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FREE SHIT LITTLE HURRICANE San Diego-based dirty blues duo Little Hurricane are doing a whirlwind tour (...get it) of Australia this October – their ﬁrst – stopping into Ding Dong on Friday October 5. Staying true to the living room vibe, Little Hurricane set the stage with vintage furniture (complete with built-in speakers), microphones, instruments and lamps. You can almost feel the warmth from the tubes emanating from the ratty old suitcase guitar amps. Showcasing tracks from their debut album Homewrecker, the pair are generating buzz with their raw and powerful live show. Tickets are via Oztix.

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THE CIVIL WARS On their inaugural Australian tour, double Grammy award winning duo The Civil Wars have teed up some divine shows that are set to be visually and sonically spectacular. As part of the increasingly popular Heavenly Sounds concert series, the American pair will tour churches and cathedrals to perform their beautiful brand of melodic chamber folk pop. They play an all-ages show at St Michael's Church on Tuesday March 12. Tickets are from Ticketek and on sale from 9am Friday October 5.

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HENRY WAGONS With his first solo set, Expecting Company?, due for release the same day, (hey! it's our album of the week!) Henry Wagons is very pleased to announce a free in-store performance at Melbourne’s Polyester Records on Friday September 28. Joined for the evening by The Unwelcome Company – featuring the much-loved Wagons rhythm section, the voices of local girl group, The Nymphsand – the performance brings hometown fans the chance to hear Expecting Company? performed live for the first time, with a signing of the just released record scheduled for post-show. Melodrama, mirth and gallows humour all come to play on the Wagons front-man’s solo debut – a collection of original duets that feature guests Alison Mosshart (The Kills, The Dead Weather), Robert Forster (The Go-Betweeners), Canada’s Jenn Grant, Patience Hodgson (The Grates) and Melbourne’s very own Sophia Brous and Gossling. It's so killer that we gave it Album Of The Week further back in these here pages. Prior to his November tour-dates, the intimate in-store will shine the light on Henry’s brand new round of songs where it takes two to tango. A free and un-ticketed event, entry will be given on a first-in-best-dressed basis with doors opening at 6pm. You'll be in good company.

Japanese psych duo Tenniscoats have announced a brief Australian tour on the back on their recently released album All Aboard! For more than 15 years, Tokyo, Tenniscoats' Saya and Ueno have brought equal parts meditative intensity and whimsical humour to a series of acclaimed psychedelic albums, beginning with 2000’s The Theme Of Tenniscoats. They are a captivating live experience, able to silence a room with a single note. It's a rare chance to see them live. They play The Toﬀ In Town with Mad Nanna and Superstar on Tuesday October 16. Tickets are from Moshtix.

DEAD CAN DANCE After more than 20 years, Dead Can Dance return to their band's birthplace (they formed in Melbourne in 1981) in February, bringing their extensive back catalogue plus their ﬁrst studio album together in 16 years Anastasis. Dead Can Dance’s music awakens and arouses the senses when placed on the live stage. Across their performances, Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard exhibit their mastering of a wide range of both modern and traditional instruments including keys, synthesisers, Chinese dulcimers and a variety of gourd instruments. It will be a once in a lifetime experience for those lucky enough to attend. Dead Can Dance, with David Kuckhermann play an all-ages show at The Palais Theatre on Wednesday February 6. Tickets are on sale at 9am, Monday October 1 from the Frontier Touring website.

THE SCRIPT Popular Irish rockers The Script have announced an Australian arena tour for 2013. Frontman Danny O'Donoghue is a coach on The Voice UK. Read too much into The Script when they play The Rod Laver Arena on Saturday April 6, 2013. Tickets are on sale Thursday October 4 from Ticketek.

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The Big Day Out 2013 sideshows keep rolling in, with JEFF The Brotherhood locking in a Melbourne show. Last time they were in town, JEFF The Brotherhood slayed the shit out of pretty much every venue in Melbourne. Don't miss them when they do likewise at The Corner this time around. Support on the night comes from King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard. JEFF The Brotherhood perform at The Corner on Thursday January 24. Tickets onsale now from The Corner box oﬃce.

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COSMIC PSYCHOS After an 18 month absence from the stage in Australia, the Cosmic Psychos are proud to announce a very special show at The Tote – the band’s second home – on Friday November 2. After the raging success of the recent Crowd Funding Campaign for the Psychos documentary Blokes You Trust, The Tote show will also be an opportunity for fans to be immortalised in rock history as the entire gig will be ﬁlmed and released as a bonus disc with the ﬁlm. The blokes will be playing a huge set spanning their entire back catalogue, and The Tote have even started installing additional beer fridges to accommodate such a mammoth undertaking. Support on the night will be from the Dukes Of Deliciousness, featuring none other than the son of late Cosmic Psychos guitarist Robbie Rocket. Tickets are already on sale through Oztix and The Tote. This one will sell out, if it hasn't already between us typing this and it hitting the streets. WATCH INTERVIEWS, CHATS & AWKWARD SILENCES... BEAT.COM.AU/TV

THE PRETTY THINGS English rock band The Pretty Things have announced that they will be touring Australia this December. Originally beginning in the '60s when Dick Taylor left The Rolling Stones to pursue the rougher edges of rock'n'roll, leading to the world's ﬁrst rock opera and even David Bowie covering not one but two of their tunes for his Pin Ups album, and even recorded their 1967 album along The Beatles at Abbey Road. Though the '90s saw The Pretty Things ﬁghting long and hard to gain the rights to all the music they lost to record labels in the past, they have continued to remain active in the last ten years. To prove they've still got it, The Pretty Things will be performing three shows in Melbourne; at The Corner Hotel on Tuesday December 4 and at The Caravan Club in Oakleigh on Thursday December 13 and Friday December 14. Tickets on sale Wednesday October 3 from the venue websites.

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MIKE PATTON'S MONDO CANE Squeezing a Harvest sideshow into his packed schedule, make some time in yours for Mike Patton when he brings his unique musical stylings to the Regent Theatre this November. Having made a name for himself as songwriter and frontman for inﬂuential bands such as Mr. Bungle, Faith No More, Tomahawk, Fantomas and Peeping Tom, his new project Mondo Cane is unlike any that have preceded it. An Italian language release, it pays homage to other songwriters marrying his unique vocals with an orchestra, choir, band and popular Italian music of yesteryear. Benissimo! Don't miss the chance to catch him at the Regent Theatre on Monday November 12. Tickets on sale Friday September 28 through Ticketmaster.

BILLY BRAGG Due to an overwhelming response, Billy Bragg has added a third Melbourne show. Co-presented with Melbourne Festival, his ﬁrst performance at Hamer Hall will celebrate the legacy of Woody Guthrie (few tickets remain), while the second at the Recital Centre, where Billy performs his own songs, has completed sold out. On this special third night, Billy will fuse both shows as he'll pay tribute to Woody Guthrie in the ﬁrst half of the show and in the second he'll explore his own extensive back catalogue, highlighting the songs that have built the Billy Bragg brand over his nearly three decade, 14-album career. Alongside special guest Jordie Lane, Billy Bragg plays Prince Bandroom on Tuesday October 30. Tickets through the venue and Moshtix retail outlets. He also plays Hamer Hall on Friday October 19 (few seats remain) and Melbourne Recital Centre on Saturday October 20 (sold out).

BLUESFEST More than a few living legends have been revealed on the ﬁrst of four lineup announcements for the 2013 Byron Bay Bluesfest. The ﬁrst announcement brings us Ben Harper, Santana, Iggy & The Stooges, Steve Miller Band, Chris Isaak, Wilco, Bonnie Raitt, Dropkick Murphy’s, Glen Hansard with The Frames, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Newton Faulkner, William Elliott Whitmore, Frank Turner And The Sleeping Souls, Grace Potter, Playing For Change and Ben Caplan. Stay tuned for more announcements. The 2013 Byron Bay Bluesfest takes place Thursday March 28 until Monday April 1. Ticket details at bluesfest.com.au.

PETER COMBE Relive the joys of childhood – ﬁltered through the fun of being an adult – with legendary children’s entertainer Peter Combe as he hits the road for a series of concerts. The enigmatic artist and multiple ARIA award-winner has just released his 13th album, Quirky Berserky (The Turkey From Turkey), and to celebrate, he has organised an all-ages shows, followed by a special evening adults-only performance. Catch his all-ages show at 2pm at The Northcote Social Club for $17 (tickets via Corner Box Oﬃce) or his adultsonly version later that evening at 7.30pm for $23. It all goes down on Thursday October 4.

THE KNOCKS New York duo The Knocks will be bringing their party times to Melbourne this December for their first tour of Australia. Described as “the northern hemisphere's version of the Bag Raiders” and touted by NME as “one of the 20 hottest producers in music right now", Ben “B-Roc” Ruttner and James “Jpatt” Patterson have produced original material and remixes for Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Marina & The Diamonds, and now their own music, which has lead to sold out shows at the Bowery Ballroom in New York. To help The Knocks hail in the first day of summer, head to the Toff In Town on Saturday December 1. Tickets will be available on the and special guests are still yet to be announced.

OFF! Hardcore punk revivalists OFF! will bring their intense live show to The Corner alongside their appearance at the 2013 Big Day Out. Made up of revered punks Keith Morris (Black Flag/Circle Jerks), Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides), Steven McDonald (Redd Kross), and Mario Rubalcaba (Earthless/Hot Snakes/Rocket From The Crypt), OFF! have gained a fervent following since their inception. Their many fans include Anthony Kiedis (frontman for Big Day Out headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers), who is rarely seen onstage these days without an OFF! cap on his gulliver. Supports to be announced. OFF! perform at The Corner on Wednesday January 23. Tickets onsale now from the box oﬃce. CHECK OUT ALL THE LATEST NEWS, REVIEWS AND FREE SHIT AT BEAT.COM.AU

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REDCOATS Recoats have announced their debut self-titled album and a tidy tour to boot. The Who’s Rollin? tour will thunder into town bringing the ‘70s rock timbre and thunderous riﬀs the band have previously had success with, including their single Dreamshaker climbing to number 76 in the triple j Hottest 100. The Redcoats experience transcends modern genre-labelling; instead tapping into the roots of modern rock, back when experimentation was boundless. The band’s individuality and hard-work ethic made them an obvious support choice for fellow heavyweight acts such as Stone Temple Pilots, Grinspoon, Papa Vs Pretty, Calling All Cars and Karnivool. This is a band you must see live to experience the full Redcoats eﬀect, and now you have your chance when they play Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday November 10. Tickets via Oztix.

STEP-PANTHER Slam-dunk shred-rock trio Step-Panther have announced a new single Maybe Later, which our singles reviewer quite fancied this week, plus the news they’ll be bringing it down south for a spin this October. Recorded during sessions in Berlin earlier this year with producer Simon Berkﬁnger (ex-Philadelphia Grand Jury), the song was then mixed once back in Sydney by Wade Keighran (from Wolf & Cub). They play The Workers Club on Friday October 12 with support from Bad Dreems and Bored Nothing.

SUGAR ARMY Having just released their second album in early September, Perth now-trio Sugar Army have announced a brief stint of east coast shows in celebration. The band’s bassist Ian Berney left last year to join fellow Perth act Birds Of Tokyo, however Sugar Army have managed to continue on to complete the band’s most recent eﬀort Summertime Heavy, with the three remaining members, Patrick McLaughlin, Todd Honey and Jamie Sher, however on this tour they will be joined live by a couple of extras, Harlequin League’s Benjamin Pooley and Trigger Jackets’ Chris Simmons. Sugar Army will be playing Melbourne on Saturday October 20 at the Toﬀ In Town, supported by Emperors and The Pretty Littles. Tickets are avaliable via the Moshtix website or through both Polyester Records stores.

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CAITLIN PARK SOYA-prize winning Sydney singer songwriter Caitlin Park is in town this week to play a few shows. She has single-handedly taken the neo-folk genre and pulled it to the left with her abstract composition, electro-acoustic stylings and ﬁlm nostalgia, evident in her 2011 critically acclaimed release Milk Annual. She plays The Espy on Thursday September 27 (free), Pure Pop Records on Friday September 28 (free) and The Toﬀ In Town on Sunday September 30 with Lady Danger and Cookie Baker ($10 through Moshtix). It’ll be lovely.

Melbourne’s Gypsy & The Cat have steadily guided their trajectory toward the stratosphere in their relatively young existence, now they are more than set to break through with the announcement of their new album. To celebrate the release of The Late Blue (out October 19 via Alsatian Music/ Universal Music Australia), Gypsy & The Cat will hit the road for a bloody massive national tour. This tour will be the only chance to catch the outﬁt in the live setting in 2012 before they head oﬀ globetrekking once again. Gypsy & The Cat perform at The Palace on Friday October 26. Tickets onsale Friday September 21 from Ticketmaster.

Now in its third year of rowdy, loudy and crowdy punk rock, Maggot fest has announced its return to Melbourne, going into overdrive this November with 30 of Australia’s ﬁnest garage, punk and noise bands performing in three venues over three days, from Friday November 2 to Sunday November 4. Bands include Useless Eaters from the U.S. and Raw Nerves from N.Z. plus a stellar local contingent including Deaf Wish, Kitchen’s Floor, Whores, Straightjacket Nation, Nun, White Walls and a shit-tonne more. Maggot Fest III takes over The Gasometer (upstairs and downstairs) on Friday November 2 and Saturday November 3 while on Sunday November 4, North Melbourne’s best record store/cafe Woolly Bully hosts bands in the afternoon. The party continues later that night down the street with more acts playing the Town Hall Hotel. Phew. Single and multi-day passes on sale from Oztix now.

KORA The ﬁve-strong collective of fearless sonic explorers known as Kora have discovered a whole new constellation of future-shocked funk, soul and R&B – dubbing their new album Light Years ‘alien funk.’ The album hits the streets on Friday October 26 via Remote Control and the band have announced a supporting East Coast tour, playing The Hi-Fi in Melbourne on Saturday November 24. Tickets are via the venue website.

STRANGE TALK Melbourne four-piece Strange Talk return to the fray with a new single Cast Away. Cast Away is the ﬁrst oﬀering from their debut album due out early 2013. A laid-back cavalcade of synth washes, toms, layered vocals and organic instrumentation, Cast Away perfectly showcases Strange Talk’s ambitions to bring together futuristic soundscapes with hook-laden direct songs. After heading to CMJ Music Festival in October, Strange Talk will play a hometown club show at Ding Dong Lounge on Friday November 23. Tickets are through Oztix.

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BONNIWELLS Anti Fade Records is pleased to announce its ﬁrst vinyl release of the Bonniwells in the form of the Yesterdaisy seven-inch featuring the single Lazy Daisy and other old favorites like Pigeon Pizza. Yesterdaisy was recorded in the blistering summer of 2011 at Marck Deans beloved Batman St residence. Inspired by all things nice – ﬂowers, kittens, sunshine and cold beer – Bonniwells laid down all four tracks over the course of a couple of days with the sun pouring in and the neighbours a-knockin’. Zak Olsen wrote Farm Yard Song in about three minutes while Dean and Waddell relieved themselves. Ain’t that sweet? Bonniwells will be launching their third release at the Liberty Social on Thursday September 27 with special guests. The ever-golden Clits will be making a minimal pop racket beforehand and immediately preceding that will be The Towelheads, a Middle Eastern surf instrumental extremist group from Ji-Long. The Yesterdaisy seven-inch will be available for purchase on the night or pre-order from the Anti Fade website.

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Shop where the Pros play! WEDDINGS, PARTIES, ANYTHING Weddings, Parties, Anything will be pulling on the boots again for their fourth annual Grand Final Eve show at the Palace Theatre this Friday September 28. And this year, it’s a better than ever bet as their buddies from Even share the stage. Make sure you get there early to catch inner northern super group Livingstone Daisies (featuring Liz Stringer, Van and Cal Walker and Michael Barclay). Keeping the whole show moving will be Rockwiz’s own Brian Nankervis as master of ceremonies. It’s going to be big. Tickets available through Ticketmaster, Oztix, Polyester Records and The Palace.

CHILDREN COLLIDE After a monster sell-out album launch tour earlier in the year, Melbourne rockers Children Collide have announced a headline show at The Espy to wrap up 2012. The band enjoyed success with their third LP Monument, showcasing an adventurous taste for the experimental, delving into the realm of Kratrock and beyond. The Espy show comes before the band’s appearance at this year’s Pyramid Rock festival. Support acts to be announced. Children Collide perform at The Espy on Friday December 28. Tickets through Oztix.

TRIPLE TREAT TOUR Three of the country’s most impressive emerging acts – Argentina, Tokyo Denmark Sweden and Them Swoops – have joined forces for a tri-state tour along Australia’s East Coast this October. The Triple Treat platform showcases a handpicked selection of talent from Australia’s three biggest east coast cities, all conveniently on the one stage. The second ever Triple Treat Tour follows on from the original, which featured Millions, Nantes and Northeast Party House in February and March this year. It was fun. This will be too when it touches in at The Workers Club on Friday October 26. Tickets from The Corner Box Oﬃce.

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JORDIE LANE Currently touring North America, Jordie Lane is on the cusp of releasing his new single Fool For Love, out through iTunes on Monday October 8. The psych-rock rambler of a song has a West Coast bass line and is firmly grounded in the blues, and the track also sees the return of The Eagle Rock Gospel Choir. It will be offered as a free exclusive download for one week from his website, starting Monday October 1. He has also announced a nationwide tour for the single, which will roll on in to The Northcote Social Club on Thursday November 29 and Friday November 30, plus a matinee show on Sunday December 2. Jordie Lane is also appearing at the Queenscliff Music Festival, taking place from Friday November 23 to Sunday November 25.

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INTERNATIONAL LADY ANTEBELLUM September 26 EL GRAN COMBO The Palace Theatre September 26 JAMES MORRISON Forum Theatre September 26 MYSTERY JETS Corner Hotel September 26 SCISSOR SISTERS Hamer Hall September 26 GARY CLARK JR The Tote September 27 MARTIKA Trak Lounge September 28 FEAR FACTORY The Hi-Fi September 28 RUSSIAN CIRCLES, EAGLE TWIN Corner Hotel September 28 TIM & ERIC The Forum September 29, 30 SNOW PATROL Regent Theatre September 30 KELLY CLARKSON Rod Laver Arena October 1 STEVE MALKMUS & THE JICKS Corner Hotel October 3 CANNIBAL CORPSE Billboard October 5 JOE BATAAN & THE DEL BARRIO ORCHESTRA The Hi-Fi October 5 LITTLE HURRICANE Ding Dong Lounge October 5 PARKLIFE Sidney Myer Music Bowl October 6 STEEL PANTHER Festival Hall October 7 HIGH WOLF The Gasometer October 7 XIU XIU The Gasometer October 9 JOE BONAMASSA Palais Theatre October 11 MELBOURNE FESTIVAL Various Venues October 11 October 27 MAROON 5 Rod Laver Arena October 12 EVERCLEAR The Hi-Fi October 13 TORTOISE, GRAILS Corner Hotel October 13 TENNISCOATS Toﬀ In Town October 16 BILLY BRAGG Hamer Hall October 19, Melbourne Recital Centre October 20, Prince Bandroom October 30 ALT-J () Ding Dong Lounge October 20 MATCHBOX TWENTY, INXS Rod Laver Arena October 20, 21 GOMEZ Corner Hotel October 21, 22 MUMFORD & SONS Rod Laver Arena October 25 SMASH MOUTH The Palace October 25 WEDNESDAY 13 The Espy October 27 THE BLACK KEYS Sidney Myer Music Bowl October 31, November 1 ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT Prince Bandroom November 2 GREGORY PORTER The Toﬀ In Town November 3, Wangaratta Jazz Festival November 4 THE CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES Corner Hotel November 5

TOUCHE AMORE The Reverence Hotel November 9, Phoenix Youth Centre November 10. BEN HARPER The Plenary November 10 HARVEST FESTIVAL Werribee Mansion November 10, 11 GRIZZLY BEAR Billboard November 12 MIKE PATTON’S MONDO CANE Regent Theatre November 12 THE WAR ON DRUGS Northcote Social Club November 13 COLDPLAY Etihad Stadium November 13 REFUSED The Palace November 15, 16 AUSTRALASIAN WORLDWIDE MUSIC EXPO Various Venues November 15 - 18 RON POPE Chapel Oﬀ Chapel November 15 RADIOHEAD Rod Laver Arena November 16, 17 ELTON JOHN November 18 Rod Laver Arena GEORGE MICHAEL Rod Laver Arena November 21 VILLAGE PEOPLE The Palais November 24 CHERRYFEST Cherry Bar November 25 NICKELBACK Rod Laver Arena November 27, 28 SIMPLE MINDS, DEVO Palais Theatre November 29, A Day On The Green - Rochford Wines December 1 THE KNOCKS Toﬀ In Town December 1 RICK ASTLEY The Palace November 30, Chelsea Heights Hotel December 1 THE SELECTER Corner Hotel November 30 THE PRETTY THINGS Corner Hotel December 4, Caravan Club December 13, 14 NICKI MINAJ, TYGA Rod Laver Arena December 5 GRIMES Corner Hotel December 5, 6 SPIRITUALIZED The Hi-Fi December 6 HOT SNAKES Corner Hotel December 7 MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre December 7 - 9 PRIMAL SCREAM The Palace December 7 TURBONEGRO The Hi-Fi December 7 LAGWAGON Corner Hotel December 9 JLO Rod Laver Arena December 11, 12 ALEXISONFIRE Festival Hall December 12 REGINA SPEKTOR The Plenary December 14 JB SMOOVE The Thornbury Theatre December 15 EARTHLESS Northcote Social Club December 15, 16 EVAN DANDO AND JULIANA HATFIELD Corner Hotel December 18, 19 MORRISSEY Festival Hall December 19 FALLS MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL Lorne December 28, Marion Bay December 29 PYRAMID ROCK FESTIVAL Phillip Island December 29 January 1

JB Smoove The Thornbury Theatre December 15 PEATS RIDGE Glenworth Valley December 28 - January 1 SUMMADAYZE Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 1 65DAYDOFSTATIC Corner Hotel January 4 NIGHTWISH Palace Theatre January 14 DAVID BYRNE & ST VINCENT Hamer Hall January 14, 15 WEEZER Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 16 SUGAR MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL The Forum January 19 SO FRENCHY SO CHIC Werribee Park January 20 THE KILLERS The Palace January 22 GARY CLARK JR Corner Hotel January 22 CRYSTAL CASTLES Billboard January 22 OFF! Corner Hotel January 23 SLEIGH BELLS Billboard January 23 ANIMAL COLLECTIVE The Palace January 23 BAND OF HORSES The Palais January 23 JEFF THE BROTHERHOOD Corner Hotel January 24 THE BLOODY BEETROOTS The Palace January 24 ALABAMA SHAKES The Forum January 24 BIG DAY OUT Flemington Racecourse January 26 DAVID HASSELHOFF Corner Hotel February 14 SWANS Corner Hotel February 15 ALL TOMORROW’S PARTIES Westgate Entertainment Centre February 16, 17 EINSTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN The Palace February 19 DR. FEELGOOD Corner Hotel February 21 NORAH JONES The Plenary February 21 LINKIN PARK, STONE SOUR Rod Laver Area February 26 SOUNDWAVE Flemington Racecourse March 1 ED SHEERAN Festival Hall March 5, 6 PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL Port Fairy March 8 – 11 BYRON BAY BLUESFEST Byron Bay March 28 – April 1 THE SCRIPT Rod Laver Arena April 6

NATIONAL DAREBIN MUSIC FEAST Various venues September 20 October 7 CHICKS WHO LOVE GUNS Workers Club September 27 EVERMORE The Toﬀ September 27 EAGLE AND THE WORM Northcote Social Club September 28 COLLARBONES Liberty Social September 28 SIX60 The Forum September 28 SETH SENTRY Corner Hotel September 29 ***PETER COMBE Northcote Social Club October 4 THE AMITY AFFLICTION Palace Theatre October 4, 5 CHOPPED ROD & CUSTOM FESTIVAL Newstead Racecourse October 5 - 7 SASKWATCH Corner Hotel October 5 SOMETHING FOR KATE Corner Hotel October 6, 7, 8 KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD The Tote October 6, 7 REGURGITATOR The Hi-Fi October 11, 12 HUSKY Corner Hotel October 11 DAPPLED CITIES Corner Hotel October 12 ROCKWIZ Festival Hall October 12, 13 BRITISH INDIA Corner Hotel October 19 VELOCIRAPTOR The Tote October 19

CREEPSHOW The Espy October 20 OH MERCY The Hi-Fi October 25 LAST DINOSAURS Ding Dong October 21 (U18), Corner Hotel October 25, 26 JOSH PYKE The Palais Hepburn Spring October 24, Karova Lounge October 25, The Bended Elbow October 26 CLAIRE BOWDICH The Regal Ballroom October 26 GYPSY & THE CAT The Palace October 26 ROBERT FORSTER Thornbury Theatre October 26, Castlemaine Theatre Royale October 27, Caravan Music Club October 28 KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON The Regent Theatre October 27 LIOR Northcote Social Club October 31 LISA MITCHELL Athenaeum Theatre Wednesday October 31 MOJO JUJU Northcote Social Club November 2 COSMIC PSYCHOS The Tote November 2 MALDON FOLK FESTIVAL Maldon November 2-5 THE BEARDS The Hi-Fi November 3 HENRY WAGONS Thornbury Theatre November 5 TZU The Hi-Fi November 5 HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY Northcote Social Club November 5 DEEP SEA ARCADE Corner Hotel November 9 REDCOATS Ding Dong Lounge November 10 YUNG WARRIORS First Floor November 16 MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK Various Venues November 16 - 24 ANGUS STONE The Palace November 21 BALLPARK MUSIC The Palace November 23 QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL Queenscliﬀ November 23-25 JORDIE LANE Northcote Social Club November 29, 30, December 2 MISSY HIGGINS Palais Theatre December 4 JEFF MARTIN Cherry Bar December 7, The Northcote Social Club December 8 GOTYE Sidney Myer Music Bowl December 8 SUNNYBOYS December 8 Corner Hotel THE LIVING END Corner Hotel December 11 - 22 PARKWAY DRIVE Festival Hall December 22 CHILDREN COLLIDE The Espy December 28 TREVOR. A MUSIC FESTIVAL Churchill Island Nature Park January 12 DEAD CAN DANCE Palais Theatre February 6 RIVERBOATS MUSIC FESTIVAL Echuca-Moama February 15 - 17

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CANNIBAL CORPSE BY JOSHUA KLOKE

Death metal. It’s a genre of music that inspires as many scrunched faces and condescending opinions as it does devout followers. Unlike many of its cousins, all children of rock’n’roll in some form or another, death metal has been subject to scorn and criticism since its birth in the ‘80s. One of the more misunderstood genres, death metal marches on in the face of routine bans on records from its most esteemed bands, most notably Cannibal Corpse, the Florida-via-Buffalo five-piece. Since their formation in 1988 they’ve become poster children for death metal. Yet their combination of insidious lyrics and song titles (Mutation Of The Cadaver, Fucked With A Knife and I Cum Blood) and outrageous cover art has not been without consequence. Cannibal Corpse records were banned from being sold in Australia in 1996, as they were deemed “potentially offensive” by the ARIA. It wasn’t until the ban was lifted in 2006 that the band finally graced Australian shores for a long-deserved tour. No stranger to controversy, Cannibal Corpse bassist and founding member Alex Webster believes one needs to look beyond the misconceptions surrounding the genre to get a true sense of what encompasses death metal. “Death metal, to a person outside the death metal or metal scene, they’re going to hear those words and assume it’s a bunch of noisy garbage written by a bunch of stoned out guys who worship the devil. But it’s not like that at all,” says the verbose and amicable 42-year-old, reached on the phone from his Tampa home. “There are people from all walks of life who play death metal; plenty of collegeeducated people,” he continues. “And sure, some of the music can sound primitive, but there’s a lot of great, serious and dedicated musicians in this style of music. People that have an open mind would be well-advised to give it a try. Try and get past the song titles and album covers and listen to the records; you might be surprised with what you find. There’s a lot of thought that goes into the music and there’s a lot of great musicianship on display in the genre.” Cannibal Corpse may be the best example. Since 1990, the band has released 12 studio albums and become the top-selling death metal act in the United States. And while the average listener may hear nothing more than a wall of shredding guitars and unintelligible singing, the band has managed a consistent evolution since their debut, Eaten Back To Life. On Torture, the band’s latest, Webster and the rest of Cannibal Corpse maintained their continual drive to keep matters fresh in a 24-yearold relationship. Webster admits that while the process can be trying at times, learning from past efforts can provide solutions. “Having different people writing helps,” he notes. Torture saw the band sticking with producer Erik Rutan who produced their previous two full-lengths, but they moved the process from the familiar surroundings of Mana

Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida back to Sonic Ranch Studios in El Paso, Texas. The band recorded 2004’s The Wretched Spawn at Sonic Ranch. Rather than rely on what may have worked for the band on past recordings, Webster believes that not becoming too comfortable has allowed the band to maintain a sense of excitement. “We try to change up our producer as much as we can, because we recognise how that can impact a band. For example, we’ll probably go with a different producer for our next record. We made three great records with Erik and to be honest, we could probably make a few more with him. But we’ll probably go with a different producer, not for lack of satisfaction with Erik, but just to try something different,” he continues in earnest. “These little changes make things exciting. And having everyone in the band who wants to write and contribute indeed is healthy too. It’s fun for me to learn Rob (Barrett, guitarist’s) songs. It wouldn’t be as much fun if it was me doing all the writing.” The Cannibal Corpse that released Torture stands as a very different act from the one that released Eaten Back To Life. Three of the original members of the band have since left. Webster has held down the fort, along with drummer Paul Mazurkiewicz, though response from Cannibal Corpse’s legions of fans has been unwavering. As Cannibal Corpse has attempted to evolve as a band, so too has the genre as a whole. Webster believes death metal is a very different genre since it first took shape. “One of the [biggest changes] is technology. It’s affected everything in the world, and death metal is no exception. In the beginning, bands were very primitive. They weren’t always able to keep in touch with each other. In working together, it had a positive effect on the scene.” As Webster continues, he outlines just how wide the evolution within the genre has been. “You can’t be a brand new kind of band or play a brand new kind of music twice. So death metal was brand new in the ‘80s, but there’s an established history to it now. It’s going to take that much more work for a new death metal band to make it, despite their technological advantages with recording and the Internet, for example. Hell, bands even have GPS now. I remember not making it to shows when we were younger simply because we were fuckin’ lost!” Cannibal Corpse may have made it through their early

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days without the help of a GPS, though those days weren’t without a few hurdles. Namely, the aforementioned ban on the sale of Cannibal Corpse records for ten years in Australia. Sure, the band has also had brushes with United States Senator Bob Dole, who accused the band of “undermining the nation’s character,” but Webster insists when the ban affects their fans, that’s what “really sucks.” Still, when it came to touring Australia after the ban had been lifted, Cannibal Corpse didn’t approach the tour or their sets any differently. That, again, would be a disservice to their fans. “We weren’t really nervous,” he says of touring Australia, and places where their music has landed them in hot water. “We haven’t been in charge of the business side of things. The record label would tell us we’d been banned in Australia, and we’d just look around at each other and say, ‘Well, that’s weird.’ We first came over in 1995 and didn’t return until 2007. But when we returned, it seemed like everyone had copies of the album anyway. Maybe the ban hadn’t been very effective? Everyone seemed to be very familiar with our music.” If anyone has benefited especially from the digital age, it’s Cannibal Corpse and death metal acts which are often frowned upon by conservative tastemakers. Webster remains upbeat about the places the music of Cannibal Corpse and death metal as a genre has stretched to. “Even countries with restrictive governments in the Middle East haven’t given us much trouble. We have plenty of fans in Iran, Egypt, Morocco and Saudi Arabia. As long as you can get online, you can find what you want.” Twenty-four years into their career, and Webster and Cannibal Corpse still find themselves getting excited about any inroads they make into popular music culture. Long looked upon simply as outcasts in a world dominated by the easily approachable and never offensive, Webster and the band have remained true to their craft. “Gradually, as a band, we’ve been pushing our foot into the door as hard as we can,” he says. “[The door] still gets shut pretty tight, but lately we’ve been able to play some really big shows, especially with acts that are more mainstream, at least in the metal scene. I should mention that when I say mainstream, it’s not meant to be a derogatory term.” For Alex Webster, being derogatory about his band’s place in the music world would only serve to undermine the inroads they’ve made. As representatives of an entire misunderstood scene, Cannibal Corpse continue to work their way through bans, confusion and scorn with the esteem of the many other great musicians in their genre. And it’s the only way they know how – one album and live show at a time. “Death metal, being largely ignored as it was, a lot of people may have missed the opportunity to get into it,” says Webster. “They weren’t obliged to follow the underground, but we believe that there’s a lot of people out there that may have gotten into death metal had they had the opportunity to hear it. And we’re finally starting to get chances to play festivals where Megadeath, Slayer or Marilyn Manson are headlining. It validates what we’ve been doing for the past 20 years, even though it was never accepted by mainstream media of any kind. But I think we’re finally getting there.” CANNIBAL CORPSE hit up Billboard The Venue on Friday October 5 in support of new album Torture (out on Metal Blade Records).

THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN Arts In Action presents the Australian premiere of We Are Poets, a poignant story of youth, arts and freedom of expression. Winner of the Youth Jury Award at Sheﬃeld Doc/Fest 2011, We Are Poets follows six teenagers from youth poetry group, Leeds Young Authors, as they are chosen to represent the UK at Brave New Voices – the world’s most prestigious poetry slam competition. Deeply personal, We Are Poets is a testament to the power of creativity, community and the dynamism of young people. It might be the age of Facebook and Twitter, but this group of Leeds teenagers have chosen to deﬁne themselves through one of the most ancient forms of culture out there, the spoken poem. We Are Poets is screening tomorrow evening, Thursday September 27 at the Bella Union Trades Hall in Carlton at 8pm.

ON STAGE Swan Lake, the world’s most beloved ballet, returns to its roots in a new traditional production by The Australian Ballet. Created especially for The Australian Ballet’s 50th anniversary, it has everything a good Swan Lake should – a troubled prince, an enchanted swan, a malevolent magician, and doomed love. Returning to Tchaikovsky’s original score for inspiration, this classical Swan Lake is steeped in late 19th-century romanticism and based on ancient myth. Choreographer Stephen Baynes is renowned for his intense musicality and classical purity, together with designer Hugh Colman and Orchestra Victoria, Baynes will premiere a ballet of unprecedented magniﬁcence. This is only happening until Saturday September 29 at the State Theatre.

ON DISPLAY Rumi Takamoto’s vivid paintings and ceramic sculptures are influenced by natural forms. Writhing with energy, they appear to stretch and twist, echoing the shapes of unfurling trumpet flowers or crashing waves. Adopting techniques employed by the ancient Greeks and Egyptians, Takamoto applies colour to form to create works that express vitality, the flux of energy and the circulation of life. Rumi Takamoto established the Kyushu Art Seminar and Artist’s Park, where she was actively involved as an educator and instructor. Now she lives and works in Melbourne as a sculptor and a painter. Rumi Takamoto’s exhibition Breath Of Life is happening now at fortyfivedownstairs off of Flinders Lane until Saturday October 6.

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NEVER DID ME ANY HARM BY BELLA ARNOTT-HOARE

Christos Tsiolkas’ The Slap has seeped into popular consciousness so far that by now, the story is almost hackneyed. A forceful slap is doled out to a child at a suburban barbeque, and though gritty and occasionally contemptible, at its release the novel raised many questions about modern family life. For Kate Champion it inspired her next work with theatre company Force Majeure. Never Did Me Any Harm, a production set for the Melbourne Festival, again uses the reverberation of this event to imagine a theatrical production imbued with dance, projection and live recordings. Champion was approached by Andrew Upton and Cate Blanchett in the early days of their tenure at the Sydney Theatre Company to create a work which would become a co-production with the Sydney Festival. At the time she’d been reading The Slap, and says she was taken with how Tsiolkas “nailed” characters and a contemporary zeitgeist in a powerful comment about the now. “The Slap definitely did trigger heated debate amongst people, and the subject matter interested us. We pulled out the strand of how children are raised in contemporary society and it shone a light on all of the things then that we thought through, just, what is happening to kids that’s different? It’s always been a challenge to raise kids over hundreds, even thousands of years, but there’s something in the last 20 or so years that seems to have shifted even more.” Children today, Champion reflects, are more protected than they’ve ever been, to a level that’s almost concerning. Though values have shifted away from physical violence as a parenting tool, she posits, how far have we gone the other way? “Children are in less danger out in the streets than they’ve ever been before yet there’s a perception that there’s more, in the heads I think, of the parents. So they therefore drive their kids to school and the kids get fat. When does overprotection become a harm in its own right?”

