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Contents 8
Contents
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News
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Arts Guide
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Beat Eats, Electronic, Hip Hop
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Industry, Metal, Punk
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The Offspring
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Tanya George
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Northlane
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Beat’s Guide to Good Things, Bigger Than Jesus
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Lucca Tan
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Yaluk-ut Weelam Ngargee, Rose Street Market
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Frank Sita, Radio Bar
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upsidedownhead, Thrice
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Robinson, Rüfüs
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Hadal Maw
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The Avalanches
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Robinson
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Live
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Album of the Week, Singles
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Albums Gig Guide
Editor’s note With Tom Parker
As we tip toe into December, Christmas is just over the horizon. It’s time to get your Santa list down and figure out just how nice you’ve been. Who’s your KK and what’s the price limit? Don’t forget to plan your social schedule too, there’ll be Christmas parties a plenty I’m sure. It’s a seriously busy time for all of us but we’ve cut you some slack, putting together a special gift guide to simplify your ominous Christmas shopping endeavours. From one festive occasion to another, Friday December 7 marks the triumphant inauguration of Good Things Festival ± Australia’s next step towards revitalising a once-adored alternative music scene. Taking over Flemington Racecourse, the likes of The Offspring, Stone Sour, Bullet for My Valentine and BABYMETAL will perform and we have the former of the four in our hood, chatting to us about Smash and how the album is still treasured 24 years on. On top of that, we chatted to Tanya George about the next step for busking in Melbourne and look to discover more about the alluring Melbourne Underground techno phenomenon that’s soon to take over the city. It’s issue 1655 my friends, what are you waiting for?
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By The Meadow festival is gearing up for it’s sixth birthday, returning for another weekend of music and revelry in The Otways next year. While they’re staying tight-lipped on the full lineup for now, we’ve been given a taste of what’s to come, announcing three headline artists to get you excited. Brisbane trio The Goon Sax are the first cab off the rank, joined by electronic duo Collarbones, fresh off the back of their latest track ‘A.I.’, as well as Zimbabwean-born songstress Thando. Held in Bambra, just a 90-minute drive from the city, the boutique event runs from Friday March 29 to Sunday March 31, with more info and pre-sale tickets available on the festival website. Keep your eyes peeled for the full lineup.
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After three years of flying under the radar, Melbourne songstress Jess Ribeiro has blessed listeners with a new track ‘Love Is The Score Of Nothing’. The song moves away from her usual folk style and into more indie-rock territory, possibly marking a new sound for the singer. As well as the new single, she’s also announced a run of east coast dates for next year, where you’ll be able to catch her play it live. Catch Jess Ribeiro at Geddes Lane Ballroom on Saturday February 2, with tickets available through the venue’s website.
Dinosaur Jr. fans will be stoked by this one. The rock outfit’s frontman J Mascis has just been added to the 2019 Brunswick Music Festival lineup, dropping in as part of his Australian tour. The appearance follows on from the release of his seventh solo project, Elastic Days, which sees the seasoned rocker opt for a softer sound than his work with Dinosaur Jr. He’ll be playing Howler on Tuesday March 12, Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14, with tickets and more information available through the Brunswick Music Festival website.
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Mona Foma
The Beasts
The return of Mona Foma next year also marks the return of Faux Mo, the festival’s weird and wonderful afterparty. The late night party’s lineup is looking as kooky as ever, but with a special focus on female, non-binary and gender-queer artists. Get ready for sets from Afro-Portugese DJ Nidia, New York’s Shyboi, and Brisbane’s hip hop queen Jesswar, to name a few. They and a bunch of other eclectic musos will be taking over Dicky Whites Lane in Launceston, across Friday January 18 and Saturday January 19. Visit the Mona Foma website for tickets and the full lineup.
Formerly known as the Beasts of Bourbon, the band have decided to change their name following the deaths of Spencer P. Jones and Brian Hooper, reinventing themselves as The Beasts. The group were working on the album Still Here at the time of Jones’ passing, which they have managed to cut together and are planning to release into the world next February. They’ll be taking it around the country next year, playing Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal on Thursday February 21, St Kilda’s Prince Bandroom on Friday February 22, and Northcote’s Croxton Bandroom on Saturday February 23. Tickets via Oztix.
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Boogie Festival Celebrating their 13th birthday
A new dawn is rising for Tallarook’s Boogie Festival, who’ll be partying extra hard to celebrate their 13th birthday next April. The boutique camping fest is about an hour of out Melbourne, providing a familyfriendly atmosphere where you can kick back and enjoy a stellar lineup of live music. Next year’s event is already looking huge, featuring artists such as Kurt Vile and The Violators, Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats, The Chats, and Jade Imagine, to name a few. There’s still more acts to come, so keep an ear out for more Boogie Festival news. The event goes down from Friday April 19 to Sunday April 21, with info and tickets available through the festival site.
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Launches Youth Mentorship Program
The Bendigo Autumn Music (BAM) festival has launched an exciting Youth Mentorship Program for young musicians under the age of 19. As well as the chance to perform alongside artists such as Kurt Vile and The Violators, Tiny Ruins and Mojo Juju, a chosen few will be hand-picked to work with some of the biggest names in the Australian music industry. Winners will be paired up with mentors like Harry James Angus from The Cat Empire or Thando, depending on which category they apply for. Head to the BAM website for more information, or to submit an application. Applications close on Sunday March 31.
Reverence Hotel
The Footscray gem will be closing its doors For The Smith Street Band drummer Matt Bodiam and partner Melanie, months of struggling to secure a long-term lease and find any alternative solutions, has led them to finally call it quits on their beloved Reverence Hotel. This means that after six years of providing the Melbourne music scene with copious amounts of live shows and cold bevvies, The Rev will be shutting its doors. So, if you’re looking to catch a gig, grab a drink or scoff a taco, head to Footscray for the last call on Saturday March 2.
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Four times Down Under and still Irish Mythen keeps coming back. This time she returns with her electrifying folk performances and soul-wrenching voice for her fifth Australian tour. With just a guitar in hand, Mythen will stop off at this year’s Woodford Folk Festival and next year’s Bluesfest, playing intimate shows at a variety of capital cities and regional towns in between. Melbourne fans can catch Irish Mythen at The Caravan Club on Friday February 1 and The Spotted Mallard on Saturday February 2. Head to her website for tickets and more tour dates.
Thursday nights at Section 8 always deliver, and this week is no different. UK hip hop legend Spikey Tee will be behind the decks at the much-loved Melbourne bar, treating punters to a free show. Coined as one of London’s original ‘rude boys’, the emcee and DJ has had a long-standing career spinning tracks, working alongside a variety of artists over the past 20 years. He’ll be joined on the night by fellow disc jockey’s Emelyne, Campbell, Super Jim and Kutafali, keeping the tunes going well into the night. It all kicks off this Thursday December 6, with more info on the Section 8 Facebook page.
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Divinyls
Embarking on an 18-date Australian tour
It’s been almost ten years since legendary rockers the Divinyls disbanded, and six since lead vocalist Chrissy Amphlett sadly passed away from breast cancer. Heading on a whirlwind national tour, guitarist and founding member Mark McEntee has recruited former Divinyls member Frank Infante to join him on guitar, as well The Sleepy Jackson bandmates Jay Cortez and Malcolm Clark, playing bass and drums respectively. Lauren Ruth Ward will be taking on the vocal role, no doubt doing justice to Amphlett’s songs and the Divinyls iconic sound. You can catch the band on Thursday March 7 at The Forum, with tickets via ticketmaster.
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British pop-singer Jess Glynne will be making her way Down Under next year, revealing dates for her run of Australian shows. The flame-haired vocalist has released two studio albums since she burst onto the scene four years ago and has since featured in a bunch of collaborations, working with artists like Rudimental, Macklemore and David Guetta. She’ll only be making two stops on her Aussie leg of the ‘Always In Between’ Tour, performing live for fans in Sydney, as well as Melbourne’s Forum Theatre on Saturday February 9. Snag yourself a ticket through the Ticketmaster website.
Here in Melbourne we have festivals for all occasions, so introducing another to educate people on the importance of Port Phillip Bay is hardly outlandish. Hosted by charity organisation Remember The Wild, two Day by the Day festivals will take place next year, in a bid to reconnect coastal dwellers with the catchment. Offering educational talks, as well as food, music and entertainment, the first of the two festivals will take place in Mornington on Saturday February 23, while the second will kick off in Point Cook a month later, on Saturday March 23. Check out the connected to Port Phillip website for more information.
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If you’re a Nelly fan who didn’t manage to cop tickets to RNB Vine Days next February, don’t despair. The American rap icon has announced he’ll be playing a few sideshows while in the country, so ‘Hot in Herre’ fans haven’t missed their chance yet. Nelly has managed to hold onto a generation of fans still nostalgic for the days of noughties RnB, evident by the turnout for his last Australian run back in 2016. If you fall into that category, you can catch him on Friday February 8 at Trak Lounge Bar. Tickets through Frontier Touring.
In addition to an exhilarating lineup, Falls Festival has dropped its astounding arts program, which will definitely pull you away from the main stage. The Village will decorate the Lorne Falls site with some of the finest eccentric entertainers Australia has to offer. Interactive multi-art ride Book of Walls will confound, while the Britney-inspired Baby One More Time workshop will be perfect for those eager to channel their inner Britney. Performers Klassy Karaoke, GraceJean, Cool Explosions will also arrive at the village. Falls Festival comes to Lorne from Friday December 28 ± Monday December 31. Check out the website for more information.
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Boho Luxe Christmas Market
Stuck for Christmas gift ideas? Look no further.
If you haven’t found the perfect gift for your aunty Marg yet, then look no further than the specially-curated Boho Luxe Christmas Market keep. A smattering of jewellers, designers, illustrators, tinkers and makers will be on hand exhibiting their wares, and there’s sure to be a gift for everyone. There’ll also be tunes, food and coffee to keep you fueled while you shop, so head down to Federation Square on Sunday December 9 from 10am until 5pm to check it all out.
Performance Management: Ripping modern office antics wide open Office workers unite: this one’s for you. Performance Management is the larger-than-life, circus-style cabaret coming to Chapel Off Chapel this month. Performer Scott Hollingsworth leads a troupe of performers in this satirical gallivant around a modern day office, which tears open the notion that inside every office, is a bunch of circus clowns. From parodies of well-known songs from the likes of Lady Gaga, Adele and Britney, to Les Misérables, Chicago and Disney, and clown antics aplenty ± this is a grandiose slice of cabaret that will make any nine-to-fiver laugh out loud. You can catch Performance Management at The Loft, Chapel Off Chapel from Wednesday December 12 until Sunday December 16 and find more details on show times and tickets via the venue website.
Comedy
Having dished up such names as Wil Anderson, Charlie Pickering, Josh Thomas and Fiona O’Loughlin at their weekly comedy night, Spleen Bar in the CBD is the perfect place to be to lap up your comedy fix. With free entry and cheap drinks to boot, you’ll want to make Spleen your home every Monday night. It goes down from 8.30pm at 41 Bourke Street.
Love is a Lunatic City, dir. Hannah Moore
African Music and Cultural Festival
Perpetual Frustration Machine
The African Music and Cultural Festival is set to take over Federation Square this weekend for a day of vibrant music, authentic food and engaging arts and cultural activities direct from Africa. Performances will include the Sello Molefi Band (South Africa), hip hop and R&B up-and-comer KUDZAI (Zimbabwe), prolific Ghanaian multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Afro Moses. Moses and a slew of traditional African dance troupes, while festival-goers will also be able to lap up an array of traditional food from all corners of the continent. The African Music and Cultural Festival goes down on Saturday December 8 at Federation Square from 10am until 10pm. Entry is free.
Veteran playwright Stephen Sewell and circus master Zebastian Hunter have joined forces to create a brilliantly commanding performance entitled Perpetual Frustration Machine. A raw insight into humans’ desire for the unattainable, this is a frenetic performance putting bold physical theatre and circus at the helm. Strap in for a dazzling array of circus acts including glass walking, contortion, acrobatics, aerial hoop, dart throwing and more when Perpetual Frustration Machine opens at Theatre Works, St. Kilda on Friday December 7 and runs until Sunday December 23. Tickets via Theatre Works.
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VCA Film Graduates Screening Local talent at its finest
Whether you’re a budding filmmaker or just an all-in film buff, you’ll want to catch this year’s VCA Film Graduate Screening to see the best in up-and-coming cinematic talent. Over two weekends this month, the 2018 graduating students of the Victorian College of the Arts’ elite Film & Television program will showcase their final pieces, presenting an absorbing collection of short films that are bound to be extraordinary. The screenings will be held from Friday December 7 to Sunday December 9 and Friday December 14 until Sunday December 16 at ACMI, and you can find session times and tickets via the venue website.
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Beat Eats WITH GEORGIA SPANOS
Electronic WITH MICHAEL CUSACK
Hip Hop WITH SOSE FUAMOLI
Meek Mill
Butchers Diner
Out of all of Australia’s cities, Melbourne stays up the latest. At any odd hour you’ll find a juicy burger with fries and sides, buttermilk chicken and mozzarella sticks, and spicy curries and rice dishes. Even the city’s most highly regarded ramen spot opens their doors all morning long. This is a luxury for all, but somewhat of a necessity for Melbourne’s DJs, who work all through the night, and often into the morning light ± and of course, need something to eat after they’ve clocked off. This week, I spoke to Sophie McAlister ± Melbourne’s sweetest selector ± who is quickly jumping on lineups all over the country ± who shared her expert spots to dine at in the early AM hours after she’s wrapped up a gig.
Leon Vynehall
If you caught Leon Vynehall while he was in Melbourne for Melbourne Music Week, you might have caught a taste of his track selection for the next installment of the DJ-Kicks series of compilations. The 26-track mix is the 67th in the series, which has been running via independent label !K7 since 1995. Although not out in the wild until February, the track list is up and features new tracks from himself, Peach, Ploy and Pavilion ± as well as music from AFX, DJ Zozi, Haruomi Hosono and many more. Head to dj-kicks.com to explore the collossal back catalogue of mixes.
Possibly one of the most anticipated hip hop releases of 2018 has now arrived in the form of Meek Mill’s album Championships. The album sits strong at 19 tracks and comes as quite a triumphant bookend to what’s been a rollercoaster of a year for the Philly artist. The rapper’s first album since his much-covered release from prison in April, Championships is already racking up the acclaim, with a tracklist that includes collaborations with the likes of Jay Z, Future, Cardi B, Young Thug and 21 Savage. Hell, Drake even pops up. Since his release from prison for violating probation, Meek Mill has been using his platform to rally fans, artists and even those outside hip hop to partake in a national discussion surrounding the US criminal justice system. He’s gone from an underdog beefing with Drake to one of the most important names in the game this year, with Championships heralding a new chapter for Meek and his circle.
Midas Gold Shujinko Ramen Yaeji
Often you’ll catch McAlister at Butchers Diner ± the burger baby of Siglo, City Wine Shop and The European ± that’s open 24 hours. Located at the top end of Bourke Street, you’ll find the eatery by its sleek sliding doors, or vegan vending machine out front (a major talking point when it first opened). McAlister’s top pick for when she rolls in after a night of gifting tunes to the crowds of Melbourne? A classic cheese burger with chips and pickled vegetables. Find Butchers Diner at 10 Bourke Street, CBD, open 24 hours, seven days a week. After her weekly Thursday night gig at Whiteheart Bar, tucked snugly at the end of Whiteheart Lane, McAlister visits Shujinko Ramen on her trek back to her home hood in the West. Here, she treats herself to a traditional eat, indulging in their signature, original ramen. Gyoza and edamame warm the table while she chats amongst the friends she’s enjoyed the evening with, or, if she’s dining alone, she simply takes a moment to appreciate the peace after a successful night selecting. Find Shujinko Ramen at 225 Russell Street, CBD, open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
It’s Meredith Music Festival time again this weekend, one of the best festivals on the calendar. Known for quality programming of music that progresses through folk, rock ’n’ roll, punk, blues, pop, hip hop, electro and into house, disco and techno as the day progresses into night, it’s hard to think of a festival that better caters to lovers of music ± whatever the genre. On the electronic tip, this year sees appearances from Korean-American house it-girl Yaeji, house OG Lil Louis, Aussie electro-pop stalwarts The Presets, DJ JNETT, Roza Terenzi, DJ Lady Erica, Zanzibar disco queen Mim Suleiman, Sampa The Great and plenty more. The festival is sold-out, but it’s usually very possible to pick up a ticket from Facebook resale groups. It goes down this Friday December 7 to Sunday December 9 at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre.
Brisbane’s Midas.Gold has been channelling some pretty personal and intense memories and stories into recent releases, namely with the release of his single ‘Passions.’. The second half of the year saw Midas drop a special trilogy of singles that formed a wider narrative covering loss, suffering and finally, redemption. With ‘19 Forever’, ‘Suffer In Silence’ and now ‘Passions.’, the rapper has tackled some tough subjects, while turning the focus inward as he’s explored a more reflective emotional territory. The single has been drawing the attention of Beats 1 Radio and Triple J, the former spotlighting ‘Passions.’ as part of ‘The New Australia’ playlist conjured up during ARIA Week. For fans still hanging out for more, Midas’ ‘Passions.’ is set to be at the core of a new EP remix on the horizon, featuring a wide range of artists putting their own spin on Midas’ original material. For now though, you can check out the ‘Passions.’ music video online, directed by acclaimed Melbourne filmmaker, Hoodwolf Harris.
Mac Miller
The Toff
When McAlister visits her DJ fam (namely Jimi Dawg) over at The Toff each week, she sets up for the night with the venue’s Thai offerings. It’s often hard to find gems of comfort within a venue as enormous and busy as The Toff, but McAlister kindly shares how she crafts such a moment. It involves a spicy curry, a cocktail, and contently enjoying the sounds of her music family. For your reference, McAlister often orders the tofu and mushroom ball green curry, alongside an Espresso Martini. The Toff serves until 3am weekdays and 5am on weekends. Find them at 2f/252 Swanston Street, CBD.
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Stephen Bodzin
If you’re not into weathering the guitar music to get to the good stuff, there’s a rather large day-doof happening at St Kilda’s Catani Gardens (which is getting a work-out with Pleasure Gardens Festival also happening there this weekend) on Sunday December 9, with Marcel Dettmann, Stephan Bodzin, Dense & Pika and Made In Paris taking to the stage. Bodzin will be whipping the crowd into a frenzy with one of his famed live sets, known to be monstrous affairs of synthesiser-driven melodic techno. It kicks off at 1pm and goes through until 9pm ± don’t forget to slip, slop, slap to prevent over-cookage, my friends.
Spotify have paid special tribute to late rapper Mac Miller with the release of his Spotify Sessions episode, recorded a month before his passing by in releasing a limited edition 7” blue vinyl of the recording, with all proceeds going to The Mac Miller Circles Fund. The vinyl release is made available to Miller’s fans through the Spotify Fans First platform. Miller’s Spotify Sessions episode features stripped back versions of Swimming track ‘Dunno’ and a cover of US R&B and soul artist Billy Preston’s 1974 tune, ‘Nothing From Nothing’. The Mac Miller Circles Fund was established after Miller’s passing to help provide services to underserved youth, and was launched in October during a benefit concert featuring performances from the likes of Anderson .Paak, SZA, Ty Dolla $ign and Chance The Rapper.
