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Luca Brasi have announced they will be releasing a new album and touring the country next March. The Tasmanian punk-rock quartet will be releasing their second album, By A Thread in March next year. The release follows up their 2011 debut, Extended Family. In the two years between, the band put out a 7”, scored a spot on the 2012 Falls Festival, toured Australia relentlessly on their own as well as supporting Bodyjar and Title Fight. To launch the album, Luca Brasi will be teaming up with Poison City Records labelmates, Postblue for a tour across Australia as well as spots on the Breath Of Life and Push Over festivals. Luca Brasi will play Push Over Festival at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Monday March 10, tickets are available through Ticketmaster. They will then take over the John Curtin Hotel on Friday March 21.
JMC AND BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC
JMC Academy is proud to announce it has joined the Berklee College of Music’s International Network, becoming the only Australasian institutional partner school. The Berklee International Network comprises of selected institutions from all over the globe who share a passion and vision for the advancement of contemporary music and quality education. Positioned as the leader in this field and with an extensive global network, Berklee until now did not have an Australian organisation in this exclusive network. Currently JMC Academy and Berklee are working on joint initiatives with some exciting possibilities on the horizon for the Australasian region. Adding to this fantastic news, JMC Academy was also honored with the title of Higher Education Provider of the Year, by the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET). For more information on JMC Academy Melbourne phone 9624 4117 or visit www.jmcacademy.edu.au
APOLOGY CONCERT
In celebration of the anniversary of the Apology to Australia’s Stolen Generations, the Healing Foundation has announced that it will present the sixth incarnation of the Apology Concert. The free concert will feature a stellar lineup, with performances from Christine Anu, Archie Roach, Frank Yamma, Jimblah, Thelma Plum, Kurcha Edwards, Tim Rogers, Clare Bowditch, Horror Show and Blue King Brown. Singer/songwriter Eddie Perfect and actress Miranda Tapsell will take on hosting duties. The Apology Concert will go down on Thursday February 13 at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. More information is available from healingfoundation.org.au.
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Bluesfest have added ten more acts to their already massive 25th Anniversary lineup. From latino rock to disco to afrobeat, Bluesfest’s latest lineup announcement features a little something for everyone. Joining the lineup are Jeff Beck, KC &The Sunshine Band, Gov’t Mule, WAR, Seun Kuti & Egypt 80, Sly & Robbie and the TAXI Gang feat. Bitty Mclean, Jason Isbell, Chali 2na, Kate Miller-Heidke and Seth Lakeman. They join the likes of Jack Johnson, John Mayer, Dave Matthew Band, Erykah Badu, John Butler Trio and almost 50 other artists. More announcements will be made in the new year. Bluesfest is held over the Easter long weekend, from Thursday April 17- Monday April 21 at the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm, north of Byron Bay. The full lineup and tickets are available online.
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Multiple Golden Guitar winning act. Champions of several Australian National Bluegrass titles on fiddle, banjo, and mandolin. One of the funnest performances at the recent Meredith Music Festival, especially considering they played on a Sunday. Davidson Brothers are the shit. They play this Friday December 20 at the John Curtin with The Quarry Mountain Dead Rats, and Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes, and we have some double passes to give away. Head to beat.com.au/freeshit to win.
Define your genre in five words or less: Alternative folk rock. What do you love about making music The Freedom to express ourselves and have creative flexibility. What do you hate about the music industry? Being poor. What can a punter expect from your live show? Punters can expect peaceful rivers and impetuous rapids set to a sarcastic tone of bad dance moves and injurious wit. How long have you been gigging and writing? Well the band has been around for years but we’ve lost and picked up a few new members along the way. I’d have to say that we’re pretty much a brand new band. This year was the first year that we all worked together on the band. I think it’s the best we’ve sounded. Everything just fits and I think it shows in our music and performance. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Modest Mouse, Radiohead and Bright Eyes are some of our musical influences. But we all have different taste in bands so a combination of different styles and genres affects our songwriting. It’s really hard to pinpoint it to one or two things. Otherwise the general things that inspires lyrics…. Life experiences. When’s the gig and with who? We have a show this Sunday December 22 at The Grace Darling with our buds Beloved Elks and Zombie Psychologist. We’re also running a comp with our friends Undercurrent and semplesize for the gig so head over to their site semplesize.com to find out all the info. After that we’re going to be working on our next single.
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Define your genre in five words or less: Unrestrained, fervid, blazing, psychedelic, rock. Which band would you most like to have a battle/showdown with? Earthless or Comets on Fire. They are big contemporary influences on the band. Older ones would be Pink Floyd, Sabbath, Hendrix or Cream. What part of making music excites you the most? Starting with an idea and hearing it unfold and develop into places we haven’t been before. All three of us have things we are good at when it comes to writing our songs and it’s great when these helps the song to develop. We all listen to crazy and varied stuff so we can draw on a vast range of ideas. We tend to blend things together that at first may not make sense but they soon lead the way to a finished product that works. 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? The guitarist shreds, the drummer goes nuts and the bass player sometimes makes weird sounds on a light theremin and other stuff. And they jump around and swing their guitars a lot. What can a punter expect from your live show? Sweat, riffs and I always get neck injuries. Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? We have a split 7” with a band from Washington State called Mos Generator and have put out heaps of short run CDs that capture live bits, experimental bits and great rehearsal bits. Album and another single to follow soon… You can get them at Round and Round and Missing Link/Collectors Corner. When’s the gig and with who? Tago Mago on Friday December 20. We have a special relationship with Tago and the locals. We are playing two sets because our songs go for a long time.
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SIX60 have announced a tour for next year which will see them perform at the HiFi Bar on Saturday March 1. The tour coincides with the release of an exclusive iTunes session which features a never before recorded song titled Home. Recorded live, the six song iTunes session will be released on Friday December 20 with pre-orders available excursively through iTunes. Tickets from hifi.com.au or oztix.com.au.
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EDDIE VEDDER
Eddie Vedder will perform a run of solo dates to accompany Pearl Jam’s appearance on the 2014 Big Day Out bill. Stepping out of his renowned role as the famed front-man of Pearl Jam, it will follow his gargantuan 2011 tour which saw more than ten theatre shows across the country completely sell out. He’ll hit the Palais Theatre on Sunday February 16 and Tuesday February 18. Tickets from Ticketmaster.
JURASSIC 5
After reuniting for the first time since 2007 at Coachella back in April, hip hop titans Jurassic 5 will bring their new live show Down Under for a string of tour dates this March. Formed back in 1993, the crew has released four albums and 13 singles over the course of their game-changing career, including Quality Control and What’s Golden. With a signature sound laced with bold lyricism, classic funk and soul roots, all with a laidback vibe, Jurassic 5 has established themselves as one of the world’s most loved hip hop groups. Catch Jurassic 5 at the Palace Theatre on Thursday March 20. Tickets are available from Oztix.
JOHNNY MARR
For those who missed out on scoring tickets to see Johnny Marr in Melbourne, you’re in luck. The English musician and guitarist for the legendary Smiths has announced that he will play a special second solo show this January.Marr will be appearing at Falls and Southbound Festivals this summer, playing to Australian audiences for the first time as a solo act. Expect to hear songs from his debut album The Messenger as well as some much loved Smiths classics. Johnny Marr will play his second Melbourne show at the Northcote Social Club on Sunday January 5. Tickets are on sale now on the venue’s website.
WOODFORD FOLK FESTIVAL
After Harry Manx announced that he would be unable to play the Woodford Folk Festival due to illness, the festival has revealed that Aussie blues legends Backsliders will take on replacement duties. With 27 years of performing together under their belt, the Backsliders are known for their captivating live shows and eclectic mix of blues styles, ranging from driving delta blues riffs, jungle-like rhythms, to ‘Piedmont’ blues influenced ‘all-acoustic’ unplugged treatments of 1920’s classics. The Backsliders will join an already deep blues lineup featuring Mojo Webb, Andrew Winton, Hat Fitz and Cara, 8 Ball Aitken and more. The Woodford Folk Festival goes down from Friday December 27 to Wednesday January 1. For set times and ticket information, head over the festival’s website.
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INTERNATIONAL HELMET The Hi-Fi December 18 WAKA FLOCKA FLAME Billboard December 18 THE WAR ON DRUGS Northcote Social Club December 28 THE ROOTS Festival Hall December 28 TOM ODELL Corner Hotel December 28 FALLS FESTIVAL Lorne December 28 - January 1, Marion Bay December 29 - January 1, Byron Bay December 31 - January 3 FUTURE OF THE LEFT Corner Hotel January 2 BEN CAPLAN Northcote Social Club January 3 THE CORRESPONDENTS Prince Bandroom January 3 JOHNNY MARR Corner Hotel January 4 WIZ KHALIFIA, A$AP ROCKY Festival Hall January 4 HANNI EL KHATIB January 5 JOHNNY MARR Northcote Social Club January 5 VAMPIRE WEEKEND Festival Hall January 6 SOLANGE Prince Bandroom January 7 MOUNTAIN MOCHA KILIMANJARO Corner Hotel January 9 LONDON GRAMMAR Prince Bandroom January 9, 10 PARAMORE Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 12 SO FRENCHY SO CHIC Werribee Park January 12 THE JULIE RUIN Corner Hotel January 15 MONA FOMA FESTIVAL TBA January 15-19 EDWYN COLLINS The Kelvin Club January 17 JOHN GRANT Corner Hotel January 18 MATMOS Howler January 19 HALF MOON RUN Corner Hotel January 19 MAJOR LAZER AND FLOSSTRADAMUS The Palace January 21 THE 1975 Northcote Social Club January 22 MUDHONEY Corner Hotel January 22 SNOOP DOGG The Palace January 22 ARCADE FIRE Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 22 TORO Y MOI/PORTUGAL. THE MAN The Hi-Fi January 23 THE LUMINEERS The Palace Thursday January 23 GROUPLOVE AND CSS The Hi-Fi January 23 BIG DAY OUT Flemington Racecourse January 24 MELBOURNE ZOO TWILIGHTS Melbourne Zoo January 24 - March 8 WE ARE SCIENTISTS Corner Hotel January 25 KING KRULE Corner Hotel January 28 PARQUET COURTS Corner Hotel January 29 CHVRCHES The Forum January 29 MOUNT KIMBIE Corner Hotel January 30 CASS MCCOMBS Northcote Social Club January 30 SAVAGES The Hi-Fi January 30 CAT POWER Thornbury Theatre January 31, February 1 ST JEROME'S LANEWAY FESTIVAL Footscray Community Arts Centre February 1 PERIPHERY, ANIMALS AS LEADERS Billboard February 2 AUTRE NE VEUT Northcote Social Club February 4 DRENGE The Tote February 5 FRIGHTENED RABBIT The Palace February 5 YOUTH LAGOON Prince Bandroom February 5 KURT VILE & THE VIOLATORS Corner Hotel, February 5, 6 THE NATIONAL Sidney Myer Music Bowl February 9
DAUGHTER St Michael’s Uniting Church February 10 LYNYRD SKYNYRD The Plenary February 11 DOLLY PARTON Rod Laver Arena February 11, 12 JULIA HOLTER Northcote Social Club February 14 AUSTRA Corner Hotel February 15 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AAMI Park February 15 EDDIE VEDDER Palais Theatre February 16, 18 EMINEM, KENDRICK LAMAR, J. COLE Etihad Stadium February 19 OKKERVIL RIVER Corner Hotel February 22 MANGO GROOVE Forum Theatre February 23 CLUTCH Prince Bandroom February 27 SOUNDWAVE Flemington Racecourse February 28 SIX60 The Hi-Fi March 1 NEKO CASE Corner Hotel March 2 PUBLIC ENEMY Corner Hotel March 4 BRIAN MCKNIGHT Palais Theatre March 5 CHARLES BRADLEY Corner Hotel March 6 PHOENIX Festival Hall March 6 MIKHAEL PASKALEV Howler March 7 PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL Port Fairy March 7 - 10 FAT FREDDY'S DROP Melbourne Zoo Twilights March 8 PANAMA FESTIVAL March 8, 9 FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL Flemington Racecourse March 9 YO LA TENGO Corner Hotel March 9 POKEY LAFARGE Corner Hotel March 12 NEIL FINN Hamer Hall March 12 BILLY BRAGG Palais Theatre March 13 BRUNSWICK MUSIC FESTIVAL Various Venues March 13 - 24 QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, NINE INCH NAILS Rod Laver Arena March 14, 15 BILL MEDLEY Palais Theatre March 15 LIONEL RICHIE AND JOHN FARNHAM Rod Laver Arena March 16 JURASSIC 5 Palace Theatre March 20 SEBADOH Corner Hotel March 21 THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS Hisense Arena March 28 THE ROLLING STONES Rod Laver Arena March 28, Hanging Rock March 30 ALLEN STONE Corner Hotel April 12 ERYKAH BADU Palais April 15 EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS Palace Theatre April 15 JASON ISBEL Northcote Social Club April 16, 17 BLUESFEST Byron Bay April 17 – 21 JIMMIE VAUGHAN Corner Hotel April 17 DEVENDRA BANHART Prince Bandroom April 17 JAKE BUGG Palace Theatre April 17 KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND Palace Theatre April 18 IRON AND WINE Forum Theatre April 22 GREGG ALLMAN, GOV'T MULE Forum Theatre April 23 STEVE EARLE Forum Theatre April 24 SKID ROW, UGLY KID JOE Palace Theatre April 25 ARCTIC MONKEYS Rod Laver Arena May 9 ARCTIC MONKEYS Rod Laver Arena May 9 ELLIE GOULDING Festival Hall May 31 JAMES BLUNT The Plenary June 8 BASTILLE Festival Hall June 15
NATIONAL POND Corner Hotel December 19 WAXHEAD Ding Dong Lounge on Thursday December 19 KINGFISHA at The Workers Club December 21 DARREN HANLON Northcote Social Club December 22 SEABELLIES Northcote Social Club December 27 NYE ON THE HILL TBA December 30 - January 1 NEW YEAR'S EVIE Tallarook December 31 – January 2 NYE AT THE ESPY The Espy December 31 NAI PALM Workers Club, January 7, 14, 21, 28 KARNIVOOL Palace Theatre January 8, 9 DAVEY LANE Worker's Club January 10 JAGWAR MA The Hi-Fi January 16 LITTLE BASTARDS The Workers Club January 17 SARAH BLASKO St. Michael Uniting Church January 22 KIM CHURCHILL Workers Club January 31 ST KILDA FESTIVAL St Kilda February 1 – 9 MIAMI HORROR Corner Hotel February 14 RIVERBOATS FESTIVAL Echuca February 14 - 16 IMMY BARNES Rochford Winery Yarra Valley February 15 NGAIIRE Northcote Social Club February 27 JOSH PYKE Melbourne Zoo February 28 DAN SULTAN Corner Hotel March 1 ILLY The Hi-Fi March 7 PANAMA FESTIVAL March 8, 9 PUSH OVER Sidney Myer Music Bowl March 10 NEIL FINN Hamer Hall March 12, 13 PETE MURRAY Forum Theatre March 15 SUNNYBOYS Forum Theatre March 21, 22 JOHN BUTLER TRIO Palais Theatre April 1 HUNTERS AND COLLECTORS Palais Theatre April 11 MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD Prince Bandroom April 16 KEITH URBAN Rod Laver Arena June 25
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SNOOP DOGG By Ali Hawken
What’s his name again? While Snoop Dogg’s debut single was released some 20 years ago, Who Am I? (What’s My Name?) now rings out like some kind of clue as to what lay ahead for his career. With all his various monikers and name changing, Snoop Dogg is damn well giving Prince a run for his money these days. It’s hard to keep up – Snoop announced last year he was now to be known as Snoop Lion after converting to Rastafarianism, which in recent months has be foresaken in favour of Snoopzilla. ‘Zilla – being a homage of sorts to legendary Parliament-Funkadelic bassist Bootsy Collins, who often referred to himself as Bootzilla – released 7 Days Of Funk last week, the result of his latest collaboration with Dam Funk. And let’s not forget DJ Snoopadelic, and that’s just touching on his musical personas – don’t even get me started on his forays into film and television. So who is the real Snoop? Growing up in Long Beach, California, Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jnr was nicknamed ‘Snoopy’ by his parents because of his appearance. He began singing and playing piano at the local Baptist church from a young age. “I grew up listening to a lot of old school and soul music, and I play a lot of that to this day,” tells Snoop. While he listened to rap from Grandmaster Flash, Whodini and The Sugarhill Gang, he also looked up to soul artists like Curtis Mayfield “because he was a bad motherfucker”. As he explained it to Playboy Magazine back in ‘95, “That’s why motherfuckers say that I sing instead of rap. That’s why I got more of an R&B sound. They say my shit is gangsta shit because of the words I use. But if you listen to it, it’s R&B shit.” In school, he spent his days hanging out with the likes of Nate Dogg and Warren G, the three of them going on to form the band 213 in 1990, named after the Long Beach area code. His music career didn’t really take off, however, until a couple of years later when he was discovered by Dr Dre, who brought him onboard to collaborate on his record The Chronic. In 1993, Snoop unleashed Doggystyle onto the world, his first solo record debuting at number one on the US Billboard charts and selling almost a million copies in its first week, signifying Snoop was set to join the greats of the rap game. From the outset, it was clear that he was never going to be anything but legendary. I managed to catch Snoop Dogg on one of his visits to Australia several years ago when he played a music festival on an island just off the Gold Coast. A typically hot summer’s day, all the punters had to walk the long road that joined the island to the mainland to get to the festival grounds, a road lined with nothing but eucalypts and pine trees. Sometime around mid-afternoon, one festivalgoer making their way there made the grave mistake of throwing a cigarette butt into the surrounding bush, and so an almighty bushfire ensued. With close to 20,000 people all stranded on this island with no other BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 22
means to get back to the mainland, to say it was a scene of chaos is an understatement. All the bands had ceased playing, as none of us could see the stage due to all the smoke. The First Aid tents were inundated, as people were having asthma attacks left, right and centre. Police were all standing around nervously assessing the situation as they needed an evacuation plan. My friends and I were making plans to swim ashore and had all but given up on seeing the headliners we were promised later that night, as surely this was reason enough for Beastie Boys and Snoop Dogg to forego their commitments. Then, to the astonishment of all onlooking, as if something out of a clichéd gangster film, a limo burst through the wall of flames and pulls up at the festival gates. Yes, that’s right – it’s Snoop-motherfucking-Dogg. His pimpin’ fur jacket on (nevermind the 40 degree day) and smoke in hand, he took to the stage. Dozens of police were standing by to see what Snoop Dogg had in store for everyone. And you better believe it when I tell you, the motherfucker did it – he opened with Dr Dre’s Fuck Tha Police. If anyone were to have the balls to do such a
“SNOOPZILLA IS ANOTHER EXTENSION OF MY PERSONALITY, NOT SO MUCH OF A SUPERMAN/ CLARK KENT THING” thing, it’s Snoop-motherfucking-Dogg. “I’ve pretty much seen it all and done it all in my career,” he tells me with a laugh when I asked him about playing that festival. “That Australia show with the bushfire was a good one though.” This time around, he’ll be heading back Down Under in the New Year as Snoop Dogg to play the Big Day Out, with a touch of Snoop Lion thrown in for good
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measure. “You can expect all the classics with some new stuff sprinkled in,” he reveals. “And a live ass show!” As he tells it, Snoop Lion was a Rastafarian reincarnation of the artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg, while Snoopzilla is more of a branch of his truer self rather than another character altogether. “Snoopzilla is another extension of my personality, not so much of a Superman/Clark Kent thing. We do what we feel,” he explains. “Snoopzilla is into THE FUNK!” My prodding as to whether there might be another incarnation of Snoop in the foreseeable future is met with a “you’ll just have to wait and see!” As he told Rolling Stone this month, “One day I will go back to being Snoop Dogg, because I love him and he loves me. Right now, what’s necessary is Snoopzilla – because this is the funk, and may the funk be with you.” Under this latest moniker, he’s just released the 7 Days of Funk record with Dam Funk. But just as quickly as ‘Zilla came, he left again, with a return to his Snoop Dogg roots set for next year, announcing the Doggfather will be teaming up with Wiz Khalifa for a new album. And then what about the ‘family man Snoop’ behind closed doors? “Life as a family man is a whole ‘nother side of me,” Snoop reveals. “Family is very important to me. I started my SYFL youth football program from being involved in my own kids’ lives and what they were doing. Shout out to my wife the Bosslady and my kids.” Then there’s the side of Snoop that’s into fashion, having teamed up with Adidas to design his very own kicks. “I gotta stay suited and booted,” he explains about this other creative avenue. Snoop tells me he likes to keep things interesting by trying new things, both for himself and for his fans. “I’m always working and thinking of new ways to reach my fans.” And how could we properly discuss the shifting personas of Snoop without reference to his widespread film career – both Hollywood and Bollywood. He’s had cameos as himself in over a dozen films and television shows, and then there’s the various characters he’s taken on: there was Huggy Bear Brown in Starsky & Hutch, Ja’Marcus in Scary Movie 5, Mac Johnson in Mac & Devin Go To High School, there’s Dra-Man, C-Dwag, Blue, Rodney, Jimmy Bones...ahh, you get the picture. Snoop even had a cameo in the 2008 Bollywood film Singh Is Kinng, his first ever rap in an Indian movie. Is there anything this guy won’t do? So who exactly is the real Snoop? Tell you what, I’ve still got no fucking idea.
SNOOP DOGG will be heading over our way next month to play the Big Day Out festival at Flemington Racecourse on Friday January 24 alongside Pearl Jam, Beady Eye, Deftones, The Hives and more. He also plays a show at the Palace Theatre on Wednesday January 22. 7 Days Of Funk is available for streaming now exclusively on Rdio until Tuesday December 24.
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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN The Shadow Electric will be screening Blue Jasmine, the film that recently earned Australian actress Cate Blanchett a Golden Globe Nomination last week, at the Abbotsford Convent this week. Blue Jasmine is the latest comedy/drama from acclaimed director, writer and actor Woody Allen (Midnight In Paris, To Rome with Love), and it illustrates the tale of Jasmine, a New York socialite who’s marriage falls apart and is forced to move in with her sister Ginger, a modest resident of a San Francisco apartment. Starring Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin and Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire), Blue Jasmine will be screened at The Shadow Electric on Wednesday December 18 at 6pm.
With Tyson Wray. Got thoughts, news, gossip, complaints or cat photos? Email tyson@beat.com.au or send by carrier pigeon before Friday 12pm. The show is divided into three parts with a line up of several different acts within each, from aerial circus work, to black light puppetry (performed under ultra violet light so you can’t see the person operating the puppet), to a human syringe experiment, breathing marble statues, stilt walking, optical illusions and aerial and suspension circus style acts. As well, of course, there’s the burlesque, and, at this time of year, ukulele versions of Christmas carols are surreptitiously slipped in. “We all have characters,” explains Kerr. The two musicians form a jazz duo called the Spinecrunchers. Kerr’s character is a pseudo-cool kind of rockabilly clown known as Sting and Small’s is Fang, ‘a fool most of the time.’ “We get away with quite a bit,” Small adds.
ON STAGE In the mood for some more Chekhov? Head over to La Mama Theatre’s production of Uncle Vanya, the timeless play written by acclaimed Russian playwright Anton Chekhov in 1897. La Mama’s production, adapted by Greg Ulfan and Joseph Sherman, will pay tribute to the original tale of a man requiring more meaning to life. Uncle Vanya will also feature local acting talent — Scott Gooding, Stephanie Osztreicher, Eric Myles, Zoe Stark and many more — and the pensive direction of Greg Ulfan (Lorca would love this Wedding). Uncle Vanya is currently on at La Mama until Sunday December 22.
Australia’s first theatre restaurant is unique; the comic horror dining experience that is the Dracula’s experience was a punt taken in 1980 that paid off. Dracula’s is a family business: Marc Newman’s parents, John and Tikki Newman famously started out with a late night cafe in Melbourne in the early sixties catering to the post theatre supper crowd. Different versions of theatre restaurants evolved, eventuating in the Melbourne landmark cabaret on Victoria Street in Carlton. Small and Kerr are full of praise for their employers. “Marc’s an incredible individual,” says Small. “We can almost do just what we want. He builds the show around the cast. If we want to try things, the boss is open and accommodating. He’s willing to run with ideas, there’s a ‘never a no’ policy.”
ON DISPL AY This week the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art will open its newest exhibition, Crescendo. Crescendo will run into the New Year and explore modern mythology, history, heroism and human pageantry as metaphors for life through cinematography, sculpture, paintings, photography and many more. The exhibition will feature the work of seven acclaimed versatile artists — Markus Kahre, Ana Torfs, acclaimed Irish artist Dorothy Cross, Julian Rosefeldt, Belgian visual artist Hans Op de Beeck, revered British Columbian musician and artist Rodney Graham and Guido van der Werve. Crescendo will open at ACCA from Friday December 20 – Sunday March 2. Admission is free.
PICK OF THE WEEK A stage adaptation of Guus Kuijer’s classic The Book of Everything has been enchanting Melbourne audiences for the first time ever this holiday season. A family tale about facing fears and finding happiness, the production is directed by David Armfield and will star Matthew Whittet. The Book of Everything is currently playing at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner, and will close this Sunday December 22. Don’t miss out!
BLOODBATH By Liza Dezfouli The secret to happiness has been discovered: work on a gig for Dracula’s Cabaret. Beat chatted to the world’s cheeriest musos, Dave Small and Frank Kerr, who reckon they’ve got the best job on the planet despite having to appear on stage in ‘some very revealing costumes’. What’s that like? “Not uncomfortable but comical,” says Small with a laugh. “I play an obese stripping zombie. We take the piss out of ourselves.” Both musician/ comics are performing stage in Bloodbath, the latest show at the cabaret theatre restaurant that’s been entertaining Melbourne audiences for 32 years. The musicians plus a troupe of six actors, three women and three men, make up what the musos call ‘a big happy family’, performing in a show that’s rewritten annually; each show starts off in Melbourne, runs for a year then moves to the Gold Coast Dracula’s for another year before the cycle begins again. “It’s an incredible job, a brilliant opportunity,” adds Kerr. Not surprisingly the staff stay around, one performer has been with the troupe for eight years. “Each year
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is completely different to the next one,” reckons Kerr, who has been with the show for four months. “The variety is just brilliant.” Small is no less enthusiastic even though after nearly four and a half years he’s a veteran. He spent a couple of seasons at the Gold Coast venue. “That venue is custom built. They have state of the art technical and audiovisual set ups. They have their own Gold Coast twist on the show. It’s a beautiful, fun and energetic business.”
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Performers are chosen according the variety of skills they can bring to the show, be it a virtuoso vocal talent or being able to do a back flip on stage. “The waiters have their own little show,” Small continues. “They’re all extremely talented, they’re are hired on that as well. The floor staff all bring their own special humour and energy, their own mind-warped twist on things. Friends of mine have come along and said to me ‘I love my waiter!’ It’s a special experience. Some people have never been to a theatre restaurant and they’re quite bewildered by the amount we do on stage”. Bloodbath is currently playing at Dracula’s Cabaret, 100 Victoria Street, Carlton. Tickets are from $85, including a three course meal, ride on the Ghost Train. VIP option also available from $105. Shows are running every Tuesday – Sunday (in December), then every Tuesday - Saturday (Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year’s Day closed – but NYE tickets still are available). Visit draculas. com.au for more information.
