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BRUNSWICK MUSIC FESTIVAL REVEALS FIRST 2016 LINEUP The 2016 Brunswick Music Festival is set to be their biggest incarnation yet, and they’ve announced the first round of international acts that will take to the stage.

The first lineup features the likes of East-African retro-pop outfit Alsarah and the Nubatones, Scottish multi-award winning folk, traditional, Celtic and rock group Manran, the highly charged Japanese Godzilla funk of Mount Mocha Kilimanjaro, the contemporary rhythms, jazz, rock and harmonies of Moxie, the fiddle-toting Shooglenifty celebrating their 25th anniversary and Spiro’s blend of English folk music and traditional Northumbrian tunes. It all kicks off with the Sydney Road Street Party on Sunday March 6, while the festival itself will take place from Tuesday March 15 - Sunday March 20. Hit their website for more details.

Aussie festival favourite Ben Harper and his band The Innocent Criminals will make their way back Down Under for a lap of the country next March.

The Innocent Criminals’ history dates back to 1993, making them the best known of prolific frontman Harper’s projects. They remained active until the release of their 2007 album, Lifeline, but have returned with news of a new record, Call It What It Is, due to arrive in April. That means their famed live show will double as a preview of their latest material for fans across Australia.

Catch them at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Saturday March 12. Tickets via Live Nation.

NATHANIEL RATELIFF & THE NIGHT SWEATS

Soulful R&B combo Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats have confirmed a slew of sideshow performances next year in the lead up to their Bluesfest appearance. Originally a solo singer/ songwriter, Nathaniel Rateliff ’s musical project eventually evolved into the seven-piece soul band we know and love. Their debut self-titled album was released to widespread acclaim earlier this year, peaking at #17 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album Chart. Catch Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats on Wednesday March 30 at 170 Russell.

Tickets go on sale Thursday November 26 through Bluesfest Touring.

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ASH GRUNWALD REVEALS VICTORIA TOUR DATES Ash Grunwald has spent the past few years getting in touch with his activist self, which has resulted in his new album, Now, and a tour to get his ideals out into the world. After taking the fight to CSG explorers, hearing testimonies from farmers and looking at scathed landscapes, Grunwald has gathered a handful of musicians to help him craft the new album, rostering on Ian Perez of Wolfmother and Pete Wilkins of Blue King Brown to help him piece it all together. Ash Grunwald will be taking the final product for a spin at Sooki Lounge on Thursday January 21, then Chapel off Chapel on Friday January 22.

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THE JEZABELS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM, TOUR The Jezabels have just announced that their third album, Synthia, will be out this February, and they’re touring the country to celebrate. The four-piece have spent the past 18 months off the road writing and recording the album. The first single isn’t due til next year, but fans have already got more than what they bargained for with the release of the six minute Come Alive. The tour will take The Jezabels to five major cities around the country, starting in Melbourne and finishing up in Perth. Joining them as special guest is 21-year-old electro pop act Eves The Behaviour. The Jezabels play The Forum on Friday February 26.

Tickets go on sale this Friday November 27 through Ticketmaster.

The Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson has confirmed a series of headline shows around the country this April, celebrating the 50th anniversary of his iconic Pet Sounds album by playing it live. The Bluesfest sideshow performances follow on from Wilson’s triumphant return to the studio in 2015 with No Pier Pressure, as well as the release of his biographical film Love & Mercy. Brian Wilson plays Palais Theatre on Sunday April 3. Tickets go on sale this Thursday November 26 from Ticketmaster.

LORD HURON

LA-based act Lord Huron are bringing their personal brand of storytelling indie folk to Australia for the very first time next March, flying in to play Bluesfest and a series of newly announced sideshows. Originally a musical and visual solo project by Michigan-native Ben Schneider, Lord Huron have developed into a band of epic proportions over the past five years. Their most recent album, Strange Trails, debuted at #10 on Billboard’s Top Albums and received widespread critical acclaim. Lord Huron will play The Corner Hotel on Monday March 21. Tickets go on sale this Thursday November 26 through Bluesfest Touring.

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GANG OF YOUTHS PREPARE FOR NATIONAL TOUR After a 26-date album release tour, Gang Of Youths are locking in a Melbourne show as part of their national headline tour next April. 2015 has been an exciting year for Gang Of Youths, as they come off the back of their debut release The Positions.

They managed to debut at #5 on the ARIA chart upon the album’s release, along with earning a nomination for Album Of The Year at the J Awards plus five nominations at the ARIA Awards for Breakthrough Artist, Best Rock Album and Best Australian Live Act. Gang Of Youths will play at 170 Russell on Friday April 22. Tickets go on sale Thursday November 26 through the venue.

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Pioneering blues and roots artist Taj Mahal has revealed a series of Bluesfest sideshows. Known for nearly singlehandedly reshaping the definition and scope of the blues with the infusion of Caribbean, Africa and South Pacific sounds, the twotime Grammy Award winner has been writing and performing for over fifty years. In recent years he has collaborated with the likes of Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, The Roots, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and Ziggy Marley. Taj Mahal plays at Melbourne Recital Centre on Wednesday March 30. Tickets are on sale now through the venue.

LUKAS NELSON & PROMISE OF THE REAL

Bluesfest are bringing Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real down to Australia this Easter, locking in the Californian rock’n’rollers for a Melbourne sideshow at Howler on Wednesday March 30.

The sideshow announcement follows a huge 2015 for the band, which saw them handpicked as Neil Young’s backing band for the studio album, The Monsanto Years, debuting at #21 on the ARIA album charts. Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real play Howler on Wednesday March 30. Tickets go on sale Thursday November 26 through Moshtix.

JANIVA MAGNESS

Detroit-born blues powerhouse Janiva Magness has unveiled her plans for a Bluesfest sideshow performance, locking in a Melbourne show in March. With 25 Blues Music Award nominations and seven wins over an illustrious 11 album career, Janiva is a powerful vocalist with a timbre likened to fellow Bluesfest artists Melissa Etheridge and Bonnie Raitt.

Her Bluesfest appearance follows the release of her eleventh studio album, Original. Janiva Magness plays at The Corner on Saturday March 26. Tickets go on sale Thursday November 26 through Bluesfest Touring.

LUCKY PETERSON

Legendary bluesman Lucky Peterson returns to Australia for the first time in decades next March, playing a headlining Bluesfest sideshow announced this week. The guitar maestro released his first album when he was just five-years-old back in 1969, after being discovered by blues icon Willie Dixon. As a Blues Music Award nominee, vocalist, pianist, guitarist and French horn player, Lucky Peterson is the epitome of a seasoned musician, best known for his hit records Lucky Strikes! and Triple Play. Lucky Peterson plays Northcote Social Club on Monday March 21. Tickets go on sale Thursday November 26 through Bluesfest Touring.

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The last weekend of November can only mean one thing for festival goers – Queenscliff Music Festival is back, and this year’s program is huge. If you’re after some international acts, then Ron Sexsmith, The California Honeydrops, Estére, Trinity Roots, Hollie Smith and Thomas Oliver are definitely enough to satisfy your cravings. Looking for something a little more local? Aussie acts Augie March, Kate MillerHeidke, Melbourne Ska Orchestra, Angus & Julia Stone and Hoodoo Gurus should be able to sort you out.

Hell, even if they don’t, one of the other 50 artists playing over the weekend surely will. Queenscliff Music Festival runs from Friday November 27 to Sunday November 29.

GIRLPOOL The Reverence Hotel January 27 SOUNDWAVE 2016 TBA January 26 DERRICK MAY, JEFF MILLS & THE MSO Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 30 GRIMES 170 Russell February 3 JAMES BAY Festival Hall February 3 TOBIAS JESSE JR The Corner February 3 SHAMIR Howler February 4 MSO PRESENT HITCHCOCK AND HERRMANN Hamer Hall February 5, 6 ST KILDA FESTIVAL St Kilda February 6 – 14 CAT POWER Melbourne Recital Centre February 8, 9 CHVRCHES Forum Theatre February 9 THE INTERNET The Corner February 9 BEACH HOUSE 170 Russell February 10 PUNK ROCK KARAOKE The Corner February 10 DIIV The Corner February 11 PURITY RING + MAJICAL CLOUDZ Forum Theatre February 11 THUNDERCAT Max Watt’s February 11 HEALTH Howler February 11 MAJICAL CLOUDZ The Toff In Town February 12 THIEVERY CORPORATION The Forum February 12 BATTLES Max Watt’s February 12 METZ The Corner February 12 GIDEON BENSEN Shebeen February 12 JOSH PYKE Melbourne Zoo February 12 COMMON KINGS The Corner February 13 LANEWAY FESTIVAL Footscray Community Arts Centre February 13 GURRUMUL Max Watt’s February 15 SOILWORK 170 Russell February 16 A$AP ROCKY Margaret Court Arena February 17 REGGAE ROYALTY Palais Theatre February 18 WAXAHATCHEE Howler February 18 TINA ARENA Hamer Hall February 19 PARTY IN THE PADDOCK Burnscreek, Tasmania February 19 RIVERBOATS MUSIC FESTIVAL Murray River, Echucha February 19 – 21 HIGH ON FIRE Max Watt’s February 19 JD MCPHERSON Corner Hotel February 19 FAT FREDDY’S DROP The Forum February 19 ROB THOMAS Rob Laver Arena February 20 ALBERT HAMMOND JR The Corner February 21 OCEAN COLOUR SCENE Max Watt’s February 23 THE GAME The Forum February 24 THE JEZABELS The Forum February 26 GBH The Bendigo Hotel February 26 CHI WAH WOW TOWN TBA February 26 – 28 SUFJAN STEVENS Hamer Hall February 26 NATALIE PRASS Melbourne Recital Centre February 29 PASSENGER Palais Theatre March 1 G-EAZY Max Watt’s March 1 CALEXICO Hamer Hall March 2 GLEN MATLOCK, EARL SLICK & SLIM JIM PHANTOM Ding Dong Lounge March 4 SENSES FAIL Corner Hotel March 4 CLUTCH The Forum March 5 THE NECKS Melbourne Recital Centre March 5 SYDNEY RD STREET PARTY Sydney Rd March 6 GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR March 7 MICHAEL GIRA Melbourne Recital Centre March 8 THE MUMMIES Max Watt’s March 9 SLEATER-KINNEY The Croxton March 9 IBEYI Max Watt’s March 10 ART VS. SCIENCE 170 Russell March 11 A FESTIVAL CALLED PANAMA Lone Star Valley March 11 - 13 PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL Port Fairy March 11 – 14 BEN HARPER AND THE INNOCENT

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Anklepants NOT JUST A PRETTY FACE

BY AUGUSTUS WELBY

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nklepants mastermind Reecard Farché has been fascinated by the possibilities of technological manipulation since a young age. As evidenced by Anklepants’ dissident electronic music and startling visual presentation, he has a knack for manipulating technology in unique ways. Now based in Berlin, Farché (or Richard Face, as he’s otherwise known) grew up in Bellingen on the Mid North Coast of New South Wales – a popular holiday destination known for its alternative culture. This environment encouraged the cultivation of peculiar interests.

“There’s a lot of different people there,” says Farché. “There’s people living in teepees, there’s a lot of communes. Then there’s a lot of more the opposite, like cowboy kind of characters. There’s a whole range of people, so there’s a lot of musicians there; there’s a lot of all kinds of creative people there.”

Farché took his first step into the creative arts at the age of five, when his parents enrolled him in private sculpting lessons.

“It was in the realm of ceramics and in that same school I learnt pottery – making pots and cups and all this kind of shit,” he says. He started playing guitar when he was nine-years-old, which quickly became an all-consuming interest. He cites his Bellingen guitar teacher as his biggest musical influence, both in terms of technical prowess and technological innovation.

“He was a freak,” says Farché. “He was into the early MIDI guitar stuff, so I learnt off him about that end of things.

The knowledge of how these early systems worked influenced me being interested in that physical input stuff with any kind of instrument, which has ended up with me building all that kind of stuff.

“I did that for like four years, private guitar tutoring. He was a con guy, nicest dude ever, he was mainly a jazz guy. I’ve seen him play in the last ten years and I still think he’s unbelievable.”

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opened his eyes to the possibilities of electronic music. Perhaps somewhat inevitably, it wasn’t long before he began experimenting with subversive soundmaking methods.

“The reason I first got into electronic music was to add these different sounds to a more conventional rock band formation,” he says. “I already had other bands going, so [MIDI] looked like this way to introduce these different sounds that couldn’t be made by a normal guitar. I was always obsessed with guitar equipment and guitars and everything – I studied this kind of stuff. When I was younger, I was always trying to record things and work out how to record things.”

While music became an obsession, Farché’s introduction to sculpting left him with an ongoing interest in threedimensional visual arts. It’s impossible to speak about Anklepants without drawing attention to Farché’s custombuilt, grotesque head mask, which is distinguished by a large phallus protruding from the nose region. His background in electronic engineering led to the incorporation of animatronics into the head, which gives the phallus the appearance of autonomous movement.

“I’ve programmed the way [the penis] works, but then I can overwrite it with a button on the microphone,” he says.

“Most of the animatronics control systems that are used now in films, Anklepants is way more hardcore than that. It’s all custom, I can do whatever I B E AT.C O M . A U

want, there’s no restrictions.”

It’s an audacious claim – that the penis on his face is more technologically advanced than the systems used in films (an industry known for its investment in new technologies). However, Farché can speak with some authority on this matter, given his employment history.

“In year 10 at school I did work experience with a guy called Adam Grace, who has been up until recently the main model maker that runs the biggest jobs in Australia – any film job that comes through, he’s the head of the department for model making,” he says. “He moved to Bellingen for a while and I found his number and did work experience with him. He taught me sculpting and to make a mould of the sculpture and to make a latex head out of it.

“Then after that I wanted to do stop motion animation, and I wanted to make puppets and stuff for stop-motion animation. In 2000, when I was living in Sydney, I was working shit jobs just to get money. My friend was a runner in Fox Studios and that’s when Star Wars [Episode III: Revenge of the Sith] was being made. Just by chance they needed a runner and I ended up getting a runner job for the creature department.

Then they needed a foam lab assistant.

I took my stop-motion in – it was like this weird porn of this guy wanking and shit. I showed it to them and the guy just looked at it for a second – this was Dave Elsey [creature shop makeup fX designer] – and he just goes, ‘OK you’ve got the job’.”

This stroke of luck gave Farché a golden opportunity to expand his knowledge of design technology and electronic engineering. Eventually he discovered that the early animatronics systems utilised a MIDI interface – a eureka moment that paved the way for the visual presentation of the Anklepants project.

“Now I write all the software, I write all the code in the micro controllers, it’s all wireless,” he says. “Every alteration I make with the sound also has a reflection with the animatronics or something else.

I’m working at the moment on video stuff with mapped tracking. Then all the feedback in the microphone and the audio and whatever will control the video as well and it’ll be one big mutation.”

The visual aspects are hugely significant for Farché and anyone that encounters the masked figure is left with an unforgettable image. Suffice to say, he’s faced plenty of allegations of vulgar gimmickry. However, while the mask can draw a negative response, it serves an

expressive purpose.

“It’s hilarious how people are just obsessed with the appearance of things.

[The mask]’s the perfect example of that – it works too well. That’s what it was kind of supposed to do – just watch how people go, ‘Look at the disgusting [face]’ or ‘It’s just a gimmick.’ It’s like, ‘Yeah, and you’re just proving to yourself that all you think about is what it looks like.’ There’s so much stuff going on in the music and the technology. To think that it’s just a gimmick is the most lazy way to deal with it.

“The best is when electronic musicians say that. That whole DJ/live electronic music thing is so swept with people standing there posing, twiddling knobs, pressing buttons, that as soon as someone comes in that’s singing and doing way more control than any of their purchased controllers can ever do, they just have to cut it down and say it’s because I’ve got a mask on. If I take the mask off I’m still doing the same thing.”

This sentiment is vindicated by Anklepants’ latest album, SocialPatching-And the Pixel Pageant Facéd Boy, which came out in September. As is his want, it’s a reinless stylistic exploration, encompassing everything from frightful industrial sounds and eccentrically perverse dance music to contrasting moments of downtempo new wave and electropop. Not only does the record evade easy genre categorisation, but it proves the visual details aren’t Anklepants’ primary distinction.

Nevertheless, imagery plays a big part in Farché’s musical decision making.

“These days so much of the music is written as a soundtrack for videos that I’m going to make in the future. But I’m not thinking purely about the character – I’m thinking about what the songs are about. A character is obviously used, but I’m not sitting there going, ‘OK dickface is going to do this.’ The character, I don’t even think that he has a dickface when I think about him. But most of my music, I have to say, is based on a visual idea to start with. I’ve thought of a situation or a past memory. It’s pretty much nearly all soundtrack music.”

ANKLEPANTS will appear at Earthcore 2015, which goes down from Thursday November 26 – Monday November 30, in Pyalong, Victoria.

Social-Patching-And the Pixel Pageant Facéd Boy is out now via Love Love.

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This Week: Legendary Australian film critic Margaret Pomeranz will come to Melbourne this week for the first Hollywood Retro Film Festival, of which she is a patron and co-curator. With it, 22 Hollywood classics from the first golden age of cinema will come to life on the big screen once more, lovingly restored to high quality digital format. Highlights include digitally remastered screenings of Gone with the Wind, The Grapes of Wrath, Casablanca and the iconic Citizen Kane. Elsewhere, Australian premieres and lesser known gems are on the cards with On the Waterfront starring Marlon Brando and the rarely seen The Razor’s Edge and The Ghost & Mrs Muir. The Hollywood Retro Film Festival will run from Saturday November 26 - Saturday December 2 at Cinema Nova.

The Interrobang is an ideas festival. A festival of questions, curiosity and knowledge. In a world first, the festival is programmed entirely by questions from the public, with topics ranging from humorous to controversial and insightful to incisive. Questions are pulled together from the audience and placed to a brains trust of 25 inquisitive and creative minds including comedian Rob Delaney, writer Cheryl Strayed and the former Greek Minister for Finance Yanis Varoufakis. The Interrobang: A Festival of Questions will run from Friday November 27 - Saturday November 28, with more than 26 events running in venues across the city. Turn a coupla’ pages for our interview with the brains behind it all, Emily Sexton.

Monster Fest is a three-day celebration of everything gloriously gory and grotesque in international cult cinema. Boasting a program packed with blood soaked thrillers that will have you on the edge of your seat, capping it off is a range of curated events from acting masterclasses to spooktacular parties. The official selection features 21 films including Bound to Vengance, Scare Campaign, Bite, Australiens, Vixen Velvet’s Zombie Massacre, Bunny the Killing Thing, Hellions and Howl - the story of a werewolf infiltrating a train carriage, leaving the passengers immobilised in an isolated British forest on a stormy night. The program also features two world premieres, with Queensland horror-western Bullets for the Dead making its debut screening alongside Cat Sick Blues. For those who prefer their screams in smaller doses come two short film programs, Monster Shorts and Trasharama, featuring some of the strangest and unsettling cult film making from across the globe. Rounding out Monster Fest is a range of events including opening and closing night parties, a special 10th anniversary screening of Australian horror classic Wolf Creek, a Kooks & Spooks trivia night, a screening of E.T. with an all-American style breakfast and Q&A with Dee Wallace (Mary), a rooftop Munsterpalooza burlesque show and a whole heap more. It’s all happening from Thursday November 26 Sunday November 29 at Lido Cinemas.

PICK OF THE WEEK Some of Melbourne’s finest and funniest comedians will be getting together for Stand Up For ChilOut, a comedy event to support ChilOut, the organisation fighting on behalf of children seeking asylum who have become detained within Australia and Nauru. Alongside yet to be announced secret guests, the bill includes Tripod, Anne Edmonds, Greg Fleet, Josh Earl, Dave O’Neil, Tom Gleeson, Geraldine Hickey, Lawrence Mooney, Luke McGregor, Denise Scott, Cal Wilson and Harley Breen.

ChilOut is a non-profit community organisation acting through education, advocacy and lobbying to raise public awareness of child detainees held by the Australian government. Stand Up for ChilOut will run on Sunday November 29 at Howler. On page 22 we had a chat with Terri Psiakis, who is bringing this whole event together.

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Gin Sister

By Myf Clark Making its Melbourne debut this year, the Poppy Seed Festival is an exciting new addition to the Melbourne theatre scene. Featuring four shows across multiple venues, the festival encourages a real sense of connection and camaraderie between all artists involved. Beat sat down with Jean Goodwin from Man With A Plan to discuss the festival, the theatre scene in Melbourne and her upcoming show Gin Sister.

Chekhov’s three sisters are drunk. Alice, Emma and Jean are drunk. Through an eclectic mix tape of song, dance, verbatim, poetic self-reflections and classical text, the show takes the audience on an intoxicating journey through the female experience of our favourite poison. Under the direction of Elizabeth Millington, the three performers - Emma Hall, Jean Goodwin and Alice Cavanagh - will lead the audience from reality to transcendence to self realisation in an epic tale of the quintessential ‘good night out’, while providing the audience with an honest and informed theatrical representation of the female experience of alcohol.

According to Goodwin, the story uses Anton Chekhov’s Three Sisters as it’s stimulus. “It’s basically an exploration into that human desire for intoxication. It’s a real investigation as to why we as human beings reach for alcohol and it’s an exploration of what that desire is and the dangerous line we walk but it’s also a nonjudgemental viewpoint as well.”

For Goodwin, an important aspect of the show is making people aware of why we drink. “I think it’s very important because as a drinker myself, as much

as I love it, I think it’s important that we’re conscious of how and why we’re doing it. I think it becomes dangerous when you forget that and start to pursue it just for the feeling rather than all the other things that it brings like human connection. I think it’s really important that while enjoying this substance, you’re also conscious of how much you’re having and the impacts on your life and that it’s a conscious choice to do it rather than something that then dips over into addiction.”

Using Nietzsche and the idea of Apollo and Dionysus as a stimulus, Goodwin was keen to explore the ideas of alcohol and intoxication, particularly from a female perspective, as she believes that alcohol is something that is completely ingrained in our culture as human beings. “As artists, alcohol is a bit of an elephant in the room - no one really talks about how alcohol or how substance abuse is ingrained in art.”

Stepping into a career as an actor is never easy but Goodwin’s passion for this path shines through.

Originally joining a local theatre group as a child to battle with intense shyness, Goodwin eventually found

The One

By Myf Clark Concluding the season for the inaugural Poppy Seed Festival is Vicky Jones’ awardwinning hit The One - a viciously funny new play about Harry and Jo, a couple trapped in a violent and destructive cycle of co-dependent love and lust. Winning the Verity Bargate Award for new writing and premiering in 2014 to rave reviews, the show is 65 intense minutes of sex, violence and snack food and brutally asks ‘in the warfare of modern relationships, what are the rules of engagement?’ Beat had the chance to sit down with performer Kasia Kaczmarek (TV’s Wentworth) to have a chat about Fire Curtain Co’s new production at fortyfivedownstairs and what makes it such a fascinating show.

Set over one night, Kaczmarek explains that the show explores the dysfunctional relationship between a couple. Influenced by Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, “it’s about how two people who are completely addicted to each other, but are also incredibly damaging to each other, and how they function.

“It shows how female characters can exist on stage in a way that is still really engaging,” notes Kaczmarek of

the shows importance. “In terms of the actual themes, it addresses taboo subjects like consent in relationships, violence in relationships, the line between consent and sexual assault and victim blaming and I think it will inspire conversation. I think it’s important in that way because it will make people talk about that stuff and make them go ‘Oh shit, when that person in that relationship did that to me, maybe that wasn’t okay

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a path that would allow her to communicate with those around her in a more confident manner. “The thing that I love about it and the thing that makes me, as an adult, happy that I’ve chosen this path is the opportunity to hold a mirror up to the world around you and show people what they haven’t seen. It’s that idea of being able to communicate with people in a very human way that they can’t get when they go to the movies. Theatre for me is important because you get that one-on-one feedback and it makes me proud and excited to do it as a career because it’s the opportunity to show people a part of their society that they might not have seen before or they might not have connected with.”

In a town that’s filled with festivals, one must wonder what will make Poppy Seed stand out. For Goodwin, the special factor is that it’s about artists supporting other artists. “I guess you could say that about a few festivals but this one is unique in that it’s smaller and also collaborative. It’s exciting for me as an actor because you kind of get this idea of networking with other artists but to have a festival where you’re not competing with each other and where you’re all supporting each other and you’re all driving towards a successful audience for all your shows makes it really unique.”

In a city packed with so much theatre, Goodwin believes that the Melbourne independent scene is dynamic, challenging and very important. “What I find exciting about it is that there’s not really any limitations. We’re not just trying to make good theatre, we’re trying to make an impact. You’ve got these shows that are almost competing with each other to make the biggest statement or to make a show that means something and that’s exciting. The drive to make the biggest statement is exciting to me because that means hope. It pushes me as an artist and it means our independent theatre scene hopefully becomes important because it doesn’t have the restrictions that a main stage show has, meaning we can say much more and do much more without a board of people saying ‘I don’t know if that’s appropriate’.”

Gin Sister runs from Wednesday November 25 Sunday December 6 at Trades Hall as part of the Poppy Seed Festival. and maybe I don’t always have to say yes, or maybe, when someone tells me about how they’re feeling, that the best response isn’t to go ‘Hang on, maybe you did something wrong’. I think that this show will definitely cause a lot of conversation and that there will be a lot of people that will be very offended, which is kind of exciting.”

With Poppy Seed being a brand new festival, Kaczmarek is incredibly excited to be part of such an exciting new initiative. “For starters, without massive government funding, I can’t imagine how I could potentially could have afforded to put on a play at fortyfivedownstairs, which is an incredible venue.

It’s also been really lovely working with the other producers and getting to know the other artists and how they do things and just being able to go ‘Oh, have you guys thought of marketing this way’ or ‘We did this with our set’. It’s nice because, as artists, we often work in isolation until we go to see things and this has allowed us to interact while we’re still in the creative process.”

As a regular performer in Melbourne’s independent scene, Kaczmarek has a clear passion for what it has to offer both its creatives and its audiences. “I love how innovative it is and how you can see people really taking risks and experimenting. I also love how supportive we are here - I feel like Melbourne audiences are so willing to give something a go and to just go see a show and accept that it’s fringe and not to go ‘Oh well this isn’t good enough’. I’ve just been up in Sydney and companies have to work a lot harder to win audiences over. There seems to be a vibe there where audiences are like ‘I’m here, entertain me’, whereas here people kind of go ‘I’m open’. I think that encourages more risk-taking and encourages more interesting work.”

The One will run at fortyfivedownstairs from Wednesday December 2 - Sunday December 13 as part of the Poppy Seed Festival.