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Metal
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David Le’aupepe
When Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten and Shadow Arts Minister Tony Burke unleashed their Soundtrack Australia music policy last Friday at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory, a number of artists were rubbing shoulders with executives from the peak music associations. They included Gang Of Youths’ David Le’aupepe, who, fresh off their Enmore Theatre show the night before delivered a speech, Briggs, KLP and Peking Duk’s Reuben Styles. The Duk and Jimmy Barnes released statements of support. Much of Labor’s policy was shaped by discussions with various peak associations and the performing arts and live performance sectors. But Burke revealed that two artists helped shape policy without realising it by highlighting “how music had transformed their lives”. One was Jimmy Barnes’ spoken word show about escaping his childhood poverty and domestic violence. The other was at last year’s ARIAs when Le’aupepe picked up an award for Go Farther In Lightness and spoke of the redemption and healing power of rock music for a lad who grew up in poverty and tussled with mental health issues. Burke said, “These really hit home to me and made us really want to make sure…we dealt with the whole pathway.” As a result Labor allocated $4.2 million for charities Nordoff Robbins and Support Act, for music therapy sessions to aid mental health and provide assistance to music business people (obviously conversations by the music and health industries were also conveyed to the future Arts Minister). It’s interesting to note how two artists triggered solutions to greater issues.
Dean Ormston
Other Soundtrack Australia spending included: · $5 million for music hubs in community centres, schools and other existing spaces that encourage young or aspiring musicians to rehearse and learn through mentoring. · $10 million for Sounds Australia to help increase the number of acts showcasing abroad, including new markets in Asia and South America. This also doubles the funding for acts to be able to record demos and hit the road. There’d be $250,000 to train new and emerging music managers. · $7.6 million to boost music education, the number of music teachers around the country, and expand existing school programs as SongMakers and Song Room. If Labor takes office in May next year, it will introduce a ban on the use of bot software, cap resales at 10% of original ticket price, increase penalties for scalping to $10 million for companies and $500,000 for individuals, while it also promises to consult with the industry on issues like copyright reform. On Soundtrack Australia, Shorten said, “You can either write Australia small, or you can write Australia big, as our songwriters do, as our musicians do”. Dean Ormston, head of APRA AMCOS, said it was the first time a political party adopted a policy that ranged widely across a number of ministries and recognised the industry’s capacity to “drive employment, live music, tourism, youth engagement and educational benefits for all Australians across the towns, cities and centres of the country.”
Punk
WITH JOE HANSEN
Gaza
Formed in 2004, Gaza was a band from Salt Lake City that made some absolutely insane records. With its caustic mix of grind, sludge and ‘mathy’ hardcore, their 2006 debut album I Don’t Care Where I Go When I Die kicked off an interest in a band that would become a staple in my listening habits for some time. If you take the follow up albums He Is Never Coming Back and No Absolutes In Human Suffering at purely face value, you probably don’t even need to read lyrics like “it sure was nice of Jesus to take time away from ignoring ethnic cleansing, genocide, and famine bloated children, or regrowing limbs for landmine victims, to help you score that touchdown, to help you find your keys,” to have a pretty good idea of the band’s tone. Following a rape allegation against their vocalist (that was vehemently denied, and eventually deleted from Tumblr after the two parties reached an agreement), Gaza disbanded in early 2013.
Cult Leader
Enter Cult Leader. Formed mere months after the above collapse, the band featured three members of Gaza, with their bass player having switched it up to vocals, and a new bassist coming on board. The band quickly signed to Converge vocalist Jacob Bannon’s Deathwish Inc. label, and busted out an EP in 2014 called Nothing For Us Here. It marked a stylistic change that saw them pursue a more hardcore punk-oriented sound that received acclaim from many, but left me longing for something more akin to their previous band’s sound. Now here in 2018, Cult Leader has essentially blown my brains out with their second full-length A Patient Man. With their debut born from a need to escape their past and start afresh, it’s now evident that the band has been leaning back into their roots in the years since, while also leaning forward into totally new sounds. This album is sheer violence and horror, yet its heaviest moments come from the songs where deeply melodic vocals akin to Tom Waits and Nick Cave lead songs through meandering sadness and into hugely punctuated crescendos of emotional brutality.
I can’t think of an album in recent memory that has made me feel so terribly hollow and broken, yet in a way where I can’t turn it off, because you know it’s a good kind of pain. A Patient Man makes me want to disembowel myself and writhe about in my own blood and guts. It is a roller coaster that makes me vomit, yet I am strapped in and ready to go, over and over again. It is so painfully cathartic that it immobilises me, yet connects me with such a deep level of feeling that I am simply bewildered. It took Cult Leader some years, but they have now reached a level that is far more powerful than anything Gaza even came close to touching, and one that I don’t think many people truly saw coming. Now, go and experience it for yourself.
Footscray’s much-loved Reverence Hotel sadly announced this week that it has not been able to secure its lease on the building and will be calling last drinks on Saturday March 2, 2019. The premier punk rock venue of Melbourne’s west, the pub emerged in 2012 taking over the building of the former Exchange Hotel. The successor to the legendary Arthouse which closed in similar circumstances in 2011, The Reverence hit the ground running with a great kitchen and staff while carrying over much of the vibes and music of The Arthouse. While catering primarily to punk rock inclined clientele, the venue never lost sight of its position as a suburban corner pub, with all welcome through its doors. I first attended the pub when it was still The Exchange in 2010 or 2011, yet at that time it was just a typical suburban pub with little to write home about. After the closure of The Arthouse, there was much speculation and rumour about what the Bodiam family would be moving on to next, and before too long they had announced they would be opening a new pub. A few cryptic social media posts later and the new venue was revealed. Don’t quote me on this, but I’m certain that for a week or two the pub was announced as being called The Liberty or something similar, although this was quickly changed to The Reverence. Although I had spent a couple of years going to The Arthouse, it was exciting to see the tradition carrying on to a new space. Since then the pub had always been a local to me; friendly, good music, good gigs, excellent trivia nights, and always a place where anybody would feel welcome to drink some beers, eat some tacos, see some bands or simply just hang out.
Frenzal Rhomb
While the pub initially only had the front bandroom open for shows, the expansion of the much larger back bandroom in 2013 opened up the venue to even larger shows, with many local and international artists gracing its stages. Joined by the beer garden in the middle between the bandrooms, the venue was a perfect set up for all day festivals and multi-stage shows. Attending countless shows there, certain highlights would include NOLA from Japan in 2014 and Rort in 2012. However, the venue truly came fully alive during all day events like The Weekender and Not Fest, with the entire pub accommodating tunes, beers and friends. Perhaps the hottest and sweatiest show I can recall there was with Frenzal Rhomb in January 2015. I was completely soaked. At this stage there has been no word of plans to continue business elsewhere at a new venue, but as they’ve proved before there is little doubt in anyone’s mind that the spirit and soul of The Reverence (and The Arthouse) will carry on to another location. That being said, The Reverence Hotel has put forward its full intention to carry on with business until March 2019, with plans already in the works to make its final months as big and celebratory as possible. With no shortage of great gigs coming up on the calendar, I will be making every endeavour to get down there even more than I do already. Come down, we’ll have a beer.
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The Offspring BY ANNA ROSE
It’s around five in the afternoon when Noodles, wherever he may be, cracks open his first beer of the day and begins a string of interviews. Five o’clock might be beer o’clock for the guitarist of legendary punk-rockers, The Offspring, but that’s too late by Australian standards – Noodles might want to get into training before The Offspring headline Good Things Festival this weekend. “Oh believe me, I am ready,” Noodles gushes. “The great thing about Australia is beer time is whatever time you really wanna make it.” The last time The Offspring blew our brains out at a festival with their raucous, ravaging brand of punk was in 2013 at Soundwave, then later that year at Warped Tour. Both were amazing shows, but nothing compared to what the guys will be doing for Good Things Festival. Performing their seminal album Smash in its entirety at Good Things, now is the optimal time for Noodles to reflect on the unexpected success and cult status of the album. Back in the mid-80s when he was a littleknown guitarist playing in a little-known band called Clowns Of Death, Noodles supported himself working as a caretaker in a school. It was a meagre job by most standards, but one he kept when he was recruited into The Offspring in 1985, right until the explosive success of the nowrenowned Smash in 1994. Some 24 years since the album’s release, The Offspring will perform it to an audience of thousands across Australia. These experiences across the years are, Noodles agrees, an extreme dichotomy. “It’s mind boggling, really, when I think about everything I’ve been able to experience since the Clowns Of Death days in the ‘80s, when I was a janitor,” Noodles says thoughtfully. “Every day we get to go out and do what we do for a living ± we’re so thankful for it. “Playing Smash in its entirety is something we’ve only done a few times ± we’ve probably done more Ignition [1992] shows ± but we relearn how to play all those songs.”
A few years ago when Smash turned 20, Noodles made the media rounds and discussed the album’s breakthrough. Though it seems like a formative work, it’s both strange and a credit to The Offspring that with each performance of those songs there’s been no significant evolution in sentiment or interpretation. “They feel ± to me ± the same,” says Noodles. “Most of these songs we have played every time we go out and play. “Actually, ‘Self-Esteem’ we don’t play that much in Japan. It does not go over well there,” he thinks aloud. Evidently there’s a lot of pride and a lot of thought placed into Smash by The Offspring. Noodles continues to run a fine tooth comb through each track, discussing each song and their relative appearances in live shows over the years. “I don’t think these songs have changed that much,” Noodles finally concludes. “You change a song every time you take it from the record and try to do it live, but we haven’t changed these songs that much since we started playing them, I think.” It’s rare that The Offspring do deviate from their studio sound when they perform, but Noodles ± offering a pregnant pause before responding carefully ± can’t really say how important it is that The Offspring offer the experience of hearing such a work in full. “I don’t know how important it is for anyone. I kind of think it’s self-indulgent for us to do it,” he says with a laugh. “You know, none of our music is causing world peace or curing people of cancer ± it puts smiles on faces, for sure. It gets people rocking out
and having a good time and forgetting the stress they’ve got going on in their lives. Beyond that, it’s not important, I don’t think. “It’s important to us when we’re making these songs and putting them out there to get them right, to do ‘em well, but I don’t know that it’s important to anybody else. I think we’d really be fucking ourselves up if we said, ‘You know what? We’re gonna do a record that’s important to people.’” Noodles’ dry wit and chortling laughter is infectious. He teases, but he knows his band and he knows his audience. “If we were gonna make an important statement, I think that would be putting the cart before the horse. “I know how important a lot of the music I grew up on was to me, but I don’t think of our music in the same way. We just try to do the songs as well, as succinctly, as honestly as we can, and we let the importance be left up to the people, I guess.” Indeed, the spoken-word opener on Smash’s, ‘Time To Relax’, ends with the words, “music soothes even the savage beast,” and from what Noodles is saying, it’s a statement that rings true even now. “Music is such a huge part of my life, it’s what I spend most of my day doing,” he says. “Sometimes it doesn’t just soothe me, it riles me up. I think there’s a lot to be said for music that riles people up as well.”
“Sometimes it doesn’t just soothe me, it riles me up. I think there’s a lot to be said for music that riles people up as well.” The Offspring will play Good Things Festival on Friday December 7 at Flemington Racecourse. Tickets available through the festival website.
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Tanya George: the next step for Melbourne’s busking scene
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BY ZACHARY SNOWDON SMITH
At age 15, Tanya George packed up her things and went out for the Caulfield Cup – not to bet, but to busk. At Caulfield Railway Station, George strummed away while tipsy racing enthusiasts competed to see who could toss the most money into her guitar case. Since then, she’s been making bank as one of Melbourne’s relatively few female buskers. “Financially, I think it’s great,” says George. “You gain followers, you make some money, you get to express yourself, you get to play the music that you love. You get to be seen by so many people walking past. Financially, you’re satisfied, but it’s way more than that for me. I couldn’t care less about money, to be honest. I just love being out there in that atmosphere, and connecting with everyone that walks past, or people that want to listen. But, financially, it’s a great way to make some cash.” Like many buskers, George appreciates the lack of gatekeepers on Melbourne’s sidewalks ± there’s no record label to mollify, no manager taking 15 per cent. For buskers, the risk and the reward are entirely their own. And, though YouTube is teeming with aspiring musicians who struggle to pull a few hundred viewers, anyone playing in Melbourne’s CBD is guaranteed several thousand “views” per day. “If someone comes up to you and buys a CD, they’re buying it directly from you,” says George. “There’s no publisher or distributor fees that you have to have in between that … You can be yourself entirely and just produce what you want to produce out there for people to hear. There’s no one coming through and telling you what to do or telling you what you should wear or how you should look. It’s just simple freedom in music and expression.” But Melbourne’s busking community is not wholly without gatekeepers ± few Melburnians are
aware that every busker in the city’s CBD has had to pass a panel audition to obtain a permit. Only the cream of Melbourne buskers win a permit to play in Bourke Street Mall, one of Melbourne’s busiest thoroughfares. George, who has been quickly making a name for herself in Bourke Street Mall, believes that the audition process helps maintain Melbourne’s reputation as the busking capital of Australia by keeping standards high. “It makes Bourke Street strong,” says George. “It makes it a strong spot for people to come to to check people out, which I really like ... You’ve got to have a lot of balls to be out on Bourke Street, honestly. You’ve got to have a lot of guts.” For George, while playing in the very nucleus of Melbourne’s CBD has been a spiritual experience, it can also be a trying one. George has experienced many moments of warmth and fraternity with listeners and other buskers throughout the years, but performing alone in the city also brings inevitable risks. “Busking isn’t for everyone and, maybe, there is an intimidation there, because there are a lot of males,” says George. “There’s lots of different characters in the city, and sometimes they can come up to you and be a bit scary, and you don’t have security. You don’t have anyone to turn to. That can be quite scary for a female.” George acknowledges the work the City of Melbourne has done regulating the busking
scene without stifling it, but is always advocating for greater support for musicians. She is also protective over the purity of the busking craft and hopes it remains unadulterated to an extent. “What I would hate to change with busking is how raw it is,” says George. “I wouldn’t want to change the form it’s in, ever, because it’s going to take away that freedom, all that street vibe. I think it’s such a beautiful, beautiful way of expression that I’d hate if we came in and tried to make it fancy in any way.” Busking has allowed George to turn a profit while getting closer to her audience than a venue stage allows. She shrugs off the common perception that street performers are necessarily more amateurish than venue performers. “You can go and put your music out on the internet and wish or hope that 100 people are going to listen to it, or I can just drag my stuff out on Bourke Street today and know that 100 people are going to listen to it,” says George. “I like that stigma, though, because it makes us the underdogs, which is cool with me.”
“I couldn’t care less about money, to be honest. I just love being out there in that atmosphere, and connecting with everyone that walks past, or people that want to listen.” This article is proudly sponsored by City of Melbourne in partnership with Beat Magazine.
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Northlane
“Every time we go back it seems like they’re more and more receptive to what we do. It’s exciting, seems like there’s more opportunity for Australian bands … to really make a second home in Europe.”
Having released a stomping new album, Mesmer, this year, recently returned from an exhilarating European tour and now with an upcoming performance at Good Things Festival, Northlane should be ready to slaughter the stage – if only vocalist Marcus Bridge wasn’t so jet lagged. “I’m super excited,” he says blearily, “No, really, it’s going to be great,” he chuckles. We can forgive Bridge for his mumbles and mutterings as we all know that once the exhaustion has passed, Northlane are set to absolutely bring it to the Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane incarnations of the festival this weekend. Northlane have been on the scene long enough to see some major changes happen in heavy music, both live and recorded, making it a strange sensation to know they’ll essentially be a part of history at the inaugural Good Things event. “There’s been a void of a festival like this for a long time,” says Bridge. “Hopefully it’ll pave the way for bigger things in the heavy music scene, and the alternative music scene all round ± to be a part of that is very exciting, to be on a bill with so many great bands, too.” The lineup is insane, which is a credit to the festival’s organisers, a fact Bridge draws all the energy he can muster to earnestly agree with. When Northlane released Mesmer in March earlier ths year ± they dropped a bomb, grabbed everybody by the throats, shook them about and made people love the awesomely volatile release. The accolades Northlane have accrued over time have been huge ± of course, when they first
started out, success at this level wasn’t something Northlane expected. “Coming from a rocky situation and to be able to thrive from that, pick up new fans along the way, all of this has been so amazing and very rewarding,” says Bridge. “I’m very grateful we’ve had these opportunities and to be recognised ± but it’s been quite a shock.” Bridge’s fight with jetlag comes after having taken Mesmer to Europe.Taking Australian heavy music out to Europe is a massive feat at the best of times, but it’s an endeavour he happily pursues, saying it’s a really great opportunity to represent the Australian heavy music scene, which he wishes more people would be able to experience. “Every time we go over, it’s really cool to hear how many Australian bands they like or want to see come through Europe,” Bridge explains. “It’s always an amazingly loyal fan base, and when they find something they like they always push it and back it really hard.
“It’s been really cool to be able to go there so many times ± every time we go back it seems like they’re more and more receptive to what we do. It’s exciting, seems like there’s more opportunity for Australian bands, bands from all over the places, to really make a second home in Europe. I think we’ve found that, somewhat.” Post-jet lag and fresh off a huge tour, Bridge says Northlane will be pretty excited to play some home shows. “We have a new bass player, he just did his first tour this past month in Europe with us. He’s already bringing a new energy to the band,” says Bridge. “We’re really excited to bring it all back home, show them what we’ve got. It’s been a while since we’ve had a good east coast run, so yeah, very excited to come back.”
Northlane play Good Things Festival at Flemington Racecourse, Friday December 7. Head to the festival website for tickets and more information.
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babymetal
tonight alive
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mayday parade scarlxrd
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la dispute
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Beat’s Guide to Good Things Festival 2018 When Soundwave faltered Australian hearts broke. It marked the end of an era, a fertile time where alternative music stood at the forefront of the national music consciousness.
Yet, there’s been a revival. In 2017, Download arrived to the glee of a strong music contingent and now there’s a new player in town ± Good Things Festival, welcoming heavy talents old and new, from at home and abroad. WHAT IS IT?
Good Things Festival marks a new era for alternative music fans bringing together some of the most acclaimed rock, punk and metal bands of generation now and generations past. Touring the east coast, the festival will hit Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne, and its scope and selection of international and Australian musical talents is not to be passed up. With a slogan “Something has entered the atmosphere. Something positive; Something...Good. Something...Different”, there is no denying that they’ve got something exceptional in store. LINE UP
The Good Things lineup is nothing short of impeccable across its four stages. In fact, it’s almost too good to be true. American rock band and alternative rock favourites The Offspring will grace the stage, performing their acclaimed third album Smash in its entirety for the very first time on Australian shores. Expect to see kick-ass band Stone Sour, Celtic punk
“Something has entered the atmosphere. Something positive; Something... Good. Something... Different.”
Stone Sour
band Dropkick Murphys and Welsh metal kingpins Bullet for My Valentine. On the local front, be sure not to miss Sydney’s metalcore band Northlane and emerging Melbourne five-piece Stuck Out. WHEN IS IT AND WHERE AM I GOING?
