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RUSSIAN CIRCLES Chicago heroes Russian Circles will be returning to Melbourne this May in celebration of their latest masterpiece, Memorial. This will be the instrumental trio’s first touch down in two years. Last time Russian Circles were here they blew a couple eardrums with their explosive sound, layered riffs and effortless percussion. Their current record, Memorial, cemented their reputation as an innovative band with solid talent, drawing critical acclaim worldwide. Russian Circles will be performing at The Hi-Fi on Thursday May 1. Tickets are available through Oztix.
DIZZEE RASCAL Dizzee Rascal reveals a Groovin’ The Moo Melbourne side show. Since his groundbreaking 2003 debut Boy In Da Corner, which earned him the British Mercury Prize, the East Londoner has continue to revolutionise the urban landscape over the past decade. 2013 saw the release of his fifth studio record, appropriately titled The Fifth. He’ll hit the Palace Theatre on Thursday May 8. Tickets go on sale on Friday February 21 through Ticketmaster.
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Power pop quartet Babaganouj will hit the road this March for a string of dates in support of their new 7” single Too Late For Love. The band’s first EP Sife Lucks showcases everything from their mid-’70s radio rock influences to their penchant for unpretentious, lo-fi arrangements, with the video for Love Loathe Love You receiving widespread praise. Melbourne will get a double dose of Babaganouj when they hit the Old Bar on Friday March 14 and The Tote on Sunday March 16.
Oxfordshire-based quartet Glass Animals will bring their trip-hop and psychedelic indie-pop sounds to Australia when they tour the country for the first time this April. Forging a connection between artwork and music, Glass Animals have crafted a sound that bounds playfully through their sparse, lofty soundscapes, garnering comparisons to Alt-J and Purity Ring. Glass Animals hit Ding Dong Lounge on Wednesday April 2. Tickets are available through Oztix.
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Kanye West will be bringing his Yeezus tour to Australian shores later this year, his first visit since headlining the 2012 Big Day Out. Yeezus, West’s sixth studio album, took out second place in our 2013 writers’ poll, of which our reviewer stated that, “at its core, Yeezus is a hyper-intense, masterful angry wank for the ages. His Beautiful Dark Twisted masterpiece has been followed up with something darker and more twisted. It’s no longer a question if Kanye is one of the all-time greats (pejorative or otherwise, I choose otherwise), it’s now just a matter of where to from here”. The tour will also mark the 10 year anniversary since West dropped his game-changing debut record The College Dropout and he’ll be joined by Pusha T. Kanye West will play at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday May 6. Visit Live Nation for more information and ticketing details.
With their third record Himalayan set to drop in March, Southampton rock heavyweights Band Of Skulls have announced a return to Australia. Following the release of 2012’s Sweet Sour, the band have been spending their time touring worldwide, alongside supporting the likes of Queens of the Stone Age, Red Hot Chilli Peppers and The Black Keys. Catch’ em at The Hi-Fi on Tuesday June 17.
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RÜFÜS have announced they will return to Australia in May for their biggest tour to date, marking the last time they will tour their debut record, ATLAS, before returning with new material. The indie dance trio are preparing to kick off their Worlds Within Worlds national Australian tour. The massive tour is set to kick off in Coolangatta and will move through Brisbane, Melbourne, Geelong, Mandurah, Fremantle, Central Coast, Newcastle, Coffs Harbour, Byron Bay, Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra, Wollongong before finishing up with a homecoming show in Sydney. Joining them on this tour will be Hayden James. 2014 has been good to RÜFÜS thus far. They played at this year’s Falls and Big Day Out festivals, scored three songs in the Hottest 100 and are about to spend March and April touring the US (including SXSW) and Europe. Catch RÜFÜS at The Palace on Thursday May 15. Tickets are available through Ticketek.
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A DAY TO REMEMBER, THE GHOST INSIDE, I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN A Day to Remember, The Ghost Inside, and I Killed The Prom Queen will join together for a Soundwave sideshow triple bill that will be sure to get metal-core fans drooling. Pop-mosh lords, A Day to Remember, are known for effortlessly blending pop-punk riffs and earth-shattering breakdowns, as evidenced by their huge new album Common Courtesy. They will be joined by California hardcore outfit The Ghost Inside and the newly reunited I Killed The Prom Queen, who will release their third album in 13 years, Beloved, this Friday. A Day to Remember, The Ghost Inside, and I Killed The Prom Queen hit The Forum on Thursday February 27. Tickets go on sale Thursday February 13 from the venue’s website.
THE SCIENTISTS In celebration of their 35th anniversary, punk pioneers The Scientists have announced a national tour. Regarded as one of the most influential bands of the late ‘70s, the Perth outfit will make their return in original form with the venerable Kim Salmon at the helm. Catch The Scientists on Saturday March 29 at Howler.
LEAH FLANAGAN Leah Flanagan will hit the road for a string of dates in support of her soulful new single Everything. The first single from her forthcoming EP, Everything showcases Flanagan’s classically trained voice and penchant for exquisite balladry. The Northern Territory singersongwriter is currently in the studio working on her new EP, due out in mid-2014. Leah Flanagan will play the Northcote Social Club on Sunday April 6.
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VELUDO Formed in 2012, Veludo have already had their very first single Awaken voted in the Top 5 Rock Songs at the 2013 Australian Independent Music Awards. It also reached number 6 on the triple j Unearthed Rock Chart last year. Their debut self-titled EP was mixed by the legendary Grammy Award winning Producer Tim Palmer [David Bowie, Pearl Jam, U2, Bon Jovi], produced by ARIA Award winner Jimi Maroudas [Eskimo Joe, Kimbra], and recorded at the world class Sing Sing Studios. Veludo are launching the EP at The Evelyn on Friday April 4, followed by a performance at Cherry Bar on Wednesday April 23. We have a few copies of the EP to give away.
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OWL EYES Owl Eyes had announced a farewell party next week before kicking off her tour dates in America in March. Brooke Addamo had a killer year in 2013. She released her debut album Nightswim, to much acclaim and a sold-out Corner Hotel show, performed at Falls Festival, and even had her turn on the front cover of Fashion Journal. This year the dream-synth artist will be heading over to Austin’s famous South by Southwest (SXSW), as well as supporting Flight Facilities during their US and European dates. Don’t miss out on your last time to see Owl Eyes for quite some time. Owl Eyes will be performing at Howler on Friday February 28. Tickets are currently on sale through Howler.
WHITECHAPEL Whitechapel have cancelled their upcoming Australian tour. A statement from the band reads: “Whitechapel unfortunately have to withdraw from upcoming visits to New Zealand and Australia due to the death of an immediate family member. The band apologies to promoters and the fans for any inconvenience caused and asks for understanding at this time.” Soundwave 2014 takes place on Friday February 28 at Flemington Racecourse.
THE NAKED AND FAMOUS The Naked And Famous have announced they will play their first headline shows since the release of their second album In Rolling Waves in Australia this April and May. The electrifying, synth-pop five-piece from New Zealand are ready to embark on a set of national headline shows taking them to Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Sydney. The tour follows on from their slot on this year’s Big Day Out. Special guest for all shows will be Vancouver Sleep Clinic – the adopted moniker of 17-year-old Brisbane based singer/songwriter, Tim Bettinson. After releasing their self-produced debut album Passive Me, Aggressive You in 2011 and featuring in that year’s Triple J’s Hottest 100 twice, the hit single Young Blood became a Gold Record in the US and Canada, and Platinum in New Zealand and Australia. In 2012 the band relocated to Los Angeles where they worked on its follow up In Rolling Waves. The Naked And Famous will take over 170 Russell on Wednesday April 20. Tickets go on sale Friday February 21 through the venue’s website.
Hip hop pioneer Grandmaster Flash will bring his legendary DJ techniques to The Espy next Thursday February 27. As the first DJ to manipulate vinyl with his hands, Grandmaster Flash is the man behind the Quick Mix Theory as well as iconic party tunes like Freedom and You Know What Time It Is. He also has that song that goes DI-RI-DI-RI-DI-RI-DI …DI-RI-DI-RI-DI-RI-DI…what’s it called? brb. Found it, it’s called The Message. Anyway, in his live show, the DJ treats fans to both his classic repertoire and new craze-dance music. It’ll be awesome. We have a couple of double passes to give away.
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To coincide with the release of their new single, Create/ Destroy Art vs Science have announced a run of club shows this April. It’s been some time since the band have released new material but they’ve been busy with multiple US tours (including Bonnaroo and Governors Ball festival slots) and a well-received side project. On Sunday, they headlined the St Kilda Festival and this week they played Channel V’s Open Surf Event in Manly. Their new single drops Friday February 21 and the Art vs Science guys will set out on a national run of club dates debuting a brand new live show this April. Art Vs Science will take over The Corner on Thursday April 10. Tickets go on sale Thursday February 20 through the venue’s website.
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Following their run of sold out shows last year, La Dispute have announced they will be returning to our shores this June. La Dispute will be heading to Australia to support the release of their third studio album, Rooms of the House, which is set to drop Friday March 21 on the bands newly established label, Better Living, licensed in Australia to Resist Records. The band began work on Rooms Of The House in April of 2013. Joining the Michigan five-piece on all dates will be friends Balance And Composure. La Dispute will be playing an over 18 show at the Corner Hotel on Thursday June 12 and an under 18 show on Saturday June 13. Tickets go on sale Friday February 14 through the venue’s website.
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THE PAPER KITES Back on home soil, The Paper Kites have announced a run of shows beginning this May. Melbourne folk five-piece, The Paper Kites have enjoyed a whirlwind six months since the release of their highly anticipated debut album, States. Following on from a successful national tour, the band embarked on a sold out headline tour of the USA and Canada as well as a support slot alongside Canadian singer-songwriter, City and Colour. Now back on home ground, the band have announced an all ages national tour covering all major cities beginning in Newcastle and winding down in Melbourne. The Paper Kites will take over the Athenaeum Theatre on Friday June 27. Tickets are available through Ticketek.
PUSH OVER FESTIVAL Push Over Festival has announced that it is shelving the 2014 event scheduled for Monday March 10 due to low ticket sales. Currently standing as Australia’s longest running all-ages festival, Push Over has provided formative festival performances for some of Australia’s favourite touring artists such as Parkway Drive, Killing Heidi, The Living End and Silverchair. Over its 21 years, it has provided valuable experience for over a thousand young event managers. Festival Director Shane Wickens said, “We are disappointed to see ticket sales down on previous years, however we know we’re in the middle of a very tough summer music festival season. It’s now time to revamp the model for the future. We apologise to the artists who have made a commitment to Push Over and to the music fans who have purchased tickets.� Refunds are available at the point of sale. Push Over will now add a new free all-ages music stage to the Moomba Festival at Birrarung Marr, Melbourne on Monday March 10. For more information see thepush.com.au
DARREN HANLON Darren Hanlon, Australia’s ever-travelling folk minstrel, will return to Australia this March after an all-stops adventure of the American southern states to look for the heart and soul of his forthcoming album. The album, which Hanlon wrote on trains and busses and in basements throughout, ended up being recorded in five different studios with an extensive cast of musicians, consisting of some world-renowned history-making players (Spooner Oldham, David Hood, Howard Grimes) and random people he just met on the street. The tour will feature Nashville Tennessean piano virtuoso Micah Hulscher, and long-time Hanlon collaborators Adam Selzer and Shelley Short from Portland, Oregon. Hanlon’s tour will reach Queens College (in Brunswick) on Sunday March 9.
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Joshua James will be touching Australian shores for the first time this March for his debut tour. Scheduled in between dates of his tour with Neil Finn, Joshua James will be coming to Melbourne for a one-nightonly performance of numbers from his chart-topping albums The Sun Is Always Brighter (2007) and Build Me This (2009). Raised in Nebraska, James is known for producing candid folk melodies ridden with emotion, as captured on his current LP From The Top of Willamette Mountain (2012). Joshua James will be performing with Lakyn at the Shebeen on Friday March 14. Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster
VOLBEAT Even more Soundwave sideshows continue to be announced. After being catapulted into the spotlight following an invitation to tour with Metallica in 2009, Denmark’s Volbeat have continued their ever-growing domination of the genre. Now they are finally bringing their highly acclaimed live show Down Under. Joining them on both shows are Cleveland rockers Filter and UK five-piece Hacktivist for one hell of a sideshow. Volbeat, Filter And Hacktivist at The Espy on Wednesday February 26. Tickets go on sale Friday February 14 through Oztix.
MELBOURNE MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL The inaugural Melbourne Music Video Festival will be taking place in Melbourne each day and night from Wednesday February 26 until Sunday March 2. The festival boasts a stellar line up of local Australian live music acts as well as showcasing a variety of visual artists, aiming to amalgamate these two mediums into a series of feature events over the course of the week. Melbourne is well renowned as a city thriving with creativity, retaining an outstanding reputation particularly within the realm of music and the visual arts, both on a national and intentional scale. Although there are many existing institutions and events in Melbourne which endorse this creative culture, MMVF believes that there is still terrain to be explored in the mergence of these two fields. The Melbourne Music Video Festival aims to present events which are both sonically and visually engaging, as well as establish a platform for music video clips to be viewed in an alternate space away from the usual television or computer screen. Tickets and a program of events can be found on the MMVF website.
DAMIEN DEMPSEY
Acclaimed Irish singer/songwriter Damien Dempsey has released It’s All Good, a best-of double-CD offering that spans Damien’s fifteen-year career and six Irish Top 10 albums. To celebrate the launch of It’s All Good, Damien returns to Australian shores this March & April for a seven-date national tour that kicks off at VIC’s Port Fairy Folk Festival and includes a headline performance at Sydney’s The Metro Theatre on March 16. The new album includes fan favourites It’s All Good featuring Sinead O’Connor, Almighty Love, Bustin’ Outta Here and the No. 1 Christmas single The Auld Triangle with The Frames’ Glen Hansard. In addition, two brand new tracks Happy Days and St Patrick’s Brave Brigade are showcased on the release. He touches down at The Prince Bandroom on Friday March 14.
CHRSTOPHER COLEMAN COLLECTIVE To celebrate the release of their new self-titled album, Christopher Coleman Collective have announced they will be heading off on a national tour this March. Tasmania’s Christopher Coleman Collective will be returning to the road to celebrate the release of their self-titled debut album with a sixteen-stop tour beginning this March. After the young folk artist and his band were Unearthed by Triple J and invited to perform at Falls Festival (Marion Bay) in 2012, Christopher Coleman went on to take out the 2013 Performer category of the national independent artist development program Telstra Road To Discovery, before going on to spend time on the mainland of Australia and in the UK. Lately they’ve been sharing their music with crowds at the Taste, Cygnet Folk and Tasmanian International Beer Festivals, plus a first time trip to Tamworth. Christopher Coleman Collective will play at Shebeen with Woodlock and Run Rabbit Run on Friday March 21.
Add another Bluesfest sideshow to the list. Nahko and Medicine for the People will bring their powerful folk sound with an urban twist to Melbourne this April. Nahko’s music has earned him to comparisons to Michael Franti, with its themes of social change, self discovery, and acceptance shining through. He is joined onstage by Medicine for the People, a percussionist and guitarist who build upon Nahko’s tribal rock sounds. Catch Nahko and Medicine for the People at Thornbury Theatre on Sunday April 27. Tickets are on sale now from the venue’s website.
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Two generations of punk rock royalty are set to come together for a Soundwave sideshow later this month. Leading the charge will be Pennywise, who still have no problem delivering in-your-face, middle finger in the air, anthem-chanting shows after 25 years together. Northern Ireland punk pioneers Stiff Little Fingers, Sacramento hardcore punk outfit Trash Talk and Arizona melodic hardcore four-piece Authority Zero round out the evening’s mosh-inducing lineup. It all goes down on Thursday February 27 at The Corner. Tickets go on sale Thursday February 13 at 9am from the venue’s website.
SALLY SELTMANN To celebrate the release of her forthcoming album, Sally Seltmann has announced a run of Australian shows. The tour will see Seltmann return from her new home in LA for a series of intimate performances in Australia. Multi-instrumentalist Bree van Reyk will be joining Seltmann on stage throughout the tour along with other guest performers, while Melbourne’s Wintercoats will be opening at all shows. Her new album, Hey Dreamer is set for release on Friday February 28. Sally Seltmann will play Caravan Music Club on Friday April 11 (tickets available through the venue’s website) and The Kelvin Club on Sunday April 13 (tickets available through the venue’s website).
SWARM FEST Sydney band Dead In A Second will team up with their good mates Jericco for a number of live shows mid March/early April. These shows will be under the banner of Swarm Fest and number of special guests will join the tour at various venues throughout Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Newcastle. Dead In A Second’s long awaited mini-album The Double Treblio will be released Friday March 14 through Universal Music and comes almost two years after the band debuted at #3 on the iTunes Rock Chart with their independently released Maretimo EP in June 2012. The Double Treblio sessions were put on hold in April last year to allow the band to concentrate on their tribute to Chrissy Amphlett recording Girls In Town which was released in September 2013 to widespread national media coverage and airplay. All proceeds from the sales of the track were donated to MS and Breast Cancer research. The two bands will swarm The Esplanade Hotel on Friday March 28 and tickets are
I KNOW LEOPARD Hold This Tight is the whimsical second single from dream-pop purveyors I Know Leopard who are due to release their debut EP later this year. The new video is the perfect accompaniment to their floaty, sparkly sound and is followed up by an East Coast Tour this March. Hold This Tight was recorded at Sydney’s iconic REC Studios at 301 Castlereagh Street (former EMI Studios) with young producer Craig Willson (Flume, New Navy, The Church). I Know Leopard have performed alongside the likes Deep Sea Arcade, The Rubens, Goldfields and Miami Horror. The ‘Hold This Tight’ tour hits Melbourne on Thursday March 27 at Workers Club.
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INTERNATIONAL MELBOURNE ZOO TWILIGHTS Melbourne Zoo January 24 - March 8 EDDIE VEDDER Palais Theatre February 19 EMINEM, KENDRICK LAMAR, J. COLE Etihad Stadium February 19 THE NECKS Corner Hotel February 19 DJ FOOD, DJ CHEEBA, DJ MONEYSHOT Prince Bandroom February 21 OKKERVIL RIVER Corner Hotel February 22 MANGO GROOVE Forum Theatre February 23 MASTODON, BARONESS AND GOJIRA Palace Theatre February 25 JIMMY EAT WORLD & PANIC! AT THE DISCO The Forum February 25 STONE TEMPLE PILOTS Palais Theatre February 26 LESS THAN JAKE The Hi-Fi February 26 VOLBEAT The Espy February 26 AFI Prince Bandroom February 26 BIFFY CLYRO Corner Hotel February 26 CLUTCH Prince Bandroom February 27 PLACEBO Palais Theatre February 27 GRANDMASTER FLASH The Espy February 27 GWAR, AMON AMARTH, AND SATYRICON 170 Russell February 27 A DAY TO REMEMBER, THE GHOST INSIDE, I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN The Forum February 27 PENNYWISE & STIFF LITTLE FINGERS Corner Hotel February 27 THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN The Hi-Fi February 27 AVENGED SEVENFOLD Festival Hall February 27 SOUNDWAVE Flemington Racecourse February 28 EDEN MULHOLLAND Shebeen February 28 SIX60 The Hi-Fi March 1 NEKO CASE Corner Hotel March 2 PUBLIC ENEMY Corner Hotel March 3, 4 BRIAN MCKNIGHT Palais Theatre March 5 CHARLES BRADLEY Corner Hotel March 6 JON CLEARY AND THE ABSOLUTE MONSTER GENTLEMEN Northcote Social Club March 6 PHOENIX Festival Hall March 6
ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT Forum Theatre March 7 QUANTIC Boney March 7 MIKHAEL PASKALEV Howler March 7 PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL Port Fairy March 7 – 10 FAT FREDDY’S DROP Melbourne Zoo Twilights March 8 THE GROWLERS The Tote 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 LOS CORONAS Corner Hotel March 14 DAMIEN DEMPSEY Prince Bandroom March 14 GLEN HANSARD Melbourne Recital Centre March 14 BILL MEDLEY Palais Theatre March 15 MARTHA DAVIS AND THE MOTELS Thornbury Theatre March 15, Flying Saucer Club March 16 LIONEL RICHIE AND JOHN FARNHAM Rod Laver Arena March 16 GANG OF FOUR Corner Hotel March 19 JURASSIC 5 Palace Theatre March 20 SEBADOH Corner Hotel March 21 CHICKS ON SPEED Howler March 21 TRUE NORTH FESTIVAL Various venues March 2123 LISA MARIE-PRESLEY The Arts Centre, Playhouse March 25 BOBBY KEYS AND THE SUFFERING BASTARDS Thornbury Theatre March 27 THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS Hisense Arena March 28 THE ROLLING STONES Rod Laver Arena March 28, Hanging Rock March 30 ROYAL HUNT Northcote Social Club April 2 GLASS ANIMALS Ding Dong Lounge April 2 KODALINE Prince Bandroom April 5 MONSTER MAGNET 170 Russell April 6
TYGA Palace Theatre April 11 ALLEN STONE Corner Hotel April 12 ERYKAH BADU Palais April 15 EDWARD SHARPE AND THE MAGNETIC ZEROS Palace Theatre April 15 BETH HART Corner Hotel 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 INDIA.ARIE & JOSS STONE Palais Theatre April 17 MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD Prince Bandroom April 16 JAKE BUGG Palace Theatre April 16,17 THE ALMOST Brown Alley April 17 ELVIS COSTELLO AND THE IMPOSTERS Hamer Hall April 17 KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND Palace Theatre April 18 SETH LAKEMAN Thornbury Theatre April 19 TRIXIE WHITLEY Northcote Social Club April 20 THE NAKED AND FAMOUS 170 Russell April 20 IRON AND WINE Forum Theatre April 22 JEFF BECK Hamer Hall April 22 THE WAILERS 170 Russell April 23 GREGG ALLMAN, GOV’T MULE Forum Theatre April 23 STEVE EARLE Forum Theatre April 24 D.O.A The Evelyn April 24 SKID ROW, UGLY KID JOE Palace Theatre April 25 OZOMATLI Corner Hotel April 26 HOLY FUCK Northcote Social Club April 30 RUSSIAN CIRCLES The Hi-Fi May 1 D.R.I The Hi-Fi May 3 GROOVIN’ THE MOO Prince of Wales Showgrounds May 3 KANYE WEST Rod Laver Arena May 6 DIZZEE RASCAL Palace Theatre May 8 ARCTIC MONKEYS Rod Laver Arena May 9 JONNY CRAIG Corner Hotel May 17 POISON IDEA The Bendigo Hotel May 17 WE ARE SCIENTISTS Corner Hotel May 28 ELLIE GOULDING Festival Hall May 31 JAMES BLUNT The Plenary June 8 LA DISPUTE Corner Hotel June 12, 13 BASTILLE Festival Hall June 15 BAND OF SKULLS The Hi-Fi June 17 THE CRIMSON PROJEKCT The Hi-Fi June 26
NATIONAL LISA MITCHELL QV Melbourne February 22 NGAIIRE Northcote Social Club February 27 PIGEON Boney February 27 WORLDS END PRESS NGV February 28 JOSH PYKE Melbourne Zoo February 28 OWL EYES Howler February 28 SHANNON NOLL The Espy February 28 THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS Northcote Social Club February 28, March 1 DAN SULTAN Corner Hotel March 1 SAMPOLOGY Brown Alley March 1 ALITHIA Ding Dong Lounge March 1 LAURA IMBRUGLIA The Public Bar March 1 i LIVE Brunswick Hotel March 1 WAVE RACER Corner Hotel March 6 YOUNG FRANCO Revolver March 6 LIAM GERNER The Spotted Mallard March 6, 13, 20, 27 ILLY The Hi-Fi March 7, 8 PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL March 7 -10 PANAMA FESTIVAL March 8, 9 BOOM CRASH OPERA The Espy March 9 ROCK IN THE VINES FESTIVAL Big Hill Vineyard March 9
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MASTODON By Augustus Welby
Year-in, year-out the Soundwave Festival boasts a formidable lineup of performers from the punk, metal and heavy rock ranks. In fact, the festival could aptly be described as a showcase of the broad stylistic terrain encompassed by these genre tags. Atlanta four-piece Mastodon are one of the 21st Century’s most influential alt-metal bands, and ahead of returning Down Under for this year’s Soundwave, guitarist Bill Kelliher notes the considerable strength of their guitar-slinging peers. “I think it definitely lights a fire under your arse, listening to the new Kvelertak record, the Gojira record, Baroness record – all these bands are putting out amazing records,” Kelliher says. “I think all of us in this kind of genre that are friends push each other subconsciously. When we go to see a band and they put on an awesome show I’m like, ‘God damn, we’ve got to be that good, we’ve got to practise like crazy’.” In addition to being motivated by the work of their comrades, Mastodon’s music shows traces of the Melvins’ sludgey riffing and the weighty grooves of Pantera. The melding of these various influences has definitely proved successful for Kelliher and his bandmates: guitarist Brent Hinds, bassist Troy Sanders and drummer Brann Dailor. In 2011 Mastodon released their fifth record The Hunter, which punched into the Billboard top ten and firmly stated them as a startling force in modern rock music. “When you’re in any career,” Kelliher says, “you want to eventually get a raise or move to the next level. As a human being, whether you work at Hungry Jack’s or you work at Mastodon Incorporated you want to get a raise. [We] want to put out better records and get more successful with every record.” Mastodon’s career has definitely been a gradual climb into popular regard. The pervasive success of The Hunter handed them a largely unrelenting two-year touring program, which included presiding over many festival mainstages and selling out large arenas. Despite this heavy workload, the band actually managed to recently complete a new LP. “We’ve basically been writing and nibbling stuff here at the studio since late last year,” Kelliher reveals. “We had a producer named Nick Raskulinecz [Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains, Rush] come down from Nashville, Tennessee and he listened in and came into the rooms with us and directed us, then we went up to Nashville and recorded them all. Right before Christmas we started, we took a break for Christmas then we went back up there. I would imagine we probably spent about two months recording it.” After a mammoth couple of years touring in support of The Hunter, Mastodon would be forgiven for sitting back and contentedly basking in their widespread esteem. However, a band that writes technicallyoriented progressive-yet-immediate metal with lyrics based upon the literary work of Herman Melville and Stephen Hawking’s theories is hardly attracted to the idea of quiet time. “Strike the iron while it’s hot,” advises Kelliher. “Try to put out all your best ideas and best foot forward and as an artist write the best music and keep the band alive BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 24
and well and in the spotlight.” Musicians often discuss how difficult it is to ignite the creative spirit in the midst of a haphazard touring campaign. Given that Mastodon’s itinerary has been more congested than ever for the past few years it’s a wonder that they were able to prepare a new batch of songs. Yet, it’s important to remember that performers do only spend a couple of hours onstage each day. “I try to spend a lot of my time on the road writing. Even if the songs aren’t going to be on the record, it eats up a lot of time and that’s what you have on the road – time to yourself just sitting around doing nothing. So I’ve spent the better half of the past year and a half putting songs together as much as I could and concentrating really hard on trying to write some good stuff for the new record.” Mastodon’s early records featured Brent Hinds as the
“WHEN YOU’RE IN ANY CAREER, YOU WANT TO EVENTUALLY GET A RAISE OR MOVE TO THE NEXT LEVEL... WHETHER YOU WORK AT HUNGRY JACK’S OR YOU WORK AT MASTODON INCORPORATED YOU WANT TO GET A RAISE. [WE] WANT TO PUT OUT BETTER RECORDS AND GET MORE SUCCESSFUL WITH EVERY RECORD.” band’s primary songwriter, but his dominance has lessened on the last couple of records. All band members are now active creative contributors but Kelliher explains it’s not often that they collaborate directly. “I write riffs and songs and Brent does the same thing. It’s only occasionally that we’ll come together and write something together. A lot of times I’ll write something and he’ll come in and he’ll want to add a part or change something that I wrote or vice versa.” In addition to getting a lavish seal of approval from their core fanbase, The Hunter’s bold imprint launched Mastodon onto mainstream television shows The Late Show with David Letterman and Later… with Jools
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Holland, earned them a Grammy nomination and was named Album Of The Year by magazines such as Kerang! and Metal Hammer. Following up on this level of unprecedented commercial approval would surely be a rather intimidating prospect. “Of course you want to put out a better record,” admits Kelliher, “but it’s not something that we think about and say, ‘We’ve got to put out a better record this year guys!’ We just try our best to write the best possible stuff that we can. “We don’t ever talk about, ‘Hey, I want my record to sound like this’ or, ‘We’ve got to do a better record than that’,” he adds. “We just write a bunch of songs and riffs and say, ‘Hey, how do you like this song?’ or ‘Do you like this riff ?’, ‘Let’s work on this’. We’re very laid back, we don’t have any expectations or any allegiance to any kind of sound. We just fucking get in there and play what we think sounds good and we hope that other people like it too and we can continue to be a band and put out records and tour.” The band members might be relatively nonchalant when it comes to mapping out their albums, but it’s quite obvious that they’re hungry to make a substantial impact with everything they release. The Hunter was produced by Dr Dre cohort Mike Elizondo and his slick touch excellently complemented the material’s thrusting accessibility. Enlisting Nick Raskulinecz for the new record indicates the band feel comfortable giving their songs an amplified sheen. “I think that every step that we take in any direction, whether it’s writing or tours we accept or other bands that we hang out with or tour with or producers that we choose, I think it’s always getting better,” Kelliher says. “All that stuff is on the up and up. We’re in a good position, we can afford to get a good producer, we can afford a nice tour bus. All those things come with hard work and putting out great records and that’s just what we try to continually do.” Before people start getting too excited about Mastodon performing a set of new-album-previews at the upcoming Australian shows, Kelliher relates his thoughts about the demystifying repercussions of performing songs live before they’ve been released. “Honestly I like to make the audience wait until they’ve heard the whole record and got to sink into the new songs before we just start blasting it live. A lot of people like to capture it on their cellphones and spread it all over the internet on YouTube and people are like, ‘Oh that sounds like shit – what the fuck is that?’ It ruins the surprise of the record.” However, with the record in the can, the wait for new Mastodon material can’t extend too much longer. In the meantime, Kelliher explains how he plans to amuse himself during their impending visit. “The Dillinger Escape Plan’s going to be there. I’m excited to hang out with those dudes. We played with them over in Australia a couple of years ago. [I like to] stay backstage and watch the other bands and go hang out with friends and have some food and drinks and catch up, tell some stories, go to the beach on days off.”
