Beat Magazine #1382

ISSUE 1382 | 31 JULY 2013 | BEAT.COM.AU

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HOT TALK

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TOURING

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ARTS GUIDE, THESE FINAL HOURS

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ART OF THE CITY, COMIC STRIP

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TEASE, GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY

RUSSELL MORRIS PG 30

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STEPHEN LYNCH

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POND, PEACE

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INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH

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ATOLLS, RUSSELL MORRIS, ANIMAL HANDS

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CHIMAIRA, DEVILDRIVER, MOZFEST

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STONEFIELD A year removed from the spotlight has resulted in light years’ worth of maturity for Amy, Hannah, Sarah and Holly.

Collectively known as Stonefield, the sisters are set to take the next step in their already impressive career trajectory, having emerged from recording their debut album with a soaring new single entitled Put Your Curse On Me and a fresh run of national tour dates in tow. You can catch them at Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday September 7. The album will be released in October.

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MUSE Muse have added a second Melbourne show to their 2013 Australian tour. Muse last brought their spaceships, purposebuilt skyscrapers, lasers and rotating drum risers to Australian shores in 2010, which saw them tour twice, once for the Big Day Out and then again later in the year for The Resistance Tour. Their 2013 tour comes off the back of their 2012 album The 2nd Law. Muse will hit Rod Laver Arena on Friday December 6 and Saturday December 7.

RIDE INTO THE SUN

NYE ON THE HILL

Adelaide psychedelic outfit Ride Into The Sun will be heading East this August for a series of shows. They’ll be launching their self-titled 12” mini-LP in Melbourne before heading up the coast for an appearance at Brisbane’s BIGSOUND music conference. The group has recently returned from a tour of the US, where they made their international debut on the main stage of the Austin Psych Fest. The latest release was produced and mixed by Brett Orrison and Alex Mass at Toyland Studios and promises to channel the quintessential core of psychadelic rock and shoegaze. Catch them at the Corner Hotel on Saturday August 3 with special guests Bardo Pond. Checkout the venue’s website for full details.

Victoria is set to get a new three-day boutique festival to welcome in the New Year. NYE On The Hill will be held from Monday December 30 – Wednesday January 1. The picturesque site is still a secret, but it’s apparently somewhere between Loch and Wonthaggi and 90 minutes from Melbourne. The promoters have been running the invite-only Hills Are Alive festival for the past five years which draws 1,200 patrons. NYE On The Hill will be open to the public, with tickets going on sale on Sunday August 18. Co-director Aidan McLaren told Beat that the audience will be capped at 1,500 for the first year. The lineup will be announced on Sunday August 11.

BIGSOUND Now one of the biggest music gatherings in the southern hemisphere, the Brisbane hosted BIGSOUND has gotten even bigger. The inaugural BIGSOUND Music+Design adds a slew of speakers, led by none other than Nick Cave.

The new program, connecting the worlds of design and music, will ignite Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley with two days of conferences, showcasing and networking. Head to bigsound.org.au for the full program. BIGSOUND 2013 will be held at venues around Brisbane from Wednesday September 11 to Friday September 13.

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TUMBLEWEED Seminal Aussie fuzz rock giants Tumbleweed are back with their eagerly awaited new album Sounds From The Other Side – set for release via Shock Records on Friday September 27. Twelve long days at Sydney’s Rancom Studio resulted in 13 songs oozing with heavy grooves, gigantic riffs and juicy analogue flavours – and Sounds From The Other Side was born. They hit The Espy on Saturday September 21.

THE PHOEBE FESTIVAL The Phoebe Foundation Inc. has just announced that tickets are now available for its first annual fundraising event, The Phoebe Festival. The Phoebe Festival is a weekend of great live music and fundraising on Friday October 4 and Saturday October 5 at Kilmore Trackside and will feature well known acts including Tim Rogers, Cola Wars and Calling All Cars. All proceeds from The Phoebe Festival will go to establish a new music and expanded play therapy program for children undergoing treatment for serious heart related illnesses at The Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. Head to thephoebefoundation.com.au for more information.

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Following their reunion earlier this year, Fall Out Boy played a pair of intimate theatre shows in March that sold out almost immediately. Their October tour will see the Illinois four-piece embark on their biggest Australian escapade yet. Support will come from British India. Fall Out Boy will hit Festival Hall on Saturday October 26. Tickets through Ticketmaster

Heavy metal fans rejoice, Kvelertak are heading down under for a series of shows this September. The group promises to play their unique brand of punk-meetsmetal-meets-hardcore-meets-rock along with tracks from their wildly unpredictable latest album Meir. Catch Kvelertak at the Corner Hotel on Tuesday September 17, check out the venue’s website for more details.

FAT FREDDY’S DROP Fat Freddy’s Drop are returning to Australia with their latest album Blackbird in tow and have added another Melbourne show. Blackbird is a fusion of Ethio-jazz, Detroit techno, blues and soul, with the lead single, Clean The House, currently receiving critical acclaim around the globe. Fat Freddy’s Drop will play The Forum on Saturday August 31, Sunday September 1 and Sunday September 8 (new show).

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JACK CARTY With the release of his stunning collaboration with Sydney based producer Casual Psychotic, which saw Jack Carty take a turn away from the folk troubadour roots of his first two albums, he has stepped into a different musical realm exploring a new set of sounds, beats and vocal phrasing. To celebrate the EP release Jack Carty has proudly announced The Predictable Crisis Tour, which will see Jack hitting the road for a national tour with his band, playing songs from the new EP and his two full length critically acclaimed albums.

Catch him on Thursday September 12 at The Toff In Town.

BARBARIÖN Barbariön are back and have announced a free show at the Espy this August.Combining Myles-Harald Tachert’s love of ‘80s metal and hazardous camp theatrics, the group also combines to nearly 700kg, making them Melbourne’s heaviest rockers. Vice Grip Pussies, Dead City Ruins and Virtue have promised their support for the group’s latest barbaric offering. Catch Barbariön for free in the Espy’s Gershwin Room on Friday August 9. Head to the venue’s website for more details.

DIRT FARMER Albury-Wodonga natives Dirt Farmer will be embarking on an east coast jaunt to celebrate the release of their new single She Shakes.The slacker pop rockers have been making music since 2010 and the single is the second from their 2013 EP Delilah Lightning, which was released in June to glowing praise. Dirt Farmer will be playing at The Workers Club on Thursday August 15 with Gamma Ray, and Friday August 16 with Drunken Poachers. A ticket and EP bundle are available through the group’s Bandcamp page.

ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES Me First and The Gimme Gimmes are returning to Australian soil this October. Since their last visit in 2010, the all-star-punk-rock-supergroup-cover-band released their Sing in Japanese EP, which does exactly what it says on the box. If you don’t speak Japanese, that’s cool. It’s also their first tour since the official release of Go Down Under. They hit the Corner Hotel on Saturday October 5 and Sunday October 6.

THE BELLRAYS American garage rock legends The BellRays will be returning to Australian shores this November to headline CherryFest 2013. The BellRays played a Sydney show earlier in the year, but a lengthy European Tour had taken its toll on lead singer Lisa Kekaula’s vocals. The group promised to return full strength and have lived up to their word announcing two Australian shows, one in Sydney and the other at Melbourne’s CherryFest. The festival, presented by Beat Magazine, is hosted by Cherry Bar in AC/DC Lane, is the country’s only street rock'n'roll festival and will feature 14 acts across two stages. CherryFest will take place on Sunday November 24 from midday, head to the festival’s website for more details.

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Senses Fail have announced the supports for their August national tour. Joining them in Melbourne will be Left for Wolves, Surrender and Ever Cold. After more than a decade in existence and multiple lineup changes, the group’s latest record continues their progressive post-hardcore journey. It’s Spanish title of the Renacer can be translated as ‘to be reborn’ and is their heaviest release to date. They’ll be taking to the stage at the Corner Hotel on Saturday August 11.

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Off the back of a stellar debut LP and a suitably impressive list of festival appearances and supports, exhilarating six-piece Money For Rope are set to tour the country once more. With a new single on the horizon and a list of dates to whet any appetite for soullathered ferocity, it would be a mistake to miss Money For Rope as they tour Australia next month. Catch them on Friday August 16 and Saturday August 17 at Cherry Bar with Drunk Mums and Bec & Ben.

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It’s become somewhat of a strange recent tradition for Australia’s biggest winter festival to wildly underestimate the pulling power of certain rising acts, choosing to allocate a mid-afternoon tent slot to a band that could pack out the main stage in primetime. This year the distinction went to Snakadaktal, who on the eve of their debut album’s release, managed to flood Splendour In The Grass’s GW McLennan tent with a cavalcade of eager punters on the final day of the festival.

It was an epoch defining moment for the nascent Melbourne collective, capping off years of hard work ascending through the ranks in festivals such as last year’s Boogie and this year’s Laneway circuit.

The Splendour appearance also marks the band’s final performance before the release of Sleep In The Water, their debut LP following on from the breakthrough success of their 2011 self-titled EP. Speaking in the weeks leading up to Splendour, and ahead of the Sleep In The Water national launch tour, vocalist/synth-master Phoebe Cockburn recounts the long lead-up to the record from her home in the foot of the Dandenongs.

“We’ve been eager to write this record for as long as we have been together. So that process began a long time ago,” Cockburn recalls. “It was only when we’d finished certain tours and other things that we were able to knuckle down and really begin to write this record. That probably started about a year ago. We always intended to create a record that had its own life and we didn’t want listeners to think that they had got their head around it in the first listen. There were certain things we really focused on and tried to push when recording.”

Honing their captivating sonic craft into the LP form, Snakadaktal have achieved a formidable sense of cohesion on Sleep In The Water. That sense of fluidity was a fully motivated choice, explains Cockburn.

“We wanted the record to have a strong sense of cohesiveness before we started recording. One of the themes that flows across the record is water. It works as a natural dynamic across the album, lyrically and sonically. We wanted those sounds to be able to play onto each other and flow into each song, for it to be one body of work rather than a bundle of individual songs.”

Emerging in such a prominent fashion at an early age, Cockburn exudes an erudite purposefulness when it comes to discussing music as a profession.

“It’s been my main focus in my life. With age, development comes naturally as well. So it probably has a lot to do with the process of recording our EP in comparison to the LP. It was very much a home job when recording the EP, recording vocals straight after jumping in the pool. It was summer and we were singing into a cupboard. With this record, we had a lot more technical capacity with the way we recorded it, plus a producer to help us out with that,” Cockburn states. “The producer was Dan Hume. He brought a Beat Magazine Page 16

great friendship that we all shared with him. He’s a really talented musician in his own right. He was able to listen to us in the way we always wanted, and he was able to move through the record patiently in the way we always wanted to.”

Due in large part to their 2011 triple j Unearthed High victory, the image of school-aged wunderkinds has

“WE FEEL LIKE WE’RE THERE AND WE HAVE THIS HUGE EXPECTATION FOR OURSELVES, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT IS SO SURREAL AND IT IS SO BEYOND WHAT WE’D EVER EXPECTED. MAYBE WE’RE ONLY HALF THERE SOMETIMES.” stuck with Snakadaktal in the subsequent years. But the Steiner school alumni have managed to rise above the tag in 2013.

“Well we’ve all grown up in different ways over the past couple of years, but wholly we are a bunch of friends and that’s always the priority for us,” Cockburn muses.

“I feel that it has happened naturally. It was a huge focus when we began releasing music, especially with the Unearthed High competition. It became a huge part of who we are. But we always wanted to present ourselves in a way that wasn’t so much about the image or the age, just about the music. That seems to have become more possible as we’ve grown up a little bit.”

With a striking sound that is very much international in flavour, Snakadaktal possess the makings of big time musical export. Aspirations of this scale are beginning to be realised, as exhibited by an overseas sojourn

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earlier in the year. “We’ve done a little tour in the UK which took place in May this year,” Phoebe recalls. “It was great, we were able to explore different venues and the live music scene in London and various other cities of the UK. That helped us to spread that sound internationally a little bit, even just to dip our toes into that water. I guess that’s the beginning of what we’d like to do so far. But we’re happy to focus as much as we can on Australia to begin with. We have no rush in terms of that.”

Experiencing radio success with their self-titled EP and subsequent singles, the band have steadily been easing in tracks from Sleep In The Water into their current setlist. “We’ve played many of the tracks on the Laneway tour, plus in the UK we were giving them our best shot. Because this is our first album tour, we do want to make that our focus,” she reasons. “So the new songs will be a big part of our show this time around.

I guess they’re all going to be a challenge in their own way, and they’re going to be special in their own way.

For the live setting, we have a lot of plans for the song Union. We haven’t actually played it live yet, but we’re hoping to find something special for that track.”

Absent from the album’s track listing is the relatively fresh single Dance Bear. The decision to start entirely afresh with Sleep In The Water may not be the easiest route, but it’s the one that felt most natural for Snakadaktal. “From the beginning, we were clear about making this record as fresh on its own as we could. We never intended to bring any songs in like that, we just wanted to move forward. And we’ll continue to do so.”

Belying their youth, Snakadaktal emanate a captivating aural signature. “I suppose it’s intimate, and quite dreamy,” Cockburn states, attempting to define the band’s sound. “It’s difficult to say, but we always try to find intimacy with certain parts of the tracks. But at the same time, we try to create a strong dynamic during the songs. That’s probably a big part of the sound as well. We are very influenced by dance music. We wouldn’t expect people to dance to our music, but that certainly is a big influence.

Sonically, it’s certainly put a big stamp on this record and hopefully there are subtle grooves that people can relate to in some way.”

Fitting in with the album’s aquatic motif, Cockburn is content to go with the flow of the journey that is the next chapter. “In terms of aspirations for this album, it’s already taken us where we wanted it to. A national tour is really exciting for us, so anything else that comes along will be really overwhelming and great for us. It seems to be a constantly confusing state that we all get into live. It’s sort of a half-belief – we feel like we’re there and we have this huge expectation for ourselves, but at the same time it is so surreal and it is so beyond what we’d ever expected. Maybe we’re only half there sometimes,” she laughs. “But particular moments, I’d have to say in the UK playing a headline show and the room was filled and we just couldn’t believe it. That was quite a big one.”

SNAKADAKTAL’s debut LP, Sleep In The Water, will be released this Friday August 2 via Liberation Music. They will also be gracing The Forum Theatre as part of their national tour on Saturday August 24.

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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN A funny and poignant coming of age story, 14-yearold Duncan’s summer holiday with his mother, Pam, her overbearing boyfriend, Trent, and his daughter, Steph is the very worst sort of vacation.

Having a rough time fitting in, the introverted Duncan finds an unexpected friend in gregarious Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.

Through his funny, clandestine friendship with Owen, Duncan slowly opens up to and begins to finally find his place in the world - all during a summer he will never forget. From the Oscar winning writers of The Descendents, The Way Way Back was the toast of Sundance Film Festival and is poised to become 2013’s answer to Juno and Little Miss Sunshine. It opens on Thursday August 1 at Cinema Nova.

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that. To have someone who just believes that there’s this and then there’s nothing, and to have a little girl who is so optimistic about joining her mum in Heaven.

Once I started writing, that was a very natural direction to take the script.”

Aesthetically, These Final Hours is dominated by a yellow hue that Hilditch intended to elicit a “sense of rising heat throughout the entire film.”

“We start golden and drift into an orange and by the end of the film, it’s red. It’s to dial-up this sense of heat, to add that ominous feel to the day, where things get more and more crazy as the day wears on.”

While the cinematography is beautiful, the emotional, raw and gripping performance by Nathan Phillips (Wolf Creek, Snakes On A Plane) lures the audience into his struggle, fostering a feeling of uncomfortable realism and leaving you with an indelible impression.

“When Nathan auditioned for the film, he just blew me away,” explains Hilditch. “I hadn’t seen a lot of Nathan’s film history, but when he laid down his audition, I was just like, ‘Wow, this guy, this is my James right here.’ He really made it very easy. He just got the script – we’re born seven days apart, we’re both Capricorns,” Hilditch chuckles. “It was one of those win-win situations. I look back at it now, and there’s no one else who could’ve pulled this off. He brought so much more than was even on the page. He just got who this guy was.”

ON STAGE Four Letter Word Theatre will be presenting The Wild Party at the Revolt Artspace this week.

The Tony nominated musical is based on the infamous 1928 poem by Joseph Moncure March, and features a wild and debaucherous cast of colourful characters. Leading them are Queenie (Rosa McCarty) and Burrs (James Cutler), a pair of disillusioned vaudeville lovers, who decide to hold a party for their eccentric and egotistical friends, complete with booze, brawls, sex and scandal. The Wild Party will run at the Revolt Artspace from Wednesday July 31 until Saturday August 3.

ON DISPLAY Globelight Festival, a festival dedicated to exhibiting Australian and international light artists, will be making its debut appearance in Melbourne this August. Inspired by a lack of opportunities for light and installation artists, Globelight Festival was founded and curated by Melbourne light/ installation artist James Tapscott and Sydney artist Sam Mitchell-Fin. The festival aims to become an integral part of Melbourne culture, creating opportunities for artists to exhibit their technicolour, contemporary works at what will become, hopefully, an annual event. Globelight will feature 17 artists, including Sydney artist and designer Vincent Buret and acclaimed German installation artist Max Sudhues. Globelight Festival will be heald at Anita Traverso Gallery, Richmond, and Abbotsford Convent from Friday August 2 – Saturday August 31. Admission is free.

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Red Stitch Actors Theatre have opened their Season Two program with the premiere of Foxfinder. Foxfinder is the latest production from acclaimed British playwright Dawn King (The Squatter’s Handbook, Face Value) and illustrates the tale of William Boor, a detective assigned to dystopian farming community to investigate a suspected infestation. Recently nominated for the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, Foxfinder will feature the talent of David Whiteley, Matthew Whitt, Rosie Lockhart and special guest actor Joanne Trentini.

Foxfinder is currently playing at the Red Stitch Theatre from until Saturday August 17.

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THESE FINAL HOURS

BY NICK TARAS

“I’m still thinking about that film, you know,” my mum opened our dinner conversation last week. “I can’t seem to shake it.” The previous night, we had watched Zak Hilditch’s feature film debut, These Final Hours. Screening at this year’s MIFF – not MILF as I accidentally called it to open my interview with Hilditch – These Final Hours is an engrossing apocalyptic drama set in Perth that explores human behaviour and morality when confronted with the imminent, worldwide annihilation of our species.

“The real root of it all is my fascination with death and my fear of dying,” laughs Hilditch. “That’s probably where it all started. I just really love films where the big cataclysmic event is happening and the people have to band together, but my favourites are the ones that focus on the people and what the people would really be like when this was happening, as opposed to the event overshadowing the whole thing – [such as] Ben Affleck on an asteroid having to save the world.

“I prefer just a really intimate story – what would it really be like? [It’s] real people dealing with a larger than life situation. I guess it’s a love of those sorts of films [that inspired These Final Hours], and this is an attempt of doing my version of one of those sorts of films. When I decided it was going to be the last day

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on Earth, I started thinking what could be causing that and everything started snowballing from there.

Basically it started as a short film idea which expanded to there until I had a feature version on my hands.”

These Final Hours follows the seemingly self-centred James (played by Nathan Phillips) who, on the way to a wild, pre-apocalypse party (more on that later), saves the life of a young girl called Rose who is desperate to find her missing father. Rose’s youthful innocence fascinatingly contrasts James’ hedonism, and her character also serves as a device to address religion in the face of certain death.

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Acts and A Bottle In The Gaza Sea). They will be joined by Hollywood rom com and documentary producer Howard Roseman. In its tenth year, the festival will be screening 19 feature films, each exploring the myriad of stories emerging from one of the world’s most diverse and multi-racial countries.

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These Final Hours contains some seriously horripilating moments, particularly the debauched party scene where heavy drug use, orgies and even a very confronting game of Russian roulette illustrate the decay of social customs in humanity’s last moments. I wondered what Hilditch himself would be doing, if faced with Earth’s final hour.

“I don’t know what I’d be doing but it wouldn’t be pretty!” he laughs. “When I was deciding what the party should be like, one day I realised, ‘It should be just like the worst Australia Day party ever.’ An Australian Day party times a thousand. We just needed it to be as raucous as possible – there must have been over 150 extras – dancing, lots of flesh, Russian roulette. Each take got more and more intense. That was definitely one of the more funner days.”

These Final Hours is having its world premiere at the Melbourne International Film Festival, screening at Greater Union on Friday August 2, ACMI on Tuesday August 6, and Hoyts Melbourne Central on Saturday August 10.

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BENDIGO WRITERS FESTIVAL The Bendigo Writers Festival will return next month with a stellar weekend of talks, books and activities for all bibliophiles and literary lovers. Featuring over 50 events hosted over three days — including poetry readings, book launches, story-telling and workshops — the festival is an integral part of Bendigo’s thriving arts culture. Keynote guests for the festival feature former Prime Minister and Human Rights Advocate Malcolm Fraser, Paper Giants and The Secret Life of Us screenwriter Christopher Lee, Bendigo Blues and Roots Festival director Colin Thompson, and acclaimed Australian illustrator and scriptwriter Shaun Tan (The Arrival, The Lost Thing) who will be attending Melbourne Writers Festival as well.

This is only a small part of the three-day festival. A full program can be found on their website. The Bendigo Writers Festival will run from Friday August 9 – Sunday August 11 throughout venues across Bendigo.

THE 39 STEPS This September The Anthanaeum Theatre will present multi-award winning play The 39 Steps. Based off the 1935 Hitchcock spy-thriller movie and novel by John Buchan of the same name, The 39 Steps illustrates the adventure of Richard Hannay who finds a woman murdered in her apartment, is chased by international agents and the local police, and becomes the handsome hero that solves the ‘impossible’ crime. The production will feature Winners & Losers actor Mark Smith, Anna Burgess (The Caretaker), Michael Lindner and Out of the Blue star, Sam Haft; all four actors will play over a hundred characters combined. The 39 Steps will hit the Athenaeum from Thursday September 26 – Saturday September 28.

FLOORED This August, dance artist and choreographer Victoria Chiu (Jezabel Velvet, Alignment) will adopt Dancehouse studio, Sylvia Staehli Theatre, as the performance venue for her latest dance composition, Floored. Hosted over four days, Floored will be an explosion of artistic expression that explores the comfort and complacency of life. Split into three parts, the choreography will be timed to the electronic percussion and classical scores provided by composer Roland Cox (The Infidels, The Ballad of Herbie Cox), Chiu’s partner in dance and in real life; Amelia McQueen (Soft Landing) will be Chiu’s dance partner for Floored. Floored will be performed at Sylvia Staehli Theatre, Dancehouse, from Wednesday August 14 – Sunday August 18.

Arbor, a boutique jewellery store that sells local and international jewellery and accessories, is hosting a window exhibition of two jewellery artists this August.

Entitled The Design Journey, the exhibition will feature the work of Melbourne artists Melissa Miller and Susan Ewington. Susan Ewington graduated from NMIT in 2007. Since then, she has produced collections of pieces for everyday use to weddings and commitment rings.

Her collection that will be on display at Arbor is inspired by the motif of antique photos. Through argyrotype and cyanotype printing, Ewington will recapture these images and embed them within delicate necklaces, pinpointing their immediacy and heritage. Melissa Miller graduated with a Master of Arts in Fine Arts in 2009 from RMIT and this discipline will become evident in her collection of brooches inspired by Impressionism, time and season.

Delicate, intricate and poignant, Miller will capture the landscape of Melbourne’s inner north subjects through twisted metal and symbology. The Design Journey will be exhibited at Arbor, Brunswick, from Thursday August 1 – Saturday August 31. Admission is free.

THE CONFIDENCE MAN This August, the Arts House will host the world premiere of The Confidence Man, a psychological thriller about morality.

Written by playwright/director Zoe Pepper and playwright Adriane Daff, The Confidence Man illustrates the story of Peter, a man with everything to lose, and his encounter with a large sports bag full of cash that mysteriously ends up in his house. Peter is faced with the dilemma of what to do: should he report it or keep it? Described as a cross between Dogville and Hitchock’s Shadow of Doubt, The Confidence Man is sure to be an enthralling production.

The Confidence Man will be performed at the Arts House from Wednesday August 28 – Sunday September 1.

MY HEART IS A ROSE GARDEN Trocadero Art Space is currently hosting the first solo exhibition of emerging Melbourne artist Laura Carthew — My heart is a rose garden. The exhibition showcases a series of works inspired by Carthew’s trip to Turkey last year, in which she visited markets, mosques, Persian inspired architecture, Istanbul and much more. Through a whirlwind of vibrant colours and photography, Carthew illustrates the culture, language and environment of Turkey, creating an in depth perspective of the ancient country. My heart is a rose garden is currently on exhibition at Trocadero Art Space until Friday August 9. Admission is free.

PRINTS WORKS Recently Dr Douglas Kagi, a scientist and art collector, donated a significant print collection to the National Gallery of Victoria. A fraction of this donation, which consisted of over 350 works, will be exhibited this August at Prints Works: The Douglas Kagi Donation. Senior Curator of Prints and Drawings and Head of International Art, Cathy Leahy, had this to say on the matter: “The Douglas Kagi donation is particularly strong in its representation of British Pop prints of the ‘1960s and 1970s and this will be reflected in Prints Works through the works of major and influential artists including Eduardo Paolozzi, Joe Tilson, R. B. Kitaj and Richard Hamilton.” Print Works will provide an in depth exploration of print-making during the 1970s – 1990s, covering a range of artists from American visual artists Robert Motherwell, Kenneth Noland and Frank Stella to the Neo-Expressionism of Mimmo Paladino. Print Work: The Douglas Kagi Donation will be on exhibition at the NGV from Saturday August 10 – late 2013. Curator Cathy Leahy and Dr Kagi will present a talk, In Conversation: The Curator and the Collector, on Sunday August 11 at the NGV. Admission is free.

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GASWORKS CALLS FOR MIDSUMMA FESTIVAL APPLICATIONS Gasworks Arts Park have opened their applications for their 2014 Midsumma program. In collaborating with Midsumma, Gasworks is inviting all interested individuals to apply for their 2014 Midsumma Program, which will allow artists access to their venues that are for hire, bar sections and promotion before and during the festival.