Melburnians can mark Friday December 7 in their calendars as a day to take off as the festivities take over Flemington Racecourse. Take a short train ride from the CBD to Flemington Racecourse Station and from 11.30am have all the best punk, rock and metal music take over your senses. Make sure to leave lots of time so you can get through the gates. Looking at the set times, you’ll want to make sure you’re their nice and early for Ecca Vandal at 12.15pm, Northlane at 1.45pm and Make Them Suffer at 2.45pm. WHAT TO BRING
With Melbourne weather being decidedly unpredictable, what to bring to a day festival can be tricky business. Sunscreen is a vital essential even if the weather man says it’ll be cloudy. While it may not look particularly cool, a rain poncho can be a life saver if the heavens decide to relieve themselves. Might be worth bringing a jumper also as Melbourne nights
can turn in a heartbeat. Bring an empty water bottle to fill up inside and some packed snacks if you wish. Then it’s just your ID, ticket and dancing shoes. Time to party. WHAT’S THE FOOD SITCH?
There will be food in abundance for punters to choose from. Food trucks will create a village to wander through and ponder over the always difficult decision. Head to the festival’s bar for a drink and gather around tables and chairs or laze on the grass. Keep a look out for water re-fill stations as well because you’ll have to stay hydrated.
Good Things Festival comes to Flemington Racecourse on Friday December 7. Head to the festival website for tickets and more information.
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Early gem: Ecca Vandal ± 12.15pm on Stage 4 Middle maestro: Bullet for My Valentine ± 4.45pm on Stage 1 Diamond in the rough: BABYMETAL ± 3.15pm on Stage 1 Not-to-be-missed: The Offspring ± 8.45pm on Stage 1 BY GABRIELLA BEAUMONT
Bigger Than Jesus
Chugging along, busier than ever, Steve Lucas has been making wild preparations for the launch of Bigger Than Jesus’ new album One For The Road. The new LP is a bigger sound than anything we’ve heard from the much-loved ‘90s rock band, and features a few major differences in their approach to writing it. “The main thing for me, when I came into Bigger Than Jesus, I was trying to do the right thing by everybody,” Lucas explains. “But when we came around to doing this stuff, I’m much more used to the band.” Indeed, if you listen to One For The Road Lucas is singing off the drum rolls as much as he is the riffs. Lucas resonated with the work drummer Craig Whitelock was doing during production, before he sadly passed away in September. “It was a very different approach ± drum rolls, counter melodics, so many different things happening to the songs, stitching them altogether was a challenge, a welcome one,” Lucas says. “Sonically, I think it’s the best thing I’ve ever been party to and the guys ± they’re just brilliant ± guitars, bass, drums, absolutely faultless.” On Whitelock’s passing ± which isn’t an easy thing for him to discuss ± Lucas says it was a brutally hard time for the band. “He was the youngest member of the band, ironically, our little brother. We all loved him. “I wouldn’t say luckily,” he continues after a rocky pause, “But providence would have it that Craig’s understudy, his student Paul [Foenander], Craig had mentored him and he had bought Craig’s kit off him, so we got him in for an audition
“Craig had mentored him and he had bought Craig’s kit off him, so we got him in for an audition – poor bastard was terrified.” ± poor bastard was terrified. He did well ± when you replace someone it’s never exactly the same but certainly we haven’t lost anything sound-wise, if you know what I mean. He’s dedicated to reproducing what Craig did, beat for beat.” Bigger Than Jesus’ LP launch at The Espy next weekend will be a bittersweet experience for all its remaining members ± they’ll be celebrating the life and work of Whitelock as much as they’ll be celebrating the launch of the band’s new material. “I’m getting shivers thinking about it,” says Lucas. “To have the band is great ± we all knew Chris was fighting a losing battle with pancreatic cancer. So having his sons open for us is again is a way of passing the baton, supporting and welcoming the young people. “We’ll be dedicating a song to him [Whitelock],” says Lucas, “As a farewell to Craig ± it wasn’t intended like that but it’s worked out like that.”
It all speaks volumes of not only the longevity of Bigger Than Jesus, but the friendship and brotherhood that they possess. That despite the tumultuous events of this year alone, they have still been able to produce music that is as vibrant as ever. “I think in a lot of ways it’s necessary,” says Lucas. “We couldn’t have planned to do what we’re doing, we just decided to do it. “But now, looking back over the years, to have a new release, it feels like, ‘Oh man, we can’t replace what was lost but we can put some BandAids on the wounds we’re all feeling’, you know? “Resurrecting the band is our way of saying, we’re back, we’re rocking, and we’ll keep doing this as long as we can.”
Bigger than Jesus will launch their album One For The Road at The Hotel Esplanade on Saturday December 15. Tickets via Moshtix.
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Lucca Tan
Like the music he DJs and produces, Lucca Tan’s demeanour is deep, progressive and unassuming. Tan begins the interview by answering the pertinent question as to why he does what he does. “First of all, I do it for the passion. My philosophy is do it because you enjoy it, don’t do it with any ego or any false intentions. Do it because you love it and you will get the best out of it,” the 26-yearold asserts. Tan’s soft voice sparks as he concludes, “I do all this stuff not for the ego and not for the money, I do it because I know how to fucking smash a dance floor. And all the other stuff, like the sets and the residencies, has just come organically without pushing anyone or having to pay an agent.” Tan has been billed as the headline act at Melbourne Underground Techno Sessions, an honour he does not take lightly. “I mean some of those guys have been smashing it locally for ages which makes it awesome to play with them because they know their stuff and they know how to prepare the crowd for the next DJs’ set.” Tan reveals how he’ll prepare for his set at 24 Moons Bar ± saying, “I try to get there about an hour beforehand and take in the vibe,” before describing what punters can expect. “I wouldn’t limit myself to techno at all. I play deep minimal tech, to afro, jungle and house to driving techno to really stripped back Perlon stuff like Ricardo Villalobos.” To truly understand what a Lucca Tan set will be like, one needs understand how he began DJing. Tan began at age 18, playing and running a night with mentor Damon Walsh at Wah Wah Lounge.
“I do all this stuff not for the ego and not for the money, I do it because I know how to fucking smash a dance floor.” Walsh took Tan with him to famed Melbourne night spot Revolver to be a resident for the bimonthly night Mi Casa, currently in its ninth year. However, whilst still on the Southside it was at the Monday morning ‘revitalising afterparty’ that Tan established himself as one of Melbourne’s most staunch DJs. “Pretty much every international that comes through breakfast club I’m either playing before them or after them. It’s a craft to get a crowd warmed up for an international without overcooking it and leaving them nowhere to go.” One of the reasons Tan opens for the international guests is that though still a young DJ, he has first hand experience of what is happening in Europe. “I push myself to go overseas every year and play at big clubs in Europe and get recognised overseas and as being a DJ and producer it opens you up to completely new sounds. I hate to say it but there is only so much
good music in Australia.” To summarise why Tan values his perennial European migration he states bluntly, “You can just smash Australia but you are only going to know what is going on in clubs in Australia.” Finally, Tan touches on production work, having not released anything since 2018. “I am doing up a catalogue at the moment as I have been doing a lot of collaborations and as of next year I am going to start releasing them. I have about 15 tracks finished with guys like David Delgado from Berlin who I recently just finished an LP with. I have been working with a few local guys as well and my own stuff. Rather than just doing one track here and one track there, I thought I would build up a handful of 15 to 20 solid tracks and then release them on a schedule.”
Lucca Tan is playing Melbourne Underground for their ‘Sessions with’ party alongside Dave Pham, Dean Benson, Liam Waller and Morgan this Saturday December 8 at 24 Moons Bar.
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Yaluk-ut Weelam Ngargee Festival
“I think we live in a society where there’s too many divisions, so I hope people come out and they feel ‘hey, we’re all in this together.’”
Reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians is as important as ever.
Through education, coming together and celebrating unity, we can help to bridge the gap between colonial history and our native culture; something which St Kilda’s Yaluk-ut Weelam Ngargee Festival hopes to achieve. The beachside festival pays homage to the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan, or ‘people of the river’, which was one of the many Aboriginal tribes that resided in the Port Phillip area. The term Ngargee means a gathering for celebration, and this is what the festival has been creating for the past 12 years. However, festival director Richard Moore says next year’s event will have a slightly different format to usual. “Rather than have it all on the one day … we’ve separated out the musical component and put the main part of the music in a concert,” he says. It’ll be the first time that the festival has been split across two days like this, with the inaugural Yaluk-ut Weelam Ngargee Summer Concert to take place at St Kilda’s Memo Music Hall on Friday February 1. Hosting the musical component in this format allows audiences to give the night’s performers their undivided attention, while also helping to remember an important figure in the clan’s history. “It goes back to a woman called Louisa Briggs, who was like a matriarch I guess, and a civil rights leader,” says Moore. “Way back in time, she was abducted by seal hunters from a beach not far from where the festival site is. “She was forced into a life of slavery and was kept hostage on an island by those seal hunters.
She came back, and fought relentlessly for the rights of Indigenous people, and particularly for the rights of Indigenous women in servitude. “Caroline Briggs, who’s the chair of the Boon Wurrung foundation, who we work with in putting this on, she’s a descendant of Louisa Briggs, so there’s this really strong female, family line. I know Indigenous Peoples talk about song lines; we’re making our own Indigenous, female song line.” To honour Louisa Briggs and her fight for the rights of Indigenous women, Moore and his team have put together an all-female lineup, featuring musicians such as Mojo Juju, The Merindas, Squid Nebula and Kalyani Mumtaz. While he sings glowing praise for all the performers, Moore credits Mojo Juju in particular for inspiring his curation of the concert. “I blame Mojo Juju actually,” he laughs. “I saw the show [ Juju’s performance at the Arts Centre in August], and she was so articulate, and you know, she’s a fantastic musician obviously ... she was so articulate on the political level. Here’s someone that you think, ‘she could be a real political leader amongst young, Indigenous women.’” The concert will be followed by the Saturday festival in O’Donnell Gardens, inviting families
to come along for a day of entertainment and education. Although the main musical aspect is now its own entity, there’ll still be a range of acoustic sets throughout the event, as well as dance performances, cultural workshops and a particularly special, age-old ritual. “There’s going to be baby blessings at the start of the day,” says Moore, excitedly. “It’s so beautiful. They don’t often do it, it’s not a regular occurrence. Basically, we’re inviting couples, of all races, all nations, to bring their babies down to be blessed. The feet are dipped in ochre, and it’s sort of like a welcome to country ± but a welcome into the Yaluk-ut Weelam clan.” It’s this sense of welcome and togetherness that Moore hopes to achieve with the festival, emphasising the importance of celebrating culture as a way of bringing people together. “It’s reconciliation ‘cause it’s not making a separation. It’s not saying, ‘you’re black, you’re white, you’re yellow, you’re pink, whatever,’” he says. “I think we live in a society where there’s too many divisions, so I hope people come out and they feel ‘hey, we’re all in this together.’” BY GRETA BRERETON
Rose Street Market
For the last 15 years, the Rose St. Artists’ Market has been the hub for many artists to showcase their quirky and eccentric work, enlightening people that there are truly no limits to the imagination. It makes sense that the market is based in Fitzroy, since it’s a diverse place that embraces alternative forms of art and culture, creating an interactive environment where people can hold open discussions with artists and designers about their thought-provoking work. “The beautiful thing about Rose Street is that we really get to showcase so many weird and wonderful pieces of art and design, so it’s really hard to pinpoint what exactly you might see,” says market director Christian Ferrante. “Sometimes it’s really polished pieces of jewellery that’s been created over the years with experience, or it’s someone who’s got a hobby who’s making something really interesting that they’re passionate about that might not necessarily be the most retail friendly or economically viable product to have.” Each artist has a story to tell through their product ± examples include Chloe Smith, who actively recreates popular Australian food through her felted art, and Chloe Pisani who produces art under the name of ‘Cactvs’, creating illustrations on cards that experiment with pop culture. Then there’s Wonki and J ceramics, who combine materials such as Korean Buncheong slip ware and Australian nature bush to create natural and unique ceramic art. Despite the fact that the market is quite 28 BEAT.COM.AU
popular now, it began as a humble idea that Ferrante came up with, which was inspired by his brother who is an artist. “The market started probably out of necessity more than anything,” he says. “My brother was just looking at ways to exhibit his work that wasn’t in the traditional gallery or retail setting where commissions and costs were quite high. “When the market started, a lot of artists were still in the area and there were a lot of warehouse places that were being utilised as artist studios. Unfortunately that’s changed a lot now with increased gentrification of the area and more warehouses turning into apartments, so that’s why the market is more important being in Fitzroy, because it gives people a place to showcase their work in a setting that’s traditionally housed a lot of artists.” Along with Melbourne-based artists, Rose St Market also attracts a lot of international visitors who participate by contributing their own unique art. “We had an artist from Korea join us recently and she’s an illustrator,” Ferrante says. “Her themes were very similar to what our local artists and designers’ themes were, so it’s quite
Yaluk-ut Weelam Ngargee Festival takes place from Friday February 1 to Saturday February 2, with events at St Kilda’s Memo Music Hall and O’Donnell Gardens. Head to the festival website for more information.
interesting how there’s a crossover of ideas and styles from different artists. “It’s also a nice way for international guests to take a little piece of Melbourne home with them, you know something that’s not a koala or a boomerang, but more so representative of what Melbourne is all about.” Ferrante also explains how he’s constantly exploring new ways of engaging people with the market. “We want to remain fresh, interesting and relevant to everyone ± that’s probably our ultimate aim, because after 15 years I guess we’ve got to keep striving to move forward with what we’re doing,” he says. “We will hopefully have a lot of interactivity coming up in the coming seasons, things like workshops and having themed markets that really focus on a specific product or genre. “We want these sorts of things where we can diversify our offerings, but we are happy to keep going and keep representing local artists and that’s what it’s about. I think people really enjoy checking out what’s new and exciting.” BY CHRISTINE TSIMBIS
“Sometimes it’s really polished pieces of jewellery that’s been created over the years with experience, or it’s someone who’s got a hobby who’s making something really interesting that they’re passionate about.” Find the Rose St. Artists’ market at 60 Rose Street, Fitzroy, open from 11am to 5pm on weekends.
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Frank Sita
Frank Sita’s work sprawls many domains. First and foremost a painter, he’s also a teacher, musician and explores areas of stage and film. He runs his own production company, Frank Sita Art & Productions, as well as his firmly established Sita School of Multi-Arts, where students have a fantastic opportunity to realise their potential. ‘‘I believe everybody can and should do art,’’ Sita says. ‘‘Teaching and art bounce off each other. I’m an artist that does a lot of different things.’’ The connection between his art and music is strong with layers and trajectory splashes echoing in his paintings. Elements are brought in and out of focus through transparency and movement, giving him a platform to express his music. ‘‘I paint and sculpt the original songs that I write. Practice and teaching have enabled me to develop my own approach to art, or what I tend to call voice art. I try to voice an opinion or argument, which I find ± for my students and myself, starts with the practice of art. It enables people to free up.” This approach, he continues was one of the main motivations behind the development of The Sita School of Multi Arts and its diverse and inclusive approach to the arts. Appearing at Melbourne Fringe Festival earlier this year with his mesmerising exhibition Songs on Canvas, Sita created 100 original songs as 100 pieces of sculpture and painting. The artist and teacher has a keen eye for the intricacies of art and its potential when fused with musical compositions. ‘‘How I paint or sculpt the music is by looking at the elements of art and associating them to the elements of music. Line joins with flow, shape
with structure, colour with mood, texture with instrument and value with volume.’’ Aside from his work with the paintbrush, Sita is also prominent in theatre and film; his stage production Alienation was a prominent feature at Melbourne Fringe Festival, while his film The Voice was selected as part of Melbourne and Sydney Film Festivals. ‘‘Alienation allowed me to transfer my art skills to do stage and performance. Writing is also an important part of what I do as an artist.’’ The ability for Sita to work with a range of materials consolidates his versatility but it’s his ability to transpose them across mediums that’s even more impressive. True to his restlessness and eagerness to learn, Sita is venturing outside his comfort zone once more. ‘‘At the moment I am sculpting in clay, but I want to branch out and experiment with different materials,’’ Sita says. In his exploration of the multi-faceted nature of art, Sita seeks to teach his students practices and outlooks that embody this. ‘‘I teach disciplines that are all slightly different. Most of my students are contemporary students, and I combine classical and contemporary approaches ± you can’t
have one without the other. Training and practice need to be completely open to get to a point where you feel free to express yourself and I believe total expression is something we all should do.’’ Always a member of Melbourne’s cultural space, for his next event, he’s handed over the baton to his students. They’ve taken on the responsibility to organise their own event, called The Big Show! ‘‘It’s run by a student of mine, who is also the feature act. Others ± including singers, songwriters and comedians ± are also in the show. My paintings were used for album covers and in videos as well as other works being shown separately in a gallery space.’’ His students are important to what Sita does and if he was to give any advice to budding artists it would be to find a tutor and practice. ‘‘Too many people believe you don’t need training to be an artist,” Sita begins. “Find a good teacher, and just keep doing it. I do it pretty much every day and it takes discipline. Most of all you have to love what you’re doing.’’
Read up on what Frank Sita is up to at his website. The Big Show! goes down at St Kilda’s Saint Martins Place on Saturday December 1. Tickets available via Trybooking.
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Radio Bar
“It feels like we’re a bit of a family here. We’re extraordinarily inclusive. We’ve got a lot of people from potentially marginalised communities.”
When Paul Thompson and Caryn Hamburger opened the doors on Radio Bar, they had no experience owning, or even Despite this, Radio Bar has gone from strength to strength, relocating to a larger space and regularly drawing crowds of 100+ with its Drum ‘n’ Bass Mondays offering. The venue has attracted a loyal clientele, even in the bar-and-restaurant-crowded Fitzroy, with its low-key aesthetic, extensive list of gins and welcoming atmosphere. “Caryn and I came from no hospitality experience whatsoever,” says Thompson. “We gave up fairly high-paid day jobs to take a bit of a plunge into the industry. We went for our dream and bought a bar. “Our lack of experience is made up for with the fact that we haven’t been ‘round the block enough to get jaded. We’re still quite fresh and we’re still enjoying it. I think that reflects in our clientele: they feel very safe and familiar here.” Radio’s Drum ‘n’ Bass Mondays ± recently made a weekly event ± shine a spotlight on local DJs and producers. The venue’s fortnightly Dubstep Night event, similarly, aims to give some muchneeded exposure to Australian dubstep artists. “Everyone thinks of UK dubstep,” says Hamburger. “This is exploring what’s happening in Australian dubstep, which is quite diverse... People would be amazed with what is happening in dubstep in Australia right now.” “Diverse” is a watchword for Radio Bar. Thompson says he takes pride in running an inclusive venue, and jokes that Radio’s harmonious vibe is facilitated by an invisible “dickhead filter” installed on the front door. “It feels like we’re a bit of a family here,” he says. “We’re extraordinarily inclusive. We’ve got
‘‘I try to voice an opinion or argument, which I find – for my students and myself, starts with the practice of art. It enables people to free up.’’
a lot of people from potentially marginalised communities, a lot of transgender people, a lot of alternative people. We also do a lot of diverse musical genres, and we try to showcase local DJs and producers and things like that.” Radio Bar does a brisk trade in beer; Thompson says he moves more kegs in a month than the previous proprietors did in a year. As well as Mountain Goat pale ale, Radio patrons enjoy the bar’s signature grapefruit sour, a cocktail comprised of Chase grapefruit gin, fresh grapefruit, lime, simple syrup and a vegan extract substituting for egg yolk. Like any bar with its finger to the pulse of Fitzroy, Radio keeps vegan diners in mind. The venue’s chef, himself an intermittent vegan, has created a stand-in for bacon out of smoked mushrooms and concocted a popular new dish of broccoli chips accompanied by a cashew-based vegan aioli. “I would say about half our menu is vegan,” says Thompson. “Obviously, it reflects the nature of the area. A lot of our regulars are very progressive. It’s a big part of being in Fitzroy.”
