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JOHN NEWMAN John Newman has announced that he will be heading Down Under for his very first Australian headline performances this April and May. The tour comes off the back of Newman’s debut album, Tribute, and will see the Yorkshire-born musician play shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. Newman has had a huge two years, by mid-2012 his single Feel The Love climbed to #1 on the UK Singles Chart and became a Top 5 hit in Belgium, Netherlands, New Zealand and here in Australia, where it was eventually certified Triple Platinum. Not Giving In reached #12 in Australia where it also came in at #16 on the triple j Hottest 100 for 2012 and was certified Double Platinum. Later that month he released ‘Love Me Again’ which became a top ten hit in 16 countries including Australia, where Newman was yet again certified Double Platinum. John Newman will play the Palace Theatre on Tuesday April 29. Tickets go on sale Monday March 3 through Ticketek.
PUSH POP UP STAGE You may have heard that the Push Over festival has been cancelled for this year due to low ticket sales. But fear not! A free Push Pop Up Stage will present three Push Over acts at this year’s Moomba festival: The Smith Street Band, Chance Waters and Remi, as well as showcasing the best young bands from around the state. The Push has presented the Beats stage at Moomba for the past five years, and Moomba welcomes the FReeZA Push Start Band Comp Grand Final along with special guests to the brand new Push Pop Up Stage on Monday March 10th from 1pm to 9:30pm at Birrarung Marr. This year’s nine FReeZA Push Start finalists going head-to-head to win music industry prize packs and recognition are Alkali Fly (Croydon), Baking Blind (Dingley), Residual (Geelong), Darcy Fox (Moe), Listerdale (Wodonga), The Rims (Alphington), Bel Air (Ballarat), Worship The Fallen (Mildura) and Great John Himself (Airport West).
Scottish trio The Fratellis will be crossing the equator this April to play a one-off show at the Prince Bandroom. Formed back in 2006, The Fratelli brothers ( John, Barry and Mince) have entertained us with rock’n’roll hits such as Chelsea Dagger, Henrietta and Mistress Mabel. This tour will celebrate their third album, We Need Medicine, released last year—a successful comeback following their four year hiatus from 2009–2013, and an LP full of raucous rifts, engaging melodies and sporadic moments of genius. The Fratellis’ We Need Medicine tour will be held at the Prince Bandroom on Friday April 4. Tickets go on sale through Oztix from Thursday February 27.
CHANCE WATERS Sydney’s Chance Waters will be celebrating the release of his critically acclaimed sophomore album Infinity, with a national tour kicking off this March. The album, which debuted at #54 on the ARIA charts, was one of the artist’s many triumphs last year. Nominated as ‘Unearthed Artist of the Year’ in the 2012 j Awards, his video for second single Maybe Tomorrow was voted #7 in the 2012 Rage 50. He also managed to secure two tracks in triple j’s Hottest 100. Don’t miss your chance to see Chance Waters at the Northcote Social Club on Friday April 26. Tickets and information can be found through the venue’s website.
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KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Massachusetts metalcore outfit Killswitch Engage will make their return to our shores for a string of tour dates this April. Over a decade after the release of their genre defining album Alive or Just Breathing, the band have reunited with lead singer Jesse Leach and are on the heels of the release of 2013’s venomous Disarm the Descent. Joining Killswitch Engage will be supergroup Kill Devil Hill, featuring members of Black Sabbath, Dio, Pantera, Down and Ratt. Catch Killswitch Engage at the Palace Theatre on Sunday April 13. Tickets go on sale Friday March 7 at 9am from the venue’s website.
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YOUTH WEEK Youth Week we will be kicking off with a day of live music run by and for young people. Taking place at the Ukranian Hall in Essendon, this year’s addition will feature headliners Jungle Giants, Lunatics on Pogosticks, AllDay and The Chiefs as well as a fine selection of talented local bands. It all goes down on Saturday April 5 from 1pm to 5pm. Tickets are limited and can be purchased from oztix.com.au. For the full line up visit youth.mvcc.vic. gov.au or the Moonee Valley Freeza Facebook page at facebook.com/mooneevalleyfreeza.
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LADY GAGA Lady Gaga has announced that she is bringing her ArtRave: The ARTPOP Ball to Australia this August. The world tour will commence in the US in May before travelling to Europe and Australia. Here she will kick things off in Perth before heading to Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Lady Gaga was last in Australia in 2012 for her Born This Way tour. Lady Gaga will play Rod Laver Arena on Saturday August 23. Tickets go on sale Tuesday February 25 through Ticketek.
ROBBIE WILLIAMS Robbie Williams has announced he will be swinging our way this September for a run of arena shows. Williams headed to Sydney to announce the tour which follows the release of his Swing Both Ways album. It is his second swing album after 2001’s Swing When You’re Winning. During his last tour of Australia in 2006, Williams sold out nine stadium concerts and entertained almost half a million people. This time around Williams will kick things off in Perth before heading to Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. Catch Robbie Williams at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday September 16. Tickets go on sale Tuesday March 4 through Ticketek.
BLACK PEARL STUDIOS This year Black Pearl Studios in conjunction with the media and promotional services offered by KaZbAhMeDiA, are on a search for ‘pearls’ hidden among us. On the hunt for fresh Ozzie talents and new sounds, they will host a music competition, promotions and awards night with prizes worth over $10,000 with judges from the industry and several names and known faces for short-listed contestants to listen to and network with. This event will be held during April with the date announced prior to the closing date for applicants. The six genre categories are Under 18’s (group and solo), Best Band for rock, pop, metal, alternative and indie, Best Solo for acoustic, classical, country, pop, jazz performance, Modern Music including hip hop, R&B, electronic, DJ production and Group Performance. Each category has first and second place winners. Each short-listed contestant/group will be required to perform the track that has been nominated for the grand prize, in front of industry guests and a panel of judges. So go to www.kazbahmedia.com and follow the link to the competition page with all the details and enter! Entries close Monday March 31.
UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats have announced a sideshow to accompany their appearance at this year’s Soundwave Festival. Playing on battered old pawn shop instruments, the trio record their tales onto broken 8 track tape machines, the result being a strange and dark journey, the perfect soundtrack to old horror films. See them in all their drugged out, lustful glory when they play Ding Dong Lounge on Thursday February 27. Tickets available from oztix.com.au.
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Ten bands everyone should know about: Wyld Stallyns Crucial Taunt, The Feelers, Of Porcelain, The Tea Party, Faith No More, O Rappa, Forgone Conclusion, The Navel Aviators. Nine food items that you need to make a kickarse dinner party: Cold spaghetti, hot potato, mashed banana, American pie, brown sugar, glass onion, chop suey, cherry pie and a lovely bunch of coconuts. Eight possessions that define you: Guitar, record player, laptop, fedora hat, aviators, nutri-bullet, elvis jump-suit, dreamcatcher. Seven favourite movies/TV shows that go on your mix-tape: The Office, Black Books, La Bamba, Fawlty Towers, Breaking Bad, Ford Fairlane Rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Roll Detective, Gravity. Six bad habits you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t escape: Toilet reading, going commando, google selfdiagnosing, untidiness, bursting into song at inappropriate times, binge-eating. Five people who inspire you: John Lennon, Bill Hicks, Russell Brand, Nelson Mandela, my mum. Four things that turn you on: My beautiful girlfriend, a sense of humour, Jessica Rabbit, an orgazmatron. Three goals for your music: To collaborate with many artists, to tour Brazil, to make a difference. Two live gigs youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll never forget and why: Supporting INXS in 2010 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; awesome to share a stage with rock icons, and U2 360 tour â&#x20AC;&#x201C; amazing spectacle. One day left before the apocalypse and you: Host an â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;End of Daysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; party. Whenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the gig / release? EP is out now and the launch is at The Evelyn Hotel on Friday April 4.
Nordic metal longhairs Graveyard have locked in a Melbourne headline show. Playing all sorts of rockish music makes Graveyard stand out from the crowd. Be it classic rock, blues, jazz, folk â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you name it â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the authentic quintet makes it sound real at any time. Graveyard will hit Cherry Bar on Wednesday February 26.
DISCLOSURE UK dance duo, Disclosure, have booked in a Groovinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; The Moo sideshow date at the Hordern Pavilion. 21-year-old Guy Lawrence and his 18-year-old brother, Howard, make up the duo responsible for White Noise and Latch. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re returning after 2013â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Listen Out dates for a bumper show in our own backyard. Catch â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;em at The Forum on Thursday May 1.
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Caitlin Park has announced a small run of shows in support of her new track, Hold Your Gaze. Hold Your Gaze is the first single from her sophomore LP The Sleeper which is set for release this May. The tour will see the Sydney songstress play three shows in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne. Supporting Park on all shows are Brisbane two-piece The Phoncurves. Since the release of her debut album Milk Annual in 2011, Park has toured with the likes of Active Child, First Aid Kit, James Vincent McMorrow, Big Scary and Thelma Plum. In 2012 she was awarded the Qantas Spirit Of The Youth Award and was also invited to attend the CMJ Music Marathon in New York. 2013 saw her play shows across England as well as part of new music festival The Great Escape. Caitlin Park will play The Toff In Town on Thursday April 3. Tickets are available via the venueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website.
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, Westâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sixth studio album, took out second place in our 2013 writersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; poll, of which our reviewer stated that, â&#x20AC;&#x153;at its core, Yeezus is a hyper-intense, masterful angry wank for the agesâ&#x20AC;?. His Beautiful Dark Twisted masterpiece has been followed up with something darker and more twisted. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no longer a question if Kanye is one of the all-time greats (pejorative or otherwise, I choose otherwise), itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s now just a matter of where to from here.â&#x20AC;?The tour will also mark the 10 year anniversary since West dropped his game-changing debut record The College Dropout. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be joined by Pusha T. Kanye West will play at Rod Laver Arena on Tuesday May 6 and Wednesday May 7. Visit Live Nation for more information and ticketing details.
MYRNIONG MUSIC FESTIVAL The community music festival is back for another year with a stellar lineup of local Ballarat/Geelong based talent and an array of interstate and Melbourne bands rounding out the lineup.This year seeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Eagle and the Worm (Melb), Bad News Toilet (Ballarat), Them 9â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (Ballarat), Lincoln Le Fevre and The Insiders (Tasmania), Murdena (Geelong), Biggy Rat (Greendale), Singles (Melb), Jakarta Criers (Brisbane) and Mischievous Thom (Myrniong) feature throughout the day. Run by a dedicated bunch of volunteers with support of local businesses; Myrniong Music Festival aims to showcase local talent from the thriving Ballarat and Geelong music scene plus provide local families an opportunity to see and experience national artists at an affordable price. This is reflected in presale tickets being available through www.oztix.com.au at $20 + BF. Local food stalls will be open throughout the day plus a fully licensed bar Saturday March 22 at the Myrniong Recreation Reserve. Gates open at 12pm and the event runs until late.Â
ILL NINO & SKINDRED Soundwave is set to take over the country next week and the sideshows still keep flooding in. Ill NiĂąo are set to bring their infused bilingual lyrics, melodic vocals, flamenco guitars and explosive live show to The Espy, and will be joined by Skindred, the British outfit who combine punk, rock, metal, reggae and electronic music. Catch â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;em at The Espy on Monday February 24.
THE BEARDS The worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premier beard-related rock act The Beards are back with a brand new beard-related album and beard-related tour. The release of The Beard Album will be the fourth studio record from the hairy quartet, and promises to be a career-defining move. It will also see them embark on their biggest Australian tour to date. Catch them on Friday July 18 at 170 Russell.
JAMES REYNE Australian music icon James Reyne will be hitting the Espy during the Labour Day weekend. He will be performing songs written during his successful run as lead singer/songwriter and esteemed guitarist of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;80s rock sensation Australian Crawl, during which time he received numerous awards for the unique, scratchy timbre which underlies his powerful vocals. His performance will feature some old favourites such as â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Recklessâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;, as well as tracks from his more recent albums including Hard Reyne, Electric Digger Dandy and his latest album Thirteen produced under his solo label. It will be a night of high quality entertainment as James Reyne will be joined by the likes of The Dale Ryder Band, Nudist Funk Orchestra, Bad Boys Batucada and Ms Butt. It all goes down on from 5.30pm on Sunday March 10 at The Espy. Entry to the event is free.
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TRUE NORTH FESTIVAL ELLA HOOPER Ella Hooper has announced a slew of tour dates to celebrate the release of her single Low High, which is set to appear on her forthcoming debut solo album In Tongues. The former frontwoman of Killing Heidi’s first single features smouldering vocals layered on top of earthy rhythms and hypnotic beats. The tour will see her treat fans to material from her forthcoming album, a collection of intimate tales. Catch Ella Hooper on Friday April 4 at Northcote Social Club.
JAPANESE MUSIC FESTIVAL The inaugural Japanese Music Festival will be coming in hot to Melbourne with four of Japan’s most revered J-pop, J-rock and J-alt bands. Festival promoter Sonny King is working tightly with Japanese companies both in Australia and Japan to ensure the premier Japanese music concert experience for fans. This year’s lineup features Jill, 101A, Kaimokujisho and Sparky Quano. It all goes down for free on Thursday April 3 at the Espy. For more information, head over to the festival’s Facebook page.
The True North Reservoir Arts Festival will return to Darebin for its second year, with loads of free activities and entertainment taking place throughout the weekend. The festival will feature a number of special guests, including bands The Merri Creek Pickers, Danny Walsh Banned, Miss Eileen and King Lear, The Rims, The Bobby Pins, Soul Salvation, Malcolm Hill and Biddlewood, online blogger and personality Reservoir Dad as well as illusive social commentator Voir Tales with more to be announced. If you’re thirsty, head over to the The Compass Club pop up festival hub bar, which will play host to a slew of entertainers each night. Additionally, the Edwardes Street Party will offer free interactive arts activities, stage entertainment and stalls, capped off with a dazzling fireworks display and with the Cambodian Space Project headlining proceedings. One of the elements that True North prides itself on is its use of non traditional arts spaces for a range of events. You can find cabaret at Pole Princess dance studio and catch your favourite band playing in a laundromat. The Darebin Community and Kite Festival will round out the weekend, featuring heaps of kite making activities and food stalls. It all goes down from Friday March 21 to Sunday March 23. For more information, visit the festival’s website.
Define your genre in five words or less: Voodoo surf countrypolitan mash. Why should everyone come and see your band? Well, this is a one-off concert event where we’ll be focussing solely on the music of the late, great Lee Hazlewood. Usually, we play our own music in a voodoo-surf vein, with very few covers, but we have worked long and hard to make sure Lee’s songs are sounding amazing. It’s called respect. It’ll be a great show, what with great music and the audio-visuals surprises that we have planned. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? I would’ve liked to have met Lee Hazlewood in 1967, when he was king of the pop world. He would’ve released my records
and produced them as well. He might’ve sung a couple of my songs too. We would rule the charts, then retire to Sweden on a permanent junket. Unfortunately, I was born that year, so that didn’t happen...in this dimension. Burt Bacharach would’ve got me too. Miles Davis would’ve told me to fuck right off, though. What can a punter expect from your live show? For this show called The Stu Thomas Paradox presents The Songs of Lee Hazlewood, we’re doing two sets of magnificent songs by the musical maverick and enigmatic cult hero that is Lee Hazlewood. Arranged for a small electric band. We’ll be playing a mix of his well-known pop stuff as well as some of the more obscuro tracks. How long have you been gigging and writing? I’ve been gigging almost 25 years. My first gig was at a church fete in a trio called Feedback. I was playing a fretless bass. A familiar story, right? My First Band 101....Anyway, writing started before then, believe it or not. I used to overdub bedroom mini-epics on a double-cassette ghetto blaster, until the sound was all hissy and oversaturated. I’m not sure people appreciate that primitiveness these days. When’s the gig and with who? The show is on Saturday March 22 at the Flying Saucer Club. We play the whole show with an intermission included. The Stu Thomas Paradox this night will be me, Clare Moore (The Moodists), Eduardo Miller (Love Brothers) and Phil Collings (The Surrealists). All fantastic players, playing amazing music.
Wednesday 26th February
Simply Acoustic 7:00pm Wesley Anne Band Room, free Thursday 27th February
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Quince Jam quintet 6:00pm free in the front bar
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Thursday 27th February
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Women In Docs Sally Dastey (ex-Tiddas) 8:00pm Wesley Anne Band Room, $15/10
30/70 8pm Dj Tech-No Shit
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Mel Parsons (NZ) + Suzannah Espie
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INTERNATIONAL MELBOURNE ZOO TWILIGHTS Melbourne Zoo January 24 - March 8 GRAVEYARD Cherry Bar February 26 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 UNCLE ACID AND THE DEADBEATS Ding Dong Lounge February 27 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 Melbourne Zoo March 1, 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 21-23 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 THE FRATELLIS Prince Bandroom April 4 JAPANESE MUSIC FESTIVAL The Espy April 3 KODALINE Prince Bandroom April 5 MONSTER MAGNET 170 Russell April 6 TYGA Palace Theatre April 11 ALLEN STONE Corner Hotel April 12 KILLSWITCH ENGAGE Palace Theatre April 13 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 30 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 JOHN NEWMAN Palace Theatre April 29 HOLY FUCK Northcote Social Club April 30 RUSSIAN CIRCLES The Hi-Fi May 1 DISCLOSURE Forum Theatre 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, 7 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 LADY GAGA Rod Laver Arena August 23 ROBBIE WILLIAMS Rod Laver Arena September 16
NATIONAL 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 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 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 JAMES REYNE The Espy March 10 VAUDEVILLE SMASH Melbourne Grand Prix March 13 THE STRAY SISTERS Corner Hotel March 13 NEIL FINN Hamer Hall March 12, 13 TALES IN SPACE Ding Dong Lounge March 14 PETE MURRAY Forum Theatre March 15 ELIZABETH ROSE Northcote Social Club March 15
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NEKO CASE By David James Young
For some, Neko Case is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. On one hand, she presents listeners with harrowing, brazen folk-rock that stirs the emotive spectrum into a whirlwind. At the same time, however, you can catch her goofing off on Twitter, appearing on panel shows like @midnight or as a part of comedy podcasts like The Nerdist or Comedy Bang Bang. How important is it to balance the seriously strange and the strangely serious? More than you’d think – at least, according to the lady herself. “Earlier in my career, I was kind of worried that people were going to think that I was so dark,” Case says. “I guess the outlet of making music that’s often so dark makes it easier for me to balance that out the rest of the time – ‘cause, y’know, I’m actually pretty silly most of the time. Most of the funniest people I have ever known don’t even let that side of them show in public.” She goes on to point to the aforementioned podcast interviews as some of the most enjoyable ones that she has ever done. “I’m going to sound like a total dick,” she prefaces, “but talking about yourself can really suck. It’s just kind of awkward. I mean, I don’t hate it – it’s part of my job, and that’s fine. But it’s when the conversation swerves to something that a) you’re interested in; and b) isn’t about you – it can become the most fun thing ever. You more or less get to say whatever you want. The thing about musicians and comedians is that we’re both very independent. We travel the same. We tour the same. The crossover is really nice. I dunno...most comedians want to be musicians, most musicians want to be comedians. We’re all very in love with each other.” Case has been doing all this talking about herself in relation to her fifth solo album. The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You may be a mouthful, but its content is far more easily digestible – her defiant, implicit lyricism and its lush surrounds make for what is potentially her finest album to date. It’s worth noting that many of these songs did not begin their lives with Neko behind a guitar or behind a piano – rather, they found her behind a steering wheel. “I think of a lot of melodies while I’m driving,” she says. “I just sing it into my recorder. A lot of songs started that way. It comes when I’m doing the dishes or whatever, too. Sometimes, I’ll just be fucking around on the guitar or something. There’s no one way for me when I’m writing songs.” One of the songs that springs to mind instantly is Nearly Midnight, Honolulu, the album’s centrepiece and a thoroughly devastating song involving an abusive mother at an airport bus stop. It revolves almost entirely around Case’s vocal delivery, and it makes for a bittersweet, heart-wrenching listen. “It’s a verbatim conversation that I witnessed,” she says. “I’m the narrator in the story, and I am the witness in BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 20
the story. I still think about it – I think about that kid all the time. I wrote the song in the car, and I sang it into the recorder. The melody came to me very quickly. I tried putting music to it, but I eventually came to realise that the version with just the voice was the most honest version I could put out there.” Case recorded the album across several locations, including Tuscon, Portland, LA and Brooklyn. A slab of musicians were reeled in to work on the album, including M. Ward, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Rachel Flotard of Visqueen, Tom Waits collaborator Marc Ribot and even The New Pornographers’ Kurt Dahle, who drums on the entire album. Of course, Case can’t take everybody who worked on The Worse Things Get with her – and so she has assembled a touring band to bring songs both new and old to life on tour.
“THE OUTLET OF MAKING MUSIC THAT’S OFTEN SO DARK MAKES IT EASIER FOR ME TO BALANCE THAT OUT THE REST OF THE TIME, I’M ACTUALLY PRETTY SILLY MOST OF THE TIME. “It’s a lot of the same people that worked on [2009’s] Middle Cyclone,” she says. “Paul [Rigby] played on the record, but he is staying at home because he has a new baby. We have a new drummer, Dan Hunt – he’s really cool, an absolutely fantastic player; he’s from Portland. We’ve got Eric Bachmann from Crooked Fingers and Archers of Loaf, he is playing guitar with us and adding his gorgeous singing and piano playing as well. We’ve never had piano on tour before, it’s really exciting. Bo Koster from My Morning Jacket did so much amazing piano work on the record, so I was going to bring in someone anyway – but I’m so lucky that we managed to get Eric in. I’m really proud of what Bo did on the record, and I’m really excited to have that aspect of it represented live.” Before getting back on the road in support of The Worse Things Get, Neko has some business to attend
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to – during the interview, she confirms that her “other” band, legendary Canadian collective The New Pornographers, are working on their first batch of new material since 2010’s Together. “We’ve been recording on and off for the past few months,” she says. “I’ll be going back in again soon. I love playing with those guys.” A few months prior to our conversation, The New Pornographers’ Electric Version LP celebrated its tenth anniversary. A moment is taken to let the milestone sink in – “Shit, really?” Case asks with a laugh – before a quick reflection on what she remembers about making the band’s second studio album. Case recalls, in particular, some dizzying vocal runs during the recording process of the recording – particularly when it came to the delightful All For Swinging You Around. “We did so many takes of that song,” she recalls with a laugh. “I remember Carl [Newman] and Dan [Bejar] were in the studio with me, and they just kept pushing me. I was yelling at them...” – she then takes on a cartoonish, caricatured shrill – “I can’t do it! It’s too high! The guys just kept at it – ‘Nah, it’s not too high! You can totally do it!’ I guess I needed the encouragement. It turned out so well at the end – I’m really proud of that whole album.” Back to the present, and conversation shifts back to the matter of Case finally returning to Australia. Case and her band – completed by vocalist Kelly Hogan, guitarist Jon Rauhouse and bassist Tom V. Ray – are set to return to Australia in March for the first time in just over four years to perform at the WOMADelaide and Golden Plains festivals, as well as a series of headlining shows. Asking Case whether she looks forward to her Australian return is probably one of the more obvious questions one could possibly ask of her. “Are you kidding me?” she responds in a tone that’s halfjoking and half-incredulous. “I always save Australia for the last part of major tours. It feels like the dessert after dinner. It is the absolute best place to tour. I’ve got nothing to hide in saying that.” Part of this dessert in question will see Case performing at the Sydney Opera House in the Concert Hall. Although a prestigious honour for any act to be able to perform on such a grand, iconic stage, Neko displays a degree of reticence when it comes to that particular date on the tour. “I’m trying not to think about the Opera House show,” she confesses. “As a person who’s not from Australia, the Opera House is the first thing that you see in your mind when you think of Australia. It’s so very intimidating, but I’m very excited about it. I’m going to try my very best not to pee my pants on stage. Maybe someone else has done it before me, but I really don’t want to be the first!” Will we see a night of both broken hearts and burst bladders in Sydney? There’s only one way to find out. NEKO CASE will be playing this year’s WOMADelaide on Friday March 7. She also plays Zoo Twilights at the Melbourne Zoo on Saturday March 1 and the Corner Hotel on Sunday March 2 with guest Darren Hanlon. She also visits Golden Plains at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre from Saturday March 8 – Monday March 10.
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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN Coriolanus is a bloody Shakespeare play that illustrates the story of Rome’s hero, Coriolanus, and the inner and external conflict he endures protecting his people from war, famine and injustice. The Donmar Warehouse in London recently finished their two-month, sold-out season of Coriolanus starring Tom Hiddleston (War Horse, Midnight in Paris) and Doctor Who screenwriter Mark Gatiss (Sherlock, Starter for 10). Cinema Nova, in association with National Live Theatre, are screening this theatre production directed by Josie Rourke in Melbourne this week. Coriolanus is currently screening until this Saturday March 1 at Cinema Nova.
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ON STAGE Playground is the newest original cabaret by writer and performer Nick Hedger. Playground follows the success of Hedger’s debut cabaret, Crap I Found in My Room. the production will be a performance of the newest compositions by Hedger combined with theatrical numbers from Brent Hill (The Pirates of Penzance, The Producers, A Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Forum), Andrew Hondromatidis (South Pacific, Wind in the Willows, twentysomething), Emily Langridge (Pirate of Penzance, Gypsy, Les Miserables) and many more. Playground will open at Chapel Off Chapel on Friday February 28 and run until Sunday March 2.
ON DISPL AY It’s your last chance to catch Future Primitive this week. Future Primitive brings together works by 19 artists from Australia and New Zealand to explore a renewed engagement with primitivism in contemporary art. Their works perform a kind of time travel, as they conjoin modernist forms with atavistic, totemic or tribal motifs, and create speculative worlds from images and ideas drawn from multiple cultures and times. It’s currently on display at Heide Museum of Modern Art, but be quick, it closes this Sunday March 2.
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WOLF CREEK 2 By Melanie Sheridan Earlier this year, a nationwide opinion poll showed that 60 per cent of Australians wanted the Abbott government to “increase the severity of the treatment of asylum seekers”. Presumably they didn’t mean ‘increase to a violent bloodbath’ such as that on Manus Island last week, which saw 23-year-old Reza Berati killed, possibly “by out-ofcontrol guards who stomped his skull as he lay defenceless on the ground” (according to news.com.au) while at least one other man reportedly had his throat slit with a machete.
Based loosely on the Nikolai Gogol play of the same name, this new amalgam of The Government Inspector goes something like this: Just weeks out from opening night, an ensemble of actors is presented with the script for a play they were never supposed to perform. To save the day, a star director is shipped in from St Petersburg. But is he really who he seems? The media throng sniffing around the production since they got a whiff of the whole calamity is sure to uncover the truth. A chaotic comedy of errors that deconstructs Gogol’s original, The Government Inspector will have you questioning where reality ends and theatricality begins. It opens at the Malthouse Theatre on Friday February 28 and will be performed until Sunday March 23.
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But as Waleed Aly writes in The Age, “even the briefest sampling of commercial talkback radio revealed a streak within us that sees a detainee’s death merely as comeuppance.” What the actual fuck, Australia?. I mean, it’s not like 60 per cent of us are Wolf Creek madman Mick Taylor, gleefully licking our lips at the thought of turning “introduced species” – foreigners – into heads on sticks. If you’ve seen the sequel (it’s in cinemas now) you could hardly miss the iconic central character’s obsession with, intolerance of and savage cruelty towards non-Australians. Mick is a psychopath; he bloody loves torturing tourists to their gruesome deaths. But is he emblematic of something rotten in the national psyche, a larger-then-life, fictional caricature of that “streak within us” that sees death as a justified punishment for daring to come to Australia in a way we don’t like? “You’re probably taking it to an academic level,” says John Jarratt, the man who brings Mick so spectacularly to life. It’s a little unnerving to sit opposite a face you know best as a sniper-rifle happy, spinal cord severing sadist, but Jarratt couldn’t be further removed from the character he’s arguably most identified with. Soft spoken and polite, the father of six tells me he thinks this aspect of the film is more coincidental than anything. “I don’t think it was intentional,” he says, but acknowledges that Mick’s attitude reflects the “terrible racism amongst the red-necked people of this country – and I’m from the country, I know about it, I’ve been in fights over it.”
