MONKEE + SNAREOPHOBE + WYLDCARD Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 12:00pm. REVOLVER SUNDAYS - FEAT: DJ BOOGS + DJ SPACEY SPACE + DJ RADIATOR + DJ SILVERSIX + DJ T-REK Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:30pm. SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:30pm. SURRENDER - FEAT: DJ SERGEANT SLICK + DJ ADAM TRACE + DJ ADRIAN CHESSARI + DJ CHRIS OSTROM + DJ SEF Fusion, Southbank. 8:00pm. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJS ANDYBLACK + HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. VINYL SALON - FEAT: JULES & RICKY + MYLES GALLAGHER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm.
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IBIMBO - FEAT: LADY NOIR & KITI Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. KOOL AID - FEAT: DJ MU-GEN Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. STIFF DRINK - FEAT: DJ MICHAEL KUCYK + DJ MICHAEL OZONE + DJ ROMAN WAFERS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. TWERKERS CLUB - FEAT: DJ FLETCH Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.
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COSMIC PIZZA Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:00pm. CURIOUS TALES Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. DJ JAGUAR E55, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. NEVER CHEER BEFORE YOU KNOW WHO’S WINNING - FEAT: REPETER FONDA Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.
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wednesday july 3 COMPRESSION SESSION - FEAT: CASSAWARRIOR + DD + RICKA E55, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SOUL ENSEMBLE Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
thursday july 4 PENNIES - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $6. RHYTHM-AL-ISM - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ K-DEE + DJ SIMON SEZ Eden, Melbourne. 10:00pm. $15.
friday july 5 CREW LOVE - FEAT: DJ TONY SUNSHINE Sub Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15. FAKTORY - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ DURMY + DJ K DEE + DJ YATHS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm.
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GET LIT - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. LIKE FRIDAYS - FEAT: BROZ + DIR-X + DJS DINESH + NYD + SEF + SHAGGZ + SHAUN D La Di Da, Melbourne. 7:00pm. SWEET NOTHING FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ MARCUS KNIGHT + DJ XANDER JAMES Temperance Hotel, South Yarra. 8:00pm. TY + DUVZ + MANCHILD + N’FA JONES Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.
saturday july 6 BLISS N ESO + PEZ + YELAWOLF Festival Hall, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. $60. DJ OAKLEY GRENELL Birmingham Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. LAUNDRY SATURDAYS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. SATURDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY SIN + DJ K DEE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm.
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Matt Zull, Darren Nichol and Marshall Ferguson are Melbourne hip hop crew The D.Y.E. The D.Y.E is the flagship act for the crew Street Credit Productions who have been putting on parties around Melbourne since 2011. Zull, Nichol and Ferguson took the time to catch up with Beats to explain the history of Melbourne’s newest party starters, punch-ons in Sydney’s west and to talk about the upcoming Street Credit Productions party, DJ Marshall’s Winter Wonderland at Northcote’s Bar 303. Ferguson opens the account by retelling how and why the act started. “I was having some beers with MHZ at the local watering hole a few years ago. He told me that Slam and a couple of others had been rapping under The D.Y.E for a while and were looking for a DJ. So I went in and started DJing with Matt, organising gigs and, yeah, the rest is history.” Zull now interrupts with an animated and cheeky take on The D.Y.E’s origins. “Basically, Slam and me were hanging out and rapping and stuff then we saw Marshall with the dreadlocks and we thought that we needed a badass member of the crew.” For the second time in the interview all three guys crack up into rapturous
laughter. Zull continues, this time seriously explaining why he and Nichol were drawn to Ferguson. “He was playing stuff like Transplants, Wu Tang Clan, Beastie Boys, J-5...Which was pretty sick.” Starting out with a six track recorder playing live drums, live bass and Ferguson looping tracks off the decks it didn’t take long for the three hip hop artists to find their click. Zull, the self-appointed spokesperson for the act talk about the first song they wrote together, “We were just throwing words together and having fun with the first track we made called The 799. “The title comes from a phone number on a sticker on my wall. Early on I would name song ideas after things in my room. Like, I would look around and see something, then name it. That song was like the last three numbers of a phone number.” It didn’t take long for The D.Y.E to click and start writing songs properly, one song that they are working on a film clip for the song Cash For Beers - a fun track with plenty of energy. Nichol (Slam Master D) explains the quite literal inspiration for this song: “It just seemed like every Friday night that was where we
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sunday july 7 OPEN DECKS Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 6:30pm.
monday july 8 FREEDOM PASS - FEAT: PHIL ROSS + B-BOOGIE + CHRIS MAC + DOZZA Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. YELAWOLF + ALLDAY Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $55.
tuesday july 9 CAN I KICK IT Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
were at you know, just trying to get enough cash together after the week so we could drink some beers. Everyone who has heard this song can find a line to relate to. You wake up on a weekend and look at your wallet and think ‘I spent a lot on beers last night.’” Perhaps some inspiration was drawn from when The D.Y.E went to Sydney for some shows earlier this year. This tour was also the only time the group has ever felt threatened at a show. “We went up to Sydney in January and the guys that played after us had brought down some crew, and there was this hectic punchon. Slam walked past it,” explains Zull before deferring to Nichol. “We were in Western Sydney, I was walking up to the stage just after one of the other sets to get a CD off them, when this punchon breaks out. When we realised what was happening, we just grabbed the decks and ran, we were laughing at the start and then it was like, ‘Holy shit! :et’s go.’” One show for The D.Y.E that will definitely not have the violence of the Sydney show is the next Street Credit Productions party, DJ Marshall’s Winter Wonderland, at Bar 303 in Northcote. Nichol lets on about the motivation behind the theme, “Last summer we had ‘Marshall’s Summer Of Love Party’ - Hawaiian shirts and coconut bikinis - so it only seemed right to have a Winter Wonderland party with Santa MCing the night, some Christmas trees and presents for the crowd.” There will be five acts with Rudi V, a gun rapper with an acoustic guitar, New Dub City Sound who are a dub and jazz outfit, The Fourfront who are a crew from Footscray and Melbourne MC Defron plus The D.Y.E playing a set to welcome in the winter months and the new financial year.
The D.Y.E play Bar 303 on Friday July 12.
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INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS & GOSSIP
with Christie Eliezer * Stuff for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm HEATWAVE LAWSUIT DELAYED
THINGS WE HEAR
TWO BOOKERS FOR HOWLER
The court case against D12 for not turning up to Australian hip hop festival Heatwave is delayed until September. US process servers can’t find the members to serve papers on, magistrate Kym Millard of the Adelaide Magistrates Court announced. Heatwave’s liquidators Ferrier Hogdson are suing for the return of the $35,000 advance payment, after D12 missed their flight and three shows. The file server should look closer: D12’s Swifty McVay is currently touring here with Obie Trice and played Adelaide on June 22!
* Eels jumped the gun on the official Harvest Festival announcement by letting slip on their website on Thursday that they’re on the bill. * Empire of the Sun’s Ice On The Dune debuted at #3 on the ARIA chart and #20 in America. * Peter Garrett said he is quitting politics at the upcoming election. * The Sydney launch of the Australian Road Crew Association at the Bald Faced Stag on Sunday July 21 looks like being another runaway success. About 150 had RSVP’d by the weekend when the deadline kicked in. The Melbourne launch, late last year, drew 250 after organisers expected about 30 or 40. * After the success of triple j’s One Night Stand in Dubbo, NSW (which pumped $3 million into the local economy), its mayor Matthew Dickerson is having a chinwag to Groovin The Moo to include the town on its 2014 run. * Followers of America’s NBA basketball series may like to know that Imagine Dragons had something to do with the Miami Heat winning the championship. Their main player LeBron James kept playing Radioactive to psyche up. * Triple j Unearthed added four bands on Splendour – Baptism Of Uzi, Postblue, Potato Potato and The Hated. Kingwood tweeted to the Uzi, “Congratulations legends. Welcome to the best club ever. They give you a sword each as well.” * Nova has increased its ads by 80% in the past three years, owner DMG Radio’s CEO Cathy O’Connor revealed in a radio debate last week. * Sophie Monk, filling in on 2DAY FM, revealed on air she didn‘t wear knickers with her tight jeans – and that she once got stuck in them, and had to have a hotel concierge pull them off for her. * Mt Eliza’s The Fauves reunite for their 25th anniversary at The Corner Hotel on Saturday August 31, with their cover band Doctor’s Orders opening.
New Melbourne venue and arts space Howler has appointed two bookers to coordinate live events. Director, actor, writer and producer Nick Casey is Head Curator and will book theatre, comedy and DJs, contacted at nick@h-w-l-r.com. Vanessa Bassili from Little Old Me Publicity will manage band bookings for Howler and contacted at vanessa@h-wl-r.com. Little Old Me Publicity will coordinate publicity for Howler and continue working with acts.
AMERICA’S SFX LOOKS AT GLOBAL BUYS, INCLUDING OZ’S TOTEM Last year, New York media mogul and rock promoter Robert F.X. Sillerman formed SFX Entertainment to become a huge player in electronic dance music and announced he would spend $1 billion to buy between 30 to 40 EDM ventures and promoters from around the globe. Now the 65-year-old is going to the stock exchange to raise $175 million. He’s revealed the companies he wants to buy. One of these is Australian dance touring and promotions business Totem (aka Totem Onelove Group) whose Stereosonic festival last year drew 247,000 in five cities. Sillerman will offer $75 million for Totem, depending on how the IPO goes, and is said to have already put down a deposit of $5 million. Other companies that Sillerman also plans to buy include New York’s Made Event which runs the Electric Zoo festival, Florida nightclub company MMG and i-Motion which owns Germany’s Nature One event. He also plans to increase his stake in Dutch company ID&T which promotes festivals in 19 countries as Tomorrowland, Sensation, Mysteryland, Sensation, Q-Dance, B2S, Decibel and Defqon.1 from 51% to 75%. He has already bought online music store Beatport and North American promoters Disco Donnie Presents and Life In Color.
BEAT WRITER JOSHUA KLOKE RELEASES BOOK Long time Beat writer Joshua Kloke has published his first book Escape Is At Hand – Tales Of A Boy And A Band. It’s about a young man’s journey around the world to follow Canadian band The Tragically Hip. Kloke tells us, “They are a Canadian institution; their music has become a language that Canadians communicate in. And yet, there are no books in print on this band that has been playing together since 1984.” Kloke has an encyclopaedic knowledge of every show and track, and met them a few times. “I’ve pissed my pants to ensure a strange Eastern European dance club learned about the band; I’ve slept on strangers floors in one of the most dangerous cities in the world and risked assault just to see the band in new surroundings.” Escape is the first release by Eternal Cavalier Press, run by Kloke and Adam Kesek. They’re looking for books on music, see eternalcavalierpress.com.
FUNDING CONFIRMED FOR COMMUNITY DIGITAL RADIO The Commit to Community Radio campaign by the Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) for money for community radio to offer digital services was a success. The Federal Government promised $6 million over three years. Over 43,000 supporters of the campaign sent tens of thousands of emails to local MPs, then Treasurer Wayne Swan, Finance Minister Penny Wong and then Communications Minister Stephen Conroy. CBAA president Adrian Basso thanked the media: “It wasn’t an easy journey, but together we got there. Thank you for your unwavering support throughout it all.”
SHOCK TEAMS WITH QUARTER FOUR FOR COMPILATIONS Shock Records has gone into partnership with executive Liam Teer to create and distribute compilation albums in Australia and NZ. The deal is through Teer’s new label Quarter Four. When Teer worked at EMI Music Australia between 2003 and 2013, he came up with more than 250 compilations which have total sales of 8.5 million. Two of these went double platinum, 29 were platinum and 53 were certified gold. They included titles as NOW, 100% Hits, Housework Songs, Floorfillers and the popular Beer Songs and 101 series. Shock’s General Manager Craig May said, “Something like one in two Australian households owns one of his compilations is phenomenal, and a reflection of (Teer’s) genius.” Teer added, “With the advent of the mp3 file, the compilation album was widely expected to become a redundant format, yet it’s not only survived, but seems to have found a brand new lease of life in the digital age.”
HIP HOP/ ELECTRONIC MUSIC WORKSHOPS As part of the Leaps and Bounds festival, Music Victoria presents ‘Make Some Noise’ – hip hop and electronic music workshops for emerging and advanced MCs, DJs, writers, performers and producers. M-Phazes, Nate Flagrant, Anthony Colombi, Andy Rantzen, Jon Hanlon and Chris Johnston share advice on getting a gig, management, sampling, getting airplay, press releases, crowdfunding and grant writing. It’s on Saturday July 6 at First Floor in Fitzroy. 2pm – 3.30pm is for beginners and 3.30pm – 5pm is for advanced. Bookings at trybooking.com/52166.
DAYNA YOUNG JOINS SELECT MUSIC Dayna Young joins Select Music as Senior Agent, bringing with her ShockOne, The Aston Shuffle, Miami Horror, Dcup and Sampology. She was most recently at Archery Club. Before that she managed the Jam Agency roster in addition to being involved in the programming of Good Vibrations.
BIRDS OF TOKYO HAVE TOP PLAYED TRACK ON RADIO Commercial radio only plays about 25% of Australian music. So it’s nice to see Lanterns by Birds Of Tokyo as most played track on radio so far in 2013, according to monitoring service AirCheck. It is followed by Just Give Me A Reason by Pink, Ho Hey by The Lumineers, When I Was Your Man by Bruno Mars, Stay by Rihanna, Impossible by James Arthur, Can’t Hurt Us by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Everybody Talks by Neon Trees and Troublemaker by Olly Murs.
FOXTIX CLOSING, MOSHTIX SOLD TO MANAGERS Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp Australia (formerly News Ltd) is closing its three-year-old reserved seating site Foxtix, and sold ten-year-old ticketing business Moshtix to its chief executive Harley Evans and his business partner Vanessa Bond on the weekend. It is part of News Corp Australia’s move to focus on its core businesses of publishing and broadcast. “Harley and the team have done a sterling job in building Moshtix – it really is a terrific business,” News’ chief financial officer Stephen Rue told The Australian.
WANNA BE PROMOTER AT THE PALACE? The Palace Theatre (Bourke St, city) has brought clubbing back on Saturdays via Anyway. If you want to promote or host, contact anyway@palace.com.au.
MELBOURNE LAUDED ON TIMMY TRUMPET, CHARDY, TRACK Melbournia, the new cut by Sydney DJ and instrumentalist Timmy Trumpet and Chardy is a tribute to the Melbourne bounce that’s hitting juice globally. Trumpet said that not only was the track set up to work in any room, “But at the same time (it represents) the sound that has become famous in the city we love and play the most. Melbourne is buzzing! Not just locally, but overseas and it’s Chardy’s backyard.” Their last collaboration Sassafras hit #1 on the ARIA Club Chart.
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LIFELINES Married: former Stone Temple Pilots frontman Scott Weiland and photographer Jamie Wachtel. They met in 2011 shooting videos for his Christmas album. Married: Avril Lavigne and Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger tied the knot in France on Saturday, according to some of their friends. Injured: Jessie J has to undergo ankle surgery at the end of the year. She injured it two years ago and, despite surgery, is still in pain. Ill: Motörhead’s Lemmy Kilmister has been diagnosed with a hematoma, a blood clot that forms outside the body’s veins or arteries. In Court: a US Appeals Court insisted that college student Joel Tenenbaum must pay $675,000 for illegally downloading and sharing 30 songs online. Jailed: US rapper Fat Joe for four months for not paying tax on US$2.9 million earned between 2007 and 2010. Charged: R&B singer Chris Brown, over an alleged hit and run incident in LA. He insists he stopped and exchanged information with the driver, but she saw the paparazzi “and wanted to make a scene”, he claimed. Died: US southern soul and blues singer Bobby Blue Bland (Further On Up The Road), 83, after a long illness. He was called “the Sinatra of the South”. Died: highly acclaimed stage designer Mark Fisher, 66, after a long illness. He designed Pink Floyd’s The Wall, the spaceship stage of U2’s 360 stage and many of the Rolling Stones’ massive stages. Died: US jazz guitarist Johnny Smith, whose Moonlight In Vermont was voted 1952’s jazz record of the year. He wrote Walk, Don’t Run an early surf-rock hit in for The Ventures in 1959. Died: Alan Myers, the third and best known of Devo’s drummers, brain cancer. Devo’s current drummer Josh Freese says that Myers’ drumming was so metronomic that fans thought his work on Whip It and Freedom Of Choice was by a drum machine. & Trombone Shorty, Coldplay and Barry Gibb.
FORBES CELEBRITY 100: GAGA TOPS MUSIC LIST Lady Gaga is rated the most powerful musician on US business magazine Forbes’ 2013 Global Celebrity Power list. The list is made up of earnings, how often they are mentioned in print and on TV, their internet presence, how they’re viewed by US consumers and how marketable they are considered. Gaga is #2, behind Oprah Winfrey, after her Born This Way world tour grossed US$168million, and a huge social media presence with 38 million Twitter followers and 58 million fans on Facebook. At #3 is Steven Spielberg, then Beyoncé, Madonna, Taylor Swift, Bon Jovi, Roger Federer, Justin Bieber and Ellen DeGeneres at #10. The highest Brits were Coldplay at #15. Adele who made the list last year at #24 dropped out as she didn’t tour.
NINE NETWORK ALLIES WITH SONGL Aussie music streaming service Songl – owned by Southern Cross Austereo, Universal Music Australia and Sony Music Entertainment Australia – has entered into a strategic partnership with Nine Entertainment Co. Nine gets an unspecified cut of Songl’s revenues, and gives it a boost through its shows and celebs, as well as its ticketing firm Ticketek and tour company Nine Live.
Among the nominations in the contemporary music section of the Helpmanns: Best Contemporary Music Festival: Bluesfest, Falls Music & Arts, Laneway Festival and Vivid LIVE. Best Australian Contemporary Concert: Gotye, Keith Urban, a star-studded tribute to Archie Roach and a teamup by Neil Finn & Paul Kelly. Best International Contemporary Concert: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Tedeschi Trucks Band
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do a competition called the Tour de Nowhere, And all the pedallers that enter it will have the opportunity to win a bike – and then that will be powering the PA.” So not only is Gerner the progenitor of this fine idea, he’s also performing in it. His band, The Alan Ladds, formed earlier this year through a love of gritty story-based honkytonk country music. “I had just moved back here from the States – it’s been about two years – where I was making my solo record and playing with Ryan Bingham, who worked on the Crazy Heart soundtrack,” Gerner explains. He met fiddle and mandolin player Luke Moller at a pub, and they hit it off immediately. “[Moller] was telling me this hilarious story about how he got kicked out of some MTV party for throwing a sausage off the roof!” Gerner giggles. “So I had ‘Luke Moller, Sausage Chucker’ written in my phone and he called me the next day; we went over
to [pedal steel guitarist] Shane Reilly’s house and we just listened to records – and we were like, ‘Why don’t we start a band together?’ We did our first gig a week later!” Gerner laughs at the memory, and informs me that they’re ready to record their debut record sometime soon. “We want to say what’s going on at the moment, in our own way,” he explains. “And I think it’s about being home, to be honest. It’s a band that can only happen when you’re in your home country, you know?”