As such the play is by no means a literal interpretation of the novel, she says. “We call it the apple that fell off the tree. We really just took what we thought was the hot-button issue of children, and whether to hit a child or not, and then we took that further to how people go on with heated debate about overprotection.” Bringing in seasoned actress Catherine McClements for the production’s Melbourne run, the production is inspired more by reality than fiction. Conducting interviews with relative strangers about the issues, they’ve weaved these opinions into the production, using them both as soundscapes and narrative devices. These were edited down to two to three minute monologues and within these, it presents a slice of society’s values on the issue. “There’s a variety of opinion, there’s a guy who thinks its screwed up, saying people give them too much leeway, they live at home too long, they’re mollycoddled. There’s a woman who is childless who says, ‘God forbid, no one’s allowed to call their child average anymore.’ And there’s also a mother who’s questioning what it is to be a mother, and she’s not yet feeling the complete joy of it. She doesn’t quite get what the reward is.” But ultimately Champion finds the production hard to describe because its power is in the physicality and the metaphorical, typical of Force Majeure’s work

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which uses poetic imagery, movement and projection to enlighten a work. “It’s to allow us to extend out of realism, and I don’t mean to go into fantasy but to get under the skin into a more emotional, psychological state and to heighten that, or draw it out or expose it in a way that realism doesn’t accept. “Sometimes there’s a visceral physicality to a relationship that can be expressed beautifully in how someone holds someone, and moves with someone. You can express suﬀocating love in a way physically that often can’t be achieved with words in the same way. There isn’t a sense of an all-pervading writer’s voice, but it does feel more collectively like, how can we pull out the strands of a mass of people’s various responses? And that’s sort of what we’ve honed.” With such an emotive issue, Champion can’t help but form her own opinions of modern-day parenting. She despairs the parental overindulgences that have in turn, created particularly brattish young people. “This way of parenting feeds into young kids entering the workforce. There’s a pervading sense of entitlement, that kids get things so easily that they expect things to happen instantly.” There are examples of this being reinforced, she mentions. “In 2009, a woman started a website called Free Range Kids because she got absolutely viliﬁed for letting her nine-year-old son ride the subway in New York without a mobile. And she became the most hated mom in America. And two weeks ago in Sydney a school banned girls from doing handstands and cartwheels. So it’s amazing how it keeps coming up. “We’re just trying to open up all the various issues for conversation about it, asking is this necessary? Have we over responded to things we grew up with wanting to change?” It’s a pandora’s box of volatile opinion, but this Champion expects. She looks forward to heated debate in the foyer post-production. Never Did Me Any Harm shows as part of the Melbourne Festival from Tuesday October 9 – Saturday October 13 at Southbank Theatre, Sumner.

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THE COMIC STRIP FELIX BAR COMEDY Dave O’Neil headlines Felix Bar Comedy tonight down in St Kilda! He’s been all over radio and the telly (including Can Of Worms and Randling last week)! Plus they’ve got Tommy Dassalo, Shayne Hunter (QLD), David Tulk, Leigh Chalmers (WA) and more! Come down and check out the biggest night of comedy in St Kilda, every Wednesday night. It’s happening this Wednesday September 26 at 8.30pm for only $12, at Felix Bar, St Kilda.

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GREEK FILM FESTIVAL The Greek Film Festival returns for its 19th Melbourne season this October and with a selection of over 30 films, the two-week festival looks more promising than ever. Opening with the sequel to 2010 film Nisos, the Greek Film Festival will premiere Nisos 2 (The Island 2: The Hunt For The Lost Treasure), a comedy that follows the treasure hunt of Greece’s most loveable criminals. In commemoration of Cypriot-born actor, writer and director Anna Kannava’s death, the festival will be screening her films The Butler, Ten Years After, Ten Years Old, and Kannava You Can’av’er’ and feature the posthumorous release of her novel Stefanos Of Limassol. The highly anticipated film Boy Eating The Bird’s Food by Ektoras Lyzigos will premiere during the festival, and Giorgos Georgopoulos’ psychological thriller and multiple-award winner Tungsten will premiere too. The full program for the Greek Film Festival will be live online on Thursday September 20 at greekfilmfestival. com.au. Tickets can be purchased from the site or from the Palace Cinema Como Box Office.

THE SPACE BETWEEN Obscura Gallery will host three time Flanagan Art Prize winner Hugh Waller’s new exhibition The Space Between, a collection of digital and traditional works that explore the quintessential qualities of the abstract and ambiguous. The exhibition will showcase Waller’s more reﬁned digital experimentation over the years, as well as a combination with traditional forms of painting, photography and printmaking. Waller considers each artwork an evolution of thought and emotion, insisting that some digital artworks consist of up to 400 layers within a series of ﬁles. Regardless, the exhibition will be an evocative emotional insight into ambiguity, nature and human existentialism. Hosted from Thursday October 11 – Saturday November 17, The Space Between will be exhibited at Obscura Gallery in St Kilda. Admission is free.

PORTABLE PRESENTS KIRBY FERGUSON As part of the Curators Conference presented by Portable, independent New York writer/filmmaker/ documentarian Kirby Ferguson will host an intimate talk about the challenges of independent production and the concept of creativity. In a teaser video, Kirby Ferguson explains that he will talk about his innovative success Everything Is A Remix at the Edinburgh TEDGlobal earlier this year, his experiences in the creative industry, contemporary culture and online publishing. Ferguson recently successfully gained funding through Kickstarter for his new project This Is Not A Conspiracy Theory which will launch during the US presidential election. Curators Conference is a one-day convention that delves into the world of culture, arts, fashion, film, etc. and its constructs. Kirby Ferguson is a definite any aspiring independent video artists will want to attend. You can register your interest online at portable.tv

CONTEMPORARY INDONESIAN ART Indonesian contemporary artists Jompet Kuswidananto and Eko Nugroho will bring their artistic visions to the National Gallery Of Victoria this October in Rally: Contemporary Indonesian Art. In a combination of streetart murals, embroideries, and vibrant paintings provided by Nugroho, and video and sound installations provided by Kuswidananto’s, Rally: Contemporary Indonesian Art blends traditional and modern Indonesian culture, art and history through images of Java’s royal soldier, while heralding their Dutch colonisation through traditional Dutch colonial costumes. Rally: Contemporary Indonesian Art will occupy the ground ﬂoor of the NGV International in the contemporary art space from Thursday October 18 until Monday April 1 2013. Admission is free.

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The highly anticipated exhibition The Black Hole Collection by Madjuri Art, a collection of intricate hand drawn illustrations, will premiere for one-night only at Greville Street’s FOG Bar on Wednesday October 24. Madjuri Art is run by a Tasmania-born, Melbourne-raised artist Madhu Malhotra and The Black Hole Collection will display her many years of artistic creativity, including disciplines learnt from studying art and photography at RMIT. Each piece is a cathartic release for Malhotra, creating the elusive darkness that encapsulates them. Admission to the exhibition is free, and more of Malhotra’s art can be found at madjuriart.com

PORFIRIO The story of Porfirio Ramirez is living proof that sometimes, truth is stranger than fiction. Confined to a wheelchair ever since he got shot by police during an unjust raid on his own property, the hardworking Colombian decided to get the government’s attention by hijacking a plane, aided by his own son and by hiding grenades in the diapers he usually wore. Alejandro Landes’ Porfirio tells this story, with all the seriousness it deserves. Porfirio himself, sentenced to house arrest, took the leading role as a means to call attention to his plight: having received no compensation due to his untimely injury, he was desperate to meet with authorities and denounce the abuse and neglect that some people in Colombia are subject to. Thus, the balding, moustached man in a wheelchair became an unlikely movie star in his home country, with the film going so far as to screen at Cannes and the Toronto Film Festival, winning awards in the process. So far, Porfirio has yet to meet with president Juan Manuel Santos, but at the very least the movie has helped to shed light on his stories, and of many others who also live on the fringes of society. Melbourne Filmoteca presents Porfirio on Tuesday October 2 at ACMI – a small contribution to the man’s cause. Tickets through acmi.net.au

PARIS OPERA BALLET The world-renowned Paris Opera Ballet will be joining the celebrations for The Australian Ballet’s 50th birthday and so can you! The anniversary gala will open Wednesday October 31 at the Arts Centre for ﬁve performances only. Paris Opera Ballet’s principal dancers Dorothée Gilbert and Stéphane Bullion will dance the dynamic Don Quixote pas de deux. They join other international guests including Damian Smith of the San Francisco ballet and Julie Kent of the American Ballet Theatre. A special post-performance party will take place on the company’s actual birthday, Friday November 2. Tickets and further information available through australianballet.com.au.

ARTISTS FOR KIDS’ CULTURE

The annual Artists For Kids’ Culture returns for its 19th year, with an art auction and exhibition to raise funds for disadvantaged kids and help them pursue their creative aspirations. Consisting of two main events — live art event and exhibition preview and an art auction — the exhibition will feature Australian surrealist artist Ricky Howell and street artist Drew Funk. Together, with other artists, the exhibition will reflect on Australia’s art culture in an expression of incredible design. The art auction will feature the works of Sally Smart, David Bromley, Mick Turner, Adam Cullen and many more in an effort to raise over $60,000 dollars for Artists For Kids’ Culture. Each year over 60 artists participate and the funds they raise are allocated to an age bracket of 3 – 18 year olds. Artists For Kids’ Culture helps support disadvantaged kids pursue their dreams, whether it be sports or creatively inspired. Artists For Kids’ Culture will host their exhibition at Brightspace Gallery from Thursday October 11 – Sunday October 14 when the works will be auctioned off. Further information on the event can be found on akc.org.au

JEFF WALL Already running out of ideas for ways to spend those summer days? Stop banging your head against the wall and go check out Jeff Wall Photographs at the National Gallery Of Victoria. This summer, working in collaboration with the Art Gallery Of Western Australia, the NGV will present a survey of the work of contemporary photographer Jeff Wall. The exhibition will bring together 26 works by the innovative Canadian artist, spanning from the ‘70s to present day. It’s the first time his photographs will be brought to the Southern Hemisphere. It will be on display at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia from Friday November 30 until Saturday March 17. Further information through the National Gallery Of Victoria.

CHECKPOINT CHARLIE COMEDY Cheap piss and piss-cheap entry at the best damn comedy room in town. Tonight, Charlie again features Australia’s best comedians spitting funnies into the business end of a loud stick. They’ve even got a secret special guest. So come ﬁll yourself with $6 drinks and put your continence to the ultimate test from 8pm tonight at Eurotrash Bar. $5 entry. Get down early for a seat.

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MARGARET FULTON: QUEEN OF THE DESSERT Present Tense in association with Theatre Works present the culinary musical spectacular Margaret Fulton: Queen Of The Dessert. Long before Gordon Ramsay and Nigella Lawson, Margaret Fulton was teaching Australians how to cook. From crispy potatoes with capsicum to her legendary pavlova, Margaret Fulton: Queen Of The Dessert will be a culinary food experience full of all the right ingredients to make a musical: romance, drama, money, sex, power and a spoonful of jam. The matriarch of Australian cooking will be immortalised on stage by Amy Lehpamer. Amy’s theatre credits include The Threepenny Opera, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Follies, Shane Warne The Musical and the hit Broadway musical Rock Of Ages, receiving both Helpmann and Green Room Award nominations for the lead role. Margaret Fulton: Queen Of The Dessert will be at Theatre Works in St Kilda from Wednesday November 21 till Saturday December 1 (previews running from Friday November 16 to Tuesday November 20) Tickets start at $25 and are available from theatreworks.org.au

Softbelly Comedy has a brand new location, and last week’s launch was great! A full house, and a great new venue! This Thursday, Dave O’Neil (Can Of Worms, Randling, Spicks N Specks) headlines another great lineup! They’ve also got Tommy Little, Shayne Hunter, Tegan Higginbotham, David Tulk and more! It’s all happening this Thursday, September 27 at Pop Restaurant (upstairs), 68 Hardware Lane, City at 8.30pm, for only $13! Get in early!

COMMEDIA DELL PARTE Harley Breen (winner Piece Of Wood Award, Melbourne Comedy Festival 2011) will be supported by Liam Ryan, Angus Brown, Jason Chatﬁeld, Peter Flanagan, Samuel Galloway and Justine McInerney at Commedia Dell Parte this week. The room runs on a ‘pay as you like’ basis, so come along and have a great laugh, then pay what you believe the show is worth on the way out. Commedia Dell Parte runs every Thursday 8.30pm at George Lane Bar, St Kilda.

COMEDY AT SPLEEN

FLINDERS STREET STATION EXHIBITION

Mondays at Spleen are always a full house and a great night! This Monday, they’ve got more of Melbourne’s awesomest and best up-and-comers! Like Ronny Chieng, Matthew Klein, Mark Trenwith, Pete Sharkey, Brendan Maloney, Mark Conway and heaps more! It’s this Monday October 1, 41 Bourke St, in the city, at 8.30pm. It may be free, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door!

Erected in 1910, Flinders Street Station has been the connection point for millions and with over 100,000 people passing through Flinders Street Station daily, many people have not been privy to the oﬀ-limit areas of the Edwardian masterpiece…until now. For one weekend only, the Contemporary Site Investigations will exhibit a historical insight into this Victorian landmark, bringing the station to life through art works that explore the historical and cultural signiﬁcance of Flinders Street Station in contemporary times. Entitled Contemporary Site Investigations: Flinders Street Station, the exhibition features a piano recital in the Flinders Street Ballroom — yes, we were surprised too — that has not been used in over 20 years. Other works include live Jeremy Taylor’s sound experiments Compressing Time, Cameron Robbins’s audio and lighting investigations called Metronomic and many more. Contemporary Site Investigation: Flinders Street Station runs from Friday October 19 – Sunday October 20. Admission is free and more information about the exhibition can be found at contemporarysiteinvestigations.tumblr.com

ACCA OPENS LATE

STEVE SMART Pop on some smart casual attire and head down to the British Crown Hotel for the launch of Steve Smart’s epic double album. A decade in the making, Steve Smart’s Voices In My Head combines poetry, spoken word, music and industrial soundscapes. Special guests Amanda Anastasi, Maurice McNamara, Randall Stephens and Zenobia Frost will be joining him for the Friday festivities. Perhaps you will too, if you’re smart. The launch will commence from 9pm, Friday September 28 at the British Crown Hotel in Collingwood. Hit up stevesmartpoetry.com for more information.

Melbourne International Arts Festival, running from Thursday October 11 to Saturday October 27, celebrates the vividness of artistic artwork and to celebrate, the Australian Centre For Contemporary Art (ACCA) will be open late until 8pm every night of the festival allowing pre-show viewings of the exhibition OURSELVES. OURSELVES is an exhibition that explores the concept of ‘persona’ through over 20 emerging and current Australian artists. The exhibition will see works such as David Rosetzky’s acclaimed video portrait of actor Cate Blanchett and Rinke Dijkstra’s a documentary I See A Woman Crying (The Weeping Woman). Essentially an exploration of human existentialism through mediums such as video, technology and artistic vision, OURSELVES will also include the works of leading international artists Laurie Anderson, Sophie Calle, Bruce Nauman and photographer/video artist Gillian Wearing’s uncanny portrayal of the disparities between public and private life. The Australian Centre For Contemporary Art will host OURSELVES from Thursday October 11 until Sunday November 25, with exhibition houses being 10am – 5pm Tuesday – Friday, 11am – 6pm on Saturday and Sunday. Festival hours will run from 10am – 8pm daily from Thursday October 11 until Saturday October 27.

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AN ACT OF NOW BY BELLA ARNOTT-HOARE

The study of group dynamics has explained a variety of social behaviours: decisionmaking, creating new ideas and technologies, the spread of diseases in society, for example. With its underlying premise that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, it seems the perfect exploration for a dance troupe, formed on the principle that they work best in a cohesive unit. As such, celebrated contemporary ensemble Chunky Move present An Act Of Now, exploring human psychology in physical allegory. Speaking about the new work, Chunky Move’s lithe Artistic Director Anouk Van Dijk expresses herself with tightly controlled gesture, betraying her experience as a dancer. Replacing Gideon Obarzanek after his 16-year tenure, which shaped one of the country’s most important dance companies, Van Dijk’s aware of the expectation An Act Of Now comes with. Obarzanek’s last work premiered at Melbourne Festival 2011, and in a kind of symmetry, the quite brilliant Van Dijk will premiere her first for the company at this year’s festival. The work takes into account a kind of human tribalism explored through the very physical medium of dance, which Anouk has long been devoted to. “I’m interested in the working of a group, and the working of the power in a group,” she says. “How power shifts, and how one thing in a group can trigger something else in [a chain reaction], that very quickly a group can get very aggressive, or can become submissive. So there’s some kind of power in a group and I try to work that out from a very physical approach.” In a laboratory experiment free from societal contaminants, An Act Of Now places Anouk’s dancers in a sterile glass box. Here, the audience watch as the results unfold. “They’re in a glass house which stands for how we cultivate things, we protect things, we grow our plants that way when the climate doesn’t allow us to, so I thought that was very interesting to expose dancers that way.” This exploration is part of an ongoing fascination for Van Dijk with site-specific works, seeing how different

environments affect the dance and in turn, how we view the dance. “I started to put my works out in the context of buildings, nature, outdoor environments. Working site-specific [you’re] dealing with the harshness of nature, or association with a place. If you’re dancing in a public building the meaning of the dance changes because the behaviour of the audience will be different than when they go to a theatre. “So I got really fascinated by that whole role of audience-dancers-environment, the effect of the environment on us. If we go inside a dark, gritty place our behaviour will change, so our perspective of what we see there will also change. If you go to a very posh, beautiful theatre our behaviour will change accordingly. So I really like that to influence the experience of dance.” Though visual art lends itself to the site-specific and unexpected outdoor placement, Van Dijk says it’s less common in dance because of its fragility. ”It’s much more difficult for dancers to work at a high professional level when the circumstances are very harsh,” she says, “so when I work site-specific it doesn’t mean that I just want to put them under tremendous stress, especially for An Act Of Now – I put them in a very safe box.” And the site that’s been chosen for this work is the Sydney Myer Music Bowl, a unique choice indeed. While it’s often used for outdoor classical music concerts and revelry-fuelled parties it’s a venue that’s generally stayed away from contemporary art – until now. “There’s never ever been a performance like

“[AN ACT OF NOW] IS ABOUT PEOPLE IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT, AND HOW A GROUP CONTROLS EACH OTHER.”

that on the site so I think it will be really interesting for people, just out of curiosity of what’s happening to this venue, because I’ll use it really diﬀerently to what you’re used to.” Van Dijk’s credentials include ten years as a lead soloist for the lauded Rotterdam Dance Company and Amanda Miller’s Pretty Ugly Dance Company. While her time away from dancing has seen her conceive productions that investigate societal structures, her experience means she has an inherent knowledge of what’s required of performers. “I know a lot about how it is to dance, how it is to deal with exhaustion. Somehow I got really good in seeing what’s potentially there in a dancer, so I observe dancers very carefully and I say, ‘Okay, the strengths lies there for that person’, and I also try to bring out their strengths in the work,” she says. “Especially because [An Act Of Now] is about people in a controlled environment, and how a group controls each other, you can also that way see the personalities pop out, and that’s very much the focus

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for this particular work.” Her vision for the company is one that showcases their innovation internationally, but focuses also on the specific implications of our geography. “I’m really interested to work more locally, really look into Melbourne and the whole vibe and dynamics of Melbourne which I really like. I find this a really inspiring place. “I think [being Melbourne’s dance company] has been Chunky Move, and I think that’s been the attraction for me. It’s a place that allows the Artistic Director to take a lot of different directions with where the work can go. So it can be adventurous and the audience want it to be that way. When you go to Chunky Move it should be a show like nothing you’ve ever seen. That’s Chunky Move, and it’ll stay that way.” An Act Of Now is showing at the Sydney Myer Music Bowl as part of the Melbourne Festival from Thursday October 18 – Saturday October 27 (no performance Sunday October 28).

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69 SMITH STREET GALLERY & SIDECAR WELCOME TO THIS MONTH’S ISSUE OF ARTSPACE – A SECTION DEDICATED TO ART SPACES AROUND MELBOURNE, FROM GALLERIES TO CAFES, FROM ALLEYWAY STREET ART TO PHOTOGRAPHY, FROM COURSES TO EXHIBITIONS. FLICK THROUGH THESE PAGES EVERY MONTH TO FIND OUT ABOUT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE PERFORMANCE SPHERE THAT MAKE OUR CITY AS VIVACIOUS AND CREATIVE AS IT IS. Inside this month’s guide you’ll find out about 69 Smith Street Gallery, an innovative space for emerging artists to bring their work to the public in a supportive environment. We’ll also take a look at artFido.com – an online auction site that has changed how we trade art by making the process of finding, buying and selling art as simple as possible for galleries, collectors, artists, buyers and sellers alike.

ARTFIDO.COM Address: The Internet Website: artFido.com Gallery Owner: Juan Garcia

When did the space first open its doors, and how did you become involved? artFido.com launched on May 22, 2012. Juan Garcia had been collecting art for almost a decade and was finding that traditional auction houses weren’t drawing the young art buyers and that many young buyers were reverting to mass produced prints and copies from Ikea and the like. He decided to launch an online auction site that made finding, buying and selling art as simple as possible for galleries, collectors, artists, buyers and sellers alike. He started developing the site in 2011, and brought in three other directors in January 2012, two months prior to launch. Does the space lend itself to a certain type of art, and if so how? artFido has been developed to allow all kinds of art to be listed. Buyers can use the search functions to find art by subject, style, medium, and colour. If it can be photographed it can be sold on artFido.com. What have been some of your more memorable exhibitions? In July 2012 Juan rescued a piece of art by the

internationally famous street artist HUSH (which was due to be destroyed) and with the help of Metro Gallery and the artist himself auctioned it online to raise money for Challenge (a charity group that support kids with cancer). The auction was a huge success and managed to raise over $15,000 for the charity. When curating an exhibition, how do you decide what work is appropriate for the space? artFido.com is completely non-curated at this stage. It is open for all galleries and artists to list and sell their works. We are looking at introducing a featured artist and featured gallery section in the near future. We have engaged the talents of 20 or so art professionals who act as our Art Watchdogs to help answer questions about the authenticity or provenance. Do you have a support network or community of artists that work/move together? We currently have over 500 artists listing and selling their works on artFido.com. We also have over 100 galleries doing the same. What else can you tell us about the gallery? It is currently absolutely free to register, list and sell on artFido.com. The plan is to launch the site internationally in 2013. What upcoming exhibitions do you have? We are currently looking at having another charity auction on the site. This time with an original Bansky print.

Address: 69 Smith Street Website: 69smithstreet.com.au Gallery owner: Artist Run Initiative When did the space first open its doors, and how did you become involved? 69 Smith Street Gallery opened in July 1998 as a not-for-profit, artist run initiative. I have been a member since my first solo show (held in the gallery in July 2010), and have been the Social Media Coordinator since July this year. I became involved with the committee as I have a background in marketing and design and have a lot of exciting ideas for the gallery. The studio space at the back of the gallery (opening onto Little Smith Street) will officially start its reincarnation as ‘Sidecar’ on October 28 this year with an art market I’m currently organising. We have a lot of other events and projects in the pipeline for Sidecar such as artist talks, creative jam sessions, street art and live music. Does the space lend itself to a certain type of art, and if so how? The gallery is an excellent space for emerging artists to bring their work to the public in a supportive environment. All artists exhibiting are members of the gallery (with the exception of group shows). Exhibiting artists have full creative control of their shows (in line with their accepted proposal) and are responsible for the setup and hanging of their works, designing their invitations, organising the opening and staffing the gallery during their show. Volunteers and committee members offer advice and assistance to exhibiting artists. Sidecar is a project and events space, as opposed to a traditional gallery space. Artworks and events will be cutting edge and fun, artists and other ‘creatives’ will be able to gather in Sidecar to potentially collaborate, network and enjoy temporary events and art. What have been some of your more memorable exhibitions? Our exhibits change every three weeks with up to seven shows at a time in the gallery and sculpture garden; with such a variety of excellent art it’s difficult to pick just a few...However our recent group show Likeness 2 comes to mind. Likeness 2 was a portrait show with a twist; participating artists were partnered by chance to create reciprocal portraits. Taking up the entire top floor of the gallery in August, in Likeness 2 we saw some amazing works – from mixed media abstract pieces to sculpture and more traditional realist portraits. When curating an exhibition, how do you decide what work is appropriate for the space? As an artist-run space we are primarily a rental venue, where artists must be members and submit a proposal to the gallery coordinator for review. The high calibre of applications we

receive means that we rarely reject a proposal for its artistic merit, however the spaces and times are generally filled pretty quickly. Group shows are curated by volunteers, and works must follow the theme of the exhibit. The last group show, Likeness 2, was organised by Julian Di Martino and included artworks by 42 artists who were members and non-members around Victoria. Sidecar will focus on entertaining, informing and generally creating a fun, cultural atmosphere suited to Gertrude and Smith Street. Applications for the art market are reviewed in terms of the stallholders artistic practice – they must be an artist or an artisan to be considered for inclusion in the art markets. Do you have a support network or community of artists that work/move together? 69 Smith Street Gallery’s reason for existence is to provide a supportive environment and professional development opportunities for our members. Members are visual artists across a wide range of artistic platforms. We also promote public appreciation and understanding of contemporary visual art. On occasion we have musicians performing at exhibition openings and other creative happenings in the gallery such as life drawing classes. The gallery is a not-for-profit run by a committee of volunteers, so we hold an annual general meeting and communicate opportunities and information with our members throughout the year. Sidecar’s focus is providing out-of-the-box opportunities and events for members, building the gallery’s network of artists and ‘creatives’, and including the wider community. What else can you tell us about the gallery? The gallery is currently calling for proposals to exhibit next year and November this year. We also have an art prize, the theme this year is “The Secret Life Of Space”. Entries will be exhibited from November 28 to December 16 and the first prize is $2000 – we are currently calling for entries. More information and entry forms are on our website. Sidecar is set to be an exciting creative space incorporating a wide range of creative endeavours and interests. After the art market we are looking to incorporate street art into the space so would love to hear from any interested street artists. We would also love to hear more live music so if any musos are looking to volunteer their talents for an outdoor gig or impromptu performance in an informal venue, get in touch! Sidecar is a rustic space (it used to be a garage) opening onto a laneway right next to Gertrude St in Fitzroy. What upcoming exhibitions do you have? The gallery’s exhibitions change every three weeks so we have quite a few coming up. The next shows are Creation/Destruction by Mikaila Hankan Siegersma and Cultural Connectedness by Charlotte Clemens, with the opening celebrations on Saturday September 28 5-7pm, and Tas Wansborough’s sculptures are on display until October 14. Sidecar’s Spring Art Market will be held on October 28, November 18 and December 9 from 9am to 2pm. Instead of fancy tables the stalls are going to be trestle tables made from the gallery’s old doors, and instead of street signage we are using an old motorbike. I can’t wait! I’ll have my handmade art print pendants and other Objets D’Art on offer as well.

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ONTOUR SCISSOR SISTERS [USA] Wednesday September 26, Hamer Hall THE MOLE [CAN] Thursday September 27, Lounge RICK WADE [USA] Friday September 28, The Croft Institute SHARAM [USA], DIBBY DOUGHERTY [IRE] Friday September 28, Billboard DAS EFX [USA] Friday September 28, Prince Bandroom NICK SENTIENCE [UK] Friday September 28, Room680 TONY TOUCH [USA] Friday September 28, The Espy KYLE HALL [USA] Friday September 28, Brown Alley GIGAMESH [USA] Saturday September 29, Seven FUNKAGENDA [UK] Saturday September 29, Pretty Please TOMMIE SUNSHINE [USA] Saturday September 29, Prince Bandroom

LIKNUTS [USA] Thursday November 1, Prince Bandroom JAMIE JONES [UK], DJ W!LD [FRA], MARGARET DYGAS [UK] Sunday November 4, Brown Alley NICK CURLY [GER] Sunday November 4, Revolver Upstairs DELANO SMITH [USA] Monday November 5, New Guernica YOUSEF [UK] Friday November 9, Brown Alley. ROBERT HOOD [USA] Friday November 9, TBA MOULLINEX [POR] Saturday November 10, New Guernica ECLIPSE: PERFECT STRANGER [ISR], OLIVER LIEB [GER], ADAM FREELAND [UK] + MORE Saturday November 12 – Friday November 16, TBA HOUSSE DE RACKET [FRA], PILLOWTALK [USA] + MORE Friday November 16, Where?House SMOKE DZA [USA] Saturday November 17, Laundry Bar MIKE HUCKABY [USA], BEN SIMS [UK] + MORE Sunday November 18, Where?House SUBB-AN [UK], MIGUEL CAMPBELL [UK] Sunday November 18, Revolver BOYZ II MEN [USA] Sunday November 18, Billboard ESMKO [USA], TIPPER [UK] + MORE Thursday November 22, Where?House GERD JANSON [GER] Friday November 23, Mercat Basement STRAWBERRY FIELDS: JAMES HOLDEN [UK], TYCHO [USA], PREFUSE 73 [USA] + MORE Friday November 23 – Sunday November 25, TBA STEREOSONIC: TIESTO [NED], AVICII [SWE], CALVIN HARRIS [UK] + MORE Saturday December 1, Melbourne Showgrounds FOUR TET [UK] Thursday December 6, Prince Bandroom NICK WARREN [UK] Friday December 7, Billboard TODD TERJE [NOR] Friday December 7, The Liberty Social MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL: FOUR TET [UK], DJ YAMANTAKA EYE [JAP] + MORE Friday December 7 - Sunday December 9, Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre TERRENCE PARKER [USA] Friday December 21, TBA FALLS FESTIVAL: SBTRKT [UK], COOLIO [USA] + MORE Saturday December 28 – Tuesday January 1, Lorne LET THEM EAT CAKE: KERRI CHANDLER [USA], THE GASLAMP KILLER [USA] + MORE Tuesday January 1, Werribee Park SUMMERDAYZE: THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS [UK], M.I.A [UK], MARK RONSON [UK] + MORE Tuesday January 1, Sidney Myer Music Bowl CRYSTAL CASTLES [CAN] Tuesday January 22, Billboard THE BLOODY BEETROOTS [ITA] Thursday January 24, The Palace BIG DAY OUT: THE BLOODY BEETROOTS [ITA], KASKADE [USA], CRYSTAL CASTLES [CAN] + MORE Saturday January 26, Flemington Racecourse ABOVE & BEYOND [UK] Saturday February 2, Hisense Arena

REAL TALK If you’re currently reading this and it’s past 2pm on Saturday there’s a very good chance I’ve already passed out. I can’t stand sportball for the life of me but I’ll certainly use it as a yearly reason to get drunk before midday. Tyson Wray

Four Tet: Pinky Promise

Four Tet has announced a sideshow to coincide with his appearance at Meredith. Out here on the back of his latest release Pink, Four Tet will be supported by Jonti, Research and Development and Edd Fisher. Catch him at Prince Bandroom on Thursday December 6.

Bloody Beetroots: Rocksteady Til You Bleed

The Bloody Beetroots is Sir Bob Cornelius Rifo: the masked Italian who’s capable of synergising sonics and sensibilities from The Damned to Debussy, the anthemic wistfulness of New Wave and primal screams of hardcore punk. The Bloody Beetroots will be premiering their new live show at Big Day Out 2013 including latest single Rocksteady. Get prepared for an in-your-face sonic assault. The Bloody Beetroots play The Palace on Thursday January 24.

DJ Rashida: Fusion At The Festival

Jahdan Blakkamoore: Still Buzzin’

Guyana-born, Brooklyn-bred, Jahdan Blakkamoore is a conscious artist, whose diversity, innovation and raw talent keeps him highly regarded in the reggae, dancehall, hip hop and dubstep worlds. Cash Flow, his release with Diplo and Switch on their Major Lazer album, was hailed as the stand-out track of the album. His solo albums Buzzrock Warrior and Babylon Nightmare have both received acclaim. Supported by Vida Sunshyne and Mamacita Bonnita, Monkey Marc, Quashani Bahd, Jese I & So Fire, he plays Laundry Bar on Saturday October 20.

DJ Rashida has established herself as one of the most sought-after DJs in the world. She has played her signature fusion of hip hop, funk, soul, dancehall, house, pop and rock around the globe in cities from London to New York, Tokyo, Geneva, Antwerp, Sydney and Paris. Her return to Australia next month will see her perform as part of the Melbourne Festival, as well as a number of intimate shows. The Melbourne Festival Hub is an explosion of colour on the banks of the Yarra which features an intimate bar, an outdoor wood–fired kitchen, a boutique performance space, and an open-air rooftop terrace graced with spectacular views of the Melbourne skyline and gardens. DJ Rashida headlines The Festival Hub on Thursday October 11. She also plays Yo Yo at Key Club on Saturday October 13.

Hot Dub Time Machine: Rub A Dub Dub

Join DJ Tom Loud as he captains a musical mission through time at the Prince Bandroom this October. Be escorted to 1954 and back again by tunes, visuals and turntable tricks. After sold out shows at the Sydney, Adelaide and Edinburgh Fringe, don’t miss your chance to boogie through history and shake your booty to 60 years of popular culture. Get on board on Friday October 19 at the Prince Bandroom.

Gypsy & The Cat: I Will Take Your Tears, Gypsy

Melbourne’s Gypsy & The Cat have steadily guided their trajectory toward the stratosphere in their relatively young existence, now they are more than set to break through with the announcement of their new album. To celebrate the release of The Late Blue (out October 19 via Alsatian Music/Universal Music Australia), Gypsy & The Cat will hit the road for a bloody massive national tour. This tour will be the only chance to catch the outfit in the live setting in 2012 before they head off globe-trekking once again. Gypsy & The Cat perform at The Palace on Friday October 26.

Big Freedia: Date Of Show Azz Changed Big Freedia and her Divas have had to change the date of The Tote show, come her tour this October. Though the date for Big Freedia’s Melbourne Festival will remain the same, her intimate show at The Tote, originally on Saturday October 20, will be brought forward three days. Big Freedia and her Divas will now be performing at The Tote on Wednesday October 17. All tickets purchased for the original date are valid, as well as some still available via the Oztix. Big Freedia’s Melbourne Festival performance is still on at The Hi-Fi on Thursday October 18. For those that require a refund due to the date change, contact Oztix at info@oztix.com.au before Thursday October 11.

Crystal Castles: Plaque Practice

Fiercely uncompromising festival favourite Crystal Castles have created a stir from their inception with shows that enthral and excite an impassioned cult following. This year heralds the arrival of their third album with its first single Plaque described as “dangerous, demented and utterly thrilling” by NME. Crystal Castles perform at Billboard on Tuesday January 22.

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Free Shit: Sharam

Last seen in Melbourne to co-headline Summadayze NYD 2010, it’s been five long years since Sharam’s last Australian club tour. Sharam started one of the world’s most influential labels in Yoshitoshi Records, toured the world as one half of the beloved Deep Dish (the original super star dance duo) and now you can catch his up-close and personal and exclusive set in support of his brand new Night & Day mix compilation. To make this lineup even more special, up and coming Irish superstar Dibby Dougherty will be joining Sharam. It’s on at The Billboard Basement on Friday September 28, and we have a few tickets to give away.

Deadmau5

The world of deadmau5 – the globally-renowned electronic artist – is always fast and furious. He recently overhauled his studio in his hometown of Toronto and following a recent European tour, locked himself in and went on a creative spree to finish his latest record – > album title goes here < – an album with a title designed to piss off every editorial assistant in the world and probably get me fired because you dickheads will think I forgot to put the album title in. We have a few copies to give away. Hit up beat.com.au/freeshit for your chance to win.

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SHARAM

“I love playing long sets, it takes people, including me, on a musical journey, if you will.”