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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN If you’ve recently been craving a Mad Max double-bill, The Astor Theatre has answered your prayers. Featuring both cult hits that propelled Mel Gibson (Braveheart, Lethal Weapon) to international attention, this double-bill is enough to make you turn rouge cop when the Aussie apocalypse hits. Set in the dystopian future, Mad Max is what happens when you kill a leather-clad man’s wife and baby (revenge anyone?), while Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior is what happens after you’ve got your revenge and you decide to protect a group of innocent oil refinery workers from a cutthroat bikie gang. George Miller (Happy Feet) directed both films; he also directed the third and final movie of the Mad Max trilogy: Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985). The Astor Theatre’s Mad Max double-bill will be held on Monday February 24.
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ON STAGE Two Mortals, that existential dark comedy that you probably missed out on last year, has returned to La Mama this week following a successful string of sold-out shows last year. Devised and performed by Mike McEvoy and Rachael Dyson-McGregor, Two Mortals is a verbatim of the anathema that is death told through the perspective of nurses, pastors, palliative care wards and many more. Full of black humour (the best kind), witty anecdotes and energetic pace, Two Mortals is anyone’s cup of non-deadly tea. Two Mortals is currently open at La Mama Theatre and will be until Sunday March 2.
ON DISPL AY Off The Kerb Gallery has opened 2014 with Petite Narratives. Inspired by the recent resurgence of fairy tales and children’s stories, Petite Narratives delves into the elements of these tales that make them so timeless — the hero, the villain, the anti-hero, etc. Through an assortment of props and mediums, the exhibition will also identify, and allow you to critically engage with familiar tropes of these stories, as well as weaving a colourful narrative to entertain your inner child. Petite Narratives is currently on exhibition at Off The Kerb Gallery until Friday February 21. Admission is free.
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Theatreworks is known for commissioning some of the best plays and musicals in Melbourne, Pacific Overtures will be known different. Created by Stephen Sonheim and John Weidman (Assassins, and directed by Alister Smith (Petite Soirée), Pacific Overtures illustrates the story of Commodore Perry’s incursion onto Japanese soil in 1853. It’s a musical that is full of humble fisherman, tea, shotguns, catchy tunes and a detailed evaluation of the Western invasion of Japan. Pacific Overtures will be performed at Theatreworks from Wednesday February 19 – Sunday March 9.
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WHITE NIGHT MELBOURNE By Avrille Bylok-Collard It’s surreal to think that it has been nearly a year since White Night Melbourne transformed our humble city into a wonderland of majestic light projections, eclectic artistry, and mind-blowing performances for the first time; a one-night festival that attracted over a quarter of a million people into Melbourne’s hub, crowding Flinders and Swanston St in swarms of people that made it so hard to move. Therefore, it was no surprise when it was announced last December that White Night would be returning for another jammed-packed night this year. “I was pretty chuffed about it. We always thought that there’d be a reasonable turn out,” admits Andrew Walsh, this year’s Artistic Director of White Night Melbourne. Walsh has 30 years of experience behind him, including stunts as the Executive Producer of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the 2004 Athens Olympics Games and Executive Producer/Creative Director of the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games Opening and Closing Ceremonies, which means he’s no newbie to event management and direction; so when he talks about events, you can trust his word. “The really good thing about [White Night] was how happy the crowd was and how much of it was just about being free to wander around the city all night. It was just a really, good vibe.” This year is the Director’s sophomore year in terms of managing White Night Melbourne, an endeavour that has been much easier than last year due to extra organisation time and hindsight. When the one-night festival debuted last year, Walsh and his dexterous team had assembled and structured the pieces of White Night Melbourne 2013 in just under six months; this time around, they had a year. “Having a good time on the second time always makes it easy,” jokes Walsh. “It’s less bits and pieces, and more ‘things we’ve changed’ and ‘things we haven’t changed’, but it’s good in perspective — [an added] benefit of hindsight really,” confesses Walsh modestly, elaborating the ease of expanding the event from eight precincts to 11 precincts. “[The success of last year] gave us, I think, the license to be more ambitious. We’ve learnt some things about how intense the crowd was in certain places,” particularly Flinders Street, which had been changed into a main stage
for The Cat Empire last year; “that we’ve moved some of our music programming to the north of the city so we can accommodate for bigger crowds. We expect more people this year, so we’ve expanded the site. Now [White Night] runs from the National Gallery of Victoria in the south of the city to the bowels in the north of the city. All along Swanston Street [will be] closed to cars and trams — northbound, southbound, east and west-bound.” It’s this expansion of White Night that makes it even more thrilling. Featuring 11 themed precincts, including Northern Lights — which features a music program by Ali Bird (Morning Ritual, Melbourne Music Week) featuring Black Cab, The Murlocs, Beaches and Teeth & Tongue — and the return of everyone’s favourite light projections Wonderland, as well as show-stopping events, including a Prince-inspired mauve-rain installation Purple Rain and a timey-wimey, half-space, half-time light tunnel display, The Vortex, it’s hard not to
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be excited about White Night Melbourne. “It’s about creating [a] journey and discovery [for attendees],” says Walsh, enthusiastically illustrating why light projection is a predominant art form in White Night. “When you’re in the dark, it’s nice to shine a light, but they [light projections] also change the way that we look at things; like how we’re transforming the outside of the NGV from being a really austere bluestone building into their amazing tattooed surface [in Tattooed City]. We’re doing the same thing at Flinders Street. We’re taking all these old buildings and turning them into a carnival environment. White Night is all about looking at your city in a different way.” Other program highlights include J + R&B (Jazz and Rhythm and Blues) on the Bourke Street Mall, which will include appearances from Andrew Nolte’s Orchestra, a 1920s-inspired jazz band, and swing and boogie masters The Shuffle Club with Nina Ferro, a deconstruction of Tim Winton’s short story anthology, The Turning, spread across all 11 precincts and the much anticipated Tattooed City, conceived and curated by Walsh himself. “If you hang around where our offices are [in Fitzroy], there are a lot of people walking around with tattoos. We’d thought it’d be interesting to take this form of body art and project it on the walls of the NGV,” explains Walsh, detailing it was an inspired combination between Melbourne’s reverence of street art and willingness to embrace artistic expression, regardless of its form. “We commissioned an artist called Nicole Reed, she’s really involved in the Melbourne tattoo scene, and we talk to lots of people about tattoos, but [what we’ll project] is a small representation of all the tattoos in Melbourne because there’s millions of them now. [Tattooed City] is a reference to the notions of Melbourne [being viewed] as a tattooed city, and the notion about how you talk to people about tattoos and how you look at tattoos. Do you ask for someone’s permission to look at tattoos? Do you take a glance or do you just stare at them? Then it enters the conversation of whether people have tattoos for themselves, whether they do it for public consumption, private consumption? Is it a personal thing between them and their partner? Is it tribal? Is it an artistic outlet? [Tattooed City] gives people permission to have a good ole stare” at tattoos and ask these questions introspectively, “and that in itself, is quite interesting.” Whether you’re out to have a philosophical night with friends over wine at the NGV, or want to mosh it up in Fitzroy with your mates, WHITE NIGHT MELBOURNE is sure to have something for everyone. White Night Melbourne will be held on Saturday February 22 from 7pm – Sunday February 23 at 7am. A full program is available online.
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Hooooooooooooboy. It’s that time of year again. Yep, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival is back for 2014 with a host of the biggest and brightest names on the local, national and global comedy scenes. Some of the many highlights of the 2014 program include Paul Foot, Stephen K Amos, Jason Byrne, Doc Brown, Max & Ivan, Craig Hill, David O’Doherty, Jeff Green, Jimmy McGhie, Julian Clary, Tim Vine, Tim Key, Milton Jones, Sara Pascoe and many, many more. It was also see the return of the much-loved OXFAM Gala, Opening Night Comedy Allstars Supershow and The 25th Annual Great Debate. This year will see over 450 shows performed at the festival, so it’s time to get out your highlighters and get circling. The full program, more information and ticketing is now available on their website. The 2014 Melbourne International Comedy Festival will run from Wednesday March 26 until Sunday April 20.
LOL COMEDY This Wednesday February 19 at the Portland Hotel, Thursday February 20 at the College Lawn, Prahran and at the Hawthorn Hotel on Friday February 21 LOL Comedy have Nick Cody. He’s been smashing the comedy scene to little joyful pieces, from the biggest venues to pubs all over the land. Recently returned from America where he’s been whacking the Yanks to bits as well, he’s one of the hottest comics in Australia at the moment. Then next week at the Local in Port Melbourne on Tuesday February 25 it’s Brad Oakes. He’s one of the best ever. Seriously, an absolute joy to watch and master of the craft. Do. Not. Miss. Tickets from: lolcomedy.com.au
CRAB L AB Crab Lab is back tonight with a huge lineup including Geraldine Hickey, Ryan Coffey, both hosts of the Little Dum Dum Club Karl Chandler and Tommy Dassalo, Tegan Higginbotham and way, way more. Doors at 7.30pm, still only $5.
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THE RITES OF PASSAGE TATTOO AND ART FESTIVAL
It’s the festival that draws over 20,000 people per year to The Royal Exhibition Centre to gawk at tattoos and tattoo artists — that’s right, The Rites of Passage Tattoo and Art Festival is back this April for another year. Hosted over three extraordinary days, the festival will see up to 200 artists attend from all over the world, including renowned artists like Nikko Hurtado, Jime Litwalk, Andrea Affemi and Joe Capobianco; as well as conversationalists who will explore the history of tattoos with you, and live music and entertainment to pass the time while your mate gets tattooed. The Rites of Passage Tattoo and Art Festival will be held at The Royal Exhibition Centre from Friday April 25 – Sunday April 27.
ORPHANAGE OF THE ANIMALS
Acclaimed Melbourne playwright and dramaturge, Karen Corbett, returns with her latest production, Orphanage of the Animals, at La Mama Theatre next month. Corbett is renowned for her black humour and Orphanage of the Animals is full of it. The play details the story of five domestically abused children, providing insight into the tumultuous relationships established between parents, who should not be parents, and the children they conceived, providing a compassionate re-enactment of various stages of what psychologists call ‘early attachment theory’ and the impact it has on future relationships. Orphanage of the Animals will be open at La Mama Theatre on Thursday March 6 and run until Sunday March 16.
URBAN AMAZONS AND OTHER ECLECTICITIES
Tusk Gallery in South Yarra will reopen for the year with its first exhibition this March entitled Urban Amazons and Other Eclecticities. Inspired by the mythology of gender roles and the dichotomy and external and internal conflict its causes, Sydney-born and based painter Tania Wursig will present a series of candid portraits of women, who embody the modern day Amazonian ideal, in Urban Amazons, while Sunshine Coast sculptor Veronica Cay will unlock the Pandora’s box of the caryatids, a symbolism of women everywhere who are the life support for those they love. Renowned textiles artist John Martono will return with trademark combination of paint and silk, capturing the exotic through geometric, abstract patterns and motifs. Pila Pansumrit’s latest abstract paintings to arrive from Bangkok will complement Martono’s work with their elusive metaphor and earthy colours. Urban Amazons and Other Eclecticities will open at Tusk Gallery on Thursday March 6. Admission is free.
Tonight at Public Bar it’s a start to finish top shelf lineup with not one, but two big name acts that they can’t list coming down to warm up for the Comedy Festival. In just the past weeks they’ve had the likes of Charlie Pickering, Tommy Little and Jeff Green pop in for unannounced sets much to the delight of the crowd. Plus with Adam Rozenbachs as your host, Laura Davis, Xander Allen and Sonia Di Lorio all for just $5, you know it’s going to be a good one.
COMEDY AT SPLEEN Mondays at Spleen are more packed than ever (and that’s pretty damned packed). This Monday, Lehmo hosts the big show. Plus there’s Corey White, Laura Davis and heaps and heaps more. It’s this Monday February 24, 41 Bourke St, in the city, at 8.30pm. It may be free, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door.
READ AND BURN: A BOOK ABOUT WIRE – WILSON NEATE ($24.95) Read & Burn is the first serious, in-depth appraisal of Wire, one of the most influential British bands to emerge during the punk era. If Wire were briefly a punk band, however, it was largely by historical accident. Despite the fact that they had complicated and transformed that category almost before they’d begun, they seem never to have quite escaped the label. Tracing Wire’s diverse output from 1977 up until the present, Read & Burn seeks to do justice to their highly influential and restlessly inventive body of work by developing a sustained critical account of their shifting approaches. It combines analysis and interpretation with perspective drawn from exclusive interviews with past and present members of the band.
HENRY & GLENN FOREVER & EVER 4 – TOM NEELY ($9.95) In the final instalment of the greatest love story ever told, about the domestic life of “Henry” and “Glenn” as well as their neighbours “Daryl” and “John,” we are treated to three new short stories. (similarities to real people must mean those real people have really crazy lives. What a coincidence!) This issue includes the shocking conclusion to the story of Glenn’s mother living with them (spoiler alert: zombies), Glenn and Wendy make a daring rescue from Space City after Henry gets a pep talk from Lemmy, and Henry saves Glenn from some giant lizards after his drummer quits.
HOARDER
Off The Kerb Gallery will be bringing the artistic interpretation of lauded US documentary series Hoarders to their gallery this month, with Mitch Walder’s exhibition Hoarder. Inspired by the congestion of intellectual hoarding (those instances when so much thought has piled up in one’s head that it is impossible to differentiate good ideas from bad ideas) Hoarder will explore a cluttered mind-frame through chaotic painters and illustrations, and verbose colour and line. Hoarder by Mitch Walder will be exhibited at Off The Kerb Gallery from Friday February 28 – Friday March 14.
HUMANS OF NEW YORK – BRANDON STANTON ($34.95) An instant Number One New York Times bestseller, Humans of New York began in the summer of 2010, when photographer Brandon Stanton set out on an ambitious project: to single-handedly create a photographic census of New York City. Armed with his camera, he began crisscrossing the city, covering thousands of miles on foot, all in his attempt to capture ordinary New Yorkers in the most extraordinary of moments. The result of these efforts was “Humans of New York,” a vibrant blog in which he featured his photos alongside quotes and anecdotes.
TAMMY WYNETTE: TRAGIC COUNTRY QUEEN – JIMMY MCDONOUGH ($24.95) From the “New York Times” bestselling biographer-the first book-length portrait of music legend Tammy Wynette. Known for his acclaimed biographies of Neil Young, Russ Meyer, and Andy Milligan, Jimmy McDonough now delivers an emotional and revealing exploration of the life of the Queen of Heartbreak. Based on dozens of interviews, McDonough’s book unveils a life of profound extremes, from Wynette’s impoverished youth in Mississippi, to her meteoric rise after meeting legendary producer Billy Sherrill, to her star-crossed marriage to music legend George Jones. What emerges is an unforgettable view of a Nashville that no longer exists-and a woman whose life mirrored the sadness captured in her music.
BONES AND SKULLS – RICORICO ($24.95) THE 50TH LAW – 50 CENT ($25.95) In The 50th Law, “hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Robert Greene, bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power, “to write a “bible” for success in life and work based on a single principle: fear nothing. With intimate stories from 50 Cent’s life on the streets and in the boardroom as he rose to fame after the release of his album Get Rich or Die Tryin’,” as well as examples of others who have overcome adversity through understanding and practicing the 50th Law, this deeply inspirational book is perfect for entrepreneurs as well as anyone interested in the extraordinary life of Curtis Jackson.
FIVE BOROUGHS COMEDY Glenn Robbins hosts Five Boroughs Comedy this Thursday night. A genuine Australian comedy legend MCs a bunch of great acts like Anne Edmonds, Brad Oakes, Karl Woodberry and some surprise guests (in the last two weeks, they’ve had Eddie Perfect, Tony Martin and Tommy Little). It’s all happening this Thursday February 20 at 8.30pm, at Five Boroughs Comedy, 68 Hardware Lane (upstairs), all for only $12.
SHADOWLAND
Connecticut performance company, Pilobolus, will be premiering their latest work Shadowland this May. Set to an original composition by David Poe — who has toured with the likes of Tori Amos and Bob Dylan throughout his career, and composed multiples works for film, TV, dance and theatre projects — Shadowland is a fusion of shadow theatre, dance and illusion that tells the tale of an adolescent girl who yearns for independence, a battle we can all empathise with. Pilbolous is an award-winning modern performance company, from Washington Depot, Connecticut. They have won numerous awards, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Scotsman Award, and have performed on Sesame Street and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Shadowland will be presented at The Arts Centre from Wednesday May 28 – Sunday June 1.
CARBON Festival have added four more speakers to their 2014 festival. CARBON has revealed the second addition of speakers to its lineup, welcoming Richard Kern, PrettyPuke, Hardy Blechman and Levi Ramsey to the event. They join Patrick Martinez, Stephen Malbon, Mark McNairy, Brent Rollins, Paul Devro and Mike O’Meally. Now in its fourth year, CARBON festival returns to Melbourne to explore the current landscape of style, culture and creativity. With forums and panel discussions from leaders within these fields, the twoday event is one of Australia’s premier, internationally recognised contemporary festivals. CARBON Festival takes place on Saturday March 29 and Sunday March 30 at RMIT Storey Hall Auditorium.
A collection of usable artwork for designers and artists featuring 100 thematic illustrations in popular categories to use freely and to manipulate or enhance and supplement their own work. The original artwork and the popular themes are perfect for non-designers and amateur artists who want professional looking artwork but cannot create the artwork themselves. This book offers modern and unique illustrations in themes that are current for today’s artists. It is the perfect book for artists, crafters, designers, and laypeople wanting imagery for cards, t-shirts, journals arts, posters, advertisements, party decorations, and more.
LA PORTRAITS – ESTEVAN ORIOL ($64.95)
MANON
Manon, the stunning tragedy by Sir Kenneth MacMillan (December 1929 – October 1992), will return to The Arts Centre this March performed by The Australian Ballet. Choreographed and written in 1974, Manon illustrates the tale of a young woman named Manon, who becomes enamoured with a loving, but poor student des Grieux on her way to a convent. Distraught by her passion for des Grieux and her lust for luxury, Manon becomes embroiled with Monsieur GM, an elderly rich man with much more to offer than des Grieux. Manon will be performed at The Arts Centre for 12 performances only from Friday March 14 – Monday March 24.
PURGATORY/PARADISE – KRISTIN HERSH ($27.95) Purgatory/Paradise is a revolutionary fusion of music and text from seminal indie rock band Throwing Muses. Kristin Hersh, Throwing Muses’s lead singer/songwriter, is one of the most well-respected musicians to emerge from the 1980s indie rock scene. Ten years in the making, Hersh and Throwing Muses’s 32-track album Purgatory/Paradise is the centerpiece of this deluxe 64-page book which also contains more than two dozen photographs and artwork by Kristin Hersh and band member Dave Narcizo; lyrics for each song; stories and essays that accompany each track written by Hersh; and instructions for downloads of exclusive content, including demos and outtakes.
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Iconic photographer/director Estevan Oriol releases a follow-up to his cornerstone LA Woman book: Portraiture of Los Angeles Volume 1. The release of Oriol’s first published book, LA Woman (2009), caught fans and followers by surprise. Capturing the women of Los Angeles in their most confronting, gritty environments established Estevan Oriol as Los Angeles’ most respected street photographer. Portraiture of Los Angeles Volume 1 is the next compelling instalment of Oriol’s work to date. This series will comprise hundreds of photos documenting the most amazing, real L.A street life the public has ever witnessed. Dealing with sensitive environments and highly guarded subjects, Oriol has earned the trust and respect of the streets at all levels–from taking images on set of Hollwood’s A list, to the most reclusive hoods in Los Angeles and all over the world.
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DJ MONEYSHOT By The Ever-Present Haze Of Clarity (formerly known as Denver Maxx) Most DJs and music fans that respect themselves have Beastie Boys’ Paul’s Boutique. The 1989 album is what essentially transformed Beastie Boys from a novelty act to a serious musical force – from ‘frat hop gimps’ to serious genre and music innovators. However, when it was released, the album was considered a commercial flop. The album previous, the Columbia Records-released and Rick Rubin-produced debut Licence To Ill, had been a resounding success and the band had now moved onto a larger label in Capitol Records (backed by industry oligarch Universal Records) and physically moved from New York to Los Angeles. Tucked away in a veritable creative-bubble, the Beastie Boys enlisted the help of production team Dust Brothers. Made up of college buddies E.Z. Mike (Michael Simpson) and King Gizmo ( John King) Dust Brothers were doing mash-up well before it even had a title and their creative use of mashing and melding existing songs was seamless well before the Dewale brothers (2manyDJs) had computers. Just to give you an idea of the turntablism and sampling
Scales, Tell Me Something Good by Ronnie Laws, and Funky Snakefoot by Alphonze Mouzon. So that means over the entire 15 tracks of Paul’s Boutique you’re looking at hundreds of samples; basically the entire album is snippets of other people’s songs. The ‘vinyl-tangibility’ of this album inspired three of the U.K’s most revered DJs – DJ Food, DJ Moneyshot, and DJ Cheeba – to create a 64 minute mix that uses over 100 records and a myriad of B-Boys vocal samples to recreate Paul’s Boutique ‘live’. Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way was created in association with seminal U.K. radio show and Ninja Tune mix series Solid Steel and was inspired by Moneyshot’s independent 2009 Beastie Boy Beats project wherein the Bristol beatsmith constructed a mega-mixtape. The
“IF YOU WANT TO SEE THREE MIDDLE-AGED MEN RUSHING AROUND FURIOUSLY SPINNING SOME OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER RECORDED IN AN EFFORT TO RECREATE ONE OF THE GREATEST ALBUMS EVER CREATED THEN THIS IS THE SHOW FOR YOU” involved in this release below is a list of the nine key samples used in the album’s booty-shaking floor filler tune Shake Your Rump: Hoo-ha! Got Them All In Check By 8th Wonder by The Sugarhill Gang, It’s the Joint by Funky 4+1, Shake Your Rump-ah by James Brown and Afrika Bambaataa, scratch heard under lyrics “the most packinest” and “your belief chief ” is Could you be Loved by Bob Marley, the additional beats from Super Mellow by Paul Humphrey, Jazzy Sensation by Afrika Bambaataa, Good Times Bad Times by Led Zeppelin, Dancing Room Only by Harvey
mix was first performed live at La Bellevilloise, Paris, France and then a second time in Paris to commemorate the 25th year of legendary weekly DJ mix radio show Solid Steel. DJ Moneyshot is Macroy Spencer, a Bristol DJ from the old school where before one could not call themselves a ‘disc jockey’ unless they had the skills to, literally, pay the bills. Spencer caught up with Beats to discuss the impending DJ Food, DJ Moneyshot, and DJ Cheeba’s impending Australian tour that sees the threesome bringing
Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way to the Prince Bandroom this Friday February 21. “We’re actually quite nervous, I mean we certainly haven’t got it down pat!” informs an excitedly nervous Spencer. “We have been practicing in a club in Bristol – the set up will be a central turntable with an array of samplers and sequencers positioned to the side with of course a collection of vinyls. So we’re not all DJing at one time; instead we take turns for various movements through-out the mix.”
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Finally, Spencer offers this bizarre and witty invitation to Melbourne music fans interested in attending. “Well if you want to see three middle-aged men rushing around furiously spinning some of the greatest songs ever recorded in an effort to recreate one of the greatest albums ever created then this is the show for you!” DJ MONEYSHOT, DJ FOOD, and DJ CHEEBA are performing Caught In The Middle Of A 3-Way at Prince Bandroom on Friday February 21.
ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT words / dina amin
Tired of the same old repetitive and disposable anthems that seem to pollute contemporary black radio, the Robert Glasper Experiment utilised their background in jazz and recruited a number of R&B vocalists and rappers to create a fusion record. This album was used as a vessel to transcend Genre and perpetuate a singular vision of black consciousness. The said vessel was titled Black Radio – referencing the indestructible black box in an airplane – and went on to win a Grammy in 2013 for best R&B album. “When I lived in Texas, I didn’t really know much about hip hop music. But when I moved to New York in ‘97, I immediately met so many people. I was meeting guys like Q-Tip, Mos Def and Talib Kweli. I got to see the hip hop movement first hand and it became a community that I was a part of.” Robert Glasper – a trained jazz pianist – grew up in Houston, Texas and regularly performed at Church with his mother. After moving to New York to study music at the New School University in Manhattan, he met and began collaborating with rapper Mos Def. In 2005, he signed to Blue Note Records and released several jazz albums. His first jazz-fusion record Double Booked (2007) was an innovative album split into two distinctive styles. The first half is populated by his post-bop trio, while the latter half introduces his new fusion band, the
Robert Glasper Experiment. It was this quartet – Glasper on electronic keyboards, Derrick Hodge on electric bass, Mark Colenburg on acoustic and electric drums and Casey Benjamin on vocoder and sax – that enabled Glasper to pursue an investment in hip-hop that had enticed him since moving to the east coast. “When I moved to the east coast, I got the chance to befriend and work with a lot of artists, so by the time I signed to Blue Note, one of the guys at the label told me ‘You know, you could do a record with all the people that you know’ and I was like ‘yeah, let’s wait for that.’” Well, the wait was certainly worth it, allowing Glasper to recruit a number of talented friends he’d made since leaving Texas. Black Radio features collaborations with Erykah Badu, Lupe Fiasco and yasiin bey (Mos Def). After the unprecedented success of the first Black Radio, Glasper was more than ready to make a volume two, finding it much easier to get people on board that he wasn’t particularly acquainted with. “A lot of people on part two I didn’t know personally. On the first record I literally knew everyone. It was easier on the second to get people I didn’t necessarily know because we won the Grammy for the first one. They knew who I was. Because otherwise, if you try and call up Snoop Dogg’s people they’d be like ‘What? Jazz?’”
Even though Black Radio 2 – released in October last year – featured a much wider range of vocalists (Jill Scott, Common, Snoop Dogg, Norah Jones, Patrick Stump, Faith Evans), Glasper still has a soft spot for the first volume. “It was the first one of that particular sound and I got to work with my friends. The fact that we even made it to the Grammys and then the album’s inclusion in the Rnb category kicked off this whole Black Radio movement. We were representing a whole community because we weren’t doing what’s popular.” Keeping the subject on the Grammys and although acknowledging a win as an unquestionable honour, I wanted to ask Glasper if he considered his inclusion in the R&B category as a slap in the face due to Black Radio’s deliberate swerve away from mainstream urban music. “Not at all,” he answered to my surprise. “You always have to be in some sort of category. There’s no category for artists like me, because there aren’t many artists like me. What a lot of people don’t know about the Grammys is that the artist will always choose what category they want to be nominated in. I chose to be nominated for R&B album of the year, as opposed to jazz album of the year. “Most of the jazz world didn’t really understand Black Radio. Anyway, a lot of it is not straight up jazz, it has
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more of an R&B/hip hop sound. If you’re in the R&B category, you’re on a bigger platform, no one knows or cares about the jazz Grammy except the jazz community. I wanted to make this album on a bigger platform with a bigger message.” With the message being that versatile and alternative black music is both alive and successful, it makes sense that Glasper chose the most accessible category, using it as a means of inspiring the younger generation by showing them a different shade of black music. I asked Glasper if he’s heard his buddy Q-Tip’s new collaborative mixtape with Busta Rhymes yet. “I haven’t. However people have been texting and tweeting me asking if I’m playing piano on this one song. I’ve worked with Q-Tip for years and I’ve done a lot of stuff at his house studio wise, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he chopped some shit I did up and put it on the record.” THE ROBERT GLASPER EXPERIMENT will hit up the Forum on Friday March 7, featuring the legendary jazz-fusion icons Roy Ayers and Lonnie Liston Smith as supports. Black Radio and Black Radio 2 are available now. facebook.com/robertglasper
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on tour EMINEM [USA], KENDRICK LAMAR [USA] + MORE Wednesday February 19, Etihad Stadium MARCELL DETTMANN [GER] Friday February 21, Brown Alley TERRENCE PARKER [USA], SAN SODA [BEL] DAMIANO VON ERCKERT [GER] Friday February 21, The Liberty Social MIGUEL MIGS [USA] Saturday February 22, New Guernica REDSHAPE [GER] Friday February 28, RMH The Venue MARIO BASANOV [LIT], CASSY [UK] Sunday February 23, TBA FLYING LOTUS [USA] Friday February 28, The Forum KIM ANN FOXMAN [USA] Friday February 28, Mercat Basement DETROIT SWINDLE [USA] Friday February 28, Circus DJ HARVEY [UK] Saturday March 1, The Toff In Town 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 DERRICK CARTER [USA] Sunday March 9, New Guernica MORITZ VON OSWALD [GER] Friday March 14, Mercat Basement MOVE D [GER] Sunday March 16, Revolver Upstairs RECONDITE [GER] Friday March 21, Brown Alley BATHS [USA] Saturday March 22, Corner Hotel HUNEE [GER] Friday March 28, Mercat Basement A$AP FERG [USA] Wednesday April 2, Corner Hotel DARKSIDE [USA] Friday April 4, The Palace TYGA [USA] Friday April 11, The Palace HOLY FUCK [CAN] Wednesday April 30, Northcote Social Club KANYE WEST [USA] Tuesday May 6, Rod Laver Arena DIZZEE RASCAL [UK] Thursday May 8, Palace Theatre
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In Lupe Fiasco’s song Hurt Me Soul, from his 2006 debut album Food & Liquor, the Chicago MC talks about how he “used to hate hip hop”. Lupe clearly overcame his distaste for the genre, going on to make a successful career spitting rhymes. Similarly, Sydney electronic act Lancelot, AKA Lance Gurisik, formerly spurned the style of music that’s now bringing him recognition. “I hated electronic music when I was younger,” he says. “I was a punk rock kid and I didn’t think dance music was real music.” Teen prejudices usually don’t endure for too long, but going from hatred to devotion is a radical shift. Gurisik reveals how his tastes began to expand when he reached legal age. “As with most young people, you get to 18 and then you start experiencing clubs and club music. I just got really inspired at that time by the music coming out of Australia. Midnight Juggernauts, The Presets, Cut Copy – that stuff that made me think, ‘OK, I want to drop the guitar now and invest my time and money into synthesisers.’” Jump ahead a few years and Gurisik, now 23, is well and truly immersed in a world of analogue synthesisers. In the last couple of years, Lancelot’s easygoing electro has grabbed the attention of clubgoers both at home and abroad, and the trend continues with his brand new EP Givin’ It Up / Make Ends Meet. The EP’s two leading tracks were recorded with Antony & Cleopatra, a duo comprised of Alex Burnett (Sparkadia) and Anita Blay (CockNBullKid), and Gurisik speaks enthusiastically about the collaboration. “Working with Alex and with Anita as well, they helped me develop the melodies that I had as demos and really craft them into songs. It was so easy to
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With one of the busiest schedules of any DJ in the world right now, the enthusiasm and magic of Hunee and his extended DJ sets capture the hearts of all who are lucky enough to catch this guy. Whether it’s making huge singles and remixes for labels like Rush Hour, Future Times, WT Records, or moving his life from Korea to Berlin to Los Angeles to Amsterdam, Hunee is one of the finest selectors in the world and one hell of a dance floor destroyer. Catch him at the Mercat on Friday March 28.
