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IGGY AND THE STOOGES A decade after the Godfathers of Punk reunited, Iggy And The Stooges will return to Australia in March 2013 for three headline shows. Iconic frontman Iggy Pop will once again lead guitarist James Williamson, drummer Toby Dammit, bassist Mike Watt and sax player Steve Mackay into rock’n’roll battle. In the past year, Iggy And The Stooges have ﬁred up their incendiary sludge-rock-proto-punk-blues on worldwide stages from Austin to Brussels, Chicago to Florence. In 2013, it’s ﬁnally our turn to witness the unyielding power of the heavyweight champions of rock’n’roll. As well as topping the bill at Bluesfest in Byron Bay, Iggy And The Stooges play Festival Hall on Wednesday March 27. Long may they reign. Tickets go on sale at 9am Wednesday November 7 via Ticketmaster.

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The Frontier Touring Company are delighted to announce the return of multi-Grammy Award winner Bryan Adams to Australia for his ﬁrst arena rock tour since 2005. April 2013 will see Bryan return to the rock‘n’roll roots that made him a household name across Australia and the world, with a tour that is earning glowing reviews across the globe. He plays the Rod Laver Arena on Saturday April 20 and tickets go on sale on Thursday November 8 via Ticketek.

Polica have announced a sideshow for their inaugural visit to Australia for Laneway next year. The talented Minneapolis quartet have been earning the love of the indie world courtesy of their debut album, Give You The Ghost. Formed from another supergroup – the brilliant crew that is Gayngs – their artful and dark tunes, highlighted by the vocals of frontwoman Channy Leanagh – provide for an encapsulating, unique stage presence. Polica play the Northcote Social Club on Monday February 4. Tickets for the sideshow available via the Northcote Social Club website.

BOB MOULD Bob Mould ﬁnally returns to Australia, this time with his band to play selections from Copper Blue and Silver Age as well as highlights from his immensely inﬂuential Hüsker Dü, Sugar and solo catalogue. A Melbourne show will be held at The Corner Hotel on Wednesday March 13. Tickets are only $49+bf and on sale 9am this Thursday October 25 and are available from metropolistouring.com as well as the Corner Hotel website.

HENRY WAGONS Unfortunately the beloved National Hotel in Geelong has closed which means fans won’t get the chance to see Henry Wagons show on Saturday November 3. Tickets to the Thornbury show on Monday November 5 however can still be purchased at thornburytheatre. oztix.com.au, and it’s just a hop and a skip down the freeway. Get in quick because these are sure to be out the door in no time.

Los Angeles native Julia Holter has announced a Laneway sideshow. Julia spent three years making her incredible record Ekstasis (out locally on Spunk Records), which picked up an 8.6/10 from Pitchfork upon its release back in March. With its ethereal palette, drum machines, vocoders and reverb, the crystalline avantpop of tracks like Moni Mon Amie and Our Sorrows show just why Sigur Rós asked Julia to join them on the road. A collaborator with the likes of fellow Laneway star Nite Jewel, this is gorgeous, ambient pop to get lost in. Julia Holter plays The Toﬀ In Town on Wednesday February 6. Tickets on sale now from the venue.

THE MEN Mistletone is proud to team up with Maggot to copresent The Men’s ﬁrst trip to Australia. The Men play the Northcote Social Club on Wednesday February 6 with special guests White Walls and Nun. With a love of scuzzy guitars and punk-rock, Brooklyn quartet The Men, have released many a cassette since forming in 2008. But it was their focused, on-point third album, 2012’s Open Your Heart (out locally on Spunk Records), which won new fans’ hearts with its goofy blues explosions, country-lovin’ dirges and straight-up indie-punk anthems. This year the band has criss crossed its way through Europe and the US, making scores of new fans. Don’t miss this. Tickets available through the Northcote Social Club website.

BAT FOR LASHES The ever-enchanting Bat For Lashes has announced a Melbourne show alongside her appearance at next year’s stellar Laneway Festival. Fresh from releasing The Haunted Man, the solo project for Natasha Khan has enjoyed a wave of critical acclaim over the course of three albums. Australian audiences are in for a treat as Khan makes her long-awaited return to our shores. Special guest for the evening will be the inimitable Kirin J Callinan. Bat For Lashes performs at The Palais on Tuesday February 5. Tickets on sale Friday November 2 from Ticketmaster.

BLEEDING KNEES CLUB The Gold Coast’s garage-pop bad boys Bleeding Knees Club are proud to announce the supports for their national Let It Go tour. To celebrate, they’re oﬀering up a freedownload mixtape of all the bands set to join them on these dates. Bleeding Knees Club will be joined nationally by Sydney’s Step-Panther, as well as Bored Nothing and Christ Kiddo in Victoria, plus a host of other awesome bands, all of who will have one track apiece on the Bleeding Knees Club + Friends mixtape, which can be downloaded for free right now from the Bleeding Knees Club’s website. Bleeding Knees Club will be playing a Melbourne show at The Corner Hotel on Saturday November 17, followed by another at Ding Dong Lounge on Sunday November 18.

REFUSED SUPPORTS Refused have revealed the support acts for their Australian reunion shows early next year, with Australian band Outright landing the coveted support slot for Refused’s two Melbourne shows. Outright are backed by big riffs, hard hits and unstoppable energy, their distinct passion blasting through in a sea of heavy chords and a progressive social conscience which will be in full flight at both Melbourne shows. After selling out their first show, tickets to Refused’s second show at The Palace on Friday November 16 are on sale now from Oztix and Ticketek.

CLOUD NOTHINGS As part of their debut Australian tour, Cloud Nothings have added a Melbourne sideshow for their appearance at next year’s Laneway Festival. The band, led by 22-year-old Dylan Baldi, are set to bring their raw, visceral live show to two small club shows in Sydney and Melbourne. Propelled by grinding guitars and screamed lyrics, Cloud Nothings embraced a darker approach and higher ﬁdelity sound in curating their third album Attack On Memory, released earlier this year. Cloud Nothings play at Ding Dong Lounge on Tuesday February 5, joined by Brisbane’s own Violent Soho. Tickets available via Oztix. Beat Magazine Page 16

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RODRIGUEZ DIVINE FITS Divine Fits have revealed a Melbourne sideshow to accompany their appearance at the 2013 Laneway Festival. Divine Fits are a new rock trio made up of Britt Daniel (Spoon), Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade/ Handsome Furs) and Sam Brown (New Bomb Turks). Their debut album A Thing Called Divine Fits surprised many pundits when it seemingly dropped from nowhere a couple of months back, but the reviews have been stellar across the board and if the glowing reports back from the States about the Divine Fits live show are to be believed, they’ve got the stage presence to match already. Divine Fits play the Corner Hotel on Monday February 4. Tickets available for purchase through the Corner website.

BLUESFEST After amassing a worthy roster of music legends already, Bluesfest have announced one of the most legendary voices in rock for their 2013 instalment. Leading the charge are none other than Robert Plant Presents Sensational Space Shifters, alongside Supertramp lead singer Roger Hodgson, Status Quo, Madness, and Yes lead singer Jon Anderson. The third batch joins the already announced lineup of 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, Ben Caplan, Jimmy Cliﬀ, Joan Armatrading, Rodriguez, Robert Cray, Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue, The Blind Boys Of Alabama, Mavis Staples, Allen Toussaint, Wanda Jackson, Fred Wesley & The New JB’s, Michael Kiwanuka, Bettye Lavette, Luka Bloom, Ruthie Foster, Tony Joe White, Sweet Honey In The Rock, The Duke Robillard Band, Shawn Colvin and Seth Lakeman. Stay tuned for more announcements. The 2013 Byron Bay Bluesfest takes place Thursday March 28 until Monday April 1. Ticket details available at the oﬃcial site.

NOISEY MOUNTAIN As part of Melbourne Music Week 2012, VICE and Sugar Mountain are putting their taste for good music and slamming parties together for the very ﬁrst time. Introducing Noisey Mountain – an aural and visual spectacular. This will be a night of scattershot, super-melodic garage-rock at its best. Straight Arrows and Raw Prawn will be on stage, travelling the Hume from Sydney to impart their wisdom on how to wrestle instruments. They’re also touting Bedroom Suck Records’ Bitch Prefect, as well as Ausmuteants. Plus VICE and Sugar Mountain DJs will be playing the music they like, right at your ears. Not only that, it’s free! People have to RSVP though at noiseymountain.vice.com. Noisey Mountain will be taking place at the festival’s hub, Where?House, whose location will be revealed Friday November 16.

RINGO STARR On June 17, 1964 a young rock‘n’roll group from England took to the stage at Festival Hall. They went on to do some pretty good things. Now in 2013, the drummer for that group is set to return to Festival Hall to perform with a little help from his friends. Ringo Starr needs no introduction. Respected as one of the greatest drummers of all-time, Ringo went on to enjoy a fruitful and successful career - one that resulted in the most recent release, Ringo 2012. For his performance, Ringo will be joined by his All Starr Band, which features Steve Lukather (Toto), Richard Page (Mr. Mister), Todd Rundgren, Mark Rivera, Gregg Rolie (Santana & Journey) and Gregg Bissonette. Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band perform at Festival Hall on Saturday February 16. Tickets through Ticketmaster.

HOW TO DRESS WELL Following on from the recent release of the very excellent LP Total Loss, Tom Krell has announced the return of his How To Dress Well solo project to Australian shores - this time in live band mode. Striking a chord with a sincere, aﬀecting blend of electronic and organic tones, plus the projection of a stunning falsetto, How To Dress Well has commanded the attention of the world since the project’s emergence in 2009. Check out our review of Total Loss here. How To Dress Well performs at The Corner Hotel on Friday February 22.

YEASAYER The Laneway sideshows just keep on a-comin’, with one of the top-billed acts announcing a periphery Melbourne performance. 2012 has been a standout year for Yeasayer with the release of Fragrant World, reasserting the Brooklyn outﬁt’s standing as one of the foremost purveyors of synth action. Yeasayer perform at The Hi-Fi on Wednesday February 6. Tickets on sale 9am Tuesday October 30 from the venue website.

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With a career story like no other, Mexican-American folk musician Rodriguez will be touring Australia this coming March with a Melbourne sideshow added to his Bluefest appearance. His last tour in Australia in 2010 saw Rodriguez sell out multiple shows in Sydney and Melbourne, and now with an award-winning documentary on the Mystery Man, Sixto Rodriguez’s career has been re-launch for the umpteenth time, bringing him back into a global spotlight. Performing with The Break, featuring members of Midnight Oil, Violent Femmes and Hunters & Collectors, Rodriguez will be in Melbourne on Friday March 22 at Hamer Hall. For more information head to The Arts Centre website.

FREE SHIT SOUNDSCAPE So, between art galleries, overland hikes and friendly dwellers, Tasmania is actually pretty rad. Adding to the radness is Soundscape Festival, featuring Missy Higgins, The Temper Trap and Bluejuice, among others. It’s happening at Princes Wharf Shed in Hobart on Friday November 16 and Saturday November 17. Need an excuse to get away? We have a double pass up for grabs. NIGEL WEARNE Far from having no friends, this Nigel has his buds The Cast Iron Promises helping him launch his album Black Crow (with support from another friend Luke Watt) at the Thornbury Theatre on Sunday November 11. It’s going to be a string pickin’ spectacular We are giving away a double pass. JULIA ROSE Julia Rose is launching her second EP, a heartwarming collection of songs borowing from the Australian folk heritage genre, at the Wesley Anne this Thursday November 1. We are giving away three double passes. THE BLACK SEEDS With a reputation of slamming danceﬂoors across the globe for over a decade, The Black Seeds aka the best reggae band in the world will be turning up the heat at The Espy this Monday November 5 (Cup Eve), playing songs from their ﬁfth studio album Dust And Dirt. We have two double passes up for grabs. Giddy up (guys! It’s Cup Day soon!) to beat.com.au/ freeshit to get amongst it.

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WEEZER They put the call out, and the fans responded. Now Weezer have locked in a very special Pinkerton memories show alongside their already-announced Blue Album performance. The arrival in Australia marks the ﬁrst time Weezer have toured in over 16 years, and they’re making the most of it. The Pinkerton show will feature a set of greatest hits and rarities, followed by a performance of the seminal album in full. Weezer will perform a Pinkerton memories set at The Palais on Thursday January 17. Tickets on sale Wednesday October 31 from Ticketmaster.

PERFUME GENIUS Perfume Genius, playing Laneway Festival nationally, have announced a special sideshow at Northcote Social Club. The nom de musique of Seattle’s Mike Hadreas, Perfume Genius began when he moved from New York to his mother’s home in Everett, Washington. In these relatively isolated conditions, Mike felt a compulsion to make music and began composing fragile yet brutally honest songs on the piano, culminating in his debut release Learning in 2010 and a series of evocative homemade videos. This year’s follow-up, Put Your Back N 2 It has been feted by reviewers for its confessional intimacy, piano-led beauty and ﬁrm grasp of identity politics. Perfume Genius plays at Northcote Social Club with special guest Wintercoats on Wednesday January 30. Tickets from the venue website.

Define your genre in five words or less: Lol-ﬁ falafel alot. If you could assassinate one person or band from popular music, who would it and why? Nah mate, not getting us there. ASIO reads this. What can a punter expect from your live show? Chasms, peacocks, upturned moustaches, freedom being ripped apart and utopia disappearing. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? The slow end of civilisation, doorbells, and tracksuit pants. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? A band must have a fascistic like discipline yet willing to turn on a dime to slavishly fall in with the trends of fashion. Bummers mean you definitely gotta be sexy and keep well groomed, doesn’t hurt to have lots of chest hair or big boobs. Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them? Al-Bum ,vinyl LP 2010, chaptermusic.com, bumcreek.com. When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/ single/etc? We are gonna go bust at Chapter Music’s 20th birthday party on Saturday November 17 at North Melbourne Town Hall. Expect all new songs. New vinyl album out 2013. Describe the best gig you have ever played. Show in Tokyo, the wild crowd brown eyed us and was literally swinging from the rafters and yelping wild style – Tarquin ended up in a Japanese bin with heaps of bin juice, believe us. It was his own fault, sorta.

What’s the strangest place you’ve ever played a gig, or made a recording? On the escalators etc at the NGV. That was très weird. Where would you like to be in five years? DJing in Ibiza with heaps of Viagra. How do you stop your pre-gig jitters? We watch local experimental sporting teams the East Brunswick Winos and Thornburry Wolves tear it up on VHS, pull on our ear lobes, get a massage and drink some tequila. What advice would you give to bands that are new on the Melbourne music scene? 32. Don’t be cynical. If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? Mole House. How do you balance making and playing music with your other commitments? Don’t rehearse or have any songs. Anything else to add? “To through to Attention Deﬁcit Disorder brought us together and paved way to the Bummers success” – translated by Siri. BUM CREEK, alongside Twerps, Crayon Fields, Beaches, Clag and heaps more, play at Chapter Music’s 20th Birthday at North Melbourne Town Hall on Saturday November 17 as part of Melbourne Music Week.

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THE DIXIE TICKLERS No band has changed the face of vintage-jazz quite like The Dixie Ticklers. As they revisit and transform classic New Orleans music, this hard working band is building a fierce live reputation within jazz, blues and the acoustic scene. Their tour of Australia comes off the back of the release of their first studio album, Standing Pat. These guys are so hot, that even New Orleans enthusiast Woody Allen has a copy of their record. They bring their New Orleans sound to The Grace Darling Hotel on Sunday November 4. Entry is $15, doors at 7pm

KEY OF THE SEA

JEN CLOHER ARIA nominated artist Jen Cloher returns with brand new single Mount Beauty. Taken from her forthcoming studio album In Blood Memory, to be released in early 2013, Mount Beauty was recorded live to tape with acclaimed producer Nick Huggins at Headgap Studios. Don’t miss Jen Cloher launch Mount Beauty on Friday November 16 at The Flying Saucer Club and Saturday November 17 at Northcote Social Club in Melbourne. Jen will perform with her full band in tow – Courtney Barnett on guitar, Bones Sloane (Immigrant Union) on bass, and Jen Sholakis (Laura Jean, The Orbweavers, East Brunswick All Girls Choir) on drums. The tour is a split 7” tour with the radical Courtney Barnett.

SOUNDSCAPE

RIVER ROCKS

Aston Shuﬄe DJs, Twinsy, Purple Sneaker DJs, Tyler Touche and triple j fave Lewi McKirdy have just been announced as the second round of bangin’ artists for the ﬁfth, eagerly anticipated, Soundscape Festival. Joining The Temper Trap, Missy Higgins, Bluejuice, Yacht Club DJ’s, Big Scary, Strange Talk, Scryptcha, Mitzi, The Cairos, The Mornings and Asta, this latest batch of acts will be entertaining music fans on Hobart’s waterfront mainstage, with several of the freshly announced artists also heading in for exclusive, just announced, sets in the Silent Disco, alongside some of Tassie’s hottest up and comers. Soundscape will take place on Friday November 16 and Saturday November 17 with tickets on sale at soundscapefestival.com.

The ﬁfth annual River Rocks is back on Saturday November 10 at The Barwon Club, Geelong. Following on from the last four years of all day/night ﬂat out entertainment, acts to grace the stages this year include: Mustang, The Spazzys, HITS, Seminal Rats, The Frowning Clouds, Speed Demons, Meatbeaters, Sun God Replica, Dukes Of Deliciousness. Plus solo sets by the legendary Spencer P Jones all freakin’ day. Doors open at 3pm.

TANTRUMS After years of sharing the stage with renowned local and international acts (UNKLE, Caribou, Four Tet, Mount Kimbie, Seekae, PVT) and playing a host of major venues around the country, Melbourne live electronics outfit Tantrums are now set to launch their acclaimed selftitled EP at The Toff in Town on Saturday November 10. A follow-up to the their debut release Anomie (New Weird Australia, 2010), this five-track EP was recorded in November 2011 in Brighton (UK), at the studio of Pablo Clements and James Griffith (UNKLE) with further production assistance from John Nguyen and Woodstock Studios’ Nik Miltiadou.

ACHES & SHAKES Inﬂuential Melbourne-based indie label Popboomerang Records celebrate their tenth birthday this year by releasing a limited-edition two-CD, 40 song retrospective album. Aches & Shakes: 2002-2012 – A Decade Of Popboomerang! will be launched live at the Tote Hotel in Melbourne on Sunday November 18. Bands appearing at this matinee/ evening show include Skipping Girl Vinegar, The Killjoys, Go-Go Sapien, The Bon Scotts, Deserters, Tim Reid and Celadore. The ﬁrst 150 payers through the door receive a free CD copy of Aches & Shakes. Tickets on sale from The Tote website.

KENDRICK LAMAR After overwhelming demand and a super swift sell-out, Kendrick Lamar has announced a date and venue change for his Melbourne show, which will now take place at The Palace on Friday December 21. Tickets are available from 9am today from Ticketmaster.

SPOTLIGHT

If you haven’t been listening to Money For Rope, now is a ripe time to get started. The Money For Rope selftitled LP is a stunning production – nine songs that ooze the taste of Melbourne’s underground. Recorded and mixed by Steven Schram (The Vasco Era, Devastations, Little Red) the album follows years of intense touring across Australia, various festival appearances and a run of four sneaky 7”s, which are almost all sold out. Money For Rope play a huge launch show at Ding Dong Lounge on Saturday December 1 with Fraser A. Gorman. Tickets are $12+bf or $15 at the door. Doors set to open at 8pm.

RED INK Melbourne-based band Red Ink are touring to celebrate the release of their latest single Empty Town. Since their first single Audrey burst onto the airwaves, MTV and Channel [V] barely three years ago, their ascension has been rapid. They have since blitzed local stages Pyramid Rock Festival, Stereosonic, Playground Weekender and again internationally at The Great Escape and Liverpool’s Sound City. As well as sharing the stage with Biffy Clyro, Miami Horror and British India, Red Ink have perfected a raucously compelling live show. Catch them on their Australian November tour in Melbourne on Thursday November 15 at The Toff In Town.

WOMAD WOMADelaide has just revealed another 25 acts for its Botanic Park event, staged from friday March 8 to Monday March 11, and it’s a genuine smorgasbord of incredible new sounds and mind-blowing new talent from 18 countries including The Correspondents, Mari Boine, Antibalas, Zoe Keating and heaps more. They’ll join previously announced Jimmy Cliﬀ, The Cat Empire and The Herd for what is set to be the biggest party that side of the border. Full details and ticketing at womadelaide.com.au.

SMELLS LIKE THE ‘90S After the success of the ﬁrst Smells Like The ‘90s last year, the event returns bigger and better at Melbourne’s iconic Gershwin Room on Friday November 9.This year promises to be something special with a tribute to the following bands who helped shaped the 90s: Foo Fighters and Nirvana (Foovana), Faith No More (Cuckoo For Caca), Pantera and Metallica ( Pantallica) and Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Scar Tissue). This much anticipated event will take place in the Espy Gershwin Room, Friday November 9. Tickets are $20, available at the door from 8pm.

FRED WESLEY Niche Productions is proud to announce the return of funk founder Fred Wesley and his band, The New JBs. Instrumental in providing James Brown with a signature sound throughout his career, Fred Wesley is one of the most important musicians in soul music history. Do not miss this opportunity to see a living legend performing some of the most powerful music ever committed to tape in these wonderful spaces. Catch Fred in action live in Melbourne at The Corner Hotel, Sunday March 24. Tickets available through cornerhotel.com

TAME IMPALA Festival favourites Tame Impala have sold out their ﬁrst headline show at The Forum, and have announced a second to take place on Wednesday December 5. Tickets are through Ticketmaster.

DEVILS KITCHEN After a four year hiatus, the legendary good time stonerpunk-death-boogie-sex-rock showcase is back, taking in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in January 2013. Acts include King Parrot, Mammoth Mammoth, Chainsaw Hookers, Wicked City, BMX-RAY, Kids of Zoo, Clagg, River Of Snakes, My Left Boot, The Sure Fire Midnights, Bodies, Don Fernando, Agonhymn, Winterun and We Are Gamma. Don’t miss Devils Kitchen on Saturday January 5 when it gets cooking at The Tote. Tickets $27+bf through Oztix or $35 on the door.

CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES

Get your dancing shoes on and your hips shaking as the original kings of jumpin’ swing rock’n’roll return to Australia. We had a quick catch up with Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. Define your genre in five words or less: Swing, rockabilly, ska. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? We played a gig a long time ago with the legendary LA punk-rock band X and John Doe told me we were like Cab Calloways band with Charles Manson as the lead singer. That was a long time ago when we played a lot more punk rock and ska shows, but I think it speaks to an edge that we have. We are very swinging, but we don’t come across as tame. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Currently my reading of the Greco Roman stoic and cynic philosophers is the most inspiring to my lyrics. I have been reading Seneca, Lucretius and Epictetus and trying to square up my own life by ruminating on what these guys have to say. I think stoicism began to creep into the Beat Magazine Page 18

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Following on from the news of the release of The Key Of Sea Volume 2 on Friday October 19, The Key Of Sea will take to the stage at the newly refurbished Hamer Hall on the Friday December 14, in a spectacular concert as part of the Arts Centre Melbourne’s 2012/13 Summer Series. Unifying some of Australia’s most loved artists on collaborations with talented Australian based musicians from refugee/asylum seeker backgrounds for a series of unforgettable songs with roots from across the seas, the concert will feature performances by Tim Rogers, Polyxeni, Jinja Safari with Kinfe Geshu, Brous with Awaz, Chet Faker with The Royal Swazi Spa and The Tiger & Me with Murtaza Jafari, with special guest MC Rockwiz’s Brian Nankervis and a guest appearance by Waleed Aly. Tickets on sale from artscentremelbourne.com.au.

new record in a few songs. The characters in those songs encounter diﬃculties yet they attempt to take a clear-eyed look at themselves in their struggles to overcome their fears and disappointments. Do you have any record releases to date? What are they? Where can I get them?: We have eight releases and a new swing album called White Teeth, Black Thoughts available in the early part of 2013. You can check out, download, or order and have me personally ship to you at daddies.com. When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/ single/etc? Monday November 5 at The Corner Hotel. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? I like working through long projects and seeing them through to the end. It's like a long odyssey where I discover a lot about myself along the way. Making an album is like that, it hurts and is frustrating but it proceeds along its own peculiar logic and arrives at its particular place. Since I basically write everything, it is more like an auteur headspace. Though I do get blamed when somebody’s

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expectations are not met. It builds character. What’s your favourite song, and why? My favourite pieces of music are some late string quartets by Beethoven – No. 12 In EB Major and No. 15 In A Minor. To me they sound as if reason was sculpted into musical form. They‘re not tempestuous, romantic or ﬂamboyant like much of what Beethoven did while younger. This feels like the music made by an experienced soul at the top of its game with nothing to prove, but everything to say. It makes me proud to be a human being.

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60 SECONDS WITH... NITE JEWEL With a degree in philosophy and a honeyed throat, Californian native Ramona Gonzalez aka Nite Jewel is performing a special Laneway sideshow next February. Nite Jewel, with her three piece band featuring Cole M. Greif-Neill (ex-Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graﬃti, The Samps) will play a super special intimate show at the Worker’s Club on Monday February 4 as part of the wonderful LA Nights series. DJ babe LA Pocock will be spinning tunes into the wee hours. Also, stay tuned for the announcement of a special guest. Tickets for this show are only $28+bf, so be quick.

WILL AND THE PEOPLE

JESSIE WARE

Since Will And The People were last in Australia (March 2012), they have had a very eventful year. Now, Will And The People’s second album Friends has arrived. It was recorded in their barn in Berkshire, UK. The band ﬁlled the 17th century barn with an array of hired outboard studio equipment and recorded all 12 tracks in a week. You can see Will and the People all through the ﬁrst half of the Australian summer, with appearances on Mullum Music and Peats Ridge Festivals, in between headline shows down the East Coast. More dates and festival appearances to be announced. Catch their show at The Workers Club in Melbourne on Saturday December 1, it’s sure to be a very special event.

A serious contender for this year’s prestigious Mercury Prize, Jessie Ware is one of the UK’s break-out stars of 2012. After guesting on high proﬁle tracks like SBTRKT’s Right Thing To Do, the 27-year-old backed it up with her seductive, universally acclaimed debut, Devotion. She performs a Laneway sideshow at The Prince Bandroom on Wednesday January 30.

ZINGARO Zingaro is a festival of wild rhythms and exhilarating dance held in Malmsbury, from Friday November 16 to Sunday November18. Unique in Victoria, Zingaro brings together musicians and music lovers with a range of workshops and concerts providing opportunities to develop dancing, singing and instrumental playing in Eastern European styles in a richly supportive environment. Only an hour up the Calder Highway from Melbourne, just past Kyneton, this is an opportunity not to be missed! If you are excited by the prospect of a festival where you can hear and maybe play a bulgar or ruchenitsa rather than a jig or reel, then this festival is for you. Tickets available at the door. For more information, visit globalgardensfestival.org/zingaro.

ART OF SLEEPING Art of Sleeping will mark the release of their EP, Like A Thief, with a string of shows along the East Coast this November. Following a national tour with The Paper Kites, Art of Sleeping will return to the stage in what can only be described as a musical christening of sorts. Showcasing songs from Like A Thief, Art of Sleeping invite their nearest, dearest and of course, all of their new friends on the road, to join the party around the latest release. Having enjoyed a Top 100 ARIA Chart debut, Like A Thief captures the grunt of their live show along with their stirring honesty. Many have been quick to applaud the ﬁve-track release with as much acclaim as their live shows. See for yourself when they play Northcote Social Club on Tuesday November 27. Tickets from the venue website.

BUTTERFLY BOUCHER On the heels of recent sold-out shows in Melbourne, plus a North American tour with golden girl Missy Higgins, Butterﬂy Boucher has announced a second return headline show at The Empress Hotel on Sunday November 4 with rising Sydney songstress Caitlin Park as the support.

ELIZABETH ROSE

Define your genre in five words or less: Electronic, fun, experimental, colourful and eclectic. What do you love about making music? I love the freedom you have in creating music, it’s your own personal art where you can create something from absolutely nothing. To think about songwriting in this manner motivates me to keep creating. What do you hate about the music industry? There are people out there in it just solely to make lots of money and because of that, there is a lot of shit music in the world just for the sake of there being just ‘music’. Talent shows like Idol and so on pump all of this money into the artists and they have no stable, long-term career out of it. Quick fame is a cheat in the system and it really bugs me! What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? I just released my debut EP Crystallise, yay! It came out on October 12 and it’s on iTunes and also in stores at JB Hi-Fi and indies. When’s the gig and with who? My EP launch is on Saturday November 3 at The Workers Club in Fitzroy with some sweet supports – Ill’s and Mulder. So, someone is walking past as you are playing, they then go get a beer and tell their friend about you... what do they say? “My god, she’s small!” (I get that a lot, ha!) How long have you been gigging and writing? I’ve been writing from about the age of seven or eight. I’d buy CD singles and write new lyrics over the top of the instrumentals. I then learnt piano and played/sang

throughout primary school and picked up drums and guitar in highschool. I began gigging back in 2009 – my setup has changed a lot since then, so has my songwriting. Now, it’s just me solo with keyboards and samplers and it’s all electronic. What’s your favourite song, and why? Mirror Maru by Cashmere Cat. I heard it last night for the ﬁrst time and the production on it is so damn clean, I love the rhythms you can hear in it. Highly recommend you check this guy from Norway out, incredible stuﬀ. Where would you like to be in five years? I would like to be living in the UK and be working on my third or fourth album, collaborating with some big name artists.

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Promoting a healthy and compassionate lifestyle, World Vegan Day is a free community festival taking place at Princes Park in Carlton on Sunday November 10. Now in its tenth year, the event had vegan food and shopping, plus informative talks, cooking demonstrations and even speed dating (both queer and hetero). It also has a stellar lineup all live music all day including The Bon Scotts, The April Maze, Ceres, Kitty Hart and more. Information is at wvd.org.au.

Following the announcement of their show at the Northcote Social Club, The Mess Hall are sure to please their fans with another show to be played on Sunday November 25, 8pm at the Northcote Social Club. Having last played in Melbourne in 2010, and with a recent oneoﬀ, blindingly great sold-out Sydney show under their whippet-thin belts, these shows will provide a timely reminder of their quality. Tickets are on sale now through the Northcote Social Club website. Don’t miss out!

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INTERNATIONAL 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. EMMYLOU HARRIS Palais Theatre November 10 BEN HARPER The Plenary November 10 HARVEST FESTIVAL Werribee Mansion November 10, 11 CHELSEA WOLFE Northcote Social Club November 12 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 EYEHATEGOD Billboard The Venue 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 WILL AND THE PEOPLE The Workers Club December 1 RICK ASTLEY The Palace November 30, Chelsea Heights Hotel December 1 THE SELECTER Corner Hotel November 30 OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ Corner Hotel December 2 REEL BIG FISH, GODLFINGER, ZEBRAHEAD The Palace December 2 BLONDIE Sidney Myer Music Bowl December 3 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 MAYDAY PARADE Billboard The Venue December 8 LAGWAGON Bended Elbow December 8, 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 PEATS RIDGE Glenworth Valley December 28 - January 1 TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB Festival Hall December 29 SHARON VAN ETTEN Corner Hotel December 30 SUMMADAYZE Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 1 MAXIMO PARK Corner Hotel January 2 FIRST AID KIT Forum Theatre January 2 BEST COAST The Hi-Fi January 2 WILLIS EARL BEAL Northcote Social Club January 2 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB Festival Hall January 2 BLOOD RED SHOES The Hi-Fi January 3 COSMO JARVIS Corner Hotel January 3 65DAYDOFSTATIC Corner Hotel January 4 THE HIVES The Forum January 6 SHARON JONES & THE DAP KINGS The Corner Hotel January 8 BEACH HOUSE The Forum January 9 HOT CHIP The Palace January 9 GARY JULES Corner Hotel January 12 DJANGO DJANGO The Hi-Fi January 12 NIGHTWISH The Palace January 14 DAVID BYRNE & ST VINCENT Hamer Hall January 14, 15 WEEZER Sidney Myer Music Bowl January 16, The Palais January 17 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 ELVIS COSTELLO The Palais January 25 A DAY ON THE GREEN Yarra Valley January 26 BIG DAY OUT Flemington Racecourse January 26 PERFUME GENIUS Northcote Social Club January 30 JESSIE WARE Prince Bandroom January 30 THEE OH SEES The Hi-Fi January 31 AMANDA PALMER AND THE GRAND THEFT ORCHESTRA The Forum February 1 ST. JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL Footscray Community Arts Centre February 3 DIVINE FITS Corner Hotel February 4 POLICA Northcote Social Club February 4 NITE JEWEL The Workers Club February 4 BAT FOR LASHES The Palais February 5 CLOUD NOTHINGS Ding Dong Lounge February 5 THE MEN Northcote Social Club February 6 JULIA HOLTER The Toﬀ In Town February 6 YEASAYER The Hi-Fi February 6 GIN BLOSSOMS The Hi-Fi February 7 DIRTY BEACHES February 10 DAVID HASSELHOFF Corner Hotel February 14 SARAH BLASKO Hamer Hall February 14 SWANS Corner Hotel February 15 RINGO STARR Festival Hall February 16 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 HOW TO DRESS WELL Corner Hotel February 22 MY BLOODY VALENTINE The Palace February 22 BLINK-182 Sidney Myer Music Bowl February 26 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 GOLDEN PLAINS Meredith’s Supernatural Amphitheatre March 9 - 11 MXPX The Corner Hotel March 10 BOB MOULD The Corner Hotel March 13 RODRIGUEZ Hamer Gall March 22 FRED WESLEY The Corner Hotel March 24 WILCO Hamer Hall March 27 BONNIE RAITT, MAVIS STAPLES State Theatre March 27 IGGY AND THE STOOGES Festival Hall March 27 ROGER HODGSON The Palais March 28 BYRON BAY BLUESFEST Byron Bay March 28 – April 1 BLIND BOYS OF ALABAMA Hamer Hall April 3 THE SCRIPT Rod Laver Arena April 6 BRYAN ADAMS Rod Laver Arena April 20 P!NK Rod Laver Arena July 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

NATIONAL 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 HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY Northcote Social Club November 4, 5 HENRY WAGONS Thornbury Theatre November 5 TZU The Hi-Fi November 5 DONNY BENET The Toﬀ In Town November 8 DEEP SEA ARCADE Corner Hotel November 9

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THE AUSTRALASIAN WORLD MUSIC EXPO Various Venues November 15 - 18 REDCOATS Ding Dong Lounge November 10 YUNG WARRIORS First Floor November 16 FACE THE MUSIC Arts Centre Melbourne November 16, 17 SOUNDSCAPE FESTIVAL Hobart waterfront, November 16, 17 MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK Various Venues November 16 – 24 BLEEDING KNEES CLUB Corner Hotel November 17, Ding Dong Lounge November 18 ANGUS STONE The Palace November 21 BALLPARK MUSIC The Palace November 23 QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL Queenscliﬀ November 23-25 THE MESS HALL Northcote Social Club November 24, 25 ART OF SLEEPING Northcote Social Club November 27 JORDIE LANE Northcote Social Club November 29, 30, December 2 SAN CISCO Corner Hotel December 1, 2 MISSY HIGGINS Palais Theatre December 4 BIRDS OF TOKYO Ormond Hall December 5 TAME IMPALA The Forum December 5, 6 JEFF MARTIN Cherry Bar December 7, The Northcote Social Club December 8 GOTYE Sidney Myer Music Bowl December 8 SUNNYBOYS Corner Hotel December 8 THE LIVING END Corner Hotel December 11 - 22 HARD-ONS Northcote Social Club December 14 POISON CITY XMAS The Reverence Hotel December 21 PARKWAY DRIVE Festival Hall December 22 CHILDREN COLLIDE The Espy December 28 SPIDERBAIT, SOMETHING FOR KATE The Espy December 31 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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The Thornbury Theatre December 15

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SARAH BLASKO BY KELLY THEOBALD

Sarah Blasko thought that recording her new album, I Awake, was going to kill her. Luckily, it didn’t. She finished the job, it’s fantastic and that’s all there is to it. However, she warns that if you want to record with an orchestra, you’d better think long and hard before embarking on such a treacherous, overwhelming journey. “When you say to yourself: ‘I’m going to record with an orchestra,’ it’s a really great fantasy. But, the reality of it is a pretty full on job. We had to be really organised before we went to Bulgaria,” she says of the country whose Symphony Orchestra she borrowed. “You can’t just turn up and ask for 60 players and not know what you want.” But Blasko, whose first album, 2004’s The Overture And The Underscore, received platinum sales and was nominated for ARIA’s for Album Of The Year and Best Female Artist, knows what she wants. “I’ve matured and gotten older and I think I know a lot more about what I like and what I don’t like now,” she says. “I’ve developed my voice and now it’s more my own. I think you’re always going to have moments where you’re confident and not confident but I feel like I’m in a good place now with writing, recording and playing live. I feel more confident to take chances that I wasn’t before.” While working with an orchestra was something that Blasko had planned for I Awake, producing it herself wasn’t. She was hoping to again work with Bjorn Yttling, of Peter, Bjorn and John fame, with whom she worked with on her previous, ARIA award winning album, As Day Follows Night. However, no matter how they tried to schedule it, neither could find a mutually agreeable time to record. Eventually, Blasko recognised the signs and decided to put her very own producer hat on. “It never seemed to work out with Bjorn so I felt an internal push to produce the album myself,” she says. “From there, I felt that I wanted it to be an album of contrast and working with an orchestra was something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. A lot of music I love uses an orchestra for maximum impact and I wanted this album to have that kind of drama to it.” I Awake is both dramatic and honestly reflective, something that Blasko has managed to achieve with all of her records to date. However, there is something of a soulful, bluesy note that underlies the music – a lonely, heartfelt note that gives the album layers of emotion communicated through rich orchestration. Beat Magazine Page 22

Blasko says that her main inspiration for I Awake was living alone in a big house in Brighton, England. “I was living in a house right near the water and it was a pretty creative period – six months or so of writing,” she says. “Living abroad gives you a very different perspective on your life. It’s a very reflective period and you’re not in your comfort zone so you’re forced to look at yourself in a very different light. I think the album came out of the struggles of that. “It’s wonderful to be in different places experiencing

“ I’M A SINGER AND A WRITER, BUT I’M NOT SOME KIND OF VIRTUOSO. I ALWAYS FELT A BIT OUT OF PLACE IN THE MUSIC WORLD.” different things. I had two years of doing heaps of travelling and seeing places that I hadn’t before and I think all of those things influenced the new record.” However, after her previous album, As Day Follows Night, won her an ARIA for Best Female Artist, Blasko says that there’s an increase of pressure on her to release a strong record with I Awake. “I think you always want to do what you perceive in your own mind as a better piece of work each time. It’s an internal pressure though,” she says. “It can be a bit daunting after you’ve done a few records and you want to do something that’s different, both for people and yourself.” Of course, music comes naturally for the talented Blasko. While she has seen huge successes in the last ten years, she considers herself a ‘late bloomer’ with a slowly progressing career. But, she says, that’s not

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important. “I realised more than ever with this record that music is something that I feel really compelled to do,” she says. “Sometimes I can doubt that music is what I’m supposed to be doing but this record was all about not holding back and confidently believing in that.” She had the same approach when she was a child. “I just used to sing in my bedroom every afternoon when I got home from school – it was just something I needed to do to relax or be happy. It’s something very nourishing,” she says. However, she admits that while she always hoped to do music as a career, a high school music teacher once told her she “didn’t have a musical bone in her body”, although she didn’t let that deter her. “I started writing songs before I could play anything. I didn’t pick up an instrument until I was 18 – I was quite a late bloomer,” she says. “I’ve never really learnt anything properly – I just taught myself and made it up and winged it. I’m a singer and a writer, but I’m not some kind of virtuoso. I always felt a bit out of place in the music world.” While she may feel out of place in the music world, her fans, and the Australian public in general, feels that she’s an integral member of the Australian music elite. Her first three albums all achieved platinum sales in Australia and I Awake is tipped to be even more successful as Blasko reaches out to an even greater audience with her relatable, poignant songs. As most of us waited with bated breath to hear Blasko’s new masterpiece, Blasko herself was, well, a little scared. “It’s kind of terrifying,” she says. “I’ve been sitting on the album for so long and that wait until it goes out there for people to hear is a bit of an anxiety ridden point in time. But, I’m also just incredibly excited because it’s something I’ve worked incredibly hard on and I’m finally releasing it into the world. Something happens when you do put it out. It clears the path a little bit and you can move forward whereas in that in-between period you’re a little stuck. I’m really excited.” For Blasko, the album release is the first of many exciting dates on the horizon. “I’m gearing up to do a big tour next year," she says. “I want to do something that’s really going to present the album in its finest, and a few little shows here and there. I’m going to be in Australia for the next six months and then I’ll release the record in Europe. It’s really nice being home, I’m loving it!”

I Awake is out now via Dew Process/Universal. SARAH BLASKO performs at Arts Centre Melbourne, Hamer Hall with Orchestra Victoria on Thursday February 14.

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THIS WEEK: ON SCREEN In the fascinating documentary Fixing the Future public media star David Brancaccio visits locations across America that are attempting a revolution; the reinvention of the American economy. The ﬁlm highlights eﬀective, local practices such as local business alliances, community banking, time banking/hour exchange, worker cooperatives and local currencies. By featuring communities using sustainable and innovative approaches to create jobs and build prosperity, Fixing the Future inspires hope and renewal amidst economic collapse. Fixing the Future is being screened on Wednesday November 7 at Rancho Notorious (upstairs at 1000 £ Bend).

ON STAGE Labelled by Vogue UK as “one of the biggest new music talents in Britain”, Circle of Sound is an explosive audio-visual collision of music and film as it captivates cross-arts at its best, merging live music, spoken word and specially-created film. Featuring two stars of contemporary British-Asian music, Soumik Datta and drummer Bernhard Schimpelsberger, Circle of Sound whisks you away on a journey through India and Europe, as two men leap cultural borders to discover a unified language through music. It’s on at the Arts Centre this Sunday November 4 at 5pm.

ON DISPLAY Come and feast on a diverse array of imagery created by final year students at RMIT’s Bachelor of Arts course for the showcase Shouts & Undertones. See a collection of 60 students’ final year folio work covering all photographic genres, such as fashion, documentary, advertising, architecture and fine art photography. Come and celebrate with those radical uni students at opening night on Thursday November 1 at the new Places Victoria Civic Hub at Docklands. If you can’t make it, the exhibition runs from Thursday November 1 - Saturday November 10.