Popular with omnivorous patrons are Radio’s spiced lamb ribs and a Reuben sandwich with house-made pastrami and sauerkraut. Meanwhile upcoming events at Radio Bar include a combined burlesque night and gin tasting, slated for February, as well as a raffle for a custom-built bicycle from Fitzroy’s Just Ride It bike shop. Thompson says the venue always has an eye out for any unconventional or interesting act compatible with the bar’s safe and accepting dynamic. “I hope that customers feel safe and comfortable,” says Thompson. “It’s a very familiar environment, and because everyone does feel safe, it’s relaxed... We’ve got posters around the place saying, if someone’s creeping you out or you’re on a dodgy Tinder date or anything like that, come and talk to us. We don’t accept any sort of negative activity in our bar. People can come here and feel safe and feel like it’s a family... It’s familiar, safe and inclusive.”
Radio Bar hosts Drum ‘n’ Bass Mondays weekly. Find them at 357 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.
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upsidedownhead When Ross James launched upsidedownhead in April 2018, the response was immediate.
The project’s debut single, ‘get low’, garnered positive reviews in Australian and UK media, airplay on triple j and Sydney’s FBi, and landed James a record deal with Liberation Records. The low-key upload of ‘get low’ ± a glacial electronic track featuring vocals from fellow Sydneysider Ric Rufio ± came after several years of hesitation and delay. “I scrapped I reckon at least four EPs worth of material and upwards of maybe 50 songs over the last five years,” says James. “I even completely finished and mastered a whole EP in 2016/17. It just didn’t feel right until the first song I wrote for this project, ‘not broken’. I couldn’t stop listening to it and I was like, oh this is it. “That spawned the rest of it and I kept my tool-kit of sounds really, really minimal, trying to not be too expansive and work within some confines and it just all clicked. And now I have a really clear direction of what I want to be.” Both ‘get low’ and ‘not broken’ appear on upsidedownhead’s freshly-released EP, complex. James previously performed under the moniker Lanterns, but after a string of moderately well received singles, he abandoned the project five years ago. “I wasn’t creatively stimulated,” he says. “I liked the stuff I was doing, but it just didn’t have the right feeling. Then once you find that point, the floodgates open.” James spends his days working as a session musician, music director and sometime producer with the likes of Vera Blue, Thelma Plum, Eves Karydas, Daniel Johns, E^ST and Wafia. Juggling that many projects takes its toll and routinely distances him from his family. The fact he’s
“I liked the stuff I was doing, but it just didn’t have the right feeling. Then once you find that point, the floodgates open.” committed to another solo project indicates his strong attachment to the songs on complex. “Essentially this whole thing was to make something for myself and not for any label or any person,” he says. “I was certainly aware of people enjoying something, but this truly and utterly was like making something for myself. It’s always funny, you make something for yourself and then other people seem to like it. And it was probably the first time I really, truly did that.” The EP’s seven track sequence flows like one unified thematic movement, characterised by a distinct darkness. This is in contrast to James’ lovely and happy demeanour. “Generally I’m a happy person, but I just love dark brooding music. And I always have. I struggle with pop music still and I struggle with obvious stuff. I’ve always enjoyed more mainstream things like Arcade Fire and Coldplay, but they also have their dark edges and it’s the dark edgy stuff I’ve always liked. “But I am drawn towards a few particular producers, if it’s Radiohead or Thom Yorke but also Weval and Rival Consoles and James Blake.
I don’t know why. Maybe it’s because I grew up listening to nu metal.” But the mysterious, moody, and consistently dance-y tracks on complex share far more commonalities with the likes of Radiohead and Massive Attack than Korn or P.O.D. James was also motivated by a number of newer artists. “Weval. They’re from Amsterdam. They’re a production duo and are hugely inspirational. I love James Blake’s approach to music and minimalism. The other one is Rival Consoles. I was just listening to his EP prior to writing this stuff but I don’t know if it directly influenced. There’s a bunch of other producers ± a guy named Christian Löffler who I really dig, Kiasmos and Ólafur Arnalds. I love that stuff. “All that stuff is quite minimal. That’s been a big takeaway, to try to find the one thing and then build around a little simple set of things. Even though it’s quite complex in construction, I’ve definitely tried to keep it pretty minimal in the approach.”
upsidedownhead’s debut EP complex is available now on all major platforms.
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Thrice
Casting his mind back to 2006 and an explosive performance at London’s Brixton Academy, Dustin Kensrue remembers when Thrice were performing off the back of their 2005 album, Vheissu, alongside Coheed and Cambria. “Any flashing back is a bit rough,” admits Kensrue. “We have played many, many shows since then.” This year marks Thrice’s 20th anniversary as a band, with their innovation and ambition key factors to their longevity and evolving sound. Kensrue says he has no regrets; only lessons learned. “I think it would have been interesting had we tried to figure out a more healthy and sustainable way to tour early on,” he says. “Our schedule kind of ground us into the ground, which precipitated taking a break. “I’m not one for overly rehashing the past. I think it’s good to learn from it ± you’ve gotta go on the road to learn the things you’ve gotta learn, I guess.” Their latest release, Palms, exemplifies of Thrice’s evolution, both sonically and personally, and reflects the band’s time together. From congenitally charged post-hardcore, to wonderfully sweeping piano ballads, it’s likely the most expansive release of Thrice’s career. Of course, each album is representative of the moment in time at which they’re released, making it harder for Kensrue to differentiate exactly what Palms might stand for overall. “I think it’s very uniquely a record that makes sense for it,” he says. “For us right now as a band, for me as a songwriter, I think it’s proven to be a
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“I hear a lot of people who have seen us many times, saying that we’re sounding better than we ever have.” balm to people in certain positions and a challenge for people in others.” A soothing and helpful balm indeed. Other ointments that may have contributed to the success of Thrice’s recent work is their infamous hiatus. In 2012, Thrice announced they’d be taking a break from being a full-time band ± but it wasn’t breaking up. It would be two years before Thrice came together to play again, officially breaking the hiatus with a photo on their website of a mixing desk and the band performing. Their next album, To Be Everywhere Is To Be Nowhere, would be released in 2016. “It brought a fresh sense of appreciation for each other, for what we’ve accomplished, and definitely a fresh sense of energy and renewal that comes out of a rest, I think,” Kensrue reflects. “It’s interesting to see recent studies on how important taking a break is for creativity and just efficiency, even in a corporate workplace environment. I feel like for creatives sometimes that isn’t also appreciated, and I think it was really helpful for us.” Out on tour and performing their new collection of songs alongside nostalgic classics,
Kensrue agrees that they, and the fans, recognise there’s a renewed energy, love, and commitment to their craft. Respite was dearly needed, and it shows in how they now perform as a unit. “I hear a lot of people who have seen us many times, saying that we’re sounding better than we ever have. That’s always good to hear. “We’ve been playing together long enough that even on our worst nights, it still sounds pretty good.” Come next May, Thrice will take to Australian stages for their first headline tour in over a decade. “We’ve been away too long,” says Kensrue. Armed with a 20-year catalogue of rock music that has consistently pushed boundaries, fans can expect to be pummelled with a mix of stuff from the past two decades. “There are certain songs that are really old I definitely feel super disconnected to ± the connection being closer to laughing at pictures of yourself in high school than anything else,” he says. “But I think we’ve learned to appreciate those things in their own way.” BY ANNA ROSE
Catch Thrice when they takeover Melbourne’s 170 Russell on Sunday May 19. Head to the SBM Presents website for tickets and the full list of tour dates.
Robinson
New Zealand native (Anna) Robinson is relatively new to the music scene, but don’t try and tell her that – Robinson’s goal has been alive and brewing for years. Perhaps an overnight success is how some would describe her, although a major label deal, and singles with streams in the multi-millions hasn’t seen her become anywhere near complacent. “I was always ambitious and passionate about it,” confesses Robinson. “I remember asking my mum for at least a year to move to America with me. I always thought you know ± that’s what you’re meant to do.” Her latest single, ‘Medicine’, is a reflective track, exploring the idea of making poor decisions, and the effects that those decisions may have. She says that the thought process behind the song was actually quite simple. “I seem to have this track record of writing my favourite track right at the end of session,” she muses. “We got to the end of our session, sat and talked for like four hours, we went to get lunch, bought a guitar, and then the song just came to life. “We started writing and it all fell into place. We worked on the production side first, and then we were just writing lyrics and melodies, and it just happened really fast. I think sometimes that’s just the way ± when it really clicks, it happens so quickly.” The uplifting song has been met with praise worldwide, and the pressure that comes with that isn’t easy. “I think there are natural feelings of anxiety and you do get your down-periods when you’re obviously on these incredible tours. You’re having so much fun, or you’re writing in the studio, but then you go home and that high goes away.”
“I still have these moments where I’m like ‘wait a minute – that many people have heard the song? That’s absolutely crazy.’” “I don’t think that you can ever imagine what it’s gonna be like when you release a song, and to think that so many people can hear that thing you made, is just surreal,” says Robinson of the postrelease hype. “I still have these moments where I’m like ‘wait a minute ± that many people have heard the song? That’s absolutely crazy.’ So, I think it’s just a process of thinking ‘wow, that’s surreal’ and trying to pinch yourself back into reality.” Having said that, she tries not to pay too much attention to everything that goes on around her. “You release a song, and obviously your management keep you updated with what’s happening but I don’t try to get trapped in that world ± it can become quite negative. You’ve just got to focus on the songs you’re writing and the next thing.” She adds, “I think the most important thing is just surrounding yourself with people that understand, and having people that you can talk
to. There’s a roller coaster of emotions being in the music industry, so it’s important to have that foundation of people around you.” But finding this foundation of people can be tricky sometimes, particularly when there’s a lack of women working in the music industry. “I think it’s something that I’d like to try and change ± aiming to get more women in music, even just mixing and mastering songs. I’d love to be working with as many women as I can ± I think it’s just crucial.” Robinson has plenty to look forward to, with the lauded pop singer’s next year looking strong. “I’m doing a tour here, I’m doing a big festival in Bali, playing Rhythm and Vines in New Zealand. Hopefully we’ll be heading back to Europe soon for another tour, and then maybe a couple of singles.” BY NATHAN GUNN
Rüfüs Du Sol
It might be a bold statement, but you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone with a penchant for Australian music that hasn’t heard of Rüfüs Du Sol. The Sydney trio are now nationally, if not globally adored, for their low-key, almost liquid sounds marked by eloquent productions. Beat was lucky enough to get the man behind the drums, James Hunt, who slid a few details about their latest release Solace, its accompanying tour, and just how they managed to crank out album number three amid changed creation and production landscapes since their earlier successes, Atlas (2014) and Bloom (2016). “To paint the picture, we’d just moved to Los Angeles a year and a half ago to embark on writing this record. We uprooted our lives, moved away from our families … we found an Airbnb in LA and we were super excited to get into the writing process,” Hunt explains. “We’d been touring for two years straight and then dove head-first into writing. We decked out the studio with a bunch of analogue synths, guitar pedals and drums, we were just playing for ourselves, which was so exciting and we were really swept up in this euphoric, exciting time. We were really creatively inspired, and really creatively driven.” But as Hunt goes on to explain, it was certainly a murkier, much more troubled time when these songs were produced. “Throughout that process, we started becoming so lost in the world that we were writing till 6am a lot of nights. They were pretty unhealthy working hours. We were living with our girlfriends but in a lot of ways, we neglected our personal lives because we were just working and working and working, you
know, purely out of the love of it, but during that time, we became really emotionally tumultuous, it was a bit of a roller coaster,” he says. “But I think that some of the tumultuous emotional experience bled into the record a lot more. I think we improved a lot as songwriters and producers, we were able to channel some of the darker elements of our lives as well as some of the brighter moments and get the light and shade more into this record. [It] definitely covers a broader emotional spectrum than the last ones.” Hunt goes on to shed some incredible details on Rüfüs Du Sol’s Australian tour, with the focus being on their performance at the Sidney Meyer Music Bowl, in early 2019. It’s quite a show they have planned ± complete with a brand new light show ± a nd the lads are amped for it. Even after the metric ton of touring that Rüfüs Du Sol have done of late, they show no signs of wanting to let up. “It’s definitely a new energy. When we get a chance to write a new record and play it out loud, I know it’s the same for the other guys too, it completely refreshes the excitement to play these new songs in front of a new crowd.” Hunt also touches on the emotional
Catch Robinson at Northcote Social Club on Wednesday December 5. Tickets available through Eventbrite.
poignancy of this record, which came from living and working in the studio almost 24/7. “The only thing we found solidarity in was making music,” he says. “We came onto the title of Solace because when we had times that were a bit tough or times that we were dealing with so much shit in the outside world, that was the one thing we could return to. “I think if this album can just hit people to their core. If they could relate to any of the things that we bled into the record, whether it’s the feeling of being isolated or stuck in something or the anxiety of being forgotten or a relationship crumbling or even the celebration of a relationship or anything we captured on the record, if anyone can relate to that, I’d hope they could find some solace.”
“We started becoming so lost in the world that we were writing till 6am a lot of nights. We neglected our personal lives because we were just working and working ... we became really emotionally tumultuous.” Rüfüs Du Sol play Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Thursday February 14, 2019. Solace is available now on all major platforms.
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Hadal Maw
Bright, enigmatic, confident and bubbly – Sam Dillon in conversation is a complete contrast to the ripping tones and volatile melodies he spits out when fronting metal outfit Hadal Maw. Mind you, there’s no reason Dillon shouldn’t be this outgoing, it’s been a helluva year for the Melbourne outfit. “You’ve gotta keep busy, you’ve gotta hustle,” Dillon says of the band, who have covered heaps of ground on countless tours off the back of their latest EP Charlatan. “If you don’t believe in what you’re creating, why would you leave the bedroom?” Dillon is the one of most outgoing and confident people you’ll likely come across on the scene ± and yet when you listen to Charlatan, it’s quite the opposite. “I think I’m passionate in that, just in a different way,” he says. “If you’re going to be able to communicate then you have more power to what you’re doing. “The better you’re able to have a conversation with the audience through the music and through interviews such as this, then the deeper the knife will strike.” And the knife couldn’t strike any harder or hotter as it will do when Hadal Maw perform at Heavy As Metal this weekend alongside an incredibly impressive lineup of bands. Australian heavy bands are doing amazingly well overseas, and yet at home, it seems we can’t support our own. Particularly when you take into account the closure of venues like The Reverence, it makes it harder and harder to have any kind of scene. It means a lot then to Hadal Maw to be a part of the six-strong heavy band lineup for Heavy As Metal, as they get to be a cog in the wheel of keeping the scene moving.
“It’s just getting off your arse and going and supporting the things you’re supposedly passionate about.” “We’re actually coming through a renaissance period for Australian heavy music, especially the more extreme stuff,” Dillon says. “It’s being spearheaded very well by places like Direct Touring because they’ve got enough of a pull to bring these iconic bands from overseas, which creates opportunities for local bands that are coming through the ranks. “I find the venues shutting down has more to do with local governments and older generations with investment properties within areas that have noise restrictions ± now that’s always going to throw a spanner in the works of how long you can stay open, how you’re getting money over the bar. And if everyone is living by the thought of Netflix-and-chill-at-home, that’s a very stagnant lifestyle that’s not going keep a scene alive.” As Dillon’s passionate rampage continues, he makes the point that there is plenty going on in Melbourne’s live scene each weekend. “It’s just getting off your arse and going and supporting the things you’re supposedly passionate about,” he says. Aside from Heavy as Metal, Hadal Maw will also take to Ballarat’s Blaze Festival in January.
“Ballarat’s amazing,” Dillon says. “It’s very important for people to also think about the rural communities when they’re organising a tour or whether they say yay or nay to a show. Just because it’s slightly isolated, doesn’t mean the scene isn’t alive and healthy out there.” Come February, Hadal Maw will embark on a month-long tour of Europe. “That’s definitely our most exciting news,” cries Dillon. “That’ll be our first international tour with Psycroptic and our Melbourne melodic death metal mates Hollow World ± 22 dates in 22 days across countless countries in Europe.” Australian heavy groups are making big waves overseas, an opportunity Dillon says is definitely a benchmark of achievement for Hadal Maw. “It’s what we always planned for, to go over to the mecca, the birth cradle of metal, which is in Europe. “To be able to do it with an entire Aussie lineup that is making waves overseas is a very humbling experience.”
Hadal Maw play Heavy as Metal this Saturday December 8 at The Bendigo Hotel alongside Blunt Shovel, Annihilist, Naberus, Nothing and Massix. Tickets via Eventbrite.
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The story behind The Avalanches’ iconic debut album ‘Since I Left You’ BY KATE STREADER
Eighteen years ago, Robbie Chater and Darren Seltmann released their debut album Since I Left You under the moniker The Avalanches. With intentions to release the album solely in their homeland of Australia, firmly believing it would be the record’s main audience, the attention the album attracted was unforeseen to say the least. An intricate tapestry of samples, containing an estimated 3,500 sounds, Since I Left You was a labour of love which saw Chater and Seltmann spending years collecting samples from a plethora of obscure records. Working separately in almost identical studios, the pair combed through recordings for days on end, gathering a catalogue of intriguing and potentially cohesive sounds before reconvening to swap their finds. After compiling a massive database containing thousands of samples, the pair spent a further eighteen months stitching the sounds together to create the meticulous melodies that would form their seminal debut. Under the working title of ‘Pablo’s Cruise’, Since I Left You was originally devised as a concept album depicting the story of an international search for love, referencing the global span of the samples. The duo ended up abandoning the plan as they felt it was too literal. After the Australian release of Since I Left You attracted unanticipated attention, plans to distribute the record abroad took form. However, this brought complications due to the scale of samples on the record and the potential copyright issues involved. Having made the album largely for themselves, The Avalanches had felt no need to keep a record of the sample’s sources. As a result, they were required to revisit every sound featured on Since I Left You, many of which they had stored on unlabelled floppy disks, to compile a list of where each sample had been obtained before it could be released internationally. Due to their limited budget, The Avalanches mainly sourced their samples from esoteric 34 BEAT.COM.AU
records, hoping not to cause a stir. Although, upon jokingly sampling Madonna’s ‘Holiday’ with no intention of seeking consent, Chater and Seltmann found it to be an essential element of their track ‘Stay Another Season’ and made it their mission to obtain permission to use the sample. The release of Since I Left You in the UK and North America was delayed until 2001, eventually appearing in slightly different forms to the original due to the omission of samples they could not obtain permission for. Surprisingly, there were few obstacles in getting clearance for the record, with the abandonment of a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical theatre sample serving as the biggest hiccup. Other variances between the original and international releases include the removal of a spoken word sample from the film Midnight Run in ‘Little Journey’, the shortening of the song title ‘Tonight May Have to Last Me All My Life’ to ‘Tonight’ and the shortening of a sample from Wayne and Shuster’s I Was A TV Addict which features on ‘Radio’. Though the album’s inclusion of atypical samples are abundant, the most blatant use of unconventional sounds appear in ‘Frontier Psychiatrist’ which features a whinnying horse, excerpts from the John Waters film Polyester and a total of 37 spoken word recordings ± including prominent vocal samples from Frontier Psychiatrist, a 1960 sketch by comedy duo Wayne and Shuster from which the track takes its name. “‘Frontier Psychiatrist’ was a good example of something we didn’t plan and just happened
from us just fucking around,” said Chater in an interview with Pitchfork. Chater also explained the parrot sounds were sourced from a record titled Reading For The Blind in which a Christian woman mimics a bird as she discusses finding religion through animals. Considering the obscure nature of the densely packed samples which form Since I Left You, it’s not unreasonable that Chater and Seltmann approached the release with the firm belief that nobody would listen to it. Ironically, it’s this very detour from the archetypal electronic formula which caused the album to attain the mythical standing it has. Not only do The Avalanches fuse spoken word, unconventional sounds and an abundance of infinitesimal samples together to build seamless, groove-infused soundscapes, the individual tracks flow together unabridged to offer a cathartic level of cohesiveness. It would be another 16 years before the debut album’s follow up, Wildflower, was released, though the distinct reputation it afforded it’s creators never waned ± no easy feat for a musical act with only one record to their name. In fact, such a phenomenon is scarcely seen in an age of short attention spans and unlimited content. Almost two decades on from its release, the magic of Since I Left You remains unwavering, serving as a testament to the record’s timeless genius and The Avalanches’ unparalleled creative flair.