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maybe, they have a limited scope on how to make it better. That’s where it allows me as a producer to keep the idea going and see if there is something there or not. It gives things a second chance, in a way.” Ever since Lancelot’s 2012 single Spoken Word caused a buzz online, he’s been building an eager overseas audience. Givin’ It Up / Make Ends Meet has again gained huge blog hype and the track Make Ends Meet is getting airplay on BBC Radio 1. In fact, it looks like it won’t be long until the European embrace lures Gurisik away. “The overseas market responded a little bit earlier than Australia. I’m going to be relocating to Europe in July/August this year to pursue this overseas, because that’s just going to work better for me with touring and stuff.” The decision to relocate hasn’t come completely out of the blue – rather, Gurisik has performed in several European locations over the last couple of years. “It’s been such a positive vibe going to Europe and playing shows there. Especially in Paris. For example, I’ve played at Wanderlust twice now and that’s such an amazing venue and the promoters are really aware of the music trends and what’s going on, and [of] artists around the world.” Gurisik’s impending migration means it’s essential to catch the talented producer/composer while you still can.
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work with those guys, they’re so professional and we all brought different things to the table.” His recording with Burnett and Blay isn’t the first time Gurisik has teamed up with a vocalist to give his productions further dimension. The title track from last year’s Thinking Of You EP featured local songbird Whyte Fang, and Gurisik increasingly prefers collaboration. “At the start I was quite stubborn on doing everything myself and I found that process quite slow,” he says. “Over time I’ve become more aware of where my skill set really shines out and where it doesn’t. Where it doesn’t is with lyrical content.” Gurisik has kept up a steady pattern of releases for the last two years and, although the Antony & Cleopatra tracks came out just a couple of weeks ago, there’s plenty more Lancelot music waiting to be heard. “I’m actually sitting on another finished EP that I did with Ngaiire,” he reveals. “That’s already done, so I’m excited about that.” Contrary to his dismissal of his own lyrical abilities, the EP with Sydney’s Ngaiire was composed entirely by Gurisik. However, he says the neo-soul singer was crucial in completing the songs. “I was like, ‘I need Ngaiire.’ She’s got such an incredible voice, so much control and vibe at the same time. She’s such a great trained singer but she also has this beautiful innocence and swag about her.” In addition to enlisting a range of talented vocalists to assist with his sound, Gurisik explains how studying composition at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music has equipped him with an advanced mechanism of self-critique. “It’s like another set of ears,” he says of his academic training. “Usually if an artist gets trapped on something it’s because,
kanye west Kanye West will be bringing his Yeezus tour to Australian shores later this year, his first visit since headlining the 2012 Big Day Out. The tour will also mark the 10 year anniversary since West dropped his game-changing debut record The College Dropout. He’ll be joined by Pusha T. Kanye West will play at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday May 6.
dizzee rascal Dizzee Rascal has locked in a Melbourne show. Since his groundbreaking 2003 debut Boy In Da Corner, which earned him the British Mercury Prize, the East Londoner has continue to revolutionise the urban landscape over the past decade. 2013 saw the release of his fifth studio record, appropriately titled The Fifth. He’ll hit the Palace Theatre on Thursday May 8.
From beginnings as a percussionist in early ‘80s Berlin post-punk outfit ‘Palais Schaumburg and a number of other bands, Moritz Von Oswald opened the Hard Wax Kreuzberg store in 1989. In the early ‘90s Mortitz moved into house and techno as part of the so-called ‘Berlin-Detroit Axis’, producing a number of remixes under a various array of monikers, along with collaborative projects with Thomas Fehlmann, Blake Baxter, Eddie Fowlkes and Juan Atkins, while working closely with the Tresor label and club. Catch him at the Mercat on Friday March 28.
rüfüs infinity Infinity Music Festival have dropped a huge lineup. The regional electric dance music festival will be headlined by Marlo, Ivan Gough, Vandalism, Samuel James and Apocalypto. Alongside the big five will be another 12 acts including Benibee, Ctrl Alt Del, Daniel Farley, Gemstar, Matt Ferreira, Paul Dluxx, Reecy Boi, Taras, Too Shoes, WolfPack and Decibelled with two more acts to be announced mid-year. The event will be hosted by Channel 10’s Matt Doran and have entertainment value for all agers with motocross displays, carnival rides and a huge pyrotechnic show alongside the massive lineup. Infinity Music Festival will take over the Darwin Ampitheatre on Saturday October 11.
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RÜFÜS have announced they will return to Australia in May for their biggest tour to date, marking the last time they will tour their debut record, ATLAS before returning with new material. The indie dance trio are preparing to kick off their Worlds Within Worlds national Australian tour. The massive tour is set to kick off in Coolangatta and will move through Brisbane, Melbourne, Geelong, Mandurah, Fremantle, Central Coast, Newcastle, Coffs Harbour, Byron Bay, Adelaide, Hobart, Canberra, Wollongong before finishing up with a homecoming show in Sydney. Joining them on this tour will be Hayden James. 2014 has been good to RÜFÜS thus far. They played at this year’s Falls and Big Day Out festivals, scored three songs in the Hottest 100 and are about to spend March and April touring the US (including SXSW) and Europe. Catch RÜFÜS at The Palace on Thursday May 15.
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New York dance musician and former Hercules and Love Affair member Kim Ann Foxman is at the forefront of electronic music. A quick scan over Foxman’s credentials proves she is the perfect woman to preside over the dancefloor on the night. The New Yorker performs all over the world year-round, recently selling out shows in the electronic music hot spots Germany and Chicago. Foxman emphasises she certainly won’t be running on autopilot at the Mardi Gras Party. “I think it’s really important to feel things in the moment, feel the crowd,� she says. “It all depends on the vibe in the moment. There is no way to plan that. Planning to me doesn’t work well and it’s very one-sided. Plus, it’s not as fun.� Foxman’s malleable approach to DJing – staying alert to the mood of the gathered partygoers – is likely to make the night an extra special experience. She explains that she isn’t afraid to experiment during her sets either. “I do all my mixing live. It’s not done for me by syncing a computer. I’d personally be bored just pressing a button. Sure, the computer makes a perfect mix, but it all sounds and feels so linear and so sterile. I enjoy the thrill of working to keep it tight. It keeps it fun that way.� Foxman’s willingness to constantly put in work throughout her sets points towards her artistic roots. On top of her formidable touring itinerary, she has intermittently released solo singles over the past few years. Soulful house gems such as Creature and Return It have listeners begging for
a full-length album. “I’ll release an album when I’m happy with the story as a whole,� she says. “I have plenty of work but there is no rush. I may take those songs I’ve done and release them as singles instead. I also have another new project I’m working on as well. For me it’s about making as much as I can, having plenty to choose from and when I feel the story is right then I’ll present it.� As for what to expect from this new material she’s working on, Foxman says her stylistic palette isn’t limited. “I don’t like to confine myself to one thing or pigeonhole myself in any way. I can make songs that have a more chill, singalong [vibe], and at the other end of the spectrum make songs or remixes that are banging moody acid vibes. I like to keep it open and, at the same time, honest.� With such a broad repertoire of styles to choose from, Foxman is destined to cause a sweaty scene in Melbourne this year. And even though her gig schedule rarely allows any time for rest, she’s very excited about the trip Down Under. “I love Australia. I’m looking forward to seeing the beach, eating out, enjoying time with friends. I’ll also be celebrating my birthday – yay!� Catch Kim Ann Foxman at the Mercat Basement on Friday March 28. soundcloud.com/kimannfoxman
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workshop When is it? Saturday March 1. Where is it? Rubix Funhouse. Who’s playing? Anodyne Industries, Dabs, Dusty Fungus, Safire, Dyzlexic & Lickweed, CTZN vs Matty Blades, Schwarr, Muska, Big Fucking Robots, Maxi Basshead, Smilk, Ripple and Rute. What sort of shit will they be playing? Drum and bass, neurofunk, glitch hop, bass music, funky techno. What’s the crowd going to be like? Pumped like Reeboks/ What will we remember in the AM? Dabs rinsing it out till close! Day/night rave with a 2pm kickoff. What’s the wallet damage? $20 presales viahopskotchrecords.com. Give us one final reason why we should party here. 12 hours of bass with two internationals for $20? Lock it in Eddy.
Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? In a monastery, in the mountains, in Japan. Describe yourself using the title of a song. Eat Sleep Rave Repeat - Fatboy Slim & Riva Starr What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? I always thought that One Way traffic signs were suggestions, like, “here is one way you can go,� instead of, “this is the only way traffic is flowing.� The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? Turning up to a remote interstate gig where the promoter had forgotten to hire decks! What’s the most played record in your bag? Icona Pop - I Love It (Cobra Starship Mix) What question would you like to ask an omniscient, all-knowing being before you die? - What happens when I die? If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? Not sure,something music related. When and where is your next gig? Therapy at Fusion with John Course on Saturday February 22. facebook.com/djedcolman soundcloud.com/ed-colman
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CURIOUS TALES - FEAT: DJ WHO + FLAGRANT + TIGERFUNK + TOM SHOWTIME Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. THE DINNER SET - FEAT: PROXYCONTIN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.
thursday feb 20
3121 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + SAM GUDGE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. CQ SESSIONS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. GOOD EVENING - FEAT: PRINCIPAL BLACKMAN Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. LOVE STORY - FEAT: INDIAN SUMMER DJS + MEGAWUOTI + MICKEY P + SLEEVES + SUPREMES + TRANTER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:30pm. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS FEAT: EDD FISHER + PREQUEL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. NOIZY NEIGHBOURS Orange Whip, Ringwood. 9:00pm. RARE CANDY Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SPARE GROOVE - FEAT: DANNY HOTEP + LA POCOCK & SALMON BARRAL Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. SUMMER SESSIONS - FEAT: REAL NOW + COFFIN’ UP + MANTIS & THE PRAYER First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE RITZ - FEAT: ANDO + HARRY ROWSTHORN + JOSHUA GILLILAND + KEN WALKER + ALEX YASKI + EDDY D + JACK HOWELL + JAMES ROSS + JARREN RYAN + JESSE PERKINS + LUCILLE CROFT + MATT HANNA + TIM LIGHT + TOM BEDFORD Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. TIGER FUNK LIVE - FEAT: DJ MOONSHINE Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. VARSITY - FEAT: DJ FOOFARAW + KITI Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.
friday feb 21
#MASHTAG - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ALL GOOD IN THE HOOD Efiftyfive, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. CAN’T SAY Vault 8, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A THREE WAY MIX - FEAT: DJ CHEBA + DJ FOOD + DJ MONEYSHOT Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $60. CLUB CALI - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. DROP FRIDAYS Sorry Grandma, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. FLASH - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Boutique, Prahran. 9:00pm. FRENCH KISS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. FUSION FRIDAYS Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. $20. MOVE YOUR FEET - FEAT: THE HART-MANS + BOY NEMTH + BRYCE LAWRENCE + JOSE LUNA + PHIL THE POWER + RAT & CO + ULONG JOHNSON Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. POPROCKS - FEAT: DR PHIL SMITH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. REVOLVER FRIDAYS FEAT: MARLON HOFFSTADT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. SMALLTOWN - FEAT: MARCEL DETTMANN Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $38. TUNES BY DAVE GRAY FEAT: DJ DAVE GRAY Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
saturday feb 22
SUB CULTURE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $8. ALTA + RAT & CO + SQUAREHEAD Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. AN AWFUL LOT OF VAUDEVILLE - FEAT: DJ KNAVE KNIXX Red Bennies, South Yarra. 7:00pm. $10. BEAT THE BUSH - FEAT:
CATLIPS + ANDRAS FOX + ELECTRIC SEA SPIDER + HYPERBOREA Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. BONEY’S WHITE NIGHT FEAT: ZANZIBAR CHANEL + ANDEE FROST + EDD FISHER + JULIEN LOVE + KIRKIS + SILENT JAY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $10. BOPEEPS FUN HOUSE FEAT: MOONSHINE + KITI + OOHEE + PAZ + SMILE ON IMPACT + ZANNA First Floor, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. CLOUD NINE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Inflation, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. CUSHION SATURDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm. DJ BEN SALTER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 2:00pm. FAMILIAR STRANGERS The Emerson, South Yarra. 9:00pm. GROOVALICIOUS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. NO PULP Orange Whip, Ringwood. 9:00pm. PSYDE PROJECTS + DJ DAILY + DJ MZRIZK + EUONIM + MOSE + THE FMLY Espy, St Kilda. 6:00pm. $10. RAZZMATAZZ INDIE DISCOTHEQUE - FEAT: CAITY K & TED C Exford Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $5. SLOW GRIND FEVER - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 10:00pm. STRUT STURDAYS - FEAT: ANDREAS + DANNY MERX + HENRIQUE + JASON SERINI + MARK PELLEGRINI Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. SURVIVOR Bottom End, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. THE BIMBO HOT STEP FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: DAVID SPACE & FLIP3K + RANSOM + DANIELSAN + LEWIS CANCUT + MAT CANT + MOONSHINE + PAZ + WHO & BOOGS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. THERAPY Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. $20.
TRAMP SATURDAYS FEAT: VARIOUS ROTATING DJS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. TUNES BY STICKMAN FEAT: DJ STICKMAN Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
sunday feb 23
EMINEM (RAPTURE TOUR) + 360 + ACTION BRONSON + J COLE + KENDRICK LAMAR Etihad Stadium, Docklands. 5:00pm. $100. MELLOW DIAS THUMP - FEAT: CAZEAUX O.S.L.O + GEEZY Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. WHOLE LOTTA RHYMES - FEAT: DJ DAILY Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
friday feb 21
BUMP - FEAT: DJ GEROGE BIG SAAD Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. FAKTORY FRIDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. RNB SUPERCLUB Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. $30. RUBIX FUNHOUSE FRIDAYS - FEAT: XANDEPIC + BASS CARTEL DJS + RUBIX RESIDENT DJS Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
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BOP ART - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 12:00pm. DJ BARNEY Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5:00pm. DJ MANTOOTH Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 2:00pm. MAGIC NIGHT Red Bennies, South Yarra. 7:00pm. $39. REVOLVER SUNDAYS - FEAT: BOOGS + RADIATOR + SILVERSIX + SPACEY SPACE + T-REK Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. SPITROAST Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm. STAR BAR SUNDAYS FEAT: JONO EARLE + KEN WALKER + MORGAN Star Bar, South Melbourne. 9:00pm. $10. THE ART OF SUNDAYS FEAT: MATTY D + MITCH KURZ The Emerson, South Yarra. 12:00pm.
monday feb 24
BORED GAMES - FEAT: IBIMBO Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. MIXTAPE MONDAYS FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 8:00pm. STIFF DRINK - FEAT: DJ MICHAEL OZONE + DJ ROMAN WAFERS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
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saturday feb 22
INSTINCT VIBRATIONS - FEAT: DAVE PHAM + MISH’CHIEF + MO ICHI + RANJIT V QUALE + ANDRE LE VOGUE + HERC KASS + MIYAGI + MUSKA Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 1:00pm. $20. KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. POPPIN’ BOTTLES - FEAT: DJ FAUX REAL Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. RHYTHM NATION - FEAT: DJ ANDY PALA + DJ GEORGE BIG SAAD + DJ KAHLUE Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
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BE. SUNDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + JAY J + KEN WALKER Co., Southbank. 10:00pm. $15.
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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
iTUNES RADIO ARRIVES … Australia became the first market outside the US to get Apple’s streaming iTunes Radio. It is free and ad-supported although those who use the iTunes Match cloud music storage service at $34.99 a year get their streaming without ads. It is available across iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, and Apple TV. Consumers get 100 stations curated by Apple and personalised stations based on their tastes, premieres and a search engine of hits, mix tracks and alternate choices. There are 30 digital music services in Australia.
…WHILE DEEZER CLOSES AUSSIE OFFICE Deezer closed its Australian office after two years, with Thomas Heymann who headed up operations in Australia and NZ leaving the company. All services to Australian customers continues from Singapore and Paris.
TWO DEALS FOR COURTNEY BARNETT
Courtney Barnett has signed two record deals through her own Milk! Records. For Australia she’s inked with Remote Control Records who will release a CD (and then vinyl) format of last year’s The Double EP: A Sea Of Split Peas in March. She signed with Mom + Pop Records for America. See full report in Industrial Strength Online at beat.com.au.
OWNERSHIP CHANGE FOR THE GREAT BRITAIN The Great Britain Hotel in Richmond will undergo a change in ownership in June after 18 years. Chris and Penny Hodges confirmed they have not renewed any lease agreement following a breakdown in negotiations. The new owner is the Melbourne Venue Company, whose pub portfolio includes The Pereverence, Geelong Polo Club, The Hawthorn, The Exchange, The Mentone and the Imperial Hotels. "Why mess with a good thing?" Said MVC's CEO Michael Theile, adding the only thing to be changed will be an update of the bathrooms.
PAUL GILDEA AT AIM
Icehouse member and artist manager Paul Gildea (Stonefield, Michael Paynter) is named Senior Entertainment Management Coordinator at AIM’s new Melbourne campus at 120 King St. It has 1500 students in Sydney, while Melbourne’s first trimester numbers 160.
NEW CEO FOR MELBOURNE YOUTH MUSIC
Dorian Jones takes over as CEO of Melbourne Youth Music (mym.org.au) on Tuesday March 4. He was Cultural Venues Coordinator for Manningham City Council, supervising its arts and cultural programs for Manningham and its venues. Acting CEO Michelle Forbes moves to the newly created senior role of Manager of Artistic Planning. Since 1967, MYM offers activities to instill a love for ensemble music playing in young people.
QUEEN’S GREATEST HITS FIRST TO HIT 6M IN UK
Queen’s Greatest Hits (1981) is the first LP to surpass 6 million sales in the UK. It leads ABBA’s Gold – Greatest Hits (5.1m), The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (5.1m), Adele’s 21 (4.7m) and Oasis’ What’s The Story Morning Glory (4.6m). In America, the Queen record sold 8 million. The two best sellers in the US are Michael Jackson’s Thriller and The Eagles’ Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 – each having sold 29 million units.
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* Stonefield were among those who had to evacuate their home in Darraweit Guim in regional Victoria. Bushfires crept up to their backdoor, but the family house was saved,
as was their adjoining rehearsal space shed. But experimental outfit Hollow Everdaze lost their equipment after their rehearsal room, bassist Jackson Kay’s family home shed in Bacchus Marsh, burned down due to an electrical fault. In the meantime, Kinglake resident Peter Honey, who saved the family’s ‘40s didgeridoo when it was hit by the Black Saturday bushfires of February 2009, has donated the didg to Archie Roach. * Passenger’s Let Her Go has broken through 3 million US sales. * The unveiling of a Bon Scott statue in his birthplace of Kirriemuir, Scotland, is delayed until May 2015 to coincide with the annual Bonfest. * Meantime, while Bruce Springsteen plays Highway To Hell on his current tour, Eddie Vedder on his solo run dedicates I Am Mine to Anthony Hurley, the Australian who was among the nine who died in a crush at the 2000 Roskilde festival during Pearl Jam’s set. * Not good figures for the return of Spicks and Specks: it launched with a new panel with 598,000 viewers, but dropped to 442,000 the week after. * John Singleton (Boyz n The Hood) to direct the long awaited Tupac movie. * The panic is young listeners are moving to streaming but about 65.2 million people in the U.S. aged 18 to 34 years listen to traditional radio each week. * Which manager of a rising young act heading to America is having problems with one member about a confidentiality clause he wants the band to sign to stop secrets leaking out to the media when they get famous? * The Getaway Plan officially part with longtime drummer Aaron Barnett (he stood out of their summer tour) and replace him with Dan Maio. * Rose Tattoo’s Angry Anderson might be moving to the Hunter Valley so he can take a shot at the state seat of Cessnock as candidate for NSW Nationals, the Newcastle Herald said. Ang last week broke bread over dinner with Nationals Cessnock members. * Twelve days before the deadline, sleepmakeswaves reached their target of $25,000 in pre-orders (from 450 fans) to fund their new album. * With so many regional festivals collapsing due to inexperienced promoters, suppliers are starting to demand advance payment while regional councils are looking at promoters’ track record before negotiating with them. * Rather than make a sequel for the hit musical movie The Sapphires, are its producers looking at extending the story through a TV series? * A pilot is being made for a reality TV series called Clubland, based around Melbourne’s Baroq House (Herald Sun). * The Justin Bieber display at Tussauds waxworks in New York was withdrawn, because too many fans were groping and fondling it. * Skinny Puppy are so outraged that their music was used during interrogation in the Guantánamo detention centre that they’ve sent the America’s defence department a bill for $666,000 in royalties. * Triple R is broadcasting the Sydney Road Street Party which
kicks off the two-week long Brunswick Music Festival on Sunday March 2.
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* Gold 104.3 breakfast host Lehmo achieved a childhood dream to play at the MCG, face a ball from Shane Warne “and drop a catch into my face.” * In a follow-up to Ballarat’s voluntary accord between police and late-night entertainment venues within the Ballarat CBD, cops are pushing for a second accord to include six venues outside the CBD. They first suggested it in 2011 but venues were reluctant. Police say that the CBD accord, which includes a 2.30am lockout and no shots served after 1am, has lessened violence.
SHOCK SIGNS NEW EMPIRE
Shock Records signed Sydney’s New Empire, with their third album In A Breath due on April 18. Their last album Symmetry (2011) debuted in the ARIA Top 40 and made the Top Four of [V]’s Oz Artist of the Year while their Top 20 single One Heart/A Million Voices was the official theme song for Australia’s TV coverage of the Summer Olympics in London 2012. The four-piece, made up of three high school friends from Cronulla, toured on Van Warped and received acclaim in overseas TV, magazines and blogs.
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Mushroom Music has the publishing for The Preatures for Australia. Things moved quickly for the Sydney band since its second EP Is This How You Feel? and their win last year of the Vanda and Young $50,000 songwriting prize. Linda Bosidis, A&R for Mushroom, said, “We saw The Preatures play live and met with them early in their career.” The Preatures are off soon for dates in the UK and US which includes Coachella and SxSW.
GLASS TOWERS JOINS NEW WORLD ARTISTS
Sydney’s Glass Towers join New World Artists agency for touring rep in Australia and NZ. The deal came at the end of a week where they signed a North American deal with Dine Alone Records, and announced their first North American tour and saw the departure of bassist Cameron Holdstock. Their debut album was a triple j staple yielding the hits Halcyon and Tonight.
LITTLE FOX AT HUB
Sydney chanteuse Little Fox has inked with HUB The Label / Inertia, with her debut Warrior EP available digitally on March 28. The video for Anniversary was conceived by Little Fox during “a turbulent personal time” with cameos from friends and family and shot at her great-grandmothers century old house.
ROCK OVERTAKES POP IN THE UK Rock albums overtook pop in the UK, according to the Official UK Charts Company. Forty per cent of the 10,000 best selling albums in 2013 were rock but the top five sellers were pop including those by Emeli Sandé and One Direction. Pop led in singles, registering 36.2% to rock’s 21.4%. Gennaro Castaldo of trade body BPI said, “While the appeal of pop remains consistent, the popularity of rock music tends to ebb and flow a little more, reflecting as it does the excitement that can quickly build around new acts as they burst through. With Arctic Monkeys now taking on near-iconic status, and the likes of Jake Bugg and Bastille to name a few connecting with a new generation of fans, rock music looks set to enjoy another wonderfully vibrant period.”
Engaged: Christina Aguilera and Matt Rutler, a production assistant on her 2010 film Burlesque. She was married to label exec Jordan Bratman. Sued: dubstep DJ Skrillex by a woman who claims he stage dived from his booth during a show at the Belasco in Los Angeles in February 2012 – landing on her and causing her to suffer a stroke. In Court: LA-based ska-punkers Fishbone ordered to pay $1.44 million to woman hurt after singer Angelo Moore stage-dove at a 2010 concert in Philadelphia. In Court: five Michael Jackson fans won the symbolic damages of one euro (A$1.55) each as a French court agreed they had suffered “emotional damage” from the singer’s death. Charged: a Seattle woman with cyberstalking for allegedly posting 100 death threats via nine different Twitter accounts directed at Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell and alluding to a rape of his 13-year-old daughter. Suing: Dr. Dre has filed a lawsuit against Death Row Records (which he co-founded) for $3 million in unpaid mechanical royalties. Indicted: Ten staffers of the Love Parade techno music festival in Dusiberg, Germany for involuntary manslaughter. Prosecutors say insufficient security saw 21 die during a panic stampede four years ago in a packed tunnel that was the sole access to the festival. One of the victims was Australian.
INXS BLITZ ARIA CHARTS In the wake of their top rating TV biopic, INXS’s The Very Best went to #1 this week. It is their fourth album chart topper after The Swing (Apr. ’84), Listen Like Thieves (Oct. ‘85) and X (Oct. ’90). Also back in this week are Kick (#7), Shabooh Shoobah (#41), The Swing (#43) and Listen Like Thieves (#53). Making its debut at #17 is INXS Live At Wembley Stadium 1991, a first time release. It was only available on the Live Baby Live movie and DVD.
SOUNDWAVE TV SPECIAL Channel [V] has a one-hour special of Soundwave on Saturday March 1 at 2pm, shot at the Sydney show. Bert McCracken from The Used is co-host.
CHERRYROCK IN SYDNEY CherryRock, staged as a street rock’n’festival at Melbourne’s Cherry Bar in ACDC Lane for eight years, is coming to Sydney. It is on Saturday May 31 at the Factory. Meat Puppets, making their first tour here in 20 years, will headline over 13 acts. It is their only Sydney show. CherryRock founder James Young states, “There’s blood in the streets at the moment amongst the music festival circuit. Only an imbecile would choose this time to expand and take a 100% rock festival dominated by the absolute very best Melbourne rock acts into another State. But, I’ve got Meat Puppets and I honestly believe that within Sydney beats a rock n roll heart craving a niche festival.”
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A guide to eating out in Melbourne
Jr. Morse
Ferdydurke Hot dogs are a colloquial smallgood that you definitely don’t want to give too much thought. All you need to know is that they are super tasty, affordable and go well with almost any kind of delicious topping piled into the bun. After nagging my lovely colleague Stinky Parry to let me do a Beat Eats review, he finally let me. I’m somewhat of an expert and fan of the old hot dog, so it was totally the perfect assignment for me to make my debut as a culinary reviewer. I’ve even been known to cook them in our crusty 50 year old work microwave as a Friday lunch ‘treat’, so I know what I’m talking about. The Frankfurters at Ferdydurke are Polish Parowka and are made by Rob ‘The Sausage King’. These dogs are cooked in craft beer and sauerkraut broth. Apparently, Rob’s even cooked hot dogs in the desert at Burning Man. And believe it or not, these classy creations are only $3 between 12pm-5pm and five bucks after those hours. Ferdydurke was kind of busy while we were there, but I was totally thinking ‘why is every office worker in the whole city not here eating these fancy dogs?’ You guys, they are only $3! We tried every puppy on the menu, reminisced about Hot Dogs from Big Brother (where the hell is he now?) and we were pretty darn impressed–they totally cut the mustard.
