FEATURED GIGS
FENN WILSON + RORY WALKER Some
Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 6:30pm. $10.
JAMES MCQUEEN + ALBERT GRAY
Music Club, Bentleigh East. 8pm.
Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8pm.
RICHARD CLAPTON & BAND Caravan
Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 8pm.
SAN CISCO Pier Bandroom, Frankston. 8pm.
8pm.
SORDID ORDEAL + CREEK + KAKU
Melbourne. 7pm.
SUMERU + LO! + DESCENT + MUNT
JESSE SHEERS Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. OPEN MIC NIGHT Drunken Poet, West RHYLEY MCGRATH Wesley Anne,
$39.80.
Bombay Rock, Brunswick. 8pm.
Northcote. 6pm.
Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $15.
Brunswick. 6:30pm.
$19.40.
STEVE TYSSEN Charles Weston Hotel,
Friday 18 Jan Indie, Rock, Pop, Metal, Punk & Covers A WHALE CALLED PHOENIX + DELSINKI + THE LAGERPHONES Memo Music Hall, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $18.
ACTION SAM Elephant & Wheelbarrow,
Melbourne. 11pm.
AUTO-MASH DJS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9pm.
BASTILLE + NICOLE MILLAR Forum
Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 7pm.
BOSS MELODY + DENTAL PLAN + RISE OF THE RAT + BOSS MELODY DJS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8pm. $10. BUZZ & THE PICKUPS + THE HUM DRUMS + AUTO LAPSE Penny Black,
Brunswick. 8pm.
CHAPEL STREET SOCIAL CLUB FEAT: PHATO A MANO + NAMN + MATT RADOVICH Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm. CHELSEA LORRAINE + RACHEL CADDY + SEB SZABO Toff In Town,
Melbourne Cbd. 7pm. $10.
COFFIN + HORACE BONES + RADOLESCENT + GIRL GERMS Last
Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 8pm. $10.
COUNTDOWN 80'S Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10.
CREPES + GREGOR + COOL SOUNDS Howler, Brunswick. 8pm. $15. DAN KROCHMAL Wesley Anne, Northcote.
8pm. $20.
DEVIL ELECTRIC + THE DUSTY BOYS + DEAR THIEVES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $10.
DJ RAGDOLL Swamplands Bar, Thornbury.
11pm.
FLORENCE & THE MACHINE + MARLON WILLIAMS Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. 8pm.
GEORGE TRIMMER BAND Royal Hotel, Essendon. 10pm.
GREWSUM TEWSUM Last Chance Rock And Roll Bar, North Melbourne. 6pm.
HOMEGROWN - BATTLE OF THE BANDS - FEAT: DANITCHY + THE IANS + HONEST LIVES + ALIAS MAY + STRANGER Stay Gold, Brunswick. 7pm. INDIGO CHILDREN + FROOT LUIPS + SUNEDEN Yarra Hotel, Abbotsford. 8pm. JONATHAN BREE + CYANIDE THORNTON + AMAYA LAUCIRICA John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8pm. $30.
KEZRA + ZAC SABER + LACUNA Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $10.
LEON KROEBER + JACK & CHARLY + BOY GRADUATE + JEMMA SILES Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $16.
LOS DOMINADOS The B.east, Brunswick
East. 7pm.
MID CITY + EASTBOUND BUZZ + MANTELL Old Bar, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $15. MIDDLE MANAGEMENT + TINA GROWLS Post Office Hotel, Coburg. 8pm. MR MCCLELLAND'S FINISHING SCHOOL Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 9:30pm. $10.
MT. MOUNTAIN + PSEUDO MIND HIVE + LA BRONCO Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $15.
NOUGHTS + DR SURE'S UNUSUAL PRACTICE + DEARTH Grace Darling Hotel,
Collingwood. 9:30pm. $10.
PETE MURRAY + TAYLOR SHERIDAN Grand Hotel Mornington, Mornington. 8pm.
POPROCKS + DR PHIL Toff In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm.
RAGNARÖK - FEAT: DONNA KATE + DJ JULZ + DJENTROPIC + DJ LEFTÖVERS Loop, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. REPLACEMENT BUSSES + ATRIOX + SHREDDER + WAKE THE BLIND
SURFACING Sooki Lounge, Belgrave. 8pm. TENTH COURT RECORDS DJ SET FEAT: VARIOUS ARTISTS Queen Victoria Gardens, Melbourne. 5pm.
THE FAIM + YOURS TRULY + RED HOOK Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm. $18.40.
THE FAIM Wrangler Studios, Footscray. 1pm. THE NICOTEENAGERS + GO DOG GO + SLOMO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran.