NIGHT & DAY: DEEP IMPRESSIONS From his group beginnings to his solo excursions, Sharam Tayebi has always been working to bridge the gap between the many electronic music genres. This never-ending commitment to bringing deep grooves to the wide world has seen him become a household name first as one-half of Deep Dish and now as a highly sought after DJ and producer in his own right. The Iranian-American sound scientist is both energetic and eloquent when discussing his relationship with music and the crowd. He is tirelessly at work when we connect with him, as he prepares to hit the road. “I’m catching up on some studio work before I head out to Miami and Ibiza. Then I’m heading to Bali and straight to Australia after that.” Apart from the fact that he is a veteran of 20 years, the key to his longevity has been a positive attitude, as he juggles multiple tasks. “It’s the nature of the beast, I’m used to it. It’s a good problem to have,” he says with a chuckle. This Friday he will have his eyes set on Billboard, as he celebrates the Aussie launch of his latest release Night & Day, with support from Dibby Dougherty. “I’m very happy the album has an opportunity to come out properly in Australia,” he reveals. The DJ-producer has a long history with Australia, one that he is excited to revisit. “It’s one of my favourite places. The first time I came was like ’98, I got to spend a couple of weeks there and I basically got to see the whole country and get the different feelings, from the east coast down to the west coast. It left a very lasting impression, so I look forward to coming back.” One of his latest musical journeys saw him perform a 10hour set at Warung Beach Club in Brazil, something he is no stranger to. “I seem to do that a lot in Brazil. At some clubs, particularly Warung, you get to play as long as you want and the crowd stays with you.” The set was later broadcast on BBC 1xtra radio and was so heralded that it was culled into a compilation album, titled Sharam Live At Warung Beach Brasil. “I’ve played like 12-hour sets before,” he explains. “I love playing long sets, it takes people, including me, on a musical journey, if you

will.” When all the elements are there Sharam can easily create an atmosphere where time melts away and all that matters is the music. “It all goes by really fast. I get so entrenched in it and the energy. If you have a great crowd that follows where you go musically, time has no meaning, you just keep going and you don’t feel tired. As soon as you go back to the hotel and you hit the bed you go ‘oh my god I’m tired’.” No matter how many times Sharam experiences the grind he always keeps it positive and is driven by his goal to bring quality dance music to as many people as possible. “Usually when I play Warung I have to get up the next morning to hit the next city, so it’s always an interesting situation. Getting up and getting into a car and moving on to the next city, it’s rough but it’s always worth it.” As both a producer with his own extensive catalogue and as a DJ steeped in the EDM scene he believes it is his mission to give the fans what they want as well as showcasing some tunes that they may not have heard before. “When people come to see you they have certain expectations, they know you from the music you produce and the stuff you put out. So you have to play some of that stuff for them but at the same time I believe it’s important, not only for myself but also for the crowd, that you also give them all the new stuff as well. It’s a balancing act between entertainment and education.” Beyond his desire to educate his audience, the choice to mix things up is also one he makes for his own sake and for the sake of keeping his live sets fresh. “If I don’t play the new stuff in my set I myself bored and if I get bored I don’t play as well. It’s all about creating a vibe, so you’re not only surprising the crowd you’re surprising yourself as well. I might do something and go ‘wow that sounded really good’ and the crowd reacts to it, then it comes something that you want to repeat.” This approach was extended to his last compilation release, Night & Day, which features two-discs of club tested, audience approved anthems. “It’s a collection of records that over the past six months to a year have COVER STORY

worked for me in my sets. I put them all together in an album format on two discs, so it’s like I’m telling two stories under one roof.” The fact that Sharam works with many of the top record labels means that he gets the chance to hear new tracks before they are officially released and gives him the opportunity to include them in his live sets and releases. “It puts you in a good position where you get to use a lot of unreleased tracks and re-edits and stuff like that on the album that people may not have heard before. It’s their first time to hear it, obviously I’ve heard them many times because I’ve tested them. I want to make sure there’s something unique and different that they haven’t heard.” Like being exposed to any form of music on a regular basis you would think that Sharam would grow tired of playing the same anthems live night after night, however that is not the case. “The stuff that makes it to the album is stuff that’s tried and tested.” His last two releases have both been born out of the same ideology, while also having some unique differences in how they came together. “The Warung album was a live album so basically whatever I played that night ended being on the album, whereas Night & Day is more manufactured. I knew exactly what records I wanted to put in and it was programmed. The live album was different because I’ve never really done it before. It was very different because I didn’t know it would become an album. I just played and it happened to become an album and it all worked out really well.” Regardless of the differing processes there is an underlying theme to all of his work. “The whole idea behind all of these albums is that you’ve got to make it timeless and each record has to speak for itself.” This philosophy of timeless music has followed Sharam throughout his career, dating back to his time with Ali ‘Dubfire’ Shirazinia as part of Deep Dish. “The philosophy never changes, it’s always about showcasing timeless music regardless of genre. I feel like it’s important nowadays because there is such great divide and so many different directions in music. So I felt it

was important for me to make a statement that it doesn’t need to be segregated, it can co-exist. It’s up to the DJ to seamlessly play this stuff to the crowd, they don’t know whether it’s this group or that group they’re just there to enjoy themselves, that’s the whole point. You’ve got to enjoy yourself, if you can’t do that regardless of musical genre then I feel you shouldn’t be a DJ.” As part of his commitment to musical openness he has extended the olive branch and worked with a range of artists. From hip hop mogul/casual rapper Diddy and stoner rap hero Kid Cudi to pop vocalist Daniel Bedingfield and fellow Iranian-American artist Anousheh Khalili, there has been no limit to his experimentation so far. “I’ve been fortunate and had the opportunity but part of it is that I seek out these opportunities. It’s important for me to do different things and not keep doing the same things over and over. I feel that if I get bored with what I’m doing that will translate in a negative way to the DJ sets so I try to keep it fresh for myself. It also gives you more options to do different things. It comes with a certain risk because people normally are used to knowing what they’re getting. They want to go to a certain DJ because they sound a certain way or because they play a certain kind of music. A lot people can’t figure out what it is I do and I prefer it that way but it becomes a harder sell because people don’t know what to expect. The true fans and the people are open-minded. It’s more like the clubs and promoters are saying ‘what do we do with this guy?’ I like being in that position because the element of surprise is always there.” Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey Sharam [USA] plays alongside Dibby Dougherty [UK] at Billboard The Basement on Friday September 28.

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

WEDNESDAY26TH 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

HUMPDAY ANIMALS 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

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

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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

THE BLACK PANCAKE CLUB 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 and Richie 1250.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

FRIDAY28TH BUHLOONE MINDSTATE “It might blow up but it won’t go pop” is the philosophy at Buhloone Mindstate and features Melbourne’s finest bands and

CQ FRIDAYS 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

FIRST FLOOR FRIDAYS 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

FREEDOM PASS 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

KYLE HALL You know you’ve made it when you’re only 18, and Omar-S, Theo Parrish and other Detroit legendaries have referred to him as one of the most talented in the new wave of electronic musicians. Kyle Hall might have been born in 1991, a couple of years after Detroit’s techno scene went stratospheric, but he’s arguably as well-schooled and talented as many of the contemporaries whose scene he’s found himself a place in. Immersed in all ends of the music industry since the tender age of eleven when local legend DJ Raybone Jones taught him how to spin records, he was taken under the wing of Rick Wilhite, taught how to produce music by Mike Huckaby, and mentored by Omar-S does a little to explain Hall’s spectacularly mature and compelling output thus far. With releases already out on Third Ear, Hyperdub, and his own recently-established label Wild Oats, it’s no wonder the youngster has garnered so much attention in such a short space of time. Brown Alley, Cnr King and Lonsdale Streets, CBD

NICK SENTIENCE Having spent a decade at the top levels of International dance and club music, Nick Sentience is one of the most in demand DJs and Producers in the world. Starting his career producing dance floor hits as a house producer for the UK’s top selling label Nukleuz Records back in 2000, he formed a partnership there that defined an era of club music for the harder generation. With three critically acclaimed artist albums already under his belt; Universal Language, Dance Planet and Syncronized, Nick is now focusing on creating more dance floor monsters, which has seen him spend the past two years turning heads on the global trance charts. Nick Sentience plays Room 680 on Friday September 28 with Support from Nikki S, Paul Robertson , Danny Gilligan, local psy Favourite Imperfect Circle and upcoming producer Kade FX. Room 680, 680 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn

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

LAUNDRY WEDNESDAYS Deep, dark, minimal dubstep and drum and bass. Laundry Bar, 50 Johnston Street, Fitzroy

THURSDAY27TH BIMBO THURSDAYS 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

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

DJ Profile: Adam Askew

Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? Auf der Autobahn. Describe yourself using the title of a song. Beer, beer ‘Smurfing Beer’. You don’t get drunk because it isn’t beer. What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? Die Axt im Haus erspart den Zimmermann The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? The time I tried to kiss Booshank’s reflection in the men’s bathroom at Lucky Coq. What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? Slap Dance (Clark W Griswold edit) What’s the most played record in your bag? Now, That’s What I Call Sauerkraut Rock: 1969!!! What question would you like to ask an omniscient, allknowing being before you die? Adam, how did you get to be so talented and good looking? If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? An iPod shuffle consultant. When and where is your next gig? I’m available at most fine establishments, including every Sunday at Lucky Coq for South Side Hustle.

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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

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

RETRO SEXUAL FRIDAY 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

SHARAM AND DIBBY DOUGHERTY Darkbeat have teamed up with new concept-space The Billboard Basement to present award-winning DJ and house producer Sharam alongside Irish favourite Dibby Dougherty. The Basement, a modified version of Billboard, will provide an improved experience with smaller capacity, new staging area, set up, front entry, and bars: a truly underground experience for those who like their techno intimate. Billboard, 170 Russell Street, Melbourne

SATURDAY29TH EDEN SATURDAYS Smashing it every week at Melbourne’s hottest looking venue! Top 40 dance, house and R&B 9-3am, then electro from 3am 5am. DJ Ontime, DJ Ryza, Scotty Erdos and Azza M. $15/$20, free entry after 4am. Eden, 163 Russell St, Melbourne

EUROTRASH HOUSE PARTY 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

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

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

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

HOT STEP 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

SATURDAYS AT ONE TWENTY BAR 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

SOUND EMPIRE Co. At Crown’s Saturday night party Sound Empire this week features mega sounds from 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

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

TEMPERANCE SATURDAYS 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

COLLARBONES DIE YOUNG: POP YA COLLAR Emerging early last year with their debut full-length, Collarbones’ Marcus Whale and Travis Cook have steadily earned a reputation as one of the most captivating young acts on the Australian musical landscape. Presenting a transgressive blend of soulful R&B and tidy electronica, the Adelaide/ Sydney duo have spent the past year touring extensively while assembling the pieces for their upcoming record, Die Young. Before once again hitting the road to launch the album, Marcus runs us through the album’s gestation period. “We’ve being playing live a lot, which has perhaps made us more aware at what things are more affecting and what things go over people’s heads,” he says on the honing of their sound. “The most obvious thing is that this album has a lot more straight-up songs, also because I became a lot more interested in R&B and that sort of thing. Also particular sounds and beats that are more immersive. I’ve kind of come around to realising that a lot of the stuff I was writing with lyrics was just incomprehensible, so this time I was coming up with a more unified theme and stimulus. I guess I was writing pretty earnestly.” Each aspect of Collarbones’ multi-faceted output is imbued with a rich sense of nostalgia – from their ‘90s pastiche cover art of last year’s Tiger Beats mixtape to the earnest longing of Die Young single Missing. “If we can characterise these times that we’re in with anything, it’s probably nostalgia. More so

than ever before. I have theories, mostly to do with how we’re constantly bombarded with media and live our lives through tapestries of media mummification,” Marcus ponders. “Before you may have had a conversation with someone with only yourself as stimulus, but these days media is a really big part of how we interact with each other. Which I think is one of the big reasons why we’ve gone into this really nostalgic phase aesthetically. This is particularly true of Travis and I because we mostly interact on the internet. Along with text is the constant stream of links to pictures and music and videos, which can only come from another place in time – whether it be last week in my room or 30 years ago in another country.” With Bieber covers standing as a staple of the Collarbones’ live performance, the duo most definitely wear their penchant for mainstream pop on their sleeves. But with 2012 lacking in that regard so far, Marcus has had to look elsewhere for inspiration. “I’m pretty divided right now, because I look at all the pop music that I’m really into [and] it’s kind of not that popular. I guess the really slow R&B has gone out of favour, now there’s a lot of EDM, trance influence which I think Travis really likes,” he explains. “I have trouble resolving that. I think the best example is Usher’s big two singles this year. On the one hand there’s Climax, which is this totally majestic slow, or slow-ish, R&B track and just completely heartbreaking and perfectly put together.

DIBBY DOUGHERTY TRAVELLING: INTO THE FUTURE It doesn’t hurt being the humble Irishman that Mixmag tells their readers to keep an eye on, to be sure. But Dibby Dougherty isn’t fussed by any of that – he’s just kicking along and enjoying the sights as he goes. “At the moment we are halfway through our trip of seeing this beautiful world. We have been backpacking since April and seen some weird and wonderful things. So my time has been taken up lately by doing 48-hour bus journeys, four day mountain treks, hot springs, glaciers, deserts and all things in between. Actually right now I’m in a car on my way to the Blue Mountains in Sydney. We have been staying with some friends for a few days in sunny Narrabeen and they are showing us the sights. I’m loving it so far!” As a youngster, the boy was big into electronic music, growing up listening to bands like The Fine Young Cannibals, Prince, D:Ream, Pink Floyd and Talking Heads. “Eventually, I moved onto more underground stuff when I was about 14 or so,” he explains. “So I bought some fake ID and was a regular clubber at Lush! In Ireland!” There, he saw acts like Sasha, Nick Warren and Deep Dish on a weekly basis. “The music became an addiction to me! I can

remember going to the club even on the nights when my friends didn’t want to come and having some of the best nights of my life engrossed in this amazing music.” Genre wise, it’s hard to define him too. “My sound has always been of a progressive theme and by progressive I do not mean the tripe that Beatport call progressive,” chimes the lad. “What I’m trying to say is that I always aim to play and make music that is very futuristic and constantly push new ideas and sounds. All types of music have hugely influenced me.” He goes on to outline that lately too, he has been listening to lots of classical, folk, jazz and ‘80s themed synth-music. “Going through my iPod shuffle to check what I am listening to right now, there is Bob Dylan, Eddie Vedder, Polpette, Joash, Portishead, The XX, Bon Iver, Mitch Murder, Of Monsters And Men and Chemical Brothers.” There is more too, but this paints the picture. As for the studio, Dougherty suggests that he has a bunch of new tracks nearly finished up with a real desire to test them out for the first time. “I’m working on a new bootleg too which I hope to have finished in time for the gig. Apart from that, I don’t ESSENTIALS

Just when you thought Wah Saturdays couldn’t get any better, this week Rob Pix (Beng) kicks off a new rotating residency down Waratah place. Get down early to avoid the queue or alternatively you could come down very late for the infamous recovery kicking off at 4AM! Wah Wah Lounge, 185 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne

WEEKEND 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

TUESDAY2ND BIMBO TUESDAYS Bimbo Tuesdays 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

DJ Profile: Booshank

SUNDAY30TH 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

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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

MONDAY1ST 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

Then there’s Scream, which Travis would probably like more. But Climax is probably my favourite pop song of this year.” Collaborating via the internet is par for the course these days, and with Marcus and Travis residing in Sydney and Adelaide respectively it presents the most suitable modus operandi for the production of Collarbones’ material. “We worked on stuff early on, probably over a year ago. Then we didn’t make that much music together in the past year. We thought it was going to be that way because we were going to be on tour together, because on tour you don’t want to sit around in a room trying to make music. So we ended up making most of the music apart from each other. And I really appreciate that you recognise that it’s not out of the ordinary to do that any more. Because every single interview, until this one, I shit you not, it’s been, ‘You guys met on the internet, how funny, how does that work?’. A lot of people do it these days.” The release of Die Young will be accompanied by a short film made by Paris-based visual artist Michael Salerno, providing a visual interpretation of the album’s wistful thematic links. “I suppose it’s because everyone’s recognised that people react to music really visually these days. Mostly, if you want to hear a track that you don’t have on your computer, you go to YouTube. Often there will be a video clip, and if there isn’t a video clip there will be an image,” Marcus muses. “Then there’s also the extent of which persona and character comes into it, at least with pop music. Twitter has a lot to do with it, you now get this really rich residue of narrative with pop music. The video accompaniment with an album is a really effective way to enrich the experience of the album. In the past year, especially in the past few months, it’s become pretty standard.” Despite presenting a conventionally tasteful aesthetic on all canonical releases, Marcus and Travis indulge in visuals akin to mixtape covers within their online presence. But don’t expect Marcus to evolve into a Riff Raff-type character any time soon. “I have a clue what style I’m going for when I play in Australia. Basically, just good futuristic, forward-thinking electronic music that stands out a bit. There are a lot of fantastic tracks out there right now from peeps like PHM, Lanny May, Of Norway, Smak, Moodwax, Spada and Ian O’Donovan to name a few. “My studio projects have also been going great lately. David Young and I have a large bag of tracks ready for release. With Ciara and I backpacking all year, I have been on some long bus and train journeys, which has given me plenty of time and inspiration to write new tracks and ideas! I am still working regularly with David on all new stuff right now. We have a very bromantic relationship and talk nearly every day and share ideas regularly. We have a bunch of EP’s due in the next month on Paradigma, Manual, Flow and we are also working on a remix for Dave Seaman which is coming along really well and we have just signed a track for the official Kazantip album which is very exciting too.” Describing his happiest moments on the stage, Dougherty is also about taking the punters on bit of a journey – and he is equally excited about others who play his tunes. “It’s a fantastic feeling to have your favorite DJs playing your music, I mean it really is. It’s hard for anything to compare to that feeling, especially if you are in the club when it happens. I have always had set goals, many of which I have achieved, but I think it’s the same story for most DJs – you always wish for more. “I want my productions to be better than what they are, I want to have a bigger and better studio, I want to DJ at Space, I want to travel more, I want to have a pet German Shepherd called Jack, I want to drive a nice car, I want to do a Lost tour in Hawaii. All of

Where’s the strangest place you’ve woken up? Wrapped around the feet of a statue, town square, Lagos. 10am, school holidays, holiday destination of Portugal. Just another Aussie abroad. Describe yourself using the title of a song. Destiny’s Child – Independent Woman What was the weirdest thing you believed as a child? That the boy who could fly in The Boy Who Could Fly could actually fly. The most awkward moment you’ve had as a DJ? Playing Eat It by Weird Al Yankovic at a friend’s wedding was awkward. For them, not me. What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? It wouldn’t be fair to single any one artist out, but let’s say anything with the word ‘funky’ in the genre category. What’s the most played record in your bag? Nature Boy – The Living Groove EP What question would you like to ask an omniscient, allknowing being before you die? How’s it going? If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? I’m studying towards a PhD in Applied Micro Econometrics, so hopefully that works out when I go completely deaf from spending too much time in night clubs. When and where is your next gig? I play residencies at Revolver Upstairs for The Late Show, Croft Institute for Motion 3000, and Lucky Coq for South Side Hustle. [The first few] Sundays [in] October will be extra special (read: sloshy) at Lucky Coq as it’s October Fest! Skol, or something.

don’t know whether turning into Riff Raff is such a bad thing,” Marcus laughs. “But I think you and I both know that I’m not capable of doing that. I guess with all of that, there’s a couple of sides to us. On one hand there’s this quite serious, dramatic stuff, but that isn’t everything. Especially when it comes to the live show – it’s not that dramatic or serious or introspective. There’s a different vibe going on. Maybe it’s to weather the earnest, serious, stuff. We’re aware it’s pretty easy to make fun of. And I think philosophically we’re opposed to things being sacred. “ Lachlan Kanoniuk Collarbones [AUS] play at The Liberty Social on Friday September 28. Die Young is out Friday September 28 through Remote Control Records.

these things may come; they may not, but I’ll keep trying to tick them off the almighty list!” And you can’t hold that against a man now, can you? RK Dibby Dougherty [IRE] plays at Billboard The Basement on Friday September 28 alongside Sharam [USA].

SLUGABED SWING: FOR THE MOMENT Duke Ellington used to let people know that “it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.” Some decades later Slugabed claims that, “if music hasn’t got that oomph that makes you want to shake something, then it’s not worth a whole lot.” Oomph is a difficult characteristic to pinpoint in music but an impossible one to deny. It’s that visceral quality of sound that moves dance floors and nods heads. In Slugabed’s music, it’s the way the beat staggers and lurches, it’s the stacked lines of sub bass that crawl through the tracks’ low end, it’s the way the side-chained kick drum pulls the rest of the tracks around it like a cloak. Slugabed (Greg Feldwick by day) is a producer based in Brighton and signed to the illustrious Ninja Tune label. As is to be expected from any Ninja Tune act, Slugabed’s music is a maximal mash of sounds from any number of different sources – there is the studied shuffle of hip hop producers like J Dilla and Flying Lotus, the shuddering low end of UK dubstep and endless folds of 8 bit game-boy synthesisers. Slugabed’s great skill as a producer is to pull all of these influences together with a sense of delight and abandon. His debut album, Time Team, creates a kind of all-embracing logic where it feels like any sound or influence could surface at any moment. Unlike the days of old where localised music scenes would carry their own distinctive sound, Slugabed’s music belongs to a school of production that can be difficult to pinpoint geographically. These are producers who mash genre-signifiers from a wide range of influences into something that sounds not quite of this world. “There is incredible stuff coming out of every corner of the world,” enthuses Feldwick. “There’s so many different subgenres and people pushing so many boundaries worldwide that you can’t really pin down one sound for too long. It’s much more of a universal thing these days, especially with the huge role the internet plays in music.” It is perhaps unsurprising then, given their remove from geographical space, that Slugabed and many of his Ninja Tune compatriots ground their aesthetic in deep-space, retro-futurism and cartoons. Retro-futurism is how we imagine those living in the ‘70s and ‘80s would have envisioned the future (Star Wars laser sounds, lovingly naff costuming etc). Take, for example, the excellent video-clip for Slugabed’s first single Sex. The clip, directed by Chris Cullens, shows an ‘80s infomercial for a brand of juicer that turns old tapes into fruit juice through a convoluted process of stop motion animation. “I knew I wanted something fruity and quirky to fit the lolful nature of the track,” says Feldwick, “and I knew I didn’t want anything ‘sexy’ because that’s not really what the track is about. The director came up with this idea for a naff, ‘80s-style infomercial for a juicer, THE OPERATIVES which I loved. Once I saw some of his previous stopframe animation work I was sold.” The resultant video pulls together nostalgia, cartoon logic, otherworldly extremes and a sense of tongue-in-cheek fun. In short, it’s a pretty spot-on visual equivalent for Slugabed’s music.

“What really conveys the most complex and abstract emotions is the composition. The melodies, harmonies and rhythms are what’s most important and that’s something that is ubiquitous across all genres.” The other key aesthetic running through Time Team is childhood and naivety (there’s plenty of that in the video clip as well). Take track titles like Grandma Paints Nice, Climbing A Tree or Travel Sweets. Take the many samples of children’s voices that run wildly through the album, chanting and singing. Take the concept behind Sex which Feldwick says is about “fannies and pubes and nervousness.” Or (perhaps most importantly) take the playful abandon with which Slugabed combines all the sounds he uses – the sense of discovery and joy that one imagines Feldwick finding as he sits at his computer (believe it or not the whole album was pulled together on Fruity Loops) and finds new and novel synth tones or beat patterns. Despite these aesthetic signifiers though, for Feldwick, the core of the album is still something abstract. He describes the album as dealing with “deep feelings about mostly inexpressible things, like when I’m gazing out of a window of a train and everything is whizzing past real quick and I’m not thinking about anything in particular. I don’t necessarily feel happy or sad I just feel a wave of stuff that isn’t really attached to anything.” Musically the same frantic pacing courses through Slugabed’s tunes – waves of sound that aren’t necessarily connected to one another, each spilling into the next and overflowing to heady effect. It is often said that electronic music, with its endless possibility of sound and its remove from the concrete world, is especially adept at conjuring abstract moods such as the ones Slugabed describes. Feldwick insists, however, that the construction of the music is of more importance than the choice of sounds in creating mood. “What really conveys the most complex and abstract emotions is the composition. The melodies, harmonies and rhythms are what’s most important and that’s something that is ubiquitous across all genres.” Listen closely to Slugabed’s music and you’ll hear that oomph in every element of the composition. It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.

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SETH SENTRY Those of you with an eye on the Australian hip hop scene will certainly have heard of Seth Sentry by now. First bursting onto the scene in 2003 after a series of genre-bendingly exciting shows with local hip hop/drum and bass outfit D.S.O.L, he’s worked with fellow Aussie favourites 360 and Pez, made his way onto Triple J rotation with singles The Waitress Song and Simple Game, and is now set to release his debut album This Was Tomorrow through his own label High Score. To celebrate, an extensive national tour has been announced, and Melbourne can get a taste of his groundbreaking new beats. The Corner Hotel, 57 Swan Street, Richmond

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DAS EFX OLD SCHOOL, NEW SCHOOL: KEEPING IT REAL People speak about the late ‘80s and early ‘90s as the era of ‘real’ hip hop, and castigate the music that came after as inauthentic and lacking in the spirit of the pioneers. Andre ‘Dray’ Weston was there – a founding member of East Coast group Das EFX, he is one of hip hop’s elder statesmen, although as he tells me, he refuses to play the part of the old rapper sitting in his rocking chair, telling, “Back in the day, we recorded a track called Real Hip Hop, and the phrase took on a life of its own,” he says. “What I don’t want to do, and what I personally didn’t want to do with that track, is to alienate anyone in hip hop. “We were members of a ‘90s generation,” he continues, “but we came in around the second or even the third wave. There was a whole generation that came before us in the ‘80s, and I’m sure that they would have considered what they were doing to be ‘real hip hop’ as well.” Times move on, and there’s a whole new generation of kids making hip hop today – unlike many older, curmudgeonly rappers, Dray insists that you can’t tell them what they’re doing is not real, because it is real to them. “Hip hop, in a way, is just like clothes you put on. If you see somebody walking on the street, you may not particularly like what they’re wearing, but shit, they like it, you know?” Dray raised some eyebrows among older fans recently when he took to Twitter in an attempt to get a shout-out from teen pop star Justin Bieber. I ask him if that’s a necessary way to promote yourself in this day and age, and he tells me that, while it may not specifically be necessary, the internet is a tool and it’s foolish not to use it. “I know Justin Bieber is around people who grew

up with Das EFX. I mean, it would be a great story. I’m a student of the game, I know Justin could very well have seen that tweet and not known who I am, but clicked on the link anyway. Justin’s manager Scooter is a hip hop guy, and he may have been there to see that tweet, and told Justin the story of us in the ‘90s. As a result of that, Justin would have been turned on to Das EFX,” he continues. “It’s like I was saying, man: I don’t want to be that rapper sitting there in a rocking chair getting mad at the kids – people did that to me when I was coming up, and I rolled my eyes then, and still do now.” For the record, Dray respects Bieber’s rise to fame. “I kind of like Justin’s shit – the kid is a bad little brother. I mean, you may not like his music, but you have to respect his hustle and his grind. He didn’t just wake up and say, ‘I want to be a star’ and it happened for him overnight – he worked really hard for it.” Das EFX are all set to make their first ever trip to Australia, and I ask Dray what fans can expect from the set list. “Well, we don’t want to be stuck in the ‘90s, but people want to hear that older stuff, so we’ll be playing it, but we’ll be playing it like it just came out yesterday,” he says. “It’s gonna be great, man – we’ve been looking forward to coming down and seeing you for the longest time.” Alasdair Duncan Das EFX [USA] play Prince Bandroom on Friday September 28.

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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

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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

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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

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

Union Hotel Brunswick 109 Union St, Brunswick, 9388 2235

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Veludo 175 Acland St, St Kilda, 9534 4456

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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

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

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VAUDEVILLE SMASH BY ZOË RADAS

Marc Lucchesi is the singer and saxophonist and gorgeously Italian frontman for Melbourne’s Vaudeville Smash. He embodies the band’s spirit of sweet and candid enthusiasm so well that being glum in the face of it is out of the question. If he wants to mention a specific part of a song, he’ll sing it vibrato or just vigorously percuss out a groove, and I think this is part of the reason Vaudeville work so well. When it comes to disco it can be easy to take the piss, but the bandmembers’ excellent musicianship complements Marc’s truly pop-classical voice (he sounds like a disco idol) and makes the messages of love and friendship so very genuine. Lucchesi spoke stories and plans as Vaudeville Smash gear up to promote their brand new single Best Night. “When we’d go out, and we’d get tanked, we’d be walking down the street. And one night I just started singing,” Lucchesi explains about the origin of Best Night, and belts out: ‘This is the best night of my life/Is this the best night of your life?’ to demonstrate. “It became a little mantra. If the night was going well, we’d just sing it and it’d be better.” The situation sounds like ‘crimping’ of Boosh fame, and I mention we have a Bin Night song in my house, which Lucchesi thinks is marvellous. “I thought, what has been the best night of my life? I thought back to this one night in Lagos – it’s like the Byron Bay of Portugal. I was there with ﬁve or six of my mates,” he says. The trip involved a few sundowns of heavy partying and one eve the guys found themselves in bare feet on the hot sand in front of a DJ playing some “Afro-Cuban” beats. “We just ran up. It was dusk. We started dancing and I looked at [bassist and brother] Luca [Lucchesi] going nuts, man. This whole crowd was forming a circle around him while he was just dancing, and it was mad.” Among other references, Best Night’s lyrics also mention something lame Bono said during a U2 show Lucchesi saw and a prank phone call made from Lagos to Australia, and it’s all accompanied by cracking drums and Lucchesi’s honeyed sax. “As funny and as throwaway as some of those lyrics may seem, I stewed over them for ages. It’s really hard writing words to a melody that’s already there; it’s a lot easier the other way round,” he says. The song’s other parts derive from “inﬂuences that are really dear” to the band, with guitarist Nick Lam’s sound inspired by MJ’s Black Or White (“I don’t want to start saying it’s an ode to it, and get done like Men At Work did”). The result is a romantic and joyous gambol, absolutely perfect for our gradually warming weather.

“WE JUST SAID ‘YOU KNOW WHAT? FUCK IT. WE’RE JUST GOING TO DO EXACTLY WHAT WE LIKE, AND IF PEOPLE LOVE IT, GREAT.”

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On the subject of writing the album, Lucchesi agrees with drummer (and second brother) Dan’s sentiment that there was a concerted effort to worry about no one’s opinions but the band’s own. “We haven’t ever really changed the way we want to do things, but with this [album] especially we just said ‘You know what? Fuck it. We’re just going to do exactly what we like, and if people love it, great. And if they don’t, then at least we love it.’ And I think that’s a really good way to approach everything. [It’s] definitely us trying a lot of new stuff.” Dan Lucchesi is responsible for most of the tracking and producing duties, and Marc emphasises the incredible amount of time and work that is going into each little component of the forthcoming record. And it’s not just the tracks: the singer has spent hours hand-stencilling the band’s new logo (designed by the “great dudes” at Symphonic Pixels) onto CD sleeves, and the day before our interview the Lucchesi brothers and Lam were filming for the Best Night clip. Lucchesi describes a torrent of tropical themes, games, motifs and contributors towards the pile of footage the director is currently editing. “I think it’s going to be our best [clip] yet,” he says excitedly, but carps that it’s tough to be peak excited in every shot, considering the filming schedule. “In a live show you’ve got to stretch it out,” he explains, “but with this they make you do ten takes of the same fucking thing. I understand how Hugh Jackman feels when he’s filming, you know, Wolverine.” If you’ve seen the clip for Roller Disco you can agree that Lucchesi has crazy stamina for this stuff (if you haven’t seen it, do so immediately). The foursome plan to attend SXSW for their second time in March next year, and the album is due to be released just after the trip. “For once in our lives we have a plan in place,” Lucchesi laughs. “When the album comes out, it’ll be a really big tour. Hopefully Europe! I would like to get a bit of Europe in.” Currently independent and bursting with their new direction, this week’s single launch is the perfect chance to party with the boys before they jettison into their starry future.

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with Christie Eliezer * Stuﬀ for this column to be emailed to <celiezer@netspace.net.au> by Friday 5pm YELLOWCARD JUMP THE TRACKS!

During their visit to Melbourne, Yellowcard rocked up to Southern Cross Station as part of Channel [V]’s Guerilla Gig series. The Los Angeles band’s acoustic set included Always Summer from their new album Southern Air, as and crowd faves Ocean Avenue and Sing For Me.

UNIVERSAL/EMI TAKEOVER TO GO AHEAD

Universal Music’s US$1.9 billion takeover of EMI Music will go ahead after both American and European regulators gave their approval last Friday. Four days before, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission had also given its blessing after a six month investigation. That led to an angry response from the Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR) which expressed “extreme disappointment” and rejected each of the ACCC’s explanations. “The merger is bad for the health of the Australian independent music sector and will result in decreased musical diversity and consumer choice.” It claimed that in Australia, Universal would get a 50% market share. In Europe Universal has to get rid of many EMI labels like Parlophone, Mute and Chrysalis, and EMI European aﬃliates. So Universal gets EMI money makers The Beatles, Robbie Williams and Kate Perry. But it loses David Guetta, Coldplay, Pink Floyd, Kylie Minogue and Nick Cave. Universal also has stringent controls on deals it strikes with digital services.

FLY TO TEXAS FOR BIG DAY OUT PREVIEW

Some acts playing Big Day Out are also playing Austin City Limits in Texas. They are Red Hot Chili Peppers, Band Of Horses, Childish Gambino, Delta Spirit, Gary Clark Jr and Alabama Shakes. Big Day Out is giving two Aussies the chance to go to Austin to see them. Buy a BDO souvenir ticket at select General Pants Co. stores and enter the draw. Details at bigdayout.com.

HAVANA BROWN: ONE MILLION IN AMERICA

Melbourne DJ/singer Havana Brown’s single We Run The Night has hit the one million mark in America, and certiﬁed platinum. It topped the US dance charts earlier this year. The track went four times platinum in Australia and platinum in New Zealand and Canada. It is released in the UK and Europe next month.

YARRAVILLE CLUB LAUNCHES

A new 600-capacity music venue opens in Melbourne’s west at the Yarraville Club (135 Stephen St). It is operated by Cherry Rock P/L, which run Cherry Bar in the city. “Yarraville and the new West represent a thriving creative community crying out for a quality local live music venue,” says Cherry Rock’s James Young. On Saturday November 3, it celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Rolling Stones’ Exile On Main Street with The Wolfgramm Sisters, Ash Naylor, Spencer P Jones, Dave Larkin, Matt Sonic, Pat Carmody and Nick Barker and a star-studded band.

NIGHTCLUB FOR HIRE

Weekly dance club 3D celebrates ten years on Friday October 5. But it will be the last hoorah for the dance night at CBD Nightclub. Management is calling to dance promoters for expression of interest to hold functions/events on Friday nights – 5am license/multi level space. Contact Mark 9670 3638 after 6.30pm.

PSYCHOS FILMING TOTE GIG

After an 18 month absence from the stage, The Cosmic Psychos play a show on Friday November 2 at The Tote – to be ﬁlmed for their Blokes You Trust documentary. They’ll play their entire back catalogue, and The Tote is installing additional beer fridges to accommodate the feat! The show will also be released as a CD alongside the doco. Support on the night, Dukes of Deliciousness, features son of late Psychos guitarist Robbie Rocket.

THINGS WE HEAR

* Green Day expect to be here in the ﬁrst quarter of 2013. Meantime, when asked to nominate their best tour mates, Billie Joe Armstrong said The Hives were the best (“great live”) and Bon Jovi the worst. * The site of the old Evolution nightclub in Prahran – the club to evoke the most amount of noise complaints – is being turned into apartments. * The X-Factor might be faring dismally in the UK and US but it’s blitzing the ratings in Australia: it drew 1.56 million metro viewers last week, while struggling series I Will Survive had a 27% rise in audience to 358,000. In the meantime, the Sydney Sun-Herald stated that X-Factor boy band What About Tonight are facing a court action that may cast doubts that they met online before auditioning for the show. According to the paper, the case by managers David Caplice and Alfred Touhey – that they reneged on the deal once they got on the show -- would reveal that they auditioned the members, trained them to dance and named them months before they went on.

CLAIRY BROWNE HITS US CHARTS

Melbourne nine piece soul-doo wop act Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes are one of this year’s runaway success stories. Browne told this column she put the act together as a one-off to pay tribute to her heroes. But the act took off as a live draw card, not only in Australia but in Japan and Europe, where it is touring in spring (some dates with The Cat Empire). But now their album Baby Caught The Bus debuted on the US Billboard charts at #167 and is #4 on the magazine’s Heatseeker (fastest moving) chart while it’s #32 on the American independent charts and #66 on the iTunes US ratings. All this despite having no physical release there! It all started when European beer maker Heineken decided in January to use their song Love Letter for their ad, got in touch with her through her publisher Native Tongue, and flew her to Prague in March to shoot the ad. It was broadcast in the Netherlands and the U.S., whipping up 600,000 plays, leading to 300,000 extra plays for the band’s own video. Clairy Browne told us last week that Love Letter was written specifically for her gritty voice by her baritone saxplayer Darcy McNulty. As a result of the ad, the act’s manager Hannah Fox is being inundated with record deal offers. It’s business as usual for Clairy Browne & The Bangin’ Rackettes. They’ve started working on another album of all-originals. Rumours are the Heineken ad will be shown in Oz in January.

AUSTRALIA SIXTH HIGHEST FOR ILLEGAL DOWNLOADS

Australians were responsible for sixth most illegal downloads in the ﬁrst six months of 2012 – or the most amount, per capita. The inaugural Digital Music Index by Musicmetric says Rihanna’s Talk That Talk was mostpirated in the world. The US had 96.6m downloads, Britain with 43.2m, Italy 32.1m, Canada 28.9m, Brazil 19.7m and Australia with 19.2m. That’s near $1 billion the music industry missed out on. Australia’s most illegally downloaded are Hilltop Hoods and Ed Sheeran (who’s also most pirated in the UK – eight million of his nine million sales in the UK were illegal), who says it balanced out with healthy ﬁgures for his concerts.

PROBLEM CHILD LAUNCHES IT NERD CONSULTANCY

After a year of doing IT work for entertainment venues and events and a number of ASX 100 companies, Problem Child is expanding. “One thing we’ve learned working in the music, media and marketing industries is that 99% of people that work in such businesses have very limited IT knowledge,” they say. They’ll businesses setting up internet connections, build and design websites, and set up email for staﬀ. Email ITnerds@ problemchild.me.