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THE HOBBIT AT IMAX Want to see The Hobbit 3D on the world’s 3rd largest screen? We’re giving away some double passes to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug 3D at IMAX Melbourne Museum – where hobbits are huge. The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R Tolkein, The Hobbit 3D: The Desolation of Smaug 3D continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Bagins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and thirteen dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on an epic quest to reclaim the lost dwarf kingdom of Erebor.
100 BLOODY ACRES Horror-comedy romp, 100 Bloody Acres, follows the Morgan brothers on their quest to savour their organic fertiliser business. The catch? Said fertiliser requires secret ingredients: road kill and the blood and bones of dead car crash victims. But the thing is, you see, the pair are running low on supplies and have never killed themselves. That is of course, until they meet three 20-something travellers, Sophie, James and Wes. Damon Herriman and Angus Sampson (replete with hearty chinstrap beard) lead an ensemble cast in this gory tale of man’s quest to deliver big. We have some copies of the DVD to give away. Head to beat.com.au/freeshit to win.
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Bring on Christmas with Santa hats and silliness galore at LOL Comedy featuring Nath Valvo and Adam Richard, alongside support from Xavier Toby whose debut novel Mining My Own Business about life on a FIFO mining site is available now. It goes down at the Portland Hotel on Wednesday December 18 and then The Provincial on Thursday December 19. Then LOL Comedy will go on holidays until February. Tickets from lolcomedy.com.au or at the door.
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NGV are currently presenting On Top Of The World: Flags For Melbourne all around the city. Over the past few weeks 41 flags, designed by Melbourne artists, have been raised across the city. The project has been curated by Stewart Russell of Spacecraft Studios to consider the symbolic, semantic and decorative potential of flags. Jon Campbell’s four letter words- LOVE, SING and YEAH- began to fly on working cranes while John Warwicker placed his reimagined Australian flag atop the Royal Exhibition Buildings acknowledging the indigenous ground and its people’s relationship to the land. Other sites include the Town Hall, Manchester Unity Building and Royal Botanic Gardens with its 15 metre wide flag flying at the Haymarket roundabout. Duplicates of the flags are now flying in the NGV’s Great Hall, including those from Rosslyns Piggott, Anne Wu, Tin & Ed and Hannah Tai. As part of the project the CFMEU workers and volunteers from the NGV will march the flags along Swanston Street to each other’s institution at 12 noon on Sunday January 26, Thursday February 6 and Thursday March 13.
The Hellenic Museum has announced they will be bringing Gods, Myths and Mortals: Greek Treasures across the Millennia to Melbourne. A permanent collection on loan from the Benaki Museum in Athens, the exhibition chronicles the impact of historical and social development on identity from the Pre-Historic to the Neo-Hellenic period. Highlights from the collection include one of Antonis Benaki’s first, and most iconic acquisitions, the Gold Kylix Cup (15thearly 14th century BC) and the never before seen Gold Myrtle Wreath (4th-3rd Century BC). In conjunction with the permanent collection, themed exhibitions will also be held with the first, Jewellery from the Benaki-Unearthing the Original Accessory, scheduled for November 2014. Gods, Myths and Mortals opens Thursday April 3 at The Hellenic Museum (the former Royal Mint Melbourne).
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With just three months until the Lorne Sculpture Biennale, which is highly lauded as one of the greatest and most diverse sculpture events in Australia, the festival has announced more information about 2014’s event. More than 100 of Australia’s most innovative artists will compete for more than $100,000 in prize money over the course of the 3 week festival. Highlights will include Sculpturscape, an opportunity for onlookers to witness the creation of a Lornecentral sculptural piece and Main Street Commission, smart-phone savvy pieces of public artwork. The free Lorne Sculpture Biennale will take place from Saturday March 8 to Sunday March 30 in Lorne. More information, the complete list of artists, and event guide is available from lornesculpture.com.
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It’s the last Commedia Dell Parte for 2013 and they have a great lineup to close out the year, with Ronny Chieng, Celia Pacquola, Xavier Michelides, Tommy Dassalo, Bart Freebairn, Simon Keck, Daniel Connell, Jay Morrissey and David Boyle. The room still 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.
FIVE BOROUGHS COMEDY Sammy J and Randy headline Five Boroughs Comedy this Thursday. It’ll be another massive night with these award winners, plus there’s another almighty lineup including Danny McGinlay, Karl Chandler and heaps of special guests. It’s all happening this Thursday December 19 at 8.30pm at 68 Hardware Lane, CBD, all for only $12.
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The Australian Ballet have announced the return of Telstra Ballet in the Bowl next year. To celebrate their 30 year partnership with principal partner Telstra, The Australian Ballet will kick of its 2014 Melbourne season with the return of Telstra Ballet in the Bowl. With a mixed bill of ballet favourites, the performance will give audiences the chance to see some of Australia’s most loved dancers and the best up-and-coming talent, accompanied by music from some of the world’s best known composers played by Orchestra Victoria. Telstra Ballet in the Bowl is a free event and takes place on Friday March 7 at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Gates open at 4pm and pre-booking is not required.
There’s a huge Christmas show on tonight at Crab Lab, featuring Ronny Chieng and Luke McGregor, Barry award nominee John Conway, Karl Chandler, Daniel Connell, Jonathan Schuster, Laura Dunemann, Brendan Maloney and Skills in Time’s Greg Larsen as hobo Santa! All for just one five dollar note at 8.30pm.
As part of their Australia Day celebrations, ACMI will present Australian Hip Hop and the Moving Image. Exploring how video is used in Australian hip hop music and culture, the event provides a companion to Spectacle: The Music Video Exhibition, which is showing at ACMI until Sunday February 23. The event will be hosted by MC Yung Philly, a founding member of Massive Hip Hop Choir and a community development worked for The Push. It will also feature performances by local hip hop artists, including MC Ror, and guest speakers such as filmmakers Claudia Sangiorgo Dalimore (directed clips for Diafrix and Mantra) and Ez Eldin Deng (SubMedia), Lindsey Martin (Obese Records) and Joe Motley (UK rapper/ producer). In addition to the event, Movement: Clips from Australian Hip Hop Culture, will be broadcast throughout the long weekend on the outdoor screen in Federation Square. Australian Hip Hop and the Moving Image takes place on Sunday January 26 in Studio 1 at ACMI.
Acclaimed multi-award winning artist Zulya Kamalova returns with her newest production Evolution, Revolution and The Mail Order Bride this February.Inspired by her Tatar and Russian roots, Evolution, Revolution and The Mail Order Bride delves into the dichotomy of arranged marriage and true love. Performed by Kamalova herself, the play will explore the alter-egos of Inessa Armand, a woman who believes in ‘free love’ and the right to court someone you love, and the result of her liberal thinking during the proletarian ideology of Bolshevik Russia. Evolution, Revolution and The Mail Order Bride will be performed at fortyfivedownstairs from Wednesday February 5 – Sunday February 16.
COMEDY AT SPLEEN This Monday is one of the biggest nights on the comedy calendar, it’s the legendary Comedy At Spleen Christmas Show! It’s all of their favorite acts for the year, including surprise big names. Plus the awarding of the Spleen Comic of the Year. It’s a three-hour spectacular, get ready to get messy! It’s this Monday December 23 at 41 Bourke St, in the city, at 8.30pm. It may be free, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door!
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Come one, come all to Skullbrain’s latest exhibition at Brightspace Gallery. New paintings, sculptures, prints and more are currently on display until Sunday December 22, with an opening party on Thursday December 19. Visit skullbrain.com for more information.
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BOMBINO By Alasdair Duncan Omara Moctar has led an eventful life to say the least. The guitarist was born in Niger, but spent many years in exile from the war-torn country. It was here that he had his first exposure to Western music, and after combining this with the Tuareg style of his homeland, he forged an all-new style. He now records and tours the world under the name Bombino, although getting used to the attention has proved an adjustment. “Honestly I can say that it has been difficult for me in several ways,” Moctar says of his new-found fame. “It is very hard to travel all the time and have very little privacy. It is a hard situation because of course everyone who wants to see you and talk to you is a fan so you want to be very appreciative of everyone, but it is very tiring after months on tour. It is a very hard lifestyle but it is also very rewarding.” The young Moctar and his family fled their native Niger in the early ‘90s, fearing for their safety following the Tuareg Rebellion, and found themselves living in Algeria. It was during this time when, as a teenager, he heard the music of Jimi Hendrix and Dire Straits for the first time. He says that the sense of freedom he felt listening to their music was the key appeal. “Especially with Jimi,” he says. “His guitar seemed like an extension of his body to me and he was so free in his music. I was a poor refugee without anything, so this sense of freedom pulled me in.”
Moctar had also studied traditional Tuareg guitar – a musical style he describes as the music of the desert, or the soundtrack of the Sahara – and the two influences combined. By the time he returned to Niger in 1997, the teenage Moctar was an accomplished musician, playing with his band Group Bombino. “For musicians in Niger, really the only way to earn your living is to play at weddings, at baby naming ceremonies, Muslim holidays and other events like this,” he says of his day-to-day life there. “These are the only times that people will spend their money on entertainment. Otherwise the population does not have the means to support artists. But there is this exception, mostly of marriages, where people will do everything they can to pay for musicians to come and perform.” Political turmoil forced Moctar to flee Niger again in 2007, but while he was living in exile in Burkino Faso, he was approached by filmmaker Ron Wyman,
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who had heard rough cassette recordings of Group Bombino playing at weddings. Wyman convinced him that he should formally record his music, resulting in the wildly successful album Agadez. Moctar has now returned to Niger, and he hopes that this time, he will be able to stay there for good. “Mostly things are calm and safe here,” he says. “Every now and then there is a problem with terrorists kidnapping someone or other bad things like that, but the population is now peaceful amongst each other and it is not a violent place. God-willing the peace will last for a long time.” Niger’s political turmoil has made a deep impression on Moctar and his music, though he insists that he never writes directly about his own experiences in the songs. “My lyrics are usually talking about general ideas, lessons, stories,” he says. “I am never talking about myself in my songs. Sometimes I will talk about my wife or my friends but never about myself, just
the lessons I have learned in my life that I think are important to share with everyone.” Moctar will soon be bringing his live show to Australia, and for the uninitiated, I ask what exactly we can expect. “You can expect that you will have a lot of fun,” he says. “We play a desert rock’n’roll style that is probably unlike anything you have heard live in Australia before. So it will be something new but also familiar.” As for the future, he says he is working on new songs all the time, and plans to release another album next year. “I hope to record the album in Africa, more precisely in Burkina Faso where there is a big Tuareg community,” he says. “For me that would be the best place to record the next album.”
a renewed interest in soul music due to hip hop sampling, and a hit with the track Meet Me Tonight, Fields was back in the music game. Though the ‘90s involved a fair amount of funk for Fields, in recent times he’s returned to soul with his band The Expressions, with whom he’s made two lauded soul records that sound like they should be printed on vinyl. He also thanks them for energising him as an artist. “The combination between The Expressions and myself, well I was from that era, the soul era, and these guys are from this era. Merging together and working in a harmonious way brings out a whole other kind of soul music, new and fresh.” Talking to Fields and listening to his music, it’s not hard to understand why he’s lasted this long. His voice still sounds incredible, and in conversation he’s generous and jovial. Though he owes in part his success to a
Christian upbringing that prevented him from going down a path that saw those more prone to partying burn out, I’d suggest his mannerisms, work ethic and demeanor have had a lot to do with it as well. Being, as one Vice journalist put it, “the coolest motherfucker to ever sing into a microphone” probably doesn’t hurt either. But it’s not about being cool says Fields. “I really don’t try to be a cool guy – I try to be a guy that’s coming from the soul, from the spirit. I try to keep the music as real and as close to the heart as possible.” After all he says soul is uplifting music. “To me” he says, “it’s all about love.”
BOMBINO performs at Falls Festival, which runs in Lorne from Saturday December 28 – Wednesday January 1. He also plays a sideshow at the Corner Hotel on Sunday January 12.
By Garry Westmore Lee Fields arrived in New York City in 1967, a North Carolinian 17-year-old with only two dollars to his name and the business card of a man who told him New York was ‘the place to be’. Amazingly, it all worked out the for soul blues and funk singer. And now after a career of 40 plus years, with his new band The Expressions, on the back of the much-lauded soul record Faithful Man, Fields is making his first trip to Australia to spread a little soul love. On that fateful decision to leave the South for New York City, Fields can laugh these days. “Two dollars in my pocket? In New York City? Oh wow! Can you imagine that? That shows you how naïve I was.” But it paid off; Fields tracked down the man to whom the business card belonged, one Fred Williams, and within a short while was making his stamp on the Big Apple. “In North Carolina I figured the opportunities were very slim at that time, I thought New York would be the place to go. I would have dreams about going to New York!” Soon after he met the love of his life (to whom he’s still married), Fields getting a little sentimental as he looks back on that time. “So many beautiful things happened after that. If I had to do it all over again I would.” He enjoyed success cutting records through the late ‘60s and ‘70s, but he, and as soul music in general, took
a beating during the ‘80s. During that time he wanted to make music but didn’t think it possible. “Music had changed. In the ‘80s it was completely dance music – I thought I was done. But I always had hope and faith that something would happen and I could get back into it.” During that dark musical period he bought real estate, looked after his family and enjoyed some domestic bliss. Oddly it was his move to open a fish restaurant in Newark that led to his return. Upon seeing the prospective premises for the business, his wife simply looked at him and asked, “What do you know about fish?” “All I could say was, ‘It tastes good!’ he says laughing. “She said to me, ‘Stick with what you know.’ So we saved some money, went and bought a lot of equipment and cut my first return to music record on that equipment.” That was in the early ‘90s, and thanks to
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LEE FIELDS AND THE EXPRESSIONS play Summer of Soul at Mossvale Park, South Gippsland on Saturday January 4, followed by the Corner Hotel on Wednesday January 8.
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TIM SWEENEY [USA] Saturday December 21, The Toff In Town MIDLAND [UK] Sunday December 22, Revolver Upstairs STANTON WARRIORS [UK], S.P.Y [UK], MC LOWQUI [UK] Friday December 27, Brown Alley ?UESTLOVE [USA] Saturday December 28, Roxanne Parlour BLACK ASTEROID [UK] Saturday December 28, New Guernica DRUMCELL [USA] Tuesday December 31, TBA LET THEM EAT CAKE: JAMES HOLDEN [UK], FLOATING POINTS [UK] + MORE Wednesday January 1, Werribee Mansion BIG STRICK [USA], WILLIE BURNS [USA], SUZANNE KRAFT [USA] + MORE Wednesday January 1, Peoples Market, West Melbourne DANNY TENAGLIA [USA], MORGAN PAGE [USA] Wednesday January 1, Shed 14 SWINDLE [UK], MARIBOU STATE [UK] Saturday January 11, Globe Alley CAMO & KROOKED [UK] Saturday January 11, Brown Alley BEN UFO [UK], PEARSON SOUND [UK] Friday January 17, Brown Alley MARCUS WORGULL [GER] Friday January 17, The Liberty Social DANNY HOWELLS Friday January 17, Victoria Star JUAN ATKINS [USA] Saturday January 18, The Liberty Social KOLOMBO [BEL] Sunday January 19, Revolver Upstairs MATMOS [USA] Sunday January 19, Howler MAJOR LAZER [USA], FLOSSTRADAMUS [USA] Tuesday January 21, The Palace SNOOP DOGG [USA], MAC MILLER [USA] Wednesday January 22, The Palace BIG DAY OUT: SNOOP DOGG [USA], MAJOR LAZER [USA] + MORE Friday January 24, Flemington Racecourse RAINBOW SERPENT: DONATO DOZZY [ITA], MICHAEL MAYER [GER] + MORE Friday January 24 - Monday January 27, Lexton HENRIK SCHWARZ [GER], DANNY DAZE [USA] Friday January 24, Brown Alley ANDREW WEATHERALL [UK] Friday January 24, New Guernica AVICII [SWE] Sunday January 26, Melbourne Showgrounds MOUNT KIMBIE [UK] Thursday January 30, Corner Hotel ST JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL: XXYYXX [USA], MOUNT KIMBIE [UK] + MORE Saturday February 1, Footscray Community Arts Centre XXYYXX [USA] Tuesday February 4, Corner Hotel. YOUTH LAGOON [USA] Wednesday February 5, Prince Bandroom EARL SWEATSHIRT [USA], DANNY BROWN [USA] Thursday February 6, The Palace DVS1 [USA] Friday February 7, The Liberty Social BEN PEARCE [UK] Friday February 7, New Guernica MK [USA] Sunday February 9, Revolver Upstairs DJ SHADOW [UK] Thursday February 13, Prince Bandroom EMINEM [USA], KENDRICK LAMAR [USA] + MORE Wednesday February 19, Etihad Stadium FLYING LOTUS [USA] Friday February 28, The Forum BRUNO MARS [USA], MIGUEL [USA] Tuesday March 4 & Wednesday March 5, Rod Laver Arena GOLD PANDA [UK] Friday March 7, Corner Hotel GOOD LIFE: DEADMAU5 [UK], KNIFE PARTY [UK] + MORE Friday March 7, Flemington Racecourse MAITREYA: DICK TREVOR [UK], YAHEL [ISR] Friday March 7 - Monday March 10, Sealake GOLDEN PLAINS: PUBLIC ENEMY [USA], FLYING LOTUS [USA] + MORE Saturday March 8 - Monday March 10, Meredith Supernatural Ampitheatre FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL: DEADMAU5 [UK], KNIFE PARTY [UK] + MORE Sunday March 9, Flemington Racecourse BATHS [USA] Saturday March 22, Corner Hotel DARKSIDE [USA] Friday April 4, The Palace
tour rumours Marcel Dettmann, Cassy, Mario Basanov, Legowelt, Redshape, Rustie, Jacques Greene, Kito, Reija Lee, Marcel Vogel, Skudge, Roman Flügel
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Brazilians Felipe “Fel” Lozinsky and Gustavo “Guk” Rozenthal have already garnered some impressive interest from some big industry names – Guetta, Black Eyed Peas and Madonna to name but a few. Humbly though, they admit they are only about purveying good music and with that, the lads are pushing boundaries across genres and continuing to do great things. “We’ve recently been back in the studio more intensely,” opens Guk. “It’s probably the first time we’ve had the chance to do that after our Slice & Dice EP. As well as that, we’ve been doing lots of experimenting and developing new sounds which is always fun. It’s the real, core driver of a DJs career, but also very hard work. Besides too, we are getting ready for the New Year’s run in Brazil and for our debut Australian tour in January. We’re pretty excited.” First though, by way of background, the duo met in 2006 when they started working together at an audio producing company. “Felipe was my trainee and we instantly connected based on our passion for dance music,” says Guk. “We were both very musical during our childhood and teen years, with a passion for rock music. From there, Felipe learnt to play the piano and I learnt to play the guitar. My hero was Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin; he is not from my generation but I was really into classic rock in my teen years.” Things have evolved though and as much as Guk admits dance music is a kind of globalized phenomenon – with the Internet being their biggest source of inspiration – he claims it’s still impossible to overlook the influence that their home country has had on them. “We
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live in a very musical country and we are immersed in a culture that breathes music and rhythm; sometimes this influence crawls into our productions without a conscious awareness, such as in the piano break on the track Dead Man Swag. Also, the scene in Brazil is really exciting at the moment because it’s moving through this kind of expansion; Brazil has definitely joined the dance music revolution.” Musically, the boys are proud of what they believe is their biggest EP to date, Slice & Dice – and post its release they are focused now on promoting it and touring. “We just recently sat down in the studio for new original material and it has been a very exciting time. We have a few tracks on the move and are intending on producing some more, but we haven’t decided how to release them yet. We are really looking forward our musical releases on 2014 though,” he chimes. And this non-committal approach to their studio work reconciles with the fact that they don’t necessarily follow a plan – nothing for them is on purpose. Guk continues: “our base is undoubtedly electro-house, but every once in a while we get really saturated and bored and naturally start experimenting with something outside our comfort zone. It’s so enlightening to do that - it makes you grow so much as a music producer. Then after a while the passion for producing good old electro-house returns and we become reinvigorated and stronger.” That said though, there is more of a method to their madness when it comes to performing. Guk explains they come together prior and sort out a list of tracks they think might have the most potential of being played on a specific occasion. “We usually take into consideration
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Beats In Space head-honcho Tim Sweeney is returning to smash The Toff In Town. Having just played at his third Meredith this weekend, the New Yorker alongside local disco don Andee Frost are set to spin up a house and disco party like no other. Catch ‘em this Saturday at The Toff In Town this Saturday December 21.
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English tech-house journeyman Danny Howells has announced that he bring his sounds to sea when he plays an intimate cruise show in January to celebrate his instalment in the Balance mix series. Howells is known for his unique, eclectic sound that has earned him residencies in some of the world’s most influential clubs. Along with his DJ skills, Howells is also a renowned producer and remixer, with tracks Size DDD and Nobody Listens to Techno reaping massive dance floor success. Danny Howells will spin on the Victoria Star’s Darkbeat Boat Cruise on Friday January 17.
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After a sellout party, Loud Entertainment, Thick As Thieves and Ugenius Music thought it was only fair to have another round with Tube & Berger and Robosonic. Tube & Berger are Arndt Rörig and Marco Vidovic, German natives who have found themselves at the top of the American Billboard Charts and receiving praise from Zane Lowe for their distinct brand of deep house and electronica. They’ll of course be joined by Robosonic, who arrived on the international scene in 2012 with their summer hit, Worst Love released on Off Recordings with remixes from Dr. Dru and Fritz Zander. Get set for some déjà vu on Friday December 20 at Brown Alley.
To celebrate their third album released on Hospital Records, Camo & Krooked are heading off on an album tour, joined by fellow label mate, Metrik. Zeitgeist is full of disco, French house and minimal influences merged together with the signature Camo & Krooked sound set to send fans into overdrive. The Viennese pair have created numerous dance floor anthems since they emerged onto the scene a few years back, with Turn Up The Music and Climax. This will set the stage for a night of genre-hopping excitement with London’s own Metrik joining the lineup with his own euphoric, raveinspired productions. Local support will come from Soulflex, JFK, Monkee, Lickweed, Switchstate, Asteria and Selby. It’s all happening at Brown Alley on Saturday January 11.
the information we have about a gig; if it’s a Felguk crowd or a different crowd; if its a more commercial or more underground crowd; or if it’s a more hardcore electro crowd or a multi-gendered festival crowd. However, when we play and feel the crowd, we are open to as many changes as necessary to suit the vibe – that’s the fun part.” And at the gig, expect to hear a lot of their own tracks, as well as some different and unreleased versions and edits of their classics. “We also like to throw in a bunch of rock references in between our big electro drops,” Guk adds. “Many of them are classic rock and the base of the set is a good filtering of the current electro-house and its sub-genres.” Likewise too, the lads are looking forward to their first trip to Australia and are planning on putting together a special performance. “We really want to get to know the place a little bit. Australia is one of those places that we’ve always really wanted to go to,” Guk explains. “It’s basically like a dream come true for both of us.”
Felguk will play at Rainbow Serpent 2014 alongside James Zabiela, Donato Dozzy, The Orb and more which takes place in Lexton from Friday January 24 - Monday January 27. soundcloud.com/felguk
black asteroid
Black Asteroid is the brainchild of Bryan Black who started his career as a sound designer for Prince. While working with Prince at Paisley Park Studios, Bryan learned and honed sound and production skills which inspired him to start his own band. Bryan moved to London and launched a band called MOTOR. The first MOTOR demo was quickly signed to Novamute. After two singles, MOTOR were catapulted to the top of the techno world, sharing stages with Daft Punk and Kraftwerk at major festivals, and later embarking on a world tour supporting Depeche Mode in 2009. In early 2011, Bryan decided to start Black Asteroid to showcase a new sound where he planned to re-capture the techno world. Make sure to head down to New Guernica on Saturday December 28.
drumcell
Drumcell was born as Moe Espinosa in Los Angeles’ San Gabriel Valley. A classically trained musician in his youth, playing guitar in bands, this all ended when he came face to face with the early ‘90s rave scene. Today, he has released his debut album Sleep Complex characterised by a complete disregard for genre limitations and is everything but a conventional techno album. Now he plays at the most prestigious venues worldwide, from Berghain to Movement festival in Detroit and adding to that, a secret warehouse location in Melbourne this New Years Eve. Support will come from Sebastian Bayne, Lorenzo, Matt Van Dieman, Lost Few, Matic, Daniel Filipovic and Linas. It’s all happening on Tuesday December 31 at an inner city warehouse yet to be revealed.
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DVS1 has announced he will be coming to Australia for the first time next February. DVS1 (devious one) has been a part of the dance music landscape in the Midwest/US since the mid nineties. His sets are completely improvised, organised spontaneously from song to song, making every set different from the last. DVS1 will play at The Liberty Social on Friday February 7.
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brunswick breakup party Rubix Fridays and Adrian’s Wall Soundsystem are teaming up to present the Twenty Thirteen Brunswick Breakup Warehouse Party. Celebrating the end of the massive working year that has seen so many different crews coming through the venue hosting events, performing and building a community of like minded souls. Rubix Funhouse is inviting all their fun lovin’ family and friends to get in on our end of year antics on Friday December 20 from 2pm - 3am. World renowned street performer and beats and bass improv legend Dub FX will be throwing down a liquid drum and bass and jungle set with support from Snareophobe and more. Get down.
