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WHATS ON, GOING NOWHERE
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ART OF THE CITY, THE COMIC STRIP
34
BEAT’S STATE ELECTION GUIDE
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PORTUGAL. THE MAN
36
MAN UP, THE UGLY KINGS, JACOB
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DOWN ON THE FARM
38
THE OCEAN PARTY, YOUNG MAGIC,
Cosmic Psychos
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NOFX, CROWN THE EMPIRE
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CORE/CRUNCH
42
MUSIC NEWS
48
LIVE
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ALBUM OF THE WEEK, SINGLES, CHARTS
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J MASCIS
J Mascis has locked in his return to Melbourne. One of the most illustrious names in rock’n’roll, the Dinosaur Jr frontman has just recently released his second solo album Tied to a Star, the follow up to 2011’s Several Shades of Why. Support will come from Adalita. Catch them at The Melbourne Recital Centre on Friday February 13.
RODRIGO Y GABRIEL A
One of Mexico’s most spectacular acoustic guitar duos, Rodrigo y Gabriela are returning for the sixth time in April 2015. They’ll play shows in Melbourne alongside their appearance at Bluesfest. Rodrigo y Gabriela have taken the world by storm with their blistering original songs and famous cover versions in their live set on Spanish guitars. They’ll be at The Palais Theatre in Melbourne on Tuesday April 7.
CAMILLIE O’SULLIVAN
Irish songstress Camille O’Sullivan will return to Melbourne for an intimate set of dates early next year. Presented by Arts Centre Melbourne, the shows will see O’Sullivan perform tracks from her latest album Changeling, which includes covers of Nick Cave, Arcade Fire, Radiohead, David Bowie and Tom Waits. Camille O’Sullivan will play at The Arts Centre Melbourne, Fairfax Studio from Thursday January 20 to Saturday January 24.
ANGUS & JULIA STONE
Angus and Julia Stone will return to Australia in February 2015, touring nationally in support of their latest release, the captivating self-titled third album, Angus & Julia Stone. The Summer Tour 2015 follows their recent sold out Australian album tour, and sees Angus & Julia Stone heading to capital cities and regional areas, performing at some of Australia’s finest and most iconic venues. They will play Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on Friday February 27. Tickets are on sale midday on Friday November 21.
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BALLY ON HIGH FEST
Audiences can expect a delightful array of events at the Bally on High festival next month when it pops up in front of Northcote Town Hall. A colourful circus dome will host a selection of world-class live entertainment from November 21 – December 7. Now in its second year, Bally on High is a not-for-profit festival run by artists and producers with the aim to be a part of their own neighbourhood and community. The festival’s Melbourne-based producer Elena Kirschbaum works on a national scale, co-producing Gluttony at Adelaide Fringe and the National Folk Festival. This festival is all about bringing her vision closer to home. Tickets are available at tixnofee. com, and more information regarding the program is available through the festival’s website.
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Multicultural Arts Victoria is thrilled to present Mapping Melbourne 2014, a four-day showcase from Wednesday December 3–6 of independent contemporary Asian arts, celebrating the vibrant influence Asia continues to have on Melbourne’s cultural dynamism. With over 40 local artists and international artists, this multidisciplinary four-day festival spans art, theatre, music, spoken word, dance and film in the heart of Melbourne.
SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL 2015
Soundwave has gotten even bigger. Earlier this week, the festival added two new acts to the 2015 bill – New York’s Bayside and Florida’s Nonpoint. They join the previously announced lineup of Slipknot, Slash, Marilyn Manson, Fall Out Boy, Judas Priest, Godsmack, All Time Low, Papa Roach, Of Mice & Men, Escape The Fate, Faith No More, Soundgarden, Incubus, Lamb Of God, Antemasque, Ministry, Gerard Way, Mayhem and many, many more. Soundwave 2015 will take place in Melbourne on Saturday February 21 and Sunday February 22 at the Flemington Racecourse.
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FRIDAY NIGHTS AT JEAN PAUL GAULTIER
All dressed up and nowhere to go? Spend your Friday nights in the fashion world of Jean Paul Gaultier. Let style and music take over as DJs and bands take to the stage alongside pop-up talks, bars and dining at the NGV. We are giving one lucky person a chance to win a golden ticket; giving them a double pass to Friday Nights at Jean Paul Gaultier for the rest of the season. Incredible prize, right? Get to www.beat.com. au/freeshit to win.
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STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS
Spending your weekends jealous of everyone’s overseas holiday snaps on Facebook and Insta? Celebrate ‘Going Nowhere’ with iconic Aussie band The Bushwackers at the 2014 Bush Bash Barn Dance. Forget lederhosen and sombreros, dress as native Australian flora or fauna or throw on some Blundstones and prepare to get down. We have three double passes to giveaway so find your best dancin’ friend and hit us up at beat.com.au/freeshit for your chance to win.
Following the release of their new album Wig Out at Jagbags, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks return to Australia for a number of headline shows and an appearance at Golden Plains. The band’s fourth tour of Australia will see them perform intimate headline shows in Adelaide, Hobart, Brisbane, Wollongong and Sydney, as well as festival slots at Golden Plains, Melbourne Zoo Series and Perth International Arts Festival. After recent performances on Jimmy Fallon and the band’s last ever performance on Letterman, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks are super-charged to light up the lights and freeform all that jazz style. Catch them at the Melbourne Zoo supported by Twerps, Friday February 27. Tickets through the venue.
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THE ANTLERS
The Antlers will return to Melbourne early next year. The tour follows the release of the acclaimed Brooklyn outfit’s fifth studio record Familiars, which they will bring to life at the acoustically spectacular and intimately grand Elisabeth Murdoch Hall. Support at the show will come from electronic outfit LANKS. Catch them at the Melbourne Recital Centre on Saturday February 14.
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Tim Sweeney will return to Melbourne next month. An Australian favourite and three-time Meredith alumni, the tour will mark the 15-year anniversary of his groundbreaking radio show Beats In Space, for which he’s just released a compilation of old and new favourites. It goes down at The Toff In Town on Saturday December 20.
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Experimental rockers Swans will be returning Down Under in January to play headline shows in Melbourne. Their 13th album To Be Kind continues to push boundaries and draw in listeners with their ability to create sounds that are equal parts beautiful and confronting. Swans will play The Corner Hotel in Melbourne on Tuesday January 20. Tickets available through the venue.
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FKA TWIGS
FKA twigs has locked in a Melbourne headline show to accompany her appearance at Laneway. In her debut voyage Down Under, the British-born 26-year-old musician will make her Australian visit following the release of her Mercury Prize-nominated debut album LP1. Catch her on Wednesday January 28 at 170 Russell.
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The Gooch Palms have announced their return to Melbourne with a show this December. The Newcastle duo are heading off for headline shows in Melbourne and Sydney. Support will come from Wet Blankets and Whipper (formerly Young Liberals). The Gooch Palms are taking over The Grace Darling on Thursday December 18. Tickets are available through the venue.
WAYNE ‘THE TRAIN’ HANCOCK
He’s back. Wayne ‘The Train’ Hancock, will return to Australian shores in March, just eight short months after his last successful visit Down Under. Since his stunning debut, Thunderstorms and Neon Signs in 1995, Wayne ‘The Train’ Hancock the undisputed king of juke joint swing. He will be playing shows around the country stopping off at Ding Dong Lounge in Melbourne Friday March 6 and the Caravan Club Saturday March 7. Tickets through Oztix.
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THE BLACK LIPS
Saskwatch will treat fans to one last 2014 show before they head to America to record their next album. The show comes at the end of a big year for the Melbourne pop-soul outfit, which saw them sell out both shows at The Corner and perform at Splendour in the Grass as well as New York’s CMJ Festival. They’ll be joined by GL and Rob Muinos. Catch ‘em at the John Curtin Hotel on Saturday November 22.
We’re not gonna miss this one, and neither should you. Byron Bay slum goddesses The Babe Rainbow are heading to Melbourne to perform a headline show at The Workers Club on Saturday November 22. Tickets are just $10 available through the venue. So yeah. You know what you’re supposed to do.
Xylouris White have announced they'll be making their Australian debut this January. The new outfit for Dirty Three drummer Jim White and Cretan lute player George Xylouris will hit our shores after tours in the US and Europe. They will be performing at Sydney Festival and Hobart’s MONA FOMA Festival, as well as a one-off Melbourne headline show. Xylouris White will play Howler on Saturday January 17. Tickets are available through Moshtix.
MEWITHOUT YOU
Mewithoutyou have announced they'll be heading to Australia for a run of shows this January. The tour marks the first time the American rockers have graced our shores in nearly seven years. Support across the eight-stop tour will come from Central Coast outfit Elliot the Bull. The last time the five-piece took over our stages was for Soundwave 2008, playing acoustic sets throughout the festival. Mewithoutyou will take over 170 Russell on Sunday January 25. Tickets are on sale now through the venue.
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This is guaranteed to be the best news you’ve heard all day, we’re sure of it. Nickelback, the world’s most divisive rock’n’roll outfit, are returning to Australia early next year. The tour will support their eighth full-length studio album, No Fixed Address. Last week the band announced a 61-date arena tour of North America, adding to the eight million tickets already sold across 12 world tours. Catch ‘em at Rod Laver Arena on Friday May 15. Tickets through Live Nation.
RAINBOW SERPENT
With January creeping closer, Rainbow Serpent has unveiled the domestic lineup for its 2015 incarnation – and it’s pretty huge. Opiuo, Spoonbill, Staunch, Mr Bill, OKA, Tetrameth Vs Shadow Fx, FREq, Gangsta Girl, Boog$, Tornado Wallace, Jamie Stevens, Steve Law, Interpulse, Otologic and Whitebear are among some of the highlights. They’ll join the likes of Beats Antique, Marcel Dettman, Petar Dundov, Lee Burridge and many, many more. For the full lineup, head over to the Rainbow website. Rainbow Serpent is set to go down from Friday January 23 to Monday January 24 in Lexton, Victoria.
BEYOND THE VALLEY
With NYE creeping closer and closer, Beyond The Valley have unveiled a slew of local talent which will help them ring in the New Year at their inaugural festival. Joining the lineup will be 5AM, Airwolf, Albert Salt, Ben Hutch, Big Words, Boot Action, Budha, Cam Milesi, Clint Hargreaves, Dawkins, Dividem, Dunks, Elephant Ego, Finn O’dea, Glass Mirrors, Handsdown, Harry Moody, I Know The Chief, J Heasy, Jack Sharry, James Debono, James Fava, Jiay Mills, Johnny Mezz, Linkon, Lola Heart, LTM CREW, Macca Mac, Magic America, Marco Polo, Metwally, Mitch Bain, Neighbourhood Youth, New York Cats DJs, Nick Coleman, Oasis DJs, Oskar Long, Paper Tiger, Parkvue, R.E.A.L. Music, Retza, Rimmy, Ryan Haynes, Sirch, Sloclo, Sonic Vibes, Taco, The Facades, The Lane Way Project, Tomb Boss, Tomderson, Vedran, and many, many more. Beyond The Valley will be held at Phillip Island Circuit from Tuesday December 30 - Thursday January 1. For the full lineup head to the festival’s website.
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Boiler Room TV will return to Melbourne later this month to kick off its new series, Chronicles. Chronicles will focus on one prominent Australian artist or group, giving them the chance to take over the controls for their own Boiler Room session. Melbourne favourites Hiatus Kaiyote will launch the series, performing alongside Taylor McFerrin, Silentjay w/ Jace XL and Clever Austin. Chronicles 001 will go down on Friday November 21 at a secret location, to be revealed on the day. RSVP at http://boilerroom.tv/chronicles/.
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CHET FAKER
Melbourne native Chet Faker has announced a national homecoming tour for next year. The tour will be his biggest to date, marking the final run of shows in support of his debut album Built On Glass. It follows a massive year for Faker, who sold out four shows at Melbourne’s Forum Theatre in July. Joining Faker on the tour will be Melbourne producer Roland Tings and cosmic-funk outfit GL. Catch Chet Faker on Friday February 27 at the Palais Theatre. Tickets are available from Thursday November 20 through Ticketmaster.
FALLS FESTIVAL
Following the cancellation of Röyksopp and Robyn from their scheduled Falls performances (boo, hiss etc. etc.), Falls have added two big names to fill the gaps on the 2014/2015 lineup. Australia’s larger-thanlife alt-electronic pioneers Empire of The Sun will return to the stage following a worldwide tour, while Britain’s indie-pop diva La Roux will also join the bill. Falls will take place in Lorne from Sunday December 28 - Thursday January 1, Marion Bay from Monday December 29 - Thursday January 1 and Byron Bay from Monday December 30 - Friday January 2.
Hobart psych-rockers Violet Swells have locked in a final east coast tour for the year. The tour is in support of the band’s latest single Here Comes Yesterday, set for release on Friday November 21. The single will feature on the band’s forthcoming second EP, which will hit shelves early next year. Catch Violet Swells at Prince Public Bar on Friday December 12.
BL ACK CAB
Black Cab have announced they'll launch their fourth album with a show in Melbourne at the end of this month. The group recently launched their fourth album, Games Of the XXI Olympiad. It might have taken four years, three producers and four studios, but the album is out. Now the trio will live launch the record with a show in Melbourne, with support from Lowtide and Queens Head. Black Cab will launch their record at Howler on Saturday November 29. Tickets are on sale through Moshtix.
GRANDMASTER FL ASH
The esteemed Grandmaster Flash is coming to town. Flash is known as one of the pioneers of hip hop DJing, cutting and mixing, as well as part of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5. He’s currently touring in support of his latest release, The Grandmaster Flash Collection. He’ll hit The Espy on Saturday January 3.
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JULIAN CASABL ANCAS & THE VOIDZ
Missed out on tickets to Falls? All cool, man. Julian Casablancas and The Voidz have got ya covered – they’ve just locked in a Melbourne headline show. No stranger to Australia, having visited both with The Strokes and touring solo, Casablancas will return over the NYE period with his beat-driven band The Voidz, who’ve just dropped their album Tyranny. Catch ‘em on Tuesday January 6 at The Forum. Tickets via Ticketmaster.
ARTIST PROFILE with MAGIC BONES
What’s your name then? Oh. And the name of your band... Dylan, and the band’s Magic Bones, a four-piece garage, punk, rock outfit from Melbourne. And what do you do? I sing, play guitar, bass and drums. We like to mix it up, keep you guessing. We all have a crack at being multi-instrumentalists. When did you start doing that? I’ve always played multiple instruments and sung, as have the other band members. This approach really came into its own when the band first formed a few years back. It’s part of what give us our own unique sound and aesthetic. Why did you start doing that? Different songs need a different approach. Take drumming for an example, Rich’s style is very different to mine and I could never play some things like he does and vice versa. The same idea applies across all instruments. Sometimes the person singing just needs an easier part to play, e.g. singing and playing the drums at the same time, not always an easy feat, but we give it a red hot go.
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GRUFF RHYS
Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys has announced a run of shows in support of his newest solo work, American Interior. Released in May, the Americana-tinged LP marks his fourth studio effort. He’ll promote it with shows in Sydney and Melbourne as well as an appearance at WOMADelaide. Gruff Rhys will hit Northcote Social Club on Thursday March 5. Tickets are available from the venue’s website.
DAILY HAPPY HOUR
If you weren’t doing that, what would you be doing? If I hadn’t gotten into bands I’d probably be an interpretive dance instructor. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? Losing my shit every time we take the stage. The intention is to burn every last piece of myself to the point of collapse by the time we walk off stage. It’s only by doing this you can be sure we really mean it. And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing? I’m most unhappy when I’m not doing this, so absence is the answer to the question. What’s you proudest moment of doing what you do? Every night we hit the stage, every time me and my fellow bones smash out a great set. For me, it just keeps getting better. We’ve just recently returned from touring as main support with British India, which has been amazing. Playing to packed-out venues across Australia, we’ve also just been announced to support Ratcat at The Corner Hotel. These are all pretty proud moments for us. And your least proud? I’m a really positive guy so I have to say when things don’t work out, I learn what I can and move on. I think if you make a real effort to be a decent human being you’ll never have too much to answer to a question like this. MAGIC BONES launch their single Anytime Anywhere at Boney on Friday December 5. Tickets are $10 via Oztix.
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INTERNATIONAL JIMMY EAT WORLD The Forum November 18 YES Palais Theatre November 18 C.R. AVERY Bella Union November 19 PRONG Hi-Fi November 21 KIMBRA Hi-Fi November 22 TRIVIUM & IN FLAMES 170 Russell November 23, 24 MAX RICHTER Melbourne Recital Centre November 24 BROODS The Forum November 26 THE PHARCYDE The Espy November 27 JAKOB Ding Dong Lounge November 27 HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF Northcote Social Club November 27 THE BLACK SEEDS Prince Bandroom November 27 PORTUGAL. THE MAN The Penny Black, The Deck November 30 THE DATSUNS Ding Dong Lounge December 5 SLEEP Corner Hotel December 6, 7, Meredith Musical Festival December 12 JOAN ARMATRADING Melbourne Recital Centre December 8, Comedy Theatre December 15 SASHA GREY Anyway December 6 STEREOSONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL Melbourne Showgrounds December 6-7 ICE CUBE The Forum December 6, 9 THE LEMONHEADS Corner Hotel December 9, 10 JAMES HOLDEN The Hi-Fi December 10 UB40 Palais Theatre December 11 FACTORY FLOOR Howler December 11 CLOUD NOTHINGS Corner Hotel December 11 CYPRESS HILL The Forum December 11 JOHN LEGEND The Plenary December 12, Rochford Wines, Yarra Valley December 13 DAMON ALBARN Palais Theatre December 12 PHOSPHORESCENT Corner Hotel December 12 DE LA SOUL 170 Russell December 12 BLACKSTREET Trak December 12 MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre December 12 – 14 THE WAR ON DRUGS 170 Russell December 8, 16, The Hi-Fi December 11 T.I. AND DMX Festival Hall December 12 TY SEGALL Corner Hotel December 14, 15 THE SKATALITES Caravan Club December 17, Corner Hotel December 18 GHOSTFACE KILLAH The Espy December 19 SCOTT RUSSO AND PHIL JAMIESON Corner Hotel December 19 THE RED JUMPSUIT APPARATUS The Evelyn December 19,
Arrow on Swanston December 20 (AA) X-MAS EVEN Gasometer Hotel December 19, 20 BEN FOLDS Hamer Hall December 20 PHAROAHE MONCH The Espy December 26 TONSTARTSSBANDHT The Tote December 26 SALT N PEPA The Forum December 27 FALLS MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL Various locations December 28 – January 2 BIG FREEDIA Howler December 30 BEYOND THE VALLEY Phillip Island Circuit December 30 – January 1 SADAR BAHAR The Toff In Town December 31 GREG WILSON Little & Olver December 31 VIOLENT FEMMES MONA January 1 GRANDMASTER FLASH The Espy January 3 DANNY BROWN Corner Hotel January 4 COLD WAR KIDS The Hi-Fi January 5 THE TEMPER TRAP 170 Russell January 5 JULIAN CASABLANCAS & THE VOIDZ The Forum January 6 THE BLACK LIPS The Hi-Fi January 6 MILKY CHANCE 170 Russell January 6 JOHN SMITH Bella Union January 7 SBTRKT The Forum January 7 GEORGE EZRA Corner Hotel January 7 ASGEIR The Forum January 9 WYE OAK Gasometer Hotel January 10 GLASS ANIMALS The Hi-Fi January 10 SPOON The Forum January 11 TIM HECKER Howler January 14 MARDUK AND INQUISITION Northcote Social Club January 14, The Hi-Fi January 16 JESUS JONES Corner Hotel January 15 2CELLOS Palais Theatre January 15 THE 1975 Festival Hall January 15 NELLY Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 16 THE COATHANGERS January 16 EVERYTIME I DIE Corner Hotel January 16 XYLOURIS WHITE Howler January 17 OMAR SOULEYMAN Corner Hotel January 19 SWANS Corner Hotel January 20 CAMILLIE O’SULLIVAN Melbourne Arts Center January 20 – 24 THE CLEAN Corner Hotel January 22 FAT FREDDY’S DROP Palais Theatre January 23 JAMIE T The Forum January 24 SUGAR MOUNTAIN January 24 THE KOOKS Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 24 MEWITHOUTYOU 170 Russell January 25 ODESZA Howler January 25 FKA TWIGS 170 Russell January 28
RUSTIE Howler January 29 LYKKE LI Forum Theatre January 29 PERFECT PUSSY Corner Hotel January 29 SOHN Corner Hotel January 30 EYEHATEGOD The Hi-Fi January 30 JOHNNY MARR The Forum January 31 CHIODOS Corner Hotel January 31 BELLE & SEBASTIAN Palais Theatre February 1 LITTLE DRAGON 170 Russell February 2 THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM The Forum February 3 RAURY Howler February 3 ANGEL OLSEN Howler February 4 MAC DEMARCO The Hi-Fi February 4 JUNGLE 170 Russell February 4 HIGHASAKITE Corner Hotel February 4 VIC MENSA Corner Hotel February 5 BENJAMIN BOOKER Northcote Social Club February 5 CARIBOU The Forum February 5 SUZI QUATRO Melbourne Arts Centre February 5, 6, 7 RATKING Ding Dong Lounge February 6 LANEWAY FESTIVAL Footscray Community Arts Centre February 7 STING AND PAUL SIMON A Day on the Green February 7, Rod Laver Arena February 10 SARAH MCLAUGHLAN Melbourne Recital Centre February 9 J MASCIS Melbourne Recital Centre February 13 THE ANTLERS Melbourne Recital Centre February 14 LAMB The Forum February 14 DANIEL ROSSEN Northcote Social Club February 15 PERFUME GENIUS Corner Hotel February 15 G-EAZY Howler February 16 TINASHE The Hi-Fi February 20 ROXETTE Rod Laver Arena February 20, Rochford Wines Yarra Valley February 21 PETER HOOK AND THE LIGHT Corner Hotel February 21 SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL Flemington Racecourse February 21, 22 THE EAGLES Rod Laver Arena February 22, Hanging Rock Macedon February 28 REAL ESTATE Corner Hotel February 25 STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS Melbourne Zoo February 27 DELTRON 3030 The Hi-Fi February 27 FOO FIGHTERS Etihad Stadium February 28 MOGWAI Hamer Hall March 1 SHARON VAN ETTEN The Hi-Fi March 3 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Palais Theatre March 4 GRUFF RHYS Northcote Social Club March 5 NENEH CHERRY Hamer Hall March 6 FIRST AID KIT Palais Theatre March 6 PARQUET COURTS The Hi-Fi March 6 MAITREYA FESTIVAL Sea Lake, Victoria March 6 – 9 WOMADELAIDE Botanic Park, Adelaide March 6 – 9 SINEAD O CONNOR Port Fairy Folk Festival March 6 – 9 WAYNE ‘THE TRAIN’ HANCOCK Ding Dong Lounge March 6, Caravan Club March 7 MACY GRAY Palais Theatre March 7 THE POP GROUP Corner Hotel March 7 FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL Flemington Racecourse March 8 65DAYSOFSTATIC Northcote Social Club March 8, 9 BALKAN BEAT BOX Prince Bandroom March 12 MAE Corner Hotel March 14 FOREST SWORDS Howler March 14 BILLY IDOL Margaret Court Arena March 24, A Day On The Green March 21 PAOLO NUTINI Palais Theatre April 1 MICHAEL FRANTI Festival Hall April 2 BETH HART Melbourne Recital Centre April 2 GEORGE CLINTON & PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC 170 Russell April 3 BAND OF SKULLS Bluesfest, Byron Bay April 3, Rochford Wines April 5, Corner Hotel April 7 G. LOVE AND SPECIAL SAUCE Thornbury Theatre April 4 THE CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD Corner Hotel April 4 BIG SKY BLUES & ROOTS FESTIVAL Deniliquin, NSW April 4–5 TROMBONE SHORTY AND ORLEANS AVENUE Corner Hotel April 6 RODRIGO Y GABRIELA Palais Theatre April 7 GARY CLARK JR. 170 Russell April 8 JIMMY CLIFF Corner Hotel April 8 THE GIPSY KINGS Palais Theatre April 10 THE DICKIES The Evelyn April 16 SAM SMITH Margaret Court Arena April 30 PALOMA FAITH Palais Theatre May 5 ANASTACIA Palais Theatre May 7 ALT-J Rod Laver Arena May 10 NICKELBACK Rod Laver Arena May 15 YELLOWCARD Margaret Court Arena July 11
NATIONAL MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK Various venues, Melbourne November 19 – 23 CHET FAKER Palais Theatre November 20 THE VANNS Shebeen November 20 BALLY ON HIGH FESTIVAL Northcote Town Hall November 21 – December 7 SINCERELY, GRIZZLY Ding Dong Lounge November 21 LITTLE MAY Northcote Social Club November 21 THE BABE RAINBOW Workers Club November 22 SASKWATCH John Curtain Hotel November 22 KID RADIO Workers Club November 22 YOUNG MAGIC Shebeen November 22, Strawberry Fields Festival November 23 YACHT CLUB DJS Corner Hotel November 22 DREAM ON DREAMER Gasometer Hotel November 22 THE PREATURES The Forum November 22
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FOO FIGHTERS SONIC GLADIATORS By David James Young
From little things, big things grow. We’re talking really, really big things here, too. In 1994, roughly six months after the demise of his previous band, a guy walked into a Seattle studio for a few days and recorded an album almost entirely on his own. Fast-forward to the present day, and Dave Grohl’s humble one-man project has expanded into a five-man entity that feels both omnipotent and omnipresent in the greater spectrum of rock music; one that’s gone on to span a further six albums, countless radio hits and even a theatrically released documentary. We now arrive at album number eight for the Foo Fighters, and in typical Foo Fighters style, it’s not something that’s being done by half measures. The album’s eight tracks were each recorded separately in eight different American cities, with the entire process being documented for an HBO series.
“It started out just making lists ± we were just thinking of studios we wanted to record at, all over the world,” says guitarist Pat Smear, here working on his third Foo Fighters record overall following 1997’s The Colour And The Shape and the band’s most recent LP, 2011’s Wasting Light. “From that, we narrowed it down to just US cities. We thought it should be studios that weren’t super-exposed and doing really well. Maybe it would be the last chance we were going to get to work there, or maybe it had a personal meaning to someone in the band ± the Seattle studio, for example, where Dave recorded the last Nirvana songs and the first Foo Fighters album. “It would have been fun to travel around the world making this album,” adds Chris Shiflett, the lead guitarist who joined shortly after the release of the band’s third album, There Is Nothing Left To Lose. “If we’d done that though, we’d probably still be making the album. This was just about what made the most sense to us as a band.” Sonic Highways’ intention is to reflect the feelings and emotions connected with each city. It’s a record steeped heavily in vintage rock sounds and textures, recalling acts like The Who and the Eagles, as well as notable major influences on Grohl such as Led Zeppelin and Tom Petty. With that being said, Smear is quick to stress the band wasn’t setting out to emulate these giants ± e ven if songs did manage to end up there. “Between the five of us in the band, we collectively seem to love every classic rock band that there is,” he says. “Anything that came out that’s reflective of that, though, is honestly pretty accidental. That’s just us. We didn’t set out and say we were going to do a song like so and so, but we might look back on a song and realise it’s a Who rip-off. We also get people telling us what they hear in the music, and a lot of the time it’s like, ‘Oh, I hadn’t thought of that. I can see that’.” The album is also notable for being the second Foo Fighters record to feature three guitarists. For the bulk of the band’s career, everything has worked off a twoguitar dynamic. This changed, however, with the return of Smear to the fold on the Skin And Bones tour after initially leaving the band in 1997. Wasting Light was the first album to feature Grohl, Smear and Shiflett BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 22
all together under the one proverbial roof, and their triangulated six-string attack plan continues to develop on Sonic Highways. “The trick is when we’re working on new music, we try not to step on each other’s toes,” says Shiflett. “A lot of the time, we’re hammering away on the same power chords, but we do try and map it out so that everyone is playing something different. Maybe I’ll be playing some melody line, Pat will be holding down the rhythm and Dave will be playing some chords that steer the song. It all just depends on what the song needs. It’s never really a big discussion ± it’s all in the way that we play.”
“DAvE AlWAyS TRIES TO MAkE AN ADvENTURE OUT OF IT. HE’S AlWAyS COMING UP WITH IDEAS TO kEEP THE WHOlE THING FUN...WE WANTED TO DO SOMETHING THAT WOUlD STRETCH US IN ONE WAy OR ANOTHER, AS WEll AS SOMETHING THAT WE WOUlD ENjOy. IT’S AN IMPORTANT THING FOR US.” The visual aspect of Sonic Highways follows on from the band’s appearance in Grohl’s Sound City documentary from last year about the famed Los Angeles studio of the same name, which itself followed on from 2011’s Foo Fighters: Back And Forth, the documentary tracking the history of the band. It feels as though every move the Foo Fighters make these days is being captured for the world to see ± and it’s an aspect of the band that’s far from lost on its members. “This was a little different to the documentary,” says
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Shiflett. “The crew for the documentary wasn’t there all the time. This time, the cameras were on every moment we were in the studio. We just became friends with all of them, so it was pretty comfortable ± although I don’t think I’ll ever be able to get to the point where I cannot notice that they’re there. I’ve always got to make sure that I’m not saying anything that I wouldn’t want my mum or my kids to hear.” “A huge part of this project has been the idea that your environment influences the music that you make,” adds Smear. “Part of our environment is constantly being miked up and having cameras around us all the time. For the third project in a row ± including Sound City ± it’s been like that. I think we’re pretty used to it by now, but I can guarantee you that it’s altered me in some way. I couldn’t tell you how, but maybe it’s got something to do with being more self-conscious.” It’s rare a band is afforded such luxury it’s able to travel around and work in more than one studio on a single release, let alone eight. Then again, when you’ve been at the top of the food chain for so long, perhaps it’s your God-given right to indulge a little. As far as the Foo Fighters are concerned, changing things up in this respect was just another way to keep themselves on their collective toes. “We’re just trying to keep it interesting and exciting for us,” says Smear. “Dave always tries to make an adventure out of it. He’s always coming up with ideas to keep the whole thing fun. We have a studio and it’s a nice studio ± we could have just cut the whole thing there. We wanted to do something that would stretch us in one way or another, as well as something that we would enjoy. It’s an important thing for us.” “I wouldn’t really call this record a back-to-basics record,” adds Shiflett. “The way we did it was kind of on a grander scale, and we had a heap of special guests come in and play on it. At the end of the day, though, when I listen to it, it doesn’t sound like a difficult concept record. It sounds like the Foo Fighters. It sounds like a rock’n’roll record.” The mighty FOO FIGHTERS will play Etihad Stadium on Saturday February 28. Tickets are available now through Ticketmaster.
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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN Melbourne’s first transgender and gender diverse film festival have unveiled their inaugural program. tilde marks Melbourne’s first international film festival created to showcase the work of trans and gender diverse filmmakers along with films containing trans and gender diverse content. Running in partnership with the Sydney Transgender International Film Festival (STIFF), the festival will screen five feature length films and a collection of shorts, including Boy Meets Girl, My Prairie Home, She Male Snails and more. tilde will take place from Friday November 21 - Sunday November 23 at The Bella Union.
With Tyson Wray. Got thoughts, news, gossip, complaints or cat photos? Email tyson@beat.com.au or send by carrier pigeon before Friday 12pm. sense of moving around a centre, effectively going nowhere, and how our planet moves around the sun.” Another audience inclusive take on the theme comes from local artist triad One Step at a Time Like This, who collaborated with Helen Cole and Alex Bradley on nowhere. “They’re inviting people to pack a suitcase as if they’re going nowhere,” Wynne-Jones says. “It’s an audio experience, so they’re then invited to come to Arts House and talk about what it is that’s in their suitcase, if anything. It’s quite challenging, knowing what to pack when you’re going nowhere.” While Going Nowhere will demonstrate the immense potential for obtaining culturally diverse experiences without jumping on a plane, encouraging people to forgo the thrill of international travel is inevitably going to be a tough concept sell. But the bottom line is that concrete change is imperative for significant environmental repair to take place.
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ON STAGE This week The Church will perform a live score of The Blood of a Poet as part of Melbourne Music Week while the film is screened at ACMI. One of Australia’s best-loved bands turns its attention to Jean Cocteau’s wonderfully avant-garde film celebrating the future possibilities of cinema yet to reveal itself. Specially commissioned and devised by the band for this event, this is a onceonly opportunity for all lovers of film and music to see and hear The Church perform live to Cocteau’s evocative film. It goes down on Friday November 21.
ON DISPL AY Invenio vocal ensemble’s voices will literally light up when they present Luminesce this week. Colour and geometric shapes will be projected onto each member of the ensemble, activating and deactivating through every sound and silence. Even more, groupings within the ensemble will merge together as waves of light then return to a spotlight on a solo voice. For Luminesce, Invenio teamed up with Robert Jarvis, who uses voices as triggers for lighting events and composer Gian Slater. Luminesce comes to the Kew Court House from Thursday November 20 to Saturday November 22.
