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CANCER BATS CANCEL TOUR After announcing an Australian tour for this July, Cancer Bats have unfortunately had to postpone their Australian tour. But fear not, they’ve locked in an appearance at Soundwave 2013. Tickets already purchased for the cancelled July tour will now be valid for the band’s respective Sidewaves when they do touch down next year. Stay tuned for more Soundwave 2013 announcements.

ALPINE Finally. After some stonkingly cool singles and a live touring resume boasting some of the more credible stages and festivals Australia has to offer (not to mention a ripper set at the Beat christmas party last December), Melbourne-based indie pop outfit Alpine are set to release their debut album. They’re calling it A Is For Alpine, and is set to drop on August 10. After the roaring success of their debut single, Villages (which recently eclipsed 1 million YouTube hits) and more recently Hands, Australian audiences will no doubt swoon at the chance to wrap their ears around Alpine’s full length offering. And to celebrate its pending release, the six-piece are embarking on a huge Australian tour with a show locked in for The Corner Hotel in September. A Is For Alpine is released August 10, and you can catch them playing The Corner Hotel on September Saturday 8. Tickets on sale now.

MUMFORD & SONS Mumford & Sons, one of the UK’s most popular folk acts, have announced an epic run of Australian tour dates toward the end of this year, with some choice support acts along for the ride. The tour will be the band’s ﬁrst following the release of their upcoming album which is rumoured to be hitting shelves sometime in September. Support on the tour comes from Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros and Willy Mason. Mumford & Sons perform at Rod Laver Arena on Thursday October 25.

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TWERPS One of Melbourne’s most talked about musical exports in recent memory have announced a pair of headline shows, with Twerps hitting The Tote twice this August. After returning from a sprawling US tour supporting Jersey indie group Real Estate, Twerps have hit the studio to work on the follow-up to last year’s pristine selftitled LP. Support on the Friday comes from Peak Twins and Full Ugly, and on Saturday from Bushwalking and The Stevens. Considering the scenes of pandemonium at the band’s last Melbourne headline show, it’s advised that punters get in quick for tickets. Twerps hit The Tote on Friday August 3 and Saturday August 4. Tickets on sale now through Oztix.

The Queensland metal outfit are set to embark on their biggest Australian tour yet. After selling out two headline tours in 2011, alongside playing the 2012 Big Day Out, The Amity Affliction are returning to Melbourne on the back of their upcoming album Chasing Ghosts. This time they’ll also be joined by California’s metallic hardcore kings The Ghost Inside, Brighton’s modern metal lords Architects and capped off with local juggernauts Buried In Verona. The Amity Affliction hit the Palace Theatre Friday October 5, performing an all ages show in the afternoon and an 18+ show later that evening. Tickets go on sale Friday July 5 at 9am from Oztix.

JONATHON WILSON After a brief hiatus, plenty of procrastination, and collaborations with Elvis Costello, Wilco and The Black Crowes, revered singer songwriter Jonathon Wilson will bring his earnest North-Carolinian drawl and full backing band to Melbourne for his very ﬁrst Australian tour. Armed with tracks from his seminal 2011 release, Gentle Spirit, Wilson will play his brand of psychadelic, supple melodies to The Corner on Friday September 14. Tickets available from the Corner Box Oﬃce.

KING SALAMI & THE CUMBERLAND THREE London’s newest R’n’B sensation are making waves wherever they go, and their upcoming Melbourne show this August is promising to be no diﬀerent. King Salami And The Cumberland Three are a rhythm and blues four piece with a killer repertoire of ‘50s and ‘60s soul that is bound to impress fans of King Khan and the 5,6,7,8’s. Set to play all of their hits, King Salami and the band are renowned for their live energy which has seen them share stages with the likes of The Mummies and The Pretty Things, just to name a few. Witness it for yourself when King Salami And The Cumberland Three play Luwow in Fitzroy on Friday August 17. Tickets $10.

NADA SURF After almost a decade, legendary New York rockers Nada Surf are finally returning to Australian shores to celebrate not only the recent release of their seventh full-length record, The Stars Are Indifferent To Astronomy, but also their entire back catalogue for the first time ever. Their name tirelessly transcends their summer anthem Popular alongside a discography of what many describe as perfect indie-pop/ rock. With a whirlwind tri-state tour, the band is promising a set list pulled from their 16 year, seven album career, playing Melbourne at The Corner on Friday September 21.

MIA DYSON ARIA Award winning singer songwriter Mia Dyson has announced a national tour to correspond with the launch of her ﬁrst single in four years, When the Moment Comes. Her brief break from recording has been an eventful time for Dyson, having relocated to the US to work with some of the greats of the industry such as Eric Clapton and Bonnie Raitt to build up a heady fan base across the States. Dyson tells her story through her upcoming album, The Moment, due for release on August 17. Mia Dyson will play The Corner on Saturday September 22. Tickets go on sale Monday July 2 from the Corner Box Oﬃce.

KELLY CLARKSON Having already been conﬁrmed to head to Oz for the Deniliquin Ute Muster this September, Kelly Clarkson has also announced a string of headlining arena shows to celebrate her return to Australian shores. Bringing with her The Fray as support, Clarkson will perform all her hit singles and material from her latest ARIA chart climber Stronger. Kelly Clarkson will play Rod Laver Arena on Monday October 1. Tickets go on sale at 9am, Wednesday July 11 through Ticketmaster.

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REGURGITATOR Like Regurgitator’s old stuﬀ better than their new stuﬀ? Brissy troupe Regurgitator have announced they are touring their seminal Tu-Plang... and Unit albums as part of the Australia wide Retrotech tour. Adored by every Australian youth of the ‘90s, the Gurge are responsible for a slew of alternative hits including I Sucked A Lot Of Cock To Get Where I Am, Kung Foo Sing, ! (The Song Formally Known As) and Black Bugs. Joining them will be Indonesian two-piece phenomenon Senyawa – especially invited by Regurgitator. The Retrotech tour hits the The Hi-Fi on Friday October 12. Beat Magazine Page 12

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One of America’s most loved singer-songwriters has announced his welcome return to our shores, and it’s set to be in a very special setting. Ben Harper has had a long, reciprocated aﬃnity with Australian audiences, now he is set to tour in solo acoustic mode. The evening promises to be a two-hour-plus journey through the Ben Harper narrative. Ben Harper performs at The Plenary on Saturday November 10. Tickets and details from livenation.com.au from Wednesday July 11 at 9am.

TORTOISE The Chicago instrumental ﬁve-piece Tortoise are returning down under this October. In a career that spans over two decades and includes six critically acclaimed studio albums, Tortoise are an astonishing fusion of minimalism, techno, dub, rock and jazz producing sonic soundscapes which in a live setting are unmissable. Tortoise hit The Corner Hotel with Grails on Saturday October 13. Tickets through Moshtix.

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The new incarnation of Jade MacRae, former self-titled R & B starlet is back under the new moniker of Dune, and is bringing her new range of electronic, beat driven pop tunes in the form of a brand new single and launch come August. Having previously lent her voice to tracks from hip-hop maestro’s Phrase, Katalyst and Space Invadas and collaborated with the likes of The Sleepy Jackson and Pnau, Dune will bring her familiar power vocals and polished live performance to The Workers Club on Thursday August 30. Tickets available from the venue.

Malkmus fans rejoice, the iconic alternative rock vocalistguitarist is returning to Australia. Last in the country alongside Pavement’s triumphant appearance at Golden Plains 2010, this will be the first time Stephen Malkmus will be touring with The Jicks since 2009. The tour follows on from the 2011 release of the stellar record Mirror Traffic. Steve Malkmus & The Jicks hit The Corner on Wednesday October 3. Tickets on sale now through The Corner box office.

LOVE CONNECTION Having just recently released their sophomore album, Euphoria, local favourites Love Connection will be hitting The Tote for a final Australian show before relocating indefinitely to the Big Apple. Leaving an astonishing musical imprint on fans with their effortless explorations into layered guitar music and catchy new collection of refined pop gems from their latest release, the duo will be sorely missed! Catch Love Connection perform for what may be the last time on Saturday July 7, with farewell love also provided on the night from friends No Zu, Velcro and DJ Kewl Klerky. Tickets $10.

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TIM & ERIC With demand for their ﬁrst ever Melbourne show running hot, Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim have added another date to their Melbourne itinerary. Gaining cult appeal through their Adult Swim series Tom Goes To The Mayor, then breaking through with their smash hit Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Tim and Eric have since established themselves as two of the ﬁnest entertainers known to man. Tim and Eric hit the Forum on Saturday September 29 (selling fast) and Sunday September 30. Tickets on sale from Ticketmaster.

THE REVERENCE HOTEL The crew responsible for the madhouse that was the Arthouse, is launching a brand new band room at The Reverence Hotel in Footscray. With weekend festivities kicking off this Saturday July 7, party-nauts The Hawaiian Islands, Melbourne converts Hoodlum Shouts, along with Lincoln Le Fevre, Cavalcade and Being Amazing will aid in warming up the new digs for a killer first show (doors at 8pm), while Wil Wagner, Darren Gibson, Maricopa Wells and Lucy Wilson will mark the first Sunday arvo show at the venue on Sunday July 8. Doors from 3pm.

TOUCAN In support of their new single release, Mr Television, Sydney boy/girl duo Toucan are hitting the road with The Jungle Giants on a pretty extensive She’s A Riot Tour throughout August. Having just recently toured nationally with The Kooks, Toucan have already had a massive year with the release of their debut EP, Brave New World. Now they’ll be tearing up the east coast with a stop at The Northcote Social Club on Friday August 10. Tickets are on sale from this Friday June 29 from the venue and The Corner Box Oﬃce.

OBITS Hailing from Brooklyn, New York is garage-punk-rock four-piece Obits, who, fronted by Hot Snakes’ Rick Froberg, have announced their desire to “simply rock you some and to roll you some” in the form of an Australian tour. With a strippeddown rock sound, incorporating elements of surf and garage and a repertoire of three-minute yowlers, Obits will be here in August, playing The Northcote Social Club on Friday August 24.

1929INDIAN Newcastle five-piece, 1929Indian are set to unleash their highly anticipated five-track EP, The Dreaming this July, and will be launching it at The Tote this July. Bringing a unique blend of ‘80s new wave and experimental pop headed by infectious lead single Women In Cages, the group has been receiving well deserved recognition on local and national radio as well as from festival organisers, allowing them to lock down a killer set at this year’s Groovin’ The Moo. Copping comparisons to bands like Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, 1929Indian have definitely earnt their headlining ashow at The Tote, on Wednesday July 11.

THE TOOT TOOT TOOTS + HOWL AT THE MOON Two of Melbourne’s most captivating bands, The Toot Toot Toots and Howl At The Moon are joining forces for one great show at The Caravan Music Club. With both The Toots and HATM releasing critically acclaimed debut albums this year, this is a perfect opportunity to see their incredible live shows under the one roof (and for one measly cover charge!). Plus, with Howl At The Moon having recently supported Mark Lanegan Band, you best get in on the action that is these muso’s reputable live shows while you still can. The double-header takes place this Friday, July 6. Tickets available from caravanmusic.com.au.

THE EMPRESS 25 YEARS OF MUSICAL MISCHIEF

Define your genre in five words or less: Happy, folky, a bit country. What do you love about making music? I love (and sometimes hate) trying to turn whatever’s going on inside my head into something pretty that will make people understand it. What can a punter expect from your live show? I’d like to hope they could expect some lovely music and a lot of honesty. When’s the gig and with who? We’re heading to the major cities in July for the last time before we release some new stuﬀ and we’ll be playing The Northcote Social Club in Melbourne on July 11 and 12 (Thursday July 12 sold-out). Tell us about the last song you wrote. The last song that I wrote was with Sam (lead singer) and it is really quite sad. But I love it because I think it’s the most truthful, honest song I’ve ever written. Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it? We have a song we sing/chant together before every show that involves a bit of dancing around and includes the city and venue we are playing at that night. I’m sure it would look and sound ridiculous if anyone was watching! How do you stop your pre-gig jitters? Well, thankfully I don’t get them so much these days; I used to be terrible and feel so sick before shows! But usually a glass of red and just some time away from everyone to stop and think about what I need to do when I get on stage helps.

Twenty-five years, or a quarter of a century if you will, is a damn long time and one heck of an achievement for any venue to keep its doors open in today’s oppressive bureaucratic climatic, let alone for a music venue. But it’s a milestone achieved by Fitzroy’s now iconic Empress Hotel, and to celebrate, it is playing host to a week of special shows in July. Now a piece of Melbourne music history, The Empress has overcome many a challenge to play home to the likes of The White Stripes, Augie March, Thee Oh Sees and Lanie Lane plus plenty of local acts as a nursery for new artists. Beginning Wednesday July 18, The Empress’s 25 Years Of Musical Mischief will feature some of the pub’s favourite alumni, kicking off with Whitaker and guests on opening night and Jen Cloher & The Merri Creek Pickers with Matt Green Band on Thursday July 18 (free entry). Friday July 19 features Cash Savage & The Last Drinks with The Merri Creek Pickers and The Nymphs, Saturday July 21, Aleks & The Ramps, Montero and Velcro take to the stage, and wrapping up on Sunday July 22, will see The Bedroom Philosopher, D.D Dumbo and The Basics DJs round off the birthday beers. Tickets are available online or are $18 at the door.

OWL EYES + STONEFIELD Great news for regional music fans, young rockers Stoneﬁeld and songstress Owl Eyes are teaming up for a huge national tour and covering most of the map in the process. The tour presents an opportunity for oft-neglected regional fans to catch two of the nation’s hottest musical properties live in action. Under the moniker of Winter Road Trip 2012, the regional tour will promote and support the Australian Government initiative The Line, which promotes respectful relationships among Australia’s youth and raises awareness about everything from sexting, texting, and cyber-bullying to inappropriate physical behaviour. Stoneﬁeld and Owl Eyes hit Ballarat’s Karova Lounge on Wednesday August 1, Traralgon’s Kay St on Thursday August 2, Bendigo’s Macgillivray Hall on Friday August 3, San Remo’s Westernport Hotel on Saturday August 4, Clayton’s Monash Uni on Thursday August 23 and Warrnambool’s Whalers Hotel on Friday August 31. Check the venue for ticket info. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU

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Legendary British soul funk pioneers The Brand New Heavies are set to play an intimate show in Melbourne, as part of their international tour celebrating the band’s milestone 21st birthday. All four original members – Simon Bartholomew (guitar), Jan Kincaid (drums), Andrew Levy (bass) and of course fan favourite lead singer N’Dea Davenport – will be in attendance. Credited as having been seminal to the development of the London-based acid jazz scene (alongside other notable career artists such as Jamiroquai and Incognito), there will be a markedly more snug vibe than you’d expect at some of their massive shows past. Trak Lounge Bar is located in Toorak Village, and has hosted the likes of James Reyne, Missy Higgins and Jimmy Barnes in its modernist setting of plush coal stools and electric blue glow. Tickets for their Friday September 7 show can be purchased through ticketmaster.com.au.

Walkaboutﬁsh Records have announced that Fijianborn didgeridoo and stringed instrument virtuoso Jay Hoad is bringing his unique show to Victoria in July, performing one major gig at the Northcote Social Club on Sunday July 15. Jay has spent the last six years touring around the globe, following the sun and his inspiration for music throughout the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Fiji, Canada and North America, keeping up a relentless touring schedule while passionately learning about third world culture and every style of music he can sink his teeth into. During the show you will see Hoad wield a number of instruments including didgeridoo, Weiddenborn lap steel, dulcimer, dulsitar, cigar box guitar, wine box bass, harmonica, ocarina, djembe, percussion, loops and voice. Doors open at 2pm and tickets are available from jayhoad.com.

CAVE OF THE SWALLOWS Friday August 3 will see fierce three-piece Cave Of The Swallows headlining the strongest metal line up The Espy has hosted of late. Not only will this night bring five killer bands to The Espy’s main stage, it will showcase what Melbourne’s metal scene is really about and what it has been lacking of late. The line up is fully loaded, comprising Melbourne’s own godfathers of metal Contrive, who are spawned from former triple j radio host Andrew Haug; fivepiece power house Envenomed who will be launching their single Global Deception; local metal-heads White Cell, and Bendigo’s own masters of brutality Abreact, who will be opening up the night. Get psyched and support your local metal!

RON POPE The talented singer, gifted guitarist and prolific songwriter Ron Pope will be completing his first ever Australian tour and those who are lucky enough to attend these intimate performances are in for a treat. In celebration of his latest offering, Atlanta (out now), Pope will be playing on Thursday November 15 at Chapel Off Chapel in Prahran. Atlanta highlights Pope’s versatility, performing everything from emotive ballads to drum-driven rock songs. This will be an all ages gig, and tickets can be purchased from chapeloffchapel.com.au.

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FRIENDS, HOWLER, ZULU WINTER I’m sure a large number of you out there are still licking your wounds after missing out on tickets to the spectacular that will be this year’s Splendour In The Grass. However, not all is lost, as the sideshows are coming thick and fast, and the latest to hit our desks is a bit of a doozy with Brooklyn dance-punk outﬁt Friends, indie rockers Howler and London’s Zulu Winter all teaming up for very special sideshows in Melbourne and Sydney. Friends’ Northcote Social Club date has sold out – hence a move to the Corner Hotel with its expanded capacity and ability to accommodate all three of the renowned buzzbands on one crowded and sweaty danceﬂoor. Friends, Howler and Zulu Winter gather at the Corner Hotel on Tuesday July 24.

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BAND OF SKULLS Fresh from rocking European festivals, UK trio Band Of Skulls will be arriving on Australian shores in just a few weeks time for Byron’s Splendour in the Grass, and their own sideshows in Melbourne, at The Corner Hotel. The band have just announced their support for the Melbourne gigs: exciting homegrown act The Laurels. Through years of touring and shows with the likes of The Black Angels, Wooden Shjips, Swervedriver, Low and Tame Impala, The Laurels have developed a solid reputation as one of the country’s best live bands. Thursday July 26 is sold-out, but you can still get tickets to the Sunday July 22 show from cornerhotel.com.

THE LIVING END Well you can’t accuse The Living End of doing things by halves. While most bands are content with recreating a single album in full on tour, The Living End are going all out and performing all six of their albums in full over seven massive nights.

The schedule is as follows: Tuesday December 11 – The Living End Wednesday December 12 – White Noise Thursday December 13 – State Of Emergency Friday December 14 – Modern Artillery Saturday December 15 – The Ending Is Just The Beginning Repeating Sunday December 16 – Roll On Monday December 17 – The Living End If you want to catch all six albums in full, the Big Red Ticket will get you into six of the seven shows. The Living End perform at The Corner from Tuesday December 11 until Monday December 17. Tickets onsale Thursday July 19 through Oztix.

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BLUEJUICE Winter at university was never a good time for the members of Bluejuice. Concentrating on “Oedipal Complexes Of The Leopard Slug And Resulting Ramifications For High Density Housing” was difficult in all that cold, and all that darkness. Hard times indeed. They survived though, and this winter, instead of insisting daily that their manager make them slowcooked meals with polenta on the side, Bluejuice have decided to try and ease the plight of freezing students by touring the universities of Australia. The Winter Of Our Discotheque Tour coincides with the release of Bluejuice’s fourth single, The Recession (Winter Of Our Discotheque Remix), a song re-assembled for the dancefloor by multi-platinum producer, Styalz Fuego. Joining Bluejuice on their academic odyssey will be Deep Sea Arcade and The Preachers, and will be playing three shows across the unibars of two Victorian universities. Thursday August 16 will see Bluejuice and co play Monash University’s Gippsland campus, followed by Deakin University’s Melbourne campus on both Friday August 17 and Saturday August 18. Tickets on sale through Oztix.

Recognised locally for their unashamedly pop sound, sparked with witticisms and thoughtful observation, Francolin have been dancing up a small storm around Melbourne. Their debut full-length Won’t Let You Down was recorded beside a wall of hay by acclaimed producer Nick Huggins (Mick Turner, Oscar+Martin, Whitley, The Harpoons, Otouto, Kid Sam, Seagull). It consists of the very best songs from the group’s first two years together and includes the single Suddenly Painlessly and a new take on Hospital Song. The album launch, at Northcote Social Club on Saturday July 14, will be an upbeat affair with support from Aleks And The Ramps and ScotDrakula. Francolin’s set on the night will feature a horn-section and neat musical guest appearances for a big band sound. Tickets are available from Corner Hotel Box Office or via the Northcote Social Club website.

FATHER JOHN MISTY Having departed Fleet Foxes in 2011 after three years on the drum stool, Joshua Tillman celebrates the release of his debut album Fear Fun under the new moniker of Father John Misty, with a trip to Australia for Splendour In The Grass and a sideshow in Melbourne. Joining Tillman for the side gig will be another singularly talented young man with a weird handle: The Trouble With Templeton, AKA 21-year-old Brisbanite Thomas Calder. Calder has mastered moody, folk music and has already shared the stage with Husky and Kate Martin. Courtesy of Secret Sounds, the show will be at The Corner Hotel on Saturday July 28, with tickets being sold through cornerhotel.com. Fear Fun is out now on Sub Pop.

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READABLE GRAFFITI From the tranquil surrounds of suburban Canberra come Readable Graffiti, a three piece indie-electro band promising an energetic and theatrical live show at The Workers Club to launch their new EP. Entitled Male Mood Swings, this sophomore effort boasts lead single Feathers which was recently spun by influential dance music taste-makers the Aston Shuffle on their weekly triple J show. The fun happens on Friday July 13 (supporting Pluto Jonze), plus you can catch a headline show at Noise Bar in Brunswick on Saturday August 11.

Hailed by this here publication you hold in your mitts as Melbourne’s “newest, youngest champions of the soul revival”, The Cactus Channel deliver on all their precocious promise with their super heavy full length debut Haptics, out on August 3 on HopeStreet Recordings/ Fuse. Haptics is chock-full of deep funk, jazzed-up soul and boogaloo hits, all informed by a canny sense of soundtrack-ready drama, and loaded with tight, hard grooves.. The Cactus Channel are throwing a release party at The Toﬀ on Saturday August 4 and it should be a pretty horn-fuelled, butt-shaking aﬀair with support from The PutBacks and DJ Chris Gill. Scrub up your dancing shoes and get your tickets early: $12+bf from Moshtix.

THE SMITH STREET BAND

SONS OF THE SUN Sons Of The Sun were a surf coast two-piece, which launched Matt Sonic into the loving arms of Magic Dirt and beyond. Sonic has decided to lineup a couple of reunion shows with his old band mate Johnny Rollins, playing tracks from their self-titled EP which was produced by Dean Turner several years ago. Scheduled for Saturday July 14 at The National Hotel in Geelong and Sunday July 15 at Cherry Bar, this will be an awesome nostalgic trip pushing new ground of the guys’ cult sound.

Poison City Records have revealed that their blossoming folk/punk/rock band The Smith Street Band will release their second album titled Sunshine And Technology on August 24. To celebrate its release the band will tour extensively, including one show at The Tote in Collingwood. Slated for Saturday August 25 (ﬁrst show after the oﬃcial release), tickets can be purchased from Poison City Records’ website at poisoncityrecords.com/estore, or from thetotehotel.com.

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INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS The Plenary July 14, Rod Laver Arena July 15 I AM GIANT The Workers Club July 5 GOATWHORE Corner Hotel July 6 SIMONE FELICE The Corner Hotel July 11 KINGFISHA The Thornbury Theatre July 13 THE TEA PARTY The Palais Theatre July 14, The Hi-Fi July 15 MELISSA ETHERIDGE The Plenary July 15 JAY HOAD July 15 Northcote Social Club THE XX The Forum July 18 OF MONSTERS AND MEN The Corner Hotel July 20 BAND OF SKULLS The Corner Hotel July 22, 26 THE SHINS Festival Hall July 23 LANA DEL REY Palace Theatre July 23, 24 HOWLER, ZULU WINTER, FRIENDS The Corner Hotel July 24 THE AFGHAN WHIGS The Hi-Fi July 25 MICHAEL KIWANUKA & BEN HOWARD The Corner Hotel July 25 JACK WHITE Festival Hall July 25 HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE The Espy July 26 FUN. The Hi-Fi July 27 METRIC Billboard July 27 MUDHONEY The Corner Hotel July 27 FATHER JOHN MISTY The Corner Hotel July 28 SPLENDOUR IN THE GRASS Belongil Fields Byron Bay July 27 – 29 YOUTH LAGOON The Corner Hotel July 29 DJANGO DJANGO, CAST OF CHEERS The Corner Hotel July 31 MIIKE SNOW The Palace July 31 ELECTRIC GUEST Northcote Social Club August 1 SMASHING PUMPKINS Hisense Arena August 2 MARK GARDENER The Corner Hotel August 5 TOUCAN Northcote Social Club August 10 JINJA SAFARI, OPOSSOM, WHITE ARROWS The Hi-Fi August 10, 11 BILLY TALENT Billboard August 12 KING SALAMI AND THE CUMBERLAND THREE The LuWow August 17 OBITS Northcote Social Club August 24 SLASH Hisense Arena August 26 PENNYWISE The Palace August 26

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PITBULL Rod Laver Arena August 27 THE ENGLISH BEAT Corner Hotel August 30 JOSE FELICIANO Palais Theatre August 31 THE BEACH BOYS Rod Laver Arena August 31 APOCALYPTICA The Hi-Fi September 1 AMERICA Hamer Hall September 6 THE BRAND NEW HEAVIES Trak Lounge Bar September 7 PATRICK WOLF Forum Theatre September 11 INGRID MICHAELSON The Corner September 13 JONATHAN WILSON The Corner September 14 EARTH The Toﬀ In Town September 12, Corner Hotel September 16 HANSON The Palace September 14, 18 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT Hamer Hall September 15 FUTURE ISLANDS Northcote Social Club September 19 WHEATUS Corner Hotel September 19 YELLOWCARD The Hi-Fi September 20, 21 NADA SURF The Corner Hotel September 21 MACY GRAY Hamer Hall September 23 LADY ANTEBELLUM September 25, 26 JAMES MORRISON Forum Theatre September 26 MARTIKA Trak Lounge September 28 RUSSIAN CIRCLES, EAGLE TWIN The Corner September 28 TIM & ERIC The Forum September 29, 30 KELLY CLARKSON Rod Laver Arena October 1 STEVE MALKMUS & THE JICKS The Corner October 3 CANNIBAL CORPSE Billboard October 5 PARKLIFE Sidney Myer Music Bowl October 6 STEEL PANTHER Festival Hall October 7 JOE BONAMASSA Palais Theatre October 11 MAROON 5 Rod Laver Arena October 12 EVERCLEAR The Hi-Fi October 13 TORTOISE The Corner Hotel October 13 MUMFORD & SONS Rod Laver Arena October 25 WEDNESDAY 13 The Espy October 27 THE BLACK KEYS Sidney Myer Music Bowl October 31, November 1 THE CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES The Corner Hotel November 5 BEN HARPER The Plenary November 10 HARVEST FESTIVAL Werribee Mansion November 11 COLDPLAY Etihad Stadium November 13 RON POPE Chapel Oﬀ Chapel November 15 RADIOHEAD Rod Laver Arena November 16, 17 GEORGE MICHAEL Rod Laver Arena November 21 SIMPLE MINDS, DEVO Palais Theatre November 29, A

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NATIONAL BOB DYLAN TRIBUTE TOUR Palais Theatre July 5, 6 SURES Northcote Social Club July 5 KARNIVOOL The Hi-Fi July 5, 6, 7 THE NIGHT TERRORS The Toff In Town July 7 CROOKED SAINT The Evelyn July 7 THE RUBENS The Corner July 10, 12 1929INDIAN The Toff In Town July 11 THE PAPER KITES Northcote Social Club July 11, 12 NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE The Corner July 13 PLUTO JONZE The Workers Club July 13 VAN SHE The Hi-Fi July 13 CAMERAS Purple Sneakers July 13, The Workers Club July 14, Pure Pop July 15 BENJAMIN SKEPPER Toff In Town July 15 BERTIE BLACKMAN Corner Hotel July 17 LADYHAWKE Billboard July 17 SASKWATCH Ding Dong July 20 I, A MAN Ding Dong July 21 DON WALKER Northcote Social Club July 26, The Caravan Club July 27 THE HELLO MORNING The Northcote Social Club August 3 TWERPS The Tote August 3, 4 CHILDREN COLLIDE Corner Hotel August 10, 11 THE JUNGLE GIANTS Northcote Social Club August 12

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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BY MICHELE MANELIS

Following the record-smashing success of The Avengers (grossing US$1.3 billion in its first month), it’s clear that audiences have sustained their enthusiasm for high profile super heroes. Now with the second wave of spandex-clad crime-fighters, expectations are high for The Amazing Spider-Man, followed by that other comic book legend, Batman, who bids farewell in his final appearance in The Dark Knight Rises. The Spider-Man franchise encompasses three ﬁlms, grossing nearly $2.5 billion worldwide. The collaboration of director Sam Raimi and his star, Tobey Maguire, debuted in 2002 and followed with sequels in 2004 and 2007. Originally, a fourth installment was in the pipeline, however, the studio decided to go another route and the franchise was rebooted with a new director, Marc Webb (500 Days Of Summer). His modus operandi was to go younger and grittier with a fresh cast that includes Andrew Garﬁeld as SpiderMan, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy and Rhys Ifans as the villainous Dr. Curt Connors. Unlike the trilogy, based on the ‘90s television cartoon, The Amazing Spider-Man is rooted in the original comic books series of the early ‘60s. According to the tag line, The Amazing Spider-Man promises to tell ‘the untold story.’ For a fan of the genre, what kind of ‘untold story’ can there be? Explains Avi Arad, producer and CEO of Marvel Studios, “We all know Peter Parker, but we didn’t know what made him Peter. So we went to the origin-origin in which Peter actually lost his parents, encumbered by the fact that he didn’t know what really happened. Were they dead or alive, and were they good or bad people? All things that form the character of a child we’re exploring. So, we started with the earlier years and when you meet Peter you see the complexity of an orphan or a child of adoption. “But, we also have an amazing love story, a new one. We have Emma Stone playing Gwen Stacy, and Gwen is the true love story of Peter Parker. She fell in love with Peter Parker, whereas, as you remember, Mary Jane (Kirsten Dunst) fell in love with Spider-Man.” For the producers, it was important to exploit the love story and leave the action behind, presumably to appeal to a female demographic. It’s for this reason Marc Webb was chosen to helm the project. “Well, we wanted Marc Webb because of his name,” jokes Arad. “Yes, he was an unusual choice but what Beat Magazine Page 18

he did with 500 Days Of Summer proved that he can make a relationship movie, and that’s what this movie is. In all fairness, almost anybody can make an action movie but an action movie that is driven by character is a big challenge. “I think when Stan Lee created the mythology, he was more interested in the private lives of the superheroes than the crime-fighting aspect,” he says. “And those relationships need to have a specific currency in order for us to invest.” Producer Matt Tolmach, adds, “This Spider-Man has to do with realism and serious relationships. Even our heroine, unlike in the early years of Marvel, women were well dressed. Now we’ve moved into the future and women are very smart. Actually, Gwen thinks she’s smarter than him. She’s first in the class, and he’s second.” Having only directed one film, although critically and commercially successful, as well as several music videos, it’s surprising that Webb was entrusted to direct a film with an alleged budget of over US$220 million, let alone in 3D. It’s an incredibly fast rise for the 37-year old, Indiana-born director. “There’s a part of you, the 17-year-old version of yourself knocking inside your brain, and going, ‘Are you kidding? I’m going to do a SPIDER-MAN movie,’” he acknowledges. “And yes, it’s scary. Of course it is. It’s intimidating and exhilarating but I believe that nervousness and excitement are always walking side by side. “I loved the 3D aspect to it. It makes for a premium experience for theatregoers. We made sure it was done with a level authenticity and care. Our staff of 3D technicians made sure every shot feels right and has depth. It’s part of the foundation of the film and there is a genuine sense of gravity at work. We did things with wires to create a feeling of danger.” Speaking of danger, as important, if not more so, to a comic book’s heroes, is of course the villains, who are usually a lot more memorable and interesting. In

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an unusual stroke of casting, Welsh actor Rhys Ifans (Notting Hill, Anonymous) brings his inner reptile to the role of ‘mad scientist’ Dr. Connors. The theatre trained actor says, “I can see why Dr. Connors finds the lizards so seductive. Becoming reptilian, of course, was initially about re-growing a limb, but then there’s the vanity which kicks in. So that’s what I expose,” he says. “And I like reptiles. They’re solitary, aloof, independent and beautiful. All these attributes as humans we wish we could be,” he says, straight-faced. Despite his roles in substantial and serious film fare, the enormity of the role and the franchise is not lost on him. “I am as incredulous of getting this role, as anyone is. Never in my wildest fucking dreams would I guess I’d play this role. It’s massive.” Ultimately, for Webb, the mythology of SpiderMan and why it’s endured over decades is because at its core, it’s a classic underdog story. He says, “There are many layers in Spider-Man. I think moral fulfilment is part of it but for me, it’s about a skinny kid, an underdog, and everybody identifies with that idea. Everyone identifies with having to overcome things by becoming stronger than you ever thought possible. There’s something that’s just really appealing about that and I think that’s where the idea of wishful fulfilment comes from.” This version of Spidey seems a little more hipper than his past incarnations. Says Webb, “Yes, well, musically, there’s a couple of parts in the movie that give the character a bit more context and awareness of his surroundings. Like, the Ramones shirt he has. There’s a level of specificity to that which is part of his idea of trying to create a more realistic world. When people walk out of the theatre, I want them to recognise and feel it’s a little more grounded.” It’s interesting that superhero films have maintained such broad commercial appeal. Webb says, “I suppose it’s because they’re bigger than life and we desperately want the good guy to win. The first part of the fascination is that the good guy doesn’t win oftentimes and then what really drives it home is that they have to sacrifice a big part of themselves to make it happen. There’s a tragic bitter-sweet quality in which we can all relate. “[Christopher] Nolan said that superheroes are gods, in a way. They’re our mythology, and for whatever reason we have a spiritual connection to these characters. And, I agree with him.” Speaking of Nolan, is Webb worried about The Caped Crusader on the heels of Spidey’s opening weekend? “Well, put it this way,” he smiles. “I’m glad we’re not coming out at the same weekend.” The Amazing Spider-Man opens in 3D at theatres around Australia on Wednesday July 4 distributed through Sony Pictures. You catch also catch it in 3D on the world’s 3rd largest screen at IMAX Melbourne for a limited two week season.

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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN With Martin Scorsese on board as Executive Producer, from the makers of the 2003 documentary The Corporation comes Surviving Progress, an insight into the pace in which our world is moving and in what direction. Inspired by Ronald Wright’s best-selling book, A Short History Of Progress, Surviving Progress is a discussion on the ‘capitalist experiment’ with engrossing commentary from bankers, economists, scientists and philosophers — a spectrum of participants as broad as the environments the ﬁlm soars across. From the international banking system to the rainforests of Central America, Surviving Progress aims to question the speed of the world’s evolution, and in what directing this evolution is taking us: forward or down? Surviving Progress is screening at the ACMI until Sunday July 15.

ON STAGE In 2009, the Melbourne Theatre Company was ordered to address the gender imbalance in their productions. The resultm is Queen Lear. The slight-reworking of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy is not dominated by its swapped gender roles, though with Australian theatre heavyweight Robyn Nevin wearing the crown, it’s bound to be an exciting and refreshing interpretation of a play historically drenched in male-driven malice. Watch as Queen Lear abuses and loses her power and her sanity. This production begins on Saturday July 7 at The MTC Theatre.

ON DISPLAY During each exhibition season, the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art holds Wednesday discussion evenings, surrounding the issues and ideas brought up by the museum’s current exhibition. Wednesday July 11 will see Dr Rachael Kohn of Radio National, Melbourne College of Divinity’s Dr Claire Renkin and ACCA’s Artistic Director Juliana Engberg discuss the art and issues of Belgium artist Berlinde de Bruyckere and how she creates life through her use of wax, wood, wool, horse skin, hair, watercolour, epoxy, glass and endless other mediums. Though the exhibition and following discussion is free, be sure to secure a place by booking at accaonline.org.au.

BEAT’S PICK OF THE WEEK: Hallowed as one of Australia’s oldest and most esteemed prizes, every year the Archibald Prize recognises several astounding portraits, and bestows upon one work of art the honour of prize winner. Thanks to the Art Gallery of NSW, the Archibald Prize has returned to the Yarra Valley, this year’s entry’s all on display at the TarraWarra Museum of Art. Though the works have been on display since June, the 2012 Archibald portraits will be returning home after Sunday July 8. Tickets for the exhibition are available to purchase from the museum, but to ensure you don’t miss out on seeing these beautiful works head to the TarraWarra twma.com.au for prior bookings.

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Spiderman, Spiderman, does whatever a spider can - and quite possibly more now that you can witness Marvel’s red-and-blue web-swinging superhero in 3D. Starring Andrew Garﬁeld, Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans, The Amazing Spider-Man is the newest adaptation of Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko’s character, who ﬁrst appeared in Marvel’s comics back in 1962. We’ve got a few double passes to see The Amazing SpiderMan in 3D on the amazing IMAX screen.

NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN When suave ladies man Jonah discovered he has a month to make babies before his ‘swimmers’ are deemed infertile, he sets out to try and ﬁnd ‘the one’ before his biological clock stops ticking. Starring Ryan Kwanten and Bojana Novakovic, Not Suitable For Children is an upbeat tale of baby-making from a diﬀerent perspective. Not Suitable For Children is in cinemas from Thursday July 12 and thanks to Icon Film we have some double passes to give away. Hit up beat.com.au/freeshit to win.

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KEN WHISSON: AS IF BY BELLA ARNOTT-HOARE

Camus’ beleaguered Meursault in The Outsider represents a literary fascination: the gregarious loner. Though commonly fictional, real-world artists and creative types often condemn themselves to lives of solitude for creative purposes, and while 85-year-old Ken Whisson is one of Australia’s most prolific and longest working painters, he is nowhere near as renowned as he could be. Literally removing himself from the Australian art scene by moving to Italy, his abstract works identify often with feelings of displacement, isolation and political turbulence, and his body of work over six decades serves to proliferate the myth surrounding him. Heide Museum of Modern Art has taken on an impressive retrospective of the artist, As If, covering the last 60 years of his works. The location is significant both to the organisation and to the painter himself, where he developed a great deal of his early technique in the company of Sidney Nolan and Joy Hester. But despite being a welcomed member of this artistic milieu, Heide Director Jason Smith says Whisson saw his life as an artist as a very solitary one from early on. “I think he regarded himself as an outsider because thinking back to the ‘30s or the ‘40s, there weren’t that many artists working, not like there are today, so he felt he was a little isolated from other people. Artists who are trying to find their own voice can often feel quite isolated,” he said. And this sense of isolation is reflected in his work. Using abstraction, heavy brushstrokes and flourishes of colour, his work has found easy company in the homes of collectors and as inspiration for other artists, but to the layman Whisson’s work remains, according to Smith, “underrated” – something that’s birthed his title as an “artist’s artist”. “An ‘artist’s artist’ is someone that artists can see very clearly and understand very clearly what that person is trying to do,” says Smith. “And everyone says an artist’s artist is someone who inspires other artists. Ken Whisson is a painter who continues to inspire a younger generation. We’ve had a lot of young artists coming to this show.” Though his work has never belonged to any school or movement, his pieces reflect his personal visual style and interests. From embracing figures, representations of

landscapes, depictions of domestic animals and abandoned cars in the cityscape, he encapsulates his own interpretation of the human experience. “He’s interested in what it means to make a painting but he’s also interested in using his imagination to construct images of places that we might all recognise in some way.” Across the exhibition’s impressive body of works there’s an obvious sense of evolution, notes Smith. His early expressionistic human figures become increasingly fragmented, and it provides an intriguing but logical sense of how his work has developed from these early pictures of people through to linear abstract landscapes that dominate his works now, he says “There are different phases of his career in the exhibition, but I think if there was one thing that defined him it would be his observation of the world. He’s constantly drawing the world around him. If you looked at an early painting and you looked at a recent painting you would say that he draws with paint. He’s constantly observing and constantly drawing. And we can see this particular graphic style that emerges very clearly and distinctly across the 60 years.” Watching on with the curious fascination and careful consideration of an introvert could be an explanation for his distinct visual language. His paintings may be political, but are not didactic - they’re gentle. “From an early age he had a sense instilled in him that we look after our fellow human beings, and we must look after the world in which we live and that included the animals that we share the planet with. So

that’s why we see animals populating some of his pictures. He’s a political artist in disguise I think because his politics is subtle. “It isn’t one painting, but it will be 20 that tries to work out how a landscape might look, or a car yard full of abandoned cars, a message of consumption, degradation of the landscape, it’s a message of failed economics, whatever. So he works in long theories to ﬂesh out the idea and therefore it gives him a very deep understanding of where his work comes from.” Many of the themes are reoccurring across the 60 years. “It’s always sort of intriguing to see that an artist will pursue something for such an intensely long period but that’s his life. That’s who he is,” says Jason. And perhaps the most remarkable thing about the artist is his unfailing dedication to the medium and his own internal concerns, often distinctly removed from outside inﬂuence. He remains one of the country’s most dynamic treasures in visual arts, even though he may not be recognised for it. Though Jason prefers not to be ageist, Whisson’s works, he says, provides a certain vigour unexpected from an octogenarian. “They’re very lively paintings. They’re full of energy and life. It’s hard to distinguish between life and art. He lives to paint and he paints to live, and it’s wonderful to have an opportunity to celebrate someone who has had such a long career.” Ken Whisson’s As If shows at the Heide Museum of Modern Art until Sunday July 15.

BRIWYANT BY JAMES W NICOLI

The inspiration behind the latest production to hit the Malthouse Theatre, Vicki Van Hout’s Briwyant, comes from a rather intriguing source. Bir’yun is a term used in traditional Yolngu painting to describe the shimmer and illusion of patterns that seemingly move before the eye. Van Hout has adapted this concept to her own work and created a bold and innovative theatrical which marries traditional and contemporary dance styles with projected visuals and song. Briwyant is an original and fresh take on contemporary indigenous culture and embraces the interdisciplinary nature of cultural expression. “When you’re doing the painting you’re perpetuating culture and you’re making magic happen. I quite liked the idea of making magic.” The idea of creating magic through the combination of artistic platforms Van Hout employs - dance, visuals and song - is what lies at the very essence of Briwyant. The production not only explores this idea of magic, but the connections existing between indigenous and urban cultures — an underlying theme throughout. “I went off in search for the contemporary equivalent on my back doorstep,” says Van Hout. “Where can you find the dreaming in the city? Where do we find expressions of that place — that dreaming place?” For Van Hout, the idea of exploring Australia’s vast culture — both in a traditional and urban setting - was something she has always been interested in. Briwyant allowed her to explore these themes in a new and exciting ways. “When we live in Australia our connection to it is undeniable. What I tried to say in Briwyant is that as Australians — whether we are conscious of it or not — we have a connection to the land and there are elements of culture that seep into everyday and mainstream life.” Indigenous dance plays a central role in the production and Van Hout maintains Briwyant is a fusion of traditional styles, only with a modern touch. “I’ve developed an aesthetic that is undeniably Indigenous, but it’s not traditional. A lot of

the female dancers movements are inspired by Indigenous women’s locomotives or shunts and a lot of the men’s movements are inspired by the ﬂamboyant nature of men’s dancing.” Another signiﬁcant facet of Briwyant is the use of projected visuals, an intangible element brought to life by the dancers. These projections not only enhance the overall viewing experience, but play an important role in communicating the stories and magic of Briwyant. “The projected visuals support the idea of melding the past into the future - this idea of bringing the past to the future,” says Van Hout. “There are a few passages where the projections are live and interactive, and are manipulated by the dancers. Using the projection was me trying to enforce the idea of making magic happen.” One of the biggest challenges Van Hout faced when assembling Briwyant was correlating her inspirations and Indigenous culture with dance, visuals and song. “The most challenging thing is being true to myself while still acknowledging my inspiration, as well as harnessing the talents of all the people involved — each one of them is quite unique. Another challenge is representing my people

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with respect and making sure that what I’m saying through dance is relevant and conducive to the longevity of cultural expression,” says Van Hout. Van Hout also wanted to highlight other aspects of Indigenous culture largely ignored, such as humour. Van Hout insists comedy plays an integral role in the production. “I like to make works that are funny and that highlight Indigenous humour — our humour — like the way we make light of heavy situations,” she says. Briwyant looks to shed more light on a number of diﬀerent aspects that make up Australian culture. In doing so Van Hout has created a new and exciting interpretative tribute to an Indigenous Australian aesthetic. “There is juxtaposition between the mundane and the extremely sacred and I think there is a parallel that we wouldn’t normally see. I’ve tried to demystify some of that,” Van Hout says. With the Melbourne premier of Briwyant only weeks away, Van Hout is visibly excited at the prospect of bringing her production to a new audience, regardless of the reaction. “We ask people to maybe enjoy it, or maybe understand it — you know, come away with something diﬀerent. The challenge is to portray something in the right light because you can never manipulate how an audience feels, you can only surmise how they might react.” Briwyant runs at the Malthouse Theatre from Wednesday July 4 to Saturday July 14.

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Fusing contemporary dance with Indigenous nous performance, Vicki Van Hout’s Briwyant story, (from ‘brilliant’) will play with humour, history, raw physicality and digital projection to create an entirely original work.

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Cheap piss and piss-cheap entry at the city’s best above-ground underground comedy room. Tonight, room favourite Jimmy-James-Eaton hosts a genitaltingling line-up, with Perth duo Jon Conway and Michael Burke stopping in before they head to the Edinburgh Fringe Fest. Plus David Quirk, Tegan Higginbotham, Nath Valvo and more! So come ﬁll yourself with $6 drinks and put your continence to the ultimate test as Melbourne’s best comedians spit funnies into the business end of a loud stick. Check in 8pm tonight at Eurotrash Bar - 18 Corrs Lane, Melbourne. $5 entry. Get down early for a seat.

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BLACK FACE WHITE MASK AROUND THE WORLD TWISTED BROADWAY Following the acclaimed success of its 2010 and 2011 Melbourne seasons, Twisted Broadway had announced its largest spate of concerts to date. Twisted Broadway features Australia’s premiere music theatre performers singing songs originally written for the opposite sex. Peggy Lee’s I’m A Woman would make for interesting listening. All proceeds going to Oz Showbiz Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (OSC/EFA). Twisted Broadway will make its way to Fed Square’s BMW Edge on Monday, July 23. Get your hands on a ticket from twistedbroadway.com.au.

GIRL WALK // ALL DAY Girl Walk // All Day is a feature-length dance music video and tale of urban exploration that follows three dancers across New York City. They turn the city’s sidewalks, parks and architecture into an evolving stage as they spread their joy of movement. Think something along the lines Seinfeld meets Parkour, meets a colourful Kanye West video; and you an idea of what you are in for. Girl Walk // All Day screens at Abbotsford Convent on Saturday July 14.

Air hostess with the mostess Pam Ann, alter ego of Australian comedian Caroline Reid, arrives in Melbourne with her first class Head Around The World tour. Pam Ann pilots her well travelled comedy and offers passengers an in-flight customer service of two options; laughs or giggles. A show hinged on audience participation and improvisation, Pan Ann is well known to hi-jack audiences and roast rival airlines. Pam Ann lands at The Athenaeum on August 17. Book at Ticketek.

JULY MOVIE MADNESS The Prince of Wales is not only a big-eared English monarch, a satisfying cup of tea, or a roudy band room in St Kilda - it’s now a cinema. The Prince Public Bar have announced their July Movie Madness, a month of cult classic where you recite Pulp Fiction, Chopper and Goodfellas quotes between mouthfuls of $10 jugs of beer, $10 pizzas and the traditional snack bar favourites of choctops and popcorn. July Movie Madness projectors will ﬂutter at the Prince from Sundays to Thursday throughout July, from 6.30pm.

PIAZZOLLA FOREVER

The proliﬁc paintings of Steph Hall are forever awash with bright, bold and expressionistic colours, which makes her latest visual feast at 1000£Bend a must see. Hall recreates a collection of your favourite, old school horror characters; including Bela Lugosi’s Dracula and Boris Karloﬀ’s Frankenstein. Take a journey back to your youth, when the Hammer House of Horror was King and those darn Daleks had you hiding behind the couch. Hall’s Nosferartu will haunt the walls of 1000£Bend from Thursday July 12.

LA MAMA La Mama Theatre readies a host of new productions for its Carlton stage this July. La Mama is treasured for its continued advocacy of those seeking to explore beyond mainstream theatre; producing work by theatre makers of all backgrounds and encouraging works that explore, deconstruct and critique form, content and social issues. Upcoming theatrics include Thomas Banks and the Power of Love, Windmills, Still Waters and A Donkey and a Parrot. For more information and show times head to lamama.com.au

THE ART OF MAKING DREAMS COME TRUE

French virtuoso accordionist, Richard Galliano, makes his Melbourne debut and pays homage to Argentine tango composer and bandoneón player Ástor Piazzolla in Piazzolla Forever. Galliano - a disciple of Piazzolla scores a moving tribute of Piazollo’s works, while adding the Galliano ﬂair, swoon and emotion that has captivated European audiences. Galliano proves not only eccentric buskers know how to make an accordion sing; he plays Melbourne Recital Centre’s Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Thursday September 13. Tickets available from melbournerecital.com.au

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Following sold out performances at The Incinerator and Flemington Community Centre, Afro-Australian theatre group Black Face White Mask ready a third take for the Malthouse Theatre. Black Face White Mask oﬀers a fresh and funny insight into the complex lives of young African Australians living in Melbourne’s western burbs. Portraying Melbourne with a distinctly African accent, BFWM explores the Afro-Australian experience with humour and subtlety, while facing up to confronting stereotypes in modern day Australia. Malthouse Theatre presents over three successive nights from Thursday July 12. Bookings can be made through the Malthouse or at westernedge.org.au

THE PRIDE To help open their second season for 2012, Red Stitch will present the Australian premiere of acclaimed British playwright, Alexi Kaye Campbell’s The Pride. A perfectly crafted, time shifting exploration of sexual freedoms from then (1958) and now. Phillip is married to Sylvia and ﬁnds himself in a destructive state of denial when he falls in love with another man. Five decades on and Phillip has transitioned into openly gay relationship, however, he is struggling with his partner’s inﬁdelities. Red Stitch will present The Pride from Wednesday July 25 through to Saturday, August 18. Visit redstitch.net for all your ticketing needs.

FRINGE FURNITURE

Join Pop M’Art in celebrating the artworks of everyday people with a silent auction prepared by Abbotsford Convent’s Industrial School called: The Art of Making Dreams Come True. 200 paintings will hit the selling block, with the top ten works available for purchase in Pop M’Art’s main auction - curated by award winning artist Matthew Quick. Culture vultures can also enjoy drinks, a ﬁlm screening, art talk and acoustic performances. Proceeds will be donated to Starlight Children’s Foundation. The Art of Making Dreams Come True at Abbotsford Convent on Saturday July 7 from 6pm.

PAT BRASSINGTON ACCA presents a collection of work by leading Australian photographer Pat Brassington via a new exhibition called À Rebours. Seen as one of the ﬁrst artists to recognise the potential of the digital realm, Brassington’s images have said to often haunt and disturb its viewer. À Rebours will take place in a series of small rooms aimed to emphasise the unsettling, domestic and claustrophobic atmospheres of her images. With a career spanning three decades, Pat Brassington’s À Rebours enters the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art from Saturday August 11 until Sunday September 23.

Felix Bar are rapt to have Randy the Puppet this Wednesday at Felix Bar Comedy! He’s one of our favorites, and he’s sold out shows all over the country, and also been seen all over TV! Plus we’ve our awesome lineup include Joel Creasey, Ben Darsow, Adam Zwar, Tom Ward and Sonia Di Iorio! Come down and check out the biggest night of comedy in St Kilda, every Wednesday night! It’s happening this Wednesday July 3 at 8.30pm for only $12, at Felix Bar, St Kilda.

SOFTBELLY COMEDY Randy the Puppet (Sammy J and Randy) headlines Softbelly Comedy this Thursday! The purple pottymouthed puppet has been all over TV (Good News World, The Comedy Gala) plus has a list of nominations and awards! Plus, they’ve got Josh Earl, David Quirk, Joel Creasey, Matt Dyktynski and more! It’s all happening at Softbelly in the city, this Thursday July 5, 8.30pm, for only $12! Get in early for a good seat!

COMMEDIA DELL PARTE To commemorate one year of serving up the laughs at the George Lane Bar they are bringing some of your favourite Commedia Dell Podcast guests along with some brand new surprises. These guests are supersecret so you will have to come down to ﬁnd out if Tegan Higginbotham, Bart Freebairn, Khaled Khalafalla, Trav Nash, Brendan Maloney, Fox Klein and David Quirk will be there. I will give you a hint though; yes they will all be there. So join us for a great night of laughs and fun to celebrate Commedia Dell Parte’s ﬁrst birthday.

COMEDY AT SPLEEN Mondays at Spleen are always a full house and a great night! This week looks like another cracker with Tommy Dassalo (Little Dum Dum Club) hosting! Plus there’s Joel Creasey, Fox Klein, Karl Chandler, Michael Williams, Adam Zwar and heaps more! It’s this Monday July 9, 41 Bourke St, in the city, at 8.30pm. It may be free, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door!

BLUE TILE LOUNGE COMEDY This week at Blue Tile Lounge they have Europian Man, Xavier Michelides, Luke McGregor, Tess Woodward, Trav Nash, Alistair Tremblay-Birchall and no doubt a few surprise visitors. With $10 jugs of beer and guaranteed assured laughs, it’s the perfect mid-week break. Catch some of Australia’s rising stars for only $5 at the Blue Tile Lounge, Fitzroy, every Tuesday from 8.30pm.

COMEDY CALENDAR COMEDY CALENDAR Email tyson@beat.com.au to join this list!

WEDNESDAY Checkpoint Charlie Comedy, Eurotrash, CBD Felix Bar Comedy, Felix Bar, St Kilda The Comedy Gallery, Customs House Hotel, Williamstown Coopers Comedy Open Mic, Station 59, Richmond Death Star Canteen, Caz Reitop’s Dirty Secrets, Collingwood Rocket Clock (Second Wednesday of every month), Bella Union Bar, Carlton South

THURSDAY

Registrations are almost open for Fringe Furniture, one of Australia’s most popular showcases for new and innovative ideas in art, craft, furniture and design. This year’s exhibition will pay homage to Police chief Martin Brody’s famous quote “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” from Spielberg’s 1975 classic Jaws. Registrations for the 2012 Melbourne Fringe Furniture Exhibition open Thursday July 5 and close early August. All details can be found at melbournefringe.com.au

Softbelly Comedy, Softbelly Bar & Lounge, CBD Laugh Upstairs Live Comedy, Exford Hotel, CBD The Showcase, The Monastery, Richmond Willow Tales (Last Thursday of every month), Willow Bar, Northcote

FRIDAY Last Laugh at The Comedy Club, Athenaeum Theatre, CBD

SATURDAY Last Laugh at The Comedy Club, Athenaeum Theatre, CBD

TOUR DE FRANCE AT THE SHADOW ELECTRIC IN THE PRIMORDIAL CAVE Skew-whiff sculptor Andy Hutson presents one of his most adventurous installations yet with In The Primordial Cave, a three dimensional primeval interpretation of our enlightened selves. Hutson’s cave is a project at the Incinerator Gallery at Moonee Ponds The Atrium, which transforms an empty room into an energetic space, affirming that art has the power to change the places you occupy and the world you live in. Seven artists from across Melbourne will transform The Atrium one month at a time, filling the void with extraordinary sculpture and installations. Hutson’s cave dwellings begin Friday July 13 through to Saturday August 5.

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Throughout July, The Shadow Electric — one of Melbourne’s most beloved summer open air movie cinemas — will screen the key stages of Le Tour de France: the race that stops a nation (sleeping). Titled ‘Domestique’, the Tour de France pop up bar will provide late night cheese, olives, breads and snacks with a focus on regional wines. Commencing Thursday July 5, the tour will be showing each Thursday through Sunday. Screenings will cover the key mountain stages and the all important time trials. Each night the bar will open from 7pm with music and ﬁlm to keep things warm before the race. Boasting a large indoor screen, full HD projection, gas heating and a lounge bar atmosphere, Domestique is certain to be the Northside’s late night destination this winter.

SUNDAY

NGV STUDIO The NGV Studio celebrates its ﬁrst birthday - hip-hiphooray! Located on Flinders Street at the corner of The Atrium at Federation Square, its gallery space promotes new and experimental art forms and encourages innovation, experimentation and interpretation. NGV Studio’s current exhibition sees acclaimed Australian artist Vincent Fantauzzo undertake an artistic marathon by painting 30 prominent Australians in 30 days. Fantauzzo’s portraits include The Hon Bob Hawke AC, ﬁlm director Baz Luhrmann, musician Kimbra and celebrity chef Matt Moran. 30 portraits in 30 days ends Sunday July 29.

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Political Asylum (Second Sunday of every month), The Brunswick Green, Brunswick Softbelly Comedy, Softbelly Bar & Lounge, CBD Sublime Sunday Comedy, ONtop Bar, Ormond

MONDAY Comedy At Spleen, Spleen Bar, CBD Local Laughs, The Local Taphouse, St Kilda East The Shelf (currently in hibernation), Toﬀ in Town, CBD

TUESDAY Comed-oke (Open Mic), Melbourne International Backpackers, CBD Underground Comedy (First Tuesday of every month), Sotto e Sopra, CBD The Dan Open Mic Night, The Dan O’Connell Hotel, Carlton The Last Tuesday Society (Last Tuesday of Every Month), Various Locations Blue Tile Comedy, Blue Tile Lounge, Fitzroy

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CRISPIN GLOVER BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

Throughout his lengthy career as an artist, actor, ďŹ lmmaker and author, Crispin Hellion Glover has played by his own rules. Gaining widespread prominence through roles in ďŹ lms such as Back To The Future and Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Angels, Glover has honed a reciprocal, symbiotic bond between such mainstream roles and the ďŹ lms which he crafts himself â&#x20AC;&#x201C; most notably the works collectively known as the It trilogy. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in this capacity which Glover tours the globe, presenting a nonstandard ďŹ lm distribution strategy which involves a live multimedia presentation of his books alongside screenings of the two completed ďŹ lms of the trilogy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; What Is It? and It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The fact that I tour with the ďŹ lm helps the distribution element,â&#x20AC;? Glover reasons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I consider what I am doing to be following in the steps of vaudeville performers. Vaudeville was the main form of entertainment for most of the history of the US, and it has only relatively recently stopped being the main source of entertainment. But that does not mean this live element mixed with other media is no longer viable. In fact it is apparent that it is sorely missed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The way I distribute my ďŹ lms is certainly not traditional in the contemporary sense of ďŹ lm distribution but perhaps is very traditional when looking further back at vaudeville era ďŹ lm distribution. If there are any ďŹ lmmakers that are able to utilise aspects of what I am doing then that is good. It has taken many years to organically develop what I am doing now as far as my distribution goes.â&#x20AC;? Starting production in the mid-â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s, What Is It? ďŹ nally saw a release in 2005, with It Is Fine. Everything Is Fine! following soon after in 2007. Though the principal cast of What Is It? have Downâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Syndrome, the characters they portray do not. As Glover explains, the decision was reactionary to the conďŹ nes of the production of mainstream culture. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am very careful to make it quite clear that What Is It? is not a ďŹ lm about Downâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Syndrome but my psychological reaction to the corporate restraints that have happened in the last 20 to 30 years in ďŹ lmmaking â&#x20AC;&#x201C; speciďŹ cally anything that can possibly make an audience uncomfortable is necessarily excised or the ďŹ lm will not be corporately funded or distributed,â&#x20AC;? he states. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is damaging to the culture because it is the very moment when an audience member sits back in their chair looks up at the screen and thinks to themself, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Is this right what I am watching? Is this wrong what I am watching? Should I be here? Should

the ďŹ lmmaker have made this? What is it?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; and that is where the title for the ďŹ lm comes from. What is it that is taboo in the culture? What does it mean that taboo has been ubiquitously excised in this cultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s media? What does it mean to the culture when it does not properly process taboo in its media? It is a bad thing when questions are not being asked, because these kinds of questions are when people are having a truly educational experience. For the culture to not be able to ask questions leads towards a non educational experience and that is what is happening in this culture. This stupeďŹ es this culture and that is of course a bad thing. So What Is It? is a direct reaction to the contents of this cultureâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s media. I would like people to think for themselves.â&#x20AC;? Despite a perceived abhorrence for corporatebacked culture, Glover is able to rationalise his involvement with blockbuster cinema. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After Charlieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Angels came out it did very well ďŹ nancially and was good for my acting career. I started getting better roles that also paid better and I could continue using that money to ďŹ nance my ďŹ lms that I am so truly passionate about. I have been able to divorce myself from the content of the ďŹ lms that I act in and look at acting as a craft that I am helping other ďŹ lmmakers to accomplish what it is that they want to do,â&#x20AC;? he reasons. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Usually, ďŹ lmmakers have hired me because there is something they have felt would be interesting to accomplish with using me in their ďŹ lm and usually I can try to do something interesting as an actor. If for some reason the director is not truly interested in doing something that I personally ďŹ nd interesting with the character, then I can console myself that with the money I am making to be in their production I can help to fund my own ďŹ lms that I am so truly passionate about. Usually though I feel

as though I am able to get something across as an actor that I feel good about. It has worked out well. I look at acting as a craft that I learned at a relatively young age. I separate the craft of acting from the art of my own personal ďŹ lmmaking. I am grateful to all the tremendous individuals I have had the opportunity to work with as an actor in the corporately funded and distributed ďŹ lm world.â&#x20AC;? From his infamous Letterman appearance onwards, Glover has stood as one of the most beguiling and transďŹ xing ďŹ gures in entertainment. However, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s far from a contrived projection of identity. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I do not

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try to and I never have tried to make a perception of being an outsider in the corporately funded and distributed ďŹ lm world. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like an outsider in the corporately funded and distributed ďŹ lm world. I understand why there is the perception of me being an outsider but it is not a perception I am attempting to have,â&#x20AC;? he explains. Crispin Glover will present It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine on Friday July 13 and What Is It? on Saturday July 14, both at Westgarth Cinema in Northcote. For more information visit muďŹ&#x20AC;.com.au

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THE NIGHT TERRORS

BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

For most of their near decade-long existence, The Night Terrors looked destined to nestle perennially ahead of the times. The dark synth-lines that define their body of work didn’t exactly fall in line with what was then a guitar-dominated Australian musical landscape, but The Night Terrors garnered a fervent following nonetheless. After discovering a bevy of likeminded contemporaries throughout Europe, the band – still very much a rock band – have returned home to work on their new LP, the first taste of which comes in the form of double A-side 12” Monster / Lasers For Eyes. As the band prepare to launch the single with an east coast tour, thereminist Miles Brown recounts the band’s evolutionary process. “I think that we were very much a weird little prog band for a long time,” Brown assesses. “The last record that we did was sort of a demo that we worked on to the point where it became an album and was released, much to our surprise. We’ve been in the band a long time and had a lot of people come in and out of it, so every time that happens things change a little bit. The album took us around the world a few times, and we managed to meet some of our heroes and all that fun stuff. Just being in other towns and listening to other music is how we evolved in a more electronic direction. We also just got better at using our gear. We’ve been using these 30-year-old syznths for a long time, now we’re just exploring the more traditional uses for them, really. That’s sort of the way it went.” Despite trends leading to many similar artists employing the use of laptops (sometimes exclusively so), the utilisation of digital programming hasn’t found its way into The Night Terrors’ musical philosophy. “The [upcoming] album doesn’t have any MIDI on it at

all, it’s entirely old school sequencing. I definitely prefer the sound of organic things. For us being a sort of rock band with electronic elements, [the rock element] sort of just disappears. So we’re not really analogue purists. There is a lot of great electronic that is made [with computers], but we come from a background that is so much more punk that it’s natural for us to play with bits of gear rather than computer programs,” Brown reasons. Presenting a captivating mix of the human element and the cold, otherworldly distance is the prominent employment of a nonstandard instrument – the theremin. “Apparently it’s the second-hardest instrument in the world to master – apparently the harp is the hardest,” Brown raises. Upon first listen to the single Monster, it’s difficult to distinguish whether a theremin or an operatic falsetto is producing the soaring tones on record. It’s an impressive skill, one which Brown honed with one of the masters. “I went and studied with Lydia Kavana, who is the grandniece of Léon Theremin [inventor of the instrument]. She’s the world’s best

classical theremin player, and been on the Ed Wood soundtrack and done other Hollywood work. I taught myself then spent a couple of months with her, then played a theremin festival in Germany with her. I met a lot of thereminists too,” he recalls. “I suppose it’s my own personal little battle to make the instrument work in a rock context. Most theremin players who are really good – and there are some incredible ones – mostly play classical or new music kind of areas. There aren’t too many people doing it successfully in the rock context. As we’ve discovered over the years, it’s probably because it’s very difficult to hear. I love that instrument and I like the way it’s a bit of a divider of audiences as well – some people really like it and some people really hate it. It puts us in a really interesting spot, trying to find new ways for that to go rather than just being spooky or noisy. That’s the challenge,” he muses. “The actual instrument is really your body,” Brown explains. “It’s quite a fallible thing – you can hear the person’s mood, how much sleep they’ve had. It’s very sensitive to all that stuff, which is a bit

perilous when you’re on tour. But that’s part of it. I spent a lot of time worrying that it was so sensitive to all that and it was making the shows a little bit unpredictable, but that’s what’s cool about it as well. It’s a bit of a tightrope act.” Expect to hear plenty more theremin on The Night Terrors’ upcoming full-length, which we can expect to drop sometime this year. “It’s completely finished, we recorded it last year and got Tony Espie to mix it – he did Since I Left You by The Avalanches and worked with Cut Copy. The way it turned out was a lot more psychotic and aggressive than we thought it would be, which is quite interesting. There is a lot less of the slow, pretty stuff that was on the last record and a lot more of this dance-y stuff. I’m interested to see the response,” grins Brown.

if you want to just drop out and live like and ape man and spend your time smoking weed and writing and not owning anything and not being with anyone and not being beholden to anyone or anything, that’s fine, you can do that. For a few years I was flirting with stability and a sense that I must spend the rest of my days maintaining the quality of life that I have now. That way of living and that way of thinking just creates anxiety and weirdness. I chose to walk away from that, in some pretty significant ways. That’s more of a personal conversation. I was set on a certain trajectory that I was suspicious of and have been suspicious of for most of my life, and I was just staring into the gaping maw of its inevitable hold on my life.

my 20s was the complete opposite of that. I more or less denied that part of myself. I wasn’t going to let that part of me be seen because it’s grotesque and it’s weird and it’s just too much. I had pretty much been told ever since I was a kid to dial it back, to suppress, to resist the urge; that that aspect of me needed to be contained. I’ve always been a little too much, talking a little too much, being a little too loud, being a little too out there, but that’s where my personal truth is.

THE NIGHT TERRORS launch their Monster/Lasers for Eyes 12” at The Toﬀ In Town on Saturday July 7. The 12” is out now on OSCL Records.

FATHER JOHN MISTY

BY SIMONE UBALDI

Father John Misty is the stage name of J. Tillman, who resigned his post as Fleet Foxes band member last January. He was the drummer, and a hired gun at that, so his departure caused barely a ripple in the duck pond of global music appreciation. But anyone who has seen Fleet Foxes live would know that J. Tillman was destined for bigger things. Even from behind the kit, he vied for the role of leading man. His acidic sense of humour and faultless timing were attention-stealing, and it was inevitable that one day he would standup,ditchthesticksandtakehisplaceinthespotlight.Andwhenhefinallydidit,itwasnotasamewling singer-songwriter of po-faced sincerity – the mask Tillman wore while recording seven solo albums between 2005 and 2010 – but as a superstar, professional cynic, stand-up comedian and arch pop balladeer. Tillman left the Fleet Foxes, moved to Los Angeles and morphed into Father John Misty. As Father John Misty, he recorded Fear Fun, an album of complex beauty and aching satire that seems, in a bizarrely contrary fashion, to have required almost no effort at all. He also started playing live – delighting audiences with his wit, his weirdness and his ever-twitching hips. Ahead of his appearance at Splendour and his sideshow at The Corner later this month, the ex-Fleet Fox and newly minted artist spoke to Beat about crisis, humour and the surreal reality of Hollywood life. What have you been up to since the album came out in May? I’ve been touring, writing, doing a bit of acting. Sounds like you’ve become a proper LA “slashie” – musician/ writer/actor. Oh yes, I’m a very fancy man. How exactly did you end up moving to Los Angeles? I had been driving around, up and down the coast, and I was in Big Sur and a friend of mine asked me if I was going to move anywhere. ‘I kind of want to live in California,’ I said. He told me his friends had a place in Laurel Canyon and I was just like, ‘Sure, I’ll do that.’ I moved there out of a grotesque, morbid fascination. I was so bored with Seattle; it felt like too obvious of a place for me to live. LA was exciting and strange to me. There was a little bit, admittedly, of ‘What are people going to think?’, maniacally laughing to myself about what a fucked up choice it was – but that’s the kind of stuff that excites me. Fear Fun seems deeply influenced by your move to LA. There are references to your home in Laurel Canyon, but also movie stars, Hollywood Boulevard, plus a colourful array of freaks and wannabes that seem to personify the distinct character of Los Angeles. I guess Los Angeles or Hollywood specifically, more than any other US city, has a global profile or character. It evokes certain abstractions for people everywhere in the world. Part of what I like to do with songwriting is to universalise individual experiences, I think that that’s what a good song does, even though it’s full of

speciﬁcities and particulars, it feels universal somehow. But I’m not writing about the place directly. I’m really only writing about myself, and I just happen to be here. But LA features in your songwriting in a way that Seattle never did. That is true. I lived in Seattle for seven years and never once directly referenced Seattle in any of my music. I was a diﬀerent songwriter there. I wasn’t really singing about my experiences, I was singing about my fantasy or something, my surrealist, impressionistic fantasy, which really has no time, has no place, its amorphous, pure sentiment, cloaked language. With this, I felt like a sense of place had to be in there because I was singing about myself and my experiences kind of in real time. That’s funny – your life is LA doesn’t sound particularly real. If anything, I would describe the lyrics on Fear Fun as slightly surreal. Oh really? I think I’ve always underestimated what feels normal to me. To me there is something very normal about undergoing some episodic existential breakdown. Maybe that feels more normal to me than it does to other people, maybe I assume that it is more common place and maybe that’s why it’s funny. Is that what happened to you? Did you have an existential breakdown? That may be what happened. Or it may not. There’s just a certain way of life I was sick of…it wasn’t entirely about moving to a new location, it was this realisation that I had when I was in Seattle that

Was it your job with Fleet Foxes or are we talking about a relationship that was heading towards marriage or what? It’s all in that category – a relationship, a job, being in a situation that could have, that would have been the rest of my life. It was do or die time. I decided to die. I decided to kill everything. That included relationships, the band, my own music, my own relationship to my music, killing this musical persona that I had spent my entire 20s cultivating. In a lot of ways when I got here I was just on my own planet, and I wasn’t doing much other than writing songs all day and then going out by myself at night and drinking and staring into the middle distance and laughing at the absurdity of this new place I was in. There’s a big character, a big ego, in your new work – was that being nourished in your old life? No, it wasn’t. It’s not by accident that the music I played all through I love that music is so much more than itself. Music is life; we’re all vibrations and wavelengths, so I love that through music I can trigger emotions and certain states of mind in people. You don’t even have to get the words to get the vibes. Music is telepathic in that sense! So I guess you get a deep insight into my mind. Plus I love creating.

Q&A JUCID

What do you hate about the music industry? I barely pay attention to it, and why would you in the age of the internet? I don’t need MTV showing me what they think is cool when I can find a thousand producers out there on SoundCloud who can do it better, but instead of 600 million plays they have just 600. But I’m just a kid making music from my room: I haven’t personally dealt with Mr. Music Business, but I’d be careful if I ever did. So then, what’s the band name and what do you ‘do’ in the band? Well, the band consists of myself. Lately I’ve been going under ‘Jucid’, and before that it was ‘juddLOCKS’, but I think I might just go under ‘Judd Ditch’ come my official album release. I produce all the music. I sing and play various instruments on my tracks and live.

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What do you think people will say you sound like? Haha, I’m sure they’ll have a better idea than me and I can’t wait to hear because I’ve been struggling. I don’t really stick to one genre necessarily, but I guess the overall sound of my new stuff is like ‘SpaceyRNBglitch’. Yeah, I don’t know: it’s music. What do you love about making music?

If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? John Lennon. I love how real he was, the difference he made to the world and how he used music as a tool to get in a position to do so. We need more brains like his. But his opinion on my music would be irrelevant as to just having a conversation with him.

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Does it get you in trouble, being your ‘true’ self? I’m an adult and I know where and when it’s appropriate and whatever, but being loud, being sarcastic, being a bit weird - that’s the shit that I’m good at. It’s funny or interesting by virtue of the fact that it is polarising, it does alienate certain types of people. It is unsightly to people with a little more propriety or something, but I have my own very deep sense of propriety. It’s all done in the spirit of truth. It’s not just showboating. For me, that was a very hard realisation. I had to run this risk of letting the monster back out. This music, all of this, is the revenge of the eight year old me, the natural me, the me that wasn’t distorted by authority and religion and guilt and vanity, etcetera. Trying to describe it all is a losing battle. Whatever it is, I am proud of it. FATHER JOHN MISTY plays The Corner Hotel on Saturday July 28 with special guests Mosman Alder, Melodie Nelson, The Trouble With Templeton and Joe McKee. He also plays the sold-out Splendour In The Grass in Belongil Fields, Byron Bay, from Friday July 27 - 29. Fear Fun is out now on Sub Pop via Inertia. What can a punter expect from your live show? Some wack sounds, trippy beats, good vibes, soothing vocals and musical imagery. My friend Ash is VJing my shows where possible, so it should be fun on the eyes and ears. When are you playing live next and with who? I’m playing on Friday July 6 at Noise Bar: a few groups of friends including mine have gotten together to host a party there. My main man Jaxon (XON) is kicking off the night with a set packed with unheard originals. I’ve watched him working on these beats for too long and they’re sounding dope. Our friend Ash is VJing both our sets. Also playing is Nan Artist: he’s going to be scratchin’ hard on some of his original trip-hop beats; Influx will be producing some highly danceable live beat boxing / kaoss pad tunes, and James Hurt be DJing last to keep the party long going. Super cheap drinks, $5 entry, loads of rad people packed into a rad place. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? I’ve been working on an album for the past year: it’s almost there, but for now check out soundcloud.com/jucid.