Midsumma Festival is Melbourne’s leading queer festival, dedicated to educating and entertaining people from all sexualities for over 25 years. Hosted throughout central and regional Melbourne, Midsumma is known for its array of tantalising theatre productions, movies, workshops, dances and much more. Midsumma Festival will run from Sunday January 12 – Sunday February 2, 2014 and applications for the Gasworks Midsumma festival program close on Monday September 16. Check out their website for more information.

I:I:I:I Off the Kerb Gallery, in conjunction with the City of Yarra, will host a special exhibition that delves into the complexities of psychology and society. Entitled I : I : I : I, the exhibition will feature the works of four visual artists/ photographers, including German photographer Oliver Parzer, Melbourne visual artist Nikki Lam, Tristan Davies and Kimberley Liddle, who is known for her unique plaster compositions that incorporate photography and sculpture.

I : I : I : I will use these four artists’ skills to illustrate the translucent nature of identity, self-interpretation and how this affects a human’s ability to change and experience life.

I : I : I : I will be on exhibition at Off the Kerb Gallery from Friday August 9 – Friday August 23. Admission is free.

HOW GREAT MY FRIENDS ARE This August, The Library Artspace, an artist-run initiative in Fitzroy, will host an incredible exhibition entitled How Great My Friends Are. Assembled

by Tamasin Simpkin and built upon the notion of friends coming together to create one epic exhibition, How Great My Friends Are features 25 artists, including textiles and jewellery artist Ash Easton and filmmaker and producer Michael Dennis Deurwaarder. The group exhibition will be a collection of collaborations, solo work and general quirkiness; it will feature the work of professional artists, hobbyists, and emerging Melbourne artists, ranging from fashion to illustration to film and to performance. How Great My Friends Are will be on exhibition at The Library Artspace from Thursday August 8 – Sunday August 25. Admission is free.

MONASH CITY COUNCIL SEEKING STREET AND VISUAL ARTISTS Monash City Council is seeking registrations of interest from street and visual artists for ongoing graffiti prevention projects. A shortlist panel of artists will be established to work with Council to improve Monash’s laneways and underpasses, reclaiming these forgotten spaces for the community. Recently the City of Monash collaborated with 2 artists Hiroyasu Tsuri and Al Stark to improve a laneway in Clayton.

The laneway project has been received positively by young and old, with a passer-by commenting that the laneway appears more cared for. The project was jointly funded by the City of Monash and the Victoria Government under the Public Safety Infrastructure Fund Grants Program, part of the Community Crime Prevention Program. Contact susanh@monash.vic. gov.au for further information.

FIVE BOROUGHS COMEDY Dave Hughes headlines this Thursday at Five Boroughs. Plus they’ve got Daniel Connell, Michael Workman, Tommy Dassalo, Nick Capper and Brendan Maloney. It’s gonna be another big one this Thursday August 1 at 8.30pm, for only $12 at Five Boroughs (upstairs).

COMMEDIA DELL PARTE: COLLINGWOOD Steele Saunders hosts another great night of comics this week at Smith Street’s Commedia Dell Parte at Agent 284! With Karl Woodberry headlining and featuring Danny McGinlay, Jay Morrissey, Michael Tancredi, Timothy Clark and David Boyle, it’s going to be a great night. It’s all happening this Thursday at Agent 284.

COMMEDIA DELL PARTE: ST KILDA This week Tony Besselink hosts a great lineup of comics including Michael Williams, Rob Hunter, Anthony Jeannot, Mark Trenwith, Cam Marshall and Brett Blake. With each week packing out, you will need to get in early to grab a seat. The room runs on a ‘pay as you like’ basis, so come along and have a great laugh, then pay what you believe the show is worth on the way out. Commedia Dell Parte runs every Thursday at 8.30pm at the George Lane Bar, St Kilda.

LOL COMEDY At LOL Comedy tonight at the Portland Hotel they have Chris Franklin, Xavier Toby and support from improvisational extraordinaires The Big Hoo Haa. Tickets are $12 full or $10 for concession through lolcomedy.com.au

COMEDY AT SPLEEN This Monday, it’s yet another cracking lineup down at your old mate Comedy at Spleen. They’ve got Adelaide young gun Amos Gill hosting, plus Daniel Connell, Steele Saunders, Don Tran, Jimmy James Eaton, Liam Ryan, Linda Beatty and heaps more.

It’s happening this Monday August 5, 41 Bourke St, in the city, at 8.30pm. It may be free, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door.

A VERY PUBLIC PUNCHLINE Jimeoin headlines the new A Very Public Punchline show tonight. Hosted by comedy legend Russell Gilbert and Danny McGinlay, it’s gonna be an absolutely massive night of comedy in South Wharf. It’s happening at Melbourne Public, 11 Dukes Walk, South Wharf for only $15.

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SAPPHIRA

BY LIZA DEZFOULI

Dubstep dance music and burlesque performance don’t usually go together. Not until now, that is. Sapphira of Sapphira’s Showgirls, burlesque teacher and former bellydancer, is also a singer/songwriter and is about to release a music video, Tease, showcasing her passions for performance and song. “They were never together in my head at the start,” says Sapphira. “But when I started performing burlesque in London eight years ago, I noticed few dancers were using original music. I wondered how I could combine my original music with performance.”

Tease, about to be released on Sapphira’s own label, Domina Records, is a culmination of four years of work, the highly finished burlesque/electronica fusion bringing together, among others, international music producers Black Dogs and video director Mark Bakaitis. Tease is a song she wrote ten years ago, about someone she fancied. “I realised I couldn’t do it justice without the video,” Sapphira notes. “I hadn’t intended launching a whole career around myself. But now I have my own music label, which is also a platform for other artists, and I’ve been travelling the world meeting record producers, making contacts for video distributors; I have total control over it. Various friends and networks are helping me to promote it.” The Tease video, an opulent and velvety concoction, features underwear by fashion label Agent Provocateur and make-up

by London brand Illamasqua, as well as masks by Andrea Agosta, corsetry by Marquis de Sade and hosiery by Leg Avenue. Sapphira has also involved some of her burlesque students in the production.

“Everyone loves a good performance and being on stage is so powerful.” The first glimmers of what is now Tease happened in a London nightclub where old-school glamour reigned. “It was so cool, like stepping backwards into another era.

The venue was an old dance hall from yesteryear, with a lovely energy about it. There were gorgeous exotic creatures doing all these different things.”

Sapphira’s background in marketing has given her an eye for opportunity and she quickly realised she could use burlesque to promote her own music. “I started to notice burlesque being used in branding and marketing across a range of brands – underwear, alcohol ... It gave me the idea that burlesque was a hot angle, and that I should use burlesque performance with my original music. Most burlesque dancers use old music. I wanted to incoporate new

music like electro, breakbeat and drum and bass into burlesque. I fell in love with dance music at the age of 19,” Sapphira remembers. I used to go to the Imperial in Melbourne and just loved being on the dance floor. It was so amazing listening to five or six different DJs. I’d play the music in my car.” At that time Sapphira was singing jazz but wondering how she could get her voice into dance music.

She was also writing for this very paper and used to interview DJs and get advice on how to break into the music industry. “I’d interview them then send them my demo tapes,” she says. “Sasha, Meat Katie, Goldfrapp and Hybrid all gave me advice.”

Things started to come together in London when she made contacts with music producers and artists who were able to create the sounds she wanted. “I found a production company in Bristol. They could write the sounds I’d dreamed of hearing my voice over.” Four years of working with the man who is now her fiance has resulted, not only in love, but in seeing her dream music project come to life “Since the age of eight I’ve known I wanted to be a singer/songwriter “ recalls Sapphira, who started piano lessons when she was five. I’ve been lucky to have that,” she says, referring to her early classical music training, although at times her creative spirit rebelled. “I didn’t enjoy learning it.

You had to play the music the way a particular person wrote it.” Needless to say, Sapphira’s now grateful for having been forced to practice. “Although I was at a disadvantage when it came to learning to play jazz,” she admits. “I always needed sheet music. It took me years to learn how to play freely.” There are more songs to come. “I’ve got this album of over 14 songs.

But the first thing is to get Tease out there and make my mark.”

‘Dream big’ is clearly Sapphira’s motto, and she has high hopes for Tease. “This video is just one ingredient,” she says. “It will open the door. I want

someone with a big budget to get behind it now: I want it to be part of a big Cirque de Soleil type stage show – a casino type show, with operatic features and my music. I can see a chorus line, the carousel, me swinging from a moon, in somewhere big, like Wembley Stadium or Albert Hall!” In Sapphira’s mind she’s made it big already: “This is something I’ve dreamed about all my life. It’s pulled me in all sorts of directions: I’ve gone all over the world; I enjoy

watching it unfold. Now if other people enjoy it, I can go home and be happy.“ Sapphira’s Tease is out Monday August 19 via Domina records and various video channels. You can register at dominarecords.com for a sneak peak of the video.

GREETINGS FROM TIM BUCKLEY

BY SHANNON CONNELLAN

“The poetry of finding your own voice singing a song your father wrote about you…it’s too wonderful not to put in a movie.” Daniel Algrant regards New York City from his terrace, a stone’s throw from streets where Jeff and Tim Buckley sullenly sauntered, with songs in their heads and no real idea of each other. Director Algrant makes us reacquainted with father and son in Greetings From Tim Buckley.

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Following a young Jeff Buckley (Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley) around 1990s NYC, Greetings From Tim Buckley is a jubilant, nostalgic look at the days before the infamous 1991 tribute concert for locally-loved late folk legend Tim Buckley, estranged father of wouldbe falsetto wunderkind Jeff. Rather than delving into a textbook biopic centered around Jeff’s 1994 opus Grace and his tragic drowning, Algrant saw a more focused opportunity to celebrate both Buckleys.

“I mean, I was supposed to make a film about Jeff Buckley,” he says. “I heard Jeff play, you know, recorded, and I became very intrigued with his brilliance, his talent. But I became personally interested in making the film when I understood the story was really going to be about Jeff and the relationship with his father, with whom he really didn’t spend any time.”

Tim Buckley is often overshadowed by the Bob Dylans and Joni Mitchells of his generation (and later his son).

Algrant feels more dues should be paid to Buckley. “[Once I Was] is arguably one of the more important songs from that period and people have forgotten that. I mean, Once I Was should be our national anthem.” Audiences become fondly reintroduced as Jeff learns his deceased father’s work. “I tried to have the film be a jukebox of Tim Buckley,” says Algrant.

“In a sense, Jeff had that jukebox running through his head, all of Tim’s songs…he knew every note, he knew every word and every letter.”

With a barrel-scraping budget and strapped shooting schedule, Greetings From Tim Buckley leads up to one heart-hugging culmination, the legendary benefit concert at St. Ann’s Cathedral for Tim, where Jeff made his public singing debut. Algrant actually recreated the concert, shot over three days with a

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300-strong audience and performed live by Badgley and several of the musicians, including Grace and Mojo Pin co-writer Gary Lucas, who played there the first time. “It was suicidal,” says Algrant. “I just said, fuck it. We’re going to make a movie about an indie rocker in New York who died and he’s not here, his father who died and he’s not here, and we don’t have any money. What we could have is the possibility of taking real actors and doing it live, so that they’re going through essentially what [Jeff] went through.”

Life blatantly imitated art with the purely showersinging, casually guitar-playing Badgley learning the music of Tim and Jeff Buckley without either’s advice.

The parallels between both Badgley and Jeff’s discovery of Tim are rather charming, both having never played in public before the concert. “Penn Badgley was just in a perfect place to do this,” says Algrant. “He doesn’t have the same range of course as Jeff or Tim…and when he sang “Once I Was” that’s the first time he ever sang it through, ever.”

The search for a Jeff Buckley made headlines and hashtags worldwide, with everyone from James Franco to Robert Pattinson rumoured for the role.

After 100s of auditions, Algrant snuffled out 26-yearold Badgley. “This tape came in…Penn auditioning the record store scene. He was the only person who actually took that scene on. He makes tonnes of mistakes, he’s writhing around on the floor, but he sings all of it and he does this Led Zeppelin thing that was just crazy, ambitious and exquisite. And I said, that’’s the guy.”

Greetings From Tim Buckley opens in cinemas on Thursday August 1.

STEPHEN LYNCH

BY AUGUSTUS WELBY

American comedic songwriter Stephen Lynch is not quite a stranger to Australian audiences, having been here a couple of times over the last ten years. Ahead of his upcoming full-band theatre tour he admits that his previous visits didn’t involve much exploration.

“I’ll be honest, the first time I came I was on leave from a play I was doing in New York and they gave me like 48 hours. I flew in, taped a TV show and then flew immediately home. The last time I was there I played, I think it was a theatre inside of a casino, and I spent most of my waking hours gambling."

The acclaim for Lynch’s live show and corresponding studio albums demands that he’s on tour for a large portion of the year. However, his traveling habits aren’t too excessive and he stresses the importance of taking time off.

“I tour during the fall and winter, spring and I take summers off. I need a few months of not thinking about this shit and just being able to do what I want, and keep my sanity I guess. The people who tour year round, I don’t know how they do it quite frankly. I would want to put a shotgun in my mouth.”

Many creative wanderers face difficulty coming up with new material while on the road and Lynch explains that he needs to remove himself from the frenzy in order to get his best work done.

“I have to force myself to do it, which doesn’t mean that an idea won’t just suddenly occur to me in the middle of something, but it’s a rare occurrence. It really does take a sort of discipline to make time every day to sit down and attempt to be creative. I have to intentionally make my brain work that way.”

Lynch goes on to add that if his waking self can’t pull

it together he can always defer responsibility to the meanderings of his subconscious during reverie.

“When I fall asleep at night that’s when I tell my brain to think of something so when I wake up I have some ideas. My more intelligent and creative, but obviously much lazier, sleeping self should be able to get something done,” he laughs.

Laziness is a behavioural attribute commonly associated with comedians. Lynch speculates about the role laziness plays in his comedic endeavours.

“Maybe it’s part laziness and it’s partly the fact that you can’t just do the work. It has to be a pro-active thing and there’s an ingredient that’s not up to you. It’s up to some magical fairy who drops it into your brain. I’m speaking about inspiration of course, because you never know where that’s going to come from.”

Inspiration is vitally required to give his musical comedy a distinct edge and Lynch refers to the unreliability of inspiration’s generative powers.

“When you finally do drag yourself out of bed and go to wherever it is you consider ‘work’ it’s just a matter of hoping and praying for inspiration,” he says sincerely.

Despite the elusive nature of lucid inspiration Lynch does subscribe to the theory that you’ve got to work through the bad ideas before you can uncover quality material. He indicates that he’ll closely monitor the quality of his songs until

“YOU WANT SOMETHING THAT’S GOING TO LAST AND THAT’S GOING TO STAY WITH PEOPLE. YOU CAN STILL TACKLE SUBJECTS THAT ARE TABOO, BUT IF YOU CAN DO IT IN A CLEVER, INSIGHTFUL AND SMART WAY, AND MAYBE EVEN COMMENT ON IT IN THE PROCESS, IT’S MUCH MORE SATISFYING THAN JUST GETTING PEOPLE TO GASP WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING.”

he reaches something he thinks will endure.

“More days than not I leave with an empty pad of paper, but I’m not going to get anything done unless I try. If you just took any idea that came to you, you’d be very prolific but you’d also probably be shit. It’s good to edit yourself and to keep re-writing until you’re happy with what it is. In the long run you want to be able to look back and be proud of what you did.”

Lynch’s songs often deal with sensitive subject matter (such as mental disability on Special Ed and biblical history on Craig) and he explains that over the years he’s become increasingly careful about his jokes being received as offensive.

“It’s not something that I worried much about when I started. You know, you wanted to be rebellious and edgy and not afraid to say what’s on your mind. Now I think a little bit more about whom I’m targeting when I make these jokes and what am I saying and what I would want people to think I’m saying.”

Evidently Lynch understands that if his jokes aren’t rendered correctly they could be interpreted unfavourably.

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“It’s a tough balance because you want to be funny and you want to be satirical and you want to be smart and if I’m offending the right people, then great, I don’t mind that. It’s just, I don’t want there to be casualties because of something I say that’s taken the wrong way,” he says.

Ultimately Lynch believes that comedy’s underlying critical substance can shift people’s opinions and he expands on this claim to suggest that saying things simply for shock value is a weak technique.

“You want something that’s going to last and that’s going to stay with people. You can still tackle subjects that are taboo, but if you can do it in a clever, insightful and smart way, and maybe even comment on it in the process, it’s much more satisfying than just getting people to gasp when you say something.”

Stephen Lynch will grace Melbourne with his wit on Thursday August 22 at the Athenaeum Theatre.

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POND

BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

I catch Pond frontman extraordinaire Nick Allbrook as he enjoys some relative downtime from his numerous musical outlets. He’s been popping up occasionally around his current base of Melbourne, hitting the stage in solo mode while three fifths of Pond are engaged with touring duties for Tame Impala – the outfit Nick recently departed.

“Jamie [Terry] is asleep downstairs on the couch. The rest of the guys are in Brussels or something.” Nick answers when I enquire about his Pond bandmates’ whereabouts.

With such a multi-faceted and involved schedule over the past few years, the fact that the still-nascent Pond outfit have managed to clock up five fulllength releases with new LP, Hobo Rocket, is more than a little impressive. However, Nick dismisses the notion of prolificacy as somewhat of a fallacy. “The first couple of albums were pretty… eccentric,” he euphemises. “A lot of veteran bands could just pop one out if they so desired. It’s just that we’re dumb.

We decided that if we did something, it should be out anyway. I don’t feel like we’re that prolific, it’s just we have those stupid albums at the beginning.”

Hobo Rocket quickly follows up last year’s Beard, Wives, Denim – Pond’s first release on Modular – and the band may well be primed for another quickfire full-length release within the year. “We’ve recorded a whole bunch of stuff, we just need to figure out how and when and if we’ll put it out. Cam’s off with Tame Impala, and I’m in no rush to do it.”

Clocking in at a tidy seven tracks, Hobo Rocket is very much a clearly focussed musical statement. As Nick explains, it’s the result of a measured ethos. “You’ve definitely gotta cut yourself off, because it’s never finished. Otherwise you keep doing shit forever, refining it. Then your tastes change and ‘refined’ isn’t refined enough, or ‘refined’ is too refined so you have

to re-refine it. Then once you’ve re-refined it you can do it all again. So someone at some point needs to come in and say, ‘Shut up and pull your finger out, and put [the record] out’. I guess there are certain tiers [of decision making], everybody’s got to call it a number of times before it’s actually ‘called’. I’m pretty good at it. Probably because I’m lazy, saying ‘I can’t be fucked, let’s move on.’ But there are also deadlines.”

One of the many excellent, intertwining projects to emerge from Western Australia in the past half decade, Pond stem from the primordial ooze of outfit Mink Russell Creek. “Mink Russell Creek is like the original band, and we stopped doing it ages ago. Well, we didn’t really stop doing it I suppose – there’s no quitting, we just did the one album. We could always play shows again, but it’s not really going in the usual sense. Most of the guys are in Perth, Kevin [Parker] is on tour, and there’s no particular reason to rehash the old songs.”

Throughout the concise tracklisting present on Hobo Rocket, we’re taken through a disparate array of mind-bending psychedelia, including a star turn from a Perth street performer identity on the title track – “It’s a sort of accumulation of Cowboy John’s lyrical musings, and he just came in and cut loose on the microphone” – and some Eastern touches – “That’s Joe [Ryan], he loves his sitar. But he also buys Peruvian knitwear from Fremantle Market, so y’know.

It’s all part of the same parcel.”

The recollection of the golden age of heavy and

experimental rock is not necessarily a motivated move, Nick explains. “I didn’t think it sounded like a vintage thing. There was all this different stuff we were listening to. Joe was probably listening to bloody Paul McCartney & Wings or something. Gum [aka Jay Watson] was probably listening to ELO, then decided that ELO is too pussy, then listened to Chrome or something,” he laughs. “So it changes daily, with each person.”

As opposed to his former role in Tame Impala, Nick is very much the frontman of Pond. So what does he think makes a good frontman? “You gotta be completely aware of your own stupidity for 40 minutes a day or something, that’s probably it. I got good at forgetting that I looked like a fool.”

As for his experience with Tame Impala, particularly

during the runaway success of last year’s acclaimed Lonerism, Nick is philosophical. “I got to do stuff that no one else gets to do. That’s pretty cool. I saw the world in a way that nobody else gets to see it. I saw it from a different angle, a very privileged angle,” he humbly states. “You learn what you learn, these little things stick to you as you go along. I swear I saw a Japanese game show where they have to run as far as they can with all this shit sticking to them, gradually picking up more and more. Maybe it was a dream, I dunno. But either way, that’s what life is like: a Japanese game show that I invented.”

digitally. We did it naturally; I mean, we didn’t want to make it lo-fi, but we recorded everything at the same time in the room then added anything we needed (later) but we didn’t go too much into overproducing or anything.”

It’s notable on tracks like Follow Baby; a highly sung harmony is flanked by distorted guitar, and on Lovesick where the bouncy chorus is balanced with grittier vocal delivery in the verses, the dichotomy of sounds working surprisingly well, though structurally speaking, it’s not necessarily by design. “I guess that’s just how we do it,” says Harry, and I can almost imagine him shrugging his shoulders as he says it. He’s a little coy too when asked about life in the touring van; no wild stories are forthcoming. “It has its highs and it has its lows. I guess in the van, it’s diverse. It changes, sometimes everyone will be all at sea, other times very awake…”

Despite claiming their approach to playing live is

an “ill prepared one”, live reviews have been strong for Peace, so Australian audiences fear not (though I’m not overly inspired from our conversation that Koisser will be regaling many with anecdotes between songs). We’ll get to enjoy the music at least, but will they get time to enjoy the East Coast, what with a gig every other day? “I assume we might get some time off. In which case we’re fully up for seeing what it’s all about. I guess we’ll get a good taste of the place. We’re spending three days in Melbourne; I hope that we leave feeling acquainted with the place.” The feeling is mutual.

Hobo Rocket is out Friday August 2 through Modular.

PEACE

BY GARRATH WESTMORE

With a name like Peace, you could be forgiven for thinking the British four-piece were the sons of hippies that breast fed them until they were fourteen and kept dream catchers above their bean bag beds. But no, they’re not a hippie revivalist band; the lads from Birmingham tend to mix brighter indie-rock with washed out ‘90s distortion rather than any flower-power acoustic strumming.

So where they ever worried about being misjudged or marketed as something they’re not? “I guess at the time we were,” says lead singer and guitarist Harry Koisser, speaking from England about when the band first chose the name. “Though it definitely seemed completely right at the time, still does really.” The name actually derived from a photo of celebrations that took place following the announcement World War II was over. “We were looking for a band name at the time and (in the photo) there’s this crowd of people, it looked almost like a concert, like a photo from a stage. So that was the first time we’d thought of it as a band name.”

And it stuck. After originally being named November and the Criminal (far more foreboding than Peace, one’s got to say), the name change coincided with the band’s growing popularity. They gigged for a couple of years in Birmingham, playing shows predominately to their mates or “no one” laughs Koisser, but that eventually changed. Soon they started looking out onto crowds to see it wasn’t just their friends’ faces anymore. “When we actually put music online and recorded stuff it gave people something to listen to.

Then when we did our first long tour, which was like sixty days I think, sort of halfway through it started to pick up more.”

Now it’s picking up internationally, SXSW and Primavera being two notable and big outings for the

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band. Does the approach change from playing gigs to mates in Birmingham, to playing massive crowds at festivals then? “Not really, we’ve always done the same thing…which is to be ill prepared,” Koisser jokes wryly. He sounds a little ill prepared for our interview too, as he yawns throughout. He apologises, “It’s first thing in the morning, just getting my head around the day.” I sympathise, it’s not easy waking up and answering long-winded questions from some guy on the other side the world. “A little bit,” agrees Koisser.

He’s more lively when talking about the prospect of coming to Australia and of playing three shows in Melbourne, no small feat for a band that’s been around for a relatively short amount of time. “We were really surprised, none of us have ever been there. I only knew that (we were doing three shows) when I saw it on my calendar, at that stage I had no idea, I thought it was some kind of witch magic.”

There’s no witchery or mystery involved though; Peace’s debut release got some serious hype from NME (which can sometimes be either a blessing or a curse) and some decent radio play here. It’s a solid debut and sets itself apart from other contemporary indie-rock bands through the notably less produced sound.

“I think a lot of, well pretty much everything I listen to that’s modern is a bit clean, I think it’s a bit too easy to make it sound perfect when you’re recording If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it be and why?

I don’t get the 'Ween' thing. I don’t really want anyone to die or anything, but if that is what it takes to stop people trying to convert me.

Define your genre in five words or less: Thrills, action, laughs and tears.

What part of music excites you the most?

Stevie Nicks circa 1975.

Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them?

We currently have our first single Wavygravy out for free download on our website and bandcamp. We have just finished recording our EP, which is not too far away from being released.

What makes a good musician?

Josh lost his virginity while listening to Mr. Bungle, he turned out pretty good.

Which band would you most like to have a battle/ showdown with?

I don’t really know what a band battle/showdown would involve, but we smashed The Laughing Leaves in a cricket match last year and would be happy to do that again.

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When’s the gig and with who?

The Fifth Floor Warehouse party extravaganza with The Murlocs, Strangers From Now On and millions more, its going to be ace - get on it!

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PEACE play The Eagle Bar at La Trobe University on Friday September 13, followed by two shows at the Northcote Social Club on Saturday September 14 and Sunday September 15. In Love is out now on Columbia Records.