He shows me his misshapen little finger, saying it’s the result of a man calling him “a black-lovin’ arsehole. So yes, of course it’s pervasive in a certain minority. I think the majority of Aussies are not bad people. But it only takes a minority to fuck it up for everyone else.” Director Greg McLean is more definite, however: “Mick Taylor is an exploration of the nature of the Australian national identity,” he says in the film’s production notes. He expands on the “unusual parallels in terms of what the film is dealing with socially at the moment” by noting that the horror at its heart “is an old world form of racism – where people are terrified of people from other places in the world. The film also has an intense magnifying glass on that concept: what’s at the heart of the Australian xenophobia?” In this respect, Wolf Creek 2 sits in the horror tradition of social commentary, allegorising our culture’s deepest fears and anxieties. It also subtly mines another horror convention: black comedy. Yep, Wolf Creek 2 is, at times,
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quite funny. It was always going to be a different beast to Wolf Creek, where the horror came almost entirely from implication. But we know who Mick is now, so the sequel can afford to sucker-punch your eyes and adrenal glands from the opening scene – and never let up. The humour is a relief, but also a reflection of Mick’s mindset. “Mick’s having a ball,” Jarratt says. “Everyone seems to forget that I’m not playing this one-dimensional nasty guy who growls. I’m playing this gregarious, funny, Aussie larrikin who’s bent to the hilt and who gets a kick out of torturing the crap out of human beings. He brings his Aussie humour to it, and he’s enjoying himself, cracking jokes and viewing it all as a game. “I think Mick was funny in the first one too,” he adds, “but you didn’t get to explore it as much. This film is Mick’s from the get-go so it’s out of the box for the entire film and you see a lot more of the humour because there’s a lot more Mick.” Indeed, Jarratt sees Mick as almost a cartoon character, albeit based in truth. Many of his most iconic traits are inspired by the actor’s dad, Bruce (who died before the first film came out, so never got to see his son’s unusual homage). “My dad wasn’t evil,” he clarifies, “but he was a larger-than-life bull of a man: deep voice, fighter, country boy, hard worker, coal miner, rough as guts but funny. Typical Aussie larrikin. People who know my dad know that with Mick Taylor I’m doing a Bruce,” he says, lowering his voice to Mick’s sedimentary growl: “With the added psychopath serial killer thrown in.” And that laugh: the one that “starts as a chuckle and ends up as Jaws music” and took Jarratt eight months to develop. “In the first movie I didn’t know whether it would work – if it would make him too much of a cartoon character. I now know it works, obviously, and the character is quite iconic.” As is the movie. Hence the sequel. And if it does well, a third is likely. In fact they’ve already got “grand ideas” for it, Jarratt says, although obviously he can’t talk about them yet. But if Wolf Creek 2 gets audiences talking – about racism, Australia, violence, politics (for the overly academic amongst us) or even just movies – it will surely be successful. Wolf Creek 2 is in cinemas now, through Roadshow.
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This Wednesday February 26 at the Portland Hotel and Thursday February 27 at the College Lawn LOL have one of the biggest and best in the business – Brad Oakes. He’ll be dropping shimmering nuggets of comedy gold all over the stage. For one week only, comedy moves from Friday to Saturday March 1 at the Hawthorn Hotel, with booty shaking musical duo Elbowskin and the haphazard brilliance of Jonathan Schuster. Next week at the Local in Port Melbourne on Tuesday March 4 Elbowskin are backing it up because they’re awesome like that. Tickets from lolcomedy.com.au.
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This March will see the reunion of Australian theatre doyenne Robyn Nevin and acclaimed theatre director Simon Stone for Neighbourhood Watch at the Melbourne Theatre Company. Written by Lally Katz (Stories I Want to Tell You in Person, A Golem Story) and starring Nevin as Ana and Megan Holloway (The Swimming Club) as Catherine, Neighbourhood Watch is the heartfelt story of two neighbours and the unlikely friendship they form. Simon Stone made his MTC debut last with The Cherry Orchard and directed the 2011 The Wild Duck, which earned him the Sydney Theatre Awards for Best Direction and Best Mainstage Production. Neighbourhood Watch will be performed at the MTC’s Southbank Theatre from Monday March 17 – Saturday April 26.
FAR RAINBOW
Heide Museum of Modern Art will be celebrating the best of contemporary visual artist Emily Floyd with their upcoming exhibition Emily Floyd: Far Rainbow this March. The exhibition will feature some of the artist’s key works from the past ten years, including Far Rainbow, a collection of sculptures inspired by a story of the utopian planet, Rainbow. “[It’s about being] anchored in the worlds of the child and learning,” says Floyd, explaining how her artwork dips between art and play with ease. Her latest work, Abstract Labour (2014) will be unveiled at the Heide sculpture park during the exhibition. Emily Floyd: Far Rainbow will open at Heide Museum of Modern Art on Saturday March 15. Abstract Labour will be unveiled on Thursday March 20. Admission is free.
CASTAWAY WITH KAZ COOKE
As part of its Desert Island Flicks program, ACMI will host a special evening with cultural commentator Kaz Cooke this March. Cooke is a renowned Australian author known for books including Up The Duff (The Real Guide to Pregnancy), Women’s Stuff, and Girl Stuff (Your Full-on Guide to the Teen Years). Her pragmatic presence, in writing and on screen, has provided guidance to Australian women for over 30 years now with her intelligent wit and sensitivity. Desert Island Flicks will allow attendees insight into Cooke’s life and the personal stories behind her favourite films. Sure to be fascinating for all, Desert Island Flicks: Castaway With Kaz Cooke will be held at ACMI, Studio 1 on Thursday March 13 at 7pm.
GAME SHOW
The Festival of Live Art is on the hunt for 200 contestants of all ages and all walks of life to take park in a Tristan Meecham’s Game Show. Contestants can win anything from host Meecham’s CD collection to his plasma TV. No performance experience is necessary, just a competitive attitude and desire to win at all costs. The game show will take place from Wednesday March 19 to Saturday March 22. If this seems right up your alley, head over to fola.com.au to register your interest.
LA MEDEA
Craving some classical theatre? La Mama can satiate your needs this March with La Medea. Held in preparation for International Women’s Day (Saturday March 8), La Medea will see Laurence Strangio (The good person of Szechwan, … waiting for Godot, Six characters in search of an author) and Margherita Peluso (The Rose Tattoo, Make a Scene) team up again to present a retelling of the classic Greek Myth La Medea, as well as Lo Stupro (The Rape) – I don’t move, I don’t scream … my voice is gone, a production that delves into the psychological trauma of rape culture. La Medea will be held at La Mama from Wednesday March 5 – Sunday March 9.
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Jane Bodie (The Secret Life of Us, Moving Wallpaper) returns with her newest stage play This Year’s Ashes at Red Stitch Theatre this March. Set against the backdrop of bustling Sydney, This Year’s Ashes details the story of Ellen and her vanity that Sydney will provide the shiny new life Melbourne never gave her. Directed by Tim Roseman and sarring Daniel Frederiksen, Rosie Lockhart and Jeremy Stanford, This Year’s Ashes is more than cricket. This Year’s Ashes will be performed at Red Stitch Acots Theatre from Friday March 21 – Saturday April 19.
SITHOM
Shot in the Heart of Melbourne (SITHOM) street photography exhibition will return for its third year at the Victorian Artists’ Society this March. For a fortnight the Victorian Artists’ Society will exhibit a collection of over 250 images from over 30 contributors, therefore reinforcing the motif that SITHOM is a must-see exhibition for the up-andcoming and established street and photojournalism photographers in Melbourne. Shot in the Heat of Melbourne will open at the 430 Albert Street, East Melbourne, from Tuesday March 6 – Monday March 17. Admission is free.
The Melbourne Queer Film Festival has announced its full program. Hosted over 11 days, MIQF will celebrate all things lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transsexual (and all things sexual, to be honest). Opening this year’s festival will be Travis Fine’s (The Space Between) newest work, Any Day Now, starring Alan Cumming (The Good Wife, X-Men) and Garret Dillahunt (12 Years a Slave, Raising Hope). Set in the 1970s, Any Day Now illustrates the true story of a gay couple who wish to adopt a neglected boy with Down Syndrome. Other festival highlights include the 20th anniversary screening of iconic musical, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and the screening of recently remastered classic, Victim, one of the first films to directly address homophobia. Closing this year’s festival will be Reaching for the Moon, starring Miranda Otto (Rake, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) as Pulitzer-Prize winning poet Elizabeth Bishop and Glória Pires (The Inheritance) as renowned architect Lota de Macedo Soares, who both become embroiled in a passionate love affair. Melbourne Queer Film Festival will run from Thursday March 13 – Monday March 24 across Melbourne.
Crab Lab is back again tonight with your headliner Celia Pacquola. Plus Jennifer Wong, Ryan Coffey, Oliver Clark, Michael Williams and much more. All hosted by birthday boy, room runner and by coincidence only Crab Lab comedian of the year - Brendan Maloney. Doors at 7.30pm for just $5.
PUBLIC BAR COMEDY Whoa, tonight it’s the battle of the billboards as Lehmo and Dave Thornton head up a loaded lineup at Public Bar Comedy. It’s not often you get to see two legit headliners cutting loose in a little red hot room The Public Bar and when you add in Xavier Michelides, Steele Saunders, Dilruk Jayasinha and a few guests you’re in for a classic night of comedy for a mere $5.
COMEDY AT SPLEEN Mondays at Comedy At Spleen are crazy packed as always. If you’ve been before, you know you have to get in early for a seat. This Monday they’ve got another cracking lineup including Elbowskin, John Conway, Kate McLennan, Jay Morrissey and heaps more. It’s this Monday March 3, 41 Bourke St, in the city at 8.30pm. It may be free, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door.
COMMEDIA DELL PARTE This week at Commedia Dell Parte join Sonia Di Iorio as she hosts a super lineup of comics featuring Tommy Dassalo, Hayley Kate Brennan, James Masters, Dean Eizenberg, Danny Stinson and a special guest. The room still runs on a ‘pay as you like’ basis, so come along and have a great laugh, then pay what you believe the show is worth on the way out. Commedia Dell Parte runs every Thursday from 8.30pm at the George Lane Bar, St Kilda.
FIVE BOROUGHS COMEDY Greg Fleet headlines Five Boroughs Comedy this Thursday night. He’s an absolute legend of Australian comedy, plus there’s a bunch of great acts like Elbowskin, Steele Saunders, Corey White and some surprise guests. It’s all happening this Thursday February 27 from 8.30pm at Five Boroughs Comedy, 68 Hardware Lane (upstairs), all for only $12.
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PONCHO By Zoë Radas
Remember how, back during yesteryear, TV shows which presented creative material also used a creative format? In the ‘80s and ‘90s amongst its music videos, MTV used to have guest artists create animated shorts in which it seemed the only rule was that the channel’s logo had to be in there somewhere; you can imagine the bizarre shit that came out of that. Tim Hamilton, co-founder of the blooming news/comedy/entertainment empire Poncho, looked to this kind of formula when he began organising the project. “We thought there was something we could do there that didn’t really exist anymore,” he explains, “not necessarily for news and information - because there’s better websites for that - but as an entertainment channel, and somewhere to learn about new music, and laugh at stupid, poorly done videos.”
“WE THINK THAT MUSIC MEDIA, AND ANYTHING RELATED TO THAT DEMOGRAPHIC, SHOULD BE AS VISCERAL AND ARTISTIC AS THE MUSIC ITSELF.” He’s just being coy: although you might not get the depth of invasive research on socio-political stories that your grand, high-brow sites offer, Poncho serves up pop culture, film and music news, and original ideas all with a truly unique delivery. The site is deliberately eclectic: an animation series (Shoot the Wombat), a weekly celebrity gossip bit (Trash Slags), a ridiculous cooking show (Jimmy’s Diner), the very acclaimed live
music show ABABCD and plenty of other tidbits are all threaded together with the spirited humour of Poncho’s three founders: Hamilton, Nick Clarke and Dan Watt (who departed Poncho after the original series’ third season). Poncho was born a few years ago but didn’t spawn into the affair it is today until the last several months. “Me, Nick and Dan used to sit down every Wednesday and go ‘Alright, what are we doing for the next episode?’” Hamilton says. “We’ve changed so much but back then we’d just brainstorm. We sort of try and have a formula now: movie reviews, stuff on new music releases, other shit like Pharell’s hat.” Speaking of ridiculous headpieces, the man with the horse head who presents Jimmy’s Diner is Hamilton himself. “Almost everyone that doesn’t have a face is me, all the puppets and stuff,” he laughs. The person you’ll see most of is Nick, who presents discussions, interviews and hosts ABABCD with a very dry wit. It’s often pretty out there, shameless humourwise. “Nick’s really talented at that,” Hamilton says warmly. “He’s actually an excellent journalist, but not everyone gets to experience that because he’ll be playing a character or something. There were a few times when we walked away from an interview and thought ‘Oh my God, that band thinks you’re the biggest wanker of all time.’ I don’t know how Nick
does what he does – we film every day, even if it’s just news pieces, and to do things in one take and not be too fussed about his appearance... to be able to do that I think requires a special gene or something.” The music side of things has always been the spine of the boys’ endeavours. “Supporting small bands is not a smart decision from a commercial point of view,” Hamilton laughs, “but that’s the essence of who we are, that’s what we wanted to do and that’s who we want to be involved with. I think we’ve always tried to make that a part of what we did.”
And that essence, of the all-embracing nature of art and creative aesthetic, is what drives Poncho at heart. “We think that music media, and anything related to that demographic, should be as visceral and artistic as the music itself,” Hamilton explains. “Why should it all be straight down the line, when you’re talking about bands and artists who are going in all different directions? [Poncho] is a reflection of that.” Poncho.tv is online and ready for your viewing pleasure right now.
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EVERLAST
By Matt Shea
It’s a cool afternoon in Los Angeles and Everlast is stuck outside a sandwich shop. “I’m sitting here in my car,” he says, chuckling. “I thought I was going to have a minute between interviews, but I guess not.” Such no man’s land is a fitting place to find Everlast, born Erik Schrody. As a turn of the’ 90s rapper and then co-founder of iconic Irish-American hip hop group, House of Pain, the blue collar New York roots were sometimes confused with his southern Californian upbringing. And after he set out on a guitar-driven solo career in 1998, it often seemed as peculiar to the record industry as his Caucasian skin had been for Rhyme Syndicate execs almost ten years earlier. “I was born in New York and spent a small amount of time in New York,” he says. “But it depends on how you ask the question: if you ask where I’m from in the sense of where my family is from, then I say New York. But where was I raised and where did I put my youth time in? It’s Cali. “As a youth I’d go back … to New York and it was always the centre of preoccupation for me because it was the Mecca of all things hip hop and b-boy, when noone was really hip to that stuff in California. But [these days] if you’ve gotta live somewhere and you’ve gotta
pick somewhere that has a little bit of everything, it’s hard to beat Southern California.” Not that Schrody’s success blinds him to his past. He happily chats about House of Pain and uses his solo output to remain connected with the struggles of his blue collar upbringing. “I pretty much live among your average middle-class people,” he says. “I see real life and when the economy takes turns, I see what it does to people directly. Not only just through my income, but through watching my neighbours. I’m not in an ivory tower surrounded by millionaires. I come from blue collar.” It’s a flinty attitude that speaks to Schrody’s enduring popularity. Recently, he’s been getting up close and personal with fans via the release of The Life Acoustic, a stripped down collection of cuts from various points of his career. Some of the songs are iconic, others sleepers that only true fans will know. But all are presented via simply Schrody, a guitar and the most minor of accompaniment.
“I guess it’s fair [to say] you rediscover the essence of a song … I wanted to pick some songs that the casual fan might not know about and I thought were jams. Songs that I felt really strongly about.” Many would argue acoustic is the natural environment for Schrody’s delicate take on country-blues anyway. If that’s the case then live is surely the best place to witness these songs. “I’m enjoying myself,” he says, laughing. “I try not to even make set lists and just play songs that I want to play and see what happens. I feel the crowd out. If I feel they’re bored, I’ll pick it up. If I feel like they’re ready to have their hearts broken, then I’ll throw that on them. And then I’ll bring them out of it.”
Australia gets to witness the acoustic shows over the coming weeks, as Schrody logs dates up and down the country. It’s 13 years since the last Everlast tour. Does he feel overdue? “Hell yeah, 13 years is a long time,” he says. “I don’t see why I’m not in Australia every year or every other year. I used to tour as promotion for records, but in the last ten years you’ve gotta make that adjustment where touring is actually more about getting out there and doing it. And I enjoy it.”
my friend John was like, ‘I’m making this film and I would love for you to be part of it’. It gave me some hope, I don’t know why. There was something about making this music film with Marketa and John, it just gave me a shot in the arm.” Once, a film that “took three weeks to make” and “cost nothing”, became a hit. Its stars, Hansard and Marketa Irglova, had also composed and performed the soundtrack, scooping an Academy Award for Best Original Song. Hansard went on to perform with Irglova as The Swell Season, before embarking upon a solo career. Recently, he’s enjoyed playing alongside some iconic names, including Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen. In fact, Hansard is currently on tour with Eddie Vedder and is set to return to Melbourne for a special, intimate performance.
“It’s quite a magical thing if you get into it... as a kid, if you love someone like Dylan or Leonard Cohen, how miraculous that you end up actually getting to spend time with these people. You don’t want to give it too much talk but it really just shows that, if you focus on something, every part of your body sets sail for that destination. Every breath of wind that blows in that direction you’re using and utilising. I think human beings are tapping into only a tiny bit of their manifesting power. Without wanting to sound new-agey, we literally invent the road before us.”
feel like I have things that I want to share with people and not because I’m above anyone spiritually or more together than anyone but because I’ve been through things and have a story to tell. I don’t see myself as a teacher though.” Are you happy to keep trekking along this musical path? “You know it’s actually really cool and the answer is yes,” she says. “I’m really honouring this time and I didn’t assume it would be yes at all and I’m honouring the fact that I’m genuinely asking myself if this is what I want to do. It’s all I’ve ever done and so I would just jump in and do another year in the past but now it’s different. Even at the end of last year when I took a break in December I stopped and I recounted the year and realised it was a really hard year but the tour made it all worth it and despite the difficulty it was all worth it. “I took several weeks to, again, ensure I want to do this and the answer was yes and it was yes not because of
what my mother said or because I was scared I couldn’t pay for my house or because of anyone else. I’m still refining things, I’m refining my business and how I allow people to deal with me but I’m no longer stuck. I’m not being controlled and I’m the highest power in my business for once. But you’d have to ask me again next year about next because I’m celebrating the fact that I can now choose.”
EVERLAST plays the Apollo Bay Music Festival on Saturday March 1. He will also play at the Northcote Social Club on Sunday March 9.
GLEN HANSARD
By Nick Mason
It might never be mentioned in the same breath as Brian May’s Red Special or Eddie Van Halen’s Frankenstrat, but Glen Hansard’s trusty six-string – the Horse – has certainly served the Irish musician well. “I bought the guitar new in 1992 out of the money I got from The Commitments, because it was a good, decent guitar,” he recalls. “It’s certainly had the life knocked out of it a bit. It’s got a gaping wound... the plectrum is like this little plastic chisel. It’s got more to do with me not playing well than anything, but also, when you’re a busker, you’re hitting the guitar quite hard because you want to be heard.” Busking holds special significance within Hansard’s life. Prior to forming rock-outfit The Frames, Hansard and the Horse could be heard on the streets of Dublin, drawing in passers-by. “(Busking) is the foundation for all I do. If you think about standing on the Melbourne Recital Centre stage, it’s not really that different. The only difference is the crowd have decided to be with you for that couple of hours. But they’re still going to walk on their way to and from the show and they’re going to carry on with their lives,” Hansard muses. “Really, the best compliment you can get is when someone stops and listens to you. That’s the beginning of your career right there...much more than someone throwing you a couple of quid and saying, ‘Nice one,’ and walking on. When they walk on, you’ve not really made any impact,” Hansard explains. “But when some-
one stops and listen to you... before you know it, you’re sitting in a bar with these people and you’re travelling, you’re visiting their countries. Suddenly the world is opening up to you. The guitar is like a big key. It’s a fascinating thing.” The 2007 film Once would open up a world of new opportunities for Hansard, who had eventually become restless in spite of The Frames’ accomplishments. “When I was about 34, I just remember thinking, ‘This really is a long road’. I was having a great time, we were in a band and the band was playing to people... all the things you would hope. People were listening to our records and getting something from them. What is the success of an album? That it gets listened to. “But at about 34, I remember getting a little angry that things were taking so fucking long,” he admits. “Then
GLEN HANSARD plays the Port Fairy Folk Festival on Friday March 7. He will also perform at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Friday March 14 with guest Lisa O’Neill.
INDIA.ARIE
By Krissi Weiss
Grammy Award-winning, Georgian-born, soul singer India Arie Simpson (known to most as India.Arie) has taken a fair bit of time off lately and although her audience may not be aware, we’re lucky to have her back. The emotional strain of having been churned through the soulless, music industry from an incredibly young age had taken its toll on Simpson both physically and mentally. Her star was always bound to rise early, with a natural gift for her craft honed early by her mother, Joyce Simpson – herself a former Motown session singer, and her father, Ralph Simpson (incidentally an NBA basketball player). Lauded as a soul music superstar from her early twenties, Simpson has always been at once angelic and mystical while managing to never isolate her audience – she is as at home accompanying a hip hop artist as she is producing truly sine-tingling soul music. But as the years progressed it was as though the machine around her failed to see she was growing. Simpson was no longer is her twenties, was certainly not to be pushed into a box and was (and perhaps still is) more than willing to walk away from it all for the sake of her happiness. The best part of the story so far is that she is back, with a new album (Songversation) in hand and a revamped stage show. So how have things changed? “Creatively things are completely different; it’s all different,” Simpson says with a burst of enthusiasm. “I feel different, my show is different, I feel a change onstage. The show isn’t just different because I wanted to create a different show but also because I am different so
I’m bring such a changed energy to things. I’m taking more chances, I feel free to be more courageous and to be free in my creativity. The performance concept is inspired from the album Songversation so I’m incorporating conversation and text with the music and songs.” Simpson’s audience have often held her in high spiritual esteem and it’s a concept that is somewhat peculiar to her. “I never really noticed that at first; when I did I found it quite strange,” she says. “I like to write songs because I like to feel that spirit come through me and to feel that creative experience but there were so many times that I felt like people were looking at me like I should’ve been happy and I just wasn’t happy – that much I did notice. People were like, ‘If I was your age, doing what you’re doing I’d be so happy,’ people were trying to get me to move off my sadness by somehow reprimanding me. I didn’t realise until recently, until coming out of my spiritual transformation, that I really
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INDIA.ARIE will be at the 25th Annual Byron Bay Bluesfest with a stellar lineup including Joss Stone, Devendra Banhart, Jake Bugg, Morcheeba, KC & The Sunshine Band, Passenger and many, many more. Head to bluesfest.com.au for tickets. Songversation is out now on Motown. She will also play a sideshow at the Palais Theatre on Thursday April 17, co-headlining with Joss Stone.
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CHICKS ON SPEED
By Jody Macgregor
Art-punk collective Chicks On Speed have grown and shrunk again since coming to our attention with We Don’t Play Guitars in 2003, re-forming around founding members Alex Murray-Leslie and Melissa Logan (Kiki Moorse, the Munich native in the group that was formed there, left to pursue a solo career as a DJ in 2006). “I think it’s quite a natural process for collaborators to come and go,” says Murray-Leslie. “Everybody has their own solo work and careers to pursue. Melissa and I keep the group rolling and are busy with art, music and fashion projects.” Last year they returned for one of those projects, a “sonic sculptural installation” called Scream in which the audience interacted with them via tablets, controlling visuals as well as instructing musicians on the side of the stage so that they could, as Logan puts it, “kind of jam with us.” They’re planning to expand this when they bring it back in the new show (and album) that’s evolved from Scream, called Utopia. Logan explains, “Eventually what we’re going to have is that the app can be downloaded by anyone who has a smartphone or iPad there and can log in.” They’ve always designed instruments of their own, combining art, music, and even fashion in hand-made objects like megaphone hats, guitars made from high
heels, theremins made from tapestries, and “supersuits” that worked like wearable keyboards. “What they originally were were more pieces which we actually wore for performances,” says Logan. “It also came from us looking around and thinking, ‘OK, which instruments do we play? We don’t play guitars!’” It’s this inventiveness with the intersection between technology and music that’s led to embracing apps. “The gadgets which all of society’s addicted to.” One of the apps uses face-tracking, “a technology that’s also connected to this spying which is happening right now with all these insane NSA revelations that are coming out. We worked on that about a year ago, but we thought face-tracking and the privacy of per-
son, how it’s invaded, let’s play around with something that’s quite negative. So we used the face-tracking technology. Through the camera the user’s face then appears in the app and a mouth is stuck on, one of our mouths, and it starts talking.” The title of Utopia seems ironic, since they’re exploring the Orwellian modern surveillance of ordinary citizens, both in the tech surrounding the album and the songs themselves. Murray-Leslie explains the title track is a cover of “a song by Tuomas Toivonen originally called Urbanism In The House, which we renamed Utopia. It’s about renovating cities instead of generic gentrification, ‘stop knocking down our neighbourhoods.’ That whole notion of failed utopias, where we keep building these individualistic architect-driven dreams.” Keeping with the theme, Julian Assange guests as a vocalist on the album, although speaking rather than singing. “He sounds very personal,” Logan says, “talking about the connection between humans and God in the way that it’s like a crime against humanity to have these in-between people filtering, saying for example,
‘I know what God says so you have to listen to me.’ Which is also a really interesting thing for him to talk about because it sounds like an abstract conversation about religion, but it’s not – it’s about the filtration of information and someone taking the power over information, which is really the basis of what’s happening with WikiLeaks and with Snowden.” Utopia will bring Chicks On Speed back to Australia from Europe, which both are looking forward to for different reasons. For Logan, born in rural New South Wales, it’s about returning home. “Living in Europe has been an amazing experience and we’ve had a great deal of support in Germany and Spain for what we do, but I feel it’s time to come and give back to Australian culture now, I’ve been away for so long.” For Murray-Leslie the reason is simpler: “I’m tired of this drizzle here. I haven’t seen the sun in a while!”
ing. We were just driving around shooting a video clip for a week”. Shooting the clip alongside actress Elena Arginos may not have hurt either, but Paskalev is not drawn on the subject. His debut What’s Life Without Losers shows a songwriter more diverse and talented than the single I Spy can on its own, I Remember You perhaps best displaying the brilliant eclecticism of his writing. Starting out almost blues-rock, it rises like a rock song, has group harmonies like a lot of good pop songs, whilst possessing the kind of guitar fuzz preferred by garage rock bands. Later in the album comes Woman, a slow rolling tune full of resonance and clever chord progressions. It’s that mashing of genre elements as well as unexpected song structures and lyrical stylings that make Paskalev stand out from other acoustic based pop artists, the reasons for his style though are unclear. “I did spend most of my years trying to be a rock guitarist, not a songwriter singer,” he theorises. “I always thought I’d be the cool guy in the background, but it never happened
that way. But I played in loads of shit bands as a kid and they were very prog rock – weird time signatures, 50 horrible songs in one. I’ve never actually thought about this before, but maybe those years of trying to make virtuoso music has done something,” he chuckles. If he has picked up one folk tradition it’s his love of a nylon string guitar, Paskalev preferring it over a steel string, even when playing with his full band. “It’s the timbre (of a nylon string) and tradition maybe in someway. It’s just a lot warmer when you’re standing there on your own”. He won’t be on his own during his musical sojourn here though – Paskalev will have his full band in tow, and he seems to be chomping at the bit, despite enjoying his current down time, to visit. “It’s really crazy and really great,” he reiterates regarding his success and upcoming tour dates. “I’m very happy about it.”
like buzzed-out guitar, I like weird synth pads and stuff like that. If I put all the things I like together, it makes our sound. “Sometimes if I’ve got a song that’s half-baked I’ll go, ‘Well what if I take the guitar sound from Jesus & Mary Chain and put it on this really kind of cheesey synth thing?’ You end up with these kind of Frankenstein-ey things.” It wasn’t just Jones’ musical preferences influencing the songs on Real Feel. Taking time off from the frazzle of touring, the band members became acquainted with everyday living and thus gathered some crucial life experience. “When you’re in a full time band and what you do is tour and then you make a record and then you tour and then you make a record, you get in this sort of suspended animation. You don’t grow up or anything like that. So, taking a long time on this album, what incidentally
happened was I bought a house, I got in a serious relationship – got a bit more mature really.” Thankfully, taking on adult responsibilities hasn’t sucked the youthful spark out of The Holidays. That said, Real Feel does possess a contemplative shimmer, which distinguishes it from the band’s earlier work. “I wouldn’t say [it] sounds like a different band, but knowing the ideas behind it, I think it’s a more mature album.” Furthermore, Jones looks into the future with a relaxed confidence that’s surely informed by experience. “I’m not really worried about what people think. We like [the album] and I think after being pretty tough on ourselves, if nobody else likes it then that would be a bit weird. “
CHICKS ON SPEED launch Utopia at Howler on Thursday March 20.