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ltj bukem
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Record label entrepreneur and visionary of the post-acidhouse-rave revolution, LTJ Bukem aka Danny Williamson, has headed up the vanguard of break beat evolution for more than 25 years. Williamson’s Good Looking Records has had its ups and downs in recent years, but there’s no denying that the man behind those specs redefined the spirit of drum and bass with his unique jazz fusion experiments. The imprint has stood the test of time and after a long hiatus, is back in the game. “We had a two or three year break, had an influx of music and wanted to get it back on board,” he says from his London home. “There was too much good stuff around to not get back into it.” The start of the 21st century saw the release of the much acclaimed Journey Inwards, a diverse album of drum and bass, soul and jazz. The man in question says its
successor is currently in the works, despite a consistently heavy touring schedule. “Touring has made that tough for years and obviously the work with the label and being so busy, but it’s something that I’m just tinkering around with again, producing another long player in the near future. “It’s a lot easier now when you can sit on a plane and start on an idea or sit in a hotel room and do bits and pieces, whereas in the past, with only being able to use hardware gear – that was almost impossible. So I’ve been tinkering around with lots of bits and pieces and have some ideas flowing that I really want to get into very soon. You have to watch this space basically.” The concept of evolution has always been at the forefront of the Bukem brand and the idea of creative spirituality is important to Williamson. “I definitely have a somewhat spiritual experience when I’m playing music; it does affect
me in a spiritual way,” he explains. “My love of music has made it such that I do have these kinds of experiences when I’m producing, playing or listening to music. And it still is very spiritual when the people and the music fit together in a certain way and the effect that has on me – the sounds and the people using the music – it just ticks all those ‘hairs standing on their ends’ boxes and it’s the reason why I got into it. “People say that I’ve been DJing for 25 years or more and must be bored of it; but that will never die. How can you bored of hearing sounds that you love? I don’t understand that.” For the better part of that 25 years, Williamson’s work with MC Conrad, both on tour and as part of the Logical Progression series and Progression Sessions, was the stuff of legend. Almost one year on from a dispute between the two that saw them part ways, Williamson says the conflict was mostly down to Conrad’s inability to gain visas due
to a drug record. Other reports given by Conrad cite the low appearance fee he was receiving as the main gripe of contention. Williamson is philosophic about the road ahead. “You carry on, it hasn’t really changed anything, you get out and do your thing and play your music, you know. And half of the places where I travel to, he can’t get a visa, which was the biggest problem about a year and a half ago. You can’t really go somewhere with someone if they can’t get into the country, can you? “I’m constantly going to America and Canada and Russia and many parts of the world where you need visas and amongst that he had some personal problems that I’m not going to discuss in any interview. I’m not the kind of person to talk about someone’s personal issues.” Many old fans will probably still rue the loss of Conrad and his stand out ability to add an extra level of outer-space soul to Bukem’s work, but Williamson says he’s enjoying his solo act status. He’s now working with an array of MCs and is avoiding any exclusive relationships. “I’m going to a lot of places and I’m not always familiar with what that guy does, but in some cases it’s just an intro, a bit of hype and then I play the music. A lot of people in many places have said to me that they wish I didn’t have an MC. Even when I was with Conrad, a lot of people, and I mean thousands of people, would say to me, ‘I wish you wouldn’t have an MC, I just want to hear the music’. And so you get different people with different wants and you can’t please everyone, it varies from place to place.”
Catch LTJ Bukem at Let Them Eat Cake. It all goes down on Wednesday January 1 at Werribee Mansion. facebook.com/LTJBukem
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eric prydz words / jessica darn e l l
Eric Prydz may be afraid of flying, but that won’t stop him visiting Australia for the first time ever as a Future Music Festival headliner. “I’ve been to a lot of other places, but I haven’t been to Australia,” he notes. “So that alone is a pretty good reason to finally come and do this tour with Future.” This run of Australian dates will see Eric unveil the EPIC (Eric Prydz In Concert) touring experience for the first time down under. “Well EPIC was a live show we started working on a few years back and we started out doing it in the UK. It wasn’t really something that we toured with, it’s bigger than a jumbo jet, it’s a massive structure, a lot of holograms and projection mapping. “I did the EPIC 2.0 as we call it — which is the updated version — which is technically so much more advanced and logistically it’s now tourable. So we just did two shows in New York and one in LA. It’s kind of hard to explain, but anyone who wants to know what it’s like can probably go on YouTube and check it out. It’s really cool.” When it comes to the live performance, don’t expect a pre-synced show from Prydz. Rather, this man enjoys performing without the aid of a safety net. “I just think it’s more fun. A lot of these big production shows that people do now are all pre-synced, because they need to sync with the fireworks, the cannon, the visuals, the lasers and this and that. “It’s basically what everybody does — they have everything pre-programmed and they go and press play, which I’m absolutely fine with. I don’t really care if it’s really hard for them to produce what’s coming out of the speakers or not. I only care about what I see. “But for us as a team doing EPIC, we just thought it would be so much more fun and challenging for ourselves. And
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it’s also going to be more fun for the people that come and see it because each show is going to be unique. More like when you do a normal club set, when you go and take the night as it comes.” Prydz has found incredible success with hits such as Call On Me and his popular remix of Pink Floyd’s Another Brick In The Wall, Proper Education. Although Prydz’s success has given him the opportunity to produce his own music without any trouble and tour the entire world, it has also put pressure on the artist to continuously reinvent himself. “It was a few years ago,” says Prydz. “I can’t even remember what record it was, it was one of the new records on Pryda. We uploaded a clip to YouTube and obviously people go and comment and it was this one guy, I can’t remember the exact phrasing now, but what he wrote was like ‘yeah it’s really good, but it’s nothing groundbreaking. I expected more.’ Each time I release a record it needs to be groundbreaking. I need to redefine music in every new release according to this guy. So after that I was like you know what I’m just going to do what I’ve always done – I make music for myself and if others like it than great, if not than go listen to something else.”
Eric Prydz plays Future Music Festival with Deadmau5, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Phoenix, Hardwell, Rudimental, Kaskade, Porter Robinson and more at Flemington Racecourse on Sunday March 9. soundcloud.com/eric-prydz
Will Kendall is my man of my own heart and the brains behind Third Chapter – a company with a pretty simply mission statement: to create quality custom garments that are made and printed in Australia. Will explains that what they print on them can be influenced as widely as the backgrounds of those that have been involved with the company from the beginning. Adding that they are skateboarders, snowboarders, musicians and artists, he is proud of what Third Chapter stands for. “The brand was started by me in 2008,” says Kendall with pride. “We were sort of deeply rooted in snow boarding, skateboarding, graffiti and tattoo culture – for us, it was an opportunity to showcase a lifestyle through our brand. A lot of things have happened during the time since.” He adds that from the very beginning, their roots were established in snow boarding because of how heavily involved in the scene they were. “It basically just progressed from there,” he explains. “Right now, we are at the point where we are doing a couple of annual events each year.” Things then, are going great for Kendall and his crew. “Sure you have your ups and downs, but you’re just doing your own thing. You have friends buying and wearing your product – and then you put on a gig and you’re packing out warehouses and parties and things like that, it’s pretty cool I have to say.” So with the brand, Will and his posse of provocateurs are all about getting down and having a good time. “While we are predominantly a clothing company, we try and work with various artists whose work we like and respect. We drop a bunch of limited run stuff and release a couple of collections a year. But we also do more than that - we work with film producers and artists in graffiti art and do things like produce short documentaries that are about exposing the lifestyles of the people we work with.” Always the innovators too, the lads also do the odd pop up sale as well – but their soon-to-be-held sixth party is the big current focus. “The warehouse events we do are a little bit different. They’re not your typical parties at the clubs. We work with a bunch of different people and use Third Chapter as a bit of springboard for people’s talent – regardless of whether they’re established or up and coming. “The first party we did was basically a product launch,”
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chimes Kendal. “That ended up getting packed out and we really saw the potential from that. We threw a bunch of other parties and moved more and more to take on the creative control that we really wanted. The Winter Breakers party we did was basically completely independent. We took a warehouse and painted the whole place up, setting up our own bars and offering food, lighting and entertainment. It was this awesome space that we basically did what we wanted with it.” “For us, the big success is always getting good numbers and maxing out a place. Winter Breakers for example, was a bigger space to work with than what we had before; this time we’ve got a custom low rider show and it’s going to run from 1pm until late. There will be live installations and a bunch of other stuff. Again, we’re going to transform this warehouse and paint it top to bottom and provide the full service from food and bar as well as a really strong line up of hip hop – guys that we consider our friends. Impressively too, Kendall claims the entire event is completely independent. “There are no sponsors, no big corporate money. The guys that are supporting us believe in what we are doing and they want to be a part of it. It’s a big result for our brand. We’ve got zero dollars for it and we’ve built it all from the ground up. We want to have people walking off into a back alley into this amazing space with this crazy house party vibe. I guess we’ve worked hard to get these parties to where they’re at - the guys are really not even employees as such. They’re just a bunch of friends who want to be a part of something good. Every second person is doing something like this nowadays and we feel that we’re doing something that’s refreshing – it’s something we’re proud of and we’re doing our best to make sure they’re going to keep being great.”
Third Chapter’s next Sky High Warehouse Party goes down on Saturday December 21 at 135 Rosslyn St, West Melbourne with sets from DJ Dexter, DJ B.Two, M Phazes and more. facebook.com/thirdchapter
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wednesday december 18 COQ ROQ - FEAT: AGENT 86 + DJS LADY NOIR + JOYBOT + KITI + MR THOM Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. NEW GUERNICA WEDNESDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. THE DINNER SET - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. HOODRAPZ - FEAT: WEDNESDAY Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm. LOST & FOUND - FEAT: DJ SPIDEY + DJ RUBY FROST Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. MO’ SOUL - FEAT: DJ VINCE PEACH & MISS GOLDIE Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. NEW GUERNICA WEDNESDAYS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. SOUL ARMY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE DINNER SET Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. thursday december 19 3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + JESSE YOUNG + JOHN DOE + MATTHEW BUTTERS + SAM GUDGE 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. DO DROP IN - FEAT: DJ KITI + DJ LADY NOIR THE CARLTON HOTEL, MELBOURNE CBD. 8:00PM. FREE RANGE FUNK - FEAT: AGENT 86 + LEWIS CANCUT + WHO Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm. GOOD EVENING - FEAT: DJ PEOPLE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: DJS PREQUEL & EDD FISHER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. MOOD - FEAT: NUBODY Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. RADIONICA - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm. VARSITY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. RADIONICA Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm. THE RITZ THURSDAYS - FEAT: NARI & MILANI + CARRICK DALTON & SAM COHEN + CAUC-ASIAN DJ’S + ED WILKS + JOSHUA GILILAND + KEN WALKER + LUCILLE CROFT + MAX KRUSE + TIM LIGHT + ZACK ROSE Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. $20. TIGER FUNK LIVE - FEAT: DJ MOONSHINE Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. TROCADERO Match Bar & Grill, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
friday december 20 ANYTIME - FEAT: FRIDAY Workshop, Melbourne. 8:30pm. BADABOOM FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ ROWIE European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. CANT SAY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Platform One, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10. CHI FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Chi Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. CQ FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Cq, Melbourne. 3:06pm. DISCOTHEQUE - FEAT: ELANA MUSTO + GREG SARA + SCOTT T Match Bar & Grill, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. FUSION FRIDAY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. GET LIT - FEAT: D’FRO + HANS DC + YO M.A.F.I.A LOUNGE, MELBOURNE CBD. 9:00PM. I LOVE OLD SCHOOL - FEAT: SHAGGZ & PUPPET + DJ TEY + MERV MAC Red Bennies, South Yarra. 10:00pm. $10. LATIN QUARTER - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. MEET YOUR MATES FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS 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 KATIE DROVER Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. SATURDAY MORNING - FEAT: DJ SUNSHINE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00am. SHUFFLE FRIDAY NIGHTS Bridie O’reilly’s Brunswick, Brunswick. 10:00pm. SNATCH - FEAT: DJ ARSONAUT + DJ PAUL + DJ ROD S Kama Bar, South Yarra. 7:00pm. THE FOX FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. TUNES BY SABO Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7:00pm. WEEKENDER! Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SHUFFLE FRIDAY NIGHTS Bridie O’reilly’s Brunswick, Brunswick. 11:00pm. THE FOX FRIDAYS Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. UPTOWN GROOVE Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. BREAKUP WAREHOUSE PARTY - FEAT: ADRIANS WALL SOUNDSYSTEM, DUBFX, KODIAK KID, SNAREOPHOBE Rubix Funhouse, Brunswick, 2pm RUBIX FRIDAYS - FEAT: KODIAK KID, MINI P, SK, SNAREOPHOBE Rubix Funhouse, Brunswick, 8pm saturday december 21 BILLBOARD SATURDAYS FEAT: FRAZER ADNAM SCOTT
MCMAHON + JAMIE VLAHOS + MR MAGOO + ZIGGY Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. CLUB FICTION - FEAT: KITTY ROCK & THE BAD LADIES Red Bennies, South Yarra. 10:00pm. CONCRETE JUNGLE ROCKERS - FEAT: NAHUATL SOUNDSYSTEM + BACHU + PAPACHANGO Howler, Brunswick. 7:00pm. $15. DJ DAVE THE SCOT Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 2:00pm. FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS - FEAT: BILLY HOYLE + DJS DUCHESZ + MZRIZK + WASABI First Floor, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. GLITCH THIS - FEAT: SATURDAY Workshop, Melbourne. 7:00pm. GLORY - FEAT: DJ BECSTA Kama Bar, South Yarra. 7:00pm. HOT STEP - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. LAB 22 Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. MIXED DRINKS SATURDAYS FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Libation, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. NEO SACRILEGE - FEAT: DJ NERO Abode, St Kilda. 8:00pm. NEW GUERNICA SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. POISON APPLE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 7:00pm. RAZZMATAZZ INDIE DISCOTHEQUE - FEAT: DJ CAITY K + TED C Exford Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. 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. 1:49pm. SOUND EMPIRE - FEAT: DJ TATE STRAUSS + DJ JOE SOFO + DJ MATTY + DJ MISS SARAH + DJ PHIL ROSS Fusion, Southbank. 9:30pm. $25. SOUTH SIDE SHOW - FEAT: EDD FISHER + KNAVE KNIXX Red Bennies, South Yarra. 8:00pm. $15. STAR SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Star Bar, South Melbourne. 3:02pm. SUNDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY J + DJ KEN WALKER + DJ LIGHTING Co., Southbank. 8:30pm. SUPER GRANDE - FEAT: ARKS + MR MOONSHINE + NORTH POLLAND Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. TEMPERANCE SATURDAYS FEAT: DJ MARCUS KNIGHT + DJ XANDER JAMES Temperance Hotel, South Yarra. 8:00pm. TEXTILE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm. THE FOX SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS 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 + NICK THAYER + RANSOM + BOOSHANK + LEWIS CANCUT + PAZ Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. TUNES BY RALPH GRANADILLA Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7:00pm. WHY NOT? - FEAT: SATURDAY Pretty Please, St Kilda. 3:21pm. WHAT’S DOING? - FEAT: DJ CITIZEN.COM Workshop, Melbourne. 8:00pm. WAREHOUSE PARTY - FEAT:
THE SIT DOWN WALKERSTRA W/ DJ LOVELY CLEAR WATER, DJ TOM ARMSTRONG, IT’S NOT SUMMER, KARATE BOOGALOO, LUCIZZ O’BRIZZ Rubix Funhouse, Brunswick, 6pm sunday december 22 CAN I KICK IT Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 12:00am. DANGER - FEAT: GEORGE HYSTERIC & ROHAN BELLTOWERS The Carlton Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MASHTAG - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. 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. SURRENDER - FEAT: DJ SERGEANT SLICK + DJ ADAM TRACE + DJ ADRIAN CHESSARI + DJ CHRIS OSTROM + DJ SEF Fusion, Southbank. 8:00pm. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJS ANDYBLACK + HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. SUNDAE SHAKE - FEAT: AGENT 86 + PHATO-A-MANO + TIGERFUNK Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: DAN BOWDENA ND MAYFIELD + FOUNKSHUI Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 4:30pm. SURRENDER - FEAT: DJ SERGEANT SLICK + DJ ADAM TRACE + DJ ADRIAN CHESSARI + DJ CHRIS OSTROM + DJ SEF Fusion, Southbank. 8:00pm. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJS ANDYBLACK + HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. monday december 23 CLUB NIGHTS IBIMBO - FEAT: LADY NOIR & KITI BIMBO DELUXE, FITZROY. 6:00PM. MIXTAPE MONDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Rubix Funhouse, Brunswick, 12pm STIFF DRINK - FEAT: DJ MICHAEL KUCYK + DJ MICHAEL OZONE + DJ ROMAN WAFERS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. TWERKERS CLUB - FEAT: DJ FLETCH Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. TWERKERS CLUB - FEAT: DJ FLETCH Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. MIXTAPE MONDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Rubix Funhouse, Brunswick, 12pm tuesday december 24 COSMIC PIZZA - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:00pm. CURIOUS TALES - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. NEVER CHEER BEFORE YOU KNOW WHO’S WINNING - FEAT: REPETER FONDA Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. TRUST - FEAT: ANDY UKHTHOMOSKY + BADDUMS + DISRUTE Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
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COMPRESSION SESSION - FEAT: CASSAWARRIOR + DD + RICKA E55, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. SOUL ENSEMBLE Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
thursday december 19 PENNIES Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $6.
friday december 20
CHAISE FRIDAYS - FEAT: SOULCLAP + DJ CLAZ + DJ DIRX + DJ PERIL + DJ SEF Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 4:30pm. CREW LOVE - FEAT: DJ TONY SUNSHINE Sub Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. $15. DJ THADDEUS DOE The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. FAKTORY Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 2:55pm. FAKTORY - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA
+ DJ DURMY + DJ K DEE + DJ YATHS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 9:30pm. GET LIT Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. LIKE FRIDAYS - FEAT: BROZ + DIR-X + DJS DINESH + NYD + SEF + SHAGGZ + SHAUN D La Di Da, Melbourne. 8:00pm. RNB SUPERCLUB - FEAT: YOUNG MEN SOCIETY Rnb Superclub, Southbank. 8:00pm. STUDIO Chasers, South Yarra. 8:00pm. $20. SWEET NOTHING FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ MARCUS KNIGHT + DJ XANDER JAMES Temperance Hotel, South Yarra. 9:00pm.
SATURDAY NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ DAMION DE SILVA + DJ JAY SIN + DJ K DEE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne. 9:30pm. THE DOJO Order Of Melbourne, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. THE HIGH SOCIETY Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
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tuesday december 24
CHAISE LOUNGE SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ ANDY PALA + DJ KAH LUA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. LAUNDRY SATURDAYS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.
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FREEDOM PASS - FEAT: PHIL ROSS + B-BOOGIE + CHRIS MAC + DOZZA Co., Southbank. 10:30pm. HIP HOP OPEN MIC First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. CAN I KICK IT? Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
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A T G N I E V S S P ’ E T CIAL A E B INTRODUCTION From your favourite old band t-shirt to those trusty worthy, worn leather boots and perfect denim jacket, everyone loves a great vintage find. Luckily Melbourne is pretty much the vintage hub of Australia, so we’ve handpicked the best old fashioned retro retailers, vintage stores that give back to the community, new designers inspired by trends of the past and festivals that celebrate the most fashion-savvy subcultures. Here’s the scoop on where to find the best retro streetwear, vintage- inspired floral dresses and one-of-a kind vintage designer finds you’ll be wearing all summer long.
BLAST FROM THE PAST If you get down to Ballarat this February, you may feel like you’ve entered a time warp. The Ballarat Beat Rockabilly Festival is a celebration of slick hair, gingham dresses and the music that inspired one of the most fashionable subcultures in history. We spoke to the folks behind the festival about all things rockabilly. What can punters expect to see/do at the Ballarat Rockabilly Festival? Ballarat Beat Rockabilly Festival takes over the streets of the Ballarat CBD and celebrates all things rockabilly; the music, the fashion, the vibe, the cars, the beer, the dancing, the fabulousness. Ballarat Beat (#bbeat) offers punters a unique opportunity to see standout international music acts, classic cars and hot rods, illustration artists, and market stalls celebrating all things from the rockabilly era. There’ll be burlesque busting out of the amazing Regent Theatre and a pinup competition! Is it just for rockabilly enthusiasts, or can Rockabilly novices enjoy the day too? Come and play in rockabilly for a day or three, or live the lifestyle, your choice. Die-hard rockabilly fans will be in heaven, but those new to the genre will find plenty of colour, life, movement and music to entertain them for hours. The rockabilly crowd at #bbeat is one of the most joyous crowds you’ll find anywhere. The aim is fun and it is always reached… Tell us about vintage Rockabilly fashion - how would you describe it/what’s it all about? Rockabilly fashion is the style language from the iconic eras of the 40s and 50s. It has taken all the style, colour, fabrics and fashions from the period with none of the constrictions. Women are free to be themselves in a fully made way from head to toe, or just don a bandana from war ‘We Can Do It’ period. Guys get into the act with jeans, white tees and greased hair flicked into a ‘milkie’ or quiff; or go all the way with lounge suits and skinny ties. It references
days gone by with a hip new attitude that screams ‘I am me, what of it.’ What sets it apart from other fashion eras? So inventive was the fashion of the 40s and 50s, it was about moving out of the war years into colour and life and living for the moment. Other fashion eras were highly reverencing themselves and punters don’t do it everyday. Rockabilly is a lifestyle and the fashion is a huge part of it. What are the essential elements for pulling together a Rockabilly outfit? What are the do’s and don’t’s? Be yourself, take a risk, everyone will love it. Take the stilettoes the colours and style and just live it. What special artists can we look forward to? The Delta Bombers, The Rhythm Shakers, Alex Vargas, Gizzelle, Josh Hi-fi Sorheim, CC Jerome, Lucky 7, Rusty and the Dragstrip Trio, and the fabulous Nellie Minnelli amazing burlesque artist. How do we enter the Pin Up Competition? Go to the website ballaratbeat.com.au or email missrubyrabbit@hotmail.com It’s almost full, so get a move on.. Anything else you would like to add? It’s going to go off, be there.
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Q&A WITH MY SISTER PAT Growing from a love affair and affection of the ‘50s vintage charm, My Sister Pat is renowned for their creation of flattering swimwear and retro pieces. Separating themselves from other mass produced, fast-fashion pieces, the label encapsulates an accurate representation of vintage styles, with much success and authenticity. How did My Sister Pat begin? My Sister Pat was born in 2007 when we found an unloved, very classic 1950s original swimsuit at a used good store. It came complete with traditional rubber shirring! Can you tell us about the design and manufacturing process ? Passionate about Australian made the label is manufactured in North Melbourne and Ballarat. The manufacturing process is based on the principle of the product being first and foremost in mind for the whole teams from the design phase through to the purchase of raw material - cutters- production team- quality control to the final stage of sales. Who is your ultimate ‘50s or vintage style icon ? Radiating effortless glamour it is without a doubt Grace Kelly. She personifies the concept of classic elegance combining a girl next door allure with gratifying charm.
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What is it about the ‘50s that is most inspiring? This particular era is inspiring to all at My Sister Pat as it embodied alluring femininity, conservatism and glamour along with a girl-next-door freshness. What separates My Sister Pat from other vintage inspired labels and designs? The brand offers a sense of uniqueness in almost every garment. Her classic designs and eclectic fabric choices flatter all body shapes regardless of one’s age. My Sister Pat encapsulates a relaxed elegant vintage feel, that truly pays homage to 1950s femininity and unobtrusiveness, while still being pertinent and effortlessly versatile for today’s lifestyle. It’s a fine cotton affair that will have you vintage living in a modern world
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A T G N I E V S S P ’ E T C I AL A E B A TOUCH OF VINTAGE
Vintage trends always manage to find their way back to complete a full circle, each time fresher then the last. There always seems to be a talented individual who has the inherent knack for both recreating and referencing vintage garments with much love. Designer Thu Nguyen of Elise Design takes this refreshed idea of vintage to a new level. The creation of both signature, vintage-inspired pieces, and vintage reproductions shows the strength of the designer, and the ability to stay in tune with both the vintage aesthetic and the designer’s modern philosophy. Known for the trademark print and embroidery details, Elise Design pay homage to the key elements and features of past eras, adding their own freshness and flair. Included and heavily featured, is of course polka dots, knee length hemlines and sharp tailored waistlines that will have you floating back to decades gone. Founded in 2004, the label has proven only to be highly successful, well and truly a step forward from its Bondi and Glebe Market origins. The expansion and success of the label can be marked by the spread in boutiques across both Australia and overseas. This month, another milestone marked with the new Elise boutique opening in Fitzroy, Melbourne this December. You can find Elise Design’s Sydney store at 209 King Street, Newtown and their new Melbourne store at 335 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.
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A T G N I E V S S P ’ E T CIAL A E B THE HUNTER
The term ‘vintage’ can often be slapped onto any garment, leaving you with the exhausting task of trawling through seemingly endless racks of rather dodgy threads, hoping to find a diamond in the musty-smelling rough. For those who would rather have the hard work done for them (let’s face it, who wouldn’t?) visiting Hunter Gatherer will make you feel like you’ve stepped into a delightful time warp. A social enterprise of the non-profit organisation The Brotherhood of St Laurence, Hunter Gatherer is perfect for those who prefer decent vintage over shredded hand-me-downs (and contributing to charity while they’re doing it). Not only do they stock donated vintage, retro, designer and antique fashion for all the family, but it’s actually really good stuff. Like, ridiculously good. You’ll almost want to keep it a secret, it’s that good. The savvy volunteers from the Brotherhood of St Laurence have handpicked the cream of the vintage crop of donations to raise money for disadvantaged Australian families, meaning you can shop to your heart’s content while making a tangible difference in the community. If you don’t find that perfect garment, the store is a treasure trove for old school bits and bobs to help make your humble abode a little bit kitsch. Happy shopping!
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FUTURE OF THE LEFT By Krissi Weiss
Chatting to Andy ‘Falco’ Falkous – frontman for Welsh angular, indie rockers Future Of The Left – can make you instantly feel like you’re in a tiny Cardiff pub, drinking a pint and watching a football game. Falco has been described (occasionally lambasted even) as being brutally honest and in the face of a saccharine industry full of product placement and two-week record cycle, maybe his down-to-Earth nature is jarring. Or maybe, if you remember what it’s like to have a human conversation, he’s a breath of fresh air. Yeah it’s virtually impossible to keep him focused on business questions – current tours, this year’s album How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident, press release regurgitation – but the guy’s got plenty to say and it’s far more interesting and funny than most people. For a moment he talks shop, discussing the band’s recent British tour and their plot to return to the US sometime soon. “It’s quite difficult to the get to America but a band of our size can usually find a way to get over there and not lose money,” Falco says. “That’s always the insane dream anyway. It’s just an incredible experience overall so even if it’s just a month a year, the experience of the States is a wonderful thing. Other than that I’ve just been fuckin’ workin’, I’ve been disappointed but enriched by the cricket, drinkin’, runnin’, injuring myself running, having a tooth-ache – the usual things.” After a successful crowd funding campaign FOTL released How To Stop Your Brain In An Accident in October of this year to an eager audience. Measuring the album’s success so far is something that Falco finds a strange process. “It’s hard in a way,” he begins. “A person, unless they’re a close friend or someone whose views you value intensely, well it’s sad to say their opinions aren’t really
that important. But I guess album reviews have been good – even though the influence of album reviews compared to 20 years ago when that was a big gateway for a band and how much they’d get listen to – I guess they have some influence. On that basis, and on the basis of the audience response it’s gone fairly well. Most people liked it but then there are people out there that just don’t fucking like things. You ask them why and they’re like, ‘I just don’t’.” Is that a criticism on the state of keyboard activism, Reddit-style hatefests and internet communication in general? “Absolutely but the problem with criticising the internet in any way or the morals of the internet is that instantly, even with a fully functioning brain, it makes you sound like an 85-year-old man who’s just retired from 70 years as a weaver,” he says. “But yeah, I’m 38-years-old and much of the internet flowered on the heels of my generation and the people who drive the internet are teenagers basically. The people who follow the teenagers are those desperate people who desperately want to appear relevant. “Something I find really interesting in all of this is how aggressive some fans can be of bands whose music isn’t aggressive at all. Some of the most aggressive people I’ve ever met are Stone Roses fans. Why is that? Why does, ‘After all she’s a waterfall’ translate to ‘I’m gonna fuck you up mate’? Yet a bunch of guys
who listen to death metal somehow translates to them in a circle pit going, ‘Oh I’m sorry, did I get in your way?’ It’s really bizarre. It’s strange how people’s entertainment choices don’t represent who they are. So often in life the correlations are clear but not always. I guess there are exceptions; I’ve never been head-butted by a Keane fan. But of course our fans are just lovely.” With a growing audience, though, often comes an increasing disconnect from artist and audience, but Falco doesn’t seem to view any separation at all between band and fan. “I don’t really think about it in those terms to be honest with you,” he says. “There’s sometimes a lot of entitlement in music and art and bands shouldn’t expect anything from their fans – and I use this term with the greatest respect just because if someone called me a ‘fan’ of something I’d punch them; it’s not the power position in that relationship, let’s face it. And all a fan can expect from a band is the record a band wants to make. A record should be, for better or worse, a work of art. A live show is a different
thing, a live show, for me, is entertainment. You go up there and play the hits and make them more interesting; it’s an hour and a half assault where you’ll hopefully leave people bewildered.” And then there’s Australian crowds. “Australian crowds can go either way – some of the best shows I’ve ever had have been in Oz but we’ve also had some of the most weirdly cantankerous. My theory, well our theory, is that if you go onstage too late on a weekend night in Australia, people are too drunk. Not every fucker in the room but the kind of people that shout shit out are too drunk. It’s very easy to get an Australian crowd on side, wherever you are, you say that place name and say they’re a bunch of c*nts there and everyone cheers. That’s really nice but that doesn’t work anywhere else. It really didn’t work in LA.”
a balance of power in terms of what you’re doing creatively. That’s what I’ve got with Mike. We go at it, when Mike sets something down I know I have to come up with something just as good, if not better.” More than a few rapper-producers tend to move away from the production side of things as they progress. Not so with El-P, retaining a passionate commitment to the art of beat-making. “This is what I do, this is my life. There’s a reason for it, I’m obsessed with. I could never find myself in a position where I’m outsourcing what I do. Physically creating the record is just as important to me as writing the record. The process
of making the music is just as important as the end product, it’s what I do every day, and I don’t want to be cheated out of a single moment of that. Which is not to say that there’s anything wrong with rhyming off somebody else’s beats or working with other people.”