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Miss Universal

The Village Bike

Thursday December 3 - Saturday December 12 Chunky Move Studios

RUSSELL HOWARD

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Wednesday December 9 - Saturday December 19 The Mechanics Institute

UK comedy favourite Russell Howard has confirmed his return to Australian stages... but not until 2017. The stand-up star and television host of Russell Howard’s Good News has a massive schedule lined up, as such a long-term announcement suggests, with his Round The World tour locked in for 29 international cities outside his native London. By the time he reaches Australia in July 2017, he’ll have performed for nearly half a million fans worldwide. Howard plays at Hamer Hall on Friday July 7, 2017.

CRITTERS COMEDY You don’t need to venture to a bar, club or pub to get your comedy fix. Hang out at a sweet board game store, look at the Card Against Humanity expansions and then hang out with Melbourne’s best comics. Let’s face it, you’re a bit of a geek anyway. This week Critters Comedy is hosted by Blake and Luka and features Lawrence Leung, Rose Callaghan, Jay Morrissey and Ryan Coffey.

It’s happening on Wednesday November 25 at Gatekeeper Games, North Fitzroy. $5 or free if you buy a game.

THURSDAY COMEDY Tom Gleeson headlines the comedy at the European Bier Café this Thursday night. He’s one of the biggest names in Australian standup, and here’s your chance to see him in an intimate club setting. It’s sure to be huge. Plus there’s another cracking support lineup, with Claire Hooper hosting plus Daniel Connell, Rob Hunter and a surprise guest. This year they’ve had surprise guests like Arj Barker, Wil Anderson and Stephen K Amos, so you never know who you’re going to see there. There’s been massive audiences the last few weeks, so get down early to get a good seat. It’s all happening this Thursday November 26 at 8.30pm, at the European Bier Café, 120 Exhibition St, CBD, all for only $12.

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Coming Up

Julian Rosefeldt: Manifesto

Wednesday December 9 - Sunday March 13 ACMI

Andy Warhol | Ai Weiwei

Friday December 11 - Sunday April 24 National Gallery of Victoria

Red Stitch Actors Theatre Celebrating 15 years in 2016, Red Stitch Actors Theatre has grown from shows seating 30 people to sellout performances with an increasingly expanding following. Their 2016 season will feature brand new works, including six Australian premieres and two world premieres alongside special events. Shows making their Australian debut include The Village Bike by British playwright Penelope Skinner, Splendour by Abi Morgan, Trevor by American writer Nick Jones (Orange is the New Black) and a new interpretation of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya from the Pulitzer Prize-winning Annie Baker. In a first for the company, Red Stitch have teamed up with the Geelong Performing Arts Centre to open the doors to rehearsed readings, as well as a special presentation of Hannie Rayson’s Extinction. Continuing the collaborative theme comes Red Stitch’s annual site-specific event, PLAYlist - working together with Richmond’s Bakehouse Studios. Themed DREAM, the one day only event will see the Red Stitch Ensemble joined by musicians and guest artists for an immersive and

QV Outdoor Cinema

Essential Anime

QV have become the latest addition to Melbourne’s outdoor cinema culture, announcing summer screenings in their deckchair laden central square.

QV’s summer season will open with a free screening of The Devil Wears Prada, complete with pre-show entertainment in the form of acrobatic Christmas elves.

The program has been curated by Melbourne cinephile and filmmaker Gus Berger with themed instalments including Australian films, independent movies, ‘80s favourites, and special event nights featuring live performances. Included in the program comes a petfriendly screening of Best in Show that encourages audiences to bring their dogs for a best-dressed pooch competition; and Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet with an introductory performance from the Royal Shakespeare Company. The QV Outdoor Cinema runs on Thursday - Sunday nights from Thursday December 3 through to Sunday February 28. Head to qvcinema.com.au for a full list of screenings and ticket details.

From Studio Ghibli creations to the likes of Dragon Ball Z, Japanese animation is coming to the forefront at ACMI next month. Essential Anime will showcase three of Hayao Miyazaki’s classic creations in 35mm screenings, all with original Japanese overdubs and English subtitles. The emphasis is on a tightly chosen selection of quality and iconic anime, including Laputa: Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro and Princess Mononoke. Essential Anime runs at ACMI from Monday December 14 - Sunday December 20.

Feelings are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer Saturday December 12 - Tuesday December 15 ACMI

La Verita

Thursday January 21 - Saturday January 23 Arts Centre Melbourne

Bogan Bombshell Bogan Bombshell is the one woman tour-de-force written by and starring Susie McCann (Hairspray, Annie), that is taking a satirical look at life in the ‘burbs with an all original cabaret. With a wealth of positive reviews behind the production, McCann acts as Janene from Clarinda, guiding the audience through tales of the outer suburbs as she aims to raise enough money to spring her husband from jail. Covering the highs and lows of sanitation, phone sex lines and amateur burlesque classes, Bogan Bombshell features compositions like Bogans R People 2, All That Bam and the instant-classic Caufield Makes Me Horny. Get in on the action when Bogan Bombshell makes its way to The Butterfly Club from Wednesday December 2 - Sunday December 6.

This Sunday November 29 at Club Voltaire there’s a cracking lineup, featuring the likes of Murphy McLachlan with MC duties alongside Kieran Bullock, Billy O’Reilly, Jonestown, Gamze Kirik, Elizabeth Davie, Tom McLean and Adam Knox.

It’s totally free (they’ll accept donations, however) and kicks off at 7.30pm.

PUBLIC BAR COMEDY Your Sunday afternoons are now sorted as Public Bar Comedy is back over summer with killer lineups and surprise guests aplenty. This week with got the red-hot-red bearded Nick Cody, Jonathan Schuster, Demi Lardner, Liam Ryan and more. At just $10 and with $6 pints it’s a wallet friendly way to end the weekend. See you at 4pm this Sunday November 29.

THE MOULIN BEIGE Melbourne’s freshest and best comedians, clowns and cabaret acts come together on the first Tuesday of every month for The Moulin Beige.

This month it’s hosted by comedian and booty shaker Tessa Waters and features award winning comedian Laura Davis, comedy rap cabaret Dash N D’bree, hula hooping pocket rocket Anna Lumb and Moulin Beige favourite Liz Skitch.

It’s all happening on Tuesday December 1 at The Wesley Anne.

COMEDY AT THE WILDE Tuesdays at The Wilde some of Melbourne’s best young comedians join with sign-up-on-thenight open mic acts for one of the loosest nights in town. 2015 RAW Comedy Winner Angus Gordon joins Alice Fraser, Danielle Walker and more this week for, another big, fun night of comedy. It’s this Tuesday December 1 at 153 Gertrude St, Fitzroy at 8pm. And, it’s totally free.

Degas: A New Vision For the latest instalment in their blockbuster Winter Masterpieces series, the National Gallery of Victoria have revealed the world-first exhibition of Degas: A New Vision. The exhibition features more than 200 works from the master French impressionist, resulting in the most diverse and panoptic retrospective of Edgar Degas in decades. Among the selected works is a curation of Degas’ lesser known efforts in drawing, printmaking, sculpture and photography - allowing a comprehensive insight into the artist’s history and creative practice. The major retrospective will be grouped thematically, bringing together the subject matter that Degas devoted himself to, including his iconic ballet portraiture as well as emotive portrayals of Parisian nightlife and the everyday gestures of 19th century women. Born in 1834, Edgar Degas was at the core of the French impressionism movement. Later in his career, he focused on movement and the human figure, particularly in the realm of theatre and ballet.

His widely influential work and vision led him to become a major part of the Western art cannon. Degas: A New Vision will run at the NGV from Friday June 24 - Sunday September 18.

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The Interrobang

By Liza Dezfouli Melbourne is about to host something entirely new – a festival of questions –The Interrobang. “As far as we know there isn’t a model for anything like this anywhere else in the world,” says festival curator Emily Sexton, Project Manager at The Wheeler Centre. “If they exist, we haven’t found them, not on this scale or size. This is unique to Melbourne.” The Interrobang works like this: The Wheeler Centre has invited the public to pose hard questions to 25 of some of the world’s best minds, some local but many who are travelling to Melbourne precisely in order to answer them. The questions come via a crowdfunding campaign with a difference – instead of supporting the festival with donations, the public supports it with questions. “This is a crowdsourced festival/ project/curation,” says Sexton.

How did The Interrobang come about? “It’s a dream of Michael Williams’, Director of The Wheeler Centre,” answers Sexton. “He’s had it for some time, and now that The Wheeler Centre is established, has been in Melbourne for five or six years, it’s time. We’ve noticed how audience questions can shift and change and adapt a panel discussion/event. Panel events are tremendously impacted by questions. They can shift a discussion

onto new grounds, down new roads. We wanted a festival that was dialectic and responsive. Oslo Davies (cartoonist and The Wheeler Centre panel regular) once joked about a call for audience questions; he said they were usually terrible. But actually Melbourne is good at asking questions.”

How did they choose the panelists? “We were looking for pluralists,” answers Sexton. “People with a range of Tripod

Stand Up For ChilOut

By Augustus Welby ChilOut is a not for profit, community-founded organisation dedicated to freeing child seeking asylum from government facilitated detention centres. ChilOut’s mission isn’t simply worthwhile, but it’s almost essential – as Australian citizens we have a duty to campaign for justice when injustice is committed in our country’s name.

This weekend, Howler presents Stand Up For ChilOut: a monster comedy event that’ll raise funds to help further the work of ChilOut. In a demonstration of how community members can contribute to the organisation, the event’s been organised by former stand up comedian Terri Psiakis.

“I have no role within their organisation other than supporter,” she says. “I wanted to help them out. So being a former stand up comedian, who’s no longer doing stand-up but certainly still has lots of mates and connections in the industry, I thought that I could put

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on a stand up comedy benefit and hopefully raise some cash for them.”

In a much nicer world, no one would be detained for seeking a better life away from violence and political unrest. But ChilOut recognises the especially dire plight of children in these awful situations. The organisation aims to help asylum seeking children by speaking up on their behalf, lobbying for change and raising awareness. Psiakis is a mother of two, and the more she learned about the treatment of children in detention, she saw no choice but to act.

expertise, people who can talk to more than one area of knowledge, who can bring a range of disciplines to the table. For example, we’ve got Adam Liaw, we know him as a chef from TV but he has two degrees (law and science) in his background. We’ve got the novelist Geraldine Brooks who has a huge background as a foreign correspondent. So we have people who can answer a range of different questions. People who ask challenging questions, who are good at asking questions themselves. It’s a brand new festival so we wanted people who are willing to play, be part of something new, who can be spontaneous, risk and jump right in.

It’s been a grand adventure starting the festival from scratch,” Sexton continues. “It’s not an arts festival, it’s not a writers’ festival, it’s something really new. We’ve got The New York Times reporter on ISIS, Rukmini Callimachi, who is herself a refugee from Hungary, and she’s been putting her life on the line asking complex and challenging questions.”

To have so many fine minds in the service of public curiosity is indeed something special – along with Brookes and Liaw, the panelists include comedian and writer Rob Delaney, medical anthropologist Gregory Phillips, US writer and advice columnist Cheryl Strayed, blogger, author and tech-activist Cory Doctorow, former Greek Minister of Finance, Yanis Varoufakis, author, activist and journalist Anne Summers, writer and editor Meghan Daum, writer Benjamin Law, writer and performer Nakkiah Lui, journalis, broadcaster Mark Colvin, columnist and broadcaster Tom Elliott and comedian Sammy J. Sexton likes the idea that this festival will counter any challenge that The Wheeler Centre might be ‘all talk’. “It will comprise thoughtful, lectures and talks, panels, and fun. It’s what our audiences have come to expect from The Wheeler Centre. We’re having a quiz show, the Question Barrel, where people have to answer whatever question comes out of it.” Is there

any one thing Sexton is especially looking forward to?

“I’m really looking forward to the last event, One Last Question, where we talk about storytelling – we ask whether words are more important than action. It’s an awesome way to finish the year. We do a storytelling gala to start the year so to finish off by asking that question in a festival context will be really nice.” Half of The Interrobang events are ticketed and they’re all under $50, and there’s a range of free events,” continues Sexton. “There are short lectures, on a whole range of topics submitted by the crowd. One of my favourite questions is – ‘does the universe have a memory?’ It’s a beautiful question. There’s a panel discussion where people can get online, that’s all free.”

Needless to say, few of the questions will garner definitive answers. “There won’t be experts telling us the answers,” says Sexton. “There are no answers to some of these questions. The most we can hope for is that there will be greater understanding, that we see some progress in understanding. For example, the question as to why we marry capitalism to democracy – there’s no definite response, so this is not resolves; there are issues to be explored. And there are no politicians involved, so it’s appropriate for the community to really speak out. We have scientists, futurists, the festival is subject based, is about the process of asking, of considering different ideas with people who are open with their views. There will be reflective and funny moments. It won’t be a consensus fest!”

Are there plans to repeat The Interrobang? “It’s a biannual festival,” Sexton replies. “The next one in in 2017.”

“With the news articles about what’s happening to kids who are being held in detention – I’m talking about things like the Moss Review and The Forgotten Children report – it got me to the point where I just thought, ‘I either have to stop reading about this, because I can’t handle it anymore or I have to do something, even the tiniest bit, to help these kids’.”

At present there are over 200 children in detention centres spread across the Australian mainland and on Nauru, and more than 400 more in community detention. Suffice to say, the living conditions aren’t exactly pretty. “One of [ChilOuts] main aims is to educate people about what’s happening to children in detention,” says Psiakis. “I think that it’s so important for people to know about the reality that’s brought about by our government polices.

“It’s something that’s not as widely publicised as it could or should be. I get a lot of my news about this sort of stuff from the non-mainstream news sources and from refugee advocates who are speaking one on one with people who are in detention. I just think if more people knew about this, maybe more people would kick up a bit of fuss about it. And maybe more people would demand a bit more from their government representatives and maybe even vote differently.”

Even when people are aware of the grim state of affairs, bipartisan support for detention centres leads to a pervasive feeling of helplessness. Concrete change won’t happen overnight, but people can still make a contribution.

“One of the things that I tell my kids is that, ‘Nobody can do everything, but everybody can do something.’

And that applies to a whole range of different things.

It’s not like we can wave a magic wand and suddenly someone will go, ‘Let’s do this whole thing differently.’

But little by little, there are lots of different things that can be done that add up to a big thing.”

Here’s where Stand Up For ChilOut comes in. The event boasts a huge lineup of Australian comedians, including Tripod, Anne Edmonds, Greg Fleet, Josh Earl, Dave O’Neil, Tom Gleeson, Geraldine Hickey, Lawrence Mooney, Luke McGregor, Denise Scott, Cal Wilson, and Harley Breen. It’s essentially the majority of standout performers from this year’s Melbourne International Comedy Festival, but pulling together the lineup was easier than you might imagine.

“I guess due to the nature of the cause, once people knew what it was for, everybody was very enthusiastic about getting involved. Perhaps not surprisingly the performers who are also parents were the first to go, ‘Yes – I’ll be there.’ But even the Howler people have just been fantastic and have been very generous in donating the venue.

“I actually got contacted by other comedians who had heard of the event and were asking to be involved because of who it was going to benefit. People feel so helpless about this whole thing that the tiniest little thing they can do to help, they jump at it. I think that’s wonderful.”

In the words of the official publicity material, it’s a “funny fundraiser for an unfunny cause,” and laughter will indeed be the order of the night. However, there will be some emphasis placed on the operations of ChilOut. “You do want to let people in a little bit who might not be altogether familiar with what ChilOut does.

You want them know about the importance of the work they do without bringing down the night. It’s a standup night, so the purpose is obviously to raise funds, but the night’s about getting together to have a laugh.”

EVERYTHING MELBOURNE

The Interrobang will run from Friday November 27 - Saturday November 28, with more than 26 events running in venues across the city. Visit theinterrobang.wheelercentre.com for more information.

Stand Up for ChilOut will run on Sunday November 29 at Howler.

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club guide wednesday november 25

•A TRIBE CALLED RED +

OKA Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $20.00.

• COQ ROQ WEDNESDAY

- FEAT: JENS BEAMIN + AGENT 86 + MR THOM + JOYBOT + BLABERUNNER Lucky Coq, Windsor. 8:30pm.

• CURIOUS TALES - FEAT: DJ WHO + TIGERFUNK + TOM SHOWTIME + FLAGRANT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy.

7:00pm.

• REVOLVER WEDNESDAYS FEAT: DANIELSAN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.

thursday november 26

•3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT:

faktory

HANS DC + GRANT CAMOV + JAMES STEETH + OLLIE HOLMES Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 6:00pm.

• ALMOST FRIDAY Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

• DISCO VOLANTE - FEAT: FABRIS + TIM KOREN + SAMMY SWAYN + ALEX CRAM + JACK NELSON + PETER FOTOP + RYAN KEARY + MITCH BAIN + MANNY BUBOS + DAN BENTLEY + YASKI + RHYS BYNON + KHANH ONG + GEORGE KARA Onesixone, Prahran. 8:00pm.

• GANZ Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm.

• NEIGHBOURS THURSDAYS Oasis Parlour, Epping.

8:00pm.

• ONE MIC - FEAT: BLACK HARRISON + WILOU WOLFE + AZZY + NEEQ + MORE Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• PHONDUPE + ORLANDO FURIOUS + MEDIUM PUNCH + CIVIQUE + TOMMY GROVES Hugs & Kisses, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

• STATE OF CULTURE FEAT: NHATTY MAN + BLACK ORCHID STRING BAND + LEM LEM + MORE John Curtin Hotel, Carlton.

8:00pm. $10.00.

• UPTOWN Trak Lounge Bar, Toorak. 10:00pm.

• VARSITY - FEAT: PAZ + MATT RAD + PYZ Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 6:00pm.

• WE ARE YOUR FRIENDS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

friday november 27

•#MASHTAG - FEAT: NU-

GEN + MALPRACTICE + FLAGRANT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

• CAN’T SAY Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm.

• CASSETTES FOR KIDS + OTIOUS + BROTHER MYNOR Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $7.70.

• CIROQ FRIDAYS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

• CLUK EPIK - FEAT: DJ DEAN The Croxton, Thornbury. 9:00pm. $5.00.

• DANCE MISSION CLUB - FEAT: LIGHT FORCE + LIQUIVISION + RAPID ACQUISITION + DECIBEL + MORE Brown Alley,

Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $5.00.

• DJ ERNIE DEE Edinburgh

Castle, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

• DJ FEE Retreat Hotel,

Brunswick. 11:30pm.

• DREAMWAVES The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

• FABULOUS FRIDAYS FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. $20.00.

• FAKE TITS - FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + SUNSHINE + SAMMY LA MARCA + BUTTERS + ADAM BARTAS + JUNGLE JIM Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $15.00.

• 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.

• KODIAK KID + HIJACK + HYPERFOKUS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

• LUCK TRUCK FRIDAY DOWNSTAIRS - FEAT: 99 PRBLMZ + CONGO TARDIS #1 + LITTLE LEAGUE BOUNCE CLUB Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

• NTH^END FRIDAYS Oasis Parlour, Epping. 8:00pm.

• OFF THE HEAZY - FEAT: MALPRACTICE + SPOOKYMAN Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 10:00pm.

• PANORAMA FRIDAYS UPSTAIRS - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + MR.GEORGE + MATT RADD + ASH-LEE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

• PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS - FEAT: AMIN PAYNE + WINTERS + JACKSON MILES Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm.

• PHIL GOOD FRIDAYS FEAT: PHIL K Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm.

• POPROCKS - FEAT: DR PHIL SMITH Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

• REVOLVER FRIDAYS & MI CASA - FEAT: MIKE CALLANDER + KATIE DROVER + DAKTARI + MORE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 10:00pm.

• SAM PAGANINI + DAVE THE DRUMMER + OSKAR OFFERMANN + JACK LOVE + JESSE YOUNG + TOM HORNSBY + MORE Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $29.00.

• STRAWBERRY FIELDS AFTER PARTY Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

• THE EMERSON CLUB FRIDAYS The Emerson, South Yarra. 3:00pm.

• TUCK SHOP - FEAT: RICK INSERRA + MENSCH + CHRIS USHER + PHIL MOORE Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

saturday november 28

•BUSH RECORDS LABEL

PARTY - FEAT: STEVE MULDER + ERIC POWELL

+ STEVE WARD + SIMON DIGBY + MORE Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 2:00pm.

• ANDY PADULA Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm.

• ANYWAY - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Bottom End, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $25.00.

• AUDIOPORN SATURDAYS - FEAT: LE ZOK + JAMES WARE + GREG SARA + JACOB MALMO + TOM EVANS + ROWIE Onesixone, Prahran. 9:00pm. $15.00.

• CHAMPAGNE INTERNET Prince Public Bar, St Kilda .

10:30pm.

• CQ SATURDAYS Cq, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

• CUSHION SATURDAYS FEAT: COURTNEY MILLS + JESSE JAMES + J HEASY + MITCH COEN + BIG MAC + TOP DECK + MORE Cushion, St Kilda. 9:00pm.

• DAVEYS SATURDAYS FEAT: HURLEY + CRAIG MOORE + ASTERIX Daveys Bar & Restaurant, Frankston.

9:00pm.

• DEAR PLASTIC + AMISTAT + MATT GLASS + JACKSON QUINNELL Scratch Warehouse, North Melbourne.

7:30pm. $20.00.

• DJ CRISPI Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 2:00pm.

• DJ JAY STRIDE Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

• DJ JNETT Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm.

• DJ KEZBOT Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 11:30pm.

• ELECTRIC DREAMS FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Co., Southbank. 9:00pm. $20.00.

• HOT STEP - FEAT: 99 PROBLEMS + TIGER FUNK + SILVER FOX + ASKEW Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy.

6:00pm.

• JANK FACQUES Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 12:05am.

• LOST WEEKEND - FEAT: BOOGIE MONSTER + MYLES MAC + POCOCK + CC:DISCO! + JIMMY CAUTION Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

• OP SATURDAYS Oasis Parlour, Epping. 8:00pm.

• PLATFORM ONE SATURDAY NIGHTS Platform One, Melbourne. 9:00pm.

• PONY SATURDAYS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

• PSY IN THE CITY Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm.

• SEVEN SATURDAY DISCOTHEQUE Seven Nightclub, South Melbourne.

10:00pm. $20.00.

• SHOWTIME + AKIN + NO NAME NATH Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

• SPIN CLUB - FEAT: RYAN WILSON + ZOBS PALACE + JOSH KEYS + RAY BORNER The Mercat, Melbourne.

10:00pm. $10.00.

• TEXTILE SATURDAYS FEAT: KODIAK KID + D’FRO + JENS BEAMIN Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9:00pm.

• THE EMERSON CLUB SATURDAYS - FEAT: FAMILIAR STRANGERS + KIN + ANDY MURPHY The Emerson, South Yarra.

9:00pm.

• THE HOUSE DEFROST -

FEAT: ANDEE FROST Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm.

• THE LATE SHOW - FEAT: ARKS + DANIELSAN + RANSOM + SPINFX + MORE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.

10:00pm.

• TOMMY’S CLUB - FEAT: SCAT Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• TRAMP SATURDAYS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

• WAVE RACER + SEDGWICK + DENO Karova Lounge, Ballarat. 9:00pm. $15.00.

• WELCOME TO CLUB DERANGE - FEAT: HAROLD + SIMON TK + PAUL JAGER The Mercat, Melbourne.

10:00pm. $15.00.

sunday november 29 • BOP ART - FEAT: HAWAII

+ WHO + TIGERFUNK + MATT RADOVICH + LEWIS CANCUT Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

• DJ MANCHILD Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 2:00pm.

• DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE - FEAT: DJ NIGEL LAST Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

• GOOD TIMES - FEAT: MATT RADOVICH Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 3:00pm.

• JUNGLE - FEAT: HANDS DOWN + ZAC DEPETRO + PETE LASKIS + TRAVLOS + JOHN DOE Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00am. $15.00.

• REVOLVER SUNDAYS FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + T-REK + MORE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.

7:00pm.

• ROOFTOP SUNDAYS - FEAT: KHANH + KEN WALKER + JESUS The Emerson, South Yarra.

12:00pm.

• SPITROAST SUNDAYS Cushion, St Kilda. 10:00pm.

• SUMMER SERIES #5 - FEAT: OLIVER HUNTEMANN + MORE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm.

• THE SUNDAY SET - FEAT: DJ ANDYBLACK + SHAGGIS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 4:00pm.

• WAX ON WAX OFF Lucky Coq, Windsor. 7:00pm.

monday november 30 • CALL IT IN - FEAT: INSTANT

PETERSON + DYLAN MICHAEL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

• MONDAY STRUGGLE FEAT: TIGER FUNK Lucky Coq, Windsor. 6:00pm.

• THE BREAKFAST CLUB - FEAT: LE ZOK + JAMES WARE + GREG SARA + JACOB MALMO + TOM EVANS + ROWIE Onesixone, Prahran. 9:00pm.

MELLOWDÍASTHUMP - FEAT: SOUNDCLASH Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. thursday november 26 • THURSDAYS REIGN SUPREME - FEAT: AP70 + MIZRIZK Railway Hotel, Brunswick.

6:00pm. friday november 27 • BRIGHT LIGHTS BIG CITY - FEAT: DJ RCEE + KAHLUA + DJ SHOOK + DJ ANGEL JAY Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

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• ESTÈRE - FEAT: ESTERE + LOTUS MOONCHILD + TIARYN Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $12.00.

• FAKTORY FRIDAYS - FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.

• KORA + P-DIGSSS + MANDALION Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $40.00.

• MATHAS Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. $10.00.

• MAUNDZ + 1/6 + OMACULATE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $22.00.

• MILWAUKEE BANKS Shebeen, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.00.

• PARTY & BULLSHIT - FEAT: STAUNCH NATION + SONIC VIBES + MIMI Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

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Just sayin’, I wouldn’t be mad if someone got me a life-size cardboard cut-out of Kelsey Grammer for Christmas.

st germain For the first time in 15 years, French producer St Germain will return to Australian shores with a career-spanning headline show. After an extended hiatus, St Germain has made his way back into the studio to release his latest selftitled album. It comes as a long awaited follow up to his multi-platinum selling record, Tourist, one that brought the producer international acclaim and sent him on a mammoth tour spanning several continents. Witness the comeback of St Germain when he hits The Forum on March 14.

art vs science Celebrating the release of their new album Off The Edge of The Earth and Into Forever, Forever, Art vs Science will be heading around the country next March. The tour will follow summer festival appearances, including slots on Falls Festival, Mountain Sounds, The Plot and Southbound. Art vs Science will play ten shows, taking in capital cities as well as regional areas including Toowoomba and Ballarat.

The Sydney trio will be showing off tracks from their second album, as well as cuts from their ARIA winning 2008 debut, The Experiment. Warming up for the trio at these shows will be KLP. Art vs Science will play 170 Russell on Friday March 11.

good manners weekly Following the success of their monthly events Good Manners are upping the ante, announcing Good Manners Weekly taking place on Fridays across the next three months. While the focus is predominately electronic, the weekly events aim to give a unique option for Friday nights, showcasing a diverse range of progressive artists from both local and international communities.