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ONTOUR DIRTYPHONICS [USA] Friday July 6, Brown Alley ENEI [RUS] Friday July 6, Brown Alley ALEX KIDD [UK], A*S*Y*S [GER] Friday July 6, Trak ALEX KENJI [ITA] Saturday July 7, Club Soda RUSS CHIMES [UK] Saturday July 7, Pretty Please BROOKES BROTHERS [UK] Friday July 13, Brown Alley NIC FANCIULLI [UK] Friday July 13, New Guernica ALEX SMOKE [UK] Friday July 13, Brown Alley RICHARD DURAND [NED] Saturday July 14, Room680 DR. OCTAGON [USA] Saturday July 14, The Espy SKEPTICAL [UK], TALLAN [NZ] Saturday July 14, The Espy LADYHAWKE [NZ] Tuesday July 17, Billboard JAMIE XX [UK] Tuesday July 17, New Guernica LIL’ LOUIS [USA] Friday July 20, New Guernica CHEZ DAMIER [USA] Friday July 20, Brown Alley SVEN WEISEMANN [GER], BASIC SOUL UNIT [CAN] Friday July 20, The Liberty Social SKREAM [UK], PLASTICIAN [UK] + JOKER [UK] Friday July 20, Billboard RENNIE PILGREM [UK] Friday July 20, Royal Melbourne Hotel THOMAS SCHUMACHER [GER] Friday July 20, Onesixone VAKULA [UKR] Friday July 27, Mercat Basement GIRL UNIT [UK] + NGUZUNGUZU [USA] Friday July 27, Revolver BARE [USA] Friday July 27, Brown Alley MIIKE SNOW [SWE] Tuesday July 31, Palace Theatre

BRAWTHER [FRA] Friday August 3, Mercat Basement ALVIN RISK [USA] Saturday August 4, Prince Bandroom KATE SIMKO [USA], CHLOE HARRIS [USA] Friday August 10, Brown Alley PERC [UK] Friday August 17, Brown Alley JAMES LAWSON [UK], SKOL [UK], RIKSTA [US] + MORE Friday August 17, Room680 CHRIS LAKE [UK] Saturday August 18, Seven THE PHARCYDE [USA] Thursday August 23, The Espy RICK ROSS [USA] Thursday September 6, Festival Hall RED RACK ‘EM [UK] Friday September 7, The Croft Institute JOHN ‘00’ FLEMING [UK] Friday September 7, Brown Alley TIEFSCHWARZ [GER] Friday September 7, New Guernica OCTAVE ONE [USA] Friday September 14, Mercat Basement ROGER SHAH [GER] Saturday September 15, Room680 HERNAN CATTANEO [ARG], FRITZ KALKBRENNER [GER] Friday September 21, Brown Alley RICK WADE [USA] Friday September 28, The Croft Institute PAUL OAKENFOLD [UK] Friday October 5, Festival Hall PARKLIFE: JUSTICE [FRA], PASSION PIT [USA], PLAN B [UK] + MORE Saturday October 6, Sidney Myer Music Bowl ROBERT HOOD [USA] Friday November 9, TBA TERRENCE PARKER [USA] Friday December 21, TBA

REAL TALK

What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind. Words that will haunt me to my grave. Not because of George Berkeley’s philosophical insights into the inner workings of the human mind, but because the voices of cartoon characters from earlier seasons in contrast to the latter and more popular creep the hell out of me. You know what I’m talking about. Tyson Wray

Alex Kidd and A*S*Y*S: All Systems Go

Hard dance royalty is set to descend on Melbourne soon, with a double bill of UK powerhouse Alex Kidd and German veteran A*S*Y*S set to descend upon the city. A producer and DJ, promoter, label owner and music reviewer, Alex Kidd’s talents are manifold - especially on the mainstage of venues across the globe, where his skills on the EFX1000 and three CDJs have cemented his reputation as a boundarypushing act to watch in terms of both sound and technical skills. Backed by the dude behind club-destroying classics such as Acid Nightmare, Acid Headcracker, Cheers, Lost in Acid and the world conquering No More Fucking Rock & Roll, A*S*Y*S is not to be underestimated. Combine the two, and it will be a surprise if anybody is left standing by the end of the night. They play at Trak on Friday July 6.

Rick Ross: Rockin’

After a false start on making it down to Australian shores for Supafest, fans of the hottest MC in the game, Rick Ross, can rest assured that they’ll be getting in on the Teflon Don’s mad rhymes. Best known for being the founder of the respected label Maybach Music Group, playing host to artists such as Wale, Meek Mill, and Omarion, he’s also a powerhouse act on his own, with four albums to his name so far and a favoured collaborator of business big-names Jay Z, Kanye West, P.Diddy and R Kelly, amongst others. It’s prime time for the man to head down, with his fifth LP set to drop in a month’s time. Don’t miss this chance to get up close to Ross for the first time ever as he runs through his extensive back catalogue - catch him at Festival Hall on Thursday September 6.

Paul Oakenfold: In A Trance

Superstar DJ, Ministry Of Sound legend and Perfecto Records purveyor Paul Oakenfold continues his world domination with a tour of Australia. The once-Balearic beatsmith and prolific producer has worked with almost everyone worth their salt within the music industry – everyone from pop juggernauts U2, Madonna to psytrance legends Infected Mushroom and English alt-rockers the Happy Mondays. Oakenfolds’s remix scalps include Michael Jackson, The Rolling Stones and Justin Timberlake. No stranger to DJing in front of Tiesto-scale crowds, Oakenfold brings his Oakey World antics to Festival Hall on Friday October 5.

Hold the phone. Terrence Parker has just dialed in three December dates for Adelaide, Melbourne and Brisbane, with more announcements for other cities expected soon. Notorious for using a telephone hand piece instead of headphones when he DJs, the curious quirk has earned the gospel house legend the affectionate pseudonym Telephone Man. Parker’s reputation rivals fellow Motor City natives Derrick May, Carl Craig and Kevin Saunderson and the revered music operator brings his hands-up good times to Melbourne on Friday December 21.

Meanwhile, Back at the Silent Disco: End Of the World

I plan on going in armed with a can of deodorant, a lighter and all the mad skills I’ve picked up from years of obsessively watching spy and law enforcement dramas. I hope you’ve got your plans at the ready, too, ‘cause with dudes allegedly on bath salts busted having a nibble on the faces of other human beings and the rapid approach of December 2012, I think it’s high time to face the reality of a zombie apocalypse. But hey, if we’re all going to die a painful and gruesome death, might as well throw one last party before it happens - and there’s no better way of highlighting the impending doom by throwing a silent disco. A full house of zombies with dancing shoes firmly on will be gathering at the Royal Melbourne Hotel to have one final laugh, with the soundtrack spanning breaks, electro, techno and trance courtesy of Nabbs, Buck Rogers, The Dirty Gypsy, Hands Down, Aaron Static, J-Slyde, Stilow, Neocortex and heaps more. Special effects and make up will be available at the venue early on for those who want get deliriously gruesome for the night - who’ll be the last zombie standing? Get to the Royal Melbourne Hotel on Friday July 13 to find out.

The Pharcyde: Far-Out Robert Hunter Cup: Hip Hop Hero

2011 saw the passing of one of Australian hip hop’s favourite sons – Robert Hunter (MC Hunter) – who sadly passed away after a long public battle with cancer. He will forever be remembered for his music, his passion for Australian hip hop and his love for his two favourite football teams: the Fremantle Dockers and the East Perth Royals. Saturday October 20 will see the anniversary of his passing. To mark the occasion, there will be a weekend dedicated to Hunter and his love of music and footy. Saturday October 20 will feature the Aus All Stars performing at the Corner Hotel, including SBX Crew (Drapht, Layla, Dazastah and Optamus), Funkoars, Brad Strut and many more. Then on Sunday October 21, the Robert Hunter Cup will played at Glenferrie Oval – featuring artists and fans from all over Australia. Spectators are welcome – bring a picnic and some friends and enjoy the game! Entry is free, but they will be collecting for charity so please bring some money to donate.

Obese Records: Supersized

The home of the thriving independent Australian hip-hop scene, Obese Records marks ten years in the business this year. Shit, son. Playing home to names like Illy, DJ Bonez, and Mantra as well as boasting alumni such as Bliss N Eso, Funkoars and Hilltop Hoods, they’ve done some pretty wonderful things for our local music scene. Their rep for being the hub of Aussie hip hop sounds is further cemented by their freshly redesigned and upgraded website - with all the latest mod cons and news from your favourite artists. That’s not all - their new web-based show Obese TV goes live today and will follow in monthly installments over the next six months, providing fans with a rare insight into the label’s workings. Check it out at obeserecords.com.

Tiefschwarz: Deep Sounds

Tiefschwarz, or deep black in German, have consistently chugged out an array of housey riddims for more than ten years. Along the way, the duo have hooked up with Hot Natured starlet Jamie Jones, party boys Seth Troxler and Eric D. Clark, as well as Berlin deep house purist Cassy. The pairing have also remixed a major league of pop music sluggers including Madonna, Missy Elliot and Depeche Mode. Tiefschwarz’s much-lauded mixes for European clubbing institutions Fabric and Watergate sought a flurry of recognition from DJs and producers as far-flung as Ivan Smagghe and Danny Howells, to Touché and Sascha. Revel in Tiefschwarz’s deep and dark take on techno, electro and house at the New Guernica on Friday September 7.

Los Angeles hip hop outfit The Pharcyde have been kicking it together for two decades, now. Doesn’t feel like it, given their enduring reputation for cutting-edge, forward-thinking beats and rhymes. Go on, have a listen to Bizarre Ride II: The Pharcyde again, 20 years on - its sense of timelessness is a rare thing, with classics such as Oh Shit, Otha Fish, Ya’ Mama, and hit single, Passing Me By guaranteeing the record its rightful place in best-of collections by everyone from Pitchfork to the Source. It isn’t often a group with their cheeky self-deprecating and incisive humour come along and set to make a return to Australia soon, we can guarantee this is one gig you definitely don’t want to pass you by. Catch The Pharcyde at the Espy on Thursday August 23.

The Highest Disco in the World: Stratospheric

Whaddup! Who wants to get high? No, you filthy deviants and rascals, not like that - we like to keep our operations here at Beat entirely above board. I meant 89 floors high. Sound good? Uh-huh it does. From the chicks and dudes who brought you Earthcore, the St Kilda Festival and the Brunswick St Festival dance music stages, Solar Empire Events is taking things to the next level and bringing you the highest masquerade disco party in the world. 360 degree views of the city in all of its sprawling, streetlit beauty, a Funktion One soundsystem and all the techno, psytrance, dubstep, glitch and house jams your little hearts could possibly desire. With local acts like Chunky Fuckers, Ken Zo, Jason D’Costa, Jamie Stevens, SunTribe, Tech Aid, Mish’Chief and plenty more set to keep the tower bumping all night long, we recommend you get in quick - the Highest Disco in the World takes place at the Eureka Tower on Saturday August 18.

Skeptical and Tallan: Critical Thinking

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Robert Hood: Hoodwinked

It’s been two years since Robert Hood released his filminspired Omega album, if you don’t count Omega: Alive, a live set of reworks and past recordings. After a considerable absence from Australia, Robert Hood has enjoyed a spate of tours since 2010 and this November returns to promote his new Motor Nighttime World 3 LP, released on seminal Belgian techno imprint Music Man. Robert Hood restores the project he first started with Austria’s Cheap label back in 1995 and subsequently continued in 2000 on his own imprint M-Plant. Inspired by Julien Temple’s documentary Requiem For Detroit, Robert Hood examines the life, history and future of Detroit’s motor industry and its workforce, set against a backdrop of decay, despair, hope and rebirth. Robert Hood plants down in Melbourne on Friday November 9.

With records of his making frequently found jammed in the crates of drum and bass luminaries such as dBridge, Alix Perez, Loxy and Doc Scott, it would be fair to say that Hertfordshire-based DJ and production powerhouse Skeptical is heading out-of-this-world. With a production career only just beginning to blossom, the list of releases to his name since dropping his first single in 2010 is nothing short of extraordinary. With labels such as Exit, Dispatch and Commercial Suicide, not to mention forthcoming releases on Metalheadz, Soul:r, and Samurai all wanting a piece of the 26 year old’s equal parts delicate and devastating tracks, we’re calling it - Skeptical is bound to be the next big thing in the scene. He’ll be joined by New Zealand’s Tallan. Notorious for pushing soundsystems to breaking point with his heavyweight stepper beats, the young producer has supported the likes of Foreign Beggars, Shockone, DC Breaks and is bound to bring the good times alongside Skeptical. They hit the Espy on Saturday July 14.

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DIRTYPHONICS

“We always say, ‘We’ll sleep when we’re dead’ so right now it’s all about making new music, going overseas and hanging with the crowd.”

INVASION: FRENCH FRIVOLITY As the music industry continues to change, a strong live performance is more important than ever. When it comes to rocking a crowd and earning fans, few in the dance community at the moment can get things going like Charly, Thomas, Pho and Pitchin aka Dirtyphonics. From their live shows, to a slew of tracks and remixes, the boys from Dirtyphonics are all about pure energy.

They come to every show heavily armed with mixers, sequencers, keyboards, CD turntables and maybe even a kitchen sink (full of beers). Deftly balancing between brutality and danceability, Dirtyphonics have achieved the reputation they have without even releasing a fulllength studio album. In the midst of all this, one-half of the group – Charly and

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Thomas – are making their way Down Under for some special live shows. On the night, they will be joined by local favourites Monkee, Baron Rotton, Busa Stickup and Ouch Zayler. After their customary coffee and cigarettes, the duo spoke to us with all the passion you would expect from wild Frenchmen of dance music. “The last time we were down was around October or November, so we’re really excited to be back,” Charly says with an American-styled twang. If you’ve seen any of their live shows you would be familiar with the rock concert atmosphere, accompanied by a sea bobbing heads that encompass follow their gigs. While some like to play it ‘too cool’, the guys from Dirtyphonics are probably most likely to act like fans themselves and jump into the moshpit, while guzzling adult soda pops. Even the long flight down here didn’t dampen their spirits, as they aim to make the most of every minute. “Yes it’s a long flight but at the same time we’ve got portable gear so we can set up a studio on the plane and make some music,” enlightens Charly. The vision of these manic DJs banging out beats at high altitudes is something to behold. At least they found a new use for the tray table. “We all carry laptops, MIDI controllers, keyboard. We try to make it as portable as possible.” It’s not that farfetched that in the future recording on a plane becomes the norm. As demand for their live shows grows, the phonics still want to be able to create new music while on the road. “We always want to keep producing and we’ve continued to tour a lot so we decided we needed to set up a portable studio,” Thomas adds, with his unmistakably French inflection. “In a way sometimes it’s better because you don’t have so much time to do a track. We’ll have one idea and will be ready to record it then you move on to another one.” While this approach could potentially result in some hit and miss efforts, the spontaneity could give way to genuine on-the-spot creativity, something the quad discovered. “We always say, ‘We’ll sleep when we’re dead’ so right now it’s all about making new music, going overseas and hanging with the crowd,” Charly says. It’s clear from their on-stage presentation that they get more than their fair share of rowdy fans, which in turn bolsters their creativity. The fact that they hit a new city on a regular basis also sparks inspiration for Charly, Thomas and co. “You get a vibe travelling in different cities around the world. You hear some music on the road, you get new ideas coming from people, from architecture, whatever it is. Then we all come to the table to lay down ideas for tracks.” That could help explain the intense otherworldly sounds of such efforts: the Vandals and City Kids. This Paris bred crew have amassed plenty of stamps in their passports and have been wreaking havoc in venues across the world. From the Electric Daisy Carnival to Nördik Impakt, you name it and they’ve been there, leaving a trail of destruction behind. Whether in their expansive backyard of Europe, to Australia and North America, Dirtyphonics have made an impression. “Going from country to country, that urge to keep creating new tunes never goes away,” Thomas says. “Definitely after a show, you’ve been in the middle of the stage with all the fans – for anybody that makes music, you just want to go back to the hotel and work. Then you wake up and work on it more.” Charly affirms that the fans definitely play a part in their creativity. “The amount of adrenaline we get on stage from the fans, for some reason brings so many ideas after a show it’s like, ‘I wanna try this, I wanna try that’, it’s crazy.” For their music hungry fans, the Dirtyphonics crew always aim to return the love and energy with their live

performances. “When we’re doing a live show we put a lot of effort in. Being able to feed off the crowd and feed off each other is definitely important for us.” It’s a mutual feeding frenzy whenever these rock star DJs hit the stage. While they do share a similar outlook on stage, when recording, there is always bound to be disagreement. “We’re not always on the same page which is the most interesting part of being in a band,” Charly says. In many ways tension can bring out the best in anybody, including songwriters. Even when they don’t all agree on something, the boys work together to take their individual ideas to another level. “What makes it most fun is bouncing off each other’s ideas and ending up with something great, which is what we’re all about. There’s a lot of laughs, a lot of fights and it really helps with our working and writing process.” Before all the madness, Dirtyphonics began typically enough; Charly and Thomas met at uni studying design. After meeting Pho, they decided to start gigging and then Pitchin joined the fold. “Since then we’ve pretty much spent everyday together, either in the studio and on the road. It’s been awesome and it’s been a great adventure.” The experience of being in the band has been like a long friendship but amplified. “It’s nothing different than being friends, we’ve just taken it to a different level with the amount of time we spend together.” This musical friendship so far has earned them adoration across the world, hit singles on BBC 1Xtra and Beatport; and millions of YouTube views. Not bad for some former design students from Paris. Describing his experience so far as a “dream come true”, Charly says they have always wanted to be musicians. “Since we were little kids we always wanted to do this. First time I was in a band was in a metal band. I started playing guitar and bass, then I started making computer generated music. You start doing everything on your own then you’re like, ‘You know what, I really like to vibe off people in a band’. I wanted to find other people to make it happen and [we] got lucky enough to find each other.” Whether listening to their epics, including the remix to Nero’s Me And You, or witnessing one of their gigs, you can tell that Charly, Thomas and co. are a perfect match as far as energy and chemistry. While they are generally referred to as a drum and bass crew, they’re not afraid to get experimental – in a good way. Much of their catalogue finds them expanding their sound as they explore elements of electro, dubstep and hip hop. In this era of blurry genre distinction, it’s clear the Dirtyphonics’ brand of hybrid drum and bass is the tonic many listeners are thirsting for. Debuting on wax in 2008, with the insane singles French Fuck and Bonus Level, it was only a slight sign of things to come. In the time since then they have remixed heavyweights the Crystal Method, the Bloody Beetroots, Does It Offend You, Yeah? and Benny Benassi. They have also forged a reputation that continues to grow. This time last year Dirtyphonics whet appetites with the lethal singles Tarantino and Oakwood. Of the two singles however, Oakwood may be the more interesting, with hints of dubstep, drum and bass and spaghetti westerns, all topped off by the vocals of Marion Corrales. Charly and Thomas say “expect more of the same from Dirtyphonics in the coming years” as they prep their long awaited debut album. Both Charly and Thomas want fans to brace themselves for a Dirtyphonics invasion. We’re sure they’re more than ready. Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey Dirtyphonics [FRA] play Brown Alley on Friday July 6.

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WEDNESDAY4TH COQ ROQ Rocking Wednesdays at Lucky Coq are rotating DJs Lady Noir, Agent 86, Kiti, Mr Thom, Joybot and guests giving you nothing but the best new wave, punk, brit pop, bong rap and hair metal. Coq Roq takes place every Wednesday from 8pm with free pool downstairs from 9pm as well as drink specials. Roq out! Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

SOUL ARMY With more flavour than a chocolate pizza, the Wednesday Soul Army throws down raw, uncut funk next to smooth soul grooves and rare blue jams. Bring that special lady because when the boys lay down the love it could be the difference between ‘we’re just friends’ to ‘let’s get it on’. PBS stalwarts Vince Peach and Miss Goldie accompany Prequel and Black Diamond Kicks weekly. Free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

WEDNESDAYS AT CO. Don’t have lectures tomorrow? Need a break from writing that last-minute assignment? Or simply just celebrating the end of hump day? Don’t miss Melbourne’s biggest mid-week party night – Wednesdays @ Co.! With free entry and discounted drinks for students all night long! Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

THURSDAYS AT LOUNGE The Black Pancake Club is where disc-jockeys bring in their treasured record collections to share with yaw’ll. Expect undiscovered nuggets, lost gems, far out there covers, moog inspired themes, and a host of other eclectic delicacies and toppings for your black pancakes! Taste makers on rotation include Shags, LA Pocock, Slim Charles, Andras Fox, Richie 1250, Simon Winkler, Danielson, Ms Butt and Mike Gurrieri. Free entry. From 10pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne

WONDERLUST Fate, karma, the yin and the yang, the balance between chaos and order or divine intervention? A new spiritual high has emerged from the cosmic energies of the universe and it’s called Wonderlust! As luck would have it you can come and experience the effects of this strange new phenomena every Thursday night at The Carlton! Carlton Club, 193 Bourke Street, Melbourne

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“It might blow up but it won’t go pop” is the philosophy at Buhloone Mindstate and features Melbourne’s finest bands and DJs playing every Friday night, late. That’s just how we roll. We’re all about the late night boogie. Expect all things funk, hip-hop, soul, reggae, disco, boogie and house. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne

PANORAMA Start your weekend on a good note with Panorama Fridays at Lucky Coq. DJs Matt Rad, Mr George, Tom Meagher and Phato A Mano transform the upstairs area into one hell of a house party with Hip Hop, Funk, R&B, Disco and House. Meanwhile, downstairs gives you a secluded wind down atmosphere with cult films as background visuals and quality cocktails to sip on. Let the new coqtail list wash away a crappy week! Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

The weekend starts here! Get on down for after work drinks from 5pm with DJs Marcus Knight, Mark Pellegrini, Nick Van Wilder & DJ Anferny getting your weekend started right. 5pm til 3am. CQ, 113 Queen St, Melbourne

WEDNESDAYS AT LOUNGE Enter the middle of the week; for some it’s the beginning of the weekend, for others it’s a break from study, for those of us who are travelling, it probably has no real significance (unless you’re wanting to party with the hot European girls from the hostel...because any day is simply another day when you’re travelling). Your midweek stomping ground, featuring DJs Danny Silver, Manchild & Mu-Gen. Free entry. From 10pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne

WEDNESDAYS AT THE ORDER Deep, dark, minimal dubstep and drum and bass. The Order of Melbourne, 2/401 Swanston Street, Melbourne

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DJ Grandmaster Vicious spins Fitzroy’s finest mix of ‘80s and ‘90s pop, rock, new wave, hip hop, disco classics and cheese to please plus dance floor anthems from then to now. One Twenty Bar, 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy

Tigerfunk brings with him his full band of travelling gypsies, hipsters and middle class executives, all of whom are prepared to deliver the most excitement you can have this side of the weekend. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

DUBSTEP THURSDAYS It’s Dubstep, it’s Eurotrash, it’s new, it’s the vibe, it’s Thursdays, it’s weekly and it’s free. So get down to Eurotrash and get your wobble on. Eurotrash Bar, 18 Corrs Lane, Off Chinatown, Melbourne CBD

DIRTYPHONICS Who’s ready to get down and dirty? The French foursome that make up France’s Dirtyphonics are: armed with a bunch of turntables and MPCs, their signature brand of ridiculous electro and dancefloor bangers has seen them up to all sorts of no good this year, including recent releases on the electro-oasis that is Dim Mak, as well as remixes for Skream, Benny Benassi and Nero. Brown Alley, Cnr Colonial Hotel and Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Taking place each and every Saturday night in Melbourne’s CBD on the corner of Lonsdale St and King St, Club Soda plays host to a fresh, new concept – local/national/international DJs weekly, un-paralleled entertainment, performances, and disco tomfoolery. Don’t let the bubbly name fool you, Club Soda is your weekend’s thirst quencher – changing people going out for convenience, whilst not leaving the sour taste of an empty wallet on Sunday morning. Our doors open for you every Saturday at 9.30pm, and stay open until you should go home. Brown Alley, Cnr King & Lonsdale St, CBD

FIRST FLOOR FRIDAYS FREE RANGE FUNK Funk up your Thursday nights with Free Range Funk at the Windsor favourite Lucky Coq. Grab a couch early and enjoy one (or more) of their famous $4 pizzas from 7-11pm. Meanwhile DJs Who, Agent 86, Lewis CanCut and special guests tempt you into the night with their eclectic bag of treats. Setting the mood early is delightful jazz, deep soul, and funk. Later it’s fruity disco, choice house, and hipster dance drops. Free entry every Thursday. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

FUN HOUSE Celebrate Thursday night at Co. with club classics and dance floor anthems. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

SLOW HOUSE THURSDAYS Slow House Thursdays is just what Brunswick has been missing. Get down to the latest Thursday spot at Noise Bar, find a space with your bros and get into the as DJs Same O, David Bass and James Hurt spin bass laced tunes ‘til the early hours of the morning. Noise Bar, 291 Albert Street, Brunswick

A journey of international music from all over the world; past, present and future rhythms incorporating afro, soul, funk, world and deep house elements! First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

Friday’s at Freedom with 2 premier clubs, 5 huge rooms, 10+ local and international DJs blending their unique sets across countless styles of tunes – vocal house, smooth R&B, electro and commercial top 40. Throw in a few sexy podium dancers, a world-class lights show and drink specials, the Freedom Pass is your personal ticket to a night you won’t soon forget! Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

FRIDAY NIGHT LOFT PARTY Kitty Schmidt couldn’t find quality dance music in Fitzroy so she’s decided to open up her bedroom doors. Living above Melbourne’s stalwart lesbian/gay Libation Bar, she’s now throwing a monthly party in her boudoir. Come into her renovated upstairs loft, cocktail bar, dance floor and smoking terrace. With quirky house, deep disco and erotic electronica being spun by Marvin Roland, Mr. Pyz and Kitty Schmidt DJs. Libation, 302 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

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DJ CKass will take you on a musical journey to the retro sounds of the ‘70s and ‘80s, followed by Top 40. One Twenty Bar, 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy

STAR SATURDAYS Star Saturdays - smashing it every Saturday! Phil Ross, Scotty Erdos, DJ Ontime, LC, Nick James, Dane Gains, Ryan Hamill, Deja, Phil Isa, Nixon, Azza M, Scotty Nix, DJ Ryza, C Dubb, Alex-J, G-Funk, Dylisco, Achos, Az, Shaggz and guests. Star Bar, 160 Clarendon St, South Melbourne

DJ Marcus Knight & DJ Xander James drop sexy house, dance and drum and bass all night from 8pm. Free entry. Temperance Hotel, 426 Chapel St, South Yarra

TEXTILE Saturdays at Lucky Coq tick all the boxes so start your night early and stay til close! Famous $4 pizzas from 7-9pm (that’s dinner sorted) then from 9pm spread over two levels with DJs playing hip hop, funk, disco, house and electro. Rotating guests on both levels keep the tunes fresh. Free entry. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

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Get ready for the mega sounds at Empire, Melbourne’s epic new Saturday club night with 5 places to party! Mega sounds from top acts Hed Kandi, Piero and Chris Luder plus resident DJs Tate Strauss, Miss Sarah, Nova, Johnny M, Matty G, Dean T, Joe Sofo, Marcus Knight, Dinesh, Chris Ostrom, B-Boogie and Sarah Roberts. Co., Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

The brain child of the creative kids at 360 Agency and Seven Nightclub. The Weekend is here to put a smile on your dial every Saturday night. We want you to join the family. Dancing from 10pm weekly. Seven, 52 Albert Rd, South Melbourne

Stunning new venue in the heart of the city – one BIG Party! We bring you the best Top 40 dance, house & R&B in a state of the art venue you have to see! Eden, 163 Russell St, CBD

SUNDAY8TH SOUTH SIDE HUSTLE The perfect Sunday soundtrack with DJs Askew, Peter Baker, Booshank, Paz, Miss Butt, Junji, Disco Harry and guests. They will be laying down disco, afro beat and deep house til 3am. For lovers of good music - South Side Hustle. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

STAR BAR SUNDAYS The original and still the best Sunday in Melbourne. Star Bar, 160 Clarendon St, South Melbourne

SUNDAE SHAKE Our Signature serve. Each and every Sunday we play host to a self professed vinyl junkie caught between the golden years and boogie wonderland. A mouthful? Perhaps. Phato Amano perfectly sets the mood for an audio-adventure that redefines the dance floor weekly. Our Sunday aficionados Agent 86 and Tigerfunk stir up a full cream shake to the flavour of your liking. Forget everything you thought you knew about losing yourself to the grooves. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

EY:EM EY:EM at Lounge features residents Boogs & Who, who will host Melbourne’s top purveyors of club music, showcasing both local and international DJs playing the most upfront club music. With rotating DJs Dave Pham, Sleep D, Bryce Lawrence, Louis McCoy, Caine Sinclair, Glyn Hill & Toby Mackisack. Expect nothing but excellent house music all night long. And remember, clubbing happens in the EY:EM. $10 from 11pm. Lounge, 243 Swanston Street, Melbourne

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ENEI Hailing from St. Petersburg in Russia - an unlikely source for some seriously cracking drum and bass, but we’re glad that Enei is here to show us how it’s done. Tentatively beginning his career on Dutch label Fokuz, then branching out onto others such as Blu Saphir, Cyanide and Citrus, it came as no surprise that the big names of the industry were keeping an eye on his rapidlydeveloping talents - culminating in Kasra’s signing of Enei to seminal drum and bass label Critical just under two years ago. Releasing the Andy C-approved Cracker, One Chance and the much-lauded Stone Head EP in the short amount of time since, it’s looking like a move that will be paying off well for the label, culminating in him receiving the Best Newcomer Producer award at the end of 2011 at the Drum and Bass Arena Awards. Brown Alley, Cnr Colonial Hotel and Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

Google Hot Step and you’ll get a bunch of Vietnamese game reviews and Balkanese dances on YouTube. But that’s nothing like what you can expect to find within the confines of Bimbo on a Saturday night. Developing thick and heavy but altogether groovy, enjoy an eclectic mix of fairy floss funk, doom disco and monk movement minimal every week. Free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

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has prepared a veritable roster of exciting drinks and cocktails to fuel the fun, including Fresh coconut cocktails, Dr. Pepper, Electric Lemonade, Tecate, Thaistyle Buckets and Bubble Cup cocktails. Prince Bandroom, 29 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda

Put your hands in the air with some of Melbourne’s best party DJs, including including Mu-Gen, Lace em’ Tight and more. Eurotrash Bar, 18 Corrs Lane, Off Chinatown, Melbourne CBD

FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS It’s house, electro, dub, anthems, disco and funk with guest DJs Genetix, B-Two and Oohee rocking til the break of day. Doors open 10pm with $5 basics til midnight! First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

HOMECOMING In the grand tradition of past Saturday nights at the Prince of Wales, it will regain it’s rightful place on the pantheon of Australian dance music playing host to the best and most exciting EDM locally, nationally and internationally. Local residents include Generik, Oskar, Swick, Tranter, M.A.F.I.A., Streetparty DJs and Clip Art, and scheduled guests The Aston Shuffle, Tonite Only, The Swiss, Luke Million, Parachute Youth, Louis La Roche, Alvin Risk and more. In addition, Homecoming

MONDAY9TH IBIMBO Have you always wanted to be a DJ but been cruelly cursed with tone deafness and a general inability to version excursion? Well Bimbo Deluxe saves the day once again.. All you need is an iPhone and you’re set. Just download the free ‘remote’ application from the app store, log into the Bimbo DJ wireless network and you choose which song plays next. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

TUESDAY10TH BIMBO TUESDAYS Bimbo Tuesday’s have long been the discerning DJs midweek breath of fresh air. An opportunity to indulge in, and to each parade their individual takes on music. A night where by the weird and wonderful is not frowned upon but rather celebrated. Resident selectors Matt Radovich, Andras Fox and Henry Who draw from a colorful array of sounds that warm your midweek blues. From 8pm, free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

COSMIC PIZZA NHJ and friends host every Tuesday night upstairs at Lucky Coq. Playing uneasy listening, freaked out bass jams, romantic comedy disco, tropi-jazz, soundtracks and shit you won’t hear on the other nights. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

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RENNIE PILGREM BREAKS: PARTY PILGRIMAGE UK DJ and producer Rennie Pilgrem is well known as the godfather of breakbeat, if not, the pioneer of the nu-breaks sound. Now, releasing his anthology entitled The Best Of Rennie Pilgrem, 100% chats with the humble, humorous lad about the breaks scene ahead of what he has deemed his last tour Down Under. Most breaks fans know Rennie Pilgrem for starting out in UK hardcore breakbeat producer act Rhythm Section (releasing Feel The Rhythm [Comin’ On Strong]) and running TCR. His breaks tracks – particularly Like No Other and Hey Funky People – dominated sound-systems in clubs around the world and he’s been at the forefront since starting out in the scene somewhat 20 years ago. Now, Pilgrem is releasing a milestone anthology – The Best Of Rennie Pilgrem. Including some of his best work and some genuine classics from the breakbeat scene, releasing the anthology is something Pilgrem says felt right. “The time seemed quite right,” he says down the line from London. “I don’t think there’s been a lot of very exciting breaks for the last three or four years. There’s now quite an interesting scene with the future jungle stuff that’s sort of breaks at 140bpm – that’s like dubstep speed but proper breakbeat – which is quite exciting. For instance, in Spain which is a big market for breaks, they’ve gone mad for this retro sound where they get you over and they want you to play your classics, partly because there’s been a vacuum of good, new stuff. So I’ve been doing some sets and I thought, ‘Actually some of this isn’t even available for people to buy digitally’ so it seemed like a good idea [to release The Best Of Rennie Pilgrem].” Pilgrem says it was a bit of trip down memory lane putting the record together and obviously, there are a bunch of tracks which he’d have loved to included. “There were quite a few but then there’s nothing stopping me doing another one,” he says. “It was very nostalgic; I’ve still got copies on vinyl of everything. Obviously vinyl isn’t as important anymore whereas

10, 15 years ago; it meant everything so it has been an interesting, nostalgic little journey.” But, the release of this anthology isn’t the only nostalgic moment which Pilgrem is currently celebrating. This weekend marks the tenth anniversary of TCR, the label which Pilgrem started more than ten years ago and has been at the forefront of the breaks, rave, nu-funk and future jungle scene since it started. “It’s been going strong for 18 years,” Pilgrem says. To celebrate ten years running, TCR are putting on a BBQ, something they do every year. And, with the likes of Meat Katie, Pyramid, Terry Hooligan, High Eight, King Yoof, Pilgrem himself and more playing, it’s bound to be a ripper event. “We’ve got an incredible lineup really. It’s a big, free party that we’ve done every year and the main focus of it is great music and the main thing is to try and beat the drinking record at this bar every year,” Pilgrem says, half-jokingly. “It starts off quite civilised and then it’s serious, heavy drinking for 13 hours and having a good party.” Do you remember the first BBQ? “Vaguely,” he says, matter-of-factly. “People can’t believe it’s all free,” he says of the BBQ. “We’ve had people fly from Europe and Italy and stuff just to come to the party. We actually had a guy fly there, get a cab from the airport, party for 12 hours, get a cab to the airport home and then he had to go to work. Quite impressive. It’s an amazing party.” As a label, Pilgrem says TCR has changed greatly over the years. And, as much as the ten-year anniversary BBQ is a celebration of all good things for the imprint, Pilgrem has a realistic view when it comes to talking about the future of the label. “Over time it grew to have quite a very good roster of artists,” he says. “At the moment on the label now, I’m really only doing my stuff because since the whole digital way of buying stuff, most labels – economically — releasing other people’s stuff is not really worth it. Hopefully that might change but it’s too easy for people to get the music for nothing. For you to release someone else’s music and to promote it, just

means you’re going to lose a chunk of money each time. I think my way of getting new people would be to do a track and to get people to do mixes of it so that’s the way I do it now.” Now running a night called ‘Ruffneck’ alongside DJs and producers Jay Cunning and Jurassic, Pilgrem says his upcoming tour Down Under may well be his last ever visit to Australia. “Yes I think it could well be the last time,” he says, seriously, before adding, “because I’m now 78 years old (laughs). I’m not sure how long I’m going to be going all over the place and so yeah, I think it probably is.” But despite the upcoming tour registering as his last

tunes, when [it’s] clubs I’m playing deep.” As someone who is passionate about the genre he is always happy to pull out some favourites from his big collection. When it comes to performing both in the studio and on stage, it’s all about energy for this Russian record maestro. “I really love the process and everything depends on my music and my sets. So if I’m tired and hungry [the] tunes and sets are never good.” Like many DJs and producers before him, Enei needs his solitude when creating in the studio. “I definitely [like to] be in the studio alone. I need to totally focus on the beats.” Others have found recording on the road a rewarding process, not so for this DJ. “I tried but it’s not good for me. As I said I must be alone.” While a recluse in the studio, it was the party atmosphere and community elements that first drew a younger Alexey to drum and bass back in 2003. “When I started it was a big community but [it] was not really professional, so now we have less promoters but much better parties.” It was friends ultimately however that brought him into the scene. “They showed me some old school mixes and I loved it.” One of the most important elements of the genre

for Enei is what he calls the “bassline language.” After getting his first taste, he felt a real connection to the music and the way it flowed. Having released almost two dozen EPs and singles in his relatively brief career, the big question for fans of engaging style is when they can expect his highly anticipated debut album. “It’s coming out in October. Lots of good tunes with

Often it’s an internal battle like, ‘I wish I didn’t have this vice, is it bad? Is it affecting my health?’ but I’ve kind of gotten over that complex and just accepted that it’s part of who I am… I had this perception that I was a vague, stoner beat-maker and then I realised I had this other skill set to use.” Aside from being a DJ and producer, the skill set which Michel talks of is running the collective This Thing. Having started up roughly a year ago as a Google group that a bunch of similar, likeminded artists used to communicate through, Michel took it a step further and formed a collective. “There’s a whole bunch of us who are beat-makers, broadcasters and DJs, just people who are interested in music, and a lot of us were coming up and doing some interesting stuff and we all had a similar taste so we figured if we joined forces then we could probably do a lot of stuff,” he says. During the creation of This Thing, Michel was booking a late night venue called the Buffalo Club. “It enabled This Thing to have a platform because we had that monthly,” he says. Michel says This Thing has been really lucky in Australia in terms of recognition and opportunities and their aim is to now reach out overseas. “We’re going to America in July and we’re going to play some shows over there and we’re going to try and speak to some people and crew in terms of distribution,” he says. Michel has come a long way since dropping out of his composition course at WAAPA (“I was mainly only studying because my girlfriend at the time was studying

at the same institution as me and I didn’t have much else to do. It was a really good course but I just found myself making less music than I would normally”) and Boyfriend Material is just one collection of tunes which he plans on releasing this year. “I’ve got another EP following which will be four tracks in July,” he says. “I’m really going to be doing a whole retrospective I guess, a whole bunch of

possible tour Down Under, Pilgrem says Australia is one of his favourite places to tour. “I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad tour over there,” he says. “Even the last couple of times where they were saying, ‘Oh breaks is suffering, etc.’, I had a lot of great feedback where people were really pleased to hear it. Australia and Spain have been the best places in the world really for breaks.” Annabel Maclean Rennie Pilgrem [UK] plays the Royal Melbourne Hotel on Friday July 20.

