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TRIVIUM & IN FLAMES
The mighty Trivium have announced their return to Australia this November, and they’ll be bringing Swedish forefathers of death metal In Flames along for the ride. Trivium broke into the scene with their 2003 release Ember To Inferno, which was followed by their massive 2005 release Ascendancy. Four studio albums later, including 2013’s Vengeance Falls, and Trivium are continuing their climb towards metal greatness. For their tour partners In Flames, it’s been 20 years and nine records between their first release Lunar Strain and their newly released album Siren Charms. Trivium will be joined by In Flames when they take over 170 Russell on Sunday November 23. Tickets go on sale tomorrow through the venue.
Melbourne acts totally dominated the Carlton Dry Global Music Grant nominations shortlist that was announced last week. Four of the five acts were from Melbourne; The Smith Street Band, Fractures, Remi and Saskwatch. The sole exception was Canberra’s electro-trio SAFIA. The Grant was set up with AIR to help fund an international tour for an independent, emerging Australian act to both boost their profile and further their career internationally. The winner of this $50,000 Grant will be announced at the 2014 Carlton Dry Independent Music Awards on Wednesday, October 8 at North Melbourne’s historic Meat Market.
HAT FITZ AND CARA ROBINSON
Before they head over to Memphis next January to compete in the International Blues Challenge, husband and wife duo Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson will treat fans to a run of shows this November. The tour will follow the Australian release of their new album, Do Tell, which is due out on Friday October 3. It’s a follow-up to 2012’s gritty blues offering Willey Ways. Catch Hat Fitz and Cara Robinson at the Thornbury Theatre on Sunday November 23. Tickets are available through Oztix.
Hey! We are Beat, who are you? Hey Beat! We are The Lovely Days, originally from Byron Bay, now chilling in Melbourne.
RIVERBOATS MUSIC FESTIVAL
The fourth annual Riverboats Music Festival has announced its return to the stunning surrounds of the Murray River at Echuca-Moama from February 1315, 2015. The lineup for the 2015 incarnation is sure to impress, with the likes of Dan Sultan, Sarah Blasko, Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses, The Whitlams, The Bamboos, Adalita, Mick Harvey, Diesel, Fraser A. Gorman, Matt Walker & The Lost Rages and Raised by Eagles gracing the bill. From lunchtime until late each day, a diverse mix of Australian icons and trailblazing up-and-comers will take to the stage for the Murray River’s premiere contemporary music festival, its captivating location providing a leisurely, laid-back vibe to the weekend’s festivities. Tickets are on sale now and are available from the festival’s website.
THE FIRELIGHT MUSIC FESTIVAL
The rock’n’roll gods have answered the prayers of rock fans in the south-eastern suburbs, offering Pakenham punters a riffin’ gift in the form of the Firelight Music Festival. Headlining the inaugural festival will be Australian heavyweights Antiskeptic, who return to the stage after a six-year hiatus. One Kingdom, Portraits of August and Land of Seven Rivers’ll join them. Attendees will also have the opportunity to win a bunch of giveaways on the night. Get moving, The Firelight Music Festival will go down on Saturday September 20 at Beaconhills Performing Arts Centre. For tickets and more information, visit the festival’s website.
Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? If Steely Dan had a cuppa with Supertramp before heading off to a Beatles reunion gig. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? McCartney in his beard years because we could go horse riding in between recording takes. Name the most challenging and rewarding parts of recording your debut LP. The most challenging part was figuring out how to make a record in a lounge room. The most rewarding part was being able to hang out for a week in a lush place and make music together. Tell us about the last song you wrote. A tune called Woman. It was a verse and a chorus that came together real quick. It’s become one of the faves for us on the LP. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Our dad started teaching us when were kids. He’s been playing piano his whole life and is the most incredible songwriter. He makes it real easy to feel inspired.
FACE THE MUSIC
Distinguished UK music media presenter Jen Long is the latest featured international speaker announced for Melbourne’s acclaimed music industry summit Face The Music. Long is renowned for her ability to spot new talent, which has made her radio program BBC Radio 1 responsible for outing the best unsigned, undiscovered and under the radar artists. As a gathering of the modern music community, Face The Music 2014 presents 40 panel sessions, keynote presentations, meeting opportunities, practical music workshops and intimate master classes. Artists including Helen Croome (Gossling), Evelyn Morris (Pikelet), Drew Wootton (The Panics) and Stu Grant (Primitive Calculators), who will talk on topics ranging from the importance of regional touring, gender in music, building the right team around you and collaborative songwriting. Face The Music will run on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 of November. Tickets are available from www.facethemusic.com.au. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 16
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The Darebin Music Feast has unveiled a blockbuster program for their 2014 incarnation, and it features an array of sensational local talent. The Feast will run over 12 days, and feature more than 150 events in over 15 venues throughout Westgarth, Northcote, Thornbury, Preston and Reservoir. This year’s lineup consists of a wide range of talent and includes Mojo Juju, Pugsley Buzzard, The Wilson Pickers, Christopher Coleman Collective, Cherrywood, Ruby Boots, The Davidson Brothers, Archer and Rowena Wise. Other highlights include a curated program to be presented in the majestic Northcote Town Hall, with a selection of free and ticketed events. Iconic Darebin music venues such as the Northcote Social Club, Open Studio, The Wesley Anne and Tago Mago plus newcomers like Farouks Olive will run shows nightly including local and touring artists plus special events, and much more. It all goes down from Wednesday October 8 to Sunday October 19. For more information visit musicfeast. com.au.
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What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? Keep writing and recording and playing lots of shows everywhere all the time. Do that for a while and then kick back and grow a nice garden. Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it? Chill, chat, hug and then ROCK. Name an interview question you wish someone would ask you, and answer it. What’s your favourite song right now? Fools by Meals What can punters expect from your album launch at the John Curtin? Groovy vibes, a new record and a good time! Have a lovely ol’ time at The John Curtin when The Lovely Days take over the venue on Thursday September 18 for their longawaited EP launch. Tickets available now.
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BANK OF MELBOURNE ANNOUNCES MELBOURNE MUSIC BANK FINALISTS
After sifting through hundreds of submissions from Victorian artists, Bank of Melbourne has announced the 12 finalists of its community-driven music initiative, Melbourne Music Bank. The list of finalists boasts a variety of genres, including folk, pop-rock, hip hop and instrumental. The shortlisted finalists include Alex Brittan, Boyeur, Davies West, Heloise, Matt Walters, NY, Richard Cashion, Rick Steward, Selki, The Lion, This Public Life and Under The Arch. Members of the public are now invited to vote for their favourite act and narrow the field to four semi-finalists. The final four acts will perform their song at the Melbourne Recital Centre in front of an expert panel, who’ll determine the 2014 winner of Melbourne Music Bank. Voters can share in a bundle of weekly prizes including Melbourne Recital Centre tickets, iTunes vouchers and the best prize of all time, tickets for a hot air balloon ride with Melbourne Music Bank Ambassador Ella Hooper. To learn more about the finalists, listen to their songs and cast a vote, visit bankofmelbourne.com.au/melbmusicbank. Public voting is open until Sunday October 12.
DANIEL LEE KENDALL
Indie-popster Daniel Lee Kendall will celebrate the release of his debut album Daniel Lee Kendall Is Dead with the aptly titled The Funeral Tour this November. Kendall has previously toured with the likes of Passenger, Old Man River and Hungry Kids of Hungary, but the five-date stint will mark his first headline tour. He’s currently enjoying the success of his album’s lead single Under A Spell, which showcases his foray into the world of trip pop. He’ll hit Shebeen on Friday November 14.
You’d be insane in the membrane to miss out on this one. Legendary hip hop crew Cypress Hill will return to our shores for what promises to be yet another sold out tour this December. Since forming in the early ‘90s, the California group has sold over 18 million albums worldwide, including 1993’s smash hit Black Sunday. They’ve become synonymous with hits like Insane in the Brain, We Ain’t Going Out Like That and How I Could Just Kill A Man. Cypress Hill will hit the Forum on Thursday December 11. Tickets went on sale Monday September 15 at 9am through Ticketmaster, so get moving.
He’s not the sixteenth President of the United States or a vampire slayer, and he’s definitely not a ridiculous combination of both, but like Honest Abe he sports a kick arse beard and makes his own brand of bullshit-free indie rock. He’s a young bloke named Lincoln le Fevre, hailing from the Derwent River in Tasmania and together with The Insiders, he’s heading to the honestly much better city of Melbourne to play The John Curtin Hotel. Head to beat.com.au/freeshit to score a free double pass to Lincoln le Fevre & the Insiders on Friday September 19 with The Sugarcanes and Empty Halls.
To coincide with the recent announcement of the Rockwiz team's special charity event 'RocKwiz Goes Mental' for Oxygen Youth Health, Brian Nankervis and members of the RocKwiz Family will be taking us back to the swinging ‘60s every Sunday evening throughout October at Ding Dong for performances of Dr. John’s iconic 1968 rhythm and blues and psychedelic debut album Gris-Gris in its entirety. They’ll also be bringing us an accompanying set of old New Orleans rocking dance classics to continue the celebration of the newly opened Girl With The Gris Gris Cajun/Creole Kitchen within the venue to help make the head chef, New Orleans native Chris Weysham, feel right at home. Get ready to treat yourself to a night out as Brian Nankervis takes us on a musical journey throughout the rich history of New Orleans alongside special guests Ross Hannaford, Ray Pereira and Vika and Linda Bull for what will no doubt be an unforgettable series of shows. Doors will open at 6.30pm with dinner commencing at 7pm. Tickets on sale via the venue’s website.
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DEAD LETTER CIRCUS
After a sold-out, unplugged acoustic tour earlier this year, Brisbane’s prog kings Dead Letter Circus are plugging in and hitting the road for a national tour this December. The tour will come off the back of their sophomore album The Catalyst Fire, which features hits Lodestar, I Am and Insider. This string of shows will also mark their final gigs before they head back into the studio to record their highly anticipated third full-length. Dead Letter Circus will hit The Hi-Fi on Saturday December 20. Tickets are on sale now.
MARIANAS TRENCH
Canadian pop rock band Marianas Trench will return to Australian shores this year for a national headline tour. The tour follows the release of their new single Pop 101. Marianas Trench will play two shows at The Corner Hotel on Saturday November 1 and Sunday November 2. Tickets are available from Thursday September 18 through Live Nation.
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Feet will move and heads will bob when reggae-soul heavyweights The Black Seeds hop across the Tasman for a show this November. Since their formation in 1998, the six-piece have pumped out five albums and countless shows all over the world. Their multilayered island grooves are no stranger to Australia, with the six-piece having previously played the likes of Splendour in the Grass and Golden Plains. They’ll play at the Prince Bandroom on Thursday November 27. Tickets are available through Oztix.
THE GRAND HOWL MUSIC FEST
The Grand Howl Music Fest, a new day long music festival, will happen on Sunday September 21 at Preston’s latest music venue, Preston Manor. 14 Melburnian acts will be featured, including Brooke Penrose of Saint Jude, Emily Ulman, Andrew McCubbin, JP Kilpspringer of The Zanes, Michael Plater, Popolice, and JMS Harrison. The day will kick off at 12pm and run till late at 553 Murray St, Preston. Entry is only $10 and you can BYO drinks.
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Help! - The Beatles First of all, I could have filled this entire list with Beatles Albums - It’s almost a given for any pop/rock outfit. While not as ground-breaking or grandiose as say, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, this album is absolutely packed with incredible hooks and great arrangements. The whole thing is overflowing with inspiration and creativity, and it taught me most of what I know about writing in the pop music format. Five stars, would recommend to a friend. Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys Another iconic album, but one I couldn’t leave out. This record directly inspired The Beatles to write Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and in turn, permitted almost every band on the radio at the time. The sheer vision of the album is aweinspiring, and the execution is perfect – from the instrumentation to the production - there’s a reason it’s hailed as a masterpiece. My favourite track would have to be Don’t Talk, Put Your Head On My Shoulder. Brian Wilson’s genius at its most ambitious and vulnerable. Found Things - Laneous & The Family Yah If you haven’t heard this Brisbane band yet, do yourself a favour. Seriously. They were described once as “Mike Patton re-making the White Album” and I’m having a hard time coming up with a better analogy. It’s eclectic and unified all at the same time… The sort of thing that, when you listen to it, makes you go “Oh, that’s right,
you can do anything you want in music.” Really incredible stuff. Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers I struggled with putting this one in here, as it’s much cooler to say “Yeah, I liked the Chili’s up until Californication.” But fuck you! This album has some really cool arrangements, harmonies and sounds. John Frusciante does some amazing things with guitar FX on this record that I think are really tasteful and nice. I listened to this album heaps when I was 16, and I learned heaps about not just songwriting, but tone, timbre, and space. Obzen - Meshuggah Coming right out of left-field here, this bonecrushingly heavy record is probably still the most brutal thing to have come out in the past decade. For anyone who’s familiar with these guys, you’ll understand when I say that they totally opened me up to how much one can mess around with timing and groove, and how far that can actually go in taking a song from predictable to incredible. The sheer weight of the sound on this album is pretty stupefying as well. Well done Sweden. JOHN CITIZEN play the Prince Public Bar on Friday September 26, alongside Elephant Ego. We’d tell you to get out there and buy yourselves some tickets, but the gig is free. Free! FREE!
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GEORGE KALPA
Gritty Melbourne alt-rocker George Kalpa has announced the release of his new single, Leave That Street Alone and debut album MODE alongside a show at Revolver on October 11. With Kalpa’s smooth, deep vocals, a seductive saxophone that drawls through the song’s entirety and expertly looped backing vocals, lead single Leave That Street Alone commands attention and wows with its undeniable sense of cool. A distinguished filmmaker, Kalpa has an obsession with transferring sounds and images that are stuck in his head to the mediums of music and film. Following themes of regret and heartbreak, the release has a generous mix of dark, brooding melodies and minimalist percussion creating an atmosphere that embodies Kalpa’s unique mindset and psyche. Doors open at 9pm and tickets are on sale now.
CHEAP TRICK AND THE ANGELS
Rock luminaries Cheap Trick and The Angels have announced they’ll team up for a special co-headline show in Melbourne this February. Since their formation in the late ‘70s, Cheap Trick have notched up more than 5,000 performances, 20 million records sold and a bounty of anthems like I Want You To Want Me, Surrender, Dream Police and The Flame. Cheap Trick will be joined by old friends The Angels who just came off of an extensive 40th anniversary tour. The pair are also set to co-headline A Day on the Green, which will hit a bunch of wineries throughout February. Catch ‘em at the Forum Theatre on Friday February 13. Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday September 19 from Ticketmaster. They’ll also hit A Day On The Green on Saturday February 14 at Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley.
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AVEIRA SKIES
After a successful debut headlining tour earlier this year, Perth metalcore outfit Aveira Skies have announced another run of dates for this October. The tour comes off the back of their debut album The Rise of the New Breed, which hit shelves in April. This time around, Aveira Skies will be joined by Aussie powerhouses Life Pilot, This Fiasco and Bury the Fallen. Aveira Skies will play at Wrangler Studios on Friday October 17.
KATCHAFIRE
New Zealand reggae outfit Katchafire have announced a string of Australian shows. The tour is in support of the band’s latest single Down With You, recorded at Bob Marley’s Tuff Gong Studios in Jamaica. Joining the band on the road will be New Caledonian reggae band I&I. Katchafire will hit Melbourne on Saturday November 8 for a show at The Hi-Fi. Tickets are available through Oztix.
A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN
A Winged Victory for the Sullen will be playing in Australia for the first time at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Saturday November 15 for Melbourne Music Week. A Winged Victory for the Sullen is Adam Wiltzkie, former member of Sparklehorse and founder of revered drone-based duo Stars of the Lid, and acclaimed post-classical composer and pianist Dustin O’Halloran who, among a long list of accolades and impressive musical feats, wrote the score to Sophia Coppola’s film Marie Antoinette. Tickets (and limited early bird tix) are on sale now.
BERTIE BLACKMAN
Australia’s favourite alt-pop songstress Bertie Blackman will launch her new single War of One with a super special show this October. The new single is taken from her long awaited and long overdue forthcoming album The Dash. It will mark her first full-length since 2009’s Secrets and Lies, which earned Blackman a swag of awards including an ARIA for Best Independent Release. Bertie Blackman will play The Corner Hotel on Thursday October 9.
DANIEL ROSSEN
US singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Rossen will be playing his first ever solo shows in Sydney and Melbourne in February next year. Since introducing himself to the world at large as a solo artist with his debut EP, Silent Hour/Golden Mile, Rossen has toured extensively in solo mode throughout the USA and the UK. He will play in Melbourne at the Northcote Social Club on Sunday February 15.
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THE DEMON PARADE
Armed with brand new single My Hurricane, The Demon Parade have announced they’ll be hitting the road. They’ll hit the Grace Darling Hotel on Saturday October 4 and The Worker’s Club on Saturday October 11.
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international JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE Etihad Stadium September 18 DAMIEN JURADO Northcote Social Club September 19 JOE BONAMASSA Palais Theatre September 19 SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS The Corner Hotel September 18, Melbourne Town Hall September 19 RISE OF BROTALITY 170 Russell September 19, Phoenix Youth Centre September 20 AMERICAN AUTHORS Prince Bandroom September 20 INGRID MICHAELSON Corner Hotel September 20 VERUCA SALT Corner Hotel September 26, 30, October 1 JUANA MOLINA Thornbury Theatre September 26 SEPULTURA 170 Russell October 1 LISTEN OUT FESTIVAL Royal Botanical Gardens October 4 DOOMSDAY FESTIVAL Yah Yah’s October 4, The Tote October 5 DIRE STRAITS EXPERIENCE Palais Theatre October 5 ALT J The Forum October 6 LEON HENDRIX Corner Hotel October 8 MILEY CYRUS Rod Laver Arena October 10 JEFF MILLS AND THE MSO Hamer Hall October 10 KING SALAMI LuWow October 11 THE TEA PARTY Palais Theatre October 12 REGGIE WATTS The Forum October 13 DWARVES Barwon Club October 16, The Evelyn October 17 JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE Corner Hotel October 16, Out On the Weekend October 18 SAY ANYTHING Corner Hotel October 17 COMEBACK KID Central Bar October 18, Phoenix Youth Centre (AA) October 19 RYAN BINGHAM Out On the Weekend October 18, Northcote Social Club October 21, TORCHE Corner Hotel October 18 THE SELECTER Hi-FI October 18 A MOVING SOUND Foxtel Festival Hub October 21
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WHO'S ON TOUR, WHERE AND WHEN
NIKKI LANE Out On the Weekend October 18, The Toff In Town October 22, Northcote Social Club October 23 RODRIGUEZ Palais Theatre October 25 ELBOW The Forum October 28 DREAM THEATER Palais Theatre October 29 MINNESOTA VOODOO MEN LuWow October 31 WANGARATTA JAZZ & BLUES FESTIVAL Various Venues October 31 – November 3 AQUA Palais Theatre November 3 SOULS OF MISCHIEF The Espy November 3 BEN OTTEWELL Northcote Social Club November 5 ROLLING STONES Rod Laver Arena November 5, Hanging Rock Macedon November 8 JOE SATRIANI Palais Theatre November 8 KATCHAFIRE The Hi-Fi November 8 MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Corner Hotel November 13, 14 SEAN PAUL Festival Hall November 14 KATY PERRY Rod Laver Arena November 14, 15 ACCEPT Corner Hotel November 15 TORI AMOS Palais Theatre November 15 A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN Melbourne Recital Centre November 15 JIMMY EAT WORLD The Forum November 17 YES Palais Theatre November 18 PRONG Hi-Fi November 21 KIMBRA Hi-Fi November 22 TRIVIUM & IN FLAMES 170 Russell November 23 MAX RICHTER Melbourne Recital Centre November 24 BROODS The Forum November 25 JAKOB Ding Dong Lounge November 27 THE BLACK SEEDS Prince Bandroom November 27 SLEEP Corner Hotel December 6 JOAN ARMATRADING Melbourne Recital Centre December 8 ICE CUBE The Forum December 9 THE LEMONHEADS Corner Hotel December 9 JAMES HOLDEN Hi-Fi December 10 HARRY MANX Bella Union September 10, Sooki Lounge September 11, The Spotted Mallard September 12
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national TINA ARENA Palais Theatre September 17 KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZZARD Various Venues September 17-20 NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE Various venues, September 18-21 AREA 7 Corner Hotel September 19 HIATUS KAIYOTE AND OSCAR KEY SUNG Federation Square September 19 FIRELIGHT MUSIC FESTIVAL Beaconhills Performing Arts Centre September 20 THE DECLINE Reverence Hotel September 20 MAGIC HANDS Gasometer Hotel September 20 STEP The Toff In Town September 24 KYLIE AULDIST AND THE GLENROY ALLSTARS Ding Dong Lounge September 24 THE BENNIES Barwon Club September 24, Karova Lounge September 25, The Evelyn September 26 SAFIA Northcote Social Club September 25 THE GRISWOLDS Corner Hotel September 25 ANGUS & JULIA STONE Palais Theatre September 25, 26 MESA COSA The Curtain September 26 SLUMBERJACK Anyway, The Bottom End September 27 ANDY BULL Corner Hotel September 27, 28 HORSELL COMMON Bendigo Hotel September 27 THE SWEET APES Wrangler Studios September 27 (AA) SHEPPARD Ormond Hall October 2 COURTNEY BARNETT Corner Hotel October 2,3, 4, 5 BAD//DREEMS Shebeen October 3 TIMBERWOLF Gasometer Hotel October 3 THE PEEP TEMPEL The Tote October 3, Reverence Hotel October 31 THE CAT EMPIRE Festival Hall October 4 BONJAH Hi-Fi October 4 THE DEMON PARADE Grace Darling Hotel October 4 CHOPPED FESTIVAL Newstead Racecourse October 3–5 DAREBIN MUSIC FEAST Various Venues October 8 – 19 CARLTON DRY INDEPENDENT MUSIC AWARDS Meat Market October 8 STRUMARAMA Prince Of Wales October 8 DAREBIN MUSIC FEAST Various Venues October 8 – 19 BERTIE BLACKMAN The Corner Hotel October 9 THIRSTY MERC Melbourne Public October 9 MIA DYSON Howler October 10 ORPHANS ORPHANS Shebeen October 10 BLUEJUICE Hi-Fi October 10, 11 (AA) MELBOURNE FESTIVAL Various Venues October 10 – 28 SINCE I LEFT YOU - A CELEBRATION OF THE AVALANCHES Foxtel Festival Hub October 10,11 DMA’S Northcote Social Club October 11 ANTISKEPTIC The Evelyn October 11 MIKELANGO Foxtel Festival Hub October 14-16 BASENJI Liberty Social October 17 AVEIRA SKIES Wrangler Studios October 17
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AllDAy eyeS on t he road By Meg Crawford
aussie’s love a larrikin – it’s part of our cultural identity and it’s also part of what makes Tom Gaynor, better known as rapper allday, so damn popular. He’s got an endearing larrikin streak that’s about a mile wide - he looks variably angelic or like he’s about to set fire to something. let’s start with a story about his fabled Nana and apologies in advance to the Gaynor family but the tale’s too damn funny not to recount.
Allday loves his Nana - he even puts her text messages on his Facebook page, which are usually praising him for keeping his swearing in check, because, God knows, Allday fucking loves a good cuss. It’s hard to imagine just about any other rapper doing that – posting his Nana’s texts that is, not the profanity part. That’s not the story though. “She’s pretty game,” he says. “Nana sued a supermarket when she got Legionnaire’s disease from some potting mix and then she gave me some of the money to go to India, which was pretty sick. She also flipped a car once and rolled it like 100 times down a cliff, but she survived because she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt - she bounced out of the front seat, which got smashed, into the back seat. She was 70 at the time. She’s indestructible. I’ll be very sad, but very surprised if she ever dies. She’s 80 now, but I think she’ll be alive until the technology catches up to keep her alive forever. She’s like the Terminator. It’s probably over-sharing, but she’s in a full-on relationship with a boyfriend and they’re definitely getting it on.” Who knows if it’s true, because he also describes himself as a “fat fuck superstar” on the basis that he eats 1000 packets of Skittles for breaky each day, neither part of which statement is accurate: Allday’s a vegan, he doesn’t even eat lollies and the dude’s all arms and legs. Who cares really whether he’s gilding the lily? He’s too damn funny for it to matter. There’s also his excellent Lily Allen story, which comes from his recent support gig. He had wanted a selfie with her but went one better. “I got to meet her briefly,” he explains gleefully. “It was accidentally in the bathroom – in her bathroom and I shouldn’t have been in there. It said ‘artist’s bathroom’ though and I thought, ‘oh yeah, I’m an artist’. I didn’t realise that they meant ‘the artist’. She just looked at me while she was cleaning her teeth and I said “I’m not supposed to be in here am I?’ and she said ‘nuh, but that’s alright’. So, I left. She did give me a bottle of wine and a little card that said ‘thank you for joining me on tour’ though, which was sweet. I think she has a crush on me. In fact, you can say that I’m 100 per cent sure she does.” A shitload’s happened for Allday recently - in the space of two months he’s dropped his excellent debut album Start Up Cult to wide acclaim, he’s been on a massive tour in support of the same, he’s done the Lily Allen support, he had his phone nicked by (in his words) a “fuck-face cab driver”, he broke up with his girlfriend and he’s moved in with his bro. That’s huge – it’s enough for someone to deal with in a year, let alone two months. “Yeah, what an arsehole, having my phone stolen was the most intense part,” he chortles. “I’m actually pretty good though. I had a wild couple of weeks after the break-up and I’ve probably done a BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 22
bit less music than usual. I went back to Adelaide and partied pretty hard, but I’m really getting back to work now because I want an album out by mid next year. So now, I’m living with my brother and my friend and I’m loading my body up with vitamins and water and just trying to be a happy individual.” He’s also been getting mobbed. Query whether Allday feeds the frenzy though because he’s definitely more engaged with his fans than most. For instance, he ran an Instagram competition to select a lucky few to go on a “mobile listening party bus ride” to preview Start Up Cult. In the lead up he’d assumed he’d need to have a skin-full first and just wanted it to be a big fat party. So, what happened? “Well, I thought at first we were going to be able to bring alcohol, but then I realised that the median age was quite young, so we just ended up taking a lot of selfies and hanging out. They also asked me a heap of questions and got me to call their mates. It was good just to do something a bit extra and special for those people – they’re the ones who post me like a 100 times a day and send a text to everyone in their phone every time I drop a song.”
“NANA SUED A SUPErMArkET WHEN SHE GOT lEGIONNAIrE’S DISEASE frOM SOME POTTING MIx AND THEN SHE GAvE ME SOME Of THE MONEy TO GO TO INDIA, WHICH WAS PrETTy SICk”
He also committed to phone calls with 100 fans who pre-purchased the album for 10 minutes each. You’d think the potential for awkwardness would be pretty high, but Allday was unfazed when talking about it beforehand. “I used to work in a call centre,” he said at the time. “This’ll be more pleasant than that, I’m sure.” Back then he and his record label (the boutique hip hop outfit One Two) assumed it’d only be about 17 hours work, but it turns out that it’s been a bit more. “I’m still doing it,” he sighs. “So many people don’t answer their phone though. I guess it’s because they’re working. It’s not actually that intense, I just ask them how they are and about what’s going on in their life – it’s nice. Also, I can ask what’s their favourite song on the album and what do they want to hear on the tour, so it’s a bit of market research.”
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It almost seems like Allday doesn’t have much of a filter or maybe it’s the danger of social media – it’s just too damn easy to over-share. Take a few recent Facebook posts – on Wednesday August 27 he reported not having showered for two days (come on mate – there’s no excuse for that) only to follow it with a selfie a few days later in which he was swathed in three towels and 10 mates were tagged, which kind of suggested that there was a large party in the shower going on. What the fuck? That’s all getting a bit rock‘n’roll isn’t it? “I didn’t tag those people,” he laughs. “They tagged themselves – it’s just something that goes on. I don’t really get it, but they want to show that they were there in the shower with me. I put it up in the first place because I just realised that I always have three towels and I thought ‘this is something that a prince would do’ so I shared that, just like I share everything else. Anyway, when you have long hair, you need at least one separate towel to wrap it up in.” That’s actually true. Undoubtedly he’s backed by a very canny PR machine, but his engagement with fans appears to be completely genuine. Interestingly though, while he’s still the fan’s darling, there’s been a wee backlash. Maybe it’s that old adage about familiarity breeding contempt, but he’s had to contend with accusations of being a no-show at an Espy after-party bash (he was there) and being too snotty now that he’s famous to respond to fan mail (bloody hell, give the lad a break – he’s swamped and he answers the mail himself ). He’s also becoming increasingly aware that there’s some responsibility that comes with fame. Allday’s demographic has been pitched (not by him) as being between 13 and 16, although, according to Facebook it’s more like 18 to 24. He raps a lot about chasing tail – appropriate for the latter but not so much the former. “Yeah, that only got presented to me when I’d finished the album,” he reflects. “I was with my Dad and my uncle and they took me aside and were like ‘do you realise you’re speaking to a lot of people now and can have an impact on the psyches of young people?’ So, I definitely feel that responsibility a little bit but I also feel that I’ve gotta make my art and they’re my stories. Maybe people listen because they relate to it. Who knows? Anyway, I was listening to Eminem when I was a kid and I didn’t put my girlfriend in the trunk.” Good point dude. allday hits the Corner Hotel on Friday 24 and Saturday October 25 (hopefully you’ve already bought your tickets because the shows are sold out) and his debut album Start Up Cult is available now through One Two. He also plays Melbourne Music Week Sunday November 16 at QVM.