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RUN THE JEWELS By Lachlan Kanoniuk
Building upon a rapport consolidated by their work on each other’s respective solo LPs from 2012, El-P and Killer Mike joined forces this year to form Run The Jewels, resulting in a self-titled album that has gone on to capture attention equal to, if not more so, than either member’s previous work. Speaking from his Brooklyn studio, rapper-producer El-P attempts to rationalise Run The Jewels’ runaway success. “We couldn’t be happier,” he beams. “Surprised? Yeah I’m always surprised when I get to wake up and do what I love to do, I don’t take this shit for granted. We loved the album, we thought it was a great album, and we’re happy people responded to it. You can’t hope for much more as a professional artist. If people like your shit, it’s a good day.” El-P and Mike each possess a distinct legacy built over the course of a decade, both in career-best form with solo records R.A.P. Music (Killer Mike) and Cancer For Cure (El-P). It became quickly apparent that Run The Jewels became a force in their own right, with Run The Jewels fans not necessarily being well-versed with the solo back catalogues. “It’s definitely a phenomenon, it illustrates that Run The Jewels is its own thing with its own trajectory. When we started touring this record, we were setting the show up where it was going to be hour-long sets of each of our solo material, then come out and do Run The Jewels. Three or four shows in we started to realise we were opening for Run The Jewels. Like, ‘Oh
shit, there’s a whole group of motherfuckers here just for Run The Jewels. Maybe an hour long set from each of us isn’t necessary.’ “We started trimming that shit down to half an hour. Which is not to say anything except the record is hot, people are responding. In a lot of ways, it just feels like a fuckin’ fresh start, creatively. It’s got bigger than we expected.” Formidable rappers in their own right, El-P and Killer Mike seem to push each other to the next level with their Run The Jewels rhymes. “I’ll put it to you this way – we’re like sparring partners. When you throw someone into the fucking ring with a nasty-ass boxer, you need to fight your ass off. We’re on the same team, but we are making each other sharp,” El-P assesses. “To be able to spar and bounce off someone as charismatic, as interesting and as dope as Mike is exciting. We both feel like we are pushing each other to make better shit. “That’s what being in a group is all about – finding someone who pushes you, who inspires you, with
RUN THE JEWELS perform alongside Earl Sweatshirt at the Palace Theatre on Thursday February 6. They also play at St Jerome’s Laneway Festival on Saturday February 1 at Footscray Community Arts Centre.
THE DELTA RIGGS vs KINGSWOOD THE DELTA RIGGS ask KINGSWOOD If we were Oasis and Blur, which of us would be Oasis and which would be Blur and why? With all those ’90s Brit rock designer haircuts you boys sport, I would say you would be Oasis. Who is the biggest liability in Kingswood? Probably our guitar tech Jimi. He loves to drink and then just sit and watch the crowd whilst Laska’s amp or guitar keeps dropping out. You guys have been recording in Nashville which is cool. Was that a conscious decision to go there specifically? How has that experience been different to recording locally? We wanted to work with Vance Powell and to record at a studio such as blackbird. It’s our first album so we didn’t want to do it half-arsed. It was more of an experience doing the album abroad and there were no distracBEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 38
tions which can tend to happen when recording locally. Can we take out Alex’s car for a joy ride if we promise to look after it? Yeah why not? What could possibly go wrong? What are your top three Australian artists kicking around at the moment? The Drones, Pond, Paul Kelly.
KINGSWOOD ask THE DELTA RIGGS Who is a better drummer? Simon or Elliot? Why? They are both equally as great as the other. To be honest I think having two talented drummers in the group helps push the band in ways it otherwise wouldn’t. Have you guys started working on album number two? What can we expect? We have actually, it’s all pretty much recorded and
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hopefully we’ll have it out early next year. It still has the Riggs’ swagger and attitude but we have experimented a lot with alternate grooves and rhythms along with some interesting vocal melodies. What are your thoughts on the state of the music industry in Australia. I think there are some rad bands around at present. Bad//Dreems, The Pretty Littles, The Preatures and Violent Soho are all bands I am loving currently. As far as the industry goes, I suppose it’s pretty healthy and doing a lot better than in recent times. Especially in other markets, I feel that Australia has a real presence overseas again which is cool. THE DELTA RIGGS and KINGSWOOD play New Year’s Eve at The Espy on Tuesday December 31. Kingwood also perform at Big Day Out at Flemington Racecourse on Friday January 24.
MUDHONEY By Lachlan Kanoniuk A few hours before our interview, footage surfaced of Mudhoney’s Mark Arm (as well as Mudhoney guitarist Steve Turner and Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil) joining Pearl Jam the night prior at Pearl Jam’s hometown Seattle show, with Mark bounding across stage while weaving through the legs of everyone else onstage while belting out Kick Out The Jams. “It was fun, y’know? I love The MC5, that song’s a lot of fun to play, and we’ve done it before with Pearl Jam. It was an easy song to pull out of the quiver.” It was a showcase of Seattle’s musical history, yet Mark doesn’t feel any innate geographical allegiance. “I’ve never been one to have any hometown pride. I’m not a nationalistic person, not like, ‘Go USA!’ or ‘Go Washington State! Go Seattle!’ Where you’re born or where you grow up isn’t anything you have to do with, it’s sheer happenstance. It’s always baffled me that people have hometown pride.” Though Mudhoney enjoy a status of revered veterans, Mark rejects the notion of nostalgia that overwhelms many of his contemporaries. “For me it’s always moving forward. I don’t dwell on past glories, I’m not even sure if there were any,” he laughs. “Sure, I have fond memories, but there are shitty memories too. There’s a balance to be struck there.” Mudhoney are a rare breed, being one of the few acts that have never slipped into hiatus, avoiding the inevitable cries for a reunion. Though Mudhoney have avoided that trapping, Mark doesn’t feel disdain for those who have made the journey to the comeback trail. “I don’t look down upon anyone. If I was Pavement or The Replacements and someone offered me several million dollars to get back together, I would do it in a heartbeat,” he explains. “I actually admire a band like Melvins or Pearl Jam a lot more, they just continue playing and doing what they do because they love what they do.” This year saw the release of Vanishing Point, the band’s ninth full-length studio LP. It came five years after the release of The Lucky Ones, marking the longest time between Mudhoney albums. “There were a couple of things. Steve [Turner, guitar] moved down to Portland when we recorded The Lucky Ones, which was our last album. So our practices became a little bit fewer and further between, because Portland is a threehour drive away. Any time we practiced it was a six hour round trip for him. Then in 2010, one of my good friends at Sub Pop died in a car accident.
“IF I WAS PAVEMENT OR THE REPLACEMENTS AND SOMEONE OFFERED ME SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS TO GET BACK TOGETHER, I WOULD DO IT IN A HEARTBEAT” So that took me a long time to think about not missing him.” Recent setlists for US shows provided a varied selection of new and old material. “For these Pearl Jam shows, we came up with two different setlists. One where I didn’t play guitar, the old songs with just one guitar, like Who You Driving Now? and Suck You Dry, then a couple songs off The Lucky Ones and a couple songs from the new album. When we played with Pearl Jam here in Seattle we tried to come up with more of a psychedelic setlist for our own amusement, songs with a lot of guitar solos, where the other one was more punk. Who knows what we’ll be doing on the Big Day Out, we’re not sure what our set times are. The divergent styles of punk and psychedelic, and everything in between, stems from a democratic songwriting process. “When we write, we collaborate. We end up writing stuff that falls into stuff that everyone in the band likes. Steve tends to be a huge folky as well, he likes more folk than I do. Then I like a lot more jazz than he does, not that I can really play jazz. When the four of us get together, it mutates into something else. When we try to play jazz, by virtuosity, it becomes a Mudhoney thing.” As for longevity, it seems Mudhoney will be around as long as the band’s collective carcasses allow. “I don’t know if it takes a lot of mental sharpness, because I’ve been really, really drunk up there and it’s seemed to have gone fine as well. I actually do wonder how long we can do this, physically. The hopping around, acting like a fool onstage part of it, for sure.” Like ducking and weaving between between Pearl Jam’s legs? “Yeah, if my back went out, I wouldn’t be able to do that.”
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KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD By Augustus Welby
Although it’s been just 15 months since the release of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard’s debut LP 12 Bar Bruise, the band have already unleashed two more albums. The diversity displayed on the Melbourne seven-piece’s three full-length records underlines a restless creative drive. In fact, a few weeks out from the band’s NYE party at the Ding Dong Lounge, lead vocalist and songwriter Stu Mackenzie reveals there’s new music in the works. “I’ve been doing some recording with Ambrose [KennySmith, harmonica/vocals] today. We’re working on some new Gizzard stuff, just recording some little bits and pieces.” Early this year King Gizzard detoured from the garage frenzy of 12 Bar Bruise into spaghetti western storytelling mode for Eyes Like The Sky. This record’s outlaw twang was then exchanged for spacious psychedelics on recent release Float Along - Fill Your Lungs. Mackenzie ponders the source of the band’s rapid productivity. “I think it’s [a result of ] either doing a lot of recording at home or if we do go to a studio, it’s a studio that’s around the corner,” he says. “I won’t be interested in doing something that’s going to take too long. There’s no-one within the band who’s really, deeply perfectionist or has that trait to them where they want to make everything perfect, so everything’s half-cooked anyway.” Despite this simplifying summation, each record has been equipped with such charging confidence that you’d believe it was the realisation of a committed sound development. However, Mackenzie indicates that (with the exception of Eyes Like The Sky) their albums haven’t been constructed according to strict stylistic co-ordinates. “With 12 Bar and with Float Along, I don’t think it was super intentional. I think we had a few rough ideas and
things we were finding inspiring at the time. I think it [gets] to a point where you have 15 songs or 20 songs and you’re only aiming for 12 and you can say, ‘Alright, let’s go with this theme, because these ones have a stronger vibe together.’” King Gizzard’s songs widely embrace music from the past, be it the gale-force Jay Reatard garage stylings of 12 Bar Bruise or Float Along’s Big Brother and the Holding Company bluesy seduction. Mackenzie indicates that rather than seeking to bookishly represent these genres, the experimental resources of the studio often lead songs into novel territory. “I get more enjoyment out of the song construction process than really any other facet of music, personally. I like having a little idea and then seeing what can come out of it. You have some small idea and then you add bits and pieces and it changes and evolves and you record it and you process it and you do all sorts of funny and weird things with bits of equipment or whatever and then all of a sudden it’s this piece and it’s gone on a journey.” Although chance greatly influences the way any song takes shape, Mackenzie realises that production details are crucial for such bold genre extensions to be authentically executed. “Production style [is] definitely something important. I think people probably don’t
realise how big of an influence the production style of a song has on the way you emotionally react to the music,” he says. King Gizzard’s albums may have come together without a master plan, but all three releases register as cohesive identity statements. Mackenzie indicates that there’s usually a dominating impulse – however transitory – tying everything together. “12 Bar Bruise was meant to be pretty abrasive and pretty smashed and loud. It was songs that we wrote playing gigs together and that definitely comes across. They’re songs that work live really well and they’re pretty much all guitar-based. With Float Along it was more like, ‘Let’s have fun with instrumentation and slow things down a little bit, give things a bit more breathing space’.” Speaking of breathing space, working together as a seven-piece certainly sounds like a recipe for creative congestion. Early on, the band was noted to be Mackenzie’s brainchild, yet he clarifies that he’s not a heavy-handed dictator. “I think it’s always been a collaborative venture. Everyone in the band’s a very creative-minded person. Everyone’s got a lot of ideas and everyone’s contributing to different bits and pieces in their own way and songs are springing about in different combinations of people.”
Productively combining the voices of seven ambitious young men is no mean feat. However, the band’s united gang-mentality helps prevent individual egos getting too bloated. “I think we’re all pretty close buddies. Everybody keeps everybody in check a lot. I think if someone was acting with a big ego they’d probably feel pretty out of place amongst the band,” says Mackenzie. King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard will conclude their massive 2013 with a bang at the Ding Dong Lounge, but there’ll be no time for prolonged hangovers. 2014 is set to be another big year for the band, who were just announced on the lineup for the Black Angels-curated Austin Psych Fest (taking place in Austin, Texas in May). This will actually be the band’s first trip beyond Australian shores and, unsurprisingly, Mackenzie suggests they’ll include a recording stint in their touring schedule. “I think the plan is something along the lines of a heap of touring and I want to record a record over there too. So some combination of touring and recording and touring and come home.”
only did they find a new label in Mushroom subsidiary I OH YOU but the material written, beginning with the double A-side and culminating with Hungry Ghost, featured a sophistication and cohesion that lacked on their previous releases. Boerdam now tackles the difficult task of drawing a line between the old Violent Soho sound and the new. “I agree and I disagree that our sound has changed. We’ve always had the mentality of keeping our core values in place as it has been the same four members just after high school. The values are only making albums that we want to make and not listening to anyone else’s bullshit. “Working with I OH YOU was such a good thing for us because we really stand our ground on how this band works. We said to them, ‘We’re going to record a record with a super talented albeit unknown producer [Bryce Moorhead] in a shed in Brisbane over six weeks so we can experiment and get the sound exactly how we want it’,” states Boerdam. “I’d like to think with Hungry Ghost it is a little bit different to the other bands out there that are placed in our genre. I think the whole American
experience made us frustrated about how rushed it felt so with this record we made sure we had the time to get the sound exactly how we felt we should be sounding – so yeah, there is a different sound but it came from within.” Finally, Boerdam explains that the band expects fans to lose their shi t at their upcoming Big Day Out performance – getting the crowd to mosh is one of the band’s core values. “A core element of Violent Soho – and you can hear it in the name – is that we are always going to bring an aggressive show. You can call it a throwback to ’90s when people used to jump around but we are never going to bring a show that sees people standing there with folded arms.
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD perform at Ding Dong Lounge on New Year’s Eve, Tuesday December 31.
VIOLENT SOHO By Dan Watt This year has been a good one for Brisbane band Violent Soho. In 2012, momentum began to build for Violent Soho when they released Tinderbox and Neighbour Neighbour on their new label I OH YOU but the band’s popularity got a well deserved shot in the arm with the release of their third album Hungry Ghost. Having been releasing music since 2006 (Pigs & TV EP) the band got some notoriety from their second self-titled album in 2008 that featured the popular singles Muscle Junkie and Jesus Stole My Girlfriend. However, a lot of the attention that album was garnered was generated by the fact it was released on Ecstatic Peace! – Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore’s record label. The signing also saw the band move to America and undertake a gruelling touring schedule that saw the band touring with many credible contemporaries like The Bronx and Cancer Bats but, due to Ecstatic Peace! being owned by Universal, Violent Soho also toured with Thirty Seconds To Mars – ‘nuff said. “You get on a label like Ecstatic Peace! and they get you touring with those bands and then by the time their parent company Universal/Motown get their hands on you we had to have a stab at touring with bands like 30 Seconds To Mars and some other really shit radio bands we had to tour with,” explains singer, guitarist and primary songwriter Luke Boerdam. Last year at Ding Dong Lounge when Violent Soho
were supporting Cloud Nothings and in a conversation with your correspondent, Violent Soho’s guitarist James Tidswell expressed that during the 30 Seconds To Mars tour the band felt like they had hit a low point and it was time to move home. “The 30 Seconds To Mars tour was the last tour we did so I think what James was referring to is that we got to the end of the 18 month stint and we were like, ‘Fuck this, let’s go home.’ I mean the album was out and we had two singles, had toured Canada and America multiple times and we’re home sick,” Boerdam sheds some light on this seemingly profound moment. “Four band members and one tour manager were living in a maximum of two hotel so I wasn’t getting any writing done and it got too tiring and there was also a feeling the label had lost direction of their idea with us which was kinda confirmed with us ending on a 30 Seconds To Mars tour,” surmises Boerdam on the American dream gone wrong. However, moving back home somewhat defeated actually had a huge silver lining for the group. Not
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DEAFHEAVEN By Rod Whitfield
This five-piece heavy act from San Francisco have a sound that is a little difficult to categorise. It refuses to be put into a convenient box, drawing inspiration from many different sources, within and beyond the realms of heavy music. Frontman and cofounding member George Clarke, speaking from his home in the city famous for hippies, the Golden Gate Bridge and Bay Area Thrash, joined us a month or so out from an Australian tour. “Our goal with the band was to incorporate different elements,” he explains, “and combine different styles of music to make fluid tones. So yeah, I think it is hard to pinpoint our sound sometimes, but I think that’s what I enjoy about it!” he laughs. So, more specifically, what musical and non-musical sources do you draw your inspiration from? “It’s all over the place,” he responds. “There’s a primary focus on metal, extreme metal, and we also incorporate elements of shoegaze and post-rock, bands like Mogwai or Mono, Slowdive, My Bloody Valentine and that whole side of things. And we get a big influence from American black metal, and the greatest goal is to combine them in a way that doesn’t sound boring, and that works together to complement one another.” Australian audiences will be able to experience the wild and unique sounds of Deafheaven in a live sense for the very first time in January when the band make their maiden voyage Down Under. George is extremely
happy to be coming down for the first time, and promises a very immersing and different experience for Aussie fans. “Oh I’m more than excited,” he enthuses. “It’s a place we’ve been trying to tour for a while now, and we’re really glad that we’ve been given the opportunity, and we’re looking forward to bringing a bit of heat! “I like to think that when we play live, it’s a very personal experience. It’s weird,” he hesitates slightly, “it’s very personal, and I really just hope that people respond on an emotional level, and share it together. It’s typically very intimate and it’s very intense, and I think that’s what people should expect, just intensity and emotion.” In return, he only has somewhat vague expectations of what our country and its crowds may have in store for he and his band, but is ultimately optimistic about the band’s prospects on the tour. “It’s kind of hard to have any (expectations),” he admits.
“I have friends who have toured over there before, and they’ve all had positive experiences. So I’m just looking forward to meeting with people and seeing parts of the world that I haven’t seen before. “I think the response is going to be good. I’m confident that the crowds will be good, and I’m just looking forward to being able to share our music in a live setting with people that have been able to hear it before.” A relatively new band, forming in 2010, Deafheaven have just the two albums out. They will be playing tracks from both records, however, focusing more closely on their more recent release Sunbather, which came out mid year. The album has been extremely well received all over the world, and George is very happy about the reaction it’s received. “Yeah, absolutely,” he agrees. “It’s interesting, because when you make a record that’s sort of the last thing
that you’re thinking about, and you never really expect to get the praise that we did. So we’re very appreciative, I think it’s a very unique experience, and we’re pleased with it.” The rest of 2014, post Aussie tour, will see the band touring right across the rest of the world, and then possibly starting work on the follow up to the very well received Sunbather. “Just a lot more touring, on a global scale,” he says. “We’re in Australia, then some US touring. Then we go back to Europe, do a couple of tours there. We go back to Japan, just try and play as much as possible, and then some time towards the end of the year [we’ll] start focusing on new material.”
fact, he explains that this seeming turmoil actually led them to a natural sanctuary. “Where we ended up having to stop was a pretty good place. There was a mango tree, there was a little pond/river thing and there was some railway tracks, so we were very entertained the whole time.” The repeated instances of misfortune haven’t tainted Hoogenboom’s views on operating as a musician in Australia and he speaks fondly of the Aussie music scene. “I really like the style that people embrace, all the acoustic relaxed stuff that people can really get into. People genuinely enjoy good quality music and it’s a cool thing.” Now, Hoogenboom’s departure seems to interfere with the unveiling of the band’s long-awaited debut album. However, he reveals that the release date is actually imminent.
“We’re recording an album at the moment and we’re going to release it in the beginning months of next year. We’re really stoked, it’s sounding really good. We’re calling the album Good Vibes.” The forthcoming Good Vibes will hopefully tide fans over until Hoogenboom’s planned return in late-2014, but he underlines that it’s still urgent for people to come along to their two remaining Melbourne gigs. “I really hope everyone comes out and has a bit of a farewell for us for a while. I feel like we’re having the best fun we’ve ever had and we’re playing the best we ever have.”
pace and intensity of drum and bass…it’s all about intensity…he didn’t even really dance in front of the mirror. It all just rehearses itself as we do shows.” The crowd tends to feed off this contagious energy. As Cole explains, “there can be some serious perspiration going on in the crowd!” The Correspondents manage to embrace spontaneity and a decidedly crowd-friendly approach onstage. “I tend to keep it fairly simple. I see myself as a producer first and a DJ second. It’s mainly playing the tracks and then adding sound effects and some scratching. Our sets are not static – they change a lot depending on how the crowd is going and what their reaction to it is. We can do lighter, jazzier, swingier sets [but] we probably slightly prefer doing the slightly darker, more self-indulgent sets, but there is a lot of toing and froing between those different styles.” Away from the live setting The Correspondents have been successful in capturing their spirit and creativity in the form of entrancing and often cinematic music
videos. “We have [tried] to capture some of the energy from our shows. There’s so many music videos out there [so] we just try to do something unique [while] keeping the message simple.” Speaking about the coming 12 months, Cole says, “We have an album coming out in March. We are very excited about [it]…we have been doing this for six years and haven’t actually put out an album. We have put out EPs and singles – we have always toured too much to settle down and get an album finished so we are really excited to put our stamp on our music and see what people think about it. We will be in Australia over the New Year. We will [then] be touring the album anywhere that will take us.”
DEAFHEAVEN play Australia for the first time ever in January. The tour comes to the Corner Hotel on Friday January 10.
SET SAIL By Augustus Welby US ex-pat Brandon Hoogenboom will soon take an extended break from fronting Sydney-based four-piece Set Sail in order to head back to his Californian hometown and spend time with his family. “I’ve been out for a while and kind of lost relationships. So I’m going to build them back up and be more of a family dude for a little bit,” he says. Hoogenboom relocated to Australia back in 2009, when he was 19, and formed Set Sail the following year. The band has since issued three EPs of summersoaked pop music and widely traversed the country as well as many parts of the globe. Although Hoogenboom’s departure won’t be permanent, the band are currently on an Australian send-off tour, which comes to Melbourne next weekend. If his hangover is anything to go by, Hoogenboom is enjoying the tour thus far. “We were in Airlie Beach for a week, that was awesome. We did a few shows there. Then down in Brisbane last night was pretty fun, got pretty festive, pretty floral,” he says. Ever since their nascent Sydney gigs a few years ago, Set Sail have encouraged audiences to engage in lively revelry. Hoogenboom indicates the band’s off-stage behaviour mirrors this trait. “We go all-out. The thing is, when you travel you want to catch up with your mates. It’s like, ‘Mate I’m in town, would love to see you,’ and then it’s like, ‘Oh,
well if we’re catching up, let’s have a beer.’ So it gets a bit wild.” Although the band (which is completed by violinist Josiah Willows and the rhythm section of brothers Dan and Josh May) embrace the novelties of tour life, Hoogenboom says that living large doesn’t impinge upon their performances. “You’ve got to embrace it and put out positive vibes and never doubt yourself,” he explains, going on to state his mantra, “Feeling the vibe, feeling the vibe.” Despite Hoogenboom’s calming attitude, Set Sail have encountered their fair share of touring mishaps. The most serious of these came following a stint in New Zealand early last year when Visa restrictions prevented Hoogenboom from re-entering Australia. It’s not a great surprise to hear the current tour is no exception. “I don’t know what it is, we’re like a dysfunctional family I swear. We were on our way down from Airlie a few days ago and ran out of petrol. We were in the middle of the bush and we just had to pull over.” However, Hoogenboom’s Zen perception stays firm. In
SET SAIL play The Toff in Town on Saturday December 28, as well as A Gypsy New Year’s Eve at Second Story Studios on Tuesday December 31.
THE CORRESPONDENTS
By Graham Blackley
According to Tim Cole (DJ Chuckles), The Correspondents’ producer extraordinaire, “We surprise people because you don’t see many acts like us.” Cole and his flamboyant and nattily attired partner in groove the singer/dancer/livewire Mr Bruce have been storming their way around the international live circuit whilst releasing stunningly clever and eye-catching videos and generally shaking up the world of music with their quirky and colourful take on swingin’ alternative dance. You don’t have to be an aficionado of dance culture to appreciate the sterling pop hooks, infectious rhythms and mischievous eccentricity of this groundbreaking, genre-splicing act. The Correspondents are sonic alchemists who conjure a seamless, coherent and original sound by blending everything from jazz, swing, boogie woogie and ‘60s beat to electronica, drum and bass, and hip hop. “Both of us have always enjoyed lots of different types of music and we haven’t felt the need to do just one of them,” Cole says of this magpie approach to composition. “In fact, we try to fit as many [styles] as we can in the same track…there’s a certain confused uniqueness to it.” This dynamic duo have lit up stages at major events such as the Glastonbury Festival, Secret Garden Party, Bestival, Kendal Calling, Shambala UK, Lovebox
Weekender, Camden Calling, Big Chill, Sunrise Celebration and Nozstock. With The Telegraph newspaper in the UK listing The Correspondents in their Top Ten Highlights of Glastonbury two years in a row, I asked Cole about the secret to their live success. “Mr Bruce, our singer, is probably the most energetic person you are ever going to meet!” he said. “There’s a lot of movement on stage…I think we are memorable.” A great deal of Mr Bruce’s energy is channelled into a spectacular array of compelling, original and fun dance-moves. At times, it’s hard to believe that anyone can remain energised for so long without collapsing into a sweaty heap. The word ‘dynamo’ springs to mind. “It’s very much personal to him,” Cole says. “He’s certainly never had any lessons. Both of us spent a fair bit of our formative clubbing years going to drum and bass clubs…a lot of [his dance style] came from the
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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
SUGAR MOUNTAIN DOTS WITH MUSHROOM Mushroom Group bought into Melbourne music / arts festival Sugar Mountain. It was set up in 2011 by Tig Huggins, Pete Keen, Brett Louis and Nicci Reid. Frontier Touring promoter Gerard Schlaghecke and Mushroom Group executive director Matt Gudinski will spearhead the group’s involvement. See Industrial Strength Online at beat.com.au for more details.