LIVE AT THE FOOTY BY WRITER

There’s been reasonable amounts of talk recently about how the live music industry actually brings more money into the Aussie economy than sport does, and how our country has just as many great musicians and artists as it does great sportspeople, and yet there is a major disparity between how much government funding and general attention sport gets compared to the comparatively tiny amount that music and the arts get. It’s actually a long-running debate, and one which is unlikely to find resolution any time soon. However, you often find the two supporting and giving attention to the other, and this year especially, Australia’s largest sporting organisation by far, the AFL, has been going above and beyond the call of duty to give invaluable exposure to some of our fantastic local music acts. Throughout the year, the AFL has showcased several Australian acts at half time in various games in the home and away season, such as Faker, Bluejuice and Lanie Lane, in its Live At The Footy program. And it doesn’t end there. The Grand Final this year is to be a celebration of Aussie music as well as the great game, and AFL Strategy and Club Support Manager Andrew Catterall joined us recently to talk about what’s going on In the biggest day in Australian sport, as well as the AFL’s commitment to giving exposure to Australian artists. “For [the lineup at] the Grand, we’re wrapt,” he says. “We’ve got that really nice balance of iconic with Paul Kelly, really true-core footy fan in Tim Rogers as well and emerging Australian and international in Temper Trap, so we think it’s a really nice balance. “We’ve had this plan for the year to encourage the connection that exists between Australia’s game and Australian music,” he says. “So at Live At The Footy we’ve had 14 or 15 concerts

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from emerging artists, and of course we had [AC/DC’s] Long Way To The Top as our signature track for the year in the stadiums and on our advertising. So that gave us confidence that we could have that offering for everybody, going iconic and also emerging. I think it’s great that The Temper Trap can headline the Grand Final while they’re still in their upward curve. I think traditionally it’s been ‘heritage’ acts that have got that chance. It’s a big stage and a huge audience, so we’re wrapt that they’ve agreed to do it and also that our executive and our broadcasters are happy to showcase and excellent Australian act that’s making waves overseas.” The pre-match entertainment at last year’s Grand Final copped a fair whack of criticism, after Meatloaf’s rather questionable performance. Andrew was diplomatic about that issue, and denied that this year’s lineup was a reaction to that performance and the flak that it copped, and took the opportunity to inform us how the day would run. “We haven’t made the changes because of last year,” he says.

LEARN TO MAKE OWN MOVIES

Want to direct, produce and edit your own movie? SAE Institute’s Film Production degree in South Melbourne provides hands-on experience and expertise. It focuses on concept development, screen writing, camera operation, directing, editing and sound design. See sae.edu.au. Course starts on October 15, or apply through VTAC to begin in Feb. Email melbourne@sae.edu.

MELODIE RINGS AT BROKEN STONE

Melodie Nelson has signed with Broken Stone Records and will release her To The Dollhouse album on November 2. It was recorded in Melbourne by Simon Grounds (Laura Jean) and mixed in Tasmania by Chris Townend (Daniel Johns). It features Melbourne musicians, Geoﬀrey O’Connor and Biddy Conor, as well as members of the Melodie Nelson band.

AWARDS #1: SBS BROADCASTING DEADLYS

This Sunday’s Deadlys are broadcast from the Opera House on SBS (from 9.30pm on SBS One), the National Indigenous Radio Service and Community Radio Network. The Deadlys celebrate the achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in diﬀerent ﬁelds. Hosted by Luke Carroll and Casey Donovan, performers include Jessica Mauboy singing a song from the $11 million grossing The Sapphires, operatist Deborah Cheatham doing a Jimmy Little tribute, Yung Warriors, Dewayne Everettsmith who’s on the Tourism Australia ad and indigenous members of Circus Oz.

AWARDS #2: CHET FAKER LEADS INDIE MUSIC NOMINATIONS

Thanks to 260 judges, Chet Faker lead the nominations for the Jagermeister Independent Music Awards with ﬁve mentions, followed by 360 with four. Both are against each other in the Best Independent Artist category alongside Ball Park Music, The Jezabels and Royal Headache. Faker is up for Breakthrough Artist against Husky, San Cisco (who last week scored a worldwide deal with Fat Possum/RCA), Royal Headache and The Rubens. Best Independent Album will be by 360, DZ Deathrays, The Jezabels, Royal Headache or The Temper Trap. The awards take place Tuesday October 16 at Revolt in Melbourne with sets from Paul Kelly, The Bamboos, Hermitude, Loon Lake and House Vs Hurricane. For full list of nominations, see air.org.au.

AWARDS #3: [V] OZ ARTIST RETURNS; NOMINATE A WILD CARD th

The [V] Oz Artist Award is back for its 16 year to pit 50 homegrown acts against each to ﬁnd the most favourite through viewer vote. One of the 50 will be nominated via the Wild Card. This quest launched on the weekend at vmusic. com.au until Friday October 12. The Top 50 will be announced live on The Riﬀ on Saturday October 13 at 10.30am EST on Channel [V].

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The ﬁrst allocation of the 37 Port Fairy Folk Music Festival sold out in a record two weeks. The next round of tickets go on sale on Sunday October 15. The ﬁrst major lineup announcement will be made on Monday October 22, although Arlo Guthrie, Sarah Lee Guthrie, Johnny Irion and Eric Bogle have already been unveiled for the March 8-11 event. Under-12s free, special youth ticket.

FESTIVALS #2: WHAT NOW FOR ST KILDA FEST?

The long term future of the St. Kilda Festival is up in the air, with the City of Port Philip scheduled to vote on it earlier this week. Warning bells sounded in Council chambers when it was understood that the 2013 event would cost $1.3 million, with sponsorship only $144,000. The Age reported Jeep oﬀered a $500,000 sponsorship deal but Council wasn’t happy with the terms. Before the vote on Monday, one alternative was to hold it on the Saturday only.

“If you look at the format of the day it’s been pretty much the same for probably a decade. So changing the model to a really authentic celebration of Australia’s game, before the game, our Auskick’s before the game. Tim will play early in the day, Paul will play about half an hour before the bounce, so it’s a more natural build up to the bounce, have a real focus on the teams, and The Temper Trap at half time is new. Also after the game, after the team has been awarded the medals and the cup and done the lap of honour, we’ll roll out the post-match party, the premiership party and have the big concert on the ground. That’s been inspired by us wanting to give fans more access to the grannie, and more fans can celebrate with their team. “The idea to open up the Grand Final afterwards for a big concert and open up the gates and let everyone in there, let a thousand people on the ground, that idea is independent of last year. It’s just a great idea, hopefully it’s going to build equity from now on.” The whole Live At The Footy concept is just a chance for excellent exposure for both well established and emerging Australian artists. “It’s a really great stage,” Catterall says. “We worked with Channel 7 and Austereo, so what we were aiming to do was give the artists the opportunity to get some fantastic exposure. They would have played in front of crowds anywhere between 50 and 80,000 people, which is a great experience. We’ve got some great feedback from the music industry which has been terrific.”

The 2012 TOYOTA AFL GRAND FINAL DAY, with live performances from The Temper Trap and Paul Kelly happens at the MCG this Saturday September 29, with free entry through Gate Three from 6pm onwards.

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LIFELINES Born: daughter Theodora Rose for Robbie Williams and wife Ayda Field. Married: Black Keys’ drummer Patrick Carney and long-term girlfriend Emily Ward in their garden in Nashville. The 350 guests included Keys’ Dan Auerbach and Olympic snowboarder Shaun White (who was arrested afterwards for pulling a fire alarm and injuring his head when he ran into a fence when fleeing). The couple walked down the aisle to Tommy James & the Shondells’ ‘Crimson and Clover’ and were accompanied by their Irish wolfhound Charlotte throughout the ceremony. Married: Annie Lennox and Aids charity chief Dr Mitch Besser. She vowed never to marry after her first marriages to Hare Krishna monk Radha Raman and film-maker Uri Fruchtmann went kaputski. Released: Sydney R&B producer Israel Cruz after a six week stint in jail. Early reports about his unspecified crime were he’d face a year’s term. Jailed: US rapper Coolio’s 22-year-old son Grtis Ivey for three and a half years for bursting into a Las Vegas apartment and keeping its tenant hostage in the toilet while a hooker girlfriend ransacked the place. Sued: US hip hop producer Sean Garrett (Beyonce, Usher, Nicki Minaj) by American Express for racking up over $100,000 in charges. He’s already hit for back taxes of 732,553.57 by the state of Georgia. Sued: Raekwon of Wu Tang Clan for allegedly sampling a 1971 song I’ve Changed by The Magictones for his New Wu from his 2009 solo album. Died: Vikki Riley, 50, of Melbourne’s ‘80s underground scene. She was singer and cellist with The Slub, a film maker and a critic . She moved to Darwin and became an outspoken asylum seeker advocate, in fact cycling to see detainees when she was knocked over by a truck.

FESTIVALS #3: WANNA PLAY FALLS ?

The APRA People’s Stage is on again at The Falls Festival in Lorne and Marion Bay, Dec 30 and 31. APRA is putting the call out to punters who have already bought tickets who might want to do a set on People’s Stage at either event. Musicians, comedians, poets, street performers ... everyone is welcome to send a demo and bio to Con Kalamaras C/ APRA|AMCOS , 3 & 5 Sanders Place Richmond Vic 3121 or email URL to victas@apra.com.au. Deadline is Monday December 24. Any questions, call Con on 03 9426 5200.

FESTIVALS #4: ANOTHER ONE FOR BENDIGO?

An exploratory music festival could stage in Bendigo next September, with its artistic director, composer David Chisholm, believing it would be ideal to stage it there. But he’s waiting to see if a preview show being held this Sunday attracts enough to make it viable. The show – with Chilean guitarist Mauricia Carrasco, German recorder/ accordion Windspiel, trumpeter Tristram Williams and trombonist Benjamin Marks – play Old Fire Station.

NMIT STUDENT SCORES RECORD DEAL

Second year NMIT (Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE) Bachelor Of Music Industry (BMI) student Dominique Brown scored a record deal. Brown, of the Fairfield campus, was signed by the City of Darebin’s, Decibels Records, from a demo made in her first semester. She launches her EP at 7pm on Friday September 28 at Northcote Town Hall. Decibels Records initiative is a youth-led program for young people interested in a career in the music biz. Now in its second year, it provides first hand practical experience in various elements of establishing, maintaining and being signed to an independent record label.

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Mick Thomas, singer, songwriter, soloist and the only original member of Weddings, Parties, Anything is often cited as one of Australia’s greatest songwriters next to luminaries like Paul Kelly and Don Walker. Opinion is really all that separates the skill of each of those artists and for Thomas, that sort of flattery sits a little uncomfortably with him. With WPA becoming even more of a seminal Australian pub/folk/rock band after their break-up than in their heyday, the unofficial annual WPA gig is still looked on with enthusiasm by Aussie punters. But who or what defines Weddings, Parties, Anything? Is it just Thomas himself as the sole original member; is it the songs themselves or is it something even less tangible than that? “There’s a whole lot of people that have been through that band,” Thomas says carefully considering the question. “It’s a really good question and not an easy one. There is a given line-up at a particular point in time but in saying that, that line-up can vary. When Pete Lawler left everyone assumed that was the finish ‘cause Pete was such a big part of the band but we kept going and got stronger if anything. Then there was a thought that by the end we’d become some sort of a Melbourne supergroup. We had people from the Huxton Creepers, The Messengers and Jen Anderson had been in The Black Sorrows. It’s not just the line-up, I guess I’m trying to say, it’s the songs but it’s not just the songs, and that question is probably the heart of what we’re doing. What is The Weddings?” Any mention of Thomas’s reputation and position as an esteem and accomplished songwriter is met with equal measures of gratitude and humour. Not taking it too seriously seems to be Thomas’ modus operandi. “It’s wise to do that if you can,” he says of remaining humble and grounded. “Really, I don’t think my reasons for writing a song in 2012 should be different from writing a song in 1993. You should write because you have something in your heart that needs to be said and stated. But in reality you spend 20 to 30 years of your life chasing some idea of what success is. Whether that’s making a living or those moments when you’re associated with large commercial entities like record labels and you’re actively chasing something and people call you a great this or that. At that point, you can kind of bank that. “But really, beyond that, you can’t get too precious about it,” he says with humoured tone. “Being mentioned in the same breath as Paul Kelly is fine; certainly I’m happy it’s him and not some dickhead. I really like Paul, both professionally and artistically, but beyond that, it doesn’t mean much. It doesn’t put me anywhere; people don’t go into a record shop looking for a Paul Kelly album and if it’s not there decide to get a Mick Thomas record. It’s not that simple but if it was, all I’d have to do is go to the record shops and steal all of the Paul Kelly albums.” While everyone involved in the creative economy – from artists to venues to PR and media – search for a reason for and a solution to the dwindling revenue that affects all involved, it seems foolish not to ask Thomas his opinion on the current creative recession. It has never been cheaper and easier to make an album and it seems it has never been harder to be paid for it. “That’s the paradox of the whole thing – there’s more records being made than ever before but so little money,” he explains. “It is to do with the digital age but it’s not all it is. Music’s just one of the things kids do now. If you grew up in the ‘60s, ‘70s, and even ‘80s and you were interested in the world out there, music was it. Music was the force but now there are so many other things. Gaming is huge, simply being on a computer could be your thing, and music has gone down in the scheme of things. Couple that with this whole idea that intellectual property is not worth anything and you have a tricky situation of trying to get paid…you start to realise that while you have a desire for your music to be heard there has to be a point where you put your foot down. I’m in a lucky enough position to be able to do that but up -and-comers can’t. This thing with Amanda Palmer and her crowdsourcing a backing band for beers and hugs is a weird one, what do you think?” he asks and we begin discussing the idea that it devalues performance and performers’ skills even further. “Yeah, I think she’s a total stinker,” he laughs. “I think it’s incredibly presumptuous of her but it stopped me in my tracks a bit. I just did this tour in Europe and I looked at it on paper I realised that to take one person with me meant things didn’t stack up at all. So I put together a package of a CD and a vinyl single packaged in a tea towel – it tix available through Northcote town hall looked really good – and I sent people one each week www.northcotetownhall.com and while it didn’t put the tour into profit it made it doable. I thought, ‘well I do go to my punters with my This is an all ages, fully supervised, drug, alcohol & smoke free event. No passouts. hand out too’ but that’s going too far, surely?” more info contact Darebin City Council (03) 8470 8001 or check out www.musicfeast.com.au

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CHOPPED ROD & CUSTOM 2012 BY MITCHELL ALEXANDER

“My favourite part? I have to say that my favourite little element is the Tiki Bar, that’s my personal little baby,” says Kyle Ford, the voice on the other end of the line. “I spend three days decorating that, it’s open for the three days of Chopped Rod & Custom, and then it’s three days taking it down.” You can’t tell from the quote, but that was obviously a tough choice for Kyle, one of three primary organisers of the massive Chopped Rod & Custom 2012 festival. Now in its fifth year, what began as 130 cars on a football field has transformed into a three day behemoth that takes over a horse race track in Newstead, Victoria (about 90 minutes outside of the heart of Melbourne). From the seedling of two brothers and a long-time friend with a few ideas has become Australia’s largest tribute to the golden age of hot rods – big cars, jumped-up tunes and big hair that has had several dalliances with the mainstream over the last 50 to 60 years, yet always retained a sense of evergreen underground cool. So asking for Kyle’s favourite part is like asking to pick your favourite kid – not that you can’t do it, you’ve just got to be a little more calculating. “It takes me just as long setting that up as it does the rest of the show. I always wanted to open a Tiki Bar, but now I can handle doing it just three days a year. It’s this huge 14 metre square structure with a giant Easter Island Tiki head that opens up and lights the whole place up. By about 11 at night it’s basically shoulder to shoulder, and everyone has such a good time.” I offer that it might be easier to just leave it there and run it like a bar for the rest of the year. As ideas go, it sits somewhere on the stupid spectrum between 3D home theatres and a Selena Gomez tattoo. “Yeah, it could be just be in the middle of nowhere with no one showing up,” Kyle responds coolly. Okay, moving on. Over the course of half a decade, Kyle estimates that Chopped Rod & Custom has doubled in size each time, incorporating dirt drag racing, music, food, trade stalls and of course, scores of pre-1965 hot rods and custom vehicles. With an audience ranging from your casual day trippers to the diehards living and breathing the rockabilly culture (that camp onsite for the three days), it’s for anyone that has ever slowed down on the footpath as a slick black Pontiac rumbles down the street. “If you saw pictures from the first show – I was actually looking at them today for this article – looking at what it was in 2008 to what it is now, it’s like creating a monster,” says Kyle proudly. “Every year we’ve been stepping it up. We don’t want peole coming back year after year for the same show. Every year, we’ve been investing more money into it, trying out different things. This year we really want to push the bands and music side of it – we’ve got 18 bands over the three nights, so it’s like a music festival built into a hot rod festival that’s built into a huge camping festival. I guess we’ve figured that we’ve already got the car lovers section of the population coming along, now we want to lock in the music lovers and more.” Putting the 2012 event on has been an eight month slog for the organising trio, but Kyle is planning Chopped Rod & Custom 2013 following a one month break. With such a continued bump in attendance each year comes a whole new set of rules to learn when October rolls around. Based on two unavoidable obstacles in 2011 – one natural, one manmade – the motto this year is “three days of all action guaranteed rain, hail or shine”. “Last year pretty much put us on the international market,” says Kyle. Special guests this year include famed hot rod kings Keith Weesner and Piero De Luca, both travelling from North America. “There are probably about five different shows around the world that your really hardcore people will want to go to, and last year put us into that group. Australia didn’t have anything like that previously. “Also, it was a real test for us because it rained all weekend and we lost some attendees. Plus, pretty much for the last 100 years – there’s been songs about it – the AFL Grand Final is meant to be on the last weekend of September. And last year, they pushed it into the first weekend of October, which is our weekend! And you can’t compete with the AFL in Victoria. It’s a lawless town for two and a half hours. So we had a big challenge with all of that, but we proved our worth with that one.” The Australian Football League has got it right this year and kept with history, leaving the weekend free for sweet rides and sweeter tunes. Kyle Ford is ready for the 2012 challenge, and sounds like he’s ready to throw one out to the audience as well. “Everybody that turned up last year had the best time. They were dragging in the mud, it was a blast. Anybody that didn’t turn up because of the weather regretted it. We’ve had lots of people say they won’t let rain stop them this year, and we’re definitely ready for anything.”

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WINTER PEOPLE BY SCOTT NICOLSON

“Words are like my strongest suit, in terms of everything. Words are very fundamental to me and expressing myself, so I wrote the guys at Harvest a letter and expressed what the band was about, what I felt they were about, aesthetically, in terms of their work, and philosophically, in terms of the Australian climate with Harvest. I felt there was some resonance with what we did,” says Dylan Baskind, of Winter People, when asked how they managed to secure the only Australian band slot on the hugely renowned festival tour.

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Winter People, the Sydney folk-pop band are lead by Baskind – singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and visual artist. The band has blossomed into a six-piece, with no fewer than two violin players and five vocalists. “I wish I had ten people in the band,” explains Baskind. “It would be great to have that many, to play the music as truly as I could, to what I imagined it to be when I wrote it.” Winter People can lay claim to a very successful run in their reasonably short time together. Peter Katis, who has consistently worked with Interpol, and The National amongst other such luminaries, produced their debut album A Year At Sea, released last week. Added to which, Rich Costey who has The Shins, Bloc Party, and Foster The People on his resume, mixed the album. The ‘next level’ production duo was also thanks to Baskind‘s letter writing prowess, as he added when asked about getting onto the Harvest bill. In regards to this relationship, Baskind says, “We were never in the same room as Peter, just because of his schedule, but Rich we were with for about 12 days, and you definitely learn things. You sit and watch and he has an interesting way of working, he seems quite instinctual in terms of his decisions – spontaneous, whereas I’m quite rigid, and it was a change for me”. Whilst on the subject of recording, and whether Winter People prefer the recording part of being in a band or the live aspect, Baskind states, “Energy in, and reward out. Doing a recording is very satisfying from an intellectual perspective, because it’s a feat of engineering, you can do something with exactitude, and you can shape it to be something you want it to be. With your live setup, you put a lot of energy in, and it unfolds in a second and disappears in the same second. Playing a great show is one of the best things you can do. Different reward centres are rewarded by both modes.” The conversation about the live Winter People experience continues, touching on the recent five sold-out Corner Hotel shows supporting Megan Washington. “It was amazing, and to play those shows back to back. When you are on tour normally, and you are the support band, you have to stick around ‘til the venue closes, maybe have some drinks. It’s 1am, you’re kinda drunk, and then you go back to your terrible, cheap, dilapidated accommodation, and get up way earlier than your hangover would allow to drive to your next place, and do it all over again.” He’s on a roll. “When we did the sold-out shows at The Corner it was great, because we got to hang out and chill during the day and play at night”.

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“I WISH I HAD TEN PEOPLE IN THE BAND. IT WOULD BE GREAT TO HAVE THAT MANY, TO PLAY THE MUSIC AS TRULY AS I COULD, TO WHAT I IMAGINED IT TO BE WHEN I WROTE IT.” Winter People return to Melbourne this weekend to play at The Toff In Town, as part of their nationwide A Year At Sea tour. “We have played at The Toff before. I didn’t understand Melbourne for a long time, and then I remember being in the city and going into this apartment block place that had this karate studio, the venue, a movie theatre and then a rooftop bar, and I was like, ‘This is the greatest thing I have ever seen in my life,’ and I decided I loved Melbourne at that point. The Toff turned me onto Melbourne”. Back to the Harvest Festival, Baskind tells of his excitement over sharing the bill with musical giants. “Sigur Ros, they are just so mind-blowing live, and I never say this about a band. These are guys I have loved since I was 14, and to even be playing in the same ball park as them is a dream come true,” he says. Following the album tour, and pre-Harvest, the band is playing at CMJ in New York in October. There are also plans to relocate long-term at some point. “I would love to be based overseas and see how and where we fit, but having six people in the band, it’s our hope, but you have to deal with the financial realities”. A Year At Sea is out now on Hub The Label/Inertia. WINTER PEOPLE launch the album at The Toff In Town on Saturday September 29. They also play Harvest Festival which takes place in Werribee Park on Saturday November 10 (on sale now) and Sunday November 11 (sold out).

STEPHEN MALKMUS AND THE JICKS BY JOSHUA KLOKE

Stephen Malkmus is an honest dude. Some might say cynical. Others would say his seemingly casual and carefree demeanour wreaks of a jaded edge. Yet at the end of the day, the 46-year-old slacker-rock pioneer is simply a man trying to make an honest buck. His time spent in seminal acts as Pavement and Silver Jews vaulted him into the ranks of the hipster untouchable, though Malkmus never is content to rest on his laurels. Instead, Malkmus has churned out five records in ten years with his band, The Jicks, including 2011’s Mirror Traffic. Laden with concise pop hooks, Mirror Traffic also features a palpable sense of honesty within the lyrics. Malkmus insists that he’s not at a place where he can write without fear or reprisal, so much as he’s a man who lives in the moment. “I’d like to think I can call a spade a spade, but when a lot of the lyrics ended up sounding a little bittersweet, I sometimes feel bad,” he says on the phone from his Berlin home. “I’m not always in that state of mind, I just get driven there when I’m writing songs by myself. When I sing some of these lyrics, I find myself looking back and saying, ‘Why did I have to write that? I’m not feeling that way anymore. I’m actually in a pretty good mood!’” Though Malkmus speaks in an expectedly slow, sarcastic manner throughout our 20 minute conversation, a sense of optimism underscores most of what he says. “I’ll write songs about relationships that only describe the complications that can arise from relationships, and I don’t really feel that way anymore,” he says pointedly. It’s a thinly veiled reference to Forever 28, one of the stronger cuts from Mirror Traffic that showcases Malkmus’s consistent ability to mash sunny riffs with painfully direct lyrics. A harsh take on love, Malkmus isn’t yet ready to let down his sarcastic guard. “I can deal with [Forever 28] because it’s a really unreliable narrator. That person is full of shit in a way. A lot of what he’s saying is dark. The point of it was to show off how that person’s in denial a bit. But maybe I could be more direct, and just say, (mocks singing) ‘All you need is love…’” It takes some cajoling, but Malkmus eventually gives insight into how he looks back on his 20s. Twentyeight was indeed an important year for Malkmus, as it was then when Pavement released their famed and most accessible release, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. Of course, relationships within Pavement have since strained. “I think about how I felt back then,” he says. “It’s not easy growing up or anything. There’s all sorts of defense mechanisms. It could be when you’re 18 or 28 and you’re just a jerk. I’m not into Christian guilt, but you can always look back on who you were and perhaps think about having been a better person. It’s not the end of the world or anything. And writing songs about it, maybe that’s part of the problem.” So Malkmus avoids love songs like the plague, instead maintaining a sense of guile. He’s not totally opposed to change however. For Mirror Traffic, Malkmus enlisted the aid of Beck as a producer, whose obtuse lyrics didn’t exactly rub off on Malkmus. However, the end result did prove how important it is for Malkmus to continue living as he does – incredibly honest and in the moment. “I didn’t really know what was going to happen when I went with him. We recorded a lot of stuff live off the floor, and we played up to certain strengths that he perceived in the band, like our spontaneity and looseness. “We can play our instruments pretty well,” he says, tongue-in-cheek. “In the end it became a record that was more ‘in the moment’ than some I’ve done. When you compare someone like him to me, we’re going to sound more…tightly loose,” he jokes. Malkmus’ oxymoronic take on the band’s approach on record takes a backseat to his noted belief on how Mirror Traffic will translate in a live setting. Mirror Traffic has seen it’s fair share of the touring circuit since its 2011 release, and Malkmus understands how amplified the record can get with age. “When we do ‘em on the road, things get a little more rocking. Not to be too specific about the album, but there’s this one song, Stick Figures In Love that’s a little miniature-sounding on the record. It’s deliberately small town. And live, it’s more of a whirlwind. When you attempt to do that on record, it sounds a little dated or clichéd, so we backed off from that a bit when recording. They sound good, but there’s no big drums or big reverbs. Live, it gets into Pearl Jam territory.” It comes as an immediate surprise to hear Malkmus compare The Jicks to an act that Pavement often stood as the antithesis for. Yet by the end of our conversation, Malkmus proves that if honesty is a currency, he’s spoiled with riches. There’s no hesitation when it comes to discussing the effect Pavement’s legacy has had on his works. While that would normally be a sensitive issue for some performers of a genre-defining act, Malkmus doesn’t care. He’s too busy living in the moment. “I don’t know what the Pavement thing really did for The Jicks. We just get over it and keep going. We want people just to hear the jams as they are. It becomes pretty apparent when you see us live that we have our own thing going on.”

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MUSE BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

The sun is shining over an unidentified lush English garden. It’s a few hours since the last firework lit up London’s Olympic Stadium, and a selection of the closing ceremony’s stars – three of the Spice Girls, a Gallagher, and Muse drummer Dominic Howard – are huddled together pulling shapes for the camera, all with good reason to celebrate. That’s the scene set by Emma Bunton, aka Baby Spice, in a photo posted on Twitter the day before my interview with Dominic. Muse, of course, performed the official London Olympics theme Survival at the ceremony – a track that features on The 2nd Law, the band’s sixth studio album. Still picking up the pieces from the day before, Dominic discusses the album’s fusion of the electronic and organic, as well as issuing a challenge to laptop-based musicians. “It’s fading. It’s still there slightly, but it’s definitely fading. Yesterday it was pretty bad. It was a bit of a late night,” Dominic assesses his hangover with coy understatement. “It was a bizarre night. It got more and more surreal as the night went on. Then the morning turned up.” With The 2nd Law, Muse have once again pushed themselves into uncharted musical territories. With an omnivorous approach to genre, the triumvirate have blended disparate elements with an aplomb that suggests near-infallibility. Though as Dominic explains, at this stage of their career the band are emboldened by fearlessness more so than invulnerability. “Everyone makes mistakes in whatever they do, but I think we certainly have this feeling that we can do whatever we want. Whether that’s right or wrong is a different thing. We definitely feel like we have this bizarre artistic freedom to do whatever we want and not really worry about it too much or think about how it might be perceived. We’re essentially just doing what we like. And of course we’re pushing ourselves to discover new ways of playing and recording music, and I think this album certainly shows it. There are all sorts of different things on this album.” The 2nd Law blends pretty much every musical element you can imagine. From Bowie-style funk, to Eno-like soundscapes, and of course, the sheer bombast of Queen. “We just went for it with this one. I personally love those kind of albums, the ones where you put it on and go ‘what the fuck was that?’. The more you listen to it the more you discover new things. Every song and every corner you take feels like a completely different thing,” Dominic states. “The first two songs on the album couldn’t be more extreme in their difference from each other – the huge, massive rock riff of Supremacy to the minimal electronic music of Madness. So there are the two extremes of the album with the first two songs. But somehow, to me, they sit together quite nicely.” With each transgressive step forward, as with their falsetto-laden Supermassive Black Hole from 2006’s

“ANYTHING WE DO, PEOPLE SEEM TO LOVE IT OR COMPLETELY HATE IT AND THINK IT’S THE WORST THING EVER. I LOVE THAT. ” Black Holes And Revelations, Muse manage to instigate a fervent and divisive reaction. In a provocative move, the first taste of The 2nd Law came in the form of the heavily dubstep-influenced Unsustainable. “I think it is good to provoke opinions,” Dominic states brashly. “Our band has always managed to weirdly split and divide opinions. Anything we do, people seem to love it or completely hate it and think it’s the worst thing ever. I love that. Whether it’s good or bad, it’s provoking something and inspiring a reaction. I think that we’ve been lucky that it’s what we’ve always managed to do with the music we’ve made. I think it’s important to get a reaction out of someone and not be in the middle of the bloody road, because that’s dull, let’s face it.” With dubstep, particularly the modern US-style utilised on Unsustainable, still possessing somewhat of stigma with some music fans, Muse boldly explored the genre not so much to revere it, but to challenge its exclusively digital production. “We’ve always been inspired by loads of music, from extremely current things to music that is a hundred, two hundred years old. We’ve always been inspired by electronic music as well as rock, orchestral music, film music. We just get inspired by a lot of different things all the time. With Unsustainable, it was kind of like a challenge to modern day electronic music in some way. We’re playing our instruments in a really electronic way, but it’s all with real instruments – a real orchestra, real choir, real drums, bass and guitar. We just wanted to do something that was inspired by electronic music, but still very organic. It’s kind of a challenge to a man on his laptop.” When asked about just when Australia will witness The 2nd Law in the live setting, Dominic is refreshingly honest. “I think it’s just gonna be next year sometime. Well to be honest rather than saying we’re gonna be there soon, it’s gonna be towards the end of next year, I know. Coming up to your summer,” he reveals. “We’ll be looking forward to coming back and doing some nice big shows.”

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BAND OF HORSES BY JOSHUA KLOKE

When Ryan Monroe answers the phone from his London hotel room, he’s just awoken. He sounds slightly groggy but still maintains his affectionate and slightly southern drawl. “We’re using London as a homebase for some European press,” says the Band Of Horses multiinstrumentalist. “We just arrived from Rome,” he continues. “I think I gained ten pounds over the week we were there. The food was amazing. The whole city was incredible; I’d never been.” Monroe best prepare himself for a wash of new opportunities, because with the release of Mirage Rock, their fourth full-length, Monroe and the band appear poised to take the reigns as bonafide arena-rock masters. With a fortified balance of classic Horses soaring anthems and heart-warming countrified acoustic numbers, Mirage Rock runs the gamut of potent, wide-reaching rock. And Monroe couldn’t be happier. “We’re excited as hell,” he says. “It did kind of sneak up on us though. It seemed like there was a long time between the completion of (previous full-length) [Infinite Arms] and until it was actually released. But this process was a lot different. We just got into the studio and knocked it out in about six weeks, then it came out a couple months later. We’re ready to get out there and play these songs live.” Excited as Monroe may be, the very title of the record is remarkably telling for a band that seems to be hitting their stride. Mirages by their very nature are unattainable. Best known for near-perfect cinematic rockers such as The Funeral and Lamb On The Lam (In The City) Band Of Horses release classic rock-influenced and southern-tinged bangers in a dependable manner. So has the band then come to terms with the fact that the perfect Band Of Horses song is impossible to capture, or have they finally mastered their very own formula? “Absolutely not,” laughs Monroe. “We discovered that we’re a rock band that can do whatever we want,” he says, giving insight into discussions held during the writing of Mirage Rock. “Country stuff, indie rock stuff, we’re up for it. So we don’t know if there is a perfect Band Of Horses song, but it certainly won’t stop us from trying to find it.” Never a band to shy away from their influences, the decidedly classic rock-vibe of Mirage Rock shouldn’t be considered a departure from previous records by any means, though the vibe is more pronounced. Knock Knock sounds akin to an amped-up Creedence Clearwater Revival and Dumpster World owes heavily to Neil Young’s Harvest-era recordings. Perennial fans of classic rock, Monroe insists Mirage Rock wasn’t a product of what the band was listening to at the time. Instead, he defers credit to producer Glyn Johns, who’s worked in some capacity with The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Eric Clapton and The Who. “Glyn Johns had a lot to do with that classic rock sound. He’s a legend in that realm. His way of recording was live on the floor, all of us in the same room and singing into the same mics.”

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“COUNTRY STUFF, INDIE ROCK STUFF, WE’RE UP FOR IT. SO WE DON’T KNOW IF THERE IS A PERFECT BAND OF HORSES SONG, BUT IT CERTAINLY WON’T STOP US FROM TRYING TO FIND IT.” As Monroe continues, it becomes obvious just how vital Johns’ presence was to the making of Mirage Rock. “Glyn, being the great producer that he is, just found the songs that sounded really good together,” Monroe says of the band’s ability to maintain a balance between deft acoustic tracks and their soaring counterparts. “He asked us flat out during our first session, ‘What kind of band is Band Of Horses?’ We were kind of scratching our heads, until we realised we can do whatever we want. We’re in control over the art we make. Frank Zappa said, ‘Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.’ And I think that’s very true.” In something of an oxymoronic move, Band Of Horses decided the only way to progress was to move backwards; though Mirage Rock is the band’s first album exclusively on a major label, they resisted the urge to polish their sound. Instead, the band adhered to Glyn Johns method of recording straight to analogue tape. It’s a method Monroe believes suited their rough-around-the-edges charm. “Glyn helped us realise that we’re never going to make that perfect record. So we just tried to get in there and capture some of that emotion on tape. Trying to make the perfect record, well, you’ll just end up pulling your hair out. “And that’s what happened on the last one, Infinite Arms,” continues Monroe. “It was a real surgical process. Whereas this record had no effects, no Pro-Tools, just analogue tape. It helped us become a better band. We just needed that sixth gear. Who better to have an outside perspective than someone who’s seen it all and been through it all?” Rustic and booming all the same, Mirage Rock is another step on the ladder for the five-piece. It’s a step which may land them comfortably in arena rock territory. Yet for Band Of Horses, the top of the ladder isn’t visible at the moment, nor is it a mirage. Regardless, Monroe knows the band wants to strive for it. “I think our whole lives will be the search for that one perfect song, and everything in between will be the records we make.” Mirage Rock is out now through Sony Music. BAND OF HORSES is part of the Big Day Out 2013 lineup, taking place at Flemington Racecourse on Saturday January 26. They also play a sideshow at The Palais on Wednesday January 23.

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ANIMAUX

BY JOSH FERGEUS

Alex Lahey is the lead singer and saxophonist of Melbourne’s own pop/funk/extra horns outfit Animaux (pronounced an-ee-mo). This October she and her six bandmates will release their latest single, Paradise, complete with B-side This Time. The tracks have been mixed by Adam Rhodes (The Cat Empire, Angus & Julia Stone, Jackson Jackson) at Sing Sing Studios and are starting to receive airplay on triple j Unearthed and RRR. “This one has a physical release as well as a digital release, and that’s a first for us,” states Lahey. “I think we just wanted to do something a bit more serious, something with a tangible product at the end of it. We also have a B-side, This Time. That song was on our EP but it wasn’t quite what we wanted at the time. We always thought there was a really good song in there though so we really thought about it and gave it a makeover. Now it’s a song which we’re quite proud of. “As for Paradise, we wrote that at the very end of last year. For the first time ever we recorded a demo before going in to the studio, which was a really helpful experience for us. Through that process we worked out that we really wanted to work with a good producer, so

we contacted Adam Rhodes who has worked with The Cat Empire, Jackson Jackson, Angus And Julia Stone – all those guys. We really wanted someone who knew how to work with horns, so naturally when we knew he worked with The Cat Empire we thought ‘we’ll go for him’. “Adam completely transformed the sound. He made it so much fatter and brighter, and he really helped us with something we struggled with which was capturing our live sound. This is pretty damn close. There’s always something more to work on, but that’s part of the fun.” Asked to describe Animaux’s sound and approach to music, Lahey responds with a little bit of everything. “The most interesting tag we’ve been given was indie

jazz. I’ve never heard that before, and I kind of liked it,” she says. “We’re self-proclaimed ‘pop-funk’, but when people ask we kind of say we’re a pop band with a horn section. I was talking to someone yesterday who asked me how I would describe indie so I started talking about unsigned bands and doing things off your own bat, but when I thought about it I decided maybe that’s not right as I wouldn’t call Animaux an indie band I don’t think, although that’s what we do. I don’t know, it’s hard. “We got together as the majority of us were finishing Year 12 in high school. The seven of us used to play in a school band together and we didn’t want to stop playing after the majority of us graduated. We didn’t really know what would come out of it when we were 17, but when we spoke about it recently one of the boys was like, ‘I thought this was going to be a full on deep funk band’ and someone else thought it would be a jazz combo. It’s defied all our expectations really. “There are so many ideas and influences, probably because we’re quite a big band with seven of us. It’s good though, you’re not sitting there in rehearsals worrying about not sounding enough like this or that or whatever. A lot of the attitudes and habits towards music from back in our high school days are still there too. Our band director taught us a lot about how to approach music – about being collaborative and being careful of becoming too competitive.” Animaux are likely to have some highs ahead of them,

but one in particular stands out so far. “It was great when we played the St. Kilda Festival just because we’re all from that area. We’d all been going since we were 12, even younger, and it was great to go back as a performer and be a part of it. Finally getting to play it was quite sentimental.” ANIMAUX will launch new single Paradise at The Toﬀ In Town on Thursday October 4.