MIKHAEL PASKALEV
By Garry Westmore
Somewhere in Oslo, Norway, Mikhael Paskalev has just woken up and is putting on a pot of coffee to get through our phone interview. “I’ve been here the last two weeks, I’ve got some time off which is really, really nice,” he says explaining his lethargy. His exhaustion and appreciation of some downtime is understandable; it’s been a real meteoric rise for the Norwegian thanks to his hit I Spy, but Paskalev needs coffee before we talk about all that. “Alright the coffee pot’s on so I’m ready to go,” he announces, our first topic of conversation the series of shows he’ll be playing here in Australia, a prospect he’s clearly excited about. “It’s probably the place I’m most looking forward to going out of the places I’m planning on going or have been, so I’m really excited about it. I don’t know an awful lot about Australia, I guess there’s a lot of things I’ll learn when I get there, but I’ve watched Home and Away and listened to Silverchair so I’ve had a little bit of an education,” he laughs. I feel obliged to tell him that unfortunately we don’t all look like Home and Away stars, and (with less reluctance) that Silverchair have broken up, but he doesn’t seem fazed; the opportunity to tour here still a good one, and one that owes a bit to the success of I Spy which made it into triple j’s Hottest 100 just recently. Asked if he’d heard of the poll previously, Paskalev’s answer is assured.
“Oh yeah,” he says matter of fact like, clearly understanding the significance the poll has garnered over the years. His understanding, however, of just how popular the I Spy was outside of Norway was not as great. “I know it’s been trickling to other places for a while, in some ways I realised it’s larger than just Norway. But I was shocked when the poll came through and I came seventy-five, it was really fucking great! Sorry for the language…” As great as the exposure that song has given him he feels more pride for his next single Jive Baby, a track he amusingly describes as “not as accessible” and long. It’s cooler though apparently; “well, from my point of view…” he adds. The video clip for that particular track was shot in Bulgaria where Paskalev’s grandparents and father hail from. “That was nice,” he recalls of the shoot. “We were staying at my grandparents place in their village and my cousin was our driver, one of my best mates was film-
MIKHAEL PASKALEV will launch What’s Life Without Losers at Howler on Friday March 7.
THE HOLIDAYS
By Augustus Welby
Certain bands are so perfectly suited to their name that you can’t imagine them wearing any other title. The Clash, Spiritualized and The Velvet Underground are some that jump to mind, but Sydney summer-soaked pop group The Holidays might take the cake. Back in 2010 the band released the AMP-nominated debut record Post Paradise and last week they finally unveiled album number two, Real Feel. The extended interval between albums suggests the trio’s work ethic is as laidback as their tunes, but vocalist and main songwriter Simon Jones reports the last few years haven’t been entirely relaxing. “We finished touring the last album and we said, ‘Look we could do another album that sounds like this relatively quickly or we could spend a bit more time trying to find something new again,’” he explains. “That takes time and takes experimenting, so we set about doing lots of experimenting.” Real Feel might be the result of deconstructive experimentation, but the record isn’t a radical departure from its predecessor. Last year, fans of Post Paradise gleefully embraced the optimistic pre-album singles Voices Drifting and All Time High. So, does the stylistic continuity mean the quest to break into new ground failed? “A big part of why the album took so long – you think, ‘I don’t want it to sound like that, I want it to be dark and I want it to be this and this’,” Jones explains. “You BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 26
end up listening to it and think, ‘It’s fine, but it’s not The Holidays.’ That’s a big part of it: trying for a while to be something else and then realising that’s not actually what you want.” Recognising that changing your sound for the sake of it isn’t always an optimal move supports the notion that artists can’t choose their sound, rather it chooses them. Indeed, a band called The Holidays seems predetermined to favour relaxed arrangements and warm tones. Jones muses on what might explain their defining characteristics. “Our default setting for sound is somehow this breezy, happy sound, which is kind of weird. I don’t why that happens,” he says. “I think once you’re an adult, you’ve got your things that you like. I like slow percussion, I
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THE HOLIDAYS launch their new record, Real Feel, at the Corner Hotel on Thursday March 20.
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INTRODUCTION For one special day in the year, the communities of Brunswick and Moreland throw a party, and everyone’s invited. The Sydney Road Street Party captures the roaring creative spirit of its local artists, venues, retailers and residents in a colorful, inclusive and noisy seven-hour fiesta. Converging along Sydney Road and spilling onto the adjoining streets between Union and Victoria Streets, you can expect talent-packed stages with an original lineup of stellar music, dance, roving entertainment and art installations. Quirky, innovative and unique, the Sydney Road Street Party encapsulates the lively vibe that makes the area so attractive. Explore market stalls from local and hand-picked designers alongside mouth-watering food vendors and side streets packed with surprise programs and venues, as well as a swathe of workshops to engage young and old along the way.
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Kylie Auldist Music for the People is the closing event of the Brunswick Music Festival on Saturday March 15. It’s a free, multicultural music festival for families and features local multicultural musicians, dancers, interactive performances, food stalls and more. Music for the People promises to delight with a program of activities and entertainment that celebrates the wonderful cultural diversity of Moreland.
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A lot went down in 1989. The first unofficial text message was sent. The World Wide Web was first imagined by Tim Berners-Lee, which would later be opened to the public for free use in 1993. American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift was also born in 1989, and Beat TVâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dan Watt celebrated his 50th birthday, too. But without doubt, 1989 will go down in history as the year that the Sydney Road Street Party was first held, in a humble park on Victoria Street, west of Sydney Road.
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the Upfield Railway Line. As this was so successful, it was moved to Sydney Road, between Union and Albert Streets, and extended in subsequent years to Victoria Street. There are many different street-based festivals in Melbourne, but a lot of these celebrate a particular occasion or cultural group. The Sydney Road Street Party, however, cherishes the diversity of one of Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most multicultural suburbs â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the innernorthern suburb of Brunswick. The street party is usually held on a Sunday at the end of February/early March, and runs from 12pm to 7pm. Sydney Road is closed to traffic from Union Street to Victoria Street in Brunswick, a length of about 1.5 km, or 7,936 handspans for those who like to walk on their hands.
within the festival area, stages are erected for a variety of live music. Hundreds of community groups and local businesses set up stalls on the road between the stages. Additionally, street theatre and childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shows, and a wide variety of tasty food from many cuisines is there to be sampled. Attendance at the festival has steadily grown in recent years and in 2008, it was estimated that 60,000 people enjoyed the festivities while four people did not, with one punter claiming the weather was â&#x20AC;&#x153;pretty hotâ&#x20AC;? and another expressing his disappointment with the â&#x20AC;&#x153;lack of chicksâ&#x20AC;?. The Sydney Road Street Party has a fascinating history and is treasured by the local community. The street party reflects the exciting, creative and vivacious atmosphere of the Brunswick area, and we canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to see what its future holds. See you on Sydney Road this weekend.
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For twenty five years, the Brunswick Music Festival has celebrated live folk, roots, and blues music. Launched by the Brunswick City Council in 1989, the high quality of the Festival programming and the welcoming atmosphere has drawn audiences back again and again. Gracing the Brunswick Town Hall, the Mechanics Institute, commercial and community venues, the Festival has presented local artists like The Audreys, Mick Thomas and Fiona Boyes, Eric Bogle, Judy Small, Kelly Auty and Indigenous artists including The Pigram Brothers, Joe Geia, the Mills Sisters, the Black Arm Band and Archie Roach and the late Ruby Hunter. International artists like Andy Irvine, Vin Garbutt, Chris Smither, Eddie Reader and John McCutcheon have also appeared at the festival, many returning to enjoy the hospitality and camaraderie as much as the opportunity to perform for an appreciative audience. The then Council Arts Officer Peter Leman first came up with the idea of holding a festival after the very successful Music of Migration concert at the Brunswick Town Hall. The first Brunswick Music Festival had three directors: Dobe Newton of the Bushwackers, Dan Bourke of The Purple Dentists and George Galiatsos of Apodomi Compania. The festival has continued to showcase bands and
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musicians from all over the globe: Raga Bliss, Jewel of the Bosporous and The London Klezmer Orchestra to name a few. Songs of conscience have also featured prominently in the Festival program, traditional songs of struggle and triumph over adversity, songs from the union movement, and songs about feminism and conservation. As well as the formal concerts, the festival has supported umbrella events in other music venues. It was not unusual for artists on the formal program to turn up to another gig after their own concert and jam with the band. The Lomond Hotel has continued this fine tradition for 25 years. John McAuslan was appointed as director by Brunswick Council in the mid-1990s, having worked with the festival since 1991. After the amalgamation of local government, the Festival was tendered out by the newly created Moreland City Council under the Kennett Governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compulsory competitive tendering policy. Johnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s company, Across the Borders, won the contract and continued to deliver the program. In 2008, Council handed responsibility for the delivery of the Brunswick Music Festival and the Sydney Road Street Party to Performing Arts Moreland (PAM), an independent not-for-profit company of voluntary directors. Throughout all of
these changes John was supported by a great team who canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t all be named here. Key people include Pammie Kryzwinski, Naomi Boyle, Peter Leman, Rosie West, Chrissie Vincent, Sandra Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Mahoney, Gillian McCarrey and Tamaryn Goodyear. In mid 2012, John McAuslan announced his intention to retire and wind up Across the Borders after the 2013 festival. With planning for the 25th festival well advanced however, John suffered a major heart attack in November 2012 and needed surgery. Fortunately, Peter Leman stepped in as director, dealing with the chaos and the temporary loss of the town hall venue and carried the 25th festival to a very successful conclusion. John recuperated sufficiently to attend most of the gigs. With the withdrawal of Across the Borders as event managers for the Brunswick Music Festival, PAM publicly tendered for a new contractor in March 2013 and after a highly competitive process a three-year contract was awarded to Strut and Fret Production House.
Compiled by PAM Chair Leanne Connell May the BMF continue to grow and thrive, keeping the festive spirit of the City of Moreland alive for many years to come.
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UNION TO VICTORIA STREETS 12 NOON TO 7PM
NEBULA
Presented by Moreland City Council
Presented by Arts Access Victoria
12:00pm 12:30pm 1:45pm 2:45pm 3:45pm 5:00pm 6:15pm
12:00pm 3:30pm 4:00pm 4:30pm 5:00pm 5:30pm 6:00pm 6:30pm
» WELCOME TO COUNTRY » MARCUS COROWA » SOUNDS OF POLYNESIA » MASSIVE HIP HOP CHOIR » PAPA CHANGO » STELLA ANGELICO » THE PUTBACKS with special guest HAILEY CRAMMER
Edward St Stage 12:15pm 1:30pm 2:45pm 3:45pm 5:00pm 6:15pm
» JAALEEKAAY » THE BLUEBOTTLES » BURNCITY QUEENZ & JUNGLE CITY DANCERS » SUGAR FED LEOPARDS » SEX ON TOAST » CACTUS CHANNEL
» MY PLACE PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT WORKSHOPS » THE NIGHT BEFORE TOMORROW » WESTSIDE CIRCUS “BEACH BODIES” » HEIDI EVERETT & PHIL HEUZENROEDER » AZURA’S BELLY DANCERS “SHIMMY THE LOVE” » REBECCA BARNARD & HARRY O’MARA » DANE CERTIFICATE MAGIC SHOW » RUDELY INTERRUPTED
Pedal Stage Presented by the Sydney Road Traders Association
12:00pm » CHARLIE CHAPLIN 2:00pm » VARDOS 4:00pm » SESSI AFRICAN DRUMMERS / GRAMOPHONIE BROS Roving performances by Country Affair, Eesha the Elephant, Sky Mantis &Tubby the Robot
Albert St Arena 12:30pm 1:05pm 1:30pm 2:10pm 2:30pm 3:20pm 3:45pm 4:35pm 5:15pm
» BJ MORRISZONKLE » BEYOND THE BATHROOM CHOIR » REAL HOT BITCHES » WESTSIDE CIRCUS “BEACH BODIES” » BISCOTTI » MISS TALULAH WITH MORELAND CITY BAND JUNIORS » FLYBZ » DANE CERTIFICATE ESCAPE WITH HAVANA PALAVA » CUMBIA COSMONAUTS
1:00pm » THE GREAT DANE CERTIFICATE MAGICIAN 2:30pm » “THE LEMON KING” by AZURA’S OASIS 4:00pm » ARTFUL DODGERS STUDIOS E.L. WIRE DANCERS
Live Broadcast from Town Hall 2:00pm » JVG RADIO METHOD HOSTED BY JONNIE VON GOES 4:00pm » STRANGE HOLIDAY HOSTED BY ANDRAS FOX
Oxygen Stage Presented by MYS, FReeZA & Artful Dodgers Studios
12:30pm » SYDNEY ROAD COMMUNITY SCHOOL BANDS 1:45pm » KEAGAN CLOTHIER 3:00pm » INDIGENOUS HIP HOP PROJECTS 3:40pm » BLACK HARRY’S 4:55pm » MISSSTA 6:10pm » BLACKWOOD JACK In between Acts LADYFINGERS DJ COLLECTIVE
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Principal Public Partner
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TOWN HALL AWNING 1:15pm 2:15pm 3:15pm 4:30pm 5:45pm
» BRUNS SECONDARY SCHOOL CONCERT BAND » MORELAND CITY BAND » PANS ON FIRE » PANS ON FIRE – Hands on workshop » ACCORDION ORCHESTRA
The Festival thanks its additional supporting partners
Local art installation brought to you by Bank of Melbourne.
STOP 19 Take the #19 Tram from the City
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Oxygen Stage presented by Moreland Youth Services in association with FReeZA, Artful Dodgers and Jesuit Social Services.
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Festival bar presented by Brunswick Bitter & Apple Head Cider.
STOP 27 Take the #19 Tram from the Festival to North Cobburg
350m by Foot to Brunswick Station
Trams non-operational within road closure between 9am & 9pm.
Plan your journey at ptv.vic.gov.au
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THE VICTORIA HOTEL 380 VICTORIA ST
RUBIX FUNHOUSE LOCAL MAKERS MARKET 36 PHOENIX ST
PLAYING TIMES Modesty 4–4.40pm Willow Darling 5–5.40pm Heaps Tuff 6–6.40pm Van and Cal Walker 7–7.40pm Sugar Fed Leopards (Inside) 8– 8.40pm
BEER GARDEN TASTY FOOD A STONE’S THROW AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE
Once you’ve checked out the Sydney Road Street Party, escape the madness and turn down Phoenix Street (across from Savers), follow Pac-Man over the train bridge and you’ll find an amazing little world of fun, creativity, awesome tunes and cheap booze. Celebrating the vibrant Brunswick artist community, there will be stalls from which you can purchase local handmade jewellery, clothing, art, crafts, circus toys, food, cool baby clothes, fresh juices and more. So adventure to the other side of the tracks and join the Rubix crew this Sunday Funday and shoot hoops on our outdoor street ball court, challenge your mates
to a game of ping pong, bring your decks down for a skate on our indoor mini ramp or kick back in the sunshine, soak up some bass lines with our resident DJs or watch some live art whilst sipping a cold bevy with $2 pots from 4-5pm and free entry all day. Check out rubixfunhouse.com for more info. MARKETS BASKETBALL MINI SKATE RAMP $2 POTS 4PM-5PM
THE ALIBI 133 SYDNEY RD
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PLAYING TIMES Laura Simone 1.30–2.30pm Rebel Blonde 2.30–4pm Rebecca & Nathan 4–5.30pm Nicole Joy 5.30–7.30pm DJ Andrew Padula 7.30–9.30pm
DJ David La Rosa 9.30pm til late GOOD COFFEE FRIENDLY STAFF SOUL MUSIC
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Music Alaska String Band (USA) • Altan (Ireland) • Andy Baylor • Antonio Serrano (Spain) • Breabach (Scotland) • Coral Lee • Frank Yamma • David Bridie • FourPlay • Kavisha Mazzella Love Over Gold (US/AUS) • Mama Kin • Melbourne Rhythm Project • The Kransky Sisters • Mic Conway’s National Junk Band • Miles & Simone • Peter Rowan Bluegrass Trio (US) Mikelangelo • Rory McLeod (UK) • Saoirse • Southern Cookin’ • HANGGAI (CHINA) • The Purple Dentists • The Tiger Lillies (UK) • Tom Thum • Tregua • Vulgagrad • Zulya (Russia/AUS)
book now • www.brunswickmusicfestival.com.au The Brunswick Music Festival is proudly presented by Performing Arts Moreland with the continued support of principal public partner Moreland City Council.
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THE RETREAT
140 SYDNEY RD
280 SYDNEY RD
PLAYING TIMES INSIDE – THE BRUNS STAGE: Jay Wars 12.30–1.10pm July Days 1.30–2.10pm The Peeks 2.30–3.10pm The Black Alleys 3.30–4.10pm The Ugly Kings 4.30–5.10pm The Hondas 5.30–6.10pm The Baron (SA) 6.30–7.10pm I Am Duckeye 7.30–8.10pm Arcane Saints 8.30–9.10pm Seedy Jeezus 9.30–10.10pm Wilderbeast 10.30 - 11.30pm
OUTSIDE – THE WICK STAGE: Tinsley Waterhouse Band 12–12.40pm Shane Diiorio Band 1–1.40pm Green’s Dairy Angel Ensemble 2–2.40pm Lieutenant Jam 3–3.40pm Three Quarter Beast 4–4.40pm Foxtrot 5–5.40pm Dogsday 6–6.40pm The Ramshackle Army 7–8pm Strawberry Fistcake 8.20–9pm TWO STAGES TWENTY BANDS BEER GARDEN
PLAYING TIMES Justin Bernasconi & Pete Fiddler 1pm Small Town Romance 2pm Van Walker 3pm Made for Chickens By Robots 4pm BJ Morriszonkle 5pm Skyscraper Stan 6pm Merri Creek Pickers 7pm
Pony Face 8pm Saint Jude 9pm DJ Adalita ‘til 1am BEER GARDEN BBQ COLD BEER
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featuring 1pm
Justin Bernasconi & Pete Fidler 2pm
Small Town Romance 3pm
Van Walker 4pm
Made For Chickens By Robots
MESSAGE FROM MORELAND CITY COUNCIL The City of Moreland is proud to continue its support for one of Australia’s most diverse and exciting festivals as the Principal Public Partner of the Brunswick Music Festival. Our continued support for this internationally recognised Festival indicates Council’s strong commitment to the promotion of the arts. Council understands that arts activities have an important role in our communities by strengthening our connectedness and making a valuable contribution to civic pride and community identity. Council is committed to the promotion and presentation of diversity, quality and innovation in art making and the Brunswick Music Festival is an outstanding celebration of all these things.
As part of the program, and as the closing event of the Brunswick Music Festival, Moreland City Council will present the Music for the People concert on Saturday 15 March. This event is presented by Council in partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria and will feature music from around the world. I strongly recommend you attend this FREE event and celebrate the unique culture of Moreland. I'd like to congratulate Performing Arts Moreland for their work across the year and their commitment to bringing diverse and innovative programming to our municipality. Cr Lambros Tapinos Mayor
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BJ Morriszonkle 6pm
Skyscraper Stan & The Commission Flats 7pm
Merri Creek Pickers 8pm
MESSAGE FROM PERFORMING ARTS MORELAND Performing Arts Moreland invites you to sample the dazzling and eclectic 2014 Brunswick Music Festival. We kick off with great music and food at the Sydney Road Street Party and the excitement keeps happening over the next two weeks. Come and experience great music right in the heart of Brunswick.
these artists in such intimate settings.
The Street Party is the place to meet neighbours and friends and celebrate our remarkable multicultural community. And that's just the start of an action packed two-week musical smorgasbord of local and international talent embracing a wide range of styles and traditions with something for everyone. Based in the Brunswick Town Hall and surrounding venues, the concert series will be your only chance to see many of
Come and experience these amazing events right in the heart of Brunswick.
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Saint Jude DJ Adalita Til 1am THE RETREAT 280 Sydney Rd, Brunswick (03) 9380 4090 BEAT MAGAZINE’S 2014 SYDNEY ROAD STREET PARTY GUIDE PAGE 14
Performing Arts Moreland, together with our principal public sponsor Moreland City Council, is proud to present the Brunswick Music Festival, produced for the first time by Strut and Fret Production House.
Leanne Connell Chairperson
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TRE ESPRESSO
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Sparata Place – a quirky lane way just off Sydney Road, Brunswick – welcomes Tre Espresso the most stylish European piazza in Brunswick. Tre Espresso’s most popular experience is to sit under a shady tree at the piazza or under an umbrella on the sidewalk, enjoying the finest espresso whilst listening to the live jazz band and soaking up the ambiance. This Sunday March 2, Tre Espresso is excited to celebrate one of their favourite festivals: The Sydney Road Festival. Tre Espresso will be supporting and hosting one of their local renowned bands, La Mauvaise Reputation, playing from 12.30pm till 5pm. Tre Espresso, looks forward to seeing you at the Sydney Road festival and
trusts you will swing by and enjoy the delicious menu, the hearty and affordable meals range from. Don’t forget if you can’t make it to the Sydney Road Festival, Tre Espresso features live music every Saturday and Sunday from 12pm until 3.30pm. French bands, to Italian bands and even Latino bands, come down and enjoy the tunes. GREAT COFFEE LIVE JAZZ BAND DELICIOUS FOOD
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PLAYING TIMES Ukelele Kollective live 4–6pm front bar M R S P K R 12–4pm King Lucho 4–8pm Crispi From PBS 8–11pm in the beer garden $25 Sangria Jugs
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JURASSIC 5 words / tyson wray
“J-5! J-5! J-5!” Coachella, 10.35pm, Friday April 12, 2013. The incessant chanting from the tens of thousands of revellers at the Outdoor stage is overwhelming. Akil, Zaakir, Mark 7even, DJ Nu-Mark, Chali 2na and Cut Chemist are all understandably quite nervous. It’s been six years since they’ve performed together, having called it quits back in 2007. “Coachella was such a big moment for us, being that it was our first show back,” notes Mark 7even. “I mean, it’s Coachella!” he laughs. “It’s huge. It’s one of the biggest festivals in the world.” And indeed their comeback show solidified their status as hip hop royalty. Taking to the stage and performing a bombastic slew of hits from their classic back-catalogue, including Quality Control, Concrete Schoolyard and Freedom, the rock-solid performance was met with rave reviews and was a definitive message that J5 were as unyielding as ever. “It was great. It was a ground for us to prove ourselves. To see if we could still vibe together and if we still had that
bond onstage,” he explains. “We practiced for about two weeks before Coachella and by the second day we could already feel that things were clicking back together. We had about 15 years together as a group, it becomes your second nature. I mean, you can walk away from it, but it’s always going to come straight back.” It was only a month following the twin Coachella performances that J5 took off on their question for world domination, touring non-stop throughout the United Kingdom, Spain, Japan, Canada and the United States. “We played around 30 shows last year. We played a killer show at the [O2 Academy] Brixton and then played at a heap of festivals,” he recalls fondly of 2013. “It was a really good and productive year. It was a great way to kick things off and let everyone know that we’re back.” Flash-forward to 2014 and after a two month break, J5 are once again ready to jet-set and perform around the globe. “The year has started off great. We actually just got back from doing a show out at Denver in Colorado.
We played up in the Red Rocks [Amphitheatre] to about 7,000 people. It was a great way to kick off [2014], things are going real well for us.” Next month will see the legendary hip hop outfit return to Australian shores with their dynamic live show, the first time since 2007 which was followed by their unceremonious split. “We’ve been playing about anhour-and-a-half long sets. We just be us,” notes Mark of their current live performances. “We bring a lot of energy and throw around the classics, we’re interactive with the crowds. We just do what we’re famous for. “This ain’t our first trip down to Australia. It’s not going to be the first time that people in Australia have seen us,” he details of the upcoming tour. “They know what to expect, that’s why they bought a ticket. Y’know what I mean? Not to be like that, but they know what J5 does and the level of quality that we like to bring to a show, into our performance. That’s what we’re going to bring; showmanship and energy. It’s going to be memorable.”
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Following their touchdown in Australia, J5’s global onslaught will continue well into 2014. “We’ve got a lot of stuff on the books. We’re currently in the early stages of possibly bringing back the Word of Mouth tour. We’ll be heading back to the UK in the summer. We’ve got quite a lot of tours and festival offers that have been made to us.” And as for the possibility of hearing some new material? “I will say that you can expect to hear something new from Jurassic 5 in 2014. I won’t say if it’s an album, a single or a video, but you will see something new from Jurassic 5 very soon.”
Catch the legendary Jurassic 5 on Thursday March 20 and Friday March 21 at the Palace Theatre.