TRAM SESSIONS LAUNCHES APP, SEEKS SPONSORSHIP Tram Sessions, during which acts play unexpected live sets to commuters while rattling around Melbourne, has launched a new app. Developed with Melbourne location based marketing specialists Proximiti, the free app builds playlists based on previous Tram Sessions from the tramline you are closest to. It offers you the live audio from previously recorded tram sessions, as well as info on the artists and that particular Tram Session blog entry. It’s at www.mobile.tramsessions.com. Seventy acts including Paul Kelly, Vance Joy, Passenger, Xavier Rudd, Josh Pyke and The Smith Street Band have involved themselves on the tram rides. Next up are Tully On Tully, Georgia Fair, Jimmy Tait, I, A Man and Amistat. Tram Sessions have reached 1 million video views. They’re looking for sponsorship partners for 2014: contact Justin Araco in Business Development at justin@tramsessions.com.
THINGS WE HEAR
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• Muse’s Matt Bellamy reveals: “I’ve got two cats called Kim and Kanye.” • In Perth, $200 Rolling Stones tickets are going for up to $3700 each. • The two-day format Stereosonic drew 400,000 people over ten shows, the festival’s brand manager John Curtin told us. Meantime, Caloundra, QLD punter Daniel Woodhead claims he and three friends were tossed out of Stereosonic Melbourne because they were sporting priest costumes, and carrying large crucifixes. The festival responds (a) they were drunk and (b) they were given the option of removing the gear and (c) others at the festival complained. Meantime Banyule Council is pissed that it’ll cost $60,000 to remove hundreds of Stereosonic posters slapped on street lights in Heidelberg, Watsonia, Macleod and Greensborough. They’re trying to find out who did the posters so they can pay for the poster removal.
A ticket holder at each of the Falls shows have the chance to go onstage with MGMT – to play a monstrously huge cowbell which appears on the video for Your Life Is A Lie. The first night of each Falls is a fancy dress affair called Boogie Nights. This year’s theme is Intergalactic. Whoever wins this gets to go onstage. It’s at Lorne: December 28 Grand Theatre, 6.20pm. Marion Bay’s is December 29 Tent Stage 6.30pm. Byron is December 31 Amphitheatre Stage 6.10pm.
BOY & BEAR GO GOLD Boy & Bear’s second album Harlequin Dream, which debuted at #1 on the ARIA chart, has gone gold after selling 35,000 units. Their first, Moonfire, went platinum. The video for new single Harlequin Dream was filmed in Palawan in the Philippines by Kris Moyes two weeks before Typhoon Haiyan hit. The places and people in the video are safe because of the surrounding mountains, but the band has asked fans to donate to victims via UNICEF, Oxfam, Australian Red Cross and Save The Children Australia.
SPOTIFY, RDIO, EXPANDING Streaming services Spotify and Rdio last week continued their battle for more subscribers. Spotify launched a new free streaming service for mobile devices, an exclusive deal with Led Zeppelin, and set up in 20 new countries. Users can stream playlists for free as long as the songs are shuffled randomly. Those who want to pick their own songs and albums must pay a US$10 a month premium. Rdio, which launched its free mobile service in October, found its monthly active user growth from countries outside the U.S. has leapt from 30 percent at the start of 2013 to 57 percent by the end of the year.
SYDNEY TO ADOPT LIVE MUSIC PROPOSALS In a major win for live music, the City of Sydney voted to adopt key points from the draft action plan Live Music Matters: Planning for Live Music and Performance in Sydney. These will be monitored by the APRA AMCOS National Live Music Office (NLMO). It would allow young people to use the city’s town halls after hours for free band rehearsals, a free mediation service for complaints about live music, getting the NLMO to collect data (audience, participation) to determine the health of the live music scene in Sydney, increasing access for bands and road crew to load and unload at venues without being fined, as well as creating a live music performance series for young people and increasing the number of all-ages events.
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• The unexpected Beyoncé “video” album has scenes filmed at a Coney Island roller coaster, a Brooklyn school, a Rio neighbourhood, a London bus stop … and a decrepit weatherboard house in Brunswick, Melbourne. • The Huha nightclub in Maryborough closed after five years. It ran into rocky waters in January when liquor supplier Australian Liquor Marketers tried to wind it up in the Supreme Court over $44,507 unpaid bills but that was sorted out. Owner Craig Cooper said he lost $300,000 in the nightclub venture. • Taylor Swift celebrated her 24th birthday while in Melbourne, with dinner with her entourage and a guitar-shaped cake from South Melbourne’s Let Them Eat Cake. Earlier she dined with fellow pop princess Lorde. Swift already got her pressie from her mum, who’s travelling with her, in Brisbane: a $10,000 antique cutlery set, bought from a Brisbane shop. • Lorde and her boyfriend copped racist taunts online from Justin Bieber and One Direction fans after a hoax report had her claiming they were “ugly.” • The Russian Supreme Court has formally ordered a review of the mid-2012 guilty verdicts for Pussy Riot, detailing legal errors, which might see the two members released, or shave off a few weeks off their sentences. • MIX Sydney changed its name to KIIS and to a more pop format. Shows like Rosso’s Drive will be syndicated to Melbourne, and 6pm – The Kyle & Jackie O Hour (to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide) and 7–9pm On Air with Ryan Seacrest (syndicated to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide). • The winner of triple j’s Exhumed, the final held at Sydney’s Rooty Hill on Thursday night, was Kalgoorlie, WA reggae seven piece Jahsifik. • Toto keyboard player David Paich slammed CBS’s use of his band’s hit Africa during a broadcast of the Nelson Mandela memorial service. He said the network should have used South African Indigenous music as respect.
YES WE BLOODY KNOW IT’S XMAS If your ears have turned to blobs of jelly from Christmas jingles blaring out whichever way you turn, spare a thought for musos making dosh from it. Slade singer Noddy Holder is expected to make A$1.44m from 1973’s Merry Xmas Everybody from UK royalties from radio, TV, jukeboxes and shop plays as well as compilation album sales. The Pogues’ Fairytale Of New York, in second place, is due to rake in $940k and Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You $820k. Prezzybox.com reports others have so far made this year Wham’s Last Christmas ($540k), Cliff Richard’s Mistletoe & Wine ($178k), Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas’($140k), Shakin’ Stevens’ Merry Christmas Everyone ($97k), The Pretenders’ 2000 Miles ($80k), East 17’s Stay Another Day ($54k) and John Lewie’ Stop The Calvary ($24k). Meantime, Uncle Cliff ’s Mistletoe And Wine has been banned from Costa Coffee’s 1600 shops over the Christmas period after customers named it the most hated Christmas song of all time.
MAYER, NIN, CHANGE THEIR MR. TEN PERCENT On the eve of Australian visits, two acts have changed management. John Mayer split from Michael McDonald after 13 years. They worked together before Mayer became a star. Nine Inch Nails said ta-ta to Jim Guerinot of Rebel Waltz (The Offspring, Gwen Stefani, Robbie Robertson, Josh Freese) and within 24 hours shackled himself to Silva Artist Management with Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Ryan Adams and Beck.
FINAL ADDITIONS TO AMP LONGLIST The final ten 9th Coopers AMP Longlisted is: Medicated Spirits by Dog Trumpet; Harvest Of Gold by Gossling; Open Season by High Highs; The Cloud Appreciation Society by Melanie Horsnell; The Loving Gaze by Montero; Lovegrass by Sara Storer; Malabar by Songs; Rookie by The Trouble With Templeton; and World’s End Press by World’s End Press.
PBS YOUNG ELDER ANNOUNCED Victorian jazz composer/performer Tilman Robinson won the PBS and Melbourne International Jazz Festival Young Elder of Jazz Commission. The $10,000 cash prize from Mark Newman aims to support composers at a pivotal point in their career, and to innovation and excellence in jazz. Tilman’s composition will be broadcast on PBS and premiered at the 2014 festival.
QUICK NURSE, THE SCREENS Former Custard/ Polaroids frontman David McCormack and composer collaborator Antony Partos had two wins at the Screen Music Awards in Sydney. Another screen composer with a background in bands – Michael Lira of Sydney’s Monsieur Camembert. Darth Vegas and Vicious Hairy Mary – also won a trophy. The coveted Feature Film Score of the Year went to The Rocket by Caitlin Yeo.
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LIFELINES Split: Madonna, 55, and backup dancer Brahim Zaibat, 25, after three years. The split was either (1) he signed up for the French version of Dancing With The Stars which she thought cheesy (2) their careers drove them apart; (3) she and ex-husband Sean Penn palled up after a charity visit to Haiti. Divorced: a Nashville judge finalised the divorce between White Stripes’ Jack White and British model and singer Karen Elson. She gets main custody of their two kids and he keeps the rights to their music businesses including The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, Dead Weather and his record label, Third Man Records. They married in 2005 in Nashville, but Elson filed for divorce last year. It got nasty when she filed for a restraining order and accused White of threatening her, which White denied. In Court: Gold Coast police have issued warrants for the arrest of Erika Ann Silvester, 23, who twice in two weeks failed to front up to the Southport Magistrates Court. She faces ten charges of advertising tickets for music festivals on online classifieds site Gumtree, getting thousands of dollars and sending ticket reference numbers which later proved to be false. In Court: the children of late New York Dolls guitarist Johnny Thunders are fighting over control of his estate. When he died in 1991 he just had $4,000. But his sister Mariann Bracken built it up to $160,000 until she died in 2009. The estate was to be administered by Jamie Michelle Susanne Genzale, Thunders’ daughter by a Swedish groupie. But two sons by a different mother, Vito and Dino Genzale, have blocked that. The two did time for drug dealing, robbery, theft, indecent exposure and assault, according to the New York Post, and have hired a private investigator to find their mom. Died: Richard Coughlan, drummer with British prog group Caravan, after a long illness. Died: leading US jazz guitarist Jim Hall, 83, who strongly influenced protégés Pat Metheny and Bill Frisell. In 2004, Hall became the first of the modern jazz guitarists to be named a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master, the nation’s highest jazz honor. Died: South Australian musician Molly Kneebone, 18, in single-vehicle crash, near Murray Bridge. She performed in the family group, fronted by Murraylands Music Festival co-founder Noel and mother, singer Karen. Died: Milton Olin Jr., 65, one time COO of online file-sharing service Napster after being struck by a sheriff ’s patrol car while riding a bicycle in Los Angeles. Died: the body of fashion photographer Kate Barry, 46, found in Paris after falling out of her fourth floor apartment. She was the daughter of James Bond theme composer John Barry and actress and singer Jane Birkin.
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PUNK, SKA, HARDCORE NEWS, REVIEWS & GOSSIP
By Emily Kelly: ek1984@gmail.com This Christmas, I’m not letting friends and family get in the way of my generous gift giving. This Christmas I’m buying something for myself. Something that I’ve needed for years but didn’t even realise. Something only I can purchase for myself. A gift that will continue to give well into my retirement, resentful shift into an aged care facility and eventual demise: earplugs motherfucker. My ears are literally screaming for protection these days. I can hear the tiny stereocilia begging for mercy and cowering every time I venture into a live music venue. I’ve started resorting to plugging my ears with my index fingers at gigs on occasion which is not only rather unsanitary but also incredibly rude, especially if you’re within eyeshot of the band on stage. No-one wants to gaze into a throbbing crowd only to see someone clutching her beer pot, her teeth git grimacing while cupping at her earlobes. There’ll be more Australia Day celebrations in 2014. Once again a huge group of bands will be combining forces to raise money for Oxfam and the Refugee Council of Australia. Next January 25-26 Luca Brasi, Damn Terran, The Sinking Teeth, Batpiss, Outright, ANchros, Stockades, Cavalcade, Ceres, Regrets, Old Love, Sunbather, Lincoln Le Fevre, Grenadiers, Ribbons Patterns, Hoodlum Shouts, Initials, Have Hold, The Union Pacific, Darren Gibson, Summerhill, TNNL CNTS and Mightiest Of Guns will play over two days at The Reverence Hotel. Add to that Mexi food all night and a raffle of various prizes from local businesses and you’ve got one quality weekend on your hands. New Found Glory announced last week that they would be parting way with guitarist and chief songwriter Steve Klein. “We’ve had our differences with Steve over the years that have led us to this decision. We love Steve however personal differences have guided this decision and we no longer feel we can work with him.” They added “Rest assured that New Found Glory will still go on!...We hope you stick by us during this difficult time”. Luca Brasi will release their second album By A Thread on Poison City Records next March. The Tassie boys will then embark on a national tour with labelmates Postblue. You can expect to see them launch the album at John Curtin Hotel on Friday March 21, and they’ll also be appearing on Labor Day’s Push Over Festival on Monday March 10. D At Sea will tour nationally this summer with Millie Tizzard. The Summer Chills runs in support of his Unconscious EP. Go get your swoon on at Geelong’s Barwon Club on Thursday February 20, Fitzroy’s Workers Club on Friday February 21 or Wrangler’s All Ages Studios on Saturday February 22.
METAL, HEAVY ROCK. CLASSIC ROCK LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL GOOD SHIT
By Peter Hodgson: crunchcolumn@gmail.com
THE CRIMSON PROJEKCT OFFICIAL BOOTLEG
PERIPHERY TO RELEASE EXPERIMENTAL …THING
Eden, Snark, Kill TV at The Bendigo
The Crimson ProjeKCt – that’s Adrian Belew, Tony Levin, Pat Mastelotto, Markus Reuter, Julie Slick and Tobias Ralph – are touring Australia in January and Public Opinion is releasing Official Bootleg Live, an exclusive double CD release featuring live performances of their 2012 Dream Theater tour, plus recordings from March this year live in Tokyo. This tour will be the first time Australia has had the opportunity to witness the power of King Crimson and the three-hour live performance is sure to be unforgettable. The CD will be released on Tuesday January 14, but you can catch the band at The Hi-Fi on Thursday January 9. Tickets available from tombowler.com.au.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 19:
LAST KILL TV GIG OF THE YEAR
Periphery represents the vanguard of addictive, chaotic, challenging and cathartically inviting heavy music for the modern era. Their triple-guitar attack and rhythmic dexterity has won them devoted adherents across underground subcultures, regardless of whether those fans were weaned on the passionfuelled sounds of progressive rock from bands like Dream Theater or Rush or modern avant-garde rock bands like Deftones. Their new experimental recording, Clear, isn’t quite an EP and isn’t quite an album. It features seven tracks: one written by each member of the band, as well as an overture to tie it all together. It’ll be released on Friday January 24. Guitarist Jake Bowen says, “Clear is an experiment to explore all of the different writing styles in the band. It’s rare when you have a band where every member is capable of writing and producing music. With each member controlling their own track, this recording enabled us to go down any path we chose in terms of style and sound. Every track also contains a melodic theme established in Clear’s intro track Overture – this common thread links all of the songs together, even though they all sound wildly different.” Periphery will head to Australia in the New Year playing three East Coast shows with special guests Animals As Leaders, and they’re at Billboard on Sunday February 2.
lineup recently and now they’ve announced a big ol’ Australian tour with Philly legends The Menzingers and WA’s Grim Fandango. They’ll take on the Corner Hotel on Saturday March 15. Tickets are available now.
CORE GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 18: Helmet at The HiFi, Modern Astronomers, Waking
Harmony, Lincoln Le Fevre, Infinite Void, Apart From This, Freak Wave, Postblue at John Curtin Bandroom Unbroken Expanse, Claws & Organs at The Reverence Hellions, Refraction, Proclaim, Tim Hampshire at Next FRIDAY DECEMBER 20: The Smith Street Band, The Gifthorse, The Bennies, Paper Arms, Clowns, Daysworth Fighting at The Reverence, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The KVB at The Palace, The Workinghorse Irons, Murder Rats, Sarge and The Nuked at Public Bar, Unbroken Expanse at The Tote, Glen + The Peanutbuttermen, Red Light Riot, Exploding Cactus, Sex Grimes, Dixon Cider at The Bendigo SATURDAY DECEMBER 21: The Gifthorse, Postblue, Freak Wave, Regrets The Public Bar, Road Ratz, Bombshells, Teen Kong, Alcatrash at The Reverence, Money For Rope, Honey Badgers at Ding Dong Lounge, Bob Log III, The Impossible No Goods at Northcote Social Club Sydonia, Nothing Hurts Robot, High Side Driver at DV8, Masketta Fall, Way With Words, Under Vienna Skies at Bang , Diprosis, Motherslig, Chaingun, Dire Fate at The Reverence SUNDAY DECEMBER 22: Benefit Show with Jack The Stripper, Join Amish, Caged Grave, Wet Pensioner, Cold Ground, Hailgun, Declaration, Organ Donor, Crowned Kings, The Maggot Men at The Bendigo, Luke Thomas, Kissing Booth, Grace Lawry, Luke Smith at The Reverence
The Smith Street Band have returned from their overseas touring adventures and refused to rest. The band were added to 2014’s Groezrock
Kill TV play their last show of the year on Wednesday December 18 at The Bendigo Hotel. The band is still a puppy (eight months old) but already have a manager and interest from a record label in Seattle. And keep Friday February 21 free as the band will be launching their debut single Never Gonna Change at Station 59 in Richmond.
SKID ROW & UGLY KID JOE TOUR! Killrockstar Big Dog Entertainment presents Ugly Kid Joe and Skid Row, bringing their co-headline tour to Australia in April 2014. The bands are currently touring Europe together having completed a hugely successful run of dates across the UK. With combined sales of millions of albums, each band will play a full set of the songs fans want to hear. The current tour is boasting sold out shows across 12 countries, so Australia will be lucky 13! Led by founding members Rachel Bolan, Snake Sabo, Scotti Hill, new drummer Rob Hammersmith and powerhouse vocalist and 14year veteran of the band Johnny Solinger, Skid Row will deliver the best from their catalogue of gold and platinum selling albums and anthemic singles like Youth Gone Wild, Monkey Business, I Remember You, 18 & Life, Slave To The Grind and many more. They will also showcase tracks from their new mini-album United World Rebellion Chapter 1. Ugly Kid Joe’s Whit, Klaus and Cordell, along with Snot/Sevendust guitarist Sonny Mayo and Zac Morris are back for their first Australian tour since 1994! Stairway To Hell, their first new music since 1996, will be released in Australia to coincide with the tour. The album features six brand new songs along with three acoustic versions of songs from their past. Opening the shows are Melbourne’s own Dead City Ruins, who kick all sorts of ass and are also serving as the support for the European tour. They’re at the Palace Theatre on Friday April 25. Tickets on sale now.
SYDONIA AT DV8 With their long-awaited sophomore album set to be unleashed in the front half of next year, Melbourne alternative rock/metal powerhouse Sydonia play their final show for 2013 at DV8 Nightclub on Saturday December 21. Joining them to celebrate Christmas and see out the year are energetic electronic rockers Nothing Hurts Robot and riveting alternative rock act High Side Driver.
JOEY JORDISON LEAVES SLIPKNOT You may have already heard this but if you too have been neck-deep in eggnog and brandy in the lead-up to Christmas you may have missed it: drummer Joey Jordison has left Slipknot. What the fuck? How is that even possible? What the hell would a post-Joey version of Slipknot be like? With the sad passing of Paul Gray and now the departure of Joey, the ‘Knot are really gonna have to pull out all the stops on their next album, which is being written now. (In fact, a few weeks ago guitarist Jim Root announced he was stepping aside from Stone Sour touring for now so he could focus on songwriting for Slipknot – and now I guess we can see why, since Joey was a big songwriting force within the band.) Joey is currently all sorts of busy with his new band Scar The Martyr, who you really should check out.
LONG HOLIDAY vs RIVER OF SNAKES
RIVER OF SNAKES ask LONG HOLIDAY… What music/band have you been listening to lately? We all listen to a whole range of stuff Gina has been getting whacky with Bob Marley, Dub Trio, Royal Blood, The Roots & Elliott Smith recently. Marc has been giving the new Arctic Monkeys a decent listen as well as The Hidden Venture’s new album. Andie is getting
a kick out of The Kills, Nomeansno and The Butthole Surfers. What was the first album you purchased and how old were you? NKOTB’s Hangin’ Tough at five-years-old. ‘Nuff said! I think we have matured since then. Maybe?! When did you start playing music? Marc and Andie both started as young-ins, Gina is a noob. Who would you most like to support? Way too many to name just one, QOTSA would be fucking awesome. What song of yours do you most enjoy playing and why? At the moment, you can download our new single Insane for free on our Bandcamp, and [we’ll be ] launching it at Cherry Bar on Saturday December 21 with River of Snakes and The Hidden Venture ($13 on the Door).
LONG HOLIDAY ask RIVER OF SNAKES… How did River of Snakes form? River of Snakes formed after Elissa saw me playing a solo show, and she telepathically asked if I wanted to join her band. We stayed up for a few nights listening to Hole, The Pixies, Rowland S. Howard and L7 and decided to get the heaviest drummer in town, Glenn Evans. After he saw the crazy look in our blood-shot eyes he couldn’t say no. What’s the craziest thing you have ever done on stage? We had a shambolic show in Sydney once after downing
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an entire bottle of Vodka. The set disintegrated into feedback and chaos, so our drummer at the time walked off in disgust, but we weren’t gonna be dissuaded. Elissa kept belting the bass and screaming into the microphone while I hopped on the drums. The whole thing ended in a tangled mess of gear, wires and legs on the floor. That was great fun, for us at least. Which artists have most influenced the music of ROS? The Scientists, The Wipers, Nirvana, Hole, The Cosmic Psychos and The Jesus and Mary Chain. If you were a snake, who would you most like to dip your fangs into? Tony Abbott, he could do with my venom. What’s your latest release and where can we get it? We released a single/EP called Aurora a couple of months ago. Best place to get it is Thornbury Records or our Bandcamp. LONG HOLIDAY and RIVER OF SNAKES play Cherry Bar on Saturday December 21
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SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS
Stranger To My Happiness (Daptone/Shock) Guided by a playful and downright funky horn line, Stranger To My Happiness sees new-soul dynamo Sharon Jones somehow elevate into a higher level of cool. The Dap-Kings dig deep into a groove goldmine, sounding loose yet incredibly tight at the same time. It’s another taste from the upcoming full-length Give The People What They Want, due Friday January 10.
GALAPAGOS
Lisbon (Independent) Look, I’d be happy to give Galapagos’s rampant pretentiousness a pass if Lisbon sounded any good, but we’re left with a fairly aimless journey through tonally weak guitar and vocals that tend to grate rather than inspire. Ham-fisted lyricisms become drenched in delay, as if to enhance a profundity that just isn’t there. The rhythm section have their shit together though, filling out the bottom end nicely.
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB
Carry Me (Universal Island) Pulling from a range of electronic influences, Bombay Bicycle Club make an evolutionary baby step away from their insufferably UK-indie beginnings. The intriguing, hard-hitting opening eventually dissipates into their more familiar territory, bridged by soaring post-rock guitar. There are just enough interesting moments on offer to save the track from total mediocrity.
BURIAL
Rival Dealer (Hyperdub) The title track from the just-released Burial EP occasionally pops up for air amongst the brilliant showcase of breakbeats, cracked samples and blown out bass. An uneasy four-note siren serves as the melodic hook, with affirmative vocal cutaways sifted through for good measure. It’s heady, ravey, and attimes breathtaking.
NTH WHEEL
Theme From Nth Wheel II (Catalina) A searing, underlying violence bubbles underneath Theme From Nth Wheel II, threatening to explode at any second. It doesn’t, fostering a sense of restraint in the hypnotic barrage of hammering snares. Everything comes together in post-apocalyptic desperation, seeping through like a deftly concocted toxic cloud. Taken from the seven-inch EP due out in a month’s time.
HTRK
Give It Up (Mistletone) The first taste from HTRK’s forthcoming LP echoes like fluorescent dotted road lines on a midnight highway, bass reverberations hollowing out the Earth into an icy chasm. “This time/I’m gonna love you much better.� It’s a feeble promise. Give It Up is darkly and devastating, and very, very good.
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OSCAR KEY SUNG
All I Could Do (Two Bright Lakes) Oooooh god damn. Previous Oscar Key Sung track It’s Coming leaned towards the overly sincere, putting the heartfelt R&B croon naked front and centre. Here the dextrous production steals the show, the screwed vocal hook providing a slam-dunk counterweight to the money shot of Oscar’s on-point falsetto. It feels good, getting lost in the cascading rhythms. Truly next level.
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Birth In Reverse (Loma Vista) This track is insane. I think Annie Clark might be insane. A genius. The defining rock star of our generation, please. The guitars sound all kinds of fucked up. A Birth In Reverse is fucked up imagery when you think about it. Maybe don’t think about it. Just dance like crazy. Fuck like crazy. I don’t care. “Take out the garbage, masturbate�. The track is all kinds of great. I can’t stop listening.