The independent and unsigned competition Musicoz is back, with application entries closing on July 31 at musicoz. org. Normally the awards, held this year on November 7, receive about 500 entries for 18 categories. The finalists and winner get support advice, mentoring and skills development through the year.
MUSCYCLE – THE PEDAL POWERED CONCERT BY THOMAS BAILEY Have you ever been in a gym, watching people riding all those stationary bikes and thought to yourself, “All that energy being expended on helping these people lose weight could be being harnessed to power this whole bloody place”? Liam Gerner, frontman and guitarist for local honkytonk five-piece band The Alan Ladds, certainly has, and that thought blossomed into what could be one of the more interesting festival ideas in quite some time. Forming part of the City of Yarra’s Leaps And Bounds Festival, Muscycle is a free boutique music festival celebrating the notion that power can be generated without coal, natural gas, or nuclear fusion. Appropriately, the Yarra Energy Foundation soon got involved, along with a mixed bag of local musos. Featuring Alan Brough of Spicks & Specks fame on MC duties, and starring musical acts such as Brian Ritchie from Violent Femmes, Vika and Linda Bull, The Black Jesus Experience, and The aforementioned Alan Ladds, Muscycle is going to be something else. And it will be the pedal power of stationary bikes, wielded by members of the audience, that will provide the juice required to run the PA system at the venue, North Carlton’s St Ali North. “I came up with [the idea] with my brother who is actually a chef at St Ali North,” Gerner tells me. “We wanted to do a gig with the Leaps And Bounds Festival, but I contacted
them and they were like, ‘How about an idea that’s a bit more interesting than just doing a gig?’ Having recently returned from a stay in the United States, one of the first things Gerner noticed about the City of Yarra was how absolutely “bike-crazy” it was. “So we [asked St Ali North], ‘Why don’t we have a pedal-propelled concert?’ and they were like, ‘Yeah, let’s do it!’ because Velo Cycle’s right next door, they’re all one thing, you know? “[So] I contacted [Leaps And Bounds] and they were like, ‘Great!’” he says with a laugh. One of the earlier proponents of the idea was Violent Femmes member Brian Ritchie, who Gerner describes as “absolutely bike-crazy”. “He heard about [Muscycle] and said he’d love to do it!” Gerner says excitedly. “And it’s free, too, you know!” he continues. “It’s a good little event. And because it’s Bastille Day on the same day, we’re going to do a homage to the Tour de France. We’re going to
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MUSCYCLE will take place at St Ali North in North Carlton on Sunday July 14 from 12 noon to 5pm. Entry is free. Featured acts are THE ALAN LADDS, Vika and Linda Bull, and Brian Ritchie, among many others. Don’t forget to help pedal the event along; there are some great prizes to be won. Beat Magazine Page 31
GILBY CLARKE
BY NICK JARVIS
If you’ve ever entertained thoughts of being a rock star, chances are Gilby Clarke has already gone and lived your fantasy. The celebrated rock and metal guitarist has built a career as one of the finest session and touring musicians in rock, with a Rolodex that’s the envy of many a tattooed pretender. Starting out in Los Angeles’ decadent early ‘80s hair metal scene, Clarke first courted success as the lead guitarist and vocalist for metal bands Candy and Kill For Thrills. In the ‘90s he kept busy as the touring guitarist for incredible bands like MC5, Heart, Nancy Sinatra and Slash’s Snakepit, as well as famously serving a three year tenure as the rhythm guitarist for Guns N’ Roses, replacing Izzy Stradlin at the height of GNR’s powers (and excess). You might also remember Clarke from the TV show Rockstar, where he joined up with Tommy Lee of Mötley Crüe and Jason Newsted of Metallica to find a singer for their supergroup Rockstar Supernova. After touring the world for nearly two and a half decades with a host of huge bands, Clarke has seen everything from tiny shows in the back rooms of bars to the opulence of private jets and groupies. “There are still times when we get the private jet and relive the decadent times,” Clarke says, “but for the most part, rock’n’roll is very different now, and it’s hard to play a show and party it up afterward and then do another show the next day. The drinking and partying is hard on your voice
and body when you’re in your 50s. You have to be more responsible to your fans and not just show up and say ‘I have a hangover, sorry’. People pay good money to see you at your best!” Looking at Clarke’s CV, you can imagine the kind of anecdotes he must have stored away in his memory, but he’s not dishing any dirt up just yet. “I’ve thought about writing an autobiography – maybe some day. I do think I have an interesting story that hasn’t been told – not just another Guns N’ Roses story, but of a kid from Cleveland who had Kiss posters on the wall and dreamt of being in a great rock’n’roll band; the struggles, successes and the ups and downs of life as a working musician. And I also lived through the fun ‘80s Hollywood rock’n’roll scene and remember most of it. “Of all the bands I’ve played with, Guns N’ Roses was the most fun to tour with; but playing those MC5 songs on guitar live and loud was pretty much guitar heaven. Playing with Heart was challenging, just because I heard the songs differently from how they did. I always thought of Heart as a rock band, with those wonderful vocals and harmonies, but
I was a bit loud for them – even though I was only playing a 50 Watt Marshall Half Stack – and my personality clashed.” Between lending his axe skills to some of the biggest names (and biggest heads of hair) in the business, Clarke has also kept up a steady output of solo material; from his solo debut Pawnshop Guitars in 1994 to 2007’s Gilby Clarke, he’s put out seven albums and EPs, and it’s this deep back catalogue that he’ll be digging into when he comes out to Australia for a series of solo acoustic shows this month.
“It’s a nice challenge, going back to acoustic,” Clarke says. “I wish I was a better singer, but I put more emphasis on the songwriting when it’s acoustic and try to make it fun, not stuffy and boring. This time I’ll be mostly playing songs from my own records, but there’ll also be some Guns N’ Roses, Rolling Stones, and Bowie in there – the good stuff.”
one night and it sold out, which was real nice. He tried to do it every week and we were just trying our hardest to get as much shit going on there as possible. You know, we’d have house parties in Yarraville, just hang out by the pool and have five bands play.” The band is currently working on a new 16 track album, produced and mixed by Whitby himself. “This record is more like dad rock. We started playing more open chords and keeping it basic.” Drunk Mums do dad rock? “Yeah! New target demographic! 38-50-year old males who are bored of their day jobs and their kids.” Recently, Cherry Bar’s legendary James Young has jumped on board as band manager – “Yep, he’s our new daddy. He’s crazy but he’s also really well-connected and motivated.
We’re stoked!” – so you can expect to see even more good things in the near future from this bunch of audacious blokes. Whitby assures me that touring plans are well and truly in the works, and once they finish the next album they’re going to “tour the shit out of it”.
a dream recording process. “We went there to get away from distractions, so it’s been great,” she says. “I’m a very visual writer – I like to imagine what would be happening in a film if a song was playing in the background. I’m drawing a lot of inspiration from the landscape and the scenery around me, and it’s a pretty amazing feeling.” While she puts the finishing touches on the album, Kay is touring the country for a series of shows in support of her In My Mind EP. The EP includes Kay’s Joga cover, along with a repurposed version of the title track. The original In My Mind was a big hit when remixed by Swedish House Mafia’s Axwell, but Kay decided a more laid-back version was more appropriate for her EP. “The song has had massive longevity, and it seems to just keep going,” she says. “I had some extra lyrics that ended up going into the
remix, so I thought it would be cool to go back to it and make a new version that felt more like a Georgi Kay song. It worked really well, I think – it turned out really cool.” I ask Kay about her dreams and aspirations for the future, after the album is out, and she doesn’t hold back. “I would love to be selling out shows all around the world,” she says. “I’d love to be an international success, have a big fan base, travel the world, meet and collaborate with new people. There are so many things I want to do, and so many things I don’t even know I want to do yet. It’s a big adventure that I’m looking forward to going on.”
GILBY CLARKE plays the Northcote Social Club on Sunday July 7.
DRUNK MUMS
BY JESS SHULMAN
Drunk Mums undeniably have a penchant for the rowdy. Bass player Adam has been kicked out of various venues for generally being a “bad arse”: “He’s got a green mullet and he doesn’t seem to click with some of the bouncers. Once he was peeing in the corner of a venue – that wasn’t the best idea.” The musical embodiment of a ‘zero fucks given’ attitude, their songs and general demeanor make you want to quit your day job and devote the rest of your days to the pursuit of just being a baller. I mean, they give fucks – but about their music, and Victoria Bitter, and their fans, and their mates, and the venues that support them. Typo-ing their name as ‘Durnk Mums’ at least six times whilst writing this seemed to be a rather prophetic lead-in to a conversation with guitarist/vocalist Dean Whitby. But where this interviewer was bumbling and dorky, he was eloquent, polite and rather charming – the kind of bloke you’d feel comfortable taking home to your own drunk (or sober) mum. You could tell her that, aside from being a rock star, he’s also a business owner and record producer on the side. I caught up with him en route to Spotlight. Apparently the band were planning on getting crafty. “We’re gonna get a sheet and spraypaint our names on it! That’s probably about the hardest task of the day.” That’s not to say these guys don’t work hard. With three songwriters in the mix, they manage to merge a lot of different influences into one, quite distinctive style. “Adam writes the more punky songs. He’s been in punk bands his whole life and he’s a bit of a bad arse. He’s even got gold glitter on his fingernails at the moment, that’s pretty
bad arse. And Jake (guitar/vocals) writes a lot of the more garagey, quick short banger ones. And I suppose I write the more country twangy ones.” Furthermore, they go about it with some integrity. Perhaps you’ve heard about the iTunes debacle of late last year – the band was denied a feature on the iTunes home page after the cover for their self-titled debut was rejected because (in Whitby’s words) “they didn’t like the boobs”. He says, “In this case we really only had two options: bend over and let Apple put themselves inside of us, or just tell ‘em to go fuck themselves and be total legends…so we took option B.” On the subject of integrity, perhaps it’s the Queensland in them that keeps them so down-to-earth, or the fact that they’ve only recently just moved into the more hip Northern suburbs of Melbourne, having spent their formative years amongst Footscray’s finest. Either way, a DIY mentality has been ingrained in this operation from the start. When quizzed about the emerging scene in the West, Whitby reflects: “We’re big supporters of The Reverence. We used to actually go there back in the day before it was The Reverence. Jake used to hold parties at this thing called Loose Change and we wanted to start getting more people over to the West ‘cause it was struggling a bit. We had some big-ish bands play there – we had Velociraptor
DRUNK MUMS play the Watt’s On: A Fire In The Master’s House Is Set party along with Bad News Toilet, APES and The Good Morrows on Wednesday July 10 at The Toff In Town. They also play Yah Yah’s this Friday July 5 as part of the Leaps & Bounds Music Festival with The Bonniwells and The Kremlings. Their self-titled debut album is available through GAGA Digi.
GEORGI KAY
BY ALASDAIR DUNCAN
It has been a huge year for Perth singer-songwriter Georgi Kay, but a role in Jane Campion’s drama series Top Of The Lake was one highlight she could never have predicted. Kay admits that she was unfamiliar with Campion’s work before a friend suggested that she audition for the part of a musician in the show. “I thought it would end up being something like Neighbours or Home And Away,” she says with a laugh. “I’m not a big fan of either show, but it was during my ‘year of yes’, so I said yes to it, because I wanted to experience new stuff. You never know if you’ll like it until you try it.” Kay turned up not knowing what to expect, and was terrified when she found out that the part also called for her to act. “I was flipping out, but they said that Jane wanted someone natural for the part, with minimal acting experience. I was scared and still really didn’t know who she was or what I was doing, but I went for it.” A week or so later, Kay found out from Jane Campion herself that she had won the part. “I was nervous, but my character in it was a musician, and I felt like she was just another version of me. I met some great people along the way, and it started to feel like a family.” One particularly powerful episode of Top Of The Lake features a memorial service, during which Kay’s character, Melissa, is called upon to play an acoustic cover of the Björk song Joga. “I would never have thought of covering that song myself,” she says. “I was nervous before I did it, because I love Björk. She’s unique, she’s her own entity, and I didn’t know how easy it would be to offer my own take on one of her songs. I didn’t want to defile it or ruin it. It’s had Beat Magazine Page 32
a really good response so far, from fans and people who’ve watched Top Of The Lake. I love performing it.” Since appearing in Top Of The Lake, Kay has been spending time in the UK, working on tracks for her upcoming album. She tells me that the sound of her new material is a cross between Depeche Mode and Florence And The Machine. “Working on music in the UK has been really good fun,” she says. “I was born in London, and I was very young when my mum and dad moved to Australia, so I feel like I’ve missed out on a bit of my childhood there. I’ve been working in a converted church in Somerset, and it’s been great to go back. There are very few distractions in that part of the world, so I’ve really been able to focus on music.” Kay has collaborated with a number of heavy-hitting pop song writers on her new material, including Justin Parker, who has penned tracks for the likes of Lana Del Rey and Rihanna. The input of her collaborators, along with the beauty of the Somerset setting, has made for something of
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GEORGI KAY’s In My Mind EP is out now via Ivy League.
MIKELANGELO AND TIN STAR BY PATRICK EMERY
It’s been a tumultuous last 24 hours when I speak to Mikelangelo, the charismatic cabaretcrooner-cum-spaghetti western frontman for Mikelangelo and Tin Star. Australian politics has lurched further into farcical territory with the return of Kevin Rudd to the leadership of the Australian Labor Party, while the United States Supreme Court has handed down two decisions on gay marriage that have simultaneously given hope to progressives across the US and provoked the eternal hatred of the conservative population. And almost as the exact time as Kevin Rudd is sworn in as Prime Minister, the Melbourne music scene is rocked by the announcement that Mikelangelo has decided to disband Tin Star. “I made the announcement [of Tin Star’s disbanding] on various forums this morning, and of course people were drawing parallels and saying I was going to run for office,” says Mikelangelo. As a one-time Canberra resident, Mikelangelo feels “a duty bound responsibility to clean up this mess” – though he clearly lacks Kevin Rudd’s hubris. “I wish it was that simple – so I’m going to stay well away,” he laughs. Mikelangelo’s own major announcement was born of a realisation that Tin Star – the project he conceived to explore his fascination with the surf and spaghetti western sounds – had reached its natural end. “It’s a difficult one,” says Mikelangelo. “I have a lot of projects on the go, and I have a voluminous amount of energy, and ideas, and putting things into action. And sometimes that energy can hit a wall – even though my appetite for making things is by no means dissipated. But I felt my ability to do it with
the Tin Star had come to an end.” Despite the disbanding of the ensemble, Mikelangelo retains a fondness for the work he’s done under its moniker. “We did great stuff, and I still love all the guys,” he notes “But I just didn’t feel I had a clear vision for where that group should go, and I’ve felt that for a while. Because of all the smoke and fire and noise from the various things that I do, it was easy to continue on. It was by no means cruising – I always put a lot into live shows, but in terms of a vision for another album, I couldn’t see it any longer. And because I have so much on, I thought ‘why am I still doing this?’,” says Mikelangelo. “And once you start asking that question, it becomes quite obvious.” Mikelangelo does see himself still pursuing aspects of the spaghetti western aesthetic, including as part of one of his other projects, The Black Sea Gentlemen. “That’s always been in various incarnations of things that I’ve
done, and there’s coffers full of songs that I’ve done, and I hope in years to come that I’ll be a well-known composer of movie soundtracks, and those songs can find a home,” he laughs. “I’ve got endless amounts of instrumentals, but ultimately I’m also a singer, and I think my skills are best used on stage as a frontman and a singer, rather than as part of an instrumental band. The Tin Star has always been a bit of both, and that’s why I liked it.” This weekend will see Mikelangelo play his last show fronting Tin Star, on a bill that also features The Blackeyed Susans, organised as part of Yarra City Council’s Leaps & Bounds Festival. Mikelangelo has been a fan of The Blackeyed Susans for many years, and friends with the band for about 15 years. “Our first meeting was engineered through a photographer. I was doing a show at The Empress, and a photographer came up to me and said The Blackeyed Susans wanted to use someone in a photo for one of their Elvis shows, and said I had a pretty good quiff, so would I be interested,” explains Mikelangelo. “I knew a little bit about them, but not a lot. So we basically met on a photo shoot with me lying in a coffin pretending to be a dead Elvis, and we spent the
afternoon together,” he laughs. “And then I realised what lovely chaps they were, and discovered their music.” Mikelangelo has since gone onto work with The Blackeyed Susans on a number of occasions, including one year when he sang Blackeyed Susans songs in an Elvis guise. “I’m quite short-sighted, and I remember losing my contact lenses on stage, and thinking I couldn’t be Elvis with glasses,” Mikelangelo laughs. “So I had to do it quite blind that night – literally, not because of alcohol intake!” Having been billed as Mikelangelo and the Tin Star versus The Blackeyed Susans, this weekend’s gig has taken on a different slant with Mikelangelo’s decision to wind up the Tin Star. “When I told Rob [Snarski] that I was disbanding the Tin Star, he said he couldn’t believe that I’d thrown in the towel before the bout has even started,” says Mikelangelo. “To which my answer was, ‘Don’t worry, I can take you down with me if I want to’,” he laughs.