With the first three events announced so far, the opening month will include live sets from the likes of Oscar Key Sung, World’s End Press, LUCIANBLOMKAMP, Friendships, and Catlips. While Amateur Dance, Nutrition and Sam Gill will be taking weekly resident DJ duties.

There will also be special DJ sets from the likes of Banoffee, Kllo, and Babicka. The first Good Manners Weekly event, featuring World’s End Press, Planète and Catlips, will take place at Boney on Friday December 4.

tuesday december 1

•OASIS TUESDAYS Tramp, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

• SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY

Bimbo Deluxe, Fitzroy.

7:00pm.

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off the record

saturday november 28 • BIG DANCING SATURDAYS - FEAT: LARRIE + MAT CANT + PAIGE PLAY + GET BUSY + MALPRACTICE Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

• CHAISE LOUNGE BIRTHDAY - FEAT: DJ KAHLUA + DJ NATHANIEL + DJ ANDY PALA + MORE Chaise Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $10.00.

• DEX + CHARLIE THREADS + ZAC SLATER Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $12.00.

• HERMITUDE + KILTER + THE CHIEFS Festival Hall, West Melbourne. 7:15pm. $59.90.

• KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + K DEE + DURMY + TIMOS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm.

sounds like summer Sounds Like Summer have announced the lineup for their massive New Year’s Day street party. Leading the lineup and headlining the main stage will be Melbourne’s own Will Sparks. Also part of the 16-hour party is Tigerlily, and upand-coming bounce DJ and producer Brynny. The festival is promising more than 50 DJs across the event, with some of Australia’s favourite electronic acts including Samuel James, Slice N Dice, and Orkestrated already announced.

The whole street in front of the Royal Melbourne Hotel will be turned into a large celebratory playground, including access to the Royal Melbourne Hotel and the parking area of the parish next door. The whole venue will be transformed into four different areas filled with music to explore, while outside you can find main stage as well as bars, food and chill-out zones. Sounds Like Summer will kick off at midday on Friday January 1 in the CBD.

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It’s the blues, but not as you know it. As far as impressive lineups go, you’d be hard pressed to find a band bursting with more virtuosic talent than the 12-member strong powerhouse of soul and blues, Tedeschi Trucks Band.

Helmed by wife and husband duo Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks, five years ago the pair set aside their separate successful projects to create something truly special. Clearly, it was a risk worth taking; with Grammy awards and praise from luminaries including B.B. King and Eric Clapton behind them, the Tedeschi Trucks Band are adding their own chapter to the history of blues music.

Prior to forming, Trucks and Tedeschi both operated as solo artists. Until late2014, Trucks had also spent 15 years as an official member of The Allman Brothers Band. However, as much as they loved their former projects, they yearned to create new music. Trucks, in particular, wanted to put together something that would push the boundaries of what people expected from him.

“I think it was sort of a dream for him to have a band that actually wanted to be on the road together,” says lead vocalist, Tedeschi. “He’s one of those people that doesn’t like to sit still. He likes to continue to learn and continue to grow. Some of these bands, they’re great and everything, but they’ve played the same song for 40 years. Derek is like most of the guys in our band, where they like to keep moving.”

Indeed, this lively hunger for evolution radiates throughout the entire group, continuing to fuel the creative fire. As the stars began to align with Tedeschi and Trucks handpicking their favourite sessions players, musical accomplices and personalities, it was clear they were onto something worth pursuing.

“It’s a very special group,” says Tedeschi. “I was blown away. I didn’t at the time want to leave my band – I loved my band, I was having a great time, and we were making great music – but I wasn’t going to miss that opportunity. Really, Derek is one of the finest musicians I’ve ever heard and to have the opportunity to be in a band with him is amazing. Not just because he’s my husband, but because I really respect him as an artist.”

A watershed moment for the group was recruiting both J.J. Johnson and Tyler Greenwell to create the unusual, but widely lauded, lineup of dual drummers.

“Those two actually met on the drums,” says Tedeschi. “They had instant chemistry and an instant connection. I think that was really the birth of the band right there, because it’s so unique and they’re both so gifted.”

As time progressed, the lineup went through numerous changes until the chemistry was perfected and the group solidified. The band is a melting pot of influences, all filtered through the cohesive vision of Tedeschi and Trucks. “They’re so eclectic,” says Tedeschi on the collection of musicians who have now joined her travelling musical family. “They’re really intelligent musicians. They almost have

ESP and can read each other’s minds. It’s mind blowing.”

When Tedeschi talks of ESP, she is referring to the group’s uncanny ability to listen closely to each other, before launching into spontaneous improvisations that can move from Eastern-inspired ambience to searing, climactic solos within an instant. With 12 members on board, it is astounding that each individual player can tune into the same musical wavelength. Tedeschi highlights the secret to their exceptional bond.

“It’s about mutual respect for each other.

Not just listening, but wanting to listen,” she says. “There’s an interesting difference there. It’s one thing to pay attention, but it’s another to want to be part of what’s happening – to be in the moment together, to be creating together and giving each other a little bit of leeway. Not just trying to control the situation, but trying to be a part of the situation. That’s something that’s amazing about this group. Off the stage, we go and we walk together, we do laundry, we eat together, we get in trouble together. But it’s a beautiful thing, because we’re best friends. Not many bands can say that. There’s a lot of bands that hate each other and don’t even hang out; go to the hotel room and show up at the gig. We’ve seen that, and that’s not fun. That’s not what it’s about.”

While listeners are still in awe of the band’s last album, 2013’s Made Up Mind, the group aren’t stalling on a follow up. With Trucks taking on the role of producer, Tedeschi Trucks Band’s third long player is but a few finishing touches away from completion.

“We tried a lot of new things,” says Tedeschi. “Some of it, I don’t actually know if we can actually recreate it live like it is on the record. Which is good, because that makes it a record. You know, you think about The Beatles or you think about Hendrix, they can perform some of those songs live but they’re not the same. We’ve put a lot of heart and soul into this record, and I think that’s something that people are going to hear right away.”

TEDESCHI TRUCKS BAND are hitting up Bluesfest 2016, which runs from Thursday March 24 – Monday March 28, at the Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm. They’re also playing the Forum Melbourne on Saturday March 19.

Shaky Stills are a protean bunch. The band have been sighted about Melbourne for years – raising their mythical head at festivals like Darebin Music Feast, and dropping by for sneaky sets at Some Velvet Morning. Witnesses speak of these appearances with the same zeal as yeti sympathisers; they are out there, and man, they have to be seen to be believed. As guitarist and backing vocalist Matt Rodd explains, though, they don’t set out to be mysterious.

Between an ever-shifting lineup and the duties of everyday life, they’re making sure every gig counts.

“At the moment, we have a record in the can that’s just about ready to mix,” Rodd says. “We’re not gig pigs, we’re not out there trying to play once a week. For most of us it’s the second or third time around in a band, though we’re certainly not an old band. We’ve got bucketloads of energy, but for all of us it’s like the third decade of playing music, and there’s a bit of a metered approach. We’re not meaning to be elusive; I think we’re just at a point now where we’ve made certain decisions with band members, with our sound, with time.

“The album is a real ripper though, but mixing it is going to be a tall order. Some of the songs currently have 65 tracks on them.

I struggle to even count them all.”

Seeking out the band’s online presence adds to the sense of intrigue. The songs you can find – like those from the 2014 release Cold Hands Warm Heart – are strong, but predate the involvement of many of the current band members. Their new material retains the country stylings of frontman Patrick Carr’s earlier work, but will inevitably find fresh perspective from the clutch of new players.

“Genre-wise we’ve been categorised as a country/roots band,” Rodd says. “Our

instrumentation definitely fits that. Pedal steel guitar, Telecaster chicken pickin’ stuff, but then moody, big drum beats as well.

It’s a bit of an accordion of a band, we can change shapes depending on what we need to be. But the core is Paddy and the backing singer Rikki [Arnott], who have done most of the groundwork together. They’ve brought them to the ensemble and we’ve put our own stamp on it.

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If you were a fan of local indie rock in the ‘90’s, chances are you’ll have one or two Screamfeeder albums. Now, thanks to the good folk at Poison City Records, a new generation of music lovers can revel in the splendour of the Brisbane band’s output, with the re-release of their much-loved back catalogue on vinyl. “There’s nothing like listening to your favourite band on a record,” says bassist Kellie LIoyd.

“I’ve never stopped collecting them. Tim [Steward, guitar] and I were just in a record store; a place on the Gold Coast called Rare Groove Records. I was going through their indie Australian collection and it was just like the collection I had when I was about 20. Only, I had to sell a lot of it when I was at university to buy two minute noodles for dinner [laughs]. I was like, ‘Oh my god, it’s The Crystal Set and the Dubrovniks.’ And they had some other really old Australian acts that probably no one has ever heard of that I had in my record collection. I thought, ‘Wow, this guy must have bought my record collection way back then’.”

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banter. Lloyd, Steward and long-time drummer Dean Shwereb are friends first, and a band second. The group’s undeniable chemistry shines through in the music. “We love being on the road together – we always have so much fun,” Lloyd says.

Adding to the excitement of their current Australian coast tour is the addition of a fourth member, guitarist Darek Mudge.

“He often plays with us at shows and he’s going to do the whole tour with us,” Lloyd says. “In fact, Darek helped record our new single, Alone In A Crowd, along with Bryce [Moorhead], and he also played some of the guitar on it.”

Alone In A Crowd is Screamfeeder’s first new recording in ten years. Lloyd says

“We can play to a crowd who are into indie rock, blues, country, whatever. We’re really not afraid to make it a full show. Plus we have a tendency to smash a whole lot of booze in there. Quite often people will buy us rounds while we’re performing, so we’ll look up and see these trays of shots coming towards us. I don’t think we’ve ever stopped a song to have a drink, but you know what?

I’m putting that to the band tonight. Next time we stop what we’re doing, have a shot, and then kill the rest of the song. That sounds like a plan.”

As their gig at the Yarra Hotel approaches, Rodd is palpably excited about the current direction of the band and the creative soil from which it sprang.

“I kind of feel like I’m in a band from the ‘70s. We write it, we play it as hard as we can and that’s why people love seeing the show. We’re not in a race to gig all the time, so as a result it’s been a great writing process. Getting to know why Paddy sings songs like this – you see Paddy on stage, he’s really moving and shakes about. He really gives when he performs, it’s his nature, but he rehearses like that too. I’ll look up and he’ll have his eyes closed and his head back, he’s stomping his leg, and it’s just the three of us in a rehearsal room. That’s just our genuine space.”

SHAKY STILLS are playing at the Yarra Hotel on Saturday December 5 with support from Yasin Leflef. Entry is free.

the inspiration for the lyrics came from a conversation she had with Steward after playing a gig together on the outskirts of Brisbane.

“Tim and I sometimes play shows just as a duo. So we were spending a bit of time together and having big, meaningful conversations,” she says. “One night after a show, at a place just out of town called Sandgate, we got to chatting and Tim said, ‘Wow, you know everyone everywhere we go.’ And I said, ‘Yeah, and you’re always surrounded by people wherever you go’.

Later I was thinking about that and I realised that it doesn’t really matter if you’re surrounded by people or if you know everybody, you can still feel isolated and alone. Whether it’s our online existence or getting older and having circumstances change, I think a lot of people feel the same way.”

The single also includes the lo-fi, shoegazey treat, Rules of Attraction, and the incredibly punchy pop rock gem, I’m Fighting. Each track has a different feel, but a common thread lies in the effortless harmonising of Lloyd and Steward.

Encouraged by the positive reaction to the single, Lloyd admits they’re currently working on an LP. “We’re in the process of songwriting. So far all the songs have been written in a space underneath my house, so I’m sure that will play a part in setting the tone of the record.

“In terms of concept there are no grand plans as yet. We just haven’t thought that far ahead. But the songs are happening quite quickly.”

While the creative juices are obviously flowing, Lloyd says it’s unlikely the album will come out before mid-2016. Until then, it’s nice to know Screamfeeder still love what they do. “We can’t wait to be playing down in Sydney and Melbourne – it’s going to be great. But right now we’re trying to hunt down a pair of second-hand trunks so that Tim can go for a swim. It’s about a million degrees here today.”

Alone In A Crowd is out now through Poison City Records. Catch SCREAMFEEDER at The Tote on Friday November 27.

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Over the last 12 months, Peking Duk have been riding one hell of a wave. In addition to upcoming slots at Stereosonic and the Falls Festival, the Canberran duo have been carving a trail across US, stopping by festivals like Coachella and Life Is Beautiful. Their latest single, Say My Name, saw a rockier shift from their usual fare.

As co-leader Reuben Styles explains, the single is a taste of things to come. With one touring whirlwind behind them, and another storm of gigs fast approaching, Styles takes a breath and ponders what direction their sound might take next.

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Third albums are strange beasts. After the expectations that surround your sophomore effort, in many ways the third record directly addresses your musical longevity.

By this time, a distinctive voice has been established, and listeners have faith in your artistry. Moon Duo have always cultivated a dreamy, psychedelic sound, and their third album Shadow of the Sun takes this even further. It is psychedelic but never inaccessible, born in part from band members Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada feeling ill-at-ease from time spent not making music.

“It’s not all downtime,” Yamada says. “But for some reason that period of time felt restful, but also very unrestful. I’m not sure how to describe it exactly, but for me, it felt like one of those times in life when you’re just … Sometimes I go through these times of feeling I’m finished with whatever habits and mindsets defined a certain time in my life. They just feel old and I start seeking out new ones, ones that fit how I’m feeling about existence, about the world at the time. Right now it’s a mix between laziness and errand-running. We’re in the middle of heavy touring, so when we get home it’s in these little pockets of time. Half of it is sleeping and watching Seinfeld reruns, and the other half is running around trying to take care of everything we couldn’t do on the road.”

The singer/keyboardist laughs, “It’s like psychological moulting. Sometimes I need to just shed some kind of skin.”

This philosophy seems to be reflected in the band’s music itself. The San Franciscan pair have often spoken of the transformative nature of music and luring listeners to a different consciousness is fundamental to their output. Moon Duo are drawn to convergence and unexpected connections, and in recent times Yamada has experienced this firsthand while roaming about on tour.

“It’s a strange kind of binary lifestyle. It’s either very, very outward, or very inward.

The travel is wonderful, but it also changes one’s brain. Going from place to place to place, I have moments on every tour where I wake up and I have no idea where I am for five minutes and have to reach back in my head to work out where we are. There are moments where I feel a certain malaise about it, and moments where I love it. That dislocation is a unique experience, which has its upsides and downsides, but it has definitely transformed the way I experience time and geography.”

Their upcoming Australian tour will mark their third visit to our shores, and while Yamada is generally a measured, thoughtful speaker, when talk turns to these gigs her voice becomes more animated and excited.

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of underlying behavioural norms and cultural customs. That is quite interesting.

Australian audiences I find very friendly actually, really open. I feel like my memories of Australian shows always involve good hangs with people afterwards. People will come right up and talk to us and they generally seem really great.”

One of the most enticing aspects of a Moon Duo live show is the inclusion of live painting. It’s an intriguing blend of artistic disciplines, which more and more artists are being drawn towards. As Yamada explains, even identical sets will contain subtle differences, and no two performances are ever repeated. Enhancing this individuality with impromptu artworks compounds the audience’s immersion, a sensory banquet of overlapping image and sound.

“Originally the inspiration was kind of an acid test of those experience in the ‘60s in San Francisco, where their goal was to achieve the state of sensual interplay. And I think that’s a really great aspect of art as related to music. You have a live music performance, and even if it’s recorded or on video, it can never really be experienced again. Whatever happens on that night, between the band and the crowd, the energy in the room, all of these factors combine in a chemical reaction. And to me, that’s the artistic experience of live music from either side – playing it, or watching it –so I really want to make an effort to make that experience as singular as possible, from as many sensory angles as possible. Usually we have a live mix, and the concert is never quite the same on any given night either.

That’s the beauty of it, I think.

“Part of it is that none of us really move around much on stage,” she laughs. “We’re not Nick Cave prowling down on the edge of the stage and getting right in people’s faces, engaging them in that way. That being absent from our performance, it’s kind of an effort to pull people in maybe.

We want to create an environment that feels interactive.”

MOON DUO are playing at the National Gallery of Victoria on Friday December 11, as part of the Andy Warhol |Ai Weiwei Friday Night at NGV series. They’re also playing the Meredith Music Festival, which happens Friday December 11 – Sunday December 13 in Meredith, VIC.

“It’s great finally being at home,” he says.

“We landed in Sydney from Vegas, played a gig that night with The Veronicas, then woke up the next day and realised it’s relax time. Anything goes. We haven’t booked in any studio sessions or anything. I’ve just sat back and tried to regain myself. Get some rest. I think that makes the studio so much more fun, when you’re not forcing yourself.

Today when I woke up I had ideas bouncing around, and just went in and started laying stuff down there and then.

“So you have a bit of healthy living, but mixed with heading down to your local pub each night for a few nightcaps. If you’re not drinking at all, well, people are going to be a bit scared. You know what they say, never trust a man who doesn’t drink.”

Much of life seems to be about finding a balance between business and pleasure, and as Styles describes kicking back to play Grand Theft Auto V, you can’t help but feel the man has earned the respite. He and Adam Hyde began the electronic duo back in 2010, putting in a few years of ground work before cracking the top 40 with the 2014 single High (featuring Nicole Millar). From there came international record deals and touring,

a constant cavalcade of festivals and clubs, and an ongoing evolution in sound.

“We’ve been doing a lot of festivals lately in America. There are little tricks you find on the way, things that we’ve accidentally done in one set and saw worked really well, so we’ve done them again in the next set. There are a bunch of things that become a part of the regular show as the show continues, stuff on the fly. But a lot of the time, if you do see us play twice in the space of a few weeks you’ll still see a very similar set. We might add a new tune into the set and ditch an old

TIGERLILY

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Australian DJ Tigerlily is an unashamed fan of commercial pop music. She even admits to liking Justin Bieber. “People expect me to name something more underground when they ask me what I like,” she says. “My manager tells me I have terrible taste in music because I listen to commercial pop and R&B, like The Weeknd’s latest album.”

In an industry dominated by attitude and notions of cool (and a lot of males), this girl’s not worried about what anyone thinks.

Tigerlily’s building a strong reputation with her unique happy-clappy sound. She is about to perform at Stereosonic Festival, a globe-spanning celebration of electronic music. She says this musical environment suits what she does.

“Stereosonic is the main festival for dance music in Australia. I used to play at Future and Creamfields but they’ve both gone under now. The only other festival is Splendour in the Grass and that’s a different audience to my type of music. Stereosonic is B E AT.C O M . A U

the only one left.”

Tigerlily wasn’t always planning to become a DJ. “Being a DJ wasn’t on the cards,” she says. “But I saw Deadmau5 in 2010. I loved the size, scale and beauty of his dance music and told myself, ‘I need to be a DJ’. It took a while, but here I am. It’s my passion and hobby. I love performing and writing music and I’ve always played instruments and songs. If you’re passionate it shows. I’m so blessed to do it as my job now.”

Tigerlily’s certainly in an enviable position, so what does she attribute her success to?

“It might sound funny, but it’s the positivity I try to put out,” she says. “It’s such a

one every two weeks. Our change is a very gradual process. After maybe four months you should be hearing an entirely new set.”

When Say My Name was released, much of the surrounding conversation centred on how different it was from the duo’s prior releases. Regardless of how strong the track actually is, it makes you ponder how comfortable the guys are in their musical skin. Does the need to stretch out imply a fear of being tied down to a certain sound, or is it all part of a natural artistic evolution?

“As soon as you get to that point where you’re not really loving what you’re doing, switch it up. High, Take Me Over sound quite different to Say My Name and all the other songs we’ve been working on lately.

Say My Name felt right because it was a step not necessarily in a rock direction, but a step away from what we’d found ourselves starting to get stuck in. That was great in a way, where people were saying, ‘That sounds like Peking Duk,’ but at the same time we might have boxed ourselves into a certain sound.

“There are lots and lots of directions still to go, and I think doing stuff like that will not only unbox ourselves for our fans, but will make us both happier in the long term.”

PEKING DUK are playing at Stereosonic, alongside Armin van Buuren, Major Lazer, Duke Dumont and more, on Saturday December 5 at Melbourne Showgrounds.

They’re also hitting up the Falls Festival in Byron Bay, NSW, which runs from Thursday December 31 – Sunday January 3.

competitive industry, full of cool dudes and cool chicks. I don’t play the cool card. I just have fun and go crazy. The message in my music is to just be yourself.

“It feels good to be part of something. I call my followers Team Unicorn and that’s an indication of who I am. I’m just having fun, not being too serious. That’s what people respond to the most. ‘We’re not saving lives here;’ that’s what I say to people who are getting stressed or worried. It’s a creative industry so you should have fun developing yourself and developing your talent.”

Tigerlily is known for her aqua-coloured long hair and general peachiness. Would she be as successful if she weren’t so damn cute? “Image is extremely important,” she admits. “It’s all part of the package. It’s not enough to have talent, to just be able to write a good song. You have to present a package. My hair has become part of me as a brand. It’s very recognisable. It’s about how you perform, you’ve got to look good, be engaging, and you’ve got to talk to people. You make people feel like they’re special.

“I’ve definitely got a game plan,” she continues. “I’d be silly not to. I do have goals but am happy with where I’m at right now. I’m lucky, I’ve got great support.

I don’t think I’ll be a DJ when I’m older.

It’s quite difficult, all the travelling. Being on the road can be lonely. There are those elements. But right now I’m having a blast – I can’t complain. I am just about to go to Asia and I’ve got a new single [Feel the Love]. It’s awesome.”

Tigerlily is pretty pleased with her new single. “Feel the Love’s vocals are by Nat Dunn – we’ve got a beautiful musical connection. It’s pop music with a lot of vocal elements. It’s got good positive vibes for everyone. It’s about spreading love and happiness. My work’s about that, and nature – themes like that. It’s not about girls getting drunk together; it’s about things that resonate with a wide variety of people.”

TIGERLILY is appearing at Stereosonic, with Dance Cult, Torren Foot, Shiba San and more, on Saturday December 5 at Melbourne Showgrounds.

SMOKING MARTHA

BREAKING AWAY FROM THE CLASSICS

BY ROD WHITFIELD

Brisbane quintet Smoking Martha refuse to be pigeonholed among the heaving mass of classic rock acts plying their trade across Australia and the globe.

For starters, their sound is distinguished by frontwoman Tasha Doherty’s sultry vocals. Secondly, whilst they’re certainly influenced by ‘60s and ‘70s rock, they consistently inject other influences into their sound. Beat catches up with Doherty, who’s speaking from Byron Bay, to find out what makes them different.

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As a band, you can only go so far in a single scene before it’s impossible to expand any further. However, the Coronas have come to the conclusion that the sky is the limit for them, riding off several #1 chart spots and soldout shows in their native Ireland. They’ve set their sights on cracking into the UK market, and are also targeting the international market in a bigger way than before.

This ambition has seen the band evolve in many ways, as frontman Danny O’Reilly paints a picture of four rockers who won’t be content with anything less than mega success.

“We’ve been very lucky that our first couple of albums did really well in Ireland,” says O’Reilly on the phone from his homeland. “We released them ourselves independently. We took the decision to move to London to see if we could give it a go there, and creatively we wanted to change – we wanted to take ourselves out of our comfort zone, which the move became in a way. We got a record deal, a promotion deal and the crowds are growing, the tours have been growing, and we’re really excited about that. Even with Australia, we came there last year and were surprised by the crowd. We really enjoyed it and hopefully we can continue to build on that.”

The Coronas’ loyal fanbase had been substantially developing over seven years before they decided to relocate to the UK. Despite recent breakthroughs, there’s still a gap between their drawing power on home turf and international stages.

Nevertheless, O’Reilly enjoys playing in any scenario.

“Luckily we’d been doing quite well [before the move],” he says. “We played our biggest headline show in February at the 3Arena in Dublin, which was 14,000 capacity and sold out, if that gives a bit of an indicator of the level of popularity here, which is so cool. We still need to expand, build and improve into other territories.

Doing the smaller tours and smaller venues is great as a band, but it’s still great to be able to go back and do the big shows as well as travelling overseas. We get a kick out of doing both. They’re both quite different.

“When we started out, we were doing everything ourselves. We had our own music scene that we hit and spread out in through word of mouth, but we were of the opinion that someone would come and pluck us out of the air. I think it’s the same in any industry, though – you have to put yourself in the shop window. We had to put ourselves out at the bottom of a new ladder to climb up with London. I suppose it is unusual to be so big in one area and not the other, especially since we’re not really an Irish-sounding band.

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that sense, really. But I guess it’s cool to have such a big, loyal fan base.”

While the UK and Ireland are geographical neighbours and historically intertwined, they essentially have separate and distinct music scenes. Along with altering the way they saw themselves as professionals, The Coronas took on the UK by altering the way they approached their music.

“The album before last [2011’s Closer To You], we wrote a lot of it in a place in Dingle in Ireland,” O’Reilly says. “Beautiful part of the world. We wrote most of our last album there. We were really happy with it.

When we started writing for this album [2014’s The Long Way], we went down to Kerry County again in the same way with ten songs that we thought were quite good.

When we moved to London, we started writing and reignited our ambitions. As I said, we saw the ladder and realised we were in a much bigger game.

“We took ourselves out of our comfort zones, pushed ourselves a bit harder and in the end only one of those ten songs we wrote in Ireland made it to the album.

Most of the new songs came from when we were in London. I think that shows we improved our songwriting, seeing all these new tracks over the old songs.”

After one geographical change improved The Coronas’ creative palette, they’re now beginning to cast an eye overseas, with ambitions beyond the occasional tour.

“Even now we’re thinking, ‘Where do we take it for the next one? Where do we go past London?’ We live there now, it’s great, but maybe it’s time for a change. Maybe we should go to America. Even then, we’re hoping to take it to Europe next year.

Our record deal with Universal means we can release the album in lots of different territories. We’re in two minds about what we should do with the next one, and how we approach that – that will take us on a bit and get us focused, change the way we perform even.”

THE CORONAS are playing the Corner Hotel on Friday December 4.

The Long Way is out now through Island/ Universal.

“Our guitarist Mick [Broome], who started writing the songs, has a punk background,” she says. “So the punk rock side comes through in a lot of the songs. We also have a bit of a blues inspiration, so I guess we’ve got that punk blues rock feel to our music. We’re trying to steer away from the standard rock sound that we started with.

We’re being a little bit more experimental with the songs now too, and delving into being a little more left of centre, away from just that classic rock feel. The blues, the swampiness and the punk rock are all running through there.”

Local punters can experience the band’s unique blend later this week when Smoking Martha bring their Sweet as Honey single tour down to Victoria. Doherty is looking forward to it, partly because she’ll get to return to the regional Victorian town of her birth.