BEAT’S PICK OF THE WEEK: He’s been in some big Hollywood flicks, including all four of the Pirates of the Caribbean films. However his current role on the stage brings the Melbourneresiding gentleman back home for a while. Happening at Her Majesty’s Theatre until Sunday December 16, be sure to see Geoffrey Rush as the bumbling Roman slave Pseudolus in A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, a fast-paced comedy inspired by the farces of the ancient Roman playwright Plautus and pays homage to vintage vaudeville with plenty of laughs and cleavage! For more information and session times, head to the official website at funnything.com.au.

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Circle of Sound is an explosive audio-visual collision of music and film as it captivates cross-arts at its best, combining live music, spoken word and specially-created film. The show stars two of the most genre-defying minds in contemporary British-Asian music – Soumik Datta and drummer Bernhard Schimpelsberger – as Circle of Sound whisks you away on a journey through India and Europe, following two men as they leap cultural borders to discover a unified language through music. It’s on at the Arts Centre this Sunday November 4 at 5pm. We have some double passes to give away.

THE SESSIONS Cinema Nova will host a very special event on Sunday November 4 with two filmmakers, Ben Lewin and Judi Levine, who have hit the big time in Hollywood for their film The Sessions – featured on ABC’s Australian Story recently. Ben and Judi will be joining Cinema Nova live via Skype to discuss how it feels to achieve success as filmmakers in Hollywood after 17 years living there; this will follow an advanced screening of The Sessions, starring Helen Hunt, John Hawkes and William H. Macy. Filmed on a budget of less than $1 million, contributed mostly from Ben and Judi’s friends and family in Melbourne, The Sessions has been tipped as a strong contender in the coming awards season. We have some double passes to give away to the event. Hit up beat.com.au/freeshit to win.

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ELLING

BY BELLA ARNOTT-HOARE

Adapted from a novel by Ingvar Ambjorns, then an Oscar-nominated 2001 film, MTC’s Elling casts an affectionate glance over the mentally ill. Title character Elling is sensitive, shy and a little neurotic, while Kjell Bjarne is obsessed with sex, and when cast out from their present accommodation in an Oslo institution, their individual idiosyncrasies test their ability to belong to a new world. Hayden Spencer plays Kjell Bjarne, oversexed, understimulated and Elling’s unlikely partner in crime. “They’re given a kiss and a prayer and sent off into the wind, if you like,” he laughs. “And you see how they persevere. My character is not without his obstacles in society – he has a really high sex drive and a low social moray, and everything he’s going through he’s probably dealing with for the first time.” In a piece directed by MTC favourite Pamela Rabe, Spencer says they’ve tried to stray away from specificity in dealing with the characters’ illnesses. They exist, as many characters do, as flawed human beings in an unfamiliar environment. “The more that you start to identify and lock down the precise condition the more it’s possible that it could be dismissed. So it’s important to artistically keep things relatively broad in that respect. But you’re doing that from a mathematical point of view - we’ve been quite specific in being general.” Though Kjell Bjarne does have his share of odd quirks. “It will become apparent to the audience some of his limitations –

principally with the single-minded focus on sex and taking that out into the general populous.” As a 2001 film, Elling did particularly well, receiving nominations for swag of awards and appearing at The Toronto Film Festival, but Spencer deliberately hasn’t seen it. “I haven’t checked out the film, but I’ve started reading the book. Not only have I been involved in the rehearsal time but also out of hours, so I can piece together this puzzle. I guess the film would probably be distracting, because my imagination is still at work when I’m reading the book, and I can still sort of place myself in the role, but if you see someone portraying the character that could be misleading.” What’s common about all of its adaptions is it doesn’t shy away from the subject matter’s potential darkness, but gives its characters appropriate comic relief. It’s been called “sweet”, “sarcastic”, but underlying the humour is a conversation about society’s fringes. “As we’re all well aware, mental illness is a lot more prevalent in our society than we’d probably care to admit. And that’s obviously been the focus of a lot of groups in recent years, certainly,” says Spencer. “These two characters are probably the two least likely candidates from whom we can extract information or a moral viewpoint from, if you will. But in saying that, in the passage of the play both characters initially are really quite confronting. The audience may very well question whether they want to spend an evening with these characters.” But Elling makes sure you do spend the evening, the narrative offering a redemptive perspective on their illnesses. “It’s a journey of [the audience] hopefully falling in love with these guys and seeing life through their perspective, through their eyes. They struggle to answer a telephone – the basis of a whole scene is how to answer the telephone – whereas most of us in society have never had issues with that.” One of the most humanising elements, reflects Spencer, is the friendship the pair form. They may be misunderstood oddballs but at least they have each other – a romantic notion which sees the characters develop and change. “Neither of them have had a history of friends or friendship,”

he says. “It becomes apparent that they’re useful to each other, very useful, to the point where the exterior force of the powers that be have decided that they will work well together in an apartment in Oslo.” He became particularly attached to the character he played for the childlike wonder adults soon forget. It reminds him of when he had his own children, he says. “They have to learn to trust each other, they have to learn to love, they have to express their feelings and have control over their feelings. So everything they’re experiencing they’re experiencing for the first time which is really beautiful – like when my son and daughter were born and you’re seeing life through their eyes for the first time. It’s a really beautiful thing, so that’s what I really see in these guys – they’re dealing with a dilemma too. They’re having all sorts of feelings for the first time.” Ultimately, Spencer thinks the play has a task in altering perceptions about mental illness – one that it willingly achieves. “I hope that one of the things this piece is saying about mental illness is requesting the audience to look beyond their limitations, and trying to have a closer association to their internal drivers which invariably will replicate their own.” Elling shows at Southbank Theatre, The Sumner until Thursday December 8.

SNUFF PUPPETS: EVERYBODY BY KATE MCCARTEN

Describing the spectacles that Snuff Puppets has been showcasing around the world for the last two decades as ‘puppet shows’ is almost an insult. Their 20-foot works of art are a far cry from sinister marionettes and socks with button-eyes. Founded 20 years ago by Splinters Theatre breakaways Pauline Cady, Simon Terrill and Andy Freer, Snuff Puppets has grown from an ambitious pipe dream into an internationally recognised puppet juggernaut. Getting ready to premiere their latest full-sized show Everybody inside their Footscray workshop, Artistic Director Andy Freer ponders the simple thing that ties us all together. Freer attributes his early interest in out-of-the-box theatre to the time of his life where most of us incorrectly imagine that we’re going to “find ourselves” – high school. “I was in all of the plays,” Freer recalls, “and funnily enough every teacher I ever had through different schools and different years were all into the latest experimental techniques. So even from a young age I was given a pretty interesting insight into making theatre that is quite out there and quite exploratory.” Freer eventually got sick of what he cynically describes as “the whole self-conscious acting thing” and shortly after joined the now-defunct performance troupe Splinters Theatre of Spectacle, where he met Cady and Terrill. After being involved in a performance company that used objects and costumes to tell a story, Freer’s theatrical world was opened wide. Describing his breaking away from Splinters to forge his own path with Cady and Terrill, Freer says “it was just growing up; a coming of age kind of thing. Just realising that we wanted to really push a style of theatre that was specifically giant puppets. The evolution of dreams and people and time. [Snuff Puppets] just grew out of that, and it just kept growing and growing. Literally, the puppets got bigger.” So big in fact, that Snuff Puppets have to be operated from the inside. The performers put the puppets on like clothes. “It’s the opposite of manipulating the puppets from the outside,” Freer explains. “They’re like costumes, but they have ropes and all kinds of levers on the inside; they’re quite mechanical.” And they’re quite gigantic: cow puppets

bigger than cows, crocodile puppets that could eat a real crocodile, human puppets that tower over buses. The scale of the puppets is one of Snuff’s most distinctive features; the rough and near-grotesque form of the puppets is another. “There’s a very handmade aesthetic to our work. They’re quite obviously human made and presented – the very opposite to a slick, polished product.” As the chief designer of the puppets, Freer embraces the free form approach. “The puppets do actually present themselves as you’re building them. You realise what you’re actually making as you’re making it, instead of working to a strict plan.” And just as the puppet’s design comes to life as it’s being created, so does the story that puppet will help to tell. “The stories for the shows come from the actual puppets,” says Freer. “It’s a process of making the puppets first, and then seeing what they can do, and then making stories from that. It’s a bit different from having a finished script and then making everything to that – in fact, it’s almost the other way around. It’s quite interesting because who knows what might come out of a rehearsal period with a whole bunch of big puppets?” From humble beginnings born of just two puppet heads, Snuff Puppets has since put on dozens of full and roaming shows across the globe, from Scandinavia to Korea to the US and back again. Winning accolades and awards alike, their shows are essentially a collaboration of puppetry, live music, and visual theatre. While each show does have vague

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narratives lines, Freer and his team are wary of sticking to a standard narrative structure. Opting instead for a focus on physical theatre and music, Freer explains that, “music is really important. There’s not a lot of language, so music almost becomes like the voice of the puppets at times.” It is perhaps this lack of a scripted dialogue that has made Snuff Puppets so internationally successful. “Because there is limited language spoken in our shows, it moves through different cultures more easily.” But for now, Snuff Puppets is at home in Footscray about to unveil their newest puppet star, unbelievably even bigger and more elaborate than anything they’ve made to date. Aptly named Everybody, (s)he’s a dual-gender, multiracial 23-foot human. Everybody the puppet is the star of Everybody the show. This giant human is made up of dozens of smaller anatomically shaped puppets: hands, feet, kidneys, and yes, even both sets of genitals. While creating movement with these unusual but very familiar forms and accompanied by a live band, Snuff Puppet’s trademark sense of anarchic black humour is never far away. Everybody is an exploration into the human body, how we all possess one, and how similar we all really are. “It’s about everybody,” Freer reiterates. “The physical body that we all share unifies us all. That encompasses a lot of ideas about the very nature of human existence. We’re using that concept to tell the stories.” It is set to be an audienceimmersive work as the performance space is the same room in which Everybody was built it. Apprehensive to give too much away though, Freer simply hopes “to give people an experience that they never could have imagined.” Everybody premieres at The Drill Hall, Footscray from Thursday November 8 – Saturday November 10.

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THE COMIC STRIP

FOR MORE ARTS NEWS, REVIEWS AND INTERVIEWS VISIT BEAT.COM.AU MIDSUMMER In collaboration with Red Stitch Theatre, David Greig and Gordon McIntyre present Midsummer, a summery romantic comedy about two people out of each other’s league. Set to a lo-fi pop musical, Midsummer delves into the meeting of Bob and Helena at a classy Edinburgh bar. Bob, played by Ben Prendergast (Offspring, Winners & Losers), is a wandering divorcee whose exploits include petty crime and not being able to hold down a relationship. Ella Caldwell (Stop.Rewind, Oh Well Never Mind Bye) gives voice to Helena, a successful divorce lawyer with an affinity for other women’s men. Obviously they shouldn’t sleep together, but how else would the story unfold? Following their imminent one-night stand, the pair find themselves with money that isn’t theirs and a willingness to spend it. Directed by John Kachoyan, whose has a large credential (La Dispute, The Captive, His Greatness), the musical is sure to be a thrill. Midsummer will be playing at Red Stitch Actors Theatre from Friday November 16 – Saturday December 15. Tickets and more information can be uncovered at Red Stitch Actors Theatre.

SUMMERTIME CINEMA It’s the perfect combination: a warm summer’s night, a blanket between friends (or lovers), an open bottle of bubbly, the setting of Boroondara’s most exquisite gardens, and Baz Luhrmann’s acclaimed adaption of the Shakespearean classic Romeo and Juliet. Couldn’t imagine anything more pleasant? Then read on. As part of the City of Boroondara’s 2012 Summertime Cinema series, the council will be hosting a collection of films over three consecutive Saturdays. It is a free event and films showing include hysterical comedy Shrek, hosted at Greythorn Park Saturday December 8, and dynamic classic Footloose, showing at Burwood Reserve Saturday December 1. Finishing on an eternal romantic note, the famous star-crossed lovers will close Boroondara’s Summertime Cinema series. Romeo and Juliet will show at Highfield Park in Camberwell Saturday December 15 at 8pm. Be sure to bring your tissues and a bottle of wine to drown your sorrows in. More information can be found at Boroondara Council.

GLIMPSE The Kin Collective, a theatre company that believes in challenging perceptions, thoughts and emotions, will be making their debut at the fortyfivedownstairs with Glimpse – an introspective production about human interaction. Glimpse is an analysis of ourselves and those moments where we casually glance at someone, then smile, and return to our own worlds. Through the voices and actions of Noni Hazlehurt, Michala Banas, Marg Downey, and many more, Australia’s renowned theatre actors will build upon those sporadic moments based around the hypothesis of: “what if that casual glance became a heartfelt conversation?” Eight strangers meet, they talk, and Ginger Meegs cartoonist Jason Chatfield will illustrate their blossoming relationships on a whitewashed walls behind the actors. It will provide a deeper intelligence to the production as Glimpse delves into the celebration of life, people, heart and mind. Glimpse will be playing at fortyfivedownstairs from Wednesday November 13 – Sunday December 2 with no shows on Mondays. Tickets and more information can be found at fortyfivedownstairs.

THE MOULIN BIEGE Comic Accordionist Liz Skitch hosts this Thursday’s star studded Moulin Beige Comedy Cabaret bringing together some of Melbourne’s ﬁnest vaudevillians. This extraordinary lineup is not to be missed, featuring absurdist clown Daniel Oldaker, contortionist Ruby Rubberlegs, TH Baumann (aka The Birdman), European Man (Ted Wilson), Ventriloquist Sarah Jones, Adelaide Everheart (Burlesque) and Physical Comic Rod Lara. It’s on at The Burlesque Bar in Fitzroy this Thursday November 1. Pre-book through burlesquebar.com.au and receive a complementary drink on arrival.

CANCERPALOOZA Melbourne’s finest musicians will be collaborating in support of the fight against cancer at the B.East this November. The event will bring together members of the city’s artistic community who have been personally touched or affected by cancer to raise funds for The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre – Australia’s only public hospital dedicated to cancer treatment, research and education. N’FA, Lotek, DJ Kuya and Dan Beck will be headlining. All proceeds from the door, raffles, delicious food sales and artist fees will be donated. Get cultural for a good cause on Sunday November 4, from 2pm at the B.East, East Brunswick. Those attending will also receive a free film pass to Seven Psychopaths courtesy of Hopscotch. From the team behind the hysterical In Bruges, comes Seven Psychopaths – an inventive, violent, hilarious and very black film that retains the deft writing and twisted creativity that made In Bruges a cult classic. With a cast including Woody Harrelson, Christopher Walken, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish and Tom Waits, Seven Psychopaths shouldn’t be missed.

CHECKPOINT CHARLIE COMEDY Tonight, Charlie is throwing a Halloween party for the ages with Sydney’s Rhys Nicholson (Balls of Steel) headlining! Birthday boy Mike Nayna will host a genitaltingling lineup also featuring Ronny Chieng, Luke McGregor and Rob Hunter, European Man and Mark Conway. For just $5. Bam. So come ﬁll yourself with cheap piss and put your continence to the ultimate test as the country’s best comedian spit funnies into the business end of a loud stick. Check in 8pm tonight at Eurotrash Bar, CBD. Get down early for a seat.

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I, ANIMAL Are you an animal fanatic? Have you always secretly wished to see what the lions really do at night? Then maybe I, Animal, the world-first only adults zoo experience is for you. Launching in late November, I, Animal integrates, alcohol, food, multimedia and group interaction to bring light to those preconceptions of the animal kingdom and how it operates at night. You could be your own David Attenborough, if that tickles your fancy. In collaboration with The Border Project, an iPod touch application has been created specifically for this event by Zoos Victoria. Called ‘Zoe’, the device will give you a guided history of the 150-year-old Melbourne Zoo while you transverse through the butterfly house at night. Essentially an experience for all animal buffs, I, Animal will launch at the Melbourne Zoo from Friday November 23 at 6.30pm. Tickets and more information can be found at Melbourne Zoo.

UNDERGROUND SPRING Collaboration: the Project and Revolt Art Space have combined to present UNDERGROUND Spring – a quarterly celebration of independent dance, sweaty, raw and exploding with talent. Showcasing a host of choreographers and emerging Melbourne dance stars through hip hop, commercial and contemporary dance, the third installment of the UNDERGROUND season will feature 18 new dance acts in a palpable dance hall atmosphere. Live vocalists, DJs, photo-booths and sexy ﬁlm clip style bump and grind from local young dancers will run until late. UNDERGROUND Spring will be hosted by urban dance artist Sid Mathur, whose career highlights to date include choreographing and performing the opening act for international R&B sensations Mario, Fabolous, Li’l Kim and 50 Cent. UNDERGROUND Spring is on at Revolt Artspace on Saturday November 24 from 8pm. Bookings available online and on the door. More information at facebook. com/melbourneundergrounddance

WAR HORSE AND THE BREATH OF LIFE

COMEDY SPECTACULAR Comedy Spectacular is back at The Corner Hotel on Sunday November 4 with another all-star lineup. Australian comedy icon Judith Lucy performs with comedy living legend Greg Fleet, one of our best and boldest Lawrence Mooney, felt-faced raconteur Randy The Puppet and the future of funny Tommy Little. Comedy Spectacular is the perfect addition to your Melbourne Cup long weekend social calendar and because Monday is not really a holiday for everyone, the show is presented over two power packed brackets beginning at 8pm to get you home at a respectable time for a Sunday night. (To avoid queues, doors open at 7pm for 8pm kickoﬀ.)

COMEDY AT SPLEEN Mondays at Spleen are always a full house and a great night! This Monday, they’ve got local favourite Josh Earl hosting! Plus Justin Hamilton, Tommy Little, Luke McGregor, Joel Creasey, Steele Saunders, Hayman Kent and heaps more! It’s this Monday October 15, 41 Bourke St, in the city, at 8.30pm. It may be free, but they appreciate a good gold coin donation at the door.

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In a celebration of the artistry of puppetry, Arts Centre Melbourne will be hosting an exhibition entitled War Horse and The Breath of Life, showcasing puppets, puppetry items and more that have graced our stages. Not for the fainthearted, the exhibition will include animatronic creatures, original designs, reﬁned designs, and a plethora of other puppet-related delights. The exhibition will include works from the National Theatre’s exhibition Staging War Horse, which will be displayed alongside Australia’s largest puppetry item collection, Art Centre Melbourne’s Performing Arts Collection. Character showstoppers Scarlett O’Hara from Gone with the Wind, and Viva La Vida puppet Frida Kahlo will be there, including the macabre masks of Dante... Through The Invisible. If you’re a scaredy cat, you might want to avoid the latter though, Dante’s works were terrifying enough without puppetry adaption. Hosted in Gallery I at the Arts Centre Melbourne, War Horse and The Breath of Life will be exhibiting from Saturday November 10 – Sunday March 17, 2013. More information can be found at Arts Centre Melbourne. Admission is free.

Xavier Michelides returns to The George Lane Bar this Thursday with the wonderful SONIA DI IORIO hosting a killer line up including, Fabian Lapham, Spencer Hodges, Timothy Clark, Ethan Addie, Angelo D’Costa and Matt Burton. Get down early for $5 Happy Hour drinks, 7pm till 9pm 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 George Lane Bar, St Kilda.

MARK CONWAY FALLOW When contemporary artist collector Charles Justin purchased a run-down St Kilda house back in late 2011, he saw the potential to morph this squatter’s dream into a piece of art. Less than 12 months later, the Justin Art Foundation presents FALLOW – Between Abandonment and Rebirth. Through the artistic visionaries of street artist Tunni Kraus, installation artists Carmen Reid and Robbie Rowlands, the dilapidated venue has been transformed into a space that explores the organic nature of houses. Notably, Rowlands’ piece entitled Sorry for the intrusion is a masterpiece. Through meticulous incisions, sculpture and innovative, the Melbourne-based artist turned the ﬂoor into a living organism. FALLOW – Between Abandonment and Rebirth precedes the imminent development of Art-House, a residential development with a strong integration of contemporary art, on the site following the exhibition. FALLOW – Between Abandonment and Rebirth will open its doors to the public every weekend from Saturday November 17 – Sunday December 16. Admission is free.

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What’s the funniest heckle you’ve heard? There’s an urban legend that during a bad stage performance of The Diary of Anne Frank the Germans arrived and someone yelled, “She’s in the attic!” That has all the hallmarks of a good heckle: 1) Ruining a performance 2) Nazis. What’s the deal with politics? Just ﬁnish every sentence with ‘and that’s what makes America great.’ Then you get a parade, Neil Young writes a song about you and The Ultimate Warrior hands you the title belt. What’s the worst movie you’ve seen this year? My cousin’s uni graduation speech video. I hated the main character before it started. Your partner allows you to sleep with one celebrity. Who do you choose and why? Robin Williams. After it I would whisper in his ear, ‘a law of Jumanji has been broken’. If you could choose your gender which would it be and why? Female. I’ve got the ﬁgure. Where can we see you perform next? Halloween at Eurotrash Bar tonight along with Rhys Nicholson, Ronny Chieng and Mike Nayna’s birthday (wish him a happy birthday on 0421 670 711). Where can we follow/stalk/ind out more about you?Twitter at @JohnnyUtahFBI or subscribe to my videos at youtube.com/CheckpointComedy

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MONSTER FEST BY NICK ‘THE SPOOKMEISTER’ TARAS

In a horrifying scene in the filmic adaptation of Stephen King’s It, a young lad is showering when a haunting, spine-tinglingly evil clown emerges from underneath the drain and frightens the child into an asthmatic fit. My best friend Cuddles claimed he didn’t shower for two weeks after seeing that movie. Obviously, he was not my best friend for those two weeks, with his execrable hygiene relegating him to fourth position (out of four), embarrassingly losing to my own mother. Such is the power of the horror genre. Speaking with Neil Foley – the Festival Director of the upcoming Monster Fest – the tone of excitement in his voice was indicative of the world class lineup of films that Monster Fest have assembled, ready to whisk audiences away to worlds where alcohol acts as alien repellent, and American soldiers must fight Nazi robots from the future. “It kicks off on Halloween with a film called The ABCs of Death which has only premiered about a month ago I suppose at the Toronto International Film Festival. …basically there’s 26 directors around the world who are the young, exciting, upcoming, biggest new names in horror, directing 26 episodes. Each episode beginning with the letter of the alphabet inspired by a tale of death. It’s a Halloween film, so it’s a pretty good one for Halloween. That whole night is a dress up night, as Halloween nights are, and it’s gonna be a lot of fun. “The following night there’s a film called Grabbers from Ireland, which is an alien sea monster kind of film, crossed between The Guard and Tremors, about aliens that attack this idyllic Irish coastal village and the locals realise that they’re blood-sucking aliens, and they realise the only person in town they seem to reject is the town drunk, because his blood alcohol is so high, so they realise the only way to fight off these aliens is to get pissed,” he laughs. “On the Sunday evening we’ve got two really fantastic films. There’s this teen filmmaking collective in Canada called Astron-6. They’ve been making these really hilarious films, and they’ve got two films playing back-to-back. One’s called Manborg and the other one’s called Father’s Day. Father’s

Day was shot for like $10,000 and it’s been playing the festival circuit all around the world and has become a festival darling, and it’s absolutely amazing, it’s really well made and hilarious – and really sick. It’s got a blood count like World War I. It’s fucking absolutely outrageous…That’s a massive highlight. It may be my favourite film in the whole program”. In conjunction with the excellent array of international premieres, Monster Fest will be showcasing the best in Australian horror filmmaking. “We’ve got like four Australian premieres. We’ve got a film called 25th Reich by a Melbourne filmmaker called Steven Amis, which is a kind of a time travel film set in World War II about some American soldiers in Australian Outback who get transported into the future and have to fight it out against Nazi robots of the future, which is a really creative, really fantastic funny film. “Then we’ve got another really cool Australian premiere called Muirhouse, which is a spooky ghost story set in a genuine haunted house, a house called Monte Cristo Homestead in New south Wales, regarded as Australia’s most haunted house, and it was actually filmed there in this house. “The two closing films nights I have to mention are Excision

CHERRY 2000 BY KATE MCCARTEN

Burlesque truly has stood the test of time. While our world has changed beyond recognition over the last 500 years, it seems we’ve managed to find a place in mainstream society for this sexiest of performance arts in a time not known for its appreciation of the past. In fact, Melburnians more than most have embraced the resurgence of burlesque, with a bevy of clubs and artists around the city dedicated to the movement. Three years ago, Scarlett (real name: Sheree Matthews) began experimenting with burlesque after spending most of her life devoted to the much more respectable ballet, and hasn’t looked back. Launching her own company aptly titled Scarlett Productions with the ‘80s stage extravaganza Cherry 2000, Scarlett is just as surprised as anyone at how her life is panning out. Like most females, Scarlett began doing ballet when she was a young girl. Unlike most though, she didn’t give it up after a few classes. In fact, she dedicated the next 15 years of her life to the dance. “I started quite young like a lot of people do,” Scarlett recalls. “But I ended up at McDonald College in Sydney. Right from Year 7, I did two hours of training every day along side my school work, as well as after school. I ﬁnished school in Year 10 to do full time training, and ended up in Germany training ten hours a day, six days a week. So yeah it was quite...I mean, that was meant to be my career.” After all that though, Scarlett eventually realised that she didn’t actually want to be a ballerina. Of retiring, Scarlett simply says, “I just decided in the end that it wasn’t for me. I think my body was just a bit tired.” Returning to Australia, Scarlett began readjusting to normal life, becoming a university student and ﬁnally exploring her passion for interior design. But they do

say ‘once a performer, always a performer’, and Sheree Matthews the ballerina eventually finds herself back on the stage, this time as the blood-haired bombshell Scarlett. “It was a bit of an odd step into it,” she muses. “I needed a little extra spurt of creativity into my life, and so I went to some burlesque classes. I wanted to do something a bit crazy and something very different to my ballet training, which certainly it is. I eventually found myself on the stage, and then it picked up really quickly.” So quickly in fact, that it soon became a full time job. Alongside her study, Scarlett began performing two to three times a week throughout Melbourne’s flourishing burlesque scene. Quickly developing a following as the prima ballerina of burlesque, Scarlett still uses her point shoes and incorporates a lot of ballet into her routines, which she attributes to helping her get work and exposure. But the similarities between ballet and burlesque are limited.

GORELESQUE 4 BY JOSH FERGEUS

Gorelesque: a dark burlesque juggernaut featuring the bizarre and the bloody. Oh, and a bit of naughty fun. Miss Nic, one of Australia’s favourite burlesque divas, is stepping up to the plate once more for a monstrous burlesque extravaganza. Gorelesque is now in its fourth year and shows no sign of slowing down. “I’m very proud of our efforts,” Miss Nic reflects. “I love that we have been able to develop an event which is unique within the burlesque industry and is being so well supported by small businesses and the general public.” Gorelesque was first established in 2009 by Miss Nic and Vesper White, another of Melbourne’s burlesque starlets. Saddened by the lack of opportunity for darker acts to prosper in the burlesque scene, the two performers created a showcase for the creepier burlesque, circus, vaudeville, dance and cabaret which Melbourne had to offer. “The success to date has been due to our unique combination of gore, horror, high theatrics and dark comedy,” says Miss Nic. “We’ll continue to push boundaries as much as we can and evolve within Beat Magazine Page 28

these themes to ensure we’re presenting exciting, new and most of all horrific performances that leave our audiences feeling captivated.” Gorelesque generally features throwbacks to cult horror cinema, B-grade film and grindhouse greats. This year will be no different, with the Gorelesque Feature Presentation being aimed squarely at getting audiences in the mood for girls and gore. “I believe Gorelesque was at the forefront of bringing the ghouls and zombies into the burlesque culture,” states Miss Nic. “As long as the art form keeps evolving, the burlesque boom will continue. The general public is always looking for something new and different and with the performers we have in Gorelesque…well, they’re some of Australia’s edgiest leading performers.”

which is a body horror starring 90210’s AnnaLynne McCord, – she’s a glamour, Hollywood, beautiful IT girl – she plays this ugly, alienated teenager with this kind of sick, demented surgery fantasies and she’s dissecting animals all the time and conjuring up all these weird fantasises about performing surgeries on people. It’s a really bloody and twisted film. It’s got Traci Lords in a dramatic role playing her fucked up neurotic mother. It’s got John Waters playing her church counsellor, it’s got Malcolm McDowell playing her teacher, Ray Wise is in it from Twin Peaks. “The last film of the program is called American Mary, directed by Jen and Sylvia Soska known around the world now as ‘the twisted twins’ – a couple of identical twins from Canada in their mid-20s, absolutely gorgeous, and they’ve made this film – without exaggeration – it’s taking the festival world by storm at the moment. It’s about a girl who’s studying to be a surgeon and to make ends meet, she on the side does this body-modification work in Vancouver…[it] then becomes a very dark, very twisted, rape revenge film where I won’t tell you what happens, but it’s one of the most shocking, interesting, and unique horror films I think in a long time.” One of the integral themes of Monster Fest this year is the role of women in the horror genre, evidenced by the inclusion of horror hostess Elvira for Night of the Women. “We’ve got this night called Night of the Women and we’re actually looking for a horror hostess to help us with all our online stuff and do reviews for us on our website, that kind of stuff. So we’re having a kind of talent quest that night, which will be a bit of fun and screen Elvira’s film from the ‘80s. “One thing we’re really proud of in Monster Fest is we’re trying to push this ‘women in horror’ angle and playing “The transition was really interesting because performing on the stage for ballet, you’re quite distant and detached from the audience, whereas in burlesque it’s all about getting in people’s faces and really eliciting a reaction. It challenges you more as a performer, in a different way.” When talking about the transition between ballet and burlesque, Scarlett adds, “It was actually a real surprise getting into performing that much again but as soon as it happened it felt natural, albeit in a much different realm.” As Scarlett’s final year as an interior design student came to an end though, she inevitably began to look toward the future. Finding that ballet was no longer written there, the choice for Scarlett was now: burlesque or interior design? The answer, it seems, is attempting to amalgamate the two into one venture: Scarlett Productions. Using both her knowledge of design and her passion for the stage, Scarlett is now focused on bringing to life shows of her own. Not just as the performer and producer, but as the writer, the choreographer, and of course the set and prop designer. Perhaps not using her interior design knowledge as was expected, Scarlett concedes, “I keep coming back to performance. I just can’t escape it.” In association with Red Bennies, and inspired by the cult ‘80s sci-fi film of the same name, Cherry 2000 promises not only burlesque, but circus, cabaret and even fireworks. Scarlett intentionally chose something as ambitious and multi-faceted as Cherry 2000 to launch her production career. “I wanted to attempt to break away from your standard burlesque show set up where it’s just one act after another with a very general theme. I really wanted to put more of a show into it. Every scene is considered, and there’s more of a storyline.” The storyline in this case being of a future where android babes reign supreme and love is, quite literally, a battlefield. And while the show is based on the film, it is not a direct stage rendition of it. Scarlett, who is also So, what’s new this year? “We will be at a fabulous new venue at Revolt Artspace in Kensington. We never repeat performances – every year we proudly showcase new acts. To be a part of Gorelesque, we require originality. We take on a mix of new performers and established professionals.” A rarity in the industry, Gorelesque features an open application process. “We start the callout for applicants midyear. Those who are interested should check out our Facebook page.” Jen and Sylvia Soska are Canadian twins and film directors who have created such violent and visceral horror films as Dead Hooker in a Trunk and American Mary, joining Gorelesque in 2012 as The Soska Sisters. Other new additions to this year’s lineup are the reigning queen of burlesque Imogen Kelly, and another international burlesque star Emily Badsville from Canada. “This is one of our strongest lineups to date,” says Miss Nic. “We’re so excited to unleash our monster in Melbourne!” Other performers include international performer Tank, Sydney’s Betty Grumble and Renny Kodgers, the comedian and magician Anthony De Masi, Kerry X, Betty Blood, Pippy Scream, Nemesis Diva, the Gorehound Go-Go Girls, and of course Miss Nic and Vesper White themselves. If you’re thinking of heading along, be sure to smarten up, as there’ll be a best-dressed competition to crown the Gorehound King and Queen.

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with American Mary on the last night is an Melbourne stop-motion animation by this really talented filmmaker called Isabel Peppard …It’s a really incredible film by a really incredibly talented filmmaker. If anyone has an inking towards horror films, it’s a great night to be there, because you’re seeing some of the hottest young female talent in the horror world on display. Demonstrated by my best friend, horror films often place the audience in a state of discomfort, and I wondered what Foley thought made the horror genre appealing. “What makes any film appealing? It transports you into another realm and with horror films, whether you love them or hate them, they absolutely take you into this space that you’re not in, in your everyday life. They’re a chance to delve into a side of life that you normally don’t have access to, and probably wouldn’t want to have access to but then you can sit there in the safety of your lounge room or cinema and go into this kind of darkest imaginings and explore possibilities you certainly wouldn’t want to replicate. And I think they’re also a great way of trading dialogue and talking about some difficult stuff that is difficult to talk about in an open public forum. The history of horror is so full of analogies to various aspects of our society and that’s what it’s about: if you look at it as a commentary…horror is a great way of being able to talk about that stuff that might be difficult to talk about”. Monster Fest runs from Wednesday October 31 until Friday November 9 at Cinema Nova. Head to monsterpictures.com.au/monster-fest for more information.

the lead dancer, explains, “We’ve taken a few key scenes from the movie and re-enacted them, while also ﬂeshing out the idea of android love, and of romance having died. Basically, we wanted to celebrate the ﬁlm in all its ‘80s glory, but we’ve taken a bit of creative license that allows us to throw a few other vaudevillian acts in there as well,” Scarlett exhales. “It’s going to be a big one. I’m excited.” Cherry 2000 hits Red Bennies on Monday November 5.

Gorelesque 4 takes place at the Revolt Artspace, Kensington on Saturday November 3 as part of Monster Fest. Doors at 7pm for an 8pm start. Tickets are $35 from gorelesque.com.au

LOUISE BOURGEOIS Heide Museum of Art will be hosting a very special exhibition later this year. Entitled Louise Bourgeois: Late Works, the exhibition will be the ﬁrst time since 1995 that an in-depth exhibition of the artist’s work has been shown. Coinciding the exhibition will be Louise Bourgeois and Australian Artists, an exhibition of contemporary Australian artists inspired by Bourgeois’ oeuvre. Louise Bourgeois is known for her collusion of surrealistic, anthropomorphic art that explores sexuality, relationships, identity and innocence through decapitated bodies, and twisted grand sculptures. Following up to Louise Bourgeois: Late Works is Louise Bourgeois and Australian Artists, an exhibition that showcases an array of artist’s works whom were inﬂuenced by the late legend. Del Kathryn Barton, multimedia and visual artist Janet Burchill, Pat Brassington, Brent Harris and photographer, sculpture Patricia Piccini are among some of the names represented. Louise Bourgeois: Late Works will be exhibited at the Heide Museum of Art from Saturday November 24 – Monday March 11, 2013. Louise Bourgeois and Australian Artists will commence at the same time but will run until Sunday April 14, 2013. More information, including bookings, can be found at Heide Museum of Art. Admission is free.

HALF EXHIBITION Do you remember that silly joke where people asked, “How long would it take for you to dig half a hole?” and you often wanted to punch them in the face? Well, Half Exhibition is here to resolve the concept of “What is half?” in a less ostentatious way through recherché art. Held at No Vacancy, the exhibition has employed a series of 22 artists to delve into this concept in relation to people, audience, artist and ideas. Ranging from the evocative illustrations of The Yok to typography and design byLuke Lucas, Half Exhibition will use an array of mediums, including jewellery, canvas and much more, to conceive this concept of ‘half’ and what it means. Half Exhibition will be hosted at No Vacancy from Wednesday November 14 – Sunday November 18 with an opening night on Thursday November 15 at 6pm. Admission is free.

THE WHITE CUBE WORKSHOP Ever wonder how to host a successful art exhibition? Are you an emerging artist without, or barely, any exhibition history? Then Ilona Nelson and her The White Cube Workshop is what you need. In an effort to educate emerging artists about the realm of art exhibitions, Nelson will host a one day workshop where she will elucidate the logistics of exhibition planning. These topics include: preparing exhibition proposals, marketing your exhibition, how to create opportunities, writing your grant applications and all that other tricky stuff emerging artists find irksome. Along with a review of your current portfolio, Nelson will engage in a Q&A session that attendees can draw upon her 15 year career knowledge of exhibiting. There is also an option to join Nelson’s mentoring group after the workshop, a group that helps emerging artists establish themselves. The White Cube Workshop will be hosted at The Art Room on Saturday December 1 from 10am – 5pm. More information, including booking information, can be found at Ilona Nelson’s Site.

OPEN STUDIOS IN THE WEST LINCOLN ART CENTRE Gallery/space name: Open Studios in the west Address: Various from Footscray to Williamstown to Werribee Website: openstudiosinthewest.net Gallery owner: Various When did the space first open its doors, and how did you become involved? Open Studios began with a group of inner west artists wanting to showcase their work. The ﬁrst Open Studios took place as a part of the 2005 Big West Festival. In 2007, Maribyrnong City Council agreed to manage the program, which now occurs annually and continues to be a part of Big West Festival bi-annually. The program continues to grow each year, and in 2009 extended its borders to neighbouring western region councils. In 2012, the program is presented by Maribyrnong, Hobsons Bay and Wyndham City councils. Does the space lend itself to a certain type of art, and if so how? This year there are 42 studio opening and events, with over 60 participating artists and artforms ranging from painting to glassmaking, blacksmithing to sculpture, and the performing arts. What upcoming exhibitions do you have? Open Studios in the west – Saturday November 24 and Sunday November 25. Get behind the scenes and discover the hidden creativity of artists living and working in Melbourne’s west.

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Lincoln Art Centre is an exciting new space in East Brunswick consisting of two galleries and 13 studios. Galleries are available to rent for exhibitions, performances, events, and workshops. Lincoln Art Centre is currently accepting applications for the galleries and the ﬁnal remain studio space. There are two galleries which can be viewed at lincolnartcentre.com.au. There is currently one studio available for rent. Lincoln Art Centre currently have one available for rent. For more information, check out the website at lincolnartcentre.com.au or contact Nadja Mott 0410 644 813. Upcoming shows in November and December are the following: A Retrospective by Jan Neil from Thursday November 8 – Sunday November 11. Elysian Fields by James Tunks from Saturday November 17 to Saturday November 24. Ambience by Nabilah Norden from Thursday November 29 until Tuesday December 4. Local designers, Saiai and Bandit Bunny Debut Fashion Show on Saturday December 15.

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THE SIDETRACKED FIASCO BY KRISSI WEISS

Sydney funkcore band The Sidetracked Fiasco have recently finished a 17 date national tour and the logical way to wind down from that seemed to be to do it all again. They are a band whose energy seems to be unstoppable and passion for their music (and a good time) unending. Part funkadelic cool, part hip hop smooth and part cheeky spunk, the four-piece are embracing the ethos of unending touring as a way of building their fan base and climbing up the ladder. With a sound that blends the slap-bass funk of Red Hot Chili Peppers with the punk urgency of Rage Against The Machine and System Of A Down, STF bring refreshing grit to an often gentrified genre. Bassist Johnny O’Donnell begins by reminiscing on the band’s coming together back in 2006 (yes, that is more than a couple of years ago). “I answered an ad in the local streetpress musicians wanted section, and that's how Ryan (Miller, singer) and I met,” he explains. “It turned out that we both had a penchant for Luchadore masks, purple body paint, motivational Sasquatches, gas masks and being tarred and feathered. Oh of course we also have the funk. In fact, a funk so forceful it has the power of a small pony.” Kicking off with that level of quirk, one could assume that life on the road is one crazy party but O’Donnell counters that notion, suggesting that STF are relatively party-free during their touring stretches. While they take their music seriously, they seem to be embracing life as a band with a huge sense of humour. “For the most part we keep it pretty sensible,” he says. “We generally keep the partying to on

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Define your genre in five words or less: Chilled. Ukulele. Strings. Acoustic. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Hopefully Leah Flanagan. What can a punter expect from your live show? A nice chilled set.

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stage – unless there's a rider. Of course then it's black tooth grins all around.” Sambucca fans? There’s a fine line between playing enough to be noticed and playing too much and creating an apathetic audience so why have the band chosen to hit the road so hard lately? “'Cause the road talked back; should've known its place! Besides it's still the best way to get your music out there, see the sites and meet some cool people. Yeah, and some not so cool. Jesus that sounds like an ad for Contiki tours or better yet the Australian army, just change ‘meet some people’ to ‘kill some people’.” In the current climate of touring taking precedent over recording and the EP shuffling out the relevance of the album, STF are towing the populous line with an album not necessarily their biggest focus. They are, however, cobbling together some songs with the view of some sort of release next year, be that single, EP or LP. In true funk style,

O’Donnell and his bass drives the creative process and song writing. “Most of the time I come in with the bones of a song and the other guys do their thing to flesh it out and bring it to life,” he says. “There are a couple of songs that have come spontaneously out of jams but that's definitely the exception to the rule.” The Sidetracked Fiasco haven’t avoided recording altogether though. Two EPs, their debut self-titled and their latest, The Motivational Sasquatch, have made ripples in the giant pond of Australian up-and-coming releases and the band’s unique sound and explosive live show is helping to set them apart. Their unpredictable stage presence sometimes gives way to onstage chaos, never musically, but often energetically and the chaos, despite touring allegedly being a relatively sensible affair, has been known to trickle off the stage and into the corners of the venue and faces of the patrons. O’Donnell finishes up with a crazy little touring tale. “At the Worldsend in Adelaide I thought it would be vision that we are hoping to share with the rest of Australia. By participating in these shows you will be participating in history. Why would you miss it?

What inspires or has influenced your music the most? My tropical paradise homeland.

Describe the best gig you have ever played. Not the best gig ever but it was fun nonetheless. A couple of Sundays ago I got to sing Tom Waits tunes at the Sando hotel with a band of misfits called the Slowdowns and Mic Conway from Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band whilst a tap dancer provided the beats on his miked up wooden stomp box dance floor.

Why should everyone come and see your band? The Rock For Recognition shows will be incredibly special supporting a great cause. My band is a little part of the big

ROCK FOR RECOGNITION takes place at The Corner Hotel on Thursday November 8 with Dan Sultan and the PBS genre-jumping DJ Ken Eavel.

When’s the gig and with who? Thursday November 8 with Dan Sultan at Rock For Recognition at The Corner Hotel.

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a good idea to play a bass solo from the toilets, so midsong I jump off stage run around the crowd jump on top of some tables (which I nearly fell through) and make a beeline for the toilets,” he explains. “I got in there and kicked the cubicle door shut and crank out my solo. All’s going well until I try to get back out I’d kicked the door a wee bit too hard and it jammed and there’s no handle on the inside. I can hear Seb counting in the next song, so there I am fumbling to get the door open while still trying to play a passible version of the next song. Must of looked hell funny watching a Luchadore masked, bass playing fool lock himself in the toilet in the middle of a set.”