7:30pm. $15.
THE TWISTEES + LAEDJ + DADA ONO Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. WHOLE LOTTA ROCK - FEAT: FUNKARELLOS + EAT THE DAMN ORANGE + STINKY GRRL + LITTLE CHILI Whole Lotta Love, Brunswick East. 8pm.
$10.
Hip Hop & R&B AFTER HOURS - FEAT: DJ SPELL + SKOMES Horse Bazaar, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. HAVANA FRIDAYS - FEAT: MC SEBA + MORE Khokolat Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. LAUNDRY FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9pm. RNB FRIDAYS CLUB - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Co., Southbank. 9:30pm.
Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music CANNONBALL (WITH CHANTAL MITVALSKY) Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 8pm. $32.50.
CRAIG SMITH QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $32.50.
DANY MAIA QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz Club,
Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. $32.50.
DJ LADY LOVE POTION Edinburgh Castle,
Brunswick. 9pm.
DJ RICK HOWE Spotted Mallard, Brunswick. 9pm.
FORMIDABLE VEGETABLE SOUND SYSTEM Open Studio, Northcote. 6:30pm. $20. JESS MAHLER TRIO Compass Pizza,
Brunswick East. 7:30pm.
MAYA Night Cat, Fitzroy. 10pm. $5. SAM ANNING SEXTET The Jazzlab, Brunswick. 8pm. $30.
SARAH MACLAINE QUARTET Lido Jazz Room, Hawthorn. 8pm. $25.
TANIA BOSAK & BAND Open Studio, Northcote. 9pm.
THE BARNEY MCALL QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:30pm.
THE MOONHOPS Gem Bar, Collingwood. 9pm.
THE PEACOCKS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm.
THE PIRATESKA REBELLION + MR MANIFOLD & THE RESOLUTION Bar
Open, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. $10.
WAX POETS - FEAT: DJ LEGO + DJ HAWK I + DJ MAARS + MARCUS TALLAWAH Red Betty, Brunswick. 7pm.
House, Electro, Trance & Club Nights CHILADELPHIA FRIDAYS - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS New Guernica, Melbourne Cbd. 4pm.
DANCE FLAWS - FIRST BIRTHDAY FEAT: HIDDEN SPHERES + PREQUEL + EMMA STEVENSON + STRING THEOREM + DJ MITCHELL GEE Yours
& Mine, Carlton. 10pm. $15.
DARK RIDDIMS - BACK TO THE BEGINNING - FEAT: EVILO + EXIT99 + NOCEUR + SCATTER BRAIN X PUBLIC HOUSING + WARPA!NT Grumpy's Green, Fitzroy. 7pm. $10.
DJ KARL Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 6pm. DO THE JOB - FEAT: HALSKI + MICKEY EDWARDS Ferdydurke, Melbourne
Cbd. 7pm.
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm.
FORMATION - FEAT: DONNY + MORE Lucky Coq, Windsor. 9pm. FRIDAYS - FEAT: AYNA + FALO + HARLEY JAMES + CLIFTONIA + BEN & LIL + CITIZEN.COM Carlton Club,
Melbourne Cbd. 5pm.
HUGS & KISSES' FINAL PARTY FEAT: DANNY HOTEP + DJ ANDEE FROST + 6AM AT THE GARAGE + FI IN 3D + MORE Hugs & Kisses, Melbourne.
10pm. $30.
I'M LISTENING - FEAT: EMMA STEVENSON + ESCAPE ARTIST + VJ CRISTINA MARGHERITA + MIRANDA WARNING + OLLY D + STALKS + WUAS Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm. NIGHTFALL - FEAT: CUPIDS CUT + CLADDY + INDICIA + SIMONETTI Boney, Melbourne Cbd. 9pm. $15.
NYXEN + ESSIE HOLT + FLUIR Northcote
Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm.
POP TILL YOU DROP - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Carlton Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10pm.
QURZFK FRIDAYS - MISFIT MANSION - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Rubix Warehouse, Brunswick. 9pm. $12.
REVOLVER FRIDAYS - FEAT: WHO + MIKE CALLANDER + DANNI B + JADE MAY + HEYLADY + MORE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7pm.
WANKELMUT + LUKE VECCHIO + RORY MARSHALL + RYAN HAYNES + J-MUSH + MORE Pawn & Co, South Yarra.
10pm. $15.
Acoustic/Country/Blues/ Folk BLUES ROULETTE + MORE Spotted
Mallard, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $28.89.