BIG WINTER

BY JEREMY MILLAR

Big Winter (formerly Indigo And The Bear) write layered alternative-folk with a subdued storytelling style and beautifully natural acoustic timbre. Their latest recording is an EP called Simple Ideas, which will be launched at The Evelyn on Thursday September 27. Guitarist/vocalist Jam Nawaz kindly spoke to Beat (just before he picked up his girlfriend from the airport) about their upcoming release and where the band are heading. Big Winter have been playing together for about a year and a half but in anticipating the release of their new EP, they felt it was time to re-launch themselves. “We started as a three-piece, really small acoustic-folky outfit. We picked up a drummer and a bass player and it changed our sound a bit. [It] sounded like a different project. We thought we’d give it a bit of a re-brand, a relaunch, and the new name suited us,” said Nawaz. The current lineup consists of acoustic guitar, piano/keyboards, violin, bass and drums/percussion; Nawaz was excited to say that a guest cellist will join them for their launch show. “Barb (violinist) went away to Canada for a month, so we needed to get someone to fill in but couldn’t find another violin player. We asked Andrew if he wanted to play for us, and he was happy to do it. He had so much fun that he wants to stick around for a while, so we’re gunna keep him in the band as long as possible. The cello is amazing, it’s such an acoustically rich instrument.” The band entered this year with the idea of creating an EP, and spent six months writing and rehearsing new material together. Their songwriting process was extensive, with a steady focus on instrumentation

and musical fullness. Nawaz cites a range of personal influences, including The Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Fleet Foxes and Coldplay. Many of these are identifiable in Big Winter’s sound: particularly the stripped acoustic tone and sweet harmonies of Fleet Foxes. Once a track list was finalised and pre-recordings were completed in home studios, the band spent a solid twoweek period recording and mixing at Atlantis Studio in Port Melbourne under the keen ears of Dave McCluney. Nawaz looks back on the experience fondly. “He’s just the dude. He’s got such a good method of working. He’ll get you in there, know how to set you up, make sure you’re comfortable […] it was a really cool process.” McCluney took care of the final mix at Atlantis, before the capable hands of Adam Dempsey at Deluxe Mastering mastered the EP. These credits alone make the release worth a listen – McCluney has recorded a myriad of artists including Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds, and Dempsey boasts nearly 20 years of professional mastering experience. Nawaz is pleased with the finished product, and offered reflection on how Big Winter’s latest effort compares to

2011’s release Sorrow Down. “It’s definitely going the very full-band approach. It’s richer…maybe more complex. There’s more drive behind it with percussion and it’s a fuller sound. When we got a bass player and drummer we didn’t just want to fill it up with bass and percussion, we wanted to put some really complex parts in it. We had quite an auditioning process for drummers, and then Daniel came along and just blew us away with his musicality. It’s definitely a good mix.” Lyrically the release deals with a number of themes, from the frightening and ominous to the light and uplifting. Nawaz describes the lyrical content as such: “It takes a lot from news and articles and the media. The title track Simple Ideas is about being whisked away by people in the night and done away with. It’s very dark. On the other hand Ocean Daughter is one of the brighter tracks…they all have stories. It’s the new sort of style we’re going for: having a story; having a narrative.” Big Winter will be supported by local acts The Melissa Main Band, Broken Splendour, and Polo Club for their launch show. Nawaz can’t say enough good things about the supports, and is looking forward to the evening:

“[Melissa Main] is a fantastic musician, I really love her music. Last time we played with her she had a smaller lineup, this time she’s got her full band […] Broken Splendour plays around our local pub in Footscray. We played with him there, he’s got a beautiful style, fantastic guitar playing. He should be really cool. Polo Club will be doing a DJ set after our show; they’re an awesome band too. It should be really, really lovely.” Big Winter will be active in the months following their EP release. “We’re deﬁnitely going to hit the ground running,” states Nawaz. With a swag of new music already lined up for another record, the band is pushing forward steadily, and are looking to the future. “We don’t want too much of a gap between launches ‘cause it’s such a long process. We’re just going to basically launch this and start thinking about the next one.”

It’s an origin story as old as time (with a splash of 21st century social media thrown in), and this may have been what caught the attention of producer Ben McCarthy. Having already worked with the likes of Megan Washington and Kate Miller-Heidke, McCarthy clearly knows a thing or two about bright and sunburst female-driven indie pop, and The Darjeelings are beaming about the recording experience and the finished product. “I think the greatest lesson I took away from the recording process was the importance of trusting the opinions of others, especially after you’ve heard something a thousand times live, it just sounds different to someone with fresh ears,” says Mairead wisely. “Also, I definitely think all of our preparation paid off. “We went into the studio confident that we had the songs ready, and we actually finished up in the studio with a few days to spare. That’s like how we started too – we wanted to be sure we had a full set of songs, we worked really hard on our vocal harmonies before looking for gigs.” So let’s go down the list. Full set of gig-ready songs? Check. First EP ready for sale? Check. National tour? Um, maybe, if you replace ‘national tour’ with ‘end of year exams’. The Darjeelings will still have to juggle two

lives for a little while longer, and hit the ground running when they’re free of the high school shackles. “Yeah, it’s a bit hard, obviously we’d like to do more shows – our producer Ben was trying to line up some regional shows and other states – but you can’t really do that and study for the VCE at the same time,” oﬀers Mairead. “We’ll try do as many shows as we can during the summer holidays, and I guess after grade 12 we’ll give it a real good go. But it’s not like we can be Stoneﬁeld or something, and get dragged out of school so we can play at Glastonbury!” Maybe not, but let me make a pitch for you: four musicians on a tour bus with a camera crew – parental units can follow in tow, but it’s not mandatory. Gigs by night, home-school by day (or I guess bus school), part Partridge Family, part a family friendly Big Brother. I’d certainly be more inclined to watch that over another season of Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.

BIG WINTER launch their EP Simple Ideas at The Evelyn Hotel this Thursday September 27 alongside Melissa Main and Broken Splendor.

THE DARJEELINGS

BY MITCH ALEXANDER

Quick word association game! Feet…shoes! Table…excel spreadsheet! Yeah, bet you weren’t expecting that one?! Young Melbourne indie pop quartet The Darjeelings… sure, you could take the easy route and go with Darjeeling tea, but I’m not much of a tea drinker, so I’m much more prone to think of Wes Anderson’s 2007 film The Darjeeling Limited. Like most of Anderson’s work, it’s smart, funny, has impeccably curated music and a small but memorable scene with Bill Murray (that is, the key component in most great cultural endeavours). So except for the Murray moment, the film has a number of elements in common with The Darjeelings, those spirited young roustabouts launching their first EP with an all ages show at the Northcote Town Hall as part of the 2012 Darebin Music Feast. A show for young people put together by young people (with a little help from the Victorian State Government’s FReeZa program and Darebin City Council), it’s a fantastic opportunity to foster the next generation of Victorian musicians and punters alike. “There’s a bit of agony being under 18 and wanting to go see bands, but I think, relatively speaking, there’s plenty of opportunities, especially in Melbourne,” says Mairead O’Connor, the plucky young keyboardist for The Darjeelings. “And especially with programs like FReeZa, not only is it a great opportunity for young bands to play in front of people, but it’s a great chance for kids to get out and see shows. “It’s a bit tough being under 18, but we don’t have that long to wait,” says the 17-year-old Mairead O’Connor. “Like, we’re all huge fans of Vampire Weekend, but they’re not doing any Big Day Out sideshows, so we might have to go to Big Day Out. That will be an… experience”. Ah, the magical ellipsis, that few seconds of dead air denoting that, despite her young age, Mairead is still

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knowledgeable enough about the Big Day Out to be slightly wary of its reputation. But then, there’s no doubt the band know what they’re doing – with each gig, with each songwriting attempt, and now with every day spent in the recording studio, there’s a confidence there that will stand them in good stead for the world past graduation (more on that later). Usually at that age – if you show any hint of interest in music – before you know it a parent or teacher has smooshed you into a school orchestra or choir. For the most part, The Darjeelings have managed to avoid that, and have instead settled on guitars and indie cardigans over woodwinds and cummerbunds. Band, if I knew three other kids at school that would have taken the effort to learn an instrument (and not be content to murder Incubus songs), maybe I could have been in a band too. “Well, Greer and I actually did meet in high school for the musical, we were both orphans in Oliver,” Mairead says with a giggle. “She was learning guitar at the same time I was learning classical piano, so we sort of started busking together. Bella, our drummer, had seen us around and messaged us on Facebook asking if we needed a drummer. It seemed right! Then we figured we needed a bassist to fill out the sound, so we asked Izzy. I guess that’s it, and we’ve been playing for about a year now.”

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THE DARJEELINGS launch their EP at Northcote Town Hall on Saturday October 6 as part of Darebin Music Feast. They are also supporting Francolin at The Evelyn on Monday October 22.

MOROCCAN KINGS BY ROD WHITFIELD

Eclectic local alternative rock three-piece Moroccan Kings have had a very busy year, having released a well-received single Grizzly Bear, a very clever and quirky video, launched both the single and video to packed out venues in Melbourne, and generally gigged constantly across the course of the year. And they are set to finish it off with a bang, with yet another launch show. This time they are launching their EP, curiously titled Battlefrogs, at The Evelyn Hotel on October 6, and singer/guitarist Declan O’Leary can’t wait for the day to arrive to share the stage with some other excellent Melbourne independent bands. “Yeah, I’m excited,” he enthuses. “I’m excited because of the bands we’re playing with, that’s mainly what I’m so excited about. King Of The North, and Sherriff, who we’ve been good mates with for a while. King Of The North I think are from Adelaide, we had an accidental gig with them in Adelaide once, and I was really impressed. So it should be pumpin’. I like those two bands because they get the crowd pumped up, even when the crowd don’t know who they are, you don’t have to be a fan of that style of music. The only thing I worry about is that they’re going to outshine us! Hopefully everyone will be too drunk by the time we come on,” he laughs. The band have a real DIY approach to their shows these days, both in terms of the actual booking of the shows, and the different kind of show that they like to put on compared with a lot of the other bands doing the rounds at the moment. “We get offers here and there,” he tells us, “but we’re more inclined to pick and choose what venue we want, where we are in the lineup, what bands we want to play with, just having a bit more control. It’s just more exciting for us. I guess we’re a bit sick of playing with

bands we don’t mesh that well with and the crowd gets confused. There’s all [bands like] Bellusira, Engine Three Seven, it’s a certain sound and a certain following comes with the sound. And then when we come on, we might play a couple of lighter numbers, and people do get confused. Maybe in a good way. “The lighting guy we’ve got, he did a really good job last time,” he says. “Everyone even commented on the lighting. It was all very dramatic. So that’s all very exciting.” The launch of the EP and the end of 2012 may see a major shift in focus and direction for the band, with the realisation that the music industry is just about the toughest nut to crack on the planet, and getting even harder all the time. They also just want to do whatever the hell they want to do musically, as opposed to being dictated to by industry trends, and record company and management desires. “We’re starting to realise as a band that fame is not just around the corner,” he explains. “If anywhere, that there is no money in music. In fact it’s quite opposite, it costs you lots of money. And since we’ve come to that conclusion we’ve decided that we can make any music that we want to make. So early next year we’re going to venture into

new territory. The drummer wants to play a bit more piano. Markus the bass player was thinking about some cello. And I’ve been experimenting with diﬀerent instruments, just to see what happens. “It’s kinda nice to accept that you’re not going to be famous, and then you’re not so worried anymore. Not worried about making these dramatic changes, ‘cause at the end of the day it’s not like we have millions and millions of fans. We’re not going to hurt anyone’s feelings.” Not only are they experimenting with diﬀerent instrumentation, they are going to take a new groove based approach to their sound, to get people moving rather than worrying about impressing other musos with their blinding technical virtuosity. “Every time I look at a crowd,” he says, “whether it be onstage or at someone else’s show, nobody’s moving. I don’t know what they’re doing, I think they’re studying how complicated the music is. They’re all just standing there with their arms crossed, judging us or something. Most of our

‘fans’ are just other bands who are forced to listen to us ‘cause they have a gig with us!” he laughs. “I want to make music that people can feel the groove to, dance to. I don’t want it to be technically complicated. I think a lot of bands aren’t listening to the music they’re making, they’re too worried about the intricacy of things, and doing complicated stuﬀ. But at the end of the day, the music is about the sound, and a lot of people forget that. So we’ve started to strip things back...it’s a lot easier to analyse when it’s simple music, ‘cause you’re not basing it on how complicated or how hard it is to play, you’re just basing it on the sound itself.”

varies,” he says, “but typically I would say that our audience are music fans, and people who have an appreciation for instrumentation. They show up, ready to watch a show and to absorb a show as people who have an inherent understanding of how instrumentation works. So in that I kinda feel it’s sort of an academic environment. But there’s also people who just show up and they know that the songs are loud and the songs are heavy, and they’re excited to hear loud, heavy music!” he chuckles. “So there’s pushing [and] shoving,” he continues, regarding their audience, “and we hope that those demographics ﬁgure out how to mutually coincide with one another without one type bumming the other out.” When it comes to his views on the health of the instrumental heavy music scene worldwide, he is a little non-committal and doesn’t feel that instrumental acts should be lumped

into the one category. “I don’t know, it’s kinda hard to tell,” he says. “I don’t feel like we’ve ever been a...I don’t know, I don’t see instrumental music as being its own genre, I just feel it’s one of those things that kinda just happens, and it doesn’t necessarily deﬁne a genre. The majority of bands we tour with are bands that have vocals. So when it comes to instrumental music, it’s like, if you write compelling music, go for it. I’m glad that we’re at the point where we can convince people we’re a compelling artist without having vocals.”

MOROCCAN KINGS launch their EP Battlefrogs at The Evelyn Hotel on Saturday October 6 with Sherriﬀ and King Of The North providing very able bodied support.

RUSSIAN CIRCLES BY ROD WHITFIELD

From a commercial point of view, playing in an all-instrumental band, especially a heavy and progressively inclined all-instrumental band, must be a tough road. The vast majority of music lovers want a simple beat they can dance or tap their feet to, and a catchy vocal line that they can sing along to, as can be evidenced by the mass appeal of plastic pop artists and the proliferation and popularity of The Voice-like TV talent shows. Only a very niche audience wants to hear lengthy, complex instrumental pieces. For a band such as Chicago’s Russian Circles, life might become a little easier if they added vocals to their heavy instrumental sound, but according to their bass player Brian Cook, the reason for not getting a singer is really very simple. “I don’t think there’s any objection to that at all, it’s really that it’s just a pain in the arse,” he laughs. “It started oﬀ, it was like, ‘Oh yeah, it kinda works on its own, we’ll get round to that, adding those vocals in one day’. But it’s so much easier to do all this shit when you don’t have to worry about monitors, and PAs and microphones and vocal levels, and someone’s throat being sore for a week on a tour. It’s a hundred times easier to be an instrumental band and not dealing with any of that shit. We can do what we do and not bother with any of that. If at some point it made sense, and we were all really stoked on it and it felt like something that was necessary...no one has a major qualm with having a vocalist, it just works out so fuckin’ nice not having that shit, so let’s keep it that way.” The band bring their dark and epic instrumental sound to New Zealand and Australia very soon. It will be their second trip to our shores. “I’m excited for it,” he says. “I think it should be good. We

were there about a year ago, it was a pleasant surprise. I think when you go over the ocean to go somewhere, you sort of inherently expect it to be like playing your ﬁrst show all over again. But they were really good shows, so we’re excited to come back.” Being that it’s only the band’s second ever time to our shores, it’s likely that many of the people coming to the show won’t have seen them before. He is reluctant to attempt to describe their live vibe, preferring to let the music and the show do the talking. But he does his best anyway. “Aww man, I hate trying to describe it in that capacity,” he says emphatically, “you know, when I try to describe it sounds like a drag, but we try to write songs that are instrumentally interesting, that work on a narrative process, sonically, and I would hope that people coming out to see it live would feel like they were being communicated a story somehow, through pure sound. As cheesy as that sounds, I don’t know how else to put it.” He also informs us that there are two distinct elements to the crowd that they usually draw. That is, musicians, and people who simply dig heavy instrumental music: “It

RUSSIAN CIRCLES perform at The Corner this Friday September 28. Supporting is their countrymen Eagle Twin, plus Melbourne acts Agonhymn and The Broderick.

Q&A THE CHARGE VS BUGDUST Hamish Mills (The Charge) asks Shanon Trottman (Bugdust) What was the concept behind your latest album Beyond Blues? It’s a bit of a chronological take on a crazy night out, from the getting ready to go out stage, to the having a few pre drinks somewhere then getting to a gig and then completely writing yourself off on drugs or booze. Where and/or who do you draw inspiration from when writing songs? We generally draw inspiration from each other, just jamming out or improvising and letting the natural things take over what we’re doing. The themes of the music generally come after the music, I might write something and start to take it in a certain direction and then Colesy will come in and see it in a completely different context and then the final product is just kind of there in the end. What have been some highlights during your time in Bugdust? There are continual highlights for us just gigging and networking in Melbourne. We are forever meeting new people and new bands and seeing new venues and bookers pop up around the place and it’s just a really humbling thing

to be a part of. Bigger gigs like playing at Falls Festival a couple of years ago was a highlight too, and of being able to record an album overseas and playing to packed-out venues in New York were some of those pinch yourself moments. What are your plans for the future? Our plan is just to stay alive as a band, we’ve been a band for a long time and we just want to continue what we’re doing on our own terms. We’re not here to play the competitive kind of game, we’re all great mates and have a really good thing going and we intend to keep it that way. Shanon Trottman (Bugdust) asks Hamish Mills (The Charge) How would you describe a Charge show? Lots of energy, sweaty, thumping, electric, driving and noisy! What song of your own are you most proud of so far and why? Out of all the songs that we play I think one of our new ones called This Machine is my favourite. It’s heavy, driving and it has good elements of light and shade throughout it. It’s also easily digestible, meaning someone who doesn’t generally listen to a lot of heavy/hard rock music would dig it.

The Charge You guys have done a little bit of travelling lately, how has The Charge been received interstate? Crowds interstate have been awesome to us, you certainly notice the diﬀerence in people from diﬀerent cities or towns but it’s a really cool thing for us to be able to travel and play. It’s all about the networking and just working for something, people from other states won’t travel down here to see us so we take it to them. We’ve met some awesome people along the way and will be continuing those relationships for as long as we can.

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Bugdust What are your plans for the future? We’ll eventually start piecing together another album, but for now it’s just going to be about staying strong to our goals, keeping up with shows and pushing Red Flags to its limits. There’s some whispers of doing a couple more video clips as well which should be pretty cool. BUGDUST and THE CHARGE play dcTunes at Grumpy’s Green on Sunday September 30. Free entry, 8pm.

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Sydney-based music journalist Andrew P. Street submitted what he called music journalism’s DESCENDENTS obituary to popular blog Pan Magazine last week. He had just had his role as Music Editor at a magazine downgraded to that of ‘Contributing Editor’ and he announced the death of the print media music journalist as we know it, suggesting the realm of writing about music had been passed on to “barely literate bloggers and the expanding armies of youth oriented cross-platform marketing strategists rising to target them”. It’s a fascinating read if you have a chance to track it down at pnamag.tumblr.com. Not to suggest I agree with it all. Street fails to pay any dues to bloggers or websites who insist on publishing selective and quality content. The quality of musical discourse has certainly decreased since anyone with an ISP could call themselves a publisher, but to suggest print journalists are the only ones with the ability to sort wheat from the increasing volume of chaff is rather rough. Still it does appear easier for poor music to be snuck past the keeper these days, but are we better off being subject to more (albeit sloppy) discourse on a broader range of music? Street says journos “acted as gatekeepers, telling people who also cared about music about what was good and interesting and exciting, and either warning you off (or, more often, diligently ignoring) the music that was dreck.”

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Maggot Fest has announced it will go ahead with its annual event this year. Thirty garage/punk/noise bands will play across three venues this November 2 and 3. Conﬁrmed acts include Raw Nerves, White Walls, Straightjacket Nation and Chook Race. Sydney’s Gay Paris will tour the country in support of their new single The Demarcation Of Joseph Hollybone from their upcoming album The Last Good Party. Catch these dudes at The Tote on November 30 and The Nash on December 1 with Peep Tempel. In Hearts Wake will tour extensively this spring to celebrate the release of Divination. They’ll be at Bang on October 20 and OLP Ringwood for an all ages show on October 21. Gold Coast pop punkers Skyway are engaging ‘hiatus’ starting this November but they’re hitting the road once more before they slink away into the night. See them at Bang on October 13 and Lilydale Showgrounds on October 14. Blkout have announced a run of local shows to celebrate the release of their second album Point Of No Return. Lock in Sunday October 26 at The Gasometer with Negative Reinforcement, Starvation, Sumeru, Reincarnation and Sunday October 28 at Collingwood Masonic Centre including Right Mind and Free World.

Foxtrot, Initials at Gasometer Masketta Fall, A Sleepless Melody, Way With Words at Next Space Bong, Nobody Knew They Were Robots, Israel, Nous at Karova Lounge, Ballarat FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 28: Defeater, Blackslisted, Free World at TLC So Soundwave announced a bunch more bands to play their 2013 festival but it was of little use to those of us without a ticket. Nonetheless those who got in early can now also enjoy Killswitch Engage, The Vandals, Orange Goblin, The Sword, Chelse Grin, The Chariot, Sharks, Dr Acula, OBrother, Northlane and Milestones.

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Hands Like Houses have announced an Australian Summer Tour which will kick oﬀ on November 30 and see them arrive at Bang on December 1, just in time for summer’s commencement. Ground Dweller was released earlier this year via Shock /Rise Records.

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Fear Factory, Thy Art Is Murder, Truth Corroded at The Hi-Fi High On Fire, Summonous at Gershwin Room, Espy Space

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Extinctexist, Mortarian at The Reverence SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 29: The Workinghorse Irons, Blazin Entrailes, The Jacks at Cherry Bar The Mung, The Day Everything Became Nothing,

Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong has let rip onstage at Vegas’ I Heart Radio Festival and then promptly checked himself into rehab for substance abuse which is all super convenient ‘cause their new album dropped the day prior. WOOOO!

Fat Guy Wears Mystic Wolf Shirt, Party Vibes, Urns at The Gasometer Late November, The Insomniacs, Caulﬁeld at Bang Hex On The Beach, Sick Sad World, Umbilical Tentacle, First Love at Black Goat Warehouse

CRUNCH! NEW DEVY OUT FRIDAY The new Devin Townsend Project album Epicloud is slated for Australian release on Friday September 28. Devy recorded basic tracks in Perth while he was here for Soundwave 2012. In some ways it’s almost like Addicted! part 2 – a couple of songs even have the same ‘exclamation mark at the end of the title’ thing that Addicted! had going on, which will probably cause my poor Beat editor some grief when prooﬁng this column. There’s also a new version of Kingdom, a song originally recorded for Devy’s Physicist album of 2000.

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The Cosmic Psychos return after an 18-month absence from Australian stages with a special show at their second home, The Tote. The gig will be ﬁlmed and released as a bonus disc with the crowdfunded Psychos documentary Blokes You Trust! They’ll be playing a huge set spanning their entire back catalogue, and The Tote have even started installing additional beer fridges to accommodate such a mammoth undertaking. Support on the night will be from the Dukes Of Deliciousness, featuring none other than the son of late Cosmic Psychos guitarist Robbie Rocket.

DRAGONFORCE Dragonforce have released Seasons, the second single to be released from their ﬁfth and latest album, The Power Within. The song was written by bassist Frederic Leclercq and is accompanied by a montage video ﬁlmed during a series of shows played to introduce new singer Marc Hudson to the band's fan base prior to the start of The Power Within world tour, including playing the 02 Arena in London with Iron Maiden and the Knockout Festival in Germany.

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High On Fire are not a band of half measures. Guitarist Matt Pike, bassist Jeff Matz and drummer Des Kensel are not the kind of guys to be satisfied with retreading past efforts and labelling it as something new. With everything they do, it has to dig deeper, go darker, play faster and harder. Think Motorhead with more bile, think Mastodon but more primal. Of course, such commitment to the live fast, die young rock’n’roll ethos often comes with a price. Bandleader Matt Pike (from cultish stoner doom metal band Sleep) was for a long time known for his boozy hedonism. His riffs weren’t the only thing chugging, if you catch my drift. Earlier this year the band pulled out of the 2012 Mayhem Festival while Matt attended alcohol-related rehabilitation. Pike is now a free and sober man, and from Jeff Matz’ reports, it looks like he’s applying the same arsekicking style to alcoholic demons as he does to most other things. “For as long as I’ve known the guy, he’s had a pretty serious drinking problem!” Matz says with a laugh, suggesting the band is in high enough spirits to joke about it now. “Matt is awesome right now, he’s doing better than, really since I’ve met the guy. “And when I first joined High On Fire [around 2005], I was in the same place, so I understand what he’s going through. It’s something that a lot of people that aren’t in a touring band don’t understand. Your average fan Beat Magazine Page 56

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GEOFF TATE ALBUM SAMPLES ONLINE Samples for all 11 songs from Geoﬀ Tate’s forthcoming solo album Kings & Thieves are available on the Danish Amazon site. It’s a bit hard to tell from 30-second clips but it actually sounds pretty bitchin’, like a cross between Queensryche’s Promised Land and Q2K albums. Quite a departure from the poppy direction of his previous solo album.

wants to come to a show, have a bunch of drinks and throw down, right? That’s all well and good, and it’s really easy to fall into this thing of getting plastered every night. The bottle of whisky is right there! That’s okay when you’re in your twenties, but it takes its toll on you.” Now don’t get to thinking that High On Fire, after a decade and seven albums, have softened with age. Evidence in the form of their latest album, De Vermis Mysteriis, suggests otherwise. Would a ‘soft’ band write a concept album where the brother of Jesus Christ dies at birth but is given the power to travel through time and inhabit other people? Doubt it. Sure, that description – think Quantum Leap crossed with Neil Gaiman at his most theologically out there – doesn’t sound too tempting, nor does it do the album justice, but sometimes the best metal bands are the ones that fuse the ludicrous with their brutality. Which is probably why a cartoon like Metalocalypse has proved so popular with metal fans, or why Devin Townsend can get away with writing a space opera about invading alien hordes on the search for the universe’s greatest cup of coffee. “Matt’s actually been a voice on Metalocalypse, he went and recorded some stuff while we were doing Snakes For The Divine,” Matz says excitedly, on the subject of humour in metal. “I’m not sure which season or episode, but he was the voice of one of the henchmen. I mean, that stuff is so well written. If you’re involved in the metal world on any level, there’s so many funny things about that show. “In fact, we also did a tour with Dethklok, Mastodon and Converge a few years back, it was all animated but with a real band playing backstage. And [Metalocalypse creators] Brendon and Tommy are the most awesome guys. “We take what we do really seriously, but you’ve got

PERRI INK GIVES AWAY DAVID MANN CHOPPER GUITAR The worlds of custom guitars and custom motorcycles have collided with the ﬁrst ever David Mann Chopper Fest custom guitar! Perri Ink Guitars (the brand founded by ex Shinedown/Perry Farrell/ Silvertide guitarist Nick Perri, who also collaborates with his sister Christina Perri) has combined forces with Nash Motorcycle Co, SpaGetty’s Garage, TV Jones pickups, and GHS Strings to create something truly stunning. The guitar, valued at $3000, is the main prize of an online promotion that costs just $5 US dollars to enter. The winner will be announced live from the stage at the 9th Annual David Mann Chopper Fest in Ventura CA this December 9, but the promotion is not limited to those in attendance, and worldwide participation is welcome.

to have a fucking sense of humour about it,” Matz explains. “Matt, he writes the bulk of the words, and he’s always a little bit tongue-in-cheek about his lyrics, we laugh about this shit.” I offer that William Murderface is one of the most divisive characters on the show, a caricature of each and every brutish bassist that was ever relegated to lower levels of the pecking order, always left out of the songwriting process and turned way down in the sound mix. Of course with Murderface, he’s ostracised because he’s awful to the core, inside and out, but Matz has met and heard enough metal musicians – what may seem like outlandish plot points to ordinary people may be heavily rooted in truth. “Oh man, I know that Jason Newstead [former Metallica bassist] got a pretty bum steer on most of the albums he did,” Matz offers. “I don’t even think you can hear him on Ride The Lightning or Kill Them All. “I guess that’s a good thing about being in a three piece band. Even if Matt or someone wanted to do something like turn me down, there’s only three people in the band! If you get rid of one-third of your instruments, it’s going to sound pretty bad,” he continues with a sly chuckle. With a metal band, you basically have two directional choices on albums – go harder or softer. You might listen to De Vermis Mysteriis and wonder how it could get more punishing, but I thought the same thing with Snakes For The Divine, or even the band’s 2000 debut, The Art Of Self Defense. Somehow they find a way. In fact, it’s a safe bet to think that a clean and sober Matt Pike will try to prove that the fire hasn’t diminished just because the alcohol intake has. No half measures, remember? HIGH ON FIRE play The Espy on Friday September 28.

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Former Iron Maiden vocalists Paul Di’Anno and Blaze Bayley are performing for the first time ever together in Australia and New Zealand in November and December, performing Iron Maiden classics from their respective albums. The tour is Bayley’s first time Down Under, while it’ll be Di’Anno’s first tour of only Iron Maiden songs – and it’ll probably be your last chance to see him onstage, since he recently announced plans to retire next year. You’ll hear Di’Anno-era classics such as Phantom Of The Opera, Wrathchild, Running Free, Sanctuary and Killers, along with classic Blaze-era cuts like Sign Of The Cross, Futureal, Lord Of The Flies, Man On The Edge and many more. Special, extremely limited VIP tickets are available which get you entry to the show, a VIP laminate, a few goodies as well as the once in a lifetime chance of meeting both Paul Di’anno and Blaze Bayley before the show – get photos, get stuff signed, have a chat! They’re at The Hi-Fi on Thursday November 22.

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JEMMA AND THE WISE YOUNG AMBITIOUS MEN For ﬁve Sundays in a row (30 days have September... April June and November..all the rest have 31..except.. something something, etc) Jemma And The Wise Young Ambitious Men will be starring in I Forgot I Have A Job To Go To On Monday Morning: The Musical. Playing every Sunday in September at Old Bar from 8pm with so many new and old friends, it's going to be emotional. Joined this Sunday by Eaten By Dogs and Dominic Miller it’s a good way to punch Monday in the face. 8pm Every Sunday in September at The Old Bar, $6 entry.

2 VOICES Hot oﬀ the back of their impressive appearances on the television smash hit series The Voice, Carmen Smith and Diana Rouvas will be sharing the stage to perform a series of intimate acoustic shows. Don't miss out on this close-encounter event at the Thornbury Theatre featuring two of the country's best voices. Sunday September 30, doors are at 7pm and the show starts at 8.15pm. General admission tickets will set you back $30 and reserved seats an extra $5. For those of you who want to make a night of it, dinner and show tickets are going for $70, all available through Oztix.

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With their album Dark Before Blonde Dawn to be released later in October, Pageants will be putting their unique blend of tropical pop on full display as they tear through a set of both old and new tracks. Supported by the reverb-drenched Glaciers and the straight-up indie-rock of Full Ugly, there isn't a more perfect way to welcome the approaching warmer weather than by making your merry way down to The Grace Darling to catch these three bands. Friday September 28, doors 9pm, tickets $8.

Ezra Lee is the hot piano-playing, rock'n'roll sensation from Maitland NSW. He has performed all over Australia and has just come back from Europe where he played in London, Germany and Finland. Last year Ezra played the Viva Las Vegas festival in the US, Screamin' Festival in Spain and is already booked in for Germany in 2013. Ezra plays rock'n'roll, boogie-woogie and blues and he always gets the piano jumpin'. He’s heading to Melbourne with his band featuring Hank Green on guitar and will be playing tracks from his latest album Cashed Up 'N' Crazy. You can catch Ezra Lee and his band at The LuWow on Friday September 28.

GRAND FINAL DAY AT THE CURTIN We shall not falter nor fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in the centre square and on the forward lines and back lines; we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall never surrender and even if, which I do not for the moment believe, this team or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our supporters beyond the team, armed and guarded by the faithful, will carry on the struggle until in God’s good time the New World, sets forth the liberation and rescue of the flag. Experience it all at The John Curtin Hotel on Grand Final Day (Saturday September 29) from noon and watch the game on your choice of three big screens, indulge in heaps of sweeps, a halftime handball comp, free barbeque and free entry. Whoa.

BAD VISION Bad Vision have been ripping it up every Saturday afternoon in The Tote Front Bar for the last month and savouring every moment of it. With a host of guests including Dan Trolley, Messed Up, Clavians and Valley Girls to help them guzzle beer and break strings, it's been four weeks of debauchery and epic Sunday hangovers. The ﬁnal show happens this Saturday September 29 and is set to be explosive. The Tote is hosting a Grand Final breakfast, followed by Money For Rope, Chris Russell's Chicken Walk, The Bowers and a screening of the game in the band room. After the game, Bad Vision will crank into action to entertain the crying/cheering masses. Quince will be along for the ride, with their hook heavy Aussie-garage tunes. Entry is free for afternoon bands from 5 'til 7pm, check the Tote Hotel website for details of the breakfast.

DC TUNES Who said coﬀee and music don't mix? Music is integral to Ducale coﬀee. DC Tunes is a program designed to give local unsigned artists the opportunity to do what they love – perform! The launch takes place across three exciting nights at Grumpy's Green on Smith St. Friday September 28 sees My Dynamite and Wilderbeast take to the stage, while Backwood Creatures do their bit on Saturday September 29. It is wrapped up on Sunday September 30 with performances from Bugdust and The Charge. Best bit? Free entry every night.

SEAGULL Seagull is not a band nor a boy, it is a sound that comes out of your speakers to remind you of your first love and how much you thought you knew. Chris Bolton writes songs that communicate in a tactile and subconscious way. Following the release of their second EP, entitled Everybody Is Weird, Fuyuko's Fables are bringing their layered and heavily arranged folk to Melbourne for the first time. Featuring five vocalists Fuyuko's Fables bring their own brand of textured folk-pop with catchy songs that can get heavy, dark and sometimes border on noise. Supported by Vowel Movement who arose from the ashes of secretive gorge, they sing songs about the French revolution using crashing outros and blissed-out guitar. Free entry at Bar Open this Thursday September 27.

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SPACEBONG Adelaide’s finest doom outfit Spacebong are heading to Melbourne to brutalise eardrums as part of their mini-tour of SA, VIC and NSW. Helping bring the noise are grindtards Pneumatic Slaughter, Ballarat boys of darkness Nous, sludge filth Mortarian, crust lords Extinct/Exist and experimental noise punks Warpigs. All this is happening on Friday September 28 at The Reverence Hotel. $10 entry.

RISE OF THE RAT Saturday September 29 at The Reverence Hotel features the amazing riﬀage of Rise Of The Rat (ex H-Block 101). Joining them on the night will be The Velvets, Son Of Set and new-comers Initials. All this for only $5. Head down early to get a slice of the best pizza in town.

MARISSA AND JONATHAN SKOVRON Melbourne brother and sister duo Marissa and Jonathan Skovron combine their considerable talents to present a unique double EP release party on at Red Bennies on Thursday September 27. Marissa’s cool and sophisticated Chasing Rainbows and Jonathan’s lyrical indie pop release In the Land will both be launched on the night. Local talents Lauren Glezer and Moshe Hendel will provide support.

LUCY WILSON The Reverence Hotel is hosting a beer-and-pizza relaxation session on Sunday September 30 from 3pm. Musical entertainment for the day comes from the beautiful and talented Lucy Wilson, the handsome and talented Maricopa Wells and Brad Vincent. And it's free.