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on tour REDSHAPE [GER] Friday February 28, RMH The Venue 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 7â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Monday March 10, Sealake GOLDEN PLAINS: PUBLIC ENEMY [USA], FLYING LOTUS [USA] + MORE Saturday March 8â&#x20AC;&#x201C;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 LEN FAKI [GER] Friday March 14, Royal Melbourne Hotel MOVE D [GER] Sunday March 16, Revolver Upstairs JURASSIC 5 [USA] Thursday March 20, Palace Theatre Friday March 21, Palace Theatre RECONDITE [GER] Friday March 21, Brown Alley BATHS [USA] Saturday March 22, Corner Hotel HUNEE [GER] Friday March 28, Mercat Basement EDU IMBERNON [ESP] Sunday March 30, Circus A$AP FERG [USA] Wednesday April 2, Corner Hotel DARKSIDE [USA] Friday April 4, Palace Theatre MOSCA [UK] Friday April 4, TBA TYGA [USA] Friday April 11, Palace Theatre JOHN NEWMAN [UK] Tuesday April 29, Palace Theatre HOLY FUCK [CAN] Wednesday April 30, Northcote Social Club KANYE WEST [USA] Tuesday May 6 and Wednesday May 7, Rod Laver Arena DIZZEE RASCAL [UK] Thursday May 8, Palace Theatre ARMIN VAN BUUREN [NED] Saturday June 7, Hisense Arena EARTHCORE: RAJA RAM [UK], JOHN â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;00â&#x20AC;&#x2122; FLEMING [UK] + MORE Thursday November 27â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Monday December 1, Pyalong, Victoria
tour rumours Lexx, Legowelt, Total Eclipse, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Joe Claussell
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Aaron King started playing music in school but after about half a dozen years got so frustrated with his progress, that he sold his instrument to a pawn shop for enough money to buy a basic laptop. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I started writing music on trackers back around 1997,â&#x20AC;? he explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I wrote bad techno, video game and movie soundtracks, IDM, glitch, you name it. I just wanted to write as much music as I could.â&#x20AC;? Fast-forward some and in 2009 he came up with Anodyne Industries and started writing breaks. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew I wanted to produce drum and bass at some point, but it was difficult because I had so much respect for the genre and history of the scene that I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to make my mark by churning out a load of utter crap. So I started my weird, techy, progressive half-step sound and just took off from there.â&#x20AC;? And today little has changed â&#x20AC;&#x201C; heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still doing a lot of drum and bass, breaks, IDM â&#x20AC;&#x201C; actually you name it. His boundaries are limitless and his taste varied. But he remains modest â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and admits heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still on the learning curve. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It has only been in the last year that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been confident enough in my sound that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve started reaching out to the local San Francisco/Bay Area drum and bass scene. Before that I was pretty content just cultivating my sound on the Burning Man circuit. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s really awesome to be meeting people who are just as insane about the music as I am, in my area anyway! The artists in San Fran are a huge source of inspiration for me. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been slogging it out in the trenches for over a decade keeping the sound alive on the West Coast.â&#x20AC;? Indeed, the half tempo drum and bass that he produces and plays reminds him and I quote, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;of an evil villain in some hyper-violent anime stalking out of raging flames, eyes glowing with a crazy grin slashed across his face.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And even better: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;a giant mecha slowly unfolding and unleashing a torrent of destruction on an incoming wave of enemy drones.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Or even: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;an unlikely hero accepting repetitive assaults of torment and punishment as he drives his blade deeper into the heart of his nemesis.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Deep. Yet he sums up with this: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always written my music to play next to a scene or chapter of a story. Anodyne Industries
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brings that to the dance floor.â&#x20AC;? So other than a forthcoming set of gigs Down Under, Aaron is excited and honored to be sharing in a production workshop concept, billed with the likes of Dusty Fungus, Safire and Morph. He explains: â&#x20AC;&#x153;a few years ago when I was a member of the IDM forum, I put out a few tutorial videos about production on YouTube. People just canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t seem to get enough insight into production and sound design and the videos got a decent number of views. So when Jay Curtis from Hopskotch Records and I started kicking around the idea of bringing me out to Australia for a string of performances, we agreed it was a great opportunity to pull together some kind of workshop too. Honestly, I just hope it turns out to be a room full of nerds sharing ideas and helping each other out. Working on this music in a room by myself for years is a solitary undertaking. I love hanging out and talking shop with people who are just as passionate about it as I am.â&#x20AC;? So coming back to the party for a moment, Aaron is pretty wild about the whole thing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The party this Saturday is going to be off the hook - I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to meet more people out here that love the deeper, technical side of electronic music. I just met Dusty Fungus last weekend at Earth Frequency Festival and he was a rad dude with insane sound design.â&#x20AC;? And at the show on Saturday, Aaron will be throwing down some punishment with his partners-in-crime Dabs, Dusty Fungus, Safire, Snareophobe, Dyslexic and CM & Lickweed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be playing old, new and unreleased Anodyne Industries tracks along with a blend of half-step drum and bass. Expect the vibe to be rowdy, coupled with the appeal of an eclectic international lineup of big sound artists and DJs.â&#x20AC;? Anodyne Industries hosts an exclusive Production Workshop with Dusty Fungus, Safire and more at Rubix Funhouse on Wednesday February 26. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll also play a headline show with Dabs, Dusty Fungus and more on Saturday March 1 at Rubix Funhouse. soundcloud.com/anodyneindustries
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armin van buuren There may not be a more appropriate way to celebrate the Queenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s birthday weekend than with trance royalty Armin van Buuren when he brings his Armin Only: Intense show to Melbourne this June. Over the course of the six hour show, van Buuren takes fans on a musical and theatrical journey, encompassing live performances and top-notch technical effects. Catch him at Hisense Arena on Saturday June 7.
earthcore Earthcore have revealed the first round of international acts for their 2014 event. Announced so far are 1200 Mics, Da Vinci Code, Victor Ruiz, Day Din, Behind Blue Eyes, Dnox & Beckers, Cibe Tribe Ace Ventura, Audiotec, Hux Flux, Ritmo, Raja Ram, John 00 Fleming, Liquid Soul and more. Earthcore 2014 will take place on Thursday November 27â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Monday December 1 at Pyalong, Victoria. Head to earthcore. com.au for more details.
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ABLETON CUBASE & LOGIC PRODUCTION WORKSHOP - FEAT: ANODYNE INDUSTRIES + DUSTY FUNGUS + SAFIRE Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 7:00pm. CURIOUS TALES - FEAT: DJ WHO + FLAGRANT + TIGERFUNK + TOM SHOWTIME Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. GEAR SHIFT - FEAT: CLAN ANALOGUE + MARTIN K + OBJECT_STATE Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. HUMP DAY JAM - FEAT: MATT RADOVICH + MZ RIZK + RICARDO MCFLY Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. THE DINNER SET - FEAT: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.
thursday feb 27
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3121 THURSDAYS - FEAT: MOKUMO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. CQ SESSIONS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. GLASS MIRRORS + MAXIMUM WOLF + RAT VON D Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10. GOOD EVENING - FEAT: PRINCIPAL BLACKMAN Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. GRANDMASTER FLASH + DJ LOTUS + MS BUTT Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. $45. 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. NOISEY PRESENTS - FEAT: ESC + MOON DICE + SNOWY NASDAQ Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. TIGER FUNK LIVE - FEAT: DJ MOONSHINE Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. UNI NIGHT - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS First Floor, Fitzroy.
9:00pm. VARSITY - FEAT: DJ FOOFARAW + KITI Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.
friday feb 28
#MASHTAG - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ALL GOOD IN THE HOOD Efiftyfive, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. DANCING JAMS - FEAT: CC DISCO + A.R.T. + SCARLETT FEVER + WEAPON X First Floor, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. DOESN’T MATTER - FEAT: UONE + DAVE JURIC + SIMON MURPHY New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $30. FLASH - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Boutique, Prahran. 9:00pm. FLYING LOTUS + KUTMAH + OM UNIT + SILENT JAY Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $78. FRENCH KISS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. FUNHOUSE FRIDAYS - FEAT: THOMAS JACK Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 7:00pm. GET FUNKT - FEAT: MIDNIGHT SLEAZE + ORKESTRATED + STARFUCKERS Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. GET LIT - FEAT: D’FRO + HANS DC + BURN CITY QUEENS + GET BUSY Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. LA DANSE MACABRE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. LATIN QUARTERS Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. NAUGHTY MUM - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. $10. POPROCKS - FEAT: DR PHIL SMITH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. PRESS PLAY! - FEAT: DANNY DOBS + CHOSEN + JONNY VECTOR + REMAWS + ZYLEX Playground, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. REVOLVER FRIDAYS - FEAT: KATIE DROVER + LEWIE DAY + MIKE CALLANDER + SAFARI & WHO Revolver Up-
stairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. RIO CARNIVAL - FEAT: DJ DAVID BRAZUKA + DJ DAVID MAS Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20. SAUCY’S FIVE + ALSD + DION VAN MEURS + LUKO Argo Bar, South Yarra. 7:00pm. TUNES BY DAVE GRAY FEAT: DJ DAVE GRAY Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
THE HOUSE DE FROST - FEAT: DJ HARVEY Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $45. THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: ARKS + LEWIS CANCUT + MAT CANT + MS BUTT + NICK THAYER + PAZ + RANSOM + SPINFX + WHO & BOOGS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.
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BIG RED BUS - FEAT: THE CONTROLS ZEDS + ADRIAN BLACK + DJ CHANGELING + FABEL + IWAVVA + RACHEL ORCHARD My Aeon, Brunswick. 10:00pm. BLOOM V (THE RIPE’S 2ND BIRTHDAY) - FEAT: GOLD FIELDS + SAMPOLOGY + WILLOW BEATS + AIRWOLF + BASENJI + CROOKED COLOURS + SABLE Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. BOPEEPS FUN HOUSE FEAT: MOONSHINE + KITI + OOHEE + PAZ + SMILE ON IMPACT + ZANNA First Floor, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. DJ TRANTER + GAMEGIRL + J.D. MAR + VOTEFORSCOOTER Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10. HOPSKOTCH RECORDS PRESENTS - FEAT: ANODYNE INDUSTRIES + DUSTY FUNGUS Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 2:00pm. MI CASA - FEAT: DAMON WALSH + LUCCA TAN + RHYS ROBERTS + SILVERSIX Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 1:00am. POUNCE - FEAT: DJ GRUMPY PAR Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10. SATURDAY MORNING FEAT: SUNSHINE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00am. SOUL A-GO-GO - FEAT: DJS MISS GOLDIE + MANCHILD + PIERRE BARONI + RICHIE 1250 Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SUPER GRANDE - FEAT: CC DISCO + JULIAN LOVE Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
BAKER ST - FEAT: BABY BJORN + DJ BEN & BRODIE + FABIAN BRUHN Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. $10. PANDORA SUMMER SESSIONS ON THE SAND FEAT: VARIOUS DJS West Beach Bathers Pavilion, St Kilda. 5:30pm. $25. REVOLVER SUNDAYS FEAT: BOOGS + RADIATOR + SILVERSIX + SPACEY SPACE + T-REK Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. RUBIX FUNHOUSE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 2:00pm. THE ART OF SUNDAYS FEAT: MATTY D + MITCH KURZ The Emerson, South Yarra. 12:00pm. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJ ANDY BLACK & HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.
friday feb 28 BUMP - FEAT: DJ GEROGE BIG SAAD Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. FAKTORY FRIDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE Khokolat
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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.
saturday mar 1 KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.
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TASTEMAKERS - FEAT: ABLE 8 + TITUS 12 Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
workshop 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.
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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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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.
sunday feb 2 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
THREE STRIKES, WEBBLOCKING, FOR AUSTRALIA? Australia is in line to adopt stringent rules to stop online piracy of music, films, TV shows, games and technology. Attorney-General George Brandis told the Australian Digital Alliance forum in Canberra he wants to adopt both the ‘three strikes’ rule (ISPs warn infringing customers three times before pulling their account) and web-blocking (rights holders can request ISPsblock access to infringing sites). Brandis told the ADA, “This is a complex reform proposal, and how it is paid for is one of the principal unresolved issues. Another option that some stakeholders have raised with me is to provide the federal court with explicit powers to provide for third party injunctions against ISPs, which will ultimately require ISPs to take down websites hosting infringing content.” Aussies illegally download more music than any others per capita, and movie studios say film piracy costs $1.3 billion each year. Australia’s most downloaded programme was Game Of Thrones last year. But three strikes is expensive, and web-blocking can be circumvented. Brandis wants copyright owners and ISPs to nut out a voluntary agreement. But talks between the two have stalled. At a crunch, Brandis will rule against ISPs. “I firmly believe the fundamental principles of copyright law, the protection of rights of creators and owners, did not change with the advent of the internet and they will not change with the invention of new technologies.”
24 HUNDRED SHOP OPENING Unified opened a physical version of its 24Hundred. net online store, which stocks CDs, vinyl, merchandise and clothing from artists, brands and labels. It is at 17-19 Wangaratta St, Richmond, open every Tuesday – Saturday. Grand opening is this Thursday (February 27) with signing sessions by Soundwave acts Asking Alexandria and Hacktivist. 24 Hundred is the merchandise distributor in Oz for Epitaph’s Kings Road Merch, UNFD, Equal Vision, Hopeless and Merch Connection and handles merch retail for The Amity Affliction, Thy Art Is Murder, Northlane, In Hearts Wake and Deez Nuts among others.
SUGARYAMA HEADS FOR MEXICO Australian international music and arts partnership program SUGARYAMA has struck up a partnership with Mexico’s Festival NRMAL. It was set up by Sugar Mountain Festival’s Melbourne-based founder Pete Keen to encourage global collaborations and showcase Australian talent abroad. Keen will undertake a guest curatorial and consultant role with NRMAL next month. As a result, Australia’s No Zu, Kirin J Callinan, Young Magic and Reptiles are playing there. Keen told us both festivals have long admired each other. In late 2012, he sent them a oneword email: “Collaboration?” He added, “Nrmal have a lot of interest in the talent coming out of Australia. I wouldn’t hesitate to say that the number of Australian acts playing, will rise in coming years.”
SPOTLIGHT ON MELBOURNE AT SXSW Melbourne’s music will be spotlighted at South By Southwest (Austin, Texas) at a panel on Saturday March 15 titled Global Music Cities looking at Melbourne, Austin and Berlin. It will look at these cities and their contribution to the cultural economy. The panel will be chaired by Dr. Andrea Baker of the School of Media, Film and Journalism, at Monash University. Dr. Baker is a founding member of the St Kilda Live Music Community, is the academic representative on the City of Melbourne’s Music Strategy (2013-2017) and her forthcoming second book is titled Global Music Cities (Melbourne, Austin, Berlin).
40 SHOWS FROM AC/DC AC/DC will play 40 shows around the world to mark their 40th Anniversary, with a new album to coincide. Their first gig was in Sydney on December 31, 1973. Singer Brian Johnson ‘fessed up to Radio 98.7 The Gater: “We’ve been denying anything because we weren’t sure. One of our boys was pretty ill, so we didn’t like to say anything. We’re pretty private about things like this; he’s a very proud man. But I think we’ll be going in the studio in May in Vancouver – which means we should be getting ready. It’s been 40 years of the band’s existence, so I think we’re going to try to go 40 gigs to thank the fans for their undying loyalty. We’re happy to go out even though we’re getting a bit long in the tooth – I’m really looking forward to it.” In the meantime, Sunshine Coast photographer Kim Guthrie is calling on AC/DC fans to lend memorabilia (and be photographed) for his book High Voltage which may also be an exhibition.
THINGS WE HEAR • Green Day’s Billy Jo Armstrong walked onstage last Thursday at The Captain Cook in Sydney’s Paddington at 11pm and chuckled, “I guess a few of you saw the tweet.” An hour before, at 10.17pm, he’d tweeted they were to play a surprise warm-up in the packed out 200-capacity room. Kicking off with 99 Revolutions and Know Your Enemy, the deliciously sweaty gig ended an hour later with two from American Idiot, St Jimmy and the title track. • As Rolling Stones mania heats up, two tickets for their Perth Arena show are advertised on Viagogo site for more than $12,000 each, a 2000% mark-up. In the meantime, the band’s set for Australia could be wider than on previous visits. Ron Wood says in three days they’ve rehearsed 60 songs. • Pharrell Williams’ Happy topped the charts in 175 countries and downloaded 2.3 million times, according to Sony Music. Currently #1 in Australia, it also tops the airplay chart and gone 4 x platinum. • Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah admitted to the Sydney Morning Herald he’s expecting “a modest profit” this year after drawing 150,000 nationally. Last year it sold 250,000 but that was to be expected after Metallica headlined. He denied he needed to have got 170,000 to break even. • The BRIT awards in London attracted a recordbreaking 4 million tweets. They were screened in Australia on pay TV. David Bowie proved himself to be the coolest man on the planet: by not showing up to pick up Best British Male gong. He got model Kate Moss to do it, dressed in his original Ziggy Stardust costume. Noel Gallagher who presented the award told the crowd, “You didn’t think he would actually be here? He is too cool for this shit!” • RÜFÜS are moving to Berlin in late 2014 to start work on their next album. • Fairfax Media reckons St. Kilda’s Espy will sell for $5 million. • Whitechapel quit their tour due to the death of an immediate family member. • East Brunswick All Girls Choir’s April-due debut album Seven Drummers is named for the number of drummers they’ve had so far.
360’S LATEST SIGNING Melbourne dance agency 360 has added Gold Coast DJ Brooklyn to its roster. Its recent acquisition, Sydney-based Benji is touring with The Presets.
BIG SCARY GET BEHIND AIRLING Big Scary have got behind Airling aka Brisbane’s Hannah Shepherd. Tom Iansek has been helping with production and put out her debut track Ouroboros on their own Pieater label through Inertia.
DOCO ON AUSSIE ROADIES One time roadie Tony Wilcox is putting together a documentary on Australian roadies and their stories. He’s hunting down road crews from the late ‘70s and early ‘80s “but as you can imagine they are spread far and wide.” He’s hoping Beat can help get the message to them. His email is whoscatering@hotmail.com. The working title of the doco is It’s Only Rock’n’Roll But I Like It! and he’s already approached Open Channel ABC.
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PHARRELL, LEGEND, HIT FOUR X PLATINUM In the latest certifications, Pharell Williams’ Happy and John Legend’s All Of Me hit 4 x platinum. Guy Sebastian’s’ Like A Drum and Matt Corby’s Resolution picked up their third platinum. Swing by Joel Fletcher Feat. Savage is now 2 x platinum as is Free by Rudimental and Emeli Sande (with Nas). Rihanna’s Jump, Kim Cesarion’s Undressed, OneRepublic’s If I Lose Myself, Aloe Blacc’s The Man and Demi Lovato’s Let It Go picked up gold. Of albums, INXS’s The Swing, Rudimental’s Home, Dolly Parton’s The Very Best Of and ELO’s All Over The World went platinum.
ONELOVE LAUNCHES RADIO SHOW EDM label OneLove launched its new radio show on the Today network, broadcast every Saturday from 1-3am. It is hosted by DJ Reelax, who is also OneLove’s A&R/Promotions and Marketing Manager Ryan Wilson who was Music Director and presenter on 24-hour dance station Fresh 92.7.
SELECT’S NEW SIGNINGS New to the Select booking roster are Melbourne’s Client Liaison, Passenger collaborator Stu Larsen, Sydney’s Thief!, one time triple j Unearthed High finalist Jesse Davidson and emerging names Nicole Millar, Jodan Leser and Melbourne’s Chiefs who released Reign Dance as his debut last year.
MOBILE TICKETING BOOM The use of electronic tickets on smartphones is expected to become an increasingly common phenomenon, with over 34 billion tickets forecast to be sent globally to mobile devices over the next five years. This is according to an ABI report called Mobile Ticketing: Market Acceptance & Review of Competitive Platforms. One of the big drivers of mobile ticketing is the ability to bundle tickets with other value added services such as merch and albums.
CHUGG MUSIC LAUNCHES IN THE USA Michael Chugg’s Chugg Music looks after Sheppard, The Griswolds, Deep Sea Arcade, Hey Geronimo, Major Leagues, Lime Cordiale and NZ’s Avalanche City. Chugg Music launched its label in North America on February 25, distributed by Super D / Alliance and MGM. First release is Sydney’s Lime Cordiale’s EP who move to LA this month. They play SxSW at Chugg’s 50th Anniversary Party / Chugg Music Showcase on March 13 as well as the Aussie BBQs in LA and Austin. The Griswolds are also playing at SxSW.
Expecting: Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and girlfriend of three years, Meagan Camper. He has a five-year-old son Bronx with ex-wife Ashlee Simpson. Expecting: Christina Aguilera and recently announced film crew fiancé Matt Rutler, their first together. Split: Silverchair’s Chris Joannou and TV presenter Laura Csortan parted quietly over summer after four years, the Sydney Sun-Herald reported. Their careers saw them spend too much time apart, the paper quoted a source. Split: Marcia Hines from her fourth husband. Married: Bruce Springsteen fans Shane Brundell and Julie Barrass in the moshpit of a Melbourne show. They held up a sign pleading “Can we get married onstage tonight?” but the Boss didn’t respond. Injured: Sydney band Strangers drummer Timmy Hansen lost some teeth when eight thugs attacked him for no reason in Sydney’s inner west Rozelle. Ill: veteran UK punk band The Exploited’s singer Wattie Buchan suffered a heart attack while on stage in Portugal. Ill: David Crosby, 72, of Crosby Stills & Nash underwent heart surgery in Los Angeles to fix a blocked coronary artery. Ill: Shannon Noll cancelled Australian dates due to severe ear infection. Recovering: British producer Chris Tsangarides (Black Sabbath, Judas Priest) is back home after a medicallyinduced coma following an emergency lung bypass in January after contracting Legionnaires’ disease. In Court: Canberra punk musician and journo Christopher David Navin, 27, of Watson, was charged with the multiple stabbing murder last December of Nicholas Sofer-Schreiber. The journo who reported on Canberra’s punk scene happening for triple j and local street press, also aged 27, was found at his home. Navin was arrested at a rural property in Gosford, NSW, and pleaded not guilty in the ACT Magistrates bail court. Sued: Nicki Minaj by her former wig designer Terrence Davidson who claims she walked away from plans for them to market wigs together, and is now making money by selling wigs based on his designs without permission. In Court: Rihanna received $10 million from her accountant who, she said, almost sent her broke with bad advice including buying a $7 million house. Bob Casale
RADIO NETWORK LOSES U.S. CO-OWNER The Australian Radio Network (ARN) will now be owned 100% by APN, which has bought out its American co-partner for $246.5 million. ARN is a successful business, with KIIS and WSFM in Sydney and Mix and Gold FM Melbourne with stations in Brisbane and Adelaide. APN also bought Clear Channel’s 50% of New Zealand’s TRN. APN has to raise $150 million.
MUSICIANS LOWEST PAID OF AUSTRALIAN CREATIVES Australian musicians have the lowest weekly salaries, according to the Commonwealth Government’s Creative Industries Innovation Centre (CIIC) study. Only 6% earned $2,000 or more per week from their music in 2011. Most made $972 and $719 a week from their music. 52% have jobs outside music to survive. The study set out to measure the economic value of the music and performing arts sector, and spoke to 34,000 artists, musicians, writers, performers, music and theatre producers, ensembles and operators. 12% of creative industry businesses are classified as music and performing arts with 5,887 registered in NSW, 4,156 in Vic, 2,348 in QLD, 1,099 in WA, 783 in SA, 224 in TAS and 73 in NT. More details: creativeinnovation.net.au.
IMAGINE DRAGONS BREAK US RECORD Imagine Dragons’ Radioactive has broken the record for the longest run on the US Hot 100 after staying 77 weeks. The previous holder was Jason Mraz’s I’m Yours in 2008-09. Now Mraz is equaled by AWOLNATION’s Sail at 76 weeks. The Dragons say it was a mix of their hard touring and “People connecting to it in personal ways, which is exactly what we hoped for.” Others in the long haul were LeAnn Rimes’ How Do I Live (69 weeks), LMFAO’s Party Rock Anthem (68), Adele’s Rolling in the Deep (65), Jewel’s You Were Meant for Me/Foolish Games (65) and Carrie Underwood’s Before He Cheats.
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Died: Devo guitarist Bob Casale, 61, of a heart attack. Died: Marty Thau, manager of the New York Dolls and Suicide, and founder of Red Star Records, 75, after complications from renal failure. Died: Paul Colby, one time owner and promoter of New York’s iconic folk venue The Bitter End, at 96.
DMA’S SIGN TO I OH YOU Sydney’s DMAs signed to I OH YOU, with their selftitled EP out on March 28. The EP, and the demos which got label manager Johann Ponniah juiced up, were recorded in guitarist Johnny Took’s bedroom in Newtown. The band, with Tommy O and Matt Mason have yet to play a single live show.
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BOY & BEAR By Augustus Welby
In late 2009 little known Sydney autumnal indie group Boy & Bear took out the triple j Unearthed competition to open that year’s Homebake festival. The prize-grabbing tune, Mexican Mavis, was the first in a succession of singles put on high triple j rotation, followed by hottest 100 entries Fall At Your Feet (Crowded House cover) and the tracks Feeding Line and Part Time Believer from their 2011 debut LP, Moonfire. Four years later, the group’s popularity hasn’t waned. In fact, last year’s sophomore record Harlequin Dream was the only Australian release to feature in the triple j listeners’ top ten albums of the year list. Drummer Tim Hart acknowledges the station’s helping hand, but that alone isn’t enough to sustain a fanbase. “I think it’s [down to] the kind of album that we’ve made too,” he says. “Harlequin Dream is a bit more accessible than our first one, Moonfire. It’s a bit more of our own sound. Not saying we’re reinventing the wheel – obviously we’re not – but we feel a bit more comfortable in our own skin. It’s probably a little bit further away from that indie-folk thing, which was important to us because that wasn’t the direction we wanted to head.” There’s been a lot of heated conjecture this year regarding the ramifications of the so-called ‘triple j sound’. Negative claims about the station’s corruptive influence on the local music scene seem exaggerated and somewhat misguided, particularly when you consider what else is on offer. “I find it bizarre,” says Hart. “If you’re talking about homogenisation of Australian music, maybe the only reason you couldn’t blame commercial radio for that is because they don’t play enough Australian music. Other than that, the homogenisation of music in Australia is, to me, 100 per cent from commercial radio. “If you actually broke it down and looked at the categories of music that [triple j] play – all the shows like Short.Fast.Loud and the roots program and even the hip hop program – they do cover quite a wide range of genres.” The strangest feature of the recent public discourse has been the various musicians asserting that the health of their career rests solely on triple j support. “You can only play a certain amount of music,” says Hart, “and just because you don’t make triple j doesn’t
mean that your music’s not valuable. I saw Whitley had a bit of a crack. I think Whitley’s really great but just because his new record didn’t get played, I don’t know that that means triple j are homogenising Australian music. It’s a bit of a far leap.” The whole scenario basically reads like a classic case of tall poppy syndrome. Australia has a very influential national radio station that favours alternativeminded music, which isn’t the case in most other western nations. But positive chatter hardly makes for enthralling headlines. Anyhow, a sincere example of the youth broadcaster’s constructive impact is its ability to bring quality music to people all over the country, no matter how far removed they are from razzle-dazzle city life. Boy & Bear will soon undertake a 30-date regional tour, giving some love to the country’s less frequented areas. “If you live in regional areas and you listen to triple j you want to see live music but you hardly ever get a chance,” Hart says. “When there’s something happening in town, everyone wants to be at it and that’s really exciting. You’ve got a show on every night of the year at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney but out at the Civic Theatre in Dubbo you might only have a show every couple of weeks that you’re interested in seeing. But they’re still really knowledgeable crowds so if you don’t put on a good show they’re going to know.” Unlike locations such as America and Europe, bands don’t often go on tours through regional Australia until they reach a certain extent of recognition. Even if it isn’t the most lucrative venture, Hart emphasises how
significant it is for Boy & Bear to take their music all around the country. “When we did uni they taught us that Australia is two per cent of the world market when it comes to the music industry. But, for us, it’s our country, you know? It’s really important to us that we be out touring regardless of what the risk is. You play to a half full room with the knowledge that you’re going to lose money on the show, but it doesn’t matter. It’s just important that you’re there. You try to give back to the people that have supported you all along – those people that voted for you in the hottest 100 and who just enjoy the music.” The diminutive size of the Australian market often deters musicians from advancing beyond the major cities. Nationwide radio play obviously enhances any band’s prospects, thus regional areas shouldn’t
be ignored. “The reality is touring costs a lot of money,” says Hart. “When you’re starting out there’s little to no returns – in fact, you’re investing into it. The support of triple j and community radio really help to give you a platform with which to tour. It’s disappointing when bands do get established and they choose not to do regionals and you just see them doing six dates around Australia. That’s when I think there’s no excuse for it.” BOY & BEAR are set to perform at several regional Victorian towns, including the Black Swan Hotel in Bendigo on Thursday May 8, the Regent Cinema in Ballarat on Friday May 9, Deakin’s Costa Hall in Geelong on Saturday May 10, and the Lighthouse Theatre in Warrnambool on Sunday May 11.