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With Tyson Wray. Got thoughts, news, gossip, complaints or cat photos? Email tyson@beat.com.au or send by carrier pigeon before Friday 12pm. Frank started telling me, ‘I’ve got this character named Johnny and he’s just got this coin, and he’s going to get it all back’, and I was like, ‘Keep going…’ He talked a lot of it out there, and I played it to him later and he would embellish it. It was really fun to be in on the process and see how he creates. A lot of it had to be drawn on the set because there weren’t books to go off, so that was a thrill, asking Frank Miller for an original Frank Miller Sin City drawing out on the set. And he would just start sketching it out!”
ACMI will screen Francis Ford Coppola’s epic The Godfather trilogy this week. ACMI will screen each title twice from restored 35mm prints direct from the Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles. Featuring Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, James Caan and Robert Duvall, The Godfather trilogy is largely hailed as one of the most influential cinematic masterpieces of our time. The Godfather trilogy will be the first in a planned series of restored films to come from the Academy Film Archive. It will screen from Saturday September 20 to Sunday September 28 at ACMI. For tickets and information visit acmi. net.au.
“FRANK AND I HAD SAID FROM THE BEGINNING THAT IT WOULD BE A SEQUEL AND THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT SEQUEL BECAUSE IT ANSWERS QUESTIONS.”
ON STAGE Gabriel Iglesias will return to our shores, Hawaiian shirt and all, for a tour this week. Known as the “fluffy comic,” Iglesias has been described as electrifying, witty and for his ability to deliver unique side-splitting experiences from start to finish. In addition to an extensive list of television credits, the American comedian has appeared in A Haunted House 2 and Magic Mike. Catch him at Rod Laver Arena on Saturday September 20. Check out our interview with him on page 28.
ON DISPL AY Gunter Christmann: Now and Then is the first exhibition to survey the fifty-year career of this remarkable Australian artist. It includes sound works, photographs and drawings alongside his paintings, and traces the evolution of his major themes and series, from the geometric and constructivist abstracts, splatter and shaker box paintings through to his sensitive figure studies, silhouette paintings and landscapes. It’s currently on display at the Heide Museum of Modern Art.
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The 2014 Melbourne Fringe Festival is set to be the biggest ever. With over 5,000 artists from Victoria and Australia’s diverse arts scene, the 2014 incarnation will feature over 400 individual shows over 19 days in hundreds of venues across the city. The 2014 Melbourne Fringe Festival will take place from Wednesday September 17 - Sunday October 5. Check out our guide to the festival found in the middle of this very issue of Beat
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SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR
Of the pair, Miller is far-and-away the most reticent (“I’m not going to tell anyone my story,” he says when discussion turns to talk of the cast). This isn’t entirely surprising, given that a writer’s lot is usually to hole away alone in a room conjuring a story, whereas Rodriguez is long accustomed to fronting up to the media; the man knows how to spin a sell. “Well, we shot this one in 3D and some things were easier,” Rodriguez reflects. “This time we had the very latest cameras, they’re like Ferraris, you can shoot several cameras at once. They also didn’t get in the way so for some things, the technology made it easier. And all the actors just knew what they were doing. The first time, no one had done green screen really, this was only ten years ago but people were like, ‘What are we doing? Where are the props?’”
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Nine years have passed between Sin City films, giving most of us ample time for Nick Stahl’s fluorescent Yellow Bastard or Elijah Wood’s mute cannibal Kevin to exit our collective nightmares. It was a movie that broke a lot of expectations of just what an action movie could be; the saturated colours, the vivid, cartoonish violence; crooked cops and cynical strippers vying for footholds in a city that is half New York, half Pandæmonium (with a touch of Transmetropolitan thrown in for Warren Ellis fans). Now, creators Frank Miller and Robert Rodriquez bring us A Dame To Kill For. When we think of hard-boiled detectives, Humphrey Bogart smoking a cigarette in a fedora casts a long shadow. Though Bogie has no straight equivalent in the world of Sin City – the closest thing we have to heroism here is vigilantism and psychopathic ennui – the noir tradition is still not going down without a fight. Most of this has to do with a keen appreciation for the balance of style and substance; as Miller himself acknowledges, the visuals in Sin City are almost a character in themselves. “That started in the first film,” Rodriguez recalls. “I remember we had a guide from Frank’s books of what should be in colour but then as I was editing I would be spot colouring some other pieces and I would send them to Frank to make sure he thought that was cool because I was starting to take some liberty, and he said, ‘You’re using colour as a weapon. I like that.’ So we kind of mapped out where it would be and I would show him ideas and he would be, ‘They’re a no, but that one’s good, let’s make Goldie [ Jaime King] actually have colour.’” “That was one of the most wonderful touches he made,” Miller agrees. “And it’s almost unnoticeable, but when she steps into the light it’s the climax of the Marv story. She enters with the white hair she has throughout the story and she emerges from the light
with gold hair.” “And he knows who it is,” Rodriquez finishes. “He thinks it’s somebody else but when she comes forward the colour helps him realise. Things that you can play with later. That was a huge thing, what was going to be in colour, it wasn’t in the book but it helped make it more cinematic.” Many characters return for the sequel, including Jessica Alba’s Nancy (who graced more dormitory walls in the Noughties than anyone else on the planet), Powers Boothe’s gravel-voiced Senator Roark and Mickey Rourke’s homicidal hard-arse, Marv. We also find several new characters, thanks to the addition of entirely new storylines. After establishing so vibrant a world, devising fresh content turns out to be something close to second nature for the film-makers. “Oh, it was like the firing of a lock really,” Miller says. “Sin City stories occur to me pretty naturally.” “We were ready to do it I think in 2007,” Rodriquez recalls. “But really the timing worked out just perfect. I mean we wouldn’t have had this cast back then. Everything kind of fell into place, in terms of the extra stories. I mean Frank had to write new stories that we were happy with because we wanted it not all to be from the books, we wanted to surprise people, so two stories from the book, two stories are new. One time
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Sumptuous (and deliciously over-the-top) as the film may appear, visuals can only get you so far. In A Dame To Kill For, fresh content weaves in and out of storylines that carry on from the original film, proving once again that the past can haunt you. “Well when I originally put together the first film’s script to show Frank I chose the other stories, because ‘Dame’ was the longest of them and it would’ve had to have been truncated too much to fit into the first Sin City even though it was the second book, so we did the Marv one for the first. ‘Dame’, I thought, ‘Oh, that’s going to take up the rest of the movie, let me skip that.’ Frank and I had said from the beginning that it would be a sequel and that it would be a great sequel because it answers questions.” Sin City: A Dame To Kill For opens in cinemas on Thursday September 18.
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MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: MASTERPIECES OF POLISH CINEMA
Next month ACMI will host the Martin Scorsese-curated event Masterpieces of Polish Cinema. Following his 2011 visit to the Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lódž, Scorsese was compelled to bring the great masterpieces of Polish cinema to audiences. Masterpieces of Polish Cinema will showcase a collection of landmark Polish films curated by one of the most accomplished and respected directors of our time, Martin Scorsese. Masterpieces of Polish Cinema includes works from luminaries such as Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Zanussi, Andrzej Munk, Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Wojciech Has. Scorsese selected 21 seminal films that profoundly resonated with him, and ACMI will showcase 13 of these, all which have been digitally remastered and are newly subtitled with the assistance of Scorsese’s Film Foundation. These include Ashes and Diamonds (Popiol i Diament), Night Train (Pociag), Innocent Sorcerers (Niewinni czarodzieje), Mother Joan of the Angels (Matka Joanna od aniolow), The Saragossa Manuscript (Rekopis znaleziony w Saragossie) and many more. Martin Scorsese Presents: Masterpieces of Polish Cinema will take place at ACMI from Sunday October 5 - Sunday October 26.
JAPANESE FILM FESTIVAL
The 18th Japanese Film Festival has announced its 2014 national program. The JFF is the largest Japanese film festival outside of Japan and showcases the best contemporary Japanese cinema including releases that are now showing in Japanese theatres. The festival will open in October in Adelaide before travelling around Australia and Auckland until December, where it will finish up in Melbourne. Opening the 2014 program is Lady Maiko, a musical comedy directed by Masayuki Suo that takes a look into the world of geisha, based loosely on the Audrey Hepburn classic My Fair Lady, it opens in Japanese cinemas this weekend. Other films featured in the festival include the live-action adaptation of the children’s novel Kiki’s Delivery Service, Katsuhiro Otomo’s Short Peace - an anthology of four shorts from Japan’s most talented creators, including the 86th Academy Award nominated Best Animated Short Film, Possessions, Drama Ask This Of Rikyu, and documentary The God Of Ramen. Additional titles for Sydney and Melbourne, including closing films, will be released in the coming weeks. The Japanese Film Festival will run in Melbourne at Hoyts Melbourne Central and ACMI Cinemas from Thursday November 27 until Sunday December 7. Hamlet
BELL SHAKESPEARE 2015 SEASON
Since launching in 1990, Bell Shakespeare has played to over 2.5 million Australians. Next year, Australia’s only national theatre company dedicated to Shakespeare will celebrate their 25th anniversary. Before they cheers to 25 years, they’ve revealed the program for the 2015 season. The 2015 season will include three epic productions, As You Like It, Hamlet and The Tempest, a renewed public programme, a new collaboration with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Simone Young, The Art of Shakespeare exhibition, and continued dedication to Shakespeare in education. The renewed public programme will include Script to Stage, a director’s presentation aligned with As You Like It and The Tempest. The programme will also feature a series of talks with John Bell ranging from the influence of Shakespeare in contemporary culture to the history and impact on Australian theatre. Bell Shakespeare will also team up with The Sydney Symphony Orchestra to present a new arrangement of works and music that will see co-artistic director John Bell direct excerpts from Romeo and Juliet as conductor Simone Young weaves music from Prokofiev’s ballet score throughout the performance. Art aficionados can indulge themselves with The Art of Shakespeare, which will see up to a dozen visual artists create artworks inspired by the works of Shakespeare. 2015 will culminate with an exclusive 25th anniversary gala on Friday November 27, 2015, celebrating the achievements and impact of Bell Shakespeare over the last quarter century. It all kicks off with As You Like It next February. For more information and full programme visit bellshakespeare.com.au. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 26
WHITE NIGHT MELBOURNE
One of Australia’s most celebrated cultural events will return next February. For 24 hours Melbourne’s city streets, public spaces, gardens, landmark buildings and laneways will once again be transformed. In 2015 many of Melbourne’s cultural institutions – including Arts Centre Melbourne, ACMI, the National Gallery of Victoria, the State Library of Victoria and Melbourne Museum will take part with special programmed events. “The third iteration of White Night Melbourne will be a celebration of Melbourne’s artistic links to the world,” said Artistic Director Andrew Walsh. “The combined talents of local and international artists will transform our city into a magical experience for all to behold, as we continue to create a ‘night like no other’. White Night Melbourne has quickly become a key event on the Victorian Major Events calendar, as a must do experience and whole city celebration. “We are excited to announce the commencement of the expression of interest process, where we encourage all artists, designers, performers, as well as businesses and venues, to submit works and ideas for programming in the 2015 event. They will be joined by leading Melbourne and International artists, all coming together for just one night of art and culture across the city of Melbourne.” In 2014 White Night Melbourne showcased over 100 public events and activities which transformed more than eight city blocks. White Night Melbourne 2015 will take place from 7pm on Saturday February 21 through to 7am on Sunday February 22. They are currently calling out for expressions of interest from performers, artists, businesses and organisations wanting to participate. Visit whitenightmelbourne.com.au for more details.
ROBERT JACKS: ORDER & VARIATION
The National Gallery of Victoria have announced they will present the first large-scale retrospective exhibition of Robert Jacks’ work, opening this October. Robert Jacks: Order & Variation will present more than 200 works which span his entire career, from the minimal and conceptual works produced during his time in the United States, to his monumental late paintings and sculptures. Jacks is credited as one of Australia’s most significant and accomplished abstract artists, from his first sell-out solo exhibition at Gallery A in Melbourne in 1966, through to his ongoing exploration of abstraction in painting, sculpture, drawing and printmaking, his work has charted a distinctive and influential path through late twentieth and early twenty-first century Australian art. Robert Jacks: Order & Variation will open at The Ian Potter Centre, NGV on Friday October 3 and run until Sunday February 15.
THE SOUND OF WAVES
fortyfivedownstairs will present Gareth Ellis’ The Sound of Waves for a run of shows this October. The Sound Of Waves focuses on Shelly, a normal girl who unexpectedly finds herself becoming more fish-like every day until she decides to take refuge in the sea. One day, finding that the sea is not enough, she now much search for a way to walk on land again. Some six years in the making, the play tells the tale of performer/creator Jodie Harris losing her hearing, receiving a cochlear implant and the impact that had on her life. She worked closely with writer Gareth Ellis and director Naomi Edwards on the piece. At the age of six, Jodie Harris’ parents witnessed her racing around the house, panicked, unable to hear them, and it was soon confirmed she had a moderate to severe hearing loss. She would later come to rely on well developed lip reading skills through the next 23 years of her life, as her hearing gradually progressed to a profound loss. It was an incredibly exhausting challenge, and required vast amounts of concentration to stay connected with people and the community. As time went by, Jodie began to retreat further and further from those she loved, and from the world. Then, on the 11th of June 1999, Jodie became the recipient of a cochlear implant, as a research patient. What followed was years of hard work, discovery, and finding her voice again. See The Sound Of Waves at fortyfivedownstairs from Friday October 3 until Sunday October 12.
GREEK FILM FESTIVAL
The 21st Greek Film Festival has announced that it will open with Little England when it comes to Australia this October. The period drama is adapted from the bestselling novel by veteran director Pantelis Voulgaris’ wife, Ioanna Karystiani. The novel Mikra Anglia (published in English as The Jasmine Island) achieved the Greek National Book Award for Literature for Karystiani’s documentation of the difficult life of seafarers’ families. Little England tells the story of two Greek sisters who both fall for the same sea captain, landing them in a love triangle on the island of Andros during World War II. The film’s producer Giannis Iakovidis and lead actor Andreas Constantinou will be in attendance for opening night in Sydney and Melbourne. Both Sydney and Melbourne will see two weeks of Greek Cinema with a program including Xenia, Panos H Koutra’s queer road drama that featured at this year’s Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard strand, Alexandro Avranas’ Miss Violence that won Best Actor and Best Director awards at Venice and tracks the journey into family dysfunction and film noir hit man thriller Stratos. The full program will be announced later this month. The Greek Film Festival will take place in Melbourne at Palace Cinema Como from Wednesday October 15 until Sunday November 2.
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Tig Notaro, one of America’s most prolific, sought after and downright hilarious comedians has announced that she will return to our shores for a run of stand-up shows this December. Notaro and her dry sense of humour last made the trip Down Under for an appearance at the 2011 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Since then, she’s released her second comedy album Live, which has sold over 100,000 copies and was nominated for a Grammy. She’s also guest starred on shows like The Office, The Sarah Silverman Program and Community. Catch her at the Athenaeum Theatre on Tuesday December 9.
FIVE BOROUGHS COMEDY Greg Fleet and Luke McGregor are both at Five Boroughs Comedy this Thursday night. What a lineup. Two of the genuinely funniest comedians in the country in the one lineup. Plus there’s David Quirk, Matt Dyktynski, Kel Balnaves and Liam Ryan. Five Boroughs has been so packed for months, you’d better get down early. It’s all happening this Thursday September 18 at 8.30pm, at Five Boroughs Comedy, 68 Hardware Lane (upstairs), CBD, all for only $12.
SHORT & GIRLY (WITH A BIT OF BURLY) For one night only Short & Girly (With A Bit of Burly) is bringing together a host of this country’s funniest stars with all proceeds going to Victorian AIDS Council. Following its debut in 2006, Short & Girly returns in 2014. In charge of laughter on the night is Rachel Berger, Cal Wilson, Hannah Gadsby, Claire Hooper, Fiona O’Loughlin, Tom Gleeson, Joel Creasey, Kevin Kropinyeri, Tom Ballard and Adam Richard. The Short & Girly event raises funds for the Victorian AIDS Council so that they can continue to reduce the transmission of HIV in the community, whilst preserving the independence, dignity and health of people living with HIV/AIDS. Short & Girly (With A Bit of Burly) will bring the laughter to the National Theatre, St Kilda on Saturday October 25.
COMEDY AT SPLEEN There’s another massive lineup at Comedy At Spleen this Monday. It’s always completely packed, and you can see why with another awesome bunch of comics this week. This week Dilruk Jayasinha hosts the show, plus there’s Ryan Coffey, Demi Lardner, Adam Zwar, Jacques Barrett, Kel Balnaves, Henry Stone, Ben Knight and more. It’s on this Monday September 22, at 41 Bourke Street, CBD, at 8.30pm. It’s free to get in, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door.
SPIRIT OF AKASHA
Arts Centre Melbourne have announced they will present Spirit Of Akasha for a one-off screening and music event this November. Spirit of Akasha is a new film created by renowned surf filmmaker Andrew Kidman. Premiering at the Sydney Festival this year in a sold-out performance, the film pays homage to cult ‘70s surfing film Morning of the Earth while exploring surf culture through the lens of the 21st century. It features stars of contemporary surfing including ASP World Champions Stephanie Gilmore and Mick Fanning. Cinematography by some of the world’s best surf photographers will come to life with live performances by some of the musicians who contributed to its original soundtrack. Performers include the film’s director Andrew Kidman and his band The Windy Hills, and some of Melbourne’s best indie musicians including Mick Turner (The Dirty Three), Oliver Mann, Jack River, Machine Translations and The Sandpebbles. Spirit Of Akasha will be screened at Hamer Hall on Friday November 7.
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GABRIEL IGLESIAS By Augustus Welby
Over the last decade, Gabriel Iglesias’ star profile has grown to massive – nay, fluffy – proportions. In addition to being one of the world’s best-loved standup comedians, the lovable Californian is now a fully-fledged Hollywood actor. Iglesias’ acting credits include A Haunted House 2 and Magic Mike, as well as voice work for animated features such as The Nut Job and Planes. As if that weren’t enough, he also hosts the popular Comedy Central TV show Standup Revolution, which returns for its third season this October.
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Despite this extensive workload, live comedy remains his number one priority. “It all comes back to stand-up for me,” Iglesias says. “All of the other stuff is secondary.” Iglesias makes his way back to Australia later this month for his biggest tour yet (rolling into Rod Laver Arena on Saturday September 20). As evidenced by this year’s feature length stand-up movie, The Fluffy Film, he has plenty of experience performing in venues of this size. Communicating humour to several thousand people at once is indubitably a hard task. But Iglesias says the transition to bigger venues wasn’t that difficult. “It’s amazing what you can do with modern technology. I don’t really have to worry about projecting outwards because we’ve got big screens set up so that everyone can see the show. And obviously the audio is taken care of, so it hasn’t been too hard.” Something that’s no doubt assisted with Iglesias’ seamless ascent is his easy-going comedic personality. Thanks to his no-nonsense, voice-of-the-everyman sensibility, Iglesias appeals to a broad and diverse audience. Sure, his stand-up isn’t exactly polite – he touches on racial disparity and reveals intimate personal details – but it’s all delivered at an approachable reading level. “What I do is very relatable,” he says. “I’m not that controversial. My comedy is very… fluffy. It’s stories about things that people can relate to – stories about family and relationships.” Yes, these days Iglesias’ comedy largely revolves around the inanities and amusements that are dotted throughout everyday travails. However, he didn’t always work with such an accessible palette. “At first I was just doing anything to get a laugh out of people – whatever that took,” he says. “It’s definitely evolved over the years to be what it is now.” As mentioned, a large portion of Iglesias’ material stems from the relationships he has with his girlfriend and adopted son. It’s never shy on hilarity, but the stories generally appear to be a direct re-telling of lived events. So, with this in mind, one wonders whether his family might feel some bitterness towards dad’s day job. “My son now recognises the look in my eyes when he’s done something that I’m going to talk about in my comedy [laughs]. He gets mad, but he’s going to do the same. I can already see signs of it in him – inheriting my comedy.” Even though his son’s cottoned on to the fact that what happens privately is liable to be repeated in front of thousands of people, that doesn’t mean Iglesias is in ‘performance mode’ when he’s not on stage. “When I’m at home the last thing I want to be thinking about is work. I don’t want to one of those comedians – I hate it when comedians are trying to be funny all the time. When I’m at home I just want to relax.” OK, so Iglesias refrains from turning each situation into a joke. But judging by the content of his comedy, it seems safe to assume he’d have a pen and paper on hand at all times, ready to jot down every humorous incident. Well, that’s not how he works. In fact, his routines come together with a relative a lack of design. “I don’t write anything down,” he reveals. “When I get on stage I just tell stories about the things on my mind that I think are funny. I’ve never written it out. Even in school, I couldn’t really understand things by writing them down. “When I want to try out new material I do gigs at a small club here in LA. Sometimes I’ll take a recorder and listen back to the shows to see what jokes are working.” As unconventional as it may seem, this technique is obviously working out for the fluffy anti-hero. Last year, Iglesias placed 9th in Forbes’ list of the world’s highest paid stand-up comedians. This is certainly a noteworthy feat, but he wasn’t all that chuffed when his financial particulars were disclosed to the public. “My managers wanted to release that information because it’s a big achievement, but I wasn’t so happy with everyone knowing how much I’m earning. Because after that happens you have all these people calling you, asking for favours. You know, I have every charity knocking at my door.” Either way, this detail further emphasises the extent of Iglesias’ star power. It’s actually come to the point that he can’t leave the house without being recognised. Of course, this could become a major nuisance. The fluffy joke-maker accepts that it’s part of the job. “Honestly, I love it when people come up to me and they want to get a photo or tell me they like my comedy. The only problem is, my family don’t like it so much. But I can’t be mad about it. I know what I signed up for.”
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HARDWELL words / augustus welby
When it comes to EDM, the Dutch rule. Following in the footsteps of his world-conquering kinsmen Tiësto and Armin van Buuren, last year Hardwell placed first in DJ Mag’s celebrated top 100 DJs poll. He was just 25-years-old at the time, which means Hardwell (otherwise known as Robbert van de Corput) is the youngest DJ to place first in the poll’s 18-year history. The significance of the accolade isn’t lost on him. “A lot of times it feels surreal,” he says. “It’s weird to achieve the dream that was always so impossible, even like three years ago. Sometimes I have to pinch myself.” While he’s still a relative youngster, van de Corput is by no means new to the art of DJing. His international breakthrough came from 2009’s original production Show Me Love vs. Be and the smiling Dutchman has been DJing clubs since the age of 14. “It was always my dream to be a DJ on a high level and tour around the world and show my music to the world,” he says. “So at this point I’m living the dream and I couldn’t be more excited than I am right now.” Backing up on his hedonistic headline sets on this year’s Future Music Festival tour, next month Hardwell returns to Australia to present the outdoor dance spectacular I Am Hardwell. This tour actually kicked off early last year and has seen van de Corput’s mark a trail of massive shows all over the globe. He describes it
as, “the biggest Hardwell experience you can get,” which greatly expands upon the show we got from him last time. “At a festival we only get booked for an hour. With the I Am Hardwell show I’m performing three hours so I actually have the time to play more progressive and take people on a musical journey. That’s what DJs did back in the day – they played for the whole night. I am totally free to play whatever I want and make it the best night possible. “Australia was one of the first countries to support my music,” he adds. “I think it’s a great crowd – people really know how to party. I can’t wait for October.” Since visiting us earlier in the year, van de Corput has been hard at work on the debut Hardwell album. Over the last five years he’s unleashed a string of club-ready singles, such as Spaceman, Dare You (featuring Matthew Koma) and Everybody Is In The Place. Combine this collection of hits with several years of touring and remixing and it’s safe to say that the forthcoming Hardwell LP is hotly anticipated. “I’m really enjoying making the album but it’s so hard,” van de Corput admits. “When I look back over the years I only did four or five songs a year and now I have to do a whole album. [It] takes a lot of time. But I’m really enjoying doing the project.” While he sounds somewhat daunted by the productivity
requirements of a full-length record, he’s not struggling to come up with material. “There are more 20 tracks. I have to decide which tracks I really want to finish off and which tracks will never make it. The album needs to be perfect. I want to be 200 per cent satisfied. Even when I listen to the album in ten years I still want myself to be proud of what I did.” For any artist contemplating a debut record, decisive action needs to be taken regarding whether or not it will follow a specified stylistic arc, be a representation of one’s diverse impulses, or pay direct homage to earlier artists and genre movements. At this stage, Hardwell’s fundamental objectives can be simply summarised. “People ask me ‘What kind of music do you play – is it big room? Is it progressive? Is it electro?’ I always like to call it Hardwell music. That’s exactly what the album’s going to be. It is a full dance album, but I want to make beautiful music instead of only the big club bangers. When I look back at my single Apollo – the one I did with Amba Sheperd two years ago – I still play it every single set because it’s a good song. I think a good song will always last.” Despite the fact that many fans are hankering for a repeat of the style and standard of Hardwell’s earlier releases, van de Corput plans to use his position of power to push things forward
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artistically. “If I think about the pressure and what people think of me and the album, it will never be done. Avicii is the perfect example. When he played Wake Me Up for the first time last year at the Ultra Music Festival everybody was laughing at him, like ‘Wow he’s playing country music,’ and ‘It’s the biggest shit I’ve ever heard.’ Six months later it was a worldwide number one hit in over 70 countries. “You can never satisfy everybody,” he continues. “That’s what I’m trying to say. Good music is good music. That whole Avicii album is so good, it’s almost unbelievable. Every single song is so well produced.” So does Hardwell hope to spread a massive global fever, akin to Avicii? Well, he remains modest for now. “I don’t know if I’m going to set the trend, I just want people to appreciate my album.”
Catch Hardwell on Friday October 3 at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
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on tour DJ DODGER STADIUM [USA] Thursday September 18, New Guernica BUTCH [GER] Friday September 19, Prince Bandroom MAK & PASTEMAN [UK] Saturday September 20, Revolver Upstairs NICK CURLY [GER] Saturday September 20, Prince Bandroom TCHAMI [FRA] Saturday September 20, The Bottom End RODRIGUEZ JR [FRA] Saturday September 20, New Guernica DJ MITSU THE BEATS [JPN] Friday September 26, Boney HARDWELL [NED] Friday October 3, Sidney Myer Music Bowl BONDAX [UK] Friday October 3, Prince Bandroom LISTEN OUT: FOUR TET [UK], BONDAX [UK], SCHOOLBOY Q [USA] + MORE Saturday October 4, Royal Botanic Garden’s Observatory Precinct STACEY PULLEN [USA] Saturday October 4, New Guernica SHLOHMO [USA] Saturday October 4, Howler FUR COAT [VNZ] Sunday October 5, Revolver Upstairs JEFF MILLS [USA] WITH THE MELBOURNE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Friday October 10, Hamer Hall JEFF MILLS [USA] Friday October 10, RMH The Venue NILS FRAHM [GER] Friday October 10 & Saturday October 11, Foxtel Festival Hub FOURCOLOURS: SUDUAYA [FRA], IRINA MIKHAILOVA [UK], BE SVENDSEN [DEN] + MORE Saturday October 11, Revolt Artspace SOULFEST: D’ANGELO, [USA], MAXWELL [USA], MOS DEF [USA] + MORE Sunday October 19, Kings Domain Gardens and the Sidney Myer Music Bowl LIL JON [USA] Friday October 24, Trak SIDNEY CHARLES [GER] Sunday November 2, Revolver Upstairs SOULS OF MISCHIEF [USA] Monday November 3, The Espy SASHA [UK] Monday November 3, Prince Bandroom LEE FOSS [USA], MIGUEL CAMPBELL [UK] Friday November 7, Brown Alley JOHN DIGWEED [UK] Friday November 14, Brown Alley SEAN PAUL [JAM] Friday November 14, Festival Hall LAURA JONES [UK], GAVIN HERLIHY [IRE] Sunday November 16, Revolver Upstairs TEN WALLS [LIT], DUSKY [UK] Sunday November 16, Queen Victoria Market STRAWBERRY FIELDS: ÂME [GER], TRUS’ME [UK], PACHANGA BOYS [GER] + MORE Friday November 21 - Sunday November 23, TBA EARTHCORE: RAJA RAM [UK], JOHN ‘00’ FLEMING [UK] + MORE Thursday November 27 - Monday December 1, Pyalong, Victoria GIRAFFAGE [USA] Thursday November 27, Howler PANTHA DU PRINCE [GER] Thursday December 4, The Hi-Fi STEREOSONIC: CALVIN HARRIS [UK], TIESTO [NED], DIPLO [USA] + MORE Saturday December 6 - Sunday December 7, TBA ICE CUBE [USA] Tuesday December 9, The Forum JAMES HOLDEN [UK] Wednesday December 10, The Hi-Fi CYPRESS HILL [USA] Thursday December 11, The Forum FALLS FESTIVAL: TODD TERJE [NOR], TENSNAKE [GER], TYCHO [USA] + MORE Monday December 29 - Thursday January 1, Byron Bay BEYOND THE VALLEY: ACTION BRONSON [USA], CLAPTONE [GER], ALUNAGEORGE [UK] + MORE Tuesday December 30 - Thursday January 1, Phillip Island Circuit RAINBOW SERPENT: MARCEL DETTMANN [GER], LEE BURRIDGE [UK], PETAR DUNDOV [CRO] + MORE Friday January 23 - Monday January 26, Lexton FINNEBASSEN [NOR] Sunday February 1, Revolver Upstairs DETROIT SWINDLE [NED] Sunday February 22, Revolver Upstairs
tour rumours Motor City Drum Ensemble, Eli Verveine, Mister Saturday Night, KiNK, Midland, Addison Groove, Netsky, London Elektricity, DC Breaks, State of Mind, Carl Craig, Ben Pearce, Moodymann, Leon Vynehall
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Aussie hip hop has long been a catchall term for any hip hop music made by Australian natives. However, in recent years the scope of locally birthed hip-hop has become too vast to fit under one umbrella. Hailing from NSW’s Sutherland Shire, Joel Rafidi is one of the new rap-crop who feels no affinity with Aussie hip hop’s archetypal acts. “Yes I’m Australian and I create hip hop, so it’s Aussie hip hop in that sense,” he says. “But you can’t really compare it to any other Aussie hip hop that’s out there from any other artist. There was always that friction, people saying ‘you’ve got to rap in a 100% Aussie accent, every single syllable, every single word.’ I can’t really say that any Australian hip hop artist has really inspired me that much.” Earlier this month Rafidi released his debut record Phases. While many of his country-folk spit lyrics in a tough ocker brogue over boom bap beats, Rafidi pairs his earnest rhymes with US-influenced pop and R&B production. This makes sense when you consider his major influences. “Tupac – All Eyez On Me. That album was what really dragged me
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into hip hop,” he says. “Then from there, the creativity of Kanye. There’s no arguing that he’s really made hip-hop so much more accessible for everyone, in terms of his production and the craziness that he’s brought to the table.” A quality that’s shared by these noted influences is that they’re not only good rappers, but they’re also esteemed pop songwriters whose work surpasses the limitations of genre. Phases was preceded by the singles Do It Again and I’ll Be Good, which are concerted attempts at pop-crossover success. “It’s important for any artist to get radio airplay and have those singles out there, as well as the raw stuff that’s true to you,” says Rafidi. “I’m not prejudiced about music whatsoever, on any level. My genre is Frank Sinatra/Tupac Shakur, in my opinion. On a melodic level, if it sounds good to me I’m going to run with that.” Even though the record contains some commercially friendly tunes, Rafidi doesn’t disguise his own personality. In fact, he’s been working hard at developing a unique lyrical style since a young age. “I really discovered hip hop when I was 14 or 15-years-old,” he
says. “I was always shy growing up and it was a way for me to distract myself, writing down lyrics. Then from there it was just putting my rhymes down to beats and recording myself on Garage Band and just going back and forth and criticising myself.” The solace that Rafidi found in rapping quickly evolved into a committed creative pursuit. However, despite major success for the likes of Hilltop Hoods, 360 and Illy, Australians attempting hip hop are still liable to run into resistance. Rafidi admits that his hip-hop expedition hasn’t been all smooth sailing, but steadfast self-belief keeps him on track. “I was at Wollongong University three to four years ago doing a commerce degree and I was like ‘I fuckin’ hate this, I don’t want to be here.’ Something struck me where I was like, ‘Music’s what I have to do.’ It’s the only thing that really makes me happy. I just said, ‘this is what I’m doing and I’m going to do it and nothing’s going to stop me.’ “From the moment that I decided I want to do music forever, my belief has been unwavering. Every single obstacle, every single hurdle, I always know that I’ll be able to get back up and persevere. There’s nothing else in the world that I could ever imagine myself doing. The only opportunity is for me to keep doing it and keep getting better and keep creating.” To coincide with the release of Phases, Rafidi and guitarist/vocalist Tim Bowen (who sings the vocal hook on I’ll Be Good) are currently out on a busking tour along the country’s east coast. So far the tour has taken the duo to a stack of towns, big and small, to perform at shopping centres, schools and community radio stations. Far from being a tough grind, Rafidi says it’s been an inspiring experience. “There was this one girl in Brisbane who was about 15-years-old and we were busking in the street. She came up and she knew every single lyric, every single song and afterwards she tried to give me 40 bucks for an album. She was telling me how much I’ve inspired her to chase everything that she was doing. It gave me goose bumps, just the fact that this girl knew my lyrics. For me, an independent artist, to have that kind of reach in a city that I’ve never been to before, it was overwhelming.” This again emphasises the do-it-yourself ethos that’s underpinned Rafidi’s entire journey. While his success is steadily on the rise, he understands the imperative to take matters into his own hands in order to establish a substantial music career. “Everything has to come from you. You can’t rely on anyone else to do it for you or lead your success on. If you’re not out there doing everything and always making those decisions, no one else is going to be like ‘we’ve got to push this guy, we’ve got to make it happen for him.’ It’s not how it is. It always comes back to whether you want to do it or not.”