Canada to Berlin, where he spent a colourful, and occasionally confronting year writing, recording and playing music. “Berlin’s amazing,” says Havdale. “It’s such a fucking crazy place, and it’s a pretty inspiring place. It’s heaven for the first six months, and then you start to realise the dark side. You can go there, and it feels like no-one’s working – they call it the place where young people go to retire. Time seems to work on a totally different plane in Berlin. People lose years of their lives – I’ve seen it!” Havdale describes his latest record with The Mohawk Lodge, Damaged Goods, as his ‘punk record’. It’s a description that owes more to the attitude with which he approach the record, rather than its sound as such. “I think of punk more as the spirit,” says Havdale. “I’ve done some records when I’ve been really into Fleetwood Mac at the time, and wanted it
to be big and glorious. When I think of punk, I think of it as the spirit – leave all the warts. And with the songs, I wanted to get straight to the point – in a note.” It’s that desire to cut to the chase that Havdale says characterises Damaged Goods. “We recorded the whole record in three days in my living room,” he says. “It happened so quickly, and I think you can hear that. In the same way that I think I killed my last records by overdoing it, here it’s all there, in a note.”
such established artists and getting their input and feedback.” The new record will continue the thematic inquisition heard on Samuel’s previous releases. He discusses how integral his German/Nigerian heritage and East German birthplace is to his creative outlook and subsequent stylistic choices. “Where I come from and my racial background definitely has a big impact on the way I express myself and the mood that my music is in. There is usually a big sense of longing and searching that can be found in my lyrics and music and because of it most of my songs have a mellow and romantic notion.” Samuel agrees that writing songs can have a cathartic affect and suggests that no matter the struggles associated with being dedicated to a creative pursuit, making music is in itself an edifying activity. “Writing songs feels a lot like a natural therapy. You reach out to the universe and you look inside yourself to find the common ground and there is a lot of healing
and peace within that process. Despite the fact that most of us will never even get close to making a living of our passion, it’s like doing it is already the sole purpose and if anything else comes out of it then that’s a bonus.” The esteemed musicians who performed on Odyssey unfortunately won’t be joining Samuel in a live setting. However, he reveals that he’s recruited a drummer and guitarist who’ll appear alongside him at the launch of his new single Where Do We Go this week. “I actually just met two great musicians and we’ve been practising together. We’ll perform live for the first time at my single launch on the 5th and I’m very excited about it. There is a great chemistry and I can’t wait to see what the future holds.”
MIKELANGELO AND TIN STAR play their last ever gig at The Corner Hotel with The Blackeyed Susans this Sunday July 7 as part of the Leaps & Bounds Music Festival.
THE MOHAWK LODGE BY PATRICK EMERY
“I don’t know if you can see this from where you are, but this is where I recorded just about all of the last album,” says Ryder Havdale, guitarist, singer and songwriting protagonist with Canadian band The Mohawk Lodge. Havdale swings his computer around so I can see the view via the wonders of modern video-telephony technology. It might be cold and dark in Melbourne at 7am when we make contact, but it’s a temperate and sunny afternoon in Havdale’s current location in Washington State, just south of the border with British Columbia. “I’m in a little cabin, and it’s pretty cool here. The ocean’s out there,” Havdale says, gesticulating into the distance. “And I don’t even have to pay rent, which is even better,” he laughs. Havdale formed The Mohawk Lodge about ten years ago when he decided to pull his proverbial finger out, and write and record some of his own songs. “I was living in a place called The Mohawk Lodge, and I was taking this course on what you want to do with your life, and I stood up and said ‘I’m going to record in the next three months while I’m at this place’,” Havdale says. Havdale had already played in a few local bands, though his talents weren’t always appreciated. “I’d actually been asked not to sing in one of the bands, so I took a few singing lessons and I started writing these songs, and it turned into Mohawk lodge,” he laughs. Initially, Havdale wasn’t entirely serious about The Mohawk Lodge; eventually, he would commit fully to the concept. “Early on it was me just learning how to sing – it was just a fun little side project,” he
says. Havdale approached the project in a laid-back fashion, seeing it as an opportunity to hang out with friends and musicians he enjoyed playing with. “The goal has always been to play and tour with friends,” says Havdale. “And I always love the X factor when you’re making a record. I like making the shell, but it’s all the ideas that friends bring in when you’re making the songs.” In an interview a few years ago, Havdale described The Mohawk Lodge as ‘reformed math rockers trying to write ‘80s hits’. It’s a description that sends Havdale into hysterics – and one which he still agrees with. “I was a huge Swervedriver fan, but then I got into Don Caballero, but I literally can’t listen to that anymore – I think I burnt out on that shit!” A couple of years ago Havdale moved from his native
THE MOHAWK LODGE are playing Ding Dong Lounge (for the First Love Records launch party) on Friday July 5, The Wesley Anne and Graceland on Saturday July 6 and The Retreat on Sunday July 7. Damaged Goods is out locally on First Love Recordings.
DAMEN SAMUEL BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
To record his new LP, Odyssey, emotive tunesmith Damen Samuel relocated from his Melbourne base to another place he feels closely attached to, New York City. Samuel explains that, feeling somewhat creatively stunted in Melbourne, New York beckoned as a perfect recording setting. “I used to live in NYC before I moved to Melbourne and it is still the place I feel the most at home. I usually go back once a year so it seemed like an obvious choice to record there.” Odyssey was recorded with American producer Kieran Kelly. Samuel sought Kelly out after having been impressed by his previous work. “I remember Angus and Julia Stone in an interview talking about the recording sessions for their album Down The Way with producer Kieran Kelly. So I contacted Kieran and asked him if he was interested in producing some songs with me,” he explains. Enlisting Kelly’s support allowed Samuel to elaborate on the song ideas he’d conceived prior to going to New York. Samuel admits that at times it can be frustrating having only your own creative support and evaluation of ideas to refer to. “The main problem in being a solo artist is that it takes longer to learn and to grow. Playing music with others is like being in a relationship. You learn a lot about yourself and you’re constantly confronted with your strengths and weaknesses and that makes you grow if you’re ready
for it.” Samuel customarily composes on his own, but he believes that his music gathers substance when it’s shared. “It is very special when you have a new song and you play it for others for the first time. You learn a lot about a song and yourself when you share it,” he says. Samuel opted to enhance his music’s sonic parameters on the new record and Kelly was able to secure some impressive talents to complete the recording ensemble. “I really wanted more of a fuller sound for this record and I was keen on using drums and bass. [Kelly] then managed to get Matt Johnson, who played on Grace with Jeff Buckley, on board, as well as Rob Calder.” Samuel speaks enthusiastically about the relationship formed with Johnson and Calder, indicating that their role in album production went well beyond obediently submitting their respective parts. “They got really involved in the whole process, especially when it came to song structures and arrangements. It was a very humbling experience working with
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DAMEN SAMUEL launches his single Where Do We Go on Friday July 5 at Club Voltaire. Beat Magazine Page 33
FEAR FACTORY
BY PETER HODGSON
It’s hard to overstate the importance of Fear Factory’s Demanufacture. The landmark 1995 album came along at a time when metal was in danger from within (the influence of nu-metal was beginning to swell) and without (grunge was in its final throes and pop-punk was picking up speed). Fans didn’t know it yet but Sepultura were about to abandon their death-metal heritage with the tribal Roots, and while Pantera had re-energised the genre in the early ‘90s with Cowboys From Hell and Vulgar Display Of Power – and scored a Billboard #1 with Far Beyond Driven in 1994 – the metal world needed a new voice to take metal forward. Fear Factory provided that voice. By combining death metal precision and brutality with a gothic sense of melody and an industrial approach to rhythm and atmospherics, Fear Factory created a sound that stood apart from all of that. The crisp production was a world away from the stripped down, blunted rock of the era, and by being a Fear Factory fan you felt like you were signing on to be a part of something: like you’d found that you weren’t alone in filling your head with a postmodern mix of metal, art, literature and film. Being a Fear Factory fan meant you got it. It was probably one of the most difficult records to make, explains guitarist Dino Cazares, but not because of the writing process. All of the songs were written, and the sessions were originally booked for Chicago Tracks, “a very famous place where bands like Ministry and Skinny Puppy recorded. We wanted to get that industrial sound, so we wanted to go to the famous industrial studio.” But the sessions weren’t quite the direct line into industrial history that Cazares and co. hoped for. The console started to fall
apart, the channels were messed up and the computer wasn’t saving anything. And on top of that, drugs were being sold inside the studio. “Drug deals were going down and we were like, ‘Okay, we’ve gotta get out of here,’” Cazares says. “So we left there, and the second studio was a place called Bearsville. And of course the record label, Roadrunner, had to keep putting up money for us. And then we tracked most of everything there, and then we kinda didn’t see eye-toeye with the producer, a guy named Colin Richardson. We just thought he didn’t see the picture. He didn’t see what we were trying to create.” The band felt that the sounds Richardson was getting for the them were too typical, too generic. So they fired him. Then they had to go back to the label and ask for more money to work on the album in LA, where they felt they should have started from the get-go. “So we had to fly back to LA with all the tapes, and we asked the record label for more money.” And we got two guys: Greg Reely – a mixer/producer – and Rhys Fulber, a mixer as well who also did all the keyboards
for the record. Once those two guys were brought on board and they saw the vision Fear Factory had, it all just gelled. “It was like butter after that,” says Cazares. “Burt went and did some of the vocal tracks over and everything started to really gel together. And when we were mixing it, we’d rented a place in Los Angeles down the street from where I live now, and it was a place where they did film scores, so they had a gigantic film screen in front of the console. So we’re mixing the record and putting Terminator and Blade Runner on, and we were like ‘Wow, that fits!’ Because those were the movies that inspired the record and gave us the overall vision of what we wanted to sound like. We wanted to sound like the future. And that record was definitely ahead of its time.” Vision is definitely a word that fits with Fear Factory: the band is an idea and an atmosphere as much as it is
individual songs. “We had it in our heads, we just needed the right producer to help create it,” Cazares says. “And that’s where Rhys Fulber came in. He brought all the electronic elements and all the technology elements that we wanted into Fear Factory. We meshed a couple of styles together and it worked perfectly, which helped us to create the vision of how we wanted Demanufacture to sound. And unfortunately a guy named Colin Richardson wasn’t on that same page and he had to get fired. But because of all that drama, firing the producer, switching studios, begging the label for more money, we thought the record was never going to be created. Thank god it did!”
While the song certainly marks a welcome change in the band’s sonic language, it wasn’t a track they arrived at easily enough. “That was actually the last song we wrote for the record. It was only written a week or two before we went into the studio. I think that song stems from Jimmy getting sick of having written similar sounding stuff for awhile. So much so that when he first showed it to me, I said, ‘I don’t know what you’re getting at here,’” he says with a chuckle. “That’s what’s kind of awesome though,” he continues. “After we worked on it for awhile and recorded it, I understood the picture he was trying to paint.” Rescue & Restore is the sound of a band with a vision, but no clear idea where that vision will take them in the future. Their future recorded output may be unclear, but the steps taken on Rescue & Restore are healthy and signify a band that’s interested in expanding the genre as a whole.
If nothing else, the more expansion August Burns Red brings to their record, the less time they’ll have to spend actually defining what metalcore is. And that suits Dustin Davidson just fine. “I’ll be doing interviews with people, especially in Europe, and I get asked what genre we’re in. So I tell them metal, but they quickly disagree with me. They tell us we’re a metalcore band, so I always say, ‘Isn’t that the same thing?’ “I don’t think about it that often,” he continues in earnest. “I can see differences between punk and metal, sure, but between metal and metalcore, I honestly can’t hear a difference.”
capturing every last drop of energy and honesty, is the only way they want to record albums in the future. “I know that Aaron has said this and I agree; we should never record any other way,” says Vilardi. “We should totally just record live because we went in there, we did a good job and the finished product; we’re getting the best response that we’ve got in a while on a record.” Recorded in only five days, the making of Fear Inside Our Bones was extremely fluent, and according to Vilardi it was more than enough time for the band to get the outcome that they were after. “Its not that we only had five days, it’s that that’s how long it took. We had a bigger budget, certainly to do a track by track, conventional recording,
however it was definitely one of those situations where it was like, if it’s a three minute song and we play it ten times and we only keep one attempt at that song, that’s still only 30 minutes. If anything, five days is a long time if you think about it like that,” he laughs. “In the studio, for anyone, time is money, especially since we’re all part of an industry where we make things that no one wants to buy anymore and they’re free,” he says jokingly. “So for us, if your band can do it and that’s what you want to sound like, everyone should do it.”
FEAR FACTORY perform Demanufacture in its entirely with Twelve Foot Ninja as support at The Palace on Sunday July 7.
AUGUST BURNS RED
BY JOSHUA KLOKE
Dustin Davidson is walking through the dusty fields of New Mexico State University in the early evening, trying to escape the raging heat. “I don’t know what the temperature is right know, but earlier today it was 40.7 degrees Celcius at one point today,” he notes. “I’m trying to beat the heat, but it’s not really working.” The bassist for metalcore outfit August Burns Red spent most of his day in the sun, drawing that day’s 2.30pm slot on the Warped tour’s famous random set time lottery. Though Davidson and his bandmates had to endure the heat today, he still understands the merit of the setup. “You don’t find out when you’re playing until 9.30am that morning,” he says. “I understand why they do it. There are certain bands on the tour that have a bigger following than others, and for their fans to come out and watch them play in the evenings and then leave, that wouldn’t be too fair to anyone. So I like it. The only thing I don’t like about things being so random is having to play late at night. Especially out here, when you have to wait around all day. But everyone has to do it, so we’re all equal I guess.” Equality and towing the party line have become something of a talking point as of late with August Burns Red, who’ve recently acknowledged on Rescue & Restore, their latest full-length, how banal and generic the genre has become. The band has even gone so far as to take other bands to task. Guitarist JB Brubaker called out other metalcore acts in a recent Alternative Press interview, stating that “Creative Captivity,” one of the more eclectic tracks is
“about how boring our genre has become and how we all need to try hard to break out of the slump that is currently plaguing metalcore.” When asked to clear up the “we” that Brubaker was referring to, Davidson states simply that it’s “anyone who wants to contribute to doing something creative and different.” August Burns Red has been criticised by the press for allowing their recent releases, including 2009’s Constellations and 2011’s Leveler to lack any diversity whatsoever. Evidently, this Pennsylvania five-piece has become one of the leaders of their genre, but still couldn’t move past the basics of that very genre. Eventually, something had to give. Creative Captivity is one of the many leaps for the band, as it includes violins, Chinese harps and even trumpets. And as Davidson tells it, that song was just one of the many left turns that band felt compelled to write. “We want to do things different to be different,” he states bluntly. “We don’t want to stick to the guidelines of metalcore: breakdown, riff, breakdown, chorus. That can get very old. We like to throw different things in there like whistles, trumpets, just to show other bands that you can indeed be different and really do your own thing.”
Rescue & Restore is out now through Solid State Records/Shock.
THE ALMOST
BY JAMES W. NICOLI
For the recording of their third album Fear Inside Our Bones, Florida’s The Almost threw out just about every rule book on how a modern band is supposed to record in this day and age. Bypassing a lot of the cut and paste mentality and software trickery afforded by today’s modern technology, the band instead returned to the days when artists cut albums completely live. As guitarist Jay Vilardi explains down the line from the US, since making the decision the band hasn’t looked back. “We really couldn’t get the way that the band sounded for real in a studio setting without recording live,” he explains as to what lead the band to approach the recording of Fear Inside Our Bones differently. “The other two records we’ve done we’re happy with and we wouldn’t change anything for the world but the one thing; the one thing was that we sound like a polished version of The Almost and we really wanted to be honest.” The recording of Fear Inside Our Bones is a throwback to the days when bands would track every song on the record live, in the same room, take by take. Marshall Altman was the man overseeing the recording process and according to Vilardi, his approach was anything but conventional. “We rehearsed for a week in a room together with Marshall standing five seconds from me,” he remembers. “Then we just went and recorded it in the live room which I’ve never seen a producer do, usually they sit behind the desk on the other side of the glass. He was there with us, just rocking and doing his thing. I remember thinking, ‘Wow this is different, this record is going to be different’”. Beat Magazine Page 34
There is no denying the results on The Almost’s latest offering. Full of raw energy and honesty, the recording is perfectly suited to the bands no frills, bluesy, southern rock. Opening track Ghost is a perfect example, where you can hear Aaron’s breathing in between vocals as well as extra little guitar sounds and drum noises throughout. “If we were in the same room I could point stuff out to you, like what you’re really hearing, that would probably blow your mind in the way that it did mine, like wow we’re leaving that? Okay yeah let’s leave it,” says Vilardi. “Alot of the drums you hear are not actually drums, it’s drums coming through my amp because we were standing so close.” I ask whether the fact that the band recorded the album together in the same room had the same sort of feel as if they were in the rehearsal room and if it took some of the pressure off being in a recording environment. “What you said is true but then there’s also the other point which is if I mess up my take we all have to start over. You don’t want to be that guy that’s like ‘Oh, okay, take 20 because Jay can’t get his crap together’,” he laughs. The Almost have already indicated that the way they recorded Fear Inside Our Bones, completely live and
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The ol’ Red Jumpsuit Apparatus are pimping their new EP Et Tu Brut and they’re bringing their DESCENDENTS audacious live show to our shores. Sweet Apes and Red Beard will join the tour but there are no guarantees it’s coming to your town. In a slightly confusing but undoubtedly intriguing twist, the band have announced three to four locations for each show but fans must decide which location they play at. So far Victoria’s options are looking like a Friday November 15 show in either Melbourne, Geelong or Bendigo. Not hard to guess which town is likely to win out in this scenario, but other dates are looking to reach more scandalous conclusions. For example the Saturday November 16 will happen at either Adelaide, Perth or Hobart. Brutal, you guys! How are we feeling about this ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ format? It must be a logistical nightmare for the booker (that poor bastard, keeping venues at bay while throngs of demanding pop punk kids dictate his day), but maybe it’s a foolproof way of ensuring his shows find their biggest and best audiences. Can’t wait to see how it all turns out. The Getaway Plan have come out of hiding to announce a new release and tour. The Lovesick Tour will run over two months and see the dudes opening with a show at Ding Dong on July 27 before returning to the state to smash out a Ballarat show at Karova on August 29 and a underage gig at Mooroolbark Community Centre on August 30. Tickets are available now.
CRUNCH! JOEY JORDISON UNVEILS SCAR THE MARTYR Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison has unveiled details of his new project, the brutally-named Scar The Martyr. Recorded at Sound Farm Studios in Des Moines, Iowa, Scar The Martyr’s as-yet-untitled debut album was produced by Rhys Fulber (Fear Factory, Rob Zombie, Mindless Self Indulgence, Front Line Assembly), and it’ll arrive later this year via Roadrunner Records. Jordison plays drums and bass on the album, as well as rhythm guitar on all but two songs. it was written by Joey and lead vocalist Henry Derek, and joining them in the studio were keyboardist Chris Vrenna (Nine Inch Nails), as well as guitarists Jed Simon (Strapping Young Lad) and Kris Norris (Darkest Hour). “With this project, I focused my efforts on writing for the better of the song,” Jordison says. “I wasn’t worried about flash or persona...It’s all about writing a good solid song. I’m writing music that people can grasp and hold on to... something that resonates. If you don’t have that, then you have nothing.”
REGIONAL ROULETTE AT THE BENDIGO Regional Roulette comes home to the Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood on Friday July 5. What better way to celebrate laying waste to regional towns across this land than to lay waste to Collingwood? The line-up is Dreadnaught, Frankenbok, Heaven The Axe and Abreact. Doors at 8pm, $15 entry, all tickets on the door.