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Stand outs were: the Paul Newman which was as babin’ as the late man himself (frank with spicy cream cheese, chili jam and spring onion), The Kraut (frank with beer braised sauerkraut and onion) and The Royale which is what a burger would taste like if it were a hot dog (mustard, cheese and so on). All the dogs have that satisfying snap to the skin, the beer broth adds a little special something and the buns are like little cloudy pillows of goodness. Rob the legendary sausage man asked us if we’d like to try The Split and I said “Do I look like a lady that says no to a sausage?” I was disappointed to hear that it’s not a sweet hot dog but actually a banana split in a sweet bun with Nutella, banana, whipped cream and honeycomb. Oh well, it was still delicious. And only $3! By now I probably sound like a total tight ass raving on about the cheapness, but come on, how can you say no to the value?! Verdict: Not all dogs are created equal. Why did I not know about these sooner? So much wasted time. If I worked in the city, I’d totally go and eat one (or ten) of these hot-diggity-dogs every day. They are cheap and tasty and we’ve been telling all our friends to go eat them ever since we dropped in. Ferdydurke is located at 1 & 2 Tattersall’s lane. Open seven days 12pm-1am
At times parts of Abbotsford remind me of an era when Paul Keating proclaimed that it was the “Recession we had to have!” Well Jnr Morse is the coffee shop that Abbotsford “had to have”. This awesome little hole in the wall coffee and food outlet, positioned at the bottom of the ramp that leads up to platform 1 of Victoria Park train station, is humble yet incredible. The venue’s head Chef Josh Clark has a vision to put out easy to eat, sensibly priced but very tasty food. His take on the Vietnamese pork roll ($7) is delicious consisting of pork that has been marinated for 48 hours in a Chinese master stock, Vietnamese slaw with this tang mellowed out by Clark’s own recipe liver pate. Likewise the coffee served from the window is smarter than your average bear’s being an Ona speciality direct trade coffee that is exceptionally
balanced with head barista Chris Graham raving about its balance, flavour profile, zero stringency and medium viscosity – coffees are $3.5 or $4.5. Jr Morse is located at 274 Johnston Street, Abbotsford, and open Mon - Fri: 07:00 - 15:00, Sat Sun: 08:00 - 15:00
Mad Mex Mad Mex inhabits an interesting territory on Melbourne culinary landscape: the food is too fresh and too high quality to be considered fast food but it is too accessible to be considered fine dining. Basically, you order a base such as burrito, nachos, tacos, quesadilla, and then move along a ‘fresh ingredient production line’ and in less than 3 minutes you have an exceptionally tasty and filling meal. They even serve “naked” tortilla-less burritos if you’re watching the carbs. My compadre (let’s just call him ‘Stinky Thom’) and I ordered a slow roasted beef burrito ($10.90) and the chicken nachos ($11.50). It’s a big call but the burrito was the most satisfying meal your Beat Eats correspondent has ever had for under $11. And with Mad Mex being licensed it was beautifully washed down with a Corona ($7)
On Thursday February 27 across all seven Mad Mex restaurants in Melbourne there will be $5 burritos, $5 Frozen Margaritas and $5 Coronas all day. Visit madmex.com.au to check details and find the location nearest to you.
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FAT FREDDY’S DROP By Augustus Welby What is it that makes fans really fall in love with a band? It could be an explosive live show, a contagiously catchy tune, a rock’n’roll outlaw image or perhaps even a YouTube video gimmick. None of these phenomena really apply to Wellington seven-piece Fat Freddy’s Drop, yet the group’s throng of followers grows with almost predictable urgency every year. “It’s been a huge year for us and it just seems to be getting bigger and bigger and hopefully it continues like that,” says the band’s chirpy saxophonist Chopper Reedz, aka Scott Towers. Indeed, last June Fat Freddy’s Drop launched their third studio LP, Blackbird, which certainly struck a chord with listeners. Blackbird’s vibrating impression pushed the dub titans into big theatres here in Australia and sent them off on a massive run of shows across the Northern Hemisphere. “[Australia was] where we did the Blackbird launch. I think it was nine shows, actually they all sold out, which was an amazing achievement for us,” Towers says. “Then we came home and did five shows in New Zealand and they sold out, then we went over to Europe and we did 20 shows and I think 17 of them sold out.” Since the beginning of their career Fat Freddy’s Drop have had a committed following and enjoyed wide praise in New Zealand but elsewhere the band have cumulatively built their profile, converting more listeners with each consecutive tour. Although their progressive career incline continues, they’re not taking it for granted. “You know you’ve got a following in a certain place,” says Towers, “and you hope that you’re connecting with that following all the time. You want to stay relevant to those people. Sometimes it’s really surprising when you’re told, ‘Oh yeah, we’ve sold that out,’ and it’s the Brixton Academy – it’s a really big place. You think, ‘Wow that’s pretty awesome, that’s a place where pretty serious bands go and play.’” The Fat Freddy’s Drop live show has long been an interactive experience, encouraging everyone to contribute to the good-times atmosphere. However, the fact that they’re now customarily selling out large venues has prompted the band to tweak some onstage details. “You have to approach things differently if you’re a headliner and you’re playing to 4,000 people,” Towers says. “You actually have to really deliver a serious show and that means the best lighting you can conjure up for the night, the best sound experience for everyone. We invest a lot of money and energy into the production of these shows, as well as the music. We really look at the set now and think, ‘We’re going to play for two hours and we want that to be really interesting.’ We want it to be exciting and energetic and for people to sink their fangs in the new stuff and also have a few old favourites to sing along to. It is a tricky balance and it was something we really had to work at until we got the right mix of things.” Blackbird is the band’s first LP since 2009’s Dr Boondigga and the Big BW and it’s actually only the third studio album they’ve issued since forming in 1999. The distance between releases might imply that they’re sluggish creators, but Towers reveals something else causes the delay. “We’ve all got families, we’ve mortgages and bills to pay. [Playing in a band is] a fun thing to do but it’s not always the most lucrative thing you could have done in your life,” he says. “When you’re locked away in the studio for nine months you’re not earning any money. No one’s paying us to be there, we don’t have a label contract to fall back on. We know it’s really important for us to do it and do it properly and, at the same time, the pull of going and working is incredibly strong. It’s good to find some sort of balance and that is why it takes us a little bit longer than most to work through this stuff.” There may have been a long wait for new music, but Towers clarifies that the band members weren’t just quietly biding their time. “We recorded one album but we had two marriages, one divorce and four babies born in the interceding years. One of our band members is about to have another baby. Real life takes control sometimes.” Speaking of taking control, Fat Freddy’s Drop has always been an independent enterprise. They’ve selfproduced and self-released all of their music through the label The Drop. Blackbird was the first LP recorded in their freshly established self-built studio. “We invested in the space and set up all DJ Fitchie’s incredibly impressive array of desks and pre-amps and compressors,” explains Towers. Now that the band have a fully functional studio available to them, perhaps the next record will come together quicker than the last few. “We can walk in there and start playing and it’s all recordable. We write in a very loose way. No-one ever walks in with a, ‘Hey here’s a whole tune guys.’ They start from small ideas and they grow very incrementally. We’re able to do that much more easily now with this new space. We’re actually going to be in the studio in about a month starting the writing process.”
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APOLLO BAY MUSIC FESTIVAL By Rei Barker
Beat caught up with Lee Rosser, the director of Apollo Bay Music Festival, to chat about the festival’s 22 years, its inception, their plans for the future, as well as the future of Australian music festivals. Their modus operandi is catering to an alternative, underground audience with an inclusive, collaborative approach. “I initially started busking there, then ended up on the bill after a few years. Then after the committee came to a few of the other festivals I’d been running, they invited me to apply for the position of director.” Rosser stressed the community-oriented nature of the festival, stating that, “The people who started it have been there the whole time, which is a beautiful thing about Apollo Bay. There’s something great about the whole community getting behind a movement.” The whole town of Apollo Bay lends a hand with the running of the event. “Sound, lighting, act selection, production, the works! They’re there every step of the way. There’s a lot of inclusive programs in the schools down here – they keep things running smoothly and they’ve been doing it since the beginning so there’s the expertise. The same group of people that have been doing it the whole time, teaching their kids, their fami-
lies, and a whole host of ever-growing volunteers. The whole town gets behind it.” “We’ve gone through a festival boom in this country,” Rosser says, touching on the state of Australian festivals, “and it seems like we’re coming out the other side of it now. It’s been a huge cash cow for many years, but the people who’ve stuck to their roots of being a social and cultural thing are the ones that are still surviving.” The ethos of Apollo Bay and their point of difference is offering an alternative and showcasing culture that doesn’t necessarily receive mainstream love. “We try and have our lineup with a bit of familiarity, but really aim to provide a cross section of new artists from around the world. We feel punters trust the Apollo Bay brand and come here to discover world class acts they may not have seen before, while getting involved in the culture of it – the workshops and the atmosphere.”
This year’s lineup is no exception, showcasing acts like Everlast (House of Pain) who is doing his first Australian acoustic tour, including an acoustic cover of his own song, Jump Around, The Basics, New Zealand’s Hollie Smith, Luke Sinclair’s project Raised by Eagles, Kate Miller-Heidke, Shane Nicholson, Ngaiire and bucketfuls more. Rosser is very passionate about new music, which is reflective in his approach to putting on a festival. “I feel like people are really starting to get fed up with the mainstream. Industry acts and festivals keep getting bigger and bigger with more and more hype, and Apollo Bay feels like people are becoming disengaged, looking to community radio and smaller boutique festivals to find new music. We aim to keep things small,
at 2,500 people, and not get ahead of ourselves while providing an alternative atmosphere.” Rosser’s refreshing attitude is reassuring for the future of festivals, focusing on community, atmosphere, and new live music. With Australian festivals seemingly in limbo, maybe smaller festivals are the answer for a sustainable future. “We just want to provide the best possible atmosphere, and an alternative point of difference to what everyone else is doing, and we want to do that every year.”
Taste of Indie Collective founder Bob Crain puts it this way, “While there’s more venues than ever in Melbourne today, it’s still hard work for unknown original acts to get their foot in the door. The Taste of Indie Collective is musos working together collectively, and in the current band eat band environment this Collective is truly unique. I’d love to see people turning out in droves to support grassroots indie music, and I tell you, some of these acts will just blow you away!” The event is presented by Beat and has some sponsor-
ing partners in AMR.FM internet radio broadcasting from Australia and the US who are “intense supporters of local music” according to local station manager Gareth McDowell, along with supporters John Ryan Design, Incubator Studios, Record Paradise and Plakkit.
friendly band.” And a democratic one too as the plural in captains suggests. “There’s never any arguments or that kind of stuff,” Knight explains, although sometimes you do get thrown on merchandise, “and you just need to suck it up,” he laughs. Gigging established material might not be too much of a drama in terms of getting most if not all band members in the one place at the one time (admittedly though it’s a struggle sometimes to fit everyone on the stage according to Knight), getting everyone together to write new material can be difficult. The solution? A beach house of course. “We’ve done two weekend missions down to Rye this year,” Knight tells me, “and we pump out songs really quickly. We might pump out three songs in a day. We have a good time down there, shoot pool, have a few
beers and jam away.” One of the results of those songwriting sessions is the catchy Carolina, which is officially the band’s new single. It’s a subtly sweet tune that rises into a resonating chorus; complemented by some lovely back up singing. “(It) always goes really well, it’s a bit romantic.” They’ll launch the track at Cherry Bar at the end of the month, the same stage they launched their debut album on, so good memories clearly. Knight laughingly throws in the shameless plug as he signs off. “Free singles for the first one hundred people through the door. And we’ve also got back up singers. And they’re really sexy!”
THE APOLLO BAY MUSIC FESTIVAL runs from Friday February 28 – Sunday March 2, featuring Everlast, Kate Miller-Heidke, The Basics and many more.
i LIVE MUSICAL FESTIVAL By Alistair King
It seems you can’t check out the music pages these days without discovering a new festival has started up, or an old one has turned up its toes. Leaving aside the range of musical styles on offer, festivals are starting to look increasingly similar, featuring well known acts flown in from overseas or interstate and run by promoters gambling that they can strike ever more elusive musical gold. The inaugural i Live Music Festival, which takes place at the Brunswick Hotel on Saturday March 1, is a different sort of festival on at least two counts. Firstly, there are no commercial household name acts here – all the acts are Melbourne indie performers. Secondly, there are no big profit-driven promoters. i Live is the brainchild of the Taste of Indie Collective, a not-for-profit, artist run collective that supports new emerging and established Melbourne original music Acts and Artists. The Collective has been putting indie bands on Melbourne stages for over a year, and the i Live Music Festival is its biggest event to date.
Sixteen acts will be appearing at i Live on indoor and outdoor stages. The acts include Acoustic Foxx, Lazybones, Man City Sirens, Gondola Kid, One and the Same, Chambers, Priestessa and Dash, The VAS, M Y Band, Kill TV, Waterline, Dear Stalker, Ashbury Medicine Show, The Moops, Sarah Eida and Sierra Leone. There’s a wide variety of styles on offer among all these acts, including rock, folk, punk and roots. But style doesn’t matter – the thing that unites these musicians is their commitment to original indie music and their commitment to work together in an industry increasingly driven by the demand for a quick return.
The free entry i LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL is happening at the Brunswick Hotel on Saturday March 1 from 4pm onwards. Doors open from 3pm. Check out facebook.com/iLiveMusicFestival for more info.
THE DUB CAPTAINS By Garry Westmore From little things, big things grow they say, and that phrase can certainly be applied to Melbourne’s The Dub Captains, who amusingly self proclaim they are Melbourne’s very best pseudo-dub-faux-reggae band. Originally starting with just three members back in 2007, it has grown into a 14-piece juggernaut. It can be tough work getting everyone in the same spot at the same time singer Hamish Knight tells us, but heading into their eighth year as a band with a new single about to be launched, no one seems to have any regrets. It hasn’t all been smooth sailing though. The Dub Captains were almost no longer a band at one stage due to a few members going this way and that way. But they came back together in 2011 after that hiatus and were bigger and better for it. “I think when we stopped back then, Josh (Bridges, predominately guitar…) had gone and played in other bands and pretty much picked up every musical instrument out there. So he was that good that we were able to write music really quickly which made it really easy, and that really changed things.” Their newfound prolificacy soon led to a debut album, the exuberant and full sounding Big Boomin’ Sci Fi Unit – a robust sounding album that showed off their love of groove and full, rich sounds. Though reggae is probably
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at the core of their music, they’re not all crazy reggae fans and are happy throwing other genres into the mix to make it more interesting (and to possibly avoid being pigeon holed). “We try a mix of that (reggae) with soul music, a bit of pop, and a bit of rock‘n’roll,” Knight explains. “Someone will come up with an idea and we’ll run with it, we don’t necessarily try and turn into something, or control the sound as such. It is what it is.” Though being in such a large band might be considered a nightmare for some musicians, Knight and the crew get a lot out of it for one reason or another. “It is cool playing in such a big band and having so many different characters. It’s such a range of different people, people you wouldn’t normally meet from day to day. It’s a close,
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THE DUB CAPTAINS launch Carolina at Cherry Bar on Friday February 28.
OZOMATLI By Rod Whitfield You can trace the origins of this Los Angeles-based Latin jazz/funk band back almost 20 years. During that time, and over the course of half a dozen or so full-length albums, and of course in the context of their high energy stage show, the band have explored a very diverse range of sounds and styles. According to guitarist, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Raul Pacheco, speaking from his home in LA, that thirst for creating a wide variety of sounds, and being adventurous in drawing influence from musical styles from all over the world, are the major factors in keeping the band going for such a long time. As well as, of course, the sheer love of making music itself. “You know, I think we just love to play music,” he emphasises. “We’re musicians and we love to play music. It’s always been a vehicle for us, and our group is a group that really allows room for individual taste. So if someone wants Mexican bamba music mixed with hip hop beats, it’s like, ‘Sure, let’s try it’. If someone wants to play a pop-reggae song, let’s try it. If someone wants to do a North African rock song, let’s try it. I think, as a musician, we need these opportunities to express ourselves, in this group. And I think this is one of the reasons why we’re still together.” Ultimately, however, Pacheco tells us that it really doesn’t seem like such a long time that the band has been doing their thing. “It has been (almost 20 years), but it hasn’t felt like it’s been that long,” he says. “We’ve had such a great run, and we’ve had so many good moments together, and great memories together. Once you stop and realise it, then it’s like, ‘Oh
wow, it’s been a really long time!’” he chuckles. “But we’re really excited about it, we’ve been talking about it, and we realise we’ve got something pretty special and it’s been 20 years.” They’re far from done yet too, as Pacheco feels that the band are still very hungry to play music and explore new sounds and ideas, and he feels there is plenty of creative juice left in them. “We still love to play music, and as long as that is still happening, I really don’t see us not pushing ourselves,” he muses. “Pushing ourselves to do new things, pushing ourselves to be better. We still care enough about it to perform well, to record good songs, we do work hard at it when we’re doing it. It’s a fulfilling feeling to have that capacity and intention to get it done. So it’s still a big motivation for us.” The band have been absolutely no stranger to our shores over the course of their career, Pacheco believes they have been here around ten times in the last 15 to 20 years. However, it has been a while since their last trip to Australia, so the band decided that early 2014 was a good time to come back to shake their arses Down Under again. And he couldn’t be happier about it. “I feel great, we haven’t been there in a while, and we have this opportunity,” he enthuses. “We’re very happy to be go-
ing back, Australia means a lot to us, we’re going to catch up with some old friends and hopefully make some new ones, and just have a great time. We always have a great time when we go there.” He has many memories of previous trips to Australia, however one in particular stands out above all others. “We’ve played so many places,” he begins his recollection, “but one of my greatest memories was, we played the Falls Festival once. It was happening on…what’s the island off of Australia that’s part of Australia? Tasmania!” he recalls, answering his own question. “It was there, and having never been there, and ending up in the countryside there, that was a beautiful thing. It was really cool and unique.” What is also unique is the Ozomatli live show, and for those that haven’t experienced it before, Pacheco is very happy to describe the great times Aussie punters will get when they check out their shows across Australia in mid-to-late April. He is proud of the fact that his band can help people escape the daily grind of their lives for an evening. “Yeah, I mean we’re a high energy dance band,” he illustrates.
“We really get people moving, and if you’ve never seen it, I think that you’re just going to go for a ride for a couple of hours. We really try to connect with our audience in a way that makes them feel like they’re a part of the show. We just love to really connect with people in that way. For us, it’s a thing where people can get away from everything that’s going on in their lives, and we can have a moment together where we really celebrate.” And for the old school fans, they do their best to cover as much of their back catalogue as they can, and even play some tunes that people have never heard before. “Yeah, we do,” he agrees. “We try to play songs from every record. We’ll play some songs off our new record called Place in the Sun. So we’ll be playing songs from all our career.”
my old records. I don’t think any musician really does. Sometimes it’s like looking at an awkward teenage photo of yourself. I’ll rarely listen to them unless I’m trying to remember how a song goes. “A lot of times you can feel like a stranger to your own songs. It’s existed for so long, it’s like you’re not the person who wrote it anymore. The other thing is, I’ve played A Girl In Port a thousand times, and yet I don’t even remember what the recording of it sounds like anymore. Once I played it live so well I remember thinking, ‘I’m never going to improve on that,’ and then that performance is gone forever. So the songs don’t really exist in a final form for me. They’re always able to be redirected or swapped around. I like that.” Before we wrap up we talk for a while about the endurance of certain songs; how unique music is in its ability to associate
itself so closely with your impressions of the world. “Music is with you all the time,” says Sheff. “It’s a little universe or melody that you carry around with you that has different context throughout your life. That to me is a real honour. I love that there are people listening to us while they’re packing their kid’s lunch; that there are people who are drunk making up dance routines to our songs. I love that people have sex to our songs or smoke pot to our songs or cook dinner to our songs. That’s one of the great things about making music. You get to be a companion to somebody. You get to be a memory.”
(bass) had written a song called Defend Yourself, and Barlow himself had wanted to call one of his songs by the same name. Listening to all the songs at that point, it became obvious to the band that there was a theme going on there. “I like the words when they are put together as there are certainly a lot of signs of struggle on the songs on the record to be perfectly honest. There is struggling for peace of mind in relationships and struggling for equality and so I think the title just came bursting through and it was obvious what it was going to be called. It is a pretty aggressive title, but hey!” Defend Yourself is a record that Barlow says he had to make. It came around the time that the marriage to his longterm partner dissolved, leaving Barlow to reassess his hand and negotiate how to raise his young family from under a different
roof. It is this subject matter that forms much of the flavour of Barlow’s contributions to Sebadoh’s eighth album. “In some ways, for me to finish the record I needed to be honest in my personal life to be honest in my songs. That was an interesting revelation that I had when writing this record. A lot of things were pointing in the direction of change in my life and those things manifest themselves in my songs. I don’t write with a lot of poetry, it is just cold hard facts of my situations that I write about. In some ways it is almost like this change needed to be enacted in my life for the songs to finish themselves.”
OZOMATLI play Bluesfest alongside Dave Matthews Band, Jake Bugg, John Butler Trio and more, taking place from Thursday April 17 - Monday April 21. They will also play the Corner Hotel on Saturday April 26. Place In The Sun is out Friday March 7 on Caroline.
OKKERVIL RIVER By Adam Norris Another interviewer has jumped the queue and shamelessly stolen my allocated time with Will Sheff. I feel like a jerk, because when I call and Will answers I’m now unexpectedly interrupting him in the middle of a question and he sounds guarded and confused. It’s hardly an auspicious start to chatting with one of my favourite songwriters, but when we do finally speak the following day he spends the first few minutes apologising (unnecessarily) for the screw-up. The guardedness is gone, and we go way overtime in talking about music and nostalgia (and people having sex to your songs). Okkervil River’s The Silver Gymnasium is a kind of concept album, a correspondence with Sheff ’s own adolescence. The songs are full of vivid imagery and specific references. Anytime the past is evoked I wonder at how reliable the recorder is – if, despite our best intentions, we colour our recollections through distance. This would seem especially true of autobiographies, where memory is perhaps the most unreliable of sources. “To a certain extent that’s what the record is about,” Sheff explains. “There are a lot of people asking me for details of what it was like when I was a kid, like that’s what I want them to ask. It’s really kind of the opposite. It was more about wanting to write about nostalgia, about why you’ve kept that painful memory. If I’d written about that in a generic way, it would
have been pretty boring. It wouldn’t have been engaging. So the way to relate is to be specific, even if it’s so specific that people don’t know the streets that I’m mentioning, they didn’t experience anything like the time that I’m talking about. That doesn’t matter. It’s the authenticity of the detail that matters. So I felt like I had to work with the materials of my own biography to talk about these things in the best way that I could, but creating a biography wasn’t the goal in and of itself. If anything, that stuff makes me feel a little uncomfortable.” Given the nature of the new album, I ask Sheff how he feels about performing his earlier work – do songs like A Girl In Port from 2007’s The Stage Names still carry the same emotional meaning for him? “You know, I never enjoy listening to
OKKERVIL RIVER play the Corner Hotel on Saturday February 22. The Silver Gymnasium is out now through Spunk/Caroline.
SEBADOH By Chris Havercroft Pioneers of the lo-fi movement Sebadoh have returned over the past few years to continue to bridge the gap between punk rock and folk music. Having reconvened to play some live shows that celebrated their Bakesale album, the trio have released their first album in 14 years. Beat catches up with Sebadoh before they hit Australian shores next month to promote Defend Yourself. As a member of Dinosaur and the driving force behind Sebadoh, Sentridoh, Folk Implosion and also having a swag of solo records, Lou Barlow is often hit with the tag of being a prolific songwriter. Barlow doesn’t necessarily see this as being the case, and spending 14 years between Sebadoh records may have given the prolific label a bit of a dent. “People have always called me prolific and I have never agreed,” offers Barlow in a matter of fact fashion. “In general it is strange because no matter how little I release, people tell me that I release too much. To me it just seems that they are sending me a message that maybe I shouldn’t make songs at all. My solo records are very well spaced apart and people still think, ‘It’s too much’. I think people like young artists to be prolific, but once you get to a certain age people want you to stop already. They tend to think, ‘What are you trying to prove?’” Barlow’s relationship to the band that brought him to the attention of the punk world (Dinosaur Jr) and his at times
turbulent history with Dinosaur frontman J Mascis have been well publicised. With Dinosaur Jr having new lease of life that has been a particularly fertile period, is it a case of history repeating itself with Barlow escaping from the restrains of Dinosaur by a reinvigorated Sebadoh? “I don’t know if it was like a reaction to Dinosaur. It wasn’t that simple. It was certainly something that I wanted to do. Playing in Dinosaur Jr as a bass player with a very charismatic guitar player who writes all the songs, I don’t think that it is unusual for a musician to also want to be other things. Even now having Sebadoh and Dinosaur Jr, they really are good counterpoints for each other. All these years later it is even more rewarding. Each band has a different relationship to its audience, and one band’s audience is considerably larger than the others, and that is interesting too.” Defend Yourself is a fairly confrontational title for any album, but Barlow feels that the name almost chose itself. When the trio convened to work on the record, Jason Loewenstein
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STIFF LITTLE FINGERS
By Blake Gallagher
There’s a scene in High Fidelity where record store clerk Dick is telling love interest Annaugh about his belief that Green Day are directly influenced by Belfast punks Stiff Little Fingers. He throws on the band’s seminal debut album Inflammable Material and a patron from across the store unwittingly asks, “Is this the new Green Day?” Dick and Annaugh share a smirk and it’s a pretty adorable moment, but it also subtly highlights the nature of the band’s massive influence on a wealth of contemporary acts. Indeed, when they hit Australian shores later this month for this year’s Soundwave Festival, they’ll be sharing stages with a host of groups who owe a lot of their success to the band – including, yes, headliners Green Day. While it’d be easy for the quartet to rest on the laurels of its past, frontman Jake Burns and co. say there’s no slowing down – having just finished recording their tenth studio album, No Going Back. Lyrically, the album channels the sort of themes the Fingers have been singing about since their 1977 inception, including socialised violence and political malaise. “I’ve pointed out to a number of people that I can’t write, ‘I love her, she loves me’ type songs,” says Burns. “So for me to write a song, it’s going to have to be about
something that’s offended my sense of justice, and there’s never really any shortage of those subjects. People ask why the band have managed to stay popular for this long, and I think that’s a big part of it. We’ve always lived the same sort of lives I imagine our audience live, so it’s likely that if something offends me, a lot of audience feels the same way about it and can relate – that’s what makes it mean something.” For Burns, whose early songwriting focused on conflict in Northern Ireland and took influence from the likes of English bands like The Clash and The Ruts, having lyrics that call out oppression and encourage social change has always been important. “I listen to a lot of newer punk bands and a lot of the more popular ones seem to write about drinking, fighting and screwing.
Obviously these are all parts of life, but if your only motivation in the morning is where your next beer’s going to come from… it wouldn’t be enough to get me out of bed.” True to its DIY roots, the band turned to crowdfunding to financially back the new album – reaching the goal within 12 hours of launching the campaign. “The more we thought about it the more we realised it was like getting your independence back, and that appealed hugely – to be able to make the record we wanted to make. Talking to people who’ve actually pledged towards the making of the record, they’ve gotten quite a kick out of it too, as they’ve become a part of the creation of the record. It breaks down a lot of barriers, so we’re kind of a perfect fit for this sort of thing.” Burns says the fans’ backing also gave the band a level of motivation. “Our audience are trusting of us in that they’ve all pre-bought this record without hearing a note of it. We kind of feel that now we have a respon-
sibility to make the best damn record we can, because of that trust.” While Australian fans will likely get to hear some of the new gems firsthand when Stiff Little Fingers are Down Under for Soundwave – their first full tour of the country – Burns says they’ll try to encapsulate as much of the band’s career as humanly possible. “We’ll play the ‘greatest hits’ set,” he laughs, pointing out that the band has never had a hit, per se. As far as Burns is concerned, that’s totally fine – Stiff Little Fingers have never wanted to write them.
ing the mould. Bands like fellow New Orleans psychosludgers Eyehategod, doom crushers haarp and his own ‘anti-music’ act, Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals. Is the label owner life one of cigar-puffing behind marble desks? Is it glamorous? “Glamorous!” Anselmo scoffs. “I’ve never heard that word used to describe it. Not my record label, at least,” he laughs. No glamour, but upsides abound. “It gives me an ability to help bands out. I believe in bands making a different mark. For me, that’s what it’s about. It’s about giving back. It feels very natural. Believe me. There’s no illusions of grandeur, here. We’re not getting rich off this at all. It’s a real money pit,” he remarks casually. “If I can help out, in any way, shape or form, my younger brother’s out there and if it feels right? Well, I’m gonna do it.” Anselmo’s overcome heroin overdoses, alcoholism and
the death of Pantera guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott, cruelly killed ten years ago. Will the thrill of touring ever wear off ? “Sometimes,” Anselmo answers in a broad Southern drawl. “Maybe one day that day will come. The lamest thing for me is the travelling part. If I could teleport myself from gig to gig, that would work out great. Because once the microphone’s in my hand, any broken bones or mended cartilage or fuckin’ bumps ‘n’ bruises or scars I’ve accumulated along the way go by the wayside. Being onstage is a very powerful thing.”
thankful to the people who still support us, come out to our shows, and buy our records and all that.” When Stanne says records, he means records. Vinyl records. Despite the band blooming as vinyl’s years as a staple tailed off, they demanded releases on wax. Throughout their career, their albums arrived in an array of colourful and enticing formats. One such extravagance is their live album, Where Death is Most Alive, a whopping 180g 3LP set. True to form, they issued a new 7-inch for sale exclusively at their North American shows. “I’d love to go record shopping on this tour but I can’t really do that,” he says, crestfallen. “Our 7-inch was supposed to arrive today...” he excuses himself for a moment. “Hey! I’m holding it right now,” he gushes, like a father with his newborn. “It’s red and splattered... it feels good to hold it in my hands. I’m kind of sad for people like who never even bought CDs. Now they’re just losing out. [Buying records is] a form of pride as
well. I like to show off my album collection at home to my friends.” Metalheads hoarding rare collectibles feels kindred with geekdom-at-large. Stanne is no stranger to all things nerdy. “Oh, we’re huge Star Trek fans,” Stanneconfesses. “Very much so, all of us.” His favourite series is The Next Generation, by the way. “I think metal is something a lot of people are really passionate about so they get obsessive about it,” Stanne points out. “We do these meet and greets every day and the people who come have really interesting questions that sometimes we can’t even answer. We’re like, ‘What? what? No, I don’t remember that!’ They’re really, really passionate about us. I love that.”
STIFF LITTLE FINGERS play Soundwave Festival at Flemington Racecourse on Friday February 28 alongside Green Day, Avenged Sevenfold, Alice In Chains and plenty more. They also play a sidewave with Pennywise on Thursday February 27 at the Corner Hotel.