The Engagement are an electro/pop act hailing from Melbourne. Spending the most part of 2012 in the studio, The Engagement have drawn on inﬂuences from poprock heavyweights including Muse and Coldplay in creating their debut single Psychotherapy, a punchy electro track that is sure to get stuck in your head. They’re throwing a launch party for the track at The Workers Club alongside fellow pop-rockers Royal Parade and Fox Road on Saturday September 29.

TRASH FAIRYS Trash Fairys are a five-piece industrial grunge outfit born in the hinterland of the Sunshine Coast. Taking their influences from diverse and reputable sources, such as The Muppets and Nine Inch Nails, they strive to make trash sexy and rock the house with their original take on the '90s grunge that you love and the dance music that makes you groove. Trash Fairys play The Victoria Hotel on Friday September 28 with support from Euclid and Smash ‘N’ Swann. 9pm start and entry is free.

This Grand Final Day, Saturday September 29, The Victoria Hotel will throw its doors wide from 10am with a free BBQ breakfast to boot. Get in early and line your tummy for what’s sure to be a day of much merriment. $12 jugs of Carlton and Gypsy cider will keep your thirst in check and are on oﬀer until the ﬁrst bounce. For some post-match entertainment The Short Order Schefs will be performing from 7.30pm, serving up their free-range bar band musical stew including blues, reggae, country, rock and polka and anything else that takes their fancy. As long as it grooves, swings or rocks it’s in the pot.

THE LUAU COWBOYS The Luau Cowboys deliver a mix of bluegrass, blues, ethnic waltzes, rhumbas, '50s country à la Johnny Cash and some genuine Hawaiian slack-key tunes. They’ll be playing this exotic blend of genres at The Victoria Hotel on Sunday September 30 from 5pm. Free.

After their band The Priory Dolls imploded in a perfect rock'n’roll cliché whilst working on their second album in Berlin, Rory Lampitt and Erin Taylor swiftly formed Warmth Crashes In. A result of two rockers having minimal tech blasted at them for a year, the band’s sound is ethereal to intense but always rhythmic, smooth and shiny. This spring they take to The Tote every Wednesday in September for their ﬁrst shows in Australia, joining them will be Melbourne’s best new bands such as Lowtide, Naked Bodies, Mutations and Flyying Colours. Tonight, 8pm, $8.

CHERRY BAR It's another massive week at Cherry Bar with a plethora of music to go out and sink your teeth into. It kicks off with blues-rock's hottest new artist on the scene, Gary Clark Jr, playing a huge set tonight at the venue with Sydneysiders King Of The North and Strangers rounding out the night's festivities. Geelong girl soul outfit The Sweethearts headline proceedings on Thursday September 27 while the weekend kicks off on Friday September 28 with a gig featuring Speedtripper, The Aitches and Union Pacific who are sure to herald a night of quality rock music. The rocking weekend continues on Saturday September 29 with WA guys Working Horse Irons launching their debut LP. Chris Russell's Chicken Walk rounds out the weekend on Sunday afternoon, The UnAustralians, Lords Of Cosmic Small and The Minute Takers play a special free gig on the same night. It's open mic night on Monday October 1 and Red X finish the week on Tuesday October 2 with two sets from 9pm as they kick off their October residency. Another gargantuan week at Cherry Bar, Melbourne's home of rock music, get on down and experience a slice of it all.

THE SWAMP DANDIES & CARUS THOMPSON Previously of Things Of Stone & Wood, The Swamp Dandies combine the permanent talents of ARIA Award winning singer-songwriter and APRA Songwriter Of The Year Greg Arnold along with John Bedggood (Bernard Fanning and The Wilson Pickers) and Monique Zucco (Canvas). Sunday September 30 in the afternoon, The Northcote Social Club will see The Swamp Dandies partner up with Carus Thompson to ‘oﬃcially’ launch their new label Mind’s Eye Records on which both of their new albums has been released. There'll be no shoe-gazing at this gig. Just great songs, energetic performances and though it's a daylight show, hopefully some dancing, as both Arnold and Thompson pride themselves on getting a crowd involved. Great way to spend an afternoon... and kids are free!

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Define your genre in five words or less: Tom Waits impregnating Led Zeppelin. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Dave Matthews sweating Pink Floyd. What do you love about making music? Tying a narrative arc to an aural arc, the way words gain weight when there are fewer. What do you hate about the music industry? If industry implies making money, then the fact that we’re not involved in it… If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? An elderly Beethoven, so as not to take too many chances with musical time travel causality. If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why? Sri Chinmoy. So atheism can reclaim John McLaughlin’s soul.

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What can a punter expect from your live show? A puppet show, an interruptive show, a faded thrust under-fueled; left to peel back banana-skin like; explodes like a firework over Brunswick St. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? humansasanimals.com Which band would you most like to have a battle/ showdown with? Milli Vanilli for a fair contest. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Salvaging the last salacious sinews of the stinking, sunbleached ordinary. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? If we knew then we could bump this up to a full page spread. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? The money we earn from music enables us to keep our figures trim. And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing? The money we earn from music forces us to keep our trim figures. Describe the best gig you have ever played. A Tru-Mold warehouse party where at the climax of our set the organisers burst the lining in the ceiling. It then proceeded to rain buttons on us; the audience burst in a flurry of buttons; the evidence haunts us still today, lingering in compartments. Describe the worst gig you have ever played. A Miss Libertines gig where we tried to pass off a smoking guitar amp as a featurette. What's the strangest place you've ever played a gig, or made a recording? This time last year we were forcibly shut down 8 minutes into our set by the police, while singing fourpart-harmony over an acoustic guitar on a rooftop. HUMANS AS ANIMALS play an October Tuesday night residency at The Toff In Town, kicking off Tuesday October 2 with Hiatus Kaiyote and Lopaka.

BCNA FUNDRAISER Tonight The Drunken Poetâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weekly Wine, Whiskey, Women night invites yâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;all to come together to raise some dollars for Breast Cancer Network Australia. Why this is an important cause requires no elaboration â&#x20AC;&#x201C; it is something that will in some way impact most of our lives at some point. Come down and drink in the considerable talents of Gen & Flora and Jenny Biddle, and get involved in a very worthy cause. This wee shindig will be kicking oďŹ&#x20AC; at 8pm. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no cover, but donations are more than welcome.

HIPSHAKER & THE BREADMAKERS The LuWow proudly presents Hipshaker â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a night dedicated to searching for the best in underground dance music from the '60s. No groove is too obscure for them in their quest for the perfect vibe. From the funkiest R&B to the fuzziest beats, if it's a dance ďŹ&#x201A;oor killer it's on the playlist. Hipshaker wants to give you something more, which is why they also have the pleasure of oďŹ&#x20AC;ering the wildest bands â&#x20AC;&#x201C; blistering live R&B is the order of the day. Music that makes you wanna shake that thing like live pounding raw R&B from swamp-popsters The Breadmakers, while DJs spin the best in '60s soul, original R&B, early funk, mod, garage, freakbeat, psych and other dance gems. Saturday September 29. $10, members free, doors 8pm.

ULCERATE New Zealandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s extreme metallers Ulcerate have announced a show at The Bendigo Hotel on Friday September 28 which will be one of the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last shows this year before they begin to prepare their third full-length album. Their most recent album, The Destroyers Of All, appeared on numerous 2011 â&#x20AC;&#x153;best-ofâ&#x20AC;? lists including Decibel Magazine, Pitchfork Media, NPR.org and MetalSucks.net. Support on the night comes from Ignivomous, Odiusembowel and DĂŠparte.

The Reverence Hotelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ ve buck rock night on Thursday September 27 features quirky alternative rock outďŹ t Bish Bash Bosh. To mix the bill up a bunch, Autoportraits will be joining them with their beautiful jangly tunes. Kicking oďŹ&#x20AC; the night is the hard-hitting, riďŹ&#x20AC; driven rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll band Zuzu Angel.

Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tech-sludge tough bastards Broozer are unleashing their debut release 12.04.12 at The Tote this Grand Final Eve, Friday September 28. After more than two years of slaying stages with their unrivaled live show, the guys have managed to capture the power in the form of a disc. Joining them are the riďŹ&#x20AC; maestros TTTDC (featuring members of Wicked City and soTis), Sydney sick fucks Nobody Knew They Were Robots and Melbourne stoner/metal upstarts Diprosus, who will be opening the night. Join Broozer at their album launch as they tear a whole in space and time, sacriďŹ ce virgins, drink, and destroy The Tote.

Down south to launch their new EP, catch Thomas Convenant at Revolver Upstairs on Thursday October 20. Joining this Sydney-sider is female punk duo Chaos Kids who will have your head thrashing all night, as well as Revolver regs Scaramouche. Tickets are $5 through Moshtix or $7 on the door from 8pm.

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VHS CLUB BarďŹ&#x201A;y Trevor Block wanted to recreate an archetypal '80s shelf of VHS tapes. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been sharing his collection at a casual, weekly VHS night at Fitzroyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Old Bar. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be cult classics like Mad Max, fan favourite sequels like Beneath The Planet Of The Apes, and deďŹ antly obscure movies like Syngenor. There's no big projection to watch it on, just sit at the bar and watch it on the big TV. Although Trev might not be there every Monday they've decided to keep it going. Popcorn, booze and VHS. Every Monday from 6pm free, watch the gig guide for which movies will be shown.

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After a spate of local gigs, a packed-out headline Cherry Bar show, and a couple of months sequestered in the studio, new Melbourne outďŹ t The Spin are ready to launch their debut ďŹ vetrack EP, and they want to give you a free copy. The lads are bringing their high-energy, soulful, Brit-pop inspired brand of rock'n'roll to The Ding Dong Lounge this Friday September 28, and will be giving away a free copy of their EP to everyone through the door. With support from The Messengers and other special guests, this will prove to be a thoroughly enjoyable night for all involved. Tickets $11+ BF, available at Oztix.

ALI E Wednesdays in October sees the return of fuzz songstress Ali E to The Retreat's front bar for a residency of informal proportions. Described as bringing her own unique twist to the best of shoegaze, soul and altrock, Ali E will be joined by her band made up of a veritable super-group of Melbourne musos including Damn Terran, St Jude, The Once Overs and Howl At The Moon. Piecing together an amazing lineup of supports, Ali's thrilled to be joined on consecutive weeks by Alysia Manceau (The Velocettes), Andre Hooke (Khancoban), Phil and Liam (The Bowers), Ryan Nico (Tinsmoke) and Amaya Laucirica. Free entry, music from 8.30pm.

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It's Aussie slang for that annoying guy that won't shut up. You call that guy a parrot. King Parrot are a ďŹ ve-piece thrash, grind metal outďŹ t, brand new on the scene. It consists of members that have punished the ears and minds of Australian metal heads for many years in bands like, Blood Duster, Dreadnaught, Watchdog Discipline, CockďŹ ght Shootout, StiďŹ&#x20AC; Meat and Mustang. The songs are short and hard, delivered with blistering intent and uncompromising brutality. Do yourself a favour and catch them live at The Evelyn on Friday September 28, with good mates Decimatus and guests, Doors at 8pm.

After an already massive year for the band, Rainbird will now be crashing through The Tote on Saturday September 29 to headline alongside three of Melbourne's most promising progressive rock groups: powerful rock outďŹ t ONE, modern postmetal punchers Kettlespider and Orsome Welles. 2012 has so far seen Rainbird's ďŹ rst interstate show (supporting Quiet Child), a place in the Progfest 2012 lineup (alongside both ONE and Kettlespider) and the release of their 2012 sampler. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s set to be an awesome night of new Melbourne music at that great old institution, The Tote. Doors open at 8pm and entry is $12.

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Tickets: $23 (+bf) 1300 724 867 or northcotesocialclub.com

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BAD ANIMAL At the beginning of 2012, Bad Animal thought that things were looking quite dim for music in Australia; abstract sub-genres of pop such as electro, indie, calypso, and all of the above, ﬂooded the airwaves as well as most of the local music venues, and hard hitting rock'n'roll was just somebody that you used to know. It's during this underwhelming period that four frustrated young men set out to try to create something that could take us all back to when cool was an audience that would thrash about, and a band that could make it happen. The result; a no bullshit display of raw energy, fuelled by the need for something else. Bad Animal play the Retreat Hotel, Grand Final Day night Saturday 28 from 11pm. Free entry.

ANTARCTICA Antarctica are returning to The Old Bar fresh from completing their latest EP Recording. Entitled BETA, the new EP has already been described as 'deﬁnitely music' and 'lacking in nutrition' by both people who have heard it. Needless to say, community expectations are high. Joining Antarctica on the night are Night Orchids and Pollux B. These two bands are super sweet, and we are very much looking forward to destroying this once-reputable venue with them in tow. We are going to party. Finishing oﬀ the evening will be DJ Blumpy. This could go either way. BETA will be available to purchase on the night for those with keen interest in physical product. This Friday September 28 at The Old Bar, $10 entry. Doors 8.30pm.

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SMITTY & B. GOODE After rocking out and having an all-round killer time in Melbourne earlier in 2012, Smitty & B. Goode return to the most liveable city in Australia to do it all again. This time, they plan on getting even more booties shaking and selling even more copies of their latest EP, We’ll Take It From Here. Smitty & B. Goode are a loud, good times, rock‘n’roll two-piece from Sydney. Smitty plays the guitar and sings, B. Goode plays the drums and also sings. In March 2012, Smitty & B. Goode released a new EP, We’ll Take It From Here, four tracks of short, sharp, energised rock‘n’roll self-recorded by the band in a church in Sydney’s inner west. Wherever Smitty & B. Goode go, they have a good time, kick-arse and take names. Their unique mix of classic rock, good humour, and extreme minimalism has won them fans across all ages and music tastes. They play the Retreat on Grand Final Eve, Friday September 28 at 9.30pm with Johnny Rock & and The Limits. Free entry.

After a successful tour of every bar, hoochie dive and strip club in Melbourne Mammoth Mammoth are back bringing their own brand of patented murder fuzz to The Retreat every Thursday night during September. Quoted as sounding like, "Motorhead and AC/DC doing mushrooms with The Butthole Surfers, channeling the Birthday Party at a Black Sabbath concert", we strongly advise you grab a knife, rob your dealer and call your lawyer 'cause this will go oﬀ like pack of marauding Vikings in an unsuspecting nunnery.

SHAKY STILLS Shaky Stills continue their second residency at the Edinburgh Castle on Friday September 28. They'll be playing two sets from 9pm 'til 11pm and it's free to get in, so head on down and enjoy some good local alternative country and dirty blues in the warmth of one of Melbourne's great traditional pubs. Shaky Stills new album Cold Hands Warm Heart will be available at the show.

DEEP STREET SOUL Without doubt, there are only a handful of contemporary bands who can really nail the authentic, gritty and soulful feel that so many groups attempt to create, and Melbourne’s Deep Street Soul are one of those outﬁtst. Taken from the recent Deep Street Soul album Look Out, Watch Out, the band will be launching their new 7" Hold On Me at The Toﬀ In Town on Saturday October 6 with The Perfections.

SHADOWQUEEN After the successful release of their debut single, Don't Tell, rock powerhouse trio Shadowqueen launch their debut album on Thursday October 4 at the Evelyn Hotel with acoustic support from Melbourne heavyweights Electric Mary and Bellusira. Shadowqueen have produced a pearler of a debut album, a powerful and heavy melodic rock album that references classic, modern and traditional Aussie rock and has something for just about everyone, their live show is a spectacle not to be missed.

THE PRETTY LITTLES The Pretty Littles are about to release their second EP We Are Not From A Small Town which they recorded with Alex Markwell of The Delta Riggs and Paul Maybury. The band have played with an impressive list of Australian acts including Bonjah, The Cairos, Kingswood, The Rubens, Children Collide, The Vasco Era, The Panda Band, The Delta Riggs, The Salvadors, DZ Deathrays even Jo Jo Zep and The Falcons reunion show at The Forum. The Pretty Littles are set to tour with Sydney kids Creo. The tour will only hit major cities. No small towns. It's just the way it worked out, and Ding Dong Lounge is one of them on Saturday October 6.

THE MIMICS Tonight The John Curtin Hotel showcases The Mimics, who are breaking into Melbourne's indie-music scene with the launch of their debut EP. All about producing a show that keeps you on your toes, they'll draw you in with close harmony, throw in a cover of your favourite ballad and then detonate the dance ﬂoor with some explosive jazz-rock fusion. With support coming from Yorque and The Scrimshaw Four, it will surely help heal your hump-day blues. Beat Magazine Page 60

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THE PENNYS For the past three years The Pennys have been performing their uniquely upbeat blend of catchy rock and alt country to audiences up and down the Australian East Coast and spent 2011 and 2012 sharing the stage with some amazing Australian bands such as Eskimo Joe, Sneaky Sound System, Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!, Owl Eyes, Charlie Mayfair and Elliot The Bull, just to name a few. The Pennys have been busy working on a new CD, Around The Light which was released in July 2012 and they play the Retreat Hotel, the evening of Grand Final Day, Saturday September 28 from 11pm. Free entry.

THE SHOWCASE SERIES III Here comes the third installation of Bill And The Jerks Presents: The Showcase Series III. Following the success of the ﬁrst two installments, this is set to be an awesome sequel with nine bands set to rock. Drop Bunny, Burnham Beaches, Unnecessary Tension, Jane Ln, Phantom 309, Millington, Cohorts Nomen, Purple Tusks and Panchromatic all take to the stage to create one night of wonder. An AFL Grand Final W-eekend gig for those seeking musical therapy – at The Evelyn Hotel this Sunday September 30, from 6.15pm.

MONA DELIGHTA Mona Delighta is an intimate evening of folk-inspired, genre-spanning song and storytelling at The Toﬀ In Town, featuring some ﬁne Australian female talent. Lose yourself in the '20s ragtime folk of Lady Danger, the melancholy yet mischievous indie folk of Cookie Baker and the haunting neo-folk of Sydney's Caitlin Park. Settle in for a candlelit night to remember on Sunday September 30.

HUMANS AS ANIMALS Join Humans As Animals on Tuesday October 2 at The Toﬀ In Town for a month of reﬂux-inducing pelvic thrusting and smile lifting puppet twitching, whilst feeling the frenetic fusion that will hopefully lead you to your psychedelic concubine. Joining Human As Animals are Hiatus Kaiyote and Lopaka. $10 at the door.

ZOOPHYTE Join them down there at The Evelyn Hotel as they celebrate, or perhaps mourn, the end of the 2012 footy season on Saturday September 29. After playing the game across three projector screens from kick oﬀ, The Evelyn has prepared a tasty treat for all those looking to party well into the night. Zoophyte is leading the post-game celebrations with the launch of their new single. Support on the night comes from Pandorum who smashed down the venue's doors all but a few weeks ago, The Hiding who are using this show as a farewell as they travel across to America and Evelyn newbies The Vendettas. Doors 8.30pm.

BIG WINTER Starting as a small acoustic outﬁt, Big Winter has recently grown some chest hair and a big wintery beard. Combining stunning vocals and intricate instrumentation with the soul-stirring power of electric violin, guitar, bass, keyboard and drums, this ﬁve-piece Melbourne-based group are set to release their EP Simple Ideas at The Evelyn on Thursday September 27, with guest cellist Andrew Martin. Supported by the Melissa Main Band and Broken Splendour, with a special DJ set by Polo Club, this is one night of music you won't want to miss. Doors are at 8.30pm.

DEATH MASQUE Thursday September 27 is set to be a night of punk, rock and metal at The Bendigo Hotel. The lineup for the night includes QuarterDrive, Less Than Zero, Nurnburger and Death Masque. If you like your music loud, head down to The Bendigo Hotel for a drink and some good tunes. Doors open at 8pm and entry is $8.

CENTRE & THE SOUTH Centre & The South are a cosmic reggae four-piece band from Melbourne, known for their high-energy live performances emanating an aura of peace, love and freedom for all to enjoy. They continue their Thursday night September residency from 9pm at The B.East. Entry is free.

JOHNNY ROCK AND THE LIMITS

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Since touring their lead single Been Away Blues in March, Johnny Rock And The Limits are ready to launch the rest of their Been Too Long EP this month. The EP continues thematically with ﬁve more songs about wanting to escape, wanting to return to their roots and realising that it was rock'n'roll that was needed all along. Known for explosive live sets they don’t plan to let that reputation down when they launch their EP on Friday September 28 at The Retreat Hotel with Sydney rockers, Smitty B. Goode. Both bands also play The Great Britain Hotel in Richmond on Saturday September 29 from 8pm, free entry.

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TURNER Friday September 28 sees Revolver serve up a classic helping of top notch local and touring artists in a hybrid of indie-rock, acoustic pop and indie-folk featuring Melbourne's own The Complimentary Headsets, folkrock head turners Elliot The Bull, acoustic rockers Turner and the charismatic indie-folk-pop of local siblings Dan and Hannah Ackﬁeld. Not only will punters be treated to this stellar lineup but the ﬁrst 50 people through the door (pre-sales included) will receive free music from the bands themselves. Doors are at 9pm, tickets $15 or $10 via Moshtix.

THE CARTRIDGE FAMILY Sarah 'Shirley' Carroll, sister Suzannah 'Laurie' Espie and wayward son Rusty 'Danny' Rich are The Cartridge Family, named for their breezy, sunshine-filled hillbilly songs of death, and for their strong affiliation to public radio, firearms and printing. Their three-part harmonies and twopart jokes are worth the long wait between shows. They play a Saturday afternoon friendly front bar residency this month from 4pm 'til 6pm at The Retreat Hotel.

WAYWARDBREED Waywardbreed began in late 2008 as a solo project for Justin Avery (ex-The Spoils). After recording his debut album of sweet, gothic folk titled Rising Vicious in early 2010, he spent much of the next two years touring solo in Europe. Since returning to Melbourne, Waywardbreed has sprouted more members, performing live through the winter, and has nearly completed a second album, entitled Gathering For The Feast to be released later in 2012. Waywardbreed marks the beginning of Spring by returning to the front bar of The Retreat Hotel for a short series of gigs and has invited some friends along. Tonight Waywardbreed will round out the month with two sets from 8.30pm. What's more, entry is free.

TAKA HONDA Taka Honda grew up in Japan, watching TV advertisements for Australian tourism about eternal sunshine on the beautiful sandy beaches. After completing his tertiary study, he moved to Melbourne in hope of surﬁng for the rest of his life. It wasn’t until then that he realised he came to the wrong part of Australia. So, instead of lying on the beach, getting tanned and chasing bikini girls, he learned to drink lattes, read books and play guitar. After eight years of living in Melbourne, Taka’s surﬁng skills never improved. Instead, he got a little bit more cultured and wrote many songs on his guitar. Come check out Taka’s dreamy surf folk music at The Resurrection at 7.30pm tonight. Oh, and entry's free.

THE HIDING After releasing their self-titled EP in April 2012 which was produced by Jimi Maroudas (Kimbra, The Living End) and mixed by the worldrenowned Mark Needham (The Killers), The Hiding are heading overseas after being selected to showcase as a band at this year’s CMJ festival in New York. Before they depart, The Hiding are playing their last Melbourne show at The Evelyn Hotel on Saturday September 29 from 9pm with Zoophyte and Pandorum. $10.

A ROCK BONANZA A Grand Final after party, A Rock Bonanza at The Bendigo Hotel will feature many great, too-hot-to-trot bands who will bring their rockin’ tunes to create a hard rock heaven. The lineup for the night features Bogan Nation and special guests Midnight Drive, The Fog, Sonic Jungle, Cursing Tomorrow, plus guest DJ Evil Maiden. Make your way to The Bendigo Hotel after the ﬁnal siren sounds for some great rock’n’roll. Doors open at 7.30pm and entry is $12.

AUTOPORTRAITS On Sunday September 30, The Bendigo Hotel is dishing up three bands from three diﬀerent worlds sharing a common ground. Autoportraits are a three-piece from Melbourne whose songs are both catchy and musically astounding, backed by a well-cooked concept of harmony, melody and melancholic and colorful lyrics; Pencil (formerly Mr. Speaker) who play short and sweet, guitar-laden pop songs full of breezy melodies; and Melbourne band Euthymia whose music jumps between, as well as fuses elements of, shoegaze, post-rock, and other musical strands generally placed under the indie/alternative rock moniker. This all kicks of at the lazy Sunday afternoon time of 6pm at The Bendigo Hotel. $7 entry.

GRAND PERCEPTOR They have carved out new shapes and arranged sets of numbers into patterns. Specialist machines will interpret these patterns. They will produce an audio representation which will arouse those with the sense of hearing. This event will showcase this experience. After being chosen by triple j to play Groovin The Moo 2012, the mad men of Grand Perceptor return with a new single, Monsters, and will launch it at the Grace Darling Hotel with their usual wild energy rock style. A CD and special merch will be presented to you on entry, which is a measly $10. Saturday September 29, doors 9pm.

JEFF LOOMIS GUITAR CLINIC Jeﬀ Loomis’ complex shredding has been a central part of the progressive but powerful and thrashy edge often attributed to Nevermore’s trademark sound. Taking the classic techniques he learned from listening to legends like Jason Becker and Yngwie Malmsteen as a teen and applying his own ingenuity, Loomis has carved his own niche and created an instantly recognisable style. Don’t miss your chance to see Jeﬀ Loomis live and be in the audience for your chance to win a Schecter SGR C7 electric guitar. Proudly presented by Allans Billy Hyde and Schecter Guitar Research, the Melbourne dates are Thursday October 4 from 7pm at the Allans Billy Hyde Bourke St store and an in-store appearance from 1pm at the Blackburn store. For clinic bookings phone: 9654 8444 or visit allansbillyhydes.com.au for more information.

MOROCCAN KINGS Moroccan Kings are launching their new EP, Battlefrogs, at The Evelyn Hotel on Saturday October 6. The band is putting together a very detailed and special show for the launch. Two singles have already been launched (Grizzly Bear and Superman) from the Battlefrogs EP so far, and the accompanying ﬁlm clip for the Grizzly Bear single has been getting a lot of attention on YouTube and Rage. The launch has two awesome support bands, two of Melbourne's favourites, King Of The North and Sheriﬀ. Pre-sale tickets are $7 presale or $10 on the door.

Q&A RICHARD CLAPTON

Define your genre in five words or less: Singer/songwriter. What do you love about making music? Writing songs and performing them are the most cathartic experience in this world. What can a punter expect from your live show? I try to transport the audience to some other place – of course this is easier said than done, but I always give it my best shot anyway. When’s the gig and with who? October 5 at the Palms in Crown Casino. We'll play the new album and then come back and play some of the old stuﬀ. How long have you been gigging and writing? Forty years. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Howling Wolf and many other old blues guys who bopped till they dropped. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? A pure unadulterated love of music would be a good start.

When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/ single/etc.? Harlequin Nights was only released recently and I am on a four-month national tour to promote it. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? When I feel I've successfully connected with people. And what makes you unhappiest about what you’re doing? Bad monitors. What's your favourite song, and why? According to my iTunes library it would appear to be Jolly Coppers on Parade by Randy Newman (439 plays) but I'm not sure whether that is correct. I love so many great songs I couldn't list them all here. Where would you like to be in five years? It would be nice to be anywhere really. What makes a good musician? An absolute love and passion for music. RICHARD CLAPTON plays the Palms at Crown Casino on Friday October 5.

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VAUDEVILLE SMASH Vaudeville Smash will be releasing their newest single Best Night at the Northcote Social Club on Saturday September 29 (did someone say Grand Final after party?!). This will be the band's ﬁrst release in over a year and the beginning of a new phase in the band's already illustrious career. Supported by Charlotte Nicdao and special guest. Doors open at 8pm.

NAI PALM Nai Palm is lead singer and guitarist for Hiatus Kaiyote, known around town for their soulful polyrhythmic sounds and is playing a series of solo shows downstairs at Bar Open. This will be your last chance to catch Nai Palm before heading to New York and LA where she'll be performing at prestigious CMJ music industry event as well as appearing on inﬂuential radio station KCRW. Pop in to see what the fuss is all about. Accompanied by strictly vinyl DJ Percy Valentin, every Sunday afternoon at Bar Open in September, free entry from 4pm.

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MISS LITTLE After winning the Crowded House International lyric writing competition, touring with Lanie Lane, and releasing the '50s melodramatic video for A Place Without Time, Sydney-based Miss Little is thrilled to ﬁnally bring her amazing band to Melbourne to release her new single Years. Hailed as a 'musical chameleon', Miss Little describes the new single as folk-hop-chamber-pop. Brendan Maclean will be joining the road trip, and Melbourne locals April Maze round out what is sure to be a great gig. The Grace Darling Hotel tonight, Wednesday September 26, tickets $10, doors 8.30pm.

Dirt River Radio have released their anticipated follow-up to 2010’s critically acclaimed Beer Bottle Poetry. The new album, Rock’N’Roll Is My Girlfriend, was released in August and new single Blackhearted is already being played on triple j and PBSfm. Join St Kilda’s favourite roots/rock underdogs in rare duo form as a special treat for Melbourne fans with Al and Heath at their home-away-from-home Pure Pop Records in St Kilda, every Thursday in September. Doors open at 6pm and entry is free.

Teresa Dixon (The Little Sisters) is letting some solo tunes out of the bag for a trial run before she lunges back into the studio for more punishment. Paying homage to the likes of Gillian Welch and Jolie Holland, Teresa explores tragedy, loss, self-deprecation and elation backed by some sweet ﬁnger picking on both acoustic guitar and banjo. With a voice that that is like a crackling ﬁre and songwriting of a true storyteller Teresa is a mesmerising act not to be missed. She will be joined by special guest Tamarin Young on vocals and guitar, and supported by Samara Cullen with some smooth country-folk which goes perfectly with a sneaky Tuesday evening whiskey. Retreat Hotel front bar, Tuesday October 2, from 8.30pm.

BLUEGRASS

That's right folks! Every Monday night in every month bring your banjo, mandolin, washboard, fiddle, flatmate and join in the old time bluegrass jam session. Or just come down and watch as The Oldie gets transformed to a scene from an Appalachian mountainside. A band plays first then the jam starts. 8.30pm start and it's always free. Monday nights at The Old Bar. Cheap jugs all night.

KALEIDOSCOPE After playing sold out shows in Melbourne earlier in the year with Tumblweed, three-piece Kaleidoscope are bringing their hard psych/rock style back to Yah Yah's on Sunday September 30. With a relentless tour schedule and a solid EP behind them, Kaleidoscope are attracting the attention of music lovers across the country and the globe, gaining positive reviews from the USA, France, Ireland and more. Support from Carta Extremis and Rif Fist. Doors 5pm, music starts at 8pm, free entry.

RICHARD CLAPTON Richard Clapton has teamed up with guitarist and emerging song writer Danny Spencer to record his 13th studio album Harlequin Nights. After 40 years in the business, his music remains fresh and the lyrics are just as poetic and engaging as ever. Perhaps it is the sold out gigs from Hobart to Darwin with Australia’s ﬁnest young musicians in his band that keeps him on top of his craft. Harlequin Nights is music for the times we live in. Richard Clapton performs next in Melbourne at The Palms, Crown Casino on Friday October 5.

AMANITA Four-piece experimental band Amanita are hosting Monday nights in September at The Evelyn, playing alongside friends both new and old, including Hollow Everdaze, Grunge Safari, Esc, Sunk Junk, Vibraphonic Orchestra, Howard and Matt Kelly. Doors at 8pm and entry is free.

KELLY BREUER A few weeks ago the plans for Kelly Breuer’s debut EP Smile, It’s Free tour were revealed, where she will be heading out on the road to intimate music loving venues along the East Coast. Another Melbourne show has been added in October, so Breuer will now be returning to Melbourne to play the Great Britain Hotel on Thursday October 4 with Annie and Higgsy.

This instrumental jazz trio delves into global ﬂavours of Latin jazz and calypso, bringing a new approach to old-time swing and infectious New Orleans funk. Hypnotic grooves support gorgeous solos as Flauterhouse 3 consistently push the boundaries of what can be done sans chord instruments. See them push more boundaries at Open Studio on Sunday September 30, 5pm. Free entry.

A TRIBUTE TO RUTH BROWN Award-winning blues artists Alison Penney (Sydney) and Sweet Felicia (Melbourne) join Melbourne blues singer Diana Wolfe to pay tribute to the music and life of “Little Miss Rhythm” Ruth Brown, the US singer who pioneered the '50s R&B sound. Friday September 28 and Saturday September 29, Northcote Uniting Church, 8pm. Tickets are $15 for seats, $18+bf for standing room, or can be purchased at the door for $20 full/$15 concession for seats, $12 for standing room.

RACHEL BY THE STREAM Rachel By The Stream releases her EP Smooth Like Butter on Wednesday October 3 through Kinship Records. The ﬁrst professional release from Rachel By The Stream is a smoothly produced cross-genre mash up that captures the energy of her dynamic live show in which RBTS performs solo with a loop pedal; playing guitar, synth, melodica, djembe and hand percussion. The launch is a Darebin Music Feast event held at Northcote Town Hall on Wednesday October 3. The EP will be available and tickets are $10 or $20 with a copy of the EP. The show will be supported by Even Dawn and Justin Love & Band.

Following up their triple debut at The Workers Club, Demian, Clever Austin and Kirkis will bring you their beats from screen and stave to stage once again every Wednesday in September at The Evelyn Hotel. Each band’s performance is a luscious, ornamental, uniquely interpreted illustration of the relationship between hip-hop and jazz. The lineup consists of wildcats from Hiatus Kaiyote, The Bamboos and The Operatives, all groups who beat-ﬁends all over Melbourne must have jived to at some point in time. Each week kicks oﬀ at 8pm and costs peanuts to get into, so get on it.

BUGDUST So your team didn't make it to the Grand Final? Well come down to Yah Yah’s to drink the pain away. Bugdust, Dukes Of Deliciousness, Cold Harbor and Rocket Queen will help you forget about all the money you lost on Sportsbet by giving you a night of free rock'n'roll. Saturday September 29, doors at 5pm and bands from 9pm.

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This Friday September 28 (Grand Final Eve), Yah Yah's is putting on a completely free show featuring rock'n'rollers Sweet Teens and Bitter Sweet Kicks (you gotta see these guys live) plus alternative country group Mariocopa Wells. Doors 5pm, bands 9pm, late tunes by Richie 1250.

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KRYSTLE WARREN Enigmatic and gifted folk-jazz-soul singer and songwriter Krystle Warren is returning to Australia to support Rufus Wainwright and will headline this show of her own. Compared with Nina Simone and Aretha Franklin by various press outlets, there’s something alluringly familiar about Krystle Warren. See her for yourself on Thursday September 27 at Northcote Social Club from 8pm. Tickets are $40+bf or $50 at the door if available.

VELVET CAKE GYPSIES Velvet Cake Gypsies’ musical competence is matched by their enthusiasm as they meander through a diverse soundscape, incorporating tradition with extemporaneous modern outbursts. The members’ personalities shine through in their performances, creating infectious rhythms and an atmosphere that their audiences cannot help but sing, drink and dance to. Catch their joyous live show at The Thornbury Local on Friday September 28, 9:30pm. Tickets are $10 full and $7 concession.

T.J. QUINTON Brought up playing the guitar since the age of twelve, T.J. Quinton was inﬂuenced by the musical stylings of Leo Kottke and Dylan as well as his own father’s songwriting. He has performed alongside artists such as Jeﬀ Lang, Dallas Frasca and The Fumes and has performed in festivals throughout Australia, now he’s playing in The Good Room at Bar Nancy on Sunday September 30 at 8pm. Tickets are $10 full, $7 concession.

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Burlesque behaving boldly. Putting the BURL back into BURL-esque, these talented tricksters bring you a night of delectable yet daring burlesque and cabaret with a twist. Featuring tributes to Marilyn Monroe, Audrey Hepburn, Slash, David Bowie, MJ, Diana Ross and Elvis, it’s a show sure to titillate and tease the senses. They’re performing at Wesley Anne on Sunday September 30, 8pm. Tickets are $22.

THE ANIMATED MUSEUM OF EXPERIMENTAL STUPIDITY The Darebin Music Feast is pleased to be supporting the Animated Museum of Experimental Stupidity – a rare collection of subtly bizarre and absurd exhibits that combine live music, theatrical performance, spoken word and film. The museum explores the scientific and intellectual potential inherent in acts of silliness and absurdity. From improvised orchestral punk music to kick boxing performance poetry, avantgarde sock puppetry, and an all dancing and all singing act of surrealist aardvarks, the museum has it all. It’s a multi-art production showcasing some of the finest performers and musicians based in Melbourne, including Amy Bodassian (singer, cabaret performer), Steve Smart (poet, actor), Eddy Burger (writer, comedian), Meg Dunn (singer, poet) plus Rene Shaefer, Matt Gleason and Mark Atterby. The Animated Museum Of Experimental Stupidity is on tonight and Wednesday October 3 at Bar Nancy. Doors open at 8pm and tickets are available at the door for $13 full and $9 for concession.