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UK production icon Sasha has locked in an Australian tour. Ever since Mixmag crowned him the “Son of God” on its cover in 1994, Sasha has been a bona fide DJing superstar, holding down residencies in Ibiza and New York and launching his Last Night On Earth label in 2011. Like so many influencers of his generation, Sasha got his start at Manchester’s legendary Haçienda club, but what separates Sasha from his peers is his sustained influence and promise of a downright good time. Catch him at the Prince Bandroom on Monday November 3.
Maxi Priest has announced he is coming to Australia for one show this September, and Melbourne are lucky enough to host it. Off the back of his recently released album Easy To Love, Maxi is among a host of greats credited with spreading the reggae gospel around the world. He is known for hits such as Close To You, which topped the Billboard charts and reached #2 on the ARIA charts in 1990, his cover of Cat Stevens’ Wild World which featured on the ARIA charts in 1988 and a collaboration with Shaggy for track That Girl. Maxi will be bringing an eight-piece band with him. Catch Maxi Priest when he takes over Brown Alley on Friday September 26.
strawberry fields Strawberry Fields has added yet another round of international and local acts to their 2014 incarnation. The latest additions to the lineup include Seth Troxler, Young Magic, Laura Jones, Gavin Herlihy, Jakubi, Willowbeats, Lucianblomkamp, Kirkis, Baro, Leaks, Clever Austin, Anti-Kirkis and Wondercore Island DJs. They join the likes of Ame, Antix, Brawther, Gabriel Ananda, Giraffage, Grouch, Hiatus Kaiyote, HNNY, Interactive Noise, Maribou State, Matthias Meyer, Max Graef, Neelix, Nightmares on Wax, Oscar Key Sung, Oisima, Opiuo, Pachanga Boys, Pedestrian, SQL & Child, Stimming, Superpitcher and Trus’Me. Strawberry Fields will take place in the Victorian bush from Friday November 21 until Sunday November 23.
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bondax With Listen Out officially selling out, Bondax have announced a Melbourne sideshow. The English electronic duo will be making their way to Australia for the first time for Listen Out. No strangers to big festivals, they have already played stages at Bestival, Creamfields and Beacons. Bondax will take over Prince Bandroom on Friday October 3.
In support of his recent release, Broken, Spenda C has announced an Australian tour. The 14-stop tour will kick off in Melbourne before heading around the country and wrapping things up in Rouse Hill almost two months later. As well as making his way through club nights across Australia and New Zealand, Spenda C has played stages at major festivals including Stereosonic, Parklife, Creamfields, Future Music and Good Vibrations. He has also had residencies at Sydney’s Pacha and Chinese Laundry (for six years running). Spenda C will take over First Floor on Friday September 26.
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nils frahm With both of his performances at Melbourne Festival sold out well in advance, prodigally talented Berlin composer and pianist Nils Frahm has added a third. His Melbourne visit follows his sold out Australian debut at Vivid LIVE in Sydney earlier this year. His final show will take place on Saturday October 11 at 6pm at the Foxtel Festival Hub.
Aussie hip hop titan Briggs will be hitting the road this spring for a national run of dates in support of his latest album Sheplife. Featuring singles The Hunt and Bad Apples, the critically acclaimed album has received widespread airplay. Catch Briggs with Hau in the support slot at The Espy on Saturday November 1 and The Workers Club on Monday November 3.
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You’d be insane in the membrane to miss out on this one. Legendary hip hop crew Cypress Hill will return to our shores for what promises to be yet another sold out tour this December. Since forming in the early ‘90s, the California group has sold over 18 million albums worldwide, including 1993’s smash hit Black Sunday. They’ve become synonymous with hits like Insane in the Brain, We Ain’t Going Out Like That and How I Could Just Kill A Man. Cypress Hill will hit the Forum on Thursday December 11.
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club guide wednesday sep 17
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BOOTY WORK Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. CURIOUS TALES - FEAT: DJ WHO + TIGERFUNK + TOM SHOWTIME + FLAGRANT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. REVOLVER WEDNESDAYS - FEAT: DAN SAN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.
thursday 18 sep
3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + MAFIA + FOR YOUR EARS DJS + FAKE FORWARD + RIFFE + DOM DOLLA VS BOOT ACTION + JACK LOVE + BENSON VS MIKE METRO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm. CQ SESSIONS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. D.N.A THURSDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Boutique, Prahran. 9:00pm. DJ DODGER STADIUM New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00. FLANAGANS THURSDAYS - FEAT: DJ ONTIME + DJ COLONEL Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. GOOD EVENING Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. LOVE STORY - FEAT: TRANTER + SLEEVES + MEGAWUOTI + SUPREMES + MICKEY P Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:30pm. MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: PREQUEL + EDD FISHER Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. NO GOOD - FEAT: FATTI FRANCES + ZAYD THRING + B DEEP + TOM HENDERSON Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. RARE CANDY Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE RITZ - FEAT: KEN WALKER + ANDO + JOSHUA GILLILAND Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 10:00pm. $20.00. VARSITY - FEAT: KITI + FOOFARAW Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. XS DISCO - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm.
friday sep 19
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OMG FRIDAYS Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. #EATDRINKPLAY - FEAT: ANDY MURPHY + MGMC + DJ JORJ + CAM WOODARD The Emerson, South Yarra. 10:00pm. $20.00. #MASHTAG - FEAT: MALPRACTICE + AGENT 86 + BENZO + ANDRE LE VOGUE + SILVERFOX + AHAB + OLLIE Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ANIMALS DANCING - FEAT: WILLIE BURNS + TORNADO WALLACE + OTOLOGIC + ANDEE FROST The Mercat, Melbourne. 10:00pm. BREAD & BUTTER FRIDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 8:00pm. BUTCH Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00. CQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DJ ANDRE LE VOGUE + SCARLETT MINX The Fitzroy Beer Garden, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. DJ JACKSON POPE Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. FABULOUS FRIDAYS Co., Southbank. 8:00pm. FAKE TITS - FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + SUNSHINE + SAMMY LA MARCA + BUTTERS
+ ADAM BARTAS + JUNGLE JIM Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00. FLAGRANT + NO NAME NATH + MZ RIZK Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:00pm. FLASH FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Boutique, Prahran. 9:00pm. FLAWLESS QUEER PARTY - FEAT: DT3 Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.00. FREQUENCY FRIDAYS Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. $20.00. FRIDAYS @ ONESIXONE - FEAT: JEN TUTTY + LUKE MCD + LEWIE DAY + PREQUEL + KATIE DROVER + MITCH KURZ + MIC NEWMAN + TOM EVANS + JOEL ALPHA + LIAM WALLER + AARON TROTTMAN + NICK JONES + JESSE YOUNG + ANDRAS FOX + JAC OSCAR WILKINS Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm. GROOVE CONTROL - FEAT: CHICO G & MAXWELL Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. HABSTRAKT + ZAYLER + JMC + SPRINKLES + RA + DAGGERS + DATURA The Sub Club, Melbourne. 10:00pm. $15.00. LA DANSE MACABRE Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. LATIN QUARTER Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 8:00pm. LUCK TRUCK FRIDAYS DOWNSTAIRS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. LUSH FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Hush Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. PANORAMA FRIDAYS UPSTAIRS - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + MR.GEORGE + MATT RADD + ASHLEE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. POPROCKS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. REVOLVER FRIDAYS - FEAT: SAMMY DEE + MIKE CALLANDER + LEWIE DAY + KATIE DROVER + WHO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. ROOSEVELT - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Boutique, Prahran. 9:00pm. SHAKE & RATTLE - FEAT: HARVEY SUTHERLAND + MATT RADOVICH + CLEVERHANDS + ANDY UKHTOMSKY + BENATWORK + JUXTAPOSE + JAKE BLOOD + SOLAIRES + D-REX Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10.00. SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS AFTER PARTY - FEAT: DJ BUGALOO + MS GOLDIE + JULIEN LOVE + WINTERS + JIMMY CAUTION Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. SHIPTUNES - FEAT: SQUARE TONY & THE ARPS + CALAVERA + ALLIGATOR WILLIAMS + 10K VS GODINPANTS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $15.00. SOUNDBYTES 16 - FEAT: 10K FREE MEN VS GODINPANTS + TIASU + PEACHES THE WALE + CALAVERA + ALLIGATOR WILLIAMS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. THE FRIDAY CLUB - FEAT: DJ OBLIVEUS Big Mouth, St Kilda. 10:00pm. THE KO IS NOT OK - FEAT: ZOMBIEBASS + NAOMI KHARMA + PIP + SEBASTIAN MADD La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. TOMORROW NEVER COMES - FEAT: BUTCH Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $28.60. TUNES BY DAVE GRAY - FEAT: DJ
DAVE GREY Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. URBAN STYLE MUSIC - FEAT: TUSCAN PRINCE + GRANT CAMOV + SUPPRESSOR + RORY MCPIKE + TOKEN VS C:1 Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
saturday sep 20
SUCK MUSIC - FEAT: DOAKES + NICK COLEMAN + SOPHIA SIN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 1:00am. ANYWAY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bottom End, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. ARABESQUE - FEAT: LUX + OK SURE + DJ MISH’CHIEF + RICHARD NEO + HYBRYD + BRAD EVERY La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. AUDIOPORN SATURDAYS - FEAT: DR. ZOK + JAMES WARE + GREG SARA + JACOB MALMO + TOM EVANS + ROWIE Onesixone, Prahran. 9:00pm. $15.00. BIG MOUTH SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ ROWIE + ANDYCAN + NACKERS Big Mouth, St Kilda. 9:00pm. CUSHION SATURDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm. EASY SKANKING - FEAT: DUB PRINCESS & SNEAKY DREAD + MISHAP + RACHEE RENEE Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $5.00. FAMILIAR STRANGERS The Emerson, South Yarra. 10:00pm. $20.00. GARDEN BEATS - FEAT: DJ ANDRE LE VOGUE The Fitzroy Beer Garden, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. HOT STEP - FEAT: ADAM ASKEW + GRAYSKULL + KELTEC + MYLES MAC + PETER BAKER + REV. THORN + SAM MCEWIN + SHANE COPAL + TOM EVANS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. INDUSTRIAL JUNGLE AFTER PARTY - FEAT: TETRAMETH + MR PECULIAR + FAREBI JALEBI + IMPERFECT CIRCLE + PSY-FENN + TARUN + PAKMAN + AMPOULE + KYNDA + STORM La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. JUKE - FEAT: NICK CURLY + DJ SPACEY SPACE + JACK LOVE + JACOB MALMO Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 9:00pm. $28.60. MIDNIGHT RUN Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 11:30pm. $7.00. MIKEY HUNDRED + IVAN OOZE + BROSCHE + DJ RA Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $7.00. MOON DICE + HYPERBOREA + MONZERO Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5.00. RESPECT Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 9:00pm. $20.00. RODRIGUEZ JR - FEAT: JAMIE STEVENS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SATURDAY MORNING - FEAT: SUNSHINE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00am. SUPERCLUB SATURDAYS! - FEAT: DJ ONTIME + DJ COLONEL Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. TEXTILE SATURDAYS - FEAT: KODIAK KID + D’FRO + JENS BEAMIN Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. THE HOUSE DEFROST - FEAT: ANDY FROST Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11:00pm. $35.00. THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: RANSOM + DAVID SPACE + FLIP3K PLUS TLS CAGE LINEUP WITH ARKS +
MS BUTT + PAZ + LEWIS CANCUT + MOONSHINE + MONTY MCGAW + BOOGS. + MAK & PASTEMAN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. THERAPY SATURDAYS - FEAT: BOMBS AWAY + TATE STRAUSS + ED COLMAN + MATTY G Fusion, Southbank. 10:00pm. $20.00. TRAMP SATURDAYS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. TUNED IN - FEAT: HARRY BLOTTER + EEEMUS & SEEDY JAZZ + TEE PEE + VORN LEWIS + LANGERS + JAYMIN DOE Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. TUNES BY STICKMAN - FEAT: DJ STICKMAN Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. VAULT SATURDAYS Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm.
MELLOW DIAS THUMP - FEAT: CAZEAUX + O.S.L.O & GEEZY Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. MVP - FEAT: ROB STEEZY + THADDEUS DOE + STEPHELLES + LOW-KEY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
thursday sep 18
CITIPOWER - FEAT: TIM HEANEY + CITIPOWER DJS Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. DT3 Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.00. THE REBIRTH OF COOL - FEAT: DJ MR LOB Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:00pm.
friday sep 19
BUMP FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ KAHLUA
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Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. FAKTORY FRIDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. MIDNIGHT GREEN - FEAT: KWASI + GZUTEK + LUCAS MILLER Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. PARTY & BULLSHIT - FEAT: JUZZY B + KAYZ Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
saturday sep 20
B.O.O.M.A + MODERN FAIRYTALE + RARA + DYLAN MICHEL + 2FUDDHA Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. BIG DANCING Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE +
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sunday sep 21
BOP ART - FEAT: HAWAII + WHO + TIGERFUNK + MATT RADOVICH + LEWIS CANCUT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. CARIBBEAN COOKOUT - FEAT: AGENT 86 + JESSE I + DJ SAM Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. EARLY MORNING CREW - FEAT: HOOPS + BRAD SASSMAN + JOSH PAOLA + JESSE YOUNG + OLLIE HOLMES + DEAN SPANOS Onesixone, Prahran. 1:00am. EASY NOW - FEAT: AGENT 86 + TOM SHOWTIME + DJ MAARS Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. JUNGLE - FEAT: HANDS DOWN + ZAC DEPETRO + PETE LASKIS + TRAVLOS + JOHN DOE Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00am. $15.00. NORTHERN LIGHTS - FEAT: FRANCIS HARRIS + MARC POPPCKE Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 12:00pm. REVOLVER SUNDAYS - FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + T-REK + RADIATOR & DAMON WALSH + SILVERSIX Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE SUNDAYS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. SPITROAST SUNDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 10:00pm. STRIPPED BACK SUNDAYS The Emerson, South Yarra. 12:00pm. $15.00. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJ ANDYBLACK & HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.
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monday sep 22
CALL IT IN - FEAT: JAMES TOM + DYLAN MICHEL Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. MONDAY STRUGGLE - FEAT: TIGER FUNK Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm. STIFF DRINK - FEAT: DJ ROMAN WAFERS + DJ MICHAEL OZONE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
tuesday sep 23
CUSHION TUESDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 8:00pm. GIGGLE TUESDAY - FEAT: WHO + JAKE JUDD Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:30pm. SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. TRAMP TUESDAYS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.
urban club guide wednesday sep 17
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DURMY + TIMOS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. RHYTHM NATION SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ BIG SAAD + DJ KAHLUA & ANDY PALA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. RY (THE NEVADA TOUR) + FREEDS + NICHOLAS BASQUIAT Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $8.00.
sunday sep 21
BE. SUNDAYS Co., Southbank. 10:00pm. $15.00.
monday sep 22
HABITS + VACCUM + MULLOSC + EGYPT LIES Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6.00.
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A guide to eating out in Melbourne
EDITOR’S NOTE
Barbeque (noun): a state of meat-induced, solitary bliss. We say solitary because, quite frankly, this is not conversation food. You’re about to get elbow-deep in the inaugural Beat Eats special on Americana: Southern food that is good for the soul but probably not your arteries. But hey, live to eat, right? Meat is fantastic. Much like the appeal of Kristen Stewart, a meal made up entirely of vegetables is something we don’t really get. So sue us. Melbourne is currently a city possessed by this cuisine du jour and is showing no signs of slowing down, except when waiting for the brisket to cook. We don’t think there’s anything more wildly satisfying on this planet than food you have to eat with your hands and requires being armed with a bib and a toothpick. Meat-lovers of Melbourne, let us pray. Oh Father who art in the smoke pit, slow-cooked by thy game. Praise be to the dedicated and patient smokers, seasoners and grillers of Melbourne, amen.
BY BETTY CROCKERY
BLUEBONNET BBQ
BY BETTY CROCKERY
BY BETTY CROCKERY
When I was a kid, I felt genuinely hard-done-by when Mum said I wasn’t allowed to have a Mr. Whippy. We can call it the original food truck, but Melbourne’s pallet, like with most of our cuisine these days, has become a heap more sophisticated. These food trucks are popping up absolutely everywhere. At last check, the Australian Food Truck Directory (yes, it exists) has 149 active members. If you have trouble deciding what to eat for dinner, then the idea of a Food Truck Festival might make you feel a little anxious. Quite possibly the worst thing ever to happen to someone who experiences food envy on the reg, Melbourne’s best food trucks are amalgamating at the Coburg Drive-In for one last weekend of the Food Truck Festival. God help me. Following on from hugely successful nights in July and August, the third and final instalment of the Food Truck Festival has announced its all-star smorgasbord
Chris Terlikar knows a thing or two about meat. With a background in fine dining, a chance encounter in Brooklyn with Hill Country barbeque food in Brooklyn altered his path into the smoky depths of slow cooking. After being guided by pit boss heavyweights in Texas and stints as a pop-up chef at The Beaufort and Grub Van, Chris has planted his feet in Collingwood with a Bluebonnet to call his own. He may have hand-built his first smoker out of a toolbox, a dishwasher pipe and a shed load of black heat-proof paint, but Chris’s new beast has character, too – it’s made out of a smoke machine from a nightclub at the Crown casino. Smoking is a delicate art that Chris is so committed to getting absolutely perfect every time, he actually won’t serve a particular meat to his customers until it’s just right. But this painstaking dedication is worth it. There’s a 15-hour (minimum) brisket that practically falls apart before it can reach your gob; tender, juicy, charcoaled sausages that change daily, and ribs that turn even the most refined diner into a bone-gnawing animal.
Food Truck Festival of vendors. It includes Mexican veterans Taco Truck; Gorilla Grill, who combine a love of American barbeque with the unique flavours of Asia; the straightshooters at Greek Street Food; the pizza-obsessed family of Happy Camper; Lil’ Nom-Nom, serving up Vietnamese-inspired street food with the most darling name; Big Cook Little Cook dishing out soul food for the big and little (how very appropriate); the Beatbox Kitchen who really needs no introduction; and the suave individuals from Rue de Creperie. In partnership with the Australian Mobile Food Vendors Group who have over 20 years national experience, the final showdown takes place at The Coburg Drive-In Wednesday September 24. Bring some mates and a whole heap of appetite. Get there early to avoid disappointment and queues.
Food Truck Festival at the Coburg Drive-In Cinema 155 Newlands Rd Coburg Gates open at 5.30pm
Chris’s genuine passion for what he does filters down through to the rest of the staff, and at no point do you ever really feel like you’re in a restaurant; you’re just enjoying a barbie in your mate’s backyard – which, by the way, has been decked out in true Southern style. The courtyard is by far the best seat in the house; perfect to soak up the atmosphere, sunshine and a cold brew. It’s complete with rustic communal tables and a fresh pile of red gum for the smoker that serves as a practical, decorative and tantalising centrepiece. With a menu that changes daily and a courtyard that feels like home, there really is no limit to how many times one could go unashamedly for two out of three meals in the day. We may just live there.
Bluebonnet BBQ is open for lunch on Wednesdays and Sundays; lunch and dinner Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. 187 Johnston St, Collingwood (the Hoddle St End) Ph: 9972 1815
Ike’s Rib Shack BY BETTY CROCKERY
Quite simply, Ike’s Rack Shack is the manifestation of all our wildest food fantasies. Situated out the back of The Beaufort in Rathdowne St, those who have seen the TV show House of Cards will be reminded of the grubby rib shop where Frank Underwood found solitude. It’s no surprise really, because it’s exactly where Beaufort head honcho David Kerr found inspiration. It’s a bit dark, with boarded up windows, Astroturf and a corrugated iron shelter which juts out from the wall. With a scattering of crocodile heads and sailing paraphernalia, you couldn’t be blamed for feeling like you’re back home on the bayou. The menu is simple: your choice of ribs - lamb, pork or beef - with sides, or, if one were so inclined, burgers. If you’re feeling particularly hungry and indecisive like we were, there’s the triple stack: all three ribs back to back. FYI ladies and long-haired gentlemen, arm yourself with a hair elastic because things are about to get
delightfully messy. All the ribs are smoked overnight with a salt and pepper rub, then glazed and char-grilled. The result is meat that falls off the bone and causes a couple to fall so deeply in love with what’s on their plate as to not utter a word to each other the entire time. Wisely, we broke it up with a side of green beans with feta and almonds and washed it down with Shakey Pete’s Ginger Brew: a beer cocktail infused with ginger and laced with gin. 24 hours later, our hands still smell like ribs and frankly, we’re a little turned on. Out back at the Beaufort 421 Rathdowne St Carlton Dinner from 6pm seven nights; lunch from 1pm Friday, Saturday, Sunday
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FANCY HANKS BY BETTY CROCKERY
One Animals Dancing night, feeling well past the point of festive, we ended up having a disco nap in the future location of Fancy Hank’s. If you’re looking for the place in Melbourne that started it all, look no further than Hank’s. Located up top of the Mercat, Hank keeps things simple: no gas, no electricity, just pure Bar-B-Que. You’ve got to get in quick here, because despite being open for over a year now, they’re still selling out of things before closing time. The problem with a lot of barbeque joints is that, because they measure the quantity of food in American pounds, it’s a bit difficult to know when you’ve reached the point of over-ordering, so go hungry. Really hungry. And probably don’t take anyone with you that you’re planning on impressing by not getting sauce on your face, ‘cause that shit’ll go everywhere. Included on their list of goods is pulled pork, beef brisket, pork ribs and one Sunday a month, a whole hog on the charcoals. Not only do they stay up all night slow cooking that swine over chestnut embers, they have to carry the damn thing up those stairs. That’s devotion to the cause if we ever saw it. Fancy Hanks 456 Queen St Melbourne Open for lunch and dinner Wednesdays to Saturday; lunch Sunday
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Spotted Mallard BY BETTY CROCKERY On Sunday October 12, Hank takes on The Newmarket Hotel in a barbeque throwdown. In the words of Hank Hill to whom we can only guess this magnificent eatery is dedicated, “I’m not saying you’re not good at what you do. I’m just saying I’m better.”
We’re not going to go on about the juiciness of the patty, the sweetness of the bun or the gooiness of the cheese: would you just look at this thing? The beloved Spotted Mallard’s menu is evolving to err on the simpler side with Executive Chef Sam Grose stripping it back and focusing on what foodies venture to The Mallard for the most: the burgers. Set in the homely, unassuming setting with mismatched furniture, it’s the perfect move. “Still sporting their stalwart Wagyu beef and bacon burger, they have added pulled pork and beef brisket and changed up all the other old favourites,” says Sam. Booooy howdy. They’ve also authenticated the poutine (cheese and gravy-doused chips), now with real cow’s milk cheese
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curd, so it should now be exactly like the ones you buy in Canada. If you’re feeling especially gluttonous, you can add beef, mushrooms or pork. Perhaps The Mallard might have once catered predominantly to a live music crowd, but they’ve well and truly upped the ante with craft beers, great wine and the simplification of their menu, making it accessible and enjoyable for just about everyone. The Spotted Mallard 314 Sydney Rd Brunswick Open from 4pm to 1am Tuesdays through Friday; from 2pm – 1am Saturdays; from 2pm to 11pm Sundays. Closed Mondays.
Girl With The Gris Gris BY FAT PRESTON
Ding Dong Lounge is one of the most well-known fixtures on Melbourne’s live music landscape – its combination of the best local and international bands, along with late night parties and the best rock DJs in Melbourne makes it world famous. Since its redesign two years ago under helm of Melbourne rock doyen Billy Walsh (former drummer of Cosmic Psychos), Ding Dong has boasted a cocktail bar with luscious booths and intimate lighting. It’d always been Walsh’s intention to offer food in this zone but it had to offer something precocious and exciting to match the style of music and aesthetic of Ding Dong Lounge. Walsh decided to offer the cuisine local to one of the world’s ultimate culture (and party) cities, New Orleans. Considering there was nothing, really, of that style in Melbourne, Walsh knew he had to offer legitimate New Orleans cuisine by hiring a chef from Louisiana who was well versed in both Cajun and Creole cuisine. Enter Chris Weysham, who ticks all those boxes. “I started eating gumbo when I was probably two years old,” Weysham says. “Every family and every person has their own take on gumbo. As you get older, you add your own signature to your family’s gumbo. The main ingredient in gumbo is a black rue; the longer you cook it, the darker it gets. “Gumbo is the only dish in the world I know that uses that dark rue,” explains Weysham. The gumbo at Girl With The Gris Gris comes in at a very reasonable at $8 in a cup or $15 in bowl with absolutely delicious flat bread. The other famous New Orleans’ dish on the menu is the Creole dish,
Jambalaya ($10). Also on the menu is another famous Cajun dish, the roasted Cajun turkey Po Boy that comes out in what essentially an enlarged cut off end of a French bread, stick and filled with a delicious hot mix of Turkey, rue and other Cajun flavours. “Creole is more rooted in New Orleans. When that city was first being settled, you had a mix of Haitians, Africans, Germans, Italians, French, Spanish and English all these people creating a big melting pot of cooking and because there was a little bit of money involved, I would say Creole cuisine is more refined.” Weysham is deeply grounded in New Orleans cuisine. His methodology, preparation and execution are as close to how he did back home possible. Adding to the authenticity of food is the overall aesthetic of Girl With The Gris Gris with the beers imported directly from Louisiana. Ding Dong Lounge is now doing dinner and show specials where diners get to order from the restaurant menu and enjoy music from the stage at the comfort of a table.
“Every family and every person has their own take on gumbo. As you get older, you add your own signature to your family’s gumbo.”
Girl With The Gris Gris is open Tuesday to Saturday 5pm to 10pm. To make a booking please call (03) 9514 4577 or email bookings@girlwiththegrisgris. com.au and to find out more about the dinner show
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visit dingdonglounge.com.au Girl With The Gris Gris and Ding Dong Lounge are located at level 1, 18 Market Lane in the CBD.