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Last month Melbourne metal band Frankenbok led fellow heavy-rock bands King Parrot, Heaven The Axe, Abreact and Dreadnaught on one of the most tenacious regional tours ever attempted. The Regional Roulette tour took to Ballarat, Castlemaine, Mildura, Frankston, Traralgon, Bendigo, Shepparton and Wagga Wagga and each night the lineup was chosen by chance, not the seniority of the bands. “We had a tom drum with a hole in the top and we would put the names of three bands in and get someone out of the crowd to come up on stage and draw a name and pick it out,” explains Frankenbok vocalist Dan McDougall. “We would delegate each night who played first so no band got the bad luck
Frenzal Rhomb have revealed that Crisis Alert and the excellently named Hug Therapist will be joining them on their Friday August 2 show at the Corner Hotel. Tickets are still available for this one. Pop punk dudes Hit The Lights will head to Australia this September for their first ever Aussie headlining tour. They’ll bring Heroes For Hire and New York’s State Champs along for the ride. This all goes down at Phoenix Youth Centre on Saturday September 7 and the Corner Hotel on Sunday September 8. Early bird tickets are available now.
The crew over at Hits and Pits have managed to snag Black Flag (can we call them that? Wasn’t it just ‘Flag’ for a while there? I feel like Rollins is gon’ get mad, you guys) to headline their November festival. This behemoth lineup now boasts Black Flag, Boysetsfire, Bad Astronaut, The Ataris, Snuff, No Fun At All, Good For You, Off With Their Heads and Jugheads Revenge. All at The Palace on Friday November 22. AJ Maddah, the man behind the Australian Warped Tour has told his Twitter minions that we’ll hear details on this December’s tour on Saturday July 10. It’ll be the first time the legendary tour has lapped the country since 2002.
Northlane are getting excited about the conclusion of winter and have announced their Springularity tour for September this year. They’re playing a bunch of wild venues including Commercial Hotel in South Morang (Thursday September 12), Ferntree Gully Hotel (Friday September 13) and Coburg Town Hall (Sunday September 15). Savior will open up all shows and tickets are available from Thursday.
Thursday July 4: 28 Days, The Playbook, My Favourite Accident Translucents, Don’t Get Lost, Angry Seas, Brad Vincent at The Reverence You Yangs, The Mighty Boys, Rolling Blackouts at The Gasometer Friday July 5: Dead Wish, White Walls, Daylight Robbery, Bloody Hammer at Public Bar Wil Wagner at Longplay Dick Diver, Twerps, The Stevens at the Corner Hotel Crowned Kings, One Vital Word, Declaration at The Reverence Deaf Wish, White Walls, Daylight Robbery, Blood Hammer, Cuntz at The Public Bar Ouch My Face, La Bastard, Kids Of Zoo, Bonnie Mercer at Grace Darling Saturday July 6: Ne Obliviscaris, A Million Dead Birds Laughing, Toehider, Hadal Maw at The Espy sleepmakeswaves at The Evelyn Hotel The Jungle Giants, City Riots, Dirt Farmer at the Corner Hotel Apart From This, Kissing Booth, Have/Hold, Summerhill at The Reverence You Am I at The Forum I Killed The Prom Queen, Storm The Sky, Driven To The Verge at Bang Cuntz, gentlemen, Roky Music, Spitehouse at The Gasometer Outsiders Code, Frozen Over, Cruel Intentions, Torment at The Gasometer from 3pm Sunday July 7: sleepmakeswaves at The Evelyn Jamie Hay, Lucy Wilson, Jason Ayres at The Reverence You Am I at The Forum Fear Factory, Twelve Foot Ninja at The Palace Dick Diver, Lost Animal, The School Of Radiant Living at the Corner Hotel Wil Wagner, Strickland, Cavalcade, Brighter At Night, Oh Pacific, Ziggy Britten at Phoenix Youth Centre
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ROCK DUNGEON RETURNS The Rock Dungeon is back due to public popular demand. Although no longer in a Dungeon as such, nevertheless the spirit, essence, vibe, heart and soul of what Rock Dungeon means and represented remains. It’ll be on every Friday night on the third floor of CBD Nightclub in the City, featuring regular live bands some weeks. Entrance is $10 if bands are playin , $5 if not. This week features Pirate acoustic shredding metal from Citrus Jam at midnight.
NEW CHIMAIRA OUT AUGUST 3 The mighty Chimaira release Crown of Phantoms on Friday August 2 on 3Wise Records in Australia/ NZ. I’ve heard it and it’s fucking amazing. This is the first album by the band’s new line-up featuring Emil Werstler and Matt Szlachta (guitar), Jeremy Creamer (bass), Austin D’amond (drums) and Sean Z (electronica) backing up founding vocalist Mark Hunter. Call it a reboot if you must, but know this: this album finds Chimaira kicking back hard against any preconceived notion that a Rob Arnold-less Chimaira couldn’t cut it. Gone are the clean vocals of The Age Of Hell, and in its place is aggression, power and diversity. This kind of thing can be a bit dodgy witness the recent splintering of Queensryche into two versions, or the time Henry Rollins replaced the entire Rollins Band with Mother Superior. But Hunter and co have totally pulled it off.
of playing first every night – I heard it’s statistically possible – and then halfway through that set we would pick out the names and the rest of the night would be set.” The idea of not having an official headliner harks back to the motivation behind the tour. “The reason behind Regional Roulette was that we wanted to take a killer lineup out on the road, all the bands are equal quality, on how good they are so we didn’t want anyone to headline,” explains McDougall. “It was also a way to try and get people in early as well! Especially in country areas people just come out for the shows because they don’t get that much entertainment and it also a good chance for us to get a good following in the area. “We subbed King Parrot out because of their incredibly busy schedule. They agreed to come on board initially but then with all their other tour requests they couldn’t commit to the rest. So we thought, ‘My brother Andy is in Dreadnaught and we’re keen to get them out there again, sort of been off the boards for a while with drummer problems but they’ve sorted that out. They are the best metal band in Australia so it is pleasure to play with them again.’” McDougal doesn’t need justify why he put his brother's band on the lineup because Dreadnaught are probably the only ones ahead of Frankenbok in
MARON INTERVIEWS IGGY GUITAR SETUP COURSE Guitar tech Joseph ‘Soxy’ Price has toured as a guitar tech with Soundgarden, Sugar Ray and Nina and repaired/built guitars for Ian Moss, Brett Kingman, Phil Cebrano, Pete Robinson, Glenn Proudfoot, Joe Camilleri and many others. And you can bask in his knowledge when he gives a talk Fitzroy Town Hall on Thursday July 11 as part of the Push FReeZA Summits 2013. He’ll be talking about how to do a basic guitar setup in 40 minutes.
Are you familiar with comedian Marc Maron’s WTF Podcast? Maron usually interviews comedians but sometimes he’ll have a musician on such as John Fogerty, E of Eels, Thomas Dolby, Dethklok’s Brendon Small, Tommy Stinson of The Replacements and Guns N’ Roses. Anyway, recently he reached his 400th episode, and to celebrate he scored an interview with the one and only Iggy Pop. And you really have to get to wtfpod.com or iTunes to check it out. Iggy talks a lot about the early days of the Stooges, hanging with Bowie, Nico, the Sales brothers. It’s a really great interview and I highly recommend it.
STAR-STUDDED LED ZEP TRIBUTE To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Led Zeppelin’s hugely influential album Houses of the Holy, some highly regarded musos including Ash Naylor (Even), Danny Leo (King of the North), Stephen Hadley (Paul Kelly Band) and Bruce Haymes (Renee Geyer Band) are performing the album live in full at The Yarraville Club on Saturday July 13. Houses of the Holy is still ranked as one of the top albums of all time and has numerous accolades from the driving classic and US single Over The Hills and Far Away to the sexy singalong D’yer Mak’er and the more sparsely laid tunes like The Rain Song, it’s an album still ripe 40 years on.
Australia’s most loved metal band stakes!” McDougall then swerved conversation toward Frankenbok’s album that was released earlier this year Cheers, Beers and Beards. “The stuff on that record is stuff that didn’t quite fit in with the ferocity of The End Of All You Know. Obviously, we think they’re still great songs but it just didn’t fit in with the ethos and idea behind that record. So yeah, we’re really proud of Cheers, Beers and Beards with these songs being a bit more light-hearted and more in the direction that Frankenbok is heading and to be honest, where the band came from. I mean, you
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look at before I joined and there was a lot of really light-hearted and funny stuff.” The most well-known example of Frankenbok’s light-hearted past was its breakthrough single, a cover of Madison Avenue’s Don’t Call Me Baby that was on Frankenbok’s 2001 release Loopholes & Excuses. FRANKENBOK are playing Regional Roulette Homecoming at The Bendigo Hotel this Friday July 5 with Dreadnaught, Heaven The Axe and Abreact. Cheers, Beers & Beards is out now. Beat Magazine Page 35
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ONE VITAL WORD Newcastle band One Vital Word are playing at The Reverence Hotel on Friday July 5 to celebrate the release of their anticipated debut album. Along with Crowned Kings, Declaration and Cold Ground, this is one night of heavy duty hardcore. Entry $10 and doors at 8pm.
PRIMATIVE CALCULATORS Primitive Calculators perform live for the only time this year, presented by Neumusak for Yarra Music’s Leaps & Bounds Festival. Taking time out from producing their first studio album, Primitive Calculators hit The Tote on Saturday July 6 with a preview set of debut album material! with support from three exciting bands emerging from Melbourne’s underbelly: The Spinning Rooms, Strangers From Now On, Faspeedelay and Iceage and Principal Blackman DJs. Doors 9pm. Door charge applies.
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FRASER A GORMAN Fraser A Gorman & Big Harvest release their new single and video Dark Eyes and celebrate with an intimate solo residency, playing Wednesdays in July at The Spotted Mallard in Brunswick. Tonight Fraser will be joined by Stu Mackenzie from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. Free entry with music from 8.30pm.
The Monks of Mellonwah are renowned for an epic live show. After a whirlwind US tour and an overwhelming response at the Singapore Music Matters festival, where the band played four shows at the energetic Clarke Quay, the band is now looking at an extensive Aussie east coast tour. The Monks are launching their latest EP Ghost Stories at The Tote on Thursday July 4. Supports on the night will be provided by Hiding With Bears, Riot In Toytown and Jail Bird Jokers. Doors 9pm.
AMY GANTER & THE LOVE AND SQUALORS The music of Amy Ganter and the Love and Squalors is a blend of musical styles, reflecting the diverse backgrounds of the band members. Drawn from all over New Zealand and Australia, they bring the flavor of their own careers, in classical, jazz, blues and folk music to create a new folk sound. Blending cello, dobro guitar, nylon guitar and saxophone they create the perfect atmosphere to support the unique voice and wonderfully honest songs of Amy Ganter, the songwriter and leader who ties it all together. Catch this delicious ensemble supported by the wonderful Harry Storm at Richmond’s Great Britain Hotel, Thursday July 4 at 8pm.
THE SWELL The Swell are a young instrumental multimedia rock trio established in Melbourne, influenced by the elements of the tempestuous ocean; serene, foreboding and thunderous. Catch them playing at the Great Britain on Saturday July 6 when captivating projected video works created by artist Otto Manooka will run concurrently to their live set. They’ll also be joined by the hard rock stylings of 23AOA. 9pm, free entry.
SARAH CARNEGIE Sarah Carnegie returns to The Great Britain Hotel Sunday July 7 to perform her mix of soul, folk and pop. Her original creations are thick with acoustic guitar, angelic vocals, lingering lyrics and floating harmonies. Sarah’s debut album The Architect, builds from her organic vocals and guitar, to a world of colour, where the songs paint a picture, tell a story and leave a melodic imprint in your music receptor. Get your receptor to the Great Britain at 8pm. It’s free.
THE SURF THANG Fresh from the murky depths of a pre-historic ocean emerges The Surf Thang. Riding a wave of country-rockin surfabilly tunes. Possum, Billy and Craig play original tunes from twang and reverb soaked ‘60s surf instrumentals to melancholic western/country ballads with some rockabilly, punk and pop overtones. Influences include The Atlantics, Ennio Morricone, Dick Dale, Link Wray, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Gene Kruper, The Ramones, Don Walker and many more. Ride the wave this Tuesday July 9 at The Retreat Hotel from 7.30pm.
DEMILLE With their brand new EP, Demille will bring their blend of rock, jazz and fusion to Bar Open on Wednesday July 3, with shoe-gazers Tender Bones, Gaudy and Lochie Scott providing support. Doors at 8pm and it’s free entry.
JOHNNIE AND THE JOHNNIE JOHNNIES These four highly-skilled musicians have backgrounds in jazz, classical and world music, with the driving force being their ‘60s inspired surfer-rock sound. Catch Johnnie And The Johnnie Johnnies at Bar Open on Friday July 5 as part of the Leaps & Bounds Festival to see just why they’ve played at major Melbourne venues, Falls Festival, Melbourne Festival, and inner-city house parties. It’s at 10pm for free.
HALF JAPANESE: THE BAND THAT WOULD BE KING/MAD NANNA Bar Open will be screening this 1993 documentary about a band started by two brothers in their parents lounge room that has spanned over 30 years to feature and collaborate with some of the international underground’s biggest stars, like The Velvet Underground’s Mo Tucker. This hilarious and inspiring film will be followed by a performance from Mad Nanna. Doors from 7.30pm and entry is free.
NOTHING FINAL Unknown Pleasures is the international multidisciplined arts production factory with a focus on underground music, visual art and independent fashion. Presenting a night of wave, psychedelic and post-punk music at Yah Yahs on Thursday July 4 will be Dan Trolley, House of Light from Berlin, and Melbourne’s Nothing Final. Doors open at 7pm and music kicks off at 9pm. Entry is free.
THE MOHAWK LODGE The Mohawk Lodge are releasing their visceral fourth album, Damaged Goods, in Australia this July. A blurry mix of Springsteen, teenage Swervedriver, Repeater-era Fugazi and Neil Young circa Ragged Glory all come together with the raw, urgent atmosphere of early-’90s lo-fi rock’n’roll. Catch them at The Retreat Hotel this Sunday July 7 from 8.30pm with Tracy McNeil. Beat Magazine Page 36
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SUZIE STAPLETON Suzie Stapleton is celebrating a European vinyl release of EP Obladi Diablo through French label Beast Records on Saturday July 6 at The Old Bar. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a â&#x20AC;&#x153;double-headerâ&#x20AC;? with Shifting Sands (QLD), featuring GeoďŹ&#x20AC; Corbett (6FtHick) and Dylan McCormack, joining the action with supports Plague Doctor and Lara Travis. Stapleton then says sayonara, with a tour itinerary that includes Colours of Ostrava festival in Czech Republic, Franceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Binic Folk Blues Festival and Foes Festival in Spain. $10 entry.
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LEAPS & BOUNDS FESTIVAL KICK OFF After a short time in the darkest closet, a beacon of light was produced with a lineup of pure blinding golden talent. Featuring Client Liaison â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a Melbourne duo who have gone the right way of setting themselves up for super-stardom, have proven themselves to be irresistible, mimicking Australian culture at its ďŹ nest with a dance electric, new jack swing sonic palate. Supporting them are Fox And Sui, Totally Mild and Hip Hop Hotties DJs. Check it out at The Tote on Friday July 5. Doors open at 9pm, door charge applies.
LEAPS AND BOUNDS OPENING NIGHT Go to Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s on Friday July 5 to catch The Bonniwells, menopausal garage darlings Drunk Mums and Geelong maniacs The Kremlings perform for The City of Yarraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s inaugral Leaps & Bounds music festival. This venue based winter live feast showcases the havoc of jingle jangle punk time from 9pm, with late tunes by Wet Wax â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til 5am. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free.
BON SCOTTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIRTHDAY Head to Cherry Bar to celebrate Bon Scottâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday this Tuesday July 9. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a set from Dirty Deeds with AlďŹ Rocker plus special guests including (but not limited to) Paul Woseen and Scott Kingman (The Screaming Jets). Opening set is from The Patron Saints. Doors 6pm, $15 entry from 8pm to 11pm, DJ Bobby Lou â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til 3am-ish.
Throughout their daily toils and tribulations The Wikimen always ďŹ nd time to sting up the double bass and polish the vibraphone for a new sonic adventure in the realms of early 20th century pop jazz. The Wikimen will set up shop at The Spotted Mallard throughout the months of July, these free entry shows will occur every Sunday from 4pm. And to celebrate their return the Mallard kitchen is serving up a succulent Sunday roast with all the trimmings.
PBS ACID COUNTRY LIVE BROADCAST To celebrate the City of Yarraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s newest live music festival Leaps and Bounds, PBS 106.7FM will be broadcasting live from The Labour In Vain, one of Fitzroyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most iconic watering holes and live music institutions, on Thursday July 11. The live broadcast features PBSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; longest running program, David Heardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Acid Country in a very special two-hour episode showcasing some of Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most treasured country acts playing live from the venue. Joining David on the show will be ramblinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, swinginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, toetappinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bands The Idle Hoes, The Alan Ladds and Raised By Eagles live on air throughout the entire program. The broadcast kicks oďŹ&#x20AC; at 3pm sharp and goes through until 5pm. Head down to the Labour In Vain and catch the show in person or tune into PBS 106.7FM to hear all of the action on your airwaves. Free entry.
APART FROM THIS Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s penchant for sad songs and lovestruck lyrics throughout winter is a well-known market for gigs such as this one. The Reverence Hotel will host Apart From This, Kissing Booth, Have/Hold and Summerhill at the front bar on Saturday July 6. Doors at 7pm and $10 entry.
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PERICO Melbourne band Perico will headline a special performance at The Empress Hotel on Friday July 19 to honour their friend Sally Isaac, who passed away four years ago and to whom this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Leaps and Bounds Festival is dedicated. Through her work at Yarra Council, Sally made an enormous contribution to public life, especially to the lives of those in the community who were more socially isolated and disadvantaged. Money collected on the door will be donated to the Sally Isaac Memorial Scholarship Fund, a fund established to help further the education of young women who make signiďŹ cant contributions to the Victorian community. Also performing on the night will be Mark Sinton and The Great Western. Doors open at 7pm, tickets $10.
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IT IS NOT THE SINGER BUT THE SONG The afternoon/evening show features a bunch of handpicked Australian pop/rock & jangle bands showcasing their own song and a pair of classic Australian pop songs. Peter Carr & Mezz Coleman (aka The Family Tree) will start oďŹ&#x20AC; the day at 2pm and are followed by Tim Reid, Danny McDonald, Michael Meeking, Nick Batterham, The Wellingtons (duo), The Jonesez and headliners The Solicitors. The day will also feature a big Popboomerang records sale in the beer garden and guest DJs. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all happening at The Yarra Hotel in Abbotsford on Saturday July 13. Entry is $10.