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on tour JAMES BLAKE [UK] Wednesday July 31, Palais Theatre & Howler SALVA [USA] Friday August 2, The Liberty Social JAMES PANTS [USA] Saturday August 3, Revolver Upstairs CHVRCHES [UK] Monday August 5, Corner Hotel PANGAEA [UK], FUNCTION [USA] Friday August 9, Brown Alley SPEEDY J [NED] Friday August 16, Mercat Basement D-BLOCK & S-TE-FAN [NED] Friday August 16, Chaser’s Nightclub DJ SPRINKLES [USA] Friday August 16, First Floor BRO SAFARI [USA] Saturday August 17, Brown Alley BIG CHOCOLATE [USA] Saturday August 17, Brown Alley THE GAME [USA] Thursday August 22, The Espy DANNY KRIVIT [USA] Friday August 23, New Guernica KAYTRANADA [CAN], RYAN HEMSWORTH [CAN] Saturday August 24, Brown Alley WEN [UK] Saturday August 24, Brown Alley SIGMA [UK] Friday August 30, Brown Alley JOHN “00” FLEMING [UK] Friday September 6, Prince Bandroom MARCOS CABRAL [USA] Friday September 13, Mercat Basement GHOSTPOET [UK] Saturday September 14, Corner Hotel HERNAN CATTANEO [ARG] Friday September 20, Prince Bandroom RUDIMENTAL [UK] Saturday September 21, Festival Hall ROBERT HOOD [USA] Saturday September 21, The Liberty Social LISTEN OUT: DISCLOSURE [UK], TNGHT [UK], AZEALIA BANKS [USA] + MORE Saturday October 5, Observatory Precinct, Royal Botanic Gardens MICKEY AVALON [USA] Friday October 18, Corner Hotel PORTER ROBINSON [USA] Sunday October 20, Billboard SALT N PEPA [USA] Saturday November 16, Palais Theatre STRAWBERRY FIELDS: CARL CRAIG [USA], MOODYMANN [USA] Friday November 22 - Sunday November 24 , TBA EARTHCORE: ANGY KORE [ITA], PERFECT STRANGER [ISR] + MORE Friday November 29 - Sunday December 2, TBA STEREOSONIC: DAVID GUETTA [FRA], ARMIN VAN BUUREN [NED], CALVIN HARRIS [UK] + MORE Saturday December 7 - Sunday December 8, Royal Melbourne Showgrounds RAINBOW SERPENT: DONATO DOZZY [ITA], MICHAEL MAYER [GER] + MORE Friday January 24 - Monday January 27, Lexton BRUNO MARS [USA], MIGUEL [USA] Tuesday March 4 & Wednesday March 5, Rod Laver Arena

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Over the years, urban culture has become ingrained in the social consciousness of Australia – impressively so. Respective breakdancing, music, culture and arts movements now have their own following, with breakout performers gaining the credibility that once might have eluded them. Bam Bam is one such artist; initially starting life as a 17-year-old breakdancer, he is now achieving critical mass - and rightly so.

“Breakdancing was actually my first real profession,” chimes the youngster. “Back in the day, you really had to become a part of the culture.

It wasn’t just becoming a rapper or a producer, you had to really be a part of the scene.” Likewise, having plenty of mates involved in the scene didn’t hurt either – “rapping, producing or whatever,” he says. “I started writing pretty hard but back then there weren’t a lot of people doing it. Then of course the scene grew really quickly and things sort of came together.”

Fast forward a few years and we’re talking about performing and writing – all the things he’d initially only dreamt of. “360 was one of my best mates and he was focused on music and breaking and he took off and I was motivated as a result of that,” he admits.

Musically, that lad got more and more involved – to the extent that last year, he completed two mixtapes that helped him make his mark. In turn, he suggests that more than anything it was about gaining momentum. “It’s something I’d always wanted to do but I also wanted to get out there a little – and I knew that it would lead to something more. In the meantime too, I’d been working towards an album but recently decided that I would turn it into an EP first – so I hope to get that out towards the end of the year. I have been working with awesome producers and other artists but music is a difficult and long process and I want to get the best product out that I can.”

Lyrically, the lad claims the EP – and ultimately the album – will be an eclectic mix of content and other stuff. “Again, it’s what comes to me at the time,” he says. “There are things that happen to you in everyday life.

Sometimes that stuff is good or bad or positive or negative; that’s the great thing about being an artist, you don’t have to follow rules. You end up just doing what comes naturally. I always just wanted to pick what represents

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Bam Bam will play at the Sprung hip hop festival alongside 360, Drapht, Seth Sentry, Diafrix, Urthboy and many more at the Kevin Bartlett Sports Complex on Saturday October 19. facebook.com/bambammusic soundcloud.com/bambammusic

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Has any dance fad ever outstayed it’s welcome moreso than twerking? I think not.

Fresh off the back of their Night & Day EP, Sigma are heading down to Melbourne. Cameron Edwards and Joe Lenzie aka Sigma have been making waves in drum and bass scene since 2007. Having gained support from Annie Mac, remixed Top Cat, Ms Dynamite and grime stalwart Skepta Sigma’s star seems to be on the rise. If they weren’t busy enough they have now added label owners to their resume with Life Recordings. With local support from Soulflex, Monkee, Lickweed, Rick Dirk, Switchstate and many more this night will turn Brown Alley into a drum and bass heaven. Make sure to head down to Brown Alley on Friday August 30.

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tour rumours Psychemagik, Sigha & Shifted, Smallpeople, Dave Clarke, Jus-Ed, Skudge, Pantha Du Prince, Shed, Tyree Cooper, Roman Flügel, Jam City, Andr

Indeed, he goes on about not being drawn on a flavor-of-the-month type of scenario; for Bam Bam isn’t hell bent on reading the market, as it were.

“I don’t approach my music with a plan specifically – to be honest,” he proclaims proudly. “I don’t even particularly want to come across differently from the next man. I make the music I want to make – I’m not sticking to a particular set of rules or sticking to a creative process or whatever. So however that sounds, whatever the end product is, then so be it.”

He does admit though that he cares what people think. He continues with

this: “I’m making the music I hope people like.” Musically too, he finds the most inspiration and direction from within his own circle. “In the beginning, it was myself. Then Seth, 360 and Pez – we were hitting up these venues and we were rapping to the same people week in week out. We were doing it for the love and really, for our mates. We took turns getting up there and doing rhymes.”

No less, he recounts how back in the day there was no real market for locally bred hip hop. But he gives praise to guys like Bliss N Eso and Hilltop Hoods, claiming they opened the door to a local market that has benefited everyone. “All of us are better off,” he chimes. “The artists, the fans – all the people that had dreams of doing music and stuck it out; their dreams have come true and it no longer has to be something that we just do on the side. So much so, that even with no real guidelines, it comes naturally. I have never wanted to conform and right now, I’m feeling like I don’t have to.”

Finally, Bam Bam lets on about the upcoming Sprung Festival, which he admits feeling rather excited about. “It’s going to be awesome,” he explains. “I was there for the last two years and it wasn’t just an amazing lin up, it also had a great vibe. It was great to see so many people at a festival listening to just hip hop. The line up this year again is insane; so if last year was anything to go by the whole thing this year will be great. To date, Sprung has been one of my favorite ever shows – and for this year, I’ve got some things planned that will ensure people won’t ever forget it!”

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me as an artist and I feel that I’m doing that. Even in a producer, I look for something different -whether it’s a jazz or rock vibe – anything can spark up inspiration,” he explains.

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Animals Dancing are returning with Marcos Cabral.

A fixture of New York’s techno scene, Marcos Cabral has been working within Brooklyn’s electronic music community for longer than most of his peers. Beginning in the late ‘80s he’s tried his hand at playing hip hop, house and saw firsthand the ‘90s rave scene many never have.

Curator of three labels, one half of duo Runaway with Jacques Renault, Marcos keeps himself busy on his ever evolving sound with a long list of Runaway releases and remixes. His False Memories LP is the initiation of Cabral’s more experimental side, blending industrial, noise and techno elements through delay and saturation in a 14 track compilation from various cassette tape recordings spanning the years of 1998-2000. Head down to Mercat Basement on Friday September 13.

Back for its second year, Twisted Audio’s Homegrown FreQs competition is back to discover Australia’s fresh and undiscovered talent. Teaming up with some of the most respected crews from around the country, Twisted Audio endeavour to give individuals a platform to showcase their talents and really get noticed. This year there will be five live regional heats in major capitals around Australia with each regional winner to be flown to Melbourne to compete in the national final. If you think you have what it takes submit your mix to the Twisted Audio before Saturday August 31.

john “00” fleming

Darkbeat and Sunset are joining forces once again to bring you the next instalment of the JOOF Editions with the legend himself: John “00” Fleming. They don’t come bigger than JOOF in the world of underground trance, even the king of dance radio, Pete Tong, has said that John is “A national treasure of trance music”.

Catch him at the Prince Bandroom on Friday September 6.

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After two years of bringing the ruckus in Brisbane, the country’s biggest local hip hop festival has announced its Melbourne debut. The Sprung Festival will hit Melbourne with headliner 360, plus an all-star roster of Australian hip hop talent. Rounding out the very tasty lineup will be Seth Sentry, The Funkoars, Horrorshow, Thundamentals, Diafrix, Brad Strut, Allday, The Crate Cartel, Bam Bam, Lazy Grey & Jake Biz, Dialectrix, Purpose, Mr Hill & Rahjconkas, K21, Eloji, Komplete, Chelsea Jane, Savo and Urthboy. Sprung Festival takes place at Kevin Bartlett Sporting And Recreation Complex, Burnley on Saturday October 19. Tickets cost only $79 (or $130 for a VIP ticket which includes your own exclusive area with bar and toilets, Sprung merchandise back, premium drinks and a raised viewing deck to see all of your favourite acts) and are on sale from sprunghiphop. com.au.

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The Heavy Innit crew have been pushing the sound of the UK underground in Melbourne fervently and they’re about to celebrate their fifth birthday. To celebrate they have brought together a massive lineup of local producers, MCs and one of the freshest international acts going around, Wen. Having scored support from DJ Blackdown on Rinse FM for his exceptional production, Wen has found himself a the forefront of new wave grime that has rekindled what was considered a dying genre. Make sure you get down to Mercat Basement for the celebrations on Saturday August 24.

A celebration of 300 shows of Trancegression on Kiss FM will see a huge show with four international acts. Manuel Le Saux has made a name for himself by championing the sound of euphoric trance across Europe, becoming known for uplifting trance and his vast list of productions and remixes. Darren Porter will join him, being one of the UK’s most recent exports in trance, making his presence known in the EDM scene with chart topping tracks like Springs Scent and Daytona, after receiving support and recognition from the likes of Sean Tyas and Aly & Fila. They’ll be joined by Gareth Weston whose tracks Hell Raiser and Checkmate are considered seminal. With support from local talent Johnny L, Pinkque, Pepe Medrano, Dave Disley and James in the trance main room this will be a celebration not to miss. Make sure to head down to Glenferrie Social on Friday September 13.

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An accomplished producer and musician, Demarco emerged as an artist with his seminal singles Fallen Soldiers and Duppy Know Who Fi Frighten. His unique dancehall reggae sets him apart from his peers making a name for himself with his versatility and refined talent. He embodies a new age of cutting edge artists, whose ability to intertwine song writing with music production, engineering, and performing and whose capacity to use these skills seamlessly between dancehall, roots reggae, hip hop and R&B puts him in constant demand. Head down to The Espy to see him live on Saturday September 7.

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words / joshua hayes Perth beat maker Reggie ‘Ta-ku’ Matthews is on the verge of big things, with international buzz, co-signs by the likes of Diplo and Baauer, and his full length debut on the horizon. Released within days of each other, Matthews’ most recent efforts demonstrate his range as a producer. DoWhatYouLove, a collection of soulful instrumentals put out on vinyl by German label Jakarta Records captures the essence of Matthews’ J Dilla inspired beat making, while ReϟWrk Vol.II finds him exploring trap, two-step and juke music on a series of dancefloororiented remixes.

“They’re both different spectrums of what I produce. They both came out at the same time so it was a bit interesting to see what would happen, but both were really well received, so I’m happy about that,” Matthews says, noting that he had recently decided to rename his ReTwerk series. “I’m actually not too comfortable with me naming it that anymore, so I’ll change it.”

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My best memories of Darin McFadyen are those photos of him puffing on a cigar, sporting a massive head of dreadlocked hair. But I haven’t forgotten about his unflinching ability to rip the dance floor a new one with his twisted beats, bass and breaks. And don’t bet on a single genre at any of his shows either – it might be electro, or breaks, some dub, even reggae or hip hop. Indeed, this man has changed little over the last one and a half decades; for he is still about delivering the best experience possible no matter the venue or location.

In 2013 he explains that as always, he is moving into a new direction and presenting a different take on the FreQ Nasty experience,

The two records come halfway through a busy, and productive, year for Matthews. April saw the release of Bricks & Mortar, a record featuring one side produced by German beat maker Suff Daddy, and the other side produced by Matthews, which was supposed to be released in conjunction with a limited edition sneaker designed by Highs And Lows (although supplier issues meant that the shoe has been delayed until September). Matthews says the idea for the record came out of a chat he had with his friend Matt Thomas, co-owner of Highs And Lows, and email conversations with Suff Daddy, who produced his half while briefly living in Sydney.

Meanwhile, an older album with Raashan Ahmad, recorded during the Crown City Rockers MCs 2009 Australian tour, has just been released

by Jakarta Records as a free download and limited vinyl pressing, and Matthews’ next EP Songs To Break Up To, is due in the next month or so.

Despite his prodigious output, Matthews’ daily routine involves only an hour of making music – often right before he goes to sleep around one or two am. These nocturnal habits impact his sound. “Night time, for me, is a time when I’m at my most relaxed, I’m at my most reflective. Things are winding down. It’s not as stressful as during the day,” he says. “I used to be a student back in the day, and if you’re a student, you’re a night owl pretty much for the rest of your life.”

Growing up, Matthews listened to whatever hip hop was popular on the radio, but was gradually introduced to acts like A Tribe Called Quest by friends. Two songs ultimately inspired him to begin dabbling in production – J Dilla’s Fall-N-Love (from Slum Village’s Fantastic, Vol II) and Souls Of Mischief’s 93 Til Infinity.

“When I listened to [those tracks] when I was growing up, I was like ‘man, who produced this? Or how do you produce this? Where do you get these sounds? Is this a sample? If so, how do you sample?’, so, those [songs] really ignited my curiosity and got me going,” he says.

Since attending the 2008 Red Bull Music Academy in Barcelona, he has been building his name internationally with a series of acclaimed releases, including 24 for Californian record label and radio station Soulection, and his tributes to late artists that have inspired him, 50 Days For Dilla and 25

Nights For Nujabes. The accolades are piling up, with Diplo and Baauer including his music on their Endless Summer playlist and Rinse FM mix respectively, a production credit on Drapht’s recent single Tasty, and high profile remixes for Flume and Hermitude.

One thing Matthews hasn’t done yet, though, is release his official debut album. (He says that he considered his numerous digital releases and handful of vinyls to be ‘passion projects’.) However, it is in the works, and looks set for an early 2014 release. “It’s going to be different, but still similar to what I make. It’s got a few features on it, and I plan to do it really big,” Matthews says, before adding that he can’t really talk about the project. “It’s something I’m passionate about and it will be a culmination of all the styles I’ve done.”

Although a properly promoted debut album – one that an artist with Matthews’ worldwide buzz would be capable to receiving – has potential to do big things, he isn’t particularly interested in fame or touring. “It’s something that I don’t really want to analyse too much,” he says.

“It sounds clichéd… but I just want to do it for the music, nothing else. I’m not a touring artist; I’m not someone that likes to be in the spotlight too much. I just want to make music and put it out. An artist can be that in this time. In the age we’re living in, you can just release music and there’s an audience there. You don’t necessarily have to be out and about and meeting industry people all the time,” he adds. “I don’t particularly like the club scene, but I love listening to music and locking myself away. Even travelling and listening to music in my headphones. It’s a very personal relationship, music and I.”

describing it as ‘an opportunity to step back to step forward.’ He is also enjoying work on the Dub Kirtan All Stars releases – a live band project that pushes new boundaries musically. We even reminisce for a moment about my favourite piece of FreQ output – his Fabric 42 release. He says harking back: “Ah yes, I remember. I even recall getting the call to do that mix! It was a great moment. Fabric is a real part of dance music history and culture. It’s done a lot for me and it has always been a great way to highlight the artists coming out that weren’t necessarily known for a particular style of music, if that makes sense?”

For Darin though, it has almost always been beats and breaks – or variations on that theme – he’ll even go out on a limb and term it ‘good bass music.’ But that doesn’t change the fact that a party with him as a headliner is a riot – and generally not something you can stand around having a chin stroke to. “Things are always happening in electronic music and now much more so than ever before,” he says. “Genres are so constricting in terms of what they force you to do. One of the things about breaks and reggae and dubstep is that it’s always been nice to showcase newer forms of music when you play without feeling too restricted.”

“I think for a start as well, music is cross pollinating a lot more that ever before. Sounds from any given genre – that maybe used to define a genre – are now becoming so mixed up that you have trance and hip hop and electro in any style. I thought at first it was crazy, but then you get used to it and find that it works. The sounds that used to be unique to a certain genre broke down a long time ago - and then the tempo switched up a lot

and then 138BPM became average and 140BPM became dubstep and now all that stuff can sound pretty similar depending on who plays it or when or how, you know?”

What it has meant too is that people are getting into the music because it’s diversifying and opening the floodgates to more and more open minded punters. And Darin thinks the same: “I agree, I think it’s great that the audience is discovering new music. People are beginning to understand the music and the culture and so much more; I think it’s fantastic for the scene in general.

Likewise, what can fans expect from his forthcoming shows? Musically, they can certainly expect the unexpected - a cacophony of sounds and styles designed to make you do one thing – dance. Leave the attitude and the door but don’t forget to check your jacket. You won’t need it.

Ta-ku’s Dowhatyoulove is out now through Jakarta Records. ReϟWrk Vol.II is out now through Bandcamp. facebook.com/takugotbeats soundcloud.com/takugotbeats

FreQ Nasty plays at the Earthcore 20th Anniversary alongside Ace Ventura, Captain Hook, Perfect Stranger and more, which takes place from Friday November 29 - Sunday December 1 at a yet to be disclosed location in country Victoria. facebook.com/djfreqnasty soundcloud.com/freqnasty

club guide Wednesday July 31 COQ ROQ - FEAT: AGENT 86 + DJS LADY NOIR + JOYBOT + KITI + MR

Saturday August 3 CLUB FICTION - FEAT: KITTY ROCK & THE BAD LADIES

THOM Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm.

HOODRAPZ - FEAT: WEDNESDAY Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm.

NEW GUERNICA WEDNESDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

THE DINNER SET Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm.

Red Bennies, South Yarra. 10:00pm.

DJ YMCMR The Wharf Hotel, Melbourne. 8:30pm.

FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS - FEAT: BILLY HOYLE + DJS DUCHESZ + MZRIZK + WASABI First Floor, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

HOT STEP Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

LAB 22 Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

MIXED DRINKS SATURDAYS Libation, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

MOTEL SATURDAYS The Motel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm.

NEW GUERNICA SATURDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

SATURDAYS - FEAT: ACTION SAM + DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

SATURDAYS AT ONE TWENTY BAR - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS One Twenty Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

SOUND EMPIRE - FEAT: DJ TATE STRAUSS + DJ JOE SOFO + DJ MATTY + DJ MISS SARAH + DJ PHIL ROSS Fusion, Southbank. 9:30pm. $25.

STAR SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Star Bar, South Melbourne. 8:00pm.

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 HOUSE DEFROST - FEAT: DJ ANDEE FROST Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm.

THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: MAT CANT + RANSOM + TOO MUCH + BOOGS + CONGO TARDIS #1 + DANIELSAN + MR MOONSHINE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm.

Thursday August 1 3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + JAKE JUDD + NIKKI SARAFIAN + HEY SAM + JESSE YOUNG + JOHN DOE + SEAN RAULT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 5:00pm.

BILLBOARD THURSDAYS - FEAT: MATT DEAN + MATTY GRANT + PHIL ROSS Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10.

CHI BEATS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

CQ SESSIONS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Cq, Melbourne. 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.

LOVE STORY Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm.

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: DJS PREQUEL & EDD FISHER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm.

RADIONICA Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm.

VARSITY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Friday August 2 ANYTIME

Workshop, Melbourne. 8:30pm.

BADABOOM FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.

CANT SAY Platform One, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.

CHI FRIDAYS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

CQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

DEE VUKI The Wharf Hotel, Melbourne. 6:30pm.

DISCOTHEQUE - FEAT: ELANA MUSTO + GREG SARA + SCOTT T Match Bar & Grill, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

FEEL GOOD FRIDAYS - FEAT: BOBBY LOVE + CARGO + DJ REG-E + ESG + JAYSIN + PUPPET + RAJ K + SANKA + SHAGGZ The Motel, South Melbourne. 7:00pm.

FUSION FRIDAY Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm.

LA DANSE MACABRE - FEAT: DJ TROPHY WIVES Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 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.

THE FOX FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm.

Sunday August 4 NEW GUERNICA SUNDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

REVOLVER SUNDAYS - FEAT: DJ BOOGS + DJ SPACEY SPACE + DJ RADIATOR + DJ SILVERSIX + DJ T-REK Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:30pm.

SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:30pm.

Monday August 5 IBIMBO - FEAT: LADY NOIR & KITI

Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

KOOL AID - FEAT: DJ MU-GEN Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

TWERKERS CLUB - FEAT: DJ FLETCH Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

Tuesday August 6 COSMIC PIZZA Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:00pm.

CURIOUS TALES Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

DJ JAGUAR E55, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

IBIMBO - FEAT: LADY NOIR & KITI Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

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COMPRESSION SESSION - FEAT: CASSAWARRIOR + DD + RICKA E55, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

SOUL ENSEMBLE Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

DJ OAKLEY GRENELL Birmingham Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

LAUNDRY SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

SATURDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY SIN + DJ K DEE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm.

THE DOJO Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

Thursday August 1 HAARLO + AINSLIE WILLS + ELIZA HULL Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $12.

PENNIES 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.

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Sunday August 4 OPEN DECKS Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 6:30pm.

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Monday August 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.

HUSTLE JUNGLE - FEAT: KT & CHUCK + SAMMY THE BULLET + THADDEOUS DOE Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

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.

FREEDOM PASS - FEAT: PHIL ROSS + B-BOOGIE + CHRIS MAC + DOZZA Co., Southbank. 9:30pm.

Tuesday August 6 CAN I KICK Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

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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 RUDD GOVERNMENT SETS UP NATIONAL OFFICE FOR LIVE MUSIC

STUDY: FESTIVALS INCREASE ONLINE MUSIC PIRACY

GOOD WORK #1: RANGERS DAY FUND RAISER

The Rudd Government has set up a new National Office for Live Music, spending $560,000 over three years on it in conjunction with APRA. The money will also fund a taskforce to come up with initiatives to support live music. It’s appointed musicians as its ambassadors – Dave Faulkner of the Hoodoo Gurus and Stavros Yiannoukas of Bluejuice for NSW, Kevin Mitchell of Jebediah (Vic), MC Suffa of the Hilltop Hoods (SA), Katie Noonan (Qld), Leah Flanagan (NT), Kav Temperley of Eskimo Joe (WA) and Dewayne Everettsmith (Tas). A few days before the announcement, Rudd was a surprise guest at Marieke Hardy’s Dream Dinner, a Melbourne fund raiser for SLAM (Save Live Music Australia). He joined Andrew Denton, Matt Preston, Gotye (who stepped in when Julia Gillard had to pull out) and Kevin Mitchell, and had a jaw with SLAM about its concerns on live music.

Festivals cause an increase in online music piracy, suggests new research from Spotify. It noticed that a spike happens for artists after they’ve played a music festival due to fans wanting to relive the music and going to illegal channels to do so. It says, “Academics and policy makers who are researching this topic may want to consider other events such as awards and talent shows to see if similar spikes occur.” The study also found acts who don’t stream when they release their records physically are quickly pirated.

Tex Perkins, Magic Dirt’s Raul Sanchez, Dallas Crane’s Pat Bourke and Gus Agars of The Vandas formed themselves into The Ape. They play the Annual World Rangers Day Fundraising Gala along with DJ Max Crawdaddy on August 3 at the Regal Ballroom, Northcote. The dinner event raises funds for the Thin Green Line Foundation (www. thingreenline.org.au) to fund wildlife-protecting operations and to support the families of murdered rangers. A thousand were killed in the past ten years as the illegal wildlife trade booms.

MELBOURNE SCORES IN LIVE PERFORMANCE SURVEY Melbourne has proven itself – again – to be the live music capital of Australia. In the 9th Ticket Attendance And Revenue Survey, released this week by the Live Performance Australia association, Victoria is the only state to post significant growth in the Contemporary Music category in the last 12 months in both revenue and attendance. In terms of revenue, Victoria grew 3.5% to a total of $157.5 million. This gave it a 32.7% share of the national market for Contemporary Music. In terms of attendance in the Contemporary Music category, Victoria grew by 2.6% to selling 1.8 million tickets, with a 32.9% share.

See full details and analysis on www.beat.com.au.

IAN KENNY MAKES CHART HISTORY With Karnivool’s third album Asymmetry debuting at #1 on the ARIA chart, singer Ian Kenny made chart history.

He also fronts Birds of Tokyo whose album March Fires debuted at #1 in March this year. ARIA revealed he was “the first singer to have two #1 albums in the same calendar year with two different bands.” Prior, Jimmy Barnes (1984), Eminem (2004) and Roy Orbison (1989) had two #1 albums in the same calendar year with solo releases as well as releases as members of groups (Cold Chisel, D12, Traveling Wilburys). 2013 is shaping up to be the best year for No.1 albums by Australian acts this decade: the ‘Vool are the eighth local act to hit the top.

AUSSIE APP SOUNDHALO LAUNCHED

BY ATOMS FOR PEACE New Melbourne-invented app/ platform Soundhalo was launched globally at two shows in London by Atoms For Peace. It allows fans to download songs played at a concert anywhere in the world minutes after so that they can relive the experience from www.soundhalo.com or apps for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. It was created by ex-Hunters & Collectors guitarist Baz Palmer and digital media entrepreneur Liza Boston. See www.beat.com.au for full details.

MODULAR SETS UP MUSIQUE AGENCY Stephen Pavlovic’s Modular launched talent and booking The Musique Agency. It will be run by agents Paul Stix (stix@ themusiqueagency.com), ex-Modular Agency, and Martin Doyle (martin@themusiqueagency.com), ex-Magic Cactus.

Pavlovic said, “Working at the forefront of the electronic and contemporary music scene, The Musique Agency will be representing the booking and domestic strategies of a number of artists both established and emerging.” Its roster includes The Avalanches, Van She, Bag Raiders, Canyons, The Laurels, Super Wild Horses and Standish/Carlyon.

MAVIS’S CRY VOTED BEST BALLARAT SONG A poll by the Ballarat Courier to find out the best song to come out of Ballarat was topped by Cry by The Mavis’s, followed by The Dead Salesmen’s Wendouree. Both bands had three entries each. 15 acts made the list including Epicure, Hunting Grounds, Brown Dog and The Fat Thing.

60 SECONDS WITH… VICTORIANA GAYE Define your genre in five words or less: Indie folk pop Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like?