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MESA COSA
By Keats Mulligan
While Melbourne has a strong live music culture, it can often be disadvantaged by its size. Comparatively it’s rather large, especially when examining punk, rock and garage alone. Consequently, the environment can often become cluttered and competitive. For the punter we’re spoiled for choice, but for artists it means that opportunities might not come by as frequently as you’d hope, and in order to really break through, you have to do a great deal of work on your own. Beat spoke to Mesa Cosa’s frontman Pablo Alvarado about building community in Australian music, and about their touring house Bone Soup. Few bands in Melbourne can honestly say they possess core DIY ethos as tightly as Mesa Cosa. These guys have spared no expense in getting themselves to where they are today and put more effort into furthering music in Melbourne, and more broadly, all of Australia than most bands playing today. “Mesa Cosa has always been a bit of a random band,” Alvarado suggests. “It’s never really fit into a scene, genre or style. We got frustrated by this and wanted to do some solid international supports. At some point we realised we had the will power, and we had the cash in the bank to bring out the people we loved, and so we just did it. We got to play with bands that we loved. “At the end of the day, we really believe in Scooby Doo adventures, and believe in being a gang. We’re all about keeping the dream alive, touring around Australia and meeting cool people. We thought, ‘Well, we don’t know how to get these gigs, how about we just go out there and do it ourselves, get everybody involved, make it free and make it inclusive?’” It’s hard to broaden your horizons and look at the big picture. The vastness of Australia is a confronting thought for a band when considering the expenses involved with moving half a dozen people and their gear across state boarders. But this challenge hasn’t deterred Mesa Cosa. “I think that Perth and Adelaide need a lot more love, and bands should go out of their way to make it out there,” Alvarado advises. “It’s not the financially viable option,” he admits. “But we’ve got to forget about money and start thinking about community. I think it’s really important for people to build bridges there. We need to stop thinking, ‘How are we going to make this work?’ and just start throwing ourselves out there. If four or five bands started building that bridge, we could really make something work and make the cities start working together.”
“THErE’S A BIT Of HIGH SCHOOl TErrITOrIAlNESS IN MElBOUrNE, BUT THAT’S jUST BECAUSE WE’rE SPOIlED fOr CHOICE, SO THAT’S NATUrAlly GOING TO HAPPEN. I WANT TO BrEAk THAT. EvEryBODy IS TOTAlly WElCOME TO ENjOy EvEryTHING WE DO AND HAvE fUN.” To describe Bone Soup as a bold venture would be an understatement. But according to Alvarado, it was a simple process to make it work. “We just got in touch with some bands by email,” he says. “We’d say, ‘Hey can I buy a T-Shirt? I love your band; do you want to come out to Australia? We don’t really know what we’re doing,” he laughs. “But we can make it work. “Sometimes it feels a little too competitive and people are a little too worried about finance and how it can work, but these things are dying,” Alvarado continues. “If you can pay the rent and do something you love, you’re winning, so we’re trying to make it happen. We’re really into the artwork, the bands and the promo, because we love being in a band, and we love bringing out these bands. We’ve lost money, but we’ve learnt lessons. “I hope that we’ve cut a path, Alvarado ponders. “I mean, if anyone asked us how to do it, I’d be more than happy to tell them. The most important thing to do here is to not keep secrets. Everybody should benefit from it. There might be an old order that’s really cliquey, but I think it’s really important to be inclusive and sharing our knowledge. We’re trying to do things DIT, not DIY. Not do it yourself, but do it together. So when we have parties, we say, ‘Hey, bring amps, bring lights, bring whatever, we’ll do it all together’. There’s a bit of high school territorial-ness in Melbourne, but that’s just because we’re spoiled for choice, so that’s naturally going to happen. I want to break that. Everybody is totally welcome to enjoy everything we do and have fun.” MESA COSA are currently tearing up the east coast. They play the John Curtin on Friday September 26, and will also hit up the massive Chopped Fest in Newstead from October 3-5. Tickets to both gigs are available now. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 36
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ROCK‘N’ROLL DAMNATION
By Meg Crawford
In 1976, Mark Evans stood on the back of a flatbed truck wielding his bass as it rolled down Swanston Street while Countdown filmed the iconic clip for AC/DC’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock‘N’Roll). In a neat bit of symmetry, Evans returns this week to Swanston Street to help celebrate AC/DC’s 40th anniversary and 50 years of Albert Productions (AC/DC’s first label).
Evans, who was the bassist for AC/DC from March 1975 to June 1977 during the wild Bon years, is a firm part of Aussie rock royalty. He’s also a bit incredulous about how time flies. “It’s incredible,” he laughs. “I can’t believe that it’s been 40 years already. I’ve been focusing on where the gig’s at - it’s at the Hi-Fi, which is right on Swanston Street. It just seems like such a short time ago that I was on the back of the truck doing the clip.” “I do get a sense of the passage of time when I watch that – there’s a shot where they pan down what used to be a thoroughfare and it looks like a country town. It was 11am on a Monday morning and there are just bits and pieces of traffic on the street. When you look at something like that, it gives you a sense of how truly long ago it was.” Testament to the bloke’s unbelievably good nature, Evans is gleefully anticipating the event, even though things went south between him, the band and Albert Records. When asked whether the night will be somewhat bittersweet, his response is characteristically gracious. “No, not at all,” he explains. “Like a lot of things in my life, I’m very philosophical about that – things happen and not everything goes the way you’d like it to, but it doesn’t stop it being a celebration of a great band and I still have a lot of respect for all of the guys. We no longer have any contact – so be it, but that doesn’t stop me from looking at what they’ve done and what they’ve achieved.” “Realistically, I was there for a very short time in the band’s career, although a very important and formative time, but those guys have done the hard yards since and they deserve all of the rewards that they’ve reaped. And the same with Alberts - without Alberts we wouldn’t necessarily have great bands like The Easybeats right through to Rose Tattoo. Australian rock wouldn’t have its taste without Alberts.” Evans has always been forthcoming in his view that AC/DC is Malcolm Young’s band. So what’s going to happen to it in light of the plan to carry on in his absence while he’s sadly so crook? “Everyone has an opinion about that, but all along the way with the band there have been hurdles,” he muses. “I hark back to the transition between Bon and Brian. The band’s AC/DC though – the decision to carry on would have been a well-weighted one and it would have been a decision from inside. Frankly speaking, that’s good enough for me.” It’s a joy listening to the old yarns. When asked to recount some of his wildest or highlight moments, Evans describes the band’s fabled lunchtime gig during the school holidays at what’s now the Myer Miss Shop. “It was completely stupid – they were going to put us on doing two half-hour sets. Fucking hell, I think we got one note out before we got chased through the building. It looked like the D Day landing at Normandy beach. Bon ended up with his mate Pat Picket on the other side of the store because it goes out onto Lonsdale Street. They had ripped his shoes off and he only had part of his jeans left on and nothing else. I ended up out the front of the building – after hiding like a big fucking Jessie. I had to catch a cab back to the housing commission flats in Prahran, with my bass around my neck. Everyone took for the hills. “I remember Michael Browning [the band’s then manager] saying ‘if you get through the first song it’s a fuckin’ miracle’, because he knew what was going to happen – he was rubbing his hands together, pissing himself laughing.” It’s obvious that Evans’ affection for Bon hasn’t waned with time. There’s one of Bon’s letters to a fan in Evans’ book Dirty Deeds and it’s equal parts funny, wild, dirty and sweet. “That captures Bon in a nutshell,” Evans agrees. “No one could get away with that now though. But if you know the guy… I can’t believe I just spoke about him in the present tense. If you knew Bon, it was all tongue-in-cheek. What did he call himself ? A wolf in wolf ’s clothing.” That Evans ended up in the band at all was fate. He’d first seen Bon when he was 14 and was struck by his swagger all the way back then, notwithstanding the fact that Bon was flouncing around in high heels and an orange chiffon shirt. It was three years later though when he asked his mate Steve McGrath, who was one of AC/DC’s roadies at the time, what he was up to for work, in response to which Steve told him about working for the band and their opening for a bass player. Evans has reflected upon what would’ve become of him had he not posed the question. “Oh fuck, it possibly would have been dead boring,” he chortles. “I probably would have played football for a bit longer though I think. I’m still playing football for the Espy Rockdogs and I’m still hoping to be a mature age recruit at 58 for Carlton next year.” ROCK‘N’ROLL DAMNATION hits The HiFi on Saturday September 20, featuring some of Melbourne’s finest in The Bad Boy Boogie Band, King of the North, Dead City Ruins, special guests and Mark Evans as guest MC (possibly slinging bass, but no promises). Tickets available through the venue. WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES..... WWW.BEAT.COM.AU/TV
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ENRICO RAVA By Graham Blackley
We hear the word ‘legend’ being carelessly bandied around a lot these days but occasionally you come across someone who actually deserves to be described this way. The impressive and massively popular Italian trumpet player, Enrico Rava, has deservedly achieved legendary status by sustaining a successful career as a supremely gifted jazz musician since the ‘60s. He’s released a staggering number of records and has played with a multitude of fellow luminaries such as saxophonist Steve Lacy. In addition to introducing the world to Italian jazz, Rava even released a wonderful tribute to Michael Jackson called On the Dance Floor. So what’s it like chatting to a jazz legend? Well, the good news is that Rava is warm, funny, generous and easy-going. In response to an opening question about the secret to his longevity as a musician, he replies with a laugh: “The secret is to be still alive!” This playfulness and absence of ego sets the tone for an illuminating and inspiring conversation. Rava has worked with a diverse range of musicians throughout his career, yet there is something that they all share. “For me, the main thing is that they have to share with me the same vision of music, the same tastes and the same goals to reach in the music,” explains Rava. “Sometimes I play with very young musicians but I play with a beautiful Italian trombone player who is 84. As long as they share with me the same vision of music I can play with integrity. Many musicians feel that jazz is a music that started with Bebop and finished at the end of the ‘60s so they play that style. For me jazz is something that started at the beginning of last century and is still going on. From New Orleans to electronic music, I’m into all that. Whoever feels like me about jazz is welcome to play with me.” Although born in Trieste, Italy in 1939, Rava lived in New York from the late ‘60s to the mid-’70s. His immersion in New York’s thriving jazz scene had a profound influence on him as a musician. “When I moved to New York, the geniuses that invented this music were still alive and still playing,” he recalls. “They were playing in clubs; Miles in one place, Coltrane in another place. Everybody was still alive. The artistic level was so high that it was not enough to play well. You had to have a special thing. I [learnt] that I had to play [in such a way] that every note counts and I had to play with the same feeling as if I knew it was going
to be my last time, my last day. I never got into routine or thought ‘Shit, who cares?’ You needed to play as if it was sacred.” One of Rava’s more left-field musical experiences in New York was his participation in the rock band Gas Mask who released Their First Album in 1970. On tracks such as The Immigrant, Gas Mask laid down some seriously funky grooves. “Gas Mask was a short experience,” he laughs. “I did it when I moved to New York as I really needed to buy some furniture for the house. I needed some bread so I accepted being part of that. It wasn’t the kind of thing I wanted to do but the money was pretty good. But it was a wonderful experience because we played as an opening act for Sly and the Family Stone in many concerts through the States. My fun was not playing in the band but listening to Sly and the Family Stone as they were so far ahead even in terms of what kinds of instruments [and gear] they had [such as radio microphones and Marshall amps]. We even played as the opening act for Janis Joplin.” It may seem surprising that a jazz great shaped by the heady New York scene of the late ‘60s and early ‘70s would release an entire album of Michael Jackson songs, yet Rava views Jackson as an important artist worthy of tribute. “I think he is one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century as a performer, as a singer, as a composer, as a dancer,” he says. “I didn’t try to make a jazz version of Michael Jackson tunes. I stayed very close to the originals rhythmically and with the arrangements. I didn’t try to make it swing in a jazz way as it swings anyway.” Although he clearly has a deep love for Jackson’s music, Rava maintains his passion for jazz. He explains at
its best, the playing of jazz involves the attainment of “a perfect democracy where everybody gives what everybody else needs and everybody gets what they need and nobody imposes their ego. This is very special. You feel a moment of happiness that is very impossible to reach in another situation. This keeps me willing to play.”
ENRICO RAVA is playing the Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival, which is celebrating 25 years. Friday October 31 to Monday November 3. Tickets through wangarattajazz.com.
little tequila things, and they said to me ‘we would like you to play with us.’ I thought I would be opening for them or something like that, but they actually wanted me to get onstage with them. I ended up going to one of their shows, and I think there were about 30,000 people there. If I’d never have moved to America, this would never have happened.”
The Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival kicks off on Friday October 31, with HARPER playing the Saturday night at 8.30pm. Tickets are available now through their website.
HARPER
By Rod Whitf ield
This blues/roots artist has had quite a journey in his personal life, as well as his career. Born in the UK, Harper moved to Australia and has since lived all over the country before relocating to the USA several years ago to pursue a career in music. He travels the length and breadth of North America constantly, generally playing more than 250 shows per year across the States and Canada. Indeed, when Beat spoke to Harper about his upcoming performance at the Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival, he was out and about checking out new touring vehicles, as he and his band clock up so many miles on the road each year they need to be replaced regularly. He looks at the nomadic lifestyle he led with typical good-natured humour. “Yeah, I got no friends,” he laughs. “It’s funny, my father was always moving all the time, so I’d be in one school, and then I’d move to another one, and then another one. So haven’t got that thing where people have their old schoolmates that they’ve known for 20, 30, 40 years. “I was born in the UK, so I had school friends there,” he recalls. “Then we moved to Perth, and I had school friends there. Then we went to Port Headland, and I had school friends there. Then we moved back to Perth, and then it was Melbourne and Sydney. But when you talk to people, all the bitchin’ they do about each other, I’m probably better off without it.” He agrees that an itinerant childhood set him up for the lifestyle of a travelling musician he pursues with great gusto today. “What’s really cool is that it’s the same lifestyle that the Aborigines have in Australia; they’re nomadic. I had some great Aboriginal friends in Sydney – they helped me learn to play the didgeridoo. I take it very seriously, and I also take the Aboriginal culture very seriously. I don’t want to muck with their spirituality or their belief system. So I’m very careful in the way I deal with that.” Australian fans will be celebrating the fact that Harper is returning to Australia in October to play at the Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival. It’ll be his first trip back to our shores in several years and he can’t wait to return to the place he considers home. “I haven’t done it [the festival] in, I think, seven years,” he says, “It’s been a long time, and this time I’m bringing the whole American band. So I’m really looking forward to people seeing what I run on the road. Because the problem always was before, I’d always used pick-up people.” BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 38
“So many American bands do,” he continues. “It’s cheaper for them. It’s never what America gets, and I don’t want to do that to my home, I want to do what I do over here. So I’m going to bring the yanks over.” It’ll be the first visit to Australia for any of the members of his backing band. “They’ll be so scared of Australia,” he jokes. “They’ll be like, ‘what do we do now?’ and I’ll say ‘you ever had a meat pie?’ And they haven’t, they don’t even know what a meat pie is. They only know what a cherry pie is, or an apple pie, those things. God, you can’t even get Vegemite here.” However, his hankering for meat pies and Vegemite is not enough for him to yearn to come home, as he explains his happiness with how his music career is going stateside. “I love living here,” he says. “It’s been an incredible experience for me. We’ve done so well where so many other bands haven’t. I know so many players who have come here and they last maybe a year or two and they go back to Australia.” “We’ve ended up spending our whole life here now, it’s become our life. Getting signed to Blind Pig Records, and carrying on from there, it’s just been a wonderful experience. And I’ve never changed my music, never tried to be anything I’m not, I’ve stuck to my guns. I’m just doing my own music.” His career in the US has led to some incredible experiences in unexpected quarters. “I did some shows with Journey,” he reveals, speaking of the American ‘corporate rock’ institution, which had its peak in the late ‘70s to early ‘80s. “They’re huge here. They came and saw me – I was doing a gig in Iowa, and the whole Journey band showed up and sat right down the front to watch me. “At the end of it, they came up to me, and we did a few
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JOAN ARMATRADING
By Augustus Welby.
If you haven’t seen Joan Armatrading play live at any time in the last 42 years, it’s not been for lack of opportunity. The West Indian-born, British-raised singer and guitarist launched her career in 1972 with the record Whatever’s For Us. Henceforth, she embarked on a run of unparalleled productivity, which still hasn’t ceased.
“I can’t give up writing. It’s what I was born to do,” she says. “It’s not even me being determined. It’s just that I like to write songs, so I write. Once you’ve written the songs, it’s nice to get people to hear it in that live situation and feel that atmosphere.” Armatrading’s compulsive creative bent has resulted in a total of 21 studio albums, the most recent being 2013’s Starlight. Despite averaging one record every two years for 42 years, she’s rarely been absent from the touring circuit. This level of activity might sound utterly exhausting, but Armatrading’s never given much thought to reducing her workload. “I’ve always been in charge of my musical career,” she says. “When I toured, I toured because I enjoyed what I was doing. I don’t need somebody to tell me to tour. I know my capabilities, I know what I enjoy and I know what my stamina is.” Even if it’s been Armatrading controlling her own destiny for all these years, it’s worth noting that this non-stop application to her vocation is largely unrivalled. She points out that even the day-to-day workload of other music industry lifers doesn’t match up. “People say ‘OK, Tony Bennett’s still on the road, B.B. King is still on the road,’ but they’re not on the road in the way that I am. They’re on the road, they do a couple of shows then take a huge amount of time off and then do another show. My tours are very long. They’re a year to 18 months, a short tour is six months. There’s not huge breaks. When it’s going on for 18 months, it goes on for 18 months.” However, for those fans that are yet to experience the Joan Armatrading live experience, opportunities to do so will soon significantly diminish. After a celebrated appearance at 2013’s Bluesfest, Armatrading returns to Australia later this year with a run of intimate theatre shows. These shows are part of the singer’s Last Major World Tour. “I’m 63 now, I’ll be 64 at the end of the year,” she explains. “If I did it in the pattern I have - which is tour, record, tour - it would mean that by the time I did the next tour I’d be 67. I don’t want to be on the road in that way all this time and think ‘why am I on the road now? I don’t like this, I’m tired.’ I want to enjoy it all the time.” Before panic sets in and flights are booked to the UK for the final shows of the Last Major World Tour next March, it should be clarified this won’t be Armatrading’s final tour ever. No, she’s hardly the sort of person who’d flippantly give up the ghost. “The tours will be shorter,” she explains. “It doesn’t mean I won’t ever come to Australia. It just means I won’t do as many shows. “I’ve always been enthusiastic,” she adds. “That’s exactly why I’m doing what I’m doing now, which is the last major tour that I know I enjoy still. I don’t want to get to a stage where, having done it in this fashion, I don’t want to do that the next time.” As mentioned, Armatrading launched her career in the early ‘70s. Her nascent releases – which gained helpful support from legendary BBC Radio DJ John Peel – featured an acoustic folk sound and immediately highlighted her idiosyncratic guitar playing. The songwriter’s early work justifies comparisons to the likes of Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne, but Armatrading didn’t stay on that stylistic avenue for too long. In fact, flicking through Joan Armatrading’s greatest hits, it’s almost like listening to a various artists compilation. Folk became folk-pop, which developed into commercially sharpened pop rock. Then there are forays into straight-ahead rock and a recurring embrace of blues and jazz. Armatrading’s constant genre shifting wasn’t conducted with hopes of reeling in big money, using whatever bait necessary. Rather, it’s simply a result of her unfettered artistic perspective. “I just do what I want,” she calmly states. “I’m an eclectic writer, so I like to write different things. The record company’s never said to me, ‘Joan, it’s time to make a record.’ It’s always been me saying, ‘OK here’s my record.’” “Because the record company wouldn’t know what I was doing, they wouldn’t be able to say, ‘Well you can’t do that, because last time you did this.’ They just kind of got what they got.” Having this level of artistic autonomy is mighty unusual. While Armatrading safeguarded herself from record company manipulation, her stylistic changeability could easily have scared off listeners. But, had she not secured a loving fan base, it’s highly unlikely we’d still be talking about her today. “I’m lucky with my fans,” she says. “Without the fans there’s no way I would have a 42-year career. My fans obviously enjoyed what I was doing as well and enjoyed the different changes that they were getting. So they played a big part in this long career that I’ve had.” JOAN ARMATRADING plays to a sold-out Melbourne Recital Centre Monday December 8. WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES..... WWW.BEAT.COM.AU/TV
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THE GRISWOLDS By Graham Blackley “The US tour has been nuts. It’s been very unexpected for us. It’s just been crazy. I think for the last month every show we have played every night has been sold out,” says The Griswolds enthusiastic and friendly guitar-slinger Daniel Duque-Perez, who called Beat from a McDonalds during the band’s intense and fruitful tour. “Last night was pretty nuts. We had probably about a 100 people rush the stage in our last song which was insane. Half of our gear got trashed. I had to pick my laptop up off the ground and my poor pedal board got annihilated. Amps got knocked over and all kinds of shit.” This talented Aussie combo have certainly been kicking some serious goals in the massive and often impenetrable US market. Their catchy single Beware The Dog has made it into the US Top 20 alternative radio charts and the band performed a live set on LA’s famous radio station KROQ. The band is also managing to shift plenty of merchandise. “US people buy more merch [than Aussie audiences],” laughs Duque-Perez, “But I think that’s because we’re doing a lot of regional shows where I guess people don’t get that much live music through so they are going crazy for it.” The band has invested a phenomenal amount of energy into the US tour. “We have played about 80 shows in the last 90 days [so] we are definitely gig fit,” says Duque-Perez. “It’s very automatic for us now. In the last 90 days, we have had six days off. We don’t get a rest. We come home and then have three days off and then we will be back into rehearsals getting ready for the Australian tour. I’m not looking forward to a break. In this crazy time I want to be in it as much as we can possibly be in it when it’s going well.” In addition to inspiring stage invasions, mounting assaults on the charts and clocking up the touring miles, The Griswolds have pumped out striking and memorable videos that are attracting plenty of attention. The hilariously over-the-top gore-splattered video for Beware The Dog has, for instance, been viewed over 150,000 times on YouTube. “We wanted to make something that was different,” explains Duque-Perez, “We just wanted to do something that was really weird. We had a really big budget for the music video.
[Drummer] Chris [Riley] and I are massive horror movie fans. We wanted to make something that was pretty out there; something that would definitely jar people when they saw it, whether they loved it or hated it, at least they would remember it. The dog and the girl are a representation in an abstract way of what the lyrical content is.” On their debut album Be Impressive, The Griswolds showcase a sparkling sound that encompasses a decidedly electronic vibe. Comparing the album to the Heart of a Lion EP, Duque-Perez says Be Impressive has “still got a lot of polyrhythms but with this record we sort of wanted to do something that was a little more kind of electronic. The drumming is more hip hop inspired. A lot of the reviews we are getting here in America [are describing our sound] as an indie version of Drake which is kind of interesting. “Chris and I really wanted to experiment and break out from what we were doing. We were starting to get to the point where we were sort of sick of the direction that we were heading in. We wanted to make something that would stand up on the international market.” Despite the band’s ability to embrace high-tech sounds, they’re also adept at stripping their music back to the bare essentials. The unplugged version of Beware the Dog, which appeared on a Last.fm session, is a melodic treat. “I think it’s one of the fundamentals on every song we write. If it doesn’t sound good with just a guitar and a vocal then it’s probably not much of a song… Before we send the demos to anyone we make sure that we can just grab an acoustic guitar and play it and make sure it stands on its own as a melody.” With an Aussie tour imminent, Duque-Perez explains what the audience can expect from The Griswolds’ live performance. “We are going to be playing the full record. It’s going to be really fun. It’s going to be a bit of a dance party. There will be a bit of a laser light show.
We are going to have some great support bands which we will be announcing soon coming out on the road with us. We haven’t played more than half the songs on the record yet so that’s why we are going home and spending time in rehearsals. People can expect to see us being really happy playing a bunch of songs we are playing for the first time.”
THE GRISWOLDS get crazy at The Corner Hotel Thursday September 25 and Karova Lounge in Ballarat Friday September 26. Tickets through the respective venues.
MIAMI HORROR By Augustus Welby It’s now more than four years since Miami Horror released their breakthrough debut LP, Illumination. In the ensuing period, there’s been a remix album (Lucid Stream) and a trio of new singles (Sometimes, Real Slow and Wild Motion (Set it Free)), but a full-length follow-up is yet to surface. Catching up with the band’s founding member, songwriter and producer Benjamin Plant, it becomes evident that a lack of ideas isn’t what’s causing the delay. “This time, instead of the super upbeat disco sample vibe of Holidays, there’s songs like Wild Motion and a more Talking Heads kind of element. Then, with the Sometimes aspect, there’s more synth-pad ‘80s, New Order, M83 stuff layered on there. And then a little bit of the ‘70s west coast LA experience in there as well.10cc, Fleetwood Mac – there’s a song that ties all that in. We really wanted to explore a lot and we kind of got there in the end.” Having consolidated this mixed bag of sounds, the record is finally complete and due for release in early 2015. From its inception in 2007 up until Illumination, Miami Horror was essentially a one-man operation, consisting of Plant alone. In the wake of that record’s release, the project grew into a four-piece band. Plant is still in the pilot’s seat, but the forthcoming record is the product of group interaction. “I’m definitely involved in every song, whereas not everyone was,” he says, “but we’d have big sessions where we’d all be writing together and making the songs. Real Slow was a collaborative effort completely, same with Wild Motion really. It’s a different way of working to last time.” Indeed, evolving into a multi-voiced band has inevitably altered Plant’s songwriting process. Yet, even though the band started as a solo project, he says transitioning into collaborative format wasn’t too difficult. “I really like working with other people or starting with something that somebody else has given me,” he says, “That’s why if you give me an old track, I can find a sample in it or a chord progression I can take. So it worked in that way; somebody can bring one thing in and we can start a whole track from that.” Not only has Miami Horror grown in numbers, but the band has also shifted hemispheres. In search of songwriting stimulus, the group set themselves up in LA a couple of years back. The lengthy wait between BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 40
records suggests the move might’ve been disruptive. Conversely, it’s actually caused an outburst of creative energy. So much so that in July, Plant and his Miami Horror band mate Aaron Shanahan unveiled the record Everything Infinite from their new project Wunder Wunder. “[We wrote some songs that] were sounding a little bit more ‘60s/ ‘70s dreamy psychedelic – probably a lot to do with the Tame Impala, Toro Y Moi influences around that time,” Plant explains. “We were like ‘do we put this as a separate project? Or do we put it as Miami Horror?’ We decided that they’ll be better off in their own worlds – not really confusing people too much or giving people too much to take it.” Despite wholeheartedly exploring psych-pop territory on Everything Infinite, settling on a stylistic framework for the Miami Horror record wasn’t quite so straightforward. “The making of this album was erratic – probably way too many different influences and way too many different sounds. The Wunder Wunder album was definitely more concise in terms of vision. Once we got here I thought that would be the case, but it was more varied. There was a lot of different worlds we wanted to experiment in, so we really touch on a lot on the album.” Plant certainly doesn’t refrain from naming bands that he’d like his music to resemble. If you’re going to make your influences plainly known, it had better be with good reason. Imitating the past might lure in some nostalgia-hungry listeners, but this approach is certain to wear wear thin unless the influences are applied constructively. “It’s generally more about the overall vision of a track or something, where you might incorporate a lot of elements from different bands together,” Plant says of his process. “I don’t mind it when a band basically gives a huge nod at whoever they’re almost imitating. I like hearing somebodies version of Talking Heads or
someone’s version of New Order, because it gives me more of something I’ll never get more of otherwise. “I think that with us, it’s not too obvious anyway. Personally, I used to love only doing complete nostalgic rip-offs. This album was more trying to make something original from those influences.” Bringing together multiplex influences is surely exciting for the band, but it could quite easily make for a schizophrenic listening experience. Miami Horror’s three recent singles each conveys a feel good, upbeat flavour, but aside from that there’s not much to suggest that they’re drawn to the same album narrative. Nevertheless, Plant assures they attained a relative level
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of cohesion with the album. “I think we’ve covered what people would expect of us, and also brought heaps of new stuff. With the first three singles, it may be a little confusing to people because they are three examples of the different variations on this album. When you hear the album, you can hear how it all relates to each other.” MIAMI HORROR launch their new single Wild Motion (Set it Free) at 170 Russell on Friday September 26 with Thief + Tora. Tickets through the venue.
DIRT RIVER RADIO
By Denver Maxx
Melbourne roots/rock/soul six-piece Dirt River Radio are one of Melbourne’s favourite bands to sing along to. Born out of a friendship between two budding suburban musicians at the beginning of last decade, Heath Brady and Alex Raunjak, Dirt River Radio have gone on to become a highly sought after band, with its mix of classic choruses and Johnny Cash-like country music depth. On the cusp of the band’s long awaited European tour, vocalist, banjo player and guitarist Heath Brady caught up with Beat to discuss Dirt River Radio’s history, their forthcoming album Tea & Pornography plus their farewell show at the Prince Of Wales Public Bar this Saturday September 20. “I’ve known Alex for just short of 20 years ± we met as part of the Ringwood/Croydon scene in the mid ‘90s,” Brady recalls. “He jammed in a band [Couchgrinder] that I was in that we didn’t really stick with, and right about that time he joined Bugdust. “I moved to London around the time. By the time I got back, Bugdust, with Alex fronting them, had gotten really big, recorded an album, he was drinking with Al Jorgenson, had fallen in love with a girl in El Paso and
he got hooked on country. And you see, I had been raised on country music in a lot of ways as my dad was a rodeo cowboy, and we had a lot of Johnny Cash, plus I’d been listening to a lot of rockabilly as a kid.” In 2005 and 2006, Raunjak was residing in Texas and Brady was living quietly in Melbourne’s east, working hard on country songs. Then, when Bugdust were back in Melbourne and headlining The Espy, Brady caught up with Raunjak and that’s where the seed of Dirt
River Radio grew. “Alex said to me that he’d been working on some country songs and he wanted me to put some of my twangy Gretch (guitar) on there,” Brady explains. It was around this time that Raunjak made the decision to leave Bugdust. “I was a session muso initially, and then I took over a lot of the guitar parts as we booked some shows as a duo ± our first show was at bar on Barkly Street as a duo and then it grew from there. And when we had more players and were looking like a band, we brainstormed the vibe that we wanted the band to be and I really liked that Creedence Clearwater era where they were essentially a rockabilly sound.” From these early days as a duo, Dirt River Radio quickly became a full band that played many legendary shows around St Kilda and other haunts in Melbourne. One of their most famous series of performances was a Thursday night residency at the recently defunct Pure Pop, that consisted of three years of three-month residencies. “All summer, three years in a row we would pack it,” Brady exclaims. “People would be smoking weed and drinking and singing along and just having a great time ± that’s 80-100 people packed into space big enough for about 40.” With this rich St. Kilda gigging history in mind, it’s
only fitting that before Dirt River Radio head off to Europe, they are playing a farewell show at Prince Of Wales Public Bar this Saturday night. “We can’t wait for the gig,” Brady enthuses. “We’re playing two sets, so will be debuting songs from our forthcoming third album Tea & Pornography and I reckon we’ll have all our mates down there so the singa-long to our most well-known song All My Friends should be huge.” DIRT RIVER RADIO are playing two sets this Saturday September 20 at Prince Of Wales Public Bar, 29 Fitzroy St, St. Kilda. Oh, did we mention it’s free? Get down.