CHERRY BLUES FIRST BIRTHDAY

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Welcome to Chrississippi, Americana blues country from Melbourne. Cherry Blues celebrates its ﬁrst birthday this Sunday September 30 with two sets from Chris Russell's Chicken Walk and a very special guest from 3pm. Now on steroids with Dean Muller on drums, plus DJ Max Crawdady and Ryan's Cherry chili con carne. Free entry with doors from 2pm and chili cook up and live blues from 3pm.

After winning the songwriting award at Maldon Folk Fest for their track Fooling Around and supporting the likes of Liz Stringer and The Vaudeville Smash, Oh Pep! took to the studio with renowned engineer, Cam Trewin and have since taken the plunge and released their self-titled EP at The Toﬀ In Town. After a jampacked launch last week, Oh Pep! continue their spell of exciting gigs with a September residency at Pure Pop Records, St Kilda. Two sets from 6pm 'til 8pm on Saturday September 29.

THE ARCHETYPAL Having spent the last seven months developing their dark/soulful sound The Archetypal bring fans their debut single We're All Going Home on Wednesday October 3 at The Workers Club. Supported by special guests Centre And The South and Tiny Little Houses, The Archetypal bring you a rhythmically gripping, lyrically intense, wall of sound. Doors at 7pm and entry is $4, or $7 with the single.

THE ENGAGEMENT The Engagement are a electro/pop act from Melbourne, Australia. Spending the most part of 2012 in the studio The Engagement have drawn on inﬂuences such as pop-rock heavyweights such as Muse and Coldplay, debut single Psychotherapy is a punchy electro track that is sure to get stuck in your head. The Engagement launch Psychotherapy alongside fellow pop-rockers Royal Parade and Fox Road at Fitzroy’s Workers Club, Saturday September 29.

Don't miss Dave Larkin (Dallas Crane/Gun Street Girls) in solo acoustic mode as he plays the last show of his September residency at The Retreat this Sunday September 30 in the front bar from 4pm. A ﬁne way to spend a sunny Sunday afternoon and following Dave out the back from 7pm will be the fantastic Backwood Creatures. All free.

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SALAD DAYS The Rant, a dynamic groove driven duo, are supporting Salad Days on Thursday September 27 at The Great Britain Hotel. Melbourne born-and-bred four-piece, Salad Days, will use their garage rock’n’roll sound to get everyone moving. They’re sweet enough for the girls to love and hard enough for the boys to like. 8pm, free entry.

DARCEE FOX Having released their debut EP in early September, Darcee Fox are embarking on a series of shows throughout October to promote Snakebite, the Melbourne rock outfit’s first release. They’ll be playing at Kate’s Party on Friday October 5, The Bendigo Hotel on Saturday October 13, The Sound Bar on Saturday October 20 and Revolver Upstairs on Saturday October 27. Be sure to catch one of Darcee Fox’s high energy shows around Melbourne to see some of the tracks off Snakebite live in the flesh.

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On that very special 'Last Saturday in September', The Tote is proud as punch to host the inaugural Tote Football Club Grand Final Day Breakfast. A champagne and chicken breakfast, doors will open at a punishing 9am for the ﬁrst ever fully catered sit-down show in The Tote pit. A strict dress code will apply of jacket and tie for men and evening wear for women. Hosted by RRR's All Over The Shop Stew Farrell, musical entertainment will be provided by turbo-party machine Money For Rope, garage-pop outﬁt The Bowers, Mississippi country blues pair Chris Russell’s Chicken Walk and the guest of honour, former Fitzroy and Richmond AFL Champion and rock’n’roll devotee Michael ‘Butch’ Gale. Limited to only 50 reserve seats with standing room tickets available at the door. This Grand Final Day it's hot pies, cold drinks and rock’n’roll at The Tote.

THE WORKINGHORSE IRONS Melbourne psychobilly band The Workinghorse Irons have announced they are releasing a brand new self titled EP on Saturday September 29 through Airlock Records and to celebrate, the band is hitting the road. Coinciding with the album release the boys have just been added to the Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne Nekromantix shows. Head down to Ruby’s in Belgrave on the Friday Septmeber 28 and Cherry Bar on Saturday September 29 (Grand Final Night) to have a few beers and help celebrate. Supporting acts are Perth rockabilly riots The Blazin' Entrails and Melbourne’s own rock'n'roll upstarts The Jacks, so be sure not to miss this out. Doors are at 8pm sharp.

CREEPSHOW HALLOWEEN FESTIVAL 2012 Attention creatures of the night. Melbourne’s biggest Halloween party, Creepshow Halloween Festival, returns to The Espy on Saturday October 20. See the entire venue transformed into a haunted mansion, playing host to seductive burlesque dancers, creepy DJs and a horde of spine-tingling bands. Performing live will be Engine Three Seven, The Khyber Belt, Ten Thousand, Over-Reactor, Bronson, Anna Salen Vs Mario Bros, Sharaya, LeBelle, I Am Duckeye, Cloud City, Massive, Kettlespider, Arcane Saints and heaps more. Dress to kill and you may just win a prize for your eﬀorts. Be a part of Creepshow 2012, Tickets $21 available from The Espy website and all Oztix outlets.

MICHAEL WAUGH This Sunday September 30 at The Great Britain Hotel, 7pm, sees Michael Waugh play his country-inspired folk music, telling his stories inspired by his contemporary Australian lifestyle and his rural upbringing. Michael’s songwriting has earned him recognition through awards at the Port Fairy Folk Festival and Australian Songwriter’s Association. Supporting Michael and his band is Kate Crowley, who delivers a rich mix of contemporary and traditional, folk and old timey tunes. Her straight up attitude and songwriting, coupled with dynamic vocal stylings, creates a performance with a little something for everyone. Free entry.

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HENRY WAGONS

1. Must Be Desire MOJO JUJU 2. Ghosts THE PRESETS 3. Waking Up Your House Again CATHERINE TRAICOS 4. Muckraker KING GIZZARD AND THE LIZARD WIZARD 5. In Echoes Of Dawn MATT WALKER 6. When I’m Dead DEAD HEADS 7. Six Months In A Cast THE TROUBLE WITH TEMPLETON 8. Pills DAMN TERRAN 9. Hold On Me DEEP STREET SOUL 10. My Gun THE RUBENS

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With his alpha male personality, mellifluous voice and penchant for ironic narrative, Henry Wagons should never be short of company. Like German sociologist Max Weber’s ideal type, Wagons is blessed with that most precious of behavioural attributes, charisma. Give this man a guitar, a microphone and the opportunity to perform, and he’ll have the toughest of opponents skipping to his tune quicker than you can say Johnny Cash. Wagons’ latest outing – notionally a solo effort, with his trustworthy backing band put out to the back paddock while Henry satisfies his current creative urge – is a minialbum featuring seven duets with the likes of Alison Mosshart (The Kills, Dead Weather), Patience Hodgson (The Grates), Sophia Brous, Gossling and Robert Forster (The Go-Betweens). Recorded while Wagons was in mortal combat with fever and random physical trauma (apparently an exploding light bulb), Expecting Company? is a rambling dialectic ride through the colourful recesses of Wagons’ mind. The music is darker and more intense than the standard issue Wagons irony. On Unwelcome Company, Wagons channels Good Son-era Nick Cave hanging out at a Radio Birdman gig at the Bondi Lifesaver, trading vocal barbs with Mosshart’s too-cool-for-school punk chick shtick; as the maelstrom breaks, there’s debris all around, and only Wagons’ evil grin saves us from a fate worse than death. I’m In Love With Mary Magdalene takes a stroll down the back alleys of biblical contemplation; as Wagons walks in line with the spirit of Johnny Cash, Sophia Brous offers sanctuary, but there’s a sense it’s all too late. With matters standing awkwardly on the precipice of despair, Wagons joins Canadian singer Jenn Grant on Give Things A Chance on a lazy stroll toward spiritual redemption; by the time Wagons slips off the beaten track and finds Robert Forster loitering in the corner of the bar with a weathered copy of the Beasts Of Bourbon’s The Axeman’s Jazz in I Still Can’t Find Her, things are likely decidedly dangerous. A Hangman’s Work Is Never

LIL B

California Boy (Independent) At the end of the video for California Boy, the first taste of hyper-prolific rapper Lil B’s first foray into rock, we see “LIL B HAS MADE HISTORY” emblazoned across our YouTube window. It’s true. It’s impossible to review Lil B in the context of anything else, he’s functioning in a world which disrupts all convention. I don’t know if California Boy is actually any good, but I can’t stop listening to it. Protect Lil B at all costs. Thank you Based God.

THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS

Mexico (Indpendent) Looks like western-rock is giving horror-country a run as Melbourne’s reigning niche genre du jour. Here The Fearless Vampire Killers serviceably run through a rollicking cacti-laden jaunt. Thing is, the mundane imagery of cowboy boots, ponchos and lit cigarettes lead me to believe that The Fearless Vampire Killers don’t know shit about Mexico beyond the cliché. It’s simplistic to the point of near-parody, but I’m guessing it would probably translate a lot better to the live setting. Still, The Toot Toot Toots did it better with Gomorrah Fields.

PSY

Gangnam Style (Schoolboy/Universal Republic) So who would of guessed that the biggest song of 2012 would be a garish, LMFAO-style banger from a goofy K-pop star with a penchant for screaming at arses? Yeah I know, it’s a million internet years old by now, but its recent dominance of worldwide charts is as good as an excuse as any to write about it. You’re going to hear this at every wedding, every party, every music festival this year, you’re going to mumble along an approximation of the lyrics until busting out the “ayyyyy sexy lady”, you’re going to mangle the simplistic giddy-up dance moves, and you’re going to love every minute of it.

FIRST AID KIT

Wolf (PIAS/Liberator) First Aid Kit managed to put me to sleep standing up at this year’s Golden Plains. Can’t really blame them, intimate folk is rarely ﬂattered by the Supernatural Amphitheatre PA. Plus I was way wankered. The opening line to Wolf reads “Wolf mother, where have you been?” which tempted me to make a joke along the lines of “they’ve been on tour with Smashing Pumpkins” but that is a terrible joke so I won’t make it. But anyway, Wolf is a mighty impressive take on Americana folk, rivalling that of Fleet Foxes – the band which the Swedish twins covered and gained their breakthrough YouTube exposure.

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THORNBURY RECORDS Done ﬁnds Wagons swimming in the murky moral waters of Nick Cave’s Tupelo, contemplating the psychosis that lies just beneath the facade of human rationality; Patience Hodgson arrives to help out, but Wagons might never recover. At that moment the black clouds clear, and Wagons and Gossling team up in Give Me A Kiss trading sweet country nothings like Lee Hazlewood and Nancy Sinatra hanging out in a Gippsland pub. Finally, there’s Wagons in solo mode, reprising Marylou from Rumble, Tumble And Shake, Wagons’ most recent record. There’s a vague hint of The Band’s Richard Manuel at his most vulnerable – is this the real Henry Wagons, stripped of the bravado and charisma? But Henry Wagons isn’t a passive objective of cheap poppsycho analysis. He’s a charming, talented, spirited singersongwriter for whom company is always welcome. PATRICK EMERY Best Track: I’m In Love With Mary Magdalene If You Like These, You’ll Like This: JOHNNY CASH, NICK CAVE, ELVIS In A Word: Deep

SINGLES BY LACHLAN I was supposed to go to a party on Saturday night but I ended up staying at home super-trawling through my Facebook timeline while listening to Somebody That I Used To Know on loop for hours on end. Again.

TOP TENS

CITY CALM DOWN

Pleasure & Consequence (I OH YOU) Recently signed to I OH YOU, and the first band to join the stable that isn’t a filthy shithead rock outfit, City Calm Down are a Melbourne four-piece who favour synths and dance to grunge and bucket bongs. A baritone and clean guitar licks is always going to attract comparisons to Joy Division, but Pleasure & Consequence contains more than a few deft touches which alleviate any chance of being labelled derivative. The smattering of horns is the icing on the cake.

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3RRR SOUNDSCAPE 1. Expecting Company? HENRY WAGONS 2. Sea Of Joy TULLY 3. Time’s All Gone NICK WATERHOUSE 4. Mirage Rock BAND OF HORSES 5. Dot TIM RICHMOND 6. The Electric Sounds Of Far Away Choirs CHILDREN OF THE WAVE 7. The Magic Door CHRIS ROBINSON BROTHERHOOD 8. In Another Life CATHERINE TRAICOS 9. Pocket Full Of Dreams DIAFRIX 10. The Key Of Sea Volume 2 VARIOUS ARTISTS

SYN SWEET 16 1. High Horse SECRET MOUNTAINS 2. The Place INC. 3. The Reasons Why TOY 4. Ash Tree Lane MS MR 5. Babel MUMFORD & SONS 6. Swim & Sleep UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA 7. Trees & Flowers DUM DUM GIRLS 8. Long Vows BAND OF HORSES 9. Choy Lin FISHING 10.The Real (ft. Mantra, Grey Ghost) ILLY

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Cast Away (Indpependent) Strange Talk have had a decent crack at getting their drums to sound just like M83. That’s probably the only remarkable thing about Cast Away, a lightweight dancepop number that is inoﬀensive to the point of being oﬀensive. The synths never really take us anywhere and the lyrics are mind-numbingly basic. Having said that, I’m sure Cast Away has a real strong chance of a showing in the 2010 triple j Hottest 100.

Maybe Later (Independent) Mixing a wall of shoegaze guitars and an endearingly slapdash vocal take, Step-Panther hit the mark with a brazen display of teenage brattiness. Lackadaisical beyond reproach, this is as good as anything from the Mascis-worshipping wave of acts from the past couple of years. I don’t even care that these guys aren’t my real panther.

FUTURE ISLANDS

Tomorrow (Upset The Rhythm) Every second from the beginning of Tomorrow until the ﬁnal soulful plea of “You stole my heart/I need it back now” is sheer heaven. Frontman Samuel T Herring possesses one hell of a vocal styling, sounding something like a black Antony Hegarty over a blissful vintage backing choir.

SINGLE OF THE WEEK VAUDEVILLE SMASH

Best Night (Independent) There’s a lot going on in Best Night, and all of it is very, very good. It actually sounds like what “the best night of your life” should sound like – euphoric, sexy and very intoxicating. Vaudeville Smash’s previous work sometimes leaned towards parody, kind of like that band in Old School, but here they play it straight with the smooth yacht-rock vibes and they’re all the better for it. And so are we.

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PBS TIPSHEET 1. Solidarity THE SOUL JAZZ ORCHESTRA 2. Meat + Bone THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION 3. En Yay Sah JANKA NABAY & THE BUBU GANG 4. Expecting Company HENRY WAGONS 5. Thankful N’ Thoughtful BETTYE LAVETTE 6. Tommy Stewart’s Disco Love Aﬀair VARIOUS ARTISTS 7. For My Parents MONO 8. Black Crow NIGEL WEARNE 9. Allotrope PETER KNIGHT 10. Sea Of Lights SUZANNAH ESPIE

TOP TEN CANNIBAL CORPSE SONG NAMES (THERE ARE SO, SO MANY) 1. Orgasm Through Torture 2. Addicted To Vaginal Skin 3. Skewered From Ear To Eye 4. A Skull Full Of Maggots 5. Meat Hook Sodomy 6. Submerged In Boiling Flesh 7. Vomit The Soul 8. Shredded Humans 9. Rotted Body Landslide 10. I Cum Blood

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MUMFORD & SONS

Babel (Dew Process/Universal) Mumford & Sons brought the music world to its knees with their debut release of 2009, Sigh No More, and are set to do it all again with follow-up Babel. Deftly sidestepping that awkward second-album questionability, the folk rock troubadours stay true to their sound while recording in such a way it often feels the band are right there, rocking out with you in your lounge room (some tracks were recorded live). There’s that old saying, if it ain’t broke… well, it most certainly is not broke. Album opener and title track welcomes listeners back to the Mumford fold with open arms, its instantly epic sound saturating every inch of the air from start to finish. Definitely one of the standout tracks on the album and just the beginning of a journey where true song craft and musical brilliance carry each foot forward. At its end, Not With Haste rings of inner fulfillment and triumphantly speaks straight to the heart: “I am what I am/I leave no ties for a cynic’s mind.” The perfect closer. This band has absolutely nailed the art of the climactic build. In songs like Lovers Eyes, Broken Crown and Below My Feet, the listener is guided gently from acoustic strums below frontman Marcus Mumford’s raspy, earning vocals, only minutes later to be swept up in an urgent flurry of banjos, guitars and percussion, like a sports star carried on the shoulders of his biggest fans. Another builder, Hopeless Wanderer, sits alongside first single I Will Wait as an album highlight, its tumultuous yet driving rhythm irresistible to the ears. In fact, whether it’s acoustic, full-bodied or somewhere in between, Babel is an utterly addictive album and shows a band in its prime with plenty left in the tank. The only challenge Best Track: Babel they face now is playing enough shows for us all If You Like These, You’ll Like This: LAURA MARLING, in December. JOHN BUTLER TRIO, DAN MANGAN In A Word: Addictive JEN WILSON

CAT POWER

Sun (Matador/Remote Control) Chan Marshall’s ninth album experiments with a variety of different genres and then buffs them up to create some of her cleanest, most pop-oriented music, though it’s often at the expense of the lyrics. 3, 6, 9 gets by on its attitude, so you can forgive the clunky chorus “3, 6, 9/You drink wine/Monkey on your back/You feel just fine.” The bulk of Real Life is a shopping list of people who are of one profession, but wish they were doing another. Ruin is a strong single, but it’s mostly just reeling off place-names and, if it had a hashtag, it would be summed up by #firstworldproblems. There are a few questionable production choices too: Sun’s gimmick is Auto-tune, and Cherokee chucks in a hawk’s cry for good measure. What nudges the album closer to the level of Cat Power’s past work is the quality of the final third of the album. Manhattan is a gorgeous, pared-back track that tracks along a simple piano-percussion composition and narrows the focus on Marshall’s beautiful voice. Silent Machine and Peace And Love have a steamy, rugged quality, and again prove that her simpler ideas work best. “I want to love my way of living”, a lyric from the weary Always On My Own, is echoed later in the album’s eleven-minute opus Nothing But Time (“You want to live – my way of living”), with even old Iggy Pop stumbling in for the last few lines of the looping chorus. It’s an open letter to her ex’s teenage daughter, but could just as easily be a plea to Marshall’s younger self – also with a freshly cropped haircut, but yet to conquer her demons. Sun is a self-affirming paean Best Track: Manhattan If You Like These, You’ll Like This: IRM CHARLOTTE to life and how to live it, but it’s lacking that magic touch that Marshall usually brings to proceedings. GAINSBOURG, Love And Youth JENNY WILSON In A Word: Self-help CHRIS GIRDLER

Kitsuné have always embraced pop music of all descriptions, so when Irish trio Two Door Cinema Club joined their ranks in 2010 with their debut album Tourist History, it was no surprise that it was an album of sparkly electronic-tinged pop. Since then TDCC have tasted success, touring the record worldwide to adoring fans, picked up a few awards, and been gifted the ‘critic favourite’ tag. Now, the ‘difficult second album’ Beacon is upon us. The album starts out with Next Year which is a song about lost and ‘realised’ love, setting the tone for the album, both in style and lyrical content. Handshake and Wake Up are very reminiscent of mid-noughties British indie-pop a la Arctic Monkeys and The Cribs. The latter has a soaring chorus which borders on cringey, and three songs in, there is an almost identical structure to the songs which make them all pass by rather forgettably. Sun changes things somewhat. The lyrics are a bit cliché, but it has a layered vocal section which sounds like vintage ‘70s American-rock, in a good way. Things improve on the more dynamic Someday, and ‘coolest guitar hook of the album’ winner The World Is Watching, featuring Valentine. The guest vocal adds another dimension which is maybe missing from the other songs. Settle and Spring are on the bland side, and fail to push any buttons, but Pyramid takes a bite out of Foals, and this brings the attention back with it’s off-kilter guitar swirls, percussion and horn section. The title track closes the deal, a laid-back number which includes the vocal “I’m coming home.” The meaning of the album title is revealed. In the words of Two Door Cinema Club themselves, “Beacon is much more intimate than our first, but at the same time, it’s bigger and more inclusive.” Best Track: The World Is Watching Beacon is ultimately a tad underwhelming, and If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Whatever People Say although there are ‘moments’, it seems the intimacy I Am, That’s What I’m Not ARCTIC MONKEYS, Mine Is TDCC speak of, may have taken the edge off. Yours COLD WAR KIDS, The New Fella THE CRIBS In A Word: Inoffensive SCOTT NICOLSON

DONNY BENÉT

Electric Love (Rice Is Nice) My love for Donny Benét is both unbounding and hard to rationalise. Donny’s breakthrough debut of last year, Don’t Hold Back, is the only album of recent memory that I can recite every lyric verbatim. It’s a certiﬁed classic in my eyes. I guess it’s supposed to be funny in some sense, and a lot of listeners interpret it as such. But I guess what grabs me about Donny is that his tracks, whether it be from endearing naiveté or simplistic metaphor, cut to something that’s resoundingly genuine. “Let’s just make sweet love tonight,” the gentle cry on Don’t Hold Back standout Sophisticated Lover, somehow resonates more sincerely than anything else I heard in 2011, even more than Shogun’s cathartic howl of “I know she did” on Royal Headache’s Really In Love. Electric Love is a relatively quick follow-up record. A handful of songs on the record, including the title track, have featured in Donny’s live act before his studio debut, resulting in the sense that this is more an extension of Don’t Hold Back than a standalone artefact. The signature pitch-bending Moog solos are still present, especially in the very excellent Gimme Your Heat, but this time around they’ve been joined by some very sensual sax work. All 4 You bounds into action with an irresistible slap-bassline, before a steamy, breathy leadup into its glorious sax solo payoﬀ. The album is limitless in its positivity. You Will Make It In LA is an uplifting jaunt, apparently dedicated to Donny’s mates Jack Ladder and Kirin J Callinan. Donny morphs into a benevolent Gordon Gekko on the anthem You Want To Win, providing a thousand self-help books’ worth of motivation within its spoken word breakdowns. Sexy, smooth, and just plain good, Electric Love holds Best Track: Treat Yourself up as one of the standout local releases of 2012. If You like These, You’ll Like This: Prince PRINCE, I believe in Donny Benét. Street Songs RICK JAMES In A Word: Sophisticated LACHLAN KANONIUK

JENS LEKMAN

THE RUBENS

I Know What Love Isn’t (Spunk)

The Rubens (Ivy League) Like any self-respecting indie band The Rubens have been hitting the trail and working to establish their name, which they have done. Their self-titled debut album, which despite their humble nature sounds like a seasoned world class band with years of experience. The Rubens is an 11 track odyssey full of pain and reflection, as well as joy and love. It is evident that the album, a collaboration between the fourpiece band and veteran American producer David Kahne (The Strokes, New Order) was produced with tender care. Opening track The Best We Got is the ultimate example of the union between band and producer, as soaring string arrangements meld with jagged bluesy guitar. The real star of the track however is vocalist Zaac Margin, who drops relatable jewels about being young and looking for love. The love theme continues on rip roaring lead single My Gun, however this time it looks at the destructive nature of relationships. This time the highlight is the driving organ and hard hitting drum sound. For the most part proceedings stay up-tempo however the band also shine when rocking out more brooding, slow burning tunes. Remaining on the fatalistic edge I’ll Surely Die exudes passion and you can feel genuine emotion, even while the subject matter remains somewhat mysterious. The album’s ultimate bluesy slow jam, one that will surely be a live favourite, is closing track Paddy. Ruminating on a past relationship, Margin sings “I don’t want to be the one to stop you from having fun, I’ve held you back for long enough, it’s different when we fell in love.” Every word from Margin drips with a primal energy, as if the words are being pushed out. The simple yet intricate instrumental backing perfectly complements the picture he is painting. Best Track: The Best We Got A defining musical statement, The Rubens presents a If You Like These You’ll Like This: Trouble’s Door ASH band that is just getting started on an epic journey. GRUNWALD, Attack & Release THE BLACK KEYS In A Word: Epic ANDREW HAZARD HICKEY

Oh, Jens. What has Melbourne done to you? Sweden’s sensitive crooner has always had a strain of melancholy, but it’s clear that his recent overseas experience has played havoc with his emotions. It also seems to have had an impact on how prolific he is, with a five-year gap between I Know What Love Isn’t and previous album Night Falls Over Kortedala. It’s a shame we don’t get many songs on this album as enjoyable as An Argument With Myself or Waiting For Kirsten (from his most recent EP), but they would have felt a bit out of place nestled among these ten tracks. This is a breakup album and there are tears to be had, particularly in the album’s sobering centre and the opening/closing song Every Little Hair Knows Your Name. Lekman still manages to make sad feelings fun, though. The lengthy The World Moves On is refreshingly classic Jens, bopping along to a finger-snapping tune, but also fleshing out the full narrative of his doomed relationship during a sweltering Victoria summer. Then comes a song that surfaced on the internet a few years ago, the allembracing The End Of The World Is Bigger Than Both Of Us, which celebrates life rather than analyses love. Despite almost being derailed by contrived giggling, the charming title track takes time out to cruise along Lygon St, rate girls and ponder the idea of a marriage of convenience. Perhaps the biggest problem with I Know What Love Isn’t is not that it’s self-pitying (it’s a breakup album, that’s the point), it’s that the lack of playfulness and dynamics make the songs veer a little too close to linear MOR balladry. The lyrics show that Lekman hasn’t quite lost his lightheartedness, despite the subject matter, but Best Track: The End Of The World Is Bigger Than Both Of Us If You Like These, You’ll Like This: 69 Love Songs THE here’s hoping he can lick his wounds and get back on track from his hometown, Gothenburg. MAGNETIC FIELDS, Sea Change BECK In A Word: Lovelorn CHRIS GIRDLER

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GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY 26 SEP ROCK/POP COLLAGE - FEAT: DAMN THE MAPS + APES + BLACK GALAXY EXPERIENCE Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. DAN KROCHMAL Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. GOLD BLOOM + DANVERS + THE OCEAN PARTY Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. JAMES MORRISON + GIN WIGMORE Forum Theatre, Melbourne. 1:45pm. JAREK (ALBUM LAUNCH) + OH DEANNA + SKIPPY’S BRAIN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. KING OF THE NORTH + STRANGERS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. LILLY ROUGE + BLACK TEA HOUSE + THREE TIME THRILL Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $5. MYSTERY JETS + NORTHEAST PARTY HOUSE Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. $44. SCISSOR SISTERS Hamer Hall, The Arts Centre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $50. SPERMAIDS + CUNTZ + TEENAGE UBIDO Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE MIMICS (EP LAUNCH) + THE SCRIMSHAW FOUR + TORQUE John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. TOM TUENA - FEAT: TOM TUENA BAND Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:00pm. WARMTH CRASHES + CELERY + DAN MYLES + FLYING COLOURS + LOW TIDE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $8.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ACOUSTICS ANONYMOUS The 86, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. DAREBIN MUSIC FEAST SONGWRITER’S SEMI-FINAL Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 7:30pm. DEAD WATER CITY Kent St Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. GARY CLARK JR + CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $28. K-LEE Bebida, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. LADY ANTEBELLUM Palais Theatre, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $110. MISS LITTLE (YEARS LAUNCH) + APRIL MAZE + BRENDAN MACLEAN Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $10. OPEN MIC Dancing Dog, Footscray. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm.

OPEN MIC Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. OPEN MIC Grind N Groove, Healesville. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. OPEN MIC & JAM NIGHT Grind N Groove, Healesville. 8:00pm. PETE CORNELIUS Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. PLAY LIKE A GIRL Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. TAKA HONDA The Resurrection, Brunswick East. 7:30pm. THE ANIMATED MUSEUM OF EXPERIMENTAL STUPIDITY Bar Nancy, Northcote. 8:00pm. $13. THE TOM SHOWTIME TRIO Touche Hombre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. WAYWARD BREED Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. WINE WHISKEY WOMEN (BCNA FUNDRAISER) - FEAT: JENNY BIDDLE + GEN & FLORA Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC BANDA ALVORADA Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. DEMIAN, CLEVER AUSTIN, KIRKIS + CLEVER AUSTIN AND KIRKIS + DEMIAN + DJ JACKSON MILES Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $7. DIZZY’S BIG BAND Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. EL GRAN COMBO Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. LYN GILLETT & THE ADAM RUDEGEAIR TRIO Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. THE JOE CHINDAMO TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. THE TOM FRYER QUARTET + CHRIS FRANGOU SOUND THEORY ENSEMBLE 303, Northcote. 8:00pm.

THURSDAY 27 SEP ROCK/POP 1AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: SHABON Pony, Melbourne. 1:00am. BEGGARMAN + APACHE MEDICINE MAN + ART OF LATER + DIRTY ELVIS The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. BIG WINTER (SIMPLE IDEAS LAUNCH) + BROKEN SPLENDOUR + MELISSA MAIN BAND + POLO CLUB DJS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. BISH BASH BOSH + AUTOPORTRAITS + ZUZU ANGEL Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5.

IN SUPPORT OF THEIR E.P ‘SNAKEBITE’

SETH SENTRY The guy who made a name for himself by rapping about eating chewy bacon at a wobbly table is back, and it’s fair to say that breakfast is officially over. Sure, we love a song about falling in love with a waitress as much as the next guy, but Sentry has more to offer than that. A lot more. Having just released his much-awaited debut album This Was Tomorrow, Sentry has shown a brilliantly earnest yet still undeniably catchy side to his songwriting, and he’s celebrating by taking it on tour. Catch him at Karova Lounge, Ballarat, on Friday September 28, and The Corner on Saturday September 29. And don’t forget to tip your waitresses. CENTRE & THE SOUTH + SAMM BUELKE + THE ARCHETYPAL The B East, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. CHICKS WHO LOVE GUNS (EP LAUNCH) + DARK ARTS + THE RED LIGHTS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $10. DAYDREAM ARCADE + THE SUNSLEEPERS + TURNER John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. DEFEATER & BLACKLISTED + BLACKLISTED + DEFEATER + VULTURES Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $35. EVERMORE + LAKYN HEPERI + NATLAIE RUIZ + RUBY FROST Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $25. FULL CODE + LONG HOLIDAY + PYRENE + RENEGADE ROBOT COPS + WOLF VS FIRE Espy, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $12. GORSHA + INCHES Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. KLARA ZUBONJA + LEAH SENIOR Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. LIEUTENANT JAM + SHANE NEUBAUER Highlander, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. MAMMOTH MAMMOTH + DRIFTERS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. QUARTERDRIVE + DEATH MASQUE + HURNBURGER + LESS THEN ZERO Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $7. SEAGULL + FUYUKO’SFABELS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE CHODES + ALEJANDRO ADAMS + PRIVATE RADIO EMPIRE + SLEEPY DREAMERS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. THE GALLANT TREES + CARLY FERN Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. THE IVORY JUNCTION Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 7:15pm. THE JOKERS + DEMAIN + DJ SILENT JAY + THE FEATHERED FRIENDS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:30pm. $5. THE NUMACONICAS Bebida, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. WE’VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU - FEAT: TRASH FAIRIES + JOHN PENDLETON + WILDE CHILD Pony, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK 3CR’S WOMEN ON THE LINE FUNDRAISER - FEAT: LAURA IMBRUGLIA + COURTNEY BARNETT + THE TAYLOR PROJECT + WILEY RED FOX Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. ACOUSTIC NIGHT 29th Apartment, St Kilda. 8:30pm. DAMN THAT RIVER + EVIL TWIN Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. DAMON SMITH Bar Nancy, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. GARY CLARK JR + JACKSON FIREBIRD + THE MURLOCS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. JULIA TURNER Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. KRYSTLE WARREN + DANIEL CHAMPAGNE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $40. LILLY ROUGE + BLACK THE HOUSE + PRETTY DULCIE Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. MIKEY MADDEN Bar Nancy, Northcote. 9:00pm. $10. MRS HEMINGWAY Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15. OPEN MIC Acoustic Cafe, Collingwood. 6:30pm. OPEN MIC Arcadia Hotel, South Yarra. 7:00pm. OPEN MIC Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm.

PETE CORNELIUS + LES THOMAS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. SALAD DAYS + THE RANT Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. SIME NUGENT Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. THE JESS YOUNG TRIO Touche Hombre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. THREE FOR TEA - FEAT: ALI PENNEY + DIANA WOLFE + SWEET FELICIA Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. TIM NEAL TRIO 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. VELMA GROVE + BRIGHTLY + EMERSON SNOWE Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC ALWAN Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 8:30pm. ANDREW NOLTE & HIS ORCHESTRA Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. JUDE PERL BAND + DRU & THE INTENTIONS + LITTLE WISE Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 9:00pm. MOTOWN THURSDAYS Fashion Lounge, Melbourne. 5:00pm. PHIL PARA & VERY HANDSOME MEN Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. RBS LIVE - FEAT: MARISSA & JONATHON SKOVRON: DOUBLE EP LAUNCH Red Bennies, South Yarra. 9:00pm. SALSA EXPLOSION - FEAT: DEL BARRIO First Floor, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. SCHRODERINI MEETS SHERLOCK - FEAT: JAMES SHERLOCK + KEN SCHRODER Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $15. STEPHANIE MONK 7 Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. THE NICK HAYWOOD QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. THE RE-THINK PROJECT Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE SWEETHEARTS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. VINCENT’S CHAIR Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 7:30pm.

FRIDAY 28 SEP ROCK/POP 2AM LATE SHOW (DOUBLE HEADLINE) - FEAT: SUPER BEST FRIENDS + TOO SOON! Pony, Melbourne. 2:00am. ANDY JANS-BROWN Bar Nancy, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. ANTARCTICA + DJ BLUMPY + NIGHT ORCHIDS + POLLUX B Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. BEE + JAYMIE & BRANT + MARCO & SAILOR BEWARE Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. BETTER THAN THE WIZARDS + JEHAN + THE CHARLTONS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. BITTER SWEET KICKS + MARIOCOPA WELLS + SWEET TEENS Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

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TIM & ERIC Since premiering on Adult Swim back in 2007, Tim & Eric have grown to a level of cult-like popularity. Their hit show The Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job is bizarre almost to the point of being creepy, and sometimes we’re not entirely sure what’s going on, but boy is it funny. They’ve already done sold-out tours of Europe and the USA, but get out those skin-coloured leotards and cut out the nipples, friends, because now it’s Australia’s turn! Taking to the ironically sophisticated stage of The Forum, Tim & Eric will be bringing a live show full of skits, songs, videos and more. This Saturday September 29 and Sunday September 30. Sports!

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BROOZER (ALBUM LAUNCH) + DIPROSUS + NOBODY KNEW THEY WERE ROBOTS + TTTDC Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. CHICK WHO LOVE GUNS The Bended Elbow, Geelong. 8:00pm. DANE CERTIFICATE + LITTLE KILLING + PRONOUN Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $5. DRU & THE INTENTIONS + NICK MAGIC + TARA SPACKMAN Bar Nancy, Northcote. 9:00pm. $5. EAGLE & THE WORM + COURTNEY BARNETT & THE COURTNEY BARNETTS + FRASER A GORMAN + SAM COOPER Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $10. EINSTEIN TOYBOYS Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. EZRA LEE + DJ BRUCE MILNE The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5. FEAR FACTORY + THY ART IS MURDER + TRUTH CORRODED The Hi-ﬁ, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $56. FUNK BUDDIES + CAPTAIN GROOVE 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. GODDESS GROOVES - FEAT: EMMA WALL + ALISON FERRIER + JESSE LLOYD + RUTH KATERELOS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $15. HIGH ON FIRE + SHELLFIN + SUMMONUS Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. I AM DUCKEYE + FRITZWICKY + SUBJECTIVE + THE CHARGE The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. JOHNNY ROCK & THE LIMITS + DJ SHAKY MEMORIAL + SMITTY & B GOODE Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm. KING PARROT + ABRASION + BURNING IN WHITE + DECIMATUS + RED SKY BURIAL Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15. KINGSTON DOWNES + ASTLEY IN WAYLAND + FEATHERSTONE + LIKE KITES The Baroness, Brunswick. 8:00pm. LOOK WHO’S TOXIC Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne. 8:00pm. LUCY’S CROWN + CALADONIA + DIRTY BALLROOM + DJ DANGER Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. MIA DYSON Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. NIKO Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 5:30pm. PAGEANTS + FULL UGLY + GLACIERS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $8. PAULIE BIGNELL & THE THORNBURY TWO + CORAL LEE & THE SILVER SCREAM Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. PRIESTESSA + BETH KNIGHTS Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $7. ROAD RATZ + SAILOR BEWARE + THE PRINCETONS Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. RUSSIAN CIRCLES + AGONHYMN + EAGLE TWIN + THE BRODERICK Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $38. SIX60 Forum Theatre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $38. SPACE BONG + EXTINCTEXIST + MORTARIAN + NOUS + PNEUMATIC SLAUGHTER Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. SPEEDTRIPPER + FRIENDY’S FRIDAY COCKTAILS + THE AITCHES + UNION PACIFIC Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13. THE AFROBIOTICS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE BLAZIN ENTRAILS + 4TRESS + IGNITION + THE WORKINGHORSE IRONS Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm. $10. THE ELECTRIQUE BIRDS + THE DIVINE FLUXUS + VAGABONDI Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. THE GUILTS Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE MESSENGERS & THE SPIN (EP LAUNCH) + THE MESSENGERS + THE SPIN Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. THE MODERN AGE + DAN & HANNAH ACFIELD + ELLIOT THE BULL + RUBY FROST + TURNER Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 9:00pm. $10. TONY TOUCH + CROOKED SAINT + DJ MANCHILD + HIATUS KAIYOTE + SCATTER SCATTER SOUND SYSTEM Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. TRASH FAIRYS + ELUCID + SMASH & SWAN Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. TZU (MILLIONS OF MOMENTS TOUR) + KRYPTIC + SIETTA Pier Live, Frankston. 8:00pm. $20. ULCERATE + DEPARTE + IGNIVOMOUS + ODIUSEMBOWEL Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $20.