PICK Of THE WEEK Australia’s foremost celebration of international cult and horror cinema, Monster Fest, is back for 2014. This year Cinema Nova and Yah Yah’s (which will also be turned into the festival’s lounge and event space, The Monster’s Lair) will play host to screenings to some of the scariest, weirdest, most twisted and depraved films from Australia and around the world. Kicking off on Thursday November 20 with Chris Sun’s slasher reboot Charlie’s Farm, some highlights of the festival include screenings of The Green Inferno, Dead Snow 2, Under a Kaleidoscope, The Plague and Honeymoon. The international guest list this year boasts a host of cult movie luminaries, including The Twisted Twins ( Jen & Sylvia Soska), Ashley C. Williams (star of The Human Centipede - First Sequence), Conor Sweeney and Matthew Kennedy (star and director of Astron 6’s The Editor) and the king of trash cinema, Lloyd Kaufman. For the first time ever the festival is also running a series of master classes called The Monster Fest Academy of Horror & Mayhem, a one-stop-shop for anyone interested in the art of genre filmmaking. Featuring some of the key players in the genre world today, including Astron 6 (Fathers Day, The Editor), Jessica Cameron (Truth or Dare), Matthew A. Brown (Julia), Colin and Cameron Cairnes (100 Bloody Acres), Aaron Sterns (Wolf Creek 2), Jon Hewitt (Acolytes, Turkey Shoot), Chris Brown (Daybreakers, The Proposition, The Company of Wolves) and more, participants will be guided through the genre filmmaking process from concept through to delivery, distribution and exhibition. It goes down from Thursday November 20 - Sunday November 30. Visit monsterfest.com.au for more details.
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GOING NOWHERE By Augustus Welby
Despite Australia’s geographic isolation, we’re certainly a well-travelled bunch. No matter where in the world you go, there’s a strong chance of bumping into some fellow Aussies. For much of the population, there are no ‘ifs’ about going overseas. Rather, it’s a matter of “where to next?” The regularity of these international voyages is a beautiful benefit of modern engineering, as well as Australia’s economic prosperity. But such constant air travel has some pretty serious environmental ramifications. Put simply, getting on a plane is one of the most carbon-hungry activities that we do as individuals. In terms of one’s carbon footprint, boarding an international flight effectively negates a whole year’s worth of recycling. To simplify further, filling the skies with a ceaseless succession of planes is fast-tracking the planet’s destruction. But perhaps you’re not particularly motivated to do anything about the crumbling planet, especially not if it involves reducing your yearly intake of cultural delights. This is where events such as Going Nowhere come into play. Presented by Arts House, the festival comprises a range of unique and engaging artworks, conceived by way of international collaboration. And, as the name suggests, no flights in or out of Melbourne were necessary for Going Nowhere’s development. “We really tried to think about ways we could engage internationally, and locally, without getting anything from anywhere else – including people,” says Arts House creative producer, Angharad Wynne-Jones. Over three days next weekend, Going Nowhere will run concurrently in Melbourne and Cambridge, UK. The artworks being presented have been in development since 2012, when the organisers invited
four artists from Australia to begin making work with colleagues overseas. “This event is the culmination of those commissions,” says Wynne-Jones. “And the same four works that we’ll be presenting here, they’ll be presenting at Junction Theatre in Cambridge, but with none of the artists travelling.” OK, so how is the same festival happening simultaneously in two separate locations, you ask? Going Nowhere encompasses plenty of live artworks, which examine the idea of ‘going nowhere’, while immersing the audience’s imagination and intellect. “All of the artists have explored that idea in a conceptual way,” Wynne-Jones says, “as well as being very rigourous in going ‘we’re not going to buy anything, we’re not going to get on a plane to make this happen and we’re going to involve our international collaborators in the conception of it and the delivery of it’.” For instance, Melbourne’s Dan Koop teamed up, virtually, with UK artist Andy Field and Brisbane’s Nathen Street to develop 360. “He’s really looked at it from a galactic point of view,” Wynne-Jones explains, “thinking about the circling of planetary bodies and mimicking that movement physically, in a city. So many cities have transit loops, whether it’s the circle tram here or the bus loop in Cambridge or whatever it is. So he’s drawing some connections between that
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“It has the problem of cynicism,” Wynne-Jones says, “the ‘we’re going nowhere’, but at the same time, maybe there’s a delight in finding out how much fun that can be and to be proudly owning that we’re staying put. “We’re all aware that unless we do something different, civilisation is headed on a course of no return. We have a carbon economy and we know that carbon is effectively killing this planet and killing us on it.” Pestering thoughts about the planet’s pending destruction aside, Going Nowhere’s platter of art and performance is there to be embraced and enjoyed, in and of itself. “It does ask a different thing from the audience,” Wynne-Jones says, “but we’ve worked really hard to make a space that’s really welcoming and fun and is as much focused on the audience’s experience of each other, and possibilities of connecting, as it is with the one on one experience of the artist and the audience. “There’s old forms of entertainment that predate us all flying around the planet being extremely cognizant of what’s happening on the other side of the world as it’s happening,” she adds. “It’s an opportunity to return to some of those and re-find the joy and the delight in those experiences. It is a bit of a rehearsal for what might be in the future. Often we associate climate change with behaviours that we have to change and sacrifices that we have to make. Change is necessary, but the potential is really liberating to do things in a different way.” Going Nowhere will take over Arts House from Friday November 21 - Sunday November 23.
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SWEET CHARITY
Arts Centre Melbourne has announced that Sweet Charity will be coming to Melbourne for a season kicking off this February. After a sell out premiere season at Hayes Theatre Co last February, Sweet Charity scored eight nominations at this year’s Helpmann awards, including Best Female Actor in a Musical for Verity Hunt-Ballard. Sweet Charity follows Charity Hope Valentine, the eternal optimist whose worldview puts her at odds with her co-workers in a seedy, run-down dance hall. Dancing with man after man to pay her rent, she dreams of finally being whisked out of there and rescued by love. But can Charity wish her way into making love come true? The production is directed by Dean Bryant, and choreographed by Andrew Hallsworth - both of whom won Helpmann Awards for their roles in the production, with musical direction by Andrew Worboys, and costume design by Academy Award and Tony winner Tim Chappe. Sweet Charity will come to The Playhouse, Arts Centre Melbourne from Wednesday February 25.
MAMBO: 30 YEARS OF SHELFINDULGENCE
Mambo, one of Australia’s most irreverent brands, has turned 30 years old. To celebrate this milestone, the National Gallery of Victoria will be hosting Mambo: 30 years of shelf-indulgence, an exhibition that will house the largest collection of Mambo works ever assembled and present all the ideas, key elements and oddities that have made it one of Australia’s most memorable brands. Mambo: 30 years of shelf-indulgence will open at the the National Gallery of Victoria on Saturday December 6.
EVERYBODY
The arts precinct will play host to the largest human puppet in the world when Snuff Puppets preview their updated Everybody installation next month. Measuring 26.5 metres long, the puppet was created by Footscray large-scale puppet company. Everybody is an interactive installation in which onlookers will be encouraged to interact with and even sit on the huge body parts while performers activate the puppet at regular intervals. Even more, a multitude of giant human body parts and organ puppets will break away from the body to roam freely and interact with the audience. Everybody first premiered to sold out audiences in November 2012. Be part of Everybody from Thursday December 4 to Saturday December 6 at Testing Ground, 1-23 City Road (just behind the Arts Centre) For more information visit snuffpuppets.com.
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The Australian Surf Movie Festival (ASMF) will return in December for its 12th year. Director and Cinematographer Tim Bonython will hit the road this month, bringing 100 minutes of surf footage – all shot in the Southern Hemisphere – to screens around Australia. ASMF will hit Melbourne in December for screenings at The Espy on Wednesday December 10 and Cinema Nova on Thursday December 11.
Tonight at the Public Bar the red hot lineups continue. This week we’ve got a rare appearance from the multi award winning Damian Callinan, the loop pedal antics of Ryan Coffey, Laura Duneman, David Tulk and it’s all hosted by insanely hilarious Xavier Michelides. Plus they’ve got a MICF heavy hitter dropping in to test some new gear and it’s all just $5. Show kicks off at 8.30pm sharp with $10 jugs before 8pm.
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I, MALVOLIO After sold out runs in Sydney and Brisbane, I, Malvolio will hit Melbourne in 2015. Written and performed by Tim Crouch, I, Malvolio is an exploration of the ‘notoriously wronged’ character Malvolio from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night. Crouch is renowned for his ability to adapt Shakespeare for contemporary audiences, shining the light on characters who are traditionally unloved and maligned. I, Malvolio will run from Tuesday January 6 to Sunday January 11 at Fairfax Theatre.
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AUSTRALIAN SURF MOVIE FESTIVAL
Rooftop Cinema has raised the curtains on its ninth season, revealing the first part of its program. The first part of the season kicks off on Saturday December 6 with David Fincher’s Gone Girl and continues until Saturday January 31. Highlights of this year’s program include Richard Linklater’s 12-year epic Boyhood, Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar and the first Australian screening of teen film love letter Beyond Clueless. The program also includes a slew of special event screenings, including tributes to Robin Williams and Rik Mayall; WINONA Foma, an ode to Winona Ryder; a takeover from Collingwood VHS haven Deja-View and a double bill of Jennifer Lawrence. And for those who enjoy a little competition with their cinema, Rooftop Bingo will return, offering prizes to the moviegoers during screenings of Labyrinth, Zoolander and Blues Brothers. Rooftop Cinema will run from Saturday December 6 at Rooftop Bar.
POETRY WAR: KORALY DIMITRIADIS VS BEN JOHN SMITH
Culturally repressed bestselling poet Koraly Dimitriadis (Love and Fuck Poems) and poet and editor from the ‘burbs Ben John Smith (Horror, Sleaze and Trash) this year further push the boundaries in their annual Polyester Books poetry war with a gender swapping warm up. The physical war will be held on Friday November 21 at 7pm at Polyester Books, 330 Brunswick Street in Fitzroy, where the pair will battle it out, poem for poem with the crowd to choose a winner. Smith won the previous war with his poem I am woman. Unlike previous years where the pair have engaged in an online war of poetry and photography before the face-to-face combat which spills out onto the footpaths of Fitzroy, the poets this year will have a three part war, the third being the online release of their poetic films which were created to respond to one another. Both will be unveiling their films on the night in Polyester Books.
COMEDY AT SPLEEN Another big lineup at Comedy At Spleen this week. It’s always completely packed, and you can see why with another awesome bunch of comics this week. This week, Anne Edmonds hosts, plus heaps of guests including Damian Callinan, Becky Lucas, Laura Dunemann, Jack Druce and more. It’s on this Monday November 24, 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.
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For four days Mapping Melbourne will showcase contemporary Asian arts spanning dance, music, theatre, visual art, film and spoken word this December. The program kicks off with In Between Sounds, fresh from their sold out premiere performance at the 2014 Darwin Festival. The duo of Chinese-Australian MC and spoken word artist Joelistics (aka Joel Ma of TZU) and Filipino-Dutch-Australian producer/songwriter James Mangohig of Sietta will explore the sound-track of their mixed heritage. Other events include Rom Ding Dong featuring Cambodian Space Project, the Australian debut performance of the Siem Reap Lady Boy Show and three-piece local girl group Empat Lima. Trace Of Transformation, featuring diverse works by 19 local and international independent artists based around the theme of transformation followed by a screening of Benj Binks’ feature length documentary Mongolian Bling. Common Ground is an inter-faith spoken word performance that will explore the role faith and identity play in our everyday, showcasing the result of eight weeks of workshops. Mapping Melbourne takes place around the city from Wednesday December 3 until Saturday December 6.
Tommy Little headlines Five Boroughs Comedy this Thursday night. You’ve heard him on Meshel and Tommy on Nova FM, seen him on The Project, This Week Live and heaps more. Plus there’s a rare chance to see Sydney’s Chris Wainhouse. As well as Tegan Higginbotham, Geraldine Hickey, John Conway and more. It’s all happening this Thursday, November 20 at 8.30pm, at Five Boroughs Comedy, 68 Hardware Lane (upstairs), CBD, all for only $12.
MOONLIGHT CINEMA
Grab a bean bag and pack your picnic blanket Moonlight Cinema is returning for 2014/2015. Today the cinema have confirmed their program, locking in a summer of advance screenings, new releases and cult favourites. Some highlights include Dumb and Dumber Two, Into The Woods, Birdman, The Interview, American Sniper, Foxcatcher, Inherent Vice and Fifty Shades of Grey. There will also be live music sessions on the Saturday evenings, while a new LA style food truck will be serving up tantalising street fare. Oh, and don’t fret - the ever-popular Doggie Nights are also making a return. Moonlight Cinema will return to Melbourne from Thursday December 4 - Sunday March 29 at the Royal Botanic Gardens.
With everything from martial arts, surfing, ski and snowboarding to FMX and motorcycling, TILT 2014 film festival will thrill audiences when it screens at Village Cinemas this week. TILT 2014 features seven new films in seven nights from some of the world’s most renowned sports and adventure filmmakers including Dana Brown, snowboarder filmmaking icon Jeremy Jones and Jon Freeman and Dana Nicholson. The films feature some of the world’s most daring and renowned motocross riders, climbers, skiers, snowboarders, karate masters and athletes, such as Robbie Maddison, Travis Pastrana, Globe Surf Team rider Dion Agius, Taj Burrow, snowboarding icon Jeremy Jones and mountaineering legend David Lama. Opening night of the festival is fight night and features 100 Man Fight, which tells the story of Judd Reid as he prepares to take on the 100 Man Kumite in Japan, an event where a person attempts to fight 100 black belts in consecutive 1.5 minute rounds. Other films featured at the festival include Strange Rumblings, Crusty Demons 20th Anniversary, Cerro Torre, Higher, Almost Ablaze and On Any Given Sunday. TILT 2014 will feature at Village Cinemas Jam Factory from Monday November 24.
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They’re back in the saddle and they mean business: after ten years, the core trio of legendary bong-ripping South Gate hip hop act Cypress Hill has reunited. Mainstay MCs B-Real (AKA Louis Freese) and Sen Dog (AKA Senen Reyes) remain in the fold, but founding member DJ Muggs (AKA Lawrence Muggerud) is back in the picture for the first time since 2004’s Till Death Do Us Part LP. It’s made a world of difference to not only the band’s morale, but the direction of the forthcoming as-yet-untitled ninth studio album. “Muggs is such a talented guy, and he’s very deep with his thoughts about music and the way we make it,” says Sen Dog, taking some time away from the studio to discuss the reunion. “Cypress Hill has always been the three of us – when the three of us come together, it’s this strong universal thing that just takes force. When he wasn’t there, of course, there was an element missing. No matter what transition the group was going through, the group has to continue and move forward. We definitely recognised that we were missing one of our original elements, but the goal was to keep the mothership moving until all of the original pieces and cogs were back together in motion. We got to a stage – not just as artists, but as friends – where we could move forward again.” Reports from the studio suggest that things are going quite swimmingly as the new album itself develops. “We’ve got about 15 songs at the moment,” reports Sen. “There’s a bunch of tracks that are still developing, but we’re definitely putting effort into a high amount of songs, and then we’ll pick the best from that.” As for what we can expect – whether it be the old-school style of Black Sunday or the rap-rock vibe of Skull & Bones – Sen says fans should expect the unexpected.
“I don’t think it’s headed in any of those directions. Cypress Hill as it is right now, it’s its own planet, its own galaxy. I can’t really say that we’re taking any particular direction. All I can say is that we’re moving into the future, man. That’s really the best way to put it. When the album comes out, people will be like, ‘Oh, now I know what he meant’. We’re moving in a direction that is somewhat uncharted for us, but we like what we’re gathering.” The new album will follow the release of 2010’s Rise Up, which saw Cypress collaborating with a multitude of artists. The guestlist featured cameos as varied as Rage Against The Machine/Bruce Springsteen guitarist Tom Morello, Latin-American crooner Marc Anthony, Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda and Mr. Worldwide himself, Pitbull. Don’t come to the new album expecting any collaborative efforts of this sort, however, as Sen confirms that it’s strictly back to the three of them this time around. “That last record was at a point where we wanted to do that – we wanted to open up the gates so that we could include our brothers, musicians that we respect, in the creative process,” he explains. “I don’t think you’ll ever hear a Cypress Hill album like that again. So far, there hasn’t been any conversation
about including anyone else in the recording of this new album. Right now, it’s about the nucleus of the original band – we’re not really thinking beyond that right now.” An Australian theatre tour is set for December, which will see Cypress taking in all major capital cities just shy of two years after their previous visit as a part of the Soundwave Festival. One would think that performing on the same bill as bands such as Metallica, Blink-182, Slayer and Paramore would have had the trio feeling out of place – perhaps for the first time since they shared a festival bill with the likes of Smashing Pumpkins and Peter Frampton on The Simpsons’ Hullabalooza. Hell naw, says Sen. It was far from their first rodeo. “That particular tour, people might have thought that we were out of place or something like that, but that’s what we do around the world,” he says. “We play with those kind of bands everywhere we go, even OG classic bands, so we know how to come across. We’re going out there and Metallica’s on the bill, Linkin Park’s on the bill, Slayer’s on the bill, I could go on and on and on… we know that we will stand out. People will remember Cypress Hill being there. It comes into your mentality. It’s like being a football player or something – you and your team wanna show that you can run with the best of them and make a bit of noise while you’re doing it. “We grew up listening to everything, man – not just hip hop,” Sen continues. “We were into heavy metal, we were into classic rock, we were into jazz, we were into soul – all kinds of stuff. We know what’s up. We used to fuck with Iron Maiden and Thin Lizzy back in the day. We know how to put out that kind of energy, and that’s why Cypress Hill is something special.” Cypress Hill’s upcoming Australian shows will no doubt see the trio delivering all its major hits – as well as, potentially, some tastes of what’s to come for the next album, which is
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slated for a first-quarter release in 2015. “We haven’t gotten to rehearsals yet, but that’s one of the things I want to bring up – I really want to do a few new songs,” says Sen. “I want to see how it goes down with our Aussie fans, to see if they dig it.” He adds that he’s quite the fan of the challenge of getting audiences onside for new material, especially if they’re hungry for the hits. “It comes down to the question of how much of a badass you really are,” he says. “I can get you to come in and go crazy for Insane in the Brain, [I] Ain’t Goin’ Out [Like That] and Hand on the Pump and all them, right? But can I make you feel this new stuff that I’ve got for you? Can I make you vibe on this when it’s the first time you’re hearing it, right here, right now? There’s a challenge – of course you want to show people the classics, but you always want to show growth as far as what you do in the studio. We’ve evolved, and we’re able to freak this out just like our old stuff.” It’s as though Cypress Hill still feel that there’s something left to prove – not only to themselves, but to their long-serving fan base. They’re certainly very excited to be returning to Australia once again, with the kind of praise that doesn’t feel like lip service. “It’s always a great experience to travel and go to your country,” says Sen. “We love Australia. We’ve always been received well there in the 20-odd years we’ve been coming there. I don’t see that changing anytime soon.”
Cypress Hill will hit The Forum on Thursday December 11. facebook.com/cypresshill
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on tour PACHANGA BOYS [GER], OPTIMO [SCO] Wednesday November 19, Queen Victoria Market ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER [USA] Friday November 21, Queen Victoria Market NIGHTMARES ON WAX [UK] Friday November 21, Howler STRAWBERRY FIELDS: ÂME [GER], TRUS’ME [UK], PACHANGA BOYS [GER] + MORE Friday November 21 - Sunday November 23, TBA DJ SPINN [USA] Sunday November 23, Queen Victoria Market EARTHCORE: RAJA RAM [UK], JOHN ‘00’ FLEMING [UK] + MORE Thursday November 27 - Monday December 1, Pyalong, Victoria GIRAFFAGE [USA] Thursday November 27, Howler THE PHARCYDE [USA] Thursday November 27, The Espy TOM TRAGO [NED] Sunday November 30, Lounge 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 BLACKSTREET [USA] Friday December 12, Trak DE LA SOUL [USA] Friday December 12, 170 Russell MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL: VAKULA [UKR], GHOSTFACE KILLAH [USA] + MORE Friday December 12 - Sunday December 14, Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre GHOSTFACE KILLAH [USA] Friday December 19, The Espy LIDO [NOR], SOPHIE [UK] + MORE Friday December 19, 170 Russell TIM SWEENEY [USA] Saturday December 20, The Toff In Town FLORIAN KUPFER [GER] Sunday December 21, Lounge PHARAOHE MONCH [USA] Saturday December 26, The Espy BADBADNOTGOOD [USA] Saturday December 27, Laundry Bar SALT N PEPA [USA] Saturday December 27, The Forum FALLS FESTIVAL: TODD TERJE [NOR], TENSNAKE [GER], TYCHO [USA] + MORE Monday December 29 - Thursday January 1, Byron Bay BEYOND THE VALLEY: CLAPTONE [GER], ALUNAGEORGE [UK] + MORE Tuesday December 30 - Thursday January 1, Phillip Island Circuit BIG FREEDIA [USA] Tuesday December 30, Howler SADAR BAHAR [USA] Wednesday December 31, The Toff In Town GREG WILSON [UK] Wednesday December 31, Little& Olver DJ ALFREDO [ARG], MAXMILLION DUNBAR [USA], PENDER STREET STEPPERS [CAN], SCOTT FRASER [SCO] Thursday January 1, TBA ABOVE & BEYOND [UK] Thursday January 1, Sidney Myer Music Bowl LET THEM EAT CAKE: CARL CRAIG [USA], TODD TERJE [NOR], CASHMERE CAT [NOR] + MORE Thursday January 1, Werribee Mansion GRANDMASTER FLASH [USA] Saturday January 3, The Espy DANNY BROWN [USA] Sunday January 4, Corner Hotel SBTRKT [UK] Wednesday January 7, The Forum TYCHO [USA] Thursday January 8, The Hi-Fi JOEY BADA$$ [USA], RUN THE JEWELS [USA] Thursday January 8, The Forum OMAR S [USA], DANIEL AVERY [UK] Friday January 9, Brown Alley SPACE DIMENSION CONTROLLER [UK] Sunday January 11, Lounge TIM HECKER [CAN] Wednesday January 14, Howler NELLY [USA] Friday January 16, Sidney Myer Music Bowl MISTER SATURDAY NIGHT [USA] Saturday January 17, TBA
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Juan Atkins, Hieroglyphic Being, Vatican Shadow, Shackleton, Mika Vainio, Container, The Bug, Evian Christ, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Addison Groove, Netsky, London Elektricity, DC Breaks, State of Mind, Moodymann
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robin fox: rgb wo rd s / j os h fe rge u s
I’m pretty excited, because I reckon if anyone can make me a working lightsaber it’s probably Robin Fox. Dr Fox – he holds a PhD from Monash University – is big-time now, having taken his audiovisual shows to over fifty cities around the world. Moment of truth. But no. It turns out the lasers Fox is bringing to Melbourne Music Week are a little different. “I’m doing the RGB laser show,” he tells me, destroying my dreams while simultaneously talking about some pretty cool stuff. “It’s an audio-visual piece where you see and hear the same electrical signal at the same time. I use three very tightly focus lasers, one red, one green and one blue. Each is describing a geometry and space which is also translated into a sound. The electrical signal that you see is the same electrical signal that you hear. The idea is that it creates a kind of artificial synaesthesia.” Synaesthesia is derived from the Greek words syn – ‘together’ – and aesthesis – ‘sensation’ – and describes a neurological phenomenon whereby stimulation of one pathway in the brain leads to involuntary automatic experiences occurring in another part of the brain. “I think the RGB show has been getting a lot of traction because it cuts this
fine line between being a gig and being a spectacle,” muses Fox. “It’s not like a corporate laser show, it’s actually a gig, but it has all the appeal of a large scale audio-visual spectacle. It’s designed to create an ecstatic experience for people. It connects these parts of the brain, the visual cortex and the aural cortex.” “Most people are pretty shocked by the show. It is pretty intense, sound-wise. It occupies a sound world that a lot of people wouldn’t spend time in. I come from an experimental music and noise background. Some people are really interested in it and really get into but generally find it kind of hard to take. What I found when I started to do these synaesthetic things is that people would stay for the entire gig of sound they normally wouldn’t listen to, but they’re drawn into it by how the audio and visuals are bound together.” “I’ve got a few theories about what happens. I think that the relationship between sound and image bypasses the rational brain. It’s more like your limbic system dealing with it, it’s more like an instinctual response rather than a rational response, People sometimes have irrational responses to the work, they’ll just kind
of flip out in a way. People have called it the equivalent of taking psychedelic drugs without the drugs, and that’s great. If you can have good clean fun like that with lasers, that’s awesome. “I came across one guy in Canada who said he was a Vietnam veteran. He told me (the show) was the closest he’d come outside a combat situation to actually feeling under fire. I thought that was a pretty intense analogy. People often talk about being transported by it, being mesmerised and transported to another place. Space and time kind of collapses for a little while and that’s excellent. It’s pretty abstract for a piece of artwork. There’s no message. It’s not even particularly musical some of the time, it’s just sound and light.” “I have been a student of experimental music for a very long time,” explains Fox when I ask about what inspires him to do what he does. “The birth of electronic music was really a radical form. Now we just accept it because it’s everywhere, but when it started out it was people making sound by cutting up and re-joining bits of magnetic tape, and recording the sound of trains and toilets flushing and stuff like that. It was a really exploratory thing. What I think is brilliant about experimental music is that it’s not about the product, it’s not about what you’re producing, it’s about the process you use to get there. So it’s about asking a series of questions I suppose. When I’m making things for me the question is, ‘What would happen if I did X, Y, and Z?’ And sometimes it’s really interesting and sometimes it’s a bucket of shit and you’ve just got to accept that.” It seems that, for Fox, it’s turning out more interesting than not. While we talk he mentions upcoming shows in Hamburg, Krakow, massive festivals across the world. “I do get to see a lot of different festivals,” he agrees. “MONA FOMA particularly is a pretty radical one on the Australian calendar, partly because of its independence from government it feels like . I mean Melbourne Music Week is amazing because it is Melbourne City Council running it. It’s amazing local government is running a festival like Melbourne Music Week, it’s kind of incredible. But MONA FOMA has this curatorial madness about it because MONA itself is based on the vision of a crazy man really, an individual. For me they’re on a par with the festivals I go to internationally.” Robin Fox brings his show RGB to Melbourne Music Week on Friday November 21 alongside Oneohtrix Point Never and more at the Queen Victoria Market.
60 seconds with… pwd Define your genre in five words or less: Late night party music. Describe the best gig you have ever played. Three hours closing the Pleasure Planet 24 hour birthday party earlier this year, there was such an incredible atmosphere in the room when we closed at 2am Monday morning. I left the club half an hour after my set and there were still 20 or 30 people outside singing the last song I had played, which still blows me away. How do you stop your pre-gig jitters? 420. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing?
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Seeing everyone having the best time while I’m sharing the music I love with complete strangers. And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing? The politics and bullshit that happens behind the scenes. We’re putting on parties, they’re supposed to be fun, but too many people forget that. When are you doing your thing next? Thursday November 20 for the Live Music Safari at Lounge and Friday November 21 for the Innocuous tropical laneway party/record fair, and then every Saturday night (Sunday morning) at Lounge from 5am.
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pharoahe monch You’ll have the chance to spend Boxing Day with hip hop royalty when Pharoahe Monch comes to town next month. Hailed as one of hip hop’s most skilled lyricists, the former half of Organized Konfusion is touring on the back of his latest album, PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder). Released in April, the LP marks his fourth solo effort since the pair disbanded in 1997. Catch him at The Espy on Saturday December 26.
Tim Sweeney will return to Melbourne next month. An Australian favourite and three-time Meredith alumni, the tour will mark the 15-year anniversary of his groundbreaking radio show Beats In Space, for which he’s just released a compilation of old and new favourites. It goes down at The Toff In Town on Saturday December 20.
Cartoon scribbling DJ Mr Scruff has announced he will visit Australia next February. Known for his unpredictable sets featuring a blend of soul, funk, hip hop, jazz, and everything in between, the UK DJ will be gracing our stages following the recent release of his latest album, Friendly Bacteria - featuring his most significant use of live instrumentation yet. As usual, Mr Scruff will work his decks alongside his own unique audio visual show composed of hand drawn cartoons and animations. Mr Scruff will come to 170 Russell on Friday February 6.
grandmaster flash The esteemed Grandmaster Flash is coming to town. Flash is known as one of the pioneers of hip hop DJing, cutting and mixing, as well as part of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5. He’s currently touring in support of his latest release, The Grandmaster Flash Collection. He’ll hit The Espy on Saturday January 3.
omar s & daniel avery Two of the most exciting names in electronic music have announced a joint Melbourne show. Detroit techno powerhouse Omar S will return to our shores for the first time since his performance at the Sydney Opera House as part of the 2013 VIVID Live festival, while Daniel Avery will be making his Australian debut following the release of his debut record Drone Logic. It goes down on Friday January 9 at Brown Alley.
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With January creeping closer, Rainbow Serpent has unveiled the domestic lineup for its 2015 incarnation - and it’s pretty huge. Opiuo, Sponbill, Staunch, Mr Bill, OKA, Tetrameth Vs Shadow Fx, FREq, Gangsta Girl, Boog$, Tornado Wallace, Jamie Stevens, Steve Law, Interpulse, Otologic and Whitebear are amongst some of the highlights. They’ll join the likes of Beats Antique, Marcel Dettman, Petar Dundov, Lee Burridge and many, many more. For full lineup, head over to the Rainbow website. Rainbow Serpent is set to go down from Friday January 23 to Monday January 24 in Lexton, Victoria.
Returning for round three, Let Them Eat Cake have locked in a gargantuan lineup of underground electronic talent. The 2015 festival will feature performances from Alexander Nut, Axel Boman, Ben Pearce, Bob Moses, Carl Craig, Cashmere Cat, DJ Sneak, DJ Vadim, Dov1, Fatima, Goldie, Hudson Mohawke, KiNK, Midland, Mr. Carmack, Psychemagik and Todd Terje. It takes place on New Year’s Day, Thursday January 1, at Werribee Mansion. We have a double pass to give away.
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club guide wednesday nov 19
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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. MELLOW-DIAS THUMP - FEAT: CAZEAUX O.S.L.O + GEEZY Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. PACHANGA BOYS + OPTIMO + T-REK Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne. 7:00pm. PURE POP @ EXCHANGE Exchange Bar, South Yarra. 6:00pm. REVOLVER WEDNESDAYS FEAT: DAN SAN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.
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1. Growing Up One of my earliest music related memories is that whenever I would run, dance or jump around to music, my mother would always tell me she could see I had a natural sense of rhythm. That always stuck with me, and wasn’t a bad thing to have in my back pocket when I took up playing drums at age 15. 2. Inspirations Most of my favourite musicians I discovered by hearing them sing or play guitar on records, but then when I came to learn about them I found out pretty much all of them started out as drummers. I like my favourite musicians in very different ways. I’m a huge fan of Dave Grohl and Jack White for the way they play their instruments, run record labels and make films etc, but don’t really care for most of the music they make these days. Mark Lanegan, Nick Cave and Josh Homme I like for similar reasons, but still love almost all of their recorded output. 3. Your Crew “I DJ on the weekends to pay for my full-time habit as a musician/producer” is a line I hear myself saying a lot. Not to say I don’t love the DJ’ing as much as the other stuff. My main collaborator in the T-Rek live show, or my two piece rock band (Low Fly Incline) is (Mad) Mitch Mcgregor. He also has/does play drums for No Zu, Damn Terran and Children Collide. 4. The Music You Make Psychedelic/percussive/guitary/disco/drone/boogie kinda stuff makes up the live show. I have a new single (Still Born Monsters) coming out in the next few weeks on Nick Coleman’s Suck Music label. 5. Music, Right Here, Right Now The music scene is alive and well as anyone with one ear to the ground knows. I think the obstacles that musicians have to overcome in this day and age all boil down to the same thing any of us have ever had to overcome at any time, and that’s trying to be heard above the sea of noise. T-Rek will play alongside Pachanga Boy, Optimo at more as part of Melbourne Music Week at the Queen Victoria Market on Wednesday November 19.