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Heading to Australia for the upcoming Nicki Minaj arena tour, Tyga has announced a headline Melbourne sideshow. Joining Minaj, Drizzy and Weezy in the world-conquering YMCMB empire, Tyga has earned insurmountable exposure thanks to the unforgettable Rack City. Tyga performs at Prince Bandroom on Friday December 7.

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ONTOUR LIKNUTS [USA] Thursday November 1, Prince Bandroom ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT [USA] Friday November 2, 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 LONDON ELEKTRICITY [UK] Monday November 5 at The Espy GARETH EMERY [UK] Monday November 5, The Palace YOUSEF [UK] Friday November 9, Brown Alley. ROBERT HOOD [USA] Friday November 9, TBA OLIVER LIEB [GER] Friday November 9, Royal Melbourne Hotel 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 SCNTST [GER] Thursday 15 November, Royal Melbourne Hotel D-NOX [GER], KING UNIQUE [UK], LUIS JUNIOR [ESP], PSYCATRON [IRE] Friday November 16, New Guernica HOUSSE DE RACKET [FRA], PILLOWTALK [USA] + MORE Friday November 16, Where?House BATHS [USA], PREFUSE 73 [USA], SYNKRO [UK] + MORE Friday November 16, Brown Alley 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 TYCHO [USA] Wednesday November 21, The Hi-Fi RICHARD DEVINE [USA], VLADISLAV DELAY [FIN] Wednesday November 21, Where?House ESMKO [USA], TIPPER [UK] + MORE Thursday November 22, Where?House GERD JANSON [GER] Friday November 23, Mercat Basement HOPSIN [USA] Friday November 23, Prince Bandroom TEENGIRL FANTASY [USA], TIM SWEENEY [UK] Friday November 23, National Gallery of Victoria TROY PIERCE [USA], RADIO SLAVE [UK] Friday November 23, Where?House FREQ NASTY [USA], CULTURE SHOCK [UK] Friday November 23, Brown Alley STRAWBERRY FIELDS: JAMES HOLDEN [UK], TYCHO [USA], PREFUSE 73 [USA] + MORE Friday November 23 – Sunday November 25, TBA FLOATING POINTS [UK], ALEXANDER NUT [UK], TEEBS [USA], PREFUSE 73 [USA] Saturday November 24, Where?House MATIAS AGUAYO [CHI] Sunday November 25, Where?House MICHAEL MAYER [GER] Friday November 30, Prince Bandroom BORIS BREJCHA [GER], ANNA [GER], KHAINZ [SWI] Friday November 30, Brown Alley STEREOSONIC: TIESTO [NED], AVICII [SWE], CALVIN HARRIS [UK] + MORE Saturday December 1, Melbourne Showgrounds 2MANYDJS [BEL] Sunday December 2, Red Bennies FOUR TET [UK] Thursday December 6, Prince Bandroom NICK WARREN [UK], HENRY SAIZ [ESP] Friday December 7, Billboard TYGA [USA] Friday December 7, Prince Bandroom 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 PAUL KALKBRENNER [GER] Friday December 14, Billboard KENDRICK LAMAR [USA] Friday December 21, The Palace TERRENCE PARKER [USA] Friday December 21, New Guernica FALLS FESTIVAL: SBTRKT [UK], COOLIO [USA] + MORE Saturday December 28 – Tuesday January 1, Lorne TOTALLY ENORMOUS EXTINCT DINOSAURS [UK] Saturday December 29, Corner Hotel 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 MARCELLUS PITTMAN [USA], PSYCHEMAGIK [UK] Tuesday January 1, The Bridge KRAFTY KUTS [UK], A-SKILLZ [UK], CAMO & KROOKED [UK] + MORE Tuesday January 1, Brown Alley SBTRKT [UK] Wednesday January 2, Billboard HOT CHIP [UK] Wednesday January 9, The Palace CRYSTAL CASTLES [CAN] Tuesday January 22, Billboard THE BLOODY BEETROOTS [ITA] Thursday January 24, The Palace RAINBOW SERPENT: GUY J [ISR], CHRISTIAN SMITH [SWE], PETER VAN HOESEN [BEL] Friday January 25 - Monday January 28, Lexton 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 MACKLEMORE [USA], RYAN LEWIS [USA] Saturday February 16, The Corner Hotel GOLDEN PLAINS: MOODYMANN [USA], JULIO BASHMORE [UK] + MORE Saturday March 9 - Monday March 11, Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre FUTURE MUSIC FESTIVAL: THE PRODIGY [UK], DIZZEE RASCAL [UK], BOYS NOIZE [GER] + MORE Sunday March 10, Flemington Racecourse

REAL TALK Still can’t get over the fact that Moodymann is going to play Golden Plains. hnnnnnnnnng.

Zest 4 Life: Exploring La La Land

We guarantee that you’ll have a joie de vivre, or Zest 4 Life, when you hear beautiful vinyl played with all its hiss and crackles on Technics 1200s. Enjoy classic UK garage and ‘90s US house played by two connoisseurs: Derek Martin and Lady Erica. For those entering into their vintage years, they may remember this amazing duo spinning wax at the infamous and Melbourne’s original laneway bar – Double O. Zest 4 Life is on Saturday November 3 from 10pm at the newly revitalised La La Land City, cnr Hardware Lane and Little Lonsdale Street. See you there for a cocktail or three with the gorgeous French barmaid, free entry and kick off is from 9pm.

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The Sweats: Perspiration Sensation

Local electronic act The Sweats will be launching their first EP Samo on Cup Eve in Melbourne at JOHN, held at The Liberty Social. The Sweats will be joined behind the decks by long-time musical lover and collaborator Beauty, live on vocals, with free copies of the limited edition EP being given away to those on the dance floor during the set. They will also be accompanied on the night by the mighty DJ Kiti and The Bamboo Music DJs. In true Cup fashion, this JOHN event will be a Fascinator party – wear some sort of head gear and entry is free otherwise it’s $10 before 10.30pm and $20 after. All goes down on Monday November 5.

Brother Ali and Sean Price: Speaking Volumes

“Two of hip hop’s supreme lyricists” Brother Ali and Sean Price are a double bill touring Melbourne this November, and have announced that Obese Records’ Mantra will be supporting the musicians for their four-date tour. Melbourne MC Mantra has an impressive array of collaborations during his career have included Promoe (Looptroop, Rockers, Sweden), Drapht, Urthboy, Illy, and Diafrix as well as two full-length albums under his belt, the last being 2011’s Speaking Volumes. Mantra will be supporting Brother Ali and Sean Price in Melbourne at the Prince Bandroom on Wednesday November 21. Tickets are $50 and still available from Moshtix.

Darkbeat: Warren, Saiz, Hot Since ‘82

Darkbeat are set to blow minds once again with a lineup including Nick Warren, Henry Saiz, Hot Since ‘82 and more at Billboard on Friday December 7. Warren is a genuine legend of the scene and he has just announced he is doing the next Renaissance Masters Series Compilation CD due out later this year. Henry Saiz is to return after his amazing closing set at Rainbow Serpent Festival this year in front of 7000+ punters and his huge 2011 Balance compilation saw him move to the top tier of DJs in the world. Furthermore, Darkbeat will be bringing Englishman Hot Since ’82 for his inaugural Aussie visit. Support comes from Phil K, Sean Quinn, Rollin Connection, PQM, Jason D’Costa, Simon Murphy, J-Slyde, Andrew Slattery and more.

Tribe NYD: Next Year, Next Level

Fans of breakbeat, bass and everything electronica are set to have their boobies wobbled after the lineup announcement for Tribe on New Year’s Day. Krafty Kuts vs A-Skillz, High Contrast, Logistics, Camo & Krooked, S.P.Y., Pyramid, Specimen A, Mr. Doris and many more will make one helluva party to begin the new year and finish your bender off. It’s on at Brown Alley on Tuesday January 1. Stay tuned for more information.

Indian Summer DJs: Hot in Hyderabad

Paul Kalkbrenner: Guten Style

This December will see the return of German electronic music heavyweight and producer extraordinaire, Paul Kalkbrenner. 2012 will see the release of Paul Kalkbrenner’s 6th studio album, Guten Tag, which will be out Friday November 30 through his own label Paul Kalkbrenner Musik, and will feature an impressive 17 tracks. Paul Kalkbrenner will be performing in Melbourne at Billboard The Venue.

Following on from a run of national dates for their acclaimed single I Do as well as blasting the shit out of Parklife, Indian Summer DJs are back with the release of their highly anticipated debut EP, Haunted, and an extensive national tour. A diverse mix of driving low tempo jams, upbeat rattling nu-disco/pop house and smooth chillwave beats, Indian Summer’s Haunted is an excellent debut. Catch Indian Summer at Cant Say on Friday November 30.

Harvest Festival: Garden Stage Stars

RBMA: On The Where?House Floor

Hidden deep in the foliage of all three Harvest sites nestles The Garden Stage – the home of funk, reggae, disco, electro, retro and exotica. Each city’s Garden Stage will feature their best homegrown DJs from cult radio shows and from their thriving underground club scenes. For Melbourne, this means DJ Manchild, performing at both the Saturday and Sunday festivals, as well as shameless and relentless DJ duo Smoking Toddlers, Australia’s first lady of Disco, Melbourne DJ and radio host CC:DISCO. Resident in Melbourne’s Ding Dong Lounge, Samariten will be performing at the Saturday only, as will Dublin Aunts, spreading their own brand of electronic funk and disco and Black Caesar DJs. Pierre Baroni will be found at the Garden Stage at the Sunday festival, as well as accomplished DJ and radio show presenter Stryka D and Pablo will let loose some funk and soul belters.

Red Bull Music Academy’s On The Floor events are all about bringing artists who are shaping the future of music direct to local audiences for performances recorded and re-broadcast globally. With Melbourne Music Week taking over the city, RBMA will bring this philosophy to the Where?House – a giant, long disused space in the middle of the city which will be transformed into a pop-up performance venue on a scale never before seen or attempted in Melbourne. Saturday November 17 sees RBMA join forces with bass music promoters Heavy Innit for a free afternoon party, with New Zealand DJ/producer Optimus Gryme leading the charge with heavily textured bombs that have seen him become one of his homeland’s most respected dubstep and drum and bass exports. Joining OG will be Affiks & A13, the brains behind Heavy Innit. Don’t miss this. Where?House on Saturday November 17, 3pm – 7.30pm. Be there.

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Kid Kenobi: Launching To Mercury

Sydney’s bass heavyweight Kid Kenobi is headlining a blazin’ night of drum and bass, dubstep, hip hop, glitch, deep jungle and more this week. With Kodiak Kid, Smile On Impact, 4UK vs Preston, Lanksta, Kymaera, SuPaK, Pan and Dr. Iller all performing, all interplanetary underworld species are welcomed to the cosmic celebration of the Day of Dead on the First of November! It’s on at Royal Melbourne Hotel this Thursday November 1.

Red Bull Music Academy: Mike Huckaby

Where?House, the Melbourne Music Week cultural and music hub and performance space, will host a special lunchtime Red Bull Music Academy Info Session with Detroit legend Mike Huckaby. Co-presented by Face The Music across three hours on Saturday November 17, Mike will share the secrets learned throughout his sparkling production and DJing career. The session’s emphasis will be on the Native Instruments Maschine 1.8 – the latest update of the game-changing production and performance workstation. Mike will guide attendees through its custom features, his workflow on the versatile piece of kit, how to integrate it into a computer-based music production platform like Ableton Live, and then take questions on both the Maschine and his approach to music making. Entry is free, so RSVP to registrations@where-house.com.au or reserve your place direct via eventbrite.com.au/event/4600758994 for a rare chance to pick the brains of an innovator whose influence and ability to thrill dancefloors shows no signs of abating.

Fourtunate: Fourcast…Wild

The luckiest four-piece supergroup – Fourtunate – are hitting Studio at Chasers this Friday November 2. For just $15 you get both into the club and also a meet and greet with the boys. Fourtunate are a Sydney-based teenage male group who burst into the Sydney music scene mid 2011 with enormous success. Presently independent and with only one single to their name, Fourtunate have attracted over 4.3 million YouTube views already. Check ‘em out at Studio at Chasers on Friday November 2. Pre-booked tickets are $15, $20 on the door.

DJ Profile: The Carter Bros

Describe yourself using the title of a song. It’s a long way to the top baby. Gettin’ robbed, gettin’ stoned. I tell you folks, it’s harder than it looks. Name the top 3 live sets you’ve seen. The Advent, Paperclip People, Mathew Jonson. What are your favourite 3 record labels at the moment? Melbourne Deepcast, Black Catalogue, Tsuba. What would be the worst dance track in the world to be tortured with on repeat? Commercial radio. What’s the most played record in your bag? Moodymann. If you hadn’t made it as a DJ, what job would you choose to work in instead? I’ve made it? When and where is your next gig? Mercat. Friday November 2. Let’s do this.

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WHERE?HOUSE ANYONE’S GUESS: HIDING MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK’S HUB “There are not a lot of secrets in Melbourne,” admits Starr Guzman, partner in production team Marksthespot along with Kevin Karlberg. With interrogative punctuation in its clever title to illustrate its point, the secrecy behind the location of Where?House has transcended the space into a real life version of the Batcave. Not even the hypnotic effects of my powerful, seductive moustache were strong enough for Starr and Kevin to reveal the location. Following the success of the spectacular and refreshingly distinctive KUBIK pop-up installation for last year’s Melbourne Music Week, Marksthespot were once again approached by the City of Melbourne to design, develop and produce another cynosure for Melbourne Music Week. “What we did with KUBIK was bring an idea and make it Melbourne…and that’s what we’ve done with Where?House – we’ve taken inspiration from The Creators Project and other similar arts reclamations but we’ve given it a Melbourne flavour, hence the food, dining hall, workshop space, sonic garden, they’re all components of Melbourne that already exist but we’re bringing it all together and binding with the best music programming that’s underground, but it’s still eclectic and broad”. Where?House will undoubtedly act as the focal point of Melbourne Music Week, with an impressively comprehensive lineup of musicians, events and workshops. “The hub by day is open 11am to 8pm, and there’s two main spaces. One is the main hall – a grand rave hall style concept. Think of Hi-Fi Bar in this weird bizarre context. And then there’s a whole other space which is more like The Night Market but it’s open all day and it’s free 11am – 8pm. Touché Hombre, Huxtaburger, I Love Pho, Fancy Hanks, Phat Brats etc. all coming in there to cook every day. We’ve got Learning Curve in there, all the master classes and workshops and screenings. We’ve got a free Wi-Fi lounge being run by Intel, that’s a space you can come and use internet. There’s a bar that runs all day with a café, there’s some interactive spaces where you can do different music related things and basically hang out. It’s like a multi-purpose Revolver during the day.” Whilst the whereabouts of Where?House are tightly confidential until November 16, Starr is more than happy to describe its design and function. “It’s an epic space that’s really traditional, Melbourne, historical with a touch of absolute decay. It’s been disused, hasn’t been touched in however many years, it’s falling apart, it’s well loved but uncared for, and the themes that we’ve gone with are a response to the buildings. So rather than go with, ‘We’re gonna beautify this ugly space’, we’ve gone, ‘How beautiful is this decayed space! Let’s work with the materials that are already here and feature that and not take away from the space but add to it’. Reclamation is one of the main themes, nature reclaims buildings all the time. You find moss, you find ivy, you find animals, you find all sorts of things just growing in this space and that’s very much what we’re doing. We see ourselves as a living organism going into this building for a temporary amount of time and creating and thriving in the only way that we know how, within this space. Then we’ll take it all apart and disappear, and leave it as it was.” An astonishing feature of Where?House is the depth of

interesting workshops that will run, as Kevin explains. “There’s always been information workshops and production scheduling things in Australia from time to time, but usually when there’s a new software like if Reaktor bring out a new plug-in or something there’ll be a small demo or something like that, but it’ll always be isolated to 20 or 30 music professionals, whereas the public can’t get to see from start to finish, literally from like birth to death music culture, where you can actually go, ‘Okay, these guys designed the software, these are the guys who DJ the music that’s made from those producers with the software and this guy who just showed me the software he made, this is him playing live tonight’ – it’s the whole spectrum”. Starr adds, “And all of the workshops are the industry talking about the industry, and not so much from a ‘oh we’re gasbagging about what the industry is’ but everyone’s talking about where they’re specialists in, and taking that in to producers and DJs and anybody that wants to find more about that music – law, the sustainability – the entire programming of Learning Curve is people talking about their learnings within these very specific industries, and that’s something Melbourne hasn’t had for a very long time.” When it comes to programming the lineup, Where?House adopts Melbourne’s embracement of all musical genres (heed my advice from KUBIK: if you have a smartphone, you’ll be using the shit out of SoundHound or Shazam), and as Kevin and Starr both emphasise, the concept of a style or genre of music is futile. “The program is not electronic-based, as such. It’s quite a cross section between live bands, and even on the more electronic-based nights, there’s still bands like on the experimental sound night that has bands like Vladislav Delay and Richard Devine play. Tantrums, which are a Melbourne live band that have an electronica element to them because one person in the band has some crazy modular synthesiser, gives them that kind of flair and so we thought it would be good to kind of cross pollinate both genres. We’ve done that with the big distant tempo night, where it’s kind of a fusion between live band and electronic artists with a bit of a crossover. In the late ‘80s, in [some] places in the UK and stuff, bands like Orbitor and Underworld through to the Sex Pistols, U2, Joy Division – they all started in a warehouse party,” Kevin elucidates. Starr inserts, “Joy Division obviously then became New Order. Electronic music doesn’t have its roots in electronic music, it’s a response to the new technology that came and I know that the industry and the public like to separate them both, we don’t like to separate music.” “It’s just music,” they both exclaim simultaneously, before Kevin continues. “It’s quite interesting to have New War from Melbourne, they’re actually releasing 10 inch records again. Housse de Racket have never been to Australia and they’re gonna be exclusive to Melbourne Music Week. PillowTalk are made up of three really incredible DJs that have been here a long time but now they’re in a band, doing jazz-fused house and disco kind of stuff. “It was a bit risky to put some big talent on there haven’t actually made it to Australia but I think also that’s what makes it good”.

“It’s an epic space that’s really traditional Melbourne, historical with a touch of absolute decay.” Cover and story image by Rhonda Bonnici Why would it be risky to introduce big talent to Australian audiences? “Just because usually for a festival, your opening headline night you always put someone everybody knows who’ve been around a long time just to sell tickets, whereas this year we went for more content to hook artists that can really deliver stage shows and people haven’t seen. People can walk away and say, ‘Whoa I was at Where?House, it was incredible. Shit, you see that band? Who the hell was that?’ Literally Shazaming.’ Starr expands, “PillowTalk – perfect example. You don’t know who they are now, I guarantee you, by this time next year, they’ll be headlining Laneway or something; they’re really on the cusp”. Just as many pondered after KUBIK last year, the overwhelmingly diverse list of activities held at the space begs for a set-up that isn’t so ephemeral. Will a set-up like this ever be permanently sustainable? “Of course. I think it’s just getting past the restriction and I think [it will] as Melbourne moves towards a 2020 vision, which is a 24 hour city and having more arts focus and more culture focus. You know we’re a very new country and in Europe, the arts scenes there are thousands of years old whereas we’re really new and finding our ground, so it’s very much about bringing something to the audience that they can understand, and with KUBIK that was an experiment from our end, and it could’ve been a hit or miss, it could’ve been that the audience wasn’t ready and it many ways it wasn’t, and in so many ways it had opened people’s eyes as to what’s possible and what can be done when arts meets music and culture. I think that as a populous we may not be quite there yet but certainly, Australia’s ready for this type of meeting of multi-mediums.” With a quick twisting of the ends of my moustache still not producing the revelation of the secret location, Starr explains the reasoning behind the confidentiality. “The entire process is a homage to the roots of the underground electronic music scene in Melbourne. Back in the day, events were held in spaces that were illegal and abandoned, disused and you couldn’t reveal them. So what we’ve done is juxtaposed that with where we are now, and

pay homage to that in a traditional method. We’re not doing what we did then; we’re taking it back and reminding people of the journey that we’ve been on the last 20 years – it’s been 20 years that the electronic music scene has been running in Melbourne – and just taking it back to full circle and pay homage to that. Melbourne is one the hot spots of electronic music still now as it was back then. There’s such a strong element of that and we don’t ever pay tribute to that, so the whole concept of keeping it a secret, people not knowing, Melbourne is truly an underground city and this is just really all about that. “It was underground, it always has been until recently where now it’s above ground. We’re just understanding the roots of it and where it comes from and how is it so popular now? I think Melbourne is a true music city in so many ways, not just electronic music but all styles of music, and I think that Melbourne Music Week is a great vehicle for acknowledging that, because we haven’t done that as a city. We all know it, but we don’t actually live it or practise it, so getting the industry to caretake the future generations that are coming and to be role models and mentor the new industry is something that hasn’t been fostered and this is the perfect program to do that through”. “It’s hard to keep it a secret in Melbourne. Half of it is: is it possible to keep a secret in Melbourne? Is it possible to keep this venue under wraps until the day? We’ll see, who knows.” Where?House will run as part of Melbourne Music Week featuring performances from Floating Points [UK], Mike Huckaby [USA], Ben Sims [UK] and many more at a tobe-disclosed location from Friday November 16 – Sunday November 25. The location will be revealed on the morning of Friday November 16 - go to where-house. com.au

60 Seconds With: Four By Four (Honeysmack) 60 Seconds With: Tantrums Define your genre in five words or less: Driving rhythms amidst textural goodness. What do you love about making music? Exploring sound as a material and sharing it with others. Music is a universal language that everyone can be apart of, to create, to appreciate, to feel and to think about. I love how listening to music provokes more music to be made! What inspires or has influenced your music the most? The instruments we use. When I joined Tantrums it was an electronic duo. We started to explore live instrumentation and as we did our sound developed through a feedback loop between ourselves and the instruments we were playing. There’s nothing more inspiring than putting your hands on a new (or old) instrument and getting to know it. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? Depends on how you define success. I think if you write and perform to the best of your ability and focus on trying to unravel whatever that idea or sound you are pursuing no matter what, you’ll certainly go far. Perfection only works as an ideal, and although dissatisfaction doesn’t sound like a valuable quality, perhaps it is what makes successful artists successful. What makes you happiest about what you’re doing? Every now and then during a performance there will be this one moment. Everything locks in and it’s as if the music is pulled from within you. It never fails to surprise me that after all those rehearsals and repeated listens, you can still just fucking have fun. That makes me happy. When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/ single/etc? After a long period of quiet we’re excited to announce our debut EP is being launched on Saturday November 10 at The Toff In Town. Joining us will be Caughtship DJs, Mildlife and Qua. Seriously, we can’t wait! Tantrums play alongside Vladislav Delay, Harmonic 313, Richard Devine and Research & Development at Where?House on Wednesday November 21.

60 Seconds With: Oliver Tank Define your genre in five words or less. Chilled out, heartfelt electronic music. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? A mix between James Blake and José González. Which I guess I can understand, but I’m doing my very best to carve out my own sound and just be me. Describe the best gig you have ever played. When I returned from the UK earlier in the year, the Sydney show that was part of my Welcome Home Tour was really great. It was at OAF, which is one of my favourite venues in Sydney. The crowd were receptive and the general vibe of the whole thing was excellent. What’s the strangest place you’ve ever played a gig, or made a recording? While in the UK I played some really unique gigs, one was in a bombed out church in Liverpool, that was really cool and a tad surreal. I also played on the footpath next to the ferris wheel at Brighton Beach. When, and why did you start writing music? I started writing music in high school, but I got much more serious about it during uni. I never really had a passion for anything else and I’ve always loved making music, so it felt like the right path to follow. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Probably Jimi Hendrix, I think his music is phenomenal and his philosophy on life really resonates with me. Whether or not he’d enjoy my music I don’t know, but I’d still love to hear his thoughts. Oliver Tank plays alongside MITZI, Lost Animal, No Zu, Thrupence and Simon Winkler at Where?House on Tuesday November 20 as part of Melbourne Music Week.

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60 Seconds With: A13 (Aonethree) Define your genre in five words or less: Bass/future beat music. How long have you been gigging and writing? I have been gigging/writing for over ten years. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? The never ending supply of old and new music from around the world. If someone made a movie about your life, who would play you? Phil Dunphy (Ty Burrell) from Modern Family. (Well that’s what my girlfriend thinks.) When’s the gig and with who? The Red Eyes Final Ever Show Saturday November 10 at The Corner, LV on Sunday November 11 at Ferdydurke, On the Floor with Heavy Innit Saturday November 17 at Where?House, Wobble ft DJ MADD on Saturday November 17 at the Night Owl, Live Music Safari – Electronic Edition on Thursday November 22 at Section 8.

Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Black Sabbath crossed with George Michael If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Delta Goodrem – her music was incredibly advanced for her time. What can a punter expect from your live show? We don’t offer live betting at our shows, because we don’t hold a valid gaming license in this state. Although punters are advised and encouraged to explore other internet gaming websites. What’s your favourite song, and why? The Scorpions: Wind Of Change – because it touches our heart. Where would you like to be in five years? Space. If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? Van Halen with David Lee Roth not that other cunt. When, and why did you start writing music? It’s a very long story, you could email my mother but I think she’s a work today, perhaps email her tomorrow. I’ll tell her you’ll be asking about me. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Technology and unicorns. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? Google. What part of making music excites you the most? Bass drum decay filter cut off. What makes a good musician? Computers that have the internet on them. What advice would you give to bands that are new on the Melbourne music scene? Listen to your parents – they care for you and can buy you stuff. Describe the best gig you have ever played. It involved penile mutilation. How do you balance making and playing music with your other commitments? Data base systems or even just a good spreadsheet program Where and when’s the gig? Honeysmack, two4k, Voiteck and Matthew Brown playing live techno as Four by Four at Capacity 1000, Sunday November 18, at Where?House during Melbourne Music Week.

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WEDNESDAY31ST 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

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

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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

Forbidden’s venue is going to wow all those that attend through its state of the art sound and lighting system, an amazing balcony overlooking Russell and Bourke Streets and is located in the heart of the city. Forbidden will feature some of the hottest DJs in Melbourne including Anyo, Rufio, Stefan C, Alex Da Kid, Galo, Timmy Edgell and Azza-M. Forbidden is the hottest place to be on a Friday night – the location has just changed. Free entry applies to everyone between 8pm – 9pm and happy hour will run for 3 hours! Eden, 163 Russell St, Melbourne

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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

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

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

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

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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

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

SATURDAY3RD FIRST FLOOR SATURDAYS It’s house, electro, dub, anthems, disco and funk with guest DJs Genetix, B-Two and Oohee rocking til the break of day. Doors open 10pm with $5 basics til midnight! First Floor, 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

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

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 sorted) then from 9pm spread over two levels with DJs playing hip hop, funk, disco, house and electro. Rotating guests on both levels keep the tunes fresh. Free entry. Lucky Coq, 179 Chapel St, Windsor

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

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

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

MONDAY5TH 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

TUESDAY6TH BIMBO TUESDAYS Bimbo Tuesday’s have long been the discerning DJs midweek breath of fresh air. An opportunity to indulge in, and to each parade their individual takes on music. A night where by the weird and wonderful is not frowned upon but rather celebrated. Resident selectors Matt Radovich, Andras Fox and Henry Who draw from a colorful array of sounds that warm your midweek blues. From 8pm, free. Bimbo Deluxe, 376 Brunswick St (Cnr Rose St), Fitzroy

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CHAOS IN THE CBD PANIC: IN THE STREETS OF NEW ZEALAND Brothers Ben and Louis Helliker-Hales are Chaos in the CBD – and the boys from Auckland are heading back to Australia shortly for their second trip. Right now though, they are chilling in their native New Zealand and have just finished lecturing a bunch of students at a local school who are enrolled in a DJ and production course. “It was a great experience,” describes Louis. “We never thought we’d be doing stuff like that!” Starting life in a high school band, the lads got their first exposure to making and performing music there, and with that, decided it was something they wanted to pursue further. Louis continues, “It was during that time we started really getting into electronic music and decided we wanted to do something a little bit different.” So much like the LCD Soundsystem song Losing My Edge, the boys sold their guitars and bought turntables. “Ben and I are like best friends so we work really well together,” explains Louis. “We both have different roles in Chaos In The CBD; Ben focuses on the music production and I focus on the DJ side of things and all the business related stuff. It’s a pretty efficient system for us.” Indeed, despite their early success with the Cause Your

Worth It EP, the brothers don’t necessarily have a specific approach to making music. “For us, usually the best songs we make come out of nowhere. We’re always working on something different and we both have short attention spans so it’s hard for us to stick to one sound! Some days Ben will produce for hours and we’ll come up with nothing we want to use; other days he might spend a couple of hours in the studio and we’ll have a new single!” Likewise, defining their sound isn’t easy for them either. Rather, they choose to describe it as ‘rather diverse.’ “I think it’s often a reflection of the music we’re feeling at the time,” chimes Louis. “Recently we’ve been focusing on more of a throwback house sound reminiscent of the early ’90s, but our most recent EP on ClekClekBoom was tougher, more abrasive ghetto music. I like to think we do have a certain ‘sound’ though.” Describing it though, might be an issue. Studio wise, the boys have completed a release on the French ClekClekBoom imprint about a month ago – and have another EP coming out on Youngunz towards the end of the year. “Currently we’re in the studio writing new material and preparing a few more EP’s for the New Year,”

GRANT SMILLIE has had a good year and done some great collaborations. For us, it has always been about giving 150 per cent commitment to our music. We’ve got all sorts of different obligations so with the producing, touring and running a label you really have to give all of your energy to your music. It isn’t easy. “Basically to cope – it’s all you can do really – is allocate time to the studio, the label and all of your other commitments. You’ve got these guys like Steve Angello who have the prowess to run a label, travel extensively as well as manage a career – it’s a difficult proposition. And made even harder in Australia, because of our location. As a label for example, if you’re going to give artists the time they need, you really do have to work at it – otherwise you can come across as being selfish, especially if you just look after yourself.” So in between Aria anthems, the Neon imprint, the odd collaboration as well as other entrepreneurial activities, Grant is committed to growing and evolving with each year, each release, each gig. “These days, there is so much pressure to continue to keep churning out hits.

Requests for collaborations and things happen all the time – people reach out to us and it’s great to work with a whole manner of different artists. You’ve got legends in the industry like Georgio Moroder and Daft Punk doing exactly the same thing and I think it’s beneficial for the scene in general.” He claims it’s funny too, how people have expectations of new tracks fitting a certain mould. “I’m about keeping things new and fresh, for sure. But the music I’m listening to, the Jamie Jones and Loco Dice type stuff – the deep house – is also great despite not always being commercially viable. My philosophy has been to make your B-grade records your A-grade ones on the proviso that others have already pumped the others as hits, if you like.” Impressively though in all of this, he has resisted the temptation to pack his bags and turn his back on Australia, despite the obvious benefits, preferring the trade-off of a local base. “Australia is home. There are times when I have to travel though, like for example next year, I’ve got a few things going on in Los Angeles. It’s true – if you want to make it globally, you have to get yourself out there. But my preference is to use my music as an incubator for everything I want to achieve. If you look at the quality of life we have in Australia, you realise that we have it pretty good– it’s always great to go on tour and travel, see other parts of the world and all that – but there is a certain luxury in coming back home and feeling like it’s where you belong.” And finally, the lad continues to be humbled by his success and the love he receives not only locally but also

about the bass and BPMs for Scott. “You know really deep and slow. That influence and sound, I brought it back with me from Berlin this year.” He will be bringing the bass and more as he returns home just in time to celebrate Melbourne Cup day. Rather than having a BBQ or boozing it up in a cheap suit, the charismatic DJ will be partying in style at the El Caballo Loco event, held at the Robbie Burns Hotel. “It’s gonna be unreal. It’s a free event, we’re not trying to make any money out of anybody, we just wanna create a good vibe and play good music and that’s what people really go for, I feel.” Joined throughout the day by the likes of Camilo, Scott Dickson, Brendan Jones and Lord Neill, the centrepiece of the event will be the joint set between Uone and longtime collaborator James Cooper. Perfect foils, the DJing duo have been staging events together for the last eight years, including Lab parties in Berlin, and have developed a hyperactive chemistry when on stage. “We gel with

each other really well, mainly we just have a lot of fun and people see that behind the decks and they’ll be like, ‘Look at those two guys’. We’ll be carrying on, having a party basically, we like to bring a party vibe when we play.” The tremors created by Scott have clearly been felt abroad as he prepares to head to Turkey for an outdoor festival and South Africa for the AfrikaBurn festival, the second biggest Burning Man event to be held outside of America. “Internationally things are really kicking off. I’ve gotten into this outdoor festival niche. I like to call it ‘festival tech-house’, it really makes people buzz.” With these opportunities opening up, the potential is endless for this tireless globetrotter. “There’s a festival probably going every weekend in the world somewhere and if you can pace yourself like I do, like four months in Europe and then the rest of the time in Melbourne, you’ve got something good.” Now a well-rounded party starter, he has experienced the differences firsthand between the major music capitals, from South America to Europe and back home. “In Brazil they really like to be entertained, they like it to be high impulse, ‘boom boom’. Whereas in Berlin it’s all about the stripped-back vibe, people like to enjoy the sound coming on to them and they don’t want it to be in their faces. Coming back to Melbourne recently, like Killing Time and the Lab Section 8 parties, we’ve got world class people playing in Melbourne, we always have.” While he is loyal to Melbourne, Scott has discovered a newfound interest in the Sydney club scene. “They’re

BLOOMING: TV ROCKING The man who previously told me that he is constantly motivated and inspired by those taking risks in business and in life still isn’t letting up. It’s what gets him out of bed every morning and it’s what makes him want to leave his mark above and beyond what he might otherwise do in the music world. “You only get one crack at this life,” chimes the Aussie legend. “So you gotta go out swingin’.” That said, lots of other things continue to keep Grant – pardon the pun – smiling. “There is definitely lots going on both musically and business wise,” he explains. “I’ve got a couple of records coming up – one is called Bloom which was a collaboration with Rudy and another called Warehouse which we’re shopping at the moment for vocals. There is also a solo record coming up from Walden, which will be a follow up to the EP A Million Lights.” His TV Rock project too is continuing to do great things. With partner-in-crime Ivan Gough, the duo continues to be a shining beacon in Australian dance music. “We’re working on the next couple on records there as well; Ivan

UONE RINGLEADER: ONE MAN CIRCUS It may have been raining in Cairns when we caught Ewan ‘Uone’ Scott but nothing can dampen his spirits. The Energiser bunny of the Aussie DJ scene, he was taking a break from coordinating the Eclipse festival as we spoke. In nonchalant and breathless fashion he ran down what he’s been up to, including a five-date tour of Brazil playing with the likes of D-Nox and Christian Smith. “I was living in Berlin and I played a five-and-a-half-hour set,” he continued. “The organisers were so stoked with the sound and the vibe and said just to keep playing.” It’s easy to tell that he is as captivating an aurator as he is behind (and around) the decks. Dividing his time between Australia and Europe, when he’s not touring elsewhere, he is currently running the LAB day parties at Section 8. The free, monthly events attract big name DJs and allow him to push minimal tech-house back into the conscience of the local club scene. “As long as it’s got the right bassline and you mix it well together people are into it.” As a sound scientist who likes to get bodies moving, it’s all

DJ W!LD THE WILD WOMEN, THE WILD WOMEN: THE RIPPIN’ & THE TEARIN’ Wild by name and wild by nature, including the wacky exclamation mark, this native Frenchman is a master of balancing technical skill with ear candy. Combining deep house with elements of disco, hip hop and other dance floor-filling sounds, DJ W!ld always aims to get bodies moving. “I think I know what makes the crowd dance, so most of my tracks are made first and foremost for my sets. I play 70 per cent of my gigs with my own productions. And besides that, I like to make beats that make you dance.” Born Guillaume Duchastel De Montrouge, which makes him sound like an 18th century French aristocrat, he works hard to fuse his influences without overwhelming his audience. “All these influences are really good and inspiring, but it’s also a bit more difficult to make the crowd accept it,” Montrouge says earnestly. “Most of the time, they come out just naturally, I have an idea in my mind and let the flow do the rest.” Despite being

suggests brother Louis. “At this stage though, we have no plans to release a full length album; we just want to work on perfecting our sound and to continue releasing on exciting labels!” Other than that, their performances are slowly being recognised as the stuff of legend. “It really depends on the night we’re playing, but we generally try to range from the deeper side of house at 115-120 bpm up to the more UK bass stuff around 130 bpm. Having said that, we really enjoy being able to dabble in a variety of genres; it’s crucial to switch things up to keep us from getting bored. Recently we’ve also enjoyed playing deeper – that kind of stuff is so much fun to play in summer, although unfortunately, we’ll be missing some of the summer this year though!” Which isn’t to say they haven’t been having fun in other ways. Their travels have taken them to France and Australia over the times, with a greater and more far-reaching schedule in the works. “For us, France was an amazing experience, because the scene over there is really strong and far more advanced than what we have back home in New Zealand. It’s an amazing time for dance music and it feels like it’s the best time for us to get out there and see the rest of the world. We can’t wait to get back over to Europe to play more shows soon.” On other matters, the brothers are going through the process of arranging their ancestry visas for the UK so they can relocate to London late in the year. Not surprisingly, they’re rather looking forward to the prospect of being in the heart of the melting pot. “We’re both starting to get pretty excited about the idea of living in London. I guess music takes up most of our time and other than spending time with friends and family, our lives revolve around it.”

on his musical journey for 16 years, the veteran DJ/ producer is making his first ever visit to our shores this Saturday for the Circoloco Halloween special, alongside fellow international veterans Jamie Jones and Margaret Dygas. When asked why there has been such a delay in an Oz tour, he believes that it wasn’t in the cards until now. “[I] don’t really know, as I have been to many places in the world. I never push to play somewhere, I like to wait for the right time. I think it’s the same as with Ibiza, my first time was in December 2010.” Despite his lack of Aussie adventures so far, he has heard good things and is ready to make up for lost time. “I have heard that the parties are great and many friends of mine have already played there. I’m really looking forward for this,” he says in his somewhat broken English. While his recent ascent to popularity may appear sudden to some, Montrouge got his first taste of club life in his hometown of Dijon in the late ‘80s. Exposed to hip hop and street culture,

he then got hip to the electronic sounds coming out of Chicago and Detroit, courtesy of mentor Laurent Garnier. Adopting Paris as his home in the mid-‘90s, he played at some of the biggest clubs at the height of the ‘French Touch’ sound. “It was the bomb,” he reflects in reverent tones. “Rave clubs, underground clubs, a lot of gay clubs with a special mix of music and people, with great resident DJs, just unbelievable.” A constant hustler, he spread his wings beyond Paris after growing disillusioned with the scene. “For many years it was possible to be a big artist only through DJing. Then everything changed, and it became more based upon what you produce. That was the time of electro and minimal, so I didn’t produce much.” Wanting to focus on his DJ skills and get a change of scenery, he headed to New York and Brazil, before returning home. After years of honing his craft, he earned worldwide recognition as one-half of Catwash, his group with Parisian DJ Chris Carrier. This success was driven by his own personal desire rather than industry pressure. “I started to produce again without thinking of the market. So those people who liked my music started to book me more and more, but in a location where you have the chance to prove that you really can DJ.” Since then he has gone on to launch two imprints, Catwash Records and W Records, and has released his debut album Palace. “After doing it for 16 years, it’s easy. The market is full of guys who produce one track and are DJing for

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Finally, Louis explains that given they are going to be headlining their Australian shows, they’re going all in. “I imagine we’ll play stuff on the techno/UK bass tip. We’re playing SASH in Sydney on the Sunday so for that we’ll be showcasing some of our deeper stuff and then we’re looking forward to heading down to Melbourne and smashing it down there. We’re really looking forward to the weekend – it’s going to be heavy!” RK Chaos in the CBD [NZ] play Revolver on Saturday November 3.

all over the world. “You get recognised alongside guys who have dance music running through their veins. And while I guess there is some perceived pressure that goes along with that, most of the pressure comes from within. I’m constantly trying to raise the benchmark. These days dance music is more popular than ever before - and so is the craft of being a DJ.” No doubt then, plenty of business heavyweights, collaborators and fans will be eagerly anticipating how the next few years unfold for this Aussie talent. Yet above all else, Grant remains a down-to-earth, knockabout bloke who above all else, seems to be just having fun. RK Grant Smillie [AUS] plays the Derby Day After Party at The Leveson on Saturday November 3.

doing some really cool parties in Sydney finally. There’s one party called Strange Fruit when I went there last month. It was like going into somewhere in Berlin. It’s really strong in Australia, it’s really competitive as well, artists are super-competitive in Australia. You just need a solid little crew who come to the parties and you’ve got something.” Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey Uone [AUS] plays at the Robbie Burns Hotel on Tuesday November 6.

two years and have a big hype. It’s really easy for the people to see and hear the difference.” Known to record a couple of songs a day back in his more formative years, Montrouge hasn’t slowed down but has rather chosen to be more calculated. “I always find the time, as this is the most important thing for me to do, but sometimes it’s too much. I have around 70 new and unreleased tracks ready to be signed.” Andrew ‘Hazard’ Hickey DJ W!ld [FRA] plays Brown Alley alongside Margaret Dygas [UK] and Jamie Jones [UK] on Sunday November 4.