“‘Frontier Psychiatrist’ was a good example of something we didn’t plan and just happened from us just fucking around.” Since I Left You was initially released on November 27, 2000 in Australia by Modular Recordings.
CHRISTMAS GIFT GUIDE
Christmas Gift Guide We’re quickly into the first week of December and the chocolate advent calendar is quickly emptying. 2018 has hurtled past and it feels like only yesterday that we were dancing along to ‘Joy to the World’ and ‘Hark! The Herald Angel Sing’ with merry singers at our doorsteps. It’s a time for giving and receiving, for sharing the love and for being organised. That’s right, it’s time to get organised and get your Christmas presents sorted before the last-minute rush begins. Study up and takes some notes because our our 2018 Christmas Gift Guide
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D Henry Fenton
MUSIC
Tell us about your music background and history. I first became interested in the blues when I heard the legend about Robert Johnson selling his soul to the Devil for the ability to become a brilliant musician. It intrigued me, and thus started the slow process of listening, learning and reading more about it, becoming a lifelong pursuit. Tell us about your new EP Howlin’ Back. What is the story behind it? A friend suggested I record some blues songs as an experiment, so I picked Howlin’ Wolf as my muse and jammed a few songs out in a recording studio with a drummer friend in LA, called Kane Mcgee. It was so enjoyable that it became this new EP Howlin’ Back; four songs by Howlin’ Wolf. How does it differ from your previous work, such as last year’s Twice I Fell Down Once and your second album, Turnin? It’s quite different from my last two albums, with more wallop in the guitars. This one is more like a live jam-band approach, and recording someone else’s lyrics is interesting, as it’s less mentally introspective. I’d like to keep experimenting with this type of sound on next year’s recordings. You’ve relocated to the US. What was the decision process behind this? Relocating to the USA was unexpected and one of those paths in life that just happens, and you roll with it. There was no real ambition to move there for the music, as music is something I have always enjoyed as an art form. I really enjoy living there, LA especially has intense energy which is addictive. Is there any news or any shows on the horizon that D Henry Fenton fans should be keeping an eye out for? There are a few Australian shows on the horizon; in Margaret River, Darwin, Sydney, Queanbeyan and Melbourne. Then another album or EP next year. It’s possible now due to technology to release more music than before, so I am totally down with that. For example, I just received an email from a radio station in Croatia saying they played a few songs from Howlin’ Back, which is mind-blowing, really. Howlin’ Back is out now via Dark Eyed Junco Records.
Way Dynamic
MUSIC
Horns of Leroy
MUSIC
When did you guys first come together and how did it happen? The band came together after Dan and I travelled to New Orleans and saw brass bands everywhere; we thought it was amazing and hadn’t seen much of it in Melbourne. We got back, finished our uni courses and got some friends together for a jam in Edinburgh Gardens, and within 24 hours had our first gig booked at The B.East. That was nearly six years ago. How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? In the early days we started out playing a lot of New Orleans brass band tunes, and over the years it’s evolved to our own take on the songs, covers and original tunes. Tell us about your new 7” single ‘Get Rekt’. What is the story behind it? We [often] write songs when we need to, and usually at the last minute. I put the pressure on the boys with summer coming up ± we needed some new material. The song was written by our trombone player Nick Pietsch. We spend a lot of time together so naturally the band has a lot of banter, and ‘Get Rekt’ is one of those regular sayings that popped up when someone got burnt by another member. Tell us about your recent performance at Queenscliff Music Festival. So much fun. The Saturday night set was huge; we couldn’t fit another person in that tent and we partied with the fans. Thando came up and sang a couple tunes, and there were loads of amazing musicians hanging out ± it was a blast. What can we expect from your upcoming launch show at The Evelyn? In usual Leroy fashion, it’s gonna be a party. We’ve got Laneous and Russia Band setting up the night and DJ Chelsea Wilson on the decks. It’s our last public gig for a while so we’re gonna go hard. Plus, there’s gonna be some fresh 7” records for sale, with a nice little surprise on the B Side. Horns of Leroy launch ‘Get Rekt’ at The Evelyn on Friday December 7. Grab your tickets through Oztix.
YoWo Music
MUSIC
The inimitable Way Dynamic is the project of Dylan Young who has been an incredible asset to the likes of Totally Mild, Great Outdoors, Hollow Everdaze and more, since moving to Melbourne from Ballarat. Now, the driving force behind this burgeoning soft-pop outfit, Young has been working tirelessly, playing shows all over Melbourne to hone his craft. It’s time we learnt a bit more about the rising musician. Coming from Ballarat, how did you first get into music and what led you there? My friends were making great music and I wanted to join in. In hindsight, it was great to have a scene small enough that everyone could be friends and play with each other all the time. [Ballarat band] The Grim Fandangos, admittedly, probably kickstarted my desire to play in bands. Tell us about your new EP What’s It All For Now. What is the story behind it? The EP basically came together in a day. I wanted to get out of the rut of labouring over arrangements and mixes. So I wrote some songs one morning, trying to be nonjudgemental, and recorded it that day. It’s about feeling generally dissatisfied and somewhat resentful: in of itself, a rut. You’ve also been a member of Totally Mild, Hollow Everdaze and Emma Russack’s band. How does the philosophy behind the Way Dynamic project differ from these acts? There’s a heavy emphasis on the harmony and arrangements in the songwriting. And so far, it’s not really confined to any specific sound/genre. It’s just good to experiment. How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? It’s a bit all over the place. But there is always guitar, drums, and bass ± sometimes piano. I like making those ‘Wrecking Crew’ type arrangements that are all over pop hits from the ‘60s ± but Way Dynamic also sounds a bit more local too.
What is the vision behind the YoWo Music program and who makes up the collective? YoWo Music is a performance program for young women and GNC youth in high school. Our participants are given the opportunity to play in a band and create their own original music, in a supportive and nurturing environment, under the guidance of professional young female mentors. Tell us about YoWo’s new album Work Like That. What is the story behind it? Work Like That is a collection of original songs that our participants have written this semester, assisted by our fabulous mentors, as well as producers Emah Fox and Anna Laverty. We wanted to provide our participants with an invaluable opportunity to experience recording professionally and launching their own music. Each song is a remarkable look into the stories of these young people and the way they reflect on the world around them. The album itself is a strong, positive statement, showcasing the immense talent and hard work of these aspiring musicians who are the upcoming generation in the Melbourne music community. Aside from the collective’s honest storytelling, how would you describe the sound of YoWo Music? We have a wide range of influences coming through on this album from our participants who come from different backgrounds, so the ‘sound’ of YoWo Music is truly a representation of diversity. Expect to hear some punky-pop, some super sweet mellow folk, some lush future-soul/jazz sounds, and some serious groove and attitude. What’s next for the YoWo Music program? Anything news that fans should be keeping an eye out for? We are still riding the wave of getting this album out into the world. We have already lined up some unique and pretty exciting performance opportunities, and we would love to keep offering recording experiences to our participants too in the future when the funding allows. If any young people are keen to get amongst it, we highly recommend applying on our website for the program.
What’s It All For Now is out now via Our Golden Friend.
Work Like That is out now on Bandcamp and Spotify. Head to the YoWo Music website to
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Live
Reggie Watts - Photo by Joshua Martin
Bloc Party - Photo by Rochelle Flack
Bloc Party
Margaret Court Arena, Tuesday November 27 In what has had to be one of the most nostalgic tours of the year, Bloc Party’s return to Melbourne to celebrate their seminal debut album Silent Alarm, was accompanied by plenty of expectation. For one, longtime fans were getting an iconic record of the 2000’s indie movement dished up by Bloc Party’s new lineup; for many, the departure of Matt Tong and Gordon Moakes is still felt heavily. For me though, Louise Bartle and Justin Harris are both incredibly talented musicians in their own right and have been admirable inclusions. Particularly Bartle behind the kit ± she’s a fierce drummer that nailed the frenetic energy of Silent Alarm without seemingly taking a pause. Cleverly playing the album back to front, Bloc Party emerged onto the Margaret Court Arena stage to loud cheers, the album artwork draped behind and the roof of the tennis arena open to take in a clear, chilly Melbourne night. Doling out ‘Compliments and ‘Plans’ first meant the crowd was eased into the experience - we knew what was coming but up until that point, we were encouraged to settle in and enjoy the lesserknown cuts. Kele Okereke was in fine form, too. For those who saw his solo acoustic set at The Spotted Mallard earlier in the year, it was a rare opportunity to see the frontman perform songs from right across his career, both solo and with the band. Stripped back versions of ‘This Modern Love’ and ‘Like Eating Glass’ brought emotional responses, but nothing
compared to the original arrangements in this full-band setting. The vocalist and guitarist was thriving in the atmosphere characterised by the band’s early years which was a relief to see given the turmoil Bloc Party has experienced in the past. As the set reached its midway point, around ‘The Pioneers’ and ‘This Modern Love’, things escalated inside the arena. The audience was in the throes of early 2000’s nostalgia - memories of uni bar parties and indie club nights flooded back vividly. ‘She’s Hearing Voices’ was delivered with added snarl and sass, while from ‘Banquet’ onward, it was a masterclass in Russell Lissack’s guitar skills. He tweeted recently that playing through Silent Alarm was like playing a 45-minute guitar solo and truthfully, it looked like it. It can’t be understated how important he is as a guitarist within that early noughties indie wave; the opening of ‘Helicopter’ is like a timestamp which lovingly transports us back to that era. And just like Bartle, Lissack’s concentration and deft skills did not dip once. Following the main set closer of ‘Like Eating Glass’, the audience got a few minutes reprieve, before Bloc Party returned for a mini-set to take in the rest of their catalogue. From ‘Two More Years’ to the more recent Hymns-era, ‘The Love Within’, the band showed they weren’t completely wiped, sending the audience into a final wave of euphoria with ‘The Prayer’ and finally, ‘Flux’. Sometimes I think about how these anniversary tours can seem monotonous or unoriginal, but for Bloc Party, their stellar debut album Silent Alarm still exists in a bubble of high regard. 13 years on, this music still hits all the right notes and pulls
all the right strings; it’s emotional, dramatic and a whole heap of fun. For a lot of us who didn’t see the album toured upon its original release, this was a special night. Highlight: The first confetti cannon let off as ‘This Modern Love’ entered its final half minute. Lowlight: Honestly, none. Crowd Favourite: A tie between ‘Helicopter’ and ‘Flux’. BY SOSE FUAMOLI
Reggie Watts
The Palais Theatre, Sunday November 25 Comedian-musician Reggie Watts is incredibly engaging and entertaining. He is not ‘hilarious’, nor particularly witty but what his improvised form of musical comedy does guarantee is a blissful experience. That is, entirely guilt free laughs. Most other forms of mainstream comedic wit often relies upon schadenfreude ± taking pleasure in the displeasure of others. Sydney-based comedian Jen Fricker opened up the night at the Palais. Her brutally self-effacing comedy may be ‘woke’ but her warts and all take on break-ups and vaginal hygiene was not the right fit before Watts. Beat is a music magazine so let’s frame it in that context: Her set was the equivalent of The Hilltop Hoods opening for vastly nuanced electronic producer Jon Hopkins. Watts, on a splendid spring night in St Kilda, constructed two hours of risible entertainment that began with a completely empty stage. Watts, speaking in an uncanny British accent,
described a magic trick as if the audience had full view of him. As his booming unseen voice noted “some of you are wondering ‘does it matter if has gloves on?” a packed Palais Theatre erupted into laughter. In unremarkable fashion, Watts tottered out onto stage and jumped into the narrative of a meeting discussing Melbourne’s most interesting aspects in a totally nonsensical fashion as though we were all on the same page. The skit focused on the overly large focaccia breads passed off as sandwiches in Melbourne and how incongruous the enormous yellow and red columns are to a foreigner as they come into the city past the Racecourse Road exit. The skit culminated with Watts heading toward a table where a Line 6 DL4 Delay pedal sat, using it to loop a beat box rhythm that spiralled into a mime drum solo. While Watts’ songs and obtuse observations are what he is known for, the European-born American’s stagecraft is perhaps most phenomenal, as well as his ability to convey comedy through accentuated physical movements, otherwise known as mime. The song ended with Watts abruptly cutting off the beat, talking in an American accent before moving into an abstract cover of The Go-Between’s 1988 song ‘Streets Of Your Town’. This unorthodox formula continued three more times ± including Watts stalking the audience in the dark for 10 minutes before bowing out to uproarious applause. There truly is no other performer like him. BY DAN WATT
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ALBUM REVIEWS
Album of the Week 4AD
Singles WITH AUGUSTUS WELBY
Jess Ribeiro
(Barely Dressed Records)
Love Is the Score of Nothing
Stepping away from the brooding alt-country of 2015’s Kill It Yourself, Jess Ribeiro returns with a track that sounds like it could feature on a Julee Cruise party album. It’s a simple number that hinges on the titular chorus hook. Ribeiro leaves plenty of space in the jangly pop-rock arrangement for us to muse on the various connotations of love being the score of nothing. Love is a zero sum game? Love isn’t a competition? Love means losing yourself completely? The song ends with the bass player wiling out over the three-chord main riff, implying that love is a silly thing to attempt to quantify.
Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus
(Sony Music Australia)
Nothing Breaks Like A Heart
It’s hard to know what to make of this. Is it Calvin Harrislite i.e. clinically devised EDM chart-pop? Is it Miley Cyrus asserting herself as a true boss of neo-country pop? Or is it Mark Ronson going troppo in the wake of the huge success (and multiple lawsuits) of ‘Uptown Funk’? It could be all of the above, but while the mixture of country guitars, sterile electronics and show-tune strings suggest an aesthetic nightmare, it ends up provoking a kind of cockeyed amusement.
Mirrah
Hold On
(Greenroom Sydney)
A slow burning soul number punctuated by some impassioned rapping, Mirrah’s ‘Hold On’ underlines the importance of being thankful for what you’ve got. It goes further than that by urging us to grab hold of the things that define personhood and protect them from apathetic external interference. It’s a powerful song enriched by an even distribution of emotion and pop panache. The rap bars are limited, but enough to illustrate Mirrah’s standing as a formidable MC.
Sharon Van Etten
Jupiter 4
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Ex:Re Ex:Re is the solo project of Elena Tonra, whom many will recognise as the lead vocalist of acclaimed British indie-folk trio, Daughter.
(Jagjaguwar)
Sharon Van Etten’s lyrics have never possessed acute poetic eloquence, but inserted into a minor key melody and rendered with the singer’s characteristic abandonment, they become impossible to deny. ‘Jupiter 4’ is a statement of one’s love being higher than the tallest tower. And while the idea that my love is better than your love is a touch solipsistic, you’ll be reduced to awe and envy when Van Etten glides into the line, “It’s true that everyone would like to have met a love so real.”
She presents an incredibly strong solo debut, offering a tender yet poignant collection of ten songs that hark to the proto-folk of fellow Brits Bat For Lashes and Beth Orton, while also displaying many of the feminist qualities of American lo-fi blues artist Chan Marshall, AKA Cat Power. Twenty three seconds into the opening song ‘Where The Time Went’ and Daughter fans will immediately recognise the beautiful diction and dulcet tone of the band’s vocalist, as Tonra sings, “You could open with your failings / Make them understand / Show the love notes.” When compared to the Mumford & Sons-inspired boisterous folk of her band, the overall mode of this album instead sees Tonra utilising gentle acoustic guitar picking and brushes on the drums. It’s this mood that Tonra conjures that lifts this album to be worthy of comparison to the aforementioned luminaries of contemporary music. Whilst not diverging from a simplistic canvas on the song ‘New York’, Tonra’s vocals gently begin to sway and surge resulting in an almost secret psychedelia. This song is reminiscent of Californian modern psych geniuses Warpaint. Ex:Re’s self-titled debut demonstrates a talented singer taking a break from her band to focus her voice into a captivating and transcendent solo album. BY DAN WATT
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ALBUM REVIEWS
Albums
City and Colour
Guide Me Back Home
Dallas Green’s latest album under the City and Colour moniker comes in the form of a live album. Guide Me Back Home is twenty songs recorded on his 2017 An Evening with City and Colour Solo Canadian Tour. But this isn’t one show captured, instead it’s songs from various shows he played all across his native Canada during the tour, from Nova Scotia to New Brunsick. Not only are the cities where the songs were recorded wide-ranging, but so too are the tracks themselves. His discography gets featured rather diplomatically on Guide Me Back Home, from newer single ‘Lover Come Back’ through to the older ‘We Found Each Other in the Dark’ and ‘The Girl’. While even a City and Colour show with a full band feels rather cozy, it’s on another level because it’s just Green performing these songs. You’d think a studio with multiple takes at your fingertips would be the ideal way to showcase Green’s voice, however live, it goes up a notch. Very slight imperfections that may get fixed in the recording process are present in all their glory and it makes the songs sound even more personable. Meanwhile, Green’s storytelling and conversation between songs is also charming and adds another layer of intimacy to this release.