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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. DINNER BEATS - FEAT: SHUTTERSOUND Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 8:00pm. DXHEAVEN + LANKS + QUEEN MAGIC + I’LLS DJS Hugs & Kisses, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $10.00. GOOD EVENING Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. JAPANESE WALLPAPER + LUCIANBLOMKAMP + KLO Kelvin Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. 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. MONDO FREAKS + CHRIS GILL + DJ MANCHILD 1000 Pound Bend, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. RARE CANDY Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. RAT & CO - FEAT: TORNADO WALLACE + OTOLOGIC + ANDEE FROST + RAT & CO The Mercat, Melbourne. 9:00pm. RULE OF THIRDS + REPAIRS + LAKES + HABITS Liberty Social, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. SLEEP D + HARVEY SUTHERLAND + TOM DAY + KANGAROO SKULL Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. THE BEAT RAFFLE - FEAT: POSTIE P & DJ BUICK Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE RITZ - FEAT: KEN WALKER + ANDO + JOSHUA GILLILAND Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 10:00pm. $20.00. U B QUEER Exchange Bar, South Yarra. 6:00pm. VARSITY - FEAT: KITI + FOOFARAW Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. XS DISCO - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm. ZOO LANEWAY PARTY - FEAT: CITY CALM DOWN + BRAWTHER + PACES + CHIEFS + DOCUMENT SWELL + STAX OSSET + CITIPOWER Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.
friday nov 21 #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. BEAT THE BUSH - FEAT: LEO + DJ HOLLYWOOD + CAZEAUX OSLO + JIMMIE DAWG + WINTERS + DJ SUSAN Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. BREAD & BUTTER FRIDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 8:00pm. CAN’T SAY - FEAT: TKAY MAIDZA Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm. CQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DIGGIN THE SLOWNESS + DJ FRANK DRISCOLL Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. DJ WET WAX Sporting Club Hotel, Brunswick. 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. 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. GARGOYLE TRIBUTE CONCERT - FEAT: KID SELZY + GUTZ + RETAYNER + ILLUMINATE Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. GROOVE CONTROL Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. ILLUMINAE BEYOND THE BLUES Second Story Studios, 8:00pm. $15.00. INNOCUOUS LANEWAY PARTY Gallery One Three, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. INTERGALACTIC PSY BOAT PARTY - FEAT: MONKEY PAWS + SCHUMANN + KYNDA + ELEKTROMA La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. 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. MASH IT DOWN Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 7:00pm. MESA COSA + TOGA ROCK + DJ BARBARA BLAZE & SYE SAXON + GOGO GODDESSES The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00. MIXED CRATE VOLUME II FEAT: SK & DUB PRINCESS + CFOUR & CLEMENS + SPIN FX + THE DAM BUSTERS + Z DOTT + BLANK SCREENS Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 6:00pm. NIGHTMARES ON WAX + LOWER SPECTRUM + A13 Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $30.00. NO NAME NATH + B-TWO + HIJACK Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:00pm. OMG FRIDAYS Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER + ROBIN FOX Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne. 7:30pm. PANORAMA FRIDAYS UPSTAIRS - FEAT: PHATO A MANO +
MR.GEORGE + MATT RADD + ASH-LEE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm. POPROCKS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY FEAT: LONE + KONX-OM-PAX + KLOKE + DECLAN KELLY + RICHARD CAMPBELL Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. REVOLVER FRIDAYS - FEAT: MIKE CALLANDER + KATIE DROVER + SAFARI + OLIBUSTA Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. XO FRIDAY La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. YAMA/THUMP + CASSIUS SELECT + AIR MAX 97 + CHIARA KICKDRUM + DJ JNETT Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $5.00.
saturday nov 22 ANYWAY - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Bottom End, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. 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. DISCOXCHANGE - FEAT: DJ PHILVESTER Exchange Bar, South Yarra. 9:00pm. FAMILIAR STRANGERS The Emerson, South Yarra. 10:00pm. $20.00. GARDEN BEATS - FEAT: DJ MARCUS HOLDER + AARON ARTHUR + DUNCAN FUNK The Fitzroy Beer Garden, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. HIDEOUS TOWNS + BASIC SPIRIT + ZIG ZAG + BAD FAMILY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $8.00. HOT STEP - FEAT: ADAM ASKEW + GRAYSKULL + KELTEC + MYLES MAC + PETER BAKER + REV. THORN + SAM MCEWIN + SHANE COPAL + TOM EVANS Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. MAI-TAI TIKI PARTY - FEAT: INTOXICA + NUHOLANI WAHINES + GOGO GODDESSES The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00. MIDNIGHT RUN Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 11:30pm. $7.00. PARADISE BOX + REAL NITTY GRITTY Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. RESPECT Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 9:00pm. $20.00. SATURDAY MORNING - FEAT: SUNSHINE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00am. SEVEN SATURDAY DISCOTHEQUE Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne. 10:00pm. $20.00. SOUL BE IN IT Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SPECIAL TRANSMISSIONS (URBAN GROUNDS) Testing Grounds, Melbourne. 1:00pm. SUPER CRITICAL MASS Mpavilion, 10:00am. SWELL Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. 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 + MAT CANT + PAZ + LEWIS CANCUT + BOOSHANK
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 Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. TUNES BY FEE FEE STAR Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. VAULT SATURDAYS Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm. YARD BOUNCE - FEAT: JESSE I + TROUBLEMEKKA Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. $10.00.
MVP - FEAT: BURN CIRCUIT + DJS ARKS + LOW-KEY + THADDEUS DOE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
thursday nov 20
JELLO DOWNSTAIRS - FEAT: SILENTJAY + VERSAJ Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. KIRKIS + SILENTJAY + WAX’O PARADISO Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. LIVE MUSIC SAFARI - FEAT: KIRKIS + SILENTJAY + WAX’O PARADISO Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm. THE JUKE JOINT - FEAT: DAILY MEDS + SAFFIRE + CHECHIRE + ABLE8 + DEEFIN
Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $15.00. THE REBIRTH OF COOL - FEAT: DJ MR LOB Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:00pm.
friday nov 21
BUMP FRIDAYS - FEAT: DJ KAHLUA Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $10.00. FAKTORY FRIDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. FRIDAY NIGHT RHYTHM - FEAT: DJ ANDRE LE VOGUE + SCARLETT MINX The Fitzroy Beer Garden, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. PARTY & BULLSHIT - FEAT: JUZZY B + KAYZ Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
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sunday nov 23 BOP ART - FEAT: HAWAII + WHO + TIGERFUNK + MATT RADOVICH + LEWIS CANCUT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. 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. ENDLESS NIGHTS + LAIKA + BERT MACKLIN + LAILA Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 12:00pm. JUNGLE - FEAT: HANDS DOWN + ZAC DEPETRO + PETE LASKIS + TRAVLOS + JOHN DOE Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00am. $15.00. KIDS PARTY - FEAT: LEWIS CANCUT Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne. 10:00am. LAILA Mpavilion, 3:00pm. 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. SUPER CRITICAL MASS Mpavilion, 11:00am. SWELL Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. THE GLORIOUS NORTH Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE GOOD DEED - FEAT: GINDAN DJALBU DANCE GROUP + DJ DOMINIC HOGAN + LIONEL JNR-BOY ROSE Howler, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $15.00. THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJ ANDYBLACK & HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.
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monday nov 24 CALL IT IN - FEAT: DJ ANDY BLACK & HAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. HTMLFLOWERS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $6.00. MONDAY STRUGGLE - FEAT: TIGER FUNK Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm.
tuesday nov 25 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.
urban club guide wednesday nov 19
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saturday nov 22
BIG DANCING Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + 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.
sunday nov 23
BE. SUNDAYS Co., Southbank. 10:00pm. $15.00. DJ SPINN + REMI + JOE KAY Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne. 4:00pm.
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BEAT MAGAZINE Market Guide Melbourne’s vibrant markets offer a wondrous place to scout your next piece of clothing, jewellery, baked goods, fresh product or anything else you can imagine. The very essence of going to a market is the thrill of the chase and trawl ± what will you find today? Also, how good is it to see the disappointment on your mate’s face when they ask you where you got that amazing shirt and you reply arrogantly: “Some a trash and treasure market.”
Gotta’ love the feeling of superiority knowing your friend will never find anything like it ever again. Sucker. While many of us meander down at midday if not later depending on what time you plan on leaving the Mercat, the especially committed will be up before a sparrow’s fart on a Sunday morning. Good luck to ‘em.
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ROSE STREET MARKET
Rose St Markets are for those in the know about up-and-coming designers and artists, with a passion for discovering more each time they go. Running each Saturday and Sunday, Rose St boasts all handmade products and, as of last year, is celebrating ten years of operation as a Melbourne creative hub and shopper’s institution. Utilising a former junkyard in the back streets of Fitzroy, up to 130 artists and designers set up shop each weekend. These vendors at Rose St offer an unparalleled array of artisan bags, tasty treats, fashions, jewellery, hand-bound books and more. As an open-air market, it’s perfect for those cool mornings and warm, sunny afternoons, coffee in one hand, canvas bag in the other. There really is no telling what you might find. If you have a really good excuse for not being able to get to the market in person, they’ve even set up an online store to get your fix. THE ROSE ST MARKETS are located at 60 Rose St Fitzroy. They run from 11am until 5pm Saturday and Sunday.
Nestled in two exceptionally bohemian suburbs are two of Melbourne’s most special markets ± Abbotsford and Fitzroy. Organiser Fiona Newton has been involved with the area for many years, and she had a chat with Beat about why her markets are so unique and popular among residents and visitors alike. What makes Fitzroy and Abbotsford markets so special? The thing that makes Fitzroy and Abbotsford Markets so special is the community vibe we’ve somehow managed to create ± we’ve many people that come every month to catch up with their friends, eat brunch/lunch and shop for a bargain. We aim to promote a sustainable way of living through buying second-hand, buying local and supporting small business. Fitzroy and Abbotsford are both creative, vibrant suburbs and our markets draw so many high quality stall-holders and interesting folk together as a result. What was the inspiration behind setting up these markets? I’ve been involved in community work in the Fitzroy/ Collingwood area since I was 18 and fell in love with Fitzroy in particular when I first visited as a teenager. A friend was working at Fitzroy Primary School and came up with the idea but was unable to continue and asked me to run with it. I fell in love with the idea of having a market there as the location was perfect being so close to Brunswick St and Smith St, I felt the flea market-style market would suit the community and it was a great way to set up a social enterprise that gave back to community organisations in the local area.
The Abbotsford market is a new addition to the family, how successful has it been since starting in April? It’s been humbling to see some of the high quality stall-holders that we’ve attracted to the Abbotsford Market since it started. We have had many people come to the market since it started and we are looking forward to watching it grow and flourish as we go forward. We have had a couple of markets that have had bad weather which is always a challenge and we have had some that have had beautiful weather. It’s the one thing we can’t control unfortunately. Melbournians seem to love markets, why do you think that is? Melbournians do love markets and I believe it’s because generally we do love to be part of a ‘village’ which is something that’s missing from bigger cities, and markets are the heart and soul of any thriving community. We also love to shop, eat good food and drink good coffee and markets provide a place where we can do all these things at once. Do you have a favourite trinket you’ve picked up at a market? Definitely the Weather Rooster. It was given to me by a stall-holder. It’s a felt rooster that changes colour depending on the weather, basically letting you know when it’ll rain (so far it’s been more accurate than the Bureau of Meteorology).
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Why is it important for markets such as Fitzroy and Abbotsford to give back to the community? The markets have the opportunity to raise funds and awareness for some of the local organisations in the area through a simple gold coin donation from patrons. Every market patron is encouraged to give a gold coin donation when they enter the market and that’s donated to Fitzroy Primary School, Abbotsford Primary School and Fitzroy Learning Network (refugee support program). It’s a simple idea but we’ve raised tens of thousands of dollars over the years and we believe this is part of what makes us unique. The ABBOTSFORD MARKET takes place on the first Saturday of every month; and FITZROY MARKET on every third Saturday. Both ask for a gold coin donation upon entry.
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COBURG NIGHT MARKET:
WAWA CHOCOLATE & ASSEMBLY DESIGN The anticipation for the fifth Coburg Night Market is building, so we’ve taken the opportunity to get to know some of the vendors you’ll likely be emptying your wallets for come Friday November 28. Jade Anderson of Wawa Chocolate makes chocolate, and Sarah Fitzpatrick of Assembly Design designs the packaging. The pair sat down with us to talk about their collaborative journey before their stint as market buddies at the Coburg Night Market. Chocolate and textiles: not the most likely of bedfellows. How did you two get together? JA & SF: She likes to sit around. I like to eat chocolate. One thing led to another. Is it daunting stepping out into the world of business these days? JA: The trick is finding something you love and working out a way to make a living from it. Within the planning and development of a small business, fear certainly has its place. It helps you remain realistic and mitigate the risks which are really important. SF: It’s always daunting to take a punt when there are things you value at stake. The security of a full time, billpaying job is a tricky thing to give up, but the buzz and fulfilment of bringing something of my own to fruition and spending my time and energy on my own venture has been totally worth the risk for me. Plus all the best things are daunting at first. There seems to be a real sense of community within the world of Melbourne’s crafty and boutique businesses, not as cut-throat in competition as it might be in other sectors. How strong have you found your peer support? JA & SF: That’s most definitely been our experience. There’s a sense among local makers and creatives of wanting to work with rather than against each other. The interest and support we’ve received from other people in these circles has been so encouraging and such a strong affirmation of the environment I have chosen to work within. JA: We’re also really fortunate to have Claire Bowditch’s organisation, Big Hearted Business, right here in Melbourne which is a fantastic forum for creatives and business people to discuss and demonstrate how business can be thoughtful and community-minded while being lucrative. It’s very sensible stuff. Very encouraging. How important are markets like the Coburg Night Market in kick-starting and supporting local businesses? JA & SF: A forum like CNM is really useful for putting makers and crafts people directly in touch with the market within their local community. In turn, it exposes market-goers to the fantastic creative work that’s going on right under their noses. What makes your respective products unique? JA: There’s been this amazing chocolate awakening in Australia in recent times and we’re seeing bean to bar and artisan chocolate makers popping up all over. It’s exciting. But I want to have some fun with it and try to convert the unconverted to the joys of quality ethical chocolate. Sometimes you want more than just a few chilli flakes stuck on the back of a bar. You want the option of milk chocolate, flowing salted caramel, honeycomb and handmade nut pralines. Then there’s the incredibly unique packaging featuring Sarah’s designs. SF: Each No Great Hurry seat is innately unique because each one is made and finished by hand. My background is as a textile designer so another important element that makes the product unique is the purposedesigned prints that adorn the canvas. The seats are also made in an ecologically conscious way on every level. The frames are recycled hardwood timber, the canvas is organic cotton and hemp, screen printed with ecofriendly inks, and the timber oils are all natural. They’re a unique interpretation of an old favourite. Where do you both source your materials/ingredients from? SF: My beautiful timber comes from the warehouse of a local wreckers. It all comes ingrained with history of its own after its previous life as joists, floorboards, beams etc. It’s machined into components for the seats right here in Northcote. The canvas is from WA and is printed in Collingwood and everything else from the paint to the oils are all supplied by local businesses. JA: I use Australian bean to bar chocolate that’s made right here in Melbourne by Thibault Fregoni of Matale Chocolate, and Valrhona which is a French-made chocolate. The flavours I make have been developed to include ingredients I love; Moondarra Organic Blueberries, Melbourne Rooftop Honey, Margret River Lavender, LiraH vinegar, Baker D Chirico sourdough bread. I come from a farming background so I have a huge amount of respect for these passionate small producers. Handmade products are hugely popular among consumers, why do you think this is? SF: There’s integrity and a “life” in handmade things that people can feel and see that can’t be faked. It’s also lovely to know the thing you take home with you has had someone’s full attention, care and skill go in to it ± it’s the opposite of anonymous consumption on a large scale. JA: People are sick of buying faceless, mass produced crap. It’s a welcome return to the tradition respecting and trusting skilled crafts people. A sweet treat and a pretty seat, is there anything else in life you could ever want? JA: I was happy eating chocolate in the dirt before Sarah came along but now I see there’s always room for improvement. SF: A friend to start a boutique gin distillery.
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WAWA CHOCOLATE and ASSEMBLY DESIGN will be residing at the Coburg Night Market every Friday night from November 28 until December 19 at Bridges Reserve, Coburg. Entry is free. BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 32
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BRUCE COST GINGER ALE So, where does your ginger ale come from? Our ginger ale is artisan crafted in Brooklyn, New York. Made in small batches using 100% fresh ginger, it’s commercially carbonated so it’s not alcoholic. What beneficial properties does ginger have? Medicinal benefits of ginger have been known for more than 2,000 years. It’s a rich source of antioxidants, has anti-inflammatory properties and it does wonders for motion sickness and upset stomachs. It’s an invigorating herb and I could go on and on, but the key is after all the wonderful things about ginger, our product actually tastes really good. What makes your brand of ginger ale so unique? Different from anyone else’s, ours in made with 100% fresh ginger, no nasties whatsoever, including no preservatives. There are only four ingredients, one of which is water. It’s such a refreshing and good-for-you drink, it also comes in flavours: original, pomegranate with hibiscus, jasmine green tea, and passion fruit and turmeric. There are bits floating around in my drink! Our beverage has an old-fashioned approach to it and is unfiltered, so ginger particles float around in it. In the flavoured ones, like pomegranate with hibiscus, the ginger takes on the colour of the liquid. It’s the end of the week and work’s beaten your arse, what cocktail are you going to make to wind down? Our drink is delicious and good for you as is, but when
you’re feeling a bit naughty or need a different ginger kick, add in your favourite spirit. I’m liking the original one with some gin, fresh mint and plenty of lime; it’s the best Mojito. If I’m in the mood for colour, a pomegranate Moscow Mule is the way to go. You’ve already got some other flavours on the menu, what other concoctions do you have planned? Each flavour has a lot of thought that goes into it. We never want to detract from our all natural, full of health benefits approach. Anything added needs to have good properties. For example, pomegranate and green tea are both full of antioxidants, turmeric is anti-inflammatory and is said to help with cancer. Stay tuned for other exciting flavours. Jasmine Tea’s an interesting addition, how did you think of it? Jasmine Green Tea flavoured ginger ale is for the adventurous. Those that love it just can’t get enough. What’ll be on the menu for the Coburg Night Market? We’ll have tastings throughout so if you haven’t tried our drink before, don’t miss out. Singles will be $5, and packs of four are $15. Feel free to mix up the flavours in the four pack. BRUCE COST GINGER ALE will be quenching your thirst at the Coburg Night Market every Friday night from November 28 until December 19.
LOVE, EVELYN MARKETS How did the idea to start up a market at the Evelyn come about? I was the band booker a few years ago and we wanted to open up the band room in the day so that everyone can see how great it is in there. Plus, with the positioning of the venue on Brunswick Street, it’s a great place to have a market and give small business their leg up in the creative entrepreneur world. Thus, the Love, Evelyn Markets were born. What sorts of things are on offer? Vintage clothing and accessories. Handmade jewellery and candles are popular and we’re into having tarot readers and a vegan cake stall whenever the lovely ladies are available to join us. We’ve also had local skincare businesses join us and childrenswear and gift stalls. Clothing clear-outs from local Fitzroy share houses always go down a treat as it’s a chance to find something unusual. Although we have a few resident stallholders, every market is different. How many stallholders are there? Anywhere from 13 ± 17 stalls, depending on size. We’re cosy and intimate. What makes your market unique? We’re in a dark and dingy pub. That sounds like a bad thing but we concentrate on good local and handmade products, decent music on the iPod and the ability to
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have an alcoholic beverage while you shop. Have you got a favourite trinket you’ve picked up at a market? Can you tell us about it? Not really a trinket, but I picked up a portable record player at an absolute bargain from a past vintage stallholder that only needed a new ribbon to play perfectly. It has a proud place in my lounge room. Melbournians seem to love markets, why do you think that is? I’ve always preferred giving gifts that have come from small designers over anything mass-produced. Markets offer an opportunity to support small and local business, which means you’re more likely to find something unique for yourself or for someone special. Also, there’s a whole lot of variety packed into a small space so it’s aesthetically interesting and everyone’s always so friendly. It’s a relaxing shopping vibe compared to the hustle and bustle of a mall. If you could visit one market in the world, where would you go? There’re so many to pick from but Camden Lock Markets in London sound right up my alley. LOVE, EVELYN MARKETS take place on the first and third Saturday of every month. The next one’s this Saturday November 22.
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the victorian state election By Patrick Emery In February 2010 an estimated 20,000 people took to the streets of the Melbourne CBD in support of the local live music scene. Organised under the auspices of Save Live Australia’s Music (SLAM), the ostensible focus of the protest was the draconian liquor licensing laws, seen as symbolic of the State government’s indifference to the social and economic significance of live music. As Dave Graney observed wryly at the time, things must have been dire for the music community to overcome its natural political apathy and get out on the streets. Almost four years to the day since the defeat of John Brumby’s Labor government, Victorians return to the polls to elect the members of the Victorian Parliament, and as a consequence, determine the government for the next four years. While the Labor Government’s defeat in 2010 had more to do with dissatisfaction of outer suburban voters with the government’s investment in public transport than the threat to Melbourne’s live music scene, the SLAM rally did signal a radical change in political awareness and understanding of the live music industry.
POLITICAL RELEVANCE
A government-commissioned KPMG report in 2013 estimated Victoria’s live and local music industry contributes $500 million to the Victorian economy each year; Music Victoria estimates the sector’s contribution at just over $1 billion. As a result of discussions in the Government’s Live Music Roundtable – a concept initially conceived by the ALP over ten years ago, and revived by the Government mid-way through the current Parliamentary term – planning and liquor licensing laws, long the object of ire and frustration for live music venues, have been amended, while a review has been commissioned of EPA noise pollution requirements. Once considered a political irrelevancy, the live music industry is now recognised as a significant player in the policy environment.
SPLIT POLICY
From a policy perspective, support for local and live music falls into two broad categories: the availability of suitable and affordable live music infrastructure; and the provision of government (especially financial) support to musicians. Within this broad categorisation can be seen the major differences between the different parties’ policy platforms. Progressive political parties – especially Labor and the Greens – have supported government assistance to musicians through touring and recording grants, and other career development programs, while the Liberal Party has tended to focus on the regulatory arrangements underpinning live music infrastructure: liquor licensing, planning laws and noise regulation. “The cliché is that the Coalition likes cutting red tape and making it easier to do business, and Labor supports grants and projects like collaborative arts hubs,” says Patrick Donovan, CEO of Music Victoria. But the policy picture associated with the music industry is much more complex than a superficial ideological analysis would suggest. The overwhelming majority of musicians fall notionally into the category of small businesses; the infrastructure that supports local musicians – venues, publicists and record labels – share the same fiscal and regulatory pressures as the family businesses whose interests form the basis of small government ideology. Out in regional centres and country towns, attempts at promoting a supportive live music infrastructure form part of broader policy efforts – strongly supported by the National Party and various country-based independents – to reinvigorate Australia’s rural and regional cultural environment.
COALITION POSITION
The Napthine Government is proud of its achievements in amending the regulatory framework for live music. A spokesman for the Napthine Government points to changes to legislative and regulatory arrangements as evidence of the current Government’s commitment to supporting the live music industry: the introduction of the agent of change principle into planning and liquor licensing frameworks, deregulation of all-ages gigs, a review of noise regulation under the State Environmental Protection Policies, a new $500,000 Live Music Noise Attenuation Assistance Scheme and a reduction in building regulatory burden for small venues. But while Donovan is impressed at what he describes as historic reforms delivered by the Government through the Live Music Roundtable – the industry-government committee established initially by the Brumby government in the aftermath of the SLAM protest, and revived by the Baillieu government a couple of years later – he says there’s still a long way to go to ensure appropriate support for the local music community. “We believe that the emphasis has to be on supporting BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 34
artists and the government holistically supporting the sector in areas such as tourism, export, small business, health and education,” Donovan says. “It doesn’t all have to be financial – we just want the music industry to receive the same support as other industries, such as film and literature.” While Donovan had been previously advised Music Victoria would not receive any additional funding, which they consider to be impossible unless they act as a promoter, on the first morning of the Face the Music industry conference, Edward O’Donohue, the Minister for Gaming and Liquor Regulation (and, ironically, Corrections and Crime Prevention), announced, if reelected, the Government would provide $400,000 to Music Victoria over the next four years. The fact the funding is notionally coming from the liquor licensing and gaming portfolio is interesting: while some have suggested it reflects the indifference of Heidi Victoria (Minister for the Arts et al) to the plight of the music industry, it may also allow for Music Victoria funding to be tied for budgeting purposes directly to revenue generated by liquor and gaming licenses. While the Liberal’s coalition partners, the National Party, haven’t typically had much of a visible presence in the live music area, the National’s David O’Brien used the platform of the Regional Victoria panel at Face the Music to announce the Nationals would implement – at a cost of $1 million – a Regional Live Music Strategy.
LABOR POSITION
The ALP offers muted support for the Government’s regulatory changes, preferring to focus on the government’s reduction in fiscal support for the live music industry. Martin Foley, Shadow Minister for Water, Arts and Youth Affairs, highlights the reduction in support for the Victoria Rocks program, and the subsequent abolition of the FReeZA Central youth mentoring program as evidence of the government’s failings. “The Napthine Government has deserted live music – and musicians and the industry are worse off as a result,” Foley says with a flourish. Foley acknowledges the importance of the agent of change principle for live music venues, and – implicitly recognising the ALP’s culpability in the liquor licensing fiasco that led to the 2010 SLAM rally – concedes blandly: “The blanket approach of imposing liquor licensing restrictions on music venues revealed some unintended consequences.” But the kicker from the ALP came with the announcement of its live music policy – surprisingly, on the day before Melbourne Cup. It was big on numbers – $22.2 million over four years – and big on new programs. The package covers grants for touring, careerbuilding industry partnerships and so-called “quick response grants” (designed to provide professional services to support short tours and residencies). A ‘Music Passport’ program is proposed to assist Victorian contemporary musicians to break into international markets and a ‘Rock under Wings’ mentoring program will be created to assist emerging musicians to benefit from the advice of established artists and industry professionals. On the infrastructure side, the ALP promises dollar-for-dollar grants up to $10,000 for venues to address soundproofing and noise attenuation issues. And every big policy splash needs a totemic governmentfunded body that purports to bring disparate issues under a single policy roof. In this case Labor is proposing $10 million to establish a ‘Music Market’, a one-stop music hub for recording and distribution that will be open to artists, venues, managers and industry development organisations. According to the ALP, the Music Market will house a new Victorian Music Development Office, the responsibilities of which will include monitoring compliance with the agent of change principle, as well as looking at issues such as building code standards, EPA guidelines and other regulatory measures relevant to live music venues. While the ALP’s promised investment in live music has been widely applauded in the live music industry, the ALP’s concept of a Music Market is beset by what former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd once described
convolutedly as “programmatic specificity.” Speaking at the Face the Music industry conference, Foley suggested the Music Market would be many things to many people: a source of education and advice for local musicians, a performance space and the location of a Music Hall of Fame. But Foley’s commentary prevaricated on the detail of Music Market: on one hand, the Market “wouldn’t be just one thing... It wouldn’t be prescribed by government;” on the other, Foley indicated the Market would be located in a fixed location, suggesting the concept would have a physical as well as financial basis. The ALP’s proposal for a Hall of Fame has received a mixed reaction. While it would allow for the recognition and celebration of Melbourne’s contribution to contemporary music, it’s not an idea everyone in the music industry supports. At Face the Music, Kris Schroeder, guitarist with The Basics and co-founder of The Basics Rock’n’Roll Party, speaking with the honest and irreverent style of a political minnow, questioned the relevance of a Hall of Fame to local musicians, especially when the funding could be put to better use on something more practical. Speaking at the same conference, O’Donohue noted that the SLAM protests in 2010 weren’t calling for a hub or a Hall of Fame, rather it was a clarion call for regulatory change.
GREENS POSITION
Policy detail aside, it doesn’t take a political scientist to realise the political focus of the ALP’s live music policy is as much about the Greens as it is the Napthine government. The Greens’ electoral support – concentrated in Melbourne’s inner-urban suburbs of Carlton, Collingwood, Fitzroy, Northcote, Brunswick and Thornbury, and gradually seeping into Coburg and Preston – overlaps with the majority of Melbourne’s live music venues. The bleeding of support from Labor to the Greens – largely a consequence of progressive voters’ criticism of Federal Labor’s policy vacuum – appears to be replicated at a state level, and Labor strategists are concerned. While the Greens are given a fighting chance of taking the inner-city seats of Melbourne, Richmond, and even Northcote, at best the Greens are likely to hold the balance of power in the Upper House. As a consequence, the Greens will not be in the position to determine policy. When I suggest to Greens Legislative Council member Sue Pennicuik the party won’t be in power following the November election, she replies optimistically: “You never know.” The Greens have considerable experience in wielding such power to obtain concessions from both major parties that promote the interests and objectives of the party’s supporters. Pennicuik points to the Greens’ regular Parliament interrogation of the Government on live music issues, and consistent advocacy for the agent of change principle as evidence of the party’s commitment to live music; she criticises the government’s withdrawal of funding for FreeZA Central and Victoria Rocks. For the Greens, support for live music is necessarily a combination of support for artists, and availability of performing spaces. “Musicians need opportunities to perform in front of live audiences,” Pennicuik says. She highlights the short-term focus of successive governments, which has led to a lack of policy attention to the implications of gentrification of areas in which live music venues have been typically located. In addition to the availability of touring grants and
Live music deserves to be afforded respect by all political parties – and voters.
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industry trade and export initiatives, Pennicuik says the Greens support more professional development programs for artists and musicians, especially to assist emerging artists obtaining the necessary professional and business training to underpin career development. At the Face the Music conference, Pennicuik was lukewarm about the ALP’s proposal for a Music Market: “We support the idea of a hub,” Pennicuik said, “But we believe the government should support the development of it organically – we don’t see it as a ‘building’.”
SEX PARTY POSITION
On the more libertarian end of the political spectrum, the Sex Party identifies a number of other issues not typically associated with live music, but relevant to the success and sustainability of the sector. The Sex Party supports the introduction of 24-hour public transport to allow punters to have a safe and quick way of getting home after a night out; the repeal of anti-graffiti legislation; and a change in Victorian government purchasing rules to require only Victorian musicians to be featured in government commercials.
SOCIALIST POSITION
Socialist candidate for Richmond, and current Yarra local councillor Stephen Jolly has been in the thick of the fight to support live music venues in his local area. Jolly wants a guaranteed minimum wage for people working in the music industry: roadie, security, bar staff and musicians. “It’s crazy that the vast bulk of our music and art talent are on poverty wages while Gina Reinart made $1 million every half hour last year,” Jolly exclaims. Jolly also highlights the subtle pressures faced by venues by risk-averse local councils, such as the temporary removal of outdoor tables at The Grace Darling Hotel in Collingwood, and the outdoor smoking area at the Workers Club (both of which Jolly helped bring back).
INDEPENDENT POSITION
Late in the election campaign has come the bombshell of Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, Cruel Sea and The Ape frontman Tex Perkin’s independent candidacy for the seat of Albert Park – coincidentally the seat held by Martin Foley with a very slender margin. Perkins’ candidacy – ostensibly to draw attention to the plight of St Kilda’s Palais Theatre – has been criticised as potentially splitting the music vote in the seat. Conspiracy theories explaining Perkins’ announcement abound, with the likelihood of Perkins’ preferences flowing to Foley barely stemming the suspicion of his motives. The blunt electoral reality is the live music vote is unlikely to tip the balance in the November election. According to seasoned political scientists, the election will be won in the outer suburban and regional areas on the basis of such standard election fare as electricity and gas prices, improvements in transport infrastructure and draconian crime and public order policies. But as Donovan observes, live music deserves to be afforded respect by all political parties – and voters. “All we ask of governments is to take us seriously, look at the economic impact, participation rates and cultural contribution and consult with us, and not get complacent,” he says. “We urge musicians and music lovers to take a look at what each party stands for and is committing to when they vote.”
THE VICTORIAN STATE ELECTION will be held on Saturday November 29.
PORTUGAL. THE MAN
By Augustus Welby
New-age rock stars are such a bore. Due to rising rates of polite humility, endorsements for healthy eating and quibbles about on-tour exhaustion, the rock’n’roll fantasy is seriously under threat. OK, perhaps life isn’t an unfettered stream of wonderful decadence, but those at the top could at least use some imagination when summing up their regular activities. American psychedelic rockers Portugal. The Man aren’t quite global megastars, nor have they cultivated a party-boy image, but these guys know better than most how to seize the perks of their profession.
“We love to see things, we love new experiences,” says Portugal. The Man bassist, Zach Carothers. “Just in general, travel is so important to us.” Right now, Portugal. The Man are half way through their most extensive Australian tour yet. Since late October, the band’s been making its way across the country for 23 completely free gigs. “We kind of lucked out on this one,” Carothers says. “We have the most unbelievable time in Australia, so we’re very, very excited that they offered us this tour. Five weeks hanging out down there doing that many shows in small pubs and bars? Hell yeah, of course we were up for it.” Carothers and vocalist/guitarist John Gourley started Portugal. The Man back in 2004, and together they’ve spearheaded seven full-length albums. It’s their latest two releases, 2011’s In The Mountain In The Cloud and last year’s Evil Friends, that brought them to the attention of Australian listeners. Evil Friends landed the group a main stage slot on this year’s Big Day Out tour – the mention of which triggers fond memories for Carothers. “[Big Day Out] is pretty much summer camp for bands,” Carothers says. “Some of the craziest nights we’ve ever had, actually, were in Australia during Big Day Out. We had these parties after Arcade Fire did a sideshow in Sydney. We went to Frankie’s Pizza… One of the bartenders for some reason had face paint, so we had our tour manager go around and paint everybody’s faces. We just pretty much rallied with Grouplove, Mac Miller, Arcade Fire, Diplo and his backup dancers. “You look at the list and you’re like, ‘Oh, I’ll probably make friends with these guys and make friends with this guy,’ but who knew that we’d become best friends with Mac Miller? If you ask anybody on that tour who the general MVP [most valuable player]/coolest guy was, everybody will tell you Mac Miller. We had a blast with that guy and he is hilarious.” It’s otherwise hard to draw many tenable links between Portugal. The Man and the potty-mouthed rapper, Miller. The band’s music owes significant debt to ‘60s pop and ‘70s psych rock, so it’s about a million miles away from the terrain of hip hop. However, Evil Friends features the production stamp of studio maestro Danger Mouse (AKA Brian Burton). These days Danger Mouse is commonly associated with rock acts The Black Keys and Broken Bells, but it’s not long since he was making records with rappers such as MF Doom, Jemini and CeeLo Green. “We learned a lot about songwriting, a lot about trimming the fat off things,” Carothers says of the experience with Burton. “We always stack up so many sounds on a lot of our records and it almost gets confusing. A lot of times we’d do that and then Danger Mouse would sit down with the four of us and be like, ‘Alright, there’s all these different melodies going on here, each one of you pick one that you’re going to play.’ “You’ve got to keep it simple enough [so] no matter how many things you stack up, you still always make sure that one person can sing it and play it on a guitar or a piano and it still comes through.” Whether they’ll team up with Danger Mouse again remains to be seen, but the lessons learned while recording Evil Friends are certain to influence Portugal. The Man’s next work. “Every time we go in it’s definitely a learning experience and it’s definitely practice for the next record,” Carothers says. “We have a thing where we try to be a different band every time we do a record. [Working with Danger Mouse], we learned so much about music in general, about style and about our own ears.” It seems clear Portugal. The Man don’t just take advantage of their job’s ridiculous nature, but they’re also committed to creative progression. To do this, it’s essential to keep a cool head while being introduced to wonderful individuals and unreal scenarios. Though, Carothers can’t help sounding a tad boastful when he recounts his number one bucket list achievement. “I got to sit in a car with Neil Young – in Neil Young’s Cadillac – and listen to music with him for about an hour at Bonnaroo a couple of years ago. That was probably the craziest thing I’ve ever done. My little brother was graduating college that very same day and I couldn’t make it because we had to play this festival. John and I were sitting in a car with Neil Young and I was texting my dad. Neil Young’s his favourite artist of all time and he was a very proud father that day.” PORTUGAL. THE MAN are playing free shows at the Torquay Hotel on Friday November 28, the Westernport Hotel in San Remo on Saturday November 29 and The Deck in Frankston and Brunswick’s Penny Black on Sunday November 30. WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES..... WWW.BEAT.COM.AU/TV
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MAN UP FESTIVAL By Augustus Welby This weekend, the team behind Cherry Bar and Yah Yah’s present the two-night festival, Man Up. Despite what the festival name might suggest, it’s not an invitation for horrible macho behaviour. This is an appeal to ‘man up’ in a more serious, humane way. In conjunction with the White Ribbon campaign, the event seeks to raise awareness about the atrocious nature of male violence against women. “50 per cent of the door takings go to White Ribbon and the other 50 per cent go to the bands, because musicians are a charity too,” says Man Up organiser and Cherry Bar sound guy, Dave ‘Red’ Whip. “The main thing we wanted to do is raise awareness. I wanted the Melbourne rock’n’roll community to speak out on this. And I wanted the people in the bands to be compensated in some sense for their efforts and their willingness to put themselves out there.” For Friday night’s Cherry Bar event, local favourites Redcoats top the bill, amply supported by Don Fernando, Sure-fire Midnights and Redro Redriguez. On Saturday the action moves to Yah Yah’s, with The Mercy Kills, My Dynamite, Chris Russell, Shannon Bourne and Empire of Poets all making a ruckus. Along with the bunch of excellent bands, White Ribbon ambassador and musician Jesse Hooper will be speaking at Man Up. In case you’ve got any questions about the seriousness of this issue in Australia, the statistics are plainly shocking. Research indicates one in three Australian women have been violently assaulted
by someone they know. On top of this, domestic violence is the greatest cause of homelessness for women and their children in Australia. The White Ribbon campaign is not only committed to building a future where women are no longer victims of male violence, but it also highlights how crucial it is for men to apply themselves to eradicating the problem. “My main thing here is that men are the ones who make the fist,” says Whip. “The violence against women is a disease among men. It’s historically been thought of as a feminist issue and men sort of wash their hands of it and stay away. They don’t get involved, they don’t kick and scream and yell and shout and set about creating change. They just think they’re women’s problems. I really think that attitude needs to change.” It’s certainly not brilliant events such as Man Up are needed, but until domestic violence is eliminated, it’s absolutely essential for awareness-raising initiatives to continue. “I believe there’s sort of a fog,” says Whip. “Men don’t understand the privileged position that they actually
THE UGLY KINGS
enjoy in society. They’re frequently making themselves out to be victims – of women psychologically victimising them. But they don’t realise that men hold most of the positions in parliament, make more money than women, are not tied so strongly to families and children. “They don’t understand that men have largely created the world that we’re currently in and have been brought up with attitudes that aren’t necessarily right. They believe, just because that’s what they’ve grown up into, that it’s natural. Even women don’t realise how much disrespect to women is going on because there’s this fog that we’ve all been born into and brought up with. There’ll be events until that attitude changes.” The prominent role of live music in Melbourne means it’s an apt platform for underlining this issue’s urgency.