ANDREW TUTTLE Sunday July 7, a night of probable intemperate coldness, icy winds, and general winter malaise. Rather than hibernating, trying to download pirated movies and generally wallowing in your own self-pity, swing via the alternate universe tiki bar surrounds of The Cobra Bar (upstairs at The Tote) to listen to four outstanding Australian solo producers/performers. Andrew Tuttle from Brisbane is currently touring his debut EP 4064. He will be supported by Brain Drain, Automating and Acciness. Doors 7.30pm. Door charge applies.
After a hit and run mini-tour in the pine-apple and sunshine state last weekend, River of Snakes return to the infamous Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s for another night of debauched rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll chaos on Saturday July 6. The band have been ďŹ nishing the recording of their upcoming debut album and gearing for the release of a bunch of new material including a 7â&#x20AC;? on veri. live and a new ripper ďŹ lm clip. Supports provided by Bodies, Rayon Moon and The Maggot Men. Bands start at 9pm and its $10.
JAMIE HAY Jamie Hay (Conation, A Death In The Family, Fear Like Us) has a residency at The Reverence Hotel every Sunday afternoon in July. After releasing his album King Of The Sun late last year, these may be Hayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last shows for a while, so be sure to check out one (or more) of these sessions. Lucy Wilson and Jason Ayres will support on Sunday July 7. Doors from 3pm and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s free.
KESHIE Keshie will bring their West African street music to Bar Open on Saturday July 5, with old favourites El Moth for a night of non-stop dancing. The upstairs band room is sure to be a diďŹ&#x20AC;erent atmosphere to their countless festival appearances, but the house party vibe at the bar will make it feel like someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s living room. It starts at 10pm and entry is free.
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HOY Join HOY for Thursdays in July at The Spotted Mallard for a full band residency to warm the wintry nights. Hoy will be performing songs from their up-coming album Aquaslum with a six piece band. With different guests to open the night, HOY and friends will rock and folk out, spanning sounds that reference the likes of Mazzy Star, Fleetwood Mac, and Bonnie Prince Billy, amongst others.
DANCING HEALS To coincide with the release of their brand new album You Will Never Be Younger Than You Are Now on Friday July 5, Dancing Heals will celebrate at The Workers Club on Saturday July 27. The album was self-produced, once again recruiting Tony Espie (The Avalanches, The Holidays) to mix and David Walker (Stepford Audio) for mastering. Think The Travelling Wilburys, Doves and Dandy Warhols, and you’ll get a fair idea as to what Dancing Heals are about.
KIM SALMON & SPENCER P. JONES Join Kim Salmon & Spencer P. Jones in a rare full band show this Friday July 5 at The Spotted Mallard. They will perform songs from their combined catalogue as well as tracks from their Runaways album. Support from Geoff’s (6FtHick) new project Shifting Sands and Alex & The Shy Lashlies. $15 entry from 8.30pm.
Mantooth Music presents the Psychedelic Rock’N’Roll Surf Party Caftan Hoedown. As part of the Leaps and Bounds Music Festival, the Mantooth artist roster will be lured to The Tote with the usual hollow promises of money and fame for a collective festive soiree. Headlined by luminaries The Toot Toot Toots and featuring the psych-country of Immigrant Union, the bittersweet grunge-pop Ali E and the just plain entertaining stupidity of The Once Overs. Guest DJs, gourmet barbie and complimentary caftans for the first to arrive (limited to how many they can find for free) although you are encouraged to bring your own. Sunday July 7. Doors at 3.30pm with bands from 4.30pm. $15 get you in. Door discounts for caftan wearers.
BROTHERS HAND MIRROR This July, Brothers Hand Mirror are bringing their notoriously wild live exploits to Cobra Bar, upstairs at The Tote every Thursday evening. Nothing under the moons glow will make you want to dance more than the anticipation of the duo’s forthcoming EP Picture Tape. The EP is personally selected by Paul “PBDY” Young (who works alongside Flying Lotus on his label Brainfeeder) to hold the honour of being the first release on his up-and-coming record label TAR on the final Thursday of the residency. Catch them this Thursday July 4 at The Tote. Doors 8pm. Door charge applies.
THE SPOILS After releasing their third album in 2009, and touring Europe, New Zealand and Australia, The Spoils are slipping out of their winter hibernation and are playing The Post Office Hotel in Coburg on Sunday July 7 from 4.30pm. They’ll also play at The Bridge Hotel in Castlemaine on Friday July 12 with Julitha Ryan and band (ex- Silver Ray) You know how the saying goes – when it rains, it pours, so check out one of these shows.
SEEDY JEEZUS Seedy Jeezus, the three-piece loud noisy sexy rocking tripped out psychedelic weird morphed up ‘60s groove band with lots of things that make you tap your feet or spill your beer, will be strutting their stuff this Friday July 5 at Tago Mago in Thornbury.
THE JAMJETS Join Adelaide’s The Jamjets as they play their first Melbourne show at The LuWow this Friday July 5. Having played together for 18 years, and earning support slots for The Angels and Bondi Cigars, the jump blues band are promoting the launch of their new EP Rockin’ Robin. The band features the harmonica playing of Roj Cufone who was awarded two Golden Harmonicas in Tamworth in ‘07 and ‘08, played as a solo artist in three continents, (Hong Kong, USA and Italy) and of recent times was invited as a guest with the Tim Prestwich band as they supported Cold Chisel at The Adelaide Entertainment Centre.
REGIONAL ROULETTE HOMECOMING A collective of Victoria’s best heavy music acts are taking a unique approach to touring regional areas. Regional Roulette aims to target the areas that are often forgotten, and bring them energetic live shows. This instalment includes Dreadnaught, Frankenbok, Heaven The Axe and Abreact. The ‘roulette’ factor is where the bands rotate their place on the bill, encouraging the audience to get there early and support the entire gig. It’s happening at The Bendigo Hotel on Friday July 5 from 8pm for $15.
THREE NIGHT TUESDAYS WITH TIARYN Mixing hip-gyrating neo-soul with unashamed and quirky pop, Tiaryn’s music is alluring and raw. Supporting Tiaryn at The Evelyn Hotel on Tuesday July 9 is Kingston Crowne and Chris Port’s ‘Mixer’. After her 2011 debut EP Keeper, Tiaryn was noted by critics for her remarkable voice and well-constructed songs. Tickets available now through Moshtix.
VANCE JOY Pop newcomer and hype machine Vance Joy will open NGV’s Friday Night’s At Monet’s Garden on Friday July 5. His debut EP God Loves You When You’re Dancing stirred emotion and excitement from critics and punters, who relish in the irony of the singer’s last name. His music is bountiful with tender vocals and upbeat rhythms, sure to perfectly complement the gallery’s surroundings, good food and drink. It’s $28; not bad considering Monet is the founder of French impressionist painting, and local boy Vance Joy is soon to release his EP via Atlantic Records, support Bernard Fanning and play at Splendour In The Grass.
WOODLOCK Originally from inland Yarrawonga, Melbourne band Woodlock are quickly establishing themselves as an up-and-coming band. With barely a year under their belt they have had an interview on ABC National Radio, toured the East Coast of Australia, and have released their first EP Lemons. They play The Prince Public Bar this Friday July 5 from 8pm with Jason Ayres and Temple Of Tunes. Free entry.
WOLFPACK It’s Wolfpack versus Between The Wars in a battle royale tag team showdown! Both bands have a big August coming up. Wolfpack have just been announced as the support for USA punk pioneers MDC and Between The Wars will be opening for Canadian folk-punk rockers The Real McKenzies but first these two live favourites are teaming up for a ripper show at stellar Brunswick watering hole The Retreat on Friday July 5. It’s free entry.
7”s &12”s VINYL SALON Presented by Amelia Shaw and featuring Jules and Ricky from Money For Rope, and Myles Gallagher from Wrong Turn. Do you love the drop of the needle on a pristine slab of black vinyl? Does the sound of the snap, crackle and pop warm the cockles of your heart? Come down to Amelia Shaw’s every second Sunday, to join a group of like minded vinyl aficionados sharing their collections and appreciating some damn fine music. Check it out this Sunday July 7 from 4pm.
SHANNON BOURNE Shannon Bourne is a critically-acclaimed bluesand-roots-founded guitarist, singer and songwriter with a strong following of discerning fans and the power to sway audiences with the naked emotion and sheer virtuosic power of his soul-searing performances where the flavour is reminiscent of John Martyn, Richard Thompson, and Pink Floyd, while still very much bearing the Shannon Bourne signature. Catch Shannon tonight at The Retreat Hotel in Brunswick from 7.30pm.
SAINT JUDE Saint Jude are set to play the cosy confines of the Retreat Front Bar on Saturday July 6 from 5pm. Winter is well and truly upon us and Saint Jude’s sweet sounds will warm your heart. With a brand new album of rock’n’pop set to drop onto your decks and into your ears very soon, catch Saint Jude at their intimate best.
PRESENTATION NIGHT NEW ESTATE After their critically acclaimed fourth album Recovery on Chapter Music, Melbourne’s scruffpop wonders New Estate are celebrating ten years with a residency at The Grace Darling. It all begins on Sunday July 7 with The Zonks and Hot Palms, with special guests in upcoming weeks including Guy Blackman, Sarah Mary Chadwick and The Ocean Party. Doors are at 7pm and there is an $8 entry fee.
Featuring Paul Kelly, Bob Murphy and hosted by Francis Leach, Presentation Night is a live talk show that takes football and music as starting points for a discussion about our great obsessions – love, life, how to win the flag and great albums. It’s about learning something new about our heroes, ourselves, and how kicking a ball and writing songs define us. It all happens live on stage at The Corner Hotel, Richmond on Wednesday July 10. Doors 8pm, tickets are $43.
MELODY MOON Melody Moon is hosting a night of music and poetry to raise funds for her debut album tonight at Open Studio. The Melbourne songwriter has been labelled as a ‘fresh breeze on the Australian alternative folk scene’, [and with her trio of cello, double bass, guitar and three-part vocal harmonies noted on Carried Away and Little Hopes], they will perform alongside Phoebe Jacobs, Samara Williams and Sophia Watts, with poetry from Tanya Rao and Anna Cutler. It’s all for a $5 donation and it starts at 8pm.
ZOE K Zoe K is a new and powerful force on the Australian music scene with a remarkable voice that pays tribute to the bygone greats of jazz and blues. Having success with her top shelf band The Shadow Katz featuring some of Sydney and Newcastle’s finest musicians, and an excellent new album hot off the press. In a climate dominated by manufactured talent, Zoe Kisa is a welcome dose of old school substance and style. She is playing This Thursday July 4 at The Retreat Hotel with Jude Perl. Beat Magazine Page 38
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Wintry nights in Melbourne make you just want to rug up near an open fire with a glass of mulled wine and a hearty meal of bangers and mash, and luckily that’s exactly what’s happening every Wednesday night at The Wesley Anne. Enjoy the acoustic musicality of Paul Ruske, whose debut album features a collaboration with the Soweto Gospel Choir, as well as Skyscraper Stan and Matt Wicking from General Assembly. It kicks off tonight at 7.30pm with free entry.
I AM DUCKEYE I Am Duckeye launch their LP at Cherry Bar this Friday July 5. Support comes from Berkshire Hunting Club and Sheriff. DJ Lucy Arundel will then spin discs until 5am. Doors 5pm, door charge $13 from 8pm ‘til 11pm, then $10 ‘til 5am.
LIFTED BROW MAG LAUNCH Issue #18 of bi-monthly literary and cultural magazine The Lifted Brow is about to become a real and tangible thing. And so it’s time for another launch party! The launch party takes place at The Spotted Mallard this Saturday July 6 with musical performances from Wintercoats and Major Napier. $12 at the door, which includes a copy of the magazine.
FIONA LEE MAYNARD & HER HOLY MEN THE ELLIOTTS This show marks The Elliotts return to Prince Public Bar after participating in ‘Rock the Schools’ tour, featuring some of Australia’s premier and up-andcoming artists. They are joined by Cheeky Falcon Band, The Bob Harrow Band, The White Keys, M. Antonio this Saturday July 6, with free entry.
EVIL TWIN Melbourne two-piece Evil Twin play with Limits, Summerhill, and Holy Thrash, who will bring along a guitarist from The Desperateens to join him on stage at The Bendigo Hotel on Thursday July 4. Celebrate Will Smith’s performance in Independence Day for $6.
MARK SULTAN/BBQ The pseudonym of BBQ provided the always enigmatic Mark Sultan with a guise for his solo efforts. Praised as one of the best one-man-bands in the world, Sultan’s work has shifted between his involvement in a band, and as a solo artist. He’s played on the beach towns of Reunion Island, off of Madagascar, climbed volcanoes, head-butted marine life and toured Europe. Now, Sultan will play a final Melbourne show this Thursday July 4 at The Gasometer Hotel in Melbourne with support from Leather Towel. Tickets available on the door.
Tago Mago are proud to present ‘good time girl’ Fiona Lee Maynard & Her Holy Men in a month residency of Thursdays in July. Their recently launched debut EP is receiving plenty of attention and according to music critic Jeff Jenkins, Fiona could “sing the phone book and make it sound sexy or scary.” You may have heard them on RRR, but to see and hear them live is an experience worth pursuing. They play Tago Mago this Thursday July 4.
HELLRAISER V Don’t miss this fifth and final instalment of the Hellraiser event, with a six-band lineup including Destrukor, Malichor, Bastardizer, Pale Sage and Atomic Death Squad. This is some of the best black and thrash metal Australia has on offer, so get down to The Reverence Hotel on Saturday July 6 to experience some classic riffs, discount merch and of course, the no-holds-barred performances. Doors at 7pm and it’s $10.
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BETTER THAN THE WIZARDS Coming Back Your Way is the new single from Melbourne six piece Better Than The Wizards. With a hint of the old school, this song throws you back. Blues Brothers horn lines, gravelly vocals, all sexed up with a burnin’ Hammond organ solo. The guitar leads the front of the track while the drums drive it home. It’s short, a bangin’ pop tune that’ll have you coming back their way. Feel it wash over you when the band launch the single on Saturday July 20 at The John Curtin Hotel with Sunday Chairs and Soul Safari. Entry is $10.
RAT & CO It has been a very busy year for Rat & Co since the release of their debut album One Uno Ein in March. Playing sell-out shows in their hometown Melbourne and international supports with Gold Panda, Rat & Co’s music has been shared widely with the band curating a strong fan base through community radio stations. More recently Rat & Co joined Chet Faker on his European tour. Rat & Co return to Melbourne to play a special headline show at the Northcote Social Club on Friday July 5 with Mammals and The Kite String Tangle. Doors 8.30pm. Entry is $8.
SHERRY RICH & THE NEW FOLK HEROES Australian singer songwriter Sherry Rich, recently nominated for ‘Best Female Artist’ and ‘Best Album’ in The Age EG music awards and Unpaved magazine, plays her final Australian show before heading off on her US tour with Grammy and Oscar nominated guitarist Rick Plant (Buddy Miller, Allison Moorer, Pure Prairie League). Sherry is now based in Melbourne after ten years living and working in Nashville. Catch her while you can at The Retreat Hotel this Saturday July 6 from 10.30pm with The Night Party.
DEAR STALKER Dear Stalker are pumped to be kicking off a rockin’ night of Independence Day-themed celebrations at Ding Dong Lounge this Thursday July 4. With drink specials (that’s right, beer in red cups!) and a sickening array of decorations, plus The Naysayers, Tequila Mockingbyrd and Cooper Street to complete a lineup of Melbourne’s finest, this is going to be one hell of a party. It all starts from 8pm, entry is $5.
THE WORKINGHORSE IRONS Psycho-billy demons The Workinghorse Irons play Bar Open on Thursday July 4 with Them Nights and Eight Days Of Autumn. With a mix of pop and rock tunes, this gig is sure to please with a side of ale and a whole lot of party. Doors at 9pm and it’s free.
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Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Our songwriting is rooted in the tradition of great soul artists. We’re not trying to be ‘retro’, our music is about our experiences and although inspired by music of a bygone era it’s written in the present and also incorporates a lot of other more contemporary influences. I’m pretty sure people would describe us as a soul band! What do you love about making music? Everything, it’s what we do, it’s what we live for. Playing live is naturally one of the greatest things about making music but we also love being in the studio. We’ve worked hard to create specific sonics on our recordings and the challenge of playing in the studio is one of the most enjoyable things for us. What can a punter expect from your live show? We’re a ten-piece soul band, you can expect a ten-piece soul explosion! When’s the gig and with who? The gig is Friday 12 July at the Northcote Social Club and its with the amazing Shaolin Afronauts and local guests The Seven Ups. How long have you been gigging and writing? We’ve been together for six years. We’ve gone through a few different stages and in many ways we’ve kind of grown up with this band. Many things have formed out of it but it’s kind of like the central group for a whole network of musicians and bands. Describe the best gig you have ever played. We did a show with New Orleans soul legend Eddie Bo in 2007, it was a turning point for the band and one of the best experiences ever. I think our positive outlook as a band was really affirmed by our experience on stage with Eddie. He played music for most of his life and was an absolute joy to watch on stage even in his late ‘70s. Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? Yes we have two records out and they’re available all over the place but you should buy them from the one and only Chris Gill at Northside Records. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
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Embracism is an album of extreme polarity. Thematically, it can be incongruous at times, as if the songs were forged from a mutation of dualistic elements; a plane in which aggression, machismo and sexual ambiguity exist as one. Glossy dance production, courtesy of Kim Moyes of The Presets, sits in contrast to the aďŹ&#x20AC;ected â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;ockerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; vocals of Callinan. In theory these elements should not co-exist, but Embracism is not your average record. Opener Halo journeys into synth-pop territory while title track Embracism is a reďŹ&#x201A;ection on masculinity and the physical, the manly sub bass/synth combination acting like a call to arms for men. In contrast Victoria M is straight-laced pop. Its silky strings augment the cheesy â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s feel, making this catchy ballad an album highlight. Scraps is a tinkering, chimey escapade of regret; itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lyric of â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t regret what I have done/ You broke me, so I broke you backâ&#x20AC;? could just as easily be about a girl, boy or an automobile. Stretch It Out continues the corporal theme like a deranged version of Olivia Newton Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Physical, whilst Way II War, with its sinister accompanying clip, is a challenging opus of grim synth lines and distorted, repetitive vocals. Way II War is the albums tour de force; the line â&#x20AC;&#x153;nobody knowsâ&#x20AC;? sits uncomfortably beneath a veil of industrial bleeps and guitar
TULLY ON TULLY
Quiet Company (Independent) I let out a sigh when the email accompanying Quiet Company made note of the presence of ukulele. What it failed to mention was that the instrument was utilised in a nonstandard, arpeggio fashion to tremendous eďŹ&#x20AC;ect. Permeated with haunting ambience, lead singer Natalie Foster achieves a resigned beauty with her formidable, aďŹ&#x20AC;ecting vocal talent.