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He Danced Ivy
Optimistic Cynic
Brisbane-based four-piece He Danced Ivy sound very irritated and aggressive on their new release Optimistic Cynic. Cheers up lads, youth is on your side. But when you open your EP with ‘Guillotine’, it’s a clear statement of intent, as is ‘Spitting On Infinity’. So then, explain ‘Cutting It Fine’ ± fierce and unrestrained but with a hint of Scissor Sisters-esque glittery pop ± which later becomes very relentless and unhinged. Then comes the fast-paced ‘April Fools’, which, loose in its sense of genre features venomous soaring riffs and wayward vocals aplenty. Closer ‘The Singing Tree’ gives the impression that He Danced Ivy is an explosion in a guitar shop. By the end of all the clanging the listener ought not be surprised if his brain had melted. There are plenty of gimmicks in this release but thankfully they are too young to descend into self parody just yet. Meanwhile they tread the line of being unpredictable to a point where they often wrong-foot convention to strive for the unorthodox approach. Coloured by breathy vocals, spasming bass lines and venturing into many tangential moments, you cannot dismiss this band, yet they should try to stick to fewer ideas to develop a more fixed vision. BY BRONIUS ZUMERIS
BY ALEXANDER CROWDEN
Parsnip
Feeling Small 7”
Melbourne’s effervescent four-piece Parsnip have been charming Melburnian ‘60s psych-appreciators for the better part of three years and are back with their bubbly new 7” Feeling Small. Here, they’ve charmed Melbourne’s cavalcade of jangle pop admirers with a twist ± their lo-fi, retro rock aesthetic has been seldom explored within contemporary ideals as many current acts strive for uniformity. Parsnip are out here just having a great time and their undivided friendship carries through in not only their stage charisma but their recordings. ‘Feeling Small’, the first track lifted from the single, rings the eloquent guitar licks of California’s Allah-Las and consolidates a lyrical giddiness that is, in large part, the reason for their rise. Punters thrive in the merriment of the group and as ‘Feeling Small’ peters out, their cheeky chatter can’t escape listeners’ tender gaze. Flip it over and you have ‘Winter’, a catchy garage rockleaning number which humours the inevitability of the seasonal circuit. There’s a magic here that’s indicative of the band’s environment ± the loving acceptance of music creation city-wide sprawls the lyricism and songwriting that is Parsnip. Fantastic work.
A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships
Manchester-born pop-rock eclectics The 1975 have released their third studio album, and it’s laced with both jarring originality, and warmly familiar elements that most fans would know and love. The most obvious thing that separates this release from other The 1975 work is that it never really keeps a consistent theme. Songs like the highly publicised singles ‘Love It If We Made It’ and ‘Give Yourself a Try’ deal with the detritus and hubris of modern-day society, while ‘Sincerity Is Scary’ and ‘Be My Mistake’ tread more vulnerable emotional territory. There are purely instrumental pieces, such as ‘How To Draw / Petrichor’, that hold an almost obsessive amount of detail within the notes, or display an almost painfully minimalist design like the opening track ‘The 1975’. It’s an album that covers a mind-boggling amount of ground, both lyrically and musically, and that’s always a delicious sentence to read for the deeply perceptive music consumer. But while experimentation with sound I’ll always endorse, some songs seem just too whacky to be feasible on an album ± ‘The Man Who Married A Robot / Love Theme’ for example. Quite a few of these tracks go right off and though that’s a saving grace, it’s simply not enough to hold a full hour of music.
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Yves Tumor
Safe in the Hands of Love
The monotony of the modern press cycle means very few albums truly come out of nowhere ± even the surprise album is a certified cliché So when Yves Tumor’s wildly experimental Safe in the Hands of Love recently hit to shrill praise from Pitchfork and Anthony Fantano, it was more than a “breath of fresh air” ± it was a pulsing slap in the face. The record sprawls plunderphonics, noise, dream-pop, sinister R&B and field recordings. The record’s flow follows emotion, and not stylistic structure; it feels right when the driving melancholy of ‘Lifetime’ spills into the icy robotic monologue of ‘Hope in Suffering (Escaping Oblivion and Overcoming Powerlessness)’ and it’s difficult to express why. Importantly, the record’s grim brilliance is also a highly listenable pop experience ± ‘Noid’’s string-laden neo-disco encases a bleak rumination on American race relations while ‘All the Love We Have Now’ pulses off a big-beat groove that wouldn’t be far fetched for Daft Punk. Closer ‘Let the Lionness in You Freely’ grinds cymbals and organ with a postrock persistence while Tumor spits fragmented proclamations of love. Safe in the Hands of Love’s cavernous ambience is immersive ± listening straight through makes you feel complicit in Tumor’s catalogue of ecstasy, despair, and seduction.
(Independent)
(Warp)
The 1975
BY LOCHIE BOURKE
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BY TOM PARKER
(Dirty Hit)
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(Anti Fade Records)
(Major Minor Records)
(Dine Alone Records)
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7.5
The Citradels
Fuck The Hits: Vol. 1
The Citradels are coming in hot with their second album of 2018. Fuck The Hits: Vol. 1 sees the fivepiece band dive into another pool of experimentation, fusing early ‘60s pop with dreamy psychedelic synths, leaving songs to drift in and out of focus. The album slides into a promising start with single ‘Song For Ava’, cocooned in colourful orchestral instrumentation and warm vocals. ‘The Oriel Window’ evokes The Beach Boys, floating in undulations of subtle percussion. Slowing things down is stand out number ‘In Each Others Arms’, where space sounds meander through cascading melodies while choir harmonies emit shivers. The band play with church bells and organs in ‘I Do (Love You)’, leading into the glistening sweetheart of the album ‘Passover’, a tender gem. The album dwindles with ‘Seat at the Table’, a haunting and melancholic tune where acoustic guitar picking contrasts to the jangling, catchy riffs featured throughout the album. Evidently, the band aren’t afraid to take different directions in their music, though at times this leads the record to sound disjointed. Nevertheless, The Citradels are undoubtedly a band to watch out for. BY GABRIELLA BEAUMONT
BY JOSHUA MARTIN
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Gig Guide
FEATURED GIGS
Ash Sumpter + Imogen Pemberton THE DRUNKEN POET
Local up-and-coming singersongwriter Ash Sumpter will open up The Drunken Poet’s weekly Wine, Whiskey Women night from 8pm this Wednesday December 5, bringing her brand of pop, indie and roots. Hauntingly raw folk artist Imogen Pemberton will follow. Free entry.
Wednesday 5 Dec Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers
Vain, Fitzroy. 8pm.
DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE© S REPUBLIC OF SURF + COLOURED CLOCKS + THE ATTENTION SEEKERS Gasometer Hotel,
Hotel, Brunswick East. 8pm.
Collingwood. 7:30pm. $5.
GIRL GERMS + TERRIBLE SIGNAL + MARLON BANDO Grace Darling Hotel,
Collingwood. 8pm.
JESS LOCKE + RO + GELSI Workers Club,
Rat Child + Meiwa WESLEY ANNE
Join Rat Child and Meiwa at Wesley Anne on Thursday December 6 for an evening of soulful grooves and storytelling. Rat Child will sling her personally and politically-charged brand of blues-soul, while Canadiannative Meiwa will captivate listeners with her soulful vocals. Kicks off at 8pm and entry is $10.
Velvet Bloom+ Turtle Wave + Scully YARRA HOTEL
Buckle up for a killer mid-week gig at the Yarra Hotel, as Velvet Bloom, Turtle Wave and Scully team up and take over on Thursday December 6. Scully are on first before Turtle Wave will take over with their energetic psych, jazz, and surf-infused show. Soul-pop songstress Velvet Bloom rounds things out. Entry is $5 on the door from 7.30pm.
Great Gable THE CURTIN
Perth darlings Great Gable are making their return to Melbourne this week, playing The Curtin on Friday December 7. Set to bring their contageous brand of indie-rock, Great Gable will also be supported by Velvet Bloom and the The Velvet Club, when doors open from 8pm. Grab a ticket online for $15.
Selki EDINBURGH CASTLE
Incorporating catchy pop melodies with deeply emotional lyricism, Selki is a vocal and storytelling powerhouse that is sure to be a treat live. Catch the Byron Bay-bred and now Melbourne-based artist at Edinburgh Castle on Friday December 7, where she’ll take the stage from 6pm. Free entry.
Geoff Bull & The Finer Cuts COMPASS PIZZA
Prolific trumpeter and one of the country’s most enduring jazz performers Geoff Bull brings his band The Finer Cuts to Compass Pizza on Friday December 7. Offering up traditional New Orleans-inspired jazz, this indemand act are sure to put on a roaring night. Catch them from 8pm and entry is $10 on the door. 42 BEAT.COM.AU
KICKASS KARAOKE - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 9pm. LEAH EDMOND + AVA GOLD Labour In
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers BYO VINYL NIGHT - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS The B.east, Brunswick East. 7pm. ELIOTT + SANNIA + CHITRA Workers Club,
LOMOND ACOUSTICA - FEAT: KELLY AUTY & BORIS CONLEY + 8 BALL AITKEN + ELLIS BURKE & JONES Lomond
Fitzroy. 8pm. $12.
MELBOURNE© S BIGGEST OPEN MIC NIGHT Musicland, Fawkner. 7pm. OPEN MIC Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8pm. OPEN MIC Penny Black, Brunswick. 7:30pm. OPEN MIC Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East.
INCRYPT + EDDON + REPLACEMENT BUSSES + DARK DAZE Bendigo Hotel,
HIGH DRIFTERS + COLOSTOMY BAGUETTE + M-BATH + HAND OF FEAR Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 8pm. $5.
Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $15.
5pm.
Collingwood. 7pm. $10.
Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8.
7pm. $20.
KEGGIN© + FLOGS + MORE Toff In Town,
LE PINE + BLACK SNAKE WHIP + JUNGLE CUFFS + GREYJACKS Old Bar, LIVE IN THE BANDROOM - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.
7pm.
RACK JONES + MORE Cherry Bar, Melbourne
REBECCA BARNARD & BILLY MILLER© S SINGALONG Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. SONATAS FOR STRINGS - FEAT: AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7:30pm. $49.
JEFFE + SAM PHAY Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.
Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10.
KIRA PURU + SPARROWS + RO Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $15.
MARK GARDNER + TUSC + THE DEPARTMENT OF NOSTRUM Red Betty,
Brunswick. 7pm.
ROBINSON + MORE Northcote Social Club,
WHISKEY WEDNESDAYS - FEAT: ROSS HUBBARD + ADAM JONES + ASHLEY BROOKE + AURORA Swamplands Bar,
Thornbury. 6pm.
THE NICOTEENAGERS + REEL TAPES + GO DOG GO Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. TILLEY + MATT WICKING + SETH HENDERSON Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd.
Thursday 6 Dec
NATIONAL LIVE MUSIC AWARDS NIGHT - FEAT: SKYSCRAPER STAN & THE COMMISSION FLATS + QUIVERS + HANA & JESSIE LEE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. PAUL DEMPSEY + TOM LYNGCOLN Corner
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music
3181 THURSDAYS - FEAT: HANS DC + BROWNBEAR + LUKE VECCHIO + HELOCO + MUSKA Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.
Cbd. 9pm.
RICK CHARLES Milano's Tavern, Brighton. 10am.
$5.
Northcote. 7:30pm. $20.
7:30pm. $15.
BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.
DIZZY’S BIG BAND The Fyrefly, St Kilda.
6:30pm. $15.
GIANNI MARINUCCI TRIO Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights
6pm.
D.A.N.C.E Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11pm. SPIKEY TEE + EMELYNE + CAMPBELL + SUPER JIM Z + KUFATALI Section 8,
Melbourne Cbd. 6pm.
Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $20.
SUITE 909 - FEAT: LILY. + WHALEN SMITHERS + SLOAN KETTERING + POLITO + FLASH DASH. + MORE
Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.
YAEJI + DJ EMELYNE Max Watt’s, Melbourne.
MERINDA DIAS-JAYASINHA TRIO + CLAIRE CROSS© MOVING TARGETS The ROB BURKE SEXTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, SASSAFRAS QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club,
Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $25.
Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. 9pm.
THE DIZZY GILLESPIE AFRO CUBAN EXPERIENCE Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 8pm.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music
TOM FRYER BAND + ADRIAN SHERRIFF TRIO + HICKS/SHERRIFF/ STEVENS 303, Northcote. 7:30pm.
ANDREA KELLER TRANSIENTS TRIO
$35.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights KASSETTE - FEAT: MZRIZK + SLIPPERY SLOPES Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. PANGEAN NIGHTS - FEAT: PHIL STROUD + TOMMY GROVES + OLIVER FRANCIS Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm. POSTAL - FEAT: POST PERCY Revolver
Upstairs, Prahran. 10pm.
RESONANT - FEAT: ISADORÉ + AUTOMATIC TERROR MACHINE + GRAVY MURPHY + CHRIS RULE Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.
YAEJI + DJ EMELYNE Max Watt’s, Melbourne. 9pm.
Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk ÁINE TYRRELL + DANE KENNEDY Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $19.40.
ASH SUMPTER Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.
8pm.
BRETT FARKAS + EMMA HEENEY Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 7:30pm.
CHAMPAGNE SAM’S UKULELE SOIREE + TRACEY MILLER + JODY BELL + MORE Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $15. FI’S FRIENDS - FEAT: CRUEL BLOKE DON + MILL O© SULL + ELLY HEWITT + HARRIS Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:30pm. IMOGEN PEMBERTON Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9pm.
JOSH HOOKE + HANNAH MCKITTRICK TRIO Open Studio, Northcote. 8pm. $5.
JULES BOULT Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm.
Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.
CABINET + FUNK ME RIGHT + CHRISTIAN FOYLE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
MATT BRADSHAW Elephant & Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 9:30pm.
Hotel, Richmond. 8pm.
POSSESSED MUM + FACE FACE + WAY SHIT + HOT TO ROT Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10.
POWERFUL OWL + SKY FALCON Labour In
Vain, Fitzroy. 8pm.
PTING + PINCH POINTS + SADULTS + TALI MAHONEY Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood.
8:30pm. $10.
SILVERFOX SOCIAL - FEAT: CORNERSTONE + LARA TRAVIS + DJ SILVERFOX + MORE Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7pm.
SOUNDTRACKS FOR IMAGINARY FILMS - FEAT: TRAPPIST AFTERLAND + MICHAEL PLATER + PETER GREEN Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 8pm.
SPIDER GOAT CANYON + MOTE + CAPE TRIBULATION + JUDAS SPRINGSTEEN Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7pm. $10.
SWAMP + THE BELAFONTES + EASY BROWNS + MAJAK DOOR John Curtin Hotel,
Carlton. 8pm. $10.
7:30pm.
TEX PERKINS - THE MAN IN BLACK FEAT: TEX PERKINS & THE TENNESSEE FOUR + RACHEL TIDD The Palms, Southbank.
Hotel, South Melbourne. 7pm.
THE ROSE 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 4pm. $99. THROWBACK - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky
CHARLOTTE JANE + JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET The Water Rat DANK FACE - FEAT: MELANI + RINI + SQUID NEBULA + HANNAH WILSON + JULIAN STEEL & HIS CREW Gasometer
Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.75.
GEOFF BULL & THE FINER CUTS Paris Cat
Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25.
7:30pm. $91.61.
Coq, Windsor. 9pm.
TINGY CELESTINO Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm.
TOMTOM + EAGLEMONT + DALLI Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $15.
JAM JAR The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $20. MEIWA + RAT CHILD Wesley Anne, Northcote.
VELVET BLOOM + TURTLE WAVE + SCULLY Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 7:30pm. $5. VESSEL + STONETHROAT + A BASKET OF MAMMOTHS + HONEY DREAMS
MO’ SCO - THE MUSIC OF JOHN SCOFIELD Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.
WATERPARKS + MAEFIRE + THE PLAYBOOK Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 6:30pm.
JADE TALBOT, JAKAL Penny Black, Brunswick. 9pm.
8pm. $10.
8pm. $20.
PSI-PHI 303, Northcote. 8pm. $10. SOFT POWER Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North.
Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8pm. $5.
Hip Hop & R&B
8pm.
CLUB PALISADES Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd.
$15.
FAKE LOVE THURSDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd.
THANDO Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 7pm. THE CB3 + CHICKEN WISHBONE + LANDER Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. THE DIZZY GILLESPIE AFRO CUBAN EXPERIENCE Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 8pm.
8pm.
9:30pm.
Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 8:30pm.
MATTAKRIPT + JSPA + J.B.T + AMANDA BOBADILLA Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm. $15. NO FRILLS THURSDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 10pm. NOTAXI + FLIMSEY LOHAN + DOLORRES
6:30pm. $19.40.
Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $5.
$35.
THE MICHELLE NICOLLE BAND THE SIMONTOLOGISTS The Fyrefly, St Kilda. UNCOMFORTABLE SCIENCE - FEAT: LACHLAN MITCHELL Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 8pm.
VENTOPIPA Open Studio, Northcote. 8pm. $10. ZOUROUNA Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm.
THE PHARCYDE Night Cat, Fitzroy. 9pm. THROWBAX THURSDAYS - FEAT: DJ ANYA + CITIZEN.COM + FLIP3000 + TEE DUBYA + DJ SENSI + SISTA SARA + LOTUS MOONCHILD + MORE Little Jax, Melbourne. 6pm.
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WEDNESDAY 5TH DECEMBER, 6PM FREE
WHISKY WEDNESDAYS! FEAT. ACOUSTIC ACTS IN THE FRONT BAR. Ross Hubbard, Adam Jones, Ashley Brooke, Aurora.
WEDNESDAY DEC 5
FRIDAY 7TH DECEMBER, 8PM FREE
MWIJF: MERINDA DIAS-JAYASINHA TRIO (QLD) & CLAIRE CROSS’ MOVING TARGETS $20/$15
Party Pest. Cake Fight, DJ DOGGLER.
THURSDAY DEC 6
SATURDAY 8TH DECEMBER, 8PM FREE
MWIJF: JAM JAR - ALBUM LAUNCH
THURSDAY 6TH DECEMBER, 8PM FREE
TRAPPIST AFTERLAND Michael Plater, Peter Green.
SWAMP STOMP! W/ THE BEAT TABOO LUCY’S LOCKETT Vicuna Coat, Chickenheadknob. SUNDAY 9TH DECEMBER, 5PM $5
THE PEPTIDES CHRISTMAS SHOW! W/ DAVID COSMA The Reverie.
TUESDAY 11TH DECEMBER, 6:30PM FREE
OPEN MIC *FREE performer drink* $15 Jugs HAPPY HOUR
TUES-SAT 5PM-7PM, SUN 4PM-6PM $6 PINTS $3 POTS $5 WINE AND BASIC SPIRITS
BURGERS / FRIES / RIBS
SWAMP STOMP!
ONE NIGHT 3 GREAT BANDS!
THE BEAT TABOO is gonna add some flaming ash to your tequila ..mix it up with some swampy noisy beats and get those hips shaaaakkiiiinnngg!!
PARTY PEST Post punk dream turned party nightmare feat members of La Bastard, The Reprobettes and Hot Wings.
CAKE FIGHT Seventies inspired punk, garage and dirty rock n roll.
$20/$15
FRIDAY DEC 7
MWIJF: FEM BELLING’S KON SHES WORLD PREMIERE (AUS/STHAFR/KOR) $30/$25 SATURDAY DEC 8
MWIJF: HARRIETT ALLCROFT - ALBUM LAUNCH $30/$25 MWIJF: LATE NIGHT JAM & HANG
FREE
SUNDAY DEC 9
MWIJF: GIRLS DO JAZZ SECONDARY SCHOOL WORKSHOP & CONCERT
FREE
MWIJF: LIJUKA - SINGLE LAUNCH & GIRLS DO JAZZ $20/$15
DJ DOGGLER Spinning funk, soul & rock’n’roll into the small hours after!
8PM. FREE!
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Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk
Fitzroy. 8pm.
8 BALL AITKEN (WITH FIONA BOYES) + VARIOUS ARTISTS Hume Blues Club, Coburg.
Tapas Bar, Rye. 9:30pm. $10.
7:15pm.
MIMI GILBERT + KATIE WIGHTON Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 7pm. $5.
MUSICLAND OPEN CHOIR REHEARSALS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Musicland, Fawkner. 7pm. $5. OPEN MIC NIGHT Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 7pm.