“Every day of every week there’s musicians on a stage with several people there listening to them,” Whip says. “If that opportunity was taken to bring about social change then that’s a good thing. “Men need to get involved and wipe out domestic violence wherever they see it – or any violence against women. They take should take advantage of this male privilege that we do have to bring about equality and change. We should use our privilege to end our privilege.”
hit the road for more live shows however, including a number of interstate gigs and some bigger and better hometown shows. “I would love to play a packed-out Corner Hotel,” exclaims Athanasias. “We played at The Corner once, before Nick and Ryan’s time, for some showcase of upcoming bands. It was only a 25-minute set, but the sound and vibe were phenomenal.” The Ugly Kings have built up quite a following in their short history, with a number of devoted fans around the world. “It’s ridiculous,” says Scoble. “We have this guy in Brazil, who is actually going to take time out of his life to translate a press kit of ours and start doing promotional work for us in Brazil. He’s really into out
tunes – it’s really flattering. “One of the best things I’ve seen was an Instagram post from this guy in Denmark,” says Athanasias. “He’d posted a selfie next to a screenshot of Wicked Witch of Wonder. The caption said something like, ‘Listening to good tunes on a cold morning.’ I couldn’t believe it. This guy went out of his way to post about Wicked Witch of Wonder – in Denmark.”
Because the album took nearly two years to complete, Boyle says one’s expectations and ideals inevitably change over time. “You become so emotionally involved with it, it can become really hard to finish. I didn’t really know if I was happy with it at all,” he says. “The time it takes between the finishing of the album – the negotiations with record labels, the pressing, the media – it’s given me some time away from it. I can now listen from an almost outside perspective, and I’ve fallen in love with it all over again.” Boyle isn’t alone in that respect. The album, Sines, has so far received rave reviews, rewarding for the band
given it represents the culmination of the best part of a decade marked by injury and false starts. “Once you get it out to the public it’s no longer yours anymore,” says Boyle, “It belongs to everyone else as well.”
MAN UP FESTIVAL will take place at Cherry Bar this Friday November 21 and at Yah Yah’s on Saturday November 22.
By Kelsey Berry
In the age of electronic music, many are quick to proclaim the death of good old rock‘n’roll. Heaving guitar solos and mammoth arena tours are seemingly few and far between these days, with DJ sets becoming more common. Citing influences such as Jimi Hendrix, The Black Keys, Jack White and Black Sabbath, The Ugly Kings are bringing a vital injection of rock into the Melbourne live music scene. “Power blues. There’s no other way to describe it,” determines bassist Nick Dumont. “When I first heard the band play that was the first thing that came to mind. Not blues rock or heavy rock – it was power blues from the get-go.” Dumont is the newest member of the band, which, along with Dumont on bass, consists of vocalist Russell ‘Rusty’ Clark, guitarist Christos Athanasias and drummer Ryan Scoble. “We started off as a three-piece,” explains Athanasias. “We had Russell on drums and vocals at the same time and two guitarists with no bass. Last year we had Ryan join the band as a drummer and Rusty became a proper frontman, instead of just sitting behind the drum kit. When our former guitarist left we went as a three-piece with just myself on guitar, but we needed a bass player. By a lucky encounter we met Nick. Nick was a bassist with no band and we were a band with no bassist. So we joined forces.” While the current lineup has only been together since January this year, The Ugly Kings can trace their history
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back four years. “Originally we started as just an acoustic act,” says Athanasias. “We didn’t even have drums, we just had some bongos we’d bang away on. It was more of a comedy thing. I wanted to play music so I agreed to go along with it, but personally I hated the fact that we were a comedy act. If I’m in a band I want to play high-energy songs and be quite serious about it. I’m not saying it has to be doom and gloom, just not comedy, not like Steel Panther.” The Kings are currently in the midst of a month-long residency at Yah Yah’s following the release of their new single Control Freak earlier this month. “We had the first gig of the residency last week,” says Athanasias. “There was an amazing turnout – especially for a Thursday.” As for what the fans can expect from the Yah Yah’s shows, the band promises good music, classic craziness, big sound and a lot of sweat. Following their residency at Yah Yah’s, the band will head into the studio, with further singles and an EP release scheduled for next year. The band still plan to
You can catch THE UGLY KINGS for free each Thursday in November during their residency at Yah Yah’s. The band will also play the Bendigo Hotel on Thursday December 11.
By Josh Fergeus
Instrumental post-rockers Jakob are about to release their fourth album in 16 years. Over the years they’ve played with Cog, ISIS, and have even been invited to be special guests on multiple tours with alternative legends Tool, but despite their early success it’s been eight years since their last full-length release. “It wasn’t exactly planned, the eight years between albums,” explains guitarist Jeff Boyle. “We released our last album back in 2006, and we did an awful lot of touring off the back of that for a couple of years, ending in a really amazing tour with ISIS in Europe. We came back to New Zealand to record an album and the plan was to go back and do a big headline tour of our own. As we started writing for the new album, I had to have surgery on my wrist.” Boyle had been playing guitar since he was six, so it was a significant interruption. “It was the first time in nearly 26 years that I hadn’t been able to play guitar,” he says, before explaining the downtime required for his wrist to heal. “It was nearly a year and a half I was out. All that momentum we’d built up over the last couple of years completely dissipated and I had to start playing gingerly, relatively, first up anyway.” Not ideal. But it didn’t stop there for the band. In 2010, after a period of planning to get back into touring and start up the album process again, Jakob toured with ISIS in America on their final tour, completed a
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headline tour of their own in their native New Zealand, and rounded off the year supporting Tool’s sideshows during the Big Day Out tour over summer. After that long time out of the saddle, it was proving hard to get the groove back. “I realised [what we’d recorded] wasn’t what we wanted at all,” says Boyle. “It wasn’t quite hitting the mark. We had to re-record a couple of things, re-did a couple of songs. We were doing a bit of chasing for awhile.” Prepared to re-record the entire thing, their first day in the studio was again put on hold when their drummer, Jason Johnston, slashed his hand open and severed a couple of tendons, needing six months to mend. Towards the end of drummer Johnston’s recovery, Tool invited the band to join them on another tour, which they did. Boyle affirms the two groups have become friends over time, and this association with Tool prompted Jakob to finally finish the album. “We ran out of money so I had to do all the editing and mixing myself,” he says. “I’ve got a job and two kids so it’s not like I was working on it 24/7, but I was on it from nine to two o’clock in the morning every night.
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JAKOB will be playing at Ding Dong Lounge with Bear The Mammoth and Spider Goat Canyon on Thursday November 27. Tickets are available through the venue.
DOWN ON THE FARM
Cosmic Psychos
Drunk Mums
By Meg Crawford
When Cosmic Psychos started a crowd-funding campaign back in 2012 to raise $5K to finance their movie Blokes You Can Trust, one of the incentives was they’d play a few gigs for fans. In response, a bunch of Mornington Peninsula locals banded together and pooled funds. The Psychos played two gigs subsequently, one of which was at Ross Knight’s (the Psychos’ bass guitarist and lead vocalist) farm and the other was at Balnarring, the now home of the Down on the Farm Festival. Back then, 80 people gathered for the event and had a cracking time, so much so it evolved into a larger, but still private gig, on a farm the following year with the Psychos, Tumbleweed, The Meanies and a bunch of other amazing Aussie bands playing for a select (and damn lucky) 350 to 400 people.
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A couple of reviews ensued and momentum started to gather for a properly home grown festival, which is where Down on the Farm came in. “Lots of people were very excited about the prospect of an event that was run by local people and not standard promoters” says Samira Healey, one of the core five organising the event. “This year we’ve become official in that we’ve advertised and invited people other than just friends to the gig. But it’s all centered around the Psychos, and that genre, and supporting Australian live music.” Healey’s pretty fond of the Psychos and she can still remember first listening to those kings of loud, Aussie punk rock. “That love started back in the late ‘80s early ‘90s,” she reflects. “I was doing a labouring job and I was living with my brother. I used to come home and put on Psychos records just to unwind ± it’s classic music like that.” It’s unsurprising Healey’s now doing something music related. “My father’s an old, stalwart jazz musician from Melbourne,” she explains. “We grew up with that being his main gig, which also meant that I grew up in and out of nightclubs, bars, pubs and the various other places that he worked. Because of that background, it also meant liaising with bands and music people has always been very familiar to me.”
“AUSTRALIANS ARE A RESOURCEFUL MOB. WE KIND OF jAM IT ALL TOGETHER IN THE END AND I LIKE THAT.” In keeping with the idea that it’d be nice to keep this somewhat intimate, tickets are limited to 1000. It’s also in-keeping with the festival’s home-grown and down to earth philosophy. For instance, in their FAQs it specifies “no dickheads,” which is good because dickheads just ruin things. This approach also, in part, can be traced back to the Psychos. “The real charm of the Psychos is encapsulated in the famous quote by Ross Knight on the film: ‘I’m just a fuckin’ farmer’,” Healey explains. “That’s uniquely Australian, that whole approach to art and an artist. He is an artist and a creative person and he’s made a whole career built around that, but there’s still that real Australian: ‘But yeah, yeah, yeah, don’t take yourself too seriously darlin’. “I really dig that personally and I think it’s very empowering to the average Joe. That’s the appeal of the Psychos ± it’s certainly the appeal for me. It inspired me to go, ‘I reckon I’ll give putting on an event a crack,’ which has been pretty challenging at times. But it’s that same philosophy really. Australians are a resourceful mob. We kind of jam it all together in the end and I like that.” In terms Down on the Farm’s challenges, some things have been tricky and some have come together well. “It’s a big financial risk,” Healey admits. “You’ve gotta’ put a whole lot of money on the table and fly by the seat of your pants really and figure it out as you go, but that’s also great fun. It’s a very competitive market, but it’s a love job really. You don’t go into it to earn heaps of money straight off the bat, that’s for sure. “The challenges are that you’ve got to be able to carry those costs and you’re relying on a lot of goodwill from local people and volunteers who are passionate about the project. That hasn’t been challenging at all, it’s just been amazing how 40 volunteers have all pulled together. It’s affirming.” Healey’s got a good tip for punters: “Camp at the foreshore,” she urges. “We’ve got a courtesy bus that’s flitting back and forth to the coast and the foreshore camping is just divine. It’ll be nigh on empty and you can wander out of the bush and flop onto the beach post gig. Also, Boxwars are not to be missed. We are amazingly lucky to have these guys be involved. They’re just gonna’ put on such a shebang. These guys they travel around and fill out stadiums, but they’re there because Cosmic Psychos are one of their favourite bands.” DOWN ON THE FARM FESTIVAL goes down on Saturday November 22 at Emu Plains Racecourse, Balnarring. The lineup includes Cosmic Psychos, Warped, Drunk Mums, Bad // Dreems, Sun God Replica, Powerline Sneakers, Child, Miss Destiny and Modesty, plus those crazy Boxwars dudes. WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES..... WWW.BEAT.COM.AU/TV
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THE OCEAN PARTY
By Adam Norris
Lachlan Denton is in a bit of a daze. Having just returned from the US the day before and already gearing up for the next run of gigs, it’s little surprise he’s still reeling from the adventure. The Ocean Party were invited to perform at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York, along with 1300 other acts in one of the world’s biggest showcases of new music. Over a hundred thousand people weave their way throughout the conference, and while Denton was simply happy to be performing, the format left something to be desired. “America is a strange place,” he says. “Cool, but strange. CMJ was what you’d expect, just a music conference, so it was not really what we’re used to playing. It’s all really organised. You get there, you go on, you go off. It was a bit unnatural. It was fun to be in New York, to play those shows, but wasn’t how I’d normally be playing them.” Now based in Melbourne, the band’s roots stretch back to their upbringing in Wagga, gradually learning to play music with an eye on a future where they would all be able to start a band and take over the world. When The Ocean Party did finally form though, Denton insists the process was very unplanned and organic; their individual directions simply happened to arrive
at the same place. Their blend of guitar-pop is now gaining attention across the country, and while the press release for Soft Focus celebrates their ‘distinctly Australian sounds’, Denton doesn’t find anything especially patriotic about their music. “I wouldn’t say that we have a particularly Australian sound, other than the fact that like a lot of other Australian bands, we don’t tend to shy away from being straight up with our lyrics. I guess there’s still a cultural cringe about being Australian, but really all our songs are just about where we are, what we’re doing.” Perhaps the most interesting hallmark of the band’s composition is the shared songwriting duties. It’s a fine notion, at least in theory; a variety of different
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experiences and points-of-view would make for a richer, more textured record. Yet the need for a diplomatic touch would be high, as is the gamble of inviting others to contribute to your song’s direction. “The only time there’s ever really a problem is sometimes you’ll write a song and want it to be a certain way, but when it reaches the band it’ll turn out to be a totally different thing. But in the end, when you look back on that, it’s a positive thing, it makes the band stronger. We try to be as objective as we can about what songs make it onto the record.” With the album launch just days away, Denton’s excitement for The Ocean Party to perform for a home crowd again is almost palpable (jetlag notwithstanding). But were it not for an actual ocean-themed birthday party they attended, it might have been a very different kind of band. “We’ve had a few people who’ve gone out wearing our t-shirt and everyone assumes it’s some kind of political
party,” Denton laughs. “I wouldn’t say there’s a lot of depth to it. I actually don’t really like the name, but I think we’ve had it for long enough now it’s not worth changing. I’m indifferent to it. You really transcend the name after a while, anyway. Some bands have really crap names but after a while you kind of don’t even notice. There were some other pretty horrible names we thought of in the beginning. Originally we were going to call ourselves Battered Wives which, well, sounds pretty bad when I say it now, but it was a reference to a Go-Betweens song. And then people were like, ‘Nah, that’s probably not going to be taken very well. So now we’re The Ocean Party. I think we probably did the right thing.”
waterfalls are juxtaposed by Surrealist sculptures in a tropical rainforest setting in the mountains of Mexico. “We had this long dream to visit Las Pozas, this eccentric entrepreneur’s palace that he built there in the middle of the jungle,” Emmanuel explains. “We had this last minute show offer to do a festival in Mexico and were going to be a couple of hours away from [Las Pozas], so we jumped at the opportunity to shoot a video there. We messaged [videographer] Angus Borsos on a whim – I’m a big fan of the work he’s done with Julia Holter and Braids – and he was keen to work with us on the clip. “The first time we actually met him was at 5am in the middle of the jungle in Mexico and I can’t explain how weird it was, how difficult it was to get to this place. We said, ‘You’ve got to fly into Mexico City and then get a bus for ten hours, and then get another bus for six hours, and then another shuttle in the middle of the night and then get the taxi driver to drive all the way up the hill and jump out at this little spot and we’ll be waiting there.’ And somehow he found it,” he laughs. Evidently, the end result was well worth the journey. Whether it’s working on videos with Montreal’s
Angus Borsos or artwork with Melbourne-bred/ London-based visual artist Leif Podhajsky, Young Magic have been casting their creative net far and wide. This has seen them embark on an impressive number of collaborations and remixes in recent times, with homegrown talents like Banoffee and Oscar Key Sung, to international acts The Acid and Purity Ring. “We always try to work with people whose work we really admire,” says Emmanuel. “Since we’ve been back from tour, we’ve been doing a bunch of remixes over the last three or four weeks, which is kind of new for us but also a really interesting process. You’ve got to keep it fresh.” With their take on Banoffee’s Ohhhh Owwww dropping last week and their remix of Oscar Key Sung’s Holograms slated for release in the coming weeks before they head to our shores for an east coast tour at the end of the month, these guys show no signs of slowing down anytime soon.
As a solo project, Banoffee encompasses writing, producing, singing and performing, Brown proves adept at congealing each separate process into a whole. “I’ve always been into writing music and journaling in general,” She says. “The performance side of it is really new to me. Going overseas was a great way to practice that, finding what I’m comfortable with. They’ve come together, but they have been separate. Especially because my songs are quite personal, it can be quite confronting to sing them to a bunch of people. I used to find that really hard, really struggling to not sing with my eyes closed... I don’t have to cry onstage every time I sing something that means something profound to me,” she laughs. Though Banoffee’s music leans towards the down-tempo
and emotive, elements of dance creep into production, restraining from indulging in outright banger territory. “I like flirting with the idea of creating bangers. “I love watching people dance to it at shows because it’s got a really strong beat, but the time signature is 5/4, and I have fun watching people try to navigate that beat. I’d love to be able to write a dance hit, but I don’t think I’ve got it in me... I want to come from an honest place that’s trying to communicate something then about creating a certain genre of song.”
THE OCEAN PARTY will launch Soft Focus at the Tote this Friday November 21. Entry is $10 at the door.
By Ali Hawken
Our first attempt to chat with Young Magic’s Isaac Emmanuel was inadvertently cut short due to a power blackout at their Upstate New York ranch. “Sorry about that, the power went out on the mountain last time – it happens every three or four months out here,” he explains. “We pretty much just lit a bunch of candles. Kind of spooky and all because it was Halloween. It was my brother’s last night here, so we were playing poker and chess under candlelight all evening just waiting for everything to come back on.” When not on the road, Australian producer Emmanuel and other half to the duo, Indonesian vocalist Melati Malay, divide their time between Brooklyn and Upstate, though it seems the countryside has become something of a stronghold for the pair. “We’ve been Upstate most of the time, in and out, for the last year or so. We came up to do the album, but then we fell in love a little bit and ended up spending most of our time up here.” “It’s a modest bedroom studio set up here, it works for us. We record everything ourselves, we’ve always done it that way; we just find it a lot easier to get ideas down quickly and in the moment. It also means you can travel with a portable set-up as well which is something we’ve always really enjoyed – being able to do things while we’re moving and not being locked to one space and time.” Their sophomore full-length, Breathing Statues, sees Young Magic stepping away from the traditional musical processes of writing and recording an album to experiment with the element of spontaneity. “We were trying all these different things this time around,
trying new things like blind recording,” he explains of the process. “If I make a track, the first time Melati would hear the song she’d have headphones on and the microphone record light on so that the very first thing she could respond to was her singing whilst hearing the song for the first time. “It’s about getting a really spontaneous response. It’s a really beautiful thing to craft something and make something over time, but there’s also something really nice when you’re first responding to something too. Something unique and very idiosyncratic like that. It was really fun doing things that way. I felt somehow like they were more honest responses.” Young Magic’s videos have taken on an experimental path of their very own, and serve well to illustrate the fine line that’s often tread between music and art. A standout among their clips that comes to mind is the journey one’s taken on in Fall In: shot in Las Pozas, it’s something of a fairytale garden built by Edward James – a patron of the arts, who supported artists like Salvador Dali and Max Ernst – where natural
Catch YOUNG MAGIC at Shebeen on Saturday November 22 and the sold-out Strawberry Fields Friday November 21 until Sunday November 23.
BANOFFEE
By Lachlan Kanoniuk
Garnering attention with a fresh take on pitch-shifted vocals and emotive electronica, Banoffee (the solo project from Martha Brown) has emerged as one of the brightest talents in Melbourne’s nascent vanguard of skilled producers, consolidated by this year’s self-titled debut EP, going on to showcase live performances stateside in the past month. Speaking mere hours since touching down on home soil, Martha lets us in on the CMJcentric US sojourn. “It was a really important experience for me as a young writer,” Martha says on the trip. “Especially because producing and writing on my own is quite new to me. I went over and had a lot of sessions with different producers, hearing a bunch of ideas about my work from other people, which was really useful. “It was nice, like a fresh slate. Nobody knows who you are; you can be anyone you wanna be. It’s a fresh experience.” The opportunity to perform in the States not only fostered Banoffee’s artistic growth, but contextualised the bevy of rising Australian talent in the world sphere. “I definitely noticed the spotlight that’s on Australian music at the moment. At first, I thought it was just us seeming exotic because we’re far away. But it’s not at all, I felt so proud to be a part of the Melbourne music
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scene. Especially talking to people about Two Bright Lakes and the support I get from my label compared to people overseas. We’re quite new to the electronic scene compared to other places, but I think that makes us more spontaneous. There’s something exciting going on here, and I’m proud to be a part of it.” With the initial statement of a self-titled EP out in the world, Banoffee’s still forming strategy in terms of her next release. “I don’t really think Banoffee is there yet. I wanna’ be able to release things on the fly and have fun with it. I think there’ll be an EP really soon. I got a lot done in the States and I’m really excited about the new things I’ve been playing around with. I want to get something out there as soon as I can. I feel like I’m on a roll at the moment, I just want to release and release and keep going.”
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BANOFFEE is playing Paradise Festival over Friday November 28 until Sunday 30 and Semplesize Block Party on Sunday December 7.
KARL S. WILLIAMS By Meg Crawford In some respects, Karl S. Williams is unfortunately named because the only other bloke we can think of by that handle is the now deceased Melbourne gangster. Williams thinks his folks may’ve had some prescience in naming him, but we doubt it. It’s hard to imagine Williams doing anything too criminal. That said, he does have a habit of setting fire to shit in bars, but we don’t think it counts as arson if you’re setting fire to yourself. “It’s happened twice now,” he laughs. “It’s bound to happen sooner or later when you have as much hair as I do. It happened recently when we were at the House of Groove in Hollywood. We’d been doing a bit of a bar hop – we’d been to the Whisky Au-Go-Go and the Roxy. We were going to all of those famous, beautiful old bars and we ended up in the House of Groove. I leaned over a candle and my reflexes are not that quick. I heard this crackling and all of a sudden I could smell smoke and I thought, ‘Oh my God, I’m on fire.’ I did it the same way last time too. Candles in bars are a hazard.” Williams plays a beautiful amalgam of blues, rock, country, hillbilly and gospel and has a voice like a goddamn angel. Actually, he sounds a little bit akin to Rufus Wainwright, if Wainwright were to go a bit hoedown on us. Unsurprisingly, he’s been snapped up by festivals and has just returned from a stint at the CMJ in New York, which also coupled as his first trip abroad. NY for your first time overseas is a bit daunting, isn’t it? “The thought of it in advance was more imposing than the reality,” Williams reflects. “I grew up in small towns, so the thought of diving in was a frightening experience, but when I got there it was all actually pretty friendly.” If anyone was going to win over some hard-bitten New Yorkers, it’d be Williams: he’s affable, polite and speaks from the heart. It kind of makes sense then the heart motif is a recurring theme for Williams – both in his art and music. “I haven’t researched the origins of the symbol, but in modern days it’s everywhere” he admits. “Take the ‘I Heart NY’ t-shirts for example. It’s not necessarily cheapening the image, but it’s been adopted everywhere. For me, the heart is the place I’m aiming for.” Indeed, Williams’ aim is bang on in that regard. If you tried to pin down a demographic for his audience, you’d be hard pressed, but Williams’ has a view about what unites them. “They tend to be people of a slightly romantic bent,” he observes. “People who are moved by music in general or beautiful art. I get feedback from people saying that they were moved and that’s the greatest praise, because it means that I’ve connected with those people. It’s nice. I have everyone from older folks to younger guys coming along and sometimes some of those younger guys have said to me, ‘I nearly cried,” guys who absolutely do not look the type and that’s nice too.”
“STRANGELY ENOUGH, I FOUND BALANCING MUSIC AGAINST MY DAY JOB INSPIRING. I HAD ENOUGH TIME TO THINK A LOT AND THINK ABOUT WHERE THE GRASS MIGHT BE GREENER.” For Williams, music now counts as a full-time occupation. Naturally, it wasn’t always the case and he describes the opportunity to leave his job as a kind of spiritual renewal. You wouldn’t pick it by looking at him, but Williams used to have a pretty straight day job. “I’ve done a bunch of different things,” he explains. “Once I worked in a coffee plant, but my main job was as a web developer and graphic designer. I worked in a corporate office and had to wear a tie and everything. I pushed the envelope quite a bit though. I really do have quite a bit of hair and my beard just kept growing and growing. Strangely enough, I found balancing music against my day job inspiring. I had enough time to think a lot and think about where the grass might be greener.” “Back then gigs were hard in terms of keeping office hours and then playing at nighttime and then being back early in the morning. It was a struggle, but I always felt blessed to have something else to dream about and go to.” Sufficed to say, he’s made the transition into full-time musician pretty smoothly and it’s suiting him down to the ground. “It’s amazing,” he chuckles. “I have to pinch myself a little bit. It could end any moment, but I treat it like a precious gift. I was always told that noone makes a living as a muso.” Another thing that’s changed since Williams started out is his sound and the audience’s response. Previously, he enjoyed a more demure setting, but these days he gets off when the audience raises hell. He thinks the change in attitude might’ve something to do with the fact that he played with a band on his debut album Heartwood and has been playing intermittently with a band since. “It’s definitely opened my eyes to the way a big wall of sound can affect people,” he says. “I feel a lot more comfortable with that now. When I started playing, I had a softer more folky sound, although still in the blues realm, but through playing with a band I’ve found that it’s cathartic to holler.” KARL S. WILLIAMS will play at Old Bar on Wednesday November 26 and Queenscliff Music Festival over Friday November 28 to Sunday 30. WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES..... WWW.BEAT.COM.AU/TV
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NOFX
By David James Young
They’ve been raising hell, pissing off neighbours and parents alike and delivering countless raised-fist anthems for longer than you’ve probably been alive. What’s more, NOFX are far from done. There’re still places to go, people to infuriate and videos to edit. That last one’s not a joke, either – the band have busied themselves lately with a longawaited sequel to their 2008 documentary series, Backstage Passport. There are plenty more stories to tell from the seemingly never-ending touring that the band undertakes. “We have done a lot of touring over the lifetime of the band,” says lead guitarist and founding member Eric Melvin; in what’s potentially the biggest understatement you’ll hear escape his mouth. “We were wondering where else in the world we could go that we haven’t played yet. If we’re gonna’ go, let’s bring some cameras along and film it. We did some shows in Israel, South Africa, Russia, Indonesia, the Philippines, [and] Korea... We’re the only band I know that’s done St. Petersburg or Moscow; and we played Beijing before any band that I know played there. It was cool to go these places and film it – we were bringing what was happening right to the people that obviously couldn’t be there themselves.” The second season of Backstage Passport isn’t just a look at the places the band are playing and the shows themselves – it’s a look at everything that goes along with a life on the road. It certainly takes the good with the bad, and isn’t afraid to show when things go sour. “We played a show in Jakarta, and we were told by the promoter that he’d meet us in the morning after the show before our flight to Manila,” explains Melvin. “He said he’d have the money for the show. The next morning, he didn’t turn up. We had to fly to the next show, but we didn’t know what to do. The guy owed us a lot of money. We got ripped off a couple of times by a couple of people. Luckily, we got it all on film. It’s all out there.” If that wasn’t enough, plans for the band’s 13th studio
album are in motion; with hopes to have it released sometime in the early half of 2015. To top it all off, once you’re done with the new episodes of Backstage Passport and cranking the follow-up to 2012’s SelfTitled, you can take a load off and settle in with a scintillating book, written by NOFX, of course. “It’s an autobiography of the band,” says Melvin. “Right now, it’s about 300 pages in. We’re telling our own story as it goes along. It builds from the beginning of the band, with Mike and me. It’s a pretty good read so far.” Aside from their music and their bratty antics, NOFX have come to be extremely well-known for their openly liberal politics, as documented in their album The War on Errorism and songs such as Idiots Are Taking Over, You’re Wrong and, perhaps most famously, Franco Un-American. That’s not even mentioning the Rock Against Bush movement the band pioneered some ten years ago. So, does the band maintain the rage? You’d better believe it. “There’s plenty of stuff to be angry about,” says Melvin emphatically. “Just in politics itself, in the political arena, there’s so many fucked up things that the banks are doing. They’ve been doing them for a long time, as well. There’s big pharmaceutical companies trying to run shit. The agriculture and the food industry are trying to wipe things out. Everything’s just fucking nuts here. President Obama has got a lot on his plate. It feels like now more than ever, the President of the United States has more to contend with, more than any
“We got ripped off a couple of times by a couple of people. Luckily, we got it all on film. It’s all out there.”
president in the past.” Of course, when you’ve been around as long as NOFX has, a lot of information tends to build up, particularly from an online perspective, where countless stories and so-called facts fill even the most official of sources, Wikipedia. So, let’s get a few things clear. Born on July 9, 1966? “Yes, sir.” His dreadlocks change every time that NOFX plays a show? “That’s completely false.” He can play the accordion? “Oh, that’s actually true. Listen.” The phone drops, and seconds later the unmistakable creaking noise of an accordion comes down the line. “I can’t say how well I play, but it’s true.” Guess that one’s official, then. “I’m actually going to be playing some accordion on the next album,” he says, “And I’m gonna’ play some live for the first time ever.” Lastly: Is it true that a NOFX album from 1992 was originally going to be called White Trash, Two Kikes
and a Spic before Melvin’s own mother intervened and threatened to tell his grandfather; the title then changing to White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean? “That’s both true and false, if that’s at all possible,” says Melvin. “It’s true that we said that, but it’s not true that it actually happened.” With that, he’s gone. The cosmic ballet and the hilarious, bizarre enigma that’s NOFX goes on.
a studio-only seventh digit, and you’ve got to wonder how the band keeps from imploding. “At the end of the day, we’re all working towards the same goal,” Velasquez explains. “We all want this band to be as successful as we can possibly make it. We want as many people to hear the record as we could. It’s not easy telling your best friend, ‘Yo, this part sucks,’ but we all have the same goal in mind, and we manage to fit a lot of everyone’s ideas into it. It’s the dynamic that makes us who we are.” Scoring a deal with Rise Records not long after forming, touring has more or less been a full-time commitment for Velasquez and his bandmates since finishing school. Sending six excitable youngsters out on the touring circuit seemed fated to wind up in a haphazard mess. Unfazed, Velasquez says they’re actually fairly relaxed. “We all manage to keep ourselves level-headed. We’re strong with each other. We definitely do get down, but it hasn’t been an issue. Nobody is doing some crazy shit.” Crown The Empire are headed our way next year for Soundwave, a festival that regularly juxtaposes a giant crop of rising acts with a bunch of accomplished elder
statesmen. Rather than feeling competitive, Velasquez says being surrounded by stacks of crusading musicians is an impetus to better his own craft. “When you’re playing a show and you watch the band that plays before you putting their heart and soul out on that stage and trying to appeal to everyone, it gets me pumped. I can’t sit still at a show. If I could be in the crowd, I would be in the crowd with everyone else.” After visiting for last year’s Warped Tour, Crown The Empire are thrilled to be coming back Down Under, especially for such a prestigious event as Soundwave. “I remember seeing all the rosters previously and just being like, ‘Wow, what an opportunity it would be to do that.’ They brought us over, maybe to test the waters to see how we did the first time, and luckily they’re bringing us back.”