DAVID LYNCH
Are You Sure (Sunday Best/Sacred Bones) Lynchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gravitas aside, this track is fucking great. Slightly aďŹ&#x20AC;ected by autotune, the director sings over a distant synth waltz beat. It has that uneasy undercurrent present throughout his ďŹ lmic oeuvre, but an uplifting air wins out in the end. Are You Sure comes from Lynchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second LP, The Big Dream.
THE SMITH STREET BAND
Ducks Fly Together (Poison City) Smith Street Band frontman Wil Wagner sounds beat to shit on the opening Ducks Fly Together, before lifting with the pugilistic bursts of guitar noise. There are shades of JeďŹ&#x20AC; Mangum mixed with Australian rock greatness, resulting in an incredible, self-deprecating love song. Lines like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fall in love/Somewhere that weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll want to stayâ&#x20AC;? hit like a bejewelled dagger to the aorta. EP Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Fuck With Our Dreams is out this August, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m tipping sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be a corker.
HEARTLAND RECORDS feedback, repeating over and over as if changing meaning with each utterance. Embracism shows Kirin J Callinan exploring the dualism of masculine identity, in a framework uniquely his own. CASSANDRA KIELY Best Track: Way II War If You Like These, Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Like This: She EP KIRIN J CALLINAN In A Word: Unveiling
ROBYN FEAT. SNOOP DOGG
U Should Know Better (Modular) Last year I made the trip to Parklife for the sole purpose of seeing Robyn. Well, to be more speciďŹ c, just to see Call Your Girlfriend in the live setting. It was worth it. On U Should Know Better, Robyn tones down pop triumph in favour of rap braggadocio and Suicide-like minimal beats. The teamup with Snoop is perfect, their one-two blows pay oďŹ&#x20AC; with the convincing battlecry of â&#x20AC;&#x153;You should know better than to fuck with me.â&#x20AC;?
IMMIGRANT UNION
Alison (Independent) Ever-present on the Melbourne fringe, Immigrant Union rise above the perfunctory here on Alison with a breezy alt-country, whiskey-drenched ballad. The twangy qualities are a charm, garnishing some crisp production values. Not sure if itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s due to my not paying attention, but has Courtney Barnett always been in the band, or is she a new recruit? Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ace.
M.I.A.
Bring The Noize (Interscope) â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not me or you/Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the fucking banksâ&#x20AC;? M.I.A. is right. She was right when she foresaw the whole PRISM bullshit a few years back, too. Sounding more empowered and content than on the divisive Maya, Bring The Noize is a showstopping banger, employing a multitude of somehow cohesive dancehall beats and scalpel-precision quickďŹ re verses.
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BAD//DREEMS
Hoping For (Mirador) A marked improvement on previous single Caroline (still the Heaps Shittest song Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve heard all year), Hoping For opens with a lush bed of guitars that sit in a tidy midpoint between jangle and shoegaze. The overwrought vocal style lacks the conviction of Children Collide or the fragility of The Vasco Era, but there is a rather brilliant, almost spoken-word, contemplative verse on oďŹ&#x20AC;er midway through. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s promising, but the track and its respective video purport an aesthetic that doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sit quite right â&#x20AC;&#x201C; resting on unchallenged dickhead machismo and barely-ironic retro-Australiana fetishism. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m predicting the next Bad//Dreems video will be a NSFW one-shot of a round of soggy biscuit, but with a ďŹ rst edition vinyl of Teenage SnuďŹ&#x20AC; Film taking place of the biscuit.
THE LIVING EYES
Eat It Up (Anti Fade) Bringing the boogie with ďŹ&#x201A;ourishes Wipeout drums and hammering, all-downstroke, Ramones riďŹ&#x20AC;age, Eat It Up is a conďŹ dent and well-crafted burst of garage goodness. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s those subtle hand claps that kick in around the surf guitar chorus that really take things to the next level. Beat Magazine Page 40
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SINGLES BY LACHLAN But in all seriousness, people who detest Kirin J Callinan are way more interesting than those who worship him.
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RECORD PARADISE 1. Weekend UNDERGROUND LOVERS 2. She Beats BEACHES 3. Deleted Scenes STANDISH/CARLYON 4. Ooga Boogas OOGA BOOGAS 5. Calendar Days DICK DIVER 6. Indigo Meadow THE BLACK ANGELS 7. Crosswords SUPER WILD HORSES 8. Dirt THE STABS 9. Radio City BIG STAR 10. More Light PRIMAL SCREAM
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SYN SWEET 16 1. Embracism KIRIN J CALLINAN 2. Myron & E BROADWAY 3. Lay Me Down BIG SCARY 4. Short Cuts To True Love STOLEN VIOLIN 5. Falling (II) LACE CURTAIN 6. Out The Womb KIRKIS 7. Avalanche (Slow) ZOLA JESUS 8. Non Grata LOWER DENS 9. Without Your Love OOOOO 10. Star Dream Girl DAVID LYNCH
AIRIT NOW 1. Dojo Rising CLOUD CONTROL 2. Distant Dreaming SHINING BIRD 3. My Heart Is Not A Machine WHITLEY 4. Rise & Fall SWEET JEAN 5. Happy Flight Hooray... BASTIANS 6. Mr.Alpha SID PATTNI 7. To Send Our Love WORLDâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S END PRESS 8. Dark Eyes FRASER A GORMAN & BIG HARVEST 9. Tell Me How It Ends BERNARD FANNING 10. Speak Low ILLS
BEATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TOP TEN SONGS ABOUT EMBRACING â&#x20AC;&#x153;Are we in the future?â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a fairly deep philosophical query, one which is coated in deďŹ nitively retro-branded synth noodling. In The Future marks the ďŹ rst new AiH material since 2011â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s superb Moment Bends, gleefully maintaining the course set on pure bubblegum pop goodness. The band do intelligent gooďŹ ness, and they do it well. Still, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m craving a verse or two from Kellie. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hoping the wait between this track and the next album isnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t nearly as long as the That Beep â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Moment Bends gap.
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FAT FREDDY’S DROP Blackbird (Remote Control)
Back in the day, Fat Freddy’s Drop were but a support act for the likes of New Zealand music royalty Salmonella Dub. Today, having survived where said bands perished, the fellow Kiwis have flourished on local and international soil. Planted a seed, in fact, and watched their tree grow and grow. Now an undeniable force in the dub scene, hundreds upon hundreds of live shows have amassed a huge fan base and incredibly, this latest album is only their third full-length release. Blackbird was recorded in the band’s own studio in New Zealand and, according to the band, directly resonates its direct environment. By the sound of album opener and title track, this place is one mighty funky chill pad for the ska, reggae and of course, dub inclined. And what an entrance to Blackbird – at almost ten minutes, it makes up for one-sixth of the whole album. In fact, none of the songs on Blackbird seem to be over too quickly – just like the band, they linger and leak and lull through each beat with deliberation and purpose. Clean The House, three tracks into the album, welcomes frontman Jos Dukie’s butter-won’t-melt vocals back to where they belong, continuing in the sensual groove of Bones… we certainly “can’t get enough of those bones”. Lead single, Silver And Gold, is obviously a stand-out track, and while it’s a bit anti-cool to brandish it as the album’s best, it does have a hellishly catchy chorus. Crouching in the more electro-influenced corner of the Fat Freddy’s room, Never Moving pulses with scattered energy as it broaches trance, psychedelic and deep house. In summary, Blackbird is a fine example of what Fat Freddy’s Drop do, but it’s not a pinch on what they’re really capable of. Their energy remains, as it always will, in their live shows. Best Track: Silver And Gold If You Like This, You’ll Like These: SALMONELLA DUB, JEN WILSON KINGFISHA, THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS In A Word: Chilled
BEADY EYE BE (Sony)
When part-time menswear entrepreneur Liam Gallagher is back in the music press spouting off quotes that range from the mildly amusing to the sublimely ludicrous, it can only mean one thing; he has a new record coming out. While Beady Eye’s first album, Different Gear, Still Speeding, was an okay but sometimes clumsy effort that felt like it was trying too hard to play to type, the second album from Oasis minus Noel has mostly dropped the rock pomp in favour of a deeper, darker groove. Flick Of The Finger provides an epochal opening. Driven by heavy horns, the track builds up to a climactic finish that features actor Kayvan Novak reading a monologue from the Peter Weiss play Marat/ Sade. See, told you it was different. Soul Love could easily have been played as a straight rocker; instead much more space has been given to atmospherics and Gallagher’s voice, which gives the tracks a far more introverted feel. First single Second Bite Of The Apple is anchored by hefty bass groove. The horns reappear, blistering their way through the choruses. Gallagher’s vocals have a fierce snarl to them on this track particularly. His voice may not have the range and firepower it once did but his delivery throughout more than makes up for it. Like on the first album, some of the lyrics on BE come across as either barbs or olive branches from Gallagher to his estranged sibling. Don’t Brother Me (see what they did there?) is a mix of both love and loathing that diverges into a haze of backwards guitars and keys. While its predecessor dragged needlessly at times, BE is a far stronger effort. Like the broader sonic palette of Oasis’ Dig Out Your Soul, BE ventures to fields anew and is all Best Track: Soul Love the better for it. If You Like This, You’ll Like These: Recent PAUL WELLER, THE SOUNDTRACK OF OUR LIVES, ALLAH-LAS MICHAEL HARTT In A Word: Sunshiiiiiyyyyyne
THE HARLOTS
Coarse Tunes I & II (Independent) This is a cracker of an album. Or a double EP. Or a collection of tunes. Whatever it is, it’s a great listen. Soulful Melbourne rockers The Harlots have been bubbling away around the traps for a while now, and this release is sure to garner a great deal of attention. It’s not often that we see an example of such clever, intricate lyrical content, or such musical depth demonstrated through well-crafted songs. Frontman Tom Pitts spits lyrics like a well-read madman over a glorious, driving blend of organ, twin guitars, bass and rolling drums, creating sounds reminiscent at times of Tom Waits, Richard Hell, and even The Killers. At times the guitar work could be a little tighter, but the song structures and interplay between guitars, organ and piano are great. The central refrain from single Got No Soul will be stuck in your head for ages, while What I Know shouldn’t be listened to in public lest you’re forced to bust a move. This is definitely one worth giving a listen or three. Best Track:What I Know If You Like These, You’ll Like This: TOM WAITS, JOSH FERGEUS RICHARD HELL & THE VOIDOIDS In A Word: Rollicking
RICK McCOSKER Best Track: Stray Current. If You Like These, You’ll Like This: QUINCY JONES, TAMAN SHUD, BLACK SABBATH In A Word: Progfunk
FRANKIE & THE HEARTSTRINGS The Days Run Away (Pop Sex Ltd/Warner)
The Days Run Away will go down as Frankie And The Heartstrings’ difficult second album – which is surprising, given the Sunderland lads have stuck to their established expertise. The Days Run Away is an extension of its predecessor, each track a slice of tidy, textbook pop-rock. Producer Bernard Butler (The Libertines, Duffy) aims for a more polished sheen overall, accounting for the most notable of tweaks upon the band’s sound. The main bone of contention here is whether or not the band’s second effort sustains quite as much interest. The Days... is clearly weaker than the band’s impressive debut, Hunger. The immediacy, infectiousness and fun so characteristic of the band’s previous efforts are often missed. There are some highlights, from the bittersweet Nothing Our Way to the playful pop of Everybody Looks Better (In The Right Light). Tender duet Light That Breaks also ranks among the album’s best tracks, a choral-eruption and string-section combining to form a unique finale. It’s reaching the finale, however, that feels like a chore. The band fall back upon their indie-rock hallmarks, but that rarely ensures a thrilling result. Frustratingly, when they do experiment (eg. the arduous Losing A Friend) you find yourself wishing they hadn’t bothered. Track for track, it’s easier to shrug off The Days Run Away than adore it wholeheartedly. Where their debut felt essential, this one’s strictly for diehard fans. NICK MASON Best Track: Everybody Looks Better (In The Right Light) If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Cheeky For A Reason THE VIEW, Twenty One MYSTERY JETS In A Word: Serviceable
CAMERA OBSCURA
Desire Lines (4AD/Remote Control) The distinctions between each album from Glasgow’s Camera Obscura are becoming less and less obvious, with the five-piece clearly refining their sound on their previous album, the near-faultless My Maudlin Career. Expectations are once again met on Desire Lines, which follows a four-year hiatus for the band. True to form, there’s a fair divide between melancholic, girl-group-influenced ballads embellished with strings and more upbeat songs that fuse Belle and Sebastian’s indie-twee with a soulful Motown swing. Despite this split of styles and tempos for the music, the lyrics are resolutely sad reflections on breaking up with someone or being broken up with. Even the inclusion of big names/voices like Neko Case and Jim James do little to encroach on the trademark Camera Obscura sound, as they are both hidden away in the mix somewhere, barely distinguishable. Perhaps the most noticeable distinction to this latest collection is the Tucker Martine’s production, which is their slickest yet. Tracyanne Campbell is in her comfort zone when there’s heartbreak to be had and the roll-on effect of this is that the listener is too. More of the same is absolutely fine when it results in another wonderful collection of songs. Best Track: Troublemaker If You Like These, You’ll Like This: The Life Pursuit BELLE & SEBASTIAN, Four Calendar Cafe COCTEAU TWINS, The Concretes THE CONCRETES In A Word: Desirable
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Change, it is said, is the only constant in today’s world. Once upon a time today bore little difference to yesterday, and a very strong resemblance to the same time last year, and beyond. Now we’re confronted by a permanent white-water of change, with each day bringing a shift in the dominant paradigm, a radical shift in underlying assumptions and a seismic shift in shared understanding. Enjoying a Baptism Of Uzi live show is to bear witness to a musical set that can bend, shift and shape into forms hitherto unseen, unheard and unknown. A monstrous Sabbath riff can morph into a ‘70s punk lick, a ride down a sun-drenched Californian highway can turn around the corner and transform into a dark evening in Dusseldorf. You never know what’s coming, but it’s always good. Stray Currents captures Baptism Of Uzi at a moment in time, and a little bit after. This is Baptism Of Uzi exploring a more subtle, almost funk edge. The Intro starts in electronic-psychedelic territory; the next moment it’s bathed in sunlight, dazzled by a melody you want to clasp to your breast. Carnal Need is snotty in a obstreperous punk sort of a way, tinged with enough Jan and Dean hedonism to balance the moment. On Fire Penguin it’s Europe navigating between the promise of the post-war generation, and the clutches of ‘70s political and social disappointment; Believe is the light at the end of the tunnel, when the discourse and music hits the sweet spot where all good Californian rock values come to meet, get down and get seriously funky. Finally, there’s Stray Current, a track that’s been around the block more times than some kid thrashing his old man’s Oldsmobile. Everything is good, everybody’s happy, and you don’t want any of it to end. And if you try hard enough, maybe it will last forever – despite the permanent white-water.
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INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS DAN & AMY + ERN MALLEY + SNOWY BUSKINS Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 7:30pm. DEMILLE + GAUDY + LOCHIE SCOTT + TENDER BONES Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. INCHES + BISON GRASS + PROJECT H The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $7. INDIAN RED + KOVO + MONKS OF MELLONWAH + THE QUARTERS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10. KILL YA DARLINS + CITRUS JAM + THE TIMBERS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. MARK SULTAN Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong. 8:00pm. MELODY MOON TRIO Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. ROOTS OF MUSIC - FEAT: ALBERT SALT + BERNIE CARSON + JOE FORRESTER Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. SIMPLY ACOUSTIC Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. THE DEEP END + BLACK ACES + WEREWOLVES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE GENERAL + CALEDONIA + CHARM + THE FALSE ECONOMY Barleycorn Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. YOU AM I Forum Theatre, Melbourne. 8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK FRASER A GORMAN + STU MACKENZIE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. JAMES FAHY Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm. JIMMY STEWART Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. NEW ARCHER (BEES NUDGE THE MOUTH OF A FEATHERED ROSE LAUNCH) + NICOLA WATSON Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. OLYMPIA Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:30pm. OPEN MIC Grind N Groove, Healesville. 6:30pm. OPEN MIC Ontop In Ormond, Ormond. 7:30pm. OPEN MIC & JAM NIGHT Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. REBECCA BARNARD & BILLY MILLER’S SINGALONG Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 7:00pm. $15. SHANON BOURNE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. THE DANE CERTIFICATE MAGIC SHOW Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 7:30pm. WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: JEMMA NICOLE + MEGAN BERNARD Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
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YOU AM I Filed alongside Paul Kelly and The Drones as storytelling greats with pungent niceties for the Australian sound, You Am I are celebrating their successes by playing a string of shows across the country to support the re-issue of their first three albums Sound As Ever, Hi Fi Way and Hourly Daily. With 20 years of collective jams under their belt, it comes as no surprised that Tim Rogers, Andy Kent, Russell Hopkinson and (15-yearveteran ‘new guy’) David Lane have continued to sell out these anniversary shows. You Am I will hit the Forum for four shows this week from Wednesday July 3 - Sunday July 7 (except for Friday). Don’t miss out on your chance to celebrate their past before they move into their third decade. ANIMAUX + HARRIS + SLEEPY DREAMERS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. ARTIST PROOF + ELEPHANT EYES + MEL CALIA Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. BROTHERS HAND MIRROR Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. BRUCE + DRIFTER + HOTEL WRECKING CITY TRADERS + THE HIDDEN VENTURE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. CLUBFEET (SINGLE LAUNCH) + DEJA + PANAMA Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $15. DAN TROLLEY + HOUSE OF LIGHT + NOTHING FINAL Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. DD DUMBO + BANOFEE + MAJOR NAPIER Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8. EVIL TWIN + DESPERATEENS + HOLY TRASH + SUMMERHILL Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5. FIONA LEE MAYNARD & HER HOLY MEN Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:30pm. HOY + DAN PARSONS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:00pm. JOHNNY LONGSHOT Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. KIRIN J CALLINAN + JONNY TELAFONE + STANDISH/ CARLYON Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $20.
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KYLE TAYLOR + SARAH WILKINSON Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $10. LIBRARY SIESTA + PINK TILES + ZONE OUT The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $8. MARK SULTAN + LEATHER TOWEL Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. NEXT - FEAT: 28 DAYS + MY FAVOURITE ACCIDENT + THE PLAYBOOK Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. SHIFTING SANDS + TWENTY SEVEN WINTERS Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 9:00pm. THE BLACK CATS + MACONDO BLOWOUT + OH PACIFIC Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5. THE MONKS OF MELLONWAH + HIDING WITH BEARS + JAIL BIRD JOKERS + RIOT IN TOYTOWN Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. THE NASAYERS + COOPER STREET + DEAR STALKER + TEQUILA MOCKING BIRD Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $5. THE STORY MODEL + CHAPTER RAY + MAN CITY SIRENS Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE TRANSLUCENTS + ANGRY SEAS + BRAD VINCENT + DON’T GET LOST Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5.