DOWN
By Tom Valcanis
For over 27 years, former Pantera and current Down vocalist Phil Anselmo bruised himself for metal. Broke bones for metal. For four fraught minutes, even died for metal. In 2014, Anselmo and his many scars are celebrating anniversaries left, right and centre. “I guess it makes me feel old,” he starts. This year marks the 20th anniversary of Pantera’s Far Beyond Driven, the first extreme metal album to top both the US Billboard and Australian ARIA charts. Next year ushers in the 15th birthday of Down’s first record, NOLA, also the initials for Anselmo’s adoptive home of New Orleans, Louisiana. “I guess I feel accomplished to a certain degree,” Anselmo continues, recognising what’s passed before. “But on the other hand, I feel absolutely ignorant.” Even the master has more to learn. “But I think as a musician I can always strive for a different spirit. Because music is vast. All the tools are there, it’s up to you whether to make the tools coincide with each other.” Anselmo banged his head to metal since his school days. Fronting both Pantera and Down in the ‘90s, two of metal’s most influential groove-thrash bands, Anselmo played a pivotal role pushing metal into its second age, the age between what’s classic and now. Tastes since have spiced up and changed.
“When I was growing up, heavy metal was going through a lot of different phases,” Anselmo says. “One of the phases was younger bands becoming more technically proficient and out of nowhere comes a band called Hellhammer. They were primitive as fuck, and many people scoffed at the time but now they’re considered legends.” What about right now? Anselmo’s adamant new bands are jamming up the works and some rather generic tunes. “I think there’s some good bands in the world and there are some bands that need to identify themselves more,” Anselmo advises the new breed. “They need to strive for something more original, to stop being copycats. As a veteran of the scene, I’ve experimented a lot. But it’s up to new bands to step out of the shadow of genre. They need to create something that’s brilliant and stimulating and different instead of wanting to sound like some fuckin’ subgenre, or whatever.” Anselmo matches snarl with action owning his own label, Housecore Records, a stable for bands shatter-
DOWN play the Soundwave Festival on Friday February 28 at Flemington Racecourse alongside Avenged Sevenfold, Mastodon, Rob Zombie and more. They also play with Alice In Chains at the Palace Theatre on Thursday February 27.
DARK TRANQUILLITY
By Tom Valcanis
It’s been a long time between Aussie beers for Dark Tranquillity, bearers of Gothenburg’s melodic death torch. Nine years is a long time. “We’re sorry we’ve been absent for so long,” says their flame-maned vocalist, Mikael Stanne. “We can’t wait. It’s going to be awesome,” Stanne muses on the upcoming tour. “Hopefully we can make it up to you guys.” His rich baritone glides through air, even when speaking. Dark Tranquillity doesn’t merely speak – it roars. Originally called Septic Broiler, Dark Tranquillity pioneered the mid-‘90s Gothenburg sound. A sound that Stanne, along with lifetime friend Niklas Sundin helped create. It seized upon the heat and fire of death metal, tempering it with classic twin-guitar harmonies, acoustic flourishes and singing. Clean, classicallytrained singing. Alongside fellow Swedes At The Gates and In Flames, their melodic death metal stands like a proud pillar of heavy metal. Proving so popular, it’s unsurprising 2014 notches up Dark Tranquillity’s quarter century. “I get a little stab of anxiety,” Stanne ventures on being in the band for so long. “Actually, it doesn’t feel like 25 years at all. It’s something that I’ve been doing for more than half my life. I can’t do anything else.” BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 38
Stanne was 14 when he founded the band, as a guitarist. He then filled Anders Friden’s, now of In Flames, left-open vocal spot in 1994. “It immediately became like the most important thing in the world, like there was nothing else,” Stanne recalls. “We grew up together. We lived on the same street. We discovered metal music together. We listened to the same albums. We copied each other’s CDs, vinyl, cassettes. Went to the same shows. The fact that it’s been 25 years, it’s just been incredible.” Stanne’s has known a life on the road from an age that’s used to riding bikes to school. “The fact is we have to travel,” Stanne says, chewing it over. “We have met so many awesome people, seen so many great things, travelled the world, and even had opportunities to relax. It’s the best thing in the world. We’re lucky that we can still do this. We feel very
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KILL TV LAUNCH SINGLE Kill TV are a punk/grunge three-piece from Melbourne who formed in April 2013. The band’s catchy tunes and high energy shows are already making a mark on the local scene – in fact they haven’t even hit double digits with their gig count yet but they’re already in talks with A&R from an Indie record label in Seattle who are interested in signing them. Their debut single Never Gonna Change is an emotionally raw, angst-ridden grunge anthem which is a stand out at live shows. Recorded at Hothouse Audio in October 2013 and produced by Craig Harnath and mastered by Jack the Bear, Kill TV launch the song at Yah Yah’s on Friday February 21 with support from Dear Stalker and Thrasher Jynx and entry is free.
GET YER BAND ON CHANNEL 31 In Pit Lane is looking for original Melbourne bands and musos to appear on its new series starting on Channel 31 in March. They’re looking for quality live performers in a wide range of genres including rock, jazz, blues and world music. In Pit Lane is one of C31’s longest running shows and although mostly a motorsport show they regularly feature live music because well, damn it, they can. If you would like to be considered for a spot send a link to your music or webpage and your contact details to theshow@inpitlane.com
SUICIDEGIRLS BLACKHEART BURLESQUE SuicideGirls is an online community that celebrates alternative beauty and indie culture from around the world. Since 2001, tens of thousands of models have submitted millions of photos to the website hoping to earn official SuicideGirl status. The community carefully chooses the most unique, beautiful women from those submissions and invites them to join the SuicideGirls sorority of badass bombshells and geek goddesses. The Blackheart Burlesque previously toured North America for five years achieving sold-out headlining shows as well as opening for Guns N’ Roses and Courtney Love, and performing at music festivals across Europe. With stripteases and performances poking fun at Star Wars, Avengers, Game of Thrones, Pulp Fiction and the Rocky Horror Picture Show, choreographer Manwe Sauls-Addison (Madonna, Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson) has assembled a troupe of the most talented SuicideGirls dancers to create the ultimate tribute to popculture that Burlesque has ever seen. The tour kicks off at Billboard (170 Russell) on Wednesday March 12. Tickets are $59 plus booking fee from metropolis touring.com and the venue, and VIP packages are also available which include meet-and-greet, photo op, poster, VIP laminate, priority entry and queue-free mercy buying. SuicideGirl Vorpal Suicide photo by Guiseppe Dante Sapienza.
CORE
PUNK, SKA, HARDCORE NEWS, REVIEWS & GOSSIP
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BEGIN THE SOUNDWAVE SIDESHOW ONSLAUGHT We’re about to enter the Soundwave onslaught, and there are plenty of sidewaves to be sloughed on prior to Soundwave itself at Flemington Racecourse on Friday February 28, such as: Eagles Of Death Metal, Rocket From The Crypt, Mutemath - The Hi-Fi, Monday February 24 Jimmy Eat World, Panic! At The Disco, Alkaline Trio - The Forum, Tuesday February 25 Testament, Newsted - The Espy, Tuesday February 25 Mastodon, Baroness, Gojira - The Palace, Tuesday February 25 Volbeat, Filter, Hacktivist - The Espy, Wednesday February 26 Black Vein Brides, Heaven’s Basement - Arrow On Swanston, Wednesday February 26 [All Ages] HIM, Nostalghia, The Defiled - 170 Russell, Wednesday February 26 Avenged Sevenfold, Five Finger Death Punch, Asking Alexandria - Festival Hall, Wednesday February 26 Alter Bridge, Living Colour - The Forum, Wednesday February 26 Rob Zombie, Korn, Mushroomhead - The Palace, Wednesday February 26 [Sold Out] Less Than Jake, Bowling For Soup, Zebrahead - The HiFi, Wednesday February 26 AFI, Crosses - Prince of Wales, Wednesday February 26 A Day To Remember, The Ghost Inside and I Killed The Prom Queen - The Forum, Thursday February 27 Gwar, Amon Amarth, Satyricon and The Black Dahlia Murder - 170 Russell, Thursday February 27 Pennywise, Stiff Little Fingers, Trashtalk, Authority Zero - The Corner Hotel, Thursday February 27 Placebo - The Palais, Thursday February 27 Alice In Chains, Down, Walking Papers - The Palace, Thursday February 27 The Dillinger Escape Plan, Glassjaw, Dir En Grey - The Hi-Fi, Thursday February 27
La Dispute have announced an Australian tour in support of their new album Rooms Of The House (due out in March) and those legends are bringing moody alt-rockers Balance and Composure (whose recent album was one of the best of 2013) with them. These shows WILL be sensational. Don’t miss them at the Corner Hotel on June 12. Their last show there sold out pretty promptly, so don’t snooze. The sidewaves continue to be announced, in some cases just over a week before they’re actually taking place. Soundwave kept punters on their toes last week by announcing a Pennywise sidewave in Melbourne. Thursday February 27 will see them play alongside Stiff Little Fingers, Trash Talk and Authority Zero, successfully satisfying all of Soundwave’s tough guy hardcore crowd. A Day To Remember also announced sidewaves only to have them swiftly sell out. Their show with The Ghost Inside and I Killed The Prom Queen at The Forum on Thursday February 27 flew out the door and understandably so. Gwar, Amon Amarth, Satyricon and The Black Dahlia Murder will join forces on Thursday February 27 for a Melbourne sideshow at 170 Russell. This one will sell out before doors open so go find tickets now. Russian Circles must find a substantial crowd when they tour Australia as they’re returning once again to our country in support of new album Memorial. They’ll hit up some very cosy venues, playing The Hi-Fi on May 1. Tickets are available now. The Acacia Strain are headed our way with special guests Aversions Crown and Wollongong band Graves. See them smash out a set at Bang in Melbourne on April 26, or chuck an afternoon session at Arrow On Swanston on April 27. Buried In Verona are taking their Faceless album on the road this April. The new album is pretty furious and should sound excellent live when they road test it at Plastic on April 24. There’s also an underage show at Arrow On Swanston on April 25. They’ll be joined by Fit For A King, Feed Her To The Sharks and Ocean Grove.
CORE GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19: I Killed The Prom Queen, Thorns, Imprisoned, Exposures at The Evelyn Confusing Anal Mess, Terror Strike, Stoning, Diploid at The Bendigo THURSDAY FEBRUARY 20: D At Sea, Millie Tizzard at Barwon Club Crowned Kings, Proclaim, Ocean Grove at Next The Murderballs, Dirty Harriet and the Hangmen, Muscle Mary at The Bendigo FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21: D At Sea, Millie TIzzard at Workers Club The Ramshackle Army, HIghtime, The Resignators, The Quarters at Ding Dong The Seaford Monster, Hadal Maw, The Arbiter, Orchistrating The Damned at Bar 303 Athena’s Wake, I Exalt, Silent Rose, Eye Impose Imposter at The Bendigo SATURDAY FEBRUARY 22: D At Sea, Millie TIzzard at Wrangler Studios Initials, Fear Like Us, Corpus, Kissing Booth, Daybreak at The Public Bar Boris The Blade, Feed Her To The Sharks, Daydreamer at Bang Whitehorse, Internal Rot, PIssbolt, Bloodrule, Asbestosisis at The Bendigo MONDAY FEBRUARY 24: Eagles Of Death Metal, Rocket From The Crypt, Mutemath at The HiFi TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25: Mastodon, Baroness, Gojira at The Palace Testament, Newsted at Gershwin Room, Espy Jimmy Eat World, Panic at The Disco, Alkaline Trio at The Forum
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CRIMSONFIRE EP LAUNCH One of Australia’s finest power metal bands, Crimsonfire are launching their new EP and video at Musicland in Fawkner on Saturday March 15, with British Steel Australia and Kiss The Vyper. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $15.
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When’s the gig and with who? We’re playing at Playground Bar in Fitzroy on Saturday February 22 with Tigers, Vicious Cycle and Steve Cohen & The Motherfuckers. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? Well my boss used to work for various record labels, and he recently offloaded a box of 5000 CD singles onto me. It ranges from Hanson to Tiddas and I’d take 25 cents per CD for it. There’s even a few master CDs for the Australian pressings of classic albums like S&M: Symphony and Metallica and Kylie Minogue: Greatest Hits. I am not joking and you can contact us at anchorspunk.bigcartel.com for more info. Why should everyone come and see your band? Because we drink an elixir known as the ‘Jeeky Deeky’. It is a concoction of Coke, Jack Daniels and Jagermeister. This revitalising tonic is known to imbue the recipient with magical powers.
What’s your favourite song, and why? My current favourite song is Money Owns This Town (Andrew Kubiszewski) which is the theme to the hit A&E show Storage Wars. I love it because it means Storage Wars is about to start, which is my favourite TV show. It is about a group of entrepreneurs who meet at abandoned storage unit sales around America to purchase the contents of a locker and sell it at a profit. My favourite character is Barry, who it turns out is just a crazy old millionaire who is friends with the producer and only does the show for fun. He turns up each week in a different sassy vehicle, my favourite being the Esky-cooler seated low rider motorcycle. Name an interview question you wish someone would ask you, and answer it. “Would you like me to answer these questions for you?” To which I would reply “Yes”, so that I could have more time to watch the great programming on the A&E channel, and practice playing guitar, which I don’t do nearly enough. People who haven’t been in bands probably don’t appreciate the work that goes into answering written interviews: personalising questions that are probably meant to apply to many bands, making thought out responses seem off the cuff, being sincere while sticking to a set word limit – it’s all very draining. But it’s a long way to the top, if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll, ya know?
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WHOLE LOTTA RHYMES
‘Whole Lotta Rhymes’ is a new night being put on by the Hit The Fan fam. This night caters for all rappers and beatboxers looking to better there skill set and patrons looking for some entertainment that’s outside the box. There will be plenty of freestyle games and crowd participation which makes this night really stand out from the rest, come down and see this crazy night unfold. Johnny Trash will be on hosting duties for the freestyle session/games and Spillage hosting the Beatbox open mic. DJ Daily holding it down on the One’s and Two’s. Mics open on Wednesday, February 19.
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KIM SALMON
Not content to rest on his past laurels and in his 37th year of performing music, Salmon has taken an unprecedented step of releasing three separate albums under three different guises in collaborations with Spencer P Jones, Ronald S Peno and his cohorts from 30 years ago, The Beasts of Bourbon. In 2014, he will release an album of new material with Scientists drummer Leanne Cowie, possibly under the moniker ‘Kim n Leanne’. Kim Salmon’s most enduring legacy, and not one that he particularly tried for, will no doubt be that many blame him or at least his band The Scientists for grunge music. Kim’s given up resisting he just figures where there’s smoke there’s fire. Kim began writing songs in Perth’s first punk band, The Cheap Nasties, and has continued ever since with The Scientists, The Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon and the Surrealists, The Business, STM, Antenna, The Darling Downs, SALMON, Precious Jules, and the recent collaborations with Spencer P Jones and the two-piece project with Leanne Cowie. Kim Salmon plays two solo sets in the front bar of the Retreat Hotel Brunswick every Wednesday in February at 7.30pm. Free entry.
Fresh off their recent Tasmanian tour, Confusing Anal Mess are set to bring their perverted blasts of bowel-shaking brutality back to the Bendigo along with Terror Strike, Stoning and Diploid supporting. It promises to be a huge night of Grind mayhem. Entry is $8 and doors open at 8pm.
REVOLVER: THE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS
The freshest offering to the Revolver Bandroom and Colonel Tan’s is ‘The Acoustic Sessions’ dining experience where you can pull up a seat at a table in the front room, or a couch if you prefer, and enjoy some relaxed tunes from an array of the finest acoustic artists week in, week out. This will be the closing week of the John Patrick residency, and to help close it off with a bang we have enlisted a Revolver Bandroom fan favourite in Walker to join John Patrick on stage. Fresh off a January tour which included stops in Byron Bay, Port Macquarie and Tamworth he is gearing up for a big year ahead. Doors 6.30pm on Wednesday February 19, with entertainment starting from 7pm. Entry is free.
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Revolver Upstairs in collaboration with Colonel Tan’s present The Dinner Set every Wednesday in the Back Bar from 7pm till late. The evening is hosted by Julien Love, one of Australia’s finest DJs and Red Bull Music Academy NYC 2013 participant. The Dinner Set features an amalgamation of Melbourne’s best DJs & producers as guests each week. Their eclectic, genre weaving musical selections are recorded on the night and broadcast via Revolver’s Soundcloud. Every Wednesday, free entry, 7pm-late.
MAJOR BRUCE SESSIONS : THE WHITLAMS – ETERNAL NIGHTCAP
Maverick music theatre makers the Present Tense Ensemble re-imagine five legendary albums as part of The Major Bruce Sessions: Volume 1, a monthly residency at Ruby’s Music Room . Wedensday February 19 features Eternal Nightcap, the seminal 1997 release from Australian favorites The Whitlams with with Zoy Frangos (Les Miserables) Zoe McDonald (FOMO) and Yesse Spence (Delectable Shelter). Doors at 6.30pm.
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This Thursday February 20 Andrea Marr will be returning to Soul In The Basement at Cherry Bar. She’ll be joined by Vince Peach and Pierre Baroni will be spinning tracks until late. Live music will start at 10pm and entry is $10.
PARMY DHILLON
Acoustic Grunge/Rock musician, Parmy Dhillon, has just released his latest EP Hollywood Or Home, and is gearing up to take his unique live show to stages all across Victoria. Hailing from humble beginnings in Shepparton, Victoria, Parmy Dhillon started out a young farmer, penning songs and playing countless local shows. Since relocating to Melbourne, Parmy Dhillon has set his sights to bigger horizons. The lad from the country has enjoyed successes such as his single Preach receiving Best Regional Video at the 2009 Australian Independent Music Video Awards, as well as receiving air play from radio stations across Australia. Parmy Dhillon will celebrate the release of ‘Hollywood or Home’ with a run of Victorian tour dates, alongside film clip to lead single He Must Have Cried, available now on iTunes. He will be playing at the Acoustic Café on Thursday February 20. Free entry.
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be! There will be awkward shuffling, shitty chat and poorly executed rock and roll songs. If that’s not selling it, its free entry and its all taking place at the historic Cherry Bar. Come get silly with them every Wednesday of February.
THE SCOUTS
The Scouts are a Melbourne-based tumbleweed of diverse music nerds. They play a high-octane flavour of rock‘n’roll smattered with soul, surfer guitar licks, luscious pop melodies, and a hint of that high lonesome country twang. You’ll hear echoes of Big Star, Whiskeytown and Hoodoo Gurus but at the core of each song is earnest, poignant and original writing from bandleader Sam Reiher. Catch them on Thursday February 20 at the Retreat Hotel in Brunswick. Doors open at 9pm.
VISION STREET
The smoked-out blues-rock stylings of Melbourne five piece Vision Street return to their old stomping ground The Brunny, bringing with them good friends Magic America, Gunslingers and Diamond Fist for a night of “No Bullshit” music and many beers. $3 schooners, $5 basics the only place for great live music and getting half cut on a Thursday night, February 20 at The Brunswick Hotel.
WILLOW DARLING & JUMPIN JACK WILLIAMS Alright, this is Willow Darling Thursdays in February. We are proud to present a month long stand at Melbourne’s very own Yah Yahs. Joining the tribe in support, we are proud to present from Ed & Tony’s I/O, a wonderful realm of eclectic electronic sounds from Band of Cloud; the super group, Soul rock - Five Stars, and The Broken Needles. The Broken Needles are on board supporting a second record that’s soon to come to the table after their first album, Terra Nulius, scored 4 out of 5 via the Rolling Stone. Adding to an already stellar lineup the humble textures that is Neil Wilkinson will be in proud support. More to be announced but you can see the show on Thursday February 20. Doors open at 7pm, free entry.
THE MURDERBALLS
With an uncontrollable urge to play and an energy which defies logic, The Murderballs will not, nay, cannot stop until rock ‘n’ roll is saved from the mundane and once again takes its rightful place as king. Only then will Jenny, Kynny and Lenny be content to fade away into rock ‘n’ roll history. Either that or become obscure cult heroes. They’ll be playing The Bendigo on Thursday February 20 with supports from Dirty Harriet & The Hangmen, Muscle Mary & Where’s Grover? Free entry. Doors open at 8pm.
Hot on the heals of a series of interstate launch shows for their debut full studio album, Primitive Calculators re-ignite their ‘Little Bands’ concept with a night curated at The Old Bar in Fitzroy, on Thursday February 20. The Little Bands’ scene originally ran over a couple of years circa 1978-81. The edict being that a band forms for a one off show, performs 15 minutes of ‘songs’ and disappears. With such a crash and burn motos operandi, the scene was a magnet for an incredibly high level of creativity, experimentation and fresh, raw expression. It also spawned collaborations that would go on to become the likes of Hunters & Collectors and Boom Crash Opera, as well as cult icons back in the day, Shower Scene From Psycho.
MTNS
2014 means that MTNS are heading out on their first national headline tour after racking up 179,000+ Soundcloud plays on their debut EP Salvage. The EP premiering on US tastemaker blog Earmilk, was just a cap on a very eventful 2013 which also included the band getting the attention of ears at home and abroad. With the EP presenting such smooth and relaxing ambient tunes, it’s nearly impossible to picture this Brisbane band arriving on the scene as boldly as they have. Their first track Lost Track Of Time, released in July 2013, quickly garnered attention with 40,000 Soundcloud plays in the first week. Having only played a handful of live concerts, MTNS again surprised audiences with their unique, captivating and unexpectedly commanding live performance, showcasing their ability to create an expansive hybrid of tones, beats, lyrics and textures – exceeding the brilliance showcased on their studio recordings. MTNS will be playing at the Workers Club on Thursday February 20th as a part of their first national headline tour. Tickets are $10 through theworkersclub.com.au. Doors at 7.30pm
SKYWAYS ARE HIGHWAYS
2013 was a huge year for Skyways Are Highways, which saw interstate tours, a new EP, Triple J airplay and a massive tour of the U.S.A. Coming into 2014 with their new single Don’t Back Down, Skyways Are Highways’ February residency at The Tote will see them playing upstairs every Thursday night alongside a bunch of friends. Doors open 8.00pm for $5.
CARDINAL
This week the Revolver Band Room brings to you a mix of Indie/Pop and Punk rock with the boys from Cardinal who are regulars to the Revolver stage and have been fast making a name for themselves around the Melbourne music scene with their fresh indie/power pop tunes. Supporting them will be the guys from Reflex Rex who bring there own alt-rock funkiness to the stage, and lastly opening the night and celebrating the release of their new single Now and Then will be Blindfold. Doors at 8.30pm. Entry is $5.
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ANDY IRVINE
Andy Irvine is a true legend of the Irish music scene, and he returns to Brunswick with his new release Parachilna for a show at The Spotted Mallard on Thursday February 20. Andy will be supported by the wonderful Bill Jackson Trio. Doors open at 6.30pm. Tickets available through the venues website.
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collected from the parking lots of cosmetic surgery clinics and the seediest bars of Melbourne have come together with the enviable Bon Scotts and the enigmatic Trash Fairys to put on a show full of the drunkest banjo picking, fiddle screeching, chain bashing, squeezebox popping, wire wrangling, guitar wailing and disturbed yelling that the world has to offer.
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ARCTIC JUNE
Arctic Dune, Neopsych stoner fuzz from the green mountains team up with Grand Master Monk (NSW) Progressive Roots music, a form of music with a blues bedrock but a soul for travelling through many different musical dimensions. Watch them play in the tradition of Led Zep at Whole Lotta Love bar on Friday February 21.
KILL TV, DEAR STALKER, AND THRASHER JYNX
TRACER
Adelaide’s Tracer are in the midst of a two week long rampage of Melbourne. Their music is compelling classic rock that harks back to the best of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and AC/DC. They have the headline slot this Friday at Watt’s On Presents at the Prince of Wales. Joining them on the stage are St. Kilda legends The Brady Bunch Lawnmower Massacre fronted by Fred Negro along with Dave Moll and Shaky Stills. The enigma Denver Maxx will be DJing after the bands until late. Entry is free and the music starts at 8:30pm, Friday February 21.
CABBAGES AND KINGS
Launching their debut EP Something Is Wrong at the Grace Darling on Friday February 21, Cabbages & Kings, a band composed largely of the human detritus
Kill TV are a brand new Punk/Grunge three piece from Melbourne who formed in April 2013. The band’s catchy tunes and high energy shows are already making a mark on the local scene impressing audiences and industry alike. The number of gigs Kill TV have played haven’t even hit double digits but already they are in talks with A&R from an Indie record label in Seattle who are interested in signing them. The band’s debut single “Never Gonna Change”, an emotionally raw angst ridden grunge anthem is a stand out at live shows. Recorded at Hothouse Audio in October 2013, produced by Craig Harnath, and mastered by Jack the Bear, Kill TV launch the song at Yah Yah’s on Friday February 21, with support from Dear Stalker and Thrasher Jynx and entry is absolutely free.
HOWLER COMEDY
On Friday February 21, Howler Comedy returns to the stage, showcasing the cream of Australia’s comedic talent. Next Friday, Tommy Little (Nova 100, This Week Live), Bob Franklin (Librarians, Bad Egg, Jimeoin show), Adam Rozenbachs (Spicks and Specks, Triple M) and your MC for the evening, Daniel Connell, will be taking the stage to present you with a mixed bag of funny guys that will have you in stitches and tears.
What do you love about making music? The best thing about making music is getting to hear the music you want to hear exactly how you love it, and that no one else is writing. It’s like that rare moment when the shuffle on your ipod reads your mind and plays all your favourite tunes one after the other. What can a punter expect from your live show? By the end of it your ears will be ringing and you’ll be sweaty, drunk, and probably pregnant. We like to have fun onstage and we play hard start to finish, there’s a fair bit of energy transferred from us to the crowd and back again. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? We’ve got a mini album called L.A.?, our first full length Spaces in Between, and our latest release is called El Pistolero, which we’re all quite proud of. You’ll need a copy, simple as that! Luckily we have it available on both CD and also a limited edition red vinyl.
Describe the best gig you have ever played: Graspop Metal Meeting in Belgium was pretty awesome. We opened the main stage and one of the local crew said to me to stand side stage and watch as they opened the gate. The call comes through the radio that gates are open and then you see this huge mass of around 5000 people running to get to the barrier first. It was like a scene from 300. Best of all they were into it and with us from the very first note when we hit the stage, and the crowd doubled during our set. How do you balance making and playing music with your other commitments? Not very well everything takes a back seat to the music and the band, it’s all that matters in the end! When are you playing live? This Friday February 21 we are headlining Watt’s On Presents at Prince Of Wales public bar. We are stoked to have Fred Negro’s band The Brady Bunch Lawnmower Massacre on the same lineup. We’re on at 11pm.
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JED ROWE THE SPIRIT
2014 signals the birth of Melbourne’s newest band, The Spirit. A four piece with an addiction to classic sounds and the human elements of hand crafted music. The Spirit forge raw, emotive material inspired by 70’s Americana. In a time when digital enhancement encourages style over substance, The Spirit make music that connects and stays with you. Music is about the intangible. It’s something that is spiritual and best enjoyed with other humans. Created, believed, and realised. This is music for the spirit in everyone. The Spirit perform at The Spotted Mallard this Friday February 21. Support from Steve Smyth. Tickets available through the venues website. I AM THE RIOT Melbourne punk stalwarts I Am The Riot are one of the many local acts taking to the new Playground Bar recently established in Fitzroy. They’ll be launching their latest release End Of The Road, an acoustic EP. With supports from Grizzly Jim Lawrie, The Short Stand, and Gladstone. This promises to be a memorable night at Melbourne’s newest and perhaps most intriguing live music venues. Doors at 7.30pm, entry is $10.
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David Bridie hits the road again across Feb and March with performances that mix up the old and new – songs from his 2013 release, Wake, as well as some gems from his extensive back catalogue in film and music. To mark the tour Bridie has released a new music video for single Shortest Day of The Year which was shot in L.A. by director Catriona McKenzie of Satellite Boy. The LA based editor Sara Mineo of Game of Thrones fame leant her magic touch in the editing suite, and the clip stars Haskell Vaughn Anderson III, side kick to JeanClaude Van Damme in his 1989 film Kickboxer. With a veritable who’s who of the film world getting involved in the music videos for Wake it seems Julianne Moore will not be the only new high profile fan to jump on the Bridie bandwagon. This is the third clip in a series of filmic music video’s produced for Wake , which included the award winning video for Delegate (winner of the Nevada International Film Festival award for best music video and nominated for an Australian Screen Editors Guild Award) which saw underbelly actor Ian McKenzie trigger the self-emollition of a business man turned dreamer. The Clip for Shortest Day of The Year ponders the last day of a life, the day you die, the sweet in the bitter, memories from the gamut of a life’s experience. Catch Bridie live at the Caravan Music Club on Friday February 21.
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Writing, playing, recording in the studio, hours on the road up and down the Hume, and finally the point has been reached where the band is ready to release Letters From the Road Less Travelled. To celebrate, they’re putting on a party down at Ding Dong Lounge with Hightime, The Resignators and The Quarters to celebrate in the loudest and most chaotic fashion possible. Be sure to check them out Friday February 21.
Formed in early 2010, Athenas Wake blend the crushing heaviness of modern day technical death metal with the dark atmosphere of black metal. This awesome Metal/deathcore night on Friday at The Bendigo is showcasing some of the futures crushing tones. Supports from I Exalt, Silent Rose, Eye Impose Imposter and Griever. Doors open at 9pm, entry is $10.
The Funk Buddies bring their down-to-earth back-tobasics brass driven funk to the iconic Melbourne late night hangout, Bar Open. Once the band starts playing, there won’t be a rump in the building that ain’t shaking, so be warned, this show is not for those who wanna stand around and gawk at an introverted band staring at their shoes. The Funk Buddies are joined by the New Orleans stylings of Jules Boult & the Redeemers. Doors at 10pm and entry is free.
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Meet Frank. He’s Mr Mojo Rising, an old soul with a good heart, and a direct line, tapped straight into the source. Everyone loves the man and his music. It’s like that book you pick up and can’t put down. The book you read again and again, each time noticing something else that makes you love it in a new way. He’s a got a band too, a motley crew of Sydney’s most talented young players. Together they’re called Frank Sultana & the Sinister Kids, and live they are something to experience! You will dance and smile, and you will hold your lover tight. Friday Feburary 21 at The Old Bar. Doors at 8.30pm. Entry is $8.