PENY BOHAN Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.
RAIN OF ANIMALS Wesley Anne, Northcote.
6pm.
RHYTHM X REVIVAL Lomond Hotel, Brunswick
East. 9pm.
Friday 7 Dec Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers ACTION SAM Elephant & Wheelbarrow,
Melbourne. 11pm.
AUTO-MASH DJS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9pm. BACK TO THE 80S - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8pm. $10. BIG STAR & THE REPLACEMENTS CELEBRATION - FEAT: CLAIRE BIRCHALL + MITCH DILLON + JACK POULSON + MARILYN ROSE + ADRIELLE SPENCE + ANDRE BONSACK + PETE AZZOPARDI + HANNY J Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9pm. $25.82.
CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 8pm.
CASTLECOMER Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm. $20. CHAPEL STREET SOCIAL CLUB - FEAT: PHATO A MANO + NAMN + MATT RADOVICH Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm. COLOUR MACHINE + TELESCREEN + HOT GLUE Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8pm. $13.24. COSMIC KAHUNA + CAPE TRIBULATION + WICKED CITY + SPACEJUNK Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar,
North Melbourne. 8pm. $15.
COUNTDOWN 80© S Musicland, Fawkner.
7:30pm. $10.
CRASH Hysteria Lounge, Lilydale. 6pm. DAYS N DAZE + THIS IS A ROBBERY + THE BERKELEY HUNTS + QUINTON TREMBATH Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8pm. $27.05.
DJ BLABERUNNER Fox Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm.
DRIVEN TO THE VERGE + EATER OF THE SKY + MORE Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick
East. 7:30pm.
ERIK PARKER + SETH HENDERSON The B.east, Brunswick East. 9pm.
GEORGE TRIMMER BAND Royal Hotel,
Essendon. 10pm.
GREAT GABLE + VELVET BLOOM + THE VELVET CLUB John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8pm.
$15.
HOLY HOLY + CLEWS + SAN MEI 170 Russell, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $38.86.
HOUSEMATE OF MINE + LEVITATING CHURCHES + DYLLON MACKIE 303, Northcote. 7pm. $10.
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVY + POPPIN© MOMMAS + JAMES MCCANN & THE NEW VINDICTIVES + BATZ Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $24.50.
IMMIGRANT UNION + GUMBOOT Old
Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.
JIM MOGINIE & THE FAMILY DOG + LEAH FLANAGAN + THE HELLO MORNING Northcote Social Club, Northcote.
8:30pm. $27.50.
JUST FRIENDS BAND Platform 270, Melbourne.
5:45pm.
Cheltenham. 8pm.
REECE MASTIN + ERRIN KELLY + ALEX RAUNJAK Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $25. RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE + PISSBOLT + NEKRASOV + CARCINOID + DOWSER
$35.
Saturday 8 Dec
Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50.
Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $12.
7pm. $30.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music
RICHARD MARX + MORE Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:45pm. $89.90.
RINKYDINK - FEAT: THE FINKS + GIRLATONES + PERCH CREEK Thornbury Bowls Club, Thornbury. 7:30pm. $10.
SELKI Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6pm. SLOWLY SLOWLY + BEC STEVENS + TOTTY Pelly Bar, Frankston. 8pm. $24.50. SMOKE RINGS + VENUS COURT + FOREIGN NATIONAL Grace Darling Hotel,
Collingwood. 8pm. $10.
TEENAGE DADS + THE BRUNGAS + BAREFOOT BOWLS CLUB Gasometer Hotel,
Collingwood. 8pm. $10.
TEX PERKINS - THE MAN IN BLACK FEAT: TEX PERKINS & THE TENNESSEE FOUR + RACHEL TIDD The Palms, Southbank. 7:30pm. $91.61.
THE CHATS + PIST IDIOTS Chasers, South Yarra. 8pm. $23.50.
THE CHERRY DOLLS Cherry Bar, Melbourne
Cbd. 8pm. $10.
THE CIGARRILLOS + SORDID ORDEAL + MR STITCHER + THE VELVET COBRAS + DJ BAD PARAMETER Bombay
Rock, Brunswick. 8pm.
THE GRATES + DAMIAN COWELL + FRITZ Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. THE IANS + THE TREPIDS + THE MIYAGIS + BLACK SNAKE WHIP Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10.
THE MEAN TIMES + BIG LEAGUE + THE FIX UPS Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8pm. $10. THE SONGS THAT MADE MEMPHIS FEAT: SUN RISING + COOKIE BAKER Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East. 8pm. $26.
VICTORIANA FEEL Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 4pm.
WENDY MATTHEWS Grand Hotel Mornington, Mornington. 8pm. $35.
WHAT’S ON PRESENTS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS + VARIOUS DJS Prince
Public Bar, St Kilda . 9pm.
Hip Hop & R&B AFTER HOURS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. BIG FREEDIA + UMAMI DJS + DEZZY D + LARRIE + KÖDA + NUESTRO PLANETA DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm. $51. BRAIDZ + DOS BOY + VELVET SAND + JINKS & COVERT + THE PURPLE TRADERS + OWAIS + BILLY JAX + DJ DENNO Grumpy's Green, Fitzroy. 8pm. $8. PARTY & BULLSHIT FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm. RNB FRIDAYS CLUB - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Co., Southbank. 9:30pm. $20. THE PHARCYDE Night Cat, Fitzroy. 9pm.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music ALINTA & THE JAZZ EMPERORS Paris Cat
Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $32.50.
BRIAN EL DORADO & THE TUESDAY PEOPLE Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm. BRUNSWICK REGGAE NIGHTS - FEAT: DJ RICK HOWE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 4pm. CHRISTMAS AT THE PIANO - FEAT: CALLUM WATSON + LUCY HEAD + ISABELLA KHALIFE Black Hatt, Geelong. 7:30pm. $10.
DJ BISCOTTI Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9pm. FEM BELLING© S KON SHES The Jazzlab,
Brunswick. 8pm. $30.
MAKO ROAD + CREATURE FEAR Penny
Pizza, Brunswick East. 8pm. $10.
MARIE WILSON + THE IAIN ARCHIBALD BAND Matthew Flinders Hotel,
Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $35.
MENTAL AS ANYTHING + VIBRAJETS
8:30pm. $18.10.
Black, Brunswick. 8pm.
Chadstone. 8pm. $27.50.
Kingston City Hall, Moorabbin. 8pm. $32.
MR MCCLELLAND© S FINISHING SCHOOL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. $10. PIST IDIOTS + THE CHATS + BAD BATCH Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 3:30pm. POPROCKS + DR PHIL Toff In Town,
Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
RAMTWOS + CB RADIO Labour In Vain,
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WINESHANK Bad Shepherd Brewing Co.,
Yarraville. 8pm. $33.
MADDY JANE + ELIZA & THE DELUSIONALS + SPIT CHEWY Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $18.40.
THE BLACK SORROWS Yarraville Club,
REDRO REDRIGUEZ & HIS INNER DEMONS + PAM SALMON Baha Tacos &
THE DIZZY GILLESPIE AFRO CUBAN EXPERIENCE Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 8pm. THE FIREMEN Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. TOM BARTON Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne TRIPATAKA Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights
6:30pm. $30.
BENDY RAINBOW - FEAT: DJ ALICIA + JACK POPPER + THE D WORD + DJ LADY ERICA Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. CHILADELPHIA FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd.
BACHARACH & BEYOND - FEAT: JACK HOWARD & THE AMBASSADORS OF LOVE Kingston City Hall, Moorabbin. 8pm. $22. BELUGA Brunswick Green, Brunswick. 4pm. BEN DELVES TRIO Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick.
COOL ROOM SEASON 4 FINALE FEAT: CIEL + DIN + EMMA STEVENSON + JENNIFER LOVELESS Rubix Warehouse,
BROOKLYN © 86 Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 9pm. DEBRA LA VELLE QUARTET Lido Jazz Room,
DARKBEAT - 15TH BIRTHDAY FEAT: DANNY TENAGLIA + DAVE SEAMAN + ANTHONY PAPPA + EXA + PHIL K + KASEY TAYLOR + ROLLIN CONNECTION + DAVE JURIC + MORE
DYLAN & FRIENDS - IN FOCUS FEAT: ANNA FISZMAN & MARC LANDESBERG Rising Sun Hotel, South
Brown Alley, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $60.
Penny Black, Brunswick. 8pm.
4pm.
Brunswick. 8pm. $20.
DOPPLER - FEAT: HYPER BINARY + KATIA. PWD + PAUL LYNCH + JOSH WAIN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 11:45pm. DOUBLE VISION - FEAT: LIL LOUIS + FOLAMOUR + LAURENCE GUY + DJ DIFFERENT Yours & Mine, Carlton. 10pm. $45. ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm.
FORMATION - FEAT: DONNY + MORE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm.
FRIDAYS - FEAT: WARSAWYER + CLIFTONIA + BEN & LIL + MORE Carlton
Club, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm.
KANDY CARNIVAL - FEAT: D-BLOCK & S-TE-FAN + CODE BLACK + FREQUENCERZ + MORE Festival Hall, West
Melbourne. 6pm. $74.87.
MARKET MEMORIES + BEC GRENFELL + ROB ANTHONY + JAY RAMON + BOYBLEWE + FUNKY COL + MORE Onesixone, Prahran. 9pm.
MICKEY KOJAK + CLOSE COUNTERS + SLOW NOMAD Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $15.
MUMDANCE + GIDEON GREENE + SMUTLEE + ALASKA + BIMMA + GING Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $15.
PERFECT STRANGERS - FEAT: SADIVA + LOTUS MOONCHILD + NO NAME NATH + GHOSTNOTES Section 8, Melbourne
Cbd. 5pm.
5pm.
Hawthorn. 8pm. $25.
DJ LUCKY DAY Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 9pm.
Melbourne. 8pm. $35.
ELLE SHIMADA + ABBEY HOWLETT FUNKSION - FEAT: DJ B.O + KENNY-J + DAVE BOOTS + DJ VERSE@ILLE Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.
GREGG ARTHUR QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz
Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $35.
HARRIETT ALLCROFT The Jazzlab, Brunswick.
8pm. $30.
HOODOO MAYHEM Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. KIMBA & RYAN GRIFFITH FAREWELL SHOW + THE KIMBA GRIFFITH SEPTET + NIGHTBEAT + KIMBA & RYAN + KIMBA© S SWING FLING Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $32.50.
MADRE MONTE + THE PIRATESKA REBELLION Open Studio, Northcote. 8pm. $12. MELBOURNE WOMEN© S INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL LATE NIGHT JAM & HANG - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 11pm. NEON QUEEN + AZTX + HONEY DREAMS + CLEAN CUT SOCIETY Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10.
THANDO + JAYDEAN + MORE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $20.
THE DIZZY GILLESPIE AFRO CUBAN EXPERIENCE Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 8pm.
$35.
THE KING LOUIE COLLECTIVE + PPB LATE NIGHT DJS Prince Public Bar, St Kilda .
8pm.
THE MARK FITZGIBBON TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $25.
TONI SWAIN TRIO Union Hotel (brunswick),
SAMO DJ + PURIENT + MORGAN WRIGHT Hugs & Kisses, Melbourne. 12pm. $18. SOJU-GANG Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne.
Brunswick. 5pm.
SWAGGER - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers
5pm.
Bottom End, Melbourne Cbd. 11pm. $15.
TOKYO LOVE HOTEL - FEAT: LEH YSL + MHA IRI + JUAN-C + AUDIOBITS + EL GREY + JAMIE SAN + MORE New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $5.
UNGUS UNGUS UNGUS + BLUNDERBUSS JONES + INTERNATIONAL TOURIST Belleville, Melbourne. 10pm.
Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk BLUE SOULS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.
CAJUN V. ZYDECO SHOWDOWN FEAT: THE © JOHNNY CAN© T DANCE© CAJUN BAND + BIG ZYDECO EXPRESS Gem Bar, Collingwood. 9pm.
CARGO CULTS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne.
GEOFF BULL & THE FINER CUTS Compass
8:30pm.
GREGG ARTHUR QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz
Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 8pm.
COLLARD GREENS & GRAVY Fitzroy
HORNS OF LEROY + RUSSIA + DJ CHELSEA WILSON Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy.
GARY ÓG - FEAT: GARY OG Max Watt's,
LA DESCARGA Open Studio, Northcote. 8pm. $10. MONASH BIG BAND + TASH WEATHERILL TRIO The Fyrefly, St Kilda. 6:30pm.
THE FOUR SCOOPS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION
MYRTLE BEECH HOT SWING Wesley Anne,
VIVICA GENAUX + ERIN HELYARD
OCTAVE INC. Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8pm.
WILSN + VIC PARK Some Velvet Morning,
$15.
A TRIBUTE TO THE 20TH CENTURY ROCK GREATS - FEAT: TOSHI CLINCH & BAND Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd.
Melbourne. 8pm. $40.30.
SHANTILY CLAD Dancing Dog, Footscray. 7pm. $10.
Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6pm.
Northcote. 6pm.
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $92.
$25.
Clifton Hill. 8pm.
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WAXFOX Fox Hotel (collingwood), Collingwood. 8pm.
ANNUAL LEAF + TAM VANTAGE + RUSSIAN HACKERS + ASHTRAY BOY Red Betty, Brunswick. 7pm. $10.
AYDAN Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 12:30pm. $44.80. BEN ALTER Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 8pm. $10.
BLEACH + VIRAL EYES + THE GURDIES + MORE Yah Yah's, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. CLEAN CUT SOCIETY + THE BRUNGAS + JIMMY HARWOOD + THE GURDIES Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 2pm. $10.
COLOURBLIND + WORLD SICK + MERCS + THE VELVET CLUB Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8pm. $5.
FICTITIOUS ME + CICADASTONE + RIFF RAIDERS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8pm.
$10.
GENE CLARK TRIBUTE NIGHT - FEAT: KAI CLARK & ALLSTAR BAND + BEN MASTWYK + PENNY IKINGER & JULITHA RYAN + VAN & CAL WALKER + MORE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 6pm. $15. GOOD TIMES FOREVER ASYLUM SEEKER FUNDRAISER - FEAT: MABEL MARIE + BILLY BARKER + BEC BASTOLI + CURRAWONG + PIXY STIX + TUMI + MORE Bombay Rock, Brunswick. 4pm. GYPSY - THE FLEETWOOD MAC TRIBUTE SHOW Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $20.
HADAL MAW + BLUNT SHOVEL +
7TH DEC “Fun Fun Fun” The Music of The Beach Boys
14TH DEC Paul Williamson; All Things Jazz, Blues & Soul
FRIDAYS DECEMBER 2018
21ST DEC
Come and enjoy some of Melbourne’s finest jazz musicians at this FREE community event. Various shops open to peruse with wine and cheese packages available for a more intimate experience.
Gianni Marinucci & Michelle Nicolle Swinging Xmas
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The Woods BAR 303
Neo rock and soul purveyors The Woods are set to launch their debut, self-titled EP at Bar 303 this Saturday December 8. The Melbourne locals will be supported by Unpainted Prospects when it goes down from 8pm and you can snag your entry for an easy $10 on the door.
Goodtimes 2018 BOMBAY ROCK
Goodtimes 2018 is a free fundraiser going down at Bombay Rock this weekend, with profits from merch purchases going to the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre (ASRC). The lineup includes names such as Greg Steps, PIXY STYX, Tumi, Cakefight, The Bambi Kills and Kandalini and doors are open from 4pm. Get on it.
NABERUS + ANNIHILIST + NOTHING + MASSIX Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $15. HEATH ROBERTSON Piping Hot Chicken &
Burger Grill, Ocean Grove. 7:45pm. $10.
I.R.L INFO SHOP FUNDRAISER - FEAT: GEORGIA MAQ + JUNE JONES + VERONICA SAWYER + RORY NEUGEBAUER Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8pm. $15.
JEB CARDWELL BAND Merri Creek Tavern,
Northcote. 8pm.
JEFF ROSENSTOCK + LINCOLN LE FEVRE & THE INSIDERS + HANNY J + FOXTROT + MARINA MITCHELL Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 7:30pm.
MENAGERIE 2018 - FEAT: DR. COLOSSUS + EL COLOSSO + KHAN + PSEUDO MIND HIVE + THE DEADLIPS + STEVE TYSSEN + BORRACHERO + MORE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 3pm. $23.50. MICHALE GRAVES + COFFIN CAROUSEL + THE BLACKTIDES Cherry
Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $34.95.
SISTER SISTER Royal Hotel, Mornington. 8pm. THE AC/DC STORY Max Watt's, Melbourne. 7pm. $40.30.
THE BREEDERS + HACHIKU Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm.
THE HARD ROCK CHRISTMAS SHOW - FEAT: SHADOWQUEEN + DIAMOND FOXX + IRONSTONE + 29 BONES Whole
Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 6pm. $10.
THE MEAN TIMES + BIG LEAGUE Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:30pm. $10.
THE PADDY CAKES + JANIE GORDON + JIMMY HARWOOD Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 2pm. $10.
Lucy’s Lockett SWAMPLANDS
Lucy’s Lockett are set to take over Swamplands on Saturday December 8. Having released their five-track EP Sailor Bay earlier this year, the four-piece are keen to share their folk, pop rock sound in a live setting. Entry is free.
Annual Leaf RED BETTY
Annual Leaf are set to launch their new EP Rasperry Intense at Red Betty this Saturday December 8. With support from Tam Vantage, Russian Hackers and Ashtray Boy, you can catch this tasty evening of tunes from 7pm and snag your entry for $10 on the door.
Rosario De Marco CHARLES WESTON
Multi-instrumentalist and singersongwriter Rosario De Marco will take over Charles Weston 23/19for an intimate show on Sunday December 9. With music deeplyrooted in Mediterranean, folk, jazz and classical influences, this is set to be a special affair. Catch it from 4pm and enjoy free entry too.
James Macaulay and the Happy Hoppy Orchestra THE JAZZLAB
Through artless improvisation, James Macaulay is putting on a show alongside Ben Harrison, Scott McConnachie, Julien Wilson, Andrea Keller, Sam Anning, Maria Moles and Lisa Salvo to bring a memorable night to The Jazzlab on Tuesday December 11. Catch it from 8pm and find your tickets for $20 via the venue website.
THE PLEASURE GARDEN 2018 - FEAT: THE TEMPER TRAP + XAVIER RUDD + NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE + CONFIDENCE MAN + SAMPA THE GREAT + KATCHAFIRE + SPOONBILL + MORE Catani Gardens, St Kilda West. 12am. $88. THE RIPCHORDS Pascoe Vale Rsl, Pascoe Vale. 7:30pm. $10.
THE RUBENS + LITTLE MAY + SANNIA Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $71.20.
THEE MARSHMALLOW OVERCOAT Rah Bar, South Yarra. 8:40pm. $20.
VENUS - QUEER CHIC PARTY - FEAT: DJ LILLY STREET + DJ LA DRAMA Woody's Attic Dive, Collingwood. 8:30pm.
Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 10pm.
FRESH HEX + MATKA + DJ PEACEBLADE + CD-ROM SELECTA Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 9pm. $5.
HABITS + FRIENDSHIPS + SAD Hugs & Kisses, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $10.
JANK FACQUES Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 11:45pm.