THE WORKINGHORSE IRONS + EIGHT DAYS OF AUTUMN + THEM NIGHTS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. TINPAN ORANGE + MAGIC STEVEN + SPENDER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $22. YOU YANGS + ROLLING BLACKOUTS + THE MIGHTY BOYS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8. ZOOPHYTE + ELEPHANT EGO + SMOKE STACK RHINO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $15.
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK AMY GANTER & THE LOVE & SQUALORS + HARRY STORM Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. BACKWOOD CREATURES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. BEN OTTEWELL Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong. 8:00pm. BLOW The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 8:00pm. FRANKIE + CATCH RELEASE + SUNKEN LEAGUE Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:30pm. HOLY BIBLE BOOK LAUNCH Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. LOUNGE THURSDAYS Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. MIKE NOGA Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:30pm. MOMENTS NOTICE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:30pm. OPEN MIC Acoustic Cafe, Collingwood. 6:30pm. OPEN MIC Balaclava Hotel, Balaclava. 6:00pm. SOFIELLA WATT + OLIVER MESTITZ Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm. STEPHEN BOWTELL BAND 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. THE DANE CERTIFICATE MAGIC SHOW Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 7:30pm. TIM NEILSON Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
FRIDAY JUL 5 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS BALL PARK MUSIC Forum Theatre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $43. BIG VOLCANO + KINETHESIS + SEANY B + SHUT UP JACKSON Barleycorn Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. BLACK VACATION + AKTION UNIT + LEGENDARY HEARTS + VELCRO Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5. CATGUT MARY + THE TIMBERS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. CONTRAST + COAST EMOTIVE + HALT EVER + LOPAKA Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. CROWNED KINGS + COLD GROUND + DECLARATION + ONE VITAL WORD Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10. DEAF WISH + BLOODY HAMMER + CUNTZ + DAYLIGHT ROBBERY + WHITE WALLS The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $10. DICK DIVER + THE STEVENS + TWERPS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $14. DIRTY YORK + DIRT RIVER RADIO Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12. EINSTEINS TOYBOY + THE RAMBLING GYPSIES Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. FIRST LOVE RECORDS LAUNCH - FEAT: SINGING FOR HUMANS + BRAVE FACE + THE ENDLESS PARTY + THE MOHAWK LODGE + YOUNG HYSTERIA Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. FRANKENBOK + ABREACT + DREADNAUGHT + HEAVEN THE AXE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $15. FRIDAY NIGHTS AT MONET’S GARDEN - FEAT: VANCE JOY National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $28. GREEN GREEN GREEN (VIDEO CLIP LAUNCH) + CLAVIANS + FAST HANDSOME + LOPAKA John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. I AM DUCKEYE (LP LAUNCH) + BERKSHIRE HUNTING CLUB + DJ LUCY ARUNDEL Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13. IOWA & SOUNDS LIKE SUNSET (SPLIT 7 INCH LAUNCH) + BRAT FARRAR + LIAM STEWART Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. JOHNNIE & THE JOHNNIE JOHNNIES Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. KILL SHOT + LACED IN LUST + SUDDEN STATE + VOODOOCAIN Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $13. KINGS & QUEENS - FEAT: STORMEY COLEMAN + ALITHIA + EUCLID + INCRYPT + RISE ELECTRIC + SEXY/ HEAVY + THE MOVE Espy, St Kilda. 7:00pm. $15. LEAPS & BOUNDS FESTIVAL KICK OFF - FEAT: CLIENT LIASON + FOX & SUI + HIP HOP HOOCHIES DJS + OUTERWAVES + PIKELET + TOTALLY MILD Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. LEAPS & BOUNDS FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT - FEAT: THE KREMLINGS + CASSINI + MOIO + ROKU MUSIC Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. LITTLE MISS REMEMBERING + SISTER ANXIETY Idgaff Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. MO SESTO + DJ MARSHALL + NUSSY + SPENCER JAMES Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $10. MOJO JUJU + LUKE LEGS Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $15. OUCH MY FACE + BONNIE MERCER + KIDS OF ZOO + LA BASTARD Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. PALACE OF THE KING + CHINATOWN ANGELS + CONTANGENT + VIRTUE Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. PROJECT H + EM VECUE AQUIEU + J A CORE + JESS LOCKE Noise Bar, Brunswick. 9:00pm. RAT & CO. + MAMMALS + THE KITE STRING TANGLE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $8. SAVIDAS Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm. SEEDY JESUS Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. SPENCER P JONES & KIM SALMON BAND + ALEX LASH-
FEAR FACTORY Metal-heads listen up. Fear Factory will be touring the sound that created a new reference point for heavy metal next to Metallica’s Black album. The band will perform their ingenious second record 1995’s Demanufacture, which was certified gold by ARIA the year of its release. In recognition and celebration of their efforts, Fear Factory will tour Australia and perform the album in its entirety throughout July. They’ll play at The Palace on Sunday July 7. LIE BAND + SHIFTING SANDS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $15. SUN GOD REPLICA Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. SUNDAY CHAIRS + AIRCRAFTE + SARLIN + THE ANTICKS + TURTLE & FOX Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 6:30pm. THE BONNIWELLS + DRUNK MUMS + THE KREMLINGS Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. WE THE PEOPLE + THE NEW SAXONS + THE UNIVERSAL Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. WOLFPACK + BETWEEN THE WARS + DJ 3 + DJ REDRIGUEZ Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC CRAIG SCHNEIDER Globe Cafe, Prahran. 7:15pm. $35. DEAN’S MARTINI & SHAKERS Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm. ELLY HOYT Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20. LAUGHING BEHIND THE PIANO - FEAT: PETER HURLEY Globe Cafe, Prahran. 9:00pm. $50. MARGIE LOU’S PIANO HOUR + ALYCE PLATT Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 9:00pm. STEVE MAGNUSSON TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. TAMARA KULDIN + FIRING SQUAD Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20. TANGO RUBINO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.
THE MOONSHINE WHISTLERS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. YVETTE JOHANSSON & THE JOE RUBERTO TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25.
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK BLUE LUAU - FEAT: THE JAMJETS + JUMP BLUES The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5. CHRIS WILSON Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. COTTONMOUTH STYX + ALEISTER JAMES + JANE MCARTHUR + SEAN KIRKWOOD 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $6. DEE VUKI The Wharf Hotel, Melbourne. 6:30pm. HEATH CULLEN Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. JAMES KENYON + DAMON SMITH Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm. KING LUCHO Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:00pm. LIAM GERNER Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:00pm. ROUGH CUT Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8:00pm. $8. SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $8. THE BOYS Sporting Club Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm. THREE KINGS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm. WIL WAGNER + MARCUS HOBBS + XIAO ZHONG Longplay, Fitzroy North. 9:00pm.
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KIRIN J CALLINAN There’s a famous quote about how some people are iridescent. That’s probably a good way to describe Kirin J Callinan’s music and live show. His melodic tetchiness and macabre tone forces him to be noticed by just being. Post Mercy Arms and work with Jack Ladder, Callinan’s debut solo album Embracism has been acclaimed by those left of centre and on the straight and narrow. It doesn’t judge or discern, it simply is what it is. For this reason, Callinan’s shows have gained overwhelming attention, which looks set to continue this month. After playing a series of shows in Europe and North America alongside Ariel Pink, Grizzly Bear and more, Callinan will play with a full band for his album tour. Catch him on Thursday July 4 at Northcote Social Club. WOODLOCK + JASON AYRES + TEMPLE OF TUNES Prince Public Bar, St Kilda. 8:00pm.
SATURDAY JUL 6 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS A TASTE OF INDIE COLLECTIVE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. APART FROM THIS + HAVE/HOLD + KISSING BOOTH + SUMMERHILL Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10. BANG - FEAT: I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN + DRIVEN TO THE VERGE + STORM THE SKY Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. BAPTISM OF UZI (EP LAUNCH) + ATOLLS + TURTLENECJK Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10. BONEZ + CAT JUMP ROAD + COTANGENT + SARAH EIDA The Brunswick Hive, 8:00pm. $10. DESTRUKTOR + ATOMIC DEATH SQUAD + BASTARDIZER + MALICHOR + PALE SAGE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:00pm. $10. DICK DIVER + PALM SPRINGS Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $10. DICKFINGER + THE JACKS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. IOWA & SOUNDS LIKE SUNSET + IOWA + SOUNDS LIKE SUNSET + LOWTIDE Rochester Castle Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. KESHIE + EL MOTH Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. LEEZ LIDO + PLASTIC SPACEMEN + PRETTY CITY + THE HIDDEN VENTURE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $7. M.O.I.O. + THEM NIGHTS The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $8. MAD NANNA Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. MOJO JUJU + LUKE LEGS + THE HARLOTS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. NE OBLIVISCARIS + ARBYNTH + HADAL MAW + TOEHIDER Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $15. OUTSIDERS CODE + CRUEL INTENTIONS + FROZEN OVER + TORMENT Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. PETA EVANS TAYLOR Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. PRETTY CITY (SINGLE LAUNCH) Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. PRIMITIVE CALCULATORS + ICEAGE + PRINCIPAL BLACKMAN DJS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. RATTLESNAKES + FIREBIRDS Lucky 13 Garage, Moorabbin. 4:10pm. $15. RIVER OF SNAKES + BODIES + RAYON MOON + THE MAGGOT MEN Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ROKU MUSIC + CUNTZ + GENTLEMEN + SPITE HOUSE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. ROYAL PARADE (VIDEO CLIP LAUNCH) + JAMES VAN CUYLENBERG Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. SEJA (ALL OUR WIRES LAUNCH) + BANOFFEE + SEAGULL Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. SEX STREET + ANEAS + BLACK ALLEYS + CURSING TO-
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MORROW + EUPHORIA + SPITTING SWALLOWS + VALLEY Barleycorn Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. SHIFTING SANDS + LARA TRAVIS + MIDNIGHT SCAVENGERS + SUZIE STAPLETON BAND Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. SKA VENDORS - FEAT: PAT POWELL + THE RECHORDS Substation, Newport. 7:30pm. $20. SLEEPMAKESWAVES Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15. SUN GOD REPLICA + TTTDC Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00pm. SURRENDER + HOTEL BOOKS + PERSPECTIVES + VICES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. SWIMSUIT + THE TEN IN ONE Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 9:00pm. TANG + KINGSTON CROWN + SPEAK DIGITAL WINTER + THE WINTERS Idgaff Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. TANTA TARANTA + SUMYOSHI PIANO TRIO Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm. THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION + OVERLOAD Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. THE ELLIOTTS Prince Public Bar, St Kilda. 8:00pm. THE EXOTICS Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $5. THE HOUSE DEFROST 5TH BIRTHDAY JAM - FEAT: ZANZIBAR CHANEL + ANDRAS FOX + ELEVATOR ALLIGATORS + NO ZU Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10. THE JUNGLE GIANTS (SINGLE LAUNCH) + CITY RIOTS + DIRT FARMER Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $20. THE LIFTED BROW MAGAZINE LAUNCH - FEAT: WINTERCOATS + MAJOR NAPIER Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $12. THE MONDAY PROJECT + ESSIE THOMAS + WILEY RED FOX 303, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10. THE SUBSTITUTES Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $10. THE SWELL (SINGLE LAUNCH) + 23AOA Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. THE TIGER & ME Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. TOO SOON! + ALL WE NEED + FLYING SO HIGH-O’S! + MAX GOES TO HOLLYWOOD + THE JUST-US LEAGUE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. WAKEFIELD MINI-FEST!! - FEAT: BELLUSIRA + ANTHONY YOUNG + CAIL BARONI + CHASE + EMMA BROADY + KAT ARDITTO + LOW SPEED BUS + UNDERGROUND Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 5:00pm. YOU AM I Forum Theatre, Melbourne. 8:00pm.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC AMY WINEHOUSE ‘HIGH’ TEA - FEAT: MOOGY Globe Cafe, Prahran. 4:00pm. $45. ANOTHER DAY - FEAT: FEM BELLING Globe Cafe, Prahran. 9:30pm. $30. CLASSICAL PIANO Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 2:00pm. GOYIM + ELVIS IN THE HOUSE Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 3:30pm.
LEAPS AND BOUNDS FESTIVAL The City of Yarra’s inaugural Leaps and Bounds Music Festival will run from Friday July 5 – Sunday July 21, taking place in over 50 traditional venues such as the Corner Hotel, to an outdoor event in Stanley Street, to a Freeza/Push event at Fitzroy Town Hall, a silent gig in Gertrude Street and many, many more. The festival is partnered with indigenous communities within Yarra to program an outdoor BBQ event in Stanley St, as well as focus on indigenous acts within the festival, which has a strong focus on supporting local talent and all that is Melbourne. It’s also collaborating with Gertrude Street Projection Festival, opening Friday July 19. PBS will also do a live studio show, open day and have outside broadcasts, there will be a tribute to The Tote local legend Tim Hemensley and much more. Check out the program guide on their website for more at leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com HETTY KATE BAND Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25. JAMES SHERLOCK Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. LAUGHING BEHIND THE PIANO - FEAT: PETER HURLEY Globe Cafe, Prahran. 7:00pm. $35. PAUL WILLIAMSON’S QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. REBECCA & THE ROMANTICS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20. SONGS FROM THE OPEN ROAD - FEAT: MIRIAM WAKS Globe Cafe, Prahran. 8:00pm. $35. SUADE VOCALTRONICS Ormond Hall, Melbourne. 9:00pm. THE CHARLIES + D CHRIS GILL + DJ DAN THE MAN The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. TRACY BARTRAM BAND Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20.
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK ALEX & THE SLY LASHLIES + MARLON WILLIAMS Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 10:00pm. ANDRE WARHURST & THE RARE BYRDS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. BROOKE & THE MEAN REDS Sporting Club Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm. COLD SNAP Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. COLLARD GREENS & GRAVY Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. HUGH MCGINLAY Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 4:00pm. JOHN MCNAMARA BLUES + HEYMUS + RENAE BRENNEN Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $10. LARISSA TANDY & RYDER HAVDALE + THE DRUNKEN POACHERS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 7:00pm. PRIESTESSA & DASH Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm. SHERRY RICH & THE NEW FOLK HEROES + DJ DR LUDWIG + DJ KNAVE KNIXX + SAINT JUDE + THE NIGHT PARTY Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. TESS MCKENNA & THE SHAPIROS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE DAVIDSON BROTHERS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE MOHAWK LODGE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 4:00pm. THE UKULELE LADIES Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 10:00am. WAS E JAMES BAND Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. WIRED Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 9:00pm.
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SUNDAY JUL 7 JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ACLAND COURT JAZZ Acland Court, 12:00pm. ANOTHER DAY - FEAT: FEM BELLING Globe Cafe, Prahran. 6:00pm. $30. BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 6:00pm. ELVIS IN THE HOUSE + DUO SEVERINI Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 1:00pm. SONGS FROM THE OPEN ROAD - FEAT: MIRIAM WAKS Globe Cafe, Prahran. 4:00pm. $45. THE CASSETTES Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 5:00pm. THE DAVE JACKSON QUARTET (CD LAUNCH) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. THE HORNS OF LEROY The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. THE MARC HANNAFORD GROUP Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS AMISTAT (IT’S NOT WORDS LAUNCH) + JESSICA-JADE BRUCE + RITA SACH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $10. AMY GANTER & THE LOVE & SQUALLERS Barleycorn Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. ANDREW TUTTLE (EP LAUNCH) + ACCINESS + AUTOMATING + BRAIN DRAIN Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. BANG - FEAT: JONNY CRAIG + ACRASIA + ASSEMBLE THE EMPIRE + BUILT ON SECRETS Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. BEN KELLY (TIMES NOT WAITING LAUNCH) + DAISY WEST + FATS WAH WAH Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 1:30pm. $15. BRUCE + DEAD + DRIFTER + LOW FLY INCLINE The Public Bar, Melbourne. 2:00pm. $8. DICK DIVER + LOST ANIMAL + THE SCHOOL OF RADIANT LIVING Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $14. EMMA HEENEY & THE BESPECTACLES + EMILY ULMAN + TALI WHITE Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:00pm. $10. FEAR FACTORY + TWELVE FOOT NINJA Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. GILBY CLARKE + PAUL WOSEEN Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $33. HEATH CULLEN (EARLY SHOW) + MARLON WILLIAMS
Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 1:30pm. $20. JAMIE HAY + JASON AYRES + LUCY WILSON Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm. LIONHEAD The Wharf Hotel, Melbourne. 8:30pm. MANTOOTH MUSIC PSYCHEDELIC ROCK AND ROLL SURF PARTY HOEDOWN - FEAT: LUMINARIES + ALI E + IMMIGRANT UNION + THE ONCE OVERS + THE TOOT TOOT TOOTS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00pm. MIKELANGELO & THE TIN STAR + MIGHTIEST OF GUNS + THE BLACKEYED SUSANS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 1:00pm. $17. MOUNTAIN & SWAMP SUNDAYS - FEAT: FRUITJAR Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. NEW ESTATE (LIVE ALBUM RECORDING) + HOT PALMS + THE ZONKS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $8. NEW MANIC SPREE + DEAD PILOT + SLUMBERHOUSE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. OH CANADA! - FEAT: THE MOHAWK LODGE + TRACY MCNEIL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. P!NK Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 2:55pm. SHIFTING SANDS + TWENTY SEVEN WINTERS Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea. 8:00pm. SHIFTING SANDS + TWENTY SEVEN WINTERS Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea. 7:00pm. SIDELINES (EP LAUNCH) + THE PLAYBOOK + THE SPINSET & DYLAN MURPHY John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. SLEEPING BAG + GEMMA TULLY & THE THORNBIRDS Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm. SLEEPMAKESWAVES Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $15. SPIDER GOAT CANYON + FRAUD BAND + SHACK OF BELLS Idgaff Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. THE SPOILS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm. THE SUNDAY REEDS + LIL’ LEONIE LIONHEART + LUNAIRE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. WIL WAGNER (ALL AGES) + CAVALCADES. BRIGHTER AT NIGHT + OH PACIFIC + STRICKLAND + ZIGGY BRITTEN Phoenix Youth Centre, Footscray. 2:00pm. $10. WILD TURKEY Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. YOU AM I Forum Theatre, Melbourne. 8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK AINTREE SWEET Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm. ANDY BAYLOR & THE BANKSIA BAND + KEN MAHER & TONY HARGREAVES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. BEERSOAKED SUNDAYS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8. COLLEGE FALL Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5:00pm. DANIEL & HANNAH ACFIELD 303, Northcote. 3:00pm. $10. DAVID JAANZ SCHOOL OF SINGING. Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 6:00pm. $30. DELSINKI RECORDS - FEAT: CAITLIN FOWLER + TOMAS FITZGERALD Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 7:30pm. FLASH COMPANY + THE DAVIDSON BROTHERS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm. GALLIE & SHANNON BOURNE Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. JAM SUNDAYS Musicland, Fawkner. 5:00pm. JVG GUITAR METHOD Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. KAISHA + DOM MCKAY 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $8. KING LUCHO Sporting Club Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm. LEE BRADSHAW Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5. PHOEBE & SCHINA + ARCHIE MOORE + DORKUS MALORKUS + OLIVER MESTITZ Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm. RAVENSWOOD Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 6:00pm. SARAH CARNEGIE Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. SEAN KIRK Bay Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm. SIME NUGENT Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. SOPHIE ROSE + NATHAN DAVIS + WILL CUMING Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 5:30pm. THE DANNY WALSHE BANNED Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE LOWRIDERS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. THE MARGIE LOU TRIO + GIL ASKEY Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 3:30pm. THE SCRIMSHAW FOUR + CRAYON KING + THE WOODLAND HUNTERS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 2:00pm. $5. THE TIN MEN TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 4:00pm. THE WIKIMEN Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:30pm. THREE KINGS + BONEZ Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $5. UNDER THE ANNEXE SOUP SESSIONS - FEAT: JOSEPH PERNA & JOJO POVITRO Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:30pm. $15.