TOP FIVE INFLUENTIAL ALBUMS with A BASKET OF MAMMOTHS Superunknown - Soundgarden Superunknown has been a huge influence on Sam and the way he plays guitar. The crunchy guitar riffs, weird tunings, messy wah solos, crazy feedback and unique chords all merged together to create an album that sounds amazing. It also introduced bands like Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam and Jane’s Addiction to Sam and inspired him so much he eventually bought the same guitar that Kim Thayil is known for, the Guild S-100. Welcome To Sky Valley - Kyuss The tuning of drop C alone has had enough of an influence on this band as we use it ourselves. Low, groovy, fuzz-filled stoner rock is everything that this band tries to sound like, and this album is the pinnacle. We regularly jam out to the songs on the way to gigs, and blast that deep bass tone at sound checks.
When we’re writing heavy songs, emulating Kyuss is commonplace. Innerspeaker - Tame Impala Trippy psychedelic tunes rampant with reverb and effects are what Lachlan loves most in music. Innerspeaker’s soft bed of relaxing ambient noise, combined with ‘70s-esque production and feel is something we try to replicate. To get the same sounds as Tame Impala, Lachlan wanted a synth player in ABOM but Sam and Alex didn’t, so we set the challenge for him to try and use his pedals to get those same trippy/psych sounds from his bass. So far he’s nailed it. Rage Against The Machine - Rage Against The Machine The first guitar riffs that Sam learnt were on this album, and are the reason he started to play guitar.
Its full of funky riffs of power and aggression with pedals going crazy creating sounds never before thought possible of a guitar. Lachlan and Sam both use Digitech Whammy’s in their rigs, and too try to create the sounds that Tom Morello introduced to the world back in the ‘90s. In Absentia - Porcupine Tree In Absentia has been a musical love of Alex’s ever since he discovered prog-rock. The harmonies and clever structures opened up a whole new style of music, and it’s definitely the complex, yet smooth grooves masterfully executed by drummer Gavin Harrison that have influenced him the most. The unique musicality of Harrison’s playing really helped Alex to develop and practice new techniques that align his playing more closely to the music.
A BASKET OF MAMMOTHS smash out their latest single I Am The Wolf at The Grace Darling Hotel on Friday September 26.
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SLASH By Paul McBride In 2001, former Guns N’ Roses guitarist Slash collapsed at a sound check, woke up in hospital and was given between six days to six weeks to live. A pivotal point in the hard-drinkin’, heavy-druggin’ Los Angeles native’s life, it marked a turning point that saw the legendary axeman get sober and eventually begin writing and releasing records of his own. “I’ve gone through a lot of different stuff,” he says. “I was comfortable with a lot as far as when Guns N’ Roses was happening, but there’s been a lot of stuff I’ve had to go through to get to the point of where I’m at now on my own; it was very hard. Maybe there were periods there when I probably had question marks in brackets around whatever I was doing, but I never really stop and specifically think about stuff like that. I just like doing what I do. It seems insane to people that I don’t have a specific motivation now other than just liking music. I like playing live, I like writing, I like touring and everything that goes with it. Making records and going out in front of audiences; this is what I picked up a guitar for.” World On Fire is Slash’s third solo album, and the second on which the 49 year-old has worked with Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators. “It’s exciting; we finished it in May,” he says. “We’ve been doing this for five years now. It started off as nothing; I didn’t have any plans for this. It was just really a band that I’d put together to support my first solo record, but it turned out to be such a great bunch of guys that I decided to work with them to make the next record following that, which was Apocalyptic Love. Basically at that point it had already turned into a band and was one of those sort of magical combinations of people that I didn’t see coming, but turned out to be really great.”
Produced by Michael ‘Elvis’ Baskette, World On Fire is 17 tracks of typically Slash-esque hard rock, with plenty of big riffs and solos, and was recorded in double-quick time. “Usually it’s one or two songs a day,” Slash says. “But with this record we ended up doing 17 tracks in six days. It was good. I write the stuff on the road, here and there, and then I work it up with Brent [Fitz, drums] and Todd [Kerns, bass] and start getting a real musical arrangement together. I then send it out to Myles so he can start getting some ideas. They’re with me the whole time on the road when most of these ideas come in the first place, so they’ve heard most of it before. We’ve jammed in sound checks and dressing rooms or whatever, so most of the initial ideas they’ve heard. I grew up in a very rock and roll environment, musically, and guitar solos are a very important part of rock and roll songs. They’re just a really exciting part of a good rock song.” An upcoming slot on the Soundwave 2015 bill will give Slash and Co. a chance to play the new material to Australian audiences for the first time. “I’m excited about it,” he says. “We did it in 2011 or 2012 – I can’t remember exactly. We did the tour and there was Slayer and a bunch of cool bands on the bill. It was a lot of fun, and was one of the coolest moving tours that I’ve ever done. We are really looking forward to it. Everything [on the album] is basically all recorded live. We don’t write songs with the intention of them being live songs, but when we go in to record it, we just play the songs live so much it just comes out that way. Everything on the record more or less comes from a live setting, so
it should all translate great live. We’re on tour now with Aerosmith in the States and then we start a world tour in November. It’ll basically run all the way through next year.” Despite Gene Simmons recently claiming rock music is dead, Slash is quick to come to its defence. “I’ve been hearing that same exact quote since the seventies,” he sighs. “I think rock music as a medium will never ever die, but it’s going through a hard time. The way that the business has become is predominantly, if not a hundred percent, corporate at this point. When it comes to record companies and radio and all that kind of stuff, rock music doesn’t really have much of a place in it.” “But that’s what I love about what’s going on right now – there’s this really great underbelly of very genuine, spirited rock’n’roll happening. It’s starting to get that sense of rebellion back, which is really great. I think that’s important, and I think it should be ‘us against them’, you
know? I like the way things are going and I don’t see rock being dead at all. I see it in Europe and a lot just recently in America. I can’t speak on behalf of Australia, but I do know certain bands over there who have that same attitude.” With more than his fair share of hard-living and dark times behind him, and his new band lineup set in stone, the only question remains is whether one of rock’s great survivors is willing to drop the solo moniker and give his band mates equal billing. “I’m not going to,” he laughs. “Never.”
Similarly, The Interrupters don’t seem destined to dwell in obscurity for too long. “We set out for writing good songs,” Allen says. “We want people to be able to sing along. If you can’t sing along then I personally feel like we failed. The sort of music I like to listen to, it’s just catchy. That’s what we strive for.” Prior to The Interrupters, Allen released a string of solo records. The most recent, 2009’s A Little Happiness, inhabited the realm of acoustic pop rock. However, she says that fronting a rowdy punk band is where she feels most comfortable.
“I’ve always been boisterous and loud. I’ve always been a fan of two tone and punk. I’ve been in punk bands. So The Interrupters is like kind of coming back home for me. “Kevin and I were working on my solo record and it was like, ‘If we brought the twins into this and we started working on these songs together as a band that would be a dream come true.’ And then it happened and it’s absolutely everything I’ve ever wanted.”
SLASH rocks out Soundwave 2015 and has exhausted allocation for a very special evening at the Workers Club Wednesday October 10. His new album World On Fire is out now via Dik Hayd International and Sony Music Entertainment Australia.
THE INTERRUPTERS By Augustus Welby As far as ‘90s punk legends go, few rank higher than Rancid and Operation Ivy front man Tim Armstrong. So, when something comes with the graveled voiced guru’s seal of approval, it’s worth taking note. The debut self-titled LP from LA four-piece The Interrupters came out early last month. Not only does it wear the logo of Armstrong’s Hellcat Records, but the man himself also produced the album. “He really did a good job of honing the best parts about each of us and just putting it together as one thing,” says The Interrupters guitarist Kevin Bivona. The lineup is completed by Kevin’s twin brothers Justin and Jesse (on bass and drums respectively) and front woman Aimee Allen. Bivona’s musical interaction with Armstrong dates back to 2005 when he was hired as a touring keyboardist for the Rancid man’s rap-rock outfit the Transplants. More recently, he and the twins contributed to Armstrong’s Tim Timebomb and Friends project. “The guy makes so much music,” Bivona explains, “so any project he had after the Transplants I’d be like ‘hey, if you need me, call me’ and we ended up working really well together.” In addition to his production and cowriting input, Armstrong sings the opening verse on the album’s lead single Family. By now, The Interrupters consider him a close friend, but their admiration hasn’t subsided. “There’s always an awe,” says Allen. “Sometimes I’m like ‘man he’s just my buddy,’” adds Bivona, “and then
when I really think about it I’m like, ‘Holy shit, this is Tim Armstrong.’ That never goes away. I have so much respect for the guy.” So what is it that attracted the Californian punk-rock stalwart to The Interrupters? The band’s debut record faithfully recaptures elements of UK two-tone and the US punk resurgence of the ‘90s. It’s a refreshingly nononsense outing: rowdy and tough, but not in your face. There’s also a socially aware lyrical bent, which is of particular importance for the band. “We all write the lyrics together,” Allen explains. “We did definitely really believe in talking about family and friends and loyalty. We all have different ideas politically, but we all obviously hate oppression and tyranny and believe in unifying and coming together.” Something shared by those two aforementioned genre movements - whose influence is manifest on The Interrupters - is that they were driven by underground fearlessness, yet weren’t afraid to seek out a big audience. Both two-tone and ‘90s punk made a widespread impact courtesy of quality, accessible songwriting.
THE INTERRUPTERS play Soundwave 2015 at Flemington Racecourse on Sunday February 22.
TIME OUT with KILL TV Well hey there Kill TV! Who are we chatting to and what do you do in the band? I’m Kat, singer/guitarist/songwriter/comedian. Tell Beat readers all about your new EP Soulcatcher. It’s our debut EP, recorded at Hothouse in July. The EP has seven songs ranging in style from grunge, pop-punk to alt rock, so there’s something for everyone. Who was the first musician to capture your soul and why? Deborah Harry from Blondie has been my idol since I was a kid. She is the complete package. Blondie have always been a huge influence on me musically.
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If your music was going to be used as a soundtrack to a film, who would you want in the Directors chair? Quentin Tarantino for our darker stuff and John Hughes (RIP) for our pop/punk stuff. What can punters expect at your Soulcatcher EP launch at the Espy on Friday September 19? Great support from Thrasher Jynx, Spidey and MisSta, lots of cool merch, free entry, St. Kilda views and a huge party!
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By Emily Kelly: ek1984@gmail.com Local group Hand Of Mercy have finished their new album and set its release date for Friday October 31. They’re going to compliment the release with a massive national tour joined by Hellions and Void Of Vision. They’ll be taking on the Evelyn Hotel on Thursday November 13 then the Phoenix Youth Centre on Friday November 14. Tickets are available now so buy up and support quality local tune-age. Northlane, one of the country’s most promising heavy talents, have parted ways with their popular vocalist Adrian Fitipaldes. “We know this new might be upsetting and it might be a shock,” they admitted, “but we want to thank you for sticking by us in this tough time.” The band have promised a statement from Adrian shortly but in the meantime are looking for a new vocalist. If you think you can fill the very big shoes left by Fitipaldes then you can totally apply by emailing nlsubmissions@weareunified.com. Not Fest, the Melbourne-based mini festival that celebrates NOT being in Gainesville for the annual punk rock fest, has announced a huge lineup for their Friday Nov 14-16 event. Taking place over three days at The Public Bar, it will be headlined by Super Best Friends, Oslow, Ride The Tiger, The Hard Aches, Foxtrot, Strathmore and Revellers. There are about two dozen additional acts as well so you can guarantee one huge weekend. Are you coming to see Torche? Are you? ARE YOU? WHY NOT!? Come to the Corner on Saturday October 18 to see them with Child and Dead. It’s guaranteed to be one of the better shows of the year. BONG ON. There’s a new heavy music festival on the horizon. It looks like local label UNFD (who recently announced an international partnership with Rise Records in which their extensive catalogue of Australian releases will be pushed out via the huge international) is behind it, though very few further details have been unveiled. The festival’s called Unify, so keep your peepers peeled for further information. Trivium and In Flames have joined forces for a nation-wide tour this November. Trivium were in town for Soundwave this year but it appears they’re mega keen to return. With In Flames on board for national support they’re unlikely to have any trouble filling 170 Russell on Sunday November 23. Tickets available from Thursday. UK Metalcore band Bury Tomorrow will visit the country briefly this October, playing a bunch of club shows with locals Reigner. See them on Saturday October 4 at Melbourne’s Bang nightclub or head to the all ages gig at Wrangler on Sunday October 5.
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DEVIN TOWNSEND CLINIC SELLING FAST
Wednesday September 17 : Smoke Stack Rhino, Blue Eyes Cry, Siren Black at Cherry Bar Stu Thomas at The Drunken Poet I Killed The Prom Queen, The Ghost Inside, Bury Tomorrow, In Hearts Wake, Hellions at NWP Wodonga Rust In Piss, Drain Life, Cynical Fuckwit, Headless, Crossed at The Bendigo Thursday September 18: I Killed The Prom Queen, The Ghost Inside, Bury Tomorrow, In Hearts Wake, Hellions at Mechanics Hall, Frankston Heights, Caulfield, Bare Bones at Evelyn Hotel Kim Salmon and the Surrealists at Tago Mago, Thornbury Animal Hands at Sooki Lounge, Belgrave Apes, Gangz, Tsugnarly at Karova Lounge, Ballarat Significant Other, Acrasia, Griever at Next Friday September 19: I Killed The Prom Queen, The Ghost Inside, Bury Tomorrow, In Hearts Wake, Hellions at 170 Russell Lincoln Le Fevre and the Insiders at John Curtin Hotel Heights, Caulfield, Bare Bones at Wrangler Studios Area 7, The Resignators, The Ramshackle Army, No Idea at Corner Hotel Crowned Kings, Declaration, Southpaw at Whole Lotta Love Mere Women, Gold Class, Diecut, Chores at The Old Bar Saturday September 20: Luca Brasi at Ding Dong Lounge The Decline, The Workinghorse Irons, beacons, Del Lago at The Reverence Hotel I Killed The Prom Queen, The Ghost Inside, Bury Tomorrow, In Hearts Wake, Hellions at Phoenix Youth Centre One Dollar Short, Luke Seymoup, Postscript at Bang Rort, Sewercide, Pissbolt at The Tote Eye Of The Enemy, In Malice’s Wake, Envenomed, Cryptic Abyss at The Bendigo Sunday September 21: Fear Like Us, Jack Lundie, The Early Night at The Reverence Stockades, FGWMWS, Jxckxls, Disparo, Diploid, Employment at The Tote
VERUCA SALT TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE
It started with one show; now Veruca Salt’s Australian tour has proven so successful that there will be three shows at the Corner Hotel in Richmond. Two have already been sold out (Friday September 26 and Tuesday September 30) but tickets are available for the third show on Wednesday October 1. This tour sees the reunion of the original line-up. Tickets from metropolistouring.com.
KILL TV EP LAUNCH
Kill TV launch their debut EP Soulcatcher (which has already had a spin on Triple M) on Friday September 19 at The Espy Basement in St Kilda. Entry is free and there are some awesome support bands so head on down for a great night of local grunge/punk.
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Tickets are selling fast for Devin Townsend’s Australian master class tour for Thump Music (at St Kilda Town Hall on Wednesday October 22). I had a chat with Devin the other day and he had this to say: “It gives me an opportunity to dig into some of the things I’ve wanted to share with people. I’ve spent a long time making records and I’ve kinda’ gotten to this point recently where it’s like, ‘shit, now it’s time to step it up and get other people to start taking over.’ I think it’s an opportunity as well not only guitar-wise but production-wise, vocal-wise, recording techniques and questions, essentially. I’ve found recently that a lot of people have a lot of questions about production and I think an opportunity to do this is a forum for me to share some of that with people.” Devin’s next album, Z2, will be released in October. It’s a double-disc set and multimedia event that will include a website, puppets and ultimately a huge show at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
METAL AT THE BENDIGO
This is a killer show at The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood Saturday September 20. For the first time, witness the wild combination of the relentless Eye of the Enemy war-machine attack, the ugly brutality of the In Malice’s Wake onslaught, the masterful and intense melodies of Envenomed and the crushing groove/thrash terror of Cryptic Abyss. Doors 8pm, $12 Entry, 18+.
CRASH TRAGIC RAISES FUNDS FOR MOTOR NEURONE DISEASE RESEARCH
There has been a lot of talk about Motor Neurone Disease lately. Thousands of Ice Bucket Challenges have brought the topic some wide-ranging exposure and Wollongong trio Crash Tragic, who have been personally affected by the horrible disease (bass player Paul Ditton lost both his father-in-law and uncle-in-law to it, and recently his brother in law has been diagnosed at age 30), will release their track You Break Me on Friday September 19 to help raise further awareness. All proceeds from the sale of the song will be donated to the Motor Neurone Disease Research Centre at Macquarie University via the Regal Regiment to help find a cure. Paul’s wife and her sister founded The Regal Regiment, a fund raising organisation that started as a running group of six people and has now grown to have over 50 members. They will be participating in the 2014 Sydney Running Festival this September and have so far raised over $12,000, and the proceeds from You Break Me will be added to their efforts.
SHIHAD
By Peter Hodgson
Shihad worship at the altar of ‘the riff ’. Few bands this side of AC/DC have managed a knack for instantly identifiable, eminently air-guitarable riffs. But although they’ve enjoyed a consistent career of killer albums and shows, their new album FVEY stands above their immense catalogue as ‘the one that will probably move them up a notch’. Produced by Killing Joke’s Jaz Coleman, this album encapsulates everything you’ve always loved about Shihad - the riffs, the song craft, the energetic performance, the melody, the thought-provoking lyrics. But there’s something more happening on this one. Beat caught up with vocalist/guitarist/riffmeister Jon Toogood to talk about it. Since Shihad music is so riff-driven, where do they come from? “Okay, we’ve been experimenting with this tuning which is basically standard E with the bottom string dropped to a bass-register A,” Toogood says. It’s quite hard to play because the low string is really floppy but once you get used to it, it makes this wall of sound. You get a decent amp and turn it up loud, and then you play with a great bass player like Karl (Kippenberger) and a great guitar player like Phil (Knight), and when you all play in unison and are in tune it sounds like Satan’s bass player. It’s just a huge sound.” But a serendipitous moment occurred when an airline knocked one of the guitars around a bit and bumped the lowest string even further down. “The bottom string had dropped even lower to a G# or something, and it was like this weird discordant thing going on. And the first thing I did with it was write the riff to Fine Lines, which is the second track on the record. It’s basically like a detuned Immigrant Song by Led Zeppelin. And it was like, ‘Alright, that sounds gold – let’s do the whole record in this tuning’. As long as everyone is playing in tune and in time and tight, it just makes this huge
sound.” It wasn’t just the ‘Satan tuning’ that took Shihad out of their comfort zone this time around; they decided to leave the safety of drummer Tom Larkin’s studio to see what would happen when they didn’t have the luxury of time. “The thing is, on the last tour we basically had Tom’s studio in Brunswick, and what it’s meant is because we’re competent in the studio we got a little bit lazy,” Toogood admits. “It’d be like, ‘Cool, I’m coming to the studio, sweet… um… let me just check some emails and make some calls… I’m gonna go get a coffee’. And everything was lazy. And the thing is, we’re a fucking rock band. And a rock band is supposed to be urgent, so a few things went into changing the whole way we make records and one of them was firstly, Jaz Coleman [Killing Joke] was going to produce the record. He produced Churn, our first album, and he’s very anti-radio, he’s very anti-industry, he’s very ‘Let’s make it fucking heavy’, basically, and ‘don’t give a shit about anything’.” According to Toogood, Coleman’s grand plan wasn’t to create a new Shihad album. “His attitude was ‘We’re
not making an album. We’re making a brand new setlist that you can go on stage anywhere in the world with destroy any band that tries to step on you’.” Another factor driving the album’s intensity and darkness was the band’s recent stint supporting Black Sabbath on the Australian leg of their 13 world tour. “Black Sabbath is another reminder of ‘heavy is good’. Because heavy is good. And LiveEvil, even though it’s Ronnie James Dio singing on it, was one of the first records I ever bought, so it was pretty awesome to hear them live, and also to hear Tony Iommi turning up three hours before he played. His backstage room was
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right next to ours and he would literally play for three hours every night before he went on stage, because he was in Black Sabbath and he wasn’t going to let anyone down. And I love that. That’s the sort of band I want to be in, where you’ve got a standard and you don’t want to drop below it because it’s a matter of life and death. It was awesome to see a guy 20 years down the track from me still doing that.” SHIHAD’s new long-player FVEY is out now on Warner. Catch them channelling Satan at The Workers Club on Friday September 26. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 43
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WED SEPTEMBER 17
DEL BOCA VISTA
Does a potent mix of noisepop, dreampop and good ol’ fashioned jangle sound like your type of poison? Then get yourself down to The John Curtin on Wednesday September 17 when Del Boca Vista team up with Glaciers and Monnone Alone for a night of gutwrenching goodness. Featuring members of Milkshake, Del Boca Vista are a new Melbourne band who you probably want to meet, since they’re related to Death Cab for Cutie and Yuck (musically speaking, that is), and are in possession of some serious class-A’s (songs, that is). Here is your chance to check them out for only $5 at The John Curtin Bandroom.
FRANK YAMMA
One of Australia’s significant Indigenous songwriters, whose ability to cross cultural and musical boundaries sets him apart from the rest, Frank Yamma, is hitting up the Melbourne Folk Club on Wednesday September 17. Rest assured, when Yamma sings, you listen and travel with him. An initiated Pitjantjatjara man, Yamma sings in both his native language and English. His mighty songs, magical guitar playing and deeply arresting voice will leave you captivated. Head down to the Melbourne Folk Club at Bella Union and see this virtuoso in the flesh.
BRITTLE SUN
In a special Drunken Poet debut, Melbourne roots trio Brittle Sun will bring their engaging and soulful live performances to the stage on Wednesday September 17. Brittle Sun are fronted by a truly enigmatic female vocalist, whose small stature belies a powerful singing voice. Be sure to catch these guys inject the Drunken Poet with a fresh hit of soul on Wednesday September 17.
RAMBUTAN JAM BAND
Rambutan Jam Band are coming all the way from Darwin to play for y’all at Bar Open this Wednesday September 17, so come party with em’ and show the lads that we don’t care what night of the week it is, thirsty work is to be done. They’ll be joined by cool
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local cats Gorsha, The Dead Heir and James Maloney & the Mad Dog Harrisons. It’s gonna be a big night. Doors at 8pm.
MO SOUL KITCHEN
Mo’ Soul Kitchen invites you to enjoy the sounds, smells, and tastes of the swamp, with a bite to eat before you hit the dance floor at the newly opened Girl with the Gris Gris Cajun/Creole restaurant located in Ding Dong’s front bar. Mo’ Soul Kitchen every Wednesday in September will be serving up a $15 beer and gumbo special with entertainment from Fulton Street and DJ Vince Peach. Doors open at 8pm, entry is free.
SMOKE STACK RHINO
Wednesdays in September, Smoke Stack Rhino are playing a residency show at Cherry Bar, with two different openers each week. Joining them this week will be Blue Eyes Cry and Siren Black. Doors at 6pm, live music from 8.30pm to 11.30pm. DJ Mermaid till 3am. $5 entry. Too easy.
THE WISE LADIES
Three nationally celebrated, local singer/songwriters sharing a family connection will be performing a concert of original songs and instrumentals at The Darebin Music Feast this Wednesday. The voices of Louisa, Lucy and Rowena Wise blend in the magical way that sisters’, daughters’ and mothers’ voices do. Between them they play violins, ukulele, guitar and Appalachian Dulcimer, and were heard at folk venues and festivals across Australia, Ireland and the USA between 1998 and 2008 as part of The Wise Family Band. Don’t miss them kicking off The Darebin Music Feast at the Bain Marie Hub Bar, Wednesday September 17.
THURS SEPTEMBER 18
LITTLE DESERT
Little Desert’s last gig was described by someone that is probably totally reputable as something akin to a David Lynch film. Perhaps if Lynch was a fan of Black Sabbath or The Savage Rose. Formed in 2012, Little Desert are growing a loyal following on the fringes of Melbourne’s rock scene. After a sold-out launch
of their premiere single Ashes (released by local label ‘it’ records, alongside releases from White Hex, Miles Brown, Liam Kenny + The Metronomes), Little Desert are performing every Thursday in September before bunkering down to work on the imminent release of their LP. Tickets are $6 at the door of The Gasometer, and doors open 7.30pm.
LANKS (SOLO)
Melbourne solo artist and producer Lanks will be gracing the stage at The Retreat Hotel on Thursday September 18. Lanks only recently dropped his debut EP Thousand Piece Puzzle and has since wrangled some pretty hefty support slots, sharing stages with The Acid and Broods. In this special showcase, Lanks will be sharing his latest single Brave Man. A taste of what’s to come following the success of his first record, Brave Man offers a more refined sound, contrasting atmospheric synths with percussive guitars, and glitchy electronic drums with his distinctly laconic, effortless vocals. This is a show not to be missed. He’ll be onstage from 8.30pm.
RIGHT!
Every Thursday night in September at Tago Mago, RIGHT! will take over the stage. Forged in the sexual bonfire of a Spencer P Jones gig, founding members Mo Wood (DDT, Casino Insano) and Rui Pereira (The Drones, Gutterville Splendour Six) met as fans, and decided to form RIGHT!. Later, Helen Buckley joined on the drums. They are about to go into the studio this month, to record their debut album. Catch them at Tago Mago, Thursday September 18.
DUNCAN GRAHAM AND HIS CO-ACCUSED
This Thursday night, Old Bar welcomes back Duncan Graham And His Co-Accused and Johnny Gibson
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And The Hangovers, for a midweek knees-up. Young upstart Thomas Savins debuts his new sound and instrumental darlings The Night Sky provide the amuse-bouche. Be sure to catch these awesome acts at Old Bar on Thursday September 18.
THE LOVELY DAYS
After many months of sound-sculpting, dream-weaving, ear-painting, brain-juicing and beard-sprouting, The Lovely Days have emerged from a sweaty Melbourne bedroom clutching their very first LP. Come and celebrate what they’ve been able to bring into existence thanks to the energy, belief and generosity of their friends, family and supporters. Opening the night will be sensual, futuristic hip hop/RnB guru Intzu and mesmerising acoustic duo Jonophants. Thursday September 18 at The John Curtin Hotel, doors at 8pm. Tickets available through the venue.
SUB ROSA
September 18 will see the sonically devastating riffs of three of Melbourne’s best rock‘n’roll bands hit up The Reverence Hotel. Kicking off the extravaganza will be Sub Rosa, whose sound reminds you of a warm blend of The Pixies and the Smashing Pumpkins, with a twist of their own that will leave your ears in bliss. Then there’s Dukes Veda; a psychedelic rock and blues inspired trip that will take your mind where it needs to go for the evening. Topping off the night will be the mighty King Mammal. These lads have had a successful year playing in some of Melbourne best venues with some of Melbourne’s best bands. One of the biggest three-piece sounds you will hear this year. They will bring the fuzz, big bass and big riffs to fire you up. You just need to get yourself to The Reverence. Doors open 8pm, $5 entry.
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GEOFF ACHISON
The amazing Geoff Achison headlines Whole Lotta Blues this week. Achison is an Australian who has managed to conquer the USA blues scene, winning the International Blues Challenge, the Albert King Award and was offered an endorsement deal with Gibson Guitars. Brendan Forward from Newcastle starts the night off with some major groove and raspy vocals at 7pm. Geoff has been playing in some good company, how many Aussies do you know who have played with Hubert Sumlin, Delbert McClinton, Jorma Kaukonen, legendary bassist George Porter JR, the Allman Brothers Band and even the great Les Paul? Having released more than ten CDs, and having played a countless number of gigs in the USA, Europe and Australia, if you haven’t seen him, it's a must. He’ll hit up Whole Lotta Blues at 7.30pm, Thursday September 18 at Whole Lotta Love Bar.
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD
Pysche-rock legends King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are on the road playing a massive 12 shows as part of their Oddments tour 2014. They’ll be stopping by Ding Dong Lounge on Thursday September 18 to tear up the stage, with help from special guests The Murlocs. Tickets are available through the venue but be quick to snatch them up. Doors at 9pm.
THE DEANS
Thursday nights are soul nights at Cherry Bar. This week catch The Deans at 10pm, then DJs Vince Peach
Friday September 19, melodic death/doomers Myridian will be squeezing in a special show at The Tote to showcase their melancholic hymns, both new and old, before they head into the studio to record their new album. Joining them are Feralian, Black Speech and Sarspell. Doors from 8pm.