LASER HIGHWAY - FEAT: WATER & BRIDGES + VOIN + HYSTERIC + ZEROTONINE Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. LUCKY - FEAT: CHUNYIN + TRACY CHEN + AIYA + SAL + CHI TRAN + HEATHER JOAN DAY + JENNIFER NGUYEN + MADISON GRIFFITHS + MORE Ferdydurke, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. MELBOURNE UNDERGROUND TECHNO SESSIONS - FEAT: LUCCA TAN + DAVE PHAM + DEAN BENSON + LIAM WALLER + MORGAN 24 Moons, Northcote. 10pm. $20.
MOSES CARR + WOY + SELKI + DJ LOVE The B.east, Brunswick East. 9pm. MYTHOLOGY - FEAT: KITI + AWESOME WALES + LAILA SAKINI + TILLY CUMS + CARA MIA Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. NORA EN PURE Prince Bandroom, St Kilda.
10pm. $20.
PAWN SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Pawn & Co, South Yarra. 7pm. $20. PONY SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS La Di Da, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. PRIMER - FEAT: ZOBS PALACE + ROY MILLS + FLOSS DOGG + PORCELAIN PRINCE + ROBBIE NINE-O Boney, Melbourne
Cbd. 10pm.
RISE & SHINE - FEAT: SUNSHINE + VARIOUS ARTISTS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.
12am.
RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE 2 - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Empire, Narre Warren. 9pm. SATURDAYS - FEAT: DJ KISTA + DJ BETH GRACE + DJ DEMIZE + VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. SNACK ATTACK WITH DJ 2P Elephant &
Wheelbarrow, Melbourne. 10pm.
SOOKI SATURDAYS - FEAT: MORNINGMAXWELL Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 6pm. $10.
Bentleigh East. 8pm. $33.
THE SUPER HEAVY SOUL REVUE FEAT: KYLIE AULDIST & FRIENDS Toff In
Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $20.
TOFF CLUB - FEAT: LORD HANS DC Toff
WENDY MATTHEWS Caravan Music Club, WHITE WIDDOW + WARBIRDS Workers YARD DUTY + ONCE WERE LOST + THREE QUARTER BEAST + BRODOWN Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 2pm.
YEAH NAHHH + GRAVE STREET + UNCLE BEN© S LAST WORDS + MICK PORTER + GYPSY ROAD Grace Darling Hotel,
Collingwood. 8pm. $12.
Hip Hop & R&B BIG DANCING SATURDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm. DEXTER SEAMUS + MARKSMAN LLOYD + DANIEL ELIA + SOPHIYA Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12.
ELECTRIC DREAMS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Co., Southbank. 9pm. IYAZ Co., Southbank. 10pm. $25. KHOKOLAT KOATED SATURDAYS FEAT: DAMION DE SILVA + DURMY + MORE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. REAL TALK HUNGER PAINS - RAP BATTLES - FEAT: BILLZ + KARNI H MURRAY + CONSPIRACY THE AKTAVIST + COABS CAY CRAY + 2SHAE + MORE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm. $10.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights BIONIC BOOGIE SESSIONS - FEAT: SANDRO + BENNY BADGE + MELO FELO + BANJO + WAHL + EDDIE MAC + JOSHUA TAVARES Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 6pm.
CLIPP.ART - FEAT: BREAKBOT + IRFANE + SUNSHINE Night Cat, Fitzroy. 9pm.
$25.
DIGITAL AFRIKA Belleville, Melbourne. 8pm. EAT THE BEAT - FEAT: ETWAS + MATTEO FREYRIE + CHRISS MATTO + DANIEL CUDA + MORE New Guernica,
Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. $10.
Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $28.
In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 11pm.
TRICKY MAC & BENNY T + WATERBIRD + ORSI Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. TZUSING + GIANT SWAN + LILLY KANE + BODIES + KANGAROO SKULL + JANNAH QUILL Howler, Brunswick. 7pm. $41.30.
Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk ALEX BURNS TRIO Lomond Hotel, Brunswick
East. 9:30pm.
BONNIESONGS + HANNAH CAMERON
TWILIGHT IN TULSA Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 5pm.
WINNICK + AMY POLLOCK + SUNG LOH + AMIE G Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1pm. $10. YASIN LEFLEF Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 6:30pm.
Sunday 9 Dec Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music AFRO MOSES 303, Northcote. 6pm. ALL DAY FRITZ Open Studio, Northcote. 3pm. $5. BALKAN BRASS - FEAT: OPA! BATO + OPA SEKO Farouk's Olive, Thornbury. 7:30pm. $10. CANTO ALMA Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10.
CITIZENS OF SOULCO Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 3pm.
CRAIG FERMANIS SAS TRIO Brunswick
Green, Brunswick. 4pm.
FLYING HOME Open Studio, Northcote. 12:30pm. GREGG ARTHUR QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz
Club, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $35.
LIJUKA + GIRLS DO JAZZ The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 7pm. $20.
PEPPERCORN JAZZ BAND Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30pm.
SANTO SONIDO - FEAT: DJ SACA LA MOIS + MORE Georges Bar, Fitzroy. 7pm. SERENAD Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 7pm. $45.
SUNDAY JAM - FEAT: BARTON FINK HOUSE BAND Barton Fink, Thornbury. 5pm. THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Pause Bar,
Balaclava. 4:30pm.
THE CHRIS MAUNDERS TRIO Brunswick
Green, Brunswick. 7pm. $10.
THE DIZZY GILLESPIE AFRO CUBAN EXPERIENCE Bird's Basement, Melbourne. 2pm.
$35.
THE JC LITTLE BIG BAND Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $30.
YOLANDA INGLEY & BAND Fireflies Wine Bar, Fitzroy North. 4pm.
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers ABSOLUTELY LIVE –THE DOORS SHOW Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $18. ANDRE WARHURST Union Hotel (brunswick), Brunswick. 3:30pm.
BALE OUT - AUSSIE FARMERS FUNDRAISER - FEAT: CAPWARD BACK + ROKAI + THE LIMERANTS + CATHOLIC GUILT + THE VELVET CLUB + KANDALINI + THE VEINS + RACHEL CADDY + PAMELA ST + SAPPHIRE STREET Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 1:30pm. $15. DAN POTTHAST + THE RESIGNATORS + LUKE SEYMOUP Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 7pm. $10.
IM/MODESTY - FEAT: SHOEB AHMAD Arts Centre, Melbourne. 5pm. $28.
JAANZ UNSTOPPABLE SHOWCASES 2018 - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 2pm, 7pm. $50.
Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8pm.
JEFF ROSENSTOCK + LINCOLN LE FEVRE & THE INSIDERS + HANNY J
Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 2pm.
Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 2pm. $32.13.
CAT CANTERI Gem Bar, Collingwood. 9pm. CRAIG WOODWARD & FRIENDS Charles EIGHTBALL AITKEN Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
5pm.
ERIN LISK + EAGLEMONT Open Studio,
Northcote. 2:30pm. $5.
HARRISON KING & THE LOST TRIBE + JOSEPH S. FAIRBURN Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30pm. $10.
JAMES ELLIS & THE JEALOUS GUYS + MORE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $15. JASON LOWE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. JIM LAWRIE + LIESL PIE Tramway Hotel, North Fitzroy. 4pm.
KAREN LEE ANDREWS + ANTHONY TAYLOR + TIANA MARTEL Grace Darling
FREE DOPE - FEAT: NV + DJ VERSE@
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Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $25.
LUCY© S LOCKETT + CHICKENHEADKNOB + VICUNA COAT Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 7:30pm.
NOËL! NOËL! FOLLOW YOUR STAR FEAT: AUSTRALIAN BRANDENBURG ORCHESTRA (WITH BONNIE DE LA HUNTY) Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank. 5pm, 7:30pm. $30.
SHAKY STILLS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. THE GAMI GAMI DEVILS + KANE DUNLEAVY 303, Northcote. 3:30pm. THE WOODS + UNPAINTED PROSPECTS 303, Northcote. 8pm. $10.
JIM KANE & THE CBS + THE MEAN TIMES + DANNY MCDONALD Reverence
Hotel, Footscray. 4pm.
JIM MOGINIE & THE FAMILY DOG + BROKEN RIVER Espy, St Kilda. 2pm. $30. MEREDITH IS TOO EXPENSIVE GARN OLDIE - FEAT: RHYSICS + VIRAL EYES + GIRL GERMS + LVIV + FRONTSIDE BACKSIDES + PINK TILES + VIOLET MERCY + JARROW + ANNALIESE ROSE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 3pm. $10. OPEN/MIC JAM NIGHTS Musicland,
Fawkner. 7pm.
RALEIGH WILLIAMS Caravan Music Club,
Bentleigh East. 2:30pm. $23.
ROY & THE 60© S & 70© S EXPERIENCE Musicland, Fawkner. 1:30pm. $10.
RUIDOSO + PIN + OUT OF CHARACTER Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 7pm.
SVCRED + DEVIL© S KISS + ARKEON + ATRIOX Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $10. TALL RELATIVES + MELON BOIS + FROOT LUIPS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. THE BREEDERS + HACHIKU Forum Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm.
THE DAGGAR + KILL DIRTY YOUTH + JONO BARWICK Last Chance Rock And Roll
Bar, North Melbourne. 1pm.
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THE JOHN LAWRANCE HOUR + SPARE TYRE POLITICS Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 7pm. THERAPY DOG + ANNALIESE ROSE + ANGELO & JESSE (MF JONES) + LOUISE GAUL + STEPH MANG Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm. $10.
THIGH MASTER + PROGRAM + DODA RIVKA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7pm. WEEKEND WARRIORS GIG NIGHT - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Sooki Lounge,
Belgrave. 1pm. $10.
WENDY MATTHEWS + THE WEEPING WILLOWS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 3:30pm. $34.25.
BENNY JAMES & THE BLUE FLAMES Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7pm.
CIARAN BOYLE & BAND + ACCIDENTAL BEDFELLOWS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.
DEVIL GOAT FAMILY STRING BAND Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6pm.
DJ JESSE I Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm. DOM MAJOR Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. ELWOOD BLUES CLUB Prince Public Bar, St
Kilda . 4pm.
GLENY RAE VIRUS & HER PLAYBOYS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.
GREAT AUNT + ALICE COTTON Some
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights
Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8pm.
HEINOUS HOUND Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd.
CAMP SUNDAYS - FEAT: MATTYLONGLEGS + JACK HARDMËN + CHRIS SPICER + DELTA GRAMME + STELLA ROADKILL + DAWN LEE New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $10.
DISCO DAY PARTY - FEAT: ORKESTRATED + SHORT ROUND + YROR + JOHNNY CANIK + MORE Penny Black, Brunswick. 12pm. $35.
EAT OUT - FEAT: ANYO + BETH GRACE + HANDS DOWN + DYLAN GRIFFIN + BOYBLEWE + SAMMY LA MARCA + MOE ALOHA + BRENTON CHAN Pawn & Co, South Yarra. 9pm.
FAITHLESS + T-REK + MORE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8pm.
MINISTRY OF SOUND ORCHESTRATED - FEAT: SAM SPARRO + CRYSTAL WATERS + ALISON LIMERICK + MORE Margaret Court Arena,
Melbourne. 7pm. $49.90.
NORTHSIDE TECHNO RECOVERY SESSIONS - FEAT: LUCCA TAN + DEAN BENSON + DAVE PHAM + LIAM WALLER + MORGAN Rubix Warehouse,
Brunswick. 12am.
PIKNIC ÉLECTRONIK - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. 2pm. $20.
PLANET BROADCASTING - JUST MAKE THE THING - FEAT: CLAIRE TONTI + CHANEL LUCEV + JAMES CLEMENT Howler, Brunswick. 12:30pm. $29.34.
REVOLVER SUNDAYS - MELBOURNE DANCE MUSIC ACADEMY TAKEOVER - FEAT: BOOGS + SPACEY SPACE + T-REK + SILVERSIX + BROWNBEAR + JEDIDIAH + MOE ALOHA + SEAN GRIMES + SRIRACHA Revolver Upstairs,
Prahran. 12am.
SAXON SUNDAY SESSIONS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Royal Saxon, Richmond. 12pm. SMALLTOWN OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY - FEAT: MARCEL DETTMANN + CHIARA KICKDRUM + PAUL LYNCH + SALVADOR DARLING + TRAJ + EAT THE BEAT DJS + STEFAN MAC + BEX Chasers, South Yarra. 9pm. $27.50.
STILL UP - FEAT: IVAN DI GENNARO Hugs & Kisses, Melbourne. 3pm. $10.
SUNDAY BEATS IN THE BEER GARDEN - FEAT: DJ MALPRACTICE Inkerman Hotel, Balaclava. 2pm.
THE LAST HURRAH - FEAT: SENSIBLE J + KOLAWOLE + JPS + JIMI DAWG + NAM + RINTRAH + AMIN PAYNE + JACKSON MILES + CREY & DELLA. Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 2pm.
YOGA & NEGRONIS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Howler, Brunswick. 4:30pm. $34.49.
Hip Hop & R&B EARNEST JACKSON + WATERBIRD + STELLA FARNAN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10.
HOT FUDGE SUNDAYS - FEAT: D© FRO + ILRESPONCE + MORE Lucky Coq, Windsor.
3pm.
Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk 8 BALL AITKEN Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh
East. 7pm. $15.
ACOUSTIC SUNDAYS - FEAT: MICHELLE GARDINER + PAIGE SPIERS + PAIGE SMITH Customs House Hotel, Williamstown. 2pm.
VARIOUS ARTISTS Wesley Anne, Northcote.
4pm.
BEER & CAROLS - FEAT: BRUNSWICK UNITING CHURCH MUSICIANS +
2pm.
MIDNIGHT CREEP Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4pm. MISS DEE Transit, Melbourne Cbd. 2pm. OWEN LANE + MORE Workers Club, Fitzroy.
1pm. $10.
MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: THE BRAVES + NQR + DENNIS + WINTERNATIONALE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8pm.
NIEUW MONDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7pm. $3. OPEN STUDIO STAFF PARTY - FEAT: DJ TWINZ Open Studio, Northcote. 7pm. THE FLOCK + TELESCREEN + RUBY VIDOR + FASSO Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7pm. $5.
THOMAS WALLIS + TRAM COPS + STELLA FARNAN Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.
Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk CHARLES JENKINS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick.
8pm.
INVENTI ENSEMBLE Melbourne Recital Centre,
Southbank. 6pm. $39.
PETER DAFFY & TORQUE FLITE Lomond
PETER MAC RESEARCH CENTRE FUNDRAISER - FEAT: JOHN FLANAGAN + KATE LUCAS + BRIAN CAMPEAU + NATALIE CAROLAN Wesley
Hotel, Brunswick East. 8pm.
PONY FACE DUO + LADIE DEE Tramway
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers
Anne, Northcote. 12pm. $15.
Hotel, North Fitzroy. 4pm.
RAIN OF ANIMALS + MAYHEM Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 3pm.
ROSARIO Charles Weston Hotel, Brunswick. 4pm. SAMMY OWEN BLUES BAND Royal Hotel, Mornington. 3pm.
SMALL TOWN ROMANCE Union Hotel,
Brunswick. 5pm.
THE ASHTON SMITH SINGERS Melbourne
Recital Centre, Southbank. 3pm. $55.
THE GLORIOUS NORTH + CLAP HANDS + BROOKE TAYLOR Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 4pm. $10.
THE RECHORDS Gem Bar, Collingwood. 7:30pm. THE ‘JOHNNY CAN’T DANCE’ CAJUN TRIO Dan O'connell Hotel, Carlton. 5pm. TRAMWRECK Catfish, Fitzroy. 5pm. TWILIGHT IN TULSA Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 4pm.
VAN WALKER TRIO + SORE EYES Post
Office Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm.
Monday 10 Dec Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music ANDREA KELLER LEADS THE COMPOSER© S CIRCLE The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $15.
SEAN CONNOLLY QUARTET 303, Northcote. 8pm. $5.
THE DARYL MCKENZIE JAZZ ORCHESTRA (WITH RHONDA BURCHMORE) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne
Cbd. 7:30pm. $30.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights BELLEVILLE SOUND EXCHANGE FEAT: PATTY BOOMBA + LAUREN BRYDIE + CRISPIN + JOEL TRIGG + GRACE CAREY + MORE Belleville, Melbourne. 6pm.
STRUGGLE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky
Coq, Windsor. 9pm.
Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers CHRISTMAS MELODIES - FEAT: MELISSA LANGTON + CLAIRE LYON + DANIELLE MATTHEWS + THE SALVATION ARMY MELBOURNE STAFF BAND + THE NATIONAL BOYS CHOIR Hamer Hall, Southbank. 11am, 1:30pm. $22.
HE CRIES DIAMONDS + THE DEVOURS + PROTEUS FASHION WEEK + GUN LAWS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. I DON© T LIKE MONDAYS - STUDENT NIGHT - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS + VARIOUS DJS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 3pm. JAANZ UNSTOPPABLE SHOWCASES 2018 - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7pm. $50.
JMC ACADEMY END OF TRIMESTER ENSEMBLE SHOWCASE Tote Hotel,
Collingwood. 6pm. $5.
MONDAY BONE MACHINE - FEAT: T-REK + VARIOUS ARTISTS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm.
Tuesday 11 Dec BELL CITY SQUARE + BIOND Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10.
GEORGIA KNIGHT + MICKEY COOPER + EAGLEMONT Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $8. HIGH VOLTAGE SCHOOL OF ROCK FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm.
HOT GLUE + THE LOVE FISH + BAD BANGS Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $9.97. HOUSE DEPOSIT + GUTTER GIRLS + PERLINKI Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. JAANZ UNSTOPPABLE SHOWCASES 2018 Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7pm. $50. JMC ACADEMY END OF TRIMESTER ENSEMBLE SHOWCASE Tote Hotel,
Collingwood. 6pm. $5.
LA DISPUTE + SELF TALK Northcote Social
Club, Northcote. 8pm. $54.13.
LITTLE ELIZABETH 303, Northcote. 8pm. PLOTZ + 24747 + TAMARA & THE DREAMS + THE PALPATINES Tote Hotel,
Collingwood. 7pm.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music BK | MW + HERMÈS + HUNI BADA Open Studio, Northcote. 8pm. $5.
CABINET + FUNK ME UP + CHRISTIAN FOYLE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. FRANCESCA GONZALES + AMY POWELL + KID HERON Gasometer Hotel,
Collingwood. 7:30pm. $10.75.
JAMES MACAULAY & THE HAPPY HOPPY ORCHESTRA The Jazzlab, Brunswick.
8pm. $20.
JOSH KELLY TRIO Brunswick Green, Brunswick.
8:30pm.
NOW. HERE. THIS - FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10. THE MAMAS + DANDECAT + MAYFIELD Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. UNCOMFORTABLE SCIENCE - FEAT: LACHLAN MITCHELL + MORE Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk IRISH SESSION Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8pm.
KAI CLARK + BEN MASTWYK & THE MILLIONS + MARSDEN WILLIAMS + 245T + DJ ASH NAYLOR Cherry Bar,
Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10.
MAKE IT UP CLUB Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. PIANO KARAOKE WITH LISA JAYNE Compass Pizza, Brunswick East. 7:30pm.
REVOLVER RETURNS - OPEN MIC NIGHT Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7pm. SHANIA TWAIN Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $99.
SLATZAPALOOZA - FEAT: PAUL SLATTERY + BLUES ROULETTE + MORE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 6pm.
SPICE OF LIFE - FEAT: RADA TOCHALNA + BRETT KAYE + TAMARA VASILEVITSKY Melbourne Recital Centre,
Southbank. 7:30pm. $50.
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