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Kick start your weekend with Melbourne’s newest Thursday night! Motown Thursdays caters to all true music lovers. Join us on an eclectic musical journey of soul, funk and disco through to early R&B. A live Soul Band features some of Melbourne’s most talented musicians; Carmen Hendricks, Laurent Soupe, Duncan Kinell and Aaron Mendoza just to name a few. DJs keep the records spinning into the early hours; residents are Reg-e, Lee Davies, Kalepe, Dinesh, Suga, Rubz and Alwin Rafferty. Join us around a big, shiny disco ball or two, for free entry, soulful tunes, drink specials all night and a dance floor full of friends! Fashion Lounge, 121 Flinders Lane, Melbourne

RHYTHM-AL-ISM Start the weekend early with Fusion’s Resident DJs. Music for your funkin’ soul. Special guests every week! Fusion, Crown Entertainment Complex, Lvl 3, 8 Whiteman St, Southbank

FRIDAY2ND FAKTORY This is it. Faktory Fridays are open for business at Melbourne’s home of R&B, Khokolat Bar. Where else? Damion De Silva, Ken Walker, Durmy, K Dee, Simon Sez, Yaths and Jacqui Dusk spinning all night long. Khokolat Bar, Basement, 43 Hardware La, Melbourne

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

LIGHT We celebrate everything that has made Light at Red Love, kicking off with our after work drinks session from 4pm. Our DJ lineup includes each and every one of the Daddy Mack’s who have helped lead Light into our 5th running year of old school R&B. Harvey Yeah, Ripz, TMC and Stel Kar locking down that Old School Flava with guest appearances by G.A.K. & The Seminar of Funk and Nick K. It’s all happening this Friday as we celebrate 5 years of doing our do and bringing that Red Love! Red Love, Level 1, 401 Swanston Street, Melbourne

THE LOOSE GOOSE The Loose Goose is focused on providing a wonderful array of cocktails and offers a great CBD location to lounge and relax in while overlooking busy Flinders Lane. A small plates menu is

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

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

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

SATURDAY3RD KHOKOLAT KOATED All new experience, same great location with a fresh koat of Khokolat. Restless Entertainment reloads your favourite Saturday night party. Damion De Silva, K Dee, Jay Sin and weekly guests playing R&B & ol’ skool sounds strictly for the urban elite. Khokolat Bar, Basement, 43 Hardware La, Melbourne

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

SHAKA SATURDAY The newest R&B Superclub Shaka Saturdays grand opening is set to hit Melbourne over two massive weeks. The northern suburbs newest, freshest club playing all of your favourite R&B, hip hop, old skool and reggae. Shaka Saturdays is showcasing Australias newest and favourite R&B DJs, including DJ C-RAM bringing video mixing to Melbourne and special guest hip hop band Yellow Cake. Set at one of the most amazing venues Melbourne has to offer with two levels, good music, great ‘Shaka’ atmosphere and cheap drinks, we are hoping to pack it out and create a night for people to remember. Level 2 The Club, 2 Arthurton Rd, Northcote

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Highlander 11a Highlander Lane, Melb, 9620 2227

Revolver Upstairs 229 Chapel St, Prahran, 9521 5985

Hoo Haa 105 Chapel St, Windsor, 9529 6900 Horse Bazaar 397 Little Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 2329

Rochester Castle Hotel 202 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9415 7555 Rooftop Cider Bar, Cnr Swanston & Flinders St, Melbourne, 9650 3884

Iddy Biddy 47 Blessington St, St Kilda, 9534 4484

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

Jett Black 177 Greville St, Prahran

Roxanne Parlour Lvl 3, 2 Coverlid Pl, Melb

John Curtin Hotel 29 Lygon St, Melb, 9663 6350

Royal Derby 446 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 2321

Khokolat Bar 43 Hardware Lane, Melbourne, 039642 1142

Roal Melbourne Hotel 629 Bourke St, 9629 2400

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

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

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

Saint Hotel 54 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9593 8333

Lomond Hotel 225 Nicholson St, East Brunswick

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

Longroom 162 Collins St, Melbourne, 9663 9226

Scarlett Lounge 174 Burnley St, Richmond, 9428 0230

Loop 23 Meyers Pl, Melb, 9654 0500

Seven Nightclub 52 Albert Rd, South Melb, 9690 7877

Lounge 243 Swanston St, Melb, 9663 2916

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

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

Spot 133 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9388 0222

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

Standard Hotel 293 Fitzroy St, Fitzroy, 9419 4793 Star Bar 160 Clarendon St, South Melb, 9810 0054

29 Apartment 29 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9078 8922

Cornish Arms 163 Sydney Rd, Brunswick

Lucky Coq 179 Chapel St, Windsor, 9525 1288

303 303 High Street, Northcote

CQ 113 Queen St, Melb, 8601 2738

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

Station 59 59 Church St, Richmond, 9427 8797

Abode 374 St.Kilda Rd, St.Kilda

Croft Institute 21 Croft Alley, Melb, 9671 4399

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

Stolberg Beer Café 197 Plenty Rd, Preston, 9495 1444

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

Cruzao Arepa Bar 365 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 7871

Mink 2 Acland St, St Kilda, 9536 1199

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

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

Cushion 99 Fitzroy St, St.Kilda, 9534 7575

Miss Libertine 34 Franklin St, Melb, 9663 6855

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

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

Damask 1/347 Burnswick St, Fitzroy, 9417 4578

Misty 3-5 Hosier Ln, Melb, 9663 9202

Temperance Hotel 426 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9827 7401

Back Bar 67 Green St, Windsor, 9529 7899

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

Mockingbird Bar 129 Fitzroy St, St Kilda, 9534 0000

Thornbury Theatre 859 High St, Thornbury, 9484 9813

Bar Open 317 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 9601

Der Raum 438 Church St, Richmond, 9428 0055

Musicland 1359A Sydney Rd, Fawkner, 9359 0006

Tiki Lounge 327 Swan St, Richmond, 9428 4336

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

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

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

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

Bendigo Hotel 125 Johnston St, Collingwood 9417 3415

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

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

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

Bertha Brown 562 Flinders Street, 9629 1207

Double Happiness 21 Liverpool St, Melb, 9650 4488

Night Cat 141 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 0090

The Tote Hotel 67 Johnson St, Collingwood, 9419 5320

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

E:55 55 Elizabeth St, Melb, 9620 3899

Night Cat 279 Flinders Ln, Melb, 9654 0444

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

Billboard 170 Russell St, Melb, 9639 4000

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

Noise Bar 291 Albert St, Brunswick, 9380 1493

Trak Lounge 445 Toorak Rd, Toorak, 9826 9000

Bimbo Deluxe 376 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 8600

Edinburgh Castle 681 Sydney Rd, Brunswick

Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote, 9489 3917

Tramp 20 King St, Melb

Birmingham Hotel Cnr Smith & Johnston St, Fitzroy

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

Old Bar 74 Johnston St, Fitzroy, 9417 4155

Transport Hotel Federation Square, Melb, 9654 8808

Black Cat 252 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6230

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

One Twenty Bar 120 Johnston St, Fitzroy

Trunk 275 Exhibition St, Melbourne, 9663 7994

Blue Bar 330 Chapel St, Prahran, 9529 6499

Empress 714 Nicholson St, Nth Fitzroy, 9489 8605

Onesixone 161 High St, Prahran, 9533 8433

Tyranny Of Distance 147 Union St, Windsor, 9525 1005

Blue Tile Lounge 95 Smith St, Fitzroy

Espy 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda, 9534 0211

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

Two of Hearts 149 Commercial Road, Prahran

Boutique 134 Greville St, Prahran, 9525 2322

Eurotrash 18 Corrs Ln, Melb, 9654 4411

Palace Hotel 893 Burke Rd, Camberwell

Union Hotel Brunswick 109 Union St, Brunswick, 9388 2235

Brown Alley King Street, Melb,9670 8599

Eve 334 City Rd, Southbank, 9696 7388

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

Veludo 175 Acland St, St Kilda, 9534 4456

Brunswick Hotel 140 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9387 6637

Evelyn 351 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 5500

Palais 111 Main Rd, Hepburn Springs, 5348 4849

Victoria Hotel 380 Victoria St, Brunswick, 9388 0830

Builders Arms 211 Gertrude St, Fitzroy

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

Palais Theatre Lower Esplanade, St Kilda, 9525 3240

Wah Wah Lounge Lvl 1, 185 Lonsdale St, Melb

Cabinet Bar 11 Rainbow Alley, Melbourne, 9654 0915

Festival Hall 300 Dudley St, West Melbourne, 9329 9699

Papa Goose 91 Flinders Ln, Melbourne, 9663 2800

Wesley Anne 250 High St, Northcote, 9482 1333

Caravan Music Club 95 Drummond St, Oakleigh

First Floor 393 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 6380

Penny Black 420 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 8667

Westernport Hotel 161 Marine Pde, San Remo, 5678 5205

Caseys Nightclub 660A Glenferrie Rd, Hawthorn, 9810 0030

Forum Theatre 154 Flinders St, Melb, 9299 9800

Pier Live Hotel 508 Nepean Hwy, Frankston, 9783 9800

Willow Bar 222 High Street, Northcote, 9481 1222

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

The Fox Hotel 351 Wellington Street, Collingwood, 9416 4957

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

Windsor Castle 89 Albert St, Windsor, 9525 0239

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

Fusion Lvl 3, Crown Complex, Southbank, 9292 5750

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

Workers Club 51 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9415 8889

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

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

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

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

Chandelier Room 91 Cochranes Rd, Moorabbin, 9532 2288

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

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

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

Chelsea Heights Hotel Cnr Springvale & Wells Rd,

George Basement, 127 Fitzroy St, 9534 8822

Prince Bandroom 29 Fitztory St, St Kilda, 9536 1168

The Vine 59 Wellington St, Collingwood, 9417 2434

Chelsea Heights, 9773 4453

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

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

Cherry Bar AC/DC Ln, Melb, 9639 8122

Grace Darling Hotel 114 Smith St, Collingwood, 9416 0055

Public Bar 238 Victoria St, North Melb, 9329 6522

Chi Lounge 195 Lt Bourke St, Melbourne, 9662 2688

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

Railway Hotel 280 Ferrars St, South Melb, 9690 5092

Co. Lvl 3, Crown Complex, 9292 5750 Colonial Hotel (Brown Alley) Cnr King & Lonsdale St, Melb, 9670 8599

Great Britain Hotel 447 Church St, Richmond, 9429 5066

Red Bennies 371 Chapel St, South Yarra, 9826 2689

Grind N Groove 274 Maroondah Hwy, Healesville

Red Love Lvl 1, 401 Swanston St, Melb, 9639 3722

Commercial Club Hotel 344 Nicholson St, Fitzroy, 9419 1522

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

Retreat Hotel 226 Nicholson St, Abbotsford, 9417 2693

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

Gypsy Bar 334 Brunswick St, Fitzroy, 9419 0548

The Retreat Hotel 280 Sydney Rd, Brunswick, 9380 4090

Corner Hotel 57 Swan St, Richmond, 9427 9198

HiFi 125 Swanston St, Melb, 1300 843 4434

Revolt Elizabeth St, Kensington, 03 9376 2115

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MARTHA WAINWRIGHT BY JENNIFER PETERSON-WARD

Martha Wainwright’s new album, Come Home To Mama, is out now, with an Australian tour looking promising in early 2013. While personal loss lies at the heart of Come Home To Mama, the long-awaited new collection from the ever-admirable Martha Wainwright, it is predominantly a superb celebration of life and love. With the premature birth of her son, Arcangelo, in 2009 and the death of her mother – the celebrated Canadian folk singer, Kate McGarrigle – from cancer just two months later, Wainwright’s recent years have been crowded with personal obligation. Channeling these experiences into Come Home To Mama, there is no doubt this collection exposes feelings that cut deep. But, in their tremulous, spirited delivery and their layered structures – at once sparse and intricate – they also inspire a sense of hope for the future and ultimately serve as a hard-hitting reminder of the strength of the human spirit. Did the change in your personal life have much of an effect during the writing process for Come Home To Mama? Oh absolutely. I always write, for the most part, in a pretty autobiographical way and working on this new record was no different. It’s just my style of writing and I’ll stick with it until it bites me in the ass. I mean, it’s kinda nipping me in the ass at the moment but it’s not full-on biting me yet. You’ve never felt reluctant to put all your own emotions and personal flaws out there on display for the general public to devour?

Well, I think if I read my own press I’d be embarrassed (laughs). Generally speaking, I like to write subversive lyrics rather than being wishy-washy about a subject. In a way, I almost think it shows my own lack of creativity – if I were more creative I’d be able to make up things to sing about rather than just writing another song about myself and my emotions. So Come To Mama is obviously a very personal record for you, but was the writing process very different for this record given the changes in your personal life? My role in life, as a person, has changed since I made the last record. As such, the subject matter is different – it’s about loss, the difficulties of keeping a marriage together, and of wanting to be a good mother. It’s angry in a way that’s very similar to my first album [2005’s Martha Wainwright]. Sonically would you say people can expect something similar to your first album? The tone and the singing style are more similar in format and style to the way I perform live, actually. With this record I really tried to emulate the energy of one of my live shows. I’ve found that hard to capture on record [in the past].

There’s also more keyboard and bass on this record. I really wanted to steer away from any kind of Americana sound. I really wanted it to be a little weirder and more esoteric. Though that really was [producer] Yuka Honda’s doing – she added a lot into where it went musically. So where does the title Come Home To Mama come into play? It comes from a line in Proserpina, which is the most important song on the record. It was the last song [Wainwright’s mother] Kate ever wrote and in that way I see it as her gift to the world and also her last gift to me. She’s singing ‘come home to mama’ as she nears the end of her life. It was something she handed to me, this wonderful gem of a song. Actually she gave it to both Rufus and I – we both own the song. You’ve said in interviews before that you often feel you’ve lived your life “in Rufus’ shadow”… Always – in the sense that I am always watching Rufus. He’s my mentor in many ways. I denied it for

a long time, but I realise it now. I watch him, I follow him, I imitate him, I try to work as he does. I think he’s really paved the way for the way I perform. Do you have any concrete ideas about what you’d like to achieve with Come To Mama? I trust and I believe in the power of poetry and the importance of following your own heart. I believe in the power of feeling closer to other human beings by talking about those universal things everyone can identify with. Then again, maybe I’m just attention seeking. When can we expect to hear your new songs in a live setting? At the moment there are plans to be there in your [autumn]. I’m really hoping to be able to make it down there around March.

Based in Melbourne for the last three years, some of the new album was recorded by Loki Lockwood (Graveyard Train, Toot Toot Toots) at Atlantis but the bulk of the songs were recorded by Calf – the same engineer who recorded her old band The Snake Oil Merchants – who did the tracking for this album at his studio in the beautiful old deco-period Nicholas building in the Melbourne CBD. “They have old fashioned lift operators there,” Mojo excitedly tells me. ‘It’s kinda eerie at night, but beautiful”. While the album is already out on CD and download, Mojo is thrilled for its imminent release on vinyl with some extra tracks, including a version of the old country song Psycho by Leon Payne (previously made famous by The Beasts Of Bourbon). She explains that she’s taken the song down a Doo Wop line, bringing in the Clairy Browne’s backing vocalists The Bangin’ Rackettes to add their distinctive ﬂavour to the track. “It was one of the very last songs we recorded. While we were tracking, our drummer actually tore a hole in his snare by accident. He hit the snare, we said, ‘Wow that’s perfect. If we can nail this take before that skin dies, we

gotta use that’. We somehow got through it and managed a perfect take, it couldn’t have worked out better”. Mojo has made the transition from hard working independent artist to being signed to Universal Records (licensed to the ABC) and managed by Russall Beatty from Sydney agency Tenderloins. She is clearly happy with the genuine support of management and label, allowing time to focus her creative mind and energy on the art rather than the business. “All my musical idols, the people have inspired my creatively – writers and filmmakers – they have not had flash in the pan careers, they are people who have had a long slow burn”. With her hectic pace of touring, filming clips and doing press for the new album, that slow burn just grow into a raging fire.

to tour with Nouvelle Vague. “For me, it’s always been about balancing this one part of my life with the other part, where I write my own songs. I struggle with my own songs, I have doubts about what I want to do, but then I go on stage with Nouvelle Vague and it’s just fun and easy. I’m really addicted now to going on tour, so Nouvelle Vague is great for that.” The lessons Pain has learned over the years with Nouvelle Vague have translated to her own alluring live show. “You can rehearse as much as you want in dark rooms, but it’s never going to replace even one gig,” she says. “With Nouvelle Vague, we did hundreds of gigs, and I really learned a lot about going on stage, and enjoying the fact that you never know what’s going to happen. Nouvelle Vague gave the confidence to take pleasure on stage even if there are accidents happening around me. I really learned that it’s important not to get too stressed, and to just go out there and have fun. That was a great lesson, because it’s important to go on stage and be confident – that’s the first step to really enjoying yourself.” This January sees Pain returning to Australia as part of

So Frenchy So Chic, and she seems to genuinely overﬂow with excitement, as some of her most memorable live shows have been in this part of the world. “I think one of my favourite solo shows was in Sydney at the Metro, when I did the tour with Émilie Simon,” she says. “There was something very special about that night. I came on stage with my band and we were straight at the top from the very ﬁrst song. The audience was just crazy. I really remember that as being my favourite concert ever, because everyone was just there in the moment. Some days, you come on stage and everyone is smiling, but you’ve just got to spot the one who’s bored, and try and play to them. At this show, nobody was bored, there was no stress around me, I sang all the songs perfectly … it was just a really good show.”

Come Home To Mama is out now via Warner.

MOJO JUJU BY MIKELANGELO

The first thing that strikes you about Mojo Juju is her look. She cuts a fine figure in a tan three-piece pinstripe suit topped off with a natty hat, looking every inch the Pachuco gangster. The second thing that hits you is her voice, this woman can sing, from a breathy murmur to a sexy swagger to a bestial howl. Mojo Juju may play her own brand of noir jazz but she is no chanteuse. She is a passionate artist with a stack of creative projects on the go and a stunning new self-titled album under her belt. We recently caught up to have a chat about that very album. Mojo wears her influences proudly, she waxes lyrical about detective fiction luminaries Raymond Chandler and Dashiel Hammit and the classic films of Jim Jarmusch, clearly inspired by film and fiction as much as music. “I’m a total nostalgia-file, always looking backwards, but you have to be relevant. You are not evolving the form if you’re not taking it somewhere”. She sees her new album as a collection of short stories as much as set of songs, and her band do a great job setting the tone for the rich world she evokes with her lyrics. The rhythm section of drums and upright bass nod towards the Vegas grind of ‘50s strip clubs and Mojo’s tremolo guitar sound entwines with the guttural moan of Darcy McNulty’s (Clairy Browne, Harry Angus) baritone saxophone to conjure up a sordid underworld of gin soaked nightmares and cigar smoke stained dreams. “I work with musicians on what I think would serve the song rather than going in and arranging for them. A lot of melody lines are written on guitar but I’d be a fool if I didn’t say here’s a block section where you can improvise. Everything that comes out of that guy (Darcy McNulty)

is genius”. Mojo tells me her greatest song writing hero is Tom Waits, and that can be heard in the bittersweet melodies and dark underbelly of her songs. In a way, the new album feels like its picking up where Waits left oﬀ on his 1980 opus Heartattack and Vine, taking in both the musical world of oﬀ kilter jazz, gorgeous lullabies and gritty urban blues and the lyrical themes of hoods, bad girls and broken hearts. “I’m also a fan of ballads, when Tom Waits was writing ballads, that was my favourite era, even on his latest album, it’s those songs I come back to”. The yearning melancholy of her own ballad Train Down The Hawkesbury is one of the standouts on the new album. The band drop away and Mojo’s sweet and sad voice is accompanied by only electric piano. She sings of the broken dreams of the passengers on the train from Newcastle to Sydney. She tells me she wrote a helluva lot of songs on that train line when she was based in Newcastle with former band The Snake Oil Merchants, and has just been back there shooting a clip for the song.

MOJO JUJU launches her new self-titled album at Northcote Social Club on Friday November 2 with support from Mother and Son and The Death Rattles.

MÉLANIE PAIN BY ALASDAIR DUNCAN

Ever since she was a teenager, Mélanie Pain had dreamed about going to Manchester – the city that produced bands like The Smiths and New Order seemed to radiate a doomed romance, and she was determined to experience it for herself. When it came time to write her second solo album, the Nouvelle Vague singer decided to give it a try. “Going to Manchester had always been a fantasy of mine,” she tells me. “I would imagine Morrissey walking the streets in the rain, and I would dream about going there myself someday. When I decided to take some time by myself to write a new album, I knew I wanted to get out of Paris, and I knew a friend in Manchester who could provide a bedroom, so I just went for a few months to write my stuﬀ.” Pain quickly found that there is a duality inherent in Manchester – it’s the kind of city that you love, but also want to escape. So did the real-life Manchester live up to Pain’s teenage fantasies? “Not really,” she laughs. “When I went there, I ended up doing exactly the same things I do in Paris – waking up, having a coﬀee in the bar next door, going to the market to buy some food, and then working on my songs all day. It wasn’t as exceptional as I’d hoped for, but it still gave me the opportunity to write the songs I wanted to.” Pain’s new album is called Bye Bye Manchester, and it is inspired by the love-hate qualities of the rainy northern city, and by the need to escape and go somewhere new.

“The album is about the places where you dream of being, but when you’re there, you dream about escaping and going to another place,” she says. “It’s about forever having this desire to be free.” Someone once said that Mélanie Pain’s music takes heartache and sadness and makes it sound sexy, and she herself finds this flattering, if a little baffling. “That’s always the thing people say about me,” she says, “that I can sing sad thing and give them this erotic feeling. I can’t control that, but I like it, because all my inspirations, all the musicians I love have the same kind of effect on their songs.” Pain’s first musical outing was as a singer for quirky covers outfit Nouvelle Vague, and though she also performs solo now, the band is still a vital part of her live. “Nouvelle Vague was always something wonderful and unreal,” she says. “I’ve been touring with them for ten years now and I still can’t believe it. We’ve been everywhere in the world, and it’s always been something really fun to do – covering great songs.” Pain feels privileged and spoiled to be able

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MÉLANIE PAIN plays So Frenchy So Chic In The Park alongside Revolver, Nadéah and Carmen Maria Vega, at Werribee Park on Sunday January 20. Bye Bye Manchester is out via Cartell.

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INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS & GOSSIP

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

Jane Gazzo

FACE THE MUSIC ANNOUNCES FULL PROGRAM Face The Music (Saturday November 16 and Sunday November 17, The Arts Centre) has unveiled its full program. Check out facethemusic.org.au for details on all 22 conference panels. Highlights include a dream team of manager Gregg Donovan, agent Stephen Wade, publicist Claire Collins and music lawyer Darren Sanicki going through a band’s career, developing strategies and dealing with pitfalls. The ‘House Meets The Hurricane: A Case Study’ looks at how a band with little commercial radio support managed to break through with its own rules. Face The Music announced over 250 opportunities to get up close and personal with decision-makers, in one-on-one, small group meetings and masterclasses. Get advice, pitch your music, discuss big issues or get them in your network. ‘The Art of Speaking to the Media’ masterclass with Jane Gazzo (MAX TV) guides how to prepare for interviews and avoid tricky questions. The APRA|AMCOS Songwriting Session gives writers the chance to join a masterclass with Chet Faker, or a ‘Songwriters Breakfast’ with Angie Hart, Jess Cornelius, Mark Seymour, Van Walker and Charles Jenkins. Appointments are available at facethemusic.org.au for meetings with Jaddan Comerford (Staple Group), Johann Ponniah (I OH YOU), Sophia Brous (BROUS), Simon Winkler (3RRR), Roger Field (Live Nation), Susan Forrester (Big Day Out), Dylan Michel (This Thing), Jerome Borazio (Get Notorious) and music lawyers Darren Sanicki and Yasmin Naghavi. ‘Meet the Media’, oﬀers up Taryn Stenvei (Beat) Jaymz Clements (JMag), Darren Levin (FasterLouder), Nicholas Jones (Tone Deaf), Shane O’Donohue (Inpress) and Doug Wallen (Mess+Noise). ‘Meet The Managers’ features Bernadette Ryan, Maggie Collins, Nick Yates and Rae Harvey.

THREE MANAGERS TAKE CONTROL Three Victorian artist managers are among 15 from around the country who were accepted for the third CONTROL: The Business of Music Management. Bonnie Dalton, Tom Larkin and Anthony Zaccaria will be mentored by the likes of Cath Haridy and Andy Kelly, and attend two residential workshops. The ﬁrst is in Terrigal near Sydney in late November, the second at the end of the program in May 2013. CONTROL is presented by the Australian Music Industry Network and supported by the Association of Artist Managers.

THINGS WE HEAR * Yothu Yindi will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the ARIAs on November 27, whisper is Paul Kelly and Peter Garrett will take part. * Things got hotted up in the run up to the weekend’s council elections. Port Phillip candidates Serge Thomann and The Community Cup’s Jason Evans got into a scuﬄe at an event, and Thomann got a court order stopping Evans from making comments about him or going near him. On Monday morning, Thomann had 50.10% of votes to Evans’ 23.63%. In Carlisle Ward, unChain St Kilda’s Vanessa Huxley had 24.21% of the ﬁrst preference votes.

* Red Hot Chili Peppers played a small gig the other day – in Flea’s back garden in the Los Feliz suburb of Los Angeles. It was to celebrate his 50th birthday and raise money for his music school. Rancid also played. * The heckler at the Jagermeister Independent Music awards was Nic Warnock, of Sydney’s R.I.P Society label which signed Royal Headache. Reviewing the night for Crawlspace, Warnock says his yelling “not independent!” as Lanie Lane collected her trophy was “a jovial, spur of the moment reaction” to the fact that he thought most of the night’s nominees were “bland” and “sound like music from tampon ads” and that Lane’s label Ivy League does not “foster any type of collective/counter culture.” His report is at crawlspacemagazine.com. * 17-year-old pop rock boyo Reece Mastin caused a stir when he rocked up at Brisbane radio B105 for an interview sporting a T-shirt that had a cartoon multi-images on how to roll a joint. * Bon Jovi will be back here within 18 months. * EG editor Jo Roberts has left The Age for “more family time”. Martin Boulton is listed as acting editor. * At the first night of the 600 Sound concert at the Gold Coast 600 race, 360 stopped his show before 7,000 punters when two men started a fight. Pointing to them he roared, “Fuck off out of here. This is no mosh pit shit. This isn’t death metal. This is hip hop you cunts!” On the next night, which drew 13,000, The Living End blew headliners Good Charlotte off the stage. * The two Pussy Riot members who remain jailed are being sent to harsh remote Siberian prison camps to complete their sentences. * While scalpers are getting up to an eye-poking $600,000 for tickets for the Rolling Stones’ two US shows, the band last Friday played a warm up gig in a Paris club to 350 fans. Tickets cost 15 euros (Australian $18.75). * Kiss’ Gene Simmons claims that in 2009/10, a promoter gave him $320 million to use his influence and talk Jimmy Page and Robert Plant into getting Led Zeppelin back together. Plant plays Bluesfest next Easter. * Australians scooped 320,000 Pink tickets on the first day of sale. Meanwhile Blink 182’s arena shows in Melbourne and Brisbane sold out in minutes. * Has Xavier Rudd been asked to do a song for a Hollywood action thriller? Meantime, bluesman Jeff Lang will compose music for a six-part Australian TV series, which he’ll work on after his French tour next month. * Tasmanian music association Contemporary Music Services Tasmania has rebranded to Music Tasmania.

VENUES #1: LEVEL 2 OPENS IN NORTHCOTE New live music venue is Level 2 at 2 Atherton Rd in Northcote. The 500-capacity room, licensed until 5am, has live and local bands on Thursdays, dance on Fridays, and a mixture of the two on Saturdays. For bookings and info, email level2theclub@gmail.com.

VENUES #2: THE PRAGUE CLOSES The Prague, in Thornbury, closed after two years. Citing economic conditions, a posting by operators on Facebook revealed, “These last six months (were) an enjoyable, however diﬃcult, experience.”

VENUES #3: CLUB OWNER EXPANDING TO SYDNEY We recently reported that the folks behind the Corner Hotel

MARTIN ATKINS BY AUGUSTUS WELBY

British born musician Martin Atkins came into public view in the late ‘70s, drumming for John Lydon’s PiL. He went on to play with and manage Killing Joke, tour with industrial pioneers Ministry, form revolving-door supergroup Pigface, and feature on Nine Inch Nails’ grammywinning single Wish. Additionally, Atkins established artist driven label, Invisible, in the late ‘80s and more recently authored the books Tour:Smart and Welcome To The Music Business, You’re Fucked. Speaking from his home in Chicago, Atkins explains that the welcome reception America gave his former bands prompted him to relocate in the early ‘80s, eventually being drawn to Chicago in 1989. “I had come over here with PiL then I came with my punk band Brian Brain. Every trip to the States seemed cooler, more open, and liked the things I was doing more than England did. So I packed up two suitcases and moved. I started to get into the industrial scene, which seemed to me to be the next exciting thing after punk. Wax Trax records was in Chicago, Ministry was here, Revolting Cocks, Steve Albini was here; all kinds of stuﬀ was going on. So, I just moved here.” However, Atkins doesn’t believe Chicago remains the music-mecca it once was and of late he’s been looking beyond America to discover enterprising music locales. “2006 I went to China. There’s great stuﬀ going on in South America. Canada interests me a lot right now because Beat Magazine Page 44

the government puts so much into helping artists make a demo or a video and tour. Scotland has a huge arts council budget. It seems like every government except the American government helps artists and tries to keep the entrepreneurial people on the edge out of gaol.” Despite disenchantment with America’s limited support for the arts, Atkins counters that government funding isn’t causally linked to artistic achievement. “Subsidising everything and giving people everything doesn’t work. I don’t mean to sound like a crotchety old bastard, but when you give somebody something it has no value. When somebody earns it and they lose the tips of their ﬁngers and pieces of their heart and parts of their brain gouging something for themselves, it’s precious.

and Northcote Social Club plan to open up the Newtown Social Club in Sydney. They have bought the Sandringham ‘Sando’ Hotel, which went into administration this year with $3.6 million debt. Price reported to be $2.6 million to $3 million.

STEREOSONIC CLOSE TO SELL-OUT With a heat-hot bill including Tiesto and Avicii it’s not surprising that Totem Onelove Group report that 90% of Stereosonic tickets in Melbourne and Sydney have gone, and that they expect a sell-out shortly.

XAVIER RUDD DIDGE UP FOR AUCTION Xavier Rudd has put up one of his didgeridoos for an online auction raising money for the Kaarakin Black Cockatoo Rehab Centre in WA (blackcockatoorecovery. com). It is a cause close to Rudd’s heart as the calls of the endangered birds are featured on his Spirit Bird album. The auction ends this week, check it out on facebook.com/ KaarakinBlackCockatooFundraiserAuction.

EG AWARDS UPDATE Aside from Weddings Parties Anything, also to be inducted into the EG Hall of Fame is Ian Rumbold from Sound Developments Analogue Audio Repairs & Service in Fitzroy. ‘‘Ian is one of the unsung heroes of the Victorian music scene,’’ said inductor Music Victoria CEO Patrick Donovan. ‘‘Whether it’s building his peerless amps and equalisers, or ﬁxing last minute production gremlins, his work is unrivalled. For the last 35 years he has painstakingly repaired and developed sound, lighting and musical instruments.” Onetime EG contributor Myf Warhurst is hosting, and guest vocalists joining the EG All Stars band include Alexander Gow (Oh Mercy), Angie Hart, Jess Cornelius (Teeth & Tongue), Mikelangelo, Ben Salter, Van Walker and Liz Stringer. Immigrant Union also take to the stage.

AUSSIE DEADLINE FOR SXSW LOOMING The deadline for Australian acts to apply to showcase at South By Southwest is Wednesday November 7. These are sonicbids.com/sxsw for the March 12-17 event in Texas. This year 41 Australian acts performed, out of the 71 invited from 250 applications. Next year there is a special panel moderated by Stuart Coupe on Oz/NZ music. Full details at sxsw.com/music/shows/apply.

LAWSUIT OF THE WEEK A court case ﬁled by a dude in Michigan claims Justin Bieber stole his credit card to pay for his penis enlargement and buy cocaine for him and Diddy. The man also says he paid for Bieber’s girlfriend Selena Gomez’s abortion (reckons he’s her father!) and that Usher came to his house and stuck a ﬁrecracker up his ass while playing the Katy Perry song Firework.

MUSO’S GUIDE TO PUBLICITY & AIRPLAY Publicist Stacey Piggott has written a book Blow Your Own Trumpet – A Musician’s Guide to Publicity & Airplay. With lots of advice and dispelling a few myths, she says, it’s a collection “of ideas, guidelines, philosophies and stories telling the many pathways one can choose to create a media presence.” She gets stories from musicians and industry folk. Henry Rollins’ advice: do every interview you can. Carlo Santone of Blue King Brown suggests you look at other bands’ media releases and do your own. Illy reckons you should be in everyone’s face via internet. And you can’t I think it’s great to see governments and their budgets brought to bear to help artists, but it’s not proved that it absolutely works.” In Australia, (government funded) triple j eﬀectively dictates success in the alternative music scene. This often leaves artists sitting dormant, reluctant to go on tour until they’ve got a song on high rotation. Atkins objects to this sort of dependency on radio endorsement and advocates bands hitting the road to make fans in a hands-on manner. “I think the minute you say ‘we’re just waiting for’ or ‘as soon as . . .’ I just go ‘right – stop. Stop. Stop’. Just get out there and do it. Get rid of this notion that you want to open for Pink Floyd in a stadium. If you could get the opening slot I guarantee that when you hit the stage, apart from the fact that the sound is crap and the lights aren’t focused on you, there’ll be more people outside waiting to get into the venue than there are people in the venue! So, give up that particular dream and stand outside talking to people with a backpack full of cold water and some demos and you’ll pick up ten email addresses.” triple j also have the ability to transfer bands from seeming obscurity to public repute overnight. However, such a thrust into prominence is reserved for a select few and Atkins agrees that expecting a quick path to success is a misguided supposition. “I compare this to the Great Wall of China. If you look at the Great Wall of China you just can’t imagine how they did it. But it’s just a pile of bricks, so stop imagining how they did it in a ﬂash and start piling up the bricks. Once somebody gets famous, and they’ve achieved some kind of longevity, you’ll see them talk about the nine year struggle.” To illustrate his point, Atkins adds with stern factuality, “I

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LIFELINES Treated: British performer and producer Mark Ronson is seeking psychiatric help to deal with the “crippling anxiety” he suffers before going on stage. In Court: Beyonce and Jay-Z lost a bid to trademark their daughter Blue Ivy’s name to start a line of baby products. A company in Boston called Blue Ivy Events protested they had the name first. Suing: US video games company Ubisoft hits Black Eyed Peas for lost sales, for taking a year to approve an iOS version of The Black Eyed Peas Experience for iPhone and iPad. They say it cost them $240,000 to develop. Arrested: Public Enemy’s Flavor Flav on charges he threatened his fiancee’s teenage son with a knife during an argument. He faces six years’ jail. Died: guitarist Mick Hadley of wild ‘60s Australian band Purple Hearts, in a Gold Coast hospital after a battle with cancer. In 1964 he founded the band with Lobby Loyde in Brisbane, later moving to Melbourne. The band split in 1967, after which Hadley went to London and joined expats The Virgil Bros. In the last ten years Hadley played the blues with The Atomic Boogie Band. Died: Melbourne-based entertainment publicist Suzie Howie after a seven year battle with breast cancer, 63 beat this from Gareth Liddiard of The Drones: “My advice to bands who are starting out: don’t be a shit band! That’s a good start.” Blow Your Own Trumpet is out on Monday November 12 from twofishoutofwater.com.

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Melbourne Music Week festival hub Where?House and Face The Music team to present a Red Bull Music Academy info session with Detroit producer and Deep Transportation and S Y N T H label owner Mike Huckaby. The three hour session on Saturday November 17 from midday is a Q&A with Huckaby and a workshop of Native Instruments Maschine 1.8 workstation. To RSVP email registrations@where-house. com.au.

OVERSEAS REVENUE DOUBLES FOR BRITS Global revenues for British music hit £630.8 million last year, up from £611 million in 2010. This is according to PRS For Music, which collects royalties from 150 countries for 90,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. Global hits by Adele and Calvin Harris helped Brit songwriters earn £187.7 million last year – a 10% rise from 2010. This ﬁgure has doubled in the past ten years as British music becomes more popular and the industry gets more songs in ads and ﬁlms. It’s also been helped by Americans like Rihanna and Nicki Minaj having hits with songs written by Brits like Calvin Harris and Fraser T Smith. Income from live music was at £21 million (it was £2.2 million in 2002) from massive stadium tours by The Rolling Stones, U2, Muse and Paul McCartney. Income from TV rose from £29 million in 2002 to £60 million last year, partly due to British music being used on talent shows like X Factor and American Idol and TV shows such as CSI and Grey’s Anatomy.

ANOTHER FESTIVAL FOR SYDNEY? Sydney could get another rock festival next year, this time for over-30s and with a bill of ‘classic rock’ acts. Promoters contacted organisers of a ﬁrst-time festival held in Townsville this month called Not Too Old To Dance saying they liked the concept. It was set up in response to a 43-year-old music fan who was thrown out of a Cold Chisel concert for dancing in the aisle. The judge told him he was “too old to dance” and ﬁned him $450. The Townsville show drew 1,200 oldies to a 10-hour show featuring Choirboys and 1927.

saw U2 play to 17 people in a bar in London and I left early because they were crap. They built from there.” Considering how easily people trawl through music currently, Atkins attests it is essential for bands to venture beyond the act of making music to successfully operate in the music industry. “You learn all of the other things that are necessary to be a successful band. Which is: how to meet people. A lot of us are insecure and shy – it’s hard to not stay in the dressing room all night pretending to be a star and to actually come out and talk to people and become a star. And: how to play a convincingly amazing show with bad monitors and horrifying diarrhoea, and still meet people afterwards. That’s the stuﬀ that makes you a star. It’s not easy, it’s not glamorous; it’s just a shit-ton of really hard work and mastering a new skill.” MARTIN ATKINS will be oﬀering more well-informed music business counsel at the Face The Music conference, held in conjunction with Melbourne Music Week, on Friday November 16 and Saturday November 17 at the Arts Centre. Atkins also does a spoken word and DJ set at the Northcote Social Club on Thursday November 22.

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THE BEARDS

BY THOMAS BAILEY

In retrospect, it’s easy to see now that all this time, The Beards were actually warning us clean-chins. The endless mocking, chiding and general superiority these follicallyenhanced folk-rock quartet from Adelaide have been raining down on us shaven blokes over the course of their three albums – the most recent being Having A Beard Is The New Not Having A Beard, released earlier this year – was in fact a sign of things to come. Yep, just sitting around, drinking our champagne, eating foie gras and smoking our Cohibas, secure in the knowledge that those dirty bearded folk knew their place in the pecking order…we were letting the bearded men dream their dreamy little dreams of one day there being a time where no-one could look down upon them and the beards on their faces. But no, it turns out that they haven’t been making fun of us. Oh no, they’ve been trying to tell us, in their own inimitable way, that our collective un-bearded gooses are cooked. At some point on December 21 this year, the world will end… for people without beards. The Beards, who know a thing or three about facial hair, have been lured back out on the road, embarking on their largest Australian tour to date, in an attempt to “convince as many clean-chins as possible to repent … before it’s too late”. Facey McStubblington, The Beards’ ginger-bearded guitarist, spoke to me by phone from Sydney about this Beardocalypse, what it means for the bearded people and the themes of redemption and repentance. “It’s happening, you know?” he asks me pointedly. “It’s not like we’d make this up for a tour! Don’t think that for a second. We don’t know exactly what’s going to happen [on

that day], but we do know that all the beardless people are going to die on that date. That’s what this tour is all about – enlightenment. It’s a last-ditch effort to save their souls – I mean, we’re nothing if not evangelical; we’ve been spraying this message out for the last five years in preparation for that day!” Naturally, as one who has a passing interest in End Times, I’m curious as to how, exactly, the end is going to come for the clean-chins? Is it going to be like the Rapture, where the shaven folk just disappear off the face of the Earth, or is it going to be more like everyone who’s touched a Mach 3 razor that day is going to just drop dead in their tracks? McStubblington laughs at my ignorance. “Oh no, mate, I think it will be a little more gory than that!” he giggles with just a touch too much enthusiasm. “I was thinking there’d be human-sized meteors that just zero in on [beardless people], and people will be getting hit left, right and centre and reduced to big red clouds of free-flowing molecules. Beardless molecules! And our beards will be sprayed with their blood. Their blood will be dripping down our faces! “And,” he adds, “[the blood] will act like fertiliser to grow our beards thicker and better.”

EXILE IN YARRAVILLE

BY PATRICK EMERY

Notwithstanding its contemporary legendary status, at the time of its release, Exile On Main St was received with a mixture of critical suspicion and popular apprehension. Over the years the album would become arguably the high watermark of the second phase of the Stones’ career. Stories of chemical excess and sexual shenanigans in the south of France, where the album was recorded, would provide a salacious backdrop for the record; the sprawling collage of blues, soul, gospel, rock and acoustic country would eventually be revered as a critical aspect of the album’s artistic quality. Ash Naylor first encountered The Rolling Stones in his teenage years through the omnipresent Stones compilation. By his early 20s, Naylor was delving into the Stones’ catalogue in greater detail. “I came to Exile late, in my 20s,” Naylor recalls. “In the early ‘90s I started buying Stones records. Like Led Zeppelin’s Physical Graffiti – which I got into around the same time – it took a while for me to really appreciate Exile On Main St.” In comparison to the more commercial flavouring of Sticky Fingers, Exile On Main St is almost defiantly the band’s own artistic creation, shaped principally by Keith Richards’ burgeoning interest in country rock – a style introduced to him by his then partner in excess, Gram Parsons – as well as the influence of guitarist Mick Taylor (and, according to many, the unacknowledged input of Ry Cooder). “I think Exile is a darker production, sonically,” muses Naylor. “It doesn’t seem to be driven by the commercial aspects, so it’s a lot different to Sticky Fingers.” In some ways it’s difficult to separate the music featured on Exile from the titillating stories of its recording. Last

year’s documentary shed some light on the events at Villa Nellcôte in Villefranche-sur-Mer in southern France where Exile was recorded; Naylor suggests that retaining the mystery may have been better. “Part of the magic of a record is not knowing the background,” he says. “There’s so much information these days about the recording of Exile that it’s hard to imagine how it was actually recorded. So you end up attaching all this information to your listening. But even then, the album stands up for itself – even though at the time it wasn’t revered as a great record.” Few people – possibly with the exception of the current members of the Stones – would dispute the significance of Mick Taylor’s input to the record. Drafted into the band a few years before Exile to replace the erratic Brian Jones, Taylor was a gifted blues musician whose involvement with the Stones was central to the band’s so-called golden era between 1969 and 1973. Taylor’s decision to leave the Stones in the mid ‘70s – by which time he devolved from talented and clean to addicted and disillusioned – saw him quietly erased from the authorised history of the band.