RATTLIN’ BONES BLACKWOOD + ADAM HYNES + FIVE MILE TOWN Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. THREE’S A CROWD - FEAT: SPERMAIDS + MARES + TOYOTA WAR Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK ACOUSTIC SESSION Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 4:30pm. PORT PHILLIP GILGAMESH READINGS Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm. SONGWRITER SESSIONS - FEAT: JEB CARDWELL + CAM TAPP Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5. WHITAKER + OLIVER’S ARMY + STEELBIRDS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.
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INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ALI BARTER + JUMPIN’ JACK + LANDS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $7. BON SCOTT’S BIRTHDAY - FEAT: DIRTY DEEDS + DJ BOBBY LOU + PAUL WOSEEN + SCOTT KINGMAN + THE PATRON SAINTS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. CITY OF COOL + THE DARK ALES + THE NO 1 JONES Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. GAVIN GRAY Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. JAMES PARRY + LYRA WILL + TIMOTHY JOHN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8. MELBOURNE FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASES Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $15. THREE TIGHT TUESDAYS WITH TIARYN + CHRIS PORT’S MIXER Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC DAVID TOLLEY & MARC HANNAFORD Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. FREQUENCY Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. HI-FI LOUNGE LIZARDS Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 9:00pm. PETER BAYLOR’S ULTRAFOX Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm.
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Name: Danny Harley. Define your genre in five words or less: Down tempo electronic pop. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Yeah tricky question, I guess I could sound like Chet Faker, Active Child, Flume, Mount Kimbie or Oliver Tank….if you mixed them all together and made a down tempo electronic frappé. What do you love about making music? I love the creative process most of all I think. There’s nothing quite like it and it’s rarely the same. You always end up with something different whether it’s close to what you intended or radically different. I think it’s that process that keeps me fully engaged. What do you hate about the music industry? Hate is a strong word, yikes. I guess it would be the lack of Australian music on commercial radio perhaps? I think that if more stations had playlists like that of FBI or 3RRR then we’d see a much healthier live music scene Australia-wide. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Maybe Brian Eno or someone like that. Even though he’s still alive to my knowledge. But I’d show young Brian Eno, he’s an admirably eclectic musician/producer.
ALL AGES TIMETABLE Wednesday July 3 Fluid Underage w/ Will Sparks, Slice n Dice, Joel Fletcher and more, Glenferrie Social, 660A Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 5pm, $30+bf, dashtickets. com.au, U18. Thursday July 4 FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands- Heat One w/ I Valiance, Cranbourne Public Hall, Cnr Clarendon and High Streets, Cranbourne, 6.15pm11.15pm, $10-$12, 9792 7021, AA. Saturday July 6 Cypher Culture w/ Fever Press, Benny Badger & Sammy B, Kurv and Earth and more, The Crom, 138 Cromwell st, Collingwood, 11am-5pm, $5, culturalinfusion.org.au, AA. Bliss N Eso w/ Pez and Yela Wolf, Festival Hall, 300 Dudley St, West Melbourne, time TBC, $60, ticketmaster.com.au, AA Sunday July 7 Pink w/ The Kin, Rod Laver Arena, Batman Ave, Melbourne, 7.30pm, $109.90-$149.90, ticketek.com. au, AA.
If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why? That’d have to be The Janoskians or someone like that. Somebody that has made a music career as another arm of their brand. Poor form.
The Floor Sesh w/ acoustic sets from Wil Wagner, Strickland, Cavalcade, Brighter at Night, Oh Pacific and Ziggy Britten, Phoenix Youth Centre, 72 Buckley St, Footscray, 2pm-6pm, $10, 9091 4700, AA.
What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? At the moment nothing. It’s all available for free online because that’s how I roll. I’ll be releasing an EP later this year.
Monday July 8 Pier Underage w/ Will Sparks, Joel Fletcher, James Fava and more, The Pier, Cunningham Pier, Geelong, 7pm, $20 presale, $25 door, oztix.com.au, U18.
When’s the gig and with who? The gig is on Friday July 5 at Northcote Social Club with Rat & Co and Mammals. Will be a killer show.
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It’s officially the first week of school holidays for most secondary schoolers. This might mean you’re spending every day locked in a dark room watching entire seasons of TV shows and neglecting to bathe. It might also mean you’ve got a whole lot of holiday homework to finish. A whole lot of work which you won’t* leave until the Sunday before school commences, because you did that last time and regretted it. However you’re choosing to spend your time, there are a crapload of holiday programs and workshops to check out. Like a lot. WORKSHOPS FOR ALL. Obviously the most exciting are the Push FReeZA Summits kicking off this week in Bendigo on July 2. The second and third workshops will be on July 4 in Traralgon and July 11 in Fitzroy. Lucky for you it’s not too late to register, so jump onto thepush.com.au. If you have a passion for contemporary dance, dance organisation Yellow Wheel is running its 2013 Winter School next week. The program is a five day intensive workshop involving tuition from some of Melbourne’s most established dance artists. The workshop will set you back $250 and is open to people aged 14 years and over and will be kicking off at the Collingwood Masonic Centre on July 8. Register at www.yellowwheel.com.au. Also running next week is Art Fusion, a mixed media workshop for anyone who’s an artist in the making. Happening July 8 at Maroondah’s EV’s Youth Centre, the workshop is open to 16-25 year olds and will only cost $5. Register by calling 9294 5709. As I mentioned in last week’s column which you no doubt read, cut out and put up on your wall, there is an awesome Hip Hop and Electronic Music Workshop running on July 6 at First Floor on Brunswick Street. The workshop is a part of the Leaps and Bounds music festival which kicks off this week around the Yarra area. M-Phazes, Nate Flagrant, Anthony Colombi, Andy Rantzen, Chris Johnston and Jon Hanlon will all be offering first hand advice. Heaps of stuff will be covered, from general stuff like getting gigs and getting a manager to the more specific like press releases. Tickets are free for Music Victoria members and $15 for everyone else. Get onto leapsandboundsmusicfestival.com to book yourself in. *let’s be honest, you definitely will.
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The Espy, Friday June 28
Flannies, beanies, skinny jeans and doc martens stretched as far as the eye could see. A kaleidoscope of fashionable hipsters comfortably paraded The Espy like it was their second home, frog leaping their way across the dancefloor. Yes, just like their umbrella name suggests, they also have their own individual dance moves. Some flattering, others not so much. The Spray N Wipe festival, an annual musical fruit bowl sported some of Australia’s hottest indie, pop and rock outfits, spread over four stages. On the front stage, Brisbane trio Gung Ho were reminiscent of fellow QLD neighbours Hungry Kids Of Hungary and Last Dinosaurs, recycling similar bright guitar riffs. They played quite well, except their indifference on stage made for a stagnant performance. You know something’s wrong when the crowd possesses more energy than the band. Disappointed, we moved towards the Gershwin room where we caught the final song of Melbourne indie pop duo, Deja. They sounded good and the lead vocalist had a quirky intonation, complemented by the mellow Royksopp-esque electronic backbeat. Pissed off that we didn’t arrive at the Gershwin earlier, we found our compensation in The Reprobettes, a hilariously kooky punk group. Showcasing a ‘70s revival of grungy surf rock beats, their music would have blended perfectly into a Tarantino film. Despite looking barely old enough to be let in that night, they owned that tiny mezzanine, their surfy tunes causing a reaction of dorky twists among the small crowd. It was Mia Wallace and Vincent Vega to a tee. The Reprobettes were great, a band definitely worthy of a bigger stage and audience. Up next in the Gershwin room was The Griswolds, a Sydney-based quintet who took forever to start their set. They were okay, sounding very similar to Gung Ho, yet with more energy. They improved as they performed, however the biggest let down was the lead vocalist. His falsetto
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was consistently weak and cringe-worthy. We didn’t stay there for long. Heading over to the Front Bar, we joined an exuberant young crowd awaiting World’s End Press, a refreshing indiedance repertoire differentiated from all the other acts so far. No surprises, they were eclectic, groovy and pitch perfect. Initially looking like he belonged more in a chemistry lab than on stage, lead vocalist John Parkinson evolved into a manifestation of vigour and eccentricity. Everyone on stage was into it, and the crowd loved it, simulating the wacky moves of Parkinson. Revelling in a ‘80s synth pop sensibility, World’s End Press were a definite show stealer. As soon as they exited the stage, there was a subtle buzz among the crowd as we anticipated the next arrival, Alpine. A personal favourite, the Melbourne sextet were received on stage with an enormous roar. Sporting floral jumpsuits this time, vocalists Phoebe Baker and Lou James were as dynamic and complementary as ever. Their pitch wasn’t perfect, but they made up for it with their prowess and energy, enriching that tiny stage with an abundance of theatrics. As Phoebe and Lou prowled along the edge of the stage like trapeze artists, they knew they owned the crowd. Everyone was a slave to the music, dancing feverishly along with the girls to favourites Hands, Villages and Gasoline. By the end of the set, everyone was exhausted, saluting an unforgettable live performance. Alpine and World’s End Press were definitely the most popular and brilliant outfits of the evening, with a nice little surprise from The Reprobettes and Deja. The others were mostly cacophonous, yet an appropriate addition to an indie spectacle. DINA AMIN LOVED: Alpine, of course. HATED: The female bathroom line. DRANK: Double espresso.
Ding Dong Lounge, Saturday June 22
When Albert Hofmann discovered the hallucinogenic effects of LSD-25 in 1943, he had no idea what he was starting. Hofmann, a research chemist in a commercial drug company, had isolated lysergic acid diethylamide in 1938; five years later, he accidentally ingested some of the chemical and so set in train a radical course of social, political and artistic events. Initially the province of academic chemists and clandestine government research programs, the appropriation of LSD by the '60s counter-cultural movement render it the 20th century’s most charismatic chemical compound. In the 21st century, LSD is still with us, even if its public profile is less about philosophical enlightenment and more in line with tabloid fear of neighbouring narcotic pursuits. On the 70th anniversary of Hofmann’s discovery, the Morning After Girls returned to our fair shores for a rare live appearance. It was about seven years since I’d last seen them grace the Ding Dong stage. Since that time, the band has suffered a radical internal recalibration, with two former members leaving to form The Black Ryder; Ding Dong itself has undergone its own transformation, with its patronage now split between gig audience and generic late-night walk-in drinking crowd. Demon Parade has evolved from a band with a colouring book psychedelic quality to a genuine psych-rock outfit. The riffs are tighter, the jams longer, the group aesthetic more intense. There’s a fine between psychedelic exploration and self-indulgence; the last song of the set walked that line, and came to rest on the right side.
The Morning After Girls are serious. Very serious, in fact. There’s ne’er a smile to be found between Sacha Luchashenko and Martin B Sleeman for the entire evening. Luchashenko is furrowed of brow, and intense of manner; Sleeman, with his rake-thin frame and elegantly groomed facial, might have stepped from a medieval court – that is, a court with a propensity for kaleidoscopic musical indulgences. The music is rich and colourful. It’s a trip back in time to the late '80s when English youths defied the self-serving individualism of Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government in favour of chemicallyenhanced communitarian journeys in smoke and drugfilled city clubs. When the groove kicks in, there’s not a single moment lost; some judicious technical repair work removes an annoying buzz of interference in the keyboard lead, and all is good in the world. When Hi-Skies kicks in – a good riff can surely take you to the finest cerebral places in the music land – there’s nowhere else you’d rather be. It’s the best of times, and nothing less. Albert Hofmann didn’t know what he was unleashing, but it was a good thing, despite the hysteria and hyperbole.
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The Corner Hotel, Saturday June 22
It had been a couple of years since Wagons last graced a Melbourne stage so there was a sense of great anticipation at the soldout Corner Hotel on this cold winter’s night. When Henry Wagons and his crack band hit the stage with a little banter about starting on a low and launched straight into a stomping new track about the seamy side of Brisbane, Fortitude Valley. It was then into a couple of old favourites, I Blew It and the full-throttle Drive All Night Till Dawn. The scene was set for that fine amalgam of whiskey-fuelled country, swamp rock, stomping boogie with a touch of cabaret that only Wagons can deliver. Resplendent in one of the finest men’s leopard print jackets ever seen, charismatic front man Henry stopped to draw breath and engage in some playful banter before, almost with a twinge of sadness, informing the crowd that the Wagons experience may soon be heading to Europe so it might be the final time that the next song can be played before losing truth, it was then into a sublime cover of Never Been To Spain, a track made famous by Elvis Presley in the early ‘70s, great song with a touch of Vegas. It was then time for the second new song of the evening, a romantic little ditty called Talk To Her, dedicated to getting out and finding the one you’ve been lusting after. By this stage the fine jacket had been abandoned and a headband donned as Henry and the band warmed up and headed into a track inspired by Kenny Rogers, The Gambler. For the uninitiated the Wagons experience is part
Elvis, part Johnny Cash, part demented preacher, part down and dirty Southern boogie rock and one whole lotta fun. There’s certainly plenty of country influence but the band is like a big dirty V8 engine, there’s a throbbing power there and occasionally they put the foot down. It’s mighty good stuff. For the rest of the evening we were treated to the crowd pleasing Willie Nelson, Goodtown, and a sparking new song called Caroline, It’s Kicking In. During the course of the evening Henry informed the crowd that Wagons were heading into the studio very soon to lay down a new album with Mick Harvey on production duties, if the strength of the songs presented on stage is any indication, the new album will be a cracker. After a short break Henry jumped behind the drum kit as sometime drummers, sometime bassists Si “The Philosopher” Francis and Mark “Tuckerbag” Dawson took to the microphones for a fine wigged out bit of hip hop, The Business, before frontman Wagons closed the night with a fine piece of dementia from his solo album, A Hangman’s Work Is Never Done – he left the stage and joined the crowd, whipping them into a final, howling frenzy. Let’s hope we see a lot more of Wagons back on Melbourne stages. RICHARD SHARMAN LOVED: Pretty much everything. HATED: That it ended too soon. DRANK: Not enough.
PATRICK EMERY LOVED: Hi-Skies. HATED: The freezing night air on the way home. DRANK: Coopers.
MY DISCO Northcote Social Club, Sunday June 16 I managed to suppress my Dark Mofo FOMO for the most part, but amongst all the Skywhale titty pics and shots of whatever those light beams were came a few Snapchat snippets of My Disco’s Satanalia performance. I mean, their set the week prior in Northcote was ace, but their Tassie sojourn looked pretty special. The bandroom was well-populated for their preceding sideshow, considering the late-ish announcement and the Sunday night setting. Weird vibes were abound in the lead up to the curtains being drawn, with the Melbourne trio’s nowtrademark smoke machine flooding the venue while tantric hymns lulled the crowd into a stupor. New material, including a reported third LP recorded earlier in the year, has been hinted at being “post drums” by the band. It’s an interesting tact, considering drummer Rohan Rebeiro is one of the finest in the country at this point in time. Could his techno affinity leave his skills on the kit
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obsolete? Turns out the trio have achieved a seamless blend of synthesised and organic percussion, with fresh tracks sitting comfortably alongside their established back catalogue. And what a back catalogue it is, with the drum solo-preceded Turn projecting an overwhelming energy from the fog-opaque stage, and Young complemented by guitarist Benjamin Andrews’ uninhibited thrashings. My Disco are at a veritable crossroads with a burgeoning stylistic leap, and judging by tonight’s performance, they’re on the brink of something special. LACHLAN KANONIUK LOVED: The ol’ Ro Rebeiro trademark drum solo. HATED: The one dude at the front who recorded a few too many Snapchat vids. DRANK: Not much.
KORA
The Espy, Friday June 21
It was a very Kiwi ex-pat crowd which packed out The Espy on Friday, although there were obviously plenty of non-Kiwis who’d heard the word on Kora’s effortlessly good-time funk/reggae/dub party vibe too. The four Whakatane bros and their mate opened the set with their beautifully rich voices wavering to a creamy point, and peace signs so loose-fingered they looked as natural as a pointed index finger would on anyone else. Drummer Brad Kora has a special, clever talent with his emphases tying in with the high electro accents. Keys from Dan McGruer were simple chords using a natural piano voice, which sounded so honest under the synthy percussive stuff. A dottery octavedriven synth opened the third track before great rock drums leapt in, with some smart hi-hats. Bassist Francis Kora plays minimally, but when he hits it there are a few tiny accents between the thudding tonics. You could bake a cake on his bass lines. There was some very well-produced, big band, Jay-Z kind of sounds behind what we could obviously see on stage but I didn’t feel swindled in the least (as I am wont to do when I can hear things I can’t see). The samples were seminal but of golden quality. It’s kept to a few solid chords with breaks in between or a couple slithering accents here and there. You
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could still hear McGruer’s 4/4 chords pumping out delicately over every beat. It was a bloody pity I couldn’t hear any of the lyrics – the melodies were soaring but I wanted to hear some phrases. Having said that, I could have just lip-read the wildly dancing chicks in front of us who joyfully shrieked each line into one another’s’ faces. The encore was a gorgeous bursting disco thing, otherworldly in its harmonies and captivating with its beautiful spacey effects. Laughton Kora’s undulating shoulders seemed to move the room. These guys have mastery over a slew of genres and know how to mix ‘em up with a technicality that brilliant but adheres to the ‘less is more’ idea. When you have voices like that, you gotta give them room. ZOË RADAS LOVED: That nutty old guy with the spring-goggle glasses was there. HATED: Why didn’t they put them in the Gershwin? It’s heaps easier to dance without knocking people out in there. DRANK: Nothing like a tequila shot out of a tiny plastic cup. It’s like medicine! Delicious medicine.