ENEI RIGHT ON: RUSSIAN RAVER While to some, Russia may conjure up ideas of frosty, industrial type vibes, drum and bass sensation Enei could very well change perceptions. The St. Petersburg native, born Alexey Egorchenkov, is bringing his uniquely engaging and cinematic touch to the well-trodden genre. Cuts like the up-tempo Right On hint at his cultural roots while melding them with a sensibility more in touch with his brethren in the UK. The acclaimed Enei will be hitting Australia for the first time as he rocks Brown Alley this Friday. “I’m really happy. Last time, two years ago, I did New Zealand gigs but no Australia.” Even if his English is coming across the line in a broken form, his passion for what he does is obvious in his tone. Along with his visit to Kiwi land the bespectacled DJ-producer has steadily toured Europe since debuting on wax in 2007. Understandably his favourite spot happens to be the birthplace of drum and bass. “I really love [the] UK and Fabric club. [I] played there like two months ago. Really cool country, great people and drum and bass.” Having seen his share of both festival shows and more intimate venues, Enei likes a balance. “I like both, because it’s some other feeling. When I’m playing on a big festivals I drop some heavy mainstream

good MCs, vocalists and artists and also non-drum and bass tracks.” Andrew Hazard Hickey Enei [RUS] plays Brown Alley on Friday July 6.

WOOSHIE WATCH OUT FOR: THIS THING Melbourne-based beat-maker Dylan Michel, aka Wooshie, has just released his debut EP Boyfriend Material. The chilled out DJ and producer has been running This Thing, a collective home to the likes of Perth’s own James Ireland and Sydney producer Rainbow Chan. 100% chats with the lad who has been “smoking pot every day for the last ten years” of his life. Boyfriend Material is “a bit of a joke” according to Dylan Michel. “It’s just taking the piss out ofmyself,” he says down the line from his home in Brunswick where he’s currently living on a diet of juice and smoothies to get over the dreaded flu. Put together in a month (along with many other songs), Michel says the EP – and his sound in general – is about “trying to say a lot by using as minimal elements as possible”. “Basically anything to avoid vocals on my tracks just because I’d rather get those ideas across with sounds. A lot of it is simple and just really raw ideas,” he says. Based around relationships, the cover for the cassettes and artwork for the EP contains a pretty hilarious picture of Michel’s father sitting on a couch smiling. With luscious long locks and an engaging smile, it’s a smattering of awkwardness fused with humour. “I’m not really close to my dad or anything but I have crazy respect for him,” he says. “He’s an Oscar-winning cinematographer and a workaholic. I guess I have that sort of similar blind motivation. “I’ve been smoking pot every day for the last ten years and I find it keeps me motivated. I do a lot with my time.

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music I made when I was like 16.” Annabel Maclean Wooshie’s [AUS] Boyfriend Material EP is out now. He plays The Workers Club on Sunday July 8.

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WEDNESDAY4TH COMPRESSION SESSION Reggae at E55 every Wednesday night. Resident selectors play stricly vinyl. Free entry. 8pm. E55, 55 Elizabeth St, Melbourne CBD

THURSDAY5TH RHYTHM-AL-ISM Start the weekend early with Fusion’s Resident DJs. Music for your funkin’ soul. Special guests every week! Tonight marks the 12th Anniversary of Australian’s longest running R&B night, so make sure to get down for what will undoubtedly be a night to remember. Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

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beer on tap and a wide range of beers, wines and spirits. Every Friday evening DJ Jumps of The Cat Empire will take to the decks at the bar spinning his rare afro Latin funk vinyl collected from around the world from 6.30pm until late. Papa Goose Cocktail Bar, 91-93 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

SWEET NOTHING FRIDAYS DJ Marcus Knight and DJ Xander James spin hip hop, R&B and house tunes all night from 8pm. Free entry and early drink specials. Temperance Hotel, 426 Chapel St, South Yarr

This is it. Faktory Fridays are open for business at Melbourne’s home of R&B, Khokolat Bar. Where else? Damion De Silva, Ken Walker, Durmy, K Dee, Simon Sez, Yaths and Jacqui Dusk spinning all night long. Khokolat Bar, Basement, 43 Hardware La, Melbourne

LIKE FRIDAYS Like Fridays at La Di Da serves up R&B and electro house across two rooms giving you a fun filled end to your week. DJs Dinesh, Dir-X, Sef, NYD, Shaun D, Shaggz, Broz and more. La Di Da, 577 Little Bourke St, Melbourne

LIGHT The buzz is Light at RedLove every Friday. Hitting out that R&B flavour of old, new and everything in between! RedLove Resident DJs Stel, Harvey Yeah, TMC and Ripz on the wheels of steel from 6.30pm. If you don’t know, now you know! Check it! Red Love, Level 1, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne

THE LOOSE GOOSE The Loose Goose is focused on providing a wonderful array of cocktails and offers a great CBD location to lounge and relax in while overlooking busy Flinders Lane. A small plates menu is available to graze on whilst trying our delicious cocktails from the classics to contemporary,

RedLove Saturdays is all about solid classics from the ‘80s, ‘90s and into the ‘00s! Dropping beats of retro pop, disco classics, old school funk, and certainly some of that old school r&b and house to kick! RedLove Resident DJs Phil, HB Bear and Da Gato bringing down the house every Saturday night. If you’re looking for quality service, music to rock, sumptuous drinks and just a cold hard good time; look no further! Red Love, Level 1, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne

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THE NICE UP Tom Showtime presents The Nice Up. All flavours of hip hop, ghetto funk and reggae niceness provided. Sailor Jerry nice up the cocktails, Dos Blockos nice up the $5 beers. Fridays done proper. George Lane Bar, 1 George Lane, St Kilda

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All new experience, same great location with a fresh koat of Khokolat. Restless Entertainment reloads your favourite Saturday night party. Damion De Silva, K Dee, Jay Sin and weekly guests playing R&B & ol’ skool sounds strictly for the urban elite. Khokolat Bar, Basement, 43 Hardware La, Melbourne

KID MAC Kid Mac is certainly one to keep your eye on in coming years. Hailing from the south side of Sydney, he’s spent the past few years holed up in the studio assembling his debut album alongside Melbourne-based stalwarts Just as Nice – as well as releases such as Freedom and Nobody Sleep Nobody Get Hurt alongside a particularly badass collaborative effort with Mat McHugh of the Beautiful Girls. Also managing to hit in tours across the globe with Mickey Avalon, Brazil’s Marcelo D2, The Beautiful Girls, Bliss N Eso, The Game and highlight request from RZA to join Wu Tang Clan’s Australian tour, his debut LP has been a long time coming, and now that it’s finally here, we’re pretty freaking excited to see what Kid Mac’s got in store next. The seriously compelling sounds of No Man’s Land traverse everything from alternative, electro and indie rock tracks, and his live shows are a similarly spectacular affair. Saturday July 7, The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda

DR. OCTAGON Women’s health is an important issue that we as a society shouldn’t be afraid or embarrassed to talk about - which is why we’re all beyond pleased to hear that the Octagonecologyst will be landing in town again soon for an appointment of the utmost urgency. Okay, so the alias of Kool Keith might not have an M.D., or any clue about medical practise, and look, maybe heaps of his patients die during rounds, but he’s got skills nonetheless able to treat chimpanzee acne and moosebumps, and relocate saliva glands. That’s useful. He’s also rather well-renowned for pushing boundaries in the world of underground hip-hop - his ‘96 debut album the result of a visionary collaboration with the Jimi Hendrix of turntables, DJ QBert, and the hitherto-unknown producer by the name of Dan the Automator. Blunted has spent considerable time persuading Kool Keith to bring undoubtedly the strangest persona in hip hop history back to life - and the results are a series of world-exclusive shows, with Dr. Octagonecologyst being performed in full as a live production only Kool Keith could envision. Saturday July 14, The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda

HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE After stunning Harvest Festival-goers late in 2011, Chi-town brothers Hypnotic Brass Ensemble have announced their welcome return to Australia. Born and raised in Chicago, the eight siblings which make up Hypnotic Brass Ensemble have gone on to captivate audiences worldwide with their impeccable blend of jazz, soul, funk and hip hop. Support on the night comes from our very own soul-proponents Saskwatch, plus Judge Pino & The Ruling Motions. Thursday July 26, The Espy, The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda

After cancelling his planned visit for this year’s Supafest, Rick Ross is set to make do with an Australian tour this September. Rickay Rozay has established himself as one of the biggest titans in modern rap, guesting with the likes of Kanye West and Diddy and building the Maybach Music Group empire in the process. The tour comes after the long-awaited release of God Forgives, I Don’t. Thursday September 6, Festival Hall, 300 Dudley Street, West Melbourne

THE PHARCYDE Los Angeles hip hop outfit The Pharcyde have been kicking it together for two decades, now. Doesn’t feel like it, given their enduring reputation for cutting-edge, forward-thinking beats and rhymes. Go on, have a listen to Bizarre Ride II: The Pharcyde again, 20 years on - its sense of timelessness is a rare thing, with classics such as Oh Shit, Otha Fish, Ya’ Mama, and hit single, Passing Me By guaranteeing the record its rightful place in best-of collections by everyone from Pitchfork to the Source. It isn’t often a group with their cheeky self-deprecating and incisive humour come along - and set to make a return to Australia soon, we can guarantee this is one gig you definitely don’t want to pass you by. Thursday August 23, The Espy, The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda

ILLY Laying relatively low since absolutely smashing it last year with his sophomore LP The Chase, Illy has announced his return to the stage in preparation for his third LP. As well as showcasing his massive hits, none moreso than the ubiquitous It Can Wait, the tour will be the first chance for fans to hear material from the upcoming album. The first taste of the new record comes in the form of Heard It All, a single which is already gaining traction on national radio. Friday September 7, The Corner Hotel, 57 Swan Street, Richmond

BONE THUGS-N-HARMONY Grammy Award winning hip hop legends Krayzie Bone and Wish Bone from Bone Thugs-N-Harmony are returning to their “second home” Australia, having already sold out over 20 Australian performances in the past. Having reformed for a upcoming performance at Rock The Bells in August this year, the group have created their fair share of interest regarding the possibilities of a new album, and have been introduced to a new generation of hip hop fans thanks to the likes of Drake and Wiz Khalifa expressing their admiration. Thursday September 20, The Espy, The Espy, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda

RAINMAN AWE: TISM Whilst falling in love with music on long car trips is pretty standard – making it your lifelong journey is a little different. With Dad playing Peter Tosh, Bob Marley, Fela Kuti, Howlin’ Wolf and Rodriguez, and with Mum pumping Eurythmics, Pointers Sisters and Donna Summer – a career in music wasn’t going to be the longest odds in the end now, was it? Later, Rainman explains that he got into making mixtapes and mucking around beat boxing. “Then I started trying to write rhymes and freestyle – while also getting more into the DJ side of things,” he says. “I also picked up some turntables and learnt how to beat mix and cut. It was a gradual thing for me. “From there, pretty much all of the music that I heard as a kid inspired me and opened my ears to a world of music that I’ve been more than happy to soak up. I think now I hear it all through hip hop ears and think of how lyrics could be flipped in a hip hop context or sections could be sampled.” Indeed, hip hop was there at the right place and time for Rainman and he admits it wasn’t ever going to be anything else. “There was lots of interest in music in the family but there weren’t any instruments around and there wasn’t money there for music lessons or anything. Hip hop was just that thing that clicked for me and there weren’t any barriers like money in the way to start mucking around with it and try it out and start beat boxing and rapping and making little pause tape mixes and loops.” So, with second album, Bigger Pictures, complete, the man reckons he’s played more shows and written more tracks so there has been a natural progression with it. “I just wanted to build on what I’ve done before and continue to put my own spin on this music that I love and let more people have a chance to check it out. And I’m happy with it. I’ve continued to put my own spin on this music and it’s been getting pretty favourable reviews and responses so that’s been awesome. I know there’s always more I can put into it and that’s the beauty of it. The inspiration from the positive feedback gets me inspired to push things further for the next one.” Production duties on the album were handled between partner-in-crime Sammsonite, Rainman and others.

“Most of the tracks we did started off with me chopping samples and laying basic drums and working out a rough structure, then handing it over to him to build on. Beyond that, there’s Count Bounce from TZU, Chasm, DJ Bonez, Calski, Cam Bluff and Mangohig from Sietta. The direction with production was just to try make good music and keep it sounding interesting. “Once we got close to having an album’s worth of material, I spent a fair bit of time working out the final track selection and order so that I was happy with the flow of it as an album. In terms of writing, I wrote all the lyrics on the album and a few of the sung choruses other singers do as well.” And the influence was varied. Rainman continues with this: “I grew up mostly listening to US hip hop in the ‘90s because that’s where most of it was being made at the time – and obviously where it started. So it’s a massive influence, but so is the local scene now and so is life in general and music in general, social issues, politics – everything. For me, the challenge is fusing all these influences into something that respects all these influences.” Likewise, with the second album said and done, Rainman is already looking to album three. “It’s definitely not too early to think about it,” he professes proudly. “I’ve been involved with music as a ‘career’ since the late ‘90s when I started getting paid to DJ at house parties. For me, I have to make music and collect music and share music. I get pretty down if I have a long patch without that buzz of finishing off a new verse or a mix so either way I’m going to make music. Ideally, like a million other people, I’d love to live off music so if I can get things to that stage then that would be awesome. In the short term, I’m really keen to keep the momentum rolling and step up the release rate dramatically. It was five and a half years between albums!” As for the show, he claims you can expect a passionate sometimes humorous and soulful take on hip hop. “I’ll be packing Calski in the suitcase, who’ll be on the MPC punching out samples and drums and hitting you with some live beat flips and remixes. Calski and I have

“HIP HOP WAS JUST THAT THING THAT CLICKED FOR ME AND THERE WEREN’T ANY BARRIERS LIKE MONEY IN THE WAY TO START MUCKING AROUND WITH IT AND TRY IT OUT AND START BEAT BOXING AND RAPPING AND MAKING LITTLE PAUSE TAPE MIXES AND LOOPS.”

collaborated on a bunch of tracks for his album and I’ve also got DJ Butcher on board for the Melbourne show so he’ll be on cuts and occasional extras – even some vocoder! There’s a couple [of] album guests that live in Melbourne too so we’ll have some special guests get up in the set and do some tracks live for the first time. Ever.” Bring it. URBAN

RK Rainman’s [AUS] Bigger Pictures is out now through Born Fresh/Obese. He plays Laundry Bar on Friday July 6.

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WHERE TO NEXT? 29th Apartment 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9078 8922

The Lounge Pit 386-388 Brunswick St, Fitzroy 9415 6142

303 303 High Street, Northcote

Love Machine Cnr Lt Chapel & Malvern Rd, Prahran, 9533 8837

Abode 374 St.Kilda Rd, St.Kilda

Lucky Coq 179 Chapel St, Windsor, 9525 1288

Albert Park Hotel Cnr Montague & Dundas Pl, Albert Park, 9690 5459

The LuWOW 62-70 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 5447

Alia Lvl 1, 83-87 Smith St, Fitzroy, 9486 0999

Mercat Cross Lvl 1, 456 Queen St, Melb, 9348 9998

Alumbra Shed 9, Central Pier, 161 Harbour Espl, Docklands, 8623 9666

Mink 2 Acland St, St Kilda, 9536 1199

Back Bar 67 Green St, Windsor, 9529 7899

Miss Libertine 34 Franklin St, Melb, 9663 6855

Bar Open 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 9601

Misty 3-5 Hosier Ln, Melb, 9663 9202

Baroq House 9-13 Drewery Ln, Melb, 8080 5680

Mockingbird Bar 129 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 0000

Bendigo Hotel 125 Johnston St, Collingwood 9417 3415

Musicland 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 9359 0006

Bennetts Jazz Club 25 Bennetts Ln, Melb, 9663 2856

Neverland 32-48 Johnson St, South Melb, 9646 5544

Bertha Brown 562 Flinders Street, 9629 1207

New Guernica Lvl 2, Hub Arcade, 318-322 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 4464

Big Mouth 168 Acland St, St.Kilda, 9534 4611

Night Cat 141 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 0090

Billboard 170 Russell St, Melb, 9639 4000

Night Cat 279 Flinders Ln, Melb, 9654 0444

Bimbo Deluxe 376 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 8600

Noise Bar 291 Albert St, Brunswick, 9380 1493

Birmingham Hotel Cnr Smith & Johnston St, Fitzroy

Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote, 9489 3917

Black Cat 252 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6230

Old Bar 74 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 4155

Blue Bar 330 Chapel St, Prahran, 9529 6499

One Twenty Bar 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy

Blue Tile Lounge 95 Smith St, Fitzroy

Onesixone 161 High St, Prahran, 9533 8433

Boutique 134 Greville St, Prahran, 9525 2322

Order Of Melbourne level 2, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 6707

Brown Alley King Street, Melb,9670 8599

Palace Hotel 893 Burke Rd, Camberwell

Brunswick Hotel 140 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9387 6637

Palace Theatre 20-30 Bourke St, Melb, 9650 0180

Builders Arms 211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

Palais 111 Main Rd, Hepburn Springs, 5348 4849

Cabinet Bar 11 Rainbow Alley, Melbourne, 9654 0915

Palais Theatre Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 9525 3240

Caravan Music Club 95 Drummond St, Oakleigh

Papa Goose 91 Flinders Ln, Melbourne, 9663 2800

Caseys Nightclub 660A Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9810 0030

Penny Black 420 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 8667

Caz Reitops Dirty Secrets 80 Smith St, Collingwood, 9415 8876

Pier Live Hotel 508 Nepean Hwy, Frankston, 9783 9800

CBD Club 12-14 McKillop St, Melb, 9670 3638

Pony 68-70 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9662 1026

Chaise Lounge Basement, 105 Queen St, Melb, 9670 6120

Portland Hotel Cnr Lt Collins & Russell St, Melb, 9810 0064

Chandelier Room 91 Cochranes Rd, Moorabbin, 9532 2288

The Prague Hotel, 911 High St, Northcote, 9495 0000

Chelsea Heights Hotel Cnr Springvale & Wells Rd,

Pretty Please 61c Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 4484

Chelsea Heights, 9773 4453

Prince Bandroom 29 Fitztory St, St Kilda, 9536 1168

Cherry Bar AC/DC Ln, Melb, 9639 8122

Prince Of Wales 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9536 1168

Chi Lounge 195 Lt Bourke St, Melbourne, 9662 2688

Public Bar 238 Victoria St, North Melb, 9329 6522

Co. Lvl 3, Crown Complex, 9292 5750

Purple Emerald Lounge Bar 349 High St, Northcote, 9482 7007

Colonial Hotel (Brown Alley) Cnr King & Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 8599

Railway Hotel 280 Ferrars St, South Melb, 9690 5092

Commercial Club Hotel 344 Nicholson St, Fitzroy, 9419 1522

Red Bennies 371 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9826 2689

Cookie Lvl 1, 252 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 7660

RedLove Lvl 1, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9639 3722

Corner Hotel 57 Swan St, Richmond, 9427 9198

Retreat Hotel 226 Nicholson St, Abbotsford, 9417 2693

Cornish Arms 163 Sydney Rd, Brunswick

The Retreat Hotel 280 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 4090

CQ 113 Queen St, Melb, 8601 2738

Revolt Elizabeth St, Kensington, 03 9376 2115

Croft Institute 21 Croft Alley, Melb, 9671 4399

Revolver Upstairs 229 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5985

Cruzao Arepa Bar 365 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 7871

Rochester Castle Hotel 202 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9415 7555

Cushion 99 Fitzroy St, St.Kilda, 9534 7575

Rooftop Cider Bar, Cnr Swanston & Flinders St, Melbourne, 9650 3884

Damask 1/347 Burnswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 4578

Room 680 Level 1, 680 Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9818 0680

The Drunken Poet 65 Peel Street, West Melbourne, 9348 9797

Roxanne Parlour Lvl 3, 2 Coverlid Pl, Melb

Der Raum 438 Church St, Richmond, 9428 0055

Royal Derby 446 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 2321

Ding Dong Lounge Lvl 1, 18 Market Ln, Melb, 9662 1020

Roal Melbourne Hotel 629 Bourke St, 9629 2400

Dizzy’s Jazz Club 381 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 1233

Ruby’s Lounge 1648 Burwood Hwy, Belgrave, 9754 7445

Double Happiness 21 Liverpool St, Melb, 9650 4488

Saint Hotel 54 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9593 8333

E:55 55 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9620 3899

Sandbelt Live Cnr South & Bignell Rd, Moorabbin, 9555 6899

East Brunswick Club 280 Lygon St, East Brunswick, 9388 2777

Scarlett Lounge 174 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 0230

Edinburgh Castle 681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick

Seven Nightclub 52 Albert Rd, South Melb, 9690 7877

Electric Ladyland Lvl 1, 265 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5757

Spensers Live 419 Spencer St, West Melb, 03 9329 8821

Elwood Lounge 49-51 Glenhuntly Rd, Elwood, 9525 6788

Spot 133 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9388 0222

Empress 714 Nicholson St, Nth Fitzroy, 9489 8605

Standard Hotel 293 Fitzroy St, Fitzroy, 9419 4793

Espy 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda, 9534 0211

Star Bar 160 Clarendon St, South Melb, 9810 0054

Eurotrash 18 Corrs Ln, Melb, 9654 4411

Station 59 59 Church St, Richmond, 9427 8797

Eve 334 City Rd, Southbank, 9696 7388

Stolberg Beer Café 197 Plenty Rd, Preston, 9495 1444

Evelyn 351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 5500

Sub Lounge & Restaurant 168 Elizabeth St Melb, 0411 800 198

Ferntree Gully Hotel 1130 Burwood Hwy, Ferntree Gully, 9758 6544

Sugar Bar (Hotel Urban) 35 Fitztroy St, St Kilda, 8530 8888

Festival Hall 300 Dudley St, West Melbourne, 9329 9699

Temperance Hotel 426 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9827 7401

First Floor 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6380

Thornbury Theatre 859 High St, Thornbury, 9484 9813

Forum Theatre 154 Flinders St, Melb, 9299 9800

Tiki Lounge 327 Swan St, Richmond, 9428 4336

The Fox Hotel 351 Wellington Street, Collingwood, 9416 4957

Toff In Town Lvl 2, 252 Swanston St, Melb, 9639 8770

Fusion Lvl 3, Crown Complex, Southbank, 9292 5750

Tony Starr’s Kitten Club 267 Lt Collins St, Melb, 9650 2448

The Gallery Room 1/510 Flinders St, Melbourne, 9629 1350

The Tote Hotel 67 Johnson St, Collingwood, 9419 5320

Gem Bar & Dining 289 Wellingston St, Collingwood, 9419 5170

Town Hall Hotel 33 Errol St, North Melbourne, 9328 1983

George Basement, 127 Fitzroy St, 9534 8822

Trak Lounge 445 Toorak Rd, Toorak, 9826 9000

Gertrude’s Brown Couch 30 Gertrude St, Fitzroy, 9417 6420

Tramp 20 King St, Melb

Grace Darling Hotel 114 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 0055

Transport Hotel Federation Square, Melb, 9654 8808

Grandview Hotel Cnr Heidelberg Rd & Station St, Fairfield, 9489 8061

Trunk 275 Exhibition St, Melbourne, 9663 7994

Great Britain Hotel 447 Church St, Richmond, 9429 5066

Tyranny Of Distance 147 Union St, Windsor, 9525 1005

Grind N Groove 274 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville

Two of Hearts 149 Commercial Road, Prahran

Grumpy’s Green 125 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 1944

Union Hotel Brunswick 109 Union St, Brunswick, 9388 2235

Gypsy Bar 334 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 0548

Veludo 175 Acland St, St Kilda, 9534 4456

HiFi 125 Swanston St, Melb, 1300 843 4434

Victoria Hotel 380 Victoria St, Brunswick, 9388 0830

Highlander 11a Highlander Lane, Melb, 9620 2227

Wah Wah Lounge Lvl 1, 185 Lonsdale St, Melb

Hoo Haa 105 Chapel St, Windsor, 9529 6900

Wesley Anne 250 High St, Northcote, 9482 1333

Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 2329

Westernport Hotel 161 Marine Pde, San Remo, 5678 5205

Iddy Biddy 47 Blessington St, St Kilda, 9534 4484

Willow Bar 222 High Street, Northcote, 9481 1222

Jett Black 177 Greville St, Prahran

Windsor Castle 89 Albert St, Windsor, 9525 0239

John Curtin Hotel 29 Lygon St, Melb, 9663 6350

Workers Club 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 8889

Khokolat Bar 43 Hardware Lane, Melbourne, 039642 1142

Workshop Lvl 1, 413 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9326 4365

La Di Da 577 Lt Bourke St, Melb, 9670 7680

Yah Yah’s 99 Smith St, Fitzroy, 9419 4920

Labour In Vain 197A Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 5955

The Vine 59 Wellington St, Collingwood, 9417 2434

Lomond Hotel 225 Nicholson St, East Brunswick Longroom 162 Collins St, Melbourne, 9663 9226 Loop 23 Meyers Pl, Melb, 9654 0500 Lounge 243 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 2916

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KINGFISHA BY JAMES STAFFORD

Simmering away gently in the creative cauldron of Brisbane’s West End, the eclectic corner known for its working class ethnic roots and now a hub of café and counter culture, soulful dub-reggae outfit Kingfisha haven’t rushed to produce their debut album at all. Preferring to develop their sound in front of audiences on stages up and down the East Coast and at festivals celebrating Indigenous and South Pacifc islander culture, their lucious and incredibly smooth self-titled album is a triumph of home-grown, feel-good reggae with a distinct nod to Wellington skanking superstars Fat Freddy’s Drop. In addition to appearances at festivals including The Kuranda Roots and Island Vibe in Queensland and Shine On in Victoria, Kingfisha are currently enjoying some prized airplay both on national and community radio. It helps to have the Roots ‘N All host and Brisbane music guru Sarah Howells on your side, as bassist Shannon Green can boast, “It’s always good to have people in your home town on the radio, it actually counts for quite a lot, and that she’s roots focused is a big thing for us. She’s cool and a great supporter of her local scene and gets to air that to the nation, so yeah, she’s always been a good supporter.” The core trio of the group Anthony Green (vocals and effects), Drew Stevens (guitar and electronics) and Shannon Green (bass) are actually old school friends who have been playing music together on and off since their high school band Delirium rocked a birthday party in Redcliffe, the seaside town 45 minutes north of the Brisbane. Years later, another one of their better known projects Promiscuous Chrysalis (later shortened to Promiscuous) moved their act

to Melbourne but eventually disbanded. It was an active hiatus however, as Green explains, “After Promiscuous broke up we were meeting up every Monday to write songs and record, and we were just hanging out at the guitarist’s place to keep the ball rolling. We weren’t actually practicing as a band, but we were trying to write music and record demos and stuff like that.” In fact, one of the first ideas from those post-Promiscuous jam sessions features on the album. Green explains the origin of Olde Faithful, “That was a little guitar progression that I wrote, probably in about 2004, and at that time Anthony the singer was having a little trouble writing lyrics. So for a while not much was written in that regard, and it took a long time but one day Anthony said he’d finally written a melody to it and loved it, so it made a comeback so many years later.” The actual recordings can be heard layered into the album. “There’s an opening loop on that song, and that came straight from what we recorded about seven years ago, actually I forgot about that, but that was a cool little synth thing that

Drew wrote. It’s good in that regard, things can sit around, but as long as you record them, you have an archive of things that you can draw back on. Something you might totally forget about, years later the inspiration might hit and it becomes a song,” says Green. Kingfisha played their first shows in Brisbane years later and immediately gained notoriety for their polished sound, soulful song writing and Anthony’s smooth voice. Anticipated additions on any roots lineup, they even supported the Easy Star All-Stars earlier this year, but why, after all, did the album take so long? “I don’t know, I don’t know, I wish it had been done a couple of years ago, but you know, I guess it wouldn’t be what it is if we did,” contemplates Green. “Why did it take so long? I guess money a little bit, but not really, we had a couple of false starts, and we tried to record and produce it ourselves, and that didn’t quite work out, and then we thought we just needed to lay the money out and pay someone to produce it and it will get done and it did.” And how does it feel, to have it finally finished? “It does feel

good to get it out for sure, I’m just really happy for people to hear it all,” proclaims Green. They’re winding up their protracted launch tour in Melbourne with a show at The Thornbury Theatre, but these shows are part of a bigger goal to spread their music as far and wide as possible. Travel is the goal according to Green, “I guess we are really looking forward to potentially going overseas, that’s a big thing for us, just generally, and being able to travel with our music is pretty much our goal in life, and a goal in playing music is being able to travel. We’ve basically been waiting to get the album done before really pushing for that, but you really need a full-length album behind you before you get taken seriously in that regard. So that’s another great reason that the album’s out.”

“All the instrumentation is similar, because that’s our style. There’s always going to be organ and twangy reverb-y guitars, but we made sure we used David for all he was worth. We didn’t go to New York to make a thin-sounding basic album; we could’ve just done that in my bedroom like we did with the original demos. Instead, we used everything we could to make it sound full and big. You’ll be surprised – there are strings on some parts and we even got a horn section in for one song.” However, if latest single, Don’t Ever Want To Be Found is anything to go by, it shows that the rawness and rich, bluesy tones that attracted most to The Rubens in the first place isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. “We originally had to work out how raw we wanted to stay so that we didn’t piss off people in Australia who had heard Lay It Down and liked it for its rawness. But we also wanted the album to sound more beautiful, which created a constant struggle for us. We made sure we kept it rough and ‘human’, because we wanted to sound like a band – not just a bunch of overdubs playing,” Margin says. “To be honest, the hardest thing about making the record was having Lay It Down hanging over us the whole time.”

Now, the band is about to embark on its Don’t Ever Want To Be Found tour, and has already sold out shows at The Corner and Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory. However Sam says that the lads are in no danger of letting it get to their heads. “We’ve gotten used to people coming to our shows which is really weird. Now and again we have to remind ourselves how horrible it was to have to call up mates on the day of the show just to try and get 20 people in the room and make sure it wasn’t completely empty. It was soul-destroying stuff. Now, to hear that we’ve got nights sold-out, where everybody is there just to see us…it’s the best thing you can hope for when you’re in a band.”

your life is about playing shows and when you aren’t playing you think ‘eh, I can’t go out again’,” she explains. “But as far as music as a whole I think being a musician increases your music libido.” CB&TBR manage to combine the punch of old-school song structures with contemporary sonic textures and steering away from being labelled as a pure nostalgia band was something they focused heavily on. “The sound was already there and had a contemporary feel to it as well but I guess it was about making sure people didn’t think we were just a cover band…The focus and concept was there from the beginning. It was, when we first started, about the show and putting on an extravagant, over-the-top performance. We were lucky to have some great writers so the music came together quite well.” When you read descriptions of Clairy Browne the adjective “fierce” comes up a lot. The image of a fierce woman can sometimes conjure ideas of Margaret Thatcher, rather than an artist like Browne. Women are still finding their feet in all industries, including music, and strong role models are vital but focusing on an artist purely because they are female seems dated and unnecessary. Browne, however, takes it

all in her stride. “It’s definitely a talking point,” she says. “I think it’s really important to have strong female role models in music for sure. People always ask these commonplace questions like ‘she’s female; she’s tough’.” But what does tough mean to Browne? “I think it’s just about having a strength in conviction that doesn’t comply with normal ideals as to what a female should be. I think I maybe subvert normal ideals about what a woman should be in a band…People ask me about being tough or fierce or scary or formidable and I just do my thing, you know? I just do my thing when I get up there. If people want to identify with certain characteristics through the labels given to them then that’s fine, but I am just being myself.”

KINGFISHA launch their album at The Thornbury Theatre on Friday July 13, supported by King Charlie’s School Of Dub and Lotek (DJ Mode). Their self-titled debut album is out now through Uppercut Records/Vitamin.

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What a year it’s been for The Rubens. The four-piece was only hatched in early 2011, yet they’ve already scored a #57 spot in triple j’s 2011 Hottest 100, jetted across to New York to record their debut album with big-shot producer David Kahne, and now they’re getting ready to play a host of sold out shows and massive festivals around the country. Now they’ve returned to their hometown of Menangle, New South Wales, the three brothers, Sam, Elliott and Zaac Margin, along with good mate Scott Baldwin, have had some time to reflect on how they rocketed onto our radars. However, they’re still coming to terms with the sheer rate that things kicked off. “I don’t know what the hell just happened dude. The whole triple j Unearthed thing just came out of nowhere and since then it’s been the busiest and most intense seven or eight months of my life,” says frontman Sam Margin. “One day my mate called me up and said that Lay It Down was being played on the radio. Soon it was on high rotation and then there just seemed to be an amazing series of events that led to us actually having people at our shows. Before that it was pretty dire, but all of a sudden we had a crowd. It was awesome,” says Margin. Although much of the band’s progression can be attributed to the triple j airplay they received, Sam explains that jetting off to New York to record was something the band hooked up independently. “We sorted that out before triple j picked us up. A friend of ours is a mixing engineer and was over in France doing a workshop with producer David Kahne. He just dropped our track on the fly in the studio; David really liked it and agreed to produce us.” Grammy-winning Kahne has a mouth-watering credit list, producing everybody from Paul McCartney, to The Strokes, Regina Spektor, Tony Bennett and Sublime. With this in mind,

it was inevitable that there would be some initial nerves for The Rubens. “When I first met David I was a bit intimidated, until I realised he’s a really laid back guy. When it comes to music he’s pretty full-on – he’s kind of like a mad scientist. We had to work the same hours he worked, so that could be anywhere from midday until the early hours of the next morning. He can be pretty intense, but he balances it out by being a really funny dude. “New York was an amazing experience for us. David taught us so much about the industry and what it really means to write music and consider every little part of a song. We did a lot of pre-production where he basically tore apart our songs with us, put them back together and tweaked things here and there. The changes weren’t massive, but now we’ve listened back to the final masters we really notice the little things he did and we can understand why he was so pedantic about certain things. It all comes down to the fact that he truly gave a shit about our music,” says Margin. Working with David enabled the band to pursue the much bigger sound that they were unable to achieve from bedroom demos. “The album is probably going to be much bigger than people are expecting. Most people reference Lay It Down as The Rubens as that was the song that gets played on the radio. It’s quite a stylised song, but not all of our songs are like that. There are some more gospel-sounding soul songs on there as well.

THE RUBENS debut album is set to be released in September through Ivy League and the band play the Corner Hotel on Tuesday July 10 and Thursday July 12 (sold-out). They also play the sold-out Splendour In The Grass.

QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL WINTER WARMUP BY KRISSI WEISS

There is nothing quite like a laid-back festival by the sea during the infantile weeks of summer. Everyone in Melbourne and surrounds need to thaw out and bathe in an eclectic lineup of music held at an event known for its family-friendly vibe, inclusiveness and downright chilled energy. Exactly who is going to be on the line-up of the 2012 Queenscliff Music Festival is under wraps at this stage but the Queenscliff Winter Warm Up happening this weekend is the place to be to find out – and the lineup of the evening itself is probably a bit of a hint too. Amidst an evening of diverse indie music joy, the lineup will be announced. So for once, there are to be no blank stares at a computer screen waiting for a big reveal – live music will be celebrated with live music. Ah Queenscliff Music Festival, you charming creature. Clairy Browne of Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes fame, while not being a massive fan of the festival circuit, is looking forward to the allure that QMF brings. They are writing new material and setting themselves up for a residency at The Tote but first on the cards is the excitement of getting people ready for the QMF. Having ventured there in her younger days, Browne comments on the different personalities that festivals around this country seem to possess. “Everyone has a different opinion in the band,” Browne says as an early disclaimer. “I personally don’t like a lot of festivals that much and I prefer a more intimate space where someone has come specifically to see you. But I think the exciting thing about a festival is that you discover a lot of bands that you would not

have otherwise seen so it’s an open forum for discovery. I hate port-a-loo’s and stuff,” she says laughing. “But there is at least an environment where everyone is there to support live music…I hate the wastoid festivals and Queenscliff is not like that at all. They have really well-known bands, they take pride in good musicianship and the crowd are really engaged. There aren’t a million teenagers on ecstasy, let’s say that. It’s a bit family and it’s a bit more refined so I really like this one.” With her band climbing the indie ranks with relative ease, her gigging schedule (or as it should be called, work) means that time at home is precious and ingesting new music is best achieved in a lounge room or other such domestic space. “Sometimes it gets hard to be a fan of live music because

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THE QUEENSCLIFF WINTER WARMUP, featuring Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes, Electric Empire, Chase The Sun, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and DJ Vince Peach along with the 2012 festival lineup revelation takes place on Saturday July 7 at the Point Lonsdale School Hall. There’s even a free shuttle bus. Beat Magazine Page 39

INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS & GOSSIP

With Christie Eliezer * Stuﬀ for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm FLAMING LIPS SET NEW RECORD The Flaming Lips set a new Guinness World Record for most live shows in a 24-hour period. They did eight in a clappedout bus called The Endeavour. They beat Jay-Z who in 2006 travelled in his private jet to do seven between Atlanta to Las Vegas. They started in Memphis, through Mississippi and ended in New Orleans. “An absurd joy”, Lips leader Wayne Coyne said.

MARTY SMILEY JOINS CHANNEL [V]

mischief” with a run of special shows between July 18 to 22 that includes Jen Cloher, Cash Savage and The Bedroom Philosopher. Irresistible owner Sandra Eunson has hosted rock, country, jazz and electronica, and survived noise complaints, anti-smoking costs, oppressive licensing laws and the gentriﬁcation of the North Fitzroy neighbourhoods. See theempresshotel.com.au.

VENUES #4: NORTHCOTE THEATRE HITS 100 YEARS

Melbourne’s Marty Smiley was named new presenter for Channel [V]. He joined a nationwide search which saw 6,000 apply online. Smiley, 21, is an art student, youth worker at Reach Foundation and ‘80s tragic who wanted to be on TV after seeing U2 and Pearl Jam play together at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl at 15.

The Northcote Theatre on High Street (now known as The Regal Ballroom) is celebrating 100 years since it was built by architect Edward Twentyman Jnr. Until Friday July 27, it’s reverted back to its original name and hosting bands, cinema, burlesque and pop up shows. See northcotetheatre.com.au.

VENUES #1: THE BRIDGE OPENS IN CASTLEMAINE

Matt Corby’s Into The Flame EP has been certiﬁed four times platinum, in the wake of a sell-out national theatre tour which sold 15,000 tickets in a few days. The EP’s lead track Brother, which has exceeded 2 million streaming views on YouTube, is starting to break in Europe.

The Bridge Hotel in the Central Victorian goldﬁelds town of Castlemaine from this week opens its doors to live entertainment every Wednesday to Sunday. Coming up are Dave Graney, Toot Toot Toots (well they just shot the video for their song Fool’s Gold just outside Castlemaine), Courtney Barnett and Harry Howard & The NDE. Brendan Noonan and Kat Hamilton (former managers of The Northcote Social Club and The Old Bar, respectively) took over the 1860 venue at the beginning of the year and been restoring it. At 21 Walker St, they’re on Facebook at facebook.com/pages/TheBridge-Hotel-Castlemaine/342922999057229 and Twitter at TheBridgeCmaine.

VENUES #2: FLYING SAUCER LANDING IN ELSTERNWICK The Flying Saucer lands in Elsternwick at 4 St Georges Road. It is the latest project of the Caravan Music Crew who run the Caravan Club in Oakleigh and the Carnival Of Suburbia Festival. Set in an art deco building with a bluestone ﬁreplace and candlelit tables, the format mixes contemporary music, cabaret, spoken word, burlesque, comedy and musical theatre. The Saucer takes oﬀ on Sunday August 5 when The Revelators (Joe Camilleri, James Black, Joe Creighton) reunite for a three-Sunday residency. Tickets and more info via facebook.com/FlyingSaucerClub.

VENUES #3: EMPRESS CELEBRATES 25 YEARS

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CORBY BURSTS INTO FLAMES

THINGS WE HEAR * In a blow to the music press, Brisbane weekly Rave closed suddenly after 21 years (drop in advertising) while UK’s The Word wound up after nine years. * In an “ouch, that must hurt” moment, US popette Ke$ha tattooed the words ‘Suck It’ on her bottom lip. * During a performance of Ziggy: The Songs Of David Bowie in Sydney things got so, umm, sensual that a couple did it right there on one of the seats. We’re not sure if it was during Rebel Rebel and the line “your face is a mess”…. * Radiohead postponed Europe after the crashing of the stage which killed their drum tech, but promoter Chugg Entertainment says Oz dates are not aﬀected. * A statement from Meredith Music Festival says they’re launching their own eucalyptus-strong fragrance (“Move over Britney!”) and want punters to name it. * Gaming giant Sega is closing down its Australian business as part of a “restructure” that sees oﬃces in France, Germany, Spain, and Benelux close. * The Used are banned from performing in Canada for ten years due to singer Bert McCracken’s criminal record from his teens. The band did some US shows near the Canadian border so Canadian fans could drive over to see them. * Tim Rogers joined Lil’ Band O’Gold in Melbourne twice doing Zep and AC/DC tunes.

* Jay-Z’s security guys kicked in the door trying to get at Jessie J: surely an entire A Current Aﬀair segment here. However it was because she and a girlfriend got locked in the backstage toilet at a Jay-Z open air festival.

SONY-LED GROUP BUYS EMI MUSIC PUBLISHING Just hours after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission greenlighted its $2.2 billion buy-out of EMI Music Publishing, the Sony-led consortium finished off the sale. The group included Sony Corporation, the Michael Jackson estate, David Geffen and some financial companies. EMI will lose 326 jobs over two years. Impala, the European trade group for indie labels, said it would fight harder to stop the Universal buy-out of EMI’s recorded music business.

ARTS VICTORIA GRANTS OPEN FOR APPLICATION Arts Victoria’s 2012-13 arts funding programs are open for applications from Victorian artists and arts organisations. Premier and Minister for the Arts Ted Baillieu said. “Our arts sector is part of what gives the state its competitive edge. It enhances the livability of our communities and is a strong economic driver, creating jobs and attracting tourism and other economic beneﬁts to Melbourne and regional and rural Victoria.” Grants include arts development, community partnerships, contemporary and live music development, education partnerships, Touring Victoria and International, which supports opportunities for cultural exchange, touring and export. See arts.vic.gov.au/grants.

GIVE HIM ENOUGH ROPE Money For Rope bassist Michael Cini was one of the casualties of the Reclink Community Cup. A tackle broke his arm. He’ll be in a metal plate which should be out in time for the 2013 Cup, with quips about “Iron Man” hopefully having quelled by then. Cini was replaced by The Vasco Era’s Ted O’Neil for Money For Rope’s current This Epic Tour with Kingswood and Damn Terran.

PRESS PLAY: GET YOUR MUSIC HEARD Music Victoria, The Push and APRA/AMCOS are holding a series of free evening workshops on how to get your music out there and connect with an audience. The ﬁrst two are in Ballarat and Wangaratta. Geelong’s on Tuesday July 10 at Courthouse Arts with Brigitte Stone (Forte), Mark Hyland (Bay FM), Ted O’Neil (The Vasco Era) and Patrick Donovan (Music Victoria). The Melbourne workshop on Thursday July 12 at Abbotsford Convent with Josh Gardiner (VICE), Muscles, Katie Lio (BigPond Music), Con Kalamaras (APRA) and Bek Duke (Music Victoria). See musicvictoria.com.au/ events/workshops

NEW SIGNINGS #1: MOJO JUJU GOES ABC ABC Music signed Mojo Juju, co-founder songwriter and singer for noir punk/garage swing band The Snake Oil Merchants. Five years later, her debut self titled album is out on September 14. It draws inspiration from the jazz age, early blues and Latin American ‘Pachuco’ culture of the ‘30s and ‘40s.

NEW SIGNING #2: UK DEAL FOR HERMITUDE

LIFELINES Expecting: Adele, 24, her first child, with boyfriend Simon Konecki. Married: jewellery designer Jade Jagger, 40, and DJ and festival producer Adrian Fillary, in the Cotswolds, UK, while father Mick Jagger sang You Can’t Always Get What You Want for their first dance. Hospitalised: R. Kelly midway through interviews for his new memoirs SoulaCoaster, for complications due to surgery on his vocal chords last year. Hospitalised: Pete Doherty checked into The Cabin Chiang Mai rehab centre in Thailand to beat his smack and crack coke addiction for good. Hospitalised: 50 Cent has been released after undergoing tests on his neck and back following a horrific car crash in New York. Injured: Athol Guy of The Seekers, 12 stitches to forehead and treated for shock after a car slammed into his after he pulled off the highway to take a call. Arrested: Lamb Of God singer Randy Blythe, for manslaughter when the band returned to the Czech Republic for shows. It concerned a 2010 incident when he got in a fight with a man in a Prague nightclub. The man died from injuries. Fined: Jackson Eales, 22, hit with a $2,000 fine and conviction after he pleaded guilty in the Geelong Magistrates Court to recklessly causing injury at Home House Nightclub in March last year. Eales’ friends got involved in a shoving match with other males, and Eales twice punched a man which left him unconscious and broken nose. In Court: U2’s Adam Clayton’s former personal assistant of 17 years, Carol Hawkins, was convicted of embezzling €2.8 million from him over four years to buy 22 horses, a car and pay for overseas travel and her children’s film courses. She will be sentenced this week. In Court: Lauryn Hill pleaded guilty to not paying taxes for three years on earnings of $1.8 million. She is sentenced in November. Suing: US basketballer Tony Parker of the San Antonio Spurs is hitting the New York club where Chris Brown and Drake fought over Rhianna, for $20 million saying he suffered eye injuries during the dust-up. Sued: Jessie J by Californian singer Will Loomis who claims her Domino took a huge portion from his 2008 song Bright Red Chords. In Court: Anthrax settled their lawsuit with former singer Dan Nelson, who sued for $2.65 million damages after they reunited with Joey Belladonna. He’ll get cash and royalties for some tracks from their album together. In Court: One Direction are counter-suing the US band with the same name, accusing them of cybersquatting and unfair competition. In Court: Flo Rida has to pay $7,000 to his former personal assistant Mahogany Miller. She says he paid her a measly $3.08 an hour, and sacked her when she complained. Flo didn’t respond to the suit in time, and told the judge the papers were wrongly sent to some woman called Stephany Nelson whom he didn’t know to the wrong address. Turned out she worked for him!

NSW hip hop band Hermitude signed a worldwide deal with UK-based Regal Parlaphone, with single Speak Of The Devil playlisted on BBC Radio 1.

NEW SIGNING #3: HALFCUT GET FAITH New Shock imprint Halfcut signed Japan’s Crossfaith, releasing their Zion EP on August 10. Formed in Osaka in 2006, Crossfaith are credited with popularizing hardcore/ metalcore music in Japan.

McARTHUR LEAVES NEWS TICKETING

Q&A CROOKED SAINT Where would you like to be in ﬁve years? The 60s. Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it? Hell yeah. I like to get a handful of people to grab me by the shoulders and perforate my eardrum by screaming, ‘Do you ever get nervous?’ If someone made a movie about your life, who would play you? Denzel Washington. Actually, that is ridiculous. He is way too old. If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why? A Milky Way, because it’s mostly just air. What do you think a band has to do these days Beat Magazine Page 40

to succeed? Insult a minority on Twitter? Get a reality TV show? Who knows, really. What’s your favourite song, and why? At the moment it is Honky Tonk Heroes by Waylon Jennings, because it took a lot to knock Jesus, Etc. by Wilco oﬀ its perch. When’s the gig and with who? Our single launch is at the Evelyn on Saturday July 7, with our buddies The Rumors and The Corsairs.

News Ticketing CEO Adam McArthur has left the company to set up a start-up in the ecommerce area. Chief operating oﬃcer Harley Evans has been named acting CEO. News Ticketing comprises of Moshtix and Foxtix. McArthur expanded the market share and client list of both agencies.

GERMAN DISCOTHEQUES BATTLE FEE RISES Last Saturday, 2,000 discotheques in Germany went silent for five minutes at 23.55 in protest against German Collection Society GEMA’s rise in tariffs. The discotheques say that a 1,400% rise in fees from 2013 will force many to close down or increase admission charges. They predict a loss of 100,000 jobs and a rise in illegal outdoor raves. GEMA sniffs that it is asking for 10% of admission charges, a standard rate through most European countries. They are now paying 30 or 40 euros a day for music to play all night.

WE’RE ONLY HERE FOR THE BEER Front End Loader teamed with Young Henry’s Brewery to release an “evil” 6.66% pale ale. They call it “a dream come true, a career high… and it absolutely shits all over winning an ARIA.” Meantime, The Music Network revealed Kiss’ Destroyer Beer (4.7% alcohol, since you asked), brewed in Sweden is now available in Perth and Adelaide. Presumably the Swedes will work out there are other cities in Orstrailia as well.

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OBESE LAUNCHES OBESE TV Obese Records unveiled a new website (obeserecords.com) which will include the web-based TV show Obese TV. Set to launch on Thursday July 28 and hosted by Huw Joseph, it will each month provide behind the scene insights of the label through shop segments, artist interviews, live shows and label news. The new streamlined website hosts a store, a retail blog, Twitter feeds and later music videos, as well as tenth year anniversary compilation Obesecity 2.

CEBERANO SETS NEW RECORD The 2012 Adelaide Cabaret Festival – the ﬁrst with Kate Ceberano as artistic director – set a new box oﬃce and attendance record in its 12-year history. It drew 40,000, up 12% from last year. Thirty of the 143 performances were sellouts. Ceberano is back at the helm for the 2013 Cabaret Festival from June 7 to 22.

TITLE OPENING NEW STORE The TITLE: Music Film Books chain has opened a new store in Melbourne city (Hardware St) in addition to those in Fitzroy, Northcote and Brunswick.

KINGSWOOD FOR SPLENDOUR Melbourne band Kingswood joined the Splendour In The Grass festival in Byron Bay as part of a Triple J unearthed quest. The other three winners were locals. Kingswood recently released a single Medusa to follow Yeah Go Die.

SGV EYE US MARKET Skipping Girl Vinegar are planning to head oﬀ to tour the US later this year, following the June 25 release there of their Chase The Sun EP.

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KITCH CAFÉ Do you have specific dietary requirements and find that ordering breakfast at a café can be an unnecessarily arduous chore? And that you’re served a meal that looks far less than appetising? Kitch Café in Kensington understand this, and has started baking their own, freshly home-made gluten free bread to accompany a made-to-order breakfast, which is available all day. Pop in and try one of the homemade cakes and muffins – you won’t be disappointed! 512 Macaulay Road, Kensington.

UPON THIS ROCK CAFÉ Union Road presents a multitude of cafés, however, one particularly stands out. Situated on the corner of Union Road and Munro Street, the new owners have transformed this period building into a vibrant hub for couples, families and groups. Experienced baristas proudly serve organic coffee, and the menu is not only extensive, but very affordable. For lunch, the lamb shanks are a dead set winner, particularly during this chilly season. Offering a range of delicious breakfast options, a toasty open fire place and a complementary freshly baked mini muffin with every coffee served, what more could you ask for? Reservations are available via uponthisrock.com.au or 03 9372 7566. 196 Union Road, Ascot Vale.

PIZZA E VINO Northcote’s favourite pizza restaurant, Pizza E Vino, are offering a special deal right now, which is sure to drive out your winter blues. For just $19.90, you can grab any 9” pizza, plus a glass of wine. To top it off, we recommend you give the dessert pizza a whirl. Open till late, 6 days, 232 High Street, Northcote.

She’s back! Cake Bar is taking place once again and it’s time to let all of you know about this next wicked installment: Cake Bar’s ‘Cold Winter In Hell’. Love Child/Demon’s Spawn, Cake Bar is ripped from the loins of MVIIX’s musical curiosity and Cake Boy’s inappropriate need to over indulge. Each event is a six week labour – from recovery, to theme, concepts and prototyping – and is finally birthed on the floor of Storm In A Teacup, end of term on a Wednesday night. All new music, all new desserts and all new ways to inspire or offend. How can something so rude be so sweet? So come di(n)e with us, be gluttonous and eat cake. Lust over a ritualistic three-course dessert degustation and cocktail. Cold Winter in Hell caused us to reflect upon frozen lands, lost souls and the disturbing late ‘60s horror flick Rosemary’s Baby. Satan spins his records backwards with a soundscape to compliment your meal featuring tracks by Massimo and Pierce, Grimes, Drums of Death, Ekova and the soundtrack of the film Ravenous. Some items in the Devil’s Pantry: clementines, goat’s milk, rosemary, cloves, dark chocolate and ice. It may be greedy or immoral, but it’s not illegal. Make a choice: eat cake or die! ‘And The Devil awoke bathed in an icy swe(e)t’ - La Revolte des Anges by Anatole France, (1844 – 1924). Bookings are essential and can be made through Storm In A Teacup 03 9415 9593 or CAKEBAR@mail.com Two sittings available 6.30pm or 9pm. $50 three-course dessert degustation and a cocktail. Temptation awaits. Life is short, eat cake. Storm In A Tea Cup is located at 48A Smith Street, Collingwood.

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YOUTH LAGOON BY ANDREW GEVES

Trevor Powers is an over-laugher. Some might attribute it to nerves, but in the hands of the Idaho-born 22-year-old better known by the stage moniker Youth Lagoon, over-laughing becomes a device semi-consciously employed to put his fellow interlocutor at ease. Finding myself in this position and similarly prone to the gratuitous guffaw, I’m appreciative that Powers – the lo-fi musician whose 2011 debut LP The Year Of Hibernation was released to high acclaim – is chortling heartily at utterances that are less than smirk-worthy. Our chat transitions from complementary to mutually excitative so quickly that the enthusiastic timbre of our transaction aligns with conversations that transpire between children playing make believe and the elderly exchanging photographs of their grandchildren. The dynamics of conversing with Powers bringing to mind such pan-generational scenarios is fitting, given Powers’ keen attunement to life’s seasons. “Youth has such an impact on the rest of your life. It is a real fork in the road that sets the stage for everything,” he says, describing the inspiration behind his stage name. “I started obsessing over how crucial the teenage years are. I thought of all these kids and teenagers swimming in the water hole of a small town, some with friends on a tyre swing. I liked that imagery”.

The importance of adolescence notwithstanding, Powers doesn’t view the past through rosetinted glasses. “It’s not about idealising the past,” he suggests, before further musing, “I think to grow as a person, you need to examine your past and then deal with the future. If I had to rank them in order of what I want to dwell on, it would be: the present, the future and then the past. Sometimes I get too caught up in the future and I waste the present. This is one of my biggest struggles. Lately I’ve been working on focusing on the present. It is by far the most important. The past is last”. A slightly self-conscious pause follows before Powers adds, “Does that make sense?” It makes perfect sense, actually, especially given the video Powers recently released for Montana, one of the most viscerally emotional tracks on The Year of Hibernation. “If I was to generalise, Montana is about loss,” summarises Powers. “My really good friend Tyler Williams shot the video. His interpretation of the song was so important to me because his brain is wired much more towards cinematography than mine. We met and talked about how we wanted to present the overall feeling of loss but Tyler took it to this whole other place. He deserves the credit because he thought up this whole storyline. He came over and showed me the final product in my living room and I was like, ‘Oh my god dude that is incredible!’ I was surprised and speechless. He just captured it, y’know?” Do I. With its visuals uncannily matching the affective intensity of its sound, the video for Montana poignantly, beautifully and powerfully depicts the tangible way in which – to paraphrase the psychoanalyst Hans Loewald – ancestral ghosts from the past can continue to haunt the present. Considering the force of feeling with which Montana and other Youth Lagoon tracks are imbued, I ask Powers whether he is able to distance himself from experiencing strong emotion when he performs. “Every time I play the songs live I have to experience them again or it just comes off as fake,” he admits. Doesn’t that make performance exhausting? “Sometimes it can be draining but at the same time it’s beautiful. As soon as the music starts you’re in a different place. I see it as time travelling. You’re reliving things; you’re experiencing the future. Some of the songs even take me to places that I’ve imagined. It’s the exact way that I’m wired as a human being. It’s my element.” Talk of time travel and exploration of imaginative realms makes being naturally wired to be in one’s element during music performance sound very appealing. Yet Powers suffers from severe anxiety – something about which he has been endearingly open in past interviews. “I think everyone has anxiety,” he elaborates. “For most people it’s about pretty normal things but for me it’s about unreal things that don’t make sense. It’s like a nightmare. You wake up and you feel like it just happened but it didn’t.” I wonder aloud how this nightmarish anxiety fits with Powers’ feeling of being in his element during music performance. “It’s funny because when I’m in my element I still struggle with anxiety but know more how to deal with it,” Powers explains. “Anxiety morphs into different forms rather than ever truly going away. I still battle with it daily but I’ve been learning more about myself; what kinds of things help, what kinds of things destroy me.” Further opportunities for self-exploration in the near future seem likely as Powers has purposefully scheduled fewer performances for the remainder of the year so he can devote his time to writing new material. As two of these performances will involve his return to Australian soil, what does Powers enjoy most about our country? “The people are so kind,” he enthuses, “Not that there’s not kind people elsewhere but Australia has a totally different vibe than the rest of the world. There’s something about Australia that really hits home. I love it.”

YOUTH LAGOON will play The Corner Hotel on Sunday July 29, as well as performing at the sold-out Splendour In The Grass.

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HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE BY JACK FRANKLIN

On stage, the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble are loud and loose, a magnificent mash-up of jazz, funk, soul and hip hop. Eight brothers born and raised in the crime-riddled south side of Chicago, they bounce off each other and across the stage like a Warner Bros cartoon. Their show, their sound is larger than life, the band is the brothers on brass (four trumpets, two trombones, a euphonium, a sousaphone) and drums. When they get going they sound huge. Off stage however, based on my chat with Gabriel Hubert AKA Hudah, they seem intensely locked down and guarded. I would go so far as to say Jackson Five levels of weird, right down to controlling father and regimented childhood rehearsals. “I grew up in a household where music was more than a focus, it was a way of life,” Hudah says of taking up the trumpet. “As a child, we had to wake up early to be ready to play at six in the morning. There was regular life outside the home, but inside the house it was our parents’ world. It was a beautiful thing but as a child, it also became a job. So some of the fun was taken out of it. But it was something great too, it gave us the gift of identity as children, because our parents never expected all of us to play horns. It was different but great at the same time.” Hypnotic is the eight sons of jazz trumpeter Phil Cohran, and based on last names I am guessing three different mothers. I have tried and failed while watching their live shows to guess who is the eldest but it sounds like as kids they were all singing from the same hymn sheet, their father’s. “In the beginning, when we first started learning music, my father was teaching the community, on the Southside,” Hudah explains. “If parents wanted their child to learn music they went to our father. So we started going. After a while, if they couldn’t afford to keep coming or the kids didn’t practice enough they would drop off, so it became just his children, us. It wasn’t like after we got involved we could just stop like the others, so we just kept playing.” It is all that playing that got them their sound. Hypnotic isn’t just a cool name; that is how they found a sound, by getting lost in the brass, Hudah says. “It pretty much went like this. When we were young, one of the things we used to do is play for a very long time as a form of meditation, and from those long jams we starting developing our sound. We started playing off each other’s energy, so that is how are sound and music was cultivated. But we need to be heard. We didn’t want to sit up in clubs, we felt the world wouldn’t hear us, so we went to tourist areas and played the streets.”

“WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, ONE OF THE THINGS WE USED TO DO IS PLAY FOR A VERY LONG TIME AS A FORM OF MEDITATION, AND FROM THOSE LONG JAMS WE STARTING DEVELOPING OUR SOUND.” This is where the band really started finding their success, playing markets, tourist areas and streets all across America. And it hasn’t let up. They have played and toured with Mos Def, Aquilla Sadalla, Phil Cohran, The Recipe, Nomadic Massive, Tony Allen, Wu Tang Clan, De La Soul, Prince, Femi Kuti, Gorillaz, B52’s, Blur and The Family Stone. They even had their track War used in The Hunger Games. But Hudah isn’t letting himself get carried away, he has the head of a businessman, giving me visions of a Joe Jackson ruling the roost. “We want to continue to ride this train and see where it takes us. You can’t go too far in any industry, I guess, without people having to cut people in and allowing their input. We are just waiting for the right opportunity to present itself, or to present ourselves to the right people. When that happens you will definitely see us form alliances with somebody who can put us on a platform that takes us to another level. Until then we will be doing our independent thing, it’s got us this far. You want to be aware of the things that you are signing your name on. You want to be aware of the things that you are lending your music to in licencing. You need to know what you are getting into. There is no excuse to fall victim to those things these days. But our careers are still in a fledgling stage. I judge success by where I am today, because I can see where I came from but I don’t know what the future has in store for me.” HYPNOTIC BRASS ENSEMBLE, supported by Saskwatch, Judge Pino, and The Ruling Motions, will shake the walls off the Gershwin Room at The Espy on Thursday July 26. They also play the sold out Splendour In The Grass, taking place at Belongil Fields Byron Bay from Friday July 27 - 29.

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WHITE ARROWS BY PATRICK EMERY

Mickey Church’s life so far is one of radical extremes. Born in Los Angeles, Church spent the first 11 years of his life legally blind, before a combination of ophthalmological treatment and natural correction largely corrected the underlying problem. Church’s early school years were unhappy, with both Church and his brother Henry enrolled in a school with a rigid curriculum and disdain for creativity; some years later, Church found solace in college in New York, where his previously encumbered creative streak was unleashed with abandon. And it was in the more liberal artistic realm of New York that the concept White Arrows, Church’s iconoclastic pop-psych-garage-electronic outfit was conceived. “It took me moving to New York and then back to LA to appreciate all the things I had growing up in LA or the things that were right in front of me,” Church recalls. “I had never surfed before even though I’d lived my entire life in LA, but when I came back to LA I started surfing. It was funny because it took a bunch of perspectives for me to appreciate things. So since I moved back from such an intense urban environment it’s like I appreciate all these things geographically that California has to offer, and space.” Church had grown up in a musical family with both his father and brother Henry accomplished percussionists. “My dad studied African percussion at CalArts in California, so we’d always grown up on music. As a family we’d always been a huge appreciator of music, and we were encouraged to play music at a young age.” Church had learnt piano at a young age, and wrote his first tune in high school. “No one has ever heard that song, and no-one ever will hear that song!” he laughs. Church’s impaired sight had begun to correct itself when he was 11, when the rods and cones – the photoreceptors that act together to capture images – in his retina naturally began to gravitate back together. “It’s more common than people think,” Church says.

“They can either move further away, in which case you go blind, or they contract and move closer together, and your eyesight slowly improves, which is luckily what happened with me.” At college in New York Church recorded a few tracks under the moniker White Arrows, without ever giving the idea of forming a ‘real’ band serious attention. “Afterwards when I found that people were kind of liking the music, I decided to give it a real shot,” he says. Back in Los Angeles, Church hooked up with his brother Henry on drums, Andy Naeve on keyboards and electronic beats, JP Caballero on guitar and Steven Vernet on bass. “Now all the songs are pretty well written by me and Andy,” Church says. “It’s a lot better in my opinion to be able to bounce something off someone. If you’re alone in your own head you tend to second guess yourself a lot unless you’re very assured, which I’m not – I’m a Gemini, and I’m constantly having arguments in my head whether something’s good, bad, right or wrong,” Church says. The process for creating White Arrows’ eclectic music typically begins at the house Church shares with Caballero in LA, with a simple bass line, melody or beat providing the catalyst for wider creative

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exploration. “JP describes the process as each song being like a rock tumbler, and you put the song in there and keep tumbling and tumbling until finally at the end of it this jagged rock becomes a smoothed out, semi-precious stone,” Church says. Eventually White Arrows had enough material to release its debut album, Dry Land Is Not A Myth. “It was JP’s idea to give it that title,” Church says. “We never really discussed what it meant to JP when he had the original idea, but I like that we all have our own different interpretations. To me it means that the earth that we’re on is a very physical and tangible thing, but it doesn’t need to define where you are, or what you should be doing.” For production of the record, Church approached André Anjos from the Portland-based Remix Artist Collective (RAC). “It was a really interesting process,” Church says. “We’d form the song, and then send it over to him in Portland and then he’d add a few things and then send it back. He’d add some synth stuff, and some cool percussion on some songs. It was really perfect, and it was exactly what I wanted in terms of a collaboration with someone else. Those guys are immensely talented.”

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Church says White Arrows prides itself on trying to create a different sensory experience on stage to its recorded product. “We’ve been told it’s completely different,” Church says. “It’s a full band, so it’s really rocking. You can tell what songs are being played, but we play them differently live than on the record. We also play live with a bunch of visual projections, a lot of flashing lights and fog, so it’s like a sensory overload rather than just hearing the songs as they sound on the record,” Church says. Given all of that, what’s the intended cognitive response from the audience? “The only thing is that we’d like it be the least intellectual experience possible,” Church says. “Come in and turn your brain off and whatever comes to you should be exactly what we intended for you to experience. I don’t think there’s any specific, but just come in and let go for a while.” WHITE ARROWS play The Hi-Fi with Jinja Safari and Opossom as part of The Blind Date Tour on Friday August 10 (18+) and Saturday August 11 (all ages). Dry Land Is Not A Myth is out through Dew Process.

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THE MENZINGERS

BY JAMES NICOLI

When the call with The Menzingers’ Tom May finally comes through it becomes clear that the guitarist and vocalist is at the end of a rather long day of endless interviews, media and publicity. Yet as soon as our conversation begins and our attention turns to his band’s upcoming Australian tour, May speaks with an enthusiasm and honesty of a man who is truly excited at the prospect of getting to grace our shores once more. “Last time we had a lot of fun just hanging out and going to the beach and just trying to find out as much about Australia as we could,” he says. “And just trying to see it from the perception that you see it from, it’s just incredibly interesting.” According to May, the Pennsylvanian natives have also made sure that they have scheduled in enough down time in between shows in order to check out a bit more of the scenery; particularly the beach . “Besides playing at the shows which were so much fun last time, that’s what we are really looking forward to coming to Australia for,” he admits. Kicking off in August, the tour will not only see The Menzingers take in most major parts of the country but will also see them supporting legendary punk rock veterans Pennywise. “We haven’t played with them before and we’ve never met them before but I mean we grew up listening to them,” admits May. “So it’s one of those situations where it’s going to be our first experience playing with them in Australia. It’s like a dream come true; it’s going to be awesome.” Things have certainly changed a lot for The Menzingers in the last year or so. Originally born out of the Pennsylvanian pop punk scene, the band slowly started carving out a name for themselves through the release of two full length albums (2007’s A lesson In The Abuse of Information Technology and 2009’s Chamberlain Waits)

as well as a number of EPs and singles. Their straight up, heart on the sleeve-type punk rock tunes starting gaining them more and more admirers but it was in May of 2011 that things really changed. Having caught the attention of Epitaph boss Brett Gurewitz, The Menzingers were handpicked by the man himself to join the infamous label. “A lot has changed,” admits May reflecting on the past year or so. “We’re getting more and more opportunities than we were getting before, our record seems to be a bigger deal than any of the records that we had before, people seem to really enjoy it at the moment. People are sometimes more excited about those songs than the older songs.” The exposure The Menzingers have received from being a part of the Epitaph family is up until not so long ago, something the four members could have only dreamed about. A number of high profile tours with the likes of The Gaslight Anthem and Against Me! have further increased their reach as well as their fan base. “I think on Epitaph; it’s definitely a realised dream,” admits May. “You know, we grew up listening to all the bands on Epitaph and it was always like a joke with our friends –

‘Oh yeah, maybe someday we’ll get signed to Epitaph.’ And we did! So it’s still pretty surreal.” Perhaps the most important aspect of becoming part of the Epitaph family was the release of The Menzingers third album On The Impossible Past. Released earlier this year, the record is awash with anthemic punk rock, retrospective lyrics and delivered with real honesty and passion. Recorded at Atlas Studios in Chicago, it was the band’s relationship with producers Matt Allison and Justin Yates which helped them realise their vision for the record. “They’re becoming really, really good friends of ours and the record would not have come out the way it come out [without them], that’s for sure,” says May. “He (Allison) is so good at getting out of us what we need to come out of us. He just has such a grasp on those things, he’s just such a good person and we spent, with the recording probably ten hours and in the night we’d just sit around and drink shitty beers and talk about music and life and I think we ended up becoming best friends. I think he’s just an incredible person that I’ll hopefully know for the rest of my life. I think that Matt definitely affected the way the record came out.” Being afforded the opportunity to get away from their hometown and record in another city also allowed The Menzingers to draw inspiration from a different

atmosphere, a different vibe, as well as letting them completely focus on the task at hand. “The recording in Chicago; Chicago’s such a great place,” he says. “It’s about 13 hours drive away from Philadelphia so all of the things in our life, our normal life, were not distracting while we were recording. So I think that’s why recording in Chicago was so important for this record.” The recording process for On The Impossible Past has certainly been paying dividends for The Menzingers with the number of glowing reviews seemingly growing by the day. And according to May, the new songs have been going down just as well at the shows. “It’s been received incredibly,” he says honestly. “When we play the new songs there’s a huge response even more so than the older songs sometimes. It’s been received really well. While we’re touring now we play mostly songs off the new record. It’s going over really well and it’s so much fun to play live.”

Vigil is an LA native; “born and raised,” he says seriously. The connection to his own youth is a vein throughout the singer’s comments, and he enjoys reminiscing about the hardcore and metalcore scenes in LA during his formative years. “The guy who ran [our local team centre] had all these really awesome bands I grew up listening to play [there]. It was three dollars to get in to see these cool bands, and it was just so accessible,” he muses. “You didn’t have to get a ride down there, you didn’t have to find a way to raise the money. It was a great vibe and it moulded me into who I am today.” Vigil also believes the hardcore and metalcore scenes are expanding, and aren’t as stigmatised as they have been in the past. “I think this kind of music is becoming more accepted into the quote unquote mainstream,” Vigil confirms. “With its popularity growing, it kind of opens up a fanbase for everyone. We have crossover: we have kids who would normally not see our band come to a show and be into it. It’s great, because it feels more of a community than it ever has before, and we’re stoked to be a part of it. It’s cool that the underground thing is becoming more of a positive thing than a negative thing.” With some of You Get What You Give leaked about three weeks before its official American release date, the band

decided to put the entire album up online so that fans could have a listen on Ghost’s terms, and then decide to buy it if they so wished. Single Engine 45 is a powerful, anthemic message about addiction. ‘All my life I’ve waited for something to break these chains’, the final refrain, soars over technically astonishing drums from newest bandmember Andrew Tkaczyk. The tale told in the video is a rather beautiful but sad metaphor. According to lore, “Eskimos would put blood on a knife, then freeze the knife and put it out in front of their igloos overnight,” Vigil explains. “A pack of wolves would come by and smell the blood, and go straight to it and start licking the blood. But because the knife was frozen they didn’t realise it was cutting their own tongues. And they would slowly bleed out and die. They’re so fixated on getting the blood that they don’t realise they’re killing themselves.” Expect more allegory and passion when The Ghost Inside come to Australia in a few months time.

Ultimately, the band just don’t take anything seriously – epitomised by their gleeful enraging of Axl Rose when they pretended to steal the name of Guns N’ Roses’ repeatedly-delayed record, Chinese Democracy. The Offspring’s 2003 album title was announced on April 1 (note the date) as Chinese Democracy (You Snooze, You Lose). “It’s always easier to make up jokey names for albums, like Offspring VII or Offspring Bloody Offspring, than real ones,” Dexter says, “and when someone suggested Chinese Democracy, we cracked up. I don’t know those Gn’R guys, but they weren’t happy about it,” he laughs. Almost 30-years-old, The Offspring have lost a few travellers – like long-time drummer Ron Welty nearly

a decade ago, and Chris Higgins, the backup singer/ guitarist/percussionist best known for his ‘Gotta keep ‘em separated’ refrain. “He was a high school buddy who just gradually started doing stuff [with us],” Dexter explains. “But sometimes you just get tired of being on the road. He just didn’t want that kinda life anymore.” Does Dexter? “It can be a strain for me, for sure,” he replies, “but we know when to take breaks. Gotta take time to recharge.”