There’s something that bugs me about this automatic forgiveness for non-bearded folks who suddenly grow beards – it’s not necessarily because they respect the power of the beard, but because they want to save their own arses. It just seems a bit cynical. I ask McStubblington, hypothetically, if the powers-that-be that are going to end the world for non-bearded folk would see through my ruse if I grew a beard just to stave off being killed. “No, no, no!” he exclaims. “As long as you have a beard, that’s all that matters. That’s the loophole in Christianity, you know – when you’re about to die, [you say] ‘Oh, actually, I repent,’ and bang – you’re in. And that’s all I’m going to say to all the beardless people who come to our gigs: the end is near, and even if you’ve lived your whole life as a beardless person, now’s the time to grow a beard … and all will be forgiven. Everything. Every razor you’ve ever touched to your face will be forgiven.” I ask McStubblington about the current stated of bearded people, especially in the wake of the release earlier this year of their third LP, the effectually-titled Having A Beard Is The New Not Having A Beard. Its strong and soulfully

groovy singles You Should Consider Having Sex With A Bearded Man, Bearded Nation and Got Me A Beard have proven to be educational and invaluable in fostering more positive relationships between the have (beards) and the have-not (beards). I gotta know: have the lives of bearded people improved noticeably since its release? “Absolutely,” he confirms cheerily. “And since the genesis of the band, the make-up of the nation has grown in leaps and bounds as far as bearded ratios go. With the advent of the ‘Intraweb’, we have been able to reach a lot more people through film clips and the like, and that has only helped this nation grow stronger!"

Just repent and grow that damn beard already before THE BEARDS bring their 2012 End Of The World (for beardless people) Tour to The Hi-Fi on Saturday November 3. Tickets available through Moshtix. They also play Queenscliff Music Festival from Friday November 23 to Sunday November 25.

Ash Naylor But to many musicians Taylor was a pivotal figure in the Exile-era Stones. “Mick Taylor was an absolute supreme figure,” Naylor says. “His biggest crime was probably leaving the band. Like Eric Clapton and Dave Gilmour, he was precise, heartfelt but also technically very proficient. He injected surgical precision into rambling mayhem.” James Young, whose Cherry Rock company is behind the new venue being launched at this event, has a different perspective. “His guitar work is incendiary, but he is not the hero,” Young muses. “Instead Taylor, like Keef, Mick, Charlie and Bill is an equally vital cog in a freakish 1972 engine room.” Naylor’s affection for Exile On Main St is shared by a number of local musicians. Earlier this a cadre of Melbourne musicians, including Naylor, Dave Larkin, Spencer P Jones and Matt Sonic came together to celebrate the album in its entirety, initially at Cherry Bar in the city, and subsequently at the Caravan Club in Oakleigh. “Those shows were great,” Naylor says. “They were really celebratory. I think tribute shows are the new classical recitals. The crowd is really excitable, and they’re there to celebrate the music. And because it’s not really a commercial venture, it’s necessarily a music lover’s gig.” This week the Exile tribute show moves out to the western suburbs to the Yarraville Club in Yarraville, for the launch of that hotel’s reinvention as a live music venue. Young is understandably excited at the prospect of having Exile On Main St as the focus of the new venue’s opening night. “The heroin-soaked shambolic way it was recorded in Nellcôte France means that the record is a cluster of amazing ‘jams’ not classic structured songs, but somehow they work, like nothing else,” Young says. Naylor will open the Exile on Yarraville show with a solo set, before featuring in a rich lineup of musicians, including Spencer P. Jones, Jack Howard, the Wolfgramm Sisters and Matt Sonic, playing tribute to the album. “I’ve been drafted

in to lay the carpet for the evening, though I have no idea what I’m going to play yet, but I’ll probably treat myself to a few covers.” Naylor says. “Even has played Tumbling Dice in the past, but this week I’ve gravitated to the more acoustic, laid back tracks like Sweet Virginia,” Naylor says. Finally, I ask Naylor what, if he had the chance, he’d ask the legendary Keith Richards. Naylor pauses to contemplate the possibility. “I guess I’d ask what inspires him to write songs today,” Naylor says. “It seems it’d be hard to get the band up and running today – that said, it’s hard to get Even up and running these days as well,” he laughs. EXILE IN YARRAVILLE: The Rolling Stones’ Exile On Main Street 40TH anniversary celebration is on at the Yarraville Club on Saturday November 3, featuring Ash Naylor, Spencer P. Jones, Jack Howard, the Wolfgramm Sisters and Matt Sonic.

HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY BY ZOË RADAS

“If it’s getting stuck in your head, it’s doing what it’s supposed to be doing,” laughs Dean McGrath of Brisbane’s smart pop outfit Hungry Kids Of Hungary. ‘Stuck’ is a euphemism for whatever insidious virus-type thing Sharp Shooter, the leading single from forthcoming second album You’re A Shadow, is doing in my brain. Just ask my housemates and probably all neighbours within a block radius. Having sold out their initial show at Northcote Social Club on their tour to promote the track, Hungry Kids have agreed to a second, which is also selling fast. That means you could potentially go to both and see the band play Sharp Shooter twice. The song was penned by co-vocalist (with McGrath) and keyboardist Kane Mazlin, and showcases a slightly heavier and more sophisticated sound, whilst still retaining an upbeat heart, which we might expect to see laced through You’re A Shadow. “It was funny, for this record,” McGrath says. “For all his demos that went into the album, Kane was writing on guitar. He’s left handed, and he plays guitar upside down; he doesn’t re-string it or anything, he just flips it over. He’s a mad genius,” he laughs. “But I think it’s really interesting the way that it’s affected the songs that he wrote, and how they’re delivered, and how they ended up sounding on the record. It’s a fairly major difference in approach, [compared to] sitting down at a piano – your own instrument that you’re really used to – and writing. He had to challenge himself a little bit and I think it worked out with really good results.” The Kids’ album is due to be released in March 2013, Beat Magazine Page 46

but McGrath explains that its deferment wasn’t a result of internal contentions. “The whole process of making the album was fairly effortless; it wasn’t delayed because we’ve been struggling with it or anything,” he says. “The album’s done, it’s mixed, it’s mastered. I think the reason for the later release date is it’s hard to begin an album cycle late in the year. It’s a challenge in terms of promoting it, touring it and that kind of thing. So we decided to hold off, to just release a couple of singles this year and have a nice sort of run up to the album coming out next year. Which will mean next year we can go really hard with touring and the whole album cycle circus.” You’re A Shadow was produced by Wayne Connelly, an incredibly accomplished man whose CV includes partnerships with Custard, Neil Finn and The Grates. According to McGrath, his teratoid musical achievements match a wonderfully benevolent and

fostering sort of personality. “He was an absolute gem to work with, I’m so pleased that we ended up doing the record with him; he’s become our personal guru,” McGrath grins. “He goes against a lot of the stereotypes of what a record producer is. It was an absolute pleasure to sit down in the studio with him every day. I miss it, I miss our studio time,” he adds, completely sincerely. “When you arrive [at a studio] and discover you are working with someone who you actually connect with on a social level and you can actually hang out with and talk crap with it’s really good. And Wayne was that for us.” Not into shying away from a challenge, the band recently recorded a new, peppy version of the Hungarian national anthem for triple j. The words were written by the station’s Hungarian night security

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guard, and detail a romp through goulash, humble pastures and the joyous cessation of Mongols’ arrows. “We figured it was a long time coming, someone asking us to do something like this. Having picked such a stupid name, we were asking for it,” McGrath declares. “They sent us the original lyrics and it was really quite grisly. It was like, that’s fairly unpleasant! Perhaps our own anthem will get a working over before next year’s tour, but before then, get in fast or you won’t get to see them live at all." HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY play the Northcote Social Club on Sunday November 4 and Monday November 5 to celebrate the release of new single Sharp Shooter.

CAKE BY LACHLAN KANONIUK

Over the course of close to two decades, splendidly droll genre-defiers Cake have steadfastly remained one of the most idiosyncratic outfits on the global musical landscape. Producing some of the most iconic songs of the 1990s and early 2000s – including tracks such as The Distance, Short Skirt/Long Jacket and many more – Cake have organically established themselves within the modern pop canon. Not ones to rely on reliving former glories, the band have continued to release quality work while hitting some of the globe's biggest festivals, including their upcoming appearance at Harvest. Before Cake return to Australia, frontman John McCrea – the owner of that inimitable, at times monotonous, vocal style – philosophises on the band's resilience in the face of the fickle nature of contemporary culture. “I could say that when we first started out there were no really young people, and there were no really old people,” McCrea recalls. “When we first started out, our audience were college kids only. Our first song that was played on the radio was on college radio. That explains that. Then as the years progressed we started to see people in their mid-20s, and some in their early 30s. Then we had a song on alternative radio, I guess. That changed things quite a bit, things started to get really weird – starting to see these 15-year-olds in the audience. Now obviously we've been around for a long time, some of the people that listen to music as they get older – which is not many, actually. Some people just stop listening to music. But we see those people in the crowd as well. Then we had some success with this last album [Showroom Of Compassion] – which we released by ourselves – which was very surprising. We weren't expecting success. Now there's another round of young people that are aware of us. And that's good, too.” Even at the band's commercial peak, Cake's idiosyncrasies set them far apart from their peers. As McCrea explains, it's a notion that still permeates even now. “I can't speak for the whole band, but I definitely felt like an outsider. That's certainly how we've managed to survive. We've never been the next big thing, or there's never been an explosive sense of success. It's always been very gradual. I've had moments that I can identify looking back when I've been legitimately surprised that someone knows what I do or who I am, what I look like. That's not the case with every band that I meet – it's more of an explosive, celebratory cultural awakening. For us, it's just been really gradual. Which in some ways is really great, and in other ways really not,” he ponders. “You have to be grateful for the cards you've been dealt. I can say that all the bands that were high up on the bills when we were opening festivals – we entered the whole experience very humbly, then three years later we'd do

“I CAN’T SPEAK FOR THE WHOLE BAND, BUT I DEFINITELY FELT LIKE AN OUTSIDER. THAT’S CERTAINLY HOW WE’VE MANAGED TO SURVIVE” the same festivals and there would be a whole new set of 'really important' bands above us on the bill. Then I guess the same thing would repeat every three years. All of the bands we started off alongside, with very few exceptions, have really sustained their existence I guess. There's sort of a consume and discard aesthetic with culture. I don't think people think of it as discarding human beings, but it is actually discarding human beings. Everything is symbolic, discarding iconography, discarding a sense of celebration that they once had in their life and no longer feel. It's actually people, so it's always been a little eerie to me.” Despite an ostensible tag of 'alternative' throughout the '90s, Cake's back catalogue has embedded itself well within the mainstream psyche – with their tracks proving conducive for environments such as instore supermarket radio. “Intellectually I can certainly wrap my head around why it happens and how it happens,” McCrea rationalises. “We play music that is not intentionally made to exclude certain sectors of the population. So it's understandable that people can listen to our music at a supermarket without too much pain. We didn't set out like a lot of alternative bands to scientifically create music to make parents angry or make someone reject it. That's more of a tribal than musical inclination, it's more about tribal affiliation than notes. For us, musically, it was about 'This is music we like, this is the way it sounds, and if other people like it at supermarkets, that would be ok with us.' Because we're trying to be honest about what we like and why we like things. I like a lot of music that's been popular in the last 100 years like Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Hank Williams. These people were purveyors of popular music at the time. I like those song structures, I like those lyrics, I like those melodies. Sometimes they are more clever than lyrics that may have more subcultural authenticity. Maybe Cole Porter can run circles around Lou Reed, in some ways.”

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CITY CALM DOWN

BY JOSHUA KLOKE

With fans waiting with bated breath and industry onlookers folding their arms discerningly, record release shows present artists with certain challenges. To rise to the occasion and put your best foot forward sounds simple enough. Though in truth, release shows are often make or break evenings. Ahead of the release of their EP, Movements, local four-piece City Calm Down is starting to feel the nerves set in. Recently signed to tastemaker label I Oh You, vocalist Jack Bourke sounds relaxed enough as he’s reached on the phone. He admits that while the band is beginning to understand the task at hand, they’ve been through it before. “We’re trying to get a continuous feel through rehearsing,” he says in earnest. “If nerves are going to play a factor, they’re going to creep up a few days before the show. But we’ve been playing together long enough that we’re familiar with each other and familiar with what’s going to happen onstage. There might be a bit more pressure to nail one, but I hope that on the night that’ll wash over a bit and we’ll get back to just playing, as we have for years now.” The fact that Bourke mentions the band’s history twice is rather telling; City Calm Down is no upstart act, being forced to ﬁnd their live footing in front of an expectant crowd. Instead, Movements showcases an electronically-infused act quickly ascending with noted conﬁdence and maturity. City Calm Down have spent the last three years crafting Movements, the result being one of the more alarmingly dense EPs in recent memory. For a band like City Calm Down, who pay such detail to their intricate arrangements, ensuring Movements sounded

as they’d hoped was an uphill battle. Bourke gives credit where it’s due, deferring to producer Malcolm Besley. Having worked with Gold Fields and Snakadaktal in the past, Besley’s influence on the band cannot be understated. “I was saying to Malcolm the other day that in listening to the EP, it ended up sounding exactly how I wanted it to sound,” says Bourke. “It can be easy to get lost in our sound and our songs, but that was one of the great things about working with Malcolm, who’s got so much experience. We had all the songs ready and all our ideas in place, but Malcolm really helped us deliver it,” he continues. “And that was the first time I’ve had that experience.” Having self-produced an EP previously as well as a single earlier in the year, it’s clear Bourke and City Calm Down appreciate the experience of working with Besley as one that altered the course of the band. “If you look through music history, there’s always someone in the background who might not get all kinds of awards and recognition, and I think Malcolm’s one of those guys,” he laughs. “Just in getting the right feel for the EP, he was so influential,” he continues. “You can have all the right songs, but if you don’t have the right person giving you advice whether you’re just going over the top and trying to fit too much in, which we have a tendency to do, you’re lost. We can

get lost in our songs sometimes.” Though Movements is only six tracks long, there’s a depth within each of the tracks. And as such, the four and a half minutes of stay pull listeners into a lull that feels much longer. Movements builds with the aforementioned maturity, though it could very well be the band’s restraint which speaks loudest. When Bourke is asked if it was the goal of City Calm Down to push their songs as far as possible to attain this wealth of sonic dexterity, he’s steadfast that the band knew when to say when. “The songs just tend to end up there. They’ll usually start oﬀ with an idea, and everyone has to get engaged with the idea for the song to continue. “You just use that little push, and the next thing you know, there’s a gradual crescendo, but we’re deﬁnitely not aiming for a certain result,” he says.

Still open to possibilities and aware the amount of work it takes to produce a meaningful release, the three years City Calm Down has spent preparing for their release show have been kind. They can only hope the future will be as kind. “We’d like [Movements] to be well-received. I would like to think that we’re progressing as a band,” says Bourke. “I ﬁnd it hard to gauge if we’re pushing boundaries, because I try not to get too caught up in that. If you’re doing something you’ve done before, you start to become more conﬁdent. We’ve matured in our sound as well, I think. There’s more warmth and clarity in our songwriting.”

so Useless Eaters has had a fluctuating cast of people who’ve played me in different places.” Sutton was fortunate enough to hook up with fellow Memphis resident Jay Reatard, touring with Reatard just before the garage punk legend’s death a couple of years ago. Sutton says Reatard taught him to work proficiently, and to ignore peer group assessment. “He’d always tell me that he was running out of time,” Sutton says. “He’d make a deadline in his head and he had to make as many records as he could. That really stuck with me. And also not to give a fuck what people thought.” While it’s easy to lump Useless Eaters in with a nebulously defined garage punk scene – especially in light of Sutton’s avowedly DIY approach and lo-fi style – Sutton says he’s not sure if his music is properly described as punk. “Punk rock is definitely why I’m interested in making music, but I really don’t know what the music is. Every record is different. Some songs are pop songs, and some of them are noisy. There’s no real game plan.”

While he’s worked his share of ‘shitty jobs’, Sutton has spent much of the last few years striving to make a living out of his music. “That’s what I’ve been striving for the last four years, though I wish I was a little more professional at times,” he laughs. “I’m 23 now, and I’m getting to the point where I need to work out what I’m doing with myself ﬁnancially. But I can’t ever see myself doing something I hate – I see so many who’re unhappy because of their career. I’m so against that.”

you’ve just never heard. If there was no Die Antwoord, it would all be the same.” Polo Club’s live setup sees Chapman on bass, Thomas and McLaren on vocals and percussion, and Fitzgerald on drums. “We call it the Purple Beater Eater, it’s the fattest kit,” Thomas says with glee, on Fitzgerald’s instrument. “It’s got such a nice sound. It’s like, purpley-sparkly. He plays pretty straight [without triggers] but he has in-ear monitors, so he gets a feed from Cam’s beats.” Cam clearly has more duties than just bass, then. “He has his computer running his beats, that little Korg R3, he plays bass and he also does back-up vocals.” As for Thomas and McLaren, they like to use all kinds of auxiliary percussion during sets. “Cabasa, woodblocks, guiro, tambourine... we’ve also got rototoms – they’re like those South American toms, you can pitch them right down and make ‘em sound like 808s, and you can pitch them manually as you play them – and ﬂoor toms.”

Sometimes auxiliary percussion gets crap press, mostly because I think those things like woodblocks and tambourines are what we’re ﬁrst handed in music class at school so they’re perceived as being simple instruments, and Thomas agrees they can be underappreciated. “It takes a skilled percussionist to play them right. Anyone thinks they can pick up a tambourine and play it; I’m not saying I’m a skilled percussionist or anything, I just bash ‘em,” he belly laughs. “We just bash ‘em, but it sort of seems to work.” It certainly does, and seeing Thomas bash ‘em should go up to the top of your live list for this week.

CITY CALM DOWN release Movements on Saturday November 3 at Liberty Social. The EP is out physically and digitally on Friday November 2 through I Oh You.

USELESS EATERS

BY PATRICK EMERY

“It was pretty boring really,” laughs Useless Eaters protagonist Seth Sutton, when I ask him about growing up in the famed Southern musical metropolis of Memphis, Tennessee. “Everyone thinks about Elvis and Stax Records when they think of Memphis, and it’s true that Memphis has a rich musical history. It’s a bit like Detroit in a way – it was really lively in the ‘50s, ‘60s and ‘70s, but then it all imploded,” Sutton says. Sutton was born in the neighbouring state of Mississippi. With his father in the United States Air Force, Sutton and his family moved to Germany, and then to Virginia, before settling in Memphis. As a young child in Memphis, Sutton was notionally unsettled, looking around for various pursuits to occupy his mind. Sutton’s father had already introduced him to punk rock in the guise of The Clash and The Ramones; Sutton’s elder brother was attracted to skate punk and the Epitaph stable of bands. It was a combination of those ingredients that led Sutton to immerse himself in the local hardcore scene at the beginning of his teenage years. “I started skateboarding when I was about 12, and all those things got me into hardcore, bands like Bad Brains,” Sutton says. “There was a pretty good hardcore scene in Memphis when I was about 14 or 15, around the early 2000s, and I suppose I just fell into it.” Eventually Sutton started making regular visits to Goner Records and Shangri-La Records in the city, where he was introduced to other styles and sounds. “Goner’s got that garage and punk thing, and they’d recommend me stuﬀ like The Oblivians and The Reatards,” Sutton says. “Plus

they’d also get me to listen to blues and jazz stuff as well.” It was another classic teenage moment that led Sutton to embrace more eclectic music. “To be honest, when I started smoking marijuana, that’s when my tastes started to change,” Sutton says. “When I was about 16 or 17, we were smoking marijuana and a friend put on this Sun Ra record, and I thought that was amazing,” Sutton says. “And then I realised that I could take a lot of those influences and make them my own. In some ways hardcore is really limiting, so here there was a lot more freedom.” Sutton had been given a four-track recorded by a friend, which had been secreted in a cupboard until he learnt how to use it. “Eventually I worked out how to use it, and I started recording myself,” Sutton says. It was Sutton’s original bedroom tape recordings that became the genesis of his Useless Eaters project. Throughout the project’s six year history, Sutton has maintained almost complete artistic control, writing and recording the music himself, and drawing upon local musicians whenever he tours. “I had this five song cassette and I took it around Memphis,” Sutton says. “And people seemed to like it. I’ve never really had a solid lineup,

USELESS EATERS play Maggot Fest at The Gasometer Hotel this Saturday November 3 (along with Fighting League, The Stevens, Ausmuteants and heaps more – Maggot Fest also takes place at The Gasometer on Friday November 2 and at Wooly Bully on Sunday November 4) before returning to play a headline show at The Tote on Friday November 16 (with support from Constant Mongrel, Ratsak and Bad Aches).

POLO CLUB

BY ZOË RADAS

Polo Club’s Dylan Thomas is a delightful guy. This makes it determinedly easy to talk about the four-piece’s new record, She Will Never Know, and such topics as the under-appreciation of percussion, live setups, and you know, Yo-Landi and Ninja from South Africa. Polo Club’s beautiful synthed-up hip hop is the kind of stuﬀ every cool friend at a house party will get up and writhe to, despite those friends’ diﬀering (although great) tastes. Dylan and original partner Cameron Chapman, accompanied by newest Polo members Adam Fitzgerald and Aidan McLaren, are about to launch their third single Break In Horses at Ding Dong Lounge on Cup Eve. “I was actually thinking about that today, and that was all a total accident,” says Thomas when I question the coincidence of the Polo/Melbourne Cup/Break In Horses thing: a triple equine theme. He explains that the single isn’t exactly about breaking in horses, although they are present in the tale. “The track is sort of a metaphor, but it’s sort of not too, it’s sort of literal. [It’s] set in the 1800s... about this guy who leaves his family to clear some land in Australia. Clear some land and break in his horses.” The way the lyrics are put together in both this and earlier single She Will Never Know show an artfulness in balancing the metaphoric/literal duality. The lyrics of the latter are reminiscent of some of Thom Yorke’s, where he sings things like ‘Where’d you park the car?’ that seem literal, but are also imbued with a secret communication that sticks straight in your heart. “We all sat down and all put our minds together with the lyrics on that one,” says Thomas. “We wanted to keep it straight and poppy so people knew what we were Beat Magazine Page 48

talking about, but still keep it dark. That was sort of the idea behind that whole EP actually; to be poppy... but every song sort of has a dark undertone to it. And I think that comes through, especially in [She Will Never Know] as well.” But let’s not forget the beats and the melodies. The View is a killer example of Polo Club’s ability to glide from chordbased tunes to minimalist, tripped-up rhythms. The little plucked synth sounds in The View reminded me a lot of South African genre-benders Die Antwoord, and a quick look at Polo Club’s blog page shows a share of the former’s new clip Fatty Boom Boom. “I find it funny when people say they aren’t into ‘em,” laughs Thomas, “because they’re so crazy, how could you not love ‘em? I love what they do, there’s nothing out there that sounds like them. I wouldn’t say that our music’s influenced by them, but I would definitely say that me personally, I like them. I mean I can’t go for a run and listen to them, or chill out at night and have a wine and listen to them, but in the club, it’s crazy shit that

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POLO CLUB celebrate the launch of their third single Break In Horses and its accompanying clip at Ding Dong Lounge on Monday November 5 with guests Harts.

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BROKEN SPLENDOUR

BY JOSHUA KLOKE

Melbourne has long prided itself on being one of, if not the best city in Australia in terms of the variety and availability of live music. So renowned is Melbourne’s live music scene in fact, that in recent years it’s begun to draw comparisons to Austin, Texas – long considered to be America’s mecca of live music. It’s a comparison that Thomas Vecera, the mastermind behind local cinematic folk outfit Broken Splendour, understands, appreciates and supports. After moving to Melbourne from Austin to continue his career as both a solo performer and a member of Broken Splendour, Vecera is eager to compare the two cities. “I can definitely see the similarities,” says Vecera, reached on the phone after, coincidentally enough, just returning from America. “Melbourne is probably three times bigger than Austin, it really has tons of places to play, there’s cafes, bars and hotels in Austin just like here. It probably seems more saturated than Austin; similar feel, very similar vibe. Grungy, garage rock to roots and everything in between, blues as well. That’s one reason why it wasn’t a real struggle to find places to play. I think Melbourne is a lot more spread out in a good way.” It’s clear that in talking to Vecera, whose accent now features hints of both Australian and an affable Southern drawl, he doesn’t regret relocating to Australia in the slightest. “I was in Los Angeles for three years and had a chance through a booking agent to do some solo shows here when I was on a three-month holiday,” he recollects. “I booked a lot of shows; some in the Peninsula, Melbourne and others

in the country. Those shows extended my stay every three months so I ended up visiting for a year.” Vecera became comfortable enough with his surroundings to release two solo albums, Always Going Somewhere and Strange Company. When he met with fellow musicians Damien Ellis (Drums) and Adam Spiegel (Bass) they released their debut On the Bright Side. Now, Vecera and co. have returned with Broken Splendour, an EP that only continues with the band’s momentum. Literate and growing, Broken Splendour is intense with atmosphere. It’s put to Vecera that Broken Splendour is best heard on a pair of headphones, a notion he agrees with. “What I envisioned is pretty much there,” he says. “We got carried away, not necessarily in a bad way. You’re right, it’s headphone music, there’s a lot going on in those songs. Though it’s all pretty much what I was envisioning: big ideas, interesting sounds. It’s what I like to hear as well.” “A lot going on” may be something of an understatement,

but that fact that Vecera was able to pull in the reigns during the recording process is a triumph. After all, Vecera’s made a name for himself on the strength of the expansive, improvisational nature of his live set. Broken Splendour stretches, and Vecera insists that while he might not have a hard and fast formula, he had to continually be conscious of his eﬀorts. “Recording to me is a double-edged sword,” he says. “I’ll love it, then these songs become these big things; I love that aspect of it. Yet on the ﬂip side, at times it can feel a bit sterile, when you’re not playing well, and you kind of have to stick to something to make it a quick track. Some of the songs we did, you have to adhere to a structure, which I’ve become used to and it’s the standard way of

doing it. But I do as many solo shows as I can for that reason. Not that I drastically change each song every time. I do love the freedom, sometimes I’ll add a verse. Either on my own or if I’m playing with the bass player, he can follow me. So there’s a love for both ways. It’s the best of both worlds and I love having a band behind me. I also love the freedom of being on my own and screaming a bit. I think songs work well; if you record them, they’re not necessarily ﬁnished and you can tweak some things and keep it interesting when playing live.” BROKEN SPLENDOUR will launch their self-titled EP at The Grace Darling on Saturday November 10.

CANCERPALOOZA

BY KRISSI WEISS

The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is Australia’s only hospital dedicated purely to cancer treatment, research and education. When a pocket of Melbourne’s arts and music community was hit by the sudden diagnosis of two friends to cancer, they decided to band together and raise some much needed funds for the Peter Mac Centre who have done so much for so many people including their two friends. It’s something that will inevitably aﬀect everyone one in one way or another and yet money for research and development is hard to come by. “A little while ago a mate that’s involved with art upstairs at work and one of the DJs were diagnosed with cancer pretty much on the same day,” Jarrod Moore, one of the organisers of Cancerpalooza begins. “Our group of friends found out that two of our good mates had been diagnosed within about 24 hours so that hit us pretty hard. We decided to come together and use our contacts in hospitality and music and raise some cash for the Peter Mac Cancer Centre where they were both getting treated.” While the event is focused on getting money for the Centre, raising awareness about the need for money in the ﬁrst place is just as important. Moore is amazed at the response the organisers have had so far from everyone involved in this event. “It became something that just grew from a small thing and into something a lot bigger,” he says. “I remember everyone we talked to about it in the beginning had their own story about it; they had a relative or a friend or something like that and it just grew from there. It went from being a music and hospitality thing to something a lot more extensive. We suddenly had people from the arts community saying that they’d love to be a part of the show.”

And it didn’t stop with the art’s community. “We’ve had people from so many different walks of life wanting to help with this,” he continues. “We’ve had art galleries and musical equipment specialists all asking if they can contribute to the day while putting forward their own stories about how this has personally affected them as well. It’s turned into a community support network as well as trying to raise funds for the hospital which pretty much everyone we talked to who has been affected by cancer has had something to do with the Centre.” The whole idea of the day is to make it as appealing and eclectic as possible. A full day of live music and DJs will be punctuated by art auctions and raffles as well as some tasty food and beverages (of both the distilled and nondistilled variety). “It started off with a core of guys, mainly from the Pinky Beecroft band, they got things going,” he says, explaining how the lineup fell into place. “Other than that it’s just kind of built on itself. We had way more bands than we could possibly put together for one day so we had to cull it a bit and make it cross over a whole lot of genres. We’ve got a little bit of blues, a little bit of hip hop, DJs –

N’FA we’re trying to create a party atmosphere.” Diversity of entertainment seems to be the order of the day. “Because it does affect almost everybody we didn’t want to exclude anyone just because they mightn’t be into ‘x’ type of music or anything like that,” he says. “Even if you’re not into hip hop, or folk or blues, you can come down just for a couple of hours, have a few beers and help raise some cash.” With any charity event, it is expected that there’ll be some financial outlay but every person, at every step, has been so generous as to make the job of Moore and co. a lot easier. Apart from raising awareness, they want to be able to give as big of a cheque as they can to the Peter Mac Centre so dissolving any initial financial contributions has been vital. “We’ve also got some liquor companies that have donated some stock so we’ll be doing some stuff with that, we’ve got some great cocktail guys coming down making some

awesome cocktails up,” he says. “All of the artist who’ve donated art and all money from that auction will go straight to Peter Mac. Everything for the day is donated as well, all of the sound equipment of other physical equipment. We’re really lucky to have the support we’ve had and we pretty much have zero out-going costs – whether it’s time, or equipment or art, it’s all been donated. So hopefully, all we need to do now is get the people there to give their ﬁnancial support.”

centennial salute to the American maverick, rebel and philosopher John Cage, our new program of composers working with found sound elements, called Field Recordings. But what makes me happy about this tour to Australia is not only that we are coming with all this great music but that we are coming with Australian content! We commissioned a piece from the Aussie composer Kate Moore that is just out of this world, and we like it so much that we just put it on our most recent album. To play Kate’s music in Australia will be a lot of fun.” Field Recordings is the ensemble’s new multimedia project consisting of new works from nine composers, including music from the three founding members of Bang On A Can: Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe. Each short piece uses pre-recorded sound and images specially created or extracted from archives to function as a launching pad, sparking an hour-long sequence abundant

with intriguing sound bites and turntable eﬀects set to challenge the conventional norms of music composition. Commitment is imperative to any artistic endeavour. David says, “I think we are just like every other thing in the world that was built by people who love something so much that they want to spend all their time and energy doing it and improving it. When I read about psycho driven business people or super hard working athletes I feel like I understand something about them, because without the fanatical commitment it is hard to get someplace.”

CANCERPALOOZA, featuring N’Fa (1200 Techniques), Lotek, Pinky Beecroft & The Wrecktangle, Leopard Slugg and many more, will be happening all day, Sunday November 4 at The B.East with all proceeds going to the Peter Mac Cancer Centre.

BANG ON A CAN

BY TAMARA VOGL

What originally began as a one-day music festival in 1987, Bang On A Can have become one of the most vital forces of US contemporary music. Transcending the genres of classical, jazz, rock, world and experimental music, the highly-praised ensemble are now celebrating their 25th birthday. Due to play two concerts at the Melbourne Recital Hall, Beat speaks with Pulitzer Prize winner and founding composer of Bang On A Can, David Lang, about the inception of the ensemble and his musings on its longevity. “In 1987, Michael Gordon and Julia Wolfe and I were young composers and we would spend our days doing what young composers always do – complaining bitterly about our fate,” David explains. “The world wasn’t organised to play our music, or the music of our friends, or the music by older composers that we liked, or to get a big and curious audience, or to accept that composers were refreshing music the same way that visual artists constantly refresh visual art, or new playwrights constantly refresh the theatre. After a long while of complaining we thought that it might be better if we just tried to list all the things we wished were changed in the world, and then try to change them. That is how and why we started Bang On A Can.” Like most great things that come to exist, Bang On A Can was something that was never meant to last for more than one concert. However, David explains that they felt it was something they needed to continue. “When we started Bang On A Can in 1987 we never thought that we would do this more than once. We did all the work ourselves Beat Magazine Page 50

and it was a lot of work, and we never intended to do it more than once. But the concert was so much fun, and the community of it meant so much to so many people that we ended up doing it again, and again. So 25 years is about 24 years more than we planned on lasting, but the truth is we aren’t nearly done yet.” Commenting on Bang On A Can’s longevity, David says, “We are dedicated to doing everything we can to help make a healthy world for experimental music. Part of the longevity must come from the fact that we have hit a nerve someplace, that there are other people in the world who want to see this music thrive. But part of our longevity is probably also due to the fact that there is still a lot left to do, and we are still very passionate about doing it.” The highly-anticipated 25th birthday tour won’t leave many Australian music lovers in the dark, David explaining that some Australian content is to be featured. “We are touring with a range of our favorite activities: our arrangement of Brian Eno’s ambient masterpiece Music For Airports, our

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BANG ON A CAN play Field Recordings on Monday November 5 and Brian Eno’s Music For Airports on Wednesday November 7 at the Melbourne Recital Centre.

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SABATON SWITCHES VENUES Due to the closure of The Prague, Swedish rockers Sabaton have moved their one and only exclusive headline show to a new bigger venue – The Corner Hotel. The gig is on Sunday January 13, 2013 and Sabaton will be supported by Eyefear and Black Majesty. Eyefear are currently tearing it up with the brilliant The Inception Of Darkness, while Black Majesty’s latest is Stargazer, a killer and slightly stripped-back take on their melodic power metal awesomeness.

DEVIN TOWNSEND GETS FREAKY WITH YOUR RETINAE Over the weekend Devin Townsend performed his one-off Retinal Circus show in London. Sold out for a year, this multimedia extravaganza visited material from throughout Devy’s career, including tracks from Infinity, Ocean Machine, Synchestra, Addicted!, Physicist, Epicloud, Ziltoid The Omniscient and Deconstruction, and it’ll be released on DVD and Blu-Ray in 2013. It included narration from Devy’s mentor Steve Vai, appearances by Anneke van Giersbergen, Ziltoid himself, gymnasts …oh and Jed Motherfucking Simon from Strapping Young Motherfucking Lad, playing SYL classics Detox and Love? - the first time Devy’s performed these songs since disbanding SYL! Devin says quite categorically that this doesn’t mean SYL is getting back together or that he’ll start playing Strapping material in his sets - it was a true one-off. But of course, focusing on two SYL songs played in a huge night of chaotic wonder is really an injustice, as those who watched the official stream or were there on the night will attest.

DWEEZIL DESIGNS FRANK ZAPPA TRIBUTE GUITAR Dweezil Zappa has just unveiled his latest axe as he prepares to hit the road with a stripped-down Zappa Plays Zappa band in Europe and North America in November and December: it’s a recreation of Frank Zappa’s famous Roxy-era Gibson SG, with the same modifications Frank had had done to the guitar at the time of the Roxy and Elsewhere shows in 1973. Dweezil says: “Hopefully, fans will be able to get to own one of these in the near future. It is an exact replica of Frank’s Roxy era guitar which started its life as an SG Special with P90s and no trem. Frank tweaked it a lot in the early 70s and it morphed into this by ‘74. It later ended up with a mirror pick guard over the whole body and some advanced electronics. I decided to have it reproduced to match Roxy/Apostrophe era since this is how the guitar looked and functioned at that time.” I know there are lot of fellow guitar nuts reading this column, but they’ll all have to get in line behind me.

EVIL ELVIS HAS JUST ENTERED THE BUILDING Canadian horror-billy king Evil Elvis (ex-KC & The Moonshine Band) is set to pull out a no holds barred tour as he play’s some of the most prestigious venues in Australia this November, including my beloved Potbelly in Canberra (I went to uni there - awesome metal scene in Canberra back in the day, by the way, Psychrist, Alchemist, Destroyer 666, Armoured Angel, Henry’s Anger, thems was the days. But I digress). In Melbourne he’ll be decimating the Cherry Bar on November 10 with The Workinghorse Irons and Shadow League.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, DORO Legendary ex-Warlock singer Doro Pesch is back with a new album called Raise Your Fist, released in anticipation of her 30th anniversary of rocking the world (although seriously, have you seen Doro? She doesn’t look a day over 28).

ROBERT PLANT JOINS BLUESFEST ROSTER Robert Plant – y’know, Led Zeppelin and all that - has been added to the bill for the Byron Bay Bluesfest! Freaking stoked about this. Have you heard his album The Mighty Rearranger? Incredible stuff. He currently plays some of that stuff in his live sets with The Sensational Space Shifters Band, as well as plenty of Led Zeppelin tracks–- a recent setlist includes Zep cuts Friends, Black Dog, Bron-Y-Aur Stomp, Gallows Pole, Ramble On, Whole Lotta Love, Going To California and Rock And Roll in addition to Plant originals and various covers.

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While venues around Melbourne open and shut, ebb and flow, (or get ‘firebombed’, in the case of The Tote on the weekend), it seems that for those of us nonplussed about the formalities or aesthetics involved in live music, there’ll always be a place to find good live music in Melbourne. Last weekend, that place was THE Place, a little known rehearsal room buried deep within Preston’s unsuspecting residential backstreets. Formerly an old fruit shop, The Place has been converted into a neat little rehearsal room which hosts live shows when the occasion allows. The Place isn’t pretty. Though fairy lights litter the back garage, they do little to compensate for the colossal piles of weeds and debris littering the adjoining backyard. The bandroom is generally shambolic and the toilet is and always has been entirely nonfunctional, forcing the more demure/sober gig-goers to wander down the road to the nearby pokies venue for a wee. All this aside though, The Place is consistently hosting not just some of Australia’s most promising bands, but also a crowd that doesn’t give two shits about being ‘seen’ at a show, and instead amass in this makeshift venue to hear new tunes and see familiar faces. Keep an eye on gig listings for upcoming shows at The Place. Don’t wear heels. Do bring a longneck. Do leave pretensions at the door.

Thursday November 1: Warbrain, Outsiders Code, Colossus at Next Green Machine, Road Ratz, Royal Cut Throat Company at The Bendigo Friday November 2: At The Gates, Be’Lakor, Eye Of The Enemy at Billboard Cosmic Pscyhos, Dukes Of Deliciousness at The Tote Maggot Fest III at The Gasometer Paper Arms, The Hawaiian Islands, Collapso, Initials at The Reverence APES at Karvoa Lounge, Ballarat Empra, Massiv, Tabula Rasa at Cherry Bar Oh Pacific, Outlines, Scalar Fields, The SPinset at The Bendigo Saturday November 3: For All Eternity, Glorified, In Elegance, Asperity Within at Bang Astriaal, Fuck I’m Dead, Disemtomb, Extortion, Broozer at The Espy Emerson, Left For Wolves, Empire, Of Stolen Moments at Pony Lower Class Brats at The Reverence Mggot Fest III at The Gasometer Cosmic Psychos, Dukes Of Deliciousness at The Tote Mutiny, The Bigots, Rise Of The Rat at The Bendigo Sunday November 4: Hand Of Mercy, Trainwreck, For All Eternity, In Elegance, Outlines, Exposures at Phoenix Youth Center

NEW STONE SOUR ROCKIN’ THE RAK Yesterday I was on Toorak Road (picking up some Mexican for dinner, woo!) and I heard something familiar blasting out of a passing car: the killer new Stone Sour album, House of Gold & Bones Part 1. Great to hear it being blasted out of a car that’s not being driven by me. Have you got this thing yet? Phwoar. Corey Taylor and James Root seem to be bringing more and more of that Slipknot aggression into Stone Sour, and stripping away any last elements of ‘FM rock radio’ that the band may once have had. And it’s killer to hear Skid Row’s Rachel Bolan on bass, adding some of that same attitude that helped Slave To The Grind to drag Skid Row out of the Hair Metal bin and into the Pissed Off Bruisers bin.

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Refused have announced which local supports will accompany them at each of their Australian shows next month. Local hardcore band Outright have secured the coveted spot for both of Melbourne’s gigs at The Palace. The Thursday November 15 show is sold out but tickets remain for the Friday festivities.

Monday November 5: Horsell Common, Cavalcade, Up And Atom, D At Sea at Bang Confession, Hand Of Mercy, Emerson, Free World at Next Cherry Poppin Daddies at The Corner Hotel

The Artery Foundation has announced an impressive lineup of hardcore bands to tour this November. Movember Mayhem tour features Dream On Dreamer, Make Them Suffer, In Fear And Faith and Saviour. Catch all these dudes at Invasion Fest on Sunday November 25 and Eastern Station Hotel in Ballarat on Monday November 26. No word yet as to whether the Movember charity gets a cut of proceeds.

The Smith Street Band smashed out a couple of sets at The Fest last weekend and now they’re ready to come home and celebrate. You can catch them on Saturday November 17 with God God Dammit Dammit, Arrows, White Walls and Regrets at the John Curtin Hotel.

Joey Cape will perform a string of solo shows when he tours with Lagwagon late November. Head to BANG on Saturday November 24 and catch him with Wil Wagner and Cavalcade. Tickets available on the door. The Reverence have announced a couple of Arty book launches to compliment the official launch on November 23 at The Lithuanian Club . Catch H-Block 101, The Hawaiian Islands, The Tearaways, Bloody Hammer, Slick 46 and The Union Pacific at The Rev on Saturday November 24. Or you can head over on Sunday November 25 and see Away From Now, Anchors, The Gun Runners, Camp David and Join The Amish from 3pm. Get tickets now.

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Confession have decided to release some merch deliberately designed to raise funds for cancer research. The band’s singer Michael Crafter has explained, “I decided to make a FUCK CANCER tee and donate 100% of profit to cancer research. I’ve decided to raise some cash and give something back from doing this band. If you don’t like the band even sharing this might help raise more cash”. Pick up a shirt on the band’s big cartel page. West Sydney’s Sweet Apes are celebrating the release of their self titled EP by hitting the road this summer. Check out their blend of Amity meets Misery Signals at TLC Bayswater on December 1 or Musicman Megastore Bendigo on December 2.

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Define your genre in five words or less: Hard melodic rock. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Really digging Twelve Foot Ninja at the moment - those guys are amazing – check out the clip to Mother Sky on YouTube. We love some of the bands that are flying the flag for Oz rock like Karnivool, Dead Letter Circus, The Butterfly Effect. Describe the best gig you have ever played. We recently played our first gig with Dave Glavich, the new guy in the band, at The Prague. That place recently shut down, but we all loved the vibe and what those guys were doing for the local music scene. It’s such a shame they’re gone, but that gig was a huge one for us and one we’ll probably remember for a long time. Describe the worst gig you have ever played. Our first gig together as Shortfall was hilarious. The place smelled like a urinal and there was this one bloke in the crowd of about four people who was drunk as a skunk kept barking like a dog at us in between songs. I think we’ve got a live recording of that gig and you can hear the dude. How do you stop your pre-gig jitters? We generally hold hands and join each other for a moment of quiet prayer backstage. Beat Magazine Page 52

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If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? Definitely someone like Karnivool. We love the way their songs are so complex and each of them are amazing musicians. That and I’d love to learn from some dudes we really look up to musically. Anything else to add? Just to remind everyone to make sure they go out and check out as many live bands as possible. We’ve got some amazing talent on our doorsteps and hopefully the punters head out and support bands and venues alike and help keep the Melbourne music scene strong. SHORTFALL launch their new single at Revolver on Saturday November 3.