“We love coming to Melbourne, it’s one of favourite spots. We came down a few months ago with the Wallapalooza Tour. We love Melbourne’s venues and Melbourne’s vibe, so any excuse really.

“We’re playing Music Man in Bendigo on the Saturday night, and then Geelong at the Barwon Club on the Sunday. Which is great, because I’m actually born and raised

in Geelong. So it’s going to be a really good weekend.”

These shows promise to be just as fun for fans, as the band typically throw inhibitions to the wind to put on a rip-roaring rock show. “Playing live is our favourite part of being in a band,” says Doherty. “We like to have a lot of energy onstage. There’s not one member who’s just standing there, so it’s super high energy. For me it’s just about letting go of everything and just doing what you love. And onstage is where you get to

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Californian punk rockers, Lagwagon, are headed our way next month for their second visit within 12 months. To celebrate, we spoke with affable frontman Joey Cape to discuss the band’s latest album Hang, his new latest solo record, and why bald and green is the new black.

Released in late-2014, Hang is Lagwagon’s eighth studio album and the first in nine years. “We’re very proud of the record. I feel in many ways that it’s the best work we’ve ever done,” Cape says. “I suppose it’s kind of political, which is not something we’ve done in the past, but I decided it was time to write a record like that.”

It was Cape’s friends who initially encouraged him to include political themes in his songs. “We’d be out at the pub having drinks and I would go on some rant about something, and then for years they’d say, ‘You should write about that,’ and I’d say, ‘Oh no, I don’t write about that kind of thing. Fuck that concept. I write about B E AT.C O M . A U

death and disloyalty, and all these really depressing things’,” he laughs. “I never wrote political, angry songs like other punk bands have done. So the idea was just to write a conclusive piece about my views, like things I’ve observed about the world around me that my daughter has to grow up in, and my admission of how angry it makes me.

“Most importantly though, it just felt so good to make a record. We hadn’t made a record in a long, long time – and there was something about the collaborative way this record was made that was different to other ones we’ve recorded in the past.”

Hang is the first Lagwagon release to

do that. You get to involve the crowd and make them feel your songs. So we’ll be as entertaining as we possibly can.”

The band have had a massive 2015, including support slots with the likes of Uriah Heep and Seether. Next year looks like it’ll be even bigger, as Smoking Martha are planning to record and release something significant, and then seriously step up their touring efforts.

“We’re actually in talks with a producer at the moment to get us into the studio, hopefully in Feb. We’re hoping to get in as soon as possible. The songs are ready and we’re ready to record. We just want to go with the right person this time.

“So we’ll be straight into the studio, record some new stuff, and then it’ll be tour tour tour, show show show. The whole year will hopefully be flat out, just playing shows.”

The band are also in talks with some influential industry figures with a view towards breaking beyond Australian shores.

“We’re talking with a few people at the moment trying to get us overseas. That’s a big one, that’s a huge goal. It’s definitely set in our vision. We’ll probably start with Japan, we might end up going there next year. But in the year ahead, we really want to get over to Europe.”

SMOKING MARTHA will play at Yah Yah’s on Friday November 27, Music Man, Bendigo on Saturday November 28, and the Barwon Club, Geelong on Sunday November 29.

feature bass player Joe Raposo, who joined in 2010, and it’s the most collaborative album the band’s ever made. “I suddenly realised that I have this amazingly seasoned band behind me that really wanted to make a record, and it would be criminal after all these years not to involve them,” Cape says.

“I know now that it’s much better when you’re able to work with other people and get their points of view. So we spent about six months developing all that material, and a lot of it was little pieces and parts of songs that were written by other guys in the band.

And it worked perfectly.”

The record was preceded by a particularly dark period in Cape’s life, which began with the breakdown of a relationship with a lifelong friend, and the tragic death of his brother-in-punk, No Use For A Name’s Tony Sly. The track One More Song was inspired Sly’s death.

“It’s the eight ball of the record – it’s the odd man out,” Cape says. “It’s the only song that’s a tribute and the only song that comes from that grieving process. Tony was just such an important person to me and to my band. We all knew him well and it just made sense to do it with Lagwagon. It’s part of life, you know? It can fit into any theme – loss and mourning is part of life.

While Cape valued the increased collaboration, he’s still working on his solo project, and released his third LP, Stitch Puppy, in September. The album title and cover art were inspired by a handmade doll his daughter gave him. “My wife’s been making dolls for years and my daughter’s quite an artist too,” he says. “They made that doll for me when I was going through that pretty hard time as a sort of mourning doll. At some point I thought it was a good muse and I like the idea of it being on the album cover, especially because my daughter made it. Then later I ended up sort of embodying the doll – I shaved my head and painted myself green because the doll is bald and green. Thankfully now my hair’s starting to grow back.”

See LAGWAGON at the Barwon Club, Geelong on Wednesday December 2 and Max Watt’s on Friday December 4.

THE CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS S U G A R

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BY ADAM NORRIS

“I haven’t spoken to anyone in a few days, so I’m fresh. You got yourself one fresh Honeydrop here,” so enthuses Lech Wierzynski, the exuberant frontman of The California Honeydrops. He is calling from the US, where the Oakland blues/R&B band have been touring like crazy ever since their formation back in 2007. After honing their skills in subways and street corners, they’ve gone on to support such luminaries as B.B. King and the recently departed Allen Toussaint. Their sound is a cavalcade of energy and fine musicianship, and this month Australian audiences will get to see them in all their wild glory. Provided, of course, they wake up in time for the flight.

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BY AMANDA SHERRING

“She’s got this way.” These four words seem to accurately sum up Julia Stone, and also happen to be four words that Angus Stone croons during the duo’s track Grizzly Bear. Julia has a way with words; a way of bringing you in through the band’s music and captivating your attention.

On stage, she regularly enchants onlookers, but what may seem like confidence is actually Julia dealing with her own nerves under the spotlight.

“When we started playing music, my way of dealing with insecurities, or my lack of sureness of who I am and being nervous about being on stage, was to be more confident than I actually was,” she says.

“I feel like now I dance between the two, where if I’m feeling nervous or I don’t have anything to say or I don’t know what to say, I’m much more comfortable just doing whatever in the situation. I think that’s been a growing up process – the less I judge myself, the more I feel OK about however it looks and however it comes across. “[Sometimes] I feel proud and confident of the woman I am, and others I feel unsure of the steps I’m taking and the world. So I think each show has elements of those parts of me.”

After a four-year hiatus during which Julia and Angus embarked on solo albums, the siblings reunited in 2014. There’s a pleasant give and take to their live performances, and the songwriting process is much the same.

However, it’s by no means effortless.

“To a degree there was a level of trepidation,” says Julia. “How does this work sitting in a room together and singing line for line and jamming on songs and to be open enough to allow each other to do that? Songwriting for both of us is such a personal thing and you have to have so much trust when you co-write. To allow yourself to say whatever you want to say and not be embarrassed about what it is – you just have to go for it.

“Working with Angus again, I feel like that’s a well you can never get to the bottom of. You can always become more open and become more trusting. I think what makes any relationship exciting is the potential for a deeper understanding of the other person and feeling that sense of safety and trust. To really be vulnerable and go for things and maybe say things that may be uncomfortable and from a place that you don’t even understand.”

A year prior to the duo’s reunion, Julia and her solo band were celebrating a band member’s birthday at Hotel Amour in Paris. At that moment Angus and his band stepped through the door – a pure coincidence, considering neither of them was aware the other was in Paris. This

chance meeting paved the way for their artistic re-connection. Before long the siblings were back in the studio together, alongside legendary American producer Rick Rubin.

“We weren’t that in contact at the time and we were very immersed in our own projects,” Julia says. “The Hotel Amour situation was particularly interesting and serendipitous and just really unexpected because I had absolutely no idea that Angus was in France. We’re sitting there as a band having a birthday dinner for one of our band members in our favourite restaurant in France and in walks Angus’ best mate.

Then the rest of the band and Angus. He had no idea I was doing a show there and it was just a really beautiful moment and quite funny as well.

“I guess the stars were just aligning and making sure we hadn’t forgotten each other too much. So when it came time to make the next decision [as Angus & Julia Stone], those moments had helped us make them.”

It’s now more than a year since the duo released their self-titled third LP, and they’ll be in town for the Queenscliff Music Festival later this month. “I got taken there once by a friend who used to visit there as a kid,” Julia says. “I went on this trip for about four days and I just loved the place. I think it’s so beautiful and peaceful and when I heard we were playing the Queenscliff Music Festival this year it was really exciting. I’m super excited to show him [Angus], not that I’m a local or anything, but I think I know a few shops and cafes. I had a really fun time there and I think it’ll be nice for the band.

“I remember having deep fried pineapple fritters from the fish and chip shop and that was amazing. It’s just such an Aussie experience, a really nice small Aussie town. I love the city and living there but if you were ever going to go out of the city, I’d go there.”

ANGUS & JULIA STONE will join Harts, Augie March, Ron Sexsmith, Hoodoo Gurus and more at the Queenscliff Music Festival, which runs from Friday November 27 – Sunday November 29, in Queenscliff, VIC.

“An ordinary day,” Wierzynski muses. “Wake up horrendously hungover, you don’t know where you are. You’re always in a different bed, you look over at the person next to you, don’t know who the hell they are either. Your buddy is still snoring somewhere, which is the only reason you woke up in the first place.

You look at your phone, and you realise that your tour manager has called you five times and that you were supposed to be up and out of the hotel an hour ago. You get yourself together as fast as you can, you leave some of your favourite socks behind because you’re in a hurry. You jump in a van, and you’re on your way to the next gig. Then you get to do it all over again.”

Wierzynski sounds thrilled at the prospect of the next gig, and it becomes swiftly apparent this is a man who was born to perform.

He talks about being on stage with such relish that you feel slightly bad for taking up his time with questions. The California Honeydrops built their name playing soulful New Orleanian R&B. Though, in all honesty, that description doesn’t quite capture the flavour of the band, which is rather the point – there is no tightly-boxed genre they subscribe to.

“The tradition of music from which we come

from, which is the New Orleans rhythm and blues tradition, has always incorporated lots of other kinds of music into it,” Wierzynski says. “Of course we’re based heavily in blues – that and gospel music is kind of the essential base of what we do. But that’s really the fundamental building block of all American rhythm and blues. We use those Caribbean influences, those reggae influences, but you can already hear that in New Orleans music anyhow. The people in New Orleans just picked up whatever music was lying around and they brought it in.

“People only really have genres anyway to

TRINITY ROOTS

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BY JESSICA MORRIS

After bringing their unique blues and reggae sound to the east coast earlier this year, legendary New Zealand trio Trinity Roots are returning for this weekend’s Queenscliff Music Festival. “We’re kind of a mixture of Aotearoa love sound – a psychedelic rock kick,” says drummer/vocalist Ben Lemi. “We like to take the audience on a sonic journey and get some important messages across with the lyrics.”

Trinity Roots aren’t the only Kiwi acts on the Queenscliff lineup – they’ll join the likes of Thomas Oliver, Estére and Hollie Smith. Of the latter, Lemi says, “She’s a really great soul voice and her band’s great to check out.”

As a group, Trinity Roots formed in 2001 and have toured across New Zealand numerous times. Given its indigenous origins, bringing their music to Australia is W W W. B E AT.C O M . A U

something of an experiment.

“That was our first real tour we did over there this year,” says Lemi. “So we didn’t exactly know what to expect. We had a few friends in the industry – the Australian music industry – saying that maybe our sound would sit well with the surfie community, the people on the coast.

“It seems like the audiences [were] really tapping into our wave length at the time –

sell things. People want to call it something just so they can sell it, or know what sort of clothes go along with it, but that ain’t really the reality of who we are as people. You take Ray Charles, man, there were no borders on that guy. He’s considered the godfather of soul in a lot of ways, but there were tonnes of country music in him, there’s bebop, there’s jazz, there’s church. That’s just how music is.”

There are a number of opportunities to catch The California Honeydrops over the coming week, with gigs locked in at the Northcote Social Club and the Caravan Music Club before they slide across to the Queenscliff Music Festival. Wierzynski is rather philosophical about where he plays.

As long as there is an audience willing to be entertained, the five-piece are itching to take the stage.

“Festivals are fun because most of the time people are going to them to let loose, right? You go to these camping festivals and completely forget about the real world. But it’s also great to play small club shows. There’s nothing like a small room where everyone is dancing. Having a sit-down, listening audience can be a great relief from the louder, crazier shows where people don’t listen as much and just want to party. The variety is the spice of life, you know, so I think it’s all good.”

THE CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS are playing at the Caravan Music Club on Wednesday November 25 and Northcote Social Club on Thursday November 26.

Then they’ll join the likes of Ron Sexsmith, Augie March, Kingfisha, L-Fresh The Lion and more at Queenscliff Music Festival, which runs from Friday November 27 – Sunday November 29 in Queenscliff, VIC.

it was really good to pick up on those types of energies. Melbourne was also really great, and was a bit more of a city vibe. I guess there are a few parallels between Melbourne and my hometown here in Wellington, in terms of quite a good music scene and quite a strong art scene. So that was really, really good to play Melbourne as well.”

Lemi was asked to join the band just over two years ago, and he was initially hesitant about entering the established group.

These reservations quickly passed, however, and his chemistry with vocalist/guitarist Warren Maxwell and bassist Rio HunukiHemopo is evident on the album Citizen, which came out earlier this year.

“It was a turning point for my life as a musician,” he says. “I was slightly nervous about the idea of it, but as we started rehearsing, singing and working on material, I realised what the benefit of joining a really established entity like Trinity is. We like to sing about values and society and just appreciating things other than material objects, material aspirations. So talking true relationships and not being so locked into the internet. You know, developing personal relationships with people on a physical level, that sort of thing.”

This message transcends their recordings to permeate their live shows. “We like to take our time with a lot of the jams that we play. Some of the songs have typical arrangements in terms of verse-chorus things happening. Also, we do like to stretch those forms out, and let the sonic aspects and the more musical aspects in on that journey.”

In a nutshell, Trinity Roots refuse to be put into box, and that’s made clear by their music. “It’s sort of a linear journey, I suppose – we like to transport people.”

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ALL OF THE DIRT ALL AT ONCE S AVA G E

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BY THOMAS BRAND

Local duo All Of The Dirt All At Once have just unveiled their self-titled debut album. An aptly named act, they create gritty jams informed by guitarist David Lees and drummer Joe Forrester’s backgrounds in punk and metal. As aggressive as they sound, the band take a casual approach to their music.

THE MARK OF CAIN H A R D

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“No frills, no bullshit.” These are the words The Mark of Cain singer and guitarist John Scott uses to describe the band’s upcoming Australian tour. The tour doesn’t coincide with a new release – rather, it’s simply for the love of playing and a gift to their loyal fans. Formed in Adelaide in the mid-‘80s, The Mark of Cain are one of Australia’s most unassuming, realistic bands. Scott isn’t shy about his age, citing it as one of the reasons for the upcoming tour.

“In the old days we were playing all the time, and that’s what everyone did, but now it has become more related to people touring in support of releases,” he says.

“We’re from the day when you just toured because you toured, not really in support of anything. We just wanted to get out there and do it, and we don’t play all the time so I think that a good thing for us – to just get out there and let people know we’re around. The fans are very good and they’ve always been a very loyal crowd, so this is our payment back to them.”

John Scott co-founded The Mark of Cain with his brother, bassist Kim Scott.

The original lineup featured vocalist Rod Archer and drummer Gavin Atkinson, but within a few years John had taken over vocal duties. Meanwhile, the band churned through a stack of drummers before John Stanier (Battles/ex-Helmet) joined in 1999.

“The problem was we were going through drummers because Kim and I were getting better at playing, and the drummers weren’t keeping up,” John Scott says.

“When you’re getting better and better, you need the drummer to keep up. Some of it was personal, but mainly we were just trying to find drummers that could play really hard and understand complexity and rhythm. So if anything, we were defining the requirements for the drummer and the drummers had to meet that, and not all of the drummers could meet that.

“It’s a hard job, but when Stanier rocked into the roll in 2000, that was a breath of fresh air. He was this uber-talented drummer, defined with a rich style from his Helmet days, and when he put his hand up and said he’d help us out whenever he could, that was just so much easier because he’s such a great player.”

Scott’s respect for Stanier is obvious, and it stems not just from his playing style, but also his ongoing efforts to balance his multi-band commitments. Given the success of US-based experimental rock band Battles, The Mark of Cain have to be flexible with their touring and recording schedule. However, Stanier wasn’t able to tour with the band in 2014, and rehearsal drummer Eli Green stepped up to plate.

“We started rehearsing with Eli, and we thought ‘OK, this guy can do it’, and he’s proven it. So that worry about John not BEAT MAGAZINE PAGE 32

being able to play with us became less and less troublesome,” John Scott says. “And John’s been really supportive of Eli. Eli had really big shoes to fill, and we work Eli really hard.”

Hard work is at the core of The Mark of Cain ethos. Both John and Kim Scott are engineers by trade, but juggling nine-tofive jobs with their lives as musicians has never been too much to handle.

“We’ve always played and worked, and that’s just how it is. We practise three times a week and work in weekend shows around work. We’ve always made it work, and there’s never been a time where we had to choose between work and music. It is possible to achieve that balance, because when you think about it, how many people actually manage to make a living out of music? That’s why you may as well have something to fall back on, as my own parents used to say, otherwise it means that you’ll end up unemployable.”

For an unrelenting hard rock musician, Scott sounds exceedingly adult. However, it’s not something he’s bashful about.

In fact, this maturity will see the band donate all proceeds from their upcoming doubleheader at Adelaide’s Enigma Bar to the Cancer Council.

“We’ve always got our hand in things like that, mainly things that are of interest to us I suppose. We are at the stage where we feel like we can do that. It’s one thing to be a struggling band, and God knows we’re still a struggling band from that point of view, but we don’t rely on the band’s income to live or anything like that.

So this is a nice way to be a bit altruistic about things.”

When asked about the future of The Mark of Cain, Scott’s response is likely to keep the band’s loyal fans happy. “We always went for it no matter what – if people didn’t like us, it didn’t matter to us. We’ve got to this point knowing we weren’t the favourites, but we’ll just keep doing what we do, and I guess we’ll see when we stop.

But if the machine’s still there and the power’s still there, we’ll keep going. These are going to be solid hard brutal shows. A lot of old stuff. No frills, no bullshit.”

THE MARK OF CAIN will play at Max Watt’s on Thursday November 26 with support from Batpiss.

“I think Dave and I were getting pretty bored with life in general,” says Forrester.

“We ended up getting a beer at probably the shittest pub in Melbourne. We were sitting there, surveying our surroundings, and I put it to Dave that we should play music again. So I started yelling out a riff like, ‘bah bah bah da da da’, doing air drumming and getting really excited about it, and we quite swiftly went back to my house, set up drums and guitar and figured out that riff.”

“A lot of the riffs off that album were mouthed at pubs first and then turned into real riffs after,” says Lees. “Realising that it was both kind of cool and annoying, but fun because it was simple and easy to do.

We’ve got an aversion to playing typical metal as well, maybe because we listen to so much of that stuff. We wanted to do something really heavy but something that wasn’t conventional, or dare I say clichéd, and we decided we wanted to avoid that by basically playing one note per song.”

It’s easy to push a band to breaking point by contriving to fit in with a scene. Both seasoned musicians, Forrester and Lees have learned from past experiences and are now only trying to satisfy themselves.

“It’s more about the energy in the songs,” says Forrester. “If it makes you think, ‘This is awesome,’ we’re happy about that. If it makes us laugh, we’re happy about that.

That’s what we’re going for.”

“We did all that serious stuff through our early 20s,” says Lees. “It was so much

work going through weekly rehearsals and redoing songs to make them more complicated, then having in-band fights about what was going to work and what wasn’t. That weekly grind of being a normal band, we really wanted to avoid [that]. Joe and I spent a lot of time together anyway, so this is a crappy but fun project that we’re doing together.

“It’s taken on its own life form, because the album sounds so huge. So we should probably act more accomplished about it, but it’s definitely more about having fun than doing the typical ‘obsess over the music too much’ plan. That’s a sure fire way

THE UGLY KINGS

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BY ROD WHITFIELD

It’s never easy to describe the sound of your own band to someone else. But Nick Dumont, bassist for Melbourne heavy blues rockers The Ugly Kings, tells us that a fan came up with a quirky, but entirely appropriate description of the band’s sound. “Someone who saw us said we were Jack White if he grew a beard and balls,” he laughs. For the uninitiated, Dumont takes the explanation of the band’s sound a little further. “It’s heavy, dirty blues with Jim Morrison-type vocals [and] Jimi Hendrix and Sabbath riffs.”

As far as rock bands go, The Ugly Kings are a multi-cultural bunch. “All four members of the band come from different countries,” says Dumont. “I’m from France, I joined last. The singer’s from New Zealand, the guitarist is from Greece and the drummer’s from Australia. It’s become a real bar joke thing. It’s like, a Kiwi, an Aussie, a Greek and a Frenchman walk into a bar…”

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Unsurprisingly, the band members’ diverse backgrounds make for an interesting creative dynamic. “I think it does, because there’s always something new going on,” says Dumont. “In terms of upbringing as well, that can take the mood in different ways as well. So whatever’s going to come out of anyone’s mouth or anyone’s mind, and how they were brought up and the

of killing all the joy.”

Constructing songs through a verbal back and forth seems liable to disintegrate into a game of Chinese whispers. All Of The Dirt All At Once’s songwriting method means the exchange of ideas can be tricky, but it does create some interesting mutations.

“Sometimes we get way off in the sense that I might mouth the noise, Dave will figure it out on guitar and the rhythm will come completely different from how we thought in our heads,” says Forrester. “It does go wrong sometimes, but usually we’ll just abandon that or it’ll work out pretty quickly.”

“The way Tennis came up – I think it was six days before recording – I started playing the riff, but then Joe started playing in a completely different time signature than I thought,” says Lees. “He completely changed the riff and I had no idea what he was doing, but the way he changed it was completely awesome. We have this weird thing where whatever riff or rhythm we’re hearing, I’ll hear it one way and he’ll hear it on the off beat – or what he’ll call the right way, my way being the wrong way.”

ALL OF THE DIRT ALL AT ONCE are launching their debut album at The Old Bar on Saturday December 12. The album is available now via Bandcamp.

differences between us in that way, it just creates something very interesting and very different every time.”

The Ugly Kings have an important show this weekend at local rock’n’roll haven, Cherry Bar. They’re doing their darndest to make it a night to remember. “We’ve been punching the promo really hard for the past month and a half, so hopefully we’ll get it sold out,” Dumont says. “That’s the goal for this one.”

The band are using this show to unveil the vinyl version of their recently released mini album, Of Sins. “We had the digital release recently, but this is our first vinyl, so we thought we’d launch it properly. It’s a mini album of eight tracks, and the vinyl just came out last week.”

Despite being too young to have been brought up on vinyl, the band members are all big fans of the format. They’ve taken the opportunity to do something rather special with the Of Sins vinyl release.

“We’re all about 25 to 30 years old, so we’ve all grown up on CDs, but what we’ve done on this one is we’ve got a full booklet of artwork from Rachel Davies. It’s five pages, the album’s called Of Sins, and we’ve based the artwork and the aesthetic of it around Sin City/Frank Miller type drawings.”

Dumont is justifiably proud of the way the release has turned out. “It comes with five full artwork pieces, and it comes together based around the lyrics of the songs, it’s a little short story. It looks phenomenal.

That’s why having the option to do the vinyl was amazing. It came out really beautiful, it’s great, she did an amazing job on it.”

The launch will be the band’s last show for the year, so fans are advised to get down to Cherry Bar for an almighty party. A full tour of the country is on the cards for early 2016, and then The Ugly Kings will set their sights on the international market.

“We’ve started booking a tour for FebruaryMarch, for around Australia. We’re probably going to release a clip before that, then head off around the country. That’s the plan. Then hopefully we can tour overseas.”

THE UGLY KINGS will launch Of Sins at Cherry Bar this Saturday November 28, with support from The Hunted Crows and Devil Electric.

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Sunnyboys, right through to Frenzal, Eddy Current and The Peep Tempel. It’s out now.

I was pretty excited to hear that Ship Thieves (formerly known as Chris Wollard and The Ship Thieves) will be releasing their third full length album via No Idea in January. Wollard is better known for sharing vocal duties in Hot Water Music but sans any further developments on that front, I can’t wait for No Anchor.

How do we all feel about The Used releasing a live acoustic album? I’m currently unsure that anyone really wants to hear the tender refrains of Box Full Of Sharp Objects sung acoustically, but they are proceeding nonetheless. Live and Acoustic At The Palace will drop on April 1 next year (April Fools maybe?) and preorders are available now via 24hundred.net.

Can’t wait for some good excuses to flee the fam this festive season? Don’t worry, Ceres have put together a bill with Slowly Slowly, Kissing Booth and DJ T-Bone Blazin at Shadow Electric for Friday December 18.

The Bendigo Hotel is also throwing an Orphans Christmas Party on Christmas Eve. Eric Melvin from NOFX is going to come to the party and spin some tunes while Mesa Cosa, Laura Palmer and Blind Man Death Star are hitting the stage. Anty from The Bennies and Stevie from Clowns will also lend their DJ skills and there will be giveaways from Afends. That’s Thursday December 24.

The penultimate ever NEXT! club night will go down this Thursday November 26 with Danger! Earthquake!, The Brilliant Dance and Ever Rest bidding farewell to the Thursday night party venue. The usual

super cheap drink specials apply.

Frenzal Rhomb have added an extra show in Lorne to their upcoming tour. The gig will take place on Sunday January 10 at Lorne Hotel with special guests Clowns.

Grab tickets now.

The heavy music community is coming to the aid of The Ghost Inside who were involved in a crash in Texas when their tour bus hit a semi. Several people died in the collision and the damages are starting to stack up so they’ve appealed to fans via GoFundMe to help pay the expenses.

have released a video for their track Here’s To The Heartache from their self-titled Eleven Seven Music debut album. Each of the album’s previous three singles landed in the Top 10 of the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs Chart. Vocalist Jonny Hawkins cites a quote from academic METAL, HEAVY ROCK. CLASSIC ROCK LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL Steve Marabolli: “‘As I look back on my life, I realise that every time I thought I was GOOD SHIT being rejected from something good, I was with PETER HODGSON actually being re-directed to something crunchcolumn@gmail.com better.’ This quote sums up the heart of this song. We’ve seen failed relationships lead NEW ASHES TO NEW ALBUM to soulmates, crippling weakness, uncover hidden strength, and epic loss pave the way ANNOUNCED for greatness.”