THE MENZINGERS play with Pennywise and Sharks on Sunday August 26 at The Palace. On The Impossible Past is out through Epitaph.

THE GHOST INSIDE BY ZOË RADAS Both album titles from Californian melodic hardcore band The Ghost Inside intimate the cyclical nature of life. About Returners, the band’s debut, singer Jonathan Vigil has said, “[I] sit back and wait to return to the places I’ve come to know and face the differences I’m left with.” Their freshly released follow-up You Get What You Give isn’t about waiting, though; there’s nothing passive about it. It says that you must act. “I’ve learned in life,” Vigil explains – having called from Salt Lake City on the eve of the Vans Warped Tour – “that anything you’re going to do, you’re going to [get] back as much effort as you put in. If you half-arse something it’s going to show.” This theme interlocks with the salient appreciation Vigil holds for Ghost’s fanbase. “Specifically with this band, we’ve put everything that we had into [it]. If we had given this attitude of saying, ‘It’s going to come to us; it’s going to happen; we deserve it,’ then it’s never going to come. ‘You get what you give’ means you’re going to have to sacrifice. You’re going to have to give everything that you have to see the fruit of the labour.” Where many musicians seem to operate with a sense of entitlement, Vigil’s enthusiasm for the fans is strong and humble. In footage of a show the band played last year, a skinny, eager young man flaps his way from the crowd’s front and onto the stage like a goldfish. He dives out on top of the audience while another fan leaps up on stage just behind. Then another, and another, and then they’re all just pouring up and over like lemmings off of a cliff. It’s almost like Vigil is calling them forth and

then sending them off; it’s hard to tell if it’s happening under their own volition or his, but it’s incredible to watch. “We grew up in the hardcore scene; we grew up being those kids that would run on stage to play along with our favourite bands so we know what it’s like,” Vigil says when I express amazement that security doesn’t flatten these young fans and call finito to the stage-crashing straight away. “When it comes time to play a show like that, we just tell security, ‘Hey, if a kid comes on stage he’s not trying to hurt us. He’s not trying to steal from us. He’s not trying to do anything, he just wants to have a good time.’ We tell them that we don’t mind it, as long as they’re not breaking our equipment! They’re paying money to see us. I know what it’s like to go to a show and security is so shitty that you can’t even enjoy yourself. It’s a buzzkill, and it makes you turned off to the hardcore music scene.”

THE GHOST INSIDE accompany The Amity Affliction, Architects, and Buried In Verona on Friday October 5 at The Palace. There’ll be two shows on the date; one U18 and one 18+. You Get What You Give is out now on Epitaph Records.

THE OFFSPRING

BY LAURENCE ROSIER STAINES

If your adolescence didn’t include The Offspring in some way, your parents probably didn’t let you watch Video Hits. The California punks responsible for Pretty Fly For A White Guy, Why Don’t You Get A Job, Original Prankster and Self Esteem pretty much wrote the blueprint for post-grunge novelty megahits in the ‘90s and early ‘00s (as well as following the blueprint of very goddamn well-paced punk albums) – and, remarkable though it may seem, they’re still making pretty cool songs for a 15-year-old you. I spoke to the blonde, spikey-haired frontman Dexter Holland about the band’s history on the eve of the release of their new album, Days Go By. “When we grew up, obviously we were really into punk rock,” Dexter says. “The Ramones, Sex Pistols, Dead Kennedys… But there was this band called TSOL – True Sounds Of Liberty. They were kind of a seminal punk rock band in Orange County that never became superfamous, but it was something we really got into. It was the band that made us go, ‘We have to start a band now.’” It was a decision that came naturally, and Dexter recalls a few defining moments after making it: “I remember being in a band and after a week straight of travelling around, I thought, ‘Hey, I really am in a band for a living now!’ …Of course no one was watching us,” he laughs. “So another moment was the Big Day Out [1995] in Australia – all of a sudden there were these huge crowds, and we thought, ‘Wow, this is really happening for us now.’” Their new album includes Dirty Magic, a reprise of the Beat Magazine Page 46

best song on their second album, Ignition. Twenty years on from that record, are The Offspring raking over their history a little self-consciously? “I don’t think it’s that thought-out, actually,” Dexter answers. “That song isn’t really known by our wider audience, so we put it on this record and tried to make it sound a little better.” But along with paying homage to their past comes a contentment to do what they do best: probable single OC Guns is a combination of novelty Spanish, reggae riffs and mariachi horns that’s so Offspring-esque it’s almost strange they hadn’t made it already. “With OC Guns we had a reggae riff, added drums, tried to turn it into a song, kept building and said, ‘What about this mariachi horn bit?’ We’d never heard anyone try to combine reggae with mariachi before, but it worked out and we were stoked when it was finished.”

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Get excited! Melbourne’s much loved Smith Street Band have set a release date for their new album as well as announcing a huge headlining national tour this September. Poison City Records revealed this week that the Smith Street Band’s second album will be titled Sunshine & Technology and will hit stores on August 24. Melbourne will get an album launch on August 25 at The Tote. Shit yeh!

If you’re keen to check out Melbourne’s newest live music venue, The Reverence, then this weekend is the time to do it. Located at 28 Napier St, Footscray at the old Exchange Hotel, it’ll be hosting some excellent local talent in coming weeks, mostly of the punk rock variety. Launch night is this Saturday July 7 and features The Hawaiian Islands, Hoodlum Shouts, Lincoln Le Fevre, Cavalcade and Being Amazing. There’s an arvo show on Sunday featuring Wil Wagner, Darren Gibson, Maricopa Wells and Lucy Wilson. Sick.

The Living End have announced a huge retrospective tour for the end of this year. It’ll see the band playing each of their six albums in full, start to ﬁnish, backto-back, across ﬁve capital cities. That’s one HUGE Australian tour, and I’ve gotta say, I’m a bit excited. Melbourne shows will take place at The Corner Hotel and run as such: December 11 – self titled, December 12 – White Noise, December 13 – State Of Emergency, December 14 – Modern Artillery, December 15 – The Ending, December 16 – Roll On, December 17 – self titled. Christ. Tickets on sale August 2.

Resist Records have signed Adelaide’s Crisis Alert to its already stellar roster. The band, which only formed this year, will release a debut 7” on July 20. Check it out if you’re into ‘80s-style short, fast, brutal punk and hardcore. Melbourne’s regional centers will cop an earful of House Vs Hurricane on their newly announced Crooked Teeth Tour. The band will branch out to Geelong’s Bended Elbow on August 30, Ferntree Gully Hotel on August 31 and Pier Live in Frankston on September 1. They’ll be bringing Confession along for the ride.

GIG ALERT: CAVE OF THE SWALLOWS Cave Of The Swallows is headlining a massive night of metal at the Espy on Friday August 3. The lineup includes Melbourne’s own godfathers of metal Contrive, who are spawned from former Triple J radio host, Andrew Haug. There’s also ﬁve-piece powerhouse Envenomed (launching their single Global Deception), White Cell and Bendigo’s own masters of brutality Abreact. Entry is $15 and there are tickets at the door. The brutality kicks oﬀ at 8pm.

This long running American metal act bring their brutal but quirky sounds to The Corner Hotel this Saturday night. Despite having been around for a decade and a half, this is only the second trip Down Under for these guys. Frontman L. Ben Falgoust II joined us recently to tell us how they feel about the upcoming Aussie jaunt. “This will be our second time. The ﬁrst time was a couple a years ago with Behemoth and Job For A Cowboy. Those shows turned out really well. We are all pretty damn excited, this being our second time. Playing a more intimate environment at smaller venues will make this quite interesting and fun. Last time went really well, but now we are put into the headliner position. The good thing about that for the fans means a longer set. We are prepared and ready,” Falgoust says. They also promise a loud, in-your-face live metal show, one that is a major step up in vibe and energy from their recorded works. “They get us at 100%.” Falgoust says. “A live

Cancer Bats have broken hearts by cancelling their upcoming Australian tour. They’ve consoled fans by reassuring them they’ll return as part of Soundwave 2013 and advising that anyone who holds a ticket to the current show will be able to use it on their accompanying sideshow. If that doesn’t cut it, you can grab a refund at point of purchase. Pennywise have cancelled all remaining shows on their European tour after new vocalist Zoli Teglas collapsed repeatedly on stage during their Full Force Festival show. The band reports, “Zoli was having back pain throughout the tour and at Full Force during the set he collapsed on stage a few times and was taken to the emergency room where they said he needed immediate operation or risk the chance of paralysis”. No word yet on his recovery.

SATURDAY JULY 7: The Hawaiian Islands, Hoodlum Shouts, Lincoln Le Fevre, Cavalcade, Being Amazing at The Reverence Goatwhore, Impeity, Ruins, Order Of Arias, Destruktor at Corner Hotel Basement, Endless Heights at Northcote Social Club Empra at The Loft, Warrnambool The Night Terrors, Forces, Ash Wednesday at The Toff In Town Declaration, Arrowfield, No Words, Son Of A Butcher, Biff Tannen at Sale Train Station Hall Karnivool, Redcoats, sleepmakeswaves at The HiFi Bar Closure In Moscow, We Rob Banks, Emerson, The Spinset at Bang

SUNDAY JULY 8: Wil Wagner, Darren Gibson, Maricopa Wells, Lucy Wilson at The Reverence Hotel Basement, Endless Heights, Apart From This, Outlines at Phoenix Youth Center Karnivool, Redcoats, sleepmakeswaves at Bended Elbow, Geelong

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This goes out to independent/unsigned bands. I’ve been writing about music for – gulp – 14 years now and there’s something which has always bugged me. If you’re writing a press release for your band, or if you’re setting up a Facebook/Reverbnation/ Bandcamp page, it’s okay to use the last names of the band members! Don’t be shy! I see this so often and it’s one of my pet peeves because it’s a symptom of a bigger problem: a sort of low self-esteem that I think is holding a lot of great bands back. Everyone being so worried about tall poppy syndrome in this country that they’re too shy to take ownership of their awesomeness. Well y’know what? If you work your ass oﬀ to get good at an instrument, and if your band is good enough to get their music out there in the world (and if you didn’t think it was, you wouldn’t be setting up websites and writing press releases), you deserve to at least get your full name out there. This also goes for putting on a show: don’t be shy on stage! Draw attention to yourself. That’s why you’re on an elevated platform with lights all over it and with a whole bunch of ampliﬁcation around you. Former Anthrax singer Neil Turbin once described discussing stagecraft with Ronnie James Dio. He asked Dio what was going through his mind when he was performing. The response was priceless: “Ronnie looked at me straight in the eyes with pure tenacity and said to me, ‘That’s MY Stage!!!’”

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The Amity Aﬄiction have announced full details for their upcoming Chasing Ghosts album tour. They’ve got quite the support bill in tow too, with Architects, The Ghost Inside and Buried In Verona accompanying on all dates. See this circus when it hits Palace Theatre on October 5. Underage show will be in the afternoon, and overage at night.

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Lamb Of God singer Randy Blythe was arrested for manslaughter in Prague last week. Management made an oﬃcial statement this week clarifying the circumstances surrounding the arrest. Apparently a fan rushed Randy during a performance several times and on the third attempt security could not stop him. Randy pushed the overeager fan into the audience where he “supposedly” fell and hit his head. The fan died from subsequent injuries. No formal charges have been made yet. Behind Crimson Eyes have announced a comeback of sorts with a run of club shows booked nationally for this August. It’ll be the band’s ﬁrst tour since 2009. They’ll be at Next on Thursday August 30.

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PAUL GILBERT CLINIC TOUR Legendary guitar god Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big, Racer X) will visit Oz for a clinic tour in October courtesy of Thump Music. He’ll be at 360 Theatre, Lower Plenty on Thursday October 11, from 7.30pm to 10.30pm. Sure, it’s a bit of a hike for many Melburnians, but well worth it. Tickets are $80 per person, and there’s an opportunity for attendees to jam with Paul. I had a private lesson with him a few years ago and it was a life-changing experience, and he explains his concepts in a way that makes sense to absolute beginner and advanced shredder alike. Plus, he’s hilarious and about nine foot tall.

NEW DAGGERS MID FLIGHT ALBUM Daggers Mid Flight have released Leap of Fangorn, which they describe as an album of improvised, instrumental, esoteric, heavy, psychedelic soundscapes and thundering moments of heaviness juxtaposed against minimal and often tranquil tones. The band features members of Hotel Wrecking City Traders, Spider Goat Canyon and Goatwitch. This is their second full-length release, a follow up to 2008’s self titled album on Chairﬁsh Recordings. It’s available on a ‘pay what you feel’ basis via Bandcamp.

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Check out the brilliant new Periphery album, Periphery II: This Time It’s Personal, out now on Roadrunner Records Australia. It’s a brilliant progression, full of complex riﬀs, epic melodies, simultaneously technical and soulful solos, and guest appearances by John Petrucci (Dream Theater), Guthrie Govan (The Aristocrats) and Wes Hauch.

The Smith Street Band will release their second album, Sunshine And Technology, on Friday August 24 via Poison City Records. The album was recorded by Sam Johnson at Melbourne’s Three Phase Studios and mixed by Matt Voigt (Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, The Nation Blue) at Sing Sing Studios. The band will back up the album with a bunch of headline shows in capital cities Australia-wide.

setting is so much better for us. I actually think it is our most comfortable moment. We worked for years to capture how we sound as a live band via recordings, but it never quite gets there. The latest record is really close but you just can’t touch that instant when the energy is overwhelming and the audience is digging into the tunes.” The band has an expectation from Aussie crowds in return. “I would ultimately like the crowd to enjoy themselves and just let go,” he says. “It is always a great help if the crowd interacts, but at times we understand some people want to take it in. Just come have a good time and leave all your troubles behind for an evening.” The band’s latest opus Blood For The Master, their ﬁfth long player, has only been out for a few months, and yet has already been receiving an extremely positive reaction from audiences who have heard it, and Falgoust is very much still ‘feeling’ the record. “It is sitting quite well at this point,” he informs us. “I am still very pleased with the whole outcome. I really feel we have gotten to a point where we are comfortable just doing what we enjoy and it shows. We like to have this element of no pressure in writing, arranging and recording and we have worked on that even more so in the last three releases. You always have some pressure in the studio because of the elements involved, but to go in and just leave other unrelated things in your life behind assists the outcome. Overall, the record has been doing nicely. Getting a great response on a live level as well as reviews that are coming in from press. As

a band, we aren’t on a quest to please everyone and we write for our enjoyment. The rest is just extra.” The longevity of their band, despite them not being one of the absolute highest profile acts in heavy music, has Falgoust pondering just how quickly the time has gone since they came together way back in 1997. “Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t [seem like a decade and a half since we formed],” he says. “I tend to look back at times and it seems like it went down yesterday and then I check out the date it went down and it is a surprise. Hell, there are old recordings of bands I listened to back in the day that still sound like they could have come out today. Time is swift and you have to make the best of it.” And as for the future of Goatwhore, the band try not to plan too far ahead, instead taking it one album, tour and day at a time, especially with the music industry in such a state of disarray at the moment. “I guess at this point anything is possible. We don’t try to predict the outcome with the band, we just sort of move with the flow and let things fall into place. We do hard work touring and keep focused on what we enjoy. “It has always been a hard industry for all bands.” Falgoust philosophises. “The label support over the years has diminished and you have to be wise with finances. Luckily we have always managed to maintain the band financially to keep a solid touring regimen and [keep] working on new material. The times are changing and the amount of bands in existence has grown dramatically. Labels are coming to

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BURIED IN VERONA – OVERACHIEVERS & PROUD OF IT It’s been a big week of news for Buried In Verona. First up, they’ll support The Amity Aﬄiction on their massive arena tour this September. Also, they’ve locked in UK release plans for Notorius via UNFD and Essential. The album has already been released digitally, and will be available physically on Monday August 13. To celebrate the release, they’ll play six UK dates in September with Motionless In White. Most of these shows are already sold out. The band have also signed a co-management deal with US management company The Artery Foundation, who have been responsible for the success of bands like A Day To Remember, Attack Attack and Asking Alexandria. And they’ve also joined The Pantheon Agency roster in the US, who will book the band in North America. The Amity Aﬄiction/I Am Ghost/Architects/Buried In Verona tour hits the Palace Theater on Friday October 5 for two gigs (an all-ages show in the afternoon and an 18+show in the evening). Tickets go on sale at 9am on Friday July 5.

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an end and it is sometimes a cash grab for them. A band could be a hit for a few months then be forgotten about. Longevity is a hard commodity to come by this day and age,” says Falgoust. GOATWHORE play The Corner Hotel this Saturday July 7, with one of Singapore’s ﬁnest Impiety and local crushers Ruins, Order of Orias and Destruktor providing the heavy duty support card. Beat Magazine Page 47

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BROTHERS HAND MIRROR Brothers Hand Mirror are HTMLﬂowers (Cougar Flashy) and Oscar Key Sung (of Oscar And Martin). They have just released this free-to-download EP Our Will and are celebrating by spitting glitterish raps over tape loop beats and releasing a booklet of drawings and lyrics to accompany the EP. Andras Fox and Greivis Vasquez are also on point for the evening. Andras Fox is really sexy and inventive, while Greivis Vasquez is a total mystery - we don’t even know what that person sounds like, but we put him on the bill anyway cause we are super reckless. Come get sweaty at Bar Open tonight.

After blowing the roof oﬀ the sold out Come Together Festival last week with an impromptu performance with Seth Sentry, Melbourne emcee Grey Ghost is playing a series of launch shows for his new mix, Ghost In The Machine. The most recent of Grey Ghost’s oﬀerings is a collection of bangers which you can download for free from greyghost.com.au. The mixtape features the local emcee twisting his rhythmic magic into the music of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Chemist, Lykke Li, The Beach Boys and The Black Keys. Local supports have now been announced, with Diktion One and Windsor Thieves joining the man onstage. The Workers Club, tonight.

THE NYMPHS To celebrate their return to The Toff In Town on Sunday July 8, The Nymphs are throwing a vintage party, and you’re invited. That’s right, dust off the old two tones, don that skinny tie and do that ‘do for a Sunday special that these ladies know you deserve. Kicking off the night at 7pm is the ever-charismatic Mikelangelo, one of the leading creative artists in Australia today. To warm you up that little bit more, The Bluebottles’ sounds of the early ‘60s will have you swingin’ and surfin’ all over the room. Then it’s time for some vocal magic as The Nymphs take to the stage in their new dresses to thrill you with their latest tunes, as well as some old treasures that were practically meant for just this occasion. It’s all for $10+bf from Moshtix, or if you’re slack they’re $15 on the door.

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Crooked Saint return to The Evelyn on Saturday July 7 to launch their new Double A-Side Hot & Heavy/ Outta Sight, Outta Mind. What promises to be a big night will be made all the more with guests The Rumors and The Corsairs. Tickets are $12 on the door or $10 pre-sale through Moshtix. Starts at 9pm

Damn The Torpedoes started life as an excuse to simply blow out some stripped-down garage punk power-pop rock’n’roll. Through time, a heap of gigs, three EPs and a string of ex-girlfriends, a more aggressive and discordant edge has crept into Wally’s jangly guitars, Lee’s twangy picking, Dick’s rumbling bass fuzz and Ando’s pounding drums, to create a sound that sits comfortably between ‘wild drunken party music’ and ‘noisy music your girlfriend will tolerate’.

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Children Of The Wave return to cast a little more of their musical magic on Melbourne, playing fully robed after spending two years recording the follow-up to their debut release Carapace. The fruits of this lengthy labour is titled The Electric Sounds Of Faraway Choirs and is set for release through Sensory Projects in September. They’ll be joined by very special guests, Lehmann B. Smith, Battlesnake and Jason Heller. Bar Open, Thursday July 5.

In their short time on the Melbourne scene The Primary have been making quite the impression with a dream pop sound that is challenging and lush all in the same breath. Fresh out of the recording studio, the band present to you two brand new butt-kickin’ tracks-Recoil and Back Against The Wall. Playing alongside friends, Esc, The Kilniks, Howard and Staﬀan’s Songs (Francolin) at The Evelyn Hotel, The Primary are ready to once again put on a show complete with gut-busting energy, beautiful noise and a lot of black. It all happens Thursday July 5 at 8pm with a measly $2 entry and $2.50 pots of beer.

Step out on Friday evening for a little tropical experimentation, augmentation, dance, music and visuals. Tropical Space Lab virgins Sin Fontera Band will be jamming their Norteño style live set – dance music straight from Tijuana, Mexico, infused with sonic spices and live dubs. Emerging onto the stage after working on their new record, the original Aztek-dub soundsystem Nahuatl Soundsystem have built up a reputation in Melbourne, Mexico and internationally for their high-energy live shows and production. Galambo’s live performance consists of an iPad, a Loopstation, Kaosspad and Andean traditional instruments! Expect amazing visuals and multimedia playing through the night, using the latest technology, where the visuals are aﬀected by the sonic frequencies and tight VJ skills. It all takes place at Bar Open on Friday July 6.

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Clubfeet are excited to announce their first ever live shows in their adopted Australian homeland with a national tour in July. The Melbourne (via Cape Town) five-piece have been the subject of much worldwide chatter over the past 12 months, where they’ve been labelled as one of the hottest young prospects from this corner of the world. They’ll play at The Toff on Thursday July 5, with special guests Ill’s, doors opening at 7.30pm. Tickets are $12+bf from Moshtix or $15 on the door.

One of Melbourne’s most exciting and talked-about new rock bands, King Of The North, will be returning to the Great Britain Hotel in Richmond on Saturday July 7. Since their ﬁrst G.B.H. show in March the guitar/ drums duo have been playing packed out shows all over Melbourne and rocked Cherry Rock012, Rock N Load Festival, Palace Theatre’s House Of Rock and had the privilege of playing main support to Cold Chisel at Festival Hall in April. Get down on Saturday July 7 for two hours of high-energy original rock from 9pm, and it’s free.

WAVERLEY Melbourne four-piece band Waverley recently released their debut album Challenger, a skillful fusion of the immediacy of Australian punk-rock with the ferocity of grunge. Waverley deliver tight, energetic music that positively buzzes. 2011 was a busy and heavily productive year for the band, seeing them play relentlessly around Melbourne, release two singles Where Were You and Paper Walls, and living out their D.I.Y ethic by shooting an independent video for both songs, with both clips aired on ABCTV’s Rage. Royal Blood join them, a two piece act formed on the other side of the world in Brighton, UK. Together Michael Kerr, the UK native, and Matthew Swan from Northern NSW, compose sizeable, catchy rock and roll tunes, creating a sound far bigger than their number. Yah Yah’s, Friday July 6.

WEEKENDER It’s been a bit of a wait but this Yah Yah’s Weekender is going to smash it out of the park. Downstairs, Weekender pops a tab or two and relaxes it’s mind to ﬂoat downstream in a mega psychedelic special. Check out spiritual psych rock from crowd favourites Buried Feather, supported by the dark shoegaze of Adelaide’s Ride Into The Sun. DJs playing the best space rock all night. Upstairs, Weekender goes back in time for a fantastic ‘80s pop, post punk, new wave and new romantic special featuring the music of The Smiths, The Cure, Joy Division, Undertones, Buzzcocks, The Cars, Simple Minds, Banshees, Devo, Adam And The Ants, New Order, Depeche Mode, OMD, The Jam/Style Council, B-52’s and heaps more. It’s not to be missed! DJ’s Steve, Kieran and friends. Yah Yah’s, Saturday July 7.

MJ HALLORAN & THE SINNERS MJ Halloran recently returned from the US after shows in Chicago and NYC with the likes of Tommy Ramone and Stu Spasm; Lubricated Goat. To welcome him back for a spell, MJ Halloran & The Sinners are throwing themselves back into the Melbourne music scene with special guests. Free entry, ﬁne food and great music. Sold. Grumpy’s Green, Saturday July 7.

RARA RaRa are a hip-hop group hailing from the skies of Melbourne. Formed in early 2011, RaRa are four relatively psychotic dudes (from the broader RaRaKIN collective) who have blended their freaky energies together to usher in a sound fresher than milk in the udder. Plates, Naetra, KL and River Deep are hip-hop aﬁcionados with a punkbreak-shit-mentality. Their live sets around Australia have been spastic and funky, bizarre and energetic, always inclusive of the sporadic, exclusive of mundaneness. They play The Curtin Hotel on Saturday July 7. Beat Magazine Page 48

Chapter Music is excited to announce a new addition to its world-renowned stable of Australian pop auteurs. Standish/Carlyon is the new duo project for Conrad Standish and Tom Carlyon, both formerly of suave rock-noir outfit Devastations. Returning to Melbourne after a number of years based in London, the duo unveil their futurist dub pop with a Tuesday residency at The Toff In Town in July. Special guests include Fabulous Diamonds and DJ People. Tickets are $8 on the door, with a 7.30pm kick off.

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SiB SiB is the stage name of French-born Australian singer/ songwriter Adrien Siboulet. He has independently released two EPs described as soul explosions, sexy rawness, smooth, soulful and somewhat sultry, electrifying soundscapes with passion and conviction. These are some of the words used by music journalists and reviewers over the last couple of years who have attempted to describe his music. SiB says that “it all comes from the blues for me. I think there’s a healing process through the song, there’s salvation.” Word. For the first installment of SiB’s July residency he is joined by Little Bastard all the way from Sydney, this will be their first ever Melbourne gig and they will be launching their EP, also first on will be Guy Kabel. First one is at the Grace Darling on Thursday July 5.

MONIQUE SESTO Monique Sesto, aka ‘Mo’, is an original music and performance maker. She is the lead singer of The Coconut Rebellion (triple j unearthed artist) and has decided to pursue solo artistic projects. This is her ﬁrst solo EP combining jazz, pop and alternative sounds. She is inﬂuenced by many artists and genres, but found her true passion in jazz. She has performed with many jazz musicians in Melbourne, including Bob Sedergreen (who features on her EP), Bridgette Allen, Gil Askey, Mal Sedergreen and others. Mo fostered her creativity in an experimental theatre course, developing an interest in performance art and challenging form, which she has carried into her music. Her performance will be in August at the Paris Cat with Bob Sedergreen and his band (date TBC, visit the Paris Cat website).

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Queenscliff Music Festival is back with another installment of their legendary Winter Warmup parties to heat up your July and prep you up for the festival season in waiting. On Saturday July 7 punters will be offered a sneak peek of just a few acts from the amazing 2012 lineup, with performances by Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes; Electric Empire; Chase The Sun; King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard and DJ Vince Peach. Be the first to hear the 2012 line up announcement, dance to sultry grooves and electric soul, rock the winter blues away and don’t miss this year's smashing Winter Warmup at the newly open and renovated Point Lonsdale School Hall. Check qmf.net.au for all tickets and info.

SKYSCRAPER STAN AND THE COMMISSION FLATS Head down to the B.East on Lygon every Thursday this July to catch Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats. One week may ﬁnd them playing a muddy rock’n roll set, all screaming guitars and hollering. The next you might be assaulted with a ten-piece big band . You’ll just have to show up and ﬁnd out. Fresh supports every week.

SARA RETALLICK It was either the ancient Greeks or perhaps Confucious who once said ‘cold winter nights need only the sweet sounds of a guitar and woman’s voice – oh and perhaps an autoharp too’. This pretty much sums up every Tuesday in July as Jimmy Tait front-woman Sara Retallick plays an intimate solo residency at The Retreat. Over these ﬁve Tuesdays she will be joined by a number of wonderful local singer/songwriters, including members of The Gin Club, Hoy and Howl At The Moon. Ah… the simple things in life. Tuesday July 10 is when it all kicks oﬀ. Free as sunshine, baby.

BOWIE EXTRAVAGANZA Venture down to Yah Yah’s upstairs this Friday from 11pm onwards for a full on Bowie extravaganza! Last month was the 40th birthday of his most famous album and alter ego Ziggy Stardust, so they’ll be playing all things Bowie-oriented – from his own amazing music and ﬁlms to songs he’s produced (Stooges, Queen, Lou Reed), just to name a few. Plus all the best covers they can ﬁnd and the brilliant collaborations he’s been part of. Put on your sparkly platforms, paint a silver star around your eye and let’s dance! Yah Yah’s, Friday July 6.

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BARB WATERS AND THE MOTHERS OF PEARL Barb Waters And The Mothers of Pearl will play Sundays in July at the Retreat Hotel. Deftly supported by a host of great Melbourne bands, Barb and the Mothers will play tunes from Barb’s many albums, including those inspired by her country beginnings, to reveal the heart of one of Australia’s ﬁnest singer-songwriter. Sunday July 8 support comes from The Shivering Timbers. 8.30pm, free.

THE JAIL BIRD JOKERS Attention punks, scoundrels and blues hearts; The Jail Bird Jokers will release their debut album The Creep In Surburbia on Friday July 13 at the Esplanade Hotel. Joining the Jokers will be friends The Quarters, The Elliotts and Sunday Chairs. Tickets are $10 on the door.

ESTHER HOLT Melbourne-based folk pop chanteuse Esther Holt writes songs which are melodic, catchy and honest. In preparation of her debut EP release, Esther Holt and her band will be taking over Wednesdays in July at The Evelyn Hotel with a sling of great supports. Tune in for an awesome winters night out. This week she’s supported by Bayou and Ben Wright Smith. Doors are at 8.30pm.

TO HELL AND BACK To Hell And Back are the most exciting and musically accurate tribute to Meatloaf in Australia. An awe-inspiring performance of all the hits, To Hell And Back will take you on a legendary rock journey. With an uncanny resemblance to the voice and presence of Meatloaf himself, our front man Gary will have you on your feet all night and are without doubt one of the most accurate portrayals in the country you will ever see. The hits are faithfully and powerfully recreated, with an all live ﬁve piece band pumping out Meatloaf’s trademark wall of sound. If you only see one Meat Loaf tribute, make sure it’s To Hell And Back! With support act Pretty Dulcie. Bendigo Hotel, Sunday July 9.

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ANIMAUX Make sure you’re down at the one and only Evelyn Hotel on all ﬁve Mondays (yes, ﬁve) in July to dance away those winter blues with Animaux. With a month’s worth of shows boasting lineups featuring some of the hottest young talent in the country, let alone Melbourne, you’d be crazy to miss a single week! The Monday July 9 lineup includes supports from Poco La Pax, Elephant Eyes and the Smoking Toddlers DJs. 8.30pm.

THE GRAND RAPIDS The monstrous psychedelic fuzz riot that is The Grand Rapids returns this Saturday July 7 with projections, smoke and over two dozen pedals at The Grace Darling Hotel. Described as somewhere near the drone of The Black Angels and the manic edge of Spacemen 3, the local four-piece are planning for an aural and visual meltdown. Support is from Brit-beat psych popsters Wilding and dream-nation shoegazers High Falutin. The Grace Darling Hotel, Saturday July 7. $10, 9pm.

ROCKING HORSE AND THE BABY DOLLS Get in and get on – after the whirlwind success of their EP launch tour in 2011, Wollongong’s Rocking Horse And The Baby Dolls are heading back to Melbourne for round two in 2012. The soulful bevy of babes and boys will take to the stage with a live show that has been wooing and wowing audiences up and down the east coast. Joining Rocking Horse And The Baby Dolls will be fellow ex-Wollongong kids Children Overboard. Sporting one killer mullet and a suitcase full of polka-dot dresses, Children Overboard recently relocated to the sweet streets of Melbourne-town to team up with a rockin’ new rhythm section and paint the town blues. Three piece blues-rock outﬁt the Velvets will open the night. They play Yah Yah’s on Thursday July 5.

PAPA CHANGO Oﬀ the back of their sold out launch for The Matador and PBSFM album of the week, afro-funkers Papa Chango are taking up residence in July at Bar Open. Known for their heavy afro grooves and hypnotic, ethio-jazz inspired melodies, Papa Chango will be bringing plenty of bump and grind to your Saturday night. The nine-piece afro-funk collective storm back onto the scene to present a solid month of serious danceﬂoor demolition whilst partnering up with very special guests, fellow afro-funk merchants The Afrobiotics and cumbia-reggae juggernaught Madre Monte. Bar Open, Saturday July 7.

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VINOD PRASANNA & JAYA DAGBAR Soor Ananta is the ﬁrst CD release for masters of Indian classical music, Vinod Prasanna and Jaya Dagbar. This CD launch showcases their amazing improvisation, soulful melodies and dynamic rhythms. Born into musical families, Vinod and Jay continue traditions of music that go back hundreds of years. This CD release presents beautiful original compositions that capture feelings of the moon and the night from one of the most ancient music systems in the world. They launch the album at Kindred Studios Frontspace (212a Whitehall St Yarraville) on Sunday July 15. Doors from 7pm.

SLOW CHASE Slow Chase will launch their brand new EP on Friday July 6 at Melbourne’s home of rock, Cherry Bar. Heavy on attitude and light on apologies, Slow Chase’sThe Blind Spot EP hits paydirt in all the right places. Since the release of first single You’ll Never See Me in mid 2011, anticipation has run white hot for the Melbourne rock band’s debut EP offering. The Blind Spot bristles with killer riffs, jackboot rhythms and swagger to burn with three tracks of raw, honest rock’n’roll delivered with snarl and vicious intent.

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THE RESCUE SHIPS The Rescue Ships is Brian Campeau and Elana Stone’s project, an ideal marriage of their individual talents. Their modern take on folk, rock and pop is at once complex and immediate. Between them, they name-check inﬂuences like Sufjan Stevens, Owen Pallett, the Dirty Projectors and the Wainwrights. Brian’s last album was called “genuine genius” by Drum Media. Elana has been described by The Age as “one of the best singing voices in the country”. They are currently working on a new album, due to be released in late 2012, and last year completed a season as musical directors of Australian drama series Underbelly: Razor. Local supports on the night will be Yeo and The Hazelman Brothers. They play The Grace Darling Hotel on Friday July 6.

Having recently ﬁnished touring with Gossling on her Intentional Living tour, Hayden Calnin will be getting straight back into it with a residency at The Toﬀ every Monday in July. At only 22-years-old, singer/songwriter/producer Hayden Calnin has begun to build a following for himself after garnering the attention of triple j and its listeners with comparisons to international acts such as Bon Iver and James Blake. His debut track Summer showcases mesmerising a cappella vocals partnered with looping and layering techniques. Support is from Manor, doors open at 7.30pm and tickets are only 7 bucks

SPENCER P. JONES Not only someone with a string of solo albums under his belt, but over the past 20 years or so Spencer P. Jones has been a welcome constant in the Australian music scene – from early obscure inner city scufflings with The Emotional Retards and Cuban Heels, to the hilarious psychedelic cabaret of The North 2 Alaskans and the gold status cowpunk incontinence of The Johnnys. Spencer is more widely known as a founding member and guitarist with The Beasts Of Bourbon. He has also worked as guitarist sideman to Paul Kelly, Lydia Lunch, Andre Williams, Jeffrey Lee Pierce’s Gun Club, The Saints’ Chris Bailey, The Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Shotgun In Spencer’s solo sets, which he recently has been playing in tandem with his old band mate from the Beasts of Bourbon, Kim Salmon – you can expect to hear some tunes from Spencer’s amazing backlog. Spencer P. Jones just gets better with age, like a fine wine. This is evident by his ever increasing and expanding audience. Just come along and witness the talent, wit, charm, songs and the incredible guitar playing of Spencer P. Jones. Two sets won’t be enough – it's at Yah Yah’s, Sunday July 8.

SHAKY STILLS Shaky Stills are to play Friday July 6 and Friday July 20 at the Edinburgh Castle Brunswick. They’re back together at last, playing their brand of alt country and dirty blues tunes with eclectic jams to boot. Shake on down and walk right in – it’s free for all to enjoy the warm surrounds of one of Melbourne’s great traditional pubs with good food and original music from 9pm. See you there!

LOW RENT Returning to the stage after time oﬀ to write a new album, Low Rent bring alt-country back to The Great Britain Hotel, on Sunday July 8 at 7pm. With a swag of new tracks inspired by the darker side of the county coin, these multi instrumentalists are truly ﬁnding their stride. Joining them are special guests Black Fuel who encapsulate a solid mix of ‘70s and modern rock’n’roll. Free entry.

BODIES, SPINNING ROOMS, BATPISS Listen up, knuckleheads! Three bands play The Gasometer Hotel on Thursday July 5. Here’s the deal. Bodies: These guys eat soup with a fork and take everything personally. Fuck you, that’s why! Spinning Rooms: Have punched wild animals in the face and helped old ladies across the street. Damn conﬂicted they are. Batpiss: Probably made out with your younger sister. True story. 8.30pm. $8.

GHOST TOWNS OF THE MIDWEST The Northcote Theatre/Regal Ballroom turns 100...and they’re gonna share their birthday celebrations with Ghost Towns of the Midwest. Cam Ewart’s (First Time Hookers) new musical outlet Ghost Towns of the Midwest will play Friday July 6 as part of a great lineup of twanging balladeers and foot stomping revelry merchants. See you in the front bar! Entry is a measly $5 and DJs and fun times continue afterwards.

ORPHUND FUNDRAISER Come down to The Retreat Friday July 6 for a night of great tunes and great vibes. The great vibes will be created by Orphfund who will be raising money for all the right reasons, namely a children’s village in Uganda. The tunes will be provided by Bulls, Johnny Gibson & The Hangovers early on and then Raised By Eagles and Go Go Sapien a little later. More fun than a burrito! Free.