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So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say?

Is that a trumpet or a clarinet? What sort of guitar is that?

They sound like the B-52s crossed with....I need another beer.

TOOT TOOT TOOTS CHANGE NAME TO TWIN BEASTS Toot Toot Toots changed their name to Twin Beasts. They explain “Pretty much, after we completed the new album we were discussing future releases and tour plans. We found out that the word ‘Toot’ was being lost in translation.

In a number of counties the word was widely being interpreted as ‘fart’. It was actually the first thing people thought of when they heard the word ‘toot’.” Toot is also slang for the blast hole on the side of a bong or pipe or snorting powdery illegal drugs or bouncing your ass up and down during sex. Twin Beasts recorded their next album with ARIA nominated producer Burke Reid.

THINGS WE HEAR * Sydney duo Jagwar Ma returned from Europe to discover that their first Sydney shows as well as those in Melbourne and Adelaide sold out. After their Splendour gig, they jet off to Japan to play Summersonic festival before their Reading and Bestival shows in the UK and then their US debut in Sept. * A dumbass student from Virginia Tech wrote to Nirvana’s label Sub Pop requesting they record a video message wishing the college the best for their football match that weekend. For the younger readers of this column, Nirvana broke up in 1994 after the death of leader Kurt Cobain.

Four SubPop staffers dressed as Nirvana and shot a video with the message. On receiving it, the student squawked, “You are the best, thank you guys, you are awesome!”

Meantime, other members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic as well as Pat Smear joined Paul McCartney at a Seattle show for some Beatles songs. * Argentinean DJ Hernan Cattaneo has told the Prince Bandroom that his show in September will run a minimum of five hours. * Airbourne’s return to their hometown Warrnambool, to 500 fans at the packed out Whalers Hotel, was wild enough, especially when they unveiled their new single Live It Up. But the show was not as a wild as their last show in the town, at the Criterion, in 2006. A friend of the band clambered up the PA stack and leapt at the ceiling, only to have his head sliced by a ceiling fan. * Emma Shute of Jervis Bay will represent Sydney in the Your Shot DJ hunt and Sam Rigby of Coolangatta does the honours for Brisbane. The Melbourne final event will take place on Saturday August 3 and Sunday August 4. * Sacha Baron Cohen pulled out of a new Freddie Mercury biopic after falling out with the other Queen members. He wanted it to be a tell-all about Mercury while they wanted it to be about the band. * In the wake of ex-The Vines drummer Hamish Rosser’s departure from the Andrew Stockdale band (Wolfmother in some places), Elliott Hammond has left to return to Delta Riggs and collaborate on a project with Angus Stone.

Meanwhile, Sam Gethin-Jones, bassist with Brisbane’s Last Dinosaurs has quit, saying he seeks a “different pathway” to his music. * Warner Music has moved to 36 Wellington Street, Collingwood Vic 3066.

MORE GIGS AT HANGING ROCK After the success of shows at Hanging Rock by Bruce Springsteen, Rod Stewart and Leonard Cohen (promoted

by Frontier Touring), Macedon Ranges Shire Council is in the process of signing a five-year deal with a promoter to keep the shows coming. The Boss and Rod shows injected $12 million into the local economy. Frontier’s Michael Gudinski spearheaded the move to stage shows with a spectacular background.

GOOD WORKS #2: PATAPHYSICS SINGS FOR ASYLUM SEEKERS Kevin Rudd’s policy about asylum seekers so enraged Melbourne rapper Pataphysics that he rushed out a single called Asylum Is A Crime. Pataphysics, who’s worked at the Jesuit Social Services Artful Dodgers studio on various projects said, “Rudd’s decision to settle all asylum seekers to Papua New Guinea, in exchange for increased aid money, to the former Australian territory is a disgusting illustration of how refugees and asylum seekers have been used to buy votes in a political race to the bottom.” See www.youtube. com/watch?v=f7c4RkLv5zA.

GOOD WORKS #3: HOW SONG FOR SELVA WORKED Rudd asylum policy has sparked a revival of Melbourne singer-songwriter Les Thomas’ Song For Selva. Originally commissioned by Trevor Grant, sports journalist and refugee advocate, the lyrics are based on a letter from a Tamil asylum who had been detained for 37 months at Broadmeadows Detention Centre. Selva has since been released but community radio has started playing it, including Forrister Jenot of Southern FM who felt compelled to read out the lyrics on air before playing it.

AC/DC’S YOUNG FAMILY BACK ON BRW RICH FAMILIES LIST… Australian rock royalty The Youngs – Angus and Malcolm of AC/DC and George of The Easybeats – are at #48 on the BRW (Business Review Weekly) Rich Families List. Their combined earnings over the past 12 months are estimated at $255 million. Having sold over 120 million albums and a staple on radio, in recent years their catalogue has finally gone digital, and increasingly licensed to ads and movies. The 2008-2010 Black Ice tour drew nearly 4.9 million fans and grossed US $441.6 million, and is the second biggest tour of all time. Elder brother George makes a tidy income from songs he co-wrote including Friday On My Mind, Good Times and Love Is In The Air. The BRW list was topped by the Smorgons with $2.64 billion.

…WHILE LADY GAGA TOPS UNDER-30s LIST Lady Gaga topped US business magazine Forbes’ poll of top earning celebrities aged under 30 after earning $80 million in the past 12 months. She’d have earned more if hip surgery hadn’t postponed her world tour. Others on the list are Justin Bieber ($58m), last year’s winner Taylor Swift ($55m), Calvin Harris ($46m), Rihanna ($43m), Katy Perry ($39m), Jennifer Lawrence ($26m), Adele ($25m), Kristen Stewart ($22m) and Taylor Lautner ($22m).

SHOCK RENEWS WWE PARTNERSHIP Shock Entertainment extended its 10-year Home Entertainment digital and physical distribution partnership with global sports entertainment brand WWE for a further three years. Shock sold 2.5 million WWE products in Oz and NZ.

KELLY JOINS CBF The Community Broadcasting Foundation appointed Declan Kelly to the Digital Radio Grants Advisory Committee (DRGAC). He is the Digital Content Developer at Melbourne youth station SYN.

What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed?

Keep your mind open. Also, make a cute film clip – check out our Holy Roll clip on YouTube, what fun.

What part of making music excites you the most?

Writing and performing your own songs and see people liking them – nothing beats that.

Do you have any record releases to date? What are they?

Where can I get them?

Just released our newy, Holy Roll, through Vitamin Records.

Also at record stores and online.

What's the strangest place you've ever played a gig, or made a recording?

Tasmania, where someone told us God sent them to see us.

Why should everyone come and see your band?

Everyone should because that would be a world record. I’m sure we have that much love to share.

When are you playing live/releasing your album?

Our Melbourne album launch is at The Empress, North Fitzroy Sunday August 4 at 3pm. We’re excited to have Ash Naylor and Kasper opening the show. We’ll have our Holy Roll band with the amazing Ross McLennan on Bass, Bruce Hames on the keys and Jordan Murray on Trombone.

LIFELINES Born: daughter Eisele Kaye Tyrrell to Lady Antebellum’s Hillary Scott and Nashville-based drummer Chris Tyrrell. She is their first child.

Hospitalised: The Amity Affliction’s singer Joel Birch with an undisclosed illness during the Warped US tour. He was sidelined from the Cleveland and Detroit shows (with Sam Carter of Architects, Jason Aalon Butler of letlive. and Chris Roetter of Like Moths To Flames stepping in on vocal duties) but rejoined the band in Chicago. Earlier on, also during the Warped tour, drummer Ryan Burt sustained an eye injury during the Portland show.

Hospitalised: a 27 year old man was taken to Canberra Hospital after being found unconscious on the dancefloor of Meche nightclub.

Hospitalised: members of Hinder and their road crew spent a night under observation after a tour bus crash and will be off the road until mid-August.

Arrested: a Florida woman was charged with child neglect after she attended a Lil Wayne concert and left her two children unattended in her car.

Arrested (again): Puddle of Mudd frontman Wes Scantlin, for trying to smash down a neighbour’s concrete wall insisting it was built on his land.

In Court: a 57-year old student’s $2.2 million lawsuit against Oakland University was dismissed. He’d been suspended for writing about his attraction to his teachers in a class journal based on the Van Halen classic Hot For Teacher. He claimed his free-speech rights were violated.

In Court: Dave Matthews Band violinist Boyd Tinsley’s personal assistant and financial manager, Getty Andrew Rothenberg, admitted he embezzled $400,000 from him. He faces up to 30 years in prison, sentencing on September 17.

In Court: estranged Cheap Trick drummer Bun E Carlos has sued the rest of the band for “hundreds of thousands of dollars”, saying they have no right to keep using the band name without him after they removed him.

In Court: despite condemnation from the international music and human rights world, Pussy Riot’s Maria Alyokhin had her parole denial upheld and will continue to serve her two year sentence in a Russian prison colony.

In Court: just ahead of its Broadway arrival, producers of UK’s Beatles musical Let It Be are being sued by the creators of Rain, a Beatles tribute show that ran for nine months on Broadway in 2010. They are seeking 50% of revenue and a credit for joint authorship.

Rain claims they were to create Let It Be as a 50:50 partnership but were later offered 7.125% of revenue.

Died: US singer-songwriter JJ Cale, 74, of a heart attack. Born in Oklahoma, he was part of the Tulsa Sound, combining blues, rockabilly, and country and found fame after Eric Clapton covered his Cocaine.

Died: Faye Hunter, 59, bassist for ’80s band Let’s Active (fronted by REM producer Mitch Easter), died of an apparent suicide in North Carolina. She was apparently stressed from working and looking after her elderly mother.

GARY MORRIS QUITS AS OILS MANAGER Gary Morris, long time manager and “sixth member” of Midnight Oil has resigned. Now based in Tasmania, he operates a number of businesses. Morris’ move came after an interview in the Daily Telegraph when he revealed that in the wake of Peter Garrett’s plan to quit politics, the band’s US agent revealed there were up to 50 festivals in America where the band could play for $US75,000 to $US200,000 per show. Morris’ statement emphasized that the Oils have no plans to reform or tour at this time, hence his departure.

MORE LIVE OPPORTUNITIES BY SCORCHER In keeping with Scorcher’s policy of 80% local and 20% touring acts on its bill, Scorcher has 40 spots at each stop – Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane – for acts to apply for via www.scorcherfest.com.au. The festival has removed up-front costs for ticket and promotion packages.

Promoter Andrew Cooper says, “To ensure a level of readiness, acts need to be at the stage of being able to sell a minimum of 12 online tickets.”

What's your favourite song, and why?

Songs are like children – you can’t have favourites, even if they’re naughty.

How do you balance making and playing music with your other commitments? We really have to make time but have learnt that all those other things are essential and influence our playing and writing. Music’s addictive; it beckons us, we are its obedient slaves.

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ATOLLS

BY PATRICK EMERY

Luke Skinner, guitarist and singer with local psychedelic-garage band Atolls, and guitarist with King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, isn’t worried about being lumped in with the broader garage rock revival that’s rolled out of Geelong over the last few years, which includes The Murlocs, The Living Eyes and King Gizzard.

“I like the association,” Skinner says. “I grew up there, and all those guys are good friends, and from about the age of 16 we’ve been playing in each other’s bands.” That said, the Geelong revival isn’t a narrow linear garage rock concept.

“It does tend to get called a ‘garage revival’, which is true in some ways, but the music’s that’s coming out of Geelong is a lot more diverse than that description would suggest,” Skinner says.

Skinner formed Atolls last year when he realised he needed another outlet for his fledgling catalogue of songs. While Skinner enjoys his regular band job playing guitar with King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard – King Gizzard continues to build its reputation, both as a recording and live entity – Skinner realised he wanted his own band to explore his own songs. “I suppose Atolls started to form around midway through 2012,” he explains. “I just wanted an outlet for my songs – I wanted a side project, I guess. So I started jamming with the bass player, then we got a drummer, and we did a bit more rehearsing, and we played our first gig in October last year.”

While it’s definitely his band, Skinner confesses that the name of the band wasn’t his choice – though the

name did turn out to have some subtle resonance with Skinner’s musical influences. “Actually, Ollie our bass player suggested it,” Skinner explains. “I’m really bad at coming up with names for bands, so when Ollie came up with Atolls, it just stuck with me. I really like one word names. And I guess that because of the association with bikinis, it’s got a bit of a surf connotation, so I liked that because I’m really into surf guitar,” he says.

Skinner says he didn’t have a particular influence in mind when he conceived of the group; with the opportunity to play and record, the band’s sound has grown from its nascent garage beginnings. “I didn’t have anything specifically in mind when we started out – there are lots of influences, but the sound has definitely honed since we’ve played more,” he says. In true garage style, Atolls put down its first recording in the lounge room of Skinner’s Geelong home. “It was just a home job,” Skinner says. “It was just in my lounge room with an eight-tracker. I was trying to capture everything naturally without needing to use any fancy equipment.”

Despite briefly sharing vocals in a now-defunct teenage band, Skinner had limited experience of being the front man

in a band. “It was pretty daunting when we first started,” he says. “When you start playing, it’s a whole different thing, so it was a bit nerve-racking at first.” But with King Gizzard having the luxury of sporadic activity, Skinner has had the opportunity to develop Atolls into a ‘real’ band. “Now I always put as much into it as I have the time for,” he says.

“King Gizzard only plays every three months or so, so I hope I can keep getting the time to work on Atolls.”

Consistent with its psychedelic overtures, Atolls is happy to explore the sonic shape and texture of its songs in a live environment. “I don’t consider myself a great guitar player, so I don’t get into doing heaps of guitar solos,” Skinner says. “But a few of the songs have extended break downs – though that’s more playing with rhythms and pedals. I feel that I can improvise in that way rather than with guitar solos,” he says.

This week Atolls will headline Dan Watt’s Watt’s On event at The Toff in Town. Joining Atolls on the bill will be Mesa Cosa, Grand Rapids and Clavians. “It’s an awesome lineup,”

Skinner gushes. “I’ve been familiar with Mesa Cosa after seeing them play around for the last few years, and I’ve seen a couple of songs from Grand Rapids. I haven’t seen Clavians yet, but I’ve heard great things about them.”

In the modern world, with its indulgence of instantaneous communication, 24 hour news cycles and ridiculously ephemeral popular trends, it’s difficult to see past the end of the week, let alone consider where you’ll be in 10 years’ time. So when I ask Skinner what he thinks he’ll be doing in a decade, he’s understandably vague. “Geez, I don’t know!”

Skinner laughs. “That’s a really long highway! I reckon I’ll definitely still be writing and recording music, maybe with my own home studio. Hopefully I’ll still be at it, and still doing stuff that people want to hear.”

Morris eventually returned to the stories of his youth. “It was when I saw a photo of Thomas Archer, who was known as ‘Shark Jaws’, and I loved the photo so much I took it home and looked at it, and then I wrote a song about it,” Morris says. That song became Sharkmouth, the title track from Morris’s new album of blues songs that delve into Australia’s sordid and violent criminal history. “That was the catalyst,” Morris says. “I realised that the blues were around in 1916, and that I can sing all these songs about Australian history, and they’re legitimate in this cradle of blues.”

Morris revisited his grandmother’s stories, coupled with his own experiences as a boy growing up in Richmond. Morris undertook enough historical research to lend his songs a veneer of historical accuracy, without creating bland academic narratives. “I didn’t want to make the songs too stodgy, so some of the stories are painted with a broad brush, with a little bit of poetry in there,” Morris says.

The characters of Morris’s songs range from the criminal (Squizzy, Sharkmouth) to the inspirational (Big Red) and the tragic (Ballad, Les Darcy); the scenes range from vagrancy (Walking the Blues), violent confrontation (Bout to Break) and redemption (Mr Eternity). Aware of pop

culture’s predilection for simultaneously celebrating and sanitising violent characters, Morris recognises many of the characters in his songs are fundamentally nasty people. “I wasn’t trying to romanticise them at all – a lot of them are preying on vulnerable people,” he says.

Sharkmouth found an immediate audience, providing Morris with his first chart-topping record in many years.

Buoyed by the success of the album, Morris plans to complete a trilogy of albums exploring Australian history through the prism of the blues. Having ridden the pop rollercoaster all those years ago, Morris has been imbued with a level of pragmatism about his music. “You have to be able to ride beast, and if it lies down in the sand, it may be able to get up again, and if it doesn’t get up again, that’s life,” he says philosophically.

think would be good as our first single as the new lineup.”

Whalebone intends to maintain a working arrangement with Lindsay Gravina, the famed Melbourne producer who recorded the first EP. “I hope to keep returning to Birdland and having that continuity with Lindsay, because he has such a distinct style as an artist himself,” she says.

Gravina came to prominence in the 1990s thanks to his involvement on the major breakthrough albums from Magic Dirt, The Living End and Jebediah. Animal Hands’ sound conspicuously derives from the '90s indie-grunge scene, and Whalebone admits to a strong affection for the early to mid '90s period. “For me personally, it was such an honest time in rock'n'roll, especially being a female artist. It was a great time where you had all of these women that were in these big headlining bands and they were hard arses.

People were rebelling against this concept of having to be glossy and say all the right things.”

Whalebone proceeds to roll out a list of some of the women who have inspired her to pursue music and discover

her own voice. “Adalita, Kim Gordon, Kim Deal, the artists from Veruca Salt, PJ Harvey; it was just such an incredible time,” she enthuses. The strength of these women comprehensively showed that rock music is not purely a man’s domain. However, Whalebone acknowledges the major female figures who pre-dated the '90s movement.

“You go back through time, you’ve got Patti Smith, you’ve got Chrissy Amphlett; it’s not like it hasn’t always been there.”

Nonetheless, Whalebone regards the 1990s to have had a particularly progressive spark, which continues to motivate her and many of her contemporaries. “What happened, it seems to me, there was a surge. It seemed to be a time and a place where it all lit up and there were a lot of subjects being thrown out there.”

ATOLLS headline Watt's On at the Toff In Town next Wednesday August 7, along with Mesa Cosa, Grand Rapids and Clavians.

RUSSELL MORRIS

BY PATRICK EMERY

As a young boy growing up in Richmond in the 1950s, Russell Morris listened with interest to his grandmother’s stories of the colourful, and dangerous crime figures of Melbourne’s recent history. “She would tell me lots of stories about when she was a girl in the Great Depression, and she’d see Squizzy Taylor on the corner of Bridge Road and Church Street standing outside the pub with his thugs – she said he was a squirt, but a very snappy dresser,” Morris laughs. “And then later on when I was at school at Richmond Tech I went to school with a lot of career criminals – some Painters and Dockers, who actually became my protectors at school.”

By the 1960s, Morris had taken his first steps toward a career as a pop musician, inspired initially by the sounds of the British invasion bands, particularly The Rolling Stones.

“Initially when the Beatles came out I wasn’t overawed by them, but then The Rolling Stones came out and I thought ‘yeah, I love this!” Morris recalls. “So at that stage we started listening to their albums, and the songs, and we started a band of our own. And then we realised that they didn’t write their songs, and that they were old blues songs, so we started buying blues albums and learning how to play blues songs.” In 1969, Morris teamed up with young music journalist Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum to record The Real Thing (written by Johnny Young, of Young Talent Time fame).

The song would go on to become a major national and international success, and provide Morris with a dose of pop fame that continues to provide the historical backdrop for his musical career. In the 1970s, Morris joined the exodus of Australian pop stars seeking international success, and moved over to Europe, and subsequently the United States.

But like so many of his contemporaries in the 60s and 70s

pop scene, Morris found himself increasingly marginalised and pigeon-holed in a music industry institutionally obsessed with youth. Morris continued to tour, including with fellow former pop stars Daryl Cotton and Jim Keays, as well as releasing the occasional new album. A few years ago, having previously queried whether it was worth recording new material, Morris decided to return to the blues music that had originally inspired him. “Now that I’m a little bit older, I’m going to do an album of music that I really want to do – I’m going to do an album of blues songs,” Morris says.

Morris hadn’t completely lost touch with the blues in the intervening period – “I used to always do at least a couple of blues songs in my set,” he says – though he admits it was a more commercially-slanted aspect of the blues. Despite his ongoing interest in the genre, and the encouragement of friends, Morris remained reluctant to immerse himself in a full-blown blues project. “I just didn’t feel comfortable singing about the Mississippi Delta, or doing John Lee Hooker or Howlin’ Wolf covers – I’m not American,” Morris says.

Unsure of how to realise the idea floating around in his head,

RUSSELL MORRIS plays the Corner Hotel on Tuesday August 20. He has also been announced to perform at this year's Great Southern Blues Festival on Sunday October 6.

ANIMAL HANDS

BY AUGUSTUS WELBY

Since entering the Australian music scene in 2011, Melbourne grunge-pop act Animal Hands have undergone a sequence of lineup changes. The latest three-piece incarnation will make their live debut at Melbourne’s Laundry Bar on August 8, and Animal Hands’ only continuous member, bandleader Danielle Whalebone, is eager to introduce her new band mates to the public.

"We’ve got Dave, who plays bass and piccolo bass and Dale our drummer. We’re working really well together so I’m really excited,” Whalebone says.

Animal Hands is essentially Whalebone’s project and she hasn’t been particularly bothered by the lineup changes.

Despite this, she states that it shouldn’t be viewed as a solo endeavour. “I like to see it like an umbrella and artists can come and go and put their influence into it and then it can morph; it doesn’t have to be some solo idea.”

Striking up a musical bond with a group of people is not a straightforward task, however Whalebone explains that the current lineup gelled almost immediately. “When I met Dave, I knew straight away ‘this is a person that’s going to get where I’m coming from’. Then Dale came along, and he’s just got back from the UK and he was playing with punk bands over there, and he’s got that fire that I was really looking for.”

The working relationship has been very prosperous, which has led them to collaborate on new material. Whalebone believes upholding an open door policy is beneficial for the band, as it allows for more diversity. However, she does have specific aims for what Animal Hands represents. “I do Beat Magazine Page 30

have a firm idea of what Animal Hands sound is, so when I choose who I’m working with, I do have a very strong idea of how it’s going to go musically. It’s not like I’d go right out of the genre. The people I choose to work with have the same interests,” she says.

In contrast to the way a lot of bands function, Whalebone has no desire to occupy the position of dictator and indicates that when people join the band they’re always free to express their opinions. “It would be really hard for artists that have committed so much time to their artform to all of sudden have no artistic freedom at all. The idea is to be able to share a space. We're not getting paid a whole lot, so you’ve got to do it for the love.”

In the coming months, Animal Hands plan to follow up the self-titled EP released earlier this year with a new single. Whalebone explains the rigorous procedure that she believes will provide them with the best document of where they’re at. “What I did last time, and I’m going to use the same method again, is basically putting together as many songs as we can and then basically decide which ones get into that final list. Then go down from there to what we

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ANIMAL HANDS will make their debut performance with the current lineup at Laundry Bar on Thursday August 8.

HTRK

BY CASSANDRA KIELY

Sometimes, the simplest of words can carry such weight, holding layers of meaning that dwell just beneath the surface. Speaking with HTRK’S Jonnine Standish and Nigel Yang, a certain meditation seems to be taking place; with a new album on the horizon, the band are opening up to a fresh chapter characterised by sanguine possibilities.

“Our albums capture a moment of time, how we are navigating ourselves through life...how any human is (navigating oneself)” says Standish; the warm tone of her voice articulates this point with a thoughtful resonance. Communicating this, she continues, “It is one of the things I like most about playing in a band.” Each of HTRK’s albums have strong thematic elements, as a listener the appeal of the music can at times verge on the voyeuristic; from Marry Me Tonight’s lustful diary entry lyrics to Work (work, work)’s subtle throb of the physical; we are but spectators of a private world.

Examining moments in time and climate, HTRK’s compositions have particular points of reference in place. “We write for a certain temperature or a time of day,” says Standish. “Work was an early morning album, in bed with friends, but this album is for driving around at 3am; we (always) have a specific time frame that we write to.” Temperature also features prominently, with Yang noting musician John Hassell’s concept of fourth world music as inspiration. “It sounds kind of weird,” says Yang, “but moving to Sydney after London – summer is incredibly humid, it’s interesting to write in a different environment.”

Hassell’s ideas about the western/rational style of composition (minimalism) and that of the more emotional Asian and African styles generating a new “fourth world” of music, relies heavily on the use of electronic instruments. In Australia, there’s a synergy of cultural and temporal opposites: “we have a unique mix, a mix of these two elements,” explains Yang. “It took getting back to draw attention to that.”

Although thematically influenced by Australia’s temporal conditions, HTRK’s fourth album was initially recorded in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with Nathan Corbin of Excepter. On meeting Corbin, Standish reflects, “We connected, the three of us – we were all going through something, experiencing great loss; (HTRK’s Sean Stewart tragically passed in 2010) we connected through those levels and liked each other’s music”. Recording seemed a natural extension of this friendship, with HTRK following Corbin into his Santa Fe studio to begin work on a free form session that would yield half an album of songs. The band then finished these recordings in New York. “I think he’s really good at electronic stuff,” Yang says of Corbin. “He’s got a lot of really good analog gear.” Corbin’s collection includes a huge Oberheim matrix synth – which Yang describes as “hard to control but makes a great short, in- your- face sound” – in addition to other analog Moog synths, classic Roland Junos and a 909-drum machine. The three friends also bonded over a shared love of basic channel dub, reggae and dancehall.

“THERE WAS A GUY WHO WAS A BIG FAN OF OURS; HE USED TO USE OUR EARLY RECORDS AS THE SOUNDTRACKS FOR SUSPENSION HANGINGS, BLOODLETTING AND OTHER S&M.” For HTRK, their introduction to dub came from living in London and witnessing the West Indian/Caribbean culture of the city. “There’s a different energy and approach to life in London,” says Standish. For HTRK, the dub they were hearing from the locals was just one of many sub cultural influences on the band. The underground anarchist scene was another. “There’s an interesting scene in London” says Yang. “Going to bars where there would be parties to raise money for obscure anarchist causes; just completely weird, off the radar things. The parties would bring hundreds or thousands of people with no inhibitions in these squats; it was completely anti-establishment. There was a guy who was a big fan of ours; he used to use our early records as the soundtracks for suspension hangings, bloodletting and other S&M (activities) – those guys are a scene unto themselves, to have a glimpse into that world was really intriguing and inspiring to us”.