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GRIZZLY BEAR
THE PRETTY LITTLES
Shields B-sides (Inertia/Warp)
Mash (Independent)
The expanded edition of Grizzly Bear’s Shields tags a handful of unreleased songs and remixes on the back of the original album. Should you not need to purchase it all over again, you can also opt for a vinyl version with just the additional B-sides. A handful of these unreleased tracks are taken from an unsuccessful session in Marfa (Texas), prior to the eventual, more fruitful recording of the album in Cape Cod and New York. Around 20 songs were recorded and aborted (with the exception of Shields singles Sleeping Ute and Gun-Shy), but the band have rescued three more songs that were considered worth sharing. Revealing a band slowly finding themselves, these are shifty, anxious-sounding works. The best of them is the quiet-to-loud release of Will Calls, but the finest song on this collection is the opening track, Smothering Green. The remixes are a mixed bag. Nicolas Jaar’s reconstruction of Sleeping Ute is successful reinterpretation that retains that’s song’s desolate core and shrouds it in spidery electronic beats. Liars go for a looping, ambient version of A Simple Answer that trips itself up with a misjudged house beat two-thirds of the way through. Both of these remixes manage to capture the essence of the original band and add something of the remixer, but there’s little left of Grizzly Bear in Lindstrom’s Gun-Shy when he smothers it in inanely grinning doof doof. New, unreleased and re-envisioned songs aside, this release BEST TRACK: Smothering Green has given me a chance to really get to grips with a very IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Friends strong album that I had yet to warm to in the same way I GRIZZLY BEAR, Higher THE HORRORS had Grizzly Bear’s previous two albums. IN A WORD: B+
CHRIS GIRDLER
There’s something magnificently unpretentious about The Pretty Littles, a bunch of guys that don’t take themselves too seriously, wear their love for local influences such as The Vasco Era on their sleeve, and generally don’t seem to give of a shit. But that doesn’t make their music a joke. Their debut LP Mash is a classic, diverse rock ‘n’ roll release. Opening with a rocking and relatively brief Never Felt Worse, frontman Jack Parsons shows off his familiar scream over a deep guitar riff and thumping drums: “I’m in love but I’ve never felt worse!” he yells. The great thing about the Little’s songwriting is that they tend not to bash out tracks at the same volume and tempo, and if they do they keep it short like on Rubba Arm. Everything else is full of great falls and build ups. Lonny has a nice piano breakdown before launching into some mean, grungy guitar, Om Beach starts off sweetly then gets more energetic, and Noobie has this rousing chorus that would be a pearler of a sing-along if I knew the words. And just when you think you can peg them as a knock-around rock band they come out with tracks that say something a bit more poetic about life in your twenties such has Having Trouble and The University Blues. Stylistically, Mash is not too dramatically different from their previous EP, but it’s good showcase of their talent, and hey it’s a formula that works, why muck with it? BEST TRACK: Noobie IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: The Vasco Era, The Mess Hall IN A WORD: Feral
GARRY WESTMORE
CAULFIELD
TINIE TEMPAH
Vanity (Halfcut/Shock Records)
Demonstration (Warner Music)
Sydneysiders Caulfield enter their debut, Vanity, to a packed out and ever filling hardcore scene. It squeezes in snugly, too. Searing, pounding guitars anchor Amity Affliction-checking vocals penned in A Letter to Myself One Year Ago. Machine beats pulse through Sour Grapes, raging against the dwindling dubstep light. Their middle runs on a hamster wheel of alternating clean/scream vocals and obligatory breakdowns. They hop off, cobbling ‘90s pop-punk off cuts into Something from Nothing. A danceable G.Y.S.T holds the line as only their last handful of cuts do any advancing. Rocking up late in eighth position, a gnarling Revolution On The Inside signposts their noticeable jump in song craft. Time to Come lets fly with a fret-molesting, lip-puckering solo that’s strong enough to distract from its bogstandard breakdown. Intricacy belies Whispers bang and wallop: Caulfield patiently explores rhythmic motivations instead of rushing toward either a chorus or breakdown. Outsiders rides into the sunset taking up defiant guitar and vocal positions. Instead papering over sonic holes with synthy bleeps and bloops, they shave slivers off modern prog-rock with guitars floating and trilling away in BEST TRACK: Time to Come middle distance. It begs the question: is Caulfield’s fear IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: THE of stepping outside hardcore’s boundaries holding them AMITY AFFLICTION, PARKWAY DRIVE or back? HAND OF MERCY IN A WORD: Medium-rare
TOM VALCANIS
Australian Beat Prophet, Ta-ku, recently disclosed his thoughts on the next movement in dance floor/beat scene music to be a “...loud stripped-back kind of trap” with “a big resurgence of industrial sounds and anthems”. This is exactly the blend of music Tinie Tempah has released on his second studio album Demonstration and is more credit to his vision rather than showing his following a trend. While it was stated that the album had no obviously constructed singles, Trampoline, featuring Two Chainz and flexing Diplo’s production chops, wreaks of a boardroom engineered anthem of Simon Cowell proportions. Witch Doctor is a standout with rolling, tweaking bass reminiscent of Roots Manuva’s early work with Tempah’s kookie character and Shape too is a track flowing through both a rap and pop conduit without sacrificing integrity. A lot of English homage is paid across the 15 songs with references to Dover St., Stephen Fry and James Bond, but Tempah’s very ungentlemanly personality is what makes him so compelling. Lyrics like “Better keep your mouth open if your legs closed” or “If life is a bitch, then life is my ex” alongside sing song hooks make up for a gritty and up-beat album that will be very popular…. whether you hate it or not. BEST TRACK: Witch Doctor IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: DIZZEE EDGAR IVAN RASCAL, AZEALIA BANKS, ZEBRA KATZ IN A WORD: Trending
DAPPLED CITIES
KRONOS QUARTET
Many Roads (Hub/Inertia)
Aheym (Anti)
This compilation of unreleased tracks marks ten triumphant years for Sydney band Dappled Cities. The band’s singles are often boisterous, showy affairs, but the opening and title track (the one specially recorded song to feature here) is low-key in comparison and thus works well as an introduction to a set of midtempo, often quite subtle art-pop gems. With the days of singles being released with B-sides fading, non-album cuts can get lost in the archives, so a compilation like this can reveal a whole new angle to a band through songs that would otherwise have never seen the light of day. With ‘hundreds’ to choose from, the band have whittled it down to 14 songs and the result is a work of quality that’s on par with their previous albums. In amongst well-crafted songs that must’ve been difficult to keep off the final releases are a couple of scratchy, lo-fi demos of album tracks, which provides a nice contrast to the band’s usually well-polished production. Their early days as Dappled Cities Fly could have perhaps been better represented. 2003’s Cramps is on hand to show their rattly, less synth-soaked sound, but what of the wistful, harmonious Die In Your Eyes or something from 2003’s BEST TRACK: Many Roads charming Chameleon Girl EP? Too many good outtakes to IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Codes choose from – as far as problems go, that’s a pretty good and Keys DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, At War one for a band to have. With The Mystics THE FLAMING LIPS IN A WORD: Bountiful
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KITCHEN HOURS
You may not know of the classical vestiges of the Kronos Quartet despite their history spanning some 40 years and their work with the likes of David Bowie and Tom Waits. More likely, you are familiar with the work of Bryce Dessner in his guise as the guitarist for The National. Yet Dessner is a qualified composer. So the Kronos Quartet is a likely pairing in the circumstances and comes after his collaborations with Phillip Glass and Steve Reich. Aheym, keeping with the theme, features four pieces. The title work, Yiddish for “homeward”, is dedicated to the travels of Dessner’s grandparents from Poland to New York. Given the fraught reason for embarking on this journey, Aheym commences at a frantic pace. It then settles into a tranquil state over the duration and has several distinct shifts in tempo and style. After the turbulence comes the serenity. Duelling strings give way to parallel calm. Forward to Little Blue Something sees Dessner paying homage to a pair of Czech musicians and their recording bearing the same name and a little appropriation of its structure. The closing piece, Tour Eiffel jumps to another continent, the Americas – this time the South American type. BEST TRACK: Tour Eiffel Interestingly, it uses a poem of a Chilean poet and is sung in both IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE French and English. You feel like you need a visa just to listen to it. THIS: LAURIE ANDERSON, BRIAN The learned folk passing around the truffles would get their rocks ENO, FOURPLAY, BALANESCU off utilising this as background music. But the younger set can QUARTET, MICHAEL NYMAN obtain boundless kudos should they put this on their smart phone. IN A WORD: Cerebral
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LILITH L ANE
Celebrating the release of her third solo album Pilgrim, Lilith Lane returns to her hometown after touring France to play her first band shows since 2010 for Gold Diamond. Pilgrim weaves the sounds of deep southern America with a touch of Spain and a pinch of Australian desert. Recorded in Spain and mixed in Texas, the first track lifted I Could Get Used To This, is a raucous garage number directed by Deep Street Soul’s Agostino Soldati. Lilith Lane plays a string of Melbourne shows including the Suzuki Night Market on December 18. Visit lilithlane.com for more info.
ROOTS OF MUSIC
Roots of Music is a weekly live music night Wednesdays at Revolver Bandroom. With a fresh selection of the finest emerging and established bands each week, Roots of Music Wednesdays is the best place to discover new local and national talent. This weeks edition of Roots of Music Wednesdays brings the year to a close! We have a few new editions to the band room in Beautiful Beasts, Doktor and Casa Rosa. All 3 bands will be bring something different to the table with Casa Rosa making you want to dance, Beautiful Beasts with there brand of Folk/Rock/ Psychedelia, and then Doktor bringing to the stage some dark folk to close out the night. So come grab a seat on your favourite couch as we close off what has been a big year for Roots of Music in the Revolver Bandroom. Thank you all for your support and we look forward to a big 2014! Free entry.
TUX
We think Santa picked the wrong Wednesday to deliver his presents, as this little beauty has come a week early. After a blistering run of gigs during the second half of 2013, alt rock band Tux are in fine form to present their last show of the year. They will be joined by their good friends: introspective shoegazers Lunaire, folk/rock outfit Who’s This! and doomy newcomers Mudhaven. Free entry, 8.pm.
MODERN ASTRONOMERS 6/12/13 5:12 PM
Modern Astronomers are a five piece punk-rock band from the suburbs of Melbourne. Come and get your Christmas cheer on at the Bendigo Hotel tonight! We’ll be busting out some new tracks to get you amped, and we’d love to see you there. We’re playing with Waking Eden, Snark, and Kill TV. Get down and support local tunes! Starts 8pm, $5 entry.
PAL ACE OF THE KING
Nominated as one of ‘The Very Best Live Bands of 2013’ at this year’s Cherry Awards this Wednesday December 18, Melbourne’s Palace Of The King finish up their December Cherry Bar residency with a performance at the inaugural awards ceremony, live on stage at 9.15pm. Celebrating the forthcoming February 1, 2014 release of their self-produced Palace Of The King II: Moon & Mountain EP, Palace Of The King finish up what’s been a massive year spreading the Palace Of The King vibe. It’s free entry and kicks off at 8.pm.
BRUNSWIC HOTEL OPEN MIC
Whether you play a comedian, poet, musician or dancer, you are welcome here at the Brunny every Wednesday! Register from 7pm onwards. Timeslot raffle is drawn out at 7.30pm. Get in early to ensure you get a spot. $10 Jugs of Boags Draught all night (for those needing liquid courage). Starts 8pm.
THURSDAY DEC 19 POSTBLUE
Poison City Records have welcomed ‘90s alt-rock/shoegaze sounding Melbourne/Byron Bay act Postblue to their roster. With a 7”, two national tours and supports for the likes of Violent Soho, The Smith Street Soul Band and appearances at this year’s Splendour and Poison City Weekender already under their belts for 2013, catch them playing the John Curtain Hotel on Thursday December 19 before they hit the studio to record their full-length debut album in 2014. Head to poisoncityrecords.com for more info.
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OUR VINYL WEIGHS A TON
Howler will be screening the exclusive Australian premiere of Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton (This is Stones Throw Records) on Thursday December 19. Our Vinyl Weighs A Ton is a feature-length documentary about the avant-garde Los Angeles-based label, its culture and enigmatic artists. Drawing on live concert footage, never-before-seen archival material, inner-circle home video, photographs and in-depth interviews with the folks who put Stones Throw on the map. Featuring Peanut Butter Wolf, Madlib, MF Doom, Mayer Hawthorne, Dam-Funk, J Rocc, Oh No, Kanye West, Mike D, Common, ?uestlove, Talib Kweli, Tyler the Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, Ariel Pink, A-Trak, Flying Lotus, Geoff Barrow, Gaslamp Killer and more on the Howler big screen. $12+bf with tickets available from the Holwer website.
HEADS OF CHARM
Neumusak is stoked to grab Heads of Charm for digital download release. First Show is exactly that, three tracks from the band’s first performance at the Public Bar in April of this year. It’s raw, with song arrangements differing markedly from the versions that the band recorded for their EP - this is good stuff, leaves you wanting more. Following a string of interstate shows, Heads of Charm return to Melbourne to launch it at The Old Bar on Thursday December 19, with special guest supports by two equally fresh new bands: Naked Bodies (feat. members of Little Red with Cameron Potts of Ninety-Nine/High Tea/ Montero) and Fraudband.
COOL SOUNDS
Like Christmas or Music? Then come down to the Public Bar on Thursday December 19 help Christmas chill boys Cool Sounds release brand new Christmas classic Elf. With support from Snowy Nasdaq of Ocean Party, Pencil, Velcro, Ciggie Witch and most other bands in Melbourne fame, Yeo and Garage Rock guys Plebs, this is one to mark on the advent calendar.
DONNIE DUREAU
Come down to the good ol’ Great Britian in Richmond this Thursday December 19 for a killer acoustic show where the pints will be flowing to the sound of some of Melbourne’s best singer-songwriters on offer. Donnie Dureau is frontman and lyricist for Blueline Medic and Ribbons Patterns. As a soloist, Donnie plays variations on songs from Ribbons, and also includes other works influenced by traditional jazz. Tam+Terror have emerged drunkenly from the lounge rooms and backyards of Melbourne to play country/folk originals written by Teresa Dixon (The Little Sisters). Acoustic singer/songwriter Grace Lawry, of Kissing Booth and The Dreamboats, melts hearts and weakens knees with her delicate voice and beautifully crafted songs. Doors at 8pm.
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Define your genre in five words or less: Anglopopreggae. What do you love about making music? I love the ability to make people dance and have a good time and feel joy and forget about their worries. What do you hate about the music industry? People who are involved in the industry for reasons other than music. If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it be and why? Paul McCartney. Just before shooting him I would love to say, “It should have been you, not John.” What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? We have an EP from 2008 and a selftitled full length album released last year, available on iTunes or through Vitamin distribution, or come to the gig, we will have some for sale there. Cash is good. When’s the gig and with who? The gig is on Saturday December 21 at The Workers Club with rad local groovers El Moth. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Jamaican music and the music of the Jamaican diaspora. If someone made a movie about your life, who would play you? Simon Baker.
MELBOURNE FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASE
After ten years Melbourne Fresh at Revolver Upstairs is the longest running Industry Showcase in Australia. Having showcased thousands of artists over this time, the legendary Tuesday night has been a local Industry Hot Spot for unsigned musicians and industry Professionals. Running as a competition Melbourne Fresh gives away thousands of dollars in prizes at each Grand Final with EP recordings, Cash Prizes, CD Pressings, Itunes releases, Management Consultation and much more. Doors 7.00pm, $15 on the door.
THE AMY WINEHOUSE SHOW
Soul in the basement! Atlanta Coogan & The All Star Little Big Band – Atlanta Coogan (Bjorn Again, Black Sorrows) and Steve Hadley (The Man in Black and Claire Bowditch Eva Cassidy Show) bring you this special tribute to the late Amy Winehouse live at 10pm. DJs Vince Peach and Pierre Baroni late, $10 from 8pm until 5am at Cherry.
WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
Come down to Whole Lotta Love in Brunswick East Thursday December 19 for a special night of acoustic tunes! Featuring Del Rio (ex Sunset Riot), Carl Russo (Money for Rope), Ted Dempsey (Kill Shott) Also opening the night will be a short set from Lars Dempsey. 8pm, free entry.
PUGSLEY BUZZARD
Prepare to be booglarized by one of Australia`s finest consummate artists. Pugsley Buzzard has performed all over the world from Berlin to the New Orleans French Quarter to the Himalayan Blues Festival in Kathmandu. Pugsley has dazzled and delighted audiences far and wide with his unique blend of dark hoodoo blues, good time rollicking boogie and blazing stride style piano playing together with his huge mesmerizing voice that can make the ladies sigh and grown men cry. A recipe for loads of fun. It all happens at the Retreat Hotel this Thursday December 19. Doors at 8:30pm. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 46
GREAT JOHN HIMSELF
Established in 2012, Great John Himself are a band specialising in roots, blues and ska music with a modern twist. Within their somewhat brief existence, they have performed to crowds at venues around Melbourne such as The Veludo Lounge and The Reverence Hotel, as well as repeat performances at The Esplanade Hotel Front Bar, The Brunswick Hotel and The Noise Bar. Their energetic live performances have also seen them win the Melbourne University Battle Of The Bands and progress to the regional final of the Push Start Battle Of The Bands after taking out the the Moonee Valley Heat. They play the Brunswick Hotel this Thursday December 19. Doors 8pm.
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FRIDAY DEC 20 JAPE SQUAD
Jape Squad’s Xmas Show is back at Brunswick’s Victoria Hotel on Saturday December 21. Jape Squad are not your average rock band. They create music that sounds nostalgic but is incredibly fresh by combining organ-fueled pop and bluesy rock. After a decade on the scene and five records under their belt, Jape Squad know how to make a crowd dance. Catch the Japes plus guests Cow Muff, Likedeelers and The Sterlings on Saturday December 21. Free entry.
THE MERCIANS
The Mercians have just announced their first Melbourne headline show for their single launch at The Evelyn Hotel on Friday December 20 with supports from talented locals Indian Red, Halcyon Drive and Return to Youth. This event will showcase a night of melodic-pop, folk, garage, and all round indie pop goodness. The band formed in 2006 with two EPs under their belt before a name change and addition of a new lead vocalist. It is music The Mercians have been crafting for two years and are now ready to show off. Drawing influences from various bands like Explosions In The Sky, Bloc Party, Radiohead, The Maccabees and Massive Attack. $8, doors at 8.30pm. Lachlan Bryan
THE STEVENS
Melbourne punters have been barely able to suppress their excitement and hysteria about the launch for The Stevens’ debut long-player A History Of Hygiene. They play Friday December 20 at The Tote with Lower Plenty and Nth Wheel. Be sure to head to their final show for the year. Tickets $10 on the door, starts at 9pm.
MR BL ACK & BLUES
Having recently released a well-received live album, Blow These Tracks with Chris Wilson, Mr. Black & Blues is in fine form. Recorded on the Blues train, Blow These Tracks is destined for multiple Best Albums lists come the end of the year. It has been said that the sound is like Eric Bibb getting drunk with Tom Waits and being told to straighten up by the ghost of Howlin Wolf in a Clarksdale back alley; this cannot be a bad thing. It happens this Friday December 20 at the Drunken Poet from 8.30pm.
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PUBLIC OPINION AFRO ORCHESTRA
The Espy Front Bar welcomes the final show for Bitter Sweet Kicks for 2013. The swamp blues legends have had a busy year touring and generally kicking ass. Fait Accompli will join them, showcasing their new album full of alt-punk sounds with furious drumming led by Skarlett Saramore. These guys finish up 2013 with a tour of Sydney, Byron and Melbourne. Pretty City follow with their blend of shoegaze/grunge, while The Dead Elected join them, recently launching their debut album. Skyways Are Highways open up the night with their pop punk sounds, having just landed back in Oz after an American tour. It all goes down this Friday December 20, 8pm. Free entry.
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The Peep Tempel. Spinning Rooms. Bodies. It’s been a bloody huge year for these three ripping Melbourne bands! It’s probably been a bloody huge year for you too. You deserve to let your hair down and have some fun. Why not head to the Oldie on Friday December 20 and we can all have a bloody good time together. Go on. 8.30pm, $10.
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BITTER SWEET KICKS
Multi-award winning showstoppers and Aunty Meredith’s bluegrass band of choice, The Davidson Brothers, are throwing a Summer Pickin’ Party at the Curtin Bandroom on Friday December 20 with The Quarry Mountain Dead Rats and 2014 Golden Guitar nominated Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes.
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THE PEEP TEMPEL & SPINNING ROOMS
After a huge show at the HiFi last month, the enormous Public Opinion Afro Orchestra are playing their last club show for the year at Melbourne’s zaniest venue, The LuWow, promising to be the funkiest Christmas party you’ll get to all year. Get down to The Luwow on Friday December 20. Don’t miss out, a band this big doesn’t get out that often! $5.
Glen and the Peanutbuttermen
Come along, have a beer at the Bendigo this Friday December 20 and be shocked by the raw talent and ferocity of these two new five piece punk bands, which will be spitting beer and/or blood in crowds faces. Wintess Sexcrimes and Red Light Riot smash the stage! Headlining will be Glen and the Peanutbuttermen, their last ear blast for 2013. Kicking off is Adelaide’s Expolding Acatus followed by Dixon Cider. Slamming at this show is not just encouraged, it’s enforced! Kicks off at 8pm and it’s free.
The Danny Walsh Banned has one last show coming up this year and it’s going to be a cracker, at The Labour in Vain in Fitzroy on Friday December 20 from 5pm to 7pm. There will be two sets of music, new songs, special guests and other surprises. Drag your donkey and your ass down to the Labour for Chritzmas in Fitzroy!
CHRISTMAS EXTRAVAGANZA
The Working Horse Irons. Murder Rats. Sarge & the Nuked. Hellbourne psychobilly at its best rock the stage for their Christmas extravaganza, so bring your festive cheers and see out the year with Psycho tunes, beers and xmas cheers. Friday December 20 at The Public Bar. Starts at 8.30pm, $10.
JR REYNE
Rollicking, rich and rolling are three words that successfully capture the JR Reyne experience. The powerfully voiced Melbourne lad is bringing his full band experience to The Prince Public Bar this Friday December 20 to launch his new single CASINO. Joining him on the line up are Melbourne indie darlings Dancing Heals who blew minds and gathered a bunch of new fans after they supported Ash earlier this year. Additional to Dancing Heals’ live show, DH frontman Jon Lee Farrell is warming the night up from 8.30pm with his acoustic guitar and velvet voice.
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Bear the Mammoth will be playing their final gig of the year at Yah Yah’s on Saturday December 21 with some awesome instrumental bands and good friends, The Black Galaxy Experience, Lunaire and The Nest Itself. Come and see, hear and experience some of the states best instrumental bands that you must check out. They will also be trying out some of their new music that will be released on their upcoming album which will be recorded in the studio early next year. Doors at 7pm with bands from 9pm. Free entry.
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THE PAUL KIDNEY EXPERIENCE
It is not just all Pozible in PKE land, they are also playing a free Christmas show with the psychadexcellent Little Desert and noisalicious Map Ends at Yah Yah’s on Friday December 20. So come and share the free love. See you there for this free Christmas show. Doors at 7pm, with music from 9pm and its free.
SATURDAY DEC 21 ANDREW RICE
Andrew Rice from legendary local ‘90s band Guttersnipes will be treating punters to a special solo set at the Victoria Hotel this Sunday December 22. Free entry.
OHMS RESIDENCY
They found each other online and in Feb 2013 formed a band combining old pop and rock with lo-fi garage punk. They’ve been compared to the Kinks, The Pixies, X (USA, not Aus) and Blondie. They recorded a three song demo in April which led to gigs supporting Warped, Bardo Pond (US), Monarch (France) and killer local Melb acts such as Stella Angelico, Duck Duck Chop, A Gender, Hotel City Wrecking Traders, Heads of Charm, The Jacks, Bodies, The Infants and loads of others. In August they self-recorded their debut album in nine hours at Pat’s auntie’s lakehouse, and launched it in a hot n sweaty Collingwood basement in Oct. It’s available online and on CD at all good OHMS gigs. See OHMS every Saturday in the front bar with Bad Vision, World Cup, Tom Lynhcoln and Space Junk, Saturday December 21. Doors open at 4pm, free entry.
Scott and Charlene’s Wedding
The impeccably named Scott & Charlene’s Wedding are back with not so much a brand new album, as a generation’s glimpse of love, home-sickness, basketball, alienation, rock ‘n’ roll and all things that matter. Any Port In A Storm is fated to become your essential backdrop to the summer of 2013. Catch lead man Craig Dermody back in the country this December, touring his new record with a brand new contingent of the finest Australian musicians. A oncea-year opportunity from Melbourne’s nomadic poet laureate, don’t miss Scott & Charlene’s record launch this Saturday December 21 at The Curtin. Along with Eastlink releasing a 7” of Angel Gun out through In The Red Records. Toothache to open.
THE GIFTHORSE
While in Melbourne later this month for Poison City’s Ten Year Anniversary gigs, re-united Brisbane favourites The Gifthorse have announced an additional show for Saturday December 21 at The Public Bar. The night will be the official launch for their Collection LP and also features Byron Bay’s scuzzy alt-rock trio Postblue, plus locals Freak Wave and Regrets. Tickets on the night only - doors at 8pm. Capacity is limited get down early to avoid missing out! Tickets for their Thursday December 19 John Curtain show are selling fast via poisoncityestore.com.
LONG HOLIDAY
Melbourne trio Long Holiday have had a massive 2013 having released their highly acclaimed debut album ...Greetings From receiving lots of praise and heaps of radio airplay, which saw them winning over new fans at gigs in their hometown as well as regional Victoria. To cap off what was a highly productive year, the band are about to release their double A side single, Insane/Hit Machine (Unplugged), and are bringing the party to celebrate their amazing year and launch it at Cherry Bar on Saturday December 21. Support comes from River Of Snakes and The Hidden Venture. Entry is $13, doors at 8.30pm.
THE PROMISES The Promises are four contemporary Australian singer songwriters and talented musicians who play guitars, banjo, ukulele, harmonica and percussion. They have been musicians, singer-songwriters and performers for many years with various other performers and bands. As The Promises, they produced on EP in 2010 and are working on their second album. Their music comprises melodic harmonies, wistful solos to rollicking and pacey numbers. The Promises’ songs are inspired by all aspects of life, love, poetry, emotions, good times, troubling issues, land and environments, or just a good story. They play The Retreat Hotel on Saturday December 21, starts at 5pm.
COOKIN’ ON 3 BURNERS
Cookin’ On 3 Burners are Jake Mason, Ivan Khatchoyan and Lance Ferguson, a three-piece powerhouse who serve up the rawest in deep funk, jazz, boogaloo and soul. Led by a wailing Hammond Organ, they are distinctly different to many other funk acts, yet you’ll be no stranger to the grooves and pounding drums. Cookin’ On 3 Burners have taken their home brew of soulful Hammond get down everywhere from jazz festivals to after hours bars and clubs. Their top-notch reputation led to them supporting Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings in Sydney, jamming live with Breakestra and becoming THE in demand band South of the equator. See them return to Bar Open for the last Saturday before Christmas, where they’ll be joined by the golden voice of Bamboos frontwoman Kylie Auldiest. Doors 10pm, free entry. Dead City
MONEY FOR ROPE
Mark Saturday December 21 in your Xmas calendars as on this very merry night, Tone Deaf and Ding Dong Lounge are hosting a Christmas party that will make waking up on Christmas one of the hardest days of the year. There won’t be any ham or awkward relatives, and the only turkeys will be the ones who have partied a bit too hard at the end of the night. They’re serving up a Christmas feast headlined by the mighty dualdrumming, 24-limbed rock’n’roll favourites Money For Rope. Joining them will be fellow Melbourne based rock’n’rollers The Honey Badgers, with guest DJs keeping you merry until dawn. Tickets via dingdonglounge.com.au and are $15 + bf. Doors 8pm. This one is going to get rowdy folks. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 48
NEW GODS
Melbourne’s New Gods will launch their independently released debut LP Beloved. Beloved takes the best of 90s indie rock gods like Pavement and The Pixies, filtering it through the tape-warp hallmarks of hypnagogic pop. The result is truly unique. Thematically coherent as it explores vast sonic territory, Beloved is a welcome left-field contender for the best album of the year. Beloved was released as a digital cassette available online, accompanied by a handwritten track list and a series of photographs that only reinforce how honest and how personal the songs are. Songwriter Dominic Byrne writes songs with undeniable emotional weight, dripping with the kind of nuanced emotion that’s miles away from the half-baked drama that often passes for “emotion” in popular music. Saturday December 21 at The Toff In Town. Tickets $12 on the door.