From Ashes To New have just released a new video for the song Through it All from the album Day One, which is due for release MONSTER TRUCK GET on Friday February 26 via Sony Music HEAVY Australia. Matt Brandyberry says, “The Juno Award winning rock outfit Monster Through It All video is incredibly powerful Truck have just announced their highly to me. The visuals of this video are unlike anticipated second album, Sittin’ Heavy, anything out there right now and do an will be released Friday February 19, 2016 amazing job of relaying the lyrical content on Dine Alone Records/Cooking Vinyl. to the realities of not only how public a The album is available to pre-order now, relationship on social media can be, but also and those who pre-order the record via how much of yourself you have to let go to iTunes will instantly receive Don’t Tell Me move on.” The song is also featured on the How to Live and the anthemic new track band’s new Downfall EP. The Enforcer. “Touring the last record we’ve been privileged to play with a lot of great headlining acts,” says guitarist NEW NOTHING MORE Jeremy Widerman. “For instance, when VIDEO we opened for Slash we would pick up on Texas-based four-piece Nothing More how accurately he controls the Wah pedal,

and we wanted to include some of that in our own songs. Or touring with Alice In Chains and watching their vocal harmonies and realising that we needed to strengthen up in that area – so we did. There are so many little ways to hone our sound.”

audiences to hear the lads with new second guitarist Dario Lorina, and also the first chance for Australian fans to get a look at Zakk’s new Wylde Audio line of guitars and amps. Catch Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society at 170 Russell on Monday November 30 and Tuesday December 1.

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I know it feels like compilations are a bit naff these days, but look, if you need a good Christmas gift for dad or that little brother who is on the cusp of having OK taste in music then look no further than Four|Four Music’s Stranded: The Chronicles Of Australian Punk. It features some of our country’s finest, including The Saints, Radio Birdman, Birthday Party,

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STRIKER STAND IN THE FIRE

Canadian metal band Striker will release their new album Stand In The Fire via their own label, Record Breaking Records, on Friday February 5. Inspired by legendary bands like Iron Maiden, Striker wear their hearts firmly on their battle jackets, soaking up the power and influence of classic rock and metal. They recorded the album themselves with the help of fill-in drummer Randy Black and mixing genius Frederik Nordström (Bring Me The Horizon, In Flames, Opeth). “We’re so excited about having our music, our ideas, and our future in our own hands – ushering in a new era for the band of decisive action, dedication and forward thinking,” guitarist Tim Brown says.

ZAKK WYLDE’S BLACK LABEL SOCIETY

The mighty Zakk Wylde’s Black Label Society hit town at the end of this month for their first headline appearance since 2006. It’s the first chance for Australian

GIGS: WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25:

SHUT UP AND CHOKE ME, SILENT CIRKUS, BLACK ARROW, SNEAKY PATS at The Bendigo Worm Crown, Batpiss, Plyers at The Tote

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26:

THE MARK OF CAIN, BATPISS at Max Watts BUSY KINGDOM, FEAR OF FLYING at The Brunswick Hotel DANGER! EARTHQUAKE!, THE BRILLIANT DANCE, EVER REST at NEXT! ANTI VIOLET, AVENUES END, GPOP, MEANDER at The Bendigo

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27:

CERES ANNOUNCE FOURTH ANNUAL XMAS SHOW

Hot off a national tour with Massachusetts punk/emo dudes The Hotelier and a killer slot at the Poison City Weekender, Melbourne’s beloved Ceres have announced their fourth annual Christmas show. The shindig’s happening at The Shadow Electric – the perfect place to drink a summer beer (or lemonade) and watch some of Melbourne’s best acts of the punk and rock variety. Joining the festivities will be Melbourne duo Slowly Slowly, who’ve been getting some serious love from triple j recently with their dreamy Jimmy Eat World/Built To Spill inspired alt-pop tunes. Bringing melodious heartbreaker emo vibes are locals Kissing Booth, who are such good dudes they all recently shaved their heads for charity. Friday December 18 from 7pm, tickets from shadowelectric. com.au

SCREAMFEEDER, THE 131S, THE SUNSET CLUB, KILL DIRTY YOUTH at The Tote THE MARK OF CAIN, BATPISS at Barwon Club THE BLACK HEART BREAKERS, SUPER SALOO N, THE VENDETTAS, HAPPY GO BLUES at Musicland Backstage, Fawkner THE LOVELESS, BLACKIE, JAMIE HAY & THE GUILD PARADE, RAY AHN at The Old Bar TANGLED THOUGHTS OF LEAVING, XENOGRAFT, SERIOUS BREAK, ORNITHOLOGIST at The Bendigo THE GETAWAY PLAN, RED BEARD at Whalers Hotel

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28:

KISSCHASY, BORN LION, WITH CONFIDENCE, MY ECHO, THE PRETTY LITTLES at Max Watt’s THE KREMLINGS, WET BLANKETS, SAFE HANDS, BAD VISION, SASKATCHEWAN, EMPLOYMENT, JESS LOCKE, LUKE SHIELDS at The Old Bar IN DEFENSE, PARTY VIBES, DISPARO, HAILGUN, WOLFPACK, ATOMIC DEATH SQUAD at The Tote LONG KNIFE, KROMOSOM, AVO< HOSTILE OBJECTS, THE FCK UPS at The Bendigo BLACK HEART BREAKERS, THE DIPSTICKS at Lyrebird Lounge KILL DIRTY YOUTH at The Tote JACKSON FIREBIRD at Pelly Bar, Frankston

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29:

ALESTORM LAGERSTEIN, TROLHAUGEN at 170 Russell BLACK HEART BREAKERS, WILD VIOLET, DICK, TWO HEADED DOG at Yah Yah’s DESERTION, OMEGA, CIELO DRIVE, DAY OF CLINT, STONE VALLEY at The Bendigo

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LONG KNIFE Hi. Who are we chatting with and what’s do you do in Long Knife?

Joe here, I play drums.

popular a few years back. We’ve lost a few venues over the past year though, so it’s tougher to have shows.

To the entirely uninitiated, give us a brief history lesson on Long Knife.

We got started back in 2012, jammed for the first half of the year and then went in to record some songs that ended up becoming the first LP in May of that year, and we started playing gigs that summer. Since then we’ve done two LPs, a single, a split 7” with Forward from Japan, a US tour, a European tour, and a bunch of other dumb stuff.

You’re on your way to Australia for the very first time, and will be hitting up the Bendigo Hotel this Saturday November 28. How does your live show compare to what we can hear on your records?

We do our best to keep it tight and fast live. You’ll just have to come down and check it out.

What’s the hardcore punk scene like in Portland?

What’s changed since you started out, and what’s stayed the same?

It’s good right now. There are a lot of newer bands that have a lot of energy, and people have toned down on the overly distorted sound that was really

Why should we get down to your show?

So that you can drink beers with us and trade stories of crazy times and possibly listen to some sick hardcore tunes. Fuck yeah.

LONG KNIFE will join Clowns at The Bendigo Hotel on Saturday November 28.

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You could tell by the smiles plastered on their faces that this was a special night for The Bennies. Or maybe it was something to do with the giant spliff being passed around onstage. Either way, 2015 has been an immense year for the turbo ska-punk party band, and a sell-out performance at the Corner seemed like a well-deserved celebration for a hell of a lot of hard work.

When they took the stage at party o’clock (11.40pm), the heaving crowd was already in high spirits, having experienced the blistering chaotic rock of locals Wet Pensioner and an emotional punch in the gut from Adelaide’s The Hard Aches – whose final song I Get Like This punched a hole in the roof of the joint. But it was clear from the moment they sauntered on stage that this would be The Bennies’ night.

As soon as they erupted into What’s Your Fuckin’ Problem?!, the moshpit started thrashing around like a Melbourne tornado.

From then on the party pedal was glued to the floor, as big hitters Acid On Me Brain, My Bike and Never Get Enough thundered from the PA. The majority of songs were loudly belted back at the stage from the triumphantly vocal crowd.

The response for new banger Party Machine proved it’s already a classic, which led frontman Anty Horgan to exclaim, “This is too fun.”The only break in momentum was a poignant moment when bassist Craig Selak acknowledged the band recently lost someone close to them, and dedicated the show to her.

It was a reminder to cherish those close to you and evidence that even the happiest of bands go through tough times.

Finishing off the main set with Knights Forever, they bounded off stage just long enough for the chants of “One more song/ bong” to reach fever pitch. They returned to finish the night off with a one-two punch of Anywhere You Wanna Go and Hold On. Sometimes you really do wish these nights would go on forever.

BY NATHAN WOOD LOVED: Knights Forever.

HATED: The next morning.

DRANK: /Smoked a lot of second hand wacky tobacky.

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BANOFFEE, KLLO, LUCIANBLOMKAMP, I’LLS FORMER ROYAL WOMEN’S HOSPITAL TUESDAY NOVEMBER 17

As Melbourne Music Week entered the home stretch, label and management group Good Manners threw together a lineup of talented local electronic artists.

I’lls were definitely the highlight of the evening. Despite being down one member, they delivered a set full of complex, polyrhythmic tracks to great effect. The band dwelled in sonic landscapes of their own creation, dipping into low-end valleys before soaring to synth-laden highs. The sound system got a hearty workout – an Photo by Ian Laidlaw

onslaught of bass pushed the musty air around the venue, counterbalanced by ethereal, washy synths. Backed by violently blinking lights, I’lls’ set was more an attack on the senses than a performance. It’s truly a shame the band are on an indefinite hiatus.

Lucianblomkamp was quirkier than the other acts on the bill. Teasing with dark industrial synths and violin at the start, the local artist was supported by guitar and saxophone samples, bass guitar, fingerpicked violin, and a guest vocalist.

However it wasn’t enough to distract from the uniform synth parts, which were lacklustre compared to the action of I’lls.

Kllo mellowed things out. Rather than getting eerie or frenetic like the earlier acts, they laid out a set of house-styled R&B. There was a sprinkling of UK garage, but it was mostly in the same vein as Banoffee’s early work – slow, melodic and focused around the vocals.

Banoffee performed exceptionally well,

proving her evolution as an artist. Since last year’s Melbourne Music Week, she’s transformed from a minimalist R&B performer with a quirky nervousness to a confident headliner. While the poporiented aspects of her earlier work remain, she’s developed a substantially richer range.

Tonight’s set encompassed warped beats, vocal duets and onstage dancers. Her older tracks were barely recognisable, remixed into livelier soundscapes. In the final minutes of her set, crowd members spilled onto the stage to dance and crowd surf.

BY THOMAS BRAND Loved: I’lls. Really good.

Hated: I kept getting asked if I’m selling ketamine. Fair enough I’m in a hospital, but do I look like vet?

Drank: Beers I shouldn’t have. I feel guilty and I’m sorry.

COLD CHISEL

ROD LAVER ARENA THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19

Cold Chisel hold a tricky place in the mind of any young-ish Australian music fan.

Their back catalogue’s a fortress guarded by a rabid, gravel spitting guard dog of a frontman, flagged with a perception of uncouth Australiana. It’s a fair assessment, although unfair to the songs.

Barnsey’s blaring conceals a rich depth of character within these songs – no secret to longstanding Chisel diehards. Their central appeal comes from a tremendous respect for music history, compounded by genuine heart.

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vocal, and most importantly, ear for chorus power. Cue the sax.

“Not yet, you’ll fuck him up,” Barnesy wryly barked at the crowd as they prematurely indulged in Saturday Night “Do-do-dooodo-do-do-do”-alongs as Don Walker – more Sunday casual than Suave Fuck – introduced the piano line. Saturday Night is perhaps the perfect Cold Chisel song: Walker’s writing, Mossy’s forlorn verse, Barnesy’s fuck-off roar. Chisel aren’t an arena rock band, but the songs are big enough to fill any venue on earth.

It was a masterclass in setlist curating, closing out the main portion of the set with the triptych of Flame Trees, nuanced political narrative turned barroom shoutalong Khe Sanh, and Bow River. “We’re fucken’ old bastards,” Barnsey said as a badge of honour, as many in the crowd gave theirs a polish. Age, booze and coke may have tempered Barnsey’s larynx with a lack of finesse, but it held up tonight.

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Mossy’s voice was perhaps as strong as ever, and his guitar skills are definitely stronger than ever, taking centre stage in an arresting Georgia On My Mind to open the second encore. There was a moment during Flame Trees, Barnesy stepping away from his mark to wrangle Moss into centre stage, grabbing his mate by the hair to share the microphone for the chorus. Decades of history, but all that mattered was the song, the music, together, with a few thousand people. But who needs that sentimental bullshit, anyway.

By Lachlan Kanoniuk LOVED: Mossy and Barnsey’s incredible display of mateship.

HATED: Missing the open air expanse of Hanging Rock the Saturday (Night, dodo-dooo-do-do-do-do) after.

DRANK: Slightly overpriced wine.

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1. Paper Mache Dream Balloon KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD 2. Porridge & Hotsauce YOU AM I 3. Weapon Chosen SAMPA THE GREAT 4. A Life in a Day DAVID ADES 5. Shadow of a Doubt FREDDIE GIBBS 6. Summers On The Ground LEAH SENIOR 7. Don’t Give It Up WLSON 8. Opus Opalas MKO SUN 9. People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths of Rhythm A TRIBE CALLED QUEST 10. So Frenchy So Chic VARIOUS ARTISTS

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1. Paper Mache Dream Balloon KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD 2. Electric Glitter Boogie POWER 3. 25 ADELE 4. Creatures ALI E 5. Silver Bullets THE CHILLS 6. Liminal Zones DAY RAVIES 7. Saeva LITTLE DESERT 8. Dance The Dance Electric THE SHOCKING PINKS 9. Monastic Living PARQUET COURTS 10. Light Weight THE OCEAN PARTY

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PL AY WR I T E Cathedrals (Independent)

Art emerges from tragedy in Playwrite’s debut album full of heavy emotion. It isn’t unusual for tragedies to inspire art, and much of Cathedrals deals with the death of guitarist Patrick Holcombe’s parents during the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires. With such a significant origin, it’s no wonder the album they’ve delivered is an incredibly powerful listen.

From beginning to the end, the record resembles the feel of a mind in chaos. Psychedelic sounds push and pull the music in different directions all at once, before dropping away for moments of intense clarity as Jordan White’s vocals cut through, true and clear. This works to startling effect on songs like Driver’s Seat, Whittaker and Rivers.

The difficulty with this album is that the raw emotion

could well be too much for some. In the same way you wouldn’t watch a documentary on Auschwitz unless you were in a serious mood, you can’t casually listen to these songs else their beauty escapes you. Even if you listened to Cathedrals without having any knowledge of Playwrite or Holcombe’s personal grief, the record is so tragic that the enjoyment is surmounted by a sense of seriousness.

But while Cathedrals may not be a casual listen, it is an immensely captivating one that captures the beauty that can come from a terrible personal tragedy.

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SINGLE REVIEWS WITH OUR MATE LACHY Attention promoters for Creed in Australia: send me comp tickets and I’ll review the movie in next week’s column intro. Thanks in advance, Lachy ‘Balboa’ Kanoniuk. .

DAVID BOWIE Blackstar (Sony) Channelling vocals from the darker realm of the Berlin trilogy, with electronic sputters akin to the Outside-era, before clearing into sincere folk balladry, Bowie returns to a celestial homeland with the ten-minute Blackstar. The alien refrain lingers to the point of grating, but there’s plenty to play with here. “I can’t answer why / Just go with me.” Sounds like a Star Man. Who are we to deny the call.

TKAY MAIDZA Ghost (Dew Process/Universal) Since the outset, I’ve always said Tkay Maidza would be unstoppable once given the benefit of talented producers. Here on Ghost, Tkay

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LE1F Umami/Water (Terrible/Remote Control) Haunting melodies echo in night sky while Le1f draws you in closer and closer with Umami, snare rolls never blossoming into full-on banger territory, instead harnessing a ducked-down side-to-side groove resonating in each major joint in your skeleton. It plays to Le1f ’s strengths, to the point of hypnotic intensity, with the

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SAMPA THE GREAT Air Afrique (Wondercore Island) By far the strongest Australian newcomer to enter the fray in 2015, Sampa The Great isn’t resting on her recently released mixtape, putting together a sixtrack mash up of Hiatus Kaiyote cuts with her producer Godriguez.

The chopped instrumentals hit hard, Sampa knowing when to let it breathe, knowing when to go in. Opening track Air Afrique clatters with pots and pans over a commanding grind. If you’re not on board with Sampa The Great already, you don’t have long to not look foolish.

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OFF THE HIP RECORDS TOP TEN 1. Filthy Mile LP SPLATTERHEADS 2. Black Monk Time LP THE MONKS 3. Electric Glitter Boogie LP POWER 4. Live ‘77 2xLP ALEX CHILTON 5. Morbid Thoughts LP FLOUR 6. Aspirations LP X 7. Pronto LP PRONTO 8. Meat Is Murder LP THE SMITHS 9. Soul Clap LP Various 10. Play Their Own LP THE MUMMIES

COLLECTORS CORNER MISSING LINK TOP TEN 1. Veri Last (issues 22/23/24) 3x7”+ zine VERI LIVE MAGAZINE 2. Night Creeper CD UNCLE ACID 3. Motherslug LP MOTHERSLUG 4. Prowler In The Yard LP/2CD reissue PIG DESTROYER 5. Split tape MASSES / DEATH CHURCH 6. Repentless LP/CD+DVD/CD+BluRay SLAYER 7. Royal Blood LP ROYAL BLOOD 8. Walpurgis - Sabbath Of Lust LP INQUISITOR 9. Bestial Burden LP PHARMAKON 10. Back From The Grave - Volume 6 LP VARIOUS

BEAT’S TOP TEN SONGS ABOUT THE MALE GENITALIA 1. Wang Dang Doodle HOWLIN’ WOLF 2. Dick In The Air PEACHES 3. Slow Twistin’ CHUBBY CHECKER 4. Gary’s Got A Boner THE REPLACEMENTS 5. Hot Dog THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS 6. Penis Song MONTY PYTHON 7. Come To Me JACK JOHNSON 8. My Dick MICKEY AVALON 9. Little Willy POISON 10. Doodle Loop THE METERS

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PEOPLE’S INSTINCTIVE TRAVELS AND THE PATHS OF RHY THM (Sony Music)

One of the great things about contemporary Australian music is the amount of genre-bending artists out there experimenting with new forms and different sounds. It’s fantastic, but every now and then you need a solid dose of good ol’ nostalgic Aussie rock’n’roll. Cue the car stereo and Dallas Crane’s latest offering, Scoundrels.

It’s been a long wait since their highly acclaimed Factory Girls LP came out in 2006. However, the Melbourne boys have finally resurfaced and in Scoundrels, they’ve produced a very solid, well-rounded release. I defy anyone to spin it a couple of times and not have the first three tracks swirling round your head. First up, Sunnyside is everything Aussie rock should be: up-tempo, riff-heavy, and led by the raspy vocals of frontman Dave Larkin. Hearing Larkin belt out the song’s catchy chorus makes you want to jump in a car and hit the road for a summer road trip. The single I’m Sorry Darling is deserving of ample airplay, and lyrically sets the tone for much of the album; feelings of regret, wrongdoing, and the grittier side of life. As the album progresses, there’s a mix of harder-edged material and slower rock ballads – Come to Light and Lucky Me in particular exemplify the latter. There’s also a range of grungier sounds and this playfulness is the album’s most endearing feature. Disillusioned features interplay between guitar riffs, keys, and Larkin’s vocals, and it’s a damn pleasure to listen to. If you’re on the lookout for some prime Aussie rock’n’roll, Scoundrels will get you pumped up for summer.

Even when you know a classic piece of music means something to you, it’s hard to relive the feeling of significance from when it first emerged.

As members of the prominent collective, Native Tongues, A Tribe Called Quest’s 1990 debut People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm defied hip hop’s habitual sounds and themes with a mix of vintage soul, funk fusion beats and a pivotal Afrocentric message.

Trumpeting affirmations of social equality, hyped sexuality and health conscious teachings, People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm was a lifestyle guide for the band’s audience. Today the jazz-injected clarified rap record is borderline artefact; reminiscent of hip hop’s golden era.

As Tribe’s debut celebrates a quarter-century, it taunts fans with just how old they’ve grown. All original versions receive remastered treatment.

There are also splashes of modernity, with Pharrell’s future-soul touch up of Bonita Applebum; J Cole chips in with a remix of Can I Kick It?; and CeeLo Green can be heard on Footprints. Overall this anniversary edition offers a cleaner sound experience.

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Arriving in his early-20s amid a flurry of string picking fingers and tangled dreadlocks, Surrey’s Newton Faulkner made an early impression as a charming, engaging live performer with the technical precision to complement his pop accessibility. As far as his studio albums are concerned, however, it’s been an issue of diminishing returns. For whatever reason, this recorded material has become less concerned with Faulkner’s undeniable instrumental proficiency and more with the pop and electronic-inclined elements of his work.

This wouldn’t be a problem if it meant there was more to sink your teeth into. Sure, a cover of Major Lazer’s Get Free is fun enough – he’s done some excellent covers in the past, from Bohemian Rhapsody to Teardrop – but it feels a trifle unnecessary. The Gotye-esque Passing Planes fares better, as does the bright, shimmering Step in the Right Direction.

Even at its best, however, Human Love struggles to match up to anything from Faulkner’s debut, 2007’s Hand Built by Robots. While that record felt like falling in love, this is closer to a 40-something’s third walk down the aisle.

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KYLIE CHRISTMAS (Parlophone)

HARD HOLD (Wondercore Island/Warner)

DELIRIUM (Universal Music Australia)

In the unforgettable opening scene of the legendary 1996 film Trainspotting, Ewan McGregor’s character Renton is fleeing the police while soliloquising about choosing drugs over “life.” The scene is soundtracked by Iggy Pop’s Lust For Life, a move that not only reintroduced the seminal rock’n’roller to a whole new generation, but also enhanced the cultural impact of Danny Boyle’s cinematic masterpiece. How things change.

In 2015, James Newell Osterberg, Jr. (Iggy Pop) has teamed up with Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue for what could be the worst song in the world: Christmas Wrapping. It’s the fourth track on Minogue’s first ever Christmas album, Kylie Christmas. The song was originally performed by ‘80s new wave band The Waitresses (who are best known for the 1982 hit I Know What Boys Like), but this dreadful cover negates all of the sardonic selfawareness and reeks of a pop star desperately seeking a British #1. Minogue’s version starts with a jingle bell and a looming rock guitar before the beat kicks in and Kylie starts rapping, “Bah Humbug, now that’s too strong / ‘Cause it is my favourite holiday / But all this year’s been a busy blur / Don’t think I have the energy.” Iggy contributes the occasional line in his signature Detroit slur, but fails to exert any impact. In fact, this recording positions Iggy Pop as an awkward real life version of Love Actually’s Billy Mack – the washed out rock legend searching for relevance through a Christmas #1. Needless to say, it’s a travesty.

We could talk about the other songs – such as Santa Claus Is Coming to Town featuring Frank Sinatra and Only You featuring TV’s James Corden – but what’s the fucking point?

Ellie Goulding’s third studio album, Delirium, confirms the versatile artist’s move towards the world of traditional mainstream pop. Known for her EDM and experimental showings, the English singer/songwriter has gone back to basics, but has created a record just as compelling as ever.

Teaming up with a bevy of renowned writers and producers, including Max Martin, Ryan Tedder and Greg Kurstin, Delirium is a tick-all-the-boxes pop record. Typical of the genre, the lyrics on the 16-track effort explore matters of the heart and the power of dance. Opening with Intro (Delirium), just under two minutes of stunning vocal expression, it’s a climactic journey from the get-go. From the sweet acoustics of Lost and Found and the evocative lyrics of Arm, to dance floor anthems such as Something In The Way You Move and Don’t Need Nobody, the British performer has covered all the bases.

Although you can’t fault the production quality, Delirium can only take listeners so far. While the catchy hooks will leave a day-long Delirium echo in your head, the effect often ends there. One exception is the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack hit, Love Me Like You Do, which enables listeners to embrace the full scope of Goulding’s lyricism. The ninth track of the record acts as a buffer between two sides of non-stop pop energy – a speed bump that ensures all passengers arrive safely to their destination.

As expected, Ellie Goulding’s Delirium delivers all the pop elements you could ask for. If you’re looking for infectious melodies and lyrics to scream at the top of your lungs, it’s a sure fire hit.

BY PHOEBE ROBERTSON

With its stripped-back live sound and jazz inflected grooves, I’d have imagined Jaala’s debut album Hard Hold to be exactly my cup of tea. Tea, like music, however, has a lot of nuances beyond what’s written on the label, all of which contribute to whether a certain individual will find it appealing.

Jaala is the side project of singer/guitarist Cosima Jaala, who fronts raucous Melbourne outfit Mangelwurzel. She uses this quasi-solo project to sing of matters more personal, and in general it works.

Her voice and persona are strikingly original, and the four-piece band nail the live performances throughout this eight track album. However, you’re left feeling that the excitement and intimacy required of the material hasn’t been effectively transferred to disc.

Hiatus Kaiyote’s Paul Bender produced and engineered Hard Hold. The sparse production captures the quirky groove of the band, but it also reveals the songs’ melodic similarity, which leads them to blend together when listened as a full set. Jaala’s little girl voice bubbles and bristles with personality – her unique delivery owes significant debt to punk rock and suits the weirdo-jazz-pop sound, recalling at times Bjork and Siouxsie Sioux. Her lyrics are economically served poetic turns of phrase and obviously based on real experiences. This is especially true of the standout track, Salt Shaker, which is about leaving her Queensland hometown.

In the end, this is a promising start in hopefully a long and fruitful journey for Jaala – it sounds like a high-quality demo of some decent tunes by a crack hot original band. It’s frustratingly undercooked, but at least it makes you want to go and see them live in order to get the full experience.

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GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 25

100/25/1 - FEAT: ADAM SIMMONS + EUGENE UGHETTI + GERRY HALE + ANGUS LESLIE + JOE CHINDAMO Conduit

Arts, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $15.00.

BIG EASY SOUL SESSIONS Carlton Club, Melbourne

CBD. 8:00pm.

BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

DIZZY’S BIG BAND WITH PETER HEARNE Dizzy’s Jazz

Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $10.00.

HUGH JACKMAN (BROADWAY TO OZ) Rod Laver Arena,

Melbourne. 8:00pm. $81.56.

WORM CROWN

T HE TOTE For the last night of their November residency, Worm Crown have locked in a fucking ripper of a night as Batpiss and Plyers tag along for the final hurrah at The Tote. Sure, it may be a month before ol’ fatboy Claus is ripping across the world, but it’s safe to say noise rock enthusiasts won’t need a Christmas after this one.

Get down to the Tote and catch Worm Crown wrap November up this Wednesday November 25. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $5.

JULIEN WILSON QUARTET 303, Northcote. 8:30pm.

LOCAL CALL - FEAT: RINTRAH Railway Hotel, Brunswick. 6:00pm.