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Italian prog-rock group Goblin are one of the most enigmatic acts in the business. Throughout the ‘70s, their sound became synonymous with a particular kind of horror film, and they scored a number of films for the master of Italian gore, Dario Argento. The soundtracks they created for films like Argento’s Tenebrae and Luigi Cozzi’s Contamination tap into some primal and deeply disturbing places, and keyboardist Maurizio Guarini tells me that the key to making this music is the band’s determination to work on instinct. “Making music for a movie, you’re always trying to drive the audience’s emotion,” he says. “We tried to do that while avoiding the usual stereotypes – the idea of having long, dissonant notes in a horror movie soundtrack, for instance, just seemed far too obvious for us. We found, at the time, that it was possible to make music that was a lot scarier by avoiding those traditional horror stereotypes.” The band are arguably known for crafting the soundtrack for Argento’s 1977 film Suspiria, a bloody and deeply twisted tale of a coven of witches who torment young women in a dance academy. “My personal experience with Dario was mainly through working on this film,” Guarini tells me. “He has a very strong idea of what he wants to achieve, so he exercises a measure of control over the band, but he always trusts the musicians.” The Suspiria soundtrack proved a unique undertaking for the band. “We did the music before the actual movie was shot,” Guarini explains. “Dario wanted to listen to the music while shooting. That was a totally different approach from most movies. No matter what we did, we always tried to make music that would scare us – we thought that if we could scare ourselves, then we could definitely scare an audience. That was our approach when working on Suspiria, and that’s the philosophy that drives us.” Goblin have been through numerous lineup changes through the decades, with the current lineup consisting of Guarini alongside Massimo Morante on guitars, Fabio Pignatelli on bass and Agostino Marangolo on drums. From the mid-‘70s, there was a period of more than 30 years when the band simply did not play live at all, a streak that lasted until just three years ago, when, to the delight of fans, they emerged from the studio and took to the stage once again. I ask Guarini why the band decided to start playing live once again, and he tells me that it was largely his doing. “A few years ago, Massimo called us and asked if we wanted to get together again,” he explains. “We released an album a few years later and talked about playing live, but the others in the band were very reluctant to do this. I was very determined to go out on the road again, and so I kept trying to convince them, and finally, several years later, they gave in,” he says with a laugh. Devotees of the band will have the rare chance to see them in action later this month, when they come to town as part of Melbourne Music Week. They are set to play a special, one-off show at Melbourne Town Hall, and, even more excitingly, will be performing classics from their back catalogue on the Grand Organ. It’s an intimidating beast of an instrument, with 10,000 pipes and a façade that weighs in at 20 tonnes. Its sheer size even has a horror veteran like Guarini a little spooked. “The Grand Organ is such a huge instrument that there can be a delay in the sound,” he says. “The scale of it is so large that it can be difficult to play in sync with the rest of the band. I’ve been ensured by various people that it’s not too difficult and there won’t be too much of a delay,” he says with a nervous laugh. “It’s certainly very exciting to do something like this. It will be the first time we’ve ever tried.” Goblin have a tremendous back catalogue of music to draw upon, although their set will focus primarily on the legendary 1976 album Roller. The organ sounds on this album will undoubtedly sound magnificent in the setting of the Melbourne Town Hall, but more so than that, Roller is a special album for Guarini and the rest of the band. “We will be playing almost all the songs from that record,” he explains. “That’s the album people ask for, so that’s the one we play the most, but the songs are also very important to us. We all like Roller, because it was one of our most spontaneous recordings. It wasn’t created as a soundtrack, so we were not thinking about making music for anyone else. We were just trying to play by instinct, and even after a few decades, the music still means a lot to us. We love coming back to those songs.” Goblin’s influence has been felt strongly throughout the decades – French electro upstarts Justice sampled Tenebrae for their own track, Phantom – and the band feel humbled to see many generations of fan at their shows. “It was a surprise to us at first,” Guarini says. “When we play live, we play to sold-out crowds, and it’s a huge mix of people, ranging from 65-yearolds to 20-year-olds. It puts us in a scary position, because we didn’t really intend to be guiding a younger generation, but we are certainly very happy to be providing inspiration.” GOBLIN will play the Grand Organ at Melbourne Town Hall, alongside Thematica and The Night Terrors, on Wednesday November 21. They will also play the soundtrack to Suspiria live at ACMI on Friday November 23. Both events are a part of Melbourne Music Week 2012.

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OL’ TIMEY BLUEGRASS JIM Craig Westwood (ex-Headbelly Buzzard among other bands) is bringing his weekly ol’ timey music jam session to The Vic Hotel in Brunswick across from The Lomond Hotel, its home for the past ﬁve years. BYO instrument, or you just hang out and enjoy the music in the beer garden. Every Saturday afternoon from 4.30pm.

ANNA’S GO-GO DANCE ACADEMY Head down and attend Anna’s Go-Go Dance Academy every Thursday at The Victoria Hotel for a measly $12, or $10 each if you bring a friend at 6.30pm for a night of fatburnin’ fun. Anna’s go-go classes are great fun, an excellent cardio workout, and have been described as inspiring, a retro hit parade: everything from Elvis’s Jailhouse Rock to AC/DC’s Jailbreak, and a high-energy dance party with the hostess with the mostest. Just do it.

DAMN TERRAN Being the last Damn Terran headline shows for 2012 before they bunker down in studio with Ben Ely (Regurgitator) to record their debut album, this is a residency you don’t want to miss. Punk rock, some of the city’s best burgers and beer – Damn Terran and The B.East are making the weekend come a day early on Thursdays in November.

THE SEVEN UPS The Seven Ups take the undeniable inﬂuence of Fela Kuti’s sound and the music that came out of ‘70s Nigeria and blend it with deep-funk, rock and the occasional Ethio-Jazz element. The seven piece creates a sound that’s not quite Afrobeat, not quite funk, but something unlike anything else going on. Catch them doing their thing with soul support from The Charlies at The B.East on Saturday November 3. 10pm. It’s free.

WOMEN ON WAVES Deb and Anita join forces once again to bring you Melbourne’s newest sophisticated club for women (and their male guests) commencing with a premiere night on Friday November 2. Bask in the sumptuous surroundings of the Thornbury Theatre’s Velvet Room from 7.30pm and treat yourself to a night of great music, mixed by local DJs and fabulous entertainment provided by Julia Rose and Sam Lohs. Tickets are a snap at $10 through rudebookings.com.

ROCK FOR RECOGNITION A new series of concerts called Rock For Recognition have been initiated in order to raise awareness and promote the need for recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution. The inaugural Rock For Recognition headlined by Dan Sultan will tour to Melbourne in November and features a varied bill of artists including the highly awarded Yabu Band, sultry songstress Leah Flanagan and the genre-jumping PBS DJ Ken Eavel. It reaches The Corner Hotel on Thursday November 8. Tickets from the venue.

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KINGSWOOD Kingswood are a four-piece slab of classic indie rock from Melbourne consisting of Fergus Linacre (lead vocals), Alex Laska (lead guitar and backing vocals), Jeremy Hunter (bass and vocals) and Justin Debrincat (drums and backing vocals). Their new Change Of Heart EP opens the door to one of Australia’s most promising new indierock outﬁts, whilst lending insight to Kingswood’s evolving sound. It launches with an ear-popping, searing-vocal intro, and follows with seductive tunes to enhance your senses and soothe your soul, all the while setting it on ﬁre. Catch Kingswood, The Pretty Littles, Cabins and Palace Of The King on Friday November 2 in the front bar at The Espy. Entry is free.

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Having kicked off at 8pm on Thursday October 18, Hotel Barkly is running an Open Mic Night competition every Thursday night for eight weeks with $50 weekly cash prizes for winners and the grand final winner taking home $500 cash on Thursday December 6. The competition is open to solo and duo acoustic/electric performers and artists. Performers get two free drinks and 20% off further drinks all night, and $14 steaks all night for everybody.

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 alt-rock, 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. Free entry, music from 8.30pm and support from Amaya Lauciria.

CHERRY BAR With what could quite possibly be the busiest and best week in the history of the Cherry Bar, October goes out with a bang tonight with a Cherryween offering that sees dressed up punters get in for free. As well as all the Halloween shenanigans you could hope for, psychobolly bangers Working Horse Irons rip it up from 11pm, with Mercy Kills and Humans As Animals making the $10 fee even more worth its weight in gold. Melbourne R&B, soul-garage rockers The Perfections fill out the Thursday night slot and with DJs Vince Peach and Pierre Baroni taking you through to the wee hours of the morning, $10 is peanuts. Empra explodes into Cherry’s Friday night lineup with Tabula Rasa and Massive making it worth your while. Derby Day (Saturday November 3) sees Cherry reunite indie-rockers 67 Special alongside Rain Party and Little Wing. Get ready to ramp it up on Sunday night with Oz-pub rockers Destroy She Said refusing to allow Sunday to be a seedy one, with two-piece Mildura blues-rockers Jackson Firebird carrying the flame the following night on cup eve. And finally, Cup Day sees Red X really get nestled in their November residency. It’s a huge one, so don’t miss out.

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MUTINY Mutiny are celebrating their 21st year of playing folkpunk for punk folk. The mandolins and accordion will come out of the road cases and whip up a polka pogo at The Bendigo Hotel on Saturday November 3 and joining the shindig will be Canberra’s The Bigots and local rockers Rise Of The Rat. Tickets are $12 at the door or from the Mutiny website.

LOBSTER’S ROCK KARAOKE Lobster’s Rock Karaoke at The Gasometer is the new midweek joint to drink, dance and belt out your favourite rock, pop, indie and punk hits. Singing rock karaoke makes you feel like the lead singer in an awesome band, but without the need to have any actual talent. Or maybe you’ll discover a talent for impersonating Jarvis Cocker, that’d be cool too. It’s every Wednesday from here on in and there’s $4 cans of beer, $4 wines and $4 vodka shots. Free entry.

THE CRUNTBURGERS The Cruntburgers will be blowing minds with their crazy antics and in-your-face punk-rock tunes at the Reverence Hotel this Thursday November 1. Supports come from Mick Porter (The Fisty Cuﬀs), Secret Crackpipe Handshake and Where’s Grover. Doors at 8pm, entry is $5.

THE LOST CAUSE Unfortunately this week’s tour of US punk band Lower Class Brats was cancelled due to a personal tragedy involving the band. The Reverence Hotel now will be hosting a free punk-rock show in its place on Saturday November 3 at 4pm. The massive show includes eight local and interstate bands headlined by The Lost Cause. Supports come from Dixon Cider, Stay Down, 12FU, Spew N Guts, Liquor Snatch, Exploding Cactus and Wot Rot.

KYLE TAYLOR Sunny Sunday sessions at the Reverence Hotel continues this week with singer songwriter Kyle Taylor bringing his beautiful folk tunes to the stage alongside Erik Parker, Ben David and Anita. Show starts at 3pm and it’s free this Sunday November 4.

NEVER MIND THE 90S Due to the unexpected and saddening closure of Geelong’s National Hotel this week, the Nevermind The 90s party will not be going ahead on Friday November 2.

MOMENTS APART Nothing beats a great rock show, and StruttA PR soon presents a night of pure rock’n’roll – Moments Apart with Heaven The Axe, Ten Thousand, The Vendettas and Copse. Well-seasoned in blowing the roofs oﬀ venues around Melbourne thanks to their experience in previous well-known bands, Moments Apart are no doubt set to create an ever bigger buzz with their new blend of crunching guitars, soaring melodies and intense hard rock. Launching their debut EP, Collision, is only just the beginning. Joining in on the greatness is Australia’s toughest female-fronted hard-rock band Heaven The Axe, Melbourne’s hottest rockers Ten Thousand, the electrifying The Vendettas, and newbie alt-rock-grungers Copse. It’s Saturday November 10 at The Evelyn Hotel. Doors at 7.30pm and entry is $15.

HOWLIN’ STEAM TRAIN Howlin’ Steam Train are bringing their fast paced, swamp-rock infused, balls-to-the-wall live show to The Tote on Cup Eve (Monday November 5). Joined by The Harlots and Apes, this night is set to be a big one. The lads have been gaining quite a bit of momentum during 2012 and with Queenscliﬀ Music Festival on the horizon, things don’t seem like they’re going to slow down for the Melbourne four-piece.

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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 entitled Rising Vicious in early 2010, he spent much of the next two years touring solo in Europe, playing over 100 gigs across the continent. Since returning to Melbourne, Waywardbreed has sprouted new members, gigged regularly, yet quietly through 2012 while recording the follow-up album Gathering For The Feast, produced by Andrew Watson and mixed and mastered by Simon Grounds. The album will be released on vinyl and digital by local label Hawk Moth Records. They’ll be launching their single at The Old Bar this Friday November 2 with support from Howl At The Moon, Alysia Manceau Band and Adrian Stoyles.

ELEPHANT Elephant is the music of James Locke. In the two years of the project’s existence, he has released two homemade offerings; Sleeping Inside A Live Bear was an album of delicate bedroom-pop, while Home-Bodies further explores his style with lo-fi and experimental sounds. He will be playing his unique blend of pulsing atmospheric folk at the Great Britain Hotel this Thursday November 1. Sonically, super-sized support comes from the psychedelic storm brewed up by The Indian Skies who are set to drop some serious harmonies and ‘60s riffage. Kick off at 8pm, free entry.

WACO SOCIAL CLUB A cult of music and mayhem, Waco Social Club is a haven for several talented misﬁts from the wrong side of the tracks. Due to their diverse backgrounds (The Gammarays, The Shivers, The Large Number Twelves, The Models, Olympic Sideburns, Lustrum, Flying Nun band) their music is refreshingly original and very much their own. Catch them in all their glory when they play two sets at the Great Britain on Saturday November 3 from 9pm. Entry is free.

THE TOOT TOOT TOOTS Ding Dong dang it! The Toot Toot Toots will be back in Melbourne in November after a three-month hiatus and are playing the no-longer-damaged Ding Dong Lounge. As a warm up to their Meredith appearance, this is bound to be a night of epic dancing and stupidity. Support comes from sleazy, blues sextet The Harlots and the delightfully ﬂamboyant Plague Doctor. Saturday November 3, tickets on sale now through Oztix.

THE SWELL The Swell are a young rock-based instrumental trio established in Melbourne. Their music is inﬂuenced by the elements of the tempestuous ocean; serene, foreboding and thunderous, but most importantly, their music is approachable. There is something for everybody to enjoy within The Swell sound. Prove us wrong. Catch the lads playing an extended set at Richmond’s Great Britain Hotel, this Sunday November 4, doors 8pm, free entry.

PONY’S CUP EVE CHAOS Featuring a free surprise set by an international touring band to close the show and the killer lineup of Melbourne’s live juggernaut Wolfpack, punk stalwarts Glen & The Peanut Butter Men, NSW rockers The Turps, ska/punk ﬁrecrackers Foxtrot, hardcore heavyweights Kodiak Throat (featuring members of The Pints & Last Call), grunge-rockers Son Of Set plus the solo stylings of WA’s toxic troubadour Benny Mayhem, this is set to be Pony’s party of the year. With a public holiday on Tuesday and the bar open well past sunrise, do not miss the last ever Cup Eve Chaos at Pony on Monday November 5, with doors at 8pm.

PAPER ARMS After the release of Paper Arms critically acclaimed Days Above Ground album in 2010, the boys have toured non-stop and gained a legion of devoted followers. In the lead up to the release of their second full length album in 2013, Paper Arms are heading over to Melbourne for a one-oﬀ show at the Reverence Hotel with a sample of what’s in store. Supporting them on this special occasion will be tropical party sensations The Hawaiian Islands, Sydney’s newest export Collapso and newcomers Initials. All this is happening at the Reverence Hotel on Friday November 2, $12 entry.

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It’s been a year too long but Gravel Samwidge ﬁnally return to Melbourne to play a free show at Bar Open on Thursday November 1. Gravel Samwidge originally earned their chops on the late Sydney Black Eye scene playing with legendary bands such as Lubricated Goat and King Snake Roost. Gravel Samwidge has been described as many things: noise, outsider rock, avant pub-rock and psych. They’re joined at this show by Dead River who’re variable parts psychedelic noise jams, sonic grunge, and anthemic ‘70s rock‘n’roll, featuring the awesome guitar of Bonnie Mercer. Also onboard are Midnight Caller, a three-piece band that perform a heavy blend of grungepop.

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PEARLS Melbourne three-piece Pearls launch their debut self-titled EP on Friday November 2 at The Liberty Social. Recorded at Head Gap Studios with Jack Farley (Twerps, Beaches, Peak Twins) and mastered by Casey Rice (Dirty Three, The Ancients), the songs journey through lush guitar drones and ethereal vocals which dreamily ﬂoat above organ and drums. Support on the night from the amazing Peak Twins, Eastlink and The Stevens with Lost Animal and New War DJs. Get amidst the sweet languor before Pearls head back to the studio to record their ﬁrst full length. $12 entry on the night, doors from 9pm.

DEMON PARADE Forming in Melbourne in 2009, Demon Parade have since ﬁrmly cemented their place at the forefront of Australia’s psychedelic-rock explosion. Based around the songwriting of frontman Michael Badger, the fourPiece have racked up the accolades since the release of their debut 7” in 2009. Following the success of three singles and their debut EP God Said It’s Legal, the band have returned with their much anticipated follow up EP, Chameleon. The EP retains their trademark dense psychedelic swirl, and sees the band opening up a world of kaleidescopic pop hooks and shimmering melody. They launch it at Ding Dong Lounge this Friday November 2 with The Messengers.

THE SUNSLEEPERS It may sound a little cliché, but the sun never sleeps. It’s true. At some place, at some time, in some location, the sun is in full flight basking all those it reaches in its glory. The same can be said for The Sunsleepers. The Melbourne four-piece, falling under the indie/pop genre, parallel an easygoing smile coupled with upbeat party vibes. The Sunsleepers are playing at The Evelyn Hotel tonight with Kids Without Bikes and Charlie Officer, the action kicking off at 8.30pm.

INDIAN RED On Thursday November 1, Melbourne band Indian Red will be showcasing tunes from their upcoming EP release at The Evelyn Hotel. Formerly playing under the name Loki, their sound incorporates a strong folk element, boasting ﬁve-piece harmonies, yet in an electric setting. Riding on the success of their debut release last April, the band has begun to truly establish a musical identity. Their expansion to a six-piece has allowed for the development of a more ﬂuid and seamless live set, whilst still maintaining a high level of intimacy. Joining them will be fellow Melbournian indie popsters Oh Pep!, Single Men’s Drinking Club, and Ballads. Doors at 8.30pm.

SHAKY STILLS Still shaking from their last round of gigs, Shaky Stills have been invited back for another residency at the Edinburgh Castle, kicking oﬀ this Saturday November 3 from 9pm ‘til 11pm, followed by gigs on Sunday November 11 and Sunday 25 from 4pm ‘til 6pm. Shaky’s ﬁve-piece band will be playing their brand of alt-country and blues with hooks to sing along to. It’s free to get in.

THE VAGRANTS Tonight The Vagrants will be playing their last gig in Melbourne until July of 2013. They are always reading road signs and will be gone for up to six months, playing and snowboarding Europe and then stopping in China. Catch them at The Hi-Fi for a Halloween costume party with Jimmy Cupples, Nat Alison and a massive lineup that is a fundraiser for Support Act.

KNIEVEL Sydney rock and pop purveyors Knievel are travelling to Melbourne in November to celebrate the release of their new album Emerald City. The band will play Yah Yah’s Saturday November 3. The album has been released through prestigious Australian music label Alberts and has received glowing reviews including one in this very magazine this week. Doors are at 8.30pm and support comes from Tall Buildings (ex-Gersey) and Cabins. $15 on the door. Beat Magazine Page 56

BRUTAL MOVEMBERFEST The Band Scene have been working very hard behind closed doors to bring you a ripping mini heavy festival with some of the best established and up and coming heavy acts. With nine bands on the bill this will be huge and we will be fundraising on the day for Movember to raise awareness on men’s health issues. A portion of all ticket sales will be donated towards this great charity. Featuring The Empire, who have just launched their EP Secrets and are set to Tour Japan with Aborted and System Divide. Also on this killer lineup is Nosferatu’s Rest, The Grace Of Graves, Driven To The Verge, Able Tasman, A Sleepless Winter and 4ARM. Brutal Movember Festival happens on Saturday November 17 at Ruby’s Lounge in Belgrave. Doors at 3pm and tickets are $18+bf via Moshtix.

QUARRY MOUNTAIN DEAD RATS Taking it back to a simpler time, where the pickin’ was fast and the banjo was king, Quarry Mountain Dead Rats are a ﬁve-piece hailing from Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula who bring their raw and gritty version of bluegrass kicking and hollering into the modern day. They establish an “old mate” aﬃnity with their audiences while delivering a kick-you-inthe-face live show, setting the tone for a sing-along, drink-along, foot-stomping good time. They’re playing at John Curtin Hotel on Monday November 5, Cup Eve, with guests The Death Rattles and Cherrywood.

No, this isn’t a footy club’s end of season pie night, this is a secret show at Bar Open for a band who rarely play these days and are way too big to be playing in Bar Open’s bandroom. Make no bones about it, this is one show well and truly worth coming down early for just to make sure you get your head through the door, because there are sure to be people left stuck at the bottom of the staircase, and probably plenty left out front unable to get through. As with most secret shows, Bar Open can’t keep it a secret forever, so check their website over the weekend and they may just spill the beans. The secret show is on Cup Eve, Monday November 5, doors at 10pm and entry is free.

JAMM FOR GENES On Sunday November 4, Melbourne bands The Tarintino’s, Sheriff, Royston Vasie, Cotton Sidework and Chris O’Neill will get together and perform at The Evelyn Hotel, all with the goal of raising money for Jamm For Genes. This is an initiative run by the Jeans For Genes foundation involving getting local musicians together to raise money for The Children’s Medical Research Institute. Responsible for finding cures and treatment for a range of childhood diseases, they play a vital role in our medical society. As little as $1 can help fight cancer. This event is aiming to raise over $1,000, which will help scientists test a new drug that could treat cancer, epilepsy or other neurological conditions. Head down to The Evelyn at 1.30pm for some great music and a great cause.

POLO CLUB Polo Club is amped to announce the release of their third single Break In Horses and accompanying film clip from their critically acclaimed EP She Will Never Know. Artfully produced by Tony Espie (Cut Copy, Avalanches, Midnight Juggernauts), Break In Horses blends old-school production techniques with modern tech flourishes, with lyrics throwing back to a more pioneering time. Leading the new wave/hip hop scene, Polo Club has evolved into a four-piece, tearing up the Melbourne live scene and accumulating strong following along the way. Coming off a national tour in support of the EP, Polo Club will be bringing their exciting live show to Ding Dong Lounge on Cup Eve, Monday November 5.

VOWEL MOVEMENT Vowel Movement is the culmination of many musicians, of many years and of many projects. They know little of their own sound and jerkingly jump from sound to sound with each passing gig. All that matters is that this show exists so they can raise the funds needed to record their debut EP. Vowel Movement are playing at The Grace Darling Hotel on Thursday November 1, doors open at 8.30pm and entry is $7. Joining them on the night are psych/ garage kings Hollow Everdaze, infamous Scotdrakula and Pencil.

WORLD’S END PRESS Ladies and gentlemen, this Cup Eve (Monday November 5) your presence is required on the dancefloor for World’s End Press’ all-night, non-stop disco party at The Toff In Town. This will be WEP’s first hometown show since they launched their single Second Day Uptown in June. They’ve just returned from recording their debut album in the UK with Tim Goldsworthy of DFA and MoWax fame and are ready to make you move. They’ll be joined by Melbourne’s finest who’ll be getting the party started and keeping it going ‘til way late. Be amazed by the continental stylings of international playboys Client Liaison, work it to the stellar sounds of house lionesses Zanzibar Chanel and swoon to the techno-sexual man myth Jonny Telafone. Otologic will fulfill all your aural requirements ‘til very, very late. Doors at 8.30pm and tickets are $18+bf from Moshtix or $22 on the door.

LEEZ LIDO There’s no better way to ﬁnish your weekend than with a Sunday session at The Bendigo Hotel. On November 4 from 5pm, Kamikaze Management is bringing you a lineup of three great, highly respected and well-known local Melbourne bands – Leez Lido, Bullets In Berlin and TWSS. Headlining is Leez Lido, who is on the verge of launching their latest single and ﬁlm clip. A Leez Lido set engulfs you with a barrage of distorted and melodic indie rock sounds that will leave you addicted and wanting more. Bullets In Berlin will bring you an electrifying performance incorporating heart-shattering tunes and a vintage rock style that is set to keep you guessing what comes next, drawing you in and surprising you at every corner. TWSS, fresh from their EP launch, bring you a contagious youthful energy that’s mixed with their alternative rock sound. They’ll have you up and moving in no time. This is a Sunday gig that shouldn’t be missed.

4TRESS It’s time to rock out at the awesome Pony for the last time before it closes. 4TRESS are a rock/pop band with influences of punk, surf and rockabilly. They perform with high energy, have a reputation for delivering soaring harmonies, crunching guitar riffs and solos, and have an all-girl front line. Lending support on the night are hard rockers Scaramouche, whose live show is an exhilarating whirlwind of sweat-drenching energy charged with hair-raising vocals, groove-laden drums, wailing guitar showdowns and driving precise bass. Joining them are Sons Of Amsterdam and Let Them Eat Cake, a girlfronted local act who love dirty, fuzz-soaked tunes. If you like your music loud, there’s no better place to kick off your long weekend than spending your night with 4TRESS and friends at Pony this Friday November 2. Doors at 9pm.

DARK FAIR Drums. Guitar. And two girls to make it happen. Ramona Moore and Ellie make up Melbourne’s Dark Fair. They create dark, electric, indie-pop with a little bit of punk and a whole lotta love. And lucky for you, there are plenty of chances to catch them live this month. They play Ding Dong Lounge on Friday November 2, Yah Yah’s on Friday November 16 and Cherry Bar on Friday November 30. Take your pick.

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THE AOEDE PROJECT Anastasia and Jo, two sharp-shooting Melbourne sisters share their talent with you as The Aoede Project (phonetically pronounced “A-De”, meaning to sing). Inspired by space, Aoede is a natural satellite of Jupiter and in ancient times Aoede was the daughter of Zeus and the muse of song. These natural satellites will blow your lyrical and musical senses. Like rare diamonds they have written the lyrics, chords, melodies and co-produced every one of their songs. Inspired by the likes of Muse, Evanescence, t.A.T.u and Daft Punk, their music can be likened as a dark blend of all these greats. Download their ﬁrst single, Poison free at soundcloud.com/theaoedeproject.

BROTHERS HAND MIRROR Brothers Hand Mirror, Client Liaison and Biscotti are bringing their dance ﬂoor rhythms and soul train groovin’ moves to Bar Open on Sunday November 4. At the backbone of these three acts are some of Melbourne ﬁnest beat producers, including Carla Ori, Oscar Key Sung and Harvey Miller, and they’ve also teamed up with a bunch of talented musicians and charismatic vocalists such as Html Flowers and Monte Morgan. If you’re looking to dance with alternative sounds of electro beat on Cup Weekend, this may just be the gig for you. Doors at 7.30pm.

Define your genre in five words or less: Rock/alternative. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Dark and dirty, blues-driven rock‘n’roll. If you could travel back in time and show one of your musical heroes your stuff, who would it be and why? Maybe someone like Howlin’ Wolf, ‘cause I think he might like it. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? Our debut single Over Again is available for free download at badanimalmusic.com. When are you playing live/releasing your album/ EP/single/etc?

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Launching Over Again on Thursday November 8 at The Grace Darling Hotel with Hounds Hounds Hounds and The Pretty Littles. What inspires or has inﬂuenced your music the most? In 2010 we moved to Melbourne from NSW. Since then we have all changed in a lot of ways, including the way we listen to and write music. When, and why did you start writing music? We started working on Bad Animal late last year. The original idea for the band was to create something that was really lacking around town. We’re conﬁdent that we’ve done that. If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? The Raconteurs.

COSMIC PSYCHOS After selling out their ďŹ rst two shows faster than David Boon can down a carton of VB, the Cosmic Psychos have announced a third and ďŹ nal show on Sunday November 4 at The Tote. This will be an early show with free BBQ starting from 6pm and support by none other than The Spazzys. Tickets available through Oztix.

YUNG WARRIORS OďŹ&#x20AC; the back of their smash single Standing Strong, Australian emcees and Deadly Award Nominees, Tjimba & D Boy aka Yung Warriors are back on the road for their Hip Hop Corroboree national tour. The tour reaches First Floor in Fitzroy on Friday November 16. Tickets are $12 pre-sale from Oztix or $15 on the door.

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TIN CAN RADIO BRAD MARTIN PROJECT Returning home after four-and-a-half months touring makes you feel like an article of old clothing hung out on the line for weeks.Â The Brad Martin Project has recently got back to Melbourne from anÂ extensiveÂ tour of the USA and is ready to get ripped oďŹ&#x20AC; the line and get back into thick of it. Catch them as they play at The Retreat this Saturday November 3 from 11pm with Royal Chant.

FREEZA PUSH START City of Greater Dandenong Muso Network Committee and FReeZA Push Start are proud to present the southern metropolitan regional battle of the bands to be held at The Castle on Friday November 9 between 7-11pm. This huge event brings together the best local bands from the southern area. Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very own indie/pop-punk band Red Ink is headlining the show alongside an awesome mixture of battling bands including Death By Six, John Bacon Blues, Rise Electric, The Fuzzbirds, This Fiasco, Stereo King, The Vitriols and The City At Night. The winner of this competition will continue into the grand ďŹ nal battle, to be held at the renowned music festival Push Over in March 2013. The Southern Metro Regional Battle Of The Bands is open to young people aged 12 to 25 years and is fully supervised. Tickets are $12 or $10 with any promotional material.

This Friday November 2 Brisbane indie-rockers Tin Can Radio will be bringing their energetic live show to the Workerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Club as part of their mammoth Open Ears Open Minds EP launch tour. This is shaping up to be one show not to be missed, with the band promising to bring their usual high-energy stage show (interestingly) featuring live dubstep and other assorted songs from their audience curated follow-up EP. Also featuring local legends Animaux with their horn tinged dance-rock and Sydney indie-popsters March of the Real Fly. Tickets at the door, 8pm. $12.

HIGH FANGS Creatures of the night come together, as High Fangs, Sun God Replica, Ciggie Witch and Constant Killer hauntingly lurk the stage shadows of The Tote this Halloween. The worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tightest three-piece, High Fangs, will be playing tracks from their debut full length which has recently hit the airwaves. Garagerockers Sun God Replica and Constant Killer bring grime to the nights proceedings while Ciggie Witch bring their golden guitar-pop to the stage for the ďŹ rst time. All bands peer pressure you into wearing your most fabulous or trashy Halloween costumes. There surely will be candy. Doors 8pm, tonight, $6 entry.

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SHADOWGAME Beckoning you into a world of rock and grunge, Melbourne alternative band Shadowgame are set to release their debut EP Desire at Revolver on Saturday November 17. If you enjoy your music pure and honest, this powerhouse of a three-piece will give you all you need. Featuring supports from The Evening Son, Guards Of May and Lung. A free physical copy of the EP Desire is available with every ticket sold from shadowgame.bandcamp.com/merch.

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SHORTFALL

Playwrite are releasing their new EP Assembly with special guests Private Life and Demian at The ToďŹ&#x20AC; on Thursday November 1. Playwrite create a wild and haunting wall of sound; animalistic and undeniably catchy. Through pounding drums, samples and swirling guitars come soaring lyrics and chants, dark and euphoric, giving rise to a cathartic explosion of joy. A fresh, dynamic and singular addition to the Australian live music scene, Playwrite are a band galvanised by their energy and musicianship. Doors at 7.30pm.

Melbourne rock band, Shortfall, are set to launch their brand new single at Revolver on Saturday November 3. Fronting up heavy handed with new material from the studio, Shortfallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Simon Borg, Andrew Downing, Dave Glavich, Chris Borg and Mark Borg will smash out their massive set. The new single is the ďŹ rst to come from their upcoming EP, Falling Awake, due out this summer. In the lead-up to Shortfallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerful set, crowd hype will include killer performances from Remission Theory, Slightly Left Of Centre and Long Holiday. Be sure to rock up from 8pm to rock out with the amazing talent loading the stage.

BURNT OUT

Define your genre in five words or less: Psychocandy mind-bending noise punk. What do you love about making music? Always feeling the need to better yourself, ďŹ nd a new sound and create something new. The possibilities are never ending. If music was something with restrictions then it certainly wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t last as long as it has. Whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve you got to sell CD-wise? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re releasing our new EP Chameleon on Friday November 2. You can buy physical copies at our shows and through Bandcamp as well as digital on iTunes and Bandcamp. How do you stop your pre-gig jitters? Get on stage! What advice would you give to bands that are new on the Melbourne music scene? Listen to everything people say, but donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take it to heart.

If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? The Rolling Stones. Australian tour 2013 maybe? Just putting it out there Paul Dainty! Getting in nice and early. How do you balance making and playing music with your other commitments? Not very well. I believe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to do anything in life half-heartedly. Especially something that requires creative talent and perfected skills. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stressful trying to play in an independent band and ďŹ nancially support it (ie. paying for releases, promo, tours etc) as well as work a separate job around that and then also continue your hobbies outside of music. The upside of it is, when you get something in return like a full room of applauding fans, a nice review or hearing your song on the radio for the ďŹ rst time then it makes it all worth it. Whenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the gig and with who? Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re launching our EP this Friday November 2 at Ding Dong Lounge with special guests The Messengers and The Dark Fair.

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DING DONG LOUNGE CUP DAY KAOS Ding Dong Lounge and PBS 106.7FM have joined forces for the third resurrection of the mighty Cup Day Kaos. This Cup Day, Tuesday November 6, catch a stellar line up of Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ďŹ nest acts playing all day long at Ding Dong and broadcast live on PBS. Get in early, donate a ďŹ ver and catch Kingswood, Damn Terran, Bitter Sweet Kicks, New Gods, Messed Up and The Dacios, plus get a dose of the big race on the big screen, and be swooned by the Cup Day Kaos DJs Ruari Currin (Fang It!), Wendy Tonkin (Metal Genesis) and Ruby Soho (Garageland).

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THE NUDIST FUNK ORCHESTRA

RHYS CRIMMIN & THE TOMS

What better way to spend your Sunday evenings than down at the Espy with a few drinks and some of Australia’s most respected names in music? The Nudist Funk Orchestra take to the stage every Sunday from 5.30pm. The groovalicious sound of the seven-piece Nudist Funk Orchestra comes from a mixture of fun live performance, lots of funky grooves, a dash of tasty playing, and a great vibe that keeps audiences coming back for more.

With an ever-growing show of guitars, didgeridoos, harmonicas, kazoos, foot percussion, and anything else he can get his hands on, Rhys Crimmin has been mesmerising crowds around Australia every night with the unique style he likes to call “Aussie roots reggae and dirty foot stompin’ blues”. Adding to Rhys Crimmin’s wall of sound are The Toms – ﬁddle, upright bass and drums – which creates an infectious live show with so much energy and craftsmanship on stage that it’s hard to know where to look. Rhys Crimmin & The Toms are performing at John Curtin Hotel on Friday November 2 with Benny Williams supporting on the night.

EMMA WALL & THE URBAN FOLK Emma Wall is set to release her new album, Shiny New Toy. Over the years, she has woven her skillful guitar, sweet but strong vocal and zany personality into a solid discography. Joined by Lauren Di Salvia with her deep and rhythmic bass melodies and the awesome talents of Bindy Cohen on drums and backing vocals, Emma Wall & the Urban Folk were born, culminating with the release of this funky mix of urban folk with splashes of rock and pop. The album is set to hit the streets on Sunday November 11 at The Worker’s Club. Doors open at 2:30pm. Special guest is Little Wise.

LAMP GHOST ORKID Off the back of their packed out launch party in October, Ghost Orkid will be hosting their very first headline residency on Monday nights in November at The Evelyn Hotel, which kicks off on Melbourne Cup Eve on Monday November 5 (who doesn’t love a public holiday to nurse their hangover?). Their high energy live show has created quite a buzz among the local scene, and their open-minded and unique approach to songwriting has led to a fresh new sound incorporating elements of soul, rock, hip hop and pop with a little psychedelic-broken-beat sprinkled on top. The Ghost Orkid residency also boasts a stellar array of support acts, including Amanita, Clever Austin (DJ set), Mangelwurzel, Lamarama, Kirkis, Euclid, The Imprints and Nai Palm (Hiatus Kaiyote).

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New Melbourne rockers LAMP are an electrifying four piece drawing inspiration from rock, funk and blues and presenting the insane musical expertise of Josh O’Hara on vocals, James Hassall on guitar, Chris Frangou on bass and Cam Williams on drums. This week the boys launch their debut single, Slug Gun, at the best Halloween party in town; Rock-O-Ween! This is the perfect chance to get out, drink, dress up in costumes, see three awesome bands and not regret it the next day. Supported by heavy all girl rock trio Tequila Mockingbyrd and blues greats the Lachlan Bruce Band. Gertrudes Brown Couch, Saturday November 3. Doors 7pm, $5 entry for fancy dress, $10 for the normal people.

Rattlin’ Bones Blackwood doesn’t sound like a one-man-band. Defying the appearance of his setup, and with the stamina of three men, he tears through raucous rhythm and blues, boogie, rockabilly and vintage rock’n’roll like his hair’s on fire. From humble acoustic beginnings in dank Tennessee bars and the occasional street corner, Rattlin’ Bones Blackwood is in essence a live show that has grown into an electric monster, whether it be on an outdoor festival stage or jammed in the corner of a small bar. He believes in the healing properties of a hip shakin’ shuffle; the searing heat of old school amplifiers cranked well beyond where they should be; and the eternal search for a bigger bass drum. Fresh off the back of supporting Bob Log III and Puta Madre Brothers at The Tote, and King Of The North at The Old Bar, Bones is gonna tear up and rattle Pony hard on Friday November 2 for a late night 2am set. Free entry.

FOXTROT Foxtrot love things that go really fast, loud noises, and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Charm are a three-piece rock band that have been kicking around the venues of Melbourne from December 2009. Since then, they’ve been playing shows all over town, working hard in the studio and are aiming to release an EP early next year. The Ugly Kings are a dirty, country-blues rock band from Melbourne whose electric live performances by three mates who have a passion to entertain set heart’s thumping to their beats. Check them out this Thursday November 1 at The Old Bar.

SCARY HALLOWEEN PARTY This is scary – punk bands and metal bands on the same bill? Well folks you know what they say, it’s all rock’n’roll. Actually no-one says that. But four of the best bands in Melbourne come together on the spookiest night of the year to rock Bar Open. Everyone is encouraged to come down dressed in their spooky costumes and it will be mandatory to have a good time. Old school punk-trio Cabin Fever headlines the night with industrial four piece White Vein, hardcore rockers Idle Minds and the heavy riﬀers Dot The Eyes. Come down to Bar Open for a spooky Halloween show tonight. Doors at 8pm, free entry.

MARCHING ORDERS Marching Orders are one of Melbourne’s premiere street punk bands and are playing their last gig for 2012. Starting in 2002, Marching Orders have stuck to their guns playing street punk/rock’n’roll from day one. Despite some lineup changes they are here to stay, and after touring Europe in 2011 the boys are back in Melbourne for one last time in 2012 before releasing their next album. They’re playing at The Bendigo Hotel on Cup Eve, Monday November 5. The show also features supports from Queensland punk band The Lost Cause and locals Thundabox, Spew N Guts and Cabin Fever.

THE CERTIFIABLES On Sunday November 4 the ﬁnest alternative Melbourne bands gather at Prince Bandroom to well and truly launch the Live And At Large single by The Certiﬁables. Pre-sale tickets are $12 or $18 at the door. Supports include Harry Howard & The NDE, Penny Ikinger, Los Dominados and Waco Social Club.

FELICITY CRIPPS With velvet tones, Felicity Cripps (HOY) performs slow rolling dream-pop, imprinted with hints of Appalachian folk and touches of Gainsbourg. Joining her is fellow solo artist, Jealous Husband. Jealous Husband (aka Damian Sullivan from Teeth And Tongue), performs songs layered with atmospheric guitars and dreamy vocals. Together they create an all-enchanting lineup, much like a crystal cave of sonic serenity. They play at The Retreat Hotel’s front bar this Saturday November 3 from 4pm. Free entry.

JULIA ROSE Julia Rose’s second EP is an amazingly heart-warming collection of songs in the style of Australian folk heritage rock, showcasing music that takes you on a rhythmic and melodic journey to the world of rural Australia. She plays at The Wesley Anne this Thursday November 1, The Thornbury Theatre on Friday November 2, Horvat’s Wine Bar on Sunday November 4, The Drunken Poet on Wednesday November 7 and Elwood Lounge on Thursday November 8.

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Define your genre in five words or less: Crooner, operatic, honest, entertaining, folk-rock. What do you love about making music? I call it the ‘sense of mystery’….the anticipatory period before a song is birthed drives me wild. I can feel it brewing sometimes for minutes, other times for days, and then out it pops, my new song-babe complete with cathartic lyrics and a killer guitar hook! Shocks me every time. Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? It has been said I am vocally like the illegitimate love child of Roy Orbison and Joan Baez, instrumentally a mash of Jose Gonzalez and Flea, and off-stage a hybrid of myself and Marge Simpson depending on the hour of the day. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? This is my second Julia Rose EP. I’m currently touring the newest EP Stairway To The Moon which features the track Melbourne Town. We have produced a clip for this single which is being Beat Magazine Page 58

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released soon too which we are really proud of. When’s the gig and with who? I have a bunch of Melbourne shows in early November which we scattered across the city... as I know how much Melbournites hate to travel out of their suburbs! I plays The Wesley Anne this Thursday November 1, The Thornbury Theatre on Friday November 2, Horvat’s Wine Bar on Sunday November 4, The Drunken Poet on Wednesday November 7 and Elwood Lounge on Thursday November 8. How long have you been gigging and writing? My family are all musicians, my earliest memory is all ﬁve of us kids around Mum at the piano all singing like the Von Trapps. So I decided to rebel Leisel-style and at age 19 picked up the bass and discovered the world of funkrock, reggae and rhymes and formed Bertha Control and Anarchist Duck. In more recent years my solo project sound ﬂipped these usual genres on their head to produce a more folk/balladesque style of music. I’ve been gigging relentlessly overseas and nationally for 11 years, most recently returned from a tour of Japan, with UK up next. How do you stop your pre-gig jitters? A beer and a bad ‘dad joke’.