NOFX will be playing at the Forum on Thursday November 20 and Friday November 21. Tickets are still available for Thursday but Friday has sold out.
CROWN THE EMPIRE
By Augustus Welby
Chances are, when you think of Dallas, Texas, there are a few things that come to mind: Cowboys, Mavericks and conservative politics, for instance. Rising Dallas six-piece Crown The Empire are doing their darndest to add metalcore to that list. Off the back of their July release The Resistance: Rise Of The Runaways, Crown The Empire will head our way early next year. In contrast to the band’s 2012 debut The Fallout, The Resistance pushes everything to the extreme. The choruses hold TV commercial potential, the breakdowns smack like a keg of Guinness to the head and the quiet moments are decidedly melancholy. “We don’t want to restrict ourselves to a specific type of song,” says one of the band’s two lead vocalists, Andrew Velasquez. “There’s so many bands who have a great song and you’re like, ‘Wow, this is kickarse, let’s see what the rest of the record’s like,’ and it’s the same song over and over again. We didn’t want that at all.” The Fallout was written when the band members were still in high school. Motored by the blessed spirit of youth, the record hinted at plenty of potential for Crown The Empire, but it wasn’t a fully realised product. When it came to The Resistance, they applied extra effort to make it a multi-faceted experience. “With The Fallout, we had a month to do it all and with The Resistance we had three months to do everything,” Velasquez says. “Everybody has different musical influences in the band. Now that we had the time and the resources to do it… There’s so many different types of song on that album. It goes from one end of the spectrum to the other, where it’s down and heavy riffs and straight screaming to a piano ballad, a love song.”
Adopting a genre-snubbing attitude requires a certain amount of fearlessness. However, the creation of The Resistance wasn’t devoid of anxiety. “Going into it, we had the fear in us,” Velasquez says. “It’s the second record – everybody puts out a second record and the general consensus is that it’s hated by a lot of people. People will be like, ‘Oh, they changed their sound, they’re so mainstream now,’ or, ‘I like their first record best’.” Despite such imposing thoughts about how The Resistance would be received, the band was ultimately able to satisfy its own creative agenda. “There was a fear and there was a stress, but we were able to use the stress in a constructive way to make our album the best we possibly could,” says Velasquez. “Once we got to that point where it was wrapped up, we were confident. We were like, ‘OK this is the best thing we could’ve possibly put out and we know this.’ “Luckily, the reception was awesome,” he adds. “We got to number seven on the Billboard Top 200, we got the number one rock album in the country. It was awesome. That was a weight off my shoulders.” Speaking of difficult weights to bear, Crown The Empire are a widely collaborative venture. Combining six creatively active personalities is basically a recipe for disaster. Add to this the fact Crown The Empire have
“Everybody has different musical influences in the band. Now that we had the time and the resources to do [The] album. It goes from one end of the spectrum to the other”
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By Emily Kelly: ek1984@gmail.com One of the most hated ‘party metal’ bands in the world have announced their upcoming Australian tour. Atilla will return to our shores for the first time since 2013 to take in 11 shows on a headlining run. The band are touring in support of new album Guilty Pleasure and have VIP packages available for big fans with big pockets. See them at Arrow On Swanston on Wednesday April 15 or The Corner Hotel on Thursday April 16. The Getaway Plan are currently working on their new album and they’re planning a bit Australian tour to go down following its completion in May. The Corner Hotel will host the Melbourne favourites on Friday May 22. You can still contribute to the creation of new album Dark Horses on Pledge Music. Having released one of the best albums of the year, Architects will tour Australia next April to ensure fans get to hear it in full. Stick To Your Guns, Being As An Ocean and Stories will open up proceedings when they hit 170 Russell on Sunday April 12. If you’re underage you’ll be able to attend the Arrows show on Saturday April 11. Tickets are available from Thursday November 27. Melbourne’s Storm The Sky have joined the UNFD roster with their debut album Permanence schedule for release on Friday January 16. Recorded in Arizona with Cameron Mizell, the album features guest vocals from Jake Taylor (In Hearts Wake), Matty Mullins (Memphis May Fire) and Trenton Smith (Hands Like Houses). Pinch Hitter are hitting the road with Lincoln Le Fevre this week in support of their recently release debut album When Friends Die In Accidents. Shows in Melbourne are both worth your time. The Reverence gig on Saturday November 29 is with Jamie Hay and Georgia Maq and Lucy Wilson will be on hand to support at The Milk Bar gig on Sunday November 30. Tickets on the door.
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CORE GIG GUIDE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20: NOFX, Bodyjar, The Bennies, at The Forum Trophy Eyes, Endless Heights, Landscapes, Columbus at Next Postblues, Georgia Maq, Schlager Music at Grace Darling Hotel FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21: NOFX, Bodyjar, The Bennies at The Forum Prong, Frankenbok, Dreadnaught at The Hi-Fi Ne Obliviscaris, Beyond Creation, Hadal Maw at 170 Russell Trophy Eyes, Endless Heights, landscapes, Columbus, Strickland, Harbours at Wrangler Studios Muscle Beach, Squeen, Cosmic Kahuna, OJ Simpson at The Public Bar Jericco, Circles, Guards of May, Ergasia ,Eater Of The Sky at Musicman Megastore Ezekiel Ox at Major Tom’s Kyneton Colossvs, Jack The Tripper, Party Vibez, Griever at The Reverence SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22: Jericco, Circles, Guards of May at Ding Dong Ezekiel ox at Baby Black Café The Happy Endings, Spook The Banshee, Turn South at Bang Black Jesus, Caged Grave, Counter Attack!, Cordell at The Reverence Dream On Dreamer at Gasometer Trophy Eyes, Endless Heights, Landscapes, Columbus, Entitlements, Say Please at Yacht Club The Braves, Spoof Maggots, Wrong, Disco Puppets, The Fibs at Bendigo Hotel SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23: Dreadnaught, Motherslug, Battle Axe Hookers, Watchtower, Borrachero, Chaingun, System of Venus and more at The Tote Trivium, In Flames at 170 Russell
SHADOWQUEEN AT THE BENDIGO
The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood sees an electric and eclectic lineup of local heavy rock acts explode onto the stage on Thursday November 20. Blistering female fronted rock act Shadowqueen headline, with nuclear strength support coming from exciting new Melbourne act Tragic Earth, who are dropping their ripping debut single Feels Good, Could be Better the Lacuna Coil and Evanescence-inspired symphonic rock band Amaronix launching their brand new EP and awesome five piece rock act Ablaze returning to the live scene after an extended hiatus. This is a four pronged rock assault that must not be missed.
BROOZER AT THE BENDIGO
Describing themselves as tough technical modern sludge metal, Broozer have been around for about two and a half years, spewing out sludgy riffs mixed with quirky time signatures, pulled together with dark droning grooves and topped off with self-abusive tough-guy vocals. If you thought innovation was dead in modern heavy music, this three-piece will prove you completely fucking wrong. So, get on down to the Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood on Friday November 21 as they destroy the joint with Red Sky Burial who are launching their latest EP with the help of old mates The Firing Line and Spider Goat Canyon. The first 25 payers get a free copy of the disc. For everyone else, it’ll be a mere $5 on the night.
TRIVIUM & IN FLAMES
Trivium and In Flames hit town this weekend for a monster pair of shows at 170 Russell, on Sunday November 23 and Monday November 24. Trivium’s Matt Heafy has never missed an opportunity to pay tribute to how In Flames influenced his music. Obviously a tour of this scale and stature would have been perfect for the now-defunct Palace Theatre, but in the absence of other appropriately-sized venues, we’re instead treated to two more intimate shows.
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FACE THE MUSIC HITS A HIGH NOTE
Over 850 punters flocked to Arts Centre Melbourne for the seventh year of the two-day Face The Music summit, where they soaked up vital industry knowledge. The highly anticipated Vote For Me! State Election session shone a spotlight on five of our main political parties and their election promises, while music legends The Living End revealed details on their seventh record and forthcoming solo albums, and world renowned industry heavyweight Steve Albini offered his thoughts on the positive changes that have developed in the new digital world. Playing host to over 150 industry experts, delegates were treated to smorgasbord of unique opportunities across group sessions, master-classes, speed meetings, free legal consultations and small group workshops. Stay tuned to Face The Music’s YouTube channel for main session highlights – www.youtube.com/user/facethemusicaus.
PRONG TOUR
US metal favourites Prong tour Australia for the first time ever this week for Nightmare Music. “I personally haven’t been there with any other band or on a trip,” singer/guitarist/fucking-legend Tommy Victor says. “I’ve only heard great things about the place. So it’s wonderful to have the opportunity to get down there. Finally.” Prong has cast a long shadow – bands like Korn, Slipknot and Nine Inch Nails openly acknowledge their influence. New album Ruining Lives is the follow-up to the acclaimed 2012 release Carved Into Stone and continues to show the band on an upward trajectory, proving that despite having a long, illustrious career, Prong can still make records that matter and reinvent themselves without negating their roots. They’ll be at The Hi-Fi on Friday November 21.
YOU NEED YOUR SLEEP
US Doom/Stoner legends Sleep (featuring High On Fire’s Matt Pike) are here later this year for the Meredith Music Festival and they’ll also be playing some of their own shows. They’ll be at The Corner Hotel on Saturday December 6, and tickets are on sale now.
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Melbourne Music Week is in full swing, and if you haven’t had your fix yet there’s still some great events coming before it all wraps up over the weekend. We here at Beat have put together some highlights for you, or you can check out the full program at thatsmelbourne.com.au/mmw. devised by the band, this is an unmissable opportunity for lovers of film and music to see The Church perform live to Cocteau’s evocative film at ACMI from 7.30pm on Friday 21.
Tangerine Dream
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20,000 DAYS ON EARTH
Come join in on a progressive, emotive adventure as the world-renowned Pachanga Boys hit the QVM Hub tonight. Joined by Glasgow’s finest exports Optimo plus local supports from Mike Callander and T-Rek, this promises to be a night you won’t soon forget.
A documentary-not-documentary about the life and times of Australia’s dark poet laureate, Nick Cave, 20,000 Days on Earth integrates archive and concert footage with re-enactment and staged scenes that may not represent the truth as it exactly happened, but does represent the truth as it’s lived and remembered. Rooftop Cinema hosts this special screening as part of a three-day series of music films for MMW.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20
LIVE MUSIC SAFARI
PACHANGA BOYS & OPTIMO
MORNING RITUAL
Morning Ritual is back serving up sonic treats in the AM at the MMW Festival Hub at Queen Victoria Markets. Melbourne favourites The Harpoons kick off this week at 10.30am on Thursday 20. If you can’t make that one, there’ll be a breakfast serving of dream pop from Lowtide on Friday 21, or a serious wake-up call from local ratbags Hierophants on Saturday 22.
TANGERINE DREAM
For the first time in Australia, this legendary German outfit perform the score to William Friedkin’s epic jungle thriller Sorcerer. In trademark Tangerine Dream style, layer upon layer of deep synth and soaring electronic peaks are set against Friedkin’s exciting and gripping images to provide a truly unforgettable experience. There will be two performances at ACMI on Thursday 20, one at 7pm, the other at 10pm. Don’t miss what will be a gripping marriage of sound and vision.
Taking in events at 14 famed music venues and three laneways across one special night, the Live Music Safari has something for everyone. Acts as diverse as Kingswood, The Harpoons and Japanese Wallpaper will grace stages across Melbourne at a range of extra special locations for your listening pleasure. All Music Safari gigs are free, including the massive ZOO party put on by Section 8 and Ferdydurke in Tattersalls Lane, featuring acts including Brawther, City Calm Down and Paces, plus performance art and a giant, fourstorey-high projection wall. Looks like one helluva trip.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21
THE CHURCH
A powerful, progressive musical force and one of Australia’s best-loved bands, The Church are regarded as one of the world’s most innovative and enigmatic rock groups. For this special one-off performance, the band turns its attention to Jean Cocteau’s wonderfully avant-garde film, The Blood of a Poet. Commissioned and
New events company Innocuous hosts their inaugural laneway party for MMW 2014 ± an open-air day party showcasing Melbourne’s diverse and talented independent dance music community. Set in the heart of Melbourne’s CBD, Innocuous takes over Somerset Place with DJs spinning tunes until twilight and beyond. Handpicked Melbourne favourites ± Mokumo, Out of Focus, Loose Joints and Move Your Feet ± lay down upbeat, sun-soaked disco in celebration of the ideologies of 1970s Jamaican sound clashes.
EMPAT LIMA
The MMW Lost Empire series offers a chance to break down the typical band-stage-crowd dynamic in favour of genuine exchange. All shows are designed in a way that is fundamentally sustainable ± small-scale, local and low impact. Climb flights of rickety wooden stairs to the haunting attic of an old shirt factory in Melbourne’s heart for a Friday night party as Empat Lima take to this surprising stage with their Asian retro garage pop on Friday 21. This site has never seen a live music performance before, and beyond MMW, it may not again. Don’t miss the chance to explore this special venue ± numbers are limited and RSVP is essential through the MMW website.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22
LITTLE BANDS
Little Bands: History of Melbourne’s Post Punk Underground pays homage to Melbourne’s unique Little Bands scene with a lively, insightful panel discussion followed by cracking sets from the next wave of Little Bands. Melbourne’s finest emerging artists manifest a new generation of Little Bands with collaborations from members of Bum Creek, Superstar, White Hex/Slug Guts, Witch Hats/Melbourne Cans,
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Batrider, Whitehorse, Pets With Pets, School of Radiant Living, Batpiss and more. Head to Signal in Southbank for this free happening from 6pm on Saturday 22.
SPECIAL TRANSMISSIONS: URBAN GROUNDS
Spend the afternoon outdoors at Southbank with the TRNSMT team for this salute to beats, bass and DJ culture. TRNSMT is an online visual/audio medium that takes Melbourne’s music and beat culture and broadcasts it for the world to see, hear and interact with. To celebrate TRNSMT’s second birthday, leading local underground DJs and producers play while a convoy of Melbourne’s most delicious food vans set up shop on the final Saturday of MMW. This is the first event in TRNSMT’s debut series, Special Transmission, and comes to you totally free from 1pm at Testing Grounds, Southbank.
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23
MMUSIC: LAILA
Curated by MPavilion, a new temporary architecture commission and design space based in the Queen Victoria Memorial Gardens, MMusic is a series of free Sunday afternoon listening parties. Laila, one of two founders of the monthly Day Care parties, takes to the decks for MMW. Usually held at the Hasti Bala rooftop bar on top of the Carlton Club, Day Care parties are relaxed and child-friendly affairs on Sunday afternoons with a customary ‘deluxe BBQ situation’. Laila’s sets are always a highlight don’t miss this opportunity to experience the Day Care spirit at Mpavilion from 3pm.
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WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 19
ARTIST PROFILE: BUSBY MAROU
RIVER OF SNAKES
Get down to Cherry Bar this Wednesday November 19 and witness the continued November residency of River of Snakes. Supporting them this week will be Claws & Organs and DJ Mermaid. Doors open at 6pm and the bands hit the stage at 9pm. Entry is $5 at the door.
What’s your name then? Oh. And the name of your band… Thomas Busby from Busby Marou. And what do you do? Sing, strum and hop.
MARK SNARSKI & PENNY IKINGER
THE STU THOMAS PARADOX
This Wednesday night at Tago Mago, it’s the third week of voodoo-surf kings The Stu Thomas Paradox’s November residency. Make it a mid-week rock treat for your good self, and come down for some musical surprises. STP present this week’s theme of 'Future Shock'. Free entry.
SOUL NIGHT AT DING DONG
Since its inception 12 months ago, the Mo Soul event at Melbourne’s beloved Ding Dong Lounge has been giving the city its weekly soul fix. Food is provided by the kitchen, Girl with the Gris Gris, where Head Chef Chris Weysham introduces you to his Cajun heritage and home style Louisiana cooking. Musical programming features the finest soul bands live, and the iconic trimmings of legendary soul icon and DJ, Vince Peach. Spinning tracks from James Brown to the Temptations, DJ Vince Peach is undoubtedly the city's go-to point on all things soul. Come down on Wednesday November 19 and getcha soul on. Doors open at 6pm, entry’s free.
It’s a quality double bill at The Yarra Hotel this Wednesday, with Mark Snarski and Penny Ikinger sharing the stage. Penny has just returned from an extensive Japanese tour while Mark is just saying a few goodbyes before heading back to his adopted Spain. Penny will take the stage at 9pm, Mark at 10pm. Entry is free at The Yarra Hotel.
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 20 ROBERT MUINOS
In mid-2014, between tours, Robert Muinos escaped the Melbourne winter chill with his fellow Saskwatch rhythm section players, and headed to Queensland to work with acclaimed producer/engineer Magoo. Taking full advantage of a road-worn band and harnessing the creative telepathy that results from that specific endurance and lack of privacy, the band tracked the album live with minimal overdubs. Magoo, well aware of the band dynamic, has allowed the space in the music to act almost as an instrument in itself. The tones are resonant and seem to glisten like rain in the sun and, despite the proficiency of all musicians involved, nothing is overbearing or bloated. Experience Muinos' talent at The Drunken Poet on Thursday November 20 at 8pm. Entry’s free.
When did you start doing that? Almost a decade ago. Why did you start doing that? I wasn’t big or fast so it was the only way to get the girls to recognise me. Do you think you’re good at doing that? Could be better. If you weren’t doing that, what would you be doing? Jerry McGuire, sports agent. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? Everyday feels like a holiday and I love holidays. And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing? I miss my family when I’m on the road and I don’t get to cook as much as I would like. What’s you proudest moment of doing what you do? The moment we could finally quit working full
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time, and meeting Dolly Parton. And your least proud? Too drunk to sing one time. When are you doing your thing next? An acoustic duo tour, hitting Victoria next weekend. Catch BUSBY MAROU at the Caravan Music Club in Oakleigh this Friday November 21.
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SHADOWQUEEN
This Thursday at The Bendigo, an electric and eclectic lineup of local heavy rock acts explode onto the stage. Blistering female-fronted rock act Shadowqueen headline, with nuclear-strength support coming from exciting new Melbourne act Tragic Earth, who are dropping their ripping debut single Feels Good, Could Be Better, the Lacuna Coil and Evanescence-inspired symphonic rock band Amaronix launching their brand new EP and awesome five-piece rock act Ablaze returning to the live scene after an extended hiatus. This is a four-pronged rock assault that must not be missed. Thursday November 20 from 8pm.
of that live music Melbournians love to harp on about so much. The night begins at 8pm, entry’s only $6 at the door. This Thursday November 20 at The Reverence Hotel.
EARTH CALLER
This Thursday, The Gasometer Hotel are holding a huge night of live music featuring some of the best up-andcoming local and interstate bands. The lineup includes Autumn in Alaska, Shallow Grave, Disaster Path (SA), Griever and Earth Caller. It all goes down Thursday November 20. Tickets $10 on the door. Doors 8pm.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 21 THE CATFISH TURNS ONE The Catfish have announced they’ll celebrate their first birthday in style over three days this month. DJs and bands will be playing all weekend. Kicking off celebrations on the first night are Holy Moses Heartache, with DJ King 7. Night two will feature sets from Jules Boult and The Tarantinos with DJ Campbell McNolty (Bopgun PBS) providing the dancing tunes. They’ll also be launching The Cavalier Catfish, a collaboration beer between The Catfish & Cavalier brewing, as well as a Fitzroy Craft Beer Poker Crawl. Rounding out the three-day celebrations are The Eighty 88s. The Catfish will be celebrating their first birthday, kicking things off on Friday November 21.
MAN UP FESTIVAL
POSTBLUE
STEELBIRDS
SteelBirds will be playing the band room at Sydney Road’s most classic of music venues, The Retreat Hotel. They’ll be joined onstage by the rare-as-hell songwriting talent of Ross Evans and Co. Get up off that couch and support some live music for heaven’s sake. They’ll hit the stage on Thursday November 20 at 8.30pm. Entry’s free.
COLOURING CATS
Brought together by a shared love of tea, Melbourne natives Colouring Cats, The Shifties, Windmill Kingdom, and Jeffers Limit have their sights on rocking you (slightly). It’s going to be a night comprised of equal measures folk, psychedelic, and rock’n’roll. So bust out your most eloquent Stetson hat (not mandatory, or necessarily even recommended) and head over to The Reverence for an eclectic dose
Postblue are playing their first show in months, and last of the year at the grand old Grace Darling on Thursday November 20. Joining them will be their good friends in Schlager Music, melting your faces off with their heavily experimental, drug-inspired jams. Kicking off the evening’s festivities will be the lovely Georgia Maq singing her guts out about love, wine, and politics. Ur Boy Bangz will be capping off the night with a rare live performance. Come down early, beers and ciders are half price til 7pm. It all goes down Thursday November 20 at The Grace Darling Hotel.
TRIBUTE NIGHT AT THE VIC
From the folks who brought you the best wedding band in history, then came back as Sonic Strewth; conquering tons of Sonic Youth and The Cure tunes, this ragtag bunch of musicians can’t stop covering. This time around they are Tally Hose and will play a whole lot of excellent songs from the seminal NZ record label Flying Nun. They’ll be on at 9pm on Thursday November 20 at The Victoria Hotel.
The legends at Cherry Bar and Yah Yah’s have teamed up to bring you Man Up Festival. The two day event hopes to bring attention to Australia’s domestic violence issues and help raise funds for the White Ribbon Association. It’ll be held over two massive nights, the first taking place on Friday, November 21 at Cherry Bar. The lineup includes the very talented Redcoats, Don Fernando, Sure-fire Midnights and Redro Redriguez. Saturday, November 22 will be held at Yah Yah’s with Mercy Kills, My Dynamite, Chris Russell, Shannon Bourne and Empire Of Poets. Tickets are available through trybooking.com. Support a very worthy cause.
THE TARANTINOS
The Tarantinos are five boys from Melbourne and a sax player, who dress to kill, play to party and burn the dance floor. Ripping up stages across Oz, their energetic shows and onstage antics whip the crowd into frenzy and give them all they’ve got. Playing songs from Quentin Tarantino films, dressed in Reservoir Dogs-style suits, they play all the hits and lesser-known songs from over six kick-ass soundtracks. They’re at The Reverence Hotel every Friday in November. It’s free entry, kicking off at 9pm.
BAD//DREEMS
Adelaide’s heroes Bad//Dreems are heading to Ding Dong Lounge on Friday November 21 with some suitably awesome supports, including Sincerely Grizzly, who will be launching their latest album, plus local rockers Dumb Punts. Bad//Dreems have just returned from performing at the CMJ Music Marathon in New York, plus the Culture Collide Festival in Los Angeles and will no doubt be ready to crack open a few tinnies at Ding Dong with their Aussie fans and play some rock‘n’roll like it’s supposed to sound. The night starts at 9pm, tickets are $10+BF and are available through the venue’s website.
MESA COSA
You must've been living under a rock to not have heard the brain-busting heart-choking sounds of Mesa Cosa that seem to have played every vital happening in Melbourne over the past couple of years. They bust out at full speed and don’t stop till your nose bleeds. Supporting them will be Toga Rock, a dodgy garage rock band that perform in, you guessed it, togas. Get down to the LuWow on Friday November 21 to be a part of this huge night.
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LUPINE
Having spent winter hidden away up the coast, Lupine are set to release the first single from their soon-tobe released second EP at The Retreat Hotel. A limited number of branded USB drives will be available containing The Hunter, the four-track debut EP released back in 2012, along with a few other goodies. Supporting them are James Moloney & The Mad Dog Harrisons. It all begins at 9.30, on Friday November 21. Come on down.
NIGHTMARES ON WAX
Your OK Cupid! Profile Male: Hat Fitz, 6ft 2”, green eyes, and beard. Seen mostly playing a National Beeton guitar, Tiesco electric 1966 model, and has also been known to play old-time on a 12’ Vega Tubaphone Banjo and Hollers, and can gently sway the trees with a soft, sad ballad. Female: Cara Robinson, 5ft 2, blonde hair and blue eyes. Mostly seen playing behind a 1920s animal skin vintage three-piece drum kit, while playing various wooden and tin fifes from the 1800s. Also has been known to belt out a tune on her vocal pipes and seduce the birds with a soft, lilting ballad. On keeping busy. We’ve been back from our European tour since mid-August – which was the Do Tell album launch – clearing the cobwebs in our shed and starting to throw a few more ideas of new tunes around, so drums and amp are set up in the living room. We’ve also had the pleasure of being chosen to enter the heats in Memphis for the International Blues Challenge, so we’re really looking forward to going over and checking out Beale Street. Before we shake a little booty over there though, we’re sharing our new album with the wonderful Australian east coast down to Sydney and Melbourne.
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On their best gig ever. It has to be a recent one when we played before the great Taj Mahal this year in July at the Cognac Blues De Passion in France. It was dusk and the crowd was homing in on us – they were curious as to who we were and what we did. There was an electricity in the air that evening of that gig as the stage faced an old 15th century mansion, and as the sun’s red rays drifted down the building’s face we built the show up and up. The crowd was with us all the way and it more or less ended in a French frenzy. On their ultimate rider. Byron Bay Bluesfest is the ultimate rider as there is a top class masseuse there, sweeties, booze, hot meals on tap, honey and herb teas, great staff, a room with the most exquisite flower decorations, and it’s all run so professionally. We generally get hot drinks when we arrive – it’s a nice way to greet and make oneself feel welcome. Fitzy likes honey in tea. I like honey in water.
HAT FITZ AND CARA are playing The Caravan Music Club on Saturday November 22 and The Thornbury Theatre on Sunday November 23.
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Nightmares On Wax is coming to Australia for Strawberry Fields, and has just announced a show at Howler on Friday November 21. Nightmares On Wax will be taking over the performance space at Howler for an epic two-hour DJ set. This year, he celebrates 25 years with Warp Records with the release of N.O.W Is the Time, an album including originals, unreleased material and remixes that span his broad career and live shows encompassing the new and old as never seen before. With the release of his latest album Feelin Good, Evelyn has brought the sunshine that inspires him to make music to life. Tickets are $30+BF, and are available through the venue’s website.
THE DEAD PHARAOHS
The Dead Pharaohs are a swirling sandstorm of musical vagrants whose original music is infected with soul, blues and rock. Joined by Jacinta Le, it’s sure to be a hell of a night. Come on down to The Victoria Hotel on Friday November 21. They’re on at 9pm, entry’s free.
RUBY’S LIVE JAZZ AFTER DARK: SHOL QUINTET
Each of the members of Shol compose music, contributing their influences from the varied music they have performed over 20 or so years. The music has its roots in the band members' first love of hard bop and free jazz through their unique ensemble sound building on compositions demanding freedom in improvisation. The Shol Quintet perform at Ruby’s this Friday November 22. Doors open at 7pm, $20 entry. 'Like' Ruby’s Music Room and check in on Facebook for $15 entry.
RED SKY BURIAL
Described as brutal rock with sinister dynamics and obelisk-heavy, Red Sky Burial are returning to The Bendigo Hotel in Collingwood for the launch of their second EP on Friday November 21. Joining them are the monstrous Broozer, The Firing Line and Spider Goat Canyon. So come on down and grab yourself a cup of Riff Soup. $10 entry from 8pm.
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DAMN THE RIVER
Head over to Cherry Bar this Saturday November 22 to experience the grunge/metal vibes of the energetic Damn The River, supported by Prymal and Vision Street. After 11pm, the night will continue to kick on with Cherry’s DJ Mermaid. Tickets are $13 at the door.
CENTRE OF ATTENTION
THE PASS OUTS
Step into Doc Brown’s time machine, gun it to 88, and set the time circuits for 1994. The Pass Outs are straight out of the time when long hair and flannel ruled the world. Grunt-filled guitars, powerful vocals and infectious lyrics, these guys wear their influences on their sleeve and don’t apologise for it. Having recently secured an exclusive distribution deal with MGM, the lads are gaining momentum and are set to launch their debut album on vinyl at The Espy Front Bar on Friday November 21. Supporting them at this free entry show are fellow Melbourne rockers The Charge, Smoke Stack Rhino and Moments Apart. The carnage starts from 9pm, it’s free entry and won’t end until either the lads pass out from rocking too hard, drinking too much, or both.
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22
Take yourself on a circus ride of whimsy and good oldfashioned entertainment at Centre of Attention: The Ultimate Variety Night Fundraiser. Enjoy back-toback performances while sipping a craft beer, zesty cocktail or cheeky glass of wine whilst a plethora of high-calibre performers bring the best of Melbourne, Sydney and abroad to Howler’s multi-platform stage in Brunswick. Alongside monologues, live music and flirty pin-up routines, the famed Marilyn Monroe will grace the stage and dazzle audiences with her smooth, sultry charm and Hollywood glamour. Raffles and door prizes will run throughout the night and delicious goodie bags full of luxury freebies will be available for the first 100 people. Each person involved in the show has generously donated their time to help host Jessica Fernando raise funds towards her tuition at the New York Film Academy in the USA. Tickets are $35+BF, and are available through the venue’s website.
Ghost Towns of the Midwest launched their debut EP Field Recordings in June to a humbling response from both 3RRRfm & PBSfm, in particular receiving weekly spins from The Ghost himself, Stephen Walker, which is no easy feat. As well as enjoying glowing reviews and multiple plays on triple j's Roots'n'All, the band have spent the last couple of months training up a new member to the fold. The lads will head to The Retreat Hotel on Saturday November 22 to unveil the new five-piece version of the group, and for the first time at a show, they’re bringing the EP on limited edition 10” vinyl. They’ll hit the stage at 8pm, get on it.
THE MEAN REDS
Brooke Russell sings songs about boozy nights, bad decisions, last minute redemption and love. With her band The Mean Reds, she’s been swooning and serenading in dark bars all over Melbourne after returning from her first showcase appearance at the Americana Festival in Nashville. After The Mean Reds’ debut album Poor Virginia was released in August 2013, the band found themselves listed in Basement Discs Top 10 Australian Albums of The Year and Unpaved’s 50 Best Albums of 2013. The Mean Reds are currently recording their sophomore record, due for release late 2015. See ‘em at The Drunken Poet on Sunday, November 23 at 4pm.
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DREAM ON DREAMER
After a turbulent year, post-hardcore five-piece Dream on Dreamer are stronger than ever and are set to tear the stage apart at The Gasometer Hotel. Testing out some new material as well as smashing out all their hits, this is sure to be a huge night of music. It all goes down Saturday Novemeber 22 at The Gasometer Hotel. AA show kicks off at 1.30pm with over 18’s starting from 7.30pm. Tickets through Oztix or at the door if still available.
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23
SONS OF MAY
GHOST TOWNS OF THE MIDWEST
FRANCISCO’S FORTUNE
Sydney-based songsmith Francisco's Fortune has just released his debut single Magnetic Lines, and is preparing to stun audiences along the east coast with a run of tour dates. Francisco's Fortune is the indie-rock brainchild of Sydney-based multi-instrumentalist and singer, Manik Mayadunne. With a new alias came a new chapter of melodies and lyrics, and Mayadunne teamed up with ARIA-nominated sound engineer and producer, Lachlan Mitchell, to capture them in his first professional studio tracks at Jungle Studios in Sydney. Catch him in the Melbourne leg of the tour at The Penny Black, Sunday November 23. Free entry.
Having spent the past two years honing their craft and gathering fans with shows and festival appearances around Victoria and abroad, Melbourne-based folkrock band Sons of May are proud to finally announce the release of their self-titled debut album, set to launch at Boney on Sunday November 23, alongside special guests Woodlock, Tom Richardson, and Greta Stanley. Tickets are available through the venue.
JEROME KNAPPETT
Jerome Knappett is a cool guy. Jerome Knappett plays cute little hard folk songs on a nylon string guitar. Jerome Knappett is in some pretty cool bands. Every Sunday in November Jerome Knappett’s mates will be helping him celebrate the release of his debut EP not myself-titled. The EP is new and cool. These five shows will be cool as hell. Come down to The Reverence Hotel for a cool beer and some cool food on Sunday November 23 at 3pm. Sundays are pretty cool, right?
Hey, who am I speaking with and what role do you play in the band? My name is Timothy. I bring in the tunes, sing the words, and play a handful of instruments. You’ve just won a whopping five WA Music awards out of seven nominations, did you ever think something like that would happen when you were starting out? When I was starting out I was very young and wasn’t aware of WAM just yet, so I assumed I’d have an Oscar or something by now. You’ve mentioned you don’t like being pigeonholed into a specific genre, why is that? Because when you focus on a genre, you get distracted from the song. We care mostly about having good songs, and they always come out sounding like the bastard son of our contradicting record collections. How have you explored different genres on this new album, Terror Terror, Hide It Hide It? I can hear elements of soul, house, AM radio pop and even a touch of math rock if I dare say so. It’s a weird thing, and we try not to make sense of it for fear of screwing it up. How will this translate to live performances on your upcoming tour? We rehearse a lot, and we spent a lot of time dissecting our own album to be able to play it live. As a six-piece band of multi-instrumentalists, we
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figure we can cover most bases. I would say you’ll get to hear all the songs, only with a bit more energy, depending on what drinks people buy us beforehand. How did you get together with Joel Quartermain for this latest album? Mutual friends brought us together. We argued over music at a few bucks nights and other gatherings, then eventually realised the only way to settle it is was to make a record together and see who won. At last count, it’s still a draw. Those ARIAs are pretty sharp though, so I’m happy to call a truce at this point. You had huge success from your Pozible campaign to help fund this latest record, what do you think an indie band needs to do to survive these days? Some bands have a knack for existing on the cheap, but at the same time, being in a band can be very expensive. Depending on what road you take; you just need the motivation to do the right thing by your music. A crappy demo can either ruin a band or turn out to be their finest work. There’s no set of rules that will ensure your band makes a fat stack of cash, but it’s important to remember why you wanted to make music in the first place and not lose sight of that. Catch TIMOTHY NELSON & THE INFIDELS at Revolver on their tour across the Bight on Thursday November 20.