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HEAVEN’S BASEMENT
By Josh Fergeus
“It’s a really fun day out, I love it,” says Sid Glover. Glover plays guitar in one of the masses of bands touring with the Soundwave Festival this year – English metal outfit Heaven’s Basement – and he’s trying to describe just how it feels to be part of a big festival. “It can be a bit hectic. Nobody knows what the fuck is going on, but once you’re on stage...you love it. I love it.” Melbourne is a damn long way from Kettering, where the band played their first show back in 2008, but their love of touring hasn’t waned a bit. “We’ve never been to Australia and I’ve always wanted to go. I never imagined I’d have a reason to come, let alone that I’d be invited to come and play one of the coolest fucking festivals in the world. All of our friends who’ve played the bill just say it’s one of the coolest festivals. All the bands travel together, eat together, it’s just a travelling circus. We’re really happy it’s happening. We’ll just go out and do our thing and see what happens.” Their debut album Filthy Empire was released a little over a year ago, produced by John Feldmann, a veteran of albums from artists as diverse as Hilary Duff, Reel Big Fish, The Used and Papa Roach. Now, Glover and Heaven’s Basement are “on top of the world”, he says.
“The response from the album has been so good. It’s really hard to process, the fact that we’re here touring this album that we released last February. It’s obviously got a lot of life left in it yet. We’re a live band, really a live band, and we only really did the album as a reason to keep touring. It’s our ticket to go on the rollercoaster. The fact that there’s so much life left in it and the reception has been so great, it’s amazing. It’s taken us all around the world – Europe, America, Canada, and now to be sitting here in Sydney talking to you – it’s awesome.” Often as time passes bands can start to feel the pressure mounting to record again, but Glover isn’t feeling it. “Although the creative juices are starting to flow,” he says. “A few ideas here and there, but it’s not like we’re saying, ‘Let’s sit down and write our second album’ at
all. We’re very much still in tour mode. We’re going to give Filthy Empire as much touring as it deserves.” All in all, Heaven’s Basement have come a long way from when Bon Jovi invited them to open their show at Manchester Stadium almost six years ago. “When we first started out we were just kids having fun and not really worrying about anything,” Glover explains. “It’s been a long ride. It’s not like we got one big gig and it just took off – it took us literally years of just touring the underground circuit in England just playing any pub, bar, or corner that would let us play. We definitely built this up the old school way – playing shows to nobody, then going back and there were a few more people, then back again and there
were a few more people. Years of doing that prepared us for when we did decide to sign a record deal, for when we did the album, and for touring extensively. That stuff helps keep you grounded but it also helps you appreciate where you are a fuckload more. It’s not just, ‘Oh I’m going to Sydney then I’m going to New York’, you’ve worked for it hard and you really find an appreciation for it.”
that the band funded the recording process themselves while searching for a new label, led to the palpable energy of Damages. “Back in the day, when we first started playing, that kind of artistic freedom was very important to us,” he said. “But we ended up having to put pressure on ourselves because the last few records were recorded in our own space so it’s gotten very easy for us to get lazy. So if something wasn’t going right it was very easy for us to say, ‘Oh, forget it, we’ll just come back and work on it tomorrow.’ “But for this record we said, ‘Let’s go somewhere we really like, Los Angeles and let’s work with someone we really like, (producer Alain Johannes)’,” he continues. “We got hotel rooms and just recorded in his house. It
gave us a timetable because we had to be in and out at a certain time. It was nice to do that and made us very efficient, I think.” Twenty years into their time as a band, Jimmy Eat World seem to have it all figured out. Routinely throughout our conversation, Linton comes back to the idea that almost serves as their anchor: friendship first. “Young bands sometimes don’t understand that the most important thing you can do is play with people you can get along with.”
HEAVEN’S BASEMENT play Soundwave Festival at Flemington Racecourse on Friday February 28 alongside Green Day, Alice In Chains, Korn and many more. They also play with Black Veil Brides at Arrow On Swanston on Wednesday February 26.
JIMMY EAT WORLD
By Joshua Kloke
With the 2013 release of Damages, Arizona-based four-piece Jimmy Eat World found reason to celebrate: their eighth full-length, one that found favour with both fans and the press, was co-produced by the band themselves (with Alain Johannes) and it was their first on the RCA label. But of note, it was the band’s seventh album in a row to feature the same four members. Former bass player Mitch Porter left the band in 1995 and since then, their lineup has remained unchanged. It’s a rarity in the realm of punk rock bands, and guitarist Tom Linton has a theory on why the current lineup has been able to stay united. “We were all friends before the band started and I think that’s a big part of it,” says the 42-year-old Linton, reached on the phone from his home in Chandler, Arizona. “Jim and Rick have known each other since pre-school and I’ve known Rick since we were 12,” he continues. “We started playing music in high school, when we were kids. We all get along and that makes it fun.” That Jimmy Eat World is able to maintain a level of “fun” in their job is evident in Damages, at least sonically. Damages is a no-nonsense collection of the classic riffdriven pop punk that Jimmy Eat World firmly established themselves with their 1999 lauded release, Clarity. Yet peel away the layers of the record and a haunting lyrical presence is revealed. Damages has been described by lead singer Jim Adkins as an album that examines “…adversity and emotional injury” and has also been described in reviews as an album about “adult breakups.”
Writing records with a specific theme in place has become part of Jimmy Eat World’s collective drive, spearheaded by Adkins’ desire to continue to experiment with the process. “It’s a way for (Adkins) to just step out of the box and try something different to help with the writing process,” says Linton, adding that the “last couple records” have also featured a consistent theme throughout each one. With the change in label, Jimmy Eat World also chose to change up their standard recording procedures. The band’s success throughout the past two decades has afforded them the ability to record in their own studio and rehearsal space, Unit 2 in Tempe, Arizona. Realising how easy it can be to fall into habitual traps, Linton and the band took to Los Angeles to record Damages. The result is a band that sounds fresh and energised. I put it to Linton that this change, including the fact
JIMMY EAT WORLD play Soundwave Festival at Flemington Racecourse on Friday February 28 alongside Green Day, Rob Zombie, Mastodon and many more.
FIVE SPACE PROG ALBUMS as recommended by ALITHIA 2. Agent Fresco (Iceland) – A Long Time Listening This Icelandic quartet have created a masterpiece work of space prog combined with jazz, hip hop, and rock fusion. It’s a multi-dimensional piece of work that expands the boundaries of how prog can be perceived, a must listen! 3. SoNaA (Hungary) – On Air From Budapest, Hungary, SoNaR are instrumental space groovers who have captured a three dimensional album that pricks your ears with fresh sounds and guitar layers that create aural landscapes for the mind. It’s a crazy electro guitar mesh of insanity. 1. Tunderground (Romania) – Miirtil Tunderground are a phenomenal space prog world music fusion band from Csikszereda in Transylvania, Romania. This album is an epic journey of over 70 minutes over FIVE tracks that takes you through a
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beautiful instrumental canvas of traditional eastern folk rhythms, gypsy music and mind-melting space music. Instrumentation includes, three keyboards, flute, Jew’s harp, violin, guitar and the most insane rhythm section you can imagine.
4. Meniscus (Australia) – War of Currents Sydney’s cinematic art-rock band Meniscus have created what feels like a deeply personal palette of sounds that delves deep into the psyche, simply elevating the listener to the astral plane. Not only a
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work of art, but truly a piece that allows you to travel beyond this world without moving an inch of your material body. 5. El Bicho (Spain) – Dos The cover of this album is a blue flamenco alien woman floating in space which beautifully sums up this album. The opening track La Toba starts with a Sitar that slowly delves into gentle but spacy acoustic flamenco guitar work before the flutes kick in and somehow the album takes you on a partially intergalactic journey of the human heart. The Spanish vocals explore themes of the honesty of the human heart in the context of the wider universe in such a personal and emotional manner, that the record impacts you. An album that cannot be replicated! ALITHIA play Ding Dong on Saturday March 1.
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Tassie’s Luca Brasi have announced supports for their upcoming By A Thread album tour. Their show in Melbourne at the John Curtin will now feature Ceres and Kissing Booth as well as Postblue. As if you needed further incentive… Propagandhi
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CORE GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26: AFI, Crosses at Prince Bandroom Biffy Clyro at Corner Hotel Less Than Jake, Bowling For Soup, Zebrahead at The Hi-Fi Rob Zombie, Korn, Mushroomhead at The Palace Alter Bridge, Living Colour at The Forum HIM, Nostalghia, The Defiled at 170 Russell Avenged Sevenfold, Five Finger Death Punch, Asking Alexandria at Festival Hall Volbeat, Filter, Hacktivist at Gershwin Room, Espy Graveyard at Cherry Bar Black Veil Brides, Heaven’s Basement at Arrow on Swanston THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27: Placebo at The Palais Alice In Chains, Down, Walking Papers at The Palace The Dillinger Escape Plan, Glassjaw, Dir En Grey at The Hi Fi Gwar, Amon AMarth, Satyricon, The Black Dahlia Murder at 170 Russell A Day To Remember, The Ghost Inside, I Killed The Prom Queen at The Forum Pennywise, Stiff Little Fingers, Trash Talk, Authority Zero at Corner Hotel Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats at Ding Dong Clutch, Don Fernando at Prince Bandroom James Brook, Nathan SEeckts, Tim Scanlan at The Reverence Ryan and the Goslings, Belle Haven, Love Alone at Next Lucid Sun, Drifter, Pigtails, Vinal Riot at The Bendigo FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28: Melbourne Soundwave Festival The Unkind, Damn The Dawn, Poison Fish, Bricks at The Reverence
Propagandhi are coming! Propagandhi are coming! Finally Blue Murder have answered our prayers and confirmed an Australia tour for this May. We get two Corner Hotel shows on Thursday May 29 and Friday May 30, followed by a Barwon Club show in Geelong on Saturday May 31. Thank ye promoter Gods, these shows will be huge! Ringwood’s Fist2Face announced it would be closing its doors this year (between April and June). They need your help clearing out the shop of its stock and helping them close up debt free. Devastating news, really. Head into the store at 156 Maroondah Highway, or go to their online store and buy up. Meanwhile, merch company 24Hundred have made the move from an online only store, to a legit shopfront in Richmond. Located at 17-19 Wangaratta St, Richmond, the store will open on Tuesdays to Saturdays and stock a bunch of merch from UNFD bands and beyond. A Day To Remember
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SATURDAY MARCH 1: Midnight Woolf, Australian Kingswood Factory, The Birdcage, Loose Tooth at The Reverence King Parrot, High Tension, Batpiss, Clowns at The Evelyn Outright, Vicious Cycle, Right Mind, Life OF My Own, Cabin Fever, Flowers For Cops at The Bendigo Whoretopsy, The Ophidian Ascension, Armoured Earth, The Approach at Bang Headless Death, Cripple Bastards, Wretch, jig-Ai and more at The Reverence
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You may have heard that the Push Over festival has been cancelled for this year due to low ticket sales. But fear not! A free Push Pop Up Stage will present three Push Over acts at this year’s Moomba festival: The Smith Street Band, Chance Waters and Remi, as well as showcasing the best young bands from around the state. The Push has presented the Beats stage at Moomba for the past five years, and Moomba welcomes the FReeZA Push Start Band Comp Grand Final along with special guests to the brand new Push Pop Up Stage on Monday March 10 from 1pm to 9:30pm at Birrarung Marr. This year’s nine FReeZA Push Start finalists going head-to-head to win music industry prize packs and recognition are Alkali Fly (Croydon), Baking Blind (Dingley), Residual (Geelong), Darcy Fox (Moe), Listerdale (Wodonga), The Rims (Alphington), Bel Air (Ballarat), Worship The Fallen (Mildura) and Great John Himself (Airport West).
Guitar virtuoso Guthrie Govan (Steven Wilson, The Aristocrats, Asia) is coming to Australia for a rare masterclass thanks to the folks from Thump Music and sponsored by Galactic Music, RotoSound, Australian Rock & Metal Institute, GruvGear, oh and my guitar blog, iheartguitarblog.com. Hehe. His Melbourne appearance will be on Sunday July 27 at midday, doors at 11.30am. Keep an eye on thumpmusic.com.au for venue info or to buy tickets. Guthrie is absolutely, positootely one of the greatest guitarists in the world, and this is a great opportunity to see and hear his magic close-up. He’s also a very eloquent speaker and has magnificent hair.
JOE SATRIANI AUTOBIOGRAPHY ON THE WAY Speaking of guitar virtuosi, Joe Satriani is preparing to release Strange Beautiful Music - A Musical Memoir. Written with music journalist Jake Brown, the book goes into detail about Satriani’s early days as a guitarist in Long Island where as a 16-year-old Joe taught a 12-year-old Steve Vai how to play guitar; his move to San Francisco where he taught the likes of Kirk Hammett, Testament’s Alex Skolnick, Charlie Hunter and Primus’s Larry LaLonde; his rise to multiplatinum fame with Surfing With The Alien, and his supergroup Chickenfoot with Sammy Hagar, Chad Smith and Michael Anthony. I’ve just finished reading an advance review copy and it’s one of the best musical biographies/ autobiographies I’ve ever read, at least if you’re into stories about the creative process and the fine details about what it takes to be a guitar god, rather than if you’re only in it for groupie stories. Anyway, the book is out in April, so keep an eye out for it. Joe is already taking pre-orders on his site including signed copies.
BEGIN THE SOUNDWAVE SIDESHOW ONSLAUGHT We’re now in the thick of Soundwave week, so here are the remaining Sidewaves ahead of the big day on Friday. 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
SUNDAY MARCH 2: Jack The Stripper, Orgon Donor, Xuppercutx, Stoning, Cordell, Hope In Hell at The Bendigo can catch them this Saturday night at the Evelyn with King Parrott, High Tension and Batpiss. Iowa’s For Today have announced a national tour with Prepared Like a Bride. The Christian metal band, who are perhaps best known for their controversial views on homosexuality (their guitarist once tweeted that there is “no such thing as a homosexual Christian”), will play at Bang in Melbourne of Saturday April 12, followed by an all-ages show at Arrow On Swanston on Sunday April 13. Killswitch
A Day To Remember have released a special Soundwave tour edition of Common Courtesy and will be appearing at JB Hi-Fi in Brunswick from 5.30pm this Thursday to sign them as well as perform an acoustic set. You won’t be able to buy tickets to their sidewave anymore, so this is the next best thing! Mesa-Cosa
Clowns have announced a tour with Mesa Cosa to take on ten dates around the country this April. See ‘em at The Old Bar on Friday April 18, or if you can’t wait that long, you
Killswitch Engage will return to the country this April. With Jesse Leach once again on the mic, this tour will be one of the band’s biggest headlining runs in Australia. See ‘em decimate The Palace with Kill Devil Hill on Sunday April 13. Tickets are available from Friday March 7. Melbourne’s much anticipated Push Over Festival has been cancelled as a result of low ticket sales. It was nice to see The Push promoters be totally honest about the reasons behind the decision. “We are disappointed to see ticket sales down on previous years,” said director Shane Wickens. “However we know we’re in the middle of a very tough summer music festival season.” Several of Push Over’s scheduled artists will play a Push Pop Up Stage at Moomba on the same day, which is also all ages and free, and rumour is that plans are in place for more replacement gigs. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
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WEDNESDAY FEB 26 SWEETS
Sweets are doing an Evelyn residency and there will be a whole stack of really amazing bands supporting them. They’ll be pumping it up, pumping it out and generally being totally pumped. You should come it’s gonna be heaps good. This Wednesday will be their last night and will be supported by Open Swimmer and Haarlo.
CLAN ANALOGUE PRESENTS GEAR SHIFT: ELECTRONIC MUSIC JAM SESSIONS AT LOOP
SUGARCANE COLLINS
Far North Queensland blues singing sensation Sugarcane Collins has just added the Chain Award for 2014 Male Australian Blues Singer of the Year to his impressive list of achievements. At the recently concluded Australian Blues Music Awards night of nights in Goulburn NSW, Collins was singled out for top honours compliments of the power packed vocals on his latest outstanding original album Downunder the Blues. This prestigious award surely confirms he is one of the very best solo bluesmen going round Australia today. When Sugarcane Collins sings the blues you can see the commitment in his face, the fire in his eyes, the veins in his neck. He now has a brace of Chain awards - he won one in 2007 for Album of the Year for the brilliant Way Down The River. See him at The Drunken Poet on Thursday February 27.
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 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.
KEVIN CURRAN OF HAILMARY
Coming up on Wednesday February 26 at Whole Lotta Love Kevin Curran Of Hailmary will be performing an Acoustic set to coninside with the official Youtube release of Hailmarys Yellow Light Of Death Film Clip with support from Ugly Kings acoustic and Ted Dempsy of Killshot. There will be a screening of the new clip at the venue too. Doors open at 3pm.
LEAH SENIOR AND JOSH RENNIE-HYNES
After performing together at Woodford Folk Festival this year, Leah Senior and Josh Rennie- Hynes of Brisbane will be filling The Old Bar on Wednesday February 26 with lyrically driven songwriting. They will also be joined by the infamous Seymour Hollow (of Cherrywood) to create a truly unique night of country/folk. This is Leah’s last show before stepping into the studio to record her debut album and she will be performing with a full band. Entry is $7 and doors open at 8pm.
THE DARK ALES
Progressive grunge rockers The Dark Ales return to Bar Open for another night of rock mayhem, fresh from the launch of their new single Everything (And Nothing). Once again sharing the stage with The Dark Ales are the indispensable guitar prog heroes Local Group, and for the first time, dirty folk rockers Creatures From The Bog will be joining in the fray. Word is someone in the band will be celebrating their birthday on the night and what better way than to strip the paint from the walls of Bar Open on Wednesday February 26. Entry is free and doors open at 8.30pm.
KIM SALMON
Not content to rest on his laurels, 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’. 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.
THURSDAY FEB 27 TEX NATIVES
Friendly neighbourhood band Tex Natives will be making sweet, sweet music and/or love at the Brunswick Hotel on Thursday February 27. Yes this night is a Thursday night and yes, that means it will be a really, really good night. Joining them will be The Bangs, Strings for Belts and The Vacant Smiles. Free entry. Music starts at 8pm.
DAVE GARNHAM & THE REASONS TO LIVE
David Garnham & the Reasons to Live craft country tinged ballads about booze and women, fuelled by isolation and self-loathing. Their debut album, Love Inside A Jar, produced by Charles Jenkins and Justin Rudge, has been described as “The start of a substantial career” by the Courier Mail. Some of them live in Darwin, some in Alice, but all in squalor. Thursday February 27 is the last night of their residency before they point their bus northwards and drive for a week. Surely you could make it down to The Yarra in Abbotsford to wish them well. Band kicks off at 9pm, free entry.
CHILLOUT
Chillout is the first music-centric event of The Melbourne Music Video festival, presenting the sweet sounds of Tristen Bird as he offers his music video debut, as well as the launch of his new single. It will be all music video with Oh Pep! also premiering their new music video release, supported by the The Sideshow Brides. See them all at The Evelyn on Thursday February 27.
NOISEY PRESENTS – ESC, SNOWY NASDAQ AND MOONDICE
ESC, Moondice and Snowy NASDAQ will take to the stage at Lounge bar this Thursday February 27 for the first instalment of Noisey Presents for 2014. It promises to be a typically debaucherous evening of Noisey Tunes. Entry is free but RSVP through the party.vice.com/noisey as spaces are limited. Rumour has it there will be free drinks on offer too.
TENDER BONES
Tender Bones will be playing Bar Open this Thursday February 27 with the genius talents of Milkshake, Popolice, The Magical Dane Certificate and The Exploding Hymens. Entry is free.
WILLOW DARLING
Willow Darling have reached the final week of their month long stand at Melbourne’s very own Yah Yahs. Joining the tribe in support for the final installment is Royston Vassie and Band of Cloud. Catch the magic southern rock sounds of Willow Darling being offered one last time on Thursday February 27 with Richie 1250 spinning discs deep into the night. Entry is free and doors open at 7pm.
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THE ELECTRIC I
On Thursday February 27 The Electric I will play their first gig after two months in the glorious Retreat Hotel, supported by high energy hip-funk-rock-hoppers JackJackJack. The Electric I blend powerful progressive pop grooves with traditional Latin-American rhythms, transforming this multinational group of nomads into Melbourne’s own version of a female-fronted Latin Pink Floyd. The night will be full of killer tunes, talented musicians from around the world, and a celebration of music, amalgamations of different genres and multiculturalism. Come along and enjoy two of the best and most promising acts of the Melbourne music scene.
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CLUTCH & DON FERNANDO
Melbourne’s Don Fernando have been hand picked by none other than legendary rock quartet Clutch to support them on their side shows for the Soundwave Festival 2014 in both Sydney and Melbourne. Don Fernando are absolutely “pumped” about this incredible achievement scoring the covenant spot with Maryland’s earth rockers. This is a great opportunity to open up to some newer faces that have not heard the Don before. The Melbourne leg of the tour is on Thursday February 27 at the Prince Bandroom in St Kilda. This solid line up of Clutch and Don Fernando will have the foundations rocking.
GRANDMASTER FLASH
There are a lot of stories about the birth of jazz and the beginning of rock n’ roll, but hip-hop has founding fathers: One of them is DJ Grandmaster Flash. He was the first DJ to physically lay his hands on the vinyl and manipulate it in a backward, forward or counterclockwise motion. He invented the Quick Mix Theory, which included techniques such as the double-back, backdoor, back-spin, and phasing. Basically, what we call a DJ today is a role that Flash invented. The genius behind iconic party tunes like The Message, Superappin, Freedom and You Know What Time It Is. Flash is a living legend in every sense of the title. Grandmaster Flash continues to tour the world, in festivals, clubs and venues. He now has his eyes and ears on this new craze-dance music, which he adds to his legendary repertoire. He plays The Espy Gershwin Room on Thursday February 27 with special guests. Tickets are $45+bf from OzTix. His live show is a must-see for any true hip hop fans.
MOTHERS CAKE
This Thursday February 27 at Whole Lotta Love, Prog Rockers hailing from deep within the Austrian Alps, Mothers Cake are making their first ever visit to Australia and showcasing tracks from their debut record Creation’s Finest out in Australia next month. Among the songs is Soul Prison which features Ikey Owens from the Mars Volta on keyboards. Doors open at 6pm, entry is $10.
J M S HARRISON
J M S Harrison has been busy both with his band Charm and solo path, having just put out his second video clip for the single “Settle For This” off the EP Find Any Place, and has also completed writing 13 songs for a debut album with recording to begin very soon. Come along and hear a mixture of both old and new songs. He will be joined by three other solo acts; Mara, Lachlan Hicks, and Jim Duggan, all of who have successful EP’s under their belts with plans for more coming this year. See them all at The Public Bar on Thursday February 27. Entry is $7.
Children Overboard
LUCID SUN
After releasing our latest EP Beautiful Not Grey last year and spending the last month rehearsing and writing in this brutal heat, Lucid Sun is getting back out there and will be playing the Bendigo Hotel to launch the second single, Blue Brown and Grey, off the EP. Good friends Drifter, Pigtails and Vinal Riot will be supporting. Doors open at 8pm and entry is $8.
CHILDREN OVERBOARD & BETH BROWN
JAMES BROOK
Thursday February 27 sees a rare night of alt-folkpunk at the Reverence Hotel. Showcasing three Victorian solo soldiers of gritty earthy street tunes, this is a chance to see some very distinctive singers. James Brook has been touring Australia and Europe for many years, releasing 13 albums and EP’s in that time. His most recent release was written and recorded during an Antarctic campaign with ocean activist organisation Sea Shepherd. Named South Ocean, this album tells the stories of the crew as they face huge oceans and dangerous confrontations with the illegal whaling fleet. Passing through Melbourne after touring Outback Australia, James is in Melbourne for one show only. Nathan Seeckts from Geelong has been making a strong name for himself as an Alt Country singer from Geelong and his latest release Oceans Of Women And Wine is emotional and moving music. Tim Scanlan tours internationally and has created an entertaining one man band show of dubby raw street folk. Get down to the Reverence for this very special concentration of solo folk punk talent. Doors at 8pm and entry is $5.
MADELINE LEMAN
Madeline’s ‘lush’ vocals and acoustic guitar bring together her love for the jazz, country and folk traditions. Madeline writes stories of strong female protagonists, cowboys and truck drivers who ramble their way through the mundane and the profound. With the heavenly Leah Senior singing harmony and the popeish Derek Harrison on lead guitar, Madeline Leman & The Midnight Maybelles create a unique alt country sound that is both silky smooth and a little bit country kitsch! Expect the ranks of The Mighty Midnight Maybelles to expand to capacity for this night of dabbling at The Mallard this Thursday February 27.
Children Overboard are back playing a co-headline show at Ding Dong Thursday February 27 with Beth Brown and the Holy Rollers. They’ll be joined by guests The Groves and Tiaryn.
NGAIIRE
Just off the plane from shows in the US, Australia’s future-soul beacon Ngaiire has unleashed a stunning monochromatic filmed portrait for album track ABCD, the third and final song to be lifted from her celebrated debut album of 2013, Lamentations. The clip has been ushered out just in time to herald five very special shows including a Melbourne stopover at The Northcote Social Club this coming Thursday February 27. Tickets are available through the venues website. Doors open at 7.30pm.
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REFLECT
Another night of live music presented by the Melbourne Music Video Festival, Reflect aims to present a collaboration between musicians and video artists within a set space complimented by the sounds of Indian Red, Geoff O’Connor, Sui Zhen and Velma Grove with visuals by VJ Chronic Sans. An eclectic mix of folk, indie and pop with visuals to savor and Geoff ’s mixes which will go down a treat. All this visual artistry will be presented on Friday February 28.
This Friday February 28 at the Bendigo Hotel I am Duckeye are set to rock some pants off. Also disrobing will be Strawberry-Fist Cake, Hail Bat Knife (I am Duckeye Bassplayer Jules’ other band aka Pegbucket) & noise merchants Spider Goat Canyon. Doors at 8 and entry is $10.
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Friday February 28 will be a big night at Yah Yah’s. A genius lineup that will unfortunately not be repeated anytime soon. In one amazing night you get to experience the eargasmic, freaky, rockin’ party sounds of The Feel Goods, the ultimate sexual cosmic energy of Gardenia Lagoon and the absolutely bodacious raw power duo Big Volcano. Doors open at 7pm and entry is free.
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MAR 1ST
Kyneton Music Festival will run from Friday February 28 to Sunday March 2 at numerous venues in the town. Bands to look out for include Ooga Boogas, Eagle And The Worm, Tooth & Tusk, D.D. Dumbo, Chris Russel's Chicken Walk, Cash Savage & The Last Drinks and Suzannah Espie. Weekend passes cost $65, and day passes for Friday are $30, Saturday $40, and Sunday $30. Camping is available at the Kyneton Showground. Tickets and camping are being sold through moshtix and can be purchased directly from the festival website at kynetonmusicfestival.com.au.
THE FEEL GOODS
Mz Rizk, RICARDO MCFLY & MATT RADOVICH
THURSDAY
Owl Eyes
THREE KINGS
Already being described as a Melbourne blues super group, Three Kings brings together a trio of this country’s most dedicated, authentic blues artists, with down and dirty, totally inspiring results and they’re landing at the Flying Saucer Club on Friday February 28. Three Kings’ hard-hitting, greasy blues style takes you on a dangerous joy ride through the back roads and juke joints of American music history, combining the sounds of artists like Kid Thomas, John Lee Hooker, Slim Harpo and Jerry McCain with their own original spin. On stage the Three Kings sound like an old 45, you can practically hear the record crackle and the needle pop. Music from 8pm. Tickets from flyingsaucerclub.com.au.
TULLY ON TULLY
Tully on Tully will bring their delicate and powerful indie-pop charm to the Espy front bar on Friday February 28, before heading down the coast to play the much loved Apollo Bay Music Festival. Tully on Tully are a mesmerising Melbourne five piece featuring the breathtaking vocals of talented lyricist Natalie Foster, spiralling guitar work and infectious melodies. Joining Tully on Tully for the Espy show are Playwrite, Neighborhood Youth and Tanya Batt. Free entry.