Whilst HTRK were living in London, Paul Smith (of Blast First Petite) began to manage the band. Coincidentally, Smith was also manager of Cosey Fanni Tutti, founding member of seminal industrial act Throbbing Gristle and one half of Chris & Cosey. Standish greatly admired Cosey, and this fortuitous set of circumstances has led to the two to develop a relationship, with Cosey taking on the role of positive mentor for Standish. Of this relationship, Standish says, “More musicians should seek out mentors – just ask questions, they have so much to offer, so to be able to get advice from these people about how to age through music and still be inspiring is really important. Just grab on and learn! With musicians, all these secrets are kept so private – we should be more open.”

The sense of sincerity underlying HTRK’s music is what sets the band apart from their contemporaries. Working on their new album as a duo, Standish states, “ With this album the lyrics have come easy and they are my best lyrics yet; there’s strong elements to do with dissecting the value of love, the distraction of love and perhaps, subconsciously, from a female perspective – surpassing love.” Inimitable as always, HTRK occupy an important space within Australian music, thematically challenging the listener and ever evolving into new spheres of aural magnetism.

HTRK will take to the stage at Howler this Friday August 2 as the first live band to play at the recently established venue.

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CHIMAIRA

BY PETER HODGSON

The one constant in Chimaira has been vocalist Mark Hunter, and his vision for the band has guided it through drastic changes, such as the lineup upheaval that occurred before 2011’s The Age of Hell. But even that shake up couldn’t compare to the revamp that occurred prior to the recording of new album, Crown of Phantoms.

It’s the first release to feature Austin D’Amond, Jeremy Creamer, Sean Zatorsky, Emil Werstler, and Matt Szlachta, who all joined the band over the past two years. And it’s the first without Rob Arnold, the guitarist whose style guided the band’s musical voice for more than a decade. But unlike the reboots of, say, Total Recall or He-Man, this reboot of Chimaira is wholly successful on a creative level. And if there’s any justice in the world, Crown of Phantoms will be a success on a commercial level too. It gets back to the aggressive core of the band’s sound while simultaneously presenting a new angle on it.

“It’s been a really laid back vibe,” says Hunter of the writing dynamic with the band in its new incarnation. “It’s still the same format as always, where it’s predominantly a couple of songwriters and then everyone comes in and puts their spin on it. Nothing’s really changed in that regard. It’s just been a really good positive vibe. The musicianship in this lineup is extraordinary so there’s really no limit to where we can take it. It’s been an exciting process and a learning experience at the same time, getting to know how everyone worked.” So in a way it’s like getting a new girlfriend and figuring out what you can do together? “Yeah, I mean, it’s definitely exciting, and the fact that I got to get a few new girlfriends all at once was more of a bonus - and they’re all

cool with it and they all hang out with each other.”

Any drastic lineup change can go either way, but the online chatter regarding the shift in Chimaira’s structure seems to have been quite positive lately. “I think perhaps what they’re latching onto is our own energy and our excitement towards everything,” he says. “It’s perhaps infectious, and I think people are excited to see this band continue, and have the essence portrayed in a serious way and a very well-executed way.” Hunter notes the similarity to movie reboots: “Nothin’ wrong with the original Spider-Man, but then the reboot comes out and it kicks arse. You can like one version or you can like both versions. Sometimes remakes are not a good idea but sometimes they work out well.” Hunter says every emotion that you could possibly conceive went into the decision to continue. And now it’s all there for everyone to hear: “It feels like the band that I’ve always wanted to sing for, and nothing’s changed in that regard.”

In contrast to the prominent clean vocals of The Age Of Hell, Crown of Phantoms is back to in-your-face screaming.

Conscious decision or natural creative ebb-and-flow? “I think the last album I was really in a place where I was kinda bored with screaming at that point. I’d been doing it for so long. When I started doing it in the ‘90s there weren’t

many metal bands that screamed. Sure, there were plenty of hardcore bands but I wanted to be in a metal band with screaming. And it was a hardcore-type scream, which wasn’t a really common thing back then, not as common as now where it’s harder to find a band that’s really heavy but has good melody.” By the time of The Age Of Hell, Hunter felt confident enough to pull off cleaner vocal delivery with the same oomph as his established scream style. He stands behind that material today, but the new material called for a back-to-basics, aggressive stance. “So that’s what the music made me do, this time around.”

Hunter points to the approach of bass player Jeremy Creamer as something that helps push this latest evolution of Chimaira into new territory. “He started on stand up bass and he has a very, very unique approach.” he says. “He doesn’t even tune his bass - he’s just like ‘I’ll find it.’ It’s really weird. He’s very talented and he’s got an insane ear for those little nuances that nobody else is hearing. He hears

those.” As for the keys and atmospherics, that was a role Hunter took an active role in last time around, but again it’s back to basics for Crown of Phantoms. “I had my hand in it but not anything like the last time around. Shawn brought a lot of cool stuff. He brought a Nord II and that thing makes pretty wild sounds, and he was in there just going nuts with it. I would be there to be more of a cheerleader this time around rather than executing things.”

So will Chimaira be decimating Australian stages again anytime soon? “We would love to come back,” he says.

“We had such a blast last time and we’re releasing our new album on 3Wise, the label by the same people who run the Soundwave festival, so hopefully we get an offer. That would be fantastic.”

and we were laying down songs in 15 minutes. Because we weren’t paying for studio time and if we got it first hit, we’d take the day off. When you get that first take thing happening on a whole record? It’s magic.” twelve years on as DevilDriver, formed in the aftermath of nu-metal stars Coal Chamber’s drug-fuelled implosion, Fafara feels they’ve achieved their unconscious goal of “making good music from the heart and getting it out to people.” Adopting touring schedules that would madden veteran travellers, their exhaustive stage pounding has paid dividends.

“We’ve been around for a while, we’ve managed to tour all over the world and get a pretty strong fanbase,” he says.

“Every record we’ve done has some growth to it. That in and of itself is something we’ve achieved. We’ve never remained stagnant, you’re never going to get the same

record twice. I think we’ve achieved what we wanted to.

I just want to keep growth going. I think we’ve done that.”

Growth and rebirth is at the heart of DevilDriver, the band representing a “rebirth” of Fafara’s musical journey after Coal Chamber.

“I love the rebirth of things,” he says with reverence. “I love planting seeds and eight months later, there’s the plant. I love that. I think it’s important so you don’t get stagnant.

But that said, I don’t really like change. Like I ask my wife if she’s changed something in the house and I say ‘why did you do that?’ In art, you need change. You need to grow.

You need to adapt and you need to better yourself.”

Crown of Phantoms is released on August 2 via 3Wise Records.

DEVILDRIVER

BY TOM VALCANIS

Dez Fafara was one of metal’s most tireless workers. He tours for years at a time, achingly leaving his family behind. For Winter Kills, he put his family first by recording at home and he explains that it yielded unforeseen results.

“After 20 years I really got sick of being away from home,” he notes. Fafara is covered in tattoos. Even his head and chin is adorned in tribal patterns. The first impression of Fafara isn’t ‘dedicated family man’ but balls-to-the-wall rock star.’ Fafara consciously doesn’t fall into the rock’n’ roll lifestyle. “I don’t take my work home,” he explains. “I’ve never let the ego that I need to do the things that I do effect my personal life. The singers that do? They leave their wives and end up with a cocaine problem.

“They end up doing cocaine and crashing their car on a freeway. I never wanted to be that man. I come from a working class background. I was on the job site, bricklaying when I got the call when I first signed my record deal. When I first moved to Los Angeles I lived under bridges and stole my food from [convenience stores]. I remember all that.

“I never let the ego or the ID take me over,” he continues. “I hold my family first. It really helps that I’m a hermit, a loner.

Completely socially awkward,” he laughs. “After shows, as soon as the bar filled up I could feel my palms sweat. Point a mic at me in front of 100,000 people, I’m good. Sitting in that kind of circumstance...I’m out!”

The recording of Winter Kills took every liberty modern

technology affords bands these days. His new home studio meant he could keep his “hermit” comfortable and stay close to his wife and kids. “In metal, for a craft that’s kind of edgy,” he says, “to be displaced or to be put outside of yourself would give you some extra angst that you can use with the music. I found it to be the opposite. It started to take away everything from me.”

The rest of DevilDriver weren’t even required on site. It’s more inner sanctum than studio. It lent him a new energy that exceeded his own expectations.

“You gotta see my studio,” he says, beaming with pride.

“It’s got black walls, black carpet, one orange wall with macramés and candles everywhere. It gave me the vibe that I wanted.

“Usually, we’re sharing studios with a bunch of other bands,” he explains, contrasting their earlier process. “So everyone’s hanging out in the lobby and this and that, and I really got tired of that. The guys recorded the music at Audiohammer with Mark Lewis. Myself, I realized there was a lot of lightning in the bottle.

“Mark said the same thing, once we started tracking it just started rolling for us. I didn’t demo the songs on this record,

DevilDriver’s sixth studio album, Winter Kills, is out Friday August 23 on Roadrunner Records.

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BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

Newcastle’s music and broader artistic community was dealt a huge blow this May when Morrow Park Bowling Club was destroyed in a blaze. The venue acted as a cultural hub for many Newcastle musicians, as well as providing a northern conduit for visiting Melbourne acts.

Following on from a Newcastle-based benefit, the Corner will play host to Mozfest: Blaze Of Glory II – a star-studded mini-festival to raise funds for those affected by the fire. Organiser of the event, and progenitor of outfit The Book Of Ships, D.A. Calf relays the Moz’s history and its importance within the broader Australian musical landscape.

“Essentially it was an old bowling club, for many years.

Fugazi actually played there in the early ‘90s, as well as a lot of other cult status bands,” Calf explains. “I was in a band in the early 2000s and we were working in studios thinking, ‘This is shit,’ and the clock was ticking which meant money was going down the drain. So we decided to make our own record, and we needed a space. So we found this bowling club, their numbers were dropping and couldn’t afford to pay the next lease, so we took it over from them and built a recording studio. So we took it over in 2005, and the band actually split up midway through making the record. But we kept on using the space, and I ended up establishing a commercial recording studio there – making the early Mojo Juju and Kira Puru records there. It was a really vast space and able to house a lot of things. It was the focal point of a lot of independent music in Newcastle.”

The Moz also played an important role for acts visiting Newcastle, as Calf explains. “A lot of likeminded Melbourne Beat Magazine Page 32

bands would stay there when they were touring – bands like Brothers Grim, Barons Of Tang, all those guys – they would stay at The Morrow when touring.”

Gathering the night’s killer lineup – including Brothers Grim & The Blue Murders, Mesa Cosa, Made For Chickens By Robots, The Barons Of Tang, The Book Of Ships, DJ Joan Kirner (aka Marieke Hardy) and more – was a breeze, with all participants keen to make the time for a worthy, and personal, cause. “Everyone was totally willing to jump in.

There was a similar one in Newcastle a few weeks ago, and that raised something like 20 grand. There were a whole range of potential headliners that couldn’t do it due to tour obligations, so that one could have been twice as big,” Calf assesses. “The lineup came together quite easily. The Morrow meant quite a lot to all the bands on the bill, and they were more than happy to give something back.”

All funds raised on the night will be put towards restoring what was lost, with a three-pronged strategy for replenishing

the Moz’s legacy. “There are sort of three avenues through which this money is going to course. It’s still not known whether there will be a big legal bill, and these are all independent artists that can’t afford legal representation, let alone a big legal bill. Secondly, there was heaps of gear that was lost in the fire – an old upright piano, a pump organ, five drumkits, hard drives, video editing gear. It would be nice to give that back to the musicians that can’t afford to get them back. The other thing is trying to set up a replacement space. It certainly won’t be as big, but it would try to take care of some of the aspects that The Morrow handled in Newcastle. A lot of people lost their artistic base.”

Appearing on the night, Calf’s outfit The Book Of Ships will be showcasing material from their upcoming release.

“Currently our new record is in London being mixed

by Aaron Cupples, who did Snowman’s last record and

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did The Drones’s Gala Mill, and hopefully the album will come out in December or January. I think there might be an international relocation, actually. At least for myself, making the record in a mix of Berlin, Reykjavik, and LA, of all places. So I’ll put the record out, tour it, then disappear for a while,” Calf reveals. “We’ve totally revamped the lineup, so the Corner show will be the second time we’ve played together. It’s our best lineup, it feels really great, and most of the set is new stuff which hasn’t been released, which is exciting.”

MOZFEST: BLAZE OF GLORY II – MORROW PARK BENEFIT featuring Brothers Grim & The Blue Murders, Mesa Cosa, Made For Chickens By Robots and more takes place at the Corner on Sunday August 4.

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Pleased to say I stumbled into The Old Bar on Saturday night, expecting to do nothing but DESCENDENTS sink obscene amounts of Melbourne Bitter, and happily stumbled across my new favourite bands.

Win! Please make sure you add local bands Ceres and Sinking Teeth to your list of bands to track down over the next couple of weeks. Both are gigging on the regular and both are worthy of your time. Promise.

Aussie fuzz rock band Tumbleweed are releasing a new album Sounds From The Other Side on September 27 and they’ll chuck on a couple shows around town to celebrate. They’ll fill the Espy’s Gershwin Room on September 21.

After Soundwave made it clear Fall Out Boy would not be on their 2014 bill following a bit of a disagreement as to whether they qualify as a headlining band, FOB have gone and booked in their own headlining tour of the country. They’ll play at Melbourne’s Festival Hall on October 26. Tickets are on sale Friday August 9.

If you’re hunting for quality new local tunes then check out Restless Years’ compilation and zine. Complete with new tracks from Army Of Champions, Clowns, Japan For, Lucy Wilson and more, it’s a mighty fine way to get up to date. Head over to restlessyears. bandcamp.com to check it out!

Hold onto your hoodies. Kvelertak are touring Australia and they are going to tear shit up. If you didn’t get to witness their amazing live show at Soundwave a couple of years ago, you can finally witness their live glory at the Corner Hotel on Tuesday September 17.

Their new album Meir is out now.

Looking for a quality way to spend your grand final day? Go to the Reverence for Boonanza! There’ll be a big screen showing the game and even some MCs to host the proceedings. Grenadiers, The Union Pacific, Kissing Booth, The Shadows League and stacks more will play across two stages. All on Saturday September 28.

Brisbane’s El Alamein have released a new EP No Bad Days online and they’re going to perform two more shows before they call it quits. Unfortunately their final Melbourne show is in support of The Smith Street Band and that shit is sold out. Melbourne’s Lucy Wilson has revealed that Jacknife will release her new EP Full To The Brim in September. New track Wake Up Alone is streaming online now. Have fun getting it out of your head.

CORE GIG GUIDE Thursday August 1: Karnivool, Northlane at Melbourne Town Hall A Loss For Words, Monuments, Sidelines at Next Ceres, Return To Youth at The Tote Ire, Abreact, Disasters, Searchers at The Bendigo Friday August 2: Frenzal Rhomb, Crisis Alert, Hug Therapist at Corner Hotel Karnivool, Northlane at Melbourne Town Hall Our Last Enemy at Revolver Adalita. Dark Fair at The Tote In Hearts Wake at POW Fridays, Werribee Saturday August 3: Mindsnare, Warbrain, Crisis Alert, Metal Storm at Central Club Confession, Hand Of Mercy, Saviour, Feed Her To The Sharks and more at Arrow On Swanston In Hearts Wake at Coburg Town Hall Paddy McHugh, Adrian Stoyles, Johnny Gibson at The Grace Darling A Loss For Words, Monuments, Sidelines, Famous IN Vegas, The Quarters at Ferntree Gully Hotel Legends Of Motorshport, Batpiss, Sun God Replica at The Tote The Tearaways, The Yard Apes, The Jacks, Hailgun, Stranglehold, Counter Attack, Dirty Chapters, The Transitions at The Reverence I, Valiance, Hollows at Bang Sunday August 4: A Loss For Words, Monuments, Sidelines, The Playbook, My Favourite Accident, After The Curfew at Phoenix Youth Center In Hearts Wake at Community Center, Beaconsfield Brothers Grim & The Blue Murders, Mesa Cosa, Made For Chickens By Robots at Corner Hotel

CRUNCH! NEIL DANIELS’ LATEST ROCK INTERVIEW COMPENDIUM Hard Rock Rebels - Talking With Rock Stars is a bumper sized collection of dozens of interviews author Neil Daniels has conducted over a decade’s worth of rock writing. This book features interviews with current and former members of Iron Maiden, Guns N’ Roses, Foreigner, Journey, Europe, Saxon, Judas Priest, Thunder, Slade, The Darkness, Scorpions, Queensrÿche and Mötley Crüe, amongst others. It was previously published as Rock ‘N’ Roll Mercenaries Volumes I & II (both out of print) and contains bonus material. You can buy it now from Amazon.com.

GIG ALERT: THE OPHIDIAN ASCENSION Prepare thyselves to witness Australian technical death metal at its absolute finest! Rising from the ashes are Melbourne band The Ophidian Ascension, returning to the stage to host their brothers in arms As Silence Breaks, A Night in Texas, I Shall Devour, The Seraphim Veil and Hollow World. These upcoming shows mark the new wave of technical death metal bands. Get ready for red, dark, brutal mosh pits for both 18+ and under 18s. Dates are the Gasometer Hotel ($10, 18+) on Friday August 9 and Wrangler Studios, Footscray ($10, under 18) on Saturday August 10. Supported

by Axiom Touring, Skull & Bones Records, Saligia 7 Clothing and Totaldeathcore.com.

ALEX WEBSTER JOINS CONQUERING DYSTOPIA Cannibal Corpse bass monster Alex Webster has joined Conquering Dystopia, the new collaboration between guitar masters Jeff Loomis (Nevermore) and Keith Merrow, alongside The Faceless’s Alex Rudinger (drums). It’s an instrumental extreme metal project, progressive but above all heavy.

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SEPULTURA NAME NEW ALBUM Legendary Brazilian thrashers Sepultura have christened their forthcoming album - you ready for this? - The Mediator Between The Head And Hands Must Be The Heart. Although inspired by Fritz Lang’s classic 1927 movie Metropolis, the album is not set out to be a concept album or a soundtrack like its predecessors Dante XXI (The Divine Comedy) and A-Lex (A Clockwork Orange). The album was recorded with Ross Robinson, who worked with the band on Roots in 1996, and is scheduled for a late October 2013 release via Nuclear Blast. Of the title, guitarist Andreas Kisser explains: “I was inspired by a phrase which is the main message of the story: “The mediator between the head and hands must be the heart” to express what we are saying on the lyrics. In the movie, a crazy millionaire wants to transform a robot into a real person. That’s kind of the opposite of what we live today. More than ever we are robotized, through the worldwide web, Google glasses, chips under our skins and the globalized slavery our society suffers nowadays. The phrase points to the heart as being the human factor who keeps a man, a man, not a robot. The heart beats with freedom of choice; we have to think by ourselves to create a real world, not a matrix.”

TRACER TOUCHED BY THE ANGELS Australia has form when it comes to producing great rock music. AC/DC, Cold Chisel, The Divinyls, Rose Tattoo, Beasts of Bourbon, The Scientists, Bored, The Mark of Cain, Magic Dirt, Silverchair, Jet, Birds of Tokyo, Wolfmother and Airbourne are just a few of the bands who have led and continue to lead the way, locally and internationally today. Adelaide bred three-piece outfit Tracer are hoping to earn their spot on that list soon. Two EPs and years spent honing their live shows saw them picked up by the Mascot Label Group and introduced to the European rock scene. Their 2011 debut LP, Spaces In Between, gave yet more hints about the band’s potential and was quickly followed by three successful European tours and the Best New Band award at the 2012 Classic Rock Awards. Their new album El Pistolero is out now, and it was produced by the legendary Kevin Shirley (Silverchair, Cold Chisel, Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden). See what all the buzz is about this Saturday August 3 when Tracer hits The Espy with The Angels.

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WATTS’ ON PRESENTS: After an amazing night at The Toff last month, Watt’s On Presents is coming back on around again next Wednesday August 7, this time with Melbourne’s finest exponents of psych rock in Atolls, Mesa Cosa, Grand Rapids and Clavians. Co-curating this most resplendent array of music is Bill Hurley Fraser of Psych Ward Records. Atolls are one of Melbourne’s most popular underground acts. Their slacker post-grunge harks upon the reflection of Dinosaur Jnr and the heavy psych of Dead Meadow. Mesa Cosa are one of Melbourne’s loudest bands so, if you want to be a tight-arse and not pay the $10 door charge, you will still be able to take in the bands set from the smoking area.

Like the grandeur conjured by their name, Grand Rapids imbue the inexorable rhythms of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and the otherworldliness of Brian Jonestown Massacre. Since the release of their compelling and brutal Cosmic Hood EP, Clavians have had not much else in their mind except The Grind of Body Grip on Skins. Possessing the naive brutality of At The Drive-In, Clavians opening set will set the night alight. Tickets are $10.

PSALM BEACH Make your way to the Cobra Bar (upstairs at the Tote) on Wednesday August 7 for a night of local punk, noise and postpunk. Kicking things off are McBain, Melbourne’s answer to Elvis in his spiraling ‘artery-apocolypse’ years, bringing their abrasive blend of noise-surf-thrash in what may be their last show for the year. Followed by the very sultry Them Nights, a warm sloppy garage nightmare for both men and women, and Melbourne post-punk noise stalwarts Psalm Beach heading proceedings. Come and see why the French are going apeshit.

Enjoy a mid-week beer; it will be more fun than driving a car through the front of your local supermarket. Doors open at 8pm, $5 entry.

Void Glorious Void is an urgent ensemble playing original songs and instrumentals concerted with overwhelming, far-reaching beauty and disguised turmoil, along with everything else. Members of Void Glorious Void have been involved with artists such as Missy Higgins, The Holy Sea and Sailor Days. Every Friday in August, these guys will perform at Dane Certificate’s Magic Theatre accompanied by different magicians and illusionists.

Doors at 8pm, $10 will get you in.

GHOST TOWNS OF THE MIDWEST The Ghosts return to one of their favourite haunts, the Great Britain Hotel on Thursday August 1 at 8.30pm. Ghost Town of the Midwest take the stage for a set of alt-country songs that will be on their forthcoming EP, with rumors that they may debut a newie too. Support on the night comes in the form of the truly fantastic Liam Gerner, with his pal Muke Moller on mandolin and fiddle. Free entry and plenty of beer as always.

REILLY FITZALAN The Great Britain Hotel presents Solo Indie. Reilly Fitzalan, M. Antonio and Billy Longface will be playing intimate, stripped back sets of their big band sound Saturday August 3. Winter is at its coldest and these three artists’ melodic indie tunes will warm your hearts and serenade your woes far far away. Doors 9pm, free entry.

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DARTS The five-piece indie-punk band Darts bursted into the music scene in 2009, winning triple j Unearthed and releasing their debut album Habitual Slack in 2012, these kids have been busy sharing their music across Melbourne and are now bringing their fractured song structures and unpredictable live shows to the Tote every Thursday in August at the Cobra Bar (upstairs at the Tote). With epic support from 8 Bit Love, Velma Grove, Going Swimming, Ceres and heaps more. Doors open at 8pm and show tickets are $7.

THE COUNCIL The Council return to the Tote every Saturday afternoon in August to play their particular blend of two-piece rock’n’roll. Joining them for their residency will be a lineup of legendary Melbourne musicians playing solo including Spencer P Jones, Ruby Soho, Phil Gionfriddo, Derek Richards and Chris Russell. So head down to the Tote for a beer, a good time and catch some of the best acts in Melbourne. Doors open at 4pm, bands start at 5pm.

LIKE THIEVES Fans of The Butterfly Effect will be pleased to know that Clint Boge is back fronting new Brisbane prog-rock outfit Like Thieves. The band have come out swinging, recently selling out their Brisbane EP Launch and reaching number two on the iTunes Rock Charts with their debut EP, The Wolves At Winter’s Edge. The band are venturing to Melbourne for the very first time to launch said EP at The Espy Gershwin this Friday August 2. Supported by Berlin

In celebration of the drop of Sans Gras’ clawing and clamorous double A-side release Bugs In Amber/Easy On Me, the band are curating a night of grandiose trip-rock colliding with instrumental nosebleed psychedelia in the backroom womb of the Gasometer Hotel on Thursday August 1, with special guests Kalacoma, On Sierra and Ben. Doors open at 8pm and show tickets are ten bucks at the door.

SHELLEY SEGAL Melbourne singer, songwriter and international touring artist, Shelley Segal has announced she’ll be bringing notable American jazz guitarist and vocalist Adam Levy out to Australia to tour their new collaborative album, Little March, which was released in Australia in March and the US last month.

Performing at some of the country’s best-known jazz clubs, the duo will be hitting up Bennett’s Lane here in Melbourne with a full backing band on Tuesday August 6.

POUR L’AMOR DU NIGER This Saturday August 3 get down to The Evelyn to catch Tom Tuena with his energetic acoustic tunes yet soothing melodies. He will captivate you with his startling stage presence, as he and his talented crew play the night away, leaving you hungry for more. The contrastingly beautiful colors of Iris’ songwriting will whet your appetite in this laid back acoustic duo arrangement. And strap yourself in as the mesmerizing voice of Moon Republic kick off a night of quality talent. All proceeds from the night go to education fees for students in Niger, West Africa. What an easy way to be a part of a great cause – rock up and enjoy the night. Doors open 8.30pm, entry is $15.

TEMPLE These guys are quickly becoming one of the best live bands in Melbourne, transformed into a fully-armed rock band known for their blistering live performances and ability to capture the mind of anyone who consumes their music. Temple launched their debut EP with a sold out show in April, with the five track release becoming an immediate success and receiving airplay worldwide. The rock’n’roll quartet are smashing the stage at the Bendigo Hotel Friday August 2, along with local hard-rockers Damn That River, who deliver nothing less than a powerful, fun and entertaining live show. Doors open at 8pm.

MY DYNAMITE Rock’n’soul revivalists My Dynamite are back for their first headline show since returning from Europe. After spending five weeks abroad, the band are bringing their rockin’ yet soulful tunes to the Bendigo Hotel on Saturday August 3.

Previewing new songs for the next album as well as some worthy covers, be sure to bring your dancing shoes. Joining them are good friends The Spin and Taylor and Brown.