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TUESDAY NOVEMBER 25
KYLIE AULDIST & THE GLENROY ALLSTARS You grew up for the most part in Central Australia, when did you start becoming interested in soul and funk music? My dad was always into blues and country music. I sort of cut my teeth on Chuck Berry, and The Beatles. I went to an international school in India when I was 12 and discovered Bob Marley. I met people who were into disco and from there it was a natural progression. I also spent a lot of my teen years listening to Prince. There seems to be a real community of Melbourne bands interchanging members and swapping around, etc. Why do you think that is? Melbourne is the music capital of Australia and it’s quite a tight-knit community. As with every trade, word of mouth and who you know plays a big part. You need to get along with people you make music with so it inevitably ends up that you are playing with friends or friends of friends. Your band is the Glenroy Allstars. What significance does the suburb of Glenroy have to you? I live in Glenroy. I’ve only been here ten years but it’s a great place and my boys have been involved with the Glenroy footy and cricket clubs. I had to think of a name quickly for a poster and that’s the best I could do at short notice. The footy club lent me some jumpers that I sometimes make the boys wear. I tried to make them wear something
KID RADIO
Melbourne’s own Kid Radio, who have been hailed for their unique take on electro-soul along with their impressive live shows, will celebrate the release of their new single Young Heart at The Workers Club on Saturday November 22. Joining them on the night will be Wzrdkd, Fortunes and Louie Knuxx.
RICK HART
nice and they always turned up looking a bit of a mishmash; so I punished them by making them wear the footy jumpers [laughs]. What are you looking forward to most about performing at the Coburg Night Market? I’ve never been to the night market but I lived in Coburg for quite a while; my son Reggie went to Coburg Primary until grade three, so hopefully I’ll see some familiar faces. I always loved food shopping down there. The delis and butchers are great, and it’s always nice to do family friendly gigs. KYLIE AULDIST AND THE GLENROY ALLSTARS will be performing at the Coburg Night Market on Friday December 12 at Bridges Reserve, Coburg. Entry is Free. For the full interview, head to beat.com.au.
Come on down and see Rick Hart with The Sweet Addictions, two sets of soulful warmth atop acoustic roots and countrified leanings, all hemmed together beside undeniable pop sensibilities in The Victoria Hotel beer garden. It’s guaranteed to be a killer Sunday. It begins at 5pm, entry’s free.
RUSSELL MORRIS
Australian music legend Russell Morris is returning to the Caravan Club to perform songs from his ARIA award-winning album Sharks Mouth as well as hits from his vast musical career. A major pop star in the late ’60s, Morris went on to become one of the country’s first singer/songwriters. Both ends of his career feature predominantly in the soundtrack to the movie The Dish. Don’t miss his performance at The Caravan Club Sunday November 23 with special guest Gallie. Tickets available through the venue.
TASTE OF INDIE COLLECTIVE
On Sunday November 23, The Brunswick Hotel will play host to the Taste of Indie Collective. Old Etiquettes will kick things off at 8pm, closely followed by the tasty folk rock of The Delvenes. Waterline will close out the night with lead guitarist Keef tipped to melt a few faces with his blistering solos. Should be a great night so get on down. Free entry from 8pm.
MONDAY NOVEMBER 24 KELL/UA
EMILEE
Drawing inspiration from an endless summer, she relays whiskey-infused stories of tropical paradise, young love, voodoo and small-town guilt, with bluesdriven rhythms inspired by the chime of the village church bells. After launching her debut EP, Aloha, Au Revoir, to a sold-out crowd at The Northcote Uniting Church this April, and a roaring Hawaiian July tour – the lead up to the Australian summer will see Emilee expanding her ever-growing reputation on the local scene. See her at The Retreat Hotel on Tuesday November 25. The set starts at 8.30pm.
LES THOMAS
Melbourne-based singer/songwriter and activist, Les Thomas follows in the same tradition as Joe Hill and Woody Guthrie. His songs are pointed and passionate, addressing matters both personal and political. His debut Song for Selva details the story of a Tamil asylum seeker detained without charge for 37 months. Les plays the front bar of The Gasometer on Tuesday November 25. Music from 8.30pm. Free entry.
DEXTER’S ASIAN CONNECTION
Hosted by Dexter Pradi and his band of talented musicians, the night will feature some very talented musicians playing a range of jazz standards and also some contemporary songs with a twist. Dexter’s Asian Connection is all about bridging the gap between music genres and adding a unique touch to the music they play. Doors open at 7pm, $15 entry at Ruby’s Music Room this Tuesday November 25. 'Like' Ruby’s Music Room and check in on Facebook for $10 entry.
LOOKING FORWARD
Kell/Ua, part of The Fallopian Tunes crew, will be sharing his sweet, sweet electronic sounds with you at The Old Bar on Monday November 24. Supporting him will be Habitat Tapes, Tim Coster and Bad Bones. Doors open at 8.30pm, and to further entice you The Old Bar are offering $5 tinnies and $15 Mountain Goat jugs. See ya there.
RUBY’S LIVE JAZZ AFTER DARK: PIANO TE
From the tropical islands of Mauritius, Sam Appapoulay is a musical genius who has the ability to re-originate any song he plays. A deep understanding of music and his piano stem from over ten years of professional work and experience playing jazz and all types of commercial music. This week at Ruby’s he will be joined by Chuck Probert. 'Like' Ruby’s Music Room and check in on Facebook for $10 entry. Doors open at 7pm, $15 entry.
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LUCIE THORNE
Lucie Thorne plays The Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford next Wednesday November 26. After a big couple of months out on the road playing everywhere from Bucharest to Berlin to Rotterdam to Chicago and a whole bunch of places in between, Lucie Thorne hits The Yarra for a special ticketed event supported by Hamish Stuart. Don’t miss out. Tickets available through http://www.trybooking.com/.
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THE BLACK SEEDS
No strangers to Australian shores, New Zealand reggae-soul heavyweights The Black Seeds are returning to our shores this month to perform two very special shows. Renowned globally for their epic live shows, and having been invited to appear at various Australian festivals such as Splendour in the Grass and Golden Plains, the six-piece outfit always deliver solid performances. Having formed in 1998, with five albums, a live album, and two remix albums, The Black Seeds have been enjoying continued momentum ever since, winning over new fans’ hearts wherever they go. The Black Seeds will have you dancing up a storm when they play The Prince of Wales Hotel Thursday, November 28. Tickets through Oztix.
SPIRAL ARM
Spiral Arm are very excited to unveil their self-titled debut EP at Cherry Bar on November 28. With mesmerising psychedelic jams, infectious groovy riffs, and impeccable use of smoke machines, the band are putting on what promises to be an epic night of rock’n’roll. Opening for Spiral Arm are sensational surf rockers Coastbusters, who’ll be sure to get you up and boogying. Following them are Rabble Rouser, a talented young group blurring the lines between psych, prog, and free jazz that’ll blow your mind. Wear a helmet for this one. First band at 9pm, $13 on the door at Cherry Bar.
THE CATFISH TURNS ONE The beloved albeit young Catfish has announced they’ll be celebrating their first birthday in style over three days this coming weekend. DJs and bands will be playing over the three days. Kicking off celebrations on the first night are Holy Moses Heartache, with DJ King 7. The second night will feature sets from Jules Boult and The Tarantinos with DJ Campbell McNolty (Bopgun PBS) providing the dancing tunes. They’ll also be launching The Cavalier Catfish, a collaboration beer between The Catfish & Cavalier brewing, as well as a Fitzroy Craft Beer Poker Crawl in which beer nerds and card sharks will form teams of three plus people when they register at The Catfish from 3pm. The rules are: teams will be given a registration ticket with all five venues' names. They’ll need to purchase a pot of Cavalier and take a photo of one member with the beer and post it onto social media. Once competitors have shown the picture to the staff at that venue, they’ll receive a random playing card and the venue will be ticked off the registration card. Competitors must complete all five venues and return to The Catfish before 8pm with their finished registration card and five playing cards. The best hand on the night wins a major prize and there’ll be lucky door prizes as well. Rounding out the three-day celebrations are The Eighty 88s. The Catfish will be celebrating their first birthday, kicking things off on Friday November 21 until Sunday 23. THE CATFISH is located at 30-32 Gertrude St, Fitzroy.
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THE MEAN TIMES
Melbourne four-piece The Mean Times are very excited to be launching their mini-album, You’ve Got the Wrong Guys on Friday November 28 at Whole Lotta Love. Obviously children of the ‘90s, The Mean Times have taken the best bits of post-grunge powerpop, Brit-pop and Australia’s triple j heroes of the same era, then thrown in a touch of old school rock’n’roll, to create their own brand of quirky, everyday-man’s rock. Support comes from grunge enthusiasts Long Holiday and lo-fi garage soul brothers The Night Party. Entry is $10 and CDs and merch will be available on the night. Doors open at 8pm with bands kicking off at 9pm.
Respected as one of Australia’s iconic musicians, Ian Moss delivers an unforgettable sound – not only as a telling soloist on guitar but especially with his silken voice, ringing with clarity and resonating with pure soul. While primarily recognised as an axeman of unusual tenacity and sweet melodic sensibility, Ian’s distinctive vocal is the essential signature of his soulful, bluesy muse – as it has been since his first tentative foray into music during the early 1970s. Ian Moss will be performing at The Caravan Club Sunday November 30. Tickets are available through the venue.
DECEMBER
every Sunday in December. Though, after relocating to Melbourne, she has spent most of her stage-time performing electronic work created with Melbourne producer, Div, The Misery Residency will see Kira stepping away from the comfort of collaboration to deliver intimate renditions of singles from her upcoming debut solo EP, due for release in 2015. Catch Kira Puru Sundays in December at The Worker’s Club. December 7 she will be supported by Townhouses and D.A Calf (The Book of Ships).
MELALUKA
Melaluka have combined RnB roots, soul-inspired vibes and the powerful vocals of Alyson Murray to release their first single On My Way. They are excited to be introducing a funky new horn section to the mix, making their first appearance at their single launch at The Gasometer Hotel. Supporting is the talented Lanks and Echo Drama. Wednesday December 2 from 8pm.
GAY PARIS
Kick off the last month of the year with a huge night at Cherry Bar. Gay Paris will be launching their new album with support from Don Fernando & Dukes of Deliciousness. It’s all happening Friday December 5 at Cherry Bar. Doors from 8pm, tickets are just $15.
THE MEANIES
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PARKING LOT EXPERIMENTS
After spending the last few years playing sold-out shows in Australia and New Zealand, concocting an upcoming full-length album, and supporting a plethora of esteemed international acts including Yeasayer and WHY?, Melbourne pop oddballs Parking Lot Experiments mark their official debut with I’m Not Scared. Parking Lot Experiments will be launching their latest single at Boney on Saturday November 29. Joining the lineup will be Denim Owl, Waterfall Person & Wet Kiss, Lehmann B. Smith and Soda Lite. It’s gonna be big.
Before embarking on a three-month national album tour for Paul Kelly’s Merri Soul Sessions in 2015, Kira Puru is doing away with bells, whistles and bullshit for a series of rare solo shows at The Workers Club
After wowing crowds in the major centres around the country, The Meanies continue their Silver Jubilee Tour with a string of shows in regional Victoria. The Meanies with special guests Batpiss, hit Castlemaine’s Bridge Hotel on Friday December 5 and Ballarat’s Karova Lounge on Saturday December 6. Tickets for both shows available through Oztix.
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MIDNIGHT ALIBI
Albury based rock’n’rollers Midnight Alibi are releasing their third EP, Preach It, on Saturday November 29 at Melbourne’s home of rock’n’roll Cherry Bar. The band formed in 2012, born from a jam between mates in their garage, and have belted out an impressive three releases in that time, having played all of Melbourne’s favourite rock’n’roll venues and all still based in Albury. Joining them on the night will be special guests Australian Kingswood Factory and Oink Harvest. Tickets are $13 at the door, doors from 8pm.
THE FLUMES
This is a not-so-ordinary band you may have already heard about. The Flumes create an eclectic blend of psychedelic folk infused with electrified harp. They are kicking off their album tour for Sweet, Sweet Rain with a show at The Wesley Anne on Saturday November 29, and are heading around the countryside to promote their new release. Be sure to check them out.
EATEN BY DOGS
Latest Australian ambassadors of alt country music, Eaten By Dogs, are prepping for the balmy November nights. With the successful release of their debut album this year, the lads are hosting a Saturday evening at the newly refurbished Gasometer Hotel. Join them on November 29 supported by Green Tin and Alex and The Lashlies. Tickets are $12 through Oztix. Doors at 8pm.
2014 has been a busy year so far, with touring Europe and releasing some tracks from your new EP. What else do you guys have in store for us? Lots of new tracks with more of the electronic undertones as well. As a film clip we are working on for another track off the Unnoticed EP, which I think is going to turn out very cool. How would you best describe your sound using three words? Dark, honest and original. What do you love, like and hate about the music industry? I love that it exists so we can keep doing what we do. I like how you get to meet lots of new inspiring people inside it, I hate that it can be monopolised.
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You have some shows coming up this month at The B.east on November 20 and Public Bar on November 24. Tell us why we should get there. Because we’ll be there, along with some local acts, all of who are very talented musicians. It’ll make for a good night to get the juices flowing in the right side of your brain. What is next on the cards for Love Like Hate? There’ll be more recordings, most likely a full length album, and a tour throughout the UK.
LOVE LIKE HATE will be at The B.east on Thursday November 20 and Public Bar on Monday November 24.
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HILLTOP HOODS Margaret Court Arena, Friday November 14
C.W. STONEKING The Forum, Saturday November 15 The element of mystery surrounding C.W. Stoneking makes it seem like he’s jumped straight out of your imagination and onto the stage in his all-white suit, spotty bowtie and slicked back hair. His music has managed to find its place in the contemporary world despite every song sounding as if it was recorded before televisions were in every house. The songs are mysteries in themselves that hark back to the bygone era when explorers and adventurers would return from uncharted territories with fantastical stories. Stoneking has a few fantastical stories of his own that probably started with an element of truth to them but, like all good stories, may have grown more extravagant over the years. Those stories would come during the evening but Stoneking was quick to jump into On A Desert Isle after he surreptitiously sidled himself to his mic. His bassist Andrew Scott had the sagging cheeks of a bulldog which shook as he plucked and thumped his double bass underneath Stoneking’s Australian/American drawl and tremolo guitar. Paul Kelly’s daughters Maddy and Memphis provided the backing vocals that sound like a group of overexcited children on the latest release, Gon’ Boogaloo. Before most of the songs, the packed audience were treated to a tale of whimsy that was generally the impetus for Stoneking penning the following tune. Occasionally his slack-tongued drawl made his words indecipherable but the Hokum master of seductive suggestion is able to say more with an eyebrow than speech. There was a lot of space between the lines when he introduced Handyman Blues as the account of his days working as a handyman, making sure all the women were well taken care of. Trivial knowledge was shared too, with Stoneking enlightening the crowd on the existence of a tribe in Kenya that worships the early 20th century country yodeller Jimmie Rodgers as their god of fertility. Before one of his newer songs I’m The Jungle Man, Stoneking couldn’t help poking a bit of fun at himself, commenting, “I keep trying to escape the novelty tag but it seems to follow me everywhere I go, probably because I keep writing songs like this one.” The Forum felt like a ‘20s dancehall as Stoneking rolled through Good Luck Charm, Get On The Floor, The Zombie and Gon’ Boogaloo all off his latest record. Couples grabbed each other’s hands and made their best attempts at swing dancing while the band leader shuffled around on stage wobbling his head to the beat of the drum. After closing on the soulful gospel number Shelter For Me, it wasn’t long before the band were back out for their encore of the ragtime tune Dodo Blues. As he left the stage for good and the lights went up, the real world came back LOVED: Seeing Paul Kelly waiting in line like into view and, like a plummeting police box we all crash everyone else. landed back in the 21st century. HATED: Slipping in a big ol’ puddle of paint. RHYS MCRAE
DRANK: Paint.
A WINGED VICTORY FOR THE SULLEN Melbourne Recital Centre, Saturday November 15
Ambient music can be an acquired taste, and those in the mood for more lively entertainment may have well have been disappointed by this evening’s showcase of A Winged Victory For The Sullen’s second album Atomos. Signed to Ólafur Arnalds’ record label Erased Tapes, the duo comprised of Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie and Dustin O’Halloran delivering evocative sounds that transport as they seep slowly into our consciousness. This night, the boys were accompanied by a string quartet from Melbourne who apparently had only a day in which to learn their parts. Synths, piano, guitar and strings are brought together to create incidental sounds that seemingly melt into each other to eventually forge grand sweeping vistas. As these soundscapes evolve the duo display a talent for crafting moments of subdued melancholia that leaves a lasting impression on listeners. There’s an understated grandeur to this music as it moves from stately string sweeps to gentle lullaby designed to take us to a nocturnal world of dreams. The music as much as the wooden surrounds of the Recital Centre cocoons us from any kind of reality that exists outside the room. Fond memories of a Gavin Bryars’ concert from years back come to mind as well as the sublime ambiences Robin Guthrie once recorded with Harold Budd. The gentleman next to me yawned and looked a little bored but by the end of a spine tingling 70 minutes in their company the crowd was left quivering with emotion and taken by the intensity of their music. Atomos, taken from the Greek work meaning invisible, was originally commissioned by Wayne McGregor who’s the resident choreographer at the Royal Ballet. As we drifted across the deeply atmospheric sounds it’s hard to imagine a troupe of dancers strutting their stuff to this music. There’s been a recent renaissance LOVED: Atomos VI. in contemporary composition and the silken textures HATED: That an hour drifted by in what felt like that AWVFTS weave put them well ahead of the pack. only a few minutes. DRANK: Water. THE SIDEMAN BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 48
For all fans of local hip hop, if you were lucky enough to score tickets to the Melbourne leg of the Hilltop Hoods’ Cosby Sweater tour, odds are, come late Friday afternoon, you were more amped than a stage loaded with Marshalls about what was going to go down at Margaret Court Arena that night. Throw in support from Adelaide up-andcomer K21 and Blue Mountains party starters Thundamentals – recently nominated for a J award, ARIA, and possibly the Nobel Peace prize for their recent album So We Can Remember - and you had the mother of all musical stews set before you. This was part of the Hoods’ first national headline tour since Speaking in Tongues in 2012. It was only two years ago, but somehow it still feels like it’s been too long. In between, they’ve supported Eminem across Australia, toured across Europe and North America, and packed out shows at will. They’re representing Australian hip hop on the global stage and they’re doing us proud. Always renowned for their live shows, the trio from the Adelaide Hills have only gotten better over time and are one of the few, truly genuine stadium acts in Australia. At Margaret Court Arena, audiovisuals and red-tinged smoke from the stage-lighting shrouded the stage as an ominous beat sounded, 5000 people eagerly awaiting the Hoods’ arrival. Then just like that, there they were, blasting into the set with party anthem Chase That Feeling. Hands were bouncing and the crowd was jumping and singing along to classics Recapturing the Vibe, Nosebleed Section, and The Hard Road. The set comprised of songs from all of their albums from The Calling up to their most recent Walking Under Stars. One of the highlights of the set was Suffa goading Plutonic Lab on drums, the horn section, and MC Pressure into upping the tempo for the last stanza of Still Standing to an insane pace on repeat, whipping the crowd into a frenzy as many shower time rappers ran out of oxygen trying to keep pace with Pressure’s rhymes. By far the most powerful song in the set was Pressure’s solo track Through the Dark from the latest album, a conversation with his nine-year-old son who was diagnosed with Leukaemia. The crowd was awash with lighters and phone lights raised in the air, and the emotion in the song was enough to send shivers down your spine. The Hoods closed out the set with an encore of the title track from the tour, Cosby Sweater, getting support acts K21 and the Thundamentals on stage to spit out some LOVED: Inclusion of a live horn section on the extra verses, before ending with the heavier Rattling the tour, supplementing DJ Debris and Plutonic Lab Keys to the Kingdom, shaking the foundations of the newly HATED: That accessing the correct entry for redeveloped Margaret Court Arena, and probably putting Margaret Court Arena is akin to reading a map the fear of God into the Katy Perry fans next door at in Swahili. Rod Laver. DRANK: A bottle of Pump water in four seconds flat post-gig. EBEN ROJTER
FLIGHT FACILITIES The Forum, Friday November 14 Last week saw the Forum transformed into a thriving nightclub as Flight Facilities’ Down to Earth tour landed in Melbourne for a run of three sold-out shows, just one week after the release of the duo’s long-awaited debut album. Opening for the Sydney duo were ‘80s synth-pop dance duo Client Liaison, who once again proved to be one of the most entertaining live acts on the Australian circuit. The opening beats of their set saw fans flock to the front of stage, eagerly joining in with frontman Monte Morgan’s eccentric dance routine. As an in-flight safety message boomed from the speakers, it was then time for Flight Facilities to take the stage, with passengers asked to “move around the cabin as much as possible.” Helping out with vocal duties for the show were Kurt Kristen and Owl Eyes, with the latter providing the vocals for opening track Two Bodies. Both artists were a welcome addition to the set, ensuring lively performances of fan favourites such as Crave You, Claire De Lune, Foreign Language and With You, as well as a cover of Major Lazer’s Get Free. Flight Facilities were at their best in tracks with main vocalists such as Owl Eyes. It was easy to lose interest during extended segues or disjointed samples. Down to Earth, which saw off the main set, went for an exceedingly long time, with a large portion of the crowd showing signs of restlessness. Any lost energy was revived through the encore however, which kicked off with the duo’s newest single Sunshine. If that wasn’t enough to get the entire room dancing, the duo ended the set with a rendition of John Paul Young’s Love Is In The Air, with the two vocalists and Client Liaison jumping on stage for a final sing-a-long. With a debut album and a string of sold-out shows under their belt, Flight Facilities are fast proving to be Australia’s LOVED: Client Liaison – If you haven’t seen them answer to Daft Punk. Fans just can’t get enough of them before I highly recommend it. – even Kylie Minogue has jumped on the bandwagon, HATED: The chick next to us, who promptly offering a rendition of the band’s first single Crave You. stopped snogging a guy because he had a With a solid debut and live show it seems that this duo moustache, then proceeded to loudly complain won’t be touching down soon and, after their show at the about it the whole way through Claire De Lune. Forum, it seems that fans are more than happy to continue Where’s your Movember spirit? to fly with Flight Facilities. DRANK: Sangria (this is what happens when Mo Vida is the Forum’s neighbour). KELSEY BERRY
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For more reviews go to beat.com.au/reviews TORI AMOS Palais Theatre, Saturday November 15
The performance by Tori Amos at St Kilda’s grand old Palais Theatre was transcendental. An adept performer ± a modern maestro if you will ± Amos, via ability, subtly, humility, and a catalogue of music that spans 25 years as well as material from her new album Unrepentant Geraldines, provided two hours of high quality entertainment. Prior to Amos’ two hour set, Led Zeppelin’s boomed out of the house audio, then the lights dimmed and the North Carolina-born musician, dressed in split psychedelic patterned dress, leather pants and red high heels, shuffled on to stage to uproarious applause. She then proceeded to politely address the crowd before bursting into her first song. Although considered by many as a heritage act, Amos defies this definition by the fact that since releasing her first debut album in 1992 she’s put out a new LP every two years since and continued to tour each album as well. This continuous stream of creativity and output manifested in a live setting is Amos tweaking her old songs to fit her new and likewise not feeling pressure to re-interpret her old material completely, just enough to give everything an even flow. When she performed Winter from her debut album Little Earthquakes there wasn’t a dry eye in the house. Despite the omission of the strings that accompany the recorded version there was very little splitting this rendition from the album version, a reminder of the incredible tour de force Amos is to capture so many hearts and minds via her incredible vocal range, some ivory keys and that striking red hair. Another highlight from her ‘90s albums was Caught A Light Sneeze from 1996’s Boys For Pele. Both a highlight and a lowlight of Amos’ set was the legendary ode to the outsider Cornflake Girl from 1994’s Under The Pink Sky. A highlight because the resonance of the 1994 hit with Palais’ previously seated crowd was comparatively riot-some as 2,896 people rose to their feet. Lowlight because up until this point the set had been one woman, one grand piano and one keyboard but now it was Amos keeping up with a thundering back track of the LOVED: One woman, one voice and two song that gave her mainstream success. instruments. The night ended with two-song encore, a standing ovation HATED: People not waiting until the end of a and then a humbled Amos bid farewell and shuffled off song to go or return from the toilet. stage with the same lack of assumption she had arrived DRANK: Nothing actually, because I didn’t want with. to be a rude cunt and incessantly disrupt the DAN WATT
‘seated’ aisle I was ‘sitting’ in.
Photograph by Laura May Grogan
CUT COPY DJ SET Queen Victoria Market, Saturday November 15 Dancing to Cut Copy performing Pharaohs & Pyramids at Meredith in soft midnight rain was one of my favourite moments in what’s been an enjoyable yet underachieving life. But DJ sets are weird. You’re essentially there because you love the artist’s music, but instead you’re offered their musical taste. And there’s just something slightly disappointing about that. You look up at the talented musician behind the decks and think, “C’mon, just pick up an instrument. I mean, you’re here now anyway.” Tonight was sort of different. While Cut Copy headlined, the night was really about presenting Cut Copy’s compilation, Oceans Apart, starring some of Melbourne’s finest dance musicians. The album feels like a dream where you’re taken to space and into the jungle within two tracks. Highly recommended. The 2014 setup for Melbourne Music Week certainly doesn’t boast the wow factor of previous years. In 2011, Melbourne Music Week brought in the glowing KUBIK installation from Berlin. In 2012, we were granted access to the secretive, lawsuit-waiting-to-happen Argus Building as part of Where?House. Last year, MMW constructed The Residence ± a pop-up venue at Birrarung Marr. But this year, Melbourne Music Week embraced Melbourne. We don’t really need extravagant European setups, prohibited buildings or pop-up venues. Melbourne’s awesome as it is, and kudos to MMW for understanding that by turning one of the city’s icons ± Q ueen Vic Market ± int o the hub. What the Market lacks in novelty appeal, it makes up for in serving its purpose ± a functional party arena and spacious place to dance. The day kicked off with Nile Delta’s one and a half-hour DJ set, followed by fellow Oceans Apart classmates Speed Painters and an electronic set from World’s End Press. The highlight of the night was probably No Zu, with their impressive brass section leading firmly at the vanguard. I lost count of how many were onstage ± upwards of eight ± but goddamn this was a fun set. So many instruments take the lead in different parts during Raw Vis Vision; to keep it sounding so tight is a miracle. After No Zu, local AV DJs Naysayer and Gilsun made a guest appearance and set the perfect tone for Dan from Cut Copy. The dance floor flooded and, to be honest, the rest is a blur. Not a drunken blur, but we were all lost in dance and there’s really nothing else that needs to be said about a DJ set. One hypnotic club track blended with LOVED: Bumping into old Beat Mag mate Adam subtlety into the next one, and before we knew it, anMorgan tearing it up. hour-and-45-minutes had passed. HATED: A wave of shit-smell passed over the This night wasn’t about Cut Copy ± it was about dance floor from the toilets like the cosmic energy showcasing the other acts on the bill. And you couldn’t cloud in the critically-panned 2005 film Fantastic put together a more sublime lineup of Melbourne dance Four. artists for Melbourne Music Week. DRANK: At little Cal’s bar Mitzvah beforehand. NICK TARAS
Mazel tov, my man.
DUSKY / TEN WALLS Queen Vic Market, Sunday November 16 It was around 8pm, two hours into London duo Dusky’s four hour Sunday evening serving of techno, when the night felt like, in retrospect, it reached a premature climax. The crowd had settled into a elated rowdiness, bathing in the tidal swells of Dusky’s deft command of build and release, the drops that mustered an errant, “Woo,” an hour prior were now eliciting barn-wide cheers of approval. This was open-air festival spirit, contained in a CBD market. To the crowd’s merit, the energy sustained a momentum that belied the increasingly hushed mix in the PA. “Turn it up, turn it up,” was the futile chant as a flustered-looking Ten Walls commanded the stage. The Lithuanian producer offered an emphatic look, as if to say he’s doing the best he can. The oppressive, menacing scale of Ten Walls’ beats compensated for the imposed decibel limit. Penultimate selection Requiem, a huge tune with a capital, “TUUUUNE,” was supplemented by a crowd-wide chant of its blown out melodic stomp. Maybe I’m making too big a deal about the lack of volume. It’s just frustrating to perceive a trending shift in LOVED: Sea of shoulder-adorned fist-pumpers music festival focus from the music. This ain’t Melbourne for Requiem. Soft Shell Crab Burger Week y’all. HATED: Have a guess. DRANK: Too many VRBs for a Sunday. LACHLAN KANONIUK
MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA Corner Hotel, Thursday November 13 This show could’ve been brought to us by two different bands, which only goes to show how versatile these guys are. The first half was loud, heavy indie rock/guitar fuzz while the second saw frontman Andy Hull pull out a series of duos with Simon and Garfunkel-esque folk harmonies. If Hull ever decided to ditch Manchester Orchestra, he would have a stellar career as a folk artist. Another clear divide for the gig was Hull’s initially taciturn approach to the audience. Sure, he said ‘thank you’ a lot, but for the first part there was bugger all interaction with the crowd, other than for the statement: “I wish I were drinking.” Maybe it was making him cranky, but whatever, because he certainly got over it when he started to embark on some piss funny interaction with the crowd. “Be quiet, close your eyes and hold each other’s hand,” Hull encouraged us at one point. The crowd was devoted. There’re no two ways about it. The whole gig was like a giant singalong. We imagine that must be gratifying for the band, but when you’ve got a slightly pissed-up chick wailing in your ear, it ain’t quite so cool. A lot of Manchester Orchestra’s lyrics bemoan lost LOVED: The fact they played so loudly your or unrequited love. We hope these are in no way clothes vibrated. autobiographical, with lines like, “If you knew I were HATED: Two things: one, the retina burning light dying would it change you.” If you need to be dying in sequence and two, people farting in a packed room order to pull, you’re barking up the wrong tree. on a sweaty day. Hold it in for fuck’s sake. MEG CRAWFORD
DRANK: Diet Coke.
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There are very few musicians who’ll submit themselves to the final judgement of stripping back their recordings to the very basic elements and lay all of their faults and flaws in the open. There’s an honesty and truth in the process that rings through on these records as the artist lays bare everything they’ve got to offer without any glamorous production. It’s the philosophy Melbourne’s Pound Records have built their company on and this latest release is the greatest example of that. Archer’s first album couldn’t have been stripped back much further; containing only his voice, guitar and stories sounding like it was pulled from a decades-old time capsule. His music rolls around folk, country and blues with a tinge of gospel and feels like the tales of a travelling vagrant hitchhiking through the American Deep South during the ‘50s. Although Archer has adopted and soaked up much of those time-honoured American musical traditions, the songs still have a reek of eucalyptus trees and crackle like the smouldering ashes of a bushfire on the vinyl-only release. The singer’s tremolo brogue carries with it the sound of an Australian cattle rustler you might find camped out next to a dam entertaining himself with his songs about death, travelling and bushrangers. Ben Hall is a simple outlaw ballad telling the tale of the ill-fated man who became the bushranger folklore has celebrated with the singer chastising the crooks who engineered his situation. Murray River takes a leaf out of the gospel songbook with Archer singing of being taken down to the river for the Murray cod to pick his bones over a quick country rhythm. Standing Still Blues is Archer’s ode to the freedom of travelling and living rough as he sings, “When I was running I never had a care/When I was standing still worries everywhere,” over his guitar fingerpicking. It’s on the darker and ominous tunes where Archer seems his most potent, with his rebellious nature shining through.
SINGLES MARK RONSON FEAT. KEVIN PARKER
Daffodils (Sony) Any notion that UK super producer Mark Ronson’s savvy cool had expired around the turn of the decade is admonished outright with this funk-laden stomper, exhibiting a canny reach for collaborators with Tame Impala progenitor Kevin Parker. Not only that, but guitar maverick Kirin J Callinan lays down some gnarly solo action. Daffodils dropped around the same time as lead single proper Uptown Funk featuring Bruno Mars, which is an ostensible mainstream divide from purveyors of alternative Australian rock.
Jesus Was a Man is an anti-gospel tune breaking the Messiah down to a mortal status with Archer seemingly chiding the listener with the lyric, “We praise his name and forget our own.” Simplicity in music leaves a lot of space for the mind to wander with the artist acting as a guide or anchor for the listener to latch onto during their short period of escapism. While Archer’s music may leave some pining for music with more content and more production, the importance of this record is its testimony for the simple honest truths of life, love and death. Archer breaks through all the bullshit that surrounds those fundamentals and gives a tranquil place to simply sit and be akin to watching the swirls of the Murray by its sandy banks. RHYS McRAE BEST TRACK: Fire, Jesus Was A Man. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: HARRY McCLINTOCK, VALERIE JUNE. IN A WORD: Honest.
BY LACHLAN
MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS
Freefalling (Siberia) Shying away from their live band core, the mighty Juggers thread deep house elements throughout the darkly cool Freefalling, with a dash of pop falsetto that neither adds nor detracts from the composition. It’s a tidy selection from the just-released EP Aerials.
THE BABE RAINBOW
Planet Junior (Flightless/Remote Control) Byron Bay chillers The Babe Rainbow deal in an outright pretty strain of psychedelia, delivering smooth throwback tones with a resolute calm. It’s a creamy wash of pop sensibility, perhaps leaning towards overtly inoffensive, sedate almost to a fault. Almost, but not quite. Extremely listenable, slightly forgettable.