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VAUDEVILLE SMASH Wild local lads Vaudeville Smash will be releasing their latest single, Best Night, at the Northcote Social Club on Saturday September 29. This will be the band’s first release in over a year and the beginning of a new phase in the band’s already illustrious career. With Beat’s own Lachlan Kanoniuk once writing in a review that, “I’ll be damned if the Vaudeville Smash aren’t the most mindblowingly refreshing live act to emerge from Melbourne since God-knows when”, this is one gig you don’t wanna miss. Supported by Charlotte Nicdao and special guest. Doors open at 8pm. WEDDINGS PARTIES ANYTHING + EVEN + LIVINGSTONE DAISIES + MC BRIAN NANKERVIS Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. WORD OF MOUTH First Floor, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $10. XENOGRAFT + QLAYEFACE + SQUAREHEAD + THE NEST ITSELF Pony, Melbourne. 8:00pm.

HIGH ON FIRE With a name either paying homage to pyromaniac bong heads or a skyscraper cleaner making a bunch of ripper calls with his mates, underground thrash-sludge messiahs High On Fire are still producing top shelf material. The boys are bringing their latest piece, De Vermis Mysteriis, to The Espy’s Gershwin Room on Friday September 28. Tickets through Oztix. MATT GLASS Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. PLAN B Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. SOFA SOUL Purple Emerald, Northcote. 10:00pm. THE TEK TEK ENSEMBLE Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. TRIO AGOGO 303, Northcote. 6:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK DD DUMBO Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. $10. DECIBELS RECORDS ARTIST SHOWCASEQ Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 7:00pm. $10. DERRICK & ROB Pirates Tavern, Williamstown. 8:00pm. EAST BRUNSWICK ALL GIRLS CHOIR Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 10:30pm. GAZ KEMPSTER Touche Hombre, Melbourne. 8:00pm. GILL TANGY + BLACKSHAW BEAT + KIUNK ORCHESTRA Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. HEEL TOE EXPRESS Palomino, Northcote. 10:00pm. JAYNE DENHAM Palais, Hepburn Springs. 8:30pm. $20. JVG’S GRANDFINAL EVE PIE NIGHT - FEAT: BILLY MILLER + IAN BLAND + PAUL STEWARD + REBECCA BARNARD + CHARLES JENKINS + JVG ALL STAR BAND + SOMIN MADDON Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $27. LITTLE MISS RHYTHM - FEAT: ALISON PENNEY + DIANA WOLFE Northcote Uniting Church, Northcote. 8:00pm. $18. LOUIS KINGS’ LIARS CLUB Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. MERRI CREEK PICKERS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. NICOLETTE FORTE Balaclava Hotel, Balaclava. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC & JAMM NIGHT St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 8:00pm. RAMBLING BOOTS - FEAT: PHEASANT PLUCKERS + RAISED BY EAGLES + TRACY MCNEIL BAND The B East, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. STEVE SMART (VOICES IN MY HEAD TOUR) + AMANDA ANASTASI + MAURICE MCNAMARA + RANDALL STEPHENS + ZENOBIA FROST British Crown Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSIONS - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm. VELVET CAKE GYPSIES Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC CLAIRY BROWN & THE BANGIN’ RACKETTES The Flying Saucer Club, Elsternwick. 8:00pm. JAMES SHERLOCK TRIO Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. JULIE O’HARA & ULTRAFOX Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20. KIMBA & RYAN Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25.

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SATURDAY 29 SEP ROCK/POP 2AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: WOLFPACK Pony, Melbourne. 8:00pm. ADRIAN WHYTE (CD LAUNCH) + CHINESE HANDCUFFS Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. ATLUK (EP LAUNCH) 1000 Pound Bend, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. BAD VISION + QUINCE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. BANG - FEAT: LATE NOVEMBER + ANDREW LIM + CUALFIELD + JOSH BRUGAN + THE INSOMNIACS Royal Melbourne Hotel, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. BOGAN NATION - FEAT: MIDNIGHT DRIVE + CURSING TOMORROW + SONIC JUNGLE + THE FOG Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 7:30pm. $12. BUGDUST + COLD HARBOUR + DUKES OF DELICIOUSNESS + ROCKET QUEEN Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. BUNNY MONROE The B East, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. CHRIS FRANKLIN Palais, Hepburn Springs. 6:30pm. $10. CLAMPDOWN Rochester Castle Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. CLAYMORE + SAOIRSE Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $25.

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LAURA IMBRUGLIA THE TAYLOR PROJECT, WILEY RED FOX, COURTNEY BARNETT

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Friday 28th September

ANTARCTICA - LAUNCH NIGHT ORCHIDS, POLLUX B DJ BLUMPY

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Saturday 29th September

What do you love about making music? The euphoric flash of inspired creativity that comes through – the magic of song writing! What can a punter expect from your live show? Some crackin’ good tunes with beats’n’bass, delivered in a smoothly executed performance of live looping – I loop my voice, guitar, synth, percussion and melodica to create my sound on stage. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? The double single Return Again/Body And Soul is launched on Wednesday October 3 at Northcote Town Hall as part of the Darebin Music Feast. The show features support from Even Dawn, Justin Love and Sexy Selecta. Tickets are $10 on the door or available from www.musicfeast.com – doors open at 7pm. If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why? A limited edition Green & Black’s organic chocolate bar containing squares of every type of Green & Black’s chocolate bar. I dreamt about one of those the other night.

THE EUPHORIACS WHIPPED CREAM CHARGERS, ESC, SOOKY LA LA 8:30PM $10 DJ RACHEL BAXTER

GRAND FINAL ON THE BIG SCREEN BBQ AND CHEAP JUGS

1PM FREE

Sunday 30th September

What makes a good musician? Passion, talent, determination, resilience.

JEMMA & THE WISE YOUNG AMBITIOUS MEN THE WILD COMFORTS, LITTLE WING DJ KEZBOT

What advice would you give to bands that are new on the Melbourne music scene? Melbourne has an incredibly supportive open mic scene: visit some open mic nights and start chatting to the other folk there.

Monday 1st October

If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? I really respect DubFX and Flower Fairy for their level of musicality combined with a firm handle on the tech they use, as well as their high energy live shows...and I’m sure they’d be so much fun to tour with!

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BELLY OF THE B-EAST Squash your delicate hors d’oeuvre and blow your painstakingly crafted food foam in the face of pretentious foodies, then when you’re done, get down to the B.East for a good old-fashioned chow down. The famous Brunswick East burger joint wants to put the ‘OD’ back in ‘food’, and they’re doing it tonight, with their first ever veggie burger, chilli, and Ben & Jerrys ice-cream-eating competition. Join viral phenomenon Man Vs Metro as he and others compete to win the coveted title of ‘The Belly of the B.East’. The veggie burgers will be sliders (mini burgers), because as an egalitarian establishment, the B.East believes that our vegetarian brothers and sisters should be allowed the right to prove they’ve got just as much beef. Guest judges will be awarding titles for enthusiasm, technique, and quantity. The chilli and Ben & Jerrys ice-cream-eating competitions will be a whole other type of gastronomic torture, following a ‘last man standing’ tournament model. If you’re game, you can enter on arrival, and for those less beastly, there will be meal deals, entertainment and an unpretentious vibe to enjoy. Why eat for comfort, pleasure, or a stable glycemic index when you can eat for glory!? 80 Lygon St, Brunswick East. From 7pm.

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ONE

Define your genre in five words or less: Heavy, alternative, honest, powerful, rock. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? While we have our varying influences (everything from Beatles to Deftones) we, as do our fans, struggle to find a band we sound like. Some reviews have likened us to Tool, Deftones and Incubus. What do you love about making music? It’s hard to say. I’ve been writing since I was 12, so its all I know. What I do know for sure is that the times in my life when I haven’t been writing, I’ve felt empty and without sure direction, which is why I’ve always gone back to it. What can a punter expect from your live show? We write music we would listen to and believe potential fans will love equally. With that in mind, when we get the opportunity to play our stuff live to an audience big or small, you will be sure to, at the least, see how much we enjoy what we do and the fact we get to show you our music. We jump, we scream, we dance and we have a damn good time doing it, and to date, our audience has not been let down, nor do we intend to let them down.

What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? One thing growing up was knowing that music was a constant. It was always there to soothe the soul or induce happiness without asking for anything in return. Whether its angst, dismay, love, happiness, scared, its knowing someone else gets it that makes those songs you will listen to forever and a day. If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? I think I speak for the whole band when I say Tool, A Perfect Cirlce or Deftones would be top of the list. But there are many bands that we/I would love to tour with. Too many to name them all. ONE play at The Tote this Saturday September 29 with Rainbird, Kettlespider and Orsome Wells.

DIRT UNIT + ANNA LIEBZEIT Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. ELLIOT THE BULL Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. FOOTY FINALS NIGHT - FEAT: REAL THING Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. GRAND FINAL CELEBRATION - FEAT: ZOOPHYTE: SINGLE LAUNCH + PANDORUM + THE HIDING + THE VENDETTAS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. GRAND FINAL PARTY - FEAT: TOWERS + HONEY BADGERS + TIN LION Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $8. GRAND PERCEPTOR + GRAND PRISMATIC + THE PRETTY LITTLES Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. HARD COPY St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 9:00pm. KING OF THE NORTH + LEVITATING CHURCHES + MILLION DOLLAR JAM BAND + ROSENCRANTS + SHIMMERNET + VIRTUE Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 12:00pm. KINSHIP SHOWCASE - FEAT: JSHWA + MATTRIKS + SUN HYLAND + EVEN DAWN + RACHEL BY THE STREAM + SARASWATI SOUL Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 10:00pm. $10. LIME CORDIALE + ADAM HYNES + HOT ENGLISH + PRIVATE Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm. MELATONIN + DJS MISHMASH& BELFIN 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5. MOTHERSLUG + CARTA EXTREMIS + KALEIDOSCOPE + THE INSTINCTS The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. NOT YOUR AVERAGE BATTLE OF THE BANDS - FEAT: NATURAL BULL LOGIC + BULK OF MAN VS JANIC + DAMIAN VANEGEER + GARDENHEAD + SHARP SHARP PRETTY Pony, Melbourne. 8:00pm. PROLETARIAN RIOT + FIERCE MILD + JESS MOUSSI + THE SWEATERS Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. RAINBIRD + KETTLESPIDER + ONE + ORSOME WELLS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $12. SMITTY & B GOODE + JOHNNY ROCK & THE LIMITS Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. SOUNDS OF SIRUS + FEED YOUR MUNKIE + SENITA Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm. $12. THE BREADMAKERS + HIPSHAKER DJS The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. THE ENGAGEMENT (SINGLE LAUNCH) + FOX ROAD + ROYAL PARADE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. THE MUNG + FAT GUY WEARS MYSTIC WOLF SHIRT + PARTY VIBEZ + THE DAY EVERYTHING BECAME NOTHING + URNS Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE PENNYS + BAD ANIMAL + DJ EH-BRO Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. THE VELVETS + INITIALS + RISE OF THE RAT + SON OF SET Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5. TOTE FOOTBALL CLUB GRAND FINAL DAY BREAKFAST - FEAT: MONEY FOR ROPE + CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK + THE BOWERS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00am. TZU (MILLIONS OF MOMENTS TOUR) + DIKTIONONE + SIETTA Ferntree Gully Hotel, Ferntree Gully. 8:00pm. $20. VAUDEVILLE SMASH + CHARLOTTE NICADO + WE THE PEOPLE Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15. WHIPPED CREAM CHARGERS + DJ RACHEL BAXTER + SOOKY LA LA + THE EUPHORIACS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. WINTER PEOPLE (A YEAR AT SEA LAUNCH) + CITY VS COUNTRY + FOUNDS Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15. WORKING HORSE IRONS (ALBUM LAUNCH) + BLAZIN’ ENTRAILS + THE JACKS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13. YARDVARK (LOUD LOUD LAUNCH) + BROOKLYN’S FINEST + RED LEADER Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:30pm. $12. YOU PEOPLE + LIKE DEELERS + LIS DOMINADOS Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm.

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JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC A NIGHT TO REMEMBER 2 - FEAT: ERAN JAMES + ALISON FERRIER + WILK & HEATH Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:00pm. $20. ADAM RUDEGEAIR Purple Emerald, Northcote. 10:00pm. CANNONBALL Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25. GRAND FINAL DAY PARTY W ECHO DRAMA & THE SEVEN UPS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 2:00am. JAMES MCCAULAY’S NEW OLD JAZZ BAND Open Studio, Northcote. 4:30pm. SCOTT TINKLER QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE FRILLY KNICKERS JAZZ BAND Wesley Anne, Northcote. 4:00pm. $15. THE JOHN MONTESANTE QUARTET Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20. THE VINCE JONES QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $35. VELVET REVUE Tony Starr’s Kitten Club, Melbourne Cbd. 10:00pm. $5. WINDJAMMER BRASS QUINTET + MEL’BONES TROMBONE QUARTET 303, Northcote. 3:00pm. $10.

SUNDAY 30 SEP ROCK/POP 2 VOICES - FEAT: DIANA ROUVAS & CARMEN SMITH Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 7:30pm. $30. AUTOPORTRAITS + EUTHYMIA + PENCIL Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm. $7. CARUS THOMPSON & THE SWAMP DANDIES Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 2:00pm. $15. EASY PLEASE + BOOKLYNS FINEST + YARDVARK Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. ELI CASH + BIG SMOKE + YEO Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. ESSTEE BIG BAND Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. IVANHOE SCHOOL OF MUSIC 303, Northcote. 2:00pm. JEMMA & THE WISE YOUNG AMBITIOUS MEN + DJ KEZBOT + LITTLE WING + THE WILD COMFORTS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6. KALEIDOSCOPE + CARTA EXTREMIS + RIFF FIST Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. LA DANSE MACABRE - FEAT: BRUNSWICK MASSIVE Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:03pm. LUCY WILSON + BRAD VINCENT + MARICOPA WELLS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. PATRICK JAMES (SINGLE LAUNCH) + HAMISH ANDERSON + JUDE JACOBS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 1:30pm. $15. RAMONES FEST - FEAT: THE SAVAGES + 12FU Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea. 6:00pm. SHOWCASE SERIES III - FEAT: DROP BUNNY + BURNHAM BEACHES + COHORTS NOMEN + JANE LN + MILLINGTON + PANCHROMATIC + PHANTOM 309 + PURPLE TUSKS + UNNECESSARY TENSION Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 6:20pm. $5. SNOW PATROL Regent Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $79.

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SUPER FAT FRUIT + CLANCYE + DARN MATTER + FREYA & SMOKY SEAS + ROXY LAVISH + RUSTY DOUGLAS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. T J QUINTON Bar Nancy, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. TEN GALLON HEAD + GREEN’S DAIRY ANGEL ENSEMBLE Tago Mago, Thornbury. 4:30pm. THE UNAUSTRALIANS + LORDS OF COSMIC SMALL + THE MINUTE TAKERS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ANTHONY YOUNG World Restaurant Bar, Southbank. 1:30pm. ARCHER Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 4:00pm. BACKWOOD CREATURES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:00pm. BEN WRIGHT SMITH & THE BIRTHDAY GIRLS Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 4:30pm. CHAISE LOUNGE - FEAT: THE GREENHATCH EFFECT + CAMPBELL MAGGS + EMILY COUPE + REBECCA PERKINS Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:00pm. CHERRY BLUES 1ST BIRTHDAY - FEAT: CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK + DEAN MULLER Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. CHRIS WILSON Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00am. COLLARD GREENS & GRAVY Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. COLOURWHEEL The B East, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. DAVE LARKIN Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. DAVEY LANE The Resurrection, Brunswick East. 4:00pm. JAMS Musicland, Fawkner. 8:00pm. JVG GUITAR METHOD + KEN MAHER & TONY HARGREAVES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm. LONGYARD Prahran Market Place, South Yarra. 12:00pm. MICHAEL WAUGH Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 7:00pm. MONA DELIGHTA - FEAT: LADY DANGER + CAITLIN PARK + COOKIE BAKER Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 6:00pm. $10. OPA! 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5. PUGSLEY BUZZARD St Andrews Hotel, St Andrews. 3:00pm. RAISING THE ROOF - FEAT: THE BOMBAY ROYALE + CHAO FENG CHINESE ORCHESTRA + DRUM NATION + KEW BAND + LA VOCE DELLA LUNA + MASSIVE + MELBOURNE MASS GOSPEL CHOIR + MELBOURNE UKULELE KOLLECTIVE + MESOPOTAMIA Hamer Hall, The Arts Centre, Melbourne. 1:30pm. ROWAN BLACKMORE DUO + THE NUDGELS Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm. SLACKER & WILY RED FOX Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne. 4:00pm.

SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND Wesley Anne, Northcote. 2:00pm. $8. SPECTRUM TRIO Mornington Peninsula Brewery, Mornington. 2:00pm. SUNDAY SINGER-SONGWRITER SESSIONS - FEAT: ERIK PARKER + JIMMY DANIEL Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 4:00pm. THE DECOYS Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. THE LARGE NUMBER 12S Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. THE LUAU COWBOYS Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. THE RABALTHAZARS Purple Emerald, Northcote. 4:30pm. ZULYA & THE CHILDREN OF THE UNDERGROUND Northcote Town Hall, Northcote. 8:00pm. $25.

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As someone who had the huge major label deal and the big deserved hit single to follow, are major labels still relevant? I think they are. They get pretty bad press I know, and independence is a viable possibility for a few savvy artists but they are still the people who brought us Dylan and The Beatles. I just think they need to constantly update like everybody else to embrace the surprising Musician Revolution which has put the means of production in the hands of the workers. ‘Right on Comrade’! Another Things Of Stone & Wood question, sorry. You guys were very folk-rock influenced with your instrumentation and approach. I know you as a very adept ‘pop’ guy, but the folk thing is definitely there, and it’s part of what makes you so great! Where did it come from? After a weird flirtation with ‘80s big hair, big synth-pop, I just got sick of the technology. I lost myself in Van Morrison, Cat Stevens and Suzanne Vega world. Mikey from TOSAW used to come over to my place and we’d get pissed and sing harmonies all night – just for the fun of it – no gigs booked, just feeling the love man. Love your new album The Swamp Dandies Fall. You had such a massive purple patch with TOSAW as a songwriter, did you ever think you couldn’t top those songs? (You have topped them by them the way!) Well thanks. I still love that earnest folky action but it isn’t something I’d pursue now – that was young Greg. I’m more likely to be happy with each new melody that comes my way. I feel I got a couple of big tunes on Fall so I’m not complaining lest the gods of folk rock smite me down – they’re big ‘smiters’ you know.

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If folk rock was footy, I’m always impressed by the way you can ‘switch on’ in an instant. You walk straight on stage or into the studio and you just deliver. You’re like Trent Cotchin. How do you do this? If only I looked like Trent Cochin. As a Tiges supporter I am very happy with your analogy and will be trotting it out with shameless frequency. I guess I’m just an ‘up, hoorayfor-everything’ person – it can get awkward around the existential crisis set, but mostly it’s all beer and skittles in Arnseyville, so why break the habit of a lifetime? And at gigs I think an audience owes us nothing – we owe them some action-packed all-killer-no-filler folk-rockin’ good vibes.

The Swamp Dandies

You’re from Freo, you’ve toured Europe endlessly and mixed albums in Nashville – why have you chosen our fair city to be home? Melbourne is not only the best city and music city in Australia (after all my travels I still think it’s the best music city I’ve seen anywhere), but there’s so much talent, and so many people that LOVE and appreciate music. Paul Kelly’s here, Tim Rogers is here, Mick Thomas is here. It’s where it’s at!

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If folk rock was footy, you’d be applauded by your coach for your work-rate – don’t you ever get tired? No, because even though it’s a cliche, you are only as good as your last gig. I’ve worked too hard to get to where I am to stuff it up with being tired. Also I get energy from the crowd. It’s a special thing, a live gig, something that no matter how many stupid fucking talent shows there are, they will never be able to fully emulate the real thing. Carus is a better name for showbiz than Greg – not much of a question, more of a statement really – happy having a better name than Greg? I’m happy with my name, but I’ll trade names if we can trade publishing royalty statements. I want a number one hit too! CARUS THOMPSON will play a matinee show at Northcote Social Club with THE SWAMP DANDIES on Sunday September 30. Doors at 2pm.

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The Push Beat All Ages Column Wednesday September 26, 2012 With Ruth Mihelcic There’s HEAPS on these holidays so you have no excuse to be bored! Check out the many underage dance parties happening around town this weekend and early next week, we’ve got all the details you need below. The highlight would have to be the Zoo Underage Music Carnival at Luna Park, St Kilda on Tuesday. Havana Brown will be ripping up the decks and the best bit is your $50 ticket includes unlimited rides all night until 11pm. As part of the Brimbank Writers Festival, the Massive Hip Hop Choir are running two song writing workshops. The first was yesterday, but the next one is this Thursday at the Youth Drop-In Centre, 25A Alfreida Street, St Albans from 3-5.30pm. More info is at facebook.com/ massivehiphopchoir. Fancy a bit of work behind a camera? Blitz Publications & Multi Media Group is looking for an intern Video Editor / Camera Operator to work in their Mulgrave office. The ideal candidate will be a highly creative individual about to finish Tertiary Qualification in Media / TV Production, and be able to commit to 1 to 2 days per week. To apply email a link to some of your work and your resume to Silvio Morelli, Managing Director at silvio@ blitzmag.com.au by September 30.

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GREG ARNOLD ASKS CARUS THOMPSON: You’re a bit of a folk road warrior. How has the road changed over the last five years? It’s got a lot harder. It’s well documented that with the demise of CD sales everyone is on the road. From small bands to huge, mega bands. When I first hit the road the huge bands didn’t’ tour so much, and would only do capitals. Now they’re playing the same venues, towns and using the same avenues of promotion. Luckily the love is still out there and we’re seeing a rise in more boutique gigs put together by real music lovers that can help pick up the slack.

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Sunday September 30 Lazy Sundays – Amped goes Acoustic w/ Summerset Avenue, Brighter At Night, Daydream Arcade, and Cooper Street, The Bardin Center, 8 Glenlyon Road, Brunswick, 1pm – 4:30pm, $10, Sal Kimber on 9389 8642, AA Snow Patrol, Regent Theatre, 191 Collins St, Melbourne, 8pm, $79.20, ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100, AA

Monday October 1 Minus18 Glow Party w/ DJ Mark Robbo, DJ Justin Weller, and Noise Bunny, GH Hotel, 1 Brighton Rd, St Kilda, 4pm – 10pm, $20, Julian Gurrieri on 0400 964 687 or minus18.org.au, U18 The Goodlife Boombox, Festival Hall, 300 Dudley Street, West Melbourne, 4:30pm, $35, ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100, U18 Kelly Clarkson w/ The Fray, Rod Laver Arena, Olympic Boulevard (Formerly Swan Street), Melbourne, 7pm, $89 - $119, ticketek.com.au or 132 849, AA

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LEHMANN B SMITH Saturday September 22, Bella Union at Trades Hall A small crowd gradually works their way up the stairs of the Trades Hall, a venue soon to be buzzing with Fringe Festival performances. Bella Union provides a cosy haven upstairs, with Evelyn Morris tinkering away on a piano and adding to the intimate atmosphere. I have struggled to connect with Pikelet’s music in the past, but the stripping down from layered loops helped to break down a few walls for me, despite a distractingly chatty crowd. The Ancients were next, delivering a dependably good show. The band coasted along with jangle-y, hazy sounds that perfectly matched Jonathan Mitchell’s dewy-eyed, gentle vocal delivery. Lehmann B Smith has an endearing presence on stage. It’s a big night, the launch of his latest album, and yet he has forgotten to bring any CDs and has to sell the ones he was going to give free to his collaborators. “I can sell them for $20, maybe $15?” is more of a tentative question to the crowd than an assured selling point. “I can be haggled.” Tonight he winds his way through the bulk of Girlfriends, roughly in album order and with a few non-album tracks ﬁlling the gaps. He had ample support on stage, though I would

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love to have seen at least a couple of songs with a full choir as opposed to having Liz Mitchell as the sole female voice. Perhaps a few more songs from Little Milk to showcase the stripped-back, shorter songs of Lehmann might have also added nicely to the mix too. The best renditions of the night were some of the Girlfriends songs from later in the album, delivered toward the end of the night when Lehmann and company had really warmed up. Follow Me justiﬁably got the warmest reception, while some of the more heart-rending ballads really shone, notably You Don’t Need Anyone (Else) and the retained album closers Cry and Sad Songs. It’s quite an achievement when so many mixed emotions make for such a feel-good evening. CHRIS GIRDLER

LOVED: Quality music enjoyed from a well-worn couch. HATED: When the tap cider ran out. DRANK: Cider, then beer.

Friday September 14, The Workers Club

Holy shit you guys, Client Liaison. I don’t know where these two well-dressed gentlemen emerged from, but they’re arrived as a fully realised package of impassioned retro pop. Sounding like a blend of MJ and JF (that’s Johnny Farnham), the synth duo pulled off a set with impeccable showmanship that didn’t falter for a goddamn second. Closing their set with End Of The Earth, their sardonic bid at a new national anthem, Client Liaison made it clear tonight that they are worthy of their reputation as one of Mebourne’s hottest new talents. It’s funny, Aleks & The Ramps managed to sound more outdated than the two retro-coated acts sandwiching them on the running schedule. It was like a hideous snapshot of 2008 indie, as if Architecture In Helsinki had never discovered synths and stayed shit, or Jens Lekman was subbed in for Vampire Weekend vocal duties. Nightmarish. Not only did a band member take to the stage in a Justin Bieber singlet, but the collective managed to partake in banter deriding the pop star. So edgy! But just as I was battling the urge to scream “Let go guys, it’s over!”, they closed their set with a new track entitled Finish. Sounding more like an evolution of the nascent Melbourne jangle rather than an opportunistic appropriation, the track was an arresting and affecting moment which belied all the horseshit that came before. Performing in sync with a rather splendid film clip projection could have delved into

gimmick territory, but it all tied together in a beautiful way. Now it’s time for the man, the myth, the one and only Donny Benét. The crowd went wild for All 4 You, a track from Donny’s recently released sophomore record. The crowd went even wilder as a saxophonist (Donny’s brother?) took things to a whole other level. The night struggled to maintain such a virility – Donny’s sex ballad to his boss Julia and the slightly overlong You Want To Win dampened momentum somewhat – but there were more than a few dizzying peaks throughout. New tracks Treat Yourself and You Will Make It In LA instigated all-out dance jams, and Gimme Your Heat resulted in the crowd happily heeding the call. The encore commanded the crowd spill onto the stage for Sophisticated Lover, then all too soon it was all over. There’s one thing Melbourne needs right now and it’s more Donny Benét, more often. LACHLAN KANONIUK

LOVED: The heat, the touch. HATED: The two bros in the crowd who had the following straight-faced exchange while gawking at Aleks & The Ramps. “Ooh I love a woman who can drink a beer.” “Yeah you’re right, that IS a beer.” Cockheads. DRANK: Too much dancing going on for drinking.

EARTH Sunday September 16, The Corner Hotel "Please don't take any flash photography. It's not that I am an asshole of a person, it's a medical condition . . ." Earth played rock music so slowly at The Corner Hotel last Sunday night that time itself became sticky the way it does on a very hot day. A warm breeze rippled across a field of grass. Eyelids became droopy and the body fell in with the swaying of stems. The long reverberating chords massaged and soothed the inside surface of the skull. A huge red sun raged harmlessly in a hundred minds as each witnessed the miracle of time. Drummer Adrienne Davies’ arms traced a carefully considered path through the air, folding and unfurling at the elbows and wrists like a bird filmed in slow motion, flapping its wings in a stationary position against a wind tunnel: moving forward gracefully, folding, shoulders rolling, then back. She would often pass the traps without striking the skin, just counting and waving and finally pushing the stick onto the taught surface of a drum or cymbal. It was like watching timelapse photography of a flower unfurling or an insect emerging from a chrysalis: she was a mesmeric genius. Cicadas throbbed against the temples in the vibrating heat, standing in lavender to the horizon. The carefully sustained, whining hum of feedback from frontman Dylan Carlson's bright red, hollow-bodied Haagstrom guitar hovered in the dry air above his growling and driven chords. He paced slowly as he played, moving between the front of the stage

and a Fender twin amp behind him. Turning slow circles, he gently teased out and held a penetrating drone. It was the bee keeper patiently tending his hives but surrounded by the deafening buzz of bees which could, and perhaps wanted to, kill him. He gathered honey from the skull of a lion. He combed the frames for nature’s sublime sweetness. He emitted and basked in the sonic codex for life on Earth. Bassist Karl Blau used two 4x10 bass cabs and a Fender twin to give his feedback drone extra cut, and he strutted the stage like a giant; his huge footfalls were the rumblings of distant thunder. They were the herald of the cataclysm as the unbearable furnace of the day cracked and gave way to a torrent from the sky. Blau tweaked the machine-heads as he faced his black tower, to align the wooden staﬀ of his instrument with the resonating dynamics of the writhing world. Inside The Corner we felt the energy of the Mother accumulated. We shed our skins and then we were one inside the drone. MONSEIUR OBSCURE

LOVED: Being reconnected with the abstract forces of nature HATED: Being ejected for taking ﬂash photography DRANK: A cup of silent thoughts, catching the light with the rim

KATCHAFIRE Friday September 21, The Forum Theatre New Zealand reggae outfit Katchafire have been around the traps for a while, and have always had a groundswell of support from ex-pat Kiwis in Australia and the rest of us. Seasoned performers, they have toured extensively but it is this album – their fourth – which has really seen their sound saturate the scene. They just completed a headline tour of the USA and Hawaii, and back on Australian soil, made a decent effort in filling Melbourne’s Forum Theatre. Through the sea of dreadlocks and rather large Maori men, the discerning fan found it almost impossible to detect the actual bouncers and were therefore blatant in their desire to reach higher realms. Some were lucky, some were not, but the resounding effect was one of a calming smoothness… funny that. The band responding as such, kicking off the good vibes with the fitting On The Road Again. And it’s not just Bell taking the microphone in this eight-piece band of brothers – throughout the set we see several members adding their own flavour to the mix. Percussionist Leon Davey, Bell’s right-hand man, croons to the ladies in a soft falsetto during Love Letter while young drummer Jordan Bell injects a more modern R&B style to the music. Keyboardist Hani Totorewa and saxophonist/keyboardist Jamey Ferguson take the tail end of

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the groove train, keeping it slow, sexy and stylish. The addition of trumpet player Andrew McDowall is the icing on the cake, allowing the band to venture into a more ska influenced sound at times. But of course no Katchafire gig would be complete without a Bob Marley – the band, after all, do count their very beginnings as a Marley cover band. So what better way to keep the love flowing? “Don’t worry about a thing/'Cause every little thing, is gonna be alright!” And indeed it was, as the crowd lovingly sang along to hits like Collie Herd Man and encore closer Reggae Revival, the latter teaching, “Reggae music keeps the doctor away.” As they moved seamlessly through roots and reggae, dub, R&B and ska, the crowd bobbed along, soaking up the solos from drums, guitar, trumpet and sax, soaking up the atmosphere and soaking up the love. This band has certainly come into its own and are truly a force to be reckoned with on the international reggae stage. Forget the apple, medicate with reggae! JEN WILSON

LOVED: Not one, but ﬁve awesome vocalists. HATED: The sneaky bouncers. DRANK: Iced tea mojito.

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Drunk Mums - photos by Tony Proudfoot

Friday September 21, The Espy

On Friday, the entire Melbourne hipster conglomerate assembled, preparing to unleash indie mayhem, within The Espy for Spray ‘N’ Wipe. Performers spread across the Front Bar, Gershwin Room and Mezzanine level including The Upskirts, Drunk Mums, Friends Of Dorothy, Bossman, Red Leader, I’lls, Toucan, Strange Talk, Mary Tyler Moore, Bored Nothing, Gamegirls, The Corsairs, Sures and Dune Rats with Northeast Party House and Alison Wonderland headlining the show. To everyone’s disappointment, Oscar + Martin were not performing due to unforeseen circumstances. Perhaps it’s because I don’t regularly indulge in this type of live music, or because I was a few years older than the median age, but the only thought running through my mind for the first two hours of the show was: crazy-ass indie kids. Bodies moved spasmodically on the dance floor in disjointed pulses, one girl poured beer through her hair and guys jumped on the stage to soar back into the audience for crowd surfing sessions. Swiftly moving between the different stage areas I quickly enjoyed the sexy brassy vocals of Toucan before heading back to the front room to listen to the A$AP Rocky Bossman had spinning on his decks. Up next on the front bar stage were Dune Rats, blasting punk/indie rock to the eager fans. With one guy decked out in a Hawaiian shirt (ultimate fashion staple), his face twisted into a drunk smile as he flipped the finger at the lead singer before he was pushed with the crowd in a sea of bodies that rocked everyone back and forth. Naturally, I steered clear of that shit. More than I could say for the poor photographer who was almost knocked out. Northeast Party House was the only reason I subscribed myself to this chaos. Having been impressed by a quick performance I witnessed once in Sydney, I was keen to check them out again. After a mini pep talk backstage,

the six-piece band appeared onstage rocking Timbs and an eclectic mix of instruments. I figured guys who flaunt construction boots in line with a cowbell had to be as good as I initially remembered. I was right. Incorporating within their music heart-pumping and syncopated funk bass lines layered soaring guitar riffs and catchy electro synths the band is primed for success, but add a mysteriously alluring lead singer and you have a glorious fucking concoction. With just the right amount of energy Zach commands the stage with a cool demeanor and delicious vocals – a combination not found all too often. Indulging our ears with unique timbres ranging from said cowbell to a tambourine and xylophone, the colourful indie palette Northeast Party House paints is by no means limited. Alison Wonderland was up next, closing Spray ‘N’ Wipe. I’d never seen her perform but was familiar with her achieving second place during the She Can DJ 2011 competition. Opening with local favourite, Hermitude’s HyperParadise, her set was nothing short of astounding. Not so much a DJ as she is a talented turntablist and energetic performer, she skillfully isolated key musical components to flawlessly transition between songs. She invoked the audience to dance by encompassing a wide variety of genres, amplifying bass, accentuating grinding and industrial timbres by playing upon lo-fi/ hi-fi sounds all while altering the tempo to the perfect pace. One of the best DJs I have ever seen. TAMARA VOGL

LOVED: Northeast Party House and Alison Wonderland’s rendition of Khia’s My Neck. HATED: Crazy-ass indie kids. DRANK: Water.

FUTURE ISLANDS Wednesday September 19, Northcote Social Club Casually strumming a guitar and singing downbeat songs, Rick Fights showcases songs from his debut album Fights as the Northcote Social Club slowly fills. It is a sad bummed out note that Fights’ songs hit as he plays at being a world weary troubadour. Disappointingly Fights’ delivery is nervous and his reaction to small mistakes magnifies them out of proportion. He gives us an awkward look of surprise as punters applaud his efforts before leaving the stage. The last couple of years has seen a blossoming of indie electro sounds and Baltimore trio Future Islands are most definitely a part of this stampede. As they set sail with Give Us The Wind, Future Islands exude a quirky oddball charm that captures the hearts of the crowd that sold out the NSC tonight. Gerrit Welmers on keys and William Cashion on bass whip up eighties inspired synth pop confection that references everyone from Orchestral Manouevres in the Dark To China Crisis and even Japan. The duo fade into the background with laid back performances that ensure vocalist Samuel T. Herring remains the focus of our attention for the duration of the set. Many are surprised by Herring’s performance as he shifts from William Shatner-esque ham actor theatrics, complete with exaggerated facial expressions and hand actions, to letting loose deep throaty guttural howls that would make the front men

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of many extreme metal bands envious. Much like John Maus’ performances, Herring demands suspension of disbelief so that you engage completely with the cavalcade of characters he rather schizophrenically presents. Working up an extreme amount of sweat, Herring soaked to the bone seemed to transform himself into a werewolf, howling at the work and exaggeratedly throwing himself about the stage with spellbinding conviction. Confessing to being just a little jet lagged the trio played a lot of unreleased tunes and early obscenities. In town to promote their latest long player On The Water, it was tunes oﬀ their last album In Evening Air like Walking Through That Door and Long Flight that loosened up the crowd and got them jumping. Herring's astonishing throaty Tom Waits-esque growl on Tin Man was perhaps the highlight of the evening. The strange combination of bossa and lilting waltz of Little Dreamer concluded a sweaty evening of dancing with a dreamy soulful nocturnal serenade. THE SIDEMAN

LOVED: The audience. HATED: Lack of visuals. DRANK: Not tonight. Ugh.