BORN LION Born Lion formed in the big smoke of Sydney early 2012 from the remnants of The Watt Riot. The gang has a lengthy rock’n’roll CV and have come together to create a dangerous noise that commands attention. This sound is a mixture of yuck chords, angular rhythms, tough beats, and raw vocal hooks. Born Lion support Howl At The Moon this Saturday July 7 at The Retreat Hotel. Free. Beat Magazine Page 50

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MIKELANGELO AND THE TIN STAR Mikelangelo is heading oﬀ to the UK with the Famous Spiegeltent and there will be a huge farewell show at The Regal Ballroom featuring The Tin Star, St Clare, and the ReChords. The Tin Star will be joined by theremin genius Miles Brown (The Night Terrors) and trumpet maestro Jack Howard (Hunters & Collectors), with more guests to be announced. This will be the last Mikelangelo and the Tin Star show before the group head back into the studio to record their next album. Be sure to head to the Regal Ballroom to help give them the giant send oﬀ they deserve, Friday July 20.

SHERIFF Do you like love stories with a hint of destruction? Tales of terror? The legend of a lost soul? Sheriff are back ladies and gentlemen, and riding high off the back of their massive EP launch, Melbourne’s favourite southern-psychedelichorror-blues-rock band are releasing their latest single, Simon Young. Thumping drums, ravaging riffs, and the swagger of a band possessed are on show in Simon Young. Combined with Mike Foxall’s twisted, animated clip, the song drops like liquid chaos from Sheriff’s self-titled EP, the launch of which saw sweat raining from the roof of a packed-out Cherry Bar in April. For the launch of their animated film clip, Sheriff will be supported by powerhouse rock monsters King Of The North, psych-rockers My Left Boot and Collingwood’s own BATPISS. This lineup is set to blow the ceiling of The Tote on Friday July h. What’s more, there’s free popcorn available to all! Check out the trailer at sherifftheband.com.au.

SAM COOPER BAND Every Tuesday night in July at the Tote front bar Sam Cooper Band are playing with a cracker bunch of musicians. The band consists of members of Sleep Decade, Facetime, Fraser A. Gorman band, The Murlocs, and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard. It’s free and every week will feature a brilliant support act. 8pm kick oﬀ.

THE OCEAN PARTY The Ocean Party return with In A Knot, the ﬁrst single from their forthcoming sophomore album, Social Clubs (Vinyl LP out in October through Birds Love Fighting). To celebrate the release of In A Knot, The Ocean Party will play a Saturday front-bar residency at the Tote Hotel in Collingwood throughout July, joined by two guests each week. This Saturday July 7 it’s Autoportraits and Extreme Wheeze.

RAINSHADOW Taking a break from working on an EP containing some re-worked Waters Imperium tracks with piano and cello, melancholic dark rockers Rainshadow are heading over to The Tote on Sunday July 8 for a day full of atmospheric music. Joining them will be Sydney progressive extreme metal band Katabasis as part of their huge Under Meridional Skies East Coast tour, experimental dark metal band Internal Harvest and melodic black metallers Blackwater. Doors open at 5.30pm and the night will ﬁnish early enough that you can get some sleep before the hell that is work on Monday.

THE FINAL CUT Relaxed and reborn Mornington Peninsula band The Final Cut, have been working endlessly on their much anticipated self titled EP. Launching Saturday September 22 at The Hi-Fi with local support from Mercury White, The Communists, and Scalar Fields to wind up an exceptional bill of live music. Previous works express bluesy bass lines and spiralling guitar riﬀs, mixed with skittering drums and increasingly strident vocals they bring together a joyful blend of old school rock and bubbling dance. Their progressive style of indie/pop/rock makes for a fantastic live show full of infectious melodies and lively beats.

DANIEL CHAMPAGNE Wrapping up a mammoth national tour for his EP Real Live, Daniel Champagne returns to Melbourne for one last show. He’s at The Workers Club on Saturday July 7, with the Bearded Gypsy Band and Max Savage. This is your last chance to catch Daniel before he heads back over to the US for an extended North American tour, including a number of support slots for Kelly Joe Phelps. $12.

HUGO AND THE TREATS Hugo And The Treats alongside Ghost Orkid are set to play Bar Open four Sundays in a row. Hugo is a dedicated esoteric rap exile from the UK, who was just recently invited back to his homeland by none other than Julian Assange. No, seriously. Assange had come across the online satirical current aﬀairs show Rap News, which is hosted by Hugo himself and has garnered worldwide attention with six digit hits on YouTube. They’re joined by Ghost Orkid, formed when a last minute cancellation forced four musicians to perform a completely improvised show. With an emphasis on groove and twisted beats, psychedelic guitar and processed and dubbed vocals, audiences are transported to the future-music realm that each oscillator, reversed loop and sample works to create. They play Bar Open on Sunday July 8.

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ALISON FERRIER London born singer-songwriter Alison Ferrier will be performing from 4pm every Sunday in July in The Retreat Hotel front bar. She began her musical career in Melbourne playing acoustic guitar and ﬁddle with country duo The Wayward Fancies and then four-piece band The Hallrunners. She has recently released her debut solo album. Full of dreamily melodic waltzes, heartsick ballads and haunted blues, Sugar Baby is evocative of the timeless, romantic music of years gone by. She is joined by Tim Murphy on double bass and Matt Green on electric guitar and dobro. Also, it’s free.

THE SCARLETS The lean, mean, red and black machine is back! Melbourne hard rock sensations The Scarlets are back, ready to roar and set to stamp their studded boot on Melbourne’s rock scene once again. Introducing the explosive guitar pyrotechnics of Anth Nekich, showcasing some fresh new material, and reigniting their furious and combustable on-stage energy, this show will not be one to be missed! Along for the ride will be some of the hottest up-and-coming melodic punk bands in Melbourne right now – Fireﬁght, Aitches and Japan For. The action all kicks oﬀ at The Prague, Friday July 6.

8 BIT LOVE 8 Bit Love have been tucked away for the last few months letting their creative juices ﬂow into what will be their sophomore EP, In 3D. With some of the catchy dance tracks 8 Bit Love has become known for, In 3D also explores some new sounds and styles. This July, the band is returning to the pub scene with a residency at the Workers Club, featuring some new tracks and a lot of excitement to be back on stage. With a live show that can be described as a boisterous frenzy of cowbell playing, screaming and dancing, The Workers Club and its inhabitants will be in for a treat every Tuesday night.

LAWRENCE ARABIA With his new album The Sparrow due for release on July 13, Spunk Records is pleased to announce that Lawrence Arabia will be performing an album preview show at the Toﬀ In Town tonight. The Sparrow is Arabia’s third solo album – the evocative follow up to his Taite Music Prize, Silver Scroll awarded Chant Darling, released in 2009. It draws on the symphonic sounds of Scott Walker and Serge Gainsbourg – wide, open pop songs, set to Arabia’s charming turn of phrase. He’s supported by the ever-so-lovely Emma Russack. Doors are at 8pm, tickets are $15+bf from Moshtix or $20 on the door.

THE ARACHNIDS The Arachnids are set to launch their debut EP The Vulture at Revolver Upstairs on July 14. A four-piece rock band from Brisbane that wears their heart on their hips, The Arachnids are more interested in having fun than being cool, with their energy harking back to the irreverence that Brisbane bands Regurgitator/Custard brought to the fore in the ‘90s. The debut EP The Vulture is the ﬁrst volley in a statement of intent to shake the music community out of their style over substance malaise. While unlikely to end up darlings of the self-interested indie blogosphere, The Arachnids plan on providing you with a backdrop of the best nights that you can’t really remember.

THE VANGUARDS Come and see the inter-galactic roots fusion ﬂag bearers crusading ever deeper into the space between. From tap dancing at age eight to trombone at 15, electric bass guitar at 19 and tenor guitar at 30, three US pilgrimages and some 3,500 gigs along the way, Dale’s latest Vanguards reinvention is again the perfect vehicle for his eclectic take on roots music. The Vanguards perform at The Retreat Hotel this Saturday July 7 from 7pm. Free.

BREAK EVEN After announcing they’d be calling it a day earlier in the year, Perth’s Break Even are heading over east one last time to play their ﬁnal ever Melbourne show. They’re bringing with them good mates and fellow Perth residents Miles Away, and rounding oﬀ the bill are locals The Broderick, Viking Frontier, and Outsiders Code. Catch them at the Bendigo Hotel on Friday July 6. $20, 8pm.

CATCH RELEASE Catch Release groove with a darker sense of space and a compositional complexity that is both unique and challenging. The songs are coloured by the often cinematic sound of French horn, violin, organ, percussion, and a unique style of beat boxing. Catch this child-like wonder at the Great Britain Hotel Thursday July 5, 8pm sharp. Serving as the delectable entrée, The Twoks will make you wonder how two musicians can paint such a lush sonic landscape. Their music is epic and full of chamber music experimentica all wrapped up in a pop song. Think Andrew Bird meets Lykke Li at a Karen O dinner party. Free entry. The Great Britain Hotel, Thursday July 5, 8pm, Free!

THE NIGHT TERRORS CARUS THOMPSON After more than a decade of touring, recording and performing, Carus Thompson is a veteran on the Australian live music, singer-songwriter landscape. Carus will be performing at The Retreat Hotel every Thursday in July as part of his tour for his latest release, Acoustic At The Norfolk Volume II. Thompson is relishing settling back into his beloved, adopted home town of Melbourne, and it ﬁnally gives him a chance to play in venues like The Retreat. Support this Thursday July 5 comes from Benny Walker, 9pm start and best of all, it’s free.

CAMERAS Beat are proud to present the upcoming tour by molten-hot indie four-piece Cameras. Forming in 2008, Cameras have since gone on to take the world by storm. Last year saw the outﬁt support revered stalwarts Roxy Music on their Australian tour. Cameras went on to shine at festivals such as Vivid LIVE, Big Day Out, CMJ and heaps more. Living up to the buzz, the band dropped their debut LP In Your Room to international critical acclaim, and will hit the east coast this July to celebrate the album’s launch. Cameras perform at Can’t Say, Platform One on Friday July 13, The Workers Club on Saturday July 14 and Pure Pop Records on Sunday July 15.

Melbourne dark synth heavyweights The Night Terrors emerge from the depths of the studio to launch their brand new double A-side 12” Monster/Lasers For Eyes on OSCL Records. The 12” features remixes by Berlin Italo-disco legend Antoni Maiovvi (repaying the favour for the Night Terrors’ 2011 remix of his single Murderfunk) and Australian synth legend Ash Wednesday (The Metronomes, The Models, Einstürzende Neubauten). The Night Terrors launch their new 12” on Saturday July 7 at The Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne, with support from local goth/EBM sensation Forces and a special improvised audiovisual set by Ash Wednesday.

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DON WALKER

Having just ﬁnished his debut solo album Hours Electric, Dan Trolley who fronts garage punk band Mass Cult will be making his live debut at The Old Bar Tuesday July 10, playing super lo-ﬁ psych pop with layered ‘80s synthesisers, drum machine and fuzz pedal (think Jesus And Mary Chain meets Gary Numan). Special guests are Billy McCabe and Justin Stokes (Wilding). Free entry.

The legendary Don Walker (Cold Chisel, Tex, Don & Charlie, Catﬁsh) will be heading out on the road again to tour the country performing some old and new songs with his band The Suave Fucks. Tales and songs, some old, some new. He hits the Northcote Social Club on Thursday July 26 and The Caravan Club in Oakleigh on Friday July 27. Tickets on sale now from the venue and Oztix.

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MICHAEL PLATER AND THE EXIT KEYS Local indie/art-rock singer/songwriter Michael Plater will be bringing his crack team of contract killers and south-ofthe-border mercenaries, the Exit Keys, to the Brunswick Hotel on Sunday July 8, for a special late afternoon/early evening show. They will be joined by the post-rock/altcountry punk of Dogs of Thomas Park and the folk lyricism of The Tattered Sails. Doors are at 5pm and entry is free.

CHEV RISE Get your uni holiday celebrations on tonight when anthemic pop-rockers Chev Rise headline the huge Super Unsigned Festival at the Corner Hotel. It’s also the last show on their Can’t Sell My Heart/She’ll Sing Her Song 7” single launch tour, so get down early to snag yourself a copy of their tasty limited vinyl release. Doors 6.30pm, tickets from the band and venue.

FRASER A. GORMAN In his music, Fraser embraces an old world style that incorporates everything from ‘20s chain gang and gospel hymns to Doo-Wop country hip-shakers.. He is influenced by early dustbowl singers like Lightin’ Hopkins , Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie as well as modern troubadours such as Justin Townes Earle, Frank Fairfield and Josh T. Pearson. Since releasing his debut 7” record Lonesome Mothers Son Blues in November 2011, Fraser has performed at Queenscliff Music Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival and Boogie Music Festival as well as support the likes of great international acts like Joe Pug (USA), A.A Bondy (USA), Jason Isbell (USA) Those Darlins (USA) and great national acts like The Cruel Sea, Dan Sultan, Clairey Browne, The Rechords and Little John. Fraser will be performing with full band and guests Murlocs and Courtney Barnett at the Toff in town on Saturday July 14.

Define your genre in five words or less: Southern psychedelic horror blues rock. What can a punter expect from your live show? A whirlwind of fury. Beer down the front of their shirts. Unknown liquids on the back of their shirts. Confusion. A bloody good time. Free popcorn and the utmost sense of satisfaction. When’s the gig and with who? We launch the new animated video clip to our song Simon Young at The Tote this Friday July 6. Playing alongside us are the three incredible outﬁts King Of The North, BATPISS and My Left Boot. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Good beer, great times, entertaining live acts, girls, great rock and roll bands of the past and present. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? Play music of a high standard that can be enjoyed by large amount of people. Have inﬂuential people on their side. Be in the right place at the right time. Have a hell of a lot of patience as I’m sure it’s a bloody hard slog to get there and it certainly isn’t going to happen overnight.

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Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? We released our debut EP in April. It’s available at gigs: why, you could even grab one this Friday at The Tote! Failing that, go wrangle yourself a copy at Polyester Records in Flinders Lane, Missing Link on Bourke Street, Polyester Records on Brunswick Street, Broken Glass Records in Collingwood or Thornbury Records on High Street. Why should everyone come and see your band? Because they should be out there supporting live music at every opportunity they get and they’ll be hard pressed to find a better line up this Friday evening. The ‘My Left Boot, BATPISS, King Of The North and Sheriff combination’, along with other shenanigans that will take place on Friday at the Tote, is set to explode in one magical and unforgettable evening. Anything else to add? Get your arse down to The Tote for the Sheriff Simon Young video launch this Friday night! There’s going to be free popcorn. Check out the teaser trailer at sherifftheband.com.au.

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THE DIRTY PROJECTORS Swing Lo Magellan (Domino)

WEDNESDAY 4 JULY

RESIDENCY – OPENING NIGHT

ESTHER HOLT

(EX SNOWY BELFAST) BAYOU BEN WRIGHT SMITH

DONATION ENTRY, 8.30PM

THURSDAY 5 JULY SINGLE LAUNCH

THE PRIMARY ESC THE KILNIKS HOWARD STAFFAN’S SONGS ENTRY $2, 8:30PM $2.50 POTS, $5 VODKAS!

FRIDAY 6 JULY

SEX ON TOAST MAJOR TOM AND THE ATOMS EMANUEL CICCOLINI MANDEK PENHA ENTRY $8, 8.30PM

SATURDAY 7 JULY SINGLE LAUNCH

CROOKED SAINT THE RUMOURS THE CORSAIRS

ENTRY $12 DOOR, $10 PRESALE THRU MOSHTIX, 9PM

SUNDAY 8 JULY

BILL AND THE JERKS COHORTS NOMEN SPECIAL GUESTS ENTRY $5, 8PM

MONDAY 9 JULY

RESIDENCY - OPENING NIGHT

ANIMAUX POCO LA PAX ELEPHANT EYES ENTRY $5, 8PM $10 JUGS!

TUESDAY 10 JULY RESIDENCY

SIMON WRIGHT BAND HUW JOSEPH EVA MCGOWEN DJ BIG KAHUNA BURGER DONATION ENTRY, 9PM $10 JUGS!

COMING UP TIX AVAILABLE THRU MOSHTIX: ANIMAUX (MON IN JULY) THE SIMON WRIGHT BAND (TUE IN JULY) ESTHER HOLT (WED IN JULY) HIATUS KAIYOTE (12 JULY) HEROES FOR HIRE (13 JULY) FREESTATE - VIDEO/SINGLE LAUNCH (14 JULY) RHYS CRIMMIN & THE TOMS – ALBUM LAUNCH (15 JULY) DAYDREAM ARCADE (20 JULY) HOLLOW EVERDAZE (21 JULY) HEAVY MAG LAUNCH PARTY (28 JULY) DEAR STALKER – SINGLE LAUNCH (29 JULY) SINCE THE RIVER – SINLGE/VIDEO LAUNCH (2 AUGUST)

The Dirty Projectors progenitor and frontman David Longstreth deals in extremes. The prefix “poly” is prevalent in pretty much every instance of discourse pertaining to his work – polyrhythmic, polymelodic, polymathematic. His vocal style is often compared to that of David Byrne, which both makes sense and doesn’t – Byrne is restrained to deadpan, Longstreth bounces the life out of each syllable. Swing Lo Magellen keeps some of those wildish impulses in check, but at the same time, it often jackknifes into far more transgressive territory. At times, it sounds a lot like Bitte Orca part two, and at times, it sounds nothing like what Dirty Projectors have produced before. Album closer Irresponsible Tune bears a misnomer; it’s probably the most conventional track on the album, bar the title track. There are many moments of classic simplistic folk bliss, declaring that Dirty Projectors can do conventional, and that they can do it quite well. Offsping Are Blank is very much a rock‘n’roll track – you can almost hear the Townsend-approved windmills in the chorus. It’s a dynamic that was prominent throughout Bitte Orca – that gentle lull leading up to an overblown blast of guitars. The rest of Swing Lo Magellan doesn’t readily employ that formula. The album’s 12 tracks are mostly stripped back compositions, but even with a limited palette the band’s tonal idiosyncrasies shine through. Unto Ceasar is a romp, deconstructing itself beyond the fourth wall with ad-libs such as “When should we bust into harmony?”, immediately before busting into harmony. See What She Seeing, an otherwise innocuous track, is permeated by an obnoxious rolling percussion which sounds much like a mechanical fault. Lonsgreth’s inimitable vocals get their most extensive workout on the impassioned The Gun Has No Trigger. The tension of the haunting backup harmonies combine with the stripped back, pulsating instrumentation builds until the inevitable payoff of the chorus – pulling off a mean, tasteful

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COLLECTOR’S CORNER MISSING LINK display of vocal gymnastics. The most pleasant surprise within Swing Lo Magellan is the bevy of love songs, none more brilliant than the heartwarming and endearing Impregnable Question. When the chorus swoons “You’re my love, and I want you in my life,” you believe it. Dance For You is equally sweet, nearly veering off the rails with a stratospheric string refrain before snapping right back down to welcoming terra firma. It would be selling Swing Lo Magellan short to label it as being a more accessible strain of Dirty Projectors. Americana is explored, bastardised and worshipped, and the end product is something to behold. LACHLAN KANONIUK Key Track: Impregnable Question If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Offend Maggie DEERHOOF, Magical Mystery Tour THE BEATLES In A Word: Wild

notes of gypsy brass in its latter half. The song comes from an as-yet-unreleased album by the Brisbane sextet called Hadean.

Ruin (Matador/Remote Control) Ruin is the first single from the forthcoming Sun, Chan Marshall’s first original album in six years. Her warm, popping arch-pop is well-crafted, but it swings towards Natasha Atlas with its dated orchestration; the pianos, guitars and ticking beats bouncing off each other in a freewheeling bazaar of noise that is theatrical but oddly dull. There’s no heart in it.

Monster/Lasers for Eyes (OSCL Records) Kraut rock meets Georgio Morodor meets Plan 9 From Outer Space in the new oﬀering from The Night Terrors. The ﬂavour shifts subtly from movement to movement, the intensity builds steadily, the beat pounds on, a whole galaxy comes into being.

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STONEFIELD

Atacama (Independent) Featuring members of Pollyanna and Violetine, Iamloveproof is a mostly local band that is partial to the plodding guitar noise of late ‘90sindie rock; the barelyshifting riﬀs, the droning, depressive mood and the anguished vocal stylings of so many well-forgotten bands. Atacama is maudlin and slow-moving, and doesn’t improve MOR ‘90s indie rock in any way that would justify its revival.

DUNE

Shoestring (Independent) Melbourne-based artist Dune opens her debut single with icy Vangelis-meets-Monkey Magic ﬂickers before launching into a fairly paint-by-numbers synth-pop tune – heavy bass, led by the ‘80s-style anguished sex kitten vocal. The song is energetic, atmospheric and has a few notable peaks, so will probably cut through with lovers of Little Dragon and Ladyhawke.

TOUCAN

Mr Television (Independent) Winners of some Unearthed competition or another, Toucan are a bouncy little duo blending doo wop and pop with a swinging jungle rhythm. Lead singer Jess has a sultry babydoll voice reminiscent of Duﬀy and Cerys Matthews (of Catatonia).

SURES

Stars (Ivy League) Sydney duo Sures take aim at star-fuckers with their lush, harmonised synth pop onslaught. Dreamy but cutting, with a Temper Trap-style stadium-ﬂooding crescendo, the song is John Hughes crossed with early ‘90s shoegazer pop.

ALPINE

Gasoline (Ivy League) I had such a violent allergic reaction to Alpine’s live performance – thanks to the slap-worthy attention-seeking gymnastics of singers Phoebe and Lou – that I ﬁnd it diﬃcult to talk about how distinctive and overall good the band’s music can be. Seriously, if those two were cats they’d lick themselves to death. It’s very distracting.

FOUNDS

Avalanches (Rare Finds/Inertia) Avalanches is more of a snowy drift; a rich and atmospheric folk pop (taking cues from Sigur Ros) that swells with hearty

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1. The Chain DEATH RATTLE 2. Last June GALLOWS 3. Drift Drive THE ANTLERS 4. Lupine Dominus THEE OH SEES 5. Summertime Is Coming PAUL BANKS 6. Rituals DUCK FIGHT GOOSE 7. Your Words BATTLESHIPS 8. She’s A Riot THE JUNGLE GIANTS 9. Dance SKRYPTCHA 10. Amber In The Sun ANDREW EWING

SINGLES BY SIMONE Cheese doesn’t help you think. I know that now.

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Ruby Skies (Wunderkind) The Findlay sisters return with a song about the Black Saturday bushﬁres, in which their devilish electric guitar noodling sets the scene for the lyrical hook: “Ruby skies, send the rain.” Again, the girls tick all the boxes for a ‘70s rock devotional – loose and conﬁdent axe work, psychedelic, reverb-drenched vocals and just a touch of funk in the rhythm – but it still doesn’t sound right. They sound like talented kids performing some lesser-known and slightly boring rock musical.

1. Hard Rubbish LP LOWER PLENTY 2. Kvelertak 2LP KVELERTAK 3. This Is CD/LP PUBLIC IMAGE LIMITED 4. Big Lebowski Soundtrack LP 5. March Of Despair LP COFFINS 6. Oﬀ! LP/CD OFF! 7. Marley Soundtrack 3LP BOB MARLEY 8. Harmony Corruption LP NAPALM DEATH 9. July issue MAXIMUM ROCK N ROLL zine 10. La Sexorcisto LP WHITE ZOMBIE

THORNBURY RECORDS 1. Vaya AT THE DRIVE IN 2. Since I Left You AVALANCHES 3. Valtari SIGUR ROS 4. Oﬀ! OFF! 5. Blunderbuss JACK WHITE 6. Hair TY SEGALL & WHITE FENCE 7. Aufheben BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE 8. Visions GRIMES 9. Bloom BEACH HOUSE 10. Noctourniquet LP MARS VOTLA

WOOLY BULLY 1. Bull’s Eye 7” RUINED FORTUNE 2. Mob Reality 7” WHORES 3. Box Of Wine 7” MEAT THUMP 4. Valley Tangents LP BLUES CONTROL 5. New Centre Of The Universe Tape VARIOUS 6. Nationalism 7” STRAIGHTJACKET NATION 7. Purple Reign 7” OBNOX 8. Everything Goes Wrong LP CONSTANT MONGREL 9. I Made Blood Better LP MAD NANNA 10. Painted Gold 7” TACO LEG

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I Had It Coming (EMI) White Rabbits build a satisfying murmur of a song with not very much at all – a slight and repetitive hook, a slapping beat, the echoing knock of claves and a few well-placed piano notes. Greg Patterson’s voice, sweet and seductive, makes it all hang together.

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Border Song (Domino/EMI) With piano, violin and various wind instruments hatcheting away at punk pop speeds and veering dangerously close to collision, James Yorkston has the perfect musical setting for his rippling, chaotic lyrics. “This is nothing, just a ﬂirt, just a ﬂicker, just a taster, of what it not to come,” he sings, amidst many other fast-disappearing thoughts. Folk pop is novel at this speed.

CHIDDY BANG

Mind Your Manners (EMI) As with most chart-bound hip hop, Mind Your Manners is only memorable for the hook in the chorus, a burst of melody that is epic and attention-grabbing. Chiddy Bang’s rap skills are certainly nothing to write home about: “I’m feeling invincible, in junior high school I had a crush on the principal.” Nice work, Chiddy. You almost rhymed something.

SINGLE OF THE WEEK PLUTO JONZE

See What The Sun Sees (EMI) There are moments of Beatles-style psychedelia, swooping strings and a radiant melody that wheels like a merry-go-round, and there is Pluto Jonze sliding around the middle of it all, an idle and playful crooner, having a lovely old time.

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1. Changing The Timeline THE LAURELS 2. Looking Glass KINGFISHA 3. The Child NIKKO 4. Your Love SASKWATCH 5. Misery Lane MONEY FOR ROPE 6. Toothless Grin JINGJA SAFARI 7. Heart Killer GOSSLING 8. Dance Bear SNAKADAKTAL 9. Gasoline ALPINE 10. Born At The Right Time DAPPLED CITIES

BEAT’S TOP TEN SONGS ABOUT ARACHNIDS 1. Spiders (Kidsmoke) WILCO 2. No More Reason THE ARACHNIDS 3. Cobwebs MOTIONLESS IN WHITE 4. The Scorpion MEGADEATH 5. Along Came A Spider EVERY CHILD EVER 6. Spiders SYSTEM OF A DOWN 7. Little Black Spiders ARMAND VAN HALEN 8. You And I SCORPIONS 9. Spiderwebs NO DOUBT 10. The Black Widow ALICE COOPER

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TRAPPIST AFTERLAND

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What We Saw From the Cheap Seats (Sire Records) It’s a disservice to any artist to judge a new work on the providence of the old, but it is hard to listen to Regina Spektor’s sixth record without feeling like a light is going out somewhere. The Russian born-Brooklyn raised troubadour has done some brilliant things in songwriting, especially when her predilection for bright-eyed whimsy is indulged just enough to let her astute observations of the wonderful absurdity of love shine. Remember songs like Fidelity and On The Radio? They were undeniably wonderful; sweet and melancholy, both joyful and fascinating. They were songs that made your soul feel like it was tipsily climbing into the back of a taxi on the way to a sparkling new adventure. There is precious little of that here. Instead, the listener is treated to shovel-loads of cloying bullshit; bubblegum twee-pop wrapped in vocal ticks and po-mo grunting that demands your attention with about as much grace as the manager of a call centre reinventing herself as a burlesque artist. There are touches of what your humble reviewer liked so much about Spektor on previous eﬀorts. The tearjerker How is a simple, soulful torch song that reaches into the heart of this record and wrenches it out, almost as if to show you how great it could have been just before it stops beating. You feel curmudgeonly listening to this record. You resent that Spektor seems to be cynically cashing in on the ‘adorkable’ sub-culture championed by Zooey Deschanel. But then, Spektor went a long way towards championing that culture in years past. It’s hard for any artist who had promising beginnings to eclipse their own shadow, but this is a case of Spektor’s children coming back to eat her – presumably at some kind of picnic. What We Saw From The Cheap Seats could have been called Best Track: How Miranda July Phones It In, which would be a better If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Cooking and mainlining idea of what you’ll hear from the cheap seats. nutrasweet. LIAM PIEPER In A Word: Urgh.

Drugs can help you find a world beyond the futile economic, social and petty political battles of daily life – or they can fuck you up good and proper, depending on your natural state of being – but music can also help you discover cognitive spaces you would not otherwise ordinarily patronise. And so it is with Trappist Afterland’s Burrowing To Light In The Land Of Nod. This is a record steeped in ethereal psychedelia, a psychological state of being replete with soft light, deep tones and endless possibility. Burrowing To Light introduces the collage of Eastern tones, chants and extended moments of spiritual contemplation that characterises the record; it’s the Velvet Underground without the pop art, it’s Marianne Faithful at the end of the ‘70s stumbling through a haze of her own creation, following a distant light that will guide her back to earth. On Father=Sun Itself Trappist Afterland find the state of being Jim Morrison yearned for, if only he could have ditched the booze and anger. Patron Saint of Gypsies takes us on a journey to cultural pastures barely understood; the intense raga of The Crystal Wood/I’m Not An Owl, I’m A Man is just heavy, man. The communal chanting of Spirit’s Tongues gives way to a pop track of sorts, where Rowland S Howard meets hippie sensibility and finds a better way. My Own Light Divine is Neil Young on a Cat Stevens trip; Leaving The Land Of Nod is John Cale taking us down the long musical narrative to The End, and it’s feeling pretty good. The tragic reality of the alternative communities of the ‘70s was an existence plagued by addiction, ego and dysfunctional sexual and social relationships – while the music of the time lived on. Trappist Afterland might not solve all your problems, but it’ll take you to the right place. Best Track: Burrowing to Light If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Velvet Underground, Marianne Faithful, The Black Angels. In A Word: Ethereal.

THE MEN

Open Your Heart (Spunk Records/Sacred Bones) The third album from the Californian punk/rock/shoegaze/psych quartet is, as that list of genres would suggest, a collision of inﬂuences. Open Your Heart is 30 years of rock music reinterpreted into one 2012 album. Opener Turn It Around is both parts presumably and absurdly inspired by early FooFighters, while Animal is saturated in early ‘90s pre-grunge punk. Then there’s Country Song and Candy. Ahem, hello there? Now where did you both come from!? The oscillating and droning guitar melody and slow-jam pace of Country Song comes as a jolting surprise as does the twanging lead riﬀ and

STILL FLYIN’

On A Bedroom Wall (The Lost And Lonesome) On A Bedroom Wall seeks to present a more sleek and serious incarnation of Still Flyin’. The record charts another intriguing step in the band’s subtle metamorphosis, one ushered in over the years since the release of their debut album. This time around they’ve tweaked their ham-jamming tendencies to produce a more intimate venture. Still Flyin’s fun-loving expertise of the past is conspicuously absent for the most part and any brushes with the band’s previous efforts (see: Spiritus and Candlemaker) are brief at best. Big Trouble In Little Alabama ranks as one of the LP’s finest tracks, re-establishing the band’s credentials as an indie-pop outfit. ‘I’ll never know just why I feel this way/There’s something in my bones I want to say,’ expounds FRONTMAN. It’s a neat hook, but more to the point, it deftly illustrates the album’s inherent tension. It’s an odd fit for Still Flyin’ to sound tentative and vaguely anxious but polished. The nature of the band’s evolution emerges the foremost point of contention here. Their direction is intriguing and has yielded a solid and consistent enough album, though one not nearly as punchy nor as irresistible as its predecessors. Compared to its fun pickand-mix older brother Neu Ideas, it can feel a little limited at times. Overall, On A Bedroom Wall earns Best Track: Big Trouble In Little Alabama If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Diver LEMONADE, a mild recommendation as a result, citing separation anxiety from the Still Flyin’ of yesteryear. St.Lucia EP ST.LUCIA In A Word: Moody

NICK MASON

JACKSON FIREBIRD Cock Rockin’ (Warner)

This Mildura/Melbourne band play around the traps quite a bit. Live, they are pretty unique, and shitloads of fun. Just the two of them, they put on a show that needs to be seen to be believed. How does the live show translate into the recorded form? Well, it’s kind of a mixed bag. Firstly, the lack of a bass guitar, and thus some decent bottom end, is painfully apparent, even though they try hard to accommodate for its absence in the mix. The songs are bluesy/boogie flavoured old school rock, the type of which has been done incessantly for the past 50 years. The Led Zeppelin influence is very clear, and the lyrics are all about chicks, partying and rock’n’roll. The only real originality here is the fact that there are only two of them. If you dig your rock with four chords and a bluesy swagger, then check this out. If you hunger for something more in your rock sounds, maybe give this a wide berth. But definitely check out their live show, no matter what. It’s a scream. Best Track: Quan Dang If You Like These, You’ll Like This: LED ZEPPELIN, THE ROD WHITFIELD BLACK CROWS, THE ALLMAN BROTHERS In A Word: Conventional

PATRICK EMERY

slacker folk of Candy. Open Your Heart is at odds with the currently dominant ultra-shiny, synth rock that is everywhere at the moment but may be too derivative for some. It’s strange that a band that is so unashamedly documenting the past decades of rock, still manage to create an album that seems so entirely fresh on the current spectrum. At times on Open Your Heart, the band forgoes vocal melodies completely; while at others ﬁll a song with all four voices. If nothing this displays yet another daring decision by the band that will be loved and loathed in equal measure. Entirely familiar to old-hat rock and punk fans and yet at the same time utterly new, Open Your Heart may require some to open their ears in order Best Track: Candy for it to be appreciated on its own merits. If You Like These, You’ll Like This: The last 30 years of rock In A Word: Déjà (vu) KRISSI WEISS

FRIENDS

Manifest! (Lucky Number/Cooperative Music) Friends put style firmly ahead of substance with their effervescent yet strangely empty debut album Manifest! It initially wallops you with a big sugar hit, but once the sweetness has worn off, it all starts to grate on your nerves a little. Things start smoothly enough with some fairly basic demands being set up as part of the Brooklyn quintet’s manifest. Song with titles like ‘I Want To Be Your Friend’ and ‘I want you to come over to my house’ are testament to this, sung with immediate, undemanding melodies. As the album progresses, the sounds get more eclectic and each of the songs’ influences ring all too loud and clear. The raw Ruins sticks out like a sore thumb in the middle of the album — all ‘riot grrrl’ moans and groans. I’m His Girl clearly uses Gwen Stefani’s Hollaback Girl as its template, while Va Fan Gor Du pays tribute to old-school hip hop with its Missy Elliot-esque chanting chorus. Stay Dreaming tries fusing Cocteau Twins with The Sugarcubes and succeeds in making no impact whatsoever. Grand finale Mind Control taps into Chic-style funk, but at least has a mind of its own and gets a boost by an untamed performance from lead vocalist Samantha Urbani. Manifest! is the sound of a band trying on an assortment of clothes, but changing three times before they get to the front door. It seems Friends don’t like committing to anything for too long or putting much effort into trying anything original. Originality is hard to come by, so it is churlish to complain about this alone; more problematic is the schizophrenic mess of genres and the over-thought delivery of some rather simplistic reinterpretations. I’m all for party music and good times, but Friends’ form of fun sounds somewhat forced. Best Track: Mind Control If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Cults CULTS, Here We Are CITIZENS In A Word: Shallow

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GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY 4 JUL ROCK/POP BETTER THAN THE WIZARDS + ELCASET + HUMBUG + THE TIMBERS Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. BROTHERS HAND MIRROR (EP LAUNCH) + ANDRAS FOX + GREIVIS VASQUEZ Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. DOUBLEBLACK + THEE ARGYLES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. GREY GHOST + DIKTIONONE + WINDSOR THIEVES Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $5. IVY STREET + HOLLOW THRONE + IGOR + TENDOR BONES Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. JACKSON FIREBIRD Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. KODO MOTIF (EP LAUNCH) + BLACKWATER RIFF + PENY BOHAN John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. LAWRENCE ARABIA + EMMA RUSSACK Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15. MATT HENRY & HARRY HOOKEY + MOON REPUBLIC Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 8:30pm. MISS NICHOLLS (EP LAUNCH) + SPYKITE + TEMPLE + YOSHITORO Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $5. ROCKING HORSE + SANS GRAS + THE VELVETS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. SUPER UNSIGNED MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: CHEV RISE + KIDS WITHOUT BIKES + SAVING CLEOPATRA + ALI BARTER + EASY PLEASE + ERR WON + REFLEX REX + ROYAL JELLY DIXIELAND BAND + SEXXX SOPHY + THE $6000 SUITS + THE UGLY KINGS + VOLUMETRIC Corner Hotel, Richmond. 6:30pm. $15.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK BRENDAN WELCH + ALYSIA MANCEAU + SEAN NICHOLAS MCMAHON Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. DAS MUSIK MANN + WATER MUSIC Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. ESTHER HOLT + BAYOU + BEN WRIGHT SMITH Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. HELEN CATANCHIN & CO Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. JACK GRAMSKI (ALBUM LAUNCH) + JEREMY P MARTIN + LINDSEY MELDRUM Clifton Hill Hotel, Clifton Hill. 8:00pm.