MAGIC AMERICA
Magic America are a four-piece swirling psych-rock band from Melbourne. Their releases have seen praise from Australian media and radio including triple j as well as regular airplay on community radio nationwide. They also received significant attention from blogs and websites nationally and internationally. Among national tours, Magic America have played with the likes of Drunk Mums, Stonefield, Lurch & Chief and Bonjah to name a few. Catch them at The Brunswick Hotel, Thursday September 18 with Kindred, Basket of Mammoths and Porch Monkeys. Free entry, bands from 8pm.
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FIERCE MILD
Fierce Mild form compelling songs that speak of all things, from the sinister to the absurd. From a brooding, visceral atmosphere, caged in an almost classicallike structure full of rich shoegaze-psychedelia, they captivate you with their particular manner of storytelling and transcend you into an unnerving dream. Joined by You And Your Friends, with their smooth mould of jazz and surf rock and kicked off by The High Suburban, this show at Bar Open marks the lead up to several big releases coming your way soon. Thursday September 18 from 8.30pm.
MYRIDIAN
and Pierre Baroni will keep you dancing late into the night. $10 from 8pm till 5am at Cherry Bar.
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MUTINY
Ahoy me hearties, grab your eye patch, sword and parrot as local folk-punk legends Mutiny play a super rare show at LuWow for Talk Like a Pirate Day on Friday September 19. Catgut Mary are joining the party and there’ll be Go Go Pirate Wenches, MC Captain Roughgut, prizes for pirate costumes and cheap rum drinks. Tickets available from the Mutiny website or at the door.
THE STRANGE
Melbourne’s own part gypsy caravan, part psychedelic meltdown act The Strange are emerging from the deepest, darkest depths of Melbourne and hitting up The Retreat on Friday September 19. The lo-fi scuzz at the core of their sound threads together a patchwork of songwriting influences from The Velvet Underground and The Rolling Stones to obscure murder ballads and torch songs. Supporting The Preatures on the Melbourne dates of their recent Is This How You Feel tour, The Strange have quickly evolved into a unique fixture on the Melbourne live music scene as a result of their freewheeling stage show. They’ll hit the stage at 9.30pm.
Ruby’s Blue Note Series immerses the audience in soulful and refined jazz. The undeniable quality on stage will help ease the audience into the weekend. Focusing on the intimate relationship between the artist and their music allowing for an organic and relaxed atmosphere that is unique to Ruby’s. Friday September 18 will be hosted by Sam Appapoulay. Doors open at 8.30pm, $20 entry.
HARRY MANX
Harry Manx will hit the stage at The Spotted Mallard in a very special concert this Friday. Manx has spent the better part of decades fusing Eastern musical traditions with the blues, switching fluidly between conventional acoustic and electric guitars, and banjo and the Mohan veena, created by Harry’s Indian mentor Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. A worldwide festival favourite, Manx’s 11 albums and ceaseless touring has seen him earn a slew of Maple Leaf, Juno and Canadian Folk Awards nominations, and accolades from musicians and fans alike. Doors and dinner from 6pm, show from 8.30pm.
THE SUPPORTERS
THE STU THOMAS PARADOX
The Stu Thomas Paradox, the mutant offspring of Bowie, Cramps and Tarantino are back in full Technicolour 3D splendour at everyone’s favourite rock mecca Tago Mago. Stu has been touring the country back-to-front and has just returned from Darwin where he played his uber-popular Lee Hazlewood show to capacity crowds. With brand spankin’ new recordings in the can, get a sneaky gander of their new material and directions. It all happens on Friday September 19. Free entry.
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The Supporters are just a good bloody rock band. No need for fanfares and adjectives, they just know how to play rock’n’roll... like, really good. They also know how to have a good lot of fun at their shows. People who have seen The Supporters have been quoted as saying “these guys are great!” and “fuck, these guys rock!” The Supporters don’t take themselves too seriously at all, but that’s ok. We don’t take ourselves seriously either. Seriously. Catch them at The Retreat on Friday September 19 and watch out for their new album coming out later this year/early next. Doors open 9.30pm at The Retreat Hotel.
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DJ DR. NO
Dj Dr. No spins tunes in pubs on the weekend. From ‘60s garage, psyche, to punk and indie rock, just about anything that doesn’t suck really. Doors open 9pm this Friday September 19 at The Victoria Hotel.
RIOT CITY
After months on the run, sleeping in rat-infested safe houses and consorting with all manner of lowlifes to keep one step ahead of the law, Riot City will be returning to Bar Open on Friday September 19 for another set of live bass music. Emergency services have been put on standby. Dr Chank, the premier dub outfit have also been put on notice as aiding and abetting and are expected to turn in massive dub vibes. Doors from 10pm.
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JASPORA
Five-piece Soca/tropical reggae band from Melbourne, Jaspora, are steadily winning fans and devotees. With their mix of reggae music and the groovy sound of Carribean Soca and tropical music from Mauritius, the band is creating a new, joyful vibe. Topped with the tiki party atmosphere at The LuWow and a Mai-Tai, it’s sure to be a dance night indicating that summer is almost upon us. Doors open at 9pm and entry is $10.
season of concerts featuring highly regarded local players, that showcase the intense diversity of the musical cultures India has to offer. Sangeet Mishra, an internationally respected singer, plays the rare, Indian bowed sarangi. Its name means ‘a hundred colours’, and it's regarded as the instrument closest to the voice. Glen Kniebeiss studied tabla here and in India. His style is emotional and expressive. Don’t miss this rare opportunity. $20 from 8pm at The Boite World Music Café in Fitzroy.
MAGIC HANDS
Alex Badham and Lucy Roleff are Magic Hands ± a dream-pop duo inspired by traditional music cultures, modern electronic music and ‘70s psychedelia. Over the past 12 months, Magic Hands have been writing and recording their debut album Let Me Hold You While You Fail and they’re launching it on Saturday September 20 at The Gasometer. The show promises to be a sensory experience, with custom video projections and a lo-fi light show to gently melt your mind. They will be joined by percussionist Pascal Babare and vocalist Anna Calder. Supports from Alyx Dennison and Zone Out. Tickets $10 on door, doors open at 8pm.
DIRTLAND
Dirtland are Melbourne’s hottest new foot stompin’ country and western band. They’ve searched the darkest places in their souls to tell tales of revenge, betrayal, jealousy and redemption, then infused it with high energy ‘thigh slapping’ guitar melodies to make you howl, scream and dance the night away. They will not only take you back to the era of saloon brawls, train robberies, shoot-outs and public hangings in thoroughfares, they will also ask you to question love, faith and humanity along the way. Doors open at 5pm at The Retreat Hotel.
PUGSLEY BAZZARD
GLEN KNIEBEISS AND SANGEET MISHRA
Saturday September 20, The Boite presents Glen Kniebeiss and Sangeet Mishra, as part of a spring
Pugsley’s shows are exciting and captivating. At the centre is his huge, mesmerizing voice and dazzling piano playing, all delivered with a vaudevillian nuance and humour. Doors open 9pm, Saturday September 20 at The Victoria Hotel.
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LOS DOMINADOS
Los Dominados aren’t set out for world domination, they just wanna' carve out a small piece of your heart. After what seems like an eternity, these three amigos turned to four as Blake joined Miss Helcat, Michael and Harold. Los Dominados are currently road testing new tunes from forthcoming album Ozone St. This is an album inspired by ‘60s girl groups and road movies. The songs are tales of heartbreak and desire with guitar soaked, sing along melodies. Catch these firestarters on Saturday September 20 at Tago Mago.
RUBY’S SEARCH FOR THE JAZZ CATS 3
Steve Sedergreen’s original ‘Jazz Cats’ from 1999, morphed into the phenomenally successful Cat Empire. Can these young cats do it too? Saturday September 20 at Ruby’s Music Room, young up-andcoming musicians will jam and be coached by more experienced young musicians ± some of them hail from ‘Jazz Cat 2' ± Steve Sedergreen’s second Jazz Cat project. Hard-working, successful young musicians like Ross Irwin (The Cat Empire’s horns), Daniel Farrugia (Bamboos) and Jules Pascoe (Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes), to name a few. They may be joined by their original teachers from schools across Melbourne ± the unsung heroes who continue to pave the way for the next generation. Doors open 6pm.
DIRT RIVER RADIO
St Kilda’s favourite roots/rock underdogs Dirt River Radio are about to get on a plane to Europe for a 28date tour of six countries throughout October, with two widely acclaimed albums under their belt and a third in the can. Tea & Pornography was recorded at Woodstock Studios with Richard Stolz, is slated release in early 2015. As a send-off, The Dirties play Prince Of Wales Public Bar Saturday September 20, free entry from 9pm.
LOCAL PRICES
Local Prices is an exhibition aimed at the bedroom artist, the known and unknown sketchers around the local scene, the drunks at the end of the bar who have put pen to paper, definitely someone you know, possibly yourself. Come check it out all backed by a kickin’ good line up of Wicked City, Bodies, Whitewash, Flour, Fried Goods, Green Tin. Saturday September 20 from 7pm. $10 entry at Old Bar.
NICK CURLY
As one of the most in-demand acts right now, Nick Curly can look back on an enthralling two year spell where his package of killer productions, red-hot record labels and captivating DJ sets have combined to make him one of the most talked about artists to arrive on the underground scene. Catch him Saturday September 20 with special guests Spacey Space, Jack Love & Jacob Malmo at the Prince of Wales.
HIGHASAKITE
Norwegian indie-rock five-piece, Highasakite, are making their debut visit to Australia. Highasakite’s latest album Silent Treatment has been garnering irrefutably favourable reviews across the Norwegian press, and the positivity has well and truly gone international. Intertwining fresh, soaring vocals around synths, guitars and percussion, the result is a delightfully folk-inflected, expansive sound layered with a lush instrumentation. Silent Treatment features the rapturous single, Since Last Wednesday, which beautifully unveils their rugged Scandinavian accent, replete with shimmering vocals, twinkling guitars and anthemic pop hooks, all the time thinly veiling a richer, darker subject matter. Tickets are $36+BF available through Howler.
THE DECLINES
West Australia’s rambunctious punks The Decline are grabbing their decks and hitting the highways of Australia for another national tour. Man Gets Hit By Football will do the rounds in all major cities as well as Nambour and Newcastle and will introduce Perth singer/songwriter Ben Elliott to new ears as he embarks on his first ever tour. The quartet has already lapped the country once in support of their acclaimed new EP Can I Borrow A Feeling. With more than eight years in the scene, and two studio albums deep, The Decline are inching towards becoming more than just a recognizable and reliable name, they’re becoming a draw card. Catch them at The Reverence Hotel in Melbourne, Saturday September 20 from 7.30pm. Tickets are $12.
BLACK JESUS
Head down to The Tote to help Black Jesus celebrate the launch of their new CD, Everything Black, Everything Dead. Joining them will be Rort, Sewercide and Pissbolt. It’s sure to be a dirty night. Saturday September 20 at The Tote from 8.30pm.
FUCK THE FITZROY DOOM SCENE
This Saturday at Cherry Bar, catch Fuck The Fitzroy Doom Scene playing with The Cherry Dolls and Low Fly Incline. Tix are just $13 on Door from 8pm to 11pm, then $12 till 5am with DJ Max Crawdaddy spinnin’ tracks late into the night.
SLEEPER THIEVES
This Saturday at The Brunny don’t miss your last chance to catch Sleeper Thieves for a little while, as two of their members jet off overseas. Joining them will be Aurora, The High Suburban and Jimmy and Paige. Come down early and kick off what is sure to be a massive night. Bands from 9pm. Free entry at The Brunswick Hotel.
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THE GREASE ARRESTOR
The Grease Arrestor are back in Melbourne to promote their upcoming second LP, which is set for release in the next month. Joining them will be their sonic brothers, The Citradels and Contrast. Between the three groups you can expect groovy drones, dark pulsating beats, gaze, garage, jangle, jive and symptoms of aurally-induced psychosis. This will be quite a freak out. Tell all the people and come down to The Grace Darling on Saturday September 20.
LUCA BRASI
Hard-hitting punk rockers Luca Brasi are playing at Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday 20 September as part of their nation-wide Get Sad, See Mates tour to celebrate the release of their 7" By A Thread album. Known for their youthful abandon, infectious enthusiasm and undeniable dedication to good times, Luca Brasi’s performances are memorable to say the least. Luca Brasi will be joined by special guests Initials and Tigers. Tickets are only 12 bucks, available through the venue. Doors open at 9pm.
Sirenjo is an Australian alternative rock band formed in 2012. They debuted at the famous Musical Emporium Party in East Brunswick in December of 2013. In 2014, they’ll take to the stage at this Sunday chillout session that includes $10 pints of Bloody Marys or Bloody Maria with Patron Tequila. It’s all happening all day, every Sunday with free music, and $5 pizzas. It goes down on Sunday September 21 from 2pm at Whole Lotta Love Bar.
MORELAND CITY SOUL REVUE
Soul is a word with a multitude of meanings. In the pop, RNB world of today, soul usually suggests an intensely dramatic performance by a singer with such feeling that it reaches out and visibly moves the listener. This is true for the Moreland City Soul Revue. Known for their energetic and soulful live performances, this is a band that’s gotta be seen to be believed. Fronted by the former lead singer of Pornland and comprising of musicians from bands such as Lior, The Bad Loves, Katie Noonan, Mia Dyson and Lanie Lane, The MCSR is one of the most talented and experienced soul bands around. They hit the stage of The Drunken Poet on Sunday September 21.
THE RECHORDS
The Rechords recently won the Best Country/Roots EP Award 2014 via Fan Voting on the Independent Music Awards (IMA) website and have also been nominated for ‘Americana Group of the Year.’ To celebrate their good fortune and the lead up to their W.A. tour the following weekend, The Rechords are going to kick their heels back at The Retreat for two whole sets of harmonic goodness. Doors open at 7.30pm.
THE TIGER & ME
Melbourne sextet The Tiger & Me will hit up the Spotted Mallard for a free gig on Sunday September 21. The Tiger & Me weave a rare mixture of styles and sounds together, as three lead vocalists exchange and merge tunes from whispered ballad to fevered maelstrom. In 2012 they signed to ABC Music’s imprint label “Four|Four” (Tim Rogers, Boy in a Box), before collaborating with ARIA-nominated producer Steven Schram (Little Birdy, The Cat Empire, Little Red) to create their second full-length album, The Drifter’s Dawn. The Tiger & Me’s ascension to prominence commenced with the release of their critically-lauded debut album From a Liar to a Thief in 2010, which in turn led to breakthrough appearances at Port Fairy and Apollo Bay Music Festivals. Catch them from 4.30pm at The Spotted Mallard.
NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE
Northeast Party House have built a cult following thanks to their electrifying live shows and songs combining the heady exhilaration of dance music with pop hooks and a rock backbone. Northeast Party House are bringing the party back to the stage nationally in September/October. Performing songs from their debut album, Any Given Weekend, Northeast Party House’s ode to partying ± the good, the bad and the ugly ± capture live the band members’ gloriously shambolic trip of love, lust, friendship, bright lights, sticky walls and the odd stimulant. Northeast Party House have finally bottled their live genie into an album of ten cohesive tracks that are destined to ignite parties all around the nation. Doors open for under 18’s at 2.30pm, 7.30pm for over 18’s at The Gasometer Hotel. Tickets $15 from Oztix.
FEAR LIKE US
Coming up to ten years as a band, Fear Like Us will be re-visiting their acoustic roots to play their gravelly punk anthems at The Reverence every Sunday in September. Joined by old & new friends each week, there will be plenty of beer, food, hugs, good vibes & fists in the air. Doors open 3pm, free entry.
HUGH MCGINLAY
Singer-songwriter Hugh McGinlay comes to The Victoria Hotel to sing you songs and enjoy the springtime on a Sunday evening. Having travelled the world and played with the likes of Billy Bragg, Badly Drawn Boy and Kate Rusby, Hugh is known for his masterful songcraft and soulful voice. Playing 5pm til 7pm in the beer garden, Sunday September 21.
BUDDY KNOX BLUES BAND
The Buddy Knox Blues Band wrap up their run of Melbourne shows on Sunday afternoon at the Way Out West Roots Music Club on September 21. You’ll find them at the Williamstown RSL starting promptly at 2.00pm. Buddy Knox sings and plays dynamite blues guitar, he’s won the Sydney Blues Performer of the Year and two Chain Blues Awards. Buddy will be playing with young gun drummer Hank Green (son of Blues Cowboy Johnny Green) and veteran blues bass player Pete Howell (who credits work with the who’s who of blues, including lengthy stints with Margret Roadknight, Phil Manning and the late Dutch Tilders). Great players spanning three generations will bring you the best blues around.
STOCKADES
Prepare yourselves for an epic Sunday session with Stockades, Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt, Jxckxls, Disparo, Diploid and Employment. It all kicks off from 5pm for just $10. Sunday September 21 at The Tote.
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PHOEBE DAICOS & THE SIMMER DOWNS
Phoebe Daicos & the Simmer Downs are making their Brunny debut this Sunday, alongside Cabbages & Kings and Rattlin’ Bones Blackwood. Phoebe Daicos is a young singer/songwriter with impassioned lyrics and a zealous voice to match. Phoebe & the Simmer Downs deliver an original and eclectic hybrid of vintage rockabilly, alt country, soul, and the old time blues. Free entry from 8pm.
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ALISON fERRIER & CHRIS WILSON
Here’s a double up powerhouse you cannot miss. For the first time, Chris Wilson and Alison Ferrier get together at The Retreat Hotel on Monday September 22, performing separately and together throughout the evening. The inimitable Chris Wilson has been described as “a huge writhing gospel cyber punk, who sings and plays harp with such venom and power it’s impossible to ignore him.” Alison Ferrier offers an original mix of alt-country, folk and blues and her debut album Sugar Baby contains “Mighty and tender, harrowing and beautiful songs, superbly performed.” Don’t miss this one off show.
The five week tour celebrates the release of their new single The Garden, which represents a shift in sound for the band. The Garden is the second single from their recently released EP Labour of Love, which debuted in the overall ARIA charts top 100 and also in the ARIA top 50 digital downloads chart. Woodlock will be supported by Brisbane’s six-piece alternate pop collective Fieu. Catch them at Northcote Social Club Saturday 27 and Sunday September 28.
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STARBOARD CANNONS
It’s been almost two years since Starboard Cannons unleashed their debut album, Somebody’s Opus to the good people of Australia, laying the foundations for a band who would fast become a cornerstone of modern Australiana. Their second album, The Valiant and the Brave, has just been released through Vitamin Records, and the Cannons are celebrating with a string of shows around the country. Catch them at the Melbourne Folk Club at Bella Union, Wednesday September 24 from 7.30pm. Tickets are $20 through the venue.
Melbourne not-for-profit, DIY punk rock juggernaut Wolfpack are hitting the road again, this time for the release of their debut album Seen Not Herd. Known for their manic live shows and relentless work ethic, Wolfpack have raised over $13,000 for charity since their inception in November, 2011. Seen Not Herd is a scathing nine-track attack targeting consumerism, apathy & moral decay. Wolfpack will be hitting the Ding Dong stage for their Melbourne launch on Friday October 3, with the stellar lineup of local hardcore heavyweights Declaration, folk-punk favourites Catgut Mary and new heavy thrashers Kodiak Throat. Tickets available through Oztix.
collection of sweetly nostalgic duets, each with their own slightly dark undertone. Catch these lovely ladies Friday October 3 at Boney from 8pm. Entry is $10 with special guests Cash Savage & Joe White and Ryan Nico.
SON DE LA CALLE
Son De La Calle are a twelve-piece Latin band providing its audience with a high energy, dynamic and engaging show. Playing the best of what Latin music has to offer, Son De La Calle have a varied repertoire ranging from the fast paced Merengue rhythm to the ever popular Salsa. With a focus on making a connection with its audience, Son De La Calle have the right mix of energy and musical ability to keep the LuWow’s dance floor full for the whole night. Together with the Funalleros this proves to be an amazing Latin lineup. Friday October 3, $8 from 8pm.
QUEEN BEAVER’S SINGALONG PARTY
Spend a late Sunday arvo at Queen Beaver’s sing-along party at Northcote Town Hall, where pub quiz meets karaoke. Activities include conducted backing vocals, music trivia games, make-up-your-own-lyrics contests and, of course, opportunities to win a spot singing lead with the band, live karaoke style. Bridged with Queen Beaver’s own covers, original songs and lively banter, this semi-acoustic trio of queer ladies lead their punters in a night of lung busting singing and laughs. Bring a team or join one on the night. Sunday October 12 from 5pm. $15 entry.
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JAZZ PARTY
Made for the bar room not the ballroom, Jazz Party is a loose collective of jazzbos & DJs known for their sporadic take-over residences in unassuming rooms across Melbourne. Playing a slippery mix of jump blues, boogie, and rhythm n blues á la New Orleans. Shouting, drinking and slow dancing with strangers is all encouraged. Every Monday night in September will see Jazz Party turn The Grace Darling Basement upside down, free entry, doors from 8pm limited space so get down early.
TUES SEPTEMBER 23
BENNY WALKER
Indigenous singer/songwriter Benny Walker will be taking over The Retreat Hotel for a month long residency. This dude is the real deal. Walker’s love songs and epic tales are mixed with passion for the land, the people, summer vibes and deep grooves. Walker is renowned for performing alongside some of Australia’s finest, including Archie Roach, Blue King Brown, Tim Rogers and Vika & Linda Bull, and in 2012, he was awarded the Victorian Indigenous Performing Arts Award for Best New Talent. In recent years he has performed at some of the country’s best-loved festivals, including Moomba, Woodford, St Kilda Fest and Blue Mountains Music Festival and also taken the plunge into the Canadian festival circuit. An accomplished solo performer, Walker is regularly joined on stage by his band, where he replaces his acoustic guitar with a Telecaster and indulges his passion for the big bluesrock sound. Get down to The Retreat Hotel from 8.30pm and catch this maestro doing his thing.
RUBY’S LIVE JAZZ AfTER DARK: DEXTER’S ASIAN CONNECTION
Tuesday September 23 at Ruby’s Music Room, Dexter Pradi hosts a show that incorporates jazz, soul, and modern music with a South East Asian theme. Dexter Pradi, a Victorian College of the Arts graduate, leads this all Indonesian band. With one of his original songs being bought by Sony Music, Dexter is an experienced and accomplished performer with a wide musical style including jazz, Latin, pop and RNB influences. Having majored in music improvisation, Dexter’s Asian Connection, features engaging performances with the ability to excite the audience through their unique sound. Doors open 6pm, $15 entry. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 48
Lost in the delirium of their mid-30s, embracing the confusion and surprising onslaught of health problems as the human body begins its process of decay, Pork Chop Party play their songs of uplifting melancholia at the Fitzroy Pinnacle on Thursday 25 September. Two broken guitars, two broken bassdrums, two broken gentlemens. Come and hear their hit tunes including I’m Finally Dying and Sad Horny and Blue. From 8.30pm, free entry.
GEAR SHIfT ELECTRONIC JAM SESSION
Clan Analogue’s Gear Shift monthly electronic music jam session moves to a new level of self-oscillation at Loop on Wednesday 24 September. 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 the on-the-fly sonic mayhem. This month, Gear Shift will be joined by the world’s only improv modular synthesizer group, the famed Vicmod Ensemble. Expect walls of electronics, insane frequencies to blow the mind and more gear than you’ve ever seen on the premises. It kicks off from 7pm at Loop.
BROADS
Broads is the musical partnership of Kelly Day (The Nymphs, regular guest with Wagons) and Jane Hendry (The Tiger & Me, The Nymphs). With years of singing together in vocal vintage pop group The Nymphs (as seen on Spicks & Specks, RocKwiz), Kel and Jane have developed a harmonic symbiosis that is evident in their luscious harmonies and the way they interact during their live shows. Their self-titled debut EP is a
fIVE THINGS with WITHOUT PARACHUTES together for about ten years. Will found us about five years ago through mutual friends and we have floated around lineups and bands in the Wollongong/Sydney area together since. Our tastes can sometimes clash massively. Robbie loves everything from The Paper Kites to Korn. Will loves anything English from Coldplay and London Grammar to Muse. I like my music dirty ± Future Of The Left, The Bronx and Queens Of The Stone Age are up there as my favourites.
GASOMETER LOWDOWN HOEDOWN
Drop everything; hold the phone, it’s time to come out of your caves. It’s time for a sophomore Lowdown Hoedown! Haarp Media are bringing that illusive outdoor party vibe to The Gasometer. Shake off the shackles and get together for a cluster funk of bassriddled booty shakin’ beats. Let the silly season commence. Friday September 26, $10 on the door, it kicks off at 9pm.
PASSERINE
Join Donny Disco for his monthly shuffle around the world of disco. Donny’s collection of big disco sounds comes from all corners of the globe and includes hits and obscurities to keep you boogey-ing all night long. This month joined by Melbourne’s own disco royalty Passerine and their infectious soulful, dubtinged, energy. It is live disco at its best. September 27 at LuWow from 8pm.
WOODLOCK
Following their sold-out national tour in June, Melbourne’s favourite boys from Woodlock are packing up and hitting the road again this September and October. The indie-rock threesome will be playing 17 shows, over six states and three regional festivals.
Celebrity vocal coach, Richard Fink IV, will be visiting from New York to teach his world-renowned vocal development techniques known as Throga (throatyoga) in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. Join Richard and share your one-of-a-kind voice in a safe, supportive, and educational environment. Whether you’re just starting out or a seasoned professional, this workshop is proven to take your voice to the next level with Throga techniques. He will be in Melbourne Wednesday October 15. Book now to make sure you don’t miss out.
Growing Up Growing up I spent a lot of time at my grandparents’. Pop played the cello and piano and had all these kooky ’50s rock’n’roll remix albums. Imagine Rock Around The Clock redone on a Casio keyboard. As a four-year-old that was pretty badarse. My old man was a big ‘70s heavy metal and Aussie pub rock fan. I remember the first time he got his Led Zeppelin IV record out to show me. The riff in Black Dog made me want to shit my pants. I think that early introduction into loud guitars and drums with big riffs is something that still sticks with me today. Inspirations My favourite musicians have to be Drew Goddard and the rest of the cats from Karnivool. The first time I saw them was at a matinee show in 2006 just after they had dropped Themata. There were about 40 people in Manning Bar and I remember leaving wondering why they weren’t the biggest band in the world. They’re just so tight and huge live. You’d struggle to find that level of musicianship anywhere. Your Band Without Parachutes is a three-piece made up of Bob Stewart (drums), Will Cruger (guitar, vox) and me, Michael Cooper, on bass. Rob and I met in high school and have been playing
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The Music You Make Our music is a combination of heavy rock and electronic sounds. You can never have too many riffs in our book, so there is a lot of in-betweensong jamming on riffs and general chaos. Will has a pretty versatile, clean-hitting voice. Most of the songs revolve around his vocal melodies. They can be anywhere from epic ten-minutelong Aussie prog rock-influenced songs to snappy three-minute synth-pop tunes. We have been recording with Nick DiDia at Studios 301 in Byron Bay. Our EP was recently finished and should be out in the coming months. Working with an absolute legend and master like Nick was out of control. Music, Right Here, Right Now I was lucky enough to study in Melbourne last year. Now that’s how live music should be. Sydney in comparison is obviously is in a bit of trough with the closure of venues, lockouts and all that. All I can say is that when you hit the bottom you can only go up, and while the scene is small it’s dedicated and good things are happening. WITHOUT PARACHUTES play the Evelyn Hotel on September 20 with New Travellers, Cat Or Pillar and Shiver Canyon. Tickets on sale now.
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CANNIBAL CORPSE 170 Russell, Friday September 12 Once upon a time, you simply couldn’t see Cannibal Corpse in Australia. Nor could you easily listen to them, unless you had a friend of a friend who had a couple of Cannibal Corpse albums dubbed onto a TDK C90 from a copy of a copy. Their lyrics and album artwork were deemed too brutal for Australian consumption. Now, of course, those censored days are long gone and the band has wreaked their particular brand of musical malevolence upon us regularly, last visiting in 2012. Until you’ve witnessed it in person, nothing can quite prepare you for the heaviness, brutality and chaotic precision that is Cannibal Corpse. Drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz puts on an inhuman performance, never once dropping a beat or missing an opportunity to pummel the bloody hell out of his kit in ways that, frankly, freak other drummers out. I would know; I heard a few of them muttering words of awe at the bar. This dude performs musical feats of strength that wouldn’t be out of place at a Festivus gathering. Ditto for bassist Alex Webster, who matches the guitar work of Rob Barrett and Patrick O’Brien note for note, but on huge fat-arse bass strings and without the aid of a pick to prevent his fingers from being worn down to bloody stumps. And vocalist George ‘Corpsegrinder’ Fisher… Well look, the dude only really has two notes - a guttural growl and a blood-curdling, urgent, tormented scream - but they’re the two most perfect notes you could imagine for this kind of music: like if a distorted guitar had a human voice. It’s been a long, long time since Corpsegrinder replaced original vocalist Chris Barnes (and he had a pretty funny put-down to a fan who yelled out for Chris about three quarters of the way through the show, punishing the dude’s area of the crowd by throwing bottles of water to the other side instead), and he remains the perfect fit for the band in sound, attitude and presence. The set list was packed with classics - Fucked With A Knife, Evisceration Plague, Edible Autopsy, Addicted To Vaginal Skin, I Cum Blood, Hammer Smashed Face to name a few. We were even treated to Icepick Lobotomy, Sadistic Embodiment and Kill Or Become from their new album A Skeletal Domain (released this week), and it was great to hear how well the band’s new slightly darker, eerier material was able to fit in amongst the classics. Here’s the thing, right? Cannibal Corpse is not for everyone. The LOVED: The wide-ranging set list imagery is fucking brutal, the sound abrasive, and the moshpit was and Alex Webster’s freakish bass genuinely bloody. But if you’re into heavy music even a little bit, you playing. owe it to yourself to see them at least once. The level of musicianship HATED: Being too much of a pussy is genuinely world-class and they’re giants of the death metal genre. to get into the pit.