LIV CARTLEDGE + EAGLEMONT + RENNIE Some Velvet Morning, Clifton Hill. 8pm. $10.
MISSION BROWN Bar Open, Fitzroy. 6:30pm. MOONEE VALLEY DRIFTERS Pistol
Pete's Food N Blues, Geelong. 9:30pm.
NEEKO Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 6pm. NICE BOY TOM + ERIN WILL BE MAD + TENDERLOINS Workers Club, Fitzroy.
8:30pm. $12.
OLD SKOOL JAM NIGHT - FEAT: PHIL PARA BAND The Fyrefly, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $15. RATTLIN’ BONES BLACKWOOD Swamplands Bar, Thornbury. 6:30pm.
STACKHOUSE + MONGREL Swamplands
Bar, Thornbury. 8pm.
Funk De Vue ROYAL OAK
R&B and New Orleans-inspired outift Funk De Vue are slated to take over Royal Oak on Friday January 18. The collaboration between a group of experienced Melbourne musicians who have performed with such legendary names as Greg Ham (Men At Work), Ross Hannaford (Daddy Cool), James Black (Mondo Rock and Rockwiz), this powerhouse group are a treat to see live. Catch them from 8pm with free entry to boot.
The Lost Backpackers THE DRUNKEN POET
Irish duo The Lost Backpackers will be slinging traditional Irish music, ballads, folk and modern hits with an Irish twist when they take to The Drunken Poet on Friday January 18. It’s all going down from 8.30pm, and as always at The Poet, entry is is free. Get on it.
Agus Batara Quartet COMPASS PIZZA
Agus Batara Quartet are slated to bring two sets of original jazz to the Compass Pizza stage this Saturday January 19. Having formed just shy of two years ago, the four-piece have gone on to play the likes of Castlemaine and Halls Gap Jazz Festivals, all the while stretching the idea of what jazz can be. Soak them up, pizza slice in hand, from 8pm. Entry is free.
MONARCHUS BOMBAY ROCK
Melbourne-based alternative noise/ fuzz rock band MONARCHUS will take over Bombay Rock on Saturday January 19. Joined by A Basket of Mammoths, Swamp Moths and Mongrel, this is shaping to a mighty fine night of music. 8pm start and best of all, entry is free.
THE LOST BACKPACKERS Drunken Poet,
West Melbourne. 8:30pm.
TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSION Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6pm.
Saturday 19 Jan Jazz, Soul, Funk, Latin & World Music ABOUBACAR DJÉLIKÉ KOUYATE Penny Black, Brunswick. 9pm.
ADAM RUDEGEAIR Wesley Anne, Northcote.
6pm.
AGUS BATARA QUARTET Compass Pizza,
Brunswick East. 8pm.
ALEX DUNCAN QUARTET + LAURA KOOMEN Open Studio, Northcote. 5:30pm. $8. BACK POCKET Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm.
BERNADETTE NOVEMBRE + LORETTA MILLER & HER BOYFRIENDS Memo Music Hall, St Kilda.
7:30pm. $20.
BILLY DAVIS & THE GOOD LORDS + TENTENDO + BLASKO + MILAN RING Howler, Brunswick. 8pm. $26.25.
CHINA BEACH Night Cat, Fitzroy. 10pm. $5. EXPOSURE - FEAT: 70MG + VOLCANO RELIEF FUND + DJ KIT + HOT 'N' HEAVY Red Betty, Brunswick. 6pm. FEM BELLING QUARTET The Jazzlab,
Brunswick. 8pm. $30.
FUNK BUDDIES Open Studio, Northcote. 9pm.
$12.
FUNKY KINGSTON - FEAT: MOHAIR SLIM + RICK HOWE + JESSE I + STICK MAREEBO + JACK DRISCOLL + ANNALIESE REPLICA Section 8, Melbourne Cbd. 5pm.
SASAMI
SASAMI
THE CURTIN
LA-based music gun SASAMI is set to play The Curtin on Saturday January 19 ahead of a massive 30date European and US tour she’s embarking on. It comes amid the upcoming release of her debut selftitled album, which she’s found time to create amongst her commitments as a music teacher, band member, session player and being a scorer and arranger for film. Bask in this musical wonder when she takes to The Curtin from 8pm, with Hachiku and Candy in tow as support. Tickets are $12 via Music Glue.
Intoxica
SWAMPLANDS
No frills rock ‘n’ roll outfit Intoxica are gearing to take over Swamplands on Saturday January 19. They’ll have fellow rock purveyors The Wraylettes in tow as support when it all goes down from 9pm. Entry is free. BEAT.COM.AU
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