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MARSDEN WILLIAMS Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Dancing Dog, Footscray. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. OPEN MIC & JAM NIGHT Grind N Groove, Healesville. 8:00pm. SINGALONG SOCIETY - FEAT: BILLY MILLER + REBECCA BARNARD Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 7:00pm. $15. VICTORIANA GAYE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: GEN & FLORA + PENELOPE SWALES Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

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THE NIGHT TERRORS

BOB Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. DAVEY LANE + PETER EWING Kent St Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. DIZZY’S BIG BAND Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. HETTY KATE + DYSENTRIO 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. JAZZURES Cruzao Arepa Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

Having the same teeth-grinding, recurring dream is never fun, but Night Terrors are certainly one that you’ll be yearning to have more of once you experience their live show. Their theremin-fuelled, experimental instrumental beats laden with horror-synth will envelope all your senses like some kind of psychadelic dream warfare that’ll keep you company in your slumber for evenings to come. As Simone says in her single review this week, “a whole galaxy comes into being”. The Night Terrors play The Toff this Saturday July 7.

THURSDAY 5 JUL ROCK/POP BOYRED + RIOT CO + THE DIVINE FLUXES + THRASHER JYNX Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. CATCH RELEASE + THE TWOKS Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. CHILDREN OF THE WAVE + BETTLESNAKE + JASON HELLER + LEHMANN B SMITH Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. CLUB FEET + ILL’S Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $12. GODWOLF + DJ SUPAK + LEAKS + WILLOW BEATS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $10. I AM GIANT + BELLUSIRA + VOLYTION Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $18.

KARNIVOOL (MELODIAS FRESCAS TOUR) The Hi-ﬁ, Melbourne. 8:00pm. KING & QUEEN NIGHT - FEAT: ANNA SALEN + CREPTTER CHILDREN + THEY The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. LIEUTENANT JAM + THE TIMBERS Highlander, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. MELTING POT PRESENTS - FEAT: ANNA SMYRK + BRIGHTLY + THE MELISSA MAIN BAND John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. OLIVER JACK Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 9:30pm. PLASTIC SPACEMAN + BULLETS IN BERLIN + DJ GEEK PIE + FREAKS OF THE DEEP Pony, Melbourne. 8:30pm. RIDE INTO THE SUN + SUZIE STAPLETON + THE QUIVERS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. ROB FARNHAM + CALLEE + HOLY TRASH Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. ROCKET QUEEN + BETWEEN THE WARS + DAVE WRIGHT & THE MIDNIGHT ELECTRIC + THE STAFFORDS Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8. ROCKING HORSE & THE BABY DOLLS + CHILDREN OVERBOARD + THE VELVETS Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy.

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5:00pm. ROSS HANNAFORD BAND + BRONNIE GORDON BAND Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. RUBY’S SHOWCASE Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. 7:00pm. SOOKI LALA + FOREVER YOUNG + WHODAFUNKIT Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. SUPER UNSIGNED MUSIC FESTIVAL - FEAT: SIGNALS IN SILENCE + SUNDAY CHAIRS + VOODOOCAIN + BAREBACK TITTY SQUAD + CENTRE & THE SOUTH + COOPER STREET + INFLUENCIAL: EP LAUNCH + LA NOUVELLE + REXKRAMER + RPM + SAVING GRACE + SINISTER MINISTER + THE BELLASTRADES Corner Hotel, Richmond. 6:30pm. $15. SURES (STARS TOUR) + HARTS + WOE & FLUTTER Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. SURROGATE TURNIP + EMMA HEENEY + TIM REID Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $8. THE PRIMARY + ESC + HOWARD + STAFFANS SONGS + THE KILNIKS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $2. THE TWOKS + JIMMY DANIEL Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. WHITE WALLS + IGOR + THE STEVENS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm. $8.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK CARUS THOMPSON + BENNY WALKER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. DAN WATERS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. HAZELMAN BROS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. HETTY KATE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. JIMI HOCKINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BLUES MACHINE Fleece Hotel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Acoustic Cafe, Collingwood. 6:30pm. OPEN MIC Arcadia Hotel, South Yarra. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. SAROX + RICHARD JEFFREY Bar Nancy, Northcote. 9:00pm. SIB + GUY KABEL + LITTLE BASTARD: EP LAUNCH Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $8. SKYSCRAPER STAN The B East, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. SUGARPUSS + JELLY BEAN + THE WARHEADS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:00pm. THE BEARDED GYPSY BAND + MAX SAVAGE Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. THE BEDROOM PHILOSOPHER + GEOFF LEMON Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC CRAIG SIMON COLLECTIVE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. DAVE ALLARDICE QUARTET 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET + RUBY PAGE The Commune, East Melbourne. 6:00pm. KOOYEH Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:00pm. LIVE UNDERGROUND JAZZ - FEAT: MICHAEL GRIFFIN QUINTET Bluestone Downstairs, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00am. RBS LIVE - FEAT: MZ.WOOD + ANNA GILKISON JAZZ TRIO + MINNIE ANDREWS Red Bennies, South Yarra. 7:00pm. $10. RUMBA CUBANA & RODOLFO HECHAVARRIA PANGA Cruzao Arepa Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SALSA EXPLOSION - FEAT: ANDREW JAMES + DEL BARRIO First Floor, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. SASKWATCH Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $10. SIMON BARKER & THE SAM KEEVERS TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SONYA VERONICA QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. STEPHANIE MONK Dizzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.

GOATWHORE I love nothing more than a band name that just puts two words together. Goatwhore chose the right words. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Gratz guys. The old school metal warriors will wreak apocalyptic havoc on your arse until you collapse in eternal worth. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s happening at The Corner this Saturday July 7.

FRIDAY 6 JUL ROCK/POP 2AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: THE MURDERBALLS + DJ SLUGGER FONTAINE Pony, Melbourne. 2:00am. 80â&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ON THE EDGE Elwood Rsl, Elwood. 9:23pm. $10. A LONELY CROWD + ANGUS ANGUS ANGUS + GLASFROSCH + XENOGRAFT 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. AC/DSHE + LOST PATROL + PELVIS + RELATIVES Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. ART OF SLEEPING + SECOND HAND HEART + THEM SWOOPS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $15. AUTO DA FE + NERVOUS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. BACK IN THE DAY - FEAT: THE DEEP END + DEAD STAR RENEGADE + OVERDRIVE Portland Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. BATPISS + IGOR + SHERIFF + SUN GOD REPLICA The B East, Brunswick East. 8:00pm. BOB DYLAN NIGHT - FEAT: KAV TEMPERLEY + HOLLY THROSBY + JOSH PYKE + KEVIN MITCHELL + PATIENCE HODGSON Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $99. BORN LION + INDIAN MYNAH + THE BENNIES + WOLF VS FIRE Pony, Melbourne. 9:00pm.

BOWIE - FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Fitzroy. 11:00pm. $5. BREAK EVEN + OUTSIDERS CODE + THE BRODERICK + VIKING FRONTIER Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $10. BY THE NIGHT + ANIMAL HANDS + JEKHYL BAND + MARCH IN MOSCOW IdgaďŹ&#x20AC; Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. CHOOK RACE + AUSMUTEANTS + FIGHTING LEAGUE + JOHNNY FITNESS + POPOLICE The Liberty Social, Melbourne. 8:30pm. DEATH BY DEATHRAY + LONG HOLIDAY + TANTALUM + THE ANDROGYNY Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. HOTEL WRECKING CITY TRADERS + DEAD RIVER + ON SIERRA + WHITE WALLS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. JONATHAN BOULET + WOLF & CUB Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:30pm. $22. KARNIVOOL (MELODIAS FRESCAS TOUR) The Hi-ďŹ , Melbourne. 8:00pm. LA DANSE MACABRE Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. MARK LANEGAN + FRASER A GORMAN Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $42. MARY OF THE MOON + FLYING COLOURS + LITTLE CASINO + RAIN PARTY + RIDE INTO THE SUN Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. MY DYNAMITE + DJ DIAMONS DEB + DJ MAMA ROCK + LOS DOMINADOS + THE HEAVIES First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10.

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Clairy Browne & The Banginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rackettes

QUEENSCLIFF WINTER WARMUP Disclaimer: temperatures will rise this Saturday July 7 thanks to the sultry sounds of Clairy Browne & The Banginâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Rackettes alongside Electric Empire, Chase The Sun and King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard at this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Winter Warmup gig presented by The Queenscliff Music Festival. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sure to send out some electric vibes to create pure magic when this tidy line-up join forces at Point Lonsdale School Hall as the 2012 festival lineup is finally announced on the night. Tickets are still available from qmf.net.au.

GREY GHOST Electronic hip hop at its finest. Grey Ghost is spooking up The Workers Club for a Wednesday night residency this July. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s currently got a free mixtape of pop bangers available on his website called Ghost In The Machine. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m listening to it now. Feels good, man. Full oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; swagger. Head along and catch him tonight, or next week, or the week after, or the week after that, or all of the above. Diktion One and Windsor Thieves join him tonight.

NAN ARTIST + INFLUX + JAMES HURT + JUCID + X0N Noise Bar, Brunswick. 9:00pm. $5. NO BIRTH - FEAT: FREE CHOICE + RITES WILD + WHITE HEX Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. RAISED BY EAGLES + BULLS + GO-GO SAPIEN + JOHNNY GIBSON & THE HANGOVERS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. RIKI & THE RANTS + LOST WEEKENDS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 9:00pm. $10. ROCKING HORSE & THE BABY DOLLS + DJ DAN THE MAN + STRAWBERRY SIREN BURLESQUE Luwow, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10. SASKWATCH + ANIMAUX Malvern Town Hall, Malvern. 6:00pm. $10. SHERIFF + BATPISS + KING OF THE NORTH + MY LEFT BOOT Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10. SIN & TONICS + GUTHRIE + MURDER RATS + ROAD RATZ Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. SLOW CHASE + BAD VISION + THE QUARTERS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13. SYDONIA + DIALYSIS + FROZEN COMPASS + SEASONS OF VOLUME Pier Live, Frankston. 7:00pm. $12. SYNTHETIC BREED + DEATH OF ART + KEYS TO PERDITION + PERPETUAL END Central Club Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $15. THE AARON SCHEMBRI BAND Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. THE ANTI FALL MOVEMENT + TOM BRADBURRY John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. THE DETONATORS Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. $5. THE ELECTRIQUE BIRDS (EP LAUNCH) + LONE WOLF + MASSA GYNT + THE ANOUSHKA + THE DIVINE FLUXUS Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. THE GOOD SHIP (ALBUM LAUNCH) + THE BON SCOTTS + THE STILLSONS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $12. THE RESCUE SHIPS (SINGLE LAUNCH) + THE HAZELMAN BROTHERS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $15. THE SCARLETS + AITCHES + FIREFIGHT + JAPAN FOR The Prague, Thornbury. 9:00pm. $10. VICTOR PENDER Cape Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. WAVERLEY + CONSTANT KILLER + ROYAL BLOOD Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. ZOOPHYTE Palais, Hepburn Springs. 8:30pm. $15.

FINGERBONE BILL Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. KHS BLUES BAND + MIKE BAYLIS Balaclava Hotel, Balaclava. 8:00pm. MATT GLASS + GABRIEL LYNCH Wesley Anne, Northcote. 5:30pm. RELATIVES Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm. ST ANDREWS OPEN MIC & JAMM NIGHT St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 8:00pm. STEVIE & THE SLEEPERS Rubyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm. $10. THE ADAM WALDRON TRIO + THE JIMSON LINE Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSIONS - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm. ZOE RYAN + RACHEL CLARK The Hammy, Melbourne. 8:00pm. ZYDECO JUMP Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC EMMA GILMARTIN QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25. EMMA HAMILTON Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $20. JENNY M THOMAS & THE SYSTEM Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $18. JULIE Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;HARA & ULTRAFOX Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20. MAYA WEISS & THE ROGER CLARK QUARTET Dizzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20. OZLOCOS Cruzao Arepa Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. SOUTH SIDE SOUL - FEAT: DAN HALL Baraki Bar, Melbourne. 10:00pm. THE GRAND WAZOO Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:30pm. THE STEVE MAGNUSSON TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE SUNSHINE SISTERS + LADY LASH + THE DEANS Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $15. THE TOOT TOOT TOOTS + HOWL AT THE MOON Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $15. TROPICAL SPACE LAB - FEAT: SIN FONTERA BAND + GALAMBO + KLVO + NAHUATL SOUND SYSTEM Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. VIKINGO DE JEREZ Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ADI SAPPIR Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. CAM EWART & GHOST TOWNS OF THE MIDWEST + FRASER A GORMAN + MATT GLASS + THE MIGHTY SUN BAND The Regal Ballroom, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5. CURTISWHY + SEAN Bar Betty, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

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SCARLET GUNN Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne. 10:00pm. SIN & TONICS + GUTHRIE + THE RECHORDS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13. SMASH BAND SHOWCASE - FEAT: IDLE MINDS + DIXON CIDER First Floor, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. STONEFIELD + LITTLE CASINO + ROYAL BLOOD Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15. SYDONIA + HOLLIAVA + ISIYM + THREETIMETHRILL Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 7:00pm. $12. THE BULLETTES Luwow, Fitzroy. 11:00pm. THE GRAND RAPIDS (SINGLE LAUNCH) + HIGH FALUTIN + WILDING Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. THE HELLHOUNDS Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. THE NIGHT TERRORS + ASH WEDNESDAY + FORCES ToďŹ&#x20AC; In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. THE OCEAN PARTY + AUTOPORTRAITS + EXTREME WHEEZE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. THE VELVETS + QUINCE Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THESE PRECIOUS THINGS + LUNA GHOST Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5. THIS IS THE BAND + MARAUDERS + THE MEN THEY CALL JAYNE + VOLUMETRIC Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. TOUGH TROUBLES + BITS OF SHIT + REPAIRS + ZOND Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. TRAPPIST AFTERLAND (ALBUM LAUNCH) + LAURA MCFARLANE + WINTERNATIONALE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:30pm. UPSIDE DOWN MISS JANE + 12FU + DAMN THE TORPEDOES + LIQUOR SNATCH Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. VASOLINE St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 9:00pm. VICTOR PENDER Cape Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. WACO SOCIAL CLUB (EP LAUNCH) + LUSTRUM + PATRON SAINTS + SMOKE MACHINE + THE GAMMARAYS Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea. 6:00pm. $10. WEEKENDER SHOUT TO THE TOP - FEAT: BURIED FEATHER + DJ STEVE WIDE + RIDE INTO THE SUN Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ACOUSTIC REVUE - FEAT: STEWART KOHINGA + JAMIE MACDOWELL & TOM THUM + MEGAN & PAUL Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $10. ANDY BAYLOR (ALBUM LAUNCH) + THE WANDERING MINSTRELS Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $15. AUSTIN BUSCH Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. BACKWOOD CREATURES Post OďŹ&#x192;ce Hotel, Coburg. 9:00pm. CORAL LEE & THE SILVERSCREAM Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. COSMIC TONIC Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:30pm. DON HILLMANSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; SECRET BEACH Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. MARISA QUIGLEY St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 1:00pm. MJ HALLORAN & THE SINNERS Grumpyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Green, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. MOONS POET + MATT RAI Bar Betty, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL WINTER ARTISANSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; MARKETS - FEAT: CORAL LEE & THE SILVER SCREAM + THE EMMA WALL BAND Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 12:00pm. OPEN JAM Open Studio, Northcote. 4:30pm. RAISED BY EAGLES Union Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. SAMARA WILLIAMS Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm. SATURDAY NIGHT ACOUSTIC REVUE Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $10. TESSA MCKENNA & THE SHAPIROS Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. THE PHEASANT PLUCKERS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. THE SHANNON BOURNE BAND Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:30pm. WILD COMFORTS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 5:30pm. WIZARD & OZ Dizzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20.

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JOSE NIETO Cruzao Arepa Bar, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. MELBOURNE JAZZ COOPERATIVE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. OPA! 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5. WAZ E JAMES BAND Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

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CARUS THOMPSON Freo boy-come-international troubadour Carus Thompson is a true veteran of the Australian live music scene. Nine years ago he recorded his double live record Acoustic At The Norfolk, and he figured (rightly so) it’s time for a sequel. Acoustic At The Norfolk Volume II was recorded earlier this year and features a plethora of song’s from this fella’s illustrious career. Instead of launching the album with one of them old, stale launch shows, he is playing his first ever free residency in Melbourne as a big kiss on the lips to all of the fans who have supported him. It’s at The Retreat every Thursday in July.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC ANDREW NOLTE & HIS ORCHESTRA Fitzroy Pinnacle, Fitzroy North. 4:00pm. BIG BENNIES - FEAT: THE PHOEBE LINDNER TRIO + DJ ANDREW PADULA + DJ MIKE GURRIERI Red Bennies, South Yarra. 7:00pm. $20. ELLY HOYT & THE JAMES WHITING BAND Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25. FEM BELLING QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20. NORTHCOTE TOWN HALL’S WINTER ARTISANS’ MARKETS - FEAT: REFLEJOS Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 12:00pm. PAPA CHANGO Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. SANTIAGO SON Cruzao Arepa Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. SOL NATION + FEED YOUR MUNKIE + LIVE AT SUBS + MOON PROJECT Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm. $10. SOULFEAT Tony Starr’s Kitten Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $5. THE DAVE REX QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

SUNDAY 8 JUL ROCK/POP BACKWOOD CREATURES Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. CIRCADIAN PULSE + KEYS TO PARDITION Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. EDDIE JAMES & THE PROWL + LITTLE BASTARD + MAX SAVAGE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6. GOOD SHIP Wesley Anne, Northcote. 7:00pm. JAKKSEN FISH + JOE FORRESTER Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. JAM NIGHT - FEAT: NEAL JOHNS Musicland, Fawkner. 2:00pm. MARK LANEGAN + MIKE NOGA Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $42. MICHAEL PLATER & THE EXIT KEYS + DOGS OF THOMAS PARK + THE TATTERED SAILS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. MONKEY PUZZLE TREE Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. RAINSHADOW + BLACK WATER + INTERNAL HARVEST + KATABASIS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:30pm. $8. SPENCER P JONES Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. TO HELL & BACK (MEATLOAF TRIBUTE) + PRETTY DULCIE Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. $10. TOUGH TROUBLES + PENGUINS + SAFEWAY CAFE + THE BUNYIP MOON Kipl Warehouse, West Melbourne. 2:00pm. $8.

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UNDERGROUND & EMOTIONAL BAGGAGE HANDLERS Tago Mago, Thornbury. 5:00pm. VAGRANT - FEAT: ZANZIBAR CHANEL + BABA X + KANE IKIN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. $5. WARREN EARL & THE ATOMIC ROCKERS Gem Bar, Collingwood. 8:00pm. WEENED (WEEN TRIBUTE) Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 2:00pm. $10.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ALISON FERRIER Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. ANDREA MARR BAND Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. BARB WATERS & THE MOTHERS OF PEARL + THE SHIVERING TIMBERS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK + DEAN MULLER Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. COLLARD GREENS & GRAVY Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. GOLD GULL + ASHLEY JONES + MIGUEL RIOS Bar Nancy, Northcote. 6:00pm. JIMI HOCKING Bay Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm. LOW RENT + BLACK FUEL Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 7:00pm. MANDY CONNELL PRESENTS - FEAT: SAFFRON AVENUE + PUGSLEY BUZZARD Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm. MARK JOSEPHS Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 4:00pm. MOU TRIO Open Studio, Northcote. 4:30pm. OPEN MIC Bar Betty, Fitzroy. 6:00pm. RUCKUS St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 3:00pm. SAM GREEN & THE TIME MACHINE Grocery Bar, St Kilda. 2:45pm. SINGER SONGWRITER SESSIONS - FEAT: ANTHONY YOUNG + THE FRY BROTHERS Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 4:00pm. SINGER SONGWRITER SESSIONS - FEAT: ANTHONY YOUNG + THE FRY BROTHERS Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 4:00pm. TARNATION + KEN MAHER & TONY HARGREAVES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. THE BEARDED GYPSY BAND Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 4:00pm. THE NYMPHS + MIKELANGELO + THE BLUEBOTTLES Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $10. THE WILD COMFORTS Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. UNDER THE ANNEXE - FEAT: AL PARKINSON + NINA ROSE Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $10.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC ADE ISH TRIO + SUNDAY CALLING 303, Northcote. 3:30pm. $6. BANDS WANTED for artist showcase in the Espy Gershwin Room. A great step towards bigger shows. Contact mark@ gunnmusic.com.au DRUMMER, BASS & LEAD GUITARIST WANTED. Irish singer/songwriter looking to start a band. Looking for creative, down to earth people. Lots of acoustic songs to take to the next level. Inﬂuences: Oasis, Snow Patrol, The Streets, The Killers. Phn: Fergus 0416 180 667 EXPERIENCED AND PROFESSIONAL FEMALE KEYBOARD PLAYER with singing harmony abilities needed for alt country/rock band about to release second record. Established band with booking agent support. Must have own gear, transport and available to rehearse fortnightly. Call Gra on 0408 055 890.

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ANIMAUX + ELEPHANT EYES + POCO LA PAX + SMOKING TODDLERS DJS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. CHERRY JAM Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:30pm. HAYDEN CALNIN + MANOR Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $7. KING OF THE NORTH + AUSTRALIAN KINGSWOOD FACTORY Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: ANGEL EYES + MU + WARDENBURGER Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 6:00pm. THE DEATONATORS Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. $5.

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BLOOD RED BIRD Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 8:00pm. BLUEGRASS NIGHT Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. LIZ BRADLEY Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 8:30pm. MILLION DOLLAR FREE JAMS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. SECRET MONDAY ACOUSTIC SHOW Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE MONDAY DRFIT Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

High flying Melbourne artists Owl Eyes and Stonefield are set to join forces during August for the Winter Road Trip 2012 as part of the Australian Government initiative The Line, which promotes respectful relationships among young people. You can catch their under 18s show at the MacGillivray Hall in Bendigo on August 3. Tickets go on sale this Friday for the upcoming tour of The Amity Affliction with supports from California’s metallic hardcore kings The Ghost Inside, Brighton’s modern metal lords Architects and local juggernauts Buried In Verona. They’ll be hitting the Palace Theatre for an underage show on October 5, check out Oztix for the details. And House Vs Hurricane have announced the Crooked Teeth Part II tour, a regional run that will take in most of the East Coast. Along for the ride will be Confession, playing their first shows since four of their band members were controversially kicked out, as well as Byron Bay’s In Hearts Wake, who are getting ready to release new music as we speak. Stay tuned for show details! Happy holidays everybody! Don’t forget to get along to one of our Push FReeZA summits either.

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ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK DAN TROLLEY + BILLY MCCABE + JUSTIN STOKES Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. JACK JOHNSTONE Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 8:30pm. JEB CARDWELL Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. JIMI HOCKING Grandview Hotel, Fairﬁeld. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 7:30pm. SARA RETALLICK + FELICITY CRIPPS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC MAESTRO OF CEREMONIES Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. MELBOURNE JAZZ COOPERATIVE Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. SIMON WRIGHT BAND + EVA MCGOWEN + HUW JOSEPH Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. SINGERS WITH LOOKS AND PERSONALITY. Work with UK producer based in Melbourne on all aspects of your music. No experience necessary as training, development and guidance is available. Limited oﬀer so act now. 0478 072 132 www.vhprecords.com THINK MOVING SUCKS? Call Little Red Trucks! Moving Melbourne everyday. Call 9380 6444 or head to www. littleredtrucks.com.au

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Thursday July 5 Push FReeZA Summit 2012 – Wangaratta w/ workshops by House Vs Hurricane, Mantra, Remedy Music and Uniﬁed, Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, 11am - 3pm, Free, thepush.com.au, (03) 9380 1277 or email push@thepush.com.au, AA

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Tuesday July 10 Push FReeZA Summit 2012 – Geelong w/ workshops by House Vs Hurricane, Mantra, Remedy Music and Uniﬁed, Courthouse Arts, Geelong, 11am - 3pm, Free, thepush.com.au, (03) 9380 1277 or email push@ thepush.com.au, AA Naughty Corner Vs Invasion w/ Fabian Gray, Heath Renata, One Night Stand, Johnny L and Soul-T, Wah Wah Lounge, 185 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, 5pm – 10pm, $25 - $30, underage.com.au, U18 The Bride w/ Wish For Wings and Trainwreck, Musicman Megastore, 363 Hargreaves St, Bendigo, 8pm, Musicman Megastore on 5446 7659, AA

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LIVE THE VASCO ERA

LADY GAGA Rod Laver Arena, Wednesday June 27

The Corner Hotel, Friday June 22

The Vasco Era called stumps on 2012 last week going out with a hometown show at a just-about-sold-out Corner Hotel. The curtain slowly opened to reveal a dishevelled Sid apologising for starting with a slow one. Probably didn’t need to apologise for that. It was When We Tried To Party To Forget About It from album one and it’s a shit hot tune, one that rarely gets a run. Ted and Fitzy got involved fairly promptly and the trio played two brand spanking new tracks out of the first four songs. One in particular was rad. Can’t tell you anything more about it, but if you’re a Vasco fan your nips should be a pointy as mine should these suckers see the light of day. Lucille was heartbreakingly overlooked in a set that encompassed just about every facet of the Vasco beast. They’ve Already Won and Oh Sam the only songs to get a guernsey. In fact the majority of the set list was probably covers, which isn’t a problem at all as they do a cover better than most. Otis Redding, Elvis, The Pixies (twice) and Sir Bob Dylan were all a feature. Avatar Blues, Rock And Roll Is The Only Thing That Makes Me Feel Good and Child Bearing Hips from their latest album were all as predicted, banging. Unfortunately someone made them a super indie film

clip for Child Bearing Hips (they made another one, but the damage was done). On account of this clip, which just revolves around a girl with her head out the window of a car and her hair in the breeze, a young lady had some kind of monstrous brain fade and got up on stage when Sid was doing a song on his own. She did that awkward neo-hippie shuffle/sway thing. She must have thought she was killing it, ‘cause she stayed put for the duration of the tune. It was baffling. I was baffled. Baffled as. In fact everyone around me was pretty baffled. Eventually the soundman side of stage gallantly took matters into his own hands and gave her a healthy shove back into the crowd. I thank you for this, sir. As usual, a completely engaging, unpredictable, entertaining and humility-filled set from The Vasco Era. Make another album, ASAP. Onya fellas. JACK PARSONS

LOVED: The Vasco Era. HATED: Swaying dousher… Urgh. DRANK: Batteries

ANTI FADE TAPE LAUNCH The Gasometer, Saturday June 30 Fifteen sick bands – Geelong acts upstairs, Melbourne downstairs. There was an air much like that of a music festival at The Gasometer tonight. Mesa Cosa know how to party. Tonight they had sax. Maybe they’ve always had sax and maybe I’ve just always partied too hard to remember, I dunno. Anyway the sax player made mention that someone’s guitar was out of tune. That someone didn’t give a fuck, and neither did the audience. Geelong’s Hierophants proved that their hometown can be just as musically incestuous as Melbourne’s, and that it can produce equally shit-hot guitar outfits. Having heard much about The Clits in the past year, I struggled to find them at any of their gigs. But tonight I struck gold and was treated to a sedate bout of pristine guitar pop. Disarmingly gentle, the band closed there set with a softly sweet ballad called Period Pangs. Chook Race are pretty dreamy. They’re one of the few bands who are more tonally defined in the live setting than on record. It’s a shame the audience in attendance was one of the weakest of the night, maybe all the Geelong kids popped out for a ciggie. There were moments during The Frowning Clouds’ raucous set where I feared the upstairs floor would cave

in due to an overexcited crowd. Rising above and beyond the hackneyed ‘60s shtick which defined their formative years, the band have evolved into a heaps tidy rock outfit which falls in line with the likes of Black Lips and Thee Oh Sees. Closing out the night was Melbourne’s UV Race, who were joined by special guest guitarist Marty from Twerps. This was the best I’ve seen the band since their perfect launch of last year’s Homo at Noise Bar. Tonight they were on point with the album’s standout tracks – Girl In My Bed, Burn That Cat, Inner North. It wasn’t long before front man Marcus was sans shirt, proving to be our worthy answer to Danzig and Iggy Pop. The Gaso dance floor was a frenzy and it was the perfect close to a showcase of invariably good bands. LACHLAN KANONIUK

LOVED: Getting a fat dose of sick Geelong bands. HATED: My mac and cheese cravings failing to be sated by the Gaso’s new menu. DRANK: Vale Ale.

It’s difficult to quantify what was more ridiculous – the extravagant castle onstage, the wireframe xenomorph outfit, the mecha-unicorn, the pantomimed cunnilingus, the gunshot execution of a backup dancer, the prism-encased disembodied head, or the entry via what was purported to be her own swollen loins. Within the first five minutes of the set, Lady Gaga vehemently laid clear why she is currently the biggest pop star in the world right now - and it didn’t let up for a second in the following two hours. Costume changes hovered around the one per song ratio, the dynamic of gimmick performances (floating onrail stilts, a lap of the Gaga-motorcycle hybrid) and all-out dance jams was kept in check, and audience interaction never dipped below the red. There was some sort of over-arching narrative during the show, something to do with that floating prism-head. I could wrap my head around Prometheus, but I had no idea what the fuck was going on tonight. Anyway I think the head was bad so Lady Gaga shot it. Also there was something to do with goats and aliens. Underneath the overreaching imagery, Gaga relayed and reiterated the overwhelmingly positive message to the audience. Despite everything surrounding it, the sentiment rang true. There were times when Rod Laver Arena flooded with lasers and became the best nightclub in the world, and all those in attendance eventually heeded Gaga’s call to stand up. Especially when they had a pretty lifelike

rifle being aimed in their direction. Gaga chose this evening to debut the new track Princess Die (which “may or may not be on the new album”). A candid ballad in which a shopping list of suicide techniques are explored, the track sounded like what Born To Die could have been if Lana Del Rey was in any way interesting. Showcasing her vocal chops with a stripped back intro to Edge Of Glory before being joined by her crack backing band (who spent the majority of the night within the confines of the cross-section castle) to tear up the encore. Pulling up a little’n from the audience, Gaga reinforced the “if I can do it, anyone can do it” motto before saying goodnight with Marry The Night. Spectacular, transgressive and celebratory. It’s only rock'n'roll, and I like it. LACHLAN KANONIUK

LOVED: The one-two encore punch of Edge Of Glory and Marry The Night. HATED: That the late, great Clarence Clemons’ sax solo on Edge Of Glory had to be relegated to a fairly weak guitar solo. DRANK: Frozen cocktails out of flashing neon plastic martini cups (not really).

EMMA LOUISE Northcote Social Club, Friday June 29 It was a diverse collective at the sold-out Northcote Social Club. One girl in the front with curly ropes of hair looked like Lulu from Human Traffic and another maturely wrinkled lady was patting people on the head in excited anticipation while the stage curtains were still drawn. The diminutive star of the night appeared in a deep red velvet dress with a white collar, and her now shoulder-length hair in Swedish braids. Opening with Seventeen Hours, the honeyed harmonies provided by sole backup singer Hannah Shepherd (who also played some excellent keys) drew the audience into a quiet reverie. Emma is very charismatic on stage but doesn’t truly realise her power, with slight unpretentious squints and sneers during the most emotive notes. While it was a pleasure to hear how pure her voice is, as she stuck loyally to her record’s sound, but this same approach let down the backing band a little. I expected more acousticness in the performance, but there seemed too much of a disconnect between what the band was doing on-stage and what we were hearing. During Stain Ache, a shaker came in; after searching high and low on the stage there is still no material person to be seen actually playing it. More live percussion would have done wonders, despite the electronic elements in her sound. Flannelette Sheets was a particularly gorgeous track, and it became obvious here that we were getting a big

glimpse into her next album, due out in early 2013. With every chord in the song, Emma reached her hand back up to gently grasp the mic; it felt like she didn’t want to leave us long. A very present performer, the connection between her and the audience was strong. The penultimate track was 1000 Sundowns, and Emma precluded it with a small speech about its meaning: her auntie and uncle met when they were 16, and were together every minute until her uncle passed away from cancer. What followed was an astonishingly moving rendition, which I watched through teary eyes, I’m not ashamed to say. “I still don’t understand encores,” Emma laughed after the audience had cheered her back on to stage. Shepherd grasped her gold-ringed hands gently together in a most unaware way for the final song, as the two friends closed the show. Emma Louise is a disarming figure and so very there when performing, that it wasn’t difficult to forget the room was packed. ZOË RADAS

LOVED: That she’s obviously besties with her band. HATED: Too many samples overshadowing said band. DRANK: Cider.

THE FAUVES & EVEN Northcote Regal Ballroom, Friday June 29 By their own admission of ‘23 years and still no hits’, without even trying The Fauves reaffirmed themselves as national treasures, playing music of the highest quality to little acclaim or public recognition. Counting the few amongst us who have actually heard of them, who could name another Australian band that continues to release album after album of such melodically crafted and poetically rich songs that are also chock full of bitchin’ riffery? Certainly their performance tonight was sloppy, under-rehearsed and vocally lacklustre at times, yet was still miles ahead of anyone performing music anywhere in the world at any time throughout history. Lead vocals were a pretty even split between guitarists Coxy and The Doctor, with dependable bassist Ted stepping up to centre stage for possibly the first time ever. Cox observed the risk of playing two Doctor songs in a row as ‘the least popular Fauve’, and then the band proceeded to play three more Doctor songs just to twist the knife. They wrapped it all up stylishly with the sure fire Cox ‘hits’ of Charles Atlas Way, Nairobi Nights, Celebrate The Failure and Going For My Blue Belt. If nothing else they showed that even when they phone it in, The Fauves are valid entertainment. Yet what’s most touching of all is the good natured, self-deprecating and hilarious way they relate to each other individually, and to how they view their long career. They may even be pricks in real life but behind that invisible fourth wall,

they feel like they’re my best mates. Even are of a similar vintage and also have written more classic songs than you and I have had cans of Melbourne Bitter. At their best when they steer away from the long psychedelic solos, they also excel when they’re more rock than Rockwiz, belting through the faster ‘60s tinged material and backed by a solid Wally vocal harmony. Lead singer Ash Naylor expertly disciplined some longneck swigging corporate arsehole heckler who demanded they play “some good songs”. They played loads, but this douche just wanted to hear early obscure B-side Orange Hair and had obviously stopped listening in 1996. I’m not saying these Gen-W dudes should just stay at home and raise their defacto’s kids in private, but it’s a definite buzz kill for everyone present when they’re that brash, loud, bald, and fat, and have no idea of proper gig etiquette. NICK ROE

LOVED: The free curry puffs and spring rolls were a nice salty touch. HATED: The Fauves keeping their set to just an hour. DRANK: Nine beers, two ciders and one red wine.

Q&A THE PRIMARY The Primary, and today we have Jules (vocals/guitars) and Gemma (bass guitar). Define your genre in five words or less: Dreamy noise pop. What do you love about making music? The ability to put yourself into the music, and putting your own stamp onto something creatively. Also, getting carried away at times, and forgetting about all the other stuff that comes with living.

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MELODY MOON The Wesley Anne, Friday June 29 Melody Moon is a name which conjures up images of delicate innocence and dimly lit scenes. This title appropriately sums up the atmosphere created by an excited young singer/songwriter who was proud to present her debut EP, Carried Away. Introducing the evening were Tom Francis, Frankie Andrew and Tane Emia-Moore — always an enjoyable, upbeat performer; recounting tales of his latest musical trips around the country with great humour. This raised the spirits of those hiding from the cold Melbourne winter inside the snug surrounds of The Wesley Anne, enough to warmly welcome Melody and her backing band to the stage. Whilst the performance commenced with an air of feverish nerves, it wasn’t long before Melody settled into the space, smiling to the audience as she sang her beautifully descriptive lyrics and intricate compositions. The backing band itself featured strong harmonies which complimented her melodic phrases. This in combination with tasteful trumpet lines and confident cello arrangements created a really bright sound, which was shuffled along by tight drumming and the warmth of a double bass. It was during the performance of the single off the EP, Carried Away, that the band really shone. This song has

If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it be and why? We don’t reveal our extensive hit list to strangers. Besides, could be you and that’d be extremely awkward. What can a punter expect from your live show? Songs from one of the least dysfunctional bands witnessed in recent times. And great shoes. Always great shoes. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? We’re giving out some nifty singles for free at our upcoming single launch, which we’re very excited about! Who knows, Will (drums/percussion) and Matt (keys/vocals) may even lay a heavily-lipsticked kiss upon your copy. If you’re lucky. So, someone is walking past as you guys are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say?

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a steady rhythm and romantic message, reminiscent of John Lennon’s Stand By Me. Generally speaking, the songs themselves reflected the easy going, friendly manner in which the EP was recorded. Melody was extremely grateful to her many friends who helped bring together her vision. Along with some self schooling in recording techniques, they assisted her in constructing this release in the make-do studio in the back garden of a home in an inner city suburb, and I personally couldn’t think of a more fitting environment to capture this sound. Melody had considered every aspect of the evening, even down to decorating her guitar strap with ornamental shells to match the oceanic mood of her newest song. This was greatly appreciated by an audience, who clearly enjoyed this genuine, up-lifting performance. JESSICA RILEY

LOVED: Free home-made biscuits and cake at the door. HATED: Allergic reaction to fragrant candles. DRANK: Mulled wine.

I like their shoes. Music’s not bad too. Shame the bassist isn’t single. How long have you been gigging and writing? We’ve all had different experiences playing music (other bands and projects plus geeky school bands), but if you combine each member’s music experience it’d add up roughly to the age of an unruly teenager… much like ourselves. When are you doing your thing next? As mentioned before, we’re doing our single launch on Thursday July 5 at The Evelyn Hotel. Entry is $2, copies of our single are for free and we’ll be joined by friends Staffan’s Songs, Howard, The Kilniks and Esc. So basically, one big party.