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Melbourne four-piece blues-based rock outfit The Groves, are about to launch their second EP Wine Dark Sea at The Evelyn on Friday February 21. Joining them on the night are Kinloch Troons and Hambone & The Prospectors. After the sold out film clip launch in August 2013, this launch is looking to be another cracker one for the band. Tickets via OzTix.
To announce the forthcoming release of their eagerly awaited follow up to Hex.Lover.Killer, The Delta Riggs will do a special performance, playing cuts from the new record Dipz Zebazios for the first time. Inspired by adventures to bustling, international cities, The Delta Riggs channelled a different beast for their second album. Still full of swagger
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Jed Rowe blends the blues, country and Americana of the South and gives it a distinctly Australian twist. A storyteller in the tradition of the greats of these genres, Jed’s slide work creates precisely the energy and space to relate the tales of struggle we associate with these styles of the dirt. Generally seen with a rhythm section as part of the Jed Rowe Band, this Friday February 21 Jed plays a rare solo set at 8.30pm at The Drunken Poet.
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and fuelled with front man Elliott Hammond’s whiskey soaked vocals, an undercurrent of experimentation, urban groove and melodies provides a more boisterous, off the cuff and tripped out party atmosphere. In line with their ethos of capturing a true moment, DZ was tracked live over three days in December, once again self-produced by the band. Joining the party are Melbourne trio Atolls, who will set the tone for the evening with a barrage of cool-as-fuzz slacker anthems and distortion drenched hooks. The Delta Riggs will perform at the Northcote Social Club on Friday February 21.
WHITEHORSE & INTERNAL ROT
Head to the Bendigo to get an earache with doom thugs Whitehorse and blast bastards Internal Rot as they get a warmup workout for their sets at Maryland Deathfest. Turbo thrashers Pissbolt make their long overdue return for their first show in over three years. PV metallers Bloodrule bring the hammer down hard & Asbestosisis play crusty old gore-death/grind like it’s still 1991 in Europe. Doors at 8pm.
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Ten bands everyone should know about: The Bon Scotts, Trash Fairys, Brothers Grimm, Mengalwurzel, Juke Baritone and the Swamp Dogs, Marvin Pontiac, Scrimshaw Four, Oh Pep!, any band with Stu West in it and Man Man. Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party: Just turnips. We really like turnips, but not the taste. Eight possessions that define you: Well we actually have ten really nice turnips, but you‘d probably get the picture after eight… Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mix-tape: We actually recently made this great video of Cliff ’s shin, it goes for two hours, but you have to watch it with no audio and the brightness so low the screen is just black otherwise it makes no sense. Six bad habits you can’t escape: Siamese babies,
licking the tin tops of condensed milk cans, recording everything we do and listening back to it in real time, also recording ourselves listening to the recordings, but saving those for when we’re feeling down, licking people on the back of the neck, roses. Five people who inspire you: James Grimm, Jean Michel Basquiat, Michael Landy, that guy that put that rose stem up his urethra and had to get it surgically removed, Dan’s dad, oh no, wait that’s the same guy… do we get another one? Four things that turn you on: Clean sheets against cheek. Three goals for your music: We’d like to make instruments that can be played by plants, then replace the band members with local flora. You know, for the environment. Oh, and start getting bookings for children’s parties. Two live gigs you’ll never forget and why: 1. When we crowdsurfed a Jesse Hughes sex doll with his moustache and sunnies drawn on and Jesse said he would give it to his ex-wife and then continued to make vulgar and misogynist comments about his ex-wife. 2. Gary Clark Jr.’s jizz face at the Tote. One day left before the apocalypse and you… Write a rock opera titled, There Is A Hole In My Bucket Dear Eliza. When’s the gig/release? Our debut EP Something is Wrong will be launched on Friday February 21 at the Grace Darling and the EP will be available to buy from then onwards.
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KYLIE AULDIST
Australian soul sensation Kylie Auldist squeezes in a live show with her seven-piece funk soul orchestra The Glenroy Allstars, in the middle of her international album launch tour with The Bamboos. Catch her while you can at her favourite Melbourne venue Caravan Music Club in Oakleigh on Saturday February 22. Don’t miss out on seeing Kylie turn up the heat and get the audience well and truly on their feet. Catch Kylie and her band playing tracks from her third solo release Still Life which was awarded ‘Best Blues, Roots and Gospel Album’ at the 2013 ‘The Age Music Victoria Awards’. The album piqued the interest of KCRW, Tokyo Records, BBC2, BBC6, French music media and charted as one of 2012’s top tunes on iTunes UK. Tickets from $20 via TryBooking.
MILES BROWN
Miles Brown (of cult dark-psych-space-trance legends The Night Terrors) takes centre stage at the Tote on Saturday February 22 with his debut solo single Electrics on It Records. No longer lurking in the dark corners of the dance floor, Miles tightens focus to a laser-beam of blinding, sharp-edged pop brilliance tinged with prog-goth darkness. Electrics is an electropop killer! Helping to celebrate on the launch night will be one of the most insane lineups ever: electro goth heroes Forces, synth punk legends Nun, Berlin synthwavers Keluar, harsh electronic babes Prolife and Chrome Dome DJs between sets. Gig kicks off at 8pm and tickets are $12 presale thru Oztix and $15 on the door if available.
THE LATE SHOW
The Late Show is every Saturday night at Revolver Upstairs, spread over two rooms from 7pm until 7am. Expect anything and everything across genres and tempos from soul to footwork, from afro to
techno, from soca to house, from boogie to bounce. The back bar takes it easy in the dining hours and gather momentum from 10pm, front room gets going from 1am with upfront club. Residents Ransom, Mat Cant, Paz, Lewis Cancut, Booshank and guests plus Boogs from 7am Sunday. The Late Show features Ransom, Nick Thayer, Get Busy, Sammy The Bullet, Danielsan, Booshank, Paz, Lewis Cancut, Who and Boogs at Revolvers back bar from 7pm-10am and front room 1am-7am. Free until 11pm.
TOO SOON – BYE FOR NOW
This is the big one. With ten bands set to play we’ll be kicking it off during the afternoon in the beer garden, then heading inside to party away the rest of the night, our pants, and our dignity. Act playing include: Two stages w/ Max Goes To Hollywood, Laura Palmer, Strathmore, All We Need, Foley, Jayne’s Fighting Ships, The Savages (acoustic), Jay Wars, Joe Guiton Music, and Too Soon! All at The Brunswick Hotel, Bands from 5pm. Free entry.
LISA MITCHELL
Lisa Mitchell will perform a free concert supported by Melbourne guitar duo, Georgia Fair amongst the beautiful light projections filling QV square. This special one night only performance will see her play music from her new album as well as crowd favourites. Mitchell’s dreamy indie folk sound will be illuminated by a state of the art light installation by internationally renowned new media artists Kit Webster and Pierre Proske. It happens on Saturday February 22 with the show kicking off at 5pm.
THEM NIGHTS
Bred and fed to incite a swamp riot through Proto/Post Punk, Indie-Thrash and Genre-Clash. Them Nights love your stained dress, that scar on your arm and how much you sweat when you get excited. Joined by sludge cowboys Spacejunk, alt-fuzz propagators Touching The Bees, bubble popsters The Pink Tiles and meat punk merchants A.D. Skinner, Saturday afternoons in February will be a warm and sloppy Garage nightmare for both men and women. Every Saturday at The Tote front bar in February.
MONIQUE BRUMBY
2 X ARIA Award winning singer/songwriter Monique Brumby is launching her self titled album at The Spotted Mallard on Saturday February 22. This release is Monique’s 5th solo album. The first single from the album All The Ways indicates that the songs are catchy, emotive and beautifully crafted. Doors open at 6:30pm. Tickets are available through the venues website.
PAUL REID
Paul Reid has just released his new single High Tide, his first from the forthcoming five song EP Vines. Vines is the result of a three year story for Paul; travelling, working and meeting new people that have had a long lasting effect and influence on the song writing and lyrical makeup of the record. Paul Reid has been showcasing his lyrical compositions in Melbourne and regional Victoria for the past three years, often performing as a solo troubadour and sometimes with full band. 2013 saw the release of his debut self-titled three track EP and guest appearances on independent radio stations and street press magazines. He celebrates his latest single by playing a show at The Cornish Arms Hotel with Kiara Jack and Chelsea Morgan on Saturday February 22. Free entry.
AMAYA L AUCIRICA, DARK FAIR, AND NINA RENEE
To celebrate the release of her new single, Amaya and band will be playing a show at Yah Yah’s in Melbourne on Saturday February 22 with special guests Dark Fair and Nina Renee. In Amaya’s album news, Sway will be released on Friday April 18 with national tour dates to follow in May and June. Don’t miss this rare chance to catch Amaya live. Entry is free.
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CLIFFHOAD’S KINGS OF THE SUN
Cliff Hoad’s Kings of the Sun Rock Till Ya Die album launch with Destroy She Said. Doors open at 5pm and pre-sale tickets are $20 from cherrybar.com.au or on the door if available. Bands from 8pm, then $10 from 11pm for DJ Mermaid untill 5am. Saturday February 22.
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LA BASTARD
Riotous Melbourne surf-party band La Bastard return to the Post Office Hotel for two unforgettable weeks this February! Each night, the band will be treating you to two free sets of their trademark reverb drenched, dancin, swingin, rollicking tunes. Watch the band storm the tables of the Post Office Hotel and bring you a party to remember. See them on the Saturdays of February 15 and 22, from 8.30pm. Free Entry.
SUB CULTURE
System Unkown and Echo Chamber present: Sub Culture. Two of Melbourne’s newest and tuffest custombuilt sound systems – Echo Chamber Sound and System Unknown are joining forces for a night of radical roots and deadly digital dancehall. With some of Melbourne’s finest purveyors of musical discs on the controls, you can expect crucial selections and unadulterated bass pressure when Sub Culture takes over the performance space at Howler. The event goes down on Saturday February 22.
ROGER VS THE MAN
Brainchild of lead-singer, guitarist, composer, and producer, Roger Lock, Roger vs The Man is renowned for its intricately powerful synthesis of rock, jazz and classical elements. The band is proud to call the stage ‘home’. Their live energy is unstoppably addictive, the loud and clear message; to play with fire and salute your beliefs. The band’s debut album Black Pearl is an opus that features tracks from the politically charged to the velvety romantic. Scored for an ensemble of mini-orchestral proportions, it credits some of Sydney’s best orchestral, jazz and underground session players, all high on character and pumped on technique. United under one banner, Roger Vs. The Man delivers an epic live show. He will be playing with bands Five Coffees, Flight To Dubai, and Aaron Lyon at The Standard on Saturday February 22. Tickets are $10 on the door.
ANCHORS
Founding member of Anchors, Pat O'Shea, is departing the long running punk outfit and to celebrate his time with the group Anchors are playing a farewell show at the all new Playground venue in Fitzroy. Head down to see him off in his last performance. Supports from Tigers,
Every Saturday from 2pm-8pm in February and March, Anto from Mantooth Music aka DJ Mantooth will be joined by a series of guests from various bands at Howler, playing in their beer garden for a lazy arvo of boozy tunes and nonchalant DJ-ing. Each weekend will be that little different as the rotating roster of musicians bring their personal tastes to the decks. This Saturday February 22 Anto will be joined by esteemed guitar luminary Mick Turner of The Dirty Three, The Moodists and Venom P Stinger. It promises to be an eclectic and eye opening set. Free entry.
SUNDAY FEB 23
MINIMUM WAGE
Broke? Poor? Disillusioned with what rates as good music? Minimum Wage is your answer! Set up in the front bar of BAR 291 (formerly Noise Bar) at 291 Albert St, Brunswick every Sunday afternoon Minimum Wage offers free entry, cheap beer and some of Melbourne and Australia’s best bands and musicians. Programmed by Tim Scott, (formerly of the Gasometer) the shows are aimed to be fun and relaxed with REALLY cheap beer specials, large beer garden and easy access from the Upfield bike path, Brunswick Station and Sydney Road tram. Free entry.
FANTIS ATLANTIS
Lo-fi swirl pop exponent Fantis Atlantis takes it from the bedroom to the stage this Sunday for the first of 4 nights at Kent St throughout February. Armed with a vintage cassette player pumping out shitty beats, Fantis will be playing tracks from the EP Laps about his devotion to Mello Yellow, Melbourne’s Tram Depots, and of course his celebrity crush; Demi Moore circa 1993. See Frantis Atlantis this Sunday February 23 at Kent St at 8pm. Free entry.
THREE KINGS
The Age EG Music Victoria Genre Awards and 2013 Best Blues Album Winners , The Three Kings play a Sunday residency from 2pm-6.30pm at Cherry Bar this February. This arvo residency is one not to be missed, as there’s free chilli and DJ Max Crawdaddy is there to provide bluesy tunes.
BLUES EYES CRY OVERNEWTON CASTLE INAUGRAL JAZZ FESTIVAL
Iconic Melbourne house Overnewton Castle opens its gates for a day of live jazz on Sunday February 23. Jazz lovers and sunshine seekers can spread a rug and bring a picnic, or purchase a picnic-style meal at the Castle, whilst enjoying performances throughout the day by some of Melbourne’s finest musicians. The miniature Scottish Baronial style castle turns 165 years this year, and The Castle Jazz Festival marks the beginning of a year of festivities and events showcasing Overnewton’s stately 5 acre grounds. The festival runs from 12noon till 4pm and features a curated program of local music by jazz scene aficionado Kimba Griffith (of duo Kimba & Ryan) who will take to the stage to play play tunes from the Peggy Lee and Mel Torme catalogue with The Gin Remedy. Trad-jazz act The Moonshine Whistlers lead by Jolene Moran will bring their unique take on old time speakeasy swing. Jump Blues trombonist and singer Ben Gillespie (The Hoodangers, Gotye) will deliver danceable tunes throughout the afternoon featuring a swag of guest musicians. Closing the day will be a party set by The Gravy Train featuring Ryan Griffith playing bluesy jazz. Doors open at 11am and entry is $20 for adults and $10 for juniors.
Together for the first time, Melbourne’s hottest new blues act, Blue Eyes Cry, will be teaming up with funky souljazz outfit, Standing Tall, to present a night of blues, jazz and funk at Bar Open, 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, on February 23rd from 7pm. Fronted by the brilliant voice of Iseula Hingano, Blue Eyes Cry is led by Nathan Brett (Guitar), with Stuart Prendergast (Bass) and Cameron Smith (Drums). They perform the blues in a sophisticated and modern manner. Fusing funk with contemporary blues, Blue Eyes Cry have been selected to perform at premier music festivals and venues around Australia since their arrival on the Melbourne blues scene late 2011. Their debut album Sleepin’ Alone, released in May 2013, reached #1 on the Australian Blues and Roots Radio Airplay Charts for the months of June and July. Joining them at Bar Open for this Sunday night show is Standing Tall, an exciting new band that plays the kind of jazz popular in the 60’s and 70’s when funk, blues and Latin rhythms were being explored by the likes of Herbie Hancock, Freddie Hubbard, Eddie Harris and Joe Zawinul. Led by bassist Stan van Hooft and propelled by percussionists Simon Atkinson and Dean Constable, it features Tim Beresford on guitar, Suzanne Andrews on keys, Julian Driscoll on trumpet, Sharmila Periakarpan on flute, and Laurie Savage on rhythm-and-blues saxophone. Soulful jazz and funky grooves are guaranteed. Doors ope 7.30pm. Free entry
JESS LOCKE
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Define your genre in five words or less: Avantgarde indie chamber pop. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? A psychedelic Tori Amos and/ or Dr. Seuss on acid. What’s the strangest place you’ve ever played a gig, or made a recording? I recorded the
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vocals for a song through the bars of a crypt at Mt. Auburn Cemetery (in Watertown, Massachusetts) because of the unbelievable natural reverb. How do you stop your pre-gig jitters? Physical activity helps me most: stretching, jumping jacks, running around the block. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? What made me want to be a singer and musician from a very early age was the unique and powerful way I felt touched, moved by music – grabbed by it, shaken, soothed, sometimes all at once. Made to feel. What makes me happiest and most fulfilled about writing songs, singing, and performing is getting the chance to inhabit all those internal places and then to share that journey with others; to “pass on” feeling. And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing? What often-times makes me unhappy is how little time I end up actually doing creative work because I’m too busy doing all the managerial stuff like booking shows, maintaining the website, promoting on Facebook, etc. I often lament that I end up spending the most time on stuff I’m not good at it. I have not yet figured out that balance. When’s the gig and with who? Saturday March 1 at The Butterfly Club with Plum Green.
Jess Locke is a songwriter and performer. She has produced a string of bedroom recordings released through independent label Lesstalk records. In keeping with the intimate nature of these tracks Locke has been increasingly playing in unconventional performance spaces such as water parks, cemeteries, roundabouts, bookshops and back porches. Having worked her way around the Sydney D.I.Y. scene, Jess did her first international tour to South East Asia in 2012 and has since been based in Melbourne. Every Sunday afternoon in February Jess is playing at the Reverence Hotel in Footscray with a bunch of amazing artists and friends. Free entry.
NUDE FUNK ORCHESTRA
The final instalment of Summer Sounds takes place at Logan Reserve on Sunday February 23 and features Nude Funk Orchestra, one of the most impressive live funk dance bands in Australia. This is your last chance to get on down and enjoy the sweet sounds of summer. And as always it’s free.
SUZANNAH ESPIE
Ever seen a Suzannah Espie gig? You’d remember if you had. Because odds are that, from that moment on, you wouldn’t have been satisfied to stop at one. This Melbourne-based singer songwriter has been casting spells over audiences ever since she first took to the stage with her alt-country pop band, GIT, in 1997. A woman of compelling beauty — statuesque, with piercing blue eyes framed by golden curls — she has a voice to match, an intoxicating mix of country, soul, blues and pop. Her voice can be a gentle, sweet trill that can move grown men to tears one moment, or an Aretha-esque hellcat belt that can raise the roof the next. However she sings it though, it’s still unmistakably Suzannah Espie. She’s playing every Sunday in Feb at the Retreat with guests Alison Ferrier, Tracy McNeil, Georgia Fields and Sarah Carroll. Free Entry.
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MACHINE TRANSLATIONS/ ERNEST ELLIS TOUR
Ernest Ellis and Machine Translations are joining forces for two shows this February in Sydney and Melbourne. Both artists have new albums in tow, it’s going to be a tip top night. Machine Translations released their first album in six years, The Bright Door, to critical acclaim while Ernest Ellis’ new album Cold Desire is scheduled for release in early March. You can find the old friends on Sunday February 23 at The Northcote Social Club. Tickets available on the door or through the venue.
THE CAIRO CLUB ORCHESTRA
Does vintage jazz really get you going? Are you ready for an afternoon of super smooth sounds that will have you up on your feet dancing? The Flying Saucer Club is itching to present Peter Milley’s Cairo Club Orchestra with Nichaud Fitzgibbon, who will be returning to take over the stage and the floors at Elsternwick on Sunday February 23 alongside very special guest Buck Evans. You can expect songs by Irving Berlin, Cole Porter and George Gershwin, as well as music he’s written, from Buck, and antique microphones and instruments from the Cairo Club Orchestra – all in all an authentic set. Doors open at 3pm and tickets are $30+bf for reserved seating through the venues website or $25 on the door.
JIMMY TAIT
Still reeling after the successful release of their Australian Music Prize nominated album Golden, Melbourne band Jimmy Tait will take to the Old Bar stage for a sizzling month long residency Sundays in February. Front woman Sara Retallick’s powerful yet ethereal vocals will soothe you like aloe Vera, while simultaneously whipping you out of your summer heat coma. The band will whisk you across dusty back roads and across long horizons before dipping you headfirst into a river of formidable arrangements with angular currents of electric guitar. Supported this week by The Ukeladies and Emma Russack. Doors at 8.30pm. Entry is $8.
THE OPERATIVES PRESENT ESPIONAGE AND FRIENDS
The Operatives have teamed up with Monteith’s Cider and Howler Melbourne to bring you some of the most original, interesting and all out bangin’ electronica artists from the furthest reaches of the Australia. Renown for bringing you the most ground-breaking international artists, Espionage events always have one foot in the community and this gig will be showcasing some of the very best sounds we’ve found in the local scene. From the Gold Coast to our own backyard, we’re proud to present Espionage With Our Friend that will be the home of not one, but two EP launches - Pace’s Julian and Dizz1’s Every Day Grind! Catch the precocious beats on Sunday February 23 from 3pm til late.
REVOLVER SUNDAYS
Revolver’s all day electric disco party is one of the world’s most unique clubbing experiences - tight like family, welcoming like long lost friends and moved by a ceaselessly throbbing beat provided by five of Melbourne’s best DJs; Boogs, Spacey Space, T-Rek, Radiator and Silversix with special guests. This Revolver Sunday be on February 23 at the back bar 7am-5am.
NIGEL WEARNE
With his personally handcrafted guitars by his side and a relentless schedule of live shows, Nigel Wearne has honed his craft the old-fashioned way. His music melds finger-picking guitar, country twang, honkytonk and honest storytelling, with influences including Townes Van Zandt, Steve Earle, Bob Dylan and Hank Williams. A constant on folk festival line-ups the country over, Nigel brings his swag of songs to the Drunken Poet this Sunday February 23 from 6.30.
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THE MEAN TIMES
Following a delightful Summer holiday spent frolicking seaside, The Mean Times have hung up the Speedos and are returning to the grime of the pub to belt out some new tunes, as well as the classics set to be released very, very soon on their upcoming EP, You’ve Got the Wrong Guys. Joining us for the evening will be the quirky, jangly, raucous, brooding indie rock/ pop of Pensive Penguin; as well as the explosive, boogie vintage blues rock of Lone Tyger. As you know, The Mean Times are upstanding gentlemen who care about you. So, seeing as though this is a Sunday gig, they don’t want to keep you up too late, meaning things will kick off at a very civilised hour. The Tote will open up the beer garden from 6pm, the barbie will fire up soon after, and then bands will be hitting the stage at 7pm. Set times will be released shortly. Entry for the evening will be $8.
MONDAY FEB 24 DEAR MONDAY In this great music town,
there is an endless flow of new talent arriving on the scene. On Mondays, The Retreat Hotel presents four acts that represent some of the most exciting new and emerging talent we’ve seen. This is no open mic, it’s a love letter to the heart of musicality that is Melbourne, and this love letter begins with Dear Monday. Playing this week on Monday February 24 will be Billy Exton, Angela Moon, Scott Boyd, and Hannah in the Wars. Free Entry.
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TRACER
All who saw Tracer, the hard-rocking young threepiece from Down Under, in 2012 in the UK saw the potential. Now with their second full-length album El Pistolero, that potential is fulfilled. Produced by Kevin Shirley (Led Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Silverchair, Cold Chisel) the record is on target to make Tracer the band that everyone is talking about in 2014. Do not miss out on their Tuesday night residency this February at Cherry Bar. They play two sets from 9pm, and Cherry DJs til 3am. Free entry.
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Screen sect is a film society night devoted to rarely seen, obsessively loved and criminally neglected cult classics of cinema. Revisit old favourites, uncover hidden celluloid gems, indulge guilty pleasures, or just get yourself an education. This Monday February 17, Bar Open will be playing Scaramouche which features the greatest sword fight ever choreographed on film, Scaramouche is the story of Andre (Stewart Granger), the bastard son of a nobleman who falls for one of the Queen’s wards ( Janet Leigh) but also seeking her hand is the Marquis De Mayne (Mel Ferrer), the most dangerous swordsman in pre-revolution France. After Andre’s friend, a revolutionary, is killed in a duel with the Marquis, Andre takes up the sword, and also enters politics, all the while in hiding under the guise of rascal stage performer, Scaramouche. Doors open 7pm.
TUESDAY FEB 25
DAN WATERS
Dan Waters comes home to us from South Carolina via Nashville bringing a swag of songs, an award winning debut album, a cracking live show, and a reputation that’s growing by the minute. His debut album La Vita E Bella was awarded The Age Music Victoria Country Album of the Year and Rhythms Magazine’s Debut album of the Year which helped ensure Dan’s rapid rise on the scene in 2013. His fast success prompted Marty Jones of Rhythms Magazine to ask “Why the hell hasn’t somebody told me about Dan Waters before? This is a momentous debut”. He plays two sets in the Retreat’s front bar on Tuesday February 25 with The Audreys’ Tristen Goodall as his sidekick.
THE SEVEN UP
Deep Funk and Bad Afrobeat! The Seven Ups are back at their home-away-from-home, The Evelyn Hotel, to hold a Tuesday night residency in February. After releasing their debut 7inch single in 2013, the band are ready to let loose in what promises to be a crazy month. There’ll be deep Afrobeat grooves, blended with heavy old-school Funk. Better still, each week will feature local supports spanning various amalgamations of Funk. Entry’s just $3, there’s cheap $10 jugs. Come down to get down at The Evelyn.
SMITH STREET SOUL TRAIN
Kicking off the uni year with a lunchtime set at Monash Uni’s Clayton Campus Orientation Festival, Smith Street Soul Train play at the brand new sound shell on the Lemon Scented Lawn from 12pm. Monash kids, be sure to head down on Tuesday February 25.
LOOKING FORWARD FEBRUARY CLAN ANALOGUE PRESENTS GEAR SHIFT: ELECTRONIC MUSIC JAM SESSIONS AT LOOP
Beginning on Wednesday February 26, electronic music collective Clan Analogue presents Gear Shift, a monthly electronic music jam session at Loop. Whether you play a laptop, smartphone or piece of hardware, old or new, whether you’re a seasoned performer or complete novice, anyone can come and join in this on-the-fly exploration of sound. The Gear Shift jam starts at 7pm at Loop, in the Melbourne CBD. Arrive early for participant registration. Video artists Object_State will provide a live behindthe-scenes projection mix of the knob-twiddling action. Following the jam session, starting at 9pm, Martin K will
THE DEAD HEIR
Every Monday in February is set to become a raucous, psychedelic, garage rock institution as The Dead Heir, supported by the best Melbourne bands they’ve discovered over their journey, take to the stage at The Evelyn Hotel.
Trivia at Revolver? Inconceivable! But there they are entering their fifth year of Never Cheer Before You Know Who’s Winning Tuesday night tomfoolery and the crowds are bigger and more bellicose than ever. People are actually coming to Revs to switch their brains on via facts, beer, wine and Colonel Tan’s meals. Starting off the night off at 7.15pm with a visual round prepared by Kashia Kennedy (who started out as a trivia contestant and now mothers one of the host’s children can never tell which), and then your hosts Mikey Cahill ( Joey Lightbulb) and Kerrie Loveless (K-Lo) kick into six rounds of Topic Thunder, Naked Mooofies, Useless/ Useful Information, The Med Round, Songlines and Song Snippets. There is a lil summat-summat called Peace Sign Vs Metal Sign too. Join the Facebook group and go to the head go to the head of the class. Repeater Fonda keeps on spinning classics from 10.30pm until stumps. Email nevercheer@revolverupstairs.com.au to book and get a three point bonus question! Every Tuesay, 7.15pm-9.30pm. Free.
Define your genre in five words or less: Folk, pop, alternative country. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? I guess they would say I sound like a mash up of Josh Pyke, John Mayer and Ben Howard. What do you love about making music? I love the challenge to keep on writing creatively and make every new song better than the last. What do you hate about the music industry? I don’t ever hate it. But it will test you, a lot, and it’s how you react to it that will determine your longevity in it. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Jeff Buckley, even to have seen him play would have been enough. He was a great songwriter. And that voice! If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why? I’m not one for violence, let alone assassinations, but sure, I’ll play along… beat it Bieber. What can a punter expect from your live show? A diverse show that can go from just a solo troubadour to a full band with lots of melody and enough rhythm to make you tap your feet. What’s the strangest place you’ve ever played a gig, or made a recording? I played at a venue once where my drummer ordered a pizza and it was delivered to him on stage during a song. Best gig ever if you had asked him. When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/single/etc.? My new single High Tide was released in January, which I am currently on tour with at the moment, playing the Cornish Arms Hotel on Saturday February 22. My new EP Vines is out now and will be toured along the east coast in May, stopping over in major cities across the east coast. More details to come!
present a live electronica improvisation, utilising touch screen tablet devices as musical instruments and drawing upon material from his projects Philosophy of Sound, Koshowko and Iubar Project.
HIATUS KAIYOTE
Four of Melbourne’s hottest musical acts will take to the stage in the NGV’s Great Hall for the Friday Nights at Melbourne Now series beginning Friday February 28. Headlining on successive Friday nights the bands include electro quartet World’s End Press, the ARIA-nominated Big Scary, the ‘dreamy brilliance’ of Brighter Later and Grammy Award-nominated Hiatus Kaiyote. Celebrating the Melbourne Now exhibition, all events will be free. Tony Ellwood, Director, NGV, said, “Following 2013’s sell-out Friday Night sessions, the series will return to the NGV with a home-grown focus to celebrate Melbourne Now. The Melbourne Now gallery spaces across NGV International and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia will be activated, matching the stellar line up in the Great Hall with special ‘pop-up’ talks and performances. Hiatus Kaiyote are playing Friday March 21.
THE EDINBURGH CASTLE MARKET
Do you have mad crafty skills and think you can sell your goods? Do you have quality second hand stuff ? Do you have a service you›d like to spruik to a local community? Do you like good beer and sweet sweet Sunday sessions? Then look to The EC Market! Hosted by The Edinburgh Castle Hotel in Brunswick, The EC Market is a cruisy Sunday Session perspective of a community market. Limited stalls available for very reasonable prices. Markets will be held over four Sundays: February 16, March 2 and 16 between 12-4pm.You can get in touch with us by emailing theecmarket3056@gmail.com.