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CUP DAY AT THE RETREAT Cup Day fever has hit The Retreat Hotel again this year, with a huge night on Cup Eve, Monday November 5, featuring Livingstone Daises and Pony Face, and DJ Adalita keeping things going ‘til 3am. Then on Cup Day, Tuesday November 6, there will be bands on all day with a free BBQ but they’ll be stopping to watch the race. From 1.45pm catch sets by Sweet Jean, The Nymphs, Mustered Courage, Max Savage, The Rechords, Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, and then the mighty Mikelangelo & The Tin Star with special guest St Clare. It’s free entry but the Retreat advises that you frock up and get down there early to make sure you get in. Giddyup.

CUP MY BALLS FESTIVAL Australia’s rock’n’roll mecca The Tote will be host to the ﬁrst Cup My Balls Festival on Tuesday November 6 (the other Cup Day). With a lineup consisting of Harmony, Baptism of Uzi, YIS, Wicked City, Spinning Rooms, Sun God Replica, Sheriﬀ, Batpiss, The Jackals, Deep Heat and The Euphoriacs, it’s proof that Melbourne is a gigantic petri dish of talent, with dozens of superb bands growing in every crack like mould spores. All bands on the night will be recorded with one song from each set to be released on a live CD by Spooky Records. With the low, low entry price of $15 – that’s just a dollar and a bit for each of these incredible bands. Doors at 2pm.

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Define your genre in five words or less. Subterranean-post-balloon-rock. What do you love about making music? Creating emotion through sound. Music makes us feel things and we don’t fully understand why. But when you can affect someone’s emotions, bring something to the surface or inexplicably get stuck inside someone’s mind making them feel great or melancholic or anything, it’s a magical thing. What do you hate about the music industry? This necessity to carefully consider the things you do, say and how you come across in order to be pigeonholed as ‘cool’. Secret tracks on 7” vinyl, warehouse parties, being excitable on social media. It’s too much effort, I think I’m just happy bobbing around in these lukewarm waters hoping that our good songs makes up for our lack of designer jeans and garagerock sound. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? I think a band needs to write and release the right song at the right time, to be listened to and talked about by the right people in the right places and the rest of the bunch will follow. It’s a bit overwhelming. But I genuinely believe that if you write great music, you’ll get somewhere. The other elements lining up just determine how far you get rocketed along. Do you have a pre-gig ritual? If so, what is it? Pre-gig warm up usually involves getting all zen-master focussed. I’ve started getting into vocal warm ups (kids, if you’re a singer.. they’re really important) which involves making strange, strange sounds with different parts of your voice. I embarrassingly pocket-dialled a friend of a friend and left a five minuite voicemail of me making weird sounds, by myself, in a van. What can a punter expect from your live show? We like to mix it up, throw in a little bit of live electronica and dubstep. It always gets mixed reactions, mostly good however we have played at some places where people don’t know what to think of the variety. In rehearsals, have the attention span of a small marsupial. Songs tend to jump around with a bit of a bag-of-allsorts kinda vibe. When’s the gig and with who? We’re playing Worker’s Club this Friday November 2 with local heroes Animaux and March of the Real Fly, it should be a great night. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? We’re touring our follow up EP Open Ears Open Minds.

All the years of singing into a hairbrush and playing air guitar have finally started to pay off for Melbourne band Cooper Street. Fast becoming known for their energetic live shows and tastefully heavy blend of pop-rock, they’ve now just starred in their first video clip. With their debut EP launch at The Evelyn on Friday November 2, the band stepped in front of the cameras with director Pete Seamons of EPIK films (Simple Plan, New Empire) to shoot a music video for their first single Wasted Patience. With more twists than a Christopher Nolan film, the hospital-themed clip is sure to intrigue and excite. The band hopes it will be successful enough for someone to one day make a cat parody.

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BAD ANIMAL The four lads of Bad Animal have rediscovered what brought them together one significant and crepuscular tide in 2005, and have begun a reincarnation of style and dedication this year. Join Jackson, Tyler, Alfi and Jacob for the launch of new single Over Again. Incorporating diving melodies, bold lead breaks, thumping tom-heavy drums and a relentlessly rolling bass riff, Over Again is concurrently fiery-raw and totally smooth, and demonstrates both the individual skill and undeniable unity of these four young musicians. The band will launch their single at The Grace Darling Hotel on Thursday November 8, supported by Hounds Hounds Hounds and The Pretty Littles. Tickets are $8 on the door.

ZOOPHYTE Since bursting onto the scene in 2004, Zoophyte have forged an enviable reputation as a blistering live act, which they followed up in the studio with their acclaimed 2007 album, Another Point Of View. After playing sold-out shows across the country, the guys decided to take a break, do some soul searching and start work on their highly anticipated follow-up. The revamped lineup spent the best part of the last 18 months in the studio – writing, recording and shaping the inherently melodic rock sound that is Zoophyte of 2012. Catch Zoophyte as they play The Retreat Hotel this Friday November 2 with The Hiding. Music from 9.30pm, open ‘til 3am with DJ Shaky Memorial afterwards.

SIMON HUDSON BAND Simon Hudson and his band build upon their songwriting strengths with a tight rhythm section, strings and funky horns. Their sound borrows from Paul Simon with the moody poeticism of Leonard Cohen – culminating in melodic, thought-provoking songs with an underlying bed of pulsating traditional rhythms. You can hear their love of Latin music in their hypnotic tropical grooves. Catch them at The Grace Darling Hotel on Saturday November 3 from 9pm with supports Amy Alex and James Cisco. Tickets are $15 or $12 concession.

WEDGETAIL

MULDER

Relative newcomers to the Australian musical landscape, Wedgetail, have been hiding out in a studio in Melbourne’s inner North, sculpting a set of songs that perfectly encapsulate the band’s sound – arrestingly complex, melodic and powerful. A blend of snotty ‘80s punk, the psychedelic swirls of ‘60s garage and the tougher edges of ‘90s shoegaze, Wedgetail proudly claim an intrinsic ‘Melbournity’ in their sound. They’re stoked to announce the Melbourne launch of their self-titled debut EP at The Cornish Arms in Brunswick on Friday November 9. Support is from the inimitable Sun God Replica and Sydney’s Small Town Incident. Join them for a sonic-melodic assault that’ll leave you hooked. 9pm, free entry.

Dark, dreamy and charged with emotion, electro-pop duo Mulder are bringing their live show to Melbourne from their home town Perth, for the ﬁrst time, to celebrate the release of their debut EP Young. Coheadlining are Mandek Penha, denying the evils of The Hish’ry Cosh’ry and spreading the love and knowledge of Lord Mandek Penha and South Sarra (The Father’s Land). Smoldering vocalist Justine Walsh and soulful psychedelic producer, Brudaja, will open the evening. It all goes down at John Curtin Hotel on Sunday November 4. Doors at 7pm, $5.

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ALBUM OF THE WEEK IAN RILEN AND THE LOVE ADDICTS

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Family From Cuba (Phantom Records)

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The practice of rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll is replete with style. Leather jackets, stovepipe denim jeans, gym boots and a pirateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hat worth of garish tattoos. A sneering anti-establishment attitude and the abrasive discourse of rebellion. Nobody ever conquered rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll with complicity and acquiescence. Profanities and substance abuse, behavioural excess and public oďŹ&#x20AC;ence. Buy the manual, learn the script, take the classes. And then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Ian Rilen. Rilen, it was noted in arguably the most astute of the obituaries published after his death in 2006, was a man born to rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll. According to legend, Rilen decided to become a bass player while enduring a short stretch in Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s notorious Long Bay gaol. Not long after Rilen joined the prog-styled Band Of Light. In the mid '70s Rilen formed Rose Tattoo, composing one of the ďŹ rst of his nakedly autobiographical tracks, Bad Boy For Love. Rilen left the Tatts to form X, becoming the degenerate pinup band for aspiring outlaw rockers across Australia. By the time Rilen died in 2006, aged 59-years-old, his mark was everywhere, both musically and sociologically. His live shows are the stuďŹ&#x20AC; of fame and infamy â&#x20AC;&#x201C; no-one ever saw an Ian Rilen show they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t remember. Rilenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s infectious personality loomed dominant in any situation; his capacity for indulging lifeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hedonistic pleasures encountered few boundaries it couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t tell to fuck right oďŹ&#x20AC;. Nobody fucked with Ian Rilen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; unless he wanted them to. Family From Cuba is the long awaited posthumous release from Ian Rilen and the Love Addicts. Presented in an elegant book style package, this is the labour of love Ian Rilen deserves. Family From Cuba is a triptych of Rilen the musician, and Rilen the man. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rilen the songwriter, creating deceptively simple rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll songs with a freakishly attractive pop sensibility. Wishing Well packs the force of a Mack truck, helped into gear by Kim Volkmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vicious slide guitar. Steal It sparkles with pop beauty, You Canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Find Me is all denim rock and Cuban heels, and Margaret River is a trip down a back road to powerpop only Rilen knew existed. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Rilen the human being, aware of the impact of his excessive behaviour on those he loves. On Without You, Rilen is the hopeless romantic, lamenting the pain of loneliness, but always acutely aware of its local causes; Missing You continues the theme, and You Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t Love Me

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COLLECTORS CORNER MISSING LINK is as much an admission of responsibility as an accusation of emotional desertion. On Song For Romeo, Rilen is the loving father, singing to his young son in a manner not ordinarily associated with a hardened rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roller. And then thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the Rilen the personiďŹ cation of rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;rollâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dangerous edge, the man for whom rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll was always a spiritual calling. On Bad For Good, Rilen is dark and foreboding, wading through the sewer of humanity, rendering George Thorogood to the status of bow-legged, latte-sipping hipster in comparison. Two Days OďŹ&#x20AC; (Five Days On) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; co-written with Rilenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sometime contemporary Spencer P Jones â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is Rilenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tribute to the peripatetic rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll lifestyle. On Rock N Roll Rilen cuts to the chase: many have presented a ďŹ&#x201A;imsy case for the title, but thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s only one Ian Rilen, boots, battles, bruises, tatts, warts, attitude and all. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been six years since Ian Rilen departed this mortal coil. But the memories live on, and the legacy burns as bright as the evening stars. Anyone with a skerrick of pretence for rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll needs a copy of Family From Cuba. PATRICK EMERY Best Track: Rock N Roll Man If You Like These, Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll Like This: X, ROSE TATTOO, SARDINE V, HELL TO PAY, BEASTS OF BOURBON In A Word: Rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;roll

Miracle Cure (EMI) My editor, who is twenty-nothing and addicted to '90s R&B, feels that SFK are tedious and maudlin elder statesmen of Australian rock who are now so adult contemporary that they donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t warrant serious discussion. Like Paul Kelly or Crowded House, they are ďŹ xed in a certain respectable place with devoted fans and other passively supportive people and it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really matter what they do â&#x20AC;&#x201C; they wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be gracing the cover of NME anytime soon, but they will always be an Important Australian Rock Band. The thing is, this single sounds energetic and invigorated and catchy to me. Either SFK have injected an extra whoop of life into Leave Your Soul To Science or our tandem decline into middle age has ruined my perspective, ie. I am so old, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what the fuck is going on anymore.

MAGIC BONES

Cold Company (Kunsthaus Records) Cold Company is an atmospheric twinge of pop that draws equally on '80s inďŹ&#x201A;uences and the watery electro landscapes of Kid A-era Radiohead. Moments of Foreigner-like cheesiness are deftly oďŹ&#x20AC;-set by a ticking, pulsing, tightly-controlled musical otherness. Interesting.

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Walk Like A Giant (Warner) The ďŹ rst single from Neil Youngâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new album has a ďŹ ery belly and a stellar hook; a bleating '70s folk catcall that rises above the sheer Neil Young-ishness of it all and somehow, improbably, sounds distinctive and fresh. This is nearly 40 albums in, mind you. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty good.

BLACK LAKES

Common Song (Independent) This meaty mood pop number is the ďŹ rst single from Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Black Lakes, a band that happily admits their aďŹ&#x192;nity with bands like The Church and Midnight Oil. The warm, echoing drums and broad, starlit skies of those inďŹ&#x201A;uential bands can be found in Common Song, an unusually rich and conďŹ dent debut.

Once You Forget (How I Tricked You Into This) (Independent) Melbourneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Magic Bones list Ratcat as an inďŹ&#x201A;uence on their Unearthed proďŹ le, and in fact if you throw in some Alabama Shakes, cock your head and squint, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more or less what they sound like. Jangly, bluesy, bellowing pop with a happy, rasping edge. Good stuďŹ&#x20AC;.

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Pictures Of Summer (Independent) Ahead of their third album, Sydneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s The Model School give us this airy little dream-pop single about fading sunlight and lingering relationships. The swirling psychedelic guitars combine with stark folk-rock vocals to evoke The TriďŹ&#x192;ds and a half dozen lesser bands of the late '80s/early '90s. Fine but forgettable.

Our Plans (EMI) Cloud Nothings clatter and wail through another souped-up garage-rock single with an economical kind of snarl. Their music is loud but it creeps up on you, channelling grunge inďŹ&#x201A;uences into a ghostly kind of echo.

Monsters (EMI) The latest single from Broken Brights continues the Angus Stonian love aďŹ&#x20AC;air with Dylan-esque phrasing and gentle banjos. The horns are nice, but it lacks the haunted, expansive scope of Bird On A BuďŹ&#x20AC;alo.

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DELTA GOODREM

Child Of The Universe (Sony) If I say anything bad about this, the universe will hand me my ass in a non-Hodgkinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nymphoma basket. But you all know what Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m thinking.

Leaving (EMI) A very understated disco-pop tune from the yet-forthcoming Pet Shop Boys album, Elysium. Leaving has a surprisingly hypnotic quality; a silken ripple eďŹ&#x20AC;ect that ushers away a super-camp Kylie Minogue-loving army of gayness that would otherwise consume this single. (For the record, I have no issue with a super camp army of gayness, I just donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t like Kylie Minogue).

1. The Grime And the Glow (and others) CD CHELSEA WOLFE 2. Bit Tongue Prik LP PSY ANTS 3. Allelujah Don't Bend Ascend CD/LP GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR 4. Circles LP/2CD MOON DUO 5. Never Mind the Bollocks 2LP SEX PISTOLS 6. Split 7" STARVATION / NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT 7. S/T LP THE NEW SEASON 8. Within The Shadow Of Darkness 2CD/2LP GOREMENT 9. Shock-U-Py! CD/10" JELLO BIAFRA AND THE GUANTANAMO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE 10. Resistance CD/LP

3RRR SOUNDSCAPE 1. Into The Bloodstream ARCHIE ROACH 2. Mystery Girl RUDELY INTERRUPTED 3. The Drifterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dawn THE TIGER AND ME 4. The Way RECORD PRODUCER 5. Free Reign CLINIC 6. Self Titled SPENCER P. JONES AND THE NOTHING BUTTS 7. The Late Blue GYPSY & THE CAT 8. Oui Oui, Si Si, Ja Ja, Da Da MADNESS 9. Obladi Diablo SUZIE STAPLETON 10. Money For Rope MONEY FOR ROPE

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SINGLES BY SIMONE Big love to Lachlan Ukelele for holding the fort while I was oďŹ&#x20AC; having mother-ďŹ&#x201A;ippinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cancer. I am so bald that even total arseholes go out of their way to be nice to me now. (In my head, I give them bad reviews. Even though theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re trying. I am a terrible person, which is probably why I have the motherďŹ&#x201A;ippinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; cancer).

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Coming Down (EMI) This unassuming tune has a bittersweet refrain and aching, grimy lyrics: â&#x20AC;&#x153;The chefs are in the alleyway throwing down. Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re high on PCP when Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m around. They donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recall a thing or their favourite meal â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;til they are coming down. You smack in the eyes and take my sight, you cut my world in halfâ&#x20AC;ŚYou amputate my hands and they grow back, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s phantoms to replace the world I hadâ&#x20AC;Ś.the scenery of saints and stained glass walls, you get a little badge and then stand tall. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re knee-deep in the shit of suburban sprawl and you are coming down.â&#x20AC;? It has a pitch-perfect lightness with an underlying weariness that is actually just like coming down.

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SYNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S SWEET 16 1. Heal THE CHILD OF LOV 2. Borrow Time PARQUET COURTS 3. The Swan CHEATERS 4. Cristilised (The XX Cover) MASSIVE ATTACK, MARK LANEGAN & WARPAINT 5. Quand Vas Tu Rentrer MELODYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S ECHO CHAMBER 6. The Autumn Carnival (Anton Newcombe remix) THE DANDY WARHOLS 7. Eat The Cycle TRASH TALK 8. Rashad (Loose Place) GUERRE 9. Maryland TANTRUMS 10. New Country SARAH BLASKO

PBS TIPSHEET 1. Lonerism TAME IMPALA 2. Chris Russellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Chicken Walk CHRIS RUSSELLâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S CHICKEN WALK 3. Blak & Blu KUTCHA EDWARDS 4. Psychedelic Pill NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE 5. Blak & Blu GARY CLARK JNR 6. Circles MOON DUO 7. Big Creatures & Little Creatures MURPHYS LAW 8. Aches & Shakes: Pop Boomerang Compilation VARIOUS ARTISTS Â 9. Golden Years EP QUINCE 10. Meet The Misses LISA MILLER

BEAT'S TOP TEN SONGS ABOUT WAKING UP 1. Wake THE ANTLERS 2. Stay Awake EXAMPLE 3. Awakening SWITCHFOOT 4. Wake Up THE ARCADE FIRE 5. Wake Up The Dead MEGADETH 6. Waking The Witch KATE BUSH 7. Stay Awake ALL TIME LOW 8. Awaken YES 9. Wake Up JeďŹ&#x20AC; YOU KNOW 10. Wide Awake KATY PERRY

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TWELVE FOOT NINJA Silent Machine (Volkanic Music)

The Melbourne band have released two excellent EPs and now finally, their debut LP. Already they are a phenomenon. The two EPs were mere tasters to this main course of an album – a unique and eclectic rock masterpiece. It’s actually difficult to pin down all the different, seemingly disparate musical styles that this band has at their disposal and display in all their glory on this record. They blend hard alternative rock, groove based metal, ska, reggae, dubstep and electronica, Latin, jazz, pop and funk into their sound, often in the one song, and often done to an utterly seamless and convincing effect. The best way to describe this band is jack of all trades, and master of every single one of them. You may think that a band combining so many styles might be a little weird or over the top for most, but one single listen will alleviate those fears. Twelve Foot Ninja channel their genre-mashing-mastery into short, highly appealing and ultimately listenable songs. Songs full of zest, energy, character and a touch of tongue-in-cheek humour too. This is the must discover band of 2012 and beyond. If Devin Townsend hadn’t released an album this year, this Best Track: Kingdom If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Impossible for these would be this reviewer’s album of the year for 2012. I guess they’ll have to settle for runner up. guys. In a Word: Brilliant ROD WHITFIELD

Over the course of her acclaimed career, Clare Bowditch has covered the likes of grief, suffering, lust and addiction. However setting her sights on happiness might just be her most contentious move yet. In accordance with her newfound calling as life-coach, there is a definite sense that Bowditch is more mentor than mere artist this time around. She sings with a certain self-assurance – Amazing Life and Are You Ready Yet? ranking among the album’s more authoritative tracks. The unfortunate side-effect is a thinly-veiled assertion that Bowditch has her life together, an impression of her self-satisfaction gradually manifesting, which after a while, is a tad grating. The issue here is not her contentment, rather the way in which she carries it: occasionally, The Winter I Chose Happiness wanders into preachy territory. Pleasingly, it’s difficult to hold much else against The Winter I Chose Happiness, the album a continuation of Bowditch’s impressive form. This time, she’s ditched the Casio keyboards in favour of a loftier, more melodramatic pianopop approach. Essentially, it’s a gorgeous sounding record. Single Thin Skin exhales triumphantly, driving towards a memorable, spine-tingling climax. Meanwhile, apologetic tear-jerker The One spruiks some quality heartache and, elsewhere, the jaunty Cocky Lady offers a surprising change of pace. The Winter I Chose Happiness is a consistent affair and resembles yet another intriguing chapter in the context of Bowditch’s career. If you’re not one to begrudge sappy Best Track: Thin Skin sentimentality and Bowditch’s inadvertent boasts, this If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Heart That’s Pounding is definitely a record worth picking up. SALLY SELTMANN, Insomnia WASHINGTON In A Word: Optimistic NICK MASON

KNIEVEL

Emerald City (Alberts)

POLIÇA

Give You The Ghost (Inertia) The debut from Poliça captures a painful period for lead vocalist Channy Leaneagh. It’s a breakup album and a complicated one at that, with Leaneagh’s split from her husband also divorcing her from her closest musical collaborator. Give You The Ghost is a mess of emotions, though it takes an active, immediate approach to dealing with the end of a relationship and the subsequent picking up the pieces. Like fellow Gayngs collaborator Justin Vernor, Leaneagh loves a bit of vocal manipulation. She delivers a soulful vocal, one that’s aggressively alienated with Autotune. The vocal may be washed out in reverb, but it surges to the forefront of the mix, with the rhythm section relegated to the background. Even though Leaneagh often sounds like she’s trying to catch up with the music, the vocal ends up dominating proceedings and is the hook that pulls you further in. Poliça take a manipulated vocal with heartbroken lyrics and set it to lively, eclectic music that seems completely at odds with the vocalist’s situation. It makes for an eye-opening meshing of styles that shouldn’t work, but does. The end result is a steady, seductive listen that has intermittent peaks along the way: the mystical, soulful Dark Star; the sultry trip hop simmer of lead single Lay Your Cards Out and the eloquent closer, Wandering Star. Given the album’s Best tTack: Lay Your Cards Out If You Like These, You’ll Like This: Kills JJ, Shrines PURITY subject matter, it should be a painful listen; instead, it’s oddly celebratory. RING, Relayted GAYNGS In A Word: Manipulated

Ten years after unexplainably going quiet, Knievel reappear with their first album since 2002’s B-Side compilation No One’s Going To Understand In My Way. Primarily a vehicle for the song writing of Australia’s Greatest Producer Wayne Connolly, Emerald City continues the Knievel tradition. Ten soft, languid songs built for sitting in your backyard on a Sunday afternoon, sipping a frosty beer with a few blades of grass between your toes. In keeping with their unhurried style, sessions for the album began in January 2010 with most of it completed in five days. The subsequent 18 months utilised to write lyrics and add the occasional overdub. Mostly known within my record collection for his outstanding production on records for The Vines, Custard and The Fauves - as opposed to his who-knows work with Sarah Blasko and err, Yves Klein Blue. Here Connolly paints a picture that is brilliantly understated, allowing his deft touch with a warm tone to seep into every moment. The album can occasionally veer off course with the slower and softer numbers, but it’s up-tempo tracks like They Listen Out and The Nation Turns Its Eyes that reach for the stratosphere and attain transcendence. For some reason I’ve always thought that Knievel would be an ideal support for a band like Nada Surf or Coldplay, and this is not meant as the putdown some may take it for. These bands all have a canny ability to intimately draw you into their world, their soaring melodic passages connecting with the listener on a purely emotional level. Whether or not we’ll ever hear the songs of Knievel bouncing around footy stadiums remains to be seen; no doubt his day job does a better job of paying the bills! But that’s the kind of band Knievel are – they fill your head with reckless and Best Track: Emerald City If You Like These, You’ll Like This: NADA SURF, TEENAGE serene dreams. FANCLUB, WELCOME MAT NICK HILTON In A Word: Elegant

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MARTHA WAINWRIGHT

RY COODER

Come Home To Mama (Warner)

Election Special (Warner Music Australia) Ry Cooder – Buena Vista Social Club leader and long-time champion of Woody Guthrie – has never been shy of bringing his politics to the forefront of his song writing. Last year’s musically rich Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down took aim at bankers, warmongers, land barons and unbridled capitalism. This time round Cooder has narrowed his focus to tear the American Republican Party a third corn chute. The sound is stripped back and DIY, with Cooder playing his own guitar, bass and mandolin to provide the barest foundation for his surprisingly jaunty vocals. First track Mutt Romney Blues takes a swipe at the Republican Candidate from the viewpoint of his mistreated dog. While the upbeat Brother Is Gone details Republican powerbrokers, the Koch Brothers’ deal with the devil at the crossroads. It’s all countriﬁed blues and blue-grassy fun, but – like a mullet, this record is party up the front, business out the back. For all the upbeat musicianship and sly playful lyrics, the bluesman is seriously, profoundly angry at the state of American Republicanism. The only gentle note on the record is the embattled blues lament of Cold Cold Feeling, which follows Obama as he paces alone in the Oval Oﬃce. This record is raw, brilliant, angry, and very, very Cooder, right down to the notes from the artist that dot the press release. “Where did Mitt Romney learn that hollow laugh of his? Best Track: Cold Cold Feeling If You Like These, You’ll Like This: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, A correspondence course on how to scare you dog shitless? He sure scares me, I don’t mind telling you.” WOODY GUTHRIE, BILLY BRAGG, KEV CARMODY In A Word: Bluegrass The Newsroom.

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When it comes to family, Martha Wainwright is not one to keep her emotions to herself. Few artists would pen a song about their dad’s parenting skills and call it Bloody Motherfucking Asshole, though the Wainwrights are hardly an ordinary family. There’s a little less poison in the pen for Martha Wainwright’s third album of original material, a collection that comes in the wake of the birth of her son and the death of her mother, Kate McGarrigle. The more personal Wainwright gets, the more powerful the effect. The close of Come Home To Mama is a total tear-jerker, with All Your Clothes picking through the wardrobe of a recently deceased parent and Everything Wrong drawing on this same sense of loss and applying it to the fears and anxiety of new parenthood. The highlight, though, is Proserpina, a classical myth about the separation of a mother and daughter, and the last song to be penned by McGarrigle. What makes this Wainwright’s strongest album is not just the power of these ballads, but the quality of the more lighthearted material. Can You Believe It builds up to its sing-along chorus with some brilliant self-effacing lyrics, such as the opening “I really like the make-up sex/It’s the only kind I ever get.” The lyrics of Radio Star are absolute nonsense but the playful tempo shifts make it sing. Maybe it all wears a bit thin by the time the disposable disco-funk of I Wanna Make An Arrest rolls in, but this is, by a nose, Wainwright’s most consistent collection. The more uptempo numbers Best Track: Persopina If You Like These, You’ll Like This: To Survive JOAN AS keep it all in balance, but also heighten the heart-pulling effect of her slower, sadder songs. POLICEWOMAN, Sugaring Season BETH ORTON In A Word: Candid CHRIS GIRDLER

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GIG GUIDE WEDNESDAY 31 OCT ROCK/POP BARBARION + BUNNY MONROE + VICE GRIP PUSSIES Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. CHERRYWEEN - FEAT: WORKING HORSE IRONS + HUMAN AS ANIMALS + THE MERCY KILLS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. COLLAGE Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. DIPROSUS + ARGURIOUS + LOSER DENIAL + SLIPPERKNOT Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $6. HALLOWEEN HOUSE OF HELL - FEAT: VIOLENT SOHO + BLEEDING KNEES CLUB DJS + DRUNK MUMS + DUNERATS Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15. HALLOWEEN PARTY Musicland, Fawkner. 7:00pm. $5. HARRY HOOKEY BAND Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 10:00pm. HIGH FANGS + CIGGIE WITCH + CONSTANT KILLER + SUN GOD REPLICA Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. KATE ALEXA + HOLY TRASH ToďŹ&#x20AC; In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $12. LIOR + THE FALLS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:00pm. $32. MIDNIGHT WOOLF + INTOXICA + THE JACKS The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. ROCKING ON HALLOWEEN - FEAT: JIMMY CUPPLES + NAT ALLISON + THE VAGRANTS The HiďŹ , Melbourne. 7:30pm. $20. SCARY HALLOWEEN PARTY - FEAT: CABIN FEVER + DOT THE EYES + IDLE MINDS + WHITE VEINS Bar Open, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. STRANGERS + HOME TO KELLY PLAY GUNS N ROSES + THE VAGRANTS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE BLACK KEYS + ROYAL HEADACHE Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. 7:00pm. THE SUNSLEEPERS + CHARLIE OFFICER + KIDS WITHOUT BIKES Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ALI E + AMAYA LAUCIRIA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. CHRIS ALTMANN Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. LAVENDER VS ROSE Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm. MASON DAVIS Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Dancing Dog, Footscray. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 9:00pm. OPEN MIC Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. OPEN MIC Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 10:00pm. OPEN MIC & JAM NIGHT Grind N Groove, Healesville. 9:00pm. PLAY LIKE A GIRL Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. POLLUX B + CABIN INN + CRADLE MOUNTAIN Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:00pm. $8. SUGAR FED LEOPARDS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $7. THE HAUNTED CARAVAN - FEAT: RAPSKALLION Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 7:00pm. $27. WINE WHISKEY WOMEN - FEAT: RACHEL BYRNES + TANYA RANSOM Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 8:00pm. WOMEN OF THE NORTH Kent St Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC DIZZYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BIG BAND Dizzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $14. HALLOWEEN AT THE DECK - FEAT: QUASHANI BAHD The Deck Mercantile Place, Melbourne Cbd. 5:30am. $10. THE GIANNI MARINUCCI NONET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $15. THE JAMES LARRY CARTER QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15. THE MAGNUSSON & WILSON QUARTET 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $5. THE JAMES ANNESLEY QUARTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $15.

THURSDAY 1 NOV ROCK/POP 1AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: HUMBUG Pony, Melbourne. 1:00am. ARTS & CRAFT + LITTLE KILLING + MATING SEASON + YOLKE Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $5. CANTERVILLE GHOST + THE HONEY BADGERS + THE NAYSAYERS + THE VELVETS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. CUNTZ + BODIES + CARBS Public Bar, North Melbourne. 8:30pm. $8. DAMN TERRAN The B.east, Brunswick East. 9:00pm. DIVINA PROVIDENCIA + ANY GARTER + RHYTHEMBUG + SQUALORS + THE LOVE IdgaďŹ&#x20AC; Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. ELI WOLFE Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $10. FOXTROT + CHARM + THE UGLY KINGS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. GRAVEL SAMWIDGE + DEAD RIVER + MIDNIGHT CALLER Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. GREEN MACHINE + ROAD RATZ + ROYAL CUT THROAT COMPANY Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $7. HONEY BADGERS + THE SOLOMONS Birmingham Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. HONEY SMACK + IVORY ELEPHANT + THE GROVES

CANCERPALOOZA Nothinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; quite like good times for a good cause, huh? Cancerpalooza is delivering you a stellar benefit in support of the Peter Mac Cancer Centre, with arts and music galore from ace contributors Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Fa (of 1,200 Techniques fame), Lotek, Dan Beck, The Tiger And Me, Lamine Sonko and One Africa, Ms Butt and more. Food and drink specials, door prizes and an art auction are the cherries on top of the Cancerpalooza cake. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at The B.East this Sunday November 4 from 2pm. Pony, Melbourne. 8:00pm. INDIAN RED + BALLADS + OH PEP! + SINGLE MENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S DRINKING CLUB Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. JOHN WAITE + KERI KELLI Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 11:23am. LOWTIDE + SLEEP DECADE + THE PSYCHODAISIES + TONTO Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. LUNA GHOST + THE FIGHTING MONGOOSE + THE INDIAN SKIES + THE MIND FLOWERS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. MAMA KIN + MICROWAVE JENNY Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $20. NICK SAXON + AL PARKINSON Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. PLAYWRITE + DEMAIN + PRIVATE LIFE ToďŹ&#x20AC; In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:30pm. $10. SPENCER P JONES Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:01pm. TARA SIMMONS + PLUTO JONZE Workers Club, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. $15. THE AESTHETICS + LEVITATING CHURCHES + LIGHTNING LEQUESNE Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE BLACK KEYS + ROYAL HEADACHE Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne. 7:00pm. THE CITRADELS + THE ATOLLS + THE QUIVERS Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. THE CRUNTBURGERS + MICK PORTER + SECRET CRACKPIPE HANDSHAKE + WHEREâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S GROVER Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $5. THE PAPER KITES + ART OF SLEEPING + BATTLESHIPS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 7:30pm. $18. THE TREWS + ARCANE SAINTS + THE SPIN Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $16. THE WINTERS + LONE TYGER + SINGING IS FOR HUMANS + WESTERN STARS Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm. VOWEL MOVEMENT + HOLLOW EVERDAZE + PENCIL + SCOTDRAKULA + THESE PATTERNS DJS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $7.

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ELEPHANT + THE INDIAN SKIES Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. G3 - FEAT: JESSE VALACH + JOHN WILLIAMS + JOHN-LUKE SHELLEY Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $10. JIMI HOCKINGâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BLUES MACHINE Fleece Hotel, South Melbourne. 8:00pm. JULIA ROSE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. LEBLANC BROS CAJUN ACES Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 8:30pm. MELBOURNE FRESH INDUSTRY SHOWCASE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:00pm. $15. MIC CLUB Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. OPEN MIC Acoustic Cafe, Collingwood. 7:30pm. OPEN MIC Arcadia Hotel, South Yarra. 8:00pm. OPEN MIC Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. OPEN STAGE Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 7:30pm. SIMON PHILLIPS Two Brothers Brewery, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. SKYSCRAPER STAN Bebida, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. STEPHEN BOWTELL BAND 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. STEVE JOINES Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. TIM GUY Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC ALWAN Claypots Tavern & Fair, St Kilda. 9:30pm. CANNONBALL Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. COUSIN ALICE Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:00pm. $20. FROCK Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm. JOHN MONTESANTE QUINTET + FEM BELLING The Commune, East Melbourne. 6:00pm. KEREBOS & JOE TURCIO Dizzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14. MOTOWN THURSDAYS Fashion Lounge, Melbourne. 5:00pm. OVEREASIES Claypots Evening Star, Melbourne. 8:00pm. SALSA EXPLOSION - FEAT: DEL BARRIO First Floor, Fitzroy. 11:00pm. THE LIGHTHOUSE TRIO Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $30. THE PERFECTIONS Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.

FRIDAY 2 NOV ROCK/POP 2AM LATE SHOW - FEAT: RATTLINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; BONES BLACKWOOD + DJ THROBULATOR Pony, Melbourne. 2:00am. 4TRESS + LET THEM EAT CAKE + SCARAMOUCHE + SONS OF AMSTERDAM Pony, Melbourne. 9:00pm. AT THE GATES Billboard, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $64. CONSTANT KILLER + SIERRA LEONE Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. COOPER STREET (EP LAUNCH) + IN YOUR HANDS + OUR BEST LAID PLANS + WE DISAPPEAR Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $15. COSMIC PSYCHOS + DUKES OF DELICIOUSNESS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. DARTS + ANIMAL HANDS + BOOMY KNOCKER + CLAWS & ORGANS IdgaďŹ&#x20AC; Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. DESTINIES GRANDCHILD Thornbury Local, Thornbury. 10:00pm. EMPRA + DJ LUCY + MASSIVE + TABULA RASA Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $13.

GRAVEL SAMWIDGE + GRUNTLED + WAR PIGS Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. JAME Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 5:30pm. KILAMAINE (ALBUM LAUNCH) + AUDEMIA + CITY SHARPS + LIFE TO ORDER + MOUNT FIELD PLAINS Espy, St Kilda. 7:45pm. $15. KING PARROT + ABRASION + BURNING IN WHITE + DECIMATUS + RED SKY BURIAL Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $15. KINGSWOOD + CABINS + PALACE OF THE KING Espy, St Kilda. 6:30pm. LISTEN TO MCPUNK & DIE - FEAT: CLOWNS + COCK + EXPLODING CACTUS + K-MART WARRIORS + STAY DOWN + THE HALF PINTS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. LOTEK Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. M.E & CO FITTERS - FEAT: ANDRAS FOX + OTOLOGIC + SUPERCHANG Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. MAGGOTFEST - FEAT: DEAF WISH + KITCHENâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S FLOOR + TYRANNAMEN + WHITE WALLS + WHORES + AUSTMUTEANTS + HELTA SKELTA + NUN + STRAIGHTJACKET NATION Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 2:25pm. MOJO JUJU (ALBUM LAUNCH) + MOTHER & SON + THE DEATH RATTLES Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $15. OH PACIFIC + OUTLINES + SCALAR FIELDS + THE SPINSET Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $5. PALAIS DU LUSH Palais, Hepburn Springs. 3:00pm. PAPA CHANGO Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm. PAPER ARMS + COLLAPSE + HAWAIIAN ISLANDS + INITIALS Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $12. RHYS CRIMMIN & THE TOMS + BENNY WILLIAMS John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. ROCK Nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; ROLL OP SHOPPING - FEAT: ALI E + COLOURWHEEL + FOX ROAD Sacred Heart Mission Op Shop, St Kilda. 6:00pm. SCREAMING LORD MIFF + MATT DWYER & THE DYNAMITES The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $5. SHIT WEATHER + BLOOD RULE + HEADLESS DEATH + PNEUMATIC SLAUGHTER + SPLIT TEETH Public Bar, North Melbourne. 7:30pm. $10. THE DEMON PARADE + THE MESSENGERS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. THE KILNIKS + BAD TASTE + DJ MYNOTT + PONS National Hotel, Geelong. 8:30pm. $8. THE STEINBACKS + ADAM DENNIS + MARK MURPHY + MATT SIGLEY Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE VANGUARDS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. THREE TIME THRILL + ASH H KING + FOURTH & FOREVER + POOR XCUSE Rubyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm. $10. TIN CAN RADIO (EP LAUNCH) + ANIMAUX + MARCH OF THE REAL FLY Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $12. WAYWARD BREED (SINGLE LAUNCH) + ADRIAN STOYLES + ALYSIA MANCEAU BAND + DJ RACHEL BAXTER + HOWL AT THE MOON Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. WHITAKER + LITTLE BIG WOLF + SUNDAY CHAIRS + TIMOTHY CANNON Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:30pm. $10. WICKED CITY + CUT + SPERMAIDS Yah Yahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. ZOOPHYTE + DJ SHAKY MEMORIAL + THE HIDING Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm. VELOCIRAPTOR + ADAM HYNES + DAMN TERRAN + THE MESSENGERS + UDAYS TIGER Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. VICTOR PENDER Cape Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK BOBBY VALENTINE The South Melbourne Trader, South Melbourne. 6:00pm. CHRIS WILSON Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 5:45pm. CLAUDE HAY Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 8:30pm. $10. FLYING ENGINE STRINGBAND Railway Hotel, Fitzroy North. 9:30pm. LAUREN BRUCE Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. MAX SAVAGE & THE FALSE IDOLS Post Oï¬&#x192;ce Hotel, Coburg. 10:30pm. PAPERCRANE - FEAT: ABVIAN + ANNA CORDELL + HEIDI ELVA + MUCKLE PUP Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. SEAN MARCHETTI Two Brothers Brewery, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. SUZANNAH ESPIE Basement Discs, Melbourne Cbd. 12:45pm. THE PAPER KITES + ART OF SLEEPING + BATTLESHIPS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $18. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSIONS - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm. YOLANDA & MUSIC FOR LOVERS Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. THE LUCKY WONDERS + JACQUI STERLING Westernport Hotel, San Remo. 8:00pm. TRADITIONAL IRISH MUSIC SESSIONS - FEAT: DAN BOURKE Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 6:00pm.

CHERRY POPPINâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; DADDIES Despite the vaguely creepy implications of their name, the Cherry Poppinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Daddies are actually all about a rollicking good time and jumpinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; swing rock. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re worried your Cup Eve wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be sweaty enough, this is probably the solution. Monday November 5, The Corner Hotel.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT + ALISON WONDERLAND + RUN FOR YOUR LIFE Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 7:30pm. $59. JAMES MACAULAY QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. JENNY M THOMAS & THE SYSTEM Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $18. JILL BARBER WITH RAY BEADLE & THE HIGTONES Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 7:00pm. $25. JILL BARBER WITH RAY BEADLE & THE HIGTONES (LATE SHOW) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 10:00pm. $25. LAUREN ELIZABETH The Vineyard, St Kilda. 11:00pm. MACLAINE A& SIDNEY QUARTET Dizzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. SUZANNAH ESPIE (SEA OF LIGHTS LAUNCH) + CHARLES JENKINS + CHRIS ALTMANN + LIZ STRINGER Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $25. THE NICHAUD FITZGIBBON QUARTET Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $20. TRIO AGOGO 303, Northcote. 6:00pm. VIVA MEXICO - FEAT: LOS MAS ALTOS & SACA LA MOI Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. $10.

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HENRY WAGONS While many other frontmen take gentle place in the calm of a shady palm tree and sing humble acoustic love songs on their solo debut, Henry Wagons has far more bombastic plans. With his first solo offering, Expecting Company? he’ll be brought together a bunch of hotshot vagabonds both old and new – the Unwelcome Company – enlisting the help of the much loved Wagons rhythm section, augmented by members of the soaring female vocal group The Nymphs, as he premieres this brand new round of songs where it takes two to tango. The band will perform all of the songs from Expecting Company? and also re-invent a few Wagons favourites, as well as pulling a couple of classic duet memories direct from the broken jukebox in the corner of your dad’s den. Henry Wagons plays The Thornbury Theatre on Cup Eve, Monday November 5.

MOJO JUJU The ever intriguing performer Mojo Juju is taking her self-titled album on the road this month, including a show at the Northcote Social Club this Friday November 2 to celebrate the support in the fine city she calls her home base. We love her. You should too. BRAD MARTIN PROJECT + DJ DAVE THE SCOTT + ROYAL CHANT Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. CHEV RISE + ESPERA + SPEAKEASY + STELLA First Floor, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. CITY CALM DOWN The Liberty Social, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $10. CLAMPDOWN Rochester Castle Hotel, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. CLASHCITY + STEVE JAY Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. CLASSIC ROCK COVERS - FEAT: ROSS HANNAHFORD Musicland, Fawkner. 7:30pm. $5. COSMIC PSYCHOS + BITS OF SHIT Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. ELIZABETH ROSE + I’LLS + MULDER Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $15. EMERSON + LEFT FOR THE WOLVES + OF STOLEN MOMENTS + THE EMPIRE Pony, Melbourne. 9:00pm. HANKS JALOPY DEMONS Tago Mago, Thornbury. 9:00pm. HEAD HONCHO + BROOKE PENROSE Victoria Hotel, Brunswick. 9:00pm. KNIEVEL (EMERALD CITY LAUNCH) + CABINS + TALL BUILDINGS Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. MAMMOTH MAMMOTH + BUGDUST + DRIFTER Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. MANGLEWURZEL + MAX IMPACT + SOOKY LA LA + TASHI + THE CALL UP Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. MOJO JUJU + MOTHER & SON Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine. 8:30pm. PAN Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. ROCK-O-WEEN - FEAT: LAMP + TEQUILA MOCKINGBYRD + THE LACHLAN BRUCE BAND Gertrudes Brown Couch, Fitzroy. 7:00pm.