JESSICA PRATT
FATHER JOHN MISTY
Bored in the USA (Sub Pop) Father John Misty’s resolute shitheadedness was a kind of distraction around the release of his middling debut, but I’m willing to say it this time around: Bored in the USA is stunning. It’s a barroom ballad, underhanded in its ennui-instigated devastation: “Now I can’t get off / But I can kinda deal.” Brilliantly daring, what American songwriting should be in 2014.
THE JENSENS
Fears (Independent) I wouldn’t say this is bad, just plain fucking uninteresting. Actually I would say this is bad. Fucking terrible, even. It’s a vacuous, needless summary of the past 14 years of lowest common denominator, shite indie rock. It’s actually a real brain strain trying to come to terms with how fucking uninspired this song is. Into the bin.
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1. Mariachi El Bronx (III) LP MARIACHI EL BRONX 2. Where the Shadows Fall LP JACKSON BROWNE 3. Would You Fight for my Love? 7” JACK WHITE 4. Throw Me in the River LP/CD THE SMITH STREET BAND 5. No Seattle Grunge Era 86-87 Vol 1 & 2 LPs VARIOUS ARTISTS 6. American Thighs LP VERUCA SALT 7. Memoirs of a Madman 2LP Picture Disc OZZY OSBOURNE 8. Floating in the Night LP JULEE CRUISE 9. Our Love LP CARIBOU 10. Intro the Labyrinth 2LP Mobile Fidelity DEAD CAN DANCE
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1. The Best Day THURSTON MOORE 2. Throw Me in the River THE SMITH STREET BAND 3. Soft Focus THE OCEAN PARTY 4. Time Wounds All Heels THE POWDER MONKEYS 5. Order of Operation AUSMUTEANTS 6. Singers Grave a Sea of Tongues BONNIE PRINCE BILLY 7. Havens Dumb AUGIE MARCH 8. Pretty HARRY HOWARD AND THE NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE 9. Nature Walkabout Soundtrack SVEN LIBAEK 10. Soused SCOTT WALKER/SUNN O
Back, Baby (Drag City/Spunk) Presenting a pristinely timeless brand of folk, Jessica Pratt dazzles with the dreamy Back, Baby, invoking the spirit of golden era singer/songwriters with distinct identity. Album On Your Own Love Again out early next year.
Kill What You Love (Independent) An irresistibly slinky bass line brings us in to Kill What You Love, leading to a corker of a shout-along chorus. I wanna hear this live. You should too.
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CLIENT LIAISON
Feed the Rhythm (Remote Control) It makes sense Client Liaison instigate a certain greed within me, always, since I first saw them perform in late 2012, wanting more. And more. The recently released self-titled EP sated temporarily. The video for Feed the Rhythm is an opulent joy – shouts out to the cheese plate demolishing Labradors. The song is a banger, showing Client Liaison at their most danceable, with hints of Australiana underneath the surface: it’s a euphoric joy. Last week’s Like A Version mash-up of Christine Anu and the ‘gurge is all kinds of genius, too.
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DEPTFORD GOTH
JAMES WILLIAMSON
Songs (37 Adventures/PIAS)
Re-Licked (Leopard Lady Records/Cobraside)
Daniel Woolhouse’s follow-up to last year’s Life After Defo catches him in a new phase of his life, but the honeymoon bliss of a new marriage is not easily detected on new album, Songs. Joy simply doesn’t fit in Deptford Goth’s aesthetic. The Lovers is the one song that embraces this subject, but its glassy-eyed observations are hardly revealing: “We make babies, watch them grow, teach them what we know and then let them go/Love your mother, love your father, one position is another.” The music of Deptford Goth is slow-burning minimalism and its pared back even further for the song craft focus of this particular album, but there are some quietly effective shifts in tone and pace. Percussion drags its heels behind everything else in The Lovers and The Circle, adding to their sluggish, sedated effect; in contrast, sharply plucked harp attempts to quicken the anxious circular motions of The Loop. Meanwhile, his hypnotic murmur of a vocal is pushed to the forefront, ensuring maximum intimacy. Towards the end of the album, we get a less forlorn turn in the delicately BEST TRACK: Two Hearts. romantic Two Hearts ± it offers a glimmer of hope IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: BON things might turn out alright in the end after all. IVER, CHOIR OF YOUNG BELIEVERS, DANIEL ROSSEN, JOSÉ GONZÁLEZ. CHRIS GIRDLER IN A WORD: Downbeat.
BLACK VEIL BRIDES
IV (Republica Records)
If you’re not into the scene, glam metal isn’t a genre you hear about often. The fact is, it’s far from dead and bands like Black Veil Brides are keeping it well and truly alive. The Californian shock rockers are renowned for their trademark appearance as much as their music, rarely seen without full face paint, long hair and tight black clothing, the kind you’d typically associate with ‘80s icons like KISS or Mötley Crüe. That’s not to say their music doesn’t rock either. Heart of Fire hits the ground running. It’s got everything you want, roaring vocals from frontman Andy Biersack, thumping percussion and wailing guitar licks. The extended intro of Faithless is impressive, using church bells and intense guitar rhythms to full effect. The chanting chorus is reminiscent of 30 Seconds to Mars; the same dynamic continues through Devil in the Mirror. The intro of Goodbye Agony is haunting, sounding a lot like the Gunners’ November Rain. Things get a bit more intense with World of Sacrifice, shifting back towards heavy bass and riffs. Last Rites is dark and Stolen Omen even darker, with raw backing vocals behind it. The morbid turn is a bold decision that’s paid off for the band. Walk Away is much friendlier in comparison, incorporating piano and strings, an unexpected but refreshing change of pace. Drag Me To The Grave is a head-banging riot, as is The Shattered God, which gets back to the chanting-style chorus they BEST TRACK: Heart of Fire. began with. Crown of Thorns is a nice finish, utilising IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: 30 some varied guitar effects to end on a high. SECONDS TO MARS, OF MICE AND MEN, FALLING REVERSE. CHRIS BRIGHT IN A WORD: Extreme.
Sometime in about 1974, stumbling through the streets of LA in a chemical and psychotic fog, Iggy Pop decided he needed psychiatric treatment. A couple of years before, Pop had teamed up with former juvenile delinquent and fellow rock’n’roll reprobate James Williamson to revive the Stooges moniker and record the flawed, but brilliant Raw Power; within 18 months, Pop was a shell, his life a chaotic mess of narcotics and sexual decadence. Now Pop has unofficially retired from performance, and Williamson ± the onetime junkie who evolved into corporate high-flyer ± has teamed up with a host of guest vocalists to bring many of the Stooges’ lost classics to life. To hear these songs is to get a glimpse into the dysfunction of Pop’s life at the time: the self-mutilation of Open Up and Bleed, the nihilism of I Got A Right, the sexual deviance of She Creatures of the Hollywood Hills, the juvenile humour of Cock in My Pocket, the drugged out idiocy of Pin Point Eyes. Williamson’s collaborators breathe new life into the songs he and Pop wrote: Jello Biafra shrieks his way through Head On the Curve, Carolyn Wonderland plums the depth of masochism in Open Up and Bleed, Ariel Pink takes She Creatures of the Hollywood Hills into psychedelic territory even Pop couldn’t find. Mark Lanegan and Alison Mosshart are down and dirty on Wild Love; The Bellrays’ Lisa Kekaula whips up a frenzy in I Got A Right and Heavy Liquid. There’ll never be another band like The Stooges ± despite the pretensions of many a bunch of young punk rockers. Re-Licked is both a reminder of the depravity of the punk experience and BEST TRACK: Open Up and Bleed. a celebration of the Stooges’ idiosyncratic brilliance. IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: THE FUCKIN’ STOOGES, OK? PATRICK EMERY IN A WORD: Punk.
PINK FLOYD
The Endless River (Sony) The Endless River isn’t an album of new material per se, but rather a re-imagining of jams recorded in 1993, during The Division Bell sessions. Keeping the original keyboards, the record is something of a tribute to Rick Wright, who passed away in 2008. His playing is as stripped-back and haunting as ever, with spaced-out organ riffs that float and hover and land with the weight of falling mountains when he finally changes chords. And then there’s Gilmour’s guitar. His playing towers over the record, as it’s done, really, since he replaced Syd Barrett in the band. His guitar remains the melodic heart of Pink Floyd, ensuring The Endless River isn’t diminished by its largely instrumental nature (of the 18 songs, only one contains vocals). In a way it’s fitting the final Pink Floyd album, save for the closer Louder Than Words, is without vocals. Like the changing faces of the moon, it marks the final phase of a band whose entire career has been marked by transformation ± from the pop psychedelia of the Barrett years, through to the grandiose space-rock storytelling of Waters, through to the Gilmour-led later years. BEST TRACK: Talkin’ Hawkin’. If The Endless River really is the end, it’s an absolutely IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: Pretty fitting finale for one of the greatest bands of all time. much everything of the Pink Floyd catalogue from More on. WAYNE MARSHALL IN A WORD: Interstellar.
DONNY BENET
TY SEGALL
Weekend at Donny’s (Rice is Nice) On his third LP, Sydney’s disco-funk king takes six guest vocalists back to a time before the invasion of smart phones and Facebook. Working with an extended cast of guests, the record could potentially have wound up feeling disjointed, but Donny’s disco beam streamlines all the action. Some tracks basically sound like Donny Benet featuring a different voice (namely, those featuring Spod and Geoffrey O’Connor), others bear striking resemblance to the featured guest’s regular gig (the Isabella Manfredi-helmed Endless would fit nicely on The Preatures’ new record), and there’re a few instances where the two personalities beget a unique chemical compound (namely, the tracks with Jack Ladder and Kirin J. Callinan). While the disco extroversion never subsides, it’s hard to picture Benet pulling off the sci-fi dance number, Sex Tourist on his own. Sung in Benet’s breezy register, the account of failing to find sex overseas could feel like light amusement. With Ladder’s earnest baritone out front, however, lines such as, “I gave you all my money, all I got was Thai Pad Prik,” gather disturbing pathos. Like sneaking a sip from an unattended BEST TRACK: The Edge. cosmopolitan, Weekend at Donny’s is a delicious IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: guilty pleasure, which sufficiently obscures your APEROL SPRITZ, LYNCHBURG LEMONADE, worries, for the time being at least. ESPRESSO MARTINI. IN A WORD: Style. AUGUSTUS WELBY
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He’s back. Again. Well, kind of. After barely catching his breath following the release of August’s Manipulator LP, the crown prince of garage rock Ty Segall returns with a new compilation album. It serves, as the title may suggest, as a sequel the 2010 release of $ingle$; and picks up where its predecessor left off. Think of it as a little spring cleaning on Segall’s behalf, collecting singles and their B sides from the last few years; as well as a couple of rarities that perhaps only the diehards would have had their hands on previously. Befitting of the chameleonlike nature of Segall’s own stylistic jumps, $ingle$ 2 is all over the damn shop. One moment, we’re tripping the light fantastic with reverberating acoustic strumming guided by a warped falsetto and Lennon/McCartney harmonies (For Those Who Weep); the next we’re in Stooges territory, complete with a batshit-crazy sax solo and stomping riff: the brilliantly-titled Fucked Up Motherfucker. Of course, by this stage, you know exactly what you’re in for, and that makes it all the more enjoyable. Besides, BEST TRACK: Cherry Red. by the time you’re finished listening to $ingle$ 2, IF YOU LIKE THESE, YOU’LL LIKE THIS: there’ll probably be a new Ty Segall album ready to NOBUNNY, THEE OH SEES, KING GIZZARD go anyway. AND THE LIZARD WIZARD. IN A WORD: Trippy. DAVID JAMES YOUNG
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WEDNESDAY NOV 19 INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ••COQ ROQ WEDNESDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm.
••KATY PERRY (PRISMATIC TOUR) Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $109.00.
••MURDENA + CABBAGES & KINGS + THE WILLIE
WAGTAILS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.00. ••PENSIVE PENGUIN + ANDREW SWIFT + NATHAN BRAILEY ACOUSTIC + JAY WARS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5.00.
••RIVER OF SNAKES + CLAWS & ORGANS + DJ MERMAID Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $5.00.
••SUPERSTAR Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. ••THE RETURN OF DADDY COOL 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm.
••THE STU THOMAS PARADOX Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm.
••THE VACANT SMILES + MICHAEL PLATER & THE EXIT
KEYS + COLD IRONS BOUND + LONESOME Bar Open, Fitzroy. 11:00pm.
••THREE KEYS - FEAT: MARCUS WHALE + BANOFEE +
BRENDAN WELCH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $15.00.
••TULALAH + RITA SATCH Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.00.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ••AMARYLLIS QUARTETT Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm.
••APOCALYPSO Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. ••BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ••COLLEEN HEWETT Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 10:30am. $17.00.
••ELISHA MAIYAH + LUIS POBLETE + SHANTI AMELIA The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:30pm.
••JESS YOUNG Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $20.00.
••MO SOUL 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. ••THE DILETTANTE HATER’S ECLECTICISM - FEAT: FIREBIRD TRIO Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 2:00pm.
••THE DILETTANTE HATER’S ECLECTICISM - FEAT:
FIREBIRD TRIO Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
7:00pm.
$8.00.
••CHRIS HENRY & THE HARDCORE GRASS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $20.00.
••DUNCAN GRAHAM & HIS CO-ACCUSED + JOHNNY
GIBSON & THE HANGOVERS + THE OL’ FAITHFULS Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. $9.00.
••ECHO DRAMA + MADRE MONTE + DEEP FRIED DUB +
C0MP0S1TE Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12.00. ••FIFTH FRIEND Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ••GREENTHIEF + RISE OVERRUN + BLACK SEAS OF TREES + KOVO Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. ••JAKUBI + NGAIRE + SPENDER Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
••JEFFERS LIMIT + COLOURING CATS + THE SHIFTIES +
WINDMILL KINGDOM Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm.
$6.00.
••KINGSWOOD Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne. 6:30pm. ••LITTLE MAY + WINTERBOURNE + HOWQUA Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $12.00.
••LOVE LIKE HATE + HAYLEY COUPER The B.east, Brunswick East. 8:30pm.
••MOJO RISING + MAYFIELD + KATTIMONI + DJ SAUL
KNIGHT Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. ••MOONEE PONDS SOUNDS Vinyl Bar, Moonee Ponds. 8:00pm.
••NEXT - FEAT: TROPHY EYES + ENDLESS HEIGHTS Colonial Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.
••NOFX Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $69.37. ••PAUL DEMPSEY (3 CITIES TOUR) + ALEXANDER GOW Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm.
••PLUGGED IN THURSDAYS - FEAT: TIMOTHY NELSON &
THE INFIDELS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:30pm. $5.00.
••RIO GRANDE + BEN MELLONIE 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. ••SHADOWQUEEN + AMARONIX + TRAGIC EARTH + ABLAZE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5.00.
••TANGERINE DREAM Acmi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $38.00. ••THE HARPOONS + PARKING LOT EXPERIMENTS + DARCY
BAYLIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.
••THE LOOP ORCHESTRA Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. ••THE UGLY KINGS + MY OLD DUTCH + ELECTRIK
DYNAMITE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
••THE VANNS Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $8.00. ••URBANS PROBLEMS (EP LAUNCH) + ODEN + DJ REI
BARKER Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
••WASP SUMMER + THE COCKLES + DENIM OWL +
GABRIEL PIRAS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.
••THE LUKE HOWARD TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club,
••WHITE HEX + PEARLS LITTLE + DESERT Public Bar, North
••TOM FRYER BAND + KEWTI 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.
••MMW LIVE MUSIC SARAFI – FEAT: KINGSWOOD Queen
Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ••KRIS SCHROEDER + DAVID BRAMBLE Retreat Hotel,
Melbourne. 8:00pm.
Vic Market, Melbourne Cbd. 6.30pm.
••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – FEAT: CITY CALM DOWN +
Brunswick. 7:00pm.
BRAWTHER + PACES + CHIEFS + MILWAUKEE BANKS + RARA + SCATTER SCATTER SOUNDSYSTEM + SKOMES + STAX OSSET Tattersalls Lane, Melbourne Cbd. 4pm. ••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – FEAT: DYLAN MICHEL + JULIEN LOVE + KANE IKIN + NIC HAMILTON + SILENTJAY + VERSAJ Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 4pm. ••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – FEAT: CALE SEXTON + DAN WHITE + HARVEY SUTHERLAND + JAKE BLOOD + KANGAROO SKULL + M5K + SLEEP D + TOM DAY + VOLTECK Caledonian Lane, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm. ••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – FEAT: CHRIS GILL + DJ MANCHILD + LEWIS CANCUT + MONDO FREAKS + MS. BUTT 1000 Pound Bend, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm. ••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – FEAT: AGENT CLEAVE + HABITS + LAKES + REPAIRS + RULE OF THIRDS Liberty
7:00pm.
••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – FEAT: BAD FAMILY + MAGIC
Brunswick. 7:30pm.
••MARK SNARSKI + PENNY IKINGER Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm.
••MELBOURNE FOLK CLUB - FEAT: DEL BARBER + CR
AVERY Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. $20.00. ••OPEN MIC Grumpy’s Green, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ••OPEN MIC Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. ••OPEN MIC Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 8:00pm. ••OPEN MIC Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:30pm. ••OPEN MIC/JAM Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. ••SHELLEY SEGAL Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15.00. ••THE ACOUSTIC SESSIONS - FEAT: MAXI + EMILY SOON + DAN & AMY Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:30pm. ••THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL’S OPEN MIC Brunswick Hotel, ••THE HAMMOND ORGAN NIGHTS Musicland, Fawkner. ••WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: JANINE MARSHALL +
PENY BOHAN Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.
THURSDAY NOV 20
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ••A BASEMENT SHOW - FEAT: MAGIC AMERICA + THE
GOOD MORROWS + BAD FAMILY + WHERE’S JOSS The Hi-Fi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.
••BANGZ & POSTBLUE - FEAT: SCHLAGER MUSIC +
GEORGIA MAQ Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.
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Social, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.
AMERICA + THE GOOD MORROWS + WHERE’S JOSS The Hi-Fi, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.
••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – FEAT: KINGSTON CROWN +
STELLA ANGELICO + THE HARLOTS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.
••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – FEAT: THE HARPOONS +
THE PARKLING LOT EXPERIMENTS The Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.
••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – FEAT: JAPANESE
THE CHURCH PLAY THE BLOOD OF A POET
I never really liked going to church, it wasn’t the ceremony itself, I learnt all the hymns and responses like a boss. It was more that I was a fatty as a kid and you had to wait till after church to open your Easter eggs. One of Australia’s most-loved bands, The Church are letting you eat as much chocolate as you want before they turn their attention to Jean Cocteau’s avant-garde film, The Blood of a Poet. Specially commissioned and devised by the band for this event, this is a once-only oppurtunity for all lovers of film and music. Two screenings of The Church Play The Blood of a Poet will be held at ACMI studios Friday, November 21 as part of Melbourne Music Week. For more information and ticketing head to http://www.acmi.net.au/.
WALLPAPER + KLO + LUCIANBLOMKAMP The Kelvin Club,
Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.
••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – FEAT: WHITE HEX + PEARLS
+ LITTLE DESERT The Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8.30pm.
••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – FEAT: SEX ON TOAST +
SUGAR FED LEOPARDS + VAUDEVILLE SMASH The John
Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8.30pm.
••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – FEAT: ANDEE FROST +
OTOLOGIC + RAT & CO + TORNADO WALLACE The Mercat
Basement, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI – FEAT: JAKUBI + NGALLRE Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ••AUSTRALIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm.
••FREE RANGE FUNK - FEAT: JAKE JUDD + TIGERFUNK +
LEWIS CANCUT Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm. ••JUDE PERL Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20.00.
••MMW LIVE MUSIC SAFARI - FEAT: THE FURBELOWS +
BENNETTS LANE BIG BAND + STUDIO 1929 Bennetts Lane
Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
••PETER FOLEY & THE MORDIALLOC JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.00.
••RUBY’S LIVE JAZZ AFTER DARK - FEAT: THE THURSDAY
DUO Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00. ••SOUL SAFARI - FEAT: THE HARLOTS + STELLA ANGELICO + KINGSTON CROWN + DJ VINCE PEACH Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.
••SOUL SAFARI + THE PERFECTIONS + MAYFIELD Federation Square, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm.
••THE ANECDOTE + DAMEN SAMUEL Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8:30pm.
••THE MELBOURNE IMPROVISERS COLLECTIVE Uptown
Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.
••STEEL BIRDS + INTO THE WOODS + MIKE WATERS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.
••THE TALLY HOSE Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. ••THE TIPPLERS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. ••VAN WALKER & SHANE REILLY Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm.
FRIDAY NOV 21
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ••WARMTH CRASHES IN + HOLLOW EVERDAZE + DJ B
DEEP Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10.00.
••AINSLIE WILLS The Shadow Electric, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. ••ALTITUDE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $10.00. ••AVENUES END + FACADES + GENGHIS CAN’T SWIM + DJ
NICK JONES Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. $15.00.
••BAD//DREAMS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $12.25.
••CATFISH 1ST BIRTHDAY - FEAT: HOLY MOSES
HEARTACHE + DJ GARRY 7 Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
••CHERRY BOMB European Bier Cafe, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.
••CHRIS WILSON Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 5:30pm. ••COLOSSVS + JACK THE STRIPPER + PARTY VIBEZ +
GRIEVER Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00.
••EINSTEIN TOYBOYS + LEGENDS OF OZ ROCK Musicland, Fawkner. 8:30pm. $10.00.
••GLOSS - FEAT: FABULOUS DIAMONDS + MISS DESTINY +
JONNY TELEFONA John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.
••GRANDSTANDS (GETTING OUT LAUNCH) + GALAXY
FOLK + THE DARJEELINGS + GREAT OUTDOORS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8.00.
••INTO THE WOODS + BIG TOBACCO + RUNNING AWAY
WITH THE CIRCUS + ANTI-FALL MOVEMENT Evelyn Hotel,
Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.
Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
••JOHN CITIZEN + ESC. + CHEV RISE Alia Arthouse, Fitzroy.
Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm.
••LEFT FOR WOLVES + OUR SOLACE + THE CITY AT NIGHT
••THE NEW PALM COURT ORCHESTRA Melbourne Recital ••TOM VINCENT TRIO Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. ••YVETTE JOHANSSON & THE JOHN MONTESANTE
QUINTET The Commune, East Melbourne. 6:00pm. ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ••BRENT PARLANE BAND Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm.
••BROOKE RUSSELL & THE MEAN REDS + JAMES KENYON Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm.
••BUSBY MAROU + FIONA BEVAN + ZEEK POWER Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $25.00.
••EARTH CALLER + DISASTER PATH + SHALLOW GRAVE
+ AUTUMN IN ALASKA Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm.
8:30pm. $10.00.
+ EVER REST + THE GREAT CITY 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.
$10.00.
••LUNA GHOST + THE NEW POLLUTION + ROLLING
BLACKOUTS + BREVE + RABBLE ROUSER The Bank, Preston. 8:00pm. $5.00.
••LUPINE + JAMES MOLONEY & THE MAD DOG
HARRISONS + DJ SHAKEY MEMORIAL Retreat Hotel,
Brunswick. 9:30pm.
••MAN UP FESTIVAL - FEAT: REDCOATS + DON FERNANDO
+ SURE FIRE MIDNIGHTS + REDRO REDRUIGUEZ & HIS INNER DEMONS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.00.
••MUSCLE BEACH + SQUEEN + COSMIC KAHUNA + OJ
SIMPSON Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:00pm. $10.00.
••EL COLOSSO + COSA NOSTRA + SYSTEM OF VENUS Tote
••NAFASI + SINKS + DJ CORY PHILLIPS Grace Darling Hotel,
••EVA MCGOWAN Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. ••GLEN MISTO + ROBERT MUINOS Drunken Poet, West
••NE OBLIVISCARIS + BEYOND CREATION 170 Russell,
Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.
Collingwood. 9:00pm. $5.00.
Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $26.80.
Melbourne. 8:00pm.
••NOFX Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $69.37. ••PAUL DEMPSEY (3 CITIES TOUR) + ALEXANDER GOW
7:30pm.
••PLANET OF THE 8’S - FEAT: BAD UNCLE + SPIRAL ARM
Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:00pm. $5.00.
••PRONG + FRANKENBOK + DREADNAUGHT The Hi-Fi,
••JJ ROME Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. ••MAGIC MOUNTAIN BAND + BEN BYRNE J Substation, ••MATT LARKIN DUO + HOLLOW DRUMS + AJ STEEL Mr ••SARAH HUMPHREYS + KRIS MORRIS Wesley Anne,
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Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.
Vinyl Bar, Moonee Ponds. 8:00pm.
Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $61.00.
••REGGAE MASHUP - FEAT: KING RU + T-RHYTHM + DJ
DEEZE + TEE & THE REFUGEES Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm.
$20.00.
••RIFF SOUP + BROOZER + RED SKY BURIAL + FIRING LINE
+ SPIDER GOAT CANYON Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood.
8:00pm.
••ROCK IN FUSION - FEAT: AS CROWS FLY + CHAPTER RAY
+ BEYOND VEGAS Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.
••SINGLE INCOME Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. ••STRAYLOVE + VERA NIGHTS + ZUZU ANGEL Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $13.00.
••THE ARCHAIC REVIVAL + THE BLACK ALLEYS + EL
COLOSSO + HIGHWATER Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10.00.
••THE BOMBAY ROYALE + CUMBIA COSMONAUTS National Gallery Of Victoria, Melbourne. 5:30pm.
••THE BREADMAKERS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. ••THE CHURCH + BLOOD OF A POET Acmi, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $38.00.
••THE CLICHES Carters Bar, Northcote. 9:00pm. ••THE FLOATING BRIDGES + CENTRE & THE SOUTH +
JAJU CHOIR Bar Open, Fitzroy. 11:30pm.
••THE JACKS + DAMN THE TORPEDOES + MUSCLE MARY
+ AGENT 37 Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. ••THE OCEAN PARTY (LP LAUNCH) + TERRIBLE TRUTHS + DAY RAVIES + MILK TEDDY + GOLD CLASS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.
••THE PASSOUTS + THE CHARGE + SMOKE STACK RHINO
+ MOMENTS APART Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. ••THE RUSSELL MORRIS BAND + SPENCER P JONES Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:30pm. $33.00.
TRIVIUM & IN FLAMES
After the makeup coloured handprints are wiped off the mirrors and the loose hair extensions are swept from the floors, the memories of Billboard Saturday’s will be long lost as two of the most respected names in heavy metal come to 170 Russell. As Trivium ride the wave of momentum from their acclaimed 2013 release Vengeance, In Flames are hitting our shores to promote their 11th studio album, Siren Charms. Get psyched as Trivium and In Flames tear up the stage at 170 Russell, Sunday November 23 and Monday November 24. ••ANGRY SEAS + FOLEY + DREXLER + ALL WE NEED + FEED
MY FRANKENSTEIN Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm.
••THE DUB CAPTAINS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. ••THE PREATURES Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. ••WASP Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. ••WHITE WIDDOW + KILL SHOT + KISS THE VIPER +
••BANG - FEAT: THE HAPPY ENDINGS + SPOOK THE
BANSHEE + TURN SOUTH Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $20.00.
••BEACHES + LITTLE UGLY GIRLS + LAURA JEAN +
BACKSTABBERS + PIKELET. MINIMUM CHIPS Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne. 12:00pm.
••WATT’S ON - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Prince Public Bar, St
MOLLOY Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00. JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ••CANNONBALL Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25.00.
••DE LA CALLE The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. ••JJOOBBEE + MONIQUE SHELFORD Grumpy’s Green,
$5.00.
Yarraville. 8:00pm.
••AURORA TIDE + SWAY + PLYMOUTH Bar Of Bengal,
••BETTY OSWALD Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. ••BLACK JESUS + CAGED GRAVE + COUNTER ATTACK! +
Kilda . 8:30pm.
PUPPETS + THE FIBS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. ••THE DROP BEARS + MAURICE RODRIGUEZ BAND +
••BETTER LATE THAN NEVER Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale.
••WILDING + GRAND PRISMATIC + SLOW FIRES + SEAN
Earlier this month NOFX frontman Fat Mike was put under scrutiny for kicking a fan in the face after he jumped up on stage and put his arm around the singer during one of their shows. In Mike’s defence, fans in the ‘80s punk scene would probably have taken a kick in the face over wearing a bucket hat to a NOFX show, as they have been known to flatten a Mohawk or two. Get kicked in the face when NOFX take over The Forum, Thursday November 20 and Friday November 21.
$10.00.
••THE TARANTINOS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 9:00pm. ••THRASHER JYNX + ESCAPEGOATS Exchange Bar, South Yarra. 8:00pm. $10.00.
NOFX
8:00pm.
CORDELL Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $10.00. ••BUDDHA ON A CHOCOLATE BOX Forester’s Beer & Music Hall, Collingwood. 9:30pm.
••CATFISH 1ST BIRTHDAY - FEAT: THE TARANTINOS + DJ
CAMPBELL MCNOLTY + JULES BOULT Catfish, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.
••CATHOUSE CANARY + JOSH FORNER + MICHAEL YULE
CUSTOM ROYAL + SHEWOLF Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.
SISTERS DOLL + SNAKE VALLEY Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm.
$20.00.
••YACHT CLUB DJS (HOOROO TOUR) + TWINSY + BEL AIR Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.
••YOUNG MAGIC Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ••KIRA PURU Phillips Shirts, 7:30pm. ••DUO TONE DIVAS & BOB SEDERGREEN Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. $20.00.
••ELBOW ROOM SERIES Wesley Anne, Northcote. 3:00pm. $10.00.
••FEEL THE MANOUCHE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $25.00.
Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
BAND Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. ••CHAOS MASSACRE METAL NIGHT - FEAT: DARK EARTH + TWISTED FATE + ORDER OF CHAOS + MALEFIC SORCERY
Richmond. 9:00pm. $20.00.
••CHUGGA & THE FUCKHEADS + ORB Tote Hotel,
••MURPHY’S LAW Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00.
••DAMN THAT RIVER + PRYMAL + VISION STREET Cherry
••PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP WITH STEVE SEDERGREEN
Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:00pm.
••DREAM ON DREAMER + GLORIFIED + BELLE HAVEN +
••JOE O’CONNOR TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ••LARRY THOMPSON & RORY CLARK Dizzy’s Jazz Club, ••LESTER THE FIERCE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne ••MICHAEL JOHNSON & TIME TRAVELLER Melbourne ••RUBY’S LIVE JAZZ AFTER DARK - FEAT: SHOL QUINTET Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $15.00.
••SHANTY TOWN + YELLINGBO Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm.
••SWINGING ELIXIR Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. ••THE ANEA DURATOVIC QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00.
••THE BALLY ON HIGH FESTIVAL - FEAT: BOBBY & THE
PINS + THE PACIFIC BELLES + TINA DEL TWIST + STEPHEN BLACKBURN + JENNIFER KINGWELL + ROD LARA Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 9:00pm. $15.00. ••THE BOYS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. ••TOO MUCH FANDANGO House Of Pan, 8:30pm. $5.00. ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ••ANDY BAYLOR Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm. ••ANDY WHITE Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. ••BRENDON FORWARD Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford.
Central Club Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $10.00. Collingwood. 4:00pm.
Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.00.
HAVEN + SPECTRAL FIRES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.
••ECHO CHAMBER - FEAT: MISS FEE + MANRAY +
COLONEL MUSTARD + DON DADA L QUE + PAPA NARAM 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.
••GIANTS OF BRITISH ROCK SHOW - FEAT: PAUL WOOKEY
+ SHANNON BOURNE + THE SUBSTITUTES Flying Saucer
Club, Elsternwick. 8:30pm. $20.00.
••HOODLUM SHOUTS + INFINITE VOID + REGRETS +
KISSING BOOTH Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.
••JERICCO + CIRCLES + GUARDS OF MAY Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15.00.
••JOHNNY ROLLINS + CEEKO + CHACHI Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00.
$54.90.
Melbourne. 8:30pm. $8.00.
••MAN UP FESTIVAL - FEAT: THE MERCY KILLS + MY
8:30pm.
DYNAMITE + CHRIS RUSSELL + SHANNON BOURNE & EMPIRE OF POETS Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $20.00. ••MIDNIGHT JUGGERNAUTS + KIRIN DJ CALLINAN + PELVIS + GLOSS + LORD FASCINATOR Queen Victoria
Abbotsford. 8:30pm.
••MILLIONS + HIGH-TAILS + THEM 9’S Northcote Social
8:00pm. $15.00.
••MOJO PIN + ARAKEYE + LIZARD MAN + SONIC MOON
••M.E BAIRD + THE WEEPING WILLOWS Yarra Hotel, ••NEBRASKA + LADIE DEE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. ••PHOENIX Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 8:00pm. $8.00. ••SPENCER P JONES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. ••SPOONFUL (INDIAN TIGER WATERFALL LAUNCH) Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:00pm. $21.00.
••THE DEAD PHARAOHS + JACINTA LE Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.
••TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION - FEAT: DAN
BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm. ••VAN WALKER & CO. Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.
••VICTOR & THE BLUE GRASS MOWERS Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:00pm.
SATURDAY NOV 22
Market, Melbourne. 7:30pm.
Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15.00.
Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.
••MONIQUE BRUMBY + KERRI SIMPSON + REBECCA
BARNARD Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
••PHIL JAMIESON Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. $33.00. ••POUNCE Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. ••RED LIGHT RIOT + GHOST TOWNS OF THE MID WEST +
DJ KEZBOT Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
••RENEGADE ARMADA + TAKE US TO VEGAS +
EMBERVILLE + FAIL THE ABSTRACT + HIDEAWAY Evelyn
Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.
••SAFIA 524 Flinders, Melbourne. 8:00pm. ••SARAH EIDA + JAMES HARRISON + CAT JUMP ROAD +
MICHAEL HICKLING Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS
••SASKWATCH + GL + ROB MUINOS + DJ RUSTY John
••MELISSA JAMES BAND + SEX ST + WYLIE J Vinyl Bar,
••SPEED ORANGE + MIDDLE AGED WEIRDO + DJ’S
Moonee Ponds. 8:00pm.