SMILE
Wing and Gill presents Smile, The Ocean Party, The Good Morrows, The Laughing Leaves, The Vacant Smiles, and Zone Out plus The Citradels DJs Friday February 28 at The Tote. Smile will go down over two stages (one in the beer garden) with BBQ out back, free booze, and free Local People Denim jeans to some lucky punk through the door. Our monthly parties bring local bands with sweet sounds to our Collinghood community.
PEACE TRAIN – THE CAT STEVENS STORY
Continuing on from his successful tour in 2013, Peace Train – The Cat Stevens Story is back and touring Australia in 2014. Since its debut performance at the Wagga Civic Theatre back in 2009, Darren Coggan’s Peace Train has gone on to inspire many others, playing to standing ovations in the most prestigious venues in Australia including The Sydney Opera House. This tour sees Darren recreating Cat’s timeless, intimate songs as they were originally written: on an acoustic guitar and piano, seeking out the man in the music and telling the story behind the songs. The magic unfolds at Wyndham Cultural Centre Werribee on Friday February 28, 2014. Hit up wyncc.com.au for more information.
OWL EYES
Between performing at Austin’s South By Southwest and singing with Flight Facilities on a run of US and European dates (including both weekends of a little festival called Coachella) and slotting time in at the studio to lay down new tracks, 2014 is shaping up to be Brooke Addamo’s busiest year yet. It will be a while between hometown drinks in Melbourne so she is playing a farewell Going To America show at Howler on Friday February 28 with special guests soon to be announced. The show comes after a successful year for the young dream-synth artist, including a killer performance at Lorne’s Falls Festival to ring in 2014, plus the release of her debut album Nightswim in 2013, and a sold-out Corner Hotel show to celebrate the album. This will be Owl Eyes’ last hometown gig until much later in the year so don your red, white and blues and bid Owl Eyes adieu at this special one-off show. Tickets available through the venues website.
THE UNKIND
Once again The Unkind take the stage in their usual destructive manner with some of the toughest bands in the state. This will leave everyone a little faint at the venue and the west side of Melbourne crying in sorrow. We are going to leave them in pieces and make the east feel like the west and the west feel like the north and then it will be madness and everything will fall apart and you will see men become women and dogs become cats; awful, awful stuff. The Unkind plays at the Reverence Hotel on Friday February 28 with Damn the Dawn, Poison Fish, and Bricks. $5 entry.
PRESS PLAY LAUNCH
Press Play! Launch. New monthly dance event with DJs playing all your favorite electro, house, indie dance, nu disco, techno, tech house and deep house tracks. With Danny Dobs, Remaws, Jonny Vector, Chosen, Zylex. 8pm – 3am Free Entry.
LACHLAN BRYAN
Lachlan Bryan is an extraordinary singer, songwriter, music journalist and entertainer from Melbourne. In the past five years he’s released two critically acclaimed albums, one with his band The Wildes, and one as a solo artist. He’s written a film score, co-produced music videos and edited a music magazine. First and foremost Lachlan is a songwriter. He crafts songs with an authenticity rarely heard in Australian country music circles and scarcely matched in more fashionable genres. He’s an old soul. He follows in the tradition of those whom he describes as ‘the real guys’ – the Steve Earles, Townes van Zandts and Gordon Lightfoots of this world. His songs have characters, back-stories, sometimes even plots. Lachlan will be launching his latest album Black Coffee at the Thornbury Theatre on Friday February 28. Tickets available through thornburytheatre.oztix.com.au. Doors at 7pm.
WORLD'S END PRESS
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. This Thursday February 27 it will be Worlds End Press that take to the stage for a one of a kind free event.
KESHIE
Inspired by the street music of West Africa, Keshie have been sweating, shaking, bumping and grinding on stages around Australia since 2009. Keshie love a good jive, and evidently so does their audience (even in the rain!) This particular gig at Bar Open is one that will remain in the hearts of band members and audience alike, as they indulge listeners into not one new song but an entire set worth of music. Supporting them are a band who have just spent the last year making a record of their own. Drum ‘n’ harp ensemble Zhikora. Doors open at 8.30pm and entry is free.
THE KARMENS WITH MAGIC AMERICA
Come one come all for a night of mixed indie genres to suit all taste buds! First off we have the surf rock/70s throwback sounds from The Sand Dollars one of the busiest bands around town having played all over and are looking towards a big year. To truly get you grooving, follow this up with the guys from Magic America who will be providing you all with your psychedelic/rock fix. Then last but not least to hit the stage there is Indie/ pop fast risers The Karmens who are becoming more and more in demand as the weeks roll by. They will also have close friend and DJ extraordinaire DJ Roy on the decks throughout the night spinning all the tunes to keep you moving whilst you wait for the bands to get themselves sorted. Tickets will be $8 pre-sale dashtickets.com and $12 on the door at Revolver. Doors open at 9pm. Halfway
HALFWAY
Critically acclaimed Brisbane band Halfway will launch their fourth LP Any Old Love on February 7. Any Old Love is a series of songs which are based around a story set in Barcaldine, Central Queensland. It tells a tale of hope and hopelessness as a young couple try to ride out the early years of their relationship in a regional town during the late 1970’s. Any Old Love sees the return of esteemed Go-Betweens founder Robert Forster as producer, having worked with Halfway on their previous record An Outpost of Promise, reuniting with new Halfway member and fellow Go-Between John Willsteed. The band also attracted the ear of legendary Replacements producer Peter Jesperson who lent his weight as co-producer with Willsteed. To celebrate, they play The Yarra Hotel on Friday February 28 and are also on the Apollo Bay Music Festival lineup with Nick Barker.
DUB CAPTAINS
Melbourne’s premier 15piece Pseudo-Reggae party band are set to release Carolina the first single from their upcoming sophomore LP (now due mid 2014) following on from 2011’s Big Boomin’ Sci-Fi Unit at Cherry Bar. Starting off with the Irie stabs of a solitary Fender guitar, Carolina quickly kicks into gear with a driving beat and bass-line complemented by a catchy organ/ guitar hook and Knight’s ‘lennon-esque’ vocals. Following the succeeding verses (referencing a struggle with addiction) the number really opens up into a huge pre-chorus, full of the lush harmonies and instrumentation that only a band of this size can truly produce live, before resolving to a bona fide classic-pop chorus. As the song progresses Ludowyk introduces more of his trademark analogue sound and tape saturation as the band’s massive horn section and lead guitar come to the fore. The journey comes to an end as the climactic Plastic-Soul outro drops from the ‘all-in’ big-band arrangement to reflective piano chords fading off into a distant echo. See them at Cherry Bar on Friday February 28.
SATURDAY MAR 1 LAURA IMBRUGLIA
Laura Imbruglia & Band are back for one last tour to promote Laura’s critically lauded third album, What A Treat. Laura is proud to introduce two brand new band members on this tour- Adam Donovan (Augie March) and James Trewenack (Split Seconds), who will join Laura, Dave Rose (The Zebras) & Chris Baker (Anthony Atkinson & The Running Mates) to round out this sweet band. This tour is to celebrate/launch a soon-to-be-released music video for the single Straight To The Bar, directed by Stephen Nicolazzo (Little Ones Theatre), and starring a cast of Melbourne’s finest theatre actors. Stephen co-directed 2013’s riotous clip for Awoooh! and has outdone himself with this new video. Shot on location at North Melbourne’s legendary The Public Bar, it features wigs, pashes, can bongs, and Laura in make-up AND a dress (get outta town). Don’t miss this final chance to see the band in action before they retreat to work on new songs! Saturday, March 1 at The Public Bar.
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OUTRIGHT
Here’s one of the best Australian shows you’ll attend this year. Outright with Vicious Cycle, Right Mind, Life Of My Own, Flowers For Cops & Cabin Fever. This is Brad’s first shot at booking hardcore bands, so come & have some fun. Saturday, march 1st, doors at 8pm, at the Bendigo Hotel. Entry is $10 and doors open at 8pm.
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THE LATE SHOW
The Late Show every Saturday night at Revolver Upstairs 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. Backbar 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. Revolver back-bar 7pm-10am and front room 1am7am. Free until 11pm.
Georgia Fields
Van Walker
KING PARROT
King Parrot and High Tension are joining forces to celebrate their debut performances on US soil and appearing at the prestigious SXSW festival in Texas in March. After both bands pulled off successful releases and videos in 2013, rather than opting for the popular crowd funding option, the bands are doing it the old fashioned way...they’re going to play a gig. Come down and support some of the countries finest acts as the amazing Batpiss and fast risers Clowns join the bill to tear the roof off The Evelyn on Saturday March 1. There will be limited edition King Parrot USA tour shirts available at the show, and a swag of other goodies to snap up to help send King Parrot and High Tension on their respective ways! Doors at 8pm, Tickets on sale from Oztix for $20 + booking fee. Be sure to check out Youtube for the latest video from King Parrot for the song Dead End and the amazing video from High Tension for the track Collingwood, both well worth your attention.
I LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Melbourne’s Taste of Indie Collective is staging its biggest event yet with the inaugural i Live Music Festival, which hits indoor and outdoor stages at the Brunswick Hotel on Saturday March 1. 16 acts will be appearing and there’s no cover charge. The Collective is a not-for-profit, artist run collective that supports established, new and emerging Melbourne original music acts and artists. Doors open at 3pm.
MIDNIGHT WOOLF
Melbourne’s favourite good time garage/punk/ surf rockers Midnight Woolf are heading west for a night of hip shaking fuzz drenched madness on Saturday March 1 at the Reverence Hotel. Joining them will be the heavily delicious hard’n’fast Australian Kingswood Factory, the new surf-psych sounds of The Birdcage, and the fantastic garage femme duo Loose Tooth. Bands start at 8:45pm and it’s only $10.
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SUZANNAH ESPIE
SYDNEY ROAD STREET PARTY
Featuring Adalita, (DJ set) Saint Jude, Pony Face, Merri Creek Pickers, Skyscraper Stan & The Commission Flats, BJ Morriszonkle, Made For Chicken By Robots, Van Walker, Small Town Romance, and Justin Bernasconi & Pete Fidler. Bands kick off at 1pm, Sunday March 2, and run all the way to 1am. It’s free to get in and the ice cold beers and good times are flowing!
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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My Echo 13th March
My Echo 17th March
St Pats Day (Paul Rawk)
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Stonefield 27th March
Redcoats
SINGER MALI
The enigmatic Singer Mali of Boston band Jaggery will be bringing her solo show down under next month for a national tour. Likened to Kate Bush and Alice Coltrane, Singer Mali is an avant-garde songstress and pianist. Last year, she supported Amanda Palmer and The Grand Theft Orchestra as a guest when they performed in Sydney and Brisbane. Singer Mali will be performing on Saturday March 1 at The Butterfly Club. Joining her will be Melbourne-based singersongwriter Plum Green. Doors open at 10:30pm, tickets are $23 or $20 concession. Don’t miss out!
SERI VIDA
Seri Vida returns for the new year with her first solo gig on Saturday March 1 at Some Velvet Morning. She will be showcasing some new material to be released later this year and Luke Tooze will support with his melancholy melodies. Free entry, music starts at 8pm.
PAUL KIDNEY EXPERIENCE
Saturday March 1 at Yah Yah's looks to be Paul Kidney Experience’s last Melbourne gig until July or so, when they will return with delicious waxy debut Like A Moth Into The Flame. They have support from the all new and sparkling Powerline Sneakers and D Grades. Doors open at 7pm and entry is free.
SUNDAY MAR 2 GEORGIA MAQ
Local Footscray singer songwriter Georgia Maq has decided to spend her Sundays in March eating vegan pizza and playing songs with a bunch of friends for you at the Reverence Hotel. All the shows are free and begin at 3pm. This Sunday March 2 she will be joined by Mara Threat, Grace Lawry and Employment.
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British India Define your genre in five words or less: Modern country-rock-pop. What do you love about making music? Seeing people relate to my music: sing, dance or just leave their life behind for a couple of hours and get lost in the words or the beat. It makes all the long hours of stressing over each word I put into a lyric worthwhile. When’s the gig and with who? The gig is Thursday March 6 at Musicland in Fawkner, with one of Australia’s guitar legends, Kevin Borich! Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? We have Dirty, a seven-track EP. You can buy physical copies through the band website, iainarchibald.com or CD Baby. Digital versions are available pretty much anywhere you can buy digital music: iTunes, JB Hi-FI, Google Play, Amazon, etc. Why should everyone come and see your band? When people come to see my band they’re coming for an experience, not just another gig in a small venue. You’ll hear a wide variety of original material, with some stylist covers. As a front man I try to play to my audience and
engage them, make them a part of the show, not play at them; at the end of the day music is fun, time away from real life. What’s the strangest place you’ve ever played a gig, or made a recording? My brother and I played a New Year’s Eve gig on a marina at Lake Eildon. We were set up at the end of a huge alcove, there were about 250 houseboats moored in the area. It was kind of like being on a live radio show, there was no crowd in front of us, but people were interacting via Twitter & Facebook. It was weird finishing a song to no applause, but then having my phone go crazy as people were virtually clapping from up to 20 kilometres away. Maybe it’s the future of music and social media. Anything else to add? Head to iainarchibald.com and have a listen to the songs. Don’t pre-judge them because of the word ‘country’ – it’s really not what you think. Have a listen and if you like it, come to the show for the full experience. THE IAIN ARCHIBALD BAND will get your feet jiggling when they support the legendary Kevin Borich Express at Musicland in Fawkner on Thursday March 6. Doors at 7.30 pm, $20.
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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 124pm.You can get in touch with us by emailing theecmarket3056@gmail.com
GEOFF ACHISON
Geoff Achison is one of the finest purveyors of Blues guitar in this land. He is also a very capable vocalist with a gritty, soulful quality to his voice. Inspired by the great Blues and R&B music of yesteryear, Geoff ’s live set features an infectious mix of gutsy original tunes, improvised jams and dynamic new arrangements of blues & soul classics. Geoff will be bringing this swag of tricks to the Drunken Poet this Sunday March 2 from 4pm.
MONDAY MAR 3 UNPAVED SONGWRITER SESSIONS
With a strong and growing reputation for deepening the appreciation of song-craft in Melbourne, Unpaved Songwriter Sessions host six original artists every week, sharing songs in a similar fashion to what they do at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville. To date, the weekly event has attracted some of the best names in Australian songwriting including Charles Jenkins, Liz Stringer, Van Walker, Courtney Barnett, Tracy McNeil, Lachlan Bryan, Bill Jackson, Sal Kimber and many more. So make your way to The Old Bar on Monday March 3 to see why these nights have become so popular with genuine music lovers.
TUESDAY MAR 4 PUBLIC BAR TRIVIA At the dawn of the new millennium, Danny Walsh was drawn to the beat of the Turkish drum and ambled amongst the kebab vendors of the Sydney Road Street Party. He tasted corn on the cob and witnessed a tram being pulled by a fireman’s bare hands, before retreating to the secure surrounds of his bungalow to grow a beard and compose his first known tune - a jingle for the Hot Potatoes discount store. Due to ongoing legal issues with a local fruiterer (not Gangemi’s), he has been banned from every Sydney Road Street Party... until this year. Now, backed by an 8 piece fugitive blues band, The Danny Walsh Banned will leap from the stage of The Penny Black like a hot potato jumps from its jacket. 3pm, Sunday March 2.
Come join the fact hunt. On these chilly winter nights, nothing warms you up like fried chicken & crabs, booze and answering questions. Trivia has landed with a thud inside The Public Bar every Tuesday night and hosted by RRR’s Tristen Harris (The Golden Age of Piracy). Chock full of Music, Film and TV questions to test your brains (without being too nerdy) this is a trivia night for people who don’t know squat about general knowledge, geography or current affairs, but can remember the theme tune to a TV show from their childhood. There are listening rounds, jug giveaways and puzzle sheets, as well as the famous Miss Katie’s Crab Shack serving up the most delicious food to compliment every good fact hunt. Every Tuesday night from 8pm at The Public Bar, 238 Victoria Street North Melbourne.
SEEDY JEEZUS
RUBY TUESDAY LAUNCH
DANNY WALSH BANNED
The Brunswick Hotel will be holding a massive day of music at the Sydney Road Festival this Sunday March 2 featuring performances from Seedy Jeezus, Arcane Saints, I am Duckeye, Dogsday, Strawberry Fistcake, Wilderbeast, Three Quarter Beast, Foxtrot, Green’s Dairy Angel Ensemble, Lieutenant Jam, July Days, The Peeks, The Black Alleys, The Ugly Kings, The Hondas, The Baron and many more. Music will be running all day. Free entry.
March 2014 will see Melbourne’s Workers Club hosting a new indie night every Tuesday, aptly named Ruby Tuesday. Featuring talented local acts and co-presented by The AU Review, SYN Media and the 59th Sound, Ruby Tuesday is set to become the premiere mid-week live music night in Melbourne. Launching this coming Tuesday March 4th, The Workers Club will see stellar local acts Louis Spoils, Hayley Couper and Sleepy Dreamers kick Ruby Tuesday with a bang. Entry is $5 and doors open at 7:30pm.
GIFT OF REFUGE
Tri Nguyen, a Vietnamese refugee will be walking a fishing boat from Brunswick to Canberra, departing on March 15th. Tri’s purpose is to thank Australia for the gift of refuge he received when he fled Vietnam in 1982. He invites the Australia public to walk with him. To celebrate, Kim Beales will perform with his band, and will be supported by The Tealeaves at the Northcote Social Club, Wed March5. There will also be a speech from Tri, and the fishing boat will be there too! Entry is $10. All proceeds will go towards the walk, and to Baptcare’s Sanctuary House, a home for asylum seekers. Doors open at 8pm.
MELBOURNE UKULELE FESTIVAL
Hark! The weekend of Friday March 7 to Sunday March 9 2014 marks the fifth annual Melbourne Ukulele Festival. From Friday 7pm to Sunday midnight there’s great fun, loads of activity and non-stop ukulele - free and ticketed concerts, markets, merchandise, and workshops for everyone from beginners to experienced players. Book early to avoid disappointment to see over 80 performers, local and international, at venues dotted around Ruckers Hill. Venues include the Northcote Town Hall, Wesley Anne, Bar 303, Open Studio and Shellac Gallery. You can get a three night package for just $90 to all the shows on every night meaning you can come and go as you like or you can get info on the event from their Facebook, their Twitter; or from the dedicated website; muf.org.au.
THE STRAY SISTERS
There are just a few weeks to go until The Stray Sisters kick off their first national tour and it’s clear that fans of Donna Simpson and Vikki Thorn are keen to see what this new project will offer. So keen are the fans that some venues around the country have put up the sold out signs. We’re pleased to announce that the Thursday March 13 show at The Corner is full to the brim. Due to overwhelming demand, a second show has been added on Tuesday 11th March, for which tickets are on sale now from The Corner’s website. Don’t miss Donna and Vikki, getting back to basics, not as “The Waifs without Josh” but as The Stray Sisters, rediscovering their love for singing and performing together.
RAVENSWOOD
United in celebrating women of country music, Ravenswood is four of Melbourne’s country/folk leading ladies joined together in lyric and song. Elizabeth Barker, Alison Ferrier, Ruth Lindsey and Alysia Manceau blend their original material and shared influences to create a smoky-sweet sound. Crowned by haunting three part harmonies, Ravenswood’s balance of thoughtful songwriting, careful instrumentation, and vocal clarity has silenced even the rowdiest of Melbourne venues. They play every Tuesday night in March with support from Rich Davies, Van Walker, Waywardbreed, and Clive J Mann. Tuesday March 4, free entry.
TALES IN SPACE
Tales In Space, the duo behind the infectious 2013 award-winning hit Shades, are back and ready to unleash their new electro-pop single All Messed Up. To celebrate the release, the Sydney lads will hit the road for a national tour in March, bringing their pop-driven melodies and dance-ready beats to venues across the country. They’ll play at Ding Dong Lounge on Friday March 14 supporting The Pierce Brothers. Entry is $15 and doors open at 8pm.
THE NIGHT PARTY
Lo-fi garage soul brothers Rick Sands and Buck Lexton are The Night Party and they are about to launch their brand spankin’ debut album Get To You in their hometown Melbourne at The Workers Club on Friday 21st March with support from Gator Queen, Richie 1250 & The Brides Of Christ, plus DJ’s Eddy and Ken Eavel (3PBS FM) spinning discs. Entry is $8, doors at 8.30pm.
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CHERRYWOOD
It’s gonna be quite the dance part at The Spotted Mallard’s Sydney Rd St Party event. With a line up boasting country punksters Cherrywood, Andrew Nolte and his hip jivein’ big band, jazz cats Kamikaze Bees and the sprawling cinematic styling of The Twoks this is a free entry gig that you’d be crazy to miss. Music kicks off at 1:45 but the kitchen will be dishing out tasty treats from midday. This Sunday March 2.
SWAGS FOR HOMELESS
Come support one of Australia’s most effective charitable foundations. All proceeds from this event will go towards funding the work of Swags For Homeless. This Human Rights awarded institution provides Melbourne’s less fortunate members with dignified, independent, and life saving shelter solutions. Presented by killyoursterio.com. This Sunday at The Bendigo will feature Jack The Stripper, Organ Donor, Uppercut, Stoning, Cordell And Hope In Hell. Come see some ace bands and support a good cause. Doors open at 2pm.
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Define your genre in five words or less: Post-punk meets electronic. What can a punter expect from your live show? Loudness, sway, and diversity. Two drummers so lots of rhythm.
MIKHAEL PASKALEV
With his sparkling folk-pop and indie soul croon, Mikhael Paskalev is the best thing to come out of Oslo since fjörds – and now he’s coming to Australia. The charismatic singer/songwriter will be making his very first visit to our shores in March 2014. A hit in Norway upon its release and a triple j fave in Oz, I Spy has been viewed over 1.6 million times on YouTube and Vimeo so far – not to mention lauded by sites like Hype Machine and The Huffington Post. Paskalev is set to bring his super catchy, pop with a twist to Australia this March. He’ll be stopping off at Howler on Friday March 7. Tickets available through the venue.
What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? I think we’re just doing something a bit different from other bands. We try to stay away from scenes and genres. We’re doing something that we love and that we really feel something from. What’s the strangest place you’ve ever played a gig, or made a recording? We went back to Max and Milo’s high school to film our video clip. We basically just needed a big space and they let us use their gym. There was heaps of equipment to play with when we were bored including some of those hoses that
make cool noises when you spin them. Which band would you most like to have a battle/showdown with? ESC DJs from Club ESC at Boney, because they stole our name! People keep thinking we’re DJing at Boney because when we do DJ we use that name! When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/single/etc? We’re playing at the Noisey gig at Lounge with Moon Dice and Snowy Nasdaq on Thursday February 27. It’s free and there’s free booze but you have to RSVP online. It’s going to be our last show for a while as we’re going in to record our debut album with Nick Hoare (who did our EP) and Josh Delaney (Rat & Co, Chet Faker). There’s also a Rat & Co remix coming out of our single Atomic Shadow in April.
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KING OF THE NORTH
Sound The Underground is the debut album from independent Melbourne based rock two-piece King Of The North. Wanted, the first single from the album will be featured internationally in the brand new BMW 2 series commercial. BMW say that Wanted gives their new series a fresh and exciting feel. The 2014 campaign will be airing in cinemas and online in February and on TV and Radio in March. Wanted is set for digital release on 31st Jan 2014 and the official film clip will soon follow. Make no mistake; this is a rock record, Wanted is merely the tip of the iceberg when it comes to rock anthems on this album. Surrender, Ruby, Watch It Die, and the opening belter It’s Been Too Long have all the ingredients a great rock song should; big grooves, catchy riffs, and more hooks than a tackle box. Sound The Underground captures an underground rock band doing what they want, how they want. The self produced 12 tracker encompasses the best of their high energy rock anthems while still capturing the feel and power that KOTN’s live shows are known for. The “old-school” approach was taken to recording. Playing everything live in one room together and capturing the sound via the Vintage Neve desk that has recorded AC/DC, Midnight Oil, Oasis, The Living End and many more. Their Sound The Underground tour will touch down in Victoria at the Rock The Vines Festival on Sunday, March 9, and play at further venues around Australia until the end of May. Details can be found at kingofthenorth.com.au.
JOHN CITIZEN
John Citizen are a band making pop music straight out of lower-middle-class Melbourne. Forming quietly in early 2013, the lads from John Citizen subsequently spent the next year or so writing and their debut EP will be launching on Friday March 7 at The Workers Club. Featuring members past and present of Sex on Toast, Powerfuck and The Call Up, John Citizen are finally ready to unleash an all out assault of hookdriven anthems, Brian Wilson-inspired harmony and generally pretty decent songwriting onto the (probably somewhat suspecting) masses of Melbourne and beyond. John Citizen are a band for the everyman, the everywoman, and the everyday.
DAN SULTAN
Liberation Music are extremely excited to confirm a release date for Dan Sultan’s new album, Blackbird. The album, Sultan’s third studio record, will be released April 4. Taking its name from the famous studio in Nashville where it was recorded, Blackbird marks a fresh start for the Melbourne artist. Backed by a new management team and record label, and with super producer Jacquire King (Tom Waits, King Of Leon) at the musical helm, Sultan recorded 13 new tracks for the album across two months. “It’s like therapy,” Dan intimates, on the making of the record. Though it draws inspiration from afar, Blackbird is also the simple journey of a man singing about love, desire and identity. It’s an Australian musician coming into his own, stepping out to show the country and the world the many facets of his personality and artistry. Fans would already be familiar with the album’s seductive first single “Under Your Skin”. In the lead up to the album release, Sultan is honing his live show. The coming weeks will see him take to the stage with the legendary Bruce Springsteen for performances in Melbourne and the Hunter Valley. Then it’s onto his own headline dates for the Under Your Skin tour. Tickets for the tour are currently on-sale. Blackbird is available for fans to pre-order now and is out this April 4. You can see his Under Your Skin performance on Sunday March 2 at the Corner Hotel.
IAIN ARCHIBALD BAND
The Iain Archibald Band is a fresh, exciting & entertaining Country-Rock 4-piece hailing from Melbourne, Australia. The band is fronted by singer, song-writer & lead guitarist Iain Archibald, who has been penning & playing his unique blend of country lyrics & rock grooves since 2009. Iain’s style has been likened to artists such as Keith Urban, Zac Brown, Bryan Adams & The Eagles. The band released its debut 7-track EP Dirty in August 2013 to positive acclaim and received air play in both Australia and the USA. Iain and his band have played such iconic venues as The Forum Theatre, Federation Square & The Gershwin Room. They will be playing alongside the legendary Kevin Borich Express at Fawkner’s Musicland on Thursday March 6. Doors at 7:30pm and entry is $20.
GEORGIA FIELDS
Following the success of her recent performance with a string section from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Georgia Fields returns to The Toff In Town – this time, with her new 6-piece band. On Sunday March 16, Fields will preview brand new material, departing the orchestral-folk domain of her debut with a newfound swagger – part low-fi bounce, part dream-pop swoon. Support comes from Australian-born, Berlin-based PHIA – who is back in Melbourne briefly to promote her new single “Have You Ever?” Tickets are $10 presale or $15 on the door. Visit thetoffintown.com for more.