VELVET UNDERGROUND In honor of the song-writing genius of Lou Reed, Gertrude’s Brown Couch will be playing host to a special Velvet Underground tribute on Sunday August 4. Some truly fine local musicians will be interpreting some of the greatest Velvet Underground songs, plus selections from the solo works of Lou Reed, Nico and John Cale. The event will feature a variety of performances such as the Burlap Overbite, House of Light, Midnight Scavengers, Giant Moths, Matt Malone. The show kicks off at 3.30pm and will run until the early evening.

ABREACT Fresh from Groovin’ The Moo and the Regional Roulette tour, hardcore-metal crew Abreact return to Melbourne. Never ones to rest, the lads have toured fairly extensively this year in support of their debut album, Entities. They will be coming out in full force to support their brand new skin peeling single Remnants on Thursday August 1 at the Bendigo Hotel from 8pm. With brutal metal merchants IRE on the bill and support from rad hardcore dealers Disasters and Searcher, this is not one to miss.

VICTORIANA GAYE Indie-folk poppers Victoriana Gaye are excited to be launching their third studio release Holy Roll with an all-star band. Join Vicki and Jeff along with Bruce Haymes, Ross Mc Lennan and Jordan Murray on Trombone, and opening acts are the very good looking Ashley Naylor and Kasper.

Saturday August 3, Bellbrea Hall. Doors open at 7.30pm.

You can also catch this wonder couple on Sunday August 4 at The Empress in North Fitzroy from 3pm until 6pm.

THE DOIN TIME SHOW FUNDRAISER 3CR’s Doin Time show will proudly present A Radiothon Fundraiser to keep the show on air on Friday August 2 at The Barleycorn Hotel in Collingwood. Featuring: Marisa Sposaro, writer, prison abolition activist and radio broadaster of Doin Time; Penelope Swales, unique Australian singer songwriter and performer; accomplished singer songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Madeline Hudson and Rose Turtle Ertler, talented performer with a focus on singing and ukulele. Doors open at 7.30pm. $8/$10 entry. All proceeds go to the Doin Time show.

THE WIKIMEN Throughout their daily toils and tribulations, The Wikimen always find time to string up the double bass and polish the vibraphone for a new sonic adventure in the realms of early 20th century jazz-pop. Catch The Wikimen this Sunday August 4 at The Spotted Mallard from 4.30pm. To celebrate their return, the Mallard kitchen is serving up a succulent Sunday roast with all the trimmings. Free entry.

M. ANTONIO Straight from a packed out show in Torquay, M.Antonio will be playing his brooding indie-rock at the Great Britain Hotel on Saturday August 3. Previewing songs off his debut EP, Slingshot Daries. Joining M.Antonio will be Brendan West (Honeybadgers) and Reilly Fitzalan. Come welcome Reilly, who recently relocated to Melbourne to play his indie-roots tunes to us all. Free entry.

THE LOVE BOMBS Featuring members from The Cherry Bar, Bunny Monroe and The Council, The Love Bombs are playing at Cherry Bar on Saturday August 3 with Vice Grip Pussies, Stone Revival and Submarine. Doors 5pm, $13 entry 8pm – 11pm, DJs until 5am.

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Define your genre in five words or less: Grunge, laced with punk fuzz.

What can a punter expect from your live show?

Three peanuts swearing, head bangin’ and playing heavy tunes whilst swinging an incredibly large pair of balls…. Yeah, that’s about right.

BATPISS Four bands, no headliner, together for a night of reckless abandon. After launching their debut album earlier this year, Batpiss have been touring nationally, clocking up more shows than Elvis in Vegas.The band’s high energy, high intensity live performances have set tongues wagging around town. Brat Farrar spent all of 2012 living in Europe and touring his new-wave punk sounds relentlessly. This show sees Brat Farrar launching a brand new 7” single on Nashville based label Total BS Records. Mesa Cosa have a reputation for bringing the party! Not like a tiny party, a massive “you better not miss this” sorta party. Bad Vision have just returned from an extensive European tour where they wowed audiences with their garage punk sounds. It all goes down this Friday August 2 at The Curtin in Carlton from 8.30pm. $10 entry.

So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say?

I soiled my panties watching Long Holiday. It felt good.

What’ve you got to sell CD-wise?

Our 12 track debut album Greetings From... is now available in stores and on iTunes.

How long have you been gigging and writing?

We have been writing for two years, gigging for one.

What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed?

Work incredibly hard and try not to have a heroin addiction BEFORE being famous.

Why did you start writing music?

To fill a hole in the soul.

Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it?

We slap each other around and then cover ourselves in ham.

If someone made a movie about your life, who would play you?

Molly Meldrum would play our drummer Marc, Genghis Khan would play our singer/guitarist Gina and Chaka Khan would play Andie our bass player.

What advice would you give to bands that are new on the Melbourne music scene?

We are kinda new, so we tell ourselves to SHUT THE F*** UP AND PLAY. Best Advice EVER. When are you doing your thing next?

We are launching our debut album Greetings From... on Saturday August 3 at the Grace Darling Hotel with the most awesome Valentiine, System of Venus and Redfield. Come and get ya dose of balls.

THE CHOP TOPS Full-tilt rockabilly trio from California,The Chop Tops perform an upbeat blend of rockabilly, surf, and teddy boy rock’n’roll at The Spotted Mallard this Thursday night August 1. Support from local purveyors of rockabilly madness Hank’s Jalopy Demons. Doors from 8:30pm. $20 entry.

THE TEARAWAYS There is a fundraiser for the children of Latin America at the Reverence Hotel on Saturday August 3 with a massive lineup. The Tearaways will be headlining the event along with Yard Apes, The Jacks, Hailgun, Stranglehold, Counter Attack, Dirty Chapters and The Transitions. Show kicks off at 5:30pm and is only $12.

TASTE OF INDIE COLLECTIVE The Taste of Indie Collective heads West to the Reverence Hotel on Thursday August 1 from 8pm with a lineup of original ‘Made In Melbourne’ indie, folk and rock acts that are sure to provide ample entertainment and some food for thought. The evening will be kicked off with a solo electric set from singersongwriter Bob Crain, that will be followed by the powerful indie rock trio Man City Sirens who promise to get your blood pumping. The night will wrapped up with a ride on Storyhorse; this six-piece outfit will thrill with musical instrumentation and piercing vocals as they wind through a set of their unique genre, apocalyptic folk. $5 entry.

THE MORRISONS The Morrisons are back and supporting their super best friends, Super Best Friends on their 1,2,3! tour at The Black Night Crash. Get your sweet ass down to the Rochester Castle Hotel in Fitzroy on Saturday August 3 to see the sexy foursome party like 2013, because it is.

THE MOHAWK LODGE Indie Rockers from Vancouver, The Mohawk Lodge, are playing Cherry Bar this Friday August 2 as part of their Damaged Goods Album Tour, House of Lawrence and Ali e are supporting. Doors 5pm, $13 entry from 8pm – 11pm, DJ Lucy A until 5am.

THE BEST OF BON SCOTT Australia’s own legendary son Bon Scott, Classic Rock magazine’s #1 rock’n’roll frontman of all time, and original Melbourne boy, passed tragically 33 years ago at the age of 33. To salute him in true rock royalty fashion on his home turf will be a line up of a-list performers thrashing out a set-list of some of the best songs he unleashed unto this world before he left it. The Bon Scott’s band features Jamie Coghill (The Devilrock Four) on drums, Carl Treasure (Indian Mynah) on lead guitar, Jimi Richardson (Bugdust) on bass and Jonny Driver (Upton Ace) on guitar, joined by a cavalcade of guest lead singers including Fiona Lee-Maynard (Fiona Lee Maynard & Her Holy Men), Ash Naylor (Even),Rusty Brown (Electric Mary), Dave Larkin (Dallas Crane), Matt “Chappy” Chapman (My Left Boot), Mark “Richo” Richards and Dave Stevens. Check it out at The Flying Saucer Club on Friday Ausust 2 from 8pm. $28 on the door.

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DAVID BRIDIE David Bridie’s new album, Wake, has been hailed as profound, inspired, bold and hauntingly beautiful. Now see it live as David continues to tour it around the country.

Bridie launches Wake at Caravan Music Club in Oakleigh on Saturday August 3 with his new band The Pills featuring John Philips (Not Drowning, Waving) on guitar.

THE ZANES ADAM EATON Melbourne-born, Norway-based singer-songwriter Adam Eaton will be launching his new album Catastrophes at the Grace Darling Hotel this Friday August 2. First single, Wait Out, is receiving regular spins on triple j Unearthed and community radio, and it’s multi-layered and quirky video has been added to the RAGE playlist. Eaton will be joined by band members Roger Bergodaz (Jordie Lane, Tex Perkins), Shane Reilly (Tex Perkins, Matt Walker), Leena Thavisin, and Chris Paynter, with support from the amazing Ariela Jacobs. Doors at 9pm, tickets $10.

TANK DILEMMA Tank Dilemma is a keys-driven swinging funk/soul act lead by Richard ‘Tank’ Tankard based on the South West Victorian Coast. From the Basement to the Port Fairy Folky, TD has delivered their Australian take on funk/soul, with doses of blues. Catch them at The Spotted Mallard to launch their new LP, Having Said That, Let Me Say This, on Friday August 2.

Shannon Bourne will be supporting. Free entry.

GRAND CRU Long running acoustic folk-pop act Grand Cru are throwing back a big launch party to celebrate the release of their brand new single. Friday August 2 will see the band bring their warm, ambient and ultimately catchy sound to Bar 303. Sweetening the deal even further is a rich lineup of superb supports, including Crimery, I Am Dub I, Underground, Citrus Jam and Tomas Fitzgerald.

This will be a splendid evening of entertainment, don’t miss it.

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Friday August 2. Come catch The Zanes’ last headline show before they retreat to the studio to record their next round of releases. If it means rolling up to Yah Yah’s a good three hours earlier and twenty beers soberer than you otherwise would, it will be worth it. Support from new Tassie act Chase City, Melbourne guitar-pop dreamers Pretty City (launching their new single) and Vance Joy keyboardist Chris Mulhall (solo).

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PRECIOUS JULES

PRONTO Featuring members of Bad Aches and Chook Race, Pronto deliver that vintage ‘77 era punk sound with power-pop nous. Someone once said that Pronto remind them more of a gang than a band, but a street gang never sounded this sweet, like bubblegum in a leather wrapper. Pronto play wimpy music for tough kids. Tonight they will play the last show of their July residency at The Tote. Supports from Batpiss, Ross De Chene Hurricanes, Bits Of Shit, Cuntz and more. $6, 8pm.

THE CAIRO CLUB ORCHESTRA Don your flapper’s headdress and take the hand of a dapper gentleman for the Charleston. The Cairo Club Orchestra will be turning The Flying Saucer Club into a simmering and shimmering 1920s juke joint with the riproaring sounds of the era on Sunday August 4 from 3pm.

The Cairo Club Orchestra will be joined by the Divine Miss Nichaud Fitzgibbon, performing as the fabulous Miss Mimi Maxwell and the charming Dexter Danbe Montgomery Brown. Prizes for best dressed and best Charleston as we get flappers back on the dance floor. As the great Jay Gatsby would say, “Do come along old sport”.

LONG HOLIDAY Melbourne based three-piece post-grunge outfit Long Holiday are very excited to launch their recently released debut album, Greetings From... at The Grace Darling on Saturday August 3 with support from their friends Valentiine who have just returned from an overseas tour, plus System Of Venus and Redfield. Heavily influenced by the ‘90s grunge sound of Nirvana, L7, Babes In Toyland and even delving into The Breeders territory, Long Holiday have their own modern interpretation of these sounds, adopting their own special take on it all. $12 on the door.

The Murlocs

Precious Jules is the latest punk, glam and rock’n’roll duooutfit from Kim Salmon (The Scientists, Beasts of Bourbon) and producer Mike Stranges. After tracking tunes with Shock founder Andrew McGee, their invention is something that is at once a circus and a comic book vision. Titles like Pearls Before Swine, You’re A Backlash, The Urban Swamp and Cheap N Nasty say it all. Their self-titled debut is available on Monday August 19. Catch them playing a free show at the Prince Public Bar Friday August 2 with Jonsez.

FIFTH FLOOR Fifth Floor is about collaborating with other movements and hosting underground events. The conception of the name was drawn from the first location of The Factory. The fifth floor of East Street, Midtown Manhattan. The event hosts a stellar line-up of local Melbourne garage/psych bands. The Murlocs, Flyying Colours, Strangers from now on, The Octopus Ride, Dan Trolley and Premium Fantasy will be providing the live music. And the location is out now Tetris Warehouse at 36 Phoenix St in Brunswick. Tetris looks incredible when lit up with visual projections. What is truly mind blowing about this warehouse is the roof which is covered in large, low hanging white sails. As people jive to the live music below, a world of psych visuals dance on the roof above their heads.

The stage and bands will be lit by Thomas Russell, aka Astral Projection, the walls and roof will be covered in visual art making the whole event one big swirling trip of projections and loud psych-garage bands. Tickets to the event can only be purchased through the Oztix.

BRIDGEWATER

THE APE The Ape, Tex Perkins’ latest outfit, are set to perform at the Annual World Rangers Day Fundraising Gala, joined

by DJ Max Crawdaddy on Saturday August 3 at the Regal Ballroom. In an effort to raise money to protect the protectors of nature, funds raised by The Thin Green Line Foundation will support and equip rangers in anti-poaching operations and support the families of rangers killed in the line of duty. Tickets available from thingreenline.org.au.

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Celebrating the release of their single Get Down, catch Bridgewater on their string of live performances throughtout Victoria. Touring San Remo, Daylesford, Castlemaine and finally Melbourne throughout August, their single comes from their self-titled debut album, which was written down in Phillip Island. Performing this Friday August 2 as part of the Soles4Souls benefit in Federation Square at 5pm, and then at The Cornish Arms from 9pm.

DONNA DEAN BAND Multi-award winning and critically acclaimed songstress from NZ Donna Dean plays her last Melbourne gig before leaving the country for the US and the Americana Festival in Nashville to promote her latest album, Tyre Tracks & Broken Hearts.

Donna Dean Band will be playing The Lomond Hotel this Sunday August 4 at 5.30pm. Free entry.

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1. Hydra LP DEVILLE

Having spent a fair chunk of the last couple of years stationed in the UK, Cloud Control’s reverb-soaked, harmony-heavy, ‘60s-psych second album feels like a work that’s been born out of the growth only time and distance away from home can bring.

Scream Rave opens the album with a blast of echo chamber harmonies – they come as a shock to the eardrums if you’re not prepared – before dissolving into first single, Dojo Rising. That track’s bristly beat keeps kicking Alister Wright’s lethargic drawl along like it’s afraid he could nod off at any moment.

Buoyed by a bouncy bass line, Moonrabbit gleams with sun-kissed harmonies, sounding authentically like a cut from the Hair soundtrack. Island Living and The Smoke, The Feeling take things into darker, more atmospheric territory. Both songs are textured with pulsating electronics.

Scar soars along with Wright and Heidi Lenffer sharing vocals in the chorus. Happy Birthday sees the two trading vocals – Lenffer in the verses and Wright taking over for the chorus (which contains the brilliant line, “I hate my birthday, it’s true”). Some incidental party noise and a Byrdsian guitar solo appear out of nowhere and disappear just as quickly.

The haze shimmers off the jaunty guitar lines and heavy bass of Ice Age Heatwave. Tombstone plays like the soundtrack to an indie Western thriller set in a wide, arid expanse. The title track closes out the album; it’s a haunting mid-tempo waltz that sounds like a long lost Roy Orbison tune. It ends with a field recording of water dripping down the rocks in a cave – a soothing end.

SINGLES

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MICHAEL HARTT

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DARREN SYLVESTER

Dream Or Something Like That (Chapter) The protagonist cruises down a windy beachside cliff in an open convertible, lens flare from the sparkling ocean blocked out by black Wayfarers, pursed lips dragging on a cigarette, passenger seat vacant. He flicks the depleted butt curb side because fuck it, it’s the ‘80s. Nostalgic pop done right.

BLOODS

Into My Arms (Independent) No bullshit punk-pop from Sydney trio Bloods, Into My Arms rises above the glut of trend-hopping garage trash with an undeniable sense of honesty.

Three chords, sick chorus, sub-two-minute runtime.

Perfect. There are shades of Spiderbait/Gurge teamup Don’t You Know Who I Am in the middle eight. And that’s a good thing, trust me.

THE MORRISONS

She’s Got The Black In Her Eye On Me (Independent) When I caught The Morrisons in a gallery space many moons ago, they scattered a few packs of complimentary earplugs at the floor near their amps.

Thing is, punters couldn’t really bend down to pick them up without risking blowing out their eardrums entirely. It’s like ten thousand spoons and all you need is a knife. Anyway, that power is captured on She’s Got The Black In Her Eye On Me, a track threaded by frenetic piano touches. The piano is probably on fire a la Jerry Lee Lewis. Frenetic rock‘n’roll fury.

GEORGI KAY

In My Mind (Ivy League) This is so fucking dreary that I actually thought about listening to some Angus & Julia Stone to replenish my adrenaline supply. It works well as an endurance test – if you’re not put to sleep by the shitty lo-fi “beat” and soggy melody by the time the cellos kick in after the three-minute mark then you deserve a goddamn medal.

RAINBOW CHAN

Haircut (Silo Arts & Records) “I don’t need you any more honey / I got a haircut today” The catharsis of a post-breakup haircut is almost a modern rite of passage – that tangible, empowering ownership of identity. Sydney producer Rainbow Chan explores the phenomenon over some wonderfully twisted beats, spattering morse codelike tones throughout. It’s taken from the solid new EP Long Vacation, set to be a fine international beacon from Sydney’s nascent electronica scene.

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BUSHWALKING

No Enter (Chapter) On the title track to their upcoming second LP, local triumvirate Bushwalking present a fairly even three acts. First up, they transform into a wonderfully hellish, stuttering incarnation of Duran Duran with deep percussive delay and sparing guitar noise. Just as we’re about to be sucked in too deep, the angelic harmonies of Nisa Venerosa and Ela Stile snap us out of the hypnotic spiral. Finally, the almighty guitar noise that threatens like a beast in the shadow rears itself into full view for a firestorm finish.

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THE NAKED AND FAMOUS

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Hearts Like Ours (Republic) Remember The Naked And Famous? They’re back! So how do they follow up the runaway success of their debut LP? With more of the same, really. “Could we try to reinvent?” goes the cry, the plodding synths and goofy guitar bursts answering with an emphatic “not really.” And hey, why should they try to reinvent?

The cover art for upcoming album In Rolling Waves looks like a pulled apart poppy. A sly wink to the tall poppy syndrome that plagues pretty much every successful Kiwi act?

1. Falling/Running LACE CURTAIN 2. Deleted Scenes STANDISH/CARLYON 3. Slow Focus FUCK BUTTONS 4. In Blood Memory JEN CLOHER 5. Floating Coffin THEE OH SEES 6. Paranoise PSYCHLOPS EYEPATCH

8. She Beats BEACHES 9. Court Music From The Planet Of Love PRUDENCE REES-LEE 10. Ooga Boogas OOGA BOOGAS

SYN SWEET 16 1. Slow Focus FUCK BUTTONS 2. Something Old OLIVER WILDE

THE ADELAIDE CROWS

Capital City (Independent) A triumphant, irresistibly sweet and ultimately ambitious global rollick, Capital City is imbued by a classic sense of Australiana rock. Jaunting around a rampant checklist of activist action to the point of sardonic, The Adelaide Crows capture that illusive of how unexpectedly complex adulthood really is – almost an underhanded declaration that life is what happens while you’re busy fuckin’ around in your 20s.

But underneath it all, the reassuring cry of “Come on waste your life / rest your head on mine” rings true.

3. Advanced Falconry MUTUAL BENEFIT 4. Badlands BAD//DREEMS 5. City MADLIB 6. Don’t Give Up WASHED OUT 7. Time GLASS GANG 8. Loose Sutres FUZZ 9. Dog Time HANG TIGHT 10. Skindivers In Action FAT HISTORY MONTH

BEAT’S TOP TEN SONGS ABOUT SLEEPING SINGLE OF THE WEEK JIMBLAH

March (Elefant Traks) Navigating a complex, captivating flow over sparse production, Australian MC Jimblah exudes resolute power with his weatherbeaten delivery – its melodic exasperation reminiscent of Ghostface Killah’s verse on Wu’s I Can’t Go To Sleep. The bark of the chorus sample compounds the haunting elements of the track while simultaneously acting as a rousing call to arms. March gives every indication that upcoming full-length Phoenix (due this September) is set to be one of the most important local releases of the year.

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GLASS TOWERS

Halcyon Days (Hub/Inertia) Music aside, the cover of Halcyon Days is already one of my favourites of the year so far. On it, a young man treads water in the ocean with a lit cigarette in mouth, the image serving as a metaphor for the album’s theme, as according to lead singer Ben Hannam, it’s an “invitation back into the heady rush of teenage days” and represents young men “standing in the doorstep of adulthood”. The cigarette then can be seen as representing the flame of youth, which is about to be extinguished.

It’s a theme particularly present on the album’s last three tracks, Griffin, The Best of Friends and Foreign Time, the latter featuring a Flaming Lips-esque introduction and sweet simple piano that links the verse and chorus. “Too young/ too late/ to find what I’ve been looking for/ in this gutter town” sings Hannam, the clearest reference to this exploration of the adolescent to adult transition. Harking back to the days of teenage crushes with its jumpy, up-tempo roll, Griffin shows a young man struggling to express emotions properly: “I’m sorry that I’m such a typical guy/ I cannot speak/ I have not tried”.

The rest of the album is classic indie-rock; there are shades of Two Door Cinema Club throughout, mainly through the lead guitar on tracks like Halycon, but Hannam has a distinctive voice which helps set them apart. That voice shines on Jumanji during its grandiose chorus, and it’s a shame the vocals aren’t in the fore of the album’s mix more often. That’s not to mock the musicianship of the band, far from it – the drumming is solid and inventive, the guitar meticulous.

As a group, Glass Towers manage, in part, to reach the celebratory highs and melancholic lows becoming of a tribute to adolescence. Halcyon Days boasts numerous finelyBest Track: Jumanji crafted songs, and the bands ambition to explore themes If You Like These, You’ll Like This: ART OF closer to their hearts is certainly something not to be SLEEPING, TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB knocked. A promising long player.

In A Word: Auspicious GARRATH WESTMORE

LETLIVE.

The Blackest Beautiful (Epitaph) Is letlive., along with its pouty insistence of lowercase style, the new sound of teen rebellion? Kids are fodder at the cult of rock. Like life, rock promises so much. It embodies fists to the jaw of the man, unlimited sex beyond all moral decency and uncompromising freedom. Ultimately, our bellies are left empty, fed on hope. What about letlive.?

Firstly, we hear a drop of prog in their oceans of hip hop borrowings. The odd lead break dazzle doesn’t go astray either. Virgin Dirt’s brutish take on the acoustic ballad hears vocalist Jason Butler clawing at walls. Machine drums rearrange faces and string quartets soothe. Grinding bass bursts through That Fear Fever’s gates, tempered by Butler’s deceptively sonorous pipes. letlive. dust off new jack groove in The Dope Beat, threatening like chain-wielding thugs doing the moonwalk. Butler’s nods to sleek ‘90s Motown continues in drum and bass whacked The Priest and the Used Cars. Gang vocal breakdowns seduce down tuned axes, emerging a new breed of arena rock sing-along. “I buy my faith when it’s on sale/that’s why my holy water’s stale,” Butler snarls. White America’s Black Market peaks letlive.’s Motor City worship. Singing angels on high engage thudding percussion devils in combat, all wiped out by white-hot riff fury. Mocking laughter echoes in Pheromone Cvlt, a perfect 21st Century evolution of nu-metal’s unholy trinity: creepy self-loathing, brooding pop simplicity and brutal heaviness.

Produced to an Instagram-vintage and a mind to cut their Best Track: That Fear Fever sugar with bile, rebellion never sounded this volatile or If You Like These, You’ll Like This: TRASH TALK, this agreeable. Rock doesn’t fulfil its promises, but The EVERY TIME I DIE, THE AMITY AFFLICTION Blackest Beautiful’s earnestness and sheer force might In A Word: Destructive restore faith in rock’s dead-end youth.

TOM VALCANIS

THE MOHAWK LODGE

Damaged Goods (White Whale/ Northern Soul Records) ‘Damaged goods’ is such a great expression; from its innocuous beginnings to describe stock not fit for regular sale, to its evolution as a euphemism to describe the human detritus that combs the floors of the average suburban nightclub looking for any tactile experience that might masquerade as emotional attachment, it has a natural discursive resonance.

The Mohawk Lodge’s latest record, Damaged Goods, might not fit either of those scenarios directly, but it does have a certain weathered style that can be located within a broader analogous context. Howling At the Moon speeds off down the highway with Thunder Roadlike consistency; Wild Dogs is Eddie Cochrane with a healthy dose of New York garage punk in his veins. Light You Up holds you in its arms and welcomes you into the soft lights of Californian rock, c1978. Using Your Love is a lament for the good times that have been suffocated by all the bad shit you never want, but seems to happen anyway.

The title track is a finger-pickin’, bar-booze-and-grass metaphorical warning to anyone wise enough to understand the perils of myopic fascination; Hard Love could be Henry Wagons, if Henry was a rustic ruminating philosopher from British Columbia; Believe In Love is probably ironic, though who really knows when you’re so far down in the bowels of emotional desolation to give a shit anymore. Gold Rivers stumbles out of the depressive fog, knocks back a couple of single malts, jumps in a hotted up jalopy with Lindsay Buckingham and kicks some serious Best Track: Howling At the Moon. arse. Voodoo is dirty, and maybe a bit pissed off; 1000 If You Like These, You’ll Like This: BRUCE Violins is maudlin, and dark. It’s damaged, but still standing, SPRINGSTEEN, WAGONS AND BILLY CHILDISH. and ready to see another day. Life’s like that, I suppose.

In A Word: Damaged PATRICK EMERY

CSS

Planta (Stop Start/Interia) For a band whose full name translates to ‘I got tired of being sexy’, it’s really no surprise that CSS’s new offering continues along the same tongue-in-cheek, provocative trail they’ve been blazing for a decade now. Unfortunately though, some of the attitude that defined the Sao Paulo quartets earlier records and greatest hit to date, Music is My Hot Hot Sex, is sparing, perhaps due to the recent departure of Adriano Cinto.