••@PEACE + MOSE & THE FMLY + TOM SHOWTIME +
RATTLIN’ BONES BLACKWOOD Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm.
$20.00.
Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. $15.00.
1:30pm. $18.00.
••MAIDS + CHORES + SINCE WE KISSED Public Bar, North
8:00pm.
7:00pm.
$18.00.
Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:40pm. $32.00.
••EMPAT LIMA Phillips Shirts, 7:30pm. ••HARRY JAKAMARRA Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.
St Kilda . 8:00pm.
••DREAM ON DREAMER (ALL AGES) + GLORIFIED + BELLE
5:00pm.
••DANIEL GARDENER Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm. ••DOLLAR 20 BLUES BAND Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale.
$25.00.
••GOOD MUSIC - FEAT: ETHAN MCLAREN Prince Public Bar,
SPECTRAL FIRES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm.
••KID RADIO Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12.00. ••KIMBRA + BANOFFEE The Hi-Fi, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
••BUSBY MAROU + FIONA BEVAN & ZEEK POWER Caravan
••GALAPAGOS DUCK Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm.
Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm.
NATURE BOY & MIKE TV Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.
9:00pm. $10.00.
••THE BRAVES + SPOOF MAGGOTS + WRONG + DISCO
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GIG GUIDE
WHAT'S ON AROUND MELBOURNE THIS WEEK
For all the latest gigs check out beat.com.au ••RAY CHEN WITH TIMOTHY YOUNG Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 8:00pm.
••RUBY’S AT 6 Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $15.00.
••RUBY’S SATURDAY SPECIAL - FEAT: GOULD + MANINS
& MARINUCCI TRIO Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd.
8:30pm. $15.00.
••SEXTETO ZONA SUL Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9:00pm. ••STEPHEN GRANT Green Park, 2:00pm. ••THANDO Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9:00pm. ••THE EMMA GILMARTIN QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20.00.
••THE JAMES MULLER TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.
••THE SONGS THAT SAVED YOUR LIFE - FEAT: THE KIMBA
GRIFFITH QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.
9:30pm. $25.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK
+ CHIEF PROTAGONIST + CRYPTIC JIM + AMAROS + ASH ARCHER & THE SPITFIRES + BLOOMFIELD + CYMATICS + LOGIC DEFIES LOGIC + CYPRUS + SHUT & CHOKE ME + AUTOMATIC + EVERYWHERE! + LIPSTUCK + THE FUSE + TEARS OF THE SUN + KID SIDNEY Espy, St Kilda. 12:00pm.
$20.00.
••FLOATING BRIDGES + RASTA UNITY 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5.00.
••GREEN LANE FESTIVAL - FEAT: DREADNAUGHT +
THE PUSH PRESENT
BEACHES + LITTLE UGLY GIRLS + LAURA JEAN
Working in a children’s stationary store you come across some pretty ugly babies. Like Baby Gerald (the baby with the Monobrow), Maggie Simpson’s enemy in The Simpsons. But sometimes beautiful things can come from ugly. Did you know Baby Gerald and Maggie end up married? Catch the Little Ugly Girls, Beaches and Laura Jean and more, making some beautiful music to celebrate Chapter Music’s 22nd birthday. It all goes down as part of MMW at QVM, Saturday November 22 from 12pm.
MOTHERSLUG + ABRE OJOS + BATTLE AXE HOWLERS + SEWAN + MESSIAH WATCHTOWER + CITRUS JAM + BORACHERRO + RIVER OF HEAVEN + CHAINGUN + COLOSTOMY BAGUETTE? + SYSTEM OF VENUS + ELBRUS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 2:00pm. ••HASHTAG PRESENTS SHOWCASE Cherry Bar, Melbourne
••FRANCISCO’S FORTUNE + DAVY SIMONY Penny Black,
••JEROME KNAPPETT + MICK PORTER + STEVE FARMER
••GREG WALSH Umbrella Lounge Bar, 12:00pm. ••HAT FITZ & CARA Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm.
Cbd. 8:00pm.
Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm.
Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm. Brunswick. 5:00pm.
••GEMMA TULLEY & THE THORNBIRDS Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm.
$25.00.
••ACCIDENTAL BEDFELLOWS Open Studio, Northcote.
••JULIAN SIMONSZ + THANDO SIKWALA Northcote Social
••IRISH TRAD OPEN SESSION Sporting Club Hotel,
••AJ STEEL Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 8:00pm. ••ALI PENNEY & MONEYMAKERS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick
••LOUNGE DETECTIVES Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm. ••MEL CALIA & THE YEAH NAHS + AFTER THE CURFEW +
••JAM SUNDAYS Musicland, Fawkner. 6:00pm. ••JUSTIN BERNASCONI & THE DUKES OF THORNBURY +
••BAD UNCLE + RUSTY JAMES & THE HELL FIRE FLAMES
••MILLIONS (U18) + HIGH TAILS Gasometer Hotel,
5:00pm.
East. 9:30pm.
+ ALL THE ANIMALS Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford.
7:00pm. $10.00.
••BRUNSWICK BLUEGRASS COLLECTIVE Penny Black, Brunswick. 3:00pm.
••FATS WAH WAH Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. ••GREG WALSH Umbrella Lounge Bar, 12:00pm. ••HAT FITZ & CARA Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $18.00.
••HUGH MCGINLAY & THE RECESSIVE GENES Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.
••JEDD APPLETON + AMISTAT & DAVY SIMONY Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.
••JO MEARES + COOKIE BAKER Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:30pm.
••LAZY EYE BAND Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. ••LISA MILLER EXPERIENCE Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.
••MICHAEL MEEKING & THE LOST SOULS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.
••MICK DOG’S BONE YARD Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm.
••NICK MURPHY Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. ••PATRICK ROBERTS Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:30pm. $35.00.
••PUGSLEY BUZZARD Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. ••SMOKIN SAM & CARGO BLUES BAND Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.00.
••SQUID INK + TIM WOODS & THE DIRTY SHOES +
MISSION BROWN Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. ••THE BAKERSFIELD GLEE CLUB Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 2:00pm.
••TINKER MOUSTACHA Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm. ••ZULYA & THE CHILDREN OF THE UNDERGROUND Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.
SUNDAY NOV 23
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS ••MINIMUM WAGE - FEAT: HIT THE JACKPOT + WEAK
BOYS + FAIR MAIDEN Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.
3:00pm.
Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $15.00.
LIKE FOOLS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $10.00. Collingwood. 1:30pm. $15.00.
••SLOW GALO Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 4:00pm. ••SONS OF MAY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. ••STRAWBERRY SUNDAE - FEAT: THE CORSAIRS + DJS
WAX VANDAL + THE KIDD + DUDEISMS The Fruits Of Life,
Bacchus Marsh. 10:00am. $10.00.
••SUNDAY SCHOOL - FEAT: CATSUIT + GURNER Public Bar, North Melbourne. 4:00pm.
••SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: THE PEOPLE + LEX
FORMOSA + LEE SPENCE + RICK PETROPOULOS Big
••CARUS THOMPSON Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. ••CATFISH 1ST BIRTHDAY - FEAT: THE EIGHTY 88S Catfish, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.
••CLIVE J MANN + JULITHA RYAN + VISTA POINT Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $6.00.
••CUSTOM ROYAL + ANTI-VIOLET Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. ••DALE RYDER BAND + STAND & DELIVER 80S Espy, St Kilda. 6:00pm.
••ESPY ARTIST FINAL SHOWDOWN - FEAT: DICE + JESTER
••TIM PLEDGER’S SANDWICH JESUS’ + BAT COUNTRY +
KEWTI Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 2:00pm. $10.00. ••TRIVIUM + IN FLAMES 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
Brunswick. 5:00pm.
Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $42.00.
Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 3:00pm. $20.00. Coq, Windsor. 4:00pm.
••TESS MCKENNA & KAREN RUSH Union Hotel, Brunswick. 3:30pm.
$71.50.
••THE ‘JOHNNY CAN’T DANCE’ CAJUN BAND Spotted
Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
••THE MISERABLE LITTLE BASTARDS Standard Hotel,
••WATERLINE + OLD ETIQUETTES + THE DELVENES ••YACHT CLUB DJS (HOOROO TOUR) + HUNTING
GROUNDS + BEL AIR Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $20.00.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ••ADAM RUDEGEAIR Green Park, 2:00pm. ••BRAZILIAN JAZZ - FEAT: TAMIL ROGEON + DOUG DE
Mallard, Brunswick. 7:00pm.
Fitzroy. 7:30pm.
••THE STETSON FAMILY Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 4:00pm. ••THE STORY SO FAR - FEAT: GUY PEARCE Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 2:30pm. $20.00.
MONDAY NOV 24
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS
••CHRISTOPHER SEALEY TRIO Wesley Anne, Northcote.
••CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. ••LOVE LIKE HATE + DIVINE FLUXUS Public Bar, North
••EASY SUNDAYS - FEAT: SONS OF MAY + BUDDHA IN
••MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: THE INFANTS + SPINNING
VRIES + AL KERR The Everleigh, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. 6:00pm.
A CHOCOLATE BOX + TOM RICHARDSON + GRETA STANLEY Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 5:00pm. $8.00. ••GALAPAGOS DUCK Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $20.00.
Melbourne. 7:00pm. $5.00.
ROOMS + ROGUE WAVS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 6:00pm.
••MUNDANE MONDAYS - FEAT: KELL/UA + TIM COSTER +
BAD BONES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.
••INESSA GALANTE Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
••TRIVIUM + IN FLAMES 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
••JAZZ HAPPY HOUR - FEAT: CONNIE LANSBERG
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC
4:00pm.
Belgrave. 3:00pm.
VIOLA RECITAL Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd.
2:00pm. $15.00.
••SHAKING THE TREE CONCERT PARTY - FEAT: ASYLUM
SEEKER RESOURCE CENTRE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick.
5:00pm.
••SPRINGFOLKS - FEAT: THE EVENING CAST + CAPTAIN
APPLES + FIERCE MILD + TOM-LEE RICHARDS + CLYYVE + KATE BART + MONMON Exit Strategy Studios, Brunswick.
11:00am.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK
$71.50.
••ADNAN BARAKÉ Fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
••MAX RICHTER (VIVALDI RECOMPOSED) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm.
••PLEXUS Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. ••RUBY’S LIVE JAZZ AFTER DARK - FEAT: PIANO TÉ Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30pm. $15.00.
••THE NICK HAYWOOD QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ••PAUL WILLIAMSON’S HAMMOND COMBO Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.00.
••THE MUTUAL APPRECIATION SOCIETY - FEAT: LISA
CRAWLEY + ANDY MCGARVIE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.
TUESDAY NOV 25
INDIE, ROCK, POP, METAL, PUNK & COVERS
••AWOMADAH FIG Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 5:00pm. ••BLOODY SUNDAYS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.
••ANIMAL HANDS + TWO HEADED DOG + LONG HOLIDAY
••BLOODY SUNDAYS - FEAT: SHAUN RICHEN Whole Lotta
••CHEAP KRAKEN RUM NIGHT - FEAT: PAT TIERNEY + TIM
2:00pm.
Love, Brunswick East. 2:00pm.
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Melbourne. 4:00pm.
••RICK HART & THE SWEET ADDICTIONS Victoria Hotel,
••SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Lucky
Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
MISCELLANEOUS FOUND: Seventeen cases of squid in my backyard. Not sure how they got there. If they belong to you please come and pick them up. You know who you are. Bastard
••MITCH WARD Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. ••PAT TIERNEY + BROOKE RUSSELL Drunken Poet, West
Bar, South Yarra. 4:00pm.
••THE SIGN + LAUREN MICHELLE CUKIERMAN Exchange
••TIM WILSON QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne
SERVICES SOUNDPARK REHEARSALS NORTHCOTE. From $50. Great rooms/p.a’s. Parking/Storage/Hire. Phone Andrew 0425 706 382. Soundparkstudios.com.au
KELLY & THE WEEKENDERSRS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick
East. 9:00pm.
••STEPHEN CUMMINGS + SOCKS & SANDALS Flying
••RUBY’S CONCERT SERIES - FEAT: ANDREW METAXAS
••BROKEN DOLL Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.
••MARTY KELLY & THE WEEKENDERS - FEAT: MARTY
Carlton. 8:00pm.
••THE LET YOUR HAIR DOWN GIRLS John Curtin Hotel,
$25.50.
••BACKWOOD CREATURES Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North.
+ DALE LINDREA + ASH DAVIES Labour In Vain, Fitzroy.
5:00pm.
••RUSSELL MORRIS & BAND + GALLIE Caravan Music Club,
4:00pm.
Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.
FLASH COMPANY Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
••JVG GUITAR METHOD + JON VON GOES + MARK FERRIE
Huey’s Diner, South Melbourne. 4:00pm.
QUARTET Mardo’s, Port Melbourne. 2:00pm. ••LIAM WERRET BAND Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. ••MAL WEBB + KYLIE MORRIGAN 303, Northcote. 4:00pm. ••NETTY & OSWALD - FEAT: THANDO Sooki Lounge,
••ANNE OF THE WOLVES + LANKS + MICHAEL CROWE Bar
Brunswick. 3:00pm.
••BOB HUTCHISON + MINDY + DOLLHOUSE Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm.
••CARINO SON Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. ••CULTIVATION FEST - FEAT: ONCE WERE WILD + THE
ESSENTIALS + BIDDLEWOOD + PINBALL MACHINE + THE MARLENES + SEB SZABO Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. ••DAN DINNEN TRIO Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. ••DAN LETHBRIDGE & THE CAMPAIGNERS Post Office
Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm.
NELSON + THE GLORIOUS NORTH DUO Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6.00.
••GODS + PLEBS Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:00pm. $5.00. ••LES THOMAS + HIGH TAILS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.
••RATCAT + FLYYING COLOURS + MAGIC BONES Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $35.00.
••THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL DISCOVERY NIGHT - FEAT: ONE
DAY MAYBE + THE RIVERS OF JANUARY + ONYX FALLS
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ACCESS ALL AGES WITH RUTH MIHELCIC Well its official, this year’s Face The Music industry conference (which happened last Friday and Saturday) hit a high note with breaking news, fierce debates, political revelations, passionate discussions, knowledge sharing, hilarious anecdotes and vital industry networking. If you made it there, it was good to see your face. And if you didn’t – you missed out on a whole heap and are no doubt kicking yourself while making a mental note not to miss it next year. Over 850 punters flocked to the Arts Centre Melbourne for the seventh year of the two-day summit, where they soaked up vital industry knowledge. The highly anticipated Vote For Me! State Election session shone a spotlight on five of our main political parties and their election promises, while music legends The Living End revealed details on their seventh record and forthcoming solo albums, and world renowned industry heavyweight Steve Albini offered his thoughts on the positive changes that have developed in the new digital world. Playing host to over 150 industry experts, delegates were treated to smorgasbord of unique opportunities across group sessions, master-classes, speed meetings, free legal consultations and small group workshops. In the Kirin J Callinan Takes You Pedalling session Kirin J Callinan explained, “The guitar is a paintbrush, the pedals are your colours. But you still need a story to tell.” In a conference first, this year Face The Music also offered an open ticket to those who couldn’t make it down to Arts Centre Melbourne, with free online streaming of the How To Earn A Living In The Music Industry session. Giving people the opportunity to post their questions remotely and have them answered in real time, this was an exciting and inclusive addition to the program. Planning your conference schedule was a breeze this year with the introduction of the official Face The Music app, which provided delegates the chance to schedule their sessions ahead of time and receive regular conference updates and alerts. Intimate sessions offered delegates intimate opportunities to catch up with industry experts such as Deathproof PR’s Rebecca Reato, BBC’s Jen Long and triple j’s Dom Alessio and pick their brains, while the innovative Testing Ground art space offered networking sessions, which saw the building of new business relationships in a relaxed and atmosphere. According to Pandora Internet Radio’s Hazel Savage, the seventh Face The Music conference was a tremendous networking opportunity for both industry and delegates alike: “Face The Music is an incredibly forward thinking conference – it has been great to meet other industry professionals in such a welcoming and collaborative setting,” she says, “I would love to come back every year.” You can check out the Face The Music YouTube channel for main session highlights, which will be uploaded this week at www.youtube.com/user/ facethemusicaus. While you’re floating around the web, check out the latest news, updates and opportunities around Victoria at our website www.thepush.com.au and don’t forget to sign up to our monthly newsletter.
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SATURDAY NOVEMBER 22 • FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands Northern Metro Regional Final w/ The Beautiful Monument, Freak & The Fat Cats, A-Ron & J.JAY, The Plastered Bastards, Broadmeadows Town Hall, 1079 Pascoe Vale Road, Broadmeadows, 5.30pm – 9pm, $5, www.hume.vic.gov.au, AA. SUNDAY NOVEMBER 23 • Hamilton Youth Music Event w/ Set the Score, Above Suspicion, Hereafter, and Analog Menace, Hamilton Senior Citizen Hall, Lonsdale St, Hamilton, 1.30pm – 4pm, $10, www.wdhs.net, AA.
Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.
JAZZ, SOUL, FUNK, LATIN & WORLD MUSIC ••AMERICAN CONTEMPORARY MUSIC ENSEMBLE Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm.
••JEAN-EFFLAM BAVOUZET Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm.
••RUBY’S LIVE JAZZ AFTER DARK - FEAT: DEXTER’S ASIAN
CONNECTION Ruby’s Music Room, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.
$15.00.
••STATES OF PLAY Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. ••THE LUKE HOWARD TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
••THE TWELVE TONE DIAMONDS Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18.00.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ••EMILEE SOUTH + JAMES MCARTHUR Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm.
••IRISH SESSIONS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. ••LEAH SENIOR & THE ABBOTSFORD THREE + JOSH
SEYMOUR Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8:00pm.
••OPEN MIC Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm.
thurs 20th @ 8.30 pm
Brent Parlane Band (Classy songster)
Friday 21st @ 9.30pm
Van Walker & Co. (Urban roots)
SATURDAY 22 NOVEMBER
saturday 22nd @ 9.30 pm
NICK MURPHY &FROM BAND 5PM
ali Penney & MoneyMakers (nsW)
SUNDAY 23 NOVEMBER
sunday 23rd @ 5.30pm
JVG GUITAR METHOD FEAT: JON VON GOES MARK FERRIE DALE LINDREA ASH DAVIES FROM 5PM
FOOD AT THE LABOUR
DOUGY & WESTON BBQ ON THE ROOF TOP EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY & SUNDAY ALL SUMMER LONG...
(Honky-tonky)
Carino son (Cuban grooves)
@ 9.00 pm
Marty kelly & tHe Weekenders (acoustic roots)
tuesday 25th@ 8.00pm
irisH session (Fancy fiddlin’)
all gigs aRE FREE EXCELLENT RESTAURANT AND BAR MEALS
LOMOND HOTEL 225 NicholsoN stREEt BRuNswick East, Vic 3057 9380 1752
Wed 19th November
‘Wine, Whiskey, Women’ 8pm: Peny Bohan 9pm: Janine Marshall Thurs 21st November
9pm: GleN MiSTo 8pm: RoBeRT MuiNoS Fri 22nd November 6pm: Traditional irish Music Session with Dan Bourke & Friends
8.30pm: Harry Jakamarra (WA) Sat 22nd November
9pm: lazy eye Band Sun 23rd November
4pm: Brooke Russell (duo) 6.30pm: Pat Tierney Tues 25th November
8pm: Weekly Trivia The Drunken Poet, 65 Peel Street (directly opposite Queen Vic Market), Phone: 03 9348 9797. www.thedrunkenpoet.com.au
TUESDAYS
TRIVIA
@ 7pm - $6 CHILLI DOGS ALL NIGHT
Wednesday 19TH NOVEMBER
Open MIc @ 7pm - 2 fOr 1 meALS
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+ mONIque SHeLfOrD @ 8pm
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THE LOCAL VENUE PROFILE: THE BRUNSWICK HOTEL
History? It was the first pub on the street to get a liquor license back in the 1850s when Sydney Rd was the main thoroughfare for gold diggers going up the Hume Highway. There’s also mention thay it used to be a brothel for those lonely travellers as well. How long have you been operating as The Brunswick Hotel? Almost five years.
How many nights of live music & entertainment are running at your venue? There’s something on every night we’re open. Ways to get there? I.e. buses trams, cabs, etc. There’s a tram stop right out the front. Cabs work too. Don’t drive, just drink. Available for functions? Yes.
What do you feel is your major attraction? Live Music, giant beer garden and friendly staff.
Crowd? Young, old, hipsters, bogans. It really depends on the night or band that’s playing.
What was your favourite show in the last six months and why? 3/4 Beast last November. It was the lead singer’s birthday and they always put on a great live show with giant mascots and wild antics.
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Could you nominate a bartender of the month? Probably not, they’re all loved equally.
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INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH
MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS & GOSSIP
With Christie Eliezer * Stuff for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm
POLITICAL PARTIES MAKE MUSIC PLEDGES AT FACE THE MUSIC
Face The Music’s 'Vote For Me!' election session with five parties provided news and ideas for the music industry. Minister for Liquor and Gaming, Edward O’Donohue announced the Coalition will fund Music Victoria’s $1 million regional music action plan to stimulate the regional touring circuit and provide $400,000 operational funding for Music Victoria over four years. Fiona Patten (Australian Sex Party) called for more arts funding to go to grassroots level and away from established associations. “The money’s still going up to the top, it’s not coming to the musicians, let’s move it down to small to medium areas where we can fund musicians at that lower level. Let’s take one per cent from the top and take it down to the bottom.” Kris Schroeder (The Basics Rock‘n’Roll Party) wanted more funding for community radio to provide more exposure for local music. Sue Pennicuik (the Greens) supports the continuation of a music round table as a conduit between industry and government. Martin Foley (Shadow Arts Minister) gave more details on Labor’s $22.2 million Music Works package and $2 million Musical Futures program for music in schools. Music Victoria has a State Election Report Card to compare party commitments and make an informed choice when you vote on Saturday November 29. See www.musicvictoria.com.au/news/story/10347.
• C.W. Stoneking had an unusual demand for fans attending his NZ shows: dress up as zombies. That was because they were being filmed for a video. • The weekend’s Spring Music Festival at Gasworks Arts Park, with Mick Thomas and Louis Majiwa, was axed at the last minute after heavy rains left the site full of puddles and too dangerous to set up the stage. • The new Free Town video for Rat & Co was filmed during a European run with Hoodlem. Directed by long-time collaborator Ribal Swang, it was shot in the streets of Sierra Leone where Swang’s brother volunteered at a hospital. The city, with a low life expectancy rate, was since hit by the Ebola virus. • Springvale Botanical Cemetery began hosting jazz sessions on Sunday afternoons to demystify the burial process and lessen fear of grave sites. • The third Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival was a sell-out. • Scientists who discovered a new species of frog in the Brazilian Amazon which sounds like a bat named it after infamous bat-biter, Ozzy Osbourne. • Tim Finn’s new opera Star Navigator, about Tahitian star navigator, Tupaia, who sailed with Captain Cook on the Endeavour’s first voyage in the South Pacific, will be staged by the WA, Victoria and NZ opera companies.
MELBOURNE WINS AT COMMUNITY RADIO AWARDS
The Community Broadcasting Association of Australia’s community radio awards in Adelaide saw Melbourne stations win at the 23 categories. PBS had two triumphs (Soul Time took Excellence in Music Programming, Maddy Macfarlane for National Features and Documentary Competition), as did Emerald’s 3MDR 97.1fm (Community Participation for Community Outlook, Sports Programming for Pride Cup Round - Match of the Day). Other wins were by JOY 94.9 (Innovative Outside Broadcast or Special Event Broadcast for World AIDS Day Worldwide) and Kilmore’s Mitchell Community Radio (Audrey Flannery for Youth Contribution). See the CBAA site for full list.
HUSKY SIGNS EUROPEAN DEAL
Melbourne’s Husky signed a deal for Continental Europe with German indie Embassy of Music. It’s home to Passenger, Robyn and fellow Aussies Ball Park Music. The band’s already receiving rave reviews for Lucinda Schreiber’s digital hand-drawn animation in the video for its new single Saint Joan and currently on tour until March behind second album Rucker’s Hill.
STORM THE SKY AT UNFD
BOMBA, CAMILLERI, LAUNCH TRANSMITTER RECORDS
Melbourne post-hardcore Storm The Sky signed to Unified’s heavy alt label UNFD. Its Head of Recorded Music Luke Logemann said he flipped when he heard an advance copy of their debut album (out in January) recorded with Florida producer Cameron Mizell. They said they always dug acts on Unified, “So to now be a part of the family is truly overwhelming and humbling.”
Nicky Bomba and Joe Camilleri set up Transmitter Records for reggae, ska, calypso and world music acts in Australia. They partnered with ABC Music. It is launched with Bomba project Bustamento album Intercontinental Journey out on Friday November 28. The label will re-release back catalogue including a Bomba box set, Limestone ( Joe & Nicky), Banana Oil and Drums & Lions.
RECORDING GRANTS
GULLIVER SMITH PASSES
PPCA and the Australia Council offer a new round of $15,000 grants to help acts with new recordings. Deadline is Tuesday November 25. See www.australiacouncil.gov.au.
WANNA OPEN AT LANEWAY?
If you want to be in the running to open at Laneway Festival, upload your tracks to triplejunearthed.com by midnight on Sunday November 30.
THINGS WE HEAR
• Which litigious ex-music press publisher is up to his old tricks in his new industry? • Which music journo and the boyfriend of a music columnist were discreetly playing card games under the table during a very long speech at a function? • Which singer’s friends are concerned her new boyfriend, an avid photographer, is posting too many candid photos of her online? • AC/DC distanced themselves from drummer Phil Rudd, alleging sessions for the new album were “difficult.” Angus Young said, “Does the guy show up? Is he reliable to do his job in good shape?” • Hamish & Andy are radio’s highest paid, said the Sunday Telegraph, jointly $8 million to do drive for the Today network next year. This beats Alan Jones ($5m), Ray Hadley ($4m), Kyle Sandilands/Jackie O ($2m each). BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 58
Gulliver Smith, who emerged in Melbourne’s late ‘60s psychedelic-blues movement, passed in Sydney after a lengthy illness. A scat-style singer whose lyrics touched on surrealism, his band Company Caine made the acclaimed A Product of Broken Reality (1971). While never rising above cult status probably due to changing lineups (23 in four years), their songs were covered by Steve Kilbey, The Sports and Jeannie Lewis. Smith who co-wrote A Touch Of Paradise with Ross Wilson (a hit for John Farnham) almost joined Wilson’s Mighty Kong but opted for a solo career which yielded the album The Band’s Alright But The Singer Is... The Wilson produced Co. Caine 1975 album Dr. Chop is issued next year by Aztec Music. A son Nicolas Hopkins-Smith is in Melbourne blues band Black Smith Hopkins.
GOOD WORKS #1: AARDVARK MAKES MUSIC WITH ILL YOUNG FOLK
The ARDVARK Program (All About Really Determined Very Amazing Rocking Kids) began in 2007 where musicians and therapists work with young people living with chronic illness. They do life-changing story-sharing and writing sessions with songwriters as Monique Brumby (who came on board in 2011 as Creative Director), Gotye (its ambassador) and Stonefield. This year, six aspiring musicians aged
13 to 24 did writing, learned to play instruments and recorded the Dream Place EP. Brumby told this column the process helps them with peer-group development, networking and career development. Past participants went on to develop careers in music and videography. Dream Place will be launched at the Flying Saucer Club from 8pm on Thursday December 4. Guests including Tanya Cavanagh, Bec Anthony, Amy and Holly Findlay of Stonefield) and Goyte will join the seven young folks as well as six past participants who, as Aardvark Alumni, continue in monthly songwriting sessions. Brumby and Gotye also wrote the new single Show The Way for the 2014 project. Tickets from the club’s website.
GOOD WORKS #2: FORESTS FALLS SEND A MESSAGE
LIFELINES Ill: top earning DJ Calvin Harris, 30, pulled out of opening the MTV European Music Awards due to a heart scare.
Ill: a polyp found in Boy George’s throat led to the reunited Culture Club cancelling their US and UK tours while he rests.
Hospitalised: Poison’s Bret Michaels
underwent kidney surgery, admitted to six hospitals during a US Midwest tour.
Melbourne folk six piece Forest Falls’ new single Heavy Hearted Girl has a message for those who have the blues. It was written by singer Jon O’Neill as part of his grieving process after losing a friend to depression. Then he realised the song could be a catalyst for discussion and support for those needing it. “It is a reminder that if you have a friend that you’re worried about, or if you’re suffering yourself, you shouldn’t do it alone,” he said.
Hospitalised: Pete Doherty entered a
LABOR’S SCHOOL MUSIC PLAN GETS THUMBS UP
“disorderly conduct,” to wit, crowd surfing
Three key Melbourne music groups welcomed the Victorian Opposition Leader, Daniel Andrews, that the $2 million Musical Futures program will be rolled out in 1600 government schools by 2018 if Labor win this month’s state election. Andrews said he wanted every child in the state to be able to have music as part of their education. Musical Futures will provide $400,000 for government and low-fee independent schools to buy musical instruments $200,000 to train and mentor primary schoolteachers with music. At the launch at Footscray West Primary School, Andrews picked up a bass guitar while Shadow Minister for Education, James Merlino, tried the drums. Music Australia CEO Chris Bowen said, “Research has clearly shown that quality school music improves students results, behaviour and wellbeing, and enriches all involved.“ The School Music Action Group was pleased it would support teachers in rural and regional areas “where professional development opportunities are limited and for those working in disadvantaged schools.” Robert Walker, Executive Officer of the Australian Music Association (AMA) said the AMA was responsible for the introduction of the Musical Futures in Australia after observing its early success in the UK. “The fact that Musical Futures is also affordable and sustainable for schools means that the program when implemented should have long lasting impact,” he said.
NEW LIVE MUSIC VENUE
Melbourne gets a new bar, disco and live music venue called Little & Olver next month. It’s on the site of the former First Floor at 393 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. One of its first events is Warehaus NYE, held on New Year’s Eve with UK DJ Greg Wilson (an original at Manchester’s Hacienda) playing a four-hour set at the sole Melbourne stop of his 2014/15 tour.
SELL-OUT ONE ELECTRIC DAY GOES NATIONAL
In the wake of the second sell-out for One Electric Day in Melbourne, Promoter Duane McDonald from Regional Touring announced it would be also held in Brisbane, Sydney and Adelaide next November. Regional Touring also runs the successful Red Hot Summer Tour along the East Coast. 8,000 attended One Electric Day at Werribee Park to see Hoodoo Gurus, James Reyne, Mondo Rock, Diesel, Daryl Braithwaite and Boom Crash Opera.
BANDCAMP TO ALLOW ACTS TO SELL SUBSCRIPTIONS
Bandcamp, where acts sell their music directly to fans, will now allow them to also set up personalised subscription services for those wanting everything related to the act. The acts will decide what to charge monthly, and offer bonuses as exclusive tracks, merch discounts and exclusive news and pix.
ABC CONFIRMS AC/DCALBERTS DOCO
ABC TV will next year screen the two-part documentary Blood & Thunder, about the global success of the Alberts guitar sound, and includes the making of AC/DC’s Back In Black. ABC head of TV Richard Finlayson admitted it took “quite a bit of work” for the publicity-shy AC/DC to agree to be involved.
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rehab center in Thailand to beat his smack addiction, two years after being kicked out of another rehab place.
Divorcing: Emeli Sande from childhood b/f Adam Gouraguine after a year.
Arrested: Mac DeMarco by a campus cop at a University of California gig for and climbing to the venue ceiling.
Jailed: two UK men who ran file sharing website Dancing Jesus, for four years, for
selling pre-release music to its 70 million users.
In Court: Ghostface Killah lost his defence against a US composer Jack Urbont who claimed he’d sampled his 1960s Iron Man theme on two cuts.
Died: Henry Jackson aka Big Bank Hank
of pioneering Sugarhill Gang (Rapper’s Delight, the first mainstream rap hit), from cancer, 57.
Died: New Zealand DJ and producer
Soane Watkins, who in the ‘90s was based in Sydney, of a heart attack in Auckland.
Died: British drummer Johnny Elichaoff (League Of Gentlemen)
who
later
managed Tears For Fears and Fairground Attraction, plunged off the roof of a London shopping centre. He was 55.
RICHIE NEWMAN, GREG STACE, SET UP PRODUCTION TEAM
Buried In Verona writer and guitarist Richie Newman and ARIA-nominated producer Greg Stace set up a production team focused on metal, hardcore and hard rock based in Oxygen Music’s studios in Alexandria, Sydney. Their first project is the next Verona album. They are looking for new acts. More info, sonia@ oxygenmusicgroup.com or chris@maricmedia.com.au.
STUDY: WANT TO CURB ILLEGAL DOWNLOADING?
While the entertainment industry and Federal Government talk of a regulatory path to cut down illegal downloading, a survey by telecommunications body, the Communications Alliance, undertaken by JWS Research, claims Aussie consumers don’t agree it’s the way to go. In the survey of 1500, about 55 per cent agreed illegal downloading is a problem. But 79 per cent believe it’ll continue as long as prices as too high (66 per cent) availability of music, TV and movie content too slow (60 per cent). Less than 20 per cent think regulation will work and only push prices up. Three quarters believe pirates will find ways around regulations. 60 per cent think if ISPs have to police infringements, rights holders should pay them for it.
AUSSIE START-UP OPENLIVE LAUNCHES
New Aussie start up OpenLIVE (www.openlive.com. au) provides high definition music, particularly live music, for download. It was co-founded by musicians Andy McIntyre (Managing Director), Simon Tait and Gary Dunn, IT developer Richard Powell, and David Easton, Sabir Samtani and Matt Hill of digital marketing Reborn agency. Among those providing the $1 million seed funding were Bruce Johnson of concert audio touring firm JPJ Audio, music instrumental retailer Shane Bailey, lighting designer Tim Bradsmith, and venue owner and promoter Cameron ‘Kelts’ Smith.