BRODY DALE
The news that Brody Dale was working on new music caused a flurry of excitement last year and even more so when she revealed she had signed to Caroline and was planning to release an album in 2014. Just before the holidays, Brody put a London date on sale and in less than hour it was completely sold out so news that she is touring has been greatly anticipated. Brody has had a long, wild career in music. “It’s the only job I’ve ever had and I love it.” In her native Australia, her first band, Sourpuss, got her signed at 15; she later moved to LA and formed The Distillers, becoming pack leader of a band of hardcore reprobates, and spending her 20s touring the world. After that, she released a killer album rife with hooks under Spinnerette and now she returns in fighting form under her own name with her own solo project. Brody Dale will play at the Rod Laver Arena on Friday March 14 and Saturday March 15
THE GROWLERS
Californian, tinkling porch crooners, The Growlers will be hitting the East Coast of Australia, along with fellow Californians, Tomorrows Tulips. It’s always summer for both of these budding groups, The Growlers’ upbeat melodies and dynamic instrumentals infuse a certain sense of youthful charm, hell-bent on making your body move. Meanwhile, Tomorrows Tulips focus on the dreamy psychedelic side of the spectrum. Tomorrows Tulips’ laid-back, surf tunes are hanging with good vibes and clouded with 60s & 70s influences, stemming from lead man and pro surfer, Alex Knost’s submergence in the surfing subculture. Having started Tomorrows Tulips with his girlfriend back in 2009, they’ve released 2 albums, an EP and a bunch of singles. They’ve toured Europe and America extensively with The Growlers, racking up a cult following of kids and creeps along the way and soon, we’ll be lucky enough to catch them side by side on this upcoming Australia tour. Laced with a psychedelic circus of surf, sex, hobo trance and boom boom twang, The Growlers and Tomorrows Tulips will make for one hell of a high and you can see them on Saturday March 8 at The Tote.
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Born on the road and forged in the fires of live performance, Lost Ragas are a brand new band featuring songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Matt Walker. Originally Matt’s touring band for his stunning solo album In Echoes Of Dawn, Lost Ragas Phantom Ride is a much more collaborative effort steeped in country and blues, centred around Walker’s sinuous guitar playing and beguiling melodies. Lost Ragas will hit the road again in March, city to city, with the much lauded and muscular talents of fellow country rockers, Raised By Eagles. They play The Tote with Willow Darling on Friday March 21.
MARTA PACEK
Armed with a collection of new original songs, Australian alternative folk-songstress Marta Pacek is set to release her new album, Voodoo Dolls and False Alarms, on Thursday February 27. To coincide with the release, Marta will embark on an Australian tour spanning VIC, ACT & NSW, following with an additional 15 Canadian and 11 US shows in May 2014. Marta will be stopping by Pure Pop Records to launch the record on Saturday March 1.
KERRI SIMPSON
Known and respected by those who know their music, Kerri Simpson’s prowess performing, writing and producing is of a quality so crazily-good it could make the most seasoned music mogul tear-up in appreciation, and she will command this attention live on stage for the launch of her new album 4am at Caravan Music Club on Friday March 21. Her guest performance on Geoff Achison and Chris Wilson’s award-winning Box of Blues CD is just one recent example that reinforces the truth that Kerri ain’t no ordinary musician.
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2. Real Feel THE HOLIDAYS 3. Ouroboros AIRLING 4. Cool Thing COACH BOMBAY 5. Born To Break Your Heart SASKWATCH 6. Since Last Wednesday HIGHASAKITE 7. Take It As It Comes J. RODDY WALSTON
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SASKWATCH
Born To Break Your Heart (Northside/Remote Control) Signalling the announcement of Nose Dive, their second LP, Born To Break Your Heart sees local soul dynamos Saskwatch broaden their palette with a helping of phaser pedal and pristine pop vocals from Nkechi Anele. Can see it going down a treat in the live setting, perhaps as a set-closer. Not quite as drastic as Little Redâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (remember them?) stylistic leap between albums, but the parallel could be drawn.
MIND OVER MATTER FEAT. BLISS N ESO
What They Say (Shock) Creeping, understated electro production anchors verses from two of our cross-generational rap duos â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rising Mind Over Matter and giants Bliss N Eso. Strong bars a little bit let down by a folky hook. A tidy package nonetheless, taken from an upcoming LP due sometime this year.
COACH BOMBAY
Cool Thing (Independent) Busy synths clutter Cool Thing, not really giving the guest verse from Elle Young enough space to breathe. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s merit to the saccharine pop elements, but it all becomes a bit too much after half a minute. The middle eight is a nice respite, but the bpm needs to chill out otherwise.
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Mon Repos (Independent) Was looking forward to catching EBAGC at Camp A Low Hum a coupla weekends back, but singer Marcus Hobbs was denied a trans-Tasman flight seat due to gastro. Oh well, shit happens (Sorry). Mon Repos is a fairly meandering follow-up to Seven Drummersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; lead single Dirty Bird â&#x20AC;&#x201C; two-thirds gritty folk storytelling â&#x20AC;&#x201C; one-third Crazy Horse guitar breakdown. Decent, but never really arresting.
TWIN BEASTS
Sweet Marie (Independent) Twin Beasts (formerly known as The Tooty Boyz) are a lot more Steppenwolf than Johnny Cash on Sweet Marie, but it works, somehow. The Western protagonist descends into voyeuristic depravity in his pursuit of courtship, soundtracked by endearingly sweet backing harmonies.
HEADS OF CHARM
Spain Is On A Roll (Independent) Proggy in a good way, Spain Is On A Roll is a hurricane of relentless drums and winding buzzsaw guitars, unloading both barrels with the titular chorus cry. A quiet-loud dynamic threads throughout, but never really getting too quiet, moments of ferocity peaking out on a spasmodic whim. Dizzyingly brilliant.
SINGLE OF THE WEEK
ALEX LLOYD
Coming Home (To Richmond) (Table) RICHMOND FOOTBALL CLUB DISQUALIFIED FROM 2014 FINALS SERIES FOR BRINGING AFL INTO DISREPUTE.
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BEATâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TOP TEN SONGS THAT CHANGE MEANING IN A PORNOGRAPHIC CONTEXT
DZ DEATHRAYS
Gina Works At Hearts (I OH YOU) Sick riffs bruhhhhhh. DZ burst out of the gates strong on Gina Works At Hearts in fine form, dissipating somewhat over three-and-a-half minutes. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s bigger without overreaching for anthemic histrionics. The clichĂŠd rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll tales about strippers gets a pass, thanks to a permeating air of dread. Sophomore LP Black Rat incoming this May.
3. Back To Land WOODEN SHJIPS
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THE TWOKS
First Light (Independent) Reminiscent of some of 2013â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breakthrough alternative-but-not-really talents, Sydney duo The Twoks do artisanal power-pop on First Light, and they do it well. Shades of Stevie Nicks are present in the killer chorus, sprinkling the right amount of cheese with hand-clap drums â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the deft violin touches putting in the groundwork with surreptitious aplomb.
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ANGEL OLSEN
THE CRYSTAL METHOD
Burn Your Fire For No Witness ( Jagjaguwar Records)
Self titled (Tiny e Records)
“I am the only one now,” sings Angel Olsen to conclude Unfuck the world (the lead track on her second LP) and the quiet, tape recorded tune is an apt prologue for the record’s thematic exploration of – and struggle against – solitude. “I” is easily the most used word on Burn Your Fire For No Witness, but the perspective isn’t closed off. Rather, Olsen draws from subjective hurt to depict feelings that encroach upon all of us. There’s no reliable safeguard against loneliness; whenever we sink back into our thoughts or lucidly grasp our being, it’s a stubbornly isolated experience. But this certainly isn’t enough reason to stop searching for redemptive unity. BYFFNW has its fair share of woebegone moments – the most striking, a breathy Leonard Cohen interpolation called White Fire – but it also shows off a perkier side of Olsen’s personality. Backed by a drummer and bass player, herself wielding an electric guitar, Forgiven/ Forgotten is instantly nostalgic and positively catchy. The extra gusto makes Olsen’s often-wistful voice sound almost imperturbable when she sings “I don’t know anything - but I love you”. Similarly, the bar-band tint to Hi Five provides the perfect platform for the year’s most unlikely spiritual exclamation: “Are you lonely too? High Five! So am I!” The claws come out in Hi and Wild, until the ruptured BEST TRACK: Forgiven/ Forgotten relationship prompts the indignant plea “If only I had IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Tramp nothing more to say.” Yet, Olsen’s songs transmit such SHARON VAN ETTEN, The Boatman’s Call NICK tactile emotional force that we should hope she continues CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS, I Speak Because I to vocally dissect her feelings. Can LAURA MARLING IN A WORD: Lonelyhunter AUGUSTUS WELBY
JASON ISBELL
The Crystal Method have been around for fucking ever (the early nineties) but the beauty of being in an electronic outfit is that it is acceptable to change your stripes every few years as the dance music zeitgeist shifts so you can remain relevant and not become a heritage act. Emulator, the opening track to the Las Vegas two-piece’s eighth album is a banger. The title may be a self-effacing hat-tip to heavy bass house artists like Harvard Bass and Deadmau5 who the track clearly references. Like any main-room charger the track is punctuated by bass drops and indiscernible MC mumbles: “Baby got do now...” Maybe? The dark ravey atmosphere of the record is seductive but the tendency, like on the song Over It featuring Dia Frampton, to turn to dubstep dulls the impact of these lamely derivative tracks. However, it’s those massive drops followed by ass-wobbling bass that may not get you kudos from music reviewers but it certainly gets people’s asses shaking at your shows and likewise other DJs dropping your tracks. This album also drags into focus that it isn’t just the UK and Europe that are having a rave revival. The US does bangers with the best of them and The Crystal Method’s collaboration with young Atlanta producer La Castle Vania, named Storm The Castle, is the kind of track you can imagine ravers overdosing on juice to. While The Crystal Method’s aforementioned homeland connection is a sick one, the song they do with US country singer LeAnn Rimes, Grace, is a shocker. Depressingly, there is a modulated synth that sounds like a violin so that Rimes’ nasal warble doesn’t sound too out of place. Although inconsistent, this is one hell of a rave album BEST TRACK: Emulator and Emulator is a killer tune. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Stay True HARVARD BASS, Trans-Love-Energies DEATH IN DAN WATT VEGAS, Album Title Goes Here DEADMAU5 IN A WORD: Bangerz
Southeastern (Southeastern) American singer-songwriter Jason Isbell, who started his music career in the band Driveby Truckers before embarking on a successful solo career, is back with his fourth solo album and best one to date, Southeastern. This refreshing country album showcases Isbell’s powerful vocals, emotive melodies and candid lyrics about love, hope and his past struggles with an alcohol addiction. Southeastern features many songs which would be worthy of a place on a Best Of album in years to come. Opening track Cover Me Up is a powerful love song with brilliant vocals and acoustic guitar which sets the tone for the rest of the album. The standout is the third track Traveling Alone which also features Isbell’s wife Amanda Shires on violin and vocals. The combination of violin, guitar and vocals on this song works a treat. Other highlights include Flying Over Water, Songs That She Sang in the Shower and Stockholm; memorable, catchy tunes which can easily get stuck in your head. The most emotional and heartbreaking track is Elephant, about a woman dying of cancer. Southeastern is a vast improvement on Isbell’s previous releases Sirens of the Ditch, Jason Isbell And The 400 Unit and Here We Rest. His artistic growth is clearly evident, ensuring that Southeastern is a moving and memorable album that will BEST TRACK: Travelling Alone leave a lasting impression on those who listen. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU”LL LIKE THIS: STEVE EARLE, TIFT MERRITT ALI BIRNIE IN A WORD: Memorable
LYDIA LOVELESS
SKATERS
Manhattan (Warner) New York is brimming with immigrants who were lured there by its magical status to the point where you have to wonder how many born-and-bred New Yorkers make up the numbers. The debut album from Skaters embodies the starry-eyed romanticism of adoring outsiders applied to the bustling metropolis. Those detractors of New York city cops, The Strokes, are an obvious comparison here. Although Skaters choose the “young and beautiful” of Manhattan as their targets as opposed to dumb cops, there’s a real similarity to The Strokes’ scrappy but catchy sounds. Like latter-day (ie. not very good) Strokes, the band show a willingness to break out of a well-trodden indie-rock sound and make a real mess with the reggae-ska shuffle of Band Breaker and a tiresome funk dirge called Fear Of The Night. There are also numerous winks and nods to British acts like Arctic Monkeys and Palma Violet, particularly on the infectious I Wanna Dance (But I Don’t Know How), while the preceding Nice Hat has the rough, raw exterior of Babyshambles and The Libertines. As you could guess from the amount of other bands referenced in this review, there’s nothing particularly new going on here. Certainly the expression of unequivocal love for New York BEST TRACK: Miss Teen Massachusetts has been done to death. It’s okay to be overly familiar, but IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Room On it shouldn’t be this forgettable. Fire THE STROKES, 180 PALMA VIOLETS IN A WORD: Uninvolving CHRIS GIRDLER
Somewhere Else (Bloodshot Recordings) When you adopt the artistic nom de plume Lydia Loveless, your take on matters of the heart is probably going to be skewed to the unsuccessful side of the romantic equation. And from the moment the raucous country-rock opening flourish in Really Wanna See You gives way to rueful musings of a lost lover’s new life, you know that’s just where Lydia Loveless is comfortable. Loveless sings about emotional matters with the intensity of Stevie Nicks on the back of a cocaine bender, the melodic dexterity of Carole King and the acerbic lyrical tone of Adalita. Wine Lips drips with memories, To Love Somebody is straight from the heart and searching desperately for meaningful attachment, and Hurts So Bad arguably requires little more commentary than its self-explanatory title offers. Chris Isaak name checks the crooning singer-songwriter with the million dollar quaff in the cause of romantic satisfaction; what Head lacks in substantive happiness, it more than makes up for with a country-pop edge that’s guaranteed to please. Verlaine Shot Rimbaud dips into tragic literary history for an allegorical slant on failed romance, Somewhere Else takes you to a place where things could be a lot better if the world wasn’t so fucked up and Everything’s Gone is an admission of defeat with the skewed lyrical-pop sensibility of John Lennon. To close out, there’s They Don’t Know, a cover of the late Kirsty MacColl’s whimsical ode to the dark psychological shadows that lie beneath the facade of resilience. Lydia Loveless might be BEST TRACK: Really Wanna See You searching for love in all the wrong places, but she’s finding IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: CAROLE some good tunes while she’s looking. KING, GINA VILLALOBOS, KIRSTY MACOLL IN A WORD: country PATRICK EMERY
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Reggae is perhaps the most misunderstood beast in the music kingdom. People think that reggae music is only about pot and the only way to enjoy it is when stoned. And I’m not saying it’s not. Hell, you’ll enjoy the shit out of El Moth’s debut EP Life’s A Ride if you’re stoned. But you’ll also enjoy the shit out of The Wiggles’ Big Red Car or the sound of television static when you’re stoned! Life’s A Ride is an EP that’s good even without the drugs. And – this might surprise you – it’s not about pot (well… it’s not entirely about pot). El Moth have made an album with heart. The lyrics of Must I reflect the perpetual madness society has fallen into, as singer Tim Smith speaks of the horrific events of the world and the jaded approach people who’d rather not think about it take: “Must I always remind myself of things I should not think about?” Opener Cold Faces takes aim at the pull of the daily grind and the desire to avoid the noose BEST TRACK: Must I of the shirt and tie: “I don’t wanna succumb”. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: GREGORY It’s a record all can enjoy... you’ll just enjoy it more if you ISAACS, THREE LEGGED FOX, STONE happen to be high. SENSES IN A WORD: Provocative
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WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK
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WEDNESDAY FEB 26 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS AFI + CROSSES Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $62. ALISON FERRIER & BAND + TRACY MCNEIL Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. ALTER BRIDGE + LIVING VOLOUR Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $70. AVENGED SEVENFOLD + ASKING ALEXANDRIA + FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH Festival Hall, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. $65. BIFFY CLYRO + PULLED APART BY HORSES Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $54. COLLAGE - FEAT: SLUGGER & THE STONE + RACHEL CLARK + SAND GIANT + WALLY HOWLETT Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm. HIM + NOSTALGHIA + THE DEFILED 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $61. JAMES TEAGUE + GRIZZLY JIM LAWRIE + PAUL CONRAD Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $5. KORN + ROB ZOMBIE + MUSHROOMHEAD Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $77. LEAH SENIOR + JOSH RENNIE-HYNES + SEYMOUR HOLLOWS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $7. LESS THAN JAKE + BOWLING FOR SOUP + ZEBRAHEAD The Hi-fi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $56. MELBOURNE MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL LAUNCH - FEAT: MATT BAILEY Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. OLIVER PATERSON + 30/70 + BREED John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC NIGHT Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. RAYON MOON + WHIPPED CREAM CHARGERS + WOD Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SARAH EIDA + CHARM CAT + DEAR STALKER + JUMP ROAD Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. SEATTLE FIX + FAKE EVADER + JOSH EVERSON + REIKA Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. SWEETS + HAARLO + OPEN SWIMMER Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5. THE DARK ALES + CREATURES FROM THE BOG + LOCAL GROUP Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE PRETTY LITTLES + SHIPS PIANO Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. TIM RICHMOND + LUCY ROLEFF Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm. $30. VOLBEAT + FILTER + HACKTIVIST Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/ WORLD MUSIC
BACH CONVERSATIONS Fortyfive Downstairs Theatre, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $30. BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. GIAN SLATER Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm. GIANNI MARINUCCI NONET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. HAMMOND JAZZ CLUB + MR ANDREW SWANN Claypots, St Kilda. 10:00pm. LEARN TO SWING DANCE - FEAT: SWING PATROL First Floor, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. LO-RES + BOHJASS 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. MO’SOUL - FEAT: THE AMY WINEHOUSE TRIBUTE BAND Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SLIPPER + TIM PLEDGER’S SANDWICH JESUS + ZEKE RUCKMAN BAND 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. THE TIM WILSON QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15. VIVE LA DIFFERENCE Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 8:30pm.
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ACOUSTIC SESSIONS - FEAT: JOHN PATRICK Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. FROZEN PONIES DUO + TIM NEILSON Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. HEXHAM VOX Kent St Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. KEVIN CURRAN + TED DEMPSY + UGLY KINGS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. KIM SALMON Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. OPEN MIC & JAM NIGHT Musicland, Fawkner. 8:00pm. SIMPLY ACOUSTIC Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: JEMMA NICOLE + LARISSA TANDY Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm.
THURSDAY FEB 27 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS A DAY TO REMEMBER + I KILLED THE PROM QUEEN
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+ THE GHOST INSIDE Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. ALICE IN CHAINS + DOWN + WALKING PAPERS Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $72. ARTIST PROOF + FULL CODE + HOY John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. CHILDREN OVERBOARD + BETH BROWN & THE HOLY ROLLERS + THE GROVES + TIARYN Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $5. CLUTCH Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $56. COLISEUM + CAGED GRAVE + HOTEL WRECKING CITY TRADERS + THE WRECKS Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:00pm. $10. DOG WHISTLE POLITICS + CASH THE MADMAN + DISASTERAMA + TOBY’S MARSH Espy, St Kilda. 9:30pm. GWAR + AMON AMARTH + SATYRICON & THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. JAMES BROOK Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 9:00pm. $5. JIM DUGGAN + JMS HARRISON + LACHLAN HICKS + MARA THREAT Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $7. LIVE N’ COOKIN’ - FEAT: TRJAEU + FALLOPIAN TUNES DJS The B.east, Brunswick East. 7:00pm. LUCID SUN + DRIFTER + PIGTAILS + VINAL RIOT Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $8. MELBOURNE MUSIC VIDEO FESTIVAL - FEAT: OH PEP! + THE SIDESHOW BRIDES Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12. MILKSHAKE + DANE CERTIFICATE + POPOLICE + THE TENDER BONES Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. MMVF PRESENTS - FEAT: BATPISS + BAD VISION + THE KREMLINGS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $12. MOTHERS CAKE Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6:00pm. $10. NEXT - FEAT: RYAN & THE GOSSLINGS + BELLE HAVEN + LOVE ALONE Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. PENNYWISE + AUTHORITY ZERO + STIFF LITTLE FINGERS + TRASH TALK Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:00pm. $44. PIGEON (SETTLE IN LAUNCH) + BACK BACK FORWARD PUNCH Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. PLACEBO Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $73. RIFF RAFF Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $10. SCOTT & CHARLENE’S WEDDING Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:30pm. SKYWAYS ARE HIGHWAYS + GOING SWIMMING + HOLY MOSES HEARTACHE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. TEX NATIVES + STRINGS FOR BELTS + THE BANGS + THE VACANT SMILES Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. THE BASICS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm. $30. THE ELECTRIC I + JACK JACK JACK Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE NBCZ The Bay, Mordialloc. 8:00pm. THE SCENE Musicland, Fawkner. 9:00pm. $5. WILLOW DARLING + BAND OF CLOUD + ROYSTON VASIE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
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ALWAN Claypots, St Kilda. 10:00pm. CREATIVE VOCAL SERIES - FEAT: EMMA GILMARTIN + NATALIE CAROLAN Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15. DEANS MARTINI Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. GERARD VANDENBROUCQUE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. KAALAM Open Studio, Northcote. 9:30pm. QUINCE JAM QUINTET Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:00pm. SUGARFOOT RAMBLERS + PETER EVANS QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. THE HARLOTS + DJ VINCE PEACH + PIERRE BARONI Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10. THE OVEREASYS Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 7:30pm. TIM NEAL TRIO 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $10.
SOUNDWAVE Voted one of the best festivals of the year by both national and international artists, Soundwave 2014 is gearing up for the holiest of holies. After being chopped, changed and re-arranged the current lineup includes Greenday, A Day To Remember, Jimmy Eat World, Korn, Panic! At The Disco, Rob Zombie plus many many more. It all takes place this Friday February 28. Tickets are still available via the venue website.
FRIDAY FEB 28 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS ROCKABILLY HOEDOW - FEAT: FIREBIRD TRIO + GOGO GODDESSES The Luwow, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $5. BLOWN CONES + ENCOUNTER + GROUP CRUDE Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:30pm. BOX ROCKETS + GRIZZLY JIM LAURIE + I KNOW THE CHIEF Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $8. BRONI Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:00pm. CHRISTY GORDON Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $10. DRIVEN - FEAT: ANTHONY MONEA & DCMT + COPIOUS + FLORENCE PARDOE + NATE REIMERS + SYMMETRIX Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. $12. EDEN MULHOLLAND + THE EVENING CAST + TOM KLINE Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $10. EINSTEIN TOYBOYS + CASSETTE Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $10. FAIR MAIDEN + SCOTT & CHARLENE’S WEDDING + TOOTHACHE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. FRIDAY SESSIONS AT THE WICK - FEAT: JIM HOCKING SOLO Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 9:00pm. GREAT JOHN HIMSELF + BLOOD ORANGE + JESS PORTER + WHO’S THIS? Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. HEADLESS DEATH + HALTEVER + OLD LOVE + SPLIT TEETH Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10. I AM DUCKEYE + HAIL BAT KNIFE + SPIDER GOAT CANYON + STRAWBERRY FIST CAKE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. JACK THE STRIPPER + BLOODWOLVES + COUNTER ATTACK + HAILGUN + ORGAN DONOR + SICK MACHINE 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $10. JORDAN MILLER + CROOKED SAINT + SCOTT BOYD Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. KESHIE + ZIKORA Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. MEL PARSONS & SUZANNAH ESPIE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 9:00pm. $15. MIGHTY DUKE & THE LORDS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. OWL EYES (FAREWELL PARTY) + ELIZA HULL + INDIAN SUMMER Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $23. PHARMACY + A*S*Y*S + ALEX KIDD + DJ HELLRAISER + KUTSKI + TONESHIFTERZ Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $73. SECRETS OF VENUS HORSES - FEAT: JORDAN MILLER + CROOKED SAINT + SCOTT BOYD Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5. SMILE + THE GOOD MORROWS + THE LAUGHING LEAVES + THE OCEAN PARTY + THE VACANT SMILES + ZONE OUT Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. SOUNDWAVE - FEAT: 10 YEARS + A DAY TO REMEMBER + AFI + ALICE IN CHAINS + ALKALINE TRIO + ALTER BRIDGE + AMON AMARTH + ASKING ALEXANDRIA + AUGUST BURNS RED + AVENGED SEVENFOLD + BARONESS + BIFFY CLYRO + BLACK VEIL BRIDES + BOWLING FOR SOUP + BREATHE CAROLINA + CLUTCH + DEEZ NUTS + DEFILER + DESAPARECIDOS + DEVILDRIVER + DIR EN GREY + DOWN + DREAM ON DREAMER + EAGLES OF DEATH METAL + FINCH + FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH + GLASSJAW + GOJIRA +
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ALI HUGHES Bar Nancy, Northcote. 7:30pm. BABA YAGA ORKESTAR Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. GRID - FEAT: THE FABRIC Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 9:00pm. MADELINE LEMAN & THE MIDNIGHT MAYBELLES + GREYHOUNDS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. MATTY VEHL Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm. MILLER JUKES & THE BANDITS + MATT GLASS + MICHAEL FEIN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12. NGAIIRE + ELLA THOMPSON + YEO Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15. NICK BASTIRAS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. SUGARCANE COLINS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. WOMEN IN DOCS + SALLY DASTEY Wesley Anne, Northcote. 9:05pm. $15.
GRAVEYARD + GREEN DAY + GWAR + HIM + ILL NINO + INHEARTSWAKE + JIMMY EAT WORLD + KORN + LESS THAN JAKE + LETLIVE. + LIVING COLOUR + MASTODON + MAYDAY PARADE + MOTIONLESS IN WHITE + MUSHROOMHEAD + MUTEMATH + NANCY VANDAL + NEWSTED + PANIC! AT THE DISCO + PENNYWISE + PLACEBO + PULLED APART BY HORSES + ROB ZOMBIE + ROCKET FROM THE CRYPT + SATYRICON + SEVENDUST + SKINDRED + STIFF LITTLE FINGERS + STONE TEMPLE PILOTS + SUICIDE SILENCE + TERROR + TESSERACT + TESTAMENT + THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER + THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN + THE PORKERS + THE STORY SO FAR + THY ART IS MURDER + TRASH TALK + TRIVIUM + VOLBEAT + WHITECHAPEL + ZEBRAHEAD + ††† (CROSSES) + COLISEUM + DEVIL YOU KNOW + HACKTIVIST + HARDCORE SUPERSTAR + HEAVEN’S BASEMENT + I CALL FIVES + NOSTALGHIA + OUR LAST NIGHT + REAL FRIENDS + SOIL + THE BOSSHOSS + UNCLE ACID & THE DEADBEATS + UPON A BURNING BODY + WALKING PAPERS + YOUR DEMISE Flemington Racecourse, Flemington. 12:00pm. $185. SPACE JUNK + MOTEL LOVE + OHMS + THE ESCARGO GOS + WATERLOO Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $10. STU LARSEN + HAILEY CALVERT Kelvin Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $12. TEETH & TONGUE + BALLADS + SUNBEAM SOUND MACHINE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. THE DUB CAPTAINS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $13. THE FEEL GOODS + BIG VOLCANO + GARDENIA LAGOON Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. THE GIRLS OF BURLESQUE - FEAT: THE UGLY KINGS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10. THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS & JEREMY NEALE + THE OCEAN PARTY Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12. THE THREE KINGS + THE BREADMAKERS Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:30pm. $18. THE UNKIND + BRICKS + DAMN THE DAWN + POISON FISH Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 9:00pm. $5. THE WONDER STUFF Corner Hotel, Richmond. 9:30pm. $55. TRACER + DJ TRAFFIC JAM + RIVER OF SNAKES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. TULLY ON TULLY + NEIGHBOURHOOD YOUTH + PLAYWRITE + TANYA BATT Espy, St Kilda. 10:00pm. WORLD’S END PRESS National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne. 8:00pm. ZAKYTUSS (ALBUM LAUNCH) + ROCKING HORSE RACE + SPIRAL ARM Eureka Hotel, Richmond. 10:00pm. $10.
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30/70 + DJ TECH NO-SHIT Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6:00pm. CANNONBALL Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25. CHALOUCHE + BA-BOOM Open Studio, Northcote. 7:00pm. DEAN’S MARTINI & SHAKERS Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 8:30pm. JACQUELINE GAWLER TRIO Wyreena Comm Arts, Croydon. 7:30pm. $28. JAMES SHERLOCK TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. MARGIE LOU’S PIANO HOUR + ALYCE PLATT Claypots, St Kilda. 10:00pm.
