GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY 18 JAN ROCK/POP BEN P SALTER Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. CIRCUS HORRIFICUS + WHITE KNUCKLE FEVER + I AM DUCKEYE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8pm. $15. COTTON SIDEWALK + LANGUAGE OF THE BIRDS + JK RUFF + CAROUSEL Espy, St Kilda. 8pm. HARRY HOOKEY BAND Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:30pm. JULIANNA BARWICK + WINTERCOATS + SUPERSTAR Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD. 8pm. $26. POP SINGLES + LOWER PLENTY + FULL UGLY Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8pm. STAFFAN SONGS + YUKO NISHIYAMA + TOM MILEK Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 6pm. $5. THE WHITEST BOY ALIVE Forum Theatre, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $50.45. VENGABOYS + THE HERBS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8pm. $45. VICE GRIP PUSSIES Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 8pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ARCHER + DJ PERCY VALENTINE Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. $5. BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8pm. CHARLES JENKINS Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8pm. $5. MORIARTY Readings, St Kilda. 5:30pm. OPEN MIC Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. OPEN MIC Dancing Dog, Footscray. 7pm. OPEN MIC Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 8pm. OPEN MIC & JAM NIGHT Grind N Groove, Healesville. 8pm. RICH DAVIES & THE DEVIL’S UNION + CHERRYWOOD + POISON OAK Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. SEAN MCMAHON & WARWARDBREED Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. SIMON IMREI + MADDISON WILSON + LOUIE & THE PRIDE + BODIES OF WONDERLAND Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:30pm. $5.
SKINNY LEATHER TIES Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 7pm. WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: CHANNELLE DAVIS + GEN FINNANE & FLORA SMITH Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8pm.
JAZZ/WORLD MUSIC ADAM RUDEGEAIR TRIO Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 9pm. $15. ANDREA KELLER QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. BOHJASS + TIERRA + EDEL PLASTIK 303, Northcote. 8pm. DIZZY’S BIG BAND Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8pm. $14. Thursday Jan 19
THURSDAY 19 JAN
ROCK/POP ALPINE + GEOFFREY O’CONNOR + PLAYWRITE Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8pm. $15. CASHMIRE CLUB + GOLDEN AGE + THE SKAMPZ OneSixOne, Prahran. 9pm. DAKARA DIRT + HEARTLESS VENDETTA Espy, St Kilda. 8pm. $20. DAYDREAM ARCADE + THE MCQUEENS + ESC + THE DARJEELINGS Noise Bar, Brunswick. 8pm. $7. ELEPHANT EYES + SEX FACE + ALIE PICKEN John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8pm. EMPIRE Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8pm. GUTTERMOUTH & 28 DAYS Westernport Hotel, San Remo. 8pm. HOWLIN’ STEAM TRAIN + KING OF THE NORTH + SKYSCRAPER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9pm. KILL CITY CREEPS + THE BONNIWELLS Espy, St Kilda. 8pm. ROAD RATZ + SLYGROG + THE BOMBADIERS + STREET FANGS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9pm. $8. SAM AMIDON + OTOUTO Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8pm. $33. SAVING CLEOPATRA + BLUNT PAPER MASSIVE Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:30pm. THE BELLASTRADES + A GAZILLION ANGRY MEXICANS + LIMB Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9pm. THE BEN MASON BAND + FRANCIS PLAGNE +
THE BARONS OF TANG
Melbourne’s favourite gypsy-punk seven-piece The Barons Of Tang not only do the powdered fruitflavoured drink proud, but they also do represent us brilliantly across the globe. Interesting to note that they started up as a “joke” – the exact word my mother only last week used to describe my life in general. I could be onto something here. The band have already released two EPs and, inconveniently for us, have spent recent times melting faces in North America and Europe. Finally, we get to see these mo’fuckers play once more, this time with New Zealand’s “part man, part wheel” Delaney Davidson. They perform at The Corner Hotel on Wednesday January 25. ADRIAN STOYLES Toff In Town, Melbourne CBD. 7:30pm. $7. THE LAUGHING LEAVES (SINGLE LAUNCH) + FLYYING COLOURS + THE FIRE ALIVE + DJ T RICH Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8pm. $10. THE SPINSET + DEATH BY DANCE + SCALAR FIELDS + VIRGINS Pony, Melbourne. 8pm. $7. WOLFY & THE BAT CUBS + THE SPAZZYS + THE SHERIFFS Luwow, Fitzroy. 8pm.
ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK BRUNSWICK BLUES SHOOTERS Railway Hotel, Fitzroy North. 9pm. CITRUS JAM + STEAK KNIVES & THE SET Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8pm. DAN WATERS DUO Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. JESSE & HIS HUCKLEBUCKERS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9pm. JOHN PATRICK & THE KEEPERS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. KAK & THE KICKS Edinburgh Castle, Brunswick. 7pm. LARRY BANG BANG BANG + BRITE FIGHT + BJ MORRISZONKLE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. OPEN MIC Acoustic Cafe, Collingwood. 7:30pm. PAUL MADIGAN + PETER INGLIS + PETER STARKIE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8pm. RAINBOW CHAN & SUI ZHEN (DOUBLE SINGLE LAUNCH) + CARRY NATION Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9pm. $10. RUBY’S SHOWCASE Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. 7pm. SASKWATCH Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 9pm. $8. THE BOYS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6pm. WILKS & HEATH + MRS BROWN + DUNCAN GRAHAME Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 9pm.
JAZZ/WORLD MUSIC ALEX BURNS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. BOPSTRETCH Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. CLAYTON DOLEY ORGAN EXPERIENCE 303, Northcote. 8pm. $10. EMMA GILMARTIN + MARK LOCKETT QUARTET Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8pm. $14. JUDY CARMICHAEL Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 6:30pm. $30. LEAH COTTERELL & PEARLY BLACK Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne CBD. 9pm. $15.
LOST ANIMAL
FRIDAY 20 JAN ROCK/POP 2AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: THE HARLOTS Pony, Melbourne. 2am. ABSU + STARGAZER + DEMONREICH + ORDER OF ORIAS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8pm. $26. BROOKE TAYLOR + ANITA CHOROWICS + LIZZIE SINS Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8pm. DIRTY LITTLE WEST Espy, St Kilda. 8pm. FOX PARTY + CLOCK TOWERS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 8pm. FREESTATE + SPEAK DIGITAL WATER + RIOT IN TOYTOWN + WE THE INNOCENT + LIQUID X Espy, St Kilda. 8pm. $12. GO GO SAPIEN Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. GUTTERMOUTH & 28 DAYS + THE GO SET + TAKE YOUR OWN Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $32. HIGH FANGS + HORROR MY FRIEND + DJ BIRD OF STEELE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. HUMANS + ALKAN ZEYBEK & THE LESSERMEN + SMOKE SIGNAL + CUSHION TIME VALLEY Pony, Melbourne. 8pm. JAREK & THE SPHERES + FOURTEEN NIGHTS AT SEA Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12. JOSH PYKE (ONLY SPARROWS TOUR) Westernport Hotel, San Remo. 8pm. KILL ‘EM ALL + IRON MADNESS Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. 8pm. LE BELLE + PRETTY VILLAIN + JEN KNIGHT & THE CAVALIERS The Prague, Thornbury. 8pm. $10. LOONEE TUNES + THE MADNESS METHOD + DJ SNOWY Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD. 8pm. $13. MELBOURNE FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASE - FEAT: KRISTIE GLAB + THE CULT OF MARCU AUERLIUS + CHEV RISE + SCALAR FIELDS + ARMED KOREAN Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7pm. $15. NEW DUB CITY + MONEYKAT + SAKI + DJ APEX Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $7. OLIVER TANK + WINTERCOATS + KIKUYU Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8pm. $10. POP SINGLES + THE FIGHTING LEAGUE + OLD MATE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9pm. SAN GRAS + THEM 9’S + HAYDEN CALNIN Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9pm. $8. SFORZANDO Red Bennies, South Yarra. 10:30pm. $20.
Lost Animal, fresh from slaughtering Sugar Mountain Festival last week and winning Beat’s Album of the Year (as voted by our writers) for 2011 with the brilliant Ex Tropical, are set to share a fucking ballin’ stage at The Espy alongside Circle Pit, Teenage Mothers, A Gender and DJ Dirtbag (Beaches) on Saturday January 21. With free entry, you’re a fucking banana if you miss out. Beat Magazine Page 62
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