MADRE MONTE + LA DESCARGA Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne CBD. 9:00pm.

STELLAFAUNA + TSAR + LAMA Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.

8:00pm. $12.00.

THE CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS Caravan Music Club,

Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $49.00.

THE ROOKIES The Rooks Return, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

VANESSA FERNANDEZ Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne

CBD. 7:00pm. $15.00.

PINK HARVEST

SHRIMPWITCH + DICEY’S PIZZA HOUSE BAND + WET LIPS

CH E RRY B A R Born from the ashes of five years of musical experimentation, Pink Harvest are alive and in full force, locking in a show at Cherry Bar this week.

After spending time in California, the band learnt to mix spooky dissonance with a groovy psychedelic edge. Catch Pink Harvest when they take over Cherry Bar this Wednesday November 25. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $5.

WHERE SALTWATER MEETS SWEETWATER - FEAT: FINE BLUE THREAD Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

6:00pm. $28.00.

D.I.C.K. + DIRTY LIARS + THIRD EARTH Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $6.00.

GREAT EARTHQUAKE + MILKK + JESS LOCKE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.

INTO THE VOID (DOCUMENTARY SCREENING) Longplay,

Fitzroy North. 7:30pm. $15.00.

JOSH CASHMAN + ANNA O + DIDIRRI Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $12.00.

OPEN MIC Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

6:00pm.

OPEN MIC Hidden Garden, Ascot Vale. 7:00pm.

PINK HARVEST + PENTACOASTAL Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 8:00pm. $5.00.

REBECCA BARNARD & BILLY MILLER (SING-A-LONG) St

Kilda Memo, St Kilda. 6:30pm. $15.00.

SHUT UP & CHOKE ME + SILENT CIRKUS + BLACK ARROW + SNEAKY PATS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

CONOR O’HANLON Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm.

DAVID BRIDIE + FRED SMITH + JULIANA Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD. 7:30pm. $22.00.

NOAH EARP + CANARY + LADIE DEE Gasometer Hotel,

Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.00.

OPEN MIC Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:00pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Purple Emerald, Northcote. 8:00pm.

OPEN MIC NIGHT Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.

PLUM GREEN + JENNIFER KINGWELL Wesley Anne,

Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.

RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE - FEAT: JOEY ELBOWS The

Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

THE NEW SAVAGES Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: KERRYN FIELDS + LILITH LANE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 26

100/25/1 - FEAT: ADAM SIMMONS + AVIVA ENDEAN + MATT EARL + CLINTON GREEN + SIMON LE Conduit Arts, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $15.00.

AUDREY POWNE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 8:00pm. $15.00.

JENN GRANT

S E L F PR E S E R VAT I O N Canadian folk-pop darling Jenn Grant and guitarist/ husband Dan Ledwell are touring the nation this month, and have carved out some time for an intimate show at Self Preservation this Wednesday November 25. Touring to support the deluxe edition release of her JUNO award winning album, Compostela, 2015 has already seen Grant sell out shows throughout Northern America and Europe, as well as score five Music Nova Scotia nominations and three Canadian Folk Awards. Jenn Grant and Dan Ledwell play at Self Preservation on Wednesday November 25 from 8pm. Tickets are $25.

RUBIX RADIO ON KISSFM Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick.

8:30pm.

Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7:00pm.

CATHY MENEZES Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne

CBD. 7:30pm. $15.00.

HETTY KATE 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.

HUGH JACKMAN (BROADWAY TO OZ) Rod Laver Arena,

Melbourne. 8:00pm. $81.56.

JANINE SOWDEN Melbourne Recital Centre,

Southbank. 6:00pm. $28.00.

LUCKY + MATTHEW COLIN + BILLY O’CONNELL Yah Yah’s,

Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

MELBOURNE IMPROVISERS COLLECTIVE Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

MIDNIGHT EXPRESS - FEAT: PREQUEL + EDD FISHER + MYLES MAC Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD. 10:00pm.

This free event features over 50 stall holders each week offering individually handcrafted and locally designed products including fashion, jewellery, kids’ items, ceramics, homewares and much more.

Thursdays, 5.30pm-10pm November 26 December 3, 10 & 17 Come and find that unique gift for Christmas.

Licensed bar on site and free live music.

Northcote Town Hall 189 High Street Northcote

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LOUIS BAKER

THE WE SL EY AN N E New Zealand born and raised soulful singer/ songwriter Louis Baker is taking to The Wesley Anne this week as part of his east coast Australian tour. The Red Bull Music Academy alumni and APRA Silver Scrolls finalist has had a stellar year after touring the UK and Europe twice. Now he returns to our shores for a second run of shows in support of his debut EP released in Australia earlier this year. Catch Louis Baker at The Wesley Anne this Thursday November 26. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $20.

MORDIALLOC JAZZ ORCHESTRA (JAZZAOKE) Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $10.00.

MSO (BRAHMS & TCHAIKOVSKY) - FEAT: KOLJA BLACHER Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

8:00pm. $79.00.

THE CALIFORNIA HONEYDROPS Northcote Social Club,

Northcote. 7:30pm. $39.90.

THE CAT EMPIRE + EMMA DONOVAN & THE PUTBACKS + DJ JUMPS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:00pm.

THE GOLD STREET SOUND + FRED WILLIAMSON Cherry

Bar, Melbourne CBD. 8:00pm. $10.00.

THE GOOD EGG THURSDAYS - FEAT: HENRY WHO + TIGERFUNK + LEWIS CANCUT Lucky Coq, Windsor.

7:00pm.

TIMBALERO THURSDAY La Di Da, Melbourne CBD. 9:00pm. $10.00.

DUMB PUNTS + MESA COSA + BRAD POT Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.

FIFTH FRIEND + A GAZILLION ANGRY MEXICANS + ATLAS + JESS HARRIS Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

7:00pm.

THE IVY STONE ASSEMBLY

T H E SP OT TED MAL L ARD The Ivy Stone Assembly are hitting The Spotted Mallard this week to cook up some old school soul, R&B, blues and classic jazz. Ivy Stone energetically delivers the gumbo, a wicked blend straight from the legends of R&B and soul such as Etta James, Ray Charles and Nina Simone – ably seasoned and devoured with relish by her all-star band, The Assembly. Shaken, stirred, rocked and rolled, it’s a hip shakin’ combination reigniting the eternal flame. Put your booty into motion for The Ivy Stone Assembly at The Spotted Mallard this Thursday November 26.

Doors open at 8.30pm, entry is free.

HOLLIE SMITH

STATE OF CULTURE

NEXT - FEAT: DANGER!EARTHQUAKE! + THE BRILLIANT DANCE + EVER REST Colonial Hotel, Melbourne CBD.

ERN MALLEY + MONNONE ALONE + SUSS CUNTS

H OWL E R Considered an icon in her native realm of New Zealand, Hollie Smith is locking in a show at Howler this week to perform songs off her multi-platinum gold class albums. Her show at Howler will be her first appearance in Melbourne with a full band, and serves as a prelude for the pending release of her much anticipated new album. Catch Hollie Smith at Howler this Thursday November 26. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is $23.

8:30pm. $15.00.

PUNK NIGHT Black Hatt, Geelong. 8:30pm.

SAVAGE NOBLES + OVERTIME + RYAN VAGER + RIDES Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5.00.

SHOWCASE NIGHTS Purple Emerald, Northcote. 8:00pm.

STONE DJOSER + MR WOLF + PURROXIDE + DIRTY RATS + RHINO DRIVE Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $8.00.

SWEET JEAN + SHORES Shebeen, Melbourne CBD.

GIRL FRIDAY Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.

GRANDHOUR Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne CBD.

8:30pm. $12.00.

IN DEFENCE + DISPARO + MIDWIFE + POLYGAMISTS

THE TROPES + PIONEERS OF GOOD SCIENCE + NEW BIRDS + LOOKS LIKE RAIN Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.

9:00pm. $15.00.

Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $15.00.

THE MARK OF CAIN + BATPISS Max Watt’s, Melbourne.

7:30pm. $33.00.

KING OF THE NORTH Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye.

8:30pm. $7.00.

MIXED THURSDAYS (PUNK) - FEAT: FEROCIOUS CHODE + RED LIGHT RIOT + STONED TO DEATH + DING DONG DEATH HOLE + MORE Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm.

NATIVE SPIRIT + VULPIX + TOBIAHS Evelyn Hotel,

TH E B E N D I G O H OT E L

8:00pm.

Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $7.00.

LUCKY

YAH YA H’S Tonight at Yah Yah’s marks the kick off of Goldentone Thursdays – a night dedicated to Americana, folk and roots. Headliner Lucky tends to travel through genres such as roots, reggae, funk and hiphop. He draws upon his passion for the environment, family, and freedom as he shreds out intricate guitar riffs, open tunings, foot percussion and live loops. Catch Lucky at Yah Yah’s this Thursday November 26 for Goldentone Thursdays.

Doors open at 7pm, entry is free.

ANTI-VIOLET

THE JOHN CURTIN The Curtin is hosting a big ol’ band night centered round emerging and professional musicians from refugee and asylum communities. Showcased on the night will be performances by Nhatty Man & The Lalibelas, Black Orchid String Band, Lem Lem, Lapkat ft Farkhonda Akbar, Saharnaz Kia and Reza Faezli, along with spoken word from Common Ground Collective, all coming out to support young artists and develop their talents. If you’re keen to get a little culture in you, roll on over to State Of Culture at The John Curtin this Thursday November 26. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $10.

Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

KIT WARHURST + THE BOWERS + THE CONCLUSIONS Old

Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.

LEAH SENIOR + FOREVER SON + PALM SPRINGS Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD. 7:30pm. $12.00.

LIAM FINN X DAN KELLY + PALM SPRINGS The Shadow

Electric, Abbotsford. 7:00pm. $22.50.

LOUIS BAKER Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $20.00.

MICHAEL CROWE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

8:00pm.

MISS WHISKEY + THE SHAKE SHACK BOOGIE HOUSE BAND + DJ BARRY MAXWELL Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm.

OPEN MIC Station 59, Richmond. 8:00pm.

OPEN MIC NITE Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 7:30pm.

RUSSELL MORRIS Basement Discs, Melbourne CBD. 12:45pm.

Anti-Violet’s explosive electro alt-rock sound will be making waves this Thursday November 26 as he heads into The Bendigo Hotel to launch his latest eight track EP, Janus-Faced. The concept EP has been in the works since 2013, and the audio-visual launch experience wouldn’t be complete without supports Avenues End, g-pop and Meander lending their talents. Anti-Violet launches Janus-Faced this Thursday November 26 at The Bendigo Hotel. Doors open 7.30pm with $10 entry.

ROCK LIKE A BEAST

M U S I C L A ND The north won’t sleep this Thursday thanks to Musicland’s Rock Like A Beast. Sporting some of Melbourne’s most die hard punk rock acts, Rock Like A Beast will feature Rhino Dive, Purroxide, Mr Wolf and Dirty Rats all taking on the big stage, setting the tone for heavy groove headliners Stone Djoser.

Rock Like A Beast at Musicland, from 7.30pm this Thursday November 26. $8 entry.

ZONE OUT + RITES + WILD + GERYON Catfish, Fitzroy.

SCROOD + KAYLA DWYER + SHANE BLEWITT CREATIONS

ALEXANDRA PYE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

BURNT LETTERS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm.

THE FLAMING MONGRELS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick

8:00pm.

Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 7:00pm.

East. 8:30pm.

Q&A

MOSEY JOKERS Define your genre in five words or less: Loud, catchy alternative rock.

So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say?

“There’s a really wicked band with a really stupid name playing right now. Let’s go and buy the whole pub shots and rock the fuck out.”

How long have you been gigging and writing?

We’ve been together for one year.

What has been your favourite gig you’ve played to date?

Sure to be the one we’re about to play at the Brunny this weekend.

What inspires or has influenced your music the most?

Other local bands. Melbourne has given birth to so many awesome bands. We just want to be up there rocking out with them. And we’re bloody lucky to be able to do that.

What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed?

Pinch a lock of Guy Sebastian’s magical fro.

Do you have any record releases to date? What?

Where can I get it?

We have our debut album coming out very soon.

At the moment we have the Hanging with the Bats single available on Bandcamp, Spotify and iTunes.

Why should everyone come and see your band?

It’s better than sitting on the couch scratching yourself and watching crap TV. Plus you get a free sticker.

Celebrate MOSEY JOKERS’ first birthday on Saturday November 28 at the Brunswick Hotel.

COMING UP FRIDAY 11TH DECEMBER

tuesdays IN NOVEMBER

FACT HUNT TRIVIA $5 TACOS + $16 JUGS OF THUNDER RD

THE BLACKEYED SUSANS ‘XMAS SHOW’ + THE LOST RAGAS +JEP & DEP (SYD)

Hosted by RRR’s Tristen Harris, this is a comfortably dumb trivia for mu sic fans and couch potatoes, no sport, no politics and no book-learnin’.

QUIZ FROM 8PM - RESERVATIONS - samanda@spottedmallard.com NO COVER

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THURSDAY 26TH NOVEMBER

IVY STONE ASSEMBLY

PERFORMING 2 X SETS FROM 8:30PM, NO COVER CHARGE

FRIDAY 27TH NOVEMBER

MIGHTIEST OF GUNS + LEANNE TENNANT (QLD) + ALEX LASHLIE SHOW TIME 8:30PM, NO COVER CHARGE

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WAVE RACER

Q&A

H OWLE R Cross continental club chieftain Wave Racer is heading down for a show at Howler this week. Tom Purcell, aka Wave Racer, first came into the electronic scene two years ago with his debut release Stoopid/Rock U Tonite. After playing a strong of tour dates that saw him support the likes of Disclosure, Chromeo, and, most recently, Porter Robinson, the Future Classic signee returned in October with the title single from his forthcoming debut EP, Flash Drive. You can catch Wave Racer at Howler this Friday November 27.

Doors open at 8pm.

THE SEA BIRDS Hey there. Who are we speaking with and what’s your role in The Sea Birds?

Michael Amarant, guitarist and songwriter.

You launched your debut single Am I Wasting My Time? Can you describe it in five adjectives?

Earthy, elemental, soulful, ironic and upbeat.

You’ve said the aforementioned single describes “the fragility and uncertainty that every new relationship brings.” Where did you draw your inspiration from?

It wasn’t necessarily drawn from direct experience or a particular person; it was probably more drawn from many of the common successes and failures which many of us – if you have ever been in a relationship – are familiar with.

The band has evolved dramatically since its 2014 incarnation. In what way has it developed?

I think we are now more tightly in sync with one another on a musical and personal level, and the band is now becoming more collaborative. As a result we are closer to finding a more collective musical soul. We are all feeling really positive about the direction the band is now taking.

You guys are going to release a bunch of singles in the lead up to your debut album. What can fans expect?

Am I Wasting My Time? has been getting rave reviews and the EP A Short Romance is now also starting to provide us with some broader traction.

We expect to release our follow up single and accompanying video in early 2016. The Sea Birds’ debut album will also come out in late 2016, which has a bigger, deeper sound.

CLUNK ORCHESTRA Newport Bowling Club, Newport.

WHAT THE FUNK FRIDAYS Purple Emerald, Northcote.

Melbourne CBD. 8:00pm. $25.00.

ALEYCE SIMMONDS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

ALI BARTER Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

BELOVED ELK + PARKING LOT EXPIREMENTS Grace

HUGH JACKMAN (BROADWAY TO OZ) Rod Laver Arena,

Melbourne. 8:00pm. $81.56.

M A X WAT T ’S The Mark Of Cain are hitting our shores this week, locking in a highly anticipated show at Max Watt’s.

The show comes as part of a promise made back in 2006 to tour at least once every year, a promise that took seven years to fulfil, resulting in many a sold out show for the hard rock trio. Catch The Mark Of Cain at Max Watts this Thursday November 26. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is $38.

THOMAS HUGH + SHANNON BOURNE Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm.

JELLY ROLL BAKER Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

MELBOURNE STRING ENSEMBLE (30TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

7:30pm. $25.00.

MIRIAM WAKS + JOE RUBERTO TRIO Dizzy’s Jazz Club,

Richmond. 9:00pm. $16.00.

MISS BEE TOWNSEND + NATHAN LIOW + ADAM SPIEGL Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 6:30pm. $20.00.

NICHAUD FITZGIBBON QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe,

Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

PORT MELBOURNE CHRISTMAS CAROL EXPERIENCE Bay

Street, Port Melbourne. 5:00pm.

RACE AGAINST TIME - FEAT: REBECCA CHAN + JAMES WANNAN + THOMAS RANN + EVGENY UKHANOV Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 6:00pm. $28.00.

SLEAZY LISTENING - FEAT: ARKS + RICHARD KELLY + HYSTERIC + K HOOP Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD.

5:00pm.

THE SEA BIRDS are playing The Wesley Anne on Saturday December 5 and Some Velvet Morning on Thursday December 10.

THE B EN DI G O HOTE L Perth post-metal/doom-jazz band Tangled Thoughts of Leaving are touring the nation in support of their latest studio release, Yeild to Despair, and they’re heading to The Bendigo Hotel this Friday. The album tour wraps up a huge year for the band, which saw them tour locally with 65daysofstatic as well as complete a twelve date tour of Europe. Tangled Thoughts of Leaving will be joined at the Bendy by Sydney progwizards Serious Beak, launching their new album Ankaa, as well as Xenograph and Ornithologist.

Tangled Thoughts of Leaving play The Bendigo Hotel this Friday November 27. Doors open 7pm with free entry.

5:00pm.

HETTY KATE + DAN MCLEAN Paris Cat Jazz Club,

THE MARK OF CAIN

TANGLED THOUGHTS OF LEAVING

THE NUDGELS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

9:30pm.

9:00pm.

Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $8.00.

BRITISH INDIA Forum Theatre, Melbourne CBD. 8:00pm. $41.40.

CAPTAIN SPALDING Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 9:30pm.

NIP OUT II

WE SL EY AN N E The second instalment of Nip Out is hitting The Wesley Anne this week. Nip Out II is aimed at raising money for the good folks at One Girl, a Melbournebased charity that gives girls in Sierra Leone the opportunity to get an education and break the cycle of poverty, dependence, and inequality. The femaleled initiative aims to celebrate female-identifying Australian musicians of all kinds, while raising money for charities and that benefit girls and women both globally and locally. Friday’s lineup consists of Imogen Pemberton, Danika Smith and Senivoda, throwing out some wonderful tunes for an equally wonderful cause.

Catch Nip Out II at The Wesley Anne this Friday November 27. Doors open from 8pm, entry is $10.

COOKIN’ ON 3 BURNERS + TEX PERKINS + MANTRA + STELLA ANGELICO + DJ PIERRE BARONI Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $30.00.

EINSTEINS TOYBOYS + CRANKED Musicland, Fawkner.

5 Things with...

7:30pm. $10.00.

END OF WEEK RETRO - FEAT: THE RECYCLED TEENAGERS Onyx Bar & Cafe, Cheltenham. 7:30pm.

KEN MURDOCH OF

TASTE

1. Growing Up I grew up in Brunswick where my parents were incredibly supportive. I first learnt drums and then went on to learning to read music and guitar.

We always had a piano in the house too, so I was trying to write songs from an early age. My dad bought me a Fender amp and 1968 Telecaster and encouraged me to leave school and go professional.

2. Inspirations My first records were The Beatles, and I haven’t stopped listening to them still.

They are still the benchmark for all musicians, but the songwriter that inspired me was Pete Townshend. When I heard Quadrophenia, I flipped out.

3. Your Band Taste got together when we were all around 16.

Michael [Tortoni] and I were friends and found Virgil Donati. Even then he had quite a reputation as a drummer. He pushed us musically. We were a three-piece for quite a while until I met Joey [Amenta] in a music shop. He convinced Michael over the phone to let him join the band by playing and singing to him.

4. The Music You Make We grew up alongside Skyhooks, AC/DC and Dragon; Chisel and Midnight Oil weren’t too far behind. You had to be tough and good to win over those pub audiences.

5. Music, Right Here, Right Now The music scene at the moment seems to underbubbling with great new talent. I think bands are making a comeback. There’s always a circle that comes around. Our favourite at the moment is Robot Child (who are supporting us on our Melbourne shows).

The Best Of Taste Remasters is out now through GoSet. TASTE are playing the Ding Dong Lounge on Wednesday December 2.

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KIT WARHURST

TH E OL D B A R Best known for his work as the drummer of seminal Australian group Rocket Science, Kit Warhurst has announced he’ll be playing a solo show at The Old Bar this week. With the release of his new single, Nothing In Melbourne, Warhurst is eager to finally have something to call his own after spending years upon years of assisting other artists in the music industry. Catch Kit Warhurst as he launches Nothing In Melbourne at The Old Bar this Thursday November 26. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $10.

VAN WALKER + SHANE REILLY Labour In Vain, Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

FIFTH FRIEND

WH OL E LOT TA LOV E Fifth Friend’s intense, grimy sound is filled with a deliberate amount of dirt that you won’t want to wash off. The swampy quartet of dusty easy-riders have spawned a riff-heavy neo-blues sound, and they’re bringing all they’ve got down to Whole Lotta Love this Thursday. Acoustic performer Jess Harris and indie pop band Atlas open up the night, with A Gazillion Angry Mexicans taking to the stage right after. Fifth Friend play Whole Lotta Love this Thursday November 26.

Doors open 7pm with free entry.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27

ALEYCE SIMMONDS

T H E R E T R E AT H OT E L Aleyce Simmonds is taking her full band to The Retreat Hotel this week, so prepare for a night of country and old school rock. At age 28, she’s already a ten-year veteran of the industry. Her debut single, Mighty Mighty Love became the most played country song on Australian Commercial radio, and her two full-length albums have received popular and critical acclaim, both cracking into the Top 10 on the ARIA charts. Throughout her career so far, Aleyce has drawn comparisons with artists as diverse as Linda Ronstadt, Shania Twain and, most commonly, EmmyLou Harris. Catch Aleyce Simmonds this Friday November 27 at The Retreat Hotel. Doors open at 9.30pm, entry is free.

TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION Drunken Poet,

West Melbourne. 6:00pm.

100/25/1 - FEAT: ADAM SIMMONS + LEAH SCHOLES + GELAREH POUR + MORE Conduit Arts, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $15.00.

CANNONBALL Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 9:00pm. $25.00.

DI N G DON G LOUN G E It’s been brewing for seven years and now hard rockers Degrees of Separation are finally ready to launch their debut album, Beautiful Agony, this Friday November 27. Singer/songwriter Samuel Dales joins in on the action, launching his debut album on the night with a full band in tow. Local fiery three-piece Rival Fire round out the lineup for what’s sure to be a killer double launch. Degrees of Separation play Ding Dong Lounge this Friday November 27 from 9pm. Tickets go for $10.

TRINITY ROOTS + THOMAS OLIVER Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $20.00.

WE MAY NEVER MEET AGAIN (THE MUSIC OF AMY WINEHOUSE) - FEAT: MOVEMENT 9 + ELLY POLETTI Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 8:30pm. $20.00.

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FALCONIO + G-POP Public Bar, North Melbourne.

4:00pm.

FOXTROT + DIVIDERS + CAMP COPE + FOLEY Public Bar,

North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.00.

GOLD CLASS Karova Lounge, Ballarat. 9:00pm. $10.00.

HEY HEY IT’S FRIDAY - FEAT: ASTRO BOYS Royal Hotel,

Essendon. 10:00pm.

HOODOO GURUS Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea

Heights. 8:00pm. $40.00.

HOSS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $15.00.

LA DANSE MACABRE + BRUNSWICK MASSIVE RESIDENT DJS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

MAT ROBBINS 40TH BIRTHDAY BASH - FEAT: CICADASTONE + CRYING SIRENS + TEMPORAL THUMP Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. $10.00.

MILKK + TRASH FAIRYS + CLAWS & ORGANS + PETER DICKYBIRD The Eastern, Ballarat East. 8:00pm. $10.00. + SENIVODA Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10.00.

OLIVER MTUKUDZI & THE BLACK SPIRITS + AFROVIVAL & THE OIL CAN PROJECT Max Watt’s, Melbourne.

8:30pm. $55.00.

THE MERCY KILLS

YA H YA H’ S The Mercy Kills are ripping the power from Appetite For Destruction era Guns N’ Roses and Ramones style punk, sticking it in the nutribullet with a dash of energy for their show at Yah Yah’s this week. Featuring pals from the Dukes of Deliciousness, Smoking Martha and Darcee Fox, expect a night of full on rock when The Mercy Kills take to Yah Yah’s this Friday November 27. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $13.

SOUTHSIDE SOUL PRESENTS: SAY NO TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

SISTERS DOLL + DANGEROUS CURVES + STATE OF SILENCE + ELLEN ROSE Mr Boogie Man Bar,

K I N GS TON TOWN H A LL Southside Soul is putting on a fundraiser to combat the rising scourge of domestic violence in Australia, setting up shop in the second floor lounge of Kingston Town Hall. All proceeds are going to family violence response centre Safe Steps, who offer assistance to women and children in need. Southside Soul will be bringing along an all female DJ lineup on the night, featuring the talents of DJ Lady Soul, DJ Honey, DJ Gail Smith and DJ Lady Erica as they prepare to spin soul, Motown, R&B, funk and disco all night long.

Show your support and say no to domestic violence with Southside Soul at Kingston Town Hall this Friday November 27. Doors open from 7.30pm, entry is $10.

THE BRAVES Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.

CICADASTONE

SCREAMFEEDER

QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: ANGUS & JULIA STONE + HOODOO GURUS + KATE MILLER-HEIDKE + PAUL DEMPSEY + JOHN WILLIAMSON + MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA + ROBERT FORSTER + HARTS + KINGFISHA + OKA + AINSLIE WILLS + HEY FRANKIE Queenscliff Music

PUBLIC NUISANCE Black Hatt, Geelong. 9:30pm.

SHAKEDOWN SHAKES + ELECTRIC WALLPAPER Yarra

Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm.

Abbottsford. 7:00pm.

9:00pm. $5.00.

T H E TOT E Brisbane’s Screamfeeder have returned in 2015 in two big ways; they’ve released their first single in ten years, and they’re hauling ass to The Tote for a special show this week. They’ve been described as a non-stop whirlwind of high energy riffs, caterwauling feedback and pulse-racing bass – exuberant and joyful, skillful yet savage. Catch Screamfeeder when they hit The Tote this Friday November 27. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $13.30.

WH OL E LOT TA LOV E Matt Robbins, frontman of Cicadastone, celebrates his 40th birthday this Friday November 27 with a sick night of tunes at Whole Lotta Love and you’re invited to get in on the party vibes. Alternative rockers Temporal Thump start things up before Crying Sirens take to the stage. Following that, Matt’s own Cicadastone will take on the venue, seeing the night out with some classic grunge. Cicadastone, Temporal Thump, and Crying Sirens play Whole Lotta Love this Friday November 27 from 8pm. $10 entry.