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Define your genre in five words or less: Deep, hard blues. Effects pedals. If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be and why? A Boost bar. A little thick and crunchy, a little smooth and creamy, and too much will make you sick. How long have you been gigging and writing? We draw on five year's experience playing with this lineup, but we've only been The Groves for two or three years. What’s your favourite song and why? At the moment, T.B. Sheets by a very young Van Morrison, because it’s the most sincere white-boy blues I’ve ever heard. What can a punter expect from your live
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show? Hard blues grooves: wailing vocals, pounding drums, soul-crushing guitar tones, and a sweaty bassist. When are you releasing your EP? Friday February 21 at The Evelyn Hotel. Kinloch Troons and Hambone & The Prospectors are supporting, and PBS's Campbell McNolty is spinning vinyl for the evening. What makes a good musician? The ability to play like Yngwie Malmsteen but the wisdom to refrain from it. What do you reckon people will say you sound like? The Black Angels, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, early Pearl Jam.
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK Line The Wall (Black Night Crash Records)
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Japanese art-rockers Bo Ningen create music that is so intensely thought-provoking that after listening to Line The Wall you will feel as though your synapses have been opened so widely you could reproduce Edvard Munch’s The Scream from visceral sensation alone. The music is jarring and the vocals shrill. It comes as no surprise that this band formed as an improvised punk duo consisting of Taigen Kawabe (bass/vocals) and Yuki Tsujii (guitar). It came about because the two Bo Ningen members’ previous bands were billed on the same lineup and they were so enthralled by each other’s skills that they decided to collaborate. The improvisation-based origins of the group is evident in their sound as the guitars seem to chase Kawabe’s squalling vocals down a merry musical path. Track 2 Henkan (means [lost in] translation) is a fluid descent into organised madness as it begins with Kawabe punching lyrics at an indiscernible rate – the fact it’s in Japanese also makes it difficult to understand. So anyway, as Kawabe’s vocals slow down, an avalanche of beats – via skins master Monchan Monna – comes tumbling in. The following track, Daikaisei Part 1, is a far more standard rock number that alludes to influences such as MC5, Trans Am, Susi Q and, of course, The Ramones (what is it with Japan and The Ramones). Although all the members hail from Japan and the band sings only in Japanese, Bo Ningen actually formed in London and that is where the members became friends with Jehnny Beth who went on to become the lead singer of British post-punk act Savages. This led to the re-recording of the song Nichijyou with Beth contributing vocals; the result is a mesmerising
COLLECTORS CORNER MISSING LINK TOP TEN collaboration as Beth’s authoritative vocal style duels with Kawabe’s idiosyncratic styling. Nichijyou translates to ‘everyday’ but there is nothing everyday about this song! Interestingly, the opening song of the album Soko has the expansive wildness one would normally expect from an album’s final track. It seems to announce to the listener that this is going to be a wild, disconcerting and exquisitely numbing journey, so turn up the volume and strap yourself in! DENVER MAXX
BEST TRACK: Nichijyou IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Silence Yourself SAVAGES, I Want It All TRANS AM IN A WORD: Compelling
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SINGLES
BY LACHLAN
TODD TERJE
Delorean Dynamite (Olsen) Oozing with more synth menace than previous Todd Terje track Strandbar, Delorean Dynamite is a driving ‘80s-fuelled interstellar journey. Taken from the upcoming debut album, aptly titled It’s Album Time, the track doesn’t reach for the immediate danceable disco attributes of Terje’s flagship tunes – most notably the all-conquering Inspector Norse – instead flexing compositional muscle for something more on a cinemascope scale.
LIL B
I Don’t Hate You (Independent) Released in a four-track YouTube sample of upcoming mixtape Basedworld Paradise – arriving mere months after the 101-track strong release 05 Fuck Em – the soulful I Don’t Hate You is a feelgood gospel anthem, seeing Basedgod proselytise his ultra-positive message with more singing than rap. The other three tracks on this mixtape preview, particularly Based Hotline, are all fire.
LURCH & CHIEF
Mother / Father (Independent) Watching Arcade Fire at Big Day Out, a friend joked that we should start making a living penning Arcade Fire-esque “woah-oh� anthems and rake in mad synch dollars. Except it’s not really a joke because Of Monsters Of Men have been doing it for a little while now, I guess. Lurch & Chief cut straight to the chase and open Mother / Father with that sweet “woah-oh� action. Maybe a bit edgy to soundtrack an insurance commercial, but who knows these days. I think I’ve said this before about Lurch & Chief, but the Carey Mercer-like vocals are pretty brilliant.
KLAXONS
Children Of The Sun (Modular) This is ridiculous. In a bad way. Really bad. I could actually swallow an electroclash revival right about now, but the presumed-dead Klaxons return with something that defies genre and taste, as if Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir was reworked by Luke Steele into a toxic turd of a festival ‘anthem’. Children Of The Sun could work as satire. Even then, satire doesn’t have to sound this shit.
BLOODS
Language (Shock) Conjuring moments of beauty down a well-worn garage-pop route, Bloods still seem burdened by a dreary adherence to the unadventurous aspects of their genre. Namely, the drums here on Language are rudimentary beyond pointlessness, becoming an almost tic-inducing distraction rather than a platform for the soaring vocal interplay. It’s not a fatal blow to the still-listenable tune, but the lack of daring leaves you wanting more.
SOHN
Artifice (4AD/Remote Control) Guided by an energised beat that elevates above standard emotive electronica fare, Artifice showcases an intriguing percussive ear to bolster an adept, yet not exactly remarkable voice. The chorus is a breezy and satisfying instance of melodic pop smarts.
CHET FAKER
Talk Is Cheap (Future Classic) I kind of slept on Chet Faker’s emergence, as in, that shit put me to sleep, but Talk Is Cheap presents some tasty sax samples that provide a satisfying counter to Nick Murphy’s incessantly sincere croon. Goes to show that Murphy isn’t going to be slipping behind the new crop of emerging bedroom projects anytime soon.
SUN KIL MOON
Richard Ramirez Died Today Of Natural Causes (Spunk) That title might not seem like the makings of a singalong, thematically and syllabically, yet Mark Kozelek manages to do so in a darkly stream of consciousness dealing with the conflicting discriminate and indiscriminate dealings of Death. Bleak as all fuck and incredibly brilliant. Album Benji gets an Australian release March 14.
SINGLE OF THE WEEK
NUN
Evoke The Sleep (Aarght) Minimalist synth drums hiss up a storm; electroshock two-note keys buzz like alternating currents applied directly to the temple – then, the killer chorus. Evoke The Sleep is a sure-fire indication good things are in store for NUN’s selftitled debut, due out April 11.
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1. Havittajat 7� HAVITTAJAT 2. The Satanist CD/LP BEHEMOTH 3. A Sea Of Split Peas 2LP COURTNEY BARNETT 4. Infinitessumam CD/LP GHOST B.C. 5. Bangers And Fuzz tape R.I.P. FUCKER 6. Live Montreaux 2000 DVD LOU REED 7. Reality 7� FREE WORLD 8. Innersense LP GUTTER GODS 9. Burning Spirits 2014 split 7� TEARGAS / FORWARD 10. Grassed In CD BLANK REALM
RECORD PARADISE TOP TEN 1. Amusements AUSMUTEANTS 2. Grassed In BLANK REALM 3. Dirty Pop Fantasy REGURGITATOR 4. Expanding Dub 12� BILL CALLAHAN 5. Whereabouts THE FROWNING CLOUDS 6. Any Port In A Storm SCOTT AND CHARLENE’S WEDDING 7. Don’t Tell The Driver MICK TURNER 8. The Stickmen THE STICKMEN 9. Worlds Floating By PRIMITIVE MOTION 10. Peak Twins PEAK TWINS
HEARTLAND RECORDS TOP TEN
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PBS TOP TEN 1. Womad 2014 VARIOUS ARTISTS 2. Serendipity SAN LAZARO 3. Emmaar TINARIWEN 4. Gravitas TALIB KWELI 5. Tales from the Realm of the Queen of Pentacles SUZANNE VEGA 6. Devil’s Tale ADRIAN RASO AND FANFARE CIOCARLIA 7. Drive All Night GLEN HANSARD 8. The Devil and The Deep SUN GOD REPLICA 9. Acoustic at the Ryman BAND OF HORSES 10. Vagabond EDDIE READER
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OFF THE HIP RECORDS TOP TEN 1. Diamond Afterlife CD BLUE STRATOS 2. Ya Yas LP ROLLING STONES 3. Kill City LP IGGY POP 4. Oddesy and Oracle LP ZOMBIES 5. Fox Base Alpha LP SAINT ETIENNE 6. Shaw Tapes LP THE GORIES 7. Rat Out! LP SWAMP DOGG 8. Sex Tape 12� GENTLEMEN 9. Take It Out On You LP BORED! 10. Brand New LP ZZ HILL
SYN SWEET 10 1. Cheatahs CHEATAHS 2. Futurefunk EP YOUNG FRANCO 3. Closer THIEF 4. Come To Harm TREEHOUSE 5. First Light THE TWOKS 6. Perfect World BROKEN BELLS 7. Blue Moon BECK 8. Overdone BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB 9. When We’re Fire LO FANG 10. Like Whoa TREE
BEAT’S TOP TEN SONGS ABOUT EXTINCT ANIMALS 1. Mammoth INTERPOL 2. That Dodo Song DODO COMMERCIAL 3. Sabertooth Tiger CAGE THE ELEPHANT 4. Survival MUSE 5. Countdown To Extinction MEGADETH 6. Dead And Gone THE BLACK KEYS 7. The Dying Song JOHN FRUSCIANTE 8. Extinction Level Event (The Song of Salvation) BUSTA RHYMES 9. Get It On T. REX 10. Walk The Dinosaur WAS (NOT WAS)
ALBUMS
NEW MUSIC IN REVIEW THIS WEEK
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KATIE NOONAN
Fierce Hearts – The Music of Love-Song-Circus (Kin Music) Those of us who have been fortunate enough to attend a performance of Love-Song-Circus were treated to a captivating combination of music, history and circus. Composed by vocalist Katie Noonan, Love-Song-Circus draws inspiration from a National Museum exhibition titled Love Tokens. Fierce Hearts – The Music of Love-Song-Circus is the soundtrack to this critically acclaimed production. This album takes us on a musical journey exploring the history of Australia’s convict women, paying tribute to their strength and courage. Fierce Hearts – The Music of Love-Song-Circus is folk music at its best. Noonan’s sublime vocals, piano and heartfelt songwriting combines seamlessly with The Gossamer String Quartet, ensuring that this album is a joy to listen to. Drawing us in from the very first track, this beautiful, yet at times very sad album is flawless from start to finish. Favourite songs are Ellen and Mary, which are lively. Such is the strength of this album, however, any of the songs could be considered a favourite. Noonan is also a great storyteller, singing every word with conviction and powerfully connecting to each and every lyric. With her outstanding musicianship and versatility, it’s easy to see why Katie Noonan is one of Australia’s most loved artists. Fierce Hearts – The Music of Love-Song-Circus is an album BEST TRACK: Ellen not to be missed. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: First Seed Ripening ELIXIR ALI BURNIE IN A WORD: Beautiful
JOHN BUTLER TRIO
The sixth album from New England’s Marissa Nadler is a moody affair that would be more appropriate to a chilly, Antipodean July. Still, as we’ve recently been reminded, a heatwave can be as uncomfortable and threatening than a bitterly cold winter. And, going by the haunting, painful experiences recalled on this collection, Nadler had more on her mind than the weather when she wrote these songs. The darker Nadler’s work, the more powerful her force. Midway through the album, Dead City Emily is the album’s weighty anchor, a spine-tingling tale of doomed love. It’s just one of several tales of despair and hard drinking, but the key to the songs’ effectiveness is that they never get too desolate as to alienate. Much of this is due to Nadler’s gorgeous voice, though this stark collection also benefits from some sensitive, subtly textured production from Randall Dunn, who usually works with heavier drone and black metal acts such as Sun O))) and Earth. Nadler is a focused performer with a remarkably consistent output and July won’t disappoint her followers, though it also makes for an ideal entry point for those unfamiliar with her work. Admittedly, there are no grand hooks that will lure you in on first listen; instead, July weaves its magic slowly and then snares BEST TRACK: Dead City Emily you unforgivingly in its jaws. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Tramp SHARON VAN ETTEN, In My Own Time KAREN CHRIS GIRDLER DALTON IN A WORD: Austere
SALLY SELTMANN
Flesh & Blood ( Jarrah)
Hey Daydreamer (Caroline/Universal)
John Butler Trio return after a four-year hiatus with their sixth studio album, Flesh & Blood. Melding the musical influences of band members John Butler, Nicky Bomba (most recently helming Melbourne Ska Orchestra) and Byron Luiters, this album is a rollercoaster of rhythm, touching on acoustic rock, folk, blues and roots. The soul of Flesh & Blood – its very flesh and blood – was born on the Australian dirt road, and it shows. From the tender notes of Spring To Come, Bullet Girl and Young And Wild to the rollicking blues explosion of Zebra-esque Livin’ In the City and Devil Woman, Flesh & Blood certainly doesn’t break new barriers for JBT but it is clearly a deeper, more layered sound to their earlier, acoustic-driven compositions. First single, Only One, is actually not one of the album’s strongest. However, it is a subtle introduction to a release that should produce several more memorable radio hits (keep an ear out for Devil Woman, Spring To Come and Blame It On Me). It’s the meeting of musical minds such as these that enable the creation of such an earnest, hopeful record. Earnest, in the sense that each song connects on so many levels and gathers momentum in your head upon each listen. Hopeful, that although some of these songs centre around depression, loss and addiction, BEST TRACK: Devil Woman this is a record truly connected to the human spirit and the IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: ASH many phases of evolution we all move through in our jourGRUNWALD, BLUE KING BROWN, BEN ney towards finding ourselves and our place in the world. HARPER IN A WORD: Earthy JEN WILSON
Sally Seltmann’s heart is still very much pounding on the second album, Hey Daydreamer. It’s a clear continuation of her debut, with the singer locked in a surprise-free but often quite loveable groove. Recorded at her Sydney bedroom studio, Hey Daydreamer is the closest collaboration with husband Darren (of the Avalanches) since the first New Buffalo EP. Perhaps a by-product of Seltmann’s intermittent trips to and from LA (where she now resides), she often sounds homesick and smothers herself in a transient, imaginary state that floats along on a sweet nostalgia, but is also quietly anxious about the future. Seltmann’s Billy is addressed in the restrained manner of a Stepford wife that is in keeping with its promo clip, though it’s the jauntiest song about the death of a loved one that you’ll ever hear. Likewise, Needle In The Hay is far from a cover of Elliot Smith’s haunting song of the same name; instead, it’s an angelic pop song propped up by spritely gallops of piano and dreamlike pedal steel. Along with the playful Catch Of The Day, these neatly bottled, three-minute singles show off Seltmann’s formidable skills as a songwriter. Hey Daydreamer is exploratory in terms of its emotional BEST TRACK: Needle In The Hay content, but the wistful vocals and lullaby-like melodies IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Seeker Lover ensure there’s always a soft landing. Keeper SEEKER LOVER KEEPER, Team HOLLY THROSBY CHRIS GIRDLER IN A WORD: Lucid
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AUGUSTINES
Nothin’ But Blood (Bloodshot Recordings)
Augustines (Votiv)
As with The Cult, the more they truncated their name, the more successful they became. Anyone remember Southern Death Cult or Death Cult? No? They are one and the same. This logic could apply to Augustines who could rank as the new baton carriers of the Next Great American band of this century behind The Killers and The National. Arriving as Pela, onto We Are Augustines and now Augustines, this self-titled record is all we could hope for and more. This trio transcend the pall of fashion to deliver songs filled with conviction and character. If Rise Ye Sunken Ships was a postcard from the edge, a catalogue of disintegration by the hour, Augustines is like hymns from the cathedral. This band have more purpose and greater resonance than anything on the charts recently as if they were lying in the gutter and staring at the stars on the previous album, they are, on this record, swinging from the very same stars with the vibrancy unheard since the best stadium moments of U2 or Arcade Fire. Listen to Cruel City and Nothing To Lose But Your Head as they are intended, back to back, and then spend the rest of the album putting yourself back together after being blown away and wondering why music cannot always have this effect. “Hey! You gotta get me outta here? You’ve got nothing to lose but your head” Billy McCarthy implores with passion. And you will be queuing up to trade your head for your hearing. Augustines stand as an example of the potency of rock’n’roll. Here’s hoping that for Augustines, the praise equates to fame because this band needs to be heard. BEST TRACK: Hold On To Anything IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: U2, FRIGHTENED RABBIT, INTERPOL IN A WORD: Necessary
MARISSA NADLER
July (Bella Union/PIAS)
BRONIUS ZUMERIS
According to the discourse of the pop-management industry, the Chinese language (either Cantonese or Mandarin – management consultants prefer to work in the comforting atmosphere of generalisations) uses the same word for crisis and opportunity. The factual basis of this superficially profound socio-linguistic observation isn’t clear – the smart money has it that it’s as credible as Shane Warne’s guide to managing personal relationships – but it does seem both attractive, and applicable in a broader context. Take blues music, for instance: Scott H Biram’s new record, Nothin’ But Blood, gives the impression of a man who’s spent his life knee-deep in the pungent faeces of personal dysfunction: booze, drugs, relationship meltdown, incarceration, war and then some. But to listen to the album is to find an artist almost revelling in the opportunity to create razor-sharp music from the many and varied crises of life. Slow and Easy finds Biram recalling the stark images of his childhood, and withdrawing to the shadows to get his life back in order; Gotta Get to Heaven is the country-infused man trying to find redemption. Alcohol Blues and the pulverising Only Whiskey are defiant celebrations of alcohol’s dangerous virtues, Never Comin’ Home is heart-wrenching Hank Williams melancholy, Church Point Girls could get you arrested in most southern states – and, for that matter, probably just about anywhere in Australia and I’m Troubled is the back porch equivalent of a session on Freud’s couch. The cover of Amazing Grace sees Biram’s harmonica taking the time-honoured church classic to Deliverance country; When I Die is draped with honesty, and not a drop of hypocrisy. BEST TRACK: Gotta Get to Heaven There’s some bad shit that’s gone on to make this record, IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: JOHN and that’s just why it’s so good to hear. LEE HOOKER, HOWLIN’ WOLF, THE WHITE STRIPES PATRICK EMERY IN A WORD: Blues
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GIG GUIDE
GIG OF THE WEEK! WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK
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WEDNESDAY FEB 19 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS ALISON FERRIER & BAND + CAT MCNIGHT AND JUSTIN BERNASCONI Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. CONFUSING ANAL MESS + DIPLOID + STONING + TERROR STRIKE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $8. EDDIE VEDDER + GLEN HANSARD Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:00pm. $125. I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN + EXPOSURES + IMPRISONED + THORNS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $12. JAMES TEAGUE + LEHMANN SMITH + SWEETS + WILDING Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $5. JR REYNE + GUS RIGBY + JIMMY HAWKE + JOHN LEE FARRELL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $8. OPEN MIC NIGHT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. POISON FISH + DAMN THAT RIVER + LACE & WHISKEY + LAURENCE HEWSON Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. RAYON MOON + CITRADELS + LOOBS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. RUTH LINDSAY + CLIVE J MANN + ELIZABETH BARKER Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $7. THE ASTON SHUFFLE + THIEF Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15. THE PRETTY LITTLES + SHIPS PIANO Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. TIM RICHMOND + PALM SPRINGS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC BOHJASS + LO-RES 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. GIAN SLATER Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm. HAMMOND JAZZ CLUB + MR ANDREW SWANN Claypots, St Kilda. 10:00pm. JUDE PERL Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. LEARN TO SWING DANCE - FEAT: SWING PATROL First Floor, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. LO-RES + BOHJASS 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. MO’SOUL - FEAT: STEVIE & THE SLEEPERS + THE GROOVETTES Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. PETER HEARNE & DIZZY’S BIG BAND Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. SIMPLY ACOUSTIC Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. THE NECKS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 9:30pm. $25. THE NICK HAYWOOD QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15. VIVE LA DIFFERENCE Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 8:30pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK AQUILA YOUNG Blender Lane Artists’ Market, Melbourne. 7:00pm. KIM SALMON Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. OPEN MIC & JAM NIGHT Musicland, Fawkner. 8:00pm.
THE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS - FEAT: SAM BUCKINGHAM + BENJAMIN JAMES CALDWELL Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $5. WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: FLASH COMPANY + SOPHIE ROSE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.
THURSDAY FEB 20 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS 4TRESS + MOONSHIFTER + TEXAS JEDI Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. CHARLIE LANE + APHIR + MY ELEPHANT RIDE Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $8. DAN LETHBRIDGE + SHANE O’MARA Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm. EPITHETS + GRAND SALVO + SLEEP DECADE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. KAIN BORLASE TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:00pm. LITTLE BANDS - FEAT: ATOM + BONG GIORNO + MISC + MYSTERY ACT + PORK CHOP PARTY + THE SCREATURES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10. LIVE N’ COOKIN SESSIONS - FEAT: CHOOK RACE & TIM SCOTT Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. LIVE N’ COOKIN SESSIONS - FEAT: CHOOK RACE + TIM SCOTT The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. LUKE SEYMOUP + GEORGIA MAQ + JEROME KNAPPETT + MICK PORTER + TROUBLED MEDIUM 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. MADRE MONTE (SINGLE LAUNCH) Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. MIGHTIEST OF GUNS + ALEX & THE SHY LASHLIES + BURNT LETTERS + O’WELLS + SHOTGUN WEDDING Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $8. MTNS + KATE MARTIN + LUCIANBLOMKAMP Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. NEXT - FEAT: CROWNED KINGS + HIDEAWAY + OCEAN GROVE + PROCLAIM Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. OLIVER TANK + BREE TRANTER + OSCAR KEY SUNG Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $15. PLUGGED IN THURSDAYS - FEAT: CARDINAL + BLINDFOLD + REFLEX REX Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:30pm. $5. SLOW CLUB - FEAT: SKYWAYS ARE HIGHWAYS + FURROWS + NAYSAYER Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. SPORTSMEN + BEN O’LOUGHLIN + DEAR PLASTIC + THE KLINKS Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. STEELBIRDS + ANDY MCGARVIE TRIO + KATE KELSEY-DUGG Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE ASTON SHUFFLE + SWEETLAND + THIEF Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15. THE CORONAS The Hi-fi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $46. THE EVERCOLD + DISASTERS + SEARCHER Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $7. THE FALSE ECONOMY (EP LAUNCH) + KYAARN + MOONAH RIPP + THE LOST DAY Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $5. THE MURDERBALLS + DIRTY HARRIET & THE HANGMEN + MUSCLE MARY + WHERE’S GROVER Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm.
With the well-earned reputation as one of the heaviest live bands in the world, Mastodon return to Australian stages for the first time in two years! On the back of the band’s Soundwave Festival 2014 shows, they will perform two monster sidewaves. Joining them will be the equally noisy Baroness and Gojira. Don’t miss out when they pulverise The Palace on Tuesday February 25. Tickets available via ticketek.
THE SCENE Musicland, Fawkner. 9:00pm. $5. THE SCOUTS + RAVENSWOOD Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. TOM DOCKRAY + DARCY FOX + MADDY LEMAN & THE MIDNIGHT MAYBELLES Wesley Anne, Northcote. 9:00pm. $5. TRASH PALACE + LIEUTENANT JAM + SEX ST The Vineyard, St Kilda. 10:00pm. VISION ST + DIAMOND FIST + MAGIC AMERICA + THE GUNSLINGERS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. WILLOW DARLING + JUMPIN JACK WILLIAMS Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
KARISE EDEN + GENA ROSE BRUCE Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 6:30pm. $33. LOT 56 Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. LUKE GREENHATCH Bar Nancy, Northcote. 7:30pm. SKYSCRAPER STAN Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
THE GROVES (WINE DARK SEA LAUNCH) + DJ CAMPBELL MCNOLTY + HAMBONE & THE PROSPECTORS + KINLOCH TROONS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $9. ATHENAS WAKE + EYE IMPOSE IMPOSTER + GRIEVER + I EXALT + SILENT ROSE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 9:30pm. $10. AUDEMIA + APOLOGY FOR THE AUDIO QUALITY + HUMANS AS ANIMALS + VOODOOCAIN + ZUZU ANGEL Espy, St Kilda. 9:30pm. $10. CABBAGES & KINGS + THE BON SCOTTS + TRASH FAIRYS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5. CUNTZ + DJ SHAMIKAZI + TEENAGE LIBIDO Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. D AT SEA + CHASING GHOSTS + MILLE TIZZARD Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12. DAVID BRIDIE + SWEET JEAN Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $23. DIESEL + SHAUN KIRK Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $35. EINSTEIN TOYBOYS + THE WISEGUYZ Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $10. FOXTROT + ROAD RATZ + SCALPHUNTER + STREET FANGS + THE SUPERGUNS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:30pm. $8. FRANK SULTANA & THE SINISTER KIDS + DJ KEZBOT + MANFRED MOORE + RICH DAVIES & THE DEVILS UNION Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. FRIDAY SESSIONS AT THE WICK - FEAT: WHITE JONES Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 9:00pm. HOW’S THE SERENITY PARTY - FEAT: THE GALAXY FOLK + AUNT FUCKHOLE + ESC + SHIMA + THE BONNIE DOONS + THE BROKEN NEEDLES + TOYOTA WAR + TRULY HOLY + WILLOW DARLING Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:30pm. I AM THE RIOT (END OF THE ROAD LAUNCH) + GLADSTONE + GRIZZLY JIM LAWRIE + THE SHORT STAND Playground, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. JASON LIVES + BRICKS + MODERN ASTRONOMERS + THE ADMINISTRATION First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. JUDGE PINO & THE RULING MOTIONS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. KILL TV + DEAR STALKER + THRASHER JYNX Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. KINGS OF THE SUN + BLACK ACES + SCRATCH DADDY BLACK + THREE TIME THRILL Espy, St Kilda. 10:00pm. KODIAK THROAT + BOMBS ARE FALLING + DJ VON + FOLEY Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $8. LAMINE & THE AFRICAN INTELLIGENCE The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. MATT WALKER & THE LOST RAGAS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 10:30pm. MY ECHO Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. PINK MUSSLE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 10:00pm.
ACQUACHETA Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15. AJAK KWAI Open Studio, Northcote. 9:30pm. ALWAN Claypots, St Kilda. 10:00pm. ANDREA MARR & THE FUNKY HITMEN + DJ PIERRE BARONI + DJ VINCE PEACH Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. ANTON DELECCA QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. MINGUS THINGUS Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. PASSERINE + ALBERT SALT + CC:DISCO + DR DOCTOR Kelvin Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE MET Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $20. THE OVEREASYS Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 7:30pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ABOVE KINGS + FLORENCE PARDOE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 10:00pm. ANDY IRVINE + THE BILL JACKSON TRIO Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 6:30pm. AQUILA YOUNG Federation Square, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. GRID - FEAT: THE FABRIC Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 9:00pm. KANNA & COX + LENNY MAT Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.
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EMINEM, KENDRICK LAMAR, J. COLE Eminem returns to Etihad Stadium this Wednesday February 19 as part of his Rapture tour. Eminem sold out every seat of his triumphant stadium tour of Australia two years ago. The crowd at Etihad Stadium in 2011 of 61,405 was one of the venue’s highest attendances for a concert. Joining him will be Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and Australia’s own 360. Tickets are still available via ticketmaster.
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THE DELTA RIGGS To announce the forthcoming release of their eagerly awaited follow up to Hex.Lover.Killer, The Delta Riggs will treat their hometown crowd to a special preview performance, playing cuts from the new record Dipz Zebazios for the first time. They play the Northcote Social Club with Atolls and Udays Tiger this Friday February 21. Tickets are available through the venue website.
SPENCER P JONES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. STOPPING ALL STATIONS PRESENTS - FEAT: DECIMATUS + CONSCIOUS CONTROL + DEATH BY SIX Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $15. THE BEDROOM PHILOSOPHER & HIS AWKWARDSTRA + FRANKY WALNUT Kelvin Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE DELTA RIGGS + ATOLLS + UDAYS TIGER Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9:30pm. $12. THE FUNK BUDDIES + JULES BOULT & THE REDEEMERS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. THE RAMSHACKLE ARMY (ALBUM LAUNCH) + HIGHTIME + THE QUARTERS + THE RESIGNATORS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $14. THE ROLLING PERPETUAL GROOVE SHOW + MY PIRANHA + SPARROW & SPARK + WHISKEY Espy, St Kilda. 10:00pm. THE SEAFORD MONSTER + HADAL MAW + ORCHESTRATING THE DAMNED + THE ARBITER 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $10. THE WORKINGHORSE IRONS + BROCKWAY LIGHTS + LOVE BOMBS + STONE REVIVAL Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. WIRE + CONSTANT MONGREL + THE STEVENS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. $42. WOMEN IN HORROR FUNDRAISER - FEAT: MUSCLE MARY + BETTY BLOOD + DALLAS VANDAL Bar 291, Brunswick. 7:00pm. $10.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC 30/70 Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:30pm. ANTIPODES QUINTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. BEAT THE BUSH - FEAT: COOCHIE HUGGINS & JIMMY CAUTION Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DEAN’S MARTINI & SHAKERS Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 8:30pm. HULA HOG ROAST - FEAT: COMBO PACIFICA + NUHOLANI WAHINES The Luwow, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. JEN HAWLEY TRIO Famous Blue Raincoat, Kingsville South. 8:30pm. KUNJANI Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20. LAZYBONES + TEMPLE OF TUNES Wesley Anne, Northcote. 9:00pm. $5. MARGIE LOU’S PIANO HOUR + ALYCE PLATT Claypots, St Kilda. 10:00pm. PAPA G & THE STARCATS Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 9:00pm. POP UP BAR MOORABBIN - FEAT: THE WOOHOO REVUE Kingston City Hall, Moorabbin. 4:00pm. RE-IMAGINING PEGGY LEE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15. SHORT ORDER SCHEFS Bar Oussou, Brunswick. 10:00pm. THE LAGERPHONES + ALEX LANDRAGIN Open Studio, Northcote. 6:00pm. THE SIMON DREW QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20. TRIO AGOGO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:00pm. YVETTE JOHANSSON & THE JOE RUBERTO TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK MONIQUE BRUMBY + CAROLINE KENNEDY Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $15. ARTIC DUNE + GRAND MASTER MONK Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
JIMMY EAT WORLD AND PANIC! AT THE DISCO Emerging out of the mid-’90s scene, Jimmy Eat World crossed over to a larger audience by embracing a blend of alternative rock and pop that targeted the heart as well as the head. Las Vegas’ Panic! At The Disco have been labeled emo, pop punk, electo, vaudeville and baroque pop since the band’s debut album in 2005. These two fan favourites will hit up the Forum Theatre for a sidewave on Tuesday February 25. Joining them will be Alkaline Trio. Tickets available via ticketmaster.