Opener Honey starts promisingly enough and despite a flat pre-chorus, Lovefoxxx more than makes up for it when she sings “you can turn me on and I’ll never turn on you”, which is, lyrically speaking, quintessential CSS. Hangover (co-written with Tim Armstrong of Rancid fame) is easily the standout; dance pop with M.I.A like lyrical stylings and some South of the border trumpet to boot makes it a pretty hard track to resist. The Hangout too is lively, reggae guitar and cheeky lyrics (even for CSS) making it a notable listen.

The problem is far too many of the tracks are so-so, due in most part to a lack of a discernable tune or uninspiring synth.

Thankfully there’s some grit on Dynamite, where the band’s punk-rock influences are more apparent and fans of Lovefoxx’s work with Kavinksy on Nightcall (and who isn’t really?) will enjoy Sweet, though it’s closer to the aforementioned track mostly due to its production. Too Hot is an easy listen, albeit it one with possibly the most naff lyrics I’ve ever heard; for example, “burns like red hot chilli”. But all in all CSS’ patented sexualised lyrics are generally entertaining, if not borderline repetitive. If you’re of the latter mindset, closer Faith In Love will be a welcome change; it’s much more contemplative and serious than all that precede it, with a real discernible change in lyrics: “you give me something so beautiful/it makes me wanna run”, but that’s as serious as it gets really. Not much has changed here for CSS, another Best Track: Hangover album full of crushes and lusting, with equal parts winning If You Like These, You’ll Like This: I Belong in Your Arms tracks and throwaways. Not even close to their best.

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ANDY SZIKLA

Dark Valley (Rubber Records) The symbiotic relationship between emotional turmoil and creative endeavours remains one of the more complex equations underpinning great art. To transpose psychological dysfunction into artistic form can be more than cathartic; it can also imbue the artistic creation with a cutting edge that elevates from bland to abrasive.

Andy Szikla put together his debut Dark Valley album in the aftermath of a seismic upheaval in his life. And while Dark Valley isn’t necessarily an autobiographical treatise, it does convey a sense of intensity and pathos that’s as compelling as it is endearing.

Blood Brothers is underpinned by a biblical sensibility; its tale of fraternal associates torn apart resonates for every generation. The brutal deconstruction of love in Bastard Child might even elicit a wry smile from the cantankerous Bob Dylan. The title track is an epic, occasionally existentialist journey through the frustrations, contradictions and occasional moments of sincerity that permeates human existence.

Into the Light offers a glimmer of light in an otherwise dark world; the metaphorical could be autobiographical, or maybe it’s a universal tale. Tomorrow Heaven throws back to the slave trade of yore, where the veneer of promise was quickly ripped away to expose the inhumanity of man; but the human spirit would never die. The Refugee counters the tabloid construction of the modern refugee’s plight; real people are at the heart of those images, whatever the headlines might suggest. Sir Douglas Mawson tells the story of an explorer the likes of which the world will never see again – if you know the fantastic detail of Mawson’s travels, you’ll understand.

The album is accompanied by a set of videos available at darkvalley.tv – archival footage of farming communities, deserted streets, children enjoying the simple pleasures of a lost Best Track: Dark Valley world and confronting cinematic images bring further life If You Like This, You’ll Like This: BOB DYLAN, to Szikla’s rich narratives. Andy Szikla is no ordinary artist, WOODY GUTHRIE and Dark Valley is no ordinary record.

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On their second LP, You Will Never Be Younger Than You Are Now, local quartet Dancing Heals have undertaken somewhat of a rebirth, stepping up from a quality local band to become an act worthy of representing Australia at an international level.

Opening track Raise The Dead opens with an enthralling strum then builds over the next 60 seconds with the introduction of drums, bass and a second guitar. The fully constructed melody of this song would be at home in the opening salvo of Dandy Warhols indie classic Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia. Vocalist Jon-Lee Farrell’s singing style for this track is restrained even when he pushes the chorus – this purposeful limitation suits the song’s musical flow perfectly.

The album’s cover art is the band’s four members – Farrell, Daniel Trakell (guitar, vocals), Jarrod Long (drums) and James Lovie (bass) – semi submerged in a grey calm ocean. This image works perfectly with the albums sonic aesthetic that represents the band’s expansive sound but also the sense of ‘rebirth’ imbued in every sense of this record.

The metamorphosis the band undertook in order to produce this superior release was helped by a trip to Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, North Carolina – a studio that was used by Band Of Horses to record their first two albums. Ironically, on this record Dancing Heals sound less like Band Of Horses then they did on their previous album to this, their debut, Into The Night.

A song that best captures this brave new world for Dancing Heals is the song Something. In a decidedly 1980s inspired twist, this track has icy guitars and skittering drums and almost dream Best Track: Raise The Dead pop vocals and romantic lyrics.

If You Like These, You’ll Love This: Thirteen Tales From Who knows where this record will take Dancing Heals Urban Bohemia Dandy Warhols, Cease To Begin Band because it has been fantastically executed, but also Of Horses, Furr Blitzen Trapper possesses a hell of a lot of heart.

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THURSDAY AUG 1

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

CASSIUS CLAY + ALICE D + COWGIRL CAVIAR + THE SLIMS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

DAN PARSONS + BIG SMOKE + RED & THE WOLF Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.

DARWIN DEEZ + PLUTO JONZE Corner Hotel, Richmond.

8:00pm. $45.

JAMES BLAKE Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $70.

MAD NANNA + DESTINY 3000 + DJ NTH WHEEL + LOWER PLENTY Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $12.

PRONTO + BITS OF SHIT + CUNTZ Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

8:00pm.

SEAN KIRKWOOD + CHRIS MULHALL + MILES CALDER Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.

SIMPLY ACOUSTIC Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm.

SMOTTA + HOUSE OF LIGHTS + THE NIGHT PARTY Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

SUNSET BLUSH + EVA MCGOWAN + JEMMA NICOLE + SOPHIE ROSE Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

TEN BONES + ALI E + WE GO TO SPACE The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $7.

THE DEAD ELECTED + CLAWS & ORGANS + THE ROLLERCANES Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

THE DEEP END + SMOKE STACK RHINO Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

UPPER ECHELON CYPHER Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $25.

WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: ZOE K & ALICE WILLIAMS + JAYNE LILFORD Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

8:00pm.

AFTR DARK - FEAT: BLACKCHORDS + DJ DAN WATT + THE MIDDLE NAMES John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.

ARTHUR PENN & THE FUNKY TEN + BJ MORRISZONKLE + THAT GOLD STREET SOUND Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

CRAYON KING + THE DARK ALES + THE SCRIMSHAW FOUR + THE WOODLAND HUNTERS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

DARTS + CERES + RETURN TO YOUTH Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $7.

ELECTRIC CULTURES III - FEAT: GURNER + BIG YAWN + CLUB SOUND WITCHES + COCKS ARQUETTE + MATCH FIXER Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.

HOPES ABANDONED + FOLEY + THE CRUNT BURGERS + THUNDABOX The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $8.

HOUSE OF LIGHT + PLUM GREEN Tago Mago, Thornbury.

8:30pm.

I KNOW THE CHIEF + GREAT JOHN HIMSELF + THE MCQUEENS + WE THE PEOPLE Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm.

IRE + ABREACT + DISASTER + SEARCHER Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.

JAGWAR MA + DJ ANGELO CRUZMAN + GUERRE Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $20.

KARNIVOOL Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

MARK JOLLEY + MICKY O’SULLIVAN + NIKITA + RYAN VAGER Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

MELBOURNE LIVE MUSIC LOVERS - FEAT: MAJOR TOM & THE ATOMS + 8 BIT LOVE + PRAYERBABIES Bella Union Bar (trades Hall), Carlton South. 8:00pm. $15.

MIDNIGHT SCAVENGERS + FRAUDBAND Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy.

7:00pm.

NEBRASKATAK & LITTLE TWO EYES + THE GIVE Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10.

NEXT - FEAT: A LOSS FOR WORDS + MONUMENTS + SIDELINES Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.

PASSERINE + BACK BACK FORWARD PUNCH + DEAR PLASTIC + DJ BOOTSY Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $15.

SANS GRAS + AMANITA & BEN + KALACOMA Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.

STORYHORSE + BOB CRAIN + MAN CITY SIRENS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5.

THE CHOP TOPS + HANK’S JALOPY DEMONS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $20.

THE HOLLOW HOUNDS + BRODOWN + FILLE FATALE + MIYAZAKI! Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.

THE SAND DOLLARS + ALBERT SALT + COUSIN TONY’S BRAND NEW FIREBIRD Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.

THE SWEETHEARTS + DJ PIERRE BARONI + DJ VINCE PEACH Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.

THREE QUARTER BEASTS + LITTLE FOOT + POISION FISH Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK BRUNSWICK BROWN OWLS Sporting Club Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm.

CHASR + 30/70 + LO MAX John Curtin Hotel, Carlton.

8:00pm.

COLLAGE - FEAT: JAILBIRD JOKERS + MONSTER JEANS Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

FRASER A GORMAN + FOREVER SON Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

LACHLAN BRYAN Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

NIGEL WEARNE Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

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.

SPLIT SECONDS + KATE MARTIN + KATHRYN ROLLINS + SLOW DANCER Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ADELAIDE + THE ENGAGMENT + WILD VINE Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.

DIZZY’S BIG BAND Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.

HAMMOND JAZZ CLUB + MR ANDREW SWANN Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

KAISHA Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.

LOS COUGARMEN Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.

SWING NIGHT First Floor, Fitzroy. 6:30pm.

THE GIANNI MARINUCCI QUINTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.

TOM FRYER BAND + MATHEW ROCHE TRIO 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.

VIVE LA DIFFERENCE Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne.

7:30pm.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK BLOW The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

DANNY STAIN Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

FRANK SULTANA & THE SINISTER KIDS + A GAZILLION ANGRY MEXICANS + COTANGENT + TWO HEADED DOG Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.

GHOST TOWNS OF THE MIDWEST + LIAM GERNER & LUKE MOLLER Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.

GRAM FRIDAY Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm.

JUDE PERL BAND Purple Emerald, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.

KEVIN WELCH + BILL CHALMERS Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm.

OPEN MIC Acoustic Cafe, Collingwood. 6:30pm.

OPEN MIC Balaclava Hotel, Balaclava. 7:00pm.

OVERDRIVE - FEAT: SOOKY LA LA + METH LEOPARD Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

RADIOUTKAST + SMOOTA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.

HTRK HTRK will play their only Melbourne headline show for 2013 this weekend. HTRK’s album Work (work, work) was one of 2011’s most acclaimed Australian releases. Their forthcoming album (due for release in 2014 via Mistletone) will be the band’s first album as a duo. With this Melbourne show, HTRK will be giving the audience an exclusive preview of new material. HTRK will hit Howler on Friday August 2.

8:30pm.

SUZANNAH ESPIE & IAN COLLARD Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:30pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC AGUA CON SOL Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.

ALWAN Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

DJUNA LEE QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

KICKIN THE B AT 303 - FEAT: SLEEPING BAG 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.

MEL SEARLE & THE CRAIG SMITH QUINTET Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.

SONYA VERONICA & ALISTAIR MCLEAN Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.

THE AUSTRALIAN ART ORCHESTRA Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $20.

THE LOUNGE DETECTIVES + ILANA + J.AO Club Voltaire, North Melbourne. 7:00pm. $10.

THE OVEREASYS Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 6:30pm.

FRIDAY AUG 2 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ADALITA + DARK FAIR Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm.

ADAM EATON + ARILEA JACOBS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10.

AGILITY + CHOP SQUAD + GRAND RAPIDS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.

BEAVER + DAMN HEARTS + FAIM + FOXTROT + TAKE YOUR OWN Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

BROTHER JOHNSTONE + AMY WOLKOFSKY + NINETEENTH CENTURY STRONGMEN Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

CASH SAVAGE & THE LAST DRINKS Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm.

EINSTEINS TOYBOYS + 7980 Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.

FLASH BACK - FEAT: LOUIE & THE PARTY BOYS Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm.

FRENZAL RHOMB + CRISIS ALERT + HUG THERAPIST Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $25.

FRIDAY NIGHTS AT MONET’S GARDEN - FEAT: BRIGHTER LATER National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $28.

GRANDE CRU + CITRUS JAM + CRIMERY + I AM DUB + TOMAS FITZGERALD + UNDERGROUND 303, Northcote.

8:00pm. $5.

HOLLOW EVERDAZE (ALBUM LAUNCH) + BAPTISM OF

UZI + CONTRAST + LOWTIDE + SLEEP DECADE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.

HTRK + LOWTIDE + NEW WAR DJS + RAT & CO Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

JAMES WADE + A FINE MESS + CHLOE MORGAN + DREAM LEGACY + MORNING OF THE EARTH Montrose Town Centre, Montrose. 6:00pm. $7.

JOHN PATRICK & THE KEEPERS + YOU & THE COLONIES & BEN CAMPAIN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.

KARNIVOOL Melbourne Town Hall, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

KIM SALMON & MIKE STRANGES AS PRECIOUS JULES + JONESEZ Prince Public Bar, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

KING OF THE NORTH - FEAT: LIVE FILMCLIP SHOOT + BATTLEAXE HOWLERS + THE WARDENS + TRACER Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

LIKE THIEVES (EP LAUNCH) + BERLIN POSTMARK + EUCLID + JENARIUM + VELUDO Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $12.

MAMMOTH MAMMOTH + BONEZ + DJ 3 + DJ REDRIGUEZ Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm.

OEDIPUS REX & BREAK THE WALL + BREAK THE WALL + OEDIPUS REX + LASER BRAINS + LOSER DENIAL + URASSIC PENGUIN Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy.

8:00pm. $10.

RED ROCKETS OF BORNO + SEXY HEAVY + THE DARK ALES Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:30pm.

RICHIE 1250 & THE BRIDES OF CHRIST + SMOOTA + THE IMPOSSIBLE NO GOODS + THE PINK TILES The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $10.

SEPTEMBER FALLS + THE GRENADES + THE SWEETS + UNDERWOOD MAYNE Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

SHERIFF Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm.

SUNS + CHAMBERS + COCHLEAR KILL Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5.

TANK DILEMMA + SHANNON BOURNE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

TEMPLE + DAMN THAT RIVER + I AM MINE + LITTLE MISS REMEMBERING Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.

THE AUSSIE ROCK SHOW Lucky 13 Garage, Moorabbin.

7:30pm. $10.

THE BEST OF BON SCOTT The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $32.

THE BULLETTES Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm.

THE DEATH RATTLES + BROOKE DEADWOOD + THE BEGGARS WAY Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $8.

THE DUNHILL BLUES + BLUE STRATOS + DJ DRAW 4 + MASS CULT + YARD APES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

THE MOHAWK LODGE + ALI E + HOUSE OF LAWRENCE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.

THE ZANES + CHASE CITY + CHRIS MULHALL + PRETTY CITY Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

WONDERFULS + ENCOUNTER GROUP + IAN WADLEY + MIDNIGHT CALLER Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm.

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OF MONSTERS AND MEN One of the biggest names on the absolutely massive 2013 Splendour In The Grass lineup will play two headline shows in Melbourne this weekend. Of Monsters And Men have amassed a huge following in Australia since their first visit during winter last year, going on to enjoy the runaway success of the track Little Feet. Don’t miss out on your chance to catch the Icelandic juggernauts when they perform at The Palais on Saturday August 3 and Sunday August 4.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK ARTISTS AT THE ALTAR 2013 - FEAT: MIETTA Stones Of The Yarra Valley, Coldstream. 8:00pm.

BACKWOODS CREATURES Post Office Hotel, Coburg.

9:30pm.

BATPISS + BAD VISION + BRAT FARRAR + DJ’S JACK DOG + LUPINE FIASCO + MESA COSA John Curtin Hotel, Carlton.

8:00pm.

BLUE LUAU - FEAT: DREAM BOOGIE The Luwow, Fitzroy.

8:00pm. $5.

BRIDGEWATER - Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

BRONI Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

CYCLO TIMIK + REBECCA LANGLEY Open Studio, Northcote. 6:00pm.

DOIN TIME - FEAT: PENELOPE SWALE + MADELINE HUDSON + MARISA SPOSARO + ROSE TURTLE ERTLER Barleycorn Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $8.

INTO THE MYSTIC - FEAT: JOE CREIGHTON & THE BELFAST HORNS Stones Of The Yarra Valley, Coldstream.

6:30pm.

KING LUCHO + ACOUSTIC FOXX & THE TEMPLE OF TUNES Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:00pm.

MARTY KELLY & BLUES DRIVE Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND Wesley Anne, Northcote.

8:00pm. $8.

SPENCER P JONES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm.

THE MAE TRIO (CD LAUNCH) Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:30pm.

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.

VOID GLORIOUS VOID Dane Certificate’s Magic Tricks, Gags & Theatre, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $10.

trudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $7.

LADY KILLER NIGHT + MYSTERY GUEST + STELLA ANGELICO + ZOE K & THE TECHNICOLOUR DREAMBOATS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.

LAVERS + ADRIAN SIBOULET + CALLEE + HAMISH ANDERSON Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

LEGENDS OF MOTORSPORT + BATPISS + SUN GOD REPLICA Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm.

LEOPARD SLUGG + OPTICAL SCREW + SORRY MEDIATORS + THE NBC Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

LONG HOLIDAY + REFIELD + SYSTEM OF VENUS + VALENTIINE Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $12.

LOUDFEST 2013 - FEAT: CONFESSION + FEED HER TO THE SHARKS + FOR ALL ETERNITY + HAND OF MERCY + SAVIOUR + STORIES + STORM THE SKY + THE SWEET APES AND ELEGIST Arrow On Swanston, 8:00pm.

LOVE CHANTS + FLAT FIX + WONDERFULS + WOOLLEN KITS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.

MAYFIELD + BEC & SEBASTIEN Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick.

5:00pm.

MY DYNAMITE + TAYLOR & BROWN + THE SPIN Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10.

OF MONSTERS & MEN + MAMMAL Palais Theatre, St Kilda.

7:30pm. $69.

PAPA CHANGO Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm.

POUR L’AMOUR DU NIGER + IRIS + MOON PROJECT + TOM TUENA Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

RIOT IN TOYTOWN + BURN COLLECT + CITIZEN + VIRTUE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

SEX PEST + BLOODY HAMMER + GENTLEMEN Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.

SONS OF LEE MARVIN + THE DUNHILL BLUES & LITTLE MURDERS + THE REPROBETTES Tote Hotel, Collingwood.

9:00pm.

STOMPY & THE HEAT + KNITTING FOR GRAN + THE BRAVES Prince Public Bar, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

SUPER BEST FRIENDS + THE MORRIOSNS Rochester Castle Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.

THE ANGELS Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $35.

THE CHANTOOZIES + MILD HORSES The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $28.

THE ELVIS TRIBUTE SHOW Musicland, Fawkner. 8:00pm. $20.

THE GROVES + DJ DRAW 4 + THE BLACK ALLEYS + THE VELVETS The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $7.

THE LOVE BOMBS + STONE REVIVAL + SUBMARINE + VICE GRIP PUSSIES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

THE MIGRATIONS (EP LAUNCH) + PAPER JANE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.

THE TEARAWAYS + COUNTER ATTACK + DIRTY CHAPTERS + HAILGUN + STRANGLEHOLD + THE JACKS + THE TRANSITIONS + YARD APES Reverence Hotel, Footscray.

5:00pm. $12.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK CRAIG WOODWARD’S OL’TIMEY MUSIC JAM SESSION

Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

DAVID BRIDIE & THE PILLS + EDEN MULLHOLLAND Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $30.

LIAM GERNER + LUKE MOLLER Cornish Arms, Brunswick.

8:00pm.

LITTLE SECRETS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.

PADDY MCHUGH + ADRIAN STOYLES + JOHNNY GIBSON Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10.

RAY BEADLE & MONICA TRAPAGA Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 8:00pm.

REILLY FITZALAN + M ANTONIO & BILLY LONGFACE Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm.

SKYSCRAPER STAN & THE COMMISSION FLATS + DJ SHAMIKAZI + LOUIS & THE HONKYTONK Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

STEWART KOHINGA + ALEXIS NAYLOR + JAMIE PYE Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $10.

THE DANNY WALSH BANNED Labour In Vain, Fitzroy.

5:00pm.

THE DRUNKEN POACHERS + PHOEBE & SCHINA Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:30pm.

THE F100S Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

THE HARLOTS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm.

THE JACKSON 4 Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

THE MICK PEALING BAND Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm.

THE MOONEY VALLEY DRIFTERS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

THE T-BONES Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.

VOLTAIRE + JUKE BARITONE & THE SWAMP DOGS + ROUGE FONCE John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC CLASSICAL PIANO Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne.

2:00pm.

EUGENE BALL QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

GOYIM + ELVIS IN THE HOUSE Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 3:30pm.

GREENS DAIRY ANGEL ENSEMBLE Sporting Club Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm.

SUMIYOSHI Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30pm.

TANGO RUBINO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 5:30pm.

TRACY BARTRAM BAND Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond.

9:00pm. $20.

TRICIA EVY & DAN BARNETT (THE BILLIE ELLA & LOUIS LATE SHOW) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25.

TRICIA EVY & DAN BARNETT (THE BILLIE ELLA & LOUIS SHOW) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.

YURODIVYE Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.

YVETTE JOHANSSON QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25.

SUNDAY AUG 4

WED 31 JULY

PRONTO

BITS OF SHIT CUNTZ THU 1 AUG SLOW CLUB:

DARTS

RESIDENCY

CERES, RETURN TO YOUTH BANDROOM / 9.00pm:

TRASH PALACE THE PASS OUTS ASTRO TURF RICK RALLI

FRI 2 AUG SLOW CLUB:

WONDERFULS (BRIS) EP LAUNCH

ENCOUNTER GROUP MIDNIGHT CALLER IAN WADLEY

BANDROOM / 9.00pm / SOLD OUT!

ADALITA DARK FAIR

SAT 3 AUG FRONT BAR / 5 - 7.00pm:

THE COUNCIL

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC

(RESIDENCY) + GUEST

SPENCER P JONES

CONNIE LANSBERG QUARTET The Regent Club, 8:00pm.

CRAIG SCHNEIDER TRIO Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond.

9:00pm. $20.

DANIEL CHAMPAGNE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne.

8:30pm. $25.

DEAN’S MARTINI & SHAKERS Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm.

MARGIE LOU’S PIANO HOUR + ALYCE PLATT Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

RAY BEADLE & MONICA TRAPAGA Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $32.

STEVE MAGNUSSON TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

THE FURBELOWS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20.

THE NEXUS PROJECT The Famous Blue Raincoat, South Kingsville. 8:30pm.

THE REBECCA MENDOZA QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25.

BANDROOM / 9.00pm:

LEGENDS OF MOTORSPORT (RETURN SHOW)

BATPISS SUN GOD REPLICA SLOW CLUB / 9.00pm:

SONS OF LEE MARVIN

THE DUNHILL BLUES LITTLE MURDERS THE REPROBETTES

SATURDAY AUG 3 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS

SUN 4 AUG

HOLLOW EVERDAZE

25 HOURS + DJ BONNIE The Hi-fi, Melbourne. 10:00pm. $46.

A BAND CALLED LIFE + CRUDE + THE ENCOUNTER GROUP Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:00pm.

A LOSS FOR WORDS + MONUMENTS Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 8:00pm. $25.

A WHALE CALLED PHOENIX + DC CARDWELL Pure Pop Courtyard, St Kilda. 6:00pm.

ARCANE SAINTS + DESTROY SHE SAID + PHIL PARA + THE CANING + VOODOOCAIN Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

BANG - FEAT: I VALIANCE + HOLLOWS Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.

BARDO POND + A DEAD FOREST INDEX + OHMS + PEARLS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $35.

BROKEN SWEETHEARTS + TRAVIS ADDISON & CAM BURNSIDE Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.

CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK + FRASER A GORMAN + MIGHTIEST OF GUNS + SMALL HARVEST Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm.

CURE MOTEL + LOOPOLIGIST + SASSFRAS 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.

HUNTING SEASON + SPUNK MACHINE + TRADING TAILS + WALKER Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.

JAMES GOWANS + FACADES + LAUREN GLEZER Ger-

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INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS 80’S ON THE EDGE Sloaney Pony, Port Melbourne. 8:30pm.

A BAND CALLED LIFE (7” LAUNCH) + GUGG + SUPER STAR Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.

BBQ BOB Westernport Hotel, San Remo. 8:00pm.

BEERSOAKED SUNDAYS - FEAT: WHITEWASH + CASSINI + HEADS OF CHARM Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $6.

CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK (MATINEE) + GATOR QUEEN + SAINT JUDE Northcote Social Club, Northcote.

1:30pm. $12.

DALE RYDER BAND + BAD BOYS BATUCADA + MS BUTT Espy, St Kilda. 5:30pm.

DAVID BRIDIE Montrose Town Centre, Montrose. 8:00pm.

IAIN ARCHIBALD + THE JAMES SOUTHWELL BAND + THE LONG STAND Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm.

LOVE HATE REBELLION + DAVE’S PAWN SHOP + PRETTY DULCIE & GHOSTS + THE HALLS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm.

NICHAUD FITZGIBBON & THE CAIRO CLUB ORCHESTRA The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 3:00pm.

OF MONSTERS & MEN + MAMMAL Palais Theatre, St Kilda.

7:30pm. $69.

SEX VOTES & ROCK & ROLL + CTRIX + DJ HOTEP + DRUNK MUMS + FIONA PATTEN + FREE CHOICE DUO + GEORGIA MAC Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 1:00pm.

STOMP DOG + MOOSEJAW RIFLE CLUB + ZEPTEPI Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm.

STRINE SINGERS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm.

THE CAVALCADE + ACRASIA + CAT OR PILLAR + LIKE FOOLS + MF JONES Bridge Builders, 2:00pm. $10.

THE MANATEE + TEMPLE OF TUNES + WATERLINE Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

THE WIKIMEN Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:30pm.

VELVET UNDERGROUND - FEAT: MIDNIGHT SCAVENGERS + GIANT MOTHS + GRAM FRIDAY + HOUSE OF LIGHT + MATT MALONE + MICHAEL PLATTER & THE EXIT KEYS + THE BURLAP OVERBITE + THE NIGHT SKY Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.

VICTORIANA GAYE + ASHLEY NAYLOR + KASPER Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:00pm.

WATER GRAVES + BLOSSOMS + OUTERWAVES + SACRED FLOWER UNION Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $10.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK BLUES MOUNTAIN Bay Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm.

CHERRY ARVO BLUES - FEAT: THREE KINGS + DJ MAX CRAWDADDY + THE DUNHILL BLUES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 3:00pm.