ROCK ‘N’ ROLL XMAS
‘Tis the season to be rocking and this year we’re throwing a rock ‘n’ roll bash for Christmas. A huge nine band lineup hits The Bendigo this Saturday evening and arvo with some of the biggest names on the local scene this year. CHECK THIS OUT! Dead City Ruins, Empra, Massive, The Deep End, Kristy Jinx Band, Rocket Queen, Meanbone, Sudden State, Smokin’ Mirrors (NSW). A rock ‘n’ roll BBQ, opening the evening. It all goes down from 3pm.
THE STAFFORDS
In a cynical attempt to cash in on the festive season, The Staffords have painstakingly re-recorded their critically tolerated debut EP On The Make (originally released June 2013) with revised lyrics for the Christmas holiday. The Staffords are unleashing this abomination on the world at The Grace Darling on Saturday December 21 with the very capable Nebraskatak and Avantair. Join them and you too can sing, sing, sing! $7 entry plus a free EP.
SYDONIA
With their long awaited sophomore album set to be unleashed in the front half of next year, Melbourne alternative rock/metal powerhouse Sydonia play their final show for 2013 at DV8 Nightclub on Saturday December 21. Joining them to celebrate Christmas and see out the year are energetic electronic rockers Nothing Hurts Robot and riveting alternative rock act High Side Driver.
SUNDAY DEC 22 SAM LOHS
After spending almost 20 years in the music world she has criss-crossed the globe more times than she can count and she’s not tired of it yet. Sam spent 12 years in the internationally recognised band, Fruit touring in Europe, UK, Asia, North and South America, Canada and of course her home country Australia, during which time releasing 12 albums with the band. Since 2010 Sam has been playing drums and singing with folk roots darlings The Rosie Burgess Trio, receiving national and international acclaim. Finding time in between all this, Lohs has continued to develop her own brand of honest, raw and heartfelt music, releasing two solo albums 6 degrees and We Trip Over Things and is now bringing forth her newest solo album How You See Me Victoria. For its launch Lohs will have the whole band in tow and it promises to be a celebration of the epic kind. Head on down to The Wesley Anne on Sunday December 22 from 3pm.
BLACK CAB
Melbourne based Australian band Black Cab’s principal songwriters are guitarist James Lee and vocalist Andrew Coates. Black Cab is a drone guitar and electronica group, and the band is heavily influenced by 70s psychedelic rock coupled with elements of Krautrock and more programmed driven beats and electronic soundscapes. This week’s support is Great Earthquake, and there will be free entry from 6.30pm, and Cherry DJ until 3am. All at Cherry Bar, of course.
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LIZ STINGER
2013 has been another big year for Liz Stringer. A captivating performer, Liz is just home from a comprehensive national tour alongside Mia Dyson and Jen Cloher, a tour which was met with rave reviews. The songs weave narratives of Australia, bringing our stories to life with some of the finest lyricism we are fortunate to have in this country. Liz’s voice is an instrument with the capacity to silence and room and keep it quiet. Catch Liz Sunday December 22 at 4pm at the Drunken Poet.
SUN GOD REPLICA & LEGENDS OF MOTORSPORT
Sun God Replica are camping out at The Old Bar for all of December to facilitate their Sunday December residency. That’s right, they’re not going to leave for the whole month so as to fully commit to attaining an organic/sonic connection to one of the best venues in Australia and the world. So come every Sunday in December they will simply leave their banana lounges (set up in the beer garden), take the stage and burn it up. Joining them in their Sonic squatting will be Legends Of Motorsport and The Escargo Gos.
ESCARGO GOs
Ever wondered what a bunch of French pop songs from the last 40 years would sound like being pounded out in true, sweaty, pub rock style? Does this sounds like a post-gig drunken muso conversation? Well, believe it. With the help of Frenchman, the one and only Charly Cheese, The Escargo-go’s have been born, backed by various members of some of your favorite Melbourne bands (Peep Tempel/Graveyard Train/ Cherrywood/Dr Inivisiablo and more). They’ll dish up everything from the classics (Brel, Piaf, Gainsbourg), to some obscure ‘80s and ‘90s oddness (Indochine, Lio, Trust). And messy boozy dancing is mandatory. Oui Oui! Playing Sunday December 22 at The Old Bar with Sun God replica and Legends Of Motorsport. 8.30pm $8.
THE L ARGE NUMBER 12s
Local legends, The Large Number 12s will be holding their annual Xmas party show this Sunday afternoon at the Yarra Hotel Abbotsford, playing two festive sets from 4pm. Named after their favourite pizza, The Largies write classic country rock songs full of lovely melodies, catchy choruses and Charlie Owen’s stunning guitar work. They’re hard, they’re fast, they’re warm and unpretentious. Their feet-off-the-floor stage attack is an exhilarating invitation to dance. Their songs are melodic, forceful and have lyrics that skirt the cliches. You haven’t lived until you’ve experienced a Large Number 12s show, so make sure you get down to the Yarra this Sunday December 22 and catch their last one for the year. It’s gonna be fun. Free entry and the kitchen is open all day. See you there!
THE RYE CATCHERS
The Rye Catchers will be launching their new single One Time on Sunday December 22 at the Evelyn. The Rye Catchers bring their special blend of classic rock infused with grunge sensibilities to the Evelyn. Ably supported by rockerbillys The Yard Apes and hendixesque inspired rockers The Electric Sun Kings. What better way to break up from the working year than with a beer and a night of guitar fueled mayhem? Doors 8.30pm.
MONDAY DEC 23 STRAW KING EYE
Often floating around parties, paddocks and pubs, Straw King Eye have spent the last couple of years turning up at more or less accommodating venues to deliver music that is somewhat guttural, yet intoxicatingly romantic. Nailing down their debut album The Girls of Paradise in late 2012, they have recently retreated to East Brunswick - home of Marcus Hobbs from East Brunswick All Girls Choir - to relive that experience of hearing their own voices. Tucking a couple of soon-to-be hit singles up their sleeve, they’re on the move, escaping their own visions. With their recently fashioned repertoire of new material, they plan to expose themselves to Monday-night-Evelyn-goers throughout the finalist of months: December.
THE CAROL KINGS & THE WHATEVERLY BROTHERS
Don’t miss The Yarra Hotel’s first Christmas Spectacular, this Monday December 23. There will be Christmas cheer and there will be The Carol Kings (made up of Davey Lane, Gus Agars, Phil Gionfriddo & Dan Luscombe, along with friends) singing various crap Christmas tunes (yes, expect Do They Know It’s Christmas). Also playing will be the fabulous Whateverly Brothers (Kat & Lucy Spazzy). It’s free to get in, Clanger will be standing under the mistletoe, and the kitchen will be open for dinner. See you down there! Ho Ho Ho.
TUESDAY DEC 24 CHARLES JENKINS & MATTY VEHL
Charles Jenkins and Matty Vehl bring their magnificent collective talents back to the front bar of the Retreat Hotel for another series of spectacular Tuesday night concerts throughout December. You’d be mad to miss this. Free admission, two sets from 7.30pm onwards. “I would shell out $100 to see Matty Vehl & Charles Jenkins perform the show I saw in the Retreat Front bar for free,” disclosed Van Walker and Sydney Morning Herald said “Charles Jenkins is too good a songwriter not to be in your life”. You can’t go wrong!
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Aaradhna is a 29 year old Soul singer from Auckland, New Zealand. First signed to a record deal at 16 she has previously had 2 other 1 singles in 2004 and 2005 and is a platinum selling R&B/Soul artist in her home country. Recently Aaradhna has spent over 6 months touring America in support of “Treble & Reverb” during 2013, hitting the road with Soul icon Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Blues legend Buddy Guy and Reggae star J Boog completing over 60 shows across the US including two SOLD OUT shows with Common Kings at the legendary House Of Blues in Los Angeles & SOB’s in New York. Now a winner of the prestigious “Album Of The Year” at the 48th Annual New Zealand Music Awards Aaradhna comes to Australia backed by her live band for her first live performance in Australia for over a year to launch the deluxe edition of the album which is out in stores now. Aaradhna performs at the Espy front bar on Saturday January 11 with special guests. Free Entry.
EMPAT LIMA & PINK TILES
Empat Lima with their silky Japanese pop, psychedelic Thai, and Indonesian Dangdut inspired music have scored a residency at the Tote on Thursdays in December. In conjunction with the dream team The Pink Tiles, they have organised four nights of sounds to party to. The loveable bands are; Them Nights, Wonderboy, Chookrace, Bill Posters and the Prosecutors, Gorsha, The Night Party and more. The nights are likely to be a fun mix of colourful, upbeat, loud, gentle, tight, loose, steamy, sleazy, inspiring, adventurous and satisfying sounds and visions all in the homely setting of the famous Tote band room. Doors are at 8pm and door charges apply.
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THE REVERENCE NYE
The Reverence Hotel are very stoked to announce that their second annual New Years Eve fancy dress party will be headlined by legendary Melbourne melodic punks Mid Youth Crisis! Also playing the punk/rock tunes to usher in 2014 will be Rise Of The Rat (featuring members of H-Block-101), Tigers, Stockades and Join The Amish. Plus DJ’s! And Mexican food all night! $20 well spent for a great, big NYE. Tickets on sale right now, details at www. reverencehotel.com. Starts 7pm.
HALCYON DRIVE
What do you get when you combine two dudes, one guitar, one (and a half ) drum kits, and a blend of intense live loop experiments and catchy as balls pop hooks? Sounding something like a cross between Bombay Bicycle Club and Matt Corby, or Foals and Bon Iver, get down to a live Halcyon Drive show to see for yourself ! Fast becoming stalwarts of the Melbourne live music scene, Halcyon Drive have had a massive year of acclaimed live shows. Most recently playing the Speaker TV Halloween party at the HiFi with Northeast Party House and Client Liaison, opening a sold out Workers Club for We The People, and supporting the Sons et al. single tour at the Toff, it’s hard to find a weekend when these boys aren’t gracing a stage somewhere in a dingy, dark corner of Melbourne town. After releasing home recorded single The Orchard mid-year, Halcyon Drive are heading back into the studio with legendary producer Steven Schram (San Cisco, Loon Lake, The Cat Empire) for a collaboration on their next juicy single. Get down to the Espy to catch Halcyon Drive’s garage, indie pop goodness and irresistible hooks. Thursday January 9 and it’s free entry.
A VERY COUNTRY XMAS
There will be merry making, there will be Christmas songs, and there will be some sore heads on Christmas day, because this Christmas eve, the Retreat Hotel presents three wonderful Melbourne country acts: Jemma & Her Wise Young Ambitious Men, The Shotgun Wedding (featuring Brooke Russell) and current Golden Guitar nominee Lachlan Bryan. The festivities begin at 7.30pm.
WEDNESDAY DEC 25 MEAT KATIE
South West Londoner Mark Pember (AKA Meat Katie) is an experienced DJ and producer having recorded for a host of prestigious labels. His first record deal saw him signed to Iggy Pop’s Kill City Records (as a bass player in three piece skate punk band Sandladder). To date, Pember has released three Meat Katie artist albums with a forth album due out in May 2014. All his releases show diversity in their style and vibe, but are connected together by his trademark techy and lo-fi feel. Arguably, it’s Mark’s work as a DJ that has seen him showcase his skillful technical ability and a firm understanding of the dance-floor as a world class performer. His diversity and energy has earned him a respect for his tough, techy style that has seen him play across the globe. Catch Meat Katie for a special free entry Christmas performance in The Espy Gershwin Room on Wednesday December 25.
LOOKING FORWARD STONEFIELD
Half a year removed from the spotlight, the other half exploding back onto the stage has resulted in light years worth of maturity for Amy, Hannah, Sarah and Holly - known collectively as hard hitting alt-rock four piece Stonefield. Releasing their long awaiting self-titled album in October this year, which was produced by Band Of Skulls producer, Ian Davenport and mixed by Grammy-nominated Tim Palmer (U2, Pearl Jam), the young women launched themselves back in to the scene with an album drenched in heavy, raw, and startlingly mature classic rock and blues songs. Stonefield’s album launch tour was a great success, the quartet showcasing their energy and passion towards a debut album that has “allowed the band time to create a journey and experiment to share”. Get ready for a live show that exudes rock and roll vibes from four very talented women. Stonefield help wind down the last few days of the year on a very special summer Boxing Day at The Espy with support from Apes and special guests. Free entry. Be part of history. Visit namethatpoint.com to win $5,000
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The Corner Hotel will host a unique celebration of Led Zeppelin on Friday January 31 when it celebrates with an exclusive show from an all-star one-off local band, re-living the 1972 Kooyong show track-fortrack. February 20 1972 and Led Zeppelin, just four years into their fabled existence, are the global epicentre of hard rock; fusing metal, blues and folk to create the Hammer of the Gods. And for the first and only time, they play live in Melbourne at the Kooyong Tennis Centre. A team of brilliant and talented original musicians have chosen to bravely get together and in a one-off performance celebrate the band that means so much to them, Led Zeppelin. Ash Naylor (Even) on guitar, Danny Leo (King of the North) on drums, Stephen Hadley (Tex Perkins) on bass, Bruce Haymes (Renee Geyer) on keyboards with guest vocalists Dave Larkin (Dallas Crane), Vika Bull (Vika & Linda), Pat Carmody (My Dynamite) and Talei & Eliza Wolfgramm. The band will perform the entire Kooyong 1972 concert, followed by an extended selection of other Led Zeppelin favourites. No Led Zeppelin fan should miss this unique celebration. Max Crawdaddy will DJ on either side of the live performance and James Young is your MC.
The Taste Of Indie Collective are thrilled to announce their 2014 gig calendar kickstart at The Tote on Saturday January 11 with a massive Indie Rock lineup that is sure to get your 2014 live music agenda off to a roaring start. The Moops, Collingwood local New Age Surf Rock Band bring their unique style and riveting vocals to The Tote for their initial appearance at their “local”. Sierra Leone will once again be performing in the nude (under their clothes) it is the only way to play their full on twisted trash pop. Storyhorse – this sixperson line up brings more instruments to the stage than the Phil-harmonic and they turn them all to their own genre, Apocalyptic Folk Rock - fantastic songwriting, mind bending vocals, a batch of new songs its sure to tinge your senses. Dear Stalker – they don’t come much more “left of centre” than this Indie Grunge Pop trio Dear Stalker fronted by the raucous vocals and guitar of Lisa Maxwell and supported by Adam Learner on bass and Alan Murphy on drums … they make it their business to pummel audiences with their signature sound stalking you until you get back to hear them again. Doors open at 9pm music till late and all of this for $5 – Happy New Year Live Music Lovers!
Ten artists everyone should know about: Delta Spirit, Nikka Costa, Dan Sultan, Lianne La Havas, Allen Stone, Sky’high, Cody ChesnuTt, Electric Empire, The Starry Field, Gold Fields. Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party: Truffle oil, chilli, garlic, scallops, chocolate, raspberries, awesome cuts of steak, mixed green salad, goats cheese....loads of booze! (Technically not a food item.) Eight possessions that define you: Denim jeans, puppy dogs, lipstick, my niece’s paintings, untamed mane of hair, record player, Beta 57a, my heart, my head. Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mixtape: The Goonies, Mary Poppin’s, American Horror Stories, The Bodyguard, Electric Boogaloo, Pippy Long Stocking, The Smurfs. Six bad habits you can’t escape: Tardiness, cigarettes, saying ‘do you know what I mean?’, inconsistent exercise, potty mouth, unnecessary worry. Five people who inspire you: My Ginar (grandfather), my mum, my dad, my big bro, my big sis. Four things that turn you on: Funny, cheeky, witty, beards. Three goals for your music: For people to hear my music, for people to enjoy my music, for me to always enjoy making my music. Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at Riverstage – it was raining, I was alone – perfection; Busby Marou at The Standard Surry Hills – I got up to sing a song and ripped my pants from the front to the back. Crotchless pants. One day left before the apocalypse and you… I’m not religious. When’s the gig/release? The Workers Club on Thursday December 19 with guests The Putbacks and Andrew Lowden.
Define your genre in five words or less: Kick-arse heavy riffage. When’s the gig and with who? Second Annual Merry Riffmas gig at The Tote on Friday December 27 with Seedy Jeezus, Wildeornes and Thermal Mass. Free BBQ, Riff Kringle and door prizes. Last year’s Riffmas was a blast and this year is shaping up to be even bigger and better. Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? Our debut EP CD Fistful of Riffs is available at gigs or digital download at rifffist.com. We have a 7” For a Few Riffs More in the can that we will be launching early in the new year. Why should everyone come and see your band? Because we provide the perfect soundtrack for chugging beers, headbanging and dancing your arse off. Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it? We try to spend the day listening to Lords of the Riff such as Iommi or Wino to gain inspiration and to feel the power of the riff course through our veins to enhance our performance. What advice would you give to bands that are new on the Melbourne music scene? Play more riffs!
LESTER THE FIERCE Melbourne abstract pop artist, Lester The Fierce has announced an EP launch gig in her hometown at The Workers Club on Friday January 3, supported by talented locals Eliza Hull and Al Parkinson. Having recently supported Ngaiire on her national Lamentations tour, and currently mid-way through Stonefield’s extensive regional tour, Lester The Fierce, also known as Anita Lester, is thrilled to be playing her own headline show to launch her new self-titled EP which features the heavily spun community radio single, Howl. Tix available through theworkersclub. com.au.
MI-SEX
During 2013, MI-SEX tested the chemistry between the band, the songs and the crowds and its success had them make a pack to come together and perform a few times each year. What better way to kick off 2014 than to follow the sun, creating and doing something the band all love, “performing our music live”, at the same time venturing into areas that have not seen the band perform since they were at the top in the 80’s. The iconic new wave rockers will be delivering the same powerful MI-SEX show in the Espy Gershwin Room on Friday January 17, so lets see you rock-out like you did back then! Tickets $31+bf from The Espy website & Oztix outlets.
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THE PENNY BL ACK PIZZA As of Monday December 16, The Penny Black is extending its trading hours. For the occasion, we are bringing over the famous and iconic, $4 gourmet pizzas from Bimbo Deluxe and Lucky Coq. Sampling an amazing ten savoury pizzas and four sweet pizzas from their popular menu, Calabrese (hot salami pizza), Poncho (corn chips, sour cream and nacho sauce), Caesar pizza or even the sweet tooth quencher chocolate pizza, made with some delicious Belgium Chocolate. These are an example of the pizzas you will be able to taste at The Penny Black.We have also shaken a few things with our main menu and have come up with some new dishes, new recipes using more locals and fresh product, more sharing options... in short we’ve made it the way it should be. Kitchen open from 12pm to 9.30pm Monday to Thursday and 12pm to 9pm Friday to Sunday with $4 pizza available Monday and Tuesday all day and night and Wednesday to Friday 12pm to 5pm.
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WEDNESDAY dec 18 JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC 303 big band 303, Northcote. 8:30pm. andrea keller quartet Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. bohemian nights - feat: ernie gruner + phil carroll Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $7. bopstretch Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. 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. mietta Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. mo’soul - feat: stevie & the sleepers + alone with tiger + dj vince peach Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. vive la difference Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm.
INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS arrester + last leaves + lucy roleff Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10. bj morriszonkle + be bop n lula Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. bob evans + hayden calnin Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $22. bressa voe + autopotraits + contrast Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. cherry awards - feat: ladybird + palace of the king + super secret Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. collage - feat: andy kentler band + matt
katsis + sand giant + sons of thunder + the indian black Espy, St Kilda. 7:30pm. helmet + batpiss + warped The Hi-fi, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $57. mo + maxie music + nussy Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $15. pond + doctopus + mangelwurzel Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $20. roots of music - feat: beautiful beasts + casa rosa + doktor Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. slow club - feat: ree nay + andy lovelee + boyeur Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. the modern astronomers + kill tv + snark + waking eden Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5. tux + lunaire + mudhaven + who’s this? Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK a nymphtastic christmas - feat: the nymphs + cash savage + henry wagons + james kenyon + major chord + mikelangelo & st clare + sweet jean + tracy mcneil & luke sinclair Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20. claire birchall + don rogers + matt gleeson Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. history of their musical love affair feat: glen musto + leena & shane reilly + paul pomphrey + pete akhurst Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 7:00pm. marlon williams Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. monique brumby + rebecca barnard Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. open mic Ontop In Ormond, Ormond. 7:30pm.
open mic Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. open mic Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. open mic & jam night Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. renny field Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm. simply acoustic Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:00pm. wine whiskey women - feat: tash saltana + flash company Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
THURSDAY dec 19 JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC alwan Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 9:00pm. amy winehouse tribute - feat: atlanta coogan & the all star little big band + dj pierre baroni + dj vince peach Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. ben winkleman trio Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. gianni marinucci nonet Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. joe chindamo trio Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. mordialloc jazz orchestra Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. the john montesante quintet + rebecca mendoza The Commune, East Melbourne. 5:00pm. the overeasys Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 6:30pm. tony montuno Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $7.
INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS bombshells + alcatrash + space junk + the jacks Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. city records anniversary show - feat: apart from this + freak wave + harmony + infinite void + lincoln le fevre + post blue John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $15. cool sounds + plebs + snowy nasdaq + yeo Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $7. donnie dureau + grace lawrie + taam & terror Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. empat lima + chook race + pink tiles + them nights Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. flying saucer future stars The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $15. great john himself + pandora’s lunchbox + tex natives + the bangs + typical dan Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
WED 18 DEC BANDROOM:
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REE NAY BOYEUR, ANDY LOVELEE THU 19 DEC BANDROOM:
EMPAT LIMA, PINK TILES CHOOK RACE, THEM NIGHTS SLOW CLUB / 9.00pm:
LOOBS, MCBAIN ORLANDO FURIOUS FRI 20 DEC BANDROOM:
THE STEVENS (ALBUM LAUNCH) LOWER PLENTY, NTH WHEEL SLOW CLUB / 9.00PM:
UNBROKEN EXPANSE HUG THERAPIST, SLOWJAXX SAT 21 DEC FRONT BAR / 5-7pm:
OHMS (RES.) TOM LYNGCOLN BANDROOM / 9.00PM:
HOLWIN STEAM TRAIN (XMAS SHOW)
JACKSON FIREBIRD
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rattlin’ bones blackWood the australian kingsWood factory sWedish magazines dr piffle & the burlap band hellhound broWn, urban creatures the drunken poachers dJ Whiskey cream 4:30pm $10 sunday 22nd december
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For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au heads of charm + fraudband + naked bodies Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. house of laurence (single launch) + ben wright smith + red spencer + waxhead Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $9. melbourne fresh industry showcase Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. $15. nat dunn + andrew lowden + she is everything to me djs + the putbacks Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $12. neoncity + josh cashman + laura loe + lazarus mode + veludo First Floor, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. $15. pond + doctopus + peter bibby & his bottles of confidence Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $20. popes assassins + stirlings + the strange Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm. pugsley buzzard Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. sinead beth (ep launch) + charah jackson + demi louise Bella Union Bar (Trades Hall), Carlton South. 8:00pm. $10. skyscraper stan & the commission flats Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm. slow club - feat: loobs + mcbain + orlando furious Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. smokin’ mirrors + peta-evans taylor band + pretty villain + sharaya Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm. tank t Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. the dark ales + apollo apples + dear stalker Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5. the groves + peter dickybird + winterplan Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. the livingstone daisies - feat: the livingstone daises + dj scotty popboomerang
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+ the grapes Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15. the naysayers + going swimming + skyways are highways Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. the phosphenes + the migrations + the taylor project 303, Northcote. 7:30pm. $10. weekend warm up Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 8:00pm. white ants + rhath Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 7:30pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK anita george Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. blow The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 8:00pm. brooke russell & the mean reds + madeline leman & the midnight maybelles Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 7:00pm. domini forster Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 6:30pm. dukes of thornbury Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. elliot cline & clancye snow Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $7. lake palmer + crooked saints Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5. open mic Acoustic Cafe, Collingwood. 6:30pm. open mic Balaclava Hotel, Balaclava. 7:00pm. sean simmonds Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. sun rising (songs that made memphis) Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $25. unplugged love - feat: carl russo + del rio + ted dempsy Whole Lotta Love, East Brunswick . 7:00pm.
BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE After their incredibly successful tour of 2012, Brian Jonestown Massacre are returning to Australia to re-engage and amaze their Australian fans once again. The kings of mind-expanding, hypnotic psych rock, BJM have been creating their own musical path since coming together in 1990. Helmed by band-leader and visionary Anton Newcombe, Brian Jonestown Massacre has seen multiple line up changes, innumerable tours and some 12 albums and five EPs, all the time keeping in synch with Newcombe’s singular musical vision. Catch ‘em with The KVB on Friday December 20 at The Palace.
FRIDAY dec 20 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS ac/dshe + briefcase full of blues + nqr Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm. $12. bad shirt party - feat: chop squad + karate boogaloo + rosencrants Bar 291, Brunswick. 7:00pm. bittersweet kicks + fait accompli + pretty city + skways are highways + the dead elected Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. bob log iii Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 7:30pm. $20. bonnie anderson + dj nikkos Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 9:00pm. ceres + marc baker Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5. dj professor s + king 7 Catfish, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. einsteins toyboys + 77 Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. glen & the peanutbuttermen + dixon cider + exploding cactus + red light riot + sex grimes Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. gunn music - feat: adio + anna salen + blood line + lucid planet + lung + osaka + the spitting swallows Espy, St Kilda. 7:00pm. $15. harry howard & the nde Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. heavy judy - feat: 23aoa + dj shamikazi + vultures of venus Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. illumni + mountfield plains + twin ages Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. into the mystic (van morrison tribute) The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $23. kingswood + dj max crawdaddy Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20. leopard slugg + gypsy boots + lizard man + moonah ripp Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. living eyes + bits of shit + cuntz + reptiles + wet blankets Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $5. lost animal + angel eyes + hyperborea Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12. marshmallow pavement - feat: harts + fiig + homes + readable graffiti Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $5. mercians (single launch) + halcyon drive + indian red + return to youth Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. mick thomas & the roving commission + amarillo + cherrywood Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $20. migrations (single launch) + boogie monster + kinder Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. peep tempel + bodies + dj streethoe + spinning rooms Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. seedy jeezus Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:30pm. slow club - feat: unbroken expanse + hug therapist + slowjaxx Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. the brian jonestown massacre + the kvb Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $70. the ears + fraudband Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:30pm. the paul kidney experience + little desert + map ends Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.