Festival Site, Queenscliff. 12:00pm. $185.00.

RACHEL CLARK + STEVE PALFREYMAN + SOPHIE OFFICER + SETH HENDERSON + ERIK PARKER Hidden Garden,

Ascot Vale. 5:00pm. $5.00.

PLAYWRITE

S H A D OW E LE C T R I C After spending three years working hard on their upcoming album, Playwrite have announced the release of Cathedrals which goes in hand with a launch show at the Shadow Electric Bandroom. The diverse body of work has been crafted together with producer Jim Maroudas (Kimbra, Eskimo Joe, Bertie Blackman) and brings together 11 songs spanning the band’s evolution over five years. Make sure you get down to the Shadow Electric for Playwrite’s show on Friday November 27. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $10.

SLEEPLESS NIGHTS + DUET + JAMES MCCANN Tote

Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10.00.

RACHEL CLARK

THE GLORIOUS NORTH Post Office Hotel, Coburg.

Hey there Rachel. Can you tell us a little about what you do?

I write really honest songs about everything I think.

Sometimes it’s happy, sad, angry, and sometimes just mean.

You’re launching your debut album In Pieces at The Hidden Garden on November 27. You’ve said that you’ve written enough music to fill out ten albums. How did you go about selecting the tracks for this record?

The whole album is looking at the things that tend to break us as people, little pieces of our story.

A story that starts with fragility and ends with strength; it starts off with looking at the mirror and realising you don’t recognise the person you’ve become. There’s also Angel, Can You Hear Me about a car accident I had when I was 17, and Eulogy which was based on the poem my mum wrote her sister for her funeral when she chose to end her story last year.

You’ve described yourself as a self-taught musician. What initially inspired you to develop your musical skills?

There have been many little stories and events that have shaped me and pulled me towards music. It became my sanity, a way I could process what I felt and overcome things I was struggling with emotionally.

Your sound provokes an emotive experience courtesy of your soulful, acoustic-folk vibes. How did you develop this sound?

I wanted to sing songs that were really honest and became more focused on how I would tell my stories with emotion and that style surfaced on its own.

THE LOVELESS + BLACKIE + JAMIE HAY & THE GUILT PARADE + RAY AHN Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.00.

RACHEL CLARK is playing at The Hidden Garden Café & Bar on Friday November 27 with Steve Palfreyman, Sophie Officer and more.

SLIPDIXIES Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

STEVE LUCAS Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford.

5:00pm.

THE BEAN PROJECT + BRENDAN MELLERE & THE MIDWAYERS Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm.

FALCONIO

P U B LI C B A R Post rock act Falconio are heading to Public Bar for their last show of 2015. After a big year of performing, the band are hinting at a release for their debut album Features in early 2016. You can catch Falconio at Public Bar this Friday November 27. Doors open at 4pm.

THE GAMI GAMI DEVILS + THE RUSTY TERMINALS Carters Bar, Northcote. 7:30pm.

9:30pm.

THE FIREBIRD TRIO Dog’s Bar, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

THE MARK OF CAIN + BATPISS Barwon Club Hotel,

Q&A

Geelong. 8:00pm.

THE REPROBETTES Reverence Hotel, Footscray.

8:30pm.

THE SCREAMING JETS 170 Russell, Melbourne CBD. 8:30pm. $41.00.

THE VACANT SMILES + THE BLEEDING FLARES + SUN BAZEL + COSMOS Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.

WATT’S ON PRESENTS Prince Public Bar, St Kilda .

HAPPY HOUR

8:30pm.

MAN UP TWO

C H ER RY BAR Cherry Bar is hosting Man Up Two – Loved Up; a rock’n’roll party across two great nights to promote respectful relationships, safe streets and safe venues.

Featuring the music of Barbarion, Pretty Littles, Bzark, A Gazillion Angry Mexicans, Redro Redriguez and His Inner Demons and Chris Wilson, all proceeds on this night of nights will go towards the White Ribbon foundation. Shoot on down to Cherry Bar, bring a rock, have a roll, and show your support. Catch Man Up Two at Cherry Bar this Friday November 27. and a second show on Saturday November 28, featuring Fuck The Fitzroy Doom Scene, Long Holiday and more. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $10.

BLACKHEARTBREAKERS + SUPER SALOON + THE VENDETTAS + HAPPY GO BLUES Musicland, Fawkner.

7:30pm. $10.00.

CHRIS WILSON Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 5:15pm.

CYNDI BOSTE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

8:30pm.

DAVEYS FRIDAYS - FEAT: ROB & TARQUIN + SUPERFLY DJS Daveys Bar & Restaurant, Frankston. 8:00pm.

DUKES OF HAGGARD Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale.

8:00pm. $8.00.

FLYING ENGINE TRIO Testing Grounds, Melbourne.

6:00pm.

MARLON WILLIAMS & THE YARRA BENDERS Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm.

MIGHTIEST OF GUNS + LEANNE TENNANT + ALEX LASHLIE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

MIKE OLIPHANT & FRIENDS Big Huey’s Diner, South

Melbourne. 8:00pm.

ESTÈRE

B ON E Y Estère is back in Australia, performing at festival slots across the country alongside a headline performance at Boney. Estère plays and records a mixture of bass, synth, drums, guitar,vocal harmonies, keyboard, whistles, claps, kazoo, desk tapping and anything else that might take her fancy - then layers her production with pulsating rhythms and evocative melodies that adhere to the genre of Electric Blue Witch hop. Catch Estère at Bovney this Friday November 27. Doors open at 9pm, entry is $12.

RATTLIN KANE Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.

ROBERT FORSTER + JEN CLOHER + THE THIN WHITE UKES Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm.

RON SEXSMITH Basement Discs, Melbourne CBD. 12:45pm.

RON SEXSMITH Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh.

8:00pm. $49.00.

SCATTERED DISC OBJECTS Station 59, Richmond.

8:00pm.

PETER BLACK

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TH E OL D B A R Returning from a seven-week tour of Europe where he played a massive 44 shows in 46 days, Hard-Ons frontman Peter (Blackie) Black is shooting on over to The Old Bar to promote his new album. With the release of album number four, Clearly You Didn’t Like The Show, Peter Black will be touring through most of November and leaking into December. He’s been quoted as saying the album is ‘tops’, and he’s probably right – but come and check him out when he plays at Old Bar on Friday November 27 and figure it out for yourself. Doors open at 8.30pm, entry is $10.

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DJ JUMPS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm.

THE JUKEBOX RACKETS + ENEIDA FEVER + BARBARA BLAZE The Luwow, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

ASRC BENEFIT - FEAT: THE KREMLINGS + WET BLANKETS + SAFE HANDS + MORE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. $10.00.

COWBUNGA BEACH Public Bar, North Melbourne.

4:00pm.

DAY OF CLINT + WHOOPIE CAT + DZIA + STRING THEORY + MORE Mr Boogie Man Bar, Abbottsford. 4:00pm.

END OF THE LINE FESTIVAL - FEAT: HOT POTATO BAND + EMERALD PRIMARY UKULELE + THE ANTICS + MORE End Of The Line Festival Outdoor Stages, Belgrave. 10:00am.

THE ELECTRIC CHURCH

T HE INKERMAN HOTE L Local up and coming three piece The Electric Church are settling into The Inkerman Hotel for an intimate performance this Friday November 27. Fusing traditional blues tunes with their signature powerhouse punch and hard funk, The Electric Church delivers a set sounding like Stevie Ray Vaughan meets Hendrix-style riff rock. Catch the blues based altrockers doing what they do best, from 8pm this Friday November 27 at The Inkerman Hotel. Free entry.

ZERAFINA ZARA & ALLEGED ASSOCIATES Smokehouse

101, Maidstone. 7:00pm.

LULUC

H OWL E R Luluc have managed to score a pretty sweet gig in supporting Jose Gonzalez on his recent North American tour, and they’ve just announced they’ll be stopping over to Howler for a very special show this week. Joining the wistful duo on the night are CHWH. Catch Luluc at Howler this Saturday November 28. Doors open at 8.30pm, entry is $23.

END OF THE LINE FESTIVAL - FEAT: STEVIE & THE SLEEPERS + RENELOPHUS + UNGUS UNGUS UNGUS + OLIVER WINTON + MORE Sooki Lounge, Belgrave.

11:30am.

Gin Lane, Belgrave. 12:00pm.

GIANTS OF BRIT ROCK

CHER RY BAR The Ugly Kings are marching into Cherry Bar to launch their very first 12” vinyl, Of Sins, this Friday November 27. Recorded over three different sessions using three different methods, Of Sins captures a sonic and songwriting variety for The Ugly Kings, striving to define the sound they’re trying to create. Powerhouse duo and longtime friends The Hunted Crows provide support alongside new local riff sensation, Devil Electric. The Ugly Kings play Cherry Bar this Friday November 27. Doors open 8pm with $13 tickets.

SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28

#LOOPTHEWORLD LAUNCH PARTY - FEAT: SIMON WRIGHT + ANDY V + DAVY SIMONY Birmingham Hotel,

Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

100/25/1 - FEAT: ADAM SIMMONS + NORIKO TADANO + PETER KNIGHT + MORE Conduit Arts, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

S H A D OW E LE C T R I C Dan Flynn has been releasing music since 2007 under his previous moniker Major Chord, and as one half of the experimental duo Children of the Wave. Now with a full band, The State of Things, in tow, Dan Flynn launches Preparing For Flight this Saturday at Shadow Electric. With a focus on live band energy and folk songs, Preparing For Flight is Dan Flynn’s most ambitious project yet, trading in his soft-folk inspirations for something a bit flashier. Dan Flynn and The State of Things launch Preparing For Flight this Saturday November 28 at Shadow Electric. Doors open 7.30pm, tickets are $15 presale.

TH E SP OT T E D M A LL A R D Featuring the music of The Hollies, The Kinks, Small Faces, The Who and many more, The Spotted Mallard is hosting a ‘60s style package show dedicated to brit-rock as performed by The Substitutes. Expect pop harmonies, quirkiness, ball-tearing passion and explosive tracks on this very special night of dedication.

Catch the Giants of Brit Rock show this Saturday November 28 at The Spotted Mallard. Doors open at 6pm, entry is $23.

END OF THE LINE FESTIVAL - FEAT: BIG T + SEEKA + DEFRON + BENNY AIMS + MORE Cocoon, Belgrave.

11:00am.

END OF THE LINE FESTIVAL - FEAT: THE SCRIMSHAW FOUR + AMARINA WATERS BAND + SLIM DIME & THE PRAIRIE KINGS Earthly Pleasures, Belgrave. 11:00am.

END OF THE LINE FESTIVAL - FEAT: LA BASTARD + THE CROOKS + GRIYA + SATURN 3 + MORE Bell Tavern,

MALCOLM HILL & THIS IS THE SHOW + BJ MORRISZONKLE + GREG FLEET + MISS YUGOSLAVIA1969 Dane Certificate’s Magic Tricks, Gags & Theatre,

TINY RUINS + NADIA REID Toff In Town, Melbourne

FAT COUSIN SKINNY

TORK Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.

3CR BENEFIT (JOE HILL CENTENARY TRIBUTE CONCERT) Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

BOB LOG III + STEVIE OSWALD The Eastern, Ballarat

8:00pm. $30.00.

LORD + TABERAH + HEMINA + EYEFEAR + SUDDEN STATE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $15.00.

Brunswick. 8:00pm.

T H E WE S LE Y A NNE Old-time jam-gang Fat Cousin Skinny are taking to The Wesley Anne this weekend, returning from an exploration of Appalachian music deep in the heart of the US. Fat Cousin Skinny brought back two brainfuls of hillbilly haikus, complete with banjo, mandolinguitar, vocal chords and fiddle played through the vessels of two young travellers. Catch Fat Cousin Skinny when they hit The Wesley Anne this Saturday November 28. Doors open from 6.30pm, entry is free.

MAN UP TWO (LOVE UP) - FEAT: FUCK THE FITZROY DOOM SCENE + ATOMIC RIOT + TWO HEADED DOG + LILITH LANE + LONG HOLIDAY + TIM HULSMAN TRIO + BENNYLAVA Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. $15.00.

MORGAN BAIN + JACK STIRLING Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm.

NEW LEASE - FEAT: CRIMSONETTES + GLACIERS + PLEBS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 3:00pm.

NO NONSENSE + LOONEE TUNES + KUJO KINGS Beach

Of Brunswick, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

RICHARD IN YOUR MIND + HOLLOW EVERDAZE + UNCLE BOBBY Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm.

$12.25.

CBD. 7:30pm. $20.00.

East. 8:00pm. $15.00.

SEXGRIMES

WHOL E LOT TA LOVE Sexgrimes are offering to give your body and mind the thrashing of a lifetime when they launch their EP at Whole Lotta Love this Saturday. Punk and thrash will overlap all night long with one of the best lineups you’ll see this month – Liquor Snatch, K-Mart Warriors and Stoned To Death going all out. Punk coming at you hard and fast, this Saturday November 28 at Whole Lotta Love. Doors open 8pm with just $5 entry.

CHECKERBOARD Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9:30pm.

CRAIG WOODWARD + WARREN ROUGH & FRIENDS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

DAN FLYNN & THE STATE OF THINGS The Shadow

Electric, Abbotsford. 7:30pm. $15.00.

FAT COUSIN SKINNY Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick.

6:30pm.

GEORGE MANN (JOE HILL 100 ROADSHOW) Bella Union

Bar, Carlton. 2:00pm. $10.00.

GREG STEPS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

HAU Shebeen, Melbourne CBD. 7:30pm. $12.00.

JACKSON FIREBIRD Pelly Bar, Frankston. 7:00pm.

JUKE JOINT JUMP - FEAT: THREE KINGS + ROSS WILSON + JOE CAMILLERI + MORE Caravan Music Club,

Belgrave. 11:00am.

END OF THE LINE FESTIVAL - FEAT: BEN KELLY + CAROLYN OATES + ZAC SABER + MILLER + MORE Oscar’s, Essendon. 1:30pm.

ALI MCGREGOR

LONG KNIFE

THE B EN DI G O HOTE L Imagine Kiss playing Poison Idea with a healthy amount of Japanese hardcore, and you might come close to what Long Knife sound like. The band have come all the way down from Portland, Oregon to hang out with Collingwood’s finest at The Bendigo Hotel this Saturday November 28. Speaking of Collingwood’s finest, Long Knife have got a crazy lineup supporting them on the night with Kromosom, Clowns, A.V.O, Hostile Objects and The Fck Ups all taking up space on the bill. Catch Long Knife and company this Saturday November 28 at The Bendigo Hotel. Doors open 7pm, tickets are $20+BF.

KISSCHASY (FAREWELL TOUR) Max Watt’s, Melbourne.

END OF THE LINE FESTIVAL - FEAT: OWEN RABBIT + SPIRALS + THE CHOPS + THE SURFACE PROJECT + MORE

THE UGLY KINGS

DAN FLYNN AND THE STATE OF THINGS

Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $32.00.

KARAOKE WITH ZOE Customs House Hotel,

RI SIN G S U N H OT E L Cabaret sensation Ali McGregor is bringing her sell out Edinburgh Fringe Festival show Decadence to Melbourne’s Rising Sun Hotel for a special one off performance this Saturday night. McGregor joined the famed cabaret group La Clique a decade ago, and has since become an essential part of the growing international cabaret scene. So far, 2015 has already seen McGregor win the prestigious Green Room Award for her contribution to the art form, and named as the successor to Barry Humphries as co-Artistic Director of the internationally renown Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Accompanied by award winning pianist and long-time collaborator Sam Keevers, Ali McGregor will guide you through the torch songs, jazz reworkings and trash mash-ups with the consummate ease of cabaret royalty. Ali McGregor performs Decadence on Saturday November 28 from 8.30 onwards at the Rising Sun Hotel. Tickets are $40 through Trybooking.

THE ACFIELDS

Bar, Toorak. 9:00pm. $39.95.

GIANTS OF 60S ROCK - FEAT: STEVE LUCAS + GIL MATTHEWS + DAN ROBINSON Spotted Mallard,

SONS OF LEE MARVIN + THE YARD APES + THE CHA CHA CHAS + PAPERBACKS Public Bar, North Melbourne.

6:30pm. $85.00.

GILLIGAN SMILES + SUN BAZEL + PUSSY JUICE Grace

Melbourne. 3:00pm.

CBD. 6:30pm. $20.00.

GOLD CLASS + COOL SOUNDS + HIDEOUS TOWNS + KARLI WHITE John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. $15.00.

GRACE KNIGHT Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick.

SUICIETY + TEQUILA MOCKINGBYRD + SPACEJUNK + LOW FLY INCLINE Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong.

THE HADRON KALEIDOSCOPES The Retreat Hotel,

MR ALFORD COUNTRY Union Hotel, Brunswick.

$15.00.

ADAM DUNNING & ANA MITSIKAS + ROGER CLARK QUARTET Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm.

$16.00.

BABY ET LULU St Kilda Memo, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $32.00.

BENEFIT FOR PASSI JO - FEAT: BLACK BORIS & TUKUVANA + AFROVIVAL + BOLINGO CHOIR + MORE 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15.00.

JAMIE OEHLERS QUINTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy.

8:00pm.

KYLIE AULDIST + BROOKLYN’S FINEST + MISS GOLDIE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $25.00.

MARCIA HINES + MUSCAT + ABBEY STONE Trak Lounge MSO (BRAHMS & TCHAIKOVSKY) - FEAT: KOLJA BLACHER Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

MY FAVOURITE THINGS - FEAT: JOE RUBERTO TRIO + CHARLOTTE JANE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne OUR CHRISTMAS GIFT - FEAT: SILVIE PALADINO + DAVID HOBSON + EMMA PASK + MORE Hamer Hall (Arts Centre Melbourne), Southbank. 2:30pm. $15.00.

PHILA PARA Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 6:00pm.

RICK PRICE (TENNESSEE SKY) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 8:00pm. $35.00.

STICKMAN Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

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Brunswick. 6:00pm.

Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $2.00.

8:40pm. $40.00.

HELLO WEEN (WEEN TRIBUTE SHOW) Catfish, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

HIEROPHANTS + GHASTLY SPATS + EXHAUSTION + PRONTO + EXEK Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm.

INXSIVE Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $20.00.

KING OF THE NORTH Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne CBD. 9:00pm. $17.00.

S O M E V E LV E T M O R NI NG The Acfields are taking to Some Velvet Morning this week for their only Victorian tour of 2015. The altfolk sibling duo have created an enduring partnership, earning them recognition for their distinctive vocals, rolling rhythms and an unexpected level of depth in their music. Catch The Acfields at Some Velvet Morning this Saturday November 28. Doors open from 7.30pm.

RYAN SCOBLE ESQ. PRESENTS Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy.

2:00am. $7.00.

SATURDAYS R COVERED - FEAT: RADIO STAR Royal Hotel, Essendon. 10:00pm.

SEXGRIMES + LIQUOR SNATCH + KMART WARRIORS + STONED TO DEATH Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

8:00pm. $5.00.

8:30pm. $10.00.

8:00pm. $10.00.

Abbotsford. 7:30pm.

THE HADRON KALEIDOSCOPES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm.

THE SHABBAB + FULL FLOWER MOON BAND + JIM JACKSON & THE HATS + CONSTANTINE XII Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.00.

THE UGLY KINGS + THE HUNTED CROWS + DEVIL ELECTRIC Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 8:00pm. $13.00.

B E AT.C O M . A U

Williamstown. 9:00pm.

TINY RUINS

THE TOFF I N TOWN It’s taken them two separate visits to New York City, but Tiny Ruins are finally ready to release their new EP Hurtling Through, with two launch shows at The Toff In Town this weekend. Hollie Fullbrook, aka Tiny Ruins, recorded and produced the EP in collaboration with Hamish Kilgour of The Clean, recording two songs in a basement studio in late 2013. A year later, Fullbrook returned to New York where the pair finished the record. Hurtling Through includes two W.B. Yeats poems set to music, as well as a field recording of a latenight Brooklyn walk, with percussionist Kilgour taking a silver spoon to railings and lamp-posts. Tiny Ruins will play two shows at The Toff In Town with Nadia Reid on Saturday November 28 and Sunday November 29. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is $24.

KRAKEN FOLK SESSION Drunken Poet, West LOUIE & THE PRIDE Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.

5:00pm.

9:00pm.

PAUL MADIGAN Esu House, South Yarra. 8:00pm.

QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: ANGUS & JULIA STONE + HOODOO GURUS + KATE MILLER-HEIDKE + PAUL DEMPSEY + JOHN WILLIAMSON + MELBOURNE SKA ORCHESTRA + ROBERT FORSTER + HARTS + KINGFISHA + OKA + AINSLIE WILLS + HEY FRANKIE Queenscliff Music Festival Site, Queenscliff. 12:00pm. $185.00.

CHAMPAGNE INTERNET

KRAKEN FOLK SESSION

PRIN CE PUBL IC BAR As an ex-member of the Yacht Club DJs, Champagne Internet has taken up residency at Prince Public Bar. He’s hustlin’ beats, mashing tracks, bringing vibes and is definitely more up market than cask-wine dial-up.

If you’ve got nowhere to be on a Saturday night and fancy a Saturday night boogie, hustle on down to Prince Public Bar this Saturday November 28 and catch Champagne Internet in action. Doors open at 10.30pm.

T H E D R U NK E N P O E T On the last Saturday afternoon of every month, The Drunken Poet hosts the Kraken Folk Session. Starting in the afternoon, Melbourne’s finest folk musicians will croon, pluck and tell tales whilst you coddle your Guinness in your grubby little hands. Catch the Kraken Folk Session at The Drunken Poet this Saturday November 28. Doors open at 3pm, entry is free.

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 29

RON SEXSMITH + LIZ STRINGER + MARK LANG + OLLIE BROWN

100/25/1 - FEAT: ADAM SIMMONS + NIKO SCHAUBLE + VICTORIA BILOGAN + MORE Conduit Arts, Fitzroy.

Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 1:00pm. $49.90.

RON SEXSMITH + BOB EVANS + MARK LANG Northcote

7:00pm. $15.00.

Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm.

BIG WORDS + ESESE + TRICK DOG SYNDICATE + UNCLE PENNYBAGS & THE VIBE-A-CENTRICS Boney,

GOLD CLASS

BEAT-CLUB

T H E GO LD EN MONKEY B A R Melbourne’s latest ‘60s and 70’s inspired event BeatClub opens its doors this Saturday November 28 at The Golden Monkey Bar. Take yourself back to the bygone era and dance the night away to the sounds of Les Minijupes and Thee Wylde Oscars, along with DJs Dave Gray and El Bastardo hitting the decks.

Throw in some go-go dancing from The Supervixens and visuals by Ultimate Freak Out and you’ve got one hell of a night ahead of you. Beat-Club starts up this Saturday November 28 from 9pm. $18 tickets online, $20 on the door.

SOUTH PINES Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.

THE GROOVETONES Rose Hotel, Williamstown.

8:00pm.

THE HORNETS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.

9:00pm.

THE HOUNDLINGS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm.

THE RELATIVES Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm.

TH E J OH N C U R T I N After a sold out show at The Tote, Gold Class are gearing up for an east coast tour which sees them play at The John Curtin this weekend. The band have just released their debut album It’s You on vinyl after a year of frenetic touring and chaotic live shows. Catch Gold Class when they hit The Curtin this Saturday November 28. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is $12.

Melbourne CBD. 9:00pm. $6.00.

THE SHOT GLASSES Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava.

$33.00.

8:00pm.

PASSI JO BENEFIT SHOW

B A R 3 03 Internationally renowned Congolese musician Passi Jo’s joyful, infectious, Latin-infused Soukouss/Afrobeat music has been enjoyed for many years over many continents – and Bar 303 is hosting a benefit night to help him fight serious illness. Here’s your chance to support a deserving musician who’s contributed so much to music locally and globally, and has been struggling to complete a new album while undergoing continued medical treatment. Featuring a dynamic lineup of entertainment including Black Boris and Tukuvana, Afrovival, the Bolingo Choir with Passi Jo and Ajak Kwai along with many more, be sure to catch this stellar lineup at the Passi Jo Benefit Show, Bar 303 this Saturday November 28. Doors open at 8pm, entry is $20.

THE UNKIND + THE DEAD MAGGIES + FOX N FIRKIN + THE CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN COLLECTIVE Reverence Hotel,

Footscray. 8:00pm. $8.00.

VAN WALKER + SHANE REILLY Dog’s Bar, St Kilda.

8:00pm.

WOLF MAIL Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:00pm.

TOOZE & BRUCE

T H E RET R EAT HOTEL Tooze & Bruce are preparing to light up The Retreat Hotel this weekend, dragging their six-piece band along for a lovely sunny session. They’ll be throwing out back-to-back sets while you sink back-to-back pints at this deliciously free occasion, so do yourself a favour and strap yourself in for an evening of pop, folk and country sensibilities. Catch Tooze & Bruce at The Retreat Hotel this Saturday November 28. Doors open at 5pm, entry is free.

ON THE GRID FT. DEAR PLASTIC

S CRATC H WA R E H O U S E Here’s a brand new concept for you to sink your teeth into – On The Grid is launching this week, which combines the best aspects of Melbourne’s music scene to create interesting pop-up events – the first of these kicking off at Scratch Warehouse. This independent event series is hosting the first event with Dear Plastic, Amistat, Matt Glass and Jackson Quinnell taking the stage this Saturday November 28. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is $20.

CORPUS MEDICORUM (CONCERT 3) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 5:00pm. $50.00.

CUBARTE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 5:30pm.

FEM BELLING QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne

CBD. 9:00pm. $25.00.

OSCAR GALT & THE EVENTUAL SOMETHINGS

THE WORKERS CLUB Oscar Galt & The Eventual Somethings’ are celebrating the launch of their new EP Play Things at The Worker’s Club this weekend. Play Things is an agitated and despondent look back on memories of dependence and fatigue. Combining elements of angst driven, dirty blues and wiry guitar rock, Galt’s shadowed and morbid wit echoes the likes of archetypal Australian dirge-rock bands and heady influences Grindermanand The Dirty Three. Have a geeze at Oscar Galt & The Eventual Somethings for their EP launch this Sunday November 29 at The Worker’s Club. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $10.

MILLAR JUKES Corner Hotel, Richmond. 12:00pm.

PIRATE FEST - FEAT: ALESTORM + LAGERSTEIN + TROLDHAUGEN 170 Russell, Melbourne CBD. 8:00pm.

KATE CEBERANO St Kilda Memo, St Kilda. 2:00pm.

$57.50.

MO LOUIE + POCKET CALCULATORS + VELVET SAND + ALLYSHA JOY Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $12.00.

MORELAND CITY SOUL REVUE Union Hotel, Brunswick.

11:30pm.

5:00pm.

SUNDAY SOUL SESSIONS Purple Emerald, Northcote.