SARAH CHADWICK + CONSTANT LIGHT + HOLY LOTUS + LITTLE KILLING + PIONEERS OF GOOD SCIENCE + ROYCE ALIDO + THESE PATTERNS + WINTERNATIONALE Irene Community Arts Warehouse, Brunswick. 8:00pm. SAVAGES + DAZOOK + DRUNKEN POACHERS + WHODAFUNKIT Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. SHORTFALL (SINGLE LAUNCH) + LONG HOLIDAY + REMISSION THEORY + SLIGHTLY LEFT OF CENTRE Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $15. STEVE & JONNY DRIVER Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne. 6:00pm. SUNK JUNK + STRINGFELLOW HAWKE Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. THE BEARDS + THE SNOWDROPPERS The Hi-ﬁ, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $20. THE GOOD HUSTLE - FEAT: GEOFFREY O’CONNOR + CLUB FEET DJ’S + LOST ANIMAL Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. THE GROOVETONES Blarney Stone Irish Pub, Yarraville. 8:30pm. THE LIKELY SUSPECTS 303, Northcote. 8:00pm. THE LOST CAUSE + 12FU + DIXON CIDER + EXPLODING CACTUS + LIQUOR SNATCH + SPEW N GUTS + STAY DOWN Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 4:00pm. THE MOMENT POPS + THOMCORDS Penny Black, Brunswick. 9:30pm. THE ROLLING STONES’ EXILE ON MAIN STREET - FEAT: DAVE LARKIN + NICK BARKER + ASHLEY NAYLOR + MATT SONIC + SPENSER P JONES + WOLFGRAMM SISTERS Yarraville Club, Yarraville. 8:00pm. $20. THE SEVEN UPS + THE CHARLIES The B.east,

Q&A GRIZZLY JIM LAWRIE

Define your genre in five words or less: Indie folk minus any stigma. What do you love about making music? Hanging out with colourful people that never want to grow up. Watching everyone digging each other’s vibes and partying like its 2009. Plus you can trade your music like currency with other musos which is a good way to save the millions you’ve earned without getting music illegally. What do you hate about the music industry? The hangovers. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? We just released a new single called What Did We Do? both physically and digitally, with an album coming next month! When’s the gig and with who? We’ve got a single launch at the newly re-opened Public Bar in North Melbourne, supported by The Staffords and The Little Sisters. It’s on Saturday November 3. How long have you been gigging and writing? I’ve been gigging as a drummer for about ten years but it’s Beat Magazine Page 64

only been in recent years that I wanted to start playing my own stuff (there was a five year latency period where I had to get all the embarrassingly bad songs about girls I couldn’t talk to out of my system before I could play in front of people). What’s your favourite song, and why? Thirteen collectively, Big Star’s song is a classic, Ben Kweller’s is a knockout and Johnny Cash has one written by Danzig that’s a crusher as well. Any song called Animal is usually pretty good too. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Peer pressure, alcohol and divine intervention. Other than that, new music, old music and kids books get me pretty excited about writing. Seeing other people doing what they love and enjoying it at gigs is a sure fire way to get you in the mood to pick up a guitar and do the same. What do you think a band has to do these days to succeed? Work hard and do what you want to do instead of what you think other people will like. You may not get a commercial idea of success going but you will enjoy the ride even if you don’t.

Brunswick East. 12:00pm. THE TOOT TOOT TOOTS + PLAGUE DOCTOR + THE HARLOTS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. THE OUT OF TOWNERS + CLOWNS + DIRTY CHAPTERS + DIXON CIDER Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 8:00pm. $7. THE RAMSHAKLE ARMY + KILL THE MATADOR + THE BENNIES + THE PLAYBOOK Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE SINGLE MEN’S DRINKING CLUB (ALBUM LAUNCH) + PONY FACE + THE PRETTY LITTLES Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $10. THE SONS OF MAY + CRAVEN SOULS + KASHMERE CLUB Noise Bar, Brunswick. 8:30pm. $15. THE TWERPS + BUSHWALKING + THE STEVENS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. THE VELOCETTES + CHILDREN OVERBOARD + DJ SHAKY MEMORIAL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 10:00pm. THE WACO SOCIAL CLUB + LANECHESTER The Prague, Thornbury. 8:00pm. THESE HANDS + DJ SEAN SPOILS + FATHOMS + FLYYING COLOURS Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $8. THREEZZACROWD Malvern Vale Hotel, Melbourne. 8:00pm. VICTOR PENDER Cape Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. WAR IN ARCADIA + FAHRENHEIT 43 + QUARTERDRIVE + ROSLYN HEAY + THE KODIAK CLUB Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 8:00pm. $12. WEEKENDER - FEAT: GIMME SKELTER Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 9:00pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK ALEX HALLIHAN & WOODLAND HUNTERS Lomond

Hotel, Brunswick East. 9:30pm. BILL MILLER & THE LOVE BROTHERS Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 9:30pm. BILL MILLER & THE LOVE BROTHERS - FEAT: BILL MILLER & THE LOVE BROTHERS Elsternwick Hotel, Elwood. 9:30pm. BUTTERFLY BOUCHER Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 3:00pm. CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE + RORY ELLIS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $53. FLOYD THURSBY TRIO Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 9:00pm. GREEN’S DAIRY ANGEL ENSEMBLE Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. GRIZZLY JIM LAWRIE - ‘WHAT DID WE DO’ SINGLE LAUNCH - FEAT: GRIZZLY JIM LAURIE + THE STAFFORDS The Public Bar, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $5. HEATHER STEWART TRIO Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. HOBSONS CHOICE - FEAT: HOBSONS COICE Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 10:30pm. JEALOUS HUSBAND + FELICITY CRIPPS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. MAX GOES TO HOLLYWOOD + JEROME KNAPPETT Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:00pm. MUTINY + RISE OF THE RAT + THE BIGOTS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 8:30pm. $12. MY FRIEND THE CHOCOLATE CAKE + DIVING BELL Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 8:00pm. $30. SATURDAY ACOUSTIC REVUE - FEAT: IZZY COX + THE APRIL TREE + JAMIE PYE Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 8:00pm. $10. SUZANNAH ESPIE (SEA OF LIGHTS LAUNCH) + CHARLES JENKINS + CHRIS ALTMANN + LIZ

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MOMENTS APART

What does Collision mean to you? Why this title? It’s a word that hits hard as soon as you hear it. There’s no escape, no getting away from a collision. We’ve all been in bands for years but had taken a few years break from the scene before making this EP. We knew we needed to make music again, regardless of what was happening in our lives, and it took a collision of all of our paths to make it happen. What is your favourite track and why? As I’m guessing most band dudes say, it’s so hard to pick a favourite, but I’d have to go with Escape. It starts of very soft, but builds to a slow, heavy groove. It’s one of the songs we wrote very early on, but I love the way the chords move and the dynamics between the soft moments and heaviness. Vocally it’s honest and universal – the way we like it! You recently released your debut video Selfish Control, can you explain the concept behind the visual? The best way I could explain the concept is that there isn’t one! So many videos are way too ambitious and

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get convoluted by subtext, actors, story-lines and stuff. We wanted a slick, simple , less-is-more video showing us doing what we do – nothing more, nothing less. We’re not a rock’n’roll party-type band, we’re also not a highconcept experimental band. I think we captured the straight-up, song-oriented style of Moments Apart. We worked with a very talented director, Daniel Nolan and he achieved exactly what we were after. What are your plans for the future? Get this EP out to as many people as possible, continue playing live and hopefully work hard enough to create some good opportunities. I think it’s important to have a work ethic and make the most of what you’ve got. Above all that though, we just want to continue enjoying what we do. MOMENTS APART are launching their Debut EP Collision at The Evelyn Hotel on Saturday November 10 featuring Heaven The Axe, Ten Thousand, The Vendettas and Copse.

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EXILE IN YARRAVILLE The fine folk at Cherry Rock (they own another lil’ venue you might’ve heard of in AC/DC Lane?) are launching live music at the Yarraville Club this Saturday November 3, while simultaneously celebrating The Rolling Stones’ 40th anniversary celebration of Exile On Main St with a whole bunch of amazing musicians paying tribute to the album like Ash Naylor, Spencer P Jones, Jack Howard and heaps more. Seroiously. Re-read that paragraph. That’s the best shit ever. 7pm dinners and a show ($45) or general admission tickets ($25) are available at cherryrock. com.au and the new venue is at 135 Stephen St, Yarraville.

SUZANNAH ESPIE (SEA OF LIGHTS LAUNCH) + CHARLES JENKINS + CHRIS ALTMANN + LIZ STRINGER Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 8:00pm. THE WHITETOP MOUNTAINEERS Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $25. TRIO AGOGO Wesley Anne, Northcote. 6:00pm. WACO SOCIAL CLUB Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 9:00pm. THE RECTIFIERS Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:00pm. THE SIDESHOW BRIDES Union Hotel, Brunswick. 5:00pm. VERY HANDSOME MEN + THE IAN ARCHIBALD BAND Musicland, Fawkner. 8:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC DAVE REX QUARTET Uptown Jazz Cafe, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. GREGORY PORTER + ENNIO STYLES + JOHN MCALL QUARTET Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. NICHAUD FITZGIBBON Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 9:00pm. $20. PAPA CHANGO Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm. SAM MENZIES & DAN GREIG Bebida, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. SOUL- A -GO -GO - FEAT: MANCHILD + MISS GOLDIE + PIERRE BARONI + RICHIE 1250 + VINCE PEACH + ZACK RAMPAGE Laundry Bar, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. SWISS ITALIAN FESTIVAL PARTY NIGHT - FEAT: THE SHUFFLE CLUB Palais, Hepburn Springs. 8:00pm. $25. TAMARA KULDIN’S DIRTY MARTINI Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne Cbd. 9:30pm. $25. THE JULIA MESSENGER QUINTET Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. $25. THE SIMON HUDSON BAND (EP LAUNCH) + AMY ALEX + JAMES CISCO Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 9:00pm. $15. YURODIVYE Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm.

SUNDAY 4 NOV ROCK/POP BLACK DEVIL YARD BOSS Tago Mago, Thornbury. 4:30pm. BOYRED + BONES BLACKWOOD + EUGENE HOLCOMBE + MOB QUEENS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. BROTHERS HAND MIRROR + BISCOTTI + CLIENT LIAISON Bar Open, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. CISCO CAESAR Penny Black, Brunswick. 5:00pm. CLAUDE HAY (ALBUM LAUNCH) + JED ROWE + MR. BLACK & BLUES Workers Club, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $10.

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MUSICIANS WANTED ACOUSTIC ACTS WANTED for Bar Betty in Smith Street, Fitzroy. Paid Gig. Please phone Sandra or Michelle on 9417 3937. Bar Betty - 129 Smith Street, Fitzroy. MALE, FEMALE, ALIEN BASS PLAYER WANTED! We`re a Melbourne based pro unit about to release our debut album. We love Q.O.T.S.A,Radiohead,The Kinks,Red Kross,The Beatles,Hendrix.The Pixies,etc We need a pro player with great gear/attitude/ and transport. Vocal ability would be great. We aim to take this thing as far as we possibly can. To rock with us contact Stav: 0405 204 293 atomicblissband@gmail.com, www.atomicbliss.com.au

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ACCESS ALL AGES Wednesday October 31, 2012 With Ruth Mihelcic

Happy Halloween kids! Check out all the gigs happening this week including a spooky underage Halloween Junior Disco and Movie Marathon in Panmure on Friday.

TZU TZU are back in the biggest way possible, having just unleashed their new album (their fourth) Millions Of Moments. To celebrate, the band are hitting the road for a sprawling run of dates, showcasing new material as well as their much-adored canon of material. TZU perform at The Hi-Fi on Monday November 5.

COSMIC PSYCHOS + THE SPAZZYS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 6:00pm. DAVE HAVEA Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 7:30pm. DESTROY SHE SAID + BUGDUST + OVERDRIVE Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. HELLO WEEN Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY + GUNG HO + THE CORSAIRS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 7:30pm. $20. JACK HOWARD + THE SIDESHOW BRIDES Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $20. JAMM FOR GENES - FEAT: CHRIS O’NEILL + COTTON SIDEWALK + ROYSTON VASIE + SHERRIF + THE TARANTINOS Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 2:00pm. $10. JAMM FOR GENES - FEAT: THE TARANTINOS + CHRIS O’NEILL + COTTON SIDEWALK + ROYSTON VASIE + SHERIFF Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 1:30pm. $20. KITCHEN FLOOR + ASPS + MAD NANNA Idgaﬀ Bar & Venue, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. KYLE TAYLOR + ANITA + BEN DAVID + ERIK PARKER Reverence Hotel, Footscray. 3:00pm. LEEZ LIDO + BULLETS IN BERLIN + TWSS Bendigo Hotel, Collingwood. 5:00pm. $7. MEL WATSON & SAM LOHS + MEL WATSON + SAM LOHS Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 1:30pm. $15. MULDER & MANDEK (DOUBLE HEADLINER) + BRUDAJA + JUSTINE WALSH John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 7:00pm. $5. SAINT JUDE + DJ MATT STABS + SAM COOPER BAND Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6. SMOKE BELLOW + CARRY NATION + MICROFLORA Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. SYSTEM UNKNOWN 303, Northcote. 2:00pm. THE CERTIFIABLES + HARRY HOWARD & NDE + LOS DOMINADOS + PENNY IKINGER + THE WACO SOCIAL CLUB Prince Bandroom, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $15. THE MOON PROJECT Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 10:30am. THE MORNINGS + FRANKIE ANDREW + SECOND HAND HEART Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. $10. YOSHITORO + MISS NICOLLS & THE MERCURY THEATRE Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK MATT GLASS & THE LOOSE CANNONS The Resurrection, Brunswick East. 4:30pm. BACKWOOD CREATURES Labour In Vain, Fitzroy. 5:00pm. BUTTERFLY BOUCHER Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 4:00pm. CANCERPALOOZA The B.east, Brunswick East. 2:00pm. CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN - FEAT: CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK + DJ MAX CRAWDADDY Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 2:00pm. HAWAIIAN SUPREME + MARTY KELLY & AUBURY MAHER Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 5:30pm.

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Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? Avant-rock/garage/electro. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? Ramona: Our EP Penny Universe. We produced this with Dave McLuney, Stuart Sikes and Magoo. Was a year in production but we got there and are really happy with the outcome. Our EP is available on iTunes and you can buy a hardcopy at our shows, and online direct from us! When’s the gig and with who? Ramona: We’ve got multiple shows actually through November. We kick off with supporting The Demon Parade on Friday November 2 at Ding Dong Lounge; then we will be at Yah Yah’s on Friday November 16 supporting The Staffords; and finally supporting White Summer at Cherry Bar on Friday November 30. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? Ellie: Babes, breakups and breakdowns. Why should everyone come and see your band? Ellie: Because girl bands rule. Everyone knows that. What’s your favourite song, and why? Ramona: Running Up That Hill – Kate Bush. Her vocal range, the drama. So unique. No one is like her! Ellie: Evil – Interpol. That voice. That bass line. It gets me every time. If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? Ramona: The Dandy Warhols. Ellie: Hole (with Tommy Lee as drum tech and Ruby Rose as my groupie).

If you’ve ever been to St Kilda Youth Festival you’ll know how awesome it is. Well now you have the chance to be a part of the youth committee who organises it. If you’ve got any interest in music, festivals or event management then this is for you! There will be a heap of exciting opportunities in stage management, booking talent, sound tech, media and communications and deciding on festival content. Young people aged 15 – 25 years can apply by emailing ed@skys.org.au or sharni@skys.org.au or by calling Youth Services on (03) 9534 3685. Over four massive days this weekend the Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues will bring seriously good jazz to a seriously relaxed place for the 23rd year in a row. The best part is the Youth Festival on Sunday at Merriwa Park, where young and local musicians Liv Cartledge, Sofia Kennedy, Belle Currie, Nick Lorenz, Jeremy Piper and Jeff Cabalar will take to the stage. Other rad stuff includes aqua orbs, jumping castle, bungee run, pop up art workshops and a BBQ. In addition, year 9 students can take part in a workshop called “Got the Blues?” where they’ll meet some amazing musicians and learn how they use music to express themselves. To register for the workshop contact Brian at NESAY on (03) 5720 2201. Don’t forget to get onto facethemusic.org.au and get your tickets to Face The Music 2012 as soon as humanly possible. It’s on November 16 and 17 and will feature an EPIC line up of industry professionals that you will not want to miss. Get on it!!!!!

ALL AGES TIMETABLE THURSDAY NOVEMBER 1 The Black Keys w/ Royal Headache, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, King Domain Gardens, Melbourne, 7pm, $89.90 – 109.90, ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100, AA FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 TO MONDAY NOVEMBER 5 Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and Blues w/ Lighthouse, Trio M, Christina Fuchs and her No Tango Quartet, Gregory Porter, Cyrille Aimee and more, Wangaratta, $55 to $225, wangarattajazz. com, AA FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2 HallowEVs w/ Move On, Be Strong, Second Chance Exit, Take Your Own, These City Lights, and The Ramshackle Army, EV’s Youth Centre, 212 Mt Dandenong Road, Croydon, 6:30pm, $10 door or $6 in costume, Terry Stevens on 9294 5706 or maroondahyouthservices.com, AA

How long have you been gigging and writing? Ramona: Since my mum read my diary back in ninth grade! That’s when I became cryptic! Ellie: Officially this year after Ramona convinced me to move here from Sydney. Best thing I ever did.

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Tell us about the last song you wrote. Ramona: Ain’t No Stranger To Monotony. It’s about wanting to take a new route far away from monotony and the mundane. Escaping routine. I love it. It’s a lot of fun to play. A bit crazy!

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 4 FReeZA Skate, BMX and Scooter Comp w/ DJ and parkour demo, Maryborough Skate Park, Majorca Road, Maryborough, Free, Penny Wilson on 5461 0614, AA

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The Paper Kites w/ special guests, Ding Dong Lounge, Level 1/18 Market Lane, Melbourne, 2:30pm, $20.40, oztix.com or dingdonglounge.com. au, AA

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Night School U18 w/ Deorro (Tonic!), and Teddy & Pauly, Levels Nightclub, 139 Bourke Street, Melbourne, 5pm, $25 - $65, contact 0423 942 043, U18

In style of acoustic, funk, soul, rock-a-billy. Please send demo to drink@the86.com.au

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCED BAND BOOKER WANTED. If you’re experienced in booking bands and want to work with an experienced well known venue booker at a great venue in Melbourne’s music heartland then send us an email. Let us know a bit about yourself, what type of bands you’ve booked, where, contacts you have and how long you have been in the game and importantly what you may be able to bring. Be quick. Send email to: shimgapi@gmail.com.

Describe your sound. Rhythmic soul.

FLAUNT IT. Internationally acclaimed producer of profeminist erotica looking for conﬁdent, adult women to smash the stereotypes and earn good money ($500 and up). Don’t overlook this til you’ve found out more about it. Rebecca 9495 6555 or www. feck.com.

What can a punter expect from a live show? To be entertained, and for their soul to be touched

What do you hate about the music industry? Boxing artists.

What part of making music excites you the most? Songwriting and studio. Where would you like to be in five years? Internationally successful. SOUL REMEDY play Motown Thursdays at Fashion Lounge every Thursday with special weekly guests.

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ITCHY FINGERS Wheelers Hill Hotel, Wheelers Hill. 8:00pm. JAMS Musicland, Fawkner. 8:00pm. JIMI HOCKING Ontop In Ormond, Ormond. 4:00pm. KELLY JOE PHELPS + DANIEL CHAMPAGNE Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $35. KERRYN FIELDS Palais, Hepburn Springs. 3:00pm. LITTLE BIG WOLF + GOSTI + LOUIS MAJIWA 303, Northcote. 7:00pm. $5. MAGGOTFEST Town Hall Hotel, North Melbourne. 8:00pm. MICHAEL MEEKING & THE LOST SOULS + THE DEANS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:30pm. MICHAEL SPIBY Bay Hotel, Mornington. 3:00pm. NICK LOVELL Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 4:00pm. OPEN JAM Open Studio, Northcote. 5:00pm. ROSEMARY HADEN + BURN IN HELL + IZZY COX + PATRON SAINTS BIG BAND + TANYA LEE DAVIES BAND St Kilda Bowling Club, St Kilda. 5:00pm. SONGWRITERS IN THE ROUND Wesley Anne, Northcote. 2:00pm. $8. SUNDAY SINGER-SONGWRITER SESSIONS - FEAT: ANTHONY YOUNG + JUNO Chandelier Room, Moorabbin. 4:00pm. THE BONAFIDE TRAVELLERS + HEATHER STEWART TRIO Drunken Poet, West Melbourne. 4:00pm. THE GO GETTERS + THE RECHORDS + THE ROADHOUSE ROMEOS The Luwow, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $30. THE HANDSOME BASTARDS + NICK O’MARA Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 7:30pm. THE LOWRIDERS Rainbow Hotel, Fitzroy. 4:00pm. THE SWELL Great Britain Hotel, Richmond. 8:00pm. WAZ E JAMES Standard Hotel, Fitzroy. 7:30pm. UNDER THE ANNEXE - FEAT: CHRISTINA GANGEMI + JOJO POVITRO Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 3:00pm. $10. WHITAKER + BLUE SUN + ROSCOE JAMES IRWIN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 2:00pm.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC BLACK JESUS EXPERIENCE The Horn African Music Lounge, Collingwood. 7:00pm. BOWERS/BROWNE/ZERNA Open Studio, Northcote. 4:30pm. BUTTERSLAP Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 8:30pm. NUDIST FUNK ORCHESTRA + BAD BOYS BATACUDA + MS BUTT + THE DALE RYDER BAND Espy, St Kilda. 5:30pm.

QUARTER STREET ORCHESTRA The Night Cat, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE DIXIE TICKLERS Grace Darling Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. $15. THE WALTER BOYS Open Studio, Northcote. 8:30pm.

MONDAY 5 NOV ROCK/POP ACOUSTIC SESSIONS - FEAT: TOM CARTY Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 5:30pm. ANTARCTICA + SOCCER LEGENDS + SOLAIRES + THE QUEEN’S HEAD Gasometer Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. ARCHER + MAX SAVAGE Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $10. CHERRY POPPIN’ DADDIES + THE RESIGNATORS Corner Hotel, Richmond. 8:30pm. $49. CHRIS RUSSELL’S CHICKEN WALK (ALBUM LAUNCH) + JUNK HORSES + SKYSCRAPER STAN Workers Club, Fitzroy. 8:30pm. $10. CUP EVE CHAOS - FEAT: WOLFPACK + BENNY MAYHEM + DJ SLUGGER FONTAINE + FOXTROT + GLEN & THE PEANUT BUTTER MEN + KODIAK THROAT + SON OF SET + THE TURPS Pony, Melbourne. 8:00pm. CUP EVE PARTY - FEAT: NOTHING HURTS ROBOT + NATURAL BULL LOGIC + THE HOTELS + THE POLLY JEANS Ruby’s Lounge, Belgrave. 8:00pm. $10. GARETH EMERY Palace Theatre, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. GHOST ORKID + AMANITA + DJ CLEVER AUSTIN Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. HEEPS, HEEPS & MOORES + HEEPS + HEEPS & MOORES + CINEMA 6 + DAMN THE MAPS + HAZEL GROVE + THE EVENING SON Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. HOWLIN’ STEAM TRAIN + APES + THE HARLOTS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 8:00pm. HUNGRY KIDS OF HUNGARY + BORED NOTHING + GUNG HO Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 8:30pm. $20. JACKSON FIREBIRD + CABINS + RIVER OF SNAKES Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $15. POLO CLUB + HARTS + TONE DEAF & MIDNIGHT RUN DJS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. $10. PONY FACE + DJ ADALITA + LIVINGSTONE DAISIES Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 9:30pm. QUARRY MOUNTAIN DEAD RATS + CHERRY WOOD + THE DEATH RATTLES John Curtin Hotel, Carlton. 8:00pm. SPOONFUL Yah Yah’s, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. THE BLACK SEEDS + BONJAH + MS BUTT + THE PIERCE

BROTHERS Espy, St Kilda. 8:00pm. $38. THE MORRISONS + CLAVIANS + MESA COSA + UDAYS TIGER Cornish Arms, Brunswick. 8:00pm. TZU + SIETTA The Hi-ﬁ, Melbourne. 7:30pm. $20. ZOOPHYTE + TOM TUENA Espy, St Kilda. 8:30pm.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK HENRY WAGONS & THE UNWELCOME COMPANY + EMMA RUSSACK + FRASER A GORMAN Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury. 8:00pm. PERCH CREEK FAMILY JUG BAND Post Oﬃce Hotel, Coburg. 8:30pm. PIE NIGHT Bar Open, Fitzroy. 10:00pm.

+ GOONBAG COLOSTOMY + ORDER OF CHAOS + XENOS Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick. 8:00pm. MONDAY NIGHT MASS - FEAT: KITCHEN FLOOR + DEAF WISH + EAST LINK + PSY ANTS + SUPERSTAR Northcote Social Club, Northcote. 6:00pm. MOON REPUBLIC Veludo Bar & Restaurant, St Kilda. 7:00pm. PBS CUP DAY KAOS - FEAT: KINGSWOOD + BITTER SWEET KICKS + DAMN TERRAN + NEW GODS Ding Dong Lounge, Melbourne Cbd. 1:00pm. RED X Cherry Bar, Melbourne Cbd. 8:00pm. THE COCONUT REBELLION + DECLAN SYKES + THE TWOKS Revolver Upstairs, Prahran. 7:30pm. $10. WILDERBEAST Old Bar, Fitzroy. 8:00pm. $6.

JAZZ/SOUL/FUNK/WORLD MUSIC ALLAN BROWNE GROUP + BEN VANDERWALL GROUP 303, Northcote. 9:00pm. $8. BENNETTS LANE BIG BAND Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:30pm. DIVINA PROVIDENCIA Felix, St Kilda. 9:00pm. GANGA GIRI Baha Tacos & Tapas Bar, Rye. 9:00pm. $15. KELLY JOE PHELPS + DANIEL CHAMPAGNE Caravan Music Club, Oakleigh. 8:00pm. $45. THE GOOD HUSTLE - FEAT: THE WOOHOO REVUE + SEX ON TOAST Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford. 8:00pm. WORLDS END PRESS + CLIENT LIASON + JONNY TELAFONE + OTOLOGIC + ZANZIBAR CHANNEL Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 8:30pm. $18. YVETTE JOHANSSO (THESE FOOLISH THINGS REMIND ME OF...ELLA) Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $33.

ACOUSTIC/COUNTRY/BLUES/FOLK BURN OUT Toﬀ In Town, Melbourne Cbd. 7:00pm. $5. KATE MARTIN + EDEN MULHOLLAND Workers Club, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. $8. KLUB MUK 303, Northcote. 7:30pm. MELBOURNE CUP EXTRAVAGANZA - - FEAT: PAT & DAN Lomond Hotel, Brunswick East. 11:00am. MIKELANGELO & THE TIN STAR + CASH SAVAGE & THE LAST DRINKS + MAX SAVAGE + MUSTERED COURAGE + SWEET JEAN + THE NYMPHS + THE RECHORDS Retreat Hotel, Brunswick. 1:45pm. OPEN MIC Empress Hotel, North Fitzroy. 8:30pm. OPEN MIC Wesley Anne, Northcote. 8:00pm. KLUB MUK 303, Northcote. 7:30pm.

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BAPTISM OF UZI + BATPISS + DEEP HEAT + EUPHORIACS + HARMONY + SHERIFF + SPINNING ROOMS + SUN GOD REPLICA + THE JACKALS + WICKED CITY + YIS Tote Hotel, Collingwood. 2:00pm. $15. COLLAGE - FEAT: AL PARKINSON + NICK SAXON + OCTOBER WISH Espy, St Kilda. 9:00pm. CUP DAY CARNAGE - FEAT: DIPLOID + INTERNAL ROT + SEWERCIDE + WHITE VEINS + AGONHYMN

FINDING ISLA Open Studio, Northcote. 9:00pm. GENERATIONS IN JAZZ BIG BAND Bennetts Lane Jazz Club, Melbourne. 8:00pm. $15. MAKE IT UP CLUB Bar Open, Fitzroy. 9:00pm. SOUTHERN STARS Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Richmond. 8:00pm. $14.

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AOEDE PROJECT

Bearing the terrible clichéd nature of this question, what do you reckon people will say you sound like? A lot of people have said we remind them of Evanescence which we are quite chuffed about. What do you love about making music? The magic of giving our feelings sounds. What’ve you got to sell CD-wise? To celebrate the release of our first single Poison we are giving it away for free via soundcloud at soundcloud.com/ theaoedeproject. What inspires or has influenced your music the most? We love being misunderstood by non-creatives suffering from superiority complexes. They fuel our music with the just right amount of rage. When are you playing live/releasing your album/EP/ single/etc? We’ve just released Poison and we are feverously working on putting on a show and our next single release. Tell us about the last song you wrote. It’s a song called Robots and it’s about keeping humans in ignorance and fear for mass control, manipulation and domination. When, and why did you start writing music? I remember the day I learnt about poems in primary school – haven’t stopped writing since.

Where would you like to be in five years? Sharing our music with the world. If your music was a chocolate bar, which one would it be, and why? Most definitely marvellous creations – jelly popping and candy beanies. You just don’t know what you’re gonna get next. If you could go on tour with any musician or band, who would it be? Metric. How do you balance making and playing music with your other commitments? Between writing, playing, singing, rehearsing, recording, producing, videoing, designing, web developing, promoting, performing, social media-ing and working full time, life certainly gets a little crazy! There is simply no way we’d survive through it without each other. Tell us about the filming of your first video Poison. Our director found a beautiful pine forest nestled in the midst of the Dandenong Ranges. It was shot over 15 hours in the middle of winter and although it was freezing cold, we felt protected from the harsh elements by the dense pine trees. Perfect location for a forest party actually!

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The Corner Hotel, Friday October 19

It’s been a while since Melbourne darlings British India have toured, but despite this detail their gig at the Corner Hotel was sold out. When I arrived, after a delayed train and two shots of scotch, the room was slowly filling. Maneuvering to the front of what would inevitable become the mosh pit, I prepared myself for the support, Unbroken Expanse, a charged punk-rock band from Tennant Creek. The 2010 Golden Heart Band winner were dynamic, riotous and just fucking insane. Guitarist and vocalist Jimmy James broke a sweat screaming Bootstrap Billy into the microphone, at times dipping to more melancholic tones, while their bassist Chris ‘Parko’ Parker jumped about the stage frenziedly. Wheezy – not sure if that’s his real name but he played some kick arse guitar – shredded some sweet notes, while drummer Jason Foran set the paradigm for the set. Unbroken Expanse warmed the crowd with their energy, and by intermission time I was comparing their explosive energy to that of AIR winners DZ Deathrays. At intermission the venue was nearly packed. A boisterous group of men to my right were absolutely smashed to my amusement, particularly when British India decided to stroll on stage. “I love you,” screamed one in the crowd, while others simply screamed as the band launched straight into Russian Roulette. The set was a collection of most of their singles, including anthem Vanilla, which received an enthusiastic response, Avalanche, Run The Red Light that garnered the band

ARIA Chart attention, and their current single I Can Make You Love Me. The indie darlings’ rendition of I Can Make You Love Me was dazzling, while Tie Up My Hands enlivened the mosh pit. One thing about British India was how their performance was not governed by all the wild shit they did, but rather the cadence of the band. Declan Mellia’s voice hits the notes evocatively, while drummer Matt O’Gorman pulled faces for fans who were taking photos of him, and bassist Will Drummond and lead guitarist Nic Wilson played meticulously. Impressively, the mosh pit somehow crowd-surfed an empty garbage bin onto the stage, to everyone’s amusement. “I hope the bin isn’t reflective of the show,” joked Mellia, but he needn’t have worried considering the room was packed and screaming back the lyrics. The Corner’s recent removal of the barrier – does this tell you how long it’s been since I’ve been there? – allowed for a more intimate show. AVRILLE BYLOK-COLLARD

LOVED: When the garbage bin crowd-surfed on stage. HATED: The moments when my head accidentally hit the speakers. DRANK: Scotch.

BIG FREEDIA, THEESATISFACTION The Hi-Fi, Thursday October 15

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LAST DINOSAURS

The Corner Hotel, Friday October 26

The Jungle Giants have been relentlessly touring for the last year, which is evidentially benefitting the Brisbane foursome. For a young band, The Jungle Giants’ breakthrough single Mr Polite had a refreshingly simple execution. The guitar playing in particular was precociously relaxed. Their repertoire around the time of its release revolved around the Vampire Weekend, Phoenix vogue, but it was more like an enthusiastic interpretation rather than an attempt to cash in on the fad. Over the last year they’ve been working hard developing their direction. Tonight the four-piece displayed united purpose and played a handful of really impressive songs. Interestingly, show closer, latest single She’s A Riot, was perhaps the least representative and least unique song of their set. Otherwise though, they took time when needed, evading obvious hooks and crunching rock-outs in favour of convincing melodies and anthemic crescendos. Sam Hales is a talented vocalist and songs like You’ve Got Something showed his aptitude to switch from falsetto to full voice and into a harder yell. One complaint I have is with the muted bass presence. The band’s sound would be additionally potent if there was a strong plucky 60s bass sound but the bass seemed to be sitting under a mat or obscured by a bus. Nevertheless, all four band members were genuinely in the moment and very comfortably communicated with the close to capacity crowd. Last Dinosaurs are a hell of a lot better live. The chopped-up studio ‘perfection’ of their debut LP In A Million Years can make them sound like a derivative indie-pop outfit. Live, it’s not about picking who they’re ripping off it’s more about obeying the body-moving impetus of tunes like Andy and Time and Place. Tonight was the second of back-to-back sold out shows at The Corner Hotel and the Brisbane four-piece (who have just

WEDNESDAY 13 Artists seem to avoid Australia like we have a plague of drop bears, but not Mr. 13 who has now been to our little island three times within the last two years. Granted, one time was with the Murderdolls but this is nevertheless a fair effort and one that was appreciated by the capacity crowd in the Gershwin room. The fact that Halloween is later this week couldn’t have hurt peoples’ excitement as The Espy seemed to be packed with an assortment of freaks, geeks and goblins well before doors were opened. The gothed up Darkc3ll proved themselves to be an appropriate choice for Wednesday 13’s entourage. Each member engaged the crowd with heaps of enthusiasm, a gesture which was returned. Their catchy, heavy, synth soaked tunes sound like a hybrid of Rob Zombie and Marilyn Manson from before he got fat. Particularly impressive was their cover of Nine Inch Nail’s Head Like a Hole, a song which they have truly made their own. After a small break, it was time. Wednesday 13 and his band burst onto the stage like the infected from 28 Days Later and hit the room with a choice selection of cheesy horror. Tracks played were limited to his four solo albums and included Rot For Me, Calling All Corpses, and Gimmie Gimmie Beat Magazine Page 70

returned from a European tour) had their shit together. All the sounds were in the right clothes. Lead guitarist, Lachlan, seemed transported into a world of guitar stimulation. Unlike the other band members he remained rather still and this made his daring finger work and wielding of far-reaching guitar effects appear effortless. Sean Caskey’s jangly Fender Mustang rhythm-guitar playing was appropriately frayed, moving it away from the nauseating precision the recorded production applies. Their cover of The Cure’s Just Like Heaven was very well done and allowed for a re-framing of the songs that followed, pointing towards the increased melodic impact when something is honestly, rather than obviously, expressed. The majority of the room’s eager occupants were flapping about during Zoom, giving further power to the song, which sounds a little tired on record but takes an outward leap live. This was a further testament to the fact that Last Dinosaurs are not perfectionists and their strength lies in their happy-go-lucky personality. They hopped around with boundless energy and acted as if to say ‘yeah we’re awesome but it’s okay you can be cool too’. AUGUSTUS WELBY

LOVED: The room full of people not afraid to physically admit their enjoyment. HATED: This physical enjoyment throwing various liquors on my coat. DRANK: Richmond’s own Mountain Goat Steam Ale.

The Espy, Saturday October 27 Bloodshed. Only occasionally stopping to talk ensured they could fit a solid 16 songs into the the set time before encore. His hired guns are flawless, never missing a beat and adding their own entertaining elements to the show. Till Death Do Us Party was particularly well received, as was I Walked With a Zombie which was the closing song for the set. Or was it? Like any good horror series, there is always a more ridiculous sequel. Wielding an assault rifle, Wednesday stormed back to lead everyone in a homage to Rambo, unsurprisingly called RAMBO. Next up was I Love to Say Fuck, which many then did as the night came to a close with the band wishing Bad Things upon their fans. OSCAR SCHIESSER

LOVED: Cheesy B-Grade song names. HATED: Morning after deafness. DRANK: Southern Comfort.

Tonight the Melbourne Festival throws us a proper dance party with a couple of hip hop acts that sit to the very left of the centre of the genre and who seek to extend it into exciting new territories. Those ladies with a penchant for capitalisation in odd places, THEESatisfaction deal a chilled, feel good vibe that brings together a smooth-Afro-futuristic blend of funk, jazz, psychedelia, R&B, soul and the odd Anita Baker sample. Over funky ghetto fabulous grooves comes Cat’s luscious, deep and sweeter-than-honey soulful vocals, while Stas chases after her spitting a fast flow that is strongly feminist in its perspective. Not only musical partners in crime but romantic ones also, THEESatisfaction’s tunes deal with issues of identity, equality and of course love in a way that makes them a unique voice in hip hop. Working to a formula that’s dripping with urban sass, the duo from Seattle slink from dropping a little consciousness that is reminiscent of Gil Scott Heron to the sultry neo soul reminiscent of the likes of Erykah Badu. Their songs are short ensuring that the set proceeds at a brisk pace. A noticeable number of instrumental interludes give the girls a chance to show off a little synchronized dancing. While much of the set is perhaps a little too laid back, party starters like Bisexual and QueenS work enthusiastic punters as the duo walk down the catwalk to perform these songs,on a podium in the middle of the crowd. As Cat and Stas showcase songs off awE natruaL the chemistry between them becomes apparent. The delivery of backing tracks from a laptop was perhaps a little awkward but it is early days yet for THEESatisfaction. Fingers crossed the next time we see them they will front with a DJ or a backing band. It is not long before the curtain goes up on Big Freedia striking a serious pose on her throne, surrounded by her ten or so scantily clad female backing dancers.

As Freedia’s DJ deals a loud banging beat that is a little more happy hardcore than hip hop, her dancers get into position by bending over to show off their buttocks. It is clear that the self proclaimed Queen of ‘Bounce’, a New Orleans variant of hip hop, is here to give the place a serious shake up. After hypnotising most of the audience by bouncing their bums in our faces, what follows is a furious hour of booty popping and arse shaking and jiggling that soon turns the place into a sweaty mess. A little booty under lycra gives these spread cheeks in unthinkable positions a wobble that seems to fascinate most people in the audience. The idea here is not to overthink it and move your arse and pray that your mind will follow. Freedia’s hit Azz Everywhere! saw those who had been practicing at home show it off on stage. A little later a tune about boy hos saw Freedia select a handful of dudes from the audience to bounce it on stage. Of course the crowd roared on those occasions when Freedia actually threw the junk in her trunk about the place. A hilariously kitsch cover of Rock Around The Clock set to a hip hop beat added a zany rock’n’roll flourish to the evening. Tonight’s entertainment demonstrates that hip hop comes in all shapes and colours and Tyler, The Creator isn’t the most exciting thing going down in hip hop at the moment. THE SIDEMAN LOVED: Azz everywhere! HATED: At times it was a little too loud and distorted. DRANK: Fresh water.

ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS: SWANLIGHTS Hamer Hall, Friday October 12 “A concert like no other, Swanlights is a soaring hymn of love and loss, a reverie of nature, a celebration of the feminine and ode to our ephemeral place in the world.” From the first acapella phrase sung, Antony’s voice cut through the concert hall like a brilliant shard of glass, shimmering through the darkened stage alone and restless. The ghostly vibrato rattled through the opening lines of Rapture, the singular voice so affecting without want of any instrumentation. Slowly, through the blackness a singular, diffused light emerged and Antony appeared chiroscuro-esque in the center of the stage. As the light rushed in, so did the bottom end of the orchestra and to powerful effect. Green lights adorned the stage, like some alien emerald crystals slowly moving in sync with the music. The 44-piece Melbourne Symphony Orchestra was Antony’s backing band tonight and with the lingering refrain of Cripple And The Starfish, the violins were both poignant and suggestive. The song built to a tremendous peak of horns, flute and violins then slowly faded into the opening refrain. The lasers flickered anthropomorphic shapes across the stage, when finally, the curtain was raised to unveil Antony, resplendent in a white robe not unlike those worn by a gospel choir. For Today I Am A Boy was of particular significance; I began to feel very grateful that we live in an age where Antony can be open and accepted as a transgender artist. The sincerity of the lyrics acted like a declaration and it was heartrending to watch. The stage turned completely white, the hairs on my arm pricked up and I must admit I shed a little tear! Pink and purple floodlights then hit the stage, the geometric shapes taking on crystalline forms like chunks of agate and amethyst, as the opening bars of Another Place took hold. Lighting artist Chris Levine and set

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designer Carl Robertshaw had created an enchanting space for Antony’s songs to reside, metamorphosing from warm, crystal caves to glacial worlds and emerald green planes of the subconscious. The green lasers flickeed like grainy super eight film as Antony launched into a cover of Beyonce’s Crazy In Love. The emerald light then mutated into a luminescent background and Epilepsy Is Dancing began, in which I found the orchestra occasionally too loud for Antony’s falsetto, dominating the vocal in parts of the song. A peach and orange hue sun set over the stage, ushering in the beautiful Swanlights. The simple phrase “I’m living it’s a golden thing, it means everything” articulated a universal humanity – the life present in all things. For a concert to address questions on life, nature and the human condition is an undeniable achievement and a true testament to the artist’s songwriting prowess. An aural and visual spectacular, Swanlights journeyed the audience through icy worlds, evergreen forests and caves of crystalline structures, all beset by Antony’s compelling vocals. A Melbourne Festival highlight, Antony instigated a self-reflection within the listener, compelling the audience to greater levels of understanding and beauty, a feat unparalleled by any other performer of this day and age. CASSANDRA KIELY

LOVED: The duet of You Are My Sister with Boy George. HATED: Nothing. DRANK: A glass of wine at Hells, pre-show.

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