DANNY WALSH BANNED + DIRTLAND Tago Mago, Thornbury. 5:30pm.

DEAR ALE + ANDREW SWIFT + BRONI + THE RATTLESNAKE CHOIR John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.

DONNA DEAN BAND + KEN MAHER & TONY HAR-

GREAVES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

FIREBIRD + HARMANIAX Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

GEORGIA FIELDS Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

HERDING CATS Station 59, Richmond. 3:30pm.

JAM SUNDAYS Musicland, Fawkner. 5:00pm.

JAMES HAZELDEN & THE GENTLEMAN CALLERS + CONOR FARRELL + MAN BITES GOD + THE DAVID LOVEGROVE EXPERIENCE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $15.

JAMES TEAGUE Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

JESS LOCKE 303, Northcote. 3:00pm.

JUSTIN BERNASCONI TRIO + THE SIDESHOW BRIDES Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:30pm.

LAYABOUTS IN LACE + LARK + THE CHIEF + TOMMY 9 FINGERS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 4:30pm. $10.

MATT GLASS & THE LOOSE CANNONS + KERRYN FIELDS + THE WINTER SUNS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

MORROW PARK BENEFIT - FEAT: BROTHERS GRIM + THE BLUE MURDERS + KIRA PURU DJ SET + MADE FOR CHICKENS BY ROBOTS + MESA COSA + THE BOOK OF SHIPS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 4:00pm. $15.

SOLID JULIE Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

THE LUCILLES Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

THE MARGIE LOU TRIO + GIL ASKEY Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 3:30pm.

THE PRAYERBABIES Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 6:00pm.

DAVID JAANZ MASTER SCHOOL SHOWCASE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 6:00pm. $30.

ELVIS IN THE HOUSE + DUO SEVERINI Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 1:00pm.

THE ANTON DELECCA QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.

THE CASSETTES Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 5:00pm.

THE JOSHUA KELLY TRIO + JAZZTOMIKA Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30pm.

VINCS & WAKELING The Famous Blue Raincoat, South Kingsville. 3:00pm.

MONDAY AUG 5 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ALEX HAMILTON + OLI DEAR The Public Bar, Melbourne. 7:00pm.

CHVRCHES + CITY CALM DOWN Corner Hotel, Richmond.

8:00pm. $33.

MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: SPLIT TEETH + PNEUMATIC SLAUGHTER + REMOVALIST Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 6:00pm.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK ACOUSTIC SESSIONS - FEAT: DAVY SIMONY + JORDAN WALKER + MARTYN JELBART Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.

CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

PORT PHILLIP GILGAMESH READINGS Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm.

RED CATS AT MIDNIGHT Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:30pm.

THE PIERCE BROTHERS + ADAM HYNES + RATTLIN’ BONES BLACKWOOD Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm.

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC LEBOWSKIS 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $8.

ROSS HANNAFORD’S LONG WEEKEND Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 8:30pm.

THE BENNETS LANE BIG BAND Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.

TUESDAY AUG 6 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS COLLAGE - FEAT: MATT KATSIS + LUBOMYR Espy, St Kilda.

9:00pm.

EAGLE & THE WORM + FLYYING COLOURS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.

KILL SHOT Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

THE ELECTRIC I - FEAT: TUESDAYS IN AUGUST + ARTE KANELA + GHOST ORKID + KATHLEEN GONZALEZ Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY, BLUES & FOLK CHARLES JENKINS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.

KELLY BREUER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.

KLUB MUK 303, Northcote. 7:30pm.

MOULIN BEIGE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm.

OLD MAN RIVER + MAGIC STEVENS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.

OPEN MIC Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

+ BEAT PRESENT... whatson@thepush.com.au

ACCESS ALL AGES Wednesday July 31, 2013 With Claire Barley

The time of the year has come where all the big summer festivals start to announce their lineups. The lineup for Big Day Out is set to drop at 8pm tonight, Wednesday 31, after weeks and weeks of rumours. My personal favourite rumour is that Flume will grace the BDO stage. For many young people, Big Day Out is their first proper festival experience. I can remember going back in 2011, anxiously caking on layer after layer of sunscreen in the 40 degree heat. This year, tickets are a bit more exxy than what they have been in the past, which has added to the speculation that someone super big will be playing. Pearl Jam? Blur? Flume? Arctic Monkeys?

Flume? Fall Out Boy? Flume? Hopefully the BDO family will deliver us what they have described as “the lineup to end all lineups”.

In other news, Byron Bay five-piece In Heart’s Wake are gracing Victorian youngsters with their presence this weekend. They’ll be playing three all ages shows in one hit, one of them a headline slot at Kingston’s FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands. The band has announced that this will be their last headline tour for the year. They’ll be heading to the UK and Europe in September, returning in October for the Brothers In Arms tour with Amity Affliction, Chelsea Grin and Stick To Your Guns. It’s refreshing to see bands with such dedication to their underage fans, and it’s great that they’re giving everyone so many opportunities to hear their music live. Bless them. Complete details for all three gigs are all listed in the timetable below. If you want to nab tickets for the Brothers In Arms tour, head to destroyalllines.com.

In Heart’s Wake

JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC HI-FI LOUNGE LIZARDS Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda.

9:00pm.

MIKE’S RETRO FIVE Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.

PETER BAYLOR’S ULTRAFOX Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm.

SHELLEY SEGAL & ADAM LEVY Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $20.

THE TOLLY & HANNAHFORD PROJECT Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.

ALL AGES TIMETABLE Wednesday July 31 James Blake w/ Oliver Tank, Palais Theatre, 14 Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 7.30pm, $69.90, ticketmaster.com. au, AA

JAMES BLAKE After an all-too undersized promo visit at the start of the year, UK producer James Blake will play a decent-sized Melbourne headline show to supplement his Splendour In The Grass appearance. This year saw Blake release Overgrown, the worthy follow-up to his breakthrough self-titled debut. His 2013 return to Australia comes after a stellar showing at Coachella. James Blake performs at the Palais Theatre on Wednesday July 31 and will play a DJ set at Howler afterwards.

Laura Marling w/ Marika Hackman, St Michael’s Uniting Church, 120 Collins Street, Melbourne,6.30pm, $72.50, ticketek.com.au, AA. Friday August 2 FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands w/ In Hearts Wake, The Silent March, Midriff Explosion, Lo Pan, In Dreams Like These & More, Kingston City Hall, corner South Rd nd Nepean Hwy, Moorabbin, 5pm, $8 presale, $10 door, facebook.com/fuseproductions, AA. FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands Heat One w/ Agora, The Approach, Inside Reality, Intoxicated Memories and Set The Score, Karralyka Centre, Mines Rd, Ringwood, 6pm, $5, 9294 5709 AA. Saturday August 3 In Hearts Wake, Coburg Town Hall, 90 Bell st, Coburg, 5pm, $15, facebook.com/inheartswake, AA. Of Monsters and Men w/ Mammal, Palais Theatre, 14 Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 7.30pm, $69, ticketmaster. com.au, AA. Loud Fest w/ Confession, Hand Of Mercy, Saviour, Feed Her To The Sharks, For All Eternity, Storm The Sky, Stories, The Sweet Apes and Elegist, Arrow On Swanston, 488 Swanston St, Carlton, 2pm, $33.70, oztix. com.au, AA.

ADALITA Acclaimed artist Adalita is returning to the stage to preview new music from her upcoming second solo album, scheduled for release in the next few months. These will be the much-loved Melbourne artist’s first headline show in almost two years.

She has just released the first single from the album titled All Day Venus. Adalita plays The Tote on Friday August 2.

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Sunday August 4 In Hearts Wake, Community Complex, 8-18 Oneil Rd, Beaconsfield, 5pm, $15, facebook.com/inheartswake, AA. Of Monsters and Men w/ Mammal, Palais Theatre, 14 Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 7.30pm, $69, ticketmaster. com.au, AA.

RD

SATURDAY AUG 3

DANNY WALSH BANNED TWO CRANKIN’ SETS FROM 5 TO 7PM

SUNDAY AUG 4TH

SOLID JULIE

FUNKED UP BLUES TWO SETS FROM 5 TO 7PM TH

TUESDAY AUG 6

CHARLES JENKINS

ACOUSTIC SHOW FROM 8.30 PM THREE WEEK RESIDENCY

GREAT BRITAIN HOTEL

Wednesday 31/7 8:00pm

Adelaide w/ The Engagment, Wild Vine bandroom - $5 Thursday 1/8 8:00pm

THU 1 AUG

The Hollow Hounds Miyazaki! w/ Brodown, Fille Fatale bandroom - $10 facebook.com/events/667145659967054

GHOST TOWNS OF THE MIDWEST + LIAM GERNER & LUKE MOLLER

Friday 2/8 8:00pm

Oedipus Rex & Break The wall (split e.p. launch) w/ Jurassic Penguin, Laser Brains, Loser Denial bandroom - $10

FROM 8:30PM

SAT 3 AUG

Saturday 3/8 8:00pm

James Gowans

REILLY FITZALAN + M. ANTONIO + BILLY LONGFACE

w/ Facades, Lauren Glezer bandroom - $7 Sunday 4/8 3:00pm

Velvet Underground / Lou Reed Tribute Evening

FROM 9PM

COMING SOON VAN WALKER BACKWOOD CREATURES PHEASANT PLUCKERS LARGE NUMBER 12’S

w/ Midnight Scavengers, Gram Friday The Burlap Overbite, Michael Platter & the exit keys House of Light, Giant Moths, Matt Malone, The Night Sky bandroom - $5

WEEKLY ASSORTMENTS MONDAYS

FREE POOL ALL NIGHT $10 PIZZA & POT

Wild Horse Cafe doing hot drinks, and sweet cafe fare from 9am everyday of the festival @wildhorsecafe on instagram

TueSDAYS

MRS SMITH’S TRIVIA $10 PIZZA & POT 9PM WEDNESDAYS

OPEN MIC NIGHT 9PM 447 CHURCH ST RICHMOND 9429 5066 www.greatbritainhotel.com.au

Wed. July 31st: wine, whiskey, women

8pm: Jayne Lilford 9pm: Zoe K & Alice Williams Thurs. August 1st:

8pm: Open Mic Poetry, Storytelling & Song Fri. August 2nd:

6PM: Traditional Irish Music Session with Dan Bourke & Friends Sat. August 3rd:

9pm: The T-Bones Sun. August 4th:

4PM: The Sideshow Brides 6:30PM: Justin Bernasconi Trio Tues. August 6th:

8PM: Weekly Trivia The Drunken Poet, 65 Peel Street (directly opposite Queen Vic Market), Phone: 03 9348 9797. www.thedrunkenpoet.com.au Gig Bookings: drunkenpoetmusic @ gmail.com

SUBMIT YOUR GIGS TO GIGGUIDE@BEAT.COM.AU

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BACKSTAGE THE PLACE FOR MUSICIANS

for more information or ad bookings call Aleksei on 9428 3600

EDUCATION PROFILE

NCAT -

NORTHERN COLLEGE OF THE ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY

STORE PROFILE

MUSIC SWOP SHOP

Location: 62 Murray Road, Preston Vic 3072

Established: 1982

Established: 2000

Location: 145-147 Elgin St. Carlton. Melbourne.

What are the courses NCAT specialise in?

CUS40109 CERTIFICATE IV IN MUSIC CUS40209 CERTIFICATE IV IN SOUND PRODUCTION LMF40308 CERTIFICATE IV IN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT MAKING AND REPAIR

Hours Of Operation: Monday – Friday: 11:07 am – 6:00 pm Saturday – Sunday: 11:07 am – 3:00 pm

Main methods for teaching and learning?

NCAT specializes in practical learning methods, with regular industry professional guest speakers, in-class work experience and touring opportunities.

Students create a folio throughout the year to present to universities and potential employers along with their qualification.

What is Music Swop Shop? We are a second hand musical instrument store that handles a wide variety of used items, from entry level to rare and collectable goods. The ‘Swop’ part of our name often lends itself to some confusion as we don’t actually swap instruments. It’s just too hard to change our name after 30 years of operation. Although many customers sell their instrument through us and then put the money towards another item in store, in that sense they’re swapped.

In-house engineers and teachers: Peter Thornely (Chasing Gravity), Shelley Scown (ABC Jazz/ ARIA nominee), Zac Lister (Rocky N Nancys), Peter Harper (Black Jesus Experience) Conrad Henderson (International Bass session player).

How does it work exactly? We sell everything on behalf of others on consignment for a 20% commission. There are no time limits or hidden charges and customers can take their items back at any stage without incurring charges.

What facilities are available to the students? A professional recording studio, 10 fully equipped rehearsal rooms, Mac Labs, digital audio workstations, private and group instrument tuition also available.

What are some of the points of difference with NCAT compared to other music education providers? Students spend time out of the classroom gaining real world experience in a variety of fields including sound production, music education and performance and touring experience. Completion of Certificate IV will gain students direct entry into Victoria Universities second year of the Diploma of Creative Arts.

Payment options: NCAT offers a VCAL senior extension program offered by only three other colleges in Victoria.

These are State funded programs that means there are no tuition fees for Certificate IV. Extras: Catch us performing at the Herald Sun Careers Expo on the 18th of August 2013, or enjoy an information seminar at the college on the 21st of August 2013. Contact the college for times and private tour opportunities Phone: 9478 1333 Website: www.ncat.vic.edu.au E-mail: ncat@edumail.vic.gov.au

How did you come up with the idea of a second hand consignment music retail store? We find consignment is the best way to get a fair price for any item. We don’t have any vested interest in anything so aren’t trying to buy for extremely low and sell for an inflated price. We keep an eye on current worldwide markets and keep our prices to what we think is reasonable and attractive. We walk the line keeping both buyer and seller happy.

How has your website played a role in the business?

A major help in the success of our store is our upto-date website which is synchronized with our database. So anyone can keep on top of everything

AUSTRALIA'S ONLY NATIONAL MUSIC STREET PRESS WITH A COMPREHENSIVE AND FREE DISTRIBUTION. DESIGNED, WRITTEN AND CREATED FOR MUSICIANS AND LOVERS OF MUSIC.

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BACKSTAGE: BEAT’S ONE STOP SHOP FOR MUSICIANS

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Your point of difference? Most new retail stores only sell new gear, so what we get in here simply cannot be found anywhere else so easily. Our product range spans over the last one hundred years. Plus one can physically see, feel and hear what’s in store. We welcome trial runs here and frequently encourage our customers to create as much noise (variations on the term ‘music’) needed and from every orifice necessary to make sure they’re happy with their purchase. Come on down and check us out, everyone else does!

Phone: (03) 9348 1194 Website: www.musicswopshop.com.au

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Little Green Cars

LIVE SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS Friday July 26-Sunday July 28, North Byron Parklands We may as well get the obligatory mud mention out of the road first: wading through mire at the new Splendour site was unavoidable this year, but, as usual, it was nothing even a standard pair of gumboots couldn't combat.

Day one saw Dune Rats urging all in attendance to scream 'fuck' as loud as possible, because “we're on the radio... Hey mum!” The ecstatic, beachball bouncing Super Top crowd were stoked on the mid-afternoon surf as Wavves took to King Of The Beach. The dude riding in the shaky, crowd supported blow-up boat was literally flying high – until the vessel capsized. The highlight was Unknown Mortal Orchestra, whose lengthy, 'verb-laden, psych freak-outs captivated the GW McLennan tent. This was by no means a jam band; the group's dynamics were awe-inspiring, and stage manner endearingly unassuming — even when the crowd decided to sing a chorus or two.

Day two started with Mansfield's Violent Soho sharing a few songs from their forthcoming album, new single In The Aisle already proving a hit. Cloud Control, too, had new material to share and singer Alister Wright looked comfortably laid back, despite his guitar refusing to stay in tune. Unsurprisingly, Empire of the Sun was a trip: choreographed dancers, outlandish outfits, neon, bass, strobe, and capped by Luke Steele dropping his guitar while walking off stage. Nobody expected less.

By day three, the sky had grown overcast and the crowd had grown haggard. A quick walk through the site revealed a man bleeding from the head, a girl crying and two crazed punters wrestling in a mud-pit. These were perfect conditions for FIDLAR. The Californian four-piece opened with Cheap Beer, which was inappropriate considering the location – a song called Free Beer For Media From 4pm-5pm would have been far more suitable.

Everyone had heard about Frank Ocean pulling out, and although some were disappointed, a lot would relish the opportunity to head off early and catch up on that sleep they'd been deprived of for the past three glorious days.

NASH JOHNSTON

Only 24 hours had elapsed since the pearly Splendour gates swung closed and disgruntled punters had already begun berating the SITG Facebook page. "Why was there so much mud?" says one. "I can't believe we had to queue to get in!" says another. Such complaints hardly seem legitimate; this is a festival renowned both for its ludicrous numbers and its ability to cover everyone (and everything) in a thin layer of gritty sediment.

Most festival-goers are prepared to take such

hardships in their stride — for the rest, there's always Youtube.

Friday begins badly. Only a few hours into the first day and I've already missed Brisbane stoner-kings Dune Rats' set, due mostly to my own lack of selfdiscipline and their horrifically-early timeslot. A silent tear for BC Michaels running down my cheek, I headed to the Mix Up tent. This would be my first encounter with Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes; the elephantine size of the group and elaborate synchronicity of their performance appearing out of place before the modest crowd assembled below. Watching Clairy take hold of the mic stand, I decided not to match her swaying moves; with angles like those, my pelvis would surely break.

Eventually I'm dragged to see the Matt Corby experience, complete with thousands upon thousands of teenage girls in feather headdresses.

"You have to write about him!" my friends say.

"He's so amazing! He will change your life!" To be perfectly honest, I can't see that happening unless I'm in desperate need of one of his kidneys. As long-haired guitar players go, he is one. As for the performance, the feathered girls were perhaps more interesting.

Polyphonic Spree were on relatively few people's pre-festival radars, but the Rocky Horror rendition delivered by this As-Seen-On-Scrubs outfit drew a crowd rivalling the size of the actual band itself.

Yet the chanting of "Damn it, Janet" could not have contrasted more aggressively with the grit-laden, sweat-sodden set, with which Flume closed out Saturday night's proceedings.

No one is quite sure how this guy has shot to such a high echelon of prominence, but the widespread acceptance that Flume's debut LP enjoys was on fierce display to those present between the mudladen folds of the Mix Up tent. Before On Top had even played, no standing room remained beneath the tent, let alone in front of the stage itself.

If only James Blake had been as satisfying the following evening. After hearing Blake play the same note for twenty eternal minutes, I decided I'd had enough. Clearly I'm not alternative enough to appreciate his craft. Then again, maybe his synth was just broken.

JAMES PEARSON

LOVED: Empire Of The Sun, UMO, Clairy Browne & The Bangin' Rackettes.

HATED: The mud, and the queue to get into the festival.

DRANK: Overpriced festival drinks

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Photos by Richard Sharman

DAUGHTER Tuesday July 23, The Corner Hotel Pardon the clichéd metaphor, but listening to Daughter live is like plunging into a cold shower on a disgustingly hot day. Refreshing, yet simultaneously confronting. It’s this seemingly contradictory duality that makes it so difficult to pigeonhole them.

Vocalist, guitarist and founder of the London outfit.

Elena Tonra has one of the most beautiful voices I’ve ever heard. Incredibly soothing, her ethereal tone is reminiscent of a restrained Florence Welch.

A cathartic instrument, Tonra’s delicate vocals validated the beauty and necessity of minimalism in contemporary music. The aggressive part of the cold shower came in the form of Igor Haefeli.

Rather than using a traditional bottleneck, Haefeli experimented in aesthetics by emulating the movements of a cellist by using a bow to distort and confront. By sliding his bow across his electric guitar, Haefeli created an creepy, synth-like vibrato.

The drone guitar playing was mellow and sustained, complementing the melancholy echo of both lyrics and vocals. When this occurred, Daughter stopped being a folk band and started bordering on psychfolk. With that in mind, the distortion coupled with Tonra’s vocals also displayed an eerie resemblance to The xx. Halfway through the set, a fourth addition

joined the stage as a third guitarist/keyboardist.

Switching between guitar and synthesised key progressions, this anonymous multi-instrumentalist became an integral part of the band, adding layer upon layer of atmospherics to the set. Daughter were overwhelmed by the energy of the crowd, constantly letting their audience know how appreciative they were of such a receptive bunch.

Concluding their set with a peculiar rendition of Daft Punk’s hit Get Lucky, which unfortunately didn’t do anything for me due to its transformation into a down tempo ballad which almost bordered on indifference, Daughter were received by one of the most receptive audiences I have ever been a part of. Truly loved by Melbournians, you could see the blush in their cheeks a mile away. A brilliant set, Daughter were simultaneously uncanny and tranquil.

DINA AMIN

LOVED: Elena Tonra.

HATED: When it was all over.

DRANK: LL&Bs.

FRANK OCEAN Thursday July 25 Festival Hall

HAIM Thursday July 25, The Hi-Fi Do not underestimate the power of a girl with red lipstick and a guitar strapped around her neck, especially if she’s wearing denim cut-offs in the middle of winter.

Haim are exactly that type of band that bring their West Coast rock and an LA cool that can’t be taught. It’s refreshing enough to see a female dominated band, let alone one made up of “three sisters and a mister” (that is, unrelated Dash Hutton on drums).

They meet the audience already revved up and packed out by support act, The Preatures. Dancing onstage to Jay Z’s 99 Problems (the universal audience warm-up song), the girls line up and assume power stances of a different kind.

Whether listening to harmonies that rival old school Destiny’s Child or Este’s animated “bass” face (one which nearly shows up her very impressive musicianship), it’s obvious the girls are hypnotic and seriously talented.

Each equipped with a floor tom, they are masters of musical multi-tasking. With Este on bass and backup vocals, Danielle provides lead guitar and breezy lead vocals while Alana “Baby” Haim rocks it with nothing less than vocals, guitar and keyboard capabilities.

They certainly can fill out an hour long show despite having only released a handful of EPs over the past year or so. We’re treated to tracks like Better Off, Forever, Go Slow and Don’t Save Me whilst a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Oh Well serves as a nod to one of the band’s biggest influences. Although there’s nothing particularly new about this material, they do sort of act like anthems for the predominantly female crowd that sings along with every emotion.

Este’s banter really turns the revellers warm and fuzzy in between songs. “This is the dopest looking

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crowd I’ve ever seen”, she opens after the first track. Already putty in their hands, the sisters get the loudest cries when they introduce Mama Haim onstage. Creeping out and blushing profusely, she films the wild audience on a flip camera phone that Alana later tells us she “just learned how to use”.

Bless.

One of the band’s biggest songs Falling crops up halfway through with breathy vocals and the sisters echoing and syncopated ‘Falling’ lyric. It’s hard to tell who’s singing what but it’s the perfect showcase of their self-proclaimed folk rock/hip-hop styling.

A quick little break off stage and the sisters return wrapped in Australian flags with Boxing Kangaroos and novelty sunglasses in tow. Their encore is a full-band Brazilian drumming work out where their whole bodies are thrown into percussive melt down mode.

With a debut album scheduled for release later this year and shows already played at Glastonbury, T In The Park and Splendour in The Grass there’s no telling where these talented sisters will next take their bag of tricks.

ISABELLA UBALDI

LOVED: Este bringing up the house lights to “see the sexies in the crowd”.

HATED: Danielle’s vocals sometimes got lost amongst the music.

DRANK: Energy drinks.

“Well frankly when that Ocean so motherfuckin’ good…” Taking the reins on Andre 3000’s verse on Pink Matter, in one of tonight’s many highlights, Mr Frank Ocean hinted at boastfulness in a night threaded by bashful apology – his apparent cold resulting in humble disclaimers in between songs.

His voice, that voice, didn’t appear to suffer, save for a few permeating gentle coughs during Forrest Gump. “You tour for a month, then you get sick,” he bemoaned.

The last time Frank Ocean was in Melbourne he partied at Favela Rock kicked it front row at Yeezy’s show at Sidney Myer Music Bowl, and didn’t perform a show. He didn’t join the OFWGKTA collective at their Big Day Out performances, then cancelled his imminent Future Music Festival appearance.

He made a habit of cancelling throughout 2011 and 2012, and as such, I was a little sceptical he would fulfil his Splendour commitments, let alone his peripheral shows.

But here we were in Festival Hall, waiting well past the 8pm doort imes to be frisked and allowed entry.

Frank Ocean’s first ever Australian show. There was reason to be excited, and Frank’s slightly tardy entry generated a feverish squeal from the sold-out hall – calling to mind a reaction befitting the venue’s June 1964 visitors.

The staging was ostensibly minimal. A pure white floor, two microphones – one aided by autotune – and an impressive LED curtain (not HD, because that’s too real) obscuring the crack backing band.

We were treated to a cloudy dreamscape on screen and with smoke machine as Frank floated into set list opener Feel California – a brand new track featuring lightning-crash percussion. The track bled into Nostalgia, Ultra cut Novacane, then into Acura Intergurl from the shelved Nostalgia LITE rerelease. All on point.

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Every track from last year’s debut commercial release ChannelORANGE followed (well, every track featuring a Frank Ocean vocal). Thinkin’ Bout You was first up, guided by an overwhelming crowd sing-a-long that filled in the perfect respites offered by Ocean. It was goosebump-worthy at times, empowered by sublime horns from behind the curtain. Stagehands placed an organ front of stage for a stripped-back, beautiful rendition of Forrest Gump. The imagery of burning palm trees during Super Rich Kids transitioned into a pink hue for Pink Matter – a track that could have only been improved by a walk-on from 3 Stacks himself.

Pyramids stands as my favourite cut from ChannelORANGE, but it fell flat tonight. It suffered from a false start with Frank calling cut to wander to the sound booth to sort out apparent qualms with his autotuned microphone. Even when the issue was sorted, the grandness of the studio version failed to translate to the live setting. Perhaps we can put it down to Frank’s ailment, or perhaps it’s too multi-faceted a track to flourish onstage.

Sweet Life, Bad Religion, goodnight, lights on, home time. No encore.

Even with a relatively light schedule, Ocean seems fatigued with the concept of touring. Tonight was impeccable and consolidated his worth as one of the current era’s greats, but still fell short of potential. Perhaps it’s that tension between humble insecurity and immense talent that makes Ocean so captivating.

LACHLAN KANONIUK LOVED: Pink Matter was a revelation.

HATED: The chilly wait for doors to open.

DRANK: Half a can of lager.

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