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DRANK: Chalice of blood.
Last week saw Howling Bells flee their home base of London for a three-show whirlwind tour of Australia. Maybe they wanted to catch some of that early southern summer sunshine so it was a bit shit Melbourne’s skies couldn’t turn it on for them, instead giving them a taste of the bitter cold they’ve probably grown accustom. It was the band’s first gulp of Australian air since 2011, and now, with four albums under their collective belt, the quandary of choosing which songs to showcase may have been another cloud hanging over their heads. Opening support act Glassmaps is the solo side project of Howling Bells guitarist Joel Stein and in its live format features Stein on guitar and vocals with a backing drummer. Bodies were stark as he ran through his set of electronically infected ballads and despite his best efforts, it all seemed to fall upon deaf ears. The songs themselves are drenched in synthetic harmonies and as he says on his band page, he’s “constantly pushing sonic boundaries in the studio, forever seeking a truly unique voice.” It was only after stuffing up the intro to one of their last songs that second support act Ali Barter informed the crowd that it was the band’s first gig together. At the core of Barter’s song is a strong pop sensibility with straight forward lyrics that conjure vivid imagery. This first show with band in tow seems like a turning point in her music with track Red Sea undergoing quite the overhaul from an acoustic ballad to full band arrangement. Opening with the first two tracks off their latest release Heartstrings,, Howling Bells finally managed to pull the audience across the invisible velvet rope that held them back from approaching the stage. Front woman and guitarist Juanita Steins noticed the severe lack of rambunctious behaviour the audience was exhibiting, commenting on how well behaved we all were. It was a diffused setlist taking in most of the band’s back catalogue but mostly featured their latest songs and those off their lauded self-titled debut. A Ballad For The Bleeding Hearts stopped hearts as the band was drenched in red light and Stein’s murmured lyrics cut over simmering guitar lines. Moments like that make one reflect on what a LOVED: The crowd dubbing English real shame it is that Australian bands have to piss off overseas to find bassist Gary, ‘Gazzzzaa’. an audience large enough to support themselves. HATED: Myself for not seeing the RHYS McRAE
huge bar line and skipping it. DRANK: Guilt.
KANYE WEST Rod Laver Arena, Tuesday September 9 A lot of things happened at Yeezus. His incessant self-appraisal that Kanye West is who he thinks he is calls for many words of analysis to be punched out on his behalf. As a public figure he is polarising: his cultural effect is largely only regarded by those already in his camp and to the rest, he is a rapper who regularly appears in glossy print. However, perceptions of West in this manner however are impossible to hold onto when you see him go fullYeezus. On stage everything he had preached was gospel, his cultural impact was blaring as his antipodean crowd singing “Spending everythang on Alexander Wang” with varying amounts of understanding, but wholehearted conviction. Heavy licks of guitar reverb sounded out Star Wars’ The Imperial March and West appeared on stage in a beam of light. The reverb quickly morphed into Black Skinhead, the distorted anti-anthem that proved to be Tuesday night’s manifesto. The Australian Yeezus tour was pared back from his American offerings. There wasn’t a mountain for him to climb, he wasn’t carried by 12 model apostles, and he didn’t tell Jesus he was trying to stack millions mid-I Am a God. What was left showed that West really is “the world’s number one rock star” as he performed a minimalist album with minimalist props and maximum gravitas. Going from Black Skinhead to the gully I Don’t Like by Chi-raq’s Chief Keef, he wild out through Cruel Summer’s Mercy and skinned PETA yet again in Cold before dipping deeper into his catalogue with Can’t Tell Me Nothin’. While people refer to West by his album periods, it seems that when he performs, Graduation-era Kanye and Yeezus-era Kanye are one in the same. I’d be staked on Kanye for saying this, but Heartless was my favourite song of the night. He sounded particularly afflicted in a way that makes you remember 808s was better than we gave it credit. The anticipated rant struck on cue mid Runaway, but instead of prescribing creativity as life’s panacea, he scolded an unnamed for misconduct – “We got two shows, so we better get on the phone in the morning” – and appropriately began his auto-tuned cascades of “Don’t fuck me/don’t fuck with me.” Pusha T was brought back out for Runaway’s ending verse and then he smashed out his seminal tracks that would be on a Best of: Kanye West if it was on iTunes right now. The show ouroboros’d back to Yeezus with Bound To and Blood on the Leaves LOVED: Remembering ‘Sad Kanye’ before multiple goose-steps into Niggas in Paris that had the crowd during Heartless. writhing. And that affirmed, with his waisted plaid shirt as a kilt, HATED: Whoever snapped up the Kanye West is every bit as Braveheart as he thinks. merch I wanted.
Dan Kelly is a paragon of friendly wit; a wily storyteller with an eye for ludicrous detail. He tends towards absurd humour, but throws in a good portion of social comment and intertextual reference to keep you on your toes. He plays a mean guitar, and the bloke can sing too. He’s no slouch when it comes to penning a melody packed with glee and a sliver of gravity, either. The songs slot in somewhere between the sound of ‘60s psych-pop, ‘90s indie rock, TV jingles and a swagman talking the cocaine blues. Dan Kelly knows a lot of good musicians and gets them up on stage to play with him. He also wears a fantastic head of hair. And, as if all of this wasn’t enough, Dan Kelly’s mastered being the master of ceremonies. Generally, there’s nothing worse than hearing the phrase, “this song’s about…” A sigh fumes from your chest as the vanity-stricken songwriter proceeds to vomit some shit about feeling lonely and having bad breath. Tonight this line prefaced the majority of Kelly’s songs. However, contrary to the norm, his pseudo-descriptive epilogues were all occasions of whimsical amusement. We learned of Kelly’s endeavor to destroy the Hazelwood power station with an erection (The Decommissioner) and that his fantasy of an underwater jam session with Bindi Irwin isn’t weird because it’s set in the future where she’s a 26-years old, and nothing happens anyway (Bindi Irwin Apocalypse Jam). Then, we received the sage advice that the best way to pull an insurance scam is by placing a bag of hypodermic needles in your car and setting the car on fire (Fire and Theft (The Landscape Gardener’s Dream)). All of these explanations were rattled off with casual neutrality, suggesting it’s just the rambling nature of Dan Kelly’s mind. He doesn’t impose himself or his shrewd opinions on the audience. He’s got plenty to say, but essentially Kelly’s a good times LOVED: Dan Kelly. bandleader. He understands that you’re on your trip just as he’s on his. HATED: So many great songs, so But you’d be bloody crazy not to seize the invitation to jump into his little time. wacked out universe. DRANK: Melbourne Bitter (your
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK The Verse of You and I (Independent)
SINGLES SHELLAC
Dude Incredible (Touch & Go) Replete with hillbilly guitar licks, Shellac’s title track from their first LP in seven years is a nefarious bellow; a gritty narrative about piece of shit dudes, maybe from an ancient era, maybe not. As an aside, my favourite piece of audience interaction happened during Shellac’s inter-song Q and A during Melbourne Festival a few years back, “Which one of you is Steve Albini?”
JHENÉ AIKO
The Pressure (Def Jam) Purveying a solid brand of breezy, down-tempo R&B, Jhené Aiko doesn’t strive for anything spectacular on The Pressure. Like most of Jhené’s catalogue, it underlines a contradictory balance of great music that’s largely uninteresting. I saw Jhené perform at Drake’s OVO Fest last month and she was great, in spite of a set list left wanting for moments of distinction.
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Thievery (Mute) Even with a feted Yeezus credit, producer Arca still dwells in the underground; his &&&& mix-tape standing as one of last year’s underrated gems. Thievery is equal parts melodic and industrial, achieving considerable scope without resorting to sheer bombast.
SBTRKT FEAT. RAURY
Higher (Young Turks/Remote Control) London producer SBTRKT’s greatest strength might just be his ability to hand-pick vocal talent primed for bigger things. Here we have Raury, a folk-inclined vocal prodigy from ATL, who is rumoured have a potential Kanye collab in the works. Higher showcases Raury’s rap skills in the verse and singing talent on the hook, all underpinned by SBTRKT’s impeccable woozy daze.
MILEY CYRUS
Baby, I’m Gonna Leave You (Independent) Miley showcases her vocal chops in this raw Led Zep cover. Robert Plant doesn’t want to front a reunion tour. Miley has what it takes. Do the math here folks. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 50
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morphs into an entirely different beast – a sexy, heavy and throbbing number. It’s also a long track, coming in at 8.47 minutes, which reflects the band’s “couldn’tgive-a-fuck-about-making-3-minute-built-for-radiodisposable-pop-tracks” attitude. Wandering Soul’s another highlight – it’s a perfect shake-it-about fusion of funk and rap. To be perfectly honest, the album’s probably going to be met by a bit of criticism along the lines that it’s derivative of the stellar ‘90s trip hop bands, like Massive Attack, but really, who gives a fuck? These guys do it too well to care. MEG CRAWFORD BEST TRACK: Slithering Beast IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack and Birthday by The Sugar Cubes IN A WORD: Sexy
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THE WEDNESDAY EXPERIMENT
If you’ve been gagging for a new release from Massive Attack or Portishead, you need to get yourself The Verse of You and I, The Wednesday Experiment’s debut album, as a matter of urgency. This is a talented Melbourne-based outfit, featuring the perfect coupling of Peter O’Leary’s beats and Emily Juniper’s celestial vocals, backed by a host a host of clever collaborators. These guys don’t want to be hemmed in by a genre (the band’s credo even says so), but the conclusion that they fit squarely within the trip hop box is unavoidable, at least for the purposes of this album. While they might be first-timers album-wise, they clearly know what they’re doing. This is a great listen from start to finish, although some tracks are more accessible than others. Interestingly, the more challenging tracks like Vexed and Play With Something all feature Baptiste Polyglock – the crazy French dude who was responsible for Juniper’s magical discovery in the first place – he happened upon her by chance when wandering by a Brunswick warehouse and overheard her singing. That’s not a criticism though – it’s not a bad thing to throw the listener a challenge because it sometimes makes the effort all the more rewarding. The first track Slithering Beast is a sexy, swirling, menacing growl. It’s also a perfect showcase for Juniper’s voice. Juniper sounds uncannily like Björk and the comparison’s intended as high praise, which makes it all the more difficult to believe that she hadn’t sung before a mic before teaming up with O’Leary. The album’s full of standout tracks. Take Silvery Tongue, a funky, jaunty little outing, replete with some dude whistling – it’s one of those infectious tunes bound to get stuck in the brainbox. Cigar Bar’s a good one because it demonstrates the band’s versatility: it starts out with a little bit of Latin-jazz, sounding reminiscent of St. Germain, but
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Put ‘em together and waddaya get? A killer show and a few thousand 30-plus rockdogs getting sanctimonious about a band that ripped off blues artists and sung about Hobbits and shit. A fella can dream.
ARIEL PINK
Put Your Number In My Phone (4AD) On the first cut from upcoming solo double LP (sans Haunted Graffiti) pom pom, Ariel Pink employs a brightly classic pop aesthetic that’s a little more Before Today than Mature Themes. It’s a love song that veers between adoration and isolation.
THE PEEP TEMPEL
Edgar’s Lament (Wing Sing) A creepy calm before the eventual killer storm of allout guitar sets the scene on Edgar’s Lament, a tidy belter that mostly does the trick. The refrain of “Maybe you will get used to me” is overbearing, almost to the point of irritation. A little verbosity would go a long way, I reckon.
JIMBLAH FEAT ZAACHARIAHA FIELDING
Sing With You (Elefant Traks) There are fewer things on the planet greater than rappers dedicating an entire track to how great their mums are. Adelaide MC Jimblah has an outright heart warmer in Sing With You, an ode to the glory of womanhood. It’s all love. The sentiment rings true, Jimblah’s bars are on point, the hook from Zaachariaha Fielding is a feel-great sway.
SINGLE OF THE WEEK
MISS DESTINY
House Of Wax (Hozac) Spooky vibes carry throughout House Of Wax, an A-side cut from four-piece collective Miss Destiny. The riffs are sick, the shredding is gnarly, all served up with a detached cool. Catch the Melbourne launch along with an all-star bill – Power, Constant Mongrel, Jonny Telafone – at The Curtin, Friday October 10.
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NEW MUSIC IN REVIEW THIS WEEK
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THE TEA PARTY
The Ocean at the End (Anthem/Sony) It’s good to have this band back. After a decade and a half of cranking out some of the most eclectic and surprising progressive rock you will ever hear, this Canadian institution took a break in 2005, which lasted six years, and it has taken them another three to release any brand new music. All up, it is a full decade between studio albums for this classic power trio, but it’s most definitely worth the wait. The Ocean at the End makes it sound like they have never been away. In fact, it seems the breather has done them good; it’s revived them, and this album sounds fresh, powerful and typically enigmatic. It opens in typical style, the first three tracks being very Led Zeppelin and world music-inspired progressive power rock, before the quieter, more ambient The Maker kicks in to provide a beautiful wash of dynamics. Main man Jeff Martin’s crooning voice soothes the soul and pleases the ears. Black Roses features bluesy and country-tinged moments, and makes it even more apparent that this isn’t just another rock album. In fact, it’s a real journey across extremely varied sound scapes. My only complaint is that the band flies just a little too close to the bone with their Zeppelin influence on occaBEST TRACK: Submission sion. But that’s kind of what they’ve always done, so IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Led it comes as no surprise. Zeppelin, Jericco, Orphaned Land IN A WORD: Rich
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THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS
Brill Bruisers (Matador/Last Gang) Vancouver’s The New Pornographers’ sixth LP Brill Bruisers begins in emphatic fashion, with the buoyant and infectious title track. The switch to the female vocal-led Champions of Red Wine is a jarring change of pace. It’s not a bad track, but given the previous track’s immense quality and brevity at just under three minutes, you just wish that mood would keep going instead of the tempo dropping noticeably. Fantasy Fools picks up the mood again, mixing both male and female vocal duties with really pleasing results. One of the best songs found on the record is easily War On The East Coast. Sonically, it’s like an ‘80s arcade game soundtrack and the vocals are cool, effortless and beautifully flawed. Marching Orders is another good number, as is the sweet sounding Another Drug Deal of the Heart. The back half of the album doesn’t manage to deliver much. Born With A Sound and Dancehall Domine are the standouts of the second act, however on the whole the band doesn’t go on with it as much as you’d like. Traditionally speaking, the first half of albums are always better, however the really great albums are consistently good all the way through. Brill Bruisers has great variation of moods, styles and the large amount of vocalists make it sound like a mixBEST TRACK: Brill Bruisers tape, yet overall it just feels like wasted potential. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LOVE THIS: The Decemberists, Spoon, Okkervil River IN A WORD: Unfulfilling
ALEXANDER CROWDEN
STREETS OF LAREDO
Volume l & ll (Dine Alone/Cooking Vinyl) Streets Of Laredo is one of the great country songs, the cowboy’s death march. The Gibson gang, Daniel, Dave and Sarahjane walk tall side by side with their band mates, seven strong. But rather than providing us with insights into how the West was won, they prefer the daily minutiae of life. Employing a minimalist approach to ensure every sound is tailored for maximum effect, they reject excess in favour of rinky-dink melodies, and intimate drums and guitar to balance each song’s emotional connection with elements which are part of a classic structure. Homeless is a little Mazzy Star as the angelic harmonies borrow from the rough hue and rambling spirit of beatnik poets like Ginsberg and Kerouac. Need A Little Help is as plaintive and illuminating as what the like of Angus and Julia Stone and Grizzly Bear aspire to. Hey Rose is seemingly as mundane as being about calling a radio DJ, but in truth is an exquisitely rendered composition with convoluted arrangements and rhythms which defy the conventions of standard alt-country songwriting. Laredo continues the quest for life’s answers by posing rapid-fire questions. Sarahjane does a great job with the couple of songs she lends her vocals to. I’m Living is reminiscent of that dusty song to play as you approach the Texas border in a trailer and an appreciation of the fact that truck stops are now equipped with cappuccino makers. This will calm the seething heart, but this heart still cares little about being misdirected and unappreciated. Volume l & ll arms you with the tools to BEST TRACK: I’m Living give this band the love they deserve. IF YOU LIKE THESE YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Mazzy Star, Grizzly Bear, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Bob Dylan IN A WORD: Bruised
BRONIUS ZUMERIS
MAGIC HANDS
Let Me Hold You While You Fail (Higher Plains) Let Me Hold You While You Fail is a slow-dive plunge into defeat; its downcast vocals winding their way around a hazy dreamscape that becomes inescapable. Its makers, Aleks Badhem and Lucy Roleff, met at a Ned Colette gig in Berlin. The two separate support acts joined forces and returned to Australia as dream-pop duo Magic Hands. Badham’s baritone vocals and deadpan lyrics have always had a whiff of Stephin Merritt about them and this is even more evident with Magic Hands’ electronic folk dressing. The dual vocals telling tales of glum circumstances recall early Magnetic Fields and the Future Bible Heroes sound in particular. The idiosyncratic, often chaotic pop of Aleks and the Ramps was tempered to a degree on that band’s last album, 2012’s Facts, and it’s softened even further for this collaborative album. Roleff is usually at the forefront and steals the show with her seductive, shivering vocal. Although there are moments where you wish for a little more of the Ramps’ oft-kilter playfulness, Let Me Hold you While You Fail is intricately layered like a rich lasagne and, BEST TRACK: Limousine before long, it firmly grips you in its hypnotic spell. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: The Future Bible Heros, Beach House, Purity Ring, Goldfrapp IN A WORD: Touching
CHRIS GIRDLER
INTERPOL
El Pintor (Matador) It’s a fair understatement to say the New Yorkers’ fifth album has been highly anticipated. Their last album was their 2010 self-titled affair, and it’s felt like an age in between drinks. El Pintor arrives not long after the band played Byron Bay’s Splendour in the Grass. Reviews so far have been generous, and it’s no wonder after one listen to the album. On repeat listens, it’s hard to tell if this album is really good on its own merits or if Interpol are a consistently brilliant band and this album is just another typical album from them. After pondering that thought across several listens, the answer seems to be halfway in between the two. One thing is obvious: this disc isn’t as lo-fi as some of their work. Most notably, it’s a departure from the introspective landscape created on their seminal sophomore release Antics. Instead, this album has a grander feel. It’s still very much the signature Interpol sound, yet it’s bigger, more adventurous and as a result, far more rewarding. Like many of their albums, choosing highlights is hard. Not only because the album is best consumed as a whole, the songs are also very consistent quality-wise. Opener All The Rage Back Home is the most immediately appealing while My Desire is the strongest track on offer with an arresting guitar riff. My Blue Supreme has a lush feeling despite sounding like the band has held back. El Pintor is a great return to the scene, even if it’s partly just because it’s Interpol, and they’re the best BEST TRACK: My Desire IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LOVE THIS: Editors, in class at what they do. The National, The Horrors ALEXANDER CROWDEN IN A WORD: Powerful
KINGSWOOD
Microscopic Wars (Dew Process) “Show me how you die” is the opening line to Kingswood’s debut album, Microscopic Wars. The line immediately catches you a little off-guard, and so will the remainder of the album. It’s near impossible to pigeon-hole the band’s genre because it’s continually twisting and changing. This is a good thing. The opening track, All Too Much, starts quite heavy but throws a curve-ball midway with a nice tempo change. Vocalist Fergus Linacre almost mimics the impressive range of Chris Cornell. Sucker Punch comes in with a head-banging grunge riff but the layered vocal dynamic is inspired by a ‘80s glam rock band. ICFTYDLM (an acronym for “I Can Feel That You Don’t Love Me”) is the most commercially-friendly track on the album. The intro of Micro Wars is inspired by early ‘90s punk-rock; however the chorus, “They say the good die young it’s true/so let’s make the most of me and you” is fairly uninspired and ruins the initial impact. So Long is playful, simple and extremely catchy building towards a multi-instrumental climax. Ohio is the latest single from the album, which starts with wailing vocals and is backed by an epic blues riff. Side to Side picks up the intensity again, reverting back to the alternative influences that kicked things off. Both Tremor and Eye of the Storm add piano to the already diverse instrumental mix, perfectly complementing the solid guitar work of Alex Laska. She’s My Baby is a classic rock ballad while Piece by Piece strips back the intensity, before ending on the perfect note with the whistling BEST TRACK: ICFTYDLM fade-out of Chronos. IF YOU LIKED THESE, YOU’LL LOVE THIS: Soundgarden, Queens of the Stone Age, Regular John CHRIS BRIGHT IN A WORD: Unpredictable
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GIG GUIDE
WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK
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WEDNESDAY 17 SEP
THURSDAY 18 SEP
INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS
INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS
coq roq wednesdays - feat: various djs Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. del boca vista + glaciers + monnone alone John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. gorsha + rambutan jam band + the dead heir + james maloney & the mad dog harrisons Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. jmc academy ensemble program Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. king gizzard & the wizard lizard + the murlocs Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $25.00. open mic Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. robbie williams (the swing tour) Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $109.00. rust in piss + drain life + cynical fuckwit + headless + crossed Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5.00. smoke stack rhino + blue eyes cry + siren black Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $5.00. super unsigned music festival - feat: steeplejack + teyem + ionwite + peter collis + loki Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $15.00. the mean times + sub rosa + honeybone Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $7.00. the underhanded + the turnovers + marc deaz Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $7.00. tina arena (reset tour) Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:00pm. $105.60.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC
bopstretch Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. fight club 303, Northcote. 8:30pm. mingus thingus Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.00. mo’ soul - feat: fulton street Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. peter hearne & dizzy’s big band with celeste coulson Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.00. ruby’s live jazz after dark - feat: the wednesday quartet Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00. the peter petrucci trio Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00. trick dog syndicate + oliver paterson beat project + jamais vu Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $5.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK
acoustic sessions - feat: nussy Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. ayleen o’hanlon + anna cordell Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. brad martin project Penny Black, Brunswick. 8:00pm. buddy knox Clifton Hill Hotel, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm. driving south - feat: zevon & the werewolves Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm. jane mcarthur Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. lakyn Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. melbourne folk club - feat: frank yamma + casey driessen Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. $20.00. open mic Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm. open mic/jam Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. pete ewing + georgie darvidis + kelsy james Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. rich davies Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. sammy owen blues band Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00. the brunswick hotel’s open mic Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. the hammond organ nights Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. wine whiskey women - feat: brittle sun + samara cullen Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE
adrian stoyles + lincoln le fevre + jess locke Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm. animal hands + long holiday + the chops Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:30pm. at fate’s mercy + danger! earthquake! + fail the abstract + day dreamer + insights Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. chicks up front - feat: melissa james band + sammy paul + sex st Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. dead city ruins + palace of the king + cold red mute Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. duncan graham & the co-accused + johnny gibson & the hangovers + thomas savins’s fresh hell + the night sky Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8.00. echo drama + 8 foot felix Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:20pm. fierce mild + you & your friends + the high suburban Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. have/hold + bayou + midnight bloom + bloodhounds on my trail Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $8.00. heights + caulfield + bare bones Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $24.00. justin timberlake (the 20/20 experience tour) Etihad Stadium, Docklands. 8:00pm. $99.90. king gizzard & the wizard lizard Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $25.00. king mammal + dukes veda + sub rosa Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5.00. lanks Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. little desert + modesty + tangrams Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $6.00. magic america + kindred + basket of mammoths + dj luke leeder Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. next - feat: significant other + acrasia + griever Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. northeast party house + wax witches + stax ossett Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15.00. outliers + the karmens Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $7.00. plugged in thursdays - feat: greeves + josh cashman + tash sultana Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $5.00. right! + sara retallick Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm. rodeo dirtbag + my old dutch leopard slugg + sleeping genie Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $7.00. six shooter + tea society 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. soul in the basement - feat: the deans + dj vince peach & pierre baroni Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10.00. spring fling fundraiser - feat: the dead heir + velvet lips + old violet Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $8.00. the astros + square waves in unison Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $10.00. the juke joint Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $15.00. the lovely day + intzu + jonophants John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. the weight of silence + devoid of all + nuremberg code Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm. tina arena (reset tour) Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:00pm. $105.60. whole lotta blues - feat: geoff achison + brendan forward Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:00pm. wire bird + walker + ben abraham + dj: mose Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.00.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC
free range funk - feat: jake judd + tigerfunk + lewis cancut Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm.
Earlier in the year on Oprah’s Master Class, Justin Timberlake spoke about leaving *NSYNC. “It’s one of the best/worst things that I have ever done because it was bittersweet,” he said. In all honestly the best thing Justin’s probably ever done is fire his hair stylist who, in a time where Masterchef didn’t exist, may have been led to believe that two-minute noodles are a somewhat presentable dish. Experience Timberlake’s 20/20 hair style when he performs at Etihad Stadium, September 18 and 19. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 52
GIG OF THE WEEK!
SHARON JONES & THE DAP-KINGS Success seems simple when you follow the rule, Give the People What They Want. Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings have done exactly that, releasing their fifth studio album earlier this year and topping it off with their current Australian tour. If only Cadbury Marvellous Creations could follow suit and bring back the peanut/toffee/cookie flavour. Seriously, who actually thought they could pass caramel/ banana/crisp as a replacement? Catch Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings doing it right at The Corner Hotel September 18 and Melbourne Town Hall September 19.
jazz thursdays - feat: wilbur wilde & the john montesante quintet The Commune, East Melbourne. 6:00pm. $20.00. let your hair down girls (boogaloo party) Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. mozart favourites - feat: melbourne symphony orchestra Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm. $101.00. national youth jazz academy (jazz on toast) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00. peter foley & the mordialloc jazz orchestra Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.00. rambutan jam band + gaza stripper + emcee illegible + dj dork Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $5.00. ruby’s live jazz after dark - feat: the thursday trio Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00. sharon jones & the dap-kings + bombay royale + saun & starr Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $60.00. syzygy (grammar) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $38.00. the audrey powne quintet Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.00. the boys Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. the melbourne improvisers collective Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK
boots acoustic blues Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. brent parlane band Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. brett franke + toby knox + terry springfield Highlander, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. coen dixon + michael crowe Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. dan krochmal + alanna deutrom Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. frank yamma & casey driessen Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:30pm. $35.00. open mic Bar Of Bengal, Yarraville. 8:00pm. prince thursdays - feat: various artists Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm. simon bailey & co Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm. tek n tim Vinyl Bar, Moonee Ponds. 8:00pm. the cotton club Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 7:30pm.
FRIDAY 19 SEP INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS lincoln le fevre & the insiders + the sugarcanes + empty halls John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. the stu thomas paradox Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. angry seas + robot mugabe + the maggot men + shut up jackson 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $8.00. area 7 + the resignators + the ramshackle army Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $20.00. banoffee + silent jay + habits Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. barbarion + pterodactyl + orsome welles Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $10.00. cherry bomb European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. chris wilson Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 5:30pm. city on a hill + mya wallace Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12.00. dash + who is zoe? + tuena + mcrobin Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12.00. dj dr. no Victoria Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 9:00pm. dr chank + riot city Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. einstein toyboys + mick’s mix Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.00. electric mary + massive + the mercy kills + slow chase Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm.
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flanagan’s friday nights - feat: the national evening express Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 8:00pm. fox clan + jackhammerd + heads & hearts Vinyl Bar, Moonee Ponds. 8:00pm. godwolf + 8 bit love + alex pizzol Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15.00. hiatus kaiyote + oscar key sung Federation Square, Melbourne Cbd. 12:00pm. i killed the prom queen + the ghost inside + in hearts wake + bury tomorrow + hellions 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $49.00. joe bonamassa Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $99.00. justin timberlake (the 20/20 experience tour) Etihad Stadium, Docklands. 8:00pm. $99.90. kill tv + thrasher jynx + spidey spidey + misssta Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. king gizzard & the lizard wizard + the murlocs Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $25.00. lunatics on pogosticks (slug cat & snail dog) Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 9:00pm. $10.00. mere women + gold class + diecut + chores + dj kira puru Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. myridian + feralian + black speech + sarspell Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12.00. northeast party house Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.00. pirate mutiny party + catgut mary + mc captain ruffgut + gogo goddesses The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $16.00. prymal + filthy lucre + greenthief Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00. reece mastin (wolf in the woods tour) + the kin Ormond Hall, Ormond. 8:00pm. shannon noll Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $40.80. the bluebottles Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 9:00pm. the cover girls La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00. the crowned kings + declaration + southpaw Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:00pm. $10.00. the jvg guitar method + vandal eye + dj hillbilly filly Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm. the owls + white summer + captives Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $13.00. the poppin’ mommas + the fckups + the bombshells + coffin wolf Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.00. the supporters + the strange + dj traffic jam Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm. watt’s on - feat: various artists Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:30pm. zutroy + noam chomskys groove bandits + twisted pistol + bad uncle Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm. zyphoyd + blind thrills + mild manic + the mona lisas Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC
kattimoni + conchillia Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. mingus amongst us Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00. reimagining burt bacharach - feat: nicola watson Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15.00. ruby’s classic blue note series - feat: sam appapoulay Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.00. ruby’s search for jazz cats 3 Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $10.00. space orchestra plays bugs bunny cartoons - feat: phantom panda power wizard master smasher Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:30pm. $18.00. steve nieve plays elvis costello Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $80.95. sun rai - feat: rai thistlethwayt & ben vanderwal Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $30.00. the collective - feat: the collective with cam webb giles Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $20.00.
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For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au the furbelows Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25.00. the jazz party (open studio 8th birthday) Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. the steve magnusson trio Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK
amistat + discovery of a fox + hollie joyce Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00. broni Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. buddha on a chocolate box Forester’s Beer & Music Hall, Collingwood. 9:30pm. buddy knox blues band Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. dave wright & the steelbirds - feat: dave wright & the steel birds Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:00pm. doubleshot blues band + john williams Tram Stop Bar, Moonee Ponds. 8:00pm. flying engine stringband Railway Hotel (nth Fitzroy), Fitzroy North. 9:30pm. jon stevens (take me back tour) Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:30pm. $33.00. liam gerner Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. liam werret Open Studio, Northcote. 6:00pm. manisha Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. sin frontera Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm. snake eyed rollers Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. spencer p jones Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. stephen ward (ep launch) Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. the benny walker band Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. traditional irish music session - feat: dan bourke Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.