WAKA FLOCKA FLAME GA rapper and Brick Squad member Waka Flocka Flame is set to make his Australian debut this week, touring the country on the back of his new album Flockavelli II. Waka Flocka Flame is the next level of ferocity in the growing Southern rap phenomenon. His reputation as a performer and party-starter has seen him become one of the world’s most controversial and renowned rap stars of the last five years. It goes down on Wednesday December 18 at Billboard. the quarters (single launch) + kovo + the furrows + the kujo kings Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $12. the stevens (album launch) + lower plenty + nth wheel Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. the workinghorse irons + dj baberaham lincoln + murder rats + sarge & the nuked Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $10.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC dan conway & sun on the moon (james taylor tribute) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $28. dean’s martini & shakers Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm. elly hoyt Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $20. friday night funk - feat: do yo thangs Catfish, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. grand wazoo Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $20. kunjani Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20. margie lou’s piano hour + alyce platt Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 9:00pm. public opinion afro orchestra + gogo goddesses The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5. ruth roshan & tango noir Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20. the dub captains (bob marley tribute) Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. tim willis’ the end Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK adrian whitehead + dj ash naylor Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. aieister james blues assembly - feat: the blues assembly + stephen grant Open Studio, Northcote. 6:00pm. broni + ryan patterson Wesley Anne, North-
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HELMET Having slayed Meredith, Helmet are set to destroy the 3000 this week when they drop by for a headline show. Helmet, fronted by Page Hamilton, have been playing their own brand of heavy music around since 1989, putting their offbeat time signatures and dense chords to tape and releasing seven studio albums and touring the world constantly. Catch ‘em at The Hi-Fi on Wednesday December 18.
cote. 8:00pm. $10. brooke russell Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. jimi hocking & dream boogie Royal Standard Hotel, West Melbourne. 7:00pm. $25. jimi hocking’s blues machine Micawber Tavern, Belgrave. 9:00pm. matt katsis Elwood Lounge, Elwood. 9:00pm. mr black & blues Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:30pm. patrick wilson + rhys sund Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm. peny boham + dj jumbo Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 8:00pm. shannon bourne Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. tankt + willie wagtails Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. the black sorrows Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 7:30pm. $30. the davidson brothers + lachlan bryan & the wildes + quarry mountain dead rats John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $15. traditional irish music sessions - feat: dan bourke Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm. warner bros Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.
SATURDAY dec 21 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS bang - feat: masketta fall + under vienna skies + way with words Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. bear the mammoth + black galaxy experience + lunaire + the nest itself Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. bob log iii + the impossible no goods Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $17. bombshells + alcatrash + cite wide wildcat + road ratz + teen kong Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:00pm. $5. concert for kenya - feat: dave shilton + jakubi + june flights + mose & the fmly + rhythm of life Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $15. dale ryder band + gary eastwood express Espy, St Kilda. 5:30pm. diprosis + chaingun + dire fate + motherslug Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:00pm. $10. dv8 - feat: sydonia + high side driver + nothing hurts robot Cbd Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. fink + cataract geoff + mongolian discharge police all stars Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. howlin’ steam train + jackson firebird Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $19. hugo race & true spirit + slim customers + the infants Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. humans as animals + the feel goods Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. kingfisha + echo drama + el moth Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. long holiday (single launch) + river of snakes + the hidden venture Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13. matt finish + bob spencer Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $27. metal madness - feat: iron madness: iron maiden tribute + among the living + british steel: judas priest tribute Musicland,
Fawkner. 7:30pm. $15. mick thomas & the roving commission The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $23. money for rope + crooked saints + honey badgers + the demon parade + tone deaf djs Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15. national evening express + ravenous rock Whole Lotta Love, East Brunswick . 7:00pm. new gods (album launch) Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. ohms + tom lyngcoln Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 3:00pm. poison city weekender anniversary feat: freak wave + post blue + regrets + the gift horse Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $10. scott & charlene’s wedding John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $12. slow club - feat: slow grind fever + dj richie 1250 Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. spencer p jones & the escape committee + blown cones + dear stalker + exek + jukai forest + junk horses + plymouth reverends + slag + tyto Tago Mago, Thornbury. 4:00pm. spoonful Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. the deep end + empra + kristy jinx band + massive + meanbone + rocket queen + smokin’ mirrors + sudden state + the deep end Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 3:00pm. $15. the hondas + coyote divide + the strange Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:30pm. the perfections + australian kingswood factory + dj whiskey cream + dr piffle & the burlap band + drunken poachers + hellhound brown + rattlin’ bones blackwood + swedish magazines + urban creatures Old Bar, Fitzroy. 4:30pm. $10. the shug monkeys Union Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. the staffords (ep launch) + avantair + nebraskatak Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $7.
VHE0001_NameThatPoint_Gig Guide Runner_v2.indd clairy browne & the bangin’ rackettes1 + miles & simone The Hi-fi, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $41. danny walsh banned Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. geoff achison Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm. johnnyboy ginger + ealey & tyers + slim dime Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 7:00pm. $20. king 7 & the hound dogs (elvis tribute) + dj saturday knightz Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm. liam gerner band (single launch) + dj adalita + gareth lindsay Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. spectrum Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. stephan bowtell band Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. the black sorrows Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 7:30pm. $30. the drunken poachers Union Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. the stetson family Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. wam & daz + dave graney + will hindmarsh Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:30pm. warehosue party - feat: the sit down walkerstra + dj lovely clear water + dj tom armstrong + it’s not summer + karate boogaloo + lucizz o’brizz Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 5:00pm. $15.
SUNDAY dec 22 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS 80’s on the edge Sloaney Pony, Port Melbourne. 8:30pm. black cab + great earthquake Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. buck jr + demi louise Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. checkerboard Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 3:00pm. dan & al Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $12. dan waters + collards greens & gravy + small town romance Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
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KINGSWOOD After laying down their long awaited debut LP in Nashville, Melbourne’s Kingswood have announced their return in a big way. 2013 was a big year for gritty indie rock band, with their critically acclaimed Change of Heart EP landing them on tours with heavyweights Grinspoon and Aerosmith. Catch ‘em at Cherry Bar this Friday December 20. 5:00pm. dj tech-no shit Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5:00pm. jack the stripper + caged grave + cold ground + crowned kings + declaration + hailgun + join the amish + organ donor + the maggot men + wet pensioner Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 2:30pm. $10. karen de silva + luxx 303, Northcote. 3:00pm. $5. luke yeaman + brent hayhurst + little flame Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. milk records xmas party - feat: courtney barnett & the courtney barnetts + fraser a gorman & big harvest + jen cloher + royston vasie + the finks + the saturday knights Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm. $15. mischievous thom + beloved elk + zombie psychologist Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. $12.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC chantal mitvalsky & cannonball Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25. classical piano Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 2:00pm. cookin’ on 3 burners + kylie auldist Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. goyim + elvis in the house Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 3:30pm. greska Open Studio, Northcote. 8:45pm. john montesante quintet + julie o’hara Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20. kutcha edwards & bobbo bundle + adopted souls Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:30pm. $15. sexteto zona sul Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $20. ted vining’s blow Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. tek tek ensemble 303, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10. the furbelows Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25. the rebelles + gogo goddesses + the bridgettes + tijuana peanut The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. tin man trio Wesley Anne, Northcote. 5:30pm.
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WHAT'S ON AROUND 6/12/13 MELBOURNE THIS WEEK
For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au mountain goat beersoaked sundays feat: dj baberaham lincoln + legends of motorsport + sun god replica + the escargo gos Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. mystery + fallen angels + kaede asakura + knightmare Musicland, Fawkner. 6:00pm. $15. open sesame festival - feat: anna smyrk & the appetites + dash + the bon scotts + brendan skinner + emilee south + lucas paine + the willie wigtails Bar Open, Fitzroy. 3:00pm. persephone’s fruit + joseph sf + magma lava + man & angels + simon bruce + the hungers of heroes Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. robot child (single launch) + ash king + polygasm Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 1:30pm. $9. skip tracer + adam cole + bowling for jesus Workers Club, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $5. sunday school - feat: bits of shit + bone + human grooming + wife eyes Public Bar, North Melbourne. 3:00pm. the rye catchers (single launch) + the electrical sunkings + the yard apes Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12. white summer - feat: humans as animals + the fascinators + tv generation Thornbury Bowls Club, Thornbury. 10:00am. $10.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC black jesus experience The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 6:00pm. chris mcnulty trio Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $18. elvis in the house + duo severini Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 1:00pm. jasmn t Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm. jaspora 303, Northcote. 7:00pm. $5.
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let your hair down girls John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 4:00pm. mingus amongst us Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $15. ross hannaford & the critters + hugh mcspeddon + slim whistle Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $15. the band who knew too much Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm. the wikimen Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 3:30pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK backwood creatures Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. blues mountain Bay Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm. cherry blues - feat: phil para + dj max crawdaddy Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $5. dan dinnen trio Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. darren hanlon + the orbweavers Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. kurt gentle + aeron keyhole + alister turril Bar 291, Brunswick. 12:00pm. large number 12s Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 3:00pm. liz stringer Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm. luke thomas + grace lawry + kissing booth + luke smith Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm. record fair - feat: dean valentino Whole Lotta Love, East Brunswick . 1:00pm. sam lohs (album launch) Wesley Anne, Northcote. 3:00pm. $15. sideshow brides Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. sounds for seeds - feat: whitley Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 1:30pm. $25. spectrum + portmanteaux Tago Mago, Thornbury. 3:30pm. spencer p jones Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 2:30pm. the alan ladds Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. the margie lou trio + gil askey Claypots Tavern
Wednesday December 18 With Claire Barley MUSICIANS WANTED SOLO MUSICIANS, DUO’S, BANDS WANTED to play at Acoustics Anonymous Thursday Nights at The 86. Starting with open mic from 7pm and live band sets from 9pm. Open Mic - just rock up from 6pm, gig spots email drink@the86.com.au with bio, pics and sound demo. GUITARIST WANTED. For pop/rock originals band. Contact Phil: 0421 901 530. zeffamusic.com ****** BATTLE OF THE BANDS. Registration now, starts Wednesday the 28th Dec and every Wednesday after for 8 week. First prize: recording time in a studio. Call Jesse 0411 803 579 SERVICES FREE VENUE HIRE - Fully stocked bar - Huge capacity, whole venue or partial. Call Jesse 0411 803 579 EMPLOYMENT FLAUNT IT. Internationally acclaimed producer of pro-feminist erotica looking for confident, adult women to smash the stereotypes and earn good money ($400 and up). Don’t overlook this til you’ve found out more about it. Jessica 9495 6555 or feck.com. WE WANT EVERYONE Promoters, Bands, DJs - Revitalised bar, The Barley Corn, has reopened its doors 7 days a week and we want YOU. Call Jesse 0411 803 579
& Fair, St Kilda. 3:30pm. the prayer babies Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 3:00pm. ultrafox + ken maher & tony hargreaves Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. warren earl & the atomic rockers Gem Bar, Collingwood. 6:00pm. weeping willows & lachlan bryan Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm.
MONDAY dec 23 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS cherry jam Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. dear monday - feat: heather stewart + jena rose bruce + matt katsis + teresa dixon Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. formless - feat: cool sounds Catfish, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. monday night mass - feat: the kremlings Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 6:00pm. through the looking glass Tago Mago, Thornbury. 7:00pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC lebowskis - feat: daniel hunter group + roba 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $5. paul williamson’s hammond combo Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK miss eileen & king lear + bob harrow Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $10. port phillip gilgamesh readings Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 7:30pm. the carol kings + the whateverly brothers Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm.
TUESDAY dec 24
Sydney dudes Hellions will be heading our way this weekend to play an all-ages show at Wrangler Studios! Joined by Exposures, Earth Caller, Hands of Hope and more, the gig will round of a huge year for the metal five-piece. Having only released their first single Infamita earlier this year, they have already toured with the likes of Dream On Dreamer, A Skylit Drive and No Bragging Rights, and supported Every Time I Die at their Sydney show. They also played in Sydney as part of the Vans Warped Tour. Not a shabby effort at all for a band who only burst onto the scene this year! If you’re into metal, punk or hardcore, chances are you’ll enjoy their stuff. Full gig details are included below. Are you an aspiring songwriter? Applications are now open for next year’s round of Push Songs, a songwriting mentoring program run by the Push’s very own Charles Jenkins. This round’s mentors include Mark Seymour, Adalita, Liz Stringer and Darren Middleton (ex lead guitar dude for Powderfinger). Not to mention Charles himself, who has years of performance and song writing experience and is an all-round top bloke. Program participants will take part in three one-on-one songwriting workshops with Charles and the mentors. A song club will also take place on Tuesday nights, giving participants the chance to share ideas and live performance opportunities with fellow young song writers. Applicants of all-ages are welcome! If you fancy yourself as the next Bob Dylan, head to thepush.com.au and complete the applications before Thursday January 30. If you live, work, study, or hang out in the City of Maribyrnong (which includes suburbs like Maribyrnong, Seddon, Footscray and Yarraville), you’re eligible to be a part of some fab holiday program activities taking place January next year. There are a heap of cool activities being run, including surf lessons, film making workshops and live hip hop. If you’re interested, head to phoenixyouth.com.au. It’s looking like the New Year will be a great one for underage music fans. The Victorian Government is set to introduce a heap of new reforms making it a whole lot easier to run all-ages events, including creating a category for alcohol free events for 12-25 year olds, a much faster application time for low risk underage events, and an aim to reduce costs to venues associated with all-ages gigs. One of the main reasons underage shows haven’t gone ahead in the past has been the time and costs associated with de-licensing a venue, so the changes should mean an increase in allages and underage events. Peter Chellew, Executive Officer at The Push, said: “Barriers to live music for young people will be reduced. Young audiences will now enjoy positive live music culture within safe environments, rather than at uncontrolled warehouse or house parties. This is also a great outcome for young people in regional areas, where the local pub is often the only safe space available to enjoy live music.” Woop!
ALL AGES TIMETABLE Wednesday December 18 Open Mic/Jam Night, Musicland, 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 7pm, free, musiclandonline.com.au, AA. Friday December 20 Hellions w/ Exposures, Earth Caller, Hands of Hope, Searcher and The Evercold, Wrangler Studios, 8C Whitley Parade, West Footscray, 6pm, $15, facebook. com/hellionsaus, AA. Saturday December 21 MainStage: Metal Madness at Musicland, 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 7.30pm, $15, musiclandonline. com.au, AA.
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INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS empat lima + pink tiles + the night party Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. old bar annual xmas eve fest - feat: bj
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ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK dan bourke duo + alex burns Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:30pm. lachlan bryan + jemma & her wise young
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What is the history of The Public Bar? The PB has been running as a band venue since the early ‘90s – one of Melbourne’s best dive bars where you can see damn fine bands and smash some food while you’re at it. How long have you been operating as The Public Bar? We took over in October 2012 and have been making it better but still keeping the feel of the place. What do you feel is your major attraction? Good bands, good comedy, great food, good comedy, good booze and good staff. Plus, 7am license on the weekends. What was your favourite show in the last six months and why? Man there’s been some pearlers: Not Fest, Guitar Wolf, Cherrywood at 2.30am, Sunday School gigs, some of the Wednesday night comedy shows. Too many to count. Could you nominate a bartender of the month? All of our staff our magnificent (might have a riot if I choose just one).
Stop 10 Victoria Market Tram Stop (Peel St/Victoria St) Five minutes walk from Melbourne Central Train Station Available for functions? Possibly. Email the band booker. Crowd? All kinds –18 to 99. Opening hours? Tuesday to Thursday 2pm - 3am Friday 2pm -7am Saturday 12pm - 7am Sunday 12pm - 11pm Cover Charge? There is cover charge to get into the band room but not the front bar. Bands gotta eat. Food? Man, the food is amazing. Miss Katie’s Crabshack constantly has incredible food with weekly specials. My pick is the chowder and cornbread, though the chicken & waffles is a game changer.
How many nights of live music & entertainment are running at your venue? Thursday to Sunday we have bands on including the 2.30am slots. Tuesday and Wednesday we have trivia and comedy.
Known for? Quality bands, late license, good crowds, top grub, authentic dive bar.
Ways to get there? Tram Routes 19, 57, 59, Stop 7 - Victoria Market Tram Stop (Elizabeth St) Tram Route 55 (West Coburg - Domain Interchange),
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The Australian Institute of Music (AIM) will be opening their doors on Saturday, January 18 for their first official Melbourne Open Day. With courses starting in Melbourne January 2014, AIM is thrilled to announce its expansion into Melbourne and with a reputation as one of the leading schools for today’s music and creative industries. We caught up to discuss AIM’s new campus, course offerings and industry connections to get a better idea of what prospective students can look forward to with the new campus. Tell us about the location of the new Melbourne campus. AIM Melbourne is centrally located in the CBD at 120 King St, Melbourne. The campus is one block from Southern Cross Station and close to trams and Flinders St Station. What courses will be offered at the Melbourne campus? AIM Melbourne will be offering a Diploma and Degree courses in Contemporary Performance, Composition & Music Production and Entertainment Management in Trimester 1, 2014, and will be introducing all of the courses offered in Sydney from 2015. Introduce us to the Contemporary Performance Music course. The Contemporary Performance music course is highly practical and will give students thorough training in all things contemporary music, taught by some of the most talented musicians in the country. Students will learn to perform with skill and confidence, with an understanding of musical concepts and the ability to BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 56
adapt to almost any playing situation on demand. And the Composition & Music Production course? Composition & Music Production at AIM ensures that students receive relevant industry preparation, in both composition and music production for songwriting, instrumental music, electronic music, and/or music for media. Individual skills combined with collaborative strategies prepare students for a lifelong career in today’s music, entertainment and creative arts industry. The Bachelor of Entertainment Management sounds interesting. Yeah, it’s a very holistic course in that covers everything both a musician and aspiring music industry or entertainment professional would need to succeed in their chosen field. As AIM meets the demands of today’s fast-paced and ever-evolving entertainment industry, examining both the artistic and the commercial sides of the business, as well as exploring the dynamic between the two is very important. The degree has a strong focus on the commercial music industry, but also considers the not-for-profit sector too. Are there opportunities for students to transfer between Sydney and Melbourne? From 2015 students will have the opportunity to transfer from the Sydney campus to Melbourne, and vice versa. What can Melbourne students look forward to with the campus and facilities? The state of the art facilities that are available to students in the Sydney campus, will be reflected in Melbourne, with purpose built rehearsal spaces, music production suites, individual private music lesson studios, a brand new world class performance venue
on campus and music industry staff on hand, students can develop the confidence and skills needed to pursue a successful life long career in the music industry and wider entertainment fields. Will AIM students have the opportunity to work hands on with Melbourne’s live music scene including the numerous venues and countless artists? Heads of Department and staff in Melbourne have wonderful industry contacts allowing for students to create strong and professional relationships in the Melbourne music and entertainment industries. AIM is constantly expanding and with that, the list of industry contacts is growing exponentially. This can range from connections with prolific live music
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venues as well as iconic and established Australian and international artists. Students of AIM are given the tools to work in a professional capacity in these environments and have the opportunities to potentially use these contacts to expand and develop their careers. Important AIM dates and information evenings: AIM’s official Open Day is Saturday January 18 between 10am and 3pm. Applications are now open for Diploma and Music Degree courses starting in Melbourne, January 2014.
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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews DEERHUNTER The Hi-Fi, Wednesday December 11 Melbourne’s Beaches have supported so many bands we have seen over the last few years that it’s great to see that they have won hearts and become firm favourites with many locals. Showcasing tunes of their latest album She Beats, the hard rockin’ gals from Melbourne have clearly evolved, effortlessly dealing a fine set of smooth psychedelic rock. In town to showcase their sixth and arguably most popular album Monomania, there is a lot of expectation in the room as hyped punters gather to see Deerhunter strut their stuff. Playing at volumes that could move the Earth, the group start their set with the narcotic swirl of Earthquake. If you weren’t already deafened, frontman Bradford Cox wants the volume turned up. While he seems to be following Ziggy Stardust’s instructions to play at maximum volume, he’s wearing a shaggy platinum blonde wig that suggests Bowie circa Let’s Dance. The group led us through the Neon Junkyard before returning to the heavy shoegaze dreaminess of Halcycon Digest with Don’t Cry and Revival. While the crowd zones out, the band concentrates on getting it right but seem to have acquired the kind of boredom that comes with playing the same set list night after night. Cox starts to talk a lot in between songs. He maintains a difficult relationship with the audience shifting from utterly charming to completely alienating. “People accuse me of being childish, attention seeking and deliberately annoying” is perhaps the most revealing thing Cox says all night. “Did you people pay $60 or something to come here and chill out and appreciate art or something?” fully aware that he wants to just wind us up. “You should just all go back to listening to triple j and that Doctor,” he screams. Cox eventually settles down and they deal the thumping ruckus of T.H.M before drifting into the metallic twangy atmospherics of Rainwater Cassette Exchange that beautifully collides into Nothing Ever Happens. It all yields to the deafening crescendo of Helicopter that brings us down dazed, confused, and spellbound. The pace slackens again and they play Jingle Bells and LOVED: Bradford Cox’s platinum Nirvana’s Smells Like A Teen Spirit as Cox phones his mum over the blonde wig. P.A. A slowed down version of Monomania concludes the night and it HATED: That this gig left my ears leaves behind the nasty garage rock flavours for something altogether ringing for days. sweeter. DRANK: Water. THE SIDEMAN
METRIC The Forum, Monday December 9 Monday had been a pretty shitty day for me. Not only was I sick with a temperature and felt like a truck had rolled over my body thrice, then reversed over it for good measure, I couldn’t eat nor stomach any food. So when I rocked up to The Forum that night, intent on seeing one of my favourite bands ever — like, ever — I was unconsciously hoping that this would be a tame concert so my body would thank me the next day. Boy, was I wrong. Metric are good live. Really fucking good. Following an ambivalent warmup from support acts Spirit Valley, whose songs were way too long and jaunty, and indie-kids Glass Towers, Metric opened with Nothing But Time, an ambient song lifted from their current LP Synthetica, which saw lead singer Emily Haines entrance us with her soft soprano before launching into crowd-movers Youth Without Youth and Speed The Collapse. The night pretty much continued like that: a juxtaposition of zestful sounds interspersed with pensive numbers. It served to create a captivating flow within the concert, giving breath between active songs Synthetica and Sick Muse. Haines’ onstage philosophical musings, which really showed she is the daughter of a poet, helped create a narrative to the night, delving into topics about self-acceptance, alienation, love and materialism, which I personally found endearing. As my best friend described it: “her little philosophical musings throughout were really different from what you usually get at a concert.” One advantage Metric possess is that their music exhibits a greater depth live. Whether this was the metaphorical contrast of an “Owl versus Dove” in Stadium Love, the questioned dissatisfaction in Gold Guns Girls — “Is it ever gonna be enough?” — or that Joshua Winstead’s killer bass-line in Glass Ceiling is even cooler live. The strange thing that ensnared me about Metric was that there was not one dominating personality within the band; each and every member moved in tandem with each other, translating their eclectic range of songs flawlessly from record to live performance. It gave the band a really good vibe as a whole. My pet peeve that night was the girl behind me. All I wanted to do was throw two cans of Rexona Sport deodorant at her and a scold’s bridle to stop her constant screaming in my ear. Obviously, I couldn’t do that because it’s rude, but I’m not going to get my hearing back either. Nevertheless, Metric was a stellar night that was deep and meaningful simultaneously. And LOVED: Emily’s philosophical yes, my body hated me next the day, but I would see Metric again in musings. a heartbeat. HATED: The girl behind me. AVRIL BYLOK-COLLARD
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JASON SINGH The Toff In Town, Wednesday December 4 “What are you all doing here?” a startled Jason Singh told a near-capacity Wednesday night crowd, as he walked out on to the stage. It was Singh’s first unveiling with his band of his long awaited solo album Humannequin. It’s his first since the Taxiride days. It took three years to make with producer Charles Fisher, and it shows. The songs were radio-friendly melodically strong with soaring choruses, including the opening Deal With It; Speakers – about a girl who’d dance to bands with her head on the speakers to feel their vibrations; Eye For Me; and the poignant I Can Dream about the death of his father. Midway through the set, he admitted, “If I got my eyes closed, it’s because I’m in my own world up here. After all this time, I can’t believe I’m playing these songs onstage.” After Taxiride’s split (officially: extended hiatus), Singh found himself by returning to his original inspirations Prince and Michael Jackson, and wrapped himself up in the modern atmospherics of Bjork and French electronic acts. So within the guitar-pop attack, the music touched on the funky (Good Times, during which he hopped around the stage like a charge is going through his body), the dream-like (Save You) and the fists-in-the-air stomper Hold On Forever which received an extra loud cheer as it was used in the ad for Channel 7’s Million Dollar Minute. There was precious little of the harmonies that were Taxiride’s trademark. A handful of those hit songs were brought out. Get Set got a darker, more psychedelia treatment, while Stronger saw guitarist Brett Wood pull out some gritty wah-wah. As Singh strapped on a guitar for Afterglow he declared, “My proudest moment with Taxiride.” Creeping Up Slowly, LOVED: A huge turn out for a mid the best selling single in 2002, was kept for the encore, after which he week gig. yelled, “We’re going to own this city next year!” HATED: Packed smoker’s balcony. CHRISTIE ELIEZER
PETER MURPHY Corner Hotel, Thursday December 12 Bela Lugosi may be long dead and buried, that old bat, but his spirit was alive and kicking in Richmond last Thursday when the iconic Peter Murphy descended from his bell tower with his Mr Moonlight tour. Promising an evening filled with nothing but Bauhaus songs, there was much to look forward to. But the anticipation, I have to admit, was tinged with a faint odour of trepidation. After all, Murphy was performing these legendary tracks without the help of his old bandmates – Daniel Ash, David J, and Kevin Haskins. The question on the tip of my tongue – and, I’m sure, on many of the faithful’s that evening – was simply: would Murphy’s band be up to the challenge? It didn’t take long to answer that question when Murphy and his trio of companions took to the Corner’s stage and launched into the sea-shanty-esque King Volcano, off the 1983 LP Burning From The Inside. As those cymbals and dirge-like drums took shape and Murphy – who looked ridiculously fit and jovial, it has to be said – chanted, I felt the entire room relax as collectively everybody realised they were in good hands. Did I say the band was up to snuff ? Boy, were they ever. But special praise must be singled out for the guitarist, who somehow managed to faithfully bring to life some of the wickedest and most spaced-out guitar riffs in gothic rock history. As Murphy and company took us on an exhilarating ride through his garden of dark delights – In The Flat Fields, God In An Alcove, Dark Entries and Silent Hedges, amongst many other nuggets – a sort of magic filled the space, impossible to define. It was heart-warming to see so many older goths – myself included – grinning like idiots. Halfway through the two hour set, Murphy played the only solo song of his for the evening, the bewitching A Strange Kind Of Love. There was a minor sound glitch that needed to be fixed, so Murphy took the time to banter with the crowd about his show in Sydney, and some of the differences between that burg and our fine city down here. He was funny, poised, and rather impish. We were putty in his hands as he deftly strummed his 12-string guitar and sang those positively glowing lyrics: “This is no terror ground/Or place for the rage/No broken hearts, whitewash lies,” he sang forcefully as not a punter made a peep. Goosebumps broke out on many others’ arms, I’m reckoning. After a virtuoso performance of Bela Lugosi’s Dead – once again, the band nailed it – there was a short break before we were treated with an encore of T. Rex’s Telegram Sam and David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust that peeled the paint off the walls with LOVED: Just the beauty and love their power. placed in the reproduction of such a “This is our last song,” he said toward the end. “It’s from an Australian classic body of work. band, Dead Can Dance. But tonight, it’s my fucking song!” And bang HATED: That they didn’t play Kick In – they delivered to us DCD’s Severance. It was an amazing night. The Eye. But that’s a small thing. THOMAS BAILEY
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