CHARLES JENKINS & THE ZHIVAGIOS Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. JACKSON 4 Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 10:30pm. JED ROWE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:30pm. KALLIDAD Penny Black, Brunswick. 10:30pm. MELBOURNE ZOO TWILIGHTS - FEAT: SOMETHING FOR KATE + THE ORBWEAVERS Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. 5:30pm. PHOENIX Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 9:00pm. $8. SAVE THE TARKINE - FEAT: TOLKA + LUCY WISE & THE B’GOLLIES + VINCENT DODD & DENIS PHALAN Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $18. THE SPIRIT + STEVE SMYTH Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:00pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 7:00pm. WHITE JONES Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 9:00pm.
SATURDAY FEB 22 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS ALTITUDE + THE ESCAPADES 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. AMAYA LAUCIRICA + DARK FAIR + NINA RENEE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. ANCHORS + STEVE COHEN & THE MOTHERFUCKERS + TIGERS + VICIOUS CYCLE Playground, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. BANE OF WINTERSTORM + ALASKAN THUNDER + TRIGGER + VANISHING POINT Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12. BANG - FEAT: BORIS THE BLADE + DAYDREAMER + FEED HER TO THE SHARKS Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. BETWEEN THE BAYS - FEAT: TEX PERKINS + BOOM CRASH OPERA + DARYL BRAITHWAITE + DIESEL + RUSSELL BEGGS + THE BASICS Penbank, Moorooduc. 2:00pm. $70. CISCO CEASAR + DJ FANTA PANTS + MURDENA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. CLIFF HOAD’S KINGS OF THE SUN + DESTROY SHE SAID + DJ MERMAID Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. D AT SEA Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 2:00pm. $15. GOGARTY + PEAR & THE AWKWARD ORCHESTRA + STORMCHASERS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 9:00pm. $10. INITIALS + CORPUS + DAYBREAK + DJ LOVE HERTZ + FEAR LIKE US + KISSING BOOTH Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10. JORDAN LESER (TRIPLE TREAT TOUR) + EVES + JESSE DAVIDSON Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12. LA BASTARD Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 10:30pm. MILES BROWN + CHROME DOME DJS + FORCES + KELUAR + NUN + PROFILE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. ORSOME WELLES + CIRCADIAN PULSE + FULL CODE + HOLLIAVA Espy, St Kilda. 10:00pm. PAUL REID + CHELSEA MORGAN + KIARA JACK Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. PLUTO JONZE + CASH FOR GOLD + PHIL PARA + THE BEAR & I + THE HELLHOUNDS Espy, St Kilda. 7:00pm. RENATO & REVOLVER + POVRATAK OTPISANIH Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $25. ROCK AND BLUES SATURDAYS - FEAT: JAMES AVANT Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm.
ROSS WILSON & THE PEACENIKS + MIKE RUDD Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $33. SEAN-A-PALOOZA 4.0 - FEAT: DIRT RIVER RADIO + BROKEN RIVER + GYPSY SCRIGGS + SWAMPY MAW Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. SKYSCRAPER STAN & THE COMMISSION FLATS + THE NEW SAVAGES + TOM DOCKRAY Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $10. SOL NATION + THE PUSH Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. STEVE BALBI + LAUREN BRUCE Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $20. SUNBEAM SOUND MACHINE + TEETH & TONGUE Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE ASTON SHUFFLE + CHIEFS + THIEF Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9:30pm. $15. THE KIERON MCDONALD COMBO Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. THE STILLSONS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. THEM NIGHTS + AD SKINNER Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. TOO SOON! - BYE FOR NOW - FEAT: STRATHMORE + ALL WE NEED + FOLEY + JAY WARS + JAYNE’S FIGHTING SHIPS + JOE GUITON + LAURA PALMER + MAX GOES TO HOLLYWOOD + THE SAVAGES Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. WHITEHORSE + ASBESTOSISIS + BLOODRULE + INTERNAL ROT + PISSBOLT Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. WINTERPLAN + COACH BOMBAY + DARK ARTS + DOG WHISTLE POLITICS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $8.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC ADAM SIMMONS’ ORIGAMI Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. AFRICAN ROYAL DRUMMERS + CIRCUS VISION AFRICA Werribee Open Range Zoo, Werribee. 8:00pm. ANNA GILKINSON & THE JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20. CLASSICAL PIANO Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 3:00pm. GOYIM + ELVIS IN THE HOUSE Claypots, St Kilda. 4:30pm. KYLIE AULDIST + STELLA ANGELICO Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $27. NORIA LETTS QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $20. REFLEJOS + ELAINE PINHEIRO Open Studio, Northcote. 6:30pm. SWING TRAIN FEATURING GIANNI MARINUCCI Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25. THE JULIA MESSENGER BAND Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK CENTRE & THE SOUTH + BIG SEAL & THE SLIPPERY FEW + KURT GENTLE Bar 291, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $10. DIRTY YORK Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. FRANK SULTANA & THE SINISTER KIDS Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $10. JAMES AVENT Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:30pm. KALLIDAD Penny Black, Brunswick. 10:30pm. LINCOLN LE FEVRE + SMALL STORM Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3:00pm. LISA MITCHELL QV Melbourne, Melbourne. 8:00pm. MELBOURNE ZOO TWILIGHTS - FEAT: HOTEL CALIFORNIA Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. 5:30pm.
OKKERVIL RIVER Dust off those hoverboards, because for their impending Australian tour Texan-bred indie folkrockers Okkervil River are heading back in time! We’re not talking about their impressive resume of visiting our country which extends all the way back to 2005 – this will be their sixth Australian sojourn – but rather their recently-released, retro-tastic album The Silver Gymnasium, which finds them travelling back to those glory days (for some) of the 1980s. They play the Corner Hotel this Saturday February 22, with support from Ernest Ellis and Roller One. Tickets are selling fast so get em’ now via the Corner website.
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MONDAY FEB 24
For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au MONIQUE BRUMBY Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 6:30pm. MOOSEJAW RIFLE CLUB Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 10:00pm. MR BLACK & BLUES + ALEX LEGG + JOHN CROSBIE Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 9:00pm. $20. OKKERVIL RIVER + ERNEST ELLIS + ROLLER ONE Corner Hotel, Richmond. 9:30pm. $52. PETER DICKY BIRD Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:30pm. ROGER VS THE MAN + AARON LYON + FIVE COFFEES + FLIGHT TO DUBAI Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10. THE GROOVETONES Blarney Stone Irish Pub, Yarraville. 8:30pm. THE NYMPHS (ALBUM LAUNCH) + AL PARKINSON + BLUE BOTTLES Kelvin Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. WILLIE WAGTAILS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:06pm. WOMBAT ORPHANAGE BUSHFIRE BENEFIT FEAT: LUCY WISE + MANDY & STRAY HENS + ROB ZIELINSKI + STRAFFRAN& ROWIE Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 10:30pm.
SUNDAY FEB 23 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS 80’S ON THE EDGE Sloaney Pony, Port Melbourne. 9:30pm. BLUE EYES CRY + STANDING TALL Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. BOB LOG III + BJ MORRISZONKLE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 3:00pm. $15. BUCK JR + DEMI LOUISE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. DALE RYDER BAND + DJ ROC LANDERS + GARY EASTWOOD EXPRESS Espy, St Kilda. 6:30pm. DIESEL + JAMES ROBBIE REYNE Caravan Music Club,
Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $33. FOLEY + GLADSTONE 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. JESS LOCKE + ALI E + JAMIE HAY + LUCY WILSON Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 4:00pm. JP SHILO + ROSIE WESTBROOK Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 5:30pm. LAZY EYE + CATFISH VOODOO Penny Black, Brunswick. 6:00pm. MACHINE TRANSLATIONS + ERNEST ELLIS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15. MINIMUM WAGE - FEAT: BEAT DISEASE + AD SKINNER + MUTTON Bar 291, Brunswick. 4:30pm. $10. MOUNTAIN GOAT BEERSOAKED SUNDAYS FEAT: JIMMY TAIT + DJ SEEDY REED + EMMA RUSSACK + THE UKELADIES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. PABLO NARANJO Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. PERSEPHONE’S FRUIT + HUNTERS OF HEAVEN + MAGMA LAVA + PIPER PAN Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. PRETTY CITY + RANGER SPACEY + THE SWEETS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. RENAY Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 4:00pm. SIMPLY ACOUSTIC Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. SKYSCRAPER STAN & THE COMMISSION FLATS Public Bar, North Melbourne. 2:00am. $10. SOMEONE ELSE’S WEDDING BAND + ANDREW SWIFT + GEORGIA MAQ Playground, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SUNDAY SCHOOL - FEAT: AMATEUR CHILDBIRTH + NO FUCKWITZ + RITES WILD + THE LIMEWORKS Public Bar, North Melbourne. 4:00pm. THE BIG FACE & THE BOOGIE WOOGIE BOOGIE BOARD BOYS + REFLEX REX + SECOND CHANCE EXIT + THE WINTERS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5. THE LARGE NUMBER 12S Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm. THE MEAN TIMES + LONE TYGER + PENCIVE LENGUIN Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. THE WAILERS + SLY & ROBBIE + THE TAXI GANG WITH BITTY MCLEAN 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $88. WISHFUL + HARRY STORM + SHARK ALARM Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
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. 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 DRUMMER WANTED to complete line-up. Influences: Trail of Dead, QOTSA, Tool, Mogwai. Based in Collingwood. Text Jodi 0435 615 672. SERVICES FREE VENUE HIRE - Fully stocked bar - Huge capacity, whole venue or partial. Call Jesse 0411 803 579 EMPLOYMENT 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 TUITION SINGING LESSONS - Harness Your Vocal Potential 45min. classes - $38.00. Free Assessment Class. Call 9530 0984 / 0425 788 252 or checkout katzmusic. com.au SONGWRITING CLASSES starting next month by Australian Songwriter Of The Year 2013 Award winner Jacques M. Gentil. Learn how to make your songs marketable, get published & generate income. Affordable. 0417 585 767/ Admin@Magesongs.Com. magesongs. com (call in 4 weeks time to renew) SONGWRITING COURSE Commencing Tuesday 11th March, 2014. An introductory course covering elements of popular song writing, including lyric writing, melody, harmony and chord theory. Visit katzmusic.com.au or call 9530 0984 or 0425 788 252 for more info.
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THE CAIRO CLUB ORCHESTRA + BUCK EVANS + NICHAUD FITZGIBBON Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 3:00pm. $23. THE JED ROWE BAND Union Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm. THE MARGIE LOU TRIO + GIL ASKEY Claypots, St Kilda. 4:30pm. THE NEVER EVER (IN OR OUT TOUR) Hoyts Melbourne Central, Melbourne. 6:30pm. THE RECHORDS + RAISED BY EAGLES Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 2:30pm. $12.
I LEFT MY HEART IN EUROPE - FEAT: SENIVODA + MR FISH + SACA LA MOIS DJ Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 1:00pm. ELVIS IN THE HOUSE + DUO SEVERINI Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 2:00pm. SUMMER SOUNDS - FEAT: NUDE FUNK ORCHESTRA Logan Reserve, Williamstown. 2:00pm. SWING JAZZ NIGHS - FEAT: PATRICK THIELE + REFRACTION TRIO Open Studio, Northcote. 6:30pm. THE ARCHITECTS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. THE CASTLE JAZZ DAY - FEAT: THE GIN REMEDY + BEN GILLESPIE + THE GRAVY TRAIN + THE MOONSHINE WHISTLERS Overnewton Castle, Keilor. 12:00pm. $20. THE DARRIN ARCHER SEXTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15. VINCS & WAKELING Famous Blue Raincoat, Kingsville South. 3:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK CORAL LEE & THE SILVER SCREAM Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. ELEPHANT VILLAGE BENEFIT - FEAT: KEN MAHER & TONY HARGREAVES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 6:30pm. EXIT CROWD Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 4:00pm. GRAND MASTER MONK Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. HUMANS AS ANIMALS + ECHO DRAMA Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. JAM SUNDAYS Musicland, Fawkner. 6:00pm. NIGEL WEARNE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 7:30pm. RUBEN STONE HIT FACTORY Penny Black, Brunswick. 4:00pm. SHAKA BAKA Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10. SHANNON BOURNE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 3:00pm. SUZANNAH ESPIE & THE LAST WORD + BAKERSFIELD GLEE CLUB + TRACY MCNEIL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE BLOOMIN’ HEATHERS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 5:00pm.
INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS DEAR MONDAY - FEAT: HANNAH IN THE WARS + ANGELA MOON + BILLY EXTON + SCOTT BOYD Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. EAGLES OF DEATH METAL + MUTEMATH + ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT The Hi-fi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $67. MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: MASSES + CUNTZ & INFINITE VOID + LAKES Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:00pm. MONDAY NIGHT MASSES + CUNTZ + INFINITE VOID + LAKES Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. THE DEAD HEIR + ATOLLS + LIONESS EYE + SAM COOPER Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $3. WHITAKER + GENA ROSE BRUCE + JAMES MACKEY Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $8.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC AFRICAN DRUMMING CLASSES 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. JAZZ PARTY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE ALLAN BROWNE QUINTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. PORT PHILLIP GILGAMESH READINGS Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 8:30pm.
TUESDAY FEB 25 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS BRUNSWICK HOTEL DISCOVERY NIGHT - FEAT: SIENNA WILD + IAN RICKARD Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. FOREIGN/NATIONAL + ATOLLS + THE BAUDELAIRES Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. JIMMY EAT WORLD + ALKALINE TRIO + PANIC! AT THE DISCO Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $70. MASTODON + BARONESS + GOJIRA Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $72. MELBOURNE IMPROVISERS COLLECTIVE Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. MIKELANGELO + PETE REID + RICH DAVIES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $15. THE STEVE BARRY TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15. TRACER Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC BOHEMIAN NIGHTS Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm. HI-FI LOUNGE LIZARDS Claypots, St Kilda. 10:00pm. JAZZ IN THE ATTIC - FEAT: SARAH MCDONALD Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. MARCHAND NOIR Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. PETER BAYLOR’S ULTRAFOX Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 8:30pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK BEYOND THE BATHROOM CHOIR Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 8:30pm. CRAFTY ANNE & FRIENDS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. DAN WATERS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASES Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. VOICES IN THE ATTIC - FEAT: FREEMAN JAMES MERLIN & FREYA DOUGAN Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.
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Have you got your ticket to Push Over 2014 yet? The set times have now been released, along with the artist signing times. We’re also running a comp for one lucky festival goer to skip the artist signing queue and go straight to the front – enter by this Friday by sending your best llama meme to push@thepush.com.au in celebration of the Push Over poster, relating to either the festival or a band on the lineup. You’ll also score some sweet band merch. But firstly get to ticketmaster.com.au and get yourself a ticket! Class Clowns is Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s competition/development program for young people, and Melbourne heats commence next week! The competition gives secondary school aged youths the chance to refine their skills in writing and performing comedy. In the past, it has kick started the careers of Josh Thomas, Tom Ballard, and many more. Dates for the heats are Thursday February 27 and Friday February 28 and Saturday March 1. The events will be held at Melbourne Theatre Company’s Lawler Studios. If you fancy yourself as Australia’s next comedic prodigy, head to comedyfestival.com. au and follow the links to find full competition details. If performing isn’t your thing, you can also attend as an audience member. Also kicking off next week is the 2014 Apollo Bay Music Festival. Spanning over two days, the all ages festival will host the likes of Kate Miller Heidke, The Basics, Dallas Crane, Sex On Toast and many more. Family tickets are available for discounted prices, making persuading your parents to pay for you all the more easy! Head to apollobaymusicfestival.com for full deets. Metalcore peeps Northlane have recently announced the launch of their very own curated mini-festival! Titled Free Your Mind, the event will feature Northlane themselves as headliners, plus five local and international acts. The local acts will be chosen via a competition. The festival won’t be making its way to Melbourne until June 1 but tickets are already available via Oztix. Get in early to avoid missing out! After releasing new track She Only Loves Me When I’m There, Brisbane rascals Ball Park Music have announced an upcoming headline tour! The band will be promoting their self-produced third album, Puddinghead, due for release April 4. Melbourne underagers can look forward to their show at the Corner Hotel on May 3. Jolly good times ahead. Finally, if you’re a budding event planner or are just looking to get a foot in the music industry door, there are a lot of FReeZA teams that are recruiting fresh team members at the moment. Below are teams that are currently looking for people, along with the relevant FReeZA worker’s contact details. Check with your local team to see if they’re seeking applicants! • • • • •
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ALL AGES TIMETABLE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 19 Rapture 2014 w/ Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole and 360, Etihad Stadium, 740 Bourke St, Docklands, 4pm, $100-$155, ticketmaster.com.au, AA. Open Mic/Jam Night, Musicland, 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 7pm, free, musiclandonline.com.au, AA. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 21 EV’s Unplugged w/ James Wade, Scott Boyd and Tom Riccioni, EV’S Youth Centre, 212 Mt Dandenong Rd, Croydon, 6.30pm, pay what you want ($1 minimum, $5 suggested), facebook.com/ maroondahyouthservices, AA. SUNDAY FEBRUARY 23 Clayton Festival w/ Blindfold, Santa and Maria, SuperHoodz, Lachlan Duthie, and Guy Louis, Cnr Clayton Rd and Centre Rd, Clayton, 12pm, free, myfs.org.au, AA. BackStage: All Ages Gig, Musicland, 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 7.30pm, $10, musiclandonline.com.au, AA
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History? The site of the venue was the old post office back in the day. After being sold in the early ’80s it has gone from being a day care centre, a cafe, a pub named after a race horse to now The Penny Black. Fun fact: The Penny Black was named after the first adhesive postage stamp, helping us tie our links back to the original purpose of the building. How long have you been operating? We have been operating as The Penny Black for four and a half years. What do you feel is your major attraction? Plenty of attractions, including the impressive band room with a massive roof, to the spectacular beer garden with plenty of coverage and heating from Melbourne’s fickle weather. What was your favorite show in the last six months and why? We have had plenty of excellent shows in the past six months, too many to choice from. One show we are extremely looking forward to is Cloud Control playing at the end of March. Could you nominate a bartender of the month? Brendan. Brendan is our beer enthusiast and the man to ask any questions beer related. If you are lucky enough, he may even bring in some of his home brew for you to try! How many nights of live music and entertainment are running at your venue? We run live bands every Friday, Saturday and Sunday and DJs in the beer garden Thursday to Sunday. Ways to get there? Plenty of ways to get here, tram
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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews IMMIGRANT UNION Ding Dong Lounge, Friday February 7
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ST KILDA FESTIVAL Prince Of Wales Public Bar, Sunday February 9 All outdoor festivals benefit from good weather but none more than St Kilda Festival. St Kilda is the closest thing Melbourne has to a Bondi Beach or Surfers Paradise, so a shining sun and 30-plus degree temperature pretty much guaranteed that this year’s festival would get a good turnout despite it suffering considerable funding cuts. Fortuitously, the scaled back main event meant that the existing bars, cafes and band venues could shine. Your faithful correspondent located his good self at Prince Of Wales public bar for the entirety of the day, soaking up the vastly expanded outdoor area, slash, beer garden and the 11 hours of entertainment that began with Hamish Macleod and ended with a banging four hour set from DJ Mimi Velevska. Hamish Macleod is a tall, neatly dressed character whose up tempo yet down tuned guitar playing, slightly nasal tones and broad Australian accent spins him off as a Lou Reed like character who spent too much time listening to The Triffids. Following Macleod around three o’clock-ish was St Kilda locals Seb Mont & Thee. This group, led by the very white and lanky but incredibly soulful Seb, was the right tonic for a slowly boozing audience. It’s difficult to put a finger exactly on where what the band’s sound is trying to be because it swings (pun implied) from jazz, soul and rock’n’roll with Seb Mont showing shades of great modern soul men Rufus Wainwright and Antony Heggarty. From about 3pm to 4pm the hubbub on Fitzroy St, that was closed to all traffic, reached its most intense with people making their way down from the tram stop up near Grey St to the main stage on the foreshore. So by the time The Sweaters took the stage it seemed as though the crowd had settled in for the night and this is where they were going to get wasted and dance. The Sweaters’ hard-edged rock harked back to the ‘80s and early ‘90s when St Kilda was home to everything gripping and grungey in the world of rock’n’roll. The final song of their set typified this as it was a cover of GOD’s My Pal – a revered Melbourne band that earned their stripes gigging at venues like Prince Of Wales and, tragically, in a very St Kilda way had their career cut short through the blight of heroin. Following The Sweaters, the early evening took a turn for the bizarre with Charging Stallion who can only really be described as a garage rock comedy troupe, or as one guy in the audience said, “An un-shit Tripod”. Frontmen Cam Bisley and Tim Davis began each song with some banter about the ensuing song. One track was about how they were sick of women thinking they were gay so if they starred in a porno they could just show it to woman to prove that they’re not gay – the song was called This Porno Clip. Don’t think about it too much just be assured the musical backing that featured members of Drunk Mums was awesome. With the crowd well and truly toasted and the DJ playing bogan bangers such as Killing In The Name and Da Funk it took the compelling blues rock of the angelic JR Reyne to draw all gazes back to the stage. Armed with a guitar, harmonica and a kick drum JR wooed the public bar with such stellar foot stompers as his latest single Casino. Headline act The Twoks ripped the veritable stage apart with their music-school turned-band-gypsy rock. Xani Kolac (electric violin/vocals) and drummer, Mark Leahy, seemed to conduct an enthralled audience with the throng rising and falling with the vicissitudes of Kolac’s bow and also her pizzicato playing – their sublime new single First Light. Throughout the ‘80s and right into the ‘90s Prince Of Wales Public Bar was a mecca for both local and touring bands however with the gentrification of St Kilda it had become just a bar with a couple of LOVED: The free Boags fedora that pool tables and a jukebox. This was up until about 18 months ago, but it was Andee Frost fashioned into Pharrell hat. successful events like this that announced to the rest of Melbourne that the HATED: Having work the next day. public bar is rocking again. (Editor’s Note: He did not make it into work the next day) RAYMOND WIELD BROOKE DRANK: Designer drug from Germany.
Once relieved in the refuge of Ding Dong Lounge’s air conditioning, and an ice-cold beer in hand, I was with an open mind to the first artist of the night, Hayley Couper. Not being too well versed on the dreamy pop songstress, I wasn’t sure what to expect, and the assortment of gear surrounding her solo stage set-up offered no clue. First impressions inevitably came into play. Battling off-kilter sound levels, and the noise of the unused snare drum’s vibrations, we embarked on the haphazard musical experiment with her. A couple of minutes into the confusing instrumental intro, just when the amalgamation of her prerecorded synth loops ensued slightly off rhythm, I couldn’t help but cringe at the messy noise it all spawned. Couper looked like she needed a few extra hands to create what she was frantically trying to pull together. At this stage, I wasn’t holding too much hope for this set, but I soon stood corrected. Upon her first breath into the microphone, the attention of everyone in the room was held captive. Her angelic voice was awe-inspiring, and permeated through the acoustics with an established sense of belonging. What could have lost me was now somewhat endearing, and I found myself giving her an encouraging applause. As she played out her remaining originals, and a well-selected cover of Fleetwood Mac’s Dreams, I couldn’t help but think she was sold short having to take on all components of the performance herself. She has notable vision and talent to be practiced and refined, which I hope to someday see accompanied with a band. Royston Vasie were next up, who are making headway in the myriad of acclaimed Melbourne rock bands since their debut album Tanah Merah was released last year. They’ve certainly perfected how to take hold of a crowd too, as if their brainchild of laidback vocals, distorted guitars and all encompassing psychedelic sounds needed any help with that. They rolled out their power garage tracks including Wreck Your Health, Come On, and of course their Hives inspired crowd favourite, You Want It Now. By this stage, I was well primed for headline act, Immigrant Union. My penchant for American ‘90s pop rock left me with a predisposition to this band, although predominantly made up of Melburnians, American singer/guitarist Brent De Boer’s (former Dandy Warhols drummer) influence is ever present. Alternating vocalists Brent De Boer and Bob Harrow add a resonant diversity to the band. When De Boer wasn’t crooning dreamy psychedelia on highlight tracks like In Time, I Can’t Return and Shameless, Harrow’s uncanny similarity to the sound of Lemonheads evoked a sentimental stirring, found on Alison, in particular. While elements of Dandy Warhols and Dinosaur Jr. percolated through each song, it was done so in such an inspired way that while successfully appealing to the confines of that genre, they still maintained nous for exploration. All in all, this night saw three bands that will surely only get better from here. ASH BARTLETT
LOVED: The crisp air-con. HATED: Err… DRANK: Too many beers.
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND AAMI Park, Saturday February 15 The Boss’ return to Australian shores for the second time in less than a year was still as anticipated as the first. The touring machine that is Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band lived up to every ticketholders’ expectations and then some, playing a lengthy three hour set making sure we all left without want for much more. Making an effort to keep their setlist fresh, this time around playing in its entirety their 1984 hit album Born In The USA from start to finish. Opening up the night’s proceedings in a tipping of his hat to Aussie rock, Springsteen took to the stage with Eddie Vedder in tow, who joined him for an impressive rendition of AC/DC’s Highway to Hell. Vedder stayed on to lend his vocals to Darkness On The Edge Of Town, in what set precedent to a night of festive, high energy and often off-the-cuff spontaneity. Springsteen’s eagerness to please the crowd sees him often handpick song requests from punters waving around signs at his shows, with this one being no exception as he instructed the E Street Band to take on what he deemed to be one of his more obscure songs, Jole Blon. Springsteen and band carved through the full Born in the USA album, which of course was not short of hits. This brought out lesser performed but thoroughly welcomed versions of I’m on Fire and I’m Going Down to a crowd who, through this mid-set gift, knew what was coming next , yet still lapped it up with an enthusiasm reserved for few bands on the planet, only reinforcing the relevance and longevity of Springsteen’s songwriting on each generation that discovers him. The Ghost of Tom Joad was a highlight, Tom Morrello completely at home on trademark solos and a guest vocal in the song, and now fitting into the fold beside a returned Steve Van Zandt , made this his moment and the song soared. Shackled and Drawn, The Rising and Land of Hope and Dreams followed, in a set where songs from Springsteen’s more recent albums were displayed as loudly and proudly as any of his earlier classics, and it is this fact which gives an E Street gig the feeling of being completely in the moment and of the times, and anything but a nostalgia act. Born To Run, Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) and Tenth Avenue Freeze Out took flight, as the band brought the encore home with high energy classics, the latter paying homage to the late Clarence Clemons and giving nephew Jake his moment to shine on sax, who despite having huge shoes to fill, did an amazing job. With another tip of the hat, this time to Australia’s Johnny O’keefe, the band brought the party home with Shout!, and just when you thought there could be nothing left to give, Bruce walked out one last time on his own to treat the crowd to a tender and beautiful acoustic version of Thunder Road under a full moon. Springsteen is as culturally relevant as ever and this is significant in a time LOVED: The crowd sing-along to Born where perhaps few of the younger generation could dream of stepping to the To Run. mantle with this kind of vigour, and tonight we lap it up, because it’s rare and HATED: That the house lights were more essential than ever. put on numerous times throughout the evening for no apparent reason. CHIPS LAFFERTY DRANK: Plastic cups full of beer.
DJ SHADOW Prince Bandroom, Thursday February 13 It must be hard being an artist who peaks early. What do you do? You want to keep making and playing music; it’s your life. You try new things, you keep discovering new sounds. It’s rewarding. But you have this little feeling, this little voice that tells you it’s going to be next to impossible to make anything anywhere near as good as your previous work. And then you’ve got the expectations of your fans. I think it’s fair to say a lot of people at DJ Shadow’s All Basses Covered gig at Prince last week wanted to hear some of the old stuff. Like the fan up the front who called out two-thirds through the show — I didn’t hear exactly what she said — only to have Shadow lash back sarcastically, “Oh, you want to hear more old stuff ? Yeah, let’s hear more old stuff ! I love living in the past!” Shadow started things off with a good old-fashioned soundcheck before greeting the crowd. “So what I’m gonna do tonight is share with y’all what’s going on in the California beats scene. The year is 2014. I’m gonna play a lot of the new [silence from crowd] and a little bit of the old [cheers from crowd].” After adding that he would put down the mic and let his music do the tal ta aallki kkin iing (an outright an talking and disappointing lie), Shadow began with his classic cheeseball MC sample, “Are you ready?”, scratching ove veer the the he sample and repeating re over it a couple of times to the cheers of the crowd. When I heard the opening vocal from What Does Your Soul Soul oul Look Look Like (Pa Lo (Part 4), my heart leapt for a second. Maybe this was going to be really good. What ffollowed oollllllow ol wed was an hour and a half of fetid trap music, interspersed with the odd bit of interesting footwork or drum ‘n’ bass, a couple ooff oor riginals (S originals (Six Days, Organ Donor plus a decent remix of The Number Song) and regular and varied interjections from Shadow — “Th There’s no laptop up here”, “Only the sickest beats”, “A lot of this is unreleased shit me and my buddies have been making”, an nd sseveral nd everal references r and to the music being not only new but “scary”. While DJ Shadow SSha haadow wan wanted to try out his new stuff on the fans, it appeared the LOVED: Some of Shadow’s improv MPC fans wante eedd th he old st wanted the stuff, and were left fairly empty-handed. drumming was actually pretty cool. HATED: A lot of his new stuff. MORGAN GA GAN AN RICHARDS AN RICHARD DRANK: A whiskey dry and a couple of draught beers. EAT MAGAZINE MAGAZIN PAGE 54 BEAT
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