SATURDAY 20 SEP JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC
andrea keller quartet Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. andrew nolte & orchestra Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. connie lansberg quartet Regent Club Spa, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $20.00. funk downstairs - feat: dj manchild Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm. kimba griffith quintet Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25.00. mozart favourites - feat: melbourne symphony orchestra Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:30pm. $101.00. performance workshop with steve sedergreen Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $15.00. ruby’s search for jazz cats 3 Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $15.00. ruby’s live jazz & blues after dark - feat: the noria letts trio Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.00. sugarfoot ramblers jazz band Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00. sun rai - feat: rai thistlethwayt & ben vanderwal Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $30.00. the joe ruberto trio Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20.00. tropicool dancetime - feat: jaspora + gogo godesses The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.
INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS
afternoon delights - feat: james teague + harrison storm Old Bar, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. american authors + andy grammer + masketta fall Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $60.70. australian kingswood factory + murder balls + abraxas + prolapse Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7:00pm. $10.00.
black jesus + rort + sewercide + pissbolt Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. bud petal + jess locke + lehman b smith 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. castlecomer + hattie carroll + tim bowen Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $10.00. daily meds (behind the radar launch) + one sixth + p-link + j-mac & downpat + nehi & eveready + roleo Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $10.00. davey lane + rory ellis + dj tilly Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm. eye of the enemy + in malice’s wake + envenomed + cryptic abyss Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12.00. f*ck the fitzroy doom scene + the cherry dolls + low fly incline + dj max crawdaddy Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00. firelight music festival - feat: antiskeptic + portraits of august + one kingdom + land of seven rivers Beaconhills Performing Arts Centre, 7:00pm. $27.50. hank’s jalopy demons Forester’s Beer & Music Hall, Collingwood. 9:30pm. highasakite + hoodlem Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $36.00. honeybone + exit stage left + blind thrills + stomping nick & his blue grenade Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. king gizzard & the wizard lizard + the murlocs John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:30pm. $25.00. local prices exhibition opening - feat: wicked city + bodies + whitewash + flour + kremlings + fried goods + green tins Old Bar, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. $10.00. los dominados Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm. luca brasi Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $14.30. magic hands + zone out + alyx dennison Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00. matterhorn + british steel Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $15.00. miss lizzy & the night owls Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. new travellers - feat: yes/no/maybe + pandorum + without parachutes + cat or pillar + shiver canyon Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $12.00. northeast party house + wax witches + yes/ no/maybe Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. power Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00pm. prophetess + temtris + shewolf + chase the ace Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm. prymal + filthy lucre + i am mine Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $13.00. rise of brotality Phoenix Youth Centre, Footscray. 8:00pm. rock n roll damnation - feat: bad boy boogie blues band + king of the north + dead city ruins + child The Hi-Fi, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $30.50. ronnie charles & the retro bandits Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00am. $20.00. sara bareilles Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $74.12. shane diiorio band - feat: sleeper thieves + peny bohan Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. sleeper thieves + aurora + the high suburban + jimmy & paige Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. someone else’s wedding band present feat: all things come to support the journey + dj leopard head Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $20.00. soul safari + kattimoni + that gold street sound Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. steve miller band + jarrod quarrel’s great hits Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $10.00. straylove The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. the chior (crazy little thing called queen) Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $35.00.
AREA-7
Australian ska/punk legends Area-7 have stayed pretty quiet over the last few years. Probably for different reasons to Area 51 but then again maybe they are aliens, disguising their UFO as a tour van. Either way the septet are taking to the road (or the skies) this month, to celebrate a whopping 20 years together as a band. Wash your brain with some killer ska vibes when they play the Corner Hotel September 19 with The Resignators, The Ramshackle Army and No Idea. the decline - feat: the delcline + workinghorse irons + beacons + del lago + ben elliott Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:30pm. $12.00. the gooses Public Bar, North Melbourne. 2:00am. the grease arrestor + the citradels + contrast Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10.00. the solicitors + swamp moth + the naysayers Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. thunderstruck (ac/dc tribute show) + coverdale + who au Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. under the sea ball - feat: ben smith band + sammy g + djs trent mcdermott + gavin campbell + mark john Melbourne Pavilion, Flemington. 8:00pm. $60.00. zoe k + dj xander Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK
johnny cash the concert - feat: daniel thompson + stuie french The Palms, Southbank. 8:00pm. action sam European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 10:30pm. alison ferrier Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. alone with tiger Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD
How Now Brown Cow originated in the English language and was used to demonstrate rounded vowel sounds. Move over How Now Brown Cow, in Straya 2014 it’s all about King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. If you’ve heard of them, good, if you’ve mastered the spelling, even better, these lizard queens (or kings) have conquered Australia and begun their psychedelic invasion of the world. They are playing four epic shows in Melbourne over the next week. Catch them at The Workers Club September 17, Ding Dong Lounge September 18, The Gasometer September 19 and The Curtin Bandroom September 20. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU
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For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au BUDDHA IN A CHOCOLATE BOx Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm. $10.00. BUDDY KNOx BLUES BAND + ROD PAINE & THE FULLTIME LOVERS Lucky 13 Garage, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. COLD HEART Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. DIABLO BROTHERS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. DIRTLAND Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. DOzzI Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. GREEN’S DAIRY ANGEL ENSEMBLE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. JODY GALVIN & THE JOYRIDERS Union Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 9:00pm. LAUREN GLEzER (EP LAUNCH) + PHILEMON + ROESY Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15.00. LITTLE RABBIT Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. MELALUKA + CHEEKY GOOSE + ODIE IDA Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 7:30pm. NICHOLAS COSTELLO Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm. PUGSLEY BUzzARD Victoria Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 9:00pm. SPOONFUL Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm. THE SHIVERING TIMBERS Union Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 5:00pm. VIC OLD TIME JAM SESSION - FEAT: CRAIG WOODWARD + WARREN ROUGH Victoria Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 5:00pm.
SUNDAy 21 SEP INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS
100 ACRE WOODS Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:00pm. ARTIST SHOWDOWN - FEAT: WITNESS TO TREASON + MELISSA JAMES + DUMB & BORED + CHAINED LIzARD + ANIENT + RUSE BAzAAR + JESTER + ROSE AVENUE + HIGHWAY BROADWAY + KID SIDNEY Espy, St Kilda. 12:30pm. BAND WARS - FEAT: ANDY LAYFIELD SOUND + VOICES & STRINGS + CHAPTER RAY Musicland, Fawkner. 1:00pm. $10.00. BANG - FEAT: ONE DOLLAR SHORT + LUKE SEYMOUP + POSTSCRIPT Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $20.00. BASTARD SqUAD + KODIAK THROAT + STONED TO DEATH Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. BLOODY SUNDAYS - FEAT: SIRENJO Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 2:00pm. CLARKE & WHITE + LUPINE + BLUE COUCH Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $5.00. COME HEAR ME SING - FEAT: KISSHEAD Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm. $10.00. DEVON SPROULE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $15.00. FEAR LIKE US + JACK LUNDIE + THE EARLY NIGHTS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm. GOLDEN GIRLS + HALFSHARK + PHILIPPA OMEGA Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm. HAMMERCAN (ALBUM LAUNCH) + ISOLATION + TURN SOUTH Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm.
MUSICIANS WANTED MANAGER WANTED. Durk is a Melbourne band who have been playing the local scene for a number of years now. We are looking for a manager to help us find more gigs, and on a more regular basis, to help build the “Durk” brand. With a full album just completed, and ready to be pushed, this is an opportunity to welcome a 5th member into the fold. Check us out on reverbnation.com/durk, triple J unearthed, and facebook.com/durkband. Contact us on durklive@live.com GUITARIST WANTED for a Punk band. We need to replace our guitarist after he won thousands of monies on a game show and has developed an addiction to gold chains and sweet grillz. Must not have any general knowledge. SERVICES SOUNDPARK REHEARSALS NORTHCOTE. From $50. Great rooms/p.a’s. Parking/Storage/Hire. Phone Andrew 0425 706 382. Soundparkstudios. com.au TUITION STAR DRUM TEACHING SCHOOL PTY LTD. Drum students who wish to learn telephone Paul Hender: 03 8786 3421. * SALES FOR SALE: 1994 ATARI 1040 STE MIDI COMPUTER upgraded to 4mb, original monitor, mouse, cracked 1989 Steinberg floppy and Steinberg manual. Perfect working order, will demonstrate. $275 neg. Call Mark 0421 103020 in Monbulk, VIC. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 54
$10.00. JAPANESE WALLPAPER + WINTERCOATS + SLEEP DECADE Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $8.00. LEVITATING CHURCHES + SIMON FAULKNER + ANDREW RICE & MICHAEL MCMANUS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE + WAx WITCHES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $15.00. NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE (U18) + WAx WITCHES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 2:30pm. $15.00. PHOEBE DAICOS & THE SIMMER DOWNS + CABBAGES & KINGS + RATTLIN’ BONES BLACKWOOD Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. RED HOT PEACE - FEAT: THE KIN + JOE DREIGHTON + KUTCHA EDWARDS + LINDSAY FIELD + NAT BARTSCH TRIO + ROSS HANNAFORD + GEOFF BRIDGFORD + KIM O’LEARY Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 2:30pm. $30.00. SPENCER P JONES + WHITT Tago Mago, Thornbury. 8:00pm. STAUNCH Public Bar, North Melbourne. 2:00am. STOCKADES + FGWMWS + JxCKxLS + DISPARO + DIPLOID + EMPLOYMENT Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. THE CHIOR (CRAzY LITTLE THING CALLED qUEEN) Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $35.00. THE TARANTINO ExPERIENCE + THE MARIONETTES The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:00pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC
ANDREA BOCELLI + DELTA GOODREM Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $100.93. BRAzILIAN JAzz - FEAT: TAMIL ROGEON + DOUG DE VRIES + AL KERR The Everleigh, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. CHEAP FRILLS Farouk’s Olive, Thornbury. 5:00pm. MIRIAM LIEBERMAN (BIRDS OF THE MOON) FEAT: MIRIAM LIBERMAN Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 3:00am. $20.00. NICK RUSSONIELLO (BETWEEN WORLDS LAUNCH) Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00. OMELETTE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00. STANDING TALL Open Studio, Northcote. 4:30pm. SUN-DAzED - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm. SUNNY KOLL (BETWEEN THE BARS) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 1:30pm. SUNNY KOLL (BETWEEN THE BARS) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. THE IMPERIALS + 30/70 + MONDEGREEN 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. WINDARI Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRy/BLUES/FOLK
ALEx WATTS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm. ANIMAL JOHNSON Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. BANJO-B-qUE - FEAT: CRAIG WOODWARD The Mercat, Melbourne. 1:00pm. BEN SALTER Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 4:00pm. BONA FIDE TRAVELERS + MORELAND CITY SOUL REVIEW Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm. BUDDY KNOx BLUES BAND Williamstown Rsl, Williamstown. 2:00pm. CHRIS WILSON Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. CHRIS WILSON + DIRTY BIRDS + DJ MAx CRAWDADDY Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $5.00. EVA MCGOWAN Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. FLASH COMPANY Union Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 3:30pm. HOGBELLY MORTON’S COUNRTY REVUE + ASH NAYLOR & RUSTY RICH Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 4:00pm. HUGH MCGINLAY Victoria Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 5:00pm. JACK HOWARD & THE LONG LOST BROTHERS Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. JAM SUNDAYS Musicland, Fawkner. 6:00pm. JON STEVENS (TAKE ME BACK TOUR) Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $33.00. KEN MAHER, AL WRIGHT & TONY HARGREAVES + KEN MAHER + AL WRIGHT & TONY HARGREAVES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. LARGE NUMBER 12S Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North. 5:00pm. LETTER B Wesley Anne, Northcote. 4:00pm. LIVE PAWN ACOUSTIC SUNDAY - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Pawn & Co, South Yarra. 8:00pm. MO MUSIC + MAxI & EMILY SOON Wesley Anne, Northcote. 3:00pm. $10.00. MOONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. NICK PRIEST Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 3:00pm. OPEN MIC Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 7:00pm. PETER BAYLOR & THE ROADHOUSE ROMEOS Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. RUNNING YOUNG + DAN KROCKMAL & SANS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. SLIM DIME & THE PRAIRIE KINGS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. SONGWRITERS COLLECTIVE - FEAT: JESS HIESER + ANDREW LOADSMAN Purple Emerald, Northcote. 7:00pm. SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 4:00pm. SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: DOG GONE SOUTH Big Huey’s Diner, South Melbourne. 4:00pm. SUzANNAH ESPIE & THE LAST WORD Union Hotel (Brunswick), Brunswick. 5:00pm.
ACCESS ALL AGES Wednesday September 10 With Alex Black
It’s getting to that time of year again, the part where you celebrate the school year coming to an end. What better way to do that than to check out the Melbourne talent that’s emerged from this year’s Freeza Push Start Battle of The Bands heats throughout Victoria. From September 20 - December 6, there will be over 45 bands competing to be crowned winners of the Regional Finals, and for a spot to move onto the Grand Final held in 2015 at Melbourne’s Moomba Festival. Head over to www.thepush.com.au for all the details on the nine regional finals.
JOE BONAMASSA
Wouldn’t it be wonderful to be so good at something you’re referred to as a titan? Oh, to be a deity of such incredible strength! At the comparatively tender age of 37, Joe Bonamassa is considered one of the world’s greatest guitar players and a titan of blues rock. All we can gather is that this dude was a hugely talented child prodigy, mastering Stevie Ray Vaughn riffs at seven and pricked the ears of BB King at the age of ten. You can catch this preposterous overachiever at the Palais Friday September 19 and drown the feeling that you have, in fact, done absolutely nothing with your life. THE IVAN zAR BAND Catfish, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. THE RECHORDS + STEVE LANE & THE AUTOCRATS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE TIGER & ME + BUDDHA IN A CHOCOLATE BOx Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4:30pm.
MONDAy 22 SEP INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS
CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. I DO LIKE MONDAYS - FEAT: EMPAT LIMA + WET LIPS + SHINY COIN Old Bar, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. $6.00. MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: WARTHREAT + DEBACLE + ExTINCTExIST + ANSIA Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. THE MY WAY KILLINGS Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:00pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC
JAzz PARTY - FEAT: DJ SI Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. RUBY’S LIVE JAzz AFTER DARK - FEAT: PIANO Té Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00. SUNNY KOLL (BETWEEN THE BARS) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. THE ALLAN BROWNE qUINTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRy/BLUES/FOLK
LOOK AT THE OWL Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. THE MUTUAL APPRECIATION SOCIETY - FEAT: ALISON FERRIER & BENNY WALKER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.
TUESDAy 23 SEP INDIE/ROCK/POP/METAL/PUNK/COVERS
CHEAP KRAKEN RUM NIGHT - FEAT: TEN GALLON HEAD + THE PLYMOUTH REVERENDS + RAH RAHS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6.00. GREENTHIEF Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. KLARA zUBONJA + THE BLACK HARRYS 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. SLOW GALO Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. TERRIBLE LIzARD + SPORADIC CHILDREN Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:00pm. THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL DISCOVERY NIGHT FEAT: MARqUIS + LARS + THE VELVET SOUFFLE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/LATIN/WORLD MUSIC
BRAVE GRIMES Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. LUDOVICO’S BAND (LOVE SEx DEATH) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $38.00. RAJ JAYAWEERA TRIO + JAYAWEERA MAGNUSSON DUO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00. RUBY’S LIVE JAzz AFTER DARK - FEAT: DExTER’S ASIAN CONNECTION Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00. STANDING TALL - FEAT: STANDING TALL WITH STAN VAN HOFF Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.00. SUNNY KOLL (BETWEEN THE BARS) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.
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Have you heard of Ollie Ellmers yet? Either way, here’s something that’s bound to tickle your fancy. As an interactive designer and experimental artist, he’s been creating quite a buzz recently. Here’s your chance to see him for free (and who doesn’t love freebies?). This exciting event is on tonight, at ACMI so make sure you don’t miss out! Head over to www. acmi.net.au for all the important info. If you’re aged between 16 and 24 and have a knack for writing then Youth Central wants you! They’re looking for people to write articles and conduct interviews to be published on their website. You’ll get paid for each article published, and once you’ve had two articles published you can officially join the Youth Central Roving Reporter team for six months. It’s a pretty sweet deal as you’ll be paid to cover events and issues on behalf of Youth Central, as well as come up with your own ideas and get some hands-on mentoring in freelance journalism and writing skills. Graduates of the program have gone on to careers in radio, publishing, online communication and social media strategy. For more info check out www.youthcentral. vic.gov.au/getpublished. If you haven’t saved the dates for the Face The Music conference yet, then make sure you do because Jen Long, noted UK Music Presenter, has just been added to the already impressive line up of speakers, including Meredith publicist Ange Henley, Rhett McLaren of The Hills Are Alive & UNIFIED, Pete Williamson of Sabretusk, and many more. So if you haven’t already snatched up tickets for this jam packed weekend then head over to www.facethemusic.org.au.
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MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS & GOSSIP With Christie Eliezer * Stuff for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm NEW SIGNINGS #1: EMI IN A SPIN WITH KLP
EMI Music Australia signed KLP (Kristy Lee Peters), Sydney DJ, songwriter, vocalist and host of triple j’s House Party. After playing local festivals she heads to CMJ in New York and Culture Collide in San Francisco and LA. She’s collaborated with What So Not, Milo & Otis, Zimmer, Sable, Slumberjack, Just a Gent and M Phazes. Jesse Flavell of Sum Management said, “Those who only know KLP as a DJ will be blown away by the depth of her talent.”
NEW SIGNINGS #2: PIERCE BROS. AT MUSHROOM
Mushroom Music Publishing’s latest signing are Melbourne indie-folk act The Pierce Brothers. Mushroom founder Michael Gudinski said, “Mushroom Music [is] thrilled to be working with Jack and Pat from Pierce Brothers. We look forward to supporting the guys in a long and successful career both in a live setting and as emerging songwriters.” Just back from playing to 10,000 people at Netherlands Lowlands Festival, they’re touring Australia until December.
NEW SIGNINGS #3: PERCH CREEK GET US AGENCY DEAL
Melbourne “psychedelic jug band” Perch Creek Family Jug Band has landed a US agency deal with Fleming Artists – home to Ani DiFranco, Tom Paxton, Steve Poltz, Grant-Lee Phillips Jane Siberry and the Melbourne-hailed Colin Hay and Something for Kate. They are represented by Fleming Artists’ Australian operations, run in Melbourne by John Sinclair. The Americans spotted them playing Toronto’s Busker Festival in front of half a million people and wanted them, along with Aussies singer songwriter and guitar virtuoso Daniel Champagne and Adelaide gypsy-swing folk outfit Bearded Gypsy Band.
NEW SIGNINGS #4: SAVAGE AT MINISTRY OF SOUND AUSTRALIA
Multi-platinum NZ urban act Savage, whose single Freaks is Top 5 in Oz and platinum, signed a deal with Ministry of Sound Australia. It encompasses recording, publishing (with 120 Agency) and touring (Soapbox Artists for DJ gigs and international touring in conjunction with Get Busy Productions).
NEW SIGNINGS #5: ANOTHER DEAL FOR SPOOKYLAND
Two weeks after Sydney’s Spookyland landed a US record deal with Canvasback, he signed for Europe and the UK with Play It Again Sam.
BEATS LAUNCHING IN OZ “IN WEEKS”?
Apple being Apple, it’s being tight-lipped about the exact launch of Beats music streaming in Australia. Beats Music’s CEO Ian Rogers has been in Sydney meeting with record companies and its telco partner Telstra and indicated it’s not too far away. Sources suggested we’re talking “weeks.”
SECOND ROUND OF SPEAKERS FOR FACE THE MUSIC
The second round of speakers for Face The Music includes UK media presenter and label co-founder Jen Long, John Wardle (National Live Music Office), Ange Henley (Angela Henley Publicity), Rhett McLaren (The Hills Are Alive/Unified), Pete Williamson (Sabretusk), Tim Dalton (Collarts), Zac Abroms (Viceroyalty), Tom Harris (Whitesky), Shane Wickens (The Push) and Sarah Guppy (This Much Talent). Artists including Helen Croome (Gossling), Evelyn Morris (Pikelet), Drew Wootton (The Panics) and Stu Grant (Primitive Calculators) will talk on topics such as the importance of regional touring, gender in music, building the right team and collaborative songwriting.
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• Is another great Melbourne venue to close down as the building owner contemplates an offer to sell? • With budget accommodation became scarce in Brisbane during Big Sound, one manager had to share his house with a band, its road crew, and three label reps. Problem is, the place was being renovated, so they had to make do with a half-done kitchen and no bathroom. • Is Wollongong about to get a blues festival after the City Council agreed to allow up to 40 alcoholrelated events each year in alcohol-free zones? • For her Dubai show, Lady Gaga wanted her hotel room adorned with black satin drapes, silver satin sheets, white and yellow roses and posters of Elton BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 58
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John, David Bowie and Queen. Her dressing room had to have an oxygen tank and peanut butter with flax seeds and no more than 4g of sugar. Big celebrations at Premier Artists last week: albums by Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers and Hilltop Hoods occupied the first three spots on the ARIA album chart, just before all three went out on tour. Paul Kelly’s The Merri Soul Sessions has been removed for nomination from the Best Independent Blues And Roots Album category for the Independent Awards – on the account it, uh, hasn’t actually been released yet. After hovering in the US Top 200 chart since 1984, Bob Marley & the Wailers’ album Legend finally made it into the Top 10, after Google discounted the record as part of a campaign. Foo Fighters reckon they have “pretty unique and fucking cool” plans to celebrate their 20th anniversary next year. Cirque du Soleil’s Michael Jackson the Immortal World Tour is now the eighth-top grossing tour of all time, making US$360 million, doing 501 shows in 157 venues in 28 countries (including Australia) over three years.
WHAT WE LEARNED AT BIG SOUND
Association of Australia national awards. The Excellence in Community Participation category was all local: SYN for National Youth Media Project, JOY 94.9 for JOY/City of Yarra Radio Project, 3MBS for The Talent, Mitchell Community Radio’s You Could Do This and 3MDR 97.1fm’s Community Outlook. Similarly, finalists for Outstanding Volunteer Contribution were all-Melbourne: Bill Pappaionou (3CR), Robert Hooke (3MBS) and Lila Hester (OCR FM). In Excellence in Music Programming was PBS’ Soul Time, while Best Digital Media Initiative included SYN’s SYN Nation and JOY 94.9’s World AIDS Day Worldwide .In Excellence in Training were 3CR (Aboriginal Women’s Training Project) and SYN (Raise The Platform). Triple R’s Astral Glamour vies for Best New Radio Program – Music. PBS’s Young Elder of Jazz Commission is among contenders for Contribution to Australian Music. Phoenix FM in Bendigo’s Koori Grapevine episode “An 84 Year Old Uncontrollable Child” is up for Contribution to Indigenous Broadcasting. Full list at the CBAA website.
QMusic’s Executive Officer Denise Foley is stepping down this year. Neil Finn suggests the way to keep the “struggle” in making new music is to balance out how “cosmically insignificant” you are with the feeling that you’re making an important music that everyone should hear. Spotify’s Director of Economics Will Page unveiled data that showed music streaming has cut down music piracy by 20%, especially casual illegal downloading (“but a hardcore minority remains”) with TV and movie piracy four times more than music. He said music streaming also helped spread Australian music across the world. Page also revealed since Spotify launched in Australia in 2012, one in six Aussies have tried it (3.3 million) and three quarters of its Australian users are under 34. Aussie hip hop is too white, male and straight – but Urthboy says it’s at least one sector that admits to it and is trying to work out the dilemma. The Association of Artist Managers unveiled its new Code of Conduct to be introduced next winter after consultation with the industry. A panel of artist managers discussed, among other things, the changing role of managers who now also run the labels and websites on behalf of indie clients. The Church’s Steve Kilbey, representing artists on the panel, asked hardhitting questions about traditional contract structures and agent/manager commissions. It costs $9 million to run triple j for a whole year compared to the $20 million for just one season of The X Factor. Groovin’ The Moo promoter Cattleyard Promotions has branched out into event management and marketing with new division Cattleyard Collective. Native Tongue signed Melbourne’s Apes just before the publisher’s showcase of some of its acts. The arrival of Ian Haug into The Church’s ranks not only calmed friction in the lineup but “we’ve had a big blood transfusion,” Steve Kilbey confessed.
CALVIN HARRIS MADE $7 MILLION FROM STREAMING
Calvin Harris became first Brit solo artist to clock up a billion streams on Spotify. As it pays a royalty of $0.007 per stream, that equals US$7 million, split between him and Columbia Records. Last week, he set a new record when his single Blame became the fastest track to hit #1 on Spotify’s Global Chart three days after, rather than the usual seven weeks.
WIDE STEPS IN TO BREAKFASTERS
Long time Triple R announcer Steve Wide of Friday afternoon’s Far & Wide will step into The Breakfasters for the remainder of the year. He returns to the Friday shift on December 19 when The Breakfasters wraps for the year.
3CR, SYN, JOY, IN CBAA AWARDS FINALISTS
Melbourne stations punched above their weight in the nominations for the Community Broadcasting
LIFELINES Ill: “Lingering health issues related to surgeries that removed his gall bladder and appendix earlier this year” caused Avicci to cancel all shows this year. In Court: Antony Tropeano, 34, manager of Adelaide’s Red Square club, is trying to keep his liquor license by appealing a sentence that he and two other staff severely bashed AFL star Jared Polec’s twin brother David in 2011. In Court: US rapper Gucci Mane got a year off his 39-month prison sentence in Atlanta for firearm possession. In Court: Led Zeppelin have hired prominent US entertainment lawyer Helene Freeman to represent them in a lawsuit which alleged that Stairway To Heaven was nicked from the band Spirit’s 1968 instrumental Taurus. Died: former Primal Scream guitarist Robert “Throb” Young. 49. Died: US songwriter Bob Crewe, 82 who discovered the Four Seasons and penned hits for them like Big Girls Don’t Cry and Walk Like A Man, as well as Lady Marmalade for LaBelle, The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore for The Walker Brothers and Jenny Take A Ride for Detroit Wheels. Died: New Orleans R&B muso Cosimo Matassa, 88, from a stroke in 2009. His J&M studio is where 250 singles were cut, including Lloyd Price’s Lawdy Miss Clawdy, Ernie K-Doe’s Mother in Law and all of Fats Domino’s hits. Died: US jazz-electro funk pioneer Joe Sample, 75, complications from lung cancer. His ‘70s band The Crusaders had crossover hits as Street Life and his music was heavily sampled by the hip hop community.
the second installment of the festival a success. All but two of the performances sold out, he told the Bendigo Advertiser, and a wider array of audiences attending this year from all over Australia and New Zealand. Plans are in place for 2015 event with more international names.
CHART FACTS: VANCE’S DEBUT AT #1 WITH ALBUM
Vance Joy’s debuting at #1 on the ARIA album chart with Dream Your Life Away is the 363rd album in Australian history to debut at top spot. Chart historian Gavin Ryan tells us it’s the 11th time an Aussie topped the ARIA chart in 2014. It’s Liberation Records’ seventh chart-topping album but its first back to back #1 (Vance deposed Jimmy Barnes). It’s the 11th time an album with ‘dream’ topped the charts, the seventh with ‘life’ and third with ‘away’.
BREAKFAST RAVE IN MELBOURNE
After the arrival in Sydney in July, Morning Gloryville, a pre-work exercise, massage and sober rave) launches in Melbourne on Wednesday October 15 at Thousand Pound Bend (Little Lonsdale St) 6.30 to 9.30am.
NEW NAMES AT MELBOURNE FESTIVAL BOARD
Joining the Melbourne Festival board are Carat CEO Simon Ryan, NAB chief financial officer Sally Bruce and arts administrator and co-founder of WOMADelaide Rob Brookman. It’s held Friday Oct 10 to Friday October 26.
FUNDRAISING MANAGER GIG AT SONG ROOM
The Song Room, the national not-for-profit organisation which uses the arts to engage and empower children, has a vacancy for a Prahran-based part time Fundraising Manager. See www.songroom.org.au/ about/employment/.
EXPLORATORY MUSIC FEST A SUCCESS
David Chisholm, director of the International Festival of Exploratory Music in Bendigo has declared
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RISE TO RELEASE UNFD MUSIC IN THE U.S.
Craig Ericson’s Nevada City, California-based Rise Records teamed with Australia’s UNFD to distribute selected records in the US In a posting on Facebook, it revealed that the first two releases under the deal are Northlane’s Singularity and In Hearts Wake’s Earthwalker on October 28 followed by Hand Of Mercy, Stories, Bodyjar and Hellions.
MITSHUBISHI, KICKTONE, CALL FOR WRITERS
What do people feel when they drive their cars? That’s what Mitsubishi Motors and Kicktone want budding Australian songwriters to capture in the new initiative Accelerate to find their next jingle. Winner also gets $10,000 cash and $5,000 of studio time. Go to acceleratemusic.com.au, deadline Sunday October 12.
DODDS LEAVES BIZ
Natalie Dodds, Senior Publicist at Secret Service Public Relations and Create/Control Records has left for a PR gig outside the music industry.
MOSHTIX HITS ITS MILLIONTH SUBSCRIBER
Australian ticket agency Moshtix, celebrating its first year as an independent, had more to celebrate when it signed its millionth subscriber. Last July, CEO Harley Evans, and business partner Vanessa Bond bought the company back from News Corp and revamped its business to focus on music events.
TWITTER TESTS ‘BUY’ BUTTON
Twitter is testing out a ‘buy’ button to direct music fans to merchandise and ticket websites from artist’s posts. The test is currently limited to the US, to 19 accounts including those by Rihanna and Eminem.