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GRANDMASTER FLASH There are a lot of stories about the birth of jazz and the beginning of rock 'n’ roll, but hip hop has founding fathers: one of them is DJ Grandmaster Flash. He was the first DJ to physically lay his hands on the vinyl and manipulate it in a backward, forward or counterclockwise motion. He invented the Quick Mix Theory, which included techniques such as the double-back, backdoor, back-spin, and phasing. Basically, what we call a DJ today is a role that Flash invented. His live show is a must-see for any true hip hop fans! Catch him at the Espy’s Gershwin Room this Thursday February 27.
I LIVE MUSIC FEST The Taste of Indie Collective is putting on their first i Live Music Festival this Saturday March 1 at the Brunswick Hotel. The Festival will feature sixteen local indie folk and rock acts on two stages. The lineup includes Dear Stalker, One & The Same, Kill TV and plenty more. Music kicks off at 4pm.
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POP UP BAR MOORABBIN - FEAT: JOSH & JAY Kingston City Hall, Moorabbin. 4:00pm. REBECCA BINNENDYK Dizzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $30. THE ROYAL JELLIES Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25. YELLOWBIRD JAZZ BAND Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15.
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ANDRE WARHURST & THE RARE BYRDS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 10:30pm. BITTER SWEETHEARTS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 10:30pm. CATFISH VOODOO Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:30pm. CHAIN Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $28. FUNK RABBIT + FIVE DOLLAR BILLIE Penny Black, Brunswick. 10:30pm. JIMI HOCKING Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 8:00pm. JUNK HORSES Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm. LACHLAN BRYAN & THE WILDES Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 9:00pm. $15. LACHLAN BRYAN & THE WILDES (BLACK COFFEE LAUNCH) Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $12. MELBOURNE ZOO TWILIGHTS - FEAT: JOSH PYKE + THELMA PLUM Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. 5:30pm. NAKED BODIES + BIG SMOKE + DARK FAIR Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. SPENCER P JONES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. THE MOONLIGHTERS Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 9:00pm. $8. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 7:00pm. UNSEALED ROAD Famous Blue Raincoat, Kingsville South. 8:30pm.
SATURDAY MAR 1 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS ALEX & THE SHY LASHLIES + ALI E BAND Old Bar, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. ALITHIA + BEAR THE MAMMOTH + KALACOMA + MUSHROOM GIANT Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $12. ANGRY SEAS + AD SKINNER + KILL TAKER + THE WRECKS 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $5. BANG - FEAT: WHORETOPSY + ASCENSION ARMOURED EARTH + THE APPROACH + THE OPHIDIAN Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. BEWARE! BLACK! HOLES! + CHRIS PICKERING + DJ
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For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au DR LUDWIG + THE WEEPING WILLOWS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. BIRD BLOBS + BASEBALL + BEAT DISEASE + BONE + SEWERS + YES Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;M LEAVING Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. CHAIN + PHIL MANNING Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $30. FLEETWOOD MAC TRIBUTE SHOW + PURE BLONDE ROCK SHOW Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $15. GHETTO GHETTO + UDAYS TIGER Workers Club, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. $6. GRAND PRISMATIC + BIG TOBACCO + PSALM BEACH Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. HARRY BIRD & THE RUBBER WELLIES Open Studio, Northcote. 9:30pm. I LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: ACOUSTIC FOXX + ASHBURY MEDICINE SHOW + CHAMBERS + DEAR STALKER + GONDOLA KID + KILL TV + LAZYBONES + M Y BAND + MAN CITY SIRENS + ONE & THE SAME + PRESTA & DASH + SARAH EIDA + SIERRA LEONE + THE MOOPS + THE VAS + WATERLINE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. JEREMY NEALE & THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9:30pm. $12. JUKEBOX JIVE - FEAT: GOGO GODDESSES + JUKEBOX RACKETS The Luwow, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $5. KING PARROT + BATPISS + CLOWNS + HIGH TENSION Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $20. LAURA IMBRUGLIA + BURNT SAUSAGES + DARTS Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10. LAURA PALMER + JAPAN FOR + MARICOPA WELLS Playground, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. LEOPARD SLUGG + GYPSY BOOTS + SORRY MEDIATORS + THE NBC Espy, St Kilda. 10:00pm. MAN FROM THE METEOR + SECRET TSUNAMI + TAREK + TAYLAH CARROL John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. MIDNIGHT WOOLF + AUSTRALIAN KINGSWOOD FAC-
TORY + LOOSE TOOTH + THE BIRDCAGE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 9:00pm. $10. MISS COLOMBIA + LA DESCARGA Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. OUTRIGHT + CABIN FEVER + FLOWERS FOR COPS + LIFE OF MY OWN + RIGHT MIND + VICIOUS CYCLE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. PAUL KIDNEY EXPERIENCE + D-GRADES + POWER LINE SNEAKERS Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. RAW BRIT Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. $23. REMOVALIST + FEVERTEETH + LASER BRAINS + MIDWIFE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 9:00pm. $10. SIX60 The Hi-ďŹ , Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $51. SUMMER SESSIONS - FEAT: ROXY WI-FI + BEAUTIFUL BEASTS + KARLY JEWELL + LITTLE MISS REMEMBERING First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15. THE BUFFALO CLUB + BARRY SAVAGE & THE MAU MAUS Town Hall Hotel (north Melbourne), North Melbourne. 6:00pm. THE CAPTIVES + DJ MERMAID + RED LIGHT RIOT + THE HIDDEN VENTURE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $13. THE DEATH RATTLES Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 10:30pm. WOD + CHARGING STALLION + DJ KEZBOT + DUMB PUNTS + SEATTLE & THE SO SOS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $10.
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DAN SULTAN + THE MEDICS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 9:30pm. $38. EUGENE HIDEAWAY BRIDGES Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $23. JAMMIN DIVAS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 9:00pm. $20. KINDRED STUDIOS OPEN DAY - FEAT: THE BROKEN NEEDLES + ASANTI DANCE THEATRE + RACHEL BY THE STREAM + REBECCA J & THE CORE Kindred Studios, Yarraville. 12:00pm. LONE TYGER Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. MARTA PACEK Pure Pop, St Kilda. 4:00pm. MELBOURNE ZOO TWILIGHTS - FEAT: NEKO CASE + DICK DIVER Melbourne Zoo, Parkville. 5:30pm. RORY ELLIS BAND Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 10:30pm. THE DODGIE KEVIN BACON BROTHERS + FIIG & PEPPERJACK & REIKA Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:47pm. THE HOMESICK RAYS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 10:00pm. THE PHEASANT PLUCKERS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. THE REBELLES + THE PERFECTIONS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $5. WILSON & WHITE + LAURA HILL + NICOLETTE FORTE Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 9:00pm. $20.
SUNDAY MAR 2 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS MICK DALEY Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 4:00pm. $10. 80’S ON THE EDGE Sloaney Pony, Port Melbourne. 9:30pm. BATTLE OF THE BANDS Musicland, Fawkner. 9:00pm. BUCK JR + DEMI LOUISE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. CATGUT MARY + 8 FOOT FELIX + ALEX & THE SHY LASHLIES + ALEXIS & THE MISSING PIECES + BLUE EYES CRY + DANNY WALSH BANNED + JACK JACK
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JACK + JOSH CASHMAN + JOSH RAWIRI + LITTLE DESERT + RHYS CRIMMIN + SAN LAZARO + SUSY BLUE + TASH SULTANA + THE LITTLE SISTERS + THE TESKEY BROTHERS + WOODLOCK Penny Black, Brunswick. 12:00pm. CHAIN + PHIL MANNING Williamstown Rsl, Williamstown. 2:00pm. $20. CITY SHARPS + JULIE MAC + TEQUILA MOCKINGBIRD Playground, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. COOPERS PRESENTS SUNDAY SCHOOL - FEAT: YES I’M LEAVING + EYE SHAMBLE + HALTEVER SORE + SHAKING HELL Public Bar, North Melbourne. 4:00pm. $10. DASH + BETH BROWN & THE HOLY ROLLERS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. $10. GEORGIA MAQ + EMPLOYMENT + GRACE LAWRY + MARA THREAT Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 4:00pm. GOING SWIMMING Public Bar, North Melbourne. 2:00am. $10. JACK THE STRIPPER + CORDELL + HOPE IN HELL + ORGAN DONOR + STONING + XUPPERCUTX Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 3:00pm. $10. MOUNTAIN GOAT BEERSOAKED SUNDAYS - FEAT: ROLLER ONE + DJ RACH + FANTIS ATLANTIS + MATT BAILEY BAND Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $8. NEKO CASE + DARREN HANLON Corner Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. $52. NEONCITY - FEAT: THE LET YOUR HAIR DOWN GIRLS + KYAARN + LAST MISTRESS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 7:00pm. RADFEST - FEAT: PAUL CONROY + BLACK ALLYS + LOVE BOMBS + STONE REVIVAL + SUBMARINES + WOD Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SUGAR FED LEOPARDS + HEAPS TUFF + MODESTY + VAN & CAL WALKER + WILLOW DARLING Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. SYDNEY RD STREET PARTY - FEAT: THE RAMSHAKLE ARMY + ARCANE SAINTS + DOGSDAY + FOXTROT + GREEN’S DAIRY ANGEL ENSEMBLE + I AM DUCKEYE + JAY WARS + JULY DAYS + LIEUTENANT JAM + SEEDY JEEZUS + SHANE DIIORIO BAND + STRAWBERRY FISTCAKE + THE BARON + THE BLACK ALLEYS + THE HONDAS + THE PEEKS + THE UGLY KINGS + THREE QUARTER BEAST + TINSLEY WATERHOUSE BAND + WILDERBEAST Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 12:00pm. SYDNEY RD STREET PARTY - FEAT: CHERRYWOOD + ANDREW NOLTE & HIS ORCHESTRA + KAMIKAZE BEES + THE TWOKS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 1:45pm. SYDNEY ROAD STREET PARTY - FEAT: SAINT JUDE + BJ MORRISZONKLE + JUSTIN BERNASCONI & PETE FIDDLER + MADE FOR CHICKENS BY ROBOTS + MERRI CREEK PICKERS + PONY FACE + SKYSCRAPER STAN + SMALL TOWN ROMANCE + VAN WALKER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 1:00pm. SYDNEY ROAD STREET PARTY - FEAT: JAALEEKAY + MARCUS COROWA + PAPA CHANGO + SEX ON TOAST + STELLA ANGELICO + SUGAR FED LEOPARDS + THE BLUEBOTTLES + THE PUTBACKS + BEYOND THE BATHROOM CHOIR + BISCOTTI + BJ MORRIZONKLE + BLACKWOOD JACK + CUMBIA COSMONAUTS + DANE CERTIFICATE MAGIC SHOW + MISSSTA + MORELAND CITY BAND + REAL HOT BITCHES + REBECCA BARNARD & HARRY O’MARA + RUDELY INTERRUPTED + VARDOS Sydney Road Street Party Stages, Brunswick. 12:00pm. THE BLACKEYED SUSANS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 5:30pm. THE LET YOUR HAIR DOWN GIRLS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 5:00pm.
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ACCESS ALL AGES NEKO CASE American singer/songwriter Neko Case will be making the most of her return to Australia next year with the announcement of her Golden Plains sideshows. Over four years ago Neko Case released an album called Middle Cyclone, that debuted at #3 on US Billboard Top 200 and earned two Grammy Nominations; her new album, The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love follows up this success with a record that embraces Neko’s melodic immediacy and her lyrical frankness, while tributing the rock that influenced her. Don’t miss out when Case performs as part of Zoo Twilights this Saturday March 1 with Australia’s Dick Diver. BEN CARR TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:00pm. BLOWN CONES + PETER PUNK Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. CARINO SON + MARTY & THE WEEKENDERS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 6:30pm. CHARLES JENKINS + SUZANNAH ESPIE & THE LAST WORD Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 3:00pm. $20. DAN SULTAN + THE MEDICS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 2:00pm. $38. EAST BRUNSWICK FOLK CLUB Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10. GEOFF ACHISON Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 5:00pm. JAM SUNDAYS Musicland, Fawkner. 6:00pm. KING LUCHO + DJ CRISPI + MELBOURNE UKULELE KOLLECTIVE + MRSPKR Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5:00pm. KING LUCHO + CRISPI + MR SPKR + UKELELE KOLLECTIVE Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 12:00pm. OPA 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $5. PHIL PARA Bay Hotel, Mornington. 4:00pm. THE LOWRIDERS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. THE MARGIE LOU TRIO + GIL ASKEY Claypots, St Kilda. 4:30pm. THE PARDONERS Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm. THE RUSTY PICKERS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 7:30pm. THREE KINGS + DJ MAX CRAWDADDY Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 3:00pm.
MONDAY MAR 3 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS DEAR MONDAY - FEAT: INVISIBLE DEARS + HOWL & CROW + MARY WEBB + TOM DOCKRAY Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: MAD NANNA + EAST LINK Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm.
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TUESDAY MAR 4 INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/ PUNK/COVERS BEN WRIGHT SMITH + GENA ROSE BRUCE + THE KITE MACHINE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $10. BIG FACE & THE BOOGIE WOOGIE BOARD BOYS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $6. PUBLIC ENEMY + CITIZEN KAY + DJ MZRIZK Corner Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. $75. RAVENSWOOD + RICH DAVIES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL DISCOVERY NIGHT - FEAT: SECRETS OF THE VENUS HORSES + CHAMBERS + NATURAL BORN CHILLERS + THE VELVET LIPS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
ELVIS IN THE HOUSE + DUO SEVERINI Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 2:00pm. FYAH WALK + JESSE I + SCHOOL OF DUB Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 9:00pm. $15. LA MAUVAISE REPUTATION Tre Espresso, Brunswick. 12:30pm. THE WADALI BROTHERS & LAKHWINDER WADALI Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:45pm. $50. VINCS & WAKELING Famous Blue Raincoat, Kingsville South. 3:00pm. WILBUR WILD’S BLOWOUT Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18. WING & JAZZ NIGHTS - FEAT: PATRICK THIELE + TRIO REFRACTION Open Studio, Northcote. 6:30pm.
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HI-FI LOUNGE LIZARDS Claypots, St Kilda. 10:00pm. PETER BAYLOR’S ULTRAFOX Claypots Evening Star, South Melbourne. 8:30pm. THE DOWNBEAT BIG BAND Rising Sun Hotel, South Melbourne. 7:30pm. THE JAMES SHERLOCK TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.
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Wednesday February 26 With Claire Barley
Last week was a sad one, with The Push announcing that Push Over 2014 will not be going ahead. The festival will be replaced by a free, all ages music stage at Moomba Festival on Monday March 10. Push Over 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.” With free entry, the Push Pop Up Stage at Moomba will present three of the young music fans’ current live favourites in The Smith Street Band, Allday and Remi, as well as showcasing the best young bands from around the state. Stay tuned for Push Over 2015! For attendees who were attracted to the lineup’s heavier bands, a replacement show with Buried In Verona, Make Them Suffer, Saviour, Sierra and Glorified has been announced. Also taking place on Monday March 10, this show will be at Arrow On Swanston in Carlton and will set you back a measly $18 (or $25 on the door). Hit up oztix.com.au for full details. Do you dream of being the next J.K Rowling, making millions off your fiction novels and being richer than the Queen? Darebin Council are currently looking for entries for the Mayor’s Writing Award! If you live, work or study within the City of Darebin, you could win up to $2000 for submitting an unpublished work of fiction. There are categories for all ages, with prizes including mentoring sessions, vouchers and the opportunity to have your work published in n-SCRIBE. Winners will be announced as part of the Emerging Writers’ Festival. Entries close Wednesday April 30 at 5pm, head to darebinarts.com.au/mayorswritingaward for full details. The Push is still looking for budding hip hop MCs to participate in their Backing Tracks hip hop program. Program participants will get to be mentored by some of Melbourne’s finest MCs, and will also have the opportunity to perform alongside them on train station platforms. The workshops and performances are open to all young people 12-25 years. Dates are yet to be announced for the mentoring program in Melbourne, however registration is currently open. Apply via The Push’s website.
ALL AGES TIMETABLE WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 26 Avenged Sevenfold w/ Asking Alexandria and Five Finger Death Punch, Festival Hall, 300 Dudley St, West Melbourne, 6.45pm, $64.90, ticketmaster.com.au, AA. Black Veil Brides w/ Heaven’s Basement, Arrow On Swanston, 488 Swanston St, Carlton, 7pm, $51.10, oztix.com.au, AA. Open Mic/Jam Night, Musicland, 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 7pm, free, musiclandonline.com.au, AA. THURSDAY FEBRUARY 27 Placebo, Palais Theatre, Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 7.30pm, $72.70, ticketmaster.com.au, AA. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28 Josh Pyke w/ Thelma Plum, Melbourne Zoo, Elliott Avenue, Parkville, General Admission: $50, Children (4-15 years) $25, Family (2 adults & 2 children) $125, discount for members, 5.30pm, zoo.org.au, AA. Soundwave w/ Green Day, Avenged Sevenfold, The Living End, A Day to Remember, Panic! At The Disco, Alice In Chains and more, Flemington Racecourse, 448 Epsom Rd, Flemington, $184.65, 11am, oztix.com.au, AA. SUNDAY MARCH 1 Disturbing the Peace w/ Ollie &Kitty, SebnSara, and DJ Buttons, Wycheproof Race Course Broadway, Wycheproof, 7pm, $20, buloke.vic.gov.au, AA. Kyneton’s Unjanky Festivities w/ Einstein, The Exit Crowd, Plural, Zenith Skies, Modern Savage, Jose and the Coffee Mugs, Jimmy + Paige, Scott Boyd and Jay Wars, Kyneton Town Hall, 129 Mollison Street, Kyneton, 6:30pm, $8 presale, $10 door, mrsc.vic.gov.au/youth, AA. Bridge to Bridge Youth Music Event w/ Lodgee and Checkmate, Apex Park, Cohuna, 6:30pm, $5, 5451 0200, U18.
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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews THE DELTA RIGGS Northcote Social Club, Friday February 21 The now Sydney based urban bruisers The Delta Riggs seem to be thriving in their purpose-built junction connecting the stuff of blues contemporaries and swag-rock fetishists. They’re concerned first with filling out whatever dive they may own for a while and little room is given for hipster moderates chasing sweaty Casablancas navel. Friday night saw them pad out the Northcote Social with adventurous grit and thankfully, sex flowed as an undercurrent to hardy riffs and funky hats. Basically they’re aloof so as to stir the faithful, which happened. Atolls - a trio - have this lovably awkward group stance that looks mighty well rehearsed, sort of like they’re halfsitting on a trampoline. One can’t call them out on it though; their bent sounds across the board like bumbling tropic-rock so the consistency works. Vocalist Lucas Skinner got muddled in a shallow slap-back delay and died well before hitting plaster metres adjacent. He didn’t look fussed about trailing away though, having to pull double duty with warby loop-pedal sections and a particularly stubborn E string that wouldn’t flatten. Bassist Oli Grinter kept the boom tight within millimetres, offering counter-melodic runs to Skinner’s crunchy chord work and steadying Sam Ingles all the while. The three ended with a whimper not far from their bang start, deferring to Dinosaur Jr. feedback loops as a means to improvise without any real conviction. Elliott Hammond brought an adequate dose of swagger to his lot. Arm swung lackadaisically over mic stand – in a blocking-out-the-sun kind of way – the near skeletal frontman leaned into impossible poses to deliver his white-hotgained cries. The quintet worked through their catalogue with pacing in mind, leading with tracks America and Time as a means to debut new material thereafter. Tambourine-shakers were made of the two supporting guitar players from song to song and they waved their tools to bring much needed urban meat. Hammond leapt from keys stage-left to centrestage almost arbitrarily. Lead guitar parts, for all their limited use, were lost in the collective wall of sound and for the most part the space did not call for more. It’s difficult to say where The Delta Riggs will sit in a commercial sense should their appeal continue to grow. Perhaps given their following and the nature of their devil-may-care ethos, the scene they currently own will lift their work higher than any deal of LOVED: Hammond waxing nostalgic airplay. The originality in this band is seen and heard in the flesh, where about an inability to find his substance visual hints of testosterone and machismo add a tertiary layer to their dealer on weekends. aggressive shtick. HATED: Sam Ingles’ horribly tuned popcorn-maker snare drum. NATHAN HEWITT DRANK: Few pots of Carlton on tap.
EMINEM Etihad Stadium, Wednesday February 19 The Eminem headed Rapture tour rolled into Melbourne last night, with Etihad Stadium blown away by the sheer energy of its star performer. Well supported by Kendrick Lamar, J Cole, Action Bronson and 360, Eminem was clearly a cut above, wowing the crowd with hit after hit. In his first show in Australia since 2011, Eminem showed the 50,000-strong crowd over 90 turbo charged minutes why he remains one of rap’s all time greats. At 41 years of age, he punched his way through a career-defining set like a prizefighter contending for the championship. The show at times bordered on maniacal. Aided and abetted by his offsider Mr Porter, who acted primarily as conduit between the rap god and his adoring fans, Eminem was free to do what he does best, spit out the lyrics that had taken him from Detroit to the far reaches of the globe. Hits such as Stan, the Rihanna collaboration Monsters and Love The Way You Lie became full-blown anthems with the crowd joining in the chorus, adding to the already electric atmosphere. Phones and lighters were whipped out of pockets during the performance of Lighters, providing an illusion of a starry night sky across the broad stands of the venue. In one of the evening’s highlights Eminem took the audience back to where it began, performing a three song medley containing My Name Is, The Real Slim Shady and Without Me. In contrast, on the next song Not Afraid Eminem dedicated it to those we had lost to, those who suffer from and those who had beaten addiction. A deep moment where the artist laid himself bare, having himself overcome addiction. No sooner had he finished he was gone from the stage. The stadium plunged into darkness. The only light came from the flashes of cameras. Slowly the chant began for one more song, until the whole crowd was involved, serenading, almost pleading, for an encore. Blue lights flashed, the opening bars of LOVED: The energy and audience Lose Yourself blared through the speakers. Pandemonium ensued as the interaciton. crowd erupted. Slim Shady had returned. HATED: When at times the sound muffled MICHAEL ITSOU
his voice. DRANK: Carlton Draught beer.
Photo by Tony Proudfoot
OKKERVIL RIVER The Corner Hotel, Saturday February 22 The commitment of Okkervil River fans is more akin to supporting a sports team. When you tune in to the unruly Americana and Will Sheff ’s garrulous urgency, you’re signing up for life. Another aspect of this is that, similar to following a sports club, a number of fans will stubbornly reminisce on the ‘glory days’. A significant portion of tonight’s audience rather tepidly greeted the setlist emphasis on material from the band’s latest release, The Silver Gymnasium. This is a slight shame because the 2013 album features some of the band’s finest compositions – well-deserving of audience involvement. That said, crowd enthusiasm never lulled, but it definitely soared during earlier numbers such as Black and Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe. And, even if the newer songs haven’t achieved canonical status in the eyes of the fans just yet, this didn’t interfere with the performance. In fact, the most impressive feature of tonight’s show was the quintet’s unpretentious, wholebody delivery. Will Sheff is undeniably the locus of the frenetic onstage energy; sublimating himself into the songs as if playing them is vital for survival. As far as he’s concerned there’s no distinction between the age of the material, but a sentimental attachment to certain songs was evident. For example, prior to playing 2002 single Kansas City, Sheff explained that it’s the first song to inspire an admission of pride from his parents. Also, former member (and Shearwater frontman) Jonathan Meiburg demanded the band stop playing it, so Sheff clearly enjoys having it back in the set. Kansas City was easily one of the night’s most engrossing moments. The closest equivalent was his encore solo-performance of A Stone. Sheff is such an idiosyncratic character and hearing him without any background noise was truly invigorating. Ultimately, everything that recruits Okkervil River’s devout season ticket LOVED: Lauren Gurgiolo’s gleeful guitar holders was delivered. They were classic-but-tortured, conventional-butplaying. crinkled and weird, yet rewardingly familiar. HATED: The new Cooper’s bottle shape. DRANK: From that damn Cooper’s bottle. AUGUSTUS WELBY
THE NECKS Corner Hotel, Wednesday February 19 As withh every other year this century, The Necks took their annual trek to the Corner Hotel to play a run of shows. Except that bo fide Necks show. The trio was reduced by the absence of Lloyd Swanton who could not participate on this this was not a bona tour due to an accid accident involving his son. It was not even a duo, as Chris Abrahams and Tony Buck elected no to distort the legacy of The Necks by engaging a stand in. Instead, the night comprised of two prolonged solo sets. A toss of a coin preceded what mayy hav hhavee bbeen een a foli folie de grandeur was instead an intriguing night of abstraction and improvisation. Chr Ch C Chris hris hr hri is Ab A Abr Abrahams bbraha hhaam mss was first r to take the stage and lorded nimbly over the keys with tact. Sometimes there was the malevolence of N Nos No osfer os ffeer erat aatu ttuu as a he h commandeered co c m mm mma mandeered his instrument with guile and discipline but with enough venom as if he was trying to escape ma Nosferatu an invisible straitjacke cke cke ck ket. t The The sse eaat ate t d environment was well suited to this performance as the knowledgeable audience appreciated straitjacket. seated every unexpected note and aannd rreached eac eea a hed th their inner nirvana. A short break ensued before bef effoore re Tony re Tony Buck stepped onstage and was almost apologetic when explaining the similarity of the repertoire of the shows sho h ws and tth the he rrepetition e tition bbefore concluding that if anyone appreciates repetition it is a Necks audience. Buck epe then gave something of a per percussive rrcccuussi ssi ss sivee master class. cl Unconstricted control was the order of the day. With the accompaniment of what Buck described as “fifie fieeld ldd recordings”, which wh appeared to be of someone on cobblestone streets, it strangely evoked Autobahn. n But Buck picks the pocket poock occkket of ideas with some s Autobahn. But ponderous drumming as if he was entering the anteroom of eternity. Obviously not a conventional Necks show – if The Necks could ever be described as conventional – the experience and resilience of the playing was at the forefront creating all sorts of apparitions. As the punters stepped out into a drizzly midweek night, they could be well pleased with having been privy to the spectacle of LOVED: What’s not to love? free quality sound. HATED: Ticket inspectors with no idea. DRANK: Swedish Christmas wine. BRONIUS ZUME ER RIS RI IS IS ZUMERIS
SOMETHING FOR KATE Me Melbourne Zoo, Friday February 21 As I stumbled into Melbourne Zoo just jus as the sun was setting, I was greeted by a mass of people and a rather unexpected sight. Young, trendy, inner city mums and an dads pushing strollers, little kids running around excitedly, hipsters sipping on boutique beers ers and old dudes with grey stubble and worn band t-shirts. Where the fuck am I? Welcome to Zoo Twilights: a mix mash of people ple all gathered in the th one place in the name of rock. Tonight’ss instalment fe Tonight featured the one and only Something for Kate, perhaps this country’s finest purveyors of thoughtful, intelligent indie-rock indie-rock. ndie-ro On a particularly cold summer’s evening, even for Melbourne standards, the sound coming from the stage was surprisingly good, despite the presence of a strong, gusty wind. The core group of Something for Kate have been playing ppla layi la yyin iing together for w well over a decade now so it’s not so much a case of wondering whether they will perform well, it’s more abo bout bo ut what w t songs they play from the vast and expansive back catalogue. And their performance tonight was solid as always, the wha about real diff diiff ffere ff erre eere rence n these days d being Paul Dempsey’s voice which is so much stronger than it used to be. erence They played play llay la ayed ay ed through a number of tracks from their 2012 record Leave Your Soul to Science and then began to delve into their matteri e ial. a Monsters Monste seemed more than appropriate, considering that we were surrounded on all sides by wild beast. The older material. atmospherre tthroughout hroughou was festive as the crowd sipped on beers and munched atmosphere LOVED: The dude next to me playing the ndd by the time it was dark, old classics Captain and Pinstripe had on burgers aand best air drums ever. harrrdds playing playing air a drums with vigour. Set closer Déjà Vu finished things the die hards HATED: The thought that at any moment andd capped off a unique and thoroughly enjoyable evening. off nicely and a lion could tear us all to shreds. DRANK: H20. O JONES JO JON JO ON NES JIMBO BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 66
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