ROSE HOTEL STREET PARTY - FEAT: THE SUGARCANES + THE GUNSLINGERS + JUKEBOX RACKET + DANNY MCGINLAY Rose Diner & Bar, Port Melbourne.

SCORCHER FEST 303, Northcote. 12:00pm.

SPARK SPITTER + SKY NEEDLE + MILKK + PURR Grace

9:00pm.

Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 6:30pm. $8.00.

1:30pm.

ZIG ZAG & DREAMIN’ WILD + THE DARE OHHS + GOD SQUAD Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm.

THE CAT EMPIRE + EMMA DONOVAN & THE PUTBACKS + DJ JUMPS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:00pm.

THE CAT EMPIRE (U18) Corner Hotel, Richmond.

THE DETONATORS Daveys Bar & Restaurant,

Frankston. 2:30pm.

THE WINNEBAGO LOUNGE St Kilda Memo, St Kilda.

5:00pm.

TINY RUINS + NADIA REID Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD. 7:30pm. $20.00.

$5.00.

8 BALL AITKEN + SHANNON BOURNE Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 3:00pm. $5.00.

ANNE MCCUE Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm.

A BLONDE MOMENT Ascot Vale Hotel, Ascot Vale. 8:00pm.

AIRWAY LANES Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 4:00pm.

BYO VINYL NIGHT Littlefoot Bar, Footscray. 7:30pm.

CITY SHARPS + THE INTERCEPTORS Mr Boogie Man

$23.00.

GILLIGAN SMILES + SPLENDID + WATER BEAR + BEST PRESS Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 9:00pm.

IN DEFENCE + PARTY VIBES + DISPARO + HAILGUN + MORE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 4:00pm.

LOOSE TOOTH + COOL SOUNDS + BERMUDA STROLLERS

DAN WARNER DUO Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

Bar, Abbottsford. 7:00pm. $10.00.

ANNIE WALL & THE AVALANCHE BAND Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:00pm. $12.00.

BIG SMOKE + MILK TEDDY + TRULY HOLY Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6.00.

4:30pm.

ELWOOD BLUES CLUB Prince Public Bar, St Kilda .

8:00pm.

HOMESICK RAY’S MILD BUNCH Drunken Poet, West

Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm.

Melbourne. 6:30pm.

Richmond. 1:00pm.

Goodtime Studios, Carlton. 5:00pm. $12.00.

2:00pm. $15.00.

JVG GUITAR METHOD Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm.

KEN MAHER + AL WRIGHT + TONY HARGREAVES Lomond

LOS PAUNCHEROS + LIMELIGHT BLUES Station 59, MINI METAL MANIA FEST - FEAT: THE ARBITER + BRUTONOMY + EVOLUTION OF SELF + HIDEAWAY + INTO RUIN + MORE Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.

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JAMES TEAGUE + HANNAH CAMERON + GEORGIA SPAIN JESSE VALACH (BLUES MOUNTAIN) Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm.

Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:00pm.

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T.K. REEVE

TH E DRUNKEN POET Renowned local double-bassist T.K. Reeve is heading to The Drunken Poet, bringing a swathe of blues tracks into the bar’s snug confines. As a solo perfomer, his music is reminiscent of the older traditional artists, although he plays primarily on electrified instruments and uses a foot stomp to accompany his original and covered songs. His powerful baritone-register voice and raw delivery make a significant impact on his audiences whether they’re simply absorbing the music, or dancing with reckless abandon. Pop in and see T.K. Reeve at The Drunken Poet this Sunday November 29. Door opens at 4pm, entry is free.

MATT WALKER + LOST RAGAS Post Office Hotel,

Coburg. 4:30pm.

MELANIE WASON Beechworth Bakery, 10:00am.

MERRI CREAK Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

5:30pm.

MICHELLE GARDINER Customs House Hotel,

Williamstown. 3:00pm.

MISS WHISKEY Union Hotel, Brunswick. 3:30pm.

PAT WILSON TRIO Big Huey’s Diner, South Melbourne.

4:00pm.

CUBAN SUNDAYS

TH E SPOT TED MAL L AR D Cuban Sundays is coming to a close at The Spotted Mallard, after a hearty month full of food, drink and music. Cubarte, Melbourne’s newest Cubanjazz ensemble directed by Alex Pertout, will perform a final set of bolero, cha cha, son, mambo, bembe, Mozambique and flood the place with a beautiful contagion through timeless music. Catch the last Cuban Sundays session at The Spotted Mallard this Sunday November 29. Doors open from 5.30pm, entry is free.

QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL Queenscliff Music

SHEEHAN SMITH & SHEEHAN + SHEEHAN + SMITH & SHEEHAN Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm.

SLIPDIXIES Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 5:30pm.

STEVII HILL Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

SOUL SUNDAYS FT. THE DO YO THANGS

T HE RE T R E AT H OT E L Brunswick’s iconic Soul Sundays is back at The Retreat Hotel, promising the best soul acts and DJs that Melbourne can offer. Bringing the party on this weekend fiesta are the exuberant charms of The Do Yo Thangs, supported by Jamil Zacharia earlier in the evening. Catch Soul Sundays at The Retreat Hotel with The Do Yo Thanks this Sunday November 29.

Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is free.

THE DEAD SALESMEN Reverence Hotel, Footscray.

3:00pm.

THE PRAYER BABIES Royal Oak Hotel, Fitzroy North.

4:30pm.

5:00pm.

THE TRAVIS WINTERS BLUES BAND The Water Rat Hotel, South Melbourne. 5:00pm. $5.00.

TIM ROGERS & TEX PERKINS St Kilda Memo, St Kilda.

7:00pm. $40.00.

TK REEVES Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm.

WOLF MAIL Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 2:00pm. $20.00.

Catfish, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. $5.00.

MONDAY NOVEMBER 30

RICHARD CUTHBERT + GEM BONES + BEN MASON

YAH YAH’ S Black Heart Breakers are storming into Yah Yah’s this week, heading down from Sydney to smear the joint with some power-pop tunes. After the release of their self-titled debut last year, the band have wowed crowds, punished festivals and been personally picked by Radio Birdman to support on several occasions. Catch Black Heart Breakers at Yah Yah’s this Sunday November 29.

Doors open at 8pm, entry is free.

100/25/1 - FEAT: ANNE NORMAN + CAROLYN CONNORS + CLINTON GREEN + DAVID CHESWORTH + EUGENE UGHETTI + MORE Conduit Arts, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

$15.00.

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ARBES

T H E WO R KE R S C LU B After the release of their debut EP in May followed by a five month break due to guitarist Sam venturing out on his own in the big blue, Arbes are finally reunited and are set to make a massive comeback at The Workers Club. 2015 has seen Arbes sign to Sports Day Records in London and receive international attention from the likes of NME for their track Swimmer. Catch the dream-pop of Arbes when they hit The Workers Club this Monday November 30. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is $3.

ZAKK WYLDE’S BLACK LABEL SOCIETY + MAMMOTH MAMMOTH 170 Russell, Melbourne CBD. 7:30pm. $60.00.

PAUL WILLIAMSON’S HAMMOND COMBO Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $10.00.

SPARK SPITTER + FLOODS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5.00.

VANDERLAY Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

TUESDAY DECEMBER 1

ANNA’S GO-GO ACADEMY Bella Union Bar, Carlton.

6:30pm. $10.00.

IRISH SESSION Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East.

MILONGA Bella Union Bar, Carlton. 8:00pm. $10.00.

MONASH JAZZ ORCHESTRA Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $10.00.

THE RESIGNATORS

C H E R RY B A R The Resignators are storming into Cherry Bar this Tuesday for a month long residency with more sauce than a Bunnings’ sausage sizzle. The Resignators are described as what Gang Of Four would sound like if they were a ska band, using incredible energy and a hybrid of vintage rock and ska to wow audiences and critics alike. Catch The Resignators at Cherry Bar this Tuesday December 1. Doors open at 7pm, entry is free.

THE HUMAN Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

6:00pm. $38.00.

ETK (EXPERIENCE THE KNOWING)+ ULYSSES WULF + ARCANE SAINTS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood.

7:00pm. $5.00.

TROUSER FORCE + SCOOT MOLLY Public Bar, North

Melbourne. 7:30pm. $6.00.

THANDO ACTS WANTED FOR SUNDAY ROCK SHOWS - contact: mark@gunnmusic.com.au

PRESENT

8:00pm.

THE RUSTY TERMINALS Carters Bar, Northcote.

Festival Site, Queenscliff. 12:00pm. $185.00.

BLACK HEART BREAKERS

The Push

C H E RRY B A R Cherry Blues is once again in session, as 8 Ball Aitken takes to the stage with support from Shannon Bourne.

This live blues set will draw upon 8 Ball’s homegrown Nashville Americana roots as he throws in elements of country, blues and rock for a rollicking night of tunes.

Catch 8 Ball Aitken for Cherry Blues at Cherry Bar this Sunday November 29. Doors open at 2pm, entry is $5.

T HE TOFF I N TOWN It’s the final week of Thando’s Toff In Town Residency, and she’s saved the best for last. Catch Thando work her fantastic voice for one last fantastic show as she performs a night dedicated to the works of Whitney Houston, performing a celebratory set with support coming from Melbourne act Au Dré. Her electric live performance sees her adding an ambitious cabaret style performance with costume changes, alights show and choreography to the show. Catch Thando for the last night of her November Residency this Monday November 30. Doors open at 7.30pm, entry is $13.

DARYL MCKENZIE JAZZ ORCHESTRA + WILBUR WILDE + HETTY KATE The Apartment, Melbourne CBD. 8:00pm. $15.00.

DIE SCHÖNE MÜLLERIN - FEAT: MICHAEL SMALLWOOD + EIDIT GOLDER Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.

6:00pm. $38.00.

JAZZ PARTY Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 8:00pm.

INTO THE VOID (DOCUMENTARY SCREENING) Longplay,

Fitzroy North. 4:30pm. $15.00.

MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: SUMMERFLAKE + JESSICA SAYS + MATT BANHAM + TOTALLY MILD Northcote

ZAKK WYLDE’S BLACK LABEL SOCIETY + HEAVEN THE AXE 170 Russell, Melbourne CBD. 7:30pm.

EDI VALENTINA Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:00pm.

JOHN DOE & THE SHALLOW GRAVES + JANE CAMERON & THE CRAZY CARNIVAL + GREG STEPS Old Bar, Fitzroy.

8:00pm. $6.00.

KLUB MUK 303, Northcote. 7:30pm.

MORNING MELODIES - FEAT: COL PERKINS: EARLY

SCOTTY CANDLISH

T H E WO R KE R S C LU B The Workers Club is hosting a night of indie-folk as The M Agency take over the joint for a very special night. Headlining the show, with an honest and vulnerable penchant for storytelling, and a knack of writing catchy melodies is Scotty Candlish who has been refining his sound throughout dive and wine bars for the past four years. Supporting on the night are Little Theatre and Gippsland native Harry Smith. Join in on a night of acoustic finery at The Workers Club with Scotty Candlish this Tuesday December 1. Doors open at 7pm, entry is $10.

Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm.

ROCK LEGENDS CHRISTMAS Powell Hotel, Footscray.

North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $6.00.

TASTE OF INDIE TUESDAY - FEAT: SONGWRITER SESSIONS Prince Public Bar, St Kilda . 8:00pm.

SEMI FICTION + THE ELECTRIC I + SPIN DAISY Public Bar, T-REK + THE MONDAY BONE MACHINE + JAMES STEETH Boney, Melbourne CBD. 9:00pm.

10:30am. $5.00.

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Access All Ages WITH GRACE KINDELLAN The FReeZA Push Start Battle of the Bands Regional Finals have been running since September with a series of fantastic gigs showcasing young, unsigned acts right across Victoria. The winners so far include Selling Time (Northern Metro), Mosey (Northern Country), Mother Culture (Southern Metro), Sparks (Eastern Metro), Against Our Pride (Barwon South West), and Aura (Gippsland.) There is one event left to determine the winner from the Mallee Wimmera region on Friday December 4 at Nowingi Place, Hugh King Drive, Mildura. All finalists will battle it out once and for all at the City of Melbourne’s Moomba Festival in March 2016.

With a prize pack worth more than $11,000 including recording, mastering, printing, posters, gear, publicity, clothing and more, competition will be fierce. Head to www.thepush.com.au for more details and start rehearsing for next year.

Big West Festival is the leading community based, contemporary arts festival in Melbourne’s West and this year is its tenth anniversary. There are over 70 multicultural, multi-artform and mostly free events that celebrate the west through the theme ‘house.’ This weekend is your last chance to experience the festival, so put it in your diary and get on down.

If you’re interested in the evolution and longevity of music events, check out Game Changers: Future of Festivals. Presented by Victoria University in conjunction with Maribyrnong City Council, this panel discussion will focus on the purposes, sustainability and threats to festivals of all kinds.

Featuring the directors of the Next Wave, Fringe, Castlemaine and Melbourne festivals, it’s sure to be a juicy and impassioned conversation.

Full House is a night of noisy, raw, passionate and very danceable music to finish the festival in full party style. Emma Donovan & The Putbacks, Kutcha Edwards, San Lazaro and DJ Manchild will be performing from 8pm, playing everything from Latin sounds, traditional soul, African hip hop, blues and disco. Head down to the Footscray Park Bowling Club for a BBQ from 6.30pm.

Fed Square Live is here to ease you into the summer music season with a series of free, outdoor performances every Thursday from 5.30pm at, you guessed it, Federation Square. Relax in a deckchair and unwind as the sunsets over some of Melbourne’s most talented acts. This week you can catch Ruben Stone’s unique blend of ambient electronica, indie rock and dance, as well as the sublime electronic folk of Heloise and sonic pop songs from Singing for Humans. Head to fedsquare.com/events/fed-squarelive for more information.

Orchestra Victoria is seeking an Orchestra Administration Trainee to provide reception, office administration and support at their Albert Park office.

The position is ideal if you’re a recent school leaver who wants to gain important experience working within the music industry and understand how a creative organisation functions. It also means you’ll be getting paid while studying towards a nationally recognised qualification. Applications close at 5pm on Friday November 27. For more information, check out artsready.com.au/current-vacancies.

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All Ages Gig Guide F R I DAY N OV E M B E R 27

• The Double Launch w/ Synergy, The Supernaturals, Fallen star at EV’s, 212 Mt Dandenong Road, 6.30pm – 11pm, Free, www.maroondahyouthservices.com, AA • Summer Sounds Underage w/ Future Not Found, Alavate, Jo Jo, Lou, Jacob, Elli at Epping Memorial Hall, Corner of Hall Street & High street, Epping, 5pm - 10pm, $10, www.baselinewhittlesea.com, U18

Wed 25th November

W I N E , W H I S K EY, W O M E N 8pm: Lilith Lane 9pm: Kerryn Fields Thurs 26TH November

8pm:

Michael Crowe Fri 27TH November

6pm: Traditional 8.30pm:

Irish Session

Cyndi Boste

Saturday 28th November

3pm:

Kraken Folk Session 9pm: The Hornets Sunday 29th November

TK Reeves 6.30pm: Homesick Ray’s Mild Bunch 4pm:

Tuesdays

TRIVIA The Drunken Poet, 65 Peel Street (directly opposite Queen Vic Market), Phone: 03 9348 9797. www.thedrunkenpoet.com.au

TUESDAY 24TH 7PM

VOICES IN THE ATTIC A NIGHT OF SPOKEN WORD, POETRY AND LIVE MUSIC WEDNESDAY 25TH 7PM

CAVIAR LOUNGE THURSDAY 26TH 7PM

JUNGLE FUNK RESIDENT MANCHILD

WITH SPECIAL GUESTS. AFROBEAt, CUMBIA, FUNK, SAMBA & LIVE PRECUSSIONS. FRIDAY 27TH 7PM

APERITIVO SATURDAY 28TH 7PM

GENTLE PERSUASION WINTERS & FRIENDS SUNDAY 29TH 12PM

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CELEBRTING ALL THINGS KIWI WITH TRADITIONAL STYLE HANGI AND NZ BOOZE SPECIALS ALL DAY TILL LATE MUSIC FROM SUNSET BLVD FROM 7PM

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SIX MELBOURNE VENUES GET SOUNDPROOFING GRANTS

The Victorian state government has announced six venues to share in $250,000 in grants to cover the cost of soundproofing. The Live Music Attenuation Assistance Program was first announced in June. Successful applicants are Bakehouse Studios, Bendigo Hotel, Cherry Bar, Ding Dong Lounge, 1000 Pound Bend and Revolver Upstairs. They will be reimbursed for soundproofing works completed or contracted between September 4 2010 and September 4 2014. Last year Cherry Bar raised $50,000 from crowdfunding towards sound proofing, and Ding Dong spent about $80,000 already to appease complaining neighbours.

MORE AUSSIE ACTS INVITED TO SXSW

Six more Aussies have been invited to showcase at SXSW next year. The latest round of 200 global acts included Ben Abraham (Melbourne), The Gooch Palms (Newcastle), Hockey Dad (Wollongong), Nite Fields (Brisbane), Oh Pep! (Melbourne) and Sui Zhen (Melbourne). Others on the list included Bleaches, Mercury Rev, Soda Fabric, Thee Oh Sees, PRAYERS, White Lung and Fuck Buttons side-project Blanck Mass.

THINGS WE HEAR

Which regional band turned up to play a gig even though their van flipped over on the way there?

More acts have got behind Australian Road Crew Association’s (ARCA) campaign to raise funds and awareness of the high suicide rate among roadies. It’s created a poster with the names of the 114 who have died in the past 30 years. AC/DC signed one for its use while in Australia. ARCA founder Ian Peel celebrated, “Remember the fallen. We have Angus and the boys behind us.” There is talk of the poster being permanently displayed on Melbourne’s AC/DC Lane.

Inertia Group CEO Colin Daniels was re-elected to the global indie sector association Merlin’s board representing Australia.

The SA Government has cut red tape for live music. Venues opening until midnight don’t have to get council approval any more. Ridiculous aspects of the legislation are scrapped.

For example, Seven Stars Hotel could only book bands with four members, and not five – and hence had to turn down Happy Mondays. The Belgium Beer Garden could have harps and didgeridoos. The Dublin Hotel could only play Irish folk music and was prosecuted for having a DJ. RÜFÜS announced their second album is called Bloom, out Friday January 22, with pre-orders getting a nine minute track Innerbloom. Their debut album Atlas just hit platinum and single You Were Right has gone gold.

“A massive fuck up.” Olly Murs chastised himself after appearing on X Factor UK and prematurely announced one of the wannabe’s had been eliminated.

Mogwai guitarist John Cummings has quit the band after two years to “pursue own musical projects.”

Geelong’s StreetLife Festival is to become an annual event after the first one, this month, drew 800 to hear live music headlined by The Delta Riggs, enjoy street art and have a BBQ at various laneways. Organisers Michael Ward and Kieran Blood, the duo behind the Great Australian Beer Festival, admit it was modelled on the Laneway Festival.

Williams Boag Architect has been chosen to design Ararat’s $5.2 million arts precinct. The Ararat Performing Arts Centre and Ararat Regional Art Gallery will get enhanced facilities to attract more performers and exhibitions as part of a tourism strategy to make Ararat the gateway to the Grampians. lly quipped on triple j about working on his new single Swear Jar with US producer Rahki, who won a Grammy for his work with Kendrick Lamar. “I got in just before he won the Grammy so I think it might have been a lot more difficult if I had have hooked up with him afterwards.” The track disses poser musicians and internet trolls.

Frankfurt and Berlin will have their own electronic dance music museums by 2017. Berlin’s is set up by Dimitri Hegemann whose record label/club Tresor popularised underground techno in the early ‘90s. Frankfurt’s is by club owner Alex Azary and DJ Andreas Tomalla and partly subsidised by the city.

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GOVERNMENT INVESTS $704,078 IN VIC MUSICIANS

to the recent Face The Music conference. $50,000 is to support a new partnership with export body Sounds Australia to increase export opportunities for Victorian musicians through participating next year in its professional development events and international showcases. See the full list of projects at www.creative.vic.gov.au/news.

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The latest APRA AMCOS boards have two new names.

Former Go-Betweens member turned award winning screen composer Amanda Brown is elected as Writer Director for APRA. A record 20 members vied for the Writer Director position, vacant after Mike Perjanik finished a 30-year term. APRA has been concerned that female representation on the board is as low as 16%, and CEO Brett Cottle welcomed Brown in joining Jenny Morris on the board. It also announced eight female songwriters as its ambassadors.

The new APRA board consists of Jenny Morris (chair), Ian James (Mushroom Music – deputy chair), Bob Aird (Universal), Matthew Capper (Warner/Chappell Music), Damien Trotter (Sony ATV), Philip Walker (Origin) and writer directors Brendan Gallagher, Don McGlashan, Chris Neal and Nigel Westlake.

Ian James continues as chair of the AMCOS board, with Marianna Annas (ABC) as deputy. Jaime Gough (Native Tongue) is a newcomer, replacing Matthew Donlevy (peermusic) who finished his term. The others were Aird, Albert, Capper, Trotter, Walker, Philip Burn (Hal Leonard), Peter Hebbes (Hebbes), Steve McPherson (Hillsong) and Simon Moor (Kobalt).

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Brisbane’s Riverstage. During Rabbit Heart, she insisted everyone hoist their partners onto their shoulders.

Moments later she jumped off the stage and up the hill hanging off a marquee singing in the crowd, which mobbed her for photos and selfies.

A Tribe Called Quest say that Lou Reed made all the money from 1990’s Can I Kick It? because they sampled his Walk On The Wild Side.

A musicians poll by the BBC hailed Miles Davis the greatest jazz artist of all time, then Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans and Oscar Peterson.

RDIO CLOSING, PANDORA SWOOPS

Rdio has filed for bankruptcy in the US and is closing operations in all 85 markets (including Australia) to eradicate its debt. Pandora is in the process of buying some assets (including technology and IP) for $75 million.

In Australia, the Rdio app was at one point the highest grossing and most popular app on the iTunes Store. Rdio had 10,000 Aussie subscribers who may be transferred to Pandora.

SCOTT BRAUN TO LAUNCH ‘BERLIN’ BOOK

Sydney-born Berlin-based writer Stuart Braun is back in Australia to launch his book City Of Exiles: Berlin From The Outside In (Noctua Press). It is about 200 restless spirits like Einstein, Iggy Pop, Nick Cave and director Laura Poitras who found sanctuary there through the last century.

Published in Germany in May, it’ll be officially launched in Sydney (Tuesday December 1, Hollywood Hotel) and Melbourne (Thursday December 3, RMIT Gallery).

ELLIOTT SMITH DOCO SCREENING

Heaven Adores You, the documentary about the late US singer/songwriter Elliott Smith, features 30 interviews with musicians about his continuing legacy after his 2003 death at 34 from a stabbing suicide, and 20 new works.

It had its Australian premiere at the Melbourne Film Festival, but Mushroom Pictures is holding a one-nightonly screening in six cities, including Melbourne’s Palace Kino on Wednesday November 25.

MUSICIANS IN A MMAD WORLD

Musicians Making A Difference (MMAD) is a grassroots charity that exists to change young lives through the power of music and mentoring. They are taught to use their talents to break negative cycles, feel self-worth and make positive choices. This year, ten of them created #MMAD4U Day to raise awareness of MMAD’s achievements. It launched this Monday with support from the music biz, media and artists such as 5 Seconds of Summer, Tuka (Thundamentals), Troye Sivan, Birds of Tokyo, KLP, Justice Crew and The Potbelleez.

ROLLING THUNDER LOSES BOOM

The concept was appealing: a heavy metal festival Rolling Thunder in regional Victoria’s Kryal Castle, to evoke the medieval tones of the music (we’re thinking). Alas, within days, the folks at the venue said they’d never agreed to it, and Sydney’s Young Henrys said it never finalised negotiations to be a sponsor. Promoters Heathen Skulls say it will continue at a new venue to be announced.

WANT TO WORK AT SHOCK RECORDS?

Shock Records needs a Label Director/Head Of Music. The applicant needs a deep knowledge of the indie scene, with substantial experience in label management and experience in label acquisitions, contracts, online/offline marketing, A&R, music sales and knowledge of digital services. Apply to jobs@shock.com.au before Friday November 27.

INTO THE VOID AT LONGPLAY

Margaret Gordon’s underground New Zealand doco Into the Void is screening at North Fitzroy’s LongPlay cinema until Monday November 30. It follows the career of an eccentric underground noise metal group over three decades, from their youthful punk days and survival through two major earthquakes. The opening night featured a Q&A with the director and band members. See intothevoidmovie.com.

MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS & GOSSIP

Lifelines Married: two AC/DC fans at the band’s show before 50,000 at Adelaide Oval.

Married: two Brisbane hardcore fans tied the knot on stage at Fest 14 in Florida.

Hospitalised: Justin Camilleri, guitarist of Perth metalcore band Mourning Lilith, was in intensive care at Royal Perth Hospital after a car crash. He and singer Max Faranda were driving home from band practice when two women in a Saab allegedly pursued by cops, crashed into them.

Faranda had minor injuries and was discharged.

Hospitalised: US outfit The Ghost Inside drummer Andrew Tkaczyk after a crash between their tour bus and a semi which claimed the lives of both drivers.

Injured: Hinder bassist Mike Rodden and a crewman suffered broken ribs after a car crash in Cookeville, Tennessee.

In Court: Nicki Minaj’s exboyfriend Safaree Samuels is about to initiate a multi-million dollar lawsuit for royalties alleging he wrote her raps on her albums. He says he has video and audio footage from studio sessions as proof.

In Court: Sydney Christian hip hop producer Kodi Maybir found guilty of murder over the death of a seven year old boy’s fatal injuries on a fall from a pogo stick.

In Court: a Frenchman on a 12-month good behaviour bond in Melbourne for allegedly selling a man $400 of false tickets to a festival, has been allowed to temporarily go to France to attend the funeral of a terror victim friend.

Arrested: a 29-year old man faces Geelong Magistrates Court in January for his involvement in a brawl at the Home House club during which a man’s ear was partially bitten off.

Died: Chris Paine, founding member and guitarist with Melbourne ‘90s bands Killing Time/ Mantissa. They released an album Mossy God through Polydor in 1992.

He emerged in Utter Stench and later formed Mechatronix.

Died: US singer songwriter P.F. Sloan, 70, from pancreatic cancer.

Scoring a record deal with Atlantic at 13, he wrote Barry McGuire’s Eve Of Destruction, Johnny Rivers’ Secret Agent Man and Herman’s Hermits’ A Must To Avoid.

Died: US session drummer Edward ‘Fast Eddie’ Hoh, 71. He appeared on albums by Donovan, Mike Bloomfield, Mamas & Papas and The Monkees.

Died: US artist and illustrator Michael C. Gross, best known for the Ghostbusters logo, of cancer aged 70.

Died: David VanLanding, one time singer with Michael Schenker Group and Crimson Glory, traffic accident.